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friday Morning, May 5, 1865.
Delation In Ext?rnala.
The exhibition of national splendor, or Of
private opulence, ia aejdon a nore proof of na
tiona! prosperity. Tho bankrupt' moke* his
meet extraordinary displays ol profligacy, just
before nie open failure; end there is no moral
filth mona shocking than that which imperial
trappings aro employed to conceal. Re ma ri*
ingto a pupil the varions transactions which
bad taken place within a ?hort period, in au<'
about Athen?, during the splendid career of
Pericles, one of the Greek Fag<-s contrasted it*
condition unfavorably "with thnt of tba peviod
when it was'mostly wanting in its present
magnificence, rbe deplorod^e luxuries whicb
had sprung up around bini, 'superseding the*j
humble desires and tba model?'? ambitious ef
a virtuous simplicity among (he pimple. IM He
beady of externes could-n.ot reconcile kim to
the rottenness which lay below; and bc pro
dictad, those destinies which were inevitablr
?rem th? induJgeace which never suffered it?
means te regulate the extent of its desiree. It
is only lbs few, in any country, who can hon?
estly make an exhibition of wealth, or ean vi;,
tuously -rnpose in. that indolence which ever
wealth cannot justify. Any struggle,'there
fore, on tba part of the great body of live e< m
ra unit y, after tb? shows aad pomps which be?
long to riches, anent be neither more aor-lew
than a contest ia fraud for thc honors of baa>k
rwptcy. Tho phileaapber would always prefer
to see a country thickly scattered ever with
taiiliag and cultivated famas, even thougb, st
the setae tiate, the treasury of State or city
) (.{noised *aspty?-ern4e a people, prosperous \>y
mesas of Taber, can always meet thc ?KC
giiiey, whatever form it may take, by which
?State er city ia endangered. It is net so certain
lr et Stat? er city can help a dissolute people,
who bare j et to learn the first indinsewts of
isOus<ry. ILe noblest edifices it'every torn
ry , air true hearts and strong hands, souls not
.Ictuses ey 5r<j:genc?, ner enervated by luxmy.
These vrilj n-rtu certainly be found in avery
i alien, where the Government neither subjects
".bern for it* creatures, nor alfords them an ?*>
? lr Usente- exemple by ita poaapc-a people
n ! 0 w lil always hsve a filial love for the soil
ii-1 j cultivate,' ?nd fir the Goveram?nt, wLicl,
pfcicct?ag then, from otheis, does not iteell
uk tc eiprses theml "I would rather," Faid
tlc .-aj-c, "pee the national treasury for ever
* i.l.t ut c rpIlLy? *ba? know that any worthy
r\' r> h stood hopelessly in naed of one."
Our Situation. A
?\V\ thing said, by way of counsel or oor.-.
. ;.-;OP, cn the situation of oar affairs, would
11 j ute'y al turd, fe leiig as the actual faets 5D
.?>. .; condition, are withhold from our'know*
he's:?. When we rhr.ll Strive ccrtsinly at
i) s-?c fuels, it will Le time enough to meditate
tb- j which wo need to pursue. Wo
-J. k.:d tot give ??eh weight to mere rumor
,:! i t?*fs work, g?iai^and street prattle, afi to
uv?ke it tbs si.ljoctof ibeugbtful eommenti.ry
it ia probable tba? our Leghdetnre will be sus*
ra?aed to B'W-t, ard wa aoppoaotbat a Conven
?? ; *" ' | {i,BJI, i 'll .1 I lill f'lH jS?vl
properly to ndjufst om- rotare relations with our I
conquerors and masters. We trui>t that they
will bring to their work the adequate wisdom.
Meanwhile, -it is toe duty ff a)] thoughtful
citizens to Meet in their severs kpteeincts, and
prepare their minde* as well as they ?fan, for
tbe bitter cup of humiliation, which thc pr?si?
dence of Cod has commended te our lips, St
(he hands of our enemies.
Law and Order.
Unless something is promptly done to anr?t*
by the strong-arm of law, the irregularities and
outlawries which are nightly ocenrring in (bis [
city, there, will be bloodshed and.prohnhly
c oii?s gration-.' The Sheriff of the District!
should be here with hiepo*se*omitaius. Where j
is btf A timely force-*f cenetables, un?'er an
efficient head,' will prevent the catastrophe
which we have every reason to apprehend;-and
unless proper steps are taken for prevention?
thc cue will be ?dif?kulr,. if not imp?K:bk
The evil, will only be arrested then by sonie-j
fbarji an? sudden practice, by-sgrae outraged
citizen, protecting bis boma and family, bis life
and chattel?. . Wo Uust that, with the Gover?
nor himself present in. the capital, willi the
Mayor and Corncil still at the post <>f duty, ih?>
stern resolution ol law will man':".si. ittelf in*
sufficient strengt h to ewft>ice the veicn of so?
briety a?d order. \,
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Tbe musical concert mentioned
issue of this paper, rs given by two n? ti\ *.
Indies < f ( h url es ton ic that place, wa* ccrrcet
ly npoiUd, with one Disqualification. They
are natives of that unhappy city, rind of well
known ni.d honored families, but it WP* with
.*ad heart?, ard tinder coeicive necessities thst
tbtse swert ;?; geie of eur-IsTsel in ejj
tuned :1 eir harps in the presente ot" their con
qa ero rs. . sVheir hesrts were uaeltoacd te their
music, bat these they bsd to heep dewn^ in*
obedience to thc ealla of hunger fiore etiffering
children, and thc pressure**>f a very various
need, to which they mii^t i*ake answer, or
p crish. We l ave no doubt that their hestrte
??ok evea ab their veices-.:t?e, and though thc j
tsars may net hu ve falltn 4Vm their eyes, in 1
Mhe pres?Lce af Ihci) foreign master*, the fenn- j
tains f-f grief wero .ill flie "while oveifi< wing j
.n ir ifni*. " j
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i_eLiCifct'jL Item?.
The effiee of the Colombia Phihiix is''cn j
Gates street, second door from Plain. ?. j
Ewousn PEAS.-We are ?ml elated to Mr. Jt hn j
P. vTiiliains for a mete .of very f.ne Eaglieb"!
peas, for which he will accept our thanks.
"We laugh heartily to see a whole fictif
of sheep jump because one does so.
Peibops superior beings laugh hem lily at
us for exactly the same reason. . . .
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fe?AIE CF ECTJ?H CAICIIH?.
BFirQTJAETFRh-, CcirwrJA. I'n.y Tr, If ?ff;
To the Fecple of the State of South Car oI>r*
* . T is my duly to announce ie y?>n the iVIlcv
J. ing telegram, which;! have Just reoeiveo,
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and whit*, With lie aceonipneyfnp asper*, frill
be ?eeeived and read with profound ibtarearf
.RMKSBORO, N. C., /^ril 30.
Forwarded lrem Chester May 1,-1865.
Hi* Excellency CovCA. G. Magrath:
The disaster in "Viicinio, the eapt.uro by ihe
enemy of ?ll ouf work shops for tko prepare
t-ion bf ammunition and repairing of a ?ri-??; the
impossibility of recruiting our little rut:; v, op?
posed by ten times its nnjiibei::. cf supplying it
except by -robbing our owotertiaoh?, <k st roy ed
all hopes of successful war. I have, therefore,
made n military convention with Gen, Sheimnn
to terminate* hos?lities iu North and 'South
Carolina, Georgia sod. Florida. I. mode this
convention to spare the blood ofthc^gallant
little ai my committed to me; to prevent farther
buffering of our people by the devastation and
ruin inevitable Trom tbc marches ot invading
armies, and to avoid the crime'of wngiiig hope
leas war.
(Signed,) J. E. JOHNSTON, General.
Subsequently to tlye receipt nf thia telegram
from G wi. Johnston. I have received the follow?
ing .letter from Gen. Lovell, commanding in the
s?tate of South Carolina: ? \
IIKAUQ??BTEKP IHSTRTCT SOUTH CAKOLJ?U, .
f .V Columbia; Woy 3, 18?C. .
? To Hi* Ercelhncy A. 6. Magrath, Governor
State of South Carolina. ? '
SIR: "When 1 assumed command of the Con-'
fedeiste forces in this State, in April Inst, under
the ci.de.is cf Gtn. J. E. Johnston, the effective
troops at my disposal to repel the'advance of
lb*1 enemj- into the State, were only two small
brigades of. cavalry and come few- scattered
et>u.panics, numbering in ihe aggregate less m
titan twelve bundled (1,200) effectives, sud*
entirely inadequate for the r?yotceticu of the .
State. "
Since then, military revers?e have rendered it
i.ecVssary, in the judgment of Gen. Johnston,
tj>r bim to. euler into a convention with the
enemy, of which 1 enclose yo? a copy. The
i ff cot of this action has been to break up end
completely disorganize the few troopo which
were nt my commaiid; so that- row,, instead of
being a pi otecting force to the State, they have.'
in fact, become, in many- instances, bodies of
Din randers, dangerous to ita citizens.
< As soon asl waa advised Ly Gen. Jshn&lcr?
of the tei mu of tb? agreement made b.etwe ?
himself and Gen. Sherman, I telegraphed him.
to kpow ,if ba. was acting under the authority
and with..tie approbation of thc Government,
and received front him a reply that "Le knew
of no Government-" After, every possible
effort here. ? have been unable to ascc-i tcin tho
locality ef the Government, and consequently
bave'no instructions.from the Department asto
what action I should lake upon the convention
made hy Gen. Johnston.
The disoiganizfilion and difl ending cf the'
few-troops which were in iLis'State, lea*ea roe' .
utterly without thc means in power to mn ko
?ny military movement. I hare only n poi (ion
of my sti.-?;' the Uaiisyc it^tk it hi supj ?ie >-i '
l,fho quarreimaster and commissi ty ce-pai ?menta
1 Lavo been violently seized, ard there ?6 no
j power to resist such acts-ip fact, tl eve is BO
I thing ?left in the State necessary -ff r cffcotSAe
I military Organization?
I nder these' circumstances, it feecbn.es, in
[my judgment, my duty promptly to infoim y-u
[ot my inability to protect the people ol thi* p
State cr their pioperty from violence or r?- "
cres&ion from ?*vy tom ce whatever, ssd to sujj
'pest to j ow, as the.Chief Tx? cul ive ef thi*
State, to toke such steps in. that regaid and to
effect that purpose se WJ . j ou, ai d the., other
civil authorities of the State, n^-y iff*- i?<*s*
11 roper and expedient. -
Braring to dey of y our arrivai bete, ; ?.ft t
io comiLunicate to yon the al oj? situation et
i.ffairs. I ! rn, Vir, vt+3 res] r-Uni y, . ? . Uc
dient servent, M. 1 l/V? ' "U
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