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rr Daily Paper $10 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. "Let otu: Just Censure PIKE IIX. Attend the True Event." Tri-Weekly $7 a Year. COLUMBIA, S: C., SATURDAY MORNING., APRIL 28. I860. VOLUME II-NO. 34. THE PHO NIX, PUBI.THURU IHII.V AND TRT-WKKKLY. rm GLiANia ETERY W KO N RSI > AV MOP.NINO. BY JULIAN A. SELBY. KT?T? AND CITY PBlNTEB. TERMS -IX A J) l'A AT7<:. Simson nPTTOX. Dailv Paper, H?\ months.$1 00 Tri-AVeeklv, " " .-2 f><> Weekly, ' " " . 1 50 ADVEKTINKM KN TS Inserted at 75 cents per square fur tho first insertiou, and 50 cents for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. nv A libero! discount made <>.? the aboce rates token advertisements orr inserted Inj the month or year. SST Special notices 10 cents a linc. AOEKTS. S. P. Kinard. Newberry. Samuel Drouthitt, Greenville ('. H. Wm. Moore, Abbeville C. II. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. ll. Thc Alcrtianical mid I-.H1>OIIIII; Inte? rest*. We count thc pulsations of com? merce l?y the arrival amt departure of ships, by the transactions of the custom-house, ami by thc records of the exchange. We may easily esti? mate the rise ami fall of manufacture i ng industry, of cotton and woolen fabrics, of iron aud the like; und the reports of bauk and stock transac? tions supply to the most superficial observers some general knowledge of tlie state of finances. The supply of the necessities of 8,000,1*00 of people who had, during four yoars of war, consumed all their accumulated stores, stimulated the movements of commerce during the last b il and early part of spring to a very high degree, and leading manufactures found labor, materials and a market, while the deceptive appearance of high prices, thc offspring of redun? dant currency, completed thc delu? sion that tho transition from war to peace was to he attended with no j shock to the general prosperity. The diversion of largo numbers of those engaged in the mechanic arts and the extraordinary stimulus to certain branches of mechanical skill, together with the high prices paid for all sorts of labor, skilled and un? skilled, seemed to leave no part of society without remunerative employ? ment. Provisions, during all tho while, have been abundant, and al? though the price of food has been high, yet, compared with everything else, the staple articles of consump? tion have been comparatively cheap. While the price of all other commo? dities was governed by the value of gold, as compared with paper, the price of breadstuff's and other provi? sions of domestic growth was, for thc most part, measured only by the paper standard, on account of the want of foreign competition and a foreign market. Gold was not need? ed in the purchase or sale of flour, and hence flourreinained far cheaper, in proportion, than almost anything else. For these reasons the mechani? cal and laboring classes have not, np to the present time, felt the shock which the revulsions of trade amt fi? nance must produce. Tho temporary stimulus of com? merce to which we have adverted is already subsiding; the evidences are plain. Tho recoil in finance has com? menced. Tho high prices which hav e ruled everything have begun to re cedo. The consequence is that new enterprises are not undertaken, nor will they be until the relations of value can bo adjusted. While tho tendency of everything is upward, there is no shock felt in tho mechani? cal and laboring portion of society. Nor when the laws of value have been restored to their proper stand - ard, and demand and supply measure each other's wants acciu-ately, do the mechanic and laborer suffer. But the time of their suffering is that which follows the recoil of finance. Immediately succeeding tho time of highest prices comes the period of suspended enterprise. Capital must and will take care of itself, and inac? tivity is its greatest security. Of course, th? longer this transi? tion period of fiuanco is practiced, the longer the period of suspended ; enterprise, and tho longer t he stagna- j tiou of labor and mechanical indus- i try. These industrial interests which are married to capital in the main-1 moth manufacturing establishments of the country are concerned to have I the shock made easy, by protracting the transition period as mach as pos- ; Bible; in other words, in having tho process of contract ion go on as slow? ly as possible; and so are those com- i mercial interests which ure already 1 embarked in large enterprises begun daring the flood-tide. Bat the gene? ral interests of society arc antagonis? tic to these. All those thousand1 branches of business which have ? their sources in individual pffort and in private capital stand alarmed dur-j ing this season of uncertainty. Every bank which breaks, every commercial ! house which fails, is to them a fire bell of alarm. Of course, tho pro? longation ot* this period of financial tr.insi.th vu is fatal to the activity of all these varied private enterprises. They, however, may afford to wait. But mechanical skill and laboring industry, which depend upon thom for employment, must suffer. Upon them ultimately, but surely, falls the evil; and the longer the day of reck? oning is postponed, the greater the pressure lipon the mechanical and laboring classes. As they constitute the great bulk of society, and their happiness and prosperity is really but another name for the general happiness and prosperity, it would seem that their true interests should enter much more largely than it does into the estimate of remedies for existing evils, lint, as we have said, while it is easy to estimate thc aggre? gate movements of commerce, and the rise and fall of manufacturing industry, or the larger operations of finance, tho mechanics and the labor? ers are distributed so through tho texture of society that their wants, their efforts and their interests cannot l)e grouped and presented to a single glance. They must be studied in de? tail carefully, in order to be compre? hended in tho aggregate. They feel in the utmost severity tho evils of ill administered affairs, because their claims aro not much known until the evils have passed beyond care. It is apparent that wo arc now entering upon that condition of things in which the pressure upon the laboring and mechanical interests is to be very severe. Labor and mechanical skiil arc in all the cities in excess of the demand for them. With falling prices and diminished opportunities for em? ployment will como the agitation of the rate of wages; andas provisions did not rise in proportion to other commodities, so they probably will not fall in liko ratio. Hence circum? stances all conevfr to direct attention to the condition of that large portion of the community whoso skill and intelligence fit them for ministerinj to every want which tho progress ot civilization calls to have supplied. [ Baltimore Sun. Hogs are said frequently to eut their own own throats when swim ming, anda parallel to these perform ancos is to be found in the legislative projects of the radicals. In seeking to impose a duty of five cents pe: pound on cotton, they were no doub under the impression that the Sont! alone, and not the North, would hav< to pay it. That there should bo sud lamentable ignorance of tho tirs principles of political economy ?loo not surprise us, when we recall wha other lollies this party has beei guilty of. Have they yet to lean that every tax is paid by the eon sumer, and is so much added to th cost of production? And, as mos cotton is consumed at the North con trnry to the calculation of the radie: wiseacres, most ol" this tax will b paid by that section; to which, < course, we raise no objection, bc only congratulate ourselves that th biter will bo bitten, and the radical caught in their own trap, Lu the in position ol* this tux, if it shall ult mat ely become a law. But whether tho North or tb South had to pay the larger portio of such a tax as this, there is one r? flection of which no wise or hone: legislator would ever lose sight -tin no fiscal or other measures propose by Congress can over affect one se lion without affecting, either direct' or indirectly, the other. If a cottc tax as onerous as tho ono we ha^ been commenting upon would fi alono upon thc South, the simp effect would be to diminish the pr duct ion ol' this great staple, in ll creation of which the North is much, if not more, interested tin we. How short-sighted ami foolis then, is Hie desire to put manuel ripon this great source ol' nation prosperity, which war and emnucip tiotl have already brought sufficient low. Radical wisdom and their pla to raise revenue would be greatly : sisted by an attentive perusal /Esop's fahles. -JiicJtnwntl Times. - - <-??-? Mr. Pnllman, the projector of t sleeping-car improvement in railro traveling, has devised an arrang mont of the trucks which seen; snell a steadiness of und' >n th writing is as easily done as in a hoi library, uy^f table-: are provided i this purp'ose. Oncear the "Omah is furnished with an organ. In tho North Carolina State Cc vent ion on Monday, au ordinance w introduced granting an amnesty to prisoner ; ? ?copl those guilty of erii nal felonies prior to May I, IS<K>. The mail contract was recen awarded, in Caswell County, No, Carolina, tn a colored man but could not lake the lest ">ith. Congress refuses to exempt PI, distillers from taxation. SENSIBLE VVN~D WJE&TJ-TIMED Qt ES? TIONS.-The ?sow i'ork Ti/nca should l>o heeded by the radicals when it: puts such questions as the following to them. None moro important could occupy the attention of the thinking men of the country: "Suppose-matters to stand in 18081 substantially as they stand to-day - ! none of the Southern States repre? sented in Congress. Is it not reason- ! ably certain that they will all bo '? represented in tho Democratic Na- I tioual Nominating Convention, and ; that they will choose electors who will 1 vote for thc ]>emocratic nominees?. Now, suppose their votes, together with those of the Northern States that may vote the Democratic ticket, '. constitute the Electoral College, what will be the result? it may ho said their votes will not bc counted. Congress, containing only Northern members-the South not being repine- i sented in it-will reject them. Will that rejection be accepted by the country? Will the mass :,?' i in Southern people, or tho mar? of the Democratic party iu the North, ac? quiesce in it? And would not such resistance bc most menacing to tho peace of the country? Thal would not bo an attempt ut secession; it would be in no sense a sectional <'"?i tlict; it would present to tiio country and the world the aspect of a majori? ty of the people insisting upon their right to control the Government as against the unconstitutional usurna- 1 ti<m of the minority. Wo do nol bring this matter forward now for! the purpose of discussing tito merits of the question that would thus arise. ; lint the contingency is too probable I to be wisely ignored. No prudent or patriotic man will blindly rush into complications of so formidable and perilous a character." ANOTHER Civir, RIGHTS ('AS-, TN B.VX.TIMORE. In the Orphan's Court for Baltimore city, in tin; case of So? lomon R. Start ra. Benjamin ll. Start, co executors of Ann Gregory, de ceased, John ll. lng, Esq., attorney for the petitioner, proposed lo intro duce Mary Long, a colored woman, asa witness in the cause. John C. Blackburn, Esq , attorney For tho re? spondent, objected to the witness be? cause she was it negro, and thc laws of Maryland do not allow negroes to testify in cases affecting the int?-rests of white persons. Mr. lng replied that nuder tho law of the t inted States colored persons are made coi a - potent witnesses in all court* of jus? tice, and that the character and cred? ibility of the witness would be within the judgment of tho court-. After further argument, tho question was submitted to the court, and it was decided that under the law <>t the United States the witness was com? petent. Mr. Blackburn excepted to the decision, and the trial proceeded according to the judgment of the court.-liol!?more Sun, till. SPECIAL A'OTK'KS. THE Committee appoint. .1 hy th. zens of Columbia to collect i. lim ny . corning thc burning ef the city ia !Yh mary, 1805, request all p i.~???< . uuu particularly those ut a. ?.listan, e, v.ho :?av? knowledge of facts relating tln-r. to, t. send affidavits, as soon as pos* hie, t-. h un.lersigned. JAMES p. v ARRO!.I. May 20 Chairman. M A KR IA (?TC A\i> C KI.l ISAC Y: A: Essay of Warning and Instruction f..i Young .Men. Also, Diseases aad Abus, which prostrate thc vital pow. rs, wit h sur. means of relief. Sent tv. . ol' i-hai ,.. ii scaled letter enveloper. Addi. - Dr. -I SKIELIN HOUGHTON, li??war? 1 \ ? : . lion, Philadelphia, Pa. April 10 :?no COLGATE'S HOM-'.* SOAP. This celebrated Toilet Soap, ii, universal demand, is made rroin in t lioi? cst materials, i-. mild and * ..?,?! lient m its nature, I'm g ra till y M ? ??<? ?I und extremely i?cHrfirinl ,:i aetioi upon the skin. For salo by all Drnggisl and Paney Goods Deal, i .. March 23 ly BATCIIEIVOR'S ll MU DYK. Thc Original ami Rest in the v,..,!. l'ho only true and p< i f< cl HAIR I>V1 Harmless, Reliable and Indianian. Produces ihi m ciliately a .*pl. ndid Isla. .-. . natural brown, \\\V ott injuring Hie ha ?r skin. Kerned ?es Lhc ill effects ol' ha lyes. Sold hy ?di Druggists. Thcgcuuir s signed William A. Uatchcl >r. Ais<>, Ul 3ENEKAT1N0 EXTRACT <-K MLLE! FLEURS, for Restoring and Reautiryin le- Muir. CHARLES BATCHELOR. Oct 25 ly N. w York. $5.50 REWARD Ei^OR information thai will lend tx ii JV arrest of JIM RIVES, n tr.- .Ima IVhO deserted the phill! a! I. Cl Of thc :e u-rtiser six miles below Columbia, on tl Bluff Hoad, on the 25th ult., leaving a si .!. wife and two children behind him. Ile ?et black, about 5 feet 0 inches high, a: nbont 35 years of ap-, fonnorb u ^l.. \ . Jo). Davis', of Monticello. '.Time ! Address P.O. KcyBoxM Columbia, s PISTOLS, SPORTSMEN'S ACCOITTREMENTS, An olcfcnnl assortment cf FISHING ? AC KL K Ruda, !:. ila, ifc-b-, Hooks Lilli f*. Av, vi M >\v jM;r* i:s. /\ ir. KU AFT, [Washington stn ? I, opposite ..?.I Jail. N. L\ Manufacturing a nil iiring substant talh ami n uliv ou-cuto.1. May 20 ' ly Notice.--Horses, Mules, Stage?. &c, for S?le. ,11 M KAU' .f Ml'LKS H.I UoUS KS, six' lii.atl Wu;.M. lil'tA >. tt. II.un- -- anil ont-I lin.' Ibivrtty f->r sa':.- ?ni reasonable- terms. Sold tm vviint of n>. . as ! 'ir- connection ; ol: tb" railroads air ihush-d. Address ne- a! \ Ni.-',, i.* , I loti I ... ii:. Slaver House. Co- , Inmbia. S. c. : >. T. RA.UVEY. j Maj .M ll" ; Farm near Columbia. S. C., for Sale, j , ^ THIS FAL M is situ?t. I ab jut two | ?Sliiil vi ,.). I'.arbainville. 'l in- traci consists ol about sixty (00) acres, part of ,1 ?a . .il. w. o.!. (?u i- a comfortable PWKLL1N?, llul'SK containing.') rooms, 1 pantry and ; a 1 Kitchen aud ? ;:li ie e. -al'' out-buildings. This i- a nb a- i sa.nl residenen for a family during the s.,?nu.ur i.nhs. bing on. of th.: most ! healthv situations in tho Slate. Hiere is j a nen'I'-failim; s-pr ?rig ? ? water near thc dwellh: NVirli ... noll. Iionse attie-le d, and ' shad, d with lofty tie. .. The pr.-H. Ill ! ''S.'T.'F..'* ('ohuiihia, S. C. May P* smS TO TAX-PAYERS. Tao Last and Final Notice : ! Im : iM 'd.'eied lo IIIUK.' their n turns, ?i'll . rns-and '? ai: I an- j ?.ave, I i e tasod i nd "ubi v ? I'?tv v..ur ; \- - '..!... in?ii. without gritm 1.1 ng'. i il? is. li. \\ \!>K. M .?. o:i i'. < . i:, i ... s i :. Osi ?ovis?a*nment M:'vl7 .!'..!!". i'. Sl'.Kt.F.US. Fresh Arrivals. l'r. s. i \ - .1 I';' \] r. I lier. . Saine, -. i , . i ... ! ; V . ?. i ? I ? rite;; lo l.?! i ? ?; .".?fi barr. ! . .? -. ion ? (?at: M .. .'.: .n ?MN r. : l-.i'.iil i: t. Earthen war e. rilli!! .tl rd., r N.?'. ?Ul ol :. Iftrg. 1 ?md vin da -OHM. M . ; KA 1; fl I HS VN A ! ' nit:.'.! ? tor I...;- ! . '....mlin:' Fa.d. : - d' V. ir. for conn tn trade VV. I!. ST?NLKY VI av . i ...nu r Plain and Gates s 1! S A I-1 S S ! ?I NWS Patent Champion Fire, rglar. P. .. ?!? r and Damp I'roof SAJ'HSl'ot .-al . I !.. otib .-un- protection iron ?ir.-, i .-::. i i. :.i. o these Sale*, all rm-il ' height added. !. "i. Ki NA Ut?, Agent, ".!..:? ( lumbla. S. c. c. H. tsj&uave-ijx, mms ww iVtovisioxs, I T P O /' I' I. A K I' ll TC RS. ? M ">,?!, li >', . H s.', 1.7.-?. ? : ?Ll-MHLV. S. C. May i:? In?. COTTON GINS. rill IF. un I-- ; IL I. 1 avin .-..nii.l. '..I I tin r tri mg. i . nts f -.- the nianufac I ni. ol ile- bi st Ct ?T i'?,?N G INS ever made !" ?ve oi-d-'-rs Vrom planters 'and ' others wishing to mucha - . l l:. I?.mr established ( 'ot ti in ( i.: - wul, \r< hop.-, ! ? ? a sn Mieten t guarai.ii . thal ?lu article will gb.tire satisfaction. J. .0. F.l.LIOTT !. Ct?., May IC imo Winnsboro, S. ('. Cutlery! Cutlery'.! . -a Cn i.-ie? :-. Vii ?.I. ., ..'.rim. nt ni Ta bl. ?uni I'ocUet ? I l l l-l UV. SC1SS( ?US, Ac, in store and for sal-- lott by .lt ?il S V. DIAL. li oom s to Let. ! . .?on tit corner . : S. ::.,t ? and Marion stn els, to li t. Also, two Kl )( 'MS itt ..ut houses ? : same | if.-mises, wit h 11 ie sam? pri\ :!. . . s. Appb . . J. SCLZRACHKK .'. CO., on A- mhb sire. i. 1- : iv.-, II ?'lain and Wash ingtott -tr- i-t . for fiirt'a r informal uni. A Grain Cradles, Grain Fans, Sec. .!. ttpplj oi GRAIN CRADLES in Fins, Ser t !,.- Kindes Seytln I ..ii V'1. nv, Ki.!.ii. ?.. .Vc, tn .-t.-ti i!.- lo? for ea- h. I?-UN C DIAL REDUCTION IN PRICES J. Sulzbacher & Go. INTEND TO DISPOSE OF THEIR FINE! AND WEX.X*-SEX*EOTEB STOCK OF GOODS AT A CONSIDERABLE DEDUCTION ON FORMEE P2ICES! SICH AS : Mi SUNS. LA WNS. DELA IN KS, Jaconet iii M I Swiss MUSLIN. CA M BRIC ORGANDIES, Plain and Embr'd HANDKERCHIEFS, TI CKED BALMORAL SKIRTS. &c. TOS ?ENTLE&ftEN'S WEAR, We liave COTTON ADES LINEN DRILL, BROWN LIN KN and :i line .uni well-selecfcid stock of SUMMER ( . i.( rr H i NO. ALSO, J ?ISL received, 500 PALMETTO FANS. J. SLLZBACHER & CO., Assemnlv street, between Plain and Washington, May 27 ' Columbia, S. C.. GREAT SOUTHERN and WESTERN LIFE ll ACCIDENT HUNK COMPANY NO* 2t GAR0ND0LET STREET, NEW ORLEANS* GEN. .IA M KS LONGSTREET, PRESIDENT. C. WILLIAMS. SECRETARY. $25 WILL INSURE YOU ONE YEAR FOR $5,000 ! ! 50 Cents will Purchase a TWO DAY TICKET for $5,000. $1.25 " " FIVE " 2.50 " " TEN " 5.00 will Insure you ONE MONTH for $5.000. WEEKLY COMPENSATION IN CASE OK TOTAL DISABILITY ! r j 1 r 1 is in tho first and onlv institution of tho kind over organized in the Southern I States t r the purpose "of INSURING AGAINST LIFE and ACCIDENT. lt insures against accidents ol' every description, whether they occur while traveling !.<. ears, steamboats or other public conveyance; while engaged in the atore, office, ?vol ksh??p, factorv, on the farm, ?jr in any of the ordinary occupations of life; whether riding, walking, hunting, boating, fishing, engineering, surveying, railroading, steam hunting or seated by th<- domestic li reside. . ?emnd Accident Policies issued by this Company secure to tho person insured tho pa\ inent of a fixed . um per week i fruin f:? to f.30) during the time he may be disabled Uv ::c id. nt. not to exceed twenty-six weeks for ?nv one accident; and in caso of death h\ any f .rm <.( casualty, the payment of a fixed sum (from ?500 to $10.000) to the fri? nds of thc person insured, or party for whose benefit tho policy is issued. Lind? i the system adopted by this Company, persons may be insured for weekly coni I . nsatioii univ, for death only, or for both. Hie rat?-? ..f pr. n.inm are LESS than in any other class of insurance, in proportion t.i the rink. A. M. KHETT, Agont District No. 28, May 10 Imo Oftiee at Manahan A V?arley's, Washington Street. Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop. MCGUINNESS.* IkwSjFlbly atri-vt, Weat of ?fSte?&l& ?IL 21-the Stat.- lions ;*"??3?UMMWfa ar? prepared to ( xii-ute all business tn tl:. :i ha.- with un usual care and skill. With man} yeara'experience in their business, th. v eau eonlidentlv assure the commu? nity that HORSE a'nd MULE-SHOEING will be done in the In st manner. In the r. pairing of Carriages, Buggies ami Wa ?i .ta. best workmen have been en? gaged, anil the work will be done in the nu ia I approved and workmanlike manner, uti ivas..it.il.le terms. MCGUINNESS A HEAKN. N. I'.. Tin- senior partner l'as had seve? ral years' experience mi Lo..g Island. N. ?i., among lite beat horsos anil horsemen, und the treatment ol' thc various diseaaea ? t horses, which he will gratuitously give I.. ! patrons and friends May S Imo Just Eeceived, VYI.KY select stock ol' Ladies' Con? gi-, ss GAITERS and SLIPPERS. Cent's Patent-Loathor GAITERS, and I ...w ,plat lei e.i Silt li'.S. ANli ALSO, A g.n.d ass..i im.nt of oilier styles, at April 13 FISHER* LOWRANCE. H. E. NICHOLS. I GENERAL INSURANCEAGENT, Corner of Assembly and Washington ?Its., COLUMPIA, S. C., REPRESENTS a number of tbe beat both Northern and Southern-compa? nies, {Hjsgcssing an aggregate capital of $23,000,000. LIFE, FIRE, MARINE, INLAND AND ACCIDEN? TAL RISKS taken on equi? table terms, and all losses promptly paid. fi?*Policies made payable in Gold or Currency .*^tl March 1_&PO? Old Newspapers for Sale, BY the hundred or thousand, at March 2 PHONIX OFFICE.