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COLUMBIA. Tnu?sday Morning, Jan, 17, 1867. How Xt Works. Figures may sometimes lie, but in tho instance wc now notice, such eau scarcely bc thc case. Thc chief of tho Freedmen's Bureau, Gen. How? ard, as a paragraph in our paper, some d-.vys siiu-o, informed our read? ers, has recently reported officially to the War Department an approximate estimate of tho number of freedmen at present iu cloven of thc former slaveholding States. These estimates aro made fr thc latest reports fur? nished by i... agents of the Bureau throughout tho States of the South. In Mississippi, a census was taken. Thc present colored population, accordiug to this report, is 3,007,000. A ootemporary remarks that, by turn? ing to thc United States census, the reader will find that thc negro popu? lation of these same States in June of that year, was 3,335,000, leaving a deficit since then of 208,000-lost to tho world by tho efforts of the North lo better their condition. These statistics are truly stai liing, and indicate the fate of tho poor freedmen in this country; for it should bc noticed that between the years 1850 and 1800, thc rate of in? crease of slaves in the eleven States named, according to thc cousus, was something over fifty-two per cent. By figures, ut this rate of increase, it is shown that this class of population should have numbered, in June, 1800, 4,375,000, or an increase of 1,040,000. No one will question tho evidence of Gen. Howard and his subordinates in relation to this matter, but it shows as clear as noon-day, that the race flourished, increased and multiplied Tinder thc old institution to an ex? tent they can never attain under the new system of so-called freedom. The former was one in which tho ne? gro was contented, industrious and happy: the latter, according to statis? tical evidence und every day observa? tion, has worked an unfortunate change. We can hardly dare to hope -although wc wish-for a better State of things among these people. Wendell Phillips supplied, sonic weeks ago, a reason for the movement made by Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, ia th? House of Representatives on Monda--. He says: "Wc regard this question of im? peachment as being in fact the ques? tion whether the Republican part-, shall succeed in the next Presidential election. There is very little chance of its doing so unless it removes Johnson out of its path. Give hin another two years, and it will be almos! a miracle if ever he or his State S'*c rotary are witless enough to allow themselves to be defeated. What their sue.-ess means, every -one knows." Mr. Phillips hail tho honesty to ad mit that such a movement was noces sary to tin- success of the Republicai party, and the New York papers i; the interest, of the party, since thc adoption of Mr. Ashley's resolution make pretty much thc same admis sion. What a party controls the des tin:"; s of the country! - We seo by the Orangeburg leimet that, during thc absence of thc post commandant from that town, tin garrison behaved in an outrageous manner, halting citizens, demanding their pistols, .vc, and firing upor those who refused to obey their com? mands. Sev< ral persons were beaten, and some shot, though not seriously. From Hie above, ii would seem that DASTARDLY. O?TKAGE.- The Cu.tm hers (Ala.j Tribune says that, ot Christmas morning, ns" Mr. Jobi Reaves, of Wcdowel, Randolpl County, Alabama, and his two sons were returning from a hunt, thej wen: met in the road by a crowd o Dnion men, (so-called,) composed o one L. Clifton and sons, one of C Clifton's sons, one Bryant and others who commenced firing tit them irvin Reaves, a lad about sixteej years old, was kided on the spot. Mr Heaves, in the attempt lo d?font himself and son, was hit. on thc bael of the head with a rock, which feilet him from his horse, injuring li in seriously. The murderers then mad< thejr escape. SAD CASUALTY.- -Tho Augusta (Ca. Tress says that on Sunday afternoon while Mr. Rcordon and wife wert walking from the village of Granite villo, a United States cavalrymai suddenly came upon them, and be fore Mrs. R. could get out of the wa-1 she was run over, and most shocking ly mangled by the heels of the horse and receiving dangerous internal in juries. \ J*n Infamous Eipo?ar?-Proct?? hy which ?he Union was Restored. The following letter, says tho Co? lumbus (Ga.) Sun mid Times, vms found in the.streets of Columbia im? mediately tiftcr thc army of Genend Sherman had left. The original is still preserved, and eau bc shown and substantiated, if anybody de? sires. We eau add nothing in tho way of comment on sueh a document. It speaks for itself: CAMI- NEAR CAMDEN, 8. C., February 2t>, 1865. MY DEAS WIFE: I have no time for particulars. We have had a glorious time in this State. Unre? stricted license to burn and plunder was thc order of th? day. Thc chi? valry have been stripped of most of their valuables. Gold watches, sil? ver pitchers, cups, spoons, forks, &c., arc as common hi camp as blackber? ries. Thc terms of plunder aro as follows: Thc valuables procured arc estimated by companies. Each com? pany is required to exhibit thc re? sults of its operations at any given place-one-fifth and first choice fulls to the share of thc commander-in chief and staff, one-fifth to thc corps commanders and staff', one-fifth to field officers of regiments, and two fifths to the company. Officers arc not allowed to join these expeditions without disguising themselves as privates. One of our corps commanders borrowed a suit of rough clothes from ono of my men, and was successful in this place. He got a large quantity of silver, (among other things an old time milk-pitcher,) and a very fine gold watch, from a Mr. DeSaussure, at this place. Dc Saussurc is one of thc F. F. V's of South Carolina, and was made to fork over liberally. Officers over thc rank of captain are not made to put their plunder in tho estimate for gene ral distribution. This is very unfair, and for that reason, in order to pro? tect themselves, subordinate officers and privates keep back everything that they can carry about their per? sons, such as rings, ear-rings, breast? pins, &c., of which, if I over live to get home, I have about a quart. I am not joking-I have at least a quart of jewelry for you and all thc girls, and some No. 1 diamond rings and pins among them. Gen. Sher? man has silver and gold enough to start a bank. His share in gold watches and chains alone at Columbia was two hundred and seventy-five. (2750 But 1 said 1 could not go into par? ticulars. All the general officers and many besides had valuables of every description, down to embroidered ladies' pocket-handkerchiefs. (I have my share of them, too.) We took gold and silver enough from tho d-d rebels to have redeemed their infernal currency.twice (iver. This (tho cur? rency) whenever we come across it, we burned, as we considered it utterly worthless. I wish all the jewelry this army has \ could he carried to the "Old Bay j State." It would deck her out in I glorious style; but alas, it will be I scattered all over thc North and Mid? dle States. Thc d - -d niggers, ?is a general rub-, prefer to stay at home, particularly alter they found out that wo only wanted the able-bodied men, (and, to tell yon the truth, thc young? est and best-looking women.) Some? times we took off whole families and plantations of niggers, by way of re? paying tho secessionists. But the I useless part of them we soon manage j to lose-sometimes in crossing rivers i -sometimes by other ways. I shall write to you again from ! Wilmington, Goldsboro, or some ! oilier place iu North Carolina. The order to march lias arrived, and I I must close hurriedly. Love togrand ! mother and Aunt Charlotte. Take care of yourself and the children. ! Don't show this letter out of thc farnilv. Your affectionate husband, THOMAS J. MYERS, j Lieutenant, &c. j P. S.-? will send this by the first . Hag of truce tj bc mailed, unless 1 have an opportunity of sending ir to Hilton Head. Tell Sallie I am saving I a pearl bracelet and car-rings for her; bat Lambert got thc necklace and ] breast-pin of the same set. Cam try? ing to trade him out of them. These were taken from the Misses Jamisons, (laughters of the President of thc South Carolina Secession Convention. We found these on our trip through ( ? eorgia. Thislotter was addressed to "Mrs. j BE CAKEFCXI WITH PINS AND NEED i LES.- The placing of pins and needles in tho mouth is verv dangerous, ! and there are constant reports o? 1 fatal accidents resulting from thc ?practice, it is announced that an < English tailor, residing at Croydon, j in that country, a short time since, ! was carelessly b( ?.ding a needle with his teeth, when it suddenly snapped, and thc greater portion of it passed some distance into his throat. Se vero inflamation followed, and thc injury terminated fatally. - <?*<>?? Ole Bull's death was published in nil the papers more than a year ago. He is now on his way to this count r}', with his fiddle under his arm. I A young mau just ont of Auburn prison says ho has lost all love and admiration for "Auburn locks." Johnny Steele, the two millionaire, is now door-keepor for a negro min stril troupe. ??The Nfw Conspiracy." Under this head. Forney discusses the proceedings of thc recent New Orleans banquet, in whioh lie roads tho plans of President Johnson to Overthrow thc radical Congress by a coup il'rt.it. Forney's- object is, ob? viously, to stimulate thc work of im? peachment. He says: Thc rebel banquet, held in Wash? ington on the Stn instant, ostensibly to celebrate the anniversary of New Orleans, was availed of to disclose the programme of the neWconspiracy for the overthrow of the Government down to thc point of another civil war. That the war is determined upon by the President and Ins friends, that it is essential to the accomplish? ment of his ulterior purpose of estab? lishing a dictatorship, and is the must poptdar of all the methods suggested for thc perpetuation of his power, and, through him, of Southern domi? nation, was made apparent by the vociferous applause which greeted .Tack Rogers' declarations. He said, "that if the electoral votes of tho Southern Slates and thc conservatives of tuc: North should constitute a ma? jority at the nest regular Presidential election, and should the radicals dis? pute thc right ot' their President to control the country, he. for one, eas for callirg on thc army of the coun? try. [Tremendous cheering.] The issue would conic, and thc brave would meet it. Noone should dost' his ej/es to the /net that this issw" tcould have to he 771C?." It was at a banquet to celebrate Jefferson's birth-day, in 1.830, that the programme of South Carolina nulli? fication was disclosed, and the prin? ciples willoh terminated in rebellion were enunciated. Jackson, tho then President, saw through the purposes of Calhoun and his co-conspirators, and met them upon the threshold with his famous opposition toast, "The Federal Union-it must be. pre? served."' But, in tho present in? stance, the President of thc United States is thc head of the conspiracy, and expects himself to bo the chief beneficiary of the revolution now in? augurated. The Blairs, well known as unscrupulous schemers for power, figure as major-domos, w hile the Pre? sident appears in the character of a guest; yet who can doubt that ?he whole array of toasts were duly known and considered beforehand by the chief actors in this banquet? It is the launching of a new revolutionary programme, and. as Rogers truly says, "must be met." Sifted of all sur? plusage, the toasts at this inaugural movement of a new revolution, in? tended to make Johnson dictator, mean this: That Andrew Johnson is the defender of thc Union from thc assaults of its enemies; that Congress is opposed to the Union; that the Supreme Court isa supporter of the President's views; that thc laws passed by Congress to reconstruct thc Union will not bc executed by the President, and that his non-execution of them will be justified by the Su? premo Court, on thc ground of their unconstitutionality; that the rights of the States are indestructible, and the right of representation unques? tionable. What is perfectly plain is this That the Southern conspiracy ?3 fullj re-inaugurated, with the President at its head; that his declaration of prin ciples is final, and as sure to guidi his action as if an ofiicial proclama tion; and that, undercover of dcvo tion to the Federal Union, he mean; to organize war against the plan o: reconstruction adopted by the repre sentatives of the people. This it i: not desirable should be precipitated before thc Presidential ejection, bu they feel secure, if, with Johnson ir possession of thc Government, it; va^t patronage, its arm}-, navy ant treasury at his disposal, the Souther! electoral vote should not be counted Tito only question for Cemgress tc consider is, whether they will prcci pitate luis issue now, with thepeoph on their side, or complicate it witl the burdens ami issues of the r.ex two years. - -*-.> A '?ooo lfir. -The radicals ure ii great distress, says the Philadelphi: Agc, because some of tho freedmen of tiie South, are punished witii Hog ging by the courts. Then- is no int to their wailing and lamentation upoi this point, and, in their eyes, to wiri] a human liv ing, provided he is black is tiie very height of brutality White females, however, are fit sub jects for the lash in Massachusetts I u Cambridge, there lives a peda goguo who recently was severely dis cipliued for gross cruelty to Iiis sis ters, and in order to express thci approval of tho judicious manner ii which he laid thc lash on their juve nile backs, his admirers in Bostoi lately presented him with a purse <> ??350, as a small testimonial of thei affection and regard! - -o- . ??- . _ SOTJTHERH TRADE WITH BALTIMORE The Baltimore Sun says that "th trade between Baltimore and th Southern States during the past yea by water has been of a gratifyinj character. With regular lines o steamships to New Orleans. Savan vah, Charleston, Richmond, Norfolk Sec., our city has come in for her ful share of the trade. Thc receipts o cotton during thc year wero 28,C8 bales. Of tobacco, the receipts wer 31,701 package?, 2,949 hogsheads 500 boxes and 203 cases, principal! from Richmond, Petersburg aw other Virginia ports. The receipt of wool were 2,834 bags." Letter from Gen. Beauregard. We find tho following letter from Gen. Beauregard in o ir exchanges, which will explain itself: NEW ORLEANS, January 10, ISGTt Wm. JET. C. King, Esq., Editor f th" New Orleans Times: In your paper this morning, you publish au article from thc New York Herald containing some remarks re-j lative to thc speech 1 am reported to have made at (.'anion, Mississippi, to thc congressional excursionists lately in this city. The Herald is in error. I made no speech at Canton or else? where to those excursionists, but con? versed with them freely, and openly told them thc South had fought tho North so desperately because it was defending what it conceived to be its constitutional rights; that having ap? pealed, however, to the arbitration oi arms, it yielded to thc decision which was given against it; that I behoved the people of tho South were now willing to accept the Constitution as made by the war and understood by ! tho Supreme Court of the United ' States. I sani :?No that, in my ?.pi- j uion, tho questions oT secession and j slavery .vere forever settled, and, so faros I was concerned, under no cir? cumstance would I countenance an \ effort to revive them; that wo mus? now direct our energies und our vi? tality to repairing thc damages of war, and restoring to our homes some of those comforts and that prosperity which we formerly enjoyed. In answer to the questions of sume excursionists, if I thought thc South would accept tlee constitutioual amendments, I replied, that eschew itig politic?, and attending strictly to private business and tho duties of my j position. 1 had little opportunity, except through newspapers, to ascer? tain thc public sentiment, on thc sub? ject ; but, if they desi red to know my individual opinion, I would say that tho South would not and should not accept those amendments, even if presented as a li uah ty, for its man? hood and its interests forbade it; that wc well know we are now at the mercy of the North, bur that thc South would never do anything which its honor could not approve, to protect its interests, and 1 believed would remain passive spectators of tko struggle of powers going on at the North, relying on the sober se? cond thought and sense of justice of both parties to protect us. I added, that at the .fall of the Confederacy, instead of g >ing to a foreign co.nntry to swear allegiance to its Govern? ment, i preferred remaining in my own and swearing allegiance to what j I conceived to be its new Covern- I nient. In conversation with the excursionists, 1 used the words "con? solidated Government," when speak ? ing of the United States ( rovcrnment. 1 meant, of course, the common Federal National Government ope? rating under tho Constitution as in? terpreted b>- thc Supreme Court of the United States. I remain yours, very rcspectfullv, G. T. BEAUREGARD" ! THE Soi niEHN POST OFFICES.-The notices recently published concerning thc discontinuance of Southern post ofliccs are> liable to be misunderstood. No wholesale discontinuance of of? fices now in operation is contem? plated; but the action of thc Post Of tico Department refers only to the many offices in the South which were suspended at the commencement of the war, in 1861, and which have not since been formally re-opened, al? though in fact not discontinued. The accounts of such offices cannot be closed and balances due the Govern? ment collected by thc Auditor for this Department under existing laws and regulations without formal order of discontinuance by the Postmaster General, whereupon the bonds are surrendered to tho Auditor, and he c:iu proceed against the late postmas? ters. The Auditor of the Post Office Department reporta to the Postmas? ter-General that the postal revenves in the late insurgent States have ex? ceeded, by $291,654, the actual ex? penditures, and it appears that, in? cluding all liabilities to 30th af June hui, tin; revenues in that section would only be deficient $75,3S3. --o-<^* The able New York correspondent of the London Spectator describes the social position of tho negro at the North in a manner that is not satis? factory to that journal. The editor remarks that "our New York corres? pondent, after detailing with much triumph very adequate proofs of the aversion felt to the negro at tho North, tells us that "now, the negro passes out of this story.-' Wc doubt it, so long as the story continue.-. A Yankee believes-say in the Apos? tles'creed and a wide berth to the negro, particularly the latter. He evidently thinks that Christ, if he had seen a negro, would either have cured him by a touch, as he did thc leeor, and bid him go and sin no moro, or announced a distinct law for white relations with negroes. 'Love your neighbor (except negroes, to whom you may bo indifferent,) as yourself.' Love your enemies, if white; if negroes, don't hate them. Such is the Yankee's real creed. We know by personal knowledge that he exaggerates absurdly the actual shrinking from 'contact'with color." Tho Boston Commonwealth says that such men as Phillips aud Stevens are tho cream of tho country. If they are, tho sooner tho COUD try is skimmed the better for it. [Louisville Journal. AnotTxer Ord?-r from th?' nurrmi. The following order from tho Bu? reau at Columbus, Ga., appears in the papers of that city: BTTEEAT) OF R., F. ASI) A. I.., ( )FBICI? A. S. A. C-?M'K, CoECMBUS, C.v., .January 7, 1867. Circula y Nb. 1. Persons making contracts for this year are hereby informed that thc regulations of this Bureau for lasl year are .still in force. No contract will be considered binding unies; approved by an officer or civil agent of thc Bureau, and freed peoph being engaged by contracts not ap proved by such authority ure ai liberty to leave their employers' ser vice at any. time. Should any differ mice occur in regard to compeusatioi for their services during the time they were employed, the employer: will be required to pay thc highes prices that are p.lid in their sectioi of the country. FRED. MOSEBACH, Brevet .Major and A. S. A, Com'g District of Columbus. Omi of our Alabama exchange publishes this order, and makes tie following comments: "Let theVmn.m rostricl itself I, its legitimate duties, und not inter [lose an unnecessary officiousness ii the relations of tiie two races in thi country. Wc believe honestly tba the Southern people generally hav not only acquiesced, without lingei ing regret, in the new relations no' sustained towards them by their foi mer slaves, but fully recognize th justice and obligation of accordiu them thc rights prescribed by th law, and of treating them with kim ness and humanity. The law pu! both on an equality us to thc coi tract, and both have equal remedie for its violation. Besides aunnllin thc law and setting up in its plat the will of tim commanding office: the order is obnoxious for the add tional reason, that while it is impo tant to individual and general pro. polity that the freedmen should I industrious and contented, it encot rages idleness, pauperism and a spir of oppressive extortion and oxactioi THE NKW OBI.KANS RIOT.-A speei telegram from Washington, J annal 9. to the New Orleans Crescent, say The rudieuis here say the report > tin: Now Orleans riot committee w: no; be presented to Congress for son three weeks. No reliance, htr.vevt' is placed in this assertion, and it generally believed that the committ will endeavor to send if in before tl opening of the discussion on Thad. Territorializing bill, for the purpo of making capital in its favor, number of shameful facts connect* with the investigation have been n certained from reliable sources, it known, for instance, that, witho including thc time similarly oeeupii in Washington, the committee d voted live days and a half to tl hearing of radical partisau testimon and only two days and a half to t taking of evidence by which til might have been exp- ed and i fated. Quite enough is known, in sim to show that tho opinions of thc rai cal members of thc committee wc made, up on the question they wi appointed to investigate, even befe they left Washington. The treatment of the nuthoriti ! and others of the citizens who oiler j testimony to thecommittee, is learn to have been outrageous. They po tively refused to admit the eviden which was offered with respect most important points. The testimony of Gov. Wells, thc other hand, was admitted, ali tho committee had announced t closure of the investigation. The evidence is said to cover sev hundred printed pages. An able minority report, it is sa will be presented to Congress. A NOBLE WOMAN.-The Republic \ Banner says that on thc 29th ult j quantity of corn, pork and clothi passed through Nashville on the w j to Atlanta, being a portion of I'M I bushels of corn, 200 barrels of po: etc., which Mrs. Sarah Hughes, Lexington, Ky., had succeeded ! collecting in her neighborhood ' thc suffering poor of ( ? .-orgia. Tin i supplies are to be distributed to j thc needy, without regard to a, sex, politics or color. M i s. Ungi I is sixty-live years of age, and m I ccrtainlv bc a woman of extraordii ry energy to have accomplished I great a work. The Letti-ville, Na ville and Chattanooga Railro; transport these supplies itv. ! charge, as they have hitherto di i with all others of a similar nature. A BliOODYA??D ?XKELENTIN'G L;,E1 ! Tiie Louisville J<>><r,hi!, of thc 3 'inst., contained substantially thc i lowing: i Two families of Carter Conn Fast Tennessee, named Roberts a , Johnson, have been waging a bloc ; war between each other for twei I years. During this i imo fonrt< mon belonging to tho two famil ! have lost their li ves, and on the ovi ing of the 5th inst., in Elizabe Tennessee, the sole surviving mn of tho two families engaged in altercation which resulted fatally both. I This domestic war originated alu ! a dozen fence rails. The Spanish journals reconnut the establishment of the inquisiti in Spam as thc sole means of sav I society. The Phtrnix office is on Main .-?Wet, a few doors abjove Taylor (or Camden) street. O? a Ilr.ADiNc. DOOM.-Our friends ure invited to visit the Phatnis reading roora where tln-y will find on lile papers and periodicals from every section of the Union. The building is ?mon Hay and night. HisTonicAX. The future historian will be anxious to glean lie- most correct in? formation concerning t ho desolating march of Sherman; and especially will ho loot tor a truth lui record o? the sack and de? struction of Columbia. Tin- only true and full statement o? the terrible events of the night of the 17th February, 18C5, will bc found in the pamphlet issued from this . nice. O>i.i-3:nt.\ MEMonrAn ASSOCIATION. A: .1 meeting of the Columbia Memorial Asso? ciation, held at tl." Washington Street Chapel, fi Tuesday afternoon, tho Presi? dent mad'- thc following 'stalcnii nt: There are 152 Confederate soldiers bu? ried ia thi- new Potters Field, whose gravea have heeii sadly neglected, and there are also !>u led on the University gymna? sium, lt is tin- earnest wish nf the'ladiea that these graves should he immediately removed to tie: cemetery; that the square appropriated to them should hi; enclosed, and a head-stono affixed to each one. finding thc sum in the treasury entirely inad?quat*) for thin purpose, it was resolved that, two ladies should ha appointed from each ward in tin? city to solicit contrihu tions, to unable them to carry out their design, arid it is honed that each person in the community will contribute at least ono ile!?ar for this laudable enterprise. Thc following is a list of thc committee: Ward N >. 1 -Mn?. Levy, .Mis, Mary ( trc< n. Ward No. ". Mts. Kav, Mrs. Moighan. Ward No. .Mrs. Dargan, Mrs.'Kotiert. Bock. Ward No. j Miss Sims, Miss Nichols. Campus-Mrs. John LeContc. The following gcntieineu were requested to act as a committee to superintend tho moving and re-interriug of these bodies: Hon. Th odor, stark, Lieut. O'Neal, Capt. Brown. Mr. J. T. Situs Mr. Rwaffeld, Mr. Charles Beck. These committees an- retpiested to re? port at thc Washington Street Chapel, on ? Tuesday, 29th instant, at 1 o'clock p. m. N KW Aie. ER TI.;::.-.[ KNTS. -At tel tiou is eai; i d to tl;e following a Ivertiseincnts, which are puolbdj -d tnis moraine for thc tir^t J. Mendel -Cheap Bt v doods. Fisher A Hcinitsh Warden Seeds. Stor<> to Bent -Apply at this Office. Notice to Property Owners. A. lt. Phillips.-Auction .Sah:. --?-??*-? LLOYD GABRISOS ?>N IMPEACHMENT. Mr. William Lloyd Garrison lias ad? dressed a letter to tile New York I independent on the subject of impeach? ing thc President, in which he emu? lates the recent production of Wendell Phillips in the Anti-Slavery Standard. Ile closes Iiis letter as follows: Let this perjured and perfidious occupant of tiie Presidential chair be summarily removed, and one chosen to lill it who will be true to this coun? try, working harmoniously with Con? gress in its endeavors to give thc same security to liberty and loyalty at thc South as is enjoyed at the North, and the safety of the nation will be placed upon an indestructible foundation. Not to do this will be the sowing of dragon's teeth, ending in a harvest of blood. The right ol impeachment is not only a constitutional right, but the d I Constitution itself assumes that it d I may be an imperitave duty. If An? drew Johnson luis not made himself liable to it, when thc phrase 'high crimes and misdemeanors' becomes a mockery, and he may act the part of a factionist and usurper to any ex? tent with impunity. Put the Presi? dent of tho United' States is ar? amen? able to trial and conviction for betraying the trust as thc humblest official in the land, and should be as readily brought to the tribunal of st Sri ni, ELvRriXG ON THE AMEND? MENT.-Tho Herald's Richmond man has not Itali done with the dead Con? stitutional amendment, but contina eth daily to poko and tousle thc :f| offensive carcass. Telegraphing on d' j Friday he saith: 11 ? '.!. barn from an important and >r reliable source that since the rejec tion of tho Constitutional amend incut by the Legislature here, several ^ I members have received instructions vim their constituents io vete for ifs loption. In consequence of this '.' change and injustice to the people, 0 ? t ie question o? adopting thc amend !" I ?.lent will bc revived by these mem t hers on an early day thc coming 'l j week, it will then also be urged c I that the amendment be submitted to ! the people for ratification, which will ? test the real sentiments of the State. I it i . said by many that the present h Legislature do not represent the I- i opinions <?f the people on this vital ; and important issue, and that the '. i majority were forced to vote against d . thc amendment by outside in fl nen y : and the rampant tone ct' tin1 press Cd 11 I New York city is not near so popn ..s j lons as the people there .' ive boen I" j claiming. Thc census taken by Stato b I authority, last year, sets down ?he ;s I population of the city and Conni j at n ! 72t>.3S3. This is large, but considcr ? ; ably less than the "million" so per? sistently asserted by the editors in tho metropolis any time within the last three years. The sexes appear to be very unequally divided in Is'ew d York, according to this last enumera n tion, as there are 38,021 moro women g than men. Of the total population, 313,201 are retnrncd as foreign born.