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COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Jan. 17,1868. Ht m. Fix. The radicals "are in A fix," aa the common expression goes, in two ways. In the first place, if they break with President Johnson in his reconstruction policy, they mn the risk of so weakening their party at the North, that' they cannot expect a majority ; and if they consent to his policy and admit the Southern States, in any future election they will be beaten. , The ''irrepressible conflict" is once more on the tapis, and the negro-the everlasting negro-is the cause of it. Is there wisdom, patriotism or ?ny other proper principle or feeling in? volved in this issue ? The radical party seems determined to force the issue on President Johnson. And again comes a new feature in the Treasury Department, in collect? ing the internal revenue in the lately rebellions States, in consequence of the scarcity of men who can take the test oath to hold the offices of : asses? sors and collectors. In some sections there are scarcely any to be had, and the agent of the Department reports that unless the test oath law is repeal? ed, the revenue cannot be collected. So it seems that this thing cuts both ways. It was invented to annoy the Southern people with, but it has returned to "plague the inventors." We suppose the people down there will be perfectly satisfied if there never is a man in the country eligible to collect taxes. It will suit them exactly. It will be entirely fair, how? ever, for taxation without representa? tion has always been regarded as a political iniquity, and an outrage upon the people on whom it was per? petrated. It is now admitted by the officers of the Government that there are not enough honest and capable men in the rebellious States who were not connected with the rebellion to hold the Government offices, with? out which the machinery cannot move. Now -what is to be done? "Will the radicals consent that the rebels shall go untaxed, rather than that rebels shall collect the taxes? The object, we of the Phoenix be? lieve, is to place among us a corps of Yankee tax officers. The "test oath" is unconstitutional beyond all doubt, but the radicals are determined "b add insult to injur^' . - - Another Sign. That there is some good reason for hoping that the President will disap? point the radicals in their efforts to exclude the members of Congress from the Southern States is abundant? ly shown by the out-givings of Mr. Forney. In his paper of Saturday, he says: "It would be a graceful acknow? ledgment, not alone of the undaunted patriotism of the brave men of the South, who, through flame and death, have maintained the good fight, but a just deference to an overwhelming public expectation, if the Tennessee Senators and members could be imme? diately admitted to Congress, and speedy action taken upon other ap? plicants for seats-so that the differ? ent branches of the Government, executive and legislative, might once 1 more move along with harmony and vigor. Such we believe to be, also, the growing disposition of the two Houses." Mr. Forney also, in the same paper, while protesting against the repeal of the test oath so far as it concerns the members of Congress, argues, very conclusively to a Southern mind, that it should be so modified as to exempt from its operation the hajMfcfSQs of minor Government offices which it is necessary \c^&\[ before the work of , reconstpatSf?on can be successfully 'ploted. PEACEFUL RUMOR.-Whatever may said in curtain quarters, writes-a Washington correspondent, rely upon it, it is the settleu purpose of the | President to cultivate friendly rela? tions with all the powers of the earth, and particularly between our own recently conflicting sections. If Louis Napoleon can afford the waste and expenditure of fifty or sixty millions of dollars a year to maintain a French army in Mexico, he can be left to try the experiment at his own will and pleasure. Sufficient for us to know that we have too much work on our own hands, of immediate and transcendant importance, to turn knight-errants for the amusement of strangers. The Paymaster-General disbursed during tho lost fiscal year $130,050, 946,37. In four years, ?$1,029,000,000. ?aa? WlttMbratwrnl ot Troop?. The Mobile Tribune, ot the 10th, learns from the Montgomery Adver? tiser, that Gen. Thomas had notified Governor Patton that all the troops would be removed from the State and that arms and ammunition would be furnished the State militia. Pro? visions for the destitute families are also promised. The despatch does not announce the date of withdrawal, but we presume the order will be carried out as soon as possible. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph states that orders have been received from the War Department to muster out of service all the troops, both white and black, in that district. This is doubtless a forw ard step in the President's policy cf restoration and reconstruction. WHKKE HAS HE BEEN?-George B. Little, Esq., a Special Agent of the Treasury Department-a Washington correspondent of the New York Times says-"who has recently re? turned from an extensive tour through the South, reports that he finds as much money in the hands of South? ern men now as was ever before possessed by them. Northern specu? lators are numerous in most regions of the South, and have been and are now purchasing largely of the South? ern staples, as well as landed pro? perty, thus placing in the hands of the people immense amounts of ready money." We should like to know where this Mr. Little has been touring it. It certainly was not in this section of the South, and he must have kept out of the line of Sherman's "grand march," both through this State and Georgia. "Strange optics hath the man, wc ween, Who sees what is not to be seen." But such statements as the above make up the stuff that the radical party are continually deceiving their people with. The assertions made above are so palpably false, however, few will be found to place any confi? dence in the statements of this "Special Agent." * O ?* * m The Fenian Convention have at length decided to reduce their organi? zation to its original simple govern? ment. The titles of President and Senator are to be abolished, and the government is to be in the hands of a head centre and central council. The charges preferred against Mr. (J'^oberts and the other Senators were o. stained, and they were expelled from the brotherhood. Col. O'Ma? honey has been chosen head centre. HOPE rr is TRUE.-Washington letters say, that in well-informed political circles it is understood that the President intends to make it a sine qua non that the Southern mem? bers who have been properly elected shall be admitted to their seats, and that as speedily as possible the Ten? nessee representatives will undoubt? edly take their seats, as the argument used is that Tennessee must be repre? sented in Congress, or Andrew John? son is not President of the United St:ites. I It is stated that in a recent trip up the Mississippi, Generals Joe John? ston and Sherman were passengers on the same steamer. One remark from Gen. Johnston was worthy of note, which? was to the effect, that under the President's liberal, humane and truly democratic policy of recon? struction, the South would soon get over the visible effects of the war, and that in,i**Wr years' time thc United States would be the most prosperous and powerful of ail nations and of all Governments. DARLINGTON SOUTHERNER.-R. W. Boyd, Esq., has assumed, in a well written salutatory, the editorial con? duct of the Southerner. FEELING AMONG THE NORTH CARO? LINIANS.-William E. Chandler, Esq., Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury, writing froia Wilmington, N. C., on the 1st instant, says: ' 'My impressions of the country and people, so fur, are such as to induce wonder andj pity-wonder that they held out sol long after being so re? duced in mern and material, and pity atftheir utten weakness and destitu? tion. Some hi thc people talk fool? ishly; but wei can well afford to laugh at them rather than take offence at what they say\ The Southern men who ar? try int to make trouble are those who didTnot fight, and ..jt the officers and scUdiers who did. The latter talk and ?let well in almost every case that we have seen or heard of. It would be a \little unpleasant for Northern men tb come here and live; but the South \must have Northern capital, and I feel 1 sure this implen ggh .SgBSj i WT" mm ? Pr??ldent Johntor. and His ?rnpench' ment. The Memphis Bulletin, which waa one of the staunchest of the "loyal" papers during the war, indulges in the following comments upon the pro? posed impeachment of the President by the radicals: -Public sentiment must be wrought up to revolutionary tasks. Nashville and Boston are selected as centres whence this destructive organization may fulminate its decrees. The first blow hurled at Andsew Johnson, like j that beneath which Caesar fell, must come from his own friends. Maynard, or Arnold, or Brownlow-who claims the immortality of another Brutus? Let him strike. But Johnson is no Csesar. Still, there stands the assassins. There is a dagger hidden within the vestments of each of these men. They hate Johuson, not because he has stripped Borne of freedom, but because he has made Homans freedmen. That Con? federate soldier whose wooden leg attests gallant deeds, who now toils in pursuit of peace, as when h( starved in camp, or dug trenches witl his bayonet; that one-armed herc whose scars are patents of nobility I or with an empty sleeve, the choices device of heraldry; these are mei j whose honest assent tto results of war provoke Johnson's admiration, ant their misfortunes, his sympathy Poor, very poor, are all these Con federate Jsoldiers. They are rich ii honor, which would be lost if the; were not true to defeat, as they wo ul? have been to victory. Johnson's crimes consist in hi generosity tomen like these. It is no charged that he usurped the crown o seized the sceptre. They who crown ed him, who invested him with th royal purple, would strike him down He will not minister to their madness their accursed spirit of vengeance Such is the crime of the President such the men who would arraign hin: and such are they whom he has b< friended. Thc South should, as on man, stand by the President. He ca only have the assurance of our syn pathy-of practical support we ca ren#er nothing. The time may corni when the South, at least, may atte? its gratitude. HON. CHARLES H. SMITH (BIL ARR.)-A correspondent of the Cir ciunati Enquirer gives a sketch c the inimitable humorist, whom tl: confidence of his people recently ser to the State Senate. We copy belov remarking, however, that while "Bil] is a head and shoulders above tb majority of mankind in qualities c head and heart, he has streiche marvelously within the last two week if he is to be ranked among the "tal men physically. The writer says < him : "Speaking of Senators, one men ber of the State Senate is so we known, at least by his nomine < plume, North, as to render it perhaj j not altogether uninteresting to gi\ ! some account of him. This is C. i j Smith, of Rome, the celebrated 'B: j Arp.' Tall, stoutly built, with blue eyes, hair and beard, slightly bali I and of rather grave expression > I countenance, the remark is often mac ! by visitors that he is about the la j man in the hoiioo one would take f< ! the author of that inimitable appe to the. great Artemus. Mr. Smith I a lawyer of fine abilities, and : j social inter course a very int^restir I gentleman, when shaking off wh I seems an habitual reserve. Ofte ! however, when saying least, an ar< j curve of the lip will betray beyoi j mistake some facetious thought j flitting through the brain of the gre j unharmonized lather of Chickah I miny and Bull Run Arp. " j The New Orleans Picayune says: "We learn from gentlemen recent from the plantations, that the free men positively refuse to make a new contracts, or to go to work, g ing us their reasons that they exp? a new proclamation, which they 1 lieve will greatly improve their com tion. This was the reply given to t owners of several large plantatic upon which the freedmen, it was st posed, were more comfortab 3 a j contented than anywhere else. Th I conduct and manners to their e j ployers were respectful and peacef j but they are very decided in refusi : to make new contracts, to go to wo j or leave the plantations. The pc: lent agitators and disorganizes vv infest tlie country have imparted j their ignorant and unsophistica' ; minds some delusion which they i cline to explain, but the bane \ effects of which upon the country ii j the freedmen must be obvious to i reflecting persons. The cultiv?t of our staples requires constant lal for the whole year. The failure suspension of labor a week will s< ously affect the production for season. If the course pursued the sugar plantations has been ge rally followed, the effect upon operations and product of this y will be mo3t serious. ._ ' ,0,- .. . CONFEDERATE AUTHORITY REC j NizED IN CONGRESS.-It is worthy ! note that, in reply to a direct qt . tion {rom Mr. Stevens, Mr. Bingh concurred in his doctrine that acts, laws and decrees of what ; Stevens styl? s the de facto Gove ment of the Confederate States w< j during the existence of the Govt i meat, binding upon nil the pee within the jurisdiction of that j thority.- Washington Cor. New lt i Jaimes. TH? BEVERE COLD.-Our Northen exchanges devote considerable spac? to accounts of the extremely cole weather and its effects on persons ant things. The thermometer in Nev York city, on the 8th instant, touch?e fifteen degrees below zero, and at th< Brooklyn Navy Yard twenty-thret degrees below. In more Northen latitudes, the thermometer indicatec thirty-five degrees below. The colt continued till the night of the 9th when the weather commenced gradu ally to moderate. The effect of th? cold in New York city was to mate rially impede business, especially tha of an outside nature, as people wer? timid about venturing on the street: for fear of being frost-bitten. As ii was, seven cases of freezing to deatl and numberless instances of frozer ears and limbs were reported by the authorities. A driver on one of the stages was taken off his box by s policeman, in a senseless and speech? less condition. A pf or woman in au up-town district was discovered ?lead, with an infant enfolded- in her icy embrace. So rigid were her arms that it took the united force of three men to unlock them. Persons walk? ing on Broadway were informed that their ears or noses were frozen by passing travelers. All over the city people were complaining of bursted water-pipes. Some of the streets were covered with a solid sheet of ice formed from the water escaping from the maius. Gas pipes were also frozen, in consequence of which some sec? tions of the city were wholly deprived of light. The ferry boats had much difficulty in crossing the rivers, and I the steamers arriving from various points were completely enveloped in ice. Such ctdd had not been expe? rienced before for 3'ears. A special despatch to the Baltimore Sun, under date of Washington, ? January ll, says: Hie protracted Republican Congressional caucus last night is thc subject of a good deal oi comment to-day. The conservative Republicans look upon its result a.< something of a triumph for their sith of the issues involved. The radicals, at the same time, do not feed that they have conceded much in accord? ing to qualified negro suffrage in this j District, in place of -what is termed ' universal suffrage. The caucus, by a j two-thirds vote, agreed to support ! the >?ill now peneling, with the modi? fications proposetl by Judge Hale, ol New York, viz: that only t?hose colored men shall vote who can read the Constitution of the United States, and (hose who have served in the army. It was claimeel that this was a common ground for compromise, and would preserve harmony in the party. Thad. Stevens became quite indiguant over this, and insisted on universal suffrage or nothing, lt is understood that to-morrow the bill wilt be recommitted to the Judiciary Committee of the House, to be rne>di fied as proposed in caucus. Secretary McCulloch was nguiu in conference with the Ways and Means Committee to-day, in explaining his financial measures, and why he de? sired prompt action on them. The principal ?objection of the committee was the clause of the proposed bill repealing the law providing for a sinking fund. When the Presiden ~ of the United States and Lieutenant-Generul Grant lifted their voices a few weeks since, in vindication of the loyalty of the Southern people, that most notorious of the groat family of political turn? coats, John W. Forney, rushed into the arms of the conservative party, and seemeel to us to "'burn his ships," as if to rentier retreat impossible. The radical members of Congress, however, having returned to Wash? ington, after the Christmas holidays, resolved in their wicked determina? tion to molie an issue with the Presi? dent upon the question e>f reconstruc? tion, this wretched Dalghetty hus for the forty-seventh time deserted the conservative and flitteel back to the radical camp. If we placed the slightest faith in the Pythagorean lioctriue of the transmigration of the soul, we should believe that when the famous bat mentioned by "Esop as deserting alternately the birds and the beasts departed this world, his soul flitteel at once into the carcass of John W. Forney.-Richmond Times. .- - - - - The approaching termination of the Reciprocity treaty between Cau ada and the United States has stirred up the Montreal Board of Trade to some decisive action on tho canal eptestion. They yesterday passed a resolution affirming the necessity of at once enlarging the Wellanil Canal, lengthening anti ?leepening the St. Lawrence locks aikl constructing a new canal fr? un Champlain to the St. Lawrence. The prospects of con? federation, according to the showing of the Canadians themstdves, elo not brighten. A paper pub?shed in Ottawa, the new provinieal capital, laments that the maritime provinces continue hostile to the Quebec scheme, and prefer increasing their traele facilities wi*h the United States to amalgamating with their Canadian neighbors. Every little while we reael in Eng? land of the death c>f some person from eighty io a lmnelreel years old, who belongs to the history of the eighteenth century. A few elays ago died Lady Augusta Jordon Hally burton, the only surviving child t>f King Willuim IV and the celebrated actress Mrs. Jordon. Her children were all well provideel for. II 11-m gfe&g arrimu ?nrnnw ntn rt run ^ggaaSfcaMBaste* , Railroad Communication Renewed. j COLUMBIA AND CHARLESTON CONNECTED ONCEMO&E* i ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TRAIN 1 After au interval of inoro than eleven j months, the railroad communication be tween thia city and Charleston was re- I : sumed yesterday-the last spike having j been driven by Supervisor McKown, at 12 I m. Tins welcome intelligence was gone- | i rally known throughout the city, and by 4 j j o'clock, several hundred persons had con I grcgated at thc depot of the Soutli Carolina ! Railroad, to witness the arrival of the first i through passenger train since tho 15th of ] February last. This train was in charge of Conductor W. B. Kennedy, (who, hy? the way, had charge of tho last through train which left this city,) and was drawn by the fine locomotive Coosawhatchie, Engineer Shokes. A number of persons wert- on their way to tho depot, but did not hurry themselves, expecting to bear tho welcomo sound of the steam whistle; ! but in this rhey were disappointed, as the I locomotive moved quietly up to the depot. I It was the intention of Mr. Peako to have ? LOST TITLES TO PROPERTY.-We j are pleased to know that the General I Land Office at Washington has or? dered its agents throughout the South "to collect all vestiges and remnants of records and forward them to the Commissioner, in order that new plots and evidences of titlp may be supplied, as fur as possible." Those of our people who have thus suffered by theft, mutilation, or abandonment of their titles, should do all in their power to recover their documents, or if destroyed, make such exhibit of evidence as will prove conclusive of the claim. To Presi? dent Johnson we owe the clement and sagacious policy, and the grati? tude of thousands of homeless, land? less individuals will be accorded him without stint. [Augasla Constitutionalist. DISGRACEFUL.-A Washington let? ter to a New York paper speaks of i the condition of some of the poor wounded soldiers there, and the favor | shown the negroes, in tho following terse language: There is no dodging this matter, j Poblic opinion will not allow the | government nigger soup kitchen to j remain open much longer, when one | I can see in a walk through any of | ! publie thorough farer in New York, I ; Boston. Philadelphia, Washington, I or any large city, hundreds of one armed, one-legged, young white men in ragged blue clothes, whose beg? garly pensions will scarcely keep their souls in the little left of their bodies, and who piteously beg, as I heard one of them at the gate of the capitol yesterday: "For God's sake, give me ten cents to buy a loaf of bread!" MR. BOTTS AND THE TEST-OATH.- I Mr. Botts publishes a letter in one of the city papers, substantially avowing himself to be in favor of the Con- j j gressional test-oath, which excludes i ! so many Southern members of Con I gress. He says : j "I have, to those members with j whom I have conversed on the sub? ject, maintained that every Repre? sentative constitutionally elected, who was prepared to comply with the re? quisitions of tho Constitution and ? laws, was as fully entitled to take his j seat as auy of those now occupying j seats in either House." I The phrase "and laws" means j "the test-oath."-Richmond Dispatch. I * COTTON THIEVES.-The New York Journal of Commerce mentions that the high price of cotton has produced i a regularly organized band of harbor J thieves to steal cotton lying on tho I wharves. This system has been j carried to such perfection that no j cotton is safe day or night, either on the d<?cks cf ships or on the wharves j themselves. A*, night, the scoundrels have boats in w hich they board ves? sels in-the harbor, under pretence of buying junk, and seizing the first opportunity, carry off quantities of cotton-, sometimes whole bales,? Where are the police? "DIXIE" IN FLORIDA.-The Talla? hassee Floridian, in describing the late inauguration of Gov. Walker, says : At the c^se of the inaugural, the band of the Seventh Regulars struck up "Dixie," which electrified the audience and called forth "repeated cheers. All felt its inspiring strains. Many among those who have periled \ their lives in defence of a cause now j gone forever, wept as they remember , ed the toils, and the suffering they had i endured in vain, and their hopes for i ever blasted which once animated ! them. The steamboat James Christopher, with 251) bat- 3 of cotton, was burnt IOU miles above Savannah, on Satur? day. ! brought this train through, but he wai de? tained in Charleston by important busi? ness. Tho last way train that run through to Columbia was on the 16th of February, 1865. Eleven months have brought again the cheerful sound of the engine whistle. This was run under the supervision of Mr. Gilbert, and under his supervision the first trains were run through last evening. Mr. McKown has kept his promise, and wc congratulate him upon the result. Besides the arrival of the passenger train, in schedule time last evening, at 4.25 p.m., a freight Wain of twelve cars Arrived at 7 p. m. Freight ls received at Charleston for Columbia. At this depot, freight for Charleston will be received on Thursday. All inquiries should be made to Mr. Bollin, at the depot. Tbs passen? ger train will leave at 6 a. m., and arrive at 4.2* p. m. liocal Itenis. Advertisements, to insure insertion, should bo handed in by 4 o'clock p. m. CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad? vertising and job work are cush. We hops all parties will bear this in mind. "THE CODE."-Tho Acts passed by th? Legislature relative to the freedmen, for salo at this office. Price 20 cents; by mail 25 cents. AGENTS roa THE PHOENIX.-Thomas P. Slider, Esq., of Charleston, and H. L. Darr, Esq., of Sumter, are the authorized agents of the Phtenix, in those sections of the Slate. _._ THE BunNiNO or COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account of the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia. 3. C.," has ust been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phonix steam power press. Orders can be Ulled to any extent. Wc learn that the Hons. Thoa. N. Daw? kins and Henry D. Lesesne have been ap? pointed by His Excellency tho Governor as Commissioners for the "Institution of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind," situated at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg District. "Ve have been requested by Mad. So snowski, to correct the misapprehension with reference to ber day school. She is prepared to receive day scholars, and will give special attention to their advance? ment. We are indebted to Messrs. Townsend A North, for a copy of Godey's Lady's Book, for February. It is filled, as usual, with interesting matter-and not only the ladies, but even the sterner sex w?l-?cul some? thing entertaining in its perusal. Messrs. Townsend A North are agents for this magazine in Columbia. NEW STEAMSHIP LINES.-Tho enterpris? ing firm of Willis A Chiaolm, North At? lantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C., commence the opening of two additional Unes of steamers-one to run between Charleston and Baltimore, and the othor between Charleston and Now Orleans. The steam? ship Ellie Knight, with sumptuous passen? gor accommodations, will leave Atlantic Wharf for Baltimore, on Saturday, the 20th inst., and the firs; <"lass side-wheel steam? ship Raleigh, sails from Adger'a Wharf for New Orlean-., direct, on Monday, 22d in? stant. See advertisements. NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to tho following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Willis A Chisoha-Steamships to Sail. Jacob Bell-Citation. E. M. Zealy-A Card. Apply at Dr. Geiger's-Wood. Hannahan A Warley-Cotton Seed. " " " -Batesvillo Goods. Strauss, Vanees A Co.-Copartnership. E. J. Wiss A Co.-Copartnership. F. Lance A Son-Auction. A. K. Phillips-Auction. M. McKcnua-Corn, Ac. John C. Seegers-Provisions, Ac. THE TEETU OFTEN DIE-Long before tht system loses its youthful vigor. This should not be so. To prevent this speciei of necrosis, use Fragrant Sozodont. I keeps the dowtal bone alive, the ename spotless, the gums rosy and elastic, tb breath pure and the mouth clea;.. j GEN. ROBERT TOOMBS.-We lean from the Columbus Sun that a gen tleman iu that city has received ? letter from General Toombs, date< Havana, 22d ultimo. The Genera was enjoying fine health. He ha< been joined by his wife a few day .previous^ They have abundant ?ne. nj having exported and sold consider! Whs cotton belonging to the Gone-nil TShe State Agricultural Society ni j in Ftrankfort, Ky., on the 12th, t'aJ was liddressed by the President, j commanding measures^ mdnge erj gration Itt a means lHHKf^SBsj requisite ^abor to AM sou reos of Qbe Stut|fl