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COLUMBIA. Anjjtl'j? Warning. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel publishes the subjoined card, from a - freedman in that city, and. very pro? perly says that tho colored people cannot bo too careful in withholding their confidence and their mon?y from the peripatetic Northern adven? turers and incendiaries, who are ridw swarming over the land like the lo? custs of Egypt. They, assume all characters and guises of friendship ,for the negvo, while their object is, to make men ey oat of tho credulity of their victims. Wo do not say that all Northern men who como South are of tho class alluded to, but we do say that all who prowl through the country, teaching the negroes that they axe ill-used by tho Southern people-that the lands are to bo given to the colored people .on any terms whatever-that they have the power to grant land scrip to negroes-that they can redress the supposed wrongs of the blacks-and the like pretences of special friend? ship and regard, aro of the vilest and meanest sect that ever disgraced the ' annals of civilization. ? "Wo do not know that any of these swindlers of freedmen havo yet made their appearance in this State, but we take occasion, in republishing this note, to say to the moro intellectual among them, that they should cau? tion their moro credulous and unso? phisticated friends to beware of all such attempts to fleece them ont of their hard-earned savings. Employ: ers, too, ought to warn their labor? ers against the machinations of these sohemers, for they will moro likely ply their trade vigorously in the rural districts, whoro the credulity of the nogro may bo moro easily worked j Upon, than in oities and towns, where that class are reasonably expected to bo moro intoUigent and better in? formed as to their rights and privi? leges in their new condition. Tho following is the noto referred to: MB. EDETOB: On returning from my former mistress1 Burke place, a few , days since, near Briar Creek Bridge, I was accosted by a man hailing from the North, who represented himself as. an agent of some great society, which has for its object the laying off in forty aero lots the land now owned by our former masters, and giving it to us colored people. He stated that, on the payment of $5, I would be presented with a scrip entitling mo to that much ?and of my own selec? tion. I learn similar men are tra? versing our whole country with just such misrepresentations, and I would be glad you would give this publicity, so that our colored people will be fully advised and know how to act in the premises. By so doing, you will confer a great favor on many who are liable to bo lcd astray and lose their money; and also on yours, most truly, HARRY JONES, (Ool'd.) WHY IS IT?-Why is it, asks the New York Tribune, that in the cities alone riotous demonstrations occur? In the country, whero thero may be said to bo no constabulary, every? thing goes on with perfeot order und quiet. Tko* New York World has found the true solution to the ques? tion in tho fact that, on the planta? tions, the negro is brought into con taot with Southern whites only, whereas, in tho cities, incendiary radicals have free access to him, and aro exerting all their energy and in? genuity to breed mischief. If the World was living among us, it could not havo shown a better appreciation of the real source of our troubles. Aro Fon THE Sorrrii.-Tho Mary? land State Relief Commissioners have, njj to this date, forwarded to South Carolina 15,002 bushels of corn, and 49,562 pounds of bacon. The distribution has been made by committees, who have been appointed by the Relief Commissioners, or by the Governors of thc different States. Further shipments will be made as soon asi^e Commissioners can obtain tho mea is. A long-s?inding political quarrel between two rival Supreme Councils of the Soottish Rite, having their re? spective Orients at Boston and New York, has been adjusted by a mooting of the two Councils at floaten. It is agreed that tho Orient of tho Thirty-third Degree shall continue at Bost?n, and tho First Sovereign Grand Commander shall be chosen from among tho late adherents of tho Boston Council, while tho first Lieu? tenant Commander ind General Secretary shall bo selected from tho Now York wing. The first triennial meoting for the choico of officers will bo hold at Cincinnati. Mii; ? i', . i i 11 i i, Cheaper BreacUtuff??. ? There ia no question but that the ruling prices o? commodities which form the staff of life ore entirely too high, in view o? the plentiful harvests, particularly us regard? the wheat orop, which is far enough .advanced to form - a pretty correct estimate,. that may be reasonably expected throughout the grain-growing re? gions in every section of. the country. The Now York Times says that there is a uniformity of statement in the accounts received concorning.this im? portant subject, such ad it nevor re? members to have seen. They agree almost without exception, that while the continued wetness and tho conse? quent lateness of tho season, has da? maged various kinds of fruits in the higher latitudes, and has boon a dis? couragement to cotton planters, in some of the States, tho wheat and corn orops in this State, Northern Georgia and Alabama, Northern Mis? sissippi and Arkansas, have never I given better promise. The breadth of ground, too, that has been sown is far greater throughout tho South than the most sanguino had ventured to hope. From Wisconsin, Ohio, Miunesota and Michigan the accounts arc also very encouraging, although the es? timate in that region cannot bc made with the same accuracy as in tho moro genial climate of this section, where the crop3 arc spocdily approaching maturity. The speculators in the Northern grain markets, who have held out a deficient harvest, are now beginning to show a feebleness in the knees, which is highly consoling to consumers. On Thursday, in New York, os we learn from tho Times, there was a decided downward ten? dency and falling prices in flour that article having declined twenty cents per barrel, and oven at that de oline only a moderate business was done. The Times says that teu or twelve days of fair, clear weather would make a tumble in prices which would astonish tho most steadfast be? liever in a contiuuanco of famine prices. Let us live, then, in tho hope that tho period of high prices aud destitution are near at an end. ? ? ? ? The Duty of tin- Hour. lu an article headed as above, tho SorUhern Recorder- says: Again we would advise those who have freedmen employed, to give them plain, honest talks. Explain things to them in such a manner as to convince them that wo aro their best and truest friends, and that, our interests aro linked together; and that the party North that professes to have such regard for them, has but one object in view-their own aggran? dizement, and to accomplish their ends, they would bamboozle tho negro and plunder the whites of the South. It is all important that tho freed? men should be talked to, individu? ally, and if uecessary, call them toge? ther; much can be done, if all will tako the matter in hand and talk to those who work their fields. It be? comes us to use tho club that the radical party would use to bent out our braius, to wrench it from their grasp and deal them stuuuing blows that will lay them out forever as a jio litical body. Tho Recorder's ndvico is good. The freedmen in our midst-those who aro working upon our farms or other? wise employed-should be talked to by their employers, and good advice bo given unto them. Every effort should bo made to disabuso their minds of tho false impression- which Northern stump orators and design? ing Southern radicalshavc been striv? ing to mako, that thoir former mas? ters aro not their friends. Tho falsity of the assertion should bo demon? strated-practically, too, demon? strated-to thc frecdmeu. Tho South? ern man they must bo made to feol is thoir best aud really true ,t f rien d. It is his interest, as well as his in? clination, to bo so, and e ?ery freed? man sh uki be made to understand this now, as he will most surely knov, it in tho future. Liko our Millcdge ville cotemporary, wo would advise all who have freedmen employed, tc give thom plain, honost talks. Much good will flow from it, for the more the Southern freedmou aro enlight? ened, the moro readily will thej recognize tho fact that their true in? terests, and that of their raco, will best be promoted iu maintaining friendly relations with tho Southern man, and hooding his counsels, than in promoting strife between tho two races in the South, or heeding thc counsels of their protended friends ol tho Northorn radical school-the actual place-men aud office-holders, or those who asp<;;o to,be such, and] expect to succeed, by bamboozling the freedmen out of their votes. Thc Condition of Bntlntu. B; is now a patent, fact that stagna? tion and distrust aro tho characteris? tics of business afibirs' inrevery part of the country. The paper currency is abundaut, and is piled up by the balo in the Northern commercial cities, especially in New York. Thero is no business that is considered safe calling, for ita employment, and its holders aro chary of loans upon any sort of security less valuable than gold itself. The National Intelligence!' notices instances where cotton plant? ers and faotors from Georgia have offered in Now York a high' rate of interest, and most ampio security on lands, crops, Sec., for money to make their plantations productivo, and they could not obtain it in the great com? mercial emporium. This is the more remarkable, for tho reason that, by a law of that State, a first ben is given to the lender upon the crops and property. And what is tho reason of all this? Thero is evidently if want of confi? dence in tho present condition of po? litical affairs, which, although oner? ous at the present time, could bo averted by a prompt and manly up? rising of tho Northern people against thc wild schemes of such radicals as Stevens, Sumner, Boutwell and others. These men care nothing for the depression in business which is now hanging like a pall over all the great interests of ihe country. The retention of power, tho Presidency, the offices, and the loaves and fishes in a thousand forms of perquisites, are all they bestow a thought upon, and the whole financial and commer? cial world might be swamped in uni? versal bankruptcy for aught they would care, so that Ben. Wade or this cr that leading radical be elected President, and they and their parti? sans enjoy four years longer unmo? lested feasting upon the spoils. The South cannot suffer much moro than she is now doiug, and tho Northern people may thank themselves for what they aro now passing through, and for the crash which is almost cer? tain to come. THE iNEvrTAnnE REACTION.-The Herald analyzes the frantic attempts of tho ultra radicals to perpetuate disunion, and excite ti conflict be? tween the white and black races in the South. In conclusion, it says: [ And what must bo tho result of all this? Radical extremists have hound? ed the niggers to their side of thc Une and driven tho whites to the other. And now comes a party inti? mation that if the whites persist in their refusal to bow down, thero shall be a new .upturning-all that has been done shall be undone; what has been settled shall bo unsettled; the whites shall be disfranchised, at least, and, if necessary, their property shall be handed over to the niggers. Republicanism .must remain domi? nant at any cost. The result of such a policy and such an intimation must be to stimulate, to intensify, to hasten an inevitable reaction over the wholo North-to give purpose and vitality x that rising sentiment of the Ame? rican people that already weighs the necessity of repudiating these reck? less, ruinous leaders, who would sac? rifice every interest of the country, every aspiration of the people, every principle of right and justice before the Moloch of party. That this reaction may come, and that speedily, we do most heartily pray-_^ ^_ Mn. DAVIS AT TORONTO.-Jefferson Davis arrived in Toronto on the 30th, on the steamer Champion. He was enthusiastically cheered by a large crowd, and drove to tho residence of Major Hellom with Mason and Gen. Early. He afterwards received a number of visitors, and left in the afternoon for Niagara Falls. Ho will return hero for a few days, but in? tends residing at St. Catharine's. A Northern paper says that it is beliovod in Charleston that ono of tho principal causes of the failure ol Fraser, Trenholm it Co., was the fact that they had como to the relief of an old friend and merchant who had assisted them in their embar rassinent several years ago. VntGrNiA.-The Richmond Whig states that valuable lands, divided into just as small farms as will suit purchasers, can bo purchased at low rates in almost any section of Vir? ginia. Tho holders of largo estate* are, generally, willing to sell land in small quantities. Tho case of George W. Gayle, the man who was arrested for publishing au advertisement offering a rowurxl for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, came up at Montgomery, Alabama, on Tuosday. Gayle presented a full purdon from Andrew Johnson, and tho caso was dismissed. Tho Chicago Times says: "From a traitor's prison, Jefferson Davis has gone forth to assume the place which tho futuro will assign him, us the most colossal character in the history of his time." H , ^ . , ? ? _ From CUarleston. We extract tho following from a ^otter, doted Charleston, in the "New York* Herald, of Friday: "If any city on the Atlantic coast ia disagreeably dull, in a business pojr,t of view, at the presont time, this is tho place. The merchants bought largely, expeoting to meet with ready nnd profitable sales when the spring t?ade opened, but so fur they have been doomed to disappoint? ment. To convince yourself of this fact, ono has needs pass down Meet itig street to seo establishments filled to their utmost capacity with goods, and tho doors and windows support? ing the listless frames ot proprietors and clerks. There is a universal wail of melancholy syllables to greet the inquiries about their prospects. Nor oro these lugubrious cou nt cn ancos confined to this section of the city. The bay, which has always been re? garded aud is now the great highway for the transportation and reception of agricultural and commercial pro? ducts-even the merchants of this vicinity are bitterly complaining of dull times; that 'cotton is down; money is tight, and the planters are demoralized, on account of tho de? pression resulting from the uncer taiuty of political affairs.' I believo that this business depression will last the entire summer, and if matters are settled, in accordance with the recon? struction bill, thero will be a great re-action in the fall and winter. Charleston has hitherto enjoyed her share of commercial importance. Why may she uot build up an increased reputation iu the future? "Since Mr. Wilson's departure, some of the citizens who appended their names to the card of invitation to the honorable gentleman are sorely pressed by a fear of the public's opi? nion of their act. I regret to seo this disposition on tho part of a few ultra secessionists, to cling to the dead po? litical clap-trap for capital, and still greater must be tho torpitude of those who are weak enough to be in? fluenced by the scheming chicanery of the former." The New York Times, of tho same date, has also a letter from Charles? ton, from which we extract the fol? lowing: "While the distress I have de? scribed has prevailed with greater or less intensity for two-mouths past in the back country, there baa ns yet been but little serious suffering in tho city of Charleston. Though trade has been dull enough, and money un? precedentedly scarce hitherto, by dint of economy, and with the assist? ance that the rich few have been able to extend to their less fortunate fel? low-citizens, all classes of our citj population have manage?\ to live, il not iu comfort, at least free from po? sitive want. But tho signs of steruei times at hand are rapidly multiply ing, and every one predicts that th? coming summer will be ono of thc most trying the people of this cit} have ever knowu. Tho tremendoui tumble of cotton in Liverpool (th? loss ranging, as it does, from 850 t< $90 per bale,) has well-nigh minot tho cotton merchants, upon whos< prosperity the success of every othei department of business in this cit' largely hinges. It would be di?ficu? to exaggerate the consternation pro duced here by the cable telegram an nouncing the reported failure of tin great Liverpool house of Fraser Trenholm A Co. The parent firm o John Fraser & Co., iu Charleston hos, for a generation past, held th? first rank among the leading com mercial houses who have grown rici by and in a measure controlled th trade in tho staple of tho slaveholdini States. During the war, this ?ni turned its energies and the large re sources of its capital into tho venture some business of running the block ade. Light draught steamers, o great sppeed, were built to thoi order on tho Clyde, and their opern tions were prosecuted with such skill enterprise nnd success, that at len* two-thirds of the goods imported iut the Confederacy during its existeuc were brought in by their ships. C course, much tho greater portion c the wealth thus amassed perishe with the collapse of the Biehmon Government; but the assets they hav saved from thc general wreck of Cor federate fortunes are believed to b very large-certainly quite larg enough to render tho house of Joh Fraser it Co. facile princeps arnon the cotton firms of the South at th present time." EARIA HARVEST.-Tho Macou (Ga Advertise)' learns that the wheat ero iu some portions of that County wi bo harvested the laster part of th week. The crop is uninjured b rust or otherwise up to this time. In less than ono week, thero wei received at Liverpool 103,000 bah of cotton. Gen. Joe Johnston lins been n elected President ot the Selim Borne, and Dalton Bailroads. There was a general jail delivery i Sumter last week-six or seven pi souers having made their escape. BELTING AND PACKIGT LEATHER* and Vulcanized Rubhor Mi chino Reit inp, assorted widths-2 i 12 inches. Also, Uivots, Laco Loather, A Juno 4 6 HOPHON A 8UTPHEX. Milch Cow for Sale. JfW^ AX EXCELLENT M I LC ^L'WfSftm COW, with a two-months o \?"*5TOCalf, is offered foi salo tow, F< -f'r-rmJ particulars, unply ? this office. Juno i Reconstruction--TH? Southern Vote Kitti tUc Future. Under the Attorney-Genoral's strict definition- of the disfranchising power of the reconstruction Act, the number of persons excluded from tho polls in the Southern States will bo comparatively small. Not more than a hundred thousand will bo shut out-perhaps not so many. No per? sons are declared to be positively and distinctly within the meaning of tho Act but members of Congress, mem? bers of tho State Legislatures, judges of Stato courts, and those who form the executive department in a State Government. It is oven doubtful whether the law operates against all who have even held these specified offices. County, township and mu? nicipal officers-the vast body of office-holders whose disfranchisement" might Change the result of an elec? tion-are not touched at all. "None should be excluded who are not clearly within the letter and intent" of the law, and thus every doubt is a practicable escape. Moreover, every man is at the last resort tho judge in his own case; for if ho can arrange it with his conscience that he is not included in one of the classes named by the law, or did not "participate in tho rebellion," as the Act means, and will take the oath, his name must go on tho register. He may take the chance of a possible subsequent prosecution for perjury, and the registers may know that ho is clearly in the danger, yet, if he will swear, they have no option but to record him as a Voter. We therefore set down 100,000 as an outside limit of the number that the law will excludo from the polls. The South will then bo left with 100,000 votes ns its political capital for a new career. As the three-fifths rule has gone out with slavery, the representation must be bnsed upon an enumeration of the whole popula? tion, and thus the Southern States will probably return with eighty or ninety members of Congress. What will be the political complexion of this representation, it is not very difficult to foresee. Republican blunderers, by their mistaken deal? ings with tho nigger, have made a consolidated opposition of the whole white vote, and the white vote will elect three-fourths of all tho new members. These members will net with the Democrats or with the con? servative Republicans, as occasion may require, and will thus com? pletely nullify that two-thirds ma? jority by which the radicals have crushed down every attempt to modify their extravagance. There will no longer be a defiant, unrea? soning, mere party rule in Congress, whose vote of two to one could at tho last be whipped in for an answer to any argument. Thus tho South? ern members will restore a balance, and put Congress again in tho nor? mal condition of a deliberativo body. From tho return of these members and the restoration of a balance in Congress, wo will have to dato a new distribution of parties. New points of departure will be taken in our political history, and new divisions, perhaps, upon the great financial and commercial features of our policy will develop and intensify discussion that will change the direction of party activity, and give the South a chance for that rest which is tho greatest necessity for its complete restoration. Perhaps tho radical party may be so far successful in the South that in the new Sonthern representation there will be half a dozen niggers. Should this be the case, it will excite the wonder and disgust of the world. It will be justly regarded as tho most remarkable and revolting spectacle of tho ago. t It will furnish an argu? ment to those who hold that a ten? dency to degradation exists in insti? tutions based upon universal suffrage, since it will seem to show that in choosing our law-makers from a race just brought from a servile condi? tion, wo do not seek to be governed by the wisdom, education and intel? lect of the nation, but aro ready to pander to tho most debasing de? baucheries of democratic theory. [Heir York Meraki To Rent, MY BUILDING, South of and adjoin? ing Col. Child?' carriage house. Ap? ply to C. P. PELHAM, Jone 1_1_. For Sale. ?six-nous:-: UPUIGHT ENGINE, tn good order, except that some small pieces have been purloined from it: these can bo easilv replaced. Will be sold a bar? gain. ANo.'a good FAMILY CABBIAGE, light and roomy. C. P. PELHAM. June 4_1 Fresh Mountain Butter. TWO HUNDRED POUNDS in store, for salo low. J. C. SEEGERS A CO. Juno 1_ LAGER ! LAGER ! ! FRESH LAGER BEER, now in tho cool cellar, at tho Brewery, and always re? ceiving, to supply tho trade, at wholesale and retail, at low rates. Juno 4 J. C. SEEGERS A CO. 50 Reams Wrapping Paper, SMALL SIZE, at tho usual low ratos. Jnne 4 J. C. SEEGERS A CO. A MEETING OF the Young Uuion Society will bo hold at their Hall, THIS (Tuosdiiy) EVEN? ING, Juin 4, at 8 o'clock. "Ro yo follow? ers of me, even as I also am of Christ." A full attendance is requested. By ordor: LEWIS L. RROWN, President. D. W. Emmit, Secretary. Juno 4 1* True Brotherhood Lodge No. 84. A A REGULAR COMMUNICATION ^Wof this Lodgo will bo hold THIS /^K flnesday) EVENING, ?th inst., at Odd Follows' Hall, at 8 o'clock. Ry order of thu W, M. Juno 4 THOS. P. WA LKER, Sec y. ?jooal Items. ? Posrr OmcK Houo. -Tho office JM opea from 8 a. m. until 3'^ p. and from 0 until 7 p. m. The NorW em mail close? at 3>? r - rn., and all other mails close at .8 p. m. TURTLE SOUP.-Sig. N. Berogh: .will serve up, this morning, between the hours of ll and 1 o'clock, at the Oougaree Restaurant, an extensive turtle soup, prepared in his best style. It is reported that tho new French cook will be on baud. Jonathan Dark, Esq., has been ap? pointed United States Deputy Mar? shal, and Preston D. Sill United States Commissioner, for this District. The appointments had been tendered to the ex-officers, but they could not accept, on account of the test oath. John A. DeVano, convicted of man? slaughter at the rtnrch term of the Court of General Lessions, and sen? tenced to nine months imprisonment, bas been pardoned by his Excellency Gov. Orr. SOMETHING EXTRA FINE.-Messrs. Fisher Sc Lowrance have just opened a fine assortment of preserves, jams, marmalades, pickles, sauces, etc., from a celebrated manufacturer. We are indebted to them for a sample, and therefore "speak by the book." We are authorized to state that, application having been made to the Governor to commute the sentence of Samuel D. Hodge, convicted of mur? der at the Spring Term of tho Court for Richland District, his Excel? lency has declined to interfere, and the sentence of the Court will be car? ried out on Friday next. THE REAPERS.-There was a fair trial of the rival reaping machines, yesterday afternoon, in Mr. Craw? ford's wheat field. Where each ma? chine performed so satisfactorily, it was a hard matter to decide which was entitled to the preference; but after a careful examination, tho fol? lowing verdict was awarded by a com? mittee of gentlemen selected on the field: COLUMRIA, Juno 3, 1867. The undersigned, having been re? quested to act as a committee to de? cide on the merits of the two reaping machines represented by Messrs. Dial and Lbw* ance, at Mr. Crawford's field, have decidod that both Wood's Reaper and Buck-eye, jv,, are excel? lent reapers of wheat; both did their work admirably, but we think the Buck-eye more compact, fighter, and, therefore, the most desirable. E. HOPE, WM. GLAZE, J. M. CRAWFORD, JOHN HARRISON, N. POPB.. C. O. MARSHALL. At the request of the agent of the Wood machine, wo publish the fol? lowing challenge : "Wood's self-rake, proud of the fair fame be has acquired in every State, North and South, and con? scious that he has merits over Mr. Buckeye, jr., which tho honorable committee have failed to see, respect I fully challenges Mr. .B., jr., to meet Mm in tho field of Mr. Mayrant, this morning, at half-past 9 o'clock, when, in an undulating soil and in light and heavy grain, the true merits of Mr. B., jr., will be tested." CARDS! CARDS!-S^ow cards, busi? ness curds, visiting and wedding cards, executed ut the Phoenix Job Office, in the neatest styles of the art. Cards of all sizes constantly on hand, and all orders from towu or country promptly attended to. NEW AOVERTISEMESTS.- Attention ia Gait? ed to tho following advertisements, wbicl aro published this morning for tbs firs! time: J. Crews-Now Schedule Laurens R. R. Meeting True Brotherhood Lodge. W. B. Johnston-Magistrate. Ac. Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. A. R. Phillips-Auction on Thursday. I John C. Dial-Buck-Eyo Triumphant. I D. C. Peixotto-Auction on Weduesdaw J. C. Seegers &Co.- Suttor, Ac. C. F. Jackson-Calicoes at Ten Cents, f Hopson A Sutpben-Belting, etc. Levin A Miked-Auction on Wednesdaj 0. P. Pelham-Iiouso to Bent, otc, E. E. Jackson-Clhorido of Lime. Apply at this Oflico-Cow for 8alc. I Meeting Young Union Society. Some four weeks ago, anticipating heavy declino in goods, Mr. B. C. Shij cominonced bis grand clearing sales, whf was a success; for tho dcobne bas con and with it a largo lot of now' goods. I that his will he the place to buy new gol and at Jpw prices. "MARRIED. / On the 2d day of June, 1807, at Alf Depot, hy D. B Kirkland, Esq., OJ JAMES P. MOORE, of Spartanhurg/ trict.toMns. HON0RAH MONTOOMI of Fairfield District. I Accompanying this notice was a If supply of tastefully oHiamontod caJ' diane, illustrating Parthenia's defif jf love: i "Two souls with Lut a single thou I I Two hearts that heat aa one." 1 I We wish tho happy co up ft) all the iure? attainable In flus lue, and who ? begin to "ib-seei d tho bill, may tin 1 forward with certainty to. a rcsid'' ' "that better land, wherq sin and .H " ne uid:in>w;:." i