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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, January 6,1866. l?rcad-Not Politics. The Richmond Times very truly says that the products of the earth are the base of all trade. To them must commerce, manufacture, navi-1 gation, every a?fc and every vocation look. The day may yet come when that "infamous and wretched man," the planter and the slaveholder of the South, will be regarded as having done his share in the civilization of * the world and the advancement of the happiness and comfort of man? kind. At present the planters of the South are a ruined class, their tools and implements destroyed, their gin houses and dwellings burnt, their labor, in which year after year their profits had been invested, taken from thom. Nothing scarce remains, their State and bank stocks worthless, anti their railroads and works of public improvement destroyed. Is it, then, to be wondered at that General Granl found a great deal of "sullen indiffer? ence" in his recent tour. We behove that this day the great mass of thc Southern whites aro utterly in differenl to anything but the subsistence o) themselves and their families, aboul which many must feel startling doubts The negroes of course want to hav< political rights. But the white popula tion, at least the great portion, dono care a sixpence whether the Southeri delegates are admitted to Congress o: not. Bread and meat are what w< want-of politics we have had a dose and of rights, it will be time enougl to talk when they come along. Tb f negro, however, having always beei gorged with meat and bread, an( never tasted the blessings of liberty forgetful of the necessities of life runs after that 'deceptive goddess What we have said, no doubt, is ver grateful to a class at the North, bu there are others, chddren of Mammon wiser and more far-seeing. The; realize that they have killed the goos Jbat laid the golden egg, and the; realize it too late. They know fuJ well that "the industrial resources o . the South are a guarantee for th commercial prosperity of the North ; ^Bfc^irifl that the first being gone, th ?PPBj^Pinttor must suffer terribly. Airead '^'^^T the note of alarm has gone out fror jjj?V Boston and New York, about th Sf*^ cotton cT?pT~Meeting? are being hel in the North to devise schemes for it prevention, and hundreds of Ne^ Englanders are flocking South to bu; with greenbacks Southern soil when on to grow cotton. We wish ther success, but doubt if they will hav it. The Boston Journal called the al tention of its moneyed and manufac turing citizens to this matter som days ago in an article we copied Now the New York Herald, in its issu of last Wednesday, sends forth solemn warning. It admits tha England's experiments in growin cotton in India with free labor hav proved a failure, and that it canno be got from any other but the favore land of the South, that still has it fertile soil and genial clime left it. 1 says that if this important staple fall short the coming year its effect upo: the North will be most serious "Cotton is specie-no longer King. By it thousands of New York mei chants were fed-by it the balance ? trade between Europe and the Unit! ?mate t W?rge propoi . of th I to th aate ri Vhat i i?S," W t mean s gre.ii he co?? Les, an must b ; borro-* nd tho e negr en thoa many rprisin what _e. Th Herald strongly recommends a m tiona! cotton growers' eonventior Altogether this article is a decide admission of the futility of man visionary schemes, and the mos Southern thing we have seen in th Herald sinco the first fortnight i April, 1861. The Labor System. We publish, this morning the ad? dresses of General Saxton and Rev. Mr. French, ol his itaff. We hope they will have a beneficial effect, and we are pleased to leam that numbers of the freedmen are going earnestly to work for thc present year, making fair contracts, and providing homes and home comforts for themselves and families. . The re-organization of our agricul? tural labor and domestic servitude is a subject of great importance at this juncture. The effect of the sudden change in the condition of the negro has, of course, seriously interfered with the past relations between him and the white employer, and has caused a very unpleasant state of af? fairs, and one o? great injury, espe? cially to the frecd-people themselves. Many of them are industrious and provident, and will do well, but we see, and every other person sees, in our streets every day a large number of able-bodied men, doing absolutely nothing, with their hands in their pockets and smoking their pipes. It will take some time, we know, to overcome the great change and its consequences, in the condition of oui laborers and servants, but we believe that there is intelligence enough among them, to give good counsel tc the more thoughtless, and that even? tually they \ ill give heed to the wis? suggestions of the officers of th? Government, which has especially appointed them to come among oui i people to adjust the labor system. ; We are gratified to see from oui Richmond exchanges, that with th< beginning of the new year, there is J very general and commendable dis position manifested amongst th< freedmen to engage homes and go t< work. Their delusions about receiv ing land om the Government, an( being pr wected and supported ii idleness, are passing away with th' Christmas holidays, when it was sup posed their false hopes would b realized ; and they are becoming soli citous to accept the situation % o affairs as it now presents itself. Th Lynchburg Republican speaks wit! satisfaction of indications of a dispc sition among them to realize th sensible and practical view of thci condition, and avails itself of the be ginning of a new year to commend t both white and black tho new dutie sion "and ~?he~4-n?p?r??rTce'ol^c?ir^r: buting, by personal industry, to th wealth and prosperity of the commu nity. As the Richmond Dispatch says the colored race are beginning t comprehend, that freedom does nc mean, to any man, white or black exemption from work; we entertai; hopes that it will yet be found pos sible to make available the labor c this large class of our population i: the material development of th ?State. There has never been an; lisposition at any time to deprive th freedmen of their rights, or to tren them with injustice; but still less cai mch an inclination exist when the; manifest a desire to resume the labor af productive industry. It shouh De our aim to encourage them in tin audable purpose; to give thom tai ?rages; to accord to them stric U8tice; to make them feel, as the; lave beon often told by the officers o he United States, that we are thei >est friends. With the restoration o he mutual confidence and sympa hies which once existed between th wo races, we shall witness a new er ?f prosperity and happiness for both It is but proi>er to make a corree ion in an article which we copie? rom the correspondence of th Charleston Netos, from Sumter. Ii hat artiele, it was stated that th iureau had established a fixed fora f contracts. It should have been n xed form, as General Saxton inform s. all inst and proper contracts wi] e approved and enforced by th iureau. THE TORNADO AT PULASKI, TENN 'he latest information from Pulask uates that the loss of life and pro erty is less than at first reported >ne lady only was killed, Miss Brad on. A Mrs. Johnson is thought t< e mortally injured. A colored wo tan was killed, and seven coloree ersons more or less injured. Thi >rnado struck the South-western par E the town, uprooting the trees ant sstroying six or seven houses. A ort<on of Richh^rfMBto^^vns ch: royed. ^.irtjfl BBte The ?j^B^^^B^W^I^M ?entio^HBBBBBSBB^ Freedom of the Pre??. A paragraph in our columns, a few days since, announced the arrest of R. P. Warin?, of the Charlotte (N. C.) Times, for an article he published in his paper on Aie 13th ult. The charge was for publishing and circulating seditious writings within a district under martial law. The extract, as published bj the Judge Advocate, was certainly (not calculated to aid in securing thc [restoration now so ear? nestly sought for by all true patriots, but that it was 1 'calculated and in? tended" to produce hostility to the United States, we cannot believe. North Carolina has been remitted to her Constitutional Governor, since fte arrest o^ Mr. Waring, and we have no doubt the matter will be amicably adjusted. The freedom of the press is sne of the guarantees ot the Constituir ion und one most neces? sary to the preservation of republican liberty. \ from Mexico. Our New York exchanges bring us later news frbm Mexico. The impe rial papers ilnnounce that Don Man uel Ruiz, iudge of the Suprem< Court of the. republic, has abandonee Juarez and protested against th< latter con tin fling to act as Presiden after his constitutional term has ex pired. Events at and in the vicinit; of Vera Cru}; do not indicate any ia tention of the French to withdraw from the country at an early day, bu on the contrary are regarded there a showing a disposition to contest thei occupancy of Mexican territory witl the United ! States. The arrivals o soldiers from France continue, twelv hundred being landed at Vera Cru on the 6th ultimo, and about thre hundred more on the 11th, all c whom were immediately after sen into the field. French cannon an other war munitions and supplies ar still daily arriving, and the defence of the city are being greatly strengtl ened and re n?unted with the heaviei and most improved guns, the wor being carried on as secretly as pess ble, and pri lcipally at night. Furth? particulars are given of the victori? alluded to in the New York Herald < the 2d, which the Imperialists elah to have gained at Monterey over tl forces of the Republican Gen^r Escobedo, cn the 22d, 23d, 24th ar 25th of November. They represe] that he was driven ont of the ci _??I.-: J-Mn l,,oo m,yA TiW>?* about one hundred and fifty mile The correspondent of the Hera regards these boasted triumphs very small affairs, General Escobed after holding the city for some day during which his troops stubborn defended their position in sever severe engagements, deeming it pr dent to withdraw, in consequence the Imperialists being largely rei: forced. A bearer of despatches fro the Mexican capital, on his way Washington, was in Vera Cruz < the 13th ultimo. In regard to the progress of tl contest on the Pacific coast of Hexic a Sail Francisco despatch states th the Republican General Alvarez w within twenty-eight miles of Acapul Da the 30th of November, and w confident of success. He was great harassing the Imperialists, and hi sut off their supplies of provisio from the surrounding country. RESIDENT'S LEVEE.-Notwithstan ng the disagreeable condition of tl weather in Washington on the fii >f January, the first lev?, rf of Pre lent Johnson was largely attende foreign ministers, members of t Dabinet and other prominent ci' >fficers, together with Senators ai Representatives, were received fin .fter which officers of the army ar lavy and marine corps, followed 1 itizens, paid their respects to t 'resident. Gen. Grant and staff we ?resent and conspicuous amoi he crowd. The marine band d oursed pleasant music. The pub] Apartments were closed and bu ess generally suspended. After t eneral reception at the Executi ?ansion, a few colored persons on t rounds were admitted and paid th? aspects to the President. According to "Trubner's Americ nd Oriental Literary Record," the re in the United States-clergyme 7,529: teachers, 110,469; professio authors, only 216; editors, 2JK ablishers, 917; printers, 2?B ^ksollers, only 1,861 ;*phyej^B HHfek?? 33 193; ju '"?ffiffl Bh^inl sisters <>^B Local Items. "THE CODE."-Tho Act? passed by the Legislatur? relative to the freedmen, for ?alo at this office. Price 20 cents; by mail 25 cents. CASH.-Oar terms for subscription, ad? vertising and job work aro cash. We hope all parties will bear this ia mind. FRANK LESLIE'S LADIES' MAGAZINE.-We have been favored by Mr. North with the January number of this magazine. It is a gazette of fashion, embracing patterns of sundry articles of ladies' wardrobe. It is a good literary magazine, besides. THE ADDRESSES or GEN. SAXTON AND REV. M. FRENCH TO TUX FREEDMEN.-We publish below an abstract of the addresses of these two officers to the freedmen, delivered in this city on Wednesday last : The Gene ral explained to tho freedmen the object tho Government had in estab? lishing the Freedmen's Bureau-to se? thal justico was done to the freedmen iv their new condition and to the former mas ter. He congratulated them upon the pro sent aspect of their affairs, and upon theil prospects for thc future. Ho spoke of tin earnestness with which the Southern peo pie had carried on the war, and that bj I their bravcrv and sacrifices it must ho ?vt I dent that thev believed in the justice o their cause. The Northern people though i them wrong, and had fought as earnestl, for freedom. God, in his infinito wisdori J and mercy, had teen fit to give tho victor to the Northern arms and their liberty t the bondmen. Acquiescing in tho verdie of Providence, the South Carolina Legisla taro had agreed to the amendment of th Constitution of the United States, tha j there should be no more slavery under th I starry banner forever-believing that fret ! dom was better {pr them, bett er for thei i former master, better for South Carolin and better for thc nation. He rejoiced s . the result; for he believed in freedom fe ah. Having been placed by the Goverr ment in charge of the Freedmen's Burea ! in South Carolina, he had come here t( day to give them some advice in their ne position, and to explain the objects an purposes of the Government towards then and -.That it expected of them. Fi himself, it was his earnest desire aD purpose to see measures of exact justi< govern tho relations betweet them al while it was his dutv to see that the free? man was protected in all his rights as freeman, it was equally his duty not to c any injustice to the former master. It wi his desire to bring about a hotter state feeling between thc freedman and his fo mer master-their interests w;re identici and there should bc no antag >nism. Nc that the Constitution of the Jnited Stat prohibited human sh Aery forever, tl natural feeling they had entertained th there was a dosiro on the part of the la owner to reduce them again to slaver should be laid aside, and mutual cou deuce restored. All now stood upon t! same level of freedom before the law-t' conflicts and antagonisms of the pa should be buried in tho grave of the pas their interests were identical-there sliou be mutual good feeling and confident The commencement of the year was t proper time to start on this new care? Their former masters hr.c! lost their p: perty and their erase, that thoy loved, a they had ga?ied their liberty and the rig to ?njov. th? fruits of their own industi by p>ming their liberty, they had lost t right to be idle. When in slavery, and th did not receive the fruits of their indust: it was not wrong for them to be idle was a sin for them to be idle in freedom He explained that the hopes they bad getting lands from tho Government wi not to be realized. The Provident of t gaited States had nardonec their forn mas?eia xor ino part tney nan taaen in t war, and had decided that thev were retain their lands. He advised them to thankful that they had tho great bo< liberty, and with strong arms and sb hearts to go to work to earn money zo I lands and homes for themselves. " He ; vised them to contract with their fora masters, or with any one who would g them the best terms- for the fields of Soi Carolina must be cultivated, or all tho p pie, white and black, would starve. Tb friends at the North-the whole countr aye, tho world-was looking on, some w faith and hope-many with fear-at great problem of their future, which tl must now solve for themselves. Those v had no faith in th? capacity of the colo: race for freedom, claimed that they w improvident, and cared only for the p sent, like the ox and tho horse; that ii woidd make no provision for the futi and in idleness would leave the field. South Carolina to go to waste. He did believe this, and had proved it was always so, by tho establishment of a s ings bank at Beaufort, where, in one yt the colored people had deposited $240, of their savings for a rainy day. He hoj all would contract at once, on the b terms they could, to cultivate the lands i show to the country that one freeman \ worth more than two slaves-save up the "greenbacks" they could; for wi they had a plenty of these, they wo have no trouble in procuring lands i homes. He hoped, on this first of tho year lt they would resolve to givo up the vicoi slavery-stealing and falsehood-and st on a new career of virtue and indus: He hoped there would be nothing but g feelings between the two races who w placed here together by Providence-t eaeh would oe just and'deal fairly with other and reflect tin- other's rights^ ? forgetting pr.st issue* and differences un the old system, work out together, un tho new one of freedom, a brighter ; moru prosperous future for South Carol; He thought that thus far, considering things, the freedmen deserved credit iheir good conduet. Thus far they lone well. Schools were now estabhsl iud ho looked for greater progress in 'uture. In freedom there must be progr They had sung, at the opening, tne sc 'Tho year of jubilee hue come," ant vished them a happy new year of freed md that the year 18G6 might prove a j )f jubilee indeed for all in South Caro -white, black and yellow; moro pros; ? us than 'any she had ever known. Bev. Mr. French, who followed Gen laxton, said: Many, and perhaps you yourselves, jard your freedom as tho gift of tho Ur irmy. This view is not very agreeabl? 'our former masters; nor is it true. Jnion army was only the instrum )uring the first part of the war, the C ^derate armies were too much for tod would not givo the Government i ess unless it consents to carry out dil. And what was that? Ah His pr enees seemed to say, take off tho chi f the slaves, and with them, thrash rio rebellion. At last ilis^jrogramme ecepted, and the work was done. Bbellion ended, and you are made f: fcjtaw^foroyer. You sec', then, that j S^lio is the common H ^fc&?!-' &"k> where BBtti.: '1 (: Israeli |?er coun jH Hfcl>s< man i the South, would like to remove you out of the country; but neither they nor - the United States Government eau do this without you give your consent. Your right to ?tay or go in, henceforth, tho name as any white man's. You are set free in the ?ir?sence, and on tho plantations, of your ormer masters; but you really have no right to live there any more than a white man would have. But a? the Government took yon out of slavery, and from tho care of your masters, because they were in re? bellion, it now, from motives of humanity and justice, says VIM? may live on the plantations for the present, nor may your masters drive you off. To try to drive yon off is to try to drive off the Government itself. But tho Government must be kind and just to your masters as well as to you. You cannot remain on the plantations and be idle or vicious. You must bo industrious, and make yourselves useful to the planter and your race, or you must leave. The next great, question is your support. This comes to the white man by work and forethought. Many fear you will fail in both. You work? ed under thc lash, but your masters took thought for you. Will you now work? CSE you take care of yourselves and of youl families, too? Tho masters have all th? lands, while you have nothing. The Go? vernment seems to have left you out in th? cold. But it has really complimented yoi fn this, for you know how to work. Yoi have done all tho planting and hoeing and, as tho old hon, after learning hci chickens how to scratch, and with no bug> or corn bud up for to-morrow, runs off chuckling as she goes, now, little chick scratch or die; so, after giving them free dom, Uncle Sam says to all his blacl chickens, now scratch or die. Let all whi will do it, raiso their hands. [A forest o arms rose.] To make your freedom a blessing t> yourselves and the white people, you mus have well-regulated families. Every mai must have Iiis one wife only, and ever woman must have only one husband. The must dwell together in love, kindly bearin; each other's burdens. They munt col j and train up their children to work. The must send them to school, and do all fo ? them that white parents do for thei children. Tho Government has no land to giv ? you. But you must have land, if you ev? succeed in "life. God continued his care < tho bondmen from Egypt, till he got thei on to homesteads ' their own. To kee you from being paupers, .ind a burden o the white people, the Government mus and will, aid you in getting homesteads, ? well as education. But tim means to bu your homesteads must be your own cari ings. Fill your pockets with "greenbacks by vour honest labor, and lands and housi and other good things will conic. Some complain that you tr^t yoi for.ncr masters unkindly. lias freodo mado you rude and unkind? If so, that an argument in favor of your slaver You siiould bo moro polite, kind, and t every thing more cheerfully, and bett than ever. Your masters valued you ve: highly as slaves. You served them in tl kitchen and in the parlor. Some of y< carried tho keys, nursed tho little ont Can you not put on a higher polish freedom, and by your cheerful servie strict honesty, and general good condu< compel them to say, that you ar<- wor more to them, in freedom, than you ev were in slavery? This you must all try, the grace of God, to do. You show a want of confidence in yo former owners: s-nd fchoj lack confidence yuc. Tljis is unfortunate. I suppose soi of them told you falsehoods. They said the Yankees "got you, they would hame you with mules to the plough, o.- sell y (iff to Cuba. You must remember wo wt all at war then. Many things were do and said not slrictly right. Tho war is over. Now wo must all ht mouize, confide in, and not work agaii each other any more. The planters wt your good-will, and your labor, and y need these plantations to cultivate to ru. fo..d fnr y.>,i l- . i,, nr you will all starvo. Some are afraid to make contracts. N that you are free, your masters have right to get as good a bargain out of j as they can. I should do it if 1 were their place. You have the same right get a good bargain, and you must lc well to your own interests. Yon must ? the best terms possible; but rememl your masters have but little money nt Be earoful, therefore, not to ask too "mu or wait so long, that another man stev. and take your chance, and you be like dog, who, crossing a river with a piece meat in his mouth", let it go and went do to the bottom of the river to catch i shadow, because it was larger. He ca up and found his meat gone, and w home with a hungry stomach. If you wise yon will make contracts on tho b terms you can with somebody, and t'. quito soon, or you will miss the g< cliances. The bureau will sanction o fair and just contracts and rectify all wrc ones. When the freedmen came out of Egj they brought many of their vices w them, and God's "judgments destro; them. You must leavo all your evil pr tices in slavery behind. Come into freed with clean hands, clean lips and p hearts. Did you steal in slavery? Ne again lay your hands on anv thing yours. Did you tell lies? Now tell truth; God has made it easier for ev mau to tell the truth, than to lie. Sin . make you ashamed before men, and ' displease God. Remember, he who atc or lies is an enemy to your cause. Your personal purity, too, you must t care of. Husbands must protect tl wives,., and parents must protect tl daughters. No woman, whether mari Dr unmarried, may lie down in the be< tho adulterer or fornicator, whether bl or white. No man may go to thc bet Iiis neighbor's wife. If you cannot put knife to the throat of lust, and live p lives, you will ruin yourselves and y ..ause. Purge yourselves, therefore, fi ill these sins. He who will not, is a wc ?nemy to your cao.se than any slavohol iver was. What you as a people will be, in tature, will depend mainlv on yourseb The General Government has declared o be citizens of the United States, anc possession, as such, of thc same rig iud privileges as any white man, whet n the North or South Carolina. 1 vhile all this is true, it remains for So karolina to determine how mint rio ind privileges you shall have as citizen he State. You are no?v put on your g >ehavior. Strive hard, therefore, in e> :alling of lifo to do your best. Let nan be moro honest than you, or more lustrious aud useful. Give your child ,11 tho education their minds can rece Jnion officers stoutly objected, at firsl ight, if black men w?rr made soldiers; our brethren fought so bravely, that ) udice gave way. Now, you must d( rell in everything that the white pee dil not dislike you, and make vourse o useful that they cannot do without n the plantations, in the shops anc lieir houses. Good conduct and piont loney will do wonders for you. Man our brethren on the coast, who boy tiree years ago, with nothing but t lothes, are worth now some $500; s< re worth ?,000 or $2,000, and a few $3 r $4,000. All this is the fruit of their . ibor and saving. Your Northern fric nd the Government fully believe you o well in freedom, and bettcfl than ver cKd in slavery. Your masufcrs do elieve it;-fcnt you must open their e \ i They valued you aa slaves. We believe you'will make South Carolina richer and happier in a few years than ever before-. It is only by well doing and making your freedom a perfect success, that will com? p?nsate the North for the thousand? of brave and beloved men who have died in the cause of freedom. If you do your fui! share in restoring theso desolated fields and repairing these cities, wasted by war; if vou make intelligent, useful citizens, an?, abovo all, become bettei Christians, then, and then only, will your former masters feel compensated fer the great sacrifices they have made in he deep and painful struggle they have passed through. May God's choicest blessing rest on you, on them, and on all our common country. NEW ADVEBTISEWSTH.-Attention is call ted io the foilu ?ing advertisements, which aro published this morning for tho first time: F. F. Garv-Masonic Female College. Dr. A. N. "Talley--Removal. F. H. Elmore-Special Notice. True Brotherhood Lodge-Meeting. J. G. Gibbes-Auction Sale. " " -Wagons and Karn ess. Darbee A Walter-Variety Sale. Dr. P. M. Cohen-Selling"Off. A. R. Phillips-Dwellings, Ac. P. Caldwell-Gin, Bacon, Ac. C'oanell Proceedings. COUNCIL CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, January 4, 1866. Present-His Honor the Mayor; Alder? men Camphell, Fisher,Glaze, Harris, Hope, Geiger, Stork, Waring and Wells. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A communication from Mr. O. Z. Bates, withdrawing his resignation as Alderman, presented at last meeting of Council, was received and accepted. A petition from Bahlman A Mover, pray? ing permission to move their store upon Richardson street, was presented and re? jected. The petition of J. M. Roach, proposing to purchase one-fourth of an acre lot from the city, upon corner of Assembly and Laurel streets, was referred to tho Com? mittee on Streets. The applications of divers partie* for licenses to retail spirituous liquors were referred to thc Committee on Licenses. Tho account of E. & G. D. Hops against the city for Alms House, amounting to $136, was referred to the Committee on Accounts. Tho Committee of Ways and Means sub? mitted an ordinanco to raise supplies for tho year 1866, which was read the first time, and ordered to tho second reading at next meeting of Council. The following resolutions were offered and adopted: Resolved, That tho Committee on Guard House and Police are hereby authorized to obtain fifty (50) badges for drivers of vehi? cles, and one hundred (100) collars for dogs, to be put in the possession of the Clerk for the use of applicants. Resolved. That the account of John Bur? dell be referred to tho Committee on Ac ' counts, to dissect and report at next meet? ing of Council what is due him for services rendered. Resolved, That no policeman bo permit I teA to remain in the Council Ch amber when ul session, unless by permission on special business. Resolved, That, until the Council can make better arrangements for the police management of tho city and secure a pro? per guard house, that the assistant police? men ba dispensed with, and that the Clerk be instructed to pay them their salaries up to date. Resolved, That all persons who have not made returns of taxes and paid the same for the last year, are allowed till the 15th inst, to return and pay their dues. After that date, all such claims held by the city against defaulters will be put in the hands of the Sheriff for collection. Dr. DeWitt, U. S. A., was presented to the Council by his Honor the Mayor, and submitted plans for the co-operation of the Council in establishing hospital and dis? pensary arrangements for the relief of the sick and poor. . The views and plans of Dr. De Witt being expressed and discussed by Council, tho following resolution was " offered and adopted: Resolved, That the Council have heard with satisfaction the explanations of Dr. De Witt with reference to hospital arrange? ments proposed in ' his city; and in ordei/ to assist in giving medical assistance to the poor, that two City Physicians will be elected at the next meeting of Council, with a salary of $500 per annum. On motion, tho Council adjourned. F. H. ELMORE, City Clerk. A very desi, able reconstruction movement is exhibited in the energy which marks the re-opening of the railroads throughout the Southern States, and the plans on foot for ex? tending the old lines and establishing new ones. A despatch from Kansas City reports that those representing the railroad interests of that section ind. Texas are in consultation to perfect arrangements for a rapid com? pletion of tho important road run? ning from Kansas City to Galveston, and the lines which are t. > connect with it. A TEBKIIJLE OUTRAGE. -We j'arn that on Thursday last, a party ovr negro soldiers visited the house o? a Mrs. Freeman, about u mile distant ?rom tho arsenal in our neighboring city sf Augusta, ami insulted her grossly. They were warned off by thc app ar? m?e of her son with ?arms it: his iands, but returning e.triy in the evening with reinforcemei its, assault' ?d the premises and eii?V:? o ed to de? stroy her furniture and fire the house. They were ouly compelled to desist titer four of their number had been tilled and three wounded by the J nmates of the house. The Chronicle md Sentinel, in commenting upon the ibove, gives a graphic accotint of the 'eign of crime in that city, ami adda hat 'Augusta, once one of the most aw-abiding cities in the Sonni, is ?ow^so thoroughly infeste&^'fto obbers, and villains of despi haractcr\that a person ven wit^B^^e_tfuiet lomicil allen.