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It is trte, "There is a tiIde ilt nM tmttet uilaim, Whic takenl At its fliol, lenil o 10 1-t- 1111P or to fine," butl thii1 llool- ide it is lot the goo.I biessing of all 1o takei in tuime. !lence fortine and fame are not inl -tore for all of, s. "1A gootI ci'ntsiena void Of offetnce toward (Gomd and ut,"iis for the Iest. Con(im titi. ulth that, is ;;reat gainl. That all our. reaelekr.0 may realize e'veni a fair prop)rtion of thleir most agreable altticipa( itns, is the iwisli of ()uIrl heart. Tio (hltitro of Uott n for 1808. As the preliminaries of mothor an. Titil indtistrial experiineit is a)out to com tenre, will it be if any avail to advise those Vho are to ie tihe gtu "i'mis of the resources oif 0111 soil ? Farmers of F-airield, Imtlany of you aire now straitened inl youtr financial ati ters, simplY henause you depend (A too mutcitth oil tie price of Cottln. You thotught last. .an nuary you woIId get a fair and profitable remuieration for your staplo. Last Jtinary, cot ion sold for at least ti e times as tmuch as it does now. Scores of your nitumlber pawned their cotton crops to pay for the meat and bread that would be necessary to keep their farms in operation utitil now. But, alas ! now you find that meat and bread ad vanced to you, on the basis of your crop, cannot be paid for except at a great sarifice. Now these are pate fatets, and facts that are felt. The advice we give therefore, is-be niot deceived by any spasmtod ic rise in the price of' cot toll wicho may take place about uext March and April, or event before that, time. It will tall be a .Jack-o lanitern, it wvill only lead ytou (if heeded) into thto qfuatgmiro of disapptoitment. '.lhen do not give way to its deceit 'utl light. lBut pitcht the crop, first for the filling and p)ackintg of the cornt cribs and( smitoke-houses, and then (1e vote the remaining area rind labor to thto prodttction of cotton. Do not forget that, under tho pres cttt system of labor, Asia, Africa aind SouthI Amot'ica can compete too sue cosafutlly with thme South for our section nlOW to dopend altogether upon the cotton crop. Ohristmae has Passed. WVoll, we have passed thtoutgh an another December Jubiloc. WVe h ad fire-crackers ais long as thtey could be bought. The boys seemed to elnjoy ithe term well. Bitt the colored peo ple, andm we say it without fear of con tradiution, oven from1 thtomselves, did ntot seem htappiy and joyful, as in days of t"aildt Lang Syne." There was that wanut ot' 1ilincvs and mnexpressibly hatppy coun~tenance thlat was wont to gh1ratojs tbc rac. n.., atit., al tively. Now. however, the facts of life are changed. The cares and re. sponsibilitics of citizenship have been forood upon him. Deceivers came in and elated them with falso hopes. Now they find that food, clothes and medicine are realities to be met with the sweat of their own brows ; labor, -and honest, hard, constant labor, at that, is the only hope. And it is due to the colored people to say that many of them have recognized the sit uation. And before another Christ mnas comes, if wise counsels prevail in the country, all will have settled down in the conviction that "honesty is the best policy." The Phranological Journal For January-New Volume-is rich in good reading, and profusely il lustrated with portraits. Sketches of Patrick Henry, Edward E'verett, Frederick W. Robertson, Fitz G reene ilalleeck, with Kings, Queens, and Emperors of Europe ; Uses of Cul ture in the Ministry ; Napoleon on Suicide ; The idiot Trained ; A Day oil Jaimes land ; l1lorida Indians ; Cromwell ; A Stuck-Tp Nose ; Our Country ; The Lion, Lioiess, and Cubs-Character and Habits; A Qna-, ker Wedding ; Pedestrianism ; An Offer of Marriage ; The Prince Impe rial ; with Fiyognoiy, Physiology, Ethnology, P.-ychology, and Social Science. Only $2 a year, or 30 cents a number. Address S. It. Wells, 389 Broadway, New York. Now is the time to subscribe. The seventh anniversary of the seco sion ol South Carolina--December 20, 1867-was celebrated by tih colored firemen of Charleslon, who have select. it as their anniversary. Four compa. nies in full uniform--all that are left of tho tenl compaies existing before the war-participated. TI.e 10ic. Jefferson Davis sailed from Baltimore in the tieamer Cuba, on 'T'liirsday last, for New Orleans. The &'un, noticing his departire, says: "A. large concourse of persons assem bled on Brown's wharf to witness the departure of the ship, many. no donut, having )eenii d rawl thitier by a desire to see Mr. Davis, albhoigh the fact of hie intended departure by the steamer had beenl kept, 11 ( uiet as possible. About a quarter of an hour prev ions to the time of departure. Mr. and Mrs. Davis drove on the wharf in the private carriage of a friend, and as they alight ed there were some demonstrations and cheers by the crowd. Mr. Davis. how ever, procceded quietly on board, VIere a nmiber of personal friends gathered to bid him adieu. As the slop graceful ly moved from tie dock, I r. Davis stood on the quarter deck, with head uncovered, and acknowledgefdby bowing, the friendly personal I mami iFestationis which lie had Imut. Mr. Davis appear ed to be in good health and elasti spi rits. During the stay of himself and wife iln Baltimore, they.~ were the guests of Charles hloward, Esq , where thev quiely sojourned~ in the enjoymilenlt o'f social intercourse with porsonal friends. It would he queer enotngh if. instead (if cotton, guano shoul be, king.. A t all events, the Charleston paperl0s spea~k in glowing terms of the enormous sap. ply of a fertilizing material discovered in Sooth Carolina. A s to quali ty, it "conltainls from sixty to seventy-five per cent, of pure phosphafte," and is "more valuable thban the Peruvian guano," which brings ninety dollars the ton. As to quantity, the deposis '-extend for miles" along the A shley River, "cover many square miles,' and inay. "producee $1 u,000,'00." As to aecessibility, (111 bed at least, is only a few miles from Charleston, and will give to that city), says one pa per."a large export ing trade, and create a business tfmat will speedily restore her fortmer prestige." The Kingv is dead-long live the King ! No soon er is poor King Cotton dethroned than King Guano reignls in his stead. In stead of cotton lords we shall probably haIve a guano aristocaey that will pro. lbly outvie what is catlel the -'codfish artistocracy" of some Eastern States. T wo Indians, D~eerfoot and Smoke, are to run against time, fifteen miles, on the Nashville, Tenn., race course, for a stake of $300. D~eerfoot, it is said, was at one time runner to. the Prince of W'ales. in. Englnnd1 of R'presentatives : An official copy of the eer issued by Major-General Witieif 4 S. Ilan cook, commander of the Ff!2 Milita ry District, dated Uead1 iairters in New Orleans, La., on the 28th (ay of November, has reached me tlhrough the regular channels of the Waril Departmont.. and 1 herewith conlno nicate it' to Congress for such action as -ay seem to be proper in view of all tho circumstances. It will be pereoived that. Gencral Hancock annoutoes that ho will make the law the rule of his conduct ; that he will uphold the courts and other civil authorities in the performance of their proper duties ; and that he will use his military power oinly 1o preserve the peace al1 enforce tile law. He declares very explicitly that the sacred right of the trial by jury and the privilege of the writ of habcas rorpus shall not be crushed out or trod den under foot. He goes further,and, in one comprehensivo sentetice, asserts that the principles of American liber ty are still tile ilhieritance of this peo. ple, and ever should be. When a groat soldier, with restrict ed power in his 1111nds to oppress his fellow-men, voluntarily foregoes the chance of gratitying his selfish anhi tion, an:d devotes himilself to the (1uty of building up the liberties and strellgthelling the laws of his country, he represents all ex:anple of the high CSt plblic virIitue that Iliumall nature is capable of platisilg. The strong est claimi of' Washi ngton to b. "first ill War, first ill peace, ald first, ill the hearts u f his countrymen," is founded on tile great fact that in all his illus triols careri he scrupulously abstain ed from violating the logal and con stititi onal rights 'A' Iis fellow-citi z(e1s. WIlen he urrenered hi's Uom - Iisionl to Congress, th Presilent of that body spoke his Iighest. pra ise ill saying thatbe had "ahways Iegarded tile rights of the civil au thloril ies through all dangaers and disasters." Wil-levier po)wer above the law court ed his acceptl nce, he Calmly put tile temptation aside. By such lagnlani Imous nets of forbear-lle he Wonl the univ e lrsal miration of inikinl, and left a 11e1111V Which Iias no rival inl the history of tile world. I am farfroll saying tilat eieral lancock i the only Alier of the American army who is influenced by tile exalliple of Washingtoni. Doubt less tiusiais ofthem11 are faitifuliy devoted to the principles for whicl tile m1en of the Revolutioll Illid down their lives. lt the distingu nished honor belongs to him of being the first olicel ill high colllald soliuth of tile P'otoaillc, since0 the close of tile civ il War, Who has givel litt eralice of these noble Seltiielnts ill tile form of a mili tary order. I respeciffly suggest to Congiress that some puliblic recognition of' Gene rol1 H an1cock's pa"triotiecondnlet is (iul(, it' not to himl), to tim friotnds of ilw and jlstice throughout the c0ounitry. Of sulch an act as Ii.S, at sichl a t ime, it, is but. fit that the digntity should be vinldica ted anid the vil'tue rolaimed, so tit its vailue as aln11 examl1ple Ima Ilot be lost to the latin ANDReAV .oINSON. WXashington', D). C., Deccemnber 18, 1867. leans1, lhe wveek, the( gren: we o f \Vea-1i v'er 1:sI. A' niloux, which im oheicited so mutlCh learninig and abihily ite tower and4. thte Slutiprme Court, hats finaillyi settled by the latter tribulnal. Ti'o judlg men~lt or the courlt ibeJlw ini fa vio' ol \ Vver was c'onlfirmed'(. The'I u involved we~re, whe'ther a pairty, who hasp giveni a mlorig: go fort a1 hoan madelil :1(in I Cfeerat note 101, coijuld resist the enlfor'cement. or a mnortgalge, when he had1( used I he nlotes inl quelsti.n to r'elease a CourtL dec~ied I tat he couIld not avail imself oif such a plea after accepting anld ulsin~g th Ino'es as t hey had been ulsed. Tie j'ligmuenti was therefore in fatvor' of the moi0 tgatge. A si.Ev.--SiX llontts ago, Ashley was a great hlero. Now, h10 is tihe scabbiest of diogs. is parlt y paperls dhismliss himl with sick sttmallIls. lHe els out thalt he is ai "loyal muan." Thailt term is falst losing .its p~otene(y, an~d, sin~ce its journ'hey down Soulth, the v'ery Yan~kees hlave tur'ned fr'om it like a case of leproesy.-AWuusta CJon A cotemnporary trutly remarks thait nIotwlithstanldmig tile incereaso of temupor 11n1C Sncit' C ~O oit tiennunu ig.. last, says the Charlotte Bulltk , an conut of a terrible affray i Yorkville, S. C., and throulh tho kindness of a friend we.aro enabled to lay before our readers the full particulars, as elicited before the Coroner'sejury. There lioe beenl conflicting rutnors on our streets about this sad affair, and w%. reveited one or two versions of it, N lich we rdid not. feel justified in li ) hlaing. The following can be relied on. Our cor respondit. writing under date of the 26th, says: "A i event has just occurred which has cast a gloom over the holiday fes tivities in Yorkville. The ladies of the Presbyterian chureh got. up a Christmas tree and party in R- S. Moores hal, for the lbeieflt of tie Sinday schioul. Dur. ing its progress some things Were thrown back and forward from the win (low and thI, street, which after the dis persion of the crowd, led to a quarrel and a street fight, which ended in the deatlh of one young man and severely stabbing of another. Mr. Thos. Smith had his throat, et., so that he died in a fu v minutes. Wm. Snyder was swab bei n several phices. and is in a criti. (*al situation. As)ou may be int'erost rd to kiiow iore of the aiir, I give Yon some of the part eilars, as elicited diu rint lie Coroner's inp'',st, which octIpijed dtiiig neal the x1he dav yesterda.v It. ;eems that a piece of wood thrown from the window, struck hoth Sinith and Snyder, whichi irrita ted Lt.em-ailso that stonies and other things thrown into the winidow of the room where tiln paty was being held, irri tat ing the. yong miri en in lie hall Somie of the laiter went down to see into the miat ter anduhai:irsh words were uised. A fer the disperision of tha party, Smith and nyrer with several others, waited fur MI r. ). Jone, who was said to have id iiisilihing towards the c ut side crowvd, and demanded that lie should re tract what he said, whieb he would not (io. They thrn attacked him and knock. ed 111imi down, and then st.ruck him. Ie recove*.rl and retreated a liulo, and drew hisi lu1 e. They still mado ai him, aind thei seiiL! colntilued for only a few mom t. whlen both Smiih and Snyder exelaimed that, they were cut, anil ran to Dr Jackson's room, where Smith died in a few oiAients. his throat bheiing Ct. in a most frightful man. ier "Nine of the parties were intoxica ted, and the whole a fnhir was the wok of in ni aomenti. EJvery onie regrets the matter, nii sympathizes with ihe fami lieS ol the tilree young men, they being characterized ias steady and orderly bovs." A Fox Srony.-In Bergen county they have the foi ving : "Mrs. N--, of Closter, hearing a noise shortly aifter mii'hinighit a few Iights since, as of thieves at. her fat.tening coops, rose quietly and went, to investigate, taking care to be provided with menans of giv ing alarm or of defending herself if ineessary. To her suirprise she discov irei a fox surrounded by bi t imuti!ated victims to the. number of a half dozeit or more. Taking aim with her pistol a1nil firmg. master Reynard gnawed the (lust, atid was sooni despatched. It proved to be an old frox of Iediuim size, and inl exIcelleIt condition. H-1er ieigh hors have laughecd at M rs. N-- foir relying so nmiei on her little "sixhoot er,'' bim. thne t-ighibors are now mtadet obl iga ion enouaght to hier, for ihe laugh snumos tno be on th~e other side. It. is a g.ood thing for a lady to be able to use a pist ol, r'spiecially if' :.hn is living alone. ( r ntn Tue A merican, Dec. 23. Ax Ai'Parvau UIr'oCtnrrx.- Whern Joe Brown morde his Joe MIltler perch on R~conrstruct ion-pe'rpetuityv of' thei( Radlical piarty"-an i such othier pig. headed phiatitudes wh'lich now exciteo de riiv gu. ws, his friend Henry Wil. so, enator from Massaichtusetts, swvoro lintt the Ilaw of Congress as it thten ex istedi- was a- finality. Tthe first thing Jeremiah Coibaith alias Henry WVilson did, in N ovember, wais to change the law so as to permit a minority of votes to settle the matter of conventilon, cont stituttions, etc. Old .Joe kicking uip behtind and~ befor'e, Wilsoni kirckinig uip behitnd old Joo. [ A uguesta C'mstiuionalist. 'rA xATIoN IN 'rH tK SOU''r.--The time to wvt~hi te collection of the direct tax in the Southern States was deolavedn ex. pires ott Januiary 1st, but S'e'r'tary Mcunllock, in answer to appa4 fronm the Sothd to pt'otect. theh *. from taxa tiont, has, it is said, responded t hat lie does not initetnd to collect it, unless forced to do so by Congress," and that hie wvdl appoint no collectors for thtat niuruose.' AcdorditigiA o' tie oustom long ob served, no Nws will be issued on Thursd ayfropn this offico. The IHrald lowovqer of. this week will appear, but on;a smzalkr sheet. 'Kow Editorial icisso'rs Yesterday our sanotuni glistened with a very valuable present from Messrs. K etchin, McMaster & Brice, thtough the agency of the first named genl aan. About cloven o'clock a call was mado at our office door, and a voi. demanded the "printer's dev il "'; 1 li the call was coupled with the request that no devil worse than the printer's should be sent to the door. Well he went, and returned with a iost oxcellont pair of scissors for edi. torial pntrposes, for which we hereby tender our thanks. An Escape from Jail. Last Thursday night before ton o'clock, a negro confined in thl il, made his escape by a deliberative and daring act. Tihe fellow's namo is West Brice. On Sunday night last he was arrestcd on the premises of Mr. J. M. Elliott, by the Sheriff, but made some show of roistance. He was arrested for threatening the life of a colored woman. The accused broke through the ceiling of the cell, pusied out the sta plc which held the bolt that secured the outer (iron) door, and crawled over the top of the wooden door. Thing in the third story, lie tore his two blan'ets into strips,tied them into a rope, and let himself down. It ap pears fromn the signs that lie crawled down with tihe assistance of the blinds opened upon the second and first story windows. From the depth of his foot.. prints, where he struck the ground, it would seem that his final leap was a considerable one. After an examination, we are con vir ced that the jail is not securoly ar ranged. The staple which was drawn last Thursday night was not even clinched. And to this one feature of the ins'ceurity of the jail, we call the attention of the commissioners of Pub lic Buildings. A Store broken Into. On Monday night last tle store of Mr. Jas. S. Stewart was uncerennil. ously opened and thoroughly examin ed. The burglar threw a thirteen pound rock against the back door, the forca of the missile driving the bolts agninst the catch, and hurling it near ly half-way the longth of the build Not muuh was taken, but the pa. pers in the desk wore rifled, and care fully Oxamined, some boing left on one of the show-cases, and sonmc drop ed1 on the lot in the rear of the proml1 1ses. Three pieces of ladies' dr'ess goods wrr taken ; and there is no doubt the thief could 'ead handwriting. If we had a detective from Charleston, it is almost a certainty that the rascal who broke into Mr. Stewart's storo could be detected. CIIANo.-The Bluffalo (N. Y.) C'ou. y ~orw since an cldi gentleman, Mr-,* A. ..r n Palmer. no w in his dotage, but, at onI :ime one of the wealthiest men in But' falo, who uasedl to drive through our streets with his coach and four, and who dIspensed 4 chariity with a liberal hand and en t'tained his friends with princely hosapital ', was bh fore the police court, poor, thinly clad ail onoiatedI in person, oharged with petit larceny in stealing a shirt from a young man., Jutice Vanderpool, not, considering the careuurgsaances under which- Palmer got, possession of the shirt could be legalg con strued inte a larceny, and considering the mental and bodily condition cf the old min, dismissed the case. Yesterday this aged' 'mnn-with not one of' thoseowho, in his day of prosper'ity, partook of' his hospitalty or, were fe'd by lisa bounty, to pity his condk, t) or aidminister to his suff'erinags, was scat to the poor housec as a vagrant for four muonths1. The following epitaph on husaband aud wife is found In a Parisin e~omotery: ''I ant anxiotusly expecting you-A. D, 1827." "tlcre I a'-4. U. 1867."