The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 30, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA. _
Wednesday Horning, Aug-. 30,186/
Thr Klcct lon--Convention.
By thc State law, the election
should be ordered and published in
the several election 'precincts twt
weeks prior to the day of election.
"Wo notice that the order lias been
published iu the Charleston papers,
and the managers appointed for that
precinct. But no such publication
has been made here, nor, we believe,
has any appeared in any other of tho
precincts. Still, as the Provisional
Government supersedes that of the
State, for the time, we apprehend that
it is within the power of the Governor
to give what notice he thinks proper;
though it must be evident that the
more time allowed the better, espe?
cially when the means for the diffu?
sion of intelligence are so limited and
so much embarrassed as at present.
Should tho Convention confine itself
to the single object of reconstruction
"assuming that to be the desire of the
several constituencies-then the busi?
ness of the Convention may bc de?
spatched in a few days; certainly
within the compass of a single week?
Wo have already indicated what are
the special requisitions of the United
States Government, and there eau bc
no difficulty, these requisitions com?
plied with, of determining what con?
stitutes a Republican State. It will
be impossible, if any debate shall
arise, on thc internal policies of the
State, as regards thc apportionment
of taxation and representation, to
compass the object of reconstruction
within .such a period, as to bring
about the general and congressional
elections in season. It is very evi?
dently the wish, as it certainly is the
policy, of President Johnson, to haw1
the State take her place in Congress
at thc next session; and this may bc
done, unless the radicals shall, on
some pretext or other, oppose the ad?
mission. Their strength in the pre?
sent Congress may succeed in baffling
the wishes of the President. O?
course, if reconstruction bo desirable
to our people, our constitution should
be so I'm med as to give no pretexts to
the opposition for such a course; and,
perhaps, no safer policy could be
found than in as close an adherence
to thc former constitution as possible.
The election of the Governor, by the
people, is reported to be a part of the
policy of the Provisional Governor.
It is denied, for him, that he desires
to give the election of the judges to
the people. The subjects of discus?
sion in the Convention are likely to
be the Governor's ?lection, the 1'arish
representation, and thc apportion?
ment of taxes-the latter promising
to bc a subject of vast difficulty, in?
volving, as, it must, a new appraise?
ment of the value of property. The
loss of the negro property will neces?
sitate a very large increase of the
taxes on every other kind o? chat?
tel, as well as upon lands. Thc
great impoverishment of the South,
especially in the devastated regions,
will, at the same time, render ne?
cessary the strictest economy in the
State expenditure, the cutting down
of salaries and appropriations, and,
perhaps, Uni discontinuance of sundry
offices themselves. The financial pro?
blem will, for some years, prove ono
of the most difficult of solution, as it is
very sure these loans can hardly bo
effected with any foreign State or
party, while, it will be difficult to say
on what basis thc security for such
loans may be established. The people
are earnestly exhorted to send sound,
sensible, working men to Convention
and Legislature alike-acute and expe?
rienced Lawyers, merchants of high
acknowledged standing, and financiers
of equal probity and intelligence, vith
a fair shard of thinking planters and
mechanics. The mero spouting gen?
try should be permitted a season bf
repose at home in the bossoms of their
wives and Little ones.
SAN DOMINGO.-The Vice-Presidentn
of the Provisional Government of
San Dorhingo, an Englishman, pro?
poses to cede that island to England,
and the proposal is now a subject of
consideration in the hands of a com?
mission appointed to report upon the
motion. And this after a long term
of so-called independence.
Gen. JohnP. Hatch retires from tna
Military District of Charleston, leav?
ing the command to Gen. Benpett.
Negro Suffrage.
Here is a race to vi rich the Aboli?
tionists would accord the right of suf?
frage, to which race the Government
cannot accord the privilege of making
a contract. It says to Cuffee, sub?
stantially, "My poor fellow, yon are
in such bonds of ignorance that you
are not able to make a bargain for
your daily labor. We must make it
for yon. Yon will otherwise bc de?
frauded, or defraud yourselves. You
are so many little children, that you
must be kept under guardianship.
You aro strong in numbers, but waak
iu intellect. We must treat you as
we treat idiots; soc that you have su?
pervisors; and for this purpose, we
keep some fifty thousand men, to keep
you from doing mischief and suffering
from harm." At this very moment, a
class of politicians savio the negro:
"You arti equal to self-government.
Self-government implies thc right,
based upon the assumed capacity, to
make laws; to choose law-givers; to
become law-givers yourselves; to phi?
losophize in respect to government,
society, civilization; the existing poli?
cies of nations, and what should be?
come your policy as a nation your?
selves. You are henceforth to go to
Congress, to the Legislature, to be?
come presidents of railroads and
banks; preachers of the Gospel; pro?
fessors in eollegt?; to write Ivjoks of
art, poetry and philosophy; to expe?
riment in science; nay, to become,
ministers to foreign courts, and fur?
nish presidents to this great repub?
lic.'* Poor cuffee! He is bewildered.
What wonder if he says, "Malissa,
\spose you gee ns some tellers now,
and leif de presidency for anoder
time." What, magicians these Aboli?
tionists arc. Atone inonu-nt. Cuffee
must be taken care of by soldier:; and
statesmen, so that he snail bc sure to
get his allotted rations ol' pumpkins
?nd potatoes; and. ?jres/o, in another
moment, he is to prove himself philo?
sopher, statesman, law-givor and pro?
fessor in thc colleges. ^
Virtue is still in tue ascendant. Its]
ramifications ure widely spread, and
its agents rs wonderfully lib ral as j
active. Notice the following, and soc j
what beautiful vitality site possesses
in our sister city of Augusta;
..We se?-by the August? Cbroufrf.
ami Sentinel that tho cuso of Tilomas
S. Metcalf and Leopold Cohn? having
undergone official investigation ai
headquarters Provost Marshal, Augus?
ta, has beim disposed of as follows:
The above gentlemen were charged
with attempting to bribe Geneva]
Grosvenor, a United Stales officer, in
the sum of ?200,000, te decide a cer?
tain question as to the titlo of u lot of
cotton in their favor, Mr. ( 'olin makes
the following admission:
" 'I admit the truth of the charge
and specifications contained therein,
in every particular, and appeal to
Major-General Steedman for his cle?
mency in my behalf. L. COHN.'"
"Said clemency Was granted, and
Mr. Cohn ordered to leave the De- j
partaient of Georgia hr twenty-four
hours. Mr. Mei -alf, disclaiming any
intention to oi ler a bribe in connection
with Mr. Colin, was, niter apologizing
for improper conduct, released from
arrest. The money deposited with
General Grosvenor, in amount eleven
thousand dollars, in part payment of
the offer of two hundred thousand ?
dollars, was ordered to be distributed j
among the poor of Augusta-"
Thc Charleston Co ur inf luis a column
or mo?e entitled "The Restoration j
of Property one of the Necessities for I
I
Relief." From ail that we can see ?
and hear, the abandonment of pro?
perty wiR be the only mode to escape
ruin. What with losses, repairs, taxes
and charges, there will belittle left for
proprietorship. If ever a people weit;
effectually ruined, to utter prostration
of all their faculties, these Southern
people are. Talk of your 820,000
clauses! The men worth 8200,000 a
year ago are hardly worth 8200 now.
They may snap their ringers at law,
as we suppose they do at gospel.
The Washington Republican under?
stands that Maj. (rem Philip H. She?
ridan endorses the proposition of the
merchants and planters of the South?
west set forth in their petition to the
President, to tax all cotton 15 per
cent., and to abandon its attempt to
confiscate any of the staph- on account
of any supposed right acquired by the
United States on account of it having
been claimed by the Confederate Go?
vernment nj ib- property.
We are indebted to Purser H. John?
son, of the Moneka, and to Purser
Frederick \V. Ely, of the Quaker Ci ty,
for their polite attentions. The news
will be found* highly interesting.
There has been great excitement in
financial circles in ail the principal
Northern cities, in consequence of tho
late extensive defalcations of Kctch
um und Jenkins. Since then, the at?
tention of ihn business community in
New York luis been dhrected to other
suspicions pHrtit%v^Mr two mate de?
faulting indivitlunls were discovered;
one a teller in a Wall street bunk, the.
other an employee of the railroad
company, None of thc guilty parties
had been arrested except Jenkins.
Nothing further has been learned of
tho whereabouts of young Ketchum.
Tile Wall street bank oiiieer, whose
defalcation amounted to one hundred
thousand dollars, fled to Canada. Al?
bert A. Jones, the employee of thc*
Erie Railroad Company, started for
Aspinwall en route for Eldorado.
Mr. Charles Graham, the broker of
Edward B. Ketchum, has nearly com?
pleted his account of losses. They
will amount, exclusive of the forged
paper which he redeemed, to about
Sl,045,tK)0, which, with the $285,000
for which he ladds forged certificates,
will swell the total to 61,<i30,UOO, in?
cluding the money stated to bo the
losses of the Imporiers' and Traders'
Bank, th- Fourth National Bank,
Dabney, Morgan ic Co. and Ketchum
& Co., who held $80,000 worth of the
forged paper. Thc whole sum of the
losses by the Ketchum defalcation v iii
not niue,: exceed $4,000,000.
Mr. (.1 mluim will speedily effect a
settlement with his creditors. Almut
forty por cent, of the claim.-- against
him no doubt will bc paid.
The gold market has boen linn, lett
without mu<*h activity. The opening
price, was l b>' . follow,al by un ad?
vance to Iti',.', a declino of und a
recovery to i b> :,. at which it closed.
Then- has beru very little chum tu
foreign exchange, but drawers show
little disposition to relax their rates.
L'or prime sixtv davs bills loi!::,V<i 110
is ??ked; but sales, second hand, have
been made at 10.) '
The recuit heavy cotton receipts
IisiVo had a tl. j ?rossing ciVecl upon the
market, and caused speculation to
withdraw in anticipation of buying at
lower prices. The sales were tan iii ned
almost, exclusively to thc tr..dc f ir
consumption, and prictt .> had a down?
ward tendency. Tho .salts comprise
1.750 bales. Wc ?pi?te: Ordinary:;?;
mhltlli ug A ! : g >.?d niitbitmg \>'.
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THK BOXDOX IIMICS ON ri:!.: XKUKO.
- Tie' London Titw.8 takes a vcr;, 11 is
couraging view of the ne; rot's ia th '.il
present condition, i; says:
! Iel)deas, impulsive, ignorant', with
little payment to expect for r?gulai
work, with i';is'', new-found liberty.
and opportunity to tempi timm ti
vioieneo and plunder, ran we wur.de:
if the existing industry of tho Sm:tl
has very little to hope fr?nu the as
sishinco ol the black freedmen, and if
on the other lanai, the. great, utas.-, o
the slaves seems destined to perish to
gether with thc system which, if i
tyrannized over, brutalized ?nd tie
graded them, had, at ?un rate, th?
merit of providing them with food
lodging and clot liing V
Lt is easy for a victorious (lovera
ment by a few words to strike- ol?' tin
fetters of the slave, and suddenly dis
locate and destroy the industry of ;
whole community, but it innot eas;
to find an a nswt.'r io this awful epics
tion, which it has raised for itself, ant
which every day moro and muro im
portunately demands an answer.
Thc Montreal lleruhl, of August 17
says; "Tho voluntary examination o
the four prisoners, Walter Clayton
Wm. Ame*?! Blossom, Wayne W. Bios
som ?md Charles Hogan Adams, wa
brought to a contdusiou yostordsr
afternoon, when thc men were full'
committed to take their trial at tin
next Court of Queen's Hench, on fivt
charges, viz. One of conspiracy, on
of kidnapping and three of shooting
with intent- to murder. We mulei
stand that Mr. Devlin, the advocat
of thc prisoners, intends to make ap
plication for a writ of hsibeim eorpm
with a view io baii. on Friday next.
An opportunity has been ailbrdc
by the ( rovernmeiit, to owners of farm
upon which forts have been erected, t
receive the buildings and other pr?
perty left in dismantling the works ?
compensation for the occupation t
the land. A few have already accep
cd the oller, but as there still reniai]
a large amount of valuable propert
unaccepted, requiring guards for i
protection, it ks probable that tl
Government will shortly withdraw tl
offer, remove the buildings, tte, ar
leave the owners of lauds the ai
promising alternative of their eriain
for compens?t .< ri through Congres
POLITICAL STATUS OF THE SOUTH.
Tho South has been conquered, but it
is still an open question how it is
henceforth to be ruled. The combat
between Federals and Confederates
may be over, but the contest between
Republicans and Democrats is about
to be recommenced. Under these cir?
cumstances it is impossible to avoid
feeling that the Southern people are
exercising a sound discretion in ac?
cepting the consequences of the mili?
tary success of their late opponents,
and once more undertaking the duties
of loyal citizens to the established
Government. In many respects the
South is much better placed than such
nations as the Polish or the Hun?
garian, which hiivo endeavored in vain
to free themselves from au oppressive
yoke. The Government in the United
States is constantly changing, and.
although in the minority at present,
tin; Democrats may once more secure
the ascendant. What may be the
future bf the South it isimpossible to
say, but it could never do such as to
bear tile faintest resemblance to that
of Poland or Hungary. Nor is it im?
possible, or even improbable, that
public opinion may change in America
in respect to the expediency of retain?
ing the Northern and Southern States
in the same Confederacy ; and although
unsuccessful in its recent attempt to
establish its independence, the South
may. at no distant period, obtain,
as the result of au amicable arrange- ;
nu nt, that separate political existence !
to sec ur? which thousands of human j
lives have been sacrificed in vain. In
any event, however, the people of the
Southern States do well to accept their
present lot with resignation, and are i
wise in endeavoring, by such consti- |
tutional means as are afforded to them, i
to secure respect and consideration at
the hands of their former foes.
\.\->r York Herald, j
THE CATTLE DISEASE IN ENGLAND.
Tho disease, we are tobi on high yete- '
rinary authority, is not new, since it i
destroyed great numbers ol'cattle more j
than a century ago. but if it had now J
appeared for the first time the fanners ;
and graziers all over Europe could not
be more helpless than they are, for all |
that is certainly known of it is that j
it has never been cured. Whether it {
bi? really incurable it is impossible as
vet to determine; it is enough that all |
the attempts made by the. most prac
tised person ; have hitherto failed, i
The disease is a strauge one--"a ca- j
tarrhal affection producing in the !
hlo<->d a:-, impurity which has a ten- i
['.?.ney to work itself outward in every !
. li reit ii m. ii is highly infectious j
bow infectious no one seems able to I
determine, though there are grave j
reasons for thinking that the places ,
where diseased cattle have been cou- j
lined are capable of communicating
the pestilence without actual contact
of the healthy with the sick. How?
ever that may be, it is the testimony
of those most, conversant with the
matter thar the origin of the plague
was with the infected foreign cattle |
brought to the Islington Cattle Mar- ?
ket. It lias been just a month in the
country, said Prof. Gamgeo at the
meeting the other day. and in that !
time nearly 2,00(1 cattle must have j
suffered. Without being alarmist?, j
we must believe that this is a matter j
for tlu; serious consideration of the '
Government and of private persons.
Che latter will. ?-? course, loo's after i
tlu ir own interests, but it is tlc duty ;
d'the Government to watch over those j
uf the traders and of the public also, j
How rapidly the disease spreads i.s
diown hy some circumstances we hav e \
thready published. On a dairy farm j
in Surrey it broke out on Saturday, j
md out of a number of between thirty
'aid forty cows eleven were affected
.rn Monday. On thc Essex marshes a
lerd of between seventy and eighty
leasts was reduced to half that mini
?er in ten days. No p:?ins can be
;oo great to stop such a plague as this.
[tendon Times, Avg. 11.
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS LOST.-The
ilasgow makes tho 29th steam
hip lost wiiile plying between Euro
>ean ports and this country and Calla?
la during the past twenty-seven years,
?r an average of about one a year
duce the commencement of ocean
.team navigation between the two j
.ontinents. Thc following is a hst of |
he vessels placed in tim order in
vhich they were lost: 1. President;
2. Columbia; '.>. Humboldt; 4. City of
jftosgow; 5. City of Philadelphia; 0.
Franklin; 7. Arctic; 8. Pacific; 9. Ly- I
un?ais; 10. Tempest; ll. Austria; 12.
Canadian (No-. 1); 13. New York; 14.
indian; !,"). ugo; IC?. Hungarian; 17.
Donnaught: IS. United States; 19.
Canadian (No. 2); 20. North Briton;
il. Caledonia; 22. Anglo Saxon; 23.
Norwegian; 24. Georgia; 25. Bohe
nian; 26. City of New York; 27. Jura;
28. Iowa; 29. Glasgow.
! Ag_i_
Local Items.
To insure insertion, advertisers are re?
quested to hand ul their notices before 4
o'clock p. m.
The 1st Maine Battalion paused through
our city yesterday-en /oiete, we leam, for
garrison duty in the upper Districts of this
State. _;
SraoxS'i KEREIBOM.-Here are thc names
of old busiimss men of Charleston, repre?
sented by tho scions of a new generation in
Cohunbia, who have began business in the
general grocery hue, and, as wc suppose,
under the countenance'and instructif .1 of
their sires. They have both a tine capital
of social and business reputation on which
to begin, and, to insure their success, can
do no better than keep in sight the Bobriety. ^
method, industry and intelligence widen
made their ancestors successful. Their
stock seems to be large and various
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called
.o die following advertisements, winch are
published for thc lirst time this morning:
Jacob B'-ll Citation.
D. li. Hyywarel, Jr.- Jillie Stolen.
John C. Se egera-Steden Mule.
Apply at this O?ico-Buildiug Wanted.
Fall Season of Stallion Bourbon.
Jos. A. Hines-House and Sign Fainting.
Miss Sband-School Notice.
Jacob Levin--Fodder at Auction.
Richard Caldwell-Syrup.
" " -Vinegar.
--Hice.
Zealv, Scott A- launs Ladies" Garments*
" ? -Blue St >ue.
I r itjptfcUus Charleston Daily News.
NursoA Baldwin Commission Merchants
S?MPTOMS OP THE KESinvr OF nu'
FALL ELECTIONS.-The Republican
State Convention ol' Pennsylvania
has fully endorsed the policy of Pres:?
dent Johnson, and lias come emt strong
for thc Mooroo doctrine. But Ihne ia
always a kink in the proceedings of
the' politicians. Thc weak poitrt in
thc platform of the Pennsylvania Con?
vention is the recomnn n dation to -a;i
fiscs te thc property o? rob?is above
10,000 dollars, and' dispose ot' st for
paying pensions te> the soldier::. This
is tho business cf tho admini irai b ?n,
a rel may be safely h ft to them, as a
part of their policy of reconstrnetiem.
without any .vuggestion from the Fem,
sylvania Republican Convention.?
As affaire look now, there is every
likelihood that there will be a greater,
revolution in the Central Stab s at tho
next elections than there was in isi'.j;.
when these States went against Mr.
Lincoln ?m the ground of nih'.ged
imuvisum iti hi;; war policy. Tho
change will he all th . either way now.
Tba-course <?i Aiutv Johnson, wilkin
all probability, he sustained by all tho
Ccu!nd and Northern States, oven
inc'mun r Mair , tints leaving- Xor,'
England, with ti.a single exception of
Maine-out in tho cwld. We si.ouM .
not be surprise td to seo such a result
at the fall elections, in which oven*
the- Jacobins will be howling in outer
darkness.-JVT York Uerabl.
RKST?U:.\.TIOK (>:* TUE Sofru. Si'.
ct.vr.T.Y AN'!> C05I \\\\.ti i.v. .Brenn
every e?u? rt-ir of the Soth. wo ii, ar of
her rf toratioiij socially and comme;-,
cicily. Steamship Hues have been re?
established, telegraphic communica?
tions re-opened, mail facilities reaiewcal
ami railroads reconstructed all over
the country. This work of restoration
is going- on epiielly but, vigorously i:i
the natural and legitimate way. But
what ure thc politicians deuug, both
?forth and South? [nsteftdof helping
in this labor of restoration, 'they SUM
[nuking ?1 grear, fuss about thc nigger.
The negro-weu'shipliers aro striving to
aiake another bleeding Kansas out of
rho South. This was begun by ( hase,
ft'hei soded 'tis political ermine bv
ivlvuncing mischievous sentiments
ibout negro eepiality and all that, and
he mischief he begun is being carried
m by his followers and partisans. Jt
Vould be well for President Johnson
;o look after this style e>f partisans in
jffice in the South. While the work
>f restoration is genug on with success,
socially ariel commercially, the politi
.itins are busy with their plots, and
'listing obstacles in tho way ed' the
eturn of repose, prosperity and secn
?ity to the Southern country. The
President should turn all these fellows
ml of office.- Neic York Hsrxihl.
MISSISSIPPI STATE CONVENTION.
vu ordinance has been passed by the
Jississippi State Convention for a
'encrai election for county, district or
ainisterial officers.
The convention also passed au ordi
tance declaring the ordinance of se
ession null and void, and repealing
ll the ordinances of thc Convention
?f 1861, except the revenue ordinance,
.mich the Legislature will act upon.
At an informal meeting of the dele
lates in their individual-capacities, a
ricmorial was presented, expressed in
loqueut terms, petitioning President
ohnsonto extend pardon to Jefferson
)avis and Governor Clark, which. wr.s
cqnirsccd in by all present.