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together by rapid moana ?tf communica?
tion M to be hardly known to one another,
and with historic traditioan extending over
very few yean; now intercourse between
the States ia swift and intimate; the ex?
perience of centuries has been crowded
into a few generations, and has created an
intense, indestructible nationality. Then
our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the
inconvenient boundaries of the territory
which had achieved independence; now,
through cessions of lands, first colonized
by Spain and France, the country has ac?
quired a more complex character, and has
for its natural limits the chain of lakes,
tho Gulf of Mexico, and on the East and
tho West, and two groat ocoans. Other
nations were wasted DV civil wars for ages
before they could establish for themselves
the necessary degree of unity; tho latent
conviction that our form of Government
is the best ever known to tho world, has
enabled us to emerge from civil war within
four years, with a complete vindication of
the constitutional authority of the General
Government, and with our local liberties
and State institutions unimpaired.
Tho throngs of emigrants that crowd to
our shores arc witnesses of the confidence
of all peoples in our permanence. Here is
the great land of free labor, where industry
is blessed with unexampled rewards, and
tho bread of tho workingman is sweetened
by the consciousness that tho cause of tho
country "is his own cause, his own safety,
his own dignity," Here every ono enjoys
the free uso of "his faculties and the choice
of activity as a natural right. Here, under
the combined influence of a fruitful soil,
genial climes and happy institutions, popu?
lation has increased iifteen-fold within a
century. Herc, through thc easy develop
rueut of boundless resources, wealth has
increased with two-fold greater rapidity
than numbors, so that wo have become
secure against the financial vicissitudes of
other countries, and, alike in business and
in opinion, are scif-centred and truly inde?
pendent. Here, more and more care is
given to pr?vido education for every ono
born on our soil. Here, religion, released
from political connection with thc civil go?
vernment, refuses to observe the craft of
statesmen, and becomes, in its indepen?
dence, tho spiritual life of the people.
Herc, toleration is extended to every opi?
nion, in the quiet certainty that truth
needs only a fair field to secure the victory.
Kere, the human mind goes forth un?
shackled in the pursuit of science, to col?
lect stores of knowledge and acquire an
ever-increasing mastery over tho forces
of nature. Here, the national domain is
offered and beld in millions of separate
freeholds, so that our fellow-citizens, be?
yond the occupants of any other part of
tho earth, constitute iu reality a people.
Here exists the Democratic form of govern?
ment; and that form of government, by the
confession of European statements, "gi^i s
a power of which no other form is capa" d i,
because it incorporates every man with ?he
State, and arouses everything that per?
tains to tho soul.
Whero, in past history, does a parallel
exist to tho public happiness which is
within the reach of tho peoplo of the
United States? Where, in any part of the
globe, can institutions be found so
suited to their habits, or so entitled to
their love, as their own freo Constitution?
Every one of them, then, in whatever part
of the land he has his home, must wish
its perpetuity. Who of them will not now
acknowledge* in the words of Washington,
that "every stop by which tho people of
thc United States have advanced to the
character of an independent nation, seems
to have been distinguished by some token
of Providential agency." WhoJ will not join
with me in the prayer that the invisible
hand which has led us through the clouds
that gloomed around our path, will so guido
us onward to a perfect restoration of fra?
ternal affection, that wo of this day may?
be able to transmit our great inheritance
of State Governments in all their rights,
of the General Government in its Constitu?
tional vigor, to our pesterity; and they to
theirs through countless generations?
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, December C, 1SG5.
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, Dec. 9, 1865.
The President's Message.
Wo present to oar readers, this morn?
ing, (twenty-four hours ahead of any other
paper in the State,) the complete message
of President Johnson, delivered before
both branches of Congress on Tuesday
last. This document has been looked for,
and will be read with intenso interest by
all classes, as it gives a pretty distinct in?
dication of tho policy of the President.
We shall reserve our comments on the
message until our next publication.
Cotton.
The correspondent of a Northern paper
says: "At the close of the war there were
about 200,000 bales of cotton in Georgia,
of which seventy-five per cent, belonged
to private individuals and the residue to
the Confederate Government and subjects
of foreign powers. Of this number 50,000
bales were shipped North and to Europe
direct, leaving 150,000 bales unsold and
waiting transportation. The United States
Treasury Agents have been nosing out
that belonging to tho Confederacy, but
with very indifferent success. The ac?
counts and operations, financially, of tho
Confederate Government, anterior to tho
administration of Mr. Memminger, were
upon snell a looso principle, that it was
bard to tell whether it owned a great deal
or nothing at all. And bereit may bo re?
marked, that one of the primo causes
which lcd to the downfall of Jeff. Davis'
Government was the peculations of its
quartermasters and other parties holding
its fonds. As sn instance, there ir ss s
msn acting as quartermaster, in a Sonth
ern city, for four years. He was not worth
the second shirt to his bank when appoint?
ed, but when turned out bf office by Major
General Wilson, XT. 8. A., he was worth
half a million. And another is now one of
your chief Wall street bulls, who made all
his money hero in the same way. These
cases might bc summed up and enume?
rated indefinitely. They first caused the
people to lose confidonco in the currency,
which was the entering wedge that split
up the whole concern."
Local Items.
CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad?
vertising and job work are cash. We hope
all parties will bear this in mind.
THE BURNINO or COLUMBIA.-An inter?
esting account of the "Sack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
tho Phcenix steam power press. Orders
can be filled to any extent.
OLD FRIENDS.-Wo stepped into the
store of Messrs. E. & G. D. Hope, yester?
day, and really found there one of thc best
assorted stocks of merchandize in the city.
We recommend our friends to call and ex?
amino their stock; and if they aro smokers,
try the Turkish tobacco and tho double
barrelled pipes. Of other things we'll
speak hereafter.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.-We are
highly gratified at being able to state, that
from and after this day, the trains over
tho South Carobna Railroad will run to
Hampton's Turn Out, six milos from Co?
lumbia. Persons with good ears can pro?
bably hear the steam-whistle even now;
wc arc positivo they will be ablo to do so
in a very short time. Tho early comple?
tion of this road is a matter of importance
to one and all. Drivers of teams will take
due notice hereof, and govern themselves
accordingly.
The officers oi tho Company deserve
groat credit for the energy displayed, in
the advancement of tho road towards com?
pletion, as they have had to contend with
disadvantages and drawbacks too nume?
rous to mention.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.-A casual visit at
the office of Messrs. Kay A Hewetson, yes?
terday afternoon, afforded us an opportu?
nity of inspecting the plans, etc., for tho
temporary market to be erected in Assem?
bly street, by tho city authorities. It wiii
be a neat and tasty affair, and will afford
tho architects an opportunity of display?
ing their abilities. We bavo been informed
by these gentlemen, and record the fact
with pleasure, that they are preparing
plans for over twenty buildings on Main
street, principally first-class houses. The
next spring and summer will see Columbia
rising from her ashes, and we hope and
believe that she will, in her new dress,
present even a handsomer appearance
than of old. So mote it be.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for tho first
time:
Simons' A Kerrison-Dissolution.
W. A E. Shiver-Corn Rags for Sale.
P. Cantwell-Scotch Whiskey.
W. B. Mott" -Commissioner's Sale.
A. R. Phillips-Building Lot and Bricks.
Kriss Kringle at McKenzie's,
f R. M. Stokes-Small Farm for Sale.
Kenneth A Gibson-Liverpool Salt.
" " -Family Flour.
" " -Pistols.
John English-Stolen Mule.
I Meeting Stockholders S. M. L. I. Co.
Y vy McMastcr_Life Insurance Co.
Thos. Flanigan A Co.-Boots, Shoes, Ac.
Santa Claus at C. S. Jenkins'.
J. H. Clarkson A Co.-Butter, Lard, Ac.
Apply at this Office-Horse for Sale,
Tho Secretary of the Treasury recom?
mends thc contraction of thc currency,
and says that he sees no way for tho pay?
ment of the public debt but byan increaso
of the income beyond tho expenditures.
Ho recommends that the collection of
internal revenue to those States accruing
previous to the establish nent of collection
offices, be indefinitely postponed, and that
sales of property under the direct tax law
bo suspended until the States shall have
an opportunity of assuming the payment
of the tax assessed upon them.
The Secretary of tho Navy says that there
were in the blockading squadron, in Ja?
nuary last, 471 vessels. Now there are
Onlyk29 on the coast, ile administers a
sharp lecture to England about Confede?
rate cruisers.
MARRIED,
On tho 7th instant, bv the Rev. Mr.
McLeod, Mr. JOHN S. BATES to Miss
FRANK CALDWELL, all of Columbia, S. C.
For Salo,
TWO THOUSAND new CORN BAGS.
_ Pee9 S W. A E. SHIVER.
THE COPARTNERSHIP
TTERETOFORE existing under the name
XJ- of SIMONS' A KERRISON, is hereby
dissolved by mutual consent.
BON SIMONS,
JAS. S. SIMONS,
I Dec 9 1* CHAS. KERRISON, JR.
By Telegrap?i.
K?nta<kr t?KbUtitr*.
LOUISVILLE, KT.. December 5.- The
legislature organized yesterday by elect-'
ing Harrison Taylor Speaker of the Hones
and J. B. Thomas Clerk.
-
Stemmer Partially Burned.
NEW YORK, December 5.-This morning
the steamer Woy bas set, from Savannah,
with a valuable cargo, was partially con -
sumed by f re. Tho cotton on board was
valued at $40,000. The whole cargo was
valued at $250,000. Loss very heavy.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, December 5.-But little
was done in tbs Senate to day besides
reading tho Message. The credentials of
Messrs. Alcorn and Sharkey, Senators elect
from Mississippi, were presented, and
ordered to lie ou the table until further
action.
In thc House, a select committee was ap?
pointed on tho subject of a uniform bank?
rupt law.
A resolution was nearly unanimously
adopted, declaring that the public debt,
with interest, should be promptly paid.
A committee of ono from each ?State was
ordered to preparo resolutions testifying
tbo respect of Congress for tho memory of
the late President Lincoln.
Bev. C. B. Boynton, Congregationalist,
late of Cincinnati, was to-day elected
Chaplain of thc House.
At the conclusion of thc r ading of tho
Message in the House to-da}, there was
applause from all sides. It is generally
regarded as a frank exposition of the Pre?
sident's views on the vital questions of the
present.
Later from Europe.
NEW YOBK, December 5.-The steamship
City of New York, from Liverpool 2'2d ult.
and Queenstown 23d, arrived this evening.
The Shenandoah sailed on the 21st '"or
New York.
LONDON, November 23.-Tho political
news is unimportant. Thc Bank of Eng?
land has reduced thc rate of discount to
six per cent.
The number of Fenians admitted to hail
is regarded as an indication that only tho
chiefs will bo prosecuted.
Tho Underwriters' and Marine Insurance
Companies of London and Liverpool aro
reported to have lost a half million sterl?
ing by thc destruction of three New
Orleans cotton Bhips at Key West.
The French army has been reduced over
10,000 men.
COMMERCIAL.
NEW YOBK, December 5.-Flour has de?
clined 5@20c-sales 11,000 bbls. Wheat
has declined lc. Corn sVeady. Beef heavy.
Pork steady. Whiskey dull. " Cotton dull
sales 1,000 bales, at 50c. Freights heavy.
Gold 48?.
BALTIMORE, December 5.-Flour heavy,
for common; choice, firm. Wheat dull and
scarce. Corn active-l@2c. lower. Bacon
and lard heavy.
LIVERPOOL, November 22.-Tho sales of
cotton on Monday and Tuesday were 11,000
bales. The market opened steady and
closed flat, at a slignt decline. Manchester
market quiet. Consols 88^80]. Five
twenties 63J@C4.
LIVERPOOL, November 23.-Thc sales of
cotton yesterday and to-day were 15,000
bales, closing nominally. Breadstuff's were
active, but tending downward. Provisions
quiet, but steady.
JUST RECEIVED,
BUTTEB, LAUD, CHEESE, CB ACK?
ERS, PRUNES, FIGS, RAISINS, AL?
MONDS, Sardines, Coffee, Crushed Sugar,
Flour, Mackerel, Ac. Also, LIQUORS, by
case, at Charleston prices. For sale by
J. H. CLARKSON A CO.,
Dec 91*_At Clarkson A Talley's.
seora WHET;
1PUNCHEON SCOTCH WHISKEY, Islay
malt and very old. For sale at
CANTWELL'S,
Dec S 1 Bedell's Bow.
SALT! SALT!
ONE HUNDRED sacks large size Liver?
pool SALT, for sale low by
Dec 9 3 KENNETH A GIBSON.
Flour! Flour!
PT f\ BBLS. FINE FAMILY FLOUR, for
Ol / sale low bv
Dec 9 3 KENNETH A GIBSON.
i>X SMITH A WESSON'S CARTRIDGE
?5O PISTOUS.
25 Merwin A Brav's Cartridge PISTOLS.
25 COLT'S PISTOLS. 5 and 0 inches.
25 WHITNEY'S PISTOLS, much cheaper
than Colt's and equal in every respect.
ALSO,
SHOT. POWDER, CAPS and extra CAR?
TRIDGES, in endless variety. For sale
low for cash bv
Dec 9 3 KENNETH A GIBSON.
$50 REWARD.
ytiv STOLEN from Columbia, on
qHA Thursday night, a very largo dun
J_CT-MARE MULE, with white nose;
recently roached; has a small gaii on one
shoulder; shod before -ono shoe recently
put on; in good condition. 1 will give the
above reward, with proof to convict the
thief. JOHN ENGLISH.
Dec 9 1*
GOT. Marvin, of Florida, has made
proclamation, restoring all civil
officers ia this State who were in
office in May last, giving them juris?
diction in all matters as heretofore,
except in certain criminal offences,
which are, for the present, reserved
to the military, and reserving also, to
the Assistant Commissioner and the
Agent of the Freedmen's Bureau the
authority conferred upon them by an
act of Congress and by general orders
issued by the War Department.
SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATION.-Colonel
Withers, Of Mississippi, General
Pemberton's Chief of Artillery, dur?
ing the siege of Vicksburg, has just
returned from Boston, where ho
spent several weeks inducing capi?
talists to embark in cotton growing
and other speculations in the South.
He reports his efforts successful and
satisfactory, and that Boston capi?
talists generally prefer individual in?
vestments to organized stockholding
associations.
Tho Indians of the plains ure again
on the war path. A party of 200
Indians attacked a coach on Butter?
field's Express route, hist Sunday
week, near Bowness Spring. Six of
the passengers and the express mes?
senger were killed. The savages
afterward burned the buildings at
Downess Spring and Bluff Station,
together with a large amount of other
valuable property.
For Sale,
A FINK largo BAY HOUSE. In?
quire of E. SHIVER, at the Shiver
House. Deo 7 1
Small Farm for Sale.
IOFFER for sale a small FARM, contain?
ing 100 acres of land, lying about 2h
miles from Columbia. On the premises are
a small but comfortable Dwelling and
Kitchen, Servants' House, Stable and
Shuck House, with sufficient wood land for
family usc. The land is nearly all bottom
land, and is most admirably adapted for a
Market Garden or Nursery. On it aro
about
500 TREES OF CHOICE FRUIT !
Just commenced to bea It has four
never-failing springs of w? r, and can be
made very valuable. Ter .j made easy to
an approved purchaser.
R. M. STOKES,
Dec 9 3 At Sloane A Stokes' store.
Meeting of Stockholders Southern
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
THE annual meeting of the Stockholders
of the Southern Mutual Life Insurance
Company will take placo, at No. 5 Law
Range, THIS DAY, at 4 o'clock p. m.
Pee 9 1*_F. W. MCMASTER. Actuary-.
SOXJTHE?H MxrxTua,
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
[ESTABLISHED 1849.]
CAPITAL.$242,000
Hon. W. F. DESAUSSURE.Fresident.
Dr. JOHN FISHER. .. .Treasurer.
F. W. MCMASTER.Actuary.
rilHIS Company has paid for losses to tho
_L widows and orphans of the South near
$400,000. Its tes are low and profits
regularly returned to the insurers. For
further information and policies of insur?
ance, applv to the Actuary, No. 5 Law
Range, Columbia, S. C. Dec ? Imo*
Ha! Ha! Ha!
3?R1SS KRINGLE
HAS COME TO ?OWN ! !
IN consequence of tho war, an embargo
had been laid on Children's Toys, as
well as Old Folk's Notions. Now that peace
and plenty aro joining hands, old KRISS
KRINGLE and McKENZIE have "recon?
structed," and the old Agency has been re?
newed, tho old fellow has turned over a
large ?nd varied assortment of all kinds cf
TOYS for the coming holidays. So como
along to Kriss' Depot, and select Toys be
foro they aro all gone.
MCKENZIE'S Confectionary,
Bakery and Fancy Toys,
Blain street, below Gates,
Dec 9 Columbia, S. C.
NOTICE
UNTIL FURTHER
O DFL I> "Et DFL ?* ,
THE SUBSCRIBER'S
WILL BE AT THE STORE OF
C. S. JENKINS,
ASSEMBLY STREET, NEXT MARKET*
SANTA CLAUS.
Dec 9 Inifi
E. & GK I). HOPE
HAVE just received the L A R GEST
STOCK OF GOODS IN THE (TTY,
consisting of GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
DRY GOODS, HATS, BOOTS and SHOES,
which will be sold low for cash or country
produce, at their old stand, Main street.
Dec 7 2
MULES AND WAGONS.
FIVE FINE TEAMS -22 young Mules
and five fine Wagons and Harness, all
in excellent order- -for sale bv
Dec (5 G LUMSDEN "A McGEE.
AtLOtlOIX ??lO?"^.
Groeerin and Barateare.
By JAMES G. ?IBBES.
C. F. HABBISCfN,' Atfcnoirn?.
THIS (Saturday) MORNING,lat 10$ o'doek,
will be sold, at my store,
S bhdB. Bacon.
5 casks "
10 kits Mackerel.
20 boxes Herrings.
16 bbls. Flour.
5 boxes assorted Candies.
2 doz. Buckets.
5 " Brooms.
1 caso Pine Apple Cheese.
2 boxes Soap.
2 cases Sardines.
ALSO,
1 invoice Hardware.
1 pair Counter Scales, Ac. Dec 9
Unlimited articles received until 10 o'cl'k.
Gas-light Slock.
By Levin & Peixotto.
ON MONDAY next, at ll o'clock, wc will
sell, before our store, (sale positive,)
- shares in the Columbia Gas-light Com?
pany, to pay instalments on all unpaid
shares up to this date. Stockholders will
give their attention, or their shares will be
sacrificed. Dec 6 wsm3
Ba?dinj Lot and Bricks.
By A. E.. Phillips.
WILL he sold, on TUESDAY MORNING
next, the 12th, at ll o'clock, at thc Court
House,
The LOT adjoining tho Express Compa?
ny, on the East, formerly occupied by W.
H. Dial as a bakery; measuring 53 feet 4.
inches on Camden (or Taylor) street, and
running back 208 feet 8 inches. Also, the
BRICKS thereon-about 40,000. This is a
very desirable location for a business
stand. Terms cash. Dec 9
Cattle and Sheep.
By A. E. Phillips.
ON TUESDAY MORNING next, 12th inst.,
at ll o'clock, I will sell, at tho Court
House,
20 head Stock and Beef Cattle.
20 14 fine Sheep.
Terms cash on delivery. Cattle to be
taken away at once. Dec 8
Commissioner's Sale.
IN EQUITY-YORK DISTRICT.
Robert Bell and wife and others vs. Wm.
Ardrey.-Bill for Partition.
IN obedience to the decree of the Court
of Equity made in this case, I will sell,
at York Court House, on the FIRST MON?
DAY in January next, a TRACT of LAND,
situate in York" District, on Sugar Creek,
bounded by lands of J. T. Withers, Eliza
Stewart and D. G. Bennet, and containing
four hundred acres, moro or less. This is
a most desirable and highly productivo
plantation.
TERMS OF SALE.-A sufficiency of cash to
pay the costs of these proceedings; tho
balance of the purchase money on a credit
of one and two years, in equal instalments,
with interest from tho day of sale, and
secured hy the bond of the purchaser, with
good sureties and a mortgage of the oro
mises. W. B. METTS, C. E. Y. D.
Dec 9_
" COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
RICHLAND DISTRICT-IN EQUITY.
John Logan, George W. Glenn, et ux et al.,
vs. Rufus J. Reid, Joseph Clippers, ct ux
et al.-Bill for S ile of Beal Astute.
IN pursuance of the order of the Court
in the above ease, I will sell, on the
FIRST MONDAY in January next, at 10
o'clock a. m., at thc Court House, in the
city of Columbia, S. C., two SQUARES OF
LAND in said city, containing four acres
each-one lot hounded as follows: On tho
North, by Plain street; on the East, by
Winn street; on the South, by Washington
street; on the West, by Barnwell street.
The nther square, or lot, bounded as fol?
lows: On the North, by Blanding street; on
the South, by Taylor street; on the East,
by Laurens street; and on the West, by
Winn street.
One of these squares is so situated as to
be a most eligible location for private resi?
dences; the other square, opposite the
depot of the Columbia and Charlotte Rail?
road, is well situated for stores or business
establishments. These squares, or lots,
will be so sub-divided as to suit purchasers,
as well those who seek investments as those
who desire to provide themselves a com?
fortable home. A map, with the lots num?
bered, can be seen at my office.
TERMS.-One-fourth cash; balance on a
credit of one, two and three years, with
interest payable annually until the whole
debt bc paid, secured bv bond and mort?
gage of the premises. Purchasers to pay
for papers.
D. B. DESAUSSURE. C. E. R. D.
_NOT 28_ $12_
mum, W
flsb. THE subscribers have?, ^
Pwljust received, by lato ar
?crivais from tim most cele
brated manufacturers in Phi- W^~***t*Bl>?
ladelphia, a large and well selected stock
of Ladies', Misses' and Children s
BOOTS,
SHOES and
GAITERS,
Of the latest and most fashionable styles.
We are prepared, us usual, to manufac?
ture Ladies' and Gentlemen's work in thc
most durable manner and at the shortest
notice; and from our large experience in
business in this city, we can warrant satii -
faction. THOMAS FLANIGAN & CO. '
Dec 0
Mouseline DeLaines
AND English and American CALICOES
-new stvles-for sale low.
Dec 8 3 E. A G. D. HOPE.
"Wanted,
4 SITUATION as TUTOR, in a family
1JL <>f five, six or eight children. All the
English Branches ana Latin and Greek (if
desired) taught. Apply at this office,
stating salary. References given, if re?
quired. Dec 5 18