The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 11, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Kerning, Sept. ll, 1866.
Tne President. 4
There hnve heen intimations pub?
lished in several of tho papers that
the President, daring; lu? present
tour, might extend his journeyings j
through some of the Sc athern States.
Tho City Coaacil of Nashville, we
soe, hare invited bim to visit that
city, and one correspondent iron}
\Vashington mentions that bia proba?
ble route back to-that city would be
through this State, Noarth Carolina
and Virginia. .,
If such is the determination of the
President, and his journey homeward
is to be by the route indicated, it
would be a matter of interest, and,
perhaps, of importance, that he
should visit Columbia. Our people
would delight to do him honor, and
as our unfortunate city has occupied
a prominent position among the
closing scenes of the late conflict,
and us it has been the theme of pro?
tracted discussions in the newspapers
both North and South, and is so to
this day, we would be glad, if possi?
ble, that President Johnson could
see for himself the extent of the ca?
lamity that befel her on the memora?
ble night of the 17th of February,
1865. He would see what some of
the Southern people have suffered
and lost, and wonld more highly ap?
preciate the honor and sincerity of
the people of this State in so promptly
accepting the terms and conditions
he offered as a means of restoration
to their old place in the Federal
Union.
From present indications, this ex?
tra session of the Legislature will
continuo long enough to greet him,
should he pass this way, on his return
home; ?nd we would, thc-efore, re?
spectfully suggest that this body take
some action in the premises, and in?
vite him to visit thia city, and extend
to him the hospitalities of tho State.
Our city authorities, we are sure,
-would co-operate in making arrange?
ments for that purpose. Such an in?
vitation would be a merited compli?
ment to our worthy Chief Magistrate,
and even if he could not accept nt
this time, it might induce him to
visit us hereafter; at all events, it
would be ? manifestation of our re?
spect and esteem, and of gratitude
for the patriotic and manly coarse he
has pursued in his dealings with our
arch-enemies-the radicals.
A Renegade.
Ex-Attorney-General Speed, a citi?
zen of Louisville, Kentucky, was
chosen President of the mongrel con?
vention. It is stated that he was ap?
pointed to the Cabinet, by Mr. Lin?
coln, not for his qualifications, but
because he was an old-fashioned Abo?
litionist, and in the hope that such
au f lenient in his Cabinet-taken
from a slave-holding State-would
gain strength to the policy which the
radical pressure has driven him to
adopt. 1 : ? ' ? '
As legal adviser to the Government,
ho has shown himself incompetent,
and his speech, on takirg the chair of
the mongrel convention, proves that
he wa? unfit toir the high position he
quit, or was driven from, os a man or
a gentleman. He speaks of the
President, his late political chief, os
the "tyrant at the White Honae;"
and in such kindred remarks as be?
fitted tho occasion and the conclave
he addressed His malevolence, as
exhibited in his speech, demonstrates
that ho was nnworthy of an office, or
to be associated with aigh-toned
officials or gentlemen.
SOUTH CABO LINA BANK Norn.
The First National Bank of Charlotte
buys South Carolina bank notes at
the following raies-as we learn from
the Times, of Monday:
Bank of Camden, 53; Bank of
Charleston, 21; Bank ..f chester, 21;
Bank of Georgetown, 21: Bank of
Hamburg, 17; Bank of Newberrv,
58; Bank of South Carolina, 16;
Planters' Bank, 15; Bank of th?
?tate of South Carolina, before 1861,
22; Commercial Bank, Columbia, 18
Exchange Bank, Colu^biaT 17
hamers* and F^han^Bank, o'
Merchant?' Bank, oHjheraw, * 21
Peonies Bank 46; Planters' ??
Mnchanws Banka, ai; SonUi-western
Railroad Bank, 55; State BanTa.
Union Bank, 60. n*' 8
Hon. William B. Reed, one of the
counsel of Mr. Davis, in the event of
his trial at the next session of the
United States Circuit Court, which
meets in Richmond next October
visited his client at Fortress Monroe
on Wednesday.
- cu-i wrtrw tm Ofclo. . i
We have ao^Te cheering n?ws fr?&n
the ftrtb-wait, notwlfc?tarifting ?ie J
few
^ensit?demonstnO?onsof black- j
guar?fem t?waMs the President and j
his party in tba* region. Wc uro ?
gratefnl to obeervo *hat the Demo- ]
crats and conservatives of .Cincinnati j
act in convention en Tuesday last,
and nominated G. A. Pendleton for
Condren fa the First, and Tfconms
Cook in the Second District. Mr.
Pendleton ia well known as n Con?
gressman, and Mr. Cook as President
ol the Cincinnati Chamber of Com?
merce.
Mr. Pendleton, on receiving his
nomination, addressed the convention
in a strong conservative speech, from
which -we extract:
"That question is union or dis?
union; peace, fraternity and strength,
on the basis of the old Constitution ;
or discord, division and weakness,
until we sholl try the experiment of
a new one; the ?estoration of the Go
uernment on the practical Unionism
of Andrew Johnson and the Philadel?
phia Convention, which has my hear?
ty and cordial support, or secession
made effective by the disunion, ne
I gro 8nffrage, centralizing j olicy of
t^o radicals in Congress. I meau
that Philadelphia Convention which
met two weeks ago, in order that, by
fraternal conference, it might unite
the thirty-six States-not the Phila?
delphia Convention which sits to-day,
to perpetuate the disorganization of
tl e States on the basis of a union of
colors.
"This great war could not pass
away without results. It is not like
the breeze which leaves no trace. We
wore told thftt the doctrine of seces?
sion and the institution of slavery
were the only parents of discord in
our Union j
"The doctrine of secession was put
upon the issue of battle. The deci?
sion was against it, and tho Southern
people, by the action of their State
Conventions, and by the unanimous
declaration of their delegates at Phil- j
adelphia, have abandoned it as a rule
of political action, and the basis of j
political organization.
*The institution of slavery was also ?
involved in the conflict of ormu, a"d
it, too, under the action of the South?
ern States, has passed away forever.
"These are the results of the war.
They are universally recognized, and
the question is, whether these results
having been thus attained, the people
will restore tho Union to its integrity,
resume ono flag with thirty-six stars,
and rebuild the shattered fabric of
tho Government."
To the people of the North-west,
the question is thus presented in a
nut-shell. It is to be hoped they
will not recklessly throw away the
fruits of victory, to follow tho wild?
fire of radicalism.
M i MS lo ii ? ry Oraton.
The New York World notices that
the Evening Post is still harping on
its favorite theme of sending Repub?
lican missionaries to the Southern
States. We have already expressed
onr views in relation to this matter,
but the World takes a different view
of the suggestion, and thinks tho
movement one of the most desirable
that could occur just now to tho
country at largo, for the following
reasons:
First-It would immediately ami
forever stifle the abominable false?
hoods which tho radicals have been
'-? > industriously circulating as to the
dangers which Northern men incur
in the South. Second-It would ope?
tho eyes of thousands of well-inten?
tioned >?.it ignorant Northern men,
as to the 'rue character of the much
vilified, peaceful and suffering people
who are being constantly pictured to
their frenzied imaginations, as blood?
thirsty "rebels'* and "traitors,"
ready to plunge the country into
another civil war. Third-It would
be the best schooling iu the world for
such radical incendiaries as Phillips,
' Stevena, Wade, Butler, and others,
not only by showing them the deadly
I fruits of just such attempts of de?
stroying the Union, as they are now
I advocating, but also on account of
tho excellent lessons iu "loyalty,"
and support of the "Union, the Con?
stitution, and law," which they would
get from our late foes in every por?
tion of the South, and which rebel?
lious spirits like our radicals, are just
now so seriously requiring. By all
moans, let our Northern rebt ls have
\ tl J benefit of a little Southern edu
1 cation.
I Andrew Johnson said the other day,
at a way station in New York, where
he Avas enthusiastically greeted by a
large crowd, that he was for saving
the Constitution and the country, aud
if anybody's party come in conflict
with it, the party might go to tho
devil or anywhere else. He did not
stop to consider what party was to
lie taken care of before tho country.
He had always been on the Constitu?
tion and the Union, he still stood
there, and he was going to fight it
out on that line. Tf anybody eau
improve that ?peech, we /jhould like
. to see it.
We ha** no desire, not do we wish
lo spare space for ranch cf the prc?
feedings rf the motley assembly in <
Session at Philadelphia, daring the
past week. As might have been ex- j
pected, there was no harmony among 1
the dark spirits convened. As the *
Richmond Times saya, the most
animated proceedings of the Conven?
tion were literally punctuated with
"yells," ''cat calls," "hisses,"
"shouts" and an unceasing under?
current of cursing and swearing. We,
therefore, do not wish to dirty our
columns with an account of their
proceedings. The resolutions adopt?
ed entirely ignore the negro suffrage
question, and thus Sambo finds
himself still left out in the cold. The
character and quality of the resolu?
tions will appear from the following,
which we select:
Resolved, That the unhappy policy
pursued by Andrew Johnson, Presi?
dent of the United States, in its
effects tipon the loyal people of tho
South, is unjust, oppressive and in?
tolerant; and accordingly, however
ardently we desire to see our re?
spective States once more represent?
ed in thc Congress of the nation, we
would deplore their restoration on
the inadequate conditions prescribed
by the President, as tending not to
abate, but only to niagnfy, the perils
and sorrows of our condition.
Resolved, That the political power
of the Covern ment of the United
States in the administration of pub?
lic affairs is, by its constitution, con?
fided to the popular or law-making
department of the Government.
Resolved, That tho political status
of tho States lately in rebellion to
tho United States Government are
political questions, aud are, there?
fore, clearly within tho control of
Congress, to tho exclusion of tho in?
dependent action of any and every
oth^r department of the Government.
\ Resolved, That thero is no right,
political, legal or constitutional, in
any State to secede or withdraw from
the Union; but they may, by wicked
aud unauthorized revolution and
force, sever the 1 elations which they
have sustained to the Union; and
when they do, and assume the atti?
tude of public euemies at war with
tho Unit a States, they subject them?
selves to ? il the rules and principles
of intern-.tional law and the laws of
war applicable to l>elligerents, ac?
cording to modern usage.
Resolved, That the organizations in
the unrepresented States assumiug to
bo State Governments, not having
been legally established, are not
legitimate goveruments until recog?
nized by Congress.
Tho resolutions were adopted
separately, aud a committee appoint?
ed to lay them before Congress. A
motion to make Fred. Douglass one of
the committee was received with
hisses, aud ruled out of order by the
chair.
Fred. Douglass, at a gathering, ofter
tho adjournment of one of its ses?
sions, thus gave his opinion of the
convention:
Frederick Douglas was called for
and cams forward. He came hore a
few days ago, he said, with nn
mingled feelings of admiration. He
was compelled to say now that he
liked the men before him better as a
public meeting than ns a convention.
I Applause. 1 He wished the conven?
tion, as a convention, were half as
true to their convictions as tho men
who compose it were when in a muss
meeting. Ho ... appealed to the
audience to adopt principles of jus?
tice, liberty and humanity.
The Richmond Times sums up its
comments on the proceedings tus fol?
lows:
The resolutions remind us of the
play of Hamlet with the character of
Hamlet left out. Tho convention
was opened by Tilton, white man,
walking in arm and arm with Fred.
Douglass. For several days thousands
of perspiring, odoriferous, griuuiug
and grateful negroes were bespatter?
ed with praise and hailed as saviours
of their country; but when Til ton's
black companion asked for the right
of suffrage, Tilton pleasantly kicked
him ont of doors.
I And poor Coffee is just now scratch?
ing his thick skull and vainly essay?
ing to find out what substantial bene?
fits his mean white associates have
conferred upon him, after all their
hubbub and noise.
COOLIE LABOR.-A Chinese Com?
missioner, named A. II. Yue, is on
his way to the Atlantic States from
San Francisco. He is accompanied
by an interpreter and by Mr. Robert
Stritchlan, who has been many years
in China. The object of A. H. Yue's
visit to the East is to iutroduco Chi?
nese laborers into the United Strttfcs,
and with this view ho will travel
through the Southern, Western and
Eastern States, offering to furnish
field hands.
There was an accident to the Presi?
dential party at Schenectady, New
York, which uptripped the President,
and came near being a serious affair
to several bystanders. The cars were
put in motion which moved the
plunk on which the President stood.
Wm.-The Southerner Z&JB:
, sale-day, passed off wi?h
& incidents. There was a
e gathering, and some pro
was sold. The rain of the
3ortT Crop, the probability of
the cotton being stolen from the
fields, and the session of the Legisla?
ture were the topics of conversation
found most interesting.
Speaking of a penitentiary, the
Southerner says:
The establishment of a State peni?
tentiary is being advocated ably and
?d?cious?y, We think, by some of the
?ding papers of the State. Oar cir?
cumstances seem so evidently to call
for an institution of this kind, that
we suppose the proposal will meet
with general favor.
KERSHAW.-The Camden Journal
has the following items:
We have heard, within the post few
days, much cot. plaint of the rust in
cotton. It will doubtless shorten
the crop in this and adjoining Dis?
tricts.
We aie informed that the Camden
Bridge Company will commence re?
building the bridge ere long. The
period within which they are re?
quired to complete it or forfeit tho
charter is, we believe, moro thau two
years from this date, but we trust it
will be done in much less time.
In an article on the branch railroad
to Camden, the Journal says:
At an evil hour for us, the Direct
I ors of the South Carolina Railroad, in
their wisdom, sacrificed our interests
for tho benefit of other more import?
ant sections of the road, which they
believed we would have assented to
if we could have known the difficul?
ties they had to surmount in tho re?
pairs of the road at that time.
Admitting that such a necessity ex?
isted in 1865, doea it justify the con?
tinuation of the policy in throwing
out fifteen miles of our road, stripped
of its rails, as unimportant, leaving
to the chance of profits on the road,
to restore it as the nett prolits will
enable them to raise $150,000 to buy
the iron? Can wo suppose- that if
fifteen miles of any other part of the
South Carolina Railroad should, by
any accident, be destroyed, that the
company would wait a day longer for
profits to reconstruct? Are ve not
I the victims of the tardy, slow and
I uncertain policy?
j BAUKWELIJ.-The Sentinel says:
! The post office at Graham's Tarn
? Out, in this District, has been re
\ established, and Mr. Caleb J. Bow
I man appointed postmaster.
Speaking of sale-day, the Sentinel
; says:
Several tracts of land were disposed
I of by the Commissioner in Equity and
i the Sheriff. Quite a crowd was in at?
tendance, and the bidding spirited,
notwithstanding tho stringency in
the money market. After thc sales
were over, we wore visited with the
heaviest fall of rain that we hnve had
for months. Tn this section, the corn
crop is slim-many will not niak^ a
third or half crop; others, again, will
make enough to do them, but none to
spare. Cotton, we understand, is
turning ont pretty well, and with
good seasons for a few weeks, the pea
and potato crops, we hope, will make
np many deficiencies in other re?
spects. Nothing of interest trans?
pired worthy of note during tho day.
Thc Political Fnlurc.
We extract the following from an
article in the New York Herald:
Aud now where stand we? If the
policy of Congress is to be endorsed
by the people at the coming elections,
then, indeed, we may abandon all
hope of seeing thc States consolidated
into a Republic, one and indivisible.
Will the people endorse it? We hope
not. We believe not. It may be
that the Republican party will have
a controlling majority in tho next
Congress; but we think it will be a
majority that will be no more over?
powering. The people are deeply
disappointed with the present con?
dition of public affairs, and want to
seo peace and harmony between ali
sections re-established. The triupmh
al procession of President Johnson is
daily and hourly winning over to his
sensible policy thousands who before
were opposed to it. Let him continue
and extend his tour and the effect will
be beyond all estimate Not only
will its effect be great on the approach?
ing elections, but we should not be
surprised to see it produce a convert
j ing influence on the Republican
members of thc present Congress, lt
may not yet be too late for them to
save their party. Let the conserv?
ative Republicans, warned by the
??gus of tlie times, go to work,
organize au opposition, take into it
the conservative Democrats, undo
thoroughly the destructive work of
the lust session, get control of the
fortieth Congress, and taking np
Gen. Grant as their caudidate for
the Presidency, they may yet bo able
to savo their party, and at thc same
time save the country.
An enterprising Yankee visited the
County of Fanquier, Vs., recently,
and succeeded in engaging twelve or
fourteen of Mosby's men to go North
und ride tournaments. He is to foot
all expenses, furnish them with fine
horses, and pay them three dollars a
day. He approached Mosbv himself
with a proposition; offering him fifty
dollars aday, and grad nally increasing
tho offer to one hundred and twenty
five, which was declined.
R?LEA?W OS- MB? DAVIS,-More than
alf-a-doz?n times, in one paper aud
nofeer, ?d aoqjSaex, &e? the four
rord? put together as u our caption. <
Ve tremulously draw it up to the i
eading distance, and ainsi it turns i
iut to be that ?Ir. Somebody, the <
eliable correspondent of such a
niper, says that he heard Capt. A.
ell Col. B. that he (Capt. A.) heard ,
hat President Johnson told Senator ,
3., who told Gen. D., that he (Prosi- ;
lent Johnson) intended to release '
WT. Davis. How sickening it is to
he heart of one who feels as he
ihould, for the prisoner, to read these
;ruelly lying words, that "Mr. Davis
s soon to be released," when day fol?
lows day, and week follows week,
?id the tantalizing falsehood is re?
heated again and again, as if with
ghoulish mockery. And, after all, it
may be so, that Mr. Davis is soon to
be released-released by Him who
hath said: "If a ruler hearken to lies,
all his servants are wicked."
President Johnson has already too
long suffered Mr. Davis to linger in
that noisome dungeon. He has par?
doned men a thousand times wicked?
er in every respect. If that dungeon
door is not opened in ten days it
need never be opened, so far as the
fair fame of the President is con?
cerned; for our honest belief is that
a down-trodden people, thus vicari?
ously incarcerated, after he, (the
President,) at Philadelphia, smoked
with them the calumet of peace, can |
never forget or forgive him, however
much they mav try.
[Griffin (Ga.) He-raid.
RESIGNATION OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
"VIEWS" ON THE PR?SIDENT.-Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin, Collector of the
Port of Boston, tenders his resigna?
tion in a letter to the President,
dated August 28, in which he says:
"I do not fail to observe the move?
ments and efforts which have Iv ?n
and are now being made to organize
a party in the country, consisting,
almost exclusively, of those engaged
in the late rebellion, and their allies,
who sought by other means to cripple
and embarrass the Government.
These classes of persons, with a small
fraction of others, constitute the or?
ganization. It proposes to defeat
aud overthrow the Union Republican
party, and to restore to power, with?
out sufficient guarantees for tho fu?
turo and protection to men who have
been loyal, those who sought to de?
stroy the Government. I gave all
the influence I possessed to (-reate and
uphold tho Union Republicau party
during the war, without the aid of
which our Government would have
been destroyed and the rebellion a
success. With such a party ns has
been inaugurated, and for such pur?
poses, I have uo spmpathy; nor can
I acquiesce in its measures by my
silence. I, therefore, tender to you
my resignation of the office of Col
j lector of Customs for the District of
Boston and Charlestown, to take
effect from the time when a successor
j shall I,; appointed and qualified."
A Haleigh (N. C. ) paper exposes
the aims of the so-called "loyal
Unionists" in that State, by stating
that thev have but one principle, and
perhaps but one aim, and that is to
wrest tho offices of the country and
the control of public affairs from the
hands of the former secessionists and
Southern war men, in order to enjoy
them themselves. Beiug .* hopeless
minority, they have no prospect ol
affecting this, only by thc disfrau
chisement of the masses of the people,
and hence, for tho sake of promoting
their own advantage, they are willing
to embrace tho entire radical pro?
gramme, at the risk of the utter over?
throw of tho Government of oui
fathers, to secure which, oceans ol
blood may be shed.
We regret to learn from the Talla?
hassee Sentinel, that Bishop Rutledge
? is now very ill in that city, with bul
I very little hope of recovery. His
j disease is cancer in the mouth.
CHATTANOOGA BRITKIE.-The Co?
lumbus ?Sun says that this importanl
j link in the railroad connection be?
tween Alabama and Georgia, at thal
I point, is now eoniolete.
Miss Evans, of Mobile, author ol
I "Beulah," and Mrs. Wurfield, ol
i Kentucky, author of the "Household
i of Bouverie," both have novels in
j course of publication by Carleton.
A Washington letter says that the
Attorney-General has already engaged
I competent phonographers to attend
the Davis trial early in October, te
j take notes for the Government,
j A school for girls, to be called tho
Stonewall College, is about to be
established at Ripley, Mississippi.
Cotton speculators at Columbia,
Tenn., are offering to coutract for the
coming cotton crop at twenty-five
cents per pound.
Clapp, recently re' ?vcd from the
Buffalo post office, is making a noise
about it. He wants to go to Congress
aud get revenged.
NATIONAL, Exi-?tESS.-We observe
j iu the New Orleans papers that this
j company is now in full operation
i from the Potomac to New Orleans.
John L. Francis, the colored King
street barber, who, for over forty
years, has conducted bnsme.o in
Charleston, died on Sunday last.
It is the current belief in Paris,
that the Emperor Maximilian will
abdicate the throne of Mexico.
Dr. O. Holmes is said to he writing
a story of American Ufe.
Head Centre Stephens was to h?
in Cincinnati on Monday night.
-All mails arc
>pen for delivery at 8 o'clock in the mora?
ng, and clo?e af follow?: Northern, 6? p.
n.; South Carolina Railroad, 8 p. m.;
Charleston, 9 p. m.; Greenville, 9 p. tn.
TUE B?BNINO or COLUMBIA..-An intc-r
CBtinR account ol thc "Back awi Pestrm
tion of the City of Columbia. S. C," lia?
jual boen issued, in pamphlet form, from
the ?'/WCT(> livrer prow. Onions Ulled to
aoy extent. Price 60 cents. Copies can be
obtained at this office and the bookstores.
JEWISH NSW YEAR.-We notice that yes?
terday and to-day are the fi mt and second
days of "Tish ri, 5627," corresponding with
tho tenth and tbe eleventh days off Sep?
tember, 1866, which are the Jewish New Year
holy days. On Wednesday, the tenth of
Tinbri, or September ti e nineteenth, is the
Day of Atonement, or "?oine Kippur."
Our Jewish friends will close their places
otb usinons on these days, and religiously
perform the duties enjoined by the laws of
their ancient faith.
FAT MEN.-Our corpulent readers will
not ot " t if we say a few words in their
favor. "a said to be a fact that no fat man
was ever convicted of murder. Stout people
are not revengeful, nor, as a general mle,
are they agitated by violent gusts of pas
I sion. The fellow who work? with skeleton
keys is generally a lean and wiry indivi
I dual, as be can only force himself through
holes scarcely large enough to admit a cat.
Imagine a fat man doing these things, and
then imagine him alarmed and running
away, with a policoinau after him. Corpu?
lency is not the aigu of villainy, but rather
of good nature ami good will to all men.
Music I* nra PARK.-By direction of
Gen. Green, thc Tost Commandant, the
band of the 6th United States Infantry will
( perform in the Park, this afternoon, 11th
I instant, at 4$ o'clock. The following is the
programme:
1. Overture from Thomas' Opera, "Le
Vair."
2. x olka-"Rovers."
li. Potpourri-"Tourt."
4. Waite-"Lurline."
5. Overture from Adams' opera, "La
I Poup?e ?lo Nuremberg."
I 6. Song-"Happy bo thy Dreams."
7. Mureil-"Army."
j To D KAI .EBB nt "TUE ARTICLE."-A eon
! temporary says that it ls not generally
I known that the Act of Congress, approved
j July 1, 1666, makes it incumbent on ell
holders of spirituous liqui>rs in quantities
of fifty gallons and over, to report the fact
to the collector of thc district in which Che
?ame may be stored or owned, at'once. The
neglect of this duty on thc part of sjic'u
owners or holders, subjects the party to a
heavy fine and two years' imprisonment.
On being net ided, thc collector report* to
the inspector, who proceeds to gauge and
brand the vessel containing tho liquors.-*'
A.'. F.'. M.-.- -RESTITUTION. -- We exam?
ined, yesterday, some jewels of thc order,
returned from Fort Wayne, Indiana
transmitted by S. D. Bayliss, D. G. M., for
Indiana. Mr. Bayliss mentions that he
received them from a United States .soldier,
a member of his lodge, who states that he
obtained them from a colored man in Co?
lumbia. Tho jewels aro silver cross
swords and a silver trowel, wiffe tba fel?
lowing inscription: "Columbia-BlstJSriic
llull, founded April 22, 1822. Chapman
Levy, W. M.; W. F. DeSausaixss, J.="W.;
John Bryce. S. W." Thc jewels were ma?
nufactured by Alexander Young^and by
him presented to Richland Lodge, No. 39.
A.*. F.\ M.-.
MEETINO OF SCUMERS.-Tho attention of
all surviving members of Bonham's, Ker?
shaw'*, (.'..nuera and Kennedy's late bri?
gade of the Confederate army, from this
State, is called to the notice in another co?
lumn. Tho brigade that has passed
through the leadership of the above gal?
lant commanders was the oldest in the
Army of Northern Virginia, and was the
right brigade of tho right division of Gen.
Lee's army, and participated .n all the bat?
tles of the war-from tho first battle of
Manassas uutil tho surrendur at Greens?
boro, they having been transferred to
Johnston's army.
Wo hope the meeting of these veterans
will be fully attended, and that the re?
union will be pleasant and profitable.
TUE COLUMBIA POST OKPICE.-It might
be thought that the resolution of Mr.
Hauckel, in the Legislature, tended to
reflect on the management of the pout
office litre, on account of tho ddlay jax thc
delivery of tho maila. Tho facts are, that
th? mails do not reach the office until
abont 84 o'clock p. m., and cannot be open?
ed and ail distributed and put up in the
boxes til Op. ni. Those having key
boxes . . obtain their letters and papers
after that hour.
We presume Mr. Hauckel'a resolution
referred moro particularly to the late hour
at which the Charleston train arrivtal,
which is the cause of the in convenience to
our citizens. As tu the maaageme- t of
the post office, at this point, wa may say
that Mr. Janney's deputies, Mr. Lea pb art
and his assistants, are as courteous arid
obliging officials as can be found anywhere,
and oven after 9 p. m., while they reiv.aiu
in the offies, putting up the Northern
mails, we are sure they weald hand papers
and letters to those whose business ur?
gently required them to have them.,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention ls call?
ed to tho following advertisements, which
are published this morning for tbe first
time: .- til ?j ttjslg IfMjfl
II. ?i Pelt-Mules Stolen.
Meeting at Niekerson's Hotel. *
R. O'Neal A Son-Superior Cotton Gin?.
Kdward Sill-Chewing Tobacco.
Levin A Peixoito-Auction Sale.
John OL Seegers A Co.-Tobacco, Ac.
F vopening of Citv Male Free Schoo I.