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COLUMBIix.
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 25, 1866.
How ?t Worki. t
The I\"<it ional Iiteliif/aicer hnsncuyii- ,
tal article on the loss and gain to the
country in its present distracted con- ?
dition. That conservative journal
says, very truly, that, in the great i
conflict of dpinion that now pervades
every part of the country, respecting
tho principles and "policy that should
govern in tho ultimate organization
of tho Government, and which the
approaching popular elections may
determine, it is worthy of earnest
consideration that the people -should
look to thc enormous amount of ina- j
terial loss to the country by deferring I
the adjustment of our national dif?
ficulties.
Let us look at the stagnation ??nd
paralysis that is operating upon the
industry und enterprise of the coun?
try. Let us look at that large por?
tion of the laboring and industrial
classes that are thrown out of em?
ployment in consequence of the dis?
organized condition of the Govern?
ment. Let us look nt the amount of
capital of the country that can find
no remunerative employment, or is
flowing sluggishly through unpro?
fitable channels, influenced by the
unsettled state of public opinion. 1 jet
us look at the wealth of foreign na?
tions, in nil that they can contribute
in money, population, mechanic arts,
and other resources in which they
abound, that are waiting upon the
full restoration of the States' for in?
vestment and a home in our land.
Let us look to that vast portion of
our public domain that finds no mar?
ket for settlers and yields no product
to the country, occasioned by an?
tagonism in the branches of the Go
> vernment. Let us look to the unpre?
cedented extent of our mineral re?
sources that remain undeveloped hy
the hand of labor and enterprise, and
the suspended effects upon the com?
merce of the world, also waiting upon
the great day of national reconcilia?
tion. Then let us make an estimate,
if we can, of the loss, through all
these channels of productive indus?
try, to the capital and property of
the country, since the termination of
the civil war, and the loss every day
that postpones the final settlement.
If misguided minds should cavil al
this as unworthy of national consider?
ation, being an appeal to sordid cal?
culations beneath its dignity, and
below the aspirations of honorable
ambition, we would point them tc
the disastrous effects of such repu?
diation upon the march of civiliza?
tion, the check on the disseminatior.
of religion, the amelioration of so
ciety from every tributary, . and tin
impaired condition of everything
connected with the prosperity of om
common country. We cannot allow
the,present great pervading sacrifice,
that is depleting the country, to mr
into an indefinite period of adjust
ment. That great amount of capita
that we are rejectiug is necessary t<
fill the void that was made by tin
absorption of the civil war, and t<
relieve the burden of taxation that ir
now upon the people.
Gold, to the amount of $G,000,<)OU
has come in, or is on its way, to Nev
York, from Europe. This sum is sen
in payment of the large amount o
tho United States Government securi
ties that have been ordered on foreigi
account. The demand for the Unite<
States bonds still continues in Eng
land and Germany, where money i
plenty and trade dull. Several mil
lions of five-twenties go out thi
week, in response to actual orders.
The Texas papers give thrilling ac
counts of Indian depredations -mm
ders and robberies -along the fror
tiers of that State. Tho strong ari
of the Government is called to proter
that section.
The Charleston papers announc
tho death of E. Wilmot "Walter, Esq
for mnuy years a leading merchant <
that city.
BONNETS.-The new winter hoi
nets, in Paris, resemble miniatm
cabriolets; they have large crowns au
long curtains, and are altogether ni
graceful and ugly. If the form is a
cepted, tho head will be complete
buried, and truly it will be passir
from one extreme to another. Exoe
sively plain women will profit by th
sudden change, but those who ha
the smallest pretensions to beauty w
lose by it. But this novelty is or
an attempt on the milliners' part
introduce something more elabors
and difficult to fabricate than tl
present simple head-drees.
tfevv Yrfrk IPoIltii?al "ttattltts."
The Richmond T?tnes lias,' the fol?
lowing on the political ratting <>i tho
New York journals at tho present
time:
"Hatting" is becoming epidemic
among the leading journalist? of New
York. Bennett, who has the sagacity
of a veteran Norwegian rat and the
(nonning of u Scotch weasel,snuffed
either pelf or danger in the tainted
breeze after the" Alaine elections, und
turned a somersault with no more
shume or compunction ?d' conscience
than his countryman. Dugald Dal
ghetty, the noted soldier of fortune,
used to experience when he enlisted
upon the side of the belligerent with
the heaviest purse. Indeed, when
Bennett turns one of his "somer?
saults" without any strain or sprain
to his back or limbs, a most hilarious I
spirit pervades tho columns of the j
Herakl. Ile evidently enjoys each !
fresh instance of apostacy as much
as Isa did those frequent flagellations
of his younger days, which lie used
always to announce with a chuckle of
delight iu an extra headed, "Hurra!
Cowhided again!-'
But we regret to observe that there
are melancholy and most significant
evidences that Henry J. Raymond, i
the author of the address of tho
National Conservative Convention,
has grown weary of the arid pastures
of conservatism, aud is longing to ;
return to the more attractive fields ot 1
radicalism. This treason to the cause j
w hich he has most clamorously and 1
vigorously espoused for three months,
would be unparalleled in its infamy
and enormity; but. in deserting the
eansc of the Conservative ticket in
New York, Mr. Raymond has inflict?
ed a terrible blow upon the cause of
the President. l?o has certainly
reached a sort of half-way house on
the road to a most disgraceful aban?
donment of a party which recently,
in national council assembled, select?
ed him ns its leading champion and
mouth-piece. Ile has probably
brought ruin upon the cause of the
conservative party in New York by
declining to support Mr. Hoffman,
the conservative candidate for Gover?
nor. He has certainly given aid and
comfort to the revolutionists in sup?
porting a candidate for reelection,
who appointed the two Senators from
New York delegates to the late Mu
latto Convention, lt is true, that tho
New York T?ntes i.-> still lilied with
editorials denunciatory ?d' the radi?
cals, and Mr. Raymond was one of
the speakers at the monster meeting,
which was held in New York on Tues?
day last, to sustain the President, but
he refuses to support the President's
candidate for Governor in that State.
lt is not difficult to predict the
effect of this miserable, time-serving,
apostatizing course upon the personal
fate of Mr. Raymond, lt is photo?
graphed in -Lsop's fable of that
rickie and unhappy bat, who, during
a bloody battle between the birds and
beasts, spent his time in flitting from
ono side to the other, us tin tide of
battle changed. If tho birds gave
way for a moment, the bat declared
that he was a sort of winged mouse,
and enlisted under the banner of the
lion; if the beasts retreated, he
perched upon the standard-of the
eagle and swore that he was, by virtue
of his wings, ?i bird.
Jc?ViMiii Davis.
The New York Herald, ol* Friday
last, has the following article on tin
release of Jefferson Davis:
"We have assurances from sonn
reverend gen'!einen who recently
visited Jeff*. Davis, in prison, thal
his health is so far affected that lu
cannot live three months, whethei
free, or captive. These gentlemen, il
appears, have appealed to thc Pre?
sident for his release. Various ac
counts have been circulated, Iron
time, to time, as to the condition o
Mr. Davis'health - some repr?sentai;,
it as unusually good, others as mosl
precarious; but this is the first tim?
that a definite limit has been set dow)
to his existence. However, whethei
these conflicting reports be true 01
one side or the other, is not the p< >i nt
The question is, who is x'esponsibh
for the detention of Davis in Forties:
Monroe? Whose faull is it that lu
has not been tried long ago, and Iii:
casi? disposed of, either by his con
viction or acquittal? If he to lu
detained for years, until he perishc
in prison, w hile the ends ol' just ie.
aro left unserved, who sha!! bear tin
blame?
"It is said that the President say
it is tho fault ol' Congress. Congres
charges the President with thc delay
j and others again put the blame upoi
I Chief Justice Chase. It is time ?ha
j this matter should be settled in sum
I way. It is a disgrace to our systen
j of jurisprudence that the case of .Ti ti
j Davis should be allowed to remain i
abeyance all this time. If he i
amenable t? the law, let him Inn
the benefit ot the law. If there ?
j any doubt as to the probability ol' hi
! conviction, why detain him in pr:
son? We adhere to our lir.st ?nipre?
sions, that tho ends of justice wonl
be best subserved, and tho dignity?
the nation best sustained, by openin
the doors of Fortress MOOKOO, an
letting him go whithersoever he w il
At any rate, let his ease be dealt wit
promptly. The country is about :
Iweary of the subject as the prison?
is of his captivity."
A man in Portland has been s. i
j to jail for thirty days for borrow in
I an umbrella without leave. Here
I an advance in civilization.
? marf nainuu Goodwin < who is
supposed to have murdered Captain
W. tt. Hicks, at a poitit ou Ike Sa?
bine Uiver, nejar Carthage, tia., was
recently captured and hung by a
party of citizens, who were searching
for tho perpetrators of tho deed.
Both Goodwin and Hicks had . been
in the Southern army. Goodwin was
found at the house of his father, with
a mule in his possession which had
belonged to Hicks.
SPAIN tx A BAD WAY.-All accounts
agree that Spain is in a very unsettled
shite. Paper money is decreasing in
value every day. It is said that there
is a conspiracy .to take away the
Queen's life, and that it is headed by
the son of General Ortega, who was
shot, in 1800, for having attempted
tho life of the Queen, and by the son
of a shoe-maker.
A St. Petersburg correspondent,
speaking of the Imperial banquet at ;
Peterhoff, says: For the first time j
in the memory of man, the Emperor j
rose, taking a glass, said, in French:
"I propose the health of the United
States and American deputation, and
continued good relations between the j
two nations."
The Washington ?Har says the gift !
of invisibility was formerly believed j
tobe procurable by means of fern-'
seed; but no peculiar power of reu- i
dci i iig people invisible resides spe?
cially in the seed of fern. Put on
any very seedy suit of clothes, and
walk about in thc streets; you will
very soon find that your acquaintances
will puss Non without seeii.g yon.
(1 ?jorge? A. Barber, of Detroit, has
published u challenge to any printer
in the world tu :i trial of speed for
ten hoitrs, or one week, at the rate
of ten hours per day, to set "solid,
straight matter," for from $"2,000 to
$5,000; the race to come off within
three months alter the acceptance of
the challenge.
Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, re?
ports in his annual address, that the
theological department of the Ver?
mont Episcopal Institute is without
students. Thc Treasurer also says in
his report : "There are n?> young men
in tlie diocese looking toward the
ministry, or preparing to enter it."
Gen. Beauregard lins left Paris nu
rmi1'- home. There would appear to
be no doubt of 11is?lHiving been offered
a handsome position l>y one of the
European sovereigns, which, how?
ever, he declined.
A negro was lynched in Owen
County, Kentucky, on Wednesday
last, for attempted rape on a respect?
able white girl, lt was with great
difficulty the infuriated people were
persuaded not to roast him. over a
slow fire.
The colored Baptists of the United
States have organised a General Mis?
sionary Association, which recently
met at Richmond. The colored Bap?
tists prefer separate denominational
organization to a union with the
Northern or Southern? Churches.
A special, from Chicago-probably
sensational -says that a Prussian,
named Quist, being accused of steal?
ing, called on God to strike him demi
il" he was guilty, when lie immediately
fell dead. Tho stolen money was
found in his pocket.
A Southern paper takes thc New
Orleans journals to task for calling
Butler *'.i thief, coward, liar and
scoundrel." as a wholly unnecessary
waste of ink, and quietly adds:
'.Some things should bc taken for
granted."
Thu birth of a son to Alexander
Barrett. Esq., last month, was tele?
graphed to London through thc ca?
bio, at a cost of about CH) making
the ?.son" a twenty pound baby at
the start.
During the lirst seven months of
this year, Great Britain imported 13,
7S-l,i:-ij> cwt. of grain. In 1864, thc
United States gave England most of
her imported grain, but they now
give ker less than any other country.
Private advices received at New
Orleans, from the sugar region, state
that a fair but not full crop of cane
will be gathered; but there will be a
great demand for seed cane, whi :h
will make the sugar crop small.
New counterfeit $50 compound in?
tered notes, of tho issue of July lb',
1804, have made their appearance in
valions portions of Virginia. They
are ti close imitation.
.Mrs. E. SI. Harlan was caught in
the machinery of a dour mill, a few
days agc in Richmond, Vu., and
wits completely torn to pieces; the
body being actually severed in two.
rn Chicago, on the loth. Charles
(i. I lou ?try was line.1 .^01) and costs,
before United States Commissioner
Hoyne, for neglecting to place the
required stamps ou a receipt for ?36.
Mon. George Ashman, of Spring
!*n ld, Massachusetts, has been offered
and will probably accept the Collect
orship cf Boston, in place of Mr.
Ha aili ti, resigned.
The London Suadaif (Junette say.?
thal "when tin adi-;'ional reinforce?
ments n'ach Canada, the British nrnn
in that quarter will amount tc. 16,00(1
men. "
lr lias taken the clerks m the 'I rea
sn ry office, iii Berlin, six days ti
count the casks of thaler--, which an
part of Prussia's spoils.
lt ts supposed that, by the 1st Oe
toiler, accommodations for 200 cadets
will be ready at the Virginia Military
Institute.
Governor Bullock has been re-no
minuted as the radical candidate foi
Governor of Massachusetts.
Th? Soviler?' ?ddrcM to ?ti? CoUHtry? i
As a part of the political history of the '
present Juncture in political affairs, we ,
subjoin tho closing paragraphs of thc "Ad- <
dross to tho Country," issued by the Cleve?
land Convention. We shall have some re?
atarles to make on this interesting docu?
ment hereafter:
When Congress first assembled, they had
required a temper toward the National
Government as hoalthv as it was possible
for any people to attain alter such a con?
flict and such experiences. In this respect,
thc result of the war was unexampled in
the history of nations, 'flu ir disposition
was evinced by their acts. They had. upon
the requirement of thu Commander-in
Chief, surrendered every position which
could truthfully be deemed hostile to the
Government, and by his advice, not under
his compulsion, they went further, and in
common with the loyal States, ratified a
constitutional amendment, which forever
abolished slavery, and gave to Congress
the power, by appropriate legislation, to
prevent its re-establishment. They might
have conceded still more; but month after
month passed without action, and mean?
time they were subjected to military go?
vernment. No system wan ever better i
adapted than our National Government to
the performance of the duties for which it
was designed; no Government could bo
less adapted to the regulation nf affairs in
a subjected neighboring territory. Mis- j
takes, injustice, even fraud, inevitably
mingled with and marred its operations
through distant agencies, and thc.-e have j
producid their natural effect. Tlie pro- j
longed exercise of such functions eau only
injure it-has already injured ourselves, j
We cannot afford to niter thc spirit of our
great national system, and by centralizing,
render two Governments <>V this Cnion,
hateful to the people of all tho States.
Nomi and South alike: but thc evils of oui" I
present mistake, committed in the duties j
of a function for which the Government
was never designed, do not wait the slow
development of time. Their effect noon
the subjected Snub is a daily disaster.
We are training future citizens by the
worst possible instructions, and every
moat i i's persistence makes the evil plainer
tf> us. lt is manifest that, UH der the ex?
periences of this delay, and of unrepubli
c?n life under niilitarv constraint, tho
temper of the people bas become much
tess commendable than it was at the con?
clusion nf active hostilities; that the work
ol'true re-union has grown more difficult;
that peril* of our condition only increase
it. lt is for you, therefore, to ask whether
the reasons for this delay are sufficient,
and whether the new conditions imposed
by Congress are likely to provo a tinal re?
medy. Thc manner in v. Inch these condi?
tions, in thc form of au amendment, to the
National Constitution, have been present?
ed, mu only to the people of the South,
but to the nation, ls without precedent.
For the tirst time in the history of this
Government, propositions without connec?
tion have been united in one amendment,
and the people have been denied the op?
portunity of free choice concerning each.
The first section >t this single article de?
fines citizenship of the I'nited States. The
second lays down the basis nf representa?
tion. The third i- in the following words:
No person shall I e a Senator or Ilepre
sentative in Congress, ur elector of Presi?
de:.: :md Vice-president, or hohl any office,
civil or military, under the I'nited States
or nuder any State, who, baviug previously
talo n au oath, -is a member of Congress,
or a.-. au officer of the I'nited states, or ii?
a member of any State Legislature, or a>
an executive or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of tut
United States, shall have engaged in insur?
rection or rebellion against the same, 01
i given aid or comfort to the enemies there?
of. Bat Congress may. by a vote of two
''.hirds of eac h House, remove such dis
ability.
The effect of each ol'these utterly dis?
connected propositions i-* made to depen?:
upon th?' acceptance or rejection of th<
whole, it sectus incredible that those win
insist? ii upon tliii- connecting them conl'
have expected that tin y would be ratified
The S luthcru people, after following thei
political leaders into the late struggle am
sharing the risk of their fate through f ut
years of terrible war. ar-. called upon ti
aid the proscription. Whatever punish
nient Ce ir leaders may deserve at tin
hands ol' the Government, it is uuiutelligi
hie that statesmen should have dreamed"
asking their associates un<# followers t
inflict that punishment upon them, estie
chilly a punishment of lasting i Usg rac
more terrible than any which the Govern
incut n ?< If i-> authorized, to impose, lt', n
tin midst ni their errors, till-people ot tin
South retain the ordinary fidelity of com
rades-i:i-arms to each other the coturno]
sentiment of honor which rules all comps
uionship they will not voluntarily deser
t In- ne n whom t hey have voluntarily mn
steadily followed amid so many peril.?
They will not accept this third section n
tho amendment, and tin y are forbidden t
accept the others without it. Wi- believ
that tlie only effect of such a propositio:
will be a prolonged cXclusi m ot the Sollt
from tie practice of solf-governnient an
the warning of patriotism; but if the
could bc persuaded or constrained to a?
cept n, wo ari at a loss to perceive th
hem :'.t to be .!. rived from it. because n
Act of Congress, nor anything centaine
in the proposed amendment, gives an
pledge or assurance*, that tho adoption <
those amendments ?iii secure the adlai:
sion of loyal representatives from th
Southern States now excluded, or then
cognition of their constitutional relation
to the Government ot the I'nited States.
Tin- preamble and resolution adopted i
tin- ease of Tennessee do not commit Coi
gress to the restoration of the L'uioi
should their example be followed at om
by every other excluded State. It is ev
dent from the course pursued by the e:
treme men who urge these amen.lme.it
and from the sentiments enunciated 1
them, that it is th- ir fixed purpose, even
the amendments be adopted, to still insii
upon the political equality of the colon
race as a condition precedent to rdmittiti
loyal representatives from the Southe!
Staus lately m rebellion. The partiaai
ot these conditions attempt to exert tl
indignation and alarm of the country I
declaring lin re-admission of the Soul
ivithout them is an abandonment of all tl
dear-bi tight fruits of the war. Ir is n
for the*oldiers und sailors of that war
shrink from being Wise, lent, they sholl
be suspected of insulting the graves
their comrades, and forgetting the objec
for which tin s suffered so much. Th
know that lhere is a progress in the life
this nation, and that there is a G oil w]
animales that life, and th- v hold that li?
to be as infidel ns it is cowardly. Natu
never die m their adolescence. The ma
hood which this people has vindicated
?var will not sic!.en and pcri-di in pea?
Tue S uith cannot, if it would, east off t
obligation of ?vents; and under the got
that has been done, il bas shared ahead
and by a lav. as irresistible a-> time, mu
continue to shan- thc common develn
ment ?if this season -.f quick growth. T
N u lli, with ns sense of justice, its faith
true democracy, its vigor and industry a:
vast weald, must inevitably rule this hui
but it will secure and beneficially exerci
that"mle only by tho same process whi
governs all trne civilization, but by tor?
If h ar is entertained that the Southe
people may be insincere in what they ha
Vin? towp.rds reconstruction, atul that thc't
desire admission to the national connells
inly that they may undo it and repudiate
jar national debt, hort! ia a continued ex?
clusion, hy means of tho proposed amend- .
aunt, which will not ba ratified. Their (
exclusion cannot bo permanent. This peo?
ple will not sutler it to be lasting, and they (
?viii return at last without those conditions,
but still less inclined to patriotism and
i^ood faith. They are Americans, and they
li ave at least the weakness common to the
nation and to thom, as it would he to u?,
exclusion from tb? Union and from com?
plete self-government is disorganization,
politically and socially. The freedmen I
Milong them and tho rest* of the nation
must sutler by everything which de moral- i
izes their condition, and be benelitted hy
iverything which elevates it. True-, we ?io
not believe th'.- people of the South will
violate the good faith which tiny have
pledged io us. In th . National Union Con?
vention at Philadelphia, more than "KMi
.v.nt horn delegates, holihng influential I
positions at home, claiming to represent, i
md, as we bein-ve, actually representing
?oustitneucies wlm can make good their
promise, cordially co-operated wu h the
North in pledging that Convention and the
people that the public debt of the United
Statis should forever remain tuen d: that
the Insurrectionary debt should not he
paid, und that the lights of the freedmen i
should be protected. We believe that the |
aieu who mad?; these elections will kee]) j
them; but especially as soldiers, who know
the character of their late opponents, w?
believe that the soldiers of the South men ;
who have endured so bravely and eon
j tant ly the triuls and privations ot four ;
veurs of war-are, despite- the error of \
their cause, men of personal honor and
self-respect, ami that they will never per- I
mit the communities in which they dwell j
to violate promises given in the most ;
solemn forms. We hold, then, that nona- !
?00 has bern given tn justify an "adherence !
to the course which has been proposed by
Congre s?, or f??r a further continuance of
the present unhappy condition of the coun?
try. It' the same class 1?!' men who have
established this policy shall be returned to
the next Congress, that condition will grow
worse for two year* longer. Who can esti?
mate the evils which ?ill meantime have
fallen upon uil races in those communities
as well as ourselves? It is our duty to
remember that the Government is not the
embodiment of perfect theories, but ii a
practical business, and deals with the wise
and unwise, the well and ill disposed, as a
mingled mass of that civilization which is
a growth and met tin- result <>!' loree. We
believe that nationality, with its distribu?
tion of powers between' the ceutral and
local governments, is the chief instrumen?
tality ami is thc best blessing <>:' political
and civil life for all races and cnintnutiittfN
in this laud, ami thal ?>nr first duty to all
is to see that u is as promptly ?.< possible
re-established, liv means ?el it we shall
accomplish not only peace ami safety, but
justice tc) the nation and the freedmen.
Upon all of tiles?- sacred rights we shall
insist. As soldiers. wc are still devoted to
the sam?' cause and the sam?- principles
for which we fought the cause of union,
freedom, justice and law. We forego none
of those tu demanding union now. We
speak as soldiers, because uv believe that
an appeal from MS to the-brav?- men who
met us in battle, tc) unite with, us in giving
peace to oiir common country, 1:1 fnltilliug
pledge* which have been made, and g.ia
ranteeilig to the free.linen the rights which
honor and humanity enjoin, will not be
made in vain. We shall asl; ami expect
that they, like ourselves, will unite in
maintaining the laws, pi esprving th?- peace-,
vindicating good will, ami in upholding
tie- hom.r ami integrity ot our eommou
country. In answe r to ?eur appeal, we be?
lieve that, notwithstanding all provoca
tunis ami disappointment*, they will bu
patient and orderly, law-abiding and law
obeying citizens, respecting and permit
ti?-.; differences ol opinion by v. boms, evoi
entertained and hy whomsoever enun?
ciated. We want a Union not merely in
name, but a Union in fact; not a Union
merely of geographical lines: but a Urdu:
of hearts. Such a Union we fought tc
maintain such a Union wv wish to enjoy
Hy it al me can our natieen ac -omplish it;
true mission ??ml fulfill its true destiny
s.i belicvluK, we anxiously and earnestly
appeal to yon. our formel" comrades-ill
aims, to assist in the great work ot paciti
cation. We appeal to you. not as Demo
crats, not as Republicans, but as patriot:
and national Union men. Whatever other?
may say. you know that t?cese whee otoo?
should?"r to shoulder with you through th?
four years of terrible war are truly !<>y?il
Yen. at least, will never ipiestion tu ?;
lid. btv t... and their affection for, .ie
Union and the Constitution, whate ver dif
feivnccs of opinion may exist, now tba
the war is over, and that the insurrectio:
is ipielled, between those who togetho]
offered th or lives as a constant atidwillini
sacrifice, that thc lib- of thc- nation migb
be saved, l.i t no criminations ?er recrimi
nations mar cer disturb that mutual estecn
which should be ever chesiyhed by those
who have shared common dingers i:? con
tending leer a common cause. We wen
brothers during the dark days of the r?
beilicen let us remain friends during tie
bright) r days ol' peace; and as wt: carriel
desolation into thc South winn she -,a
hostile and d?liant, let us uni:.- in tender
in,,' tee i.? i- n t only just but generou
treatment now that sin- is subdued am
disarmed. If we but do this-if we bu
evince the magnanimity of spirit alway
politic from the victor to the conquered
the honor and pride of the Southern sol
diers will so respond that our be!?>vei
Union shall be stronger, bett? r, tirtnci
than ever before. May thc (?od of ?eu
lathers, who by His blessings enablei
them, through a noven years* w ar, to estai
hsh a Union, ami wc, their children an
sons, to vindicate it in the late- terribl
struggle, grant His aid ami assistance? 1
our effoi ts t.e establsh and perpetuate it.
Tm: APPREHENDKD CONFLICT O
AitMs. - Tin- impeachment of th
Pr< sideut will probably occur soo
niter th?- opening of Congres?
Arms will probably be distributed b
Act of Congress to tin- different Nerti
ern States, ?md the Governors i
these States have already held 11 meei
ing, i:i which they have pledge
themselves to sustain Congress in an
emergency which may arise. A
this certainly looksvery threatening
and unless President .johnson show
himself inore of 11 man, and strike
luster and harder than he has don?,
the days of his powerare numberei
[Cor. Ballimore Gazette.
In lien. Butler's Gloucester sneed
he said that when he reached Xe
Orleans, a man came to him un
said :
""? thank trod that you have conic.
Wc have ?ill heard of visitors mal
ing their host "twice glad," un
Butler's ease furnishes au illustratioi
One man was glad when he came
all the others were glad when 1
went. "'Ont' niau" bestowed li
benediction upon him in this wis
"My best spoons go with yon!"
j*, XAM i NI; rot: a C M.LA u.-s.-We learn that
he cellurof Mr. Geo. Symmers was broken
>pcn last Saturday night, anti several :irti
.lcs stolen therefrom.
ULA*.KI* Fun SALK AT TKIS 0"Mficn. Let
:ers of Administration. Declaration on
iiond or Scaled Note, Mortgages and Con
reyances of Heal l?tate.
Tm; Bunx::;?, o?' COLUMBIA. An inter
sstin:* account ot thc "Sack and Destruc?
tion :-f the City ui Columbia, s. C.," ha.
inst been humed, pamphlet form, from
tl?? i'lnriiix power press. Order? tined to
my extent. Price ."o cents. C .pies can Jr/**
obtained at this ofiiee and the bookstores.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. -Until further no?
tice, tim mails wilpopen and ?dose as fol?
lows:
Northern mail opens Iii a.m.; closes 1
p. m. Charleston and Western mail opens
{p.m.: (-loses 1U a. ni. Greenville mail
opens ~,\ p.-m.: closes :.; p. m.
NKW Ai.vi.a I ISLMK.N rs. Attention is call?
ed lo He- following advt rtisements, which
are published tin. morning for the first
tim.
Mrs. Engelbrccbt -Kelle Haven tustit'e.
Laws'of Sont b Carolina.
Mrs. McAlister-Blacksmith Shop.
Stall 1" fresh Fish.
Gen? Grant-An Authoritative State?
ment Ol" l?!? Position.
The Chicago liej>nblir. in a letter from
itu reporter traveling with tie- Presidential
patty, make:, the following interesting
statements in connection with Geu. Grant's
refusal to present himself to the soldiers
who attempted to call bim out in advance
of tin- President's arrival nf Cincinnati:
Tie- i i.-r is, that Gen. Graut knows, as
has been patent to evei.y one during the
whole of this trip, tine continued effort.-,
have been made to embitter, if possible,
bis relations with th.* I'resideut by <>xcitiug
tb.- jealousy of the latter, or by making
invidious distinctions between them, ami
be is determined that no ncr of his shall
h ud any encourag? meet to any such con?
temptible proceeding* on the one hand, or
those that have been made with like per?
sistency to identify him with the political
views of the President on the other. Gen.
Grant feels that, next lo the President, lo?
ir, tie- head of th.- army of the United
St..t.-. not tin- b-a.h r of a political party,
lb- dees not coiii-i.b r the army a place for
a politician, and therefore will not permit
himself to lie committed to tho support of
either .d' the present political parties, nor
that tb.e army shall h.- made a party ma?
chine.
I have submit:. >1 tin- above to Hie Geue
ral. who entirely approves ot what I have
written, and says that it fully and exactly
expresses Ins view*. I will, However, state
that, a- originally written, the concluding
sentence was in these words: "When he
becomes a ?.arti-an, he intends immediate?
ly to r sign Ids present position," and to
this the General objected, saying that it
might h.- taken to imnlv that at some
future time h.- did intend to become a par?
tisan, whereas bis only intention in using
those words was to express, as an officer of
tin- army, hi- disapprobation of any
attempt t.. identify him with any political
party whatever.
The above conversation with lieu. Grant
took place in the baggage or refreshment
car attach. 11 to th.- train, in the presence
oi Maj. Gen. Rawlins, Chief <>f Staff to
Cen. Grant: ai.--, of another Major-Gene?
ral, who, I think, was Cen. Stoneinan; but
ot this 1 am not certain, for I did not. take
any pai l ?eula r ie -t ice w in ? it was.
In addition t<> th.--?- military men. there
w. re also present .Mr. Warden, who is cou
nected with thc Nev York '?''inns, .John
Hogan, ot Si. .Louis, Missouri, Mr. Chad?
wick, of Willard's Hotel. Washington, and
one or two members ..t the Columbus dele?
gation, whoso names I don't know.
* . in about a minute afterwards,
Gen. Grant, who had been in the Presi?
dent's car to present himself to the people
assembled at West Junction, re-entered
tho ear, and having seated himself, beck?
oned tn nu- io come and speak with him.
I did so, and, on seating myself by his side,
he went on to .-ay Coat he though"; that if I
published the account already submitted
to him, he would like to be understood that
h? had refused t-> receive the proposed de?
monstration entirely because he felt it his
duty to refuse any reception or demonstra?
tion tendered separately to himself while
traveling with the President, or to do any?
thing which might be construed as favor?
ing anv political ?.arty.
lie then went on to reiterate his determi?
nation not to be used by those who sought
to commit him either for or against the
President's policy , or to attach any politi?
cal significance t.. his presence on the Pre?
sident's excursion, lb- had. also been much
annoyed at the use which had been made
of his name by .lohn Hoi;.m, who has pre
si:m< d to statu that Cen. tirant was politi?
cally with thc President, and on one simi?
lar occasion by Mr. Seward. He felt that
it was, above all things, desirable for
officers of the army to avoid participation
in ordinary political conflicts, except it was
their iluty as citizens to support only men
who could show a record of consistent
loyalty. Whether a man's sentiments were
Johnsonian or Republican, he said he felt
that it was an insult to any loyal man to
ask him to vote for any candidate who was
ie l a loyal man in lSoT.
lu tins connection, h.- s:-.id that, without
expressing any views of his own for or
against the Johnson policy, he yet felt it
to be a misfortune for Mr. Johdson that
the advocates of his policy in tin- States
through which he hr.d just passed Mis?
son!, lihnois and Indiana-had put mi
their ticket men who, in l??l and "t>2, had
been guilty of known disloyalty to the Go?
vernment; because (and tbis was said in
a very emphatic manner) he felt that to
ask men whose sons had shed their blood
for the Union to vote for men who had
b> cn disloyal t > it, was the greatest insult
that could be offered. Southern men he
could make allowances for. and he coin'*
ride thrnmrh the South and get out on a
platform and shake bands 111 friendship
with such men as I e -, Johnson or Forrest,
because, though they had 1.n almost
educated into secession, they were now
truly honest and loyal in their adherence
to t he Uni. >n. and ? ere seeking to strength?
en it. Hilt he did le t feel in that W?V tO
ward Northern men wie? bad once bein
disloyal, and neither desired t-< associate
wi th'them nor have them for his friends.
No such nu n should have his support, nor
ought they tobe supported by Mr. John
sou's friends thronghoul the Northern
Statis. He particularly instanced, as- n
specimen of this objectionable class ot
tuen. H.-isfer Clymer, the Democratic cu.
didate for Governor ol' Pennsylvania, say
ing that to a-k any soldier to vote for such
a man, of at oin- time known disloyalty,
against another who had served four yearn
in the Union army, with credit to himself
and benefit to his country, was a gross in?
sult. If naen desired to support Mr. John?
son's policy, let them: but, at all events,
let them vote only for such men as were
true to their country in 1*01.