The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 12, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA. _
Tlxartday Morning, Oct. 1?,1805.
From Mt-imippi?
The election for Governor, Mem?
bers of Congress, and the State Le?
gislature, took place in Mississippi on
{he 1st inst. There were two candi?
dates for Governor. Judge E, S,
Fisher, and General B. G. Hum?
phreys. It is understood that nearly
all those elected are opposed to negro
"testimony or granting any civil pri?
vileges to the colored people.
I In Mississippi, as in other States,
the negro question appears to be one
of importance. The planters fear an
emigration of their colored laborers
to the large towns, where more lucra?
tive employment can be had, and on
failing in this employment they an?
ticipate that the negro will become a
vagrant and rely upon the State for
support. Accordingly tliey urge that
an Act of Congress should be passed
to permit the cotton-growing' States
to make such laws as will compel the
negroes to work ?or stipulated wages
and for stated lengths of time. There
14 absolutely no discussion on the
suffrage question. The feeling is so
strong against it that no one ventures
to argue per contra. The editor of
the lfississipj?ayi, who suggested that
the Legislature was bound to admit
negro evidence, in the law courts, met
with such a storm of opposition that
h? was compelled at once to tack and
eat his own words. The latest re?
turns indicate the certain election of
General Humphreys, as Governor, by
a large majority.
Friendly Hotlce-Correction.
The Charlotte (N. C.) Times; in
noticing the accession of Mr.. John?
ston to the editorial management of
. the P7icenix, says:
"This excellent daily paper, pub?
lished at "Columbia, S. C., by Mr." Ju?
lian A. Selby, has been fortunate
enough to secure the services of Wm.
B. Johnston, Esq., as co-editor, with
that talented and accomplished writer,
' Wm. Gilmore Simms, Esq. Mr.
Johnston, we know weil. He is an
accomplished daily journalist, a ready
writer, an able critic and a genial,
high-toned gentleman."
Whilst grateful to our cotemporary
for his kind notice, it is due to Mr.
Sunnis, who has conducted it from
* the beginning, to state that he with?
drew from his connection with the
paper before Mr. Johnston entered
upon his duties. ?Under the supervi?
sion of the former distinguished au?
thor and editor, the Phoenix has won
its way to favor and a general patron
?ge._
Vevr York Politic?.
Among the resignations recently ac?
cepted by the War Department is that
of Major-General Henry W. Slocum,
democratic candidate for Secretary of
State of the State of New York. .
The general commenced the politi?
sai campaign in New York State on
Monday, 1st instant, by an open and
manly speech at Syracuse. He re?
ferred to the great deeds performed
by our gallant armies ; gave a clear
statement of the present condition of
the South, as regards both the white
and black population, based upon his
own personal observation; maintained
that the Southern people cordially
accept the verdict of the war as con?
clusive and binding, and strongly
advocated the policy of President
Johnsen, looking upon it as the only
.fe, wise and practical policy that
could be adopted The Mississippi
. militia controversy was folly ex?
plained.
On the same occasion made a
speech, and took strong ground in
favor of the representatives from the
Southern States being promptly ad?
mitted to seats in tho next Congress,
insisting that all who opposed their
admission were not in favor of a re?
construction of thc Union.
The indications from all parts of
thc North are that radicalism will be
defeated, and ?President Johnson
nobly sustained in his reconstruction
policy.
? ? ;? -..
The Apprentice Sy?t?n.
JVcrn snndrj inquiries and appli?
cations made to us, concerning the
subject matters embraced in the fol?
lowing circular from headquarters in
the War Department, we are gratified
to lay it before our readers. Those
who have applied to us within the
past few days, can now see clearly
their way, and we have no doubt but
that every facility will be rendered to
them by the courteous chief officer of
.the Bureau in this city, Gen. Ely, in
carrying out the objects of the cir?
cular:
WAR DEPARTMENT ?UREATJ REFUGEES,
FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
WASHINGTON, October 4. 1865.
State laws with regard to appren?
ticeship will be recognized by this
Bureau, provided they make no dis?
tinction of color; or, in case they do
so, the said laws. applying to white
children will be extended to the co?
lored. Officers ot this Bureau are
regarded as guardians of orphans and
n\inors of freedmen within their re?
spective districts. The principle to
be adhered to with regard to paupers
is, that each county, parish, town?
ship or city shall care for and provide
for its own poor. Vagrant laws made
for free people and now in force on
the statute books of the States em?
braced in the operations of this Bu?
reau, will be recognized and extended
to the freedmen. Assistant Commis?
sioners will draw up specific instruc?
tions applicable to their respective
States, in accordance with the fore?
going principles.
O. O. HOWARD,
Major-General and Commissioner.
Thc Price or Cotton.
The latest arrivals from Europe
note advances in the price -<>f our
great staples and the indications are
j that the price will further advance
instead of being lower, for a time, at
j leasti The New York Tribune reasons
I thus in regard to-dhe matter:
. There was far more cotton in the
South when the war stopped than hos
hitherto been estimated. H, as we
! stated, there are now 200,000 bales at
this port and New Orleans only, with
45,000 at Mobile, the quantity in the
market must be fully 300,000 bales;
and if it be, as it appears, still coming
in at the rate of 35,000 per week,
there can be hardly less than one
million to-day in the country, worth,
where it lies, not less than $150,000,
000 in gold, and of still greater value
at Liverpool. We shall probably
export enough to give ns at least
?150,000 to draw against-which is
no small item.
As yet, the Southern railroads are
mainly unrepaired-the Southern
rivers steamboatless or too low to be
navigated, so that mnch of this cot?
ton may be kept until November; but
it is "all as good as rye," and be
likely to rule higher in price than
1 lower in Liverpool six months hence.
For, while the stock proves larger
than was estimated, the growing crop
cannot exceed one million of bale?,
and is more likely to fall below that
j mark. Texas may have a half crop,
but the disorganization of Sontheim
labor is so complete, while the col?
lapse of the rebellion occurred so late
in the season, that the one planted is
very small. The South will make
corn and pork enough for her OWE
subsistence; but her export staples
will this year be grown so meagrely
that they cannot fail to advance ix
price. Cotton may be lower nexl
month or next fall than it is to-day,
but we are confident it will rule highei
in Liverpool next March than it doof
to-day.
? A despatch irom Washington say<
?it is understood that tho course oi
Gen. Carl Schurz, now; traveling ir
the South by orders from the Govern?
ment, does not meet the approval ol
the President, and it is expeoted thal
he will be re-called soon. It is al
leged that he writes for Northern
newspapers his impressions of whal
he has seen, and publishes his opi?
nions as to what policy ought to bi
pursued towards the* Southern States,
instead of making his report direct tc
the War Department for the informa?
tion of the President. t
The radical negro suffrage agitators
talk 6f trying to" impeach, Presidenl
Johnson for his conciliatory policy
toward the South. The Boston Pos,
?ays they are becoming rebellious,
and the loyal South may yet be called
upon to make them faithful to the
Union.
Governor Shar&ray.
The Bichaiond Times pfcys the fol?
lowing compliment to the Provisional
Governor of Mississippi:
Wheal the "Laves of the Provision?
al Governors" are written, the strong?
ly marked, earnest and thoughtful
face of William L. Sharkey w?l con?
stitute the frontispiece of the volume,
and the men of these troublous times
?will tell their children that he was the
type of . Southern 'pluck, manhood
and daring, who never forgot what
was due to the high office for which
tho President selected him.. Sharkey
and "backbone" will become synony?
mous in the vocabulary of the South,
and the time will come when the
friends of civil liberty will honor his
memory with a monument.
A Union man in 1832, he was fear?
less as a hon, and was respected by
the most rabid secessionist for his
pluck. Again, in 185(V51, ho breast?
ed the popular current and lost not
an atom of his popularity; and al?
though unshaken by the secession
whirlwind and tornado of 1861, he
retained until the collapse of the Con?
federacy the respect of those who
differed from him most widely during
four years of civil strife. Appointed
Provisional Governor of .Mississippi,
he from the first fearlessly maintain?
ed the supremacy of his authority,
and when that authority w;is ques?
tioned and denied, he appealed to thc
President and was sustained. Cour?
teous but firm, ho not only triumph?
ed, but his pluck challenged th<
admiration of tho distinguished Major
General who questioned his suprema
cy in Mississippi. Boldly substitut
ing the militia for thc Federal troops,
his State is the first one?of the lat<
Confederacy to be relieved of tin
troops of tho. United States. W<
learn from our exchanges that ' "Tin
Federal troops garrisoning Mississipp
are now being concentrated at Vicks
burg preparatory to evacuating tin
State." The pluck, ability and firm
ness of Governor Sharkey has put hi
State at the head of the column
Long live the old Roman, and ma;
his backbone never grow weak!
GEN. SLOCTM.-The following is
full report of the brief speech de
livered by Gen. Slocum last week, i:
response to a serenade, on his arriva
home, in Syracuse:
MY FEI?I?OW-CTXTZENS: For the firs
time since the commencement of th
war I have returned to my home
with the expectation of remainin
here permanently.
All the armed foes of our Goven
ment have been subdued, and peac<
with all ita gentle influences, ht
again dawned upon our land. Airead
its effect is felt in every city and ?
every fireside.
We have abundant reason to hop
that civil law will soon preva
throughout the entire country, an
that the question of the trea
ment of the . States recently i
rebellion will, under the wise polic
adopted by the President, be settle
in a manner beat calculated to prc
mote the true interests of all class?
of citizens in those States.
The time having come when
ocmld consistently leave -the militai
service, I have returned to civ?j lif
with an earnest desire to lenci n
influence in support of that polio
On reaching home I find two parti
-one a unit in supporting th:
policy, and the other divided :
regard to it. I leave it to you, n
fellow-citizens, to say with whi<
party I should, as a supporter
President Johnson's efforts, har
identified myself. I have enjoy?
many advantages in studying tl
condition of those States, thc di
position of the citizens, and the co
dition of the freedmen. At the pr
per time I shall take occasion
expresbs r>.y views on these subject
Sra JOHN FRANKLIN'S MEN.
highly interesting letter from C. '.
Hall, the Arctic explorer, announc
that hex has discovered that in all pi
bability three of the men of Sir Jol
Franklin's Arctic expedition yet st
vive and are living among the Innuil
One of these supposed survivors
Baid to be Crozier, "who succeeded 8
John Franklin ia command of ?
expedition.
It is stated that the President h
decided to relievo Kentucky of mt
fcial law, and his proclamation to th
effect is expected in a few days.
GEN. GKANT ON MEXICO.-Genei
Grant is again reported as having c
pressed himself lately in favor of t
Monroe doctrine, and of giving Ma:
inilian notice to quit Mexico.
FKOM ALABAMA.-A letter received
at the General Post Office Depart?
ment, from one of the special mail
agents bf the department, -who writes
under date c' September 23, from
Montgomery, Ak., has the following
allusion to the intiment? of the peo?
ple of that faction:
"I have calked freely with members
of the recent State Convention, and
other prominent men, upon State and
political subjects, and have taken
.pains to ascertain the real sentiments
of the people and their leading and
influential men as regards their feel?
ings and purposes toward the General
Government, and I am satisfied that
no factious opposition need be appre?
hended to the policy of the Govern?
ment concerning the ?ogro, or 'upon
any other of the issues affecting the
Southern restoration to Union and
peace. They simply desire to resume
their old relations with the Govern?
ment, and to Uve quietly and obe?
diently under the old flag. The radi?
cals of the rebellion stand a poor
chance of being elected to Congress.
The people generally are manifesting
correct views upon these subjects,
and I candidly behove there is less
bitterness of feeling now entertained
in the South towards the people of
the North lhan for many years pre?
ceding the war. "
FBOM MEXICO.-The New York He?
rald, of the 4th instant, says:
Our Vera Cruz correspondence to
the 21st of September represents a
terrible condition of affairs in the
dominions over whicli Maximilian
claims to be Emperor by the grace of
God and the will of the Mexican peo?
ple. Guerilla forays, robberies, mur- -
ders and outlawry and violence of all
kinds continue as prevalent as ever,
and society generally is in a most
painfully disorganized and chaotic
state, notwithstanding all the .fine
promises that the empire was to effect
the salvation of Mexico and her peo?
ple. Troops continue to arrive from
France, 1,600? having landed at Vera
Cruz within the week preceding the
21st ult., and it was rumored that a
thousand negro soldiers presented by
the Viceroy of Egypt to Louis Napo?
leon would also soon make their ap?
pearance to assist in upholding Maxi?
milian's throne. This latter instal?
ment of warriors, it was feared, would
bring with them the cholera, to add
to all the other afflictions of *the
country. In the capital city, Marshal
Bazaine, the French commander, acts
independently of the Emperor, and
arrests and imprisons every person
whom he suspects of secret disgust
with the imperial regime. On the
occasion of the anniversary of Mexi?
can independence, on the 16th ol'
i September, there was great alarm
among the imperialists in Vera Cruz,
in consequence of reports, which,
however, were not verified, that the
republicans meditated an attack, and
the vessels of war in the harbor were
placed in readiness for action and
every preparation was made to fire on
the city. .
A New York paper says Southerners)
especially ex-officers of the Confede?
rate army, are swarming into New
York for employment and business.
A Mississippian, who acted as an aid
to Gen. Pemberton at the siege of
Vicksburg, has opened a broker's
office in Hanover street, and is out in
a card soliciting, especially the
patronage of his New Orleans, Mobile
and Texas friends. A litttle farther
down the same street, on the other
side of the way, an ex-Confederate
captain, who served under Ewell, is
filling a subordinate clerkship in a
cotton broker's counting room. One
of Gen. Lee's staff is negotiating for
the lease of a drinking saloon and
ten-pin alley, on Broadway, near
Amity street. One of Magruder's
adjutants has gone into the wholesale
produce business at Washington Mar?
ket Gen. Mansfield Lovell, who
undertook to defend New Orleans, is
going to open a law office in Nassau
street. In Bond street, there are at
least three large boarding houses
which are kept by the widows of Con?
federate officers who fell in the battlers
in the Carolinas. Lu the 8th avenue,
near 16th street, a pardoned expelerle
in the Confederate Treasury Depart?
ment is selling cigars, and within a
stone's throw of his shop is a Con?
federate naval officer, who led the
memorable assault on the Harriet
Lane at Galveston. In the newspaper
offices may be found sundry persons
who this time last year were "firing
the Southern heart" to the best of
their abilities in the journals publish?
ed off in the interior of Georgia,
Alabama and Louisiana
The Bight Bev. Bishop Fitzpatrick
is again seriously ill.
Local Zteixi?.
. JHMPIXJT?CBST-Bight or ten good print?
ers can obtain empierraent in thil office,
daring the approaching session of the
Legislature.
"Cotton Blanks" and permits-indispen?
sable to all persona purchasing or shipping
eotton-san be obtained at this offioe.
CASH.-We irish it distinctly understood
that our terms for subscription, advertising
and job work are cask. The mea67 must
in every case accompany orders, or they t&i?
not be attended to. This rule applies to alb
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.- We
aro gratified to state that, on and after this
day, passenger and freight trains wiU run
over this road to Hopkins' Turn-Out
within twelve miles of Columbia-as fol?
lows: Leave Charleston at 7 a. m.; arrive
at Hopkins' at 4.15 p. m. Leave Hopkins'
at 7 a. m; arrive at Charleston at 4.15 p. m.
Wc may reasonably expect, from, the
energy* dis^lsved by thc* officer? of ihi"
road, to hear, wiitin a few weeks, the whis?
tle of the engine at the depot in this city.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention iaeaM
ed to tho following advertisements,which
are published for the first time this morn?
ing:
S. L. Howard-Commission Merchant.
Jacob Levin-500 Acres Good Land.
Coffin & Ravenel-Goshen Butter, A*c.
Nominations for the Legislature.
A. R. Phillips-Handsome" Furniture, Ac
NEWSPAPER OFFICE CIIOSED.-The
office of the Commercial Bulletin, at
Richmond, Va., has been closed by
the following'order:
HEADQ'RS DEPT. OF VIRGLMIA,
RICHMOND. VA., Sept. 30, 1865.
General Orders No. 119.
Whereas the Commercial Bulletin, ft
newspaper of this city, in its issue of
to-day, has published an article which .
contains an indecent insult to the "
memory of thc late President of the
United States, and to those who sur?
rounded him during his administra?
tion of his office, and an almost
equally offensive reflection upon his
Excellency President Johnson; there?
fore it is ordered, that the license
heretofore given by the Provost Mar?
shal General of this- Department for
the publication of said paper, be, and
the same is hereby, revoked; and that
the office of the paper be closed. The
Provost Marshal of the Department
will commit to prison Charles C. P.
Dimitry, the writer of said article.
By command of
Maj. Gen. A. H. TERRY.
EDWARD W. SMITH, A. A. G.
DUNKERS IN EAST TENNESSEE. -This
singular people have a flourishing
community in Washington County,
in this State. The Jonesboro Flag
says:
.'This faithful and worthy body
of true Christians are having a re?
freshing revival in this county, at
this time. Many have 'been led to
make professions of religion accord?
ing to their faith, and much good is
thus being accomplished. They are
undoubtedly a peculiar people, zeal?
ous in good works. During the war,
their's waa the only church in this
county which stood forth in a consoli?
dated body as unfaltering Unionists,
be it said to their just praise and
great credit. The church is generally
composed of honest and industrious
farmers, who always attend to their
own business, and let other people's
alone. Success to them in their noble
and Christian work."
UNSTAMPED RECEIPTS.-At a meet?
ing of the Louisville Board of Trade,
on Monday, it was stated that Mr.
Speed, Collector of Internal Revenue,
had seized upon the receipt books of
the ' Jeffersonville Railroad, stating
that the merchants of Louisville had
laid themselves liable to heavy da?
mages by signing receipts on the're?
ceipt books without affixing the ne?
cessary stamp. If such steps had
been taken tc defraud the Govern?
ment, he would at once prosecute the
parties. Mr. Guthrie, President Of
the L. <fc N. Railroad, had compro?
mised the matter, as far as that road
was concerned, with the Government,
by paying into the Treasury the sum
ot' $2,500. A committee was appoint?
ed to wait upon Mr. Speed, and in?
form him that there was no such in?
tention on the part of the merchants.
This committee will wait upon Mr.
Speed, and report the result of the
sonsultatien at the next meeting of
the merchants.
ARRESTED.-It is reported that the
rebel ex-Governor Clark, of Missouri,
md Dr. Gwin, ex-United States Se
?ator from California, ex-rebel agent,
ix-Mexican imperialist and soi-disant
Duke of Sonora, have been arrested
md incarcerated in Fort Jackson,
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