Columbia phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, May 08, 1865, Image 2
, : ,1 i- Our State sod People's Future.
:_^It' wU?/ibe ? v tabq<if?*tipn ^.ittiour o?nvewV
Ji?n, should our Legislature call it together,
.. .SbdJ'ahewH"!^ ^urniit^s ?8*?hr:
biing, wh-ihvr lo wtijri .t?? lhe i.l.t-Ui;i(>? asV
?tet?, or io' pre er iii? terri uriel, ?oadiii.?n.
Vh*D tn consider t'he. general ro?ste in the
, ''l^jntry, ??d' tt.e almost Un?4 w?tit vf . leading
I .^?jbrOjijfor government among O?,'j? ia, pei lui ?is
*?^^"ao?e?ar$that we ?lH>uld 'be pl ?oed under nilli
-t*ty subjection It ie not improbable, indeed,
that, thtj JJoiled State? Genier??? will ?abject.
Sjuth Carolina, at least, to d<?tne such sut hur? -
. *y.. Under a a rong military- gfiveratnmt,
which would auudue the liornee .of oonduct
?rhi?h thirty years ?f es*? ?nd profligacy have
eeg?ndered( it might be expect??! reasonably
.~. - that oar people would arrive at a dne settee ot
humility, t?int grand Irison- ami rece-.ity
? ' which enuct hare h??a th? object of the Deity
ia subjecting first to th? hoi rot ? vf a long
?nd cru"**" war. and finally to the humiliation of
titter defeat, and -su bj illation. We must learn
as awi u possible te reconcile t-urselreu to
. that ?ease of ?ubii ?43?on*\?{j.ich belongs to our
.degraded condition. To those whe.->e siomashs
aro still pro* J nuder i he ?cou ge and yoke,
' there ?i'd be found a" refuge in foreign land*.
? and tb ere are foreign St?t"e* who ?rill cheerfully
^accord territwty to the refugees from ihi>"Who
?Say he disposed to f?rm coln* ia? elsewhere.
Maximilian will lie glad to find his hand
-strengthened by the- acquisition of a hundred
thousand v:j>ot<>us young ti.en, still full o)
.pirit uud--wiiliag tn h?sr ? rm; ?n-J dountlea*
the United States wi)l tie quite willing '? grunt
the privilege of departure tio*? >he country tx
' those portions of a raen who niiirbl be too r> '
-.Craetory tor sut>ni:ssion, and who Wou d o Iv
aontiuue to h o ni a id houri? i di?s?nt<'nt. ' Th?
world is wide wnnigi still for ref.ige te th?
patriot ia er-b-; ?ml io ihn?* wlio reluct at tin
Yankee yoke, there sa coi a d .t on in the mourn
.'?"'.Jul r?HM*lvo ?f Adam, loivi:>g Eden forever:
. ''Th? WM M ?rt j? tl liefere us, where to choose
-Our retst-i?g pls^e, and Prov iden?? our guille."
It will be will, then, fur th? ?misants ti
keep I'nT dence ?till in view HS a eu'de. and t.
tuixamv from the pl?idinga and phasing o
? TJ?i?we. B-'t-r, to ?. in our changed eondi
Xion, we csu ??bstrut? Jehovah fur thoa- fal
gods whom we h -ve io> le g mid so bli .di
worshipped " His 'laws, properly studied, wil
le'ensily cvi'upreheuued, ?Md will k< sp us fron
tu- sono?? i? future, and the horrors, of ou
.past pei leuce. To eui due our hesi ta to "ii
Condition, to e.-ehi w our miserable vanities t
&? quire hnbftu of ttor.est industry, and raak
ourselves free from these bonds of ignorant
which enclave a peoplr. when they lack th
snodefety to d- plore it-tites? will be the fin
?B34-MM?! obj eel s for o ii r r?g?n?ration. W
cam ot too quickly address ourselves lo th
study of lh?*e things, welcoming religion, wii
dom, ? irtue, sobriety aud toil, a? th? euuipei
.stive things in the lona of our liberties.
ft ia expected that hy t?t of lus?, R?chmon
?nd W asuiogWa will bc ?euueeied by railroa?
Se Ward jn nd hie non ?re ?>aid to be both int.
-proving: The na^R?ii? dii his work tjfiscienti
filially, lt does noL^t oerUtiuly appear that
?B>eth i* capturad. By a B:iltira*?re despatch
of the feid AI t, he ia represented, with ^thirty
[."conspirators,-;tp.~ be concealed i"n"8i. '-fia-y's
County, Maryland. A ruin named VrVyue''.'
hus been arrested, who ie supposed tu be guilty
'ofthe attempt o.n Seward .. * . 5
Oue. ?f- the on dil* af th? New York press, of
tha-I8t.li, ja to the effect that Pre-ddent^Jobr..
S'?n replied to a r 1er y man who impl?fed his
mercy for the rebels, that, "merey'to ind iv id
aaln is not al wey a merry m States." Andr, grants
ta hang somebody, il ii* ?1 ar; if only to prove
that hi* famines ar?s nat. in a stat?* of au ?pen-,
ainu. Who shall it b<? . We Joust tint forget to
add, that he is elsa repon .id to have enid to
members ?f Congruas. ?raVlte "was willing to
ad with the utmost magnanimity (tl towards
the common rebels and to th? people of tb?
rahel States, bat.that those who were the lead?
ers must he severely f>ttai?hed.~" " ?
Very geed. We I ?i to say te President
Jell tison, thai, so far aa this State ii eonoecned,
people and leaders w-ra pretty rtittitb Io the
same cit taloon.'. 0;ie w si a? d<t?p iu the mud
ai the ??ther in the mire. Whilo w?j ware suo
ee-afui, nil pi rt tea were hopeful, exultia .-, self
r?li>oir.- It wa? only ?hen the ga ne grew to
h doubtful, that, an ?oes- oe ii miavak from a
Stimm Pur? anu<<ua<-ed that he had.alwsyi
been a Union mau. If thoy apnwe at all, thay
w-re aeeeesiomata, ?nh poMihly some thrit
exceptions, in all South Carolina,. And while
the. remained -Ment, being Unica meo, whal
wera they hut poor devil*! Let our aaaatui-s
take dita heed ? f this, for ev? ry syhable of il
is true.
Ourrenoy.
We are told that the Tankers in Georgia ar?
omliTairrg ?i:r blue baek aur.-ancKy-'ith a atnmr.
of their >>wti, and rating 'hew at. fifty cents it
the dollar. Having po*M*ssed themselves o
Ur?o a.-n- i.d'.? vf our currency, tha cunnin)
Yankee? are putting it to the beat profit. COB
federate bills will const ?tute our only curi-eiiio
f r nunc t une tu cuuic?. '1 lie banks will nee.
a-ltuii* 1troudin? tune" foi their reenperatioe
?ad meanwhile, we aimil find in tue blue baek
uhr oniy market m????*y\ We are inclined t
tlie belief that tba Un led Matt-.;, asa mea~i.it
nf [>o:ic-. and io order to tba prevention ?
great and sud den dint leas.in both see ions, wi
Uland the debts of the two. even though the
may sink the whoie by r?pu nanon iu a b-?
y (sra after, lt is the policy of ?Ur mattel
tm t the baut h ahull recuperate asrspi Hy as pi i
sib e, and vei? y their rule would ta pruduoii?
o!' wholesale <i .s", urbaner, dj.-ioonleiit and pi
haps a renewal of ilia war. if wa were require
te i ay a aha.a ot t/teir imleoiediieas withm
paying ?ur owa. lu ?ced, ibo U/ing weu.d i
.mpoBtiible- Verb tap.
G u a K KM AT.) RIAL-Gov. Vance, of North C rt.
Ima, is reported fis refe-nag to serve under '
United Ma?*w Govei'nmeut, the Yu-ikes G
Schofield having the. mij(ia>y goretomei ?
tko bute?
-Public >bptaion at :th?/Korih.;
We are Uti J thut immense tua?? ui clings ?.rs
brtog^h?ld st tire North;', urging pence andean
cilisiion. The prr?^i?to-?s >nid t? Ko 30 gr*st
upon- Andy J-'hushn. that he in :;nd.mtond to
have yieiiicdj-thv-tt'/h with, such leur? a? "th*
crocodile she.hi^ver-the hi ?- ?ten pig-io the
ternis agreed npon between J ?Vueto'vund Sh?r_
man. These terms are rather understood ia
g??ers!s than by de taila It aeeins id he under?
stood between the pai t e* Lat th -r'?- *r?. to ba
no faither^aegoiiat ons; th ?t t e^St ates of .tho
8outh simply thr.?w down their arm's, 5dect
their mani bee- o -ongee**, ?nd "(ide t??e? tate
the Union, wimont "beat of di air? They ar? .
hut aspect ed to make any onnece.-sary contor?
tions, tilt ta swallow the phyVe at a gulph.
-. - . ? .
Foi Attn GOOSK.- The jSo'-ti>t.-rii papers report"?
aa th? moat profouud eubiiiisenvniMs of Ricfc
troud the persona who, safe itt eivdl and officiai
bomb proofs nuder th? Confeilerxt? Govern
meat, har? mad<* the tno?t am zn:* fortuneaoatt
of th? war. All natur.?! ?wuiith. The fox
tribe ie proverbial for using aj?^ finders of tb?
tabby ia extracting it? itu*- fruin the fire, s
A rr-uss IM Oa.?aucsToN,-- \ correspond-nt of
th? A?w Y? rk JiiHft, io H la . leiicr, ?*ya that'
within the lum two mont hi <r id?siii Ghail:sto?
baa < ?VIyd to ii'w.t.in- f il-df^re? Kisg street
ix lai ty alive with b mines*, and on Mesling
and Broi?d si.its*m> >uv ?i?fe^nr^ !>eiug rapidly
fi ti ?ti ap and ??ceu.???*d. 'the ?irr.- will' ?ome
wheo thc city wi 1 he \4a?e-Jr'fi i it* old busing*
ft>?i!.ing, but thu nan nat.' tie .< ff t*d in a week
nor a uv otu Time ui'l'st be h.. j lo i--v?vs>ii> Iii?
duning.-.4 buildings, and ??>-etmdVS ; li? ol.I mer?
chants to aceumu .ai? Hurti-" ,r e -pi al tu HIHI t
in business ?ti e-h. The !.. t la*?' J? of peop ?
a pear tO. hare ntnre u>-. I. au to?* higher,
Sfestdt ]??*> *b-ir paltju ' -?J? ?h?. .u? ah: *>d
atores dow open ari- suM.it m .1.
T?iE YASKK"-:? IM . .-?1- RT AM?U.li.-U'j learn
that a loree ol' Y a ok*.--.'* O.T.I'I-*' Uvit. I'uliner, of
Pe nu sj IF tnia, wer- i the upper p.i.i ?.| .-ipa?
la ii hil rg, &u SjatiiVday lea*', * li. n- they ca??
tured seme ""i-lierH aiid o ?pc. r? ?li.i were lu
' h?.t OKi.hli"! hood A iiitli. i' _ .olv , under
St- nenian, \?a.s stat d u? k>- i II the j?~?a< ?.ide of
li.oait ICrver, ll ia ?eid Im' ihc?c vu? i a h id"
n .? beef* ailvirfeu of the ._, k.-wul t-f thc a rm is
nee.
FROM TRAN?? MISSIS rpri -rltv w iv - of th?
North, ?sys m-s .\ui< -I o'/i-o/i? V .-sentinel
of the S'il ?I nit. We h?re. . vu/* fr??t*i ihe 1'l'KHS
Jltssiaaippi Depart meiji," t<- o>- eix?ei rliaj Kiri y
-nuith "piopoees the turi . ii'i>-r ?'?! the (Joii?vJ.
er-ite ar ny West, oi the *-..?.-?e ppi. Th?
.Vocihcm ..Burrs al??? stau; ihatT.-xi-" will ?.ooo
be. reatured io the Uoioii.
Notice.
Saldiert ard Frll?v> L-i'tcux:
AM atiihonzfd i-A Gov. Vr,Lr.-.'.ii to inform
4 you, tliat-il n eii'oi.^ and eftLitit' oiganisa
t:on be fnin.eo, lor the. prou-ei >u <>f.privet?
property,-fud t.i rtiKiile tte. am"? nrrival of Ge
veinment li? us tsud pr? in .I; 19 '.Iiis place,
that Ootiitnu>?ioo?jrs. with.Ge... HAMPTON at
the head, wi i t e i, ?po iq --I. \. "-r a f.tr and
?quitable dt-p?is.itii?u v"? t-Uch "no.yriy ss is foi"
distributiva aiu.<;i-^>t ?uiUiers and ?Ibers
entitled to ftOeive il, 1 propuse no? that we
meet in bout, ol I>r <?rig-r'-<. T!l!? rdO?SlMO,
at 10 o'clock, to pe?)"-ct the organization,and
.et us hy h?mieiiiciiid and decided action show
that, whatever prenait* elsewhere,Hn ?in ? ?pi
. al of South ?aio?i?x law arc onirr ar? ?till
triumphant. JAMDi G Gi'dBBfi,
muy I 1 Aai>.stauf ?l<kyor,