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Letter from General sherman.


The following is the letter of Gen
eral Sherman, which was alluded to
in despatch few days since, in re-
lation to the abandoned lands on our
coast:
WASHINGTON, February 2, 1866.
To And,'ew Johnson, President Of the
UaHed States.
SIR: have the honor to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of
February (; and, in compliance with
your request, 1 enclose herewith a
copy of field order No. 15,, of 1865,
with this brief history of the origin
and reasons for making it:
The Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary
of War, came to Savannah soon after
its occupation by the forces under my
command, and conferred freely with
me as to the best method to provide
for the vast number of negroes who
had followed the army from the in
terror of Georgia, as also of those
who had already congregated on the
island near Hilton Head, and were
still coming into our lines. Weagreed
perfectly that the young and able
bodied men should be enlisted as sol
diers, or employed by the Quarter
master In the necessary work of
unloading ships and for other army
purposes, but this left on our hands
the old and feeble, the women and
children, who had necessarily to he
fed by the United States.
Mr.. Stanton summoned large
number of the old negroes, mostly
preachers, with whom he held long
conference, Of which he took down
notes. After this conference, he was
satisfied that the negroes could, with
some little aid from us, by means of
the abandoned plantations on the
sea islands and along the navigable
rivers, take care of themselves. He
requested me to draw up plan that
would be uniform and practicable. I
made the rough draft, and we went
over it very carefully, Mr.. Stanton
making many changes, and the pre-
sent orders number fifteen resulted
and were made public
I knew, of course, we could not
convey the title to land, and merely
provided possessory titles to be good
so long as war and our military
power lasted. I merely aimed to
make provision for the negroes who
were absolutely dependent on us,
leaving the value of their possessions
to be determined by after events, or
legislation. At that time, January,
1865, it will be remembered, that the
tone of the people of the South was
very defiant, and no one could tell
when the period of war would cease,
therefore [ did not contemplate that
event as being SO near at hand.
1 am, with great respect, your obe-
dient servant,
(Signed) w. T. SHERMAN,
Maior-General.
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"NAME HIM. THE New YC

''NAME HIM. THE New York
Times, commenting upon the scurri-
lous, or ridiculous-fo it is difficult
to say which adjective better describe
them-remarks made by Thad.
Stevens the other day in regard to
the relative merits of the Federal and
Confederate dead, declares that these
remarks drew from one of the most
prominent, brave, and patriotic gene
raj officers of the war, this comment: :
"Such utterances have NO longer the
merit of being bold and fearless. The
private soldier who has fought and
died unheralded, puts such rhetoric to
shame None but co""or12s sount fallen
foes; and God pity the future Of our
country if such passions are to .ule in
its Legislative halls
A truthful comment. Let us have
the name of this officer.
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Our Railroads.

We take the following extracts
from the annual report of VIM. John
ston, Esq, President of the Char,
lotte and South Carolina Railroad:
"When your road was finished, its
bond and floating debt exceeded
$5Oo,000. The floating debt was
soon extingnished, and tie bond debt
has since been reduced from $396, 900
to 1874, 600. OF this sum $500 of
these bonds are past due, and $71 900
of interest due upon bonds matured
and running to maturity, making in
all of bonds and coupons, an aggre-
gate of $138,O0O. Many of the
holders of these obligations, knowing
the undoubted security they afford,
are willing to renew those past due.
This will be the policy of the Com
pany, and the bonds are now being
prepared, and will soon be ready to
issue, when notice will he given to
the holders. The purpose of the di-
rection has been to gradually redeem
all bonds, but the disasters of the
past twelve months will delay this for
year or two. Fortunately this debt
was never very large in proportion to
the capital on which it was based.
Hence, the former high credit of your
road, and the reason why no creditor
has ever even asked for mortgage of
any portion of the property. But
few roads of 110 miles in length, with
full equipment, have ever been con-
structed in this country without one
or more mortgages. For years past
the Company has had no floating
debt, and all liabilities incurred thus
far in reconstruction, except for the
bridge and rails, are provided. Nine
tenths of the timber necessary to
complete the remainder Of the road
is delivered and paid for. This has
been provided by collections due the
the road, &c.
''The income since June has
amounted to $76, 1916, exclusive of
charges at the Catawba River Con
sidering the condition Of the road,
and the country, this result has ex-
ceeded expectation. All the profits
have been applied to reconstruction.
With the road completed and its
through and local business restored,
it's nett income should soon equal
that of 1S60-61, which averaged
over S1S0,0O0. This would soon
restore the credit of the Company
and extinguish all debts of recon
struction, and meet all other obliga-
tions. Until this is done, the stock
holders cannot expect their usual
dividends.
''It is gratifying to state that the
Columbia and Augusta road is being
vigorously prosecuted, with a fair
prospect of completion within rea-
sonable time. The opening of this
road will add very greatly to the
through business of your road, as it
will be shorter by over sixty miles
from Augusta to New York, via
Columbia and Charlotte, than by any
other route
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The STEVENS RESOLUTION REQUIRES
THE PRESIDENTS SIGNATURE.-By the
passage of this amendment, the Re
publican majority hurl defiance in
the teeth of the President. Mr.. Ste
vens went so far as to brave the veto,
and say that if the amendment pass
ed both Houses by the requisite ma
jority, ''it would be u law, irrespective
of the signature of the President, to
whom it had not to be presented for
approval" It is true enough that the
veto would avail nothing against a
determined two-thirds majority; but
the Constitution is, nevertheless,
very explicit in requiring the presen-
tation of the resolution to the Presi-
dent for his approval. It's language
is:
Every order, resolution, OF vote,
towhich the concurrence of the Senate
and House of Representatives may
be necessary, Except on q question of
adjournment shall be presented to
the President of the United States;
and before the same shall take effect,
shall be approved by him, OF, being
disapproved by him, shall be repass-
ed by two-thirds of the Senate and
House of Representatives according
to the rules and limitations prescribed
ii: the case of a bill.
In accordance with this provision,
the anti-slavery amendment was pre-
sented to Mr.. Lincoln, and received
his signature on the 1st of February
last. If this form is not gone through
with in the present case, the Presi-
dent must treat the joint resolution
as nullity, and not allow the State
Department to transmitit to the States
for ratification. If the two Houses
do not give the President chance to
veto it, it becomes dead by that very
fact. By withholdingit, they will have
the qualification of treating the Presi-
dent with discourtesy (as Mr.. Stevens
has done by expressing the threat;)
but in that case the President will owe
the amendment no more respect than
if it were piece of blank paper.
IF, after passing the Senate, it
should be submitted to the President
and repassed over his veto, nothing is
more certain than that it will not be
ratified. Any ten States can defeat
it; and besides the eleven excluded
from Congress, all the border States
will refuse to ratify. 1t is not passed
as an amendment to the Constitution,
but as an instrument of procrastina-
ton. The Southern States are to be
kept out till it is adopted, and its GER
tain rejection is reckoned on as GER
tain means of excluding that section
from the presidential election, and
improving the chances of the Repub-
licans for electing PresidentJohnso
successor -Nea0 York WorM
Not bonds of affection the Fenian
Io,,.yo
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Practical FEN1AN1sM TO
GIVE THE IRISH PEOPLE A REPUBLI-
CAN GOVERNMENT British press
believes that the Fenian movement
has had sufficient effect upon the
Irish people to render them, for
many years, even more discontented
and uneasy than they had previously
been under the harsh laws and bad
government of Great Britain. This
is doubtless true, and there is evi-
dence of the extensive workings of
the agitation among the people in
the proclamation Of martial law in SO
many cities. Measures of that
nature are not adopted against move
ments of which the Government has
no fear But there is danger that,
unless wisely directed at the present
time, Fenianism may do little else for
the Irish people than to render them
thus chronically uneasy and discon-
tented, and to bring down upon them
intermittent proclamations of mar
tial law, to be used as more conve-
nient means of oppression than any
other that Government officials can
hit upon. Wisely directed, however,
the vast machinery of the Fenian Or
gani:;ation, the fervid faith which its
followers have in it, and the iberality
with which all classes of our Irish
people contribute to its funds, may
be turned to excellent account, and
may accomplish more for down-trod-
den Ireland than revolution ever
accomplished for any people since the
world went round Fenian energies
should be directed entirely to the
single object of bringing the Irish
people out of Ireland into this coun-
try. The Fenian Brotherhood should
become, heart and soul, an immense
emigration society, and their grand
purpose should be to further this
exodus of their countrymen. BY
acting with this view through all its
agents, and spending its great accu-
mutations of money in this way,
Fenianism will do more for Ireland
than it could have hoped to do in
that country. 1t will give the Irish
people q Republican government,
and to every Irishmap comfortable
home. This it can never do in Ire
land. Republicanism cannot flourish
on CnaC SOIL. Already IN several
Western States movement to fur
ther emigration ON most extensive
scale has been set on foot This
originated in Minnesota, but is wide
spread. These emigration societies
propose to choose available lands and
locate the emigrants as they come;
and it is probable that some States
will assist the measure with funds.
This is practical assistance to the
Irish. Let the Fenians give up their
bitterness and curses, plots and plans
and squabbles, and go to work in the
spirit of these societies, and all Ire
land may yet with reason bless the
organization as the real salvation of
the people. .-Neeo York Herald.
Table of interest-dinner table.
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ANOTHER MAN HUNG There is to-
be another hanging at Vicksburg next
Friday, upon the sentence of mill
tary commission, with the approval of
President Johnson. A Mr.. James S.
Roberts, of Yazoo County, will pass
to his last account, and appear before
that Judge, whose word is even
geance is mine, and I will repay it. :"
AS we heard the story last fall, no
jury of the country would have hest
tated in acquitting Mr.. Roberts. It
is said that the evidence was ample,
that he was not and could not have
been present when the killing oc-
CURED. From communication in
the Mississippi Standard, of January
10, it seems that the testimony of
negro, who bore malicious feelings to
Roberts, overcame the evidence of
two respectable white persons who
proved the abb.
Natchez Courier, 24th.
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A teacher in negro school, in
Farmville, Va, named J. W. Davis,
got nicely thrashed day or two ago,
by sensible Federal soldier, named
Allan, for uttering seditious speeches,
telling the niggers they were as good
as the whites, if not better. Served
him right.
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A CANADIAN OPINION OF THE FE-
MAN INVASION The Toronto Leader
says the moment Gen. Sweeney takes
the first practical step for putting his
threats into execution, we shall expect
from the justice of President John
son timely exertion of the necessary
means of vindicating those neutrality
laws of the United States of which
the movement will be gross viola
ton. President Van Buren, sent
troops to the Canada frontier to en-
force the neutral obligations of the
States, Immediately after such a de-
monstration as has just been made at
Buffalo. Sweeney and his fellow
conspirators have probably not yet
gone so far as to render their punish
ment certain under the neutrality
laws Of 1918 and 1888. Lei them go
on until their necks are fairly in the
moose, and then gentle pressure Of
the Executive hand will do the bust
ness.
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vertisins and job work are cash. We hor.,
all parties will bear this in mind.
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''WAsH1NGToN CRY, Jan. Is, 1866.

RUSH OF GERMAN EM1GRANTs TO
AMERICA. 80, 1000 Germans emigrat-
ed last year, via Hamburg and
Bremen. About $4,000 more, it is
calculated, left for the same desti-
nation, by way of France, England
and Belgium. The Hamburg Ame-
rican Steamship Company are just
doubling the number OF their ships,
expecting like influx of passengers
in the Immediate future. If political
dissatisfaction remains us strongly
pronounced in Germany as it now is,
their anticipations will, no doubt, be
fulfilled. Contrary to what was for
merly the case, when very poor
people would lay by few thalers to
carry them over, considerable por-
tion of emigrants now consist of
small farmers, with thousand or
two of thalers in their pockets.
Berlin Cor. london Times, Jan. 16
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City promises to pay" minus the sigma
lures. are i'll circulation. Look ont for
them
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Local Items.

Local Ite"s.
Advertisements, to insure insertion.
should bo handed in by O'Clock D. m.
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vertisins and job work are cash We hope,
all parties will bear this in mind.
City promises to pay" minus the sigma
lures. are in circulation. Look ont for
them.
} ''THE CoDE."-The Acts passed by tho
Legislature relative to the freedmen. for
sale at this Office. Price 20 cents; bv mail
Is cents.
The BURNING OF CoLUMBIA.-A inter-
esting account of the ''Sack and Destruc-
tion of the City Of Columbia, S. c. has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phonir steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent.
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We neglected to notice in our Sundays
paper the demolition of the old city clock
tower. 1t was brought down by means of
powder, on Saturday, and the bricks will
be used in the construction Of the new
market house. A little ssmotiye power
applied to some of the shaky walls in diff
ferent parts of the city would be advan-
tageous, and perhaps save life
WEEKLY FAMILY PApER-On the 14th
instant we shall commence the publication
IF 70 mil III
Gle0ne1'-A Home Companion The paper
will be double tho size of the PhWniy. and
will contain the cream of the news, miscel-
laneous matter editorials, stories, ETC., in
the daily and tri-weckly publications. Sub
scrlption price 81 per annun. Specimen
copies sent on application. There will be
an interval Of two weeks between the pub
lication OF the first and second numbers.
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ORDER IN THE CITY.-We once more
allude to this subject, as outrages are
nearly nightly committed against unoffend-
ing citizens. We are ignorant of any
organization to preserve the peace of the
city. Our municipal government seems to
have dismissed their ordinary police, and
the Commandant of the Post, not desiring
to interfere with the municipal authorities,
has not placed any military police through
out the city. We have good reason to be-
ieve that. had the civil authorities request
ed it, the Commandant of the Post would
have rendered all necessary assistance by
military police.
THE DEAD MAN.-We are authorized by
Gen. Ely to state that the body of the dead
man found on the other side of the river,
(mentioned in yesterdays Phonin,) was
buried by his directions, on the spot where
he was found In addition to the particu-
lars already published, Gen. E. states that
he was about twenty-five years old, five
feet ten inches high, and had lost one fin
ger from his right hand. Immediate action
will be taken by the military authorities to
bring tho guilty to Justice, on the slightest
information given at Headquarters, Bu-
reau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, District Western South Carolina.
Columbia. S. C.
New ADVERTISEMENTS s.-Attention is call
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Frary & Kitrey-Dining Rooms
Levin & Peixotto-MuIes, Horses, &C.
j. B. E. Sloan-Auctioneer &c.
Jas. Brown-Sashes.
r. Ward-Eastern Hay.
A SpEcK OF FDANGER.-The minutest black
spot on the enamel of a tooth is an evil
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The BURNING OF COLUMBIA. inter
esting account of the ''Sack and Destruc-
tion OF the City OF Columbia, S. c. has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phomir steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent
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Advertisements, to insure insertion
should DO handed in by o'clock D. m.
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A SPEcK OF FDANGER.-The minutest black
spot on the enamel of a tooth is an evil
dence that decays effacing finger has
touched it. Quickly interpose the Sozodont
as safeguard, or the tooth is gone-and
Be assured tina; nothing but Sozodont will
either effectualiy prevent or arrest dental
disease
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''THE CODE. The Acts passed by tho
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this Office. Price 20 cents; bv mail
Is cents.
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We learn from a Georgia exchange
that the wheat crop in that State is
very promising
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS is call
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Frary & Kitrey-Dining Rooms.
Levin & Peixotto-Mules, Horses, &c.
J. B. E. Sloan-Auctioneer, &C.
Jas. Brown-Sashes.
r. Ward-Eastern Hay.
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A DIsLoYA1 SUN.-Thc Washing
tor Chronicle is the appropriate advo-
cate of the last Legislative absurdlty
''The crime of counterfeiting the
national currency justifies the punish
ment of death. The national credit
is at stake. The perpetlity of the
Government is at stake. The life of
the nation is paramountto all other
considerations
''Such j. the perfection to which
the arts have attained in the present
day, that it is impossible to guard
against The skill Of the terfeiter.
This arch-enemy of credit is assisted
in his diabolical schemes by the god
of day, and photography becomes his
willing slave"
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WHAT THEY WORK FOR IN INDIANA.
The question of labor has grown to
be quite as perplexing to certain Of
the inhabitants of Indianapolis, as it
is to us. Manufacturing establish
ments are discharging their hands.
The rents are so high that hundreds
of men, with wives and from five to
ten children, are houseless-they be-
ing unable to find employment La
borers express themselves as perfectly
willing to work for their board.
Here is a subject of study for crazy
fanatics, who are so deeply interested
in the welfare of the "poor freedman. "
Let q practical application of its
truths be made. Augusta Chronicle.
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Table of interest-dinner table.
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Not bonds of affection-the IEenian
bonds.
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The Commissioners of Pensions
during the month of September ad-
mittsd 1888 widows, mothers. and
orphans claims for pensions, and re-
lected 1875. Of this class of claims
there yet remain 2,907 awaiting evil
dence from departments, and &c, 800
awaiting evidence from claimants;
1,565 invalid claims were admitted
during the month, and 2O9 rejected.
The following Generals were regis
tered amongst the guests at the
Spottswood Hotel, Richmond, on
tuesday last: Gen. Joseph E. John
ston, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Gen. Be-
verify Robinson, Gen. James Conner,
$: G., Gen. Thomas A. Harris, Gen.
Milford, U. S. A.
What is tho difference between a
person transfixed with amazement
and leopard's tail? The one is
rooted to the spot, and the other is
spotted to the root.
Accounts, thus far, from all sec
tions of Missouri, show that the re-
glstration of voters is PROGRESSING
rapidly and qnietly.
Even if Maximilian is turned out
of Mexico, he won't be very badly off,
as his wife's inheritance is worth
SS,0OO,OOO.
A brave policeman in Jersey City
discharged his revolver at a woman
who resisted an arrest of her little
boy, but the bullet missed her.
In arrow between two women Mt
Washington, one called the other "a
vlllalnous copperhead treasury-clerk
woman" Forney held her bonnet.
An exchange says that during the
war thousands of Union soldiers were
killed through information given to
the rebels by negro spies
There are fully 10000 widows and
60, 900 orphans (whites) in Alabama,
and three-fourths of them are utterly
destitute.
The Venetian debt, which is to be
shifted from Austrian to Italian
shoulders, amounts to $50. 900, 600
francs
Specie prices in Texas-wheat 81
per bushel, corn so cents, beef $l2
per head, and pork five cents per
pound.