20 OCTOBER 1866, page 14

The Political Situation In The United States.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, September 28, 1866. THE Legislature of South Carolina has passed an Act declaring the rights of the negro inhabitants of that State,......

W E Have Already Seen That The Clothing Trade Prevailed In

the West Country ; indeed it was once a great manufacturing district. The wool was washed and spun with a distaff at the farmer's own house, the thread then sold in the market......