The Columbia daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, June 23, 1865, Image 2
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.
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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) !
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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"