The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 29, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, December 29,1865.
mg senator Sumner.
Thc Richmond Dispatch says, that when
Sumner mored in the Senate to call on tho !
President for information with regard to j
the temper of the Southern States, and j
thc policy of restoring them to thc Union, <
he expected to receive thc report of Carly
Schurz alone. That worthy had already}
written out his views according to order,
and they were precisely such as Sumner
wanted. Indeed, he knew what waa in the j
report, for he had been constantly com- |
municating with Schnrz. That individual
is a Gorman, with no acquaintance with !
the Southern people. He came, as they !
supposed, on a spying expedition, and they
would have nothing to do with him. He !
went back with quite as much information j
as he had when he came, and no more, j
Yet that fact did not, in the slightest de?
gree, affect the character of his report, j
He came here for thc purpose of collecting
evidence-if he could-to provo that tho
South M-as contumacious, rebellknts, and
not lit for reconstruction. He could find
no such evidence, for the people would
iiave nothing to do with him, and he manu?
factured it to suiL his purpose. Sumner
knew well the character of the report, and
with the pitiful arrogance natural to the
man, called for papers.
Well, thc President gave him papera.
First, he gave bim his own vic ?vs-short,
pointed, pithy, and to tho purpose. Next
came the report of General Grant-equal?
ly brief, equally decided, quite as clear,
and even more to the purpose. Last carno
a long, lumbering, prosy report of all tho
lies that Carl Schurz bad heard in tho
South, stuffed full of malice, and reeking
with negropholism. The Senate was elec?
trified by the report of General Grant. It
was spread to all quarters of the United
States as fast as the telegraph could send
it. It could not stand Carl Schurz, hut
ordered his report to be printed. And
printed it is: this report of a German,
sent here for the express purpose of spy?
ing out thc nakedness of the land, and re?
porting nakedness where ho could lind
none.
Never was man taken moro aback than
"Carl Schumner." His usual arrogance
failed him entirely. He abused General
Grant, but had to back out: ho abused the
President, but hauled in. In a word, he
made thc most pitiable failure ho has made
since Preston Brooks caned him some
years ago. On this subject the New York
World discourses as follows:
" What G.m iral Loe failed to do, Mr.
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, has
undertaken to accomplish. The American
people, who believe that the Republic
owes something to the soldier who led our
armies to final victory over the rebellion,
will be edified by the modesty of tho Mas?
sachusetts Senator who yesterday assailed,
scrap-book in hand, the honor and tho
veracity of Ulysses S. Grant!
"General Grant has seen the South.
Mr. Charles Sumner never has ventured
beyond tho line of our national bavonets
arrayed for war. General Grant defeat?
ed the gallant armies which, for four
long years, held at bay the whole power of
the Union. Mr. charles Sumner was !
ignominiously thrashed with a cano by a j
South Carolina representative, long sinco ?
dead and turned to dust.
'. Thc hero of a hundred fights recom- j
mends that tho Southern people be cn- i
trusted with the control of their own
affairs. The victim of Mr. Preston Brooks,
writhing .still with an impotent lust of
personal vengeance upon the innocent
fellow-citizens of a rash and hasty man,
whom God has removed from all human
retribution, Hhrieks out foal-mouthed
aboso of tho President, and clamors for
the practical abolition of the Constitution
and the Union.
"H eaven forbid that we should insult
the common sense nnd the patriotism of
the American people with argument in
such a case as this. Never were tho man
and the fanatic more sharply brought fate
to face than here. General Grant fought
to save tho Union and the Constitution.
Did thc heroic Americans who fought
under General Grr.nt, and with bim, fight
to slave tin- welts and sears scored upon
thc broad back of Charles Sumner by a
dead Congressmen from Carolina?"
LKTTEB FUOM MR. TUE.SK OT.- The follow?
ing letter has. boon addressed to us, and
will explain itself:
CiiAitr.ESTON, December 2f?, 18G5.
GENTLEMEN: Since my arrival hore I
have received vory many letters addressed
to mo on business as Executive Agent of
the State. Yon will oblige mo by allowing
me to say that, this agency was terminated
by the election of Senators and Members
of Congress, and that all communications
should in futuro bo addressed to them.
I will also add, that most of these com?
munications r^ated to individual claims,
and that they were not in that, form which
could ever have been pressed for decision.
They were, as a general rule, merely state?
ments, upon which an opinion, more or
less correct, might be formed.
I have very little doubt that most of
these claims, especially those for the resto?
ration of lands, can be recovered; but tho
parties should place their claims at once in
competent professional hands, for no gene?
ral application on the ir behalf, whether by
Stato Agent or Mcmhors of Congress, can
be successful. Rc spectrally,
WM. HENRY TRESCOT.
Solving the Prob lem.
The New York World notices that a
changabas come over the New York Times,
Raymond's paper. It would seem so, for
theparagraph quoted comes with a strange
grace from the columns which but tho
other day were vomiting forth fire and
brimstone upon tho Southern whites. But
they do come with a grace, strange though
it be, and we hail thom as cordially a3if we
had never heard anything loss rational
Com tho same source:
"The great problem of keeping the two
ices together in the lately insnrgent
States on terms which shall be mutually
advantageous, must bo solved at the
South-ni the local Southern Legislatures,
in the local courts of justice, in the execu?
tive council chambers of just such govcr-"
nors as Judge Jenkins. Every feather's
weight of extra official pressure from with?
out will most surelv produce a reaction in
thc minds of the better disposed of thu
employers at tho South. And nothing
that the philanthropy of the North can
contribute will bo a compensation to the
freedman for his forfeiture of the good?
will and kindly co-operation of those who
I have heretofore directed his labor."
j "A word fitly spoken," says the wise
: man, "is like apples of gold in pictures of
j silver." 'There may be differences of
I opinion in this ca-so as to the metal of the
! "pictures," hut the apples are? surely
I golden-apples of peace, and not of dis
! cord.
! MESSKS. Enrrons: In justice to myself
and a few others, I take the privilege of
placing myself properly before thc good
citizens of Columbia. When the resolu?
tion proposing to appoint a Committee to
contract for building a temporary shed in
Assembly stroet, costing over six thou?
sand dollars, was about to be put, the yeas
and nays were called for and the following
Aldermen, Bates, Hope and Glaze, voted
no. This docs not appear in thc published
proceedings of last meeting of Council. So
as to enable thc citizens to judge, who
deserves merit and who docs not.
ORLANDO Z. BATES.
Ernor-r.Ax ITEMS.-Earl Russel, the new
I English Premier, is sick. Having a cold,
he stayed away from thc recent Cabinet
Council. According to the London Star,
' however, his illness is somewhat more
! serious.
; Sir Frederick Bruce, the British Minister,
, bas been appointed umpire to a joint com?
mission, representing the United States
, and thc Republic of Columbia, South Ame
; rica, for the settlement of claims arising
out of the Panania rio's of 1856.
; The official investigation into the escape
of Stephens has been postponed until the
close of the Commission, hut the Inspector
of Prisons, Mr. Corry Connellan, has been
directed to answer certain interrogatories
tendered to him by order of the Executive.
A large number of persona of considerable
position are said, by the Dublin Evening
Mail, to bc scrionslv compromised in the
affair.
The Paris journals arc strictly forbidden
to speak of Mexico.
Thc arrival in Paris of thc magnificent
jewels belonging to the Empress Char?
lotte, under pretence of alteration and
repairs, bas given rise to all sorts of com?
ments. People say that a certain great
financial firm has been induced to lend a
considerable sum upon the Imperial cornet,
which was composed of thc whole of the
wedding diamonds of the Princess Louise,
and which was all the dower King Leopold
ever got with his wife.
TERRIBLE GALE IN NEW YORK.-The
Herald, of the 22d, speaking of the late
gale in that city, says:
Tho snow storm of Wednesday night
was succeeded early yesterday morning by
a'strong West wind, which prevailed with
great fury during the entire day and last
night. Much damage was done to proper?
ty, several disastrous shipwrecks, with
loss of life. The brigs Prosper and John
i Aviles and the schooner Twilight were
wrecked at Sandy Hook. The schooner
Eveline Hickey went to pieces off Long
Branch, Captain Fisher and his wife being
among the lost. Tho Janies T. Crandall
hes ashore at Dell Beach, full of water,
and bark Enrique is in the samo condition
off Fort Hamilton. The gale was very
severe even inside tho harbor, and tho
navigation of all sail vessels was prohibit?
ed by old Boreas. In the city a now house
\ at Fifth avenue and Sixty-third street was
I blown down and fell upon a shanty adjoin?
ing it, completely demolishing tho latter.
Besides this, so" far as wc have learned,
the wind confined itself to playing a few
antics with hats and Crinoline and tho
blowing down of a few rickety chimneys.
Tho effect at Buffalo was, however, much
more serious, as represented by the de?
spatches from that point.
The Secretary of the Interior, in reply to
an inquiry from Gen. Howard, decides that
the freedman's Bureau cannot bold, and
the Government cannot set side, unoccu
gied Government lands in Florida or any
tate for the use or benefit of freedmen.
He further says, however, that all home?
stead or pre-emption laws are. as applica?
ble to freedmen as to any other class of
persons.
COTTON TAX.-The revenuo derived bv
the Government at Macon, Georgia, from
thc duty of two cents per pound on cotton,
for the six weeks preceding the first of No?
vember, amounted to $450,000, and it is
estimated that the duties derived from tho
same source at that place will reach more
than $500,000 additional during thc months
of Novembe r and December.
Authentic accounts from Mexico say that
the Republicans were forced to raise the
siege of Matamoras, by the approach of
large French reinforcements. This does
not confirm th?! report that tho French
were cen..ontrating their troops in thc in?
ti rlor.
The President''* Mcfaagc.
Sometimes with misgiving, oftener with
hopefulness, we have waited for the hour
when Andrew Johnson would confront and
baffle the disunion intrigues of the Radi?
cals with the emphatic exercise of his
authority as President of the United States.
Our appeals to him have been frequent and
earnest to stand by the Constitution and
thc haws, and to vindicate our Republican
institutions against the treachery and
fanaticism of the faction that have been
striving to sustain their waning power by
encouraging the elements of intersectional
discord. We could not believe that Mr.
Johnson, himself a Southerner, a Demo?
crat, a man of the people, a citizen who
owed his disenthralment from poverty and
obscurity to tho ennobling influences of j
republicanism, would connive with fanati?
cal conspirators that were aiming to legis?
late away tho attributes of our pohtical
system.
" At last the hope is realized. The promise
is fulfilled. The Executive voice proclaims
to the Radical intriguers, thus far shall ye
go and no further. Perhaps it was politic
on the part of Mr. Johnson to permit tho
Congressional disunionists to go as far as
they did, that their plans might be reveal?
ed, their madness made apparent, and the
full measure of tho guilt of their revolu?
tionary purpose exhibited to the papular
comprehension. And when we have asked,
in view of thc boldness and desperation of
the demagogues who were seeking thc very
lifo of republicanism, "when check the
conspiracy V" perhaps his was the deeper
Cisdom that answered:
"Let it bud,
ipen, flaunt i' the day, and burst to fruit;
Tho Dead Sea's fruit of ashes !
Ashes that I will scatter to the winds."'
Wo publish to-day a special message of
the President to the Senate, in which ho
distinctly repudiates the doctrine of hold?
ing thc South in territorial subjection
au conquered provinces, and throws the
weight of his Executive influence in favor
of the immediate" political rehabilitation
of thc Southern States. If the incendiary
disunion bpeech of Mr. Stevens on Monday,
have precipitated this action on thc part
of Mr. Johnson, it is a just retribution ?
upon tho party that have obeved the evil
counsels of the Pennsylvania demagogue.
Out of his own mouth has come his con?
demnation, aud the fabric of anarchy and
disunion that he pictured is overturned by
the breath of his own frenzy. Tho hours
of the supremacy of the extremists in Con?
gress are numbered, and over the delibera?
tions of the Select Committee of Eifteen
will preside the spirit of the Executive
policy, whose controlling influence they
cannot overcome, if they have the temerity
to combat it.
The conduct of General Grant in urging
on the President a policy of immediate re?
construction, commends bim to the grati?
tude and admiration of the people. Ho
has helped to achieve a victory in the be?
neficence of whose results he will lind the
record of a purer fame than that which
attaches to his military career. Now,
indeed, is he fighting the battlo for the
Union, and the laurel that bc will win in
that conflict he can Wear in the South, as
in the North, with the assurance, every?
where, of the tribut.- of popular respect."
Now that Mr. Johnson has declared open
war against thc Radical programme-, we
hope that he will push hostilities with all
the energy and decision of his character.
Ho will have to encounter a bitter and
active opposition. No effort will be spared
to thwart, annoy and weaken his Adminis?
tration. Mr. Sumner's prompt and vindic?
tive attack when the message was read in
the Senate exhibits the nature of thc an?
tagonism that ho must confront, and is the
prelude of tho gathering storm. Popular
sentiment will support the President, and
all the more earnestly if he meets the issue
unflinchingly and approves himself equal
to the emergency. The Radicals have had
just ropo enough to hang themselves with,
and Mr. Stevens has adjusted the noose
himself and kicked away the prop. A
brief struggle, a spasm or so, the convul?
sion of thc dying agony, and Radicalism
will have, ceased to exist to disturb the
harmonies of Republicanism, Jtequiescat
in pace.-Nan York News.
The Montgomery Advertiser mentions
that Major-General Thomas has notified
the authorities of his readiness to relieve
Alabama of Federal troops, but that the
Governor thinks it advisable that they be
retained for the present, and until there
shall bc suitable organizations of tho mili?
tia to preserve order and assist in executing
thc laws.
A bill was passed by tho Legislature of
Georgia, at its recent session, to enable
the Treasurers of the several Counties of
the State to raise funds for the payment of
tho indebtedness of tho Counties, autho?
rizing the issue of County bonds maturing
within three years, at seven per cent, inte?
rest.
No MOUE REQUIRED OF THE SOUTH,-In
an article upon thc message of Southern
Governors, ino New York ?('mes says: "So
far as fundamental principles are concern?
ed, thc specimens we have given show that
no moro need bc required of the Southern
States."
A despatch from Now York states that
the affairs of the Fenians still continue
muddled. The members of tho press wore
excluded from the Senate on the 20th, and
on the same day several prominent circles
passed resolutions endorsing the O'Maho
ney faction.
The National intelligencer says that, on
Thursday last, the name of Hon". Lewis D.
Campbell, of Ohio, was sent to thc Senate
for confirmation as .Minister to the Repub?
lic of Mexico.
The mail train on thc North Carolina
Road ran off near Concord, on Friday, tho
22d instant, killing J. A. White, express
messenger, and Mr. Oates, baggage master.
In New York, in thc case of the Union
Bank against Ketchum i Sons, the Su?
preme Court rendered a verdict agains
the latter of $256,000.
A young man named Garret was stabbed
byyoung Dalton Yancoy, son of thu colo
bratod Wm. L. Yancoy, a few nights since
at a dancing academy in Montgomery, Ala.
Garret t h is since died. Yancey ha's deli
vered himself to the civil authorities.
In thc Supreme Court of Now York, on
the -20th, Harris, charged -with being a
Confederate spv, was brought forth for
trial. A writ of luibeas corpus was served
upon Gen. Hooker for him, which was at
first disregarded. A decision will bo ren?
dered in a few days- .
The State Department has advices from
our Minister at Chili that tho war between
Spain and Chili is still kept up. The com?
mander of the Spanish fleet had offered a
gross insult to Mr. Nelson, our Minister,
for which an apology will be demanded.
It. H. Waring, editor of the Charlotte
Times, arrested bv order of Gen. Huger,
arrived at Haleigh," N. C., on thc 24th. Tho
arrest was made, it is said, on account of
articles that have recently appeared in thc
Times.
A large warehouse, filled with Govern?
ment supplies, valued at over $1,000,000, at
Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake Gity, was
destroyed by a supposed incendiary fire,
on Tuesday last.
A caucus of all the Southern members
now in Washington was held a few even?
ings since, at which they resolved to go
home and remain there until after the 4th
of March.
Henry's breech-loading rille, presented
by Mr. Winchester, of the Now Haven Arms
Company, bas carried off tho prize offered
by the Swiss Federal Government for the
best breech-loading fire-arms.
MARRIED,
On Wednesday evening last, 27th inst.,
at the Presbyterian Church, bv thc Kev.
Dr. Howe, J?S. S. SIMONS, of Charleston,
S. C., to MAGGIE C., daughter of Col. C.
It. Bryce, of Colombia, S. C.
TO RENT,
MY STABLE, on Bull street, with the
privilege of water.
Dec 29 2_ JOHN A. KAY.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
ACHEST CARPENTER'S TOOLS.
A CARRIAGE and HARNESS.
? Two-horse WAGON and HARNESS.
A handsome BOOK-CASE. Apply to
Dec '2.) 1* F. LANCE & SON.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
MISS JANE WADE will resume thc
exercises of her SCHOOL on TUES?
DAY, the 2d day of January, 18GG, at her
residence on Richland street. Dec 29 2
Collector's Office, Internal Revenue,
THIRD DISTRICT, S. C.,
DECEMBER 29, 1805.
REVENUE STAMPS for sale.
JAMES G. GIBBES, Collector.
Dec 29_ 3
* SCHOOL NOTICE.
MISS GLAZE will resume the exercises
of her SCHOOL on MONDAY, Janu?
ary l. I8fi?. Apply at her residence on
Arsenal Hill.
MUSIC on Piano will be taught.
Dec 29_2*
STRAYED,
FROM tho premises of tho
I subscriber, on Friday night, 22(1
inst., two large MILCH COWS,
.with their CALVES; one a red
cow, without horns; thc other a large
black cow. Also, a small red CALI'. A
libera* reward will he paid for their recove?
ry. Apply to THOS. B. CLARKSON,
Corner Bull and Blanding streets.
Dec 29 1*
ESTRAY MILLE;
STRAYED into my va rd, a week
or ten days ago, ? clark mouso
_?colored M?LE, about fifteen hands
hign, which thc owner can have bv paving
expenses. RICHARD O'NEALE, SK.
Dec 29_ _3*_
Fire and barine
BEING appointed agent for foveal
FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPA?
NIES, I am prepared to insure to any
amount against fire. Amongst tho offices
for which I am agent arc tho well-known
Metropolitan, of New York; Continental,of
Now York; and National, of New Orleans.
These ?nices alone have a capital of over
$2,000,000.
Policies made payable in cither gold or
currency. JAMES CL GIBBES, Ageut.
Dec 29_
STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY MAIL
WE will send hy mail, safely packed
and post-paid:
For $5, 1 doz. JUCUNDA-Our No. 700.
1 " AGRICULTURIST.
1 " GOLDEN SEEDED.
For $10, 2 " JUCUNDA-Our No. 700.
2 " AGRICULTURIST.
1 " GOLDEN SEEDED.
1 " WILSON'S ALBANY.
For $20, 4 " Jucunda-Our No. 701).
4 " Agriculturist.
2 " Golden Seeded.
2 " Russell.
2 " Triomphe de Gaud.
2 " Wilson's Albany.
1 '? Lcnning's White.
The above aro tho most valuable kintls
now cultivated, and include early, medium
and late maturing varieties. The Jacunda
-our No. 700-for size, beauty, yield, profit
and other desirable qualities, is the must
valuable strawberry of which we have any
knowledge. For the Agriculturist, (a new
seedling,) we paid tho highest price ever
paid for a strawberry; Golden Seeded is
the best carly, and Lcnning's White the
best white; Russell, Triomphe dc Gandand
Wilson are invaluable.
Our catalogue, giving descriptions o*
theso and many other varieties, and fur?
nishing much valuable information ti
growers of strawberries, will be sent to all
applicants enclosing 10 cents.
J. KNOX, (Box 155,)
Dec 29 fi_Pittsburgh, l'a.
Wanted,
AGOOD COOK, l'or a small family
Apply at Mr. A. R. Taylor's residene
on "the hill." Dec 27 3*
Local Items.
Wo aro indebted to P. F. Frazee, Esq.,
for New York, Washington and Richmond
papers, ahead of the mail.
:*THF. CODE."-The Acts passed by tho
Legislature relative to thc freedmen, for
Bale at this office. Price 20 cents; hy mail
25 cents.
"Tin: MAO?C WHEEL."-Mr. Glass has for
sale au entirely new article, that will highly
delight the little folks. It is termed the
"Magic Wheel," which, by the aid of a
looking-glass, presents a series of figures
ns varied as any in a kaleidoscope, and is
decidedly moro entertaining. We have to
return the thanks of our little ones to Mr,.
G. for a box._
THE MILLS HOUSE, CHARLESTON.-We
published a notice of tho rc-opening of
this old and favorite hotel, yesterday
morning, from the Charleston Neics, and
only add that we heartily endorse every?
thing that thc Netes states. Mr. Purcell
has secured tho services of Messrs. George
Wells, J. E. Sterling, J. Burnhaus and T.
P. Slider. Visitors to Charleston, wo feel
convinced, will need no further informa?
tion with reference to a stopping place in
the old city. ^ .N_^. _
THE FREEDMEN-ADDRESS OF GEN. ELY.
As we noticed yesterday, Gen. Ely address
. ed a large concourse of thc freed people on
Wednesday last. Ho -opened by telling
them of the great change which had taken
place in their status, not only in relation
to obtaining their freedom, but in tho near
breaking up of their present relations with
their former masters and employers on
the first of January next. He told them
they had now to depend upon themselves; -
that both they and their former masters
! were relieved from their responsibilities to
j each other respectively. He strongly in?
culcated a spirit of self-reliance, and pre
sooted to thom tho importance of making
contracts for the ensuing year, and of
knowing what they were doing in making
these contracts. There was a mutual de?
pendence of thc land-owners and tho la?
borers, and that the faithful fulfilment of
the contracts made between them was ab
t dutely necessary to tho interest of both.
He toi 1 thom, that when they worked for
the interests of the planter, they worked
not only for their own but for thc best in?
terests of tho whole country.
J Tho Government, he said, had establish?
ed the Freedmen's Bureau for their protec?
tion, and every agent of it, and every
officer and soldier were among them for
their benefit; but he admonished them of
thc foliy of waiting, expecting that the
Government would give them lands, or do
any further than what it had done and was
doing for them. As regarded thc acquisi?
tion of property, be told them that alone
could be accomplished hy their own in?
dustry and honesty. The idea of the divi?
sion of lauds he thought arose from the
occupation of the abandoned plantations
on the coast, at a period when even the
Government did not know what disposition
would be made of them. He inculcated
morality and virtue in all the social rela?
tions ~>f life, and urged them to educate
their children and train them to habits of
honest industry. The reputation of them?
selves and families depended on the strict
observance of the marriage tic, and thc
moralities which attach to it; and, in con?
cluding, he again sought to impress as to
the community of interest between the
planters and themselves, and that the eyes
of the world were upon them as a people,
to observe whether they were worthy of
their new position.
Gen. Ely was followed by Mr. Williams,
his adjutant, who, in a few brief remarks,
strongly urged his hearers to apply them?
selves to industry, thc elevation of their
minds, so that they might win the respect
of other nations.
Notwithstanding tho largo assemblage,
every thing passed off quietly, and we hope
with beneficial effect upon tho partie^ in?
terested, in tho proper adjustment of our
labor system.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call
ted to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for '.he first
time:
J. Knox- Strawberry Plants by Mail.
Levin it Peixotto-Building Lot.
" " -Havana Scgars.
F. Lance fi Son-Carpenter's Tools, ?fee.
John A. Kay-Stable to Bent,
Miss Jane Wade- School Notice.
James G. Gibbes -Insuranc* Agency.
. " " -Revenue Stamps."
" " -Clothing, rte.
Miss Glaze-School Notice.
Thos. B. Clarkson - Estray Cows.
R. O'Neale, sr.-Mule Taken Up.
Durboc & Walter -Night Sales.
" " -Sundries ?t Auction.
-?? - . -
ARE THEY GOING?-We refor, reader, to
your teeth. Be careful. Next to your eyes,
your teeth are the most precious of your
facial organs. Uso the Fragrant Sozodont.
It will at once arrest decay and prevent
what aro now but mere specks from being
orifices. In brief, it will save and beautify
your teeth; and it is the only thing that
ran save them. Reflect on this. t