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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