Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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vi? J5X J. A. .orjJUJD.1 m COLUMBIA, S. p., THURSDAY MORNING, IEPTEMBE% 21, ?8G5. .YOL. I-NO. *?*. y THE PHONIX, PUBLISHED DALLY AND TBI-WEEKXt, BY JU LI AU A.. SELBY. TFEMS-JN ADVANCE, * ; StTfiSCBIFTlOX. DaCv Paper, six months.$3 ?O' . Tri-Weekly, " " . 8 50' Single copies 10 cents. AOTEXTWEirtSTS Insertad. At $1 per square for the first in? sertion, and 75 cents for each subsequent. SGT Special notices 15 cents a line. Sympathy dritte the South. It is still a reproach in certain cir? cles to be called a sympatihzer -with the South. An American may sym? pathize with Mexico or Brazil, (Russia, India or China, without any imputa? tion upon his patriotism or morals, but to have a friendly feeling toward his own flesh and blood, his country? men of the South, is in these circles still discreditable-:still "disloyal." . To speak well of^the -Southern people in any respect, commend their cou? rage, advert to the sudden and won? derful development of mechanical skill and industry among them during the war; to their perseverance and endurance; or to praise the good faith and spirit in which, the war ?over, they have submitted to its award and gone to work to re-instate themselves as faithful citizens-all this exposes one to malevolent imputations. With the people to which we allude, nothing vupon the subject is acceptable that is -not depreciatory, . condemnatory, de- ; faming, insulting. A*fallen foe ex- I cites no pity in their hearts; the Gos pel of hate which has fed thei%for so j many years has eradicated the very j germ of all gentle sentiments toward j the objects of their hostile passion. And yet to an unwarped nature nothing would-seem more deserving of pity and sympathy than these eight millions of om* fellow-citizens. It is true their leaders led some and forced more of them into the rebellion, but how have they suffered for their fault? War never more thoroughly scourged, impoverished, ruined any country in four short years than that. All the accumulated capital-the result of decades of prosperous agriculture-is swept away. This may be replaced, j it is true; but.it will never be replaced j by those who have lost it, and but in j a small degree even by their descend- | ants, for they are dead. Over two- j thirds of all the men enlisted in many of the States have disappeared. An? other generation of another people j must replace them, and inherit the | poor remains of what was theirs, j Thousands upon thousands of . fami- ? liesjpmce comfortable and happy in their homes as any that the world Inas ! seen-, are now destitute, suffering, de? prived of all stay and support, aAd dependent upon charity and the scanty returns of their own labor for ' a bare subsistence. It would seem that any degree of enmity might be satisfied with this--even that of a philanthropist. But the temper to which we allude, 'though it exists, is not the dominant temper of the people. They do sym? pathize with then- lately rebellious countrymen, and none more warmly than those whose hands have chas tised them for their treason. A brave foe, bravely vanquished, and now j submissive, excites in the soldiers of our arjjiies no feeling but a desire to aid him in restoring the prosperity of the past, and rebuilding the republic in more than its pristine grandeur ? and glory. And, indeed, this is in a j . ' ^degree the actual work awaiting our disbanded'heroes. After a brief visit to their old hornes, multitudes of them -vail return to the ?South, and ?i?d; there belter opportunities for their energies than inc North can .now afford them. They will go to assist in building up a free South, . carrying with them .Northern thrift and Northern methods - of labor, and by their assistance and example, firing the Southern heart with friendly emu? lation in the work of renewing the old, and opening new ways of pros? perous enterprises. Settling in the ! South, they will feel its interests to be their own,, and #vill heartily join the native people in resisting tyranny, claiming and asserting- the sume liberties for their new home that was theirs by right in the old. There, is nothing in the way ol complete fra ternizatio? between emigrants from the North and the Southern people, who are even now calling for them to come and help. The same blood flows in the veins of both, the same thoughts and aspirations, the same courageTO encounter and subdue the obstructions of nature,- the same p*rin ciples of liberty, and the same glorious recpllectioms of the old past, the brotherhood of the revolution, the war of 1812, and the Mexican campaigns all bind them {ar more strongly than the past struggle can separate; and the same future now assured to both, guarantees a unity and community of heart against which no, narrow sec? tional hatred can ever prevail . [Boston Courier, Sept. 1. ABUSES OF THE GOVERNMENT.-We clip the. following from that ably edited sheet, the St. Louis Republican. Why will not the press throughout the entire South speak their senti ? ments boldly? A free expression of opinion in political matters is the j "wind by which truth is winnowed." The Republican says: If there is on earth a Government that assumes a more paternal control over the people of the territory with which it is in connection than our own Federal Government, let it be pointed out. perhaps the chiefs wno rule Egypt and Abyssinia may be more intrusive and all-protecting. But the principles which our Government seems to be acting upon would carry it legitimately to any extreme of in? terference that ?seems good in the eyes of Ali Pacha or Bang Theodore. It is now assumed that not only may Congress emancipate the slaves* in the several States,, but may take them ail, by millions, under cover of a verita? ble guardianship, make special laws in their behalf, and organize institu? tions looking to the care of them, and regulating "their- relations with the whites, so as to make them a dis? tinct, . pet and almost privileged class in the community. Does our Consti? tution and frame of Government up? hold any such creations as these? Do they countenance, in the least degree, such interferences with the-people of the several States? There is but one answer to such a question. They do not. If the Federal Government is competent to erect this extraordirary system, which we see developed in the Freedmen's Bureau, there is nothing which it may. not do. The Constitu? tion warrants any and every other namable usurpation as clearly as it does this. GEN. BEAUKEGAKD.-For so quiet and unobtrusive a citizen, Gen. Beau? regard is made by the Northern jour? nals to appear to be the most restless and perturbed spirit and most ubi? quitous personage of this remarkable era. Awhile ago we had thc General iii some Northern city, about to take Eassage for foreign lands. Again, we eard of him as actually in France, soliciting a General's cammand in the army of the Emperor. The very latest bulletin, however, which ap? peared in the papers on Sunday last, j placed him in Mexico, by invitation of Emperor Maximilian, to take com? mand of the armies of "the imperial persuasion." ? What was our surprise after reading j these authentic accounts ol Gen. Beauregard's movements, to meet him yesterday on the street, looking as innocent and indifferent to these serious dispositions of - his person, without his will and consent, a? a lamb regards the preparations of the butcher to serve him up for the mar t ket. There may be a Gen. Beaure? gard in New York, Paris and Mexico, I but the real simon pure general, who is known in this State as the man who figured rather conspicuously some months ago at Petersburg, abd pre? viously at Charleston, Corinth, Ma I hassas, 'etc., is now a sedate, quiet I citizen and civilian in his native city, j who has no idea of leaving his conn I try, and will remain here to meet all 1 the responsibilities and discharge all [ the duties of a citizen. [New Orleans Picayune, 7th. The wrecking steamer Alpha has gone to Wilmington, North Carolina, to raise- the suuken blockade-runners. RESTJUTTTON OP SPECTJB PAYMENTS. .From an able and lengthy article in the New Yorjc Commercial on the above -subject, we extract the follow? ing: ? There exist at the present moment a greater number ol circumstances favorable to a resumption of specie payments, than are likely to be united together again for a long time to come. Money is easy and trade pros? perous. Commerce has been carried on for some time past mostly for cash, and consequently the mercantile and industrial communities have few or no engagements to be injuriously affected by resumption. Stocks of goodssof every description are light, not only in first hands, but also in ! the hands of the jobbers and retailers, I so that the fall of gold to par at the present moment will less injure them than in ordinary times. The crops of the .present year will soon come to j market and furnish ample means to liquidate OUT importations and our ot&or indebtedness to Europe, thus predating, for some time to come, j any demand for coin for export, which j is the only demand that we can have I so long as the community have con- j fidence in our currency. As soon as J there are undoubted indications of ! an approaching resumption of specie ! payments, gold will decline, and large amounts of capital which have been transferred to Europe since the enact? ment of the Legal Tender act. will j return here arid thus insure a favor- 1 able state of the foreign exchanges, even before large shipments of our products are made. And so every one fears that resumption will be ac? companied by a tight money market, and falling prices, the orders for for? eign commo???ics oud products would at once be greatly .reduced, were re? sumption expected to take place shortly. Thus all things combine to make next January a most favorable moment for the resumption of specie payments. THE BEAL FOES TO A RESTORED UNION.-Not a Republican State Con? vention has yet fully and fairly en? dorsed President ? Johnson's policy, while every Democratic State Conven? tion has. One Republican State Convention (Minnesota) has directly condemned tho President's policy, and the rest of them having taken exception to., and IA' iiiuendo con? demned, his "mild and generous method of reconstruction. " Not one Democratic Convention has/lone so. Some of the Republican Conventions have set'Staunton above the Presi? dent, and four others have endorsed negro suffrage, to which Johnson is opposed. No Democratic Convention hos thus "opposed the Government." Taking all tliese' facts together, we find the only true and efficient-sup? port which is iceorded tho President in his arduous labors at a restoration of the Union, comes from the Demo? cratic party. We find, also, that the only obstacle 1o a restoration of the Union, North or South, is the radical wing of the Republican party. [ 1 Vash iiiaton Un ion. The question whether women shall vote is getting practically decided in Europe. The inhabitants of Aine, in France, cluse the other day nine of their townswomen to be of the municipal corned there; and lawyers in England ari ready to contend that if the rate-payers of a parish should { take it into thur heads to depute half a dozen benevolent laches of their number to tie Board of Guardians by a clear majority of votes, no legal obstacle wouhl prevent their admi? si?n. John Stuart Mill propos?s^? discardfiu all future reform bills, any distinction o? sex; while, says an English writer, to show how it would work, we have just been favored with a specimen election speech by Lady Jenkinson. Who, so to speak, unsuc? cessfully contested Dorcestershire in j her husband's name. A letter fron Nantucket says : ' 'Thc grass grows on thc middle of the streets that once echoed to the busy feet of trade. Vast eilifices--eperm candle manufactories, oil cellars, ship .1 chandlers* stores-are abandoned to ? the mercy of the elements. Whole blocks and rows of buildings are de I Svrted. New Store AND THE subscribers have just received, di? rect from New York, a fall supply of Ladies' and Gent's FALL and WINTER GOODS, of all kinds, such as CALICOES. DELAINES, MERINOES, FLANNEL, Bal? moral Skirts. Ladies' Cloaks, Long cloth, Linen. Handkerchiefs and Fancv Dress Goods, Ae ? GENT'S WEAR-Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Under-shirts, kc. ALSO. A good assortment of CROCKERY and GLASS-WARE. Citizens and persons generally wouJB do well to give us a call beforo purchasing elsewhere. ?opt 13 Imo P. LYONS A CO.. Corner Assembly and Washington sta. SKLUNG OFF ? H/vatl Pitt OFFERS to the citizen? of Columbia the following articles at greatly reduced prices: - GREEN TEA, BLACK TEA. BROWN SUGAR. CRUSHED SUGAR. RIO COFFEE, JAVA COFFEE. .FINE TABLE SALT, FLOUR. CHEESE and CBACKEP.S. * BOOTS and SHOES. BROOMS. HERRINGS UACKKBEI* I CANDLES, SEGARS. ' CHEWING TOBACCO. I SMOKING BLACKING. CANNED FRUITS, o? ali kinds. CONDENSED MILK. I SARDINES. LEMONS. HATS. . . SOAP. STARCH. SODA. WINES and LIQUORS of ail inscriptions. And various other articles. H. VAN PELT, . Sept 24 6* Basement College Chapel. New Goods, mw 'GOODS H Just received and for sale by sui' & mm . 0PPOSITE-CATHOLIC QflURCH. DRESS GOODS-Colored and Mourning -consisting of: Alpacas, Dclams, Calicoes, Cassimercs, Broadcloth, Jeana, Ac. ALSO. Misses' Ht>op Skirts? Towelling. LOTO Veils, Black Silk Cravats, (Hores. Embroidered Handkerchiefs, for" Ladies auk Gentlemen. Fancy Hair Nuts. Hair Brushes and Combs. Irish Linen,-of ail qualities. Longeioths, Corsets. Buttons, of all varieties. Gent's Half Hose, Felt Hats-. China Dolls, of all sizes. Crying Dolls Wax Dolls. Perfumery, Soaps, Suspenders. Head Handkerchiefs, Belts. Belting Ribbons, Tooth Brushes. Bleached and Brown Homespun. PaperaCollors. Thimbles, Needles. Pins, Spool Thread, Sewing Silk. Hair Pms, Hooks and Eves. Misses' and Children's shoes. Gent's and Ladies' Shoes. Perfumed Velvet Chalk, kc' ALSO, A small assortment of SPECTACLES. Sept 21 _ School Furniture. TEACHERS''DESKS and CHAIRS. Tables, Bank and Onice Desks, Ac. Lecture Room mid Sabbath School Settees. All kinds of Sahool Material. ROBERT PATON, Sept 17 Imo 24 Grove st., New York. COLUMBIA, S. C A >s*r-'<\ THE undersigned, having AcSs^'jO leased tin- large and com MSTORBJ '?odious building known aa ff ? JiflggErithe "Columbia Methodist Female Cpllege," has opened it as a FIRST CLASS HOTEL. T. 8. NICKERS?N, sect ll Proprietor. - Headquarters 1st Sub-District, DISTRICT OF WESTERN S. C., COLUMBIA, S. C., September 25, 1885. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 3. ? ALL restrictions heretofore imposed upon the sale of intoxicating liquors in the cit/ of Colombia, 8. C., by order from these Headquarters, ?re hereby re? moved, except so far as they relate to en? listed men of the United States army and United States Government employees. Bv order of Brevet Brig. Gen. Wi P. RICHARDSON, Commanding. JOHX WALTOS. Lient, and A. A. A. G. Sept 2G_ ~STOLBX, lf^^^ FROM my premises, on thc 2d W?? m?,lan:- a inecUam-sized Bay Mare iWfnifl-MTTT.F. blind in right .eye and both tore noofs splii. She was taken by a black man named Jerry, formerly a slave of Mr. John Beard, of this place. His right arm is .?rti?cial, and he wears a glove on the hand. I suppose him to Le about Charles? ton, S. C., or Augusta, Ga. I w?l give a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for his arrest and delivery to proper authority, ind a liberal reward for the recoverv of the na?s. W. S. SL?AN, Sept 22 10*_Columbia, S. C. The Rear House! (moles* mm, wons? ??3GrA'B.Sf cfec! CRACKERS and CHEESE at ll a. m. 6'"pvROP IN," as you are on your way jj down town. T. M. POLLOCK, 1 Near Kain street, I Sept 23 Directly opposite City Hall. NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS ! JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE.BY ? Ai hui Neio Store, washington Stretf, /?s? '?'oposite the Old Jail. DRESS GOODS,. Colored and Mourning, consisting of : Plain, Plaid "and Striped ALPACAS. LUSTRES and DELAINES. Also, CALICOES. BROADCLOTHS and CASSIMERES. TWEEDS, Ac. ALSO, . UMBRELLAS. BALMORAL SKIRTS. CRASH, for Towelling. LOVE VEILS. LINEN SETTS, with and without Lace, and with Mourning Edges. Black Silk and Colored Silk Cravats. Elastic Garter?, Men's Buck Gloves. Ladies' Gauntlets and Gloves. Embroidered Handkerchiefs. Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, fer Ladies and Gentlemen. Gent's Linen Collars. Fancy Hair Nets, for Waterfalls, and plain Silk Nets. Hair Brushes and C crabs. Scent Papers. Irish Linen, of all qualities. . Longcloths, Ladies^ Undervests. Rubber. Coat and Vest Buttons. .Gent's Half Hose, of excellent quality. Men's line Felt Hats, black and colorod. Colored Woolen Shirts, and Drawers. Corsets, China Dolls of all sizes. Hoop Skirts, Perfumery. Castile Soap, Suspenders. Head Handkerchiefs. Fancy Dress Buttons. Beit,s of every varietv, Belting Ribbon. ' Scissors, Tooth and ???ail Brushes, cScc. GROCERIES. Whitc:and Brown SUGAR. Green and Black TEA, COFFEE.. Starch, Soap, Caudles. Molasses, Brooms, Herrings. Sardines, Matches, Blacking. Ruta Baga Turnip Seed, &c. Sopt 20' RESTAURANT ,4?, /~N MRS. EMMA ROE A. 'r '\i S/bas opened an EAT- ^BSS ? TOeX LNG HOUSE, on Lin-fiEL?? coln street, one door from Lady, where gen? tlemen can procure their REGULAR MEALS, LUNCHES, etc.. at ah hours. The very best of everything in the market will l>C furnished. Sept 14 ll* THOMASr_ On Gervais street, V-n^ vg^^ near Gates. .Heals .. > ' -21 ^served at all hours. Sept 17^ GROCERIES IND DRY GOODS. CONSTANT!.Y ?c.! hand, and at tb, LOW .EST MAKKET TRICES, a tkic- and varied assortment of LIQUOliS. GROCERIES AND DEY GOOD?. Bo*t BOURBON WHISKEY by the barrel, gall?n or bv bottle. _^ " SIMON'S' A KERRISON. Assombly street, oppi site Cathedral. Sept ll " lm"