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Washington News.
NEW York, Jan. lS

The Tribune's Washington special says
that the Committee OF Ways and Means
are much divided on the Tax Of the Gold
Bill. They agreed that gold should be
sold in the open market, but are not de-
cided upon the amount or manner Of sell.
ing and have determined TO confer with
Secretary McCulloch and COMMISSIONS,
Wells before acting with the Tax Bill as
to the reduction asked for.
General F. d. Sowsll has been ordered
to North Carolioa to report on the present
practice Of the Courts Of that State. Gov
ernor Worth will appoint commissioner
to act with General Sowsll. The com.
mission will report simultaneously to
General Howard aud the North Carolina
Legislature.
The Internal Revenue receipts to-day
were only S30s,00O.
Bradley T. Johnson, OF Richmond,
formerly a Confederate General; has been
admitted to practice in the Suptems Court
under the rule abolishing the test oath.
The Southern Republican Association
in Washington are engaged in procuring
evidence for the impeachment Of the Pre-
sIdent. They have adopted Bill for
reconstruction, which provides thst the
appointing power shall be vested in the
President and Senate Of the United States;
the Provisional Government to be COM
posed OF a Provisional Governor and thir.
teen loyal citizens in each State as 4 leg
isIatiye power. The Governor shall be
chosen from the loyal citizens, and shall
be over 25 years OF age, and be one who
did not sign any secession ordinance, and
who has not held office Of suy lind under
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Trouble Among the Negroes on the Sea
Island Plantations.

An order has been issued TO Captain
ii. &. Brandt, Commissioner Of the Freed
mems Bureau, who has charge Of the Ne,
groes Oh Back River, to the effect that
the lands hre to be turned over to owners
and the freedmen to make contracts. A
portion OF lhe Cheves property has been
leased by Mr.. Smith Barnsell, who was
desirous Of making agreements with the
negroes, but they positively refused and
threatened TO take Mr.. Barnwell's life
A detachment of fifty men proceeded TO
the place, but soon found that the negroes
were determined to resist. Capt. Brandt
then proceeded across the river, went to
Mr.. Barnweil's place, AMI at first saw
nothing but a few women and children.
tie read his orders TO them, and said ,ha,
he came TO them as friend and not to
fight them. Soon thereafter, the detach.
msnt was surrounded By three or four
hundred armed negro men and women,
the men keeping to the rear Of the women
snd children. Some Of the negroes 90,
in The rear Of the soldiers behind fence,
and, when discovered, they had their guns
pointed through holes in the fence, and
bearing directly on the soldiers. Discov
ering this, the captain jadiciously deter
mined to withdraw his men, not wishing
to shed blood, especially as the women
and children would probably have been
the sufferers. He came to town for fur
ther orders from General Scott, command.
ing the district.
We have been informed that the ne
groes have been thoroughly drilled and
armed, and that an officer, with sash and
sword, was in command. We also learn
tha. the negro lawyer (Brsdley) who ap.
piled to be admitted to practice in the
Superior Cour. last week, is at the bot
tom OF the whole thing tina: he has in,
formed the negroes that they can VI be
removed; that Congress has passed law
giving them the right to hold the land,
and that he has recommended them to
resist the officers Of the Bureau.
we understand that dispatches have
been sent 10 Gen. Scott, informing him
Of the state Of affairs, and that be will
probably arrive on the scene to day.
Savannah News and Herald, 2l.
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Good News.

The Test Oath having been decided
unconstitutional, we learn there will be
nothing exac,ed now from Pos'mss,ers
more than the old Post Office oath. Let
Pos,mas,ers bo selected. and applications
for appointment be made at once. We
hope each section Of our District will give
due attention to this important matter.
II there ever was a time when a gen.
sral diffusion Of the news Of the day
would be beneficial to the mass Of tho
people, that time is now. AS An instance
OF the total darkness. 10 this respect, IL
which some people exc out their existence,
we had a gentleman a few days sso to
inquire il We had "yet received the Pres
ident's Message"
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Bad Time Coming


According to the toIloSiug, from the
National Mtcligcnccr, we have not seen
the worst yet:
The course Of the majority in Congress,
IN endeavoring to discover the Union, for
whose preservation millions Of treasure
and hundreds Of thousands Of lives were
freely given; in seeking to destroy and
upr"ot the Executive and judicial branch
es e the Government, and &c make the
Constitution itself the mere playthingsof
political faction, is rapil ! tending 10
the destruction, not only Of the Govern.
ment, but o! the whole people. 1t is
madly creating a financial crises, which
will involve the rich and the poor alike in
one common catastrophe. 1t will not only
destroy the public credit, break the bank
and the treasury, stop the mills, silence
the forges, suspend all commerce, and
paralyzs the hands OF industry, but it will
bring gaunt, stark, relentless want TO the
doors Of all, the highest and lowest in the
land.
This is the picture that the unerring
fingers Of fa;o are painting in ineff.csable
colors upon our whole horizon. 1t cannot
much longer he shut out from the unwiIl
ing vision OF the deS,ructives in Congress.
1t is the nameess terror they are them
selves reckIessly invoking. Let them
pause III their career and contemplate its
awful revelations.
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Signs.

"Hermes," the usually we'll informed
correspondent Of the Charleston Mercury
writes as follows:
"From all I can gather, it Is probable
that the North Carolina Commission will
return home, and advise the people that
they had better accept the amendment,
the disabilities Of which, the Commission q
have bee led to believe, will be removed
in year or two. Further, thew will
most likely recommend the Southern peo.
pie to unite with the conservative Repub.
licans, IN voting for General Grant as the
next President-a measure, which, it is
belisved, will dsorganize the Republican
party, and ensure the defeat ef Chase
The formation Of entirely new political
organizations is regarded By moderate
Republicans as inevitable.
The same correspondent telegraphs
under date 21st instant:
"Governor Orr, Of South Carolina, had
an interview to day with a number OF the
leading Republican members of Congress;
amcng whom were Speaker Colfax, Sen
ators Wade and Wilson, and the Hon.
John Covode.
.GovernorOr is hopeful that an ar
rangement W i'll be made, by which all
differences between the North and South
vii! be Teconsidered, upon the basis Of
Southern representation, impartial suf'
frage and universal amnesty The pro
ject is yet in embryo.
The Herald, Of a late date Estates that
plan is Oh foot TO have the amendment
adopted by the loyal States as rapidly as
possible, and that, when ratified by three
fourths Of those States il will be declared
part OF the Constitution. This is to be
insured by the nomination Of General
Grant as the next President. 1t saws
"Ihis is the programme, and the simple
statement Of it will carry with it the gen.
eraI conviction Of its success. Il will 70
move at once all the stumbling blocks 10
a settlement with the South, in the shape
OF conflicting cliques and schemes for n,e
Presidency; il will consolidate the North
upcn The amendment and upon General
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WAsHINaroS, Jan. 22.-The South
Carolina murder Committee ha. been
Instructed to inquire sbou, the whipping
Of citizens Of the United States in North
Carolina. and burning to death ofcitirens
in South Carolina when confined in Jail.
Hon. Z ID. Holbrook and ex Governor
Cummings, both OF Idaho, had q person.
al encounter at Willsrds yesterday. with.
out serious results.
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CONDITION OF SoUTH CARoLtNA.-A
special dispatch to the EUsning Post says
that General Sick!es' testimony before the
Congressional COMMITTEES ia. relation TO
affairs il South Carolina is very strong.
lie declared that many counties OF that
State require constant military control to
secure to the freedmen any Of their
rights.
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AN EASY WAY TO PAY THE DEBTS or
THE SOUTHERN STATES. Her.
aid says:
The fact must not be forgotten that 10
absorbing a foreign State we absorb lis
obligations. The rebel States, ss mem
bers Of the Union, each in its State capa,
city before the war, had incurred n heavy
bill Of State debts, ranging from ten TO
forty or fifty millions, more or less, for
each State. Those debts by each of th Q
Sta:cs concerned are now held as binding
upon them, and II we act consistently
with the grand issue OF the war, that the
rebel States with their subjuga,ion ceased
TO exist rs States, we.must ut least assume
the debts which they owed down to the
hour Of their secession from the United
States. The rights, powers, and obIiga'
tons Of a couqueror go together.
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CHARLOTTE MARKET.

ReVied reehly by H"tchison Burroughs d Cs
Opposite !a National Bank.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 26.
Cotton 26 to % cents.
Flour Sl3 90 TO $ls 90 per barrel.
Corn. 81 30 per bushel.
Mcai, s so por n.hel.
Peas, Sl.35 per bushcl.
Oats, {Seed) 81 90 per bnsh-l.
Bacon. - 10 90 cents per 10.
Pork, l3 cents per 10. lu demand.
Lard. Is cents per ID.
Butter, 40 cts per D..
Eggs, % cts per doz.
Salt. 81 90 per sack.
Tagging, 30 cents rcr yard.
WhiNkev. (r"r") S225 Per e ,llon.
Gold. IN. v 81 81.
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A CoLsRED LAWYER NOT ALLOWED TO
Practice IN GEoRGIA-In the Superior
Court for Chatham county, Georgia,
Aaron A. Bradley, a person Of color,
made application TO be admitted to prac.
tice law in the State OF Georgia.
The petitioner is member OF the State
Of Maine. Judge w. b. Fleming made
the following endorsement on the pe,i
ton:
The laws Of Georgia do not authorize
or contemplate the admission Of persons
OF color TO the bar. and as this is a matter
entirely Of internal police and municipal
regulation, over which the State has ab.
solute Jurisdiction, il is my deliberate
judgement that this court has no power
to grant the within petition, the petitioner
being a person Of color.
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SOUTH CAROILNA-Lanast District,
January 80, 1867.

SOUTH CAROLINA-Lancaster District.
PYD. A. WILLIAMS, Esquire, Oedina.
ID ~ for said District
WHEREAs, John J. Porter. has applied
to me for Letters Of fAdmni,tratisn, on all
and singular the goods and chatte.,, righ,s
and credits OF J. B. Wilson, late ofths Dis
hict aforesaid, deceased.
These are. therefore, TO cite and admon-
lsh all and singular, the kindred and crcdi.
tors Of the said deceased. TO BE- and appear
before me At our next Or diDary's Cous, for
the said District, to be holden at Lancaster
Court House on the 18th day of February,
next. to show cause, II any, why tho said
Administration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, this TAI
day OF January, in the year Of our
Lord 1867, and IN The 9ist year OF the
Independence Of the u. 8. Of America.
ID. A. WILLIAMS, o. l. ID.
Jan. 3oth, l867-2t
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Estate James Faulkner.

DERSONS indebted 10 the Estate Of
II James Faulkner, deceased, are request.
ed to make early payments Of at last
part OF said indebtedness The Legatsas
want their money, and have no discretion
but to mako collections 90 soou ~ praetis
cable Al KiBLER,
Nov 7, 66-3mo Ssfviying Ex'or
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Notice.

A Ill persons indebted TO the Estate Of Jehn
"a Vanlandingha", decd, are hereby no,i-
fed that they. must pay up by tho ist day ot
February, 1857. And all psrsons having de.
nands against said Estate, are hereby moulded
to present them 10 the undersigned according
&C. Jaw, on or before the Ist day Of February
1897, on failure so 70 do they will be barred
n. B. VANLANDISGHAM, Adm'r.
Jan'y. Is, 1866.
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ESTATE RANFoRp HORTON.

n LII persons having demands against che
~ Estate Of Raniord lIortoii decea sed, aro
notified to present them 10 the undersigned on
or before the LIST day Of April next, and o.,
failure 50 to do, said cAipis will be barred.
JOHN GARDNER,
W. ". BLACKXoN, Ad~"
ssH. 2s, 1861. I'll
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Nh "A IL R L Il I'D .

Married, on the l7th inst, by WIN. Roberh
son, Esq, Mr.. TnouAs HoRroS, Of this District,
to Miss MILLIE SrovER, Of Kersblw.
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IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.


IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.
In the course of these letters, I have
frequently asserted the inability Of Con
gress, as ut present constituted, 70 adopt,
by the required vote, those measures nee
essary TO practi, al overthrow Of the
Governpent, namely The displacement
Of the President; the corruption or abol-
ishment Of the Supreme Court, and the
submission Of the Southern country to
the tnIe Of the negro population, in con
junction with the few itinerant political
mountehanks who infes, that unfortunate
portion Of the United States. | have
now no doubt OF the entire correctness of
these assertions. The difficulty IN the
accomplishment Of the unholy ends Of the
revo'u,'onists, has been. and still is, IN the
Senate. But it need be no longer dis
guised that very shortly this impedimen,
will have been removed.
This, in short. is tho key to the defsa,
of'Fos,er in Connecticut, Harris in New
York, and Of others need not name. /,
was also the orcrshadowing influence that
prevailed in the admission Of Nebraska
and Colorado as States. On the 5th OF
March next, ther, day selected by the
conspira,or, by an act Of Congress re-:
Gently passed, the people Of this country
may expect 10 see the initiation OF means
fully adequate TO consummate their nefa
rious purposes. IL is as certain as any
future event can be, that unless decisive
measures shall be taken to arouse the en-
lire country to its imminent danger, the
''ldes Of March" will witness the total
subversion Of The substance and the very
forms OF this Government.
1t is in full view OF the transcendent
importance Of this great emergency that
many consultations have been recently
had in this city by distinguished gentle
men from all parts Of the country, and
the universal sentiment 10 enteri aimed.
that, il constitutional liberty is to be pro
served 10 this land, no time is TO be lost
in assembling true representatives Of the
two millions Of voters who recorded their
sutfragss on the side oi the Constitution
at the late elections, IN solemn council,
there to make known that the infamou,
purpose 10 deprive the people OF their
liberties will not be INTERESTINGLY submit.
ted to. /, is high time. in the opinion of
wise and cautious heads, that the magni,
tude OF the present peril should be max,
edly set forth, in order that the people
may fully comprehend the awful precipice
to which the Radical leaders have been
step by step, conducting them. Iwell
know that the country is in such fren-
zisd condition thai words Of warning like
these, have nearly, If Go. quite, lost sig
nificancs. to say nothing Of their influ.
ercs. They are not, however. my words
bu, those OF the ables,, most prudent, and
purest men the nation can boast OF.
Baltimore Gazette.
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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX YEARS
OLD.-"Aunt M,lIv," a colored woman
formerly belonging to Captain James NJ.
Harris, residing near Rockfsh Gap, in
Nelson county, died at the residence OF
this gentleman on. the 7th inst, in the
one hundred and thirty sirh gear Of her
age. Sbe was born in 1881, in the be
ginning Of the reign of George II. She
was cotemporary Of Pope, Swift and
BoIingbroke-tbough probably she never
heard ofthem.-Ch Charlottesville Chronicle.
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Hon. Fernando Wood arrived In Char.
lesion on Tuesday from SaVanoah, and is
stopping at the Mills House.
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Washington News and Gossip.
LACK OF CONFIDENCE.

The Government is in receipt OF advi
ces from Europe to the effect that large
amounts Of United States securities will
soon be forwarded to this country for sale
owing to the lack Of confidence, occa
stoned 10y the announcement that Con
gress would probably impeach the Presi
dent. European capitalists are disposed
to convert our national securi.ies.- Sun
THE "IMpRACHMENr."
It is stated, upon apparently good au
thority, that Mr.. Stanton, has been sub
p9naed TO appear before the Committee
on the judiciary to testify in reference TO
Mr.Ashley's impeachment charges Agaius,
the President. - san.
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by the destruction of a republican govern

by the destruction of republican govern
,ner,t In this country"
These are grave allegations, and we're
evidently designed so to be. If they
were true, we should be implicated,
not only In the crime Of positive and
outright disloyalty to the Government
of the United States, but in the lar
greater sin of prostitutipg our calling to
political purposes. We do not propose at
present to argue tho injustice OF these
allegations. The burden OF PROOF OBVIOUS
" does not fall on US.
In the mean time, we take the Christian
liberty of saying, that to each and to all of
these allegations we offer unanimous and
an unequivocal denial. Further, we affirm
that scores Of unimpeachable witnesses
arc ready to testify that they are totally
without foundation in fact-viz., that since
the restoration Of the Government Of the
United States over the southern States
we have in no instance exhibited disloy-
atty in our pulpits, or used them as politi-
cal agencies against said Government /;
that We have in no instance propagated from
them what are termed "rcbcl sentiments -;
that least Of all have we. in the discharge
Of our ministerial duties, expressed directly
or Indirectly hope Of the establishment
of any other than republican form OF 60
vcrnmcnt in this country. 10 WORD,
we assert that the pulpit Of the South, SO
far as we know, is not liable to the charge
of either disloyalty or scdition against the
Government Of the United States.
On the contrary, we are conscious OF
having adhered strictly and constantly to
our ecclesiastical functions, and have
studiously avoided all complication of our
pulpits with the political issues of the
day.
This is our testimony and our record,
and we calmly submit the declaration
thereof to the world.
George Woodbridge, rector OF the Monu-
mental church; ~,
Nelson Head, pastor Of Centenary NC
thodist church;
J. L. Burrows, pastor First Baptist church !;
| C. II. Read, pastor United Presbyterian
church;
E. M. Peterson, pastor Clay-strect Me-
thodist church;
William Brown, editor Central PresbyIe-
rian;
E.. IT. Baird, secretary of Presbyterian
Publication;
D. S. Doggett, one of the bishops Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South;
T. Y. Moore, pastor First Presbyterian
church;
+. NJ. Baker, rector of Grace church;
i. II. Rutherford, pastor First Presbyte-
rian church, Petersburg, Va;
P. A. Peterson, pastor Union Station Me-
thodist Episcopal church, South;
K. n. Slcdd, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, South;
It. A. Ware, pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Charlottesville, Va;
Leroy NJ. Lee, pastor CRANKY street Metho-
dist church, Norfolk, Va;
Leonidas Rosser, presiding elder Rich
mond district.
1t is proper to say that when these sig
natures were obtained, number of the
ministers Of Richmond were absent.
The newspapers Of the country, secular
and religious, are respectfully requested
TO publish this document.
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BY Harrison, Goddin Appsrson, Auetionesrs
and Real Estate Agents.

TRUSTEES SALE OF FARM AND
MILL IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. SEVEN
MILES WEST OF RICHMOND, ON THE SOU ~
SIDE OF TIE MANCHESTER AND FALLING
CREEK T0RNplkE-Sy virtue OF deed OF .r ,b
10Th Of august 1855, duly recorded In Chesterfield
County Court shall, in execution thereof, pro-
coed to sell at public suction: on the premises on
FRIDAY the 10th OF August. 1857 at II o clock m,
il not the first fiji day shsGssf, rs,d ths
formerly owned by Mrs Sarah A. Forloinss,
cont timing $50 ACRES, on which there Is an ample
supply OF wood. The Improvements consist OF a
dwelling house containing five rooms, barn, sta
Bile, quarters Sc, and an excellent GRlST ii LII;
There is some tine meadow land and good old
orch I'd on the place.
TERMS: Enough in cash to defray expenses OF
sale and to pay off two bonds OF 81 600 each. win
interest from 10th Of August, 1885 on cradt as 10
81 900 until 10Th August 1853. with interest from
18th August 1865 and TO the residue Of the pro-
ceeds of sala, on such terms Is the said Thomas
s'i4t' p DAVID 4. BROWN, Trustee.
Sale conducted by HARRIsoI, GoDDIS ArPEa-
huctiOneers. du
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GREAT SHORT ROUTE TO THG
~ NORTH, EAST, AND WEST, VA Til:
MAC RAILROAD, CARRYING THE UNITED
STATES MAIL TWICE DalLY-RLEG Ant CAS-
WITH NEW PATENT SLEEPING CHAIRS a.
ALL TRAINS.-The THROUGH TRAlSS on tn,
road ere now run from the southern terminus q
the Connection railroad, corner BYRD AND BGsrg
STREETS as follows:
Mrhe DAY THROUGH MAIL TRAIN leavs. R,th.
mond daily 81 ITO A. 81, arriving In Washing.
ton at els p. a., connecting with the early a..
tsrnoon express trains for the North. hast and
West.
The NIGHT THROUGH MAIL TEAM, with els.
gsnt cars supplied with tho new patent see?'rs
chairs attached. leaves Richmond daily 81 -! P
NJ, Sundays eXceptod) arriving In Washington
at 6.l5 A. NJ, connecting with the esT!y !.rra.
ing trains for tho North. East and Wet
NoSXTRA CHARGE Tor sleeping chairs.
The ACCOMMODATION TkBlE, with !oca! -.
press packages, leaves Richmond daily CSpndgg,
Eighth streets, ~ / ?. n, arriving ia Fre4,.
THRUd0H ricKETs and THRoruH BAG.
GAGE CHECKS to Alexandria Wa,Atn.,on.
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston. a..
all the principal cities In the West.
For turtle information and th trough ticke.sap.
ply at the Office OF ths.company, corner Broat asd
Eighth streets, shockos Hill, and at the ,.cs,,
Office, corner Byrd and Eighth streets,
J. b GENTRY,
General Ticket Agent.
SAMUEL RUTH, Superintendent. APPS