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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Horning, June 18, 1867. The Labor Uuevtlon. So long os the South is without capital; so loug as she remains unre? constructed; so long as the planters tenaciously cling to old prejudices anti old ideas as laud-holders, and rofuso to soil or lease lands they can? not cultivate-just so long will the freed labor (tho former slave labor) be the only reliance of Southern agriculturists. Tho experience of the post year justifies, the expectation, moreover, that this labor is being so disciplined and regulated that such reliance will not be disappointed. The freedmen, in almost every sec? tion, throughout the Southern States, have done their work well up to tho present advanced state of tho grow? ing crops, and there is little reason to doubt but they will continue this proper and industrious course until the crops ore gathered. Our attention has been culled to this condition of affairs moro particu? larly from tho report of tho Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for the State of Mississippi, which contains many interesting and . encouraging facts. There have been no cases of extreme suffering among the old, sick or infirm. The schools aro well attended, and the negroes manifest a fair appreciation of tho responsibility that bas fallen upon them. The whites are generally well disposed towards them, and are will? ing to deal fairly with them, and tho agent says the fcoting in this respect is rapidly undergoing a favorable change, and that nearly all tho able bodied freedmen are working indus? triously, and many of them on such terms os will insure them reasonable profits. This is us it sbould be, not only in Mississippi, but throughout the whole South. Tho natural excitement and jubilations among tho race, which immediately . followed the chauge in their condition, is now passing away, and is giving place to that "sobei second thought" which comes apoi all men who aro thrown upon theil own resources for a support foi themselves and those dependen: upon them. It is our conviction that if the whites deal justly with theil emancipated labor, oucourugo educa tion, morality und probity of couduc among tho heads of families, aud aie in the establishment of churches. schools, &c, they will soon nscertaii that they' have a congenial and ef fectivo system of labor with them which, if properly fostered, wil render them, for some years to corni at least, independent of tho foreigi article, which, under present cir cumstances, with depleted resources tho unsettled state of political affairs and tho other obstacle of old-tiui< prejudices, it is almost impossible ti procure. If politics and its inconve nient concomitants, mass meeting and partisan speeches, were ignore? by both whitos and blacks, at leas beyond tho action prescribed by th laws of Congress, both would d . much hotter, und prosper! tj', as it a ways does, would unquestionably fo low unremitting iudustry. <-??-? LYNCH LAW IN KANSAS.-A d? ?patch from Wyandotte, Kansas, < tho 13th instant, says that Senate "Wade's party passed through thei that cvoaing, en route for St. Loni A crowd surioiinded tho hotel, au called upon Wade for a speech, whic ho refused to make. Ile said 1 would not speak in a city whei Lynch law reigned and men wei butchered without trial. "He allude to tho case of two colored men wi were arrested last night, charge with murdering a farmer name Mann, a few days ago, and who we lodged in jail, but who were take out this morning by a largo mob ar hung up, but, the ropo breakin they were shot to pieces in tho cou house yard, where tho bodies h nearly all day. The coroner hi refused to take testimony, and simp gave a verdict of hung by a mo Evidence doveloped to-day cleat indicates that the men were in? cout, aud that the real murdert wore the ring-leaders of tho mob. Tho Richmond Whig, of tho 121 says: "Within a square of ea other, yesterday, wo saw ono of t most accomplished ordnanco oflic< iu tho United States and as gallant captain of artillery as over co mantled a battery, with baton in ha and clad in ponce uuiform, walki their beats." * ? ? . f Wage* of Employee?. The New York ?Ymes notice? the fact that many clerks in the leadiog mercantile hpuses in that city are re? ceiving less pay now, in greenbacks, than they or their prodecossors re? ceived in gold before the war. When ono considors tho way in which prices hnvo doubled or trebled during the interval, it is evident that such re? duction is not just, nud is of very doubtful policy, oven in nu econo? mical poiut of view, especially ou the part of merchants, whoso clerks ought to Lave at least B sufficient in? come to prevent them from disho? nesty. . Tho Times seems to think that it is a bad rule that will not work both ways. It says that tho enswer of thc employers to this state of facts is, that tho dullness of business will uot permit higher salaries. But, asks tho Times, why should tho wages of an employee be docked in proportion to the dullness of the times, and not bo increased in ratio to the brisk? ness of tho times? The truth is, that not only present, but past profits should bo considered, iu BO bridging ovor an uuprofitablo season as not to decrease a faithful employee's wages to less than a fair living. And this is a souud principle, both in thoory and practice. A well-paid employee, feeling that his services are properly appreciated, aud that somo interest is taken in his welfare and comfort, beyond the moro dole nig out of his stipulated wages, reci? procates that appreciation and kind? ness, by making his employor's interests bis own, and carefully watch? ing every opportunity of promoting them. Such a relation between em? ployer and employee, iu every depart? ment of business, makes the latter cheerful aud contented, and will always be found the cheapest for tho former. NOKTH C.UIOLINA LEGISLATURE. Wo noticed, the other day, a jiara graph from tho Wilmington Journal, in relatiou to what wo thought was to bo au extra session of tho North Caroliua Legislature. The Journal explains as follows: Tho Columbia Phoenix copies our remarks in regard to the August ses? sion of tho Legislature, under tho beading of "An Extra Session of a Legislature," with surprise, "as it was not supposed any session of a Legislature would be permitted to bo held in the Military Districts nu til after registration and subsequent elections." The session referred to is not au extra one, but merely tho continua? tion of tho last, whick adjourned to meet in August, and we eau see no moro reason why it should be inter? fered with thau the meetings of the Common Couucil of the city of Co? lumbia, or tho sessions of the Courts of North or South Carolina. In either case, the members were elected before tho passage of the military bills, and in each they form part ana parcel of tho Provisional Govern? ments permitted to these States. In fact, there exists strong and pe oulisi' reasons why our Legislature should meet at the designated time, as the orders of Clouerai Sickles chaugiug tho criminal code of the State makes imperative tho necessi? ty of building ?1 penitentiary at once. The sumo power which makes it in? cumbent upon the State to pr?vido for the vast number of convicts who now crowd the County jails in expen? sive idleuess and without sufficient security, would hardly bo acting justly to deny her the only means by which the proper measures eau bo adopted to provide for their safe? keeping and bani labor. SUICIDE.-We seo by our Charles? ton exchanges that Mr. C. R Wolfe has committed suicide by taking laudanum. A uote was found in his pantaloons' pocket, giving certain reasons for tho rash act. He was quite a young man, being about twenty-five years of age. ALMOST HUN'G.-Wo understand, on good authority, that owing to a strange over-sight on the part of Gov. Orr, iu sending a copy of tho reprieve of tho negro John Jenkins, who mur? dered Richard Brant ford last summer, in a row on Trndd street, to General Sickles and none to thc sherill'of tho District, every preparation was made at tho jail, yesterday, to carry the sontence of the law into execution. Thc sherill' having some outside in? formation that there was n reprieve, sent to General Sickles to inquire about it, and the General forthwith despatched him a copy, thus saving the oonvict's life and disappointing n crowd of spectators who had gathered to witness tho execution. . {Charleston Mercury, 15th. John M. Washington, Mayor of Nowberu, N. C., has declined to take the oath of office required hy Gen. Sickles. John Tyler, jr., son of Presidont Tyler, is giving lectures. > -, - Dr. Nott. From a sketch of the life of the celebrated Dr. Nott, of Now Or? leans, which appears in the New Or? leans Crescent, we make tho following extract. Dr. Nott, as many of our older residents know, was a native of this city, and soon obtained a high place in the front rank of his profes? sion: Science and society have, in the death of Dr. G. A. Nott, sustained a loss which it is at least doubtful if his forinor colleagues will be able to repair. Genial and generous, high toned and scrupulous to a degree, that sonio would even criticise, read in general literature to an extent but seldom attained by so thorough and exact a professional man, kind to tho poor, a warm aud true friend, he was beloved by the students and gra? duates of the University, esteemed by his associates, odored by his friends, admired by all with whom he came in contact, and leaves no? thing behind him or his name but honor and sympathy. And yet disease ol' body and mind, which he manfully refrained from exposing to thc gaze of the world, long weighed upon him. Wo shall not attempt to lift the veil in which ho quietly shrouded it, any further than to say, that the loss of his be? loved wife, whom he loved nud ho? nored ns tho best of women, not without cause, was a shock from which he nover recovered. Yet, as from the first, so to tho last, he performed the duties of his chair, and filled his pince in society as becamo him. Ile was born in Co? lumbia, South Carolina, on tho 29th of June, 181G. Of his early days, we know comparatively little. His fa? ther, Judge Patterson, a gentlemen of tho old school, highly esteemed in all tho relations of life, took the highest pride in the education of his family, and Gustavus profited by it as well, in his way, as his eminent elder brother, Dr. Joshua C. He graduated in thc Medical Department of the University of South Carolina, and shortly afterwards went to Paris, where ho remained for a couple of years, increased his practical know? ledge in his profession, and his knowledge of tho French language, with tho literature of which he was richly informed. On tho lGth of October, 1815, he was married to Miss Hannah Patterson, daughter of Judge Patterson, a worthy legal ns sociate of his worthy father. About 1837, he came to New Orleans, and in tho following year ho was elected Professor of Anatomy in the Medical College, now a department of the University of Louisiaun. In 18iU, he resigned the Chair of Anatomy, and returned to South Carolina, lu 1S18, he returned to New Orleans, was elected to that of Materia Medica, and this ho continued to fill with efficiency and worth to tho day of his death. . SOUTHERN WHEAT ns NEW YOUK. New wheat from Georgia has mode its appearance on the New York Corn j Exchange. The ripening of the har- j vest will advance Northward at the : rate of twelve miles a day. In the ' tide-water regions of Virginia, tho harvest will commence by the 15th instant. New Southern wheat and flour will soon be in market.. The Norfolk Dui/ V oak remarks that: "Colton, tobacco and sugar, there? fore, bid fair to become secondary considerations in comparison with the grain crops. We are informed that wheat, which is shown to be of a superior quality to that raised at the North, can be cultivated in it com? paratively short season and with few laborers. Wo notice that Southern ! Hour always commands the highest price in the Northern cities, und its production is unlimited in all the Southern country. If the large plan? tations were divided into small farms, emigration would eventually supply j the want of negro labor, and the I j usual crops would probably then bel made to pay. But the question at ! present is, how to make the most and tho best of the labor now on the j ground; and this will be answered by i devoting tho best lands in the South ' to crops that can be easily raised, ; nnd which now aro in the largest de- : maud." THE WEATHEU AND THE Cnors, The weather continues fine, anti tho 1 crops of corn, cotton, Arc, is fully coming up to the expectations of every one. So far, the labors of the husbandmen have been crowned with ' success, and, from all parts of the j District, the accounts of the growing i crop seem of the most encouraging nature. Some few of our friends have had ono General Gross to contend with, recently, it is true, but the last j few days of hot, dry weather has ; enabled them to get the upper hand I of him, anti, from present appear- ! ? onces, it is very generally supposed | j that the crop of this year will com I pare favorably with any yet planted. ! The wheat crop is excellent, and we ? ? have yet to hear of tho first failure. I BenneUsoille Journal. In a trial of speed at n race in Hen- ? nington between a famous walker and I a fast horse of that place, in which the mau was to walk a quarter of a mile in less time than tho horse trot? ted one-half a mile, the first heat was won by the horse, but the man took the next two with ease in 1.23 and 1.25. _ Kr-Wtno College. MESSES. EDITORS: Knowing that you feel au interest in all that per* tains'to the welfare of Sonth Caro? lina, and therefore in all her literary institutions, wo beg permission to say a word in your columns about Erskine (ono of the oldest colleges in tho State) and her approaching com? mencement. . Suspended, and greatly crippled, during tho war, Erskine is alive again, aud doing what abo can iu educating the youth of the State aud couutry. The number of students, tho past year, has been small, compared with former years; but tho exercises have been regularly kept up, and a num? ber of excellent young men havebeon receiving tho benefits of the institu? tion. There is no senior class, and hence thero will bo no regular com? mencement, but still, at tho usual time, (tho second Wednesday in July, 10th,) the collego will celebrate its anniversary. There will bo an exhi? bition of the sophomore class; and, by order of the board of trustees, the faculty have been directed to confer tho degree of A.. li. on the members of the class of 1861, tho most of whom left the collego, for the battle? field, a fow months before the time for their graduation. Diplomas will bo given to such of the class as may bo present ou comiueucement day this year. In addition to the animal exercises, the annual address to the Alumni Association will bo delivered by Col. H. A. Fair, of Abboville. The undersigned have been ap? pointed a committee by tho board of trustees, to invite tho friends of the collego generally, the members of the senior class of 1SG1, and all the alumni of Erskine, to come up to her annual feast. Wo feel that tho simple announce? ment of tliia invitation is enough. A remembrance of the good done in the past by tho college is enough to make her frieuds willing to rejoice with her in whatever of prosperity shu uow enjoys, and to help her iu her efforts at reconstruction. Those who are left of thc class of 18G1 will be glad to meet again on the old col? lege grounds, and miuglo their tears over tho memories of the fallen, aud recount the sorrows of the past six years. Tin* faculty invites them to como up and receive their diplomas, so long deserved, but which could not be bestowed until now. And tho alumni, they, too, aro invited; a feast is to bo specially provided for them a rich feast, a feast of good things. Gentlemen, lay aside, for ono week at least, the cares and business of the hour, como up aud laugh together, and weep together, oueo more. It will do you good, and cheer your Alma Mater, and may help to restore her to the prosperity of former days. We would further state, that the annual commencement of Due West Female Collego will take place next day, July ll. Gen. Haskell, of Ab? beville, will deliver the anniversary address. J. I. BONNER. J. Q. MILLER, J. P. KENNEDY. ANOTHER IRISH FAMINE.-Great destitution is said to prevail in the Western portion of Ireland. The Rev. H. Fincraw, a Catholic priest, of County Galway, writes that tho money contributed for Fenian pur? poses might bo much more usefully spent in relieving the wide-spread distress. He says: "ft is painful to record that we have a recurrence of the great distress which struck down so fearfully the people of Ireland in thc famine years of 1817 and M8. There is at present a distress of a most alarming nature, and which, if not met at onco and relieved, will place before our eyes some such heart? rending scenes of starvation as we witnessed in the former years of fa mino. I myself have seen a number of people who have not tasted food for two days. This fearful distress has been occasioned by a severo win? ter and failure of tho crops."' The English are beginning to think about adopting the American style of railway carriages, or something like it. Hitherto, they have clung with characteristic tenacity to their system of separate carriages, holding six or eight apiece, but they find that the advantages which they oiler for rob? bery and other outrages upon pas? sengers who happen to be riding in them without friends, aro so often availed of, that they uro positively unsafe. At present, a lady riding in ono of thom is absolutely at tho mercy of any ono or more ruffians who may get into the same carriage. John Bull has held out stoutly for a good many years against thc threat? ened innovation, but it looks uow as if he would yield at last. TlIE MASONIC CELEBRATION IN BOS? TON.-Boston will have a general holiday on the 24th, to witness the dedication of tho new Masouic hall in that city. Tho President will be present, and encampments bf tho order from almost every section of thc Union. Every band in New England, assisted by Dodsworth's, of Nev York, and the Marine, of Wash? ington, will make music for the occa? sion. Twenty-nine white and twenty eight colored "knots were tied, in Nashville during last month." There'll bo rebellion for somebody. Operatic Staging tn Ch ure ll. MESSRS. EDITORS: This stylo of music, lstely introduced into our churches, seems out of place and un? suited to the "House of Prayer." These uhrs have no association with our holy religion. On the contrary, they aro purely worldly, and inspire the worshipper and listener with other than high and holy thoughts. Many aro attracted by it to the church, but who go thero with no other object than that for which they would attend an opera or theatre morely to listen to and admiro these gay and lively performances-per? formances, it is to .be feared, (to say the least of them,) too often void of tho "spirit and thc understanding." Betides, theso airs aro such as tho congregation cannot generally join in, and the singing is confined exclu? sively to the choir, and tho former is deprived of taking part in tho most beautiful and pleasing part of wor? ship. The church should have a music of her own-a musio adapted to the spirited, enlivening and solemn hymus. There aro dear and sweet associations with her old airs. And rather tba", imitate tho world in its love of novelty and change-novelty and transpositions uro the fancies and tho faults of tho day-let her con? tinue in tho "old paths," undeviat? ing and un weary. UNIVERSAL MONETARY SYSTEM.-A convention of representatives from sixteen Governments of Europo has beeu called to meet, this week in Paris to deviso a universal monetary system in tho interest of the whole world. Tho economy and convenience of such a chango in commerce eau bo understood from reflecting how much time (which is money) is now wasted in reckonings of exchange. It will do away with that perpetual inter? change of values which forms so pro? minent a part of tho daily duty of hundreds of thousands of entry clerks and book-keepers throughout the world. This is a supplementary step to that change of weights and measures to tho decimal system which is progressing the world over, and which tho last Congress established for our country, to go into operation after a fixed futuro date. A sermon published in an exchange contains the following passage: "I have seen a woman professing to love Christ more than tho world clad in a si'k dress, costing $75; making tip and trimmings of same, 810; bonnet, (or apology for ono,) 835; velvet mantle, 8150; diamond ring, 8500; watchchaiu, pin and other trap? pings, 8300; total, 81,100-all hung upon frail, dying woman. I have I seen her, at a meeting iu behalf of j homeless wanderers in New York, wipe her eyes upon nu expensive embroidered handkerchief at tho story of their sufferings, and when tho contribution box came round, i take from a well-filled portmonuaie, ! of costly workmanship, twenty-five j cents to aid the society formed to promote their welfare. Ah, thought L, dollars for ribbons, and pennies for Christ!" There was a ruin storm iu Cincin? nati, on Tuesday evening, the 1th inst., which lasted only half an hour, but during which 11 j inches fell by one gauge and 1.57 by another. The mouths of the sewers were choked up at a number of places, and water rose so rapidly over the adjacent grounds that before parents could pick np clothing and take their children in their anns, it was a foot deep in their rooms. A Memphis letter says: It was re? ported yestortlay that cholera has re? appeared on the Mississippi. I ob? served this morning an extraordinary fact; you know that Davon Gayoso rises in the Southern suburbs, and Hows Northwardly through Memphis. To-day its waters ure. as black as ink. Negropobs, tho colored suburb of Memphis, where tli<? radical Post mainly circulates, is at the head of tho bayou. ACCIDENT vs. MISFORTUNE.-A Bos? ton wit, defining the difference be? tween an accident and a misfortune, says: "If Wendell Phillips should fall into tho river, that would be an acci? dent. If he should ever get out again, that would be a misfortune.* Tho author of this, it is reported, has boon appointed Secretary ot* Legation to Mr. Bancroft. MISSING.-A Washington letter, of Friday last, says: "Mr. Ferdinand MoUloud, of Lake City, Florida, who has been in tho city some days, lins very suddenly disappeared from his hotel, and his friends aro much con? cerned about him, especially as he was known to be in possession of large amounts of money." BARNUM.-Phineas T" the prince of humbugs, was so disgusted with the people ol' Connecticut because they declined to send him to Con? gress, that he has sold his property and taken an everlasting farewell of the unappreciative people of that State. MnWISSrm.-Tho Vicksburg He? rald says: There were 110 voters registered yeterd ay, June 7-thirty? nine of whom were white and eighty block. The Now York Thne$ doclares in favor of Gen. Graut for the iicwt, Presidency. The weevil has appeared araoug the wheat near Bichmond, Va. Xjooal Item?. POST OFFICE HOCUS.-Tho ofticj^ open from 8 a. m. until 8}? p. m.. and from G until 7 p. m. The North? ern mail closes at 3>.< p. m., anil all .other mails close at 8 p. m. To BE CONTINUED.-Tho sale of an extensive stock of dry goods, cloth? ing, Arc, at W. T. Walter's auction mart, will continue for the remainder of this week. The sales take place day aud night. This is an excellent opportunity to get good articles at a cheap price. FAVORS.-"We are indebted to Mr. J. J. McCarter for a copy of that most excelleut of monthlies, Godey's Lady's Book. The fashion plates are beautiful. Our lady friends can se? cure copies by application to Mr. McCarter. REMITTANCES TO Tins OFFICE.-As several letters have failed to reach us, we desire to say to all our friends who may be making remittances to this office, to do so either by "registered" letters or through the agency of the Southern Express Company. The latter is a reliable and safe mode of transmission on any Hue over which it does business. We hopo those in? terested will ntteud to this request. FIRE.-Between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, ou Monday morning, tho elegant and commodious resi? dence of Col. W. A. Harris was dis? covered to be on Are. The alarm was sounded, but beforo thc fire depart? ment could roach there, the mansion was enveloped in flames. The house aud furniture, together with a fine private library, were destroyed; ouly a few articles of furniture aud one or two paintings saved. Tho fire was undoubtedly causoil by au act of incoudiarism, as the family of Col. Harris has been absent for two or three months, during which time no fires have been kindled in the house. We understand that thc incendiary's torch was applied to three different localities iu the build iug, and this accounts for its rapid destruction. Col. Harris slept iu au office on the premises, and was ouly awaked to fiud his beautiful resi? dence a pile uf burning ruins. He had a flue private library, besides works of art, family portraits, Ac. which were all destroyed. We learn that an attempt was made some two or three months ago to fire this residence, but was frustrated by the discovery of the combustibles iu the basement of the building. Since then a pretty strict watch has been kept up, but at tho tim^ of the fire no policemen were in the vicinity. Mr. Harris was insured for about 811,000, which would scarcely cover the cost of the building. The freed? men, we learn, were prominently JK? spicuons in trying to save the P^W porty. We refer to tho card ol' Mr. Harris, in another coln- in. There were other building? iu thc vicinity which were endangered, but were saved by personal exertions of firemen and citizens. Nrw AUVEKTISESIEXTS.--Attention ia ^ ail - nd to the following advertisements, which are published titi* morning for the tlrst time: J. <i. Gibbes -(.'heap Corn and Hay. lt. Bryce A ?Son-Hazard's Powder. ' Wm. Glaze-Wagon and Team Want< 1 Aid ed Tolleson-Hats, Lawns, Ac. .7. C. Secgcrs A Co.-No, 1 Mackel? 1. \V. A. Harris-A Card. Independent Fire Co.-Meeting. Meetiug of Columbia Lodge. Mrs. Lyons-A Card. Some four weeks a;;o, anticipating a heavy decline in goods, Mr. I?. C. Shiver commenced his grand clearing sales, which was a success; for the declino has come, and with it a large lot of new goods. So that his will be the place lo buy new goods and at low prices. Inquiry is made in South Carolina of tho Round Table, o? June 8. for facts and dates in tho lives of Wm. Johnson, of South Carolina, aud Thomas Todd and Robert Trimble, of Kentucky-all of whom were for? merly Associate Justices of the Su? preme Court; aud of John Rodgers, who was Secretary of the Navy iu 1823-by Charles Lanmau, of George? town, I). C., to whom information on these subjects may bo addressed. Tho bonnets arc as small as possi? ble. Tho aim of the political mo? distes seems to be to copy butterflies that have alighted for a moment in their Hight. Fat beef cattle are selling in Ken? tucky at from 7(<f 7:,.i couts ber pound gross. Printing without ink and shelling peas by machinery are two novelties at the Puris Exposition. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens writes to u friend that ho is "very unwell, aud hardly able to bo up." Geu. N. B. Forrest, of Tennessee, is in New Orleans.