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...... . .^>a^^^?^^..*>^-,:. .^-.y. _^_^_ . Y ? ; Y > : COLUMBIA-~ Tue? lay Horning, Janu?ry 7,1868. "All U riot I>o?S.'> We have been favorably struck by the hopeful spirit of. Mr. David Diokson, of Hancock. County^ Ga., who, in tho fall of 1866, when the fail uro of crops generally was pal? pablo, said that enough and to spare could huyo beeu made that year, with tho proper industry and econo? my. Mri t>iokson ia one of those men who utilize everything, and thoughtftilly: apply science and the lessons of a oioso observation to all their planting operations. He puts mind into his work, and is in a large measuro independent of variations of price and uncertainty of labor. He alway* succeeds. Pur people aro wasteful, and they are not sufficiently persevering. Just now they seem paralyzed by th? half1 crop and half price of cotton. But ?ll is not lost. New fields of profit lie open to the explorer, and invite occupation. Oar soil and climate are favorable to the production of a large variety of crops. Corn, wheat, rye, oats, root crops, pea-nuts or -pindars, cotton, rice, Ac, fruit and the small berries. Our woods abound in merchantable products. The sumac, tot instance, grows luxuriant ly without cultivation. It ia worth in Kew York $120 a ton, and with ; proper care in gathering, packing ! and shipping, will bring the same j price as the Sicily, viz: $240 a ton. '< The hop and tho cranberry are the i . most profitable crops grown. The i former will, no^donbt, do well on our ! rich low grounds, and the latter, ? which flourishes wonderfully well in j the bogs of New Jersey, will, it is < thought, succeed well in similar si- [ tuations hero. In New? Jersey, bogs : worth only about $5 an acre, have i been raised in value, by being set in I cranberries, to $1,000 an acre and | more. Will some one who has the - knowledge, inform us more folly of : the improved method of cultivating . the pea-nut, adopted in the neighbor? 1 hood of Wilmington, North Caro- 1 lina? It affords a valuable oil, is easily worked as compared with cot? ton, and a great improvement has been made in the process of gather? ing the nuts. We are informed, that as much as from $20,000 to $30,000 have bern realized clear, by indivi? dual planters, from this crop, in the region of tho Cape Fear, for tho year 1867. The object of this article would not bo fully accomplished, unless it [ called attention to the abundant water power which flows past us on all hides, uuimprovod and neglected. Aa the shoe-maker thought that there waa "nothing like leather," so we think "water is the best" of earthly blessings. We have but to employ certaiu eusy adaptations, to derive from it incalculable beueflts. Who that has tho power of thought and calculation, can fail to perceive that our policy now is to manufacture thread, cloth, paper, ?c., from the abundant raw material which we pro? duce? Cotton thread can be manu? factured here and sold in the great Northern markets, at a high profit, from four to six cents cheaper than it can possibly be spun North. Northern manufacturers will admit this themselves. Is this not a field worth occupying? We call upon our enterprising men, of every class and calling, to wake up aud aid in diver? sifying tho pursuits of our people, and opening to them new channels of profitable employment. Fortu? nato will wo be, indeed, if wo only rightly appreciate tho blessings a bountiful Providence has offered to our acceptance. Wo may have sus? tained a temporary political failure by tho war for independence; but, if wo be trao to ourselves, we shall ulti? mately be the gainers, economically considered. As apropos to the sub? ject of manufactures, wo insert the following interesting extract from an article in Deliuw's Review, for Feb? ruary, 1867: "The South hos every natural cle? ment for successful manufacturing which the North possesses, and she has many that the North has not. Sho has inexhaustible water power, timber, coal, ores of iron, copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver, rock salt, petroleum, salt springs and nitre. Our winters aro short, and moro days' work can bo dono in a year out of doors here than in New England. Wc have also tho requisite machinery __v_ of transportation und distribution by rail ana by" water. In tho leading branch o? ?il manufactures, wedia^a an udvantngo over the North thet in time wilb (surely give ns pj?-eniinenco in production, and enable us to rul? the markets, '"\ IrVean ?pfit and'tpeave cotton on thc ground tchere it is raiseiL To illustrate tbis advantage, suppose iunt sets o? Jo uk?" spinning ma? chines-which are nearly automatic, and require but little labor, nnd that not of the class called 'skilled'-were set up in Columbia, S. C., to make yarn; cotton is grown all .around that city, and could be hauled direct? ly front the gin bouse to th* -factory; and there turned into thread, and then shipped North at the same freight that ootton in the bale pays, leaving behind the dirt and waste, which amount to fifteen per cent, of the crop, and saving fifteen per cent, of the charges of transportation. The expenses would bo only on the pure article, and the saving of ma? nure by the operation would not be despised by any man who hos intelli? gently studied agriculture or political economy. "But where shall the labor come from? Just where it came from in Rhodb Island, when the beginning to spin ootton was made in that State. We have this labor, both white and black. It wonld increase from year to year, under the influence of wages and the persuasion of example, and the growth of that social sentiment which always honors and sustains profitable employment. This labor need not be as skilled as it was for? merly, for machines such as Mr. Jenks makes at Bridesburg, Pennsylvania, are almost self-tending. Moreover, the labor now employed in cotton spinning and weaving, in New Eng? land, is principally of a coarse kind, [tis mostly Irish and Canadian; and lt has to be renewed, too, constantly. The steadiest operatives do not stay In the mills, on au average, over six vean. They then draw out of the cavings banks their accumulated ?Sgcs, quit thu business, and go ?way, not to return to it. So that she advantage supposed to be enjoy ?d by the Yankees, in regard to a supply of labor, is more imaginary lhan real. When Mr. Jenks made a cn ach im so intelligent, that it notices the breaking of the finest thread run? ning through it, and stops till some? body mends it, he brought old manu? facturing Massachusetts pretty near? ly to a level with South Carolina, iu respect to a stock of skilled labor, ana made the business of spinning and weaving cotton cloth practicable all over tho South. It is just so with the manufacture of wool; cassimeres and broad-cloth are woven on looms that are substantially automatic. "JFrom the carding of the wool to the production of the finished web, the work is principally done by iron and steel, with a power derived from a water-wheel or a steam eugine. Machinery every year more and more emancipates labor, and emancipates capital from labor. The apprentice? ship system is at au end, and thc education of labor to produce thc staple mechanical products is almost at an cud. Snreiy it ought to be unnecessary to argue nt length the policy of the South to do her own manufacturing, to save the profits ou labor Bhe has heretofore paid away to tb? North sud to Europe, to furnish her population many ways of earn? ing tlieir living, to largely add to her papulati?u, to impart greater value to nil tho products of her soil, and, by consequence, to increase the mar? ket value of her land; to give new comforts and a better lifo to all her sous and daughters. It should be manifest that diversified industry is tho present imperative need of thc South. She cannot any longer "play it alone" on cotton planting. That busi? ness hos lost its prestige and its profit? ableness, iu the loss of the control of the labor that carriod it on. It will no longer sustain tho number of people it onco sustained. Tho capital invested in the business, too, is mostly lost. Cheap farm labor can no longer be had in the South. Wages will ap? proximate moro and more to the standard of those paid in Illinois and Iowa; and the profits of planting seem destined to steadily fall to the level of the profits of 'farming in both of thoso States. " We hare got togo to manufacturing to save oio'selccs. We have got to go to it to obtain un increase of popula? tion. Workmen go to furnaces, mines and factories-they go where labor is bought. Every now furnace or fac? tory is tho nucleus of a town, to which every needed service is sure to come from tho neighborhood or from abroad. Factories and works estab? lished, establish other factories and works. Population, we repeat, is ono of tho sorest needs of 'be South; immigration only can cupply this. We eau surely obtain that by provid? ing our labor with diversified employ? ment. "Capital, to tho extent that the South ahull have occasion to borrow, will, Ivy a law of economy that never falls, flow hero to ereot, equip and start every manufacturing establish? ment, os fast as it can profitably be run." Count OF APPEALS.-We under? stand that Chief Justice Dunkin and his associates have ordered a specir.l term of the Court ol. Appeals, to bo held in Charleston, commencing on Thursday next, the 9th instant. NEMESIS.-The New York Herald thinks th? people will upset Congress in tho intamn of this yea*/ Bot it f ears Congress will upset the people before "the fall. When both ere pretty well knocked down, the South may expect sympathy. -Last year, when prosperous, our Northern brethrts trampled up?n us; this ! year, when out of pocket, they aro very affectionate. The AngUBta Con? stitutionalist thinks a total loss of the cotton crop of 18G3, would wonder? fully expedite restoration on a white basis. The new year, upon which we have just entered, bids fair to become of moro than ordinary importance in the history of tho East Asiatic coun? tries. Tn .TapAn. tho v#hn]A form of government is to be altered. The peculiar position of tho Tycoon, it seems, will be abolished, and the Mi? kado will henceforth leave his eremitic isolation, aud personally take notice, not only of ecclesiastical, but of mundane affairs. A Council of Dai mois will assist him in tho adminis? tration of tho country. Two new ports were to be opened on the first of January, two others ou tho first of April; amoug these four arc the two most important cities of the Em? pire-Yedo and Osaca. In China, the time has arrived wheu the cele? brated treaty of 1858, from which dates the iutercommuniou between the Christian nations and thc Chiuese Government, will have to be revised. It is a remarkable sign, that the Chinese Government should desire the United States, as its commission? er, iu conducting tho importaut ne? gotiations relative io this revision. THE RADICALS AND THE SOOTHERS STATES.-The Washington corres? pondent of the Worcester (Mass.) Spy, admitting in the fullest extent the destitution, suffering and chaotic condition of tho Southern States, complains bitterly of the apathy of the Republicans on tho subject. Pressing as are tho political necessi? ties of the party iu the South, the Spy says it seems almost impossible to raise money enough to oarry on the campaign, and it adds: The Republican party, to insure success, to compel aud maintain peace, must have tho ten unrepre? sented States reconstructed and brought back in time to vote for their candidate next November. Failing in this, the country may as well squarely look at the issue which then sternly arises in its path-that of meeting an interneciue struggle consequent upon the refusal to count the voto of the Southern Democracy, which will be surely cast for the party's nominee, whoever it may be. Of course, the fortieth Congress will count tho vote of no State which Li not represented. On this the Now York Times (Rep.) remarks: This programme is uot inviting. The radicals are determined, it seems, not to admit the ten Southern States, unless they are so reconstructed as to secure their votes for the radical can? didate; and if they are not re-admit? ted, Congress will not count their electoral votes at all, as they will cer? tainly be cast for tho Democratic nominee. This struggle has become exclusively one for party success, and it is openly avowed that measures will be resorted to for the sake of victory, which may plunge the country afresh into civil war. There 'certainly is virtue and strength enough in" the people to save the country from such a peril. -? < ? i THE TEN THOUSANDTH HELLISH OUTBAOE.-A negro in Henry Coun? ty, a few days since, went to the house of a respectable family by tho name of McKissick, seized a young lady and carried her into the woods, choking her into a state of uncon? sciousness, and inflicting upon her a suffering worse than death; and then to complete tho horrible tragedy took a pine knot and broke her skull, pud left her for dead. To avoid suspi? cion, he thou returned to his work iu tho field, as though ignorant of what had occured. Contrary to his expec? tations, the poor girl recovered and crawled bn^k to the house. Tho negro was soon arrested and acknow? ledged tho crime. Ho is, we learn, now in jail awaiting his trial. But how long will his fellow-leaguers per? mit him to remain there? A log hut un the yii?u:i?, a little stronger tbuu a common gin house, which permit? ted two general jail deliveries last year, will not hold such a ficud very long.-Clayton Times, 19/A. An old gentleman from George? town, attended Mr. Johnson's new year's levee, and complimented him by saying that he had shaken the hand of every President, and felt gratified to clasp that of the last President. Query: Is Mr. Johnson I to be the "last President?" That is what the rebels said of Mr. Lincoln. But, "Mr. Johnson smiled," says the chronicler, and so, we suppose, he either has no fear-, or "is willin." Xiooal Items. Al .>* ., iJjiiJ_-?-.. i?v . CASH-PAY UP.-From and after January 1, 1868, the cash system will be strictly enforced. Persons who 1 are sor indebted for subscriptions, and who wish their papers continued, will confer a favor by paying np at once. Those who fail will have their papers discontinued. Cash will also be required for all advertisements. Persons forwarding advertisements from a distance,- must send a remit? tance. Job work cash on delivery. To nr. RAFFLED.-A handsomely dressed doll . is to be rallied at Mc? Kenzie's confectionery, as soon as the chances are made up. Several chances were taken in it, at the late "Firpmpn'a "F>?ir( nnA those having thc doll in c rge, aro desirous of dis? posing of it as soon as possible. FINE NORFOLK OYSTERS.-Mr. Clendining has made arrangements to regularly receive flue Norfolk oysters in tho shell. "Wc are indebted to him for u fine bait of them. SALES OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. Yesterday being .sale-day, a humber of valuable lots were disposed of by the Commissioner in Equity, as fol? lows : A lot, (with cottage and improve? ments,) fronting on Gervais or Bridge street 40 feet, and running back 208 feet, brought $625. A lot. fronting 30 feet on Bridge street, by 208 feet deep, 8425. A building lot, fronting on Main street 28 feet, and running back 208 feet, 82,500. Building lot, corner Sumter and Washington streets, 101.11 bv 208.8, $1,650. Buiidiug iot, fronting on Wash? ington street 101.11, ruuuiug back 208.8, 8925. Lot, fronting on Sumter street 104 feet nud running back 209.10, 8725. Eight shares Columbia Bridge stock, belonging to tho estato of V, Beck, brought $5.50 per share. A lot, coutaining a small brid store, fronting on Main street 48, am running back 417.4, 81,675. Two lots-one fronting on Laure street 113 feet, and running back 10" feet; the other 100 feet on Laure and 53.10 on Sumter, $700. Buiidiug lot. fronting on Lanre street 103.5, and ruuuiug back 203,10 8825. Building lot, fronting on Blandina street 114.9, aud running back 208.8 81,075. Building lot, fronting on Tayloi street 104 feet, and running bael 210 9, $650. Building lot, fronting on BInndinf street 70 feet, and running bael 16S.8, $825. Lot, with one-story brick store corner Main and Washington streets 63.6 by 151.8, 85,475. A number of other lots were nd vertised, but for various reasons wer withdrawn. THE LADIES' ASSOCIATION FOR TH RELIEF OF TUE SUFFERING AND DESTI TL'TE OF THE SOUTH.-We publia! with exceeding regret the followin communication from a gentleman c this city, relative to tho above entei prise, siucerely hoping that in a fe1 days, we shall be able to furnish complete refutation of thc statement of the New York correspondent That with tho lights before us, at th time this "gift enterprise" was ii augurated, we felt perfectly sntisfie of its solvency and fairness, wc nee not now assert. If there is any trie in the matter, it is singular how sue names as were embraced in the Ex? cu ti ve Committee, allowed them t remain-belonging, as they did, 1 the very first families of New Yori TUE GIFT ASSOCIATION FOR TH RELIEF OF THE SOUTH, ENDORSED I GOV. ORR, GEN. SICKLES AND OTHER Some of tho readers of the P liven may be glad, if not gratified, to leai thc fate of nu euterpriso that pr miscd such splendid results to tl investing. The following letter lu recently been received by ono of ot citizens, who had sent to a gentlemr in New York, inquiring about tl character of that anair. It appear notwithstanding the names of nu of reputation attached to it, to ha' been an unmitigated humbug; ar how it was that our Chief Magistra believed iu it, and. gave it currenc. it would be pleasant to be informel NEW YORK, December 20. MY DEAR-: The enterprise : which your friend desired an inter?s hos burst up. I would advise evei ono not to be carried away by thei advertisements in New York paper Scarcely a week passes, withoi bringing up to justice somo whol sale swindler. New York is the hem quarters of the devil, on earth. The swindlers calculate closely how mu< ! of profit they can make before tin are found out. The best way for on siders, is to take no notico of sm advertisements as promise a mirac lons interest ou a small cxpeuditui ? BASE BALL.-We have been re? quested tc state that there will be ? game of baso ball, between the first and second nines, University Baso | Bau Club, on the University Oreen, I this (Tuesday) afternoon? commenO' ing at half-post 2 o'clock. The honorary members and publie are invited to attend. Owing to the heavy snow, sleet, etc., mail communication was inter- j rupted throughout the upper part of this Stute, last week. I. O. O. F.-At the regular meet? ing of Cpngaree Lodge No. 29, held last night, the following officers were elected: N. G., Wm. Stieglitz; V. G., John Alexander: Secretnrv. J F Speck; Treasurer, D. P. McDonald; Warden, John A. Shiell; Conductor, R. P. Mnvrant; lt. S. N. G., W. F. Purse; L. a. N. G., Charles Hoffer; O. S. G., F. A. Fuller; lt. S. V. G., John Self. OUTRAGE ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.-Saturday night lost, as the down Columbia express train on the South Carolina Railroad passed about a quarter of a milo beyond Lewisville, the rear passenger car was fired into by a party, who must have concealed themselves on the side of the track, and stepped on it just us their hiding-place was cleared by the cars. The noise made by the train, prevented tho occupants of the car, six in number, from discriminat? ing as to the number of guns fired, bat the shots which were embedded in the door and ceiling, indicated that moro than one gun was used. Major Holton, one of tho Freedmen's Bureau, who made a very narrow es? cape, ono of thc balls passing within a few inches of his head, was very much incensed, and we presume will make au effort to bring the offenders to justice, as, if we mistake not, the scene of the outrage is within the limits of his jurisdiction. What ani? mated the scoundrels in making this dastardly but unsuccessful attempt to commit murder, is altogether a matter of conjecture. A brick-bat was thrown into the passenger train, about tho same spot, some time ago. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from 8>? a. m. to G p. m. On Sundays, from 1)? to 2)4 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 2 p. m., and close at 9 a. m. Northern-Open for delivery at IO1.s' a. m., closes at 1 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery at 3 p. m , closes at 8 p. m. LIFE TN THE OLD LAND YET.-To show what can be done with the or? dinary sand-hill land near Columbia, we publish the following reply from on enterprising Southern planter to tho inquiiy of a friend as to how he had succeeded during tho past year with his crop. If such satisfactory returns can be obtained from what is generally terrael "poor land," what can be done on tho rich laud, with which thc District abounds: NEA? COLUMUIA, January 3. 18G8. MY DEAU Sm: According to pro? mise, I will give you tho outlines of my crop last year, 1SG7. I hired three freedmen from $3 to 87 per month. I planted about 100 acres ground. I harvested 500 bushels of corn, G.000 pounds of fodder, about 50 bushels peas, one acre in sweet potatoes, one-fourth an acre of round or Irish potatoes, 15 bales of cotton weighing from 475 to 500 pounds each, and sold in tho market about $40 worth of vegetables. I used no fertilizing at all. I carried tho foremost row and my hands fol? lowed me, and had I got A respect? able price for my produce, I should have succeeded better; as it was, I don't .think there was over $500 cleared off of tho farm. Tho placo I plant is light upland, and by drought and too muoh rain at other times, I eau safely say I lost one-fourth of what I should havo made. Medical authorities havo announced that not less than one-fifth of tho entire population of the United States are afflicted with neuralgia in some form. Surely the man who can safely removo such a vast aggregate of pain is a groat pnblio benefactor. Such is Dr. Turner, of Boston, in Massachusetts. His "Universal Neu? ralgia Pill" is pronounced to bo an entirely harmless and perfeotly cer? tain remedy for this most torturing of all known diseas63. See advertise? ment in another column. PERSONAL.-Hon. Jefferson Davis and lady, Generals Buohanan, Wado Hampton, Forrest and Chalmers, were at the St. Charles Hotel, New . Oilcan?, on Now Year's clay. A number of the negroes connect? ed with the Fort Motto affair, arrived in thia city, on Saturday ovening last, undercharge of a guard. Sup? posing that the entire force had re? turned to Columbia, the parties en? gaged in the disturbance made threat-?, and wero riotously disposed, when the officer in charge of the military squad arrested tho riug leaders and sent them up. S KW AnvEi-.TisESCEXT.*.-- Attention > call? ed i" ti??? following n-1 vert?-rir:?nt". \>ub "?rl.ed tbb* morning for tir*: "me: Turn?r & Co.-Universal Nein algia Pills. Annual Meeting Palmetto Tiro (Jo. Keg. Meeting True brotherhood Lodge. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.-Coroner Whiting held au inquest, at No. 22 Morris street, yesterday ^afternoon, upon the body of George a. roomer, a colored youth, between sixteen and seventeen years old, son of Robert Toomer, au old resident and highly respectable colored mau of the class of free colored persons before the war. From the evidence, it appears that the deceased, with twq companions, went out shooting Saturday morning, and on their return, about 12 o'clock, discovered some birds in Potter's Field. In passing through this field after the birds, Toomer's gun caught in the bushes and suddenly went off. discharging and lodging the contenta in the left side of the deceased, set? ting his clothes on fire and burning them off his body. The unfortunate youth died almost instantly. I Charleston Courier. The Globe publishes a list of Rep? resentatives, with their post office address, occupation and residence. Tho following occupations are repre? sented to the members set down: Lawyers, 118; manufacturers, ll; merchants, 10; editors, 5-Baldwin, Blaine, Brooks, Geiz, Glo^sbreuner; printers, 2-Ela and Van Horn; coal operator, 1; general business, 3; bankers, 4; lumbermen, 2; physi? cian, 1; railroad manager, 1; horti? culturist, 1; real estate agent, 1; hotel-keeper, 1; clergyman, 1-Pile; civil engineer, 1. PRESTON, THE BOSTON INSURANCE DEFAULTER.-On Saturday, Mr. Ben? jamin P. Eldridge, of the Boston ?olice, arrived at the Charleston [otel, with a requisition from the Governor of Massachusetts on the Governor of this State, lov trans? fer of Robert Preston, tho insurance defaulter. Preston was taken in cus? tody by Mr. Eldridge, and lodged in jail until he is ready to start North? ward. A lady in Mount Vernon, Ohio, having given birth to five children at a single birth-three boys and two girls-all of whom are doing well; and it having been ascertained that the family aro all Democratic, and intend removing to Sullivan county, a forty acre tract of land was imme? diately donated for their benefit by some of thc citizens. Governor "Worth has created, by letters patent, certain colored men of Wilmington, N. C., a body corpo? rate, under the name of the "Wil? mington Colored Educational Insti? tute," for tho purpose of establishing schools for the education of the co? lored children residing in the city of Wilmington, without discrimination . as to denomination. FATAL AFFRAY.--Mr. George W. Gelzer, a native of this State, bot tor many years past a resident of Jeffer? son'County, Fla., was shot and in? stantly killed in Monticello, on Christmas day, by a young man named Richard Hightower. The parties had quarreled the previous day. Thomas Walsh, a boy of nineteen, was hanged at Newark, N. J., on the 2d, for the murder of Patrick Tormay, on the night of the Fourth of July last, lie met his death boldly, hav? ing taken a cool view of the gallows the day before, while he smoked a cigar. A new volcano about twenty-four miles East from Leon, Nicaragua, has been in grand eruption, throwing ont fire and cinders from two craters, and lately has sent out heavy shower.? of fine black saud, which reached Leon, covering the streets of that place to tho dotph of half an inch. Touching the late railway dis? asters, a correspondent asks: "Why not have two flau gos on tho car-wheel, instead of one, as they aro at present constructed? Any obstruction that unseats tho wheels of one sido, could not then easily unseat those of tho other. ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.-Louis Napoleon's Government has recently disgraced itself by proceeding against nineteen opposition papers. JAI Lune (the Moon) was suppressed, but has re-appeared as the helipse. A lad employed in the office of tho Fernandina (Flo.) Courier, caught last week, in about three hours, over 200 trout, with a simplo hook and line, some of which weighod seven and eight pounds. During the lost ten days of the old year thero were 580 deaths in New York and 210 in Brooklyn. There were during the year 23,710 deaths in New York and 8,325 in Brooklyn. Blond?n broke his arm by a fall from his rope at Cologne.