The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 20, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
" Friday Morning, Oct. 20, 1865?^
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From Europe. ' .
We publish, this morning,. later
advices from Europe. .
The recently published list of sub?
scribers to the rebel loan has caused
a stir among prominent Englishmen.
Some of them, including Mr. Glad?
stone, Chanoilor of- the Exchequer,
Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Mr. Ridout,
proprietor of the London Morning
Vost, and Mr. Laird, M. P., have
rushed into the newspapers, with as?
sertions that they never had any inte?
rest in said loan. The London Nei?s
styles the hst a "nialiciovis impos?
ture."
A meeting of holders* of Southern
State and railroad bond and bank se?
curities, issued previous to tue rebel?
lion, had been called to bo held in
London. It is said that if thc people
of the indebted States should manifest,
a disposition for an arrangement^ their
English creditors would meet them
half way.
In the Loudon money market, on
the 6th instant, United States five
t twenty bonds were quoted at 69J??@
70.4 Consols for money were at 88%
?q>87%. In Liverpool, "on the Gth,
the cotton market was excited, and
closed at an advance of from 2??2}^d.
per pound for American descriptions.
Breadstuffs, . provisions -and produce
had experienced no material change,
but were firm.'
Tho Fenian arrests^continued. Thc
total in all places waa about 200.
The examination of tho Fenians at
Dublin was concluded on the 2*1. The
" additional evidence developed nothing
new of moment. * Five of the prison?
ers were committed for trial for high
treason. The prisoners denied the
imputations that an indiscriminate
slahghter of tho higher ?lasses was
ever meditated. Arrests continued in
various parts of the interior..
We will make further extracts from
this summary of foreign intelligence,
which we extract from tho New York
Herald, of Monday.
At the recent election of a new
Legislature in California the Union
party gained a complete victory. "Tlie
State Senate is composed of forty
members, of whom nineteen hold over
from last year, and twenty-one were
elected on September 6. Of the nine- j
teen who hold over only two are '
Democrats, and five other Democrats
have been elected this year, making
seven Democrats in all, against thirty
three Unionists. In tho Assembly
the Democrats claim twenty-five mem?
bers.
TAX ON PLAYING CARDS.-The Com?
missioner of Internal Revenue has
caused the subject of the liability of
playing cards, properly stamped by
the manufacturer, to an additional
stamp duty in tho hands of the re?
tailer, to be carefully reconsideren.
After giving the grounds of his deci?
sion, he concludes as follows:
"I am of thc opinion that when the
manufacturer of playing cards has
affixed stamps appropriate to the
price per pack at which he sold them,
the subsequent vender should not be
required to affix any additional stamps
thereto, whatever may bo the price at
which he offers them."
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POSTAL AFFAIRS.-The Post office
Department is making up its accounts
for the next Congress, and it appears
that while the mail service has been
sustained by the receipts for postage
during the rebellion the deficit when
the mail route services in the South?
ern "States are resumed will be eight
million dollars.
The Boston Pilot states that a num?
ber of the friends of Dr. O. A. Brown
son have presented him with a life
annuity of ono thousand dollars per
ann n. The Doctor ?3 mainly in
debt. for tins generous donation to
Kev. L T. Hocker, of New York, ono
of the Paulist Fathers.
* * Tte South.
* *
Ti Mr. Johtt W. Forney, the well
known editor pf the Washington
Chronicle and tho Philadelphia Press,
has greatly sinned by his former' abu se
of the South, he is now most vigor?
ously and earnestly engaged in repair?
ing the* wrongs which he may then
have committed. .
As bis relations with the Pr?sident
are of the most confidential character,
the followmg editorial extract from
the Oironicle, of the ll th, is both sig?
nificant and cheering. We commend
its perusal to our readers:
No better proof exists of the wis?
dom displayed in President Johnson's
'policy, thnu that afforded in tho spec?
tacle of a people ' late in rebellion re?
turning quietly but earnestly and con?
scientiously to their allegiance. Not
only are tho masses of the South satis?
fied to lay down the arms of rebellion,
and again come under the broad ?vg?s
of the Constitution, and partake with
their Northern brethren ol' the benefits
of the Union, but many of tho most
prominent secessionists ,and leaders
in tho war have also? signified theil
desire :;.d intention to lend theil
efforts to tho restoration of peace anti
fraternal fooling between the two sec?
tions. *.
The magnanimous position assum?
ed by Andrew Johnson has disarmed
even his most bitter-some of them
his life-long-enemies. They seo in
his action toward the South a broad,
generous and comprehensive states?
manship, While they realize that he
is firm, they also confess that his
heart contains those charitable feel?
ings which accorel with the poet's idea,
that
'.To err is human, to forgive, divine."
Throughout the Southern States,
the people have become impressed
with the nobility of character whicl
marks President Johnsdh's career,
and as a great community they appre
ciate it, and are ready to sustain hin
in the high discharge of his duties a:
Chief Magistrate.- OM prejudices hav<
melted away like snow before the sun
and the men who, five brief mouth:
since, were violently opposed to him
are to-day subdued by his clemency
and stand forth among the staunches
defenders of his administration. Thej
come willingly. They acknowledge
their errors; they abandon tho doc
trine of secession; they aro. penitent:
at the footstool of mercy; they conies:
their liability to punishment at tin
hands of justice, anel, with a full con
viction of tho wrong which they hav<
pcrpetrateel agaiust the nation's life
they .ask to be forgiven. It is Chris
tian like to pardon. It' Ls carrying
out the teaching of the Savior of man
kind, and the ruler e>f an enlightens
and God-fearing people sets an exam
plo in the case of these penitent rebels
which will not only add glory to hi
own already illustrious name, but re
dound to the honor of. our country.
We have reason to believe that th
South intends to act in good faith ti
"the Government. There is not
State South of the Potomac whicl
has not spoken boldly, either throng'
conventions or public meetings, i:
favor of forsaking the dogmas c
secession, State rights, and what uot
and yielding true allegiance to th
Constitution. 13ut in no one of tlj
recently rebellious States has ther
been sc> remarkable an expression* t
sentiment in this respect as? in Tei
hessee. The great mass meeting lui
at Nashville, hist week, was siguit
cant.* A large number of the mo:
distinguished citizens in Tenuessc
were present, and the majority (
?these men had openly taken part i
the rebellion, either on the batt!
field, or by exerting their influence o
the stump to raise troops for the reb
Government.
A revolution has indeed occurre
in tho South, and it has been incite
and brought to a erowiTing success 1
President Johnson himself. He h:
conquered the hearts of a people wi
were embittered by defeat ou the fie
ofbattle, abel whose imaginary wron)
and love for slavery had worked the
u; l - the highest point of hatred ?
the general Government. His o
political antagonists are ??nong tl
first to do honor to his unselfish a
ministration of national affairs ai
national justice. They have return?
to reason? and henceforth we are ii
.sured that their action and influen
will be thrown in favor of the o
flag, while they promise to praeti
the duty of meeting all their felic
citizee? socially and politically,
brothers, of ono great nationalit
Let us emulate them in this resoh
that we, too, may have a share in t
restoration of thutamity which shou
characterise all sections of the cou
try, and redound to its future hon
and welfare.
fmi Waih?igtoa.
WASHINGTON, October IS.-Tho as?
sertion is .made positively in intelli?
gent quarters that there is now before
the Government something in .the
nature of a proposal from the British
authorities to pay damages arising
.from the depredations of Confederate
privateers fitted out at British ports,
and also to arrive at some agreement
which shall prevent a recurrence of
like transactions hereafter, as between
the two nations, whether the hostile
condition exists in Great Britain or
in tho United States.
t The Wirz trial is near its close. It
is stated by the reporters, Messrs.
Hinks, Hayes and Browne, that the
amount of testimony is equal to that
given in the great conspiracy trial.
It is stated here in inside Repnbli
cau circles that Joan Sherman will bo
returned a Senator from Ohio instead
of Gen. Scheuck, for the time expir?
ing with 18G?. Tlie. former is regard?
ed as favoring reforms in the currency,
a just modification of the revenue
and excise laws in thu interest of tax
payers, and of reforrds and retrench?
ment generally.
Chief Justice Chase reached home
to-day. lt is considered that he is in
difficulties, since the rebuff* of the
Northern people to his doctrine of
negro suffrage, and especially that of
the President to him in person for
political proselyting to that end in the
South.
WASHINGTON-, October 15.-As the
time for the assembling of the next
Congress approaches, discussion and
speculation increase in all quarters
concerning the shmd the President
will take in his message on the prac?
tical question of admitting repr?sen?
tatives from the Southern States. He
may possibly say little that is now on
the subject- All his words and deeds
attest that ho believes the American
people are for the union of all the
?States; that individuals who stand in
the way of that result will have to
stand aside or be trodden down in its
progress; that we made war for the
Union, denying the right of any
State to secede, proclaiming all so
called acts of secession utterly null
and void; that the men who strove to
? break up the Uniou have niainly
given np the attempt in goe*l faith
and offer to come back, and. that we
of the North cannot stultify our past
action by now asserting that they not
only were out ol' the Union during
tho rebellion, but shall remain out of
it after making proper submission..
These assortions have been expressed
or implied in almost every public ad?
dress of his since his installation, and
may be taken as the unerring indices
of his future actiou. .
Among the more important repqrts
concerning .the kite war that will be
brought to the notiee of the next
Congress is one now in rapid process
of compilation at the headquarters of
the Commissary of Prisoners. The
above report will be ready in about
six weeks, and will present a most
accurate and remarkable resta?e of
the captivity of Federal and rebel sol?
diers and all essential mutters pertain?
ing to their imprisonment. In antici?
pation of this important document
we may state the following: The prin?
cipal, depots for the Government pri?
soners during the late Avar were loca
I ted at Point Lookout, Johnson's
Island, Alton, Elmira, Chicago, Nash?
ville, St. Louis and Fort Delaware.
These prisons, during the summer of
1864, contained mon; prisoners than
at any other period of the rebellion,
the 'captives numbering between
75.000 and 80,000 men. The report
iu question will show that*tho number
of prisoners taken on both sides was
in the aggregate, fully up to 5UO,00(f;
and will give in accurate .numbers the
strength of the Southern armies at
the time of their par?lenle?! and dis?
banding last spring. It will also in-:
dicate the number exchanged, enlisted
on the side of the enemy, died, es?
caped and took tin; oath of allegiance,
with a list of men dying in Southern
prisons. The business now being
transacted by this burean is almost
incredible. Besides the vast amount
of clerical labor -required to perfect
the records before the repon of its
operations eau be entirely completed,
it has also to render certificate? o? thc
Government's indebtedness to each
Union soldier upon its rolls, the Wai
Department having allowed all suet
commutation of rations at the rate ai
twenty-five cents per day during th*
period of their confinement, and alsc
three month's extra pay to all whe
were not released previous to the 30tL
of May last. These certificates art
collectable of any commissary of sub
sistehce in the county. We are au
thorized to state, in this connection;
that discharged soldiers who entrust
their claims of this nature to th?
agents of the Sanitary Commissioi
and State agenta wi? be paid ii
checks upon Government, deposito?
ries. Those making applications -for
commutations of rations in person
should apply directly to the Commis?
sary-General of Prisoners.
' Several days ago the Government
received information of the seizure,'
by the Canadian authorities .of Niaga?
ra, of six hundred Spencer rifles,
.which -were being smuggled into
Canada for the use of Fenians or
otho* agitators in the British Pro?
vinces. It has since been ascertained
that these arms were the purchases of
one Moses, in Toronfso, & little Jew,
formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, and Ono
of the heaviest hardware merchants
of the South, who, since his retire?
ment into Canada, has been turning
dishonest pennies by blockade run?
ning and other transactions, in con?
nection with yellow fever Blackburn,
Steele, Sanders, and others of that
class. Tho last notablo transaction
in which Moses Avas concerned, and
which came to the knowledge of thc
War Department, was thc stealing
and smuggling into Canada of pat?
terns of Burden's horse-shoe machine?
ry, with a view to the ultimate estab?
lishment of a horse-shoe factory at
Atlanta for the benefit of the rebel
Government; but Sherman's opera?
tions spoiled that game. Next, Moses
went into the Fenian pike business,
and furnished large invoices of that
formidable weapon to Irish republican
agents. Latterly, through agents in
the principal cities of the North and
West, he has been purchasing ser?
viceable fire-arms for the same pur?
pose. The business has really grown
to be one of considerable- magnitude,
and inasmuch as the purchase of fire?
arms in this country is a perfectly
legitimate business, thc ! rovernment
can do nothing to st<> it. It be?
hooves British Amen-. :-. ernie and
detective officers to maintain a reason?
able vigilance.-Cur. JV". Y. Herald.
The events of the last week were
full of significance to the South.
They possess historic interest.
The Republicans triumphed in all
* States in which elections took
j ret during the week, but they
e-. rywhere either dogged negro suf?
frage or pitched it overboard alto?
gether. The only Republican Gover?
nor who was elected last week advo?
cates, the colonization ?i the emanci?
pated slaves where they cannot, bc
brought in contact with the' white
man.
A'leading radical of Massachusetts,
(Senator Wilson,)? heretofore identi?
fied with Butler * and Stevens, de?
clared hist week that his party no
longer desired the confiscation of the
property of the Southern gentlemen
who took part in the late civil war,
and declared that he was opposed to
prosecution for treason.
During the past week, the Presi-.
dent, with a will as . ? lute und a
purpose a* firm as was Old Hickory's
when he throttled the United States
Bank with one hafid and nullification
with tho other, took the long strides
on tho road to pacification and recon?
struction. He virtually pardoned
Messrs. Stephens, Trenholm, Camp?
bell and Clarke, four State prisoners
of high rank, and he relieved Ken?
tucky front military domination, re?
stored the priv^ege of thc writ of
habeas corpus, and disbanded the
negro troops.
More important events have rarely
been crowded into the brief space of
sexen short _days.-Richmond Times.
DBLIGHTFCX STATE OP AFFAIRS IN
TUB NATIONAL. CAPITA.!..-Stabbing,
shooting, garroting and killing are
daily pastimes in Washington. A
member of the First District of Co?
lumbia Regiment, colored, shot a co?
lored woman fatally, last night. A
squad from tho same regiment attack?
ed, stabbed and dangerously wounded
two or three privates of the Fifth
United States Cavalry two nights ago.
Last night, a scavenger of the Seventfi
Ward gave a negro a fatal blow with
aspado. Every night, robbery, gar?
roting and burglary are perpetrated.
These little pleasantries, added to the
general and wide-spread unhealthiness
of the city at the present time, are
likely to deter many from loeating
here at present and to drive away
others who regard health and person?
al safety parOmount to all other ?on
siderations.- Washington Correspon?
dence Nero York HeraliL*
General Johnson, in commaud of
the District of Middle Tennessee, has
issued an order to the effect that all
persons*now in arrest or confinement,
against whom proceedings have been
instituted by civil authority in that
district for acts committed by them
as soldiers of the United States army,
and acting under the orders of their
superiors, shall be released at once,
and civil action against them sus?
pended and dismissed.
?
"Coitos Blanks" ?nd permit?-ind i? pea
sable to ?U pcrapna purohaain j er shippiag
.otton-gan bo obtained at tai? ?fio*.
EKPixvrirtNT.-Eight or tea good print,
.rs can obtain employment in this OQM
during the . approaching seaaio? of thc
L?gislature
CASK.-VTs wish it dist?totly understeod
that oar term s for subaoriptien, advertising
and job work are ?ash. The money must
in ?very oas? accompany orders, or they wt?
not ie attended to: This rule applies to alb
ACKNOWLKDGITBNT.-Wo are indobtod io
A. Palmer, Esq., for a.^jopy of the Kew
York Herald, of Monday last. Extracts of r .
the latest news will be found in our columns ,
this morning. *
W. GiLLMor.?SmMsTEsQ.-"VVe had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. Simms yesterday.
He has just rcturn'od from a visit to his
home, a?jid is on his way North, as we learn,
to superintend tho publication of a new
work which hts has prepared for thc pross.
THU ECLIPSE.-The eclipse of tho sun
came off yesterday morning, according to
the programmo which* wc published a few
days ago. With a cloudless sky, the oppor- .
tunity of observing the progress of, the
phenomenon was very fine.
STORE BIIEAKIXG.-Thc store of ?>r. V.
HelvuvCohen was broken into on Wednes?
day evening. The robbers entered the,
store by forcing open ono of the window
shutters. Our merchants ought to be on
the alert to bring these depredators to
epoedy and summary jpst?ce. .,
AKBTVAL.-Among tho arrivals yesterday
ai Nickcraon'a Hotel, we observed the name
uf W. H. Treacott, Esq., tho Agent of tho
State sent to Washington '.by the Conven?
tion. We have not yet had ?h opportunity
' of conversing with him. .
Tho following is the result of thc election
held in this l'istrict for Governor, Licutcn
ant-Goverhor, State Senator, and Repre- j
eentatives: . ,
- x
Governor.
Orr.
Hampton..
Lieut. Gov.
Porter.
Senate.
Arthur ..
I?epr?'twes.
Wallace.
Talley.
Bachiuan..
Scott.
Geiger.
Kinsler
Baskin ? ...
Shiver.
203
27
279
?10
17
26
28 I 13
1
30
317 I 19 i 29
286 j .24 I 28
229 I 15 14
266 7 13
25? 51 1
184 I 18 t 31
166 4 1 4
9 1
13
13'
13
13
I 334
28
349
401
379
356
280
296.
266
252
183
ll
Total number of votes polled in thc Dia?
trict553. %
Up to the hour of going to press the re?
turns from Gadsden had not boen received.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed tb tho following advertisements, which
aro published for the first time this morn?
ing:
? Tho?, lt. Waring-Desirable Residence.
C. D. Eberhardt-Tailoring.
Zealy, Scott & Bruns-Dissolution. .
Gatus street-To thc*Ladies.
Mrs. A. J. Dougal-Millinery. .
Jacob Levin-Handsome Furi??lure.
A. L. Solomon-Wood-ware.
" " -Tobacco.
A. R. Phillips-Furniture, Ac.
NEGRO LABORERS IN DEMAND nt
MICHIGAN.-A railroad company in
Michigan have lately made applica?
tion to the Freedmen's Bureau for
four hundred negro laborers, to bo
employed in tho construction of a
new line of road in that State. They
offer to pay such laborers eighty-seven
and a half cents per day and board
them. Tho ?proper officers of the
Bureau are now engaged in collecting
the required number of blacks who
are willing to close with the offer, and
it is probable thai they will be de?
spatched during the month.
The English Government seems to
become rn oft and more frightened in
I regard to the supposed njp vernen ts of
j the^ Fenians. ' number o? detectives
i from London arrived in the last
I steamer at New York, with special in?
structions, it is understood,, to keep
an eyo on the Fenians, and inform
the English Government from time to
I time of whatever facts may come to
their knowledge in regard to them.
jsOne or more of these detectives, it is
stated, left for Chicago, where it is
I behoved the Fenians are organized in
i greater strength than anyw here else in
I America, exepting New York and
i vicinity, It . is understood that the
I Fenians have lately adopted a stricter
; secrecy in their communications and,
action than formerly.