The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 02, 1865, Image 4
MISOBliLANY,
Hymn to tHo Saviour.
BY ALICE CAKY.
Master, I do not ask that thon
With milk and wine my tahlo spread,
So much as for the will to plow
And sow my fields, and earn my bread;
Le it at thy coming I be found
A useless lumberer of tho ground.
I db not ask that thou wilt bless
With gifts of heavenly sort, my day,
So much aa that my hands may dress
The borders of my lowly way
With constant deeds of good and right,
Thereby rcllecting heavenly light.
I do not ask that thou shouldst lift
My feet to mountain heights sublime,
So much as for the hourly gift
Of strength, with which myself may climb;
Making thc power thou mad'st mino
For using, by thc use, divine.
I do not ask that there may flow
A light about me from thc skies,
For knowledge that doth knowledge kuow,
For wisdom that is not too wise,
To see all things good and fair,
Thy love attested is my prayer.
1 do not ask that 1 may dwell
In plea-surcs all apart from pain;
The medicine that maketh weil
Tho sick and ruined soul again,
The faith that sctteth free from doubt,
Lord, help me search and find thee out.
A Woman Made to Talk after bring
ja Mute Twenty Years.
CAMEEILKJE CITY, Indiana,
"August IS, 18(35.
EDITORS GAZETTE: Ordinarily tho
"gift of gab" is too well developed in
tho female sex, and ho tl?t could be j
so fortunato us to devise some menus I
to stop that unruly member would bo
hailed as a public; benefactor; but I
there is, like an oasis in tho desert,
an occasional case where it is good
that a woman .should bo made to talk.
Such a case having come tinder my
immediate observation, and being one !
not easily accounted for by medical1
?writers, and totally unknown to the
M. D's., I think it important the par?
ticulars should have: publicity.
About twenty-five years ago, Miss
Permelia Barn ell, who was then, and
is now, a rcsideut of Jucksonburgh,
in this county, und at this time about
fifteen years of age, while attending a
camp-meeting in this vicinity, ar d in
the act of prayer, went into a trance,
in which mood she remained about
eleven days, at the expiration of which
time she was attacked with alphonia,
and from that time until yesterday
she could convey her thoughts only
by manipulation, having not uttered
a syllable during the time. Being
?conversant with the facts above stated,
and having noticed that a soldier v. ho
had lost his speech under the excite -
mont of a great battle, and whose
caso had baffled the skill of the
experts of the army, was made to talk
by imbibing freely of the ardent, it
was a source of much gratification to
me to get the consent of the lady to
try the experiment, tis it will no doubt
be a source of rejoicing to her nume?
rous friends. Having procured for
her a x>int of best secede antiqnnm, s^ie
began to imbibe it about 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, and in ordinary
time, using common parlance, becaine
beautifully drunk. Alter lying in a
comatose state for two hours, at which
time she began to sober off, to the
utter astonishment of ?di present, she
began to talk, nt first slowly, but after?
wards with as much ease as if tho gift
liad never departed, und this morn?
ing continues to talk as glibly as if
sho was an adept in the matter. The
case causes much surprise in this part
of the country, and will no doubt in?
terest a number of your readers, mid
mayhap some one similarly afliieted
may, by proper application, be re?
lieved. It may be well to state that
Miss B. was, prior to her loss of
speech, troubled with chorea, or com?
monly called Saint Vitus' dance.
Very truly, S*H. HOSHOUE.
AMERICAN LITEEATUKE.-There ure
many good things in the North, access
to which hus been greatly facilitated
by recent events. There are others,
however, of a character so entirely
diff?rent that we pray oar people ut?
terly to abstain from availing them?
selves of their new opportunities, as
far as they are ?concerned.' The fol?
lowing quotations and just comments
we clip from the Petersburg Indee:
"Hanson B. Dyer is under arrest at
New Haven, for violating two little
girls, aged 10 and 13, while riding
, with them near Oyster Point, recent?
ly. Suits arc brought against him foi
?7,000 damages; Dyer has an excel?
lent wile and "two daughters, younf
ladies of education and accomplish
meats."
"Twenty-one petitions for divorc*
wore granted by the Circuit Court o
Springfield, Illinois, last week. Tin
cause in most of the cases is conjuga
infidelity during the, war."
"TheSupremc Court for Washing
ton county, Vermont, granted seven
teen divorces last week, of which uin
were for desertion and six for adnlb
ry. lu four of the latter the erina:
riality was on tiie part of the wife."
It is all affectation to pretend sur?
prise at these things. They are di?
rectly traceable to the shocking ob?
scenity in American literature, or to
speak more correctly, the vast amount
of American literature which is shock?
ingly obscene. The minds and morals
of the people at the North of a certain
class-and that, not the poorest-have
become utterly rotten and corrupt
under thc blight of this poison, which
is spread broad-cast by the daily press,
the periodicals and the flood of yellow
covered novels. So unblushing is this
form of depravity, that tho columns
of one of the most popular family (!)
weekly papers published in Boston,
has a column- devoted exclusively to
advertisements which is neither more
nor less than assignations!
A REMINISCENCE OF JOHN" C. CAL?
HOUN-His DEATH-BET?.-A corres?
pondent of the St. Louis Democrat
writes :
. A gentleman who spent au afternoon
with Calhoun athis chamber in Wash?
ington some time before his death,
mentions that, among other passages
of Scripture discussed by them, he
(pioted tho precept of St. Peter,
"Honor all men." "What, sir!" Mr.
Calhoun exclaimed, "honor all mon!
Is that in the Bible?" "Certainly,
sir," was the reply. "Sir," said he,
"God docs not require that. Honor
all men! What! thc fellow in the
White Honst?, and the mass of such
beings as I meet every day yonder in
thc capitol? Oh, no! I cannot honor
them; Cod does not command it."
His friend explained that the passage
claimed for every man honor as a
man, and because he is ti man, until
he shall forfeit his right by crime.
"Sir," lie replied, "that is right, and
I do honor all men who deserve it. I
1 honor my slaves who deserve it, but
such men as I have to do with in
Washington neither God nor man can I
hanor."
Tho dying statesman continued in I
the same frame of mind to the last.
Just before the solemn closing scene,
thc Chaplain of the Senate called und
was announced by a friend. Suppos?
ing him, from his name, to be his
Congressional colleague, Judge But?
ler, Mr. Calhoun said, "Why did you
not admit him?" Being told that it
was thc Rev. Mr. Butler, who felt it
his duty to bo with him-"The
Rev. Mr. Butler!" he said. "What
does he want? He, a young man, to
call at this time to speak to me on a
subject upon which I have thought
all my lifd Tell him he cannot be
admitted."
AN INTERESTING CASK.-Among thc
cases heard on Saturday, in the Quar?
ter Sessions, was one involving an in?
teresting question.
Robert W. Smith applied to be dis?
charged from the insane, asylum, al?
leging that he was illegally restrained
of his liberty. The return made to
the writ of hubeus corpus, by Dr. Kirk?
bride, set forth that Mr. Smith was
admitted into tho institution on the
2d of August, upon the certificate of a
respectable physician, that he was of
unsound mind, in consequence of ex?
cessive, indulgence in alcoholic stiniu
ants.
Thc counsel for Mr. Smith, in an
swer to this, denied that his client
was insain?, und he also took the broad
ground that' drunkenness would not
justify thc imprisonment of any per?
son.
Judge Ludlow decided to hear tes?
timony in regard to tho mental condi?
tion of Mr. Smith, and accordingly
Dr. Join s, who hus hud thc immedi?
ate charge of Mr. Smith since his ad?
mission into the asylum, was exa?
mined. He testified that when Mr.
Smith was received he appealed to be
of weak mind; hi-s* conversation was
I incoherent, but this passed away in a
j day or two, and since then he had
I appeared sam", Ins condition was the
j result of drink, but it was not attended
I with the usual symptonis when liquor
j is taken from a habitual drunkard,
j The doctor could not suv that the pa
j tient is now insane, but was of the
i opinion that if released and allowed te
drink, his mental unsoundness would
return, but could not be positive. His:
, short stay in the institution, however,
? did not permit the formation of a de
; cided opinion.
. j The doctor further tcsti bcd that Mr,
. i Smith was greatly incensed againsl
Ins brothers, but whether this was
j I caused by insanity or not, the docto:
-1 could nat tell. At the conclusion o
the testimony, the counsel for Mr
3 Smith asked for his discharge, ns n<
f case had been made out. The corni
B fsel for the asylum stated that Dr
1 Kirkbride desired to be directed lr
the court in the disposition of the pa
;- tient, as there was no desire to retail
t- the man one hour if it was though
e advisable to discharge him. Judg
Y Ludlow said he would hold the eas
i- under advisement until Wednesday.
I [Philadelphia Weekly.
THE following gentlemen arc respectfully
suggested as candidates for tho Convention,
td bo held in September next:
WADE HAMPTON,
A. lt. TAYLOR,
W. A. HARRIS,
J. O. GIBBES._jBl-v?lj!_
In viewof the importance of th? approach?
ing Convention, it is of vital consequence
to us that we should be represented hy mon,
net only of patriotism and experience, but
of legal acquirements. I beg, therefore, to
present to the voters of Richland the names
of the following gentlemen, who are emi?
nently lifted for the responsible post for
which thev are nominated:
G HANCELLOR CARROL,
HON. WM. E. Dr.SAUSSURE,
COE. WM. WALLACE,
_COL._F. w. .MCMASTER. Aug s
For tile Convention.
Thc friends of The Union and of their
State, desiring to bring into her councils
practibal knowledge, sound patriotism and
devotion to her host interests, respectfully
nominate the following gentlemen as dele?
gates to the State Convention from tho
District of Richland:
.TotIN CALDWELL,
WADE HAMPTON,
A. R. TAYLOR,
_W. A. HARRIS. August 1*
Dwelling; House to Rent.
T\/|"!:S. H. C. ELMORE will rent her RE?
JAL SIDENCE, (with FURNITURE,) con?
taining fifteen rooms, in Taylor Town.
'?'here are upon the place all necessary out?
buildings, garden and good wat-a-.
aug 23 TllOS. TAYLOR.
A. L. SOLOMON,
General Commission Merchant,
Sevond Door fruin Shiver IIou?>e, Plain slreet,
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
DEALER in foreign ami domestic mer?
chandize. The logiest neuket price
paid for COTTON and COUNTRY PRO?
DUCE ingold or currency. Consignments
solicited, which will receive my usual prompt
attention. Refer to
C. It. Cramp iV Co., Augusta. Ca.,
LaEoehe .SiDell, Savannah, Ga.,
Gibbon A Co.. Charleston, S. C.,
Koopman A Phelps, Charlotte, N. C.,
Fuller .V Wilkerson. Leasburg. N. C.,
R. P. Richardson, Roadsvillc, N. C.,
James K. Lea. Yanceyville, N. C.,
Chandlers .V Patrick, Danville, Ya.,
Brownly A- Co., Petersburg, Ya.,
Kent. Paine & Co. Richmond. Ya.
Aug 4 fs27 _
DAVTDSDNCOLLEGE,
CHAD LOTTI:, X. C.
? mi:!' exercises of the College, and of thc
! _| PreTv.ratory Department connected
! with it. will be resumed on thc JSth of SEP
' TEMBER..
I As a measure necessary to the support ot
I tiie Institution in the existing derangement
j of its finances, the Board of Trustees have
I suspended, for twelve months, the privilege
j of using Scholarships in the payment of
tuition.
Tuition ?20 for tho session of live months,
and*Board $10 per month-payable in ad?
vance, in specie, or its equivalent in curren?
cy or ] 'revisions.
'It is desirable that Students should bring
with them snell books as they may require:
also such articles of furniture for their
rooms as they may lie able to transport.
For other particulars address the subscri?
ber, to the care (for the present) ol' Dr. E.
Nye Hutchison, Charlotte.
J. L. KIRKPATRICK,
Aug 22 Imo President.
IRCIIATD GETTY & co.,
SOM, MEB?RiUr?35
120 mid 128 Mettinn sind,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
F. A. WILCOXSON, Agen!,
i Srangcbnrg, S. C.
EDMUND A-SOUDER A CO..
# Philadelphia. Penn.
LIVINGSTON, EON A CO., Agents,
New Yolk.
jtv? ? LIBERAL ADVANCES made on CON?
SIGNMENTS. Anti 15 imo*
United Stages of America,
COLUMBIA, S. C., A rot ST :,(?.' 1865.
PURST;ANT to the directions of tito pro?
clamation of Governor B. E. Perry, the
Managers of Election ?or. members of the.
Convention, in Richland District, will hold
an eic, linn for FOUR MEMBERS for said
District, on MONDAY, the 4th day of Sep?
tember next.
Ai! pcrsi ns who were eligible to vote be?
fore Ile- passage of thc Ordinance of Seces?
sion of South Carolina, and wno have taken
che "Amnestv Oath," as prescribed by t he
proclamation of President Johnson, of 2SUh
.dav, isn"). cnn vote -none others cen vote.
The Columbia polls will tu- opened as fel?
low.-: East Poll ai Richard Caldwells stftrc;
West Poll at Dr. Geiger's office.
.TAMES C. .TANNEY,
aug 31 Chairman Roa ni M.ni agers.
Office Gen. Sup. 7/7and M. R. R.,
WILMINGTON. N. C., Ano. 21, 1865.
CU. 1 XC K i > F SI 'tlEl) Ul, E.
ON and after SUNDAY, 27th, (holy trains
will run over the Wilmington and Man?
chester Railroad, between Kingsville and
Wilmington, as follows:
Leave Kingsville daily at.7.35 p. m.
" Wilmington " at.6.00 a.m.
Arrive Kingsville " at.1.2\a. m.
Wilmington" at.3.0a p. m.
There is daily communication North by
rail from Wilmington, ami semi-weekly bj
steamer. These trains connect vv?th traine
on the North-eastern Railroad, Cheraw ant
Darlington Railroad and Wilmington ant
Weldon Railroad. There is a lin?: of staget
between Sumter and Camden connecting
with these trains.
HENRY M. DEANE,
aug 28 16 Gcntral Superintendent.
~- L I ' ? I'll?-. U
Headquarters Military District ot
Charleston.
DEPARTMENT SOUTH CAROLINA.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GEN.'S OFFICE,
CUA&LKSTOK, S. C., July 27,A8ti5.
NOTICE. *
PERSONS de8iriiig to publish Newspapers
within the limits of this District, are
hereby informed that it will first be neces?
sary to obtain the consent of tho. Major
General Comm anding the Department.
Uv comhiand of
Brevet Brig. Gen. JOHN P. HATCH.
LEONARD li. PERKY, Ass t Adj. Cen.
Official:
E. HAINS JEW Err, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A.
Gen. Aug 7 13
The New ITork News.
DAILY and WEEKLY. THF. NEW YORK
WEEKLY NEWS, a great f-unilv news?
paper,-BENJAMIN WOOD, Proprietor-the
largest, best and cheapest paper published
in New York. Single copies, 5, cento; one
copy one year, S2; three copies one year,
5.50; five copies one year, S.7?; ten copies
one year, 17: and an extra copy to any ?dub
of ten. Twenty copies one* year, :t?; the
Weekly Ne>ea is "sent to olergvmeu at LOO.
NEW YOB K DAILY "NEWS.
To mail subscribers, $10 per annum: six
months, .">: payments invariably in advance.
Specimen copies of Da ?Iv and SVeeklv News
sent tree. Address B*EN.T. WOOD*.
Daily News Building,
No, 19 Citv Hall Square, New York Cit v.
Aua ?
? TM mwmm INDEX.
BY thc FIRST OF OCTOBER, or as soon !
as thu mails are re-established, I will
renew the publication oi ibo "CHRISTLVN
INDEX"' and the "CHILD'S INDEX ' I have
been publishing.
Price <il' "Index," per annum.33 00
Price of "Child's Index," " . ?o
(? deduction made for (.'babs.)
Money may he remitted at once, as my
determination is positive, il j desire is to
sci-ere a large subscription i -.; with which
lo begin, and 1 issue '.his prospectus that
subscribers may base une- to (toward their
remit tances.
ii is my intention to issue tirst class
papers, and no pains or expense will b?
spared to secure that end. The best writers
and eorrespondeiit.s will bo secured, ami
the highest religions and literary tah nt will
be given to the papers. The CHILD'S1
P.YPEIt will "oe profusely illustrated and
will, in every sense, be made to conform to
its 'lew title*
THE CHILD'S DELIGHT!
Money may be sent by Express or .other?
wise-if by Express, ut my risk, if thc Ex?
press receipt is se..t me, on the resumption
oi mail facilities.
Mv connection with the firm of J. W.
Item-ice A Co., in dissolved,.but I will csta
Ublisli an office in Macon, Georgia, where
communications ma\ be addressed.
Ans 5 linn ' SAMUEL BOYKIN.
A GREAT WANT SEPFUBD !
NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS!
PUBLISHED
At tue Capital of South Car.'lina,
O O JJ "EX JVE 33 I -A.
THE DAILY
T'SSUED evcrv morning excejit Sunda/-, is
lilied with the LATEST NEWS, (by f-.le
irraph. mails, etc..) KDITUi.'IAL. COHRES
l'( (\'I>KN( 'K, MISCELLANY, POETRY,
STORIES, etc. Tiiis is the only daily paper
in the State outside of chooky of Charleston.
The Tri-Weekly Phoenix,
For country circulation, is published every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and ha*
all the reading matter of interest contained
in thc daily issues of tho week.
WEEKtV GlEANER,
A HOME COMPANION.
As its name indicatosv is intended as a
FAMILY JOURNAL.and is published every
Wednesday, i: will contain Fight Pages,
of Porty Columns. The cream of the News,
Miscellany, Tabs, etc., oi the Daily and
Tri-wecklv will bc found in its columns.
TERMS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Daily, one year.$10 Of
" three mouths. ;\ QC
Tri-Wookly, one year. 7 0(
three months. 2 Ot
Weekly, one year. 4 Of
'. three months. 12"
Advertisements inserted in the Daily oi
Tri-Wcekly at ?-1 a square for the first in?
sertion, and 75 cents For each subsequent
insertion. Wed.ly advertisements fl :
square every insertion.
JOB WORK,
Such as HAND-BILLS, GARDS, CIRCE
LARS, SHIN-PLASTERS, etc., execute,
promptly and at reasonable rates.
JULIAN A. SELBY,
July 31 Fabhsher ct-.d Proprietor.
By tine Provisional Oarcrnor of thc
State o?" 3 om li Ccroli?T.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS His Excellency President
Johnson has issued Iiis proclama?
tion, appointing me (Benjamin F. Perry)
Provisional Governor in and for the State of
South Carolina, with power to prescribe
such rules and regulations as may he neces?
sary and proper ter convening a Convention
of the State, composed of delegates to be
chosen by that portion of the people of said
State wlio are loyal to the Emited States,
for the. purpose of altering or amending th?
Constitution thereof; and with Authority to
exercise within thc limits of the State all
the powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people to restore said State to its
constitutional relations to the Federal Gov?
ernment, and to present such a Republican
form of State Government as will entitl* the
State tc the guarantee of tue United States
therefor, and'its people to protection by tile
fulled States against invadion, insurrection
and don? .stir violence.
Xow, therefore, in obedience to the pro?
clamation oi ins ExivUency Andrew John?
son. President of Gio United States, I,
BENJAMAN F. PERRY, Provisional Gover?
nor of tiie State- ot South Carolina, for the
purpose of organizing \ Provisional Gov?
ernment in South Carolina, reforming the
?State Constitution and restoring civil au?
thority in said Stat J under the Constitution
and,laws of the United Su.tes, do hereby
proclaim and declare that all civil oftieers in
; Smith Carolina, w no were in ellice when tho
( ?vii Government of thu State was suspend
I LI!, in May last, (except Dioso arrested or
under prosecution for tr-vx-n,) shall, on
; Coving tho oath of allegiance proscribed in
! the President's Amnesty Proclamation ot
! thc ??'.Hil day of May, " 1S(?5, resume tho
? duties of their offices and .-.minno to dis
I charge them under tho Provisional Goveru
i ui-.-ji! till further apu?intiuents ar?ncete.
And I do Hirth-r proclaim, d?chire and
I main- known, that it is the duty of all loyal
j citizens ol' the Nt .ile of S.iuth Carolina to
i promptly go iorwuid and take tho oath of
all' :paiii e io the binti -I . -taies, before .-.oin-;
magistrate or military or?-j' r of the Ft derul
j Gov ermaent, who un\y be ?puili?i^d for ad
. ministering oaths; and such aro hereby
* authorised to gu-. certified copies thereof
j i-i t he persons respectively by whom they
i ware made. And such magistrates ol"
j officers aro hereby requir. d to transmit thy
orig?nala ol such oaths, ui :.: early a day ns
may be convenient, to the Department of
i State, m the city ol V> edington, I >. C.
And-1 do 1 arther ??roclaun, declare and
j make known, that tho Manager!.; of Elce
: tioiif; throughout thc State ot South Carok
I na will huM an election for members ul a.
I State Convention, at tkeir respective pre
i einets, on the FIRST MONDA* IN SEP
1 TEMP EU NEXT, according to the laws of
South Carolina in force before the socessien
of the Mate; and that each Election Dis?
trict in the State shall elect as many mem?
bers of ihe i lou volition as tl?e sahl JJi.-li icu
j has melnbi rs of the House of Repn-sei ita -
? lives the basis of representation being
i population and taxation. 'J ins will givo
I one hundred and twenty-four members to
I the Convention-a number sufficiently largo
I to represent everv portion of the State most
I fully.
? E'.'-ry loyal citizen who l#is taken tho
I Amnesty oath and not within the excepted
I classes in the President's Proclamation,
! wad be entitled to vote, provided ho was a
; legal V'dcr under tic- Constitution as it
1 tt "?I prior to lim secession of South Caro
; linn. And all who arc within tho excepted
j chisacsmust take the oath and apply for a
pardon, in order to entitle them to vote or
I become members of the Convention.
, The? members of ihe Coiivoiition thus
i let teil t)!i the ii rat Al.lay in September
next, are herebv required to convene in the
i city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the loth
I day of September, ISG5, ?or the purjiose of
J altering and ameiidiug the present Consti
? tutioii of South Carolina, or remodelling
i and making a new one, which will conform
; to the great changes which have taken
( place in the State, and be more in aecord
! ance with Republican principies and equali
! ty of representation.
And i do further proclaim and make
I known, that the Constitution and ah laws of
force in Smith Carolina prior to thc scees
l.sion of the Stat?-, are hereby made of force
j under the Provisional Government, except
j wherein they may conflict with the provi
: sibnsof thisproclamathm. And the Judges
and Chancellors of the State are hereby
; required tt> exercise ali thc powers ami per?
form all the dut irs which appertain to their
respective offices, and espeetallv in criminal
leases, lt will be expected of* the Federal
I military authorities now in South Carolina,
j to lend their authority to thc civil officers
! of the Provisional Government, for the pur
I pose of enforcing th?- laws and preserving
! the peuce and good order of the State.
And 1 do further command and enjoin all
good and lawful citizens of the State to
j unite, in enforcing the laws and bringing to
I justice all disorderly persons, all plunder?
ers, robbers and marauders, all vagrants
anil idle persons who are wandt ring about
without employment or any visible means
of supporting themselves.
lt is also expected that all former owners
of freed persons will be kimi to them, ami
'? not turn oft" the children <-r aged to perish;
and the freed men'and women are earnestly
' enjoined to make contracts, just anti fair,
[? for remaining with their former owner,
j in order to facilitate as much as p?>ssiblo
the application for panions under the ex
, ! ceptetl sections of the'President's Amnesty
, I Proclamation, it is stated for information
, i that ?ill applications must be by petition,
, statin;: tho exception, and accompaftiiM
) with the oath prescribed. This 'petition
j must bc first approved bv the Provisional
. Governor, and then forwarded to the Presi?
dent. The headquarters of the Provisional
I Governor will be at Greenville, where all
communications to him must ho addressed.
Thc newspapers of this State will publish
this proclamation till the election for rncnk
bcrsof the Conven tic?.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and seal. Done at the
[L. S.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of
Julv, in the year of our Eord, l?fi?,
an?l of thc independence of tho
United States the ninetieth.
B. F. PERRY.
By the Provisional Governor:
WILLIAM H. PLJU?Y, Private Secretary.
July 20