The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 22, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, March 22, 1866.
Our Whole Country.
The result of the late unhappy
conflict has decided that the Union
is not to be dissolved, and that here?
after the peopie of the United States
will continue to Uve under the same
Government, the same institutions,
and having a common interest and a ]
common destiny. It is, therefore,
policy and patriotism for every citi?
zen to use his best exertions to ce?
ment the bonds of friendship und
brotherhood between the people of
all sections of the country-to allay
passions and remove all causes of ir?
ritation or sectional strife.
The destiny of the country has for?
tunately been entrusted to a man of
nerve, a wise statesman and a true
patriot. Whatever discord or strife
may be sought to be entailed on the
people by the fanatical course of ra?
dical leaders, we tmst the people of
the South will no De provoked into
recriminations, or do anything which
may tend to a revival of strife or an?
gry feeling. We are all Americans
now, and henceforth there should be
no North, no South, no East nor
West-at least, in feeling-between
our people as fellow-countrymen.
The best citizen and the truest pa?
triot is he who now works for the
elevation and prosperity of every
section. We have ono common coun?
try, in which all are interested, and
for wl?ose national1 prosperity and
Iss ev?ry man who enjoys its
([on-shoulo^e^aveslly' and per:
joi-r^fB^Ue people of the
unbroken, and
(rm and true, and
ider\he government of
als thanSnpw prevail r)
lal Legislature; ' aii
ss and patriotism of
ison, the country wit "be
>, hot only its former con
prosperity, but be started
|Wr of greatness not thought
jnost sagaaiMfrjstatesmen of
?P^^'H^^^p?Sik Heaven, is not sub
P? jectpP^AQ^eai rule, or pregnable to
A radical intrigues; otherwise, she
BB "woTild certainly be proscribed, outr
pl I lawed or expatriated by Thaddeus
Stevens and his crew. For Spring is
mfa .trae .reconstruefcionist-a recon
; ^^^tructioniat in the best and most
Tactical sense. There is not a nook
n the land in which she is not at this
Qoment exerting her influence, in
)reparing a way ifor the restoration of
he South. Nb politician" may op?
pose her; her pp wer defies embarrass
"^"^?nent; but she ia not altogether inde?
pendent' of help. She brings ns
balmy airs and gentle dews, golden
suns and silver rains; and she says to
us: "These are the materials of the
"-^only work in which yon need be at
present concerned; avail yourselves
of them to re-clothe your naked
country and feed your impoverished
people, and you will find that, in the
discharge of that task, you have
taken the course which will most cer?
tainly and most peacefully conduct
you to the position which you desire.
Tum not aside to bandy epithets with
s ' your enemies; stuff your ears, like the
princess in 'the Arabian Nights,'
against words of insult and wrong;
pause not to muse over your condi?
tion, orto question your prospects;
but toil on, bravely, silently, surely as
[, and you will" rpp ..!- reward to
She
tist^^^^"ri? with
iion in the shs pe of
more in our
^fragrant lamps of
Ikthe streets, she
a beacon an
3m amidst thc
Nuins of once
irs through the
musician, the
of hope and
?son which she
ms to convey?
. a single sen
\n Office Beggar.
C. A. Dana, the radical editor t>f
the Chicago Republican, formerly of
the New York Tribune, wrote the fol?
lowing begging letter to President
Johnson, to secure his appointment
to the New "York Collectorship. A
more cringing document is scarcely
on record in the political world, and
is the best evidence of the tinniness
of the man for the office besought:
CHICAGO, January 20.
DEAR SIR: Some of my friends in
the New York delegation in Congress
want me to be Collector of New York.
I shall be glad to have that office, and
accordingly address myself directly
to you. i liave been a resident of
New York city for nearly twentj
years, till a few months since, wheu I
came here on leaving the War De?
partment. I know New York, its
merchants, and its politicians, but by
reason of my connection with the
War Deportment, I have been absent,
so as to be free from all identification
with the political factions or personal
controversies by Avhich the Union
party there had been much divided.
I believe that there is no person o)
any prominence in tho party whose
appointment would give greater gene?
ral satisfaction than mine. Should
you be disposed so far to entertain
the idea as to wish for information
concerning my capacity to administei
the office, there is no one who car
judge better as to that than Mr.
Stanton. ,
Let me add, that I am myself con
fident of performing the duties,
should they be entrusted to me, tc
the advantage o? the public service
and to your entire satisfaction.
I am, with profound respect, youl
faithful servant,
(Signed,) CHARLES A. DANA.
To his Excellency thc President. ?
Now, after reading the above, heal
what the Republican said the otho]
day:
"Th?r scherzo to buy up the presen
managers of the Republican, by Go
vernment collectorships, is verj
smart, but it won't win. " .
Comment upon this is unnecessary
At thc time he wrote thc abov<
letter, he Avas loud in his praise o:
President Johnson and his, but whei
he discovered that the Presiden
turned a deaf ear to Iiis importunity
he immediately turned round, and hi
paper, it is stated, has since beei
daily filled with malignant abuse o
the President. Such is the course o
the men who disturb the peace of tb
country, and would keep it disunite!
for thirty years to come.
Fortunately, we have a man at th
helm who lets these vile aspersion
pass by 1dm as the idle wind, am
can afford to laugh to scorn all th
malignant abuse the patriotic (?) radi
cals-these unselfish politicans-ca:
pour out through the papers the
have prostituted to their base pui
poses. He stands firm in his adhe
sion to the best interests of the cour
try, and will not be swayed from hi
purpose by the adulations of fais
friends or the abu .e rf his politic!
enemies.
In relation to this particular oflicf
the latest Washington despatche
state that the President, in a convei
sation with an ex-member of Coi
gress, said that tbe new Collector c
New York must not only be thorovrghl
qualified in a business point of vie
for the office, but he must be~uuqual
fiedly committed to the policy of r<
storation, and able and willing to cari
out his views so far as his influence!
j that effect extended. The Presiden
; should he fill all his offices with me
possessing such qualifications as 1
indic-ites above, will have trustworth
officers.
Ax IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.-Tl
well-informed Washington correspoi
' dent of thc Baltimore Sun says th
the conservative Republican mov
men!, inaugurated there by membe
of Congress, will soon exhibit gre;
political strength, power and r
sources. They possess every el
menf of political strength, and cai
not fail to succeed in the c?mpai?
for w hich they are preparing. Th<
have with them tho Executive powe
they have w\th them the whole Soul
\ and will necessarily have more tin
half of thc entire North. It is b
liev^'J^iki.t tlicy will confer free
with .vie President, and perhaps, u
der their advice, he may make sou
Cabinet changes at an early day.
Lot them agree with the Dem
I crats who unite in the movement
drop the name of that old party ai
take a new one. North and Sou
many people dislike the name
The Senate has oonfirmed^Sphou
nations of over a hundred bdkadie
generals to be major-generalsSaul
large number of eoloae.b?
?---^
From Washington.
Curious people are charged twenty
j five cents for a sight of the inside of
i the famous rebel-holder, the Old
j Capitol Prison. Byway of attracting
j customers, "a one-armed soldier"
! cicerones the visitors, pointing out
the cell that confined the notorious
Audersonville murderer, the yard
wherehi he paid the penalty of his
crimes; the room of the rebel female
spy, Belle Boyd, with her picture in
it; the cell of Sergeant Terry, who
was shot for desertion; the room
where Wirz was dissected, and a man's
heart in spirits. Many thrilling inci?
dents are also related, and all for so
trifling a sum. Wonder if any ladies
go to see "the man's heart in spirits?"
Yesterday, Senator Morrill visited
tho quarters of thc freedmen, who,
with their families, have flocked here
from Virginia and Maryland. Many
of these people have been, entirely.
overlooked by the Freedmen's Bu?
reau, and their condition is a picture
of the most abject wretchedness.
They occupy miserable ho^ els, which
are crowded together in a manner
calculated to invite an epidemic, and
are compelled by greedy landlords to
pay the most exorbitant rents for
their loathsome accommodations.
Nearly 4,000 of these people are in
this condition. Mr. Morrill is endea?
voring to procure from the Secretary
of War thc use of unoccupied bar?
racks and hospital buildings around
the city for their temporary accom?
modation.
I advised yon, a few days since,
that the Government had semi-official
assurance that a portion of thc French
troops in Mexico would be withdrawn
in ninety days, and further intelli?
gence to this effect is said to have
been received by the City of Boston
steamer, which arrived the present
week.-(*nr. Philadelphia Ledoer.
Ex-Senator H. S. Foote, of Missis?
sippi-perhaps better known as Hang?
man Foote-is in town for the eon
summation ot objects, the nature of
which has not yet transpired.
Senator Stewart's coming out to?
day in favor of universal suffrage
throughout the South as the only se?
curity to be received for a general
amnesty, took m my by surprise. His
conversion to the ground taken by
the Tribune is a significant point.. Il
is not unlikely that ere many days the
radicals will control two-thirds of thc
Senate.-New York Tribune.
- The Internal Revenue Bureau hat
given instructions with regard to thc
collection of the tax due fr\n sav?
ings' banks, the. decision of thc Com?
missioner with respect to that ?altei
haring been sustained by the ?iiteci
States Supreme Court. The 'banks
are liable, under the decision, to i
monthly tax of one-twentieth part oj
one per cent, upon moneys received,
invested or loaned by them.
The President will, it is believed,
approve of the civil rights bill in it;
present form. The conservative Re?
publicans will not oppose it. It doe:
not lead to negro suffrage; but i
protects the right of the negro raci
to their newly-acknowledged free
dom. The President, by signingthi
I bill, will probably disarm a portion o
j the Republican hostility.
{"Iota," in Sun.
The civil rights bill has been en
grossed, and will go to the Presiden
to-morrow. Well-informed partie
positively assert that it will meet th
fate of the Freedmen's Bureau bill.
["Ahalosian," in Sun,
Tt is almost unnecessary to stat
that Secretary McCulloch's figures, a
well as his policy, have been full;
vindicated. Mr. Clarke's letter ira
puguing that, statement was referrer
by the Secretary to Mr. West, wh
fully verified the former. A sui
committee of the Ways and Means c
the House examined the subject, an
reported that the Secretary was coi
rect in his statement.
A very pathetic appeal from th
dress-makers of the country was pre
sented in the Senate to-day by Mi
Sumner. It is headed by the sigu?
ture of Mad. Demorest, the celebrate
modiste of New York, and clain:
j to represent the views of 20,000 dres:
makers of the country. They prote:
in earnest language against the ii
I tern al revenue tax of six per cent, o
j the value of all materials which pa?
, through their hands, and say that ii
i enforcement will deprive those ci
i gaged in the dress-making Busin ea
j of all hope of ranking a living ft
themselves and families.
A canard was extensively circulate
I this morning, to the effect that
j prominent member of the House fro:
j Pennsylvania had attempted to ci
! his throat in a fit of temporary ii
j sanity. The story caused consider;
j ble excitement, and sent a number <
i his friends to the rooms o? che bono
able member, on Capitol Hill, 1
make inquiries, where the style <
I caustic answer they received " fro:
; him for their pains was sufficient 1
prove that he was not only vigorous!
alive and kicking, but as saturnii
and savage as ever-in short, th:
they bad been badly sold.
[ Washington Star.
Collectors of internal revenue i
] the Southern States have been ii
! strueted by the Commissioner to cc
' lect tax on all taxable property whic
is being removed from their respe
tine districts; and iq case the du'
on cotton and other articles whic
may have been assessed is refuse
after demand having- been made, pr
j ceedings will be instituted for tl
j collection of the chilies by distra
?and sale of properwL unless tl
?K^*?cles are remove,-Wilder bond,
?,. \dcd by the Vg mttions of Oct
The President's Pluck.
Pl?ck of all kinds, and under all ;
circumstances, excites the liveliest
admiration in the American people.
Nor is it strange that this should be
so, for "with us it is a national charac?
teristic, displayed from our earliest
infancy as a nation, and maintained
ever since. Whether . wo consider
tho courage of Americans upon the
battle-field; in braving the dangers of
the ocean, when thc ships of other
nations dare not leave the harbor;
in enduring the privations of thc wil?
derness without complaint, and soli?
tude more cruel than the wilderness;
in being bravely insensible to the
losses of fortune, laboriously ac?
quired, and in instantly putting
forth efforts to make others, when
the first have vanished-in all these
asjjpets, thc courage of thc American
people shines conspicuous, and seems
indomitable. Prosperity may exalt,
mit adversity cannot quench or de?
press the fire *of our restless spirits.
Fortitude under suffering, persever?
ance under labor, patience under
misfortunes, are distinguishing traits
among cur people, and have chal?
lenged the wonder and admiration of
the world. The sublime heroism of
Americans, on sea and on land, have
furnished bards and poets with raany
a lofty theme and inspiring song,
and have quickened with emotion
even the sober pen of the historian.
JBut when we talk about pluck, we
cannot refrain from awarding it to a
man who recently showed himself
thc worthy representative of this
prominent American characteristic.
We look in vain over ancient and
modern fields for such an exhibition
of pluck like that presented by An?
drew Johnson, when, standing in
front of the White House, he thun?
dered upon the ears of the nation,
"T say Thaddeus Stevens, of Penn?
sylvania-I say Challes Sumner, of
Massachusetts-I say Wendell Phil?
lips, and others of the same stripe,
are among them"-and "I do not in?
tend to be bullied by 1113' enemies."
Here was pluck for you, and the
American people know how to admire
and appreciate it. Since the days of
Andrew Jackson, we have never had
so plucky a President; and we all
know that pluck won for Andrew
Jackson his vast and undying popu?
larity, lt will not do less for An?
drew Johnson, for if the American
people do love one thing more thnn
all others, it is pluck.
The pluck of Ajax, both before
Troy and upon the sea, when adverse
deities pursued him, has justly been
celebrated by the poets of antiquity.
Every classical reader recollects how,
when a storm had wrecked his ship,
he buffeted the waves till he r utchee
a rock just larg.' enough for him tc
stand upon; and then, solitary anc
alone, when all his comrades had per?
ished, with the winds howling ove)
him aiid the waves furious at his feet
raising his voice above the di 1 of tin
garring elements, he hurled definnc?
at Neptune and the Storrn-gcxL Hen
was a sublimity of heroism whicl
emailed not before the pelting storm,
nor the wrath of divinities seeking
his destruction. But the attitude o:
Andrew Johnson, on that tnenorabh
22d of February, was not less strik
ing, for there was a refinement o
moral and political courage whicl
surpassed the bull-dog pluck of Ajax
Many supposed that Andrew John
son woulel flinch from the contest
But they knew him not. His valo:
was like that of a king of Navarre
who, when about entering a grea
battle, was observed by those win
were arming him, to tremble: where
upon, they endeavored to composi
him, by speaking lightly of tin
danger he was going to encounter
"You do not understand me," sai<
the king, "for could my fies" 1 kno\
the danger my courage will present?;
carry it into, it would sink down ti
the ground." If the President eve
hesitated about joining battle, it wa
the hesitation of calm, conscious am
collected valor, which only annonncei
its intentions when the hour cr.nie t
strike
Look at Andrew Johnson in an
light we please, and we are constrain
ed to believe that he is not a *na:
who will permit his "end of he ave
nne" to be bombareleel witt out re
turning the fire. And when he doe
respond with his guns, the radical
have found that no armor ern resif
his shot. The only safety from
Presidential ^broadside is in ooing
'Ulead duck."
But, to return to our text, let n
observe that pluck, the world ovei
carries the day, and that it is 1101
winning and carrying alon.^ wit
the President the admiring masse
of the American people.
[Richmond Times.
AKXIIXGXON. -The Superinienden
of Freedmen's villages has been in
structed by Major-C?eneral O. C
Howard, to divide the Arlingto
estate, the former property of Genen
Lee. lying Easi of the Road, int
live a?re lots, to be rented on agree
merits to the freedmen. The vent t
Be paid at each harvesting of th
crops. Fifteen acres on the West sid
K the road is assigned to be divide
ind rented in the same mannei
About twenty acres to be used as
garden by the tlependents elf tl)
Freedmen's village. This estate i
not confiscated property, and there
fore, cannot revert to the heirs at th
leath of the owners; but it was sol
for taxes and purchaseel by the Gc
v*ernment for the purpose to which i
is:now being apphecL ^
inn- railroad bridi^^<^^ku^fl|
^?Knished in e;ght!r^%;-V^.
Maximilian and tUe Americana.
A correspondent writing from.
Mexico, of recent date, says:
The good will of the Emperor to?
ward the Americans has been shown
by the extension, within a few days
past, to the American and Mexican
Steamship Company, of the right to
make Sisal, in Yucatan, a stopping
plaee, as well as by the resolution
which thc Govcrdmcnt has taken to
anticipate thc payment of thc com?
pany of the annual subvention, which
does not fall due, by the terms of the
contract, before the end of May next.
The Mexican and American Express
Company also has received a conces?
sion of the right to transmit goods to
New York without paying custom
house fees or consular dues. Ame?
rican capital is also understood to he
invested, in the new railway line, for
wdiich a concession has been granted,
between Vera Cruz and Puebla, by
way of .Talapa. This was the old
Spanish highway to Mexico City, and
as Puebla is off the line cf the Impe?
rial Mexican railway, it will, doubt?
less, when constructed, become a
formidable competitor of that route.
It is a healthy symptom of enterprise
on the part of the natives, that the
proprietors along the line are con?
tracting to supply the road with
sleepers in exchange for stock in the
company.
I The rails are expected to be laid as
far as Puente Nacional by the end of
May next, aud the Company are es?
tablishing their work-shops in the
city of Jalapa. In this city the great
local question of the moment con?
cerns the drainage of the lakes around
the capital. At this time, the level of
Lake Tezcuco is reported to be a few
inches higher than the city, and, of
course, with the heavy rains of sum?
mer there, is great peril of a complete
inundation. A native Mexican en?
gineer, educated in Paris, Senor
Garay, is now nt work on a plan of |
his for draining the whole of this
water surface, and the press are ac?
tively discussing the merits and de
mei its of his operations. Senor Ca?
rny is a vehement Republican, but as
he does not care to see all Mexico
drowned for the pleasure of extin?
guishing the intervention, he is de?
voting himself to the great public
work with an energy creditable to his
country. I write in haste, not feeling
sure that this letter, which goes by
the French steamer, will reach you
before my regular correspondence,
and so "take the chance." The de?
tails of the news from the interior, so
far as they have any importance, yon
will doubtless receive through the
Associated Press at Havana.
ANOTHER BILL CON'CEKNINU NE?
GROES.-The telegraph informs us of
the final passage yesterday of the bill
for protecting persons in their civil
rights. The following are the chief
eatures:
"That all persons born in .the
United States and not subject to any j
'oreign power, excluding Indians not
taxed, are hereby declared to be citi?
zens ol' the United States, without
distinction of color; without regard
to any previous condition of slavery
or involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment of crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted,
shall have the same right to make and !
enforce contracts, to sue, be parties,
and give evidence, to inherit, pur?
chase, lease, sell, hold and convey
real and personal property, and to the j
full and equal benefit of all laws and
proceedings for the security of per- j
son and property, and shall be subject 1
to like punishments, pains and penal?
ties, and to none other; any law,
statute, ordinance, regulation or cus?
tom to the contrary notwithstanding. "
"That in all questions of law arising
in any case under the provisions of
this act, a final appeal shall be taken
to thc Supreme Court of the United
States."
It is supposed that the President
will sign this bill.
- - -? *? ? ?
HORRIBLE.-We learn from Hunts?
ville sources that a negro woman died
from small-pox a short distance from
that town, in Limestone County, a <i
few days since. Everybody on fho?
place became scared and would nonL
go lear the house, including th?
ownar of the place, who wrote to tiM
agei t of the Freedmen's Bureau,-TO !
send some one to take the corpse out, !
and he would burn the house. The
matter was referred to the agent at
Athens, Mr. Coman. After a day or
so ho replied, and stated that he had
mada efforts to get negro men to go
up and bury the body, offering 810
per day and expenses, but no one
would engage to do it, alleging that
they would lose their situations on
the farms if they dil so. At the
time Mr. Coman wrote, thc corpse
had been lying is the house three
days. We do not know, indeed, that
it has been buried yet.
[ Nash pille JHspatclu
- .- ? -.p.
NOKTH CAROLINIANS PERSECUTING
QFAKEKH.-An Inspector of the Bu?
reau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c, re
portf.that the boat from Acquia Creek,
Virginia, brought to the city, this
mon dug, seventy-five persons of the
Society of Friends, from Randolph
County, North Carolina, who are on
their way to Indiana. The cause of
their emigration they state to be the
persistent persecution of them by the
people of North Carolina. The
Quakers also state that one hundred
and fifty more will leave in a fewjdays.
Local It*
CASH.-Oui* tenus for sub.-i-riptioDj \
vertising and job work are cash. We HO?
all parties will bear thia in mind.
CAno WHITING. - We call attention to i
card of Mr. Bablmaun. He i- ,n e tlW
peaman, and executes bis wor vei hat
somely.
THU WEEKLY GLEANEH.- The
publication of this paper will be \x>-.
a few weeks. Pei sons ?< .-.irons <
scribing, will please forward tho ni? i?ey
once. Terms ?* a year.
THE BUBNINO or COLCMB?.W ,J^>J'-?;
esting account of the ''Sac? and Desirae-"
tiou of the City of Columbia. K. C.," has
just been issued, in pam;-ii et To. tn, Crow
the Phoenix steam power ??res:. Orders
can be filled to any extent.
KAIN.-After :t protracted ?bought, woj
have enjoyed refreshing showex?
past two days, which will create
gardening operations, and cati
tion, which, for some weeks, in
seeds planted, has been retardi
a fresh start. j
NEW AnvEnrisEMENTS. J \ WK
ed to the following adver ?iiinit?|
arc published this mom.n^ l.>r^H
time: BR
Schedule Bpartanburg and L'nioiiflj
Dial & Pope- Cotton and Wool Cil| H
a -oils. !??iiP?
II. Graves Stallion Hiolt-n. v ^HW^
C. 1'. Pelham- Southern Guardian; -^^T
*.? -Pilo Wanted. '
J. ll. Wells-Dechnation. ^
Hogular Communication Acacia Lottie. .
bevin A- Peixotto-Variety Sale. M i ;*
? " " -Hava.ia Segara. .*? ,
Gm. Sherman on tile Burning tW:
Columbia, S. C.
The following is the letter of MaK
Gen. Sherman, on the burning of Cam
lumbia, an abstract of which has aT^j\
ready been given in our columns. ? IyXk
will be seen that he is opposed to th?r ^
payment of Southern war claims o?
even tho most worthy character,
though he expresses sympathy for J
those who =????^^>? losses:
H'DQ'BS MIX,. DIV. OF THE mk*., \
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March $ 3,868. J
Benj. Bawls, Colina ' ?u, S. C. fl
DEAR SIB: I have your letter enL?M
closing a petition to the Congress-.ojHP
the United States, asking to be-??E%
I demnirfied for the loss by fire of JOttr* \
j. housi and contents, at the timthoZ -
our {occupation in I February, 186$.
I ass dre, vi?t4flmt ?1 feeJ deeply for
von and all ot^??ii<> lost their pyo
pertyin the Bjj?flfcj* the.^fflfe1 j
States were to fl^^^K^h6 hal^^y? I
I it would be an ??0^'*?" J
I done wrong. TliHj Hn?t^HS
I The rightful ^m^M^X^?f^^M
i lional Governme?t^^^^^^j?^;,^^^K
?in thc State ofM*^V"%"Vt
j years: -and^jvyp AM^,?VIA?'^^J^^^^
: great Cost of lu^cli^R?^^^??l.v^^^
; duct thither a vaii^flf'?-^?;^/^^*^^
progress was rt-sistedliy^ra?i^'Jf?^^
the State could obtain. Yon\ W^j^g
citizens resisted om' approaclr^Hjj&g'i
only with arms, but by burning flfci^^
bridges over the Edisto, Coag^B'^^j
Saluda anti Broad Rivers. iS?
bumed the depot in C'^?mbj^iffl" ""-J
we entered!AJ^^^^yueeauseiK:^^,^-^
tained eorflMd .stores they siJB
we neededTaK set fire to taji^Mli^^S
of bales of cotton rolled out^fl '-'^i'
streets, and which were b?jBB f Jg
fore we entered the city of GMSBTWHI
I myself was in the city as earryA
noon, and saw those tires, aud knd w??
that efforts were made to extinguiJ wp,
them, but a high and strong wine! 1
kept them alive. 1 gave no orden /
for the burning of your city, but, oi ?
the contrary, the reverse, and I be sj
lieve the conflagration resulted iron mai
the great imprudence of cutting tia M
cotton bales, whereby the contentsflB
were spread by the winds, so tint it?
became an impossibility to arrest'c^^H
I saw in your Columbia newspap.^j^Hj
the printed order of General W'^fl^
Hampton, that on ?ne approaclj|
the Yankee : rmy .i?|MUML^^^fl9ci
should be burned, i^mW^?m&i
saw myself, have l^VMiesrflKtH ^
saying that h< jyasrThe euu.se ?:' gjj^K
destruction of your property. i'J^%/
imo remedy is against him, "and sif.ch j
fliers of your own citizens as e?n-f ?
spired with him and made the mili- .
taiy occupation of your city an ab.i>- j
lute necessity. I hardly thiuk it tis |$
fair that ( 'ongress should tax the peo- -M:
plo of Ohio, Illinois and Missouri to Jr
pay such losses; but as it is not in nv/ ; j
province to judge in such mattel'sJL-mJi
send your petition according^-1fts-^
address.
I assure you of my persoual sB." I I
pathy by reason of yourie and^gi^
firmity, but this must not lead nrflj
endorse a wrong p rinciple. llslil
I am, with great respect, your
dient servant, ^Bl
W. T. SHERMAN, Maj. Gen. B
The proposed fair in aid of the dis- VI
tress at the South, which will open iii il
Baltimore soon after Easter, will fl
probably be one of the most elegant fl
and extensive bazaars ever opened in J
the world. In that city ikisthe^im- J
versa! theme. More than half of theAl
ladies of that city are engagfthJn umwW
sisting to increase its useinlnju^^ft^;
The firemen's deixjpnstrfifl
New Orleans, on the 5th inst, fMW?^mk
greatest ever seen in that igay.^^^^^
day passed" off pleasantly,Svl^Twp|
excepjion of the temporary arrest,
t!'ii?flrflfeV "f the hana Bo- l:lJt>??
?k'Bonnie Blue "' la^?