The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 21, 1865, Image 2
itaturd?jr Morning, Oct. 21, IS8??
Interesting ?rom Washington.
We understand that ta-? d?l?gation
from the. Convention-Messrs. Ward
law. Dawkins and Hager-wha,visited
. Washington to lay before the Presi?
dent the memorials in reference to
Messrs. Davis, Stephens, Magrath
and Trenholm, have returned home;
and we are. glad to learn that the Pre?
sident, ilk their .last interview, inti?
mated to them that he would so far
meet their trishes as to release Gov.
Magrath from confinement on his
parole, as he had already done Messrs.
Stephens and Trenholm. His views
as to the position of Mr. Davis, our
?readerahave already learned from the
published account of the first inter?
view.
" The delegation were very much
gratified with their intercourse with
the President. They found him fully
conscious of the difficulties with which
the State was surrounded, and anxious
; to assist her in successfully over?
coming them. The .delegation were
able to assure him-and we feel cour
fide nt that our Legislature will oon
* firm their assurance--that the State
was ready, honestly and energetically,
to endeavor to meet the necessities of
their position; that they would afford
all necessary protection to the pecson
and property of the freedmen, and
cordially co-operate with the Admin
. istration iu making the new relation
mutually advantageous. An?l'?t must
-r , be obvious that our Legislature can
do much, and ought to do all it can,
to strengthen the President's hands
* in his contest with the extreme radi
. ? cals. He has courageously and con?
scientiously stood between us -and
such a ruthless abuse of power on the
part, of the radicals as it is fearful to
contemplate. It is clear that as we
strengthen his hands we. secure our
own safety.
Ms. Treseoti, the Executive Agent
of the State, returned to Columbia
with the delegation, in order to meet
Geu. Howard, the Chief Commissioner
of the Freedmen's Bureau, in hopes,
we have heard, of completing the
^arrangements for the restoration of
the abandoned lands of the State to
their former owners, and providing
employment foi* the freedmen. We
understand that Gov. Pony will be
here, to-day, to meet them, and con?
fidently anticipate a result which will
allow our people to resume their agri?
cultural labors with energy and fair
; prospects of success.
--->y
Election*.
We are indebted to Col. Perrin and
A. JJ. Solomon for copies of the
Charleston Weirs of the 10th, from
which we extract the result of the
election in Charleston District:
For Governor-James L. Orr, 780;
. Wade Hampton, 661.
For Lientenant-Governor-Wm. D.
Porter (without opposition), 1,377?
For Stale Senate-Henry Buist and
. W. S. Henery are elected.
* For the House of Representatives
The following gentleman have been
elected as Representatives: J. A.
Wagener, F. Melchers, C. H. Simon
ton, T. G. Barker, R. S. Duryea, E.
Magrath, tl. Seigiing, J. Hanc-kel, F.
J. Porcher, J. B. Campbell, J. M.
Eason, Benj. Lucas, W. J. Gayer,
* W.?MiieD, P. 3. Co?gan, J. Mul?
vaney, T. P. Byan, J- T. Milligan, S.
Lord, jr., - Richardson.
LEXXNGTOX DISTRICT.-The follow?
ing io the retsuii of the election in this
District:
Senator-L. Boozer.
. Representatives-Col. F. S. Lewie
and Dr. S. S. J. Hayes.
The election of Gen. Humphreys
as Governor of Mississippi is remark
able. He was never announced as a
candidate by Iiis own consent. He
beat Judge Fisher, formerly Judge ol
th*' Supreme Court of Tennessee, and
a man of decided popularity.
? For &e:::4!^'tim?, says* the Rich
ntond.Titnes, we have an official an?
nouncement of a <4d??rta?e 'in the
public debt, " which has produced
mingled feelings of satisfaction and
surprise. The Hatton slates ?hat Se- ,
""cretary McGulloch's official schedule
of the public "debt of the Unifcfd
States to 30th September, exhibits
the first positive decrease in the grand
total since the beginning of the civil
war. The amount is now $12,500,TX)0
lees than at the close of August, and
$255,000,000less than the*3,000,000,
000, which was generally esteemed a
few months, ago the minium total on
the settlement of the war. The figures
were : ; -
On August 31, 1865.. .$2,757,689,571
On September 30,1865.. 2,744,947,726
Decrease.612,741,845
On the present settlement, the unpaid
requisitions on the Treasury amount
to only $1,220,000. On the conclu?
sion of the war in . May they were.
$40,150,000. The balances the?r in
the Treasury were $25,148,702 ; they
are now $88,977,230.
The actual decrease in the public
debt in September, in the face of con?
tinued heavy' payments in settlement
of the closing expenses of the w|r
and the disbanding of the army, is
mainly due to the large internal reve?
nues of the month and tho receipts in
gold, from imports ; the latter being
so far in excess of the wants of the
gold interest charge on thc public
debt that they were converted int?
currency by tho sale of $12,000,6W
or $15,000,000 gold in the open mar?
ket. We * should not make haste to
congratulate the country on the ar?
rest of the public debt in August, and
its first evidence of decrease in Sep?
tember, if we had reason to suppose
that any considerable^ claims against
the Government had been postponed,
or their audit at Washington purpose?
ly delayed ; but the e ridences of the
projnptncss, and1 even anxiety, of the
Secretary on . these points arc all
against any such suspicion. Nor
should we rejoice so soon at these*re?
sults, if we had reason to be?
lieve that the October receipts
from taxes.ana customs would fall off
so materially as to render it impracti?
cable for the Secretary to make an
equally good exhibit at the ?nd of the
present month. The evidences of the
first week in the month are in the op?
posite direction. The internal reve?
nues continue to pour into the Trea?
sury at the rate of $1,000,000 c* $2, -
000,000 per day, and the gold customs
of the first" week are over $3,000,
000, equal to nearly $4,500,000
in currency. The November inte,
rest on the public debt being al?
ready anticipated, the Secretary will,
no doubt, continue his sales of gold
until the close approach of the first
of January, when the next instalment
of gold interest falls due. And al?
together, we regard it as quite certain
that another moderate reduction on
the total of the debt, and a very con?
siderable settlement of legal tendel
paper, will appear on the succeed?
ing schedule.
VIRGINIA ELECTION.-So far as we
.
can judge frohi the returns of th?
Virginia election, Messrs. Custis,
Barbour, Chandler, Ridgway, H?ge,
Mosby, Stuart and Conrad have b**T
elected members of the United State*
i House of Representatives. The lasl
j two named have declared that thej
cannot take the Congressional oath.
The amendment to the State Consti
tuticrt which removes the disquali?
fication of holding office from thos(
who held positions under the Confed
; erato or Rebel State Government o:
; Virginia has been adopted.
The Nashville Banner learns tha
the order of Free and Accepted Ma
sons in that city have emphatically
declined the proposal- to recognize ?
Lodge to be composed of colored mei
in that community, and pronounce:
the proposal from no matter wha
source, as unanasonic in the highes
degree.
- i" ' 'T I 1 'if ' ' i'Y ' mmmmm
? D-rttj wc tire Pis? ia CHaurXestoat.
At about four> o'clock yesterday.
,morning a most destructive fire ter?ke
out in the rear of the premises No.
'41 Hayha^treet? occupied by Mr. W.
H. Chafee aft a wholesale grocery and
Kquor store. The1 Cause of the" fire is
hot known, the first evidence of its
existence being discovered while it
was in ftill blast. " In a short tune
after its discovery, the flames Jiad
reached the entire building, and" hail
caught,those adjoining. Though there*
was scarcely any air stirring, no breeze
"whatever, the fire spread rapidly, and
all the exertions of the firemen failed
to stop the conflagration, until as
many as three of our largest and finest
stores were, burned to the ground,
and others injured. - .
The Courier office, No. 43 Hayne
street, adjoining Mr. Chafee's store,
caught early after the fire commenced,
and burned down. The large cylin?
der press, together with a new fine
job press, and a large amount of stock
and material was consumed. A *
* Messrs. "W. T, Burge & Co., who
have recently opened a large and weil
assorted stock of dry goods, occupied
the upper stories of No. 41 Hayne
street, and their entire stock was de?
stroyed; but we are gratifj|fl to" leam
that it was insured to the amount of
$20,000.
Messrs. Hastie, Calhoun & Co.,
wholesale dealers in shoes, saddlery,
&c, at No. 30 Hayne street, had just
received a part of their stock, which
was entirely consumed.
During the fire, the different engine
companies displayed all the energy
that could be used to stop the confla?
gration? Perhaps, had the fire oc?
curred in days gone by, when our fire
companies were more able, so much
property wou?iot have beeu lost;
b?t, as it is, rWcould scarcely have
been othervdse.
?layne street seems to have been
particularly unfortunate recently.
?Some of the most valuable storehouses
have been burned down, and the
street, though formerly one of the
most thriving oi the city, seems to be
doomed to ashes. It is to be hoped,
however, that our merchants will not
become discouraged, but will rebuild
their houses, and make the little
street, in sp j te of present aspects,, as
lively as of yore.
The following is a hst of the build?
ings destroyed, the names of the firms
occupying then, and the insurance,
so far as could be learned:
No. 45 Hayne street, corner of
Meeting, owned by Crane, Boylston
& Co. Insured to the extent of about
35,000.
No 43 Hayne street, owned by
Johnston, Crews & Brawley. Build?
ing entirely destroyed. Partially in?
sured for $12,500. Occupied by thc
? Courier ?nice, who have an insurance
of $10,000 on their stock, which rna}
cover their loss.
No. 41 Hayne street, owned by
Johnston, Crews A- Brawley. Build?
ing totally destroyed. Partially in?
sured for $12.500. Occupied ii. the
lower part by Mr. W. H.- Cb 'iee,
as a wholesale grocery establish! .cut.
Stock worth $30,000. Entirely .lost
-insured for $15,000. Th^e upper
part of this building was used by
Messrs. VT. T. Burge & Co.
No. 39 Hayno street, owned and
occupied by Hastie, Calhoun & Co.,
as a wholesale shoe and saddlery
house. Building entirely burnt. There
was, we are informed, a partial in?
surance on the store to the amount ol
some $3,000. Their stock had not all
come to hand, and they had not yet
opened for business; but' there were
goods in store to the value of 823,
000, which were burnt. Some $15,000
of this was the property of the pro?
prietors, and was covered by insur?
ance. The balance, some $8,000 in
valu?, belonged to other parties'.
No: 37, formerly occupied and
owned by Hyatt, McBurney & Co..
was somewhat injured, and other
bi?ldings around were more or less
damaged. *
Messrs. Jennings, Thomhnson &
Co., at No. 35 Hayne street, repo?l
?mall losses, covered by insurance.
It would be difficult to state the
exact amount of loss which has beer
sustained by this unfortunate confla?
gration; but we presume it is neal
$200,000. The insurance on thi
buildings that will be called for tc
sustain the loss will be about $40,000,
which will not pay more than half th<
actual destruction. Of the value o:
the stocks and materials which wert
destroyed we can but approximate
Upon diligent inquiry, We think thc
amount to be about $100,000, o:
which some $60,000 was covered bj
insurance.
CjASTJAIiTIES.
About ll A. M. to-day, after th<
fire wa .3 suppressed, a number of per
sons entered between the buratr wall
of one of the buildings*' for the pur
pose of removing a valuable iron ehest
and while there the walls fell in
covering up or mhnring more or less
seriously some twenty-five persons, as
near as can be .calculated at present
Captain Hoffman, Chief of Military ?
Police, is badly hurt, his thigh
fractured, and has received a most
severe cut on the head, Some five or
.feix other white men, principally of
the police force, were very badly
injured, and of?e of them, it is feared, ?
fatally hurt. Three colored men have
been killed outright, and a number of
others have suffered severely. The
smoke is so dense around the fire that
the efforts to remov#tfhe rubbish and
recover the bodies that may beburied
under have been suspended.
[Charleston Courier, 19J&.
Foreign News Items.
Mosquitoes, hitherto almost un?
known in England, have prevailed at
some of the sea-ports this summer.
What with yellow fever at Swansea,
cholera at Sou tl ramp toa, cattle plague
everywhere, and rapidly diminishing
'exports and imports, *there seems
small possibility, says the London
Shipping Gazette, that Mr. Gladstone
will be able to make a i jther of his
'.prosperity" budgets.
No fewer than 104,000 persons had
left Marseilles up to the 20th of Sep?
tember,-ion account of the cholera.
This is more than three-sevenths of
the population. At Aries, where there
were only 6,000 inhabitants out of
25,000 left on the 19th, there were on
that day twenty-three deaths from
cholera.
The London Times publishes an
article on the fleets of England and
France; and is forced to come to the
conclusion that in the very important
particular of speed, the French fleet
beats the English.
Another member has been added to
the- exiled royal family of France, by
the birth of a daughter to the Count
and% Countess of Paris. The child
has been named afljer her great grand?
mother, Marie Amilie Louise Helene.
It is said that Prince Humbert, the
Crown Prince of Italy, has fallen in
love with "the Princess Marguerite,
the eldest daughter of the Duke of
Nemours, but that the King of Italy
disapproves of tho noatch, because the
Emperor of tho Flinch refuses to
sanction the allianr? Nevertheless,
it is declared that the young prince is
determined to wed no other royal
lady.
The personalty of the late Mr. Cob?
den has been sworn under .?8,000.
His will was dated April 1, and was
executed the day before his death.
Hechas left to Ids wife a life interest
in all his property, which is to bc di?
vided after her death equally between
his five daughters.
The latest development of Fenian
ism is a summons against Sir Hebert
Peel, Chief Sepretary for Ireland, on
the* charge of provoking a breach of
the peace. Sir Robert was traveling
on ?he Queenstown Railroad, with a
Dublin "ex-banker," when, unfortu?
nately, the fellow-travelers fell out hy?
the way, and Sir Robert, at all times
excitable, did so,, says the "ox
banker," threaten him and abuse him,
that he, the "ex-banker," was com?
pelled to take out a summons against
the Secretary. In a former quarrel,
it will be remembered that O'Don
oghue challenged Sir Robert,' and Sir
Robert would have fought had not
Lord Palmerston interposed. On the
present occasion, Lord Palmerston's
agent was a witness in the altercation,
and has been summoned to give evi
den^
?GEN. BANKS ON PRESIDENT JOHN?
SON.-General Bank? does not like
President Johnson's plan of restora?
tion. At a recent speech in Lajrrence,
Massachusetts, he said, "he Ima mor?
confidence in the President, perhaps,
than many others ; but he would
abandon any mau who manifested a
willingness to give political power into
the hands of tho leaders of the rebel?
lion." Banks is determined to be on
the wopular side in Massachusetts.
[Philadelphia Ledger.
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION PAR?
DONED.-We learn that his Excellency
President Johnson has granted par
ddns to nearly every member of the
late State Convenido?.
Pardons recently granted to Chan,
cellors Carroll and Inglis arc now in
possession of ?ie tioveraor.
[Greenville Mountaineer.
Andrew Jackson Donelson has
written' a letter, in which he professes
himself mueh pleased with the' work?
ing of the paid labor system in Mis?
sissippi. He says companies aro
forming and paying as high as fifteen
dollars p?r acre rent for open lands on
the Mississippi. It is also believed
negro laborers will buildup the levee.
There are no* in existence no less
than 1,457 oil companies, with a total
capital of $869,594,000.
, Looa! It-asms.
"Cotton Blinke" and permite-indispen?
sable to all person? parehasiag er shipping
o?t ten-can be obtained at tfei? office.
Kst^oT?E^T.^-Eigbt or tea good print
?ra can obtain employaient in ""this office.
during the approaching sesnoa of th? v
Tjegialatnre^ .
CASH.-We wiah it distinctly nndereteed
that oar tcrmsfor subscription, advertising
aid-joh work are easli. The money mest
fa avery ease accompany orders, or they?v>i3i
not ie at?GAda?Cto. This rmi? applies to all.
JCDGS FaosT.-Among the arrivals at
Nickers?nJ? Hotel we notice that of the
Hon. Edward Frost. v?' "* ?,
-^
Dissoxrmox.-Our reTiders win perceive,
by the advertisement of Messrs. Zealy,
Scott & Bruns, that their well-known firm
has been dissolved by consent of parties, .
and that our old friend, J. T. Zealy, will
continue the business on his own account.,
"We have no reason to doubt that he will
continuo to receive that generous patron?
age which was awarded to the former
establishment. .
KEW ADVEBTISE?TEXTS.-Attention ia call?
ed to the following advertisements*, which'
ara published for the first tim? this morn- -
Mordecai & Co's, Agents-Safes.
Jacob Bell-Citation of J. L. Boatwright.
-Citation of Richard Jones."5
E. E. Jackson-Dry Goods.
P. B. Glass-Books and Stationery.
Zealy, Scott A Bruns-Dissolution.
B. C. Griffin-A Card to Voters.
A Masonic association in New'York,
called the , Lodge of Perfection, per- .
f ormedie singular cererr ony last week .
-1 sort of imitation of l 'cristian bap?
tism. It is described as ?oilows :
"The members having entered iii .
procession, were* followed by'a party
with six children, some borne on
cushions and Others led by sponsors
and parents-a-'rnan following behind
with tho sacred triangle of burning
candles. This company made three .
circuits, escorted by the lodge, the
Masons chanting praises. Then ad?
vancing to the East, they stood before
tho Grand Master. Prayer was read
anti a hymn was sung. The orator ,
then addressed the sponsors and chil?
dren, admonishing them to be true
to themselves, their ^neighbor, their
country and their God.' Another
prayer was .then repeated. A font of
perfumed water stood before the
Grand Master. Taking each child'!
hand, he immersed it in the water,
repeating its name and the words,
'I wash thee with pure water. May
Gel give thee and maintain thee in
that innocence and purity of heart .
of which this cleansing is a symbol. '
He then marked on the forehead of
eacli child a triangle with consecrated
oil, -and pronounced the invocation
of blessing. A hymn was then sung;,
the brethren knelt and uttered a so
lenin vow to watch and protect these
children through life. Each partook
of salt in confirmation of tho pledge.
A locket was presented to each of the
children, and a ring to the boys; also
the triangle and an apron. A bene?
diction completed'the rite."
TUE CHOLERA.-Foreign mails re?
ceived at the State Department yes?
terday bring additional details relative
to the spread of the cholera.
The Consul at Constantinople, writ?
ing under date of September 18, re- ?
ports that> the disease has almost
entirely disappeared from that city.
The United States Consul at Port
Mahon reports, nnder date of Sep?
tember 20, that he has reliable^ infor?
mation from Palma tip to and ineluu
ing the 17th of September. The usual
population of Palma is 60", OOO, but .on
the 17th instant the population did
not exceed 15,000. On that day, 137
deaths occurred from cholera. Since
then deaths are reported from 150 to
160 per<day.; The infection at Pahna
appears ifa an; a?tfra>!?,ted 'form, and
seems to baffle human skill. Reports
have reached Port Mahon that the
disease is spreading into the interior
of Spain.
Reports from the'Consul at Genoa,
Italy, state that but a few cases of the
cholera have occurred there.
lntelliger.ee from the Consul at .
Marseilles. FVance, is tc the effect
that this terrible disease is frightfully
on the increase there. Eighty thou?
sand citizens havo left the city, and
the deaths npw average between fifty
and sixty per day. Huge bonfires,
numbering a thousand at a time, are
burning nightly in the streets, for
purifying the. atmosphere, which has
had the desired effect to some extent.
There was a dissolute boy, who,
when he was told that the best cure
for the palpitation of the heart was to
quit kissing the girls, said," "H that's
the only cure for paljuiation, I say
let. her palp "