The Columbia daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, July 20, 1865, Image 2
? Thursday Morning, July 20,1865.
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\ Education of the Young.
frits is an ancient topic, but the neces
?ltV*>for ita iteration is, or should he,
, apparent to all eyes who behold the pre
s?nfc condition of our youth. The subject
: of education ison? alike of individual and
national concern. The State should urge
i and advance it to the utmost extent of its
pow*r, if it would haye worthy citizens;
- the parent should be as urgent and eager
in its.exercise, if he desires to have duti?
ful, loving, obedient and noble children.
That the fruits of a proper systom of
instruction will be tho development of a
race of good citizens and worthy success?
or*, ia commonly admitted. Tho only
difficulty seems to be ia making them so.
What is the modus operandi? An insuper?
able difficulty, it would indeed appear,
froDj tlie number of vagabond boys whom
we may see in every community going to
ruin, dishonoring themselves, disgracing
their families and defiling and abusing the
?oiiotry they enjoy. A propor system for
the go^rnment of youth is particularly
wanting in our Southern country, where
the common period of gestation, in the
growth of childhood to maturity, seems to
be usually skipped over as utterly unne?
cessary in the making of freemen. Liberty
-?wild, outrageous and licentious liberty
-is the idol of common worship- and the
wholesome restraints which are essential
"to bringing up children properly-in
methodizing their minds and forming and
invigorating their bodies-are, of course,
wholly incompatible with the rights which
of consequence belong to all those who
woiship at her altars. Such has been thc
prevailing error. This fatal delusion,
however, we are pleased to hope, will soon
pass away. Parents should now begin to
find that a fearful account will be required
of them, touching the understandings and
morals of their children. They should
discover, and not too late, we trust, for
reformation, that they, and not entirely
their offspring, are obnoxious to the laws
of God, for the errors of the lutter. Their
sins of .omission and commission are
equally upon tho heads of those to whom
their bringing up * n entrusted. A
feat lui reckoning t< any-many whose
children have, in the ;k!essness of their
.heart ?, overthrown the domestic gods,
defied their Creator and anathematized the
mistaken and cruel dotage of those parents
to w.ho3e indulgence they owe their
degradation in their own ej es, and in the
eye* of their fol low creatures.
'These consequences and this picture
are far from ideal. They are of every
day contemplation. Dirty, filthy and
-ragged boys arc met with every day in
the streets, begging, pilfering and other
wise debasing themselves. The progress
is rapid from the vagabond life of indolence
and idleness to the gaming table, the
{?roggery and the gallows. Family misery
and destitution-a shamelessness of habit
and scorn among men-'at length combine
to brand the unfortunate and uneducated,
and wantonly indulged boy, with the
same of the outcast and the drunkard, the
swindler and the gamester. His whole
connections take his features, and become
a distinct caste, shut out from the friend?
ships of humanity, denied its social advan?
tages, marked with an indellible seal
creatures whom men would willingly ex?
terminate, but for that lurking sentiment
of humanity which still fondly believe!
that the Divide lurks yet in the degraded
image of the Deity,
To avoid these evils-to train your
children up to usefulness and honor, sc
that in your old age you may look to there
os strong pillars among men, upon which
you can rest the hundred years of public
benefit and credit which you have ga?
thered into your own life-to feel your
grey hairs an ornament and an honor, not
to pluck them forth in agony and disgrace
-to point to your son as to a successor to
yourself-pursuing the same race of use?
fulness, worth and manliness-not to have
him pointed to you oe a drunkard, o
vs mest er-a wild beast who preys and
yittens upon his fellow men-for this good
and to avoid these evils, 3'ou are required
tu encourage education and industry in
your children, as the strong sources ol
usefulness and power which are to lead tc
good works and high station, aud divert
from idleness, excess and brutality. Tin
maxim of Solomon is no less true in oui
da> than it waa in his-aud childhood i:
equally susceptible now as it was (ben
"idleness is the root of all evil." Even hs
the young stripling is bent by the hand of
him who controls it, so will it incline to his j
hand. Early training, habits of regular i
employaient, regular lessons, good ex?
amples, .innocent sports and recreations,
and a cheerful family fireside-these are
the gretal necessities for the moral aud
social training of the yonug.
Freedmen's Lahor.
Without committing ourselves to the
views of the writer in th's mornicg's
Phoenix, who treats of the subject of thc
labor of our freedmen negroes, we yet
invite the attention of our readers to their
consideration. They ore extracted from a
private letter, and are from thc pen of one
who possesses age, authority and informa?
tion. It is vitally important, if the cxpe
riment is to be tried fairly, that the
opinion of all such persons should be had,
and duly weighed, if possible. But we
may add that all opinions based upon the
experience of men and States, in commu?
nities where all the parties were of the same
color, or of a purely while race, can never
be applied with any hope of good result
to the case of the negro. He is sut generis,
aud you must argue for him upon his own
characteristics, as developed in his own
country, in the JNortbern States as a freed?
man and in the South as a slave.
The Court Suitor.
The following passage from Spenser's
"Mother Hubbard's Tale," was once of
frequent quotation, as one of the most
pregnant summaries of human mortifica?
tion to be found in all the poets. Spenser
is so little read in these days that the
passage has quite gone out of the memories
of men. As the subject of complaint still
continues, and is as much ns ever the cause
of mortification to honorable minds, it
'may be as well to suppl}* it to our readers
as a quotation apt of application among
themselves. Certainly, the days of "eoOrt
neglect," and "kissing going b}- favor," are
not over, and are as apparent in modern
republics aa they were in ancient despo t
isms. Many a noble statesman, row on
thc shelf, will be able to apply it, whether
his reference be to a monarch, or t'o the
most wise, virtuous, meek and deserving
j sovereign people. Experts, whether as
clerks, or generals, or politicians, or port
I eis, are the only parties who can ever
j hope to succeed by "louting low." The
i truly brave and honest mun knows not
well how to
"Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
That thrift may follow fawning."
But we will not keep the reader from
Spenser, whose mournful complaint, expe?
rienced in his own career, is among the
mest vigorous of his verses. We have
modernized the spelling, where the liue
would admit of il:
"Full little knowest thou, that hast not
tried.
What hell it is in 6ueing long to 'bide:
To lose good days thit might be better
spent;
To waste long nights in pensive discon?
tent;
To speed to-day. to be put back to morrow;
To feed on hope, to pine with fear and
soi row;
To have thy prince's (people'si) grace, yet
want her (their) peers;
To have thy asking, yet wait many vears;
To fret thy soul with crosses and with
cares;
To eat thy heart through oomfortless de?
spairs;
To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to
run;
To spond, to give, to want, to be undone!
Unhappy wight, bord to disastrous end,
That doth his life in so long tendance
spend. '
Elsewhere, the poet adds:
Such "curse God Bend unto mine enemy!'
To TRAVELLKKS.-. Cana 1 navigation ii
now open from Richmond to Lynchburg
Virginia, and th? railroad is open from th<
former city to Danville. Passenger- goinj
to Lynchburg, however, take stages foi
Farmville at Burkeville Junction, be?
tween which points the distance is seven
teen mile!. On reaching Farmville, the;
again find cars in readiness to carry then
for the remainder of their journey. Tb
Fredericksburg Railroad will carry pas
sengers through to Washington by rail ti
Hamilton's Crossing, stago to Potoinai
Creek and ?leamer to Washington.
The Central Park, North and East
River Railroad, New York, known ns the
"Belt Road," has recently been extendc
from 37th street and 1st avenue lo 5'Jt!:
street and ?jd avenue. When it is f.irihei
extended to 5th avenue, the "Belt" or cii
cuit around thc eily will be complete.
Xjocnl X&e:xri.@. |
LETYERS F?R CITIZENS.-We once more |
commend .to, our citizens periodically lo !
visit, t he headquarters ut. the Campus, and j
the ornees of Durbee ?fc Walter nnd Kealy, |
Scott ?fc Bruns, m search after the letters !
to their address. Letters lie f-.t ali these J
points for -weeks, waiting delivery. We -,
shall not again advert to ibis subject.
Jons A. KAY, ESQ.- This gentleman hos
returned to Columbia, ano wiJl resume ?.is j
usual avocation ns an architect r.ud civil j
engineer. Of his abilities it is nancees
Bary to speak, as be was for a length of
time a resident of this city, previous to
the war, and was then well known end
appreciated. He will now have an oppor?
tunity of using his talents in assisting in
the renovation and rebuilding of our once
beautiful city.
The military law against liquor dealing
and liquor drinking continues to be
enforced. Phlegm cutters, eye openers,
morning stare, sky rockets, cobblers,
juleps, and all the choice beverages of the
fancy, are, for the nonce, abolished. Men
are made virtuous, perforce, in their drinks.
They walk the highways wi. h discontent?
ed visage. Sometimes they blaspheme,
muttering the mystical words, "Colonel
H-with a terrible gesture. Occa
.ionally, they receive a dispensation of
drink from some over benevolent quarter,
and find themselves with a headache and
in the .calaboose next morning, trying lo
sing with a dry throat.
THE FORTRESS MONROE FRISONKUS.-C. C.
Clay has been taken sick; his imprison?
ment is evidently telling on his health.
He is suffering fron 3 particular disease,
but is laboring uno .c general physical
prostration or debility.
Jeff. Davis is actually becoming robust;
he is heavier now tnan on the day of bis
capture. He is ever ready to talk, though
no answer is vouchsafed bim. He bas
presented Dr. Craven with his elegant
meerschaum; it is of the amber stem. The
few officers who have seen this pipe are in
ecstacies over it. The am?er stem, pure,
solid amber, elicits rhapsodical encomiums
from the military* pi pe connoisseurs. The
stem alone is said by those who ouaht to
know, educnled pipe devotee*. ?o be worth !
fifty dollars, lawful eu net cy of the United i
.-.ta':, s. Arid tie b'.wl. flie turbaned I
Zouave's head, the same t.ntbcirif ?es pro- :
non:.ced beautifully unique, though t j
so-valuable as the st cm, in a greenback ?
point of view. Albeit Jeff, bas donated ?
ids pipe, bc bas not. given u;> ?-mokiug ny :
auy means. Ile stipulated with Dr
Craven, when be presented him tl,,- Amber
stemm, d meerschaum, to give b m i? bo g
stemmed pipe in return. This the doeim ?
did.
John Mitchell is gloomy r.n-1 morose. I;
He does not endeavor 1" bre?k the itu- !
posed silence. He pull's i'i t el ie.-nee. 11
fccowling fiercely on his guards, who, of I
course, never break the silence. John is ;
becoming misanthropical. Davis does cot i
know of Mitchell's imprisonment.
TUE PERMANENT STAXUIXO A RM V.-Tho
composition of the permanent military
establishment of the country seems to be
settled as follows, making a standing army
of nearly 'iuO.l'OO men: 1
General Officers-One Genera', five
Lieutenant-Generals, fifty Major-Generals
and seventy-five Brigadier Generals. The
regular anny proper will be composed of
nineteen regiments of infantr}-. six regi
ments of cavalry and five regiment? of
artillery, all filled rp to the maximum ,
number. 60,000 colored troops will be
retained. Hancock's corps will be in?
creased to a full corps ot three divisions of
three brieades cen of about 80,000 men. 1
The veteran reserve corps, twenty five
regiments, will be filled up to the maximum j
number. Under proposed arrangement,
total strength of the army will be nearly
as follows: Regular infantry, 46,600; re?
gular cavalry, 14,400; regular artillery, ]
12.000; Hancock's corps, 30.000; colored
troops, 50,000; veteran reserve corps,
26, OoOjtotal, 177,000 men. \
POLITIC*.-V e see tho* the wire-pullers
at the North are already engaged in con- !
coeting schemes wherewith they hope to
instal themselves and friends in good, fat
offices. Many of these gentleman, doubt?
less, have an eye to appointments at the
South, but we judcre from what we can
learn of affairs in Washington that a large
majority of office seekers will be disap?
pointed in their Southern anticipations.
While the political warfare is being waged
at the North, we sincerely trust a sec:teof '
words, and speeches, and violent conten?
tions will not be entered upon here. Wc
want quiet. Our people desire to peace?
ably engage in their accustomed pursuits,
without being compelled to take part in
an excited and angry political discussion. |
It is tirne for us to think of politics when I
civil law nnd order sh-ill have been fully :
and thoroughly restored throughout the \
State. Of "co arse, we will eventually be
railed upon to decide mi nv weighty ques- j
lions, b ,L HOW i." not tile titile IO ?Vd? ',
those questions before the people. 1
lCJtar!c;iou Courier, Mik. I
.?g?3Urta ja^rT?^.^^&~MJgs.,ai?aiJitiriini ??
Tho City.
Every d?y wc Lave tho pleasure, ol
welcoming back sorm; of our old citi
zens,- former business neighbors and
regular visitors at the Courier office
in pleasant days gone by. Many of
them have lost all their property,
while others hope lo rebuild their
chattered fortune* on the wreck of
their once magnificent rea! estates.
It is gratifying, how?ver. to witness
the cheerfulness with which they
adapt themselves to the new order of
things, and the spirit and energy every?
where manifested to raise old Charles?
ton once moro from her ruin?. The
old warehouses injured by shells and
the weather are being rapidly repaired. !
and ne w buildings are in course of I
erection in place of those destroyed by
fire. Among the latter were several !
large well known wholesale warehouses
on Meeting street, opposite Ilayne, j
owned by ?fc Adgers. A large force
of workmen ls now engaged iu clear- i
mg away the old rubbish and prepar?
ing the ground for the erectiou of new
edifices. Some- two or three of the
buildings will need repairing only,
and it is hoped will be ready for the
Fall trade.
On East Bay nearly every store and
warehouse is already occupied, most,
of them by their former proprietors.
Among them we observe J. & P.
Dawson, Thaddeus Street, J. N. Rob?
son, A. Bischoff & Co., B. O'Neill, J.
F. O'Neill, and others. The large
stores of S. S. Farrar & Co., we learn,
will soon be under repair. The store
of Janies Walker & Co. has been
taken by a new firm for a terni of five
years. H. F. Baker <fc Co., well known
coal merchants, have resumed business
at their old stand. North-east corner of
Cumberland and Church streets. Our
old friend, Archibald McLeish, is still
at his well known foundry, in Cumber?
land street, ready to execute ail orders
with promptness and despatch. "Wil?
bur lias opened a cominis-inn business
at the old stand, corner of Church and
Chalmers streets. Messrs. Kl i nek &
Wicken berg and Paul ?c Brown, two
nf our largest retail groceries, aro re
fitiing their establishments, and expect
to ojien shortly. The old sod a-water
stand ol D.-iws-m ?? Blackman is fs^atu
in tull operation.
As sin evidence that the builiing
interest is not forgotten, wc would refer
in the enterprise of .-'.?r townsman, G.
S. Cameron, vt ho is putting tm a
storehouse. Tue building on "the
e-irner of Meeting n:.d Wentworth
streets is also being modified and
rei aired under the same ski] i>:? hands.
Ti,:s is a move i:i the r:ght direction.
Let all our merchants follow the lead
aiiii Charleston xviii soon present full
fronts on al! her streets. 'Let the
work go bravely on.1 Mr. Huston is
siso refitting his building, corner of
King ana Clifford streets. Many others
there arc who have or are about to
commence operations.
A word as to the Courier. We are
well aware that our friendo are
anxious to sea us back at the Old
Office. It is our earnest desire and we
hope to be able to gratify them and
ourselves ere long in this respect.
We have already under consideration
the speedy repairing the establishment
on the Bay, where we were wont in
former days, as we shall endeavor in
the future, to give our patrons the
earliest and most reliable commercial
intelligence and information of im?
portant events. '
With the re-establishment of the
Post Office, Custom House, Courier
Office, Banks and tire Bay merchants
io their former place? and usual pur?
suits, we shall again hope io a few
years to see old Charleston restored to
lier former grandeur.
[Charleston Courier.
Tnn WORK OF RE ORGANIZATION.-The
work of re orgauizing the States is being
pushed rapidly forward. The foilowiDg
States have elected regular governor.?:
Kentucky, Thomas E. Bramlette; Mary
land, Thomas Swann; Tennessee, Wm. G.
Brownlow; Virginia, Francis 1J. Pierpont;
Missouri, Thomas C. Fletcher; Arkansas,
John Murphy; Louisiana, Janies M. Wells.
The President has appointed the follow
inc provisional governors for the States
named:
.North Carolina, Wm. W. Holden; Geor
gi l, .Linus Johnson; Mississippi, Wm. L.
Sharkey; Texas, Andrew J. Hamilton;
Alabama, Win. ll. Parson"; South Carolina,
\>. V. Perry No appoirrtrr.crj' b&?yet been
made foi i ?ci iu.i.
ISforthein Newa,
j We extract the tallowing from th?
j "Washington correspondence of tbs
i ??ew York Herald, cf (bc i Ito:
j , The Monroe doctrine examinations
I are ngutu absorbing a considerable
Rtiare of attention bere, and some mora
practicable form of action is likely to
be adopted. A rjretiog cf confetence
waa held in this city to day, between
a few gentleman of social and political
influence, at width it waa dett rniinod
to have State and County Convention*
throughout tho country, as lar as
practicable, and adopted resolutions
favoring the immediate expulsion of
Maximilian fiom Mexico by the
United States Government, mid tiltia
bring an immense pressure to bear
upon tho Administration and the next
Congress.
Ex Governor Letcher was released
from tho Old Capitol Prison last night
by direction of President. Johnson,
upon the condition of going imme-?
diately to bis home in Virginia, and
he gave h's parole to remain there
subject to the order of the President
The belief is gaining ground here
that President Johnson will recom?
mend to the next Congress in his
first message that unless the Slatos
adopt measures or embody in their
new constitutions provisions foe univer?
sal suffrage, that they should not be
admitted, and that in determining:
qualifications of members trom South?
ern States, the ensuing Congress will
.require in respect to all classes in the
South a rigid endorsement of all
changes which have rendered existing
laws and proclamations necessary.
Dr. Craven, surgeon in chargo at
Fortress Monroe, sends Jeff. Davis
regular meals from his own table. A
daughter of the doctor carrie-! the
food to the officer tn charge of Jeff, at
regular meal hours, and it is bv Lim
j pHs>ed to the prisoner. Davis' health
j and spirits are much improved.
During last week there were released
from prison stations one lieutenant,
eighty-four non-commisiotied officers
and 510 privates-making a total of
those discharged by President John
; son of 43,391. There are now ij>ne
j but sick ones left.
I Mr. Orr, Inte member from Missis
j sippi cf the rebel House of Represen
j latives, is now in Washington, peeking
f an interview with President Johnson.
Mr. John A. Orr w;is. a member ol tho
Committee that (elected the Penco
Commissioners who met Mr. Lincoln
at Fortress Monroe. This Committee
! and the party whence it sprung desir?
ed and intended to bestow upon
j Stephens and his associates discretion
I ary treaty-making ?power. Davi?, to
j the surpiise of Congress, accepted tho
j idea of a Commission-accepted tho
j Commissioners so selected-and gave
J them their instructions, and in these
[instructions placed the fatal words,
j "peace to the two countries," and
j thus he outwitted himself, and ended '
in petticoats. Mr. Orr is brother to
the rebel Senator of South Carolina,
and Chairman of the rebel Senate
Committee on Printing.
A report has been received at the
Bureau of "Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands," from South
Carolina, in reference to certain out?
rages that were said to have been com?
mitted in that State, and was made
chiefly from the publicity that had
been given such allegations as the
above by the press. Among the news?
paper paragraphs in reference to this
subject wat one that asserted that the
"forests contiguous to Charleston, Sa?
vannah. Summerville, Branchville,
Orangeburg, Columbia and Augusta,
were felid with the decaying bodies
of colored men who had been shot
down when trying to escape from
their oppressors." In substance, the
report states that, prior to the occu?
pation bf the interior of South Caro?
lina by our troop?, negroes in trying to
escape into our lines were frequently
overtaken and shot by planters and
rebel soldiers, but that such occur?
rences have ceased since the dissemi?
nation of our troops through the
country. The white inhabitants, with
few exceptions, feel completely sub
j dued, and desire to conform tp thc
I policy of the Government in regard to
i the disposition of freedmen- lt is ad
I mitted that the authority oft the
I"<3'?.' -' bns no* v-*t falh p">r