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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, May 14, 1867. ? Th? Great Need ot Restoration. The Now York Times says that the pressing nood is strikingly exempli? fied in the return of the commis? sioners of registration for the month of April. Fivo years ago, Boys the Times, it was alleged and believed that the existence of slavery repelled strangers from "the South. Slavery no longer exists, y?t of more than 25,000 immigrants landed nt New York last month, only five go to Arkanwm, five to Alabama, ono to Florid?, nino to Georgia, thirty-eight to Louisiana, one to Mississippi, two to North Carolina, ten to South Ca? rolina, one hundred and .sixty-three to Texas, and fiTy-five to Virginia, All these States get but 277, while Ulinois alone takes 2,625, Now Eng? land moro than 2,000, and even in? hospitable Canada nearly 200. Tho Time* adds: "Tho South has most urgent need of this laboring element; she has land in abundance, and of tho sort, which, "when tickled with a hoe, will laugh with a harvest;" yet, in conseqr->nco of the- unsatisfactory condition of political and social affairs, the brawn and muscle of Europe turns away to the compara? tively sterile North. 100,000 skilled X'culturalists from Europe or else ITG might redeem an empire below the Ohio Eiver. But 'the situation' deters them, and until tho perfect restoration of order and the com? plete rehabilitation of the people, no considerable current of immigration will set in that direction.'* Thero is no doubt but that the Times is right on one point. On tho completion of reconstruction* the introduction of oapjfcd would assured? ly follow^but we bolie-vo it to bo in error as to tho prompt* immigration of foreign labor, which is very*doubt? ful. Tho suggestion* or position, is "b^t- tenable, and one we think unfor? tunate, at this time, in its effect upon the energy and industry of the South? ern people, as well as the laborers employed in agriculture. It is that perfect restoration will induce foreigu immigration, to the South without much delay. This year's crop must be worked by tho laborers wo have now; next year, the same condition of affairs will exist, and perhaps for years yet to como the chief reliance of tho Southoru planters will bo iu their past laborers, under tho new order of thiugs. We believo that ii they aro encouraged and well treated they will do tho needed work. We have, on moro than one occa sion, expressed our favorable opinion on the introduction of a healthy immigration; but that favorable oin nion was based chiefly on an ider which is gaining ground. The day of "largo plantations" has pass?e away, and these immense tracts Q half cultivated land should bo pro perly divided and sold or lensed t( immigrants and colored laborers .But, if the positiou of tho Times bi correct, that there will only be a nisi of mere foreign labor, tho resul would bc disastrous to tho people o the South, both white aud black. Wi have the ?rcedincu at work, and th reports published in our exehauge in the South and South-west say tho this class of labor appreciate thei pobitioh, is working well, and thu the fair crops in nearly every loculit; provo this. It is not reasonable t suppose that this class would loo] with favor ou a rush from German, and Ireland of mere laborers. lanni grants with moderate mcaus to invest with energy and industry to gu id them, as well as those skilled a artisans aud mechanics, wo would b very glad to seo coming South, an tho South would give them a glai welcome. We throw out these aug gestious to our agricultural friends The freedmen aro enfranchiscd they nro citizens-they have expc rienco in tho culturo of everything you raise; aud it is iu these two rc spocts, and the apparent advautag arising from them, that wo wouli particularly commond to tho atten tion of our farmers and plauters. In what wo have written abovo, w must not bo understood as attempt ing to prejudice ono class of labo against another. Nothing of thc kind. Our primo object is to iinpres tho planters of this section-wine other Southerners aro doing, in vie' of. tho immense immigration no' reaching their shores-that thei chief reliance for making this cror planting and making that of nos year, and perhaps the year after, i upon the industrious freedmen. This .Is a matter for them to" consider, und after the growing crops are harvested,: they will be able to como io a know? ing decision. When tho present owners of immense tracts* of fertile, but uncultivated, land awake from their delusion, and offer such induce? ments to emigrants as they can then will this reconstructed "laugh? ing land" of tho South wolcomo all to her territory, and wo firmly behove that, with her immense resources,, she can abundantly sustain all that may come, as well as thoso now with us; that is, if the old exclusiveness and the policy of adding aero to acre, for tho moro sake of being a large land-holder, is not persisted in. SENATOR STEVENS ON CONFISCA? TION.-Tho New York Herald has the following remarks on Sonator Wil . son's threat of confiscation : "We have heard a good deal during some months past about tho sword of Damoclos hanging over the heads of tho Southerners, and over certain high officials, intimidating them to do certain things and to abstain from doing cortain others. Tho last wo hear of this sword of Damocles is through our special telegram from Charleston, and comes from the dis? tinguished Senator Wilson, who is stumping tho South. Mr. Wilson, in hie second speech at Charleston, on Friday night last, told the whito peo? ple that if they coerced tho negroes not to vote for tho Republican party, or attempted to punish them by*tum? ing them out of employment and their holdings for voting for that party, that would lend to confisca? tion, and he (Senator Wilson) would then vote for confiscating the pro? perty of men so offending. Now, we think, there has been quite enough of this* susgenchjd sword, rod or confis? cation, .?specially when used, as in this case, for partisan political pur- ' poses. Such talk is puerile, childish and altogether out of place. It is oven worse than that-it ovinces a disposition to exercise tyranny over a people who aro bowed to tho earth in political matters, and to make tho condition of their restoration the support of a political party. Be? sides, such threats are entirely unne? cessary, as the reconstruction Acts of Congress have laid down explicitly the rulo of action for the Southern people, and tho conditions on which they may bo restored." THE CEMETERY AT RALEIGH.-There are now buried in tho memorial cem? etry at Raleigh, N. C., 312 North Carolinians, 4G South Carolinians, 44 Georgians, 8 Alabamians, 8 Mis? sissippians, I Virginians, 2 Flori? dians, 2 Tennesseeaus, 1 Texan, 1 Louisianian, 1 Arkausian, 3 Con? fed?rate States navy men, and ICO unknown dead. Total, 538. TEXAS.-General Griffin has issued an order forbidding ex-Confederates in Texas to sit on thc juries. Tho Houston Telegraph says: Tho truth is, trial by jury in this State, either in civil or criminal cases, is now in-the hands of the blaol?s almost entirely. Thoro ?re hardly enough white men in the State who can honestly take the test oath to make a grand jury for a Cir? cuit Court. Moro than half tho blacks cannot honestly take it. Not only will most of our jurymen bo blacks, but innuy of the blacks them? selves are shut out. A Rio Janeiro lotter says that some Southern" planters havo purchased land in tho District of Champions, and are attracting thc attention of tho Brazilians by using tho plough and other implements, and the deal? ers in these articles aro driving a brisk trade. Thoso Americans who settled on thc const South of Rio havo erected saw-mills, and are now supplying the Rio market with oxoeji lent timber. On Monday afternoon, a dog, se? venteen years of age, belonging to Mr. William W. Parsons, of Rock port, left tho premises of his owner and deliberately walked to the break? water, and jumping over, swam with his head under water until life was extinct, tims committing suicide. The dog was nearly blind, and quite infirm. ' A* AFFECTIONATE FATHER.-At Sandy ville, Iowa, recently, a mau, who was annoyed by tho crying of his child, four or five months old, at night, got up and deliberately stran? gled it to death. Ile has been arrested for tho crime. A committee in London has made its arrangements to take a man to Paris, lodge him nicely for a week, furnish him with a ticket to the Ex? position, and bring him home again for $7.50. NEW Y?BK.-When a heavy defal? cation occurs in Now York, for sun? dry nnd cogent reasons, thc matter is hushed up until tho guilty parties , have time to escape. ' Kan Francisco has sent a Yankee fire eugine to Japan, and a company of resident citizens of that city went with it, to show tho .Taps how td ma? nage the "grate squirt." ? * A Word to Farmen. The Milledge ville <Ga.) Recorder hos the following sensible remarks: As it is oar privilege to advise, we mast bave a word or two with our planting friends. We recognize in them tho wealth of the State, the financial power nnd prosperity of the Stater, and such being the fact, it be? hooves us, in a modest sort of a way, to have a word with them about their business, their interest, and the gene? ral prosperity of tho country. True wealth is not in what we moke, but what we save; like reading, not in what wo hovo read, but what wo remember; not in what wo eat, but in what we digest. So with tho pros? perity of any people; it is tho inter? nal wealth, or domestic wealth, that is felt through every fibre and nerve of our social system. A community of interests is truo economy and prosperity. As it is to-day, what do we see? What money our planting friends gol for their cotton is fast leaving tho State for corn and bacon ; our wealth is but transitory-but borrowed-if wo may so express ourselves; for tho North-west say it is theirs; and suro enough, they get it by sending na coru aud bacon, that we must have, whon wo could havo raised it, had we stud ied political economy as wo should havo done. What wo have to soy to our plauting friends is this: Plant enough corn for your own use, by all menus. Better plant enough to sell a few bushels to your city, town and village neighbors, who make their living by their professions, trades, See. Make as much cotton ns ?yon please, for cotton is ?uro money at all times, I but do notTorget tho coru-field, peas, potatoes, and especially your hogs. If you do not or cannot sell provi? sions, do not como into the market to buy, and thereby enhance the price of such articles, to the hurt of those who live not by farming. But where you can sell, you do good iu* two ways. First, your farming is an ad? vantage to your neighbor and State. Secondly, you put in your, pocket money that would nave gone out of the State, if you bad not have had what was wanted. You oro thus ena? bled to improve your lauds, or to in? vest money in stocks, if desirable. Wo must livo within ourselves, help each other, keep our money circu? lating at homo among ourselves; build up our homos and towns; invest in home stocks or railroads. Such can bo and ought to be doue, if you will only bo something more thua mero cotton planters. But when tho country is depleted of its wealth for tho necessaries of life, that could have been had at home, it is premedi? tated murder of our own financial happiness and prosperity. Let this year proclaim tho fact that all of our planting friends have pro? visions to sell, and ?that cotton must play second fiddle to tho coru-crih and hog-pen. When such is the case, ?tho day of our prosperity as a people is dawning, and, if contiuuod iu, wo will soon stand in the suu-light of unembarrassed and true wealth. Cot? ton is a good thing in its placo, but not when cultivated at the expenso of all our provisions-remember that truth, and act accordingly. CHIME AND PUNISHMENT.-The spring term of Mecklonbnrg Supe? rior Court wau in session last week, Judge Gilliam presiding. Dave Blackwood and-Peoples both colored, were found guilty of larceny: "If our judicial authorities were allowed to iufliot punishment accord? ing to the laws in forco in this Stato for many years past, wo should hear of less stealing and havo fewer de? predations of all sorts. In these hit? ters days, however, a criminal must either be hanged, or kept in jail, as n punishment, nt County expense, while his wife and children uro suf? fering or starving. . "Which is tho most barbarous practice; whipping a rogue when convicted, und then; turn him loose to work for tho support of his -fnniily, or keeping him ooufincd in jail whilst bis family is Buffering for food? The law givers of tho present day may answer." A Pennsylvania radical, who ad? dressed the freedmen at Washington, a few 'lights ugo, advised them to bo industrious,' to vote the radical ticket, aud give up all idea of confiscation, ns the party had done about all it could for them. Tho white people of Middleburg, Va., and its neighborhood, trans? ferred a goad stone church (Metho? dist Episcopal) to colored trustees, former slaves of somo of thom, for their exclusive use. A TEHHIHI^E BLOW.-A keg of pow? der exploded near Fort Lee, N. J., Tuesday, blowing a man named Mc Cnlley fifty feet into the air, and "lauded" him into tho river. Ho swnm ashore, and is still living. A DUTIFUL. SON.-A dutiful son, named Dugnu, the other day, sued his father in a New York court for the funeral expenses of his mother, and a verdict of 8101- was rendered in hrs favor. Myriads of squirrels nie over-run? ning some parts of Indiana, and, in several Counties of Iown, pigeons ure destroying tile new-sown wheat. During tho month of April, there were thirty-nine fires in tho United States, involving n total loss of nboyt S3, OOO, OOO. Two women have been elected parish, overseers in Englnnd. dearly ? Riot In Kew York. The New York Times, of Thursday, contains the following details of aa alleged conspiracy in that city : It has been for a long time evident that the enactment and enforcement o? the exoise law bas engendered among the lower chasses a fooling of hatred towards the police, upon whom tho dnty devolves of enforcing its provisions. We have foreseen that this would be tho natural effect of such a law, and have done our best to enforce tho necessity of so shaping its provisions as to avoid so serious a public peril. Tin's feeling of hostility has been eagerly fanned by sundry politicians and liquor dealers, who hoped by this means to defeat the execution of tho excise law. For several weeks past, the disaf? fected population in the different .wards have held frequent secret meetings at various points. At these gatherings, tho language used has been of the most hostile and bitter character. Speakers have alluded to the dreadful scones enacted during the draft riots of July? 1863, with evident relish, as though they regard? ed them as triumphs. Tho polico and tho excise commissioners havo been cursed and threatened with ven? geance for their strictness in carrying out the provisions of the laws. A large number of theso liquor dealers, who havo been denied licenses, have taken au active part in theso gather? ings, and they have spoken with strong resentment x>f the destruction of their business. In short, the meet? ings are described as having been wild and frenzied in their denuncia? tions and threats pf vengeance. Fully aware of these proceedings, tho police commissioners, through Superintendent Kennedy, have placed a select number of reliable Bpecial detectives on thc alert, and these officers succeeded in obtaining access to tho meetings, in some instances taking nctivo part iu them, when thoy deemed themselves to be objects of suspicion. Tho detectives have "spotted" nearly every prominent leader in the movement, and in some cases they have kept continuous watch upon their daily movements. The superintendeutof police has tho names and residences of all these ring-lead? ers, and tho details of thc entire movement are also fully known." The Times adds that the police au? thorities have made every arrange? ment to preserve the public peace. In this connection, tho Times thus re? fers to a movemcut to more strictly enforco the "Sunday law:" Superintendent Kennedy has or? dered tho police to notify all store keepers who have been in the habit of keeping their stores open on Sun? day, that tho old Sunday law will bo strictly euforced on Sunday next. All groceries, cigar stores, etc., will be required to bo completely and effect? ually cloa^L/and no business will be allowed touo transacted on Sunday in future. Store-keepers who keep their stores open Saturday will be I compelled to be closed on Sunday; but thoso who close their places on Saturday will have tho privilege of Opening on Sunday. The tornado which swept through Now Jersey, last week, is describe! as a "dark, huge, funnelled-shapcd mass, illuminated at intervals by elec? trical explosiops, whirling, swaying, surgiug and forcing its way, rapid in progress and fearful in power. Now veering to tho right and anon to tho left, plunging furiously forward and sharply recoiling, it swept away all that obstructed its course, and by its eccentrio ' evolutions made the path of desolation much wider than its own bulk could have effected had it rolled onward in a straight line." It is said the Bonrd of Directors of the National Soldiers* and Sailors' Asylum have purchased tho Ohio White Snlphnr Springs, to bc used an an asylum, as provided by Act of Congress. A British schooner, at Cleveland, Ohio, was boarded by Fenians on Monday, .and its colors were torn down. One of tho Fenian Circles has held a meeting and disavowed tho act. A law in Canada prohibits tho kill? ing of insectivorous birds. A police magistrate has decided snipe to bo insectivorous, and sportsmen are in dismay. The grand ball in New York, last week, for the benefit of the South, according to tho World, "was a fizzle pecuniarily, aud next to nothing nu? merically." Tho corner-stone of tho new Tam? many Hall, on Fourteenth street, New York, is to bo laid, with appro? priate ceremonies, on the 4th of July. Tho prospects for corn and cotton, in Southern Georgia, are better ut this time than during the past five years. Snow fell, on Friday last, along the line of tho Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, to tho depth of two inches. Tho Vicksburg Weekly Republican, tho only radical paper in Mississippi, has suspended publication. Rossini described' tho Steinway piano, at tho Exposition, as a night? ingale cooing in n thunder storm. Minnesota, it is estimated, is re? ceiving nn addition to its population of 1,000 a day. There aro 30,000 tailors on a strike in Paris. MEETING OF PROTECTIONISTS IN NEW YORK-7?0V. PIERPONT MAKES A SPEECS.-A meeting of tb* friends of protection td American industry was held on Wednesday, at tho Astor HQUBOV No* York. Peter Cooper presided. Representatives from Mas? sachusetts, Now Hampshire, Ver? mont, Conneoticnt, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ma? ryland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, Michigan and other States annonnccd their names. Resolutions expressing tho views of tho meeting were adopted unanimously. Gox. Pierpont, of Virgiuia, on pre? senting his name, said: Mr. Presi? dent and gentlemen: I received your invitation to this meeting some days ago. I promised myself the honor to attend it. I represent a very large company manufacturing sentiment to protect American industry in Virgi? nia. (Applause.) And I am glad to inform you that the company is on tho increase, and that we number mauy who formerly enlisted under the banners of froe trade.. Wo havo immense interests in Virginia, and they must bo protected, and already many are beginning to look around them to seo if thoy can find a market nearer homo for their wheat and their corn, and they find that they can do it only bj* erecting tho rolling mill and the furnace, and the development of those great interests to protect which you have met hero to-day. I assure you, gentlemen, that this com? pany is on the increase in West Vir? ginia. (Applause.) <? o ? ? Tho Buffalo and Erie Railroad Company have adopted for their traius an invention called tho "Hand Station Indicator." Its object is to do away with the custom of crying out each station, by having a "ma? chine" in each car which indicates in succession the soveral stations ns tho train approaches them. The names of the stations are on whito cloth, which is moved by rollers, and each turu of tho rollers brings the name of the next station to view after tho manner of some counting room calendars, at tho same ttmo striking a bell which calls the atten? tion of passengers to the change. It is operated by tho baud of thc con? ductor or brakeman. The general heading under which tho nnme of the statiou appears is: "This train next stops ut-." Tho inven? tion apponrs to meet a long existing want, and will undoubtedly find favor with other railroad companies. Kansas City, Mo., contains about 16,000 inhabitants, and it is hopeful of leadiug the cities West of St. Louis. She is striving for tho Santa Fo and Fort Scott railroads. Tho railroad at Wyaudotte, Kansas, is built so low under tho bluffs of tho Missouri that it is now four feet under water, and tho river still rising. Goods and passengers are taken from Kansas City to Wyandotte bj* steamer. THE STREET CARS.-Two negroes in Richmond were so delighted at the idea of being able to ride iu the street cars, that they carried their breakfast and diuner with them and re? mained in ono of the cars until night. One of them proposed that they should go after their beds. New York, it is said, devours I $2,000,000 worth of eggs a year. One hotel in that city consumes a bnrrel a day. These eggs are gathered from a large extent of country around Now York-one dealer alono forwarding from Philadelphia to Now York a hundred barrels daily. SHERIDAN; AND THE PRESS, T-A pa? ragraph appears iu some of tho {pi? pers* that tho New Orleans Times, Crescent and Picai/nnc, it is reported, have received nn admonition from Gen. Sheridan not to indulge in de nuunialiou of the reconstruction laws. The Lafurgo heirs have determined pot to rebuild tho Winter Garden Theatre, in New York, which was lately burned. Tho site is too far down town for a tbcatro, and thc pro? perty will yield higher rents for other purposes. Threo hundred or more .attach? ments have beou issued by the United States District Attorney for Distric? No. 1 against postmasters and their bondsmen, who ure said to be delin? quents to. the Post Office Depart? ment. Smyth spent two ivhole days and nights in considering an answer to the conundrum, "Why is an egg un der-douo likonn egg overdone?" He would sutler no one to tell him, and at last hit upon the solution-because both nre hardly done. For the death of Monsieur Peronne, a French railway company has been ordered to pay Madame Peronne a sum of 00,000 francs, and to ber son 02,000 francs. The schooner John S. Lee will soon sail from Richmond for Charleston, witli 15,000 bushels of corn on board for thc ufferiug Carolinians. The sheep in Lapier County; Michi? gan, are dying by hundreds, of some mysterious disease. St. Louis bas sent 300 casks of bacon to relieve the destitute of Tus? caloosa, Alabama. The Georgia State Lunatic Asylum is full, mid another building is being constructed for insane negroes. A new Catholic convent is to ba built in St. Louis at a cost of $-100, 000. A paper-mill, turning out paper of excellent quality, has been put in operation in Petersburg. Va. f ?*osx OFFICE Houiis?^-Thc offico is opon ?rom 8 a. m. uniil 3' J p. m., and from G until 7 p. m. Tho North? ern mail closes at 3l<j p. m., and all other mails close at 8 p. m. Snow POSTERS, HANDBILLS, SSC. Our supply of type and facilities of press-work enable us to turn out from tho Phoenix oflico the most attractive styles of posters, hand-bills, &o., at short notice, and in tho most satis? factory manner. ' To VISITORS.-As several copies of tho Phoenix have been taken from the file in our reading room, wc hre com? pelled again to request visitors not to carry away from thc office any of tho papers which they find on file. A word to the wise is sufficient. ' . A HOME JOURNAL.-The best family journal now published in tho South is tho Gleaner, issued from this office. It oontaius weekly eight pages of solid reading matter, excluding ad? vertisements entirely. A specimen number will bo sent to any one de? siring to subscribe. Jon PRINTING.-Thc Job Office of the Phonix is as complete as any in thc South. It is furnished with new fonts of type of all descriptions and of the most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste and skill, and at reasonable rates. THE SOIREE.-Our citizens will have an opportunity, this evening, to enjoy a pleasant entertainment at Janney's Hall, for the small sum of twenty-five cents. There will also be a chance to be charitable, by con? tributing to thc assistance of Trinity Church. SUPPORT YOUR OWN JOURNALS. The Gleaner, issued every Wednes? day, from this office, defies competi? tion as a literary and news journal. Thoso who subscribe to it are kept well posted up in tho current events of the day, as it embraces the tele gx-aphic news, political, commercial, state of the markets, <Src., up to the hour of going to press. SPARTANBURG AND UNION RAILROAD. We are authorized to state that there will bo an extra train on this road, on the usual schedule, on Friday next, for tho accommodation of delegates to thc Methodist Conference, to be held in Uniouville. The trains will commence running ovor thc Broad River bridge in a few days. CARDS! CARDS!-Show cards, busi? ness cards, visiting unit wedding cards, executed at the Phonix Job Office, in the neatest styles of the art. Cards of all sizes constantly on hand, and all orders from town or country promptly attended to. A LITERARY JOURNAL.-Thc Gleaner is a largo eight page quarto journal, and from tho first line on the first column of the first page to the last lino on tho forty-eighth column, it abounds with select matter; errr bracing, besides the news of the week, choice tnles, sketches "and poetry, which make it, as its name indicates, a true "homo companion,*' which no family in the State should bo without. As will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, Mr. James W. Smith has removed his tinning es? tablishment to the store on Plain street, formerly occupied by Mr. Kinard. His stock of tin-wnre, stovos^ etc., is complete, and his facilities for executing work of all kinds in his line are ample. CIRCULARS! CIRCULARS!-Commer? cial and other circulars, in tho various , forms-note, letter and commercial post-neatly printed in our Job Office, and all work of this descrip? tion finished in thebest style of print? ing, and at moderate prices. NEW ADVEMTSEMENTS.-Attention ts ead vt\ to the following advertisements, which ?rf published thia morning for the rtrat" time: Thomas II. Wade-Last Notice. YV.-House Wanted. James Hunter-Steam Flour Mill. J. E. Dent-Sheriffs Sale. J. W. Smith- Removal. lt. A W. C. Swaffiold- Reduction. , Soiree at Janney's Hall. Manv Constituents -A Card. R. O'Xeale A Son-White Corn. It will he seen, hy reference to Mr. lt. ('.Shiver's advertisement, th?! ho opens, for tho week, another lot ol goods at UM popular low prices. Last week was a har? vest to house-keepers and furnishers in selecting from Iiis stock, and this week promises equally so. ' -1--.-?*-. The population of Washington ia churned to he 130.000.