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Jtaxp an* Jmts. Braxton Bragg's plantation in Ala* batna has been confiscated. There are between 70 and 80 proposed amendments to the Constitution. Ten per cent, has been established as the legal rate of interest in Georgia. Pnnoh describes marriage as partnership without limited liability. Somebody avers that there are 550,000 grains in a bushel of wheat. He's "chaffing." A friend complaining of the "internal revenue system," says he can't put his boots on without a stamp. For finding and returning 825,000 in gold In the street in New York, a young man was rewarded "with two dollars !! An editor heads his list of births, marriages and deaths thus: "Hatched, matched and despatched." In Louisiana the new militia system is in oomplete operation, entirely superceding the United States troops. The biggest thing on ice is the berg mentioned by Dr. Hayes, which contained 27,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, tonsmore or less. - The confectioners of Paris have agreed with a missionary society to insert extraots. from religious works in their bonbons instead of sentimental mottoes. Ex Governor Graham, United States Senator elect from North Carolina, is out in a letter in favor of negro evidence as just and right. Three hundred pretty girls dance almost nude in one of the theatres in Paris. Thepublio is said to be "shocked," and ask where are the police. A monetary convention has been signed between France, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland, the result of whioh will be that the money of each country will, in future, pass current in all the rest. At one of the Paris theatres the spectator is shown the mode of dressing from the Creation to the present day, and living models walk out of a huge book of fashions to illustriate the different periods. A friend who has traveled lately, extensively, through the upper counties and a portion of South Carolina, informs us that the wheat crop is looking uncommonly promising.? Charlotte Times. The New York Observer asserts that "the piety 01 the booth was opposed to secession, bat the clergy were generally in favor of it ?" Is not that rather hard on the olergy? "When Sir Walter Scott was urged not to prop the falling credit of an acquaintance, he replied. "The man was my friend when my friends were few; and I will be his, new that bis enemies are many." By laying a piece of charcoal upon a bom, the pain subsides immediately. By leaving the charcoal on one hoar, the woand is healed, as has been demonstrated on several occasions. The remedy is cheap and simple, and certainly deserves a trial. The value of the taxable property belonging to the eolored residents of Washington is 81,239,000. Of the 24,000 colored residents of that city, the Freedmen's Bureau estimate that 7,409 can read and that about 5,000 subsoribe for newspapers^* A Chicago divine was recently discussing the subject of baptism, and, .after summing up all the arguments in its favor, he said to his opponent, "I am not surprised that you object to immersions, sir, for that was the way Satan lost all his pork." The Charleston Courier learns that the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has authorized M. W. Grand Master Orr to <haw upon their treasurer for the sum of 81,00^ v in aid of the Grand Lodee of South Caroli a. The youngest son of the great Patrick Henry died in Floyd county, Virginia, - in 1854, in circumstances of extreme destitution. The Legislature of that State was appropriating thousands on a marble statue of the father, at the the very time the son was beggiDg his bread! One of our Indiana exchanges says that the farmers of that section are grieving at the ruin of the wheat crop. The ground has been so bare during the winter that the wheat is frozen oat. The snow that has fallen came too late to be of much benefit, and a short harvest will be the consequence. Mr. Bateman, the engineer of the Glasgow watef-works, has published a pamphlet proposing a eoheme for supplying London with water, by means of an aqueduct from North Wales; the length will be 152 miles, the capacity 220,000 000 gallons daily, and the cost upwards of ?40, 000,000. The Macnn. fta . Trlearnah snv<i that the negroes in that vicinity are dyiDg j off with the most frightful rapidity. Daring j the proceeding week about five hundred had died in that city alone, out of a black 1 population of only eight thoueand. Previous to the war the weekly mortality in the , same number had only beeu about twenty. A Madrid letter, in the Temps, I state that M. Monturiol, a Spaniard, has | solved the problem of submarine steam nav-! igation by the invention of a vessel which i can remain for hours at a considerable j depth, can discharge cannons from below, j and even act as a ram tor piercmg the hulls of iron-clad ships. N. The Greenville,. S. C., Mountaineer of Tuesday last says: "Ex-Gov. B. F. Perry took bis departure this morning for Washington City, and, we presume, will be absent a short time only, unless the Congress of the United States shall happen to come to their senses unexpectedly and admit' Southern Representatives to their seats du- ] ring the present month." A despatch from Washington states j that the President and the Cabinet have had j under consideration the argument of Capt. Se'mmes, claiming tho right to be discharged under the Sherman- JohDson parole, but have come to no definite conclusion thereon. Until this matter is disposed of, there will be no detail for a court to try Semmes, and there iB a bare probability that the trial may bs indefinitely postponed. It will be recollected that by an or-! der of Gen. Beal, while in command of this military district, citizens who had obtained bona fide possession of horses belonging to the Government were permitted upon cer-' tain terms to retain them. The terms required were, a fee of five dollars, upon payment of which the party obtained a receipt' or bill of sale, confirming bis title to the animal. This order was antborized by Gen.' Gillmore, on his visit to this District, in Angnst last. We learn that a certain subordinate officer in Chesterfield, rejoicing in the title of "oaptain," has undertaken to annul this order, and is creating great dissatisfaction and uneasiness among the people of that District, for fear that they will be deprived of their horses, after having complied with the terms prescribed by the Provost Marshal, under Gen. Gillmore's order. We advise those who may be disturbed in their possession of animalB under such circumstances, to report the matter to Headquarters, at Darlington, where we feel assured they will receive justice, and see the good faith of the Government vindicated.?Darlington New Era. IE? fnfoflb YORKVILLE, S. C. THUB8DAY MOBNIHG, FEBRUARY 15, 1866. OUR TERMS?IN ADVANCE. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per year; TtVO DOLLARS for mix month*; ONE DOLLAR for three month*?payable in "greenbacks." When payment is made in specie, TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per year; ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for six months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for three months. Single copies, TEN CENTS. {&y- Corn, Flour, Wheat, Bacon, Lard, Firewood, See., will be received for Subscription, Advertising or Job-Work, at market prices. (ST- The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which, payment has been made. Subscribers who find a(X)?ross mark on the wrapper or margin of their paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. (}(T- Mr. JOHN R. ALLEN, Post Master, at Chester C. H., is our authorized agent for Chester District. (gT-Col. T. P. SLiDER, at the Mills House, is our sol# agent in Charleston, for receiving advertisements and subscriptions for the Enquirer. ENQUIRER CLUB RATES. PER YEAR?IN ADVANCE. IN SPECIE. IN "GREENBACKS." 3 CO PIES, . . .3 4- 50 9 6 00 5 COPIES,... '8 75 13 50 10 COPIES,... 17 50 35 00 and an extra copy to the person making a club of ten. After a clnb has been returned and the money paid, the person making the club may add as many more subscribers at the rate of the original olab, as is desired. X. Subscribers who find a (X) cross mark on the wrapper or margin of their paper, will understand that the time paid for has ex pired. CASH ! We wish it distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cash. COURT. The usual Term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, will be held at this place on the Second Monday in March. It is not yet positively known what Judge will preside, upon this Circuit. Saturday the 24th of February is Return day.. . -Look out. TOWN ELECTION. * An election was held on Monday last for an Intendant and four Wardens for the town of Yorkville, with the following result: Intendant.?Col. W. B. Wilson. Wardens.?Richard Hare, Benj. F Bmnrjc Mtt.wr .TnwwfinN and Cnl. J. A. ?> * ?? " w? - ? McLean. MELTON & MELTON. These gentlemen, too well known in our community to require comment, have looated in Columbia, S. C , for the practice of Law. While we regret to lose them*from our midst, as valuable citizens, we wish them a measure of prosperity commensurate with their high merits and legal attainments. See card. CHARLESTON TRADE. The wholesale merchants of Charleston have issued a card, which will be found in another column, in which is offered a liberal bid for Southern patronage. The country feels a just pride in supporting its own commercial centre, and so long as Charleston can apply the laws of trade to her dealings, so as to make them profitable to the-buyer, her merchants may expeot a liberal share of patronage. . . . . .. | MILITARY ORDER. In our advertising columns will be found a Circular from the Military authorities, in reference to compensation to freedmen for labor performed during the last year. It will be observed that the 20th day of February 1865, is the time from which they are declared entitled to compensation. We are informed by Capt. Boyce, commanding at this Post, that this date has been designated for the reason that on that day, the Federal authorities took possession of Columbia, the capitol of the State. <* !? THE "SITUATION." ' .. . ... .1 There has but little transpired in the 1 National Council of late to excite hope, or j calm the fears of the country as to its partisan designs. The onlystaydeft for us, is in the bold stand adopted by -the President in opposition to the action of Congress.? In assuming this position he is emphatic, beyond the possibility of misapprehension ; denying the policy of Constitutional Amendments; opposing negro suffrage ; in favor of the speedy admission of Southern Repreresentatives; and opposed to tjje permanency of the Freedmen's Bureau, and universal i suffrage in the District of Columbia. The ! South can offer but a single objection to his position, and that is, that he does not advocate the repeal of the Test Oath. The Constitution as it was, is the avowe-l platform j he has assumed. How far his influence may be able to control the designs of Con-1 gress, is a matter for time to develope.? His distinct and repeated avowals of this policy, have raised a storm in the two Houses of Congress, that is becoming furious. The people of all the States so far as we can observe, support his polioy. Congress alone assumes the responsibility of contravening it. The Committee on Reconstruction, it is said, have before them the following series of propositions to incorporate in the Constitution : 1. To empower Congress to lay an export duty. 2. To make all national and state laws apply equally to all men, without regard to color. 3. To prohibit the payment of the Confederate debt. After these j a_ j: j _r ULUCUUmUUUS uru UlBpUSCU Ui, It lO farther, by an amendment to the Constitution, to provide that Southern States shall give the ballot to the following classes of colored persons: 1. All males who have been in the army. 2. All who can read and write. 3. All who own -two hundred dollars' worth of property. It is asserted by parties who assume to know, that the Bill to establish the Freedmen's Bureau will meet the President's veto, on the ground of the titles it confers to negroes, of the 6ea island lands. ? nfi ? SCHOOL BOOKS. A subject deeply affecting the interests and future welfare of our people, is the selection of proper school books for the young. To ingraft ideas correct in form and substance?to train those ideas into enduring principles, and to found them on a basis of truth as society accepts the term, is the important function of the school book. It operates on the impressible mind, like impressions cast upon a new mould that no future artifice can ever erase without spoiling the desigu. Its use is co-existdnt with thoughts and ideas, and whatever it stamps upon the young mind is as ineffaoable as the structure of the mind itself. It is all-important then to seleot judicious text books for use in our schools. The Southern mind was aroused upon this subject some years ago, and efforts, partially suoce8ful, were made to secure for the country a supply of such text books for children, __ it.- _r Lr _ X i , 1 as toe warns 01 me country seemea 10 demand. The war has obliterated these scattering effusions from use. We are now dependent upon the Northern market for the merest trash, in the way of school literature. Unfortunately its tendencies are antagonistic in many respects, to all we holif dear in truth and history. Sectional strife has engendered the ingrafting of sectional opinions throughout all its channels of literature. We should be unwilling to put these books in the hands of the young, because they are sectional, and untruthful.? They are in some instances, questionable in ^morals as well as perverted as to facts. ' The South should be strictly jealous of its own history. "Let no man living, write my epitaph," was the exclamation of Emmet when about to be executed for treason; for aaid he "as no man knows my opinions thjft dare now maintain them, let history De silent until oiber men and other times can do them justice." We are uuwilling that oar political epitaph should be written, by those who neither have the facts, nor care to vindicate them. Much more unwilling are we, that these false views of the opinions and struggles of our people for independence, should be placed in the hands j of our children, as guides for their future estimation of our actions. We do not fear the impartial record. If that cannot be made now, we must wait till prejudice, hate and bitterness, foul as the waters of Lethe, have swept falsehood to its dregs. Impartial truth may then be heard, and our caGse be fully vindicated from the slanders that the present generation of history manufacturers, are placing around it. If we would not have our children believe us walking demons in human shape, guilty of the foulest treason?murderers conspirators, wretches too squalid and mean tbvdeservc clemency or forgiveness, wo must either make our own school books, or import them from beyond the-influenoe of such opinions. We will recur to this subject again next week. new advertisements. Card to tin: Merchants of the South. Cahlll it Co.?Grocers nnd Commission Merchants. Dr. John May?Oils and Varnishes. ? is ?prunes, I'iys, Currants, Citrous, Stc. " " "?Laiidrctli's Garden Seeds. G. R. Rnlehford?Tin-Ware Repaired promptly. James Mason, S. Y. D.?Auction of Dry Goods, Ste., belonging to Burrows, Blair 4c Co. Goodwin, Hunt it Co.?Furi-ka Gift Association. JItrown, O. Y. D.?Citation?8. L. Reid, Applicant? ' James McCullough, deceased. M. Jones, Secretary, pro tern.?Meeting of Fire Company. VV. II. McCorkle?Auction Sale of Tables, Feather Beds, Buggy. Wagon, Jtc. Fioyd, Dobson it Co.?Crockery. " " " ? Mackerel. " " " ?Candy and Raisins. " " " ?Blind Bridles. " " " ?Powder and Shot. W. 11. McCorkle?Fresh Harden Sued. Capt. M. Boyce?Circular. Rev. Tilmau R. Gaines?Divine Service. PRESIDENT JOHNSON. Our people have been naturally chary in j iu tacking themselves to the sleeve of any J man or set of men in authority, from Free-1 ident Johnson down to the humblest invidual in the country. They could not afford to be lavish of confidence, while so many bitter recollections of its frequent misplacement were retained. The opinions1 c 1 Ui uicu aic a\j iiuijuuunj Jittua* tu uuau^ that opc man can rarely be foupd in whom a whole nation can pat its unlimited trust. President JoiINSO^J holds, perhaps, the i confidence of the people of the whole country, to a greater extent than any other liv- j ing man. The subjoined extract from a j recent speech in Washington, on receiving a delegation of citizens from Montana Territory, and defining his position upon the great questions of the country, is sufficient to dispel all doubts of ambitious or partisan views, and to put the seal of the popular heart, upon his admintration. "I say again, that no man can mistake the doctrines of that Message. It is very ensy for persons to misrepresent it, and to make assertions that this, that or the other has taken place or' will take place; but I think I may be permitted to say to you on this occasion that, taking all my antecedents, going back to my advent into public life, and continuing down to the Dresent timo. W - ' ? ( * the great cardinal principles set forth in that paper have been my constant and unwavering guide. After having gone so far, it is too late for me turn and take a different direction. They will be my guide from this time onward, and those who understand them may know where I shall always be found when principle is involved. Here let me say to you, in order to disabuse the public mind, so far as it is possible for an individual to do so, that my public career is well nigh done. The sand of my political glass has well nigh run out. If I were disposed to refer to myself, I might trace my career back to the log cabin ; then an alderman and a mayor in a village; then through both branches of the State Legislature ; then for ten coDseoutive years in the national House of Representatives; then through the Gubernatorial chair to the Senate of the United States ; then provisional Governor, with a slight participation in military affairs; then Vice President, and now in the position I occupy before you. And now, in this position if I can be instrumental in restoring the government of the United States, in restoring to them their true position in the Union, these States whose relations to the National Government have for a time been interrupted by one of the most gigantic rebellions that ever ocourred in the world, so that we can proclaim once more that we are a united people, I shall feel that the measure 01 my amouion oas oeen lined, ana filled to overflowing. And at this point, if there be any who are anxious or jealouB of honor and position, I shall be prepared to make them as polite a bow as I know how, and thank them to take the place I have occupied, for my mission will have been fulfilled. In saying this, in performance of my duty and in response to the encouragement you have given me, I feel that I am in a condition not to be arrogant; not to feel impervious and so feeling, God being willing, I intend to do right; and, as far as in me lies, I intend to administer this Government upon the principles that be did at the foundation of it. I can inform all aspirants who are trying to form their combinations for the future, who want to make one organization for one purpose and another, foraDother, that they are not in my way. I am not a candidate for any position, and henoo, I repeat,lean afford to do right, aod, being in that condition, I will do right. I make this announcement for the purpose of letting all know that my work is to restore the Government, not to make combinations with reference to any future candidacy for the Presidency of-Xhe United States. I have reached the topmost round My race is won so far as that is concerned. My object is to perform my duty, and that I will endeavor to do. Let us, then, all join in this great work of restoration j and while we are restoring and repairing the breaches that have been made, let us also unite in the work of making new States and populating them with a people who are worthy of the government which protects them.? And let those new State governments be founded on principles in harmony, with the great machinery devised by our fathers. So far as regards any aid or assistance that can be given here in the progress, and in the consummation of this great work of building up new States, as well as in the restoration of all the former States, you will find mc a williug and a cordial helper. ? - 4>??? MBS. "STONEWALL" JACKSON. The editor of the Charleston Daily News has recently addressed a letter to Mrs. Jackson in relation to the report that she was suffering for the necessaries of life, and whether or not such reports were oorreet.? Tho delicate reply npsets these rnmors, and conveys sentiments that will be pleasingly acceptable to the country Cottage Home, N. C., Jan 26. My Dear Sir : Your letter of the 3d inst. wns forwarded to me from Lexington, Virginia. I have delayed an answer for a few days, hoping to receive the paper to which you referred, but it has not yet reached me, and I have not had the pleasure of reading your editoral; but, judging from the remarks in your letter I suppose it is a similar publication to what has recently appeared in many of the newspapers representing the family of General Jackson as suffering for the necessities of life, and appealing to the public for their relief. It is a source of deep regret and mortification to me, aod to my family and friends, that such a misunderstanding should exist in regard to my circumstances It is true that almost the whole of my little fortune has been swept away. My noble husband, actuated by patriotism, invested in Confederate bonds, to assist the Government, and I following his example, the consequence was the loss of nearly the whole of his estate, but God has still left to me one of the kindest of fathers, who has the means of providing all the comforts of life for me and my orphan child. The pecuniary sufferings of others in our afflicted land have been bo much greater than my own that, in this respect, I have only need of a more thankful heart. And I, of all others, should have uu luaia lur me iuiuic, iui tuc uuveuuuikeeping God of my husband has watched over us heretofore, and the love of this great people to ine and my little ohild, on his account, fills my heart with grateful joyWhile it is one of the greatest comforts of my desolated life to see the many beautiful and eloquent tributes to the memory of my beloved husband, and I would gratefully accept any offerings that are voluntarily yivtn as testimonials of love and f/rati-, tudc to him, yet the contributions that are now called for are given under a false impressiorif and it is inconsistent with my ideas of honor and rectitude to receive ! them. I would, therefore, beg that all efforts that are made to raise a fund for my "relief," both in Charleston and elsewhere, be immediately stopped. With thanks to the warm-hearted and i generous oitizens of Charleston for their kind feelings towards me and mine, 1 I remain, yours very truly, Mary Anna Jackson. We are glad to find such sentiments as 1 this letter expresses, given to the country. "Stonewall" Jackson, was perhaps the greatest representative champion the Confederacy could claim during its brief and perilous existence; but like thousands of others whose skeletoas cover every battle C.IJ I- ll i. U - V..* A.lfiUo/l I UU1U 1U LUU UUUUilJT; UO UUb 1UIUJ1CU ovvwiu! ing to bis ability, the measure of bis daty. | The nameless soldier that fell in some desperate obarge, did the same. He too has left wife and children, dependent apon the j world's charities. If then we are to lift | from want, the relicts of those who fell in i defence of oar homes, let the evidences of { oar charity apply, from a common fund, to each and all alike. To do so is not charity, bat a well defined obligation of daty resting upon all whose means afford the privilege. EDITORIAL INKLINGS." An intelligent gentlemen recently from the interior of Georgia, reports that i.he loqal Federal garrisons have all bet a removed, leaving only an agent of the Freodmen's Bureau, at each county seat. He states that there were no troops in Atlanta j ?that the business of the place is being i rapidly restored?that the principal lines of | railway connecting that city with Augusta, I Macon, and Chattanooga, have been, pcit in running order, and that the labor prospects of the oountry are encouraging. This is a cheering report from that great State, and we hope strictly correct. The Annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, was held at Charlotte, on Wednesday of last week. Col. William Johnson, the President of the road, in his annual report, states that the bridge over Catawba river, destroyed last April by a portion of Gen. Stoneman's command, i will be completed by the first of May, and that the road will be in running order throughout its entire length by the time the bridge is finished. I Col. William Johnson, was re-eleoted i President, and the following gentlemen Di- ! rectors: A. B. Davidson, John A. Young, William H. Neal, of North Carolina, and A. B. Springs, C. D. Melton, ] J. Y. Mills, W. R. Robertson, E. H. ' Palmer, John Fisher, A. R. Taylor and John Caldwell, of South Carolina. By resolution, the Annual meetings of < the Company are hereafter to be held on the Wednesday after the first Monday in May, instead of in February. The good old State of Virginia appears to be passing through the deep waters of affliction, in her efforts to re-establish a State government. A portion of her own people, have petitioned Congress to set aside the present Legislature, and let the State fall back into Provisio'nalism. Another class opposes "the government sent them by wa- i ter," as the Constitution framed at Alexandria previous to the termination of the war, is termed. The Legislature itself sems to , to regard the Governor (Pierpont) as "con- ^ traband" property, and would gladly turn < him over to the United States Government. Altogether, the condition of affairs is unsatisfactory to everybody. We sincerely j sympathise with her people, who after j bearing the brunt of the war, have now to 1 encounter the brunt of the "Peace." ' -Leo, the Washington correspon dent of the Charleston Courier gives the ? following highly interesting statement in t relation to the coup d'etat about to be ( sprang apon Congress. We think Leo is ? rather rash ! ? A resolution is to be offered in the i House by Mr. Raymond, of New York, de- ] daring the views of the Administration and D its conservative friends, upon the subject of r the relations of the South to the Govern- t ment, and taking the same ground with the r Crittenden resolutions of 18G1, which all remember, and whioh, if at hand, you can i here recite. 1 They declare that the object of the war t is only to preserve the Union, and that j i when armed resistance ceases the relations v j of the States to the Union should be re- ^ I sumed. This declaratory resolution will be offer-. ed as an administration measure, or rather ' p ! P as the President's measure, and those of his | ? Cabinet who disagree to it will have leave ^ t0 go out. h The House of Representatives will either adopt the resolution or reject it, or evade it. J They will not adopt or reject it. Adoption p ' would pledge them to the President's poli- a cy. Rejection will hasten a dreaded rup- 0 ture with the President. Evasion is the c only alternative. I have the best reason to i believe that, if the House shall, by any of s the Parliamentary dodges, get rid of the n question, the President will then issue his ? Proclamation deolaring the Union to be t, restored?that all the States are recognized a as loyal fo the Union, and are entitled to t| be considered by Congress as States in the e Union. a: Moreover, I may state that the Procla- jt mation is already written. it ? The Steamship London was re- j . cently wreoked in the Bay of Biscay, and 1^ two hundred and sixty lives were lost. The ? I" j fortitude of the officers of the vessel who re- j tj fused to avail themselvos of the means of j tl escape, is highly eulogised. ' c< ItateikteM. BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA. S. C., FEBRUARY 12.1866. Cold. We have seen a letter from interior New York, from which we learn that, daring the cold spell in January, the thermometer there stood 32 degree9*&e?o?o Zero. We wonder what fire wood sold at there ? Ladles' Dresses. The latest Parisian and New York styles of ladies' dresses have the waist short?up where our grandmothers wore their girdles. We wonder what sovereign?what reine de la mode?has the misfortune to be unduly sbort-waisted by nature f Not the Empress Eugenie, for she is a model of femioioe symetry. The Negro. The editor of the New York Tndepend cut asks, "Is not the negro a man and a brother ?" To this Prentice of the Louisville Journal answers: "He inay be your brother or half-brother?he is no relation of ours." UpoD this the editor of the New York Saturday Press thus comments: "How is that, Mr. Prentice? We thought he was your brother-in-/aur?at any rate." The Negro Again. The Righmond Enquirer in all mentions of negroes calls them Cushites. The negroes are called "Cusbites," and the negresses "Cusbite women " The Comet. For two or three months a comet has been visible (to those who have good eyesj in the eastern heavens. Recently it rises about five o'clock in the afternoon ; and is visible, accordingly, on the meridian about eleven o'olock at night. We believe the comet is Biela's, which returns to our regions every six years more or less. It is a simple, nebula looking, white nucleus of light, without tail and without any visible centre. Biela's name is pronounced Beea la. It is German. Ho for Japan! We see it stated that one may go to Japan, buy a first-class house there for thirty dollars, and live in it in good style for fwo cents a day?less than eight dollars a year ! Servants can be hired for fifty cents a month ; and a horse and groom for one dollar and fifty cents a month. Let croakers amongst us sell out and go to Japan; and let workers stay here and work. We propose to be of the latter class. Greenville Railroad. This road has been for several days running through in one day. The break in the road is about seven miles, which is made in stages. Then there is the river to get across at Alston This is done upon fiats and smaller crafts. It is rumored that the Company are projecting a track down the west bank of Broad river; and that they never intend to connect the present road at Alston. Freedmen's Contracts. A friend from Fairfield advises us that be has contracted with freedmen, to work his lands a year for a third of the produce He says that if tbey will at all work he will make more than he did when he held them as slaves. Pictures. The latest invention in the way of portraits is the Albatype. It is an exquisite picture. The pure white from which it takes its name is the material upon which it is taken?porcelain. It is sometimes called the Porcelain picture; though Albatypo is the name given it by the inventor. These pictures are taken in Columbia; and are to bo seen at Wearn's. Bonnet Feathers. These are the style now. Every lady who wears a bonoet, hood, cap, hat, fiat, jockey, turban or tartaD, must have a feather in it, of some sort, size or color. Wo rath;r like it. The ladies evidently like it. Fhen, of course, everybody likes it. The "Man about Town" tells us that his jointer dog, Flash, is to be seen every day litting by the hour at his front gate, pointng the bonnets that pass en promenade aong the pavement ! rravel Westward. . There are two routes from Columbia to \ugusta. One, via Branchville by railroad, ind the other via Aiken by stage-line along he wagon roads. By the former one leaves Columbia, at six o'clock in the morning tod reaches the break in the Branchville ind Augusta railroad late in the afternoon ; ipends the night on the back ; and reaches Augusta before noon on the following day. By the latter route one leaves Columbia ibout nine o'clock in the morning sleeps all light at Aiken ; and reaches Augusta about he same hour that he would by the other oufe. The latter strikes us as being by far the letter in that one gets a night's sleep at \.iken, and jet makes the trip in the same irne. We presume, however, the expense s a little heavier; though we are not adised upon the poiot.. [ he Cholera. This is becoming a matter of the very ;ravest importance. Months ago, we regarded it as a possible, at the farthest a irobable, evil for Americans to consider, 'low, it is next to certain that we' shall iave it. Let as see what it is Recent investigations and testimony in lew York show that it can be oarried from ilace to place in clothing or other material bsorbing it; that it follows the great routes f travel, deviating therefrom only when arried ; that it does not go with or against he wind; that it travels jast as fast as the hin or car or man does that carries it; and 1 o faster; that it travels in summer and in 1 winter alike; that it infects whoever juches a handkerchief or any olotbing or ny thing else that has absorbed the poison ; bat the disease acts upon the blood, genrally manifesting itself in oholoring or dirrbuea; that it may kill in one hour; that itemperate persons are almost sure to be s victims; and that many recover from it. The New Yorkers are going to work in ie right direotion ?vigorous and strict uarantine. Dr. Sayre is the moving spir, in that matter. We are interested in 1 leir success to the extent that if it enter i lere wo may soon look for it all over the ' ountry?in the oities especially.. If no 1 steps be taken to prevent its progress, the fflja pestilence doobtless will desolate our whole Wjfr country; and tbe bavoc of red-banded war for tbe last five years will appear but child's H play compared to tbe bowling desolation Jwn that tbe Asiatic Cholera will make in onr country. This pestilence is now prevailing in several of the West India Islands; and in some Kgg cities there?especially in Gaudaloupe?has raged with appalling fatality. Dr. Gaillard's artiole npon Cholera, in the Richmond Medical Journal for Jann- ffifl ary, contaios much that is important in this tpPB connection. Onr authorities should inform ' gSBy themselves. ||?l FBOM WILLIE LIGHTHEAET. fg Charleston, S. C , Feb. 6th, 1866. HB Dear Enquirer:?"They shall change," ygBa is the declaration of Scripture, with regard ggfl to every conceivable earthly tbiog, there- Saga fore one need not be surprised at the fine- $Sp? taation of events or the mutability of eve. Ugl rything pertaining to man. Unfortanately, however, these changes are not always im- IjwE provements?not the substitution of better and better for worse and worse, bat pre. jgffijB cisely the reverse. Possibly no man can ^H| knowingly affirm what is really evil or good, unless a thorough knowledge of the past, an understanding of the present, and a clear fiaifla insight into the future, could be soperoaturally imparted to him. The rude faot, the deplored event or circumstance, standing a'.oqe and disconnected with the j-ast cause or future result, may possibly smack of evil, Hm when it is pregnant with good; may bring tears to our eyes and lamentations to our bSME lips now, and thrill with unutterable delight mOm. some heart which shall pulsate in the far WSm away years which are to come. We have passed through a terrible revolution since I last penned a letter to your BfjB paper from "the city by the sea." To us SgSB nothing, absolutely nothing, has been tbe wr result of all this outlay of treasure, this wag pouring out of blood, this stupendous and niB glorious display of valor and heroism that has filled up the pages of the world's histo- wlgfi ry in lines of light as luminous as God's own sunlight, and as indellible and indes- SaM truotible as the poetry of the stars and tbe pillars of the universe. No apparent good MB has, so far, been tbe consequence and re- {99 suit of all this, but evil, only evil, to our gSjig dear sunny South. Here we stand, an im. aBB poverished, spiritless, smitten people, quiet* ly awaiting developments. Hopeless, bankrapt, ruined. These are not my sentiments, dear Enqdirer. individmllo T ?m pressing the sentiments and feelings of the 1?9 great body of oar people. 55SEI There is one fact noticeable as the result igSH of the past gigantic conflict. I allude now 5H particularly to the feature of newness, nov- ^H elty and change that has taken place in our people. Whether this be for the better or i|Bg not, time alone will prove. Charleston, jaafil before the war, was one of the most sober, ^H sedate, quiet pnd orderly cities in the coun- EH try?rather quaint and old-fashioned in ber |raBK notions, habits and modes perhaps, but, |i9 nevertheless, noted for ber sobriety and or- fflSH der. Charleston, since the war, is anything but what she was. Refogees, returning gjajH from the interior of the State, are almost Wbk ever unfavorably impressed. There is a iasS rush, a whirl, a jostle and confasion in her streets to whiob they are completely unused, and for which they cannot satisfactorily ac- -?qH9 count. Everybody appears to be utterly jqaflj ignorant of the simple rules of street eti- Hln qustte, and one is forced to the conclusion that everything like good breeding and pro- ^Hj priety of manners has been voted anti- &5B republican and utterly abolished King- jjaBaj street, the most fashionable thoroughfare jgzK and promenade in the oity, is made anything but a pleasant resort for ladies. Idle, I&hH vagabond negro fellows strutting about with fjaM segars in their mouths and squirting tobacco jaSK juice from their lips, gaudily dressed wenches forcing their way to the inside of everybody, are not exactly calculated to render aBauSl an afternoon's promenade very pleasant or agreeable to some people. .Not that I object to the use of segars and tobacco, or the .SUB gaud; dresses, bat tbe way in wbiob tbese HB1 articles are used. Tbe mere fact of tbe negro being free is uo reason why be or sbe should be insolent, rude and unmannerly. uttj Surely not. As a general thing ladies do not venture out upon the streets at night. Before the war any lady might venture out any time jjaHB of night without the least fear of violence IMS or insult. Some change certainly must have 5p8B taken place in the manners of our people to iBm render such caution necessary. Several of our churches, before tbe war, held evening or canule-ligbt service. No such thing is done now. A free CoDcert Saloon is in fall blast in |hS this city and in one of onr moat prominent rojSHB streets. Your unsophisticated readers very |IjB| probably know little or nothing about this gflsjI peculiar institution, and so much the better. Suffice it to say, that a Concert Saloon was never dreamed of in this city prior to aSBB the war, and would not have been oounte- 1h|M nanced by the community. Imagine a dozen or more "pretty waiter girls" officiating gjBBB in a bar room, and dealing out liquor and fejffijfl smiles to a company of men. Add to this H8b singing and instrumental musio, and then in imagine as much more as you think proper. JgMgg Some few Sabbaths ago I actually heard ^g music and dancing in a private liouse on one of onr most pablic streets. The'after- j*a5M noon of the same day, I was surprised and ^ SH shocked to bear vulgar and profane sounds ImBC of boisterous soogs issuing from the win- saBS dows of a neighboring residence and pollu- JjSE& ting the air of God's own Sabbath. These are some of the changes whioh have taken place in our dear old city since SgjHM I last wrote to you from this place. I pre- flHg same that this is what the world calls pro- BB gression, but, to my mind, they present Jgfllfl food for serioub, sober thought and oause flSS for real alarm. I fear, that as a people, we |8Hr are growing reckless and profligate and vi- wgftH cions from sheer hopelessness and despair j that hope deferred has made us heart sick and foot weary. God help as ! I shall endeavor in my next to give you Hn some items of news and a few paragraphs HB od more pleasant topics. Until then, adieu. Willie. Hh The United States Government is furnishing Commissary supplies to planters in this State in certain cases when neeessa- ^THEb ry to support their laborers, and taking a * "Hw lien on the crop for payment