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COLUMBIA. Saturday Mo ruing, Feb. 9, 1867. Appointment* lo Oflleo. Tlio Nashville Union saysr- too truly for the country's good -that the bulk of offices arv tilled by incapable men, and that this, more than any? thing oise, is tho cause of the un? numbered wons we ??re sn dering. Under tho pernicious system of partisan appointment, there can o little doubt of th? truth of the Union'? allegation, that merit and capacity arc almost excluded from tho offices of profit and'trust. It is the grund evil of our system, and pervades every department of tho publie ser? vice, from the highest to the lowest office. The best men in tho country are out of office, and" some of the worst in. This is a state of things that impe? ratively calls fur reform, and we are glad to perceive^ that a measure is now before Congress which proposes au entire alteration in the. mode, of selecting officers for thc civil service of the General Government. It is a bill from the .special committee on retrenchment and reform, reported ?by Mr. Jencks, of Rhode Island. The bill provides for thc appointment of A civil servie . examining board by the President, who shall examine and pass upon the ipialifieatious of every appointee or applicant for an ap? pointment nude; the Government, and to throw the selection open to competitive examination as to fitness. Thc certificate of this board as to mental, moral and physical qualifica? tion is to be ?mulo a pro-requisite to appointment. Indeed, thc board is empowered with general supervision over the civil officers appointable by the President and heads of depart? ments. The plan suggested by tho committee is said to be based on the English system, and one that prevails in other Governments. This would be an admirable plan, but we think that one great error in its organization is, that the members ? of the board are themselves appoint? able by the President, and as the power of appointment involves that of removal, very few of those whom a President might nominale, no mat? ter how incompetent, would be re jected. The plan is worth trying, however, and if in honest hands, un? influenced by partisan prejudices 01 preferences, might work well. Any plan woidd be better than that meit party fidelity (as is the case at pr?? tent) sh*.nhl bo the only qualification required of an aspirant to office. -< .>- ? '"Con. GC. TEW.-A report has been in cireulati.-u for some time that Col. G. C. Tow, of the Hillsboro (N. C.] Military Academy, who it was sup posed was killed at Sharpsburg, has turned up at the Dry Tortugas ?; prisoner-for life, under an assum?e name. Th? Goldsboro 2fetcs says: "We have taken some pains to as certain the facts relative to the incur ceration of Colonel Tew in tho Drj Tortugas, and we aro satisfied that lu is there, but not known by that cog nomen. He is employed in the axi department. We shall not relate otho] circumstances connected "with his in caroo ration, satisfied, as we are, thal .stops will be taken to restore him t< his family." The Wilmington' Dispatch, referring to the matter, says: "We have heretofore refruiuee from giving publicity to this report because c.minced of its utter falsity, but, as other papers have spread ii far and wide, we re-produce it merelj to remark upon its improbability. Mr. Bose, of Wilson County, was on duty on the skirmish line at Sharps burg, and Col. Tew, having gone ont to reconnoitre the enemy, had taken rt position behind a tree within a few .feet of him. They were conversing together when a Minnie ball struck Col. Tow in tho forehead and he fol. 'uuck lifeless, without uttering ; sound. The enemy advancing iu lim of battle, the skirmishers fell bael? and the body was never recovered, v&nbseqaently, a prisoner from thc second regiment saw Col. Tew's sword in thc hands of a Federal win brid taken it from his body." --? ^ ? ? PARTISAN SPIRIT REBUKED. -A leading Washington journal admon? ishes Congress that, however desira? ble it may be to effect certain objects, no party cnn afford to indulge in law? making which will not stand thc tesl of experience. Tho efforts to cripple, unduly, tho authority of the Supreme Court, and to impair thc rightful 'unctions of the Executive, must rc ?oil on thc hoads of those who make them. Few tilings are easier than to fall from a triumphant majority inte a minority, and every abuse of Con? gressional legislation is a challenge to tho people to transfer power fron; the hands of those who wield it ir an unworthy spirit. Dl-vUe and Prosper. The following, from tho Charleston Mercury, advances tho views that we believe to be tho true policy of the I plantation IS tates of the South: The South must divide to prosper! Wherever practicable, plantations must be divided into farms of small ! area, so that every acre ol' the soil may he cultivated. Every man in the South must be encouraged to spend his money in th-? South. Di? rect tn .le must bc striven tor. In? creased population must bo sought steadily und patiently: ...?nil full pros? perity will, in time, return. Shivery, with all;ts advantages, al? ways tended to keep the wealth oP the country in a few hands. The for? tunes of the South were possessed by a small number of persons. These persons made good usc of their am? ple means, and knew how to enjoy thc intellectual and social advantages which spring from wealth well em? ployed. Those who held the property spent the money; and tin- vast ma? jority of that money went to the North-to build up Northern inauu ? facturus, Northern trade, and North? ern fortunes. The most trilling arti? cle required, as well as the greatest, vv.is purchased in the North; and the Northern States were the great xvci pieiits ol' three-fourths of the annual income of the South. Now.that we h ive ended au unsuc? cessful war, and that the slaves are emancipated, the whole condition of things is changed. Our planters have nui onerteuth of the ready money 'hat they ?ind before thc war. They are unable to travel anil spend freely, I but there is this advantage, that nine? ty cents out of every dollar that they receive- is spent at home in the South. The negroes may gain but very little from their labor - Their careless and improvident habits are notorious, and it is-jthoae?-who learned to bc saving tuid careful, when they were slaves, that aro saving and careful now that they are free. Still, whatever they may ear-n and spend, will be spent in thc Simth, and will also assist ?ti en? couraging our general trade. Ono great result, then, of the pre? sent condition of affairs, is that, however the total income of thc South may have been diminished, moro money is really spent in tin South now than was-spent by South? erners, in the South, before the war. Tho question for us to consider, then, is how shall we derive themost bene fit from the money that is spent amongst us. At this time, thc profil that our merchants and business mer make is that upon goods which ari imported into, or manufactured in, the North and consumed here. Thii is a natural operation of trade, bul we have ?t in our power to gain mort, than this. -As long as New England exercise: as potent an influence atWashingtoi as she now docs, it is useless to ex peet that we shall have anything ap proaching to free trade. The powei of New England, in this matter, i: I great, and it is as well to treat tin subject as though protective tariff were to be a permanent feature o American policy. If manufacture: arc to be protected, let tis at leus have our manufactures in the Soutl to manufacture 6ou?!?.orn produce They will pay well; they will aid ii I developing our resources, and tin I money paid the artisans, as well a; ! the profit realized by the proprietors j will n-turn to thc South, from whicl it came. In addition to this, w must encourage direct trade. W< mus!, import direct,, and strive it every way to retain for ourselves tba profit which ia now pocketed by tin Northern merchants who handle ant j control the foreign trade. lu every possible way must we aiu j ?it economy, and at making the mos ' of every dollar that wc possess j When we spend money, let it b< I spent in the South; when we mak< j purchases, let them be made, as fa: j as practicable, in the South. A littl? discussion will soon give further im i pet us to our manufacturing interests . and our home manufactures must b< j patronized and supported. Di ree ; trade will also come to our assistance and we must try, in addition, to rai-si , sufficient breadstnffs to support ou: people ?without being compelled t< make purchases of food from tin North and North-west, i The tendency of slavery was t( give excessive importance to th? ? o an try districts; the tendency o the present condition of affairs wil bc to build up villages and towns and attract wealth and trade to th< commercial centres. Wc must reb on ourselves, help ourselves, and pin our own money in profit to ourselves if we desire the prosperity of this State and of the South. The New York Evening Post says "The tariff bill bas gone to tin House, lt is, ?is we have shown b; exact figures, one of the most oppres sive and unequal revenue bids eve devised. It lays exceedingly heav; burdens upon tia? articles consumo? by th?? poor and the working-men and their wives and children, .and fa vors the rich in every way. We onc< more warn members of the House o Representatives not to vote for tint bill, unless they are sure that it wil be defeated. If it becomes a law and goes into operation, it will, as i ought to, kill, politically, every mai who votes for it. " The Fenian leaders in New Yorl advertise for sale 2,000 arms, princi pally muskets and Enfield rides, al ready for instant use. How Editor? Should Write. Though a quite prolific one with nome of our brethren of the press, this is a subject NV?' seldom touch, being content to pursue the tenor of journalism aai to our mind and judg? ment swills best, leaviug the public to determine for themselves whether our efforts deserve approbation and encouragement. We find, however, in tlie Memphis A vak inch?,'some re? flections in reference to the duties of nu editor, which we t li ink are near about right iu their general applica jjPHf and a portion of wi ieli we copy, ' as follows: Repartee, no matter how keen, I when conveying no imputation or in ! snit, is harmless enough; hut there is a vast difference between gentle? manly repartee ami a coarse insult, which any vulgar ruffian can make. ? and which only such imagine can be I made with impunity. An editor j should not write to please, but rather to off-nd t he whitened sepulchres of society; neither should he consult the whims and caprices of that sickly class of effeminate editor?, lazy, lack-a-daisical, sentimental fogies, who despise strong and vital man? hood-detest those sincere vigorous men of action, who illustrate words ! with deeds, and are ever ready to do and to die in a noble effort to make triumphant and real the cherished ideal of the patriot and hero. Those high personal qualities which make us love, admire and trust in men bo? long oftener to the-rash, impulsive and brave, than t>> lue cautions, iu I triguing time-server. The really ho? nest have' wann hearts, impetuous i natures, excitable emotions; aud it ia j natural to a man who feels a senti ! mont deeply and sincerely to express it strongly. Ardent convictions are always intolerant, and genuine sin? cerity is blunt in its expressions. Fine writing is the bane of tho press. Editors polish periods when they should bo sharpening their blades and burnishing their armor. There is no sap, no vigor, in many of tin Chesterfields of the pr?sent day. They are like the weak tree in thc orchard, unable to get along w ithout I tho prop or strap. The human hear! should not be approached as if i were a fort or a citadel full of de? structive guns, not by zig-zag direc tions, not -with mere intellectuality and gaudy banners too beautiful ti be blackened with the smoke of bat tie; but by the cannon-shotted ant all the great park of artillery. And prominent among these, may be re cognized wit, satire and ridicule weapons that should flash in an in teliectual foray as the soldier's epau lets upon the battle-field. We hav seen editors whose minds are so agil and massive that in the discussion o all questions they assume a gravit; that would do honor to the principa j mourner on a funeral occasion; an who are so dull or lugubriousi solemn that they cannot coinprehein I the enormity of a joke, and, there I fore, never permit the rigidity o ! their features to relax into a smile ! Wit and wisdom often run togethei i Solidity may he joined ti; flexibilit j of intellect. Tho editor must nc I necessarily be solemn to bc practiei j or logical. The stream which weal ! tho snn-smiic on its face may b ! deeper than that which is blackeoe \ by a frown. John Randolph insiste that satire and ridicule were legit I mate weapons in an intellectual eon bat, and even in the discussion e j grave and important subjects, ove; ; whelmed his adversaries by their pi tency. It is a truth, however sai that ridicule will more powerful! ; affect the human mind than soli ! logie. An e ditor may renison abm the abuses of society, and the pecci didos of politicians, without makin I a single ripple upon tho placid water I but erne sleek pebble thrown fro; I the salient sling of wit, one stroke i trenchant satire or a single volley < ridicule, will .produce turbid wa vi upon the still waters. lint ridicu should always seek its legitimate ol ject, folly; ami wit should never ai; its shafts at honesty: while satire ii ! appropriate ly used is like a chi! throwing stenos at an obelisk. The! weapons should bc useel as men ut salt, by way of coneliment ratio than as an article of diet. If ina] propriately used, they are like arro\ shot at the sun, often falling upi the head that sent them. -? ^ ?, ? . TUE Un? GOODS TKADE IN NE YORK. --A New York correspondent the Philadelphia Ledger says: I took a walk down among the gre dry goods establishments this ni omi l in Church, Chambers, Murray, Wa ron and Barclay streets, anil four them all repeating in chorus tin; o story of dull times, nothing eloiu and unfavorable reports from tl interior. But few firms have thong] it worth while to uncover theirgooi as yet. and not more than four live can be got to acknowledge th they are making money enough pay the salaries of clerks and po tors. Ali agree, however, that j matter what may be the turn ia p litical affairs, a chunge for tho bett must soon occur, as the country bare of goods, and as all tho sig indicate that, under the to-! amended tariff, prices are mo likely to be higher than lower. ? ?- - The internal revenue collections New York city, since 1862,^foot i a total of $100,129,643.86. East ye; thc amount received was $35,000,0C The Guclpht How Mrs. Victoria Guelph (as her Britannic Majesty used to be very irreverently styled in the columns of the United Irishman) caine by .?er? surnamCj may not be known to alb readers. From an old inst orv of' Germany, loaned ns by a friend, we extract the following legend tn re? gard to the orgin of this dynastic ' title: The family of the Guelphs can be traced so far back as the reign of ' Cbarlemange. About thc year SOO, there was a Count of Altorf, in Sua bia, whoso descendants, according to an old legend, obtained the natue of Guelph in the followiug manner: Tsenbrund, his son and successor, saw once an old woman who had three children at a birth, ?md, think-1 ingjthis unnatural, he called her an . adulteress. 'The old woman in anger ' at this insult, prayed Heaven tltat , [rmentrant. wife of tho Count, might have as many children ata birth as! there are months in the year. Her prayer was answered, and Ermentraut was delivered of twelve boys; but, ? fearing th:- severity of her husband's character, she commanded her ser? vant to drown eleven of them. Whilst ? the latter was proceeding to obey ? her mistress' orders, the Count nu t her and asked her what was iu thc basket she was carrying. Tito giri, frightened, answered that they were guelphs (puppies.) but the Count, not b >ing satisfied with toe reply, took off the cloth from thc basket, i ami judging that the children .v; tr? ill; own. from their liveliness and, strength, he preserved their lives, 1 educated them secretly, and when they were grown np took them ail awaiti to (heir mother. Gue of the twelve. Guelph the First, was th? successor of Isenbmnd. .- -? ?. UNION- LEAGUES IN THE SOUTH. - These secret bodies, if wo tire to be? lieve an editorial statement in the New York Evening Post, are much more generally and thoroughly or? ganized than is generally imagined. That paper says : There are now secret league-; of Union men iu every Southern State, thoroughly organized; South Caro? lina has more than a hundred such leagues of white and black Unionists; in Alabama the league number:; over 18,000 white Unionists alone, with? out counting the blacks, who, though in separate lodges, are in close com? munion with the whites. All over the Southern States, in every city, town and neighborhood, this league is or? ganized and has its lodges. This powerful organization has prepared the Union people to act together; it needs only now that Congress shall give them the opportunity to act, and that they shall have the counte? nance and help of the Republican party of the Northern States. The help must be given not.only by Congress, but, when that has prescribed the manner of reconstruc? tion, the Republican party should eall and 1: dd mass conventions in all tho Southern States, and thus call out the Unionists there, white and black, complete their organization by a public show of their strength, and give thom the moral support of its presence and power. We trust this duty will not be neglected. REPORTED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE NAPOLEON'.-The Paris correspond? ent of the Liondou Sunday Gazette, writing on the 11th January, says: "It was said in town this evening that, tho police have just discovered a plot, for the assassination of the Emperor, and that several arrests had been affected. I have had no time to attempt a verification of this re? port, and, therefore, mention it with due reserve. There certainly ate parties in tho State who fire disaffect? ed; the country fears au additional conscription; the people in Paris are crying out against the enormous rise in bread; the legitimists aro reported to have received a circular from Frodsdorf, signed .Henri,' in which tho present degraded position of France is bewailed; timi the Red Republicans, of course, still desire to see the end of ?di government. Rut this is only.disaffection. The Empe? ror has received several newly-made prefects, and, whilst receiving thc oaths of allegiance, told them to noise it abroad in their different de? partments that tho fears entertained by the people as regards the reorgan? ization of the army wore groundless, and that he was ever ready to be guided by public opinion. The Em? peror and Empress drove through the turbulent quarter of St. Antoine, where the people were clamoring for cheap bread, and tho papers say their Majesties were well received, though Majesties in open caleche-and-fonr will not stop hungry stomachs." Gaiignani informs us that on the 15th of January the Paris papers, not having discovered any fresh topic of interest to comment upon, came to the conclusion to spare their readers for one day, and appeared without leading articles. This silence seems to hiive been regarded as ominous. - .-?',-.. Au exchange states that in Chicago and Cincinnati, tlie dull season is the very carnival of advertising. The people are sharp enough to perceive that advertising makes business brisk and the man who does it most largely and judiciously, knows the least about "drill times." SOITTHEKN ENTERPRISE-AN EN? COURAGING EXHIBIT.-The Sanders- | vil!o Georgian gives Hie following favorable account of Southern enter- ! priso: ... I Virginia is setting an example to ; her sister Southern States. lier ! magnificent water-power is being laid under contribution by the hands of genius and industry. The hum ? of the spindle and the loom, tho noise of busy machinery in every de- ; partmeut of the mechanic arts, is waking the echoes of those lovely j valleys, where but a few moths ago j '.a crow in flying over them would; Lave hud to carry along its rations.'' j Tennessee is reported to have twelve mills in successful operation, with an invested capital of $700,000, and producing an annual aggregate of manufactured goods to the amount of il,000,000 South Carolina brings into play | from her ashes, eleven cotton facto- ! ries, .nuning 27,000 spindles and 99G looms. lu the vicinity of Fayetteville, in North Carolina, lhere are one dozen factories. At Raleigh, in the same State, a mammoth building is to be erected for the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, while Charlotte is now producing cloths and cassi meres of superior quality. This latter mill \ alon?; runs 25,000 spindles, and con? sumes about 3,000 pounds of wool weekly. ' I Mississippi and Alabama are work? ing out the problem of their inde? pendence, while Georgia, our own scourged State, semis out a loud anion frojn seventy two mills in ope? ration, and twelve in process of erec? tion. Of these hitter, some are pro? jected on as?alo to rival the notorious Lowell <>v tie' pretentious establish? ment of Senator Sprague.- Three miles fr.un Covington, and but sixty from this office, has grown np since the war the village of ' Steadman. Under the magie touch of its found? er, Wir. E. Steadman, mills for tin* fabrication of prints, woolen goods, homespuns and yarns are rapidly rising, and will soon supply a de? mand which has filled heretofore the pockets of our New England tax as? sessors. Only keep your hands off, yo self righteous Pharisees, and we will soon demonstrate our equality, if not our superiority, in your own boasted art of manufacturing. SHERIDAN'S BUSINESS IN WASHING? TON.-Forney's Chronicle says: Gen. Phil. Sheridan, accompanied by officers of his departmental staff, reached Washington l ist evening, for thc purpose, it is believed, of confer? ring with Gen. Grant and the several committees of Congress on the state of affairs in Texas and Louisiana, and especially to reveal the inner his? tory of the New Orleans massacre. The presence in Washington of Gen. George H. Thomas, of the Depart? ment of Kentucky and Tennessee, and of Gen. D. E. Sickles, of the Department of North and South Carolina, and the belief that they have given most important facts to Congress, and not less important facts to the General-in-Chief, leads to the hope that prompt and vigorous measures will be taken to prevent what is equivalent to a new insurrec? tion in the late insurgent sections, under the stimulus of Executive treachery and patronage. Gen. She? ridan's information will be eagerly awaited by thc people. No soldier has more rapidly won nor more firmly held their confidence. He has stood wholly aloo? from party, and yet, in doing so, his evidence on important public matters has weighed with im? mense force against the rebels, whom lie was disposed lo treat with magna? nimity. LOST nv NOT TAKING A PAPER. The Charlestown (Va.) J-Vee Press says: Sr*me time ago. a gentleman in fjharleston was appointed auditor to ilistribute the funds in the hands of the idministrators among the creditors. Notice of the auditor was published. Lt so happened that a few creditors residing in a certain portion of the bounty, who'had, collectively, claims :o tho amount of S700 or $800, from he neglect, of taking a County paper, lever heard of the audit until after he report of. the auditor had been .onfirmed by the court. They then .ame into town to inquire about the ikelihood of securing their claims; .ailed upon an attorney, who exa nined into the matter, and informel hom that they had forever lost their Doney, and, we presume, charged hem live dollars for thc information! VII this resulted in being too pc-uu ious to take a paper. THE PROPOSED NATIONAL CONVEN? TION.-The Washington correspond? it of the New York Times says that he caucus of tho Democratic" mern >ers of Congress, held Wednesday .vening, took no action on tho pro >riety of calling a national conven ion, but that the members arc gene ally opposed to SUCH a ion volition. Let thc Dom;-eratic members of Congress possess their studs in pa ience. There is nothing they can lo half as effectivo a.- t > permit the adicals to rim tho length of their ope. When they have declared their >olicy, it will be time for tho Demo racy to act. [Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier. About two dozen first class houses, >n Fifth Avenue, New York, are for ale, at prices ranging from $50,000 o $100,000. Local Itora.?. No?KoLK OYSTEBS.-Wo are indebted to ?ur ol J fruiterer Misbaw, of Stall N... '20, Nev .Market, for a supply of ?.heue bivalves. He will receive them regularly hereafter. ?ua BEADISG Uooai. -Our friends are invitcd'to visit thc I'h 'i:> - readiug room, where they will find on tile papera and periodicals from every sect ion of the Union. Thc building ia open day aud night. HISTORICAL. -Thc future historial) -.vii: bc anxious to glean the most correct in f.innation concerning thc- desolating march of Sherman: and especially will lm li.^k f >r a truthful record of the sack and de? struction of Columbia, t he only true and full statement of thc terrible events of the night >.f tho 17th February, 18G5, will bc found in the pamphlet issued from tins of?ce. THE TUEOLOOIC.VI. SEMINAIST. We learn from thc Southern Presbyterian, o? chi? wick, that this worthy institution has totally lost #170,000 of :'.s invcstmi nts. and is .iii need of nid from the p :>ple of tho church, ot which it isa highly beneficial instrumentality it: educating ;oung men tor tile ministry. The Sync . ! of this State, at its recent session, adopted resolutions making it thu duty ol every minister be? longing to the .Syn.nl ii. bring the interests of the Seminary before hK congregation, an ! to .e?l upon tin- t.plc t" contribute or their subsistence, either money or provisions, to its supp?t t. Contributions to he forwarded to l>r. H'Mre, of this -itv. by the "Eagle, f Charleston, iv as car? ried off hy .?nc of ?eu. Sherman^ men, whvi offore ; it for sale, las! summer, to a philanthropic gentleman, Wm. ismith, Ks'i . a commission merchant, 'hung busi? ness at No. ~A>2 Ninth stn et, Washi: gtou city, but a native ;.f Sow Hampshire. This gentleman purchased it, ...itii th? i ute a lion of returning it to thc company. A former ciciztmoi Columbia, on passing Mr. Smith's store, taw thc trumpet, and recognizing it, ottered to purchase it, and said he would raise the funds in thc eily among his friends and acquaintances. Mr. Smith declined selling it. but stated his intention of returning it to the firemen, free of expense, on thc first favorable op? portunity. This intelligence being com? municated to the President >f the Compa? ny, at his request, Gov. Orr, on his recent visit to Washington, called on Mr. Smith arni received the trumpet. The saldier who carried off th- trophy, v. e understand, said that he got possession of it "after the fight i/i t7ie streets or Colum? bia." As there was nu fight in the street?, this is simply a-mistake. The trumpet iiad been taken charge of by a faithful old slave of the President of the Company, and ns she was going down stairs with it, covered up with some clothing, a soldier caught at the basket and attempted to wrest it from ber; the good old negro re? sisted, when he deliberately kicked her down the steps -she receiving injuries from which she was confined to her bed several weeks. This is the tree- history of the gallant capture of the said trumpet. We saw it y.-st. relay, at the store of T. W. Radcliffe, Es?]., and under th. manipulations of young Mr. l.t., it looks as bright and :is new as when it cune from thc hands of tho manu? facturers -Messrs. Ball, Black ft Co., of New York. It can be se-:i at Mr. Radcliffe's store for it few days. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which ar? published this morning for the iirsi time: C. H. Baldwin A c'.>. Copartnership. J. AT. Ii. Agnew-Fresh Groceries. Duffie .v Chapman-Valentines. A Columbus (Mississippi) corres? pondent says: "We have had the finest weather for farming that was over known in this country. The river has boon very low, but is now rising, and will soon be in good boat? ing condition, which is much needed. There is a good deal of cotton yet to go to market. The negro school? house here was burned, last Satur? day night, through the neglect of the freedmen, or by accident it is thought. The citizens have sub? scribed liberally to build another, which shows the feeling here, towards ;hc negroes." - - Tm: PKOSPKCTS IN AUK ANSAS. -The hamden (Ark.) Kayle says the town s over-run with negroes. Tin fact las drawn the attention of the Ked md Arkansas ltiver planters, and, mder a brisk competition, the rate )f wages has materially advanced, in 'act, it is now so high that many fear hat the uplands cannot bc profitably jultivated. The planters of the river jottoms may make a small margin of profit, but the prospect is so dis .ouraging that the number of acres slanted will be smaller this year than ?vcr before. -. . ? The Commissioner < ? Agriculture nakes a final estimate of the corn ;rops in 1866. The total is"880,000, >00 bushels. In eleven State.,, not litherto reported, 185,000,000 bu? h?is, against 274,000,000 bushels in 850; in twenty-two Northern States, 170,000,000 bushels instead of 704, 100,000 in 1865, showing a decrease >f 25,000,000 bushel . while the dc reas? in quality is equivalent to '5,000,000 bushels, making a loss in ceding value equivalent to 100.000, 100 bushels. - - -.??? Thc programme for private 1 ls nd concerts in New York big fe re now printed Oil small fans, cx [uisitely perfurned.