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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, December 29,1865. mg senator Sumner. Thc Richmond Dispatch says, that when Sumner mored in the Senate to call on tho ! President for information with regard to j the temper of the Southern States, and j thc policy of restoring them to thc Union, < he expected to receive thc report of Carly Schurz alone. That worthy had already} written out his views according to order, and they were precisely such as Sumner wanted. Indeed, he knew what waa in the j report, for he had been constantly com- | municating with Schnrz. That individual is a Gorman, with no acquaintance with ! the Southern people. He came, as they ! supposed, on a spying expedition, and they would have nothing to do with him. He ! went back with quite as much information j as he had when he came, and no more, j Yet that fact did not, in the slightest de? gree, affect the character of his report, j He came here for thc purpose of collecting evidence-if he could-to provo that tho South M-as contumacious, rebellknts, and not lit for reconstruction. He could find no such evidence, for the people would iiave nothing to do with him, and he manu? factured it to suiL his purpose. Sumner knew well the character of the report, and with the pitiful arrogance natural to the man, called for papers. Well, thc President gave him papera. First, he gave bim his own vic ?vs-short, pointed, pithy, and to tho purpose. Next came the report of General Grant-equal? ly brief, equally decided, quite as clear, and even more to the purpose. Last carno a long, lumbering, prosy report of all tho lies that Carl Schurz bad heard in tho South, stuffed full of malice, and reeking with negropholism. The Senate was elec? trified by the report of General Grant. It was spread to all quarters of the United States as fast as the telegraph could send it. It could not stand Carl Schurz, hut ordered his report to be printed. And printed it is: this report of a German, sent here for the express purpose of spy? ing out thc nakedness of the land, and re? porting nakedness where ho could lind none. Never was man taken moro aback than "Carl Schumner." His usual arrogance failed him entirely. He abused General Grant, but had to back out: ho abused the President, but hauled in. In a word, he made thc most pitiable failure ho has made since Preston Brooks caned him some years ago. On this subject the New York World discourses as follows: " What G.m iral Loe failed to do, Mr. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, has undertaken to accomplish. The American people, who believe that the Republic owes something to the soldier who led our armies to final victory over the rebellion, will be edified by the modesty of tho Mas? sachusetts Senator who yesterday assailed, scrap-book in hand, the honor and tho veracity of Ulysses S. Grant! "General Grant has seen the South. Mr. Charles Sumner never has ventured beyond tho line of our national bavonets arrayed for war. General Grant defeat? ed the gallant armies which, for four long years, held at bay the whole power of the Union. Mr. charles Sumner was ! ignominiously thrashed with a cano by a j South Carolina representative, long sinco ? dead and turned to dust. '. Thc hero of a hundred fights recom- j mends that tho Southern people be cn- i trusted with the control of their own affairs. The victim of Mr. Preston Brooks, writhing .still with an impotent lust of personal vengeance upon the innocent fellow-citizens of a rash and hasty man, whom God has removed from all human retribution, Hhrieks out foal-mouthed aboso of tho President, and clamors for the practical abolition of the Constitution and the Union. "H eaven forbid that we should insult the common sense nnd the patriotism of the American people with argument in such a case as this. Never were tho man and the fanatic more sharply brought fate to face than here. General Grant fought to save tho Union and the Constitution. Did thc heroic Americans who fought under General Grr.nt, and with bim, fight to slave tin- welts and sears scored upon thc broad back of Charles Sumner by a dead Congressmen from Carolina?" LKTTEB FUOM MR. TUE.SK OT.- The follow? ing letter has. boon addressed to us, and will explain itself: CiiAitr.ESTON, December 2f?, 18G5. GENTLEMEN: Since my arrival hore I have received vory many letters addressed to mo on business as Executive Agent of the State. Yon will oblige mo by allowing me to say that, this agency was terminated by the election of Senators and Members of Congress, and that all communications should in futuro bo addressed to them. I will also add, that most of these com? munications r^ated to individual claims, and that they were not in that, form which could ever have been pressed for decision. They were, as a general rule, merely state? ments, upon which an opinion, more or less correct, might be formed. I have very little doubt that most of these claims, especially those for the resto? ration of lands, can be recovered; but tho parties should place their claims at once in competent professional hands, for no gene? ral application on the ir behalf, whether by Stato Agent or Mcmhors of Congress, can be successful. Rc spectrally, WM. HENRY TRESCOT. Solving the Prob lem. The New York World notices that a changabas come over the New York Times, Raymond's paper. It would seem so, for theparagraph quoted comes with a strange grace from the columns which but tho other day were vomiting forth fire and brimstone upon tho Southern whites. But they do come with a grace, strange though it be, and we hail thom as cordially a3if we had never heard anything loss rational Com tho same source: "The great problem of keeping the two ices together in the lately insnrgent States on terms which shall be mutually advantageous, must bo solved at the South-ni the local Southern Legislatures, in the local courts of justice, in the execu? tive council chambers of just such govcr-" nors as Judge Jenkins. Every feather's weight of extra official pressure from with? out will most surelv produce a reaction in thc minds of the better disposed of thu employers at tho South. And nothing that the philanthropy of the North can contribute will bo a compensation to the freedman for his forfeiture of the good? will and kindly co-operation of those who I have heretofore directed his labor." j "A word fitly spoken," says the wise : man, "is like apples of gold in pictures of j silver." 'There may be differences of I opinion in this ca-so as to the metal of the ! "pictures," hut the apples are? surely I golden-apples of peace, and not of dis ! cord. ! MESSKS. Enrrons: In justice to myself and a few others, I take the privilege of placing myself properly before thc good citizens of Columbia. When the resolu? tion proposing to appoint a Committee to contract for building a temporary shed in Assembly stroet, costing over six thou? sand dollars, was about to be put, the yeas and nays were called for and the following Aldermen, Bates, Hope and Glaze, voted no. This docs not appear in thc published proceedings of last meeting of Council. So as to enable thc citizens to judge, who deserves merit and who docs not. ORLANDO Z. BATES. Ernor-r.Ax ITEMS.-Earl Russel, the new I English Premier, is sick. Having a cold, he stayed away from thc recent Cabinet Council. According to the London Star, ' however, his illness is somewhat more ! serious. ; Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Minister, , bas been appointed umpire to a joint com? mission, representing the United States , and thc Republic of Columbia, South Ame ; rica, for the settlement of claims arising out of the Panania rio's of 1856. ; The official investigation into the escape of Stephens has been postponed until the close of the Commission, hut the Inspector of Prisons, Mr. Corry Connellan, has been directed to answer certain interrogatories tendered to him by order of the Executive. A large number of persona of considerable position are said, by the Dublin Evening Mail, to bc scrionslv compromised in the affair. The Paris journals arc strictly forbidden to speak of Mexico. Thc arrival in Paris of thc magnificent jewels belonging to the Empress Char? lotte, under pretence of alteration and repairs, bas given rise to all sorts of com? ments. People say that a certain great financial firm has been induced to lend a considerable sum upon the Imperial cornet, which was composed of thc whole of the wedding diamonds of the Princess Louise, and which was all the dower King Leopold ever got with his wife. TERRIBLE GALE IN NEW YORK.-The Herald, of the 22d, speaking of the late gale in that city, says: Tho snow storm of Wednesday night was succeeded early yesterday morning by a'strong West wind, which prevailed with great fury during the entire day and last night. Much damage was done to proper? ty, several disastrous shipwrecks, with loss of life. The brigs Prosper and John i Aviles and the schooner Twilight were wrecked at Sandy Hook. The schooner Eveline Hickey went to pieces off Long Branch, Captain Fisher and his wife being among the lost. Tho Janies T. Crandall hes ashore at Dell Beach, full of water, and bark Enrique is in the samo condition off Fort Hamilton. The gale was very severe even inside tho harbor, and tho navigation of all sail vessels was prohibit? ed by old Boreas. In the city a now house \ at Fifth avenue and Sixty-third street was I blown down and fell upon a shanty adjoin? ing it, completely demolishing tho latter. Besides this, so" far as wc have learned, the wind confined itself to playing a few antics with hats and Crinoline and tho blowing down of a few rickety chimneys. Tho effect at Buffalo was, however, much more serious, as represented by the de? spatches from that point. The Secretary of the Interior, in reply to an inquiry from Gen. Howard, decides that the freedman's Bureau cannot bold, and the Government cannot set side, unoccu gied Government lands in Florida or any tate for the use or benefit of freedmen. He further says, however, that all home? stead or pre-emption laws are. as applica? ble to freedmen as to any other class of persons. COTTON TAX.-The revenuo derived bv the Government at Macon, Georgia, from thc duty of two cents per pound on cotton, for the six weeks preceding the first of No? vember, amounted to $450,000, and it is estimated that the duties derived from tho same source at that place will reach more than $500,000 additional during thc months of Novembe r and December. Authentic accounts from Mexico say that the Republicans were forced to raise the siege of Matamoras, by the approach of large French reinforcements. This does not confirm th?! report that tho French were cen..ontrating their troops in thc in? ti rlor. The President''* Mcfaagc. Sometimes with misgiving, oftener with hopefulness, we have waited for the hour when Andrew Johnson would confront and baffle the disunion intrigues of the Radi? cals with the emphatic exercise of his authority as President of the United States. Our appeals to him have been frequent and earnest to stand by the Constitution and thc haws, and to vindicate our Republican institutions against the treachery and fanaticism of the faction that have been striving to sustain their waning power by encouraging the elements of intersectional discord. We could not believe that Mr. Johnson, himself a Southerner, a Demo? crat, a man of the people, a citizen who owed his disenthralment from poverty and obscurity to tho ennobling influences of j republicanism, would connive with fanati? cal conspirators that were aiming to legis? late away tho attributes of our pohtical system. " At last the hope is realized. The promise is fulfilled. The Executive voice proclaims to the Radical intriguers, thus far shall ye go and no further. Perhaps it was politic on the part of Mr. Johnson to permit tho Congressional disunionists to go as far as they did, that their plans might be reveal? ed, their madness made apparent, and the full measure of tho guilt of their revolu? tionary purpose exhibited to the papular comprehension. And when we have asked, in view of thc boldness and desperation of the demagogues who were seeking thc very lifo of republicanism, "when check the conspiracy V" perhaps his was the deeper Cisdom that answered: "Let it bud, ipen, flaunt i' the day, and burst to fruit; Tho Dead Sea's fruit of ashes ! Ashes that I will scatter to the winds."' Wo publish to-day a special message of the President to the Senate, in which ho distinctly repudiates the doctrine of hold? ing thc South in territorial subjection au conquered provinces, and throws the weight of his Executive influence in favor of the immediate" political rehabilitation of thc Southern States. If the incendiary disunion bpeech of Mr. Stevens on Monday, have precipitated this action on thc part of Mr. Johnson, it is a just retribution ? upon tho party that have obeved the evil counsels of the Pennsylvania demagogue. Out of his own mouth has come his con? demnation, aud the fabric of anarchy and disunion that he pictured is overturned by the breath of his own frenzy. Tho hours of the supremacy of the extremists in Con? gress are numbered, and over the delibera? tions of the Select Committee of Eifteen will preside the spirit of the Executive policy, whose controlling influence they cannot overcome, if they have the temerity to combat it. The conduct of General Grant in urging on the President a policy of immediate re? construction, commends bim to the grati? tude and admiration of the people. Ho has helped to achieve a victory in the be? neficence of whose results he will lind the record of a purer fame than that which attaches to his military career. Now, indeed, is he fighting the battlo for the Union, and the laurel that bc will win in that conflict he can Wear in the South, as in the North, with the assurance, every? where, of the tribut.- of popular respect." Now that Mr. Johnson has declared open war against thc Radical programme-, we hope that he will push hostilities with all the energy and decision of his character. Ho will have to encounter a bitter and active opposition. No effort will be spared to thwart, annoy and weaken his Adminis? tration. Mr. Sumner's prompt and vindic? tive attack when the message was read in the Senate exhibits the nature of thc an? tagonism that ho must confront, and is the prelude of tho gathering storm. Popular sentiment will support the President, and all the more earnestly if he meets the issue unflinchingly and approves himself equal to the emergency. The Radicals have had just ropo enough to hang themselves with, and Mr. Stevens has adjusted the noose himself and kicked away the prop. A brief struggle, a spasm or so, the convul? sion of thc dying agony, and Radicalism will have, ceased to exist to disturb the harmonies of Republicanism, Jtequiescat in pace.-Nan York News. The Montgomery Advertiser mentions that Major-General Thomas has notified the authorities of his readiness to relieve Alabama of Federal troops, but that the Governor thinks it advisable that they be retained for the present, and until there shall bc suitable organizations of tho mili? tia to preserve order and assist in executing thc laws. A bill was passed by tho Legislature of Georgia, at its recent session, to enable the Treasurers of the several Counties of the State to raise funds for the payment of tho indebtedness of tho Counties, autho? rizing the issue of County bonds maturing within three years, at seven per cent, inte? rest. No MOUE REQUIRED OF THE SOUTH,-In an article upon thc message of Southern Governors, ino New York ?('mes says: "So far as fundamental principles are concern? ed, thc specimens we have given show that no moro need bc required of the Southern States." A despatch from Now York states that the affairs of the Fenians still continue muddled. The members of tho press wore excluded from the Senate on the 20th, and on the same day several prominent circles passed resolutions endorsing the O'Maho ney faction. The National intelligencer says that, on Thursday last, the name of Hon". Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, was sent to thc Senate for confirmation as .Minister to the Repub? lic of Mexico. The mail train on thc North Carolina Road ran off near Concord, on Friday, tho 22d instant, killing J. A. White, express messenger, and Mr. Oates, baggage master. In New York, in thc case of the Union Bank against Ketchum i Sons, the Su? preme Court rendered a verdict agains the latter of $256,000. A young man named Garret was stabbed byyoung Dalton Yancoy, son of thu colo bratod Wm. L. Yancoy, a few nights since at a dancing academy in Montgomery, Ala. Garret t h is since died. Yancey ha's deli vered himself to the civil authorities. In thc Supreme Court of Now York, on the -20th, Harris, charged -with being a Confederate spv, was brought forth for trial. A writ of luibeas corpus was served upon Gen. Hooker for him, which was at first disregarded. A decision will bo ren? dered in a few days- . The State Department has advices from our Minister at Chili that tho war between Spain and Chili is still kept up. The com? mander of the Spanish fleet had offered a gross insult to Mr. Nelson, our Minister, for which an apology will be demanded. It. H. Waring, editor of the Charlotte Times, arrested bv order of Gen. Huger, arrived at Haleigh," N. C., on thc 24th. Tho arrest was made, it is said, on account of articles that have recently appeared in thc Times. A large warehouse, filled with Govern? ment supplies, valued at over $1,000,000, at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake Gity, was destroyed by a supposed incendiary fire, on Tuesday last. A caucus of all the Southern members now in Washington was held a few even? ings since, at which they resolved to go home and remain there until after the 4th of March. Henry's breech-loading rille, presented by Mr. Winchester, of the Now Haven Arms Company, bas carried off tho prize offered by the Swiss Federal Government for the best breech-loading fire-arms. MARRIED, On Wednesday evening last, 27th inst., at the Presbyterian Church, bv thc Kev. Dr. Howe, J?S. S. SIMONS, of Charleston, S. C., to MAGGIE C., daughter of Col. C. It. Bryce, of Colombia, S. C. TO RENT, MY STABLE, on Bull street, with the privilege of water. Dec 29 2_ JOHN A. KAY. AT PRIVATE SALE. ACHEST CARPENTER'S TOOLS. A CARRIAGE and HARNESS. ? Two-horse WAGON and HARNESS. A handsome BOOK-CASE. Apply to Dec '2.) 1* F. LANCE & SON. SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS JANE WADE will resume thc exercises of her SCHOOL on TUES? DAY, the 2d day of January, 18GG, at her residence on Richland street. Dec 29 2 Collector's Office, Internal Revenue, THIRD DISTRICT, S. C., DECEMBER 29, 1805. REVENUE STAMPS for sale. JAMES G. GIBBES, Collector. Dec 29_ 3 * SCHOOL NOTICE. MISS GLAZE will resume the exercises of her SCHOOL on MONDAY, Janu? ary l. I8fi?. Apply at her residence on Arsenal Hill. MUSIC on Piano will be taught. Dec 29_2* STRAYED, FROM tho premises of tho I subscriber, on Friday night, 22(1 inst., two large MILCH COWS, .with their CALVES; one a red cow, without horns; thc other a large black cow. Also, a small red CALI'. A libera* reward will he paid for their recove? ry. Apply to THOS. B. CLARKSON, Corner Bull and Blanding streets. Dec 29 1* ESTRAY MILLE; STRAYED into my va rd, a week or ten days ago, ? clark mouso _?colored M?LE, about fifteen hands hign, which thc owner can have bv paving expenses. RICHARD O'NEALE, SK. Dec 29_ _3*_ Fire and barine BEING appointed agent for foveal FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPA? NIES, I am prepared to insure to any amount against fire. Amongst tho offices for which I am agent arc tho well-known Metropolitan, of New York; Continental,of Now York; and National, of New Orleans. These ?nices alone have a capital of over $2,000,000. Policies made payable in cither gold or currency. JAMES CL GIBBES, Ageut. Dec 29_ STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY MAIL WE will send hy mail, safely packed and post-paid: For $5, 1 doz. JUCUNDA-Our No. 700. 1 " AGRICULTURIST. 1 " GOLDEN SEEDED. For $10, 2 " JUCUNDA-Our No. 700. 2 " AGRICULTURIST. 1 " GOLDEN SEEDED. 1 " WILSON'S ALBANY. For $20, 4 " Jucunda-Our No. 701). 4 " Agriculturist. 2 " Golden Seeded. 2 " Russell. 2 " Triomphe de Gaud. 2 " Wilson's Albany. 1 '? Lcnning's White. The above aro tho most valuable kintls now cultivated, and include early, medium and late maturing varieties. The Jacunda -our No. 700-for size, beauty, yield, profit and other desirable qualities, is the must valuable strawberry of which we have any knowledge. For the Agriculturist, (a new seedling,) we paid tho highest price ever paid for a strawberry; Golden Seeded is the best carly, and Lcnning's White the best white; Russell, Triomphe dc Gandand Wilson are invaluable. Our catalogue, giving descriptions o* theso and many other varieties, and fur? nishing much valuable information ti growers of strawberries, will be sent to all applicants enclosing 10 cents. J. KNOX, (Box 155,) Dec 29 fi_Pittsburgh, l'a. Wanted, AGOOD COOK, l'or a small family Apply at Mr. A. R. Taylor's residene on "the hill." Dec 27 3* Local Items. Wo aro indebted to P. F. Frazee, Esq., for New York, Washington and Richmond papers, ahead of the mail. :*THF. CODE."-The Acts passed by tho Legislature relative to thc freedmen, for Bale at this office. Price 20 cents; hy mail 25 cents. "Tin: MAO?C WHEEL."-Mr. Glass has for sale au entirely new article, that will highly delight the little folks. It is termed the "Magic Wheel," which, by the aid of a looking-glass, presents a series of figures ns varied as any in a kaleidoscope, and is decidedly moro entertaining. We have to return the thanks of our little ones to Mr,. G. for a box._ THE MILLS HOUSE, CHARLESTON.-We published a notice of tho rc-opening of this old and favorite hotel, yesterday morning, from the Charleston Neics, and only add that we heartily endorse every? thing that thc Netes states. Mr. Purcell has secured tho services of Messrs. George Wells, J. E. Sterling, J. Burnhaus and T. P. Slider. Visitors to Charleston, wo feel convinced, will need no further informa? tion with reference to a stopping place in the old city. ^ .N_^. _ THE FREEDMEN-ADDRESS OF GEN. ELY. As we noticed yesterday, Gen. Ely address . ed a large concourse of thc freed people on Wednesday last. Ho -opened by telling them of the great change which had taken place in their status, not only in relation to obtaining their freedom, but in tho near breaking up of their present relations with their former masters and employers on the first of January next. He told them they had now to depend upon themselves; - that both they and their former masters ! were relieved from their responsibilities to j each other respectively. He strongly in? culcated a spirit of self-reliance, and pre sooted to thom tho importance of making contracts for the ensuing year, and of knowing what they were doing in making these contracts. There was a mutual de? pendence of thc land-owners and tho la? borers, and that the faithful fulfilment of the contracts made between them was ab t dutely necessary to tho interest of both. He toi 1 thom, that when they worked for the interests of the planter, they worked not only for their own but for thc best in? terests of tho whole country. J Tho Government, he said, had establish? ed the Freedmen's Bureau for their protec? tion, and every agent of it, and every officer and soldier were among them for their benefit; but he admonished them of thc foliy of waiting, expecting that the Government would give them lands, or do any further than what it had done and was doing for them. As regarded thc acquisi? tion of property, be told them that alone could be accomplished hy their own in? dustry and honesty. The idea of the divi? sion of lauds he thought arose from the occupation of the abandoned plantations on the coast, at a period when even the Government did not know what disposition would be made of them. He inculcated morality and virtue in all the social rela? tions ~>f life, and urged them to educate their children and train them to habits of honest industry. The reputation of them? selves and families depended on the strict observance of the marriage tic, and thc moralities which attach to it; and, in con? cluding, he again sought to impress as to the community of interest between the planters and themselves, and that the eyes of the world were upon them as a people, to observe whether they were worthy of their new position. Gen. Ely was followed by Mr. Williams, his adjutant, who, in a few brief remarks, strongly urged his hearers to apply them? selves to industry, thc elevation of their minds, so that they might win the respect of other nations. Notwithstanding tho largo assemblage, every thing passed off quietly, and we hope with beneficial effect upon tho partie^ in? terested, in tho proper adjustment of our labor system. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call ted to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for '.he first time: J. Knox- Strawberry Plants by Mail. Levin it Peixotto-Building Lot. " " -Havana Scgars. F. Lance fi Son-Carpenter's Tools, ?fee. John A. Kay-Stable to Bent, Miss Jane Wade- School Notice. James G. Gibbes -Insuranc* Agency. . " " -Revenue Stamps." " " -Clothing, rte. Miss Glaze-School Notice. Thos. B. Clarkson - Estray Cows. R. O'Neale, sr.-Mule Taken Up. Durboc & Walter -Night Sales. " " -Sundries ?t Auction. -?? - . - ARE THEY GOING?-We refor, reader, to your teeth. Be careful. Next to your eyes, your teeth are the most precious of your facial organs. Uso the Fragrant Sozodont. It will at once arrest decay and prevent what aro now but mere specks from being orifices. In brief, it will save and beautify your teeth; and it is the only thing that ran save them. Reflect on this. t