The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 02, 1866, Image 3
dkfbOS t? convict Mr. Davis, and th
-^e ^vinence th
g^orjwy wniafa prevent a co
victicm by say Urmest jory. There
no sane rjut? in th? country who dc
po&g?pr* th?* if this goo^flutf
^^^8^ of an cadence tr
||^^^^^?5|5"to baiVd h
troth and insincerity, in the beset*
P^or^l^^^^^li^, if th
ware a? i^fefgIfj"^ '
impartial)^ 't^ennld nat he
moved by legislation, why did
thif committ.ee report a bill ?or t
parp?se1? fflr. Davis ?ncr Ids oom
tr-fQg?l^
been denied-a boon that woald
be cteg^
convincing testimony that these i
indulge in the hope that the Hf
the illustrious prisoner may be vi
oat in the fort in which he is in
oersted, anch tiiut thas~they wonli
relieved of the ignominy of the w
transaction, from his being mana
on the first day of his entrance
its casemates until the ?Jresent h
One more thought. It ' strike.'
that this report, setting forth tht
suit of many months' investiga!
would fully justify President J
son in releasing the prisoner ou
role. H's most malignant ene
have fo und nothing to inculpate
in the bloody tragedy that depi
the country of his predecessor,
the united voice of tho Ohri
world would applaud sneh an a
clemency towards the long-snffi
prisoner in Fortress Monroe.
Thc Convention.
This body was one of Jfche
imposing we have seen convene
many years in Columbia. Th
report we give of its proceeding
harmonious-together with the
standing of the delegates chos
represent the State in the Phi
phia Convention, show that ii
Carolina has maintained her
character and dignity.
We may be permitted to eon)
late the State for" the interest
fested in this initiatory mov<
towards restoration, and the p
harmony which characterized o
proceedings. The members die
work promptk??||d we?, and 1
done this, they *%!sely^adjourne
If we mistake not, the Ph
phia Convention will do the
and that no long session of prot
debates will jar the harmony t
so desirable to the accomplis
of the great end in view.
A number of bodies ! .-ve
found in the marsh and wiwt;
Savannah, of soldiers who die?
tempting to get away from th?
lenee which rages on Tybee.
_j??Bee of^Congress. It la
an extract from the testimony of J.
Cl Underwood, a Judge of the United
.Steintet Court:
: ?bnia either Jefferson
E. Lae be convicted ol trea
in VMtffMay^'iiHWfflilf'-'HBbTyf|
A>$hjpai onl*sa^?3ia*?P**ed
you mn ange to pack a
. think it^o^d^b? yen dif
?jary ^> conyi?t livm.
Ht this be be not a sarcasm on Un
j dsrwood's jury, whi?? had packed
at Sichmond, and who found a true
fcffll against Mr. DaY%. i*,!?;?^6*?*^
nrranyjyj ^of 0t^ many, shameless
_^|fi<Br:*jrfljfe .fwrt;"RT, that we have
I yet heard. FOT tte- sake of the Ame
rVst? character, ??dPt?r vthev rep#ta
t?on of the judfbiary of. the country,
we hope the extract is only impro?
vised by the Age, as a fling at the
lea?H0d4j$ judge. An the New York
{ News very nppropriateiy remark?,
large as our ^x?erienee*of radical cor?
ruptions and* impudence has been,
wa ware unprepared for this, Such
utter g shamelessness passes concep?
tion. Unable to comprehend, we feel
inadequate to the task of criticising
it, and merely call attention to it oe
an exhibition of indifference to in?
famy that has in it a touch of the
.?Mime.
That the radicals were capable of
conceiving such a plot to take the life
of the distinguished prisoner, their
jpaat?&ta*wo*ld seem to testify to,
but thai it should be put on record,
certainly must indicate an oversight,
or a'defiance of all laws, human or
divine.
' Mr. Traman on thc Cotton Crop.
I Mr. H. C. TVunlau, a traveliug |
Southern correspondent of the New
York Times, and a writer who, ns wo
have noticed in a former number of
the Phoenix, when speaking of the
political condition and views of the
Southern people, was the most honest
and candid of the army of Northern
correspondente, has lately been mak?
ing an estimate of the cotton crop.
We think that .in this field he is not j
so happy as when discoursing on
general matters down South.
He gives a summary of some of
the drawbacks the planter has had to
contend with ; bad seed, unfavorable j
weather and the worms and insects, i
And yet, after all these, he comes to !
the conclusion that there will be a
full half crop, if not more. But he !
entirely ignores the greatest draw- j
back thc planter hos bad to deal I
with-i-and that ie iucfUclent labor, j
Indeed, he contends tb-it there aro as
many hands engaged in making cot- ,1
ton this year as in I860.-and mids1'
that "500,(XX) more might have found \
employment.'' We muse attribute j
this statement to a want of kuow- ;
ledge of the facts on Mr. Truman's ! '
part, but the latter part of the state-11
ment is doubtless true, that 500,000 I '
of our laborers did not seek or court j
employment. Here are Mr. Tm- | *
man's ligures :
taco. i8tit?. 11
Alabama. '.?89,955 tttO.OOO ; .
Arkana** . :?67,:i93 150,000 ;
Florida - 65,158 100,000 ? 1
Georgia . 701,840 20(i,oo0 1
louisiana . 777.788 ;S'25,000 ' "
Mississippi.1,202,507 600,000,
South Carolina. 853,412 160,000 , ,
Tennessee . ... 906,404 125,0001 1
Texn- . 431,403 5(10,000
Total -. . . .".jlH?.yj? 2,640.000
North Carolina. . .. 1-15,514
Virgin! . . . 12,72!?
Total.5,343,160
Allowing that North Carolina will make
(15,000 bales, it would swell my estimate to
?,675,000 for I860.
We would have no objections to
*ee Mr. Truman's prophecy realized, I
but there is no reasonable grounds |
for entertaining such a hope.
All good citizens, says the Boston j
Post, will rejoice that Tennessee is !
-estored to her constitutional rights,
md that the radical threat that no
Southern State should bo represented
u Congress, unless it allowed negroes ,
io be chosen to office and to vote, has '.
>roved abortive. Boutweli is bowed
lown with grief at the result; if his ?
orrow is not assuaged he may be !
>rought homo ia a straight jacket j
itevens had his apple cart upset
ompletely, and the repeated defeats j
if the old man in a single session
lave b.it him hut little more than "a !
Iriveller and a show."
The recent visit of Governor Shor?
ey to Washington is stated to have
>een at the invitation of the Presi
lent, who contemplated giving him
lecretary Stanton's position.
1st inst, ia the Baptist Church, at
ll b'?S?eV?/?r O?** tn^wn/ ?OB.
and Mes??, * ^"fcgjg^^
ville, after a few pertinent reiaa?k?v
moved, tfiat.,?he gyeeeedinge of jtho
tift^Pf? Waran. . * A^ter^^ty ap?
propriate prayer by the reverend gea'
t?eman, it waa moved thai, the dele?
gates enrol their names by Districts
in alphabetical order. ^ The District?
crt Beaufort; t Byefield,. Harry and
XQT^^eret.iifiit^npiiB^ni^ AU the
other Districts were well represented.
On motion of Mr. Mikell, from
Berkeley District, tho following com?
mittee, to nominate permanent officers
of the Convention, appointed :
Messrs; Mikell, Robertson, Harri
son, Gibbes and J. B. Campbell.
The: committee reported the foi
lowing names, which were adopted :
Pr?sident-James L. Orr.
vice-Presidents-Wade Hampton
B. H. Brown, W. C. Dtrdley, Gabrie
Cannon.
Secretaries-P. J. Moses, Jr., W
JJ. DePass.
Which officers were duly confirmee
by the Convention.
Governor Orr, in assuming the po
sition ; of President, addressed th
Convention in substance as follows:
He returned thanks to the Commit
tee for the honor conferred upo
him; but on assuming them, he sai
he knew the experience and amen
ties so well known to the mern ben
would render the duties of the orrie
agreeable. He said the call for th
National Convention was nnexoeptioi
able, and was gratified to see that H:
different Districts of the State had s
universally responded to the oal
Being of a hopeful nature, and tl
issues so directly presented to us wei
of snch a character that it would i
cowardly to give up. The object <
the Philadelphia Convention was t
solidify the vote of the North ar
West against the radicals. The issn
were made up between the Preside]
and radicals. The radicals have nc
the control of the legislative depai
ment of the Government; they hu
taken steps to obtain the control
tho judiciary department, and unie
the radicals were defeated, tin
would, before the 1st of Janna
next, impeach the President.
He said the call was made by
committee, the majority of who
were from the Republican party, b
the object was to unite the anti-w
Democrats, Republicans and othei
all consolidated to thwart and .doff
the radical party iu Congress.
Gov. Orr's address was eminent
conservative, and received the appi
bation of the whole Convention. 1
concluded by invoking the blessin
of Heaven upon their deliberation!
Mr. Robertson offered a resolntic
that the same parliamentary ru
which governed the Senate and Hot
of Representatives of this Sti
should govern this body. Adopt?
A. resolution also offered by Mr. ]
was so modified that the votes
this Convention be regarded as tak
by majority, but that auy merni
might call for a vote by Distric
>ach District voting the number
/otes it might bc entitled to in 1
Legislature.
Mr. Keitt, from Newberry, oftei
ho following resolution :
Resolved, That the delegates fr<
?adi Congressional District be e
sowered to nominate two delegates
?(?present the State at large and fe
b -legates to represent each Congr
ional District in the Convention
te held at the city of Philadelpb
>n the 14th instant; and that th'
laminations be submitted to t
Jonvention at its next sitting
heir action.
After sundry amendments had b<
i fie red, and a friendly discussion
he subject, participated in.by Me?
lampton, Keitt, Dudley, McGow
lobertsou, Trescott, T. Y. Simo
'annon and Rion, the following si
titate for the resolution was ado
d by the Convention:
Resolved, That this Convention i
roves the restoration policy of ?
ident Johnsonf as opposed to the rc
al policy of Congress, und that we
opt the invitation to unite with
onservatives of the country in
rational Convention to be held
'hiladelphia, on the 14th instant.
Resolved, That the delegates fr
aoh Congressional District shall
?nate two delegates from their
pective Districts, anti report tl
dection to an adjourned meeting
lis Convention.
Resolved, That this Convent
appeared andenrobed their names.
i&g gentlemen wey' nni?i<rt?l
lillilijll Wi to represent the ?tafe at
large, ^l JS^^^^9^^^
uw. ?on, ? c; ifr?NiW. JBon..S.
MoAiiley, Hon. J. B. Campbell, Hon.
T. N. Dawkins.
On motion of Mr. Carlington, thc
vote" was ordered to be taken vive
vow by Districts-tb? chairman ol
each District delegation announcing
the vote of his District-wj?jch'.re
suited aa follows:
Abbeville, 6 votes-Orr, WarcUaw
Perry, Campbell. r '
Anderson, 5-Orr, Perry, Tresco*
Wardlaw.
Barnwell, 5-Orr, Campbell, Perry
Wardlaw.
Beaufort, 5-Orr, Perry, Trescot
Campbell. ' .' *
Berkley, 9-On-, Campbell, Man
ning. Dawkins.
Charleston, 23-Campbell, On
Wardlaw, Dudley.
Cheater, 4-Orr, MoAlUey, Perrj
Campbell
Chesterfield, 8-Orr, Manning, Tr?
cot, Dudley.
Colleton, 6-Campbell, Orr, Tr?
cot, Wardlaw.
Clarendou, 4-Manning, Orr, Pern
Trescot.
Darlington, 4-Orr, Manning, Pe
ry, Trescot.
Fairfield, 4-Orr, Perry, Wardlav
Trescot.
Georgetown, 4-Orr, Mannin,
Trescot, Campbell.
Greenville, 5-Orr, Perry, Cam
bell, Manning.
Kershaw, 8-Orr, Perry, Mannin
Wardlaw. ? ?
"Lancaster, 3-Orr, Perry, Chesnt
Wardlaw.
Laurens. 5-Orr, Perry, Wardla
Campbell.
Lexington, 3-Orr, Perry, Ma
ning, Campbell.
Marion, 4-Orr, "Manning, Peri
Trescot.
Marlboro, 3-Orr, Manning, Peri
Campbell.
Newberry, 4-Orr, Manning, Per
Campbell.
Orangeburg, 4-Orr, Perry, Mt
ning, Campbell.
Pickens, 5-Orr, Trescot, Per
Campbell.
Richland, 5--Orr, Wardlaw, Can
bell, Chesnut.
Spartenburg, t?-Orr, Perry, Mi
ning, Dawkins
Sumter, 4-Orr, >f anning, . Per
Chesnut.
Union, 4-Orr. Manning, Pei
Dawkins.
Wilhamsburg, 3-Orr. Campb
Manning, Dawkins.
Whole number-of votes, 141.
which Orr received 141; Perry,
Campbell, 08; Trescot, 43; Manni
66; Chesnut, 12; Dudley, 25; Wi
law, di, Dawkins. 22; McAliley, 4
Messrs. On-, Campbell and Pf
were elected Delegates from the S
at large. The balloting for the for
Delegate was then proceeded wit!
Abbeville, 6 votes-Wardlaw.
Anderson, 5-Trescot.
Berkley, 0-Manning.
Charleston, 22-Wardlaw.
Chester, 4-Trescot.
Chesterfield, 3-"Manning.
Clarendon, 3-Manning.
Colleton, 6-Wardlaw.
Darlington, 4-Manning.
Fairfield, 4-Wardlaw.
Georgetown, 4-Manning.
Greenville, 5-"Manning
Kershaw, 3-Manning.
Lancaster, 3-"Wardlaw .
Laurens, 5-Manning.
Lexington, 3-Manning.
Marion, 4-Manning.
Marlboro, 3-Manning.
Newberry, 4-Manning.
Orangeburg, 4-Manning.
Pickens, 5-Wardlaw.
Richland, 5-Wardlaw.
Spartanburg, 6-Manning.
Sumter, 4-Manning.
Union, 4-Manning.
Wilhamsburg, 3-Manning.
Whole number of votes, 141.
which Manning received 71; "W
aw, 61; Trescot, ?).
Hon. J. L. Minning having
;eived a majority of the votes i
vas declared elected.
The following are the deleg
'rom the Congressional Districts
1st-R. Dozier, P. J. Moses, s
2d-W. P. Shingler, T. Y. Sim
3d-D. L. Wardlaw, S. Mc Go
4th-T. N. Dawkins, Jas. Far
Mr. W. A. Harris moved that
dficial proceedings of the Con
ion be published in the papei
he city, and that the papers oi
?.tate be requested to copy; w
\raa agreed to.
On motion of Mr. J. Barret Co
he Convention adjourned sim d
Queen Victoria hos just had
whooping cough. She took it
ome of her children. She wei
Salmond to get rid of it, bat
isturbed in her retreat by the r
at ion of the British ministry.
An advertisement under the head
of "A plan to restore the mail service
to ?he io?th," a?^reW to^e pee
ple ol Virginia, North and Scram Ca?
rolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis?
sippi. Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkan
found fte way toto several rjouwern
papers, i inofadtng the Advertiser,
without their being able, ire presume,
to answer the question at the-head of
tins article-who is Bryan Tyson, of
North Carolina? V, w.
As well for the benefit of those
who have already been duped as fa s
others he designs to dupe, we will en?
deavor to inform the public who Mr.
Bryan Tyson, of North Carolina, is.
The answer is in his own words:
He was one of the few at the South
who adhered steadfastly to thc
Union. He had supernatural rea?
sons for believing that the Southern
Confederacy waa destined to fall;
consequently he deemed it expedienl
to croea the lines, mor? effectually tc
plead the cans? of Mr. Lincoln, anc
to convince the Northern fanawi
that the great mass of the people a*
the South were with them.
I To further these ends, he publish
I ed a book, in Washington, under th<
title of "A Bay of Light," which hat
I not much effect upon the leaders o
I the South, but exerted a great influ
I euee among the masses in the inte
rior of Norm Carolina, and h? think
if he could have got it among th
people at large, he could ^hav
brought down the Confederacy loni
before it fell.
i This was Mr. Bryan Tyson, c
1881-2-3.
And who is Mr. Bryan Tyson, c
'66? Let him answer:
. We-that is, the people of th
South-must quit praising th?
head rebels, cease celebrations i
commemoration of dead rebels, sen
Southern Union men (i. e. Holdei
Brownlow, Hamilton Helper an
himself) to Congress, confer fa
suffrage on the negro, invite Yank<
school-marms to come and educ?
j the freedmen, cease abusing thc rod
I cal traitors in Congress, freely au
! render our all into the hands of ti
immaculate agente of the Burea
whether clerical or lay, and let hi
I take all the Southern mail contrae)
and get from two and a half to fl
cents on the contracts, and then r
tiently wait for the m?lenium. Tl
is Mr. Bryan Tyson, of 1866. Wh
j think ye of him, reader? Is he n
a vile slanderer of the living and t
dead, a traitor to his country and 1
God, a canting, lying, hypocrite, a
a would-be swindler of his counti
men? Shun him, spurn him, s]
upon him! He deserves to be scorn
I ed naked and bare-footed over ev?
i mile of mail route in the Sta
! above named, with a scourge nu
of asp stings and rattlesnake te?
cemented together with the froth
hydrophobia. Pass him around.
Promt Washington.
Tiie correspondent of the Bait ira*
Sun writes:
Vallandigham was here in the ea
part of this week, and was imp
tuned by a personal friend, a war
mocrat, of his district, to withdi
from the contest for delegate to
Philadelphia Convention, inasint
as there was an odium attached to
name (whether justly founded or s
which would tend to lessen the in
ence of the Philadelphia Conventi
should he be sheeted. Valiant
ham refused to give up the cont?
claiming that he is a true reprcsei
tive of thc people of his district, i
as such he will Vie heard in the C
vention, let the consequences hew
they may.
An effort will be made in a
days to~ "smoke out" Mr. Staut
and force him to take a decided p
tion with regard to the Preside!
policy. He has thus far failed to
spond to the call for the Philadelp
Convention, notwithstanding a ?
of the circular call was sent to 1
the day after it was issued, with
request that he give his views u?
the proposed Convention and
principles set forth in the circa
Some days ago, his intimate frie
grivately stated that they knew ]
tanton would, in a day or two, s
a letter to the Chairman of the
tional Union Club, endorsing
nail. There is good evidence t
Mr. Stanton talks differently to
radical friends, and it is the detei
nation of the President's suppor
to compel, if possible, a direct
unequivocal showing from the Se
tary of War, so that it may be km
whether he is in unison with the
Heal sentiment, or an unquali
rapporter of the administration.
A forgery on the Govern m
un o un ting to $50,000, has just I
lisoovered by the Treasury Dep
neut here. It seems a few days i
m unknown man deposited i:
mtional bank, in Philadelphia
traft on the Assistant Treasure
Philadelphia, in favor of Payma
Ulen, of the United States Ni
Che presenter endorsed the d
i im self, and to prevent suspic:
leposited $2,000 in cash at the h
t the same time, which he yestei
withdrew. The draft was, in
noan time, paid by the Assistant'!
urer. The draft is now pronoui
forgery, and the man has esca]
Just bofe? issued, in pu?^y^l^iMu
the Ph?nix po ver press. J&fjWj? 3?**?RT
any extent. Single copse? W ?eats.
days the blind shall see ? Habakkuk, C
oh., Hr. Verily th? word* of thejprophet
aro coming to ps??! fcw? fr?
the irorid ?rw wsfl nlgivn?Mhsi^^^M)Ssi
every quarter, and on^h? fgti^lgtV
moat trustworthy wftitfpsea,..?*^M?
formed test thc Australian psbfelss, intro -
dnced into thin country hy. Professor Bern?
hardt, are working miracle?. To an muni
tiated pereou, it seems the work of magie,
that a ma? so -near-sighted a? to grops
about tks world in brbaa daylight should,
by merely putting on ? pair of spectacle?,
be able to walk without inconvenience sun
in the night; but it can easily be explained
on scientific principles, ss any one can k
convinced who will call at tte Professor'*
OfBce, Xickerson's Hotel, "Roo? Hov 23.
Nsw Anvsstassacwrm -Attention wean?
ed to the following ?ftisatisiiunuils, ?nts?
are published thia utoiabig for tas^frwt
time:
Levin ? PetXuUe gsUteBSMi Alisto, ?e.
Melvin M. Cohen-Summer SappUe*.
J. L. Lumsden-Sufferers from Heat, i
O. A. Pink-Desirable I?ojL?~Jt
McKeasie's los Cream Gai MS* P"W*1
Martha J. Townsend sfrto^atoteasvrV
J. Meighan-Dress Shoes. ? r ?\gf?St* r
CONGRESS AKT) THE EADICUS.
What step, asks the New York Times,
oi any kind, has Congress taken in
the direction of Restoration? . B re?
sists the application of President
Johnson's ^pnnciples; to^^hat a&ei
Sherman, and Sheridan' and Thomas
restored to the Union, J?rs^eaffiT?^
ont of th? Union; has it passed any
measure dealing with them as Terri?
tories? Bas it thrown into the form
of kw any one of the purposes which
its leaders have avowed, .orj?yjgajpiy
sign of carrying Oat wnaf^nifejore:
sen ted as its wUl? ^a^it enacted the
of SonSiern property? Has it con?
ferred upon the negro the right of
suffrage? These are all radical ideas;
all parts of the great radical plan,
which members of the House w?Ltell
their constituents hss been deemed
preferable to the President's plan.
But the difference between them is
this: That the President's plan,
whatever ar? its defects, is practical;
he hus applied it practically and with
good results; while the radical plan
is impracticable, and bas amounted
to nothing, except as an obstruction.
A Demi?.-We learn from a gentle?
man who was near the scene, that a
duel was fought at Moseley's Ferry,
on the Abbeville side of the Savan?
nah River, on Satnrday morning last,
between a Captain Birch and a Mr.
Knight, young lawyers from Elber?
ton, Gu. The distance was eight
paces, and there was to be no propo?
sition of adjustment previous to the
third fire. At the second fire, how?
ever, Mr. Knight was shot through
both thighs. The wound, though
painful, is a flesh wound, and not
regarded dangerous. As usual, the
fight, we hear, was about a lady.
[Abbeville Bonnet:
WELL AND TBTTLY SAID.-The Bal?
timore Sun declares that "it is not
saying too mach to assert that no
fair-minded man in the nation at this
day believes that either Davis or Clay
had the remotest agency or know?
ledge of the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, and that it is unworthy the
lowest electioneering tricks to tty to
keep alive so foul a charge upon such
utterly irrelevant, inconclusive and
unjustly colored statements as stamp
the report of the committee as a dis?
grace to the justice of the nation."
Congressional reports, to be used
is inflammatory electioneering docu?
ments for the coming campaign, are
he order of the day. These things
should be of the judicial dignity and
character, as of old; but most of
hem, ia verity of statement and in
eason, are little above the most
ibandoned forms of partizanship.
Choy have that internal evidence of
partiality and recklessness that at
mee revokes the censure of jurists
>r other elear-headedjand just-minded
Au agent is in Chicago, HI., appoint .
d by the Governor of Minnesota,
uperintending the passage of Soan
inavian, emigrants to the latter
i tat;. 7,000 have already passed
tirosgh Chicago for Minnesota
nring this season.