The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 06, 1865, Image 2
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COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, Sept. 6,1865.
Jefferson Davli.
We invite our mir readers to a pe?
rusal of the veil-penned and well-'
considered memorial of the ladies of
Abbeville'to President Johnson, in
behalf of his captive, tn J late Presi?
dent of the Confederate States. A
similar address from the ladies of Co?
lumbia might well be made, to accom?
pany this\ouching appeal from then
sisters of Abbeville, and from all parts
of the State, and from all the South
-nay, why not from all the gentle
and pitiful of the North also-all who
shrink with a sense of horror from
the idea of shedding more blood, and
with a sense of shame at any indignity
offered to a prostrate enemy-let a
universal voice of pleading go forth,
as from so many thousands of congre?
gated hearts in prayer and' pity, that
the arm of vengeance may be staid,
while mercy bids tho unhappy pri?
soner to go in peace! It is very sure,
whatever his sins may have been, his
sufferings have been great. His power
is gome forever! He can sin no more !
Abandoned Lands.
, This subject is ono of considerable
importance now, and wijl be of more
consequence hereafter. We copy
from the Greenville Mountaineer a re?
port Trom Wm. Henry Trescot, mado
to Gov. Perry, in relation" tq?the action
of Congress and the military on tho
subject; from which the reader will
derive much usef id if not wholly satis?
factory information. There are few
plantations which have been volunta?
rily abandoned. Owners driven out
by shot and shelly or Shermanized,
are not to be assumed to have left
their property voluntarily, even
though they should liave gone with a
will. "Needs must when the dewil
drives," and the most tenacious pro?
prietor in the world will fly when the
fire is at his skirts.
. European Advices.
By the last' advices from Europe,
we learn that all attempts to raise the
great electric cable are to be suspend?
ed for the present at all events, and
perhaps forever. The courage cf the
proprietors, however, remains firm
under defeat, and it is proposed, at a
future season, to renew the experi?
ment, with a new cable. We sHa?
soe. What has been done once, may
be done again. Wo know that tele?
grams may bo sent by electricity from
Europe to the United States. This is
. a fixed fact. We have no doubt that
science, taking counsel from experi?
ence,'can succeed again, and it is pro?
bable, so thoroughly succeed, as to
make the communication between the
two countries, by this medium, a per?
manent one. But-will it pat/ when
it is done? That is tho question. We
really honr fast enough from Europe
by the ordinary conveyances, and
'Europe hears fast enough from Ame?
rica, for all the ordinary purposes of
the two nations. Apprehensions were
increasing in England at the approach
of the cholera. The epidemic had
reached Marseilles. A great meeting
of medical and other scientific men
had b?ft held in London to consider
the subject of sanitary precautions.
The Winnsboro News announces the
death of Hon. R. B. Boylston, which
occurred in that town on Monday
evening last. Mr. B. was a prominent
citizen of Fairfield District, a member
of tht^Legiid^ture for several years
and Speaker of the House of Repre?
sentatives^_
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Gazette
speaks of discrimination againsl
Northern men in the business affair;
of that city, and protests against it.
It threatens to print the names of al]
persons who persist in su*h a narrow
minded course, and says: "We desi?
.nkees, Dutchmen, Irishmen, Chi
rien and everybody else, to locate
invest their capital here. If it ii
nought here by strangers we cer
shall never have any."
1
! To His : Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States: 3
We, the lihdersigned, ladies of Ab
bevifle^ IXstrict, South Carolina, re?
spectfully exhibit to your Excellency
our desire o intercede in behalf of
Mr. Jefferson Davis, the President af
the late Confederate States. "We have
heard with much satisfaction that pe?
titions of a like nature have.been ad
.dre8sed to your Excellency from oth?s
portions of the country,- and we enter?
tain the hope that these united ap?
peals for mercy will npt fall unheeded
upon the ears of your Excellency.
Di any event, it will ba grateful to ,
us to have thus testified our feelings |
for one whoso faults, in our judgment |
at least, have not been past for?
giveness. Called from the retirement
of his home to a position which he did
not solicit, but which his manhood
forbade him to d?chue, illustrating
by his conduct the highest devotion I
to principles, which were maintained
with marked unanimity by his p?ople, |
temperate in the hours of triumph, '
dignified and calm in the days of de-1
i feat, always just, always generous, j
always brave, wo see in hi? conduct !
everything .to evoke sympathy, and
nothing to merit tho extreme punish?
ment with which he is" threatened.
The same firmness and calm views of
policy whicli, on repeated occasions, |
ho displayed in resisting the cries
which, in his region, were raised for
sanguinary retaliation, we hope will
now be exhibited, in disregard of the
unfeeling agitation which seeks his
life. We hope there will be a merciful
remembrance of his poor wife, plun?
dered and insulted after being torn
' away from his prison, and of his
young children, whoso prospects in
lifo have been so terribly blighted.
Impelled, by tho feelings of our na?
ture-which are ever excited by thc-|
misfortunes of the bravo and the good,
which have in all ages characterized
our sex, which moved thc Marys Jx) be
the last at the Cross and the first at
the grave-wo earnestly beseech your
Excellency to exercise, in behalf of
Mr# Davis, all Executive clemency. ?
Grant our petition, and, besides find- j
ing in your own breast thc reward
which attendu every virtuous deed, we
sincerely believe that you may? expect
increase of your own renown, and of
the honorable character which forms
tho strength of your country. For
ourselves we will say, we will hold in
grateful remembrance this act of ge?
nerosity to the unfortunate, and will
teach our children "to risc tip and
call you blessed. "
ABBEVILLE, August 23, 1?565.
THE PBISONEBS.-The tone of the
following extracts, which we take
from tho Philadelphia Inquirer, ia
mean and brutal, but the facts-if
they be facts-wilHt&terest the South?
ern reader. It is very shocking to
think'that, in this or any age, the
press of a ' great city, like Philadel?
phia, should speak in such insolent
manner of a crushed but eminent cap?
tive-no matter what his offence:
"Jeff. Davis has been unable to take
his out-door exercise for several days
past, on aceount of a carbuncle online
of his legs. Davis has, for years, been
subject to these painful eruptions,
and asserts that they are not oc?
casioned by his confinement. Jeff.?
has become quite cheerful and com?
municative. He fully appreciates the
mild regime to which he is now sub?
jected. Soveral volumes of the Eng?
lish classics are now allowed him, an
occasional paper, and pen, ink and
I paper. He writes letters, of course,
? enclosed to the Secretar}' of War.
I Whom Jeff, favors with epistolary
communications is known ?illy to Mr.
Stanton and his confidential clerk.
"Letters to Jeff, are of frequent oc?
currence. TJioso who scud them may i
as well save their stationery audty
1 stamps, ti> .say nothing of the .labor of
writing. No letters are allowed J. D.
Gen. Miles becomes their custodian.
Their contents are perused by the re?
ticent young General, and then pack?
ed away, and he to whom they are
addressed is not even feware of their
existence. ?
"Clay ifhd Mitchell promenade.'thc
ramparts every day, though never at
the same hours. Mitchell has just re?
ceived a small bale of Lynchburg
smoking tobacco, from h\s son at
Richmond. The fragrant Lynchburg
weed Was allowed to pass the glitter?
ing cordon of guards, and placed at
John's disposal. Mitchell received
tile soothirfg w6ed gladly-nay, thank?
fully; he who, scarce three months
ago, rejected in advance tho pardon
of the President of the United States,
returned thanks for being allowed to
receive five pounds of smoking to?
bacco." . *? ?
; ? - "
The Wirtz trial still continues, and
promises to continue ad infinitum.
We copy the following letter*from the
accused, addressed to the editor of the
New York Neuss:
OLD CAPITOI? PRISON, T
WASHINGTON CITY,
August 27, 1865.
To the Editor of the Neut York Neids:
Although a perfect stranger to you,
I take, in my unfortunate and help?
less condition, the liberty to address
you this letter, ? knowing that, as a
friend to the down-trodden South,
yoi^ cannot but have sympathy for a
man who, as ho believes, is innocently
about to be sacrificed; a sympathy
which, I hope, will prompt you to in?
terest yourself in his behalf. .
I am a native ?*f Switzerland, and,
having been for. years before tho war
a resident of Louisiana, could not do
otherwise than take up arms to defend
the State and country of my adoption
when it was invaded. I joined the
Confederate army in 1861, and served
faithfully the cause I considered to be
a righteous one. In 1862, the United
States troops destroyed my home, and
my wife and ?liree childreu had to
seek shelter among friends. I lost all
I possessed but a few negroes, who
still remained faithful; in 1864, I was
ordered to report to the officer of the
military prison at Andersbnville,
deorgia; by this oftioer I was put in
command of the prison, and remained
in that position from April, 1864,
until 18C5. .
When the South ceased the struggle,
I was still in Andersonvill? with my
family, believing myself fully protect?
ed by the terms of ?he agreement be?
tween Genends Sherman and John?
ston, and never dreaming that I-?
poor captain and subaltern officer
would be made to answer with my
life for what is now alleged to have
been done in Andersonvill?. I was,
in violation of a safe conduct which
was given me by a staff officer of Gene?
ral Wilson, arrested in Macon, Geor?
gia, was kept there in confinement for
two weeks, and then sent on fo Wash?
ington, and am now, by order of the
President of the United States,
brought before a court to be trieo*
under the most atrocious charges. 1
have no friends here. I am helpless
and unless I can get help, will have to
lose the last things which I possess in
this world-my good name and mj
life.
My conscience is clear. I have
I never dealt cruelly with a prisonei
under my charge. If they suffered foi
want of shelter, food, clothing ano
necessaries, I could not help it-hay?
ing no control over these things
thii^s which the Confederate Govern
ment could give only in ven' limit?e
. quantity, even to our own men, a^
everybody knows who will be just ami
impartial. My legal advisers, (Messrs.
Schade and Baker,) seeing my help?
lessness, havo undertaken to eondncf
i^y defence. They both are doing il
from generosity and compassion,
knowing full well that I have nol
the means to remunerate them foi
their trouble. * But I cannot expect
them to furnish the mean? which il
absolutely requires in the conducting:
jof a cause of such importance. Copie.*
of depositions hare to be made, mes
sengers have to be sent here and then
to get up testimony; and how can tim
be done without money? I have norn
to give; and no doubt my ease will Ix
lost-my life sacrificed-for the wan
of the money to defray the expense:
of sucha trial. But, my counsel be
lieve, 'from the evidence already ii
their possession, that, if the necessary
means can be obtained, my acquitta
must be the result.
In this condition I take the liberb
to appeal to you to assist me, and le
me not bo tho victim of injustice
Your influence is such that it will no
require very great efforts to collect th
necessary means for fl vigorous carryin?
on of the defence. I am myself withou
clothes, without any means to nlleviat
the hardships of a close confinement
My health is bad, and tho prison fai?
ls not calculated to benefit a sick, o
at least a suffering man. Still, thea
.things I have borne without murnini
ing, and hope, with the help of Got"
to bear yet for a while longer.
Hoping that this petition will rr
ceive a favorable reception on you
part," and assuring you again that nc
thing but tho direst necessity coul
induce me to address you, I remair
sir, with the greatest respect, you
obedient servant, H. WERZE,
Late Capt. and A. A. G., C. S. A.
A collision occurred on the. Lon
Island Railroad, near Jamaica, bi
tween the two engines, General Grai
and General Sherman, attached i
their respective trains. The trail
were badly wrecked, the engines ca]
sized, and four or five persons killt
and large numbers injured.
0 Thc Shrnandoah.
DETAILS OF HER RECENT EXTLOITS
AN ENGLISHMAN PURCHASING THE
CAPTURED VE8SELS-A BRITISH VES?
SEL SUPPLYING HEB WITH GOAL.
Tho Litest Sim Francisco papers, re?
ceived by the Ocean Queen, give the
following details of the ravages of the
pirate Shonandoab:
The Shenandoah had ^destroyed the
barque Susan Abigail, near, the Gulf
of Anadyr. It seems that the Susan
Abigail had San Francisco papers of
the 10th of July, containing accounts
of the collapse of the rebellion, but
the pirate Waddell would not credit
them, as they came from Northern
papers, and announced his intention
of burning every American vessel he
could find. After destroying the
Susan Abigail, the pirate went towards
Behring's Straits and the Arctic Ocean.
At St. Lawrence Island, he burned thc
ship General Williams, of New Lon?
don, and the next morning he burned
five more vessels. The barque Gen.
Pike had 'arrived at San Francisco
with tho crews of the .seven vessels,
viz: Barque Susan Abigail, ship Gen.
Williams, barque W. C. Nye, of New
Bedford, barque Gipsy, of New Bed?
ford, barques Cathariue, Nimrod and
Isabella, all of New Bedford.
The paroled prisoners report thai;
Capt. Nye, of the Abigail! must have
succeeded in notifying some of the
vessels of the proximity of the pirate,,
as four were seen putting buck soon
after, and, with those notified by the
Gen Pike, some thirteen were turned
I back.
The Gen. Pike was bonde$ by the
pirate for forty-five thousand dollars,
and 271 officers and men of tho de
I stroyed whale ships were put on board
for San Francisco. Among . those
turned back by the Gen. Piffe were
the Addison Pierce and a Canton
packet, both of New Bedford.
?It is believed that the pirate will
certainly destroy fifty more vessels, as
they were all to the Northward.
The barquo Richmond was also
warned caff, and sailed from Plover
Bay for the Sandwich Islands.
In conversation with Capt. Smith,
of the ship Wm. Thompson, the pi?
rate asked the news. Capt. Smith
replied that President Lincoln had
been assassinated. "I was prepared
to hear that," said the pirate, exult?
ingly. He did not believ^ that Lee
h'ad surrendered.
Among the people on the Shenan?
doah was an Englishman, who seemed
to be prospecting for the purchase of
five vessels to put on a line between
Australia and New Zealand, and i?|
was probable that ho would purchase
some of the captures made by tho
pirate.
The* officers of the Shenandoah
talked of arming two of the whalers
to go np and destroy the whalers at
points which the pirate could not
reach, and were very desirous to en?
list the captured crews. In some in?
stances, they were successful in ob
. taining men in this way. '
The Kanakas, au Bnglish vessel,
laden with coal, was soen by the ship
Wm. -Gilford, bound for "the She?
nandoah.
CONTENTS OF A "WATERFALL. "-An
exchange informs us that a short time
ago a man, in turning a cornor, acei
dentally touched, with a ladder he was
carrying on hi? shoulder, the head of
a lady, who was standing there wait?
ing for a car to pass. The blow was
just sufficient to hurt her feelings by
knocking from her hair the "water?
fall" which ornamented the back of it".
Its . specific gravity was enough to <
burst it ns it fell, when its contents
were spread upon the ground, which,
wonderful to tell, wore as follows: two
curled hair puffs, one piece of mourn?
ing crape, two dark colored pin cush?
ions, and one black worsted ?tocking!
This mystery, then, darker than any
the Egyptians possessed, is at loss un?
ravelled, much ter the joy of unsophis?
ticated young gentlemen like our?
selves.
A DARING OUTRAGE.-As Mr. H. C.
Wiskeman was liding, on Thursday
last, towards Orangeburg, on the
State Roa^, he was attacked about
dusk, when within fifteen miles of that
town, by a negro man, who, after de?
manding his inonefy, forcibly dragged
him from his hors? and rifled his
pockets of ??200 in gold and between
forty and fifty dollars in greenbacks.
This gentleman states that he was
informed by persons in the neighbor?
hood, among whom he went to obtain
assistance, that the negroes in that
section aro in a very demoralized state,
and are constantly committing depre?
dations on tho farmers around.
[Cknrlestori Xews.
A correspondent entered an office,
and accused the compositor of not
having punctuated his eoinmrbiica
tion; when the typo earnestly replied,
"I'm not a pointer, I'm a setter. '.
H?JOO?X Items.
To insure insertion, advertisers are re?
quested to hand hi their notices before 4
o'clock p. m.
THE CONVENTION.-As thc proceedings of
tho Convention may bc expected to be of
absorbing interest to all persons in thc
State, and aa tho Phoenix will make daily
reports of its progress and the resulta from,
it, besides publishing in full the nev,- Con?
stitution the moment it shall be ratified, it
will be well that peraonf? desiring to sub?
scribe should do so in due season. In tho
prosenfscarcity and cost of printing paper,
publishers cannot venture to print upon u>
mere speculative or possible demand. .Wo
shall publish but a few more copius than
will suffice f<>r our customers, and unless
they come forward promptly, they may lind
themselves too late for the supply.
Tho Provisional Governor left Columbia,
yesterday morning, for Greenville. His
absence, however, will ho temporary: a>nd
from the 7th inst., his headquarters will be
established at the capital, to which placo all
communications to him should 1?; address?
ed. His lodgings are already taken St Nick
erson's Hotel; aud this reminds us to say
that members elect to tho Convention, and
all other parties who desire<to find lodgings
at a first-class hotel, will do wisely to secure
their rooms in season. There is so much
busiuosajtu be done-so many interests to
bc considered-so many parties tobe con?
sulted-so nianv friends and relatives wh*i
Vpn-i to meet, niter a- prolonged separation.
-that we may naturally look to see tln'eity
crowded with visitors. To those who de.siro
private lodgings, we have only to say that
no ono need be at a loss. Should any of
our special friends, ho .ve vcr, bo at a loss.
We. have only to say, as we havu alrcadv
said-apply to us, and wo can impart such
information as will take them from the anx?
ious benches, aud conduct them to quiut
havens iu pleasant vailles.
MEDIC AI. COI.EKOE OK SOUTH CAECJ.INA.
We are happy to perceive that the faculty
of this well-known and venerable institu?
tion have announced tho resumption, in
Charleston, of the regular sessions, which
will begin early in November, with the open?
ing of the railroads. Wc need scarcely in?
sist upon the singular excellence of this in?
stitution and thc ^ij;h reputation which it
has established.for itself during a quarter
ot' a century. We are told that thu buildings
aro all put m good order, as before the war,
that the apparatus is complete and new,
and that all the facilities and agencies pos?
sessed by thc college prior t<> the war, will
be continu?e} and increased under thc new
regime. The sooner our students now pro
d to make np for lost time, ibo better for
themselves and thc country,
Tun CONVENTION.-The following is tho
result of tho election held in Rich'and Dis?
trict for members of the State Convention.
The first four ar^ elected:
H
Hampton.... ? 271 I 38
McMaster.. . | 184 21
Tavlor.! 124 I 17 I 13 I 3
Wallace.| 123 | 1? ! 16 I 4
Caldwell .... I 113 25 I I
Carroll.j 111 | 10 j | 6
Gibbes.I 85 I 20 I 3 1
Do Saussure.. I 7'J ! ??I 1 5
20 I G I i> I :::59
14 I G ! 225
4 I 1G6
9 ! UM
I 188
2 I 129
I 108
4 94
Harris.| 25 | 7 i ? 10 I 42
No polls were opened at Davis' or Gar?
ner's.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention i3 called
to thc following advertisements, which are
published for the first time this morning:
Melvin M. Collen-Doll Babies, &c.
Jo*,. Marsh- Fitriutunt-, fcc.
\ " .? -Chewing Tobacco, Ste
John A. Kav-Architect, Szc.
.. ' -Stable to Kent.
" " -Four Rooms to Runt.
I Beard's Row-Fancy Goods. *
nodular Communication Richland Lodge.
L Ficklin!,' & Pope -Attorneys at Law.
A'. J. Rei ry-Drug Store.
Richard Cathcart-Rooms to Rent.
Apply at this Office-Cottage Wanted.
Mrs.'S. .?. Cot chet t- Milan Caps.
JOE'S BIGHTS.-Southern lifo UEcler
the new regime. Scene-A breakfast
table. Season-Fly time. Dramatis
\ persona--Four yoting ladies on ono
side of the table-two on the other;
Joe, a freed youth of African descent,
with a fly-brush.
One of tho young ladies', on the full
side of the table, to Joe, bi the rear:
'Joe, go to the other side, where you
can better use your brush."
Responded Joe, "Ma'am, you have
no more right to tell me to go to the
other side of the table than you have
'to tell the Governor." *
The young lady succumbs. ?
FACT.
Maxi co.-?News has reached Vera
Cruz'"of a victory gained over the
Liberals on the 14th. At the time of
the steamer? leaving, the French and
Austrian vessels wore firing a salute.
The Imperial troops being twice re
pulped, an expedition was organized
to drive the Republicans ont of Chi?
huahua. ' It is reported that Negartla
' lost half his men and all his horses,
retreating from Matamoras. The
French troops continuo to arrive in
i Mexico.