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^C?LTJMBIA. Wednesday Morning, June 27, 1866. Tile most Terrible Revolution. "To a people who have once been proud and great, and great because they were proud, a change in the na? tional spirit is the most terrible of all revolutions." Although ignorant of the paternity of the above extract, it is just nov suggestive of refleotion, in the pre? sent condition of "Amerioau nation? ality. " There are few American hearts which have not, at some time, when occasion presented itself, beaten in responsive admiration of the just and equitable principles upon which our system of Government was originally based; and, not (infrequently, hus the voice of homage to the genius and spirit whioh marked its adminis? tration been involuntarily won from other and differently constituted Go? vernments. By '^national pride" we do not mean the eternal nasal boast of the Yankee, who bia tes it forth on all occasions, proper or improper-that this is "the best Government the world ever saw. ' . Nor can we ascribe to this stilting, self-assumed superiority any of our na? tional greatness and prosperity. Such exhibitions are neither patriotic nor indicative of that genuine national pride which elevates a people. But the cultivation of a laudable prido in one's country's prosperity and advancement, is no more to be censured in the aggregate of the people than in au individual-ex? ercising as it does a preservative in? fluence over each. National pride, when based upon correct principles, forms one of tbe strongest liga? ments which bind in unison the hearts of a people to that system of government uuder which they may live; it is the main conduit, as it were, through which the life-blood of a nation courses from one extreme of the body politic to another, pul? sating all hearts of its patriots alike, in common sentiment and interest. If national greatness, as our text intimates, proceeds from national pride, it would seem to be nothing more than the exhibition of practical statesmanship, to engraft upon the administration of every system ol government those principles best cal? culated to awaken and keep alive this sentiment among the people whom it is designed to control. In truth, justice and moderation, we have at once the key which unlocks and th? principles which captivate tho ener gies of all that is noble in hutnat nature Not all the bars, dungeon: and bolts which tyranny may devise can produce a single honest senti ment of national pride. Its behn must be warmed into existence an? given animation through a just anc equitable distribution of the benefit accruing from a common Govern nient. So long as a Government, it its administration, is characterized tn Buch results, it may safely reckoi upon the fidelity of its citizens an? the growth and prosperity of tin nation. But, whenever it steps asidi to prostitute its hi^h prerogativo ii furtherance of sectional interest o gratification of party spirit, or, util more base and ignoble, perpetrates i moral wrong upon those whom cir cumstances may have placed in it power, its legitimate functions cease and it fails to subserve tho purpos for which it was created. The triumph of the radicals ii foisting upon the American peopl the miserable abortion of Stevens Sumner and others of that ilk, a a measure calculated to promot the greatness nnd prosperity c the whole country, must ere lon produce a marked change in th national spirit, and. eventually produce a revolution more terrible i its consequences to national prosper ty than that through which the com try has just passed. THE NATIONAL, UNION CONVENTO? A special telegram to the Charlesto Courier says: The call for the assembling of National Union Convention is ii tended as a cheek.mate to the radio programme. It is under the dim approval of the President and ei dorsed by all the leading conservati i Republicans. Renewed efforts a: progressing to release Mr. Davis. E Governor Pratt, his counsel, had ? interview with President Johnson t day, and represented that either release or a change of air is indispoi sable to tho health of the prison e Horace Greeley has also written ai other strong letter urging the Pref dent to release Mr. "Davin m Advertising Patent Medicines. Before tbe war, this thing of ad? vertising paten* medicine? liad be? come a-nuisance. Wo regret exceed? ingly to notice that some of onr Son them exchanges, in their anxiety, we presume, to present large sheets to their readers, are verifying the words of one of the apostles: ''It is happened unto them, according, to the true proverb-'Tho dog has re? turned to his own vomit again, and the sow that was washed, to her wal? lowing in the mire.' " Why this degeneracy in the. con? ductors of Southern papers, we can? not imagine. They have returned, as their columns daily give evidence of, to the old style of publishing, at I less than one-fourth the rates our home advertisers are charged, tho advertisements of the properties of various patent medicines manufac? tured in New England and the North generally. We regret this, because, in the most of instances, these loud trumpeted and widely-extended ad? vertised patent medicines are manu? factured for one purpose-to make motin/-without their posseasing any actual medicinal value. There may be exceptions to this denunciation of "patent medicines" as a class, but they are rare. The majority of them are utterly wo* h less, and in many cases they are abso? lutely injurious. lu this view of the subject, we respectfully suggest to Southern newspaper publishers, that the publication of these advertise? ments, especially at the rate they are compelled to take, is not only inju? rious, but is a positive injustice to their home advertisers. The Phoenix has received proposals from at least forty of these all-healing gentry, but as the rates offered were, in a majori? ty of the cases, ridiculously low, the proprietor declined nearly all of them, feeling satisfied that, in every sense, it was better for the community, und more satisfactory to subscribers, to publish, what was his object prima? rily, a /Jews-paper, than to give thom, every morning, a patent medicine advertising sheet. We m-go this subject upon the con? sideration of our brethren of the Southern press. Let them, when applications are made to them from these patent blood-suckers, compel them to pay a fair compensation in advance. This is unquestionably the true policy, even if in consequence the publishers are constrained to di? minish the size of their sheets. The home subscribers will bo better pleased, and the home advertisers will have the satisfaction of knowing that the Yankee nostrums, patent inven? tions, ?fcc., cannot be brought before the Southern people at a less rat? than they pay, agreeable to the pub? lished terms of advertising. It is remarkable, although not les* than we expected, how readily tin Northern-we might as well suv "Yankee"-business character adapts itself to the new state of things at the South. In connection with om remarks given above, and as some what kindred to the subject, wequoh tho following; paragraphs from a cor? respondent of the Cincinnati <'<>m merdai, who received the statement from a gentleman connected with tin Post Office Department at Washing? ton: "While in New Orleans he made tho acquaintance ol' an ex-Confede rate officer, in whose company lu soon after entered ono of the fashion able restaurants of the Crescent City Observing a card with tho words 'Our own Southern Bitters,' conspieu onsly printed on it, and alluding U it, he said to his new-made friend 'Why do you try in this way, even ii such a place as thia, to perp?tu?t, tho memory of the war?' Tho ex rebel smiled and replied: 'Really, don't like such things, and thong] that is but a trifle, 1 would not havi even it displayed so. if I could havi my way. But that is the device of i New England man, and the Souther] Bitters arc made and labelled in Nev England, and the keeper of thi saloon is a Yankee, who came her since iii? war, and is about the onb man in Now Orleans who is not sub jugated, as your people call it, am says lu- can't bo subjugated. If w took his advice, we would use an other rebellion to-morrow.1 "Passing by a bookstore nome tim after, with the same officer, my in formant saw a large picture of Stone wall Jackson draped in mourning with some heroic motto printer underneath it, and he remarked 'There's more of it. These are th things they magnify to your disacl vantage in thu North.' 'Well,' t.ai the ex-rebel, 'that's another of you own sort. The owner of that store i a Yankee, who never trod the sod c the South until the war was ovei He's what you'd call the worst kin of a traitor now. Such men come here, and they think by appealing lo the passions created by tho war, they can drive a big business. They suc? ceed very often, because otu? people are easily excited by such things, for they cannot forget Stonewall Jack? son, even when he is put before them in the form of a Yankee trick iiko this. ' Other illustrations to thc same point might be given, all tending to show first, that the feeling of tho Southern people toward thc Govern? ment is grossly misrepresented in the postponement of the day of restora tion; and, second, that Northern men are, to a great extent, responsible for whatever of bitterness toward the Government exists in the South." It is time for the people of the South to discountenance and de? nounce all these schemes, either po? litically to defame them, or pecuni? arily to rob them. And especially do we call upon tho publishers of South? ern newspapers, not to lend their co? lumns and circulation to thc proga gation and spread df their infamous quack medicines, at one-fourth the price they cliarge their own fellow citizens-legitimate advertisers. Stale Kern-.. PICKEN* DISTRICT.-We condense from the Keowee (Picken?) Courier a fovtitems of interest: The name of tho post office in that District, formally known as (.'layton's Mills, has been changed to limiter's Mills, and Capt. Wm. Hunter ap? pointed postmaster. Thc State tax collector for Pickeus District has already collected about SS. OOO. A horrible case of infanticide has occurred in the District. The Courier says: Mrs. Sarah Calhoun has been arrested and committed to jail, on the charge of drowning her own child. which was only sonic seven or eight days old. A freedman, Floyd, was arrested on a cliarge of complicity in tho crime; but he was either released by or carried off with the garrison recently on duty at Walhalla. The head of the child had been "scalped" or disfigured to prevent, if possible, its color from being; identified. This is a crime heretofore almost unknown in South Carolina, and we hope never to have to record another. CHARLESTON.-The Courier, of Mun? day, says: A very bold and murderous attack was made on Mr. 1*. O'Donnell, mas? ter builder, at his residence on King street, near South Bay, last Saturday night. In tlu: attack, he received two severe blows-one from a slung shot, striking him on the loft fore? head, and another from some sharp instrument, producing a deep and dangerous wound on the top of the head, fortunately not crushing the skull. It appears about half-past 9 o'clock Saturday night, two colored men, believed to have been soldiers, called at Mr. O'Donnell's residence, for the purpose, as they said, of ob? taining employment. One nf thc party represented himself as a plas? terer and his companion as a mason and bricklayer. They ?tated they were last from Columbia, but had been in Augusta, Loth of which place'; they had left for want of work. On his turning round fruin Iiis writ? ing-desk, where bc was sitting, t< obtain a full view, ho received thc two blows above mentioned, in such rapid succession that they appeared to have been dealt almost simulta? neously. The Charleston iV'ors says that dur? ing the riot of Sunday evening, a rc spectable young man of the name ot Brantford was knocked down ir Tradd street and dangerously in? jured. The attendant surgeon has expressed doubts of his recovery, ?in?" he now lies in a very critical condi? tion. FATKVIET.I>. -The Winnshoro X*in says: We learn thal in :i difficulty Ol Saturday last, between Sci ?ii' > am Sam, two freedmen, <>n the n-anta tion of Mr. S. Wolfe, near this p\ace tho latter was shut by the former ii the small of the back and seriously wounded. The gun with which th injury was inflicted with a .Minie bal cut into several parts. -. ... GE> U.U. HAMPTOS. -A correspond ent ol the Memphis Arr/u.<, writini from Egg's Point. Mississippi, bays: "Ten or twelve miles below here nt Lake Washington, lives Lieute nant-General Wade Hampton, tb second greatest cavalry chieftain o the late Confederacy. He own.-; ex tensive plantations, upon which li divides his time, devoting himsc] chiefly to tho congenial pursuits "?' Southern gentleman-books, plantin, and the chase. His former slaves rc main with the General, and are re] resented as contented and industri ons." Tin- General's residence is a "Wild Woods," a i'ow hundred yard from the lake. ( !alled by its sylva title from the fact of the house bavin been built hy the present propriotoi some twenty years ago, on thc ver edge of ft dense cane-brake. -? ? ? ? The patriotic bricklayer, of Lowel who kicked Doctor Butler, has adopl ed Butler's bottle for a crest, and I? arms a shield bearing a boot ram pant, with the motto. "Let all th ends thou aim'st ;it be etc Tile F*rencn In Mexico. The President, in further answer to the recent resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives re? questing inform?t iou in regard to the employment of European troops in ! Mexico, has transmitted to Congress i the following despatch from Mr. j Bigelow to Mr. Soward: IJEOATION ur THE UNITEW STATES, PARIS, June 4,1866. Sm: I waited upon his Excellency i the Minister <>f Foreign Affairs on Saturday last, in pursuance of an appointment, to confer with him upon thc subject matter of your instruc? tions, No. 45U, marked "confidential." As he had already been apprised of the contents of that despatch through the French Minister resident at Wash? ington, I was spared thc necessity of restating them. Ho said that the Imperial Government proclaimed its intention to retire from Mexico, be? cause it suited its convenience and interests to retire, and for no other reason. When, therefore, announced formally, not merely to thc United States, but all the world, that the army would be withdrawn from Mexi? co within a specified term, ho thought it should be deemed sufficient. The Government made its declaration in good faith, and means to keep it. it moans to withdraw its army within the time prescribed, and it does not intend to take one or two hundred in the Jir.st detachment, and one or two hundred more in the second, leaving the groat body of them to tho last, though it had not deemed it neces? sary to specify with minuteness de? tails of this kind, which depend upon hygienic, and climacteric considera? tions, of which it was the best and tho only competent judge. This, hie Excellency said, he wished I would say to our Government. T asked h? Excellency if I had ever intimated tc him, whether in writing or orally, any suspicion of the Emperor's iu tention to withdraw his army from Mexico in unequal portions. lie re plied that^liad not. I then askei iiim il' airjWither person authorize* to speak in the name of my Govern mont had done so. Ho said no. Bu he had read imputations of that kim in om- of ?mr papers. 1 replied, ii substance, that the press was a lax unto itself, and that we had bette not accept it as a law with us. An? as lu? asked ute to communicate t? my Government a formal answer t< wind sounded like an accusation o insincerity mid bad faith on tho par of the Emperor. I wanted Lis anthe ri ty for stating that no such accuse tiou bad roached him through au official channel. He replied that h emly bail read it iu a newspaper, then wont on to say that the purpos of your instruction, as I nuderstoo it. was simply to obtain au explain tion, which was sure to be require of you. of the. shipment in France < large bodies of troops to Mexict after the purpose to withdraw IK whole army had been officially pr< claimed. To this his Excellency r. plied, that since seeing me, he ha gotten from his colleagues of tl Marine and War Departments iufo niatioii to the purport that no.troo] belonging to tho corps expeditionai had boen sent to Mexico this yea unless for the sake of partlyreplac.il soldiers missing; but, atany rate, will (.?litany augmentation of the numb of .standing troops; that the shipnie: of troops referred to in the pub! prints, and in your despatch, wasmo likely that made iu the transpo Ithonc, about the beginning of tl year; that this Rhone touched at Ms tiniquo, bnt not ?t St. Thomas, as w stated ; that she carried 'Jib and n 1,200 soldiers; that they belonged tho Foreign Legion, and not tlfecxp ditiouary corps; that they consisted troops which bad been waiting trai port?t iou a long timo in Frar.ee ai i.i Algeria, to join their regimen that no new troops bad been enroll for thr- Foreign Legion since t Emperor proclaimed bis purpose withdraw his Hag from Mexico; a tl tat no more, for what he know, wt intended tobe enrolled. In regard to thc .hipmentof troo from Austria, he said that was altair entirely between tluit (lovel ment ?ind tho Mexican, with whi France had nothing to do; that sit 1 had spoken to him upon the si ject, ho lind verified his ow n conv fions by a reference to the minist' of war aro! marine, and bad use fained thnt no engagements of a sort ?lad been entered into by eit! for the enrollment or transportati of troops from Austria to Mexi He went on further to say, that it v the intention of tho (rovernmctit withdraw tho army entirely fr Moxie.i within tho time specified his despatch to you at the very lat sooner ii' climatic and other c tnilliiie considerations permitted;? it was not its intention to repl them with other troops from i quarter. At tho conclusion of a lt conversation, ol' which 1 have gi' tho important result. I expresse.I satisfaction with his Excellency's plauation, and the pleasure i silo have in communicating them to Government This despatch boen submitted to M. Dronyn I'Huys, and the foregoing version thc results ol' our conversation been approved by him. I am. sir, with very great resp. your obedient servant. JOHN BIGELOW Hun. WM H. SEWARD, Depart ni ..t State Washington D C '- 1 i ?. ;-" m --" 8 . * The Prealdefit on tu? Amendment. Thc best commentary on the Presi? dent's recent message that bas yet reached us, is one in the New York World, from- which we make tho fol- j lowing extract: Tt would appear from the Piesi- ! dent's message (although that is nota j point on which he greatly insists) that he does not regard the omission to submit the amendment for his ap? proval as regidar. The preceding amendment bears Mr. Lincoln's sig? nature; ami there is no reason why a courtesy (if it be nothing more than a courtesy) which was shown by Con? gress to his predecessor, should be withheld from him. But the zeal of Congress to have the amendment submitted immediately to thc States overshot tho mark, and has called out the formal expression of disapproba? tion, which their discourtesy to the President sought to evade. They did not give the President an opportunity to veto the amendment; but he lias proved to them that he would have vetoed it. if the opportunity had been given him. Tin' message sent in yesterday has all the effect which a veto could have had. which is, to throw tho whole weight of the Ex? ecutive influence against tho ratifica? tion cd' the amendment, and to assure the non-ratifying States of his moral and official support. This message decides the fate of tile amendment.. Not that it will in the slightest degree retard its ratifi? cation by the radical Legislatures, (it will rather give increased prompti? tude to their action.) but it insures its certain rejection by States enough to prevent its becoming a part of thc Constitution. As an amendment to the Constitution, it Ls as much an abortion as if it had been defeated in Congress. it is destined, no doubt, to make a great figure in the elec? tions, as the platform of the Repub? lican party; but President Johnson has effectually stripped it of all tho dignity which belongs to a change in the fundamental law. J im President's message raises a doubt as to whether tili? amendment would be a part of the ('(institution, even if three-fourths of the States should ratify it. If an amendment submitted by less than two-thirds of both Houses ol' Congress, should be ratified by the States, it would, never? theless, be a nullity. This nobody wiil dispute. But. it makes no dif? ference in substance, however it may in form, w hether members entitled tc be present and vote are unconstitu? tionally excluded, or are present and oppose tin- amendment. If thc twenty-two excluded Southern Sena? tors had been present, it is certain the amendment could not have passed. As they were unconstitu? tionally excluded, the amendment would probably be void, even if il could be ratified. This question, however, is not likely to become im? portant, as more than one-fourth ot the States will refuse to ratify. The President insists, with just emphasis, on the fact that the sove reign people of the United State: have had no opportunity to expr?s: their views on this amendment Neither the Congress which hav< passed it, nor the Legislatures whicl are to be called together, with inde cent haste, to ratify it, were electet with the remotest reference to sud a question. The preamble of tin Constitution declares that "We, tin People of the United States, ordaii and establish this Constitution.' But the people have not. in the pre sent ease, even been consulted Instead of the mature dehboratioi which should attend so importants chango, it is rushed through wira ho haste, by a sort of "snap judgment,' in order that the people may have m opportunity to choose state Legisla tures with reference to this question The steady and resolute cotirag with which President Johnson stand by his convictions, is a noble proo of his strength of character and hi immovable fidelity to the Constitu tion. * ?? WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.- Th Tr ?hu ne .-ays "the many friends o William Lloyd Garrison will be paine? to learn thai tile injury which befe! him last winter is more serious thai was at first apprehended, and is like!; not only to disable him for a lo? time, but to r.-tard considerably th execution of the great work he ha undertaken on slavery and its aboli tion in the United States. This is on all accounts, to he regretted; bn his personal friends will regret it pe cnliarly, knowing, as they do, thu Mr. Garrison i- not rich, that his lt hors were all sacrifices in a pecuniar view, ?ind that he must be relying o fin1 success of hts boo!-: for many i the comforts of his life. None bi; prophets can take stones fur brear but it is >i pi tv that th ev shoul have to." The people of the South, who ai suffering a thousand ills brougb about by the labors of Garrison an his conif?res, wi]' we think, not 1: killed outright by poignant unguis because of any little misfortunes, pe: so md or pecuniary, that have ove taken er may hereafter befall the sai Garrison. Wc do not doubt that 1 relies on the success of his book "ft the comforts of life. " [Richnuuni Times. Mr. J. R. Ivey, of Columbus, (la has received from Count Roman, ( Paris, an emerald medallion, eueircl* by diamonds, for protecting fro: Wilson's mid, 5U0 bales of cotto belonging to the Count Xjiocal Item?. Mortgages and Conveyances of Real Es? tate fot ?ale at t)u% uftice. We li av<- been -requested to ?tat? that the office of the Bank of the State of South Carolina is at the drug Sfcore of Fisher A Heinitsb. Business hourn from y until 2 o'clock MAIL AitKAxmcMKNTs. The Post Oftioe i? open during the week from H a. m. to 1 i>. m. ?nd from 5 A j>. ni. to 1 p. m. Un Snn day, from 8 to 9 ix. m. Northern mail opens 8 a. m.; closes 2\ p. tn. Southern M 5Ap. m.; " y p.m. Charleston " 5$p. m.; " 9 p.m. Oreen ville R. R.'. 8 a.m.; " BJp.m. F.dgefield " 8 a.m.: " 8jp.m. All mails elose on Snndav at 2 p. m. - PROVOST COI-KT.-There wss no busbies* 'of any consequence before the Court yea te rd ay. The I 'ailed States rs. (hceu ?>ahj, Citizen. Charged with an assault ami battery on a freedman. After a careful examination of the ease, the Court found the defendant not guilty. SoTeral minor ease.? wert; disponed of, when thc- Court adjourned until IO a. m., this morning. THE Ai.AHM BEU.. d'or the first time in sixteen months, our ancient friend, the hell '.Secession." has regained a position where its tonee may be sent forth an of yore, warning our citizens of danger, ot ringing out the joyous notes becoming our national anniversary, lt will nut, we fear, until ,;arter a while," as Bill A^p says, ring again for Southern victories per se: but we do want it rung with a lorty-horso power, when Thad. Stevens and his gang arc con? signed te infamy and their long home. We presume the first sounds of the bell will be heard on the morning of the "glo? rious fourth," u day which we hope Andrew Johnson willxclebrate in a manner that will electrify the country. Wa suggest that it would be a great con? venience teethe community, if the hoar* could be .-?truck on the hell, until such time as a cit} clock eau he procured. NKW AnvEaTiSEacEsrrs. Attention in call? ed t.. tli?- following advertisements, which are published tin.- morning For tho tirst time: Dr. C. H. Miot- Turnip Seed. J. A T. R. Agnew-Circular Saw??, Ac. L. Shivdair- Continuation of Business. Hatcher s Lightning Fly-Killer. A SECUEX roi: THK PvBLJC.---We have heard of sonic dentists who don't approve of Xozodont. What is their real objection to it? Simply this- it preserves the teeth, and sordid interests whisper that the de? cay of the teeth is their bread and butter? Eminent members of the profession in all parts nf the country endorse and recom? mend it. From Washington. The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes: Tho election campaign in Pennsyl? vania has opened with much spirit on all sides. The Democratic nomina? tion for Governor will stand, though it was understood that Mr. Clymer would willingly yield in favor of any more available candidate. The office of Governor is of less importance than the choice of members of Con? gress and of the State Legislature. lt is thought the Democrats and con? servatives may elect a majority of the L?gislature and of the State repre? sentation in Congress. From Indiana wc learn that tho conservatives will probably succeed in the election of members of Con? gress. New York and other large States promise a change in their representation adverse to the radicals. The canvass in those States is to be conducted, it is said, on the part of tho conservatives, without reference to any aid which might be derived from the exertion of the Executive power of removal and appointment. The appeal which has been made to tho Governors of the loyal States to hurry through the ratification of tho article proposed as au amendment of the Constitution, is not responded to in any quarter. The subject re? quires more deliberation than the dog-days will permit. When Con? gress shall meet next December, it will be found that few, if any, States have ratified tho article. Congress itself may, by that time, have under? gone a change of opinion on the sub? ject, prompted, ns it may be, by the result of the fall elections. Chief Justice Chase has pronounced against the project for funding the floating and maturing the debt of the Government in long bonds, exempt from taxation. The taxing power is pertinaciously insisted upon in many quarters, and, again, it is asserted tl mt the debt cannot be funded ex? cept at the rate of six per cent in long bonds. The funding scheme lately urged is no doubt to lie aban? doned. The Committee on Foreign Rela? tions have not yet agreed upon any report concerning Mexican aftairs, the neutrality laws, Sec. It ha.s been suggested that tho United States had better buy Lower California, Sinaloa and Sonora for the sum of 20,000,000 outright, instead of lending that sum to J uar z, upon a mortgage of those provinces. Secretary Seward can arrange mat? ters with Fraiu-e in conforming with the suggestions made by M. Dronyn De I'Huys, by paying a few millions for the withdrawal, not only of the French troops, but of Max. himself and all his functionaries from Mexico. The article proposed as an amend? ment to the Constitution has been submitted to the States, through their respective Governors, who, of course, want to know if that is the whole of it, or whether Mr. Stevens' enabling Acts are also to be submit? ted