The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 02, 1865, Image 3
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Collision on thc Mississippi.
MEMPHIS, November 26.-There was a
collision last night, between the Niagara
and Post Boy, on tho Mississippi River,
seven miles above Helena. Tho Niagara
sank in twenty feet of water. One honored
deck passengers, mostly discharged
colored soldiers, were drowned. The cabin
passengers and crew were all saved.
Tho Niagara was valued at $150,0!)0, and
was not insured.
Later from Europe.
FOBTLANO, Novembor 88.-The steamer
Nova Scotian bas arrived, having loft
Liverpool November 17.
Tho schooner William and Frudcrick,
from Mobile to Cardiff, was abandoned at
sea-only the master saved.
The London jon ?als publish the eorres
5ondence between Mr. Adams and Lord
ohn Bussell in reference to thc Alabama
claims.
The Times earnestly hopes that Captain
Waddell and his men woro not liberated
without communication with Mr. Adams,
and at present declines to accept as trno
the statement of Waddell.
Bullion in the Bank of England increased
?371,000. Rosiu unsettled. Turpentine
market bare, holders demand an advance.
Bice, small eales.
From 'Washington.
WASHINGTON, November 27.-The Go?
vernment has received no confirmation of
the recent exciting reports concerning a
collision between our troops and the
French on the Rio Grande.
Ex-Senator Hunter, of Virginia, was at
the Attorney-General's office to-day. He
was refused a pardon. On inquiry it is as?
certained that but comparatively few of
the credentials of the members elect of
the House of Representatives have been
received, either from thc late insurrec?
tionary or the other States. Therefore,
thc Clerk of tho House has not yet pre?
pared a list of the members, and will not
probably do so before Saturday. No cre?
dentials have been received frOiu the late
insurrectinary States, excepting from Vir
finia in part, and Tennessee complete,
'he position of the Clerk of the House is
understood to bc as follows: That he is
merely to administer tho law of 1863, in
placing the namcss of members elect upon
the roll; his course in doubtful points be?
ing controlled by the precedents set by the
House, in the absence of judicial niling as
to the construction of the law. Whatever
defects may be discovered can, of right,
be remedied by the House. In addition to
thc validity and formality of the creden?
tials, should these facts appear, the only
other question which could occur, would
be whether the States lately in rebellion
arc now in full relation to other States, in
the sense contemplated by the law of 18G3,
or, in different language, "whether they are
completely restored to their rights and
privdeges in the Union. The question as
to whether certain members elect can or
cannot take the test oath, will not properly
occur until after the election of ?Speaker,
whoso duty it is to administer it to the
other members before proceeding further
in the business of organization.
A special despatch to the Baltimore Sun,
dated Washington, November 27, says it
is suggested by some shrewd Republicans
that the article in tho Chronicle, this morn?
ing, indicates a clawing off by Mr. Colfax,
from his extreme Radical position. It is
stated, too, that Mr. McPherson is ex?
tremely reticent as to what course he shall
take. Some of thc ultras are so violent
that they aro unwilling that Southern
members shall go upon tho floor of the
House to present their credentials, as has
ever been practiced by persons holding
certificates from Governors, or to meet
their contestants. So discourteous a pro?
ceeding cannot aid radicalism, because any
member may move to put names on the
roll, and hereon might arise debate or
proceedings that would last for days or
weeks, as in the New Jersey contested
election case. As nothing is usually dono
in Congress in tho way of legislation until
after Christmas, the timo preceding that
date should be devoted to thc discussion,
if there is to be any, of the cases ef tho
Southern claimants for seats. Thc Colfax
Radical programme, to be consistent,
would exclude Tennessee representatives,
and thus the President is set down as from
a State which is not in the Union.
An able letter, (introduced to the gabbe
by Senator Foot, of Vermont,) of Judge
Redfield, of Boston, takes the ground
squarely that none of the States, late tho
scenes of insurrection, are responsible as
States, and nothing but individuals in
States aro amenably to law as the scoio
of treason. The reasoning is clear,cogent,
compact and convincing. Not so powerful
an argument has before proceeded from
any quarter. I doubt whether Mr. Colfax
is getting much backing from members
who have not yet reaehad Washington. A
great number of leading Republicans here
are opposing his ideas.
From the l*io G ra mle.
NEW ORLEANS, November 23 -Galveston
dates of- the 23d report thc arrival of tho
steamer Clinton from the Kio Grande,
with a large number of white and black
troops, homeward bound to be discharged.
Passengers from Matamoras state that
thc Liberals, about 2,500 strong, aro en?
camped ten miles above Matamoras. Tho
garrison of the place consists of 1,700
regulars and some volunteer citizens, and
a detachment of Frenchmen. Two or
three French vessels are reported at the
mouth of the river to co-operatu with the
Imperialists. No other reinforcements
have arrived by sea. Tho Government
forces are supposed to b .. ample to defend
the city, but insufficient to keep away tho
besiegers.
The Clinton brought thc 23thIndiana
colored infantry from Corpus Christi. Tho
citizens of Liberty County, Texas, have
petitioned Governor Hamilton, to organizo
a militia force to suppress an anticipated
insurrection among tho negroes, who open?
ly avow their rignt to a division of pro?
perty, and refused to accept any terms of
hirs. The chief justice of tho county has
been threatened with death.
Colonel R. H. Epperson, of Texas, has
gone to Washington, to complain of the
corrupt condition of certain officials, and
the unwarranted assumption of power by
the provost marshals and Freedmen's
Bureau.
NEW OBUS.VNS, November 26.--The Mata
nioras Ranchero, ot thc 10th, says that the
firing on the steamer Antonio from the
North bank, on Tuesdav last, was ono of
the most dastardly outrages over perpe?
trated on the frontier. The Antonio having
on board a detachment of French marines
and two field pieces, was finding its way np
the river, ander a heavy fire from the
combined forces of the Liberals, whon she
grounded seven miles below the city, and
while engaged with the enemy on the
Mexican frontier, a furious fire at long
range was opened on her from the neutral
bank, which was effective, wounding two
marine?. Tho Liberals on the North hank
were dressed in Federal uniform. Tho
French commander refused to return the
fire from thc Texas bank. Tho samo
paper says it appears to bo the settled
Eurpose of some men to bring on a war
otween the United States and Mexico,
and says that the outlaws on the Ameri?
can side of tho river arc in force, and aro
enlisting recruits. The Antonio, when
fired upon from thc Texas shore, was near
where Cortinas had been camped.
Tbe Sortit and th? South.
The Ne? Orleans Crescent, in an ar?
ticle on President .Johnson's thanks?
giving proclamation, has the two
fo' *ving paragraphs:
? t' the condition of the North we
wiii say littie. In the fuii tide of
military success, they have broken
down all armed opposition to their
policy. Their granaries are filled with
the yellow harvest. Their manufac?
tories are richly rewarded for their
productions. A protective tariff lav?
ishes upon them the bounty of the
Government. Commerce still spreads
her wings across the seas and wafts
to tho Northern ports the tribute of
distant countries. Pestilence is yet
kept at arms' length and has not cast
her dark shadow over the land. The
accumulated public debt has as yet
brought with it no general distress.
In the full tide of military success,
and proud of the glory won by their
arms, the chief occasion of public
discussion amongst them is the use to
be made of a victory so complete.
Divided between a sense of justice
and magnanimity which would forget
the past, and a sentiment of ven?
geance which would crush into tho
earth a brave but fallen foe, the North
yet hesitate whether they will admit a
restoration of that Union for which
they have contended, or will reduce
to political serfdom the States of the
South, which are their equals under
the Constitution.
How can we paint the sad picture
of distress in the States of the South?
Their resistance has been crushed be?
neath, the weight of Northern arms.
Their people are defenceless and im?
poverished. Their fields are a desolat?
waste. The blackened ruins of dwell?
ings which once were the abodes ol
taste and opidence, are half bidder
by the weeds which have usurped th?
place of the flowers that once gre^
under the care of delicate hands, ano
sweetened tho air with their grateful
perfumes. The granaries of the Soutl
are empty. The system of laboi
which once filled them has disap?
peared, and no substitute has yet
been offered to afford adequate relief.
Fanaticism and hatred still endeavoi
to incite the one race against th?
other, and distress, if not famine
threatens an approach to every door
Civil war, through which the coun
try bas just passed, bas ceased. Nt
armed foe offers resistance to tin
authority of the Government; no on<
meditates physical resistance to it.
policy. With one feeling the Soutl
have given up the struggle. The;
have ceased their efforts to loave th<
Union. They ha>c yielded up t<
arms the institution which was one o
the chief causes of the contest. The;
claim in return the full rights enjoyec
by the people of the other States
They claim only the equality whicl
the Constitution concedes.
WHAT PROTECTION MEANS.-Tin
Chicago Tribune knocks over som'
Western protectionists in this way :
"We bold that the Government ha
no moral right to say that we shal
pay a Massachusetts manufacture
five cents more for a yard of cottoi
cloth than it was worth, under th
pretence of protecting him, when h
has long since passed beyond th
need of protection. We say, more
over, that the West will not quiet!;
acquiesce in such nonsense."
A proposition is under considera
tion in Philadelphia to take th
whole block bounded by Broad
Walnut, Juniper and Sansom street.?
and cover it with an immense bote'
on tht! Paris plan, with a large com
in the centre, containing a fountai
j and a garden, and surrounded by a:
ample carriage drive. The capita
for the project can be had, and it i
believed the establishment of a Hot?
Louvre infPhiladelphia will be mad*
Recuperation.
I If it should turn out that members
elect from the Provisional States, and
those from other States who cannot
take the odious test oath, are ex?
cluded from seats in Congress, the
States thereby left without repre?
sentation, will have their remedy in
the future, and their revenge, if re?
venge be agreeable, in the reflection
that the verdict of mankind and the
judgment of history will fix the seal
of condemnation on those who, in
the hour of triumph, allow unmanly
resentments to usurp the place which
in nobler natures ia given to magnani?
mity, and who employ the brute force
of numbers against right, reason and
thc obligations of the Constitution.
The picture of a fully restored Union,
and a complete pacification, which
would be exhibited by the occupation
of every seat in Congress, is one
which every real friend of the Re?
public should be eager and proud to
present to the world. But if a short?
sighted, factious and malignant poli cy
is to prevail, the excluded States have
been sufficiently schooled in the ex?
perience of disappointment and injus?
tice, to bear with equanimity a new
attempt at wrong.
Napoleon, when a prisoner on tho
rock of St. Helena, observed to Dr.
O'Meara that, although be had many
and powerful enemies, nobody ever
injured him but himself. That ob?
servation might be made of general
application. It is very seldom that
any man is ever injured by another,
if he only remain true to himself.
Let the Southern people so conduct
themselves as to afford not the shadow
? of a pretext to their enemies for far?
ther oppression. They are watched
with a maliguant vigilance that knows
no sleep day or night. They are
environed by spies sent for their
especial destruction, and instructed
to suppress everything that may tend
to their disadvantage. Reporters out
of number are scattered over the land
with directions as to what they shall
report made out for them before they
leave New York and Boston. The
lies they circulate are numerous and
black enough to sink a whole race to
perdition. And those who print them
never allow them to be contradicted,
so that they pass for gospel truths
with the general population of the
j North.
What, then, is to be done? The
answer is obvious. Let the people
of the South, in the first place, set
about repairing their fortunes, broken
by the disasters of a long and unfor?
tunate war. Let them rebrild their
ruined bouses, and re-inclose their
fenceless fields. Let them develope
the immense resources of their coun?
try, which thus far have been of
little more service than if they bad
never existed. Let them reduce the
size of their large plantations, and
introduce a hardy, healthy, active
j tenantry, reducing the cultivation o?
lands to a system, and causing three
I blades of grass to grow in every spot
where one grew before. Let tbem
fill up the country with a hardy set
I of intelligent farmers and laborers,
who shall know the raine of liberty,
and the requireme-.ts it exacts from
those who are blessed with it.
It is by such agencies that South?
ern States are to be deprived of theil
rights ; that, after having fought foui
years to restore the Union, those whe
succeeded are determined still to keep
j it asunder. In such a situation, ii
becomes the Southern people to be
I doubly watchful over their conduct.
Let them so act that all reports tc
their disadvantage shall be so many
j lies-apparent as such-and so thal
? the most prying malice shall not be
able to record anything against them.
The war which the South for foul
years sustained, against odds unpre?
cedented in the history of any othei
country, is already the admiration
and the amazement of mankind. Lei
those who maintained so stoutly the
nnequal contest, show that they arc
still tho same people-that their en?
durance is equal to their courage, anti
that, though overwhelmed by num?
bers in the field, their fortitude ic
invincible.
Let them turn their backs forevei
on all agitators and demagogues, and
remembering what these have don?
for them in times past, give them nc
opportunity to repeat their precious
gifts. Let them eschew Federal poli
tics and confine themselves to winn
will be of service only to their owr
States. Next in order, let them tun
their attention to the mineral wealth
with whicdi the bowclsof their country
are ladened almost to bursting. Le:
them attend first to these things, ane
they will grow rich and powerful
Internal improvements, railroads
canal and neighborhood roads alway:
follow hard upon thc heels of wealth
We shall soon find the surface of these
States covered over with railroads as
with a web.-Richmond Whig.
The Secretary of State lias received
a letter from Minister Clay, dated St.
Petersburg, October 29. As some
attempts are being made to deny the
existence of the cattle plague in
Russia he quotes extracts from the
Russian Gazelle of Moscow in proof
of the fact. Nothing is attempted to
arrest the plague. The superstitious
people regard that as a sin. Some of
the larger villages scarcely retain a
tenth of their original number. Cattle
perish by hundreds, and sheep by
thousands. The description of the
cattle plaguo does not answer to the
one raging in England in all respects,
but climate and other surroundings
greatly change tl e symptoms and
character of the same disease, as is
well known; and notwithstanding tho
denials of the Russian authorities,
who are much interested in the ex?
port of cattle, tallow, hides and wool,
Minister Clay is of the decided
opinion that the disease was carried
from the Baitic Russian ports to
England.
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A SAD CASK OF POISONING.-The
Detroit Free Press of Saturday re?
cord? the fourth case of attempted
suicide by poisoning that has occurred
during the past week in that city, on
account of unrequited affection, or
similar cause, by young, frail and too
confiding girls.
Fannie Leroy, daughter of a re?
spectable citizen, but for some time
the privately kept mistress of a clerk
in a prominent business firm, was dis?
covered to have swallowed a large
dose of morphine on Saturday after?
noon, and at last accounts was lying
very low, though hopes "were enter?
tained of her recovery.
Thc friends of It. C. SHIVER would re?
spectfully nominate him as a candidato to
lill the vacancy for Alderman hi Ward No. 2.
Doc 1
Situation Wanted.
ASITUATION is wanted in a private
family, as a Seamstress or any other
capacity in the house, by a person who can
come well recommended. Apply at this
office. Dec. 2 2*
To Rent,
TWO large unfurnished ROOMS, in a
desirable part of the city. Apply at
this office. Dec 1 1
KEROSENE LAMPS, &cT
OPENED THIS DAY, a new and beauti?
ful assortment of KEROSENE LAMPS,
for Stores, Parlors, Halls and Chambers.
ALSO,
KEROSENE OIL, WICKS, CHIMNIES,
SHADES, Ac. W. B. STANLEY,
Dec 2 Corner Plain and Oates sts.
Spectacles and Eye Glasses,
ADMIRABLY adapted to any age.
At E. POLLABD'S,
On Main street, a few doors above Be?
dell's corner. Dec 2 }G
Cotton and Wool Gards.
pr AA PAIBS of Whittcmore Improved
Ol JU No. 10 COTTON CARDS.
100 Pairs Wool Cards. For salo at
E. POLLARD'S Variety Store,
I On Main street,} a few doors above Be?
dell's corner. Dec 2 ?6
PATENT MEDICINES.
-j f\ CASES of PATENT MEDICINES,
1 \ I admirably adapted for every disease
and complaint." Just received and for sale
at Charleston prices.
At E. POLLARD'S
On Main street, a few doors above Be?
dell's corner. Dec 2 }6
DELICACIES! MLIC?C??S!
French and Italian Confectionary.
1AAA POUNDS of the purest and
finest quality LADIES' ICE
CREAMS, ICE CREAM DROPS, JELLY
CAKES. Jelly Drops, Liquid Drops, Italian
Almonds, French Almonds, Marshmallow
Paste, Royal Cream Drops, Chocolate
Cream, (tine,) French Burnt Almonds,
Cordial Drops, Fruit Drops, Fruit Paste,
Cream Jellv Paste, Sherbert Cream Drops.
At E. "POLLARD'S Variety Store,
On Main street, a few doors above Be
delPs corner._D' " *?
124 MEETING STREET,
CHAftLESTOl?, 8. C.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Dry Goods,
FANCY GOODS
AND CLOTHING,
ARE now receiving a large assortment of
STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOODS
purchased during the recent decline-and
offer them at GREATLY RI< UCED
?PRICES.
Shall have a complete stock of CLOTH?
ING manufactured for the Spring trade.
The attention of merchants solicited.
Dec 1 26
_/9^TLXcvtion Sales.
By Durbec & Walter.
WILL bc sold, at onr mart, THIS MORN?
ING, at 9i o'clock,
Thc follow i ag articles: Marble-top Bu?
reaos, Mohair Sofas and Chairs, Mahogany
Tables, Sideboards, Rockers, Crockery,
Cooking Utensils, Books, Soaps, Spices,
Whisker, Flannel, Olive Oil, Ac.
Bec 2_1_
Tract of Land, 200 cres.
By Levin & Peixotto.
ON MONDAY, tho 4th December, at the
Court House, we will sell,
A TRACT OF LAND, consisting of 200
acres, moro or less, situated ?oren miles
from Columbia, on the Camden Road,
bounded by lands of Thomas Gates, sr.,
and Jam Dinkins and others. Particu?
lars at ti.ne of salo -which will be posi?
tiv?-and terms cash. Nov 23 thsm
FOR SALE.
POSITIVELY will be sold, on TUESDAY,
19th December next, at Martin's Do
pot, Laurens District. The said portable
STEAM SAW MILL is twenty-four horse
power-made nt Richmond, Va. Tho en?
gine is in complete order. Eight mulos can
draw it on any common road.
B. S. JAMES.
D. C. SUBER,
J. A. EIGLERERGER,
Dec2 3^ JOHN SUBER.
Estate Sale.
~YX7"'LL b?; sold, at public auction, on
Vt TUESDAY, 11th December, 1865, at
the plantation of the estate of J. C. Doby,
about eleven milos from Camden, on the
West sid.; of tho Wateroe River, all tho
STOCK HOGS, CATTLE, KILLING HOGS,
MULES and HORSES, BLACKSMITH
TOOLS, WAGONS. PLANTATION TOOLS,
about 1,500 bushels CORN, PEAS, FOD?
DER, 300 bushels COTTON SEED. Tho
property of thc late J. E. and A. E. Doby,
deceased. A. M. KENNEDY,
Adm'r estate A. E. Dob>\
A. 15REVARD,
Dee 2 6 Adm'r estate. J. E. Doby.
MEECHAHT TA?L03&,
HAS just received fino FRENCH
BLACK CLOTH and line BLACK
,rJDOESKIN. SH K VESTING, Ac. Alao,
-lULa large assortment of MIXED SILK
GASSTMERES for suits, which he is pre?
pared to make up at the shortest notice
and latest styli-, at his store, corner Lady
and Gates streets. Doc 1 6*
State of South Carolina,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Coi.uMniA, December 1, 1865.
By his Excellency, BENJAMIN F.
PERRY, Provisional Governor in and
over the State of South Carolina.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of joint reso?
lutions of thc General Assembly of
this State, an election has been held, ano
the votes as cast by the people of this
State for four members of the Houso of
ltepresentativea of the Thirty-ninth Con?
gress of the United States, have been
counted by commissioners appointed for
that purpose, and it appears that JOHN
D. KENNEL Y, having received a majority
of votes, has been didy elect?to represent
hs First Congressional District, compostd
of the Judicial Districts of Lancaster,
Chesterfield, Marlborough, Darlington,
Marion, Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Sumter, Clarendon and Kershaw; that
WILLIAM AIKEN, having received a ma?
jority of votes, has been duly elected to
represent tho Second Congressional Dis?
trict, composed of the Jndioiol Districts of
Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort and Barn?
well; that SAMUEL McGOWAN, having
received a majority of votes, has been duly
elected to represent tho Third Congres?
sional District, composed of the Judicial
Districts of Orangeburg, Edgcfiold, Abbe?
ville, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and
Fairfield: and tba'. JAMES FARROW, hav?
ing receiv.d a majority of votes, has been
duly elected to represent the Fourth Con?
gressional District, composed of the Judi?
cial Districts of Anders JU, Piekens, Green?
ville. Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York
and Chester:
Now. therefore, I, BENJAMIN P. PERRY,
Provi: ?anal ( o 'ernor in and over the Statu
aforesaid, do issue this my proclamation,
notifying and declaring, according to tho
provisions of tho said joint resolutions,
that John D. Kennedy, William ?uken,
Samuel McGowan and James Farrow had a
majority of the votes cast in their respect?
ive Congress! on al Districts, and are, tnore
fore, duly elected Representatives in the
Congress of the United States.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
State, at Colombia, this first day of
December, in the year of our Lord
[LS.] ono thousand eight hundred and
sixtv-five, and in the ninetieth year
of thc independence of thc United
States of America.
B. F. PERRY.
WII-LIAM R. HcNTT, Secretary of State ,
S. C. Dec a