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s ? ? Scraps and |acts. A Southern paper says were the South to make Stevens a present of $200,000, that revengefhl fellow would cease his vindictive schemes against the South. An exchange says that lawyers practicing before the military courts in the Southern satrapies, are expected to open their argument swith the usual formula?"May it please your shoulder-straps." The following is a summary of President Johnson's vetoes, and what came'of them. "Vetoes, 10; pocket vetoes, 1; laws passed over, 6; vetoes sustained, 4; became laws without signature, 1." Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, facetiously signs himself "Moses." The Nashville Banner believes that if the original Moses had been as ugly as Brownlow. Pharaoh's daughter would never have lifted the little "cuss" out of the bulrushes. Mrs. Jefferson Davis passsd through Goldsboro', on Saturday, on the Wilmington train going North. During tne brief stoppaffe of the cars, Mr. Hutton, on behalf of the citizens, presented to Mm Davis a handsome pecuniary donation. A man who won a fat turkey at a raffle, and A -1 X xl_ - whose pious wne was very inquisitive aouut mc method of obtaining the poultry, satisfied her at last, with the remark that the Shakers" gave it to him. Both houses of the Maryland Legislature, have adopted a bill reported by the Committee on Finance, appropriating $100,000 for the purchase of food, supplies, ana such necessaries as may be wanting by the sufferers at the South. More than ever is it now necessary that every Southern boy should learn a trade?should take off his poat, roll up his sleeves, and go at something;?by which ne can make a living, and support nimse If. There is a case of courtship in Last Lyme, Connecticut, that has been going on for more than forty-five years, and during that time, with a very few exceptions, the gentleman has called on his intended on each alternate Sunday evening. Bunting, of which flags are made, is manufactured at only two mills m this country. The new tariff puts a duty of $1.35 per yard on itThen, of course, the old flag will now be dearer than ever to us. A New York clergyman, recently, in the oourse of a sermon bewailing the coldness of his flock in religious matters, said that the kind of conversion most sought after by church members of late, had been the oonversion of seven-thirties. Bankrupt comes from the Italian banco rotto, or broken bench. When a Venetian failed it was usual to break up his bench or chair in the exchange to signify that he had no longer a seat at the board. An intelligent free man of color, in Missis sippi, on being told that the military bill had passed and that the South would soon be governed by a soldiery, remarked: "Yes, d?n um, dey want 'o git up aunuder wah, so de'll git to steal sumthin!" Yankee brokers in Memphis hire men in the city to go to work on farms in tne county with the understanding they shall run away at the earliest opportunity mid oome back to be hired over again. Brokers and laborers divide the commission paid by the farmers who want the hands. General Mansfield Adjutant-General of Indiana, in his report to the Legislature on the condition of the State militia, says it consists at present of a major-general, lieutenant-general, quartermaster-general, and no privates, and he recommends the passage of a law that will add some privates to the force. James Anderson, Esq., formerly Superintendent of the Charlotte Bail Road, having accepted a similar position on the North Carolina Central Bail Road, Caleb Bouknight, Esq., who has been officially connected with the Charlotte Road from its inception, has accepted the office made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Anderson. In Kentucky lives a man, the head of a veiy respectable and intelligent family, who during one week in each month, about the first quarter of the moon, imagines himself a woman, dons the hoops and balmoral and sits in his parlor waiting for his beau! This strange conduct was first noticed in him when he was about seventeen years of age.? He is now fifty-one. The Toronto Leader is very much provoked by the sensitiveness of the people of the United States with reference to the proposed "Kingdom." The editor says: "Our American neighbors may as well understand now as later, that we no more consult their feeling, or prejudices, in these matters. than they consult ours in the reconstruction of the States of the Union." A certain farmer (a pillar of the church) had a fine field of wheat, which, being a little late, was threatened with an early frost In the emergency he went into his closet and wrestled in prayer with the Lord for its preservation. In his prayer he stated the facts fully > and how the wheat would be affected by the frost, and wound m> his petition in these words: "Not, Lord, that I would dictate, but merely recommend and advise." One of the Bureau 'officials, while traveling on the "Governor Sharkey," on her last trip up the Arkansas, noticed a lady with a negro in attendance, ana he remarked: J_'Madam, I see you have one ot my children. z es, sirj replied the lady, "I see the resemblance!" A slight tittering was observed in the cabin, and the "Bureau" made himself 9carce during the trip; he could not wash down the resemblance. The Harrisonburg (Va.) Commonwealih says: Mr. Gerard McDonaldson, a Confederate soldier living near this'plaoe, who lost his right arm in battle, is now engaged in cutting wood with the left. He can cut the trees and make 100 rails per day. He also makes coal?cuts the wood, stacks it, burns and draws it We vouch for the truth of this statement upon the authority of Mr. David Eiler, a respectable gentleman of this neighborhood. The Chester Standard of last week, in an article on "Return Day" says: "More than one thousand writs and acceptances were served and received in this District during the last week. Very few of our citizens escaped these interesting mementoes of former transactions. In view of this startling and alarming condition of affairs, we hail the passage of "the Bankrupt Act" as a positive blessing and regard it as the only sensible piece of legislation enacted by the late Congress. Thousands will be compelled to avail themselves of its provisions, and to commence the struggle of life anew." At one of the colored churches in Mobile, the minister, having finished his sermon, announced that a collection would be taken up for missionary purposes. The "sasser" was accordingly sentaround. When it came back to the pulpit, the preacher proceeded to count the amount received, and among the fractional currency he discovered a ten dollar Confederate bill. He looked at it for some time with evident disgust, and then took a calm look at his congregation over the top of his spectacles. Then clapping the uucurrent bill upon tne open bible with indignant emphasis, he exclaimed: "Brederin, Iputdis bill right dar on de bible and let the Lord take care of aat man!" The Louisiana House of Representatives has concurred in the Senate resolution appointing a committee to protest against the Reconstruction bill of Mr. Sherman. Charges have been preferred against Governor Wells, in the House, for usurpation in issuing his proclamation declaring the qualification of voters in the State in accordance with the Reconstruction bill, and his impeachment is probable. Mayor Monroe, the Lieutenant-Governor, and others, had an interview with General Sheridan regarding the rights of negroes to vote at the election which was to have been held on Monday, when they were informed that if the negroes cud not vote, the election would be null. A bill was immediately passed in the House postponing the proposed election. In the Police Court of Chicago, a wife thus ingeniously explained away serious charges of harsh treatment of ner poor husband: One dav, when she was running across the room with a fork in her hand, he jumped in her way and struck his wrist against the fork, wrenching it from her grip by the tines, which he ran into his wrist. Then he undertook to strike her, but she held up a pan of hot dish water between them, and spilt it all over his head. Then he got still more angry at this accident, and started to jump at her; but his head came against her hand, and he fell down. She took hold of his hair to help him up, but the hair was moistened by the hot water so tnat it came off. Then she saw it was no use to reason with him any longer, and-she left the house. The present recognized national debt is a little less than three thousand millions of dollars. But the claims of loval men, North and South, for property taken or for property destroyed during the progress of the war, have yet to be allowed and counted. Ho New York Times, whose* editor was 4 a member of the last Congress, says it has very good reason to believe that the amount of such of these claims as will be found to be perfectly just, and such as must be paid, will approach very nearly, if it does not equal, what is understood to be the present aggregate of the national debt This may seem extravagant, as it certainly is alarming; but it believes time will show that it is not an overstatement of the actual fact Chief Justice Chase is already overwhelmed by applications for appointments as registers under the Bankrupt Act He will not appoint any one until after the meeting of the Supreme Court April next Where several Counties are embraced in one Congressional District, one register will probably be selected by each County, and none will be appointed except lawyers who stand at the head of their profession, who will be rigidly examined, as these positions are regarded as of as much importance as that of United States district judge, and the fees will be fixed by. the Supreme Court, so that the best attorneys can afford to attend to it Where there are any number of persons who desire to take the benefit of the law, the position of register will be veiy profitable. editors: JAS. E. WILSON. JAS. F. HART. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 21,1867 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. OUR DISTRICT COMMANDER. . Under General Oraer No. 10, from the Adjutant General's office, Gen. D. E. Sickles has been assigned to the command of the Second Military District, consisting of the late States of North and South Carolina, with his headquarters at Columbia. The Mercury announces that General Sickles was to leave Washington on the 18th instant, and was expected in Charleston on the 20th, . on the way to his headquarters, By the time that our subscribers receive this number of the Enquirer, they will be living under a bona fide military government ' 'The crisis Which was to have arriv, have arroventhe restoration of the "glorious Union" has been accomplished, to the extent of extinguishing the separate existence of' South Carolina, as a State in the Union. But the terrors of military government will prove more imaginary than real, if our citizens will quietly attend to their private business and refrain from political agitation. This sounds like strange advice to a community of Americans, with the fearless blood of Anglo Saxon ancestors in their veins; but it is the best counsel that can be*given under the circumstances. If we are to judge from the course of General Schofeeld, in District No. 1, the civil rights of our people will not be interfered With, and the duties of the military will consistr? not in making new laws, but simply in enforcing laws which already exist, and will exist, until changed by a convention of the people. Officers under the existing provisional government of South Carolina will probaby be continued in office, until their successors are duly elected and qualified under the act of Congress. This is our view of the case, from the lights before us. When further information on the subject is vouchsafed us, we will lay it before our readers. AGRICULTURAL JOURNALS. A prejudice exists in the minds of many farmers, against "book-farming," or the use of works on agriculture as aids to the proper cultivation of the soil. Some contend that the only way for a j man to learn farming is by personal experience. ' Such persons imagine that as they have for years engaged at the business, they know all about it, and can learn nothing worth the knowing, from books and papers. This principle, if applied to other occupations, would be fatal to all improvement or progess in knowledge of any kind. Some nations have adopted the rule of exactly imitating the customs of their fathers, without any effort to improve on them, and those nations consequently occupy inferior positions, and posses inferior power and resources to the rest of the world. Not to advance with the t^orld is a mark of deficient energy or feeble capacity. The man who can be taught nothing is always set down as a fool, whether his inability to learn proceeds from lack of brains, or from that self-conceit which leads its possessor to think he already knows everything. On the contrary, the wise man is ever ready and anxious to learn something new; nor does he despise any, even the lowest, source of information. The truth is, there is no subject that can be thoroughly exhausted; none that has been completely studied out or understood by any one. No man exists, who knows all that can be known of any art, science, profession or occupation. He may devote his entire lifetime to the exclusive study of one thing, but though he lived a thousand years, he could not carry it to perfection; there would . still be something to learn ahead of him. These remarks are just as true of farming as of any other science, and the man who desires to be a thorough farmer, must seek for information from ^? i.:- -? l:? Otner l!>uuruus luau nio unu nuiiicu i\;uvyv;.? The carpenter who would set out to learn his trade, with a contempt for the teachings of others, and determine to build houses just as his father did, would find himself unable to compete with carpenters who study all the improvements made from time to time, in the style and structure of buildings. For the same reason, farmers who scorn improved modes of culture and labor-saving implements, will some day find themselves growing poorer than their neighbors who are willing to learn new things. By taking and reading agricultural magazines, the farmer gets the experience of thousands of others in the same profession ; which experience is as reliable as his own. * He gets the benefit of numberless experiments in agriculture, from various parts of the country, ? which, if found to be advantageous, are available to him, without the i trouble and expense of making the experiment for himself. These magazines are edited by practical farmers, who are continually experimenting on soils, manures, crops and stock, for the purpose of making them more profitable. The editors are assisted by contributors from all parts of the country, who make it a duty to send full reports of every experiment connected with farming, which they have found to be useful. Nothing which interests the farmer is omitted. The various methods of raising and improving live-stock ; the best styles of culture for different crops; the qualities of different manures, with their adaptation to peculiar soils and crops; the working-capacities of new im- , plements and machines; the cultivation of the orchard and the garden ; the care of bees; even the raising of chickens; all are carefully investigated, and the results noted down for these magazines. Now there may be men who understand all these things too well to learn anything about them; they of course stand in no need of papers to assist them in cultivating their farms. But the vast majority of farmers would, we think, find an agridUl | turai journal ol great service. In tact Mere is I "money in it," to those who are willing to risk a dollar or two, to pay the price of subscription.? There are now living men, raised in cities and ignorant of country life, who have bought farms and become rich, by cultivating them according to the directions given in agricultural magazines. Such men generally become the most successful farmers, and the reason thereof, is that they are not wedded to old ways and old theories, and have nothing to unlearn, while they are learning the business aright We believe it to be the interest of every farmer to become a subscriber to some agricultural paper. It should be remembered that he is not i obliged to follow the directions given, unless he chooses to do so; but be will probably find something that will pay him, in every number. Two of the best agricultural journals to be had are the Southern Cultivator, published at Athens, Georgia, and the!Maryland Farmer, published at Baltimore, Maryland. The price of either is $2 in currency, and we will take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions for them. If Any farmer will subscribe for either of these papers, and upon reading carefully through the first number he receives, will tell us he has not learned something that will be of use to him, we will refund his subscription. THE SUPPLEMENTARY BILL. Considerable opposition having been shown by the people of the South to voluntarily assuming the yoke offered to them in the Military Bill, another bill has been framed to reconstruct our State constitutions, without waiting for our consent? This is called the "Supplementary Bill," and may be found in another column, as it passed the House. It is now before the Senate, where a disposition is evinced to change some of its features. The most important change proposed, is the striking out that part of the oath which requires the voter to swear attachment to tke Union and the government? Whether this or any other change is made in the Bill, it is morally certain that it will in some form become a law. * P. S.?Since the above was in type, our exchanges announce the passage of this bill with amendments, by the Senate; the amendments of the Senate being concurred in by the House. The question of "Convention or no Convention" must now be voted on before the 1st of September next If the majority of votes cast is for a Convention, it will be held?not otherwise. Provided that no Convention shall be held, unless a majority of the registered voters shall have voted on the question of Convention. The registration oath has been changed, and now reads: "I do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presence of Almighty Cod, that I am a citizen of the State of- ; that I have resided in said State for ?? months next preceding this day, and now reside in the County (or the Parish) of ^ in the said State; am twenty-one years old; have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States^nor for felony committed against the laws of the United States; have never taken an oath as member of Congress of the United States, or member of any State Legislature, or executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and "afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof; will faithfully support the Constitution and obey tne laws of the United States; and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others to do so. So help me God." THE SHADOW ON THE WALL. A STOBY OP COLONIAL VIRGINIA. BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE, ESQ., Author of "Surry, of Eatfe'8 Nest," "Wearing the Qray," "Life of'Stonewall' Jackson," etc. In the Yorkville Enquirer for Thursday, 2d of May, 1867, will be commenced the publication of an Original Nouvelette with the above title, written expressly for the Enquirer, by John Es" ten Cooke, Esq., one of the most popular and interesting of Southern authors. Now is the time to subscribe! WAGES NORTH AND SOUTH. The monthly report of the Agricultural Department for January contains statistics of the price of farm labor, in the different States of the Union.? From this report, it appears that the average monthly wages of a laborer, wiihout board, is $33,30 in the Eastern, $30,07 in the Middle, $28,91 in the Western, and $16,00 in the Southern States. The commissioner, a political economist of the Sumner school, on noticing this fact, arrives at the conclusion that the superior prosperity of the North is produoed by the higher price there paid for agricultural labor. He further discovers the cause of high wages in the greater variety of industrial pursuits. The highest wages paid for farm labor is in New England, where mechanical and manufacturing employments draw off many of the inhabitants. This is very natural; as the number who find employment in cities and villages is veiy great, while comparatively few are left to till the soil. Farm labor being thus in demand, persons j wishing that kind of work, can command high wages for their services. The cause assigned by the commissioner for the higher rates paid in the North is correct. For this reason, it becomes important to encourage in our midst every form of industry that will produce capital. The more laborers that can be drawn from the field to manu- j facture articles needed at home, .the better it will be for our State. Those who remain at the plow will get higher wages, while those who apply themselves to mechanics and manufactures, will also make a better support than they now do. At the same time, this division of labor will produce at home manv things which must now be obtained abroad, and will thus keep our capital from passing into hands outside of the State. But in his first proposition, we think Mr. Newton has mistaken the effect for the cause. So far from high prices producing it, we are inclined to believe that they are the result of prosperity. As for the poverty of the South, a philosopher of Mr. Newton's experience might easily find other causes for it than low wages to farm laborers. Before the war, the prosperity of the South was equal to that of any country on the globe, and the average wealth of individuals here exceeded that of the North. No comparison of the present condition of the two sections is just.; for the one is enriched by the plunder of the other. The South is just beginning to reap the benefits of Northern ideas, as practically developed in legislation. The immense .advantages of "freedom" are just beginning to be felt, and it is scarcely fair to expect S. Carolina to make a showing equal to Massachusetts just yet When the blessings of military government, high taxes on staple products, and confiscation have been fully enjoyed for awhile, South Carolina will probably be able to pay as high wages to laborers as a Northern State. Another count in the indictment against the Southern States is, that the average price of board, or the difference in wages when board is given, in the South is just half what it is in the North. This fact might seem to be in favor of the South, but the commissioner thinks differently; he believes in high wages and high board. The high price of board in Massachusetts, ($16.58), is accounted for by the higher cost of food products, and the low price at the South, ($6.26), by the quality of the food. He says: "In the South, the board of freedmen, consisting mainly of corn meal and bacon, is of course very low." Now we had always supposed that corn, wheat, bacon, &c., always sold for less in the North than here, and we judged from quotations of the markets in different cities, North and South. Corn is often 30 per +v, nm VinrA flip PfiTnmitninn-1 WUt IV/OO V11V1V j WW VMW er accounts for low board here, on the ground that food costs us less than the Northern people. There are good reasons for this difference in board, but the reason assigned is not one of them.j One of these is that here laborers draw their ra-1 tions and cook for themselves; but there laborers eat with their employers, and of course are exempt from the task of cooking. Another reason is that our farmers charge freedmen with nothing but meat and bread, allowing them many vege-1 tables and other articles, gratis; while at the North the laborer pays for every mouthful that he eats. J Whether our laborers live as high as Northern J farm hands or not, we are not prepared to say; but they get enough, such as it is, and are generally contented. A third cause of low board at the South is, that freedmen buy only substantial, depending on their talent for stealing, to supply them with the luxuries of life. Even when they possess cornfields and fowls, &c., many of them prefer to steal roasting ears, eggs and chickens for eating purposes, and reserve their own for sale. WASHINGTON NEWS. In the House, a bill, supplementary to the Military Bill, was passed. This will be found in another column. The Senate has also passed the bill with some amendments; a caucus of Radical Senators resolved that the Senate should not adjourn, until this BUI has become a law, with or without the president's consent A veto is expected, and it is, therefore, deemed best to continue in session until the veto is acted upon. After that, it is thought Congress will adjourn until October. A bill appropriating one million dollars for the relief of Southern destitution is before the House, but there is little probability of its adoption. But ler, with others like him, oppose assisting wiuows and orphans, whose bereavement was caused by rebellion. They suggest to God Almighty the propriety of populating the South with people who are loyal to "the flag." As for the disloyal persons whom He has created, these righteous judges feel under no obligation to preserve lives contaminated by treason. Mr. Sherman introduced a joint resolution, removing disability from holding office from Jos, E. Brown, of Georgia, and R M. Paiton, of Alabama^ which was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Theforner named.'rebel" has certainly earned his pardon, and we predict, will soon be heard from, as the ruling spirit of true patriotism in Georgia. A delegation from the Virginia Legislature called upon the President, eliciting from him the declaration concerning the ndlHtary bill, that "he had opposed this mgasuittjmt as it had become the law of the land withouthis agency, he would faithfully execute it" Commanders for the several military districts have been assigned as follows: 1st Dish Gen. J. M. Schofield, Headquarters Richmond, Va. 2d Dist Gen. D. E. Sickles, Headquarters Columbia, S. C. 3d Dist. Gen. G. H. Thomas, Headquarters Montgomery, Alabama 4th Dist. Glen. E 0. C. Obd, Headquarters Vicksburg, Virginia 6th Dist Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Headquarters New Orleans, Louisiana. FREEDAEN TO SPARE. The Agricultural Commissioner reports that, according to a census taken last winter by the Freedmen's Bureau, there were 31,549 freedmen in the District of Columbia Since the census was taken, 5,192 of these have made contracts with planters and have left the District to come South. Their departure leaves more than 26,000 still in the District; a much larger number than can be employed there, in the opinion of the Commissioner. The Bureau has offered every inducement to them, to make contracts and find homes for themselves in other States, but they prefer to remain where they ciyoy a prospect of support by the government? Transportation was furnished; agents were employed to give their attention solely to getting them off; meetings were held and much eloquence was wasted; but all in vain. In the language of the report, "there seems to be great reluctance on the part of the majority to leave even the miserable homes they have established here, and start forth to parts of the country new and strange to them," Those of our people who are in need of hands, may perhaps gel them, with transportation furnished, by application to the chief of the Bureau at Washington. But from the showing of the above report, it will probably not be of much use to apply ; though it may be worth the effort. Any one wishing to try the experiment, should address "Employment Office, Freedmen's Bureau, Wash ington, V. U." THE RALEIGH SENTINEL. This valuable journal has recently been enlarged, and now furnishes its readers with as much reading matter as any daily, published in North or South Carolina. Its arimpal matter is ably written, and its extracts from outer papers well selected, making it a good neics-paper. We hope the people of the old North State will appreciate the efforts of the proprietor to furnish them with a number one journal. We cheerfully recommend the Sentinel, published by Wm. E. Pell. The terms per year are ten, five and three dollars, in currency, for the daily, semi-weekly and weekly, respectively. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. "When did Slavery Cease?" It has recently been decided in the United States Court, at Austin, Texas, that the abolition of slavery in that State first took effect at the military occupation of the State by the Federal troops. The question came up in a suit brought to recover the value of a note given for negroes, in 1864. The defence claimed exemption from payment, under Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, which was issued in 1862, and rendered sales of negroes illegal after that date. The jury de.' led in favor of the plaintiff, but the case will go up to Washington. According to either of the above doctrines, the acts of the State Legislatures, abolishing slavery, in 1865, are treated as acts of no practical value, though under the Constitution, they alone had power to abolish it States' Rights has certainly "played out," effectually. Flood in East Tennessee. There has been a rise in the waters of the Tennessee river, amounting almost to a deluge ; the high water mark being fifteen feet higher than ever before known. Near Knoxville, houses, bridges, crops and live stock were swept away in one indiscriminate ruin. Vast quantities of corn had been stored on the river banks, waiting on high water for shipment, over 100,000 bushels of which were, destroyed by the flood. In Chattanooga, the water rose to the second story of the Crutchfield House, a large brick hotel, and covered the city as if with a sea. Many goods were destroyed by the water, and many lost through the rascality of low down white men and negroes, who took advantage of the disaster, to plunder their wealthier neighbors. . The papers are full of incidents connected with this great flood, which has temporarily made a desert of a section of country, by nature one of the richest in North America. The damage sustained | will probably amount to millions. Beauty of American Women. A writer in the Round Table makes the pleasing discovery that American women are growing more and more beautiful every year. We presume that he means each successive crop of young larJiAQ ?a nreftior tVinn the last?not that the same women continue to grow more beautiful every year. This last would be a discovery greatly to be desired. But, alas, it is decreed that women shall increase in beauty to a certain point only, after which they gradually lose their outward loveliness. Some, indeed, by the assistance of rouge, hair-dye, "palpitators," and other modern inventions, fight old Time successfully for a long period of years, but the ungallant old rascal uriR conquer them at last But it is a consolation to know that, though the old roses are fading, the coming buds and blossoms are to be more lovely than their predecessors.? Some of the old crop, however, are hard to beat, possessing as they do, in addition to beauty of person, those charms of mind and soul that never fade. There are a few of the old stock left, "blooming alone;" and we advise our bachelor friends to make a selection, without waiting for the new crop. Freedmen's Bureau Hospital Report. Surgeon L. A. Edwards, the chief medical officer of the Freedmen's Bureau, has made his report for the year ending Sept. 30th 1866. At the close of that fiscal year, there were in the employ of the government, 17 commissioned medical officers, 101 private physicians, and 406 hospital attendants. There were also 46 hospitals, 10 camp dispensaries and 5 orphan asylums, with a capacity of nearly 4,500 beds, about 3,000 of which were occupied, Sept 30th, 1866. The Surgeon reports less mortality among the "wards of the nation," i than might have been expected; but he leaves the 'public to take his word for this fact, as he omits any statement of the number of deaths among his patients. He recommends asylums for insane freedmen, although he considers it the duty of each State to care for the insane of its own population. Yet, in consideration of the limited resource! of Southern Statesjtie believes the care of this class of freedmen, as well as the deaf, dumb and blind, comes temporarily within the duties and objects of the Bureau. The estimated expenses of the Medical Department of the Bureau for the present year are $460,000; of which $250,000 are for medicines, hospital stores, bedding &c., and $210,000 for the pay of surgeons, doctors, and nurses.? While we regard" the Freedmen's Bureau, on the whole, a humbug, that feature of it which takes care of the sick and afflicted, forms an honorable exception in its character, and entitles the otherwise objectionable institution to some degree of respect How to get Rich. Some aspiring youth, signing himself "0. G. S.," has written to the New York Tribune for instructions by which he may become rich. The Tribune, in reply, lays down for his consideration, the following six rules, by observing which, he is assured of wealth, in time : I. Firmly resolve to never owe a debt II. Acquire promptly and thoroughly, some useful calling. ILL Resolve never to be a rover. IV. Comprehend that there is work almost everywhere for him who can do it V. Realize that he who earns six pence Der day more than he spends, must get rich, while he who spends six pence more than he earns must become poor. "VT. Distrust and shun by-paths and short-cuts, and keep straight along the hroad, obvious, beaten highwav. We would add a seventh, to wit: "Be as mean as you can possibly afford to be; give away nothing that you can help; cheat everybody you can, and let no one cheat you." This rule has made ? ' II -1 -it L!. J J more ncn men tnan au ine omera uumumeu, uuu it is the only rule by which a man who starts on nothing, can become rich. The other rules may make him prosperous, easy in life, and happy; meanness alone, can make him a Croesus. In this world of want and suffering, where there are so many claims upon his pity, a man who accumulates a fortune, must possess a considerable alloy of selfishness in his composition. The young man who starts out in life, with his mind fixed on riches as the end of his career, will bear watching. If no great temptation meets him, he may preserve his honesty; but the chances are that he will turn out a highway robber, a forger, or a defaulter in seme position of trust Planting the Wrong Crop. -The MiHedgeville, (Ga.) Federal Union, after stating that the appeals of the press to plantr era, to plant corn instead of cotton, have had the contrary effect each man thinking that his neighbora would follow the advice and leave him a chance to make money on cotton, says: From all that we can hear, there will be a much larger crop, of cotton and less corn planted this year than last. Consequently we may look out if the season is good, for a fall in the price of cotton and a rise in tne price of corn. If such a system of farming does not bring distress and poverty, and ruin, upon the country, all history and experience is a cheat and a lie. The attachment which some men feel towards cotton bales, is a species of idolatxy?they literally worship them. But God in all ages has punished idolatry of every kind. Southern planters should remember that bv the time the next cotton crop is picked out, in ail probability, the country will be swarming with military officers, who will be governed by no law but their own will. These men have a great affection for cotton bales, and will be quite likely to appropriate a few of them to their own use. They will have the power and will not be long in finding an excuse. We would ask our planters sincerely, if they would like to raise cotton for our military rulers ? They will not be likely to seize upon provisions. They do not want us to starve. They are sending provisions now to keep us from starving. They want us to live to make cotton for them. Let us be careful how we starve the poor, impoverish ourselves and offend Godj for the sake of raising cotton to enrich military officers. We recommend the above sensible remarks to the consideration of farmers, with this slight qualification. Cotton, being the most paying crop of the South, Should be planted extensively, as a means of paying off debts and bringing money into the South. But in prosecuting this end, the O 1 11 J.i 1 1 A 3 means OI sustaining uie snouia not ue uegiecieu.? Bread is more important than money ; and in the present condition of our country, it becomes the duty of those who cultivate the soil, to see to it that there is enough bread produced to supply the country. After this duty is performed, let them, by all means, raise as much cotton as they can, to add to the capital and resources of the South.? But we hope the temptation to make money wiH not lead our planters to the suicidal policy of trusting to other portions of the country for corn, at $1.20 in specie, with cotton at 10 to 15 cents. A Liberal SodI. The New York TVmes thus calls public attention to the small-mindedness of a United States Senator : "Mr. Tipton, the new Senator from the new State of Nebraska, made his debut in the United States Senate the other day by opposing a vote of thanks to George Peabody for. his donation of two millions of dollars to aid the cause of education in the South. Mr. Tipton couldn't vote for it until he knew how Mr. reabody sUxx. during the rebellion. They have some very liberal and large-minded men in the west, we presume, but they don't send them all to Congress. mereImention. Mr. R. G. Barnwell, associate editor of DeBow's Review, contradicts the statement that Mr. J. D. DeBow is dead, and says it was Franklin DeBow, brother of the editor, who died in New York a few days ago." Statistics show that during the past year nearly two hundred persons have been burned to death by the explosion of kerosene lamps, and that the destruction of property amounts to more than $6,000,000. The North Carolina papers state that the wheat crop in that State is promising, and that the seeding has been for a large crop. At a recent meeting of a Massachusetts religious society, it is stated that dancing was indulged in, and that the minister led off in the first reel. The spectacle of a clergyman reeling before his congregation is calculated to hurt religion. A man in Fredericksburg, Ya., was knocked down by lightning and cured of rheumatism. He don't recommend the remedy. A colored woman of immense proportion was lately arrested in New Orleans for having five husbands, two of them white. "The Mississippi Legislature has appropriated $20,000 for the defence of Jefferson Davis. The Presbyterian churches in the South have not recovered from the effects of the war; 150 edifices were destroyed, and 1,500 congregations need aid to prevent them from dissolution. A travelling hotel has been attached to the passenger trains on the Wilmington and Wfilrlnn "Railroad. The cookintr is also done on the train, and a hot running dinner or supper can he obtained by the traveller. "The box rent of the New York post office is $70,000 a year. One hundred and fifty-six million letters passed through the office last year. A Wheeling D. D. advertises a French medicine, one bottle of which will enable a man to talk French in about three weeks. "The annual meeting of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will be held in Nashville, Tenn., on the 15th of April next It has been discovered that Othello had a legal as well as a military office in Venetia. He was a-tawny-General. One county in Nebraska, containing a population of 500, raised a wheat crop of 30,000 bushels, or sixty bushels to each inhabitant, last year. "The German steamers are expected to bring over 70,000 immigrants during the sttmraer. A society has been established in France called "Solidares," the members of which take a pledge to be buried without the prayers of the Church, and its practical working has caused great annoyance to the clergy and religious people generally. ""A bar of Montana gold worth $100,000 is to be sent to the Paris exhibition, and Pennsylvania will have there a pebble of coal weighing six tons. " GONTSTBUTOBIAL." BY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON. * COLUMBIA, SOUTH GABOLHA. 18TH MABOH, 1867. 3 ? ' ~ J Hoops. An eastern paper contains a paragraph stating j that barrels are now made without hoops somewhere in Yankeedom. Remarkable coincidence?women and barrels both discarding hoops at the same time. _ ^ . bankruptcy. The recent Bankrupt Bill passed by Congress j seems to meet with general fevor. We have ob- ] seiyed favorable comments in the newspapers all ; over the State, and none unfavorable. We think the law is qpeded, probably more in the South than in the North, but everywhere. * . The ultimate effect of this law will *be to limit the hitherto-unlimited use of credit, which will be a great blessing to the poor, and the rich do not stand in need of such blessings. " < Congress. ] The New York Sun says:?"Confiscation is i now the great issue of the ultraists in Congress.? ] Their leader holds that the property of the rebels j should be divided among the freedmen, and his * i a 11 sentiments in this respect are endorsed Dy a mucn larger of Congressmen than the Southern peo- i pie imagine. It was this object that, led Stevens and his faction to oppose the Sherman bill Any one who will calmly reflect upon the progress of i the party within the past year, must be oonvinoed < that confiscation is not unlikely. The only thing I requisite to bring it about is a refusal of the South 1 to accept the terms of reorganization that are now offered." Court. ! The fortnight session of the Court of Common ' I Pleas, in Columbia, closed last Saturday, Judge 1 Dawkins, sitting. It did not reach the civil dock- 1 et at all, having a full two-weeks' work upon the criminal docket The civil docket was large we learn; and the same is true of Greenville and Chester districts. All over the State, we are told, men are suing for debts without stint and without mercy. There is as much mercy for the South in the Yankee Congress, as there is for the debtor among the creditors in South Carolina. With such an apology at hand, who has heart to rebuke Thad. Stevens ? Weather. Friday morning, the 15th, we had a light fall of snow, which melted as it fell. Towards night, the drizzle of rain that had been fitfully sprinkling us during the day, lapsed into a sleet, or frozen rain. I Saturday morning found our trees loaded and scores ? ' i?i J ot teem wiinin tne city uroneu uuv?u mm uic weight of ice upon them. During this day there was some thawing, but night found the trees still burdened with ice. Sunday morning dawned upon iceless trees, however; and it was only in seques- , tred corners that one could see any remnant of ice remaining. The sunshine of the Sabbath reduced us again to a species of hybernal-vernal weather; and thus passes this last Northern invasion. Fashion for Ladies. A lady whom we know to be of high social position, in New York circles, writes as follows, of thtf present style of ladies' skirts in Paris: "It is scarcely credible to what eccentricities the very fiat, scant skirts are leading; in some instances the material has all the effect of being pasted to the figure, as there is neither pleat nor wrinkle in the upper part of the skirt j it is, in fact, an exact copy of the style worn dunng the First Empire. The trains of dresses have attained the length of a yard and a half, and even more, and this exaggeration renders tne moving about a crowded Killroom a matter of extreme awkwardness and perplexity. Crinoline has not absolutely disappeared; But it is now reduced to three circles of steel at the lower part of the skirt, and these circles measure from two and a half to two and three-quarter yards in circumference." Woe then to the double duplex ellipticals that have been enchanting our eyes these several years past! , ' Sleep and Health. We have just read a very entertaining and much needed book upon sleep and its relations to health. It is called Sleep, and is by Dr. W. W. Hall, now of New York, but who lived for ten or twelve years, long ago, in the South. The Preface epitomizes the book.?"It is the aim and end of this book to show that as a means of high health, good blood, and a strong mind to old and young, sick or well, each one should have a single bed in a large, clean, light room, so as to pass all the hours of sleep in a pure fresh air, and that those who fail in this, will in the end fail in health and strength of limb and brain, and will die while yet their days are not aD told." The importance of perfect ventilation is i demonstrated so forcibly, that none but a fqpl will, after reading the book, consent to sleep in an airtight room. The reasons for sleeping in single beds are also veiy forcible, and they apply no less [ to the married than to the single; and the reasoning upon the whole subject is very curious and instructive. Indeed, this author handles some deli- < cate subjects with great delicacy, and yet with great clearness. All who are afflicted with ne-vous sleeplessness or imperfect (dreaming) sleep, m who sleep in papered rooms, the young, the married, and those who burn gas?in fact almost everybody ?should read the book. It tells us about nightair, the effect of light upon health, the evil of the old and the young's sleeping in the same bed, how to get to sleep, how long to sleep, how to ventilate houses, and a good many other valuable things.? The volume is a neat duodecimo, and sells at a dolJar and a half; and to many would be worth hun- ' dreds of dollars. Negro Politics. We attended a meeting held by the freedmen of Columbia to celebrate their reception of the elective , franchise. The principal orators were David Pick- i ett, Beverly Nash, and one Bryce, all freedmen. i Pickett made a very temperate, earnest, sensible ( speech; one that was listened to with profound at- ( tention and respect, and had a very fine effect? , He advocated a co-operation of white and black? i a mutuality of feeling, sympathy, and interests be- ? tween the two races. Nash made a more ambitious but probably less ' successful effort He made several large plunges at Buncombe. He sat in the gallery of the Amer-. f ican Congress, when the House of Representatives i passed this Universal Suffrage Bill over the veto of i the President; and he characterized that event as < the downfall of Andrew Johnsoa He felt at that J moment, he said, as if the clock of civilization had . been put forward a hundred years. He hoped f that His wp would conduct themselves in their 1 new element of citizenship, in suclv a way as to make neither Congress nor South Carolina blush for them. He advised his fellow-freedmen to be too proud to surrender any right that belonged to them, and too generous to infringe upon the rights of others. He Buncombized a good deal about Palmettoes, and meeting an invading foe upon the shores, and that sort of thing. And wound up with this sentiment:?South Carolina when she is rigid; the United States, right or wrong. Bryce made a brief but temperate speeoh. He advised his compatriots that liberty?die glorious liberty about which so much had been said?was the privilege of doing as one chooses only when one chooses to do what is .right. These people are to have a celebration, with speeches, music, procession, banners, mottoes, and transparencies. They selected this motto as the one expressive of the sentiments of the race upon the occasion: 11 Unity and Friendship to all Men." We found the entire meeting very interesting.? As Charles II. said of the discussion on Lord Ross' Divorce Bill in the Parliament, it was "As good as a play." Many persons through the country do hot know where they can procure pure^and genuine Drugs and Chemicals. Messrs Goodrich, Wdoeman & Co, (formerly John Ashhtjrst A Co.), at their Old Southern Drug House, No 153 Meetingstreet, opposite the Charleston Hotel, keep an extensive stock, which they warrant tne quality of. Physicians can depend'on having their orders filled by experienced hands and at moderate prices. ' LOCAL ITEMS. HEW A&TBBTI8EKEHTS. y.,C. Harris, 0. Y, D.-Citation-A. M. Jackson Applicant?MidcQeton McDaniel. Deceased. P. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.-Citation-Hugb Tate, Applicant?HngltCaroth?rs, Deceased. Andrew Jackson, Tax-Collector?State Taxes. Elomesley <fe Asber?Pickled Beet 44 44 -Pickled Pork. 44 44 ?Northern Potatoes. 44 44 ?Hemlock Leather. ; / 44 44 ?Mackerel. * ...44 . t ?Oats and Corn. . 44 44 ?Country Bacon. J 44 44 ?Another War .Declared. I Dr. N. A. Ptatt, Charleston?Wholesale Druggist 3 Brown <fc Hamilton?Lai* Notioe. 9 Joseph T. Evans?$50 Reward. I T. M. Dobson <ft Co.?Rio Coffee. 44 44 44 ?Kerosine OiL 44 *' ' " ?Salt 1 ? 44 . 44 ?Nails. j W. I. Clawson?Assignee's Notice. ; HO PEACHES THIS YEAS. The peach trees in this District, which were all out in full bloom, have suffered severely from the late snow storm and the frost of the succeeding night The result will probably be a scarcity of peaches, if not of apples also; though the latter, being rather more backward than the former, may have escaped the blighting effect of the oold weather. The Bnow-covered ground, the pink blossoms of the peach trees, and the green leaves of the earlier budding trees, formed a landscape not often witnessed. Had a painter ventured to put a scene like this on canvas, he would have been severely censured for his incongruities, by the critics. Fet Kb in irfnuicA nommtnclirur of lev dr&nerv with SDrimr ii flowers was actually beheld by hundreds of our people. And it certainly was a beautiful picture; , though our joy in beholding was not a little alloyed by the thought that there are probably no peaches and cream in store for us, this Summer. The mow has melted away; but oold rainy days still t continue, with but brief intervals of sunshine. * STEBIUCra BOUTEEEX 8KBIB8. m A copy of each of the books contained in this ^ series is at the Enquirer Office, and teachers or I others wishing to examine them, are invited to call and do so. The series consists of a spelling-book, two primers, five readers and a speaker, the last not yet issued from the press. We have not had time to examine these books in a sufficiently thorough manner to justify a critical review of their contents; but so far as mechanical excellency is concerned, they are fully equal to any series published. They are beautiM(y printed and well bound. Our oontributorial editor m. iced these books favorably in a reoent issu?, and we desire to call the attention of teachers and the public generally to them, that they may judge for themselves of their merits. The principal feature of this series, which distinguishes it from other works of the same class, is the prominence given to South era authors in the selections for school reading.? This, of itself, other things being equal, should give it the preference in Southern Schools. Our literature should be encouraged, and in no way can thin rlnnp an wpII a*i fiv m a kmc onr children aa quainted with it, thus forming a taste for the productions of our own writers. Heretofore many of our people have been left to infer that there is no native literature in the South Few hooks of ^ Southern origin can command a sale in our midst, ^ until endorsed by Northern-critics. This is caused, in part, by the want of commendation from Southern presses, and partly by the absence of Southern productions in collections of extracts for school reading. Sterling's Series supplies the latter de-. ficiency, and we desire, by calling public attention to it, to assist in supplying the former. ?? ? . THE SUPPLEMENTARY BILL. The following is a copy of the bill which passed the House, supplementary of the act "To provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States:" J5e it enacted by the Senate and Hauee of Representative* of the United State* of Anuria* v? Conqrau assembled, That the commanding General in each District defined by the act entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, shall cause a registration to be made before the first day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, in each County or Parish in the several States included in his district, of the male citizens of the United States, twenty-one years of age and upwards, resident in d each County or Parish, which registration shall 1 include only those persons who are qualified to vote 1 for delegates by the said "Act to provide for the I more efficient government of the rebel States." and , who shall have taken and subscribed the following oath or affirmation: "I, , of , in. the County or Parish of , b the State of , do ^ hereby solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am not I excluded from the right to vote by the provisions of the fifth and sixth sections oft the Act passed March two, eighteen hundred mid sixty-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States,", that I am sincerely and earnestly attached, to the Union and government of the United States, that I will steadfastly support the Constitution and obey the taws of the United States, and that I will, to the :betf of my ability, engage all others to such support and obedience. So help me God." Sec. 2. And. he it further enacted, That when- | ever the registration hereby provided shall be completed, and copies thereof returned to the commanding General, he shall cause to be held b each State of his district, on a day not less than thirty days from the date of his proclamation thereof, an election of delegates to a Convention for the purpose of framing a Constitution for said State, and of firmly re-establishing a civil government loyal to the Union therein, ana of passing all needful ordinances for putting said Constitution and'government into operation. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Con pennon in eacn state snau consist 01 tne number af members of the most numerous branch of the g Legislature of such State, under the Constitution J thereof existing January one, eighteen hundred fl| ind sixty; and the election districts existing on said first day of January shall be observed in the ^ elections and in the assignment of delegates. The \ commanding general of each military district shall isslgn, as near as may be, to the several election listricts in each State within his jurisdiction, the lumber of delegates to which it may be entitled, according to the number of registered voters within its limits: Provided, That each district ?h*ll ye entitled to at least one delegate. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commanding general of each district snail appoint such loyal offioera or persons as may be necessary, lot exceeding three in each election district, to nake and complete a registration, to preside at the election, to receive, sort, and count, and to make eturn to him of tne votes, lists of voters, and of ;he persons elected as delegates by a plurality of he voters cast at said election; and upon receiving laid returns he shall open the same, ascertain the jersons elected as delegates, according to the reurns of the officers who conducted said election, ind make proclamation thereof, and within sixty lays from the date of election ne shall notify the lelegates to assemble, at a time and place to be nentioned in the notification, to proceed to the organization of a Convention; and when the said Convention shall have framed a Constitution in acjordance with said "Act to provide for die more i efficient government of the rebel States,'' said Conititution shall be submitted by the Convention to H he persons registered under the provisions of this ^ iot at an election to be conducted by the officers or aersons appointed by the commanding General, as lereinbefore provided, and to be held alter the expiration of thirtv davs from the date of nnh'/w >f, ?to be given By said Convention; and the returns hereof shall be made to the commanding General if the district Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if. according o said returns, the Constitution shall be ratified >y a majority of the votes of the electors aualified is herein specified, the President of the Coovenion shall transmit a copy of the same, duly certiied, to the President of the United States, who hall forthwith transmit the same to Congress, if hen in session, and if not not in session, then mmediately upon its next assembling, and if the aid Constitution shall be declared by Congress to 56 in conformity with the fifth section of the act mtitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the other f provisions of the said act shall have been complied with, the State shaty be declared entitled to representation, and Senators and Represetatives hall be admitted therefrom as therein provided. S?J. 6. And be it further enacted, That all eleoaons in the States mentioned in the said "act to J provide for the more efficient government of the f Viv ^