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Scraps aitb Jads. It is said that Commodore Vanderbilt intends to retire from active business so soon as he obtains a competence. His estate is now estimated at only fifty millions. The Legislature of Texas has appropriated ?2,000, and appointed a committee to remove the body of General A. S. Johoson to the State Cemetery at Austin. It is said that Hon. John A. Bingham, who is preparing articles of impeachment against Mr Johnson, will charge him with aidiDg and abetting the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. The Colonization Society's ship Golconda will sail from Charleston for Liberia to-morrow, carrying about 600 freedmen emigrants nearly 500 of whom, chiefly from Georgia and South Carolina, have already taken passage. The barque Everhard, from Bremen, with 170 German immigrants, arrived in Charleston on Wednesday. These immigrants intend to settle in South Carolina, being mostly connected with German families already resident here. A colony of Poles are about locating in the Wilderness, famous as the battleground between the contending armies of Lee, Hooker and Grant. Gen. Tochman, a Polish exile in this country, is at the head of the colony. A law exists in Germany to prevent drinking on the Sabbath during Divine service. It runs thus : "Any person drinking in an ale house during service on Sunday, or other holiday, may legally depart without paying." The Tuskegee (Ala.) Neics cautions its readers against inducements recently held out to them to remove to Texas. Men of good judgment have just returned from that State, and state that the crops reported in that quarter are confined to a few farms. me votes wnicn nave neen tnus rar taken in the several annual conferences of the Southern Methodists, indicate the ratification, by a large majority, of the proposed ohange of the Dame of the Church to Episcopal Methodist Church, aiid the proposed introduction of lay representation into the General Conferences. The consolidation of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad, the Georgia and Western Atlantio Railroad, and the Dalton and Jacksonville Railroad Companies, has been perfected, and the consolidated companies placed under control of the Alabama and Tennessee River Company, with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston President. Sanford Conover, the witness charged with perjury in the plot charging Jefferson Davis with Mr. Lincoln's assassination, is yet in jail. He deolaies that he is innoceDt. He has been unsuccessful in getting bail, and has been presented by the grand jury. It is stated also that he has been indicted for perjury. The New York Tribune's Washing ton correspondent say9 that it 19 understood that Thad. Stevens, at the opening of Congress, will move the appointment of a joint committee, charged with the duty of investigating the official conduct of President Johnson, and reporting what action, if any, is required by Congress. The National Republican (Wash ington), spcakiDg of the elections, says : "The President is calm and qniet as a summer's morning. The result of the elections confirms him more strongly and determinedly in his patriotic purpose and policy. Our convictions are clear that the final triumph of those high conservative principles guiding the Administration are pointed out clear as sunlight by the figures of the State elections which were held yesterday," Somebody ought to tumble the editor of the Wilcox County News into the Alabama and put a couple of bars of pig metal on him until he learns to keep cool. He is indignant at the declaration of Hall's Journal of Health that husband and wife should sleep in separate rooms, declaring that Dr. Hall can sleep how, when and where he pleases, but for himself, he intends to sleep where he can defend his wife against the rats and all other nootnrnal foes as long as he has got one to defend. It is a curious coincidence that the battle of Bull Run and the surrender of Gen. Lee took place on land owned by a Major William McLean. A letter-writer who recently visited Appomatox Court House says : "Major McLean is now offering his house for sale, as be is desirous of returning to his farm near Manassas, where the first battle of the late war was fought j and as he oniy purchased this place during the war, being a refugee from his home after tho Bull Run fight." Any person who knows the fate of James Eveleigh, Co. G. 25th S. C. Vol., will confer a lasting obligation by communicating the same to his sorrowing widow and helpless little ones. Oa the 1st day of April, 1865, at Five Forks, Ya, he was wounded, and taken prisoner, since which time nothing has been heard of him. He was a Mason; and papers throughout the country friendly to the Order, are earnestly requested to copy this. Please address Mrs. Hannah Eveleigh, Timmonsville, S. C. Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken who was appointed by the Governor, as the State Agent for the purchase of corn for the poor of I South Carolina, has declined the appointment in consequence of what he and other prudent business men believe to be an impossibility imposed by the resolution of the Legislature, namely : That each dollar of the bonds issued should be equivalent to every bushel of corn laid down in Charleston or Columbia. An extensive correspondence with grain merchants, and producers, has demonstrated that corn cannot be bought and delivered within the terms specified by the Legislature; and the Commissioner has wisely left the matter to be further considered by the body of which he is a member. South Carolinian. The New Orleans Bee, closing a re- \ view of the constitutional amendment and j the demands of the North, says : "We see I . 1 1- . xL C1--4.I -1- I no otner policy open 10 me oouineru peupie j with respect to national politics but a masterly inactivity; pursued to the bitter end with a resolute patience, behind which, as behind an impregnable wall, they may address themselves diligently to all matters that concern their material prosperity." We see many evidences that this will be the purpose of the Sooth. The people there will, for the time, abandon politics, and leave the consequences to themselves, and the country with their radical persecutors. The whole country, and, as a matter of coarse, the South with it, will suffer from this coercion, for there will be no stability in trado, no substantial order in Government, until the Union is restored.?N. Y. Express. A "rebel raid" on Jeffersonville, la., would be a very serious thing for the Gov ernment just now, if such raids were in fashion. In the great military depot there is stored the following plunder: 84,000 uniform coats; 56,000 uniform jackets; 387,000 pairs pants, infantry; 110,000 pairs pants, cavalry; 188,000 pairs drawers; 262,000 flannel shirts; 102,000 overcoats, infantry; 67,000 overcoats, cavalry; 338,000 woolen blankets; 400,000 blouses; 331,000 pairs shoes; 340,000 pairs stockings; 10,000 single sets harness comprising harness for horses and males; 23,000, chains for completing and repairing harness &c.; 15,000 horse brushes; 10,000 currycombs; 750 &rmy wagons; 175 ambulances; 7,600 wagon covers; 1,100saddles; 2,500,000 pounds assorted iron; 115,000 pounds rope; 270,000 pounds horse shoes; 690,000 pounds mule shoes; 11,000 pairs assorted hinges; 60,000 pounds cut nails; 600,000 envelopes; 60,000 quartermaster's blanks; 7000 bottles ink; 20,000 quires letter, cap and note paper. II,? VORK VILLE. S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1866. OUB TERMS?IN ADVANCE. 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IN "GREENBACKS." 3 CO PIES,...S 4 50 S O OO - o wc io nn o turuts,... o v/v 10 COPlKSf. 17 50 25 00 and an extra copy to the person making a club of ten. J56T"Within one month from the date a club is returned and the money paid, the person making the club, may add any number of names at the same rate. -- -* ?? X. Subscribers who find a (X) cross mark on the wrapper or margin of their paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. CASH ! We wish it distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cash. THE LEGISLATURE. The regular session of the Legislature will begin on Monday, the 26th iost. There { will be a heavy amount of work before the , members, and the following subjects may ( be named as likely to receive especial at- , tention. ( The repeal of the Usury Laws of the ( State. ( The relief of debtors upon contracts made previous to, and during the war, and in connection with this, relief no' ? cessary to be extended to the Banks of ( the State, from liabilities under their char- , ters. Amending the criminal Law of the ^ State. Modifying the organization of the Dis- , trict Courts, and establishing upon a less ; expensive scale. Ascertaining and providing for supplying the deficiency in the grain crop, based upon the reports of members from each District. The Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as proposed in the last 1 Congress, and referred to the several States for ratification. This latter subject will no doubt soon be disposed of. In addition to these subjects, there are various matters of internal improvements deeply affecting local interests, that are likely to receive attention. Altogether the work chalked out for this body in advance, is unusually heavy, and if nothing else comes up, will no doubt engage the time of both Houses, until the close of the session. WILL IT TAKE. Many of the Northern Democratic papers, as also a respectable class of persons at the South, since the recent elections, have come out in favor of negro suffrage This, it is considered, is all that is necessary to appease the Radicals, insure representation, and propel the South forward, upon a course of prosperity hitherto unapprouched and unapproachable. It is even intimated in our late dispatches, that President Johnson lnnfto ?? trillinw par tn fhpRp nrnnosals. and Wuv*w' v? x?I / quiotly favors such a basis of settlement between the sections. Wo fail to see the utility of such a courso. Where are the guarantees that our rights would be respected?our delegates received in Congress, or our prosperity advanced one whit by such a course ? The South may as well, nay with far more reason, ask for guarantees for her future treatment in the Union, than the North for our future behavior. There has been no faith broken on our part, no pledge forgottcD, nor promises unfulfilled. The mere question of negro suffrage in the abstract we do not consider very harmful. The Southern States might grant a restricted suffrage, coupled with property qualifications and intelligence, and probably be none the worse for it. The white would oontrol the vote of the colored man with as muoh ease as the Massachusetts employer controls the votes of his thousands of employees; and the representation and inflnenna of eaoh State in Conerress be there - ? 0 _ _ by inoreased id a corresponding ratio. Bat there is a vein ofrepngnanoe in the Southern temperament that will never permit it to yield to any such dictation. Crashed and beaten in ber physical strength, she bowed to what she coald not avert; bat no force should ever deprive her of her moral greatness, and the right to think and aot for herself. There is a strong gathering of adverse elements to thrust this measure upon us.? Firmness, patienoe and unity, will be required to oombatsucba delusion. All that we possess of these noble qualities, will no doubt soon be demanded of us, in resisting this new dogma. THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. The Southern people will long remember this veteran newspaper, whioh under the sacoes8fal managementof Stewart, Clapp, Heart, Taber and Rhett became a part and parcel of almost every household, and a truthful exponent of Southern thought and feeling. It will also be remembered that the fixtures of the Mercury office while being removed from Charleston just previous to its surrender, fell into the hands of the enemy, and were destroyed. Since then its ashes have been silent until Monday last, when its publication was resumed uuder the care of Col. R. 6. Rhett, its late proprietor. The renewal of this time-honored sheet will add a now lustre to the press of the State, and, we trust, prove remumeralive to its proprietor. It has our best wishes. ? ? MEXICO. The "bloodless triumph" of the Monroe Dootrine in Mexioo, is just beginning to be understood, and the "triumphant" seems to have turned out a rather doubtful one for this oountry. France some years ago assumed a protectorate over Mexico, in order to seoore the payment of the debt due to the former, and which, under the State of anarchy then prevailing, it was impossible to secure in any other way. French troops were sent to support an empire then under the reign of Maximilian, and the plan seemed to be working satisfactorily until the close of the war in this country, gave the American Government an opportunity to interfere. This interference has resulted in the overthrow of Maximilian, and the withdrawal of the French troops, but not upon the terms we had been led to suppose. It now turns out that the United States hAS been allowed to assume the Protectorate abandoned by France, by assuming the payment of the latter1 s claims upon Mexico. Napoleon has secured the entire object of his interference by this assumption of French claims, and the triumph of this country in sending his legions away, is an empty one, to say the least of it. General Sherman has been sent to Mexico with an army corps, to reinstate the Juarez Government there, and to secure certain provinces ceded to this country, as an indemnification for the payment of the Frenoh claims. Louis D. Campbell, also goes as Plenipotentiary, with extraordinary powors; and the two will no doubt make the best possible use of the bad bargain, into which this Government has been entrapped, by the shrewd polioy of the man at tho Tuilleries. AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. The National Intelligencer sees cause for alarm in the call for an assemblage of the ffnlnnteer-snldier nrr?anizstinns from the Northern States, at Washington, on the 1st of December. That paper believes that the call is a part of a scheme of Radical Congressmen, to gather a strong military force in Washington, to aid them in any contest that may arise between Congress and the President. The Intelligencer says : "Wo are pained and shocked to announce, from many sources of reliable information, that tho above oall looks to the establishment here cn "permanence of an organized force to be subject to the orders of Congress." . While we still indulge the hope, that a oauseiess alarm has been excited, there is muoh in this call that is difficult of any other explanation, than that it is intended for revolutionary purposes The quiet state of the Northern mind since the recent elections, was construed as an indication, that satisfied with tho triumphs at tho ballot box, all revolutionary threats would be discarded, and the government be permitted a season of peaoe and rest. We hope tbese indications pomted to the result named, and that the victors will be content with the spoils already obtained. The following is the card of the oommittee, issuing the call for the assemblage: "Being profoundly impressed with the importance of the struggle through whiob the country is passing, and of the necessity of preserving the results gained by its triumphs in the field, and more recently at the polls, the undersigned, a oommittee ap pointed by tho Soldiers and Sailors of Washington, D. C., do in their name earnestly invite their comrades, the loyal veterans of the republic, with all other friends of the great cause of Union and liberty, to meet in a national mass welcome and council, to be held in this, the Federal capitol, on Saturday, December the 1st, proximo. Wo ask your presence to honor and assure protection to the loyal majority in the thirty-ninth Congress in whom we recognize faithful guardians of our assailed institutions and able supporters of the principles involved. Come in your might. By your presence, show how sternly loyalty can rebuke treason. Prove thereby that the threats and insults of a treaoherous Exeoutive against the legislative branch of the Government oannot intimidate a free people. Here in the Federal capital must our great struggle culminate in wise and equitable legislation. Here, then, should we assemble to encourage and strengthen Congress?to whose hands the Constitution wiselv entrusts the power?to such just action as will make peace permanent and liberty universal. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ?? A new mode of selling cotton has been introduced by a prominent firm in Nashville, Tennessee. Every day, at 3 o'olook, cotton of the different grades is offered at auotion, and farmers have the op tion of selling at the highest bid offered. Under the caption, "Is it Right?" a correspondent of the Anderson Appeal, proposes the following: "Is it right for men who sold goods here before the war, and were in debt for those goods in the North, and settled with their Northern creditors for twenty cents in the dollar, now to reoover the fall amoant in gold, from their fellow citizens who were indebted to them 7" Great differences of opinion exist on the subject of the payment of debttf. A cor respondent of the Chronicle and Sentinel says: "The best and surest way to got relief is for every able bodied man to go to work at something; and, by industry,each and every family will be relievod. Debts can be paid very fast with the present high prices of farming products, and most men caD pay ODc-fourth their indebtedness this winter, even with one-third of a ootton crop; and, where they cannot, and have done the best they could, they will not be sued. "Many debts should be reduoed heavily. The people have lost their slaves, and much of other property, and every oreditor should feel willing to give a part of their claims; bat these things should be by mutual consent of parties. * ****** "I am surprised to see so many men wanting to hold on to large bodies of land, and remain in debt, too. Better give their creditors part of the land and rid themselves of debt; for there is Dothing so depressing to a man's spirits as to be in debt. Small farms, with plenty of guano and good farming implements, are much more profitable, with less risk and more satisfaction. "Let the negro go, for he will not work on a farm, at best. The more of them on a farm, the less is made in proportion to expenses. The sooner we get olear of them, the better for us." In a late number of the Fairfield News, we find the following sensible article: "Help 1 Help I! Such is the cry coming from various parts of the State. And "help" for what ? Why, for the relief of daktnra Tf malic amoeba r\f phi 1 dishnPHS to apply a very mild term, this appeal to the Legislature for relief as betwoen debtor aod creditor. Any debtor who shows a determination to do every thing in his power to pay his debts, will find more relief from that very oreditor, between whom and himself he wants the State to interpose, than from all that can be done by Legislation. The same rnlo will not applj l<j any two debtors, for one can pay all his debts, another half of bis debts, another onefourth of his, and so on. Now if the Legislatare interpose, it will pass a general aot equally applicable to all cases. We venture the assertion that there is not a man in the State who will not be benefited more by a non interference on the part of the State than by any action of it looking to an adjustment of private indebtedness The fact is, the creditor who has large claims upon others is not disposed to flush them to the wall for a final settlement, for the simple fact that he does not care to imitate the fool in the fable who destroyed the feathered gold mine." In the midst of suoh universal despondency, thoughts like the following from tho Newbern Times ought to be set in gold over every Southern hearthstono : It is with feelings of profound regret that we find our fellow-citixens of tbo South giving way to a disposition to anticipate a disastrous future. The general tono of the press, the views of leading public men, and tho daily conversation of our citizens, all evince a leaning towards the dark side of the question. Hesitancy upon entering into business, uncertainty in regard to future looation, a distrust of all enterprises, and an universal lament over expected destruction of all political and personal rights in the South, arc among the signs of the times. This is not as it should be. It is unnecessary, foolish and suicidal. Its effect upon business is blighting, and all enterprise frt 11 t- s\ ?1ia ?nAiin,l linear lfa ill.Amnnnrl Hi lint iau iu tuu giuuuu uuuvi * ^ ?? uwou^u influence." The President has, for some time past been engaged in preparing bis annual message. He has portions of it completed, and has submitted the same to the Cabinet. A dispateh to the New York Herald, says: Our relations with Mexico will occupy a very prominent position in the message. It is certain that the mission of Minister Campbell and General Sherman to Mezieo is not for Buncombe. It means work. If, on the arrival of tho Susquehanna at Vera Cruz or any other Mexican port, it is ascertained, that neibter Maximilian nor the the French have left, and evidenoeis afforded that they do not intend to do so without unnecessary delay, there is reasons to believe the President will reoommend to Con gress the most vigorous measures to expedite their exit. The State of affairs on their arrival, if not the preliminary action of the mission, will probably be ascertained by tbe Government in time for the President to incorporate bis definite and decided Mexican policy in his forth-coming message. With reference to the hour of meeU ing of the S. C. Legislature, we find the following in a late issue of the Charleston New8: "We are requested by the President of the Senate, and tbe Speaker of tbe House of Representatives, to state that the Houses over whioh they respectively preside will assemble aod be called to order at 7 P. M., on Monday, the 26tb inst. No hour being named by the Constitution, this has been selected, as it is believed to be the most convenient and agreeable to the members of both branches of the General Assembly." Mr. W. A. James, an intelligent citizen of Sumter District, in this State, has just returned home from a visit to Brazil, whither he went for the purpose of satisfying himself, and obtaining information for the benefit of others, with reference to the desirableness of that country as a home for the Southerner. The Sumter Watchman in speaking of the return /of Mr. James says: / "We have but space in this issue, to say, that the impressions of Mr. James/were not favorable?that he was pleased neither with the lands in its adaptation to agricultural purposes, nor the general civilization of the people, whilst the admixture aod oommingling of bloods and races of people, were such as to be in the highest degree objectionable. Mr James is a gentleman of much intelligence aod observation, and has carefully and patiently sought to ao quaint himself with the general character of tho country, and much confidence will be reposed in his opinions and statements." Out of a mass of rubbish, a jewel is occasionally found; and in the midst of much slander and falsehood we "rebs" get an occasional advocate from among our enemies who is willing to speak some truths of us. A Federal officer late in command of . il:? a.... :? u:_ .u a JL/mtriUb Iu tiiia oiuie, wiutro iu uio uuriu* em friends as follows : "As for the state of feeling with regard to the "man aod brother," it is about the same here as at the North. The higher classes treat him well, and want to see him do well; the "low-down people" are jealous of him, like to abuse him, and begin to hate him. All the outrages?and they are not many?come from the "low-down people," as the "poor white folks" are called here. The former owners still take an interest in their old slaves, and will occassiooally go to law for tbem, and very frequently continue to feed and favor them, at least so far as they can afford. The true loyal men here are the men who fought against us on the field of battle.? They give no trouble, and they are tolerably right in opinion; it is the fellows who lived in bomb-proofs during the war who are now blatant; the man who did not shed their blood when thev had a ohance. I must " * say that I like the ex-Confederate soldiers; they are manly under their defeat, and aocept the surrender honestly. Large numbers of them are in favor of passing the Constitutional Amendment, and there is a growing, though as yet silent party, looking to that settlement. I hope that Congress will stick to the Amendment, and ask neither more nor less. Believe me that, first, the negroes are not fit to vote; and second, they would general ly vote with their old masters. Don't you know that our Conneoticut blacks always usod to vote the old Whig ticket, following the rufflc-shirtcd old gentlemen who for merly owned them? It would be like that here It is bad policy, I firmly believe, for the North to insist that the negr es shall vote, and consequently be represented. I don't speak of abstract justice. I have not room enough left to settle that little matter. I suppose that all the South is not so good as my district. It is the best, my predecessor told me, in the State. The ooly hostile people are the bomb proof fellows and the ladies." THE SOUTH. The Baltimore Transcript, a fearless advocate of human rights?in a recent issue, indulges in a touching eulogy upon the South as it once was. The following paragraphs are so full of the pathos of history that we cannot refrain from placing them before our readers. After dwelling upon tho wealth, intellect, and military grandeur of the South, the writer says: If the spectacle of a great soul, struggling horoically with the waves of adversity, is pleasing to the gods, the spectacle of a great people, transfixed with tho arrows of misfortune, and bleeding at every pore, yet uttering no exclamation of aoguish or anger, and neither losing faith in Heaven nor in its own uprightness, is truly sublime; such an exhibition, grand and affecting to all minds which can appreciate true moral greatness, the South now presents. If the persecutions of their enemies were not completely blinded by party passions, they would feel more reverence for tho South in its misfortunes than when, at the summit of its prosperity, it guided and controlled the destinies of tho great nation. With communities, as with individuals, it is only the fires of adversity that reveal the true character, and prove whether it is made of gold or dross. To such an ordeal has the South been subjected, and we assert that the result has demonstrated that it is an essentially great people, aud will be rememherad and admired in histnrv as much I for the serene fortitude and boble dignity I with which it has sustained the direst ca-; lamities, as for its brilliant statesmanship in the period of its power and influence, and for that magnificent valor in battle which has extorted the admiring acclamations of the world. All this glory of the South is past, and how does the land sit desolate that was once : so radiant with beneficent power! Stripped j of $1,000,000,000 of property, bereaved of 300,000 of her obildren, shut oat from the Union whioh she did so maoh to baild op aad enrich, she jet maintains a composure and fortitude more marvellous than her proudest aohiovements in the council and the field. Despoiled of her earthly possessions, looking baok upon the most dismal blight that ever came upon the fortunes of a people, looking forward to the gathering of sombre olouds that threaten hrr utter * - - .1 ? LI? L _ | destruction, wun eartnquaKes rumnnng oeoeath her feet, and at her heart anguish ' and despair tugging like wild beasts, no querulons complaint droops from her lips, no frown of indignation or impatience dis turbs her brow; there is eadoess and resignation, but not one abject glance in her heroio eye. "The Nlobc of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownlcss, In her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scattcr'd long ago! The Sclplo's tomb contains no ashes now, The very sepulchres lie tenantlcss Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise with thy yellow waves and mantle her distress." LOCAL MATTERS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?J. M. Roberts, Applicant?Rev. R. Y. Russell, deceased. National Publishing Co.?Agents Wanted. Andrew Stewart and Elizabeth Neeiy? Executor's Sole. L. M. Grist?To Printers. J. E. Gardner, Manufacturer? Artificial Legs, kc. Dr. Alfred Craven.?Surgeon Dentist Jones & Parish?Fresh Oysters, kc. Homesly k Asher.?Second stock of Goods. Zing's Mountain Bail Boad. Tbo oars on the KiDg's Mountain Rail Road, are running to Philadelphia Church, four miles from this town. We are en couraged to believe that, under the management of its worthy President, the trains on this road will, in a few weeks more, be Tannine to the Denot. o r ? The Eural Southerner. The third number of this weekly agricultural journal is on our table. We canDot too highly commend such aa enterprise as this, to the patronage of our readers. If the South Deeds oDe thing above all others, it is enlightenment on the subject of farming. IgnoraDoe and indifference on this subject have brought a train of evils, that have done almost as much towards impoverishing us, as the ravages of war. Our strongest hope of future prosperity, is in an improved system of farming. When unjust repugnances against "book farmers" are overcome, and such enterprises as the one above named, meet with a cordial encouragement from our community, we shall hope for better days. Address R. M. Stokes, Proprietor, Co lumbia, S. C., inclosing 83,00 in currency. MERE-MENTION". A recent London dispatch says that vague rumors are afloat that the Emperor Maximilian has been offered the Crown of Poland, under certain eventualities. Iowa has a population of a million and grow ing like thunder. General Beauregard, in a late letter, remarks : "When I surrendered with the Confederate forces at Greensboro', N. C., I buried the hatohet, not to be unburied again, except in defence of the country and its constitutional Gov ernment." A Frenohman in New Orleans proposes to light all the street lamps of the city simultaneously by means of an electro-magoectio battery, operated by clock work. When the sun gets up, the clock runs down, and the gas is out It is considered more than probable in Washington that United States troops will soon enter Mexico. Sixty-five passenger trains leave Chicago daily. A telegraph line, thirty miles long, is under the control of Oberlin College, Ohio, for the use of the students who are studying that branoh of science. Only 39 hours are now required to make the trip from Winnsboro' to New York. So says the News. A "Ho ! for Brazil!" meeting has been called in Ulaibome rarisb. .Better aoe in vjiaiborne Parish. At Atlanta, Georgia, there is "a Widows' and Orphans' Manufacturing Company"?they don't make wid ows and orphans, but simply famish them with employment. The Carolinian, states that work will be commenced imme diately on the penitentiary. E. J. Arthur, C. D Melton, and Sam'l W. Mel ton, have entered into partnership in the practioc of Law in Columbia. They will practice in the Courts of the adjoining districts and in the United States Court. There is a great revival in Hebron, Conn. A wealthy manufacturer slopped his mill, and used all his teams to carry his help 1 three times a day to meeting. Emigrants are not allowed to carry negroes to Brazil Columbia has appropriated 1 330,000, and Augusta 3100,000, to the Columbia and Augusta rail road. THE BALTIMOEE POLICE. . Tho Baltimore police difficulty has resulted in the triumph of Governor Swann, and his jurisdiction to try and dismiss the cor- I rupt Commissioners under the law, fully I vindicated. An exchange says : I "Judge Bartol has rendered a deoision I in the Baltimore Police Commissioners habeas corpus case, in which he sustains the action of Governor Swann in removing the i old Commissioners and appointing new I ones The two Commissioners were there upon discharged rrom custody and were i loudly applauded by the iro^d on entering their office. During the day they made a ( formal demand for the surrender of the po- ( lice stations, and issued orders directing the police of the city not to obey any orders j emanating from the old Board since two o'- | clock Tuesday afternoon. They then noti- ( fied Mayor Chapman to attend a meeting of the Board, but be did not do so, and no j answer had been received from the old Com- , missioners in regard to the surrender of the ? property. The new Commissioners do not , propose to make any removals in the force, j except for the usual causes ( American Claimants For an English Estate ?The Charleston Courier quotes j manuscript evidence to show that there are valid American claims to the great Leeds estate in England, valued at 8100,000,000. The Ingram family of South Carolina are a i branch of the English family of Sir Mynoll < Ingram, the last owner, and are now ihe 1 next heirs to the estate, which has recently t i become vacant. Cfltrtntolorial. BY JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA. 8. C.. 19TH NOV., 1886. Eggs. Id our market, eggs sell at forty-five cents a dozen. "Eggs is eggs." Qraniteville. The Carolinian saya of this Factory: "New and the most improved of English machinery has beeo introduced, which gives the factory about double its former capacity, or the result of twenty-four thousand (24,000) spindles." Let Lowell and Lawrence look to their laurels New Novel. Mrs. Terhupe, better known in the literary world as Marion Harlaod, has jnst gotten oat a new novel, called Sunni/bank We have not read it. Don't expeot to.? Marion Harlaod has written seven novels previous to this one,?Alone, Hidden Path, Moss Sido, Husband's and Homes, Nemesis, Miriam, and Husks She is a native of Richmond, but married a Northern man, * preacher. Spoon Butler. \ Hon. A J. Requier, a native of Charlestot), recently of Mobile, now living in N. YL made a speech two weeks ago, in Brook lyn to the Democrats. Among the hua there is the following on Butler: "Benjamin F. But<cr [hisses] has, for instance, as seems generally supposed, a peculiar moral conception on the subject of the Eighth Commandment. He thinks' it ought to be amended by striking out the word 'not'? the words are, 'Thou shalt not steal' [Great laughter and applause.] This is not altogether an original idea : several enterprising, but less fortuoate, inquirers at Sing Sing had previously ventured on the same progressive theory." Will there be found nobody to defend the convicts at Siug Sing against such injurious, disparaging, and unjust comparisons?" Negro Education. . 1 . In Columbia we have a large establishment devoted to the education of freedmen. In this establishment are Dr Wright, the Superintendent, and bis corps of nine teachers. Dr. Wright is an assistant superintendent only, being subordinate to R. Tomlinson of Charleston, who is State Su | perintendent of Education of freedmen in South Carolina. The corps of teaohers are all nothern ladies, unmarried, and young. They are employed by the New York Branch of the Amerioan Freedmen's Union Com. mission; and are we presume from that state. Tbev teach four classes of bovs air * ' o gregatmg two-hundred and eight (208) boys, and four classes of girls aggregating twohundred and sixty six (266) girls; making in all four-hundred and seventy-four (474) pupils. Of these 474, thirty are over sixteen years of age, and none under six years. The branches taught to these pupils are Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic (mental and written) and Geography. The daily Bession is five hours?from nine until two. These figures are from the monthly report ofOotober Some increase in number of pupils is expeoted during the present month. In Orangeburg there are both a Day and a Night-School. The Day School consists of two teaobers, and seventy one (71) pupils?thirty-four (34) boys and thirty seven (37) girls. The Night School is taught by the same teachers and consists of a hundred and twenty (120) pupils?a hundred (100) males and twenty (20) females, these being older than the pupils of the Day School These Schools are maintained by the New England Branch of the American F. U. Commission. In Aiken there is one school taught by a northern teacher, employed by the New York Branch, who teaches a hundred and five (105) pupils, of whioh forty-two (42) are boys and sixty-three (63) are girls. In Anderson there is a teaoher employed by the New York Branch, who teaches a hundred and twenty-seven (127) pupils forty-nine (49) boys and seventy-eight (78) girls. Id Spart&Dbarg are two colored teachers who give instruction to a hundred and fifty (150) pupils?seventy (70) boys and eighty (80) girls. In Kershaw District there are six schools and six teachers of whom four are residents of the District and two are northern. These schools are maintained by the New England Branoh of the American F. U. Commission. We have not been able to learn the number of pupils in attendance. To recapitulate; within the jurisdiction of the assistant-superintendent established in Columbia, we find fifteen (15) sohools? eight (8) id Columbia, two (2) in Orangeburg, one in Aiken, one in Anderson, two (2) in Spartanburg. These fifteen schools bave in them one thousand and forty seven [1047) pupils, of whioh five hundred and three (503) are boys and five-hundred and forty-four (544) are girls. If we were to estimate the six schools in Kershaw at the same rate, the tweDty one johools would present an aggregate of fourteen hundred and sixty-five (1465) pupils, ?seven-hundred and four (704) boys and seven-hundred and sixty-one (761) girls. The annual session of these schools continues from the first of October this year until the first of July next year. Considerable increase of numbers is expected as the winter advances. Of these things we propose to take notes when they )ccnr. Besides these publio schools, there are n Columbia several private schools, at which the juvenile freedmen receive initruction for a very moderate price. No white persons are engaged in teaching freedmen, that we are aware of, except those lalies from the north already mentioned. The community looks with favor on the efforts to educate and elevate the negro and help on these efforts as much as possible. New York, November 19.?The Washngton "special," of the Post says, facts livulged to day show little hope that the President will recommend impartial suffrage n his message The Commercial's "special" says, it is