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$1 a Month, in Advance. ''Let our just Censure attend the tmo Even*."-Shaksprare. Single Copies Five Cents By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43. THE COLUMBIA PHOENIX, FULLISH E !> DAILY, EXCEPT SUN KAY, BY JULIAN A, SELBY. TER MS-IN A D VA NC E. \ SUBSCBIPTIOX.- I Six months, $5 j One month, - 1 AOVEUT1S1NO. Ore ?quare, (ten lilies.)?cetim?, 50cts Subsequent insertions. - 35 eta Special notice* ten cents per line. Prom tho Pctets. j ELOQUENCE OK WO. The eloqueni extremity of wo. Strike* >Jumb, nor eufi'ers speech, or tears ^.o flow; The amazement, in the unexpected shock, Thc bolt thai shatters from us height the rock. Robs language of all utterance, and leaves Iso voice for sorrow that forever grieves; It lives ita grief, conceals the living smart,. j The blasted oak, with ruin at its heart; liven while its tujjs are green, and iu ita boughs, The young bird builds her nest, and singes her vows. cr.Ejf/ EKS. Creepers are emblems of that timid lov<?, lidi a of d?pendance, and ?he sense of fear. That only seeks permission. They will creep. And ulimb, and c'ing, ?yid spirally in? volve Their feeble muscles,?so to spring at last, As to take captive, and, in fond embrace. Rind, close as fate, the grand and mossy j lorin, Thal never felt- their growing, 'till to- i gelber Their fates grew one. norn. Sho comes, when ail is gloon.1; unsum- i mon'd, conies To the poor drooping, doubting soul of sorrow, A"d thrill? it. through a fahey, into fnith; Will come, as st eals a messenger ?f apriugj J Oa dewy A>u?^tet>s, ut til? hour of dusk. And bane .1 single bright star in the ?ky, 1 And woo the eye lo glitter like its own. Kv en through irs tears; will at the mid II ight come, WiLh tier own song, a breeze from off the : sea. j Where it is blacks?!; as the rainbow, : come, Arching the grand dark caverns of thc ! storm, So sweet, serene of beauty; ami will grace, | With modest s-unshiue, the most shady ! place. . Ax ARMY'S MARCH.-Gen. Sher-j man's army, in ita hist march to m?/et j Johnston, would if it occupied a (single road require 125 miles of road to stretch itself upon. The wagon trains ' fd this ?trmy cannot march on less than i ?orty miles of road. Thc bal tories will cover seven miles, its ambulances five, lt carries 1,800,000 rations of bread, the same amount of sugar, and the same of salt'. 800 'wagon loads .of ! bread, and 3,600,000 rations of coffee : aro provided for the trip, and for a few ! days rations of salt meat, 375,000 pounds, are deemed a fair allowance. The single item of ammunition re- j quires 1,000 wagons-a train of itself ncarl}* twelve miles long. The men, in fours, could not march well, closed up on le-s thin twenty-five railes of road. 2.500 pack mules follow its regiments. And these calcul?t:, ns do ' not include the intervals betwixt: dif? ferent commands, nor allow anything for the great gaps which any slight delay will make tn a moving column. -?-*.* 'There is a story going of a yoting man who was once invitetl to dine with a gen tie tuan of rather sudden tem? per. The dining room was on thc second floor, and the ' principal dish a tine roast fowl. Wlfen the# old gen? tleman undertook to carve it lie found the knife rather dull, and, in a sudden passion, flung it down stairs after the servant who had just brought it ; whereupon tho young m??n sei/.ed the fowl, and with admirable dexterity flung it after the kuife. 'What on earth do you mean?' exclaimed the o;d man, as soon as he could speak. 'I beg your pardon,' was the cool reply, "I thought you v.'cre gf>ing to dine idowu stairs.' ? Tbe Richmond correspondent o? the New York Herald, writing under Hate o?' June 8th, fcays: i I stated in my letter of yester j day that Extra Bi??y Smith, 'latu Go i vernor!, of Virginia, was hovering arouncrthis city, and would surrender bim self ns soon as he saw a prospect of a speed}* trial. I learn to tiny that he is in Hanover Uotinty. some twenty miles iron) hero, and will be in this city within the next forty-eight hours. I Understand he has been furnished with a passport to secure him from arrest on his way to Richmond, this "being given-on the assurance of his. friends that he was coming for the pur i pose of surrendering himself. He is j j not willing that any one should make j twenty-five thousand dollars by his I arrest, believing, no doubt, (hat thc I demands upon the public treasury are already more than the condition.of '.he country, would justify. Patriotic to ! the, last. Heretofore lie was prover i bially a claimant for 'extras;' now ho ! seems to be on the side of ?e'couotny. j What a change! There is no truth in the rummel hat ex-Governor Letcber was disguised in an old suit of farmer's clothing at the i time of his arrest. He was attired in j a plain homespun coat and pantaloons, i such as gentlemen in the country j usually wear, and such as he wore for ! several days before, as I am informed [ by gentlemen who were at his place at th? time of bis arrest and for a week previous. Letcber knew he would bs arrested, and he made no effort to dis? guise himself or escape. He looked upon escapo as impossible, and he complacently waifed tho approach of his captors, determined to abide what? ever tate was in store for him. He had been pecuniarily ruined by ihe burning of his' house and whatever else of value lin possessed on the occasion of the Hunter raid-through that section of-tho State, and be bas continued ever since perfectly indif iVrent as to what course the Govern? ment might choose to take in regard to him. The statement that lie dis? guised himself in any way ia wholly un founded. R dimond is perhaps at this moment the dullest city of its sizn on the con? tinent, liiere is very little trade and no prospect of any material improve? ment, at least before the Fall. Thc burnt district stands as it was two months ago-asad spectacle o? chaotic ruin, with no signs of any progress in the work of reconstruction save an odd shanty hrre and there, v.hi- h scarcely serves to relieve the sombre and desolate aspect of the forbidding scene. The people seem utterly pros trate. Their energies are almost en tirely paralyzed in view of the total inadequacy ol their means to perform '.he colossal labor of reconstruct.ng the ruins of their once commodious business marts. Many enterprising business men, who came here from the North in the hope of carrying on a profitable tracie, have returned disap? pointed. They found that there w:.s no money here, pud nothing to make it with, and instead of reaping profit from thpir business speculations, they lost heavily, having to sell their goods below cost to wind up their affairs and return. So utterly bare of cash are tba farmers of the surrounding country that thev cannot pay for the labor to cultivate their faims, and are compelled fo hue upon time-that ts, to hire with a stipulation to pay when the harvest sets in. Meanwhile they have to furnish food for the laborers out ot their scanty supplie?^ and procure on credit, at exorbitant prices, whatever articles are now indispensable to then'. A year at least must elapse before the South will show even,anv si?*i?s of re turning 'prosperity. The prostration has bonn very great, and the proc?s* of fecoveuy must be plow. The cart!) must get timo io jiekl its treasures before the fruits ol these yields can bc made available. It ?J kno-v? her? that for many year: before (lio breaking ont of the late war | Napoleon entertained .-? purpose of cs taWisr/ing a foothold either in Mexico, or Central America, hy way of offset I for England's possessions on toe North of us. Ile went, so far as to intimate to the Hon. Wm. G. Rives, while that gentleman was Minister from tl i i ~? i count tv at hi^ court, that he did intend, ! upon the first fitting' opportunity, to secure some interest in the rich pos- j sessions South of this jonntry. That ! opportunity was presented, as he sup- I pwd, by th?' late war, -md ho lost no lime to avail himself of it. So con? vinced was he of the indispensable necessity ot toe success of thc South in this conflict, as a means io accom? plish ids great scheme of aggrandize? ment, thai hu left nothing tyidone to induce England to co operate with him in recognizing t?i< independence of the South. 1 have, it upon triebest authority that l.e directed . Baton de (iros, iii:- Minister at. the Court, of St. Jame-, to into:m Earl Russell that he was a standing applicant fur langland's union with him in formally r?c<ioniz? ing the Southern Confederacy. When informed by Slidell, in a private inter? view, of thc almost absolute necessity to tiie success ol' the Southern cause of au increase of tho Southern navy, he . auctioned lite construction, by his I own chief naval constructor, of two formidable ranis and four corvettes. He wa?, however, induced, lo prevent their departure from France under the influence: of a remonstrance or protest from tiiis country. Rumors are pr< valent here; of an effort being made on thf part of thc. French agents io induce thc emigration io Mexico ol' thc disbanded Texan sol diers, with a view to ihcir enlistment un it r tin- French bar..nor to maintain M jj xi in i I ?.ii i's prr.tc-tit ons. It' is san! that Gen..Magruder has consented to j take comm.ind of such as may choose , to engage in this expedition, and the \ hope ts said to be entertained that large accessions Will bc made from this ; side ot't.ii.> Mississippi to the rank:; ol' these Tex m adventurer?. If these , run ors prove correct, Mexico will be cumie the theatre 'or a renewal, under ? different auspices, ot the conlli t which has just, terminated hore. Mosby, tuc guerilla chieftain,"is said to entertain high Lopes of a brilliant future in ibis new field -d' action, and rumor lias ii. that iie is busying himself to obtain recruits ?or this daring enterprise. In view of those movements, om Govern? ment would do well to mam!.aiu an efiieient patrol along the Rio ( irande j and Mississippi . Rt vers. If these | adventurers are not foiled'in their mischievous designs, serious complica- j lions may be the result, for the indica j fions show a determined purpose on 1 tie pa.-t ol' Nap'.,'.-on to mai ti tain J Maximilian al al! hazards. Tm: Pi. A ut'ii-A (Vi; roes CHAIN OK 1 Puoi'-HKCY.-lt would appear that tho ! plague or some, other fea rio 1 epidemic has long been anticipated iuGermanv. Thefirst Napoleon, who was very super? stitious, as many great men have l>e*en, and an; placed great reliance in thc "predictions of the celebrated .MM Ile, Lenorman, we!! known as a profession? al prophet, itr Paris, for nearly forty years, -and also trio confident of bis wife. At the Congress of Aix in Chapelle, held in 1817, winn Napoleon wai ai captive at. St. Helena, lins same Lenor- ! man nttif,eled attention among the*' sovereigns', and succeeded in particular? ly interesting the Emperor Alexandria, of Russia, who indeed, had a strong tendency to mysticisms, and pietism, which was fostered by his friendly intercourse with Madame Krudener, a religious visionary, as well as an avowed seer. Lenorman and Krude uer nui, only told fortunes but predict ed boldly and largely, as to the events ot' the nation-, am! it cannot be denied that their mysterious sentences had weight with the a>u?tt? particularly iu Cfcrixany. In I8?3, a small pamphlet was pub lished i;i Germany, professing to con? tain a series of prophetic, rev?lateos found among tho papers of LenormaTid, who had died ten years before at an advanced age. lt is notorious that the publication excited great attention, and obtained large credence through? out Germany. It announced, among other events, that in the year i85:>, j th. re would he a European war upon I Russian soil, in which the eagle and i the leopard would closely inter the ; bear, (the elder Napoleon having always declared that the leopard, i*>t j thy lion, was the symbolic animal of I England;)'that after peace had boen \ restored, the elephant (India) would attempt to trample down the jeopard (England,)-but would, not succeed;) that following the-war between En? gland Russia- and France, would be { an in m-nse emigration from Germany to the West (United States) for many ? years; that the emigration would pros per in their new home, but a time would come when 'civil war would make them desire that they had not left their fatherland; that after the civil war had fearfully raged for four years-, peace would be restored and remarkable prosperity ensue, and that about the time the war in the West bad ended a fearful sickness, com? mencing in Russia, would extend across the Hallie, desolate Germany, cause immense mortality in England, and then simultaneously spread to thc East and to the West. PAROLED SOLDIERS.-It has been a curious question with some persons, whether the number of applicants for paroles is as great at other points as at thal of Macon, and if so, what must be the total number of Confederate sol? diers yet. "alive and kicking," of whom coinmauders in the field could have known nothing? A gentleman re? marked in our presence the other dav, that tho daily crouds at the Provost Marshal's "office, socking paroles, ex? ceeded what ho had been led to believe the entire active force of tho Confederate army, and asked where they could 1?,ve come from. Some one, standing by, facetiously replied, "why, don't you see from the mud on their sir?es? and breeches, that they are just, out, of the swamp!" Perhaps these aie a portion of the two-thirds absentees from the army, to which Mr. Davis alluded to in one of his speeches in this city. Many of them; we doubt not, have been perfectly harmless as belligerents during the war, and can linvo no j ist grounds of apprehension that they will beheld ac? countable as arius-1 earing rebels. When a full return of all Confederates who have been paroled >inee trie surrender of Conclu?s Lee and Johnston shall be made, it will present some cugious statistics, more, flattering, perhaps, to the numerical strength than the moral heroism o! the Southern people. We shall then he.able to learn, not what, was the attainable, but the unavail? able force of the South. I Macon Journal. AMNESTY. THE TEEMS OF PARDOft Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. Whereas the President of the United Stat. .-, <..-i the Sdi dav of December, A.P. 18i?3, and on the StHli day of Mardi, A. I). 18i>4. with the object to suppress the ex? isting rebellion, to induce all persons to return to their loyalty and to restore the authority of rhu United States, issue pro? clamations ottering amnesty and pardon to certain persons who had, directly or by implication, participated iii the said rebel? lion; and whfreHS many persons, who had gu engaged in said rebellion, have, since the issuance of said proclamation, failed or neglected to take the benefits offered there hy; und whereas many persons, who have been justly deprived of al! claim to unmesty ami ['ardon thereunder by reason . if :! dr participation, directly or by ?ni libation, instill rebellion and continued hostility ?o the Government of the United States cilice the date of said proclamation, now s-hv to apply for and obtain tonnes ty anvl pardon: " To the ei.J, i-.erefore, that the authority of the Government of thc United States may be restored, and thnt peace, order and freedom may I?; established, I, Andrew .TohtiSQC, President ot the United Slates, do proclaim <?UU? dellar*: that 1 hereby grant to all persons who hu ve directly or indirectly participated in the exislin? rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, ri m nest y ami pardon, with restoration of all rights of picperty, except a^ to slave?, and except in cases whore legal proceed? ings, tinder the laws ot" the United Stat"? providing for the confiscation of property of persons /?ngatred in rebellion, have been instituted, hui on the condition, neverthe? less, that every such person shall lake alni subscribe the* following oath or a'.lirma tion, aod thenceforward keep and main-? tain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall bc registered for permanent; preser vation, and shall be ol" the tenor and effect following, to wit: 1,-, do solemnly swear or affirm, in presence of Almighty (?od, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United Stales and the Union of the States there? under, and that I will in like manner ?ibid.: by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations,which have been made during the exist in tr rebellion with refer? ence to the emancipation of slaves. So help me fi od. The following class of persons are ex? empted from the benefits ol this procla? mation: . 1st. All who are, or shall have been, pretended civil er diplomatic officers, or otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate Government; 2d. All who left judicial stations under . the United Statts to tdd in the rebellion. 3d. All who shall have been military or naval officers of said pretended Confede? rate Government above the rtink of colonel in thc army or lieutenant, m the navy. 4th. All who loft neats in thc Congress oT thc United ??lates to aid the rebellion. 5th. All who resigned or tendered resig? nations of their commissions in the army; or navy of th.- United States to evade duty in resisting the .rebellion. otb. Ail who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully a* pri souers uf war persons, found in the United States service, as officers, soldiers, seamen or in other capacities. Tth. All persons who have been or are absentees from thc United .States for th?a purpose of aiding the rebellion. 8th. All military and naval officers in the rebel service who were educuted by tho Government in Che Military Academy at. West l'oint or the United ?States Naval Academy. 9th. All persons who held the pretended offices of Governor ol" States in insurrec? tion against the Uni ted, States. 10th. All persians who lett their homes within the jurisdiction and protection of the United States, aud [Hissed beyond the federal military lin?s into the so-ealled Confederate States for th? purpose of aid? ing the rebellion. lilli. All pmsens who have leen en-' garred in the destruction of the commerce <d" the United States upon the high seas, and who have made raids into the United States from Canada, or_been riigr.trod in destroying the commerce of tin.- United States upon the luke:'- ami rivers that sepa? rate the British provinces from lim United States. 12th. All persons who, at lix- time when th'-y seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed, are in militar}-, naval or civil confinement, or custody, or under bonds of th.- civil, mili? tary or naval authorities ol agents ?.f the United States, ns prisoners of war or per? sons detained for offences of any kind, either before or alter conviction. 13th. All persons who have voluntarily participated in said rebellion, and the esti? mated value of whose taxable property is over twenty thousand dollars. 14th. All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre? sident's proclamation of Dvcernber s, A. 1). lSGf>, or an oath of allegiance ?to the Government of the United States since the date of said proclamation, and who havo not thenceforward kept aud maintained the same inviolate. Provided, that special application ivtay l>e made to the President for pardon by any perron belonging t<> the excepted classes, and such clemency will he libe? rally extended as muy be consistent With the facts of the case and the peace ai.d dignity of the United Stales. The Secretary of Slate will establish rules and regulations for administering and recording, the said amnesty oath, so as to insure its benefit to tin? people and guard the Government against fraud, [n'testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my h.ind and caused the teal of thc Uuifril Stat-"; tn he a?j? v d. Done at the city of Washington, the 29lh day of May, in the year of our Lord iso-.'., and ot' the independence of tte United StutCo the ? i>; ty-ninth. A>TDliE\V JOHN SOX. By the Prfsid? nt: WM. il. SEWARD, Secretary ot State. June 9 . .