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-B'5r Telegyapli. 1 The Freedmen and the Sea Islands, WASHINGTON, February C.-Tbc following is tbc section ia full relating to thc freed? men's occupation of tho South Carolina cotton lands, as it passed the House to? day. It goes to the Senate for concur? rence: SECTION FIFTH. -And be it further en? acted, That tho occupants of land under Maior-<General Sherman's Special Field Order, dated at Savannah, January six? teenth, eighteen huudrcd and sixty-five, arc hereby confirmed in their possession for the period of three years from the date of said order, and no person shall be dis , turbed in or ousted from said possession during said three vears, unless a settle? ment shall be uiaitc with said occupants hy the former owner, satisfactory to the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau: Provided, That %hcncver the former owners of lands occupied under Gene? ral Sherman's Field Order shall make application for restoration of said lands, ?he Commissioner is hereby author? ized, upon thc agreement, with the written consent of said companies, to pro? cure other lands for them, by rent or pur? chase, not r seceding forty acres for each occupant; or set apart for them, out of public lands assigned for that ?purpose in section four of this bill, forty acres each, upon thc terms and conditions named in said section. - Prophecy. "The President, in this connection, expressed the opinion that the agita? tion of the negro and franchise ques? tion in the District of Columbia at this time was the mere ent?rine/ wedge to the agitation of thc question throughout the States, and was ill timed, uncalled for, IID I calculated tc do great harm. He believed that it would engender enmity, contention and strife between the two races, and ? lead to a war between them, which would result in great injury to both, and the extermination of the negrc population. " * These are words of prophecy. Th oj? e?me from a man who, after m an j years of arduous political strife an<i an active participation in the bloodi? est drama of the age, with an experi? ence and a sagacity equal to; if liol greater, than that of any other mar of his country, stands upon the watch tower of the nation, marking the evil; of the present, descrying the dangers of the future, and warning us, a; Washington warned our forefathers of the incalculable evils which awai us as a people, if those who now con trol the legislation of Congress ar< permitted to persist in their madnesi and folly. They are not the words o Andrew Johnson, the leader of ? party ; nor of Andrew Johnson, partier pant.in the wild storm of bloodj* wa -nor eFen the careless, casual rc marks of ordinary conversation-bu the carefully considered and wei weighed words of warning of thc Pre sident of the United States, win fully realizing the gravity of his pc sition and the magnitude of the im pending issues, has risen to the heigh of true greatness, and is nobly strug gling to rescue his people from th dreadful calamities into which the; are so rapidly drifting. He has^ evidently lost hope in th return of soberness and reason to th present Congress. His only resor now is ia an . appeal to the people To that tribunal, he turns with conn dence. He has never mistaken th people. No one knows better thai he does how to reach their judgment Great evils may come upon the coun try before that judgment can be im pressed; and it may be that there i so little of virtue and integrity left that he will fail in arousing it to an; sufficient purpose. We must not dc spair, however. Despair is not th part of patriotism nor the spirit c true courage. Let us hope that w have reached the height of the storn: and that, having spent its chief fora there will be a reaction ar jr move ment, which the President, in th hands of a wise and good Provident may be able so to control as to brin us finally into a port of safety, wit much left for occasion to rejoice, an ont of which those who shall con: after us may build a brighter and happier future. [NasJirille Union and American. FsjEE TRADE TARIFF AND THE RAD CALS.-A very curious explanation < the cause of the continuance of tl negro agitation in Congress is heir, extensively circulated here. It a] pears that public meetings are heir held in all the principal cities in tl West in favor of reducing the presei tariff. A pressure for a moditicatic comes in strong from the West is not at all improbable that a majorii of the Y,Testern members maj- be cot pelled to 3'ield to this clamor. It said Stevens realizes this fact, ar fears a change, if that question reached, coming from the State Pennsjdvania, which is interested : keeping up a high tariff to build r rta own interests. He unites with tl New England radicals, who are an ions to continue the same system strengthen their own manufacture They manage to keep up tho agit lion about tbe freedmen, negro si frage ami amendments to the Cona tution, in tho hope of staving < action, or preventing Congress fro taking np the epiestion of the tar until it is too late in the session to i anything. Hence this constant ; tempt to tinker the Constitution a? other radical measures. There some plausibility, to say the least, this rumor. Without vouching i it? accuracy, T simply give it as o of the rumors of the hour now gci rally circulated. [ Washington despatch. _--m, A military commission has been < ganizetl at Mobile to inepiire into t late guerilla raid upon the stean Belfast. I How THE SCOTCH WORK IN VIR? GINIA.-A gent Ierran -who has re? cently traveled from Washington to Richmond, says he saw on the whole route only ono farm where the ploughs liad been started in earnest. This was at "New Market," the farm recently leased by Dr. Baylor, of Caroline, to Mr. Black, a Scotch gen? tleman Herc seyen ploughs were actively employed. If Mr. Black cari prepare hind for a crop, why cannot others, to che manor boru? Mr. Black's superintendent ia said to be a Scotchman, who has only been in the country for a few weeks, and, not ! withstanding all tho disadvantages which a stranger has to contend with, I he has already got the machinery of the farm in full operation. Let us ! take an example from it, and do all in our power to raise a crop this year. \Fredericksburg Iferald, 1st. m-*.* PROSPECTS IN LOUISIANA.-The Thi bodeanx Sentinel says : "It is with pleasure that we see that the great majority of the plant? ers in this Parish have determined to cultivate their lands. We understand that a good deal of cane is planted. This is well, because Southern Louisi? ana offers poor inducements for the cultivation of cotton. In this section, our motto should be 'Sugar is King,' and we hope our planters will en? deavor to convince the State at large that Lafourche is the 'sugar-bowl' o? Louisiana." .... -o* A NEW RAILROAD IN BROADWAY.-A letter from New York says : ' 'At las! the Legislature has before it some? thing liko a practical scheme for thc relief of over-crowded Broadway. A bill was presented yesterday, grant ing a charter for a railroad to be buill on arches, which are to rest on pillar! placed at the curb-stones on eithei side of the street. The pillars are tc be nine inches in diameter, and thc cars are to be run by steam or com pressed ais." . The Emperor and Empress o France recently received at breakfas an American gentleman who had be friended the former while in exile The Empress thought she would dat ter the Republican proclivities of he: visitor by appearing in a dark Eng li6h linsey dr. 3S, with narrow linei collar and cuffs, a blue neck-tie, anc her hair combed back plainly fron her forehead, and gathered into ? knob behind. At Salisbury-, N. C., on the 20tl vdt., three children, belonging to Mr Rimer, entered an unfinished play house which had been built for them ami kindled a fire of the straw an? other combustibles which happene< to be in the inside. Being unable t* escape, the children were all sn flo cated to death. A Washington letter says: In du time, Congressmen will learn that the, cannot denounce the President nm oppose his policy at tho Capitol, nm then come to the White House to as! and to receiv jood places for thei friends. A company of enterprising gen tlemen, in Columbus, Georgia, hav purchased the Rolling Mill, formerl attached to the naval works.in tha city, and, in the course of six weeks it will be refitted for rolling iron an making nails. In Memphis, every hotel is crowd ed, and so is every boarding house and the renting of a house, or even : suite of rooms, for a small family, i E ?xtto impossible. Small unfurnishe rooms on tho third floor rent readil for $25 to ?$30 a month. Tho Cincinnati \Commei-cial has special despatch, dated Austin, Texas February 1, saying that the Pres dent of tho Texas Secession Couver tion has been elected to preside ove the Convention called to reconstru? the State Government. There are 3,200 freedmen congre gated at Chattanooga, of which nun ber about 500 are not earning a livinj With the exception of the small-po: their health is good, and this pest lenee is on the decline. The Kentucky Legislature, durin its present session, has declare vacant the seats of ten or tweh radical members, on the ground tin they were elected by military inte ference. The ladies of Glasgow, Kentuck; are engaged in arranging for an el gant supper and entertainment, to I given shortly, for tho benefit of tl indigent orphans of the South. A Brazos letter of January 31 say To-day Generals Weitzel, Smith ai Clarke will be mustered out. Fi regiments will bc mustered out thirty days. The New York Sunday Times, view of the news from Sierra Leon thinks the negroes are not above et ing black men when they cannot g missionary. Sir Frederick Bruce and his di ond star create much sensation washington. The ladies pronoun him "alove of an ambassador." Bishop Morris has only been ? prived of tho use of his right hand ] his late illness. He suffers no otb disability. There is a regular line of stearne between New Orleans and Liverpo? consisting of eight first class vesse doing a lucrative business. The farmers along the Wiscons River complain that the bears ? killing a large number of their shec hogs, A-e. Peace prevails along the I Grande. Counting House Calendar for 1866. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. CHAKLOTTE, F?bruarv G.-Wo have no chango to report in tho prico of cotton. It commands 30@36|c. Gold-buying, 38; selling, 40@41. AUGUSTA, February 5.-The cotton mar? ket is quiet, vrithout change from our last quotations. We quote middling 40c, strict middling 41, and good middling 42. Gold in good demand. Large sales at 41. Bro? kers buying at S9@40, and selling at 41. Silver unchanged. CINCINNATI, February 2.-Flour unchang? ed in prices, and quiet. Wheat in good demand-prices higher, $1.90 for new red. Corn quiet, at 54c. for No. 1 mixed shelled. Largo supply of oats-No. 1 in fair de? mand, at 38@38ic; No. 2 declined to 85? 35*c. Rye steady, at 75c. for No. 1. Hogs dull and heavy, "closing at $11.50 for city dressed. Receipts, 2,100 hoad. Mess pork in good demand, at $23.25ft?$25.50 for city. MEMPHIS, February 1.-Holders arc by no means disposed to let cotton go at low rates. All tho vicissitudes the staple has gone through, has not at all displaced the conviction that tho cotton now in hand is .every bale of it that is up to middling worth 50c. Wo heard persons, yesterday, on rinding that cotton was selling at better rates, express their entire inability to guess upon what inundation the improvement was based. We can answer the question without difficulty; so can any one who goo? into tho market as much as wc do. The basis is the confidence buyers and holders entertain in the future high price of cotton. How far that notion is well based, wc shall not now discuss. The following are the quotations: Ordinary, 35@36c. ; good ordi narv, 37@38; low middling, 39@41: mid? dling, 42@43; strict middling, 44rt?44J; good middling, 45. WINDOW SASHES, ALL sizes, glazed or unglazed, always on hand. Odd sizes or extra large furnished at the shortest notice at Factory prices, at tho Paint and Glass Establish? ment, Main street. JAS. BROWN. Feb 9 _2*_ J. B. E. SLOAN, Auctioneer And General Commission Merchant, Broion <t C'o.'s Wharf, Charleston, S. C., WILL receive and forward GOODS and PRODUCE, buy to order Merchan? dize and Supplies, and make liberal ad? vances on consignments of Cotton and other Produce. REFERENCES.-Robert Adger, David Jen? nings, W. P. Hall, Charleston, S. C. ; Car wile Sc McCaughrin, Newberry, S. C.; Wier <k Cunningham, Abbeville, S. C.; Hon. T. N. Dawkins, Union C. H., S. C.; Hon. W. D. Johnson, Bennettsville, S. C.; E. Sc G. D. Hope, Columbia, S. C.; James H. Rion, Winnsboro, S. C.; Alexander Sc Robinson, Chester, S. C.; Wm. Johnston, President Charlotte Sc S. C. Railroad, Charlotte, N. C. Feb G_4? Eastern Hay. ALOT of superior EASTERN HAY, for sale low for cash. Apply at Hitch? cock's Stables. lt WARD. Feb 9_3*_ A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, RESIDENT of Columbia, is desirous of taking a PARTNER in a business, which is very lucrative. Ho must be pos? sessed of several thousand dollars, in order to enlarge the business. Address A, B, C, Post Office, Columbia. Feb 7 3* Corn & Hay. O AA BUSHELS prime White CORN. ??VjVj 40 bales EASTERN HAY. For sale LOW for CASH. Feb 7 3* ANDREW CRAWFORD. _ Special Notice-To Tax-Payers. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, February G, 186G. THE BOOKS of this office were opened on MONDAY, tho 5th inst., for the pur? pose of receiving RETURNS^ and TAXES for the year ia??. F. H. ELMORE, Feb 7 3_ City Clerk^ Fifty Axemen and Thirty Plantation Hands Wanted. APPLY to Mr. WM. SIMONS, at Coffin Sc Ravenel's, or to Mr. JOHN CLARK SON, at Clarkson Sc Talley's. Feb 3 G Notice. ALL persons indebted to tho late firm of ZEALY,. SCOTT Sc BRUNS, aro re? quested to make settlement forthwith, by 1 calling sn J. T. ZEALY, Assembly street. Feb 8_ji Premium Platform Scales. AFULL supply of PLATFORM SCALES, capacity from 400 to 1,200 pounds. In store and for sale cheap for cash by Feb 1 DIAL & POPE. Bank of Hamburg, b.c. ACONVENTION of the Stockholders of this Bank is called to meet at their Banking House, in this place, on WEDNES? DAY, the 28th of February next. Attendance, either in person or by proxy, is earnestly requested, as matters br great importance will bo presented for their con? sideration. J. W. STOKES, President. Hamburg, S. C., January 23, 1SGG. Jan 27 _Imo Hardware. THE subscribers would respectfully in? form the citizens of Columbia" and vicinity, that they have opened their stock of HARDWARE, TAINTS, OILS, WIN? DOW GLASS, ftc., to which they would ask tho attention of purchasers, cheap for cash. DIAL Sc POPE. Jan 23 Kerosene Lamps, &c. AFULL supply of KEROSENE LAMPS, OIL, CHIMNEYS, Burnevs, Wicks, &c, in store and for sale at low prices, by Jan 23 DIAL M POPB. Frary & Kitrey's Dining Booms, 214 King Street, one door South of Market . Street, Charleston, S. C.' MEALS at all hours. Furnished rooms for transient Boarders at about hah* hotel price. Oysters by tho quart and gal? lon; cans supplied for country use. Feb_9_C FRESH BREAD, BAKES, ?TCT, Every I>a,y rilHE undersigned beg leave to inform JL their friends and customers that they have greatly enlarged their establishment, and are prepared to deliver, to all orders left at their store, a superior article of j BREAD. They also have a wagon by which they can deliver HOT BREAD twico a day to persons living in distant parts of thc city. Store-keepers and boarding-houses 1 will do well to give us a call. Feb 8 SHODAIR & STIEGLITZ. Robert Bryce, HAVING just returned from the North? ern markets, is now receiving an en? tirely fresh stock of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, HATS, And HOUSE-FURNISHING and FAMILY SUPPLIES of various kinds, in a part of his old stand, Nos. 5 and G Bryce's Range, (lately occupied by Kenneth Sc Gibson.) where ho will be pleased to seo bis old friends and customers. In the stock will be found Brown, Yellow, White aiN Crushed SUGARS, MOLASSES, SYRUPS, TEAS and COFFEES, some very choice Java; Flour, in whole and half bar? rels or in smaller fjuantitics; Bacon, Bft?ast piecos or Strips, and Lard; Shoulders at 20c. Among the assortment of HARDWARE will bc found Ames' Shovels and Spades, Axes and Hoes of all kinds, Locks, Hinges, Knives and Forks, Pots, Ovens, Skillets, Cooperwaro and a great variety of House furnishing articles; as well as "Carpenters', Shoemakers' and other Mechanic Tools. Also, Gentlemen's, Youth's and Boys' HATS; Men's, Women's and Children's SHOES. Together with a great variety of other goods too numerous to mention. Having selected these goods himself in thc Baitimor?'. New York and Charleston markets, and purchased since the late de? cline tn prices, he Hatters himself that lie can make it th ?int er est of his friends and the public to give him a call before pur? chasing elsewhere, at Nos. .r> and G Bryce's Range. Feb 9 t2* JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C+ FOR SALE LOW BY GREGG & CO., Corner Richardson and Taylor Streets, Fob 8 BALTIMORE STONEWARE! CONSISTING of CHURNS, MILK TANS, Butter Jars, Pitchers, Circular Cake Jars, Spittoons, Ac. Together with a gene? ral assortment of Yellow and Rockingham Ware, just received. W. B. STANLEY. Jan 27_ Corn, Hay, Oats and Peas. + %f\f\BUSHELS prime White CORN. ??VlVj 100 " OATS. 100 bushels PEAS. 50 v-bls. FLOUR- Extra Family. IO" bales EASTERN HAY. Just received and for sale at lowest mar? ket rates. Office Gervais st., near S. C. R. R. Fob 1 Imo* J. D. BATEMAN, Agent. Paints, Oils, Window Glass, &c. AGENERAL assortment of the above, together with a full stock of BRUSHES of every variety. In store and for salo cheap for cash br DIAL Sc POPE. Feb 1_ FLOUR, BACON, ETC. (DI A BBLS. CHOICE FAMILY AND SUPER. FLOCK, at Charleston prices, freight added. 20,000 lbs. choice old BACON SHOUL? DERS, at 16 and 18c. 30,000 SEGARS-low-priced and good. With various other articles of prime tpia lities and low prices. For sale by Feb 4 Imo* E. STENHOUSE. New Store. ^^^^jg^^ \T HF subscriber ^^Ej?^^ I '.Phu'iiix"-like, his store has risen out of smouldering ashes into a substsntial brick building of goodly proportions, in which parties wanting storage can be accommo? dated. All description of goods received for salo on consignment; and where he will keep as good an assortment of GROCE? RIES as can be found anywhere, and for salo, as usual, at tho lowest prices, at wholesale and retail. E. STENHOUSE. Feb 4 Imo* Hubs, Spokes and Felloes. AFULL supply of HUBS, SPOKES and FELLOES, suitable for Buggies and Wagons. ALSO, I Carriage and Tiro Bolts, Axle Clips, ic. In storo and for salo cheap foraash by DIAL ? POPE, Jan 27 Suceassors to Allen & Dial. Brass and Copper. THE highest prices paid for obi BRASS, COPl'ER, LEAD and ZINC, at ROBERT MCDOUGALL'S, Corner of Gadsden and Washington sts. Orders for every description of BRASS CASTINGS filled with neatness and de? spatch^ _ Jan 27 Edwin J. Scott, HAS opened a Broker's and Exchange Oftico in Columbia; will furnish clucks on New York and Charleston in sums to suit purchasers. Attend to buying and selling SPECIE, BANK BILLS, STOCKS, BONDS, Sec., on commission, and make cash advances on consignments of Cotton, to bo sold in Charleston or New York. Offico at C. H. Baldwin's store, corner Main and Washington streets. Jan 23 2mo* -. - COLUMBIA m\\, &REST RSnUCTIDK IN THE RATES OF Advertising! ON the 2d of January, 1806, the COLUM? BIA PHONIX (published Daily and Tri-Weekly) was GREATLY ENLARGED, and in tho quantity and quality of its read? ing matter will compare favorably with any paper in the State. The subscription price to the Daily in $10 a yoar; Tri-Weekly $7. The terms for transient advertising have boen REDUCED OVER TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT.; while tho monthly and quar? terly rates havo been lowered to such an extent as to place the columns of the paper within tho reach of dealers and manufac? turers generally. JOB WORK Of every kind, such as PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, HAND-BILLS, CARDS, ETC., Attended to promptly, and ai. reasonable prices. Give us a trial. JULIAN A. SELBY, ia? 7 Proprietor Columbia PTmnix. -?auTJLCS-tlOXl. Shiest. Mules, Horses and Wagons. By LEVIN & ?ELXOTT?. THIS (Friday) MORNING, at 10 o'clocl we will sell, at our corner, without r? servo, 10 fine MULES. 3 HORSES. WAGONS and HARNESS, Ac. Feb i) 1 W" HARRIS, Land Agent. SPECIAL attention }>aid to pinchase and salo of PLANTATIONS. FARMS, DWELLINGS and REAL ESTATE of every description in South Carolina and tho Southern States. Office--Court Hons?' Square, Columbia, S. C. Feb 3 Y. BHETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW ANO SOLICITOR IN EQUITY Office in Rein' of Court Ho nee. Feb 1 ^lmo* TAILORING!. THE undersigned begs letwe ^o in? form his friends and the public gene Irally that he has returned ?rain, and -has re-opened his Tailoring Establish? ment on Washington street, opposite thc old Jail and West sido of Messrs. Hanahan & Warley's store, and iw now ready to take in all orders belonging to thc business. Thanking his old customers for their former patronage, and hoping they will give him their custom again, he begs to assure them that they can find al Ms store the BEST of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS. Call and see for yourselves. Feb 6 r, c. D. EBERHARDT. Lost, AT thc Charlotte Rail, [road Depot, in Columbia, February 12,1805, a small YELLOW li AT LOX, marked "Rutledge," con? taining a desk with many letters, some handsome trinkets, a large quantity of lace, a black lace shawl and mantle, two largo white lace veils, ton mi? niatures and several photographs. Thc owner, who prizes these articles beyond their intrinsic value, oilers a large reward for thc recovery of any of them, ur for any information offthem. Apply to BACHMAN & WATEES, Columbia, or to RUTLEDGE & YOUNG, Charleston. Feb-1 6* Public Notice. BUSINESS requiring mc to be absent from this city and State for some time to como, I hereby give notice that during such absence and until notice to tho con? trary, I havo appointed LEVES & PBLTL OTTO my attorneys in fact. Jan 2G"finio MOSES LILIOTHAL. Bacon Sides and Shoulders. FINE LEAF LARI). MUSCOVADO MOLASSES. DRY BROWN SU< rA lt. Just received and for salo as cheap n? can bo bought in the city. Jan 24 FISHER & LOWRANCE. C. D. MELTON. SAM L W. MELTON MELTON &. MELTON, .Attorneys at Law, COLI'MBIA, s. c., WILL practico in tho adjoining Dis? tricts, and in Union, York, Chester and Lancaster. Om. a on Assembly street, second door South of tho Catholic Church. Jan 31 .lum it ROUX & mmW Commission Merchants, COLUMBIA, S. C. OFFICE South side Gervais sticet, near Assembly. Jun 25 Imo Notice. JOHN C. SEEGERS, of Columbia, is my Solo Agent for thc salo of the different kinds of BISCUITS, ('RACKERS and PILOT BREAD manufactured by mc. He will soil them at Charleston* wholesale prices, freight added. J. C. H. CLAUSSEN. Charleston, January 27, 18(>(?^ JUST received a lot of SODA, CON? GRESS, SEED, Sugar, Wino, Lemon, Butter, Pic-Nic Biscuits, and Pilot Bread. Jan 31_JOHN C. SEEGERS. C. K. BALDWIN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, and dealer in STAPLE HARD? WARE, OILS of all kinds, with a general stock adapted to a first class trade. Bought exclusively for cash and offered at lowest market rates, at the old ?tami of Allen Sc Dial. * Jan 18 lm MIKELL, BOYLE & CO., FORWARDING & COMKLSSION MSROSAKT TS, COLUMBIA, S. 0. E. W. Ml KELL. WK. A. BOYLE. JAS. !.. SM ITU. Jan 18 }lmo "COMMISSION, STORING AND HAVING a largo STORE and WARE? HOUSE convenient to the South Carolina, Greenville and Columbia Rail? road Depots, I am prepared to rec. ive and forward, store or sell, on commission, COTTON, COUNTRY PRODUCE and MERCHANDIZE generally. Anything consigned to my care, with instructions, will receive my own personal and prompt attention. " J. L. LUMSDEN, Corner Lady and Assembly streets, Jan 14 t Near Post Office, Columbia. II.E. NICHOLS, INSURANCE" HGENT, Corner of Assembly and Washington Sis., Oolumtoia, S. O. REPRESENTS a number of thc best - both Northern and Sou them--compa? nies, possessing an aggregate capital of over $23,000,000. LIFE, PIRE, MARINE, INLAND AND ACCIDEN? TAL RISKS taken on equi? table terms, and all losses promptly paid. AST* Policies mad*"! pa\ able in Hold or Currency.