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m THE DAILY Baily Paper $10 a Year 'Let our Just Censure PHOSLX. Attend the True Event/' Tri-Weekly $7 a Year. Uk BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1866. VOLUME I-NO. 2??. ft THE PHOENIX, PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY JULIAN A. SELBY. STATE PRINTER. TERMS-IN ADVANCE* SUBSCRIPTION. Dailv Paper, B?X months.$5 00 Tri-Weekly, " " .a 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent . W Special notices 10 cent? z, line. Even in her distress and sorrow, the Sonth commands the respect of her enemies and of the world. The manner of her desistan ce from the war reflects as much credit upon her as the courage with which she con? ducted it. Her surrender has not been a pretence and a trick, but has been manly, honest and sincere. Our people are too brave and too inde? pendent in spirit to play a double part; to affect a submission which they are .unwilling to make good; to pledge their allegiance to a Govern? ment which they do not, in good faith, mean to support. Their prac? tical wisdom teaches them that their highest possible welfare is to be" at? tained in the Union, and the sacred regard which they cherish for their honor and reputation make them ?om to countenance a factious hos? tility to the Government. We shall have no repetition in the South of the state of things which existed in Ireland, in Italy, in Hun? gary, and in Poland, There will be no secret organizations for insurrec? tion ; no incendiary meetings in the small hours of the night ; no whisper? ings of treason around the street corners ; no deep, silent black, terri? ble under-current of bate and hostility, under a smooth, smirking, shining surface of affected contentment and counterfeit loyalty. The character of the Southern people is too frank and sincere for that. What they pretend to be they are, openly and honestly. They do not deal in duplicity. It is foreign to their nature and habits. They have a traditional love for free government, and a traditional in? capacity for any other. The habits of centuries cannot be shaken off, and they expect to enjoy free govern? ment in spite of all that has happen? ed. But they have an instinctive feeling of the necessity of yielding to the exigency of the times, and of proving their title to freedom by showing themselves superior to the passions and prejudices of the hour. The South ruled this Union from its formation for three-quarters of a century with distinguished integrity and a success which seems miracu? lous. Fortune has, for a time, chang? ed her relations to the Government. It is now for her to show that she can obey with the same integrity of character and of motive with which she so long ruled. In,this Union, on thia continent, where public opinion is supreme and where this most pe? culiar and most wonderful Anglo Saxon-Norman, race predominates, men attain to power and control by force of mind and charaoter. What a striking exemplification of this fact is afforded by the distinguished in? stance of Mr. Seward, who, for four years, has been the presiding genius, in his person the embodiment of the Union. The giddy multitude may elect popular men to high position only that men of great minds and character may rule in their name. Every intelligent citizen, every friend of the South, must witness her deportment in her present hour of humiliation with unfeigned pride. The sterling and sturdy honesty and dignity with which she conducts her? self in adversity; her freedom from that puerile and fretful peevishness in distress which belongs to small minds; her superiority to fnetion and duplicity; her scorn for the wretched characters who court popular favor by appeals to unworthy passons and prejudices; her silence and patience under insult and detraction, all mark er as superior to the fate wliich has allen her, and worthy still of a 'ons destiny, the South persist in the honora urse which she has thus far ed. Until she regains her place Union, recovering the f uh* pos n of the rights which attach to people, and can claim a sove oice in affairs, let her continue y the laws, to respect the au es, to eschew a factious policy, rn duplicity, to frown upon agi? ra and mischief-makers. Let hei 5rove the sincerity of her renewed iyalty to the Union by obedience tc laws and measures which are necessa? ry to her restoration.-Richmond Re? public. The theatrical company now per? forming in Mobile was to give a per? formance on Saturday last for the benefit of the widow of the late Gen ' eralStonewallJackson. The citizens took the matter in hand, determined to make it a real benefit. * 'CENTRALIZATION. "-Consolidation has made immense strides during re? cent years in the political thought of the American people. A war waged by the central power on some of its constituent States could not, under any event, have failed of producing that effect on public opinion. But carried ont under the most extreme assertion of Federal authority, over? riding State charters, snubbing State Governors, and, in fa?t, degrading the- States themselves to military districts, the consequence has been almost totally destructive of the de? centralizing spirit of the Constitu? tion. The great expansion of the Federal establishments, in a perma nent-form, tends to sustain that re? volutionary remnant of civil war for tho future ; and leads to its develop? ment under the eyes of political ob? servation in a great many painful forms. Tho postal service of the Government has often been objected to in the good old days of Constitu? tional feeling, as one not proper to the purposes of the Union. "While never coucurring in these objections our-1 self, they are worthy of mention here in order to illustrate the change of spirit under which public opinion has fallen. Besides carrying our letters, it is now proposed that the Govern? ment shall also be charged with the transmission of our telegrams ! Mr. Alley, of Massachusetts, has obtained the passage of a resolution in the House of Representatives, ordering the Committee of that body on Post Offices and Post Roads to "inquire into tho expediency of establishing a national system of telegraphing by which* all telegraias shall be forwarded under a similar system to our present postal service, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Post Office Depart? ment !"-Ne io York News. IMPORTANT DECISION-END OF MIL? ITARY RULE.-Judge Leonard, of the Supreme Court in this city, deserves well of the country, for to his in? trepid integrity of principle we are indebted for the first judicial declara? tion of the fact that the violence of military usurpation is replaced by the prevalence of civil law. Robert Martin, a citizen of Kentucky, was arrested, since the close of the war, on some charge of complicity with the hotel burning conspiracy, and was detained in Fort Lafay.tte. A writ of habeas corpus was served on General Hooker, commandant of this department ~he produced the prisoner in court, and for return made answer that Martin was held as a spy by order of the President. The case was elaborately argued, and after careful deliberation, Judge Leonard ordered the discharge of the prisoner from military arrest. Here is an auspicious omen of the return of the day, when the authori? ty of law shall supersede the arbitrary will of irresponsible soldiers. But the principle on vhich Judge Leo? nard direotcd the < ? i ^charge of Martin is of scarcely less consequence than the judgment itself. This respecta? ble jurist announces that whenever the writ of habeas corpus is permitted to operate, no person can be detained in custody for an offence known only to military law, and cognizable only by military courts. He declares that military law is of efficacy only in time of war, and that the return of peace operates an amnesty and ob? livion of all offences against the arti? cles of war. Judge Leonard will be pleased to accept the homage of our applause.-New York News. GEN. MEREDITH COWHIDES A MEM? BER OF CONGRESS.-A despatch from Richmond, Indiana, Novemb^i 27, says : "General Sol. Meredith met the Hon. Geo. W. Julian, member of Congress from this district, in the depot this morning, for the first time since the war. He interrogated Mr. Julian as to his authorship of certain telegrams sent to Washington, charg? ing him with having been relieved of his command at Paducah, Ky., for his sympathy with the rebels, show? ing at the same time certificates that he was their author. Mr. Julian flatly denied it, when Gen. Meredith gave him the lie, and seizing him, threw him heavily ou the grouud, and drawing a cowhide, gave him a severe cowhiding-full fifty lashes. The honorable member of Congress bellowed lustily, und called loudly for ' help from the large crowd present, but received none. * This Julian ia the mau who made a speech recently in the Indiana Legis ; lature, demanding the blood of Mr. Davis, Gen. Lee and other prominent ' Southerners,, and the confiscation aud division among Federal soldiers of all property in the South. -- --- The official vote of North Carolina, - declaring null and void the ordinance i of secession, ia announced a3 follows: ? Nineteen thousand nine hundred and i seventy-seven votes in favor of the declaration, and one thousand nine hundred and fifty against it. JOHN C. CALHOUN ON "NATION AiiiTX."-In the year 1849, the great South Carolina statesman attended divine service at a village Episcopal Church, near -which he waa sojourn? ing. The late Bishop Gadsden offi? ciated, who used a special prayer composed by him in reference to the then prevailing cholera ; and the gentleman who accompanied Mr. Calhoun says that he sat up perfectly erect when he heard the word "na? tion" used in it, which, by-the-way, occurred frequently also in the Bishop's sermon. After the services were over, and he had shaken hands with all his neighbors, the two got into the buggy and started for home. "Nation!" "nation!" "nation!" re? peated Mr. Calhoun, as if to himself; "it is strange that a man like Gads? den, who ought to know better, would use such a word. There is no truth, no meaning in it. All such things ter.d to consolidate the Go? vernment and produce a wrong im? pression. Gadsden kribws better. When the Constitution was formed, the word national was not used. Gen. Washington never used it, nor did the founders. They speak of the 'General Government,' 'the Govern? ment of the Federal Union,' but struck out 'nation' in all places; and the preamble to the Constitution reads, 'We, the people of the United States.' We are not a nation, and the word was never heard of until j recent years. Union should be the word; but there is a word wanting. People speak of a national song. Uni. n song would be one mode of expressing it. Denmark, Sweden, etc., are nations. Russia is not a nation-it is an empire." {St. Louis Republican. A YOUNO LADT CBUSHED TO DEATH BX MACHINERY.-A heart-rendering aecident occurred at the mills of Major Warren, on Beale street, yes? terday, which resulted in the almost immediate death of a Miss J. Den? man, of Port Gibson, Miss. Miss Denman came to this city several days ago, and was to return home on Monday to make prepara? tions for her approaching marriage with Major Warren, of Port Gibson, to whom she had been engaged for some time. Doubtless she had pur? chased her bridal trosseaii and was happily contemplating the event so soon to transpire. Yesterday, in company with two young ladies of this city-Miss Capers and Miss Walker-she visited the mills above mentioned; an inspection of the pre? mises was suggested, to which ready assent was given. Approaching too near the machinery, Miss Denni au's dress was caught, and she was drawn between two wheels and mangled in a horrible manner. She survived but a few minutes. Miss Denman was accomplished and esteemed, and her sudden and awful death will be deeply deplor d by a large circle of relatives and friends. She was, previous to the war, in affluent circumstances, but of late was obliged to maintain herself by teaching school at West Point, Miss.-Memphis Bulletin. A letter from the Lake Superior copper regions says: "Here is a region now producing an aggregate of 10,000 tons of copper annually, which the coming five years will beyond all doubt see more than doubled. It costs twenty cents per pound to produce this-$4,000, 000. This sum, be it observed, only covers the current working expenses of the few producing mines. It does not include the first cost of these mines, which could not have been less than $7,000,000. Nor does it in? clude the cost of the non-producing mines, upon each of which has been expended at least an average of $30, 000-making an aggregate of at least $2,000,000 more. The great English copper mines are now only beginning to decay, after having been worked for many generations ; and there is no exaggeration in the supposition that the amount of capital expended in legitimate mining enterprise in this region will soon approach $10, 000,000 annually. A HOME "DLAST.-Some of the Ad? ministration papers, o? the Repub? lican faith, are getting to be terribly severe on the blatant radicals. e Albany (New York) Journal-Thur low__Weed's old paper-thus notices some "of the fanatics: "A NEW PABTY--A new party has recently been foraK?r-Itewatch-word is : 'The South is lriump???fit;' its motto: 'The States are Dead;' its pur? pose: 'To hold the South as Con: quered Territory.' It has three members-Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens. Against them stand arrayed all the people. Should the people triumph, Mr. Sumner will probably find speedy occasion to deliver an oration in Faneuil Hall, pronouncing the Re? public 'aa oligarchy of skin.' " * { OFF AT ReducedPrices TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPBJNG & SUMMER STOCK* I J.fMIMM, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, C OTH?NC GROCERIES, OFFER THEIR Large & Well-selected Stock AT BEDTTCEID P2ICE8 ! CONSISTING OF: AGOOD assortment of PRINTS, of aU colors and qualities. DELAINES, POPLINS. French and English MERINO. Black and Colored ALPACA. DEBEGE, LINDSEYS. Opera, White and Red All-wool and Cot? ton FLANNEL. GINGHAM, JACONET, SWISS MUSLIN. JEANS. CAMBRICS, PAPER CAMBRICS. Bleached and Unbleached HOMESPUN. Linen and Cotton SHEETING. PILLOW-CASING, TICKING. SHAWLS. LADIES' CLOAKS. HATS and BONNETS, tr'mcd and unt'd. BONNET FRAMES, RIBBONS. FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RUCHES. BUGLE and other Fancy Dress and doa!; Trimmings. Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Hosierv. Cuffs, Collars, Hair Nets. Breakfast Shawls, Sontags. Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, Corsets. Yeils, Coate's and Clark's Spool Cotton. ALSO, A FULL LINE OF GEtifS FllMIIIXG GOODS ! CONSISTING OF: Over, Business and Black Frock COATS. PANTS and VESTS of all qualities. White Linen and Woolen OVER-SHIRTS. Shaker, Merino, Woolen and Cotton UNDER-SHIRTS and DRAWERS. Socks, Suspenders, Collars, Wristbands. Neck-Ties, Pocket Handkerchiefs. Hats and Caps. Fine Pegged and Sewed Boots, Gaiters and Shoes. Together with a largo and well-selected stock of Plain and Fancy G-rooeries, FLOUR, BACON, CHEESE, BUTTER. LARD, TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR. Whole and Ground Spices, Candles. Fancy and Common Soaps. Soda, Indigo, Copperas, Blue Stone. Madder and Logwood. Plain and Fancv Crackers. Herrings and Mackerel, by tho barrel, half barrel and kit. Sweet Oil, Yeast Powders. Carbonato of Soda, Concentrated Lye. Fancy and Plain Candies. Sugar and Fancy Toys, Sardines. Kerosene OU. Cotton and Wool Cards. Pocket and Table Cutlery, Scissors. Tcbacc i and Segars. Together with a largo assortment of goods usually kept, and too numerous to mention. ALSO, ON HAND, I A large stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, SPECTACLES, Ac. Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv repaired. Old GOLD and SILVER bought. New and second-hand WATCHES bought. AGENTS FOR KALB'S PATENT LIMBS. HARTMAN'S PATENT ELASTIC CRUTCH, h And FAIRBANK'S SCALES. Assembly Street, I BETWEEN PLAIN & WASHINGTON, I COLUMBIA, S.C. Jan 4> CALNAN & KREUDER, GERVAIS (OR BRIDGE) STREET, OPPOSITE THE STATE HOUSE, Aro continually receiving and koop constantly on hand a full supply of GROCERIES; WINES ?ND UQUORS, OF THE FINEST QUALITY: SUGARS, TEA, COFFEE, MOLASSES, CRACKERS, Cheese, Lutter. Lard. Hams, Lacon, Dried Beef, Herrings, Mackerel, Vinegar, Pickles, Sauces, Canned Fruits, Mustard, Pepper, Spices, Ginger; Macea roni. Raisins, Brazil Nuts, Hazel Nats, Salt, Sweet Potatoes, NORTHERN IRISH POTATOES. Gibson's FINE WHISKIES. SCOTCH WHISKEY. GIN, RUM. FRENCH BRANDY, .Madeira, Port and Sherry Wine. St. Marceaux A Co.'s Champagne, Curacoa, Absynth, Maraschino, Ac. HENRY N. McGOWAN, Salesman. Dec 8 Phoenix Iron Works, Situated Foot of Richland St., near Greenville Railroad, Columbia. E-?LBS1ITH k KM, PROPRIETORS. THE above works are now completed, and the undersigned beg to inform the public that they are now prepared to exe? cute all kinds of IRON CASTINGS, such as A?, are ?eedecr-for agriculturists and ma- -_ - ?i*>?chi!iists. RALLROAJD IRON. MILL IRON. 1RO.N FENCING, S&sfetc. t'hey arc also prepared to furnish BRASS CASTINGS PUS: of every description. k-?V Orders ar? solicited and r, ill bo promptly attended to. _^ M. UOLDSMITH, ' Nov '.) P. KIND. Land Jigerit. \TT A. HARRIS, Agon: to Purchase or j TT . Sell Real Estate. Prompt attention given to any business entrusted o> Ids j care. Office, for thc present, ar his rcsi- I dence, corner Gervais and Bull streets. ! Columbia, S. C. Dec. ' FOB SALE OS RENT. MA DWELLING HOUSE, containing ; eight rooms, situated two miles from I Columbia, on thc Camdon Hoad. On ; the premises are a carriage home, stable, ? barn and all necessary out-houses. The lot contains 180 acres, wooded. Apply to . BENJ. T. DENT, : _Dec_13__At tho Market. CMWFBi & MM, FACTORS, SHIPPERS i AND COMMISE MERCHANTS, j OFFICE IN COTTON TOWN, COLUM13IA, t??. ! WILL store or attend to the forwarding ! of COTTON, PKODUi V. FURNI- ! TUBE and GOODS entrusted to.their car.-. Will also suit HORSES, MULES, CAT? TLE, &c. We pledge ourselves to use every eudea- ! vor to promote the welfare of those who ! may favor us with their patronage. J. M. CRAWFORD. " L. P. MILLER. I SfiT Charleston News, Ni wherry Herald, j Winnsboro News, Chester Standard; Abbe- ; ville Banner, Anderson Intelligencer and j Greenville Mountaineer will publish two i weeks, and forward bills. Dee 30 ! C. S. Jenkins, ASSEMBLY ST&EET, NEXT MARKET STREET, KEEPS constantly on hand a full stock of Familv GROCERIES and PROVI? SIONS. ALSO, LIQUORS, CONFECTIONERY, SHOES, HATS and Dec 23 10 FANCY ARTICLES, Ac. STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY HAIL. 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. 701). 2 " AGRICULTURIST. 1 " GOLDEN SEEDED. 1 " WILSON'S ALBANY. ! For *20, 4 " Jucuuda-Our No. 700. 4 " Agriculturist. 2 " Golden Seeded. 2 Russell. 2 " Triomphe de (?and. 2 .. Wilson's Albany. 1 " Lenning's White. Tho above are the most valuable kinds now cultivated, and include carly, medium and late maturing varieties. The Jacunda -our No. 700-for size, beauty, yield, profit and other desirable qualities, is the mest valuable strawberry of which we have any knowledge. For the Agriculturist, (a new seedling,) wo paid the highest price ever paid for a strawberry; Golden Seeded is tho best early, and Lenning's White thc best white; Russell, Triomphe de Gandand Wilson arc invaluable. Our catalogue, giving descriptions of theso and many other varieties, and fuM nishing much valuable inform?tioB^B growers of strawberries, will be ? ' '.?^dm\ ! applicants enclosing lt) cents. _mwt J. KNOX, '?mmm Dec 29 fi_Vv\^M THE iMEtei?fiB?^li|WhW fWt a general assoi^M ^HOES, c ,:. ^?M and Uniol.-soled^B j make,) Lalm.>r.J*B j gans, ftc. Als<^*| Baltimore ( '????JB as usual, "^^^Mm^mK^SSr^^S^S?mvf^. ! Boots and S'?^B workmanshii^B3B}BBBB^^ which tlie'jB8lf?^^ Sumter ^AW? ?UilJULi MUI Uli* HACK" LINE WASHIIWTON, GA. HA.VING taken charge of thc above IL "TEL, and having thoroughly re?' fitted and refurnished it, I pledge myself, after many years' experience in this busi? ness, to furnish my guests with clean, com? fortable rooms, and a tablo supplied at all times with the very best tho markets afford. I am determined to spare no pains to please niv patrons. ?Sly HACKS from Abbeville to Washing? ton, Ga., will make daily connection writh this House, affording to persons going West and East w saftk comforfelMa and ox petUtlou.. MHH^ . ...... J^^, Persons desiring to co from Abbeville to anv point of the country not accessible bv pubhc conveyance, cannnd ?it my LIVERY STABLES, for hire, Carriages, Buggies and Saddle Horses. P. S. RUTLEDGE. Abbeville C. IL, December 12, 1865. Dec 21 Imo ! FROM Columbia to Charleston. It HE NEW and FIRST-CLASS LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER GEORGE is now ! prepared to make engagements to take j Freight from Granby Landing to Charles ' ton. All goods forwarded by this Uno will be insured, if desired. Also, forwarded to fciew York, and advances nlado upon tho same, if required. Dec l l Imo A. L. SOLOMON, Agent. K..,- The Abbeville Barnier, Newberry Herald, Anderson Intelligences and Chester Standard will publish thc above for two weeks, and send bills to this offue. Just Received from New York AND FOR SALE AT L. E. CLARKE'S, WASHING TON STREET. 4 L.iRGE and fashionable assortment of J\_ ORNAMENTS and TRIMMINGS for LadiesHJresses and Cloaks, consisting of Bugles, Buttorih' s, Drops, Fancy Cords and Buttons, of every description and size; breakfast Shawls, Central Park Hoods, In? fant's Socks, Ladiea^-Jfaric^^?uck-Ties, Laities* Fancy Neck-Ties A ?k!- Vn-fa Elevators, Reit, ;?:r,q--Jfl Bhttftitfa. and Leather Relts, '''???KSBSBS^Sa^ffVV colors ami n i.'eie^^H widths, Ladies' SuM Traveling 1 ia ^^^ffl^^ffihji^^HBl HnndkovehiofjjMBBjHW^H chiefs, <"'<*?:;; Mmt Silk ?:MH?yB i e.ni.t',,.^ ^KwfffrfrjT^^ of all ^'JBIBEBBB^ Skirts, a I^^^3j|^^S^EBKTiBSl?Mi^S Ladies'. j|HJ ?A..,. ;H Hfl