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THE STATE LEGISLATUR RE.
Sen ate.

HARRISBURG March l9. Mr.. ConneI read o snr.
plement the act author zng The reduc ion of the
taxes relative thereto and extending the same q
the Fee der Dam C)al ComoaDy aad Co the Ameri-
car can kaoiin Compsny the 6ii also @ declares Valid
the redu tion of the capital OF the two compaoles.
Also. one ipcorp porating the United states Rsduc.
tion Company. win j. Atlea White. Winiam steffs,
and W. T. Allen as inoorporat 'Is, aud Of impr1vln!
land nd M Des, aud to obtain theretrom minrrals
and other valuable substances to erect furnaces.
Mr. BcC ,ndless read an act to annul the M arriage
contract between Joseph Ii. Peabody and Mary, his
Mr.. white, one 10 allow writs of estropnent to
issue to stay waste pending writs OF Ia oar
tilion and other real actions
calling on The secre ary sta TO Inform the 5snae
whether Inc supe rnteDdent OF Pubic Prinbinx ma1e
annual report u the legislature as req ii ed by
law. and whether he spent the time In Harrsb Irg
In offsring the resolution, Mr.. white said he did
know no was Superinten ent OF Public Prlntlny
but as there cerLa laws prescribing the du -s
OF that office, and appro D la ions for hts
M ade each year, he thought 1t was advisable that
the inform alton requested should be given.
House of Representatives. 4.
An act ., Incorporate the sheep Brokers' Assocla-
tiop returned 10 the House at Its reques } from
The teL ate. II then killed by noisy ViUa Uoce
The Foster divorce case n which the husband APP
piled Tor divorce because his wife was opium
esie having yesterday been defeated by tie vote
asked leave change his vote stating that he had
really voted In iav' Of the DIVORCE whereas he was
The speaker held that 1t the duty of every
member 10 pay attention when his name was Gale d,
and that alter the interval OF day u was manites:ly
ing of Il would have granted The divorce. .
1he House bin requiring owners OF abandoned oil
as de .eated motion OF Mr.. Duncan, OF Venango.
The House bill repealing the law aoponnng a
peajIrg The Office lad already passed Ghs II Juse,
and 10 now pending In the Senate.
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THE EUROPEAN MARKETS.


at 93a Tor money, ,,and 934 Tor account. United
States 2Os quiet and steady at 81. American
stocks steady. Erie Railroad, 243; Illinois Cen,
tIal, 81.
LIyERpooL March ia. Motion quiet; 4;
middnne uplands. 12d. middlng Orleans. 1874
The sales of the day are estimated at 5000 bales.
The sales of the week have been 81, 600 bales,
lation 5000 bales. Stock in oort, 204, 900 bales.
including l05. 600 bales American.
LoNDoN, March ia M. -Turpentine, $3.50
91s. 9u.
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whIs AfiernOon's quotations.

LONDON March 19-P. M.-United Stetes 8 2Os
oulet aud unchanged. Stocks sIea iy.
IIvERPooL, March l9--P. M.-The stock OF
cotton in port is 264, 600 bales, and not 204 600
as before reported. Stock ahoat, $4,000, OF
which l69 600 are American. An
on the spot and afoat; sales on the spot at
1424f. 20 n NJ w.
sohr,cs at MANCHESTER quiet but firm Corn dnll.
raligorria heat, 9s. 8i.; red Western, IS. Sd.
Flour. 2Ss. Provisions du'et and unchanged.
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ExuIosion and Loss OF Life.

o1vvrIAND March IS by the eXOIOsIOn OF
st,i in Alexander Schoi ield Il Co.'s refinery
thls morning. Mathew Wilson, OF that hrm.
was was Instantly XII ed, and John 0owsn, gas.
litter, was prcbseiy mofssliy italy INJURED. Thsey icy
repairs, and Cowan struck match to see his
work, 49,
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EEOpememt Win FrImces
The latest Paris journals announced the
elopement from that city to Cologne of tue
Prince Louis Of Bourbon with young Havana
belle. Miss A. III. Miss A. H. is no less tnan
Miss Amelia Isabel Hamet, a native of New
Orleans. but whose family removed to Havana
some fifteen years ago. Her father Is Mr.. John
ID. Han ell, very worthy man, doing business
as shipbroker here, and. well known TO the
who have visited Havana during the past
twenty years. Prince Louis has written q
hisreasons for elopiDg and asking her hand In
maIrisge which very natural request the old
gentleman has granted, with y telegrapnic
postscript for them TO come to New York and
be married in the land OF liberty and green.
backs. IL is very probable tnat tne young tolRs;
soon arrive In New York, where the wedding Is
10 be &C lebrated very privately, and Fifth ave-
marriage OF a prince and q pretender To the
spanish crown, he being the brother Of Don
Carlos and q grandson of Charles V.
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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. MA


PORT OF PHILADELPHIA............ MARCH No.
SKATE OF xHERMoMETzR AT rAx nvnsIss rrIu.
A. M........sell A M."...4Slg r. M....-......4s
CLEARED THIS MORNING. a5
steamship Prometheus. Gray. Charleston. E A. Sou.
schT hmeline Haight. Avery. Frankfort, Ne Knight
schr W. p; Cox, Ba,eman, Lynn, sinnickson a 90.
schr % Jas s.s, 3. WS,son H,,n,o Houck. Lynn. 40,
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
BaIaue CLARA. PIobst. day from Rotterdam with
ss big .H = ionn %ss.spssssa q ,,e 9S
SUE r wisn sngsr ana moIasses 10 Jonn Mason 90.
,rnt 10 q bs%ssn 81 days from Palermo. with
~ sS6s Ann 3 sroTo, Fisk from New York. with Ice
,n sonr " T Byrne. .Roolnson. from Norfolk. wish
schr W; 8. Dengeten Taten. from Providence.
,h SenL H. o. d smith williams. 7days from Roekport
Steamer Richard Wiling, Oundn, II hours from
BALTIMORE, with mdse. TO A. Groves, Jr
o0rrs.pondenee o. he PA,iadelphsa Escnoage.
sells remain a. the he Break y ster.- BaIque .Amelia
ton tfps g r9% % r es S,s ware
from CaIdenss for New YeIk Esglet, rom RIO
ordered 10 New York schrs hmiia nom Mayaguei
Gr MSrneTn % ssEn e s id
G ron Phi,adslpn,a or s9s'So y n Perry d9 Sr
Dspenbower, do for So EN-; IL siosEa irom BaitimoIe
r Ur Ssw o1 51: om Hs s2 ~
h H3 ana Sss slas r. Tor o vsns
Ior New York.b Frances. trom Beau fort fer Boston
Louisa, from PnHadelpbia for NORFOLK; r. A. I'd
wards from RIyI0outh; and Georgie Deering. before
reported repairing mainboona; no wyr, rurr,,
Mt1AGoRANDA.
steamship Norman Crowe, hence. at Boston yes.
BsIaue Savannah. * Kpowlton. from Liverpool FOR
Philadelphia, was on Great Ormshead at7P. M. 90
lsS {; pha
Baraue astries Ksmbie MON N0pdon foE PhIla-
deshs q pss 81 nsS Tsss - nm
ssiaas Anaaman Smith. for Fhilsls s'ssxsa
~ BasSss [ T. ssocke', BiDber. hsnde ~ @Essaasas
''h Ba9sae s9s parish Princess. sopwith FOX &ph,a.
a. AZ nom + hields 4tn INST, go - III ''S.,,
nsTons sr El.ns ssswst. from 1vigtut Rlnae3k
pbia sailed D ono Troon 9Th iist. y.
ssS 1f;;'a' Hss4s 'sss~Sss S Nc wss nsasA - M@pav
NIh mah sr,, - .s,r,
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MRS. GRANT.
Her influence i'm the Preside entail APP
p0lntme Is.

There is good deal of talk says the Pitts
burg Commercial, over the fact that Mrs.
Grant desired the appointment of Mr.. A T.
Stewart, as II would bring her friend Mrs.
Stewart TO Washington, and place her within
the Wblte House circle. 1t is not certain that
Mrs. Grant used any influence in behalf of MIR.
Stewart. or that any influence was needed TO
induce his appointment The President, how
ever, is hardly so reucent as not to consult
with his wife on grave political questions,
even ii he 'spould make up his mind" before
hand. II is the general i'm preston that Mrs.
Grant can keep O secret" and the fact that
newspaper correspondents have been unable to
base any ''authentlc rnmors' upon her outgtv-
ings corroborates this view. No doubt Mrs.
Grant has somt thing to say in regard to at least
some OF the appointments, and no one will
question her right. or doubt that she Will give
her husband prudent counsel and good advice.
The Cincinnati Commercial, In alluding to this
n after. says:-
But how is it to be managed to exclude female
influence from politics in nigh places? 1t has
ever been dore yet. 1t is very doubtful whether
any Pre- ident from Washington do wn (who was
married NAM was wholly free from his wiies
influence in making appointments, and esIe-
cialy for places near his own person. very
curious chapter might be written on this sub
ject, James Buchanan was bachelor II worse
appointments, as whole have been made by
any other Plesident il would be pleasant to
know OF them. Had the genial old man had a
shrewd, sensible wife at his elbow TO advise
hiU, he would not have been insensible that
treason was plotted aud carried on in his
cabinet, an0 as much aghast az its development
as uninfoTmed people who could see no danger
OF an attempt TO disrupt the Union.
II Mrs. Grant uses ms Good discretion in the
selec ion of other officers as she displayed in
her partiality Tor Mr.. Stewart, there need be NJ
apprPbt nsion of serious mistakes in the matter
OF appointments. Women generally have
clearer peTcepuon of the qualities and capaci-
ties CT men than men themselves. Their lntui-
tions are often safer than mems reasoniug'.
Bot were they not, how is the matter TO be
managed without law making 1t imperative
on M In pubic positions not 10 allow iheir
wives 10 speak to them of matters connected
herewith? And that would be against the
'spirit of the age;" for II Is fact, which must
be recognized. that women are becoming more
and more an element in politics, and may soon
become positive power.
-Willard's, the Metropolitan, and Nation al
took in $4,000 day during the Inauguration
week.
Chicago shipped in 1888 seventy eight
bushels Of wheat; in 1868 forty million
bushels.
"A land certificate for twelve hundred
acres sold in San Antonio, Texas, for twelve
cents per acre.
"A train on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway recently made ninety-one miles In
ninety minutes.
One Kentucky egg merchant sent Nortn
twelve Thousand dozen Of eggs in one consign
Ment Last week
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CLEARED THIS MORNING.
PYOmethaua. draw. Oharlaatan N

der d Co. - = S0"
schr hmeline Haight Avery. Frankfort, Ne Knigb,
d Sons. = -
sChr w. r Cox, Bateman, Lynn, snnckson a o.
bchr Jas q watson, Houck, Lynn, do.
Schr Avail, Dlbbe, Bristol, do.
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STATE OF xHERMoMET1R AT TEE nynsrae rpIu
GRAPH oFFICH
A. M.....-...36ll III A. M........lslB p. A
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$50 o0C0 last year can he BOUGHT to-day for cash A.
10000, and even less, and no buyers can be
fund even at these figures
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Martns Ne,es see Inside Pane

IRY rnLEeRAPH1 f7FN
NEW YORK, Marcn l9.-Arrived, steamship Kan.
garoo from Liverpool.
(By Atlantic Ouble) fnE
QUEKNsTowN, Nj arch Iy.-Arrived, steamship Dan.
NJ ark. rom New , Ork ~
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27
VOLUME XVII---NO. is.

tho speedy revival Of production and
consumption. But between tho spin
ncr and the grower must necessarily
exist ordinary commercial antayo-
n!sm. Cotton is now at ten pence III.
stead OF loHr pence, hccauso Amcri-
can competition is reduced. Tho
price can only be abatcd Ly . return
to large and more regular supplies.
If India be our feeder il can only bo
on terms Of free and open trade,
Cotton-growcrs must be prepared for
a revival Of American industry and
the competition Of the whole world.
In such q race India would have
great advantages, which if measured
ny the judicious action Of the govern
mcnt, it is rroLabl. THAT Indian aori-
culture and British industry might be
established Oh broad ;t,.l permanent
prosperity.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27
THE oLD.RuzuloN.
General Candy and the ror-C,ad Gath.

A. Washington letter to the Balti.
moro San says:
Politicians h"rc arc nct LisDoscd ,o
place much reliance upon the report
tcic:S5raphcd from Richmond that Gen
cral Candy will Issue Ills proclamation
in ten days dccla"i,y the result of tho
election, coErcning :hc Legislature,
applying the iron-claI to members.
and giving the seat OF member who
cannot take the oat!! to ne candidate
receiving the next highest numLcr O;
votes. The Virginia Radicals. it is
thought, arc ready iyr des-
pcratc measures: and u rosort to any.
reckless scheme to yain possession Of
the Legislature and secure Il United
States senator, and this dispatch. it is
said, is thrown out rs Il {. i.clcr.'
While General Candy doubtless
sympathizcl with the Wells party. hc
is not prepared TO violate ali the sense
of political propr;cty and go to tlo
extreme lcnrtbs inl;cntc,, IN ,,;s ,,;s
patch. "A gentleman her., who &c n
his confidence. and who VOC =. ,,l.
lous as any one else before tLc cleo
ton for the success Of General Wells,
says he docs not believe that General
Canby las Indicated 70 ,,,. h,r,,,,
being an authorizations ,:a;;csuch nul,-
lication as the :.Lovc. Bat il au H.,
discussions of tic ,outtrr .hc prcs;-
dent and General Conl~ l,,va L,.,
only mentioned rs hav;n. con;;o, ot.
the subject; when tie fact j. that under
the reconstruction laws. General Sbcy-
man has something to SAY. and 5o
about it.
In its great desire to have ,Ir. J,hn-
son shorn or &C ,,,,.1, ,rI:. D''''
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27
The Baby's Drawer.

There's little drawer in my chamber
Guarded with the tcndcrcst caro-,
Where the dainty clothes are lying,
That my darling shall never Wear.
And there. while the hours arc waning,
Till the house is all ut rest,
sit and fancy tnby
Close to my aching breast
My darling's pretty, white garmentsl
wrought them, sitting apart,
While his mystic life was th, oLbing
Under my thro5bing heart.
And often my happy dreaming
Breaks in u little sorg,
Like the murmur Of birds at broodinc,
When the days are warm and long.i
finished the dainty wardrobe,
And the drawer was almost full
with robes Of the finest muslin,
And robes Of the finest wool.
l folded them all together,
With rose for every pair,
Smiling, and saying, "Gcm fragrant
Fit for my prince to wear"
And, the radiant Summer morning,
So tull of mothers joyl
"Thank God, he is fair and perfect,
My beautiful, newL orn boy"
Let him wear the pretty, white garments
wrought while sitting apart;
Lay him, so sweet and SO helpless,
Here, close to my throbbing heart.
Many and many an evening
l sit, since my baby came,
Saying. "whut do the angels call Kim :"
For he died without q name;
Sitting while hours are wa,iug,
And the house is all at rest,
An fancy baby nestlirg
Close to my aching breast.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27
ABBEVIiLE S. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST q, 1869.

tended Radical opinion that we arc
Radicals still. Mr.. Nichols is doubt
less u political Radical dcmagoguc Of
the Butlcr-Sumncr School, and wishes
to wiring into the discussions Of the
association Il little loH politics.
Our space is too limited to permit
us to follow this subject farther. Our
chject is simply to repcl the unjust
and false aspcrsion cast upon the
Southern planters by those Lowell
Lords. Chronicle G Sentinel.
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27

The New York Board of Health
report the summer is closing with
unusual promise Of hcalthfulncss,
and that the death rate has been
steadily diminishing during each
week for the rast month. For
this favorable exhibit, the Tribune
says, they should return many
thanks to Providence and none to
themselves.
The people in tho upper part of
the State arc deeply interested in
the success of tho proposed railroad
from spartanburg S. c., to Ash
vile, N. c., and assert that the
project has many advantages over
the costly Blue Ridge Railroad.
In Louisiana they have settled tho
question of Chinese suffrage. Seven
Cinnamon have registered in single
parish.
A negro and n whito girl wero
married in Washington City, Tues
day, by q magistrate. The parties
arc represented as having como from
Warrenton, Va.
Four companies of California mili-
tia have been mustered ont of State
service for refusing to march in tho
san Francisco Fourth Of July process
sion with colored men.
The Richmond Dispatch says: aGonl
eral Candy has decided that atwelve
months residence in the, State is ne
cessary as a qualification to senator's
and members Of the House Of Delo
gates" 2" q 'i5 ~! jaH'a A
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-27

STATE TAXATIoN--A correspond
ent informs us that the State tax
which he paid last year on o tract OF
land on Combahse River was 800,
while this year the tax on the same
tract amounts to s60S.50, tho land
being assessed ut over double the sum
which would be taken for it in cash.
Our correspondents asks whether this
tax is constitutional, and whether its
collection can be enforced
There has been much discussion and
agitation in the State on the subject
Of the State taxes, and, at ono time,
it was likely that in many counties
tho people would fatty refuse to pay
the increased assessmones. Now,
however, it seems to be admitted that
there is no hope Of redress through
tho courts, and that VIC must wait pa
tiently until the day comes when the
property i'll the State may be assessed
at its true value, according to the the
ory cf the present tax law. In indi-
vidual cases Of excessive assessment.
something may be gained by an ap-
plication to the State Auditor, who,
in several instances, has reduced the
assessment. The increase in the tax
demanded of our correspondent can
not apparently be accounted for by
the change of system which came
into effect this year, and he is advised
with ull others so situated, to make n
representation of the facts to the
State Auditor. This can do no harm,
and may do good.-CAarleston Neps.
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False Packed Cotton.

At n recent meeting Of the Cotton
Manufacturers and Planters Nation
al Association the prominent subject
of discussion seems to have been
false packed cotton. Several Of The
members declaimcd in unmcasurcd
terms against the !generul habit OF
planters in mixing water, sand; and
other foreign substances with the
cotton in the process Of baiins. One
person, an individual somewhat noto-
rious in this section On account OF
certain shrcwd spcculations in cotton
just after the war, q Mr.. GarScd, Of
Pennsylvania, stated that OF thous-
ands of bales he had handled since
the war hardly one per cent. came up
to the standard Another equally
honest and truthful member is report
ed TO have said that rs q general rate
planters threw buckets Of wuter in
the bales and sprinIllcd sand on the
wet cotton while it was being packed.
Similar statements wcrc made by
other members of the Association.
We notice that several Of our State
exchanges have copied this SANDER
upon the cotton planters without ut
tcring word Of dissent, thereby, to
some extent at least, endorsing these
wholesale and utterly false charges.
There is not q respectable man in the
South connected with the cotton
tradc-thcrc is not sing resp ccta-
bic planter who does not know that
f:,lsc packed cotton, so-called, is q
mere incident Of our primitive and
deficient modus o6erand; in prcparin g
the crop for market. Planters who
make from fifty to three hundred
bales Of cotton have but one gin
house and run but one gin. The work
of ginning is pressed with great in
dustry SO as to keep up that work
with the picking. In rainy season
it is almost impossible to prevent mix
ing what is called storm cotton with
the clean and better grades. This
mixing is accidental, and is a result
mainly Of what wo have already spo-
ken of in relation to our very impcr-
feet and and narrow facilities for
housing the crop. We venture to
say that out Of tho twenty-five or
thirty thousand cotton planters in
Georgia, a we'll authenticated charge
of intentional false packing, such as
was alluded to and seriously commen-
ted upon in the late meeting of the
Cotton Manufacturers Association,
cannot be successfully made against
one dozen in tho entire State.
Any one enc at all familiar with the
mode of gathering the crop, adopted
from necessity by all planters, that it
makes it extremely difficult for q "lazy
man and brother to put water, sand
OF a few rocks in tho baskets while
picking. These baskets are regular
overhauled and examined at night
when tho pickcrs come in from work,
but where O number of laborers are
employed this examination is more O,
less superficial and imperfect. A few
baskets Containing foreign substances
will occasionally escape detection and
..eir contents dumped into the com
mon heap in the gin-house. If much
wator is put in the baskets, when the
cotton is thrown mp in bulk, a heat
ing process is brought on and tn: re
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THE DAY Is DONE.
BY II. W. LONGFELLOW.

The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings Of Dight,
AS feather is watt ID downward,
FROM an eagle in lis flight.
sec the lights Of the village
CLEAN through the roin nn'l the mist,
And feeling of sadness comes Ger me,
That my soul cannot resist.
A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain
And resembles sorrow ouly
As the mist resembles the rain.
Come read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lny,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And Danish the thoughts Of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors Of timo.
For Ike the strains Of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life's endless toll and endeavor,
And tonight long for rest.
Read from somo humber poet,
Whose songs gush from his heart
AZ showers froEl the clouds Of summer
Or tears from the eyeliGs atart.
Who through the days of long labor,
And night, devoid of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music,
OF woudrous melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care,
And come ike the bencdic.ion
That follows after prayer.
Then real from the treasured volume
The poem of my choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filed with music,
And the cares that infe,t the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.