Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wednesday Morning, July 12, 1865 Scouting for Scenery. One -want? ead Jongs to get away tjii terrible weather-to lose himself in dee] forests and in the wilds of difficult moun taias! We must only dream of that which ^ust now, we cannot mortally enjoy. W must dream of the aceneryof North Caro lina, of Yadkin County especially, which we are told, is thrice glorious, withou being quite famous. We must explor< this county some day. Meanwhile, w must flin;; ourselves into the past, an? dream of what we have enjoyed. Alas alas! what says Tennyson, amplifying th. famous passage from Dante: u2iet8Kti maggior dolore, che ricordar se dee tewoo felice, nella miseria." "For the poet's crown of sorrow Is remembering happier tilings." '^?Eut wa .cannot forget; we must remera ber whether we will or no, and thus con ?trained, we must seek to suck out fror our resources in the past only such thing as will reconcile us to the present. W can^tecall the mountains of Saluda, Ca) sarrs ?iead, Wuite-sides, Black, thc chaii of the Currahoe, and the lyrical and dra matic cascades of Toccoa and Tallulah. W. have drank in inspiration from ail thes treasure worlda of landscape; and it i still left us to hope that we may again re new our grateful experience, on gram summits, aud gazing on glorious vailles on sunrise and sunset of marvellou grandeur, and musing at the foot of water falls that come thundering down with th latest intelligence from thc moon. Bu what shall be our companionship, revisit ing these scenes? Not the old, ala<d alas And yet"there phould bc companionship We lose half of our pleasures unless w< share them. We forfeit ljalf the beautie of the prospect, unless some dear one bi nigh to partake and respond. Yet auch t companion must be wisely chosen. Theft must be sympathy of sentiment betweer you, and there must be no vanity o epeecli always ready to burst out in ! poor paroxysm of superlatives, as is th. case of the blockhead always, ervin; "How grand! how beautiful!"' at the ven moment when, rapt in sublime contempla tion, you are bathing in rapture, and im plore silence as the absolute need for th. perfection of all your harmonies. Bewan of such blockheads whenever you wouh attain the sublime of any scene, prospec or enjoyment Their tongues will spoi all your fine vitious, and expel the spirit ua! from your solitary haunts. In sucl situations, you are to brood and browse ii silence, if you would feed on celestia fancies. The soul then imbibes througl the eye. The mind quickens from within and, at such times, human voices mak nothing but discords. You may plac your hand upon that of your companion 3nd she (!) may rest her hand on you shoulder and whisper sounds which y<>' do not distinguish to comprehend. You sympathies are thc sufficient medium, au. you are joint pupils, and heirs of blis under the one maternal teacher, nature Bc content with her silent but mo3t eic . quent teachings. You must not hea human voices. They wculd enly vex you You fliould desire to hear no sounds sav. those which arc properly kindred with th fceeno, and the beings which people it The voice of the torrent, the occasion? ?cry or scream of some gray eagle or lordl; vulture, as he sweeps in great circles over head, and 'creams in unison with th hoarse roar of tumbling waters. Fcdint alone witli these, and taking in all th proper adjuncts of the scene, you absor song and picture-music and tho dram - fancy, feeling, thought-until you ris up with the delighted consciousness of th "brave Italian, when he first found out th hidden power in Ids own soul, which ha "been unsuspected before-"Anch' Io so PittorcP' You arc painter and dramatist poet and philosopher, and all becausi yon have been let to dream in the embrac of the uncorrupt, ever pure, benignan nature. The thoughts and fancies whic you thus enjoy are taken into, absorbe within the system, and become fused, asi were, with all your natural endowments lu after days, the utterance which yo make is not thc thing of your survey, no tho mero scenery in your sight, but is revelation of your own soul, w.ith th landscape as a background. \roa aro the at liberty to spctik-not to say, "Hoi grand! how beautiful! how charming! ?:n how-very pretty!" but to make a pictur to the ear, such tu you have already mad within your own sop.!- You reveal not. | the scenery ?merely, bat your own soul also, even as the scenery has lifted and sublimed it. It is ia this way that you share your delight, with your companion that you tench your enjoyments to your brethren. You give thom no blatant or windy exclamations. You give them a symmetrical conception-a full conclusion The unity in art, the perfection in detail* the grace and simplicity in design-the perfect whole, not only in the protprct, but, as wedded with it, in the soul of him also whose eyes have made the survey; and if your sympathies go with him, yon will be doubly grateful that so much of him? self appears throughout his landscape. Re very choice, therefore, who you have with you when you are studying your pictures; a stupid spirit, will spoil the propriety and symmetry, the genuine nature, which must, underlie your art, in ?bediene? to you* heart. The exclama? tions of a vulgar mind, at thc- moment when one's saul is touched to the fliest issues, are as intrusive, offensive, ungra? cious-nay, absolutely biutal-as the in? terruptions, by the vulgar pretender, of the exquisite strain in magic, breaking the symmetry of its finest part?, breaking the repose which thc bewildered sense de? mands; utider the impudent plea declaring his delight, and applauding the per? former, when his real oi.j.-ct. is simply that he may be heard himself. Columbia and South Carolina, as Seen Through Northern Spectacles. ?' A correspondent of the New York Herald, of the 'iSih ult., writing from Co- ? lumbla, describes, iu correct terms, the destruction along the line of railroad from Charlotte and Chester to Columbia. He complains of thc faro-$15-from White Oak to Columbia-thirty-eight miles-aud flings a sneer at the "chivalric son cf thc Palmetto S^ate, as the driver,'' who took advantage of his necessity, who at first proposed to take him at $10, then, finding there was no competition, demanded >'5 more. We make tfie following extra?is ia I relation to Columbia and its condition. He j for once finds out, that Sherman's army j were thc incendiaries who destroyed it: SHERMAN'S. CLEAN- SWEEP IN SOUTH CAROLINA Gen. Sherman certainly made a clean sweep of it through this State. Nothing b?.t ruin rind desolation on every side. I Houses burned, crops destroyed, and thc whole country literally cleaned out of everything in the shape of horses, mules. Wagons and stock of al! kinds. There maybe a certain amount of poetic justice in the idea that here, where seces? sion first originated, and where thc first shot of tho war was fired, and where re? sistance to the Federal Government had been advocated for* years, the people shouhl feel more of the crucif ies mid hor? rors of war than some of her lesa guilty sister States; but now that the war is over ami we look about us at the terrible^ eso latioti existing on every side, we can but think that, though their crime wa3 great, their punishment has been equally so. 1 ' COLUMBIA. The once beautiful capital of South . Carolina did not escape the avenging hand of Sherman. Her beautiful blocks of ele gant mansions and publie buildings aro in ashes. In one night twelve hundred buildings were destroyed, and fourteen hundred families made homeless. Eighty four squares, comprising at least two-thirds of the city, are in ruins. Probably no cit}- of its size in the United States could compare with Columbia in beauty or in the wealth and refinement of its inhabit? ants. There was its capital; and here were congregated the elite and chivalry of the State. All that nature, art ant wealth could do to embellish and adorn its streets and gardens and to make it at tractive, had been done. The streets an wide and the walk3 lined with every variety of foliage most attractive to th. ' eye. Flowers in infinite number and va t nety are to be seen on every side; whih , the park?, gardens and door yards ar< ^ most tastefully arranged. There can b< but little doubt that tho destruction o - Columbia was the work of our army. '. ; hava taken 'considerable pains to get a ; thc truth of the matter, and it is the uni j versal testimony of the citizens, as well a tho negroes, that Sherman's troops wen 1 from house to house willi burning torches , petting fire to them, and in many instance . burning them while occupied by the fami lies. On Main street, thc principal busi " ness street in the etty, not a single build ing was lott standing. These were mostl i of biick, while most of tho private res j dences were built of wood. ^ The inhabitants, from the highest to tl lowest, are to-day in the mest abject stat . of poverty. They have neither provision j nor the wherewith to obtain them. Pee I pie who occupy elegant mansions, an who, a few weeks siuce, were worih the 1 thousands, are now penniless and withou 9 tho moans of buying the actual necessary a 'Of life. Money, there is none, with th v exception of a little put in circulation b . the officers and soldiers of tho garrison. In talking with thc citizens, I find thei ? generally ready and willing to submit t e the oecc?tut:ef ol thc elise, but witbot any 'abandonment of the principles of Stute rights for ?vhieh they have been con? tending. They Ruy. "We are compelled to abaudtwi the cause for the present, but we hate you, and always shalt continue to do so." In addition to'the hatred"^/ the Yankees, they now s*-em to feel the-tno9t bitter hatred towards the ?egio. Tin? negroes have ?ll learned that they are free, and, as ie.usually the case at first, most of them stopped work, both on the pinn Ca? tions. &nd in tho city, and congregated in large ?umbers at Columbia. As there are in South Carolina more lhaji double the number of negroe? than white people, it was found necessary to haye a military force distributed through the country to preserve order. Lieut. Col. Haughton, commanding the 25th di i o Volunteers, was accordingly sent to Columbia for this purpose. Upon arriving near the town, he found the roads and streets ot the city blocked up with negroes. The next morn? ing, he sent out andarresled all the able bodied male negroes, and set them to work clearing tile rubbish from the burned dis? trict. Tiley worked all day faithfully, expecting when night came to get some? thing to eat; but such was not thc Colonel's plan. He allowed them to nkhungry, aud in the morning nota negro could bc found. All of them returned to their homes, glad to go to work again. Au order was then issued, requiring owners of slaves to call them ap ami tell them they were free, advising them to continue ?heir work, with the understanding thai they should share the crop when harvested, but notify i nj all those who wished to leave that they were at liberty to do so. Many took advantage of the oiler and left, and have since been roaming about the country, living on what they could steal, for the supply of labor is greater than the demand, and their only method of obtaining a living thia year is by remaining with their former masters, who are compelled to keep them if they wish to remain. The Southern planters generally say that with the excep? tion of tue loss of property in negroes, and thc unsettled state of affairs which the freeing of so large a body will natu? rally produce, they will be better off with free labor than slave. They- contend that the only soun-a of profit in the State frpm slavery consisted in the increase, and that if we lake away the right of propevtv in them, they will then have many mote in the State than they can u e to advantage. COTTON. There is considerable cotton scattered over thc State from last year's crop, in small lot?, but t e great bulk of it has been destroyed. In consequence bf the ?destruction of the railroad, stoppage ol mai's and facilitr? for travel, the greater portion of inc 'eh /.ens are in the most lament abie stat e ot ignorance regarding titi? rest of thc country. Many of them J still ifc'ok that the *e*}ai?ou ? f h ?fit hi ti vf i is merely a truce, and that-tho war will i be resumed mrain tn a f..-w day?, while ? others admit that the war i-= ever, but com t.-n : that iii? ?mancipation of the slaves , ;s lo t>*.' gradual, covering a period ol' thirty t years. One thing above ail otiiers is ap P"rent-they are subjugated most com pletely and thoroughly. Tho very cours* tiikeu by Sherman in bis march th rougi the country did more towards ending tin war than a dozen victories. The remedy was severe but effectual. 1 hm inform?e by Col. Haughton that the oath of aile gnmoe is being very generally taken Iv the inhabitants, and that there is a ver] general desire to get th? State G?'verumen in working order as s.ion ns possible, am to settle down to work The inhabitant with whom I have talked appreciate th fact that their only course now is to work They first want to know on what term they are to be received-whether the; have any rights, either in property or i thc affairs of State-and then they ar ?ready to begin work. Very little trouble has occurred, in tb State from returned soldiers. In the uppe country, ns thev call it, raids were mad upon property belonging"to the rebel ({. vernment, which was appropriated indi! criminately; but when ibis was gone, th difficulties ceased. Negroes also, in som instances, banded together, and organize a system of robbery from the planter who, in some cftes, shot them, which the were authorized to do by Col. Haughtoi provided the}- could not otherwise protei themselves. It will take a long time ? the uegroes to learn wi at freedom is, ar they will now be obliged to work bardi than ever to maintain 'themselves ac families. Their idea of freedom is th: they can live a? they have been accu tomed to see white people do. withe* work, and that the Government will ft-< them. Manv soldiers amuse thci?selv by putting thij idea into 1 heir bea?: which will lead to incalculable injury themselves and the country. TUT. SOT; TH ERN RAILROADS. Unless, the Goj^rcment or North et capitalists step in and assist the Smith rebuilding theil'railroads, it will be mar mouths before they arc in running ordi They have neither the money nor the in i to do the work. Small parties are work on the South Carolina Hoad, ende verine; to straighten the rads which we heated and bei t by the troups; but th. progress is very blow, and it is q:estio able if the i .i! eau be ruade scrviceab Many brici-c are destroyed, which w require bosh mechanical skill andmon to rebuilld, neither of which they hiv The sooner these roads are repaired, t b-tter it will I- for the country. As it all tho resources of the country are effectually blockaded as they were duri ' the war. G now TH ??so PROGRESS dt THE P??OSIX. We are preparing for expansion. Our limits are cabinncd, cribbed, confined. The demand upon our columns enlarge* daily, ; and we neod to enlarge with ii. We ex- : peet new supplies of printing material this j week, and next week, should tins material arrive, the Phonlx will take he?- flight on j a broader wing. The mails are now be- ? ginningy-to be. carried with great regulan- j ty, the routes are opening to nearly all ' the divergent points, and, with very little delay, the Phamix can now be made to reach every District in the State. Our country friends, accordingly, will do well to secure themselves, by prompt subscrip? tions, the benefits and blessings of th; only daily paper in the State, the Charles? ton Colmer excepted. THE II nr. A r.r> NEVUS. RJWTS.-The New York Herald, of the 4th. publishes the following. ? 'The Herald will he published to-morrow mortiin?. In future, it will be issued every morning of the year. There can be no lest for a live newspaper. Hereafter, therefore, the Htrald eRtablisfiment. wilp never be closed. It will always be open, ready for business, night, and day, from one end of the year to the other." The Bible anticipates thc case of the Herald-there .? ro rest for the wicked, here or hereafter. ? STORMS IM TUE NORTH.-Accounts con? tinue to reach us of furious wind and rain storms at the North west, in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Torrents have swept over that, region which, it is reported, have prostrated houses, frees and everything in their paths, and killed and injured many persons; and <>n Thursday last, Dubuque, Iowa, amt vicinity were visited by a rain storm of unprecedented fury, accompanied Viv light? ning the most vivid and thunder of the loudest. The rain poured down in tor? rents for two or three hours, flooding the town and country, washing away railroad embankments, bridges, culverts, and fur? niture from dwellings, and doing au im? mense amount of ether damage. In New York, on the Sd, irol.l closed at 139$: cotton at 47c. foi-middlings. OBITUARY. Departed this life, at Charlotte. N. C.. on tiie morning of th.- 1st July, 1S05, after a short Put. severe idriess, Miss ELISA? BETH-C. BRITTON,.(eldest daughter of E. H. Britton.) aged seventeen years and four month*. ?.?V~" (."l ai lester Courier ip!e?se aopy. MR. JACOB C. LYONS will act as my i attorney in my absence lrom the city. ! July 12 2 M. C. MORDECAI. PIANOS TO RENT. ONE seven-octave INSTRUMENT, of exquisite tone and finish, and two j OUKTS ot goo.i quality. The rentwfcll he j mod?rale, to approved parties. Apply in 1 Winn street, near Charlotte Depot. , j ^ July 12 w-i-i*_W. SHEPHERD. I ?To.j3t; Received, 1>ACON, FLOUR, LAUD, BUTTER, > CHEESE, MOLASSES, ?tc. Bv ZEALY, SCOTT & BRUNS. July 12_2 BOUGHT OR SOLD. C10IN. SILVERWARE, Ac. Highest prices paid hv ZEALY, SCOTT & BRUNS; i Brokers. Auctioneers and Com. Mercli'ts? I July 12 5 I St -I ** ??j"**> JES SJ i CORSETS, VEIL RARERE' &C, VLARGE STOCK of the above L'oods, just received and marked Lo WER j THAN ANY OTHER IN THE CITY. ZEALY, SCOTT &. BRUNS. ; July 12 2 Change of Schedule. ? r?~r."%&j PASSENGERS for Kingsville '"^ -^v*-* and Charleston are informed, j that m consequence of a change of ached j ubi or. the Wilmington and Manchester j Railroad, the CARRYALLS from the Shi I ver Honse will leave Columbia hereafter i on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 5 5 p. m. jnly 12 5* HARDY SOLOMON & CO. nAVE just received and openod a lot of BEAUTIFUL CALICOES. ALSO, ! A lot of Gentlemen's FELT ll ATS, COLORED Sill ins. And BROWN DENIMS, for childrens' j wear. H. SOLOMON <t CO., .West shiv Assembly slrwet. Between Plain and Washington streets.. ! July 12 4 Brass and Copper Wanted. ' TT SOLOMON & CO. still continue to ; Iii purchase BRASS and COPPER, i Thc highest market price will be paid. H. SOLOMON & CO., Weet Bide of Assembly street, J July 6 Imo Below Plain. Mr. Wells, al the Shiver House, is agent for several comfortable vehicles for the accommodation of travellers. These con? veyance* are perfectly sunland rain ?.roof. See advertisement. ICK.-Wc have received" a basketful of ice which was brought over the new and expeditious route from Charleston via Kingsville, if any of our friends ate ,|,._ sirens pi having n coo! drink to-day, they can obtain the indispensable ingredient by calling at the Shiver House, where u small quantity is for sale. FRUIT.-Melons are freely selling alorg the streets of Columbia, at priers tonkin:; from 15 to ?-0 cents, generally of good size and excellent flavor. Teaches ar? nr. j 40 to CO cents p?r pi ck, and of excellent, varieties. We have been favored with several delicious^-messes of peaches, of a quality not iufenor to an . in th?' Stnt--. Thc ??arket and fruit fauns 'about Colum? bia produce good Omits; arid the soil of Columbia proper ts U.e very region for ros :s. .' Mr. Grinevald favored ns, yesterday, with a large basket cf peaches, for which he will ple.-isi- aecept our thanks. ErrEcra or TUB STORM.-The lightni-g that purifies the atmosphere sometimes Sjrikes down the temple: we must pav for thc purification. Wc have already men? tioned thu grateful rain and thunder storm that we ha'd on Monday afternoon. The rain was mixed with hail of good size, und, for a night, the ntmosphere- was relieved. But the clouds cfio-ed in upon us again yesterday: and 'while we write, another thunder storm impend?, after a day of extreme heat. During the storm of Merday, there were some casualties which show how severe WAS the Rtorm , and what the degree of strife in the at? mosphere. The house of Mr. R. Mayra ut was struck, and the plastering damaged, but with no oilier injury. Thc house of Dr. Gibbes was also struck, and the family had a narrow escape. They had just left the room which was struck, havinsr gone, to dinner. The building was considerably damaged. The window sashes of one apartment shutters, ?tc, were smashed. _ I The fluid also struck a pile of old guns in i the garden cd .Major Tfrezevant, and left them in un good condit ion for going < (f in future. We have heard of no ?ess of lift: j hut. the lightning w:'.s very close, very ?evere, md the storm was a protr* ?ted orte. Tile min was adec?ate here t.j the j wan te of tights : rd gardens; and the pre ! sent, prospect i.? one of heavy rains ar. ! nicht. M e do not now neel them, but ! they will do no barm. The early coru is [now all mad', except in bottom lands. Notice to Travellers; r*C7e ?, A P"?'5 sPri,1S AM '?V LANCE, jjgjgto- carrying six persons; a 0ARRI AG li, carrying four, and a donnie BUGGY, carrying three, will convey passengers to Kingsville. Ornngeburg, Alston and the Chat lotte Tiftilrifcd. Apply to Mr. JOH S lt. WELLS, at. Stiver House, july 12 2* Information Wanted ^r^J^ . I will give twenty bushels of V'<f'"jjr\corn for information as lo th? whereabouts of a LIGHTS< ?RREL MARE, with recent, gear marks on shoulder and hind legs, also whit., spots on the back; from saddle; with heavy muscles on fore? arm and hind legs, and some white in face. Was taken on the 5th, ?ad carried to? wards Columbia. T. W. WOODWARD, july 12 1* Whmshoro, S. C. JUST RE JEWED. THE LITEST STYLE BOMETS. RIBBONS. INFANT'S HATS, LACES and FANCY COMBS. At, MKS. S. A. SMITH'S, Taylor street, opposite Sidr#y Park. July ll 4v THOMAS C. VEAL, Architect and Civil Engineer, AA711.L furnish plan?.specifications and ? T personal sup: rv -inn, with all ne? cessary details for,public buildings, dwell? ing?; cottages, bridges, ?tc., for city or country. Surveys for city lots made on application. Ollie, at A. R. Phillips', Be deli's Row. July 6 wst>* JUST RECEIVED PEE STEAMER GRENADA! T7" i ct G-rantoy ? \ LARGE stock of French CORSETS. /V Ladies'SHOES, HOSIERY ami l'A? it ASO LS. Call at H. SOLOMON <fe CO.'S, Assembly street. West, below Plain. X5??.?JG-S AND % VFINE stock of DRUGS and MEDI? CINES just received by II. SOLOMON ? CO., Assembiy street, W?st, below Plain.