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Getting Scared.

Tho panic in the money market,
the great fall in prices, the cry of
workmen for work, from the work
shops, where capital fears to go, if
the Executive and Judicial Deparl-
ments Of the Government are to be
overthrown by revolution, have had
the natural effect upon Republicans,
that all appeals to their pockets have
tho effect Of self-interest. Hence.
We have, in such organs as the Alta
ny Eceni1g Jou-aal, q bitter attack
upon the bad party tactics Of chad.
Stevens, Boutwell,, Ashley 6 Go.
''It is q significant i;.ct, says the
.jommcl, sensitive in the pocket mat
ter, that already the barometer of
public stocks has been seriously af-
fected by the movements in Con
gress, Capital is exceedingly timid,
and takes alarm at the first Fremont
tons OF danger The result in this
case has been that in view of even IL
remote possibility OF conflict between
the Legislative aud Executive
branches of the Government, the de-
mand for national securities has di-
minlshed, and q limited depreciation
Is the result. Should moro radical
measures be resorted to, this decline
must proceed still further, and the
consequence will be serious dis
turbance i'll all the balances and
values If trade We believe the
country viii suffer less by a continu-
ance Of Andrew Johnson in cf1icc-
even if he should repeat his 22l of
February speech once week, and
appoint uono bat coppcrhcads to
ollicc-tian by the pert;lrbasion5
which would follow AL indictment in
thc House of Representatives. =
This pocket nerve, tho Express has
long forcsecn, would bring up, all
standing, the conSpirators now aim
ing 70 subvcvt this fs~v"rnn,c.t. L.
substituting congressional l1lmp in
lieu Of our Legislative, Executive aud
Judicial compound system. Work
men are being ,}ismisse; from employ
in all departments. for capital is now
afraid to go ahead, and the streets of
our towns abound in laborcrs wanting
employment, while Wall street, for q
few days past, has been shaking to
its centre.
Ashley's ard Boutwcll's agitation
will cost this country about 5000, :
900, 900 and then it will stop. The
loss of stocks in Wall street for
three days past, in consequence of
these follies, has been S25, 100000
The loss Of unemployed labor is to
be beyond Ill calculation.
Neso York Express.
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My FRIENDS: l wish to say few
words to You, collectively, and but
few, for [ have very little time to
write. That 1 do so now, is simply
that may inform you rightly con
corning the source whence come your
supplies Of corn, that I have been
privileged, from time to time, to dis
tribute among you. Not a grain of
that corn has come to you either from
the United States Government or
from that of your own State. 1t has
been entirely the gift of private mu-
nificence, and chiefly from the States
OF Missouri, Kentucky and Tcnnes-
see, where arc instituted ''relief So
cieties" for our suffering poor. [
give you this Information, chiefly,
that you may know whom to thank
and for whom to pray
The benevolent individuals com
posing these associations, your
friends in need, deserve, indeed, your
gratitude and your prayers; but,
above all, arc these due to the God OF
all our mercies, who alone can touch
the heart aud open the hand for the
relief Of want and suffering. The
silver and the gold are His, and the
cattle upon a thousand hills, and the
hearts of men are in His hands. But
while you pray for His help and the
help of your fellow creatures, God
Wills you also to help yourselves by
industry, economy and sobriety.
There is o long while still to the har
vest. We hope more help will be
sent to you from abroad, but we are
not sure that it will.
DO not depend upon it, but set
yourselves to work; do not expect
high wages-people here are not able
to give them; SO that, by any honest
labor you make your daily bread, be
content; more than this, these times.
few can expect to do. Oh, be thank
ful, If, by the hardest labor, You and
your little ones can get through this
terrible year Of famine, without nc
tnal starvation. I will continue to
pray for you, that God will still move
upon the hearts of the people abroad
to send you bread, and if it come,
will try to distribute it among you to
the best Of my ability. Your friend,
WIN. MARTIN.
In behalf OF the poor of our State,
L would here return thanks to the
railroad companies for free transpor-
tat!on OF all supplies sent on for their
relief.
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Southern school Books.

1t is no longer possible to use, in
our schools, the books of Northern
origin. They are found usually to
belle our history, SANDER our people,
and spoil our language. We want
the truth, and not fict:ons, which are
not only terribly false, but terribly
dull and stupid. We want the Eng
hsh language, and not brogue. We
rejoice to SEQ that proper efforts are
making, in the proper places, to give
us the sort Of books we need for the
education of the young. The pro
fessors of the Virginia University, all
Southern men, and all highly en-
dowcd and highly capable, have
taken the matter in hand, and,
through the press of c. 3. Richard
son L Co., we are almost fully pro-
vlded, already, with an entire, com
plete and most excellent Southern
school and university series. Pro-
lessor Geo. +. Holmes has prepared,
for onr children, pictorial primer,
an elementary speller, and five sue
cessive pictorial readers, all admirably
conceived, finely illustrated, and e1-
cellently gotten up. School charts
accompany this Series Professors
venables, NJ. f. ATaury, LcConte,
Glldersleeve and DeVcrc follow, with
textbooks in language and the sci
ences; Holmes, Gayarrc, Porter and
Slmms follow, in history; and, all
together. make us independent in
educational matters, if we are not in
political. We counsel our people, rs
we'll as onr school-teachers, to ex-
anime these volumes, and we should
insist That the time has come when
Southern children should be taught
only by Southern men. If not capa-
bic OF teaching our own children, we
have no right to children at all; and
we certainly can do them no Justice.
We are happy to see that the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the
State of Mississippi has recommend
Ell this series for adoption in all the
schools and academies Of that State;
that the General Assembly of the
State Of Georgit has done the same
thing, and that the press of Alabama
and other Southern States is calling
upon their people to do likewise. Let
the ball of reform and progress roll
on, and all impediments be swept out
OF the track Charleston Gleycurv.
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THE 'TERRIroIIAI1ziSG SCHEME. =
The leading paper at Washington
says that it never had any more belief
IN the success OF the destructive ele-
mcnt in Congress, with their Terri
torial scheme for summarily and ut
terly plundering and subjugating the
people Of the South, than it had that
there vas "Shost OF chance" for
the success Of that most remarkable
suggestion Of pro1igacy and folly,
the impeachment Of the President.
There is % limitto the tyrannic sway
OF such cruel and rcvcngeful leaders
as Thaddeus Stevens, with all his
ability and art, and the people stand
behind all, who, "upon the sober
second thought. have been said to
be "ncver wrong and alwnve oai-
cient."
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STATE Bills. The Pickens Courier

STATE Bills. Pickens Courier
says:
"a discussion is taking place in
some quarters as to tho propriety or
policy of receiving the new State is
sue-'bill, receivable'-at their face
value. We are Of that class. which
as general thing, favor the acts Of
the State, and, to the best of our
ability. willing to sustain them. In
regard to this new issue, however, we
are not willing to make any sacrifices.
Ii it is worth less than one dollar, let
1t pass for its value only. Each citi-
zen pays his tax, or is compelled to
DO so, and we can see no good reason
why he should, in morals or patriot
ism, be called on to pay daily an ad-
dltlonal tax or contribution to the
State on these bills, which arc now
under par at from five or ten Der
cent, ut currency or greenback value.
Ii the State, representing the people
and property thereof, cannot issue
bllls which will circulate at the cur
rency value, let them be withdrawn;
and let the taxes be gathered in the
present Federal currency. We nre
getting tired of upholding insolvency
III any shape. Our own case is as
much as we can properly manage"
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"OUR PLATFORM. Under the
above heading, the Nashville Gore.le
keeps the following standing in its
editorial columns:
"Let the Southern people be sure
to produce, as they easily can, an
abundants supply of provisions, manu-
facture their own timber and iron
into all the implements they need,
spin and weave all the cotton they
consume, and let only the surplus of
the staple, if any, pass over to
Lowell and Manchester, to be paid
for in hard cash. Let them do what
ever may be necessary to secure a
free republican State Government,
and steadily refuse, by any debasing
compliance, to purchase tho privi-
leSe Of enjoying their Constitutional
rights in the Federal Union. 50
employed, let them manfully meet
whatever destiny may be in store for
them, secure, at least, in the posses
sion OF their own seli-respcct
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IMAo1SARY GRAFTON OVER THEDAAD

IMAGINARY GRAFTON OVER THE DAAD
BODY OF ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON
My FRIENDS: come to bury John
ston, not to praise him-so our mas
ters have ordered. The Saviour of
the world teaches us to render unto
Cn rr the things that are Caesars, and
obedience to the conqucrors is the
| duty of the conquered.
Let, then, no heightened cortege,
no mournful trappings, speak peo-
pies woe. Let us haste to hide from
the eyes Of men these poor remains,
which speak in tones that frighten
our lords and masters. Upon the
plain marble slab that shall mark his
last resting place inscribo no pane
gyric-inscribe no name-for that
name is itself o panegyric. 1t would
remind you of the affectionate hus-
band, the loving father, the devoted
friend, the gallant chieftain, the no.
bic Christian gentleman; and all these
things you are commanded to forget.
On the plains of Mexico, he shed his
precious blood for his country, and
won the plaudits of his admiring
countrymen. He died in what he be-
lieved to be q just cause, and lives in
the hearts of those for whom he died.
But Butler says he was a traitor, and
surely Butler is an honorable man.
1t IS not the custom of Christian
nations to deny funeral honors to
fallen foe, but this mans forms an
exception. His name is SO dear to an
enslaved people that they are forbid
to speak it. This is an honor that
was not accorded to Hampdcn or to
Emmett. 1t is monument enough;
he can dispense with marble inscrip-
tion or storied urn. Let us. then.
silently, sadly, and sscreAy-for so it
Is ordered bury our dead. Dust TO
dust, ashes to ashes!
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The Columbus Son says that ne
groes in considerable numbers were
coming back, on foot, from NIissis-
slppl to their former homes. It was
mentioned that 16O were seen in one
lot, and that various parties were OBJ
served along the roads. The West
did not prove the promised Land
of Canaan" While we would dislike q
to see Mississippians lose anything,
we hope these reports are true. The
number Of negroes in this section has
been greatly decreased within the last
few months. We have not heard of
q single large farmer who has suf1i-
Gent laborcrs. The current flowing
TO the West has been formidable.
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COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, February, 1867.
RcstorniiOin.

Rcst0rntion.
Our kilograms, yesterday morning,
and brief one the day previous,
would Indicate that some plan of re-
storation has been agreed upon 10y q
few Southern public men, recently,
ut the Federal capital The Wash
ington .SItu, Richmond Eccmi,'s1',
and other journals which have some
claim to reliability, appear to coucnr
in the statement that there is to be a
property and educational qualitica-
ton for voters, without distinctions
The other features of tho new mea-
sure-rejection of the "rcbel' debt,
and the maintenance OF the Federal
debt, the notification of secession
ordinances, &c.-havo all been sub
mitted by the radicals before, 50 that
the only qualifications Of the radical
decree are the above-named requisi-
tions for the exercise OF the elective
franchise, and that no person shall be
excluded from franchise who has
hitherto exercised that right.
OF course, the limited information
respecting this project, afforded by
brief kilograms, preclude the pro-
priety or possibility of discussing its
merits as they should be discussed
and considered by the Southern peo-
pie. 1t has been intimated that it
will first see tho light III The shape of
proposed action, through the Lesis-
lature of our sister State &C N..::.,
Carolina, and until it appears in
some authoritative form, VIC must be
content to wait We cannot think
although we have little faith in the
tinkcnng of politicians, generally
that Gov. Orr, Sharlzcy or the Tresi-
dent, would give their assent, or en-
dorsemcnt, to any proposition that
would require the Southern people to
DO any act, or sanction any legisla-
ton, that would disgrace or dishonor
them, OF throw any shade Of dishonor
on the memory Of those who fell in
their cause.
There Is one thing that is daily be-
coming more self-cvidcnt-that the
country must have peace, whether it
may come through this proposed
measure, or by the application of
constitutional restrictions to the radi
cal party. If that faction, now appa
rently going to pieces, or rather being
sub divided into numerous ciiques,
VIII consent to the former, it may be
the part Of wisdom and prudence to
accept their acquiescencc. as basis
OF reconstruction. That no person
shall bc deprived Of suffrage who has
once exercised it, is equivalent, as far
as that right is concerned, to gene
raj amnesty, and the prescribed
qualifications for voting will affect
both sections, and canno. be verv
hurtful ut the South.
We viii await, however, further
developments, before pronounciug
definitely on this newly -heaged
scheme. The interests Of the people,
North and South, demand prompt re-
storation, and we have no doubt but
that the people OF tho latter section
are prepared to mako great sacri-
fices-indccd, all but honor-to ar
rive at this wished-for consumma-
The Columbus lSun says that ne
frrOes I'm coDe;Jorollo ,..1
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The Montgomery Adceyiiscy states
that thee u great destitution among
the poor Of that city. For two weeks
there have been no Government
supplies on hand, and the unfortu-
nate are obliged to appeal to private
charity. Many Of the women assert
that they have been two days success
sively without food for themselves
and their children.
Prince Alfred will be the first Go
vernon nnd royal Viceroy on the
adoption of the confederation by the
people Of British North America.
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In,l,isz z.sc PnnIc.
The following is but the beginning
of the end. The New York Herald,

The following is but the beginning
of the end. The New York Herald,
Sunday, says:
"Tho excitement in financial cir
cles for the past two days has been
furnished by the insurance compa-
MES, which have contrivcd to mono
police the mind Of Wall street, and
to temporarily cast railroad squabblcs
and Secretary McCulloch's currency
eccentricities into the shade. The
immediate cause Of the agitation was
the announcement that the Sun Mu-
tUal, q marine company, had been
compelled to retire all its outstanding
scrip in order to make good its losses.
The scrip holders, indignant at see
ing their property thus swept away
ut a stroke of the pen, called meet
ing yesterday and resolved to submit
the matter TO the Superintendent Of
the Insurance Bureau, with the OBJ
jcct Of forcing the company into
liquidation, and statements were
made which reflected seriously upon
the course pursued by the directors.
This particular case will no doubt be
subjected to q very thorough iavcSti-
CATION: and, in the meantime, it is
well for the public to keep themselves
cool and to look calmly bnt search
ingly around and see whether the
insurance system generally is secure
or Insecure.
In its city article, the Heral>| says:
The announcement made in yes
tcrClay's Uernld OF the shaky con,!i-
ton of many Of the leading insur-
aAcc companies, had the effect of
creating an excitement in the COM
mcrcial quarters of the city, Which
may safely be said to have been only
cqualed by the nervous agitation that
Immediately preceded the disastrous
panic Of 1857. From NJ, carly honr
IN the morning, the holders OF stocks,
policies aud scrips, and other iu-
snrcrs, We're kept on the qvi 5'ice, rum
nlnS from Office to Office ana bank to
bank, anxious to gain the most rela-
bic information as to the extent Of
losses sustained by the several com
panies, the amount Of their deficien-
cles, and the probability, if any, Of
their being able to weather the storm
which is now literally raging in this
department of financial affairs with
violence that very seriously cndan-
gers the safety of some of the once
considered safest and most reliable
institutions Of the kind in the coun-
try"
After giving detailed account Of
the meeting of the Directors of the
Sun Mutual Company, it remarks
as to other companies effected:
"To what extent the present losses
have extended, is not fully apparent
as yet. Tho exclusively fire compa-
MES are not regarded as unsafe-with
very few exceptions-though the
immense destruction Of property on
land has not been without its effect
The damage inflicted by the Portland
calamity was staggering blow-the
evils of which were increased by the
alarming spread OF incendiarism but
these institutions, though not SO
strong as few years back, are re-
garded as reliable. Their earnings
i'll all cases have not permitted large
dividends, and while the rates have
been increased, there has been with
many OF them q prudent cconomiza-
ton OF Dr1ti rs TO meet r6D III oapr;a,
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Cincinnati viii be Cincinnati. An
exchange says that some admirers Of
Ristori in that city recently got so
frantic in their appreciation of her
fine acting, that they presented her
with six large hogs, rs an evidence
of their affoction0tc regard.
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A Washington correspondent OF the
nall Mali Gazetle says that "Mr.
Banks, of Massachusetts, has gained
a reputation for profundity by look
ing wise and never saying ANYTHING.
even when he makes a speech"
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WHAT NExr?-The National Re
p"dlicon, (thc Presidents organ,) of
Monday, has two editorials evidently
authorized by Beast Butler himself.
one denying that Butler wrote the
letter to Brick Pomoroy, which the
latter recently published as genuine,
ana the other denying the story
"A!e!i coluecis Butler with q proposal
to impeach Gen. Grant.
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The Union men and loyal leagucrs
of North Carolina threaten to 60
back on Congress unless they arc
paid for their immense losses duriDo.
the war. Why call on Congress?
Why not do like their brethren in
East TenDossce-suc reconstructed
rebels, who may happen to have o
little property left, for damages?
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NEWSPAPER KEPoRTERs.-A lawyer in
the Louisville Police Court, having said
somc pretty hard things about the report
crs OF one OF the daily papers in that city,
the journal takes occasion to defend the
gentlemen OF the press in the following
sensible remarks:
In gathering news it il, Of course. i'm
possible for reporter to have been an
eyewitness Of every event, and he must
take the accounts that he gets from others
as the truth. lie uses due diligence to
set all the particulars, and takes it for
granted that the new. is correct. If his
informant, either from stupidity or malice,
misleads him, we respectfully suggest that
1t Is not falr to accuse the reporter Of in
tentlonally garbling the facts OF the case.
At the best, it is . hard position. II he
speaks boldly, he ofTends some ono. II ho
speaks guardedly. somo one accuses him
of cowardice, or being bought up not to
speak the whole truth. If he is senti
mental, he is called fool. II he speaks
IN forclolo language, he is called black
guard. II he writes gravcly, he is called
stupid. II he is witty, they accuse him Of
trying to show off. II he is fancifnl, they
call HIM romancist, and say that he il
not reliable. II he confine himself to
brief mention, he is accused Of not
having brains enough to write good arti.
Gle. In fact, ho carries his heart upon his
sleeve, Tor jackdaws to peck at. So, gen
tlemen, 80 slow. Don't add to reporters
troubles by uni ust and foolish censures."
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STAMPS. s.-The following explains

OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE
WASHINGTON, Jan. I6. 1867.

OFflCE OF INTERNAL IEYENUE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. l6, 1867.
SIR: | reply to your letter of the
l4t II instant, that q quit claim deed,
when given rs release OF mortgage
by the mortgage to thc mortgagor,
'snot liable to stamp luty, as a con
veyance; bnt if it contains covenants,
may be subject as an agreement or
con tract.
1t is only upon conveyances OF
really sold that q stamp duty is i'm
posed. In the case stated by you,
there IS no sale, bnt n mere placing
OF tho legal record title in the same
party who holds the equitable one.
Very respectfully,
Il. HARLAND,
Deputy Commissioner.
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We arc indebted 10 jIr j. Williams for
copy ofthc Liverpool Weekly Courier, of
the 18th ultimo.
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