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The Presidents Forthcoming
Proclamation.

The special Washington correspondent.
Of the Baltimore Sun writes a. follow. TO
that paper under date December 81:
The country will learn with great sa,is.
faction that the President intend. 10 i.sus
his proclamation declaring that the S.ates
lately in rebellion are restored 10 The
Union, and entitled to recognition a, loyal
States A. soon As the progress Of State
rehabilitation, now going on so success.
fully. stal! Be completed. Texm and
Florida are passing through the stages
necessary for their organisation ., States.
When tie President shall be enabled 70
turn the Provisional Government oftbo,s
States over to the Governors elected BY
the people, he will issue the proclams,ioa
Of restoration. II will BE- hailed with joy
by the people ,broughou, the country,
and it cannot fAi' to exert some influence
over tho policy Of Congress.
Ater this proclamation it may be SUP.
Posed that no obstsSls will rsmsja 10 the
admission OF Southern mem ben, unless.
indeed. i be determined BY The R.pubIi.
can majority to keep the lately rebel
States out OF ,he Union, and under tsyri,
'orial OF military governments, until es,.
tain constitutional amend drneu,s be agreed
to, and cerlaip legislative measures adopt.
ed.
Col. Segfr ba, su,hor g.l = eou,r.die,
.ion Of The report that Secretary Sew ard
had told him that the South.rn mem b,,s
would be admitted upon the 70 assembling
OF Cong'sss. ]. may LI a.sum.d ,L.,
Mr. Seward 10 in favor OF their admission.
'nasmuch As in hn diplomatic co,r.spoo.
dsnee be disslaimei the policy ola war
for any purpose than ths; Of restoration
OF the Union, and declared ,L.i ihs rebel
States nigh, bs restored simply BY send.
ing back their Senators ard Representa-
'i'ss to Congress.
But the South has done more for the
sake Of peace than Mr. SswarI then
hopId for or required.
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A Tax on Cotton.

The Comptroller of,he Currency warm.
ly advocates, in the report he recently
transmitted to Congress, a tax cn cotton
and tobacco for the purpose Of laying n
portion Of the burdens Of our rublic deb,
upon foreign countries. lie says that ut
is estimated that the cotton crop the mex,
year will amount to between two and \
half and three millions Of ba.es; a tax Of
ten cents Per pound on 100000. will
produce $l25. 100000. i, is reasonable
to suppose tha. the annual crop Of cotton.
after two or three years, will equal ip
amount the average Of the crop for few
years previous TO 1861, which was about
Tour and half millions Of bales. A tax
Of feight cents per pound on that quantity
would produce $lsO.OOO, 900. y
Ihree'fourlbs Of the crops Of cotton and
tobacco ale exported that proportion,
therefore, Of the ,s9 on those article.
would be paid by foreign counuiys, and
to tbRi sxtsnt contribute to the H.; nd alton
OF the public debt and re!ief Of our own
people" Our readeya will remember
that some months ago We repeatedly
urged. in our columns, the adoption Of
the policy INDICATED above, aud We are
glad that the attention Of Copgfe.s ha.
been officially directed to il. Foreign
nat'ons-parti0ularly Great Britain
have been plundering US very effectively
during the last few wears, because by the
imitation Of our currency osr marks. h.,
been one Of the beat in the world to .elI
their fabrics. and one OF the poors,t 10
buy in, and besides Confederate cruiser.
have crippled our commerce and Csnsd.
has been made a grand depot for stsug
Cling operations TO defraud our revenue
laws. BY tax on cotton aud tobacco
We should be enabled to give ,hsm a
Rowland for their Oliver and eventually
to obtain full compsnsation tor oil the
losses they have inflicted upon Us.
Philadelphia Pres.
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Washington News and Rumors.

Washington News and Rumors.
The Star. Of Wednesday. says: Tasss
we're not many visitors =, th, White
Hous" to day. aud the reception BY .hs
President Of 'ho's having business with
him terminated st 40 early hour. Amosr
those Who called on the Pr..idso, cor.
James Watson Webb. on, inmate, q,
Brazil. hi. son. General Webb, @ G.ns.si
Howard. Governor Pisspnnt. OF vi,sisia,
and nunhsr Of Senator'S The Pref.
dent has aim ut entirely es.ssd to issss
P.'dona. none being grated creep, -
cases thoroughly investigated BY hipssK.
ard whore the parties are 10 ever, p.
'Pse' deserving Of Executive el.msnsy.
The Warrington eorrs.pond.u, Of II.
Herald 'ays: Il h.. been .,,os....I,
stated that tho French an.i Uui,.d S,.ses
Governments have arrived ., % vsds..
standing With regard 10 M..icss a6.;,.
is kncwn, however. that Ms1imili.,
has not mstbv pscuniary snesssn.n.s
With Napo'so" for k.epi.g the F,s.eh
troops in Mexico. and th., the Prsoeh
Emperor j. not willing to .uppo,, . mill.
'''y force there at bis own e.p.n...
u ia suij"es Of common, 10 day sLss
At the P's'id"nts rs:.p,ion y..,s,dav
none OF the diplomatic corps recognized
"' spoke to 'hs h,tiesn Minister. tL.y
evidently not actno~l.d sing him - .
representative from any Go,srsmsat.
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The Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer. say,
"~s are fully persuaded tha. one Of the
greatest dangers before the South is the
probability Of the devotion Of too much
attention to the cultivation Of cotton mex.
year" This is suggested in consequence
OF the uncertainty Of labor.
The Msmphi. Commercial replies to
the remark that "Northern labor and
capital was not safe away from the mill
tary posts 10 the Southern States" and
that mo one could 60 there and settle
away from the military stations except q.
the risk OF his life that . comparison Of
tae records will show that life 10 40 safe
in any portion Of the South IS in the city
OF Boston.
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NEW York, Jan. 1.


BY way Of Havana, We have news Of
another revolution in San Domingo.
General Baes is now President Of :hs
Republic.
New Orleans, Jan. 3.
The Louisiana papers are filed With
Advertisements Of plantations for sale,
mostly by Sberffs.
The general business 10 falling of here.
Advices OF similar import are received
from Texas. Goods can be bought cheap
er at Galveston or Houston than here.
Parties are buying goods there at auction
and sending them here. Fears are on
tertained by old bysiusss Rsn Of = smash
up. Three brick tenements in the central
part Of the city sold for Ieu than bricks
could be bough. for.
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How Mr.. Davis is Treated.

ins Fortress Monroe cossssponds ID oi
the New York Hsssld says:
IL started only TO write the fac, ,hsa
jeff Davis is . prisoner here, and .Ass
the fact may no. be wholly forgotten ~
the public. lie is still in Carroll IIsIi.
still in large bu: we'll ard plainly fs,.
"'shsd room slili 10 the enjoyment Il .
good IRE and good a,,sndanc.; s.ill 81.
loved abundant reading m.,.s ssiii
permitted ha daily wslks oa the pa,apss;
aud last but no. least, still granted, - -.
CARDS eating. A. say the hotel bills, .,Ls
best the market sffords' E1csp, oes..
''"nsl boil'. which trouble him With Job.
like Pe''i'.eney. though happily not quite
90 Plsnsifully, his health eontiauss good.
The me,hodical precision Of one bsbi,.s.
ted TO business is evident in hi. .,,..~..
,Rso' Of bis papsr aud books, and IL.
same fsssid'ousnsss in the suljsct Of dssss
apd clean linen 10 still = promiu.os ssss,
sc'ss's,ie. When he walks ou, bs 10 al.
ways neatly glovej. sod bis jsussy es.s
bss" him unfailipg company. He
strength of win i Esmasksbls u Ass
sustained him, 'hus Ter. through . losT,
and "has. TO one Of bis selivs hab;ss.
restless soe'sies. and gr..piss ambs.iss
mG" bs tortusing impsisoamsas. VIA
hn .ill 90 iadomi,sbIe. asd bio rssosrs,s
Of thought and intellect, hs can s,asA
Infinitely more"
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MJLIrARY.-Ls. Col. B. Is. Murray.
commanding the 18th Msiss Vel, Vols.
has taken charge OF this Sob. Dis,ric, In
the place Of Capt Shorsy, Ii. Fitzgerald
and Others. whom ~s presume have 70
torasd 10 their eommasd. We tender
them many thanks for the quis. aud OF
ds''y Management Of our sasiss. Nay
peace and Joy 60 with thsm.-CAessrr
STANDARD.
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One Northern Mans Experience
in the South.

In the South.
II is gratifying for Us occa.iorall now
10 end one man from the North Who ,s.
ports his experience among Us - f.,ora
bic since ths termin4,iGa Of the war. NJ.
Carl Shurz, doubtless, would recommend
Mr.. True ~ . fit candidate for trial Ly
Military Commission, but there are
many Southsrn.s Who would consider
him truthful and homes. man. Tb.
Rochester IN. " Democrat has The iol.
lowing:
We we're grsti6eJ las. Saturday ., re-
esi'iog a call from our CORES pond.n, a,
Madison, Ga, Mr.. b r. True, who l.k
thu. place December 2J. lie wen, from
Lima, N. T., in advance Of . compsuv
that had been organized 10 ,bs, place
Tor emigration to Georgia. Mr.. True h..
secured BY lsa,s. with the pri,il.s. Of
purchasing. some twenty two hu udr.d
acres Of land near Madison, upon which
the company are to commerce operation.
in the spring. They will take ou, i'm.
proved agricultural Implements, with
skilled farm lsborer.. to show the freed.
men no" to plo~ deep and ill the land
thoroughly, and to take charge OF g.ng..
Cotton planting begins in April, and the
la'es. picking takes place 10 D-crmbs,.
when ginning and baling for m.rk.,
begin.
Mr.. True b'ings a very favorable 70,
port As to the temper Of the people wh.,.
he had been sojourning. Ths,s ..sm. to
DO considerable genuine loyalty, with .
general desire for peace. and the cou,.
queo. return Of prosperity. They regard
emigration from the North with Rr..,
favor, and give practical men, Who come
with the Intention OF remaining. . warm
welcome. The negroes have no CO fi.ncs
IN ias Southern whites, aud work 70,
them With the greatest rsluc,.ncs, bu,
gladly engage with Yankees. They ar.
not worth much until they h.v. looked
about. after recovering their he,dom.
They like to loaf about foI = while, and
zee a little Of The word, when, as a gen.
sral thiss. they return and are contsn,sd
TO work. Many remain 10 the to.u.
hanging idly about, and become . prey
TO starvation and disease, which i. sweep
Jog them OF by hundreds. The freed.
man in Gso'si. are however. better of
thsn in most othss States.
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THE LANCASTER LEDGER.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, January II, 1865

sB The time for which many Of our sub.
scribers have paid win soon expire. We give
them this warsng that they may renew,
as the paper, in ALL cAsEs, will be discon, thu.
ed at thc expiration Of the time for which tn ey
have paid. Subscribers finding . (X) cross
mark on the margin Of their paper may know
that their time is out.
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Federal Appointments.

We learn that James 4. Magil, Esq, has
received the appointment Of Sub Collector of
the United States internal revenue tax for the
Districts Of Lancaster and Kershsw and that
Mr.. +. J. Hickson has been app, , ..ted Asses.
sor Tor Lancaster District. These gentlem en-
are bolh familiar with the duties before them,
having served in similar capacity under ths
Confederate Government.
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meeting to-day and appointed Senators
fessenden and Johnson, and representa-
tive Washburne, of Illinois. to wait on
the President, with whom they had an
hours interview.
WAsHINoroS, Jan. 8 S-SESArR-Mr.
Morgan presented the memorial of the
New York Chamber Of Com IN cree, ask,
ing for legislation 10 exemp. Sou,he ern
creditors from the operation Of the sta.
tues Of Limitation. Referred 10 the Judi.
ciary Committee.
HorsE.-Mr Williams. Of PepLsylya
mia, (Republicsn,) offered a resolution
declaring ,ha, in order to the m ,inten.
ance of the National authority and the
protection Of the loya! ci,izens Of the se
cedins States, it RS the sense Of the House
THAI the military forces Of the Govern,
ment should not be Withdrawn from those
States for the present.
Mr. FraLcis Thomss, Of Maryland, in
troduce9 bill providing for ascertaining
and adjusting claims against the Govern
ment for the injury or destruction ofpro
perty by the military during the rebel
lion. Referred to the committee on
Claims.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa. introduce bill,
which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, to secure the benefit Of the
writ Of habeds corpus to persons held in
servitude contrary to the courts Of the
U ni,ed Staies.
Mr.. Morrill, introduced bill au,bori.
ziog the Secretary Of the Treasury to is
sue six per cent coupon bonds, TO an in.
definite amount, to fund all foatiug debts.
The bill provides that the irApfest paya
bic in England is to be five per cent
Also, that the interest bearing notes
shall cease to be p legal teIdsr whom
due.
Mr.. Latham, Of West Virginia, ad
dressed the EIou'e,argu tn Al the rebel.
lion was never limited by State lines. bu,
that its authority extended only as far
as its power could carry it. He there,
fore, protested sgainet the dogma ;hat
the States we're out Of the Union.
He was in favor Of restoring the State
Governments as they existed before over.
thrown by the rebellion. subject only to
such changes and conditions as would
make them conform to the present State
of the National Government. He doubt.
ed the necessity Of any more constitu.
oonal amendments to tbe Constitution.
II they we're nscessary the better plan
would be to call . convention At once
He objected to the determination on tho
part OF some OF The members to refuse
admission TO Southern Representatives
until the various amendments pending
are secured. He would let the case Of
all persons applying for admission ~
Representatives be considered on their
own merits. but would require them to
take the oath Of loyalty as Representa-.
tives Of loyal cons,i.qoneis..
Mr.. shellabarget o. Ohio. argued that,
according to the law Of nations and the
Constitution Of the United States, the
Southern States by disobedience to es.
tabIishsd law, placed themselves ou tsids
Of the UHion. Adjourned.
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The North Carolina Legislature will
probably bs convened about the 18th
inptanL
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Hon. JAMES FARRow. Representative
elect to CoDgrsss from this Congrs..ions al
District. Passsd through our town on
Tuesday, the 2sth uIt., on bic way home
from Washington,
Osiug TO the fact ,iha: our State vas
continued under ito Provisio nal Govern.
msnt Mr. Fsuow thought best 10 waive,
for the time being, the prescptstioo Of
bic crsdsnti.ls. But on the publication
OF Mr.. ss~ard's dispatch, relieving Pro,
sisiona Governor Perry (which, however
WAS not till tie 22i December, one day
after the rscsss. NJ. Fsrrow addressed .
commuuicstion to Speaker CoIfax, encIo,
sing bic crsdsu,i.Is and requesting him
to lay ,hsn besore The House on Rs 70.
assembling. Mr.. Fsro~ hs. returned TO
await at home the action Of tbs House
upon bis cred sntials.
Mr.. Psro~ expires sss . .ssonx coua
dence 10 President Jopnssn's desire and
determination to effect at the earliest Dos
sibls day, the restoration OF the Southern
States TO the foil snjoym msut Of aII the
rights Of membership Of The FEDERAL
Uoioo.- Ch<s;sr StsNdard.
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A Problem for the Radicals.

Under tae above heading. the Washiss.
ton City I"'sllYe"etr '.,':
IL the constt utioaal amspdmsst abolish.
ing slavery I" adopted, then is has been done
through the necessary aid Of the Southern
States. lfhsse States have The pewsr and
right to participate with thSir sister State
in matter Of such high concern a. the
modification oftAe Consultation Of tho cous.
try, it is fer Radical gentlemen 10 answer
why sue h states are net entitled to repre-.
ssntatios iq Congress. That some Of hs
Radicals are waking up to this officially 10
evident from the cd paragraph, which
We take ffe. the Bo.toa Journal, an ex.
treme sheet:
IT will not escape attention that some
insis si6csnt inPIicciisss are contained in
this ProclAmatien Of Secretary Ssward's.
For instance. il 10 assumed that the Statss
OF Tennessee, Louisiana, Nsrth Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia. and Ala.
Sams, (f net the o tier secedsA Statss,) are
sow absolutely in the Union, 90 that sny
act they may do in oonssnancs with the
State powers 10 valid 70 oil istsnts and pur.
poses, snd hence their members OF Cssgrsss
duly chosen are entitled Of right I o admis.
sisn. unless Individually d.barreI By purely
personal objections. This will surprise
many who have not thus ioterprsttsd the
position Of tho Adwinistratisn. II gives .
new tsrn to the rsconstrucion question,
which cannot but isvest IL 8 consideration ia
Congress with eshsnced interest.
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- =
4 Memphis newspaper says that many
Northern men 10 ,hs. vicinity have leased
plantations, and are engaging 10 The
culture Of cotton. As the General Gov
srnmeos has taken upon itself the task Of
repairing levsss along the Mississippi. .
large amount Of land uncultivsts6 this
yesr will be planted he ne{t. Late o..
Inmates by scrstsry McCu lloch have in.
dicatsd ths. BY the time the usft years
crop is gathered, the amount on bsod
will have been entirely consumsj, from
which may be inferred the 10 tersst the
country at large has 10 The cultivation Of
the crop the coming year. Il. OF course,
cannot nearly reach ths amount raised
just before the war. but it may prove sui.
hcisot to prsvsrt . greater scarcity than
now exists,
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-03-17
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
"RadicaT, Knight Errantry.

' The Herald is drawing with pen and easy
pencil the portraits of Thad. Stevens and
Senator Sumner. The former we are told is
the Sancho Panza of the Radical faction, and
the latter is Don Quixote:
although these two representatives travel
the same road in company 1--WE are told,) their
characters and their peculiarties are essen
TALLY different. Sumner is the knight; Ste
vens is the esquire Sumner looks upon the
negro race as a colored Dulcinea to be re-
lieved, while Stevens trudges along with an
eye to fun and frolic, and mouth ever open
for the loaves and fishes. Sumner is rather
moody and melancholy; much study of old
books has made him mad; he renders himself
ridiculous by attempting to carry out imprac-
ticable theories in this practical. workaday
age. Stevens has studied nothing but men,
and only falls in with his masters chivalric
notions when they promise to lead to good
fare an l fat offices. Sumner is ambitious of
becoming the champion of the most ultra in
terpretations of the great principles of liberty,
fraternity and equality Stevens signs only
for creature comforts and remuneratye pat
ronage, and cares more for the next election
than for any abstract principle ever enunciat-
ed. The one is a lunatic philosopher, and we
pity him while we laugh at him. The other
is shrewd, INSCRIPTIONS politician, full of
broad humor and fond of rough jokes, and we
are equally ready to roar at him whether he
is drubbing somebody or being soundly
thrashed."
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A Negro Insults a Lady.

Yesterday afternoon, as the steamboat Abeo-
ma, bound for St. Louis, and about to leave
the wharf, an affair took place on board that
created great deal of excitement, both on
the boat and on the levee There were seye-
raj negro soldiers of one of the regiments
lately mustered out here, on board, and they
were somewhat disorderly. Finally, just as
everything was ready for the boats departure,
one of the negroes, who was somewhat intox-
icated, went up on the cabin deck and going
to one of the lady passengers, pulled out an
obscene picture of half-dressed negro and
held it before the lady. The lady screamed
for assistance to have him taken away, and
the Waterman of the boat came to her relief
and attempted to make the negro 60 down to
the lower deck. AT this the negro pulled out
revolver and fired at the Waterman, driving
him away, and then passed down to his COM
panions on the lower deck The officers of
the boat at once sent for the police, and in
the meantime took charge of the negro 10
keep him from the infatuated mob that
gathered on the boat from the shore, shouting
"kill him" "throw him into the river"
A policeman at last CAME and on hearing
the case, was deferred from arresting him,
fearing the action of the Freedmen's Bureau
in the matter, and therefore went away. At
ter the policeman had left, the mob, every
minute growing stronger, at once took the
law into their own hands, and Selling the ne
gro beat him, and then threw him into the
river on the shore side of the boat, giving hiE,
a good ducking. He waded to shore and
started off in a full run for the Freedmen's
Bureau, pursued by crowd of boys who
made the bricks and stones fly around him
thick and fast. The mob then searched for
the other negroes, and Selling them threw
them one after another into the river, when
they swan to shore only to fall into the hands
of the boys that waited for them, and chased
them, yelling and throwing bricks at them,
towards the Bureau. The valises, carpet-sacks,
and everything that belong to them were
thrown into the river, and fell a prey to the
boys that mingled with the mob on shore. ~
It is matter of surprise that the negroes
were not hurt much worse than they we're
They laid in complaint before Col, Thomas
son last night.-LouisriNe Courier, 11h.
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CRoP PRosPEcTs IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
We are gratifed to state that the prospects of
a crop this season are fine in this section
Planters, generally, are putting forth an unu-
sual amount of energy to produce the staple
article, and have succeeded far beyond antici-
patton in securing labor. Many of the negroes
have found out that it is absolutely. necessary
for them to labor to maintain life, though they
have freedom. The lesson cost them many
lank stomachs and thousands of lives, and it
is quite time for them to have learned it.
Many, rather than seek new employers, have
chosen to contract at fair wages with their for
mer masters, and apparently have gone to
work in earnest. t....
Now that our labor system is beginning to
be understood, we can look to the coming fall
with sone hope of prosperity. We see no
reason why the agricultural interests of the
South should not multiply under these favo-
BILE auspices. If the negro will work for wages,
we have no hesitancy in saying that cotton
can be produced at less expense than hereto
fore under the old system of slavery, and if he
does not, his place will be supplied, as it has
been already in many localities, with white la
bor.-C 0rinth Neaos.
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The DRyNKARD.- Good accounts are re-
ceived respecting the workings of the N. York
State Incbriate Asylum at Binghampton,
which has been open for the reception Of in
mates about year. DIR. Garrison says:
The doubts which, in the minds of many
attached to the possibility of success in the
management of an institution for this unique
purpose, are being rapidly dissipated; and the
devotion, industry, and intelligent persever-
ance of its bold minded founders are now be-
ing rewarded by the restoration to their fami-
lies, to society, and to themselves, of many of
the most intelligent and the brightest minds
among our fellow citizens. Men, who are nei-
Their criminals, lunatics, nor idiots, but who,
in consequence of evil associations in early life
or insufficient strength to resist the enticement
of the degrading cup, have been reduced to
conditions parallel thereto, are here brought
to see the errors of their practices, and to feel
that they can be restored to lives of temper
ance, virtue, and usefulness