The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 13, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning, May 13, 1866.'
Thc Tribune sud Secession.
We published yesterday the com?
ments of the Richmond Disjtalch on
an article in the New York Tribune,
relative to tho right of secession. The
New York World pitches into the
Tribune, and says that the people of
South Carolina in 1776 seceded from
Great Britain. The people of South
Carolina seceded in 1860 from the^
United States. The Declaration of
Independence, if it announced any
new political principle, announced
the right of a people to alter and
"change its government. So Mr.
Greeley understands; so he still main?
tains. Tn what does he differ, in his
premises, from the Davis he de?
nounces? In nothing. But Davis
says, "A priuciple of right, being es?
tablished, is applicable as well in
1860 as in 1776." "Not at all," says
Greeley. "Why not?" says Davis.
4 'If any human being has ever found
out, from anything Greeley has writ?
ten, why not, he has been more for?
tunate than the World. We can give
the proper answer for him in a few
words: It was perfectly right to se?
cede from the arbitrary obstinacy of
George HI; it was very wrong to se?
cede from the arbitrary obstinacy of
Horace I.
"If we understand the result of the
war, it is this: Strength has settled
right. The arguments for and against
secession are utterly unimportant, ex?
cept to the student of history and the
philosophic statesman ; but if seces?
sion needed a good advocate, it can
rind none better than Greeley arguing
against it.
"It is nota very easy thing to argue
with any one unless the dictionary is
admitted by both. A murderer is
executed in this city by the authority I
of the people of the State of New
York, and there is no other authority
that can hang him. What is the
people of the State of New York?
Do two hundred thousand unnatu?
ralized foreigners and twenty thou?
sand unqualified negroes form any
portion of it? Have they anything
to say, or any right to say anything?
No more than so many pigs or blue?
bottle flies. Suppose the people of
the State of New York, through their
regular machinery of State, call a
convention and secede-throw off one
system and make another?"
Wo think the Tribune, in an article
quoted yesterday, was right. The j
clear deductions of that paper cannot
be doubted.
The Trade at th? North.
The advance in the public securi?
ties of the United States is liable to
be misunderstood. Instead of indi?
cating an increased confidence in the
Government credit, it only marks, in
truth, the decline in business, and
the decay of the general prosperity.
The National Intelligencer, discussing
this subject, says quite forcibly:
"Business is now declining in the
Northern States, and it is at a dead
pause in the South. The vast amount
of irredeemable paper which has ac?
cumulated in the commercial centres,
aeeks employment, and can find none
in any industrial pursuit. Thereforo
it is invested in Government securi?
ties, which have advanced slightly in
price, on account of the demand.
Tho Government interest is more re?
munerative to capital than any ordi?
nary business enterprise."
This is the effect of the civil rights
bill. They, at the North, are getting
used to its requisitions. We wish
them well.
ftew Railroad.
Thc stockholders of the Cheraw
and Coalfields Railroad held their
annual meeting in Charleston on the
9th inst. Maj. B. D. Townsend was
elected President.
Prom the reports of the officers,
we learn that the debts of the com?
pany aro inconsiderable and repre?
sented in Confederate currency, while
its assets ?or the prosecution of the
work consists of about $375,000, in
the capital stocks of the North?
eastern and Cheraw and Darlington
Railroad Companies.
About ten miles of the road have
been graded, and comparatively little
work is necessary to prepare the road?
bed to receive the superstructure as
far as the North Carolina line.
TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI.-The Mis?
sissippi index says :
Wo learn that on the 24th nit, a
crowd of persons assembled at
Greensboro, the county seat of Choc?
taw County, for the avowed purpose
of preventing the holding of the
Circuit Court in that County. The
Sheriff and Circuit Clerk resigned at
thfl request of the mob, and every?
thing seemed to work for the success
vf their plans, until Jndge Cochran
appointed officers to assist him, when
" the business of the court was re?
sumed. We have no information as
to the object which the mob had in
. view. _
Trial ot Mr. Darli.
The Washington correspondent of
the Ki cl i mond Times writes:
T have already informed you that
the House lias passed a hill author?
izing the holding of United States
Circuit Courts at Richmond instead
of Norfolk. Tho bill is now in the
I hands of the printer, and will be
passed by the Senate to-morrow or
next day. Chief Justice Chase says
he will not preside in the court, how?
ever, until the President shall give
some definite directions to the mili?
tary, or issue an order declaring mar?
tial law abrogated in Virginia, in all
matters in which civil courts have
jurisdiction. Such an order will pro?
bably be issued by the President in a
few days, though both Mr. Johnson
and Chief Justice Chase construe the
peace proclamation as in effect,
plainly declaring these facts. Mr.
Chase does not deem it proper for a
Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States to preside in a district
where he is likely to he menaced by
bayonets, as was the case in New Or?
leans recently, when Judge Duvrell,
of the United States Circuit Court,
was interfered with in a certain
cotton case, by General Canny.
An appeal to the President in such
cases always results in an order de?
claring the civil law supreme, but
nevertheless military commanders
seem, most obtusely, it would appear,
to misconstrue the peace proclama?
tion, and therefore, probably, the
? order that I have mentioned will soon
i be issued.
It is supposed by many that so
soon as the Chief Justice shall take
his seat in Richmond, that Jefferson
Davis will be put upon trial for trea?
son. Such is not the fact, though
hereafter it may be determined cc
have the trial take place ia your city.
As yet, however, the Government
has not absolutely determined what
shall be done in the matter, and will
not, probably, until the House JUdi
ciary Committee, which is expected
to report on the subject of the tria
of Davis, shall make a statement. li?
the meantime, however, the Grane
Jury in the United States Circuit
Court, Judge Underwood presiding,
will no doubt report an indictment
against the late President of tin
Southern Confederacy.
State Items.
The Yorkville Enquirer says: Tin
new system of freed labor, so far a
we can learn, is not operating satis
factorily; but better than many ex
pected. In many instances contract
are not observed by the freedmen
and new ones are made with othe
parties, after they have become tiree
of the old. If farmers would steadily
refuse to hire such laborers as hav
quitted their first employees, mud
of the evil would be remedied.
Continuous rains have operated ti
the serious disadvantage of the earl
crops in this District. The coe
weather has beeu unfavorable to th
cotton crop. A much smaller quan
tity of land than usual has bee:
planted, and the seed being damage
by time, have produced bad st?nde
Farmers do not appear hopeful of th
results.
In a recent trip through the West
! ern part of this District and a poi
tion of Union, we noticed the sam
difficulties existing. The wheat cror
in the latter District are highl
promising.
The Abbeville Press complains tin
crime seems to be largely ou the ii
crease among the freedmen, an
scarcely a day passes but we hear t
some depredations committed b
them on the property of onr cit
zens. Several of them have ha
I their smoke-houses entered, an
large quantities of meat and mei
extracted.
The ('hester Standard says: Tl
huge collection of rolling stock, tl
property of various railroads, co:
centrated here during Sherman
march through the State, is beii
gradually removed. Many of tl
cars have been occupied during tl
past year by idle and thriftless free
men.
The Charleston News notices inti
Baltimore papers that Messrs. St re
Bros. & Co.. of Charleston, ave so<
, to have in operation a line of steal
ers to Baltimore, consisting of t
Adele, Capt. Hall, and the Lula, Ca]
Childs. They are both excelle
boats, and tho Allele will leave Bal
more for this port on Saturday, t
I 12th instant.
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Highly Important Declxlon.
i In the Circuit Court of Nels
; County, Virginia, last week, in t
case of Walker vs. Loving, Jud
Sheffey decided tho following imp
tant and very interesting question:
1. That contracts made during t
existence of a de facto Governmc
were valid and binding, c 'withstai
ing the subsequent overthrow of tl
Government.
2. That the siuo of a slave in V
ginia, in the Confederate Hues, pi?
to the 10th of April, 1865, was vn
and binding, notwithstanding I
emancipation clause in the Alexi
dria Constitution.
Tho case was ably argued by .ruc
Brockenbrough, of Lexington,
the plaintiff, and Robert Whitehei
Esq., of Nelson, for the defc.da
Judge Brockenbrough maintair
the affirmative, and Mr. Whitelu
the negative of these propositions
WTe understand the opinion of \
Judge, which is regarded as a v<
able one, will, by the unanimous
quent of the bar, be published.
[J.ij.uchbun, Neus. ~ih
Coat of Hie Freedmen's Bare?.?.
A'clearer notion of the expense of
carrying on the Freedmen's Bureau
without existing restrictions, may be
got from learning what the cost is
likely to be with them. Nearly $12,
000,000 are asked for, to feod, clothe
and school the blacks. $4,000,000
for feeding them, and $3,000,000 for
school-houses! Verily, we have drawn
an "elephant." "Wo suppose it is
hardly less than blasphemy in the
eyes of some of our modern political
saints, to presume to question appro?
priations which rest on professed
philanthrophy only; but it ought to
be with tlie public treasury as it is
with private pockets-we get the
power to be charitable by first being
economical. $11,000,000 is pretty
well on to the whole yearly expense
of the John Quincy Adams' adminis?
tration-a standard of Governmental
outlay which men of the latter-day
radical kidney are rather partial to
citing. We are not surprised that
some degree of uneasiness was mani?
fested in Congress by the reported
bill in which such an expense was
stated to be necessary.
We are reminded, however, by th?
radical press that a good part of this
money is to go for the support and
schooling of the poor whites. Would
the objectors be quite willing to di?
vide the appropriations, so as to give
say one-half to the benefit of the
whites, and the other to thc blacks?
Would tho radicals produce and seek
to pass such a bill at all, if it did not
wear on its forehead the stamp of
"freedmen?" The answer is in the
true vein of radical reasoning. Ob?
ject to au appropriation for the ne?
groes, and they tell you that half of
it, or more, is to go for the poor
Whites. Then let thom be honest
enough to show that they have at
least equal feeling for the whites with
thc negroes, by reporting a bill of
relief especially for them-and not
use them as a blind or guy to help in
getting through their plans for thc
blacks.
But this enormous bill of professed
"expenses*' is not for the negroes
altogether, nor the destitute whites
either, nor for both conjointly. An
army of favorites wait at the outer
doors of Congress, with extended
hands. Political pets hold planta?
tions, which they want stocked with
laborers ut a very low rate of monthly
wages. Southern men are to-day in
the freedmen's market for help also,
and offer $20 a month for capable
hands in the field. Thc former get
all the labor they want, while the
latter are denied almost everything.
This is one reason why so much is
asked of Congress to relieve the des?
titute of the idle negroes of the South.
Then, again, many a planter, who
has got in his crop, or made things
already to put it in, finding it impos?
sible to obtain labor at any price, is
forced to sell out-land, crops and
all -to the political favorite who
stands ready to purchase af ter getting
him into this corner; and after that,
there is no trouble about getting field
hands to take care of the crops, and
and ut a low figure of wages, too.
This is a sample of the practice,
abundantly authenticated, which is
being tried on with the agriculturists
of the South this spring. Tho very
industry and products of that coun?
try are to be made subservient to the
interests of the party that claims,
while temporarily holding a majority
in Congress, to own the land of ail
the Southern States.
[Stevens' ceaseless desire to procure
the passage of a sweeping confiscation
act betrays the purpose of all his fol?
lowers in the management of this bu?
siness of restoration. A large pro?
portion of them covet the country.
They want the lands to grow cotton
on for twenty-five cents a pound, and
they feel sure, while the mass of fre d
blacks are in their control, that they
can secure all the labor they want for
those lands at a rate of wages not
much above that paid to coolies.
Further, they expect to make theil
bargains and contracts directly with
the agents of tho Bureau, instead ol
the negroes; so that the hitter are, ir
that respect, ii? much in a state o?
servitude as ever; nay, more, since ir
the condition in which they wen
born, there was a firm domestic sttiA
and support under them, giving then
n sense of security that added incal
culably to their comfort ?md happi
ness. The item of millions in tin
bill reported to Congress, which pro
poses to provide for the free transi
of the blacks from State to State, ma;
therefore be reasonably explained b;
bearing in mind that part of tin
scheme which is to send to pol?tica
pets ?ill the negro help they need
This "sending" business is the cor
mpt and arbitrary pari of it. As fo
leaving the blacks free to make thei
own contracts, there is nothing o
the kind, lt all amounts to but :
change of masters, and no change fo
the better, it that.
This bei.ig the practical characte
of the Freedmen's Bureru bill us i
stands, the country can hardly ex
press too much gratitude to thc Presi
dent for vetoing it, as the radicals d<
signed to make it. The wisdom c.
the first veto could not receive a mor
practical illustration than is furnisl
ed by trio proposed expenses in th
bill just reported to Congress.
I Boston Pos,'.
A commission, of which (Jenen
Marcus J. Wright is a member, hu
be?>u ordered by General Stonema
to make nu investigation of the Men
phis riot.
A 840,000 St L?ouis cotton swiudk
has just been arrested in Cinoiunat
alilHlWllWIHn ?.mn...,.,.
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Tia? Courted era te De*d.
'.?he Bichmoad Ihnes makes the
following singular appeal in behalf of
tho Confederate dead. It is not with?
out reason :
But if the United States, while col?
lecting the hones of its soldiers,
should also gather together and honor,
in some appropoiate way, the dust
of our fallen heroes, how grateful it
would be to our feelings. An act like
that would cover the Government
with more glory than did the victories
of its vast and countless hosts. It
would bring tears to the eyes and
loyalty to the li carts of the widows
and orphans of the South, and it
would be felt and deeply appreciated
by our whole people. The grandeui
and the magnanimity of such a deed
would cause the world to resound
with applause, and no nation would
ever better deserve praise and glorj
for such an action. Here, then, is 8
way to let tho hearts of North and
South beat once more in unison. Lei
this great Government show that its
vengeance does not extend beyond
life and the grave; that it can feel foi
and honor its brave children aftei
they are dead, even though it consi
dered them in error while living; thal
after death it no longer regarded
them as enemies and "rebels," bu
as Paladins and Bayards of noble va
lor. Peace has been made with tin
living-why not with the dead? Am
if the bones of Union soldiers are t(
be collected, why not render tin
same sad office to those wini fell bj
their handsV Shall the Governmcn
agents, while they are collecting tin
remains of their own men, east awa;
the bones of ours, if by mistake they,
have gathered them up? The mos
callous and vindictive would not will
ingly do so.
The foregoing suggestion is ii
harmony with tho following remark
of the Chicago Times:
it is to be hoped that one of tb
lessons the future will learn from th
late war is that this nation is pos
sessed of impr' fiable unity. This i
is all that needs to be learned. Ii
righting the South, we fought not t
perpetuate hostility, but to allay it
We labored to secure more in place
of less oneness. Our fighting wi!
have been in vuiu if all the hatre
and recrimination and mutual mb
understanding of the war are pei
petuated.
Therefore, the sooner we adapt om
selves to a substantial unity of feel
ing, the sooner shall we have secure
the main object of the contest on th
part of the North. To attain thi
end, we must as speedily as possibl
drop the name of "traitor." W
must l-ecogiiize to the full the gallar
try and purity of those who foughl
The bad men on both sides must h
consigned to oblivion, and the goo
men embalmed in the memory of th
people and preserved as the commo
property of thc nation. The uncalled
for and disgraceful malignity f rad
cals may delay, but it cannot wholl
prevent, the coming of a time i
which the memories of Grant an
Lee, Sherman and Johnston, Sher
dan aud Stuart, will be regarded t
the property of all the people of th
nation. Wo venture the predictiu
that the time will come when, if thei
be any ill-feeling in regard to Stout
wall Jackson, it will be one of en\
on the part of the North that she di
not give birth to this illustrious mai
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY -NEGI
TROOPS.-Au officer of the Uuit<
States army, who has served wit
distinction throughout the war, writ
a letter from Arkansas, au extract
which is published in the Nation
Intelligencer. Ile says:
.'Matters are very quiet in Alka
sas; the people are very poor, L
they arti till going to work, and lo<
up to Andy Johnson as if he had tl
power of omnipotence. It only r
quires sound, consistent men tocar
out an established policy-whatev
that policy may be- to insure pea
and prosperity to these poor peopl
The nigger regiment business will
(if they are stationed in the Sout
like the system a mule driver expiai
ed to me of making his team ?
'Fust,'says he, '1 takes a chain a:
establishes a row, and then 1 wor
on it.' There is a very bitter feeli
between our soldiers and the neg
soldiers. Wo dare not issue pish
to our men. but have to keep tin
under look and key. When our ra
go from cam]) to town, the negro p:
vost guard, on the slightest provo
tiou, knock them down and drag th'
to tho guard-house. Were- it not
the constant and persistent efforts
the officers, there would be trnuhl
- -?
ARMY NEWS WHICH IS GOOD NE1
By order of General Grant "distrie
have been discontinued and "milit
posts" have been substituted,
consequence of this consolidation
Government has been compelled
discharge about 40,000 volunte*
besides over 100 major and brigad
generals, whose services areno lon
wanted.
"lt is now stated," says Porn*
Chronicle, "on what is deemed r?
ble authority, that President Jo
son is considering the propriet;
discontinuing military divisions,
partnients and posts, and discharg
all volunteer organizations, white
colored." We hopi? this is moro I
than t) ie majority of Forney's st
meats. If we are to have Un
States soldiers in the South, bj
means let them be regulars, who
ail white people, commanded
officers who are soldiera and not j
ticiana. _ _
INDIAN COTTON AND THE HOPEH OF
MANCHESTER.-India, perhaps moro
than any other part of the world, is
fitted to supply our markets with an
abundant, good and cheap supply of
cotton. Hitherto the quantity* of
this important staple thai has found
its way into Liverpool and our prin?
cipal ports had disappointed the an?
ticipations of those best acquainted
with its immense resources and capa?
bilities; but when we consider the
difficulties which bad. and are still,
to be surmounted, we have reason to
congratulate ourselves that so much
has already been accomplished. A
glance at the list of countries con?
tributing cotton will show that a very
considerable increase has taken place
in the quantity now imported from
our Kastern empire; and here we
must in justice remark that this re
Rult is, in a great measure, if not alto?
gether, attributable to the persistent
exertions the Cotton Supply Associa?
tion of Manchester have put forth to
overcome the prejudices and natural
conservatism of the native mind, and
to stimulate both the large and small
proprietors to the cultivation of the
cotton plant, wherever it could bc
grown with success. It has now been
j demonstrated satisfactorily that the
lnnd-holders of India will, as else?
where, give up the culture of theil
accustomed crops where they find it
profitable to do so, and if only tht
forces of the soil are seconded by th?
use of modern ngrieuU ind, cleansing
and pressing machinery, and tht
means of transport improved, we maj
confidently look to our possessions ii
tho East ultimately standing at tin
head of the list as a source of supply
In all these respects, however. In
dia labors under very serious disad
vantages. The culture of the plan
is carried on in the most primitiv?
manner, ami with implements of tin
roughest and most antiquated charac
ter: the product Ls imperfectly cleaned
frequently no attempt whatever i;
made to subject it to effective ant
adequate pressure, and the means o
transport and intercommunicatioi
are positively disgraceful. If we ad<
to these drawbacks the fact that th
article at present grown is mostly o
inferior quality, simply because it i
raised from inferior seed, we have
state of things presented deserving o
the attention not merely of the mer
cantile community, but also of th
Government. - Oriental (Is>nrfon) Hil
cnlar, April H.
EQUAL RIOHTS.-About noon, yet
terday, two fat, greasy-looking, twe
hundred-pound "colored ladies," ev:
dently cooks for some cheap rest?t
rant, got into one of the street cars s
the Capitol, and the seats being al
occupied by ladies and gentlemei
they, the darkey women, began t
turn up their noses and throw or
slurs about "white trash," and final!
one of them called, "Cornductor,
want you to get us seats, de same ?
de oder passengers-we'se people:
we aint dogs.*' Tho conductor p<:
litely informed them that when tl:
car got to Four-and-a-half street thei
would be seats, us most of the passel
gera were bound to Dr. Sunderland
Church, but for the present there wi
no room. The largest negress the
shouted, in her warmest strain, wit
anger depicted in every lineament i
her countenance: "We am jist i
good as any ob de white trash ridir
in dis yean* keare-we aint dogs, ai
we want scats jist de same as de whi
women -and if de white trash w
gemmen dey would git up and give
"lady" a seat, and if I can't git
seat, Fse gwine to git out. Mr. Cor
iuctor, stop de keare, stop de keare
we'se not gwine to ride with si<
trash." The wenches bustled tht
sweaty and aromatic persons out
thc car, much to the gratification
tho passengers l>oimd to Dr. Sund?
[and's Church. The last seen of tl
two wenches they were peering do\
towards the Capitol for another ci
Moral-The equalization of color
ao more relished by the Abolition].'
if Dr. Sunderland's Church than t
most radical anti-negro worshipers
DUI" land. The negroes will so
earn their position, as water fir
its level.
I Washington Co istitut ional Inion
How PRESIDENT JOHNSON WOK
The New York Repress, speaking
President Johnson, remarks:
The President has an iron consti
tion, works from 8 a. m. to ll ami
p. in. often, receiving delegate
frequently from 10 in the morning
ll at night, excepting two days
the week, between the hours of
md 2 or 3 o'clock, Tuesdays and 1
lays, which he devotes to the reg?
meetings of the Cabinet On pleas
ifternoons he sometimes steals a^
;>ae hour to ride abroad. Ho is
sven free on Sundays, for then
aators and Representatives call
usual while business men, oft
seekers, cotton brokers and
friends, disregarding the sacred]
of the seventh day, soek intervk
und many obtain them. They di
throughout Lincoln's administr?t:
und have done the same during
Johnson's term thus far. 'flier
no peace for the President, bul
bears himself with great dignity,
termination and courage through
bis toils and trials.
The New York Post (radi
speading of Judge Sharkey's s
ruent about the mortality ?>f
negroes since the war, says if
have fair play and die out natur
ao one need trouble himself nboii
Exactly so. That is about the aiu
af your sympathy for the negro.
I Local IteixuB.
Mortgages and Conveyance* o? Beal fc>
tate tor ?ale at thia office.
If the horse? continue their pranks, the
carriage-makerx will do a brisk business.
Two vehicles were smashed up yesterday
by runaway horses, hui the occupants were
unhurt.
THU BUBMIXU OK COLUMBI?. -An inter?
esting account ol the "Sack ?ntl Destruc?
tion <>f tho City of Columbia. S. C.," ha?
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phamix steam power presM. Orders
can he tilled to any extent.
?
By reference to our advertising columns,
it will be seen that another of our old mer?
chants has resumed business. We refer
to John Agnew, Esq., who, in connection
with his brother, Thoma? B. Agnew, the
well known [Greenwich street (New York)
grocer, has opened a complete stock of
good? of all kinds embraced in the hard?
ware and grocery lines. We extend to the
new firm our very best wishes for their
success. Their store is situated on the
North-west corner of Main and Plain
str.>cts.
ROBBERIES. The store of Mr. Feiuinger
was broken into on Friday night, and de?
spoiled of some of its contents. Subse?
quently a portion of the stolen goods were
found secreted in one of the burnt build?
ings in that vicinity.
Stealing brass is the order of the day.
A freedman made a raid on the engine at?
tached to the Phtxnix office and carried oft'
all the brass and copper pipes, stop-cocks,
etc. He was arrested, and a portion nf th?
stolen property recovered.
BELIOIOVS SERVICES THIS DAY.- -Trinity
Church- Bev. P. .1. Shand. 10$ a. m. and
4J p. m.
Presbyterian Church -Bev. W. E. Bongs,
pastor, 1<U a. m. and 4 p. m.
Baptist Church Kev. J. L. Heynoids, 10$
a. m. and S p. m. Pew C. H. Pritchard, 4
p. m.
St. Peter's Church - Bev. J. J. O'CouueU.
lui a. m. and 4? p. m.
Ln: heran Church Kev. A. B. Bude, lOf
a. m.
Marion Street Church -Bev. C. H.
I'ritchard. llt? a. m. and Kev. Wm. T. Ca?
pers, 8 p. m.
Christchurch Lecture Boom - Bev. J. M.
Pringle, Bcctor, 10? a. m. and 4$ p. ra.
NEOKO ASSAULT ASH ITS CONS?QUENCES.
On Friday evening, between S and9 o'clock.
Mr. Green, Chief of Police, heard a negro
saying or threatening that he would kill a
United States soldier. Mr. Green remon?
strated with him, but the negro being ob?
streperous, he attempted to arrest bim;
thereupon the negro assaulted him and
mocked him down. Mr. Green, as soon as
ie could get the use of his bands, discharg?
ed his revolver four times at the body of his
issailant, the effects of the wounds, as we
earn, proving fatal. We regret to chroni
?le this thing of our freedmen, and we be
ievo tho majority of the wise and prudent
iniong them will condemn the conduct of
he freedman alluded to.
THE TUOTTINO MATCH.-The match re
erred to in Wednesday's Phomix has been
tilly arranged. Wm. Dougherty, Esq.,
nters Brown Ned, and D. T. Harvey, Esq.,
nters his black stallion-skeleton wagons.
?he race is to come off over Mr. Puryear's
ace-course, on Thursday, the 17th inst,
'good day and track"-for 1200. As the
torses, are known to be fast trotters, fine
port is anticipated.
In connection with this subjeot, we are
aformed that a large purse will shortly be
aised by contribution as a prize to the
istest animal that is entered. The races
rill be continued for several days. Com
etitors will be invited from any and
verywhere.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention iscall
d to the following advertisements, whiob
re published this morning for the first
ime:
For Sal?- -Apply at this Office.
C. H. Baldwin-First class Groceries.
Andrew Crawford-Corn, Bacon, Hay, 4c.
Wm. Hitchcock-Ho! for the Races.
W. A. Harris-Tax Notice.
John Agnew-Copartnership.
J. & T. R. Agnew -Hay, Corn, etc.
Wm. Gregg Steam Engines for sale.
Padf*ett A Moring-Variety Show.
W. B. Stanley-Saratoga Water.
THE PROGRESS OP USFRPATION.
lie Nashville Union and American
f the 8th instant, under the above
leading says :
It becomes our duty this morning?
ly chronicle the passage, by the
?enate yesterday, of a bill to take the?
ity governments of Nashville, Mem
his and Chattanooga respectively,
nt of the hands of their people, an?
est them in the hands of commia
ioners, appointed by the Governor.
Vhy it is done, we have not the re
lotest notion. There is not a city
i the world of like size that is better
overned, or in which offences and
ffenders are more promptly noticed
nd arrested, than in Nashville. The
nly assignable reason for this tyran
ons action towards this city is a
ranton disregard of popular rights,
nd a disposition to exercise a petty
espotisni over an inoffensive people
nder color of statutory enactments.
Ve are ignorant of the merest shadow
f pretext for this extraordinary in
erfereuce with the municipal autho
ities of a peaceful and well-ord3rcd
ity, and can ascribe it alone to pas
ionate partisan maglignity.
It will pass the House, as a matter
f course, and then we shall see what
re shall see.
Judge Scott oharged the Grand
ury of Kings County, New York,
ist week, that the disposal of goods
>y chance at church fairs was in via
?tiou of law, and ought to be at
rested