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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, May 8, 1866. An Anniversary to bf Observed. On a beautiful Sabbath afternoon, l>eing the 10th May, 1863, the cause for which the Southern States were then struggling experienced the most . stunning shocks and severest blows it had, up to that time, received. On that bright May Sabbath afternoon, that Christiau warrior and chieftain, Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson "Stonewall Jackson"-breathed his last. In death, as in life, while sti mg in the faith of the Christian, hu expressions showed that the cause he had battled for, for months and years past, was still dear to his heart. The following proposition is taken from the Richmond Examiner of a late date: Tho 10th of May is the anniversary of tho death of "Stonewall" Jackson, and we propose that no business be transacted on that day, that all stores be closed, that all papers in? termit publication, and that our churches be opened for memorial services for the dead of the whole Confederate army. In all the churches let collections be made for the preservation of the neglected graves of our soldiers, and let all unite in tho testimonial with devout hearts and liberal hands. "We think the idea suggested most appropriate. This mode of remem? bering the anniversary of the lament? ed chieftain is one befitting the mournful occasion, and would add a mournful interest to the memorial services of the gallant dead. All among us feel a deep interest, not only in the preservation of the ne? glected graves of our fallen sol? diers, but in preserving green in our memories their gallant deeds and . their devotion to a cause they deem? ed it was patriotic to struggle for. And while that cause has failed, even those who considered it patricidal and wrong, still honor the virtues, spotless honor, heroic bravery, and high generalship, which combined to immortalize the character of "Stone? wall Jackson." As an evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by gallant of? ficers in the Federal army, we observe that at a recent mass meeting of the Johnson party at St. Louis, a letter from Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr., .was read, in which he claims that England or France would be proud to accept as equal citizens all men who had acted so nobly and gallantly as tile Southern people. He says that ' those natious would bo happy to claim as their own men Uko Lee and Johnston, and then he adds: "Would they fail to honor and cherish, as part of their oxen glory, the memory of thai illustrious throng of the dead led by SlonexoaU JacksonV Such, Ave believe, are the sentiments of the noble, the true and the brave among the officers awe men who fought for the preserva? tion of the Union. As we cordially approve of the sug? gestion of the jErrt??t?<;r above quoted, we invite the attention of our people to it. To the city authorities, to thc clergymen of tho city, and especially to the ladies, Ave commend its con? sideration, that they may inaugurate the steps by which, on next Thurs day, we may unite in two titting cere monies-that of commemorating tin death of the well-beloved hero ant leader,"'Jackson, and of organizing the ways and means to preserve tin now neglected graves of the soldier! who fell in a cause which, howevei mistaken they were, they considered it their high and patriotic duty to up hold and defend. A GOOD MOVE.-Several pnblii , spirited citizens .in Charleston pro pose to convert tho square of tin burnt diatrict into a public garden on the same plan as the Palais Roys in Paris. This Avili be enclosed b; an elegant fire-proof block of build ings. The loAver stories to be use? as stores, while the upper will contaii cafes, an opera house, etc. The pla: is ?very plausible one, and will, n doubt, meet the favor of the conman nity._ Thc Department of State is in rc coi pt of neAvs from Eu rt) pc whic . renders jrar extremely improbabl between Austria and Prussia. Th conduct of ?he? latter power is gem rally deprecated. The Queen of Enj land has written a letter to the Gc vernment, expressing her disapprobi tion of its bearing in its diplomat] intercourse with Austria, and strong ly counseling pence. A Well-Taxed Country. Many of our readers will remem? ber the description which Sydney Smith gave of his own well-taxed country (England) at the time he wrote. Here is the picture: "Taxes were piled on taxes until they reached every article which en tore into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell or taste; taxes upon warmth, light and locomotion; taxes on everything on earth and in the water under the earth; on eveiything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home; taxes on the raw material; taxes on fresh value that is added to it by the indus? try of man ; taxes on the source which pampers man's appetite, and the drug which restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the crimi? nal; on tho poor man's salt and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the co flin, and the ribbons of tho bride. At bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay. "The school-boy whips his taxed top; tho beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road: and the dying English? man, pouring his medicine which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon the chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then imme? diately taxed from two to ten lier cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers to be taxed no more." Our own country has been brought to nearly the same condition by sec? tional legislation, and by the immense expenditures of the late war. Every? thing almost is taxed-from a box of lucifer matches to a box of tobacco, from a bed mattress to a bale of cot? ton, from a shingling nail to a bar of iron, from the killing of a diminutive roasting pig to the slaughtering of a mammoth ox. If a poor devil of au office-holder gets over $600, he must pay five per cent, of it. If* a man makes a written contract, no matter how insignificant, he has to pay five cents for tho privilege of doing so; a simple receipt for money must bear the inevitable stamp, or it is worth leas; every box or vial of medicine has to pay a tux; a common photo? graph likeness is taxed; a deed or conveyance of property cannot be le? gally recorded unless stamped; and so with every other written instrument, j And thus it is, from the commonest necessaries of life to its most extrava? gant luxuries; every article is taxed. If the radicals shall have their way spending their time and the people's money, in months of diabolical legisla? tion--in appropriating millions for tho so-called Freedman's Bureau, in granting uncalled for subsidies to parties for the aecomp?shment of their destructive schemes, in support? ing a standing army, which is un? called for among a free people, and in thousand other ways squandering and flinging away the millions extracted from the hard-earned pittance of the poor, as well as the coffers of the rich-then will Sydney Smith's re? marks apply to us, and the United States will have thc honor to be the best taxed country in the world. JEFFERSON DAVIS.-"We clip from the Fayetteville Netcs the following letter from ex-President Davis, in response to one from the ladies of Fayetteville enclosing a check for Mrs. Davis. He appreciates the sym I pathy which his countrywomen feel for his family: FORTRESS MONROE, VA., April 22, 1866. Mrs. J. K. Kyle, Fayetteville, JV. C. MY DE AU MADAM :' I have the honor to acknowledge yours of the 14th in? stant, enclosing a check to be for? warded to Mrs. Davis, as a present from the ladies of Fayetteville. Sadly remembering how your homes were desolated during the war, I could not have expected you, in the midst of tho ruin, to be mindful of tho wants of those, at a distance. Nothing could add to my admiration for the heroic, self-denying, Christian virtues of my countrywomen, for tho measure was full to overflowing. Nor could anything increase tho gratitude with which I will e\*r recur to their confidence and sympathy. It only remains to assure you, and tho ladies whom you represent, that I am most gratefully and respectfully your friond and obedient servant, JEFFERSON DAVIS. Governor Orr, of South Carolina, and other prominent citizens of Charleston, propose the common school system for colored children in that city. Postilo? of th? fc?blnet. Hie announcement that nearly fill the Cabinet were opposed to thc" re? port of tho Reconstruction Commit? tee, at their meeting recently colled for the consideration of tho subject, inclnding Mr. Stanton, has caused a great flurry among the radicals. Es? pecially are they troubled by the de? fection of Stanton; and the radical papers, while they profess scarcely to believe tho announcement, in? dulge in a variety of speculations on the matter. The Baltimore American professes indignation nt any attempt to draw ont the Secretary, Avhile the majority of the other organs of the party arc ready to deny thc whole thing. A Cabinet officer said, on Wednesday last, that not ono of his associates would deny thc verity of the report that has been published of the late Cabinet meeting relative to restoration. But ?lie following paragraph from the National Intelligence}', of Friday last, we think, settles the mutter. That paper says: "This community does not expect the Intelligencer to re-affirm its state? ments of what it luis published as reliable matter of fact; und we should not now refer to the denials of the verity of our report of what trans? pired recently in Cabinet council concerning restoration, were it not that wu lmso a comment to make upon the subject, and also to aver upon authority from many intelligent sourees the further fart, that Mr. Stanton spoke at some length, and was more pronounced or emphatic thun our carefully prepared report stated. "It occurs to us that some of the radical organs should behave more manly, and take the rapidly accumu? lating evidences of popular condemn? ation of their course with other than prevarications, groans and tears. The people soon tire of sturdy political beggars who habitually ventilate their wrongs and woes beflpre the nation, and appeal for help in the form of additional subscriptions, or by public gratuities at the expense of our over? taxed people." After this downright and positive assertion of the Intelligencer, we may take it for granted that, with the exception of Secretary Harlan, the Cabinet is in accord at least in its opposition to the report of the Com? mittee, if not in support of the Pre? sident. Is Ix THE EFFECT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BIM.?-The New York News ' hus the following paragraph: "A most remarkable 'change of front' is now going on in the jierson of a negro in Culpepper County, Virgi? nia. This change consists in a gra? dual disappearance of the original black skin, whereof he was possessed, and an assumption of a line, whit?.' cuticle in its place. This miracle has been in progress now for some three months, and the phenomenon can only be accounted for on the suppo? sition that the radical excitement is working on him. From conceiving himself to be 'as good as a white man,' he is daily becoming one. But. after a while, when he succeeds in shuffling oft' that black coil, he will be in as bad a condition as before; for then he will no longer be a negro, and Sumner, Stevens and the others will turn their backs on him. luke the hog who crawled through the crooked fence, that darkey will find himself on the same side again. Al? together, it is a curious circumstance, and, we think, is worthy of tho atten? tion of the Tribune, lt isa profound illustration of that paper's logic, as to the perfect equality of the race." The bill disfranchising ail "rebels" from voting at the elections in Ten? nessee has been passed by both houses of the Legislature of that State. It is, therefore, a law. The Herald says that the Fenian fury in New York appears to be turn? ed upon the leaders. O'Mahony has been arrested, tried, made to disgorge and deposed; and it is now the in? tention to arrest and try Stephens on his arrival in New York, which is an? ticipated on the Otb instant. Ile is accused of complicity in the acts for which O'Mahony was tried. Thero is a case of ancient leprosy in New Orleans-ayounggirl of good standing. One of her feet has already dropped off, and one. arm is nearly gone. The most eminent physicians pronounce lier disease leprosy. It is not contagious. This is the lirst in? stance of that horrible disease we have ever been called on to record. An Irishman, in Baltimore, being ordered not to roll his wheelbarrow on the side-walk, deliberately shoul? dered it, and lawfully obstructed tin way a good deal more than he had while acting unlawfully. An attempt was recently made to poison tho entire family of Mr. J. P. Hagerty, of Wetumpka, Ala., with a party of guests visiting him at thc time. The attempt was made by a negro girl, who has been arrested. Th* Buming of Columbia. i Thc Kew York Daily Neues has the , following comments on tin; reading of General "Wade Hampton's letter in the United States Senate: The solemn denial hy the Carolina General of the foul ami slanderous accusation brought against him, and thc retorting of the charge upon Sherman himself, are now first pub? lished in a form that will command public attention, and it will he for the country tu decide the issue of ve? racity thus raised. What the ulti? mate decision will be cannot be donbt j ed. The high breeding, thc elevated j social position, the nice and delicate i sense of honor of Genera] Hampton, j no less than the great qualities of I head and heart which have made bini I famous, will lend to his assertions a '?? dignity, force and weight, not only ? among his. own people, but every - ! where, which will scarcely bc accord : ed to those of the ferocious chieftain ; whose track"was marked by a devasta : tion as wanton as it was cruel and j unsparing, lt is natural that General I Sherman, or his friends for him, should seek to rid himself of some I portion of the obloquy that will for? ever attach itself to his name. Official documents will avail him nothing; tiny have long since ceased to be accepted :ts trustworthy evidence of anything, except in the con? ventional hypocrisies of diplomatic i intercourse. To lie like a bulletin is a comparison as just on this side of I the water as on the other: and when history comes to make up its ver? dict on this, as on other questions of the war, it is n<<t in thc "Story of the Grand March,"' ortho official bul? letins, that it will search for its facts. And these are too notorious and too well established to require the aid of even Hampton's testimony. Thou? sands of people in Columbia knew for the soldiers told them so that their city was to bo flumed and sacked; that (len. Sherman had pro? mised twenty-four hours' loot to his soldiers ; and that three rockets, I thrown up from the heights on the West bank of the Congaree, j would be the signal for com? mencing the work of pillage and I destruction. They rememberhow, ut the concerted signal, all the devils in . hell seemed to have been turned loose in their midst, and how, after I twenty-four hours of untold and un? utterable horrors, the repetition of the same sioUnl heralded the return of comparative order. They know, and their countrymen know, and thc world will one day know, that Wil . liam T. Sherman is alone responsible \ for the buming and sacking of Co : lnmbia, and all its attendant atroci? ties; and if Iiis name lives in history, the infamy of the deed will cling te it forever. The memory of the spirit i of cold-blooded cruelty and unrelent ling ferocity in which he conducted his campaign will outlive the recoll?e [ tion ol' the success which attended it his merits as a soldier will but serve ! to point the moral of his cruelties m a niau; ami he can hope, at best, but j for the fame of a Sylla or an Alva. ; IMI-OKTAM LETTEN FROM THE SEI: RETARY or THE TREASI RY. The fol lowing letter from the lion, lingi McCulloch, Secretary of the Trea sury, lias been kindly furnished u: for publication : TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May '2. 1866. DEAR Sm: Your favor of the 27t! ult. is received. AU I eau do for tin relief of the people of South Caro lina, in regard to the direct tax, lia already been done. All sales fo taxes have been suspended until Con ! gress shall have an opportunity o acting definitely upon the subject, i have no power to withdraw the Ta: Commissioners, nor to suspend th collection of taxes from those wb are not able to pay them. Who j action Congress will take upon th ! subject cannot now be determined, i I did nut say to Mr. Troseot thu ' the direct tax was not to be paid, bu merely said to him, what I now sa ito you, that I had deemed it to b ! proper, in the peculiar circumstance ' of the Southern people, to suspen 1 all sales of property for direct taxi until there had been ample opporti ! nity for a full consideration of tli , subject by Congress. Beyond this, have no authority to go. I am, vcr trulv, yours, H. MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. R. IZARD MIDDLETON, Jr., Esq Charleston, S. C. . - The monster iron-clad new vessc Dunderberg, is now receiving tl edmpleting touches of the mechanic j in tho yard of Wm. H. Wi ld?, hi builder, at New York. The Goveri ment has recently intimated to tl contractor the necessity of comph ing the vessel at the earliest tuomei The Dunderberg has her masts, ni chinery and boilers on board, ai the smoke-stack is set Up. A batte of improved f^uns is now being pr pared for the vessel ut tho Brooklj Navy Yard, also a large quantity fixed ammunition. The Dunderbe: is the largest American iron-cl? afloat. -*'* The old capitol building has bei offered for sale. $6,000 wa? the on oller made. It was then withdraw from the market. The London Times thinks the nui ber of negroes shot and hanged in .1 , maiea after the Into insurrection ?< >t ?. am Advice to Freedmen? It gives ivs pleasure to inser? iii our columns tho following address "f Mr. Jacob R. Davis, an Agent of the Freedmen's Burean in Georgia, as a straight-forward, manly effort to pro? mote public good, disseminate just views and uphold the laws of the land: Your duty is to obey the laws, be they what they may. To be indus? trious, honest, economical and re? spectful. You are free, it is true, but from your poverty (which is no dis? grace) you arc dependant. If de? pendant, upon whom? Why, upon your neighbors, who are in better circumstances than yourself-bo they white or black. You have now the privilege of ob? taining an education-avail yourself of this great privilege; respect and honor those who teach you, so long as they adhere to their legitimate duties as teachers. But if you find them or any other person attempting to instill in your brain social equality, which was never recognized by any nation, race, or color of people on earth, you say to those people, you learn me to read, write and calculate, and then if I conduct myself pro? perly my social position will be changed. Freedmen, during the war you acted nobly, your conduct as a people was commendable, and Ls so appre? ciated by eyery honest heart. That war ended, and slavery terminated with it. This change was great as it was unexpected. You are free-free to do what is right and just; you are not free to do as you please regard? less of law. When in slavery, the orders of your masters was your law. You are now free, and you are governed by the laws of the country in which you live. Therefore to do right you must be a law-abiding people. If you vio? late law you will certainly be punish-1 ed. If you are a law-abiding subject, sober, honest, and industrious, you will be respected. That respect is obtained only by your own good con? duct, not by your assuming that you areas good as anybody simply be? cause you are free. Those who teach you the latter, are teachers of false doctrine, and yon should avoid them, however much they may claim to be your friends. My advice to you is to cultivate the friendship of those with whom you expect to live, for it is from that kind of friends you may expect aid in time of need. You should avoid, in any and every way, anything calcula? ted to create a strife, between your? selves and the whites. If the whites occasionally vary from the rule of propriety, it is no n ason you should-you have every? thing at stake. You are poor; you have your fortune to make; you can? not make it out of your own color, for they ave all poor; therefore, it is your policy to bc at all times respect? ful. It will cost you nothing, but its influence will be great in your favor. "He who humbleth himself shall be exalted.'" Observe this strictly, and you will certainly protit by so doing. AID FOR THE SOUTH.-A note from a friend in New Orleans asks us to call attention to several peculiar ad? vertisements now appen ring in the Southern papers. These advertise? ments oiler rewards for the return of valuable private libraries stolen by officers of the Union armies, and appropriated to their own nae during the late war. One gentleman says there were taken from his house some 300 volumes, mostly rare French and Spanish books, relating to the early history of Louisiana, which cannot ?ie replaced by purchase, and for which he now oilers five dollars per volume. Large rewards are also offered (and no questions asked) for the return of other souvernirs stripped from Southern houses, and which are now known to be in the possession of certain captains, colo? nels, brigadier and major-generals, who have a great deal to say about their public services, and very little about their private stealings. Our New Orleans correspondent himself saw six or eight boxes of household knick-knacks and women's and chil? dren's clothing, which were stolen in Pensacola by Neal Dow, and were stopped at the custom-house in New Orleans.-Xetc York World. \ NEW METHOD OF MAKING ICE.-The London Chronicle News contains an account of au ice-making machine recently perfected in France, which appears to be well adapted to house? hold use, and will take thc sceptre from the hands of the "ice kings" of the North. One of these small ma? chines will make about eleven pounds of ice an hour, at a cost of lo*s than half a cent per pound. Tho plan adopted is as follows: In one cylinder a solution of common salt is placed, and to this another cylinder is adapted. The saline solu? tion is then heated (not above 100 degrees,) and the steam is passed into the second cylinder. After about nu hour, a tap between the two cylinders is turned, and the one containing the compressed steam is placed in a ves? sel of cold water. HON. JAMES L. PETUHU'NLIBBART. In the Senate, on the 30th ult, Mr. Howe, from the Library Committee, reported a joint resolution for the purchase of the library of Hon. Janies L. Petigro, for the Law Li? brary of Congress. Local Items Mortgages aud Conveyances of Real Es* tate fur wale at thia office. Mr. T. M. Pollock, of the 'Rear House," hau made arrangements to supply families with thc very best of soda water and sar? saparilla by the dozen bottles. Send in j our orders. THE BUBNINQ OF COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion of tho City of Columbia, S. C.," han just been issued, in pamphlet form, fron? tho Phxenix steam power press. Order* can bo tilled to any extent. BOOK AND JOB FBINTINC - Thc Phoenix office is now fully supplied with cartis, colored and white paper, colored ink, wood type, etc., and is now in condition to exe? cute all manner of book and job printing in the shortest possible time. Give ns a call. _ Owing to the reduction in the cost of printing paper, and thc tamhle in prices generally, we have roduced the subscrip? tion to tteo Phoenix as follows: Daily paper, one year.$8.00 Daily paper, per month. 75 Tri-weekly, one year. 5.00 iri-weekly, per month. 50 THE MEETING TO-MOKBOW.-We have al? ready adverted to the puhlic meeting to he held to-morrow. The "truth of history" must bc vindicated. Wc earnestly urge that thc whole people of our city shonid he present on the occasion, and we sug? gest that business men ?hut np their stores, and mechanics their work-shops, during the hour or two this meeting will occupy. Wc make another suggestion that per? sons who were eye-witnesses to any act of incendiarism on thu part of (len. Sher? man's army, should have their reports written out. and, wc think, under affidavit it would he preferable. The Magistrates of the city will take s:udi depositions cheer? fully, and, in this way, the truth will bc as? certained and believed. Attend to thia matter to-day! Have all your statementa ready, and i: will save a great deal of trouble and tune. Any Ma? gistrate will take the deposition without fee or reward. Nr.w AnvKr.TisKMEXTs. -Attention ia call? ed to the following advertisements, which' arc published this morning for thc first tune: Costar* s Rat Exterminator. D. B. DeSauasure-Commissioner's Sale. T. M. Pollock-Soda Water, Ac McGuinnoss A Hearn-Horse-shoeing. Apply at this Office - Daguerreotype Lost E. D' Townsend - General Orders No. 35. NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPOR? TATION COMPANY.-From the tenor of a private letter received from Gene? ral Joseph E. Johnston, by an officer of the National Express and Trans] >ortation Company, in Charleston the friends of the Com pauy may be assured that this dis? tinguished officer continues to feel that profound interest in the company which induced his original acceptance of the Presidency. Should he, at any future time, ac? cept any position more congenial to his tastes and acquirements, it may be regarded as an evidence that tho organization is in such successful operation that his name and abilities are no longer necessary to its sup? port. The reports connecting his name with thc Presidency of several railroads are premature so far as his present intentions are concerned. Even should he, at some futnre period, be induced to accept the Presidency of any one of the im? portant- railroad communications of the South, he would still use his influence in sustaining the interests of the National Exp. ess. This, how? ever, will not happc i till the enter? prise is an assured s .ccess. Horace Greeley, at the late Tribune festival on the twenty-fifth anniver? sary of the establishment of that journal, said: "Henry J. Raymond <present proprietor of the New York Times) was one of my first employees; he was very useful to the paper in its incipiency; he was the only man whom I ever found it necessary to admonish that he worked too hard." The two European powers which are now eyeing each other with the glare of belligerents, can bring for? midable armies into the field. When on a full war-footing the Austrian army consists of 579,000 men. Thc Prussian army, including the lnnd wher, or militia, is composed of 560,150 men. Tho bier on which Washington's remains were carried to tho tomb, with many other relics which used to grace the museum at Alexandria, Va., but which disappeared at the beginning of the war, have been kept secreted from Government detectives and other camp followers. A company has been organized in the citv of New Y'ork, with a capital of $2,500,000, in shares of $25 each, with a view of lending money for the working of cotton plantations, secured by mortgages, and by pledges of one half of t?ie crop in addition. H. F. Remington, of Springfield, Massachusetts, has obtained a patent for the last novelty-a paper shirt to be got np for the modest sum of twenty-five cents, and to be sweat proof. A New Orleans despatch of April 27th, says the Ouaehita country is flooded, corn will not generate, and all thc cotton seed is rotten. Thc garrison of Washington was In orders abolished on the 28th ult All of the remaining fort* have been dis I mantled.