The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 25, 1866, Image 3

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Letter from Senator Perry, of feouth CaurwlJUkVJk. To th? Editor* of the National Intelligencer: My credentials at United States Senator from tho Statq of South Carolina w?ro pre? sented, the other dar, to- the Senate, by the Hon. R?vcrdy Johnson, of Maryland, and laid on the table. It ia not likely that any representative from South Carolina will be heard in either House for sometime . to come. In the meantime, questions of vital importance to her interests, honor and welfare will bo before the Senate. I therefore ask permission of you to say a word, through your patter, in behalf of the State which ? was elected to xopresent. But, first, Messrs. Editors, let me say a word in reference to myself, so that my true position toward tho State may bc known, sud what I say JU my behalf pro? perly judged of. My whole political life, for more than tho third of a century past, has been spent In defence of the mainte? nance of the Federal Union, and in oppos? ing the popular doctrines of nullification, secession and disunion in my native State. No man in America regretted more deeply than I did the fatal secession of South Ca? rolina, in 1860. I had been brought up, from my childhood, in the school of Wash? ington's Farewell Address, and I believed, most religiously, all the great truths there? in set forth. The terrible consequences of disunion were over present in my mind, and I never ceased to warn my fellow-citi? zens of them. I remember tolling them that their secession would prove the death knell of slavery, the estabhV ent of a military despotism in the Southe, n States. Both events have occurred, but I hope tho latter is only temporary. Much is to bo said iii extenuation of the course pursued by South Carolina. The people had been taught by their greatest statesmen, and educated in the belief, that a sovereign State had the right peaceably to secede from the Federal Union. How? ever grossly mistaken, they were sincere in this belief, as sinceres? as" they were in their belief of the Christian religion. None can doubt it who knows, as I do, their ho? nest devotion to principle,nn all occasions and under all circumstances. It does some? times happen in politics, as in religion, that the more* absurd and paradoxical the proposition, the stronger becomes the faith of the believer. In illustration of this question, I might refer to tho present belief of the Republican party, r.s to the equality of the negro and white raeie. The people of South Carolina thought, too, that there was a determination on tho part of tho Northern States to interfere with their domestic institutions, and abo? lish slavery by Congressional legislation. They saw in tho election of President Lin? coln the example of a sectional majority over the South. I did all that I could to disabuse the public mind of these appre? hensions. I reminded them that a large majority of tho Republican members of Congress had declared by resolution that they had no Constitutional right to inter? fere with slavery in the States, and no dis? position to do so if they had. I said that President Lincoln had been elected by a majority of the votes polled in the United States; that there was a majority of the members in both Houses of Congress op? posed to him, with a majority of the Su? preme Court, and he was, therefore, pow? erless in the administration of tho Govern? ment. Bntwben the Southern members withdrew, they placed him and his party in power. Thc people of South Carolina further . believed that it was the interest of tho North and the South, as they could not Uve harmoniously together, to separate, and form two independent nations. They had been wrangling and stirring up sec? tional strife ever since the formation of their Government. Thev did believe that the two sections could hive peaceably and happily, as neighbors, under diff?rent Go? vernments, whilst they could not, as one people, under the samo Government. For this opinion, which was sincerely enter? tained by them, I thought and told them that they ignored all history, as well as the character and circumstances of the Ame? rican people. They thought, too, that they were justi? fied in taking this step by that great prin? ciple embodied in thc American Declara? tion of Independence, deemed sacred to the cause of liberty and Republican Go? vernment, which "declared that every people had an inalienable right to self government, and the right to change their form of Government when they saw proper. It was on this principle that their forefathers had separated from Great Bri? tain. They were in hopes, ar. 1 a large nia iority of them did verily believe, that the formera States would let them depart in peace, and try their experiment of a Southern Confederacy, rather than involve the country in a cruel, bloody and unnatu? ral war to enforce an unwilling political alliance If they could have foreseen the horrible results of secession in the desola? tion of their country, the abolition of slavery, the destruction of their property, a four years' war, and the sacrifice of 200, 000 Southern lives, no sane South Caroli? nian would have thought of, much less ad? vocated, such a doctrine; and it is hardly probable that if the Northern people could nave foreseen the loss 500,000 of their fellow-creatures, and the increase of their national debt to more than $3,000,000,000, that they would have been willing to havo paid this horrible price as a Christian and civilized people for the sake of living uuder the same Government with the Southern States. Under these circumstances, tho people of South Carolina, with those of ton other States, did secede from the Federal Union and establish a National Confederacy. Gal? lantly and heroically they fought for that nationality, and maintained it for four long bloody years, against tho gigantic armies which were hurled against them. They made herculean efforts and heart? rending sacrifices iu its defence, which will live in history with tho most renowned achievements of Greece or Rome. In the end their strength and resources were ex? hausted, and thoy were overwhelmed by numbers, conquered and subdued. Brave and honorable, they have accepted tho results ot the war as the decree of God. The fortunes of battle decided against their right of secession, and they have abandoned it forever. They now acknow? ledge the Federal Union as perpetual, in the spirit with which it was framed. In obedience to the President's proclamation they have prepared themselves to resume, in good faith, their position once more in the Union. They met in convention; re? pealed their ordinance of secession, re? stored their obligations to thc Constitu? tion of the United States, and abolished African slavery, which had been a cherish? ed patriarchial institution with them, and unaer which the negro hod multiplied and increased in a manner which proved that he had boen kindly treated and cared for in his slavery. In doing this they gave up $200,000,000 worth of property. Th^y ac? cepted an 1 ratified tho amendment of the * Federal Constitution, declaring that nei? ther slavery nor involuntary servitude should ever exist again in the United States, unless for crimes whereof the party had been duly convicted. They remodelled and popularized their State Constitution, abolishing whatever was of aristocratic tendency in it, making representation and taxation equal throughout the State, and giving the election of Governor and Presi? dential electors to the people. Their Le? gislatur* afterwards assembled and so cured, by law, the rights of the freedmen to life, liberty and property, the right of > I S'ving testimony in all eases where their teresta were involved, and establishing for them a fair and ^inpartial trial in their courts of justice. All this the -people of South ' Carolina have done hi good faith, and are this day as loyal to the Union as the peoplo of any other State. They are now as earnest ana zealous in their "support of the Constitu? tion of the United States, and the honor of tho Republic, as they were a few years siuce in their efforts to establish and main? tain a Confederacy of the Southern States. Everywhere, all over the State, they are quiet and peaceable*; obeying tlie laws of the Federal Union', and trying to redeem, by their industry --and economy, their broken fortunes, and restore the State to prosperity and happiness! They have no wisli or thought of dishonoring their national characters by repudiating the national debt of the Union; nor have they wish for the United States to pay or as? sume any of the liabilities of the Confede? rate Government. Their earnest desire is to have restored those kind, social and commercial relations which formerly exist? ed between the different sections of the Union. Slavery having beeu abolished, which was thc great disturbing clement between the NortU and the South, they see no* reason why there should now be any longer dissensions between the two sec? tions. They aro mutually dependent on each otherj and never were two people moro necessary to oach other's prosperity and happiness. They have descended from the samo families of nations; they speak the same language, have tho same religion, literature and laws, and are con? nected by blood and marriage. The gigan? tic struggle through which they have just passed proved that their manhood and courage arc the same. Brave and honor? able men, who have fought each other like men, arc ever ready to be reconciled on fair and honorable terms. They who kept out of the war on both sides are the hard? est to bo reconciled. There is no feeling of unkindness in South Carolina towards the freedmen, but, on the contrary, one of deep sympathy and protection on the part of their former owners. In the upper and middle portions of the State tho negroes , have all mado contracts, and gone to work aud aro doing well. It is only in the lower country and on tho sea islands, where they have been interfered with by a mistaken philanthro Sy, that there is any disturhauce. If the orthern people were more familiar with tho negro, and understood better his cha? racter and disposition, they would give themselves less trouble about him a an his political rights. The negro does not de? sire, and is incapable of exercising, with prudence and discretion, the right of suf? frage in his present degraded and ignorant condition. To give him this right in South Carolina would be to establish an odious and dangerous political aristocrat'. A man with a largo* landed estate, having it j cultivated by freedmen, would always be able to control theil votes ia every dec? tion. Instead of having one vote, as his poor neighbor has, be would have fifty or a hundred, in proportio- to his colored hirelings. The negro wants bread and meat for himself, his wife and children to eat, and clothes to wear, but he neither wants votes nor is he capable of voting on political questions. It is said in sacred Scripture that the leonard cannot change his spots, nar the Ethiopian his skin, nor can you, by. any system of legislation, ele? vate the African to an equality with tho white man. For over 2,000 years he has remained, in Iiis native country, the same ignorant savage and barbarian, without the slighest advancement in civilization, whilst all the Caucasian nations of the earth have boen going forward with won? derful improvements in all tho arts and sciences of life. There is something iu every one's heart which tells them that human slavery is wrong in the abstract, and ought not to" be. And yet no fair-minded man, who compares the condition of the negro in Africa with that cf the recent slave in the Southern States, but must admit that bc has be in greatly improved by slavery. In a few years,"it is apprehended that it will be equally manifest that the freedman has not been improved by the abolition'of slavery. Instead of increasing and multi? plying, as he did in slavery, his race will dwindle away, as the Indian has done, in juxtaposition with the white man. Whilst a slave, he was fed, clothed, attended in sickness, taken care of in his old age, and his children provided for. This is about as much as any laboring class can realizo for their labor in any country. But I would not restore slavery if I could, and this is thc general feeling and sentiment in South Carolina. The young negroes and the old ones will not be taken care of and provided for as they were in slavery, and they will die, whilst the planter will make more out of the labor of those who are grown and able to work. But if the Northern people really feel so much interested in the negro race as they would have us believe, why do they not hold out inducements for the freedmen to immigrate North, and live there with their friends and patrons, who are able to take care of them?. Nothing of this kind has been offered or attempted. On thc contrary, many of the fonner non-slaveholding States have prohibited their entrance under se? vere penalties. They have likewise been denied the right of suffrage in all of those i States, except six. The Southern States are very willing for the freedmen to go North, and have there conferred on them the right of suffrage. But is it just and right, on the part of Connecticut and other States where the negro has been free for a century, to be denied tho right of voting, and for those States to insist that he shall be allowed to vote in South Carolina, where ho has just boen emancipated? Wc do not complain of the policy of Connecticut, but insist that she has no right to enforce on us a different policy. Every State has the undoubted right, under tho Federal Con? stitution, to determine for herself who shall exercise the right of suffrage. lt is most remarkable that whilst two thirds of the States are legislating on their credit and most vital interests of the South? ern States, these States, composing one third of the Republic in population and one-half in oxtont of territory, should be excluded from all participation in such le? gislation. It is not only contrary to Repub? lican principles, but an outrage on tho sense of justice in a despotism, for ten millions of Dcople to bo tried, condemned and deprived of their civil, political and constitutional rights without a hoaring. They have been in rebellion, it is true, and they have likewise been pardoned by Exe? cutive clemency and restored to their citi? zenship and loyalty, lhere .were in those' rebel States Union mun who struggled bravely to ward off' thc terriblo calamities of disunion till all protection by the United States was withdrawn from them, and they were left no choice but to become the obe? dient citizens of a defacto' Government. Is it right that they should ho punished for their misfortunes, and have no distinction made in their favor? If the doors of Congress were opened to the representatives of the Southern States, very few of them could take the test oath. They may have been ardent, and zoalous Union men at the beginning of tao strug? gle, but the force of circumstances neces? sarily compelled them to give countenance to tho rebellion before it was over. Tho United States Government ceased to pro? tect them, and left thom subject to another Government, which maintained its control over them for four years. By the rigid r 0 laws of England on the subject of treason, as well as by the rules of commonsense abd justice, no one. who submits te a de facto king can be declared a traitor. They saw the Canted States leading indiscrimi? nate war against Union men MB well as se? cessionists, desolating the country, burn? ing their nouses, plundering then* provi? sions, and leaving Chem and their families to starve. They saw their friends and kin? dred in the Southern army trying to defend their country, and homes, and property, fighting as their forefathers had done in the American Revolution, for the right of self-government. It would be ia vain " to ask such a Union man to swear he had never, in word or deed, "countenanced" the rebellion or given aid and comfort to those who were in rebellion. This test oath may have been politically right whilst the war was going on, so far as it applied to the officers of the Govern? ment. Its purpose was to exciudo traitors and dis unionist s from office. But, with peace, all necessity for the oath ceased in the loyal States. Its enforcement in the Southern States is not only unjust, after the President's amnesty proclamation, but utterly impracticable. Tho Government cannot be administered, in those States, with that oath. It is impossible to fina persons abte to take the oath who are ca? pable of filling the various appointments, under the Treasury and Post Office De-, partments.. The heads of those depart? ments, as I once informed them, whilst the Provisional Governor of South Carolina, would have to wait till another generation sprang up, for neither the men, women or children could conscientiously d?chire that they had not given countenance to the re? bellion. But this test oath does not apply to members of Congress, for they are not "officers" of the Government. The Fede? ral - Constitution does not, anywhere, caU them officers, or recognize thom or allude to them as officers of the Government. Instead of being officers of the Govern? ment, they are the representatives of the people and the States, Senators and Mem? bers of Congress. In the early history of our Government it was so decided, and nas been so recognized ever since, tiU the pas? sage of this test oath. The Federal Constitution prescribes an oath for Senators and Members of the House, and no additional oath of any cha? racter whatever can be constitutionally re? quired of them. Tho powers of Congress are delegated and enumerated, and they have no others, and can exercise no others, except it be to carry out and enforce some enumerated power. It would bo monstrous, indeed, if a ma? jority in Congress had the power of pre? scribing an oath for the members to take when they qualif-. They might exclude the minority from their seats by requiring them, to swear that they never had been Democrats, or voted a Democratic ticket, or countenanced in any way a Democratic candidate. Each House is the judge ot the election returns and qualifications of its members, but this simply requires the House or the Senate to decide whether the election re? turns and qualifications of the members elect are in conformity with tho Constitu? tion. Tho attempt to derive the power to pass a test oath "from this clause of the Federal Constitution is about as absurd as the right of secession, and equally as dan? gerous in it? consequences. It would seem thai the object of the ra? dical party in Congress, in offering so many amendments to tho Constitution, and in insisting on the application of thc tBSt oath to members of Congress, was tc perpetuate their power in the Government. Instead of baring this effect, however, it will more than likely have just the oppo? site tendency. Their amendments will never be adopted by three-fourths of thc States, and their continued exclusion ol the Southern members must produce a re? action against them, when they go neron the people again. If the Southern members were all admit? ted, the radical party would still have s majority in both Houses. They need not. therefore, be afraid of the sceptre depart iug from Judah, during the Thirty-nintr. Congress. It ia true their majority woulc be diminished, and it is possible that i measure like that of the Freedmen's Bureai biU might have bec. endangered on it( Eassago, if the Southern Representative! ad been permitted to show its monstroui injustice to the planter, its demoralizing influence on the freedman, its ruinous con sequences to the culture of the Sea Islam cotton, and startling expenditures it wil require to support the idle and vicioas ne groes, who will not work, and are to be fet and clothed by the Government. This bil taxes the poor white man throughout th? North to support the vicious and vagran Southern negro. It takes from the plante: his home without, consideration, and turn his wife and children out of doors to perish in order that his former slaves may not b under the necessity of making a contrac to work those lands, but be able to five 01 them in idleness, and get their suppor from the Freedmen's Bureau. As an evidence of the boasted loyalty am good conduct of these negroes, it may b stated that a party of gentlemen from th State of Pennsylvania visited one of the ie lands near Charleston the other day, wit' .?ritten permission from Gen. Sickles. Th negroes captured the party, in violation c military orders, and were going to massacr the whole party of them; marched ther twelve miles across the island, and trcate them with the greatest indignity the whol route! Those are tho people who are to b allowed to vote, and-elect out of their nurt ber a member of Congress! Th? Southern people have been peculiar! unfortunate. At one time they thought : better to withdraw their members froi Congress, and live separately from ti North. This they desired to do peaceabl and quietly. The North objected, and d< clarea that the Union should not be dil solved. They were repeatedly told thi they must lay down their arms, elect the members ol Congress, and resumo the position in the Union. Finally they coi sented to do so. Now they are told thi tho Union is dissolved, and they shall ni be allowed to resume their places in itl lt tho North beware, lest in forging chaii for the South they do not encloso ther selves. This Freedmen's Bureau is an ir perium in emperio, and now embraces tl North as well as the South. But I am not disposed to despair of tl Republic. I havo always had an abidii faith in the virtue and intelligence of tl American people, North and South. Tl time must eenie, sooner or later, when tl test oath wUl be repealed and Southe: Representatives admitted to th^ir seats Congress. I was once excluded from off! in South Carolina by a test oath on accou of my Union principles. I did not th despair, and I do not now. That oath w carried before an independent and enligl ened judiciary of tho State, and it was c clarod unconstitutional. If tho pres? test oath can ever be brought before a si dar tribunal in the capitol, it must sh? the same fate. Tho American people, t( will have to sit in judgment ou it at t 1 next election "and decide whether the Uni shall continue, or bo superceded by a m tarv despotism. The North should consit that when once the Southern people h. been enslaved they may be fit instrumei to enslave the North, as was said by 1 groat Earl of Chatham in reference to < forefathers and England at the commen ment of the American revolution. The Southern States have commit grievous errors, and terrible.h*? been th * punishment sufficient, one would suppose, to gratify the blackest hate of the most malignant revongcr. There is nothing inore grathyidg te a noble and generous na turo thal ?Mrcy and forgiveness. Nor j is there ar.j thing more pleasant to a mean and co ward y spirit than the gratification of its reveitre and hatred. The history of | man in all s&?h illustrates tho trtith of^this assertion, The gre* crime of the Southern States was simplv i wish to h ve separate from the North. Tlgv did not ?eek to conquer and subdue tho?orth, or nile over the North, but only attempted to govern themselves in their o wi way and after their own fash ion^ The o?on was denied them, and then country has been devastated, their towns, cities and vilages laid waste, their property taken froanVhem, and the people left bank? rupted an<| starving. Now they humbly ask to be pjrmitted to live quietly, peacea? bly and Joially in that Union, and renew their sociallpolitical and commercial rela? tion? withJfho^North. It is to te hoped that the kiiil, generous and magnanimous policy adored by thc President will be pursued ant carried out by the American people, and that we shall be, once more, free, united happy and prosperous, show? ing to thelworld that man is capable of | seLf-governiient, and that no kingdom or empire is opal in justice, virtue, strength and grander to a great Republic founded in the heart and affections of the people. B. F. PERRY. WxtiiABSf HOTEL, February 16, 1866. SHIP NEWS. _PORT (fr CHARLESTON, FEB. 24._ ? JtBIVED YESTFRDAY. Steamship jCumberland, Reed, Baltimore. Sehr. Milto?, Applcgarth, Baltimore. WIST TO SEA YESTERDAY.' StsanishijfVIonekn, Marshman, New York. H'dq'rs Military^'t~Wevt'n S. C., FCURTH SEPARATE BRIGADE, COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 23, 1866. GENERAL OHLERS NO. ll. DURI?Gthe temporary absence of Capt. B. F. Kelley, A. Q. M., District of Weste, n South Carolina, Capt. G. N. Hol? comb, 25th Ohio Veteran Volunteer In? fantry, viii assume the duties of his office and wid bc obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of Brevet Major-General A. AMES. A. COAN, Act'g Ass't Adj't Gen. Fob 251_ ' 1 Headq'rs Military Dis t Western S. C., FOURTH SEPARATE BRIGADE, COLUMBIA,?. C.. Feb. 21, I860. GENERAL ORDER NO. 10. IBefore a Military Commission, which . convened at Headquarters, Military District of Western South Carolina, Fourth Separate Brigade, Columbia, South Caroli? na, pursuant to Special Order No. 48, dated Headquarters, Military District of West? ern South Carolina, Fourth Separate Bri fade, Columbia South Carolina, Novem er 80, 1865, and of which Lieutenant Colonel C. S. BBOWS, 1st Maine Battalion, is President, was arraigned and tried : Green Broten, eitizen of Spartanburg District, State of South Carolina. CHAISE FIBST. Attempt to Murder. SPECIFICATION : In this, that be, Green Brown, civilian, in company with several others, did take from the house of William Littlejohn, colored civilian, -Jiving near Grimald's Shoals, on Facolet River, ono j Samuel Wilkins, colored civilian, and con? fined his hands and threw him iuto the Pacolet River ; after which, he, Green Brown, and others, did fire several pistol shots at said Samuel Wilkins, two of which took effect in the head. All this at or near the Grimald's Shoals, Pacolet River. Spartanburg District, South Caroli? na, on or ai.mu mu oom dav o? oct.-v.oi-, 1865. CHAHOE SECOND. Assault and Battery. SP?CIFICATION : In this, that he, Green Brown, civilian, in company with several others, did go to the plantation of A. L. Woods, about one milo from the Pacolet Depot, and did whip one Franklin Hardy, with a hickory withe, without provocation. All this at or "near thc plantation of A. L. Woods, in Spartanburg District, on or about the 26th day of October, 1865. To which Charges and Specifications tho prisoner pleaded aa follows : To the Specification of first Charge, "Not Guilty." To thu first Charge, "AToi Guilty." To the Specification of second Charge, "Not Guilty." To tho second Charge, "Not Guilty." FINDING. The Commission having maturely con? sidered the evidence adduced, finds the accusod, Green Brown, citizen of Spartan? burg District, State of South Carolina, as follows : Of the Specification of first Charge, "Not Guilty." Of the first Charge, "Not Guilty." Of the Specification of second Charge, "Guilty." Of the second Charge, "Guilty." SENTENCE. And the Commission do, therefore, sen? tence him, the said Green Brown, citizen of Spartanburg District, State of South Carolina, to be confined at bard labor, for thc period of THREE MONTHS, at such place as the Commanding General may direct, and to forfeit a fine of FIFTY ($50) DOLLARS. II. The proceedings and findings in tho foregoing case of Green Brown?., citizen of Spartanburg District, State of South Carolina, are approved. Tho sentenco is confirmed, and will bo carried into4effect at Castle Pincknev, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, under the direction of the Commanding Officer, to whom tho prisoner will be sent under guard. Tho Quartermaster's Department will furnish tho necessary transportation. By order of Brevet Major-General A. AMES. J. A. CLARK, Act'g Ass't Adj't Gen. Feb 25_1 WANTED, CHARLOTTE and South Carolina Rail? road BONDS and COUPONS; also, Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad COUPONS, for which we will barter GOODS or pav GOLD. SHIVER A BECKHAM. Feb 20_8_ FLOUR, BACON, ETC. Ol A EELS. CHOICE FAMILY AND ^XJ-?i SUPER. FLOUR, at Charleston prices, freight added. 20,000 lbs. choice old BACON SHOUL? DERS, at 16 and 18c. 30,000 SEGARS-low-priced and good. With various other articles of prime qua? lities and low prices. For salo bv Feb 4 Imo* _E._STEN?OUSE. f?^*TTF^ TTS M 6U?N0. BOUGHT of the Government Agents. For sale low, to arrive, by Feb 14_ _9R?!?_G &_CO " Premium Platform Scales. AFULL supply of PLATFORM SCALES, capacity from 400 to 1,200 pounds. In store and for sale cheap for cash by Feb 1 DIAL & POPE. WaU Paper! Wall Paper! Wall Paper! AN assortment of tho finest variety of PAPER HANGINGS, ana of ?very pattern, fer salo at the lowest price by C. BRILL, Feb 20 6* Assembly street, Columbia. FRMiKT ARRIVALS ENABLE us to keep pace with the de? clino in prices, and offer as extensive a stock of goods in our line as can be found in Columbia: RECEIVED TO-DAY ! PLATE LOCKS. HAND-SAWS. A splendid assortment of POCKET CUTLERY. And SCISSORS. SHOT BELTS. POUCHES. DOG COLLARS. POWDER FLASKS. Single-barrel GUNS. BRUSHES. Varnish, Paint and Grain? ing BRUSHES. GRAINING COMBS. PAINTS, assorted, Dry and in Oil. FISHER & LOWRANCE. Feb 23_ HOM E CAPITAL, ALL SUBSCRIBED, $2,500,000! AARON WILBUR, PBESIMHT. M. A. COHEN, SECBETABY. DIRECTORS: A NDREW LOW, Henry Brigham, J. R. J\. Wilder, John Richardson, H. W. La? throp, John W. Anderson, Wm. H. Stark, Henry Lathrop, W. N. Habersham, J. H. Graybill, Octavius Cohen, John Lama. A. J. Miller, E. C. Wade, Aaron Wilbur, John M. Cooper, N. A. Hardee, Jos. S. Claghorn; J. G. L. Martin, Eufaula, Ala.; John Bones, Wm. S. Roberts, Augusta; D. F. Wilcox, Daniel Griffin, Columbus; E. C. Granniss, J. B. Ross, Macon. Assets Par Value, Jartuary, 1866. R. R. and City Bonds, all good, $18,300; R. R. Stocks, ah good, 8,000; Bank Stocks 3,000; Coupons, all good, 10,770; Cash and cash items, 18,132; U. S. Bonds and Notes, 753; Bills Receivable, new, 7,155; Bills Re? ceivable, old, 6,731; Bank Bills, 3,822; In? surance Stocks, 29,300; Cotton Account, 131,477; total, 237,080; unpaid capital stock, 2,000,000; State of Georgia Treasury Notes, 93 124. For" INSURANCE AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE, apply to H. E. NICHOLS, Agent, _ Feb 24 6 _Columbia, S. C. GAS X*OLT$T&ES. ASMALL UNVOICE of GAS FIXTTJKES, consisting of ono and two light Pen? dants, one, two and three Swing Brackets, Reading Lights, new sty'.? Shades, Burn? ers, &c. Orders taken for CHANDELIERS at Phi? ladelphia price?. W. B. STANLEY. Feb 13_ G. DIEKCKS, Watch-maker and Jeweler, HAVING removed to John C Seegers' store, on Main street and Longflged competent workmen, ?B now prepared to REPAIR WATCHES and JEW? ELRY, and to manufacture plain GOLD RINGS and JEWELRY according to order. Feb 18_ KAY, HAL & HEWETSON, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, COLUMBIA, S. C. OFFICE on Lady street, East of the Presbyterian Church. Feb 4 m I JOHN A. KAY. T. C. VEAL. B. E. B.HEWETSON. New Store. THE subscriber iis happy to in-i J form ins old cus Itomers and if r i e n da that, I '.Phcenix'Mike, his store has risen out of smouldering ashes into a substsntiai brick building uf goodly proportions, in which Earties wanting storage can be accommo ated. All description of goods received for sale on consignment; and where he will keep as good an assortment of GROCE? RIES as can bo found anywhere, and for sale, as usual, at the lowest prices, at wholesalo and retail. E. STENHOUSE. Feb 4_Imo* Edwin J. Scott, HAS opened a Broker's and Exchange Office in Columbia; will furnish checks on New York and Charleston in sums to suit purchasers. Attend to buying and selling SPECIE, BANK BILLS, STOCKS, BONDS, Sec., on commission, and make cash advances on consignments of Cotton, to be sold in Charleston or New York. Office at C. H. Baldwin's store, corner Main and Washington streets. Jan 23 2mo* _ BElL?TIN?rBELMN?! AT REDUCED PRICES!.' 2{\(\{\ FEET BELTING, assorted .UUU sizes, at manufacturers' prices. ALSO, GUM PACKING, LACE LEATHER. COPPER RIVETS and BURRS. For sale bv HOPSON Sc SUTPHEN, "Fob 17 Imo Roar of old Post Office._ SADDLERY WAREHOUSE! HOPSON ? St?Y?HE?t c-^A. MANUFACTURERS an 1 dealers li lilMlff in every description of SADDLES, .^*BR ID LES, HARNESS, COL? LARS, WHIPS, TRUNKS, VALISES, LEA? THER. ENAMELLED CLOTHS^&c, which they offer at LOW PRICES. Saddles, Harness and Trunks REPAIRE! with neatness and despatch. HOPSON & SUTPHEN, Feb 17 Imo Rear of old Post Office. AiJLOt?o>iJL S?ries. Small /'ann. By Barbeo ? Walter. - ON TUESDAY MORNING next, we will sell, at our mart, at 10 o'cl?ck-1 A FARM situated on the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, abont 2? mile* from the city, containing 40 acres-fifteen of which are cleared and ready for cultiva? tion. On the place is a Dwelling and all necessary out-buildings. Call ana fee the plat at our mart. 'Feb 25 . Extensive Sale of Handsome and Desira? ble Furniture. By LEVIN & PE3X0TT0. ON TUESDAY MORNING next, the 27th inst., at 10 o'clock, wo will sell, at the late residence of Major J. D. Hill, corner of Gadsden and Lumber streets, near til G jYrscn?il The1 entire'FURNITURE in the house; among whieh are: . > Mahogany, Black Walnut and Cane-seat Chairs and Sofas, FrencbJBedsteads, Wash? stands, (marble tops,) Dressing Bureaue, (marble tops,) Wardrobes, Sideboards, Bide and Card Tables, Extension Table, Centre Table, (marble-top,) Secretary, What-Nots, Book-case, Mirrors, Brussels and Ingrain Carpets, Feather Beds, Hair, Moss and Colton Mattresses. Window Shades, Sewing Machine, (Wheeler A Wil? son's, ) Piano, Pictures, Mantel Clock. Wire Safes, Crockeryware, Kitchen Utensils, ..V.c. M?S~ Persous desiring to replenish their stock will find it advantageous to attend this sale, as the above will bo positively sold without reserve. Feb 21 TANNERY, TOOLS, STOCK, COB? ANO FODOBB t IWILL sell, at the Yard known as Cruik shanks' Tan-yard, Pickens District, ten miles from Greenville C. H., on WEDNES? DAY, 7th March next, at auction, that SPLENDID TRACT OF LAND, containing about 711 acres-200 acres open, 75 of which is bottom land; tho balance in woods. On the tract there is one of tho best TAN? NERIES in tho State. There is also a BARK and CORN MILL, worked by water power, and all necessary buildings, on thc place. The Tan-yard is in fall operation, working 120 vats* of all kinds! Corn Mill self-sustaining. The tract is situated on Brushy Creek, waters of Saluda River, in Pickens District. ALSO, At the same time and place, will bo sold, The CATTLE, HORSES. MULES. HOGS. CORN, FODDER, POTATOES. 1,000 lbs. BACON. 60 cords RED-OAK BARK. For further information, apply at the Tan-vard, or to me, at this place." JULIUS C. SMITH, A?ct'r and Commission Merchant, Feb_21_ Greenville, S. C. Desirable Family Residence for Sale or Rent. By LEVIN & PELX0TT0. THAT handsome Two-storv BUILD? ING-the late residenco of Major J. D. Hill-situated ou the corner ot' Gadsden and Lumber streets, near tho State Arse? nal. Tho building contains eight well finished roomB, with every convenience. Out-buddings, such as Servant?' Rooms, Stable, Carriage House, Ac, complete. The lot contains a half acre, a fino garden spot, weU of fine water, Ac. Apply ns above, corner of Plain and Assembly streets. Feb 25 (ftP^A AAA WORTH OF GOODS to "?OvJ.VJlJv/ be closed out LESS v 'THAN COST-for CASH ONLY: 3,000 yds. good MADDER PRINTS, 25c. 3,000 " " Bleached Shirtings. " 100 yards DeLaine8,.30c. 100 " Irish Linen, 50 and 75c. 20 doz. Gloves, 50 per ct. less than cost. 100 " Spool Colton. 50 " Hosiery-cheap. 100 doz. Goblets and Tumblers, at New York cost. 300 pairs Ladies' Shoes-very cheap, 200 " Misses' and Ladies' Shoes-very cheap. 500 pairs Heavy Brogans. i ALSO, 20 dozen COLLINS' AXES. 50 " Whittemore'8 Cards at New York wholesale prices. 100 Reams Note Paper. 50 " Sandpaper. 100 dozen Cedar Pencils. ALSO, Double-Barrel SHOT GUNS. Pocket Knives, Bagging, Rope, Twine. Window Glass. ALSO, SUGAR, COFFEE, SALT. Corn, Flour. Pickled Lobsters, Chicken, Turkey, Pickles, Ac. ALSO, FINE BRANDIES, WINES and GIN, in cases, at New York wholesale prices. Hav? ing the agency for a large Importing House, can fill "orders at snort notice at lowest rates. JAS. G. GIBBES. Feb 21 6_ Just Keceived by Steamer George. Liverpool Salt, ONIONS ANO aotm: ON CONSIGNMENT, AT REDUCED PRICES.'! f'YlA SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT, at ?JvJvJ $3.00 per sack. 100 bbls. ONIONS, at $3.00 per barrel. 1,000 " Extra fine FLOUR, at $12.50 per barrel. Tho above in store and for sale by A. L. SOLOMON, Commission Merchant, 2d door above Shiver House, on Plain st. Corn, Hay, Oats and Peas. ^AA BUSHELS primo White CORN. ??\j\J\W " OATS. 100 bushels PEAS. " 50 bbls. FLOUR-Extra Family. 100 bales EASTERN HAY. Just received and for sale at lowest mar? ket rates. Office Gervais st.. near S. C. R. R. _Feb 1 Imo? J. D. BATEMAN, Agent. Kerosene Lamps, &c. AFULL supply of KEROSENE LAMPS, OIL, CHIMNEYS, Burners, Wicks, Ac, in store and for sale at low prices, bv .'an 23 DIAL A POPE. Bank of Hamburg, S. C. ACONVENTION of the Stockholders of this Bank is called to meet at their Banking House, in this place, on WEDNES - DAY, the 28th of February next. Attendance, either in person or by proxy, is earnestly requested, as matters of great importance will be presented for their con? sideration. J. W. STOKES, President. Hamburg, S. C., January 23, 1866.