OO?JTTMBIA. j Monday Morning, July 10, 1S65. Hon. ALFRED HOOZB.-Thia old gentle? man, who so long held the position of postmaster here. Is now living on rations furnished by the Government. He was first appointed postmaster by Gen. Jack eon, and re-appointed by every succeeding President until the fatal act of secession. He never sent in his resignation, but bia of?co waa taken possession of by the Rebel Government, and in deference to the wishes *x' of the citizens and his friends generally, he continued to serve up to the evacuation of the city. He is in his ninety fifth year. We oopy the preceding paragraph from the letter of a Charleston correspondent in the New York Herald. That recklessness of assertion which so markedly distin? guishes all the writers for this journal, wa? never more strikingly displayed than in some of the alleged (acts in the above paragraph. We beg to correct, while we utterly deny, the assertion that Mr. Huger has ?ever received, or is receiving, ra? tions, or any other alms, from the United States, or any*other charities. He is na doubt, like most of our people, greatly reduced in resources and straightened iu the means of life; but he is not the man to seek for or to accept charity, while his mind and body retain any of their accus tomed vigor, and, hardly, should these these fail; provided his soul shall retain its consciousness. He will prefer to struggle on, with all the burdens, of family-all thc precious cares of wife and children struggle on feebly, perhaps, but still hope? fully, and with perfect faith in God-with out appealing to any power or entreating succor at any hand. The old man may ht feeble, but the ancient spirit of his }o"th and family still survives in his bosom, anc his pride is sustained by energies which do not depend upon mere bone and mus cle. We correct another error in UK statement of this correspondent. Mr Huger ia not in his ninety-fifth year. T< reach his real age, you must deduct som* twenty years from this number. He it now in his seventy seventh year-a nobh and venerable gentleman, etill erect, an with his fine face glowing and his word full of spirit freely flowing, with ever' emotion of pride and thought, feeling am character, as warm and vigorous as whet ba stood erect in his youthful prime. W had ttie honor to know Mr. Huger, nearl; forty yearB ago, when we both stood longo intervallo-in the ranks of the Uuiot party? by which wo both suffered lossei We have known him ever since as a coi eistent Union man-opposed to the peri Ijng, by any canee of action, ofthat Unio for which his fathers bled. He belonged as did all his ancestors, to the family ere" of Washington. He was a Federalis when that word had a very different sig n\? cation from thc present. Then it wi the understood intermediate between th monarchy and the democracy, regardin - equally the "Divine rights" of the oue an the other, as alike dangerous to tl liberties of the people. Times ha\ changed, and old definitions change wit them. The ancient landmarks are a gone, and the ?rand but too subtle princ pies which conceived a plan by which 8 tendencies to centralism-the sole secrete danger to all confederacies-might be.pr vented, are now all obliterated. Mr. Hug< was born before the Constitution of tl United States. He has survived it. T\ do not envy him the reflections of his o age, when he looks back upon the politic memories of his youth. We are happy report to his old friends elsewhere, thi though sore, wounded and suffering, f spirit is still unbroken, his mind is st firm and elastic, his conversation st liquid, copious, flowing and animated; is still the old man eloquent, when warm and excited by a re-survey of those da; which he and we shall never know aga! We make this record to-day, that t pride of his children may not, in futu day a, be outraged by a record which 1 -own pride naturally revolts to see or he . The Provisional Governor. The appointment of Hon. Benjamin Perry as Provisional Governor of t State, which we were inclined to anti pate in our leader of yesterday, ia as gc a one as could be made. We need t repeat, in respect to him, the opinions pressed already. We take for gran: that he will accept the statfoD, and p oeed promptly to disembarrass the co try and put thc machine of State in g< working condiii#u as soon ag possible. ( citizens unite with us in tho hope that fhal' *~na se? him ic C'dnir.H? ITT s?gHgfiSSi *""" Th? Kabel Gen. Buckner's Farewell Address. HEADQUARTERS, BuCK.NKRS CoRPS, Shreveport.-La.. June 8, 1865. SOLDIERS: The atroegle for independence ! has 'ceased. As soldiers of the TJonfede i rate States-an army defending the rights of your country-yon Won the respect of your enemies and the admiration of the civilized woijd. The power which you could not resist has crushed the hopes which you had cherished, and compelled, by force of arms, obedience to the nui bu? ri tv of the United States. You have obli? gated yourselves to abstain from farther acts of hostility, aud are permitted to re* turn to your homes to follow your peace^ fol avocations without molestation of your persons. The < same fidelity which Jou displayed upon the battle fields should be .bown in the new engagements into which you have voluntarily eutered. Go peace? ably to your homes, cultivate friendly relations with all, abstain from all hostile acts, and discountenance every attempt at disorder. You will have much to forgive and much to endure; but as courage has been your characteristic on the field, let the spirit of magnanimity and fortitude guide your actions in private life. When the passiobs of the hour shall have Sub? sided, a returning sense of justice will compel even the people whom we have so long resisted to concede that justice must have' been the basia of the cause which inspired so many acts of heroism and gave rise to the api r it of self sacrifice and devo tion which you have so olten displaj-ed. To the Missouri troops of my corps, my commendations are especially due for the orderly deportment and firm discipline which they have shown in the most trying nergencies. Soldiers, our official rela? yons are now severed. You will carry with you, in your homes or into exile, my warmest wishns for your prosperity and happiness. ' S. B. BUCKNER, Lieut. Gen. The Richmond Republican, of Thursday, say*: "Gen. R. E. Lee and family left the city last evening for Carterville, Cumber land County, near which place they will occupy, for the summer, a cottago on a small farm. A large number of farms, iu different parts of Virginia, have been offered as presents to Gen. Lee, but he has in every case declined to accept them. Dur..ig this week, a citizen o? Richmond proffered him one of the finest farms in Orange County, which another offered to stock." At a receut election in Australia, the naturalized Chinamen voted for the first time. Being thoroughly free from politi? cal opinions or prejudices, thirty-three of them were "engaged at eight shillings per head, and tutored to say "Yea" to every question which might bo put to them in the polliug booth. One of thearst ques? tions put was. "Have you voted before at this election?" Answer, "Yes," and forth? with they were unceremoniously bundled out of the booth. A servant girl out West recently tried whiskey to kill rats. She made it Bweet with sugar, crumbled in bread, and set the dish in the cellar. A few hours after, she went down and found several rats gloriously "fuddled," engaged in throwiog potato parings, and hauling one another up to drink. These were readily disposed of; those not killed left the premises im mediately, undoubtedly suffering from a severe headache. . The friends of Mitchel are said to be stirring themselves with a view to secure his immediate trial, but the Government will take its own time about the matter. John, meanwhile, should not complain, as he said a day or two before his arrest, in speaking of "pardon," that he did not ''deal in the article." A steamer has succeeded in passing through the famous Dutch Gap Canal. The Silas C. Pierce, a vessel of forty-three feet beam, performed that feat last Sun? day. There is a child "living in Manchester, Va., with its parents, only two years old, and weighing 200 pounds, more than either of the parents, by some fifty pounds. Nashville (Tenn.) people are so fond of liquor that the annual fines for drunken? ness reach about $30,000 Obituary. Departed this life, on Sunday, July 9, 1865. of typhoid fever, VALENTINE, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien, aged 16 years and 3 mouths. Sis friends and acquaintances and those of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, at the Catholic Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at 5 o'clock, without further invitation. Strayed or Stolen, FROM my premises, on Friday last, a Borrel mare MULE, about i 5A hands high, trim built and over ten years old. A liberal reward will be paid for her re? covery. RICHARD O'BRIEN, joly 10 1* Foot of Plain street. w'aoob Levin, . Auction and Commission Agent, Corner of Plain and Assembly Streets, WILL give particular attention to the disposal of Real Estate, Cotton, Provisions and General Merchandize. Will attend to the sale of Furniture, Ac, at any part of the city that owners may roqnire, July 7 fl3 Local Xt;?3TTH5Eg. The offiee of the Columbia Phoenix is on Gates street, second door front Plain. We are under obligations to the Sooth- \ ern Express Company for copies of the ! Augnstii.CAmntcZ?and Constitutionalist, of | the 6th. Also to the Charleston Courier for copies of that paper of the 6th and 1 th, and late Northern papers. Mr. C. A. J* o tl e 11 "will also .receive our thanks for favors. HEAT.-Hot still-hot as blazed And nb prospect of relief in the atmosphere. No philanthropic cloud interposes its raven wings between us and the son, who seems in as great a passion as when his son, Phte eton, played old Harry with his coursers, and for a time upset his Pbseton. On Sa? turday, at ? in the morning, the thermome? ter was at u6 degrees; the day before, at 3 p. m.. it reached 102, and this in ele vated situations, in a cool passage of a cool house, with lofty ceilings. SMALL CHANGE.-There is a terrible de? ficiency of smalt change in our commu? nity, which, it seems, might be supplied through the agency of the United Buttes commandant at this. post. A mere sug? gestion that the pay of soldiers should be made partly in change bills, would contri? bute equally to their wants and to the needs of the community. We trust that this hint will be well received m the pro? per quarters, and duly acted Opon. SERVANTS ANO SERVICE.-We hear almost hourly complaints, on the part of the late owners and employers, of the sudden abandonment, by their servants, of their employments and the household. The idea of freedom seems to be one of a beau? tiful caprice; and the right of doing what one pleases, the perfection of human rights. White and black very equally seem disposed to act on tins persuasion, and it is confessedly a very grateful thing to exercise such a privilege wheo the humor is on us. Let the world slide, says Tistol. ?Sessa. But one thing should be said, aud in saying it we borrow a leaf equally from the Northern and European books. No citizen, in either region, hires a servant, unless the party brings a pro? per discbarge from a previous employer. The citizen here, especially, owes it to himself, if not to his neighbor, to make thia requisition. Ho may otherwise be hiring a thief as well as an idler; and the servant who leaves the cook pot of one em? ployer to pass into tho kitchen of another, will abandon the latter in like manner, and probably carry off the cutlets with him. We are told that we may shortly expect large emigration of Germans to our State-a thrifty, sober, useful and honest people; and these will afford an opportunity of choice to the employer, which may save him -much as well in temper as in steaks. Headq'rs 1st Provisional Brigade, COLUMBIA, a C., JwXY 7, 1366. CIRCULAR. W? HER?AS iu many cases colored vv people are declining to make the< best contracts for labor that can be offered them, and many, after making such con tracts, are not-keeping them, or are leav? ing their places ? henever they like: It is hereby ordered that those refusing to make fair contract?, or leaving their places without cousent of military com? manders or their employers, to the detri? ment of tho crops, shad be put to hard labor by the military authorities. All desiring to visit the troops, or to visit Co? lumbia, Orangeburg or Fort Motte, will obtain a written pass from their employ ers, without -vhich pass they will be at once arrested; if they come to enter com? plaints, they will be set right, if such complaints prove true; or punished for making groundless complaints. A. 8. HARTWELL, Brevet Brig. Gen.'Comni'dg. Official: By order of N. HAUGHTON", Lieut. Col. Con iu'd? Post. JOHN WALTON, Lt. and Post Adj't. July 10 _6 Circular to the Freedmen of Co? lumbia and Vicinity. COLUMBIA. S. C.. JOLY 6, 1S65. THE Brevet Brigadier-General Com? manding takes this occasion to com? pliment the colored people of Columbia and vicinity upon the very orderly, well arranged and patriotic manner of the late celebration. It is such examples of your ability to manage for yourselves that wili falsify the predictions of your enemies, and justify the confidence of your friends. Your destiny is in your own hand; what you make yourselves worthy of will surely be conceded to you. Remember that, under the new order of things, you and your employers arc in the same boat. Yo are both interested in making thc voyag a safe ard profitable one; be, therefore, industrious, steady, honest and economical. A. S. HARTWELL, Brevet Brig. Gen. Commanding. July 8 a Th* following is a li*t of uncalled io* e Itera remain io g in the office of Messrs. Durbec ?t Walter: Ml? W M Albuzotti, J W Barns, Col Jno Bauskett, John A Crawford, Mrs John Dorrick^M Goldsmith, Gen Wade Hamp? ton, Mrs A Y Harris. M?*a G M Johnson, J A LePrincei F W McMaster, Miss Lina Murdoch, Mrs S E Pelot, Mrs Josiah B Perry, Maj Roland Rhett, Mrs Anna Sim? ons, Miss Sophia Schroeder, W Van Wert, Mrs W B Smith. J R Emery. JUST RECEIVED.BY AT HIS RESIDENCE, Corner Boll and Blanding Streets, 17 SP, (or Odd Fellows' School Room, without reserve, 16 fine young MULES, several covered WAGONS a..d HARNESS, belonging to the. Kalmia Mills. Conditions cash, on de? livery, in currency. July 7 4 Gen. Sup'ts Office C- & S. C. E. E., CHESTER, JULY 3, 1865. UNTIL further notice, trains will bc run daily on this road, as follows: Leave Chat lotte at 8 a. m.; arrive at Adger's about 4 pm. Leave Adger's at 7 a. m.; arrive in Charlotte ?bout 3 p m. JAMES ANDERSON. Sup't. July 6 ? FROM Cliar leston MELVIN M. CODEN, Assembly Street. West Side, one Door from Pendleton Street, HAS just received a choice supply of th? following articles, which he is prepared to sell at wholesale and retail, at LOW PRICES: CHEESE. SARDINES. No. 1 MACK ER KL. Prime GOSHEN BUTTER, RAISINS, CURRANTS, * FIGS. ALMONDS. PRUN ES, CITRON, DATES. Butter Crackers, Wine do., Congress do.. Young Hyson Tea. Superior Black Ten, French Chocolate, Coffee. Matches. Brown Sugar, Crushed Sugai, Lemon Syrup, Portable Lemonade, Raspberry Syrup, Cinnamon Bark, Cloves. Mace, Allspice, Nutmegs, Toilet Soaps, Colgate's Bar Soaps, Mason'a Blacking, Bixby's " Blacking Brushes, Scrubbing " Adamantine Candles, Scarfaletti Smokiug Tobacco, Hyco do.. Climax do.. Brooms. Buckets, Fresh Hops, choice Segars, Briar-root Pipes. Colgate's Starch, Col'd Pocket Hdfcfa, ^ La di es'. H ose, Geut's Half Hose, Superior LADIES* GAITERS, MEN'S GAITERS. CHILDREN'S GAITERS. NEEDLES, assorted, ?tc. Together with a select variety of Drugs, Medicines, Paney Articles, &C-, &C. July 4 tuthaiS O Ix o i O O h ilJUJUil, VU.lilli 1 I BOURBON WHISKEY, K, &C. Just received and for sale low by MELVIN M. C0*HEN, ASSEMBLY STREET,*WEST SIDE, One door from Pendleton street* NOTICE.-Under recent orders from headquarters, no liquors of any descrip? tion will be sold by the subscriber without a special permit from Col. Haughton, com? manding, or a certificate from a respect? able phyhieian, July 1 t-itlimH