The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 24, 1865, Image 2
"COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, October 24,1865.
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Thc Finances.
Thc condition of flic national
finances-is seriously engaging the at?
tention' of Nortkero statesmen and
editors. The currency is by all-ad?
mitted to bc in exe>-?s of tho demands
of the legitimate business of the
country, a condition which engenders
?i wild spirit of sp?culation, puts up
i the price of all kinds of property,
and enhances immensely the eo:-t of
living. Secretary McCuIloch V.?vo
cutes, as it means of reducing the
unhealthy redundancy, and a return
t > specie payment, the funding of the
legal tender notes, ?nd will doubtless
recommend such a moasr.ro to tho
next Congress. 3nt the Kew York
H mid takes issue with the Secretary
on this point, and deprecates as mitch
a contraction as a greater expansion
of the currency, -and asserts that con?
traction would be disastrous, and that
none but the fund-hoLIeys or oond
holders would be benefited by it. Tue
Herald says "the only way to get ont
of the difficulty is by lotting the cur?
rency akone. Neither expand nor
contract i^" Time will work the cure.
The amount of paper money in circu
latrou to-day is not more than will bc
needed ten or fifteen years hence.
Our population will be fifty to sixtj
millions, our wealth doubled, om
trade trebled, probably, and the
amount of precious metals vastly in
creased. Every year, the currency
will become gradually, safely ant'
* healthfully appreciated, and at tin
end' of fifteen years, if not before!
gold and paper will be at par fron:
natural ?causes and without any finan
cial revulsion. This is the plan? wt
propose; and we call upon the t'resi
dent and statesmen of the country t<
? adopt it. Let us have no tinkering
with such a delicate and importan
matter, but let its sohi?pn be left t<
tile operation of natural causes."
Thc Richmond Times agrees wit!
the Herald, that there should be u<
tinkering with the currency, and tha
any attempt to contract it by fnndinj
would he dangerous; but there is ai
agent, whick seem:-, to have* bee;
overlooked or ignored, which, in con
junction with ?the growth of th
country and its increase of busines
.and e&port and import duties, mus
surely bring our paper money to pa
value. Our internal revenue tax
which '.increases pwi passv. with th
' growth and business o? the .covintrj
and with the lapse of eacl. year' eu
braces-a greater number oi subject:
is. after all, the true source tb whic
vv uuist look' for relief from ot
financial troubles, irs operation
certain, and ii were possible nov/ 1
calculate the period within which
v ill entirely wipe out the nation
dr.b{;-but ii this means is considere
tardy, ti ic ri4 is but one other by whit
th currency can be contracted wit'
bul financial convulsions and disn
; :>. and that is-dir qt tax-- a moan
.V . t.?v?. it. iioi lo hf thought -
>3 : ? "\cr. .- > st ?on as th? . opl. .
that the currency is to helot alon
?md discover that the natura: in.".el
.. iuess, Jingo as ii appears, i^ ?ul
i i:i-jgeable by the incoaiparab
re* arew o' ti country, sr.
is being Readily reduced, as it'h
h- .-, within the past month, th.
confidence, which, siter all, is t!
v ry iii'e stud essence of paper moue
\. ?1 be full sind entire, and they.w
be conten? to wait patiently, unt
by iii* growth < four population a
bi?siui s and the gradual absorpti
by taxation, our currency ?hall
brought back permanently to er?
V!. h.-.
. T1:*J Washington RepvMimn sa
in speaking of tis-- late Connects
ejection, tksli the lazy campaign :
nagari-, or..tor-, and journalists o? "S
<_ [>v e.elauh. i.av-. a
o' . ?.. ; . .
^Dcath of General Jone?.
We regret exceedingly to hear of
the- death of General James .Tones, at
Graniteville, cu Thursday last. His
death was very .sudden, and, ?is far as
we eau. learn, from apoplexy. Gene?
ral Jones has occupied many impor?
tant positions in the State, and. his
death will ho lamented by ?his nume?
rous friends, lie served for years as
Adjutant-General of thc State ; for a
series of years as Chairman of the
''Board of Visitors" to the Military
Academies of South Carolina, and
later,.as tlie (Soinmissioner ot' the New
State House. Tu all these- offices he,
gave satisfaction, and was highly re?
spected and esteemed.
Thc- Congrcsslona' Out*?.
Tho New York*7V????.<, the spceial
drg.ui of Secretary Seward, and edited
by the Hon. Henry J. Raymond, a
member of the next Congress, and
prominent for the Speakership, eon
tains, in a recent issue, along article,
'.aider .the above caption, some ex?
tracts from which we give below:
We are glad to note in the Congres?
sional canvass of Virginia there is a
general disposition to leave the- lield
exclusively to candidates who can take
the stringent Congressional oath that
they have never participated in the
rebellion. Out of the eight Congres?
sional Districts, five have candidates
i anning who can all meet the Con?
gressional requirement. But in thc
I Aecomac District. - the Lynchburg
j District, and the Charlottesville Dis
I trict there are candidates who avow
that they will not and cannot take
the oath, and yet eliliin that if elated
Congress cannot and will not refuse
to admit them. In this last district
A.. H. H. Stuart, Secretary of. Interior
under Mr. Fillmore, being a candi?
date, declares his inability to .take tlie
oath, yet defies Congress to keep him j
.out. if elected. He asserts that tlie j
oath is unconstitutional, and that the ,
Republican party will never dav"' to
make practical application of it.
In all kindness, we advise Mr. i
Stuart, anil those whom he seeks to j
represent, to act upon no snell as- j
sumption. It is morally certain that j
no man will Beschnittet to a seat hi
the next Congress who does not take ?
the oath required by existing laws.
The applicant's opinion that tlie law '
is unconstitutional will not help him. j
Congress acts upon jts own opinions. !
Tho Constitution of the United States !
declares that' "each House shall be j
the judge of the elections, returns j
and qualifications of its own members." j
The House of Representatives will ?
exercise that ' exclusive power, andi
beyond all question will exercise it in j
conformity with the statute of 1862. |
The constitutionality of that measure '
was fully discussed at the time of its \
passage, and was affirmed by a very I
large majority i:i ? both branches of j
Congress. The arguments which I
..wore conclusive then*ave as conclusive j
nov/. The reas m for the application
of the statuts is still as strong as
ever. . j
The Southern people, :': they have
any wiso regard for their own inter- ;
ests. will respect the laws of the land. :
and refuse to give their votes to cjto*.t
?didateufor Congress who they k?fvl!
I are not entitled by law to hold scats 1
in Congress?. Arrogant claims will ;
only recoil against them. They will
bc take'.: as ewlciice of
?able temper,
iustiee than
ru.}.
;rn
Jam. s L. Orr.
Li- ? ?:-?>: '.(, - ...... AV. D. :
Sen i or-HZ. V.". Charles.
R.*pr"se-<i<<Ur*s-D. C. MiLij
F. Warle?. J. L, Coker.
FAIT.FIEI.ri DISTT.IOT. - <?/.:. .
Jumes L. Orr. 2<50: Wade Ha.:.
.*'>Ui.
'V. P. Port
McCants, G."?. * '
Repressen atives-V?. J. Alston, 301;
j James li. Aiken, ^s: Baylis E. Elkin,
li1 io. *
? Wade Hampton. GO'.): I.. Orr, 814.
Senator-G. F. Townes? 5S1 ; Jamos
McCnilough. 315.
Represenlatires-y?. H. Perry, 700;
J. H. Goodwin, us.1; H. I'. Hanimet,
r>yC; W. P. Prie . 45)3; T. (,>. Donald
I son, 440; S. E. Westmoreland. 427.
Four Representatives elected.
! 2?EWBERK? DISTRICT.- -G'on .-/....?
THE POLICY rs ALABAMA.'-The
Huntsville Advocate is. satisfied with
the action of the.S^ate Convention,
?ind thinks that it remains in the
hands*of the "people to say whether
they shal] have peace and return to
prosperity. Closing an article on thc
subject, it justly remarks;
"What renmins now to restore
.Alabama to the confidence of the Go?
vernment and its fostering care, is for
tho people to actively endorse snd
support what the Convention has
done; to send members to the Legis?
lature who will j ass Jaws 'to protect
the' freedmen of the State in#he full
enjoyment of ?all their rights of per?
son and property;'and who will ratify
tho proposed amendment to the
United States Congress; and to send
men to Congress who can take the
.oath, and thus bc admitted. These
are as indispensable to the restoration
of the Stat?' as -anything the Conven?
tion has done. The people now sec
and realize the results of secession,
and they aro prepared and anxious,
we think, to ?lo what is yet necessary
to get bael: to the old ark of safety
and prosperity and happiness-thc
I Union, and to placentae State in the
hands of those in whom the Govern
! ment reposes confidence as its tried,
true, affirmative -friends and defend?
ers. These things done, wc behove
the day will then soon arrive when
the people will be left unmolested by
the military, under their own vines
and fig trees."'
IMPORTANT TO OW2?BKS OF LA?D
OccrriEi> EY FREEDMEN.-The follow?
ing order has been promulgated by
the War Department :
WAK Dm ? TMEXT, .
ADJVTA- GEXEKAE'S < ?FFICE,
WASHIX NT, Oct. 9, 18G5.
General Orders Ah. 145.
Whereas, certain tracts of lane
situated on tho coast of South Caro?
lina, Georgia and Florida, at the tim*
for the most part vacant, were sei
apart by Major-General W. T. Sher
man's special field orders. No. 15, foi
the benefit of freedmen that had con
gregated by the operations of war. o:
had bi?en left io take care of them
selves by their former owners; anc
whereas, an expectation was therebj
created that they would bc abb
to retain possession of said lands
and whereas, a Luge number of tin
former owners are earnestly sohcitin;
the restoration of the same, and pro
raising to absorb the labor and cari
of the freedmen.
It is ordered, That Major-Genera
Howard, Commissioner of the Burea;
of liefugees*Freedmen and Abandon
ed Lands, proceed to '.he several abov
named States, and endeavor to effec
an arrangement mutually satisfacior
to the freedmen and the land-owners
and make a report. And, in case
mutually satisfactory arran gemeu
can be effected, he is duly empowei
ed and directed to issue such order
as may become "necessary, after a fu
and . careful investigation of th
interests of thc parties concerned.
By order of the President of th
United States:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
. AJETAZES IN* LOX.'DO'I COTXTY, VA.
A letter from Leesiurg, Va., to th
Alexandria Gazelle, contains the fo
?owing:
Cur com crops aro inagnifieenl
and the lamentation-is that then- ai
no hogs to eat it; those animals brin
fabulous prices"! suppose from 81
to $1G per hundred pounds, and :
public .?'.L's even-nore. Corn wi
noe mle "higher than t&i per bbl. (<
live bushels.) and probably in. ti:
countrv South of Lwibiireu?d-SnicJ
ersviileTurn?ikello:^.. ?... more tan
$2.50.
quality is very i?eh:*eivut. and Jir>
rate flour very hardi ) get. Hutt*
is retaih d at from ?Tf.j ?to -hi c?nis i
lieesbui'g. Apples hero ave'noni
potatoes a pr?t:;.- Hir crop, aud on
s<nv;u,als\'ivvp'"l.\'hV:' s?7;'lto<AS12 *i
sales, and the meat iitiestiori isassnc
ing a ssrions aspect for those wi;
have Moi learned tok'.o without it.
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RESCLITS OF TH.UIX?" DOWS v Co:
FEDERATE FliAO.-|ii?C citizens >i
Perryville, Connecticut, have beerie
?trial in the Superie} Court, sitting
Hartford, for allegjd riot Sn tearii
down a Coniederatj flag which Sil.
H. Caning:-..a. o: Iristol, erecter. <
his premises, on nh^ -lay of Mr. Li
coin's funeral. Sii days were bec
pied hi hearing exdence and avg
raents ijf conns? !. Mh*,ri the case w
submitted to the i.uv. who returnee
verdict of -'not guibr" on the char;
of riot, ao?n-ri?ting &'? o: ihn defen
ants ?n this zharjo. ?hey xotf
COST OF THC WAE AND THE RE?
SOURCES or THE COTOTRXJ-Hie Wash?
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune has figured up the cost of the
rebellion. The public debt before
the war was ?90,S67,828. On the first
of July last, it was $2,757,253,275.
The receipts of the Government dur?
ing the war. exclusive of loans, &c.,*
were ?73S. 740,781. It is estimated,
however, that before the war balance
can be fairly struck, the national debi?1
will .swell up to $3,000,000,000, and
that thc actual amour t expended in. j
suppressing the rebellion was abol?t !
$3.350,000.000, or-an average of about i
$838*000,000 a year. The expend?
tures, of the first year of tlie war were
about $475.008,000;? in the second.
8679,000,000; in thc third. ?916,000,
000; in the fourth. 81.215.000,000.
The total expenditures of the Navy
Department during the lour years of
the war was about ?#50,000,000, and
that ot the War Department al .-ont
?2,650,000,000, of which, the Quarter?
master's Department alone expended
about the sum of $1,409,000,000.
The interest on the public debt on
September. 1st. was ?138,000,000.
Supposing the principal to bb in?
creased to 3,000,000.000. the interest
will be, say, 144,000,000. It is esti- i
mate d that the annual expenses of the
War Department for the future-sup
; posing the effective" strength of the
army to be about 125,000 men-will
; be full ? 100,000,000; the expenses of
the Navy Department, ?25,000,000,
and for the civil .service, including
pensions, etc., ?G1,000,000-making
the aggregate amount of expendi?
tures required $341,000,000.
To meet this great expense; the in?
ternal revenue receipts will annually
amount to ?324,000, (?00; and the re?
ceipts from customs to 76,000,000
making the annual receipts ?400,000,
000. This, after paying the annual
demands *pon the Treasury, will
leave ?00.000,000-which sum, it" is
believed, can be annually applied to?
wards the payment of the national
debt, . . _
The most startling news of the day
is the theatrical rebellion against the
New York Herald. Barnum and Ma
rctzek have organized an army of
eleven theatrical managers, who have
unanimously resolved ,that they will
not patronize tlie Herald. There are
tobe no more free tickets, noiinore
privileged seats, no more champagne
suppers or advert?-in.g for the excom?
municated Bennett. Barnum aryl
Maretzek having been long since re?
fused admission into the advertising
columns of the Herald, have persuaded
seven other theatrical managers to
keep -their company in the cold. They
boast that the Herald will lose fifty
thousand dollars by the withdrawal
of their patronage, und that they have
got Bennett fairly down this time.
But we will bet live ?to one on Ben?
nett flogging out the whole concern,
mermaids, learned seals, bull-frogs
and all. before tho winter season j
closes. During the last tweuty*years
we have seen a large number of enter?
prising parties get that "%'ary old
Scotchman down, but after a great
deal of rough, fighting we have gene?
rally seen Bennett get up and shake
himself like a*terrier who lias just
managed to kill his List rat '"inside
of five minutes/'
About two months ago, when the
sagacious old?Scoteh coon permitted
the luckless Maretzek TO toss and
worry him for it long time without
even showing his teeth, we knew full
well tiiat in due season he-would give
his assailant such a bite that he would
bellow a i loud as a bull of Bashan.
And we were not far wr??g.
..There is cverv reason to "no-..e that
peace-abroad as well as ut home -
will ba th" leading aim of President
Johnson's policy. Few would hav?
?xpected that one who denounced re*
beilion so sternly would display such
moderation and humanity in thc hour
son would prov? capable of rising so
far above party influences. Perhaps
Mr. Johnson kimsslf, like his prcde
:essor, Mr. Liucoln, hardly foresaw
:he mellowing effi cl ol responsibility
ipon his earlier views, and would
'reeiy admit that, in his short expe?
dience of office, he has both learned
md forgotten mtvh. This power of
.arid self-adaptation is an eminently
American virtue, and it has infinitely
acilitated the work of pacification in
he South." 0
are to tlie lOtl)
i Domingo i
President ('
- -. -
Ijocal It?
Mr. Cutt ino advertises that he is selling
off. Se* his terms.
Wc have been requested to s-t.i(e thai
stamped envelope** can bo obtained at the
I?ost ellice.
".Cotton Bianka" and psrn?tc-indispen?
sable to til persons purchasing er shipping
cotton-carfbe obtained r.? this oibce.
< Ean?i.oY3iEST.-Eight or'ti e. good print?
ers cau^obtain employment in this oS5ee,
during the approaching session of the
Legislature; *
CASI;.-We wish it distinctly understood
that our teraisTorsnbscription. advertising
and job work are cashf The money r-iust
in every ease accompany orders, or they mill
not hr attended to. Hus mle applies nib
FIXE ARTS.-We refer our readers to tho
advertisement "f Mr. Lawrence L. Coln n.
Mr. Cohen is a thorongh artist, having
spent five years a*, the beat schools in
Europe, and is the recipient of medals,
diplomas arti] ottiernumerous compliment*
to his ability and proficiency; *
Hie card of Messrs. C. N. Averill & ti>-:\,
of Charleston, will ho found in another c<>
I lumu. The senior member of the. finn ha s
i been engaged in the forwarding and com?
mission business forbears, and*, we believe,
has given gcnerol satisfaction. Their com?
missions for forwarding are oi:lv ten cents
per package.
Wno is TO BLAME?-Constant complaints
are being made by subscribers along tho
lines of the railroads of the non-reception
of their papers. Our "worthy postmaster
will please look into thc matter, as the pa -
pera are regularly sent from our office.
PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY.-WO visited thc
photographic gallery of II: Weam, Esq., a.
few days since, and found bim busily en?
gaged in multiplying faces from living
originals. His stock of materials is com- .
plets, atnl his ?pictures, for artistic execu?
tion and faithful portraiture, are equal to
any taken North or South. Our visiting
friends, for the next few tvecks, should
visit the gallery, on Assembly street.
"SEW FIRST*-Messrs Hahahan & Warley,
old residents of this District, have opened
a forwarding and commission agdney in
this city, and promise to attend faithfully
to all orders in their lim . They have, also
on hand a large and fresh stock of groce?
ries. Ac., to which they invite thc insp< ci?
tion of the public, with thc firm c mviotion
that thc most fastidious taite can be suited.
V,Y are indebted t<> thi s.- gentlemen a
liberal sample >?'.' their stock, consisting of
choice salmon Afresh and pickled -lobst? rs,
Java- coffee, ale, Cabinet whiskey, ?Sc., to
which ample justice -va? d'.me. and univer?
sa] satisfaction expressed, by the Phi?niz
establishment. May their store always bc
crowded with po;/ ensiomers, and their
pocket:. 1><- rafRdly-filled, is or.r i-arnest
wish.
HARDWARE.-It seems t<. tts that at th:-,
time, v.*i.-n thc saw and hammer ari- t?? bo
bearii in every portion of the city,'that
nothing can be more wanted with us than
a large and well-assorted stool; of hard?
ware; and., being under that impression, it
is with groat pleasure that wc bring to !!:e
notice of thc public inc advertisement
the obi and responsible ?'nu cf Edgerton
A Richards, Nos. :)2 and VA Broad street,
Charleston, who bring to the view of our
?.cadi ;A one of the largest stocks, and'of
xs gr- aft variety, r.s ha,' been land, t? ja
Charleston, for ruany y< ars.- Mr. G. M.
Leitch, for several years connceiedwith tho
hardware business, and w. '.] known for h is
Cor. Bull A Washington st?, p. ..?."
!'. v ( ?u-Ano. Seiiiug < ?:?:.
Edgei unt? hi.ha.-ds- H:ir?wav<.
<?. T. Porch er-Notice of Sch.. !.
Cor. foot Lad?- st..Boa .-din-.
. .frc- :> Le; ".-. Isrile Government, Vier, -ty.
E. J. Sett. Eso.-For State Tr? a ..:*..
IA ?V.:uv>V. -Yeast Powder.
" " - lintier and Lava.
is ' -Wines sitd Liquor:-:
Hiejiihan ?V Wariev-Gr?ci vies,
C. N. Av. rill A s-.ii- .Cnn. Merchant.-'.
O. G. Parsley A ( o import's Merchants.
Hanahan .\ Wariey -Com. Merchants.
Valuable Plantation i.> Richland for Sale.
L. L. ( .Mien -Drawing. Paintinjr. Ac.
M. Winsiiiek-Dry Goodi;. ?cc.
.Tc .: Wa tie; ?( kima agains^Asybjr.i.
LOOK Orr KOP. Coe iTEiapEirs.- Wc?
earn from a sonre? entirely reliab?s
hat counterfeit five dollar 'Treasury
totes, and fifty cents postal currency
>ills. both badly executed, hutcajcu
tti.l to Arceive the unwary, are eir
u!utin.?_'. in Newbem. Et is said that
ity is i'nll *of thora. Thc statement
i sffich as to authorize as in warning,
ur readers to "OG rircunispecs when