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(LUMBLA. Tuesday Morning, April 3, ["He Veto Message. Although we have published ? brief synopsis of thu President's mes? sage vetoing tho radical "Civil Right? Bill,'*yet, as a large number of our readers may not have an opportunity of reading it in other journals, and as it is worthy of a place in every newspaper in the country, we aplace the document -complete xon record in our columns. As it will doubtless receive a care? ful perusal from all, any extended comments on this admirable State paper are unnecessary. The ablest | lawyers in Congress and in Washing? ton say that its legal objections to the bill are. unanswerable. | Its whole tone and positions taten show that the breach between the President and the dominant faction in Congress is irre concileable. The Executive has care? fully examined and analyzed the t chief objectionable provisions of the bill, and has showed conclusively that j its title, "A.n\Aet to protect all per? sons in the iJnited States in their] civil rights, amd furnish the means of their vindicaron," is a complete mis? nomer. It protects no class, and, if adopted, would between the Fe the" State juflieaa1 8troy t?ie indepem and open the door cution^and fraud. sed titute a conflict il authority aud that would de? ice of the latter, injustice, perse extend our com ETjur)s message is 4 in Europe, and vilized world, it will ed as the emana patriotic mind, ost logical, forci papers. which en to the people of] W I to perceive that Ope I fcfrgf the North sustain fmenced ia w jvcity on for the relief of Cie pppr of i, but for the past four y?xs Uinistering to the wants, ?^d hgthe sufferings, of Confedy ?diers, have won for themselve reputation fc^J^anity .Jmhe handed generations and claim and honor. be pne of thel ol? the kind| {nd proba ?cfcive in its be held, as lges, at the ?that of thc articles foi >y their va >nish any| che charita * Maryland, ltleman has presented! handsome estate, valued| and a large stock-rate >; 'a milk-white steer, which I at $10,000. Besides,! gorses, carnages, and every| ! article of use or ornament, itions not only of Mary many of the "Northernl nt that the fair will re ?80,000 and 100,000, ^>e divided among the| in proportion \p ap bbjss the| tSftgjr. IEW.-The u timberi excellent monthly | red. Among its lead lire the "Influence of ;ivifization," "Equa ^.merica;" a graphic ! Pinckney, of \j> of the chief Constitution, led at $6 per *nu., and New ?ional Hep ubi i i that the Pre r prosecution ?neut Coaiede ! io? the *?pur ?if fi) irlf t - - T?TE LATEST FENIAN SENSATION.-?: Tho newest report connected withFe niauism has reference to the alleged fitting out o*'sundry vessels to "go a fishing" on the Banks of Newfound? land ostensibly, but really to effect a landing somewhere ou the British North American coast. The vessels are to bo well i nan ned ?iud well armed, and things will be so managed that no difficulty will be experienced in procuring clearance papers. As soon as the landing is effected-so goes the story-the Irish republic will be re? gularly launched, and Uncle Sam will be requested to recognize it as a bel? ligerent, at least so far as to allow it the use of United States ports, into which prizes to Irishj^privateers may be brought. ADMISSION OF TENNESSEE.-The cor? respondent of the Baltimore Sun, one of the most reliable of the Wash? ington letter-writers, says that the admission of the Tennessee represen? tation depended chiefly on the fate of the civil rights bill, and that its veto renders it quite certain that Tennes? see will not be recognized at this ses? sion, either with or without condi? tions. No STEP BACKWARD.-A deputation from New Jersey waited on the Pre? sident on Wednesday last, with the tender of a series of resolutions com? mending his course and policy. The President made a brief reply, but to the point. He said he had advanced too far in life to make any retrograde movement, and that in relation to his policy, ? he ' 'could take no step back? ward." ' THE CAB?NET ON THE VETO.-It ii stated that on the President submitting Iiis veto message to his Cabinet, that Secretaries Seward, McCulloch and Welles fully endorsed it, while Speed, Harlan and Denni? son gave no endorsement of it. No j suggestions were made by any mern-1 ber of the Cabinet. NEGRO EQUALITY.-Thc venerable Gen. Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky, in a late address to the people of that State, before whom he is a candidate for re-election as Clerk of the Court of Appeals, uses the following sig? nificant language on a favorite radi-1 |??*ii topic: i Other candidates may do as they please, but, so far as I am concerned, I will do nothing to weaken or divide those opposed to the monstrous and unnatural doctrine rampant at Wash? ington, of negro social and political equality. God's curse has stamped the negro with an ineffaceable black skin and a wooly head; and, iu^Iiis providence, has kewt Mm./""ior six thonsandujui j \tf*q'oW^A^&mity to othertr^j<gg) but allays subordinate-in iriHB and body, as well as in civiliza? tion and refinement; and yet we have the spectacle now before us of a de? liberate conspiracy in the North to bring down our favored race to the negro level, in violation of God's law and all written history. The idea of elevating the odorous sons of Africa to the Caucasian status, is about as absurd as trying to perfume dog fennel by tying it up in a boquet with pinks and roses." j SOUTHERN GOVERNORS, AND CONSE j QUENTIIY SOUTHERN STATES, RECOG I xi ZED.-It having been stated that Governor Fenton has refused to grant requisitions upon or receive papers from the Executives of Southern States, upon the ground that he can? not recognize them as States in the Union, the Albany Evening Journal says: "Governor Fenton "concluded that I while it was not -.rithin the province of his office to decide whether the States wMich have been in rebellion are now thoroughly reconstructed or not, it was sufficient for him to pro? ceed upon the fact that they had Governments in regular operation, and enjoying the recognition of the Federal authorities. Aaa consequence ! <5f this decision, he has responded to ' two requisitions made by Governor I Wells, of Louisiana, and to one i emanating from Governor Worth, of I North Carolina. He has not refused to make a requisition upon the Gover I nor of North Carolina, because he I has not been asked to do so. It is manifest that if the application were to be presented, he woidd necessarily respond to it, upon the principles which he ha? laid down for his action." j A Corinth correspondent says that I it is estimated that upon the two ? fields of Shiloh and Corinth there j are not less than 12,000 Confederate ! dead, whose bones for the most part lie bleaching above ground, the rains having washed away thc thin layer of i earth with which most were originally i covered. Thc Federal dead were all [neatly interred, in the usual way, with head and foot boards in every ! instance, and, in most cases, were enclosed with wooden palings. Excellent Commeitii The Baltimore Sun has the ablest ? article we have seen npon the veto. We gr*e a short extract: "In detail, thc President analyzes every section of the bill, and paints some hideous constitutional deformi? ty in every one of its provisions. Those measures which have hereto? fore encountered constitutional ob? jection have ordinarily been found repugnant to some single require? ment of the fundamental law, but the bill in question seems to have been framed with a special purpose to embody in itself as many offences against right as the ingenuity of man could throw together in one law. Its title, strange to say, is 'An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and fur? nish the means of their vindication,' while every section in it contains pro? visions which violate the rights of all orders of society, and war against those guarantees of municipal autho? rity, of legislative, executive, and judicial independence of State of? ficers, which was essential to the pre? servation of even the shadow of free? dom, and without which the very name of a State would be a mockery in our political system. "The cardinal vice of the bill is, that it throws down all distinction between the internal concerns and the external relations of the several States. It passes directly to the | regulation of the minutest relations j of personal affairs, asserting dominion ; over contracts, suits, parties, evi d?lice, the laws of inheritance, pur-1 chase, sale, and occupancy of real and personal property, and all laws affect? ing the personal security of individu? als. It is no answer to the objection to state that it professes to do so only for the purpose of declaring that there shall be no discrimination in the laws of the several States where the race or color of any person born within the United States is the cause of discrimination. Still, there is the assumption of interference with the whole range of municipal power for this cause; aud if for one cause, then for any other which the discretion of Congress shall select, may the internal policy of a State be brought within the vortex of Fede? ral authority." SENATOR STEWART'S UXIYEBSAJL SCFFKAQE ANT) UNIVERSAL- AMNESTY PROPosrriON. -On Tuesday, Mr. Stew? art, of Nevada, gave notice, in the United States Senate, of an intention to submit a substitute for his recent joint resolution, which shall provide that no discrimination in civil rights and disabilities, nor in the exercise of the elective franchise, shall exist among the population of the United States-Indians not taxed excepted on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude; but iu case of restrictive qualifications by the States, this provision shall not work disfran- j chisement of any persons now enti tied to vote. iiec?w.. Obligations md liabilities incurred in aid of ins il notion and rebellion, and claims for compensa tion on account of emancipation of j ] slaves, are void, and shall not be as? sumed or paid by any State, or the United States. That whenever any one of the eleven States, whose inhabitants were lately in insurrection, through its Legislature, having been first author? ized to do so by a majority of its pre? sent voting population, including all who would be qualified to vote under the laws thereof as they existed in 1860, shall have ratified the foregoing amendments to the Constitution of . the United States and passed laws in conformity therewith, then, and in that case, such State shall be recog? nized, and its representatives admit? ted into Congress, and a general am? nesty shall exist in regard to all per? sons in such State who were in any way connected with armed opposition j to the United States Government, relieving them of all pains, penalties j and disabilities which they may have become liable to by reason of their connection with the said insurrection, i j The last resolution declares that it | j is not intended to assert a coercive i j power on the part of Congress to j j regulate the right of suffrage in the ' ! States. GEN. STEPHEN D. LEE.-A corres- I pondent of the Memphis Avalanche, \ writing from Artesia, Mississippi, says that General Stepheu D. Lee, formerly of the Confederate army. j has leased a large plantation, on j which he employs more than fifty j freedmen. General Lee is of the I opinion that cotton growing for the ! next four or five years will bo most lucrative. He does not speak favora? bly of emigration to Mexico, remark? ing that though from experience he knows the Mexican soil to be most fertile, he had learned sufficiently the character of the Mexican people j to convince him that revolutions were j as natural and inevitable in Mexico as emptions in Mount .Etna or Te- ; savins. He encourages all lovers of ! peace to remain at home, and by j honestly adhering to the support of '. President Johnson, and by strict con? formity to all laws and proclamations, endeavor to regain the political rights und privileges lost by the rebellion, and restore the prosperity of the South as speedily as possible. G?n. : Lee has set it good example, and, liko , the Lees and Johnstons, of Virginia, j is affording an example of good sense ? and personal industry which is worthy ! universal imitation/ What Dors Tttttt Young Ma.? Do for , a Living! While most of the young meu of our country, os far as we can learn, j have nobly yielded to the necessities j of the times, and are now manfully engaged in some useful employments, supporting themselves and assisting their parents and friends, who have been suddenly reduced from afflu? ence to poverty, yet there are a few still lurking about om* cities, towns and villages, with no visible means of support, who dress finely, smoke gracefully, drink deeply, spit furious- j ly, falk loudly, laugh outrageously, and play the gimblet extensively. They love to gather ia market places, or to stand at the corners of streets to criticise the girls, or to pass a coarse jest. They luxuriate in street fights, and will make the welkin ring with their huzzas over the snarling? of two tom-cats, or the angry blows and curses of a pair of drunken bul? lies. To them ? pack of cards is the emblem of manly sport, and the black bottle the symbol of social en? joyment. An ivory-headed yellow rattan is the pink of neatness, and with it twirling in their fingers, they promenade the streets with abob-a-dil step, keeping time to the tune of "Hie Betty Martin-tip-toe fine." Too lazy to work, too proud to seek employment, they lounge and whittle away their precious hours in idleness or unmanly sports, under the mis? taken idea that they are only killing j time, when time is only killing them. 'What does that young man do for j a living?" is the inquiry of every one, as some representative of the above class of youths passes by with foppish j air and clad in gay costume. It is a natural inquiry, which instinctively springs from the conviction that men are so linked together in society that no one can fail to do his part without impairing the interests of others to the full extent of his talents, resources and influence. Xo one can divest himself of the responsibilities which his very existence imposes upon him. , He cannot shelter himself behind a system of negative virtues, whose highest achievement is to harm no one. He comes into the world with a nature, physical, mental and moral, so constituted that he cannot cease to act without ceasing to lire. The Creator has so interwoven the tissue of his being with the fabric of so? ciety, that he cannot separate himself from the common interests of man? kind. He must obey the inexorable demands of his nature. He must be busy among men, and the pursuits of men, or suffer the penalties which just nature never fails to execute, and which she inflicts without clemency and without mercy. It is the duty of every one, there? fore, to take some active part on the stage of life. Some seem to think they can vegetate, without being anything in particular-can grow up, i propagate and rot like the beasts that I perish. But we are uot placed here to pass through the various stages of j life without having done anything for I the benefit of the human race. Each j must fulfill the obligations for which i he was sent into the world. Young man, society has its claims upon you; j each individual man is dependent upon you, in some degree, for his prosperity and happiness. The | world, with its various pursuits and employments, is before you; choose j something-do something-work- ! work-work. Others seem to think the only pur- j suit in life worthy of their honorable : (!) ambition is the pursuit of plea Sure, They look upon the world, in its providential arrangements, as de- i signed to gratify the lusts of the flesh i and the pride of life. They reject, therefore, tl ie graver and nobler pur- : suits of society, and participate in every species of vice and dissipation that the perverted ingenuity of man can devise. Young man, "be sure your sin will find you out." It is an irreversible law of nature, as well as of nature's God, that "he that sow eth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption." And if, in the dis- i pens?t ions of Providence, you should 1 escape an early grave, a miserable old j age, with its sad experience, will but ! verify the declaration of the psalmist: "Thou makest me to possess the sins of my youth." Again we repeat, the world is before you-do something act well your part; and when the in- i quiry is made, "What does that young man do for a living?" your friends may be enabled to answer, "He lives to be doing." \Spartanburg Express. - ..... LARGE COTTON* SHIPMENTS.-Exten- I sive shipments of cotton were made from this port during the week end mg last evening, the aggregate having been 16,609 bales, valued at $3,111,- | 335, of which to Liverpool there were exported 13,257 bales, valued at $2, 492,442; to Havre, 2,150 bales, va? lued at $403,776, and to Bremen, 1,099 bales, valued at $204.112. Thus far in the current commercial year, beginning with September 1, ?S65, the shipments of cotton from this port have been 337,606bales, or equal to an average export of about 11.250 a week. The estimated stock availa? ble here at present is 230,000 bales. [New Yovk Times, 2Sth xii. THE CASE or CAPTAIN SEMMES.-A Washington despatch hientions a rumor that Attorney-General Speed has made a report to the President upon the ease of Raphael J. Seinmes, in which he argues that he is not in? cluded in the general parole gi*anted to officers of General Johuston'a army. HOTEL PRICES.-The hotel proprie? tors of New York are vo hold a meet? ing this week to consider the ex? pediency of reducing the price of board. If the hotel keepers can safely see their way to that conclusion, it is probable that many other interests will follow their example. The res? taurants also are thinking of some? thing of the same kind. The Cauadians are taking measures to afford pecuniary aid to the families of volunteers called out to repel the imaginary Fenian invasion. ??525,000 were subscribed for this purpose by fifty persons at Montreal, on the 26th ult. A volunteer officer in that city has been shot, it is supposed by Fenians. The Athens (Ga.) Watchman, of the 14th ult., says, although the cold snap some weeks ago killed every? thing green, the wheat crop of that section gives promise of doing well. The "stand" appears k> be good, and, notwithstanding its backward? ness, it thinks there will be a heavy i yield this year. The Austrian Government has de? termined to increase the garrison at Cracow by 15,000 men and 80 guns, in consequence of the accumulation of Russian troops on the frontiers of Galicia. It is rumored that the Rus? sians are about to form a camp o? 40,000 men in the immediate vicinity j of the frontier. I DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN NORTH CARO? LINA.-Heavy fires have been raging in the woods in the turpentine regions oerqps the Trent, opposite Newbem, since' the 16th l?timo. The New bern Times says that thousands ol turpentine boxes have been burned, fences, out-houses, A-c,, destroyed, and the fire is not yet checked. Gen. W. W. Wood, the leader ol \ the Brazilian emigration scheme, has renounced "his adopted country,' and become again a citizen of Adams County, Mississippi. The Natchez Courier, of the 21st announces him as having been elected County Attor? ney in tiie place of John S. Holt, Esq., resigned. It has transpired that the Emperoi i of the French and Prince Metternich both nearly lost their lives by the fall of an immense limb of an oak, whilt out shooting. They had inst passed it when it fell with a tremendous crash. What a confusion in th? world's affairs was most happily es? caped, and but by a second! Rumors are thick in Washington o: fraud and corruption, relative to th? proposed endorsement, bv Congress of 50,000,000 of Mexican bonds Several members are ready with i full expose, should the Foreign Affair) Committee report in favor of th? scheme. The Selma (Ala.) Messenger says "Wc learn that Gen. W. j. Harde? has, at the request of Gens. Gran an?l Sherman, received from Presi dent Johnson an assurance that h? may continue in the pursuits of civi life without fear of molestation the United States authorities." Mexican news received by way o Brownsville, Texas, confirms the re ported defeat of the French Genera Dousy, at Parras, already recorded ii the Herald. The Liberals were sait to have gained another importan success in the interior of the country By order of the President, all ad vertisements from the War Depart ment have been withdrawn from tin Westliche Post, St, Louis. Thi paper has vied with the Chicago Re publican and Mrs. Swisshelm's pape in slandering the President. Ii, as is often alleged, the Feniar scheme is only a snare to catch green backs, it is a very successful one The Irish farmers in the neighbor hood of Chicago are actually sellinj their live stock in order to contribute to the cause. In the Texas State Convention, ai ordinance lias been adopted provid ing for the appointment of a com missioner, by the Government, t< proceed to Washington- and repre sent definitely the action of the Con vention. The New Orleans Times asserts tha there is sufficient labor or force in tb State of Mississippi to produce 300, 000 bales of cotton of 450 pounds pe bale. The Wisconsin Assembly, by vote of every Republican niembe but one, have instructed ?heir Sena tors to vote for the Civil Rights bill notwithstanding tho veto. Maj. Gen. Slocum, late Deniocrati candidate for Secretary of State, ha accepted the secretaryship of a ne^ express company, with a capital o ?15,000,000. The National Bankers' Expr?s Company, embracing an organizatioi of 2,100 banks, hus consolidated wit! thu other Express Companies, Adam* Hamden and others. The Legislature of New Jersey i in session, waiting to elect some Rt publican to fill tho place from wilie] Senator Stockton lias been ousted. The (?eorgia Legislature has passe? the Stay Law over the Governor' veto, and a law punishing horse steal ing and burglary with death. Reports of further trouble anion the New York Insurance Companie ire in free circulation. The total population of Boston Massachusetts, is 102,264. A heavy earthquake was felt alon the California coast last Monday. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, ^ Georgia, is en route to VVaakw^flj g Local Itei33LS. Mortgages and Conveyances <<f Real !'..? tate for sal?; atthis office. NOT LOCAL, BUT GKNKUAI,. Why most a skilful chemist always be a female? GW* it up ? Because, if be's not an Anne-Eliza. (Anaiaet",) be mast be ?, Charlotte-Ann (Charlatan). GOOD THINOS. -AS the 'I'M'* have u.'i yet played out, oysters can be eaten with perfect safety. Mr. Pollock, or the "Hear House." has just opeued a supply of thea?: bivalves, and will serve them up in the very best styles. Wc return him our siu cere thanks for a waiter of good things, not forgetting ice-cold claret sangareeu. | MCN-ICIPAJ. ELECTION.-The election for Mayor and Aldermen of tho city of Colum? bia passed off quietly yesterday, with the i following result. We ba<..- omitted the ballot in detail, as several '.t the gentle j men voted for had declined: For Mayor' i Maj. Theo. Stark received 24;! votes- a majority of 29 over bis opponent. Aldermen. WARU NO. 1 T. W. Radcliffe.;?t9 D. P. McDonald.26."? A. M. Hunt... . ...20r. ; WAR? NO. -J John Stork. .215 John McKenzie.2:?5 T. S. Nickerson .197 WARD N<> Wm. P. Geiger.2G." Dr. John Fisher.252 Wm. T. Walter.184 WARD No. 4.-lt. Weam.270 John Alexander.247 A. It. Tarlor.17". A HiftHr.Y INTERESTTXG ROOK. We are indebted to the publishers, Messrs. I). Appleton ?V Co.. New York, for a copy of m work which we are confident will be sought for and read with avidity not only through? out the entire South, but at the North also-"'Stonewall Jackson a military bio? graphy: with a portrait and maps; by John Esten Cooke, formerly of General Stewart's staff," It gives what we believe to bc a really truthful account ol' the life ot the "Christian hero," including the nu? merous skirmishes, battles, etc., in which he was engaged, and is written in a vivid and attractive style, the writer having had the double advantage nf being a partici? pant and of verifying from officiai docu? ments thc statements he makes. The work is printed in the very best style, and is for sale in this city by Messrs. Townsend A North. "Tss FEAST ci' THE PASSOVER."-Thin festival among our Hebrew fellow-citizens commenced on Saturday evening, or, ac? cording to the Hebrews, the 14th day of Nissan, and will continue for eight day?. The first and last two days are kept sa? cred; but during the intermediate four days, business may be attended to. This festival was instituted to commemorate the miraculous deliverance of the Israelite.? from bondage and during its continuance, the Israelites cut no kind of bread but un? leavened dough, called mazzos. It was instituted in the following three verses, ia the thirteenth chapter of Exodus, viz: 6th. 7th and 13th verses: "Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened breadshall bc eaten seven days, and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee within all thine confines/' Again: "Thou shalt keep holy the Chug Hamazz?s-unleavened bread-thou shalt eat unleavened brt*< seven days, as I have commanded thee, ! the time appointed of the month of ipr? This festival is strictly observed f whole Hebrew denomination. \ NRW ADVKRTISEMEKTS. -Attention is c?h.^ e? o the following advertisements, whicli^ are published this morning for the ?rut time: Southern Journal of Medical Sciences. John Waties-Appeal Court. Mrs. G. T. Scott-Dress-making. True Brotherhood Lodge-Meeting. Fisher & Heinitsh-Worms, Itch. Ac. J. C. S. Brown-Mules Stolen. Clarksons & Talley-Dissolution. T. B. Clarkson A Co.-Copartnership. Hardy Solomon-Cow Wanted. Durbec & Walter-Distress Sale. Jacob Bell-Citation. City Pire Department-Regular Meeting. City Council-Special Meeting. Sir William Gore Ouseley, K. C. B., died recently at the ago of G7 years. Sir William had been in di? plomatic service all his life. In 1857, he was appointed Special Minister to the United States, to settle the Clayton-Bulwer treaty question. He married, in 1829, an American lady, the. daughter of Gov. Van Ness. The Louisville Journal says: It is an interesting fact, wherever the Federal soldiers have lately assembled in different parts of this State, to send delegates to the approaching "Soldiers'Convention," in this city, on the 6th and 7th of April, they have strongly endorsed the restora? tion policy of Andrew Johnson. Newspaper men will And it a capi? tal rule to follow, never to mention reports ot accidents or stirring inci? dents, involving the names of travel? ing actors and showmen, as they idniost invariably require a correc? tion, which double notoriety the par? ties interested rather covet. Information has been received of i secret convention between Napo? leon and Maximilian, concluded at the City of Mexico, on the 19th Sep? tember* last, fixing the pay and posi? tions of the French agents of Mexico for five years from the above date. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin tas decided that the vote of 1849, riving the negroes of that State the right of suffrage, is constitutional. iud they have the right to vote. The Jackson (Miss, j Standa'-d earns that all the troops in Missis? sippi have been ordered to rendez rous at Jackson, it presumes, to be lisbandcd.