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THE DAILY PHOHX. DAILY PAPER $10 A YEAR. ft 'LET OUR JUST CENSURE ATTEND THE TRUE EVENT." TRI-WEEKLY $7 A YEAR. BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING* AUGUST 29, 1365. 9. J J THE PHON?X IS PUBLISHED DAILY AND TR I- WE ERL K AND THE WHEKtV 6?.EANE8 EVEBY WEDNESDAT. BY JULIAN A. SELBY. TERMS-IN A D VA N CE. SUBSCRIPTION. Dailv Paper, six months.$5 00 Tri-VVeeklv, " " .3 50 "Weekly, " ?? " .2 00 Single espies of the Daily and Tri-Wceklv, 10 cents; of the Weekly, 15 cents. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted in either the Daily O?- Tri-Weekly at $1 per square for the first* insertion, and 75 .cents for oach subsequent insertion. In the Weekly, $1 a square. JK3~Special notices 15 cents a line. Important Letter from Bishop Elliott, : of Georgia. A remarkable letter from Bishop El? liott, of Georgia, touching tho possi? ble re-unioD of the Episcapal Church, ?appears in the New York Church Jour? nal, to a letter from the editor of 'which it is a rejoinder. The letter is ?dated Augusta, August 1st, I860. After expressing an opinion that, a re? union of the Episcopal Church, North ?nd South, will soon take place, Bi? shop Elliott remarks: "I think it our duty to guard tho memory of our deceased Bishops Meade, Otey and especially our be? loved Polk. Not that we should ex? pect any endorsement from the Gene? ral Convention of their views and ?ctions, but that we should feel as? sured that no reproach, either direct .or implied, will be cast upon their graves. About ourselves-the living -we care but little; we are here, and ?can defend ourselves; but the reputa? tion of the dead is in our keeping, and .we can fraternize with nobody who "would willingly disturb their tushes. They have lived and died for us, and however wrong others may think them, w;e revere their testimony and weep over their graves. Nor (I frankly say it) do I anticipate, when recalling the worthy, high-toned men who once formed our Genend Convention, any ?Action that would bo disparaging to them or painful to us; but yet I feel it to be the duty of the church over which I h.ive been called temporarily to preside, to guard against any such possibility. Silence, if you please, but let it be distinctly understood that there shall not be a word of ob? loquy or dispraise. Let them stand ?or fall to their master and our master; one far more competent to judge of them and us than we are of each other. In pursuance of these preliminary views, my opinion is, as I have already expressed to Bishop H. Potter, in re? ply to the letter to which you make allusion in yours, 'that if, at the meeting of the General Convention in October, that nobody was to pass a ! joint resolution returning thanks for peace, expressing the hope and desire that it might lead to a rc-nnion of the ?H?cese, and appointing a committee of bishops, clergy and lxity to meet a like committee from our own council, w ho sits in November, with full power to conclude an arrangement, there will be no further dirticnlty.' God knows that I, for one, desire nothing more heartily than peace, but then it must be peace which is pure, sincere, and without hypocrisy. I have been, probably, as earnest as a Southern man as anybody, and yet I never found any fault with tho church up to the moment of our secession. What has happened since, on either side, has not arisen from the moral action of our organization, but from extraneous influences, which have now partially ceased, and .will soon entirely <cease. ***** It is very.easy for you, sitting in the midst of plenty, with everything flou? rishing about you; with a world fawn? ing upon you because of success, with a future seemingly as bright as pros? perity can mako it> to wonder at our backwardness in acknowledging the blessings of peace and re-union; but the case is very different with usj whose homes are desolate, whose friends and relatives and children are utterly impoverished, whose social order is totally subverted, whose fu ture is dark and almost hopeless. I can humble myself under the mighty hand of God, und I can call my peo? ple to patience and endurance; but, even through grace, I can do no more. I do not mean to complain; we en? tered upon this struggle which ws s irrepressible and forced upon us, atter having counted the cost; but I should be a hypocrite if I came forward with any smile upon my face and said that I rejoiced in it. I do not rejoice in it; but I have taken the oath of alle? giance, and mean to keep it; and I have advised my people to take it and be good citizens, and above all to do the best for the poor, unfortunate ne? groes, whose future is dark and mise? rable beyond conception. Already are they perishing by thousands, and the whole raee will now go out before civi? lization (so-called) and competition, as the Indians are doing. We can survive the change, and one day flou? rish again, but not they; their fate is sealed, mid the edict of Puritanism has already gone forth : 'I mid you cannot .and will not work-you must die.' The farthest I can go in behalf of these fanatics is to cry, 'Pather, for? give them, for they know not what they do!' " Debate on Negro Suffrn^r. THE MANCIPATION IN THE WEST INDIES AND THE REACK FRANCHISE THEKE. Tho debate on the negro suffrage, which commenced some time since, was continued Monday night ?i Me? tropolitan Hall. Although it had been announced that Mr. Ii. W. Johnson, a gentleman from the West Indies, would deliver ?ni address on the result of the emancipation there, tile audi euee wai not as large as that which j attended the previous session. Mr. j Cook, the spiritualist, presided, und | explained the obji^ot of thc meeting, j Mr. Johnson prefaced his remarks ! Ivy stating that he v'as a stranger among his hearers, lint he supposed they de? sired to hear the truth about the West Indies and the condition of the blacks there. Last week a speaker in that hall declared that the political privi? leges bestowed on the negroes was the cause of the popular eruptions in the West Indies, lint such was not the fact. He could speak from personal knowledge of the West Indies; and he knew by reading, of thc social and political position of thc colored people in tin; Central American States. The disturbances there were not attributa? ble to tho position of the negroes, but to the deficient and vicious education of the present generation. This coun? try had two or three hundred years to prepare for freedom, yet, although it had the example of conservative Eng? land to guide it, it has just passed through the most gigantic rebellion th"y had ever seen. As to Jamaica it 1 ' in it before the emancipation of U_G blacks, the seeds of decay. Free? dom only served to bring on a catas? trophe which was inevitable. Negro suffrage hud nothing to do with it. The great dilliculty the West Indies had to meet was in the slave labor of Cuba being placed in the sumo condi? tion with the free labor of Jamaica, and the competition between them was unequal. As for negro represen? tation in Jamaica, there wete only two colored men elected to the lower house since emancipation; and these two men were turned out as incompetent persons - The chairman interrupted the speak? er with the remark, that his alloted time had expired, and he left the plat? form for his seat. AN ENGLISHMAN'S OPINION OF NEGKOES. An old Englishman, whose name was not announced, next obtained the floor, and stud the subject of negro suffrage was all Avrong, A black was a very inferidr being-very milch so indeed. Upon his conscience, and he was sincere, he had grave doubts if a colored mali was not a monkey. He never met ft mun with whom he could argue the subject, for when ho Spoke about it they laughed at him. Now, if the negro was a monkey, he was not fit to vote. (Laughter.) The Britisher's time here expired. A SCOTCHMAN'S VIEWS. A stout-built venerable Scotchman next spoke. He looked on thepreced ing orator as a r?gulai* John Bull, who came herc to oppose negro suf 1 frage as the Tories opposed wliite sui frage in England, and ho politely hinted that the Britisher shoi?d go home. The speaker then advocated negro suffrage at length, and said the votes of the blacks were recmired to keep down the disloyal South. AN IRISHMAN'S IDEA ON THE SUBJECT. Mr. Kelly, a sandy-haired and strong-built Celt, followed. He said he had been an Abolitionist; he want? ed tho negroes to be free; but neither he nor the meeting-had a right to give them tho franchise. The Southern States, now .that thc rebellion had been suppressed, had alone the power to do so. Let them beware, lest they extend the franchise to ignorant men. Mr. Kelly then gave his views about the Southern climates, which were far in advance of Pritchards, and which, he said, had made the negro an infe? rior race. He was often Very short of words, and thia circumstance, with his attempt to illustrate physical geo? graphy and African cranology, called forth loud and continued laughter. SUPERIORITY. OP THE NEO Ito RACE. Mr. Young, a gentleman of sixty, next rose, and commenced a brief ad? dress l>yr remarking that he believed in thc superiority of thc colored race, and he, could prove it. The hoads of white people were angular, but those of blacks wert; well-balanced and uni? form. All the negroes knew how to sing, and the whites did not. It was nothing more than jealousy of the black race, and the fear that they may excel our own race, that prompted opposition to negro suffrage. In the South, the blacks were far superior to the mean whites. Tho negroes lived in cleaner and botter houses, and they had a finer taste for dress than thc whites. They should have the fran? chise, for their votos were wanted to put down tho foreign element of the country, ns well ?LS the dishVvid people of tire South. Tite debate was then adjourned. [ Aew York News. FIRE AM) LIFE I.WUME. H. E. NICHOLS, Agent. TrSOK thc following Fl HST CLASS C03I 1 TAN IFS: New York Underwriter's Agenev, Capital.s3,00O,O00 Home Insurance Companv, New York, (a pita I..'. 2,000,00(1 International Insurance Compa? ny. New York, Capital. 1,000,000 Continental Insurance ( 'ompaev, New York, Capital. ".. 1,000,000 Hartford Fire Insurance Com? pany, Hartford, Capital. 2,000,000 Metropolitan Insurance Com? pany. New York, Capital. 1,000,000 Home Insurance Companv, Sa? vannah, Capital.". 2.000,000 PhoMiix Insurance Company, Hartford, Capital. 500,000 Columbia Insurance Company, New York, Capital. .. 500,000 New England Mutual Life Insu? rance Companv, huston, Capi? tal. S.OlXkOOO New York Accidental Insurance Company, insuring against all accidents. With several other well known and relia? ble companies, the aggregate capital amounting to over $20,000,000. Risks taken in any one spot to amount of $200,000. Office No. 8 Bryce's Bow, Columbia, R. C. Aug ?5 ?lini Railroad Notice. 571R?M this date, the train on tbe Bpar tanburg and Union Railroad will leave Spartanburg C. H. Tuesdays and Saturdays ot each Week, at 6 a. m., and arrive ttt Shel? ton at li a. m. Returning, leave Shelton M 12 o'clock m., ami arrive at Spartanburg at 5.15 p. m. TlfOH. 15. JETER, President. Union C. TL. S. C.. August 2, 1865. ??T The Newberry, Chester Rnd Charlot te papers will please copy twice a week for one month, and forward bills to office S. A. U. R. R. Co., Union C. H., S. C. Aug ll_i7?_ South-Carolliin^K'clilaiMl District. Hy Jacob Ucl!, Ordin?rij if ?aid Jiiftrict. WHEREAS Wade A. L?rick. John 1). A. Keblcr and Ann Drafts have ap? plied to mc for letters of administration on all and singular thc goods, chattels and credits of Jesse Drafts, late of the District aforesaid, deceased: These aie, therefore, to rite, and admonish hil and simular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to bc and appear be? fore me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said Distrie?1, to bi' holden at Columbia on Frida'', thc first, day of September next, at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause if any, why the said administration should not be granted. Oiven undi '- my band and cal of (he Court, this sevotiteenth day of August, in thc year (d' our 1/ird orv thewa nd eight hun dred and sixty-five, and io the ninetieth year of American independence. JACOB PELL, Aug 22 til2 Ordinary Richland District. & co,, COPARTNERSHIP. COLUMBIA, AUGUST 15,1865. THE undersigned, having formed a busi? ness connection with the finn of ZEALY, SCOTT & .BRUNS, under the stylo of 1IUTSON LEE k CO., for tho purpose of conducting an AUCTION, GENERAL COM? MISSION and EXCHANGE BROKERAGE, respectfully solicits thc patronage of the public. HUTSON LEE. Hereafter, the Auction and General Com? mission Business done by us mil bo con? ducted by Messrs. HUTSON LEE & CO. Aug 16 6 ZEALY, SCOTT & BRUNS. HUM LEE & CO., Auctioneers, General Com. Agents and Exchange Brokers, COLUMBIA, S. C. ANY business entrusted to them wilt re? ceive prompt attention. GOLD, SILVER, SECURITIES and BANK NOTES bought and sold. Refer to Messrs. WILLIS & CHISOLM and Messrs. JOHN FRASER A Co., Charles? ton, S. C. GEORGE SCHLEY, Esq., and Messrs. F. C. BARBER * CO., Augusta, Ga. Messrs. STENHOUSE & MCCAULEY, Charlotte. N. C. "Office for tho present at Messrs. Zealy, Stott A. Bruns. _Aug 1? t?tufs ^RI?BTLD GETTY COM, M1B?HA^TS3 12(5 n?<I. 128 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. F. A. WILCOXSON. Agent, Orangeburg, S. C. EDMUND A. SOUDER A CO., Philadelphia, Penn. LIVINGSTON, FOX ii CO., Agents. New York. KV LIBERAL ADVANCES made on CON? SIGNMENTS. Aug 15 2??o* ll A V I D SD?1 O L L E G ?, CnA Ii LO TUJi,, A. c. THE exercises of the College, and of th? Preparatory Department, connected with it, will l>c resumed on thc 2Sth of SEP? TEMBER. AH a measure necessary to the support of the Institution in thc existing derangement of its finances, the Board of Trustees have suspended, for twelve months, thc privilege of using Scholarships in tin- payment of tuition. Tuition ?20 for thc session of five months, and Board ?10 per month -payable in ad? vance, iu specie, or ?ts equivalent in enrucn cy or provisions. It is desirable that Students should bring witli them such books as they may require; also such articles of furniture "for their rooms as they may bc able to transport. For other particulars address tin* .subscri? ber, to tho care (for the present) of Dr. E. Nvc Hutchison, Charlotte. J. L. KIRKPATRICK, Aug 22 Imo President. For Liverpool. mUE A 1 BRITISH BAKE "EXCHANGE" X is now ready receive freight. A pt il v to Aug IS fi ' WILLIS A CHISOLM. Not icc-('li? rit ?!?!?' Appeal. THE ladies of th? URSULINE CONVENT and ACADEMY are anxious to rebuild, as speedily as possible, an edifice suitable for their Monastery and Institute, theirs having been burned sn the general confla? gration of Columbia by the United States Army, under Gen. Sherman, on the night of February 17th. And while they arc far from pressing their necessities on their fel Jow-suffcrers of tho South, will gratefully receive any contributions which the friends of education and religion may donate them for this excellent work. Remittances may be made through the Express Company. Please address THE MOTHER SUPERIOR, Ursuline Convent and Academy, Care Dr. John Lynch, Columbia, S. C. Aug 2 Imo NOTICE.-To correct the many erroneous reports in circulation, tho Mother Superior wishes to say that she lias paid $i?i":5? for one month's insertion of the "Charitable Appeal," and has received not one rent, nor even the value of one trent, towards either the erection ?if the "Convent and Acade? my," or th purchase of ground whereon to build. Killi (Snc'sors to Hotchkiss, Fenner ct Bennett,) COW, ME?CHANT0t 40 VESSEY STREET, NEW YOEE, AND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. Tilos. FENNER, ll. BENNETT, D. W. BOWMAN. MR. T. A. TOBIN, who was for a length of-time connected with the old firm ?if Hotchkiss, Kennel k Bennett, bas an inter? est in the present .firm, and will devote his attention principally to thc State of South 'Carolina. Hin address will bo (dinton. Laurens District. Aug 4 Tmo ?ESTO? TO NEW - YORK. ATLANTIS COAST Blail Line! THE new first class steamer MO? NERA, Charles P. Marshman, Com? mander. Steamer CAM? BRIDGE, J. "W. Balch. Commander, Will leave Charleston, S. C., direct for New York, alternately, THURSDAYS each we*k. . Por freight or passage-having handsome State Room accommodations-apply to F. A. WTLCOXSON, Agent, Orangeburg, S. C. ARCHIBALD GETTY &, CO., 126 and 128 Meeting st., Charleston. 8. C. LIVINGSTON, POX ft CO., Agtonts, Aug 15 2mo * N.ew York. Headq'rs Dep t of South Carolina, HILTON HEAD, S. C., JULY 20,1865. GENERAL ORDERS Nv. 9. IT is announced, for tho information and government ot this command, that BEN? JAMIN P. PERRY, of Smith Carolina, has been appointed, hy the President, Provi? sional Governor of the State of South Caro? lina, with authority aud instructions, "at tho earliest practicable period, to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be neces? sary.and proper tor convening a ('(invention, composed ol delegates to be chosen by that, portion of tho people of said State who aro loyal to the United Stales, and no others, for thc purpose, of altering or amending the Constitution thereof; ami with authority to exercise, within the limits of said State, all the powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people of the State of South Ca? rolina to restore said State to its constitu? tional relations to the Federal Government, and to present such a Republican form of State Government ns will entitle the State ??.? thc guarantee or the United States there? for, and its people tr. protection hy the United States against invasion, insurrection and domestic violence; provided, that in any election that may hereafter he held for choosing delegates to any state Convention as aforesaid, no person shall be qualified as an elector, or shall Ito elijrihl? as a member (d' such Convention, unless ho shall havo previously talo n und subscribed the oath of amnesty, as set forth in tho President's proclamation of "May 2'.?, A. D. 1865, ami is a voter qualified as prescribid by the Con? stitution aiid laws of the Stato of South Carolina in force immediately before the seventeenth (17th) day of November, A. D. I860, the date of the so-called Ordinance of Secession: and th?; said Convention, whf<u convened, or the Legislature that may be thereafter assembled, will prescribe the qualification of electors, and the eligibility of persons to hold office under Hie ?'(insti? tution and laws of the State, a power the people of the several States composing tho Federal Union have rightfully exercised from tin- origin of the Government to the present t ime." It is, therefore, ordered, that all officers and other persons in the United States military servite, within the State of Seuth Carolina, aid and assist Governor Perry in carrying into effect the foregoing instruc? tions, and they are enjoined to abstain from, in any way, hindering, impeding or discouraging the loyal people of the State from the organization of a State Govern? ment, as hereinabove authorized and di? rccteu. All orders and instructions now in opera? tion throughout this Department, whether emanating from thesc-headquarters, or from Headquarters Department of the South, that are not inconsistent with the foregoing distinctly specified provisions of this order, will continue in force as heretofore, through? out tho State of South Carolina. Every needful facility for taking the am? nesty oath will be afforded by the military authorities, on forms heretofore suppli?d for that purpose. Hereafter Provost Marshals and Assistant Provost Marshals will constitute the only military officers entitled to administer th? amnesty oath, a certified copy of which will, in "all cases, be furnished to the lfidb vidual taking it. The original oaths Will bo transmitted, semi-monthly, by the officer rolniinistering the same, to thc Provost Marshal General at these Headquarters, by whom they will bc recorded in a hook kept for that purpose, and then forwarded to the Secretary of State. Porsops applying for Executive clemency will send their petition (with a certified copy of thc Amnesty Oath attached,) to tin* President, through the Provisional Gover? nor at Greenville, South Carolina. Ry command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILLMOBE. Official: W. L. M. BIKOL:K, A. A. G. Aug 16 W'. B. JOHNSTON, Office on Dickens street East cud of Lf?fi;/, "VXTTLL attend to nfl official business VT brought before hine, will also attend to drawing np Deeds, Conveyances, M"rt gaj;cs, Contracts, ami other ordinary legal lnsirunient!- of writing. Fair copies of any document executed with neatnens and de? pflatch. August 1