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COLUMBIA. Th .irs ia y Morning, March 14, 1867. Tennessee-Worse "tlia.n me n?"\* Soi:t IK I II Government;*. Although the above-named Stale is not iucluded in the new uiilitary dis? trict-, yet her plight is reit times worse than will be any State which will be nuder the supervision of the five general officers who may bu assigned to those districts. Much better will it be to be governed or protected l'y high toned officers of the regular army, than by such an unscrupulous hyena aa Brownlow. Not long .since, he issued a procla? mation i i conformity to the legisla? tion of lho.se who now make laws for the people of that down-trodden State, in which he pretended that Union men were not secure in their lives and property, and that it was bis intention to promptly cali ont the military loree authoriz? Ci by thc recent Act of the Legislature, to punish those whom he callea disloyal men-that is. those who do nu: sup? port him or his infamous measures. The State law referred to is said to bi one of the most atrocious enactments of modern times. It authorizes thc organization and equipment of oin or more regiments of troops in ead Congressional District, of volunteers, to be armed by the State, and to b< subject to the orders, of the Governoi at his discretion. No one ia permit ted to join this force who cannot tak< the vile oath prescribed in the fran chise Act of that State, and it is fur ther understood that one-half of encl regiment is to be made up of negroes A despatch, published in tin Pkcenix, of the 6th instant, informet our readers that Brownlow had issuec the order for the organization of tIii ".Stute Guard,'' as it is called, t< serve for three years, and of which h will bc commander-in-chief. Now, i is easy to see to what uses and purpose such a force may be prostituted under the orders of such a tuan a Brownlow, in whose breast rankl now the evil spirits of hatred and rt venge. Vengeance, to the extent ?. plunder, confiscation, and probaul to the butchery of unarmed and dc fenceless citizens, we fear, will ia upon their devoted heads. The ont rages of this ban?! will doubtless, not checked in ^.mie way, vie in di; bolical characteristics with those ? the Tories during the Revoluciona] struggle. 1- not such a fiendish p< licy sufficient co produce ;i enrniv ' of blood and anarchy ia that distrae ed ano. oppressed State-jir<t such carnival as that in which Brownie would delight to be the princip leader and actor? But should L passions lead him to any extensi acts of outrage and cruelty, he mi evoke a vengeance from the g.din people he now lords it over that un again drive him. like- a craven, seek aid from other <piartei -. Tennesseeis in the Union, and ; her citizens should be protected tao Government of tho United Stub and its authority should bc- prompl interposed io save them cYum crae: ami oppression. But we fear tl this authority, ii exercised at all, M bc- rather put forth io sustain J?roifl low, as our despatches, yesterd morning, announced that a reso tion had been introduced into t United States Senate, authorizing ? Secretary of "War to furnish him wi anus and equipments for tho force fened to. In the present temper Congress, although immediate acti was objected to when it was ofter the proposition will be acceded and the military despotism of Bro\ low be thus established. Wc repent, that although our p pic may regard the government-- n vided lor them harsh and oppressi yet, under the guidance of brave ficers, who will appreciate tin; h trust and responsibility entr?stet them, they will be infinitely pre able to that under which the pee of the reconstructed State <>i' Tc ncssee now languish atol suffer. JEFF. DAVIS.-A despatch da Fortress Monroe, 10th inst., says t George Shea, one of the counsel Jeffersoh Davis, reached here 1 morning, ou a consultation visit. ??*??? TIIE BANKHUIT LAW.-The Na/ <n Int'M'ujencer says its passage be hailed with great gratifica! throughout the country, and add "It is understood that this sweeps away all State insolvent J and stay laws, and laws for im aonmeut lev debt." Tlic Trouble* in Orleans? It has been reported that General Sheridan had suspended an eieetion in New Orleans, on account of ap? prehended ridt-. A special despatch to the New York Tinta, of Monday, gives th?.' toliowing particulars: The immediate cause for the .?:ai cipated outbreak i- a e ?nfiict be? tween the municipal and the State authorities. Gov. Wells claiming authority under the Sherman recon? struction bill, which provides that the present State Governments of the South shall be deemed provi? sional only, has issued a proclamation virtually declaring himself to be mili? tary Governor of the State, aud hus registered au oath of office before the United? .s District Court to that effect. In tito sn:.ie proclamation, he or? ders that the police and parochial officers shall obey the authority of 110 one but Gen. Sheridan, himself and the Recorders of the Municipal Courts. The recorders, although elected by the people, have submitted to Gov. Wells' decision regarding his author? ity under the reconstruct! JU bill, and will therefore execute his miers. The other municipal authorities, however, do not submit to it. and the Mayor, John T. Monroe, ami the Chief of Police, Col. Thomas Adams, have ordered the police force to obey no orders that are not issued through or by them. To-morrow, one-half of thu City Council ure to be elected, and one-hall' of the other city officers. Mayor Munroe is among those who hold over-his tenn of office not ex? piring until next year. Gov. Wells, in his proclamation, orders that the freedmen enfranchised tinder the re cdhstruction bill shall vote, aud that the class disfranchised by its. provi? sions shall not vote. The old State law, adopted by a loyal Legislature under the Banks Convention Constitution, provides for a registration of all voters, and that the registry shall be closed three days before the day of election. Mayor Monroe claims that this law is still in force, because no official copy of the reconstruction bill has been published in tho State: aud that even if it had, the registry could not be changed. He asserts, also, that Gov. Wells is usurping authority in order? ing that the polls shall be opened to freedmen or closed against those he deems to be legally registered voters. Thus the r .corder.-, or police justices and Gov. Wells ure pitted against Mayor Monroe in striving to obtain control of the election. If one of the parties is desperate enough to appeal to force to prevent the other from carrying out its ph: ns. blood will flow profusely. lt is understood that Gen. Sheri? dan hus received order- from Wash? ington to suspend the election, if necessary, in which ease trouble will be avoided. In any event, he i ready for anything thal univ turn up. In addition to the above, we have the following from the Associated Press, reported ai New Orleans: Trouble being anticipated in case the municipal election is allowed to bi! helli on Monday. Gen. Sheridan has issued orders that no polis bo opened, aud that the day of election be postponed until a district com? mander, nuder the law. is appointed, or special instructions arv received covering the ease. A CASI:.-Tii.i Alexandria election j may probably afford an opportunity for making up a case for the United States Supreme Court, on the validity of the S. S. S. reconstruction law. The Washington Republican says: ""We learn that the legal question of the right to hold au election was referred to the Attorney-General, and that he has not yet rendered an opi? nion upon the subject." We hope, says the Richmond En? quirer, our Legislature will promptly take hold of this ouse, and not leave it to citizens or to a city, out of nar? row means, to conduct, unaided, a snit involving the life of the State and the liberty of every citizen. A little less precipitate anxiety about a convention, and an honest ri?cli?y to a fundamental duty and responsi? bility, are what the hour demands. HAF.I>EE'S TACTICS. - Some letter writer makes General Hardee re? sponsible for the following, which he is reported to have given utterance to recently, while at Genend Kilpat riek's headquarters : "Sir, I accept this war as the pro? vidence of God. He intended that the slave should be free, and he is free. Slavery was never a paying institution. I have o?ten told my friends so. For instance, my wife owned about 100 negroes; 41) of the 100 were useless for work, yet she had to feed these forty in order to get the work of the sixty. The negro will be worse off for this war. Will any of you abolitionists feed aud clothe half a dozen little children in order to get the work of it man and woman? Sir, our people can pay the working negroes a fair com? pensation for their services and let them take care of their own families, and then have as much left at the end of the year as we had under the old system." The lawyer's motto-Be brief. Tin- Fi alu ns. The following accounts of tho Fe? nian rising are taken from the Balti? more Gazette, of Saturday. They are much fuller than those already pub? lished in oar telegraphic column: The Fenian rising in Ireland ap? pears t" 'nive Leen general. On Tuesday, at Tallegh. eight miles South ol Dublin, the Fenian - attack? ed th- barracks, but were repulsed Six loads of umnWitiou* and tw? hundred prisoners had been brought into Dublin up to Thursday night. The niau; body of the insurgents re? treated to the hills North of Dublin, closeiv pursued bv tho military. At Killmaliock. in Munster Comity, ?he police were attacked bv two im?thvil Fenian-, who retreated titer losing thirty i>i their number dead on the field and fourteen prisoners. The barracks at Dromore had been fired and totally destroyed. At the same place, the manager <.:' tin- bank and a police messenger had been shot. The Coast Guards at Killelagh. County Ciare, were attacked and their arms taken away from them. At Carysf. .rd. Wicklow" and. at 'Holy Cross the stations were assaulted and plundered ol' tl..' amis they contain? ed, and in Tipperary the excitement was said to be inteuse. At the latest advices, the railway trains were running between-Dublin and Cork. Thirteen persons hail been arrested at Limerick. All was quiet in Dublin, and there were no longer any signs of ?disturbance in Cork. Limerick or Waterford. Still later advices state that fifteen hundred Fenians were reported te be threatening the town of Tipperary: that Donohue, the leader in the light at Tallegh. together witii three of his companions, has since died. The insurgents in the mountains are rep? resented as suffering severely from cold and exposure. Troops from England were being rapidly poured into Ireland. A skirmish had occur? red at Kilfiuare, in Limerick County, in which tin* insurgents were defeated with loss. Another band was defeat? ed in Clonmel. Armed parties are still roving through Clare, Tipperary aud Limerick, stripping private houses of guns and other weapons, and have frequent conflicts with the police and constabulary. Incendiary fires are said to be frequent in the city aud County of Limerick. The County is said to be full of Irish Amerieans. but it is difficult to appre? hend them, a- tin- country people refuge to betray their hiding-places to thc authorities. In Dublin, the conclusion has already been reached thar the insurrection has failed. There was great excitement at New York, yesterday, among the Fenians, arising from tiie brief details ol' re? cent outbreaks in thc vicinity of Dublin, as furnished by the cable. It was rumored among th" New York Fenian- - though troon what authori? ty i- not stated-that Cd. Gleeson has received a despatch reporting that the Irish Fenians had attacked Barrack Tallegh, near Dublin, ami sueeeeded in disarming one hundred and tiffy men. It was rumored, also, that five thousand fresh nu-:; had risen near Dublin. Tiie excitement luis materialiv increased reernitiuffiu N w York } The Hrr:ilil*a Opinion. Thc New York Herald concludes an article on the tone of the South? er;; press, in relation to the recon? struction bill, ns follow.-.: Tiie people of the ten excluded States are naturally in a. state of ex? citement and perturbation. Two hundred years of the teachings, dis? tinctions, castes and prejudices, laws and usages of African slavery natural? ly prod ice a violent Southern recoil against negro suffrage, even at this late day. But stern necessity will teach a people how to remove moun? tains and shut out the sea; and the necessities of the ruling Southern white class are already leading them to titi', dreaded concession of negro suffrage. Why should they hesitate when they cnn tarn it to the greatest advantages for both races, socially { and industrially, and in behalf of the political interests of the South in Congress ?ind in the federal adminis ? tratiou? It seems that only yester? day that our armies, while fighting for the Union, were instructed! to protect rebels in their slave property, i We have crossed the Bcd Sea, the \ Wilderness ?uni the Jordan, and have ente red in to the Promised i Land since that last trial under the I bondage of Egypt. President John? son as Moses wa- left behind on ! Mount Nebo, and "Old Thad. Ste ? vens" as Joshua is no great shakes, but he must do until wo can get a better. ' The ten excluded rebel States, un? like the ten tribes of Israel, will not l>e ultimately lost, but will be re? claimed. The work of reclamation now begins. It will lie carried out, and then we shall have a new Union, a new epoch of national power and prosperity, overshadowing that which passed away with slavery, and a new organization ot parties on the bank question, the tariff, taxes, retrench? ment and the negro vote. This balance of power in thu South may be gained tor thc South, and in order thus to gain it no time should be lost. THE PKKSIDENT AND CONGRESS. Mr. Johnson is hereafter to appoint radicals to office, and impeachment, is to be abandoned, snvs rumor. TU?- Amended Revenue Bill. Tho Charleston Mercury publishes ; this bill iu full, and furnishes the! ! subjoined synopsis of it. We per i ceive that the Internal Revenue Bu? reau has issued instructions to the I assessors throughout tin country to ! begin immediately the assessment for ' the income tux. Tin- time of ns.-' ss ments is changed from Hay to March, and ti.i uniform rate of five per rent. exempt : lr provides that ail acts in relation ru the assessment and payment of the income tux. special tax and other taxes, now required to be performed in M; y. shall hereafter bc performed : in the month of March: :\ud that all acts now required to be performed in .Tune, shall hereafter be performed Jiu March: provided, that on and after the first day of September next, , .i tax of two und a Indi cents per j pound only shall be levied ur. mw j cotton. j The tax is changed or reduced '? iv on u large number of articles, the : most important among them, in ad? dition to vaw cotton, beingsegars, en? gines, distilled spirits, leather, ?tugar ; und wools. On nutter ar. 1 cheese ; no special tax is required, and no tax j is to bi imposed upon the dyeing, redyeing or reprinting of cloths or i other articles, except the process of i their manufacture. In relation to stumps, the tax is but ! little changed; but a large number of articles, including bur. rod und sheet ; iron, casks, barrels, machine cast j iugs, cast iron hollow-ware, certain j articles of clothing, molasses, pottery i ware. suit, common soap, cotton gin I saws, steel, wagons and drays, und i wire cloth, in condition ns eutuae ! ruted, ure added to the free list. The income tux is fixed at au uni? form vate, and goes into effect ou March 1, 1S07. That on incomes for I860 is to be levied the day the act I goes into effect. Upon all incomes derived from t gains, property, interest or salaries, . or from any profession or employ j ment, amounting to over one tlio'isand ! dollars, the tax is five per cent. All j national. State or municipal taxes ; paid during the year may be deduct I ed from such gains; us may also losses arising from fire, shipwreck or j by trade, the amount paid for labor ; by any renter of lund or hirer of labor, ?md the amount pant for rent I of residence of family. No dednc j tion shall be mude for cost of new 1 buildings or permanent improve : ments, and only one deduction of ; $1,000 shall be made from tho aggre? gate income of nil the members ol any one family of husband and wife, or parents and minor children. In? comes derived from United States securities, profits from sale of real estate, interest received or accrued ? upon all obligations, whether paid or ; not, premiums on gold and coupons, ; t!ie amount of sales on produce and i all other gains whatever, shall be in? cluded in estimating the income of ' any person-excepting always the ' rent of homestead occupied by any person or by his family, in his own j right or in that of his wife, and ex ? eepting also the share of the gains ol i all compauies who would be entitled to the same if divided, except thal ] >orl ion of salary or pay received in the service of the United Stato fn mi which the tax has been deducted. Amendments have been made ir. the regulations for making returns j and further rules ure specified in relu ? tion to distillers, und in relation tr j penalties and seizrires under th? I whiskey tax. As a provision against bribery, i' , is enacted that any officer charg?e \ with the execution of any portion o: j the revenue Acts, who shall in am ! way receive any payment for com promising or settling any charge fo: I violation of the law. shall be guilt; j of a misdemeanor and subject to rim j and imprisonment. i No distilled spirits forfeited to tin j Government shall be sold for les: than the amount of tux require* bylaw, and if unsold within ninety j days for such amount, such spirit: j shall be destroyed. Any persoi j falsely representing himself to be j j United States revenue officer, de ; manding or receiving any money o I value for any duty or tux, shall bi subject to fine and imprisonment. No oil inflammable at a less tem ; pcrature than 11U degrees Fahren heit shall be kept or sold, nnde ' penalty of fine and imprisonment . and conspiracies to defraud the reve ; nue shall be similarly punished. j The illegal use of stamps and label I is to be punished with fine and im j pvisonment; and the tonnage dut; i now imposed upon all ships or ves ? sels engaged in foreign or domesti j commerce shall be levied but one I within one year, and. when paid, ni ! further tonnage tax shall be collecte* j within one year from the date of sucl ' payment. -? ? ? ? INTERESTING TO AXTEXS.-Mi Beckett, the present proprietor o j Point Breeze, Borden town, New Jct j sey, the resilience of Joseph Bona '. parte when in this country, havin? : paid the tax on his property nude ; protest, carried the case before th j Supreme Court of New Jersey 1 which decided that the property o au alien is not exempt from taxation It is probable that un appeal will b at once made to the UuitedStatesSn p?eme Court. This is a test cast and other "aliens will await wit interest the final decision. Washington Item*. The National Intelligencer, of Satur-1 ?lay, says: On Friday, on motion of Mr. But? ler, a resolution was passed, reciting the facts of th?' confiscation by the Confederate States of debts duo by inhabitants <;i thc Southern States tf) loyal citizens, of tho payment of over j half a million dollars; proceeding! from suc'c confiscation, to tho Citi? zens' Bauk "of New Orleans, the seizure by tho general commanding thc United States Army of the Gulf of tin* halaU'-.' remaining of timi fund, ($219,000,) atid thepaymeiii of that amount into thc Treasury, ami pro? viding for a commission t" hear and determine claims ol' Northern credi? tors to shares of that coin, and to distribute the same rateably. The colored citizens of Washing-j ton and Georgetown, ure about or? ganizing a joint stock association, for the purpose cf establishing a daily and weekly newspaper in the na? tional metropolis. Ii is stated that upwards of $2.000 have already been subscribed This association will be known as and slyied the "Union Printing Joint Stock Association of Washington and Georgetown." The object of the association will be to establish press and publish and print a daily and weekly newspaper, and to carry <>n the printing business tn Washington. Districted' Columbia. In the radical caucus at Washing? ton, the other evening, Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, spoke earnestly of [leaviug the matter i if impeach nient] the Ju? diciary Committee. In eight cases of impeachment in this Government, all but on ' had been referred to the Judiciary Committee, and that one had been badly managed in the bands of a select committee. Gen. Butler inquired if Mr. Bing? ham was in any event in favor of im? peachment? Mr. Bingham replied that he was not, like certain gentlemen, in favor of preferring articles of impeachment and hearing the testimony after? wards. On the question of adjournment in the same caucus, Gen. Butler and Mr. Bontwell urged the shortest re? cess, and the General very plainly tobi Mr. Wilson that the question of impeachment should not be referred to a committee of which he (Wilson) was chairman. A postponement until October was virtually an abandon? ment. Mr. Bingham replied sharply t< (ron. lintier, intimating tl.;;: it was arrogant amt presumptive to thus attempt To dictate to his peers. A special telegram to the Baltimore Sun, of Monday, says: A report has been telegraphed fron this city to several n ailing journals. North and South, that a difficulty 01 controversy bas taken place in Cabi net meetings relative to the appoint ment of military commanders nude; the new Act for the government o the Southern States, Lam authorize? to s.;y that there is not one word o truth in the above report, nor is then any doubt that the members ol' tin Cabinet will agree with the Presiden in the selection o' command.-rs fo the live districts. Upon a more careful l eading of th? Act, it is found that the law dues not require that the military commander shall be of the regular army. Tin terms simply direct that these officer shall be selected from the army, am not be of a lower grade than briga dier-general. Under this construe timi, Gen. Sickles, who is a major general of the army, would be eligible though his grade in the regular arm; is that of colonel, and there isreasoj to believe that he xvii 1 be one of th five commanders to be selected. H will probably* supply the positioi suggested for Gen. McDowell, wh was named in my first despatch oi this subject. A special to the Hertild, of Mon ?lay, says: A Senate caucus of ten Rcpubli cans has been called for to-iuorroi morning, which, it is thought, wi determine the much mooted qui stio of adjournment, and the consequer policy on the Presidential impeacl ment. Many of tho Senators expr?s themselves as firmly opposed to an adjournment that will carry the se: sion into the summer months, or er courage the expectation that impeacl mont proceedings were to be con menced in earnest. Should this b the result of the caucus action, as : most probable it will be-there wi be a determined effort on the part < some of the members of the Hous to prevent its being carried into effec A prominent member was heard t remark, yesterday, to a Senator, thi the .House would go for the adjoun ment to next fall, should the Senat suggest such action. A remark < Senator Wilson, this evening, at tl Congressional temperance meeting indicated such au understanding. B said he hoped that they would ha\ one more opportunity to moot agaii though it was impossible to say ho soon the adjournment would tal place. There are .a large number? nominations that tue Senate will 1 able easily to dispose of this weel after which, it is thought, it will I impossible to hold them longer. Tl new business introduced is of an m important character. ?-*-*<*-. Bunting of which flags are made manufactured at only two mills : this country. The new tariff puts duty of $1.35 per yard on it. Thei of course, the old flag will now 1 dearer than ever tons. Lioca.1 Itoms, Wo have been requested b\ Mr. Evans, the Sui>erintendeut of the Water Work-, to slate that the watet will be shut off from the citv, this morning; from 7 until ?) o'clock. PORTER, ALE AND S? WAT Mr. Cosgr?>ve, who hus been . nj in manufacturing 1 ia* ab? ?ve in beverages in Charleston fora business in r'.ii> city, i Mv.j 1 CofRl.- The trial of J.mu A Vane, charged with the murder of (.'harli..-. E. B> anett, came otV yester? day. The prisoner u;;s defended Irv Cul. S. W. Melton, and the State represented by Messrs. J. D. Trade well and John T. Rhett. The .jury, alter a short absence, returned a ver? dict of manslaughter. PERS-'NA...--We received a brief visit, yesterday morning, from J. D. Martin. Esq.. G. H. P. of the Grand Chapter oi Kentucky. This gentle? man is connected with an association in thut Statt1 wilie1 is engaged in con? tributing for the relief of the poor in Georgia and this Stute, and is on a tona of observation through South Carolina. LADIES' INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. Thc Board of Managers of the Ladies' Industrial Association, are requested to meet at the work-room, to-day, (Thursday.! at 12 o'clock m. The members generally, und other ladies who may feel disposed to aid the object, -aro also invited tu attend. Persons desiring work are requested to call between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock. Mit. PEABODY TO THE PUBLIC. -The Boston Post publishes the following card from Mr. Peabody, with the re? quest that newspaper editors give it an assertion : BOSTON, Mareil 7. 1S67. EDITORS OF BOSTON POST: Mr. George Peabody, intending soon to leave for England, deems it u cinty due to himself to inform ?ill those who, during his visit of ten months in his native country, have written to him asking loans of money, dona? tions to literary institutions, subscrip? tions to churches, public charities, Ac., or assistance for themselves or others, that the great number cd' these communications has rendered it im? possible for liim to. rend or answer, or even to open them in persou. The latter duty has, therefore, been assigned, confidentially, to others. And as many oi the writers have re? quested that their applications should be kept secret, Mr. Peabody would state that he has this day caused these letters, amounting to nearly four thousand, to be burnt in Ins pre? sence, thus n lieving their apprehen? sions and iii- own responsibility. S KW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is cal ?A f.l : .tili following advertisements, wbicn are published this murnini; for the first time: Kxn:i Sleeting Typographical Union. Sirs. s. A. Smith-Spi nig Millinery, lt. A W. C. Swafiield -Spring Cassimeres. A. lt. Phillips-Auction Sale. Crawford A Friday-Flour an '. Sug: r. .Janies Cosgrove-Porter. Ale. Ac. Wells, Crawford & Friday-Dissolution. North Carolina Hay. at Phillips'. Extra Meeting Richland Lodi,'". THE SHERMAN MILITARY LAW. The Greenville (Ala) Advocate con? tains an important telegraphic cor? respondence between Judge Poi ter. of Greenville, and Hon. John Sher? man, in relation to the status of the civil and judicial aj^grs of the South, under the provisions of the military law. It is as follows: To HON. JOHN SHERMJ?N. SENATOR OE THE UNITED STATES: Can officers in the State, ineligible under the constitutional amendment, now per? form their functions under your bill, etc. BENJ. E. PORTER. To BENJ. F. PORTER: Your State officers can still perform their func? tions, until superceded by State Go? vernments, organized under the law. JOHN SHERMAN. - OCR MILITARY COMMANDER.-The Wilmington Dispatch, speaking of the three general officers-Sherman, Mc? Dowell and Meade-who are named in connection with the command of the district composed of North and South Carolina, publishes the follow? ing remarks of the Worcester (Mass.) Spy in regard to the sentiment of each of the officers in question. It says: "Sherman isa race-hater, and oli? garchic by instinct. Though his brain may accept the issues of the war, his temperament will light against their logical conclusions. He was a thorough Unionist, but in? tensely pro-slavery. He is of the same stripe still. I speak from some personal knowledge of his former opinions. "Meade has been a Johnson mun. He is, I believe, a war Democrat in politics and an aristocrat by instincts. "McDowell is a good Republican."