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COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, April 10, 1866.
Let 17? Stand by Our Friends.
We believe with some of our ox
changes, that beyond the wild im?
pulses of fanaticism, the gratification
and the desire of making political
capital, by conferring political power
on tho freedmen, they have still an?
other object, and that is, so to disheart
. en and disgust the influential classes at
the South, that they will be driven to
self-expatriation to escape the taunts,
sneers and persecutions of the radical
party.
As we have frequently said in this
journal, that following the example
of .Lee, Hampton, Beauregard, and
other of their leaders in the late war,
the post of honor and duty for all
true Southerners, is to stand by their
country and devote their energies,
their time and their earnest labor to
the rebuilding of their shattered for?
tunes, and bringing bnok their sec?
tion, -which has been so sorely devas?
tated by war, to its former greatness
at?d prosperity. If this be the case,
does it not become a further duty to
our section nud country, tr, ?rive our
hearty co-operation to those who are
now engaged in the work of restoring
peace and harmony between all sec?
tions of the country.
President Johnson is the leader in
this great work. His policy adopted
after mature deliberation, is that of a
patriot and statesman. In adopting
it, and carrying it out with so much
firmness, he has made an irreparable
breach between him and the destruc?
tive faction which is now dominant j
in the national legislature. His
vetoes of the Freedmen's Bureau bill
?and the civil rights bill; his memora?
ble speech on the 22d February, and,
lastly, his proclamation restoring the
Southern States to their former stajferis
in the Union, have broughtXupon
him-a fierce and factious wiir, unpar?
alleled in the histpry.-?f party poli
, tics in this orj?pybther country.
HisJ^TState paper, restoring the
of the South to their political
rights and remanding them to thu
protection of civil law, summons
these to his aid in the fierce warfare
now. teing waged against him. So
long as we were in a state of political:
probation, we thought it would be
inappropriate for the people of those
States to take any part in national
politics; but now that ho hos done all
that a President can do to restore
these heretofore excluded States to
their rightful position in tho Union,
ho has removed the last obstacle to
such co-operation as the peculiar con?
dition of af?air.s at Washington do
ruands. Already, as will be seen from
a paragraph elsewhere in to-day's
issue* a new "National Johnson Club"
has been organized, tho vice-Presi?
dent of which for this F?tate is Gov.
James L. Orr, and it is to he hoped
thnfc nn fxteusive organization of this
kind throughout, every State in thc
Union will bring to the side of the
President and to the cause of restora?
tion and peace all true and loyal men,
with.mt distinction of party or party
names.
As has been well said by a cotem
porary, "tho contest is between one
branch of the Government, (tho Exe?
cutive,) lighting to maintain the
whole Government and each und all
of its branches in their constitutional
status; and another branch, (the legis?
lative,) fighting to obliterate all dis?
tinctions between the several branches
and consolidate them into one." Tho
contest will bo a stubborn one, for
the radicals are stubborn and unscru?
pulous, but we trust tin* "defender of
the Constitution" will bo victorious.
In such a content, we think it ia
the duty of the people of tho South
to rally to thc support of tho Consti?
tution. In by-gone days, they were
its finn adherents, and at this timo of
its danger every sentiment of honor
and du'y should draw them to its
support, and every sentiment of gra?
titude to tho aid of tho man who is
battling for it and for their rights
under it
Reliable information has boon re?
ceived lately from Richmond, to the
effect that a movement is on foot to
obtain ft writ of habeas corpus for tho
relief of Jefferson Davis. The writ
in question may issue either from the
United States District Court, Judge
Underwood presiding from a State
Court. It is not li,1 > a(man of
Vnderwood's well'' ^jUk would
grant a writ fo'
Military -vs. Civil Courts.
Tho Supreme Court of the United
States has just rendered t. decision of
great importance affecting the admi?
nistration of the law in future. It is
especially important to the people of
the South where "military commis?
sions" are still in existence. The case |
decided on is this :
A military commission some time
ago tried certain parties in Indiana
for conspiracy, who were convicted
and sentenced to death. Tito Presi?
dent, however, interf red, and com?
muted the sentence to imprisonment j
for life, and they h ive been since that
time confined in the Ohio Peniten?
tiary. Their case having failed of i
remedy before the courts below, was
brought up on appeal to the Supreme
Court. Tliat august tribunal has de?
cided substantially that the inferior
courts failed of their duty in denying
the petitioners (the men confined in
the penitentiary) tho right of the writ
of habeas corpus, lt has furthermore j
declared that th?* prisoners still in
custody shall be discharged, and that
the commission acted without juris?
diction.
This we regard as a very important
decision, affecting, as it does, the
civil rights of every citizen of the
country.
The Court has adjourned without j
declaring on the constitutionality of j
the so-called test oath.
Thc Proclamation.
Under the head of "A Grievous
Wrong," the Nashville Union and
J American speaks of the almost uni
I formby evidence of erroneous copies
of official documents sent by tele?
graph. It says such was the case
with the proclamation, received Jfday
or two ago. It says thftt it lias re?
ceived a revised copy hy mail, and
adds :
.'*?>Ve will simply remark that the
proclamation includes Virginia, North
I Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar?
kansas, Florida, Tennessee and Texas.
The proclamation of Juno 13th, 1865,
had already relieved Tennessee in
part, as previous proclamations had
relieved Maryland and Missouri en?
tirely. This completes the work."
As the first telegraphic report left
out South Carolina as well as Texas,
the latter State may als*, have been
left out in the second report of the
document sent by telegraph to the
New York papers, from which all tho
Southern papers copied it.
Tho same journal, in auother arti- J
cle, says that all doubt as to tho
meaning and effect of tho proclama
* tion declaring the re-establishment
of peace 1 ' is removed by a moro
J careful reading of the corrected
copy," and adds that "it means, so
far as the Executive authority can
accomplish it, restoration of tho
Union of the States on the basis of
equality and a revival of all the
j rights, privileges and powers which
I attach to States, or pertain to indi?
viduals of States." We would have
I been glad if our cotemporary had
j published the revised copy, so that
? we might have seen wherein it dif
! fered from that so extensively pub
? lished.
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GENERAL CONFERENCE. - A despatch
from New Orleans, dated the 4th in
! stant. says that the General Confer
! once of the Methopist Episcopal
Church, South, bad been organized.
Bishop Andrews presiding, Bishop
Early assisting, and Dr. Summers as
Secretary. A standing committee of
one from each State was appointed.
The city clergymen comprise the
? Committee on Public Worship.
J Preaching has boon arranged for
; every night. A hundred delegates
j were present, and another hundred
are coining. It is a venerable body.
A letter from Bishup Snub? advises
that the name Southern be retained.
This is the first- conference held in
eight years. A newspaper in the in?
terest of the conference is t<> be pub?
lished.
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THE POPE.-We find the following
paragraph going tho rounds of the
papers. We do not know whether
tho facts are as stated, and merely
give it for what it. may be worth:
A few days ago it was reported that
Pius IX had prophesied that he would
have to leavo home this year, return
next year, and die during the follow?
ing year. A correspondent in Rome
thinks the Pope quite capable of
! making and uttering such a forecast,
j Ni? Pope has ever completed the
twenty-third year of his Pontificate.
If Pius IX should live till 186V, ho
Would flo RD.
The cotton crop \n Louisiana and
Texas promises well. Cotton is freely
, coming into New Orleans.
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Tike ?V'cgro Q,ue?t ion.
Tile Bev. R. J. Breckenridge, 1).
D., onenof the ablest ?nd most pro?
found men ol the anti-slavery school,
hus written n long letter in the Nor?i
xoostern 'Presbyterian, from which we
make thc subjoined extract. His po?
sition is that all possible amelioration
in favor of negroes most rest on the
basia of a distinction of\ace and color :
There hos been for some years a
party in this country which was un?
derstood to demand the absolute en?
franchisement of the black race, and
its political and social equality with
thc white moe- among ourselves. I
have pointed out the great mistake of
supposing it was the teaching of this
party which produced the national
attempt to abolish slavery by an
amendment of tho Constitution. The
present endeavor on their part is to
realize the equality originally de?
manded for thc black race, by se?
curing it as a condition of restoration
in each of tho revolted States; in par?
ticular, that the right of suffrage
Rhall be given to tho liberated slaves
by the President, as a preliminary in
the reconstruction of society in th?
subjugated States, and shall bo se?
cured in the State Constitutions, as i
condition, without which they sha!
not be recognized as States or ad?
mitted into the Union, it is to b<
remembered that nothing of this sort
i is contained in tho proposed amend
ment to the Constitution. Not h itu
like it is found in tho platform of th?
party which elected Mr. Lincoln foi
tho iirst time, or that which electee
him the second time. Nothing in nivj
Act of Congress. Nothing in any om
of the numerous proclamations lateb
issued by Mr. Johnson, for the ere
at ion of Provisional Governments, an?
the formation of Republican ( -onstitn
tionsand Governments under then1
tho subjugated States. The powe
assumed in the dermod, as existinj
in the President, and which he wisel;
refv.s?d to exercise, does not belon?
to his office, nor to any ollice whatev
er; nor to the Congress of the Unitei
State?, unless these States be firs
despotically reduced to mere territc
rios; nor to the whole people of th
United States, until they shall bo tiri
considered competent to make fe
themselves a despotism - and sha
actually make it-iu which both th
States and the existing form of th
nation would be extinguished, und a
suffrage become a farce. Tho po wt
to make a local Constitution fora frc
State-much moro the power teamen
an existing Constitution in an cxistin
free State-is by our system, and b
the Federal Constitution, a power 1<
cally sovereign-paramount and m
controllable, except by the Constiti
tion of tho United States. And it
only under tho provisions and gua
antees of that national Const kittie
that a. citizen of one State hus tl
rights that he possesses in alioth?
State, nm! that the President can ii
terfore, either in war or peace, wi I
the common affairs, much less wit
! the reserved rights, and least of ;
j with those great rights of every Shit
j without which liberty is impossibl
Tho claims 1 am controverting do,
I effect, subvert both of our grui
principles of double Governments ai
popular sovereignty, without whit
\ our whole system of freedom ai
I greatness is futile and impossibl
I Moreover, if tho power claimed li
j longini to tho President, he con
! hardly perform an act more ruin
? to the emancipated slaves than to <
. act it, as has been demanded of lui
j nor one moro fatal to all hopes
cordial union among the Amelie:
' people, or more destructive to ai
j party that should sustain him ii?
j Its political effects would bo incale
i lable, both upon local und natioi
! parties, by tho sudden creation
.-MM,OOO or 500,000 new voters ol
; different race, the great mass
' whom aro wholly unfit for such
? trust, and would bo certain to cons
tute an element of vital and perpeti
: disturbance, and to fall under the 1
I bitual direction of whatever pa:
was most interested, most active, a
most unscrupulous. When it is ci
sidered that the slaveholders In
everywhere controlled the non-sin
holding white vote, many times nn
numerous than their own, the noti
that the local white vote cannot c<
'. trol a black vote, over tho \vh
South, not equal to itself in numbe
j may turn out to be as futile as
; control of that vote by a non-resid
party of extreme opinions would
j disastrous. In white commnniti
where the number of free persons
j African descent is comparatively v
! small, and very superior to the n\
! ago of their mee, it is not surprisi
though it is far from general, t
they should be invested with t
great privilege, now demanded foi
; of them, everywhere. -Nor, il ?
State sees fit of its own aeeor?
offer this inducement to tho set
. mont of the black race in its bod
can anything be said against its h
right to do so. That any Stat?1,
' to itself, will ever bestow suffrage
! a mass of slaves of a different rt
: suddenly set free by a paramount
thority, and nearly equal in num
j to tho rest of its inhabitants, is
event that will hardly be witnessei
! this world. That in any State wi
' slavery never existed, or where ?t
long ceased to oxisj, n white n
both cultivated and prcdomini
i will over give suffragfe of 'its ow n
' cord to a black race resident willi
equal to itself in number, and gre
beneath it in civilization, is an OT
contrary to the feu^ruuijudgm?
mankind, and wholly improbable in
itself. Nor, if tho relative position
of the parties was exactly reversed,
would the result be different; becauso
the instincts of' mankind are more
permanent by far than the caprices of
enthusiasm, and wiser by far than the
extreme conclusions of delusive theo?
ries or of party spirit. Secured in
; the great gift of freedom, protected
! in the rights of person and the rights
of property, 4,000,000 of slaves of a
different race will have received-if
God continues to smile on our endea?
vors-au instalment of blessings in
I finitely rich. Let the:.e blessings be
enjoyed and approved, not wasted
and risked in the agitation of de?
mands which have no foundation in
reason, in experience, * or in public
.necessity, and which are attended
I with many perils, and no hopi* of
?true success.
There are, as I have said before,
considerations founded upon the
universal loyalty of this unfortunate
race, and their uniform kindness to
our people when in trouble and in?
ger during the war, which, adde . to
their helplessness, :ippe:d to the
American people most powerfully in
their behalf. And certainly there
has been ur? shortcoming, on tho
part of tin' people or tlie public au?
thorities, in attempting all that
seemed to promise them advantage.
With how much wisdom and success
in most instances, or with bow much
to be deplored, condemned, or even
punished in others, I shall not now
inquire. The great dauger of this
people is. that they will gradually
waste away in the struggle they havi
now to make in competition with th?
stronger race for the means of ex
istence; :i ituuger in the face o!
which exorbitant and unprecedentec
claim ; cu their behalf are as-meian
choly , they are preposterous
There are, however, alleviations o
this dauger, possibly effectuai seen ri
tics against it. The most obviou
one is to scomv for them the sympa
thy ami compassion of the stronge
raer, especially in tin- region wher
most of them dwell. Another i
their proper education, not for a fu
tile contest for equal participation
with the white race in the nltimat
sovereignty, but for securing th
means of comfortable existence, an
acquiring the habits, advantage an
virtues of a free, well ordered an
steadily advancing civilization. lt
by any means, the whole black rae
could be thinly distributed over tb
United States, in the ratio of it
whole aggregate to that of the whit
race-that is, ' about one black t
seven or eight whites -a third allev
ation of the most threatening dill
culties might be considered well s<
cured, wherefore anything tendin
in that direction is important. O
the other .hand, if these two rac<
could be separated territorially froi
each other, and each be enabled t
develo]) itself freely, without di
turbanoo from the pressure oi* tl
other, a solut ion the most beueficii
of all would be obtained, lu tb
light, as well as many others, tl
American colonies of free blacks c
the West coast of Africa deserve 1
be ranked among the highest cute
prises of modern times. And I nu
be allowed, on this occasion, to reit
rate what 1 have taught so long
that a powerful and civiliz* d Sta
within tlr tropics bas been the <>i
crying necessity of the human ra
from the dawn of history; and th
for ns, and for the black race, tl
creation of such a State from ti
American descendents of thal race
the highest form in which thal gr?*
necessity can be supplied. Ont
these various suggestions, looking
all directions, we may hopefully co
elude that the difficulties of tin- ea
will not l>e found to exceed its i
sources, if we will address ourxob
to whatever duties lie b"foiv its, wi
candor, and patience, and v.i-d >
and zeal, trusting in God. Tin? ol
est living opponents of the terril
system of hereditary slavery, ubi
once prevail* il everywhere arnon/
u^, after their best hopes had bc
often defeated, and Mle system
slavery bad been apparently o<tt
lished without present remedy o'
so many States, have at last, from
unexpected quarter, and in an um
pected way. seen i'.s sudden and to
overthrow, and now rejoice in 1
hope of its eai iy and complete le
extinction. Confusion, disorder ti
misery, mast not be the final res
of this sublime retribution. Ext
vagaucc, anarchy and violence, c
not be the method by which its bb
ings ure to be secured.
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PAISTOJ Exuinrr. The Judge
Probat., for Marshall County, A
makes the following report, winch
find in the Huntsville Indcpeml
After premising that his examinai
has been conducted w ?th :
can be relied >m for nccuracy. bo ?
tinnes:
"Of tho helpless, indigent peo;
without any means of support,
eluding white and colored, there
2,180 persons women, children
infirm men. Of persons who are ?
to work, bul have no means to |
chase supplies for carrying on
farming operations, tin reare tami
embracing about 2,000 persons, wi
and black. ( M' thc residuo of
population, not twenty have un
more than adequate to their wa
According to tho census lasttakei
1800, the population oi the Cou
while and colored, was about 11J
and a* this time is no! probably n
than 0,500 persons.
Thc Fenian? Afloat.
The New York papers of Thursday
bring startling rumors of two formi?
dable expeditions of the Fenians,
which sailed from that city on Tues?
day night. We give the Daily Newt'
account of the matter:
The authorized statement from the
OTMahony headquarters is to the ef?
fect that B. Doran Killian, whilom
Secretary of the Treasury F. B.,
Rtarted, on Monday evening, in com?
pany with an expedition consisting of
three steamers-two propellers and
one side-wheel steamer of fast-sailing
qualities unrivaled. The expedition
was fitted out with 3,000 men, well
officered, both officers aud men being
mostly composed of veteran sailor?,
who have fought during the late wai
with the South. These? vessels art
well-armed aud equipped, ono ol
thom being a formidable iron-clad,
carrying?two 100-pound Parrott guns
one fore Htid one aft, ami four rifle?
guns ?if the heaviest calibre amit
fillips. Large quantities of ammuni
rion and spare arms have been put Ol
board, all intended to find their nlti
mate destination in Ireland.
The second part of the '"xpeditioi
is composed of a couple of propellers
capable of making eighteen miles pe
hour under a full head of steam
These vessels are also fully armed um
equipped, and have on board a com
piement <?f 2,730 men, besides tho?
necessary to manage the vessels
These men have all been selected fron
tho skilled veterans of the late wa
with the South, ami aro fully arme?
and equipped for service in the field
[The whole number aeeompanyin
the expedition, exclusive of sailor?
is. therefore, according to statement
5,730 Reporter.]
These vessels are said to bo litte
ont with u view to the severest navi
combat, if rendered necessary by an
emergency which, with the exercis
of du?; caution, can possibly occur.
both expeditions are in the ham
of eminent Fenians, and are con
mantled by experienced naval officer
who have seen service duriug tl
w ar, Captain Downing being in con
mond of the second expedition, ar
the whole three vessels are mannt
with picked men. B. Doran Killii
is invested with thc supervision
both expeditious.
It is also asserted at headqnarte
that seven war-ships have loft tl
coast of California, simultaneous
with the above-named from an Ea!
ern port -a given telegraphic sign
having been agreed upon which wou
prevent, the possibility of any failli
of the Californian expedition to si
upon receipt of the telegram that ;
was ready in New York. These Ca
foruian vessels are said to be mod?
of the naval fortress, and are arm
and e? [nipped in a manner vicing wi
the armaments of the Eastern pt
tiou of the expedition. Tho Calif?
niau expedition takes out ill rou
numbers 10,000men, fully armed a
equipped fur service.
Other expeditions have, it is stat
upon competent authority, left se?
ral Northern ports simultaneous wi
the above- ..ill armed wit'i every i
piement of naval and land servi?
and commanded by men of abil
and experience.
The plan is understood to be
seize Bermuda, and make it abase
supplies, after which, with ns lit
delay as possible, the whole oxpe
tion will be put to sea, falling ur
british commerce, and sweeping ?
tish trade from the seas with the
som of destruction, and enacting o
again the careers of the Alabam
the Shonandoahs and the Petrels
the ( ?onfederacy.
Other expeditious will follow at
early a date as possible. These 1
will be designed to operate dire?
upon the irish coast, whore, al
givi n point, ?i landing will be effect
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?MIOICATION THE STATES.
number o? the emigrants from ?
many, says the Paris correspond
of tho London lierait?, arrived
Havre to take ship for America,
lately increased in nn extraordii
degree. A Havre journal states1
there are not less than a thous
emigrants now lodging in the qua
of Ht. Francois alone, awaiting
sols to take them out. Two t
since, eighty persons left Havre
England, in the hope of getting
earlier.
The same journal remarks that
increase of emigration coincides
a great extension of the connue
relations between France timi
Cnited States. Not less than twe
five vessels ave shortly expecte
Havre from New Orleans, one 1
Texas, and live from Mobile, oil li
with cotton. A considerable quai
of the same material is also h
shipped f? ?. Havre from New ?
along with other merchandize,
short, the import trade at Havre
not been so brisk for tiv? . years
The emigration to North Am?
says the correspondence of the
don Times, dated March 12, is ?
assuming greater proportions. I
the end of May, 10.000 persons
already engaged to Leave, via 1
burg ami Bremen. The t mig
are marly all Northerners ami
testants; whereas, ten years agc
vast majority consisted of Soutl
ms. many ot them Kornau Cathi
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By order of the Mayo, of the
ol New York, the Mags on the p
buildings were hung out, on tli
instant, in honor of the declsT
i J tieace by the I'residea^a^--.
1
Iiooal Items.
Mortgages and Conveyances of Kcal Es?
tate for ?ale at tbis office.
Wc have boen requested to nt ate that
Dr. 1>. P. Gregg (Surgeon Dentist) will be
absent from the city for two weeks.
TH* Bmurceo OF COLUMBIA.-AU inter?
esting account ot the "Sack and iJrstrnc
tion of the Citv of Colombia, s. C.," bas
just boen issued, in pamphlet form, front
the Phoenix steam power pret?H. Orders
can be lilied to any extent.
Our readers will bear tn mind tho musi?
cal entertairunent, this evening, by Mrs.
Murray and tho De neks. The programmn
is an excellent one, and will no .doubt be
the raeann nf inducing many persons to
attend.
Tho jury of inquest, cmpannelled on
Saturday last, closed their labors yesterday
afternoon, after hearing the evidence of
many witnesses, and rendered a verdict,
"That the said Matilda, a freed woman,
came to her death, on the night nf the Gth
hint., from the effects of a wound caused
by a hall discharged from a pistol in the
bands of s<>m? person unknown.''
BOOK AND JOB PR?STINO. -The Phoenix
office is now fully supplied with cards,
colored and white paper, colored ink, wood
type, etc., and is now in condition to exe?
cute all manner of hook and job printing
in the shortest possible time. Give us a
call.
A HOME COMPANION*.-The proprietor of
the Columbia Phoenix will, on the ISth in?
stant, commence the regular publication
of the Weekly Gleaner ?1 mammoth
paper - containing forty-eight columns of
reading matter, embracing tales, anec?
dotes, poetry, editorials, correspondence,
telegrams and new? matter generally.
The Gleaner is published for the accom?
modation of tho.se persons residing in re?
mote sections, accessible hy mail only once
a week, and at thc snr.:o tinte to provide
an agreeable pasthhe for readors o? alf
classes. The gist of the reading matter
contained in the Daily and Tri- Weekly
Pliwnix, will be published in its columns.
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NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, w hich
are published this morning for the first
time:
M. L. Kinard-New Goods.
lt. M. Stokes-Plant* for Sale.
Levin A Peixotto- Furniture, Ac.
L. T. Levin-Mules.
J. E. Adger ? Co. - -Carron Ware.
E. Pollard-Fishing Tackle, Ac.
A. S. Cloud -Charlotte Railroad Linc
Mrs. J. P. Iteed-Millinery Goods.
Grand Vocal and Inntrumetitiil Concert.
Jame? G. Gibbes-Plantation to Rent.
" " Guauo, Tobacco, Ac.
X. J. Gibson-Cottage to lient.
SOUTHERN RELIEF FAIR IN BALTI
MOKK.-The great Southern Relief
Fair, inaugurated und( r the auspices
of the ladies of Maryland, for the re?
lief of the destitute people of the
South, was opened Monday night, at
the hall of the Maryland Institute, in
Baltimore. Thc doors were opened
at 7 o'clock in thc evening, and in a
very short time tho hall was tilled to
its utmost capacity. In many cases
tho crowd was so great that the ladies
were unable to effect sales on account
af the pressure, lt is estimated that
nearly 8,000 persons were in the hall
during th<? evening, while hundreds
?f persons were unable to get any?
where near the ticket office, and were
obliged to return homo. The indi?
cations are that the fair will be a (lo?
aded success.
The Baltimore Commercial, of
Tuesday, says:
Not in a long while has Baltimore
presented such an animated and at?
tractive appearance as was witnessed
yesterday, except upon some great
holiday occasion, when the bulk of
the entire population is abroad to en?
joy ?1 respite from the monotony of
every day life. The principal tho?
roughfare and promenade-Baltimore
itreet -was, throughout the day, one
rast eal nival of beauty. Immense
:brongs of ladies, many of whom had
been confined within doors by the in
dement weather of March, were
inroad in spring attire, a garb that
lover fails to enhance the charms of
nature, no matter how lavishly the lat?
er may have been bestowed. Quito
i number of strangers, of both sexes,
nany of them di-awn thither by the
promising opening of the great South?
ern relief fair, wera also to l>e seen
ipon this streets, and this together
with the bustle attendant, upon the
preparations for this givat demon?
stration, in which so many ladies IIHYH
aken an active part, served to height
>n the attractiveness of v jr scene,
-? + ? ?
DEATH OF 1>R. HENR-* B. FaoST.
Dr. Henry R. Frost, one of our old
;st, most distinguished and useful
jhysicians, and one of tb,.** founders
>f the South Carolina Medical Col
ege, died in this city, at his resi
lence ou Broad street, after a brief
llness, between 2 aud 3 o'clock Satur
lay afternoon, aged seventy years and
?ix months. Dr. Frost was for many
rears Dean of the FaoultV o* the
South Carolina Medical OoSege, and
remain od in it nu Professor up rojba
ime of his death. A huge m
?f ?mr present most snccessfp'
icians ?md druggists in th
jfaw graduated ?under
?Afr o ni him receiv
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