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The Presidents Policy.

It is stated elsewhere, in the exami-
nation of witnesses in relation to the
treatment of the freedmen in Florida,
that there has been an evident in
crease in sectional bitterness of feel
ing, on account Of the lenient policy
Of the Administration. We think
there must be some error in these
statements. So far rs our knowledge
reaches in this State, and Judging
from the tone Of the press elsewhere
in the South, we feel assured that
the policy of President Johnson is
Strengthening the bonds Of affection
for the Government throughout the
whole South, and forbids any course
of action likely to affect unfavorably
the renewed relations existing be-
tween the Southern people and their
General Government Their highest
duty is to sustain that Government in
endorsing and upholding thepeaceful
policy Of its Executive.
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DeBow's Review.

The March number of this excel
lent monthly magazine comes to us
frcightcd with q variety Of articles
from the best writer's in the South.
We hope and trust that this periodi-
cal will receive that measure of sup
port which it unquestionably de-
serves. Among the contents of the
present number are articles from the
pens Of W. M. Burwell and George
Fitzhugh, of Virginia; DR.. J. G.
Mott, of Mobile; and Hon. Charles
Gayarrc, ofLouisiana-all we'll known
as talented literary men. The terms
of the Rerie'c are Sc per annum. The
edltorand proprietor's principal Office
IS ut Nashville, Tenn. S. G. Courte-
nay, principal agent for South Caro-
lima.
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COLUMBIA, March -, 1866.

MIR. EDITOR: The period of new cleo
ton Of mayor and aldermen of the city is
soon to take. place. The finances of the
city arc very small, and it is all-important
that the expenditures should be dispensed
with all the economy that the interests of
the city will admit of. Retrenchment
should, therefore, be the watch word
Under the present circumstances, is
there no one who could be found, with suf-
ficient leisure, to accept the honorable po-
dnes d5Gn OF Of mayor without an@ salary? The
the salary should be reduced in similar
ratio; The city might find horse, with
suitable equipments, subject to the order
OF the mayor, for all public business. These
suggestions are thrown out for the con-
sideration of the citizens, in the hope that
some one may be found to aid the city in
its present extraordinary circumstances,
and for the consideration of the present
administration of tho city. INQUIRER.
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HE GOVERNMENT FRANCES A
special despatch from WASHINGTON to

HE GOVERNMENT FINANCES. s.-A
special despatch from Washington to
the New York Tribune says:
'"The fact is generally known that
the financial condition of the Govern
ment is very much stronger than is
made to appear from the monthly
report of the national debt issued by
the Treasury Department. In the
monthly balance sheet so issued, no
account has ever been taken Of the
funds belonging to Government de-
posted in the National Banks, and
amounting at this time to over $17O,-
100000.
1t is the opinion of the Comp
troller Of the Currency that the
Government will hold, at the close
of the present fiscal year, surplus
over all expenditures of at least
$500, ,OOO,O 900. The requirements
of the army and navy will be
comparatively nothing, as they have
supplies of every description on hand
and paid for, from Ilast years appro-
priations. The surplus on hand at
this time, estimating the currency
value of the gold on hand, with other
funds on deposit in National Banks
and in the hands of the Treasurer
and Assistant Treasurers, must be at
least $17O, 100000
With this surplus, and that which
will accumulate by the 18th of June
next, the Secretary can pay off that
portion of the temporary loan not
deposited by banks under special az
rangements for clearing house pur-
poses-say $50, 100000 It can also
pay off all the certificates OF indebt-
edness, which were reported on the
1st of February as $50, G37 ,909, all of
one and two year five per cent. legal
tender notes, amounting to IS, $780,
900, and can also redeem about
$S0,0O0 of the compound interest
notes that can be converted into $50
bonds, and also the 7-30 notes as
they mature, under the Act of the 81
OF March last.
This disposes Of all the public
debt, Will the exception of the legal
tender notes and the fractional cur
rency. The Comptroller is also of
the opinion that the common legal
tender notes should not be reduced,
unless an equal amount of such re-
duction should be authorized as an
increase OF tho amount of the bank
circulation, as recommended in his
report.
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COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, Mar. IA, 1866.
Agriculture.

Unless white labor comes freely
into the Southern States, the area of
cultivation must be considerably di-
minished. Hired labor cannot culti
vate poor land, for, as the Richmond
Dispatch says, it takes but little more
labor and expense to cultivate an acre
of rich than of poor land. The mini
mum product ef any field, to be re-
munerative, should not be less than
from twelve to fifteen bushels of
wheat, and from twenty 10 twenty
five of corn OF oats. No farmer ought
TO be satisfied with less than this, and
system of improvement should be
adopted and adhered to, which will
insure these results, and progressively
augment them. For this purpose,
increased attention should be paid to
the accumulation of farm-yard ma
nure, and the preservation Of the fer
tilizing materials of the farm. Among
these, ashes hold conspicuous place.
They are composed of inorganic in
gradients derived from the soil, and
the benefit arising from their restora-
tion to it is acknowledged by all. By
diligently guarding against the waste
of whatever contributes TO the pro-
duction of grain, an amount of en-
riching material may be gathered
sufficient to impart fertility to wide
surface, and to lay the foundation Of
an improvement which, when once
begun, may be carried on by q proper
system of rotation, and the interven-
ton of ameliorating crops, until the
utmost productive capacity of the
land is attained.
In this State, there are many large
plantations, embracing tracts of land
which nsver were cultivated. It is
Our opinion, backed by that of prac-
tical men, tthat it would contribute
materially to the future prosperity Of
the State were these lands leased on
reasonable terms to European immi-
grants, or they might be worked on
shares with the tenants. The poverty
Of the Southern people, and espe-
cially of the people of this State,
demands that every acre of ground
capable of cultivation should be
worked, and we earnestly hope that
our large landowners will encourage
the immigration of foreign labor. If
some inducements are not held out to
white labor, our supply of food for
another season will fall short Of sus-
tanning our population.
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To be loyal, in the radical sense,
you must first denounce those whom
you encouraged to go into the war.
Second, you must maintain that
negro IS as good as a white man, and
entitled to greater privileges than
every other class, except the radicals.
Third, you must believe that the
Freedmen's Bureau is very proper
and necessary institution, and should
take precedence of all the civil author
tiles of the State. Fourth, you must
dcnounce Andrew Johnson as a traitor
to Massachusetts and the radical
place-seekers. Fifth, You must be
''evisceratcd of your manhood" and
become a fit companion for Fletcher,
Duggan, Stokes, Arncll & Co. Sixth,
yon must be capable of taking the
test oath, though you are commit
ting perjury, to the knowledge of all
your former acquaintances and neigh
bors. AS natural consequence, tho
radicals can find few ''loyal''. men in
Tennessee. NashriNe U,uon.
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HEAVY CoTToN MOVEMENT. Tho
exports of cotton from the port of
New York during the week ending on
Tuesday reached the unusual quanti
ty Of II, bales, valued at S3,67S.-
81, or equal to about $21l per bale.
Included IN the exports were II, O39
bales, valued at 50, ,462, $50, to the
single port of Liverpool. The Times
states that thus fan in the current
cotton year, commencing with Sep
tember l, 1865, the exports of the
staple from New York have been
29l, ,297 bales, which represent u cur
rency value of nearly SCI, 800, 600.
The receipts of cotton at New York,
from all sources, since September 1,
1865, have been GIG, 1O5 bales, worth
about $129, 100000
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An extraordinary correspondence
appears in the British Union Reoie,c,
between 1913 canons, and eight clergy
men OF The Church of England, and
Cardinal Patrizi, of the Holy Office,
1nquiring how far arrangements could
be made for admitting them, bodily,
INTO the Church of Rome. The reply
was not favorable.
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A Radicals Description of the Pre-
sidcnt-His Great Power and AbiIi-
ty Conceded.
The Hon. John d. Baldwin, mem
Der Of Congress from Massachusetts,
writes this description of Andrew
Johnson and his lite speech. Bald
win is Of the Sumner Stevens stripe
politics:
n y "What the President sa Il
is before the country. How he said
it, my poor words may fail to tell
For the first time, / stood near and
looked closely on the man. In the
course of ar eventful life, I have seen
many men of wilful power and force,
but never before have looked on one
so thoroughly embodying the evil
spirit Of revolution. 1t will not do
to underrc+e Mr.. johnson. He is
terribly in earnest, and, withal, most
vindictively cool. A thoroughly-pac
demagogue, his sinconsequentia logic,
his egotism, his repetitions, his tho
rough belief in himself, and his popu-
larity, are all elements of strength,
when he faces such asscmblages rs
were arrayed about him yesterday.
Andrew Johnson is an able man-how
able, I never realized till yesterday.
All results are involved in his policy.
Had he q Cabinet as able and as des-
perate, the dire results which the near
future would bring, could hardly be
named now. We stand on the verge
of fierce strife, to meet which the
country should gather its strength
and grid up it's loins. This man is
no weak Buchanan, and he means to
crush Congress OF be crushed.
"Mr. johnson is n man of stalwart
mould. just above middle stature,
he is SO broai-shouldered, firm-set
and deep-chested. as almost to seem
below it. He has large head. 1t is
a compact home for his fiery will and
brain, His face is marked, strong
oval outline, powerful undcr-jaw !;
well-defned, but rather sharp chin; a
wide, straight mouth; full, flexible
lips; skin, coarse in texture, but firm !;
complexion, swarthy; hair, coarse
black, streaked with grey; nose
small at the root, but full and large
at the nostrils, which expand and lift
as he speaks; broad, roomy forehead; ;
beetling, bushy eyebrows, beneath
which are pair of the coldest hazel
grey eyes ever saw in human head;
these are the outlines of Andrew
Johnson.
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The EMANCIpATED EGRo.-N[r.
Munro, the British Consul ut Surin-
am, in & report to the Foreign Office,
describes the Immediate effect of
emancipation on the negro slaves in
the Dutch colony. On the 1st of July,
1868, the freedom Of the slaves was
promulgated, and the rights and pri-
vilcges Of frecmen were. accorded to
them
THE negro population received
the boon without any great signs of
exultation; the day passed over even
with more stiffness than u Sabbath.
The agricultural laborcrs did not SO
readily turn out to work, and when
they did, it was only to work what
they pleased, and that, generally, was
poorly done. Many Of the people,
when the time of contracting with
the owners of the estates was appoint
ed, left their formeE homes, and took
to squatting in the bush and aban-
doncd plantations and grounds, on
the borders Of creeks in the neigh
borhood of towns, where they led Il
life of comparative idlencss, of little
use to themselves and less to the COM
munity at large, returning to Il state
of gross heathenism, practicing and
enjoying the snpcrstitious African
dances with all their immortality.
Their wants being but few, are easily
supplied from bountiful soil, forests
teemlng with game, and the rivers,
creeks and swamps abundantly stock
ed with fish, which require but little
cXertion to procure. The negro pop
ulation who have remained on the
estates do us little work as possible,
which tells greatly on the crops; they
do little else than reap the fruits of
former years labor, planting bnt lit
tie for the future"
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aging and ready to break forth.

raging and ready to break forth. So
long MS it continues, the land will
refuse it's increase. Agriculture and
business of all kinds will be uncertain,
and the country will be handed over
to fearful struggle with the terrors
of st. Domingo to darken the pros
pect. In shutting out the freedman
from his equal rights at the ballot
box, you open the doors of discon-
tent and insurrection. Cavaignac,
the patriotic President of the French
Republic, met the present case when,
speaking of France, he said: ''I do
not believe repose possible, either in
the present or the future, except so
far rs you found your political condi-
ton on universal suffrage Loyalty,
sincerely, completely accepted and
observed: 81 Moniteu1', Nay 81, 1850,
2. 7 761. 1t is only impartial suf-
frage that I claim, without distinction
of color, so that there shall be one
equal rule for all men. And this,
too, must be placed under the safe
guard of constitutional law.
6. AS the education of the people
is essential to the national welfare,
and especially to the development of
those principles of justice and moral
ity which constitute the only sure
foundation of Republican Govern
mcnt, and as, according to the census,
an immense proportion of the people
OF the rebel States, without distinc-
ton of color, cannot read and write,
it is obvious that public schools must
be established for the equal good of
all. The example of Massachusetts,
must be followed, which, after de-
clarlng in its Constitution that ''wis-
dom and knowledge, as well as virtue,
dlffused generally among the body of
people, are necessary for the pre-
servation of their rights and iber-
ties" proceeds to direct the Legisla-
ture and magistrates, in all future
periods, to sscherish the interests of
literature and the sciences, and es-
peclally ''public schools and gram
mar schools in the towns" All this
must enter into our work of recon-
struction, and become one of cHI
guarantees.
In announcing his projects, Mr..
Sumner, in an elaborate speech,
added:
"There must be no precipitation.
lime Is the gentlest, but most power
ful revolutionist. Time is the surcst
reformer. Time is the peace maker.
lime is necessary to growth, and it
IS m clement of change. For thirty
years OF more, this wickedness was
maturing. Who can say that the same
time will not be needed now to ma
ture the conditions of permanent
peace"
Thirty years to mature the condi-
tons OF permanent peace!
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ARCHBISHOP McCLoskEy ON

ARCHBISHOP McCLosKEY ON FE-
NTANIsM.-The following from Arch
bishop McCloskey's exhortation last
Sunday is interesting as developing
the set antagonism between Catholic
ism and Fenianism:
con the merits of Fenianism, it is
not my purpose at all to speak, as
nearly all know what is the opinion
held of it almost universally by all
the bishops and priests of the whole
Catholic church, and all men know
how, unfortunately, very large class
of Irish Catholics have been, in this
instance, an exception to what has
been their history in all time, in
closing their ears to the counsels of
the fathers of the flock upon this sub
ject, and listening to the counsels of
self-constituted leaders. I do not call
in question the motives by which
they arc actuated. No one sympa-
thizes more deeply with afflicted Ire
land thar he who now speaks to you.
God forbid that any word of dis
should ever initiate against what are
lrcland's real, best and highest inte-
rests! If we are opposed to this
movement IN tOio, it is not because we
synpathize with the English Govern
ment, but because we sympathize in
the true spirit with Ireland. We have
seen nothing yet and we expect no.
thing from this Fenian movement but
what will be to the great detriment of
Ireland and its people, both in that
country and also in this, the land of
their adoption. We believe that only
injury will come of this movement,
and time will prove who is in the
right and who is in tho wrong. We
believe that, as nothing but mischief
has so far come of it, nothing but
mischief will further come of it. And
l say its not only in the interests of
our brethren in their own land, but
also in our interests here. If our
people persist, as unfortunately they.
have persisted thus far, in a move
ment which all sensible men and all
true friends of Ireland consider one
OF folly, which must result in no.
thing but destruction and mischief, it
will not only incite England to op-
press Ireland still more, and to rivet
still more secufely the chains upon
her people, but it will incite, per
haps, the anger and disgust of the
American people themselves against
us. And I say in all the sincerity of
my heart that look to this move
ment with a feeling of deep appre-
hension for the reason of the spirit
that has been evinced 10y those whose
counsel the people have followed in
this movement, that it will raise up
against Irishmen, first as Irishmen
and then as Catholics, in this land,
spirit of persecution equal to that
under which they have so long
groaned III their own land. / appeal
to all men, and beg of them for their
own sakes and for the sake Of their
religion and their God, to withdraw
themselves from movement that has
already gone too far"
A private letter, dated at Hunts
vile, Walker County, Texas, Feb
ruary Is, says: ''The freedmen in
our County, 50 far, are doing aston
ishly well, and the prospect bids fair
for II heavy cotton crop this year, MS
there are great deal heavier crops
planted here than has ever been since
our State has been State"
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It's PHILosoPHy.- Sozodont is an anti
acid; Sozodont is an anti-putrescept;
Sozodont is Il tonic; Sozodont is ali
vegetable and entirely harmless. Hence
1t cicanses the teeth from acetiors con-
crctions, stops the decomposition oC their
substance, swcotcns the breath, stimulates
the gums, and is the safest and best pre-
paration of it's class in existence. +
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1ie editor of the Monroe Nouisi-
ana 1e(egro1oh says he has not got
Elole, and there are none for sale in
the town.
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CHARLESTON AND FLoRIDA.-We learn
that the splendid side-wlleel steamer ssDic.
tator," under the command of Can't Jon;s
NJ CoSetter, Will shortly commence to ply
between Charleston and Jacksonville, Fla.
calling at Savannah Dne notice will he
given OF the day she leaves Charleston.
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local Itens.

oAsh'-o"r terms for subscription, ad-
Vertlsins and JOB work arc cash. We hope
all parties will bear this in mind.
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The SITUATION IN WASHINGTON =
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Express writes: "
The radicals don't mean to have
any reconciliation with the President
and he don't mean to concede anv,
thing to them. Therefore the breach
must widen, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding.
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1HE BURNING OF CoLUMBIA.- An inter
cstlng account of the Sack and Destr,,,..
ton OF the City OF Columbia, $. c." has
just been issued, i'll pamphlet form. from
the Phemir steam power press. Orders
can be Glled to any extent.
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THE WEEKLY CLEANER ,rbo
puol'ca'ion Oh tins paper will be postponed
Few weeks. Persons dcsirous OF su,,-
scrlbinS, will please forward the money ,t
once. Terms 81 year.
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iAIN--Thcre was an attempt made at
ram on yesterday morning, but it proved
perfect failure. Our gardens are badly
an need of a shower, and if it does not
como shortly, watering pots must be
brought into use. We wonder what has
become of the good old parson, who pray
cd that it might ''drizzle drozzlc, drizzle
drozzlc, for about Il wcck?"
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The receipts from Internal Revenue
March 6, amounted to over $1,000,
600
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New ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is call
ed to the following advertisements. which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Symmcrs Il Berry Albany Ale, &c
Wells, Crawford Il Friday-Com. Merits.
James G. Gibbcs s-Revcnue Tax.
--GuanO.
Browne & Schirmcr-Com. Merchants
Columbia Chapter Meeting.
John g; SceSers-Pcarl Barley, &C.
G. T. E!tJ. J.u-1'rcss for Sale.
Gen: Ames-Gencral Orders No. II.
Durbcc & Walter-Auction Sale.
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A private letter, dated ut Hunts
vile, Walker County, Texas, Feb
ruary Is, says: '"The freedmen in
our County, so far, are doing aston
ishly well, and the prospect bids fair
for u heavy cotton crop this year, Ms
there are a great deal heavier crops
planted here than has ever been since
our State has been q State
Mr. Joel Peacock, well known to the
people of Barnwell, died on the 81
INST. His wife died the night follow
ing.
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The beautiful plantation in Madi-

The beautiful plantation in Madi-
son County, Mississippi, known as
"Annandale," the residence till now
ot Mrs. Johnstone, the Jackson Ne,cs,
of the 11th, informs us, was sold, on
the 10th, to j. b. Richardson, of
Boston, and that he proposes residing
upon the place with his family. The
price paid for the place was $50, 900
in currency. AS the Ne,cs says, it is
''maguificent place, and before the
war was probably held at six times as
much.
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The United States Volunteer troops
ut Barnwell, are soon to be relieved,
and regulars will take their place.
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States; and that no law or ordinance
of this State, in contravention OF
sui 'ersion thereof, can have any
biz uing force"
2. AS the rebellion was waged in
denial of the equal rights Of the
colored race, it is essential not only
that slavery should be renounced,
but also that all men should be hailed
as equal before the law, and this en-
reimbursement must be both civil and
political
3. AS the national debt was incur
red for the suppression of the rebel
lion, this, too, must be fixed beyond
repeal. No rebel State should be re-
admitted unless bound irrevocably to
the support of the national debt and
the payment of the interest thereon.
4. The assumption of the rebel
debt must be positively forbidden.
This debt, whether at home or abroad,
has been incurred for the support of
the rebellion, and must be treated
accordingly. 1T is a part of the
crime. Here, too, there must be a
guaranty.
5. AS the national peace and IRAN
guilty depend essentially upon the
overthrow of monopoly and tyranny,
here is another occasion for q special
guaranty against the whole pretension
of color. No rebel State can be re-
admitted with this controversy still