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tations of ON early evacuation of
Mexico. which were founded 11non

o"AOAS VI an early eVaCuaGlOu fOI
Mexico, which were founded upon
the Emperor's speech, we have no
apprehensions that the Mexican ques-
ton viii lead to collision between
France and the United States. The
1nterestsof both in the preservation
OF peace are too great to be sacrificed
for any interest that either has in
Mexico, and the conduct of affairs on
both sides is in the hands of states
men of great calmness, sagacity and
experience.-Richmond Dispatch.
Executive Patronage to Force Trail
a tors into Congress.
1t is, no longer questionable that
President johnson distinctly an
nounces that no one who refuses to
support him in his demand for ad-
mission to Congress of claimants for
seats from the rebel States, nearly all
of whom are disqualified from taking,
or refuse to take, the oaths imposed
upon other Senators and Representa-
tlves, shall receive or continue to
enjoy any of the patronage which he
holds in trust for the patriotic and
betrayed millions. Now that the
organs Of George B. Mcclellan and
George H. Pendleton, the .sympa-
thizers with Jefferson Davis and John
G. Breckinridge, and those who went
so far as to attempt to shift the re-
sponsibility of the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln upon the shoulders
of Andrew johnson, have become the
mouth-pieces Of the President of the
United States, one of their daily de-
clarations is that the radicals must be
removed from Office, and that no man
can hold place under the present
Administration who does not register
its new DEGREES and approve the policy
lald down in the recent veto message.
The President himself takes the same
ground, explicitly promising his de-
claratlons to those who came to him
asking these places with the warning
and the threat that he intends to con-
fine his favors to men who freely give
themselves up to his policy. But
when Andrew Johnson persists in
making test of the doctrine that
traitors are to be admitted into the
Congress of the United States, he will
have to depend upon traitors and the
sympathizers with treason alone for
his support. If he expects that the
millions of Americans who have suf-
fered so long and lost so much, who
have given of their best blood to their
country's cause, who lavished upon
him the confidence and affection chat
sprung from a sincere belief in his
patriotism, and sincere hatred of
his oppressors, will now be terrified
because he threatens to employ their
own patronage, their own instrumen-
talities, and the very weapons they
placed in his hands for the defence of
the common veal, for the incredible
purpose of crowning treason in the
capitol of the country, he will be as
much mistaken ns Jefferson Davis
himself, when that incarnate, migrate
and traitor took arms against gene
rous and inaulgent Government.
Fo,ney's Chronicle.
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IGNORANCE OF SCRIPTURE. North
ern journal says that the pastor of a
fashionable city church having spoken
OF Solomon's Song as production of
great genius and beauty, gentleman
belonging to the church called during
the week at leading music store to
get copy of it!--Rehgious Herald.
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RELIEF IN CANCER Brandini,
in Florence, has recently discovered
that citric acid will assuage the vio-
lent pain which is the usual concomi-
tant of cancer One of his patients,
aged seventy-one, at the Hospital OF
Santa Maria della Scala, was afflicted
with cancer on the tongue. There
was no possibility of performing an
operation, the surface attacked being
far too extensive, investing the base,
the sub-ingual, and the sub-maxilary
glands. The poor man, in the midst
of his torments, asked for lemon,
which was nothing very remarkable,
as cancerous patients generally have
the seat of the disorder being in
the mouth, circumstance was OBJ
served which might otherwise have
escaped attention-the juice of the
lemon diminished the pain.
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HE LABOR SYSTEM IN MIDDLE
GEORGIA. intelligent gentleman,
writing to the Augusta Constitutional
1st on this subject, says:
1t has become evident that the
older sections of Georgia, especially
the Black Belt as Middle Georgia
was formerly called, will, in the course
of few years, be drained, not only
of their surplus labor, but of that
which will be necessary to the culti-
vation of the soil. Without any in-
terposition of the F'reedmen's Bu-
reau, such q result must sooner or
later be consummated. Following the
immutable and irresistible law of sup
ply and demand, free labor will 90
where it is most valuable. On the
rich prairies of the West, and on the
alluvions of the Mississippi, negro
labor is more profitable and better in
other respects than white; but on the
lands of Upper Georgia, and through
out all that hilly and healthy belt
which extends between the noun
tains and the low country from
Virginia to the Mississippi, white Ia
Dor must take the place Of black; and
as the F'reedmen's Bureau only has
tens the emigration of the negro
Westward, so it becomes those who
wish for the future welfare and pros
perity of Georgia, to hasten, so far as
is in their power, the filling up by
white immigration of the vacuum
caused by the departure of the
black"
The DOMESTIC BRANDY MANrrAc-
rURE.-In a liquor case before the
United States Court, at Albany, New
York, the testimony brings to light
facts of great interest to brandy
drinkers. It appears thata very small
proportion of what is sold as pure
French brandy is imported. It is
manufactured on large scale in New
York, Albany and elsewhere, from
alcohol and various drugs, and even
the casks with the French marks are
made in New York. There are said
to be at least ZOO brandy manu-
factories in the United States. The
profits of the manufacture are i'm
mense, and those who drink the poi
sonous mixture will find it q great
economy to buy their own dye-stuffs
aT7 make brandy for themselves.
One firm in New York-Dayton &
Co.-uses as many as 1000 of the
bogus French brandy casks every
year. The chief elements of the made
brandy are said to be ''cologn, spi-
rit, oil Of cogniac and neutral" It
was stated by one of the witnesses on
the trial that brandy, which sells for
from SO to S15 per gallon costs only
about 50. so for manufacture.
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FREAKS OF LIGHTN1Ne.-One of the
most remarkable freaks of lightning
ever recorded, took place at the house
of Judge McNeill, in the town of
Middleport, Ill, on Friday, the 9th
ult The family circle, consisting of
Judge McNein and wife, little son,
his step-son, Mr.. Lucien A. Tatman,
a step-daughter, Mrs. Elder, aud a
hired girl, were seated in the family
dining-room, and a little grand d-daugh-
ter was sleeping in an adjoining bed
room. A severe explosion sent three
distinct columns of the fluid into the
Judges house. One ran along the
brick foundation to within q few feet
of the door of the room in which the
group were sitting, and then followed
up joist some fifteen inches and
burst through the plaster to the bot
tom of the leaf of table which was
standing against the wall; thence over
the table upon Mr.. Tatman's shoulder,
who sat leaning against the table. A
portion of the fluid ran over and
portion under his arm, and uniting,
ran, down his leg, and leaped upon
Judge McNeill, first striking him on
the buckle on the back part of his
pants, coursing its way down the thigh
and leg to the foot, where, bursting
open his boots, it escaped to the stove,
on which his foot was resting at the
time he was struck. The Judges
little son was thrown from the chair
in which he was sitting, but without
being hurt; nor were any of the
others in the room injured. The
other two columns of fluid perform
ed almost equally eccentric mannu-
vres. Each one of the gentlemen had
penknife in their pockets, which
were completely polarized. No one
was seriously injured.
A TOUGH SroRY-NEMoN1A OR THE
OLD WOMAN OF THE ST.. CRo1x.-A
correspondent of the Polk County
Press is responsible for the following,
which, If true, makes the venerable
Joseph Crele comparatively an infant:
''The Oldest human being known
IN modern times lives now, or did a
short time since. in Wisconsin, near
the head waters of the st. Croix river.
Her exact age is unknown When
Oldest Indians, who know her, were
young, she was an old woman. They
called her 'Nemonia, the Chippewa
for an old woman She is marvel and
wonder to al who see her. Her
body is bent nearly to the ground by
time and heavy burdens. Her face,
wrinkled and smoked in the wigwams
for over $50 years, has little left of the
shuman face divine
''When inquired of by white men,
WHO were cutting timber near her wig
VAN, in regard to her age, she could
not tell it, but could we'll recollect
when those tall pines they were cut
ting were no larger than the staff she
held in her hand, and when she could
bend them down and break off their
branches. The lumbermen cut down
those trees and counted their yearly
growth, and many of them proved to
be nearly 200 years old. So, if Memo
MIA tells the truth, she is nearly 800
years old
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A NEAT REPLY-"I dislike your saying
that my teeth are going. So DON'T" said =
young lady to her beau. ''Not so don't
but sSo-zo-dont, you should have said" he
replied. The damsel pouted, but took the
hint. Nor need it be said that the bal
samic preparation arrested the evil, though
it could not quite repair the damage a.
ready done.
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Senator Wigfall escaped from Texas
three weeks since.
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CAsn.-our terms for subscription, ad-
Vert'slng and job work are cash. We hope
all parties will bear this in mind.
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just been issued, in pamphlet form, fro,,
the PhGniI steam power press. Order.
can be filed to any extent
..----> - -,--~----.-
DAN. CAsrELIo's SHOW. This exhibition
closed last evening. Tho attendance was
large on the two occasions on Monday.
and, on yesterday, it was still more 80.
We commend the exhibition to our friends
who have not had circus for the past five
years. Dams Show is good one--welI
conducted and worthy Of patronage.
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VENEZUELAN LAND CoMPANY-In direc.-
ing attention to the card Of Colonel C. r.
Bryce, we publish the following letter:
New YoRK, January 20, 1865.
35 West 33d street.
Mr.. r. r. Collier, Peteysbu,q, Va.
ESTEEMED SIR: Being confined for ssve-
raj days to my bed, to-day, for the first
welcome letter Of last Goth instant.
In reply to your questions, I will proceed
to say: Mr.. Henry NJ. Price has grant
from our Government to raise q COLONY in
the Territory of Guayana, between the
Orinoco and Amazon. will tell you that
he has most liberal one; the Government
furnishing him with one of the richest
lands on earth. This territory is crossed
by net Of magnificent rivers. 1t embraces
nm extent twice as large as the empire OF
France. All kinds Of agriculture, the pro-
duction Of minerals, br,- -eding cattle and
several other pursuits could be easily car
rled out in that territory. The colony shall
have all the privileges they can desire I
an, happy to hear that you are one Of the
Directors Of this brilliant enterprise a.
low me to give piece Of advice: I think
the best plan for your undertaking should
be to go-some OF YOU directing ito
Guayana. Fcnezuela, and then You could
fully realize by your own eyes the business
you have III hand. I am sure your desire
to go into it earnestly would be the great
wealth than this beautiful country. could
offer to the company to go with them to
that territory, if they are willing to follow
my indication. At present, they arc work
ing one Of the richest mines OF gold that
has ever been discovered, in the territory
OF Cpata, and the Quantity and the kind is
so superior that many have made fortunes.
Many OF the miners sell their raw gold to
the merchants Of Bolivar for their equiva-
lent in weight in gold currency, being tho
quality Of the gold twenty four carats.
With regard to the management Of the
but will be ready to give any information,
or to do in their behalf all that could
with my Government.
am, sir, your obedient servant,
FLORENCIO RIBAS.
.-.--->--.-----~>>-->----
NEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS is call
ed to the following advertisements, whick
are published this morning for the nrst
time:
John f. Meister-To Creditors.
Meeting of Acacia Lodge.
Hall L. Long-Lumber.
Meeting Of Governors Guards. 10.
+. Pollard--Icc Cream Candy.
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A hard shell preacher wound up a
flaming sermon with this magnificent
effusion:
''My brethren and sistern, eff q mans
full Of religion you can't hurt him!
There was the three Arabian children
they put 'em in fiery furnace, hetted
seven times hotter than it could be
het, and it didn't swinge har on their
heads. And there was John the
Evangeler; they put him-and where
do you think, brethering and sistern,
they put him? Why, they put him
into a caladronie Of bilin' lie, and
billed him all night and didn't faze his
shell! And there was Daniel; they
put him in lions demand what,
my fellow-travelers and respected
auditories, do you think he was put
into a lions den for? Why, for
prayin' three times day. Don't be
alarmed, brethring and sistern; 1 don't
t! think any of you will ever get into a
lions den"
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BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. A friend,
writing to us from Cedar Springs,
Spartanburg District, under date oi
February Is, says:
I'VE are having exciting times be-
low this few miles. Four persons
have been killed within the last two
weeks-one white man and three ne
groes.
"Some month or more ago, a diff
ficulty arose between the garrison at
Union c. H, and some of the citi-
zens, which resulted in the wound
ing of one of the soldiers by Mr.. Jas.
Fernandez or his son. Soon after
this, Mr.. f. was published as an out
law, and orders were issued for him
to be taken at all hazards In order
to elude the garrison, Mr.. F. has been
going from one friends house to an
other, until he was betrayed at the
house OF his friend, Mr.. Benz. Ken
nedy, Of this District, and on the
morning of the 28th of January, was
shot dead by one of the garrison from
Union G.. II.
''On last Friday night, three ne
gro"s were killed at Mr.. IS, it is
supposed by the friends of Mr.. F., on
suspicion that they had betrayed him.
At fourth one they shot five times.
but he made his escape.
''A bad state of affairs this, and
there is no telling whereunto it will
grow. -heoacee Courier.
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The BURNING OF CoLuMB1A.--An inter.
cstlng account of the ''Sack and Destrnc.
tlon OF the City Of Columbia, S. Cha,
just been issued, in pamphlet form, fro,,
the Ph,ni1 steam power press. Order.
can be filed to any extent
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would allow ample time for discussion
of the bill, and on that assurance he
withdrew his objection to the reception
OF the report There being no other OBJ
lection offered, the report was received
and the bill read twice.
Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania, made
the point Of order that the bill now, as
modified, contained an appropriation,
and must therefore go to the committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union.
The Speaker overruled the point of
order on the ground that the bill as now
reported provided that no money could
be taken ont Of the Treasury without
further legislation, sustaining the ruling
by reference to a decision on a like
point made by the Speaker ofthe House
in 1866.
Mr.. Price. then addressed the House,
explaining and defending the several
provisions of the bill.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Committee Of
Ways and Means, reported bill to
amend the internal revenue act, Which
was read twice and referred to the Com.
mittee of the Whole on the State of the
Union, and ordered TO be printed and
made the special order for tomorrow
week and until disposed of
Messrs Wentworth, Delano and Spald.
ing spoke against, and Henderson and
Woodbridge in favor, Of the Northern
Pacific railroad bill
Adjourned
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The SAND that is pumped mp smell:
strong of the Sinking lie. The com
pauy is in fine spirits, expecting to gel
person engaged in developing our great
mineral resources.
lido not believe there is one third the
amount of ardent spirits drank here now
that there was some years ago. Rot gut
whisky and the high duty on it is the
cause.
Many of our people failed of going TO
the State Convention at Clarksburg, for
the want of horses TO ride. Horses are
very scarce here since the war.
The most of our voters have registered
themselves, and believe nearly all will,
that are not disfranchised. Many are
required to take the test oath. The
Constitutional Union party here is com
posed of all political parties united to
sustain the policy of President johnson,
and to preserve the constitution OF the.
State and the United States. We are
opposed to their being mendea or amend
ed any more at this time.
The Constitutional Union men here
are in the majority. If we can only get
them out 10 vote we can carry this
township.
The REGISTER has the largest circula.
tion of any other paper 1t and other
Conservative papers are string up the
people, and they are beginning.to realize
the condition of the country and the
duty of the Union men to unite and vote
down the minority party in power.
Success and honor TO the editors, ora
tors and all men engaged for their coun
trys' welfare in sustaining constitution
al liberty. CLAY TOWNSHIP,
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.WeSi1aR News.

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-H" 9%-,-11-,-; aocornt of Iata
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ne ILnPei'l,i2'a Piitii 'olnn.on'es' ~ ~ y.
ma ma lU,I9 J "iIiu t fhfi 10 TnsIoI - 'FU fron
A o'clock in the morning Until c o'clock
in the evening. the Imperialsts being
aided by Laroche, with Carona as far as
JTrias The next day the fighting con.
tinued, when all the reserve and move
able artillery was ordered out to aid the
Iha ImneriaIists In to the sailing of
the steamer no decisive result had been
attained but accounts from the whole
country show the that fha Juarests are
stronger than ever
Consniracy IS rife IN The ,it, of Mexi
% and General Gale hos been impriq
onoj
0"S so,r.. ......t- ,,,. made and citizen.
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Washington News.

.WAsHIYGToN, April 25.--A rumor is
current around the capitol that the
| Committee on Reconstruction at their
meeting to-day, failed to agree upon a
report, there being a wide disagreement
among members. An effort will how
ever he made to reconcile conflicting
views
The Superintendent of the Insane
Asylumns of the country are here, hold
ing a conference IN Washington. This
afternoon they in a body called upon
the Presidents and were seyerally intro
duced to him. sa-..
The President has approved the joint
resolution appointing the following per-
sons managers of the National Asylum
for disabled Union volunteer soldiers,
under the provisions and conditions of
the third section of the act approved
March 90, 1866: Richard Oglesby, of H.
linois, Benjamin F. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, and Frederick Smith, of New
Hampshire, of the first class, to serve
six years; Lewis b Gunshell and Jay
Cooke, of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Os-
terhaus of the second class, to serve four
years; John H. Martindale, Of New
York, HoratiO G. Stebbins, of California,
and George II. Walker of Wisconsin, of
the third class, to serve two years.
The President has also approved of
the joint resolution that, in addition to
the thanks heretofore directed by Joint
resolution to Major Generals George G
Meade and Alvin o. Howard, aud the of.
fcers and soldiers of the army of the
Potomac, for the skill and heroic valor
which at Gettysburg repulsed, defeated
and drove back the veteran army of the
rebellion, the gratitude of the American
people and the thanks of their repre-
sentatives in Congress are likewise due
and are hereby rendered to Major Gene
raj W s Hancock, for his gallant, meri.
torious and conspicuous share in the
great victory.
The bill to amend the Internal Reye-
nue Laws, as reported to day. provides
that on and after the first day of July,
1866. in lieu of the duties on manufac-
tured cotton, there shall be paid. by the
producer or holder upon all cotton pro
duced within the United States, and
upon which no tax has been paid, tax
of FIVE cents pound upon articles
manufactured exclusively from cotton,
when exported, there shall be allowed
as drawback an amount equal to the
internal tax which shall have been as
sessed or paid upon such articles in their
finished condition. and in addition
thereto drawback or allowance of as
many cents per pound upon the pound
Of cotton, cloth yarn, or other articles
manufactured exclusively. to the same
extent. of raw cotton
The committee Oh Ways and Means
have compromised the difficulty on the
Internal Revenue bill and will report
it to day,
Wade Hampton. the new postmaster
at Pittsburg, was nominated at the In
stance of Senator Cowan. Mr., Eonnhuast
had made himself obnoxious by disre-
spectful personal language shout the
President
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Foreign News

SANDY HOOK, April 25.-The steamer
City of Boston, from Liverpool llth via
Queenstown 18th. has arrived, and an.
chored off this port Her advice7 are
one day later
LIVERPOOL, April IL Cotton sales
today of 1000 bales, including 5000 to
spectators and exporters Market dull,
with a decline of 2!d, and panic - the
market The Manchester market is
dull
LONDON. April - -Consols closed
at s64a663 for money United States
5.20s 71.a7l4 Illinois Central 5Ola51
Erie J44a55.
The City Of Boston brings the follow
ing political news
The Austro German iimculty contin
ues critical 1t is asserted that Prussia
has decidedly refused TO comply with
the Austrian request to withdraw the
order for the mobilization Of her corps
darmee
A letter from George Peabody to Queen
Victoria has been published The letter
expresses his 1armest qualification and
thanks He says he Will value the
Queens portrait as the most precious
heirloom he can leave in the land Of his
birth, where, together with the Queens
letter. it will ever be regarded as evi
deuce of ths kindly feelings of the
Queen towards the citizens Of the Unit.
ed States
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5. T.-is60 X The amount OF Plantation
Bitters sold in one year il something startling
They would fill Broadway six feet high, from
the Park TO lth street brakes mandatory Is
one of the institutions of New York; II Is said
that Drake painted all the rocks in the Eastern
States with his caballstic IS. I -ls60-X., II"
and then get the old granny legislators 10 pass
law preventing disfguring the face Of Ma
ture, which gave him a monopoly. We do not
know how this Is, but we do know the Plantation
Bitters SELL as no other article ever did. They
are used by ell classes Of the community, and
are death on Dyspepsia-certain. They are very
invigorating when languid aud weak. and a
great appetizer
Saratoga Spring WGisT, sold y ali
Druggists