The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 11, 1865, Image 2
Wcdnefday Morning, Oct. ll, 186C.
Rc-n?lo>.
The late^Gonvention of the order of
Odd Fellows at Baltimore gave ns
uneqniTocftl evidence of the honesty
and- sincerity of the* people of - the
*' South ~ in relation to restoring their
fraternal intercourse with the North?
ern associations of that wide-spread
brotherhood We now see it stated
that arrangements are making for a
grand national re-union of the Ma?
sonic fraternity at an early day, either ,
at Baltimore or Bi?hmond; and a call
for a general National Convention,
with delegates from all parts of the
United States, will soon be issued. It
is designed to ma\c it the grandest
and most brilliant affair of the kind
ever witnessed in this country or any
other. Thc object of this meeting
will be to strengthen the bonds of
fraternity and union, und it Ls proba?
ble, therefort:, that the meeting will
be heil in Biehnumd." This re-union
of religious and benevolent societies
is one of the important signs of the
times. From all quarters, we glean
that there is every prospect of a
speedy ecclesiastical re-union of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. The
Methodist Church will also probably
take early steps to re-unite, and as
this was the first religious body to
separat?, on reconciliation between
the two sections, will be doubtless
attended with the happiest results.
Be-union and restoration to harmony
among such influential organizations
will eminently conduce to the closest
and most friendly connection between
the North and the South.
Organization.
We refer our readers to the pro?
ceedings of a District meeting held
in this city on yesterday. An impor?
tant charge is given to the gentlemen
composing the committees at the dif?
ferent precincts of the District, and
we trust they will go earnestly to
work to effect this needful organi?
zation.
In reiation to . the forces to be
raised in this city, we would respect?
fully suggest that a section of artillery
be organized Many of our young
men have been trained in this arm of
the service, and a couple of howitzers
we have no doubt could be obtained
to make efficient such a company.
Let there be no lagging in these or?
ganizations for the preservation of
^ peace and order. .
The Gc-?: mor sh ip.
Several nominations of Gen. Wade
Hampton, for the office of Governor,
having been made in the Charleston
and other papers of the State, we are
authorized by Gen. Hampton to state
that, for various reasons, he eannot
consent to be a candidate for the
office. Highly appreciating the con?
fidence of his fellow-citizens through?
out the State, it is proper to make
this announcement, to prevent em?
barrassment to his friends and those
who are disposed to vote* for .him for
Governor.
FEOM TEXAS. -The news from Texas
states that political and military mat?
ters in Texas aro quiet. Great har?
mony prevails between Gov. Hamilton
and the army officials, and tho people
are disposed to acquiesce in their
. plans for reconstructing the State
Government.
The destruction of the growing
cotton by the army worm has been
so great thal in many districts not
more than one-third of the crop will
be gathered.
There Ls a great scarcity of laborers
at Galveston, Texas-ordinary labor?
ers readily commanding $4 per day."
GOOD NBWS.- The Charleston Cou?
rier of Monday, 9th inst, is happy to
leam, from high authority, that the
lands on Edisto and the other islands
on the coast are shortly to begiveu up
to their owners, in conformity with an
order from Washington.
Public Xectfng.
T>TTTor?ftTit trt public nonT, the ci ti-.
zens of Richland District met in the
upper rooms of the store of J. G.
Gibbes.
On motion, bis Honor J. G. Gibbes
was callad to the Chair, and D. B.
DeSaussure, Esq., requested to act as
Secretary.
The Mayor having stated the ob.
ject of the meeting, General "Wade
Hampton addressed the same, urging
the policy of organization of military
companies, to repress disorder and
insure tranquility, and in conclusion
offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That four companies of
militia be raised in this District, con?
sisting of two companies of infantry
for the city of Columbia; one compa?
ny of cavalry for the election precinct
known as the "Camp Grounds;" one
company of cavalry fqg the election
precinct known as "Gadsden.''
It was further
Resolved, That, in order to consum?
mate the object of the meeting, a com?
mittee, consisting of Gen. Hampton.
! Maj. Meighan, Col. Thomas, Maj.
Radcliffe and Maj. Stark, for the eity
of Columbia; Dr. Kay, Lt. Col. "War?
ren Adams, ? Dr. Weston, N. By mini
and - Shannan, f?r the" Fork? and
Capt. Sligh, J. H. Kinsler, Dr. Tur
nipseed, J. Frost, jr., and J. Douglass,
for the Camp Ground, be appointed
to open lists and take such steps to
promote the object of the meeting as
will most likely be successful.
There being no further business to
be transacted, on' motion of Dr. W.
Taylor, the meeting adjourned.
D. B. DESAUSSURE,
Secretary.
GEN. HOWARD TO THE FREEDMEN.
Major-General Howard, tho Superin?
tendent of the Freedmen's Bureau,
visited Lynchburg, Va., recently. He
had an interview with the City Coun?
cil in the morning, and at night ad?
dressed the colored people. He told
them of the vice of idleness and the
importance of work.'
He alluded to the fallacious idea
which some entertained that the lands
of the South would be parceled among
them by the Government at Christ?
mas. This idea, he told them, was
utterly without, foundation, and to dis?
card it from their minds. The Go?
vernment had no lands to give; it had
no right to take them from their
owners, and it would not be best if it
had the right; and that if lands were
given them now, with their want ol
experience in managing for them?
selves and lack of means, they would
find it to their advantage, and Would
most probably soon be cheated out ol
them by sharpers. Tho best thing
for them now was to work for others
faithfully, learn experience, be in?
dustrious and economical, and try tc
save enough from their wages to buj
themselves homes after awhile.
He urged them to educate inei3
children and bring them up to corree
and useful lives. The General aliud
ed to the pernicious advice which hat
been given by mischievous person)
-such as "if a white man pushes yoi
off the sidewalk, push him off too; i
ho strikes you, strike him bael
again," etc. This, said the General
is all wrong. They must remembe
not to violate the teachings of tb
blessed Saviour of whom they ha?
been hearing, who, when he wa
reviled, reviled- not again; when h
was smitten on one cheek, turned th
other. That meek and gentle exampl
of the great Master was worthy o
their constant imitation. Listen no
to the wicked counsels of bad men
they would only do them harm, an
that their rights would be respected
NATIONAL, EXPRESS COSIPAN?.-W
see that Gen. P. T. Moore has "Iel
Richmond on. a tour through th
Northern and North-western States
for the purpose of consulting wit
the prominent business rn;.*, .ipon th
subject of tho organization of th
National Express Company. Th
folio-wing comissioners have been a]
pointed in the Southern States, b
the stockholders of this company:
Virginia-Rober ^ A. Lancastei
Jas. R. Branch and Wm. B. Isaacs
? of Richmond.
j North Carolina-Wm. Johnson an
I John Wilkes, of Charlotte; and Kid
; der & Martin, of Wilmington,
i Florida-A. H. Cole, of Jaeksor
! ville, A. Hopkins and Wm. R. Pettos
j of Tallahassee.
A Scotch agent has secured a larg
tract of land in Virginia, where a co
lony of Scotch emigrants will settl
in November or December.
From Walkington.
tMTKttVAT. Ttyyi>m*f? BZOEP?S.
The returns exhibited daily at the
Internal Revenue Burean were never
larger than now. During the quarter
ending on theist instant, which in?
cludes ninety-six days, th? proceeds
amounted t# 8100,935,321. The month
of September alone shows returns of
thirty-eight mi.Hon dollars, and the
receipts of the four days in the pre?
sent month amount to upwards of
nine million dollars. Hp-day's re?
turns aggregate nearly two millions.
VISIT OP THE ENGLISH CAPITALISTS TO
THU PRESIDENT.
Messrs. Cosham, Rixen and Hewitt,
of Sir Morton Pete's party of English
financiers, were admitted to an inter?
view with the President this morning,
and were greatly pleased with their
reception.
INTERVIEW OF A DELEGATION PROM
LOUISIANA WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Several Louisiana gentlemen were
admitted early in the day to an inter?
view with the President, and urged
their peculiar views concerning re?
construction in tluit State. Governor
Wells was warmly sustained by them,
and General Cunby blamed for the
civil disorder and dissatisfaction that
reigned throngout thc commonwealth.
General Sheridan was spoken of in
high term";, and conceded to have
confined himself to thc discharge of
his military duties. They represent
that .permanent order cannot be re?
stored until Gen. Canby's interference
in civil mattera be decisively forbid?
den.
THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.
It Ls represented that Brevet Maj.
Gen. Baird, recently assigned to duty
in the Freedmen's Bureau, will be
transferred to an important State su?
perintendency under that organiza?
tion.
General Fullerton, Chief of Gene?
ral Howard's staff, will leave to-mor?
row for a few weeeks' sojourn in the
Southern States, for the purpose of
an extended and careful scrutiny of
the affairs of the negroes.
From Europe.
"LrvERPOOL, September 23.-Tho
steamship Caledonia, from New York,
arrived at Greenock to-day.
The Liverpool Telegraph pubhshes
a report that the American bark Han?
nah G, which arrived here from Car?
denas, was Overhauled at sea by an
armed screw steamer carrying the
Fenian flag. Tho captain of the ship
pronounced the story a hoax.
The issue of $800,000 sterling bonds
by the Erie Railroad Company is
officially announced by Morgan & Co.,
of London. The subscription price
is 75c., redeemable at par in ten years,
with interest at 6 per cent. The .bonds
arc convertible at any time into stocks
at the owner's option. ?
LIVERPOOL, September 24.-The
Fenian prisoners were all remanded,
yesterday, at Dublin for a week. They
will all be tried together. Arrests
continue: Among the latest are a j
merchant tailor in Dublin named
Druiffe, and a stationer in Liverpool
named Archdeacon. Treasonable arms
and documents were found in both
cases. I
PARIS, September 23.-The Bourse
closed at 68.42.
The Ministei of the Interior has in- J
structed the Prefects to carefully pe?
ruse Provincial papers and officially j
correct errors in them.
LIVERPOOL, September 23.-The
sales of cotton to-day foot up 35,000 |
huies, including 15,000 to speculators
and exporters. The market is excited, !
and quotations have advanced '
3od., and in some instances almost ld. j
per pound.
The breadstuff market is quiet and
steady.
The provision market is inactive. |
Lard firm, and advancing; quoted at
90J4. Petroleum firm.
THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT.-Further
arrests continued, not only in Ireland,
but also in England. Another soldier
had been arrested in the garrison at
Cork-a drum-major in tho second
regiment; and the Cork Examiner
says further arrests were expected to
be made among the troops quartered
in that city. On the other bund, an?
other paper says that notwithstand?
ing the arrests already made, there
seems to be but little warrant for the
story that the troops arc tainted with
l^eiii?inisLi; and there is reason to be
lieve Lhat the troops as a body aro
perfectly loyal and quite ready te aid
in tho repression of any rebellious
outbreak.
On the 21st, some detectives from
Dublin arrested two men in Manches?
ter-one a book-keeper and the other
a railroad porter. Arms and ammu?
nition were found in their possession,
as well as criminatory papers. They
were conveyed to Dublin. Efforts
were being made to secure several
other active Fenians in Manchester.
At Sheffield, a traveling agent of
eninns iras also arrested by Irish j
:tlTC3 ?Su acut to D?ibllil. jD(JCU
ments were found upqn bim, 'clearly
connecting him with the conspiracy..
Police officers from Dublin were on
the alert at several other places in
England. ,, ' .
Despatch froH th? President. *
We fiad the following despatch
from President Johnson, to Governor
Perry, congratulating niia oh the
action cf State .Convention, pub?
lished in the Greenville Mountain**-?;
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 1865.
Gov. B. F. PKBRT: I thank you for
your despatch of the 28th inst. I
have to congratulate your Convention
upon its harmonious and successful
amendments to the Constitution. It
affords great satisfaction here to all
who favor a speedy restoration of all
the States in the Union. Let this
work go on, and we will soon be once
more united, a prosperous and a
happy people, forgetting the past,
looking with confidence to a prosper?
ous and harmonious future.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President United States.
SALE DAY.-The village "was alive
with people on Monday, and candi?
dates were prompt in availing them?
selves of the harvest presented. The
action of the Convention and the
approaching elections were thorough?
ly canvassed, and we doubt not that
much was accomplished, pro and con.
General good feeling prevailed, and
we are rejoiced to see that the gloomy
aspect of three months ago is fast
wearing into cheerfulness and hope.
_ [Anderson Intelligencer.
G. Humphreys, late a Brigadier
General in the Confederate army, has
been pardoned by the President.
MARRIED,
At "Tho Hickorio," Lake Wier, on tho
20th September, 1865, by Kev. Donald
Fraser, Col. A. G. SUMMER and Miss
MAGGEE J., youngest daughter of Maj.
Thomas Starke, all of Marion County,
Florida.
Funeral Invitation.
The friends and acquaintances of Mrs.
H. C. ELMORE and family arc requested to
attend her funeral, at ;he Presbyterian
Church, THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock.
COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 2,1865.
I At a meeting of the City Fire Depart?
ment, held this evening, the following pre?
amble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas it has pleased an Ail-wisc God,
in the dispensation of his Providence, to
remove from time to eternity our much
esteemed friend and brother fireman, H. C.
FRANCK, by which our Fire Department
has lost a good and energetic member
one that was always at his post-and our
city one of ita most esteemed and honor?
able citizens; therefore, be it
Resolved, That by the death of our late
brother fireman, H. ?. Franck, we have
lost an active, energetic and good member
of this Fire Department.
Resolved, That by his death our commu?
nity has lost one of its best and most
highly esteemed members, and his family
a kind and affectionate husband and a de?
voted and loving father.
Resolved, That we deeply and sincerely
sympathize with the bereaved family of
our deceased brother fireman in their irre?
parable loss and sad affliction.
Resolved, That & blank page in our Mi?
nute Book bo dedicated and inscribed t?
his memory.
?Resolved, That our hall l>c draped in
mourning, and that we wear the usual'
badge of mourning for the space of thirty
.days.
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be transmitted
to the familv of deceased.
C. F. HARRISON,
Secretary pro tem.
. OBITUARY.
Departed this life, ou the 21th of Septem?
ber, 18t?. EMMA JOHNSON, daughter of
Jamos 1>. ?nd S. Emma Tradewell, aged
eighteen months.
"He that hath bent him o'er the dead,
Ero tho first day of death has fled
Before decays tho effacing lingers,
Have swept the lines where beauty lingers.*'
So let it bc. As it, she is; ?He left as we
w~sh sh? is. In thc morn of Heaven we
will meet her. Between ber and her mother
Heaven will be an intervener.
Thus have wo lived-thus will We die;
Father and mother meet her in the sky.
? T.
Died, in Columbia, on the morning of the
2d of October, of congestion of the brain.
LIZZIE, eldest daughter of Thomas and
Elizabeth Boyne, aged thirteen years.
"She is not lost, but gone before,"
So tho Saviour, Christ, hath said; '
Blessed balm to soothe our anguish;
Thought:" so sweet, "She is not dead!"
Angela' wings hath borne her upward;
Death was but the voice of love,
Calling her from earthly troubles
To that happy homo above. _
Moura not,' then, the flower faded
Faded from Oais world of gloom;
Let ns hope 'tis but transplanted
In a fairer world to bloom
In a land where smiling faces
And a joyous happy band,
Ready stood with love to greet r ei
As she neared the heavenly land. L.
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Local Ito
HicpivontBST.-Eight ox ten good print?
ers cub obtain employment in this office,
daring the approaching session of th?
Legislature._
CAMM.-We wish it distinotly nnderstood
that our terms for subscription, advertising
and job work are cash. The money must
I in every case accompany orders, or they teeH
not be attended to. This rule applies to sib
ACKNOWLEDGMENT?-We are indebted to
General Howard for a copy of the New York
Herald, of the 4th inst.-. * ~
Mr. A. G. Baskin requests ns to state
I that, while thankful to the friends who
nominated him for the Legislature, and for
the support tendered to him since the nomi?
nation, he must decline its acceptance.Sgg
ARRIVALS.-Among the arrivals at Nick
efson's Hotel, yesterday, we notice those of
Brovct Brig. Gen. C. H. Howard, Inspector- .
General of tho Freedmen's Bureau for
South Carolind, Georgia and Florida, and.
Major E. C. Cuiji, .Voting Inspector-General
for the District of South Carolina. To the
latter gentleman, we are indebted for copies
of the Charleston Courier and Keir*, of the
Otb inst., from which we make extracts' of
the latest news from the North and Europe.
THE MARKET.-WC learn that thc report
of thc Committee appointed by the lat?
meeting of citizens recommends the refit?
ting of thc market on its old site, embracing
City Hall, Clerk's Office, Ac. Tho Commit?
tee make this recommendation on the score
of economy, as the present market house
can be repaired at much less expense than
a new market on a different site could be
built. The whole matter has been referred
to the City Council, but it is to be hoped
that the Council win, consult the people of
i tho city-the tax-payers-ere they deter?
mine the matter. ,
We believe that a large majority of the
citizens are in favor of removing the mar?
ket from its present site on Main street to .
one on Assembly street, and trust that no
hurried action will be taken. We are of
opinion that measures can be adopted
which will meet the views of all. The Com
niitiee, in their report, we understand
only contemplated the refitting of the pre?
sent market as a temporary convenience.
Nsw ADTMTISESTSNTS.-Attention is e*H
ed to tbs following advertisements, whick
are published for the first time this norn?
ing:
Fire Department-Tribute of Respect.
Richard Caldwell-Dry Gooda, Ac.
And'w Crawford-Commission Business.
Phelps A Dawson-Foi^arding Notice.
Dr. P. Melvin Cohen-Cubebs, Conaiva,
" " " -Carolina indigo.
E. H. Moise A Co.-Kerosene OU.
Wm. Elliott-Attorney at Law.
H. M. James & Bro.-Paper Merchants.
MORTALITY AMONGST NEGROES.-ID.
answer to the charge that the large
mortality among the negro population
South is caused by brutal treatment,
the Louisville Journal says:
That there has been frightful mor?
tality among the negroes in the South
we know. Every man acquainted
with the South' knows it. It. is
greater among them than it wag before
they were set free, and we have not a
doubt that it wll continue to be
greater, for awhile at least: The
utmost exertions of the Freedmen's
Bureau, and all the philanthropy of
the country ? will not be able to pre?
vent it. This increased mortality is
incident to the change that has taken
place in the negro's status. Those
who did not anticipate this, only
betray their ignoranoe of the nature
of ?tue negro. He cannot bear up
under difficulties and changes like the
white man. When at home with
regular employment, food and hours,
he moved along and kept well; but all
this has been changed, and the
irregularities to which he has been1
subjected cause him to sicken and die.
This chango is now fixed and un?
alterable. Wo must accept it and do
tile best wo can. For awhile, it will
be worse for the negro. The Southern
people cannot, if they would, help
this. It is enevitable. It is useless
to abuse the inhabitants of the South
in consequence of it, and it is base
and villainous to misrepresent them.
NEW YORK MARKET.-The gold
market took a strong upward turn,
the price opening at 144%, and ad?
vancing steadily to 146% at half-past
2. It then began to re-act, and closed
at 14&%?%. 'Tho supply for deli?
very is easy, and loans are made at
0(aj7 per cent.
The cotton market was again very
active, and under the recent advices
from Europe, prices again advanced,
as sht#wn in our annexed quotations.
The sales cover 10,000 bales, the
market closing very strong, with an
advancing tendency. We quote: Or?
dinary, 38; middling, 48; good mid?
dling 52. w 0