Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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$1 a Month, in Advance. ''Let our just Censure attend the tmo Even*."-Shaksprare. Single Copies Five Cents By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43. THE COLUMBIA PHONIX, PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUN I'AT, BY JULIANA. SELBY. TERMS-IN AD VANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Sir months, $5 On-} month, - - k - 1 ADVERTISING. One square,(ten lines.)onetime, 50cts Subsequent insertions. ,- 35 eta ^ Special notices ten cents per line. The South and North. Under this heading thti New York Times has some remarks which are verv salutary at this juncture, when liew i.v^r?s are being Heedlessly preci* pilated upon the country by conceited would be leaders, endangering the return of a wholesome state of afftirs by the manipula-ion of "fine phrases" with which to catch the? ears of the thoughtless. We commend the follow? ing extract from the Times, a Repub? lican journal, to attention: Wo expect the Southern States, now that the war is over, to become instamfy as quiet, as prosperous, as loyal, and as thoroughly anti-slavery in sentiment, as Massachusetts or New York, and every incident that proves this not as yet to be the case carries alarm ?o the public heart. This is unreasonable and absurd. Such a tornado as has s/vept the South leaves in its track a desolation which yea^s cannot remove. Society is up? rooted, and must be* raised again from tfoe seed. The whole structure of Southern industry bas bfcen over? thrown, and it can be rebuilt but slowly. Men's miiwls have been di? verted from ?the ordinary channels ol active thought, ami it will be a slow task to bring them bick. Four mil? lion .slaves, who formerly did, hy com? pulsion, all the work-of the South, are now free, and will work or not, as they anil their oH masters can agrfte. Their -relative position^ are not favora- le to rapid compacts, and years may elapse b-'fure this tremendous practical pro? blem is fully solved. We must, be prepared for a long and laborious struggle, for many .defeats and dis? couragements; and if, at the end of twenty year?, we find the relations ol the two rares in the Southern States all we could desire, we sba.l have done snore than any other nation ever did in a century. Wo are too exacting, also, ia regard to the political action of the Southern people. We expect them, now thal the war is over and they are beaten, to become, at once, not only loyal ci ti zen?, obeying all i he laws and sustain tng fully the .National authority, but thorough-going Aboliti nists and BO! vocales of negro snil'rage. Anything abort of this we consider half wa\ loyalty, and think they have not been whipped quite enough yet. We de nounce them as still Secessionists-nt heart, a-nd call for their exclusion from the rights of citizenship. This is unreasonable and unwise We have really uothing to do with their heaVts. .We have no right to exact the complete change of senti ment and feeling which we demand. We have a right to insist rbat they shall obey the law, that they shall ac knowledge and respect the National authority and conduct themselves as peaceful, law-abiding citizens. If they do this, we can demand nothing more. Nor is it reasoi.able to expect that tho .mass of the Southern people can or will become suddenly devotees of doc trines and seutimeuts which they have hitherto abhored, and against which they have staked their fortunes and their lives. Men do not thu? instantly change their wnole natures on compul 6ion. And any ostentatious preten ?ions of such a change would be hypo critical. A radical change in the sen? timent of the Southern people concern? ing slavery and tbe purpose and temper ot the National authority cao only be wrought by time, by wise laws wisely administered, aq?l by their experience of the- new condition upon which they have entered. Nor should we desire to break the spirit or crush the self respect of the people of the Southern States. Their courage their resolute and determined spirit, is now amono; the priceless pos? sessions of the whole country. It has been our enemy, but hereafter it is to be our friend. It has been turned against us, and' has vainly sought our destruction; henceforth it fights only on our side and swells the power and the courage with which we may con? front a world in arms. It would be suicidal in?us to crush or destroy tt we*should be destroying a part of that which is to give us the proudest place ever held by any nation on the face ol the earth. "A Richmond Conspiracy." . Under this heading the New York Tribunes Washington correspondent, writing under date of June IS, says: "It is ascertained that there ts a secret combination among the rebel real estate owners of Richmond, not to *ell to any Northern or Yankee purchaser. This accounts for the fact that property there is now held from one hundred to.three hundred percent, higher than before the rebellion. A hule wholesale confiscation by Dr. Underwood, it is thought, may some? what muddy this disease. The loral clergy have a special leal of Northern preachers and teachers. The other learned professions are similarly exer? cised, wilde the old business men look with an evil eye upon every Dew Yankee comer who brings brains, enerby 0r capital with him." We are not prepared to say how much the Richmond ministers ot the gospel, lawyers and doctors may be afraid of Northern preachers, teachers aud members of other learned profes? sions. Their terror may be very great, but the unfortunate victims have so far succeeded most admirably in conceal? ing their unhappy condition from their friends. - But we are quite positive that the assertion of a conspiracy among the real estate owners to ex elude Northern men of capital from our city ts a slander. Our people, having nothing else to sell, and having, ?rom Ion." dealing in Confederate money, a confused idea of the value of a dollar, did, just after the close of fhe war, nut a great prjee on their real est?t.-j and their ideas of its value were confirmed by some sales ?it high figures, in wiiich Richmond men were the pirTuhasers. All who desire to sell have now come down in their es timate of the value of'their property, and the difficulty is no longer with them, but with the Northern capital? ists, who, having a sagacious dread of t iis ?ame "wholesome confiscation of Dr. Underwood,'' declino to purchase real estate in the South at any price. Tue difficulty no w is, that there is.no one to buy, not that any man cr sc' of m n here "look with an t vii eye upon every new Yankee comer."" We make no distinctions of persons; we want countless immigrants to came into Virginia, buy land, start manufac? tures, and build up this* exhausted State. There is room enough here for hundreds of thousands of men and women; and, we believe that they will come so soon as this confi-cation busi ness shall be disposed of, but not before; and when thev snail have come, tiley, as those from the North and from Europe wno aie already settled among us, will find that they will be treated iiceording to their merits, as men and citizens, and without any regard to th ir nativity. It is impossible to conjecture what can be the Tribune's object in putting afloat stories of this kind, unies* it o*? to make the South a 'wilderness, for tho abode and habita? tion of negroes alone. [Rickmond Republic, June 21. More than 1,800 claims for damages by the war have been filed at Washing ton, amounting to jver $50,000,000. From Washington R publican, \?th. Marshal Lantern's Warning to Presi? dent Lincoln. WASHINGTON CITY, December 10,1864-1 1 2 A. M. Honorable A. Lincoln, President of the United States. Silt: I regret that yon do not np prec?ate what I have repeatedly said to you in regard to the proper police ar rangements connected with your own personal safely. You are in danger! I have nothing to ask, and I flatter myself that you will at least believe that I am honest. (If you have been impressed differently, however, do me and the country the justice at once to dispose of all suspected officers and persons, or accept, my resignation of the mar halship, which is hereby tender? ed.) I wilt give 3-0U further reasons than those hereinafter named which have impelled ni? to this course. To-night, a? you have done on several prgvious occasions, you went unattended to the theatre. When I say you went n. attended I mean %hat you went with two guests, . but without any guard.. And you know, or ought to know, that your life is sought after, and will be taken unless you and your friends are cautious, for you have many enmiees within our lines. You certainly know that I have pro? vide 1 men at your mansion, to.per? form any duty that will properly con? duce to your interests or your safety. AWFUL 'CONDITION OF NORTH CAROLINA.-It is heart-sickening to see what'terribie havoc war has made along the line* of the Atlantic and North Carojina Railroad. Fields for merly waving in growing corn, wheat, cotton, &c, at this season of the year, are now a barren waste,?with not a stick of fenc?* to be seen. Farm house? swept away by the devouring flames foi esta of pine, once tall and beautiful}1 now. laid low by tho axe of the pioneer. Indeed, everything you behold* bears the impress of rude, heartless and unfeeling war. Kinston and Goldsboro and their vicinities, made memorable in the history of the war, have sufi" red the mo?t. Tho people are left almost entirely penni? less, without provisions, and. in many cases without stock with which to make a crop the present season. It is difficult to conjecture how they ar? to survive tho great calamity, unless aid? ed by the Government, which would be done most effectually perhaps by either loaning or selling them stock with which to prosecute their agri? cultural pursuits. Every valuable U swept from the earth. The people have no currency and nothing to sell with which to get. Business is c'osed shops and hotels shut up, and every? thing seems at a stand still. [North Carolina Times. This is the condition also of South Carolina. The whole State is in ruins. [ED. PHOENIX. Some of the newspaper organs of the strangulation partj speak of Gen. Lee as a traitor by descent and instinct. ^Llis grand father, says one of these jour? nals, writing on the Federal Consti of 1S?0, said: *. When we (the South) attam our natural degree of popula tion, I flatter myself that we shall have the power to do ourselves justice with dissolving the b nd which bind? us together^' This is a fair specimen ol the suppressio veri. What Gen. Lee' giatidhither, li. ii. Lee, said was: "1 fl itter myself that v. e ?hall nave thc power to do ourselves justice with out di solving the bond which bind; us together.'' Are the radicals st much afraid that they cannot hanc. Gen. Lee tlwH they are compelled tc murder grammar, and falsify history iu order to convict him of reirospec live treason? [New York Herald. j Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, has baa ' arrested and Gent on for trial. EXTRA SBSSION OF THE VIRGINIA L?GISLATURE.-lt is stated that Gov. Pierpont lian secretly called an extra session of the Virginia Legislature, and that tlrbre is much uneasiness among loyal citizens in consequence t he- eot. Tue Alexandria Journal v>ys: Gov. Pierpont lia- e . "mined, to call luis extra session on Thursday next., and j that lor this purpose confidential ?-ir j culars have been sent to the mc . be s of th? b"dy which has heretofore as sembled in Al xandria,. representing the loyal element as eontra-distm. guished from the lute rebel Legislature at Richmond. The Journal is alarmed for fear that the call is made with the view of removing the disa? bility imposed on those who have been identified with the rebellion, and re? store to them the elective franchise and the right to again hold office. There is no certainty, however, that such is the object. Owing to the alleged ap poititrueut of the governor of several ex-rebels to important positions in violation of the Constitution, several meetings have been held by the loyal people of Alexandria .to devise means for self protection. On Saturday they perfected . iheir organization, and adopted a Reties of resolutions, one of which affirms, in strong terms, the right of the colored man to vote. No FOREIGN WAR.-We havo at length semi oihV.ial assurances from Washington, that no new demand bas been made upon England with reference to the Alabama claim. The claim tor damages has been made from time to time during the past three years', but no more em diasis has been recently pjiven.it than when first preferred. One thing is very certain, the people of the United States and their Govern? ment have made np their minds to stop fighting for the present. War h is no longer any attractions for us. Whatever we mav say about the Monroe doctrine, or ibe Alabama de? predations we do not propose to go to war with either England or FraTiee if we can decently escape a conflict. After the waste of the civil war is re? paired, and our finances have got into working order, we mav have a little fight with England or Franco to keep uni hand in; bu' just now the uniter s;il Yankee nation is intent upon pence, a'.d not nmg but a most iutole ruble provocan . would provoke us into a fight. We presume that bv ??ns time Mr. Adams and Mr Bigelow have satisfied the G 'vernments of Etig'and and France tba' such is thn feeling of our people.--New York World. -?-?#*-. How eloquent is the old, homelv word, falll The flowers fal! in the garden, the fruits fall in the orchards, the nuts fall in the woods, the stars fall from the sky, the rain falls from the clouds, the mercury falls in the tube, the leakes fall everywhere, and man falls into eternity! Gold, in New York, on the 23d, at 142 1.2 Cotton 43 cents. .~~ AMNESTY. THE TERMS OF PARDONS Proclamation by the President of the United States of America. Whereas the Preside?t nf the United States, on the Sth day of December. A. D. 1863, and on the 26th day of March, A. D. 1S64. with the object to suppress til? ex? isting rebellion, to induce all persons to return to their loyalty and to restore the authority of the United States, issue pro elamations offering amnesty and pardon to certain persons who had, directly or by implication,1 participated in ihesaid rebel lion; and whereas manv p-rsonn, who had so engaged in said rebellion, have, since the issuance of said proclamation, failed or neg.ected to take the benefits offered thereby; and whereas nian\ persons, who have been justly deprived of al! claim to amnesty and pardon thereunder b?' reasoi of their participation, directly '/by im plioatiou, in s?iid rehellion and continued hostility to the Government of the United States since the date of said proclamation, j now desire to apply for and obtain moines j ty and pardon: 1 T" thc end, therefore, that tb? ?stherity ! of the Government of the United States may be restored, and thnt peace, order and freedom may be established, I, Andrew Johnson. President ot the United States, do proclaim and declare that I hereby grantso all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty sr.d pardon, with restoration of all^igh'p of pifj.erty, except as to slaves, and except in cases where legal proceed? ings, under the-laws of the United States providing for the confiscation of prop<irty of persor.s engaged in rebellion, have been institu? ed, but on the condition, neverthe-" less, that every such person shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirma? tion, and thenceforward keep and main? tain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be reeistered for permanent preser? vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect following, to wit: I, ---, do solemnly swear or affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United Stales and the Uni >n of the States there? under, and that. I will in like manner abide b}' ar.d faithfully support all laws and proclamat-ons which have been made during th? existing rebellion with refer? ence to the emancipation jof slaves. So help rae God. Th? following class of persons arc ex? empted from the benefits of this, procla? mation: 1st. All who are, or shall have been, pretended civil or diplomatic officers or otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate Government. 2d. AH who left judicial statmns under tbe United States to aid iu the rebellion. 8d All who shall have been military or naval officers of said pretended Confede rai e Government above the .rank of colonel in ?he army or lieutenant m the navy. 4t'n. Al) who left seats ii the Congress of the United States to aid the rebellion. 5th. All who resigned or tendered resig? nations of their commissions in the m my or navy of the United States to evade ditty in resisting the rebellion. 6th. All who have engaged in any Way in treating otherwise than lawfully as pri? soners uf war persona found in the United Slates service, as officers, soldiers, soameo, or in other capacities. 7th. All persons who have been or are absentees from the United States for the purpose of ?ding the rebellion. 1 8th. All military and naval officers in the rebel service who were educated -by the Government in the Military Academy at West Point or the United States Naval Academy. 9th. All persona who held the pretended offices of Governor of States iii insurrec? tion against the United States. 10th. All persons who left their homes within the jurisdiciion and protection of the United States, and passed beyond the -Federal military lines into the so-called Confederate Slates for the parp?se of sid? ing the rebellion. 11th. AH persons who have been en? gaged in ' lie desi ruction of tho commerce uf the United States upon the high seas, and wh.? have made raids into tho United .States from Canada, or been engaged in desti .oving the commerce of the baited Sl ate* upon the lakes and river9 that sepa? rate the British provinces from the United States. 12th All persons wbo. at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confinement or custody, or under bonds of the civil, rnili tary or naval authorities of agents of the Un'ted States, as prisoners of war or per? sons detained for offences of any kind, either before or after conviction. lilil?. AH persons who hive voluntarily participated in said rebellion, and the esti? mated value of whose taxable property is over twenty thousand dollars. 14th. AU persons who havet taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre? sident's proclamation of December 8, A. I). 1865, or an oath of alegiance . to the Government, of the United'Statea e nee the date of ?aid .proclamation, and who have not thenceforward kept a nd maintained the same inviolate. Provided, that special application any be made to the President for ptrlon by any person belonging to the s.veptel classes, and such clemei cy will ho obi rally extended as may b? consistent wit h th? fuels of tb? case and the peaoe a^d dignity of the United Staus The Secretary of Stnte w:!l establish rules ar.d regulations for administering and recording th* said amnesty oath.60 ns to insure its benefit to ttie people and guard the Government, againgi fraud. in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my li???-' and caused the seal of tbs > United Slates to be affixed Done at the o'ity of Washington, the 29ih day of M av. in the year of our Lord 1866, and of th? independence of th* United States the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WM. H. SSWA?S, Secretary ti State. Jan* 3