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as- . BB? ian i ii -WM-?? ?swwsjusuijiuft inijrut' COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Feb. 28,1866. ?==--- - ~ The Situation. "We have already expressed our opinTSn'on" the- message of Pr?sident Johnson,15vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau bill. This veto renders it certain that Andrew Johnson is supe? rior to party ties, and will hot submit to party dictation. There - was never introduced into Congress (says a co temporary) a bill bearing a more un? equivocal party stamp. It was ori? ginally supported by Republicans of all stripes and lines; by Doolittle, as well as Summer; by Raymond, as well as Stevens. It was also avowedly the first of a series of measures con? ceived inthe same spirit, and intend? ed to "?complete a policy v for the go? vernment of the Southern States. The veto is a blow at the whole sys? tem. The President could in no other way have so fully abjured party allegiance, and declared his impartial devotion to the interests of the whole country..( ... This a?tibn of the President will give to the South an assurance, which it has not yet felt, that its rights will be effectually protected until it has representatives in Congress to speak and act in its interest. The veto will arrest' the growing, coldness and alienation consequent on the over? bearing action of the dominant ma? jority, and will encourage the South to proceed in re-organizing its in? dustry on the basis of freedom, by the assurance that, if it acts reason? ably, it will not be subject to imper? tinent intermeddling. Thr: veto will put an effectual stop to the deceptive pretenses made by ?he Republicans, for electioneering purposes, that they are supporters of the President. It will divide th? sheep from the goats, and cause t complete revolution in the partj politics of the country. Those wh< are for the President will vote in sad a way as to make their support fre* from all ambiguity; and the Presiden himself will not be likely to tolerat* opposition to his policy by those oi whom he bestows his patronage. President Johnson. The failure of the Northern mail yesterday, and, indeed, of the South ern and South-western mails, necei sarily contracts our amount of new and reading matter. We publishe yesterday a despatch, briefly infora ing us as to President Johnson response to the complimentary d< monstrations made on that day. Andrew Johnson has come up 1 the work manfully, and when 1 stands np in the portico of tl "White House," and utters the sei timen ts reported by telegraph, v honor him, and will do everything i o?r power to sustain him. Our late Northern exchanges aa filled with accounts of demonstratioi in honor of President Johnson's vel message? Immense gatherings hai taken place in many of the large citit and speeches by a number of pn minent men are reported. A prof u? display of flags and the firing i salutes are among the incidents < the occasion. We have reason 1 believe that th% majority of tl Northern people side with Presidei Johnson in the course he has seen i to take as regards national affair On these important questions, hoi ever, it is evident the Northern se * timent is not united. In oppositic to the President and his polic meetings have been held in a fe places for the purpose of encouragii the Senators who voted for the Free men's Bureau bill, notwithstan ing the objections of the Presidei also conveying an expression of syi pathy to the members of the Hou of Representatives who favor t' passage of thc measure. FINANCIAL RECEIPTS FROM TI SOUTHERN STATES.-Official repoi from the Treasury exhibit the to amount of moneys received from sources in the States of Tennes? Virginia, North Carolina, Georg Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tex? Mississippi and Arkansas, from Ap 1,1865, to February 1,186?, at neai $28,000,000. The amount is divid as follows: Custom House fees, pr cipally at New Orleans, $2,878,01 captury-d and* abandoned proper $13,151,000; direct f-ix,'$658,000; ct fiscation, 8128,000; tax on cottc $133,000; general.bank duty, $33,01 commercial enterprise, $22,400;int nal revenue, $11,000,000. , Correspondence of the Phoenix. WASHINGTON, February 22*, 1866. t is difficult to describe the Seiisa-, tion which the President's veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill produced. The Republicans are frantic with i rage, while, on th? other hand, the conservatives are jubilant. Th? 1 breacn between the President and the Republican party is final and com? plete. It cannot be patched up. The gulf is too deep to be bridged over by any . kind of party arrange? ment. . The radicals pronounce the President a traitor, and they talk very freely of impeaching him. But | from the vote in ' the Senate on j the veto, it is apparent that this j cannot command the necessary two thirds to oust him of his office. The appeal is now to the people of the North. They will have to decide this great controversy between the Execu? tive and the radicals. This is one of the most momentous questions that has ever occurred in history. Its in? fluence on the fate of the South will bc immense. If tho radicals carry the day, military despotism ls made a permanent institution at the South, and the whole power of the Govern ment will be exerted to put the color? ed race South above the white race. If the President succeeds, then no greater changes are.made South than are unavoidable-slavery being abo? lished. In this contest, it is in the power of the South to strengthen the President immensely-perhaps to de? cide the contest in his favor by a wise line of conduct. In order to know what the South ought to do, it is only necessary to ask what the radi? cals want them to do, in order to beat the President down. They want the South to treat tho free negroes hor? ribly, to show the most hostile spirit to the United States Government, and to ill-treat Northern men visiting the South, and generally to show that they are disposed to be very ugly. If the South will thus play into the hands of the radicals, then the Presi? dent will be beaten to death. An immense meeting is going on j here now to" sustain the President. ] The employees of the Government : generally take sides with the Presi? dent. They ,no doubt know which side of their bread is buttered. It is thought the Cabinet will cer- j tainly go to pieces. Stanton, Speed j and Harlan aro very radical-they ? must go out. Mr. Seward goes with 1 the President. This is a good sign, tot Mr. Seward has a good scent for the winning side. He knows, like Falstaff, "the prince by instinct." The Supreme Court has ordered some of the Southern cases remain? ing on the docket to be taken up. OBSERVER. I g ? ? ? ?_ r NEW YORK BALLS.-This winter has been the witness to some of the most magnificent and extravagant public festivities ever seen, we sup? pose, in the world. We have never read of such in ancient or modern times. Everything that genius and art could devise to promote scenic display and brilliancy was employed with the most lavish expenditure. We read the accounts of them not with ; out apprehension. Such excesses have too often marked the eras of great calamities for mankind. One of these balls was a masked af? fair. The maskers danced till 12 o'clock, and then dropped their dis? guises-when Io and behold! the most embarrassing situations were deve? loped. One paper says a brother found himself making love to his sis? ter-a husband to a wife-and others of still moro delicate relations iuvolv- j ed in similar awkwardness. This is, to our ideas, bordering on the horri? ble; and yet th? maskers are said to have been respectable people. Much better would it have been to have kept the masks on till the revels were ended. NEWSPAPER SUBSTITUTES. -The New York Nation says that in Italy, where the Government exercises a certain control over the press, it is the cus? tom for each journal to maintain a j stout laboring man, who, for a stipn lated salary, consents to be cast into I prison in atonement for such offences ! as the journal may commit. Conse- ! quently, this honest fellow spends, hali his days in arrest; the journalists pay the fines and write what they please. The Nation thinks that this would be the true principle on which to render the journalists personally responsible in this country. THE VOTE ON THE VETO MESSAOE. Tho Senators of the United States who voted originally to pass the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, and after its veto voted to bill it, were Messrs. Dixon, of Connecticut; Doolittle, of Wisconsin; Morgan, of New York; Norton, of Minnesota; Stewart, of Nevada, and Van Winkle, of West Virginia. ...jr*--.-: 3?J m .... ja oECaMTv-.\i France and the United State?. The hope expressed by the Empe? ror of the French in his address to the Corps L?gislatif, that the an? nouncement of his intention to with? draw the French troops from Mexico would pacify the public mind in Ame? rica, does not seem to have been entirely realized. Mr. Bigelow's de I spatch enclosing the Emperor'speech I has been replied to by Mr. Seward, and when that reply is published, we shall be able to discover whether the Government of the United States shares the dissatisfaction manifested by a portion of the press. The Wash? ington correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that Mr. Seward's reply, which has been printed, and was to be forwarded by the steamer of the 22d, is devoted to a review and commentary upon thc imperial address, and scores with especial se? verity the assertion of the Emperor that this Government had been in? vited to join France in her Mexican intervention before the introduction of French forces into the army of Maximilian. The reminiscences of the Premier relative to the part which France has taken in Mexican affairs are said by the Herald's correspon? dent to be so very caustic that they cunnoJ fail to suggest to Napoleon the idea that we do not receive the imperial excuses for that sinister move with any degree of equanimity, j It is a little singular that the New j York Times, which, from its semi I official relations to the Department of I State, might be expected to have better information of Mr. Seward's i foreign correspondence, publishes no intelligence from "Washington refer? ring to the subject. Whatever opinion may be formed of the credibility of the Herald's statement, the announcement by the Emperor of his intention to withdraw the French troops when that step can be taken without injury to the inte? rests of France, cannot be relied upon as indicating any immediate ac? tion. It is, perhaps, not forgotten by the American Secretary that there oc? curred in the Emperor's speech, a year ago, this paragraph : ' 'Thus all our expeditious are drawing to an end. Our troops have evacuated China. * * * * The army of Mexi? co already returns to France." If that was the fact then, it may be so j now. If the French troops were leaving Mexico a year ago, they are a j long time in leaving, and may be j leaving, for aught we know, a year hence. Perhaps Mr. Seward is of the opinion that they would better not stand upon the order of their going, but go at once. It is also worthy of note that the diplomatic despatches of Drouyn de l'Huys, received from Europe since the speech of thc French Emperor, though written before that speech, help in some measure to interpret the ; speech, and throw light upon certain | i obscure features of it. The most | important of these despatches is that | of Jp.uuary 9, two weeks prior to the delivery of the Emperor's address. In this document, there is a labored I defence of the policy France has pur ! sued towards Mexico during the last four years. It assumes that France has only carried out the rights of war, and that the Government of Maxi? milian in Mexico was based upon the national will, and founded with the assent of the Mexican people. There is no need of comment upon such an audacious statement. The public is | more interested in chut portion of the despatch which throws light on the present purposes and future action of j the French Government. Whilst the ' Imperial announcement of the evacu j ation of Mexico is foreshadowed in I the despatch, it also states that "it j depends greatly upon the Federal I Government to facilitate" the evacua I ti on, and subsequently reiterates: ! "We return, after that period, j (after the evacuation,) to the princi I pies of non-interveution, and from ! the moment wc accept it as our rule I of conduct, our interest and honor require us to demand its equal appli? cation by all. Relying upon the equi I table spirit of the Washington Cabi? net, we expect from it the assurance j that the American people will con? form to the law they invoke by main? taining a strict neutrality wilT regard to Mexico. When you shall have in? formed me of the resolution of the American Government in this mat? ter. I shall be in a position to ac? quaint you with the result of our negotiation with the Emperor Maximi? lian for the return of onr troops." This can only mean that the Em? peror, before withdrawing his troops from Mexico, desires our Govern? ment to agree not to interfere with the existence of the Government of Maxi? milian-a point which was not touch? ed upon by the Emperor in his ad? dress-perhaps from motives of poli cy, perhaps because he had come to ! the conclusion not to maire recogni- ; tion the condition precedent to eva- j cuation. The address of the French S?nate, in reply to the Emperor's speech, is confirmatory of the interpretation given to that document by the pre? vious despatches of Drouyn de l'Huys. Whilst manifesting satisfaction that the mission of the French troops to Mexico approaches completion, it reiterates the expectation of neu trality expressed in the French Minis ter'a despatch of the 9th January, and tells us that "France is accus? tomed to move only at her own time," with other grandiloquent phrases, Y'hich, in America, would be called "Buncombe!" Notwithstanding the Seneral tenor of the foreign news oes not warrant the sanguine expec- ! sn* um MU M --- . mt?? i ? ** W??K tations of ?n early ?vacuation of Mexico, which were founded upon the Emperor's speech, wo have no apprehensions that the Mexican ques? tion will lead to a collision between France and the United States. The interests bf both in the preservation of peace are too great to be sacrificed for any interest that either has in I Mexico, and the conduct of affairs on | both sides is in the hands of states? men of great calmness, sagacity and experience.-RicJimond Dispatch. Eierntive Patronage to Force Trai? tors Into Congress. It is no longer questionable that President Johnson distinctly an? nounces that no one who refuses to support him in his demand for ad? mission to Congress of claimants for seats from the rebel States, nearly all of whom are disqualified from taking, or refuse to take, the oaths imposed upon other Senators and Representa? tives, shall receive or continue to enjoy any of the patronage which he holds in trust for the patriotic and betrayed millions. ' Now that the organs of George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, the sympa? thizers with Jefferson Davis and John C. Breckinridge, and those who went so far as to attempt to shift the re? sponsibility of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln upon the shoulders of Andrew Johnson, have become the mouth-pieces of tho President of the United States, one of their daily de? clarations is that the radicals must be removed from office, and that no man eau hold place under the present Administration who does not register its new decrees and approve the policy laid down in the recent veto message. The President himself takes the same ground, explicitly premising his de? clarations to those who came to him asking these places with the warning and the threat that he intends to con? fine his favorn to men who freely give themselves up to his policy. But when Andrew Johnson persists in making a test of the doctrine that traitors axe to be admitted into the Congress of the United States, he will have to depend upon traitors and the sympathizers with treason alone for his support. It he expects that the millions of Americans who have suf? fered so long and lost so much, who have given of their best blood to their country's cause, who lavished upon him the confidence and affection that sprung from a sincere belief in his patriotism, and a sincere hatred of his oppressors, will now be terrified because he threatens to employ their own patronage, their own instrumen? talities, and the very weapons they placed in his hands for the defence of the common weal, for the incredible purpose of crowning treason in the capitol of the country, he will be as much mistaken as Jefferson Davis himself, when that incarnate, ingrate and traitor took arms against a gene? rous and indulgent Government. [Forney's Chronicle. THE LABOR STSTEM IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.-An intelligent gentleman, writing to the Augusta Constitutional? ist on this subject, says: "It has become evident that the older sections of Georgia, especially the 'Black Belt,' as Middle Georgia was formerly called, will, in the course of a few years, be drained, not only of their surplus labor, but of that which will be necessary to the culti? vation of the soil. Without any in? terposition of the Freedmen's Bu? reau, such a restait must sooner or later be consummated. Following the immutable and irresistible law of sup? ply and demand, free labor will go where it is most valuable. On the rich prairies of the West, and on the alluvions of the Mississippi, negro labor is more profitable and better in other respects than .white; but on the lands of Upper Georgia, and through? out all that hilly and healthy belt which extends between the moun? tains and tho 'low country,' from Virginia to the Mississippi, white la? bor must take the place of black ; and as tho Freedmen's Bureau only has? tens the emigration of the negro Westward, so it becomes those who wish for the future welfare and pros? perity of Georgia", to hasten, so far as is in their power, the filling up by white immigration of the vacuum caused by the departure of the black." THE DOMESTIC BRANDT MANUFAC? TURE.-In a liquor case before the United States Court, at Albany, New York, the testimony brings to light facts of great interest to brandy drinkers. It appears that a very small proportion of what is sold as pure French brandy is imported. It is manufactured on a large scale in New York, Albany and elsewhere, from alcohol and various drugs, and even the casks with the French marks are made in New York. There aro said ; to be at least 1,000 brandy manu factories in the United States. Tho profits of the manufacture are im- ? mense, and those who drink thc poi- I sonous mixture will find it a great j economy to buy their own dye-stuffs ar "1 make brandy for themselves, j One firm in Kow York-Dayton & C?S-uses as many as ',000 of the j bogus French brandy casks every | year. The chief elements of the made . brandy aro said to be "cologn, spi- j rit, oil of cogniae and neutral." It ; was stated by one of the witnesses on ! the trial that brandy, which sells for from $10 to $15 per gallon costs only about 82.50 for munji facture. Senator Wigfall escaped from Texas three weeks unce. FREAKS OP LIGHTNING.-One of the most remarkable freaks of lightning eyer recorded, took place at the house of Judge McNeill, in tho town of Middleport, UL, on Friday, the 27th ult. The family circle, consisting of Judge McNeill and wife, a little son, his step-son, Mr. Lucien A. Tatman, a step-daughter, Mrs. Elder, aud a hired girl, were seated in tho family dining-room, and a little grand-daugh? ter was sleeping in an adjoining bed? room. A severe explosion sent three distinct columns of the fluid into the Judge's house. One ran along the brick foundation to within a few feet of the door of the room in "which the group were sitting, and then followed up a joist some fifteen inches and burst through the plaster to the bot? tom of the leaf of a table which was standing against the wall; thence over the table upon Mr. Tatman's shoulder, who sat leaning against the table. A portion of the fluid ran over and a portion under his arm, and uniting, ran down Iiis leg, and leaped upon Judge McNeill, first striking him on the buckle on the back part of his pants, coursing its way down the thigh and leg to the foot, where, bursting open his boots, it escaped to the stove, on which his foot was resting at the time he wa?: struck. The Judge's little son was thrown from the chair in which he was sitting, but without being hurt; nor were any of the others in the room injured. The other two columns of fluid perform? ed almost equally eccentric manou? vres. Each one of the gentlemen had a penknife in their pockets, whicl were completely polarized. No ont was seriously injured. A TOUGH STORY-NEMONIA, OR THI Ono WOMAN OF THE ST. CROIX.-A correspondent of the Polk Count} Press is responsible for the following which, if true, makes the venerable Joseph Crele comparatively an infant "The oldest human being knowi in modern times livos now, or did J short time since, in Wisconsin, nea: the head waters of the St. Croix river Her exact age is unknown. Whei oldest Indians, who know her, wer young, she was an old woman. The; called her 'Nemonia,' the Chippew? for an old woman She is a marvel an< a wonder to al. who see her. He body is bent nearly to the ground b; time and heavy burdens. Her face wrinkled and smoked in the wigwam for over 150 years, has little left of th 'human face divine.' "When inquired of by white meu who were cutting timber near her wig warn, in regard to her age, she cou! not tell it, but could well recoll?e when those tall pines they were eui ting were no larger than the staff sh held in her hand, and when she coul 'bend them down and break off the: blanches. The lumbermen cut dow those trees and counted their year] I growth, and many of them proved i ? bc nearly 200 years old. So, if Nem< j nia tells the truth, she is nearly 3? j years old."t BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.-A friem writing to us from Cedar Spring Spartanburg District, under d:,fe i February 18, says: "We are having exciting times b low this a few miles. Four persoi have been killed within the last tv, weeks-one white man and three n groes. "Some month or more ago, a di ficulty arose between the garrison ; Union C. H., and some of the cit zens, which resulted in tho woun< ing of one of the soldiers by Mr. Ja Fernandez or his son. Soon aft this, Mr. F. was published as an 'on law,' and orders were issued for hi to be taken at 'all hazards. ' In ordi to elude the garrison, Mr. F. has bee ! going from one friend's house to a: I other, until he was betrayed at tl ! house of his friend, Mr. Benj. Ke; j neely, of this District, and on tl ; morning of the 28th of January, w ! shot dead by one of the garrison fro ! Union C. H. "On last Friday night, three n gro^s were killed at Mr. K.'s, it ; supposed by the friends of Mr. F., t suspicion that they had betrayed hil I At a fourth one they shot five time ] but he made his escape. I "A bad state of affairs this, ai ? there is no telling whereunto it wi . grow."-Keoicee Courier. A hard shell preacher wound up ! flaming sermon with this magnifi?e j effusion: "My brethren andsistern, ef a mai 1 full of religion you can't hurt hi) j There was the three Arabian childre . they put 'em in afiery furnace, hett j seven times hotter than it could j het, and it didn't swinge a har on th? I heads. And there was John t Evangeler; they put him-and whe do you think, brethering and sistei they put him? Why, they put h: into a caladronie of bilin' ile, a biled him all night and didn't faze 1 shell! And there was Daniel; th put him in a lion's den-and wh my fellow-travelers and respect auditories, do you think he was p into a hon's den for? Why, 1 prayin' three times a day. Don't alarmed, brethringand sistern ; I do think any of you will ever get, into lion's ideii. " - ? ??. IGNORANCE OF SCRIPTURE. -A Nor t em journal says that the pastor of fashionable city church having spok of Solomon's Song as a production great genius and beauty, a gentlem belonging to the church called duri the week at a leading music store get a copy of it!-- Religious Herald CASU.-Our tomi? for subscription, ad? vertising ?nd job work are ea*h. We hop? all parties will bear this in mind. THI Bumana or COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account of the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Colombia, S. C.," hat just been issued, in pamphlet form, fro? the Phoenix, ?team power pren?. Order? can be fdled to any extent. DAN. CASTELI.O'8 Snow. -This exhibition closed last evening. Tho attendance wan largo on the two occasions on Monday? and, on yesterday, it was ?till mare so. Wo commend thc exhibition to our friends who have not had a circus for the past five years. Dan's Show is a good one-well conducted and worthy of patronage. VBXKZUEI.AU LAND COMPANY.-In direct? ing attention to tho card of Colonel C. lt. Bryce, we publish the following lotter: NEW YOKE. Januarv 29, 18C6. 35 West 33d street. Mr. Ii. R. Collier, Petersburg, Va. ESTEEMED SIB: Being confined for ??ve ral days to my bed, to-day, for the first time, I feel somewhat able to answer your welcome letter of last 20th instant. In reply to your questions, I will proceed to say: Mr. Henry M. Price has a grant from our Government to raise a colony iu the Territory of Guayana, between the I Orinoco and Amaron. I will toll you that he has a most liberal one; thc Government furnishing him with one of the richest lands on earth. Thia territory is crossed by a net of magnificent rivers. It embrace? an extent twice as largo as the empire of France. All kinds of agriculture, tho pro? duction of minerals, br ading cattle and several other pursuits could be easily car? ried out in that territory. The colony shall i have all the privileges they can desire. I I am happy to hear that you arc ono of the ? Directors of this brilliant enterprise. Al I low me to give a piece of advice: I think j the best plan for "your undertaking should 1 be to go-?orne of von directing it-to Guayana. Venezuela, and then you could I fully realize by your own eyes thc business j you have in hand. I am sure your desire ? to go into it earnestly would be thc great ! est, fir. indeed, there is no bettor field for wealth than this beautiful country. I could j offer to tho company to go with them to I that territory, if they are willing to follow I my indication. At present, they aro work I ing one of the richest mines or gold that I has over been discovered, in the territory ? of Upata, and the quantity and the kind ia I so superior that many have made fortunes. Many of tho miners sell their raw gold to the merchants of Bolivar for their equiva? lent in weight in gold currency, being tho quality of the gold twenty-four carats. With regard to the management of the company'? affairs, I have nothing to do; 1 but I will be ready to give any information, ; or to do in their behalf all that I could with my Government. ! I am," sir, vonr obedient servant, ! FLORENCIO RIBAS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ia call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for thu Drat time: ! John E. Meister-To Creditor?. ! Meeting of Acacia Lodge. j Hall A- Long-Lumber. ? Meeting of Governor's Guards, &?. i E. Pollard-Ice Cream Candy. " " -Garden Seeds. ; Fisher A Lowrance-Hoes, Iron, dee? McKay ?V Campbell-Auction Sale. _imi_ I A NEAT REPLT.-"I dislike your saying ; that mv teeth are going. So dont," said a ! young lady to hor bean. "Not *So don't,' : but 'So-zo-dont,' you should have said," he j replied. The damsel pouted, but took th? , hint. Nor need it be said that the bal '.? samic preparation arrestad the evil, though ; it could not quite repair the damage al? ready dont.. t ? --?*-. RELIEF IN CANCER.-Dr. Brandini, j in Florence, has recently discovered ; that citric acid will assuage the vio : lent pain which is thc tisual concomi? tant of cancer. One of his patients, aged seventy-one, at the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, was afflicted with cancer on the tongue. There was no possibility of performing an operation, the surface attacked being far too extensive, investing the base, the sub-lingual, and the sub-maxillary glands. The poor man, in the midst of his torments, asked for a lemon, which was nothing very remarkable, as cancerous patients generally have an ordinary liking for acids. But the seat of the disorder being in the mouth, a circumstance was ob? served which might otherwise have escaped attention-the juice of the lemon diminished the pain. STRAKOSCH DECORATED.-Maurice Strakosch, Adelina Patti's brother-in law and agent, has just received from the King of Italy the Cross of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare. Interested parties ask why. Some reply that the decoration was given him because Adelina Patti sings welt and because she ic *he ?rreatest Hving; artist. Whereupon II Pirata re? marks that a new order of chevali?res should be instituted for *he benefit of female celebrities, and that, inasmuch as the Empress Eugenie has given the Cross of the Legion of Honor to Mlle. Rosa Bonheur, King Victor Emanuel might as well confer the honors of the r>rder upon Patti her? self. One deserves the distinction as much as the other. -Florence Letter of* the New York Herald. "FETISH" CUSTOM REVIVED.-A correspondent of the Baltimore Ga? zelle, writing from Pleasant Hill, Alabama, says: The free negroes of this neighbor? hood have already advanced in civili? zation by establishing an 1 'ism" of their own in the way of religion, the principal features of which are a plurality of wives, and the revival of the Fetish custom of dancing over the graves of their departed friends. Also, what they term the "holy dance" is ono of the essential ele? ments of their worship on all occa? sions. You know my brother built a church and hired a minister to. in? struct his negroes, but he has had' to? discontinue his labors for the want of hearers.