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News Items.

WASHINGTON, February 22.-Sur
ratt and his sister had an hours in
terview of sad character. 1t is
stated that the lawyers advise against
any confessions or statements.
Nebraska has accepted universal
suffrage, on which her admission de-
pends.
No regard paid to the day here.
PHILADELPHIA, February 22.-To-
day has been honored by the banks
and courts. The chair and table on
which the Declaration was written
has been presented to the Speaker Of
the State Senate.
PANAMA, February 12.-The rcvo-
luton in Gambia has been suppressed.
Several insurgents were killed Aus
tralian news unimportant Harvests
prolific.
New 1oIsK, February 22-Noon. -
The day is observed as holiday. No
markets
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, February 22--In the
Senate, Yates presented petition
from 1000 citizens of Charleston
asking a Territorial Government.
A bill extending agricultural col
ieges to Tennessee has passed. The
House amendm ut forbidding Con-
federate professors was stricken out.
The bill transferring Indian affairs
to the War Department was mega
tived by 13 to "a. A Committee of
Conference was asked for.
The bill for q mail between San
Francisco and Honolulu was passed.
In the House, the Speaker directed
the Door-keeper to exclude from the
floor all but privileged persons. The
House went into Committee of the
Whole on the tax amendment re-
moving the cotton tax after Septem-
ber 1, 1S67-passed by 63 to 54.
The South Carolina murder com
mlttee have reported, strongly ques-
tioning the action of Judge Hall, who
released the alleged murderers. The
report asserts that 0. H. Browning,
for fee of $1,000, made argument
before the President, urging that the
prisoners be brought within the reach
OF habeds corpus i'll a Northern court.
The report also says that neither ma
glstrates or judges are disposed to do
their duty with respect to Furnishing
crime; that there is no change for the
better, but rather for the worse. The
committee suggests military trial as
the only practical cure for the alleged
evils.
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HE LAST LETTER OF n. P. Willis.
The following is the last letter ever
written by N. p. Willis, and is adj
dressed to his friend and partner in
publishing the Home Jon,md, Mr..
Phillips:
SICK Room, 1DLEWILD,
December 4, 1866.
DEAR PHILL1Ps: The promptness
and efficiency and devotion with
which you sprang to my side, on the
doctors announcing me dying man.
at my city lodgings, were memorable
indeed. You got me home Oh that
beautiful Sunday as few. except a
''ministering angel" could have done
the kindness. IN not suffering at
present; but my paralysis has gradu-
ally crept from my legs upwards to
my lungs, and l am unable to sit
erect without fainting L am still
very much as usual in the brain.
With fearful storm raging in the
Highlands about me, l am thinking
how you are making up without
me at the office, and wishing L were a
''wee" bit nearer to you. My friend
ship with you, which / cherish SO
Pleasantly, stands chance to be the
last fully intellectual act of my life;
yet it is by no means n novelty.
When L found dear old Morris loving
you, and making you his private sec
retary and literary assistant, ten
years ago, [ adopted you as crea-
ture to be loved and [ have found
you to be man singularly modest,
and curiously unappreciative of many
good qualities in yourself. l think,
Tor an editor, your capacities are ex-
cellent. There is no better appre-
ciator OF good thing, moral or i'll
tellectual, statistic or witty; but as
business friend and partner, YOU arc
Invaluable. 1 am gratified to have
lived long enough to get you fairly
INTO harness, rs well-developed
partner and worker. | could have
wished for more-but, alasl for this
fragmentary life, it is hard to be
taken soon enough; it is hard to be
left long enough.
| am writing this, half dead and
half alive, by the hand of my atten-
tive and sweet wife, and it is not to
be published while [ live. But you
will be at liberty to refer to it and
print it, post morlem.
God bless you, my dear friend.
Yours faithfully, thus far,
n. p. WILLIS.
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The Dignity OF Labor.

The London Times alludes to the
general rise of prices as ono of the
characteristics OF the present genera
ton, and adds that nothing has risen
IN value 50 much as man. 1t declares
that at this epoch there are no clut-
ted labor markets and over-stockcd
professions. There is n dearth of
applicants for employment, and the
same dearth of applicants for adrnis-
SION to the old liberal professions
indeed, In all inferior callings down
to that of domestic service. This re-
suit IS attributed to an extraordinary
multiplication of demand, and an
equally remarkable modification of
social opinion. The Times says:
,Ihe time was when there were only
three recognized liberal professions.
we might now reckon thirty, and
what IS of still more Importance. any
one OF these IS thought just as libe-
ral-that is, just rs becoming to a
gentleman as any other. Nova
days, young gentlemen go into count
ins-houses as readily as they would
INTO the guards, and are thought
none the worse of. There is an I'M
mcnse field of employment, and no
pre- udce to Interfere with anybodv's
choice. The necessary consequence
Is that all old callings suffer q little.
and those most in which there was
least natural attraction.
Such, adds the Richmond Win
are the results of the MULTIPLICATION
OF industries and high industrial
development. The world over, there
is demand for intelligent labor, and
when 1t can employ itself to most ad
vantage without incurring social
ostraclsm IN the physical calling, as
distinguished from those purely men
tai, we must expect these latter to be
stunned. 1t is gratifying to witness
the triumph of educated labor over
hoary preJudlces, and to see that in
tellect and energy, untrammeled bv
social restraints, are allowed free
scope and field for selection limited
only by the almost innumerable pre-
sent avocations Of life. 1t is to edu
cation, to science, that we are in
debted for these almost countless
inventions that have made machinery
supply the place of human muscle.
and have left man to supervise and
direct it. The reproductive power
thus created is wonderful to contem-
plate. Machinery makes machinery,
and the more there is created, and
the greater its capacity, the more ex-
tended will be the sphere for human
labor, the greater the demand for it.
the ncher its rewards, and the more
respectable and influential it be-
comes.
Physical science is making the
world, as it were, new one, and is
breaking down class distinctions and
social prejudices, and elevating man
above mere calling and professions.
The time is at hand when man makes
the occupation honorable. and not
the occupation the man.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

The City of Columbia IS. Estate j. j Kin
sler Erecution for Cjty 1hres, 81, ,l05.4.
D1 virtue Of the above writ of fe,i fdc50s
O to me directed, / will sell, before the
Court House in Columbia, within the legal
hours, on the first MONDAY and TUES
DAY in Marcll next,
The following REAL ESTATE, to wit:
One lot OF Land, i'll the city of Columbia,
situated and fronting on Richardson street
81 feet, more or less, and running back to
Assembly street III feet inches; together
with the Bricks and Cut-blildings there
Bank lot, formerly owned by the Rev. Dr.
AdScr, West by Assembly street. North bv
lot OF DR.. Frederick Marks and East by
Richardson street.
ALSO,
lot Of Land, in Richland District, con
tanning two acres. more or less, bounded
South by James Tarraf, West by the road
leading to Butcher Town, North by lands
formerly owned by r. ~ Lewis and DR.. a.
W. Kennedy, and East by James NJ Craw-
ford. Levied Oh as ,ar property Of John
): knsler, deceased, at the suit of the
City OF Columbia vs. John ]. kinsler, de-
ceased. Terms cash.
One-s:ory Framed Building, 20 by 10
feet, fronting on Washington stl Get, occu-
pied by +. StavcnhaSen as a dry goods and
shoe store. Levied ON as the property Of
Scott Herlot, at the suit of T NJ. Bristol
vs. VIM. +. Scott Terms cash
ALSO,
All the right, title and interest of John
IL. kinsler in fifteen q ,500) hundred acres
of land, in Hchland District, and all the
buildings thereof, about fourteen miles
above Columbia, or Cedar Creek-bounded
on the South by lands of Joseph Douglass.
A. c. Row and James Lever; West by lands
of the Estate of Felix Iurnipseed and
George Keith; North by lands OF n. J.
Dubard, John Lever and Estate of Felix
Turnipseed; East by lands of A. f. Du-
bard and Joseph Douglass; levied on as
the property of John II. kinsler, at the
suit of the Exchange Bank of Columbia
vs.. John II. Ainsler. Terms cash
Feb Q J. E DENT. s. r. d
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& CARD.

Health and another interest compcllino.
me 20 withdraw from the firm of SILVER
u DECkHAM, L take occa sion to thank
out patrons FOR their past favors, and be-
speak continuance Of the same for MIR.
II. I. SILVER, under whose management
our business has proved decided success
fen ~ W. NJ. BECKHAM
Gzs- CNrOltni0h publish fonr times
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CLERKS OFFICE.

COLUMBIA, FEBRUARY 20. 1867.
To Ness,s. 0. Z. Bates, r. b. Clarkson.
R1chdrd Parker, S. &. Wen1y, FL Al
hG., Harmon Coon dmd j. +. Reese.
F1NHE above named commissioners of
Il Free Schools for Eichland District,
are requested to meet at the office OF the
undersigned, on MONDAY, the 4th day of
March next, at II M
d. Z. MILLER,
fcp u Acting Secretary
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DISSOLUTION.

TTNHE firm Of SILVER s BECKHAM is
a this day dissolved by limitation. All
indebted to the firm will make immediate
payment to Il. G. SHIFER, who alone is
authorized to receipt and pay moneys for
the firm. r. G.. SILVER.
w. VI. BECKHAM
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a correspondent criticisinga prima
donna rather deficient in physique,
says, "a chest is as essential to a
singer as q bureau to q freedman"
Eeecher's remark that he could
never smoke whole segar, the Lou
lsvllle Democrat styles a stump"
speech.
Mr.. Greeley's boots are described
as young gunboats.
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A CARD.

Tht undersigned will continue the Dry
Goods business at the old stand, with but
one change IN the conduct of the business.
VIZ: rigid cash rules. The style of the
hrm IL appear soon. L. G. SHINER.
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TAX NOTICE.

MY BOOKS will be opened for receiving
IYI RETURNS and the payment Of
TANES on TUESDAY next, the 18th OF
February, at the Office, in the city of Co
lumbia, on the corner of Bull and Richland
streets Office hours from O'Clock q. m
to 2 p. m. All male citizens, from 81 to so
years of age, are to pay capitation tax
THOS. H. WADE, L. C. r. D.
Feb II t6
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a Southern Editors "Reminiscences.


The Memphis AyolancAe INDUCES
in the following bit of sentiment:
Late at night, while the fire and
lamps burn low and dim, we lay
down No. 1O,032, Volume LXVIII of
the National LateUigencer, and lean
bacl, to think, overcome by the many
mem orles which its familiar caption
calls up. We have read it constantly
for thirty-two years, minus the four
bitter years of civil war, and had the
good fortune to know It's old editors,
Joe Gales and VIM. W. Seaton, both
great and good men. now numbered
with the dead, but of immortal me-
mory. Not only of these princely
gentlemen does the haeUigencer re-
mind us, but of many, many another
whom we We're fortunate in knowing,
and whom the country has lost
Webster and Clay and Crittenden; !;
Dawson, the Commodore. of Geor-
gla, peerless at the dinner table;
Rusk and Houston, Floyd. kindest
hearted of all living men; that noble
gentleman, Butler, of South Carroll
ma, Prentiss, worthy to be called
Chrysotern, golden-mouthed. and not
only beyond comparison the most
eloquent, but the most genial and
generous of men; large headed Tom
Corwin; Keith, gallant and good;
Badger, wise beyond other men, of
admirable wit, and always cnamored
OF the truth; Sewer and Douglas,
Clemens and Quitman, with many q
dear old familiar face of others less
known to fame and even more be-
loved, crowd around us as we write;
the dead mingling with the living.
Porter, Of the Spirit. and .Jnman. the
artist, and glorious John Brougham,
and Alexander Dimmitry, large
souled as one Of Homer's heroes and
wise as Plato; Breckenridge and
Bonham, Boyce and Robert John
son, four men of like princely ma
lures; all these, and many like these,
we met at Washington in the better
times, when the Senate Of the United
States sat in the old chamber, and
that city was the capitol of both the
Northern and the Southern States.
Ehe~, fugdceS.' how the years drift
away, and we become garrulous, and
forget that the long list OF names,
and the memories they call up, of
the reflections of the gods and times
gone never to return, and scenes al
ready dim as they recede into the
past, have interest for no one but
ourself! Nevertheless it is written,
it is cry from the heart Let it
stand. Thank God, neither power
and malice can confiscate and sell for
coin to knaves the happy or the sad
mementoes of the past"
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4 GREAT M1srAkE-We now and
then, says the Louisville Courier, see
expressions which imply that the
South alone is to be affected by the
various schemes of reconstruction,
and, accordingly, that she should be
allowed to make up her mind in the
case free from the influence of dis
cussion elsewhere. This is q great
mistake. The whole country is to be
affected by the overthrow OF the
equality Of the States which the va
rious schemes of reconstruction
equally involve, while Maryland, and
Kentucky, and Missouri, and Ten
nessee are to be affected also by the
Immediate sacrifices which the
schemes impose. Every citizen of
the country, 10 matter where he
dwells, is deeply interested in the
rejection Of these schemes by the
South, and, if he is sensible Of his
own interest, is bound to exert him
self to secure their rejection. The
exertion is not an impertinence or a
liberty, but duty. He cannot ne
glect it without culpability.
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My opinion is, said a philosophical
old lady of much experience and OBJ
servatlon, "that any man as dies
upon washing day does it out of pure
spite
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State of South Carolina---Richland
District.

OFFICE COURT OF GEN'L SESSIONS
AND COMMON PLEAS.
d. B. MILLER, Clerk of said Court,
IL in pursuance of the directions of the
Ac t OF the Legislature, in such case made
and provided. do hereby give public notice
that an ELECTION for SHERIFF for
Richland District will be held on TUES
pay, the sixteenth day of April next, at
the usual places of election throughout
the said District
Witness my hand, at Columbia, this lA.h
day of February, ~. d. 1867.
d. b. MILLER.
Feb l6 S G.. G. S. and c. T.
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PROSPECTUS
THE BAPTIST.

ME- PROPOSE to publish WEEKLY
w PAPER, devoted to the diffusion OF
the principles of religion and the interests
OF the baptist denomination. We have
been moved to this undertaking by the
solicitations of brethren in various por-
tons OF this State, as we'll as of other
States, among the readers of the late
Confederate Baptist, and by our own con-
vlction that paper Of q high character
would contribute largely to the intellectual
Improvement, the religious progress and
the general welfare Of the churches. The
field is large, a'fording ample room for all
sincere and Jealous laborers.
The Baptist will be printed on a sheet
about twenty-five by t'lirty-two inches, and
will contain twenty-four broad colu nns.
mostly in Long Primer type, clear and
leSi5lc, 50 that it may be read with COM
fort, even by the aged. Its entire mecha-
nical execution vii! be of the highest order.
pondence and contributions from the
other Southern States and, occasionally,
from Europe and our missionary stations
abroad. The entertainment and instruc-
ton OF the young--e especially the child
rcn-will not be forgotten; and our vene-
pie friend, Uncle Fabian" 80 well and
favorably known TO the readers OF the
Contelle,ote BAPTIST, will resume his labors
IN their behalf. In short, we possess all
the facilities requisite 10 produce paper
of the first rank. AS such, we offer it to
our brethren, and solicit their generous
cooperation
The BCgotjSt viii be issued as soon as a
sufficient number of subscribers have been
secured.
TERMS SO a year, payable on the reccp-
ton Of the first number
All communications will be addressed to
'The Baptist, Columbia, S. c."
j. l.. REYNOLDS,
A. X. DURHAM,
Jan "a Editors and Proprietors
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-AuCtion Sales,
AUCTION.

CEILING OFF AT COST. The stock of
~ goods of MCCONNELL & GOODLErT
will be sold AT COST FOR CASH, at their
store III Grccnville, until MONDAY, 11th
March next, when all unsold goods will be
disposed of at public out-cry to the high
est bidder. p. CAUBLE. Assignee.
Feb 30 sw4 For Creditors
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Coy. AlKESs OPINION. A de-
spateh to our Northern exchanges
says:
"Gov. Aiken, who has just re-
turned from Washington, says the
South Will be. territorializcd in less
than two weeks. He says that the
President is utterly powerless. The
South can only remain passive. He
also thinks the President will be de-
posed and Senator Wade put in his
place, but that the President will re-
slst to the last extremity. He thinks
Orr's Southern programme will have
no effect on the Republicans, and
says they will be satisfied with no.
ching short Of universal suffrage
with view to counterbalanc the
opposition North and South.
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Not far from the Red River, in
Dakota, there are numerous salt
lakes and ponds, which will vet prove
sources of wealth to the entire coun-
try. Hundreds OF acres can be
covered with evaporating watts, and
millions OF bushels of salt can be
made for tire merest trihe.
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The editor OF an Arkansas paper
found among the pine woods of that
State two-year old baby which
weighs l25 pounds
Patti gave a dinner to young Ben
nett, in Paris.
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The New PLAN OF REcoNsrRuc-
T1ON.-ACTIoN OF THE STATE OF ALA
BAMA.-In the Alabama louise of
Representatives, on the 18th instant,
Mr.. Morse, from the Committee on
Federal Relations, to whom was re-
ferred the special message of the Go
vernon and accompanying documents,
made the following report, which
was unanimously concurred in:
s'The Committee on Federal Rela-
tions, to whom was referred the Go
vernors Message, on Friday, Febru-
airy 10Th, 1867, and the accompany
ing documents, have had the same
under consideration, and have in
structed me to make the following
report:
The Committee entertain nigh re-
spect for the eminent authority from
which the proposition under conside-
ration has emanated, and they have
given the subject that serious and
calm consideration which it's impor-
tance demands. And while they
stand ready to compromise the unfor-
tunate differences existing between
the Federal and State Governments
upon equitable and constitutional
principles, and are willing to yield all
that should be demanded of an hon
orable people, yet they are unable to
perceive any sound and valid reason
why this General Assembly should
submit the proposition referred to
to the Congress Of the United States.
They therefore believe that it is mex
pedient for this General Assembly to
act in reference to either of the pro
Positions contained in the docu-
ments which accompany the mes
sage Of his Excellency the Governor
of Alabama, and SO believing, they
have instructed me to report the same
back to the House with Il recommen-
dation that no further action be taken
in the premises.
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Some thieves broke into a show
window Of a Brooklyn liquor store
and stole three bottles labelled
"Whiskey.' = The thieves were pro-
baby e'isgnsted when they found
that the bottles contained only
water
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A young man, III Savannah. Ga. .
playfully pointed a revolver at his
sweetheart, the other day, and pulled
tie trigger. TO his horror, the pis-
tol was charged, and the Discharge
resulted in bad fright and II shat
tered earring.
Ia New Albany, Ind, a woman re-
Gently sued man for entering her
house against her wishes. He proved
that he vas pursued by two women,
tbre; 4oys and four dogs, when he
rushed into the house, and the Jury
acquitted him.
The Baton Rouge paper SAYS,
whenever we take up an exchange
and fail to find the ''Duty of the
South" IN its usual place, at the
head OF two columns Of editorial, we
feel easy until another paper is un-
folded
\ woman in New York, who had
for years invested her husbands s
wages IN lottery tickets, and even
pawned his clothes for that purpose,
killed herself with arsenic. A good
thing for the husband.
At a party in Washington, recently,
the young ladies who were up for the
German" jumped through hoops
covered with tissue paper, somewhat
after the circus style.
The mere parting from q beloved
sister was the only cause for highly
respectable woman in New Orleans
shooting herself through the mouth
with a revolver.
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The LAST LETTER OF n. P. Willis.
The following is the last letter ever
written by N. p. Willis, and is adj
dressed to his friend and partner in
publishing the Home Jon,md, Mr..
Phillips:
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PLACES
Indian Springs.
Martin County, Indiana.

THE PR0PRIETOR OFTHES CEE.E-
4 brated Watering Place, and well known
resort for Invalids, to the pub
lie that it will be open for the reception OF
visitors from and after the FIRST or
JUNE. During the last yea the Build
ings at this delightful Summer Resort
have been mucn ENLARGED AND I'M
PROVED. T~Denty.four additional Rooms
hare been completed, together sefth three large
p0Tches, and the establishment thoroughly
refus7sished and in The best order for the COM
fort and convenience OF Gaests.
The Bath Rooms, Swings, and Alleys are
new and complete, and the lately discov-
cred Cave on the premises furnishes a cool
and refreshing retreat. THE MEDICINAL
AND A PROPERTIES of the Waters
are acknowledged and attested by all who
have used them. The Group consist of
WHITE SULPHUR. A SULPHUR,C
BEATE and FRESH WATER, and especially
efhcacious for Dyspepsia, Diseases OF the
Stomach, Bosoeis, Eyes, for Dropsy, Neural
ga, and Rheumatism. The vicinity Is
WILD AND ROMANTIC, Astounding in GAME
and FISH, as well as MINERAL and BOTAN-
A SPECIMEN, and INDIAN RELICS. si
Hacks will onyey passengers to and
from the Springs, conn Getting with the
Trains East and West Oh the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad at the Shoals and
Huron. For further information address
may2itf ID. r. DUNIHUE. Prop'r.
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:rsBACCO SCREWS, &C., &c.,
ssa and Brass Castings of Every

n snkoss IN Steam Guages, Gum Betting,
xxsEN9ezs. Wrought Iron Pipes, Boiting
FnssbAas., at M-anufaeturers' Prices.
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.syzzaag Done at Short Notice.

Nrss.sxS7en sent TO all parts to ut up work
aazN SaseAir Boilers ndNlacnInery.A
Nv All orders Wilt sceive p1r fndividu-
7&fsaxkson, and wIilbe promrt on
sSD xkA14 reasouabieterms. 45's1 fTE z
80 snd Foundry on the Canal .corner
xEzmxeR8treet,, a@r sfrw oct6-diy
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