Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

COLUMBIA. Saturday Horning, Sept. 3, 1865. Interesting Anoma.lI??. The future historian-it will not need the philosopher-will? find no little trouble-for thought and reason, when he shall endeavor to reconcile some of the anomalies into which the American people have been betrayed, because of thc abandonment of all their ancient landmarks. We are told that the States of the South, having q.o right to secede, were never once ont of the Union! and yet the work, troubling numerous wise heads at pre? sent, is how to get them back into thc Union. Thej' were never, while the war lasted, admitted to be out of the Union ! Now that the war is over that they are a conquered people, aftd have succumbed to the sword-they are not. yet ii?tie Union; and a variety of processes and courses must be employed, civil and military agencies, and a certain probation endured, before they can possibly be admitted back to that brotherhood from which they had never once taken their de? parture! Again-regarding thc Abo? litionists as the parties with whom tho war originated, to compel the South back into thc Cn ion-we lind the sanie people* after four years, in conflict for this ono object, now reso? lutely striving, all they can, to prevent the South from being restored to the Union. Is there any pleasing such people? Is there any mode of recon? ciling these anomalies? If we were never out of the Union, wc are not out of it now! If wc are Warred upon to compel us to remain in thc Union, what a monstrous thing, that thc same parties should war upon us still to keep us out of it; and how keep us ont of it, when we are already in? Positively, we aro sitting, check by jowl, with Massachusetts; and have been sitting alongside of ber for the last live years; only we have not been getting our pa}-, when, according to her usual shrewd policy, she has taken care to collect the uttermost farthing from the common treasury, to which har experience in figures could give her the smallest title. We have never been out of the Union, but she has taken care to monopolize most of the offices. Thc South has none. Cer? tainly, the temptation to get back into the Union, as held out by that beautifullest of the sisters-seen inkier own mirror-is not very encouraging. It is clear that Massachusetts, and perhaps a few others of the. sisteren, have not so much desired the restora? tion of the South to the Confederacy, as the acquisition of her territory. Here is the bait for her virtues. Ex? terminate the whites of the South-at ?all events beggar them-confiscate their lands, and send good New En? gland men to manage the several pachalics. Boston alone could fur? nish satraps for all the provinces throughout all the nations, and throw in a few thousand school-masters and mistresses besides; and Lhere would be troublesome conflict with the intel? lect of Gufiee, as a subject, which would call for an yearly adjustment of accounts, or would agitate the subject of local and State rights; or provoke the perpetual question of the mewn et luuni; so offensive to modern patriot? ism. CIVIL ANO MILITARY LAW.-We oc? cupy considerable space on our out? side with a correspondence between Gov. Holden and Maj. Cen. Buger on tho subject of civil and military law. The subject is an important one to the citizens of this State, and we hope all will read the correspondence. We are gratified that Gov. Holden insists on the trial of citizens by civil tribu? nals instead of by. military commis? sions. The Governor sustains this claim with what we consider an incon? trovertible argument, and we aro sure that his course will meet the approba? tion of tlic people generally. Inas? much as Gen. Buger contends for the right to try citizens by military court the Governor has referred tho matte to the Presidcntifor Iii? decision. [ Charlotte Democrat. Jeir. Davis1 Family. AT 'AIJ3ANY, EN BOUTE FOR MONTRE Ali. Tliree children of Jeff. Davis arrived here this morning on the St. John, stopped at the Dela van House for a few hours, and left on the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad" for Montreal. There were two sons and a daughteiy younger. The names of the sons were Jefferson and William. They were accompanied by the motlier of Mrs. Davis, a white servant girl and a man serrant. A large crowd wai at? tracted to the Delavan House, where quite a disgusting scene took place. A number of women went in, an?, amid the most extravaga nt professions of delight and affection, repeatcdly kisscd the children. While the chil? dren should not be held accountable for the deeds of their father, there is certainly nothing in them nor their parents that entitles them to any pe? culiar manifestations of regard, over hundreds of respectable children of loyal parentage. [Albany Journal, Avg. 15. i AJ SCHENECTADY. . Some of the relatives of Jefferson Davis, consisting of Jei?.'s mother-in* law, his two sous and a daughter, aged respectively three, eight and eleven years, a negro male servant, a white female servant, and a? niau, whose relation to the party we could not learn, passed through this city this morning, on the forty-five minutes past nine train. Tile mother in-law is apparently about sixty-five or seventy years of age, and bears an intelligent eye expression in the face; sue w:is dr?sscd in black. The boys wei-c dressed ia blue flannel, cut and trimmed in sailor fashion, and were in charge of the colored servant. The girl was dressed in white and was in charge of tho female servant. [Schenectady Star, Angelo. -vif> ron SIRS, DAVIS. The sympathy of thc Washington secessionists for Mrs. Jelf. Davis is decidedly substantial in its character. Lip to yesterday thc arm ?nut subscrib? ed in her behalf foots up the hand? some sum of $6,510. The lowest con? tribution to the fund was $10 and the highest $500. [Cor. Cincinnati GazcUe, A>r</. 12. THE REASON or IT.-The Haleigh Shindurdl Governor Holden's paper, referring to the persistent misrepre? sentations circulated at the North in regard to th? condition.of Southern public sentiment, thus forcibly and. doubtless, truthfully exposes the prin? cipal motive of those anonymous and other libelers, who have been con? stantly retailing their slanders through the medium of the Northern press: .'One "ol' the objects of all these slanders was pecuniary gain. It had become widely known that many of the citizens of North Carolina wished to sell their lands; and it was known that many would be compelled to sell, ami that the citizens of the State were not able to purchase. The great ob ject,5then, in this plan, was to prevent people emigrating from the Northern States to North Carolina; that these lands should thus be compelled to re? main in "the market without buyers, i till the prices required by the owners [ should greatly decrease, when the very men who hud originated and circulated these slanders, would buy up the lands ut these reduced rates; and then, let? ters and telegrams could again be cir? culated to order, calculated to induce Northern and Western people to move to North ('undina and purchase lands. Enong-li is known (d' these schemes to convince any fair-minded man that un extensive association of men, some of them fd' large means, had formed themselves into bands and societies for this purpose, and what we have seen and read is only a part of this general pinn. When wi- are apprised of the object for which they were working, no mun can fail to sec?the shrewd cunning of the plot, and the probability of its success, if t here hud been any facts for such a plan to start upon. Hut happily for us, wc are peaceable aud united, aud such associ? ations cannot work out their schemes without some facts to sustain them." TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-j& telegram from Nashville, dated Friday, p. m., August 25, snys: A terrible accident occurred on the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad to ulay. The passenger, train which left ("nero for Huntsville this morning ran oil" the long trestle-work near Reynold Station. The entire train was thrown from the trestle-work, mid twelve or fifteen persons were killed and about twenty injured. Two Express messen? gers, named Mosley and Hazlett, were killed. No- further particulars have been xcccb\ il: c__ THE DESKHT FOK A DWELLING-PLACE. t-It is easy enough for a soured man o renounce society ami go into th? desert; the only difficulty is to dwell there. ? The latest news from Washington is by no means favorable for the South, as far as speedy pardons are concerned. The President has order? ed a temporary suspension of requisi? tions upon the State Department for wurran ts of pardon, and the Attorney General will not proceed with the e. amination of applications for Execu? tive clemency, until three or four thousand cases which have been fa? vorably reported upon have been carefully .xamined and approved by the President. This delay is certainly to be regretted, as there have already accumulated more than twenty-five thousand petitions for pardons, and four or five hundred fresh applica? tions reach th? Attorney-General's of? fice each day. The revelation which has made our townsman-Mr. Poster-quite a pub? lic ehlHacter, is said to have had much to do pith the recent action of the President with reference to pardons. He is anxious, rt is said, to break up tho?warm of cormorants and sharks who have collected at Washington to prey upon the eager petitioners for clemency. Birds of prey of every de? gr? \ from tW> eagle to the carrion crow, darki n tho very air as they flap greedily around every ^unfortunate Southern gentleman, who follows his petition to the Federal Capitol. The President, we learn, is desirous of putting a stop to this disgraceful triiific in pardons. This good result he may accomplish by a rapid disposi? tion of the cases before him much more certainly than ho can by delay. It is that suspense, and delay which liiaketh the heart sick, which also makes the business of the pardou brokers a prosperous one. Claim agents, speculators in soldiers' pay rolls, und all such cormorants grow I fat upon the. delays of the Govern? ment. Where there is prompt action, they find no harvest of goodly profits with roferonco to thia matter of par? dons. We now have at Washington un illustration of the truth of thc aphorism, "that history is perpetually repeating itself." An unsuccessful revolution must, necessarily, leav< many ut the mercy of thc Executive, whether King or President. During and after the bloody asr.i/.e, tlie temptation to trade in pardous was so great that all the officials whe hud any influence at court engaged in the business. Macaulay states thal while the humble retainers were pil? laging the obscure participants in tin rebellion, the infamous Jeffreys was Just accumulating a fortune mit of tin plunder of a higher class of victims Ho wrung from one unfortunate gen tlcman, by operating upon his Jears tho vast sum of fifteen thousam pounds. The maids of honor to tin Queen plunged boldly into the busi ness, and distinguished themselve: pre-eniinently by rapacity and hard heartedness. They enriched them selves by this odious trade, and si slow and debased were the morals o that day that William Penn was tin agent upon one occasion, of thc maid of honor in extorting seven thousan< pounds from some girls of noble fa milies who had presented a standari to Monmouth.-Richinoml Times. L>cttcr from Gen. .Tost-pli K. ?Jolington . BUFFALO SritiNOK, MECKLINIUKO COUNTY, VA., July 17, 1865. You ask my "views wf the futur course and future interests of us all. Thc ease, is so plain that very li ttl cnn be said or written upon it. W of the South referred the question a issue between ns and the United Stab to the arbitrament of the sword. Th decision has been made-and it i against us. We must acquiesce i that decision, accept it as Anal, au recognize that Virginia is again one t thc United ?States. Our duties au interests coincide. We shall consul thc one and perform the otUy-r by dc iii"; all we can to promote the welfai of our neighbors and kindred, and t restore the prosperity of the countrj We should at nuce commence t he di tics of peaceful citizens by enterin upon some useful pursuit, qualifyin ourselves to vote if possible-and i the polls our votes should be cast f< conservative men -men who nude stand and will maintain the inter?s of Virginia as ono ? of the Unite States. This is the course which I have r commended to all those with whom have conversed on the subject, and is that which 1 have adopted for ni, self, as far as practicable. Very tru yours, J. E. -JOHNSTON. Among alargo number of Souther ors at tlie White House Satnrdi morning was ex-Governor Jose] Brown, of Georgia, who was emlen oring to obtain au interview with tl President relative to a pardon f himself. Tliere is a eat in Sweden that weig twenty-four pounds. From Chester. We make the following extracts from a correspondence of the York ville Enquirer, writing from Chester, under date of August 13, which our readers will find somewhat interesting: Our hapless community has, for two months, been whirled about "the un? willing spirit of circumstances and passion." First, we had with us Capt. Brown, with a detachment of the 9th Ohio Cavalry. Their policy was to fraternize entirely with the colored brethren. They held the ultra-North? ern doctrine that a "white man is as good us a negro if he behaves him self." Through the teaching.of some of these men, tiie negroes were led to believe that the Agrarian doctrine was to be the law of the land-that this fall there Avas to be a grand "divide" of everything. lu pursuance of their supposed rights, the negroes, in a good many places, actually marked out their respective shares of God's green earth, in some instances squab? bling among themselves as to the quantity td' wood land, arable land, ?c., to which they were respectively entitled. After an administration of several weeks, Capt. Brown was relieved by a Captain-a Dutchman-whose name is beyond my orthography. He (the Dutchman) was as far on one extreme ns Capt. Brown had been'on the other. A few days after his arrival, lie called a muss meeting ot' the citizens of the district, and delivered himself in a quite lengthy speech, in which he rep risented that tin; rights of the w hite man, as employer, were far'greater and more absolute than had ever been the rights of the master under the ?St ?ttl* law. His remedy for all impro? prieties on the part of the negro was to knock him down, and if that did not srrffice, to kill him. The result of his teaching was, that a good many nuui who had got behind in the mat? ter of punishing their negroes during Capt. Brown's administration, went home and brought up tile average im? mediately. "Capt. Dunovaut's reign wits a short one-only about a week. He was rncceeded by an interregnum, during which the realms of power were in the bunds of a home organiza? tion, with Mr. CT. ?T. Patterson, a dis? creet and equitable gentleman, at its bend. During the two weeks that we had matters in our own bunds, quiet and order reigned. The streets were not filled with vagabond freedmen, und things begun tu wear a most satis? factory aspect, "In tin- midst of this quiet, another garrison cunio, down upon us, com? manded by Capt. Bennett, of an In? diana regiment. Capt. Bennet and Capt. Mayes, Provost Marshal, with the men nuder their command, con? ducted themselves in the most gen? tlemanly manner, and, I am glad to say, give universal satisfaction. While they protected the rights of the color? ed people, they forbid them from loafing about in idleness, required them to remain on the plantations, and, when necessary, enforced disci? pline, to require them to labor. "Chester is beginning to assume its old Appearance. The doors on the public square that have been closed so long are opening up. -Ail depart? ments of business are being revived Cotton is coming in quite freely, and in consequence thereof gold is quite plenty. Cold or silver is the circu? lating medium. People are instinct? ively afraid of greenbacks. They quote, in justification thereof, the old saw, that' 'a burnt child dreads , the lire.' Most of them got burned with Confed., and now they are indisposed to bundle anything but the metallic currency. ri "Corn crops bid fair to b?. more abundant than they have been for many years. A blessed thing for the hundreds of freedmen who will inevi? tably be homeless and wandering next year. If our Legislature, when it meets, can succeed in making wise laws*or tlie government of this class, I do not entirely despair of once more seeing prosperity within our borders." SERIOUS CHARGES.-The Washing? ton Star, of Saturday afternoon, says Col. Amos Binny, Chief Paymaster 'in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, lias, within a few days, been ordered from llichmond to Washing? ton, for examination, on complaint of having so manipulated the funds in his charge, amounting to some mil? lions, aswto pocket between thirty and fifty thousand dollars. The suspicion is that this was done by paying the soldiers in seven-thirty bonds, and then receiving a share of the profits which the Virginia banks made by buying these up at a discount of four and eight dollar^on the hundred. Mr. Davis and Mr. Clay recently met on the ramparts of Fortress Mon? roe, and were allowed to ?hake bandi-, but not to speak. liocal Items? To insure insertiou, advertisers are re? quested lo .hand in their notices before 4 o'clock p. m. . RELIGIOUS NOTICE. -Wi* arc requested to state that the Rev. Mr. Martin will preach, in thc Baptist Church, to-morrow morning," at 101 o'clock, and Rev. Mr. Auld at 1 p. ni. To COBRE U'ONOENTS.-Ti e gentleman wi o left certain manuscripts, on Thursday, for tho inspection of the editor of the Phoenix, addressed by a reverend friend formerly of Charleston, is requested to call at the oftice, if possihle, tibs morning, at an cai ly bou:. Our "Local" happened, this morning, at tho shop of Messrs. E. H. MOISE & Co., and were refreshed with the prospect of ample supplies, of large variety, for the approach? ing events of the Convention. We had the satisfaction, also, of sampling some of their creature delectables. Their oysters-those self-sacriticing vegetables of the sea, who fatten that we may feed-reminded us of old satisfactions experienced at the Cove, through tin- aid of th<: venerable Truesdale, and with a ciioice collection of "crackers," nc forgot that we had become, after a four ?v ears' war, the most disconsolate "orackero'' ourselves',-alas!-with how little left to crack-unless a poor joke with our patient readers fur the relief of tao dog.days. MASONIC MEETING.-A meeting of the craft, in open Lodge, took place in this city, on Wednesday last, in consequence of the request of certain of the brethren, ad? dressed to the Grand Master of the State* The meeting was well attended by several Grand and Lodge officers, and by a goodly number of Hie brethren. The Grand Ma-i ter presided. The object of the meeting was to make an appeal to thc craft through? out the United States for succor. The hall has been destroyed, their insignia, para? phernalia, working tools, all the essentials of the craft, and it is only Ly external suc? cor that these eau be replaced. The result of the meeting was the appointment of a commit tee of seven, consisting of brothers ?Simms, Bruns, McDougal, Corbett, Levin, Reynolds and Walter, to prepare a memo? rial on the subject to the hretnrcu through-, out the country, and to take such other steps as, in their judgment, would realize the desired objects. NEW ADVEUTISEMF.KTS.-Attention is called to tlie following advertisements, which aro published for the first time this morning: Richard Caldwell-Confectionarv. -Cottee.* O. Z. Rates-New Goods. 'Townsend & North--Schoo] Books. Mrs. S. J. Cotehett -New Goods. Nurse A baldwin-Crockery. " -Liquors, Ac. Fire Department Meeting. Orangeburg and Columbia. Stage Line. E. H. Moise A Co.-Fresh Groceries.. *. -Kerosene Oil. " '* " -Dry Goods, ?Vc. ', " " -Female College Store. R. Tozer -Richland Lodge. Miss A. T. Legare - School Notice. GEN. BEATJREGAED.-New Orleans, August 19.-Gen. Beauregard's house was surrounded a few nights since, and Beauregard, with others, were kept in a cotton press till morning. It was supposed that Kirby Smith was concealed in the house. A gen? tleman much resembling Smith was mistaken for him. Beauregard com? plained to Gen. Sherida? of the man? ner in which the military invaded his hous.o, the officers in command not being in uniform. Gen. Sheridan was greatly annoyed at the occurrence, and righted the matter with Gen. Beauregard. GEN. JOHNSTON.-Ge . Joseph E. < Johnston, of the, late Confederate ar? my, arrived in this city on Sunday lust from Bichmond, and is sojourn? ing at the house of a friend. He has obtained permission to visit Wash? ington, and it is stated will do so this week for the purpose of having an interview with President Johnson, to whom ho has already presented an ap? plication for pardon, -r-Baltimore Sua. One hundred and thirty-six cases of cholera have been reported at Valentia. Funeral Invitation The friends and acquaintances of H. C. FRANCK are respectfully requested to at? tend his funeral, TJIIfr AFTERNOON, at S o'clock, at the Lutheran burying ground. FIRE DEPARTMENT. THF members of the Fine Department aro requested to meet at the Engine House, TRIS AFTERNOON, at <* o'clock, for thc purpose of attending the funeral services of their late brother fireman, ll. C. FRANCK, Esq. Rv order of thc President. C. F. HARRISON, Sept 2 1 Act. Secretary. A. F. M~ THE members of Richland Lodge No. 39 A.*. F.*. M.*. w ill meet at their hall in the College Campus, 'i'llIS AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, for thc purpose of paving the last sail tribute of respect to their late Treasurer, Bro. ll. c. FRANCK. Members of the. fraternity are especially in? vited to'join with us on this mournful occa? sion. Rv order of thc W. Master. Sept 21_R. TOZER, Secretary. THE EXERCISES OF Miss A.' T. LEGARE S SCHOOL will be resumed on MONDAY, at the samo ?i.mm-one corner North of Richland and Weet of Main, on tho premises of Mrs. Munda. Boys adxaiiicd under ci?ht vea-r of age. Sept ??. 2*