The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-01-16

SLuLitlonal aulen'tinHnL aOnllSlllAG all
distinctions on account Of color.
In tho House, Mr.. Cooper presented
tho credentials of A. NJ. Branch. a Rep
rcsnh,ative of Texas, and Thomas j.
| Foster, n Representative from the Third
Congressional District of Alabama
which were referred to tie Committee
OH Reconstruction.
MIR. Miller introduced bill supple
mcn'ary to the Act relating to the can
collation. Of revenue stamps which was
referred TO the Committee Of WAYS an,
Means. After some discussion, the bill
| was passed.
IN tho Senate, among the petitions
presented, was one by Sumner, from
lancaster County, Pennsylvania, asking
in,m"aiatc legislation to prevent any
distinction being made in the District Of
Columbia, the Territories and the ten
nnrcconstructed States on account OF
birth, race or color; referred to The Com.
mitice on Reconstruction. The Senate
passed bill fixing the commencement
OF Congress on The 4th Of March. p p
The House concurrcd in the Senate
amendment to the bill fxingtho time oi
meeting of Congress. on The 4th oil
March. 1t prohibits constructive mi.
lcaSc. Also concurrcd in the Senate
amendment to tho bill amenling the
Act organizing the Territories, which
provides that there shall be no denial OF
Lhc elective franchise on account Of race,
color or Grcvons condition Of servitudc.
The vote stood l04 against 80.
The Senate bill for the admission OF
Nebraska into the Qpion was taken up,
and effort waa made to put il on its pas
sage. This bill. while proposing im,nc.
dEately to admit that State, accompanies
it with condition TO annul a provision
ol It's Constitution which confines sufr.
rage to whites. Mr. Garfield Rcpubl.
canI earnestly objected to forcing
through a bill of this importance with.
ont debate, and stated his opposition to
the conditions, remarlting that it would
furnish dangerous precedent, for Com
Grcss might admit South Carolina or
other Southern States in The same way.
MIR, Wilson, Of Iowa, said such condi-
ton was worthless, and wunll DO OF no
binding force. The House refused to
lay the bill on tho table. Tho question
will again be considered tomorrow.
Tho Senate Lii for tho uululss,On uf
Colorado is accompanied by the same
condition and Constitution. That State
also prec!udcs negroes from voting. This
condition was adopted to alleviate the
objections Of Sumner and other radicals
TO the admission OF the States, and to do
away with suffrage being confined to
whites
TIE GREAT TOBACCO Factory or
SPAIN "A snjoumer at Seville writes
The change from the FAIRY scene in and
around tho Alcazar to Tie tobacco fac,o.
ry is like nothing on this planet. Pit
your hnnn into a pitcher Of hot water
and quickly plunge it into another OF
cold, and The change will not be a whit
moro strange than to pass from the bean
hinl Alcazar to the presence of 5000
young girls, all in one room, and S"vl.
leians too, III the factory. They arc old
enough to be mischicvons and put on
airs " | doubt if as many black eyes
can be seen in any one place as in this
factory. Their fingers move rapidly
and their tongues little faster. Both
consume ten thousand pounds per day,
but you must not suppose that they use
tobacco in any shape; but they must
talk, and talk they do with a rapidity
That is amazing | have often heard
that woman's weapon is her tongue,
and that the sex were notorious for using
1t, but, like many otter unkiul state.
mcnts against Heavens best last gift to
man, ] doubted it until l roered into
Ihe Fabrico de Tobaccos of Seville.
What may be the weight Of mischief
manufactured each day along with the
cigars, don't know, but l feel safe in
stating that it is at least equal with the
tobacco. This factory was erected in
l770, is 6G0 feet long by 525 wide, and
is surrounded byn moat. 1t is the
principal factory III the kingdom, as
every one uses tobacco in some shane
IN Andulnsia, not excepting the ladies',
but it is when they arc on the shady
a'"c oi 'iorty lHat 'ncy pun ana cogitatc.
Snuff, cigars and cigarette, nre ali manu-.
lacturcd here. The best workers among
the girls earn about forty cents per day
tho poorest about half that amount
Every night they are MI searched.
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MINING PnENoMaSoN.---It, is n curious
fnot connected with deep mining, that from
tho hours Of twelve at night till cight In tho
morning, tho disturbing influence in the
bowels Of Tho earth obtains increased aotivi
~. AT TINT time il is observed by miners
thnt water falls from places whero mono Il
observable during tho day. The volume in
The wheel is perceptibly increased, the at.
mosphcre is charged with gases which oftc,
prevent The lgh's from burning, and small
PARTICLES Of earth and rock arc observed Il
| fall from The tops Of the drives. Whether
this PHENOMENON is to be attributed TO Tx
diurnal motion Of tho earth or other oauses
il is worthy OF the attention Of tho curious
--Gceiong Adrerfiser. rtn s,a#
The very lnst wonder Ia that OF a pnrlia
mentin Egypt. Ishmail Pasha, old Niche
NETS grandson, is man Of progress. II,
has giycn Egypt a Constitution, 80 that Iii
lifcis henccfortli to be governed and direct
cd by written'law, instead Of the plonsGr,
n nrnn .u,b1o r~ort :o