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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, March 22, 1866. Our Whole Country. The result of the late unhappy conflict has decided that the Union is not to be dissolved, and that here? after the peopie of the United States will continue to Uve under the same Government, the same institutions, and having a common interest and a ] common destiny. It is, therefore, policy and patriotism for every citi? zen to use his best exertions to ce? ment the bonds of friendship und brotherhood between the people of all sections of the country-to allay passions and remove all causes of ir? ritation or sectional strife. The destiny of the country has for? tunately been entrusted to a man of nerve, a wise statesman and a true patriot. Whatever discord or strife may be sought to be entailed on the people by the fanatical course of ra? dical leaders, we tmst the people of the South will no De provoked into recriminations, or do anything which may tend to a revival of strife or an? gry feeling. We are all Americans now, and henceforth there should be no North, no South, no East nor West-at least, in feeling-between our people as fellow-countrymen. The best citizen and the truest pa? triot is he who now works for the elevation and prosperity of every section. We have ono common coun? try, in which all are interested, and for wl?ose national1 prosperity and Iss ev?ry man who enjoys its ([on-shoulo^e^aveslly' and per: joi-r^fB^Ue people of the unbroken, and (rm and true, and ider\he government of als thanSnpw prevail r) lal Legislature; ' aii ss and patriotism of ison, the country wit "be >, hot only its former con prosperity, but be started |Wr of greatness not thought jnost sagaaiMfrjstatesmen of ?P^^'H^^^p?Sik Heaven, is not sub P? jectpP^AQ^eai rule, or pregnable to A radical intrigues; otherwise, she BB "woTild certainly be proscribed, outr pl I lawed or expatriated by Thaddeus Stevens and his crew. For Spring is mfa .trae .reconstruefcionist-a recon ; ^^^tructioniat in the best and most Tactical sense. There is not a nook n the land in which she is not at this Qoment exerting her influence, in )reparing a way ifor the restoration of he South. Nb politician" may op? pose her; her pp wer defies embarrass "^"^?nent; but she ia not altogether inde? pendent' of help. She brings ns balmy airs and gentle dews, golden suns and silver rains; and she says to us: "These are the materials of the "-^only work in which yon need be at present concerned; avail yourselves of them to re-clothe your naked country and feed your impoverished people, and you will find that, in the discharge of that task, you have taken the course which will most cer? tainly and most peacefully conduct you to the position which you desire. Tum not aside to bandy epithets with s ' your enemies; stuff your ears, like the princess in 'the Arabian Nights,' against words of insult and wrong; pause not to muse over your condi? tion, orto question your prospects; but toil on, bravely, silently, surely as [, and you will" rpp ..!- reward to She tist^^^^"ri? with iion in the shs pe of more in our ^fragrant lamps of Ikthe streets, she a beacon an 3m amidst thc Nuins of once irs through the musician, the of hope and ?son which she ms to convey? . a single sen \n Office Beggar. C. A. Dana, the radical editor t>f the Chicago Republican, formerly of the New York Tribune, wrote the fol? lowing begging letter to President Johnson, to secure his appointment to the New "York Collectorship. A more cringing document is scarcely on record in the political world, and is the best evidence of the tinniness of the man for the office besought: CHICAGO, January 20. DEAR SIR: Some of my friends in the New York delegation in Congress want me to be Collector of New York. I shall be glad to have that office, and accordingly address myself directly to you. i liave been a resident of New York city for nearly twentj years, till a few months since, wheu I came here on leaving the War De? partment. I know New York, its merchants, and its politicians, but by reason of my connection with the War Deportment, I have been absent, so as to be free from all identification with the political factions or personal controversies by Avhich the Union party there had been much divided. I believe that there is no person o) any prominence in tho party whose appointment would give greater gene? ral satisfaction than mine. Should you be disposed so far to entertain the idea as to wish for information concerning my capacity to administei the office, there is no one who car judge better as to that than Mr. Stanton. , Let me add, that I am myself con fident of performing the duties, should they be entrusted to me, tc the advantage o? the public service and to your entire satisfaction. I am, with profound respect, youl faithful servant, (Signed,) CHARLES A. DANA. To his Excellency thc President. ? Now, after reading the above, heal what the Republican said the otho] day: "Th?r scherzo to buy up the presen managers of the Republican, by Go vernment collectorships, is verj smart, but it won't win. " . Comment upon this is unnecessary At thc time he wrote thc abov< letter, he Avas loud in his praise o: President Johnson and his, but whei he discovered that the Presiden turned a deaf ear to Iiis importunity he immediately turned round, and hi paper, it is stated, has since beei daily filled with malignant abuse o the President. Such is the course o the men who disturb the peace of tb country, and would keep it disunite! for thirty years to come. Fortunately, we have a man at th helm who lets these vile aspersion pass by 1dm as the idle wind, am can afford to laugh to scorn all th malignant abuse the patriotic (?) radi cals-these unselfish politicans-ca: pour out through the papers the have prostituted to their base pui poses. He stands firm in his adhe sion to the best interests of the cour try, and will not be swayed from hi purpose by the adulations of fais friends or the abu .e rf his politic! enemies. In relation to this particular oflicf the latest Washington despatche state that the President, in a convei sation with an ex-member of Coi gress, said that tbe new Collector c New York must not only be thorovrghl qualified in a business point of vie for the office, but he must be~uuqual fiedly committed to the policy of r< storation, and able and willing to cari out his views so far as his influence! j that effect extended. The Presiden ; should he fill all his offices with me possessing such qualifications as 1 indic-ites above, will have trustworth officers. Ax IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.-Tl well-informed Washington correspoi ' dent of thc Baltimore Sun says th the conservative Republican mov men!, inaugurated there by membe of Congress, will soon exhibit gre; political strength, power and r sources. They possess every el menf of political strength, and cai not fail to succeed in the c?mpai? for w hich they are preparing. Th< have with them tho Executive powe they have w\th them the whole Soul \ and will necessarily have more tin half of thc entire North. It is b liev^'J^iki.t tlicy will confer free with .vie President, and perhaps, u der their advice, he may make sou Cabinet changes at an early day. Lot them agree with the Dem I crats who unite in the movement drop the name of that old party ai take a new one. North and Sou many people dislike the name The Senate has oonfirmed^Sphou nations of over a hundred bdkadie generals to be major-generalsSaul large number of eoloae.b? ?---^ From Washington. Curious people are charged twenty j five cents for a sight of the inside of i the famous rebel-holder, the Old j Capitol Prison. Byway of attracting j customers, "a one-armed soldier" ! cicerones the visitors, pointing out the cell that confined the notorious Audersonville murderer, the yard wherehi he paid the penalty of his crimes; the room of the rebel female spy, Belle Boyd, with her picture in it; the cell of Sergeant Terry, who was shot for desertion; the room where Wirz was dissected, and a man's heart in spirits. Many thrilling inci? dents are also related, and all for so trifling a sum. Wonder if any ladies go to see "the man's heart in spirits?" Yesterday, Senator Morrill visited tho quarters of thc freedmen, who, with their families, have flocked here from Virginia and Maryland. Many of these people have been, entirely. overlooked by the Freedmen's Bu? reau, and their condition is a picture of the most abject wretchedness. They occupy miserable ho^ els, which are crowded together in a manner calculated to invite an epidemic, and are compelled by greedy landlords to pay the most exorbitant rents for their loathsome accommodations. Nearly 4,000 of these people are in this condition. Mr. Morrill is endea? voring to procure from the Secretary of War thc use of unoccupied bar? racks and hospital buildings around the city for their temporary accom? modation. I advised yon, a few days since, that the Government had semi-official assurance that a portion of thc French troops in Mexico would be withdrawn in ninety days, and further intelli? gence to this effect is said to have been received by the City of Boston steamer, which arrived the present week.-(*nr. Philadelphia Ledoer. Ex-Senator H. S. Foote, of Missis? sippi-perhaps better known as Hang? man Foote-is in town for the eon summation ot objects, the nature of which has not yet transpired. Senator Stewart's coming out to? day in favor of universal suffrage throughout the South as the only se? curity to be received for a general amnesty, took m my by surprise. His conversion to the ground taken by the Tribune is a significant point.. Il is not unlikely that ere many days the radicals will control two-thirds of thc Senate.-New York Tribune. - The Internal Revenue Bureau hat given instructions with regard to thc collection of the tax due fr\n sav? ings' banks, the. decision of thc Com? missioner with respect to that ?altei haring been sustained by the ?iiteci States Supreme Court. The 'banks are liable, under the decision, to i monthly tax of one-twentieth part oj one per cent, upon moneys received, invested or loaned by them. The President will, it is believed, approve of the civil rights bill in it; present form. The conservative Re? publicans will not oppose it. It doe: not lead to negro suffrage; but i protects the right of the negro raci to their newly-acknowledged free dom. The President, by signingthi I bill, will probably disarm a portion o j the Republican hostility. {"Iota," in Sun. The civil rights bill has been en grossed, and will go to the Presiden to-morrow. Well-informed partie positively assert that it will meet th fate of the Freedmen's Bureau bill. ["Ahalosian," in Sun, Tt is almost unnecessary to stat that Secretary McCulloch's figures, a well as his policy, have been full; vindicated. Mr. Clarke's letter ira puguing that, statement was referrer by the Secretary to Mr. West, wh fully verified the former. A sui committee of the Ways and Means c the House examined the subject, an reported that the Secretary was coi rect in his statement. A very pathetic appeal from th dress-makers of the country was pre sented in the Senate to-day by Mi Sumner. It is headed by the sigu? ture of Mad. Demorest, the celebrate modiste of New York, and clain: j to represent the views of 20,000 dres: makers of the country. They prote: in earnest language against the ii I tern al revenue tax of six per cent, o j the value of all materials which pa? , through their hands, and say that ii i enforcement will deprive those ci i gaged in the dress-making Busin ea j of all hope of ranking a living ft themselves and families. A canard was extensively circulate I this morning, to the effect that j prominent member of the House fro: j Pennsylvania had attempted to ci ! his throat in a fit of temporary ii j sanity. The story caused consider; j ble excitement, and sent a number < i his friends to the rooms o? che bono able member, on Capitol Hill, 1 make inquiries, where the style < I caustic answer they received " fro: ; him for their pains was sufficient 1 prove that he was not only vigorous! alive and kicking, but as saturnii and savage as ever-in short, th: they bad been badly sold. [ Washington Star. Collectors of internal revenue i ] the Southern States have been ii ! strueted by the Commissioner to cc ' lect tax on all taxable property whic is being removed from their respe tine districts; and iq case the du' on cotton and other articles whic may have been assessed is refuse after demand having- been made, pr j ceedings will be instituted for tl j collection of the chilies by distra ?and sale of properwL unless tl ?K^*?cles are remove,-Wilder bond, ?,. \dcd by the Vg mttions of Oct The President's Pluck. Pl?ck of all kinds, and under all ; circumstances, excites the liveliest admiration in the American people. Nor is it strange that this should be so, for "with us it is a national charac? teristic, displayed from our earliest infancy as a nation, and maintained ever since. Whether . wo consider tho courage of Americans upon the battle-field; in braving the dangers of the ocean, when thc ships of other nations dare not leave the harbor; in enduring the privations of thc wil? derness without complaint, and soli? tude more cruel than the wilderness; in being bravely insensible to the losses of fortune, laboriously ac? quired, and in instantly putting forth efforts to make others, when the first have vanished-in all these asjjpets, thc courage of thc American people shines conspicuous, and seems indomitable. Prosperity may exalt, mit adversity cannot quench or de? press the fire *of our restless spirits. Fortitude under suffering, persever? ance under labor, patience under misfortunes, are distinguishing traits among cur people, and have chal? lenged the wonder and admiration of the world. The sublime heroism of Americans, on sea and on land, have furnished bards and poets with raany a lofty theme and inspiring song, and have quickened with emotion even the sober pen of the historian. JBut when we talk about pluck, we cannot refrain from awarding it to a man who recently showed himself thc worthy representative of this prominent American characteristic. We look in vain over ancient and modern fields for such an exhibition of pluck like that presented by An? drew Johnson, when, standing in front of the White House, he thun? dered upon the ears of the nation, "T say Thaddeus Stevens, of Penn? sylvania-I say Challes Sumner, of Massachusetts-I say Wendell Phil? lips, and others of the same stripe, are among them"-and "I do not in? tend to be bullied by 1113' enemies." Here was pluck for you, and the American people know how to admire and appreciate it. Since the days of Andrew Jackson, we have never had so plucky a President; and we all know that pluck won for Andrew Jackson his vast and undying popu? larity, lt will not do less for An? drew Johnson, for if the American people do love one thing more thnn all others, it is pluck. The pluck of Ajax, both before Troy and upon the sea, when adverse deities pursued him, has justly been celebrated by the poets of antiquity. Every classical reader recollects how, when a storm had wrecked his ship, he buffeted the waves till he r utchee a rock just larg.' enough for him tc stand upon; and then, solitary anc alone, when all his comrades had per? ished, with the winds howling ove) him aiid the waves furious at his feet raising his voice above the di 1 of tin garring elements, he hurled definnc? at Neptune and the Storrn-gcxL Hen was a sublimity of heroism whicl emailed not before the pelting storm, nor the wrath of divinities seeking his destruction. But the attitude o: Andrew Johnson, on that tnenorabh 22d of February, was not less strik ing, for there was a refinement o moral and political courage whicl surpassed the bull-dog pluck of Ajax Many supposed that Andrew John son woulel flinch from the contest But they knew him not. His valo: was like that of a king of Navarre who, when about entering a grea battle, was observed by those win were arming him, to tremble: where upon, they endeavored to composi him, by speaking lightly of tin danger he was going to encounter "You do not understand me," sai< the king, "for could my fies" 1 kno\ the danger my courage will present?; carry it into, it would sink down ti the ground." If the President eve hesitated about joining battle, it wa the hesitation of calm, conscious am collected valor, which only annonncei its intentions when the hour cr.nie t strike Look at Andrew Johnson in an light we please, and we are constrain ed to believe that he is not a *na: who will permit his "end of he ave nne" to be bombareleel witt out re turning the fire. And when he doe respond with his guns, the radical have found that no armor ern resif his shot. The only safety from Presidential ^broadside is in ooing 'Ulead duck." But, to return to our text, let n observe that pluck, the world ovei carries the day, and that it is 1101 winning and carrying alon.^ wit the President the admiring masse of the American people. [Richmond Times. AKXIIXGXON. -The Superinienden of Freedmen's villages has been in structed by Major-C?eneral O. C Howard, to divide the Arlingto estate, the former property of Genen Lee. lying Easi of the Road, int live a?re lots, to be rented on agree merits to the freedmen. The vent t Be paid at each harvesting of th crops. Fifteen acres on the West sid K the road is assigned to be divide ind rented in the same mannei About twenty acres to be used as garden by the tlependents elf tl) Freedmen's village. This estate i not confiscated property, and there fore, cannot revert to the heirs at th leath of the owners; but it was sol for taxes and purchaseel by the Gc v*ernment for the purpose to which i is:now being apphecL ^ inn- railroad bridi^^<^^ku^fl| ^?Knished in e;ght!r^%;-V^. Maximilian and tUe Americana. A correspondent writing from. Mexico, of recent date, says: The good will of the Emperor to? ward the Americans has been shown by the extension, within a few days past, to the American and Mexican Steamship Company, of the right to make Sisal, in Yucatan, a stopping plaee, as well as by the resolution which thc Govcrdmcnt has taken to anticipate thc payment of thc com? pany of the annual subvention, which does not fall due, by the terms of the contract, before the end of May next. The Mexican and American Express Company also has received a conces? sion of the right to transmit goods to New York without paying custom house fees or consular dues. Ame? rican capital is also understood to he invested, in the new railway line, for wdiich a concession has been granted, between Vera Cruz and Puebla, by way of .Talapa. This was the old Spanish highway to Mexico City, and as Puebla is off the line cf the Impe? rial Mexican railway, it will, doubt? less, when constructed, become a formidable competitor of that route. It is a healthy symptom of enterprise on the part of the natives, that the proprietors along the line are con? tracting to supply the road with sleepers in exchange for stock in the company. I The rails are expected to be laid as far as Puente Nacional by the end of May next, aud the Company are es? tablishing their work-shops in the city of Jalapa. In this city the great local question of the moment con? cerns the drainage of the lakes around the capital. At this time, the level of Lake Tezcuco is reported to be a few inches higher than the city, and, of course, with the heavy rains of sum? mer there, is great peril of a complete inundation. A native Mexican en? gineer, educated in Paris, Senor Garay, is now nt work on a plan of | his for draining the whole of this water surface, and the press are ac? tively discussing the merits and de mei its of his operations. Senor Ca? rny is a vehement Republican, but as he does not care to see all Mexico drowned for the pleasure of extin? guishing the intervention, he is de? voting himself to the great public work with an energy creditable to his country. I write in haste, not feeling sure that this letter, which goes by the French steamer, will reach you before my regular correspondence, and so "take the chance." The de? tails of the news from the interior, so far as they have any importance, yon will doubtless receive through the Associated Press at Havana. ANOTHER BILL CON'CEKNINU NE? GROES.-The telegraph informs us of the final passage yesterday of the bill for protecting persons in their civil rights. The following are the chief eatures: "That all persons born in .the United States and not subject to any j 'oreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citi? zens ol' the United States, without distinction of color; without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right to make and ! enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, pur? chase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to the j full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of per- j son and property, and shall be subject 1 to like punishments, pains and penal? ties, and to none other; any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or cus? tom to the contrary notwithstanding. " "That in all questions of law arising in any case under the provisions of this act, a final appeal shall be taken to thc Supreme Court of the United States." It is supposed that the President will sign this bill. - - -? *? ? ? HORRIBLE.-We learn from Hunts? ville sources that a negro woman died from small-pox a short distance from that town, in Limestone County, a <i few days since. Everybody on fho? place became scared and would nonL go lear the house, including th? ownar of the place, who wrote to tiM agei t of the Freedmen's Bureau,-TO ! send some one to take the corpse out, ! and he would burn the house. The matter was referred to the agent at Athens, Mr. Coman. After a day or so ho replied, and stated that he had mada efforts to get negro men to go up and bury the body, offering 810 per day and expenses, but no one would engage to do it, alleging that they would lose their situations on the farms if they dil so. At the time Mr. Coman wrote, thc corpse had been lying is the house three days. We do not know, indeed, that it has been buried yet. [ Nash pille JHspatclu - .- ? -.p. NOKTH CAROLINIANS PERSECUTING QFAKEKH.-An Inspector of the Bu? reau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c, re portf.that the boat from Acquia Creek, Virginia, brought to the city, this mon dug, seventy-five persons of the Society of Friends, from Randolph County, North Carolina, who are on their way to Indiana. The cause of their emigration they state to be the persistent persecution of them by the people of North Carolina. The Quakers also state that one hundred and fifty more will leave in a fewjdays. Local It* CASH.-Oui* tenus for sub.-i-riptioDj \ vertising and job work are cash. We HO? all parties will bear thia in mind. CAno WHITING. - We call attention to i card of Mr. Bablmaun. He i- ,n e tlW peaman, and executes bis wor vei hat somely. THU WEEKLY GLEANEH.- The publication of this paper will be \x>-. a few weeks. Pei sons ?< .-.irons < scribing, will please forward tho ni? i?ey once. Terms ?* a year. THE BUBNINO or COLCMB?.W ,J^>J'-?; esting account of the ''Sac? and Desirae-" tiou of the City of Columbia. K. C.," has just been issued, in pam;-ii et To. tn, Crow the Phoenix steam power ??res:. Orders can be filled to any extent. KAIN.-After :t protracted ?bought, woj have enjoyed refreshing showex? past two days, which will create gardening operations, and cati tion, which, for some weeks, in seeds planted, has been retardi a fresh start. j NEW AnvEnrisEMENTS. J \ WK ed to the following adver ?iiinit?| arc published this mom.n^ l.>r^H time: BR Schedule Bpartanburg and L'nioiiflj Dial & Pope- Cotton and Wool Cil| H a -oils. !??iiP? II. Graves Stallion Hiolt-n. v ^HW^ C. 1'. Pelham- Southern Guardian; -^^T *.? -Pilo Wanted. ' J. ll. Wells-Dechnation. ^ Hogular Communication Acacia Lottie. . bevin A- Peixotto-Variety Sale. M i ;* ? " " -Hava.ia Segara. .*? , Gm. Sherman on tile Burning tW: Columbia, S. C. The following is the letter of MaK Gen. Sherman, on the burning of Cam lumbia, an abstract of which has aT^j\ ready been given in our columns. ? IyXk will be seen that he is opposed to th?r ^ payment of Southern war claims o? even tho most worthy character, though he expresses sympathy for J those who =????^^>? losses: H'DQ'BS MIX,. DIV. OF THE mk*., \ ST. LOUIS, Mo., March $ 3,868. J Benj. Bawls, Colina ' ?u, S. C. fl DEAR SIB: I have your letter enL?M closing a petition to the Congress-.ojHP the United States, asking to be-??E% I demnirfied for the loss by fire of JOttr* \ j. housi and contents, at the timthoZ - our {occupation in I February, 186$. I ass dre, vi?t4flmt ?1 feeJ deeply for von and all ot^??ii<> lost their pyo pertyin the Bjj?flfcj* the.^fflfe1 j States were to fl^^^K^h6 hal^^y? I I it would be an ??0^'*?" J I done wrong. TliHj Hn?t^HS I The rightful ^m^M^X^?f^^M i lional Governme?t^^^^^^j?^;,^^^K ?in thc State ofM*^V"%"Vt j years: -and^jvyp AM^,?VIA?'^^J^^^^ : great Cost of lu^cli^R?^^^??l.v^^^ ; duct thither a vaii^flf'?-^?;^/^^*^^ progress was rt-sistedliy^ra?i^'Jf?^^ the State could obtain. Yon\ W^j^g citizens resisted om' approaclr^Hjj&g'i only with arms, but by burning flfci^^ bridges over the Edisto, Coag^B'^^j Saluda anti Broad Rivers. iS? bumed the depot in C'^?mbj^iffl" ""-J we entered!AJ^^^^yueeauseiK:^^,^-^ tained eorflMd .stores they siJB we neededTaK set fire to taji^Mli^^S of bales of cotton rolled out^fl '-'^i' streets, and which were b?jBB f Jg fore we entered the city of GMSBTWHI I myself was in the city as earryA noon, and saw those tires, aud knd w?? that efforts were made to extinguiJ wp, them, but a high and strong wine! 1 kept them alive. 1 gave no orden / for the burning of your city, but, oi ? the contrary, the reverse, and I be sj lieve the conflagration resulted iron mai the great imprudence of cutting tia M cotton bales, whereby the contentsflB were spread by the winds, so tint it? became an impossibility to arrest'c^^H I saw in your Columbia newspap.^j^Hj the printed order of General W'^fl^ Hampton, that on ?ne approaclj| the Yankee : rmy .i?|MUML^^^fl9ci should be burned, i^mW^?m&i saw myself, have l^VMiesrflKtH ^ saying that h< jyasrThe euu.se ?:' gjj^K destruction of your property. i'J^%/ imo remedy is against him, "and sif.ch j fliers of your own citizens as e?n-f ? spired with him and made the mili- . taiy occupation of your city an ab.i>- j lute necessity. I hardly thiuk it tis |$ fair that ( 'ongress should tax the peo- -M: plo of Ohio, Illinois and Missouri to Jr pay such losses; but as it is not in nv/ ; j province to judge in such mattel'sJL-mJi send your petition according^-1fts-^ address. I assure you of my persoual sB." I I pathy by reason of yourie and^gi^ firmity, but this must not lead nrflj endorse a wrong p rinciple. llslil I am, with great respect, your dient servant, ^Bl W. T. SHERMAN, Maj. Gen. B The proposed fair in aid of the dis- VI tress at the South, which will open iii il Baltimore soon after Easter, will fl probably be one of the most elegant fl and extensive bazaars ever opened in J the world. In that city ikisthe^im- J versa! theme. More than half of theAl ladies of that city are engagfthJn umwW sisting to increase its useinlnju^^ft^; The firemen's deixjpnstrfifl New Orleans, on the 5th inst, fMW?^mk greatest ever seen in that igay.^^^^^ day passed" off pleasantly,Svl^Twp| excepjion of the temporary arrest, t!'ii?flrflfeV "f the hana Bo- l:lJt>?? ?k'Bonnie Blue "' la^?