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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Jan. 12, 1867. Intimidation. We think the attitude of the South? ern people in relation to Federal polities ut the present time presents ono of the grandest moral spectacles that any crushed people ever exhibit? ed. Tiley have como to the conclu? sion that argiinients are entirely un? availing', when addressed to the party hostile to their interests and rights, and in the discussion of the last pro? posed measure of that party, so great was the contrast between the tone and temper of Southern writers lo i that exhibited by the radicals, that I even Republican journals could not ! avoid remarking il! In the South, many able men, i such es Governors Sharkey and Ferry, discussed the proposed amendment with calmness, bul with marked ability, pointing out its unjust and oppressive provisions; while, on the other haul, the leading politicians ami journals of the radical faction I favored it. This is not what was expected by the man who proposed tho odious measure; for, although j they did not expect, nor do we be? lieve did they desire, that toe South? ern States should adopt rf, yet they did believe and expect that they would present a violent, turbulent and rebellious opposition, which j might furnish the party with some | shadow of truth ia their oft-repeated, j false allegitions that the rebellion ' was not yet crushed. They have been grievously disap? pointed. As a cotemporary remarked a week or two ago, when several of the ! States rejected the amendment, thc question was determined by the South? ern people preciser, as if no radical party existed; as if no elections had been held at the North; as if nothing was to be decided but tile actual merits or demerits of the scheme. We cannot say that the result is a disappointment io the Republican party; but ii it is welcome to them, the manner in which the result was brought about must be eminently un? welcome. The radicals are, doubt? less, very glad that the amendment is rejected, 'ont they must feed disap? pointed that the rejection was not ac? companied willi those marks cf re? sentment which would have stimu? lated sectional rage, or with those symptoms of apprehension en the part of the Sontheim people which would have enconraged sectional tyran ny. The intimidating measures of the radicals have ni'eily failed to have any influence upon the decision of the Southern people raid their Legisla? tures. The party finds the South calm and quiescent, not clamoring for admission to Congress, as they expected, not turbulent or commit? ting outrages on account of its op? pressive policy. They may threaten disfranchisement, of Southern men; they may destroy their State Go? vernments, and substitute military rule over an already burdened and oppressed people; they may deter? mine that these States shall never be again restored tit the Union; they may ita ?'ill this, and more, but they will never coerce the'people of the South into the voluntary acceptance of a measure that they believe unjust, and iniquitous. Such is the "verdict" of the Southern people, in opposition to the so-called verdict, of the North Intimidation has utterly failed. And is this not, as.we Lave said, a noble spectacle exhibited by a people j overwhelmed by power and governed i by pady vindictiveness? History will j answer this question truthfully, while ! the faction which evoked it will be handed down to posterity as thc would-be destroyers of "the best Go? vernment" the world ever saw. ONE OP THE FBUITS.- Tho 7 w rence (Mass.) American says son e of the principal corporations in that city have given notice of a reduction of pay of their employees of ten per cent., aud that others will soon do j the same. Thc reason given is thc depression of the market prices for , goods, and of the manufacturing in forests in general. A large number j of factory people ave already out of ! employaient. RADICALISE.-It is reported by the ! Washing'on correspondent of the ' Baltimore Gazette that Thad. Stevens took 8200,000 with him to Harris- j burg, for the purpose of securing his election to the United States Senate, j Ttl ?*?acl?u sett?-Colored SIrmbcn. It will be remembered thnt at the late State election in Massachusetts, colored legislators were elected from tho city of Charlestown. When, a few days ago, that hotly . assembled they made their appearance at the bar of the House, were sworn iu and took their scats, meeting with a kind and courteous reception at the hands of their white colleagues. As this is the first instance in the United States, we believe, in which '"colored members" have been elected to a legislative body, the extract below, from tho Boston correspondence of a prominent New York paper, in reference to one of those now repre? senting a Massachusetts constituency, will interest, the reader, and perhaps convince him that "things is workinY Edward Garrison Walker, by far the most able man of thc two, was nominated by the Republicans of Ward Three, in Charlestown, but on election day the men of that party in thc city failed to support him. At two o'clock in tho afternoon of election dav. it became apparent that he would not be elected. The polls closed at four o'clock, and he needed about fifty votes to place him among the chosen at four o'clock, and those fifty votes were east by members of thc Democratic party, which insured his election. He is a lawyer of con? siderable ability, has ?in extensive practice in Charlestown and in Bos? ton, and is extremely popular as a mau and an orator in the first-named city. Ile evinced a warm interest in the Fenian cause last June, which doubtless gained him thc Democratic votes. It is statml that the latter pal ty did as much toward his elec? tion as the Republicans, though he has always been identified with, and au exponent of the principles of the latter. Mr. Walker is a son of that Walker who more than thirty years ago caused such an overwhelming excitement in Charloston, South Carolina, by a pliamphlet distin? guished in the annals of uuti-slavcry warfare, and his son has been enabled to create a somewhat similar excite? ment in Charlestown, Massachusetts, by being chosen a legislator. Il was thought that his nomination was not made iu good faith by the Republi ? cans, and that his chances of obtain < ing a seat in the halls of legislation ; were slim, and the astonishment and I excitement on tho-oveniug when his ! ('lection was declared, was great. He ! has studied well into the great ques I tious appertaining to our national wel \ fare, is well informed on all subjects discussed at this day, and asan orator 1 lie will have few equals in the House. [ His arguments are clear, concise and conclusive, and at one time during : thc campaign of 1865 I saw him in a caucus ia Charlestown delivers speech j that completely humiliated ono of i the most prominent politicians of I that city. The latter accused a ! delegation (of which Walker was a member.) of not doing their duty in a Convention to which they were sent, and Walker, iu a short speech, cowed him so completely that the politician was forced to beg his pardon before ! the assemblage. A brilliant future I is predicted for Mr. Walker by his j friends, who hope to see him in the Gubernatorial chair or in Congress, I and his ehaances for either are good if he serves with credit his present term in the House, as he has become extremely popular, more especially .since his election. A TERRTBI?E APFAII?.-The jail at Kingstree, in this State, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday night last. We learn that the fire had gained so much headway before it was dis? covered, that its progress could not be arrested. One whiie mau only was in the jail, at the time, and he escaped, but twenty-tw< of the negro prisoners (nineteen mt les and three females) perished in the li?mes. Their shrieks and screams, as they wore gradually shut oiY from all hope of escape, wert' sickening to the helpless spectators, and, with the hissing and crackling of the llames, which seemed to take a savage delight in their work, formed a scene that, in horror, might have rivalled Pandemonium itself. In a very short time, tho erics and groans ceased, and of the twenty-two pri? soners nothing was left but a charred, blackened and shapeless mass. It, is supposed that the jail was fired by the negroes, in the hope of making their escape, but their effort only worked out their entire destruction. WAGES IN NEW YOKK.-En New York, at the present time, house car? penters are receiving $3.50 per day; plasterers, $4.50; brick-layers, $4 to Si.50; stone-masons, .about the same; bakers. $10 per week; horso-shoers, $3.50 per dey; boot and shoe-makers, ?12 per week; dry goods salesmen, ?5 to SIS per week; cabinet-makers, 815 to 820 per week; plumbers, ;>3.5i) to Si per day; iron-moulders, $18per week. Dr.- Lester Jones and Mr. E.. J. Pugh, old and esteemed citizens of Sumter District, died recently. The Impeachment. The following is tho important por? tion of tho New York Herald's com? ments on the impeachment move? ment: Tho object contemplated in this resolution of Mr. Ashley, then, is the removal of thc President from ofhee. But why remove him, when the charges preferred against him, or when, at least, the "high crimes and misdemeanors" of which he has been guilty have been a common thing with all his predecessors as party leaders, from Gen. Jackson down to poor Pierce and Buchanan, to say nothing of the lamented Lincoln ? lt seems a little rough ami uncharitable that President Andrew ''?hnson , should be the first victim to the wrath of Congress, and particularly when ho has ceased to be an obstruction to the legislative policy of Congress, and when over a two-thirds vote in j both houses is secured against him to ? the end of his tenn of ellice. In this j situation of affairs, it appears to us ; that if this impeachment movement ' he followed up to its legal conclusion, it will be productive of a mischievous eonfushm in our political parties, a serious panic and derangement in our affairs, and needless and damaging' delays on those practical measures of; legislation demanded to meet the; general interests und wants of the I country. "We think it altogether' probable, however, that thc Judiciary 1 Committee of the House will be se- ' enpied to the end of the present Con? gress in their preliminary investiga-1 tions, and that, with the meeting of the new Congress in March, the in? tervening chapter of events may! servo to b'?ng a treaty of peace and co-operation between the two houses . and the President. Thc New York Times, alluding to ; the injurious effect of the movement, is evidently opposed to lt. That paper says: It is this feature of the matter which causes apprehension and alarm, and especially among the business classes of this city. They fea;- the results of the recklessness of the leaders in Congress, lt may seem all very well to these leaders to indulge in wild and extravagant language, in furious outbursts anil violent denun? ciations, and to propose schemes cal? culated to upset tilings generally, it probably suits their notions of party policy and party necessity, to carry matters to tile furthest possible ex? treme, and then suggest their being carried a trille further. lt may seem line even to try experiments upon the strength and capacity of our institutions and form of Govern? ment, and show how they may be racked and twisted before they give signs ol' falling to pieces, lint there are others who are quite as much in? terested in these matters as members of Congross, and who are beginning to apprehend that there may be peril to tho country from its control by those whose political principles ar,: so unbalanced, and whose resentments and passions lind such violent ex? pression. The course that has been pursued upon the impeachment busi? ness, the spirit that has been dis? played in its treatment, and the pro? gress withiu a few days in making it a matter of practical legislation and action, have added greatly to these apprehensions, lt is looked upon as such a gratuitous disturbance of the peace of the country, such a prolong? ing of our political difficulties, such an uncalled-for interference, with our progress toward harmonious rela? tions, and such an inherently danger? ous procedure, that it eau be regard? ed only as the work of those who care nothing for the public welfare, and are intent only upon their own selfish ends. The formal charges that these parties propose to prefer against Pre? sident Johnson in their articles of impeachment, are no more than those with which we have become familiar from the speeches of his assailants. Nearly all of them would bo dis? missed at once by any court, and if they ever come before such a body as the Senate, we have no doubt of the disposition that will be made of them. KINO COTTON.-King Cotton has been dethroned; if he is ever inau rated again his sceptre must be a spindle.-A<hlre**>>f Wm. Jf. Burwell at the late Fair. True, every word of it-truer than much of the preaching wo have heard in our day. Every spindle we can set going in the South will prove a liege and faithful subject of King Cotton, and when enough of them are whirling they will elevate him to his former place and power. \Ncw Orleans Picayune. THE POPE ANO EMPRESS.-It is re? ported thc Pope recently said that the Emperor Napoleon was not e. Christian, and that unless his Holi? ness retracts the offensive remark, the Empress Eugenie will not visit Home at all. It is said by gossips that Na? poleon treats his wife badly some? times; but true to her womanly in? stincts, she will not permit any one to speak of him without resenting it. ?-* <? ? ? - George Gamble, a citizen of Wil? liamsburg District, was found by the road-side, on the 3d instant, frozen to death. He got intoxicated, and, on his way home, in the night, fell from a buggy, and could not proceed any farther; hence his unfortunate end. Columbia-The Legislature. Wo find a letter in the New York Herald, of the 7th, dated Columbia, 20th ult. Wc extract the following paragraphs: I need not inform your readers how much this once beautiful city has been blasted by the desolations of war. The citizens, aided to some extent by Northern capital, have begun the work of rebuilding. On the main street o? the city there are several buildings now in process of erection, which give evidence of Hie taste as well as the enteprise of their owners. Governor ( )rr is still here. Gover? nor Terry left here a few days since, having visited Columbia siniplyupoa professional business. The Legisla? ture is upon the eve of adjournment, and all matters of legislation are being pressed through with railroad celerity. -Thc ancient custom of this body has been always to adjourn be? fore Christ mas, and in time for < neb member to bc at his home on thai day. Eveu at this time, with so much demanding publie attention, and with many most important matters ?eft unattended to, Chritmas pursues its power and social life reigns su? preme over political. I le ar t liai like many similar bodies the members have not realized the solemn position they occupy. As you will seethe constitutional amendment has been rejected, with but a single vote in its favor, il is in vain lind the critical position they occupy has been urged upon them; it is in vain they have seen the plain display ol' Northern sentiment radical power has more influence than (d' that which now exists. One ol' the mos! intelligi nt members told me that, the clause giving Congress the power lo enforce the amendment by appropriate legislation, influences him more ia its rejection than any? thing else. As a matter of course the less scrupulous politicians '..ill oppose it beeae.se it cuts them oil' from office in the State as weil as in tin; Government. Tin; fact that the bill proposing to admit, the States upon adopting this amendment was lost at the last session of Congress .has don." more to prevent its passage than anything else. Overlookingthe iee; that it was tim President alone who pledged them their restoration, they say that- they have once com? plied with terms and have gained nothing. The cup is a bitter one, and it will not willingly be drained unless tiley :>.?e positively assured that upon drinking it, restoration te all their former rights and privilege, will be attained, if this assurance were given, and the amendment, pro? perly understood, it would be ac ccpted, not because desirable, lui! because i! would render their con? dition mee desirable, titan al --. .9 -t^ THE POINT.-The New York Jour mil af Commerce is showing up tin absurdity of the State suicide theory It says: If Georgia is a Slate for any pur pose, she is a State for all purposes ! i" there be any such State as Georgia if there be anything except a eoloret lim- on paper maps which divid? Georgia from Alabama, if the peopli living in Augusta have any other le gal position than the people living ii Mobile, it results from the fact fha Georgia is a State, and a difieren State from Alabama. And if tha difference exists at all, it exists to tb fullest extent, forbidding entirely th possibility of regulating the Govern mont, except on principles consisten with th" Constitution of the Unitei States. For there is no half-wa; point in this doctrine. If the powe claimed for Congress exists ata 1, the; it is ample for tho purpose of renie deling the whole, geography of th South, lt is as competent to mak one territorial Goverement for all th South, or for any two States, or fe any parts of States, as to create i for any piece of ground formerl known as a State. Either they ar States, or they are a wilderness c territory. TIIK COTTON- CROP.-The New Yor Herald fears that the statistics relativ to the cotton crop are put at too big a figure, and concludes an avticl upon the cot? on and con: crops fe l??G as follows: Unhappily the unsettled slate <. politics and the disorganization c labor throughout the South have pr< vented the most sanguine from pr< dieting a crop of more than a millio or a million and a quarter of fu bales. Let us hope that the nc year on which wo have entered wi diminish, if it may not entirely rc move, tho obstacles to agriculture production in tho South, and tbs everywhere, North, South, East an West, the prodigious resources c this vast country may be developc to an unprecedented degree by inte ligent and successful industry.' - ^ ? ? The population of Ohio is abort 3,000,000. Tho wealth of the Stat per head about Sri00, or $2,500 pe family. The Shite tax for 18G6 wa over five dollars to every man, womal and child, or an average of twenty live dollars. The editor of tho Louisville (Mis;. Bulletin lives and prints his paper ii tho jail, of which he is keeper, givim him a decided advantage over others as his subscribers aro likely to pa; up promptly. THAD. STEVENS ON LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION, Ac-Thc Hon. Thad? deus Stevens, who is a candidate for United States Senator from Pennsyl- ' vania, was recently invited to visit ' Harrisburg, to urge Iiis claims to that < position. Tn reply, he wrote a letter : declining, giving as his reasons thc 1 following: "It cannot be denied, and there- ? fore need not be concealed, that for . ihe last ten or fifteen years, the Le- , gislature of Pennsylvania has had ?1 . most unenviable reputation. Corrup? tion, bribery and fraud have been freely charged; and. I fear, too often proved to have controlled their ac? tions. No matter how honest when chosen, the atmosphere of Harrisburg j seems to have pierced many of them! with a demoralizing taint. A scat in | the Legislature becomes an object of ? ambition, not for the per diem, but ? ! for the chance of levying contribu? tions from rich corporations and other large jobs. Corruption finally 1 became so respectable as .lo seduce \ candidates for office boldly to bid for I them, ami to pay the cash fer thedo i livery of the ballot. Inc very office ! of Senator is known to have been ; bouglit with gold, and lo have, been I trafficked for on other memorable ' occasions in exchange for precious j metals. Indeed, it has become pro I verbial that the largest purse is surt? to win. So sure is this, that nun ' once or more detected in such shainc ; fal practices do not hesitate io ap pear before the public and ask leave j ! to practice (he same.game. How can j ; an;.- man who has any character to ; j lose consent to enter into such com- ! i petition?" Stevens, however, subsequently I consented to visit. Harrisburg, where, j we presume, he is now preparing to j NEGKO POPULATION or THE SOUTH. I In a communication to thc Secretary ! of War cn the 21st ultimo. General i Howard, of (he Freedmen's Unn au, I "in Virginia, the freedmen -?ave decreased in number; estimated po ; pulation at this date 500,000. North ! Carolina estimated about tia; census . of 1S60-360,000. South Carolina decreased; present population esti . mated at 375.000. Georgia estimated at-100,000. The population of Flo ! rida has remained about tho same a:; ! when th'> census of 1860 was taken G2.(>77. lu Mississippi, a census has j been taken since (he close of the war, ! showing a slight, decrease; ?2 >,00i'? is j the present colored population of the State. In Louisiana, reported co ? lqred population 350,000. Texas - I the Assistant Commissioner of the I State reports au increase; colored j population estimated at 200,000. j Missouri-it is probable that the I freedmen have left this State- in large ! numbers for Kansas, Iowa, .tc; esti I mated population 100,000. In Ar. I kansas, tire colored population has j decreased to abor'. 100,000. In Ton I nessce, the Assistant Commissioner estimates an increase from 280,000 population in 1860 to 300,000." -??-?..?- . INCOME-GOLD HILL.-Thc cor? respondent of the Baltimore Sun writes: j A strong elTort is to be made in the i Ways and Means Committee to re? duce the iucomo tax to three instead of liveper cent, above$5,000, and that all incomes below Si,500 should be exempt, and all above that up to $50,000 should pay three cents. Thc ? eommittee.however, have not formal j ly considered the subject, but they j intend to do so ina few days. The j gold will be definitely acted on ina , few days; that is, thc mode and man j ncr of disposing of the gold, and the ; amount which it is thought expedient j should be kept on hand. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH j THE PI;OI>OSED CHANGE IN THE DISCI? PLINE.-The footing of the vote shows: For change of name, 1,049; against change of name, 118; for lay delega? tion, 1,061; against lay delegation, 100. Lay delegation lacks 33}^ votes to make it a law, and there are 50^ votes to be overcome to effect a change in the name of the church. The Baltimore Conference is the only one now to vote, and it is not probable that the result will be ma? terially altered by tho vote of that Conference. Both measures, there? fore, may be considered as lost. [Richmond O h ri sd un Advocate. lu Colin County, Texas, polk sells for six cents a pound;butter at twelve anda half cents; eggs at ten cents a dozen; wheat ono dollar a hundred weight. Corn is rattled oil' at fifty ! cents a bushel. These rates aro for ( specie. In that portion of Terns one j dollar of United States paper curreu ! cy is worth only two-thirds of a silver j dollar. In Husk County mast fed i pork readily brings six cents, corn ! fed seven cents. There is an abtin ] dant supply of food in that region, particularly of hog and hominy. East j Texas is unqestionably one of the : best countries in the world for rais? ing pork. --<*?.*~ -. i A certain writer says "no fragment ! of au army ever survived ?o many battles as the Bible; no citadel ever withstood so many sieges; no work was ever battered by s > m my hurri? canes and so swept by '.'rms. Aiul yet it stands." The Phon?C office is ou Main street, a cw doora above Taylor (orCanidcn) street. Tur. TIMK. Tho correct time will be ro :eived from thc National Observatory at 12 m., to-day. Call ami adjust wi;r time tieces. Oca UI.AOINO ROOM. -Our fi ?( nd? aro invited to visit the f'hieuix reading room, where they will lind on tho papera and periodicals frors evi rv section of the Union. hr day and night. tiiSToittCAL.. Ibo rature historian will be anxious to glean Co most correct in? formation cone, ruiug tho desolating march ? if Sherman; and especially will he look for a truthful "(.?.ord of tho sack and de? struction of Columbia. Thc only true and fullstatcmt nt of tho terriblu events of the night of the 17th February, lS??, will bo found in tho namnhloi i-t.?.? from ii.:? mg, from the Louisville r'oiiri.r, lu om i.on-advt : tisinr friend?: cray, mai an auvcrttsom nt O? a particular article, bc put in the < ???:;?,'< r. a few weeks since, realized for him a protit of exceed? ing il.Oed on orders received from tho country from parties \vh > had neverbaforo purchased td linn, and whose custom was secured so!, ly by tie' advertisement which appeared exclusively in the n>nrkr. There are others of our merchants who might profit by this example, and make a good To 'nu: Ci nt.ie. -Miss 51. A. l?uic is di? rected hy Slr. I). [.. McKay, tito treasurer in the vicinity of "Columbia, ; > as!; ail Cm agentjUo c >m:mmicate m Mr. McKay and see a due acknowledgment" elf the same. ' Every person that h.is subhcribcd anv amount is requested to report it to Mr. McKav, if thev have not s-jen his acknow? ledgement for thu same. MARY ANN BUTE. Joh:; Fish .r ;>iarsiian. Veiling u.t tlie rVortii. The Charlot le Timen has received a visit from a highly intelligent gentle? man who lins recently returned from Now York. Ho traveled extensively through loo New England States. The Timess: "Ile returns honio more hopefully than one would be led F> suppose, from the tone of tho Northern press. He mingled freely with all tlasses of men, and is clearly of thc opinion that a re-action is taking place in public sentiment towards the South; that radicalism has reached its last mund on the ladder, and that if tho South will remain lirra, but tpiiet, her friends at the North have great hopes that her rights will be acceded her. Even in the most radical State of Massachusetts, he met men who are as willing to do full justice to tho States lately in rebellion, and aro as I much opposed to negro suffrage and other radical measures as any true son of tho South could be. Many freely confessed thai they were de? ceived in regard to the loyalty of the South, and the feeling towards tho Government and Northern men. Having recently become better in? formed, they are opposed to any le? gislation that looks to keeping off re? construction, or that will degrado and further punish the unfortunate people of the South. ''Altogether, the tone of feeling ia much better than he anticipated, and he returns home greatly encouraged, and thinks that our future promises much more brightly than we had rea? son to expect." EMIGRANTS TO FIIORTOA.-The Fer? nandina Courier says: "We learn, not only from ox j changes, but from persons living in i tho interior, that the tide of emigra? tion to this .State just now is nnpro ! cedented in her history. A gentleman ! informed us, a few days since, that ! he counted twenty-seven wagons iu one company, containing emigrants 'and their household goods, all Found 1 for Marion County. The m ist of these families are from South Caroli? na; the impoverished condition of that noble old State compelling thom to leave thc graves of their fathers, and their native land." FREEDMEN JV LANCASTER.-The Ledger says: The freedmen, we believe, with bu t few exceptions,, have secured homes for tito present year. Their behavior, so far as we have heard, was exemplary-not a single instance of riot or misdemeanor occurred in our midst to blot the occasion. This is a decided improvement in conduct and morals, and si lengthens the pre? diction thai, with proper .educational and moral instruction, they will even? tually become self-sustaining and worthy of confidence. Wo observe, among tho moro intelligent, a spirit of industry a/id show o respecta? bility; while the oilier class manifests a disposition to tast the sweets of freedom in sluggish idleness. The Kingslree Slaf announces tho death of Dr. T. M. Monz?n and Messrs. D. P. Fulton and Henry !>. Shaw, well-known citizens of Wil? liamsburg District.