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Important Notice.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
In Equity--PiCkems.
.Inly 81, 1866


W. G.. Keith, ! Bill for Construction Of
J. W. Esrre, Is etar,. Wills &c.
FHNIIE following Extrnct is from tho Decree Of
IL the Court of Equity, in tho above stated
cause, namely.
I" 1t is ort.ercl and deer 1el that the sale of the
persona! estate of William L. Keith be yet aside
and that the Commissio ler Of this Court Il, pub
lsh Rule against Ito purchasers to account
before him for tho truotvaluc of the property
purchased, ut the time 3f, ,snlc, cxccp, tho No
groes, nr to surrender tho said property to the
Comrlainants, ~. j, NoRroN aud W. c. KEITH
Executors. and, on tbeir neglect or refusal to
do so, that then their purchases be regarded MS
valid, and the Notes given by them he collected
The slaves purchased being now free, cannot
be surrendered and need not be, but the pur
chnscrs to account for reasonable hire whilst
the said slaves were in thoir posscss;on."
In conformity herewith. do hereby summon
the purchasers of the personal csaeof William
l.. Kcith. deceased, ns sold by J.J. NoRroN and
w. Q. Krrrn, Executors. to be and appear be.
fore mo, in my Office Mt pickcns Court House,
on or before Monday the 18th day OF October
next, prepared with evidence to comply with the
requirements of tho Decree MS above published.
ROBT. A. THOMPSON, c.R.r.D.
Comrs Office, July 81, 1860. 3m
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F.. State Of South Carolina.
Notice to Creditors.

PICKENS-IN EQUITY
Rob't. a. Thompson, Admir- Bill to sell Land to
vs. pay debts, Account,
A. A. Hunnicutt and others Relief, Sc
Under an order made in this cause, by tho Court
u of Equity, at Juno Term, 1856, all and singu-
lar the Creditors of Alvin jenkins, deceased, of
every grade and character, aro required to prove
their demands before me, at Pickens G. H., on or
before Monday tho Sth day of October next. Fail
ing to do so, their claims will not be paid.
ROBT, A.. THOMPSON, c.E.r.D.
Com'rs Office, July Z, 1866 3m
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AFFAIRS IN THE WEsr.-T. G. Wealth
crly, of Marlboro District, who is at present
travelling in the West, writes long and very
interesting letter to the ' Eastern Journal"
published at Bennettsville. Col. w. is a
close observer and we know of no ono better
qualified to give an opinion on the interesting
topics lie speaks Of:
In Alabama and Mississippi the civil law
is in force, and the freedmen are tried by the
courts, and by the laws recently passed by
their Legislatures and in each State simi.
lar code (almost identical with ours, passed at
the last session of our Lcgisaturc,) and every
man of intelligence with whom | have con
vcrscd, agree that it is a great Improvement
on the regulations Of the Frccdmcns Bureau,
both for the whites and blacks. think, in
Mississippi, the freedmen are doing hotter
than any other place have visited. This,
am told, is the effect of the change from mil
itary to civil law
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A CARD.

HAVING noticed the proceedings of various pub
ii lie meetings in Edge6cld, Lexington and New
berry Districts, OH the Debt Question and the de-
on by said meetings to hold similar ones all over
the State. we therefore earnestly entreat the cit-
zens of Piokens District who fuyor such movements
to meet at Pickens G. II. on the lst Monday in
August next. to consider and act this grave and
most momentous subject.
MANY CITIZENS.
July 81, 1866 as .
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PRICES GIVEN IN CURRENCY.


Salt Livcrpo"l, per Sack. $500 to $3.50.
Coffee. Rio, per lb., doc. Lagnyra 45c. Java,
G0c. Sugar, Cuba, per lb Is to 20c. Clnri-
fed. 23 to 25o. Nails (hcst quality per h.,
l24 to lac. Iron, per TO-, l24c. Castings. per
lb, l24e. Yarn per Bunch, S275 to So. Os-
and blcachcd 25 to 40c. per yard. Calicoes, per
yard, 20 to IS; English, 81 to 40c. Powder, per
b.. 75c. Shot. rcr b., 20c. Lead, per lb., 200.
Indigo, per lb 81 to SO. Madder, per h., SOC.
Spice. per h.. soc. Ginger. per lb.. SOC Pep.
per, per h.. 60 to 75c. Tobacco Chewing, per
ib.. GO tn $40. shovcls, 81 l.5Otos250. Axes;
Is. w. Coilins,) 50 to $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
Corn. Sl.1!j to - per hushel Peas. 81 so to
Sl.75. Cotton, loose, Is to 20c per lb. balcd,
% to 2Tc. Bacon, l6 to 2Oc. per lb. Lard. 20
to 25c. per ID. Flour, per barrel, 81 to SIG.
pcrIh. Butter, Csc per b. Eggs, l23 to l5c.
per dozen.
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RECEIPTS.

The following persons have paid their sub
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The Moscow Gazette" asserts that Rus.
sia does not want ohangc in European boun-
darics, and cannot submit to tho dictatorship
of France Russia is despatching troops to
the Silesian frontier. The Italians have ooou
pied Paduoa, notwithstanding the French fleet
has gone to Venice Italy persists in advan-
cling towards Vcnetia.
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State oG south Carolina !,

IN oRDINARY-cITATIoN.
WTHEREAS, Robert a. Thompson, cEr.D,
w hath applied to me for letters of adminis-
tration upon the Personal Estate of Samuel AL
bertson, deceased, late of the District of Pckens
and State aforosaid The kindred and credit
ors of said deceased, are, therefore, citod to
appear before me at Pickens G. II. on Monday
tho Sd day of September, 1856, to shew cause,
if any they can, why said lottors should not bo
granted. Given under my hand and soal this
Goth day Of July, 1866.
'9 w. L. lIOLCOMBE. oPD.
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II YMEN E Al

MARRIED, on tho 9th ult., by JonN snAnr,
Esq, MIR. BEAUFORT r. WHITE to MISS MA
Rf L. GAILLARD, all of Pickcns District.
On the 10 h instant. at Bienann's Hotel, by
REV G. II. SPEARS, MR. JOHN II. KIRKOFF to
MISS FRANCES lady, nil of Picwcns
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
Richards IN SCHOOLS.

Since we offered, the other day, few remarks
upon hogging schoolboys and schoolgirls, the sub
ject has been discussed by that respectable body
'The Boston Social Science Association" sndSwe are
glad to find that veteran and accomplished educator,
Mr. George Is Emerson, plainly declaring that in his
opinion "the system of fogging makes the pupils
barbarians" Mr.. William p. Atkinson, another gen.
tleman of authority upon such subjects, said: When
school cannot be governed without the rod it is an
indication that the school properly organized"
Ii we were wrong il is a consolation that we were
wrong in such excellent company. Both the gentle
men above-named practical teachers Of large e1-
perience, and have tested the opinions which theypub
lcly announce.
The ,ystem of rewsrding pupils for good behavior
and for proficiency also discussed at this meeting
and Mr. Emerson said very plainly that "the disribu
ton Of medals makes the pupils beathens;" by which
We suppose he meant that ID promotes jealouses,
heart.burnngs envy, pride-passons essentially un-
Christian, although Mr.. Emersons designation may
be unjust to enlightened and conscientious heathens
In Boston no more medals are TO be given in the girls
.chools-for the boys schools there are, We believe
certain endowments for annual medals, and il may
auire decree in Chancery to divert the direction Of
the action in regard to the girls schools settles the
principle; and an entire reform may be confidently
anticipated.
Medals and other rewards might be more
properly distributed il there were any way
of determining with Judicial accuracy the
precise degree of merit to which each pupil
is entitled; but so long as, both in degree and kind
intellectual capacities differ and so long as the ante
cedents of pupils must be various, it will be found i'm
possible eFuitably to determine whether the scholar
who has eIceled or the scholar who has failed is en-
titled to the medalic distinction Ifthe pupils could be
fairly started together still it would be impossible
There is no fixed winningpost in the school itset-the
real goal is at the end of lifetime and the real race
comes off, as they say upon the course in the faness
Of manhood, and under very different conditions IRON
those which govern the competitions Of the school
house. Nine great men out of ten have been agreea-
BILE dsappointments to their relatives and iriends
The ultinate brilliant success OF ounces has always
beon geographic phenomenon. Genius is wdyward'
and although we may be sure that 1t viii always
study, we may 10 equally that it will study in
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

pecial criticism he was understood TO approve It, and
returned it without suggesting SINGLE alteration Ills
veto followedquiokly wehsvo learned kat wc cannot
depend upon his assurances and when in hSi' conver-
saion we find the President obectiDg that Congress
had given no pledge that the Rebel States shoold nc
admitted upon adoption Of the Constitutional Amend
mont, and even asserting that a be could now ask
would be that reconstruction upon that basis should
bo conceded by Congress, cannot be sure that he
will no longer use his influence against it, He OK
pressed to Mr. EgglestOn his hope that tho Southern
States would be admitted upon tho ratification
Of the Amendment but what has he said 70
the Southern Legislatures Since the verdict IN
favor OF the Amendmeut-a verdict ho professes TO
respect--was given to the people. several Southern
States have rejected the Amendment, and not the
least Of their reasons that the President held 1t
TO be unconstitutional If he sincerely wishes the
Amendment ratified he should certainly have puD-
cly announced his change of opinion. We cannot
find anything in this conversation that indicates a
disposition on Mr.. Johnson's part to submit to tho
will Of the people, while in his recent acts is ample
proof that he disregards it, In ressabishing Slavery
as punishment for crime in the Department OF Hle
South, he has done enough to make mere professions
worthless. We listen 10 his smooth words with in
creduy for wo arc compelled to accept bis actions
as the true expressions Of his policy.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

One Of the sincerest of the European friends OF
American freedom and progress, the Count Agenor de
Gssparin gives in a letter to-day an able and in
tclligent view Of the problem of reconstruction. He
believes that the Constitutional Amendment, as it
stands can be no final remedy for our troubles, and
that even as an expedent there is no certain reason
to believe that it will bring 0+out the reconciliation
Of races and the early enfranchisemen of the blacks
Such form ofeOercion may seem ever so persuasive
but the South is left at liberty to forty its white
preiudces within still narrower lines Of caste. There
is but solvent, thinks NJ. dc Gasparin, for our
general trouble, and that is Universal Amnesty and
Universal Suffrage" The former must settle the
white part of the question; the latter must satisfy the
blacks; and together they should meet the nations
whole demand. The local and temporary embaTass-
mens of the case our writer does not argues but his
views are in the main very just and timely.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
WESTERN TREE-PLANTMG.

Something should be done to supply timber for tho
future. The demand constantly increases and it
puzzles calculation to think how great it will bo 80
years hence Sxty-six trades depend on wood, and
could substitute be found mechanical industry must
be reorcanized before it could be used Of every de-
scription of raw material modern civilization is an
enormous consumer. Our people are spreading over
tho face of the whole land aud they destroy the tim
Der wherever they CO. 1t is great question how
to preserve aud renew our forests Last Winter Con-
gress granted to company in Kansas large body Of
land to plant with trees Other companies wish grants
for the same purpose, but it is doubtful whether all
the difficulties are foreseen. The question is not
whether trees will grow, or even what kinds WILL for
in Western regions, 500 miles from chestnut forests.
the chestnut tree, for instance grows like corn. To
plant largely requires large The ground must
be cultivated and for nearly twenty years there can be
no returns. II is true part may be in nursery, but
nurseries are nothing new. Then tho plantation must
be fenced, and the best fence is the Usage orange;
but this too for time must be fenced for preserya-
ton To fence 40 acres of prairie, when lumber is
cheapest, will cost $40 an acre. To carry out the
plan on a scale large and varied, seems too great
task for private At present. sufficient capital
for such purpose is very scarce and the work is let
entirely to the General Government and to the States
These two great proprietors own most of the land
whereon is necessary that should protect against
the ax and torch of the pioneer reserve of timber
for the future use of this rapidly growing country To
preserve what forests we have is not enough. We
must reach the art by which the crowded estates OF
the old world have, in considerable measure, man
aged to maintain their timber supply. The enactment
of intelligent and practical laws by every State own
ing large timber lands would go far to save them from
nxhnnafinn
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
dBOUT Bad FLOUR.

At the Corn Exchange on Thursday, Dec. 13, 1866.
sales of New.York Superfine Flour reported at
81 556$9 65, fifteen cents per barrel more than the
came description of -four was sold for the day BEFORE
which proves that bad -four can rise in price, If it
sinks into linty "hard tack" whom baked for sailors
and soldiers The next quotation is 50 75G$ll 80
for sound extra State" which clearly shows that the
former was unsound, and should have been branded
bad Four or five different kinds Of extra are re-
ported at various prices, from 50 46 10 $i6 enough
to perpex a Philadelphia lawyer to find out what
extra means II is not intended by the mixing mllers
that buyers of their villanouS extras shall discover
their meaning until they have paid for the flour.
When the dealer or retailer sends barrel of such
-four to customer the latter tries TO it, and ind-
ing the cheat sends it back. The shrewd miller docs
not put his name on the barrel, and as the sale is
made through broker, the purchaser if he has paid
the bill, has no recourse to the concealed offender.
The dealer has been swnded and must bear the loss,
|, or cheat some one ese Such is the Corn Exchange
of New-YOrk, as represented BY some Of those who
there do congregate. The disgraceul fact still stands
out on the report of the market that New-York super
fine -four is publicly sold for less than half the price Of
Southern -four.
But the Southern millers ore already taking lessons
from the New Yorkers. Receivers OF Southern houi
say that tho best of the Southern flour is not seni
here. The FIRST run of the mill is kept at home. and
branded Family. The inferior is branded Extra AND
sent 10 New-York There is often difference OF from
81 to 80 barrel in the value Of the best Southern
extras that come to this Market and thus are we PAID
in our own coin. The grinding Of unsound wheat -
defended by some persons the ground that most OF
Il goes abroad and tho people Of England are accus
toned to such food, as much Of their grain comes
from foreign countries and is generally more or less
damaged on the voyage. Hence we are no worse tnaA
other shippers of I'd flour ard grain--nO worse thsn
Greeks, Turks, Polss and Russians. 1t may DO soj u
NAV be true, that our "rogues in grain are no worse
than European "rogues in grain" but It seems 70 %
novel application of the adsge "to him that na'n
shall be given" IL would be more credtable 70 Us 10
be abe in truth we could to deny the act 'nan ID
defend tho practice on such authority
When will the manufacturers OF Europe turn tns'r
atention TO the establishment of thel workshops IN
our Western States, and live upon she rich pro-
ductious of the soil there. fresh and free, irom
deterioration by transportation to tho scaboaId ana
thence TO Europe, When our Congress shaii srss
adequate and permanent protection to our uschAni0"A
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

its own way. Tho rccorcs Of our colleges show thai
it is not always the valediotOran who tufns out
great msnthe specials grGtia fellows, who hardly win
their A. b., sometimes show swonderful power ia
making up for time lost, or supposed to bs
lost, during the university curriculum. Erpcrienc,
aud daily exgencies finally prove TO all
active and self-respecting men tho value Of
knowledge. both as means In the economy Of LIE
md as its own exceeding great reward" and II our
sch sos could be managed that the vital impOancs
of culture should be comprehended in the freshness
and hop Vuness Of tho first start there would be ess
time wastSd in the beginning and fewer deficiencies
to be subsequently supplied. 1t s the dull routine,
unslleviated by Che smallest tnoture Of enthusiasm,
which makes machine of tho teacher and equally
machine Of the pspil, from the constant collision OF
which cuffs and blows and bestngs, hatred Of
keeping on one eide and hatred Of schoolgoing
on tho other itabilty and passion despotc govern
ment and listless obedisnes You woDaer that the
child detests school; you brsDdish rod at him with
one hand and you dangIe gOa medal before his eyes
with the other and this is the best Introduction which
you can afford fresh. unhsckneyed, eager nature 10
the Aowery folds of learning and Of mental improve
mont You make study duh, and then impute dull
ness TO the students you make the temple Of learning
sort of House of Correction, and hog him il he plays
truant; you impose dreary tasks with incongruous
penalties for their non-performance; andahough this
child ntrusted TO your is the father Of the man
the mother of the woman, you treat 1t with far less
discrimination than Mr. Rarey bestowed upon his
horses and with less skill than is exhibited in tho
most approved methods Of dog-breaking! Yet natur-
ally boys and girls love knowledge as they love new
toys; it is only when knowledge has been made dis
tasteful by laundering pedantic treatises and ita
acquisition, in Some Sort transferred into penalty,
that they detest it.. Does giving medal or any other
prize help the matter How can it. when the dona-
ton is inevitably regarded as q compensation Tor
doing that which it should have been pleasure to do
simply for its own sake We are infanlously incon-
sstent We take it for granted that child will
avoid il possible secular instruction; for six days In
the week we drill it and dose it with unphiosophicai
grammar, and mudAea geography, and arbitrary or
biography and naked arithmetic. enforcing each acqu
stion by intermittent agellatiOn; and on the Sab
bath we send the little victim to Sunday School to
be nurtured in divine things. We give six days to
pride and one to humility We assume during all the
week that Obedience is to be specifically rewarded,
and then preach to children that good oonscience is
the best reward of all. Poor creaturesi No wonder
that they are bewdered as they will continue to be
until the art of teaching is better understood.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
MORE STEALINGS.


Yesterday afternoon both Boards Of the Common
Council passed resolution authorizing and directing
the Controller to pay all the clerks and attaches OF
the Common Council $3.50 EACH and charge the same
10 the balance Of any account BY the law oil this is
Illegal As the account of "City Contingencies. "
from which it has been customary to make those
Christmas gifts was long ago exhausted, and as the
account of Donations, from which the Common
Council gives presents to blind persons and Others,
was swallowed up in the early days of the session,
there ia no account whatever matter how great its
balance may be, from which these presents can be
lawfully made.
Let us see tho extent of this scheme. There are
about fifteen clerks to the Board of Aldermen and
eleven to the Board of Councimen. Adding to those
twenty-s clerks some ten twelve reporters and
about twenty hangers-on around the City Hall, who
will be lusged in under the head of attaches" we
shall have jolly company of about ftyeight good
fornOthings Who under this niquitous resolution will
draw $3.50 each for alleged extra services. They
will receive altogether tho snug little sum OF sl45Oo
with which they can mako tho holidays pass very
pleasantly SO confident is tho Ring that IL will DO
able to hurry this matter through, that some
of its members have already bought up
few of these claims st discount We
call upon Mayor Hoffman to veto this scheme by
which the city would be despoed of about sl5,eOO'
The resolution did not even receive tho requisite num-
ber of votes in the Board of Councilmen, and Mr..
Hoffman must know that it against tho provisions Of
the last Tax Levy to order the money to be paid from
the balance Of any account in tho City Treasury.
Section says: "The said several sums shall be ap-
"pied only to the objects and purposesfor which the
same are hereby appropriated" At any rate, we hope
Controller Brennan will give his friends in tho Com
mon Council TO understand that he will not signify
his retirement from Office by being guilty OF the "ir-
regularity" of paying out $4,000 Of the public funds
against law. II the measure should pass over
tho Mayors Veto an injunction from Judge Barnard
may save US the money
At the time Of passing this resolution another was
rushed through to pay an indefinite amount to the
Clerks of the Board of Aldermen sitting City Can
yassers The fund with which 70 pay election ex-
peuses was transferred to tho Police Department
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

Christmas was celebrated in New-York and the ad-
acent cities with the best of feeling and good cheer,
and without anything to mar the general ieStivity
The churches opened in the morning the streets
were gay and brilliant and the generous spirit of the
lay penetrated even the dark cells Of the PenitentOy
and the Tombs. To many who were happy in their
comfortable homes thej of the festival may have
been increased by tho knowledge that so much had
been done to make this Christmas something more
than q name to the poor In all tho public institu-
tions the anniversary was observed, and even the
criminal and the outcast were not excluded from the
blessings Of the day.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

An affidavit of o number of manufacturers of Bel
giGn paying-bocks, this oty, directly contradlcS
the statements Of Controller Brennan in regard to the
contracts for the Croton Aqueduct Board. While
these discussions are unsettled the public will not be
entirely satisfied with Gov Fentcns decision in the
COntrOlIors favor.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

Mr.. Eggleston Of Ohio had long interview with
the President the other day. and the substance Of their
conversation is published in The Cincinnati CONNER
sio 1t is of little importance what Mr. johnson says
to Republican Members of Congress, for bis profess
sions have often been in direct opposition to his acts
1t is not forgotten that when Mr.. Trumbul laid the
Freedmens Bureau bill before tho President for his
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

The Mexican reports arc moro contradictory than
ever. From one source receive information that
Escobedo has been executed at the instance OF Ca
males; from another, that Minister Campbell has
Joined Escobedo The Government OF Washington Is
said to believe the former report to be true. In this
case, We hope our Mexican Minister chose q con-
yenent time for his visit.
New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

tS On second page to-day tciH be found our For
eign Correspondence, including letters from PARIS "
enaa and Florence and letter from Count De GdsPann
on Universal Amnesty and Impartial Suffrage. The
third page contains TIE Money MARKET and eonnnni-
cation on our Me1icaa Policy besides ners and other
matter on this and he Serenh page.