The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 15, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, Dec. 15.1865.
Resuscitating tHc South
Parties at the North are making exer?
tions to proenrc labor aud means to culti?
vate the lands of the South. It is estimated
that, of about 22,000,000 acres of land in
eight States of thc South, 10,000,000 could
be purchased on easy terms, or leased with
the right tn purchase at from $j to $20 per
acre, and at a rent of from $2 to $5 per
acre. To facilitate a settlement of these
lands, wo observo that a company has
been organized, called "The United States
Mutual Protection Company," for encour?
aging settlements in the Southern States.
It is contemplated by the company to
make settlements of fifty families in a
location, thereby securiug mutual protec?
tion, schools and religions worship. The
cbmpany further contemplates securing a
charter from Congress at an early day in
tho approaching session, with a capital of
$3,000,000, and a larger number of tho
most prominent capitalists of New York,
Boston and Chicago, have intimated their
desire to participate in this corporation.
It is the intention, after a permanent or?
ganization shall be effected, to make ad?
vances of means to parlies owning planta?
tions, and who aro not. at present able to
cultivate their lands without assistance, as
well as to assist persons of small means
from the North Who are desirous of settling
South. A number of large land-owners
and men of influence from various parts
of the Southern States are also ready to
unite in the company, and make common
causo in this great work of reanimating
tho industrial interests of their beautiful
but unfortunate Southern land.
It is calculated that, by the efforts of
this company, the amount of the cotton,
sugar and rice production, of lSGo, will
again bc realized within three years. We
are glad to seo such organizations as this,
and the Southern people will gladly hail
all such efforts to aid in restoring their
broken fortunes, and developing the vast
resources of their land.
Severe on lintier.
During the session of the Yirgiida Le?
gislature, on Friday last, Mr. Hurst, of
Norfork County, offered thc following,
which was laid upon thc table:
Whereas, It is currently reported awd
generally believed that the celebrated
Hudibrastic General B. F. Butler is about
to take charge of this military department
with powers extraordinary; therefore.
Resolved, That whatever money may
remain in the State Treasury be immedi?
ately divided among the widows and or?
phans of deceased soldiers, and couriers be
despatched to the various counties re?
questing the people to secreto or bury their
plate.
As tho General has been laid on tho
shelf by his resignation being promptly
accepted by the Government, the couriers
need not bc despatched.
A QI'F.F.R SOCTHEBN LOAN.-The South?
ern Loan, as ii is called, which has kept
tho fashionable circles of St. Louis in a fer?
ment for a month, came off on the 8th inst.,
and ended the next morning with great
eclat at thc new Southern Hotel. Some
2,000 of thc elite of the city were present.
Bevies of beauty represented thc cities of
Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Jefferson,
Cincinnati, Chicago, and several towns in
Iowa and othor Western States. In all re?
spects it was a grand and successful affair.
Tickets were taken at $20 by subscription
of leading citizen-. What is this loan, we
don't comprehend.
WHITE AXU BLACK LABOR.-The l?Tew
Orleans Crescent says: We learn that a
conference has been held between a num?
ber of prominent planters of the State and
a leading agency of this city, which has
resulted in an arrangement by which a
large number of Germans are to be invited
to come to Louisiana as laborers upon
some of our cotton plantations.. These
gentlemen, by way of experiment, propose
to cultivate one plantation with white labor
czcluaively, so that a practical comparison
may be made of the results of negro and
white labor in tho culture of our gnat
staple.
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Tni. TEST OATH.-It is understood that
the constitutionality of the Act of Con
gross prescribing tho test oath, ia now be?
fore thc Supreme Court, on thc application
of A. H. Garland, of Arkansas. The whole
question will ho presented to-day.
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Tin: SOUTB AND FUEEUMEI?.- -a U report?
ed that, as m an j of thc Southern States
have adopted the constitutional amend?
ment, end guaranteed protection to tho
freedmen in all their rights, tho mditary
force will be withdrawn from such States
and the Freedmen's Bureau abolished.
?
From Abroad.
I The steamship Asia, from Liverpool on
I the 25th ultimo, and Queenstown on the
! 20th, arrived at Halifax on the 8th inst.,
with two days later Dews. There was con?
siderable mystery connected with thc
escape of Stephens, the Fenian Head Cen?
tre, the particulars of which have not been
as yet disclosed. Thc Government offers
a reward of ?1,000 for bis recapture, and
?300 for information that shall lead to his
arrest, with a free pardon to any person or
persons {riving such information. Tho
opinion was that Stephens made his escape
through thc assistance of some of thc
prison officials.
Thc question of parliamentary reform
was being agitated with increased interest
and vigor, a reform meeting having been
called at Birmingham, at which it was an?
nounced that John Bright would address
j the people on the great interests involved
in the question.
Thc reported increase of the cattle
plague in England is confirmed by the
arrival.
A report had reached Paris from Mar?
tinique of a serious military riot in that
I island, between a body of Zouaves and
i some marines, in which nineteen persons
i were killed and some fifty wounded.
Thc news from Spain is conclusive as to
i her action in tho matter of Parcja's block?
ade. The prompt and decisive action of
j the British Government, and the stirring
j memorials to tho Emperor of the Paris and
j Havre merchants, seem to have brought
j thc Spanish Ministry at once to their
! bearings, causing them to despatch a spe
I cial courier, by way of New York and Pa
j nama, to Pareja, with instructions to stop
j proceedings, report, progress, and await
! further advices from Madrid. The French
j Emperor, it is said, will use his good
j offices, in conjunction with England, to
! ward a pacific solution of the affair,
j A rumor was current in London and
j Paris that there had been a serious rapture
i in thc relations between thc French Minis
? ter and tho Government at Washington,
but it was generally discredited, as ori
? ginating in political and financial specula
I tion.
i The Liverpool and Loudon markets, hy?
the Asia, will bc found under thc commcr
? ciat head.
j Later official advices, received by thc
j Mexican Minister at Washington, reported
1 that Juarez would take his departure from
' El Paso, on thc 13th of November, for thc
! city of Chihuahua, to re-establish there
i the scat of the National Government. Twc
j important decrees had been issued, thc
! first of which declares the constitutional
' term of the President extended until a
! popular election can bc held. This d?cret
j has, it is said, the entire approval an?
sanction of thc leading patriots, and is
' made by virtue of the extraordinary
; powers with which Congress clothed thc
j President during the existing anomalous
I circumstances. The second decree it
j leveled against General Ortega, and de
j clares him subject to a trial on his return
I to Mexico, for his unwarrantable stay ir
! thc United States.
i WASHINGTON ITEM.-A Washington cor?
respondent says, that the Southern dele
gates to Congress are being treated witl
, courtesy and consideration by many o
? those who hold seats on the floor of th<
! House, and, it is said in Republican quar
i ters, that they will corta inly be admittcc
. at an early day if they come up to the re
; quiremcnts of the anti-slavery majority o
both branches of Congress. Thc Tenues
' see delegation havo more sympathy thai
; any other, probably because Presiden
( Johnson is a Tennessoean.
RESIGNATION OF UNITED STATES OFFICERS
j Neither the Washington Chronicle, nor tin
Philadelphia Inquirer, nor the New Yorl
; Tribune, say anything about the compli
i menta Grant, in his report, pays Gen
I Butler. Thc Washington corresponden
I of thc Inquirer, however, says:
"It is known that for some months '.as
' General Butler has, at tho request < i tlu
: War Department,been thorougnij examin
; ing the laws of treason and eases of Ste.t.
: trials, for over a century back; but th
; final decision of the President has heel
not to allow a military commission for tin
, trial of Davis for his participation in th
? conspiracy to assassinate President Lin
.i coln, and various raids in Northern State
during tho war. On tho appearance o
. Cen. Grant's report, General Butler agaii
asked for thc acceptance of his resignation
which request has at last been granted."
I Gen. John A. Dix's resignation has als
been accepted, as well as that of Col. fi
j L. Scott, formerly on Gen. Scott's st aft', an
his son-in-law. The latter went to Enrop
' in 1861, on a leave of absence for In
health. The Tribune, of the 9th, states:
"The resignation of Col. N. P. Cliij
1 man, late Judge-Advocate of tho W.r
Military Commission, was also accepted h
day-tho War Department, however, prc
vious to his resignation, conferring uno
him tho well-merited rank of Brigadici
General."
j Legislature South Carolina.
Wednesday, December 13, 18C.5. .
SENATE.
Tbc Senate met at half-past 10 a. m.
A number of bills were received.
Messrs. Davant, Winsmitli, Hemphill,
J. Ii. Williams, Thompson, Dozier, .Sulli?
van, G. W. Williams and Townes submitted
reports of committees.
On motion of Mr. Lawton, a bill to alter
the Constitution of th;j State so as to pro?
vide for thc establishment of an additional
Judicial and Election District, was made
thc special order of tho day for tho first
day of tho regular session of 130(5. at 1
o'clock p. m.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OE REPRESENTATIVES.
The Clerk called the roll, thc Speaker
took the Chair, and thc proceedings were
opened with prayer by Kev. Mr. Sh and.
Mr. Farmer presented the petition of
Emanuel Witsell, to bc allowed to collect
toll at a bridge over Ashopoo Uiver.
I The Senate returned to this House a bill
' to provide for the is;-c.o of hills receivable
in payment of indebtedness to the State, to
the amount of $300,000; which was agreed to.
Messrs. Carlington, Simouton, Haskell,
' Scott, Mikell, Green, Youmans, Salley and
Duryea submitted reports of committees.
Mr. 1). Wyatt Aiken introduced a resolu
j tion, which was agreed to, that immedi
I ately upon the passage of the last bill of
the Cone, at its third reading before this
j General Assembly, the House Committee
j on Printing be authorized and required to
have 10.0?X) copies of thc whole Code
printed, for distribution among the mem?
bers of this General Assembly, and' thal
they bc distributed />rt> rafa to tho Chair?
men of Delegations.
Mr. Gayer presented the petition of
dealers and consumera of Hour in the city
of Charleston, asking that the law requir?
ing the inspection of flour be not removed
I or modified.
Mr. William Wallace presented the ac?
count of C. 1*. Pelham, for public printing.
Adjourned.
I GEOBGE N. SANDERS IN LONDON.-A letter
received here from London speaks of the
! arrival there of George N. Sanders, and of
I his visit ing several important personages
whose acquaintance he made when United
j States Consul (hiring Pierce's Administra
I tion. He informed those persons that
j when he was sent by Jeff. Davis to nego
j tiate with Napoleon for the recognition of
I the Southern Confederacy, he was accorded
two interviews with thc Emperor, and that
the invasion of Mexico was undertaken in
I pursuance of a plan then agreed upon, for
j which thc Emperor insisted on being se?
cured in possession of Sonora, Siualoa and
Lower California. Sanders adds that be
! remonstrated, and offered much greater
inducements than Mexico presented, but
the Emperor was obdurate.
[AV<r Ya.-k Herald.
GEOSQIA.-The State Renate passed a
bill regulating contracts between masters
and servants. Contracts for over ono
month must be in writing; work hours to
be from sunrise to sunset; the servants to
be responsible for damage to the property
of their employers; wages to be forfeited
tty leaving; the employer may discharge
servants for disobedience, drunksnness,
immorality, want of respect, lcavigg his
service, enticing servants away; misde?
meanor to b'' punishable by a fine of $500
or by imprisonment for four months.
Provisional Governor Johnson sent a
telegram to Washington last night, asking
to be relieved from office, and recommend?
ing that Gov. Jenkins be allowed' > assume
the duties of the Executive chaii.
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John O. Sullivan, signing himself ''Late
Centre from Ireland," has sent a card to
the newspapers, stating that William lt.
Roberts, now President of the Fenian
Senate, declared to him that he would
destroy the present organization and sub?
stitute a new one in its place, and others
of thc Senators, v.diose names are publish?
ed, asserted they would tear down thu pre?
sent Brotherhood and erect one suited to
themselves. He says the Irish recognize
O'Mahoney as tho Chief Head.
The eighth wonder of the fashionable
world is Sozodont. Ladies, as they see
their unsullied teeth and rosy gums reject?
ed in their toilet mirrors, and gentlemen,
as their white incisors flash through their
dark moustaches, wonder how the benight?
ed folk of twenty years ago got along with?
out tho teeth-beautifying, breath-perfum?
ing Sozodont. f
It is reported that tiie President has
communicated to Senator Doolittle enough
of his plans to encourage the conserva?
tives in the beli"f that some of the South?
ern members may be admitted during the
session. The movement in favor of Mr.
Raymond, for Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, in placo of Mr. Stevens,
promises to succeed, but is not certain yet.
The Macon Journal has a letter of De?
cember ;?, from Milledgcville, saying that
Provisional < lovernor Johnson has received
an order from Washington to retain his
position until further orders. Also, that
ho has orders not to issue certificates of
election to thc Georgia Congressmen elect.
.
Provisional Governor Parsons has re?
ceived :> despatch from Secretary Seward
congratulating him, in tho name of the
President, on thc acceptance by Alabama
of the constitutional amendment, which
completes the requisiti rmmbor of States
required to make tin udment tho or?
ganic law of the land
Thc authorities Catholic Church
are very explicit in ' condemnation of
the Fenians. Bishop Daggon, of chicago,
has instructed the clergy to refuse Chris
t ia i burial to such of them as die in mcfft
bevship with this society.
A company has been formed in England
for the importation of fresh beef, a process
for its preservation having been patented,
which is said to he perfect.
Thc following toast was given at the an- j
niversary celebration of thc Earthenware
Board of Trade, in Baltimore, on Friday:
"Cincinnati-Celebrated for its hogs and
gentlemen; thc refinements of Greece arc
exemplified in both."
A company with $30,900,000 capital has
been formed in ?San Francisco, California,
to bond a road 720 miles long from San j
Francisco to ?San Diego, thence Eastward !
to the State line, connecting with the eon- 1
templatcd road to the Mississippi River.
Gen. Longstreet is now in New Orleans, I
and thc Crescent s;>.ys there isa prospect
of his making his horne there. Ile is still
sniP-ring from the wound received at the
! Wilderness.
Late advic( s from Washington state that
Messrs. C. B. Lamar A Son, of Savannah, !
were arrested in attcmpaing to bribe the I
Treasury Agent who had charge of thc
captured cotton.
The Collector <>f Internal Revenue, in '
Philadelphia, has seized 100,000 cigars and ?
05 barrels of whiskey, liable to forfeiture
for being offered for sale without, tho inter
nal revenue tax being paid. i
Chauncey M. Dupuy, t\r lately appoint- j
ed Ministor to Japan, is t iking time to ;
consider the qnestibn w.^ethcr he will
accept. If he can get thc New York Col?
lector's office, he will not accept.
Ex-President Franklin Piere? iv?s han
tized and confirmed in St. Paul's Church, j
in Concord, New Hampshire, on Sundav, i
the .'Jd instant.
There were extra heavy snow storms, 1
during the last few days, in Halifax, Phi- :
ladelphia and other cities North. Thc j
sleighing is line.
The distinguished Methodist Divine, the j
Rev. Dr. Schon, of Nashville, preached to
an immense audience at the Cooper Inst:- 1
lute, in New York, on Sunday.
A slight earthquake shock was felt in
San Francisco on wednesday night, but no
damage was done.
MARRIED,
In Orangeburg, S. C., bv Rev. Mr. Whil
den, Mr. L. 1!. MARSHALL, of Newberry,
and Miss H. S. OLIVER, of Orangeburg.
SHIP XEAVS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, DEC. 13.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Cumberland. Donkin, Baltimore
Brig Harry, Pillsbury. Baltimore.
Sehr. Rachel Seaman. O'Neill, Boston.
Sehr. Charles P. Stickney. Matthews, Phils.
WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY.
Sehr. Jennie Morton, Freyholz, New York.
Sehr. Virginia Price, a Northern port.
OBITUARY.
ANNA VARDEI.L, only daughter of Wrn.
and Anna Harral, of Charleston, S. C"
died at Sumter C. IL, October 2, 1S?.3, of
typhoid pneumonia, aged twenty years.
"They who shall bc accounted worthy to
obtain that world, and the resurrection
from the dead, die no more; for they are
equal unto the angels, and arc tin: children
ot God, being the children of thc resurrec?
tion."
i When the King of thc Chaldeans beheld
I the mysterious hand-writing upon the wall,
bis terrors arose, not from what he saw,
i but from what he could not see; for he was
! unable to discern thc body to which the
; hand belonged. It is so hi death. Our
fears arise, not from what wc know, hut
from what we do not know.
To the Christian, all things arc revealed;
the grave is divested of its terrors, and
"Death is swallowed up in victory."
From her carly childhood, tho deceased
was ever constant in both spiritual and
temporal duties, and true to her (Jod,
whom she professed and loved. Of her
approaching dissolution, she seemed as?
sured, and met lier destiny with a Chris?
tian fortitude; for, amidst ber sufferings
and the struggle between life and death, a
Spirit presided that prompted her in all
things to say, "Thy will bc done; even so,
Father, for so it seemeth good in thy
sight."
As a daughter, she was dutiful and lov?
ing; as a sister, confiding and affectionate;
as a friend, affable and constant. Possess
1 od of a rare intelligence and much amia
? bili ty, she was the centre of many hopes
; and tlie pride of many friends.
With the deeply afflicted familv, many
I have shed affection's tear, and in their sad
j bereavement have felt au honest sympa
i thy; for, when the young and the beauti
I ful, the gifted and the good, pass away,
j sorrows gather on thc heart as sink tho
I dews along the flower. A loving daughter
j and affectionate sister, a constant friend,
sho is gone-her budy to its coffined home,
I ber meek and quiet spirit to mansions.pro
I pared above, where the weary are at rest.
. Shu was the lovely star, whoso light around
our pathway shone,
? Amid this darksome volo of tears through
j which we journey on;
I Its radiance had obscured thc light, which
round His throne doth dwell,
' And we wandered far away from Him "who
j doeth all things well.'"
; The star wenl down in beauty, yet it
shineth sweetly now,
i In the bright and dazzling coronet that
j decks the Saviour's brow;
She bowed to the destroyer, whose shafts
none may repel.
Rut wc know, tor God hath told us, "Ho
doeth all things well."
! Wo rene, mber well our sorrow, as wo stood
I bi side her bed.
And our deep ami heart-felt anguish when
; they told us she wan dead;
I And, old that cup of bitterness, let un! our
j hearts rebel,
i God gave -Ho took - He will restore-"He
! doeth all things well." S.
jj?y Charleston Courier please <copy and
; send bill to this office.
Engine, etc., for Sale.
AEIVE-HOBSE ENGINE, in running
order, with pulleys, etc., for sale low.
Apply at this office. ' Dec 12
CLOSING OF MAILS.-Thc Charleston mail
closes daily at 4 o'clock p. in.: Charleston
way mail. '.> o'clock p. ia.; Northern mail,
.1 o'clock p. nf? Greenville ahd Columbia
Railroad mail, Sunday, Tuesday and Thurs?
day, at 1 o'clock i>. m.
Tur. BURNING OF COLUMBIA. AU inter?
esting account ol thc "Sack and Destruc?
tion of thc City of Coliuuhia, S. C.," has
just hoon issued, in pamphlet form, from
thc Pho-nix steam power press. Orders
can bc- tilled 1<> any extent.
THE BRIDGES DISAPPEARING.- -Owing to
the scarcity of wood, we suppose, the
bridges about the streets arc rapidly dis?
appearing. Tl?e pclicc must keep their
eyes open, as a continuance of the late
ugly weather will make pedestrianism par?
ticularly unpleasant.
AciENcy. OF .run NEW YOKE Buna: SOCIETY.
Mr. 1;. North has beet, appointed agent of
the above useful and charitable associa?
tion. Their publications wi!! bo sold at a
mere nominal rate; and we are informed
that indigent persons wilt be furnished
with the "Word of Cod" gratuitously.
CHANCELLORS AND LAW JUDOES.-The
following is the result of ihe election hold
yesterday, by the Legislature:
Chancellara flou. W. I). Johnson, of
Marlboro; Hon. Henry D. Lcsesne, of
Charleston.
Laic Judges- Hon. F. J, Moses, of Sum?
ter; Hon. A. P. Aldrich, of barnwell; Hon.
T. N. Dawkins, of Union.
This election, we arc confident, will give
universal satisfaction, ns the gentlemen
selected have, ono and all. held prominent
positions for years.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
sre published tins morning for the first
time:
Richard Caldwell For Christmas.
Kial North-bibles and Testaments,
bevin A Peixotto-Variety Side.
E. H. Moise- Fire-works, Ac.
Richard O'Brien-Pilot Bread, Ac.
Burdell A McMahon-Groceries, Ac.
COSIMERCIATj.
LIVERPOOL, November 2.r>.-'lhe sales of
cotton to-day were 7,OOH bales, including
2,000 to speculators and exporters. Mar?
ket qnict and unchanged. Breadstutls in?
active. Provisions quiet and steady, ex?
cept bacon, which is easier. Tallow flat.
LONDON, November 25.-Consols dosed
at 89i@893 for money: Illinois Central,
82|@?3; Erie, 56?@57; United States five
twenties, C4i@04S.
AUGUSTA., December 10. -Thc cotton
market continues very dall, and wc have,
therefore, no sales of any importance to
report. Some sales were made at 42@43c
for good middling, and 40c. for middling.
Cold was in moderate demand yesterday,
brokers are buying at 47, and selling at 48.
Old Georgia Railroad bonds are selling at
80c.; city of Augusta bonds, 80c.;'city of
Savannah bonds, 78c.
CHARLOTTE, December 18.-Cotton mar?
ket still i)uite dull, and but few seem dis?
posed to operate in it for thc present,
under apprehension of legislation by Con?
gress, which may grcatlv affect the price.
Sales, to-day, light, at from 20@24e. Gobi
still on the d?cline; buying rates 42A.
WILMINGTON", December ll.-Sales of
small lots middling cotton, at 40e.; 10 casks
spirits turpentine, G0c,; 300 bbls. crude
turpentine, at $5; H00 bbls. tar, at $2.50; 30
bbls. No. 2 rosin, at $7.75.
NEW Yor.K, December ll. -Money, to?
day, has been plentiful on call at* 7 per
cont., and particularly in tho afternoon,
when thc demand was less than the sup?
ply. There is no variation in thc rates for
discounts, but the tendency is towards an
easier market. Cold has declined 3J per
cent, since Congress went into session, but
this has been owing, in a great measure,
to tho fact that the Government has
thrown about $4,000,000 of gold during the
week upon the market, to thc great dis?
comfiture of many operators, lt- is un?
doubtedly the intention of thc Govern?
ment to keep down the rates, in order to
bring out the unproductive hoardings
throughout the country. Thc rate opened
at 44*; it then went "up to 45L Subse?
quently, it fell to 411. but recovered, clos?
ing at 44.? The exports of gold, t his week
have amounted to $490,936. Of t bis amount.
$319,000 went out. to-day by the steamers.
Thc cotton market was dull and irregu?
lar, wit h sales i.f 1,350 bah s, at our sub?
joined quotations, at which thc market
closed heavy and nominal, witii a strong
disposition on the part ofholdera to realize.
We quote: Ordinary, 35@37c; middling.
48?40c.; good middling, 50@51c
NEW ORLEANS, December8 -Cotton dall
-sales, to-dav, 3,500 'ad -; sa?os of thc
week, 2,000bah s. Mid^lirT,50@51c Migar
depressed; fair to fe ly 'ur, 17.'.'" 'Se. Mo?
lasses, primo tC Cb oil , .:??.? ?/fc.Ole' Gold
4'.? A. Exchange <-.i 1,'ew York, ;. Dis?
count freights easy. Cotton to Sew York,
?@I.
BALTIMORE, December 1.-Flour heavy. .
Wheat scarce. Corn lower sales of white
at 80@83c.; yellow, 7G@78c. Clover seed,
?8.62J. Oats drooping, at 49@50e. Provi?
sions nominal. Whiskey heavy, at $2.31??$
?2.32.