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. 4 shrcwd Yankee is managing the
Chicago Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. He takes all the letters put
i'll the post office there. without
stamps, supplies what arc wanted
and sends them on their way, with
& little printed label: "This letter
was deposited in the Chicago post
Office unpaid. Under the rules it
would have been sent to the dead
letter Office. The Young Meas
Christian Association have paid
the postage. In return for thc
favor please remit, to aid rs in our
work, such sum rs you can afford.
Addresss-Young Mems Christian
Association, IS Madison street, Chi
cago: Lots of money comes back,
sometimes five and ten dollar bills.
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SENs1BLE.-The Chattanooga (Ten-
nessee) Unionithus advises the more
respectable position of tue people Of
Tennessee: 3 =. /
"When the Presidents children
ask for an egg,'he gives them scor-
pion. When they seek protection
from the United States against Brown
lows militia, he refers them to Gen.
Thomas, whose admiration for the
militia is scarcely excelled by his gra-
titude to the father of it for his nomi-
nation to the Presidency. We think
the less Tennesseans have to do with
asking protection of the United
States, and the more earnestly they
apply themselves to the defeat of
Brownlow ut the ballot box, the bet
ter it will be for them"
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y Massachusetts paper describes
az entirely new apparatus for manu-
featuring lumber, complete saw
mill, having its engine attached di-
roctiy to the saw sash by the piston
rod. The sash works in two upright
standards Of cast iron, which are
made to carry the feed-rollcrs, pres.
slue-roilcrs, &c, thus bringing tho
work within n very small space. In
deed, the whole mill only occupies IL
ground space of ten feet eight inches
by four feet, exclusive of the cars for
carrying the logs, and yet it is calcn-
lated to carry forty or fifty saws.
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a Russian archnologist, NJ. Fill

y Russian archnologist, NJ. Fill
monoif, who was recently in Paris Oh &
visit t" the Exhibition, has started
the idea of establishing an interua-
tional archaeological society. The
project has been favornbly received
by several other arch;cologists, and
NJ. Mnndcrgrecn, Of Stockholm, has
assisted N. ti,imonoif in drawing up
a set OF reglla.ioi0 for the new
society, which have been already
submitted 10 the Frsaoh Govern
mcnt. 1t is proposed to admit
arch:rologists of all nations to the
society, and to hold congresses in the
principal capitals Of Europe.
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Since The partial opening OF the
SueH Canal an arrangement has been
made between the Sudbahn, The
Nordh"hn, and the Russian Railroad
authorities for direct communica-
tion between ST. Petersburg and
Trieste. y ton of Indian or Rowan
tine goods will be conveyed, accord
ing to this arrangement, from Trieste
to st. Petersburg for l30 francs.
Fifty Thousand hnndred swcight of
oil has already been transmitted i'll
accordance with this agreement,
which would otherwise have been
sent by sen. The Suez Canal Com
pany has also established an agency
ut Vienna for the transit trade.
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o f = t q
both races.s Our aDsition, as it al,
ways has been is st Of doing all in
our power to rests peace and har-
mony among ourselves, and to regain
our position, as the people Of one of
the States of the Union, to our lost,
or forfeited, rights in that Union.
By no act OIL, political movement on
their part, should our people now OBJ
struct the process of reconstruction,
for upon the final accomplishment Of
this depends everything. Partisans
or political ,aspirants should beavoid-,
ed and their teachings utterly ig'
nored, if we wish to become once
more happy and prosperous people.
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"Poisoned Hash is the title of
cheerful romance now being pub
lished in Il New York weekly paper.
The same article is issued daily at
several boarding houses i'll and ont
of the Union.
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COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, August l. 1857.
Omce-Holding.

Northern papers of every political
complexion are busy with the subject
of negro oifice-holding, and the pro-
liability, now that the right is consi-
dered conceded to that class, of their
nvailing themselves Of this is'privilege,
sand, the consequences which will at,
tendthis event. n
That the negro, as n cotemporary
says, should aspire ito office, is most
natural, in view of his enfranchise-
ment and newly acquired right to
suffrage; and.thaf he should consider
himself qualified, now that capacity
and political experience have.bcen
brought into disrepute by the dis
franchisement of nearly all our capa-
BILE Southern whites, is fact MOTTO
be wondered at. Relying upon the
strength which he is given at the
ballot-box,, by the general enfran-
chiscmeht. of his race, the colorcd
man viii act with a knowledge Of his
power, and the class of whites who
expect to ride into power and notice
by the disqualification Of men of
their own color, will find, in the very
element from whom they expect sup
port, opposition of formidable cha
racter, and which will bhst all their
hopes Of public Advancement. The
colored man sees himself in u posi-
tion which promises every hope of
advancement, and the claim that one
of the rhce is entitled to the nominu-
tion for the President, is but
the prelude to others which were
sure to follow.
We make the following extract
from the New York World, conser-
vative peper, in which the event ap
pretended is shown to be most pro
bable. The-consequences, as pictured
by tie World, partake, in'a great
measure, Of the appearance of probn-
bility, and will doubtless be product
i've of political revolution which
may yet lead us forth from the state
of anarchy and chaotic confusion
into which those very measures have
brought MS.
The disfranchisement Of nearly
ill tue iutclGgentand capable South
ern whites tends to bring capacity
and political experience into disre-
pute. The negroes are not likely to
be wiser than the laws which invest
them with power. When the laws
'set u stigma on capacity and expo
rience, the negro, who derives al his
Importance from the same laws, will
not hold these qualifications in no.
nor. When the laws which make
him eligible to all offices, declare
everybody Ineligible who has ever
held an Office, they educate the negro
into contempt for mental qualifca-
tions, and teach him that commu-
nifty is more likely to prosper by os-
tracising its most capable men than
by clecting them to office. Even if
the negroes should be disposed to
vote for qualified candidates, they
will not he permitted, nil such men
being degraded into political .out-
casts.
'Legislation which thus does vio-
lence to common sense, and inverts
the order of nature, by ordaining
that the tail OF society, which con-
tains no brains, shall be its head,
and the head. which has the brains,
shall draggle in the dirt, such prepos-
ferrous legislation leads to no good.
The negroes will be justified in elect
ing themselves to office, when they
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Local .T-tovN@.
HARPER FOR AUGUsr. are in
debted to Messrs. Duffie & Chapman
for d copy of the above. Il

,---l-->- ,>(~->--,--,-
w. Muller, Esq, who for SO many
years was principal of the Female
Academy, has returned to Columbia
and resumed his former avocation.
Read his advertisement, and particu-
larly notice the extremely low rate,
of tuition.
Rev. ID, j. Simmons will please ac-
cept our thanks fora copy of the pro-
ceedings of the "Twcnty-third Ses-
sion of the National Division S. of r.
of n. A, Wilmington. Delaware.
July 10, 1861"
Thackeray's Lectures. The Enclis!!
Humorists. The -Four George.
Complete in one volume.
The admirers of Thackeray will be
glad to have these lectures in con-
pact and elegant form, and certainly
the copy before US leaves little to be
desired in the above respects. Type.
paper and binding are uncxception-
able.
In the series treating OF "The Eng
lish Hnmorists," Thackeray presents
himself to us in in unusually amiaL,4
aspect. He drops the cynical snce-
which he toe often wears While exhi-
biting the puppets OF his brain, and be
comes the genial, sympathetic admirer
of his literary kindred in The grave.
Talking, i'll exquisiteiy easy an.
idiomatic English, not of fsthc books.
but of the writers themselves, h..
summons upin succession before Us
the great wits OF the last age Swift.
Addison, Steele, Pope, Prior, Gay.
Fielding, .Sterne, Goldsmith, a-e
presented to us in their habits Z:
they lived; we seem to stand in their
presence, and tingle i'll our fingers as
if we had shaken their great dead
hands.
There is a light Of charity she'd
over these lectures, which makes
them especially delightful. 1t puts
ono III good humor &c read them.
Yet Thackcray is, Of course, not the
man to pass over the faults and vice,
OF his fa"oritc an!hors. All OF thesa
however. are most ten lerly touched.
Even the stern, nniovable Swift hats
word or two from Thacleray in IL,
behalf. Sternc, with his hollow
hearted scntimcntaiity, is tho only,
one who catches The full Swing of the
satirical lash.
The series conclude with an cx1u;-
site essay on charity and hnmor, i.
which Thackeray pays Il most gene
rous and eloquent tribute to- Dickens
In tho lectures upon the Four
Georges, Thackerpy is his cyni-
cal self again. Tie subject suited
him we'll. Such merciless, mock
ing exposure of the pretensions OF
royalty, is hardly to be found in the
records Of satire.
The book-capital summer reading
may be obtained of Mr.. j. j.
McCarter, TO whom we are indebted
for n copy.
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open from n. m. until 31a p. M,
and from 6 until 7 p. m. The North
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other mails close at 8 p. III.
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The blackberry crop has attracted
such general attention this year that
the radicals insist Oh the word coloyed
berries, out of respect for their
bosom associates OF African lineage.
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Kelloy's Island, in Jake Erie, is
expected this year to produce grapes
enough for 240, 900 gallons of wine.
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Tie Saints OF UTAH. brigham
Young is i'll some trouble, but then
his great family influence will enable
him to divorce himself from his
difficulties and finally enjoy his new
Zion unmolested. One or two of
the Saints have fallen from grace,
but they had only few dozen wives
apiece, and, therefore, are not OF
much Importance. Brigham has the
women on his side, and holds the
church treasure; thus double armed,
he doesn't cnre bawbee for back
sliders.
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The Boston Tymscrip! says: "The
moths have succeeded in shutting up
one OF the most fashionable churches
for the season. 1t seems that these
troublesome little creatures have
been multiplying in tho new and
elegant meeting house on Bolyeston
street (Dr. Gannett's) until it has be-
como necessary to close the house
and strip it of all its unholstcry, III
order to save it from utter ruin, to
say nothing of the clothing of the
ATTENDANTS. "
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a fine lot OF Desirable Goods have Jus.
been opopcd by Mr. II. q. SILVER, who sti..
adhcres to his popular principle of good
articles for li,t!c money. Read his adycr-
tiscment, and then examine the goods.
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rhe crops and thcir Produocrs.

The crops nnu fhcir Producers.
We are glad to learn from our
Western iaSssshaldigcs, that the crops are
fast recupafating from the losses in
flicted by the heavy rains of last
month, and that under the powerful
influence of July sun they now look
promising. Tha5 toach of the
army w6rm, which has been hernlded
by the arrival of the grass worm, has
been fortunately entirely foiled by
thd4ate hot weather, and the Ranger
is now considered rs over.
The cotton crop, and, indeed, all
the crops, is as much tho property
(if not more) of the freedman rs of
his employer, since the cost of rails
ing them is, first o" all, to lie paid to
the laborer: and it may even be safely
asserted that the planter will receive
less, in comparison, than the hands
he employs. In this connection, we
are gratified to notice that the views
we have expressed upon cotton and
the cotton tax, have been extensively
Published by our Southern exchanges.
If the laborers OH the plantations of
the South do not get better reward
for their perscvering efforts and ar
duous labor, the fault is with the
Congress, which still retains the un-
just Tax upon their labor. Without
this tax, each hand working for half
crops, would, on the six bales he
raises, receive thiriyfvc 10 forty dol
lars morc-a sum sufficient to clothe
himself and family comfortably for
one year. Let our laborins class re-
feet upon the facts which we have
presented.
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ing Post opposes Tie Presidents veto
and defends Congress, saying, how
ever, that cit is not the Southern
people who snffcr by the present
system. but those OF the North. 4
hat is the truth OF tho matter; the
present policy is not so unhappy for
the Southern States, butHis dmyerous
10 he country 0t large; and tho longer
it continues the more dangerous and
mischievous must be its results.
This is plain to most thoughtful
men; it is not denied by any except
the most bitter extremists.
The Erprcss thinks that no coun-
try but one fresh from the horrors
and trials of n frightful civil war
could or wonld tolerate the dcspotism
of Congress. The men of the South
submit to it because they are broken
in spirit, broken in fortune, and
every way defeated. Men in the
North tolerate it because they are
blind, bcsotted and .cowardly, and
Massachusetts leads the assault.
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4 DILEMMA FOR THE PRESIDENT
"If the President does not violate the
Constitution in the execution of the
military despotism act," says the
New York Express, she will be i'm
pcachcd next winter, and it is for
him to decide whether the honors Of
the Presidency are worth violation
OF the Constitution, or, in other
phrases, whether postcrity will acquit
him of the responsibility of turnihg
large portion of this country over
to military despotism, through tho
apprehension of losing his place"
The blackberry crop has attracted
such general attention this year that
the radicals insist Oh tho word cOlored
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NEw ADvEETIsEMrNTs. Attention IL cell
cd 70 the following advertisements, which
arc published this morning. for tie hrs
time
John Mcintosh to lent.
COnvocation Union Council No. ).
List of Letters i'll Columbia Post Ofice.
Citation by Douglas Il. DcSaussure.
w. Muller-School Notice.
G. f. Jackson Mosquito Nets, &c.
A. $. Wallace Government Taxes.
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w. Muller, Esq, who for SO many
years was principal of the Female
Academy, has returned to Columbia
and resumed his former avocation.
Read his advertisement, and particu-
larly notice the extremely low rate,
of tuition.
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jon PRINTIEa.-The Job Office Of
the Picnic is as complete us any in
the South. 1t is furnished with new
fonts of type of MI descriptions and
OF the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste anu
skill, and at reasonable rates.
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Rev. d, j. Simmons will please ac-
cept our thanks fora copy of the pro-
ceedings of the ''Twenty-third Ses-
sion of the National Division S. of r.
of n. A, Wilmington. Delaware.
July 10, 1867"
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%PosT OFFICE HotRs.-The Office is
open from n. m. until 315 p. NJ,
and from 6 until 7 p. m. The North
ern mail closes ut 81 p. NJ, and all
other mails close at p. III.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-31

WASHINGTON, December 30.-The
British and American West India
fleets are to cooperate in preventing
revival of the slave trade in Cuba,
which has been planned.
General Gillian. who assumes the
command of the Fourth District un-
til the arrival of General Mcdowell,
was closeted with the President this
morning, and leaves to night for jack
son, Miss.
WASHINGTON, December 29.-It is
learned from official quarters that
General Ord asked to be relieved
from the command of the Fourth
Military District, and was not re-
moved by the President for any cause.
General Meade, who is ordered to
relieve Pope, is expected by the Ad-
ministration to pursue the same policy
that Hancock has inaugurated in
Louisiana.
The reasons which induced the
President to remove General Swayne
from the Freedman's Bureau were
based on documentary evidence, al
leging that Swayne was running the
Bureau in his own interest as candi
date for the United States Senate
from Alabama.
A report is being prepared for sub
mission to the House, giving statls-
ties which will show that, applying
the whole amount of tax collected to
the amount of whisky made, it will be
at the rate Of ten cents per gallon for
the fiscal year ending June 30. For
the present fiscal year the ratio is
about eight cents.
Special Commissioner Kasson, while
in Europe, completed money order
treaty with Switzerland, which he re-
commends for general adoption he
tween the United States and other
nations. 1t is simple in its workings
and designed to facilitate the trans
mission of money for bringing emf
grants to this country. 1t is in prin-
ciple similar to the money order sys-
| tenn now in operation here, and Mr.:
| Kasson thinks it will be a source of
profit to the Government, as well
as security to those sending money.
| The Post Office Department has not
vet ratified the Switzerland treaty,
| but will probably do so before long,
and if successful, it will be extended
to Great Britain aud other nations.
Several Democratic members have
expressed themselves indignant at he
revelations made in Henry j. Ray
| mond's recent letter about the Phila-
! delDhia Convention, In which it Is
stated that the President said he
/ didn't want the Democrats to partlci-
/ pate in the Convention, and denounc-
ed the Democratic party as dislOyal.
Two Western Democrats have deter
mined to call upon the President and
ask him for an explanation on the
! subject.
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New YORK, December 30.-Thos.
Mexican, Edward Goodey and Wash
ington Goodey, who are under arrest,
have been identified as the robbers of
the Messenger Bank Of the State of
New York.
1t is stated that Thos. II. Stout,
stock broker, borrowed $4,000 worth
of railway shares on Saturday, giving
his check for the same on the Leather
Manufacturers Bank, where he had
an account, Immediately after which
he sold them for cash and deposited
the proceeds to his credit at the bank,
where the sheFiff7s oficerslevied upon
the amount under two executions for
about $50, ,000 Oae of the judgments
on which the execution was served,
vas in favor of his brother, and it is
fessed IN one instance by the drawer
of the checks. One of these for about
$25, 900 was certified before the sheriff
made his levy, but the five or six I'M
certified checks have been refused
payment.
Several large manufacturers in
MorrisSiana have discharged large
number of hands
NEW YORK, Dec 3O.-The Tribune,
to-day, in an editorial on the removal
of Generals Pope and Ord, says: Gen.
Grant. in reconstruction, is a mere
clerk. He has no power; no respon-
sibility; no embarrassing questions to
decide: nothing to do with living i'm
mediate issues. He is nothing more
than a checked pawn on our chess,
while the President controls the game
and captures the men, piece by piece.
We protest against this as an injustice
to General Grant. We believe he
would rather be with the United
States, carrying out reconstruction,
than be the captive of johnson, the
bulwark of his administration. If
Gen. Grant has any power, now is the
time to use it; if he has not, let some
friend demand it for him. If Con-
gress fails, then he owes it to his fame
to leave the Administration of Mr..
johnson.
The World approves the removals,
and sees In them some CLEANS of
sense.
In the strange message which the
President sent to Congress, eulogizing
General Hancock, it was the Presi-
dents mode of declaring the princi-
pies on which the administration of
the Fifth Military District will here
after be conducted, SO far as these
principles can be maintained by the
selection of commanders. A message
explaining to Congress the reasons of
these removals would look like
acknowledging an accountability for
acts which are completely within his
independent province as Commander
in-Chief of the army. He was, there
fore, under the necessity of explain
ing the grounds of his action, ifhe ex-
planned at all, by some artifce of in
direction which brought his commu-
nication within the usual forms, and
yet made no concession of right in
Congress to hold him answerable for
his military orders.
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RICHMOND.
Exaggerated Reports About the Ex.
peeted Uprising Of the Negroes.

RICHMOND, December 30-Exag-
gerated accounts telegraphed from
this city, relative to the expected
rising Of the negroes of the south side
counties, have no better foundation
than the fact that few days since,
squad of soldiers were sent to Hall
fax, because disturbance on Christ.
mas was feared. The negro popula-
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asubscription of 500 O0Oin st6elEin
the branch of railroad from Gallatin
to Lebanon, Tenn. provided saId
branch shall be consolidated with the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company.
Little doing in hog killing. Sales at
6 to 64e gross. Slaughter houses,
with one exception, closed. Killed
to date and in pens, 140, 612..
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LOUISVILLE.
Action of the Board of Trade.

LOUISVILLE, December 29.-Satur-
day evening, money quiet and un-
changed; eastern exchange dull. Bu-
siness very lively. tcJG H@d
The Board of Trade passed a reso-
luton re-afirming their pledge made
last April, urging the city to procure
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tien throughout tiie St45e is-duier, as
far as an armed insurrection is con-
cerned, and has been since emancipa-
tion. Neither Military ffeadquart-
ers nor Freedmen Bureau have been
advised Of anyzapprehensiye trouble.