The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 03, 1866, Image 1
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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.
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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.
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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.