The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 08, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA. >
Tuesday J?Iorning, August 8,1865
The Atlanta Intelligencer -warns its
readers against the sensational news
received from Mexico. ' Take, for in?
stance, the following in the New York
Htrxtld, of thc 2Gth xdtirao. % It will be
. remembered, that paper says, that
some time ago reports from Matamo
ras, Mexico, were received and pub?
lished iu the Northern newspapers, to
the effect that the imperial twoops had
entered and taken possession of Chi?
huahua, the Republican capital, and
that President Juarez was compelled
to fice for hj?s fife and become a fugi?
tive.. "We are now in possession of
correspondence from that city to the
, 10t:i of June, which indicates that
these stories were utterly false. At
that tirne tho forces of Maximilian
. had not even entered the State of Chi?
huahua; President Juarez, surrounded
by his.Cabinet and other officers, were
still exercising the functions of Go?
vernment undisturbed, and every?
thing in that region was progressing
fa-v orably for the Republic. The fore?
going is but one among many reports
from Mexico that needs correction by
the Herald, To us, it seems, that ?ill
pa: ties in Mexico are given to exag?
geration, if nofeto absolute lying. A
" car fal reading of all the latest cor?
res: oudence from that unfortunate
country, directed to the Northern
pres.-,'' satisfies us that while the affairs
of the Republic are in no enviable
co. lition, neither are the affairs of
the Empire so flourishing as to make
Maximilian feel secure on Iris '"im?
perial throne." At Washington, wc
are > -r* the true situation is known,
as w - also feel confident that there is
no danger of the United States being
hurried into a war with Maximilian
and France, notwithstanding the
many rumors to that effect. Specula?
tion bas much to do with reports from
Mexico. The "bulls" and "bears"
of V? all street are still "in the land of
the living."
. T r-rs CAB ruo.-An arrival from Eu?
rope brings the information that the
Gr cai Eastern saibai from Nore on the
15 ii of July. She passed the Isle of
V it on the afternoon of the follow?
ing day, under sail aud steam, and
p. V'xl Falmouth at 10 o'clock on the
morning of the 17th. The steamer
Caroline, having onboard the shore
end of the Atlantic cable-previously ,
reported as haring put iuto Falmouth
--left that port again on the 17th for
Valencia. The Great Eastern, with
i he Caroline in tow, passed off Brook?
haven on the ^pening of the ISth, and
arrived off Valencia on tho morning of
+he 10th.
? TUE LYDIANS.-?The Washington
correspondent of the New York World
says: "Ail the accounts from the
f plains are to the effect that before the
coming on of winter we shall have
on hand the greatest Indian war we
have ever fought. Since the massacre
of the Cheyennes by Col. Chivington,
the Indians have been breaking out
into.constant hostilities, and not a
day has passed for six weeks past that
the overland telegraph wires have not
beeh cut systematically at points
usually ten or fifteen miles apart.
This is a new feature, and indicates a
general concert of action on the part
m of the Indian tribes."
One of the evidences of the sad de
. cay of correct and moral sentiment in
ibis country is to be seen in the large
nu: aber of divorces granted by the
courts, and the disgraceful means re?
seated toto procure themf A New
'Jork eotcmporary states that a "di?
vorce lawyer*' of that city has made
forty thousand dolWs in fifteen
, months by managing such cases; that
o^J divorces have been' granted by the
? irpsreme Court duririg the past year,
a.". I that, they a>re going on at a rate of
al ut a dozen a week. Facilitis estt
">n$u$ Avemi.
Bli?d Tom.
This wonderful and talented creation
of nature is now "in law" in Cincin?
nati. ' A few days since, while Gen.
Bethune, his former master, was giv?
ing concerts in New Albany, Indiana,
Tabba Gross, a negro man-who, by
the-by, came South about two years
ago for the purpose of purchasing
Tom-applied for papers of guardian?
ship over the body, upon thc ground
tliat he was being illegally held by
Gen. Bethune. A writ of habeas
corpus was granted, but before its exe?
cution the engagement was out and
Bethtmetproceeded to Cincinnati, and,
upon arriving there, learned, for the
first time, of this procedure. The
case was brought Tip before the Pro?
bate Judge in Cincinnati for settle?
ment on the 19th.
The petitioner in his affidavit sot
forth that he was tho legally appoint?
ed guardian of "Blind Tom;" who
was unlawfully restrained of his free?
dom and liberty by Janies N. Bethune.
Gen. Bethune filed an answer to
I this in which lu> stated that "Blind
Tom" was sixteen years of age, and
that his father and'mother were for?
merly his property, and are now resi?
dents of Museogee County, Georgia,
and, further, that Tom and his pa?
rents were free, and had been for the
past three mouths, not only by virtue
of the President's proclamation, but
of his o-flti free consent.
The respondent, Gen. - Bethune,
stated further, that the parents of
Tom had, of their own free will and
accord, entered into the following
eontraak with him:
MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA.-Indenture
-made the oOth day of May, '1SG5, be?
tween Mingo Bethune and Charity,
Iiis wife, on tho one part, and James
N. Bethune, of tito other part, bind?
ing their son Thomas, commonly
known as "Blind Tom," now sixteen
years of age. The said J. N. B. to
provide kim witji all necessary sub?
sistence, and to instruct him in music,
and to provide and furnish to the said
Charity and Mingo a good home and
subsistence, and 8500 a year, so long
as he shall retain possession of and
control tho services ?d' thc said Toni,
and to pay to him *20 per month, ano1
two per cent, of the net proceeds ot
his services.
Endorsed, "Approved, until furthei
orders, by J. E. Bryant, General Sn
perintendent ?of Freedmen's Bureau
Georgia." .
Judge Dickson, one of the petition
er's attorneys, who is evidently a rani
Abolitionist, with mindi fanaticism
said the object of the application wa
to relieve "this unfortunate, yet giftet
creature, from illegal restraint. Tin
following synopsis of his remarks ii
regard to "Blind Tom" and Gross i
from the Cincinnati Commercial:
"He ('Blind Tom') was born sixteoi
years ago, in Southern Georgia-th
son of slave parents. When eight o:
ten years of ago, he showed reinarka
ble musical talents, and was sooi
taken, by some one in thc interest, fl
the master, through tho Southon
'States, and exhibited to large audi
onces, making a great deal of mono
for his master and those interested i
these, exhibitions-his parents als
toiling, without pay, for this mastei
He was, however* never brought ae?os
the lino separating freedom and slave
ry; and after tho war commenced an
became general throughout the Soutl:
lie was not exhibited, but was kept i
continual restraint, sometimes i
swamps and cabins, while armed me
were always at hand t(*~ shoot, dow
anybody who should interfere, wit
this exceedingly valuable property
Some t?vo years since, Tubbs Gros;
of this city, who', the Court woui
see, was a man of untainted Africa
blood, conceived the idea of goin
into the rebel States, through tl
lines, and purchasing, from the ma
ter, flus boy and his parents, an
bringing them t > the North ami fro
dom. Tabbs Gross was himself a r
markable man. Born a slave in ?V?ase
County, Kentucky, he bought, h
freedom, while yet a young man, fro
his master, and, under diificnltie
obtained the rudiments of an educ
tion. Some time since, ho took
panorama of Uncle Tom's Cabin
London, and made a largo sum
money. He was the. Barnum of t'
African race.
"It. was contendeel by Judge Die
son that there was no law of tho Stu
of Georgia authorizing any such co
tract of indenture as that referred 1
and that, looking to the interest of t
boy, the court could never, give h
to a man wlio had lived for years
the unrequited toil of Ids parents, a
who believed that he and his paren
' and ..all his kind, were made to we
endlessly, Avithout pay, for the wh
man. It was a contract made
Pr"# ignorant negroes, aomewht
drating between slavery ami freedo
' wholly incompetent to make a c<
tract with this domineering, chi\
?
rous master, who, as they charged, ail
his life neglected the rights of - this j
hoy, and also violated his duty to lils
I country; always has been, and now is,
a secessionist, and refuses even now to
take the oath of allegiance-while his
sons were officers and soldiers in the
rebel army, now paroled. They had
no status that this court was bound to
respect. One condition should accom?
pany the order under which thc cus?
tody of the boy was given ?to any
party, namely: that in the exhibitions
hereafter to be given by this strange
creature, a careful account should be
kept, and the larger part of the re?
ceipts be returned to the court for the
benefit of the boy and his parents, und
the guardian should give bonds."
From this it is apparent that Judge
Dickson was shamefully ignorant of
what he spoke concerning Tom anjd
Southern slavery, else he was endca- j
vol ing, by fanatical illusions, to preju?
dice and awoken the sympathy of the
presiding judge in his favor. Such a
speech, to come from a mun profess?
ing intelligence, is too ridiculously
absurd to merit consideration.
Judge Bartley, the respondent's at?
torney, based the defence ou two
grouhds:
1st. These letters of guardianship,
under the laws of Indiana, were alto?
gether a nullit}--were obtained sur?
reptitiously, by interested parties, to
speculate on the labor of the boy
the parlies obtaining the letters being |
non-residents of thc State of Indiana. |
2d. That Gen. Bethune was tho j
legal custodian, under the authority I
of the boy's natural guardian. Evi
dence would be forthcoming to show I
that he lind treated those slaves |
kindly.; that six yearsagohe proposed ?
to free them, but they elected to |
?en iain w ith him.
. The case was postponed, and, in i
.. onsidoration of concerts having been
announced for Toni, the court per- j
niitV'd tren. Bethune to retain custody '
of Iiiin, after giving a bond of $1,000.
Tho above aro the prominent points '
in th.is remarkable* case, and to us it j
seems but a miserable invention con?
cocted for the sole purpose of swind- !
ling Bethune and the negroes out of j
what Tom can make. Tubbs Gross I
is hut a eat's-paw. As a whole, it is
one of the most . glaringly plain at
te ruts to swindle that we have ever
seen.-St'btui Tinif?a.
Bishop Andrew, of the M. E.
Church, South, issued the following
circular at Selma, Alabama, on the
5th:
"I expect, God willing, to meet the
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, at Columbus, Georgia,
on tho Kith of August nest. We wish
the several annual conferences to meet
at their appointed places, during the
approaching Fall and Winter, and to
elect their delegates to the ?general |
conference, to meet on the first of
April next-the place to be published j
hereafter. I understand that it is re?
ported, in many places, that the j
Church South is entirely disorganized
and dead, and that some of our friends
j are pr -paring to administer on her
effects. To nil such we say she still
! lives, and believes herself capable of
managing her own affairs. Our regu?
lar operations have been hindered dur?
ing the war. but now, through God'fe
mercy, we -have peace, and, purpose*
to return to our appropriate work of
spreading scriptural holiness through
fhese lands.
BUY GOODS IMPORTATION AT NEW
j YOISK.-British prints and British
dress goods generally have been ^ ex?
tensively ordered for thc fall importa
j tion. Thc importations in the com?
ing months will'bo large. The amount
of goods entered at the port of New
York in June was $4,442,068 in value,
of which ?4,200,001 was entered for
immediate consumption, quite in con?
trast to the June imports of 1804,
when of $4,801,702 value entered at
the port, only $1,223,474 wits entered
for immediate consumption, the differ?
ence going into warehouses. Now,
little goes into warehouse for bond,
w'ule the stock in bond has been
.greatly reduced. This shows the
vigorous state of trade, this year as
compared with last. *
\yr. ir Vork Paper.
THE WEST-CBOSSIXO THE PLAINS.
A despatch from Forb Laramie, July
12, says: During the sixteen days
ending June 30, 2,247 emigrants
passed Ibis point bound West, with
nearly l.S,0*)0 head of cattle. Nearly
as large a number passed during the
fourteen days ending dune. 14; and
during the month of May over 15,000
teams and 40,000 head of stock passed
for the West.
Poretzby, a Russian village, built
on the side of a mountain, was recent?
ly swallowed up in the earth, great
crevices appearing in the inoi?itain
j side after a heavy shower.
The Dissolution of Parliament
The Queen's Message.
MY LIORUS AN:> GENTLEMEN : Weare
commanded by her Majesty to release
you from farther attendance in Parlia?
ment, and, at the" same time, to con?
vey tp you her Majesty's acknowledg?
ments for the zeal and assiduity with
which you have applied yourselves to
the discharge of your duties in the
session now brought to a close.
We are further commanded- to in?
form you that, as the present Parlia?
ment has now so nearly lasted the
period assigned by law for the dura?
tion of Parliaments, that you could
not enter another yearly session with {
advantage to the public intefcst, it is ?
her Majesty's intention immediately I
to dissolve the present Parliament, j
and to issue writs Tor thc calling of a
new one.
But lier Majesty cannot take leave !
of you ' without commanding ns to j
express to you her Majesty's dee]) !
sense of the zeal and public*spirit !
which, during thc six years of your ?
existence as a Parliament, yon have j
constantly displayed in.the discharge I
of important functions, and tend-ring I
to you her Majesty's warm acknow- '
lodgments for the many good measures j
which you have submitted for her ?
acceptance, and which have greatly ?
conduced to the diminution of tho j
public burdens, and to-thc encourage- 1
meut of industry, to the increase of
the wealth and to the promotion of
tiie welfare and happiness of .her Ma- ?
jesty's people.
We arc commanded to inform you
that her Majesty's relations with ?
foreign p'owers are friendly and satis?
factory, and she trusts that there are
no questions pending which arc likely
to lead to any disturbance' ol' the peace
of Europe.
Her Majesty re joices that the civil
war in North America tuts ended, and
she trusts that thc evils caused by that
long conflict maybe repaired, ?nd that
prosperity may bc restored in tile
States which have suffered from the
contest. ?.
Her Majesty regrets that theT (infer?
ences and communications between
her Majesty's North American pro?
vinces on -tho subject of the union of
these provinces in a confederation
have imt yet led to a satisfactory re?
sult. Such a anion would afford addi?
tional strength to those provinces, and
give facilities for many internal im?
provements. Her Majesty has received
gratifying assurances of the devoted
loyalty of he > North American sub?
jects. *
Her Majesty rejoices at the conti?
nued, tranquility and increasing pros?
perity Of her indian dominions; and
she trusts that the large supply which
those territories will afford of.the raw
'material of manufacturing industry,
together with the termination of the
civil wargin the United States of North
America, will prevent the recurrence
of the distress which long prevailed
among the manufacturing population
of some of thc northern counties.
GENTLEMAN OF TUT. HOUSE OF COM?
MONS: Her Majesty commands us to
convey to you her warm acknowledg?
ments for the liberal supplies which
you have granted to her Majesty for
the service of the present year, and
towards the permanent defense of her
Majesty's dock-yards and arsenals.
The commercial treaty which her
Majesty has recently concluded with
Prussia and the other States compos?
ing the German Commercial Union
has, by her Majesty's commands, been
laid before you. Uer Majesty trusts
that this treaty will contribute to the
development of commercial relations
between this country and Germany,
and will promote tho interests of tin
several countries which are parties to
it,
Her Majesty commands us to assure
you that her attention will continue to
be directed to all such measures as
may be calculated to extend and place
on a sound footing the trade between
her Majesty's dominions and for>ign
countries.
My lords and gentlemen, her Ma?
jesty lias given her cordial assent to
many measures of public usefulness,
the result of your labors in the session
now brought to a close.
The electors of tho United Kingdom
will soon be called upon again to
choose their representatives in Parlia?
ment; and her Majesty fervently prays
that the blessing of Almighty God
may attend their proceedings and may
guido them towards tho attainment of
the object of her Majesty's constant
solicitud*-the welfare and happiness
of her people.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has commenced the con?
struction of the new air line railroad,
from Washington to Point of Rocks,
on their main stem of road. It will
be completed in another year, and will
shorten tho distance to Cincinnati and
the West fifty miles.
I
Local J".toTX3.&m
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"We are iu< ebie I to Kr. <'. V. Pool (pf tho
Hope Stntion StagoILine) and Mr. J. \V. La
Mottc (of thc Savannah llipit'Aic.m) for
late Charleston, New York and Savannah .
papers.
Wi* would inforni our friends through tho
upper part of thc State, that oar regularly
authorized agent. Mr. T. P. Pur will visit
Newberry and Greenville t ou t House this
week,* on business connected with tho
Phoenix, and? will receive and receipt for
subscriptions, otc.
This being an ago of premium 'on gold, ft
simple rule to guide parties in arriving at
correct results in calculations may be a
public benefit, and wc publish if. To ascer?
tain the value hi gold at any rate of premi?
um of any sum in greenbacks, 'divide thc
amount of ;.r..enbacks by one dollar, with
the premium added, and thc answer will be
thc value in gold.
Sojnrrmxu NICE.-Wc have received from
Mr. E. E. JACKSON, a.bottle of "Celery Sauce
Pilonante,"' something rare ir. this latitude,
and decidedly good. Mr. J. has opened a
new and fri sh stock of drugs, family medfr
cines, perfumery, dry goods, groceries, fancy
articles, clothing, etc., in BEDELL'S Kow,
where lie will bc pleased to seo and accom?
modate all lii*? friends. His skill in putting
up prescriptions i? generally known, and
we hope will be thoroughly appreciated by
cur citizens. >
FATAL ACCIDENT.-We av: pained to state
that our old fellow-citizen, JESSE DRAVTS,
Esq.. met with a terrible accident, yester?
day afternoon, winch, resulted in almost in?
sta-.i den',!-,. Ho was driving a wagon,
lorded with bricks, when tho horses started
suddenly, and threw him to %&w ground,
and ' ne of thc rear wheels pa is<d over bis
breast, crushing it in. Mr. *Op\rrs has
1 en. p:oiuincnt merchant of this city, ai?d
for several vears -vas cashier of the Ex?
change i;.mk. He leaves a wife, several
children and a numerous circle of friends to
mourn lus untimely lo:-s.
Tm: SSCUET.-Tilt- Pniladr.lphiu Price
Garret states that Mr. Jay Cooke has just
mt.d: an cxplanath n of thc means In'em?
ployed t--. obtain in i ne week subs rip'ions
te the national loan amounting to nearly
< ne hundred million dollars. The explana?
tion i- i.i a si:rle word-he advertised
This explains tin. marvel. Ile did nothing
more; hut he did i: well. Iii; accomplished
nothing that another man may not accom?
plish ia l.i.s own businc?s. Liberal adver?
tising ia the papers was the rod willi which
he smote the rock, and performed a finan?
cial miracle. Busiie.ss men should profit by
this example of the great suec-ss" whieh at?
tained the largest financial operation yet
i i corded in the world's historv.
Tin f Uowingis alistof letters remaining
at Shiver House: Miss.J. D. Martin, Miss i!.
C. Henry, Miss Mary Fowles, Miss M. A.
Morgan, Mr.*. S. M. PringL. une package.
Mrs. James H. Adams, Mrs. II. L. C. Harl?
em Mils. P. F. Cnttino, Mrs. !.. P. Miller, on?
package, Col. T. B. Clarkson. James Glover,
i. W. 'Miltell, J. G. Gibbes, Capt. S. Alex?
ander.
NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS.-Attention is culled
lo tho following advertisements, winch aro
published for thc lirsr time this morning:
. Adams. Frost & Co.-Com. Merchants.
I .1. H. ?a^gett & Co. -Com. Merchants.
C. E. Chichester-Machinerv for sale*.
, " .. -Beal Estate Broker.
Jos. Marsh- Hardware, etc., for sale
Meeting Stockholders Far. and Kv. Bank,
Apply at. this Office-Wagon 1er sale.
J." P.." Hevward, Jr. -Team for Winnsboro.
i Dr. P. M" Cohen -Fresh Lemons.
Willis .V Chisolni -Factors, etc.
1 DnrbeeA Walter- Child's Carriage, etc.
I Jacob Levin-Silverware jit auction.
-Furniture.
I E. F.. Jackson-New Store.
? Bichard Caldwell-Dry Goods.
I ifames Woodrow -Religious Books.
! ll. C)"Noale-Wagon for sale.
S. I. Cotehett- -New Couds,
i Kenneth ? Gibson-Groceries, eic.
--Bolting Cloths.
Tira Tr.KKrREssiBiiE CONFLICTI - On.
yesterday afternoon, a fracas occurred
between a party of Hie 54-th Massachu?
setts Volunteers (colored) and two of
the local police, occasioned by the
disorderly conduct of Hie former, and
thidr open violation of orders in car?
rying and brandishing sticks. Tho
police, in the discharge of their duty,
remonstrated and insisted upon the
relinquishment of the sticks, when
ipen violence was threatened Ly the
colored soldier*, and only averted by
the prompt and fearless action of on?
of the police, who tired upon the ring?
leader and dispersed the crowd..
Later in the evening, complaint was
bulged at the police station by a young
lad who had been nnprovokedly as?
saulted by a Negro, and had received
a severe cut in the head, from a brick?
bat thrown by the latter. Measures
were promptly taken for his arrest.
[Charleston Courier, 5//,..
AAvices from San Frant*gsco state
that a telegram from the British Con?
sulate says one mining claim in Cali
boa Island amounted to thirty thou?
sand dollars, for the week end?TJff July