The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 09, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning-, Aug. 9j 1865.
The New York Times, of thc 28th
ultimo, devotes a column of editorial
comments to the snbject of ibo "Mu?
tual respect between North and j
South." It says it is a noteworthy
fact, that there lias not been a time in
this generation when the language of
the North and South toward each
other has been so respectful and con?
siderate as since tho close of the
war. This cessation of thc Iaiuraase
of acrimonious bitterness, between i
the two sections is attributed by
tiie Times chiefly to "tia1 mutual ;
respect generated by the war." It i
says "the old Northern notion that 1
the South had degenerated into a race
of domineering, pusillanimous ?bins- j
terers and braggarts, and the old
Southern notion thal the North had
lost every ejpment of manhood in the
passion for gain, and would submit to
anything rather than light, haw both
been thoroughly annihilated. The tug
of war for four years has shown the
md stuft of men on both sides of
Mason's and Dixon's-has proved that
there is no essential difFcrence^&r .cou?
rage or fortitude, or any of the high
qualities which nuke ufjt tho real
{stamina of a people. It has been
brought home to the sonso of every
person in the land,-.that the dwellers
in (ho North and the dwellers in the
South have tho same blood, and that
no finer exists, it would be morally
impossible that a struggle maintained
with such (.embie" tenacity should fail
to infuse respect into tho soul of each
adversary, or that such respect should
cease and its hot passions pass away."
The Timi ? attributes this effect in
part, also, to "the removal oj the old
root of bitterness-shivery."
GOLD INTEREST.- Tue Nashville
Daily B,ress a.'d Timi? says: "The
annual interest on the pal ?lie debt that
is payable in gold, amounts to fifty
eight millions of dollars. The receipts
from customs, in gold, ki New York,
during " the fiscal year just ended,
reached eighty-six millions-thus
showing that the Government has hud
a sari dus of gold over its wants to
meet the interest. The receipts from
customs during the present year will
undoubtedly be much greater. The
average djitypaid upon thc imports of
last year was forty-four per cont."
BLIND TOM.-The interesting case,
which for some weeks bas been pro?
gressing in the Courts ?it Cincinnati,
has at length terminated. A decision
in favor of (he defendant, Gen. Be?
thune, was rendered, and ?Hind Tom
,is to remain with his former owner
and natural protector.
TEXAS.-The Calveston correspond?
ent of the Times says there is a reign
of terror in the interior of Texas.
murders ?md robberies prevailing to a
terrible extent. He denies the report
that Kirby Smith and Magruder en?
tered into cptton speculations. They
both had to borrow money to go to
Mexico with.
Thc Queen of Spuili has grunted tn
a Spanish-Franco Company, the right
fccP??y down a submarine cable from
thc island ot' Cuba to Porto Rico, and
from Porto Rico to Saint Thomas, thc
eo:lst of the United States, the isfhmus
of Pim.:tua. and "Mexico. That com?
pany is to submit to the Spanish Go?
vernment a plan of tim lines along
which the cable will be established,
thc cable and apparatus to be used iu
the operation, as well as t?a? rules mir
regulation . of the telegraphic service.
The Government will reserve to itseli
the right to modify or approve tht
aforesaid plans, decide as to the re?
spective rights of the company and o:
the State, and determine whether o]
not the telegraphic hues will be trev
tri public adjudication.
The mail ear containing the South
ern mail was precipitated into tin
North Uiver, ou Saturday morning
by the carelessness ot some of th<
railro.d employees. The mail was
sifter considerable trouble, recovered
bul in ?i very dut,ip condition.
The Largest Ham Afloat
Tho iron-clad ram Dunderherg was
launched at Now York on Saturday.
We? cop y from thc Krpress tho foi! >\v
ing description of this remarkable
vessel :
The. Donderberg is- an iron-clad fri?
gate ram of 7,000 tons displacement,
and was constructed especially for sea?
going purposes. She has two engines
of 5,000*aefchal horse-power, and her
contract! calls for a speed of fifteen
knob; per hour, ordinary steaming.
Her armament will consist of four 15
inch Rodmaus, and from twelve to
fourteen. 11-iv.ch Dahlgren guns. It
is not withiu the limits of an ordinary
newspaper article to give such a de?
tailed description of this vessel as her
i magnitude and importance would
seem to demand, but we will endeavor
briefly to give some of the main fea
tuivs of this great and powerful ship.
?The prineipid dimoiisipns of the hull
? ave as follows: Length, ."ISO feet ?
i inches; beam, 72 foid lOinches; depth
[ of hold, 22 feet 7 inches: heiglut of
i casemate inside, 7 Conti) inches: length
of ram bow, 50 feet, lier dealt, when
ready for sea, will bc 21 feet. Her
displacement is 7,000 tons. Register?
ed tonuage, 5,000 tons. Hey iron
ar.nor v?ill weigh about 1,00!) fons,
j She lins six main and two donkey
i boders; tho main boilers are 13 feet
j deep? 1" fee! ti inches i:i hf right, and
21 feet 5 inches trout, and together
j weigh about -l'ai tous. The boiler
.surface Ls "30,000 feet; the grate surface
' l,2t)0 feet. The condensing surface is
j 12,000 square feet. The engines are
horizontal back action condensing,
i with two ?-100-iuch cylinders and 45
j inch strike of piston. The propeller
j is 21 feet in diameter, and lias a vary
I ing pitch of from 27 to 30 feet, and
i weighs 34,580 pounds. The coal
bunkers will accommodate l.OtH) tons
rof coal, suilicicnt for ten to fifteen
days" steaming.
The Dunderbcrg was built hy W.
II. Webb, Es(j., under the general
supervision of Rear Admiral F. II.
Gregory, IT. S. N. The engines werf
built by doini Roach ?fe Son. afc tho
iEtaia Iron Works, foot of Rivington
street, in this city, ?nd are a model oi
beauly and si rongth. They have boo!)
I pronounced by a Roard of Naval En
J giuoers. who hive ree ".illy inspecte!
i them by special ord -rs of i V Nuv.
! Department, to be thc best pairo
J engines in the country. Mr. K.ustu:
: \V. Smith is the-? ^i'ait.ing ae.d super
; intending engine -i" u the part of Mr
j Web!), Mr. Thomas Td uti ?m behalf <>
I the /Etna [ron Works. Chief En
: gineer YY. W. W. Wood. U. S. N. as
.isisted by Assistant Engineer W. K
! Pierce, have rendered valuable servie*
I in perfecting these engines, and b>
gether these distinguished engineer
i Ita ve produced a pair of eugi lies wilie:
! have no rival in this country ar th
j present day.
I The Dundei'borg is the abridgtuen
of Mr. Webb's ideas, which were pic
p:?red before iii-' monitors made (hoi
advent among tin- na e.:! vessels. ?Thi
great ship combines all the experience
skid and mechanical ingenuity of th
distinguished naval architect who I'm
nished the General Admiral to th
Russian navy, the Re d Italia and th
Re lion Luigi di Portugallo to th
Italian navy, and tho little Harrie
Lane to our own service. The plan <:
the Dunderherg is now and novel, an
thc results promised by Air. Web
will nia!;e her the greatest sea-go: it.
iron-clad ram afloat. Her floor is tja
i and her sides angular, and her lin?
are such that, she must be 'a iy easy '
its -awav so easy, in fact, that, in ii
probability, she. will be able to li?
tter guns whim other"vessels would 1
rocking fearfully.
The casemate! which surmomits tl
hull is pierced for twenty-one gun
and is a marve! of strength and room
ness. It? Sides slope inward at a
angle of 35 degrees, suliioicnt, it
i believed, to i^ed shot with ? ase a;
certainty. Ws sides are over thn
feet ia thickness, covered over wit
slates of hammered iron, nine fe
. long, twenty-eight inches wide ai
? four and a half inches ia thickucs
These slabs are fastened to the lvo<
. work by means of heavy screw boll
; then' being no nuts or bolt heads i
, side to be Hying around in actio
i killing or wounding men.
I The peculiar construction of t?
hull makes her, as it were, two vessel
t' che space bet varen the inner and t
? outer ship being used as coal bunkoi
- and at tho same time serving as ;
f additioiial*protcctioii to the outhit
; boilers and, in fact, the ship propi
? Ono. enormous keel and six keelsa
strengthen the ship fore and aft, a
aid in sustaining the great weight
- the armored* casemate and batte:
: j Ihilklteads, dividing the ship ni s
, tioiis, gi\?- additional streng; i a
. i guarantee safety in event of stn. idu
, collision or running down by an an
, gomst,
i The ram ?H a part of thc ship its?.
o
c-n-ajT WIH?HI ?Mii3iLiitBBM|-inriiiiir n?M.?i*i
and is not bolted pr fastened on as is
usually tue case, bnt is an extensi?n of
tile bow, which for OTCT fifty foot is a
stiliil, firm mass ot' limber. This" is
covered over with a heavy wrought
Ir-on armor, a nd forms a beak terrible
to look at by an, enemy against whom
it is directed.^ Driven at a high raU?
of speed, this fiinnitlable instruinsnt
would pierce through tho stroag2.st i
known sai-? in existeucc.
Great caro has bren taken to fur .?ah !
fclie O??'.-.TS and men with coniniodioas |
and well-ventilated fjuart-'rs. Every
appliance which shill cad oxporionr-?o i
eau ?lieferte, lias been in mit 'stod in |
carrying <>ut this ??art of her construe- I
tioa'. arid viten the vessel is completed, I
slie vail I?'* nnoiju&llod in ibis ivspeet. j
The Captain's cabin is to be situated
in the after parto" tho casemate, and j
the other oititvrs viii have anit'l^c- |
coniuioda fions 014 the a -xt." deck oe- j
low. Four large bh>v.*u\s will furnish 1
a full and fret? ein alatiou of air when |
in action. Th . armor on the sale of j
the vessel is 3'.j inches thick, and |
placed on vertically in slabs from 12
to 15 feet in length, and 3 feet wide,
screw bolted. The pilot-house is of
iron, placod upon the forward part of
tho casemate, and is sis feet in ?liana?- |
ter. seven ft .vt high and ten inches in j
thickness, and is pierced with L?-?oj>
holes eonimanding a \ icw of thc entire
I horizon.
Tho propeller and two rudders arr
] rotaeted hy a shell which extends
out aft, firmly braoou .nd secured t.i
tlc stern and sides. She has ftne
rudder en ninon to all shins, and a
spare one located above and forward
of the hugo propeller, so that in case
thc? m?dn ono is da.? a a-vd, the sparc
one eau bo instantly put in use.
The PundcrhtTg is brig-rigged, and
provitleil with . large' anchors and
cumins, and a new windlass of great
pow; r and speed.
'kite machinery of this ship reflects
'?^...at credit no-m Messrs. John Lloaeh
jfc Son, the builders, and we may bo
proud of them as Americans. They
show to th?- york! that we are not de?
pendent noon any nation for large
I engine work. AV?- have given above
tilt: prir.'-ipal diuiensions of the boilers
? mid engines. The cylinders are placed
I .on tho starboard side of tin? sin]), side
j bv side. The condenser is one of
I Allons patent. 10 feet wide, 2H foot
j baie:, and ? feet d?vp. The engine?
i will mak" !??> re.volutions per minute,
i with 25 poe.: ii ts oi ste i n.
The pron'?kr's shaft is II? feet in
, length, and IS inches in diamet'T, and
I rests on bair main journals. The air.
; circulating and condensing pumn:-:
! work iadopeudentlv.
! T?nt frosh water, for drinking and
1 enllitarv purposes, is made bv on . of
j Non sa, ? dy's distilling apparatus, a ol
I is captibk? of furnishing 2. ?.''..) gallons
! of cold frosh water daily. Th" boilers
j and engines cost over a hal? .nilli.>:: of
! .h.liars.
DisTTmnANCT's.-On Sand.'y aftor
: noon, fe:ir soldi;of the 54th Mass :
i chusetts were arrested and brought to
j the police ollie.", ch ir rod wi lit break?
ing into ?1 house on Vernon sta.--: and
! boating the lady occupant, Mrs. M. A.
(burgle. Thev also threatem-1 to take
j the life ?>!' a gentleman who interfered,
i ft ai ?peal's that the soldiers first a k
; ed shelter from the raitt, cud wer?' ad
'i nutted uut.il 1 he si: . ... - 1; was over. The
! faintly yere t afc-' e; tiki e.. r at tho tim
j and the soldiers ? \\-:? ??. ir.g a de.dre
! for something to eat. 1 v were given
i such as was Laen in tim house.
;i [n return for this kindness and for
. some fancied injury or insult after
; leaving, they comm. ?need breaking in
' i the ?loor, and one of tho partv seizing
' ; hold <>f tho brolien panel, beat Mrs.
j Gurgle over tho heath knocking her
scie,'. less, a ml a !'ti'rv* ? i is commenced
? ! to demolish tin; furniture. They vere
? j stopped in their proceedings by tjie
1 arrival of the gmt rd, i?> whom, after
; soai?? dil'tieulty, they surr.-ndered.
i Their eases will ? come before thc
' Provost .Marshal this morning.
1 On Saturday morning, private Thos.
M Kewark? of tin? 47th Pennsylvania.
' i while 011 police duty al ?.he corner of
. J Calhoun and Mooting streets, was
? .struck in tho head by a brickbat,
> J thrown by a colored man, and severe
- ly injured. Private Kowark at thc
. time was endeavoring t<> arresl snit?
colored men who were carrying clubs,
:> and had been creating sonic disturb
. j ance on Citadel Green. The oll'endei
'? was arrested and committed to jail.
> I ( 'hurl a/on Courier.
Tie Tfur/ht^a special says the mimi
.. cipa election at Fnalerickshnrg, Va.
s resulted in success to tho bitteres'
1 I secessionists, lt*ia understood tim
.f I Mosby int.'inls to iv.turu.and beeom.
. I a candidate for Congress in hisdistrict
---~r
d The Missor.r'i papers teem witl
j, "outrages" 01 :U1 kinds, perpetrate,
i in various parts of tho State. Law
lessn?iss and violence are the order o
f. ! thc day.
The Fashions.
As. a relief from the monotony of
commercial reading matter, to the col?
lection of which we have to devote
most of our time, and to which most
of our space is dedicated, WP have de?
termined, at times, to publish such,
articles and notices on fashions as we
may deem of interest.
We ate too ardent an admirer of
good looks and that which enhances
beauty-dress-to yield to the ideas
oi ol? fogyism, and throw aside, aa
unworthy of an editor's notice, the
fermions of the day.
riere aro the latest fashions in Paris:
Skirts cf gray colored or black taf?
fetas ware elegantly looped up over
either clack cr bright colored under
skirts, while the paletots nearly tight
fitting to the fijrure, were trimmed
with the shade cf th? petticoat, and
profusely ornamented in several cases
with steel beads and eccentric buttons
of enormous size. Black tulle bon?
net?, spangled with silver cr steel,
were the order of thc day. But the
continuance of the "neal- has already
discarded these, and made way for
whit tulle, mauve tulle, and paille de
riz bonnets. These- arc trimmed in a
variety ot ways, but almost all have a
tight 'knot with ends o? tulle at the
back cr a sort of floating veil of the ,
same material, which produces a very .
i pretty effect. A var?en o? new mate- j
? i ?als have come out for the- Spring anti j
I Summer, amid which gauzes do Cham- ?
I berry retain their favor for evening j
? costumes. Muslins are made up with |
scarfs of the same, and even with!
shawls trimmed with. lace.
Thc. dresses ure mad-; immensely j
full ct the bottom, but narrow over '
ULO h.ps. are much It-zs trimmed ai the ?
lower part; and sher: ^Bfcts, with j
basque j or coat tails, are rabie than j
ever worn, with either silk or ?..ney j
material There never was, in fact, j
a season when so lunch latitude waa j
left to individual taste and fancy, so
thai: fancy managed to create some- ]
thine- now and eccentric The same '
thin." may bo appia.il to thc style of I
dre sir.-- tin.-hap:, which is fantastic |
as well sis varied., But. ag a rule, thc ?
back hair is beginning to be worn J
higher on thc head: and if thc- chignon
is stiil worn it is narrower, and does
not fall on the shoulders. Curls,
however, are mere in laver, and th-;
I quantity of ail-o hair added to the
I human head ? ; pe'.'j'ectly marvellous
an 1 shameless, thia is such un ac
j knowiedged fact that there is no con?
cealment on rh-- sulvjcoi,. We have
I mu arrived ai we. ring parti-colored
I v'ti-jibut se.eli .i thing would not
: surprise me, die. the. fashion itiLxcduce
j it. Steel spangle.! not'., with ste? 1
j combs, or pins, ure. vcr;." mach worn,
; nod have a pretty effect in the h:#r.
j Many yean: a ...?.>, a most magnificent
j building w .-. . looted at the corn v of
j -afth Avi nue und Forty-fourth street,
?by Towio-e.id, ' the great sarsaparilla
i tuan, which has shv*'> that time been
known as the hands Land costliest
private residence i i New Vork. It
waa; o:i - ol' tho .'sights" which stran?
gers, (specially Southerners, never
failed :.> examine and admire. It
continued a private chapel in the
Oothi" style of ar: id lecture, a music
room, bowling abey, and in fact qye
ry!liing that ingenuity could devise or
j p.ninev procure. What will your rond
evs-saywhen 1 tell them that Stewart
(the dry goods ?nan: purchased the
house, and immediately ? occupied it?
No! [inproved on it? No! but pulled
it .Iowa, levelled it to its foundation,
till no! a brick w^s left standing. The
great morehan! prince ?lid not relish
tile idea of taking at .second hand winn
. the sarsaparilla man had so long been
proprietor of, bul on the site of the
old building is raising a palana! man?
sion, compared with which the other
was a rudely shaped kitchen. The
material is white maible. The style
of architecture will J?-,on the first
story Corinthia?, on tho ac, .uni and
third a mixture of the Ionic with the
former. The entire cost of the build?
ing will probably not fall far short of
one million and a half dolla rt!.
. " " [Cor. C/itO'lesfo/t Courier.
, Tin: CHICAGO Laue Tr\-:;r.T, - The
. mammoth crib which is to be the lake
terminus of this tttimel, has just been
. sunk about two miles from the shore,
. from which distance the water to
supply the city will be taken. Thc
tunnel can soon be operated from both
ends, which will farther the progress
- of the work now about sevciiteeu
. feet per day. The distance out in the
t lake timi the workmen have reached
t is 3,20(3 feet. Its cost wfll not be less
1 than two million-? of dollars; thougr
. less than one-iourth the sum was tn'.
original estimate.
1
I Mrs. Ross, the wife cf the Ho::
- John Ross, Chief of the Cheroket
f Nation, ched at har residence in Phila
delphia en Thursday,
Local Items.
Wc are indebted t.o Mr. .1. \V. Ward, of tho
Orangeburg and Coiarabia Express imc, fui
a copj- or tho Charleston Courier, of the 7th.
A Goot> PAPER.-Persons wishing to sub?
scribe to either a pood business cr family
paper, would do weil to notice the advi r;is.
ment of the New Vor'.; ??". ir*, publish* <i in
another column.
Messrs. Zeal'.-. Scott a li: ai:.-; advertise
butter and lard at <i't cents a pound, .nid
bacon at SO. It'their other j.-iod- .re at
comparatively low rates, their c-tf.bliali
nient may emphatically b" teri:.ed the
"cheap storv.''
T~ CotuMEiA GAS COMPANY. -- ". i.i^ com?
pany, wc arc pleased to state, have g?? . to
work with a will to repair the damage done
11 their workn, and we are inf..?-ne d by the
Secretary that, although much is tobe done,
they expect z~> supply thc city with gas ey
the 1st of October. They deserve great
credit for their energy. The attention of
ti.-, stockholders is called to a notice in au
. itiier column.
We have just rtce.red from* the publish?
ers, T. E. Peterson .fe Brothers. Philadel?
phia, a complete, unabridged and graphic
account o? the trial, conviction and execu?
tion ot the assassins rrjd conspirators, at
Washington, for thc murder of President
"Lin?ela. It is a verbatim report, of the t : i
iimony cf all tho witnesses examined in tho
ivied ? tr;-], wirti thc argument ol' Rev? ray
?iehuson on the jurisdiction of the comm?s
ai.-ai. and all tho arguments of counsel-sn
both aides, with the closing iirgiuu?'nr' of
Hcu. John A.. Bingham, Special judge A.t
voeai--. as v,-..',1 aa tko verdie! of the military
commission a:sd tia- President's approval of
thc saan . wirti bia olVieiai order forth? exe?
cution and full particulars ia relation to tho
< i-id. rn;., d'?ni thc time "of their having
ta. ir svnteuci s of condemnation reiol to
them by Maj. (Ira. liane? cl, outil thc mo?
ment nf xii' ir ? .o ....nt ion. wiin .-... nea ??u tb."
scaffold, . L.-.-, with a sk.-fch of ike ??ie ? fall
.afor.5, and portraits and illmitra
.i::-;.- id the pr % -ii?::! person, and
to the mnrderaml the trial,
i of interest not, tobe found
; irk of tho kind published.
i?i pr ear>.d un Ibo spot by
rreat?'?ud .v.d reporters
PhilajlehiUia'Daily Inquirer, for this
i. i*rie< '..!':;.' cunts a copy, ?.- a tiiier
ilene, hound in cloth. />.:.
I bo sent five nt" postage,
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The ?j:*eo.t iiili-ov.'tiit-rs aro be.irin
iiing to co] '. atti what ..pm.itily o:
.". c.ton they .viii receive from rho
'Cut' M\ St.de and thc ora-.-. Opi?
nions aro far from being utia:iimons
cn the suhjv't. Some believe tli.it
even ir the :i.ant itv received from
Americabe JV large, that sent. lr.on
ol her ?marter: will be sufficient for the
consumption, md that the pri?e .viii
be moderate. Others calculate tliat
al: tho cotton .-ni io Europe for some
vc ara t<> ? cainwill not be sufficient for
the consnmpi >n. They saythateven
at present thc United States have not
much to di ;.-"'' el", and lt is merecer
very naeertaii whether the Soutliern
planters ?-a:i l ld the means, or whe?
ther tim nee, )< ; now emancipated
will ar.sist in the cultivation of tho
land. There ; a regular demand for
cotton at Hate, and prices are linn.
Sor.TTi-iF.KN ijriX'iiEvrs.- AU the re?
straints awd Jseonrug.'inents of fac?
tious malice tum ol keep down the
irrepressible lilieii ts of Southern pro?
ductions. Orme"tenth of this month
the port ?d' Nj.' Orleans shipped two
thousand live juidred bales ot cotton,
and on tie' ijy following two t!io ?
sand two hunrocl bales! Here i-, in
two day.;, an addition to the vea!,
resources of I . public credit to tho
arnot at of sbor .seven hundred thou?
sand dollars' i gold! An enlightened
liberality in -a lin g with l he social
and poiiti.'-id inditiou of the South
would bring .t frt?nl thad abundant
region sacii inmenso volumes of
wealth thai i a w ry short time the
people, who iv suffer here from the
drawbacks ot . degraded circulating
medium, won enjoy once more tho
prosperity ass dated with hard, cur?
rency.-New- >rk Daily 27eia-.
"Perpetual otion" has at length
? been invente*: A correspondent of
i the Scientific American, at Nelson,
5 2Tevr Zealand cys the inventor hr. a
had a clock or dy ~o;r.~ in hi? h ono?
for thc last J : sen month? without
. being rouchel and there * . -. ms no
s reason why it tould not cent into ns
- long as thc nr .'hil v LU \ c r. A fast,
j ag-? th;3!