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COLUMBIA. Saturday horning, June 1, lSflff, Thc Legacy of the League. Horaco Greeley is winning golden ojpdruons front ulmost every source. Tte Albion, of New York, ou organ of British sentiment and opinion, highly commends Mr. Greeley for his firmness, and says that the oivil war has left many legacies to this country which could bo very well dispensed with, and, pinong the rest;, hos left a politiool inquisition, to wit: tho "Union League Club, " which, it says, is an association of the most vin? dictive and revengeful men o? the country. This legacy, with its baleiul influ? ences in every State in the Union, is a politiool clique that must soon fizzle out There ore no enemies to the Union in any section, and having no? thing or nobody to moko war against, this legacy to political profligates will melt away as speedily as thot be? queathed to the wildest spendthrift who ever squandered bis inheritance in rioting and wantonness. Greeley has already lashed them into the sub? missiveness of a spaniel, and, we say, lay on and spare not, until the land is cleared of this pestiferous set of demagogues. In the South, wherever these associations are formed, they should be denounced as organizations opposed to the best interests of so? ciety, marohing under the bonners of "loyalty," so-called, but wholly ini? mical to a free, republican form of government, in which political opi? nions need not be swathed in any mysterious wrappings, and where freemen Can exercise their highest political lights and privileges with? out being bound, hand and foot, by the fetters of ooths and obligations administered by scheming dema? gogues, who would use them as tools exclusively for their own political ad? vancement and pecuniary advantage. Tho rank and file of such leagues will be counted os nothing, once the schemes of tho designing leaders Ihave been accomplished. Tho freed? men, being the best subjects among whom those schemers eon operate, should.take heed that they he not deluded, and consider themselves bound by oaths and obligations which, iu reality, aro of no binding effect. Brownlow to he Watched. IA special despatch to the Balti? more Sun, whose correspondent is generally reliable, says that General Thomas was callod tc Washington to adviso upon the condition of affairs in Tennessee. It appears that, some weeks ago, Brownlow iuquired of the G?nerai whether the State authori? ties could rely upon him for protec? tion, in case of any difficulty at the coming election, and whether there would be a sufficient number of Fede? ral troops to quell disturbance, ?fee! To this, generally, tho reply was in the affirmative. But not satisfied with this, Brown? low proceeded to call into activo ser? vice a State military force. On this - being done, petitions were seut to Washington asking for protection from tho alleged threatening of ty? ranny and usurpation of tho Stato Government. These petitions state that, the threats of Governor Brown tlow have filled with alarm the law abiding citizens; that no freedom of speech or of opinion is to be tole? rated, but at the risk of life and limb. They further say, that consistent and unfaltering Union men desire that General Grant should soud a sufficient Federal force to protect tho people. After due consideration, it was de? termined, at Washington, to send for General Thomas. Tho matter was considered in cabinet, and it was de? termined to hold a sufficient force in readiness for the purpose indicated, General Thomas having full poworto act as circumstances may demand. We notice that the New York Tri? bune, ol Wednesday, does not much admire this arrangement of the Pre? sident, but has some hope, from Gen. Thomas' power in tho premisos, that "the election will be safe." Poor Tennessee 1 Wo hopo that the usurpa? tions of Brownlow are approaching a finality, and that, ere long, her peo? ple will be disenthralled and free. Judgo Shellabarger, of Ohio, is about to start on a stumping tour through the South. This is one of the cobblors who patched up the so-called reconstruc? tion bill. His stumping tour connot moke thiugs much worse than they are. "Lot 'em rip." Loyal Negroes. General Halpine, (Miles O'Reilly,) who figured proniineatly in tho late war as ? Northern soldier, hita far nearer tho truth than ninny specula? tive politicians who are continually harping on the fidelity and loyalty of? the negroes during the progress of tho conflict. In a late number of his paper, he says: "If Judge Kelley had been South during-the war, he could not have the hardihood-not even he could to speak of the negroes of the South aa u they had been loyal to the United States during the rebellion. The fa?t is, that ninety-five per cent, of them were as faithful to the Con? federacy as any average equal num? ber of Southern whites. They formed the quartermaster, commis? sary, ordnance aud pay departments of the rebel armies-working faith? fully and perseveringly at their allot? ted tasks, although not five per cont, of the able-bodied whites were left at home to compel them to this work, had they been otherwise minded. It is simply a bald, bold, black false? hood to speak of the Southern ne? groes as having been faithful to the Union, or faithful to anything but the rebellion, during tho recent civil war." And auch is known to be the fact throughout- the whole South; the fidelity and their voluntary zeal for the cause, no less than their admira? ble orderly conduct, as well as their devotion to the interest of their own? ers, were the themes of nniversal commendation and praise. And now, when tho former relations are dis? solved, there is uot a titho of the whole number of their former mas? ters who would see them disfran? chised, or their political rights and privileges taken awoy, on account of this fidelity to "the lost cause." On the other band, if they should, as their natural instincts would evident? ly dictate, still adhere to the fortunes of those who have reared them and taken care of them, these dema? gogues would speedily strip them of every privilege th9y have conferred upon them for their own wicked pur? poses. All Honor to Greeley. Horaco is still master of the situa? tion, aud having brought the whin? ing curs of the Un iou League to their senses, aud given Wendell Phillips a severo trouncing, ho still .yields his trenchaut pen against tho suarlers of the press who continue to pester him about his signing the bail bond of Jefferson Davis. In Wednesday's Tribune, he writes au article, over his own initials, in reply to the reiterated questions, why don't he make somo defence or explanation of the act referred to? There is so much of truth and noble sentiment in tho two concluding paragraphs, that we republish them: "Some journals have talked of my 'oomplainiug' of adverse criticism and the imputation of unworthy mo? tives. I beg leave to assure them that I complain of nothing, depre? cate nothing. Let every ono free his mind as to him shall seem good. There never yet was an act so* useful and noble that a mean soul could not conceive a base motive for it. The fit? ting answers to such detractors are given by silence and time. "Thoso who aro waiting for such defence, explanation or apology from me, will wait forever. My action in the premises has doue more good than I expected, and at less personal cost. I may never again have an opportunity to do so benefi? cent an act; but, should I have, I shall certainly be encouraged by this experience to improve the opportu? nity." No man with a base heart or pos? sessed of unprincipled motives, what? ever his errors of head may be, could give utterance to such uoble senti? ments; clothed iu such titting lan? guage, asare contained iu thc above quoted two brief paragraphs. A splendid lino of steamers has been established bet .veen Philadel? phia and Southern ports, with a view to regain for Philadelphia the trade of the South. Sho don't deserve a dollar of South? ern trade. Let our merchants see if Baltimore cannot supply them, be? fore they pass on to tho "City of Brotherly Love," verily "so-called." [EDS. PncsNix. "Tho committee of tho United States Seuate on Indian Affairs have postponed their proposed trip to tho plains until the middle of Septem? ber." They aro afraid the Iudiaus would collect their regular poll tax. Let them come down South; their duskier brethren don't colleot tax-they pay tributo.-[ED. PHCENTX.] Planters in portions of Georgia ' have been compelled to dismiss their hands and turn over their stock for want of bread and bacon. TUB OAT/SE.-The conservative im? pers of the Nb*th are beginning to see that governing the South by Mili? tary law is; injuring the South. The Journal of Commerce says: Millions of dollars are'needed A, the South to-day for the bare sup? port of life. "Wo are organizing Southern Belief Sooieties-noble charities-and they save thousands from Starvation; but is it to be always so? Are we to go on, year after year, making contributions to the poverty of the South? When is it to end, and when will they toke care of them? selves? The answer ia clear as sunlight, never till you let them, take care of themselves. It is hopeless to expect any end*of Southern dependence on Northern charity, until the North takes off the heavy hand of military government. To him who hos not studied the first element of political economy, let us explain simply this, that capital will not move in the South, money will not go into agri? culture, credit will not revive be? tween man and man, until the omi of military law. Take a man in Ge irgia who has a hundred dollars to spare to-day. He has no confidence in lending it to another man, for he has no conception by what law Georgia will be governed next month. He only knows this, that there is no such idea left as that ho was born under namely, that the people of Georgia make their own laws and govern themselves in all local matters. No ono is willing to lend money in a country where there is no written law. So long as the pvesoul state of things continues in tho South, there? fore, there" can be no credit, no movo ment of capital, iu small or large sums. Let the people of the South take care of themselves, if the North ex? pects to be freed from the ory of poverty and suffering which is now coming up. <-???-? JCDCTE KELIJY OK FINALITY AND CONFISCATION.-lu his speech, at Salisbury, N. C., the other day, Judge Kelly said he beeu asked whe? ther the Sherman bill was a final measure. To this he would answer, that the South itself should decide that. He then proceeded: "As to confiscation-of which they seemed to be afraid-he protested that, uo matter for all Mr. Stevens said in his speech, there was not a Republican in Congress who wanted a confiscation bill; but if the military bill was rejected, as the constitu? tional amendment was, ho would not say that a restricted franchise might not follow, or that Congress might not go further, even to taking from the men of largo wealth who oppress? ed the masses a portien of their vast estates. In conclusion, ho asked them to believe that this ia thc lan? guage ho would have spoken in Mobile had tho people listened to him, and to assure them that all they read in thc papers about using exasperating or offensive words were merely crea? tions of the imagination." We copy the following from a Wil? mington (X. C.) paper, merely to ex? press our disapproval of the expression of such sentiments. So far as politics are concerned, affairs have uot turned out as we could havo desired; ,but wc should abide by the result, and take things ns we find them: We aro tired of tho suspense and worry which is augmented by our present unsi '.led condition, and con? sequently have no objection to a restoration of tho Union, especially as independence is impossible; but we wish that Dr. Cummings' prophe? cies may be verified, rather than that wo should have a re-organization on the basis of loyalty to the Republican party. Wo have no interests or sym? pathies with the members of that party; every selfish consideration, every sentiment of honor, every bit? ter memory of the past, and every hope for tho future, conspires to make us hate the party, hate its mem? ber**, hate its lack of principle, hate its objects, and hate its very name. When tho ultimatum of the North shall require such a surrender of all that wo have been accustomed to cherish, or shall demand at our bunds the degradation which would be im? posed by co-operation with tho in? strument of our present distress, rather than do so, we would let tho waves leap, lot tho lightnings blast, let tho ship go down-to tho trou? bled waters, though they were obe? dient to our commands, wo would refuse to say, .'Peace, be still!" AN AWFUL DISEASE.-A Western exchange notices the prevalence of a new disease, called the pipsynipsy, and thinks it peculiar to that section. Wo do not know that the exact dis? ease has nindo its appearance hero, but the remedy is in general use. The disease is described as follows: A sudden depression of the collipsis dindix, ? caving in of tho spinality of the backbonibii8, and a feeling of slimness in the immediate vicinity of the diaphragm, may be regarded as symptoms that tho disease is comiug on. The following remedy will af? ford instant relief: Spirits viui Otare, z. i. ; sugarum v. hitum, q. s. ; icibus coolus, q. r. ;?hakiste violenter; nddus spriggus miutus duns, and suckite cum strawum. We have heard it said that it is worth whilo having the disease for the sake of the remedy. MB. BOYCE'S ADYTCE.--Tho Hou. W. W. Boyce, who, is now practicing law in Washington, D. C., advising his old constituents on reconstruc? tion, tells thom that to stand aloof from, the ' work of reconstruction under the law, or vote against hold? ing a oonvention, will be equally dis? astrous. Either course, he contends, will insure a transfer of political power to the negroec, and "following upon this will come, not confiscation by Congress, but taxation from a radical Stato Legislature, whioh will be utterly merciless." Such taxation will be almost equivalent to confisca? tion, since it would assuredly fall upon the property-owners under a dozen different pretences of provid? ing for the freedmen. There would be largesses aud pensions, taxes for the education of the freedmen and taxes for their maintenance, until little would be left for the planters to enjoy. This is the confiscation most to be dreaded, since it would be in? dependent of national authority, and not subject to the influence of na? tional opinion. The only way to obviate it is to participate in the pro? scribed processes of reconstruction, and so to prevent the exclusive or? ganization of class or race which must follow tho do-nothing polioy. Doing this promptly and in good faith, Mr. Boyeo thinks that there is "nothing to fear from the votes or other action of tho colored people. What they want, in the meantime, is the evidenco of au inclination to deal with thom justly and fairly, in and out of thc convention. This, and not party pledges, should go? vern tho selection of candidates. Geu. Waddy Thompson, wo learn from the floridian, recently address? ed a mass meeting of freedmen at Madison, Florida, of which State ho is now a citizen. He spoke of thc kiud relations that had existed be? tween him and his former slaves however changed these former rela? tions now, they were still very kind. He spoke of the necessity of union between tho white and black races iu their political action. It was by this association that tho negro would bo improved aud elevated to suit and fill the measure of bis new sphere as a freedman. He appealed to history, to show that thc elevation of tho Afri cau race bad ever been dependeut upon his association with tho white mau. Their forefathers, brought to this country in a savage state, under the tuition of tho whites, they find themselves elevated iu the scale of being, placed now upon au equality beforo tho law with tho whites. Was it uot to their interests, to tho inter? ests of all, to continue kind relations? Tho whites wero willing to accord to them equal rights beforo tho law. THE PKOVOST COCBT.-On Satur? day last, the three freedmen who had been apprehended for breaking into and robbing tho store of Dr. .T. M. Rushton, at Pleasant Cross, in this District, were brought to trial before tho provost court, in sossiou at the the military camp near his place, found guilty, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment nt hard labor in the penitentiary. But on Sunday night, we regret to learn, they made their escnpe, and have not as yet been apprehended, although Maj. Has? tings, in coinmuud at this post, with his characteristic, energy and great perseverance, has had a squad in hot pursuit of them ever since the disco? very of their escape. That all or a i portion of these notorious rascals will be captured again, v e have not tho slightest doubt, and hope to re? cord the fact in our next issue.. [Edyefield Advertiser. EDUCATION OF SOCTHEIIV GIRLS. A society hus been formed iu Balti I moro upon tho following basis: 1. Tho society shall bo called "Tho j Society for the Liberal Education of Southern Female Children," and shall have for its members all ladies who will contribute $5 per aunum to? ward its support. 2. The object of the society shall be the education and support of female childreu from the South, whom tho cali, ?ties of war have de? prived of other means of education, aud whoso families and friends shall I be williug to entrust them to the I society to be cared for, and educated j in the religious faith approved by their parents or nearest friends. Alluding to the failure of Fraser, Trenholm k Co., tho New York In dependent sa^s that "from the known large assets of the firm in this coun? try, it is very generally expected that the suspension will bo only tempo? rary. The firm bought i m menso amounts of proporty in Charleston, and large tracts of laud in South Ca? rolina, during the war, paying for them in Confederate currency, and in this way acquired vast wealth for a merely nominal consideration. It is jisserted that fro ru cp.o-half to two thirds of Charleston is owned by tho firm. Reports also stato that, last year, they paid taxes upou $14,000, 000 property in Son th Carolina." The town of Claremont, N. H., nt its last election, voted to instruct tho selectmen to enforce the liquor law literally. One of tho hotel proprie? tors was arrested and fined, where? upon he closed hi> ' >"je. The pro? prietor of tho oT other hotel in tho town followi uis neighbor's ex? ample. Both hoi retain their re? gular boarders, but transient cus? tomers aro referred to the selectmen for food und lodging. k REGISTERS or BANKBCPTCT.-The Washington Chronicle is authorized t6 state that Ohief Justice Chase has completed, except in four or five cases, his nominations and recom? mendations for registers in bank? ruptcy. The whole power of the ap Eointment is with the courts to which is nominations and recommenda? tions have been addressed. It is useless, therefore, to address any further communications to the Chief Justice on the subject. The Providence Journal says a cu? rions fish of the skate family has been exhibited in that city. It has a head like a monkey, with prominent fea? tures, two legs projecting from the dorsal fin and terminating in cat-like claws,- a long pointed tail covered with bristling armor like an alliga? tor's, fins like a flat Ash, but fonr inehos wide, gills on its breast, and food pipe down the back of its neck. It was caught in a seine, at Seaconet Point. There is great excitement among the distillers in Kentucky, in conse? quence of being required to pur? chase an apparatus called a "meter," at an expense of several hundred dol? lars, which, it is said, will mark the amount of liquor manufactured, and thus prevent frauds. The people of the United States are learning a good many things that they were formerly unacquainted with. When Attorney-General Stanberry is next called upon to deliver his learned opinion on registration, re? construction, disfranchisement, QT anything else, we hope he will send for us to help him. We engage to put his views within one-tenth the compass of the "opinion" he sent us on Saturday night and Sunday, with? out any injury to its sense and force. [Lynchburg Republican. THE COST OF MILITARY DESPOTISM. A Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune snows that tho expenses of the War Department, in? cluding tho Freedmen's Bureau, for the last two months and seven days, amount to within a fraction of twen? ty-six millions of dollars, or, for the year, from a hundred and twenty to a hundred and fifty?millions. A boy, aged four and a half years, got lost in tho woods, near Durham, N. H., recently, and was diligently searched for during the six succeed? ing days. At the end of that time, tho child was discovered bj* a dog, still alive, but nearly exhausted from hunger and exposure. He had sub? sisted during that period on leaves and berries. MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-W7e regret to learn that an atrocious murder was committed, a few days since, upon the body of a young man named Pitts, of the neighborhood of Scuflletown, in our District. A ne? gro, charged Avith the commission of tho crime, has been brought here and lodged in jail.-Abberille Press. The Grand Muster of Masons in Minnesota has issued an earnest appeal to the brethren of his juris? diction, to contribute money for the relief of the starviug people of the South, the amount to be forwarded to tho Grand Masters of the different States for distribution. Ono of New York's most distin? guished organists was found, the other mornings lying dead in tho streets, and the remains were carried to the Morgue, for identification, like those of any common, worthless, brainless "loafer." This was the end of genius! A lady in Paris receutly gaven con? cert at her house. "Do you like Bo sini?" said she, to one of her guests. "Rositii? Indeed I do; he is my fa? vorite composer." "Are you familiar with his Barber (of Seville)'?" "Oh, dear, no," was the reply, "I always shavo myself." . A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette affirms that a distinguished Kentucky Senator boarded with a colored family while at Washington. The correspondent obtained his in? formation from the cook, with whom ho was ou terms of intimate relation? ship. EUROPEAN HARVESTS.-Harvest re? ports from England are generally fa? vorable. According to the latest ad? vices from France, the weather continues fine, and tho accounts from tho Departments respecting tho crops are in a high degree satisfac? tory. A gun weighing 08,915 pounds, with a twenty-inch bore, arrived in Jersey City, tho other day, by tho New Jersey Railroad, from Pittsburg, where it was made. It is intended for ono of tho fortifications in New York harbor. W. D. Slonn, Esq., a nativo of Piekens District, died in Pontotoc County, Miss., on the 10th of March, 18G7, at the advanced age of sixty years. Mr. Slonn was tho first She? riff of Piekens District, and emigrat? ed to Mississippi in 1830. Gen. D. N. Couch, of Massachu? setts, it is said, has been elected and accepted thu presidency of a mining and manufacturing company that has roceatly purchased sixty square miles of mineral lund in Virginia. Gen. Sherman has been obliged to abandon his proposed trip to tho Mediterranean, his presence on tho frontier being necessary during the prevalence of the Indian hostilities. Mrs. Case, the mother of Sam. Case, tho lad who was hanged for murder in- Cincinnati, a few days ago, died on Friday Inst, of shamo and grief. POST OPPICB HOLES.-The office is opea from 8 a. m. until 3}? p. m., and from 6 until 7 pi m. The North? ern mail closes at 3>? p. m., and all other mails close at 8 p. m. EARLT FECIT.-Mr. George Lever surprised us, yesterday, with a basket of rosy-red May apples. His gar? den-"the oity garden''-on the cor? ner of Green and Gadsden streets, near the depot of the Charleston Railroad, will be able to furnish ap? plicants with choice and early fruits and vegetables. "We hope to make further record of his success. ANOTHER REAPER IN THE FIELD. An experiment was made on Thurs? day afternoon with another mowing and reoping machine-called Buck? eye, jr. The hour was late, and the machine had many difficulties to con? tend with-an untrained team, a rough piece of ground, bearing a patch of rye of the extent of about a quarter of an acre. When started, however, it soon gave evidouce of its qualities as an excellent reaper, leav? ing a clear and close-cut stubble. Could it have been properly managed in the contracted space in which it had to work, every ono present felt confident it would have been highly successful. We understand that, on Monday afternoon, a trial of skill between Wood's Reaper, which we noticec yesterday, and tho youug Buckeye will take place on the same field! which will be seleoted with a view to\ special facilities for such an exhibi? tion. Mr. J. C. Dial, the agent of tho Buckeye, is confident of success. BULLS OP GENTCS.-The folhfwing is a batch of bulls, so-called, of ge? nius. Can our readers discover them? The first is from Dr. John sou: 'Turn from tho glittering bribe your scornful eye, Nor sell for gold what goldern uever buy." "Shakspeare has not only shown human nature as it is, but as it would be found in the situations to which it cannot be exposed." "The Scottish dialect is likely to . become, in half a century, provincial, \ even to themselves." I The following by Cowley: "Silence and honor lill the place around. Echo itself dares scarco repeat tho Bound." Few would call the following lines, by Milton, a bull; they exhibit truth, which a close observer often recog-> nizes: "The deeds themselves, though mute, spoke loud tho doer." THREE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS. Merchants and those engaged in other pursuits, who desire that their goods or their business services should be daily brought to the atten? tion of three or four thousand read? ers, ought to advertise in the Phoenix, which circulates in every Distriot in the State, aud more especially in those which have constant communi? cation with Colnmbia. This is worth thinking about. A LITERARY JOURNAL.-The Gleaner is a largo eight page quarto journal, and from the first line on the first column of the first page to the last line on the forty-eighth column, it abounds with select naatter; em? bracing, besides the nows of the week, choice tales, sketches and poetry, which make it, ns ?tssna?^e indicates, a true "home companied;-**' which no family in tho State should be without. NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to thc following advertisements, which aro published this morning for tho first tune: ($Honse to Rent on Assembly atreot. J. C. Jannev-List of Lottere. Fisher A Heinitsh-Family Medicines. Edward Sill-Horse, Ac, for bale. E. Stenhouse-Flour, Ac. D. IL Trezovant- Removal. H. Ei Nichols A Co.-lus. Companies. In entering upon the third week ot hts popular clearing sales, Mr. K. C. Shiver intends offering some wonders in all styles of Embroidered Goods. Tho favor and popularity of thc clearing move induces him to continue to dispense the great bar? gains as heretofore. Tho Commander-iu-Chief of Dis? trict No. 3 has issued an order through Gen. Swayuo, forbidding the police force of Mobile wearing a uni? form iu imitation of that worn "by the late rebel army." On Friday last, tho City Council passed the> fol? lowing resolution on tho subject: "That a committee of two members from each Board, to which his Honor the Mayor shall be added, be ap? pointed to represent that tho uniform in question is not 'patterned after a rebel uniform,' but 3s a copy of fthe uniform of the Central Park polirfo of tho city of New York." / Tho divorces in Connecticut the past year number one for over/- ten marriages. /