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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, September 13,1867. Defective Labor-Tho Remedy. Reluctant, unreliable} and incom? petent labor is now the prevalent complaint, not only in tho agricul? tural but in almost every other de? partment of Southern industry. We all know the cause of this unfortu? nate eouditio!i of affairs in these States, but thus far, we fear, tho Southern people have been too inert ?and slothful in seeking outland ap? plying tho only remedy for the evil that can bo successful. There is an old saying, verified by the experience of ages, that competition is the life of trade, the truth of which has uovor been denied, and has become an axiom in political economy. It applies now with peculiar force to -the condition of the labor system of tho South. We may fold our hands and murmur and grumble about the dire results of tho emancipation of the late slaves of the South; but, if we should sit to the crack of doom, grumbling and complaining, the simple result would be that the evil would go on increasing, until remedy .would come too late; tho fields and the plantations of tho South, uncul? tivated and almost worthless, and an idle, insubordinate and untaught race, on which we had placed our dependence exclusively, increase and multiply, until expatriation on the part of those who had any energy loft would becomo absolutely neces? sary, to escape starvation or death in some other form. Thorois a preventive to this gloomy state of the future, if the Southern people will act promptly, judiciously and earnestly in the matter; and that is, to afford every aid and facility in the introduction of foreign labor. The freedmen, bewildered by their new position, deceivod and deluded by party hacks, and taught to believe that all political power is in their hands, have enough intelligence to pcrccivo that the laud-owners and employers of the South are entirely dependent upon them to carry ou all industrial operations. But let Eu? ropean immigration on any extended scale once bo inaugurated, and the ? several departments of industry pro? mise to become filled with competent and skilled operatives, and the black man will soon foresee the end of such a movemont, and gladly forsake the wild theories of the knavish politi ciau, who has led him from the patt of duty, fidelity and self-interest. It may, thea, be too late for many ol the victims of party and its hire ling itinerants, but it may save some from reaping tho reward of theil folly, and moke them better auc ' mom useful members of society "Tho first half dozen arrivals o foreign laborers and mechanics wil open the oyes of the more intelligen freedmen to their true position iu th ? Southern communities. This, then, would bo our remedy the means to obtain and apply i must remain with the people thom selves. General Wagener, the Stat Commissioner of Immigration, ba just addressed a note to the mechanic of Charleston, stating that he is rc ceiviug numerous applications fror mechanics abroad, asking for informr tion respecting their prospects i South Carolina. Ho, therefore, re (piests tho co-operation of the hoirj mechanics to advise him as " to a matters in relation to this importai subject. As to the introduction of agrien tural laborers, the Charleston Me curr/ very properly says, "that whic tho mechanics can do for thoso wi immigrate, in tho expectation of fini ing profitable mechanic employment our plantors and farmers can elo f thoso who immigrate with tho desi of becoming small farmers or agi cultural laborers. They should co tiuuo to meet at their different COD houses, and forward statements frc each district showing tho quality ai description of lands for sale-t prico at which land will be sold, a in what quantities-tho rates at whi farms can bo loased aud their avern yield per acre-tho woges paid laborors, with and without rations the wages paid mechanics and 1 nnmbejr that can bo employed-1 healthfulness of their section and advantages to tho farmer, the labor thc mechanic, e>r thc manufacture: Wo hope the people of Soi ? 1 I I li , I Fl 111 -'I - g Carolina will promptly come to the rescue, from an impending doom, which -will surely overtake thom if they fail to do so. --7 Knlftxglng Oar Boundaries. i For some time, it lias been report? ed that tho United States Govern? ment hod been treating for a group known ns the Virgin Islands. Tho lost report comes from Vienna to the effect that this Government had offered $8,000,000 in gold for the group. .Tlie purchase would embraco St. Thomas, Santa Cruz and St John, and several other islands of no importance. The group was disco? vered by Columbus on his second voyage, in 1694. ' Between Florida and this group he Cuba, the Baha? mas, Sah Domingo and Porto Rico. The following description of the three principal inlands of the pro? posed acquisition may not be uninte? resting: Santa Cruz is the most important, having an area of 78 square miles, and a population, in 1850, of 23,729. St. Thomas comee next, with 27 square miles, and 13,666 inhabitants. St. John has 22 square miles, and a I population of 2,228. Santa Cruz is about 20 miles long, from two to six miles wide, generally flat, well watered, moderately fertile, unhealthful, and subject to hurri? canes and earthquakes. About two fifths of the land is planted with cane, and the annual Bugnr crop varies from 12,000 to 40,000 hogs? heads. The cultivation of cotton, indigo and cofleo hos dwindled to almost nothing. The harbor of the capital town, Christianstadt, has a bad entrance, and is full of shoals. St. Thomas is about 12 miles long, less than three miles wide, rugged, bare of woods, parched and sterile. The area of cultivated land is only 2,500 acres, half of which is given to sugar. The free port of Charlotte Amalia is tho centre of a large trade. The annual importation is estimated at $5,000,000, and the number of ships touching at the port in 1850 was 2,196. St. John is about 12 miles long, four miles wide, very uneven, with little water, and a poor soil. Small crops of sugar and cotton are raised, and some care is given to the raising of live stock. There is good anchorage at Chris? tiansborg. GIVING UP TEE WHOLE QUESTION. The Columbus Journal, the leading radical paper in Ohio, says: "If any class of the bonds may be lawfully paid in greenbacks, why, by all means, let them be so paid." That sentence tells the whole story. It is evidence conclusive that the proposition to pay oft* the bonds with greenbacks is too popular to bc opposed by a party which cares no? thing for principles. The radicals will back out from the fight on thu issue. They will themselves promise to do what so rec?ntly they declared it was little less than treason to pro pose to do-namely, break faith witt the bond-holders. A NATIONAL DILEMMA.-The Nev York Herald thus speaks of the wai between the Federal Executive and the United States Congress: "The battle has to bo fought at Washing ton, and must now rapidly narro? down to that point where the tw< great powers will strike at each other Whichever wins, tho result is an over throw of the Government." A private letter, dated Havana August 31, to a mercantile house ii Savannah, says : "One of our oiilorc or Judges of tho Supremo Com here, received a letter from Puert Rico via Santiago de Cuba, statin that a formidable revolution ha broken out there-thc soldiers join ing the people; that the lirUJ?|^^^iil left their quarters in tho ffl B?i gone to tlii: country; that tPflJpjffii General, Marcbiese, had hid hinise or fled; that the revolutionists ha sent a steamer to New York to tcl< graph to General Prim, asking hil to place himself at their head. Th: news may not be true, but.is probabh There have been disturbances of tL kind for months past. We hear fro] Spain that troops are being sent ther and officers to command columns i campaign. A' wealthy Cuban (Joi O. Farrill) and another, a rich Sp niafd (Valdivielso,) met yesterday, f< the purpose of getting up u manifest to be signed by as many parties he: as possible, protesting against tl new tax levy, which is exorbitan One sugar estate of Mr. Barro is taxe $16,000, besides many other tuxes < ^ ? ?. The bronzo statues of Lewis at Nelson, for the Washington mom mont, in Richmond, hine arrived i i that city. - THE POLITIC AJO CHESS-Bo ARD.-The New York Tribune has th* following on the situation: '"Macy of our co temporaries are au"vising Grant to 'do this and that.' We fear that the General has limited his usefulness by dealing BO gently with the President. He represents Congress, while the President repre? sents the 'spirit of disunion and slavery. The President thus far bas controlled the game. Three pieces have been captured from the chess? board-Stanton, Sheridan, .Sickles and threo stronger pieces do not rest upou our side. Grant has made one or two 'checks,' but thc President hos avoided them, and taken our pieces. The trouble with Congress and Grunt is, that they have played too easy a game with his Excellency. They check him, and aunoy him, but don't get ahead. Johnson moved near-! ly all of his friends into good places last Congress, and all of his leading antagonists out of place. We call this splendid play, and he is strong enough to do more mischief. Grant seems to feel that Congress did not give him enough power, and his friends urge that if he is powerless, it is because Congress left him so. The President did not think this when he wrote his veto, expressly com Elaining that most of Iiis authority ad been transferred to Grant. Con-, greas did not think so when it passed the bill of which Sheridan complain? ed. If Graut is in doubt, it ii?, we fear, because somo 'astute lawyer' has been unsettling him." A fair is to be held in Greenville on the 7th, 8th and 9th of October, in aid of the funds of the Baptist Church of that town. The project? ors promise a varied and entertaining programme, which will doubtless bc carried out. THE SALE OF LAND.-DeBow's Review contains a reprint of General Wagener's address to land-holders of this State on the subject of immigra? tion. The editors say, in reference' to the register of lauds for sale, "while we think many of tho parties tendering their lands for sole have not caught the right spirit, and either offer their lands in tracts too large for the emigrant, or at prices which are beyond his means, yet in a majority of cases tho letters show an en? lightened spirit of liberality, which we trust will be generally imitated throughout the South." This is a thing to which attention must be paid. Laud cannot be sold in large tracts to actual settlers, and the true principle is, to sell in small quantities, at low prices. The profit must not be expected to come from the first sale. It must come from the increased value of the land retained, which will rise in value in the market iu proportion to tho.increased densi? ty of the population, caused by im? migration. There are but few planters who cannot well afford to sell 100 or 200 acres at a tempting price, and still have more left than they can properly cultivate. These are the persons who can offer the proper in? ducements to the immigrant; and they will have their neighborhood settled up, and their property dou? bled iii vah.o, while those wno will not sell allow one-half or two-thirds of theil land to be altogether unpro? ductive. Cut up the farms, keep the prices down, and make your natural advantages known, and immigration must cowe.~~-Charle&ton Mercury. REMARKABLE DISCO VERY.-A few days ago, while some'workmen were excavating a cellar in Polk township, Monroe County, Indiana, the work? men struck what at first appeared to be a solid ledge of rock, and sitting down to rest, one of their number begau idly to pick at an apparent fissure, when a block of stone, nearly two feet square, disappeared with a dull thump. The men went engerly to work, and removing the bottom of the pit, disclosed a chamber with a 6ix-foo' ceiling, and eighteen by tweu^ .wo feet within the walls, which aro of solid, neatly seamed stone work. Banged in rows, on rudely constructed platforms, wero twelve skeletons, each with a toma? hawk and arrow heads at their sides, ear-rings and bracelets of solid silver lying where they dropped, and piles of what appeared to have been furs, in tho centre of tho platform, each pile crumbling to dust as soon as ex p 3ed to tho light. A number of tools, made of copper, and hardened equal to the best cast steel, were also unearthod, and fresh discoveries are being constantly made. It was a clever thing of the English army officer who visited the London Zoological Gardens tho other day, and leaning gracefully over the chairs of his lady acquaintances-talking soft nonsense tho while-applied his magnet-headed came to their hair Sins till be had drawn them all out! ?f course there was great tribulation, when, on rising from their seats, their waterfalls tumbled off! It is snid tho Indies called tho captain a "bruto"-but what else does ono go to tho Zoological Gardens for but to seo brutes? President Johnson and the Cabinet will tb?ud the laying of the corner suv of the National Cemetery Mou 11 at, at Sharpsburg, on the l7th ? im .t. ff 1 ? ?' UH ' I' ? li fl ?i i i i Jil.i -? BOUND TO Wrjr.-At the Saratoga races, Tuesday, tho singular spectacle was afforded of Bed Dick, a hurdle leaping raw horse, after throwing kia rider, eon tinning on his own hook tho raco, taking the jumps in fine style, and coming in second host, two miles in four minutes ^ttnd ?, quarter o?a second, and afterwards coming back to the stand to get the jockey weighed, whom he had dump? ed a mile back. That horse deserves to vote. Of course he couldn't be allowed the second best fee, entrance money, because ho had lost his handicap Weight by casting his jockey, but it ia the-most sagacious instan oe of equine equanimity evor heard of. The death of Maximilian is now being performed at Milan. Maxi? milian falls in love with the wife of Juarez, and the two lovers adore each other in spite of Obstacles. The Empress Carlotta is sent to Europe, so as not to interfere with tho in? trigues of the Emperor. Juarez swears vengeance. He shutf. up his wife in a nunnery, and lays siege to Queretaro. A Boman Catholic Chapel has just been consecrated in Headfort, Coun? ty Galway, Ireland, which is designat? ed by its builders the "Irish Arno rioan Church of St. Mary." The money for ita erection waa supplied by Irishmen in the United States, and its bell bears the inscription, "Presented by a fow Irish in America who love their misruled country." A PROHIBITORY TARIFF.-Senator Grimes, of Iowa, has written a letter declaring his hostility to a prohibi? tory tariff. He says that he is not aware that the Republican party has ever taken any position on the tariff, and that he believes that the people of Iowa will bo unwilling to destroy their revenue from imports by a prohibitory policy. COUNTERFEIT FIVE CENT PIECES. There aro in circulation at the South counterfeit five cent pieces made of lead with a coat of quicksilver, very skillfully executed, and well calculated to deceive. They may, however, be easily detected by the difference of weight between tho bogus and the genuine. THE BULE ADOPTED.-The different warehousemen in Columbus give notice that hereafter, in pricing and selling cotton, they will include the revenue tax of two and a half cents. This will make their quotations cor? respond with those .reported from New York aud other cities. In consequence of numerous suits brought by Northern creditors against insolvent merchants in Bichmond, several of the latter have taken ad? vantage of the Bankrupt Act. Forty applications were filed on Friday with the register. A body of policemen from New York were detailed by the Superin? tendent, who is a Methodist, to keep the peace at a camp meeting. Many 1 of them were convorted, and forty of them held a prayer meeting on their own account. The reveaend scoundrel Wendi, who committed rape upon a number i of little girls in tho orphan asylum I at Philadelphia, of which ho was the superintendent, has been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. Washington was wont to say, be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confi? dence. "Capital weather, Mr. Jones, capi? tal weather. My wife's got such a cold she can't speak. I like such weather." Wanted to Rent. MA HOUSE, or a SUIT OP ROOMS and a KITCHEN, within Ovo minutos walk of the Phoenix Oitice. Apply at this office._ Sept 13 3 Fulton M. Beef, PIG HAMS, RACON STRIPS, SMOKED TONGUES and SMOKED BEEF. Just received and for sale at Sept 13*1_CANTWELL'8. "Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps are sold by all grocers and apothecaries. ?_ Soap and Candles. rj?f R?XES FAMILY SOAP, . i O 100 boxes Sperm, Adamantine and Taratine Caudles. Just received, and for salo low by tho package, and at retail, by _8eptcmber 7 J. & T. R. AGNEW. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapp* aroused all over tho world by tho physicians in their practice.__ Flavoring Extracts. LEMON. Vanilla, Bitter Almond, Rose, Pine Apple, Banana, Poach, Strawberry, Ac, Ou hand, and for salo by September 7 J. & T. R. AONEW. Pickles, Canned Gooda, &c. -1 f\f\ CASES Just received, consisting 1UU of Plain, Mixed and Cnow-Cho? Pickles, Lobsters, Covo Oysters, Pinc-Ap pies. Poaches, Tomatoes, Jellies, Ac, jusl received, and for salo low, by September 7 J. A T. R. AONEW. Pure Leaf Lard. -I pr BARRELS PURE LEAF LARD. XtJ 25 kogs " " " On hand, and for sale low, bv September 7 J. A T. R. AGNEW. FOR RENT. ACOTTAGE HOUSE, on Laurel streot in rear of Chai lotto Railroad Depot PoM.-cH^ii.ii given immediately. Anplv to ! September :i WM. MCGUINMS. Local Ttems. A Board of Trade, so long needed ia Colombia, was organized yester? day, with the following officers: Pre? sident-J. O. Gibbes; Vice-Presi? dent-B. C. Shiver; Secretary and Treasurer-R. O'Neal, jr. ; Executive Committee-Chairman, John Agnew; J. A. Blakely, T. E. Gregg, R. D. Senn, J. H. Wells, J. Fisher, W. B. Stanley, R. N. Lowrance, G. W. Beardon. THE BROADWAY. -We have received from P. B. Glass, Esq., the first number of a magazine, gotten up in English style, with the above title. The publishers, Messrs. George Rout ledge & Co., 416 Broome street, New York, promiso that their magazine shr.ll contain contributions from au? thors of ability, nnd the first number is a fair indication of what the work will be. Tho following extract from the prospectus will give an idea of its general character: "The composition of our literary Btaff will bo eminently international, a graceful blending of right English oak and ash with the tough but pliant hickory, the graceful bird's eye maple and tho fascinating butter? nut Wo desire that the English green laue should lead to the wide., Western prairie, and that the little English brooks, which, tiny os they aro, 'run [ou forever,' should empty themselves iuto tho giant lakes of the Amorican continent. To abandon metaphor, wo have made, and are making, arrangements with the best authors and authoresses, in which tho 'international' chai-actor of our magazine will bo studiously kept iu view, to tho drawing closer together*, wo trust, of the bonds of union be? tween tho two countries." LEE AND HIS LIEUTENANTS.-We aro indebted to Messrs. E. B. Treat it Co., of 654 Broadway, New York, the publishers, for a copy of tufa valuable and interesting work, fey Edward A. Pollard, Esq., of Vir? ginia, author of the "Lost Cause" of which it is -ally a companion vo? lume. Tho work is handsomely printed, and contains numerous ele? gant Rteel plato engravings. The early life, public services and cam? paigns of Gen. Bobcrt E. Leo and his companion-in-arms are faithfully portrayed. The writer asserts that it was endeavor, in tho present work, to assemble the most heroic names of the South in the late war, and to give to the world biographies of her most illustrious military commanders, including memoirs of all the army di? visions of the Confederacy, from Virginia to the Trans-Mississippi. The plan of the work is extensive; the collection ip naturally in the shape of a galaxy, but the picture is one, in the commou light of the martial glory of the South, in which all the figures are grouped. The most we can obtain of the lives of particular men comes to us through the preju? dices and colors of personal narra? tion, and the author states that he has been greatly assisted from tho notes and memories of surviving actors of the great drama, and has explored, for evidence, every print and manuscript of the documentary history' of the Richmond Govern? ment. It has been arranged that the biographies in this volume should cover the whole space of tho action of the late war. Including all the great commanders, they contain somo names dear to each part of the former Confederacy, and thus have an inte? rest distributed through all the States of the South. It was his design, in short, to assemble tho most remarka? ble characters of the late war, and to perform a work in which Southern youths may look for models of true greatness, and those yet living on the scenes of tho great conflict And manv subjects of tender and enno? bling interest. The work is published exclusively by subscription, and agents nro want? ed in every section of the country, who will doubtless find lucrative em? ployment. Having u complete printing office, superintended by the proprietor, we can execute every description of book .and job printing-bill and lotter heads, circulars, labels, posters, pro? grammes, business, wedding and in? vitation cards, railroad recoipts, checks, drafts, .fcc. Our friends will find it to their interest (and ours) to give us a call. Rend Udolpho Wolfe's advertise? ments in to-dny's paper. DEATH OF AN ENERGETIC AND USE? FUL CITIZEN.-William Gregg, Esq., President and cbiof manager of the Granitevillo Manufacturing Compa? ny, died on Wednesday night, at his ?esidence in Granitoville. The cause of his death is supposed to have been from cold, contracted while person? ally engaged in assisting to repair tho damage to tho dams, etc., caused by tho lato rains. Ho was an ener? getic and useful citizon, and not only directed business matters him? self, but, when necessary, actually "put his shoulder to the wheel." Mr. Gregg formerly carried on a jewelry establishment in Columbia, from whence he removed to Charles? ton, and nt a later period took-charge of the manufacturing establishment at Granitevillo. He had a magnifi? cent and extensive orchard, and his early fruit was shipped in large quantities to the Northern markets. Mr. Gregg was, wo believe, one of the most influential and thoroughly pracitcal business men in thc State, and his loss will be generally de? plored. Tho gift entertainment for the re? lief of tho destitute poor of the South will bo given iu Washington 'City, on the 30th of this month; Persons desirous of obtaining tickets will apply at ouce at tho Phoenix office, as returns are to bo made prior to the lGth, so that necessary arrangements can be completed. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention lu call? ed tn the following advertisements, whleb are published' this morning for the float time P. Cantwell-Fulton.Market Beef, etc,. Apply at thia Office-House Wanted. R. C." Shiver-Removal. A fine lot of Desirable Goods have just been opened by Mr. li. C. Shiver, who still adheres to liis proper principle of good articles for littlo money. Read his adver? tisement, and then examine the goods. Israelite Sunday School. THE EXERCI6ES of this association will bo resumed on SUNDAY MORN? ING next, at 10 o'clock, at the usual placo. A punctual attendance of the ecbolars, teachers, parents and members generally is requested. Uv order of the President, Mns. C. A. LEVIN. Mrs. B. E. LEVY, Sec'y and Treasurer. Sept ll_?_.; ' Horse aml^Mule and Wagon for Sale. ?TT_^ A PRlHte YOUNGfl^-fc. JmSTSaO?aK and MUJ.E and Wi XlZjLa one-horse WAQON, in?US? good ordor, aro offered for .sale. For par? ticulars, apply to this office. Sept 12 BARLEY ! BARLEY ! ! WE WANT about a,0flO.buehels of good clean Barley, ; for brewing Lager Beer. The cash will be paid on delivery, at market rates. AognatSO J. 0. BEEPERS A CO. . Cow Peas! Cow Peas!! i)pr-| BUSHELS COW PEAS, just re _?50J_ ceived, rad for sale low by August 31 J. i t R. AGNEW. Wolfe's Schiedam ,Sehaappi is tho purest liquor manufactured in the world. LATEST STYLES. JUST RECEIVED, at the "Industrial Association," Ladies' Sacqne Patterns, of the latest style. Also, very beautiful Braiding Patterns, for Yoke Drosafisand Gowns. A constant supply of Braiding and Embroidery Patterns, suitable for all g] styles of work, can be had. Remember, ladies, it matters not how small may be the purchase, every little you contribute to this Association is BO much given towards the support of tho poor and destitute of oar land-_September 8_ POR SAXE, GA C. RAILROAD BONDS. .CAS. C. Railroad Stock. New York Exchange. WANTED-C. A S. C. Railroad Bondi and Coupons. THOS. E. GREGG & CO. Aug ll_ Woodenware, Brooms, &c. WE have just received a full assortment of the following: TUBS, MEASURES, ROLLING PINS, Buckets, Flour Pails, Ladles, Spoon*, Butter Spades, Clothes Pine, Wash Boards, Brooms, Whisks, Hearth Brooms, Ac. For salo at low figures bv J. & T. R. AGNEW. Sept ll ._ ~ Mats! Mate! JUTE and ALICANT MATS. Just re? ceived and for File low by Sept ll_ J. A T. R. AGNEW. Kits of Fresh Mountain Butter, JUST RECEIVED, and for salo. Also, barrels of Soda, Ginger and Su Kar Crackers and Snaps, for salo by RICHARD ALLEN, Cor. Pendleton and Assembly ste., Next to M. M. Cohon's Old Stand, September 7_Below tho State House. Extraordinary Milch Cow for Sale. ^ I WILL SELL MY FINE cS&CSQ MILCH COW. She is tho best, vP^Rperhapn. ever offered in this ^i^yiyfrfarket. Sho has a heifer calf, six months bid, very valuable. August 30_D. P. GREGG. Wolfc'?|8chle<lam Schnapp? are good for all kidney and bladder complaints._ Tomatoes, Peaches, Okra, Corn. PRESERVE thom for winter uso by using the PRESERVING FLUID just arrived and for salo by FISHER A HEINITSH, Aug lfi_Druggists. Wolfe'? sekiidam schnapps are good for Gout. _ "BAGGING AND ROPE. -| {\ DALES GUNNY BAGGING, XV" 50 coils Manilla Rope, 200 lbs. Bagging Twine. Ju*t ree iv il and for - dc !<>'w by J. .v T. li. AGNEW.