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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, Jane 2, 1865. Popular Morality. The popular prosperity depends very much upon the popular morality. It is for a people to determine'fur themselves what they shall be, and what they shall become. Soil, climate, fortune, go but a mort distance, comparatively speaking, in obtaining or securing eminence, happiness or permanence to any jatiori. Vainly would thc patriot strive, and the sage counsel, and thc soldier fight, if a people are neither true to themselves uor active in their proper purposes. In their own hearts and bauds lie thc secret of their moral, their social and political successes, and the labor which is taken for them, in which they themselves do not share, is 60 much labor thrown away. Even Hercules, a god, could only assist those who were Srst prepared and willing to put their own dioulders to the wheel. The Loss of the General Lyon. "Wc extract the following from a letter received in this city from a former resident of Columbia, who was a passeBgcr on board the steamer General Sedgwick, which went to the rescue of the General Lyon: "The steamer General Lyon left Wil? mington for Fortress Monroe, with .bout 500 refugees on board-several from Co? lumbia. On the tecond day out, she was burned to the water's edge, and all on board, but about twenty, were either jurned or drowned. We were within sight at the time, and our captain run up is near as the rough sea would allow. The women and children were ail burned. The men took all the boats, planks, <fcc, and umped into the sea, but it was so rough "hat only twenty reached our boat. Henry Hunt came to us, and was pulled half-way up the side of the ship, and then fell back ind was crowned. Among the lost from Columbia, were Cavis and his family, Hunt and Phelps, with their families, Dearne, Stadtler, Deidrick Windhorn, his wife, child and two brothers, Bews, the butcher, and his wife, and others that I io not recollect. None from Columbia ..vere saved. That was the most awful light I ever witnessed, and hope never to >ee such another." Tito Washington ?Star states that the Government is preparing to collect much of its postal revenues from delinquent debtor postmasters. When the rebellion broke out, most-of the 9,000 postmasters in the Southern States were largely in arrears for scamps and no>espaper postage. By a. special Act passed last winter, cot only eau the real estate of the postmaster and bis sureties be seized by attachment, but the publication of such attachment is served to every debtor to the delinquents to pay their dobts to the United States, and not to the cx-postmaster. Under this law, large amounts will be saved to the Post Office Department. . The New York Herold publishes a com? munication from a respectable merchant of that city, proposing a plan to pay off the national debt, in the following man? ner; 150,000 persons contribute *20.000 each-making the round sum of $3,000, 000,000-the total of the national indebt? edness Bennett endorses it, and offers to contribute $40.000 towards the fund, as? serting that money can be made by it, as he now pays $35,000 to $40,000 Govern? ment taxes yearl}-, and by paying the debt off at once, the country will be relieved from the present stupendous and costly machinery for collecting the internal re? venue. The only escape from grief is to em? ployment. The only resource against it is in religion; yet it is neither our policy nor our destiny to escupe it altogether-since it is by grief that we gather etrength in heart and soul, as labor endows the arms with muscle and manhood. Not to sorrow frcel}' is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine. The mistakes and errors of youth are the evil genii which wait upon our manhood, and the ghosts that make us tremble in old age. They chill our ardor when ardor would be success; oppose our progress when to advance would be to conquer; haunt our walks, which might otherwise be blessed by the happiest spirits-by love, by grace, by faith and beauty-and are not to bc la'd by all our exorcisms, nor to be entreated by all our supplications. We have raised them, in our folly, till they have grow superior to the check of our wisdom Cur very friends are useful to encourage their assaults and to keep them from perishing, They keep them wakeful, when, perhaps, they would prefer to be at rc3t quite as rr.ticb as ourselves Amoudcd General Regulations. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 25, 1865. The "General Regulations" made by the Secretary of the Treasury, dated July 29, 1864, for the purpose of carrying into effect the regulations of that date, and the | several Acts of Congress authorizing them, are hereby amended as follows, viz: I. Two additional Special Agencies are kerebv established numerically, and re? spectfully designated as follows: The Eighth Special Agency comprises tiie State of South Caroltua aud so much of the State of Georgia as lies in cud East of the Valle}- of the Ugeechce River, in? cluding the city of Savannah. The Ninth Special Agency comprises the West part of Florida and so much of the State of Alabamans lies South of the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad.. II. The boundaries of the Fifth Special Agency, as defined by the General Regu? lations, series July 29, 1864, are hereby modified so that it comprises the South and East part of Florida, including Key West, and so much of the State of Geor? gia as lies South and West of the Valley of ths Ogeechee River. HI. The boundaries of thc Third Special Agency, as defined by the General Regu? lations, series July 29, 1S64, are hereby modified so that it comprises so much of the States of Louisiana und Mississippi as lies South of Grand Gulf, and including that place. IV. In addition to the duties devolved upon the General Agent of the Trensury Department by the said regttlntions, he will hereafter be required, under the di? rection of the Secretary, to cause the regulations concerning thc purchase of products of insurrectionary States under the eighth section of the Act of Congress, approved July 2, 1864, to be properly ob? served and carried out. All officers and agents appointed to pur? chase and sell such products will comply with the instructions of the General Agent ! in regard thereto until otherwise directed j by the Secretary of th* Treasury. HUGH MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. Approved April 25, 1S65. ANDREW JOHNSON. MEXICAN NEWS ANI> MATTERS.-Impor? tant news from Mexico has been received. The latest advices from that country are to April 29. The intelligence of the national triumphs in this country has afforded vnst encou? ragement to the adherents of President Juarez; and his cause, which a short time I ago was thought to be almost hopeless, is now rapidljfcrecoveriug ground. A num? ber of victories over the imperialists have recently been gained, and a new spirit appears to bc infused into the republican armies. The report of the capture by them of Saltillo and Monterey is confirm cd, and thtre were rumors that thc-}- had also taken Matamoros. These events re? store nearly the whole of North-eastern Mexico to the authority of Juarez. Seve? ral other republican successes had been achieved. The imperialists were as much alarmed as the liberals were encouraged hy the end of the war in the United States, owing to fears regarding the enforcement of the Monroe doctriue, and had put a stop to the expedition to the Northern Mexican States and to a project for forti? fying the Northern frontier, and 11,000 imperial troops had been despatched from the capital for Matamoros. President Juarez is still at Chihuahua, surrounded by all his officers of Govern? ment and with a large army loyal to his cause. Maximilian is on a tour through the country in the direction of Vera Cruz. Ex-United States Senator G win had re? turned to Mexico from France, with im? portant instructions, it was reported, rela? tive to Louis Napoleon's schemes iu Sonora and Sinaloa. From W. shington. we are informed that there is a prospect of a Mexican loan being shortly placed on the American markets, based on such securities as will render it a popular and perfectly safe investment. There appears to be no abatement in the Mexican emigration excitement throughout the North. Recruiting con? tinues active in New York, and accounts from other parts of the country show that the enterprise is extending. If laws were made by wise and just men only, it might be taken for granted that popular outbreaks would be unfre quent. Unhappily, cunning and not wis? dom, selfishness and not justice, too fre? quently employ the ermine as a cloak, when simple faith regards it as an emblem. The poor and the ignorant, who are always apt to slumber over their rights, are sure to be the first, if not the only sufferers. Can we wonder that the sense of repeated wrong and outrage brings with it a sense of desperation? There is a terriole truth, and no less terrible warning, contained in the famous justificatory speech of Robe? spierre, who said, "Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atone? ment for the wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day?" When acquiescence in a certain line of conduct is unavoidable, is it uot more ! practical to state the fact ns existing be? yond doubt, than to endeavor to bring the mind to realize it slowly by the laboied ' artifices of rhetoric? If the public are I reminded that a destiny they know to oe inevitable is at hand, -viii they not be better prepared to meet iu Let those who object to the utterance of indubitable truths answer these questions A negro plot to assassinate tlie paroled rebel prisoners at Memphis. .>f whom there has been quite au influx lately, in revenge for the Fort Pillow massacre, WBB discovered on Friday night last. White troops were immediately put on guard, and on the attempt of the negroes toc?me out of the fort at. a given hour, they were ordered back, when, refusing to obey, n sharp conflict ensued, in which twenty of them were killed and wounded. The re? mainder were driven back in confusion.to the fort. Gen. John E. Smith has super? seded Gen. WasUburne in command at Memphis. NOVEL TEAMS.-A Btranger passing through Burke or any of the adjoining counties, in Georgia, would imagine that he had fallen among the Israelities or Egyptians of old. Owing to the lack of horses and mules, the planters have b%en obliged to hitch up ox teams, and in many cases the milch cows have been brought into requisition. THE DEATU OF FORREST.-The Nashville Union, of the 17th, asserts that its state? ment of .he previous day, that Gen. For rest ?a? killed by Capt John Walker, is corrob ira.ed by a gentleman from the Tennessee River line, who learned it through reliable sources, and also by pa? roled prisoners who have arrived at Nash? ville. The United States owns upwards of 1,000,000,000 acres of public lands susCep tibie of cultivation. They own 2.000,000 acres of gold and 6?lver bearing lands. Thc arable lands are worth at least $1,200,000,000, and the mineral lands are worth at least $8,000,000,000, making to? gether a total of $9,200,000,000. The Sandusky Register says the Confed? erates imprisoned on Johnson's Island have become tired of imprisonment and lost all faith in their ability to carry on the war longer. Out of the 2,800 confined ! there, all but about thirty-five have asked j permission to take the amnesty oath. Letters from Europe hriug advices North that many of the refugee Southern ers, including foreigners who have made thc South their homes for business pur poses, are preparing to return to their ole haunts, now that the war is over. The Florida Union publishes the follow ing statement of the deaths in the priso. at Anderson vi lie, Ga., for eleven month ending Januar}- SI, 1S65: In prison hos pital, 8,116; in stockade, 4.150; in smal pox hospital, 74-tota1, 12,040. The Confederate archives, document and other writings appertaining to th? Confederate Government have been packe? and sent to Washington. They rille? ninety-one boxes, and were addressed ti Assistant Secretary ol' Wrar Doud. Somebod\" has sent a rope to President i Johnson, as a hint that he should go aheai : in the hanging business. At the death o that, fellow, a rope, we guess, will be th most prominent figure. The scamp him self will be sien merely as a hanger-on. \_Louisvillc Journal. A Washington special te the New Yor' Pout, of the 18th, says it is known tba the Emperor Maximilian and ICirbySmit have recently benn in negotiation. It i no longer expected that Smith will surren der without farther fighting. A fire occurred in the property root attached to Niblo's Garden, in New Yorl which threatened thc destruction of tho theatre, as well as the Metropolitan Hole adjoining. The loss is estimated at full $10,000. A youth named Solomon Pillsbury, age sixteen, has been sent to the Massachuset Penitentiary for fourteen years, on charge of burglary and assault with intei to kill. The Presbyterian General Assembh now in session in Brooklyn, have decide to place in a state of probation, for tl present, ministers of the church from tl South who have supported the rebelliou. The New York Herald learns that man citizens of Virginia contemplate movir North, from an impression that they cr enjov more freedom there than in tl South. The ouly rational liberty is that wilie is boru of subjection, reared in tb? fear God and love of man, and made conrag ous iu thc defence of a trust and the pr secution of a duty. The French Emperor has arrived Algiers, and has issued conciliatory a dresses to the people, urging them to a cept their destiny and unite their fortun to France. The exodus of negroes from Virgin! North, is said to bc very large. Th? former owners are gratified at thc fact, the blacks have become so insolent as render their presence loathsome. gA despatch to the Herald announces t capture of Ex Gov. Isham G. Harris, Tennessee, and $600,000 in specie belor ing to the State Government. Kirby Smith is reported to have be killed in a difficulty with reference to cotton speculation. The Prince of Wales opened the Inti national Exhibition in Dublin, on the ti ult., in presence of 10,000 persons. A Roman Catholic Cathedral has he opened at Nagasaki, Japan. Mrs. Lincoln and family will reside Chicago-a new home. Quantrell, the notorious guerilla, 1 been severeiy wounded and captured. A revolution is anticipated in Spain, Jere. Clemens is dead. Local XtexsGLS. The offiee of the Columbia Phoenix is on Gates street, second door from Plain. TUE TELEGRAPH.-Telegraphic commu? nication is now open between this city and Charleston. We learn that private de? spatches can be sent to any point in the United States. "We are indebted to Mr. W. A. Courte? nay for copies of the New York Herald, Tribun?, Evening Post, New?, Commercial Advertiser and Washington Chronicle extracts from which will be published in our next issue. PERSONAL.-All subscribers to the Pluxnix whose subscriptions have ex? pired, will please come forward and reuew, in specie or provisions; otherwise their papers will be stopped. f?g" We wish it distinctly understood that our terms are cash. No advertise? ments will, therefore, be inserted unless paid for in advance. We present the following schedule of rates, in the case of the most obvious com? modities. For one month's subscription to the Phoenix, we will receive either of the following, viz: 1 bushel corn. 1J bush, peas or potatoes 5 pounds butter. 25 lbs. flour. 7 '. lard. 4 lbs. candles. 7 " bacon. ? qts. rice; 8 dozen eggs. 4 head of chickens. Wood, vegetables and provisions gene? rally received at. fair market rates ap? proaching the specie standards. On the 16th, a negro got into a street car in Philadelphia, and refused ail en? treaties to leave it. Tho conductor of the car, fearful of being lined for ejecting him, as was done by one of the judges of one of the courts in a similar case, rau the car off the track, detached the horses and left colored to occupy the car all by him? self. Tiro colored man still firmly main? tained his position in the car, having spent the night there. The conductor looks upon the part he enacted in the affair asa splendid piece of strategy. The matter creates quite a sensation in the neighbor? hood where the car was standing, and crowds of sjmpathisers flock round the colored mau.-New York Herald. The New York Tribune says that the latest reports of the changes in the Cabi? net state that Hon. Charles Francis Adams is to succeed Secretary Seward; Senator Sumner to be Minister to the Court of St. James; Preston King will succeed Secre? tary Welles, and that Mr. Stanton goes out-to be succeeded by Gen. Butler or Montgomery Blair. Slavery is to be abolished in the Spanish colonies, and movements are already on foot in Spain to effect it. COLUMBIA, MAY 23, I860. The Committee appointed by the City Council, in February last, for the purpose of. famishing sustenance, not only to the starving people of the city, but also to Lexington and Richland Districts, having been joined by a Committee appointed by the Governor of the State, consisting of his Honor the Mayor, Col. N. Heyward and E. L Kerrison, for the same purpose, the Committee beg leave to report that they have endeavored to carry out the objects contemplated, and have so far suc? ceeded iu the last, three months (though only l" a very limited extent.) to supply provisions, not only to the poor of Rich? land and Lexington Districts, as well as to many in the city that had the means but not the facility to supply themselves; and they have been enabled to conduct this business so far without involving the city in debt, as will more fully appear by the report of J. G. Gibbes, Esq., Chairman of the Executive Committee of Council. Resolved, That J. G. Gibbes, Esq., Chair? man of the Executive Committee of Coun? cil, furnish forthwith the City Council of Columbia a full and comprehensive state? ment of thc action pi the Joint Commit tee, State and city, from the commence? ment of their duly to the present time, and with the report, he turn over to the City Council whatever assets may be on hand. liesolved, That on the presentation of the report to Council by the Chairman, the Committee tender their resignation, and their duty ceases. Resolved, That a copy of the above be sent to the City Council. E. L. KERRISON, M. C. MORDECAI, EDW'D HOPE. For Blackstocks. FR I?I G HT and PASSAGE for Blackstockfl cnn be had on i U k?>L> i. Y or WEDNESDAY next, on application toDURPECA WALTER, june 1 3' 20 Wrapping Paper. 40 OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at this office. Price 20 and 40 cents a 100. AUCTION SALES. By F. Lance. I WILL sell. THIS (Friday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, on C. A. Bedell's lot Suidry articles of Furniture 20 gal lona Molasses. Yards White Flannel, Shoes. Hand-saw, Sole and Upper Leather. Aleb, lot Summer Clothing, Pants, Coats Vest?, &c. Condition cash. June 2 1* Zealy, Scott & Brans WIL; sell, THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock, opposite their store. Assembly street, Tin following articles: S pieces of Ker? sey, doz. Maddrass Handkerchiefs, 1 Sadd e. Piano Stool, Smoking Tobacco. Salt, Black Pepper, Demijohns, Tables, Bedsieads, Jars, Looking Glasses, Pillows, Waitirs, Candles, Chairs, Brass Fender. Fine Chamber Sett. ALSO, AT PRIVATE SALE, Terebene Oil. Juue 2 1* Un united articles received up to hour of sale. * ^= Stamping. EMBBOIDERY STAMPING of various styles done two doors South of Catho? lic Church. June 2 At Private Sale. MA FINE RESIDENCE, of nine tooms, well furnished, with all neces? sary out-buildings, ou a half-acre lot. Ap? ply to F. LANCE. Jun? 2 1? Lost, YESTERDAY morning, a red Morocco picket MEMORANDUM BOOK, con? taining a butcher's account. The book is of no ralue to any one except the owner. A suitable reward will be paid it returned to CHAS. HAMBURG. June 2 _ 1* ^MILLINERY. "V/riSS M. MoELRONE respectfully in i-Tj. forms the ladies of Columbia that she is prepared to execute all orders in the MILLINERY line. Also, STRAW HATS dyed, made and pressed to order. Resi? dence coiner of Sumter and Marion streets. June 2 3* Acacia Lodge No. 94. A SPECIAL communication of .this Lodge will bc held THIS (Fri? day) EVENING, at 4 o'clock, in the Hall'in the College Campus, for the pur? pose of conferring the Second Degree. By order of the W. M. June 2 1 E. O. WI TH INGTON, Sec. Just Eeceived and for Sale by DF*l3.?l?i> Fogarty, Lumber Street, Arsenal Hill. SOAP, CAND LE STARCH. HERRINGS. June 1 2* CALICO. Hands Wanted. WANTED immediately about SIXTY ABLE BODIED HANDS, to work on my turpentine works. Good rations issued and wages paid monthly. None need apply without recommendations. Apply at my residence, in rear of the Marion Street Methodist Church. may 31 8* J. E. M F.ISTF.R. Headq'rs United States Forces, CITY OF COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 20, IS65. CIRCULAR. r?"MlE following circular from Leadquar X. tees Northern District Department of the South, dated at Orangeburg, S. C , May 25, 1865,is published for the informa? tion and guidance of the planters of this District. By command of N. HAUGHTON. Lieut. Col. 2?ih Reg't O. V. V. I., * Com'g U. S. Forces, city of Columbia, S. C. \V.\T. KYLE, Lieut. 2?th O. V. V. I. aud Post Adjutant. HEADERS NORTHERN PJISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, OitANOEEUaCr, S. C., May 25, i860. CIRCULAR. To the Planters of South Carolina Residing within the I)istriet: You are invited, after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Govern? ment prescribed by the President of the United States, in his proclamation of De? cember 8, 1863, to mate equitable con? tracts for lubor with the freedmen. Such contracts, approved by the commander of the nearest militury post, will be consi? dered finding on both parlies, and will 1 e enforce! by the military authorities as far as the exigencies of t bc service will allow. The contract will set forth in words the freedom of the laborer. Where the freedman is. from age or in? firmity, unable to labor and without natu? ral protector, his support will devolve upon the Parish to which lie belongs. The citizens of each Parish are request? ed to meet and devise some method for providing for such persons; and until such provision is made, they will remain on, and draw their support from, the planta? tions where they now arc. (Signed,) JOHN P. HATCH, Brig. Geu. Commanding. Official: (Signed,) Eoe AR B. VAN WINKLE, Capt. and A. 1 >. C. may 27 PAPER! PAPER! IT^OR sale, a small quantity ?f No. 1 WRITING PAPER. Also, some ex? cellent COPYING PAPER. Inquire at this office. mav 30