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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, March 2, 1867. Ei-Ror. Brown Favori Acceptance. This formerly well-known politi? cian has written a letter in response to a note addressed to him by some gentlemen, in which he favors the acceptance of the military bill, giving his reasons for the position he has assumed in regard to it. The letter occupies about three columns, and we do not deem his opinion of such importance as to copy it. A few passing notes, however. Among the grounds the ex-Go? vernor takes in support of his views is, that it might have the effect of adjusting the unhappy differences which exist between thc President ?ml Congress. Tho former had con? tended all the while that the question <of suffrage belongs to the States, and. on the other hand, Congress refuses io recognize the State Governments established under his direction, with? out their adoption of the constitu? tional amendment und universal suf? frage. Therefore, this politician ?uglies that "by a compliance on the part of the States, Congress would maintain its point of honor.'* If the people or the politicians of the South are so unselfish (the truth ia, are so mean) as to ignore consti? tutional rights, and to sacrifice and bury without the remotest chance of resurrection, all the principles of constitutional liberty, and the forms even of republican government, handed down to them by tho august framers of the Constitution and laws, upon which those principles alone can securely rest, in order that the piesent Congress might maintain its point of honor, then, indeed, are they fit smbjects for the despotism which the radical majority of that body lias just created to govern them. But the idea that the adoption of the bill aud amendments conferring universal suffrage by the Southern States, when they are to be forced upon them at tho point of the bayo? net, is the exercise of a right ex? clusively belonging to the State, is perfectly absurd. True, the South? ern people may be compelled to br governed by its provisions, but the right not to accept it voluntarily still remains; the right to be consistent, the right not to aid or consent ti their degradation as a people, is oin that cannot be taken away or ton: from them by any force brought tc bear upon them, or any deprivations or burdens imposed upon them bj the radical legislators who hav< framed this 'nil!. Tiny must and wi! submit, iii this bill becomes a law, and trust to God, the iuterpositiot of ?he Supreme Court, and, lastly to their own power of heroic endur ance for final deliverance. Many of us unfortunates wholivet under the short-lived and now extin gnashed Confederate Government weil remember the trouble this sunn Joseph Ji. Brown gave to the authori ties of that Government, by his cap tious stickling-for State rights, ?^?pc 'dully with regard to thc Georgi; soldiers, whose services the Govern ment required and claimed to de maud- But look at this document h has just written, and tell us how hi past conduct can be reconciled wit! the views therein expressed. The: he was the thunderer in defence c State rights, even to the detriment c tho cause he had espoused ; now h is among the first to counsel abjec submission to the decrees of radical ism! We do not think, therefort that he is a fit counsellor for the pee pie of Georgia, or of the Souther States. The radicals themselves will be sui prised and amused, while thej' wi contemn their advocate, when the find a whilom States rights leade and rebel ex-Governor using argumen to maintain their "point of honor, in their devotion to negro suffrage What a contrast between the maul language of President Johnson, ina his messages and speeches-especiad that used in his recent report?e! cor versation with Col. Halpine, pul "libbed yesterday--and thisbumiliatin epistle. The one is that of a states niau,- the other that of a politician e no exalted grade. The Southern pee pie will listen to the advice of thei wisest and best men, but not to au from a man -wh.ose counsels are bas?e in the remotest degree, on tho pre priety of saving the "point of h< nor" of the present Jacobin Congres A Very Grave Crisis. Some may think, an J we know that there are some who say, that the newspapers of the South devote too much space to the political events transpiring in Washington. They aver that we have no part or lot in the matter or in the business trans? acted. This is all wrong; the news? papers of tho South do not discuss politics as in the olden time-they merely give the facts actually occur? ring in the radical conclave now legis? lating for tho people of these States, and which legislation, no matter how oppressive, dishonoring or despotic it mp y be, they arc powerless to modify or resist in tho slightest de? gree. There never was, even while the the question of secession occupied their attention, a graver crisis for tho people of the Southern States, and their journalists would be recreant to their obligations and responsibilities were they to ignore tho political storm which threatens to burst over theui and sweep away the remnant which has been left them of all they can call their own. The legislation now being perfected affects every in? terest"^ the Southern States, for the iron heel of radical hatred and fana? ticism is lifted to crush them out. The Richmond Times has an article more immediately addressed to the Legislature of that State, from which we extract the subjoined paragraphs, as applicable to the Southern States generally : "In ten or fifteen days, all of ns will know, not only the fate of the Sherman abomination, but also the measure of relief which wo may hope for, (if it becomes a law,) from the action of the Supreme Court, as well as fronT the manner of its enforce? ment by the order of the President to his subordinate officials. For light upon this subject, we must wait a short time. We think that there can be no two opinions as to tho propriety of the Legislature continuing in ses? sion, during those few days of anxious uncertainty which must elapse before the time for prompt and decisive ac? tion upon the part of that body ar? rives. And when the timi: comes for taking the initiative to decide the question of white or black supremacy in Virginia, no man should be go? verned or controlled for a moment by musty precedents of action, which fail to moot the terrible clangor at our doors. When the time for quick and determined action arrives, we hope so to exert the talents which (rod has given us as to most surely sustain the supremacy of that noble race of oin own blood and color, which has made this ancient Commonwealth great, noble and honored for centuries. "Negro suffrage having been thrust upon us at the point of the bayonet, ami with such devilish ingenuity that we cannot avoid it, we shall advocate any and every system of legitimate action which shall be necessary te maintain our supremacy upon the soil of the Old Dominion. We are entering upon a new order of things, and our self-preservation demand: that we should prepare to grapplt with new dangers and emergencies. "We believe that the march oi events will soon render differences ol opinion among the respectable white men of Virginia impossible, but un til that time arrives, let us invoke tolerance, confidence in the rectitude of each other's purposes, and tin banishment of acrimonious and bitte] feeling where difference of opinion h impossible. Dissension among n: now would give to the world a spec taele as deplorable anel revolting ai t hat which the doomed and wrangling tribes of the Jewish Covenant pre sented when the stern, remorseless and long-drawn lines of tho army o Titus environed the city of Jerusa lem." The only legitimate action tin States, as such," can take to ward ol tho full fe>rce of the aggressive, if no final blow, is to invoke the interposi tion of the Supreme Court to test th constitutionality of the military bill Should that august tribunal pro nounce it unconstitutional, the Presi dent would be fully relieved from th responsibility of er forcing its provi sions. To ignore tho consideration of the measures now concocting fo the subjugation, enslavement an< disfranchisement of the Souther] people, or to refuse to warn them o their almost certain destiny, wouli be a crime. Every enactment of th radical Congress is intended to crus! the people of tho South, politically physically and socially. Should we then, be silent, and, ignoring all th signs cf the times, fold our hands am say, "Sufficient unto tho day is th evil thereof?" We think not. Tho dwelling of Mrs. Mary Lamar situated some two miles from Ham burg, Edgefield District, was con sumed by fire on the night of ttl? 21st ult. Cause of the fire has no been ascertained. In the United States we pay twelv? cents each for the President' salary. I860 and 1S06. The Charleston Mwcury has the following interesting contrasts of trade iii the above years: If we compare the business of the South Carolina Railroad for the years I860 and 1800 with the common standard given by the exhibits of the United States reports for the decade ending with 1800-that is, if we com? pare the number of passengers car I ried with the resident white popula? tion, and the loading articles of freight with the same articles pro? duced by thc several Districts pene? trated or traversed by the South Ca? rolina Railroad and its branches, we will have the following interesting facts: The number of passengers carried in 1800 were 175 in 100 of the white population-in 1800, only 00 in 100. The receipts for the transportation of passengers amounted to $4.0'2 per head, while in 1SG0 it reached St.42. The receipts for mail and express was 74.6-10 cents per head in 1860, and only 21 "j cents in 1866. Tho re-: ceipts for freight in 18G0 reached $10.34 per head of white population, and $126.13 per farm of all sizes; the receipts for the same in 1866 reached $9.37 per head and 8114.2.4 per farm. Tho receipts per mile of road in I860, when there were 242 miles in regular use, reached $0,100.84. In 1800, the Camden branch not in use, the receipts per mile of road were $0,435. Of the leading articles of freight transported, there were in 1800 one barrel of flour to each 0.0-10 bushels wheat raised in the several Districts; in 1800, one barrel carried to 01.8-10 bushels of wheat raised in 1800. Of all other cereals, except rice, there was carried in lsOO one bushel to 138 bushels raised; in 1866, one bushel carried to 240 bushels raised in 18G0. There were 314,01) bales of cotton carried over the road in 1800, and the Districts produced in that year 120, 553. Consequently, the two great extensions of the South Carolina road-that to Charlotte, and that to Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens and Spartanburg, with the city of Augusta-must have furnished 104,000 bales; of which it is probable that tho city of Augusta furnished little, if any, more than one-third. The proportion carried to the quan? tity raised in 1801) was 2.G1-100 bales to one. In 1800, the total number of bales carried, derived from all sources, were 94,097 bales; less than thirty uer cent, of the transportation of I860, and 22,45G bales less than were raised in L860 in the eight Dis? tricts tributary to this road. Of naval stoves, there were for? warded in 1800 one barrel to e.ighty acres of uncultivated land; while in 1866 there was only one barrel to 397.7-10 acres. No statement of the other products of the forest are given in the reports o? the business of tin, road. Of ibo live stock capable of fur? nishing our markets, there was trans? ported in 18iit) one head to 34.63-100 raised; in 1866, one to 128.3-10. To each farm of all sizes there was transported l:!.t biles of general merchandize; and in 1866, 07-100 of a bale, or less than one-half the sup? ply of 1800. These facts ?ire suggestive, and we would recommend them to the atten? tion of merchants ayd railway ma? nagers. ^ THE EFFECTS OF TIM-: "AMEND? MENT"-ACTION OF TUE SITKEMI: COUKT.-The National Intelligencer diseusses the provisions of the well known Constitutional amendment, und says: It being now assumed by the lead? ing radicals that the above provi? sions are part and parcel of the Con? stitution, as it certainly will be il some Southern States adopt it, rightt accrue under it that, cannot be im? paired, directly or indirectly, by Act.' of Congress which conflict with it. For instance, the first section of tin Constitutional amendment absolutely ! inhibits military government in tin features exposed in this article. No; to particularize, it may be generally stated that in the respects that tin Constitutional amendment treats spe cially, the destructive law just passed and, indeed, any Act conflicting witl j any of its parts, it is null and void If the Constitutional amendments d< not apply to the ten excluded State; a.? States, then there was no occasioi for them, and no ground exists fo assault upon such States for havin; declared against said Constitutiona amendments. If the ease of sucl States was provided for by the Con stitntional amendment, then no men Act of Congress can overstep it am declare the State Governments it le gislated concerning, void, or provi sional, or territorial. If the destruction bill of Congres were brought up for decision befor< the Supreme Court, who does no suppose that a full bench would de clare its unconstitutionality in toto. What true statesman or emiuen jurist, anywhere in the broad laud would not so declare? Such a mon strous measure undoubtedly cha! lenges a veto that would commam the approval of the country. That i might receive, upon a full and jus consideration of the subject, the sup port of moro than a third of tin House of Representatives who shall be regardful of the public opprobriurx that will attach to the immeasurabh act of political infamy, is quito possi? ble. The Supreme Court Powcrlru. Two decisions which have been rendered very recently by the Su? preme Court, furnish the most pain? ful evidence of the contempt ana in? dignity with which the decisions of that tribunal are treated, when they conflict with tho resistless current of Northern sentiment. Feeling secure in their hold upon the worst preju? dices and passions of thc mob, not only do radical Congressmen, but Fed? eral judges of the Underwood typo trample those decisions in the mire beneath their hoofs. The Supreme. Court has just de? clared thc test oath unconstitutional, and admitted prominent Confede? rate civil and military officers to prac? tice before that tribunal. In the j teeth of that decision, and under the j -very shadow of the dome of the capi? tol, the judges of a Federal Court, in i the District of Columbia, have de- ! clared it null and void, and refused to permit a Confederate lawyer to prac? tice. And we find depraved public sentiment at the North lauding to tho very skies the insolent rebels against the decision of thc Supreme Court, and fiercely assailing the eminent and patriotic jurists, whoso authority has been set at open defiance. Again: The Supreme Court has just decided that it is not competent I for military commandants, in time of peace, to imprison and try by court- i martial, persons charged with thc I commission of crime, who are not connected with tho army. Yet Gen. Thomas does arrest and menace with trial, seuteuce and punishment by court-martial, citizens of Georgia, i whose alleged crime consists in wav? ing Confederate banners. And Congress, by a vote sufficient to over-ride tho veto, has just passed the most barbarous, wicked and monstrous act of modern times-an act which <lenios jury trial to every man, woman and child of eleven mil? lions of people, wheuevera brigadier general shall desire to imprison, try, seuteuce and put to death, any such man, woman or child. In the presence of that" hideous public sentiment, which applauds to the echo these insults to the Judicial Department of the Government, thc venerable jurists of the Supreme Court are as powerless as a tea-party of elderly females would be to resist a charge of cavalry. And so it has always boon during the last fifty years, whenever publie sentiment run counter to tue judiciary. Publicsen timent, Nor! h as well as South, has again and again utterly disregarded the decisions of the Supreme Court. The "Cherokee cases" were remark? able instances of Southern disregard of the decisions of the Supreme Court; and it would take a dozen columns of this paper to give a history of the j numerous instances in which the ! Court has been set at defiance by that ? ebbless torrent of fanatical Northern j sentiment which has swept the conn try into the vortex of anarchy and ruin. We conjure, therefore, our people, ! not to 4>ut too much confidence in j the ability of the Supreme Court to ! save us from tire dangers which me- , nace us. - Richmond Times. TROUBLE APPREHENDED IN INDIA.. 1 The London correspondent of the , New York Tunes writes that there are in England apprehensions of more troubles in India. Seventy thousand British bayonets watch over the safety of that vost and populous realm, but such a force is a heavy drain upon Englaud for men, and a cause of constantly increasing taxa? tion in India. The East Indians are i becoming every year moni educated ? with respect to European affairs, and j the correspondent says there is little doubt that either France or I Russia, if at war with England, could j stir up a revolt in India which the entire British force could not quell. I It is a matter of great difficulty to j govern so large a country Irv mere I brute force and without any pretence j of sympathy or loyalty. The Indians, j in fact, hate their conquerors, their j plunderers and their oppressors, i aliens in religion and race. Mahom medansand Pagans, they alike detest their European and Christian rulers. Every means taken to educate and improve the condition of the Hindoos j makes them the more dangerous. A country like India in sucha condition is a mine that needs but a spark to explode it. --*-?-?-? VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE-EXTRA SES? SION.-The Richmond Times, of Wednesday, says: "It is the generally received opi nion throughout the country that President Johnson will, to-day, re? turn the military bill to Congress, 'with his objections,' and that Con? gress will at once pass it over the veto. We have authentic informa? tion that should this be done, it is the intention of Governor Pierpont, unless the Legislature, to-morrow or Saturday, calis a convention, to ?[con? vene the Legislature in extra session. Two days being manifestly inade? quate for the proper consideration of so important a measure as calling a State Convention, the extra session ; may be regarded ascertain." We presume that, if the military bill becomes a law, the most of the Southern Legislatures would be call? ed together. But, then, what would | be tho use? Their acts would be j deemed illegal by the radical Go- I vern ment. Thc Crowning Enormity. Tho concluding paragraph of the following extract from the Wash? ington correspondence of the Balti- j more Gazette refers to the rumors lately circulated in Washington and Philadelphia, concerning a confisca? tion bill: . '?A bill repudiating debts due by the Government to Southern men' who sided with the Confederacy, has been passed by both Houses. The j injustice of this measure will be more apparent when it is considered that such parties are held to a rigid ac? count for even constructive liabili? ties. Indebtedness to the Post Ollice Department for stamps, envelopes, &C, which, under the circumstances, were of no possible value to any one, and which in no way took a dollar ont of the public treasury, is set up and payment enforced, even where l the parties are dead and their estates insolvent, by the unlawful withdrawal of mail facilities, so that tin; money may be wrung from entirely innocent people. "Many other acts cir similar charac- | ter have either already been passed i or are upon the tapis. I hear of a; bil! which has been pr?parai pro- j viding for extensive confiscation of Southern lauded estates. Thc idea ? that the military bill is the crowning enormity; that it contains the ultima? tum of the radicals; that it is intend? ed as a finality, is openly derided by all promiuent members of the domi? nant party. They say they have ap? plied the 'entering wedge'-their ul? timate design is to seize upon every inch of Southern soil. I understand that the confiscation bill I have al? luded to was seen by Mr. Johnson, ! your Senator, and that this know- j ledge of the existence ol' such a pro- ! ject is alleged by him in palliation of j his vote upon the military bill. It ? must be obvious, however, that sub- j mission to the outrageous demands already made is a very ineffectual way of preventing further enormi- j ties." MILITARY PUXJE.-Dr. Bellamy, on | yesterday, says the Columbus (Ga.) Sun, informed us that he had on his i place two small negroes-a boy ot twelve and a girl of ten years. Their mother was a slave and died niter ! the raid. The children were given j to Mrs. 13. by their mother, andi were "'raised in the house.'" Several weeks ago, Captain Mosebach, of the | Bureau, sent him word lo have these j children brought to his ollice. Reply I was given that they would be sent { when they desired lo come. The ! matter thus continued until a day or two ago, when another note was sent ' and the same reply elicited. After- I wards the soldiers came out after th > I children and took occasion to use harsh language to Mrs. B. The j children not coming Tuesday, as the Bureau had peremptorily ordered, two soldiers were sent to arrest the ! Doctor, which they did. The boy had previously gone to the Bureau, ! and the soldiers tore away the little ! girl, while clinging to Dr. B.'s child. The Doctor was kept under arrest at the office for nearly an hour to have him shown what Mosebaeh's autho? rity was ami then release:]. He does not know why the Bureau wanted the eh'ldren as they had been legally bound over to him. THE SECUET MISSION.-The follow? ing queer taie is told by a Northern newspaper in regard to thelatesecre? mission o? Mr. Fred. Seward: The secret mission of the steamer Gettysburg, with Frederick Seward | and Admiral Porter on board, has j been unearthed. The intent! >n was to purchase the Island of St. Domingo for a coaling station. President Ca? brai thought the plan a good one, but demanded cash down, and plenty of it. A large amount of specie had been brought aboard at Annapolis, but at Port Royal, Jamaica, the sailors broke into the ward-room where it was stored, abstracted three bags of it, and deserted the ship with their booty. But a reward of $100 being offered for the recovery of the mo? ney, the search for them was very brisk, and ono of them was caught with a fortune on his person. He was turned over to the first lieutenant, who, it is said, compassionately re? turned the money to him, and sent him ashore. Thus the "missionaries" had not money enough to purchase St. Domingo, and, alter recuperating their health at Nassau, returned, dis? appointed, to Annapolis. A Wilmington (N. C.) paper says: Never since the blockade was raised ' has our port been so entirely bare of | shipping. The eye looks in vain j along long lines of empty wharfs for the numerous masts that are wont to grace our waters, and shipping clerks ? industrously attempt to keep upai show of work, while idle draymen ! lounge lazily on cotton bales. This j is ascribable as much to adverse winds as to dull times, for many ves- j sols have been long due here. It. is not more than once in many years that there is only ono ship offering for a cargo in Wilmington. A friend writing ns from New York says that "Otto Lehfeld, another j German tragedian, said to be tho I greatest 'King Lear' in Paderland, j lias announced his intention to come to this country, but he asks a gua? rantee of $2,000 a night, and board free. " This beats Dawson and Ristori. The New York World calls London j the Siberia of American humorists. BUSINESS MAN.-Tt will be seen un advertisement in another coln that Mr. A. R. Colton, though meet? ing with a severe misfortune on yes? terday morning, in the loss of his warehouse, ..vc., is still prepared to accommodate purchasers with .nov amount of articles in his line. THE COLUMBIA VARIETIES. -This company, which is fas! gaining popu? larity, gave their promised entertain? ment last night to a crowded house. The proceeds on this occasion are to bc given to the Ladies' Memorial As? sociation. We are glad to see our home band so well patronized. DIVINE SERVICES.-The rector of Trinity Church being absent, there will be (by his request) service there on Sunday, March both morning and afternoon, by tho Lev. Mr Pringle. The Communion will bo. administered, as usual, on the first Sunday in tho month. ? The congregation of Christ Church are respectfully invited to attend the services cm this occasion. FIRE.-At about 5 o'clock, yester? day morning, the alarm of lire was Sounded, and was found to proceed from the extensive Cotton Gin Ware? house, of Mr. A. li. Colton, situated near the Greenville and Charleston Railroad Depots. The building and contents, consisting of cotton and machinery, was entirely destroyed. Mr. Colton was sleeping in the build? ing, and barely escaped with his life. The larger portion of the property was insured. Thc fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary. NKW AUVKRT IS KM I :NTS. --Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the tirst time: NV. T. Walter Auction Sale. A. Ii. Colton -Burnt out yesterday. Garick A Co.-Dissolution. D. Cr. Thompson-House to Rent. John C. Dial--Kerosene Oil, A.c. A Card of Thanks. .... ?. .... A REASONABLE REQUEST.-The Richmond Enquirer closes an editorial as follows: "We entreat the men of the North to tako counsel of their own knowledge of human nature-to consult their interests-to remember tin Lr oaths and engage? ments-in their dealings with tue South. If they will not admit us to our privileges at Washington, at least leave us to peace in our local affairs. Lid tin; Samson whom they have captured and whose eyes they have put out, be useful tn tho mill, instead ot making of him au occasion of general calamity." -o- ? o The New Yuri: D<vj Dook says all lite papers of New England complain bitterly of the fearful prevalence of crime. They profess not to know the cause of so much knocking down, murdering and robbing. They will probably lind it in the first linjc of an old song "Rho minstrc . returned from tho war." The simple truth is, that these pa? triots have returned, and with them tr goodly number of fellows who were emptied out of penitentiaries into the loyal army. The old j ail-birds are nourishing as loyal heroes. - . o- - For tlie first time in tho world, the closing commercial intelligence of London and Liverpool luis been pub? lished in New York on the same day. Tho cable' despatch which wc pub? lished Saturday, giving the closing quotations, could not have left Lon? don before 4 o'clock p. m., and yet was received in New York at noon of the same day. This gives a little less than one hour for transmission be? tween the two cities. The New York Post learns from South Carolina that Mr. Orr has re? ceived such treatment from the ex? tremists for his recent moderate counsels that his friends are outraged and offended, and talk of cutting loose from men who they begin to see are too thick-headed to accept anything but ruin. It is said that the negroes in Nash? ville are greatly enthused over the renomination of Brownlow for Go? vernor. If this is true, it shows a greater degree of demoralization among them than we had supposed they could reach in so short a time. The American Institute has de? cided to hold a World's Fair at New York in 1S7?>, beginning on the 4th of July, the centennial of the sign? ing of the Declaration of Indepen? dence. A novelty at an elegant wedding which occurred a few days since in Troy, N. Y., was two pretty little girls, less than twelve years of age, acting as bridesmaids. The entire family of Wm. Paxton, in Rockbridgo County, Va., was poi? soned by their negro cook, last Satur? day v, eek. Thc poison was put in their coffee. A movement is on foot tc; lay pipes from Titusville, Pa., to New York, for the purpose of transporting oil in competition with the railways. The French troops have really abandoned 'the halls of the Monte? zuma." n^ru