University of South Carolina Libraries
Satarday Morning, July 1, 1865. Speed the Plotigh. It ia a question of great difficulty, wit the thousands of our young men now oi of business, what to do, and in what wa ?o employ' themselves. 1: is nature enough, with all those who have hither! been engaged in tindo, to feel at a lo? what to do when lhere is no traT -whe farmers have se little for the market an shop-keepers arc at a loss for customer: To all this ciass of piersons, it is a difficult; lo address themselves to any new voca tion, for which they have previously ba? ?o xperience. But a detcrniiuod will the resolute energy to do something, th wantof money aud the shaine of idleness .will suffice to compel them to concentr?t thought and purpose equally, in som direction, hy which they may hope l< realize the means of a comfortable subsist ?.nee. Let us commend al! these persons thus doubling what to do, to address thei attention to the life of the farmer. Il i the pleasantest and most independent Hf. iu the world, and the physical labor whicl it demands, is really, after a beginning ha once been made, no serious strain upoi the muscles, and certainly not upon tin brain. Three or four hours of the earl] morning-from daylight to ten o'clock three hours in thc afternoon, wiien th? sultry period has p'assed by-and thelaboi c>f the day will be adequately done. And Tilter a little while, thc mind takes n B?ngU "lar interest and delight in contemplating the beautiful processes of nature, in lix development of-her fruits and dowers. \V<. have always had in South Carolina a large quantity of vacant Isr.d. In fact, one ol the greatest of all oar embarrassments, in the wav of wealth and a high civilization, has been t he sparseness of our population. Wc can supply this now, will probably do so in part from foreign emigration, and will improve, ns a people, in proportion as we do so. Let us grapple with our toils manfully, and we shall triumph over all our present embarrassments. * By the adoption ol' the farming policy, .wc eau colonize, here and there, our large plantations, which have been abandoned by theslaves. Thesemay be settled by young meif out of business, who, with a proper and cheerful resolution, can soon acquire a knowledge of what is to bo doue. Farm? ing is the most simple and easily acquired business in the world, and a dozen young mer., with twenty ac'-es of ?and each, and a contiguous tract of woodlands for fuel, can settle together, form a community, at email rent or by purchase, and, in the course of a single year, can accumulate ail ihe provisions necessary for their own sup? port and for the markets. With a single mule, a singlo cart, a single cow, a single sow, a hoe, a shovel, an axe and a few bushels of seed, you have a really ample -we may say a large-capital for a begin? ning; and in one year after, you will have a well filled barn, "a well-stocked farm? yard, plenty of provisions for homo and a lair surplus fer rale in the markets. Of course, 6uch au establishment implies much more. There -viii be butter from the cow, pigs from the sow. poultry from thc iarm-yrd and the various et nil's from the garden. There is scarcely a situation ;n which fi*'i are not to be hail from river and creek; scarcely a farm or plantation which will not yield abundance of game. Thc pea season will give you partridges; .die harvest and winter time, doves in droves; equirr.-'s ire a small deer, but a imirably line-liner than chickens, when potted; and an American rabbit, smother? ed in onions, L a delicacy lit for a sultan There are fruits whieji only need a little care-grapes at the hands ol nature, peaches which only need to be protected from the borer, (which only requires watch? fulness,) apple.-:, which produce won? drously in the stiffer soils, and all the summer fruits, of spontaneous growth. The planter, deserted by his negroes, and still holding his lands, can do nothing ? better than raise a colony of his friends, and, collecting a small fund together for an outfit, they eau establish a flourishing j community, which shall not only support, feed and clothe the whole settlement, but j give ther.i what, is most precious still I among all classes, the benefit of good and - genia! society. Briefly, we have to sub-I stitnte the firming for the staple cul tur.- ! have to abandon, in a great degree, our I dependence upon trude-at least for nj while-and address ourselves to an occu- | support. A bank of potatoes, ju rt now, is much more sure to give us food than one of discount and deposit. Lifo of Abraham Lincoln. We nre indebted to the publishers, J. B. Peterson <fc Brothers, of Philadelphia, for copies, received by mai!, of the Lives of Abraham 'Lincoln ?nd Andrew Johnson, the. late and present incumbent of the Presidential chair at. Washington. The volumes are gotten up in excel lent ?ty le of print and paper, and are sold nt seventy five cents in paper cover. They are illus? trated hy portraits and other engravings. We have gone through the pages of the life of Lincoln, which is very well written, and ap'pears to be sufficiently ample in its details, containing a full history of his life, assassination, death and funeral; his career ns a lawyer and politician; his ser? vices in Congress, with his speeches, pro? clamations, acts and *.'ervices as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the army and navy, from the time of his first inaugur?t ion ns President of the United States until thc night of his assassi? nation. This, the only new and complete edition, by distinguished oye-witnesses of it. Idr. Lincoln's death-bed scenes, ana a fuil account of the funeral ceremonies, from the time his remains were placed in the East Boom at the White House until thev were finally consigned to their last resting place, in Oak Ridge Cemetery, nt Springfield, Illinois, with addresses and sermons by the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Hon. George Bancroft, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Gen. Walbridge, Bishop Simpson, etc., with a full account of the escape, pursuit, apprehension and death of the assassin. Booth. We think, indeed, that, if anything, thc fault of the work is pro? lixity and not meagreness of detail, and the former faalt will be.readily forgiven by an avid reader. There is one item which, we fancy, might very well be en? grafted among thc details of the volume, which yet does not appear within it. ?The biographer, by referring to Carey's Mu? seum, published in Philadelphia, just after the revolution, will discover that Abraham Lincoln, who was probably the grand? father of the late President, was one of the protestants against the adoption of thc I American . Constitution, and thc protest, which is an nhl", one ami numerously signed, is grounded unoa very genuine State lights doctrines, lt will prove cu rious reading for the present, especially if ! included in such a volume. To all persor.s curious in this history, the present biog? raphy will prove amply satisfactory. The career of a man rising from nothingness into eminence, will always prove valuable and instructive for the young. NOMINATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.-The Hon. A. Dockery has been nominated by the citizens of Rockingham County as their ii i- it choice for permanent Governor of the State. Hon. W. W. Holden has been nominated in Wak* County. Col. J. R. Kuss, W. Ii. Hood, C. J. Rogers and J. ? . Pennington are nominated in the same county-the first for Congress, the last for the Convention. Thc nominations, in? deed, aie becoming fast and thick, and the wise ii^-u Bpringng up thick as locust*, entraeting the privilege to save the country. ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER.-Wc aie in receipt of this neat little paper, issued in Anderson, by James A. Hoyt and W. W. Humphry. - Wc cordially wis!) sucosa to these publishers, and a speedy enlarge? ment of their limits. But they must, like ourselves, wait patiently until the- wind comes out from the right quarter. It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. Francis Kinloch Simons, eldest sVm of Daniel und Sarah J. Lesesne, died in Charleston on the ?Gth Ju.?o, in the 21st year of, his age. So, also, we find the death reported of Miss Susan.A. Ward. Hon. George W. Gale, of Cahaba,. Ala., is the person arrested fer otu ring pro? posais for tlie assassination of President Lincoln. Immense numbers of civil and military officers of the late Confederacy arc apply? ing to President Johnson for pardon. --- Sherman is spoken of as tho Democratic candidate for the governorship of Ohio. -.O. _.- - WASHINGTON, June 28.-Tho Young Men's Christian Association have closed their transaction for the purchase of Ford' Theatre for the sum of $100,000. Seve? ral church orgauizaJiona bad been in Ijocal Items. The office nf the Columbia Phoenix is on Gates street, second door from Plain. We "have a New York Tribune, of the 22d June,' for which we are indebted to a friend. From this we gather sundry | items. Our readers euc invited to an exnminn. tion of the stocks of Zealv, Scott <fc Pruns, as this day advertised, of creiturc and other comforts suited to a due ctdebraiion of the approaching anniversary of Ameri? can independence. PRICE OF COTTON.- There will always bo a considerable discrepancy in prices, as between buyer and seller. Thc one natu? rally seeks to bu)* as cheaply, the former to sell as dearly, as possible, lt is not .easy to reconcile the difference between the parties. We have been censured for reporting cotton in this place at thirty cents, instead o? twenty. We b<-g to say, or the threshold,Aliat we have none lo j se!.'. Had we the gr._-ei; backs, we should j like to buy. ll cotton be selling at 4ii a .lo in New York, it ought, to bring from 25 a Su here. 'This would leave margio enough fer profit tu a moderate-minded denier. We should remember lliat the colton now lett ia the country constitutes our specif-it, is utmost thc only capital we have with which to begin the world anew. We wish all the profit of this cot ton to remain in tho country. Wo need it ttl!; nud our planters would dt> well to weigli the matter well before they sell. Cotton, cannot decline for some time lo come, lt must rise. Paper eui ?ency ;s moro apt to decline than cotton. Cotton, in other bauds than ours, is like to rise prodigiously. "We should prefer to see ;t rise in ours. A .vord to the wise is suffi cieut for them. For thc foul?, nothing need h.: said. We beg to say that, having been reproached for reporting cotton at 2t!, and having been essured that it bad, in one instance, commanded SO, we re? ported accordingly! Our report ean .!<* no harm, a> it will ?J iL tho respecti :a trading parties properly on their guard, and ike longer the contest lasts, the better, in thc end, for the coller. Thc buyer r:;;."t lake care of h ansell-v. e isl,all try to take care of t'.ie country. E"S*~J ' K us o N A t.-All eu hscr i be rsR? o th e Phavix whose subscriptions have <.:: pired, will p!ea:-e cou.e. forwa'-d nr.d renew, in specie cr Government Treasury uotes; otherwise their \ >ap? u. will bc- atop l>ed. _. ?-2? W *> wi-.!, it distii.ct?y understood that our terms are .cash. No advertise? ments '?iii. therefore, he inserted unless [und for ir. advance. WisniKCt 'M, June 21 -Rd mu nd Ruftin, of Virginia, who tired the first gun on Fort Sumter, is dead. Ile committed sili? cide i.car Richmond, or Satin la) last, by blowing his h?ad oit .vit!-, a gun. A n:eirjorandu*r. wu- lound ninoni; his ; ape?**, saya th? Iii>-fnnm\.? Republic, stating that he could not live under the Government, of the United States-th,.I lie pt (den ed death lo doing so. TMICHATION FRC:.' EUROPE.-The rtew York correspondent cf the Philadelphia L< tiper vv- ri tei. ".Nearly 2,000 English, Irish and Ger? man emigrants arrived here this morning in tiie steamers Germania and City ol Cork, and if the letters from the packet agents on the other side can be relied upon, we may expect au average of about 4,000 a weeli from now t 1. -.be Fall. With the "restorat ion of peace in America, the impression is said to ha almost universal 'throughout Germr." y tba! lhere H a btjtter opening for Inboi than ever before. Hun? dreds ol' families were selling ont' ut various ?"laces, lo emigrate in a body. They expect employment as farm hands in the Western States. The English, Irish and Scotch emigran is, who came via Liver? pool, seem t? enter: ai u like expectajiot t as to the demand of labor, but thev dillVr from the Germans as, ;..> the locality it I? best to 6t-ttU down i: . and hence, wnilt the latter proceed to ihe country ci speedily ns possible afur their arrival ai Castle G?rdc::, the fermer, es a genera rule, prefer to taiie their ch au cea for om ployaient in the eitv." _? ^ ._ Marshal Stewart, "a guerilla," and ; negro named Lewis, the murderer of M; McGrath, at Shelby ville, were executed a Louisville on Tuesday at the .m'i-Iitary pi i son. HARRIED, On Tuesday evening. 27th J imo, bv Rc*: Mr. Sham!, AUGUSTINE T. SMYTHE, < Charleston, S. C., to LOUUsA R..y?ung-' daughter of the late j>. McCord, of Cc lumbia, S. C. On Thursday evening, June 20, by th Rev. J. J. O'Connell, ?it the residence < the bride's mother, Mr. JOSEPH W. (.ol DON to Miss N EDE Ll A LOUISA Did F Ft", a1' ??' < t,..,.t..^.,.r. s. G. II History of the Naval Academy. The Naval Academy, like West Point, ivas "projected io the earliest days of thc republic. Ltshistony ia nob quite so rich in points as that ot Wost Pointy but Jess widely known, and therefore particularly appropriate here. The first naval committee was appoint ed December 11,1775. For nine years from 1780* the war and navy depart? ments were united. A Naval Academy was proposed by Alexander Hamilton, and the last letter ever written by George Washington, two days before bis death,"was to urpe ihe adoption-of Hamilton's plan. The proposition was often-debated, and wlu-n finally about to be executed Governor's Island was proposed as the site of the edifices per? taining to the schools. Southern men were loud in their advocacy of the scheme, and Hayne, of South Oanolinr?, wa0, one the stanchest adherents of the Naval Academy, a-5 also Gen. W. FI. Harrison, of ?ii^mi fdnv*.;^ Various obstacles were thrown in tue wnv of tho. realisation cf this excellent scheme For aaaoy years after the o rgn ni "etti on of tbs country, the War and Navy Departments were united, but at la-t. laking the responsibility, George Jlati croft, Secretary of the Navy, in "S45 determined to locate a national naval school without tbe^permission of Con? gress. Ile' conferred with the Virginia commander, Franklin Buchanan, and through the good willoi'Gen. Winfield Scott, obtained the transfer to the navy of the useless post of Annapolis-; "a lew commonplace ?difices '.vero arranged to receive the cadets, and the institution was opened Friday, October 10. 1S45. George Bancroft may, therefore, be con? sidered the founder, and Commander Bu cha?an, who threw up his commission the beginning cf the rebellion, WHS the first Superintendent ot** the Naval Academy. The second superintendant was Commander Up sh ur, o? Virginia who made ?orne additions to tn? schcol. The schola'ship at first re? sembled tluit of Wist Point. The first practice ship used at. An nap dis wai the P.ebie, and the first cruise was made in the summer ot 1 S"0. This attracted great attention, although naval education ir. Earope was /fuite common by this time; ikerecond cruise Came <>tf Mi I Soli, and tras a very extensive one, einl.racing Made]ra, the Canary ate! the West In ia Islands. The next cruise, that of 1 .S5-4-, took in Corunna, Plymouth Cherbourg, and Brest, the latter p ut being thereat nf toe i'teucli Na>..-.I Cadet Sch.uel. The present Admiral Goldsborough "was fourth superintendent nt Annano'.is Dnring these years many improvernenfe ^?re ina<le in the course of study, the organization, etc., sud the cadets becams prom.- t-i.i ia our marnte establishment. Who bas forgotten Hern ion, who sic >\ at his p ist when the mail ship founder? ed,'and polished with ber. There is a monument lo his heroism at Annapolis. In April. 1861, the rjbeliion began, art'i played havoc with Annapcl?3. The frigate Ooti*tiuni->n. the ?samo which Holmes the poet reauested thu thunder? bolts to ^iok, ai d wnich had been com. pletely and beautifully rebuilt* was desired by the Marv la nd lebe!?, who planted a b itt?rv m ar br Annapolis, and defied ??,o Government lo take her ont of shoal water. This was accom? plished by the Elghjph Massachusetts regiment on the 21st ot May, and in putiishmejtt for thc treachery of Anna? polis, she lost temporarily tho owner shipof the cadet school. 122 out of tho' 263 pupils resigne.1. and went. South. Thel43 who remained were place'! at '.'orr. Adams, in Newport harbor, and in the summer succeeding, the Atlantic Hotel was rented from Edward F. Newton, am! converted into a naval barracks. In ?-^o-i^ !60 cadets came out of the school; i ri 1837, 15 graduated out ol 176; in 185S, nut of 180 cadwfs, 2c graduated; in 1852. 42; in 1860, 21 graduated out of 282; in 1861, cnl\ 141 cadet s remained steadfast, and then: were no grad?ale.-, '?'his year, 35 under? graduate^ nevertheless, took pl-ices ii tho navy; then the school was transfer red to Newport; and, in 1862, 2' graduated out of 220, in 1803. 20 on of 362; 1S64, 25 out 398; in 186559on o? 44.". The graduating class thi?year i exceedingly great. v [JVviv York World. A quarrel without, lighting ?j th baudcr without lighting": A V.'>.sT VIRGIN!* Vlf* OF POLITICAL AiKA1RS IN EARTEUS VtRfilSIA.- Tile Whee! ing (Va.) iMelligeyieer-iL? 1er?ding poper in" JV .-st. Virginia-das a long editorial upon Gov. Pierpont and affairs in Eastern Virginia. It Kaya thc Governor is n "ra? dical" man, 1 ut "So far as it represents nay spirit rf revengefulness,- the Governor i > a conser? vative in iii0 true and ynabused necepra tion of the teem, lit; realises that tb? eountry now demands statesmanship, not. partizanship, at yis hands-that i' is de. dirallie not. to perpet?ale a government ?if bayonets aud ilr^m head court martial.? that the ti ce leader und refofcim-r of the hour is he wh? build:; his hopes and expec? tations of government upon the consent of the governed, and upon nooth-r iou nd ci? tion. The chief difficulty in bis WHV is the restoration of the elective franchis-. On the one bund, he is urged to -use bis influence lo have**the Legislature that re? cently sat in Alexandria, ned that will meet again in Richmond, exercise that dis? cretion confided lo them by the new Con? stitution, which allows an extension of the right ol suffrage beyond those few persons in Virginia who were not. impli? cated in the rebellion. He in pressed to a recommendation . f ibis sot-1 by reas,in cf the chaotic condition <.i tie.- counties. As malters etai.d, no utan can record a deed, hold ~ court, administer an catii, celebrate a marriage, gran! a license to do business, administer on an estate, ur Jy ativ oilier ii el l.'iut iv<- ii ires court organization, li n - less the people eau vote, they ure bo;.eb s !y stagnated, and their only refuge is tu leiiv; the State as la^t as they can sed or sac ri ti ce their property. Thia is ona view that confronts Gov. Pierpont at the sturt in the work of re organization ??nd restor? ing V ii ginni. ' Horace Mat nurd, of Tennessee, is a can? didate for Justice of the United Males Supreme Court, as a successor of .'..dee Cur.-:.. ? Ata meeting of the Baltimore Agricul? tural Society, V- ediiesday, ?11,00b' were euh.-cribed in a'd ?.!' S- tithern farmers. Toe New Yoi k Tunta says that President Lincoln lett ut his death about fi itv thou? sand dollars in Government eeeur tie*. A??flON SALK?s. Sundries. 3y A, E.. Phillips. THIS (Friday) MORN ING. at 10 o'clock. I wrul sell ut my nuclioti room, Beddi's Row, a variety vf article?, consisting ol Sstoue Jaie, bua-s Fenders, Tu'.-, lot Faints nn<l Paint Brushes, ?ot ut B< oks. l.ouO lbs. Horseshoe Iron, Black Pepper, ?i.e. Ju! v ? . " Variety Sale. 3y C. F. Harrison. THIS MORIN I .Nt;, at S-J o'clock, i will sci!, near tile Lower Kation House, The follewing articles: Shae's, Traring Cloih, Blankets, Cap Fa per, Anvil, Oven, Hoes, Decanters, \v ?Uer Pitchers, Wash 'J'ui.-, Clothing, Aleln-n Cloih. etc. ? Iso, a line Barometer. Ai*.-, one Ca.!'. Unlimited articled received up t ? 'hour of ?ab-. i uly i ?fi.?es, Wagons, Harnes:;, ?se. 3y J&eoo Levin, Auctioneer ON MONDAY iVloRNiM?, -U Julj next, will he .-old. at [he Gu it td Howse, or O ld Fellows'School Room, at lu o'?: .???;>?:, & well-broke 5ii.?-s a:;e. three "A ago ns and Harness, belonging to the city ot Co? lumbia. Al.Ki, \ Hors-, Buggy ami Harness and i tine Sad l'e lioise. conditions Cssh on deii I very. Jut:e 80 55 For Sale cr Eire, ,4 T rer.9onnble prices, two FIANOS J.\. ?> ond f>i octave. Apply to A. TRAT - GEH, near Fraze? s now buildings. inly 1 * .2? For Aiken. A COVERED VAGON will .leave for Aiken,MONDAY, 'uly :;. Ko i- ireight or passage, npjdy t< 1 * COI FIN. al .Miss Green's house, corner .Senat-' and Bini streets. July 1 I" A Line o?' Boats * XT/lLL ply regularly between tb* city ? ? and Alston an'd Shelton's Ferry, connecting with the Greenville ?fe Colum? bia and Spartanbnri? ?t Union Railroad at thp above points. For freighter passage, apply to WM. SIMONS, Bull stte'-t, above Banding._jn y - CHOICE ARRIVALS ! 1 *7 CHOICE English DAIRY CHEESE i ? Packages LOW'S WINDSOR SOAP. W FIT KW/SH BRUSHES. IO* 13 Ereneh C LASS. ? 100 lbs. PUTTY .-Ac. 1 Just arrived am: for i-ale by I july i 2 KENNETH ? GIBSON. Fourth of Jilly Luxuries. ZEALY. SCOTT-& BRUNS bec to an? nounce to the lovers of liberty and all good things that they are in ike r*1? sipa of the following luxuries AIM creature oornforts, viz: Almonds, Raisins, Currant*, Figs, Brazil Nuts, ?c , ?te ; Corn Starch, for puddings; Crackers, Biston BUeuit, Ginger ?ind Tea Cakes; fine Cheese,, Sal? mon, Mackerel, Herrings, Coffee, Tea, Brown and Crushed Su rars, and all tho Spices. Allspice, Cloves,' Cinnamon, ?vc, with a thousand-other articles of equal Importance to a Iv ur iii ol ;- h c?l?bration.