The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 04, 1865, Image 2
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Friday Morning, August 4, 1865.
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The work of reconstruction and re?
organization is going on smoo"i|flv and
effectively in the Southern States. The
Provisional Governors appointed by
President Johnson have ali placi d
themselves in communication with the
people of their several States, and
'1 have made known to them the course
of policy they intend to pursue. They
have explained to them the wishes--of
the President, and counselled them
kindly but firmly as to their cl.?des*
These Governors ha ve encountered no I
opposition on the part of the peopled
over whola they rule. Wo aromet
to hear of the first instance (says the
Kiehmond Tutu's) of complaint by !
these high, officials of sullenness* or
contumacy amftng Uieir people, livery- j
where throughout the whole South a ?
sincere disposition is manifested to do
all thavthe constituted authorities yf
the country desire thom to do. Tho
Governors and thu people lun e, come
to understand one anothor, and if left
alone by 'meddlers and brsy-bodies,
they will very soon ast< nish the
.cpuntiy with a most gratifying dis?
play of Southern loyalty anti obedi?
ence. This is not tho ag?? ot* mirari . <.
and rational meu conld not export the
Southern people to poss through* a
radical change of character and senti?
ment in an hour, a day,-or a-?ionth.
Snob a change might well "be viewed
' ns suspicious and hypocritical. But
\hree months "have not passed over
them without leaving traces of its
healing and restoring influence.
Tho Southern crops have "Ivon
watehed with solicitude by the whole
country, in the last three mouths
an l under the fructifying influence ok'
sun and .shower, the wheat grew and*
was gathered: the corn, now fresh,
green and luxuriant, promises a boun
IfuPyield. The cotton, tho rioe und
the sugar, where they have bern
cultivated, give promise of Ibo same
exuberance. But there is one crop that
has boen watched v. i?.li far ?greater
solicitude and that is of far moro im?
portance than wheat or corn, than
rice, sugar or cotton, By tho bless
ing.,<tf God, and under the benignant
and liberal polity pursued by Presi?
dent Johnson, that great crop cultivat?
ed now throughout thc whole South,
promises a mighty yield -that ero])
is the restored loyalty and devotion ol*
the Southern people to the Govern?
ment of the United States. Lo* the
blessed and genial influences ot sun
and shower be continued yet for a
season, anda harvest will fte gathered
that will as much gratify ail true pa?
triots as it will astonish, shame, and
coni'i rand (hose pest dent intermedi Hers
and busy-bodies who are c ustantjly
misinterpreting and misrepresenting*
all that thc Southern people say onto,
and who are incessantly clamoring for
the adoption of st? ru and harsh
measures, as the only nieasurdk that
can bring the South back to reason.
In no quarter of the country m
which elections have be n held do wo
he?T of disorder or. of the manifesta?
tion of disloyalty, sullenhcs or unwill?
ing acquiescence. Tho people have
with one accord determined to lot by?
gones be by-gones, and il* we may use
tho language of thc National intellir/un
cer, "to conform to the amnesty oath
in spirit as well as letter."* There is
unhappily a most malignant dispo?
sition on tho part of'tho old radical
enemies of the South to nip this
loyalty in the bud by taunts, misrepre?
sentation and abuse.. But it must bo
- remembered that all growing things
have, their enemies. These pestilent
creatures are but the bugs that infest
tho wheat, and the worms that disturb
the growing tobacco. Tn spite of their
mischievous endeavors, the crop will
yet ripen'and prove abundant. All
i]:-? io-: ordod to nmkA^outTxwhat
1 tie"! true patriot deidresnto seo it, is
gentleness, forbearance and magnani?
mity on tito part of thc rulers of thc
.Sensible Talk. .
The rfcw York Times, speaking bf
Northern seritiinen^ncl expectations
abo'it the' South, say?:
Wo (the Northern peoij?e and au
thorities) are too exacting also' in re?
gard to tho political action of the
Southern people. "We expect them,
nov* that the war is over, and they uro
beaten, to become at once, not only
loyal citizens, obeying all the laws,
and sustaining fully tho national au?
thority, but thoroughgoing abolition?
ists, and advocates of n ?grb sur?rag?.
Anything short of this we' consider
half-way loyalty and think l in y have
not been whipped quito enough yet.
We denonaee tin m as still settossion
ists at heart, ard eal! for th?-ir exclu?
sion from tie.' rieht:. <>f citizenship.
This is unreasonable aftd unwise.
We liave really nothing to do witli
their hearts. Vy> hsive no right to
exact tie' complete chang** <>f senti?
ment anti feeling which wo dein:.ml.
We have u right *>?. iidftd that they
shall obey the law. that they shall nc- !
kuowlotlge *and respect tin: national |
authority, aiid ?^?nduet them* el ves as i
peaceful law-abiding citizens. If tin y
do this, we can demand nothing moro.
They may believe in their hearts what
they please; they may feel as they like
about the war and tito government,
they may be It.mi'l rebellious still:
but that is really none of our hu.sin.-ss.
We cannot control tia ii- opinions or
Un ir sentiments; we can ami must
control t? ?eir con duct, but Unit is all.
Nor is it reasonable to expect that '.lie
mass of th.e Southern people can or
will become suddenly ?leve-tees of doc
trines anttfeeutiments which thev have
hitherto abhorred, ami agaiifct which
titey have staked their fortunes and
their lives: Moa do.not rhu;-, instantly
change their whole natures on com?
pulsion. Audrfiny ostentatious pre?
tensions of snell a, change would be
hypocritical. The greai body of the.
Southern people, W^LTI* un?paesti<mably
honest and sincere in the opinions,
thtt.pivjmlicjjs and the resentments
, which led them to relied against the
I Govcrmfie;it; and it would lu: folly to
? sippo.se Lhat those feelings would all
! I ?ir at once eradicated hythe simple
: fact thal they ha\e been beulten in the
: richi A ru iical change in the sonti
j moni of the Southern people, Concern
I ing slavi ry ami the purpose ?mil t?vni
per of the national authority, eau ?eily
i br wrollglli ? .- rut--, by "win... IIWH
?wiseiy ?uluiinisteretl and by their cx
; perience ?>f the new condition upon
: which th irv have entered.
Nor, should wo desire to break the
spirit or crush the self-respe?'t of the
1 people of tho Southon) States. Their
courage, their resolute ?ind dot. rmined
j spirit, is now among the priceless pos
I sessions'of the whole country. IL has
been our enemy, but hereafter it is to
j be our friend. It has been thrued
i against us, and has vainly sought our
! destruction ; henceforth it fights only
on our side, and swells the power.ami
the courage with which W4 may ?con?
front a world in arm-:, lt would be
snmidtfl in us tn crush or destroy if
we should be dost roving a part ol that
: which is to give us thOgprouYlesl place
ever held by :y?ry nation on the face*of
i the earth. They confess and f e!
! themselves overcome -subdued, sub
? jiigatod. From oo quarter do wo hear
tilt;' faintest, li i ut of any wish oven to
j renew the contest. It is not for us to
poison the wound wo have inflicted on
their pride, nor to stab, with insulting
blows, the ?load body of their amhi
j tion.
j CHANGE OF F.\smox!* -Crinoline, in
' the shape of steel-hooped petticoats,
is certainly doomed; but it will, of
?? course, die a lingering death, and pre?
vail for some time with the servants
when il has been clis?;u;\.lod by the
mistresses. lt is a fact that at the
I opera, the theatre, at ?lower shows,
ami. indeed, at all public places, ladies
i may now be seen without ?in atom of
steel otu i i ugly concealed in their
, nuder-clotiies. And they aro full
dressed ladies of fashion, too; leaders
; of lou ?md denizens?)f the bn.rt monde.
I Manly fashions, too, ure undergoing
'mutation. Peg-top trousers are de
j cidedly going out; and going out
! wider and more pog-toppy, but ceasing
I to be made at the fashionable taih^s!
i Unmentionables ure ?di but tight; Ln
; deed, they approach the '-horsy"
I character. Long and solemn frock
.cont-*, too, have had their day, and
gentlemen from .'Noah's Ark' tu
j longer parade in threes alon:'; Picadilly
and by thc rails of the "Ladies' Milo.'
A sporting era in nail tors sartorial
j seems to bo sotting in, and cutaway
i skirts' with outside pockets, adorn th?
j manly forms of our young aristocrat,
j in town.
, The salaries of Provisional O-o
. ' vernors are three thousand dollars :
year, payable monthly or quarterly
i! by drafts on thc Department of Stat
Affairs in Texas.
NF.w#OrcL:r.ANs, .Tulv ?L--News ar
rived yesterday from Brownsville", that
S. Viesca, Governor cf SaltQlo, had
ciiptured the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith
and party, rt Piedras Negra?, about
fifty miles fren: ?ir.g-lc Pass. A train
of s6venty*ifye wagons, four pieces of
artillery and nine hundred muskets
ave saul to have been sarr?nderod by
l?irby'Smiih und party, who are now
on partie.
The above news was received in
Brownsville c:i the 12th inst., from
Major Texier, of Certinas' staff.
1 clip the following from the San
Ant on::-!, Herald?
( )nv information from Eagle Pass
and Piedras Negras is up to July 1.
Wc learn that Gen. Shelby had reach
ed i lu- first named paine in a quiet
and peaceable manner, but waa in?
formed by t'ne authorities m Piedras
Negras, that ho would not be allowed
io take his men into Mexico with arms
in their hands, but that ii" ha would
leave his arias there would be no ob?
jection to his entrance into tho coun?
try as ?migr?t! ts with himself and mon.
We are informed that Goa. Shelby
finally aureed VJ {??~. and sold hi:
?arm; and cannon to,thc Libeaab at
: Piedras Negras. There were two
i thousand five nuudred stauls'of small
! arms and three pieces o? artillery, for
I which Shelby received eleven Ihou
\ . and dollars- -six thousand in.specie
; and five thousand ia bonds issued by
the Liberals. The anns vrercimino
I diab'iy shipped for Chihuahua. The
: Gov n i or of tho State .% Coahuila
: acted us agent for the Liberals.
Gen. Shelby er.te wi Mexico with
about two hundred and fiftj men.
The column of cavalry, under the
i command of Maj. Gen. Merritt, which
left Shreveport on the tSfb i,n..t., has
arrived :.' .Warshall. Texas.
I The inarch through thc Stale will
probably oooupy a month. Forage
i and water il is i \p. eted *iil be very
sea reo ?doug certain portions fei the
route, dud up to the present timertherc
has been abundance of both.
The rorr sp. ndent of the New Or
leahs Ti?"- ', writing fr;?m Shreveport
on tha Kth inst., in .speaking of the
route which (4on. Merritt intends to
take, says: Starting from Austin, the
command crosses Onion Creek in an
! eight, milo mardi; Woody Spring is a
! good halting place, thence hut ten
mil-.; SMI jlavoo is distant har
ten miles; the Gualuloupe River is
ferried by a "long stretch of twenty
seven miles; thence nineteen miles
and Gib?lo Creek i* erosnd; sixteen
ini'e< o?i a home strof h and tho end
I of the present mare1:, S m .Val mio. b.
' reached. '4lie above is thc chart thal
I will guido the expedition on the route
to San Antonio, a distance of four
' hundred ?md twenty-livr miles. There
; are twenty-eight camping spots,
twenty-eight water sources, at milich
j th h command will halt. It is a thirty
! day mareil.
1 F WASHIXOTOX. July 2S.-The CUroni
I has received a "letter from New Or
! leans embodying thc following extract
; from one written by a gentleman con?
nected witS the heath punters of the
Cnion force at.ClarksviIle, Texas. Lt
is tlated duly 11, and is ?us follows:
1 am lying at thc month of the Rio
< ? ramie, opposite to Ihlgdad. Thc
Mexicans under Maximilian guard tin
Opposite sith' arni our troops tlii-;. Th'e
respective pickets are not forty rods
! apart. There is ?t good doa! of un?
friendly feeling bc:.ween, the two
j armies, and they < arnot long refrain
from blows. On thc -tth ol' -laly. our
j officers went ovo,r, and many rows oe
1 curred. I heard this morning that
Govi. Brown, the commander at
Brownsville, yesterday had an inter?
view with -Juarez, and promised him
the assistance of tiio_ United States
troops, mid had tu'dcred the Fourth
Indiana to cross the river. Gen.
Steide, the department commander,
went up i>v a despatch boat to court -
: teract the order if possible. Brit even
if he succeeds, things cannot lon&
? remain as thov are.
[Cor. .Wc- lort Ikrald.
The British ship Invincible was
wrecked in May, I Stil, on Desert
; Maud, when eight days ont, from
; Melbourne for Callao. ' Six of the
j crew were drowned ai thc time, and
nineteen saved, including tin'captain.
Ai! the provisions secured were four
ju ninds ol' bread and th ive pounds of
pork. They remained on tho island
j for a year and ten days, living on
' shell-fish and roof--. One l>y oue they
j died, and, finally, cone were left but
t'ue captain, mate and one sailor. At
last titi' ship Julian, bound from China
to Callao, stopped at the island whim
jin a J< iky condition, and rescued
?them. Th? captain. Dol^trnd, had
' arrived at Panama.
. A negro barber was tarred nr.d
feathered, la ' week, in Groensport,
U. I., for insulting a waite lady
Reconstruction.
ALA.I>A}fA.
I ^?Provisional Governor Tj?wii* E. Par
I sons, of Alabama, bus issued Iiis |*ro
; clamation announcing the inaugure
. tion f measures for tin- restoration of
I civil Government in that State. The
! 31st of August ?3 ibo day appointed
?for- trio election cf delegates to the
I Stat?' Convention, which ir, to assem
! ble on the?10:h of September. The
i gre uer portion of the old county ami
' town o?icera arc re-appointed to the
! positions, which they ai'e to hold du*
? i inp the continuance of the Provisional
? Government; but they aro nil required
j to take the oath of allegiance to thc
: National Government and to give new
I bo::ds for the performance of their
! duties. The Gove:nor comments on
! the present condition cf tho South,
I and the ruin and Vu?eriug which the
j war has caused? bul informs the pco
I pie that notvvithflanding this, they
i have-to-day vvery political right whicn
I tliey possessed before the wai-, except
: iug i lie right to hold slaves; and
slavery, he tells- them, is irrevocably
' gone, and it is the part of wi ..dom to
: make th..- best they can of the new
I ordei of thing;;.
?EOROTA.
' Provisional Governor Johnson, of
! Georgia, has also issued tiis proclama
: tion calling a State Convention and
j appointing a day'for electing delegates
thereto. lite 'election ii to be 'held
: cn the -4th of October, and til? Con
; volition -viii assemble in Milledgeviilc
: on tia.- 25th of the same month. Tho
citiz :iis are reminded that hi order to
le entitled lu vote or to become ean
; didate-; for election to tho Convention,
. they must previously subscribe to the
i oath of allegiance to the .Sationul Gov
I eminent : and this they are earnestly
I advised tu do. They are also informed
; that shivery is extinct. The adminis
I trat ion of "civil law. ton great extent,.
is to remain in abeyance till a State
i Government shill haw.1 been chosen;
! but in Liie meantime order wdl be pre
: served, ii necessary, by the military.
j MAI;. COMMT.fyTC.vno\*. Thu follov
I ing from the True Orita expiasses otu
' opinion upon the importune . timi m ?
; eessiiy of ti thorough ami immediafi
restoration of th<- mails thr.uighoui
; the South:
i' Nothing thal can be don?* l>y human
' agency would tuon* effectually tend tc
I tue quick restora tion of the ? ?id rola
! lions between the Mort!, ?ttjd South.
am? to the rapid revival of the Sou tl
! f uni its present depressed condition
j timi! the re-establishineui of the mai
, facilities timi existed r.+.the commence
! .at of the war now clos-d.
! Wi? haw seen it state J thal the Post
I in isl.-; General lue: this subject nude:
consideration, ?md that lie giv-. inti
I marion of there behm difficulties i:
I the way of thc early rc.-cstablishnicn
of pos I routes and post oliiees in titi
I portion of the I'niou. These diuicttl
I tics, we presume, arise front there be
: iug no appropriation for postal servie
j in the South, lt' this is ?di. awkwan
j though h be. ii. ru ed not be an ob
I sRuiction to the re-establishment of a
least all the leading post--#o:ites ala
I the re-opening of till tin? post ol??ci
! thereon. "Where there's a will there'
a way."
If "the Postmaster-General will bu
I advertise for the postal service to b
j performed, we have not the shadow n
! a dohbt thal rosponsiUe men will a
once come forward fully prepared i
perform "it and willing tn wait for thei
pay un til it is provided for! iv < 'ougre -s
?i'.' that bc necessary. As to the r<
! opening of post offices, let the Po.-t
; master-General but order if to b
done quickly, and that ?md the sei
: vices of postmasters can be set-ure
j with a rapidity uni sampled cen i
i this country ot. innumerable govern
j nient officers und innumerable expect
ant place-men.
j !3 I bis is a matter of the greatest in:
j portanee to ns of the South, li. i
j also of great moment to tile whol
i country and to thc < ?overnmont itsell
i Iv. is needless to enlarge on that whic
I is cicarly apparent to ai! men. Ever
j interest-agricultural, commercial, sc
i cia! and political-calls loudly for th
quick renewal of Southern mail con:
munication.
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EXCITEMENT IN WESTEHN VIRGINIA
L. Wilson, son of ll. C. Wilson, di
cea-ed. who left his homeJn thispluc
at the oommencement of thc rebcllioi;
?md accepted the- position of colon*
in thc rebel army, retm-ned home o
Saturday last. Hu was waited upi.
by a crowd of soldiers and oth< ?s, :
his mother's residence, on Sate r.e.
night, and ordered to leave-. Ht: or<
mised if they would only allow Iii at
remain until the first of the week, a
I would leave town, which request wy
granted, ?md the crowd thou diapers i
He left according to promise.
- [Western Virginia Advocate.
The value of propei-tv ir. Loudon :
estimated at s??Q0.0O0,?00.
? m
Tjocal Items
Wo learn that J. C. Jannuy, E*q., has be'cn
appointed Postmaster of this city. That
Mr. J: can "keep a notai,;' no one can doubt,
und if is thought that ha will . succeed
.'.nally well in his now vocation.
To TTAVE?EBS.-C. i. Pool's hack lino
connects with thc cars at Kopo Station, im?
mediately upon thc arrival of the flown
train, and will convey passengers safely and
securely to Columbia: it will also carry pas?
sengers from Columbia to Hoje Station; m.
time to take thc train thc RAUIC day for
Creen ville.
?.Messrs. Townsend A: ??orth have made
arrangements to receive tho Charleston
Courier regularly, and will keep it for Balo
at their atora, iii BvdelTs Row; wc r.rc in?
debted tu thom for a copy. Io a short time
th ev expect to have a good assortment of
books and stationery-one of tme*partners'
having gone :?i New York.to replenish their
V.'- are hulaed V.^IrTk C. Shiver, .of
rh.- Kingsville line, for a copy of'rife New
York Uer".'. !. <u' -the 'J':>th. The Southern
M'.oresH Company have abo furnished us
oi' ibo Riehmond Times, of mo 28th
un' ; '. '.uh. and late Charleston ami Augusta
papers;.
The can! of Messrs. Fenner, Bennett &
Bowman, will be found in another column,
previous to thc w; :., the tina did an exten?
sive buHKie?'M at the 8.,nth, and they are
dosiron ? of renewing their old acquaintance.
Mr. T. A. Tobin, of this State, (whose post
ufucc ts Ci?nt?n. Lauren:^ District,) Ls a
tacmbcu of the concern, and will bc pleased
t-i meet all their old friends and ti; make
the acquaintance, nf any number of new
oims. '! hose >_?! nileuien make advances tu
cou.-iguineuts it' desired.
Tin: C',?i.?>!:?:.) F KEE MASONS.-The
Grand Lodge of New York has con?
cluded its annual session. On Friday,
the Committee on Foreign .Correspon?
dence reported advt rsely to tho recog?
nition nf lodges working under a
charter from the Grand '[Lodge of
Ibm .burg, .'filero afc several lodges
of odored men ni ti;i.; country, having
charier.-; granted by the Grand Lodge
of 1 lam!air.:.', which have been for
some time endeavoring to obtain re?
cognition b\ the grand dodges of tho
various rt!ates, but. without success.
Au etlVirt was made by sour: of tho
members ol' tho G rand Lodge of this
?State to procure their recognition, but
thc only committee who could legiti?
mately hrh?g the si.bVei before'tho
be.ly reported adven?s L#, and lac mea?
sure failed. This plm.cs cehuvd Ma?
sons precisely v. her - thev have ever
;beon -beyond the pale ul Masbnio
law. Masons cannot recogiii^e them
ns such ::i any particular, nor have
; Masonic knowledge of theirexistence,
notwithstanding tho fact that they arc
hound by tile same solemn obligations
and ties as are t heir white brethren.
DiFi-?i t i.; ;::s HETWEKN RETTTRNXL)
Sor.oiF.us. -The Al? tuphis .-bv/zwlearns
oiau a bitter animosity exists between
.tim people up the Arkansas. Fro
'..:.:;( altercations occur between t ;use.
who serve,! In-.'ne Confederate army
and others from the Union urmy, who
' regari! each other w?th malicious ha?
tred. Some days since, at Spaden, si
party of discharged Union soldiers
met a. number of paroled Confeder
I at's, and, af ter an angry discussion, a
I light ensued, in which" fire-arms were
freely used, resulting in killing four
men. *
BKAZ?LTAN F.MIf ;i:.\TION Sen c.
The True /lelia, of tho loth, states
that Co!. Wm. Wallace V, . Wood, of
Mississippi,- our former fellow-citizen
and long-time newspaper eontouiTJO
rary, has been in our eily some ?lays,
en route for Brazil, as the special
chief agent and commissioner of seve?
ral hundred families who contemplate
emigration and colonization. Coi. W.
leaves our city on thc ?irst steamer via
New York for Rio .1.micro, with a
prestige of success in his mission that
few men could attain.
Bruru is A, MA UK ET. Yesterday'
morning, a woman gave birth to a
chihl inside the stall of a butcher at
the Old Market. She had Leen to
.market and was returning howe,
when the critical emeraency nrosV
which required her to pru up with
such aooommoikitions as could be.ili?
stan tl v provided by the humane pro?
prietor of the stall in which she
sough; r< fugo. After the occurrence,
she was placed in an ambulance and
tarried home.- liiclinioiid Times. .
SmciDK. Widle the North River
steamer Armenia, from Albany to
Nev York, was mar Sing Sing, one.
afternoon lasl week, a cabin passen?
ger, a respectable looking woman with
?tour children, suddenly leaped over?
board with the babe she carried in
her arm :, aud both were drowned bc
fori" assistance could reach Hiern.
A beautiful younggirl in Michigan,
has cloped with and married her fa