, Saturday Wf??r?g, ?pri! 8,18?6.^ j . V, ?<..!>.. B-v^cttation oirHlc5ufton?. . t . Sar* fer the debilitating moral effects ef this -^pf aaajjoa. thajoe? V jfctcnoond to th* cause * ef tb? ?euisdj?*ey iea * ?ry email oaissr. It . should a<*ve beta abandoned loug ago, and aa .Sba ?a vi. aaa 'found ?bat the policy of the ?dcttr ?aar? thea roschsieiy ?i4. do wu before it, wita ?'??ree unjeh, if jnensBeseat far it? ,. septen* by ?nv. was yet sufficient to paralyze ' the activity ?/ Jue? aad thie army in ail Other ? quarters; sad tats eely fer the reteutson of a regie*, stripped cf faed, wbh-h w~? could only 'JbBpp'ty from a distance and st?rest expense end dela; *nd.where alt opea, -:npi? and epaeioa.: . water bf ?? "*aa afforded to thc enemy, leaving , Mm fr?e tr? a dea ce nt ab axj urexpeeted mo ?eat A' worse situation for .?ur urn*.ea ?onhi sci waif be found, and it ehotjld have beei ajbaadoaed twelve sontha ag?. Beyoal the eap ia??o? tb? Confederate capital, intern Virgini; heid^ forth no temptations tn the >it?my, ii desolated fiehU ead plundered dwellings. .1 t certainly held forth ne sufficient motive to s fsr its retention, when th? country had to Mit ply Ma arny ncd^peopl? *Q?b a gre?t dit tenes J#d ?Tar such Au expensive tract of rai wey. The nBoral of Johnston and the dosi T to hold Richmond, beyond all necessity an reason, kev* subjected the Stairs of Grcrgi * ?nd Sooth a?d North Carolina to thc terfibl i ordeal af fir? through- which they have airead . partly passed. Bad the Government remo\ . ta CW umbi a whee it removed the Treasury D ysrttnsnt hither; evaeeejwd Biehraond the relieved Leas army af the necessity, of th Est dog-watch wbieh .they har? been i kaepiugenp tor th? protection of a pr ?nish waa ntteriy useless for all militai Purposes, ead only te be regarded for its pr? tige sa e espita) and la the eyes of En rope; Btetea; Sherman weald never bar? been at % make a triomphant progress from Atlsol - sje Savannah, through Sooth and Noitb Cat jfaa; te bia ?hipping at Wilmington-if, i ride? f, ha has su?eeeded in getting there, as report? however. w? attach no military .4?*tegctieat importabee to the events wbi have led to the avecuetjan of Richmond^ . tth- los? of that position- Politically, tbs ?ff. wi: ht ?nj' ' oj,? .f r?r .ees? ?bro??i; end , j f. cially and morally, at bom?, it will cause any Bamber of lvg?bnoot aspects'among thousands ?ho woald be equally afflicted,.if told that We bad>lost car cities of Kamtchatka and Tim? .bootoo. What next move is to follow-on ?ir military chess-board, we will ?ot undertake to divine. We may add, that ocr- telegraphic ad? rices lack tao much in perspteaity and fullness to satisfy any thinking party. We must wait on what to-morrow "shall bring forth. President Davin takes a right view of the results of the evacuation of Richmond. - We have said elsewhere, that, in oar opinion, it should have been evacunted long r.?o, and that we should not have waited till tr?is? beesmc * military necessity. Thu cheerful tone of Presi? dent Davis is highly becor.iinjr; of coarse, h< can deal only in* generalities, and these mu ?' .nifioe; of the future mo Jut operandi he sin th say nothinr, and we certainly hu** nothing .ay. But so ! mg ne the armies of Lee, John \ ston and others arc intact, they will.?prsk, an? ! we trust to the purpose. God ftill rules i j heaven. ? TnnsDjiiLT Pno-?ii .-Gi tit.d' after Monda; ; ae*r,tthe loth instant, the Phoenix will h ? published daily. .'ub*erir?t?-?n price. ??.*) r' , moMh. Th.* p.-ipi1!* will be promptly deliver? by earners to city anbscrib* -vs. The ?ri weeltl edition wiil r.v..i.be issued for country ciroi lation, at ***0 per pi-nth. Marriott, ?n?Co?rmb?a, on the 4'h of April,.by t' Rev. Mi. Conrn--, Me. STEPrTBK GRUB! to Miss MARIE LO - Al IE GILLES. ??.^MIWJIIIMI-.J.-T. ra--T3?^ ?eneas ???uti ? ir --^>^r\-* Funeral Invitation. The friends ai:d ?eq .aint'necs of Mr. W. STROTHER and family, end of P. Bofill a family, are ir vited to aiten 1 the funeral of t former, from the residence of the Utter, Assembly street.- ne>ir Lumber, THIS MOR 1NG, at. 10 o'clock Publio Mesting. THE citirens of Co! u mb ia are requested attend a meeting, in the Odd Fellow's Sch Roam, on HOM DAY next. April 10, at o'eloek. T. J. GOODWYN, Mayor Apiil8_ ?_.-j Wagons for Angosta. TWO WAGONS can he ehartered for . gusta no application ai this off.ee. w April 8 . I? s. For Sale, IMVE NEW,- DOO RS- well seeweed! mad? \ ho foes the war-7 feet bv AA. 1$ inches in thickness. Can be seeu at "JOHN ALEXAN? DER Foundry._ April 8 2* Practical Business instruction. TSE undersigned valli prepare youths for. business by a course ofl practical instruc? tion, such as the pupil would ncquire if actually engsged in business; pursuits. Particular atten? tion will be paid to Writing, Arithmetic, Book? keeping, NS, viz? MO lbs. N*>?1 FLOUR. 760 ?bs. .-hoiee BACON--Hams, Shoulden and Sides. . .. \ SOO lbs. prim* LARD. 5S dolf. FRESH BOGS. ?0 lbs. TALLOW CANDLES. > BUTTER, DH 1 KD APPLES. ONION'S and PINDARS. " I Also. BROWN i->UGAK. j COOKING SUDA, BLACK PEPPER. OK lix ND, Camphor, Flax Thread, Borax. Black Sewing Silk, Saltpetre, Briar Root Pipes, ! Hartshorn, Smokiug Tobacco, ! Nutmegs, Judia Rubber Tobacco Bags, Lnrnp Wieks, Toilet 8?tp, Scissors, Pees and Pea Handles, Lead Pencils, Writing Paper, Ink Stands, English Tooth Bruefces. "Envelopes, . Pantaloon nnd Agate Buttons. Also, few pairs Ladies' Shoes. Small jot Dressing Comba i Apply ASSEMBLY STREET, One doer from corner of Pendiste* ?tre**. April t V