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COLUMBI,*.^ Friday Morning, August IO, 1666. . Thc Conquered Basjme:^* lt Ls difficult to keep pace with all tho slanders . and misrepresentations of the Southern people by tho radical press of the North. They neem de? termined to perpetuate sectioual ill feeling-to keep alive that hatred and animosity, of which they were the generators. The -New York" Tri? bune, with il? radical corps' of writers, -stands pre-eminent in this work of de? famation for political purposes, AU? has done moro-first, to destroj friendly feeliugs between tho twe . sections, and now to prevent theil restoration-than its chief could atom for by offering to go bird for Jeffersoi Davis iu the amount of his witoli fortune. ?tn a recent issue of that paper, on of its writers says that there is "ni doubt the rebel flag floats in many Southern town to-day. lu Savannah we are told the Fourth of July wa celebrated as the anniversary of th battle of Bull Run; the rebel flag wc displayed, and cheered loudly by th crowd. " It is superfluous to say tin the above assertion is false, so far i our own people are concerned; but ia mournful to see how utterly d praved the human heart can becou ander the baleful influence of part ambition. These writers hesitate n< to belie the people of a whole sectic of their own country for the sole pu pose of the advancement of the party interests in the management the Government, for surely they ha not become so depraved as to pn lish these falsehoods merely for tl fiendish pleasure of uttering thei ol* from malignant hate towards tl people against whom they are wa tonly inscribed from day to day. But seekers of truth at the Nor should be made acquainted with t true position of the peo id o of t South. Conservative papers iu th section should do all in their pow to aid in their enlightenment, a thus refute tho slanderers and bal their iniquitous schemes. We n< say to them, as far as our knowled Of the Southern people extends, t "conquered banner" is furled f ever. It lives, and probably will 1 for generations to come, in this sue clime of ours, in the memories a affections of the people; but the ii that it will ever be raised again as standard of a separate nationality, that the sons of the South will e rally around it again for that j pose, is preposterous in the extre: and, as we have intimated above simply put forth for party pnrpo or to gratify a malignant hate. No! that banner is furled buried with the cause it represen' The men who folded it and pu away, did so with tearful eyes heavy hearts, it is true; but now : it lias become a thing of the past may say they wrapped it up draped it for ita last resting pl with its folds untarnished by honor. Let it rest; for it cnn n be unfurled again in our day generation, without dishonor to cause of which it was once recogn as a proud emblem. The b which furled it have recorded 1 allegiance and renewed their f< to the "old flag," and there are among them who would dishonc glorious memories by an act would bring upon them the corni arion of all true mon. Misrepre atiou and slander, the Tribune rest assured, can never goad the pie of the South to take up again, and thus violate their a obligations to the Government good faith, they have return their allegiance and recorded vows of fealty, and in good fait thefce vows be kept inviolate. Should any cause hereafter which might make it the duty c S ?utbern people to rally nude flag, it will be under "the old fl the Union," and in defence o Union and the Constitution &< were. The friends and support these, the foundation and bulwj the liberties of the people, wil the Southern people allies and ren in the good cause, whethe cause be assailed by usurper! revolutionists at home or er abroad. Let the people of the know this, oh! ye conservati v< temporaries in that section; le know that the Southern pooj loyal, in the truest sense of tba to the Government and the 1 and that to their support thoy have pt?8ged their most sacred honor; lol thein kno?? that th?s?. ebullitions ol the radicafcpress uB&crt. any offensive,j exbibitiotf of "rebel flags," aro-tlau de? mid gro?* Tnisroprcsentatrbns; let thom know that their chief politi? cal object now is a restoration of tho country to its former unity and har? mony; Itt them know that, sinco tho armies of Lee and Johnston surren? dered, they have only desired peace. Let thuin know the truth iu ail these matters, and wo aro confident they will bo able to put down Use faction , that would, if they were successful, subvert the liberties of the people. EducntiAjn Of th? Colored People. Education may not, in some capes, be a preventive of crime, but, as the handmaid of Christian civilization, it exercises, among all classes, a salutary influence, -whatever may be tho sta? tion ofifcs recipients. It is that, holding these .views? we advocate a fitting education for the colored peo? ple among us. It is especially neces? sary, in their new relation to the communities in Which they reside, as a.check to licentiousness and demo ralization, which, without it, aro the natural consequences of a sudden change from bondage to freedom. We are gratified to notice, in th< Chester Standard, a short account o the examination of two colore* schools, in that town, last week which appear to have been - quite or dorly-the Standard only objecting t< the wearing of swords by some of tin marshals of the pre?minary proc?s sion, which, of course, was not ii good taste. But what interests u most was thc spirit and matter o several adiresses, delivered by co lored mon, on the occasion, to tho? assembled to witness tho exereisef Our ootemporary informs'ivs tin subject of education was discussed and its great importance warmly ail vocated. Further, the several speak ers were unanimous in their cor demnation of thc various emigratio schemes, and advised their hearers t remain nt home, under tho caro an protection of their iortner master Temperance, industry and honest were especially enjoined, and polit ness to tho whites urged as a "matt* of duty and propriety. "We are gratified to read SIK teachings as these to the colored pe pie from the more intelligent of the own ruco. . Tliey will doubtless 1 beneficial. The proper training ar education of the freed people is matter of more importance to tl whites among whom they reside, ai with whom they are more or less co nected in the discharge of their a propriate duties, than is general supposed. If these people condo to remain at their former hon? their education and moral trainii will become doubly important, to re der them useful and industrious mei bera of the community, in their i spective spheres of duty. But tliis training and educati should be tho work of our own pt pie, who should "make the neoesso provision for that purpose. Th know their habits and temperamei better than any strangers, be til ever so competent and honest, t possibly know tbem. The educath moreover, will not be liable tn warped by prejudice, or diverted fr its legitimate objects and purpose the elevation of the mental capacity the pupils, and the lilting for th stations in life. Having learned read, they will in most cases turn their Bibles, where thtiy can le their duty to God, to their fell men and to themselves; having len ed to write and to understand elements of arithmetic, they will m better tradesmen, artizans and : chanics. Let this education be administered that they may um staad it is solely for their own bent and, thus untainted by anything vorin^ of a natural hostility betw the races, or by extraneous anti h ful doctrines, we ma}-, ere long, 1: inion g us an efficient class of workers, if they determine to ren with us, in rebnilding the sbatt* fortunes of our section and in levelopraent of hor vast resource; which work both intellect andmn ire very necessarj' instrumentoli Blackwood'& Magazine gives as jf the chief reasons of the fall of Viaerioan Confederacy, "the cow ce or incapacity of the British ?emment that refused to unite tat of France in acknowledging ?dependence of the South. " A Rep?blica* GoTermntnt. A republican form of gove ru m out ia ivgovernmeut of the people, framed under constitutional guards and re? strictions by the majority of thc peo? ple, and* continued and perpetuated by the will of the majority, in con? formity to the regulations and re? straints imposed by the Constitution they have made the chart of their liberties. Between this and a licen? tious mob rule there is n wide differ? ence, and a still wider difference be? tween it and tho rule of an unscrupu? lous faction, which may have, by chicanery, or by any other foul means, obtained the. ascendancy. And this is precisely the conditior of this Government to-day-this tht issue simply betweeu President John son and thc radicals. This latter fae tion represents a minority of tin people of tho United States, althougl they have now tho control of the le? gislative department of the Govern ment, while the Executive stanch, nj for a mSovernment of the people, accord ing to the principles of the Constitu tion. And this issue hus extended t some of tho State Governments Tennessee is to-day governed by^ contemptible minority of her native born and rightful citizens. Thi faction sought the other day to brin Louisiana into thc sume lamentabl condition but were foiled, and ever other. Southern State would share th sume fate had this faction the pow? to enforce it upon the people. Th: is the simple issue, then, between tb Executive and legislative department of the Government; tho Preside! wants rt restored in all -its parts t thc form in which it3 founders left i while the radicals ?eek a despot ian enforced by the bayonet. Tin? poop of America have shortly to cbooi betweeu the two, mid they wi choose aright. - - -. ?-- - A Sontlwrn Loyall*t. A correspondent of the Xewbei Times writes the following paragrap which we fiud copied and comiucub on by ?i Wilmington paper: "The world has never witnessi anything equal to the brazen imp dence of the demagogues aud traite of the South demanding const it tional .rights uuder a Govern mc that they have withiu the last fi years armed nearly a million of m to overthrow. Their rights indee If the national authorities sparc thi necks, it will be more than they i serve. " We knew our sister State wai nffti ed with some bad men, bul wo i not think it possible that she had c whose heart could conceive, a whose pen could trace, the alu hues. Even lier ex-Governor-t great "rejected" foreigu ministei would not, wc think, stoop tb su scurrility on his fellow-citizens, w followed the fortunes of their nut State. The Times professes to bi staunch Unionpaper; but if the ab sentiment, to which it has given p licity, be that of its editors, his Un would bo that which Brownlow Stevens would give the people of i Bouth. The Times and its cori pondents. however, arc fair spi mens of those who aro pompot jailed "Southern loyalists,"and wli doctrines arc subjugation, couth tion and disfranchisement. CHAULESTON ITEMS. -The Cour r>f Thursday, has the following ito Surgeon James F. Burdett, U. A., was among tho victims of cholera at Tybee Island, on tho instant. The deceased was reoei Post Surgeon at Hiiton Head. The steamship Saragossa. Crou From New York, reported yester .it quarantine, lias been allowed ?ome to tho wharf and discharge ?argo, the ship being clean healthy. Wo have to record thc death of r>ther of our oldest citizens John Guy, in tho seventy-see year of his age. Mr. Guy was L?ne of our oldest mechanics, anc ictive member of the South Cnn Mechanic's Association. During the heavy shower of yei lay afternoon, which sncceeded excessive boat of the forenoon, residence ol' Hon. Wm. B. Pringh hiing street , neai-South Bay Batt was struck by liprhtniug, which dc iished ono ?of the chimneys, but no other damage. A PIJEKENT TO ANDY.-A part prominent cotton buyers in Mi purchased a bale of new cotton lind been received by Hardenu ?Sparks, BS a present to Andrew J *on, President of the United St The cotton, we learn, was shippc -he President by tho National Dress. Mr. Field always sends nice, p 'ul messages over the Atlantic e jocanse he is not a Field-Mnrtial rm*II ? i i II.i j i i HIP tn? tm Curt ona Complication?. Tho ??ew York News thus aptos | up tile royal matrimonial comjjilica tions, ip which tlx; Queen of/;?ng '.and linds herself involved in the present condition of a.flairs in Europe! . 4:. Queen. Victoria's eldest son the Prince of Walis-is married to a daughter'of'.the King of Denmark, who has been deprived of*'-a largo portion of his territories by. the Kiug of Prussia, father of the husband of tho Queen's eldest daughter; and this mutilation of Denmark was ef? fected,- nominally, in the interest of the Duke of Augusfceuburg, whose younger brother, Princo Christian, j has been married to the Queen's I third daughter, the Princess Helena. 2. The Queen's first co.isin, the King of Hanover, has beeu deprived of his kingdom by the same'King of Prussia, in whose army the Queen's sou-in-law, tho Prince of Prussia, is a commanding officer. The King of Hanover is married to a cousin of ?the .Duke of Saxe-AJteiiburg, who voted against Austria in the Federal Diet, whilst Hanover voted against Prusaia. o. Prince Alexander, of Hesi*e, who ! commands the Federal army raised to I oppose the Kin*g of Prussia, is bro? ther to Prince Louis, the husband ol . the Pri uceas Alice, the Queen's se '< coud daughter. j 4. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg i Gotha-I rince'Albert's lirother, uni brother-in-law to the Queen-hold; command, in tho King of JP russia'; army that invaded Hanover, whicl kingdom, by the way, until thc acc?s sion of Queen Victoria, formed dur ing five reigns part ol tho territory o the Kings of England. ?. The Queen's second son. lin ; Duke of Edinburgh, (Prince Alfred, is the ne phew of the same Duke n ! Saxe Coburg-Gotha, aud has beende I dared heir-presumptive, to the duchy (y. Prince -Teck, recently marrie* i to the Queen's nr?t cousin, the Prin ? cess Mary of Cambridge) holds commission in the army of the Ere peror of Austria, and might, at au time, have had to leave his bride fe 1 the seat*oi war, to light the King c Prussia, who has tho Queen's son-n law, and thejQuyeu's brother-in-law both officers in Ins army. The sistf of tin* Princess Mary, the Pritioe* Augusta of Cambridge, is married t the Grand Duke of -Mecklenburg Strebt/., who espouses the cause < Prussia. 7. Two of the Queen's first eotisil on her mothers side, ar?; married t member*of the. Austrian family, vi Leopold II. of Belgium, who is ma ried to an Arch-duehess of Austri and the Princess Cariotta, of Be ginni, married to the Emperor > Mexico, who is brother to the Et peror of Austria. Such are the positions in the pr sent contest in which the near rel tives of thOiQueen of England stan To have included in our eatalogi lb?* nnoe distant relatives of h Majesty, would have extended it morti thau three times its prese length; but it would have exhibit bow. much the struggle in Germa has the appearance of being, if it not in reality, a vast family quarre! Slate K?-mH. TheEdgefiehl Advertiser says: On Friday night last, there was general jail delivery iaEJgefield. O or two white men and some ten oi dozen negroes, quietly walked out the eiduboose, and betook tbemsel' whither they would. The Chester $t<onl?trd say?: The drought still continues. Agi and again have our hopes been < ceived by the fallacious promises rain. Tile earth in this region capable of receiving into her boson second deluge. SUMTER.--At a public meeting h in Sumter, the following resolute were adopted: Resolved, That, in the opinion this meeting, unless some re which is constitutional be devised the Legislature, great distress, ii' general ruin, will be th-"* neeess and immediate result. Resolved. That his Excellency Governor be earnestly and respect ly requested to convene an extra sion of the Legislature, for the \ po?.?- of considering what remedy and should be provided. Resolved, That our Senator Representatives be, and aro lu re instructed to devote their best e: gies in devising and carrying thro tho General Assembly such legi tive action us will give relief to pe< iple MB. STETHEXS.-Hon. A. li. plions, ol' Georgia, arrive I in Aug on Wednesday. The Chronicle Send,iel, of Thursday, says: "We regret that Mr. Stepn beult h is still very feeble, and that he will not be able to tak active part in the deliberations ol Convention. His presence there doubtless be of much service to native State and to the whole c try. Mr. Stephens is nccompa by his brothel. Hon. Linton phens, who goes os a delegate this (the 5th) District.'" The Priuting Bureau of the "] gury Department is non printing millions of st ; v. ps of different nominations for brer barrels, a; qui?ed by a recently passed law. supposed that tl tis provision materially prevent frauds on th? terual revenue. <5:?li luOrnngi bnr);. -?The Garolina Times says: Ou Mend:? jv6th inst., there w as a large assemblage of citizens in town, to transact their montluy business, nari more particularly to. attend the pn*blic meeting which hrfd been ad? vertised for that day. Several large sale? of land, on time, took place, for tho purpose of settling! up estates, and brought very good prices for the times. . m One tract of land, estate of T. Hol? man Wolfe, of OOO acres, brought | 83.000. Estate of S Bair, 1,090 ?eres; b*o?ghfc *$2;400. - Estate of E. j T. Pooaer, 700 acres, brought $4,000. Estate hinds of Ad:un H ni oak, brought : Si.20 per nero. Bight of Wm, Prus ner in one half aero town lot brought ! $81. j Wo arc glad to hear from marry plantel*;, more favorable accounts of; tho cottou and corn crops than re j current a few weeks ugo. Mr. ?L, P. ? Gue has shown us a large cotton boll, 1 picked on the 2d inst., iu full bloom ' and luxuriance. About 12 o'clock, the nieetiug as-1 sein bl ed iii the basement of the Pres by terian Church, which, was filled to! overflowing, (the proceedings of j which are published elsewhere.) and j was t ddressed on the debt question'; by Messrs. hatchings nud T. B. Ty 1er, advocating repudiation aa the i only salvation for the country, and Col. Folder advocating open resist once us a last resort ; but they were ? followed by eloquent speeches from i our talented young representative, j Hon. F. M. Wannamaker, who op pos.nl such principles, on the grounds* of fraud to cr?ditera, and the disho- I ncsty and disgrace of sucha measure, j while pledging himself to assist in de- j vising whatever plan of relief should seem best to tho Legislature, when it ? may bc assembled. . . 1 The Rev. Mr. Conner spoke forcibly to the same point, and Mr. W. M. j HutsQU being caHed upon, explained j the difficulty of enacting a law in i relation to past cont racts, which would I bo free from the objection of uncon? stitutionality,, while he considered it j necessary to do something to rebevej the distresses of the people. The feeling of tue meeting was ? eminently conservative, as tho r?solu-1 tious passed will show. No resort to | radical measures was countenanced in I nu y degree. Tun RADICALS.-Senator Doolittle; made a speech at Madison. Wiscmi- j sin. on the 1st inst., from which we j extract the following tolling truths: j But, fellow-citizens, I tell you, and I assure you, it is ascertain, in my I judgment, as God lives and reigns, that unless tho people in this country , sustain Andrew Johnson nov.- in Ins , determined effort to sustain this . Union and to arrest the mad career | of this wild tendency to centraliza- ! rion, Vinn constitutional liberties are ! engulfed in a vortex from which they ' will never rise. That tendency is to ' despotism-the despotism of a tyran- ? nioal caucus--tho meanest of all dos- i potisms from tho <Liys of the seventy j tyrants down'. J There lias occurred this session, in ! relation to caucuses, in Cougress, j what never occurred l>efore in the history of the Government, and that j is, that caucuses undertook to' bind j their members upon questions of legislation. A rfd yet those mon have ? suffered themselves to bo led and bound hand and foot; ?iud many of I thens -* 1 will say thc majority of them | -in tfi>- House of Representatives, j against their judgment, have boon ? led by Thaddeus Stevens, and tho,* men associated with him, to make; this unwarrantable, un justifiable, \ this most devilish warfare upon An? drew Johnson. THE DISPOSITION OF THE SOUTHERN ?1 PEOPLE.-We have never had n doubt; 1 that since the end vf tho r?bellion P drove tin- old politicians and rulers j 1 away from active control in the j1 South, the masses of the people were i ' anxious in pood fnith to return to | ' tlu-ir allegiance to the Government.;' The general tenor of the testimony j ' from the Southern States is to this,' effect ; and among others who have l lately been in the Southern States j J with opportunities, through their of- , ' ricial position, to judge of tho feelings j1 of the people by their conduct, is ! * General Gordon Granger, who en- ! 1 dors, s these opinions. He has just j *. arrived in Washingt m from an of- ' fioial tour through the South, and lie ' states that, in general, be found the M people well-disposed toward the Go vern ment, and ready, if permitted totj do so, to give substantial "proofs of j , th^ir loyalty and devotion to the Con-"1 stitution and tho Union. < [Philadelphia Ledger. * CHEATING THE REVENUE.-The New .1 York Ev; tress charges tluit the whis- ' key distillers iu that city, bribe the! 1 Revenue Inspectors, un J are tk'?s !c enabled to. carry on distillation with-j-1 out paying the Govern mont tax. It i J says, there are 200 distilleries in tho : 1 city managed in this way. Unofficial ' "informers," of whom there is an * organized band, who make it their 1 business to seek out illicit manufnc- ' f ture, are also pensioned to keep c quict. The new revenue law, which ; 1 will soou boin operation, will mate- C rial ly increase the difficulties of illicit ? distillers. It provides that an in-1 * specter shall be placed in each dis- r tillery, and that each proprietor shall c pay him five dollars per day for tho I privilege of hoing watched. . 0 There aro about 280 prisoners now 11 ffonfined on the Dry Tortugas. ' * ? Yesterday was a scorcher- th- thermo ureter touching 100 degrees. ?lov. drr, n-Oov, Perry, Judge Ward]aw ami other delegates to tho Philadelphia Convention, pTissed through this city. yes? terday. BLANKS KOI: SALE AT THIS Omix Li? ters of Admihist ration. Declaration .??n Bond or Sealed Noto, Mortgagee and Con veyances <>f Heal t?ntate. . Tho Johnny Keb. Minstrels advertise another coucqi-t this evening, at which ad? ditional attractions will be presented. Mr. Joseph Hart Denck, Juc accomplished pia? nist, will also perform several air* on hi? favorite instrument. We return oar sinec-ru thank? t-? the gen- *T tleniea composing the ban J. fur tho de? lightful serenade furnished the Phoenix laet night. Tns BritNixo or COLUMBIA.-An min es tin g account ot tho "Sack and Destruc? tion of tho City of Columbia, S. C.," ha* just boen issued, in pamphlet form, from tho Phoenix power press. Orders filled to any extent. Single copies 56 cents. MAIL AHKAXOEMKSTS.-Tho Poet Office is open during the work from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 5? p. m. to 7 p. m. On Son day, from 8 to y a. m. "Northernmail open?? a.m.; oloses'24P- m. Southern " 5Jp. m.; " 9 fv m. Charleston '"* 5* p. m.; " -9 p. m. Greenville lt. R, S a.m.; " . 8Ap. ni. Edgefield " S a. m.; " " 8Jp. ni. All maiLs close on Sunday at 2 p. m. INQUEST.-Coroner Walker was called Upon, y e's tcrday, to "hold an inquest Upon tho body of Dennis Kennesse, who died very suddenly, in this city, on Wednesday afternoon last. The jury, after a full in? vestigation, returned the following verdict: '.That Dennis Bennesse came to his death, on the 8th or August, 1SC0, from injuries r^eived by a fall on the ni-ht of the 7th of August*; isr-s." Tb? new Pfuanix office, ca tu #*&ear beiuK thc scene of two fatal occurrences yester? day. About - o"clock, a colored mau, named Oliver, employed by Mr. A. Palmer, in roofing the building, w-s overcome by the heat, and had to be earned home, in a very precarious situation--- it is thought tl at the attack will terminate fatally. Later in the afternoon, Mr. Iioberr Jqhn ion, tho contractor, was superintending the removal of sonni flooring, when tho pile ff? on bim,'cutting his' head in two place* and brabdng h?s-body somewhat. He will be all right in a day 04- two. - NEW AnvEETIJfEaTKNTS. -Atti-utiou ia call? ed to the following advertisements, which ?rv published thif- morning for the first time: A. H. Phillips-Attractive Auction Sale*, (?rand Concert at Gibbes' Hall. HostPtter's Stomach Bitters. Wny has Sozodont become the staple dentifrice of America? Simply because it is impossible to use it, even for a week, without perceiving its hygemic effect upon the teeth, the gums and the breath. FROM NEW OKIJEAXS.-The New Orleans Crescent, of Friday, says that at a conference with Mavor Monroe, Lieutenant-Governor \ oorhees and Attorney-General Herron, General Baird stated that he was now willing to permit tho sheriff to obey the mandates of the conrt-1. e., allow the members of the Convention to be arrested upon the presentment of the grand jury. On the subject of de? claring martial law, it is understood that General Baird has telegraphed to the Secretary of War that, by re? volting to that measure, ho had saved a thousand lives. The samo number of tho Crescent also has the following item: "At half-past 7, last evening, a dis? charged United States soldier in? formed Officer Lepage, of the Third District police, that there was a ga? thering of about 200 armed negroes assembled some two miles below the barracks. Lieut. Jacobs, in cora mand of the police in the Third Dis? trict, reported to the oinef that he liad sent a patrol down to ascertain if the statement was true. At ll o'clock, last night, nothing additional had men heard from Lient. Jacobs in re ation to the matter." It is stated that Dr. Dostie, a mem? ber of the Convention in New Or euns, who was mortally wounded, received his first wound from a Mas? sachusetts soldier, who declared that the-whites should be the ruling race JU this continent. ilioHTs OF NATUBAXOZEO ClTTZEXS. V despatch from Nashville, Teunes jee, dated the 30th ult., says: A correspondence has taken place setween tho Secretary of State and a awyer of this city, about tho rights if naturalized citizens of the United States in foreign countries. Mr. Se? ward replies that the subject of the 'ight of naturalized citizens of the United States to exemption from nilitary proscription in the countries )f their birth, is the subject of cor espoudenee. Until some agreement ?pou principles on tho subject has >eou arrived at, the only thing the United States Government can do in he way of interposition is to direct ts diplomatic agents to exert their .ood offices in such cases when they >ccur. France is the exception to this .ondition of thiugs, and it is only-ne iessary for a Frenchman, who has >eeu fully naturalized in the United states, on his return to France, to eport at once to tho prefect of the listrici in which his name is eurolie,1, Producing his evidence of nationality md ask to have his name erased from he conscription hst, when, according o the laws ofJFranoe, ho is exempt rom military service.