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> COLUMBIA. Sunday Morning, -January 14, 1866. Our Labor for thc Next Year. This is the most vital and impor? tant question to the Southern people of both races (whites and blacks) that is now before them. The press of tte North, in the interests of the ultra radica lparty of that section, may endeavor to impress their people with the idea that there is a special aver? sion to the negro since his changed condition. It is utterly false. There is no feeling of resentment or hatred against thc colored people in any of the Southern States, that we know of; on the contrary, the best sympathies of the Southern people arc with them in their new position. The relation, which, for a century, have existed be? tween the lana owners and negroes, have engendered ties of attachment between them, which cannot be so easily severed as radicals and fanatics appear tu imagine. In and around the city of Columbia, we have never seen the negroes more respectful and courteous than within the past eight or ten months, during which period they have enjoyed their suddenly con ferred freedom. And why should it not be so ? The yoting negroes and the boys of the whites were raised children together ; the colored "maumas " of the South regarded the children of their old " massas" as in some sort their own. The endearing ties of association, which grew with their years together ; the playmate in boyhood, the attached friend in riper years ; the faithful ally in our recent struggle for indepen? dence ; the associations from infancy to old ago between the two races, all conspire to render the ties between them so strong, that it will take some? thing more than the intermeddling of a few fanatics, who desire to keep j "the Union " disunited, to be able to sever We are gratified at the result. We do not deplore the emancipation of slaves, however impolitic its sud? den enforcement may have been ; but we believe that these people, raised among us, will learn 'to appreciate their new and elevated position, and take their part in renovating thc for? tunes and condition of those among whom they were born and bred. We do not believe that there arc many amongst us who are no? agreeably surprised at the conduo?of the freed people at a time wh ^opportunity in? spirit ; their conduct throughout the Varwas most exemplary, and marked by good tem? per .ind a sympathy with the cause their masters were engaged in. But beyond this, have any people in their condition, on the instant of sudden emancipation, working such a radical and surprising change in their for? tunes, behaved better ? The history of similar changes in other parts of the world had prepared us for a dif? ferent state of affairs from that which the Southern States generally find themselves in to-day. Of course, there are exceptions, and irregulari? ties'of conduct among the emanci? pated race, but for our own part, we must confess that we have a higher respect for the virtue, moderation and good qualities of that race now than we have ever had. The truth, is, and we venture to give advise to both the employer and laborers, both are reciprocally and equally interested-each in the wel? fare of the other. This community of interest must naturally induce good will on the part of the laborer, and kind treatment on the part of thc employer. Both have to work for the regeneration ^ tly^s0!l(;ij ^ny lnercasem the^l>?Mof the employer, adds to_^g^^?ent and comfort of in the cordial co discharge of their ?8, the happiness of both il. Both must icctive obli? ge?tes other s an one side, and there most be an un? wavering fidelity on the other, to insure success in solving the great problem-the results of free labor in the Southern States. We believe that with moderation, honesty of purpose, mutuid forbearance and uniting energy and iudustry, these results will prove a complete success. Every white man must see the vital connection between his own welfare and a system of kindness and gene? rosity to tho negro under his new condition ; and every sensible colored man who regards his future happi? ness, comfort and elevation to useful? ness, must see thu G only by a course of industry, fidelity and sobriety can be expected to work out a higher destiny uuder that new condition. Coming to thc Point. The New York Tribttne (Radical) says editorially : ' 'There are certain indications, says a Washington special, that the Presi? dent's pohcy will be endorsed by Congress by the 1st of February, and that the Tennessee members will be admitted." In this connection, the New Haven (Ct. ) Register publishes the following from a gentleman in Washington to a friend in that city. "Political matters here are im? proving, and I shall be greatly mis? taken if thc re-assembling of Con? gress does not indicate a decided reduction of radicai violence. Letters from conservative Republicans, at the North and West, confirm the wisdom of the President's pohcy of recon? struction, and many members who voted for the Stevens resolution re? gret their action, and will not fall tm readily "into line" again at the crack of the demagogue's whip. Even Speaker Colfax, it is rumored, has been considerably enlightened from his Eastern trip, and will not consent that the restoration of tho Union shall be longer delayed by the extreme radical policy. Stevens, Sumner, Wade, and men of that stamp, aro resolved on a war with the President, who will not swerve from the policy indicated in his message. He will not permit negro suffrage to be forced on the Southern States, if he can prevent it. Senators Foster and Dixon are thoroughly conservative men, and will be sustained in their course by the great mass of their con? stituents. IthinkBrandagee, Deming and Warner, will also go against tho radicals; but time will show." -Wo believe that in a very short time tlie issue between the radicals and the President will come to a head, and that the whole country will be called on to give their support to the poliey of the Executive. Tin1 day of extremists has passed-in thc South it set under the dark clouds ol war and victorious armies; in thc North, it must be wiped out by the stern good sense and ^".triotism ol the people. From the above extracts and from others we find in our ex? changes, we verily believe that by thc time mentioned by the Tribune, should Texas and Florida have come up to the reconstruction requirements, that President Johnson will issue hi; proclamation declaring all the State lately in rebellion, restored to theil rights, privileges and immunities a; full members of the Union. Thi: will bring the impending issue to i focus, and may God defend the righ in tho overthrow of radical purpose and plots. --?-??-? AKKESTS rx CIIAKIJRSTOX. - Tin Charleston Courier, of Thursday says that "Mr. A. S. Johnston President of the Chicora Company having declined to answer the in quiries made to him, was yesterda; afternoon taken into custody by th' military guard and committed to jail The parties arrested, with their coun se!, consisting of Hon. Wm. D. Por ter, Hon. Henry Buist and James B Campbell, Esq., appeared befor General Sickles yesterday morniug The result of the interview we hav not been able to learn, but it is re ported that the case will bo submittei to the authorities at Washington. Th arrests made have been the officer of incorporated companies, on th ground that they received their char ters for the purpose of bringing ii arms and ammunition, thereby aidin? the Confederacy." MK. SEWARD-THU Oi^Ai^^g|| SPOKEN.-Say ^'''JimW??M "Some iu-\^?i^|j^^B|j5^g^l^^^K . * TIM London Time?. It is stated that this leading journal o? thc "world circulates about silty thousand copies daily, a number largely exceeded; we believe, by at least one American daily. It was established January 1, 1785, by John Walter) in 1808 his son, John Waltor, Jr., succeeded to tho manage? ment, and in 1837 he in turu was followed by his son, John Walter, the third, the present publisher. The Times has secured its immense influ? ence by literary merit, accuracy and enterprise, and now confines itself to business, following, instead of lead? ing, public sentiment. It yields its proprietors a net profit of about ??225,000 a year. Its present editor is John Delane, who has associated with him Mowbray Morris, the busi? ness manager. Both of these gentle? men are interested in the proprietor? ship of the paper. Mr. Delane, who is really the chief of the concern, goes much into society, where he is generally received. It is said of him, in the fashionable world, that these drawing-room influences have their effect upon him, and that the T imes deals more leniently now with the sins and follies of npper-tendom than in former days, when the editor could lose nothing by an honest indepen? dence. Mr. Delane was always in the habit, during the life of Lord Pal? merston, when matters of importance were before the Cabinet-, of visiting him every night when he was in town, for the purpose of obtaining from him confidential information as to the probable course of the Govern? ment. This enabled the Times to give to public sentiment, apparently, the lead, while, in fact, it was but following a com*se already laid down. It has been, in truth, of late years, the Government organ. Besides a host of reporters, there arc numerous departments, with a sub-editor at the head of each. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the Herald, promises to give us a rival, in the latter sheet, to the Thunderer on this side of the water. He will have to enlarge his borders and increase considerably his editorial corps, both in quantity, and quality, before he can be anything like a competitor with the Tivws. THE NEW YORK TIMES.-The organ of Secretary Seward is becoming very clear in ita denunciations of the radicals. H*?re is a specimen: "Self-Assertion. - There are t?o New England Senators who have pro? pounded, since the 4th of December last, measures sufficient to keep the wisest assembly the world has ever known - in deliberation for at 1-^ast a hundred years, with just ns iii ith chance of a solution at the end of the century as at tho begin? ning. So much for self-assertion. I Mr. Sumner, apparently, has un? dertaken-judging from yesterday's Senate report alone-not only to re? present his own State, but such colo? nies as Colorado, Mississippi and Alabama. The theory is this: Estab? lish the colonial condition, per/na nently, over half the territory of the Union, and Boston and Boston states? men might, in time, eeaso to be themselves provincial. This is an object which, if its importance docs not warrant us in reducing half tho States to the condition of perpetual dependencies, is at least intelligible enough to any one familiar with the world. When \our village politician fails, it is not usually from the want of self-assertion. People learn, at least, that he is to the fore, whether the question is a free negro school in Alabama or the opening of a corduroy road over Pike's Peak." In another article it declares that if, during the recess, members of Congress become more "radical," they must have read the "signs of the times" backward. And, in a third article, denounces the guerillas in Missouri, who are shooting South? ern men, as criminals, who must bo brought to justice. We. find the following order pub? lished in the Chattanooga Gazette, : HDQRS. POST CHATTANOOGA, TENN., December 30, 1865. [General Orders, No. 36.] Owing to the accumul?t] great numbev of fre Post, living witl 4 H* ?Ilea 1 View ot the Situation- \ Fight In Prospect. ''Observer," the Washington cor? respondent of thc New York Tribune, who, judging from the tone of his article, may bo Greeley himself, gives the following inkling of a good pros? pect of a quarrel between the Presi? dent ami the Radicals: The situation is essentially the same as it was before the recess. Tho question is whether it will long re I main so. The President, in his cou versafitons with members, is still profuso in assurances that he is far from desiring a conflict between- the Executive and Congress, but he does not seem willing to say what ho would do to uvoid it. If it is true, as is generally asserted and believed by many, that the President intends to use his official patronage for the purpose of forcing the immediate admission of Southern delegations, he may produce the desired effect upon a few individuals, but he will thereby rather precipitate than prevent au open rupture." '"Observer" fears that the flunkeys will fool the President, and make him believe that the people are all with him, and argues to prove that such is j not the case : j "It has frequently been said that, of all places in the United States, Washington is tho last to feel th? pulsations of thc popular heart, and of all places in Washington, the White House. I fear this is truer now than it was before. If the Presiden! drifts into a conflict with Congress, the King's friends will have to bear two-thirds the responsibility for it." Draw and defend yourselves, Mes sieurs, the "King's friends." Why' Because "The conversations I have had witl: representatives from difierent State? since their return to this city lead mc to the following conclusions: The people do not desiri? a rupture be tween Congress and the President but th ev desire still less that Congres.1 should recede from any of the posi tions taken, and patch up the worl of reconstruction without exacting from the rubel States sufficient bond: for future good behavior. The cou sequence is, that Congressmen electee by Republican constituencies an coming back, as fully determined a ever, <>r even more so, to insist npoi guarantees previous to re-ad mission and that even those who found ii their dist ricts frightened post-master and revenue collectors are fully im pressed with the unwavering firmnes of thc Republican masses, to whon post-offices and collectorsbips are o very little importance." CONFIRMATION OF GEN. GRANT' STATEMENTS IN REGARD TO THE SOUTH The celebrated T. P. Shaffher, tele graphic constructor for the world a large, writes a letter describing hi trip to the South. Ho indulges ii the following caustic language: "The report of Lieut. Gen. Gran gives a very correct account of affair? as I observed them, in the region traversed by me, and nothing gav me more satisfaction than his re marks upon the conduct of the sui ordinates of tho Freedman's Burear who are, perhaps, the most respons: ble for disturbances and contention between the white and colored peopl of the South. I never heard e any complaint against the militar throughout the whole of my journey but nearly everywhere I learned tin the agents of the Freedman's Burea had been more energetic te) tlistur the peace of society than to promol the welfare of the poor, wanderin colored people." The Orangebnrg (S. C.) Times ( the 10th instant says: "The larg concourse of freedmen who had con to town on New Year's day, bavin been informed that the Governmei had no lands to give them, but r> quired that they should make coi tracts and go to work faithfully, ? all free peoplo should do, departe quietly to their different localitii with fixed intentions to marke 01 their destinies with the plow ami ho But news was again spread over tl District that Genend Saxton won address the freedmen at Orangebm on Friday, .r>th instant, and it w generally believed that several tho sand woulel again congregate in tov on that day-a supposition whit was not realized, for the colon people are evidently disgusted wi' speechifying 'without land.' Tin have lost their 'faith,' by too mm work, not for want of 'works.' Co sequently only a few hundred of b sable brethren were asse m bhjcTtolia what the ^??''V-aJa?BiWI ! Tbc Grea.t*8ou?hern I'inn o nufttc tory. Until about forty years ago, Ame? ricans were content to purchase at large prices very indiff?rent piano? fortes from England, France and ' Germany. These instruments, never very good in themselves, were utterly unable to stand the excessive variation of our climate, and the super-heating of our parlors generally, so that after two or three years they became mere rattle-traps, fit only for kindling wood. One of the first lu mses b> i assert that America could manufac? ture ?for herself, and whose efforts were successful in diminishing the importation of pianos, was that of Knabe & Co., who commenced busi? ness over thirty years ago in the "Monumental City" of Baltimore. Their beginnings were humble, for large investments in au untried brauch of trade, which must at once come into competition with the best manufactures of Europe, was then a thing unheard of, since, besides the competition to be overcome, there was a wide-spread, deeply-rooted pre? judice in favor of tho foreign article to be encountered. The excellence of the Knabe piano, however, gradu j ally attracted attention, and it began to command a market elsewhere than I in Baltimore. Pianos made in the Eastern States also began to claim attention, and the fact came to be realized that instruments worthy of that name could be made in America, j and that it was worse than folly to I import an article at a high price, which could be furnished at home batter in quality, and at about two thirds the cost. Under these favorable circum? stances, the house of Kuala? gathered strength and made headway, until to-day their manufactory is one oi the largest bi the world, and theil business extends all over thc? United States, South America, the West Indies, and even to Europe. This house is the only rival of thc few great piano establishments of tin "Eastern and Northern States, and tlie Knabe instruments are running v race in popularity, and successfully competing in the North and East wit! the .best pianos made there. Th? enterprise of the firm is noteworthy. The present capacity of their manu factory enables them to turn oui thirty-five pianos per week, but flu success of their agency in New York carried on by J. Bauer & Co., has sc greatly increased the demand foi their instruments that they havebeei compelled to erect a new wing to thei building on Eutaw and West streets Baltimore, which, with tin? lumber yard attached, occupies two en tin blocks. This extensiv* manufactory is five stories high, and. with the ne\ wing attached, will present a frontag' of 436 feet, with a depth on all th floors of tue building of forty feel We doubt if there is a piano manu factory in the world of ni adi large dimensions. All the modern mecha nicol aids to labor are containei therein; their beautiful engine turn a hundred wheels, and moves a seor of saws; the motive power, steam warms the entire building, and number of rare and costly machine.' of extraordinary power and uniqu invention, are in constant operario to produce the beautiful specimen < workmanship which the Kuala" niano exhibit. The pianos of Knabe A Co. ai sterliiiginstrunients. thoroughly mai': of first-class and .ig-soasoned nu terials, so that their powers of ci durance may be entirely relied npoi They are not turned out rapidly wit a view only to their sale, but tb makers expect that each piano sha be an advertisement, of many year standing, of the sterling excellence < their work. There are but few makers of gran pianos in the country, and in th class of instruments th? Knabe a knowledges no superior. Their ne scale has produced an instrument < noble qualities. The tone is larj: and sonorous, brilliant and synrp; thetic, round and bell-like, and i power of singing or sustaining tl sound is not exceeded in any instr meat now made. The touch is fin yet elastic; light, yet powerful, HUH' ing every want of the player. It an instrument of surpassing beaut grandeur and richness -ono th could not fail to inspire a good play with exquisite thoughts. The new squares are equally inarki in their general excellence. Tl popular weakness seems now to be favor of a great body of tone. Tl: is not in accordance with corre taste. The Knabe square pian^-h plenty of t one. butis^oj^gggl i''''''it^foj?Wjjj|^|^^Km^^^^^M Jjocal Xtoms. Advertisements, to insure insertion, should bc handed in hy 1 o'clock p. ni. "Tins Cons."-?The Acts passed hy the Legislature relative to tho freedmen, f..r sale rt tbiyofiice. Price 20 ceuts; by mail 2? cen! s. CASU. . Our terms for subscription, ad? vertising anti j:>b work aro cash. Wc hojxi all parties will bear this ?ii mind. Tor. RuasiNu or COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account ot the "Sack ?ntl Destruc? tion of tli- City of Columbia, S. C.," has list been issue I. Lu pamphlet form, from thc 1'iurnh steam power press. Order? ran be :illud to any extent. ('oMMKNCK YOUR GARDENS. -Dr. Mint's advertisement of Lan dre th's standard gar? den seeds, ol obi prices, will gratify most of our readers. Per f'>ur years, we have been deprived ?if this supply of genuine and good seeds, anil hope tn see every vacant foot of ground in and around the city devoted to their growth and product. Thc robbing of ben roosts still con? tinues. The poultry yard, situated directly under the wings of thu Phoenix, was visited ii night or two ago and the contents carried oft". We nave this consolation -if consola? tion it can be called -that a countless number of persons have fared equally as bad The card of Messrs. King A Cassidey, No. 151 Meeting street, Charleston, s.e., appears in our columns this morning. Their stock of drugs, medicines, per? fumery, etc., is large and fresh, and em? braces everything in their line. They promise satisfaction to purchasers, and request a call from dealers generally. LEVIN A. PEIXOTTO.-These gentlemen both experienced businessmen-offer their services as commission agents for thc pur? chase or sah- of real and personal property. Thc senior partner, Mr. Jacob Levin, is well known as an active, industrious and energitic man, of business habits and strict integrity, while his partner, Mr. Feixotto, formerly connected with thc auction house of F. Dane", is als > recognized as a th;> rougb business niau in that line. IiKI.TOloes SERVTC .S THIS DAY.-Luther? an ('burch (Lecture li oom) Kev. A. K. Rude, l:n A. M. Marion Street Church -Rev. K. G. Gage, 101 A. M.. 3J P. M. Christ Church-(Lecture Room) Rev. L M. Pringle, 10.$ A. M. Medium Street Chapel Rev. W. T. Capers, 101 A. M. Baptist Church -Rev. ' J. L. Reynolds, KIA A. M.; Rev. W. T. Callers. :1J P. M. Presbyterian Church Rev. Geo. Howe, lol A. M. Si. Pett i s Church ttev. .1. J. O'Connell, 101 A. M.. 3J P. M. Nr.w ADVKRTISF.XF.NTS. Attention iscall < d io the following advertisements, which arc published thi time: King A' Cass'de Steele's Fur Ito? M .;l!i r ? Senti f..r tho first ,- Wholesale Druggists, ni -Furs. Hardware. " -Whiskey, Wine, kc. Kerosene Lamps. .' " Roots and Shoes. " Kerosene Oil. .1. L. Lumsden- -Commission Agent. Harris. Gaines A- Co.-Grocers. J. P. Darrow A- Co. -Westchester House. A. S. Willington & Co.-Daily Courier. Willis A Chisolm -People's Steamship Co. il. W. Kinsman-Phosphate of Lime. Jas. Cr. Gibbes-Auction. Scott <t Heriot- -Auction Sale. Benjamin Wood -New York News. Tin: TKETH OFTEN Dir.- Long before the ivstem loses its youthful vigor. This mould not be so. To prevent this species >f necrosis, us?;- Fragrant Sozodont. It coops the dental bone alive, the enamel ?potless, the gums rosy and clastie, the >reath pure and tho mouth clean. t Counting House Calendar for 1866. A Nashville paper says: "An agent vas sent South, some days since, to