THE LEADER. ?^AP?it^TON, 8- C., .Satuixlay, xian. 1?. 1866. Arroosi-a? ACSNTS ; William Dart, faul Polusctt, Samuel L. lb-nu cit, of Charleston ; Wm. B. Nash, Culumblaj L'tan Uudlry, IlustOu, Mass. ;"ltcv. A. Waddle, Savannah ; A. G. itnxtcr, Georgetown. AU tao Lucas, New bedford, Mais. TUM 1,-EA?V.R cnn be obtained nt the stores of T. Vf i "C? i tl ?io, ocr ii rr of Henrietta aud Klizabcth Streets ; aad at SJKum A De ooo . MiuUl Street, opposite An soo. Contracts and Freedmen. The frridnun in thu Staten nf Mississippi. Alabama, and Georgia have entered quite large ly and sBiisfnctcrily into contracts with the planurs. Thc planttrs in three States have taken a practical, common-sense view of thc existing stats of affairs, and made contracta with .thc freedmen. Many planters have agreed to allow th?m one-half of the crop, and have turned in whutcver of farming implements and iive stock they had on hand. Others ht vc pre ferred to pay regular wages, varying from six to twelve dollars per month, according to the ca pacity of thc hands. It is well for the planters, 'well for thc freedmen, beneficial to the Stnte.s, that the lands should he worked, and worked in such a manner that the material wealth of ihe South will be enhonced, ?ducation diffused, and .manhood developed. Education ts indissolubly connected with the development of the rcaoure. cs of the South, o nd intelligent free labor will bring forth results thut will put tu blush the prr.ductB of the soil in thc palmiest days of .la Y< ry. South Carolina can't sec it. No, the palmetto State will not consent to have her soil tilled by free laborers. She must huvc compulsory labor - thc right lo use the lash, instead of paying cath. Consequently, very few contracts have been made in this Stute. The planters complain that the fi ced ru rn will not contruct. Of course they nre not inclined tu contract for four dol lars a month ur.d find tht nisei vc?, for they know that il will not pay. Hut let planters offer tw elve dollurs per month for able bodied bonds, und corresponding woge? for less com petent help, ?nd the waste places would be fer tilized, swamps and fens recovered, and Caro linn, blossoming as the rose, would become thc garden of the world. It is strange, indeed, that after slavery has ticen made odious by the Constitution of the State, os well ns by the U. S. Constitution, that men will allow its accursed spirit to obscure their vision, llccouse cotton cannot be pro duced na cheap as before emancipation, they conclude that it cannot he profitably raised, and that freedom is a curse. Why, thc dullest scho lar in the colored schools, knows that it matters 4not what may be the cost of raising colton, pro vided lhere.is a market for it when baled. Au ex tensive cotton manufacturer in Rhode Island remarked, during the war, that he did not care what, .price he paid for cotton, if he could get his manufactured article to market before the price of the raw material fell. Here was the aecret of his success. This ls the correct prin ciple upon which business may bc done. Othei mills in the State shut down when the price of cotton reached twenty-two cents, and com menced again with it ut sixty cents, and real ized greater profits than ever. This State has an easy product, of which the markets of the world cannot be glutted for years to come. We have but to cultivate the soil with industry and intelligence, and shall fin*.) that cotton is still the mainspring of n thou? ?and wheels of fortune, which shall restore South Carolina to her former business prosperi ty,, wealth, and influence among the States of the Union. Cotton can be raised herc by free labor just as cheap as in any other State, and, of coarse, can be sold to a? great ndvantage. Why, then, do planters delay making ron tracts? Why not offer inducements thal the freedmen can oecep'., and show them by your conduct, that in freedom you will be their friend, and that the interests of planters and freedmen are idedentical ? And if the freedmen refuse fair offers because they have no confi dence in former masters, then procure compe tent Northern men for superintendents, in whom they naturally have more confidence, and the plan would be successful. The plantations must bc cultivated, or great suffenug will be the te ault, Irrcedtnen understand this aa well as plumers, and aro disposed to make as good a bargain for themselves as possible. .'. Wa believe that the freedmen prefer to lease landry but this is not ul way? practicable or best fhr rile m.. Tb1 work on shares, with a small piece of land, set apart for each to' raise some articles for his own use, is the next oeat meth od to secure contracts. Or if fair waacs be offered,- freedmen will accept. The fields would theil! thrive, cotton would bc pro duced in abundance, and the happy hum of in tellectual industry tuke the place of gaunt misery, grumbling: want, aud ignorant preju ?loe. * _ _ FnE* L-Asoa EXPERIMENT. - Probably one ?gr* the best evidences in favor of thc successful Operation of the free-labor system' in the South may be found In trie-following-letter to Oencral Howard, written hythe rebel General Gideon ?J. Pillow. General Howard-did not intend for 'th? name of the author of the letter-to be known, bat the aauree of ita emanation l?sr leaked out. . ' ..It affords me pleasure to inform you that 1 have been successful beyond my most sanguine expectations in engaging labor for all my plan tations iii-Arkan?as und Tennessee. I have al ready engaged about 400 freedmen, and have Hi ll confidence in making a success of thc year's wo?k* Lhave given.to the freedmen in alteases A pprt ol tbf crop of colton, and I allow them land for cultivation for their- own use, without charge *h?refo?. I could have engaged 1,000 laborers if 1- had needed that.number. My brother, who adopted ny plan of labor, hs? HISO succeeded admirably in the system or* free la>bor. I have put one larg? plantation under whit? laborers from thc Nonn, upon precisely the taine terms that I en gaged freedmen. I felt anxious to try the sys tem of whit? labor in growing potion, and, therefore, I engaged labor of that character for ' ?ne plsmta't.ohv ...... . ( ',' ?no wing, the interest you feel in the success , of the system of the freedmen, and feeling grate* . ful for your kindness to me, I deem it u duty to communicate the .?eault? of my work thus I fir." ? , The Last of tho Liberator. Farewell, clear and faithful trieud of the slave 1 Farewell, ?ibertitor of America \ Soul-inspiring spirit of Liberty ! it wai from off tue altar of thy living flame, wo first caught thu noblo spark of frcedora that yet burna within us lor the op pressed of every eli (?o. " Thc "Boston I.iben?or, which- commenced its career on (he 1st nf January, lt&l, under the edi torial management ut* WILLUM LX-OTD GARKI-? SON, has ceased to exist. The object tor which it was sturted has been accomplished-slavery has not only been abolished by the operations of the war fur the Uniun,but thc Constitution of the United States has been so amended, aa to forever prohibit slavery in any of the States. Thirty-five years of faithful labor in thc nnii-slavcry ca.ise have given a more glorious triumph for Mr. Gar rison, tlmn will bc found in the life oi any other man. Ile is thc must successful roan of all thc world, because he IIAS been thu most faithful man. Let us look back thirty-fire years in the city ot Boston, and read the salutatory editorial in tho first number of the Lilnralor. No one can now read it without feeling its force, but it had little effect then, plain and prophetic as it was. These sentences appear : " During liiy recent tour for thc purpose of ex citing the minds of the people by a scries of dis courses on thc subject of slavery, every place that I visited ??ave tresli evidence of the fact, that I a greater revolution in public sentiment was to ? he effected in the Free Stales-nnd particular1]y in New Fnglnnd-than at the South. 1 found contempt mote bitter, detraction inure relentless, prejudice more stubborn, un apathy more frozeu, than among slaveowners themselves. Of course there were individual exceptions to the contrary. This Btute of things nfriictcd, but ilid not disheart en me. 1 determined, ut every hazard, to lift up I tho standard of emancipation in the eyes of the | nation, within sight of Hunker Hill, nnd in the birth place of Liberty. That standard is now un furled; and long may it float, unhurt by the spoil-1 .\tion of lime or thc missiles ot n desperate toe- | yea, till every chain bc broken, and every bond man set free ! Let Southern oppressors tremble, -let Northern apologists tremble-let nil the] enemies of thc persecuted blacks tremble I I am aware that many object to the i-everlty | of my language; but is there not cause for sev erity'? I lbw be os harsh ns truth, and as un compromising ns justice. On this subject I do nut wish to think, or speak, or write, with uiod erutton. No! no! 1 ell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm ; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from thc hnnds of thc | ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extri cate her babe from the fire into which it hus fall-1 en ; but urga mc not to use moderation in a cause like tho present. I nm in earnest--I will] not equivocate-I will not excuse-I will not re treat a "ingle inch-AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every atattio leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead ! " Mr. Garrison says in hil valedictory, that ho | commenced the publication of the Liberator with out a single subscriber, nnd ends it without al farthing ns the result of thc pecuniary patronage extended to it for thirty-five years. Wc may build costly monuments of bronze to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Lincoln, but thc name of Garrison will live aa thc Liberator of America, when bronze snd granite ahall have crumbled away. Ile will live in the memory of the pure and just of every nation, so long as the human heart beats in unison with the notes of liberty. It i? not announced what Mr. Garrison will do, now that thc publishing of a newspaper is off his hunds; hut we venture that he will not be idle. He has worked long enough to bc en titled to rest the remainder of his days. Com* mencing life as the youngest editor in the land, he has continued in the harness until he ic now the oldest. Ile has fought the good fight. And wherever duty or pleasure may lead him, may Heaven's choicest blessings bc his rich reward. LOTALTT IS LOCISTAKA.-The editor of the N. O. 7>?6nn? took a trip up to thc parish of St. Helena, the other day. Slopping nt Amitc City, he found no military force, and no national flag to be seen. The town uss ns completely Under the rnrtrol of rebels ns it had been during the war. A poster had been issued calling upon ull white inhabitants of available agc to join the State militia, which is nothing short of a re-or gnnization of the rebel army. The muskets and side arms to he used by thia force, belonged te the defunct Confederacy. Several colored men which he met, were entirely ignorant of any Freedmen's Bureau there. No Uni, n papers were | received. The editor finally ascertained that a Bureau bad been established in Audie City, with a provoaf guard of twelve men. Thc federal of ficers were, however, at this time taking dinner at the only ??'ccnt hotel in town, and discussing the impropriety of mine Awi having a colored man for a har tender. These messengers of freedom to an emancipated race, wjre horrified nt such audacity. The editor concludes as follows " Wc prudently went liaek to New Orleans on thc retnrn train, 'that stur.ted from Amitc Ci'y a little before dark. Wc wen/ hack perfectly satis fied that, in thnt parish, no rbange bas vet oc curred. The Idol of Slavery V still stunning on the nltaT; the spirit of State Righ ts and rebellion is still rife. The representative!! of thc federal power ore lost in the crowd ; und K'olitig them selves powerless, they are wasting tiroc the best they can-, and do not linn the feeling.1 of any body. Military on n large scale, and hy colored t.*oops mainly, is the only way to make Abolition a truth. Up to this lime, Emancipation has om'y beciva lie- in most ca,r parishes." Sow Fublloation. The proceedings of the Colored People's Con vention of the friste of South Carolina, held in Zion Church, Charleston, November, 186fr, to gether with the Declaration of Rights arid Wrongs, an Address to the P?nple, a Petition to the Legislature, and a' Memorial to Congress, has bren issued itt neat pamphlet form, by the Committee on Publication. It contains an ac curate report of the proceedings and action ot the Convention and the speeches made upon that occasion. A valuable book of reference, and highly important far all classes. Every South CB io lin ian should' read- it,- and profit thereby. Movixo ON.-At tba New Veal's reception by tim President, ut the Executive Mansion, after the Ui.Linet, Diplomatic Corps, Army and Navy DlRcem, and distinguished gentlemen; tho col? ired people were allowed to participate in the| levee. Many a ff happy Ne**/ Year to yon. Sir," j reeled thc President's e?ri from all classes and .ll colors. Verily the world moves. r iv - ^r.*jtr?T<-U-y **--'0 * ? ^?..i-r^ ?"i.T-.'.W.t.?: Emancipation Day in Boston. A large meeting of the citizens of Massachu setts wu? held in Tremont Temple, Boston,'ijti thc 1st of January.' -Mr. Lewin Hayden,- of Boston, presided. Kev. E. Ni.Kirk. D.;I>., opened the aftertioon services by reading sflrc tiona uf the Scriptures. Rev. Qeo. ti. W'aah- , ingtoti ottered prayer. The hymn Blow ye the trumpet, blow1' was sung by the audience, and Mr. S. Baldwin Smith read thc Proclama, tionnf Emancipation, Resolutions acknowledging the hand of Ood in the emancipation scheme, also thanking Gov. Andrew und the Senators and Represen tat ires in Congress, for their efforts in behalf of the colored race, were offered by Richrfrd T. Oreen, and adopted. Addretsca were made by Rev. Dr. Kirk, Dr. William Wella Brown, Chus. I? Re mood, and Rev. J. D. Fulton, From the Evening 1 Vice we learn that in the evening prayer was made by Rer. Mr. McKay, and a short poem read by Dr. William Wella Brown. Mr. C. C. Coffin, of the Boston Jour nal, made an interesting address, relating many anecdotes in aupport of the bravery and devo tion of thc colored soldiers in the cause of free dom, denouncing aa the grossest injustice the inclination to shake hands with reconstructed rebels, to thc neglect of the rights uf those who have so nobly defended the natiohl life, ile closed by expressing the hope that all would antiti be able to hail the advent of equality and liberty throughout the land. Wendi ll Phillips, E>q., was next introduced, and greeted with loud and continued applause. Alluding to the present occasion ss one emin ently fitted for rejoicing and thankfulness, the speaker counselled vigilance nevertheless, the battle being but half over and the final victory not yet won. lt bad been dcmoBtrated tc the world that democracy could fight and conquer-it now remained to be seen whether it could gov ern, There were powerful influences actively engaged against th'- principles of universal lib erty and equality, which would require the ut most energy of the friends of justice to with stand. Already its power had been shown in the overthrow of one of the strongest friends nf justice-Henry Ward Beecher-and a plot was now ripening in Congress, which would within a hundred years display itself, the tffect cf which would be to return the colored people lo slavery. The most effectual remedy that could be employed was the allowance of the right of suffrage to the negro, by which he cnuld be en abled to maintain hia dignity as a citicen uf a free country. Na'ioal salutes were fired on Boston Com mon, at Plymouth, on Dorchester Rights, on the Revolutionary grounds of Bunker Hill, Concord, Lexington, and at the North Bridge, Salem. Thc National flag floated from all thc public buildings, and fram the military posts in the Commonwealth during the day. The good people of Massachusetts, like those of South Carolina, paid proper respect to the day. Congressional. { In the Senate Mr. Sumner presented petitions asking for equal rights for the colored people of Alabama, Mississippi and Colorado. A resolution was adopted asking the Presi dent for information regarding Provisional Gov ernors ; how paid, and whether they had taken the oath of alligience. A bill securing the payment nf the National debt and preventing the payment of any rebel debt was referred. Mr. WILLIAMS introduced a joint resolution submitting the following article as an amend, ment to the Constitution : No power shall exist in Congress to provide for the payment of any person or persons for or on account of the emancipation of any slave or slaves in the United States, and no appropria tion of money shall ever be made by law of Congress for that purpose. A bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr, Wilson, fixing the peace establishment of the army to sixty regiments of infantry, ten regi ments of cavalry, and seven regiments of artil lery, eaeh branch to have a proportionate num ber of enforeo troops. The admittance of the Tennessee delegation Is still discusred in Washington circles, but we do not think they will bo admitted immediately, nor do we strpposc that any serious disagree ment ?ill ensoe among the Republican mern, bera. Job Printing. Our friends in want ot Job Printing of ?ny kind will do well tn give us a call. We hate facilities fo- the neat and rapid execution of Cords, Bill-heads, Circulars, etc. THE Cctoftzu AM?PIICAN is the title of a new weekly paper, published at Augusta, Qa., by John T. Shuften. lt ie ? Mvely sheet, fully or to the times, and shtrold* be sustained by the colored peopte of Georgier. QT Congress will not be intimidated by any threatenings of Executive Lower, bot maintain the high ground it has taken on the reconstruc tion question. The vital element of national success must find ample development in thc Congress, or our first threat hope is gone. We relv with supreme satisfaction upon the people, rverl if Congress should disappoint us. '_,/ i ? i ?.-1- .. ty The Chicago Republican suggests renew. ,ng Hr. Lincoln's plan of esttlv-nent-univef eal mffrage and ut.i versal amnesty. The former, it ivoukl reach hy.* constitutional amendment, Bl owing the stile', to regulate the ri?ht of suffrage is heretofore, hut prohibiting them from restrict ing it by reai-niV of the 1 ace, color, or religion ol he citisen. This plan would be perfectly .aalis ractory to the disfranchised people of the South ?rii States, but'we suppose tilt' Hebels would ?t like the terms. They want lhthcr friends present. Interesting to all. I?JT?IO Doston Medical and Surgical ..Journal, ?d?ted ?ty Samuel L. Abbot, M.D., undulara.** C, White, M. D , contain! valuable medical irttclli b?nVu and Vi**? stutUtlca fb?'^he practica.! (jhjsir ; ?Un. Published hy ?ti* viufo Clapp fc Soli, 1*34 Si'ashtpBtort-jHtrcct., Boston? ' . ?? . .J_i_t;-; -, ' " " L lite tribune Alihnnac and Political Begi?tr-r has bern received, lt ii deservedly popular, and has been lor many years considered KU tl lui itv up on* the topics'whlch it treats.' ?kwirAro'B?AL.-The Bollon Daily Evening Voice comes to us in a new dress, enlarged and improved-. It is a live, honest, and readable pa per, and the orgftn o! thc workingmen of Massa chusejU. May Ul cause, pr?sper and itself ??c cecd .| _. CAIT. H. N. BATCHKLLCR of thc Of>th U. S. C T, has had his resignation accepted, and will continue to reside in South Carolina as a citizen lie has been a true soldier, a good bilker, arid a consistent mah, and frc ?rv glad that he is to re main among ut. Eds'"A Sumter correspondent bf thc Charleston Cuni ier has discovered a mare's nest in two speeches of Chaplr.in French, one delivered al Ntw York and thc othet at Sumtrr. Thc SourA Carolinian also saw the nest, and laughed at the eggs. In a very lohg article upon the subj-cl. -written by the yard ?nd chopped off, ns if part of a serio" novel.-ihe writer, possibly from a force of habit like the Sumter correspondent, draws largely upoa his imagination for facts. The truth will, however, work, itself clear, atld such garbled statements as these papers hsVe indulged in will only help on the cause ol righteousness in our midst. A second part of this same romance appeared in a later number of the Carolinian. We suppose thal it is to be continued, like other novels. Affairs About Home. ES** There ts a amnll newspaper called the South Carolinian, which has been published in several piares, at different periods, as circum stances favored, and is now issued in Charles ton. One day last week it mentioned hav. lng seen, In passing thc Merchants' Hotel, a '.gaudily dressed white wench" throwing a kiss and waving her handkerchief at the proces sion of colored people on Emancipation Day. This was simply an indecent item, catered tn the stupid prejudices of its readers) but in another issue, at the request of thc proprietor of the Merciants'n Hotel, it has thc cool shame lo state Ujiat the " white wench " referred to. was nat in thc hotel at the time of throwing a ki-s. hut oily In that vicinity. Kow, will thc Coro /inion Ibe kind enough to state whether thin scene, la which it affects to be so horrified, oc curred; in the building next north or nest south of the Hotel, or on the opposite side nf tin street, or where I We fancy hearing tire ctho of our question, .' Or tenure f " DULLS ot ST. MICHAEL -Our readers will rttnember that the beautiful chime nf bells in the steeple of St. Michael Church, except one retained for the regulation of the eily, with the bella of other churches, Was contribu?'tl to the cause of thc South, and long since melted into silence, like the Confederacy. Tke one hell remaining has recently been announc ed by the Chief of Police, to be rung al ssven and nine o'clock J", st.. (old time of s'avery. when no colored man was allowed to be out after the last bell without a pass.) .' Thoie evening belli; their evening bells! How mmj a talc :helr niuilc tells Of youth and-" There ! the bell's cracked I Oh dear !-No more shall we hear its sounds. Il is broken, like the ten commandments in marble, which one of Oem rsi Gilmore's shells esme in contact with, Farewelt old belli No more to swell Tu* tones of hell And slavery! Old broken heit. How strange lo tell Of your death-knell. Aa? slavery! Sra RETS. - We notice that our streets have been Improved somewhat of Ute. Thc sidewalks have been mended In some plates and made quite passable. In other places the mending of them has not been attended with equal success. It is an imposition on (he public for any ont to put heaps of unbroken oyster shells upon the side-walk to be trodden down by the passers. Pedestrians prefer che go tier to the oyster shells. fuit LscTtr***.- By advertisement If Will be teen that a course of Sunday evening lee lures ar? to be delivered by Rev. Calvin Steb bins, at the Union League Hall, The first will commence on to invited to at tend) MEDICAL.-'Vf e refer our friends who rb ay be in need of medica*! attendance, to the adver tisement of Dr. Becker, in ?rimher column. BP* The papers of South Carolin? thal lake so much paint to malign Gen. Butler, may have occasion to regret their course. It would nert be remarkable if Gen. Butler should beappoln* ted to a command in thia vicinity. Ta? ?fUt.- At tr.e fire on Meeting 8f re et on Tusiday night, stealing it laid to hive been a very noticeable feature. Cjr It ia understood that Maj Gen. R. Sax ton. Assistant Commission of Freedmen for the Stateruf South Carolina and Georgia hts been relief rd of hit command. A higher appoint' ment ha* been tendered him. it ia not yet an iou need Who will succeed the ti-efteral aa Conv nissioncrV INFOJIMATIOW VCjiWiErV.-?Of jV>hW Wntf, Jane jihiim, Wadc.-Bnoi and Surixh Willingham, who urmerly lived with Josoph WillhtglVain, in thc 'Iclntty of Alston Depot, near Columbia, Routh TuroHnri, and formerly carried the rtiail from Al ton Depot to Longtown. Any person knowing if such persons will picoso giyc. information at lilt office, ot write thc^Cincinrmji.Colored Chi-, oii. m their motlier Cefshes them io come to li io. COMMUNICATED. kdislo Island, S. C., Japiiurj 2nd. 18GG. . ?. . Si it,-. If voa cnn sparc it little sparc in ihe t%T V*r. jil* insert tlie proceedings ot u ceiebrutioii .in the qunitim ?if Co. II, 3Stli U.S. C. T.?f? tlonetl upon KtHsto Island] the oveniiijj?'of J?n. Ist 18B8. Ar>t.r partaking ,o{ R sjinple^llntibh, jusl such as tho island could nilbril, tho'?olluwirig programme was i|,c order of tin- i>vcniitg. 1st. Reading of ii(t; Proclamation, by Sergeant Jackson Vunortnn. 2. Song,Ulallie cr.y of.Freedom. _~ - 3. Declamation, '1 ry ?Igain, liv PriVtttc Joseph Whitfield. 4. Declamation, Toi.arco, " Bryah Keys. 6. " Debt ami Cr?dit; " John Moore. The following toasts were llieii rem! l>v Corp'l OHndriDelh , . " isl. The day we celebrate, birili-duv to the ea* tate yt' freemen of four ni il I ions co loi rd Americans, may tiley cherish wi h grateful hearts thc metilo ory of him who Conferred oir theta thin priceless boon, mut With the return of euch succeeding uh nivcrnrtry, feel that they ure attaining more und mort unto true nlnhhiiod. Responded to by Mr. Wlnlteinort\ of Freedmen's Ilurcuu and Lt. lt. I. Clark, Co. ll. 2nd Thc Freedmen's lhireau, dispensing heal ing to tile sick, lund to Hie hungry, and clothing to the nuked, may ils drawers never lie found empty so loni/ ns lhere, is need of it* hleased iiiin ?.tries. Mri Alden, ri bed inch'fl liurcau, alter which a New Year's sung hy 'he Company, lead off by Sergt. l'.llisou. 3rd. The Freed inert. So lorin ?hit so cruelly enslaved, it is theirs lo prove that they appreciate the blessing of liberty, by caruest und persistent endeavors to make the most Ot the privileged now grume I them. Maj. l/eliiiii*? 4th. Co. ll, 35th U S. (i. T. Wompi and faithful in obedience to orders, patient 'liider trials und hurdship?, courageous arv! unllincliing in hattie, when the time conn s (or the?l ti. lay down their arnm, iuuy they helio II ic us ginni citi zens as they have been soldiers. Crijil ll.N.llacIl eller. 5. The non-commisioiiL'ii officers, to their cheer lui cooperation in currying out the biders ol their superior officers is due much of the good disijiline and general success of tin- Company, Sergeant Smith and Corp'I Morrison. 6. Song, Kingdom Coming. 7. Remarks tu his usual Imjijft sty lo. Major Delany. li univ not he amiss to 8iij that the members of the eompftny, ?ht? lOhk part, lilli IMO exi-ep tioiis could not reud n letter about two ?cai s since. D. GEOHOKTOWN, Jan. 3. 18GC. Editor of South Carolina I.t'tilcr: Monday tierny New Vi ?t'a Dsy. and evei inetnmotable in South Carolina, td.- pruccccd. iiigs ot the du) herc ina) not a- uiilitlcrOlilig. The children of the t/Yr/rgetbu ti Kduciiunfiul League, together with ii lar^o concourse ot ?-fti rctis, met at the Ri-ihcndu ljupttsi Chuicb. Mi. Murrell WHS culled on to pray, nfief ? ruth thc children of ihe .-ehool spoke us fdih {?* : Mallei T. Muirdl, Mi-' A. E. A. Hu M cf,- Mi'? Ucla vu Davis, SS . Dennison, J. A. linster, ami J. Du UK. lt ? it.' uone ni H crediihlile iiiunni-r, uni) they wi re gu ally upi.Intuid! for tin ii fine np pearithci- unit i hi* uumiinblc maimer Iii wliuli Hie? conclue** d theiii'i Ives. Then were men y ?vihgN ilien the follow i iii; gem leim n ml IIII-MId iht* coins rc j* tuim : M*'s*i* J. H. Gici-hj A. Kue, mid A. li. baxter, lin- aUdrc-ncn wet. lippi <>p I In ic to ihe occasion. IC v, Jium - I lunn I - lull, ul Pl lindi Iplitii. prent Illili lilt- Jitl/i 'to tile clllldlfti, Ul lill exemplary IHHIIlifi ?'llCOUIHglllg them io take fast hoi.I ol knowledge. Miss A. K. li? Xi er ree? i veil ihr Hr?-t (.riz*, which was u tuuunlul Murk-box; M?-in T. Muir.lt. second prir?---u Rllp | illid the rent ?.! t tie children H suitable pi ice uceutriing to then merit. Mi. Ilumilion theil uddienned the muli euee m un impressive iiiatim-r, wherewith .he dulurru, together with Mr. Hutniltun, proceed ed to No. 10 Hnlh v* lie ie u btnintilul ititiiiei v* as pu pured for l helli. Alor ibeir appetites wert- rutiaiecl, ihejf refited, mn] ihe leiiiuilidet ot i he evening ?AUS h pent in nnnti by a lurgi concourse ot citizens. A. G. RAXTFCK. President. Committee ?*? 1* DCIIIIIBOII, Johi.sOii, K C Wilson, 1' Duvi?i. " Wo Acoept tho Situation.*' Bo say tile press of '.he South, bul li ts 6h\f lip-service, Miiilc- the heait ia tilled MU li bitter. ness? SVe CHuliOt tn kr np ii paper M it hool find ing au ul tim tired Minti at t lie (infiniment, a ri'I ita officer . compared ti Cul aline. Dinton, ni.o Hobespn-re. The same fiduluii: upi.li une string upon Mhichiht- ptop.e and pi ess ot the Sta li lla ve laen pla) trig tor the luM thirty year? . ?? We aect pl Hie situation," while the)" are tighiuig .. the siiuuiioiif" Milli a biiterueas and IIOBI lily w liieh bt trays tne siiiouidcruig fires within. And yet il is ? boptleas? fruitless, help less conical. A Vinn anti totilt .?(tempt to keep up M patty over the tonsil remains ot a Ot nd is sue. SS'hy engender bitterness, sud keep up u cry about aluvery und stcenMou, when bulli an deud beyond ieausciiuiion ? SVhy nut honest 1) alni riiiceiely ?. accept the situation," mid, like true phllusopliern, make the best of a bud bur gain- auccumb lo M hut seems lo be the I ne vit allie dcciee ut lute, sud ^o cbctrlully lo M oik to mend iiieir tullen lortuiies ': 'fil? Uoyeriiirieiit ul SS'u?hiinontS-< tiveot the political seiittmeiits ol the Stute ift Urge, lt so, to M hut conclusion must all- can di?, thinking nun arrive us lu the to)ul svniK nielli ut (he Slate t 'I'uklllg liiut na uUt guide. We cull plullily pelceiVe Illili loyalty to the Union means treason to South Carolina, ll so. rt is only u choice ul evils? SVe are ?'f coinpellt-d tu be traiturs cither tu the Union or tu the doUitn There seems to be no neutral ground - hu p ul foi m lur those tu occupy who woiVId i inc above faction, sud recognise the authority ot the Union and the Constitutum. Hut we would ask? eui bonot Towards M hut untried und miexph/red shore ure we dri ung ; Hetcre the ?ar we ?ere looking hopefully to the end, which wc conceived to oe u diHsinotion ot the hated Uuton, und the esta-btmhinent of a scporBte und ind pendent government. We can luOk- foi* no soie ti results nuM-. 'the grund tx pm nit ni hun tieeii trnd. und pruved un ulter, dMastroue failure. The Confederacy baa gone to the tomb of the Capulet*, and we hsve nu country now but the United Stales- no ttug hui the rlurs and stripes-no government but the one at SVunhingion, and no Coiisiitutiuu but the one our futhers guve 'is-with a slight amendment. Secession ia dtud; slavery is hint? ted out forever, ?nu, u* sr section? we have no hope-'ito hoiUv-no history-nw destiny out side of our common country-ihe ICi-publie thai Was h hi g ton and the heroes nf '7& f?ave us. The lebeUion har ruined the South/ filled ii with gruyes, blighed us budding hopes with the mil dew of death, spread the tuui'ial p.ill over our onoe happy and peaceful homes, mid filled the land with ruin, denolsiion, und Moe; iind'yei cling to its lifeless cwpnc 1 kc u dream ol Paradise, und^vuinly strive to kindle ufre-h lin Urea of fuction utiiid the vapors mid dei^tli* damps lhat environ us dishonored grave. MARK! ED. In (Iiis city, Jun.'4th, hy 'Kev. A. Wehster, Mr. Charles I.nw, und Idhi* Kosiiiiiinh Mc'Cail. holli ut Charleston- ^. ' , jg '.j [A'Iirrll.ruj?rjt. ) SiloTpIiiift?T IT?- Surh I? the question nuked 6f us by perspiring friends about on nh average .ipr ly . cightJOiAea per tv.enty-fo'ur hours, whirh is Sxactiy, it? the mathematical mind cnn readily compute, otu e every thirty minutes. To this in terrogatory ( wldcV?jrj^f?c.c.an exclniniition than question) wo reply, in n melting voice, "Yes, very' ''--Wiping our handsome face willi a fresh handkerchief. This generally terminates thc con versation with mere ifofjimintnnccs j hut to mir in ti imite friends wc are accustomed to ?nhl. in a whisper, ihis golden nd vice-Trv HUHKL'B Ciot.iiKN I) i TT Kits. They coiil as well as invigor .te Trv them. SPECIAL NOTICES. FV MECHANIC & PLANTERS' HBNEVO l.KNT ASSOCIATION.-A regular Weekly Meeting di till? .issoelnllmi will like plnre nt the residence of Mr. .luseph tireen, Meeting Street, every Thursday evening; at 7 o,clock, p.m. Hy order of the I'rrsl Heiit. C. ll. I'llICK, See. The following are til? utneers of the ?bore associa tion : - ?Ismes Levy, Prrsldent ; Joseph (irren. Vlce-Prri.; C. II. I'rlcr, See. ?nil Tress. Pt undhi!: Cotnmlttnr- Couimltlrr on Charily I?; Slimmers; Ch'rmao; i A. Itohertson, Ch'rtu??; J. Johnson, I C.' Tullver, T. Mills, 1 J.Murrr. 8 ike warda, Vf. Purry, | J. I'altnrr, Jan. 13 lw 15 KT- MO H A?, FRATERNA ?< SOCIETY. You sro hcrchy summoned to attend thr third Anni verssry Fit rel In j; of the shove named society on Thsrsduy ev.-r.liij-, i.Hh Hist.; st yoor M ?ella | Koora, No. in I'lit Street. si hslr-pnsC six o'clock, preclicly. Hy bider'nf Ult! t'rcsidciiL J. M. QUASH. .inn l.i lia' Sec'y. iir MUTUAL Aili ASSOCIATION. - A sp?rhd rhn-t trip of lids Asstviatlon will be held on Munday r+rhlni? Witt, lilli Inst., st llonum's Itali, .'olin Pire'M,' nt 7 o'clock; il y o'r/lr? of (lie Presiden!; Jan 13 iw 15 M. J. SI MONDS, Sro C7- ftOtlCF. -Dr. t. fl. Memmingrr rc spe'clfiilly oilers his services lo lils friends and the I'tihlic, in (lie practice of Medicin?, Ohstctrlcs and StifperV; (lillee No. lia vVtmttr?ri?i Slicer, ?outi? sitie. T. I!. M F. M M rs o r n. M. I). ?iv 15. Jan. 13 rp" ATI EN HON! COMPANY ti. ir?'ME ott A HUH.- Aiirml s rrgiiiitr meeting of your cn'rn'pany rin' Monday next, tit li inst., st llor?n lia Hall. Uj Order JOH5 noHilrf, IJcut. Commanding, JOHN C. nzsvxnTKYS, O. S. F?T LADIES' PATRIOTIC ASSOCIA h ON - a meeting or this ?S.OHHIIOO will bc held nt ihr St Hilary llalhnn Monday afternoon,'nt 3'o'clock iinfl n Cnltefthin .'III hr takrm np. Itv order of the I'reSiuerrt. .MILS. KM Al KU LY. .I.im3 In ll JV fl fi TH PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION. Yon ure hereby ? ninmom il to Ht'ieiia n ficherai Mrrt inj; nu Krills rveiling next/ 191 ll Inst., nf F. f.npet' resiitriinr, Hi nrl?l?a Sinei, st 7 o'.lock, on bunncgi of Importance. Hy order P.M. Chairman. Jsnl.1 Iwl5 ,1, M. ri. Six', pro inn. ty JUST RECEI VED; liv O'Hear Sc Fen ie!;, 11 . Lout load of COTTON fmni thc Collin Stale Pince, anti one lund from the Frogmore Place, St. Helena Island. Jun. (Uh tl*. CV SCHOOL NOTICE.-The duiieis of my School will bc resumed on Tueidsy, Jnn?sry ?Jud, l.?C<5. K'b. M Meeline Street Ihr 2o Stn in I" KT Kit lt: MOKfiAN. CV Dit. Ri A. HOHEM AN | Inn An-t. Sorg U. S. C. T.) Iis?, taken up hts residence In this City with' thr vie? nf engaging in ihr pr sci kv of M..linne and S ll ruer y. Kur 'bc present? he will br found at hi? ornee. No. W Calhoun Mt., iinil ni rmhlrnre, No. 3S riobard Street, heir lt ut le ire. Office hours frum 9 to ll, ?.m., snd front 4 to ?, p.m. Nov -i9. ams' tnr SMOI.ANDEU'S EXTRA CT iiuciiy. curr.? Kldlli-V IHM'SSC. SMOI.ANI.KIt'S KX Tit ACT IIUCHU cur-? Ithnimnti-ni. FMoi.ANhEll'S KX T it A CT IIUCHU cures I'rinsry Diseases. PMOl.ANUKlt'M KXTKA?T HUC?l? eures Orstrl. BMOLANpEK't) KXTKACT ?UCI?U cures Strictures, the liest lr' I u i tl Kxtract now before thc puhllr I* ?~? ttl ?il it ntl o r'M? Kor the diseases named shove, ?.nd far Wesknesses anti l'alni In the ll.trk, Y> piste cotnpluints, snd Disorders, arising from excesses ef n<>>' Ulnd, nnd ls p?-r IV-ftl >' lnviiiii-" rilli?;. Sold by sll Apothecaries. Price one dollar. Try tf. I?, names & co. New York, sud Harne? Wini.*. Co., New Orleans, Agents fer the South ?nd1 West. HUH h RIG lt lt HOUKHS. Hoston, Mass ,(??n eral Agenta.' i Dee '.'8, ly, i'i U. L. A. C O UNCI L TV O. I. .Meet on Tuesday next, January 16, ls?6. Jun ll lwlS lt. il. MAfiWoOD, I'resl.lent. Suiidav Bvvciiiiirr Lec-iirrcft FREE Tt5 A CL. A rour?e of Monday evening' lectures wyl lie nelly-' ereil lt? Union League Hall, IW Kiu? ft., by Hw. Cal vin Stebhms. The tlrsl Ircture will be itellvervd on Suridsy eve ning, Jun M 188, nt 7 o'clock, SiilijKt, " Th* Pro phet Samuel, as the medite or betwssen the old mid the new," sppUcnhte to our time. .'un 13, lw, IS' DR. T. J. BECKER, Consulting f fr y s i e 1 a IN HMAS Incalrd lilmeelf st' No. 70 fomlnc Hirer!, where he will hr Sappy te attend incal?? for medical sitendsnce. Particular atlcullon paid lo alt Chronic dlacsncs. (Unce hours, from .* s.tm, t? 13 m., sud. from .1 tr. 7 pru. JaUl3, tf /I Mew Junk Store, -to; i:iH Etas! UUy Mtr??t. 2 doors a>?nvo the. fish mnr'..et, (olllcc next door to thc Imut-lionsc") Where the undersigned is prepared to hoy VvcfV'deicHprtriti ol' v'roilglit tt tit* irbn, olil copper, hruss, ein:*, lea I, hrolten i*otlon, rice tilga, OKI rhnVakit, old rope, nahum, 1st qtialU'y of virgin rosin ;' fnrs. (such Hs otter', ultu';,-monk rat, fox, coon, suhle), mid live cerne' rVntliers, wool, hides, deer, lamh nm! sheep stuns. 1'ersons hrluging the ul.ore articles hy Imat can mid on D.K^k or Mtirkri Wharf, or at high water in thc rear ol thc store house. C. PULLEN. Charleston, Jan. 10,18?ri. Sn? 1&? FOR; James? John, St ft.isto Island^ frilK Kine llj;ht draft Steamer " MAH," having 1 marie her ll ret Trial trip, will.on and aller thc ftr?i* nf .tun IMS., leitVe Chnmlm'a Wharf? West KnU "f Tnnld Street, dally, fur James und .lohn Island exmpt? Wediieitluys when she will leave fur Kdlilu Islahd*. WM. IIA HT, Ageiih 1?c "0. if r, Msrk llo .,ir.| Htesinltxil Co.