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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, Fobrnary 16,1866. " What Ia Our Statua? Wu were forcibly struck with a speech, made the other day in Con? gress; on the present and prospective condition of the country. He must be a man of enlarged ideas, and takes a true conservative position. He says that "the idea of a certain class of politicians confiscating the lauds of the South and parceling them ont among negroes and adventurers-, has for its object the extermination of the present generation of Southern whites, and shows the barbarous animus of that most impractical party." He is right. These men would adopt that same polioy of irritation which was attempted by Elizabeth and James in Ireland; which has been fruitful only of heart burning and discontent to the present hour. It surely is not the true policy of the Government to keep it pressed on the minds of the South that they are subject to a galling yoke. The peo? ple of the South, when they have once given in their adhesion to the Government, are as much entitled to the protection of that Government, and all their rights and privileges under it, as any portion of the peo? ple in any other section. Mr. Daw? son justly observes, in th* course of his speech, that there is a broad dis? tinction between power and right, and while the Government possesses the power* it should exercise it in subor? dination to those great principles oi Democracy and Republicanism which , constitute the basis of our present system of government. Mr. Dawson saws, it is a plain revo? lution of these principles to force upon the South any modification oi her social condition, any politica status not sanctioned by her people through their law-making assemblies Their assemblies have all-with thc exception of Texas, now in session come up to the requirements of theil position as defined by the Onie Executive of the country, and tb South has a right to demand he legitimate share in the governmen of the country. We give the following brief parn graph from this patriotic speech : "A strict regard for justice; abat? ment of extreme pretensions; astead effort to show the South that the wa was not waged out of hatred to ht people, but only for the preservado of the national territory un frac turee a careful regard for her interests i common with those of the otht States, these, I believe, are the onl means which will ever succeed i obliterating the silent but corrodirj memories of errors, wrongs, an sufferings, of effacing the deep sea: of civil bloodshed, and warming tl estranged hearts of our countrymc towards a common government on< more. The expressed desire of tl South, if conquered, to belong to strong government, and her readine to resent the imagined injury inflict* upon her by the neutrality of tl European powers, should be wise taken advantage of to revive ai rivet the Union feeling." This is good counsel, and we tru will ultimately prevail in the counci of the nation. It is time the tr status of these Southern States shou be legally defined and determine The President has already satisffl torily defined it, and we trust that tl legislative branch of theGovernmei under the influence of such counc as tho above, and the enforcement . the President's policy by all t means at his command, will yet brought to see the true interests the country, and that fanatics ai radicals may yet be ousted out power. \>w Publications. De Bow's Review.-The Februa ' number of this periodical has be received, and is one of the best y put forth. In its table of conten? we notice an article on "The State the Country," from the pen of t! Hon. W. W. Boyce, which is a w< considered paper, and which we. ni; notice more fully hereafter. The Former.-This is a periodic published in Richmond, by Elliot Shields; devoted to agriculture, he ticultur?, the mechanic arts, ai household economy, lt is well gotb up, judiciously conducted, and is valuable acquisition to the agricult ral literature of the South. Terms S3 per annum. The Richmond Medical Journal. The February issue of this periodic has been received. It is well stor with valuable matter to the profc sion and the community generally. A less peaceful view of the Mexican j situation appears to. be obtaining ground at our national capital. Our Washington advices l-epresent that in Congressional circles there Napo? leon's expressions in reference to eva? cuation are regarded as evasive and disingenuous, and it is thought that he does not really intend to withdraw ! his troops unless our Government will recognize Maximilian or enter into some other compromise in the matter. Many military men enter? tain the opinion that our force on the Rio Grande will be increased at once, and that our affairs there will be im? mediately placed on a war footing. Telegraph says the sentence of the Military Commission, who tried Mr. G. B. Lamar for cotton frauds, bribery, etc., in Savannah, a few weeks ago, has not yet been made public, though we learn privately that the judgment of the Commission was three years imprisonment and $25,bOO fine! The President has or? dered Mr. Lamar to be released on bail until he can get time to examine fully into the evidence on which this severe sentence is pronounced. The Spanish Minister in Washing? ton denies the truth of the congres? sional and newspaper statements that freedmen are captured and then sold as slaves in Cuba. In the only in? stances brought to the knowledge of his Government that such persons have been brought or introduced there by Americans, they have been promptly delivered up and sent back to their homes. Gen. R. E. Lee has arranged with C. B. RichardsonJ of New York, for the publication of his history of the war. It is now in preparation, but will not be completed in several months. In the articles of agree? ment, it is stipulated ' 'that no altera? tions shall be made by the publisher after the manuscript comes into his hands." Lee is positive on this point. DEATH.-The Newberry Herald an? nounces the death of Mrs. Abigail Caldwell, relict of Judge Caldwell. Mrs. C. was in* her 70th year. She was the oldest surviving sister of the late Chief Justice O'NealL i ? * . ? i One account of the Seventh Regi? ment ball in New York says the Gar? den of Eden style of nudity about the bust and shoulders was univer? sally prevalent, and not always with very young ladies, or ladies "fair as alabaster." FIKE IN SUMTER.-A letter from Sumter, S. C., under date of the 11th j inst., says : j Between 9 and 10 o'clock last j night, a etore-room on the premises of Mr. A. Anderson, on Main street, near the Episcopal Church, was dis? covered to be on fire, and was in a short time consumed with its con? tents, including thirteen bales of cotton, and a quantity of provisions and family supplies. Two other out? buildings were torn down to save them from the flames. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, and we understand there was no insurance. THE NATIONAL INTKLXJGEXCER. - j The Washington correspondent of the New York Independent, Henry ! Ward Beecher's paper, says: ? Who edits The Intelligencer? This j important question has received a ' solution, if we may rely upon a story j the wags are telling. A few days I since, Colonel Forney, with a party j of loyal Pennsylvanians, called on the President, but could hot see him, j being informed he was "engaged." ? The Colonel returned to the Senate, j whose Secretary he is, and there : found a bill which had passed both ; Houses, and only awaited the Presi? dent's signature to become a law. This he took to the White House at once, and learned that the President was still engaged with the visitor whose presence had prevented Col. F.'s entrance before. White House etiquette, however, always admits the bearer of a bill, and so the Colonel walked in. and saw, in deep consul? tation over a lot of newspaper clip plings and "proofs," inspecting the former and correcting the latter, Mr. Coyle, of The Intelligencer, and the President. The Colonel retired, and since then his paper, which had hitherto, with just impartiality, for three days in the week, represented the views of the President, and for the alternate days represented those of the Con? gress, has since devoted itself exclu? sively to the Congress. The Legislature of Kentucky has rejected the constitutional amend? ment, and has passed a resolution re? questing the removal of the troops, asking the restoration of the habeas corpus, and condemning the Freed? men's Bureau. * Labor. As tb is is the most important ques? tion before the Southern people, we ! glean from our exchanges all the in ! formation we can upon the subject: , The Abbeville ?S. C.) Press, of the 10th instant speaks as follows of the labor and crop prospects in that Dis? trict: "With regard to +he coming crop, and the reliability uf the force necessary to produce it-negro labor opinions differ with the temperament of individuals. As a general rule, the young are hopeful, nay confident; the old are despondent- -perhaps too much so. But whether reliable or not, negro labor is certainly in great demand. Parties from Arkansas and Tennessee have been in our village during the past two weeks, offering the greatest inducements in the way oi high wages io freedmen to emi? grate to those States-in some cases paying as much as fifteen dollars per month, with food and clothing. As a consequence, great numbers have been induced to go. There has hence been a reduction in the home supply, and other causes have contributed to the same result, at the same time that the demand has increased. Female labor has, in a great measure, been withdrawn from agricultural operations, whilst a large number o? the males are now employed by small farmers, who relied upon their own labor to make a crop. As a general rule, the blacks have, with commend? able spirit, made contracts and gone to work. Whether they will adhere to them, remains to be seen. One ground of apprehension as to theil reliability seems to have arisen fron the efforts, which have been made ir certain quarters, to induce them tc leave the service of their employer under the stimulus of higher wages Such efforts should be severeb ! punished. There seems to be a genera I disposition among our citizens t< j give negro labor a fair trial. "Witl us the experiment is made nnde ? auspicious circumstances, and, if un j successful, the question is settled i and the fate of the negro sealed for ever. He eau only rise in the seal j of being with the aid of the whit j man, and is incapable of establishiu? I an independent civilization." j The Memphis Appeal states tha j yesterday we met several friends wh j are planters in Mississippi, who hav been here several weeks trying t secure negroes to work their plante j tions, but had, as they informed in I given up the idea in despair, as in th first place, they had to employ negr j agents at exorbitant prices, to drui j up the negroes, and after they ha j been found they demanded on th j spot a :'bounty," and in nearly ever j case those who received this bounl j "jumped"-or, to use English, wei off with the bonus, and failed to aj ; pear.at the time ?*-jointed; andi ' j this manner the fe^ were seeffre ; cost the planters so that the I labor would fail to 'unerativ i and in this dilemn i resolve ; to try white lab'. _ fe Sam! to sun himself on .-ners at h . leisure, and telegrapnea to New Yoi j for emigrants, a largo number whom are expected to arrive durn ? the week. To them, the nioot< ! question of "will the negro worl j has been solved, the statements ; th? "so-called" friends of the neg j to the contrary; and we think a stn j through South Memphis any di ; would satisfy the most skeptical mil j that Sambo has no fancy for tl ! cotton or cane field, but prefers I bask in the sunshine and trust to lui ! for his sustenance. A BROAD CONTRAST. -In one sen ten of President Johnson's speech to t Virginia delegation, he has einbodi i a whole volume of reproach to t radical Jacobin faction. The senten is this : I "The spirit of the Government e : only be preserved, we can only I j come prosperous and great as ; people, by mutual forbearance a j confidence." Sentiments the very contrary these are howled out every day by t Jacobins from their places in Cc gress. "We can only become pn perous and great," they cry, "by rr. tual hatred, persecution and vind tiveness." The contrast betweengt j opinion of the President and that i the radical leaders is as broad as lig j and darkness. One breathes the s j rit of the Gospel and of humanity ;t I other breathes the spirit of Satan. [New York Herald. THE CATTLE DISEASE IN ENGI>A j AND FRANCE.-The vigorousexecuti ; of energetic measures adopted by t j French Government to prevent < I spread of the cattle disease has i j been without result. From a recen j issued report on the subject, it appei that during December last, while J Great Britain 73,000 animals wi ; attacked, and in Holalnd 15,000 wi j seized, only forty-three beasts in 1 ! whole Frence Empire were victims j its ravages, although the disease ms its appearance in two separate loci ties, having been imported from Ei land. THE STATE WORKS AT GREENVTLI -The property at the State Works i Greenville has been seized by t United States authorities, and, unl< the Secretary of the Treasury sh j reconsider his recent decision, it wi : we presume, be sold by them befo very long. This will be a serious 1< to Uie State, and will serve to increai of course, the burdens of taxati upon all our people. [Greenville Mountaineer. Washington Items. A petition has been received here, for presentation to the President, asking for the pardon of John C. Ereckinridge. It is signed by up? wards of seventy members of the Kentucky Legislature. In order to keep pace with the de? mand for the currency, it is expected that this week nearly $100,000 daily will be printed. Last week, the issue amounted to 8405,000. Of this amount, $33,000 were transmitted to assistant treasurers and designated depositaries, and the remainder to national banks and individuals. The redemption division last week can? celled fractional currencv amounting ft> $62,800. A general court martial has been appointed to convene in this city on j Tuesday, February 13, for the trial I of such persons ns may be brought before it. The Freedmen's Bureau bill, which lately passed both Houses of Con? gress, has just been engrossed and sent to the President for his signa? ture. -National Intelligencer. It is announced in well-informed circles that thc President is inflexible in his opposition to the provision in the Freedmen's Bureau bill which has passed Congress, because of its appli? cation to Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky, and that he will return the same to Congress unsigned, asking its j passage with that objectionable fea? ture stricken out. [Corres. Ballimore Sun. ' Mr. Williams was very severe on the j President, and accused him of capitu lating, in fact, to the chief of the j j rebellion. We had not secured the j peace we wanted to secure, but defeat, j Ho said that Congress was not here I to register the decrees of the Execu ? tive, and it was the duty of Congress i to resist to the utmost every encroach i ment on their power. ! In the House, on Saturday, Mr. j Rogers, of New Jersey, gave notice I of his intention to introduce a bill to repeal all Acts of Congress exempt ; ing Government securities from Fede j ral and State taxation, and to provide i for taxing them by the Federal Go ! vernment, and authorizing the States ! to tax them the same as they tax ! other property. I It is confidently asserted by gentle j men from this "State who have lately i held jirivate and protracted conver ! sations with the President, that at ! least three members of the present ' Cabinet will be relieved of their port j folios during the current month. The j President, it is said, after having de ? voted that careful and serious eon ! sideration ter* the subject which its j magnitude and importance reqt?red, j has adopted a course of policy by which, in his opinion, the future in? tegrity and prosperty of the Union may be secured, and has determined that no marplots among his own po? litical household, shall by factious and radical opposition, interfere with its successful issue.-Alevandria Ga Zx,Ue, copied in National Intelligence}; official organ. The Comptroller, during the week I ending on Saturday, issued $1,756, j 330 of national bank currency. The total amount issued to date is $253, 116,380. The disbursements of the Treasury during last week amounted to $4,407,982.37. The internal revenue receipts for ? the week were $4,771,115.60. j A special Washington despatch to ; the New York Evening Post says: ; The Ways and Means Committee , has entirely failed to conclude an ! agreement with the Canadians in re 1 lation to the Reciprocity Treaty. The propositions submitted by the dele? gation from Canada have been re? jected, and counter propositions from the Committee were rejected by the Canadians. WON'T INTERFERE.-A correspon j dent, writing from Washington, en I dorses the following: j I have several times of late denied i the probability of the story current ! in some circles in Virginia, that the I President intended to appoint a Pro ! visional Government for the State, I and I am now prepared to give tho : denial by the President himself. A distinguished member of Con i grcss brought this story to thc atten : tion of the President last evening, by I saying that it was reported that ho j (the President) had declared his re ; construction policy a failure, and that j he had determined to remove Gover? nor Peirpont and appoint a Provision ; al Governor. lu reply, Mr. Johnson : said there was not a word of truth in the report, that he had never inti? mated or entertained any such pur? pose, and that he should on no consideration interfere in the internai affairs of Virginia or any other of the States, further than to enforce obedi? ence to the laws of {he United State*, should any State attempt to disregard them. Tho President's manner in giving this denial was .sufficiently em? phatic to show that I have been en? tirely correct in giving his views upon this matter. -- MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINAIRE. -Par sou Bates, well-known as a conductor on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, on Friday last stopped the train going South on that road at Nesbitt's Station, and thero married Mr. Marshall Jones, of Panola, to Miss Ellen Nesbitt. Of course those on the train were participators in the merriment that followed, and our informant tellf us that the wedding cake, with wine, ?fcc., waa freely divid j ed to all, and joy ruled the hours I t hat passed until Grenada was reached. ; [Memphis Commercial, 2lst. Collectors through the Southern States have been receiving for pay? ment of dues 7-30 Treasury notes 1 from which the coupons hare been detached. These notes t>xe in these States received as currency. In an j swer to a letter from the Collector of the First District in Texas, addressed j to the Secretary of the Treasury on this subject, Mr. McCulloch says: "Congress alone having the power to regulate the lawful money of I the United States, and having de? cided what shall constitute it, and that nothing but lawful money shall I be received in payment of dues, the Secretary of the Treasury has no ! power to receive 7-30 Treasury notes I in payment of dues, because they are not'lawful money." [ News from Galveston states that a resolution bad been introduced and discussed in the Texas Convention, declaring the secession of the Stato null and void, and denying that any State has the right to secede. A mo? tion to lay the resolution on the table was lost by a vote ?<f forty-five to thirty-eight. Last week a party of thieves and pickpokets went aboard a Brooklyn ! ferry-boat in New York, at night." I When the boat got out in the river far enough, they put out the lights and went through the passengers, robbing them of their pocket-books, etc. On landing, they escaped. j There is a Northern man in Athens who is collecting all the negroes to? gether for the purpose, he says, of carrying them to Tennessee to work on plantations. About 100 left last week, ostensibly for Tennessee, but who knows where they wiii bring up? Perhaps in Cuba. There are 30,000 bales of cotton j still in the hands of planters in the j interior of Alabama, waiting to come I to market. The owners of it, antici j pating a short crop this year, aro ; holding for a rise in the market. So I says the Montgomery Mail. ! The Mexican Times, of the 13th i ult., announces the arrival, iu thc city of Mexico, of Gen. J. A. Early, C. C. Clute and family, Georgia; Dr. L. C. Haskell, Charleston, S. C. ; Se ! nor Schnierle and wife, Charleston: j Col. H. T. Douglas, Virginia. Though the escape of Prim, th? Spanish insurgent leader, into Portu? gal, is now beyond a doubt, the Go? vernment is still uneasy, and mar? tial law continues to be vigorousiv enforced. The proposition to Congress to le gislate for Northern creditors to se cure Southern debts, was, on Widnes day last, by report of a committe? appointed to consider the matter, declared to be unnecessary. The London Times is much sur prised at the vitality exhibited bj ! Fenianism in Ireland, aud says it ii j a fact not to be disguised that it ii ?spreading, notwithstanding the ef forts of the Government to crush i' out. Gen. Butler says that if Gen. Le? j is not punished, then he has "shec j his blood in vain." Yet it should ht some consolation to him to know tha the rebels cannot get back thei: spoons. A spiritualist in Philadelphia ha : imparted the information, receive< I by spiritualistic telegraph on the 4th I that "France is without an Emperor i You will get the news in ten days." $800 worth of "water fall" was de stroyed by fire in Leonard street New York, on Sunday evening, th' ! hair roll and waterfall establishmen j of Philip Walters being burnt up. ; lu pursuance of orders, Genera j Hooker, commanding Department o j the East, has just caused the Militar; Districts in seven States to be discon ! tinued. j Gen. John B. Gordon, late Cou ; federate States Army, has erected riv steam saw mills at Brunswick, Ga. I and will soon have sixty ship-loads o j lumber for shipment. It is reported that a new Constitu j tional amendment is to be offered i restricting the tenure of the Presi I dential office to one term and abolish j ing the Electoral College. A number of tho iron mills, o Wheeling, West Virginia, have SU? j pended on account of the. workme ; striking against a reduction,of wage.' ; Dr. William M. Gwin is still coi: ! fined in Fort Jackson, below New Ol leans. He is seventy years old, an : expresses a strong desire for liberty ! Huntsville, .Ala., boasts the larges ; spring in the world, discharging I stream of water sufficient to float I thirty-foot batteau. , There is a whole sermon in th j saying of the old Persian, "in all th j quarrels leave open the door of cor I ciliation." ! Railroad connection between SJ 1 vannah and Augusta has been r< ; established. j The Maryland Legislature has cha: tered a railroad from Washington t i Point Lookout. j Governor Morton, of Indiana, is t j undergo! the "moxa" treatment i j Paris-Iiis back burnt with fire. Captf Semmes has been allowe j the prwilege to exercise in the yar of thef Marine Barracks. Th?nas A. Marshall has been aj ! pointed Chief Justice of the Court ( Appeals of Kentucky. Srorace Greeley has been electe Pnsident of the American Institut* ? Advertisements, tv. insure insertion, should be handed in by \ o'clock p. m. CASU.-Our terms for subscription, ad? vertising and job work are cash. We h..,,. all parties will bear this in mind. "THE CODE."-The Act? parsed by the Legislature relative to the freedmen, for sale at this office. Price 20 centu; by mail 25 cents. Mrs. Phoenix retaros her sincere thank! to Mr. Fanning for another bowl of deli cious cairs head Houp. To say ?hat it war good, would be to repeat a "twice tobi tale." T?r BURNING OF COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account ot the "Sack and Destru? tion of lue City oi Columbia, S. C." han just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phoenix, steam power pres?. Orders can bo tilled to any extent. The attention of parties interested is called to thc fact, that under an Act of the last session of the Legislature, plaintiffs will bc able, at tho sitting of the court on the first Monday of March next, to renew their judgments and executions which have been lost or destroyed. In oiderto accomplish this, notice should be lodged for service by the 20th inst. CAUTION.-"We have repeatedly referred to the dangerous condition of some of the wells on the open squares around the city. On Tuesday night. Dr. A. Wallace, while on his way home, fell into an uncovered well in thc burnt district, and was very severely injured. Luckily, a colored man, in search of a missing horse, heard his cries for assistance, and went to his relief. Tho Pkonix is a lucky bird--to a certain extent. It paid a flying visit to Messrs. Pohl, Randall Sc CO., yesterday, and was made the happy recipient of several useful and tasty articles-a neat and elegant I castor, several pretty cups, spoons, etc. j Whether the bird drew them or not, is of ! no consequence-it received them. This j advice is given to thc "great public," go I and try and do likewise. If the North will not let the South go to her, she has come to the South; but her sisterly embrace was of the coldest kimi. Yesterday and the night before brought us the coldest spell of weather we have had this season. The wind was a regui?'' "nor'-wester," intensely cold and penetrat? ing. Better now, however) tnan a month or two later. AMERICAN HAY AND COTTON PRESS.-Mr. A. R. Colton having made arrangements with Mr. A. S. Trumbo, of the firm ot Webb, Ayer Sc Trumbo, factors, of Charles j ton, to take charge of the press lately erected in this city, Mr. Trumbo is now psepa'-ed to receive orders for compressing cotton at $1.25 per bale, and will endeavor to give satisfaction to parties who may favor him with their orders. Prompt attention will be given to all business en? trusted to him. WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER.-We have oom menced the publication of a family paper, entitled "The Weekly Gleaner-A Home Companion." It is double the size of tho Phonix, and contains the cream of the news, miscellaneous matter, editorials, stories, etc., in the daily and tri-weekly publications. Subscription price $4 per annum. Specimen copies sent on appli? cation. There will be an interval of two weeks before the publication of our second number, in order to allow those wishing to subscribe ample time to procure the first number and establish themselves on our mail books. NEW .ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Townsend & North-Books. Calnan Sc Kreuder-M. B. 75. A. W. Kennedy and others-Notice. Gen. Ely-Circular Letter. ! Levin & Peixotto-Gas Stock. Gen'l Intelligence Office-Cooks, ?fcc. Scott Si Heriot- Auction Sale. The sweet South wind, breathing o'er j beds of violets, is not moro fragrant than Sozodont. And the aroma which it exhales ! communicates itself to the breaths of all ! who usc this marvelous dentifrice. White teeth, ruddy gums, a sweet mouth and the ! certaintv of enjoying these desirables in perpetuity, are among tho blessings de? rived from the use of Sozodont. t At a recent reception in Washing? ton, Mrs. Harlan was attired, in a rich claret colored satiu, delicately trimmed with rich velvet of the same color. Miss Harlan wore a white French muslin dress. Not many years ago, Mr. Harlan, before he deserted the church for politics, was a poor Methodist preacher in the interior of Iowa, belaboring his congregation for being too much giveu to the vanities of this world, and wearing bright ribbons on their bonnets. How cir? cumstances alter cases ' Nor IN TH ii BILLS.-During the performance of "Hamlet," at the Winter Garden, one night last week, a huge black cat made its appearance in one of the most impressive scenes. Eyeing for a few moments the meian - choly Dane, who suddenly looked fe? rocious, it jumped into the midst of the orchestra, much to the relief of the actor and the audieuce. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. -The r ports which come up from the vari portions of the District are in main favorable to the inter?s planters. Much of the labor country has been absorbed, a can be made to stick, we ho favorable results. - Abbevi