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Saturday Morning, July 18,1874. Tb? President's Meaning. It is not al way a easy, it seems, to de? termine what a pnblio man means by ?hat he says. We thought the lan ?fistage of President Grant, in saying that ""ho would infinitely rather see the State Government pass into the bands >of the Democratic party, than to see *t continued in the hands of the cor? rupt crow who have brought things to the present pass," was an outburst against the foulness of the corruption prevailing here, a patriot's indignation *g*in*t wrong over-ruling his sense of /jMtty obiiigation. Bot we have a dif iereuE gloss pat upon it in the paper pabli?hed in this city by the Union Harold Company, (new limited,) in which a lipe of tactics is predicted or ?ntioipated on the part of the Presi? dent, which would not be creditable to hiss wisdom or statesmanship. A con? test: it is supposed, will take place be? tween Gov. Moses and a Democrat for tho qifiae of Governor. The election will bo contested, and the matter go to the President for a decision. The sap position Ibas far is fair enough, and, for aiight we know, likely enough. The case would, of aoorse, oome be -fore the Presi dent upon its merits. It 'vraold or should be his part to ascer? tain .who was legally elected, and to deolare&im elected. Bat our neigh -bor -o'odsiders 'him ready to decide the ? jcaae npon.idtqgothor different grounds, dinid 'jreally. makes the President elect ?-according < to his fancy. "Then," it aays, "ho -woui? prefer to recognize ? lhe>Democratio -candidate and let the '--^Pialo go'/" Rtitl adds, "we have reasou to believe that the President would do ?exactly that thing." Now, the menu ring of this is that if Moses should he salsa ted over a Democrat, the President woald deliberately usurp the power of . setting uside the eleutiou. But we do ir?t ..8o understand what a President ? may,foe .authorized to do. We have <? no snob-idea of violation of right and cram pie, of contempt of all law, for it would be nothing else on the part of ?ttfea Chief Magistrate of the American people. And much as we desire and ?trongly as we intend and ezpeot to i overthrow the corrupt government, ctbe -avrrnpt men of South Carolina, ?'(Hoses included,) we would not be a party to any such triok or fraud as is ?cere forecasted. Aud we will not do Gen. Grant the injustice to suppose that he meant in what he said, that the State Government should pass into Democratic hands by soiling bis own .iu. the transfer. It was purely accidental in our Radi ?al -city contemporary, in copying Croat our columns a statement of the causes which gave rise to tbe Ku Ktux, 4? omit the mention we made of "the distribution (amongst the oolored peo? ple} of Winohester rifles and other ?rms." Oar idea was to show that -violence produced violence, though we are far from maintaining that it justified it in the particular cases al? luded to. We were merely explaining tfutt, as the oauses whioh produced the jXa J?lur no longer existed, the Ka Twlax would not be likely to re-appear. Bat the omission was parely acoi ?AeflUi. Accidents will happen in the font-of families. Testimonial to John Mitchell ? la a oard in the New York Herald, of Wednesday, John Mitchell corrects Cfae statement that an Irish member of Parliament has promised to resign, bo *a to allow him to be eleoted. Many <af the leading Irishmen in New York have organized a committee, of whioh John Mullaly is Obairman, to collect funds, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Mitcbell with a suitable testimo? nial for his services iu tbe oanse of Irish independence. A sum of over &2,000 has already been collected, and branch committees aro to be organized ia other cities. It is intended to raise ??525,000. It will be a deserved tribute to the honest veteran patriot. The abolition of the franking privi? lege shows good results in tbe ao ?ounts of the Post Office Department, which exhibit an increase of over 43,000,000 in its resouroes during the fiscal year just olosed, a considerable proportion of which may be referred dirootly to that cause. The ohief pur? pose of tho abolition of tho franking privilege was not so much to inorease tue immediate revenues of the depart? ment as to effect a saving in the print tog of useless documents, to whioh the privilege of free mail distribution was * constant and irresistible temptation. It is gratifying to know that a reform, partial as yet, still a decided reform, has been effected in this direction, tbe daw has accomplished the further re? sult of increasing perceptibly tbe legi . tiaaato resouroes of the postal service. tu? President and the Snath. Tue New York Tribune, of Wednes? day, kaa a leader wbioh is intended to show that tbe President, contrary.to what has been said, can do a great deal towards correcting the abuses which prevail in this State. It recalls' several good opportunities which he has had of doing this, and wbioh he has thrown away. It recalls tbe incident of tbe visit of the tax payers. "Even a few words,'* it says, ''of friendship and sympathy thou would have been worth everything to them. The robbers in office were watching for the faintest indication of the President's disiosi tion. Tbe oppressed citizens were lis? tening for tho signal to pluck up heart and go to work. But tbe President, as Mr. Robertson upologeticully ex? plains, was in a gruff temper. Instead of his listening to the tax-payers' com? plaint, he poured upon the whole com? mittee a flood of invective. * * * The President could not have mure effectually aided tbe South Carolina ring if he had cried out to the Go? vernor, 'Go on, Moses; I'll back you.*" It next mentions the instance of tbe immediate pardon by Sawyer, the then Acting Secretary of the Treasury, and a favorite of the President, of the commander of the ressel who had vio? lated the conditions of his license, by greatly over crowding his vessel with illegal voters from the islands in the last Charleston munioipal election. Enlarging its view, the Tribune takes a glance at the policy uf the Adminis? tration in the whole South, drawing from it the same lesson, und fixing upon the President chiefly the respon? sibility for its condition. It advises him from this retrospect, if ho really wishes well to the South und to South Carolina, to "learn what he must do for the present aud whut he must nvoid for the future." Wo give the conclu? sion of the Tribune article: "These are illustrations of the tre? mendous blunders the President and his subordinates huve made in dealing with Sooth Carolina in particular; but the truth is the policy uf the Adminis? tration in the South must be judged as a whole, uud not by its effect in sepa? rate Stales. There can be no doubt that tbe support given to Kellogg in New Orleans has strengthened Moses in Columbia. Casey, Packard, Durell, and their aasooiateB marauding along the Mississippi, with the President's commissions in their pockets, the flag of the Uuited States flying over their head*, aud Major-General Emory sub? ject to their orders, strike at free elec? tions, honest returns, decent adminis? tration, pecuniary honor, and indivi? dual liberty, not only withiu their own jurisdiction, but all through the South. There ib not a rogue iu the recon? structed States who does not take cou? rage from tho favor shown at Washing? ton to tbe Louisiana usurpers, and the refusal of buth Congress und the Pre? sident to disturb them, even ulter the astouishing revolution* of the uthcial inquiry. There is not u peculating politician iu the whule of that unfor? tunate region who does not believe, with the lion Mr. Lynch, of Missis? sippi, that so long as an office-holder is a regulur Administration man, he may steal und cheat witnout fear of being d studied. "It is fully to pretend that General Graut is not responsible for this, aud Mr. Robertson affronts the intelligence of his constituents when he tells them that the President is nut to blumu for the prostitution of the Federal patron? age to dishopest purposes, because 'the Congressmen cuntrul tbe appoint? ments.' That is not true; and if it were true it would bo no excuse fur the Chief Magistrate, who has a brand new set of civil service rules made expressly tu help him iu the perform anoe of his duty. When has he shown the slightest inclination to give the South a faithful set of officer*? When has he withdruwu any countenance from the favorites who have notorious? ly abused their authority V When has he done the first thing or said the iirst word, until within a week or two, to show that he wanted the South to he decently governed, or would like to stop the wholesale robbery of which it is the victim, if he could? "We do not recall Gen. Grant's past record to throw doubt upon the sin? cerity of his new professions. Wo be? lieve that he is heartily disgusted at the condition of affairs iu South Caro? lina, philosophically indifferent to the quarrels of factious in Arkansas, and skeptical as to the wrongs of Louisi? ana. Probably if an opportunity pre? sented itself again to steal a State, us his agents did in New Orleans, he would think it better not to embrace it. If he had a chance to repeat the Kellogg experience- at Little Rock, he would not avail himself of it. And if he oould turn Moses out of office, and fill tbe State House at Columbia with decent politicians of the straight Re? publican stripe, he would be glad enough to do an act which wonld re? sult so quiokly to his advantage. But the mild disapproval of Moses, which finds expression in conversations with Gov. Kemper and Senator Robertson, and leaves out tbe Oaseys, Darrella, Spencers and other political cancers wbioh are destroying the whole South, will do nobody much good. If the President wishes well to the South, let him look back over the past, and learn what he mast do for the present and what he must avoid for the future." - I Subscribe for the Phoznix. South Carolina?Jean Valjoan, a correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Seniin&l, thus writes of matters and things in this State. Unfortunately, hi* statements are too true: [| A ' week just spent in the unhappy State of youth Carolina revealed a state of affairs there not only a disgrace to the American name, bat an insult to civilization. I had supposed aud even hoped that the charges now ring? ing everywhere iu the press of tbe Uuited States, of wholesale robberies, of universal petty and grand larcenies committed by State officials, from Go? vernor down to the lowest office-holder, were greatly exaggerated, if uot in muny instances wholly untrue. Bu'< him-ad of finding it so, I found tbnt tbe real triitu had only ptriially h-ou Aull. Iu interviews with several Radical Waders, they opeuly acknowledge to me that the career of their party, from tbe time it seized the Government iu 1808 to tbe present day, it had beeil 1 one of crime?one of shame. R-iuk and file was one putrid muss of corrup? tion?it was no more uor less than a grand army of rogues?the only differ? ence from the brigand being that tbe majority of their thefts were iu tbe name of tbe law. But whether by Act of the Legislature, by decree of court, by order of the Governor, still every dollar oolleoted by taxation was either appropriated by office-holders or lead? ers or members of tbe party, under the bead of Halaries for services, or opeuly stolen without any exonse whatever. Vioe aud avarice everywhere stalked abroad at noon-day, '?judgment bus fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason." Unhappy South Carolina! Ooe of the original thirteen colonies, but the other day oue of the proudest States iu tbe Uuiou of Stutes, with the blood of tbe Huguenots of France and the cavaliers of England predominating iu tbe veins of your children, I fuuud you to-day bound band aud foot to a race but oue re? move from barbarians, officered aud controlled by a baud of white meu iu great part to whom the name of villain would be a misnomer. The greater aud the grander the scoundrel is iu Smth Carolina, the more intensely tho negro loves him? the more enthusiastically does he re? ceive support for offices which, in all civilized lands, are studiously en? trusted to meu distinguished for honor. So low are they steeped iu vice, that it would be us useless to preach morality to a mule as they. They will support uo mau for ufiiub uulesa ke is more or less distinguished for crime. Tue result is, that every publio office, from one eud of the Slate to the other, is filled by meu who ought to be in the Penitentiary, or who should long since have euded their lives on tbe gallows! These are, I am aware, broad assertions?grave charges. But no intelligent, honora? ble American citizen can spend six day a iu that State, mingling freely, as I did, with men of all parties, without coming to the same conclusions?con? clusions based npon notorious facts. This political, Radical organization extends from the centre to the circum? ference of South Carolina, ramifies in ill every nook aud corner, is tuo.it thoroughly organized and energetically officered by native aud foreign men. By its machinery, a pressure is brought to bear upon the colored man which he cauuot resist. Its chief iu-ilru ineuts are lies aud bravado The I negro is a most credulous creature; be will believe anything. He is told on every band by the orators of his party that the white race designs to put him back into slavory, and that if he votes the Democratic ticket, that will be the speedy and certain result. Him fears are worked upon by the members of this secret organiz ?tion, the L >yal League, who tell him plaiuly that if he votes other than tbe Republican ticket he will surely be visited with uothiug less than death.' It is intimated to him that death may overtake him at any time or at any moment; that it may come while planting iu tbe fields, walking through tbe woods or sleeping in his bed. Thus terrorized over, those of them (and I think there are uot many) who would otherwise vote for a revolution in the affairs of their laud dare not do so. Another source of terror to them is tho South Carolina militia. It is composed of 20,001) negroes, armed with Winchester rifius. There are one or more companiei in every County iu tho State, who, just prior to any election, are frequently puradod under arms, with cartridge boxes full of ammunition. And still another source of terrorism, not only to the negro, but to tbe white people as well, is the ooustunt presence of a portion of tbe Uuited States army at tbe central positions of tbe State. Black and white leaders, both assure the ignorant colored man that tbe meaning of all this military arruy is to force him to vote the Radical ticket; that if these are not euough, General Grant will send an army to their sup? port equal to that of General Sher? man's, in 18G5, which marched through the State. It is next to impossible to more than approximate the atnouut of n.uney stolen bv the Radical party in South Carolioa'from 18B8 to 187-1. Tho pub lio debt has been increased all of $10,000,000. In tbo six years, they have collected $19,000,000 aud up? wards for taxes. All this has gone tu support the Governor, tho Judges, tbo Legislature aud petty State officers. The only honest debt paid was $900, 000 interest on tho publio fuuded debt, which accrued from 18GS to 1871. From this $19,000,000, there? fore, this item should be deducted. Before the war, tho oost of running tbo State Government was $100,000 per annum, or in six years $2,400,000. Therefore, deduot this $3,o00,000 from tlie 819,000,000, and you bave in round numbers $16,700,000, which the Radical party has stolen from tbe tax payers of South Crroliua in the hint six years. No, that aiu't right. Iu addition to this, they have stolen tbe assets of tbe State Bauk, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, $100,000 from the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, ou their aooouut, and nearly $2,000,000 ou necouut of tbe Blue Ridge 11 ill road. This should be added to the amount, and the great gross iiggreguie of the robbery foots up 822,600,000. A- tbe majority of your renders live in close proximity lo tbe State and are lutniiiur with most of tbe detail*, a rep-titiou of them here would be superfluous I fun ruf the tax pax era, tue real owu> rs of the laud aud bouse", iu a condition of d?.*putr. Th??y ure utterly poweriff? lo throw oU' the weighi I wbicb is cr isbiug ihem to deuth 1'he elections are nothing but mockeries. A white mau mny receive llJ.OOU tna joriiy, u d the miiuugers, wlio *ie without exception Radical, will return the majority for tbe Rudicul utl.UOO or 5,000. The Legislature, the Governor ?yea, eveu the Congress of the Uuited States?will receive the return without question. Gov. Moses uud Secretary Cardozo complained to me that the old aristocracy of tbe State stood aloot j from politics, and woald have nothing to do with tbe affairs of the State. ' This was not true, as I hud ample means of finding out, aud suppose it was. What was the use of ousting a ballot where their managers hud in? structions from them to stuff the boxes to any exteut necessary to carry the election? It was participating in a gambhug game, where I hey were cer? tain to lone, uo mutter how they bet. The whole trutn is the Republican party of South Carolina is oue of de- i pravity. Honor is foreign to it. To it, j virtue and boee.-ty is u crime?soccer fill roguery tin- ugliest attribute to wbiol) human nature can attain. Tbe battle for ton liberation of South Carolins must be fought outside of tbe State. Ad its pure men are bound hand aud foot, uud utterly uuutde to help themselves. They may speak aud may vote aud It will amount to uothing. All parties, bluck und white, rest under the conviction that Presi- j deut Gruut aud the Cougress of the | United S at es fully endorse all the acts j of ex-Gov. S-iott aud acting Gov. ! Moses aud their ^everui Legislatures. I They believe that Graut would not hesitate to order the co-operation of lue army und navy iu the eveut of any resistance to their wholesale plunder? ing. They believe tbat Grant uud Cougress are sustained by the people of the North because of traditional hatred of South Carolina. Once disa? buse their besotted minds o! these im? pressions, aud they would quickly re? lax their hold upou the throat of the State. We cuu only do this by revo? lutionizing Congress first aud tbe Pre? sident uext No relief will ever come short of tbat. It is utterly preposter? ous to suppose that the people of the Uuited States will much longer tolerate such a scandalous state of affairs us ex? ists there now. It is the real wish of the masses to expel the white people from the soil. Their leaders knowing j full well that this oar not be accom- j plished by force of arms, for iu that eveut the whole Union would interfere, : uro now practicing a surer method of J reaching that end by making taxation so enormous that residence wid be in? tolerable. They ure radically and openly opposed to the introduction of any more white blood. Ou the other band, the}' waut to rid themselves of what they already have. This is the worst feature of the whole si tin ion. Instead of the black popu? lation advancing iu education aud civilization, it is ou the descending seile, more particularly ou the islands off the coast, where no white people uow live. Take away the luffieoce of the white people, (and it is rapidly disappearing,) remove it from the State, and uot twenty years will el.ip?e before South Carolina will be in as barbarous a condition as Asbuutee. Without outside pro-sure aud inter fereuce, it will rapidly come to this. Governor Moses said u methat he hud inaugurated measures of reform, which be hoped would repress much of the iniquity complained of! Deluded m?u! You have sown tbe wind und will reap tbe whirlwind. It is ujw utterly be? yond your control?us much so as the blazing city one applies the match to. Aud among tbe number who will be buried under the ruius is yourself, unless the Democratic party of the United States chooses to savo you und your native Stute. Having uu abiding faith iu human nature, though stag gered by the foul blotch upou civiliza? tion uow exhibited in South Carolina, I believe that her appeal to the people of the whole country will not be iu vaiu. Ouc of the tnosf startling facts, in view of the above situation of the af? fairs of tho Government of tho State, is that tue old Carolinian is living us a rule in peace and harmony with his j former slave. Tho uegro will trust him with his money, go to him for ad? vice in nil trades and transactions, go to him for assistance in trouble ant) sickness, and iu everything save poli? tics has a thousand times more confi? dence in him than in a Radical, white or black, carpet-bugger or scalawag. But wheu it comes to voting, ho will cast his suffrage for the most notorions malefactor, or a stranger he has not known for a day, in preference to a na tive white man whom he has known all his lifo and whose character is with? out ono single blemish. There, as hero, they enter upou contracts with avidity to work on tho plantations, in I the factories, iu the houses and gar? dens, reposing tho utmost confidence I in the owner. If they have uny monoy I to deposit, they will hand it to their I old master, without requiring a re oeipt; they will allow him to keep tbe books or accounts between them with? out a doubt of his honesty, and take bin word for everything. In oil these matters, they will not trust a member of their party, as a general role, in any respect whatever. Why is it, then, they will not trust him in the affairs of government? This is easily explained. 1 ?Crrr Mattehs?Subscribe for the Phoenix "What July and August do uot roust, September cannot fry." This is excellent "growing" weather for crops, if uot for business. To-day is the anniversary of tbe bat? tle at Battery Wagner?July 18, 1863. R ain, thunder aud lightning, yester? day und hist night?cooling tbo atmos? phere delightfully. Tbe whole city is now bent wholly upon one idea aside from business, aud that is, bow to keep cool. There is bnt one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but oue way of gain? ing publicity?advertising. Tbe uaptba lamps are being gradu? ally distributed over the city, and I dark places made light. The trees in fiont of the uew City Hull need trimming?tall folks suffer. Other portions of tbe city are similarly troubled. A city contemporary says there is uo likelihood of th'vi troops being removed i just yet. Tout's comfortiug to some' people, but will they stay forever? Bills of the Bank of the State had a decidedly upward tendeucy in Charit-?? ton ou the 16tb, owing to the decision of Judge Graham. Cuufed??rat* notes1 uext. On- neighbor, Mr. J. C. Seegers, has a braud of tobacco, "Calkoun," which bids fair to become as populur with chewtrs a? tbe great South Caro liniau was with the world iu geueral. Our city is very dull just at this time, and the warm weather has tbe effect of driving out the life and euergy which our people naturally possess. Those who advertise on fences should be particular that they don't murder tbe king's English; it is bad enough to kill it iu private, but to paste its dead carcass on tbe street fence is barbarous. The Galaxy, for August, contains a number of readable articles, which will command attention. It is carefully , edited and nearly all its contents origi? nal. Sheldou k Co., 677 Broadway, New York, ure tho publishers. Oar much-sold city contemporniy copies a portion of our article on I the killing of Davis at Belton. It shines in those columns like a good deed in this naughty world. Its point is admirably brought out by the con? trast of its siirrouudings. The Goveruor has appointed James J. Goodbeart a Trial Justice of Rich I laud, vice J. B. Lowmuu, removed; W. LI. Girardeau, Trial Justioe for Oraugehurg; J. H. Durham, Jury Commissioner for Hjrry, vice Jehu Cauaey, removed. The iuseriptiou panels at the base of the bronze palmetto tree are beiug re? moved, for the purpose of replaciug the letters, which were carried off by curiobity-buuters and treasure-seekers about the time Columbia was de? stroyed. A meeting of tbe "Riobland Bide Club" was held last night, in the store between Messrs. Swaflield and Bryan's. There was a large attendance and after the transaction of basinets of import? ance, there was uu adjournment until Mouday evening, at 8,'.j o'clock, in the i same place, when there will be an elec? tion for officers. A private despatch from Newberry informs us that Matthewsou, who killed Davis, iu Auderson County, on the 11th, was carried before Judge Moses, yesterday, who granted bail in ; tbo t-uin of $15,001)?tbo bond to be [approved by the Clerk of the Coart at j Anderson. Tbe prisoner goes to An ] deraon to-morrow. Some of tbo ludios counected with the Sewiug Sooiety of the Episcopal Church propose having a moonlight entertain ment on the evening of Thurs? day, tbe 231 of July. They will be pleased to see their friends on the lawn of the Male Academy, between tbe hours of GJs and 10 P. M. In case of rain, tbe academy itself haB been kindly tendered to them for the even? ing We learn from a privute letter that there is a large number of visitors at Cherokee Spiings. The climate and water are spoken of in the highest terms; the former cool, healthful and invigorating, aud the latter a specific for many disonsss. Our old towns? man, Mr. John B. Black, looks after the comfort of his guests, and pro? vides n bouotiful fare. Wo advise health or pleasure-seekers to try Che? rokee. A Hard Hit.?Nast is after Sooth Carolina's Governor, pietorinlly, in Harper's Weekly, of tbe 25th. He has a representation of "Moses junior viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin"?a abort man, standing tip-toe on an open and empty iron safe, marked "South Carolina Trea? sury;" be has a spy-glass to his- eye, and from bis pockets protrqde a num? ber of documents, labelled "Pardons for criminal')," "Pardons for con? victs." Iu front is an immense mass of papers and documents, labelled "taxes." "debt," "I. O U.," "corrup tiou," "beggary and ruin," "sheriffs saleH," "organized pillage," "South Carolina debt," "frauds," etc. List of New Advebtisements. L. T. Sillimau & Go.?Turnip Seed. Wing'a Mill?Package Found. Jobn C. Seegers?Chewing Tobacco. Hoteii AbbivaTjS, July 17, 1874.? Wheeler House?T B Jenkins, Grove wood; ? MaUtone, A S Smith, P Doffle, Charleston; R M Welch. Sumter; W R Johnson, N C: RT Huested, Md; A B Marks, J H Burgess, N Y; David Hempbill, Cheater; S H Griffin, N Y. Columbia Hotel?Mies J Hiller, E W Hack, Ga; C J Owen, Baltimore; J H Furman, Ga; S A Durham and family, S C; Z M Wolfe, W H Girardean. Orangeburg; C A Garland, Va; R M Butler, Jr. wife aod child, SC; WE Evaus, Charleston; T S Clurkson, Charlotte; J B Ezell, C K Knowles, eitt; J S Land, G & O R R. Hendrix House?D McNair, Cberaw; G E Hawkins, Charleston; Thomas P Stovall, J M Berry, Augusta; Robert P Webster, N C; Joshua Draper, Jr, George W Arnold, Jacksonville, Ala. Culogue Cathbdral has beeu many centuries building, and it is not finish? ed yet. Au old legend says that the original orchitect was in league with the devil, aod that his wicked alliance preveuted his currying his designs to completion. Of late years the work has been carried on under direction of the Prussiuu Government. There is still a good deal of snperstition in re? gard to the splendid structure. It is desigued to bang a bell iu the Cathe? dral, made from French cannon cap? tured iu the recent war, and to take the place of the "Imperial Bell" of Frankfort, which was destroyed by the tire which took place in the Cathedral August 14. 1867. ou the eve of the tri? umphal entry of William of Prussia into the ancient free oity. Three at? tempts to cast the new bell were fail? ures, and the bell produced on the fourth attempt was uot only minus the imperial crown, which ought to have surmounted it as an emblem of Ger? man uuity, but was so disagreeable in its tone, that it was out of the question to use it. A fifth casting is to be made, and the omen observers are awaiting the result with mingled fear and hope. They think that in some way the destinies of the empire are linked with tbe bell. Should the fifth trial be disastrous, their apprehensions will be greatly increased. We are glad to see that the President shows interest enough in a State so sorely harassed as South Carolina as to express even the moderate opinions here reported. We observe a ten? dency in the minds of Southern men like Lamar and Southern journals like the Richmond Dispatch to encourage this disposition on the part of the President by suggestions that they will support bim for a third term as a refuge against the criminal ambition of the colored men and their unscru? pulous allies. At tbe same time, the Southeru people will have to show unusual magnanimity before they can support Grant. The President and bis party are alone to blame, not only for what we see iu the. Carolinas, but for what is seen in Louisiana, Ala? bama and other States. To bis mili? tary genius, we owe tbe suppression of the rebellion. From his political genius, sustained as he has been by the country as no President has been sustained since Washington, we have hoped for the reconstruction of the South. Instead of reconstruction, we have chaos. If President Grant can euable us to revive and rehabilitate tbe Southern States, he will add another to the many honors be has aohieved as soldier and as Chief Magistrate. [New York Herald. A Pigeon Roost Extraordinary.? From Benzie County, Michigan, comes a pigeon story, which beats all tbat have been told before, either in Scrip? ture or out of it. The roost where the pigeons congregate in such' untold mil? lions is called "Betsy River Nesting." The tract is about sixteen miles long and three wide. Every bough is occu? pied by a dozen nests and a hundred birds, and from morning till night the air whirrs with causeless wings going and coming. Between 250 aud 400 men have been engaged for over six weeks constantly killing and trapping. As the old birds leave or are destroyed as many young ones take their plaoes. There are three regular "flights" a day ?two. "tom-flights" and one "hen flight. " At early dawn, the male birds set out flying to the East and North to seek a breakfast of seeds and berries, ten, twenty or fifty miles away, and by 6 or half-past 6 the sky is black with the departing birds. An hour later, not a bird is to bo seen, but toward 8 o'clock the squadrons return in clouds. The shot-gun and the net are the prin? cipal weapons used by the hunter. Job printing uf every kind, from a miniature visiting card to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from Pn&Mx offiae. Try us.