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war if its policy Of hate and plunder and re-
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London Post December II.
Deferred Matters.

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That the Charleston market, in every de-
partnncnt of trade, is in an unhealthy condi
ton, no one conversant with business in Shis
city will venture to deny. The absolute needs
Of the community, caused by four years of war
and blockade, have been supplied, and the
lively demand which they created for the ne
ccssitics and comforts of life has subsded.-
The small supply of coin which was left in the
country has been drained, and the reserve
crops of cotton seems we'll nigh exhausted.
The consequence is that the immense impor-
tations, which the ready sales at the close Of
hostilities invited, remain drug upon the
market, or are forced off below cost to meet
demands abroad. IF this state of things con-
tinucs, there must be number of failures
here unparalleled except in times of financial
collapse, which were great national caamitics.
It is of the utmost Importance to know the
true cause of this present and prospective evil
in order that it may be removed or avoided
The laws of trade, read by the light of actual
circumstance, draw us inevitably to the con-
clusion that the root of all this evil is to be
found in the entire paralysis of our agricultu-
raj interest Mother earth is the bank from
which flow the riches of the world, and when
she stops payment there must be universal
failure Credit to the planter is the one thing
needful to revive trade in our city, and the
great problem is. how is he to obtain it (? Make
h. land productive and the problem is solved.
The question then naturally arises, what are
the obstacles now to the productivcness of his
land The answer is plain, that there is but
one obstacle, and that is the want of labor 1t
is not to be expected that the negro will work
for the white man so long as he has hope of
obtaining land on which he can work for him
self; this hope is still held out to him by the
Frecdmcn's Bureau Nor is it to be expected
that the respectable emigrant from Europe
will voluntarily become the citizen of prov
ip,e, liable to be oppressed by radical Con-
grcss, when he can as we'll settle in free State,
with every prospect of obtaining the full ben
efts of national citizenship. 1t is useless then
to look for revival of our trade until the
State has been restored to her rights in the
Union, and the authority of the Frccdmcn's
Bureau turned over to the State courts, for not
until then will our agricultural interest be
placed on such basis as to command credit.
WADE HAMpToN's departure for his Mis-
sissippi plantation, taking with him large
number of freedmen as laborers, is the subject
of very fattcring comment in Washington
ADy1cEs from Washington Of the 1st, state
that the President will issue a proclamation
declaring the restoration of all States to the
Union as soon as Florida and Texas are rec
ognizcd
THE President is so well satisfied with the
condition of the South and our foreign rcla-
tions that he has determined on still further
reduction of the army.
ADv1cEs from Arizona represent constant
fighting there between the Indians and whites.
Twenty. eight soldiers sent out lst November
are missing.
Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS. Of Balti-
moro, distinguished man, died in that city
of pneumonia, on the Both ult.
IT will please the little folk to hear that the
Rev. w. Z. Farrow is again engaged in the
Missionary work that he is receiving full
stock of Sunday School books; and wants
their aid and hearts in this behalf!
Gov. ORn has appointed John Il. Boat
wright, Esq, Of Columbia, his Private Sec
retary.
THE FIRST BIBLE EVER PR1NTED.-In
the royal library of Berlin is copy of the
first Bible that was ever printed, venerable
and really magnificent book. tits printed on
parchment, is about equal in size to the largest
pulpit Bibles which are now printed, and is
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