Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S (-a Carr.' ' 'a 0g,mrier. Th U p o .ie a i woht.ion of thle fifth Set cti0n of tnh.e new Fx IF ' 3u;eau Sill. The freedmln are to occp'y th p?ltations t1 o years, to begzi frw%i* the 1- i .allarY, 1S6, Unjle-s by A w% Itten agre beee the on er and the occupnt, dh-i Uh om :-oe of the Btne, th 'ueeupan .-.eender the planta tion :i vhieb '. e endowed by t!V Gvr::tun ayare n oe where else. Af th n ves he Governent is to rd forzy er trct for each of the n-gro setlers; un!s, which is moe probab e, the occu-tnts thvin receive a title in fee from the Goveruet. Where the Governnont. is to c-t th l3a promised to the negroes is a quws:lun. T:i Gov ernment. owns some swa:a.*: innd4a ri somethir .tracts of p lbi ud i. the Soml,-rn States, an11d, besides, is to parehase three millons o' acre tinder the ?il,.for vagoo:id f ue:nn and reia -ees. - General Sherman informed citizens of Swih C.-oina now he:-, that his order of the 1-5th January, 1S65, when he w us on his march to 9ive posession o* tlhe abandoned Se:*s1land to the negroes, a for a mrely teiporr He itended it for theC elt of h h 'iess I' gro children and ld p1-# n ho f ioNIed and burdened his ar:. Upon te e11 sation of the . war he expected th.: the p a::nis would be restored to their owiets. G,-er:%l -herman sai he would s:ate these facts if called ar- by the Com:nittee. -metal foward had advised restor:tion of tte lands, and told the 6oith Caroina Conmmite now here, that if the 5th soction shond be strick en out, he would udvise the res:r1i on of these lands to !heir owners. The Prcsid -t hid al,o intimated that be would restore tue islunds to their owners. This Freedmen's Bil will go at. once to the President for his appruval, a d it k i o1i'ie con sequence, so far as the country is concerned,what he does v%ith it., because both Hos s wi"l pass Ir, like a shot, by a vote of tour to oneti as -ooT ls it comes bck. To the Presient the question ;S of the utmost import-a::e. ilis cn n -gaitnst the BiA. Ile knows that it i firiht with evil for the cotri, and Is so -a*d. veto would be hailed %ith shtiyacion b the conn and even by som!e whose ptrty ohiigatio s co:n pel them to vote for the measure. The iPreZi dent's- veto mi-ht also have the effect to lurn the attention of the people to the aj and aid in the reformatiou of the Lou1se at the next electious. Some of the papers are re- ;-:b ishing an amu sing article written by S:ephon R. Branch on Horace Greelev. Branch is ai half-%%itted old man who has been a sort of terror to promineift politicians for the past ten years. lie has a sort -of fancied wrongs to right, and a mania for p'b lishing his personal iroubles to the world. So from.time to time he has contuenced the print ing of newspapers, ia which he has told all kinds of-.scandalasis -tares about his ininary torment ors. One of his last productions w-as so slander out in itsioue thait the -injured p'trties had hhm arrested dnd p-, in jail. He. w rote pi'ecous tip - - / peals to all of them& to let him out, but none took oice of him but H{orace Greek~y,who used his inuence for his release. Upon breathiing the ~air of freedomt on-ce more, Branch se ized the pen and rushed into the arena with a new paper, which. he caHs "The Reurcioit"[is lead er is upon is new savior, Gr-eelev ,andithe way he serves hint. up is exciting the ri-ibili ties of the * philosopher's" cotemporaries. A fer- extracts will exhibit Greeley from the Branch st:md-point, audit must be borne in mifnd that the writer does not inten d to be sa tirictd, but is ex pressing in his own peculiar way his honest convictions: "The Grecians wept when Socrates died, arnd * ~ the Ameic-ans will weep when Horace Gireeley dis I so intensely love this man tbnt. I wee'p n a'utieipation of his deathi. I love his classie hede. a ua ,i :dn!fdem:eanor. I a. + .- lovcs his species like the Saviour, and beautse his hum.tue career resemi bles th'e/Saviour's. The miracles of Hor-ace Greev wiji be appreciated by coming genera tions, and the negeti of his carpet-bag.s will be undying hiit,ory. Hie is the poor mnan's friend, and because he has fought the battle.sof the p>oor and&enslaved, the rich deride and despise him, and would- crucify hiur as they did the Saviour. -He h'as bden a terrible adversary to ofieial liber tinese~nd pl'tmderars, and in the absence of an elective judiciary, he would havie burned them - Elve. I ehiefly mean the libertines in our pub lie.scihools, who allure and coerce the teacher and sebolars into dens of infamy, and the plun derers who st-ea!.otr taxes even fatster than they .l. apose them, and thus drive ps into att:es and cellars and the winter air, and freeze and starve mo~thers and childretn. and drive lovely virgins into ptostitution for bread, an'd into lun'acy, sui -cide, and Potter's Field. His great hreart, with -its tears and srules and sunshine, has penetrated the hungry and .ghastly abodt- oft white men, * .--and the ungodly siave-pens of black ien, who love him next to the Deity." T-here is munch more in this strain, in which --the writer indulges in some bold metaphors after --the manuer of Beecher. Then, he proceeds to descatomt.he pe-rsonal loveliness of his -new *"H-e bates filth, lust; indolence, alcohol, tobac * - co, mirrors, perfumes, blacking and g.orgeous ~neckties, and weeps over the time equandered in - the decoration of the body .instead of the intel * * -. - iet. He loves water, and bashes dailiy fromi * ~ January to December. He listens , oge thtan lie - talks. 'He does not stare. Onie gNneeigenough for him,. 'ew cant faice his eyes, because trat.i and fh-e are itr them, as in the meridian sun. Money cganet win his heart, nor -buy nis judg - * - -Anid finally Branch concluides his extraordi tary eulogium with the following brilliant peror ation: : -~ - - - Horace Greelev's soul will gq directly to -Heaven, but the souls of Bennett, Raymond, - eet, Sewarii, Hiall and B3arnard will-take chir - oitonzs routes." -*-Thm article has been re-published in a17 the - -~ -- * norin~g japers except the Tribune. It was a ttle too heavy for Hourace.* Suu~rs os Costms~aczs, Uonis, No-ns, - The following' extract frotm a recent litter of the -- ~ oammissioner-of Interna-l Rlevenue contains use fuil and import iformelon :t * ~ T;: t-snv DU-Ar-vNTr, ) O'ym: or iN:N.u. Rmvtsca:, Wasmaa'\G4is, Ja:ry 30h, 1 SI6. Sia :-Tour letter of the Id instt to the "Proprietors of the Inte!n r, hss bean re ferred to this oi-ce. I repy tha the law re qulirinlg stamips upon cony v-neh onds, notes, &c., took effect -ctober 2,182 and that.* no stajnps are necessary upon nstrumenCits issued prior to thatt date. A bond tear e payment of montey is subject to stamp dmyit \-the-i tr:ue o- fie eens for ciel one hundr-ed diillars, or Ii r atn part thterect, as "written or pin ted ev'id'e- of -an amount of money to be paid on demandt or at a time desig nated ;" a personal bond, giveni as secure" for the payment of any' definite or certain sumt of money, i-eeedin one -hnred-lolla rs, and not exceeding five hut-ndred dol-ars, is subject to a stamp duty otf' n cents, and to fitII eenits addi tional for einch dditional tie ndrned dolla. s, or fractional pareti tereo: An instumnt suj:et o sampir dy, hi't is suted and used, unt empn pro --o -gst 1, 1864, may be ma - -d hv ia: tnping it as IC quire d by sectio o'n 0-im:-i;d ain'd si-thre e of the Act ~of Junte :3, 184I ; it-i-sued since that date, the case tians une seedo n onehunre andI fifty-eighit of' said A ct as amren ded by the Act of March ;;, 155 Very reSntectfaI, - It. C. WiHITM-\N, A i WcESS \ElmN Co-rnEs.-Tne woDIdmgC ont oi - the P inceSs Alexandri no, of Prssia, who wv reently narred !o tihe Duke Frederick W !a:n Nicho, of Meeklinburg-Sehwerin-, was a e* u a for mspecziuo in some of the apartments. at the RoYal Palace at Berlin In the first apartment were the travelirg4runks ad boxes: the second chamber contained the princes' slippers, shoes And bouts, in all colors, and a-o a great number of colWred silk and white stock ins. 0n one particular table, in front of the wint!ow, were the writing -naterials, scent hortles, bruihes, &e. In the ILdI ot Mirrors ad joining, the linen was Pr ranged in tLree divisiois. 011 the rigt was hr roy:al highncss' traveli;g be t,trimm(!ed .ith wihite and blue s l, hanging,1s 111mLrmixed, and a blue silk cove2lid In nother rirt of the roo, w're the sheets (four doz-n n number thlef tovl and Iapkins (t%vwN y-Mr oz--n of each'), nicey arranged with toilet covers, and so forth, all iunbered, a nd bainher royal hwhn s' iitials worked in silk ;ind ne''xt WZ19 a table ith1 the eorsets aTd ei110n:-es, smloo'hing irons aid 1boards. The ami!e talble wva,, covered w%ith the aider linen, the che iseS (twe ty-four doz,-n', trimmed with co-ilv l:e a id embro;dcry ; the little dre.ing aekrts (fo1. dozen), ad four do; 't .., virh w hi:e embroidered underclothes, &c. Elsewhere were the fire linen ne.Lligs, dres inzi jackets, wNhile the hair is being dressed, and pocket hand kerchiefs. The principal por;ion of"t he oitfit was displayed in The ainiig ;di'-3ng roorm. IeC was ter royal high!:ess' dressinq.case, all tHe fit tings of which were of solid silver, a,d close by wer e the gloves, in all colors. Near at hand was a ta')e covered wi!h her ro'yal hi.Uhness' olIa mtatS. Of these must first be mentioned the i dal gift of the King-a diamo,.d wecklace-of course of the first water, iine!tccn stoneS on each sde, iith an exceedingly large one in the ceiI re, all very bcamifrih!v set; ;ao a diadem of large pem. 1 hta ped pearis with dew-drops in brilliants, presr'ted by her roval highness the Princess Charli-s. A gift from the P.ineess' mother con sisted( of a necklace of Siberian ;tmet1vsts set in I r.lliants, end a diadem of emeralds as lar-ge as nuts, with brilliants. The Dowager Queen of Pru:ssia's-gift consisted of a diadem and other or amrnts; consisting of large tot :-uoises and line brlli.rnts. Opposite these were tie bridal ani state robes of ample length and breadth, the train ornaiented w%ith gold and silver embroidery. The train of !he bridal robe, and the robe itself were of the heaviest white moire antique, beaUti ful!y enibroidered with si!ver. Above the robe was the bridu l wreath. The Court train bene;ath was of blue velvet, and embroiderel in silver with lilies and j,snines. A third robe was of urple velve't, ornamented with gold embroidery o' an arabesqupe pattern. Near the bridal robe was a handkerehief of costly Brussels lace, and a pretty little fan. Under the Court robe was a dress of tulle embroidered with satin and silver, underlaid and garni,bred very tast'Ul'y with blUe velvet. Near at hand were a great number of ball aid we.dding dresses, and conspicuous among these was a black velvet jacket trimmed with beautiful coral. AnRRIAL OF Ethrin'.sts.-The steamer Qirwker City, says the Charleston Courier, on her larst trip to this port, hronghit as passengers one hrun dred and sixty-tive German emrigra nts, including men, women and children. They will proceedi at once to form a set tlenment on the planttations of Messrs. Weidont and Dayton, in Christ Church Parish. It was through thre iniainence of these gentlemen that the emigrants were persuaded to select this State for a permanent, residence. They all are steady, industrious people, atnd the adults have had more or less experience in agricultural matter's. ~At Christ Church Parish they will give their attention to the raisin~g of vegetable an)d cotton. This is the first really large instalbnent of emigrants that has arrived at Charleston sirce the discussion of the new systemi of labor has commenced. A few weeks ago we recordied the crcumstanice of the arrival of a small party of mechanics who had been engaged by one of our Citizens residing at a point a few miles distanit from Charleston. It is to be hoped the policy of mor'e generally pursued by more citizens. Ir several articles which we have written on this& subject we have endeavored to point out the in numerable benefits to be gained by having this element in our midst. As a general rule the peo pe of the S:ate are in favor of th~e encouragemnent of immigration. Planters have expressed their willinness to make terms with this class of peo pe w-benrever they present themselves for em plomnent, and it only remains for a few enter prisinrg agents at t he North to make such arrangements with the emigrants as will be an inclucenment for them to come to South Carolina. N<rs is the proper time to give attentiou to this matter. Agents appointed by other Southern States a-re in tire field, and it will riot be Ion . be fore the competiti:on in engaging white laborers will become so-grea,t'that a premiium will -be of fered to the emigrants as arn extra inducement for them to settle in certain localities. We would again urge our people not to delay in taking for ward steps in a movement of sach vital imupor tace to their inidividual and State interests. MASONIC.-WXe learn, says the Charleston Cou rier, that the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has authorized M. W. Grand Master Or-r to draw upon theiritreasuirer for the sum of one thousand dolars, int aid of the Grand Lodge of Soath Caro lina. In addition to this, considerable sums have been donated by the New York anid Penyla nia Lodges in behalf of local lodges in Colunmbia and elsewhere. Grand Master Orr in his late installation ad dress, said the fraternity had great cause for con gratulation, not only f'or the profession, but in~ the practice of that highest of all Masonuic vir tues, eharity, as exemplified in the good feeling and fellowshipIexisting between the Masons of the North and the Masons of the South. Their bonds had never been broken. Masonry, he said, was the only institution in whieh politics had not been allowaed to enter. The same fraternal spirit and senthnent pervaded the Lodges now that did before the comtmencement.ot tihe late desolati ig civil' strife.. Its universality and benevolence was exhibited upan that occasion. 'In looking~ ronrd upon his audience he perceived brethren fo every -State in thre Unrion, somec of whom wet-e a year age in conflict with each other, now sitting around the altar crothed in the intsigniia of the craft, engaged ini one common cause, actua ted by the samte univer-sal spirit of charity and brothierly love, par'ticipatinrg with put-e devotiotn in the agreeable duties of tire evening. It was, he said, a subiject for special con'rratu hation tno the Brothierhoodl when they fournd'thtat there -was not e.noughi of charity in tire Chr'istiani Chu ;rche's to reu:nite thremaselves in their form'er nration)fal associ;at ions, anil that religions societies wet-e still separated fromt each other, that tire leson of b;tnevolenree and charity tniught in the condnect of Misons it w-as to be hocped wonld have a beneficial influence ini restoi-ing hrarmony and fraternal sentimrente to those Chriistianr socie We omitted, in a former notice of this inter esting occasion, a very pleasant incidlent of the evering. Ur-other Pierson exhibited to the au uience a certificate of Sohomront's Lodge, signed by all tihe ofineers, dated 175(6, shiowing it to be one of' the oldest lodges in Amrericn. IIis Excellency o as installed as Grand Master by M. WV. A. T. C. Pierson, P. G. M., of Minne sot-i wIto nmentionred the fret that his Excellency was thte first persont in ovier' half a cenitury that united in pet-son the Gubertmorial office and trat of' Grand Master of Masonr in Sojuth Caro lina. Ci.ar;i oI- S-rrrt-Thie R{ichmrond Ta says: "A few mornintgs since we noticed at the urt miarket two beautiful, well-dressed fenmales, voa:g in veiars5, from Powhar'ttan Couirnty, who ie dr'ivenr a wvagon from horne loatdedl with pro duce, which they werec olfering for sale. These ladies wete of high respectability-anti before the war v:ere in affluent circumstances. Their efforts to grin a livelhood by their own eertions shrouldi senye s a exmp . f,- vayyong girls who A VISIT TO EDISTo IsLAND.-On l;st 7cd nesday, a party of ten or twelve gentlemen, 9%vners of plantations on Edisto Island, left this city on the steamer .bl to visit and ex amine their lands on tbat islnd. On the sicaner was a freedman, named Elias Jenkins, wvho appeared to exercise considerable control and inifluence over the other freedmen, both on the steatner and on the island. On recog nizinq the planters, he called the ivgroes on .0ard t;gether and addressed thein in the presence of the party of gentlemen. le told them not to yield one inch of the land on the island to any white man ; that ~they the col ored and loyal people, had strong friends at Washington, who had passed a Bill through Congress givig them the Jands for three years, in order to allow them time to accumu late funds sufrEcient to buy the property at the end of that tine. Ile also stated that white officers of the Freedmen's Bu: eau had told him the freedmen wou!d never be driven from the coast and island lands. For hinself, he sail, be was a man of education, could read the. newspapers, and was perfectly aw%are of what was going on at Washington. He told his hearers thatthev must not make contract with or work for any white man, and not to offer to buy the land, for it was already theirs. le told the bilanters that they had better go back to Charleston anl go to work there, and if t' ey could 4o nothing else, they could pick oysters and earn their iiving, as they, the loy al people, had done, by the sweat of their brow. The party on board, however, paid no at tention to the rema:ks of the igro and made no reply. On landing they were received by Lieuten.ant Cov, commanding a company of the 3>th U. S. C. T. stationed on Edisto Island. They vi,ited the vari,us plantations and found them in sad condition. Most of the once elegant mansions on the island were cut and hacked by hatchets and axes, the doors and windows broken out, the fruit trees cut down and everything wearing the most desolate aspect. But very little land was un der cultivation, the greatest extent being ter acres on a plantation of about three humdred and fiftv acres.-Soe of the freedmen re ceived the party civilly, but told the- visitors they could not. give them sheltor or provis 9 ions, or harbor them, .threats having been made by the others that any colored person known to have harbored a white man sh(uld have their houses burned the next morning. The party returned to the city Saturday night last. The Detroit 7HibunC of January 3 mentions that one case of the epidemic called Trichina, which has recently excited so much alarm in Berlin, Prussia, has appeared in that city and proved fatal. The victim was a young lady, a German, who was taken 11 some time since, and called Dr. Her-man Keifer to attenmd her. Dr. K. was at first unable to tell the pre cise nature of the disease, but finally became convinced that it was of the srmle uatare as the Trichine', which has been known for sonme Tears in Germany, and whieb arise from the eating of disea-sed pork.. The Tichina Spiralis is a small miscroscopic worm or animakeuim, which was first observed by the distinguished anatomist, Richard Owen, in 18.35, and is found in the muns eles and intesmines of various animals, especially pigs and rabbits, in such enormous quantities that ini a single onnce of pork, 100,000 of these animalculo have been found. By partaking of the meat infect-ed with them, they are transferred to the human body, causing intense suffering, fol lowed in many cases by painful death. Dr. K. did his utmost to relieve tfie intense sufferings of his patient, but his efforts to save her life were unavailing, and she died .about a week ago. Af ter her death a post mortem examination was held, which has resulted in proving beyond a doubt, that thrdiee a Tichia A small portion of flesh about the size of a pen-fhead, wa~ examined thiough the microscope, and found to contain large numbers of auimnalculae, wound round and embedded in the fitb-es of the muscle, exactly simikr in appearance to the Trichina Spiralis. This we believe is the onl-. case of of this disease that has ever heen known in this country. Dr. Keifer states that these animal. cult are not destroyed by smoking or, ns a gen. ral thing, by frying pork. but hard and lung boiling is necessary. to effectually -destroy them. WAusTs February 2.-The question hav ir.g been submnitted to Gen.-Shermnan,-who is now here, as to what he meant by his .military order turning over the Island. lands in South Carolina to the"inegroes, he has stated to a committee of gentlemen ironm that State, and also written a letter to the Pr-esleent, that it wvas only for tem porary purpose4, and was not intended to last longer than when peace was declared, and the rebels laid down their arms and stimtted to t he hlaws. This fact is of greai importance, as it has been maintained by the legislators that the reverse' of this was Gent. Sherman's idea. Hie also says tat he only intends the lands to he used for the aged and h~elpless freedmen, and he distinctly says tha-t the title of the freedmen could last on ly so long as the war l:sted. - BUSINEss i CHARLEsToN.-Business of all kinds in this city is more lively than it was a month ago, and the ' merchants are in better spirits. This change h,as talien place, too, before the heavy spring trade I as really conmmenced. Buvers from the country are coming in gradually, and although they do not make lame purchases, they order suffcient quantities of goods to give an air of life to the interior of stores and ware houses. The impression prevails in business circles that we will have a n-ry fine spring trade. During the summer months it may possibly de cline, but it will take a rebood in the fall and give our merchants all they can con venientlv attend to. Of nourse all de pends on the quaint ity of cotton that is brought to this market, and no time should be lost in airrging for facilities to transport that sniple hither from all noints and quarters wvhieh formerly looked to Charles ton-as the principal mart. We wish there was as tmuch truth as poetry in-the report that one thonsand laborers had been employe d to rebuild Charleston.-Ch1.a Zleston Courier. Catus 1x rHE COUNTRY.-A telegram is going the rounds of tne No. thernt pa pers tha t the papers Sonth at-e filled with accounts of murders and robberies. As an off-set to this we may remark the same feature appears ini the edlunmns of the Northern press. By every'mnail we receive pa. prs eonta'ining length -aecounts of crimes per petrated.- In Connec ut fher-e seems to be no end to the trials before the Courts. Boys, o~ tharev twelve years, are even counted among tegreatest crowds of law br-eakers. The "lo cal" men on Nor-thern journalds cannot complain of the scareity of material. We do not deny that the South has a full rep resentain of thieves, vagabonds and robbers within hter borders, but it is not faiir to charge her with harboring more in proportion -than are contained in the North. As we have had previous occasion to remark, the whole country, North and South, is infested with unprincipled, heart. less scoundrela, and the only way to < ffet a re form is to make a telling example of those who may be detected in their criaes.--Charlestoi Cou'rier. ~AsHINGTox, Febuary 5, 1866. A CROUs Coixcwesexc.-The Cincinnati Commiercial has a special dispatch, dated Aus tin, Texas, Febuary 1st, saying that the Pres ident of the Texas Secession Convention ha' been elected to preside over the Convention called to reconstruct the State Government. Cassius M. Clay's health is mnuch improed since his wife hben alonwed to visit him. T H 1 VV F F A 1 Y 11 E 1t A L1. NEWBERRAZY, S. C. Wednesday Morning; Februnry 11, 1866. O"Look out for the cross mark. M IRenew your subscriptions. Death. It is our duty to register the death of a vener able and venerated mniber of this commumity Mrs. An1.uL CnALDWM., relict of Judge Cald well. Mrs. C. was in her 70th year. She was the oldest surviving sister of the late Chief Jus tice O'Neall. The Charleston Courier. We bad the pleasure of an interview last week with Mr. Wn. King, andre- gratified to lea-n that the Cdurier has fully recovered from its mis fortunes by fire, which is clearly shown fromn its lofty coluIes. It is a maMmoth or blanket sheet, filled with interesting and importaut matter. I.s old and (istin,guished correspondents "Leo" and "Sumpter" still entertain its readers with able let ters. We wish the Courier abundant success. Mr. Charles Bluist is its ngent at this place. Charlestsn-Y-r Mrchants. The merchant-s of Charleston have i sued a card to the merchants of the South, in which the arran1ge)Ments, advantages and facilities are set forth thakt will euable the commercial men of the South to make Charleston the nart and centre of their pureliases. Charleston enjoys great ad vantaqes, and we see no reas(on why she should not become a powerful and prosperous commer cial cmporium. Her geographical position is such tit her supplies are at all times easily ob tained and replenished The domestic or coast wise and importing trades bring- to her lap the rich and cortly wares of the finer manufacturers as well as the strong and substantial. Her do rnestic trade with the cities north and -outh is very large, and the railroads wi.l speedily con vey to her the products of the Vest. Her impor titions are from the French, German and Eng lish markets, from' the East and West Indies, and South America. Everything that adds to comfort, convenience, health and prosperity can be found there. In fancy and staple goods, linens, laces, muslins, silks, milinery, carpetings, shoes hats, cirriages, clothing, confectionery, wines, fruits, oils, etc., medicines, groceries, sad dlery, hardware, crockery, furniture, hity and grain, upholstery,' tailoring, building materials, machinery, together with the coarser fabrics for dome.,tic and plantation us.', are always there in full and fresh supply. Indeed her mnerchaints are determined to make Charlestoni second to no city in commnercial opulence, and will spare no ef forts to make her supplies commensurate with the demand, agd will introduce everything of utility that may be added to their stores from the different branches of labor and nmanufacture, anid the ingenious in the arts and sciences. We need not speak here of thle urbanity, in tegrity and punetuality of the Charleston mer chants, for it has become a proverb, to which many of our merchants can testify. We are persusded that a splendid career of prosperity awaits the Quaen City of the South. Tne Sitaatiomn. un te - c us.sv te Pa ix. the. people of the Southern States feel deeply inter ested as regirds their political status in the Union. Tihe position of the radical pin ty-the dominant party in Conlgress -leaves but little hope for. au early rest ration of the Southern Stati s. Our ad1vice is, whiTe we keep our readers, as fatr as we possibly can, p)osted up on national politics, let themn Icare them aside for the pres ent, and turn in andl w'ork. We have the future not of polities-hut of existence, before us ; and we earn'estly exhort, lat this season, that every capacity; every energy, every physical power,- be brought into active exercise, jist tile same as if there were no politicians or polities in the coun try. Our lands are here-our strength and en ergy is still left us-let us go to work. We.must have patience-and we are assnred she will have her perfect work. The mingling in politics now will do us no good, and we do not wish our fcllow-eitizens to engage in this business. Ontrpresen t -and h"imest advice is, to 'them, to apply themselves to the development of the rich resources of their State, into the full en couragement of every enterprise -that will con tribute to this development, anid that, in the fu ture, abstractions will not divert them from the ~rand uses to which they may apply the'mselves in-rendering their State-one of the most prospe rous of the Union. These are different sentiments from those for merly enumeiated, but, as experiene. teaches, they are the wisest to be entertained at the yres ent jurnctumre. - -FRoMr WAsmNGTON.--Washlingt on, Feb-ua'ry 5, 1806.-Thie breach between the President anid Secretar y :,d War has undoubtedly reached its ei a x. ~It is stated that Stanton is speedily to retire from the Cabinet. Major-General Stead man, who is here at the Presidenmt's request, is enerally. spoken of as the future Secretairy. It is.doubhtful wliother the constitutional amend men t will obtain a two-thirds vote in the Senate. 'The-11adicals are unwilling to etany of these rBills go.to the Pr-esident, so as~to afford him an opportunity to veto them. It is understood that not withstandmig the re cent votes in Congress, a majority in both Houses are onily -aiting. a veto message to orgama3e suc eesfully an Administration par-ty. It beg is to 'be doubtful if the.Freedmen's Bu ran Bill will pass the House ; if so, it will be amendedl in rraiy particulars, and go back to the S nate quite a different -Bill. - Over 3000 brevet appointments in the volun teer force were confirmed by the Senate to-day in exective session. WAsHINGTON, February 0, 1866. Co\onFssIoNAL.-Inl the Senate Mr. Willey itrduced a resolution, which was adopted, in s~ructig the Committee on the Judiciary' to re pot a Bill1 for the payment of loyal citizens of the lately rebellious States, for quartermasters' stores taken from them for the use of the United States armies. Mr. Sumner resumed the floor in consideration of his argument of yesterday and spoke at great length. He said. the principles he couitended for, despite of timid and perverse counsels, would triumphantly prevail. The House resumed the consideration of the Freedmen's Bill. .The first amendment, that none ofit; provisions should exterid or be in .force in Kentucky, was rejected. The substitute for .tbe Bill proposed by Mr. Stevens, which provides, among other things;' that the occupants of lands held under Sherma.n's field order are confirmed in their possession, and that no person shall be Iousted therefrom unless settlemen t shall he made with satl occupants by the former owner, was rejected. The Bill passed by a. vote of 186-yea to 33 nays. We ee hatAbheille has taken up the traunt LOCAL ITEMS. Bobbing aronul the other day, we. were at tracted by the -iolent gesticulations of an in dig4lual who wanted, to-lick soniebody,it did nJl much n.Atter who. 1'poiling for a fight heurnst have one. Any body and every body were earnestly, pathetically implored. to come in and be licked. It was a pitiable case, and, our syme pathies were- much enlisted. Poor fellow, how dreadful anxious he was to be sure. With ex ceeding diticulty, we refrained fromn making an effort to satisfy him by skinning his nose, which was no sniall-one by the way, and was beaut ifully luminous and, swelling with ambition and the effects of whi,!ey. The thought, however, of the tender pledges at home, kept down the slumbering lion, and our muscle was kept in repose ; what wond bcecome of the infants, if the struggle proved adverse, and the man with the nose and whi:key knoeked our form into pi. It would not do, 'we* let hiu go. Since -en we have employed the services of two men withot children to do our fighting, and are now prepared and. wili be happy to pick up and attend to all such cases hereafter, free of charge. The following hit at something, or somewhere, or some other man, was banded in for inserton. We do not profess to see the 'pint,' but believe there is one in it, so look for it reader. We rather think "Z" keeps l-te hours, and advise him to change his ways. It looks bad for his boarding house to be out at such an unseemly hour hunting up refreshments. "Potatoes must be small" in his diggins, and he had better "eat em tops and all." LATE.-Passing by one of our do-geries about 3 o'clock, A. M., the other morning, fro-n which proceeded "a sound of revelry by night," a hap less stranger on his hcmeward war, paused to obtain a slight refreshment, and to the host he said, "It appears' to me your visitors are rather late to-night." "Oh, no," replied the worthy landlord, "the boys of - - generally run for forty-eight hours, stran,zer ;. its a little late for night before last, but for .o-nigbt! why, it's just in the shank of the vening." Yolumes could not have spoke more. Your servant, Z. VEGETABLE ProsPECr.- Taking advantage of the fine weather of last week, a universal dirt digging prevailed, and seed were so-wn by those who were fortunate in procuring them. Others went in on the begging system, which was better than not at all. We belonged to the latter class, could not buy, and had to beg. The crop, by prediction, will be large, if heavy rains do not wash the seed away, or if after getting up the frost is not hurtful, and later, when the weafher grows warm, the drouth and heat do not kill them. Provided also, that a hail storm does not knock them into pi. If all thiings are favorable, we may look' for an abundance of "garding -sarse" this spring and somrmer. Arid, under these cir cumstances expect to wax fat, .but'not ki.k~ on inguns, pertatoes,. cabbitch, pees and soforth Our friend Capt. P. at Pomaria is .informed~ or will be, if this happens to reach him that his pa per is mailed from this office. H'aving but lately paid up his dues he thiuks this the reaso 'for 'ot getting the Herald Kog b'y no meawj., no some aspirant for cheap literature takes it at your,.expense, this is the reason. We invite attention to the card of Dr. B. F. Watkins, to ,be found in another colimn." It will be seen that he has changed .his residecee. Dr. W. is an experienced physician and courte ous gentleman, and like too nmany others, suff ered sadly by the war, being wrecked-comnpleely in a pecuniary point of view. He solicits a por tion of public -patronage. W'i~e invite attention to the card of the ar ly1 Hon.ee, kept by Mrs. A. J. Kennedy- and Mrs. L. A. Rluff, 256 in the bend of King street, Ch'ir leston, S.'C. The "Waverly" is a commnod4ous and centrally siturated house, comfortably .fur. nished, and elegantly presided over' by its affa ble, attentive and lady-like proprietresses. S. P. Boozer & Co., advertise a variety of very needful articles in their line ithis week, such as window glass, putty, whitelead, hamp-black, oils, axes, hoes, shovels, spados, nails, &c., and thie good of the thing is that the prices for all of the above are low. .Lay in your supplies now that a .favorable opportunity is presented. Attention is called to the card of Messrs. Ca hill & Co., Wholesale Grocers and Comnmission Merchants, Charleston, S. (}- This firm have a branch house in New Yor'k, and are thus enabled to offer inducements mnost, acceptable to ,the trade. Look at the card of R. C. Chapman, who has just received a supply ot -Burial Cases, of most beautiful finish 'and style. His system is:a. cash one, we are glad'to see ; and,in no case, will a ase be allowed to depart without the money, for in case that be the case sad wrould be his case. We refer our readers to the advertisemenit of Messrs. Harmoun & Smjith, who have:openied a stock of goodls at their store, at Dead 'Fall, and recommend them cheerfully to the patronage of the citizens of that neighborhood and sur roundin'g country. A. Harris has just received a large stock of Groceries, including coffee, sugar, raisins, dandies, cheese, crackers, candles, mustard, pepper, spice and-a large lot of exquisite et ceteras. 'T~he sale of valuabile property, the estate 'df Jas. Cureton, deceased will take place on the 26th inst., on which occasion will be presented a rare opportunity to invest. Sie notice of Sheriff's sale of land, first Mion day in March next. Th.e Freedmen and the. Sea Islands. WASHINGoo% February 6.-The following :s the section in'full relating -to the freEdmen's Qe capaton of the,South Caolina cotton lands, as it passed the Rouse to'-day. It goes to the Senate fdi concurrence: SF.CTION FIFTH-And 'he, it further enacted, That the occupants of land undesfajor-General Sherman's ' Special Field Order datetat-Saiv'ai nah, January 'sixteenth, eigbteen ihubdredoand sixty-five, are hereby con,firmed i-their posses. ~sion for the periQddof .'h'ree v~ears from the date of said order,,'.and iio'person shall bie disturbed in or ousted' fronv said posaesipn :during said three years, ,.unless a.se&lement shall be made with 'said denoipants~ byv the- for ner owner,-satis fcory to 'the -ogrinissioner of the 'Freed re' Bureau: . Frid That wheniever the Iormner owners of lands. occupied unde.r Genieral-'Sher - a''Fed(-e hl ae7pheto o manst6FaiedOrxfdr shall~ thae 'ppicaione for ereyraiooriedupand 'the aCoemeioner witsh SMsi cnnt.o-roue hereby idlihorized, upo e agreement, h th MEs%-r.4. F,trocs-ean4 saun, bf --.i Che,1v W. Ierlbert:as . candidate ;' - the .Cuurt of Common Preas and GerAi %wahm ifor NEWBE RY DVM NOTIOEFa WL S-11 at the late residene oJ_ CURIETON, decesaed, oi Tuesday the 26th of feby The PE SONAL PRO,IRTY b#1 GEWtt Estate of said &eceused, consisting o M ules Cattle, S,e-at"" Pola Corot*a Waons an;d Geariug .' P>l 5ksmth's Tools, PlantationTtok, 1~~V Household and Kitchen -radF r And likely the REAL ESTATEef said decea*d and of DRAYTON T. CURET deoea mig be rented at -the same -thie a4zrta) .5 *S&RAH OURTO Feb. 14, 7-2t m Windo Glass; Assorted sizes, from -8ileMo 20 x32. ALSO PattY, White Lead, Lamp-BlacL Lns8ed, And-Train il,AM For sale at low prices by S. P. BOOZER & M0 Feb. 14, 7-3t.. Ax&s and ade . W. Coilins' and otiier, Axes, - AND Brades' English Crown- Lodes W& 0, 00 and 000. In store and for sa, - Feb. 14, 7-3t. VottonRca8ds ~dW q nD - Amec's Shovels and Spads,tpp rates by Feb. 14, 7-43t. IAll siekfronito d29 quality at FrIroni Axle W~agons A good articlen4 nk e S. P.'30ZZ b~0 Feb. St -- TNOMtheir fierids and the Cei~H1~gt~ Ierally, 'hati they basep st#a o conls&nttv on.hanid a genierad asome4 Dry Gods Stalelnd,F-, Grceeries of all kind < H ardware in wraty> . IBoot;s and.aboes,a aWsges Jlatsdfl Caps,:iyk And.in fic every artdee n-'I#Le counitry store, aH k 'hidb lisp.ing b~e24~& with care anid at cash prk'es.t?hey . ~~ei se il as low as eartt be~a6 andere. - Feb 1443 B RMf~T~ Effgetie1d A&ert ei- copj ie bi1l to this office. nwopen for the secomddopofe neut and& transient boarders. -.' M as. A. J. KE NX EY. 'Mas k3R& h Feb. 14,.7-tf. - Dsud orhiprofssirr ~ the Rilroa4.and D)epo - * A portion 6f th^ulcar fully soheited. ~ Feb. 14,7-tf. - -_ _ WHrnLE8ALEKAl No: 85'East ~axf Aey, GH ARLFTQN, S.0 SYLESTEE CAHILL GEO. B. NOfPO9 - Feb. 14, 7-3m. HAVE jus rceve e 1t from Baltimore,.amongi wtMc4 it ~4pm vWd best supply of I OFFEE ever before in this sn - FUGAR-Yehow, A, Cand n sT RaisindCadie ICheese Crckers Candles, -,. -- Mustaed, Pepper, Spice, &c7 Febi4 i tf q6ese ton s,Wa atland g , ~gI ~4 ~-t2and t Ruots Sa?eo, M sand fa~Z~rch:10, .1 .o~ NintS Fs.,Sle-March 11 1Aey i C Riv. ets., Bettlesda, Mibe if4, Bnlepr .re S ; ipreiff . nacle-Egil,7 8 .Tchsnn. tt