The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 05, 1865, Image 3
By Tl7eliesrxrAz>l3L.
'. Liverpool Bfa.rfc.et.
LrvEBPOoi., Septeml^r" 45.-The
Broker's.Circalar reports ?be sales of
cotton for the week at 71,000 bales,
including 11,000 bales to speculators,
and 19,500 to exporters. The market
opened with a downward tendency
and closed with an upward tendency,
though jorrees were .^d-<aj>?d. lower
on the week on American, J^d. lower
for other descriptions. The autho?
rized quotations are: Fair Orleans,
21}^d.; mkidhng- do., 13%d.; mid?
dling Mobiles, l?>^d.; middling up?
lands, 18^L<L The'sales to-day were
20,000'bales. the market closing with
an upward tendency. The stock in
parcels estimated at" 327,000 bales, oi
which 28,500 are American.
Massachusetts Democratic Conven?
tion.
WORCESTER, September 28.-Thc
Democratic State Convention in ses?
sion here is composed of delegations
from 247 towns, represented by 1.09C
delegates. .
The following is an abstract of thc
resolutions adopted : The- first affirms
the creed of the Democratic party tc
be the Union and the Constitution,
and its objects thc preservation of thc
liberties of the people in the Union
a free press and free speech; these
cone! returns thanks to the soldiers
and sailors; tho third requires th<
speedy subordination everywhere o
the military to the civil power, anc
the restoration of the writ of habeo
corpus, trial by jury, and other demo
eratic rights; the fourth recognize!
the obligation to pay the nationa
debt, but does not believe, in putting
the whole burden of taxation on tin
shoulders of the producing classes
the fifth requires the speedy resto
ration of State power everywhere
so that a standing army may be dis
pensed with at once; the sixth full;
t endorses* the policy of Presiden
t Johnson and promises him support
thc seventh returns thanks to th
veterans of the war, and ;fav?rs sucl
legislation by the national and Stat
governments as shall secure equalit;
of compensation to the earlier as wei
as to the later soldions of the war; th
eighth refers to the labor question.
Operations ol'thc Freedmen1? Bureau
WASHINGTON, September 29.-Col
Samuel Thomas, Assistant Commis
sioncr of freedmen's affairs, in ai
official communication,' dated Vicks
burg, September 14, whilst giving Iii
return for August, says the records ii
that part of Mississippi are destroyed
and that persons are reluctant to sup
ply thc missing information. H
states that 115 plantations are lease'
in Louisiana-fifty-seven of them" b;
whites, and fifty-eight by-blacks; alsc
13G in Mississippi-11? of them b
whites, and +\venty-three by blacks.
There arc ,500 acres in eighty-on
plantations in Louisiana and Missii
sippi leased to blacks, and 52,80
acres in tho same States, in 170 piar
tations.' ?eased to whites. About om
half of the land leased to whites wc
abandoned, owing to the overflow (
the Mississippi. A tremendous pres
sute is being brought to bear by tl:
returned citizens of all classes to g<
possession of their property. Thc
are constantly wilting" to the Pres
dent and the heads of different bi
roans at Washington, filled with a
kinds ol' misrepresentations in ord
to effect their purposes. -The Colon
says no property has been libelled f<
'confiscation, and that lie has made i
.attempt to distribute lands in sni;
lots to negroes, as he knew it won
meei with strong opposition from ?
parties. It would require time
execute it. and a military force
protect the freedmen during the tes
of their lease.
If. he adds, the militia are orgi
ized, as foreshadowed by Goverr
Sharkey's proclamation and endors
by the President, he has no iden tl
. the freedmen will remain quiet lab
ors in the cotton fields. They
excited and partrally armed. '1
hope of organizing the. labor of
State in such a way that theffeedn
' will return to the field and recruit
agricultural wealth of the State
free laborers, seems to vanish \\
the promulgation, of th is militia on
' In conclusion, he says, he hears
but. little trouble between freeth:
and their employers. Nearly all
colored people of the' State, work
on plantations, have been contrac
with, and the employe rs are anxi
to make contracts for the year li
for fear labor wiii be Hard to go
the beginning of the season.
CHARLOTTE MARKET. -Th? cot
market ?as rather dull and heavy
tho 2d inst., consequently prices g
way and sales of thirty-eight bale
18'.j("21 gold, and 26@29 currer
are quoted.
American C iviliia Uo?.
. After having considered and dilated
on the high state of civilization and
refinement-in "York State," tho He
raid, thus treats of. the rest of the
country:
When we consider* philosophically
the condition of the other sections of
the country, we easily discover the
reason of our superiority. The South
we may now leave out of the account,
since everything there is chaotic, its
society and its institutions being in
the process of thorough re-organiza?
tion. But as that re-orgahizatioh i 3
occurring under New York influence
-as the men, the money, the busi?
ness capacity, the tact and the intelli?
gence of New York are largely con?
cerned in it, we may anticipate for the
South a splendid future. The East is
j bigoted, fanatic, transcendental, the?
oretical, narrow-minded. Its people
are afflicted with peculiar mental
j manias. In religion, they are either
! rigidly Calvinistic or absurdly loose,
! atheistical, speculative. Their minds,
j kept down by their system of educa
! tion, re-act, break from all restraints
I and indulge in the most fanciful and
i the most terrible license. More peo
I pie go to church in New England than
?.in New York, perhaps; but there are
i also more rapes; murders and other
horrid and unnatural crimes commit
I ted there. People starve in Massa
j chusetts, a State noted for its pscudo
i philanthropy and its interferences
\ with the affairs of other portions of
j the nation. The West, settled chiefly
by emigrants from New England and
from Eurdpe, has much the same cha
acteristics, but upon, a somewhat dif?
ferent scale. The West is even more
arrogant and insolent than New Eng?
land. It says the same things iii a more
domineering and border-ruffian tone.
If Boston and Sumner are fair repre?
sentatives of New England, Chicago
? and the drunken Senators from that
i region are fair representatives of the
West. * Where Now England has a
. finger iu everybody else's pie, the
West sticks in its whole hand. New
England deals in abuse; the West in
downright blackguardism and a great
deal of knocking down and dragging
out. It is as insane as New England,
and upon pretty nearly the samo
topics; but the insanity is of a wilder
and more' demonstrative form, and
calls moro loudly for a strait waist
coast. In one respect, howeverf both
New England and tue West are ex?
actly ?dike, and that is in regard to
their marked, decided,, indisputable
inferiority te New York, which is by
all odds the best and proudest deve?
lopment of the American nation and
thc centre of American; civilization.
The New York Times; speaking of
Thaddeus Steven' programme of con?
fiscation and extermination in the I
South, says: j
"We do not believe that, the people
have fought this wat for the purpose
of establishing at Washington the
most relentless despotism the civilized
world hos ever seen. Nor are they at
all likely to regard the extermination
of the Southern people as the. most
likely means of restoring tranquility,
promoting order audforming a 'more
perfect Union.' If that is their tem?
per and their purpose, Congress may
poss such enactments as Mr. Stevens
demands. Otherwise, we think thpy
will hesitate about it, to say thc least.
THE NUMBER OF BATTLES.-The
number of battles fought during the
war is given by an exchange, who we
thiftk under states the number, at j
two hundred and fifty-two. Of these j
the soil of Virginia drank the blood
of eighty-nine, Tennessee witnessed
thirty-seven, Missouri twenty-five,
Georgia twelve, South Carolina ten, ?
North Carolina eleven, Alabama !
seven. Florida five, Kentucky four?
teen, tho Indian Territory and New
Mexico one each. Once tho wave of
war rolled into a Northern State and
broke in the great billow of Gettys?
burg. Of thc battles enumerated, six?
teen were naval achievements'.
I JU c/i mo nd Whly.
A prospectus is published in Eng
I lund for tim new fortnightly steam
line, with vessels of 4. OOO tons.burden,
between Southampton ?nd New York.
The title is to be tho. Trans-Atlantic
Ship Company. Capital, ?800,000,
in ?50 ?hares. Passages to be per?
formed within ten days. Two sub?
siding steamers of (KIO tons to be
supplied to connect the service at
Southampton with Antwerp! Havre
and London, through rates of freight
being established between those cities
? and New York! The enterprise is
' said to be supported by the London
. South-western Railroad Company,
Southampton Dock Company, and
, other concerns.
Illinois famished 250,257 troops for
the war.
Mutiny nt at Negro Regiment.
.. Tb.e Wilmington Herald, of the
25th, gives the following account of
the mutiny that took place at Hilton,
near Wilmington, on Saturday last:
About 4 o'clock on Saturday after?
noon, some one discharged a gun in
the grounds of Company D, of this
regiment, and this being" a breach of
discipline, Major Wienmann, com?
manding, -went into the eompany
personally to find who was the guilty
one. Af te? some en deavor to find the
proper man,, without avail, lie called
the"company into line and told them
they Were there to remain until they
volunteered.to tell who fired the gun.
He then "went off to his quarters,
leaving Hiern, standing, but had been
there but a short time before^?e was
informed that the company had
broken ranks and were very noisy,,
and disposed towards mutiny. He
then ordered Company A of the regi?
ment to fall into line, ahd"?buckling
on Iiis side arms, he started with them,
with the iutcution of putting the
whole company engaged under arrest.
Arriving on the front of the company
street, he noticed one man who was
in the act of capping his gun, and
who had already his bayonet on it; he
started to him for the purpose of ar?
resting him, when the negro ran, at?
tempting to shoot tho major as he did
so, and threatening to do so at every
step. The major was following him,
with pistol in hand, and also attempt?
ing to shoot, but from sordfe cause the
pistol would not fire, four attempts
being made to discharge it without
effect. About this time another riot?
ous* fellow was noticed, among several
others, and some officer was after him,
together with tho officer of the day,
Lieutenant Mellen. Excitement then
became high with the mutineers, and
they fired several shots at the major,
pursuing the first riotous soldier, but
fortunately missing him, and also
firing indiscriminately at the party
near Lieutenant Mellen, the officer of
the day; the lirstshot of this discharge
entered the lieutenant's body, causing
his immediate death, and the second
killed a member of the company
brought down to suppress the mutiny.
Seeing the result of their madness,
the ringleaders then fled the camp,
and it was again restored to its quiet?
ness. Large patrol parties were im?
mediately despatched after them, but
none were overtaken.'* They remain?
ed out until after nightfall, when they
returned, and were taken into custody
and were yesterday lodged 'in the
military jail in this city. They were
six in number. No other disturb?
ance. 1
A WONDERFUL. VINE.-A San Fran?
cisco journal gives mi aeeount of a
wonderful vine at Montecito, about
three miles from Sunta Barbara, on
the road to Buenaventura. It was
planted sixty-fiye years since by Ma?
dame Marcelina tie Doniiguos, wife
of a Spanish veteran, who settled in
Upper California, in 1790. While one
day riding out tm horseback, the lady
cut a vine branch at tho mission of
San Antonio, to usc; it as a cutting
whip. On roaching home, she plant?
ed the branch, and from it bits sprung
the vine which is now the wonder of
California. In 1S('0V it shaded a cir?
cumference of eighty feet, and its
stem was twelve inches in diameter,
without a lower branch than fifteen
feet from the ground. It has, in some
seasons, borne as many as 0,000
branches, and for the last thirty years
has supplied the Domingues. family
with their chief means of subsistence.
Mn. JEFFERSON DAVIS.--The Alex?
andria Gazelle, of Saturday last, says:
"After the adjournment of the An?
nual Council of Ibo Episcopal Church
of Virginia, on the evening of tho
21st instant, a memorial to the Presi?
dent, for the pardon ol' Jefferson
Davis, was presented to the. clergy in
attendance by N. li. Meave, Esq., the
lay member from Winchester, for
their signatures, and of the sixty
clergymen present ou the occasion,
fifty-two signed the paper, though
Bishop Johns, in speech, opposed
the measure."
[Is Bishop Johns opposed to
mercy?]
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAIL?
ROAD.-The Memphis Bulletin says
that with tin; exception of the Ten?
nessee River Bridge, :.t Decatur, the
Memphis and Charleston Road will be
".cnnpleted through to Stevenson in a
dttle.over a mouth. Hands art; wink?
ing at both ends of the road, and the
repairs will be pushed forward vigor?
ously to completion. Until the bridge
at Decatur is completed, a boat will
'be used to transfer passengers and
freight.
Mr. Benjamin, the ex-rebel Secre
tary of State, is said to be on his wa.v
to Australia, witt a view to practicing
I at the bar.
>
THE REPXTBUCANS STAGOEKED.-The
New Torie Wvrld says that the action
of the New York Democracy has fallen
like a bomb"in the camp of the ene?
my. "First blank amazement; then
explosion: then commotion, scamper?
ing, groans, writhing, terror, horror,
and forthwith, the summoning of a
general conned of war to determine
what to do."
The books-of the Federal under?
taker at Nashville, Tennessee, show
that he has buried,?since .the Federal
occupation of the city, 13,631 soldiers
and Government employees, (1,000 of
the latter;) also, 8,000 Confederate
soldiers and 10,000 contraband refu?
gees. . * ? j
The test oath in the new Constitu?
tion of Missouri was declared violative
of the Constitution ot the United!
States, on Friday last, in the Circuit
Court of Bay County, m tb at State,
by Judge King, in a decision deliver?
ed on a ease brought before him in?
volving its validity.
. The State, county ancP city tax of j
New York city for the current year
will amount in the aggregate to $18,
325,936,15, and the total valuation of
real and personal property of the city
$608,827,855.
A youth fifteen years old, residing
near Marion,- Alabama, drank three
glasses of buttermilk, ate three water?
melons, and a basket of peaches, on
the same day dined heavily, and died
in the afternoon
We observe that there is to bea
hotel built at Bull Run. The New
York Mercury says Chat "heretofore
it hasn't been much of a place to stop I
at."
Incendiaries are burning the pro?
perty of active temperance men in.
Northampton, Massachusetts. .
MARRIED,
On the 19th ultimo, by the Rev. William
Martin, SAMUEL. E. M ELSON, of Claren?
don District, S. C., to Mbas SALLIE C.,
only daughter of John A. Smith, of Rich?
land District, S. C.
ZIMMEEM??T DAVIS,
(Late of Oie Firm of Adams, Frost ?? Co.,)
OFFERS his services to his friends as a
FACTOR and COMMISSION MER?
CHANT. Particular attention paid to the
sale of Cotton and other Produce. Also, to
the purchase of-family, supplies. Office
corner Accommodation Wharf and East
Bay, Charleston, S. C. Oct 5 Imo
New Flour.
"I f\BBLS. EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR.
1U f, half bbls. No. 1 MACKEREL.
10 kits No. 1 MACKEREL.
Just received and for sale bv
Oct 5 8 ;-nit " J. G". GIBBES.
For Sale,
THAT largo and commodious COT
. TAGE,at Bai-hamville, occupied dur
Ling the war and at this time by tho
Hon. John F. Townsend, of Edisto; situated
on left of, and about fqnr-lifths of a mile
from, Columbia. The house contains six
good-sized rooms, has wide halls, a broad
piazza and cultivated shrubbery and gar?
den. On the place (which is proverbially
healthy) are Kitchen and Servant Houses,
Stable, Barr? and the other usual appurte ?
nances of a gentleman's residence. 35 acres
of LAND (wooded with line oak and pine)
attached, and possession given on lot .Tanu
ary, 1866. Applv to
Da. WM. REYNOLDS.
Oct 5 1* Columbia Female Academy.
ti 4 HIE
Corner of Assembly ami Lady Streets,
Have just received and opened their stock of
PROMO!, Mill,
coNSisnxo o?-;
371AMILY FLOUR, in halt barrels.
? BACON STR1 I'S and SIDES.
Canvas Hams, Lard, Rutter.
No. 1 Mackerel, in kite and half barrels.
Codfish, Family Mess Pork. Herrings.
Cheese, Sugar, Coffee, Tea.
Mustard, Pepper, Crackers.
And a variety ol' fresfl Fruits, Pickles,
Preserves and Meats, in cans.
Also, West India Preserves, it, jars.
And everything generally required for
family use.
' They have also on hand a choice selec?
tion of WINES and LIQUORS, viz:
Genuine Heidsiek, epiarts and pints.
A superior article of Port and Sherry.
Byass' Ale and Brown Stout Porter.."
Fine brandy and Whiskey, by. tho bottle
or gallon.
And a line assortment of other Liquors,
such as Arrack Punch, Wahoo Ritters,
London Club House Oin, St. Groin and Ja?
maica Rum, &c.
BESIDES,
A line assortment of imported Cigars.
Killickiniek, Stonewall and Turkish Smok?
ing Tobacco.
Gun Caps,"Shot, Buckets.
Srives, Brooms, Measures.
Blue Stone, Copperas, Kerosene Oil, Ac.
tsv' Lumsden it McGee are agents for
the Baltimore Glass Manufactory, and aro
prepared to furnish WINDOW GLASS, de?
livered la Columbia, at manufacturers'
prices, freight added. ' Oct 5
iLuction Sales. .
By Darbee & Walter:
THIS DAY, at SJ o'clock, at our Store, -will
be sola,
A lot of -TINWARE, inclndingTq*mstor'H
Water Buckets, Dripping Pans, Wash
! Basins, Milk Pans,- Saucepans, and a large
! assortment of other articles.
ALSO,
I Hair-scat Chairs. Wardrobe, Bedsteads,
j Pables. Bowls. Pitchers, Gnn, lot of Groce
j ries. Ac, _ Oct-5
I . * fieuted Household Furniture.
By Richard Caldwell.
ON FRIDAY, 6th inst., at 10 o'clock, will be
sold, without reserve, at tho residence of
P. D. Fanning, Esq., Arsenal Hill, in
? Gadsden street, between Lumber and
Richland,
The following article* of FURNITURE
being the property of a family declining
house-keeping-consisting in part as fol?
lows: Sofa, Chairs, Divans, Bookcase, Brus?
sels and other Carpets, Sidcboa/d, Arm
Cbairs, Dining and other Tables, Bed?
steads, Wardrobes, Bureaus, Washstands,
Fender, Andirons, &c; Window Shades,
Crib, ltd House, Lamps, Glassware, Crock?
ery, ?kc. Oct 4 5*
Conditions cash nn delivery.
wsz
I For Camden.
A TWO-HORSE WAGON
twill leave this city TO?
MORROW MORNING, at
?7 o'clock, for Camden. For
freight or passage, apply at this office.
Oct 5 1*_I_?
Dry Goods,
BLUE, Brown and Wliite BLANKETS.
Brown HOMESPUN.
Brown Sea Island HOMESPUN.
Bleached LONGCLOTH.
English
Ali-Wool and Shaker FLANNEL.
Silk and Wool "
. Opera, Figured and Red FLANNELS.
SCOTCH TWEEDS,
i FRENCH CASSIMERES.
AMERICAN SATTINETS.
UNION PLAIDS and STRIPES.
. Brown and Bleached DAMASK.
" " CLOTHS.
.BLUE HOMESPUN.
CHECKS and STRIPES.
PLAID LINSEYS.
BROWN and WHITE LINENS.'
SILESIAS. Brown and Drab.
Brown and.Colored DRILLS.
Checked and Jaconet Muslin.
White Brilliante.
" India Twills..
Damask Towelling "and Napkin?.
Bird-Eye Diaper.
Scotch LinenDiaper.
" Wool Shawls.
Plaid and Fancy Cashmere Shawls.
French Broadcloths, Black.
" . Cassimeres, "
Alpacas and Bombazines, Black.
English and French Merinoes.
?Silk Lustres, Paris Poplins.
All-Wool and Figured DeLaines.
. Black and Colored Silks.
English and French Prints.
Parasols and Umbrellas.
Ladies' and Misses' Hose.
Men's and Boys' Half Hess.
Ladies' Lisle Thread Gloves.
" Silk and Kid Gloves.
3Ityf s Kid and Silk Gloves.
Men's Wool, Cloth; Leatherand Buck do
Ladies' Undervests.
Men's Undervests and Drawers.
Linen Cambric Handkerchief.
Hem-stitched and Emb'd Handkerchiefs.
Embroidered Bands and Setts.
Lace Setts, Linen Cambric.
Jaconet and Swiss biging.
Huttons, Thread, Needles.
Coate's Cotton,'Velvet Ribbon.
Belt Ribbon, Hooks and Eyes.
Shoe Laces, Silk Thread, Coat Binding.
Pins, Hair Nets, Worsted Braid Cravats?
Suspenders, Gent's Collars.
Toilet Soap, Lubin's Extracts.
Boots and Shoes.
Boys' SHOES and BOOTS.
Misses' SHOES and BALMORAL BOOTS.
Ladies' " " ?'
CONGRESS GAITERS,
lieut's SHOES, GAITERS and BOOTS.
HATS ANO (BAPS!
Men's ?md Boys', from $l.f;0 to *7.
NEXT DOOR TO SHIVER HOUSE.
Oct? 6*
PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
EJXE COMPOSED OF THE NEW AND
.FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS
>?OXEKA, Capt. .Uurslimuri,
AND
EMILY li. SOTJDER,Cajft. 'Winchester.
FOR NEW YORK DIRECT;
Che ntsw and favor ii? passenger Btofupei
MONERA,
( APT. UAKSHM.W,
WILL lea-re Aecttrtrtmlatbnt Wharf on
TH I'K.SD.vy.VivtoUt-r 1_>, at o'clock.
These vessel's alternating weekly, offering
verv Thursday to the travejfijjr public a
'IKST-fl.ASS PASSENOER BOAT, with
npVrior a 'eqmniodatioiis. . . ' -
Thero w?U be a mail hag kept at the office
f the Agents, closing always ian hour be
>re tho-sailing ef each ste?mor.
For Paasugc or Freight, auplv to
"DILLIS A CH?OLM,Agents,
Oct 3 Mills House, Charleston,