COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning, Dec. 24,1865.
Christmas.
As Christmas dav falls on Monday, and,
therefore, wc publish no paper until Wed?
nesday, it is bat proper to say a few words.
Wo-none of us-can have ?. joyous holi?
day, ?wder the circumstances". But wo
can do this-aid and co-op ?rato in keeping
order. To this end, and to this alone,
must tho efforts of all good citizens be
directed.
To all our readers wo tender congratu?
lations ot peace, "so-oaUed." We do not
believe that we will havo peace until the
radical majority is overwhelmed in the
National Congress, by thc prompt and
vigorous action of President Johnson. He
is Commander-in-chief of tho Armies of
tho United States, and will, unquestion?
ably, seo that his policy is effected.
On this festive occasion, we wish we
could get rid of politics. The}- are nause?
ous to us, as we arc sure they are to most
of our readers. On the first of Jaunary,
1866, we arc of opinion wo will have a dif?
ferent and more favorable tale to tell.
A merry Christmas to aU!
Foreign Relations.
A Washington correspondent says that
the French Minister has becomo cpaitc
alarmed respecting the answer Secretary
Seward sent to the Emperor's lotter asking
for the recognition of Maximil&n's. govern?
ment in Mexico, and as much so with re?
ference to the resolutions lately introduced
into Congress on the subject of tho Monroe
doctrine. It is understood tho Secretary
has left for New York, where ho will romain
until he hears from the Emperor.
Advices from Havana and Yera Cruz state
thakadditional forces are being forwarded
to Mexico, twenty-five hundred French
troops had already arrived at latter port.
Latest intelligence from Paris states that
six thousand French soldiers had embarked
for Mexico. It would seem that Napoleon
has anticipated and is preparing to meet
the policy of the United States in reference
to the Mexican Republic. Letters from New
Orleans, dated the 12th instant, states that
an old and estimable citizen of New Or?
leans returned from Matamoras : was in?
timate, there with French officers. He says
they fully anticipate war between Franco
and the United States, and believe it will
commence on the Rio Grande. They al?
ready have a plan of the campaign mapped
out, which anticipates tho sudden crossing
of Unite ?tates troops over the Rio Grande
on pontoons, they will then abandon Mata
moras and thc Rio Grande, and fall back
on Monterey, which will be held as a
stragetic point. These officers claim to bc
thoroughly informed as to all the means
the United States have at their disposal
here and in Texas for an advance into
Mexico.
A Yera Cruz letter says troops from
Franco continue to arrive, six hundred
more disembarking on the 2d instant, who
were immediately sent into the field.
There is great anxiety to ascertain what
will bc tho ultimate action of the United
States in regard to Mexico. Among the
Imperialists they were greatly excited hy?
the last news informing them that General
Grant had publicly expressed sympathy
with tho Republican cause ; that General
Logan was appointed Minister to thc gov?
ernment of Jaurez ; that Sheridan's army
was on thc Rio Grande, and was being re?
inforced.
Tho French officers and soldiers in the
Imperial army openly express strong
hatred for the United States, and desire to
fight Americans.
Two important-decrees were lately issued
by Maximilian. Ono of them extends for
fifteen days from the ??Oth of November,
the time in which the soldiers of President
Juarez's Government have for laying down
their arms, to be granted amnesty; and
another ordering a general draft for his
army throughout Mexico.
Thc following appointments of Assistant
Assessors for thc'Third Collection District
in South Carolina, have been made by tho
President, viz:
Richland- John li. Black. Andrew G.
Baskin.
Lexington-Bolivar J. Hayes, Godfrey
Leaphart.
Edgefield Richard C. Griffin, James O.
Ferrell. William W. Adams.
Abbeville-George Allen, John ll. Mar?
shall.
Newberry- John S. Hair, Benson Jones.
Fairfield-Richard W. Gaillard, Robert
Hawthorne.
Chester - Thomas M. Graham, William
Butler.
Laurens-Janu s M. Boyd, Janu s J. Shu?
mate, Homer L. McGowan.
Anderson-Thomas s. Crayten, William
E. Walters, J. Scott Murray. "
Picken s-Washington E. Holcombe, Ben?
jamin F. Morgan. James E. Hagood.
Greenville-William Goldsmith, Henrj
M. Smith, William T. Shumate.
Spartanburg- Joseph M. Elford,-.
Union-J. W. McLure, John C. P. Jeter
York -H. F. Adieks, Robert M Wallace,
Walter t?. Motts.
wm Price? DeeUne?
The Nsw York Journal of Commerce
thinks,that though all classes of dry goods
show a decline, "that it docs not follow
from any known facts that staple goods
may not bc as high la the spring as they
hare been this fall. Producers will crowd
their looms, and a dnll opening may create
a panic in prices; but the causes which
har? stimulated aud sustained the specu?
lators of thc last two years, are by no
means removed or in process of removal."
On the same subject, the i^nancial Chroni?
cle says: "Goods of all kind aro rapidly
accnmvdating, very much against the
wishes of holders. The bottom ia not yet
reached, but a further reduction of five or
seven per cent, will bring about a reaction,
and the trade which will surely follow that
reduction will soon clear the market of the
present accumulation. Prices are not yet
down to those of the last week in August,
at which timo trade commenced so briskly.
Thc long period of dullness which has
followed the unwarranted advance of
September and October, will suggest moro
cautiousness should trade again spring up." j
List of Acts passed by the Legislature.
An Act to make appropriation* for tho
year commencing 1865.
An Act to raise supplies for thc year
commencing in October, 1865.
An Act to organizo the Executive De?
partment of this State.
An Act to postpone the lien of the State
on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
An Act to provide for the election of Tax
Collectors for tho Districts of Darlington
and Chesterfield.
An Act to incorporate tho South Caro?
lina Land and Emigration Company.
An Aet to amend the License Laws. j
An Act to amend the law, known as thc
Stay Law.
An Act to provide for tho issue of bills
receivable, in pavment of indebtedness to ;
thc State to the amount of $500.000.
An Act to change the time for holding
the election for Sheriff of Williamsburg
District. j
An Act to incorporate tho Dcep-Watcr
and Western Railroad Company.
An Act to incorporate the Ashley River
Saw Mill, Timber and Lumber Company.
An Act to incorporate the Charleston
Hook and Ladder Company No. I.
An Act for the relief of the Charleston
and Savannah Railroad Company.
An Act to lend the credit of the State to
secure certain bonds to be issuod by tho
South Carolina Railroad Company, and for
other purposes.
An Act to provide a mode by which to
perpetuate testimony in relation to deeds,
wills, choses in action, and other papers
and records lost during the recent war.
An Act to amend the charter of tho
Charleston Gas-light Company.
An Act to amend au Act entitled "an
Act in relation to the Southern Express
Company, and to provide additional reme?
dies for the default of common carriers."
An Act to incorporate the Charleston
Dredging and Wharf Building Company.
An Act to extend to the Camden Bridge
Company the time within which to rebuild
their bridge.
An Act to establish regulations, for tho
purpose of preventing thc spread of Asiatic
cholera in this State.
An Act to amend the charter of tho
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com?
pany.
An Act to authorize farmers and plan?
ters to give their books in evidence in cer?
tain easies.
* An Act for t he relief of the Spartanburg
and Union Railroad Company.
AD Act to incorporate tne village of Kirk?
wood.
An Act to incorporate Schiller Lodge No.
30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
the State of South Carolina, located in the
city of Charleston.
An Act to amend and renew thc charter
of the Calhoun Insurance Company of
Charleston.
An Act to establish the University of
South Carolina.
Au Act to amend "an Act to incorporate
the Elmore Mutual Insurance Company, to
bc located in the city of Charleston.
Au Act to provide for tho drawing of
Juries in certain cases.
An Act to incorporate tho Palmetto
Savings Bank.
An Act to incorporate the Charleston
Savings Bank.
An Act to incorporate the Ireland Crack
Timber Cutter.-*' Company.
An Act to declare certain streams not
navigal lc.
An Act to amend tho charter of tho
Edisto and Ashley Canal.
An Act to renew the charter of the
Moving Pleasant Ferry Company.
An Act to establish certain Roads,
Bridges and Eenie:-.
An Act to incorporate tho German Immi?
gration Land and Trailing Company ol
Charleston.
An Act to-rcgulato thc distillation o?
j Spiritmum Liquors.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "an
Act to alter tho law in relation to last Willa
and Testaments, and for other purposes,
ratified the 21st December A. 1>. 1858.
An Act to pr?vido for the appointment
by this State of Electors of Presidentand
Yico-President of tho United States.
An Act to incorporate the Roso Mill
Manufacturing Company.
An Act to provide for the re-organization
' of the Militia.
An Act preliminary to thc legislation in?
duced by thc emancipation of slaves.
An Act to amend the Criminal I>aw.
An Act to establish and regulate thc
domestic relations of Persons of Color.
1 audio amend the law in relation to Pau?
pers and Vagrancy.
An Act to establish District Courts.
An Act to authorize the sale of the Co
lumbia Canal.
The Sixth United States negro regimen
is said to have mutinied a' Helena. Arkan
vaii, and killed their Cd-"ot, named B >wcn
"WASHINGTON, December 19.-The des?
patch to the Governor of Alabama, excites
mach comment in Republican circles, and
there is a feeling that thc President is
trying to force his plan of early recon?
struction through.
Thaddeus Stevens' speech in the House
last evening had but few admirers, even
among his personal friends. Any bill
based upon the speech wiU fail. Raymond
desires to reply to bim.
General Logan is still herc, and unde?
cided respecting the Mexican mission.
It is given out semi-officially at the State
Department that there is no danger of a
rupture with France. The President sun
tains the Seward diplomacy.
Alley's resolution on currency contrac
tioh gives great satisfaction at the Treasu?
ry Department.
Tho President's Message, enclosing the
reports of General Grant, General Howard,
fcc., on the condition of the South, has
been read in the Senate, and is very con?
servative. --
Mr. Sumner pronounced it a white-wash
I ing message, only paralleled by that of
Pierce on Kansas.
General Grant's report is exceedingly
conservative, agreeing fully with the Presi?
dent's policy. Ile says that the South is
loyal and anxious to rejoin its old place in
tho Union,
Mr. Raymond, of New York, is expected
to speak this afternoon in favor of im
mudiate admission of the rebel States.
Four of the New York Republicans stand
with him.
Th? proclamation announcing tho adop?
tion of the Constitutional Amendment, in
which thc President recognizes all the
Southern States, and withdrawing the
Military Governor from Alabama, is tho
principal' thorne in both House? of Con?
gress to-day. It is iu direct antagonism
with the views of Congress.
It is alleged that Mr. Harris, member
from Maryland, in taking the oath com?
mitted perjury. Tho matter has been re?
ferred to a committee for invest ?gat ion.
It is whispered here that information of
an important character has been received
in Washington concerning tho complica?
tions on tho Rio Grande with the French,
I of a serioua nature. The report has thus
far taken no definite shape. The House
has passed tho bill authorizing aU roads
across the States to carry freight, mails
and passengers in spite of any State regula?
tion to the contrary. It is a hit at tho rail?
road between Washington and New York.
LATER.-The President to-day, in reply
to a re solution of tho Senate of the 12th
instant, communicated a message to that
body, stating that the rebellion waged by a
portion of the people against tho properly
constituted authorities of the Government
has been suppressed, and that the United
States are in possession of every State in
which the insurrection existed, and that as
far a* could be done, tho Courts of tho
United States have been restored, the post
offices re-established, mid steps taken to
put into efficient action the revenue tax of
the country.
He says that as the result of thc measures
instituted by the Executive, with tho view
ol'inducing an assumption of all the func?
tions of thc States, the people of North and
?South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, have
organized their respective State Govern
j men ts, an 1 are quietly yielding obedience
to the laws and Government of the United
States with more willingness and greater
promptitude than, under thc circum?
stances, could reasonably have been ex?
pected.
Thc proposed Amendment to the Con?
stitution has been ratified by each one ol
the States mentioned, except Mississippi,
from which no official information has been
received.
Tho President says : "From all tip in?
formation in my possession, and from that
which I have recently received from thc
most reliable authority, I am induced te
cherish the belief that sectional animosity
is surely and rapidly merging itself into i
spirit of nationality, and that representa'
hon, connected with a properly adjusted
system >f taxation, will result in u harmo?
nious restoration of the relations of tin
I States to the National Union.
Lieutenant-General Grant's report, whiel
' the President transmits to the Senate
I brierly reviews his tour of inspectioi
throughout the South, and states he i?
satisfied thc mass of thinking men in tin
South accept the present .situation o
affairs in good faith. He says he wai
pleased tound that che leading men whon
he met not only accepted the decisioi
arrived at as final, but <-hat now, il'at tb
smoko of bat tle had cleared away, and timi
has been given for reflection, th?- .decisioi
has been a fortunate ono for tho whol
country. He also says there is such uni
versal acquiescence in the authority of th
General Government throughout tho sec
lion of thc? country visited by him, that th
mere presence of a military force, wit hon
regard to numbers, is sufficient to maintai
order. The good of the country an
economy require that the force left in th
interior, where then- are many freedmei
should i>e white.. Ho further i ?marks :
"My observations h ad me to the conch
, sion that the citizens of the Souther
States aro anxious to return to self-goven
. mont within the Union as soon as possibk
and that whilst reconstructing they wai
and require protection from the Govert
ment."
Tin report is very interesting, and fu:
ish s many favorable facts in regard to tl;
condition of affairs in the Southern State
and shows throughout a friendly feelin
towards the South.
"TUE FINEST COUNTRV IN THE WOTLD."
I General Shelby, late of the Confedera
army, writes from Mexico as follows*
CORDOVA, MEXICO, October, l.sc>.">.
Mv DEAR M.: General I'., and tho balam
of ns returned yesterday from a tim
days' tour over the Valley of Cordova. L
[ me say to you ? was raised in the best pa
of Kentucky, lived in the best part of Mi
souri, and 1 tell you honestly it is the be
country I have ever seen. Sugar, tobacc
coffee, corn, cotton and rice grow as fine
upon it as in any country in the world.
I only regret that I am without language
t describe it aa it should be.
I shall, on to-morrow, select a portion
locate upon, and go to work.
THE JAMAICA INSURBETCION-TERRIBLE
FATE or THE INSURGENT NEGROES.-Some
of the English journals dcnoonco thc horn
ble massacres committed by GovernojtEyro
and thc planters of Jamaica. One of them
remarks:
"The accounts of tho exploit of troops
are jost like the accounts of sportsmen
popping away at pheasants in a preserve,
and when, after a month of it, on the 7th
ultimo, the new pit, dug at Morant Bay,
for negro bodies, was filled without any,
the general opinion of the disappointed
English settlers is reported by tho Jamaica
Standard's reporter as a universal verdict
of 'too soon,' tn which bc himself heartily
concurred. The Daily Ifrics says that if ?
thousandth part of the tales narrated with
heartiest applause by the Jamaica papers
are true, then 'hell itself has broke loose
in that wretched island. But the demons
are not the blacks, who burst into the
sudden fury of a singlo day, and never
afterward offered tho remotest show of re?
sistance.' It is said that fifty lives have
been taken for every white person killed
or wounded in thc CVHCK/C."
A war of races is the otdy kind which is
worse than a war for religion.
PniL.vnEi.FHiA SPIRIT.-The La Pierre
House, ono of tho largest and most aristo?
cratic hotels of that city, has been closed
up on account of the exorbitant rent asked
by its owner*. Philadelphia is getting to
be a one-horse place for business, as its
moneyed men have all gone into "union
leagueism." Phc property holders are all
squealing about their taxes, the result of
their own folly.- Washington Union.
A fire broke out on the lGth, in Chicago,
a building at the coi ner of Lake and Frank?
lin street?, which communicated to a six
story marble budding immediately Wost,
and thence to the corner of Lake street.
Tho building was completely gutted. Tho
total loss amounted to about 250,000, ono
half of which is insured.
The nuptial tio has been described as a
knot fixed with tho tonguo which the teeth
cannot unloose. But the teeth themselves,
if beautiful by tho aid of Sozodont, are
powerful agents in producing the fascina?
tion which leads to marriage The charm
to which thia delicious preparation lends
to the breath, too. has a decidedlv hyme
nial tendency. White teeth and a puro
breath! What heart can resist them? t
_COMMERCIAL. ...,. ^.
CHARLESTON, December 22.-The re?
ceipts of cotton still continue light, and
for the week we note the arrival of 233
bales of Sea Island, and 2,100 bales of up?
land. There has been much demand, and
with the limited stock on Bale, purchasers
from day to dav have generally taken all
that was offered. The market was active
yesterday, and sales were taking place at
44@45c. "for middling to strict middling,
and A?0?Y?c. for good middling. 8ea Island
bas receded in price, and wo now quoto
$1@$1.50 for low mains to choice Sea Is?
lands.
COTTON STATEMENT.
S. Pd. Tp'd
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1SC5. ... 362 1,610
Receipts from Sept. 1 to Dec.
13, 1865. 1,58:1 35,966
Receipts from De ll to
Dec. 20. 233 2,100
Total receipts. 2,178 39,670
Exports. S. Pd. i'p'd.
Exports from Sept.
1 to Dec. 13, '65..1,594 26,75(5
From Dec. 15 to
Dec. 31,1865.-... 271 1,087
Totalexports.. .1,365 28,743-1,865 28,713
Stock on hand. 313 10 933
About 1,000 bushels of rice, have reached
this market since our last; we quote clean
Carolina ll@12c.
About HO0 bbls. of rosin and spirits have
been received recently, and sales have
taken place at $12@$15 for No. 1; $8.50@$9
for No. 2, and $5@$6 for No. 3 rosin, .spi?
rits of turpentine, 65c. per gallon.
We have had no addition to our stock of
corn ami oats, and no wholesale transac?
tions to report. Corn may be quoted at
$1.18@$1.22, and oats at 65c. per hus o \
An arrival during the week has added
some 4,600 sack? to previous stock, and
may bc quoted at $2.60@$2.75 per sack
from on shipboard.
Freights to Liverpool are dull at ?id. for
upland and l.{ for Sea Island. The rates
to New York are $1 per halo by steamer;
by sailing vessel jc. per pound. A large
amount of bent railroad iron is being
shipped to Now York at ?3 per ton. Boston
vessels are getting ?c. per pound on cotton,
and to Philadelphia ?c.
Bills of exchange on England are being
sold at 680@685. Sight drafts on New York
are purchased by the bankers at 4*?/; 1 per
cent, off, and sold at A io par off.
Gold is purchased 6v tho brokers at 45,
and sold at 46@47.
?NEW YORK, December 'Jo. Cotton firm,
at 50c. Naval stores dull. Gold 46L
BALTIMORE, December 10. Flour inac?
tive high grades firm. Wheat firm. Corn
declined l@2c. Oats scarce. Provisions
neglected. Sugars drooping. Whiskey
dull._
Plantations to Rent.
ON the 1st MONDAY in F.d.mary, at Co?
lumbia, by order of the Executor ol
tho late Jamas ( ('Hanlon, will be dispos?e
of to the big nest approved bidder, tin
LAND belonging to said estate, for th?
vear 1*66, and known as the Singleton ami
Log Castle Tracts. They are superior cot?
ton and grain lands. 60 or 70 hands cai:
be advantageously employed on the Sin
gloton place, and about 25 or 30 at Log
Castle. W. A. HARRIS, Agent.
Dec 24
F. Lance & Son,
Auction and Commission Agents
OFFICE for tho present. Senate street
opposite Dr. Shand's Church.
Having tine sales-rooms, wboru Purni
turo can be sohl to an advantage, respect
fully solicit sales.
Tuesdays and Thurs lavs are sale-days.
Dec 24 ' 2*
Local Items.
Liquor dealers are notified of the mblica
tion of important orders in thin morning's
issue. These orders wi I be enforced.
CASU.-Our terms for subscription, ad
vcrtisiug and job work are cash. We hope
all parties will bear tins in mind.
DB. M. M. Con -We direct attention
to the advertisement of Melvin M. Cohen,
on Assembly street. He is prepared to
furnish custamcrs with a supply of every?
thing needful for thc holidays. Tho im?
pression was, that it was he who was sel?
ling out and removing to Charleston,
which we take occasion to correct. His
father, Dr. P. M. Cohen, at the end of Lady
street, is selling out at cost. Melvin M.
Cohen remains with us, and lias made
Columbia his permanent home.
NEW A DYEUTISEMENTH.-Attention is call
tcd to tho following advertisements, which
aro published this morning for the first
time:
Sulzbacher A Co.-Display of Fire-works.
" " -Christmas Tovs, Ac.
H. W. Rico-School for 1866.
W. A. Harris-Plantation to Rent.
Jas. G. Gibbes-Spirituous Liquors.
" -Auction Salo.
F. Lance A Son-Auction A ComJ Merc'ts.
Melvin M. Cohen-Goods for Christmas.
H. T. Poakc-Schedule S. C. R. RT
C. J. Bollin-S. C. Railroad.
" -Notice of Furniture.
SHIP STEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, DEC. 22.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Sehr. R. W. Godfrey, Godfrey, New York.
WENT TO SEA ? ESTER DAY.
Bark Sarah Payson, Payson, Liverpool.
Bark Flora, Hubbard, Baltimore.
Spanish bark Paquita, Yalies, Barcelona.
Sehr. J. M. Houston, Gray. Philadelphia.
MARRIED,
Gn tho evening of the 21st instant, by
the Rev. Winiam T. Capers, Mr. JAMES H*.
DISEKER and Miss C. J, CATHCART, all
of this city.
NOTICE!
MAYOR'S OFFICE,
CoLravATA, S. C., December 24, 1865.
ALL parties selling SPIRITUOUS LI?
QUORS, by retail or otherwise, in thc
city of Columbia, are notified that sale of
tho samo must be STOPPED, until after
MONDAY, January 1. Persons not obey?
ing this order will be arrested and prose?
cuted by tho city authorities.
By order of Council.
_Dec_24_JAS. G. GIBBES, Mayor.
School for 1866.
IWILL opon n SCHOOL* iii Columbia, OT*
MONDAY, January S. The year wUl 1 o
divided into four terms, of eleven weeks
each. Student* prepared for any College
or University.
TERMS.-Primary English, $8 per term;
English, including Mathematics, $10; Eng?
lish, Latin and Greek or French. $12.51).
Necessary absences of moro than one
week per term, deducted. Fer further
information, opply to me, ac Dr. John Le
Conte's.
REFERENCES.-The Faculty of the Uni?
versity of South Carolina.
' Pl'c* 34 ta*_H. W. RICE.
Headqr's District of Western S. C.,
FOURTH SEPARATE BRIGADE,
COLUMBIA, S. C., December 2:5, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 5!>.
IFor the purposo of preserving the
. peace, and for the security of person
and property, the Brevet Major-General
commanding hereby orders, in conjunc
.i with, though subordinate to, the City"
Council, that all sales of spirituous liquors,
in the city and its vicinity, bo suspended
until after Monday, January 1. 1866.
Violation of this order will bo immedi?
ately followed |by arrest, and such other
steps as may bo necessary to compel com?
pliance hereto.
When the soldiers of this command,
and the freedmen, an- not concerned, the
parties will be turned over to thc City
Council, or be subject to its orders.
By order of
Brevet Major-General A. AMES.
J. A. CLARK, Capt. 15th Maine Vols., A.
A. 1). C. and Act. Ass't Adj't Gen-].
NOTICE.
For Christmas'
-
TITHE public aro respectfully invited to
,|_ tin' select stock ol' _
; GROCERIES,
; PROVISIONS.
l. FANCY ARTICLES,
i DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
. CONFECT'N'Y,
LIQUORS,
TOYS, &c,
To bo found at the old stand of
DELVIN M. CODEN,
Assembly street, West side,
Ono dein- from Pendleton street.
Dec 24