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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, June 23, 1865. Taveau has the Picor. Mr. A. L. Taveau, of Charleston, has addressed to the New York Tribune a let * 1er of two columns ?a the condition of th? .country, and bi? ideas in respect to it. Had Mr. Taveau made his letter shorter by some scveu eighths, and put five ??mes as much substance inj.o it, we should, be pleased to give it ia place as embodying {to use the title given it in the Tribune) < "the ideas of a South Carolinian." Of these ideas we can add need say very little. Mr. Taveau, like a wise men, d?eB does not squander his i-d^as. and simply accepts a condition o lathings, from which j he can make no escape. He endeavors, in his own way, to extract a grateful and life-giving philosophy from au experience of thorns and stubble in a desert-a process 1 very like t^ho extraction of sunbeams from a cucumber. He foresees "a grand future for the South," but his prophecy forbears indict ting the precise epoch for tho conting glory. Verily, Mr. Taveau has a light heart, an easy conscience, and ? very sportive wing. To expatiate, in high flown language, just now, upon ^ur miserable ?condition argues a very mercurial arid happy temperament, which, not being able to imitate, we must needs envy. We could lia ve wished, for his own sake, and for the sake of good taste, that Mr. Taveau had foreborne the somewhat querulous whine which he makes touching the cruelty and impropriety of the Northern presB in its chuckles over a fallen enemy; in ita ridicule and sneer at the exper.ee of Southern duval' Ty, and the use of all that elegant sort of phrase in which the baser nature declares its exultation over the victim, when the danger is all over, totally regardless of the sensibilities of the vanquished party. The ? mere sneer might surely be permitted nay, might pass unheard-in the superior sanguinary 6hout of vee victis which con? ducts you to the galleys or the gallows. Let uot out vanity make confession of the hurts to self-esteem, when "our very souls are bleeding with immedicable wounds. Lit the geese and thoerpents hiss, if t hey please; let the low, mean, grovelling nature exult in the sen ie of power, however ac .quired. These things pass by the brave and noble suffererer * "As the idle wind Which he regards not." You do not hear such language from the brave soldier who has fought and won the battle. It is only from the jackals that follow in the lion's wake. Tom Crib ?addressed Big Ben, tho Bruiser-L e., Tom Moore, in the character of Tom Crib, ad .dresses Ben, in the character of John Bull, on his treatment of Napoleon, whom he ahas floored, and reproaches John for the large amount of "dung hill" in his nature: "What, Ben, my old hero, is this your renown, * Is this the BOW go, kick a man when he's down! When the foe has knocked under, to trample bjpa then! By the fist of my father, I blush for thee, Ben," ?fcc. And so forth. Ono champion speaks to another, and teaches him to couple his heroism with magnanimity. But there is a large number of spalpeens of the press gang, who, appealing only to ther* baser natures of the World, keep hammefing away at their uufortunate victims on the aground, especially when they have been oast down by braver hearts and better anuscles than their own. It is not till then ?hat the valor of the press makes its dis! play. Let all such pass, Jeronyny>l Li other words, be deaf to their e.'oquence, Mr. Taveau. It smells only of the gin shop. The Tribun* notices this queru? lousness of Mr. Taveau on this subject, aud pata bimi graciously on the head; and with smiles, sends him away with the assuranoe that the Tribune, at least, will, in future, spare our sensibilities ou this score. In giving us this assurance, how? ever, the Tribune seems to us to fall into Eorce mistakes, which were originally simple lies. The ?se of the epithets "chi valry" and "chivalrous," which it ascribes to us, wera much more frequent oa the Northern than thc Southern tongue-as a sneer, at least. Some poop noisy ear splitters of the South, in Congress, did, no doubt, claim the application of the words for their own people; but the great mass of the people and their gentlemen never were guilty of the words. We have had ' pompous and stylish planters, who made thenaftlvea absurd by their airB; but, for 'hi mutter, the l.'ivropeins Universally --?-? - .,..?? ; u n 3535 1 laBIB I de-noaoce th? whole?Yankee nation as the great-st braggarts in the world. Yfliat perso i of honesty or good eeuse ever con? founds these inflatcdgas bags of monstrous mortality in either section with the great body of race or pdbpli? * With few excep? tions, at all events, the Souther) planters were a retiring and unobtrusive race, and gave much more offence in certain quarters and among a certain people, (whom it .night he scandalum piagnatum to nanas in this connection,) by their reserve and dis , tance, than by the obtrusiveness of their claims or manners. The Tribune,*ii the course of this notice, refers* to the unlucky epithet of "mudsills," applied by the late Senator Hammond to the working classes of the oeuntry. Upon this epithet, the radical prees rang the changes perpetually, thus appealing to the offended vanity of the class in question-irritating self-esteem into passion, and making its due amount of political capital out of the ferment thus occasioned) Now, the real truth is that a substantial compliment was designed by thc speaker, and not a sneer. It was by an inadvertence that the'word in question was employed at all. Senator Hammond was, himself, while his health continued, a hard working man, perpetually active of mind, and almost correspondingly active of body,*though thc former was strong and tlie.latter feeble. No man respected honest, manly labor, or working and intel? ligent industry, more than.he did; and, in regard to this phrase, we have bis own explanation, given in private. He had no answer for thc public attacks made upon him. We asked him, one day, bow he came to commit himself b}T the unfortu? nate word "mudsills," when he sr rely meant nothing of a sarcasm. He an swered thu.-?, and to those who knew HUH, the manner of the mau would give due force to the matter of his reply: "The fad is," said he, "the phrase is, as you styh it, an inadvertence, and an unlucky one The true word which I meant to use wai "groundsills" and was certainly not de signed with any offensive object. Thej arc thc v?ry foundations of the fabric, an< society builds upon them. Hut it so hap pened that, while 1 wrote thj speech, was greatly harrassed by tho labor tif re building my mills at the plantation. Th foundations being laid in quick-sands, th' silU were washed up as fast as I laid then down, lt was a subject of constant worn with me for some weeks how to repair am remedy the deficiency. My mind rai upon mudsills until I cursed the mills am mudsills together; aud it was while in thi humor, and-twith the mudsills and thei difficulties, as well as their importance perpetually troubling my thought?, that prepared the speech Voila tout!" W need not say how m uah use waa made c this unfortunate expression by tho radica press of the North, in acting upon tim morbid and ever restless vanity whic mobbed the foreign singer for the opinjo that we knew nothiog of music, and drov Edmund Kean from the stag? for no great? offenoe, we believe, than saying that on taste for the.drama and other arts wa merely periodical. There 'is anothe phrase ascribed to the South by the pre. of the "North, which no white man ev? heard uttered by a Southern mouth. Tl laboring classes of the North have, forte years, been told that the common phra? at the South, which describes the 1 borer, was "the poor white trash." Ot negroes may nave used such a phras i once in a way-"poor buckrah" is, hov ever, tltcir usual -phrase-but thc whit never employed either: We never hear it iu all our li ve.*,'a nd we have had oppo tuuity enough, for fifty years, in all po lions of the South. These things const tuted, for many years, the capital of th press, which has stimulated thc vaniti of its people at the expense of their mon and which continues unscrupulously sacrifice the truth to any lie which brin money in its train. Our chivalry, such it is, must take care of itself. Mr. Tavei need urge no appeal on its behalf.? At i events, let him not confound the idea th true chivalry suffer? from any itch vanity. Chivalry is proud, not vain, hears not the hiss of the snake, nor t bark of the cur, no more than the mo hearkens t? the bay of the terrier, may groan, but will ;iot whine. And no T while it bears a mountain on itsshoulde and suffers with the keenest pangs of lo aud rum, and sorrow-humbled to t dust--hov. should it hearken to the sn? of any creature who shouts over niau h o in distress. No longer able to contend, I will know manfully how to endure, a the plea, on its part, which entreats of t conqueror that he should not insult wh< he has been so fortunate as to overthro will surely never be put in by any hor ! nature. Tho colored troops at fortress 2!v:>t on being ordered to embark for Texas, ? sitively refused to obey, and loaded a capped their guns for resistance, by for to every effort to force them. By judicl managem?'?1, ho<v?vfr, they -vere all . i armed. -?--? South Carolina Railroad. It was our pleasure, a day ago, to' meet on the street Mr. President Magrath, of the South Carolina Railroad, and to heai from him that he is pressing forward with all possible euergy and* agency, in the work of restoring the railroad and facilitating the transportation of persons and freight. Mr. ' Peake, the able Superintendent, has once more taken the reins in h%nd, and his well * known ability leave? us in little doubt that, by the autumn, the road, in ita long? est extent, will be again in perfect opera ! tion. The Co ngaree Bridge ia said to be ' Ute most embarrassing obstacle at present; but wetrust that tne cara will soon run up from -Charleston to this point, at least, which vii greatly lessen the present em? barrassments of the traveller to and fro. It will be seen by the advertisement in our paper that th^ cars leave Orangeburg at 8 a. m. and reach Charleston at 1 p. m. daily. Will the Winnsboro News be so good as to report the progress of the repairs on the Charlotte? Railroad, and say to what point, in the direction of Winnsboro, the cars now arrive. We have so many fluc? tuating reports, and nothing authoritative, that the minds of travellers are in a state of bewilderment. It may be well to report, from time to time, the progress in reconstruction of our railways, and the existing state of travelling facilities. We . are asked about this very road a dozen i times a day. I --s ' The dwelling house of Gow. Magrath, at Aiken, with all its contents, has been de? stroyed by fire-supposed to be the work 1 of an incendiary. John Mitchel, the Irish patriot, and re? cently one of the editors of the New York News, has bs^n arrested, by special orders from Washington, on a charge of hi,h treason. TUE SUPPRESSED TESTIMONY.-As to the character of thin evidence, we have just one remark to make at present, and that is.ro point out. amoslglarinir misstatement on the part of the witness Merritt. This man s?vys he conversed with Clement, C. Clay in Montreal in February last. Hav? ing had our suspicions aroused as to the poa<?ibility of this statement being correct, we have made inquiries, which have re? sulted as follows: That M rf Clay left the tineen,'s Hotel in this city on the 5th pl December, 1864, and, according to the statement of the clerk, has not since re turu?d to Toronto. From here Mr. Clay went directly to Montreal, where he re? mained not more than five or six days, thence to Quebec, where he remained tbree days, and at the end of that time went, bv the overland route to Halifax, from -vhich he sailed long before the monti, of February. When he left Bermuda foi the South, he did not knpw of the fall o Fort Fisher, for the vessel on which h< took passage attempted to run the block ade at Wilmington and was near be int captured. He then put back to Nassau and from there ran in*to Charleston befor? its fall. It can easily be shown that Mr Clay was in none of these provinces ii February, at which time this man Merrit firofesses to have had a conversation witt lim in Montreal. Truth demands that this correction should be??nade; and rf th. whole evidence is to be judged by thi statement, it will soon tumble to th ground. But we do not desire to drav any general inference from the publishei evidence, until, at all events, the whole o it bas appeared in print. [Torottto Leader, June 8. ' The Birmingham (England) Gazelt asserts that Mrs. Lincoln is a Welsl woman. The- facts on which this ex traordinary assertion is based aro thu stated: 'It has been ascertained o; good authority that Mrs. Lincoln, tb wife of the late President, is- a nativ of Monmouthshire. Her maiden nam. was Jenkins, and her father was fo some time sexton of St. Paul's Church Newport. He married a Miss Russel who was in the employ of Sir Thoms Salisbury, Llanwern, and tbe issue < the marriage was two daughters. Th family afterwards emigrated to Ami 'rica, and it appears that Mr. Lincol selected one of the daughters to be hi partner in life. _a_^?_ Jerusalem is undergoing resuscitt tion. Mauy public improvements ha\ lately been made and the populatic has been increased by a great influx ? Jews have fled from Northern Afric It is said that the Jews are much coi cerned about this gathering up tl stones and making broad the ways < Jerusalem; they say. "Now we a certain Messiah's coming is vory neai IC one asks a question and ancth answers it, which is the oodestfello' ! The queerest Querist) ! - . Looal^Cterias. The office of the ColumOm Phoenix is on G Aes street, second door from Plain. THE WIMNSBOUO NEWS.-Our mercantile readers are requested to note the adver? tisement, by the publisher of the Winns boro JtJhos, contained in Jhis day's paper. It may be advisable with them to consider ?ts suggestions.. As the, merchants and people of Winnsboi o are more apt to seek their goode and supplies in thia city than in -any other, by reason of contiguity, it will be desirable that the extent of our commercial resources should be made known to them through their own local medium. APPETITISH.-Yesterday was one of those days in our printing office which the com? positors usually mark with a white stone. They were agreeably surprised with a lunch from the restaurant of Mr. J. Q. Adams, which they report to the editor as worthy to have been put before the Prince of Epicures, Lucullus, when he had his best friends in the Apollo Chamber. Ata later hour, the editor had his fortunate moment, as well as the compositors, in a handsome waiter of. good things-pies and pastries, cakes and comfits, bon-bons, ?fcc.a -from the newly-established bakery of our venerable friend, Mr. J. McKenzie, whose reputation in this province is too well knewn, for many long year? in Co? lumbia, to need any editorial garnishing. May these gentlemen continue siaccesstully to cater for these several classes of cus? tomers, and When they have good things to spare, May we be nigh lo see and share. jrjgT PERSONAL.-All subscribers to the P/ljenix whose subscriptions have ex? pired, will please come forward and renew, in specie or provisions; otherwise their papers will be ?topped. We wish it distinctly understood that our terms are cash. No advertise? ments ?viii, therefore, be inserted unless paid for in advance. For Sale, ?? BI;sm:LS CORN, by ) June 23 ? Fla H ER ?fc IIEINITSII. For Sale, MA DESIRABLE FARM of 60 acres, uuder good fencing, about 2} miles Hom town, near Barham ville. Un the, place is a neat COTTAGE HOUSE, con? taining fi ve rooms, with all necessary out? buildings aud a spring of cool water. Anp?y to C. F. HARRISON, June 23' 2d dpor from Shiver House. CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, M.', M. ~ KITS No. 1 MACKEREL O 1 bbl. ... 5 bbls. CRUSHED SUGAR. 200 lbs. RIO COFFEE. 2 chests superior GREEN TEA Chemical SPERM CANDLES. 20 cases MONONGAHELA, WHISKEY. 20 doz. superior ALE. 1 bbl. CIDER VINEGAR. 5 baskets CHAMPAGNE. ' SODA. PEPPER. MUSTARD, STARCH. BLACKING, BUCKETS, BROOMS: ?fee. ALSO, PRINTS, MUSLIN. ALPACA, LINEN, LONGCLOTH and a variety of other arti? cles too numerous to mention. For sale LOW for CASH, and cash ouly. by June 23 KENNETH & GIBSON. South Carolina Railroad. GEN. SUPT'S OFFICE, S. C. R. R., CHARLESTON. June 19, 1865. ON and after WEDNESDAY, tbe 21st inst., and until further notice, the Passenger Trains of this road will leave as follow??: Leave Charleston at 7 a. m.; arrive at 2 p. m. Leave Orangeburg al 8 a. m ; ar? rive at I p. m. Freight per Passenger Train will be la ceived only between the hoers of 8 a. m. and 3 p. m. No freight will be received in tbe morning prior to the train leaving. H. T. PEAKE, June 23 3 General Superintendent.. TO THE PUBLIC. THE subscriber has commenced baking PIES and CAKES daily, at the corner of Gates and Plain streets, next door to the Phoenix Office. In a short time, there will ba a variety of CONFECTIONERY, CAKES, BREAD and ROLLS, lo suit all tastes. J. MCKENZIE June 21 _'_3 City Taxes. IWILL attend daily, from 9 a. m. to 12 m.,at the Council Room, (formerly Odd Fellows* School room.) L>r the purpose of coll-cting CITY TAXES. In view.of the urgent necessities of the City Council, it is hoped that all tax-payers will '?6 prompt. A. G. BASKIN. June 8 City Clerk. AUCTION S'A LES. Zealy. Scott & Bruns WILL sell THIS DAY, nt 10 o'clock, at their mart on Assembly street, FLOUR. BACON, LARD. SALT. Bednteads. Tablet?, Snw?, Hatchet". Backets, Rope, Clothing, Crockery ware. Kitchen Utensils, Pot?, Kettle??, Pans, ?c. ALSO, 1 good Cart. 1 Two horse Wagon. Term? cash. ' .Inn? 23 1* General Commission Agency. PB. GLASS respectfully advertise? . the public that he is prepared to do a GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS, and invites consignments of all kinds of Merchandize, Manufactures, Produce, ?tc. He will attend to the purchase or sale of Real Estate, Stocks, ?tc. Office and sales? room on Plain sireet, between Bull ?md Picken?. _ juue 20 f 6* For Sale or Exchange, TH? DESIRABLE RESIDENCE nt the ' corner of Plain and Barnwell streets. The house contains eight rooms; Servant's House, eight rooms; Carriage House and Stables, ?tc.; all in good order. The lot contains 1-J- acres, having on it about fifty kinds of choice fruit?, A variety of ?hrub bery and a g>>od well of water. The Fur niture-'-most.ly first-class-will be sold with the house, if desired. I will ex? change for a neat, furnished Cottage,suit? ably located, or sell for cash or cotton, or f?tnte bonds of any of the Southern State?, dated pl-ior to 1861, at current rates. Ap plv on the premises to June 21 ^3* C. H. BALDWIN. Alonaso Reese, BARBEE AND HAIR- DRESSEE, Bridge Street, opposite New State House, first building below Alain Street. H"HHE patronage of old customers and the JL public generally is solicitc?!. An ex perienc^of many year? warrants him in promising ratisfaction to all who employ him. june 21 f3 JTuust-t R.ecei\reca. FROM HEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA, AND FOR SALK AT WU OLE S ALE AXD RETAIL, A LARGE STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GENT'S AND LADIES' P?R18MG GOODS ! CONSISTING IN PMtT OF: CALICOES. DELA."NES, LAWNS. Jaconet and Swiss MUSLINS. Bleached and Unbleached HOMESPUN. Hoop nod Bamoral SKIRTS. GLOVES. HOSE, LACE MANTILLAS, FANS and Hair NETS. Shaker HOODS, CLOTHING. LINEN. Calico and Traveling SHIRTS. UNDERSHIRTS and. DRAWERS. HATS. SOCKS, NECKTIE*. Butteifly SCARFS. GLOVES. Fanev and White Paper COLLARS. Linen HANDKERCHIEFS. SUSPENDERS, Shoe BLACKING. Table Cloths, Napkins, Toweling. Long ahd Fine Combs. Pencils, Knives and Forks. Cotton Card*, Needles, Flax Thread. Also, a large and fine stock of IM? PORTED and DOMESTIC SEGA RS, (or sale by FOOT ?t "SULZBACHER, Agents, Assembly street between Plain and Wanh iogton. June 22 6 ~~ EATING HOUSED "ji/TR. J. Q, ADAMS would inform the -LTJL citizens of Columbia that he hs?, opened an EATING HOUSE, on the cor tier of Washington and Gates streets, where MEALS will he 8> rved up at ?ll hours of the day. LUNCH from 11 to 2 o'clock. June 20 LR. HENRY TIMROD ~ WILL opep. during the first week in Jul}', nt his residence in Richland street, (between Bull and Marion,) a DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS, in which the Ancient Languages, French and the usual Enc lisa Branches will be taught. June 15 ? "COST APUR of GOLD SPECTACLES. They were dropped at the back door of the Ration House, on the corner of Mr. C. A. Bedell's Lot A reward will be paid to the finder, if required, with the thanks of the owner, who cannot well afford to lose them. Inquire of JOHN MCKENZIE, or leave them at this office. June 16 H, Receiving and Forwarding Agent and Commission Merchant, ORANGEBURG, S. C, WILL promptly forward all COTTON to Charleston or GOOOS for the interior of the State, which may be con? signed to IA", cv?. He will also make pur -trhnsM ?if cot*:., at reasonable rates of <y>ev5i'salon June \\ wf6"