The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 04, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, January 4,1866.
Southern Credit.
We have for some weeks past con?
versed with many of our citizens who
had visited New York for the purpose
of raising capital to resuscitate their
shattered fortunes. In several in?
stances, as we know by personal in?
terviews, the applicants were most
favorably received. The importers
and jobbers might not "compromise"
in relation to former debt, but were
willing in all cases deemed worthy to
sell on the usual credit. The plain
interpretation of this is, that the
Northern dealers know that Southern
merchants have suffered; but that
they are honorable. They are willing
to trust them for the future.
The Charleston News, like our?
selves, notices an article in the Phila?
delphia Press, headed? "Southern
Indebtedness." That paper indulges
in some remarks as unkind and un?
generous in spirit, as they are untrue
nd without foundation in point of
fact. The Press contends that "the
people of the South are naturally
much worried about their debts; and,
finding ?hat the repudiation of some
of the State obligations, incurred
during the war, is necessary to enable
them to become once more classed
among the good citizens of the Union,
they are endeavoring to secure the
repudiation of their private debts
also."- That there maybe some in?
dividuals ameng us who, having lost
their all by the emancipation of their
slaves and destruction of their pro?
perty, have not the means to meet
their Labilities, (their assets being
destroyed,)'and, therefore, desire the
repudiation of a debt they have lost
the means of liquidating, we are
willing to admit. But that "the
people of the South," at least such
portion of them as are able to settle
with their Northern creditors, desire
to avoid doing so, is most emphati?
cally false. ~
We have lost much, but our honor
all remains, and it io absurd to sup?
pose that the * same people, whose
principles of honor prompted
during-the war and when suc
cess^attended their arms in every di?
rection, to \fTT^rn the Sequestration
Immigration.
We give below a statement of the
immigrants that have arrived at the
port of New York from the 1st of
January, 1865, to the 31st of October |
last, with their destinations; also, a !
statement of arrivals from the 1st of
November last to the 18th ultimo.
The facts will be generally interest?
ing, as all our readers are now more
"br less interested on the subject of
immigration and white labor:
January, 5,319; Februarv, 2,466;
March, 6,171; April, 10,818; May,
24,451; June, 27,119; July, 21,290;
August, 22,011; September, 23,204;
October, 20,069. Total, 162,918.
THEIR DESTINATIONS.
Arkansas, 5; Alabama, 9; British
Columbia, 14; Canada, 1,448; Cali?
fornia, 969; Connecticut, 2,254; Colo?
rado, 3; Cuba, 33; Delaware, 152;
District of Columbia, 1,137; Florida,
4; Georgia, 13; Illinois, 14,878;
Iowa, 3,076; Indiana, 2,181; Ken?
tucky, 1,008; Kansas, 327; Louisiana,
259; Massachusetts. 8,573; Maryland,
1,725; Maine, 314; Michigan, 2,751;
Minnesota, 1,314; Missouri, 3,657;
Mexico, 53; -Mississippi, 31; New
Hampshire, 187; Nova Scotia, 38;
New York, 73,426; New Jersey,
4,994; Nebraska, 92; North Carolina,
19; New Brunswick, 45; Oregon, 14;
Rhode Island, 1,115; Ohio, 8,892;
Pennsylvania, 20,293; South Caro?
lina, 45; South America, 30; Texas,
21; Tennessee, 35; Vermont, 239;
Utah, 1,080; Virginia, 465; West
Indies, ll; "Wisconsin, 4,754. Total,
162,918.
The arrivals for November were
24,464; for December to the 18th
ultimo, 7,869, making a total from
the 1st of January, 1865, to the 18th
ultimo of 195,251. Between the 18th
and 23d ultimo, there were furthei
arrivals of 2,600, making the grand
total for thc year up to that date
197,851._
The Trial or Mr. Davi?.
The following aro the resolutions
introduced in the House of Repre?
sentatives on Wednesday, in regard
to the trials for treason. They were
offered by Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio,
and on his own motion laid on the
table and ordered to be printed for
futuro action :
Resolved, That public justice and
national security demand that as soon
as it may be practical, Jefferson
Davis, a representative man of the
rebellion, should have a fair and im?
partial trial in the highest appro?
priate civil tribunal of the country,
for treason most flagrant in character
by him committed, in order thaj^^
Constitution and the laws mmm
Tile Industrial Resources or the Sooth
a Guarantee for thc Commercial
Prosperity of thc North.
Separated from all political con?
siderations is the present material
condition of the South. Tho restora?
tion of tho Union is not practically
complete until we re-establish the in?
dustrial status of the Southern States.
While patriotic men of all classes are
vying with each other in that section
to build up the ancient fabric of the
republic, shattered by the late re?
bellion, upon the beneficent grounds
j of reconstruction inaugurated by Pre?
sident Johnson, other men equally
alive to the interests of the country,
I are zealously at work to reconstruct
j its commercial and agricultural pros
! perity. To aid in promoting this
! object they look to the co-operation
of the prosperous North. All the
various interests that contributed to
the cotton supply of the South have
been swept away by the war. The
land alone remains, but the imple?
ments to work it ar-3 destroyed as
effectually as if they were a part of
old slave labor system itself.
The importance of maintaining thc
cotton supply of the South is an
absolute necessity in sustaining the
commercial and financial indepen?
dence of the North. So much more
interest, however, is attached to this
matter in Europe than it receives at
this time in the United States, that
we published but recently a practical
illustration of it. In our special de?
spatches from Liverpool we stated,
tipon the authority of the United
States Consul at that port, to whom
it was communicated by the Secre?
tary of the Treasury, that thc estimat?
ed amount of cotton on hand at the
time of the capturo of Savannah was
one million bales, and the product of
this year's growth would not exceed
three hundred thousand bales. From
the attention which wc have recently
given to this subject we are disposed
to believe that the statement of the
Secretary of the Treasury is correct.
But in another point of wow than as
a statistical fact does this statement
recommend itself to consideration.
It shows that a spirit of anxiety pre?
vails in the public mind of Great
Britain respecting the future growth
of the raw material, and to the United
States alone the manufacturing in?
terests look for its supply. Our India
and Egyptian correspondence estab?
lishes the fact, heretofore questioned,
of the failure of the cotton-growing
experiments in those remote regions,
and compels the European consumer
to depend on the more favored land
of the South.
The paucity of the supply of this
year's growth of cotton, the first after
the war, naturally suggests a com?
parison with the annual product of the
more prosperous years preceding:.
that oar bank circulation was con?
vertible into specie at any time.
In connection with this subject,
some general propositions have been
submitted bearing upon the resump?
tion of specie payments. The most
recent was the communication ad?
dressed to the Chamber of Commerce
a few days since, in which a national
cotton growing convention was re?
commended. It was thought that a
crop of five million bales could be
raised the next year, which, at gold
prices, would be worth one thousand
million dollars. We hardly antici?
pate such results in such abrief space
of time. All that we can expect at
present is that the attention of the
North, and with it thc whole country,
will be aroused to the necessity of
aiding the South in the restoration of
its industry and re-establishing it on
something like a self-sustaining foun?
dation.- New York Herald.
A Correct Statement of the Riot at
Alexandria.
Thc Baltimore Gazette, of tho 28th,
says :
We are assured by a clergyman
who was present at Alexandria when
the negro riot took place there on
Christmas day last, that the account
which the Washington Chronicle gave
of that bloody affray, so far as charg?
ing the blame upon young men who
were formerly in the Confederate
army is concerned, is entirely incor?
rect. Our informant furnishes us
with the following, which he repre?
sents to be a true statement of the
affair. The negroes commenced pa?
rading the streets on Sunday night.
They were armed with pistols, knives
and clubs, and marching to the beat?
ing of drums. They kept up this
demonstration until Christmas morn?
ing. On Christmas nay they insulted
a number of white persons in various
ways. They halted in front of several
houses, littering threats at the in?
mates, shouting at and cursing the
inhabitants generally, and brandish?
ing their knives and pistols. Finally,
these disgraceful scenes culminated
in an attack upon a white man who
was passing along the street. A
general fight soon after ensued be?
tween the whites and the blacks,
which resulted in tho killing of several
persons, and among them a Mr.
Mitchell, who belonged to the second
United States Regiment of District
of Columbia Volunteers. Our infor?
mant states further, that the white
persons engaged in the riot were
entirely of tho class known as "loyal.'
Yesterday, we learn that General
Augur directed an investigation to be
made into the circumstances of the
riot, and will bring all parties respon?
sible for thc affair io justice. A
number of arrests have already been
made.
Gov. PATTON'S INAUGURAL.-The
newly elected Executive of Alabama,
Gov. Patton, estimates that the State,
by the waste and ruin which the war j
wrought, has sustained a lost, in
actual and material wealth, of at least
$500,000,000. He conclude? his in-1
augural address to the Legislature as
follows:
Allow me to say, gentlemen, in
conclusion, that since the close of
the war, it has been evidently the
studied purpose of our people to
move in full harmony with the avowed
policy of the National Administra?
tion. This attests the high confidence
which is reposed in the ability, in?
tegrity and patriotism of President
Johnson. I have no hesitation in
expressing the belief that the Presi?
dent is doing everything in his power
to advance the best interests of the
whole country, both North and South.
In his high and responsible position,
he has given the most indubitable
evidence of his purpose to administer
the affairs of the Government in a
spirit of fairness, justice and conser?
vative nationality. I consider it
clearly our duty to give him our
cordial and earnest support in the
patriotic course he is pursuing."
How COUNTERFEITERS ESCAPE.
Ten men were called for trial on
charges of counterfeiting in the
United States Court, in New York, a
few days ago, and not one of them
appeared. These men had all gone
through the usual farce of furnishing
"professional" bail, and now they
are let loose once more to swindle the
public. This is one of the modes by
which justice is defeated, enabling
rogues to escape without trial, and
thus giving impunity to crime. The
same system of "professional" bail
exists here, and has very frequently
the same effect. It would be a very
wholesome practice for the newspaper
press to publish the names of the
bail in all criminal cases, so that the
public may see when it is entered in
good faith by real friends of the
parties, and when it is a mere sham.
The people would be astonished to
see how many times the same names
appear, and what immense amounts
some of these "bail-goers" undertake
to pay in the numerous cases in
which they act; and they frequently
have very little available property, or
perhaps none at all. The publication
of the names of the sureties might
help to cure this evil.
CALIFORNIA GOLD.-In the money
article this morning will be found our
usual annual table, showing the re?
ceipts of California gold at this port
during the present year. It will be
seen that the aggregate is largely in
excess of thc two previous years. It
Local Items.
"THE COD?."-Thc Acte passod by the
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this office. Price 20 cents; by mail
25 cent?.
THE MAILS.-Wo have boen without
a Northern mad for a day or two past.
This will account for tho absence nf our
usual variety of news matter. The holidays
seem to have affected our Northern neigh?
bors.
CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad
I vertising andjob work are cash. We hop?
all parties will bear this in mind.
THE BUEXIHO or COLUMBIA.-An inter?
esting account of the "Sack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has
ust been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Pfittni% steam power proas. Orders
can bc filled to any extent.
VACAWT LOTS.-We again call upon the
city authorities to look after thc vacant
lots, and see that th? uncovered wells and
sinks are rendered safe for pedestrians.
There must bo something done in this
matter, or the citizens will have to take
tho matter in hand. We dislike to writo
these censures, but right and justice to
the tax-payers of our city demand it.
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE.-By reference to
our advertising columns, it will bo Been
that the exercises of this institution will
be resumed on Monday next, in the build?
ing opposite the Marion Street Methodist
Church. Dr. O'Connell needs no recom?
mendation, as his abilities as a teacher
have been fully tested, and are favorable*.
GEN. SAXTON'S VISIT.-Gen. Saxton visit?
ed this city, yesterday, as announced in
our issue of Saturday, and addressed the
freedmen, of whom there were a large con?
course present. From what we learn, not
having had an oppootunity to be present,
tho counsel and advico given to thc audito?
ry vrerc good and wisc. Wc hope to bc
ablo to give, for the benefit of all concern?
ed, a full synopsis of the speeches made on
yesterday.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call
ted to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for th? first
time:
J. Sulzbacber Sc Co.-Selling Off.
Mr. Baton-Watchman Wanted.
L O. O. F.-Meeting lt. W. Grand Lodge.
James G. Gibbes-Varietv Sale.
Dr. B. W. Taylor-Medical Card.
Meeting of the Citizens of Kewhtrry
District.
Pursuant to the notice of adjournment,
passed by a meeting held on Friday, tho
29th of December last, the citizens of New?
berry; District assembled in the Court
Houle, on last sales-day, and, upon motion
of CA. James M. Baxter, thc_
orgapized by calling