Columbia phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, April 22, 1865, Image 2
Saturday Morning, April 22, 1865
Tho Assassination o? Fresjt?ent Lincean.
O?r t?l?graphie co?urtras will afford ell--the
particulars -which have reache-d ns toucbingthe
assassination o_f President Lincoln in-lhe'thbatre
at ."Washington. The event will loudly effect
the relations of the two countries. . The -blow
Which struck down Seward, if delivered five j
years a go, might hita Wa ?ed thc Ko?-th ?ta liber?
tes, and ' perhaps averted a bloody war, .in
which both ?ou ut ries have loet thousands of
preoious lives, a thousand limes more valuable
to soe i tty than all ita Seward s in the world.
It will be but little improvement in the condi?
tion of either section that A?jay Johnson sue*
Coeds to 'Lincoln, ae mifst"be simply a tool in
the hernia of the expeiU by whom he will be'
surrounded. Hewitt be satisfied-, no doubt-,
with any polity which does not deny' hian h ie I
customary stomach)?*. When t?cb men as
Li neoln and Andy Johnson Became so h ft ed
i nf to tire seats pf Washington, arid Jefferson, rjie-j
b eginning of tli'e end, was reached. The re-f
. public did not need a bloody war for ita final]
overtKtpw. The rest-^is Q?ijy a question' o?l
' time. Corr plications, confusions, srraderings, f
secessions, mobs/and. ell manner of violence j
and crime, mutt be natural confluents upon
that general demoralization of a people wnie-h
elevates the ape. the wolf, ile cur, the brote
into the pedestals of ancient eminence and
g lory. - The. trail of -the serpent is over them
ahV Thc ??hm is-uppemiost. They have filed
their minds to the condition of their hands,
a nd- those nra. emcared with nil the filth of craft
a nd crime, - to pay notbirg of the blood of their
brethren.
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BXXXT S. IcffVft.-We have not thought it]
worth while to waste any words upon lite oa
reer of this man who bas been to long am bi.
lieut, in American -Cotgrer-F.es, Of playingTher
eoWe. '1 ne poer cr? atnie is at thc end t f bis
tetb er, aqd'a sony figure does he exhibit. ""He
bas cent foi lb a n>snif?sto from hil place of
retese in London abusive of Davis, denouncing
??'I e Ton federet 3, a teert ii g bi? consistent Union.
IfftP. and n akirg n eidest suggestions to Lincoln j
aa to the process** he rh&uld employ fer stifling j
."tba rebellion, in ?he ?onoiliatioa of the EontbJj
.Be jprop?see thai slavery shall be extinct, sbajl.i
cet ? to .*> hg?' end, on the' lat of January
, iflO. }ie edvifee tfaiiiM say.abort cut to that j
I ti.gri?cor.evua?titr.. Bis prenunciamento ia*
as i ?*lctl??e iby ' %t WfcS tvtr ere ofjln JJeii.
( ?i s ic gi* eleys ol the Guetferors and Mp ti
ventee.'. ' ?>?':'
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/ PiijiA>ji mu??. ?? A "Misaviiiror-x--A .
-tri*: rill? r* I nv i- ai; nil bird. I -fit is line*' to)
. ' f y.1 cc} - fe? ?Vi h).-\ <??, t:i d. A i bilartbrcj el
;t T.jhtl.t" .? Ii?-!v 1 : ? i ii i?e?, 1 vt dis) les his
.TA-; .? : 1 V n i il . r. lie .Iml-.r. hun's :rnd aa? j
f.p.;!WH(t'._ > >11 diu I e is libe the potato?-..
:\; ;b lld irji.*.;\i. eit*io?-. I vi gerri to th?
?? i'r. '.ll Pr iii i? j * wi? y ft ? 1- hie namer all
*".>>.{.*! d .Win., iud bis welds tweet j?ice,
i- v* 1**\ h? an t l i. Mts a etea*. I ? t ire- read
?4 - utlnfi V 1 ? ill, ?.nd faH into the band? of,
X wanthrope.--- Ct-QtU* litad*.
. Our? i rora in fhe conception" of -pfe.mode for
hurrying on the war with the Yafllcees or? oil
the grow Ul of "W-est Point. The rote; in that
"scIiooj insisted upon, artillery and. engineering;
alt tho other- departments being subordinate;
and this was quite trna aird proper, no doubt?
in 'recognition of the necessities of European
w arfare-a country 6*f raat plaina and open
bnftle-firlds, densely populated, with wailed
towns and scientific defences. . Bot in a coun?
try Jike Oura.'of dense thicket, interminable
swamp, no important and well-defended
j we might and should carry on the*war for a
thousand yenra. yet never suffer from a siegle
field of slaughter. 4 handful of Seminoles,
,h nrdly twelve hundred, baffled for five years
all th? inns of the whole United State?. The'
^ red men we re not ambitions of the glories of
E u rope ? ii J^W sr; fortunately, tlfty did sot know
the use of ar t ill cry, and still more fortunately
'had -n^e.wjt h' which to en cia mb er them. They
ha d, lsokily ..-neither a commissariat nor a qnsr.
ker master's department. Tliere Was no sp?cu?
l?t ii u i meng their few o Bi ci als. They attempt?
ed to fi-rt i fy no place; and contented them?
pel -ti? w iib such fight? only aa enabled them to
r bal ar? . and rut efl parties, when th? enemy
wan loo strong openly- to ba encountered
Bri?! y, t he Semiaeles did ' what we scorned to
do-r?td.i#heir natural 'resources of courage,
cu arij p, eetivily-the cover of their forest*
the ride, the marah taekey, and a little sag!*,
mite in their cern pouches. They had BO
wagers, no teams, to be captured'. .They car
rlfd five days' provisions in their haversacks,
when these gave ont, slipped back int? their
fastnessea, until new supplies ?auld be groan?1
and parched. And?nowt with three hundred
thousand aids bodied nen, adepting*lhe Semi
colt pocftb ia thicket, swamp and mountain,
why any negotiation wbiah secures as lees than
independence* - ^
M*Bf Bmoxs OF IsTKBvrjvTibN.-The Lon?
don correspondance of tho Kew York Vindi
rater contains evidence of the moat startling
character with r? g?id te the question of foreign
intervention; cwt to our mina the niost *ugues
tive cireuimtanc? ia the appointment of Count
de Trien tholen from the . Imperial Court of
Mexico ss Minister of France to the United
States. There setose to be a special purpose in
thia; ?nd the whole affair has, it is asid, crested
a feeling ?aa* great nneaainasa in administrative
circles at "Wsakington. 'It is regarded by many
aaa direct ..rebuke of tho delay ol Mr. ?.incoin
in recognising "the Empire.of Mexico, .which
has-been recognised by nearly -all th? Govern?
ments of Europe.
The last -.arrival from Havana, dated from
that city. Maren Ssl, gives the following piece
bf intelligence, which adda another 1? th? ai any
reports we have bad recently, all ooafiiaiiog.
more.or less, th? ??nf dent expectation enter
tained of the iff rn tn ease of foreign interven
tien:' . - -
' Mnxifnihan is fro recog? ixe sn aurelia', ely tb?
Southern Ccrftdeiscy, em mea ta- ib#rr. th?
poet of Tampico, or .some other, in which tr
ttrrv their pm**. There t? b? adjie ?cai td ali?
sold*. -;. *
We gire this ri poi t without vouching fi?;
'accnVae'yr'iutit ia a fact ihsHJ.o r.f>n*-r*.e*>
nition'by tbe Washil gio? A'dmmwtrsrti?rt c{ .1 .
Mexieaw fmpirf i:as. berJi ptodyctiv* ot tvr
unpleasant leehrgt m tl ? j ?i l cf Juts : .>?
lewaidh (he United Statu?. >
";" [An?nsta (k>a**4t*m it>**i;i'O'
-. Tb* efl?ee ol' %i? "Co/i.w&?a jr^eWM?I?s^. cl?
Gates Street, second door from Plain, . -. ^
r^lTV OBDINANCX.-YYe ?re requested fr? ad?
visethe public that the-city authorities aro re?
solved to* enforce, the ordinanceagainst hogs
sud goats running at large in this city.
Ft'owjfaa AVD FBUITE.-Even in this desolate?
den of ours, we get.an ocensional boon of Hoy
ere; roses, red and white and rare, and shrub*
of a sweet beyond compareci?me from a. lady?
yoong and fa;?- seise from strong man with
whitey brown hoir; and even aa we vvrite, with
.the atmosphere, turned from the eoin.-mon to
Eden sir, our better fat?it have contrived to
dish us, with a saucer of stra-wberries; ripe mid
debemos; sent from fair hand?, not foo officio*!?;
a nd-for all these blessings mid fruits andlflow
era, .bf'thanks sent up from this den of ours. .
Resolutions of City Council " -v.
32,The' following resolutions have been adopte-I
Ly tha<Sty" Council of Columbia, at a recent
session: ?
RceolvfcL, That a petition be drawn up to lay
before the present General Assembly, for au?
thority to issue bonds, with cir without tho
guaranty- of the State, in a sum-nwt exceeding
?l ,000,000, for the purpose of scsieting our
citizens, in rebuilding toe city; as, fram th?
great calamity that has pontt upon our resi?
dents, anfferipg is inevif..l?le, unless ajd is ob?
tained ft om the city and State, and which can
be afforded in ibis manner without prejudice or
loss Xq, either. , - * f % -
Resolved, That application be made" to the
Legislature to to amend, our charter an tb em
Cower the City Council, from tiros tn time, to
arrow money aa the necessities of the -city
may.require. ~ * " ' ~ ^| ..
Reeolved, That our agent- be directed to, lay
before the Genera? Assembly "the threat destitu?
tion of many of the residents bf .the city, com?
posed largely of refugees ttem the low ti- patt
of thc Stat?; and to re?cmroend that prompt
and active meneares be taken lo make provi?
sion ter the' s?pport-of Ufe. - H
Resolved, Thor Assit ant Mayor J. G. Gibbej
'be appointed a ap?e?al agent for thc presenta?
tion cf these .resolutions to tb? general Assem?
bly, and the better to urge-their ccneideratioi
upon tlie membeis. .
Cvrrxx COUNSXIXXU.--The Yankee aofhorit ?-.->
in Charleston, by proclamation, are entrS?(tn?*
coffee to go to work.* Th?>y piteously plc .id to
bim to remember that he ie now a. fretuwi.
ikey define fer bim n freeman as one who must
eats bia bread by the er* eat ?vf bib bi ow-t h'
Biott hallowing and astonishing iniprniafipii
thnl coffee* stomach could receive, lt ia grate?
ful-.* rarceive that the commandant admita i!.c
in. j (tMbiiity1, ff not impropriety, of attemptitig
to ruc counter te the law cf,God-i. e., in the -
Case, of t-uffee. Tho Yankee makes po such
ccmieaion. in bm own ?ase. Briefly, cuffce is
tojo i o ?o to the fct lds and*- take-up his how
a gi;ir . His idea vf bei ba. idle in town,' aa a
I t?ef of nre>dejT\ is ignored m toto.
l?eiij E?.ff?. ,?,7jfvt-jr?field l>istrifcU a de,
sirtrr. vaa 'iaU-^ k?:>d ?,tJ?rirK eeaistacce Ls
I l e ?.q?r . '. nt "f?.r h-? *n?etv
Th.-. Chm vp Thea?*? WM al. koontee! to
cr '>,V cl.-'h* -it??? Iz'h, wi>R'T??bW
Cornee}-} c; ?/.!?.. .?..?..?..?v'^??or- '*