The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 29, 1866, Image 3
Hrn?t?? or N?w York.
SEW YORK, May 27.-The city i? remark?
ably healthy. AU fear* of choiera have
vanished. -
General Robert Aud>rson is seriously ill.
I JU in ?-usc Conflaf.grai.tion at Oil City.
OIL. CITY, May 27.-Half the business
' portion of the city is in ashes, including
eight hotels, seventy-livo stores, forty
dwelling houses, churches, ?te. Loss,
$1,000,000.
Latest from Karo pe.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Thc steamship City
of Boston has arrived, with Liverpool dates
to the 17th instant.
Cotton weak. Bales for the two days
previous to her departure, 13,000 hales.
Middling uplands, :3@13Ad. Consols,
86{@87|. United States 5-20%, G5K&66.
The war question remains unchanged,
though the chan.'rs for peace are im?
proving.
More failures aro reported.
In both houses of tho British Parliament,
the bombardment of Valparaiso had been
noticed in terms of indignation. The nou
tral attitude of the British Admiral was
fully endorsed by tho Government. The
English press and people loudly denounce
the action of Spain. An indignation meet?
ing had been held at Liverpool, and strong
resolutions of protest adopted, as also re?
solutions expressing gratitude for tho ac?
tion taken by Commodore Rodgers, of the
United States Navy.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, May 26.- The Honso de?
bated the tax bill at great length, and
nearly concluded its consideration. In
discussing the question of the appoint?
ment of Special Commissioner of Revenne,
Stevens moved an amendment, providing
for the election of that officer hy Congress,
instead of being appointed by the Secre?
tary of the Treasury. Ue made a violent
onslaught upon Mcculloch, because that
officer had said that he would not appoint
any opponent of the President's policy.
Stevens denounced Mcculloch as a re?
creant tool of a recreant President. A
sharp discussion ensued, without action on
the amendment. House adjourned.
It is stated that thc Senatorial caucus
has failed to agree on tho constitutional
amendment as reported from the Com?
mittee. It is considered practically d sad.
LATEB.-In the House, on j'ester-iay,
the tax bill being under discussiou, Mr.
Stevens offered an amendment proposing
to take from the Secretary of the Treasury
the appointment of a special Commissioner
of the Revenue, and lot that officer be
elected by Congress. He remarked that
the amendment was offered because the
Secretary had said he would appoint no
mau to office who did not support tho Pre?
sident's policy. That it was time to build
a wall to protect those who supported the
United States-and that tho Secretary was
the recreant tool of a recreant President.
Hale (Republican) reproved Stevens, and
showed that Congress bad no such power
of appointment.
Denna (Republican) defended thc Secre?
tary, whom he said was not a slave, and
was not to be prevented from expressing
his sentiments. He asked if the Secretary
could not dare to have an opinion of his
own, and whether Congress was to square
its opinions at the dictation of au indivi?
dual. It was just such acts as those of
Mr.-Stevens that were creating a vcr}' bad
sentiment throughout the country.
Stevens, thus discom?ttod, withdrew Ins
amendment, but gave notice that he would
renew it on Monday.
Additional from Esrope.
NEW TOKE, May 26.-European advices
Of the 16th have been received by the ?
steamers Saxonia and America.
Cholera has appeared near thc depot of
Bankhall in Liverpool. The number of
deaths is increasing. Dr. Ross and three
emigrants died on the steamship Celvetia.
Tho European Congress is again moot?
ed. France will join with perfect disinter?
estedness.
La France says many diplomatic notes
have been exchanged between the Cabi?
nets. The idea of the Congress is to be
limited to the consideration of the pending
question.
IM Opinions says: If a formal proposal
should be made for an European Congress,
Italy could accept on two conditions, viz:
that she may remain armed, and thai the
cession of Venetia be included in thc pro?
gramme of Congress. These conditions
are essential; but war is imminent.
Military preparations continued. Darm?
stadt has boen placed on a war footing.
The Prussian Ambassador said hu should
leave immediately, in consequence of the
Austrians occupying the frontier.
Bohemia, Silesia and Parma have de?
clined the settlement proposed by Austria
in reference to the Duchies.
It is reported that Prnssia has summon?
ed Hanover for warlike preparations, and
and announced her intentions of occupy?
ing her military roads.
The latest Berlin despatch says a treaty
of alliance has been signed between Italy,
Prussia and the Cantonments, forming
Leechfield and Nnromburg, for the Bava?
rian army.
Garibaldi has accepted tho command of
the volunteers, declaring the hope to co?
operate with the glorious army of Italy,
and accomplishing the destinies of nations,
A Trieste ielogi tktii aa.) a the Italian squa?
dron has taken position in the Adriatic,
closing tho Gulf of Trieste, and threaten?
ing Viennese, Trieste and other ports.
The garrison from Vienna departed for
Bohemia.
22,000 Austrian troops have been sent
North. The Austrian-Mexican Legation
has been disbanded.
The Bank of England refused to make
advance on Consols.
The London Shipping Gazette, of the
evening of the 15th of May, announces
that the Bank of England raised the rate
of interest for advance on stock to twelve
per cent. In consequence of thu groat
pressure for assistance in this shape on :
speculative accounts on stock exchange, i
the demand for discount accommodation j
was active at the bank. The directors are !
striving hard not to infringe the charter ;
by taking advantage of the power granted I
them by tho Government.
Hallett, Omanney & Co., hankers, and i
Griffith * Bunton, stockbrokers, have sus- I
pended.
THE FENIANS.-From January to i
the time of the Eastport fiasco, $180,
000 were received by O'Mahony, of 1
which #50,000 were sent to Ireland; j
tho remaining #130,000 have been
spent here.
The Detroit Post says that all that j
is left of the Fenian navy is "the tua
o? war" between the factions of that
brotherhood.
It is believed that the telegraph can
be constructed through Siberia with
little trouble, because the Poles are
already on the ground.
An Havana correspondent describes
the Island of Cuba as "the land of i
the ?va and the home of the slave."
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The -Burnlutf of Columbia.
j EDITORS CIIARLESTON NE\7S; An
I erroneous report, by a' Northern^ re
I porter, of tho "Sherman meeting in
j Columbia," ha* been published in the
i New York World, and copied into
your columna. As you requested
j and no ono has sent you an account
r bf the meeting-I take leave to give
you a correct report.
Upon the Chairman announcing
Oie object of the meeting, I offered
the following preamble and resolu?
tions:
Whereas Maj. Gen. W. T. Sher?
man, U. S. A., who gained for him?
self, by his systematic employment of
the torch in the war upon the South?
ern people and their homes, the well
merited title of the Great Incendiary,
has attempted to shirk the responsi?
bility of the infamous act of burning
Columbia, after being surrendered to
him, and iu the actual occupation of
his army:
Resolved, That a committee of
twenty-one citizens, who were present
at the conflagration, be appointed to
collect affidavits of evidence thereof;
and that said affidavits be deposited
among the archives of the city for
future use.
Resolved, That tho committee of
twenty-one he authorized to prepare
a carefully condensed synopsis of the
evidence, and publish it to the world,
certified by their names.
I stated that it would be impossible
to give extensive publicity to the
vohmiinous evidence which would be
collected, but that a short synopsis
would be widely copied by the press,
while the affidavits would be pre?
served until the proper occasion oc?
curred for using them in a legal point
of view.
Colonel McMaster objected to the
preamble, as prejudging in advance
of the collection of evidence, ami
said it should be remembered thal
the people of the North looked upor
General Sherman as a great soldiei
and honor to his country, who had
done more than General Grant tc
bring the war to a close; that he wai
entitled to have the evidence against
him adduced before condemning him
Mr. Talley took a similar view, ant
so dbl the Hon. E. J. Arthur, win
offered a substitute, simply proposinj
a committee to collect testimony am
report to a subsequent meeting
Other resolutions to the same effec
were offered by Mr. F. G. De Fon
taine.
Not convinced by the technical ob
jections of these gentlemen of th
bar, I still replied that my object wa
not discussion on a matter upo:
which all agreed; that in the pream
ble I had simply explained, in a fe'
words, the object of the meeting
that, in stating propositions know
and believed by all of us, 1 did nc
consider that I was denouncing Ger
Sherman; that I thought 1 was draw
iug it rather mild on the General i
alluding to him so gently; that th
preamble was not absolutely necc!
sary; so, for the'reason above givei
I asked leave to withdraw it. Dr. YA
Reynolds objected, but I iusistei
and it was allowed. Mr. Arthur
resolution was then adopted, as fu
lows :
Whereas it is highly important 1
the truth of history that the circus
stances attending thc destruction <
the city of Columbia, on the 17th <
February, 18G5, should bu fully ai
impartially investigated, and the o\
dence in relation thereto collect?
and perpetuated while tho facts a
still fresh in the memory of witnesse
be it, therefore
Resolved, That a committee
twelve persons be appointed 1?3- tl
Chairman to ?collect the testimony
relation to the destruction of ('olin
bia at the time aforesaid, and repo
the same to an adjourned meeting
the citizens of Columbia and of Kio
land District, to be called by t
chairman of said committee when
maybe prepared to malee such a i
port.
Under the above resolution, t
Chairman appointed tho followi
named gentlemen: Chancellor J.
Carroll, Hon. \V. F. DoSaussiu
Hon. E. J. Arthur, Dr. John Fish.
. T?T 1,.1 a.. T \ TV TT rr?
XJx. vt LU. xteyuon?o, UT. 1J. xx. J. re;
vant, -Dr. A. N. Talley, Prof. W.
Rivers, Prof. John EeConte, Col.
T. Sloan and Col. L. D. Childs.
In common with his fellow-citizei
I am unwilling that an impressi
should be made that ' 'resolutions vi
dicating Hampton, and indirec
fastening the blame on Sherm*
failed"-no such were offered. Win
Gen. Hampton is so well known
his noble integrity and unsullied cl
racter, the idea is preposterous.
As I took part in the initiation
the proceedings, I am not willi
that the published report should
forth without correction. 1 am, p
haps, entitled to a word in 1
premises, as I saw my reside]
sacked, pillaged, ami deliberately
on fire by Sherman's sedier soldat
ami when I remonstrated with th
for burning a house lilied K ith won
and children, tln^y shouted and joe
atnie: "Quifac? per olios,facit
se.*' J might even b? pardoned w
I to denounce the barbarous and vt
tou destruction ?>f my literary, sci
tifie ami historical treasures-the
soeiations ?>f my life-and being rn
ly driven into the streets, with
?laughters and grand-children,
wander though Sherman's pitil
fire-storm and licensed soldiery
I prefer to leave him to his conscii
and Iiis God.
I wouhl, however, when Mr. B
?;roft studies tho truth of biston
the evidence of our committee,
gagfiBBBBi i -ii SS
perpetuate it, commend to him the
following recent poetical tribute to
tike Greed Incendiary of the Age:
"The o ac rod laurel, need of hero-praise.
Would wither, scorched upon a brow like
his." ,
Respectfully,
TC. W. GIBBES, M. D.
CoLUKniA, S. C., May 21, 1866.
P. S. I trust the New York World
will copy this. It has ever treated
tho subjugated South with justice
and a fair consideration.
RUNNING DOWN.-There has been,
under the Republican domination,
says the Cincinnati Enmdrer, tho
most utter audfcomplete degeneracy
in tho material which composes the
United States Senate. Formerly that
body was composed of statesmen and
men of talent. It is now mainly
made up of small local politicians and
petty demagogues, who have slight
ability and small experience. Only
think of Sumner and Wilson being
in tho place of Webster and Calhoun,
and Wade in the plaoe of Thomas
Ewing! The pigmy Henderson is in
the seat once honored by the giant
Benton, and Gov. Morgan, of Now
York, essays to fill thc vacancy of
Silas Wright. Every change seems
to be for tho worse, even among thc
Republicans themselves. Tho Con?
necticut Legislature has lately nomi?
nated Gen. Ferry for United States
Senator, in place of Mr. Foster, who
ia now the acting vice-President.
Foster is a man of some dignity and
ability, with long experience, while
Ferry has no qualifications for the
post, that anybody knows. He has
been in Virginia ns a sort of military
dictator, where his proceedings have
been characterized by contemptible
tyranny. This, probably, is his merit
in the estimation of the radicals, and
has led to his selection.
Thc Washington correspondent of
thc New York Times snj-s: "A pro?
minent person, who has just returned
from the South, says arrangements
are now being made by prominent
Democrats to secure the representa?
tion of the eleven Southern States in
the next Democratic Convention.
Very many of the leading politicians
North and South have held a consul?
tation and laid ont thc work. Fer-1
nando Wood is the chief spirit in the
movemeht, and expects the nomina?
tion for vice-President. General!
Sherman is named for President.
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LOVES OF BONNETS.- . r now
bonnet is ont-a common ito hand?
kerchief passed over the of the
head and tied under the throat, with
a wreath of roses in tho shape of a
horse shoe on tho top. So says
Madame Demorest for Muy.
A dentist in Philadelphia says he
has administered nitrous oxide gas to
more than 30,(K)0 persons, of from
three to eighty years of age, and has
never known any bail effect to follow
its use. It is equal to chloroform as
an ancetehetic, and is believed to be
safe.
According to M. Chevalier, the use
of opium in England is increasing
enormously. In 1S45, the consump?
tion was 38,320 pounds; in 1863, it
was 1-44,213 pounds.
Some of the Massachusetts repre
sentatives in Congress have boen
dealing in confiscated property and
speculating in cotton largely. So says
tho Boston Post.
A "philopcenist" of New York
enumerates among the other causes
for the increase of crime, tho periodi?
cal issue of gorgeous fashion plates.
The office of the sheri tl* of New
Orleans, to which Gen. Harry T.
Hays was recently elected, is said to
be worth $50,?U0 per annum.
It is said that the sub-ageucies of
the Freedmen's Bureau are consid?
ered as being worth moro than the
President's salary.
Dr. Barbier, a Loudon physician,
affirms that ground coffee possesses
some remarkable properties ns a dis?
infectant.
1,950,278 pounds of cheese were
exported from Wellington, Ohio, in
1805. They expect to export 2,000,
000 this year.
$15,000 were realized by the Wash?
ington Artillery ball, in New Orleans,
for the disabled members of the i
corps.
An Indian farmer .last summer j
raised $500 worth of tomatoes from
loss than one quarter of an acre of |
ground.
In three instances at Hartford,
Connecticut, recently, the heat of
the sun has set oily cotton waste on
tire.
Mr. Pritchard has retired from the
Agency of tho Associated Press at
Augusta, Ga., and Mr. P. Walsh takes
his place.
C?en. Howard is reported lo be !
considering the propriety of resign?
ing his position os head of tho Freed
men's Bureau.
Gen. Brown has ordered all freed- '
men's courts in Virginia to adjourn
until further notice. '
It is estimated that the shipwrights' j
strike in Now York entails a loss of
$5,000,000 on that city.
Berlin is to have a new Parliament :
House. Its cost is estimated at $1,
125,000.
The new Masonic building at Bos?
ton Mas?., will cost about $400,000.
and will be dedicated Juno 24, 18f.7.
A counterfeit t wenty-dollar note j
on the First National Bank of Port
land is afb it
SAXONY THE BAT^LE-)=3JBIJ> OF GBR
MANY.-The Paris Temps observes
that for centuries past Saxony has1
been tho battle-field of Germany.
From tho time of the Thirty Years'
War to the last straggles under Na?
poleon I., including the Seven Years'
War, that country has seen all the
armies of Europe come into collision
on its territory. The last visit of the
Prussian soldiers to Dresden AVES in
1840, but on that occasion they were
invited by tho King of Saxony, -who
asked for their assistance to recon?
quer his capital from his revolted
subjects. Dresden is almost within
the grasp of Prussia, as the distance
from Berlin to tho Saxon capital is
but 120 miles, and may be reached by
railway in less than five hours. The
Prussian frontier is only twenty miles
from Dresden. Saxony is bordered
by Prussia on the North-east aud
North-west, and Irv Austria (Bohemia)
on the East an " South. The Aus?
trian frontier is at Bodenbach, forty
miles from Lresdcn, whilst Prague,
tho nearest largo town of Austria, is
120 miles further. The King of
Saxony, if ho has terminated his ar?
maments, may have n certain number
of troops at his disposal, but the fact
is evident that he is not in a position
to defend his capital against a sur?
prise by Prussia beforo the arrival of
Austrian assistance. Thero is aLso
reason to suppose that in such a case
Prussia would not leave to Saxony
sufficient time to receive aid.
The population of Paris is quite
mixed. It is estimated that there aro
never less than 2,000 Americans in
that ? itv, and it is the permanent
home of 30,000 Swiss. 00,000 English,
115,000 Italians, 100,000 Germans,
and 10,000 Poles. The Parisians are
engaged in various ways in improving
their means of street locomotion, aud
among them is a plan for running
steam omnibuses. These run not ou
rails, but on the common maeadem
ized highways, and it is said can
make excellent time.
-?? ?
M. Schlocsiug, a German chemist, |
has succeeded, it is said, in discover?
ing an arrangement l>y which ar. in- :
tense heat, sufficient to melt iron, |
' can bc obtained from ordinary gas.
Tho principle of his contrivance ia ;
j the complete combustion of propor?
tionate amounts of gas and air within :
! a confined space. A copper tube, j
carefully pierced, is the chief iustrn- ,
j nient in soenriug these results. M.
? Schhesing was able to melt a piece of
? iron, weighing 400 grammes, in
i twenty minutes.
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j The Washington city papers speak
: in high commendation of a 'Miss
Minnie Ream, as a "talented young
1 artist of Cincinnati." They say:
j "She is a clerk in the Post Office De
. part nient. She has for two vcars
! past been a pupil in the studio of
j (.'lark Mills, where she spends several
i hours daily, after leaving her desk in
? the department, at which she works
j from b o'clock a. m. till .1 p. m. Her
i "Indian Girl," and some of her busts,
havo been highly commended, and
art critics say she is making remarka?
ble progress in the profession."
I The colored levee laborers at Mem?
phis struck for higher wages yester?
day, and attempted to parade the
streets. The Freedmen's Bureau au?
thorities, fearing another riot, caused
tho arrest the strikers, and conveyed
thom to the front.
The great Washington door, tor the
new Ca? itol at Washington, is being
j finished at the Ames Works in Chico
I pei-, Mass., where two whole years
have been spent upon it.
The State Department has received
j information that Brazil has decided
t" open coastwise trade to ships of
all nations.
Tn trans)limiting cabbages at thc
North, it' the earth is dry a small ball
of moist earth is squeezed on the
roots of each plant.
? Messrs. O'Connor and Shea, coun?
sel for Mr. Davis, arrived at Portress
Monroe on the 27th.
Then' are at present only 480 sol?
diers in Georgia, and good order
prevails throughout the State.
Tho army rolls show that Tennes?
see furnished 211,12o negro troops to
tho Federal service during the war.
A new 810,000,000 telegraph enter?
prise is forming in New York-10,000
miles of wires to g?> everywhere.
A legal wag calls his marriage certi?
f?cate, strange to say, "a writ of at
tain'd her."
THE undersigned hereby gratefully ac?
knowledges thc receipt of S1G0.2? from the
Rev. Wm. Martin, being thc proceeds of
the late concert maul of tho burnt Wash?
ing Street Church.
May 20 1 ll l>. SENN, Treasurer.
OBITUARY.
Died, at Live Oak. Richland District,
May 15, I wwi, Mrs. HOBART i>. ll A NA?
RAN. aged twenty-two years and four
months.
"There is hushed on earth
A voice of gladness there is wil da face
Whose parting leaves a dark und silent
place
Ry the once joyous hearth;
A smile hath pass'd which ii I I'd the homo
with light -
Asotilwhi.se hetntv made that smile so
bright.
"But glory from tho dust,
And praise to Him, the merciful, for those
On whose brigid memory love may still
repose.
With an immortal trust!
Praise for the dead who leave itt?, when
they part.
Sueli hope ti* she hath left 'the pure in
heart
The Grant House nt Franklin, Pa.,
was burned on the 19th, at ? lofts of
$60,000. One woman is known to
have lost her life, and it is feared two
other liave beside.
A writ of habeas corpus has been |
granted, in Toronto, C. XV'., in the
case of Fenian prisoners, and made
returnable next week.
The exports of gold to Europe,
from New York, May 26, were 36,
000,000.
Columbia Wno lea a lc Primo Current. |
coaaKCTEn WEF.KIA
BY A. L. SOLOMON. > "
APPLES-Per bushel.*8 00
BAGGING- Gunnv, per vant. 35
Dundee " . 25
BALE ROPE-Manilla, per lb. 30
N. Y. or West'n, pr lb. 25
BACON Hams, per lb .25^30
Sides " . 22*.
Shoulders, " _ 20
BUTTER Northern, per lb. 75
Count rv, " . 50
BRICKS-Per 1,000 . 7 00
COTTON YARN-Per bauch 2 50
COTTON-Ordinarv, per lb . 26
Middling, " . 34
Sea Island, " .
CANDLES Sperm, ppr lb.
Adamantine. " ... 30
Tallow, '.. 25
COFFEE- Rio, per lb. 35
Lagnayra, ". 45
Java, " . 50
CHEESE -English Dairy, pei lb 35
Skimmed, " . 25
CORN -Per bushel. 1 t>5
FLOUR - Super., per bbl .10 00
Extra Family. 13 00
HAY Northern, per cwt. 2 50
Eastern " .
HIDES -Dry, per lb . 15
Green, " . .. 8
LARD -Per lb. 25
LUMBER- Boards, per 100ft. 2 50
Scantling, " .
Shingles, per 1,000.
LIME Per bbl.
MOLASSES Cuba, per gallon ... r.2J
New Orleans?-" 1 25 j
Sugar House, "... 1 25
NAILS- Per lb . 10
ONIONS Per bushel . 1 00
OIL Kerosene, per gallon. 1 00
Tcrebeue, .. .
Sperm, ".
PEAS Per bushel. 1 50 I
POTATOES Irish, per biu>nel .. . 2 00
Sweet, " .... 1 75
RICE Carolina, per bushel _ '.'00
East India, .
SPECIE Gold. 35
Silver. 30
SALT Liverpool, per sack . 3 25
Table, '. . 4 00
Virginia or Coas!.
SOAP Per bar.- 18
SUGAR ('rushed, per lb . 22
Powdered, " . 22
Brown, " .15(?&2Q
SP!KI'IN Alcohol, per Kallon ....
Cognac Brandy, " 9 00
Domestic '. " 3 00
Holland Gin, " . . 8 00
American 14 " 4 00
Jamaica Rum, " 6 00
N. E. " " . 3 50
Bourbon Whiskey, 3 00
Monongahela " 5 00
Rectified * " . . 3 00
, STARCH Per lb. 20
TEA -Green, per lb . 1 50
Black, " . 1 50
I TOBACCO - Chewing, per lb . .30 A 1 00
Smoking, " .50 * 75
I VINEGAR Wine, per gallon 75
Cider. " . ,. 75
French. . 1 50
; WINE Champagne, per basket 35 00
Port, per galion . ... . 4 50
I Shurrv, " . 5 00 j
Madeira, " . 5 00 :
DOMESTIC! MA rt li KT.
MEATS-Pork, per lb. 20
Beef, .I5<g20
Mutton, " . 12*
POULTRY-Turkeys, per pair . . 4 0<1
Ducks, " . I 00
Chickens. " . 1 00
^ Geese. " . 1 25
TO RENT,
ASTORE 50x20. on Washington street,
not far from Main street, with Conn
; ter?, Shelves, ?tc, complete. Will be rent?
ed on favorable terms. Apply at this office.
May 29 ?2*
j BUTTER ! BUTTER ! ! BUTTER ! '. !
CHOICE COUNTRY BUTTER, at 40
cents per pound.
Choice GOSHEN BUTTER, at Co cents
\ per pound.
! Just received, and for sale by
M av au J. it T. R. AGNEW.
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TUB
JOHNNY HEB. MINSTRELS
Will mako their first appearance
THIS (TTJKSDAY) KVKMSU.
Performances commence at 8 o'clock.f
For particulars, sec small bills.
ST*Admittance il; children under 1
half price. May 29
A S tho season is advancing, the sub
^TJL scriber has decided to sell ott' the re?
mainder of his stock of BLACK SLLK and
BER AGE COVERINGS at ORIGINAL NEW
YOltK COST. The ladies will please take
notice, and give him a call, as he will in?
sure them bargains.
C. F JACKSON.
May 2i? I
White Lead, Linseed Oil,
WUlOOWfiLASS.&e.
4) AAA LBS. WHITE LEAD 25, 50
J?,\J\J\J and loo lb. kegs.
2 bbl?. LINSEED OIL.
1 " Boiled
1 " VENETIAN RED.
1 '. SPANISH BLOWN.
f.2 boxes French WINDOW (?LASS .all
sizes. Just received and for sale bv
Slay 29 j3 T. J. GIBSON.
TO TAX-PAYERS.
The Last and Final Notice ! '
MY LOOKS aro now open for receiving
TANKS. All who have made their
returns can now pay np; and those who
have neglected to make their returns, will
save the Collector the unpleasant duty of
double-taxing them and placing executions
in t ho hands of the Sheriff, by coming up
promptly and making their returns and
pay up, "as all good citizens have and aro
doing.
A word to the Freedmen: \ou have, I
fear, been told you were not to be taxed.
Take my advice, as an old man, and obey
the laws of the State that tfives you sup?
port and protection. We all belong to the
State, ana are bound to obey her laws.
Pav vom taxes like mon, without grum?
bling". THOS. H. WADE,
May 2t? T. C R. D., S C.
COMMERCIAL AUD KIVAJiCUl,.
MOBILE, May 25.-Hales io-day, soo
bales. Market finn, with a fair demand.
Middling, SOc. Receipt?* for the week,
2,59b bales. Stock ou baud, 42.407 bales.
Gold, 39@42. -
The commercial and ?nancial panic
which bas arisen in England sud Franc?
was foreseen and foretold by calm observers
many weeks ago. An art ic ic in thc London
Times sounded thc alarm of a cowing
crash last winter, and gave su lking reason?
for its views. Among these was tho fac?
that British capital had been scattered
over thc earth, and employed everywhere,
in all manner of schemes and speculation!*,,
and that credits bad been extended to au
undue amount to all foreign Governments.
Ac, iu l?e purchase of their bo??s ?nd
other securities. Hie expansion of thc
credit system was so very great that it
must meet with a re-action. Now that
the re-action has commenced, it is the
opinion of men well acquainted with th?
state of things iu England, that it will go
very far, and produce a revulsion of unex?
ampled severity. How it will affect the in?
terests of this country is a matter of in?
quiry- Our securities have been seul
abroad, instead of gold, to pay for our im?
ports. The exports of cotton-to tbs
amount of $176,000,000, in gold, since last
September-have also aided us to pay for
imports. The price of cotton has declined.
and may fall still further, and our old
crops #lo nearly exhausted, while the now
one is of poor promise. Of breadstuff*, wo
have nothing to send out. We are com?
pelled to draw upon European granaries
for our bread, as we were in 1837. At least,
we are importing cargoes of wheat and
flour, because they are sold here at a
profit. The prospect of our wheat crop
tor this season is not good. This is the
general tenor of advices from the West.
Tims it will be seen that we are drawn to
our five-twenties and other securities a*
our chief means of paying for our imports.
We have $400,000,000 in amount of these
bonds now abroad. It is very possible tbat
many will bc returned on account of tho
pressure for gold which European wars
produce. Wars are not carried on in Eu?
rope with paper money. The experiment
would not succeed long; and the hard
money antagonist would deal the hardest
blows. The present panic may subside, if
tlie war clouds now so imminent shall pass
over. But if war occurs, everything that
will bring gold in the country wdl be sent
over. The American securities will come
back, at least to a large amount, and a
vast quantity of goods and merchandize
will come, aud be sold at. perhaps, half
their cost. No tariff that is likely to be
adopted would keep out these goods. Th*
domestic manufactures could not compete
with panic sacrifices and forced sales. The
abundance of paper money, rendering gold
useless, except for foreign exchange and
duties, and interest on some portions of
the debt, will cause the purchase and con?
sumption of vast quantities of foreign
goods at reduced, prices. Of course, under
all these conditions, gold will run to a high
rato in our money market. It is now ad?
vancing, with some fluctuations, and it is
known that large amounts are to bc shipped
this week. Finally, if importations axe to
continue at the present rate-and they will
probably be iucreased iu amount-gold
will become so scarce, for the purposes for
which it will be needed, that it will advance
to a high rate of premium.
[ National ItUeUigencer.
WKW ORLEANS, May 25.-Cotton un?
changed. 2,300 bales were sold, at 36@S7
cents. Sterling, 5ti. Oold, 44.
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, MAY 28.
ARRIVED SATURDAY.
Sehr. Dan. Smith, Garwood, Boston.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Ship President Fillmore, New York.
Sehr. Vapor, Bogert, New York.
WENT TO SEA SATURDAY.
Steamship Quaker City, West, New York.
Sehr, (bilden Gate, Fnsbie, Philadelphia.
Ur FOR CHARLESTON.
British ship Ida LUv, at Liverp'L May 12.
Sehr. A. F. Kindberg, at N. Yl, May 24.
Sehr. Alba, at Philadelphia, May 24.
Auction Sales.
SALE OF LAW BOOKS.
THE LAW LIBRARY of the late Chan?
cellor Wardlaw will be sold at Edge
tield C. H., S. C., on THURSDAY, 7th Jnne
next. Terms cash.
Z. W. CAR WI LE,
C. E. E. D. and Adm'r.
I ?jr A catalogue of said books can be
seen at thc Phoenix Office.
ALSO,
I On the same day, will be sold the LAW
I LIBRARY of fleo". W. Landrum, deceased.
I May 27 3 W. M. LANDRUM, Adm'r.
.WT Crop 'Juba McAasses.
By J. ?. Enslow & Co.
ON FRIDAY, June 1, will be sold, at public,
auction, in the New Custom House
stores, corner East Bay and Market
street, Charleston, S. C., "at ll o'clock,
425 hhds. 1
30 tierces > New Crop Cardenas Molasses.
8 bbls. \ May 25 7
Bargains! Bargains!
THE subscriber beiug about to change
his business, will dispose of his stock
of GOODS at and BEL.OW COST, consist?
ing of :
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
LIQUORS,
HATS,
SHOE8,
TOYS,
Fancy Articles, Ac.
ALSO,
Desires to dispose of the STORE.
C. 8. JENKINS,
Assembly street, next to Washington.
May 29 _ 2