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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.
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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.' "
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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
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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
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