The Columbia daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, May 16, 1865, Image 2

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. .y , ' \ Tuesday Moming, May IC, 1366. Andrew Johneoa's Proclamation.* We are toldMlut President Johnson, of the United ola*es, has offered ?300.000 reward, in the following distributed-?nins, far ttl? delivery ot thc foll?wiug perwii?, vi--,Far Jefl-i.-.n Davie, ?l00.Oli0; Cle? ment C. (J la\, lOjtf.GCQ; Geo. D'. Saunders, . -25,000; Beverly 'lurker, 25,000; Ja?#b Thompson, 10,000; and for William C. Cleary, 10,OUO. Qu?re: ls this not meant tor William C. Corri?.*? All of these persons ure implicated in the assassination of "President, Lincoln or in the attempt on Ur. Seward. We have no idea that ibero is any good reason for the allegation . against President Davis, or Cb-meut I!. Clay, or Beverly Tucker; of Geo. IS. Saun-, ders and Jue >b Thompson, it may be true,. George Was a loose politician ?? tb?.- Demo? cratic School, who has been always :< fcedtr upon the four winds, and ready for any chacees. Of .Jacob Thompson, kr.ow? ing nothing, wc shall say nothing. Cle ir. nt C. Clay, though, perhaps, hot-headed ..':;<! rae,!), would, if wc a.re to believe in his friends/md" associates, he superior lo any objects to be attained by assassiua lion. Beverly Tucker is a Virginian, a very 6mart fellow, a Joose liver, we. aie told, live! -, good'j>otuorcd, fat and lusty; not like Caisius, fat like Mark Antony one who is sie'?k, and can sleep o' nights, s..id the Ks* 'nan in Hie world for ? con? spirator. Tb?; worst that can' be said of i.im is tliat be wa; a p-irly man, and one V'IO, like ancient Pistol, regarded the Tor'd as hie- oyster. He belong* to the ?iawJolph stock, and is too brave a man to call upon thc knife of a play actor and a 1.?ii-brained enthusiast, io avenge his quarrels. 'Hie truth is, that Booth'"was ivd upon the drama, and was only seekine ;.e.-uie effects, when he jumped ur>o;i the ??age with, his d.igger and his sit- semper ?yr ann's. A Warning to the Virtuous. Tn>-se virtuous people -who have been .committing burglary ?nd highway robbery rio lbs assertion of certain abstract rights i-f their own, which tiie laws class sorr.e vhat offer.sivclv, are reminded that all tliis property, called public, is claimed by .bo Ui.;ud States. It includes all the * horse i, mules and wagons, arms, tools, ma chiuerj, and, in brief, all the materials, whether of peace or war, which belonged to the Confederate Stiles. The United Su.:cr. officers declare their purpose to have this property at all bar.ards-using force vh?n necessary-as announced ia the Au ?u>!a Chronicle. The patriotic parties, .i've re fore, who have been nt the pains, in numerous n:.:ht. wnikmge. raidir.gs, rid i.'.gs, ano after long vigils and weary ^.'itches, to gntlicr np this property, are :-jp.'ly doing so for the benefit, of their Uncle Sam, whom we have repudiated in . * ain. The ?dd man will be upon their , Lacks, and cling lo - them,- ns he, the An C'riit of the Sea, hung upon the neck and cli?ui clere of Sinbad. Pods and Fate. We h.-.ve olrer "y mentioned thc fate of ?rertain parti? h?, breaking into the ."public hospitals,' which they plundered g >t poisoned on medicated wine. They ?lank Colchicum wine by the tumbler-full und not beirg gou< v. (he doa*- was fatal. With a wi.doir. ;>kin to the virtue that robbed Miahor.pitalu, the local authorities .A3 nra toJd. have actually amsted and lodged" in prison the clerks of th? hospitals V oken into, charged with thc offence, M.'.kr.o--r ti> tim a'atute books, of keeping ka hand poisoned-liquors, which templed :*aen to break in >rid Heal. Was there .-Ter more rnrmr.troua insanitj-! If such ?vere ;o lie. the fate of physicians who l-.eep'laudanum end arsenical solutions on Irs'.nd, it would toon shut up doctor shops r .- \. el! ns hospitals. Are there any fools '.cit m the land? We bcd thought that, K-.'ving l?gislative and congressional bodies, ike war had elcatied them all out. President Jo*hnson's Speeches, In reply to delegations from New York blaire, Ohio, ?c., will be given in our next . iii ti e. The^e will exhibit, thc ani:nus, if r.ct tiie pokey,.of the new President, and viii deserve periipal and may reward study. Wo f;re reliably informed that Pr*-2?dcRt Davis has been captrred by the Federal ?roop< l?o par* received. ?. Remonstratio? of W. Mazy ck Porcher. We-give bflow th? copy of a lotter ad dressed by Mr.W. Mazyck Porcher. on*? of the ujGst respectable planters of Pinevilla, S. C. To Gen. G?Uroore,,U. S. A., in com uiand at Charlo?' ->a. -It records his expe rience of los3, ai.a gives the details of the wantonly cruel treatment to .wli?ch he was subjected by the hands of-military power. We have to adi!, however, that Mr. Por eher'a case ta only that of thousands he-"1 sides. TU* record of suffering through the whole route pursued hy the enemy is one of'ttlmost u UH for tn violence and out? rage, not only extraordinary in the history of a military progress iu our er.i, hut sin? gularly in conflict wifji the openly ex? pressed assurances of the Government at Washington. Military men seem disposed to give ns little liped to the pledges of Government as t<* the laws of humanity: "* CUARLF.BTON, April 2i, 1865. Gen. Gilhtiore-SIR: Learnin : that yon have the characteristics of thejust, 08 well as tim skill of the officer, I write to you to -complain of the eoadqet. of a portion <>f tho karmy of'the United States in Souili Carolina. 1 wilj state facts as they oc? curred, and leave your honorable mind to determine as lo the propriety of the course pursued tow arila mo. Oa thc eveuing of the 8th of April, the army under the command of Gen. ?. S. Hartwell went to my plantation nsar Pineville. An officer (Capt. Terrey} first rode up to the house; I .tot him on tito, platform of ?>>. steps; he asked me if I . was Mr. Mazyck Porcher, "Yes, sir," was tito reply. "Woi?,'' said he, "you .are a prisoner.'' #A prisoner, sir?" said 1; "what fori"' Ile said Gen. banwell would sooti come up, and toll ino. if ho pleased. Ina few minut?e, Geit ll. did ride up, asked my name, as his Adjutant had dono, and alter euyiug 1 was a prisoner, rode off i hastily tocmy negro qunrr.ei-s. In the .ourse of twenty or thirty minutos, he rc I turned, passed nie, standing ou the plat torni under a guard put oVer me, took his seaton the piazza, cafl?-d two of my coil sin's, sick mon, whom he had put there as prisoners, talked to thom lor a few mo? ments, and then summoned me to his pre? sence. I wont, to hun immediately, and was ordered to take a scat. He then said, .'.'I mean and desire lo have some" talk with y<Su." At. that moment, hid soldiers came into my yard, passed the piazza upon which we were sitting, hrokp. into a store room, iwid beg in to bring out some plated ware and eui glass b-loi'ging to a cousiu ot mine. 1 6i*id, "General, respect, th? property which those moa are des-roy int: it. is not mine, and nc-longs to a friend/ To which he replied, in'a mos\ imperiou' mariner, "Ask me no favors; none shall bi granted to you, sir, ns 1 have informa?oi lodged a;?..inst you of a serious nature and if yon escape with your life, you wil have received much, and should he grate? ful." ] replied to this torrent of ^usinua tion, rudely uttered, "Why, sir, you sur i prise me; tell me what it is, that I maj answer it." lie replied that, it would b laid before thc provost marshal in Charles j ton, bet?re whom 1 would possibly hav< I to appear, and said, "Now, sir, not a won more from you." He seemed to be in i moattfurioug passion'with nie, and talkei of my having harbored scouts. This . denied, tait said, when Confederate so] diers came to my house, t?n?y and t?iei j horses wer* fed, as they always demnndei lt, which I had no power to refuse, had had the desire; that the so-called scout had eaten there, hut. always went ol a mile or two to pass th? night; tba Col. Harrison, commanding MoLnws'<3'rvi sion, had made my house his headquarters and his .soldiers camped half ti mile of: trrtit a piJTtion of Gen. Ferguson's brigad hii^l also been to my house, and got fooc for which they issued a requisition, <tc ?c. Ile said, "I do not aliud.: to them a mach HS to the scon's, who were inurdet ous outlaws." My reply was, "None cam to ruy house but those who belong to th Confederate army, sir, and ever under commissioned oiiicer.'" ile seemed nc inclined to believe this, arni talked muc about what they had done, and much tin was untrue about'them, ile then said waa a prisoner, and permitted me to leav his presence and go into my dining roon where a dinner was being prepared fe him, but ordered me not to leave the hous ? ahked bim to respect my dwelling hou> and my out-buildings. HesaiJ he wouh and had a guard ordered to protect thu i at night. The efficieiiey of this guard I proven in the fact that eome of his ro . diers wet* in and out of mv store-room a night, ns they pleased, taking out the m lasses, lard, ?c., which I had there for n: ne^roes-^in epite of hi* guarr!-. On tho morning of the tah,.before tl army left my yard, my cotton house, which there was much giiined?cotton f rnakiDg clothes for my negroes, wassetc fire; my barn, which had all the coiai ai -provisions of two oid maiden ladies, f whom 1 planted provisions every year; house iu which my overseer's family ht looma for weaving cloth for their buppo: and othar buildings, wefe set on fire. Bo fore the Genera] left my house, sot of Ins af my and many negroes entered and robbocf tbet chambers ot' the curtail sheets, towels, household linen, nine-tent ot tay clot ties, ?ce. . I carried "him into c chamber, where his presence caused soi of them to jump through the' windon but their misconduct did not cease. 1 v? i then put tinder guard end marched to t 1 li/;a<7qu arter wa?on. rh.oed b?n?i<? it, aild marched off wi*j\ ike army. lS'(>t J ma ?it iht army left roy pre , mise-, inv .twining k^asa^as set on fire, ami every i liing; in it *>ota*umed, as Lara informed. I believe tins to hnve been done by an officer and soldier, who went back just after the army Wt the j ard .to commit the foul deed. When Gen. Potter passed through Pineville, the dwelling houses vere uotbirrnt until after tiieartny left, wheu Major Rogers and another r? tnaiued for the purpose and fired the build? ings. I was then carried np twelve or thirteen miles and confined in a friend's house near the Eutaw; where the Genend had his headquarters, and on the follow-, ingdny was started for Charleston. When I arrived here, I was tuleen to Gen. Hatch, who kept me a prisoner upon parole within the city until to-day,'when lie sent me a release. l\ir charges have been made against me, and yet an unof? fending citizen of South Caiolir.a has been 'arrested,* his property pill Acred, burnt and destroyed in various ways, and now lie is left lo find his wrjy to n desolate borne as bebt be may. What has been ray offence? Upon a groundSess accusation, a General becomes furious and ill-treats a citiz-n whom he finds at Kis home-in bk house; where he had remained incompliance with an order from Gen. Sherman and another also. I believed that all property, as I well as -persons,* would be respected when the owoers remained at h'<me. This I complied with, as my age was beyond the conscription age of the Confederate army. . Articles of property were taken from my bouse and brought to this city by the officers aud' soldiers. My towels, sheets, etc , were distributed among the soldiers and negroes before they left my yard: and a borne once comfortable and refined, where hospitality was shown lo Korihern as well as Southern men, tor -eighty years, has been destroyed, ns bornes were in the dark ages before Christs religion had tempered the severities of war. In Jhe I nineteenth century, an act of vandalism has been performed in destroying the bouse which "man's genius built, woman's wisdom dignified," and a son's efforts.ha ve been exerted to preserve for his good aud the ?ratification and shelter of others. Besides, it was an open infraction of a general order by an officer of bis Govern? emnt. I arri, ?ir, respectfully, your roost ob? dient, 4c., W. MAZYCK PORCHER. ! P. S.-Since I have returned home, my j over.-eer tells me that my suspicions were ? correct about the persons who set fire to I my houses. It was clone 03* t*o men be? longing to tie army, one ol whom was on : the General's staff. Gen. Hartwell told : Gen. Hatch it WAS done by my negroec; but th?3 is false. A friend's r.egro was made lo eSrry the fire into the house, under the i pistols of two of the Yankees,'anti then they made the tire under Oy books. Prom Charleston. We have been suffered a glimpse of a Charleston Courier, of the llth, from which we gather that the trial of Harrold, the associate ofBooth, is in progress. We note a call on Col. Gurney, made by Messrs. John Phillips and Col. Lynab, praying for the use of the Hibernian Hall, i with"lh< view to a public meeting, avow edly to restore peace, harmony, the resto? ration of the State amoug the stars of the Union, aud possibly the election of somc ! hitherto neglected stars to tke vacarv seats in Congress, and such pretty couche! and cushions as may be found in the cus toni house, the p<>si office, treasury office &&, to which the more zealous the patrio: the more potential the claim. The rutrto j about town is to the effect that the p :<? ?posed meeting, having these virtnon {objects, has been temporarily and mos ?awkwardly defeated; that when tho whit' I patriots appeared in the hall, they foun< it in possession rf tUe black patriots, who under the new regi 'ir, seem entitled to th preference. Our white patriots remon strated, and the colonel in command or dered the withdrawal of the colored gen ! llamen; but scarcely had the virtuoii Caucasians common ced their work, when under the lead of Mr. Redpath, who is ; leader among the Chaldeans, the Corp <T A frique re-appeared and took possession j to that the patriotic work of Messis. Phil j lips and Lynab was arrested on the tbresr, ol?I. Such is the'cruel history a? brough I up by the "rclyable" gentleman abo? town. * . \ SuRiiETinKiiS.-Some official informatica litis? been received at the headquarters o the ewvnlry corp?, that the fonces unde Lieut. Gen. Dick Taylor have surrenderee The war 1? now virtually .at ?n end i Alabama and Mississippi. ** Gen. Debrill ao l the forces under hir surrendered near Athens on Monday. Th command was a nortion of th? forci which accompanied Mr. Davis from Cha lotte. N. C., and Washington. ' The me j had on their prrsoriB from twenty-five t ! t h i i-t 3T dollars 111 specie eacb-being a pal ; of the money titkea from this city a fe I dnvs since.- Awrurta Chronicle, lOih. ! - -:-"-?. ! Jeff. Davis wa? hung in effigy on Basti j Common on Wednesday/week. We arc authorized t<> at it-.- i ! ? ? t <>n and afoer'lo-mmrow, the.17th' instant, specie only wlU be received ?it- I he rj*-< :i b-u-es. MEETING OF* BEAT. ESTATE TXWSKUS.-A .jneeting oil ali perseus embraced in'the above class ?a requested nt the City 13ul!, this mornir.c. at half past 10 o'clock. J. G. Gibbes, Esq., waa <>n y-esterd.ty elected (without opposition) Alderman, to fill the vacancy in Waid "No. 3, cr?used by th? resignation o f Aide rrnan McKenzie. "We ar? indebted to Mr.- A/Isaiice for an Augusta paper* of the lltli-copi?os ex tracts lroni which will be published in our next. OUR QAKDENS.-The cuy of Columbia was always renowned for its flower gar? dens. It has been happily styled the City of Flowers. Wc trust to see the owncis of these beautiful lots, still showing their roses through their ruins, making due efforts to enclose and repair their dismem? bered and broken walks, recovering and enclosing their grounds, training their shrubs into forms of beauty, nod wooing back the sweet spirits, the fairy tribes, bora of love and fancy, which once inhe? rited them before the storm of fire and wrath swept over their innocent shrines and hiding places. And we should not confine our objects to the ornamental gar . densonly. The wbole*of the environs of the city should, be clad in verdure, culti I vated as gardens, rich in vegetables of all varieties, and furnish thus a source of | ^?profit and enjoyment, of food und grateful nourishment to a population now living poorly, even meanly, and lacking the actual necessaries for life and health. Ko man will merit more of public honor than he who stall lead t^e way in girdling Co lumbiafvith smiling farms and well culti? vated vegetable gardens. . PROGRESS ix IMPEOVEMENT.- We are glad to-see that the public mind, is reco? vering fron its temporary* paralysis in [ this community. Land owners are begin nia.r. to repair, restore, rebuild, and though at present ell these operations are on a limited scale,yet they arthur well for that resumption ot business enterprise which ifia^J jUw<Ufe?> Uic :u..ro!.s ai H people.. timcll house', are nunn tug updone pe-i-ti effort i?- the Prelude t.o.a larder, and .where persons hold their house building in re? serve, they are yet enciosi?i' their lots, and grounds iu gond fences, some of them witltT'exeeilent brick walls, for which the debris ot ruined houses afford ample mate? rial. Gradually, we trust to see the march of improvement laking a more vigoroua and extendive stride.' We note with plea-, sure the daily diminution in the n u rn ber of mere idleis along the streets. Individual*, here and t?tere, are detaching themselves from these group11 and addressing them? selves to the task-of honest labor, accord? ing to their capacities. Here lies the whole secret-work is thought; labor is prayer; energy and industry ore virtues, and enthusiasm is the leaven of ail the j virtues. Let us ea;h find his fri vocation, and grow strone: in its exercise. ?2?" PERSONAL.-All subscribers to the Phatniz whose subscriptions have ex? pired, will please come forward and renew, ia specie or provisions; otherwise their papers will be stopped. We present the tallowing schedule of rates, in the case of the most obvious com? modities. For one month's subscription to the Phcenix, ve will receive either ol' the following, viz 1 bushel corn, peas or potatoes. 4 pounds butter. 5 " lard. 5 " bacon. 4 bead of chicken?. 8 dozen eg?s. Wood, vegetables an$ provisions gene? rali}- received at fair market rates ap? proaching the specie standards. Volunteers Wanted. HPHE oity teams have been robbed of a JL number of mules, and twenty or thirty youngmen'are wanted te nssist in their recovery. Report at the, Guard House at orjce.. * a JAS. 0 GIBBINS, may 1ft Assistant Mayor. * ' ?o ?ice- ? FAMILIES haying SEWING WORK to pat ont, will find Seamstress ano Tailored byapplvingaf. OillegeJlospit.nl "Ward A, to Mrs?. F.-KEILSiaad L. G R C - BER. . may IR 1* information Wanted OF Mr. W. G. B?EB1?, who left Coom? bia for Charlotte on .tue 1 (Uh Feb? ruary. "Anv information ?fcincerning him will be thankfully received by his wife, C. A. BEEBE. mav IC ?U?TIOX SAJUES. 'J'lir Mal * httve Ari?red. yu . . y. . " i -tihethi-nt soi 0 . . ? ; ?fiji '? . at iH'aJquai-tcr?, (?ts.ii?! i... G.eigoi's office, i 2 titi? .M UL ris. . ''...ia 16 ?ands ?ig-'i, ??il ii. "j..- und ijLi;.'M?.i condition., 1-Jr toas ftVVJiDCS IRON, ase-ried airo?. may IC . 1 Coffee, Tobvceo. Tea. 5??r?r?tf?, <Jir. By Phillips. Tins (Tuesday) iiCRNlNG. av lr o'clock. 1 will sail; at headquarters, opp ?sito Ur. 'Geiger's offide. for specie: , ! 25 lbs. Lagu?yra Coitee^aupecin? article, li?j ." superior Cbewing Tobacco. IOU " " ?mol? i hg Tobacco. 20 " " . Green Tea. H pieces English Longelwth. 6'> !">-llrS ** Scissors. 60 Pocket Knives, 20 ?bs Shoe Tlrf.ic*. #0 bunches CoMOn Yarn. 10 gross Steel-Pens; 60 groas Ag*?t* Shirt Butions. . m av l?> 1 ' Zet?y & Sc?Tt <T WILL sell THIS DAY, at 10 o'clip?, i-? ?ore their store, A choice.lot of Stiver W.-.re, cmjsietirrg of Waiter*, G*?p*i Table Spoons, Lad!-, Sugar Tongs, Pr?:aerv# Sp^u-s. et'*. SW?, Planes, Anders, Squares, Chisels'. Furniture, oWcker^ware. 300 lbs. Black Lend. Te; ms ca \K Unlimited ankles receiver maj 1 Sa?t?'Salt! Salt) : By STaceb Cohen. WILL be sold,! THIS MORNING. IStb, at ll o'clock..near corner of flair, and ' -Assembly ? tr tote, 2f> bushels of SALU; in lob- to suit -mr ? 25* lbs. RPEK1I CANDLP?, in r p:ickn(Tcs. Terrrfe cash-rn coin, ma'- 1 ft 2 '^T ?. ATiT oxtra'corrmunie dion of t "th -o^land Lodge wili'be held at?fh??.'a J; fSr \ in the Ctft?ege l'nmpu'r, TTI??? AF? TERNOON, at 4 o'clock,-for the pnr;v*e of conferring the Second nu i Tr.ird) De? grees. P.v order of the W. i!. . " may 1ft 1 | R. TOZER. Secretly, Siiverwari Lost, in Cor. vent ; *>i Aeadeta'y Febririry I?. SOUP LADLE* very birg-, ' .: ".ri plated, TABLE SPOOKS, silv?r, . 6v TE A S POON Sj " 6 DKSSEUTSPOONS. ** 1 Dinner .-in ! Breakfast F.?rk~. f -Napkin Kiug^.i rv? Goblets, ! < Cake Baskets.ipUted, -4 ??t ?~**~>r-.ul- and ?--np . Silvf.rwa.e rv-losymcr to Miss cullan, <\ marked aeeonnogir. 1 small hox .hil.-, hflongine to V" ?i ?ch. and nia?fcari accordirigri*.*. 1 large Giles*:, pelouginsr Mis.? A. Un Dian, and markej rutcoi Siweiy. A few of the >|ht<ve reen ; 1.-ned article belonged to Consent, bot th--* great?-.. pi : tion was th?> prpperfy-of *hp young ia.lu in tbe A?ad?-my, and nicrked vnrioQ*! but. could easily 1??? identified The hot of regaining it ??.?o d?-ferr?d tb'c public 1 . tion.. CON VUNT. may 1R *" . 1 20 Wrapping ' Fa^ir."^- "4 OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at th; otBee, Price 20 and 40 cents a*I0*> Tiie State of &mtfe' Carolina." EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, j COLOMBIA, May r2.':58S*>. T^7nERE.'VS information basb^en givrc TT' to me ol' a mrirderrcornnfttted npor: the body of H, W. POWELL, ky a r.ec . j man named WADE, the propeirfc' oft'.. : I John II in nar. t, who bas uisde lit escant . JS:ow, therefore, for tbe apBrekensh I and ar-re?t. of the said di? gro nat; nvvr.f j Wad.-, I do aflVr a reward of TAv'O LLU!< ! DRE'} DOLLARS. Tbe said BS.TO mai j Wade is aged 10 or 20 ye?ps. stourn j built, complexion sugttfcly yellow, fa I bumpy, paatieularly yo;;- and] fore:iet . forehead pi ominen!, t?n i maliced hy - larg'? sear ut tin? *.<:.,e of lise hj?ir, cam s by tbe kick uf aliorse. In witness whereof, 1 hav? sm my .ia ( [L. S.} and seal, this tweiftl?day of "it. eiihiften bumh e t an-i i.\t.y-fn e. By the Governor:'A. il. M^L? KAT;! Official: C. F. JASKET, Adtog Priv,,.. Secret arv. may Court of Appels. TUE COURT OP Al'i'i ii? .- will mci ali Co I .nubia,. S..C, im tlirRSD.l i ISth instant. PiTties irwristed ^.. govern thems'elves accorditjiijlvl By order pf B, F. DI?CAIN, C. \ D. B. DtS.u?sSTRi:r(*lerk ibo ?tl Appaai "J^*Che#ter, Camden. f;ewL>rry art 0reen ville papers copy. nii'-.i' f Law 3?d"c>???0. T WILL he foetid in tba Soutf Cati :e !..Coll eire Buildings, in tf* ) ;bi?y, frc ? 10 a. m. to 22 ra -May i TAMES D. TRADarvFLL.