The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 09, 1866, Image 2

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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, February 9, 1866. TUc Situation. As a mat ter of course, the people of tho Southern States feel deeply in ' terested as regards their political status in the Union. The position of tho radical party-the dominant par? ty in Congress-leaves but little hope for an early restoration of the South? ern States. Our advice is, while wo keep our readers, as far as "W3 possibly can, posted up on national politics, let them leave them aside for the pre? sent, and turn in and iroj-k: We have the ftdure-not of politics-but of ex? istence, before us; and we earnestly exhort, at this season, that every ca? pacity, every energy, every physical power, be brought into active exer? cise, just the same as if there were no politicians or politics in the country. Our lands are here-our strength and energy is still left us-let ns go to work. We must have patience-and we 'are assured she will have her perfect work. The mingling in politics now will do us no good, and Ave do not wish otxr fellow-citizens to engage in this business. Our present and honest advice is, to them, to apply themselves to the development of the rich resources of their State, into the full encouragement of every enter * prise that will contribute to this de? velopment, and that, in the future, abstractions will not divert them from the grand uses to which they may apply themselves in rendering their State one of the most prosperous of tho Union. These are different sentiments from those formerly enunciated, but, as experience teach-.,.*, they are the wisest tobe entertained at the present juncture. Manly Sentiments. Bishop Coxe, of Western New York, delivered a lecture lately before the "Young Men's Association," of Buffalo, on "The Unity of Northern and Southern Civilization." The Commercial Advertiser, of that city, speaks in laudatory terms of the lec? ture, which, from thc sketch that it publishes, seems to have been distin? guished by a Christian and liberal spirit. The speaker referred to the claims of some reviews and journals, that New England is the source of all learning in this country; but the fact that such men as Washington and Franklin sprang from different se tions. is sufficient proof that there must have been a unity in religious and educational influences in those sections. Virginia, said Bishop Coxe, was really the mother of learning in this country, as the founding of Wil- I liam and Mary College and the ad- j vaucement of education in that sec? tion show. He concluded: "How little justice has been done to those venerable benefactors, who deserve the most glorious memorials for their untiring efforts to benefit their fellow-men. To all who would impugn the character of Virginia, let lier great men reply. Are we worthy descendants of those great men who advanced learning and religion, and made their lives one martyrdom, that we might enjoy the greatest blessings ever poured upon a people? The two antago* istie sections of our country ' possess a unity both of tradition and destiny. No class of our progenitors were the monopolists of truth. Now is tho time to harmonize what is good in Northern and Southern sections. There should be no geographical lines in tho nationality of our country. Oir*poBcy as well as principle, e can extend the magnanimity of heroes to our Southern brethren. For some I years, there will be much to annoy ! and pain us, but if wo are resolved ! that the whole land shall be one home for the American people, we must bury strife and discord. A future of i moral grandeur awaits our country, ; bearing the impress of tho early j founders, and possessing a glorious civilization through the agency of the ! Christian religion. . Is AN INDIAN AS GOOD AS A NKGRO? j -Referring to the Stevens amend? ment of the Constitution, which specially excepts Indians from the protection granted to negroes, the New York Herald remarks: "Think of such a man as the gallant ? (Jot. Parker, Gen. Grant's aid-de camp, ana many other superior men of the Indian race we might name, ! beino; excluded, while Africans, who j hardly know their right hand from their left, are admitted to political equality with the white?. In fact, if i lie negro is to be placed on perfect political equality with ourselves, wo cumot see why thc Indians, Chinese, Malays, and the other races, which I are not inferior to the negro, should I not have the same privilege." The Israelites. MESSES EDITOR* : In your Tuesday's issue, you remarked the forming of a congregation of the members of the Israchti8h faith, and with pleasure do we soe that the descendants of Abraham, and members of the rem? nant of the house of Judah, show their adherence to the faith of their fathers; a faith-thc mother of christianity-which first brought to the world the idea of an indivisible Divinity; of the evidence of one, only one Jehovah; and,* as such, threw fight into the world of Paganism. The members of this faith are to be found all over the world. Juda? ism, for thousands of years, has withstood all the vicissitudes and strifes carried on to do destroy it and its adherents. Persecuted and abused, from the timo of the destruction of the Temple until the begining of tho present century, the Hebrews have borne the burden and stigma of pre? judice and fanaticism. Those who escaped the auto daffie's of the Span? ish inquisition, fled to Holland, Eng? land, France and Germany, where, soon after, they were persecuted in like manner. But, in spite of all, few instances of proselytism are on record. Thc Jew will stick to his faith. To him the faith of his father is holy; a time-honored tradition even to thc infidel Jew; an inheri-' tance to him from the Patriarch. No nation of the ?jarth can show a record like that of the Hebrew. Sprung up from one family, as a nation this people have had their era of. greatness-powerful under Kings like David and Solomon; enlightened by the teachings of Prophets and Scribes; giving systems of philoso? phy to the world; founders of Caba lah and Metaphysic ; great in warfare and in subjugation meek and humble; but, though in exile, looking back to the place where once stood the Tem? ple of Jehovah, are still, in spite of persecution, adhering to their faith. Men of momentous note this peo? ple has given to the world, even in exile. Many names of note, read of in the history of all ages, are the names of renowned Jews. Spread over all the globe, and adhering to the God of their fathers, they live on their national life-long after Ama less aud Midians, Phoenicians and Assyrians are gone, and only to be read of long after Homans and Gre? cians,, the conquerors of Judah, are gone up and mixed among the other nations not to be distinguished. Alone, distinct and unique, the house of . Israel stands as a witness that there exists a God above nature. And to this God the Israelites of this city have united to dedicate a temple. The congregation thus formed bears the name "Ansho Emanath Israel," which means "the congregation of the believers in Israel's faith." They have organized and elected their officers. We hope that they will progress in tho good work they have begun. Here, iii the land of liberty, where opiuiou is free, tho Jew and Gentile, the believer and in? fidel, can worship according to their own doctrine. JLere no anio dafie threatens the poor^Tew or thc unhap? py heretic-no civil disqualification on account of religious belief; and, under the perfect freedom of reli? gious opinion, the Christian, Jew and Gentile progress to that moral com? pletion and perfection their respect- | ive doctrines are calculated to guido ! them to. ALPHA. "NAME HIM."-The New York Times, commenting upon the scurri? lous, or ridiculous-for it is difficult to say which adjective better describe them-remarks made by Thad. Stevens the other day in regard to tho relative merits of the Federaland j Confederate dead, declares that these remarks drew from one of the most j prominent, brave, and patriotic gene- ? ral officers of the war, this comment: "Such utterances have no longer the merit of being bold and fearless. The private soldier who has fought and died unheralded, puts such rhetoric to shame. None but cov,'?**ds tfmnt fallen foes; and God pity the future of our country if such passions are to /nie in its legislative halls. " A truthful comment. Let us have the name of this officer. A CANADIAN OPINION OF THE FE? NIAN INVASION.-The Toronto Leader says the moment Gen. Sweeney takes the first practical step for putting his threats into execution, wc shall expect from the justice of President John? son a timely exertion of the necessary means of vindicating those neutrality laws of the United States of which tho movement will be a gross viola? tion. President Yan Buren sent troops to the Canada frontier to en? force the neutral obligations of the States, immediately after such a de? monstration as has just been made at Buffalo. Sweeney and his fellow conspirators have probably not yet gone so far as to render their punish? ment certain under the neutrality laws of 1818 and 1838.* Le. them go on until their necks are fairly in the noose, and then a gentle pressure of the Executive hand will do the busi- j ness. Wv3 learn from a Georgia exchange that the wheat crop in that State is : very promising. Our Ra.Ur4a.ils. , We take the following extracts from the annual report of Wm. John? ston, Esq., President of the Char lotte and. South Carolina Railroad : "When your road was finished, its bond and floating debt exceeded ?500,000. Tho floating debt was soon extinguished, and the bond debt has since been reduced from $396,000 to $274,000. Of this sum $87,500 of these bonds are past due, and $71,000 of interest due upon bonds matured and running to maturity, making in all of bonds and coupons, an aggre? gate of $138,000. Many of the holders of these obligations, knowing the undoubted security they afford, are willing to renew those past due. This will be the policy of the Com? pany, and the bonds are now being prepared, and will soon be read3' to issue, when notice will he given to the holders. The purpose of the di? rection has been to gradually redeem all bouds, but the disasters of the past twelve months will delay this for a year or two. Fortunately this debt was never very large in proportion to the capital on which it was based. Hence, the former high credit of your road, and the reason why no creditor has ever even asked for a mortgage ol' any portion of the property. But few roads of 110 miles in length, with full equipment, have ever been con? structed in this country without ono or more mortgages. For years past the Company has had no floating debt, and all liabilities incurred thus far in reconstruction, except for the bridge and rails, are provided. Nine tenths of the timber necessary to complete the remainder Of the road is delivered and paid for. This lias been provided by collections ?hie the Company, sale of cotton, receipts of the road, ic. "The income since June has amounted to $76,161.96, exclusive of charges at tho Catawba Uiver. Con? sidering thc condition of the road, and the country, this result has ex? ceeded expectation. All the profits have been applied to reconstruction. With tho road completed and its through and local business restored, its nett income should soou equal that of 1860-61, which averaged over $180,000. This would soon restore the credit of the Company and extinguish all debts of recon? struction, and meet all other obliga? tions. Until this is done, the stock? holders cannot expect their usual dividends. "It is gratifying to state that the Columbia and Augusta road is being vigorously prosecuted, with a fair prospect of completion within a rea? sonable time. The opening of this road will add very greatly to the through business of your road, as it will be shorter by over sixty miles from Augusta to New York, via Columbia and Charlotte, than by any other route." THE STEVENS RESOLUTION REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE.-By the passage of this amendment, the Re? publican majority hurl defiance in the teeth of the President. Mr. Ste? vens went so far as to brave tho veto, and say that if the amendment pass? ed both Houses by the requisite ma? jority, "it would be a law, irrespective of the signature of the President, to whom it had not to be presented for approval." It is true enough that the veto would avail nothing against a determined two-thirds majority; but the Constitution is, nevertheless, very explicit in requiring the presen? tation of the resolution to the Presi? dent for his approval. Its language is: "Every order, resolution, or vote, to'which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before tho same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or, being disapproved by him, shall be repass ed by two-thirds of tho Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill." In accordance with this provision, the anti-slavery amendment was pre? sented to Mr. Lincoln, and received his signature on the 1st of February last. If this form is not gone through with in the present case, the Presi? dent must treat the joint resolution as a nullity, and not allow the State Department to transmit it to the Statep for ratification. . If the two Houses do not give the President a chance to veto it, it becomes dead by that very fact. By withholding it, they will have the gratification of treating the Presi? dent with discourtesy (as Mr. Stevens has done by expressing the threat;) but in that case the President will owe the amendment no moro respect thar, if it were a piece of blank paper. If, after passing the Senate, it should be submitted to the President and repassed over his veto, nothing is more certain than that it will not be ratified. Any ten States can defeat it; and besides the eleven excluded from Congress, all the border States will refuse to ratify. It is not passed as an amendment t J the Constitution, but as an instrument of procrastina? tion. Thc Southern States are to be kept out till it is adopted, and its cer? tain rejection is reckoned on as a cer tain means of excluding that section from tho presidential election, and improving the chances of the Repub? licans for electing President Johnson's successor.-New Vari- World. ..... Not bonds of affection-the Fenian bonus. Letter from Admiral Semine* to the President. Mr. Semines has written iv long let? ter to President Johnson, setting forth the grounds upon which he claims a discharge from arrest. The pith of it is in the concluding para? graphs, which are as follows: "One more remark, Mr. President, and I will forbear to trespass further on your time and patience. The act of war for which I was arrested was well known to tho department of the Government making thc arrest, ten months before thc convention was entered into at Greensboro. It was . well Known to the same department that about the middle of Febru: -.y, 18G5, I was assigned to the command of tho James River Squadron, near Richmond, with the rank of a Hear Admiral ; being thus promoted and em? ployed by my Government after tho alleged illegal escape off Cherbourg. If the Government then entertained the design, which it has since devel? oped, of arresting and trying me for this alleged breach of tho laws of war, was it not its duty, both to itself and me, to have made me an exception to any military terms it might have been disposed to grant to our armies? 1 i put it to you, Mr. President, usaman ? and a magistrate, to say-and I will rest my caso on your answer-whe? ther it was consistent with honor and j fair dealing, for this Government first I to entrap me by means of a military convention, and then, having me iu i its ]lower, to arrest mc and declare j that convention UHII und void, for i the course recommended to you by ! Mr. Speed comes to this-nothing ! more, nothing less. "I have thus laid before you, te? diously, I fear, and yet as concisely .as was consistent with clearness, the grounds upon which I claim at your hands, who ?are the guardian of tho honor of a great nation, my discharge from arrest and imprisonment. I have spoken freely und frankly, as it became an American citizen to speak to the Chief Magistrate of thc Amori : can Republic. Wc live in times of j high party excitement, when men, unfortunately, aro but too prono to take counsel of their passions; but liassions die, and men die with them; and after death comes history. In the future, Mr. President, when Auie rica ?hall have a history, my record and that of the gallant Southern peo? ple will be engrafted upon, and be? come a part of, your history, inc pages of which you are now acting; and the prayer of this petition is, that you will not permit the honor of the American name to be tarnished by a perfidy on those pages. In this prayer, I have stood strictly upon legal defences; but should those bar? riers be beaten down, conscious of the rectitude of my conduct through? out a chequered and eventful career, when the commerce of half a world was at my mercy, and when the pas? sions of men, North and South, wore ? tossed into a whirpool by the current events of the?most bloody and terrific war that the human race had ever seen, I shall hope to justify und de? fend myself against any and all charges affecting the honor jf?id repu? tation of a man and a soldier. What? ever else may be said of me, I have, at least, brought no discredit upon .the American name and character. I am, very respectfully, etc., "RAPHAEL SEMMES. "WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 15,18(3b\" j RUSH OF GERMAN EMIGRANTS TO j AMEUTCA.-80,000 Germans emigrat I ed last year, via Hamburg and I Bremen. About 15,000 more, it is : calculated, left for the same desti ! nation, by way of France, England and Belgium. The Hamburg Ame? rican Steamship Company arc just j doubling the number of their ships, j expecting a like influx of passengers i in the immediate future. If political ; dissatisfaction remains as strongly j pronounced in Germany as it now' is, j their anticipations will, no doubt, be ! fulfilled. Contrary to what was for ? morly the case, when very poor people would lay by a few tinders to carry them over, a considerable por? tion of emigrants now consist of small farmers, with a thousand or two of thalers in their pockets. [Berlin Cor. London Times, Jan. 10. A DISLOYAL SUN.-Tho Washing? ton Chronicle is the appropriate ndvo ; cate of thc last legislative absurdity : "The crime of counterfeiting thc national currency justifies the punish? ment of death. The" national credit is at stake. Tho perpetuity of the Government is at stake. The life of the nation is paramount to all other considerations. "Such i, the perfection to which the arts have attained in the present dav, that it is impossible to guard against thc skill of tho. counterfeiter. This arch-enemy of credit is assisted in his diabolical schemes by the god of day, and photography becomes his willing slave." WHAT THEY WOKE FOR IN* INDIANA. The question of labor has grown to be quite as perplexing to certain of the inhabitants of Indianapolis, ?ts it is to us. Manufacturing establish? ments are discharging their hands. The rents are so high that hundreds of men, with wives and from five to ten children, are houseless-they be? ing unable to rind employm ent La? borers express themselves os ?orfecirj 1 willing to work for their board. I Hero is a subject of study for crazy i fanatics, who are so deeply interested in tho welfnreof the "poor freedman.' Let a practical application of its : truths bo made.-Augusta Chronicle. L-etter from General Sherman. The following is the letter of Gen? eral Sherman, which was alluded to in a despatch a few days siuce, in re? lation to tho abandoned lands on our coast : WASHINGTON, February 2. 18G6. To Andrem Johnson, President of the United States. SIR : I have the honor to acknow? ledge the receipt of your letter of February 1 ; and, in compliance with your request, I enclose herewith a1 copy of field order No. 15? of 1865, with this brief history of th? origin and reasons for making it : Tho Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, caine to Savannah soon after its occupation by the forces under my command, and conferred freely with me as to the best method to provide for the vast number of negroes who had followed the army from the in? terior of Georgia, as also of those who had already congregated on the islandjtiear Hilton Head, and were still coming into our lines. We agreed perfectly that the young and able bodied men should be enlisted as sol? diers, or employed by the Quarter? master in the necessary work of unloading ships and for other army purposes, but this left on our- hands the old and feeble, the women and children, who had necessarily to be fed by the United States. Mr. Stanton summoned a large number of the old negi-oes, mostly preachers, with whom he held a long conference, of which he took down notes. After this conference, he was satisfied that thc negroes could, with some little aid from us, by means of the abandoned plantations on the sea islands and along the navigable rivers, take care of themselves. He requested me to draw up a plan that would be uniform and practicable. I made the rough draft, and we went over it very carefully, Mr. Stanton making many changes, and the pre? sent orders nutnbeV fifteen resulted and were made public. I knew, of course, we could not convey the title to land, and merely provided possessory titles to be good so long as war and our military power lasted. I merely aimed to make provision for the negroes who were absolutely dependent ou us, leaving the value of their possessions to be determined by after events, or legislation. At that time, January, 1805, it will be remembered, that tho tone of the people of the South was very defiant, and no one could tell when tho period of war would cease, therefore I did not contemplate that event as being so near at hand. I am, with great respect, your obe? dient servant, (Signed) W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General. PRACTICAL, FENIANISM.-How TO GIVE"THE IRISH PEOPLE A REPUBLI? CAN GOVERNMENT.-The British press believes that the Fenian movement has had sufficient effect upon the Irish people to render them, for many years, even more discontented and uneasy than they had previously been under thc harsh laws and bad government of Great Britain. This is doubtless true, and there is evi? dence of the extensive workings of the agitation among the people in the proclamation of martial law in so many cities. Measures of that nature are not adopted against move? ments of which the Government has j no fear. But there is danger that, unless wisely directed at the present time, Fenianism may do little else for the Irish people than to render them thus chronically uneasy and discon? tented, and to bring down upon them intermittent proclamations of mar? tial law, to be used as a more conve? nient means of oppression than any other that Government officials can hit upon. Wisely directed, however, : the vast machinery of the Fenian or? ganisation, the fervid faith which ita followers have in it, and the liberality with which all classes of our Irish people contribute to its funds, may be turned to excellent account, and may accomplish more for down-trod uen Ireland than revolution ever accomplished for any people since the world went round. Fenian energies should be directed entirely to the single object of bringing the Irish people out of Ireland into this coun? try. The Fenian Brotherhood should become, heart and soul, an immense emigration society, and their grand puiposo should be to further this exodus of their countrymen. By acting with this view through all its agents, and spending its great accu? mulations of money in this way, Fenianism will do more for Ireland than it could have hoped to do in that country. It will give the Irish people a Republican government, and to every Irishmaji a comfortable home. This it can never do in Ire? land. Republicanism cannot flourish on that soil. Already in several Western States a movement to fur? ther emigration on a most extensive scale has been set on foot. This originated in Minnesota, but is wide? spread. These emigration societies propose to choose available lands and locate the emigrants as they come ; and it is probable that some States will assist the measure with funds. This is practical assistance to the Trish. Let the Fenians give up their bitterness and curses, plots and plans and squabbles, and go to work in the spirit of these societies, and all Ire? land may yet with reason bless the organization as the real salvation of the people.-New York Herald. Table of interest-dinner table. Local Xtems. Advertisements, to insure insertion, should bo handed in by 4 o'clock p. m. CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad? vertising and job work are cash. WV h..]., all parties will bear tins in mind. City "promises to pay," minus the signa? tures, are in circulation. Look out for them. t "THE ('ODE." -The Acts panned by tho Legislature relative to the freedmen, for sale at this office. Price 20 cents; br mail 25 cents. THE Btnutnra OF COLUMBIA. - An inter? esting account ol the "Hack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," han just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phoniz steam power press. Orders can be filled to any extent. We neglected to notice in our SniTday'a paper the demolition of the old eity clock tower. It was brought down by means of powder, on Saturday, and the bricks will bo used in the construction of tho new market house. A little "motive power" applied to some of the shaky walls in dif? ferent parts of tho city would be advan? tageous, and perhaps save life. WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER.-On the 14th instant, we shall commence tho publication of a family paper, entitled "The Weekly Gleaner -A Home Companion.'" The paper will bo double the size of the Phoenix, and will contain the cream of the news, miscel? laneous matter, editorials, stories, etc., in thc daily and tri-weekly publications. Sub? scription price $4 per annum. Specimen copies sent on application. There will b<? an interval of two weeks between th<5 pub? lication of tho first and second numbers. Onnr.r. rs THE CITY.-We once more allude to this subject, as outrages aro nearly nightly committed agafhst unoffend? ing citizens. We are ignorant of any organization to preserve the peace of tho city. Our municipal government seems to have dismissed their ordinary police, and the Commandant of tho Post, not desiring to interfere with the municipal authorities, has not placed any military police through? out the city. We have good reason to be? lieve that, had the civil authorities request? ed it, the Commandant of the Post would have rendered all necessary assistance by military police. THE DEAD MAN.-We are authorized by Gen. Ely to state that the body of tho dead man found on the other side of the river, (mentioned in yesterday's Phoenix,) was buried by his directions, on tho spot where he was found. In addition to the particu? lars already published, Gen. E. states that he was about twenty-five years old, five feet ten inches high, and had lost one fin? ger from his right hand. Immediate action will be taken by tho military authorities to bring the guilty to justice, on the slightest information given at Headquarters, Bu? reau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, District Western South Carolina, Columbia. S. C. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for tho first time: Frary Sc Kitrey-Dining Rooms. Levin Sc Peixotto-Mules, Horses, Ac. J. B. E. Sloan-Auctioneer, Sic. Jas. Brown-Sashes. R. Ward-Eastern Hay. A SPECK OF DANOER.-The minutest black spot on the enamel of a tooth is an evi? dence that decay's effacing finger has touched it. Quickly interpose the S izodont as a safeguard, or the tooth is gone-and not only that ono, but perhaps half-a-dozen. Be assured tba! nothing but Sozodont will either effectually prevent or arrest dental disease. t ANOTHER MAN HUNG.-There is ta be another hanging at Vicksburg next Friday, upon the sentence of a mili? tary commission, with the approval of President Johnson. A Mr. James S. Roberts, of Yazoo County, will pass to his last account, and appear beforo that Judge, whose word is "ven? geance is mine, and I will repay it." As we heard the story last fall, no jury of the country would have hesi? tated in acquitting Mr. Roberts. It is said that the evidence was ample, that he was not and could not have been present when the killing oc? curred. From a communication in the Mississippi Standard, of January 18, it seems that the testimony of a negro, who bore malicious feelings to Roberts, overcame tue evidence of two respectable white persons who proved the alibi. {Natchez Courier, 24//*. AN "OLIVER" FOR A "ROWLAND." The Pittsburg Gazette warns Presi? dent Johnson that Congress has the power to impeach him. It is as much to the phrpose to remind Congress that Oliver Cromwell was neither the first uor the last executive of a nation that sent a file of soldiers to clear a hall intended for the deliberations of a representative body, when its occu? pants, no longer representing either the needs or the wishes of the people, had degenerated into a pestilent nest of destructive demagogues. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Tho Dis? trict of Columbia is not in the re? gions in which the President has "de? clared" martial law to be at an end. [Freeman's Journal. A teacher in a negro school, in Farmville, Va., named J. TV. Davis, got nicely thrashed a day or two ago, by a sensible Federal soldier, named Allan, for uttering seditious speeches, telling the niggers they were as good as the whites, if not better. Served him right.