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By T?legrap2a. From Waihiayttn. WASHIMOTOK, March, 18.-Reports from various quarter? represent St. Patrick's day as having passed pleasantly and with? out any I'enian outbreak, as predicted. At Montreal (Canada) tho-citizens turned out en nuxsse and pfcid their respecte to the Go? vernor-General. Tho excitement in thc proviuces bas abated considerably. The Secretary of the Treasury, on yes? terday, sent a message to the House, allow? ing au available balance in thu Treasury of over $123,400,000. . . - WABHIKOTON, March 17.-The House of Representatives, last night, defeated the Loan bill, Cl to -70, thus condemning the Secretary of the Treasury's financial policy. The bill would give hhn very large powers. It is supposed that it will be ro vised and passed. The defeat occasioned great excitement. Another R?bellion Threatened. The Salem (Mass.) Statesman says: "Wo heard one of the radical leaders say, that if-the President went on, the next rebellion would bc in Mas? sachusetts." Well, that would be nothing re? markable. They had ono rebellion against the laws in that State, that lind to be put down at the point of the bayonet; and they came very near having a second daring the late war with Great Britain. It was really initiated, aud nothing but the pro? clamation of peace, which soon fol? lowed, prevented its culmination. Let the radicals rebel against the wise, conservative policy of the Pre? sident, and he may rely upon 100,000 stout arms in Virginia alone to aid him in enforcing the laws. Massa? chusetts is more disloyal this day than Virginia, and it may be neces? sary to teach her a wholesome lesson of obedience to the Constitution, which the President is laboring so heroically to maintain. We trust that the old Bay State has had her day, and that henceforth she w;il not be* able to rule the whole c^ a try. The men who long ago proc^ Imed that the "Constitution was a covenant _with- death and an agreement with - hell," and who have been agitating always, keeping the cour try in a state of disquiet that ended in a civil war, should be compelled to hold their peace and observe obedience to the laws. Treason should be held to be a crime in Massachusetts as well as in Virginia; and such, we are happy to know, is the view of the President. Let not these radical agitators presume too much on the forbearance of the President, or they may awaken to an uncomfortable realization of trouble. They may hear the jingling of Mr. Seward's "little bell," and rind that Fort War? ren is strong enough to hold North? ern as well as Southern "traitors." ^ The real peace that is so much coveted by all truly patriotic men *^*tf?Q?ALbe attained, so long as these pestdlem^ii^tors are permitted to concoct theiff?Mmif?es of opposition to the Governmentr*v3,4ie President may have to give 'them a stronger hint than that contained vh his speech of the 22d February, and he is the very man to do it. [Lynchburg Virginia^. ' THE FENIAN MOVEMENT.-"Leo," the correspondent of the Charles :on Courier, writes: The -'British Minister has renion str?Tted against the Fenian movements in the United States, so far as they may assume the form of actual hos? tilities against the dominions of Gi eat Britain. The Government will take care that no movement be made with? in our borders which may be penal under our neutrality laws. But nothing more will be done. With three millions of the latter race in this country, we may expect some manifestations of sympathy with Irish revolutionary movements. Some think that the whole movement in this country is prompted by the cu? pidity of a few, and the credulity of j many. The Fenian Irish Republic bonds have had some takers, chiefly by the poorer classes of the Irish people. Some enthusiastic supporters of the cause have contributed in this way large sums. RETUIO? OF SrniNG.-The Memphis 'Bulletin, of the 11th instant, says: "The almost unfailing harbinger of the return of spring is the universal devotion to marbles discoverable at j this time among th<j diminutive but crescendo specimens of humanity- ! the boys. The natural order is about as follows; marbles, buds, birds, leaves, flowers, spring. Why marbles should form the first link iu ihc chain of the regenerated spring tim? we can't say; doubtless it is owing to nome recondite law of nature, over which some future Newton will per-; haps puzzle his brains. At any rate i the fact remains, be theory what it Iraay." Here the order is marbles, jtops, kitesr-"vith a mingling of buds, irds, leaves, flowers and then spring. - Forney writes to his newspaper in Philadelphia that the failure of Se? nator Patterson, from Tennessee, to fulfill his promise to speak to the copperheads of Burks .County has given offence. A correspondent says that accord? ing to careful computation by mem? bers who are interested in sustaining the President's policy of reconstruc? tion, there are but fifteen Republican Congressmen who can bo depended upon to vote against radical measures i as they come up. reported in New York t?aatj "letchum, the forger, is to be ! The Great Cotton tfcnertton. Cotton has become a word to con I jure with. Plutus whispers it on 'Change and the whole commercial world becomes excited. Many there are who think of nothing else, specu? late in nothing else, love nothing else. They talk of the fleecy fabric when awake, dream of it when asleep, turn it now into greenbacks, now into gold, and now build with it all sorts of castles in the air. The cotton crop of 1860 was 5,386, 897 balers, of which about one-fourth "was consumed in this country, leav-1 I ing the balance, worth at the old anic-bellum price, about $160,000,000, to take the place of specie in our foreign exchange. It is not wonder? ful, then, that cotton is regarded as a product of great importance, and that in the futur? as in the past, it is expected to occupy a prominent po? sition in our industrial and commer? cial statistics. Much speculation exists as to the probable crop of 1866. Some look for a crop of 3,000,000 of bales, while others again are far more mode? rate in their estimate, placing the prospective crop at 1,000,000 or 1,500,000. These differences of opin? ion arise from the different views en? tertained tounching the productive value of free and slave labor. Some think that the freedman will be more effective than the slave as an agricid Itural producer, while others imagine that he will be almost worthless. On this subject, we have been fa? vored with some calculations, made . by a keen statistical friend of ours, j which we think are well worthy of I being seriously pondered. The data . cannot certainly be questioned, and all of our readers are at liberty to I judge for themselves of the conclu j ?ions arrived at. If the figures and deductions which we are about to I offer tend in any manner to harmon j ize commerce and check the wild mania of hazardous speculation, our I aim will be accomplished. Numerous correspondents, who ap? pear to be interested in lowering the price of cotton now held by the pro? ducers of the South, coolly state that all the negroes have gone to work with energy, and that consequently the cotton crop of the present year cannot be less than 2,500,000 or j 3,000,000. Persons who make such statements cannot have visited the I outskirts of thia and other Southern ! cities, where negroes by thousands j congregate, and are living in compa? rative idleness and destitution. There i are in this city at present not less than 75,000 negro men and women, whe j have drifted hither from the rural j districts, in order to enjoy the ima I ginary ease and pleasure of city life. I A similar story may be told of every I city and town from the Potomac tc the Rio Grande, and the total num? ber thus drawn away from agricul tural employments is indeed enor morts: "-? " According to our friend's statistics table, there were about 4,000,00( slaves in the South at the commence , ment of the war. It was.the custon in ancient times to estimate one-tentl of every nation or tribe as warriors or persons capable of bearing arms Taking this as a basis of calculation there were, at the beginning of th< war, 400,000 negro men between th? ages of eighteen and forty-five years Of that number 200,000 entered th? army of the United States, but th' sword and disease reduced their ran ki to 100,000. Since the close of tin war, many of these have been dis banded and gone to the North anc West. The remainder are in the anni still. Of the 200,000 who did not en list, some perished in the Confederate service, while engaged iu erecting forts and digging trenches; 100,00( are now to be lound in towns and vii lages throughout the South, employee ! on board of steamboats, in hotels, o playing the part of iudependent freed men. Of the balance, 25,000 remove( into States where cotton is not pro duced, and 75,000 remained at home on the old plantations, and most o them may now be found in the fleh at work. \ Turning to the opposite sex, w> find 400,000 between tho ages o eighteen and forty-five years. An< how shall we account for them? Go ink-shedding Bohemian, to the coas of Carolina and Georgia. Follo\ the trail of Gen. Sherman's grane march to the sea from Atlanta. G< to Mobile, Nashville, Memphis Vicksburg, Savannah, Jackson, Batoi Rouge, Monroe, Shreveport, Alexau dna and this city. Visit the grave yards in our towns and villages, an< ask who sleeps there. It will be eas; to account for the disappearance o 100,000 negro women-poor, ignoran creatures, who left their homes t .follow triumphant armies, bu ! perished of cold, hunger and fatigue j er* the bliss of freedom becum theiss. Wo are speaking now c i grown-up women. The children wh I followed." them fell by the wayside and slumber in unmarked, unconse crated graves. To seek guarantee ?for their promised freedom, ?~,00 have gone North, East and West, an ,125,000 are about tuwns, cities an ? villages, washing, cooking, or follow ing far less creditable occupation! This would leave 150,O?A) effectif female laborers in the rural district! Of boys and girls between the age of ten and eighteen years there ar< perhaps, 120,U00, hali of whom ai either employed or are loiterin about towns and villages. We h iv< therefore, of available colored co to raisers : Negro men. 75 OC Negro women. 150,0C Negro boys and girls. 60,000 Total. 285,000 We most now take Into consider? ation the number of white persons who will devote their attention to cotton raising. In the cotton States there were about 250,000 white men at the commencement of the war, who, if so inclined, might have de? voted their attention to the raising of cotton. Of this number, 100,000 have been killed or disabled during the war, but their places have to some extent been supplied by the growth of boys. We think it would be a large estimate to allow 200,000 white laborers for the cotton fields during the present season. If so, we have a total effective force of 485,000 cotton raisers. 'The next question is, how much cotton can we reasonably expect to bo raised per hand ? Statistics snow that, ia 18?0, with a -force of 600,000 la? borers, our- crop was 1,800,000 bales, or three hales per hand. When the laboring force doubled, between 1850 and 1560, the crop proved to be 4, 500,600 bales, equal to 3% bales per hand. What then shall bc our esti? mate for the present year ? We must remember that there is a scarcity of stock and agricultural implements ; that fences, gin-houses and habita? tions need repair; that food must be provided ; that much of the rich cot? ton lands along the Mississippi are not yet redeemed from overflow by the rebuilding of the broken levees. Our dependence for a crop must rest chiefly on the highland" farms, which are far less productive than those of the lowlands. All things considered, we cannot expect more than three bales per hana, which would yield 1,440,000 bales in all. Now, if it be contended that this estimate is below the mark, the reader will please re? member that we have made no calcu? lation for labor which must necessa? rily be* ?evoted to other crops-sugar, tobacco and rice, for instance-nor of that which will be turned to mecha? nics and stock-raising. These em? ployments will certainly absorb all that remains of the physical laboring power which the Southern States can at present boast. With all these facts before us, it would b-3 vain to expect a cotton crop of more than 1,500,000 bales.-New Orleans -Times. Usury. Since the war, one of the subjects of legislative discussion in several States has been the usury question. We are unable to state what the re? sult has been, nor to what extent the statutes of the various States have been modified. In Alabama, we be ! heve, they have been left intact. There are some singular mistakes prevalent upon the subject, occa? sioned by the different sense of the word ' 'usury" in its popular accepta ! tion from that which itf ormprly bore. ? In the olden time, "usury" was-the simple equivalent of what we now call "interest." It applied to any com? pensation paid for the use of money or for delay in payment of a debt. Such is its application in th& English translation of the Scriptures in com? mon use. The Israelites were forbid? den to take "usury"-that is, any in? terest whatever-of their own breth? ren, but it might be taken from a stranger. In the popular usage of the present ; day the word is applied exclusively to interest (or usury) beyond the rates allowed by law. In most, if not all, of the United States, a limitation is affixed by statute to the rate of in? terest allowed, the transcending of which is subjected to various penal? ties, more or less stringent. j In the olden time, there were ideas prevailing upon thft subject of usury, j which it is fashionable now to ridicule as antiquated, superstitious and ab? surd, ?"he theory of medieval Chris? tendom was that all money-lending on interest was wrong, because "money could not breed money. " This theory presumed money to be not properly an article of trade, but a mere repre? sentative of the value of other articles. The doctrine of the present day is diametrically different. It is that money is as much a commodity as cotton, hay, dry goods, or any other article of trade, and hence that its use as a legitimate subject*^? profit. It is very possible that, if the sub? ject were closely and philosophically examined, it might be found that the people of the "dark ages" (so-called) were nearer right than we are in this, as well as in some other matters. Jil practice, however, our modern legislation is founded upon an incon? gruous combination of two theories -theories that are not merely diver? gent from but entirely incompatible with each other. In accordance with the modern theory, we permit a charge to be made for the use of I money, as if it were a legitimate j commodity; while, in the spirit of j the ancient theory, we restrict that charge by certain limitations. In j other words, we undertake by legisla? tion to regulate the amount of profit ! that may be made upon this one article., while we leave it unrestricted j as to others. If money is not a legitimate com? modity, or article of trade, no inte? rest at all should be authorized. If it is, we do uot see any reason why the rate of interest should bo re? stricted, that does not apply with; equal force to house-rents, or to tho price of bread, beef or broadcloth.. [Mobile Advertiser and Register. By order *f Maj. Cen. Stonernan, the District of East Tennessee has been discontinued. ? * Important Arrest ot Smugglers. Advices were received by the Com mjsaioner of Customs, ou Wednes? day, from Rouse's Point, that ten min, with their goods, had been cap? tured the day before for violating the referme laws on the Canada border, ?txhe place named and in that vici? nity. Yesterday morning, three of th? accused were brought before the cotamissioner at Rouse's Point, and, atlast accounts, were under examina? tion. One of the prisoners is repre? sented to be a wealthy merchant of Montreal, who has heretofore success? ful swindled the United States Treasury. He had with him about $6 0 worth of broadcloth. When ar? res ted, he manifested much indigna? tion, and seemed to think the Yan? kees would not dare to enforce the laM upon one of her Majesty's pro? vincial subjects. ?Tuis makes over two hundred smug? glers arrested and seizures of proper? ty nade in this district within eighteen men tbs. Indeed, the customs officers aloag our whole Canadiaa frontier ha?? become so expert and vigilant in their line of business, that smuggling is almost entirely suppressed. ?lie Commissioner of Customs, Judge Sargent, has so systematized the) whole business of his department ths^ he has authentic information oi theplans of the smugglers, oven tc the/place where goods are stored, and where, when and how they propose tc ero1* the hine. As an instance of the fidelity anc shrewdness of the Government agents on the frontier, it is stated that, last fall, when the question was undei consideration here as *o whethei cloth(ng an<i other property brough across upon the person was subject tc duty or not, these agents busiec th.?mielves in obtaining the names o parties who had participated in thi small business, and, when it wa j finally decided that property thu j brought in must pay duty, the agent gave public notice in their respeetivi localities that those who had violates ! the U>w might come forward volunta j rily and settle with the collector, els j they would be called upon by a Unitei ! State? marshal. The result was, pee j pie came rushing in from all quarter to pay duties, and Uncle Sam's trea j surer was made to rejoice. In on County alone, 8300 was paid in jus for articles of clothing men and wc men had purchased in Canada an brought into the States upon tliei backs. The collectors report a more health feeling among the people, and *hs now, instead of opposing and thwart ing the officers of Government, thej as a rule, aid them in the discharg of their arduous duties. [ Washington Chronicle, 9th. THE ISSUES OF THE DAT.-The Ne1 York Express succinctly and correct! sums up tb? ifi?ue? upon^. which th American people are called upon t divide: 1. Restoration or no restoration. 2. Union or disunion. 3. Taxation and representation, c taxation without representation. These aie the practical questioi between the President and Congres -between conservatives and radica -between real peace and a pr< longed war-between prosperity i trade and stagnation in business between civil liberty and pub! order, and legislative oppression an confusion. The present Congress and Sta Legislatures Vere not elected wit any idea that a war was going on I keep eleven States and eight millioj of people practically out of the Unio: nor will the majority of the peop North andJWest, upon any fair issu consent to anypuch misuse of po we The war started with the idea th States and people should not go o of the Union, and was fought fi four years on (this platform. No^ when it is all over, wo are told th they are out of the Union. A FLOURISHING VILLAGE. -Tl Franklin Review says: We have in this town, in full bias seven tipling and eleven family groc ries, two drug stores, seven dry-goe houses, two undertakers and cabin shops, four schools, five churchc one printing office, eighteen lawyei ten doctors, three livery stables, oi tavern, three barbers, and one who Representative and an undivided on third interest in Arhell the Floater. "CONFEDERATE COTTON LOAN." Secretary McCulloch has authoriz< special Treasury agents in the Sou to seize as confiscated property i cotton which was, during the rebi lion, subscribed to the so-called Co federate loan. For Mayor. THEO. STARKE. For Allier men WABD NO. 1.-T. W. RADCLIFFE, D. r. MCDONALD, A. M. HUNT. WABD NO. 2.-WM. HITCHCOCK, J. T. ZEALY. M. BRENNAN. WABD NO. 3.-W. T. WALTEB, J. MCKENZIE, DB. W. P. GEIGER. WABD NO. 4.-E. HOPE, T. BOYNE, _R. WEA RN. Marchi JOFN V-E^IL. BEGS to infirm his friends and patrc that ho bas REMOVED to Durbec ?> alter's, where he wi'l be pleased to at tc to the repairing of WYTCHES and JE ELRY._Mandi 20 j! Dissolution of Copartnership. nPrlE copartnership heretofore exist: JL between ORlE.H?tIAliEU A WOLF tuis day dii'iolv?jd b*vTnutual consent. Marcl^ 3 COMMERCIAL A WO FINANCIAL?. AUGUSTA, Mardi 16.-Tho cotton market continues unusually dull and unchanged. Gold market improving. The demand has been activo at improved prices, and could not be supplied at 32, which was freely Said. Brokera^buying at 30, and selling at 2; buying silver at 25, and selling at 30. NASHVILLE, March 16.-There was more cotton offered on yesterday than any day recently, but with no change in prices. We still quote 31@33c. according to quality. Thc Uniled states Keconomisl. ofsthe 10th, says: "The stock of cotton in tho country was made up by the Government and through mercantile sources, and it is found tobe much larger than was generally anticipat? ed. The supply in the country was close on 1,500,000 bales, although the Govern? ment returns do not make it over 1,250,000. The stock in this city alone is about 227,000 ba ?OH. Somo brokers have run the esti? mate as high as 256,600, and this has frightened the insurance companies BO that they have doubled thc rates of insur? ance. -Borne, in fact, have been consider? ing thc proximity of insuring any more cotton at the present. The export of cotton during the week, compared wtih the correspondhfg week of last year, has been a? follows: Total for tho week, 17,442 b-ies; value, $3,678,371. Total ?ince January 1, 100,555 bales; value, $22,228,107. Same time last vear, 8,557 bales; value, $3,307,385. The Cincinnati GvrnrnerciaVs financial article, of th? 14th, contains the following: The growing ease in money has stimu? lated speculation in stocks, anil we have at resent moment, the anomaly of a conipa .ative stagnation in the markets for pro? duce and merchandize, concurrently with a strong advauco in the stocks of roads, which depend for their revenue upon the activity of commerce. Leading operators in stocks appear to bc sorliug themselves off into cliques tor the manipulation of | almost every stock upon the list. The speculative movement in gold and oil stock continues. In gold stock, there was a slight re-action from the rise of yester? day, except upon Benton, whian rose to 250. The effect of the assessment of 25c. per share, by increasing the amount in the treasury to about $100,000. has the effect of strengthening tho stock. Bales and Baxter ia less active, but firm, at 46@ 75; consolidated Gregory sold at 23@24. Government securities remain very firm. The demand for 7-30's remains very active; whether the demand is wholly from pri? vate' investors or partially, also from Treasury agents, is a question upon which there is some diversity of opinion; 5-20's ot"62, roso ?; 10-40's, i; 7-80's, second se? ries, |. Money is again easier. Banks are lend? ing mostly at 6 per cent, in preference to discounting any large amount of paper at 7 per cent. Private bankers are lending on call at 5@6 per cent., and discounting private paper at 7@7? per cent. There is more activity in discounts outside the banks. CINCINNATI, March 15.-Flour unchanged and dull. Wheat steady for tho better grades; new red, $1.75@$f.80. Corn dull, at 40c. for new. Oats firmer, and in fair demand, at 36@37e. Rye dull and prices nominal. Provisions held with firmness. Mess pork, $26@$27. Bulk meats and bacon aro held tinner-hulk shoulders were of? fered in the market this morning at lOjc, but holders withdrew at the close. Lard is in good demand, at 18@18.Jc. Groceries dui!. Cotton quiet, at 47c. for middling. Whiskey steady, at $2.25, duty paid. Gold 30*. Xs?- Tonn, Mord? 17.-Colton ileellulng. Sales of 440 bales, at 41c. Gold 29*. i NEW YOBK, March IS.-Liverpool advices to tho 7th instant have beeu received. I Sales of cotton for the two days previous 27,000 bales-7,000 of which were to specu? lators. Middling uplands quoted at 18$@ 19d., closing firm. United States 5-20's 70*. Consols 8G?-@8Gj. _ SHIP NEWS. PORT OF CHARLESTON, MARCH 17. ARRIVED YESTERDAY'. Steamship Moneka, Marshman, N. York. Steamship Cumberland, Reed, Baltimore. Steamship Dictator, Coxetter, Baltimore. WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY. Steamship Quaker City, West, New York. Sehr. O. M. Petit, Clark, Baltimore. Sehr. Wenonah, Tall. Georgetown, S. C. Columbia Lodge No. -,TJ.D.,XFrM. A REGJLAR communication of our Lodge will bc held THIS kx(Tuesday) EVENING, at7A o'clock, at tuc Lodge Room of Palmetto Lodge No. 5, L O. O. F. Bv order of tho W. M. S. F. GR?SSHEIMER, Secretary. March 20_ MISS ALICE G. WATSON WILL opon a WRITING oCHOOL for Young Ladies on MONDAY, the 26th inst-, at the residence of Mrs. William Walter, on Plain street, near the Shiver House. For terms, applv to Mrs. Walter. March 20_" _6*j Pavilion Hotel, Corner Meeting and Hasel Streets, CH Jc EST OK, S. C. RATES OF BOARD PER DAY, $3.00. H. L. BUTTERFIELD, PROPRIETOR. March 20_ $3 SITUATION WANTED. A SITUATION is wanted by one who, on j\ account of ill-health, is desirous of changing his occupation. He is willing to devote his whole time to the interest of his employer. Thc best of references given, if desired. Address "W. W. D.," Phoenix Office. March 20 Saur Kraut. JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE at CANTWELL'S, March 20 1 Bedell's how. KEROSENE. 5BBLS. No. 1 KEROSENE OIL, for sale low, by tb? eallon or barrel, at CANTWELL'S. March 20 1 1QUAKIER cask GENUINE FRENCH BRANDY, for sale at CANTWELL'S, March 20 1 B .dell's Row. ASILVER TEA-SPOON, marked "J. C. B." The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at this office. March 20 1* C'atalo'jiie Sale of GOO fyOts Dry Good:',' Shoes, Hats, Notions, deo. By McKAY & CAMPBELL. THIS DAY, 20th inst., will bo sold, nt our stores, next to Post Office, Hasel street, Charleston, S. C., commencing at 10 o'clock. Silks, Dress Goods, Prints, Hosiery, Ac. 100 cases and cartoons Boots, Shoes and Hats. Cutlery, Looking Glasses. Stationery and Notions. Conditions cash. Maren' 20 1 Cargo Sale of ?rime New Crop Molissss,* pa- Brig Harry, from Matanzas. 0 By LAUREY & ALEXANDER. TO-MORROW, the 21st inst, will be sold, ' on Central Wharf, Charleston, S. C., at ll o'clock, alongside thc brig Harrv, from Matanzas, Her ENTIRE CARGO, consisting of: 150 hhds. prime new crop Muscovado Molasses. 63 tierces primo new crop Muscovado Molasses. 137 hhds. prime new crop Clayed Mo? lasses. 10 tierces primo now crop Clayed Mo? lasses. CONDITIONS.-Sums under $500, cash-, over that amount, thirty davs' approved endorsed notes._* March 20 '2 Estate Sale. . By A R. Phillips. ON WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst., at 10 o'clock a. m., by permission of tho Ordi? nary, I will sell, at my Auction Mart, on Washington street, opposite the Law Range. Sundry articles of Furniture, and a Gold Lever W atch and Chain, belonging to tho estate of - Portee. March 15 thtu PROSPECTUS OF THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, A Family and Religious Newspaper, TO BE Published ai Sparlanburg C. H., S. C. THE undersigned have determined to publish, at an earlv dav, a FAMILY and RELIGIOUS NEWSPAPER, with the abovo title. Tho paper, as its name indi? cates, will bo chiefly intended to supplv RELIGIOUS READING, suited to the family circle, and in strict accordance with tho "Faith onco delivered to the Saints." It will also contain tlfc news ot the dav, local and general, and such other matter as will make it a welcome family visitor, suited to interest and instruct all classes. TERMS.-"The Christian Messenger" will be published weekly, on a sheet 22x'-o inohes, at $2 per year, in specio or the equivalent in currency. Payments for subscriptions will bc ex? pected upon receipt of the first number. Money sent by Express, or mail, if re? gistered, w?l bc at our risk. * REV. J. M. C. BREAKER, DR. I. D. DURHAM, Editors. T. A. HAYDEN & CO., Publishers. JS~ Our brethren of the press who will do us tho favor to insert this prospectus for one or mora times, with a notice of tho same, wiU have the kindness duly recipro? cated upon commencement of publication. March 20_tul Visiting and Wedding Cards. THE RTibsoriher returns his thanks to bis former patrons, and feels happy to in? form the ladies and gentlemen of the city of Columbia that he w enabled again tb execute VISITING and WEDDING CARDS in a style to please all who may tavor him with a call. Specimens may be seen at the Bookstore of Messrs. Townsend & Hort h.: all orders left thero will be attended to with promptness and despatch/ Those who wish to see him personally* will find him at his store, throe doors ajffove the old City Hotel, Richardson street. Ladies' and gentlemen's Handkerchiefs and other articles marked in a nef.t and ornamental stvle. Terms moderate. JMarch 20 j3*_,T. BAHLMANN. CENTRAI. HOTEU THE undersign ad having recently St taken charge of th e above well-known ?l?Lhouse, and BE-FUBNTSHED the same, are prepared tc accommodate all who may favor them with thoir patronage. Their TABLE will he supplied with the best the market alfords. They will spare no pains to give satisfac? tion to travelers. Hiving commodious Stables, HOBSES will Le carefully attend? ed to. Mr. WALTER VAN WART, formerly of Columbia, is engaged i s Superintendent, and will be happy to seo his old friends and tho public generally. LAURA L. LAMB, ROBERT J. BETSILL. UnionvilV, S. C., Mai ch IC. March 20_p Venezuelan Emigration and Land Company. , THE undersigned having announced that he had been selected as a Director in thc above Company, which it was proposed should be oiganized on tho 1st of April proximo, and having offered to act as the medium of communication between appli? cants for tho benefits of the grant and Dr. Price, the original grantee, and to furnish any information in his possession in refer? ence to tho subject, is constrained to male it known, through the same channels, tba ho finds he can neither undergo thc labt nor at present spare tho time, nor is po? sessed of the exact and full knowledge tc satisfy thc numerous applications made tt him in person or by letter-and that, on tho existing footing of tho scheme, as bc understands it, ho cannot accept a Direc? torship; but intends, at his earliest conve? nience, to submit his own views, either by printed circular or by publication in tbx> leading newspapers of ?ais State, as Ufthe mode in which the merits of this r.-rant so liberal in its terms, embracing so lar^. a territory abounding in such immense materials of wealth -may, by an intelli? gent and careful inquiry and prevision, be truly ascertained and its seductive pro? mises he fully realized. ^ In the meanwhile, he respectfully refers inquirers directly to Dr. H. M. Price, ot' Scottsville, Albemarle County, Va., for full and^act information in tho matter, for the gratuitous patents of land and for the purchase of stock-shares as they mayde sire them. CAMPBELL R. BRYCE. COLUMBIA, S. C., March 16, 1866. j8a~ Charleston Baity Nevus and Courier pnblifh three times and 6end bibs to mis office. March 19 ??