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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, July 20, Playing Oat. As we predicted, the colonists from the Southern States who went to Mexico, Brazil, Arc., have soen tho elephant, and are glad to get hack home. They have not only been dis? appointed, but many of them believe that they have been victimized by false representations. A gentleman who went to Brazil for the purpose of personal observation, prior to a contemplated settlement in that country, writes" from Paris to the Philadelphia Press, and advises every American of limited meous, who eau make a living, to stay at home, as in planting it requires a largo outlay to commence operations. Tho Mobile Advertiser publishes tho following note, which it says is j from a thoroughly respectable gentle? man: Editors Advertiser and Register: The undersigned, a returned emi? grant from Brazil, wishes to mako known through your journal, to tho people of the Southern country, that tho emigration movement to Brazil is a delusion, and is gotten up for spe? culation; that os yet there has been only ono sido of tho question pre? sorted to the people. I am prepared to represent tho other side, and 1 challeugo contradiction. I further mako kuown to the people that the Brazilian agent at New York, whose namo is Goacura, is a scoundrel, and ought to bo kicked out of tho coun? try. This is saying a good deal, and I mcau just what I say. Respectful? ly, it c., JOHN H. EVANS. A Louisiana paper draws the two following pictures to illustrate tho subject of emigration, which we be? lieve aro pretty near thc truth: "First with a gilt bordor. Au accredited agent visiting Honduras, in order to select land for a company of speculators. He is received by the official, rides iu carriages and on horseback at thc public expense, makes out a list of tho fruits of the country from tho specimens on the table at some great dinner given by tho authorities or land owners, and returns highly delighted, without even a specimen of tho soil of the country on his polished boots. Tho second picture is that of a penniless emigrant sitting on tho beach at Belize, surrounded by his little plun? der, helpless wifo und flock of chil? dren. It is tho rainy season, and Hies, gnats, etc., abound. There are no committees to receive him, no carriages, no dinners, and when he essays to move iuto the woods ho goes on foot, through the wilderness, to commcuce a struggle for tho first common necessaries of life, without a hand extended to aid him." Wo trust that this migratory fever, so far us the South is eoucc-rncd, will soon work itself out. Lands here inay bo worn out, but by careful cultiva? tion, application of fertilizers, ko., and by limiting the amount put under culture, any of our old planters can carn a support, if not mako money. Our political condition and status may not bo all that wo desire; but that vs ill como right by and by. Expatriation on account of defeat in our hopos and aspirations is a volun? tary solf-pnnishmcnt, which, although wo may have the right to impose it on ourselves, wo doubt il we have tho same right to inflict upon Young America. Churches, schools and col? leges for the rising generation are preferable to even wealth in a strange couutry without them. Let the home ties or tho hallowed associations of youth not be broken up for a mero desiro to gain richos easier elsewhere than hore, or from tho disappoint? ment aud chagrin of thwarted hopes. Life is uot long enough for many ruptures of all that makes it desirable. WHY MAXIMILIAN W AS SHOT.-Mr. Homero is said to attribute the stern moosnres against Maximilian and the Mcxicuu rebels to "the desire of the Mexican authorities to take warning by tho ill unccesa of tho conciliatory policy of tho Presict ?nt and Cabinet of tho United States toward traitors, and also a desire to win the .sympa? thies of tho dominant political party in this country by a stringent and . relentless courso toward tho foreign and domostic enemies of the Mexican Republic." <-???-> DEATH OF BISHOP SCOTT.-Tho Kev. Thomas Fielding Scott, the Episcopal Missionary Bishop of Ore? gon aud Washington Territo -y, died in Now York on Sunday, after a brief illness. Ho fell a victim to Panama fever, which ho contracted whilo ev? route from California to Now York. Tho deceased was formerly a Presby? terian minister, but joined the Epis? copal Church. !_ , . ..I ! What It Coat?. The Harrisburg (Pa.) Union gives the list of the principal appropria? tions made by Congress to meet the expenses of one year. We omit the items, and give the footing, which amounts to $296,793,037.61. During the administration of Mr. Buchanan, for the year ending July 4, 1860, tho total expenses of tho Federal Go? vernment (uot including tho amount used for extinguishing the public debt) was something over $59,000,000, .which was the highest sum ever re? quired, during peace, for the support of tho Govorumeut. Three huudred millions of dollars is a vast sum for tho people of the United States to pay for the annual expense of their Government. How much further taxation can bo borne by the people more immediately in? terested in governmental affairs, we canuot say; but we perceive by some of our New York exchanges that the purchase of Russian America, and now tho rumored purchase of the Sandwich Islands, are beginniug to create some distrust and alarm among tax-payers. Tho Now York Su? says further taxation will not, for it can? not, be borne by the musses of the people, without murmuring; and if that taxation be the fruit of such Govorumeut laud sp?culations as those referred to, and which are now dis? cussed in so many quarters, it says that murmuring ?viii bo most likely tc I assume a more positive form of po? litical .indignation. What the Sun means to iiuply in this warning, we ennuot sin 'rat cer? tainly there cnn be no mistaking th< grumblings of the people and pres? of the North in relation to their bea vj burdens aud tho accumulating un tionnl debt. It will require wisdon: and statesmanship ni the beim of pub lie affairs, for years to come, toguidt thc country through its perils ii safety. But where will that wisdon and statesmanship be found? Per haps a leader univ be raised up in tb? hour of her utmost need. -? m ? ? Tur. WHITES IN VIUOINIA.-A Viv giniu correspondent of Hie New Yorl Times gives some information of tin startling fact that the probabilitic are iu favor of there being n majority of negro voters in the State of Virgi uia, aud says: "This is due to the refusal of man; of the whites to register thcmselve under tho military bill. It is believe) that about 90,000 negro voters hav been registered, while the whites who could have registered to tb number of 125,000, are, according t the computation now made, seven thousands behind the blacks. Thu the negroes will net compactly in pc litios, und make strenuous attempt to eleot their own special represent! tives, black or white, there is littl doubt; and that much bitterness i feeling between the two races will h engeudered in tba contest for polit cal supremacy, is evident from tb present course of things. The larg preponderance of registered blac? over whites, in a portion of Easter Virginia, has filled the people wit gloom and alarm. The reproach? which are visited upon the delinque] whites are very severe, and the iudij nation which is everywhere fe against tho blind and senseless^ now papers which have misled the whil men into so deplorable a blunder an crimo as turning over Virginia to tl power of the negroes, pervades evei part of the country." . What is herc stated about Virgin will probably happen in other Sont! e^ui States, and those who hold alo from registration will find out the s riousuess of the mistake when t< late to remedy it. -<-*-?-? Tine ITALIAN PAKTY ANO THE Por It has been no secret that the itali: Party of Action has, for some tim been preparing for another campai) against the Papal States, with a vii to their annexation to the Kingdc of Italy. The attempt made, a f< weeks ago, to invade the Papal ter ton.' was disowned by the party, premature; but their designs up Rome they frankly acknowledge and preparations for n new war wc made publicly, and on the larg< scalo. Ii is now reported by n cal despatch that the Papal (?overnmc is anticipating serious di.sturbant from tho movements of tho Ga baldians; that it hastappealcd to t Emperor Louis Napoleon for aid, a that it has received from him the p: mise of efficiont aid, vheuever shall bo neoded. The British Board of Trado l turns for May show for the fi timo this year an increase in t value of the exports in comparis with the "orrcspouding month 1866-this increase, however, is v< slight. PP ."V7V TinatMce ?ot * Modal. The following extract from an article on the so-called "reconstruct? ed State" of Tennessee is from the New York Times: Now, we eau conceive of no greater calamity than the multiplication of Tennossee3 ns members of the Ame? rican Union. Of tho whole South, Tennessee is beyoud doubt tho part in which tho least han been dono to? wards genuino reconstruction. It is nominally loyal, of course. It is represented iu Congress. It is not included in tho region over which tho provisions of tho military govern? ment Acts extend. And yet what is its condition? Essentially volcanic. Loyal strongth is tho result uot of loyal votes, but of rebel disfranchise? ment. Brownlow's authority is cou tiugent upou the application of the crushing process to tho majority of the people. He is as absolute in his sphere as any of the military com? manders in theirs, and infinitely moro unscrupulous. Ile makes laws to suit his purposes. He interprets laws according to tho dictates of his convenience. He tightens tho dis? franchising screw as often as he finds it necessary, ?ind employs the bayo? net when no less pungent weapon will carry his point. The result is, that tlie State he governs approaches nearer and nearer to anarchy. No? where on tho continent, save in lmp lcss Mexico, is life or properly loss secure, or liberty a more transparent mockery. A condition of civil war really exists all tho time-smothered, it may be, but liable at auy moment to burst forth under the excitement of .some sudden difficulty. No other state of things is possible so long as thc Brownlow doctrine of reconstruction is allowed to pretil. For a period, perhaps, it had its uses. While the rebellion lasted, any less rigorous rule might have failed to keep in dirck the hostilo elements with which tko border States abound? ed, t?nt there is no pretext for per? petuating in peace tho iron-hauded administration which was indispensa ble amidst the turmoil of war. The I country requires the allegiance of all ? citizens, but this is possible only I w hen thc powers that lie cease to ! heap penalties upon whole classes, audio persecute as outlaws nil who, decline to pronounce their party shibboleth. Brownlow proceeds ?;:i the notion that it is necessary, ?lay ! alter day, to pile coals of firo upon the heads of tho great majority <>i the! people, simply because they descry Iiis acts and seek to thwart his umbi- ? tion. A statesman similarly sit.iated | would acknowledge mutual recon? ciliation ns the stopping-stone to re- ' construction; bc would seo that the loyalty of a State can have no elli-, cient guarantee, except the attach- ' ment ol' thc people; and he would avoid the fatal blunder of supposing that the elevation of his nominees io power is a test of the 1'itness of Un? people for the possession of the fran- ! chisc. lu a word, a wise ruler, occu? pying Brownlow's position, within the period which lias elapsed siuce the close of tho rebellion, would have restored Tennessee to peace, and placed it far on the road to prospe? rity. Brownlow, ou tho contrary, by pursuing a course of which almost fiendish malignity is the chief charac? teristic, has alienated class from class, driven moderate Unionists into alliance willi unrepentant rebels, and forced his State, rich in natural re? sources, to a condition of despera? tion, ?dino.-! of despair. We are glad to seo that the exalta? tion of Tennessee as a model State is depreciated by iulluential radical journals. .Missouri has tried the pro? scriptive policy thoroughly, and the St. Louis Democrat is not disposed to recommend its adoption. "Tennes? see," that print remarks, "is not a particularly good pattern for other States. It is not absolutely certain," the Democrat adds, "that the method adopted by tho loyal men there may uot fail to secure their safety." The j probabilities point in the opposite direction. There can bo no perma? nent, safety in methods which imply the continued parade of the conquer? or's authority. Contrasted with the Tennessee sys? tem, tlie reconstruction policy of Congress is merciful and just. Stern it is, iudced, and despotic for a time, but it opens the door to a milder authority, ?md oilers inducements to the acceptance of conditions by which the South may materially im? prove its position. The guarantees it exacts imply no long-continued humiliation, and no moro radical changes than those which follow logi? cally from tho late conflict. Instead of commending Tennessee as a model to be imitated hy tho States or to bo respected in framing the policy of the republic, wo submit that it should be studied as an illus? tration of the evils and dangers of a theory of reconstruction based upon narrow-mindedness and hate. Con? gress holds in its hands tho power of securing loyal organizations through? out tho South. For the rest, rolianco must bo placed upon tho amended spirit and will of tho peoplo, and these are moro likely to ho affected by a generous forbearance, as sug? gested by Sickles, than hy tho into? lerance mid lawless violence which have their offieinl incarnai ion in tho irreverend Brownlow. A Detroit man held a reception party, tho other night, to receive congratulations upon having visited Chicago mid returned without being divorced from his wife. SKNSXBXIB ADVICE.-Geo. W. Ken? dall writes from Texas to the New Orleans Pic? y H HW, and gives ns the following sensible views: The lessons which adversity teaohos are bard, yet they must be learned. And theso lessons aro always useful. I "know that it comes hard for a young man to walk behind a plow who once rode behind a hist trotter; uor is it agreeable to iv young lady to mnko aud put on her dresses all by herself, who formerly had a couple of servants to take theso irksome jobs' off her hands. Yet I can seo no other remedy, at least for those who have simply been ruined by the wnr, hud the hst is a long one. That a large majority have accepted the ni tnatiou cheerfully, I nm gled to say is true-I mean tho situation to earn their own living; all must do it. And there aro many who think, and I am ono of them, that ia the long run it will l e all tho better for tho rising generation of the South-a genera? tion which is to follow ono noto? riously brought up in iguoraneo of work und indolence ns to any useful occupation. Thc race of men grow? ing up will bo more muscular-the women stronger and heartier-and their children again improve upon the stock. I have never beard that exercise was hurtful, und 1 have con? sulted good physicians on the sid) joel. How often do we hear our people complain that they have been out all day hunting for a servant, with? out success. Hud they turned to iu the morning they could have dono all their work themselves in a couple of hours, and saved money and shoe leather by tho operation. Too many people in the South have been brought up to be waited upon; they mus', now tie their own shoes, and 1 repeat that the sooner they begin, tho botter it will be. i know that many think they can escape this state of things by going to Brazil, or some other out-of the-way country; but toil is the com? mon lot of tin? poor man the world over, so far as I have seen, and in no part of tho world is toil as remunera? tivo as in tho Southern States of America. Let us work. Cn.vntiK.sTox.-A correspondent of tho National Intelligencer, writing from Charleston, says: Our people ure on the verge of de? spair. Our capitalists have, remitted whatever money they could realizo into gold to Liverpool aud France, fearing the political events of the next twelve months. Our real estate is almost unsaleable; very little of our lund can be sold at any price. All building aud enterprise has stopped. Temporary existence seems to bo the only anxiety. The threat of confisca? tion and agrarianism that Messrs. Stevens & Co. hold over us as a Da? mocles' sword is fast undermining everything like a hope of peace, aud in addition to this the certainty of having a negro State Government, from Governor to constable, caps tho climax of our misery. The Northern people do not realize how poor and broken spirited we are, or they would not be human to continue their harsh exactions of us. Tho efforts to make bread, and to eke out a bare exist? ence, is beyond belief. "Many of tho people who were able to save a littlo silver plate aud jewelry have been selling it and pawning it for tho past two years, to buy bread and clothing for themselves nn~d their little ones. Wo have seen articles that belonged to Revolutionary gener?is sold as old gold, that live years ago no money could have bought; but starvation is a hard master. MISCEGENATION.--Statements have been going thc rounds that General Sickles had compelled tho recent marriage of a white man, Thornton, in Fayetteville, to a negro woman. Thc Fayetteville News, alluding to tho matter, says that tho whole affair was dono under no compulsion by tho military or auy agency. An order was granted by General Sickles, giving permission and au? thority for the marriage to take place, but it was coupled with an express disapprobation of tho stop to bo taken. - A LEAGUE OKOAXIZEH.-Tho Wash? ington Chronicle, of Wednesday, says: Mr. Thomas JW. Conway, who has just completed nu extensive tour through the South, engaged in tho work of establishing tho Union League in that section, has just made his report. It contains the gratifying intelligence that 2,000 Union Leagues have been established and are now in working order throughout the South, with an estimated membership of 200,000, all of whom ure loyal voters. Mr, Conway will return to the South without delay, and will de? vote most of his time to tho States of Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Tho Union Leaguo appears to bo adapted to tho wants of tho loyal men of the South, and, judging from its past experience, we may hopo for greater results in tho future. COBA.-Rumors nre rife that tho Stato Department at Washington is aftor Cuba-and that Spain would willingly part with the Quot '' of tho Antilles for a heavy consideration which this country, in view of its small national debt and light taxa? tion, is amply able to pay. ENOWSH RAILWAYS.-Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, writing from London to his paper, says: The English railroads rarely cross public roads save by bridge or tun? nel, and when they must enter a great city like London, they almost invariably run paralled with tho tops of houses. You see at on co how this course iusurcs tho safoty of per? son and property. Indeed, nothing in these masses of mon and mazes of railways so interests and surprises tho American ns tho ever-present and conscientious vigilauco for the pro? tection of human lifo. No porsou is permitted to walk on the track, uo idlo crowds aro allowed to cluster at tho stations, and in tho few cases where thc rail traverses u road on tho same level, gates are watched by guards who allow neither horse nor carriage to cross till the train is out of sight. The contrivances to givo efficiency to these great works are new and numerous. On the Loudon and North-western line tho locomotives take water while running at tho rate of sixty miles an hour. An elongated iron box is laid iu the middle of tho track parallel with tho rails, which is kept constantly filled with water from a neighbouring fountain. AH tho train passes on swiftly, a scoop or shovel, fixed under the tender, taps tho box and instantly lilis the tank. The post office car is a model that might bo usefully imitated in Ame? rica, aud tho clearing-house in Lon? don, where the delegates of the various compauies moot overy fort? night for thc purpose! of settling accounts and fixing rates, is quito au institution, lt is something like tho clearing-house of our banks, and very complete. More than ?1 thou? sand clerks are employed in this ad? just ing process. RurilESEXTATION TN TUTE BltlTISH PARLIAMENT. -Now that tho question of a re-distribution of seats in the Parliament of Great Britain is being agitated, Scotland puts in her claim to increased representation. A dele? gation of Scotch members, with the Lord Provosts of tho large cities, like Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, lately called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to express their views in tho matter, and they gave some inte? resting fads in relation to tho growth of Scotland. It WHS shown that, at the time of the union, tho population of Scotland was under a million, and thc animal public revenue was not more than X 100,01)0. Now, the popu? lation numbers 3,200,000, and the revenue has increased to $8,411,000. In 1832, fifly-thrco members wero al? lotted to Scotland. Since then, while the public revenue of that country has increased sixty-seven per cent., that of England has incrensed only seventeen per cent. Tho delegation wore assured by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that tho Government was disposed to do justice to Scotlaud in the matter. But while Scotland's just claims for larger representation are con? ceded, there is no affirmative response to those of tho sister country, Ire? land. A lat? cable despatch an? nounced that the Ministry had decided uot to bring in a reform bill for Ire? land. THE Day Coons FAILUHE.S.-The New York Journal of Commerce says in reference to recent heavy failures in that city: "Within the last few days, suspen? sions have taken place, mostly from losses in the salo of imported dry goods, and these have been used as a text to throw discredit upon a largo interest, and to create almost a panic among those who have much at stake in that connection. There is no occasion for sut h alarm. Tho lead? ing dry good.; linns in New York are not only solvent, but stand as strong to-day as at any period of our his? tory. It would be far better, wo think, to publish at once the names of thoso houses which aro reported as under suspension, than to speak of them in such general terms as to exaggerate their number and impor? tance." FIHE ix TAIUJOKO, N. C.-Wo learn from tho Wilmington Journal that, on Tuesday night, a most destructivo lire occurred in Tarboro, by which one of tho most closely built business squares of that beautiful town was entirely destroyed, except tho resi? dence and office of Dr. Hugh McNair. Tho square fronts on Main street, opposito tho Edgecombe House. The persons and firms doing business on the square arc as follows: Mr. McGee, grocor and confectioner; James Mo? hegan, merchant tailor;-Harriss, grocer and confectioner; George Lipscombe, Smith & Williams, Cobb ?V King, lt. T. Hoskins, Zoeller & Williams, ll. J. Keech aud- Ro seiithall, dry goods merchants, and the office of tho Southern Express. Ireland can't beat tho following: Tho Holmesville (Miss.) Im lc pendent, which, in noticing tho establishment of a steam brewery at Magnolia, says: "Wo aro always glad to seo imported nrticlos manufactured at home, nt greatly reduced prices. " Whereupon the Now Orleans Picayune remarks: "A great deal of imported brandy has long been said to bo manufactur? ed at home; so the Independent may not bo so far out of the way as one would think; but we havo never known that circumstance to be re? garded by consumers ns a mattor of self-congratulation. Looal T.lJOTTtX?s?. Wo ore indebted to Mr. Bruco for a late copy pf the London Telegraph. POST OFFICE HOURS.-The office is opon from 8 a. m. until $}.? p. m., and from G until 7 p. m. Tho North? ern mail closes ut 3J? p. m., aud all other mails eloso nt 8 p. m. We aro indebted to J. J. McCarter, Esq., for a copy of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Lady's Magazine and Ga? zette of Fashion for August. Nora and Archibald Lee. A Novel. By tho author of "Agnes Town? send," etc. New York: Harper Sc Brothers. Price 50 cents. A pleasing, chatty work, just thc thing for the benson-No. 291 of tho "Library of Select Novels." Mr. J. J. McCarter will please accept our thanks for a copy of tho above. A VEOETABLE CURIOSITY.-Mr. Jas. Brown has placed on our table a cu? riosity in the cabbage linc. At a first glance, it presents tho appearance of ? an ordinary head of cabbage; but on closer inspection, it will be found to consist of eight separate and distinct heads, within a border of leaves. He has several other heads of tho same kind on his place. Mr. B. does not kuow in what list to class it, but we suggest that it be termed the "Old Womau-in-the-Sboe." The seed were obtained from "Messrs. Fisher A- Hei nitsh, in whose window the cabbage eau be seen. Jon PRTXTIXO.-The Job Office of the Phoenix is as complete as any in the South. It is furnished with new fonts of type of all descriptions and of tho most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste and skill, and nt reasonable rates. THE LICENSE QUESTION.-Tho fol? lowing communication is published by request of the Committee on Licenses: MESSRS. EDITORS: A card iu your issue of tl'.e 19th, signed In* John C. Seogers A; Co., is calculated, from the 'mis-statements therein contained, to mislead and convey a false impression to the public". The following are the facts of the ease: Since the promulgation of Gen. Sickles1 Order No. 32, tho Committee on Licenses have required every applicant to exhibit his return or receipt from tho United States Collector or Assessor as an inn or tavern-keeper. Messrs. John C. Seegers & Co. hnve not exhibited sucli pupers. By a resolution of the City Council, passel December 4, 1866, all applications for license must have the money accompanying the application-if not, the application would not bo considered. Messrs. Seegers A Co. have never complied with the requirements as set forth in that resolution; consequently, they have no license to retail spirituous liquors for the year 1867-nor can they produeo either certificate or re? ceipt that they are liconsed for the, year 1807 by Ibo City Council. Messrs. Seegers vt Co., upon makiug application for license, in January last, left with the City Clerk a sealed envelope, alleging that it contained 8150 in city coupons, which tho City Council refused to take in payment for their license. Tho said envelope and contents are in possession of the City Clerk, just as Messrs. Seegcrs & Co. left it. The due bill alluded to in the aforesaid card amounts to $5.50, which was given by the City Clerk in tho settlement for taxes of* Messrs. Seegers A- Co. for the year 1866, (which were paid in coupons.) As tho above named gentlemen aro due tho city, for their taxes, some $200 or more, (for the present year,) the 'City Clerk presumed that he was running no risk in being their debtor for tho sum of .'ir?.?O. Tho city records and tax books aro open for the inspection of those who may desire to have tho above state? ment verified. Very rospoctfullv, RICHARD WEARN, JOHN ALEXANDER, A. M. HUNT, Committee on Licenses. SCTPORT YOUR OWN JOUIINAVS. The <?lcancr, issued every Wednes? day, from this office, defies competi? tion as a literary and news journal. Those who subscribe to it are kept well posted up in the current ovent> of the day, as it embraces the tele? graphic news, political, commercial, |statoof the markets, See., up to thc bohr of going to press. NEW AnvKansuiKNTs. -Attention id call? ed to tho following advertisements, which aro published this morning for tho firs', time J. Pi Koon-i.">00 Reward. Thoa. li. Wade- Correction. Hunter's Mill-Chicken Feed. J. J. McCarter-Now DookB. F.. E. Jackson-Country Turnip Seed. J. T. Hmith-Sporting Rooks, etc. "A"-$400 Wanted. A Uno lot of Desirable Goods have just heen opened by Mr. R. 0. Shiver, who still adheres to his poj ular principle of good articles for little money. Road Iiis adver? tisement, and then examino tho goode.