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DAILY Daily Paper $8 a Year PH (EUX 'Let our Just Censure Attend the True Event.' Tri-Weekly $5 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2. 1866. VOLUME II-NO. 16^ 'THE PHOENIX, ITIil.ISIIKI) DAILY AM) Titi-WEEKLY. i EVKKY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, STATE AND ('ITV TEINTER. r - - *?>? - TER MS--LS A JJ VA NC E. SUUSCUIPTION. Daily Paper, six months.?4 00 Tri-Woeklv, " " . 2 50 Weekly, " <.. . 1 50 ADV K I IT IS ? M KN 18 Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first insertion, and 50 ei nts for each subsequent. Weekly 7"> cents eacb insertion. A lihi ral discount mad'' un /he abo oe rates token ttdcertiseinenfs art- lust ried by t!"- mouth ur Uear. <tir Special notices lo cents a line. AGENTS. .->. :'. Kimmi. Newberry. Samuel Drouthitt, Greenville C. H. . Wm. Moore, Abbeville C. H. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. II. Tile \?-\v Civil Win-. Wo have, several times within the last two mouths, felt it our duty to warn our countrymen that we stand on tlie declivity towards another civil war. The proofs that our fears were not chimerical or premature, thicken every day. Violent language and tierce recriminations have been fol? lowed, as was natural, by political riots in several cities. The public mind has been kindled to such an iu rlanunatory pitch, that men have grown reckless and defiant. Tho present state of the public mind Forebodes infinite mischief. The following extracts, all taken from the New York Republican journals, of Thursday last, show that we are not singular in supposing that the coun? try is iii imminent danger. These extracts are, of course, tinged with party feeling. They are quoted by us merely as evidence that intelli gent observers of all parties consider the present state of public feeling as critical nr.d portentous: "The great mass of our population, excited almost to the same degree as w hen the rebel p;uns bombarded Fort Sumter, will listen to no project oi reconstruction short of the accept? ance of the amendments to the Con stitution.''- Evening Post "I warn those who are now seek? ing what, they term a conservati vt restoration " of the Union, that are public cannot be "ginned together bj bayonets-that it must rest on anc he upheld by tho affections of itt people-that if the loyal blacks o the South shall not be fully enfran ehised, there will soon he. anothei outbreak of the rebel spirit nov smouldering there, oven more des? perate and formidable than tba which has cost the country such lake: of blood and such mountains of trea sure. Connt the 4,000,000 of blacl ciphers, and the rebellion has to-day what it had not in the winter of Y>() !, a decided preponderance at tin South: and that preponderance wil soon bloodily manifest itself. Then is no safety, no real peace, but ii universal justice and impartial free dom."- Tribune. "Outside of Congress, the politico stump speakers on both sides hav been yet more riotous and violent The Butlers and Brownlows nm Hamiltons on one side, and tin Sharkeys and Dawsons and Monroe on the other, have done their best t< excite the pr?judices and passions o the people, and to destroy the hies? ings of peace. Ono set of men ii the Southland, another set in th East, have used their breath unceas. i ugly to fan the smouldering ember of fanaticism and sectionalism one more into a Haine. On one side w are told that Congress is to he ford hiv entere 1 by the Southern member and the organization carried at th poiut of the bayonet. On the othc we are promised the impeachment c -.?t* the President as soon as Congress rt assembles." - Herald. "The same feeling prevailed si years ago. Few then attached in: portance to the threats of the fin eaters, or realized the crisis wilie was imminent. So it is to-day. Th explosive force of the elements wilie are at work is under-estimated. Th possibility of collision, of conflict, c civil war, is not acknowledged. Tl; causes which operate in that dire? tion are passed over as of no im mi diate importance, and the influence that are most likely to bring it aboi are persistently disregarded.'* [ Tt .tes. -- --- A race, horse having been recent] killed, in South Carolina, by ligh liing, the owner said there was Min consolation in knowing that nothii but a streak of lightning over cangl him. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE COT? TON TAX. -Thc following lotter from the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, Senator from Maryland, and perhaps tho most omi neut constitutional lawyer in the land, possesses more thau ordi? nary interest at thc present juncture. It is In reply to a letter of Hon. Chas. I. Seo<t, of Wilcox County, Alabama, containing these interrogatories: "In your opinion, is the Act of Congress imposing a three cents tux on cotton, constitutional? And would the Supreme Court of the United States so decide in the event the question was carried before it for ad? judication? NEW YORK, September 20, 18Gd. DEAR SIR: Your note of the 3d is received here. Theqnestion you have put to me, 1 have heretofore consi? dered. My opinion is that thc tax of three cents, imposed by the Act of Congress you refer to, is unconstitu? tional, and I believe the Court will so i decide. Very respectfully, your obe- | dient servant, REYEKDY JOHNSON. We learn from the Wilcox (Cam? den) Timi's that cotton planters of j that County arc concerting measures to have the question tested in the j Supri me Court. (icu. Butler, having discussed the ! justice of hanging Robert E. Eoe for his share in the- Anderson ville crime, ! the Mobile Tribune tims anathema- j tizes: "HangRobert E. Lee! It is highly just that such a sentiment of the devil should be uttered by so appropriate a medium as Beast Butler. Tt~ would have burned to a cinder, during ut? terance, any other than Butlerian lips, l t required cheeks of four-fold brass to give passage, without burst? ing asunder, to such a sentiment. A simple thief would have failed in the ; attempt to give it voice: a common murderer would not have undertaken j it; an ordinary coward would have been ashamed of It; a moderate liar would have broken down in the at? tempt. It required a perfect combi? nation of the whole-liar, coward, thief and murderer, in the foul person of the Massachusetts hero-to com? plete the incarnate fiend capable of | standing up in full assembly and i coidlv making the. proposition to hang Gen. Robert E. Eeo. " THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH RETARDED nv ITS UNSETTLED CONDI? TION. -As an instance of the manner in which the present unsettled condi? tion of the Southern States retards the development of their internal re? sources, it may be stated that several gentleman, acting as thc agents of French capitalists, have been for some time in the city, for the purpose of investing large sums in various Virginia enterprises-among others, the continuation of the James River canal to the Kanawha, thus affording an additional transportation route from the mineral regions in West Virginia. They are unwilling, how? ever, to conclude negotiations until the future status of the States lately in rebellion shall bc positively deter? mined;-and unless some speedy solu? tion of the matter is attained, they will doubtless return io Europe. [Coi\ N"ew York Herald. SENSIBLE.-The Huntsville Inde? pendent, speaking of the past and fu? ture of Southern prosperity, says, with much good sense: Our cotton crops, on which our prosperity was based, may fail from actual labor. We must have a sub? stitute for thom, and this substitute, manufacturing and mining, which white men are accustomed to and are willing to work at. And so, in order to make up the deficiency in cotton product, what we do produce may, here among ourselves, be spun into yarn or woven into fabrics--thus making tho aggregate of income equal to that which wc used to rely on in the raw material. THE HERALD ON TUE LATE ELEC? TIONS.-Tho New York J/erald, of Thursday, begins an editorial on the result of the recent election's as fol? lows : The results of the late elections are positively sublime. They re-affirm the high intelligence which pervades the Northern States, and their im? movable purpose to re-establish the Union on a solid foundation. - They demonstrate, the correctnass of our estimates of the moral significancy and pressure of the Maine election of September, and thc inevitable so? lution of the vital question of recon? struction. We forbear comment. At the meat Paris Exhibition there will be a cashmere shawl worked in arabesques of unheard of fineness. Tfc was ten years in tho workman's frame. The Amherst (Mass.) ' Express boasts of a cow owned by Judge French, which gave an average of forty-eight pounds of milk for seven successive, days. The Greenfield Ga? zette caps this with a cow owned in that place which gave 392 pounds in six days, or fifty pounds per day. The Boston Cultivator hereupon steps in and takes them all down with a Holland cow, imported by W. W. Chenery, of Belmont, which gave 744 pounds in ten days, or an average of 74'4'?pounds per day. ENGLISH OPINION.-The London correspondent of the New York Sun writes that the people of England are tai.ing a great deal of interest in the party war on our side, and the policy of the President is, as it should be, warmly applauded. The majority of our thinking men believe that John? son is doing all good to his country and cementing the Union; while tho radical party are doing all they can to ruin us, and would destroy thc Union if they had the power. Mr. Johnson is understood to be? lieve that Iiis impeachment will be attempted; and he has ordered bar? racks for 30,000 troops to be erected at Washington. Perhaps that indi? cates the reception he intends to give his enemies; but unless he can have the Governers of Xew York and Penn? sylvania on his side, his friends will not advise forcible resistance to the radical schemes. A Western editor lost his sweet? heart, but he has all that made her lovely. He has her curls, her frizzle, her waterfall! He has her spiral palpitators, her store teeth and her calves. He has put all things in their order-has them hung on wires -and intends to melt a little girl and pour her into the fixings and have another Miranda. Prominent among the passengers on the train recently wrecked on the New York Central Road, was a man whose only injury was a coat badly split in the back and arms. He was wildly walking the aisle of a car, ex? claiming: "It will cost this company a pile to settle with me. I tell you, it will cost $10,000 to pay me for this hurt." Among the amusing incidents of the Portland fire, is one where a per? son took out of his store a package of envelopes, and left one article worth thirty dollars to be destroyed, and another where a lady was seen with a new tin pail on her arm, while her silver ware was left to burn in the house. Tho Pickens Courier says: "We regret to learn that, on the night of the 5th instant, Cato, a freedman, shot and killed Joseph Williams, of Anderson District. The occurrence took place near Salubrity, in this District. The freedman has been arrested, is now in jail, and will, we presume, be tried next week." SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS.-During the past month, 2G.671 acres of the public land were disposed of at the following designated local offices: Humboldt, Kansas, 5,549 acres; Falls of St. Croix, 1,042; Brownsville, Nebraska, 11,089; Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 4,525; Sioux City, Iowa, 4,G6?. It is said that Emperor Napoleon will employ his leisure hours, while at Com'eigne, in collecting materials for his projected history of Charle? magne. The work will be com? menced so soon as "The Life of Cosar" is completed. The French Government intends to introdude the Prussian military system into France, dividing the army into the Line and the first and second Landwehr. It is calculated that France will then be able to call out one and a half millions of soldiers, at short notice. A despatch dated New Orleans, October 10th, says: "Cotton advices are very discouraging. The general estimates of this year's crop now amounts to less than 1,000,000 bales." Much attention is being given in Georgia to the raising of tea. Samples of black tea of fine quality, of native growth, have been exhibited, and it is said the plant flourishes remarkably well on the coast. The Winchester (Va.) News has been shown a stalk of corn contain? ing twenty-six ears. Very prolifia stock that. DENTISTRY. , HAVING opened my oftico permanently in Columbia, I may bo found at all hours at _ the residenco of Mr. M. H. Berry, (opposite the Catholic Church,) on Assembly street. ' D. P. GREGG. June 12 GOLDEN SLQAR-IIO? SE SYRl P ! STEAM REFINED SUGAR LOAF .SY? RUP -an extra article. Ort j JOHN C. SEEGERS A CO. SPECIAL NOTICES. SWEET OPOPONAX FROM MEXICO! New, j very rare, rich and fashionable perfume. ! Thc finest ever imported or manufactured j in thc United States. Try it and bc con- ? yinccd. A ?EW PERFUME! Called Sweet Opoponax j from Mexico, manufactured by E. T. Smith & Co., New York, is making a sensation ! wherever it is known. Is very delicate, ' and its fragrance remains on the handker- j chief for days. _ [Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. SWEET OPOPONAX! New Perfume from | Mexico. Thc only fashionable Perfume ! and ladies' delight. . SWEET OPOPONAX! The only elegant Per- ? fume. Is found on all toilets, and never stains the handkerchief. SWEET OPOPONAX! In thc sweetest Ex- | tract ever mad?. Supersedes all others, j Try it once; will use no other. SWEET OPOPONAX! Ladies, in their morn? ing calls, carry joy and gladness, when perfumed with Sweet Opoponax. MARRIAGE ANO CELIBACY-An Essay of Warning and Instruction for Young Men. Also, Diseases ami Abuses which prostrate the vital powers, with sure means of relief. Sent free of charge in scaled letter envelopes. Address Dr. J. S KILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Associa? tion, Philadelphia, Pa. Aug 15 8mo COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP. This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such universal demand, is made from the choicest materials, ii mil?! and emol? lient in its nature, fragrantly scented, and extremely tu-Hrflcial in ?ts action upon the skin. For sal?; by all Druggists and Fancy Coeds Dealers. March 28 Iv BATCHELOR'* II AIR OYE. The Original and Pest in the World. The only true and perfect MAIR DYE. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid black or natural brown, without injuring tlie hair or skin. Remedies the iii effects nf bad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine is signed William A. batchelor. Abo, RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifying the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR. Oct 25 ly NYw York. To TUE DEBILITATED AND THE DKCREPID. For general debility and exhaustion of the powers of nature, whether occasioned hy sickness, fast living, constitutional decay, old age, or any other physical or mental cause, the one thing needful and indispen? sable is HOSTETTER'S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTEBS. When the lire of life seems to be absolutely dying out in the system, and the mind, sympathizing with the body,is re? duced almost to a state of imbecility, this mighty restorative seems, as it were, to lift the sufferer out of the .-lough nf de? spond, and recruit and reinvigorate both the frame and the intellect. An (dd farmer in the Valley of the Monongahela writes thus to Dr. Hostet ter: "I can compare the operation of your Bitters upon me to no? thing hut the effect of a rain after a long dry spell in the fall of Hie year. Thc rain falling on Hie meadows starts the second ero]) of grass, and your wholesome medi? cine seems to have started a second crop of life and spirits in me." And this is truly the effect of this grateful and power? ful preparation. Ladies of weak constitu? tion, or whose strength has been impaired by bickness or age, lind it a most effica? cious and delightful tonic, and it is admi? nistered with great success in marasmus or wasting of the flesh, to young children. In fact, it is a much safer and surer cordia' for tiie nursery than anything advertised specially for that purpose. Oct 5 +G A NEW AND GRAND EPOCH IN MEDICINE. Dr. Maggiel is the founder of a new modi cal system! The quant it arians, whose vasi internal doses enfeeble the stomach ant paralyze tho bowels, must give precedence to thc man who restores health and uppe titc, wi di from one to two of his extraordi nary Pills, and cures the most viralen sores with a box or so of bis wonderfulan< all-healing Salve. These two great speed fies of the Doctor are fast superseding al the stereotyped nostrums of tho day. Ex traordinary cures by Maggiel's Pills anc Salve have opened the eyes of the publie t< the inefficiency of tho (so-called) remcdiei of others, and upon which people havo 8( long blindly depended. Maggiel's Pill? an not of tho class that are swallowed by tin dozen, and of which every box full takei creates an absolute necessity for another Ono or two of Maggiel's Pills suffices ti placo the bowels in perfect order, tono tin stomach, -jreate an appetite and render tin spirits light and buoyant. There is n< griping and no reaction in the form of eon stipation. If the liver is affected, its func tions are restored; and if tiie nervwus RVS tem is feeble, it is invigorated. This las quality makes tho medicines very desirabl for tho wants of delicate females. Ulcerou and eruptive diseases aro literalljteextiii guished by thc disinfectant power of Mas giel's Salve. In fact, it is here announce that MaggieCs Bilious, Dyspeptic and Bim rhcea Pills cure where all others fail. Whil for burns, scalds, chilblains, cuts and a abrasions of the skin Mangier* Salce is ii fallible. Sold by J. Maggiel, ll Pine stree New York, and all druggists, at 25 cent per box. July 20 ly SUGAR-CTO?D SHOULDERS! ALMOST equal to Hams. Aug ?V) JOHN C. REEGERS A CO. 'BETTER, LATE THAN NEVER. JUST fi???iV?0 ! FT i\f\ BUSHELS WHITE and KLLOW COHN. f JV/V/ 4,000 lb?. Baltimore* SIDES ami SHOULDERS. Extra fine Sugar-cured HAMS. 50 Backs SALT. .>:, boxes CA.NDI Es 25 bbls Super. FLOUB. 5 bbls. SELF-RAISING FLOUR 6 kegs GOSH EX BUTTER. 10 bbl?. SUGAR. A.. assortment of line CUACKERS. Together with a fine assortment of WINES and LIQUORS and a varied -dock of HOUSE-KEEPING ARTICLES- all td which will be sohl ai thc LOWEST VU1KFT PRICES FOR CASH. Call and examine for vourselves, at S. S Tl ER I'D A X cf: 0 0.' S, Corner of Co rv?is ?ind Assemblv streets, Oct 5Hmo Next to thc Washington House. H. E. NICHOLS & CO., General Insurance Agents, Stock and Exchange Brokers, COLUMBIA, S- ?O REPRESENT, among others, the following well-known FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES: QUEEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY ot Liverpool and London- -author? ized capital ?2,000.0(1(1, or ncariv.?1(1,000,0011 UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY. New York capital and assets over. 3,000,000 INTERNATIONAL, New York capital and assets nearlv. 2,000,000 SECURITY, New York capital and assets.. . 1,500,000 HOME, New Haven - -capital and assets. 1,500,000 MANHATTAN, New York- capital and assets. 1,100.000 NORTH AMERICAN, New York capital and assets. 760,000 HOME, Savannah. Ga. capital and assets. 500,000 SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND TRUST, Savannah-capital and assets.... 500,000 Risks taken on BUILDINGS, MERCHANDIZE, COTTON in store and on planta? tions -Household Furniture, Hints. Leases. Mortgages and every description of pro? perty hable to IOSH or damage by. tire, on thc LOWEST TERMS. Policies issued pay? able in gold or enrrenev, and looses promptly paid. ?ETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMI'ANY, Hartford -capital and assets nearly $4,060,000. This liberal and g?nerons company presents great inducements to those who feel that life is uncertain, and who desire to make a CERTAIN provision for those near and dem. who otherwise might suffer when thev are gone. SELL EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK; in sums t.. suit, at the usual rates. Internal Revenue Stamps, of all denominations, for sale. Ollico, for the pr.-sent, corner of Washington and Assembly streets. Sept Ot?mo -ETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. Assets, .lune, 18(56.$3,000,000 Income for vear ending June, 1866. ow r. 2.800,000 IQ OK P0L?C1ES issued in June, L86B. DIVIDENDS declared and paid annually. (00') Fiftv per cent, dividend declared January I, 18(56. TEN PAYMENT LIFE AND ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES. .V 0 .Y - F O /.' F F. I TA li L F. . $20,000 will be insured -n a single Lile, where the physical condition is unexceptionable THIS IS THE ONLY NORTHERN COMPANY THAT RENEWED ITS SOUTHERN POLICIES AFTER THE WAR. Thc only certain provision for vonr family Ls a policy of LIFE INSURANCE. Do not delav to place those m ar a nd dear above the contingencies of accident or chance. Call on ' ??. E. NICHOLS & CO., Agenta, July 22 3mo Coi ner of Assembly and Washington streets, Columbia, S. C. .-W#?fV Hv^?VSft?Ti ? .^$m*?W |f E HORACE L. EMERY. ,l [ ""'.^y.jT- ~ *&*5rWa*s' HORACE L. EMERY & SON, PR O I'RI K 7 '0 RS . 1 XI) MA XA < i F RS, Hamilton Street, Corner of Union and Liberty Streets, Albany, N. Y. H. HERBERT EU KUY. NAME H O T I C ? AND T O TRADE T H 32 MARK. PITB?a IC AS other parties are advertising themselves as having purchased the property ami business of the iva-, rv Agricultural Works, increased their facilities, and are con? tinuing the business, thc c'lYec! .d' which, it" not thc intention, is to divert the patronage and business from the well known and long established EMERY'S ALBANY AGRICUL? TURAL WORKS of this city, the proprietors of these Works, in self-defence, and to inform their patrons that they still live, beg a careful perusal of the following card: Tho above celebrated Works were originated and erected during th-j year? 1847, '-?8 and '40, by the present senior proprietor, who has (with short interruptions) been con? stantly connected with them as the principal manager, and since 1865, in connection with his junior brothers, under the style of Emery Brothers. During che summer of 1862, he attended the World's Fair at London, with some of his leading inventions, and remained abroad nearly two years, engaged in successfully establishing their manufacture. In the meantime, owing to embarrassments and losses, the firm of Emery Brothers, consisting of Wm. B. and (1. W. Emery, made an assignment, and these entire works and business were sold, amt purchased by other parties, and tho said linn ceased to exist from November 1. 1862, leaving the brothers, Wm. li. and G. W., hopelessly bank? rupt. On bis return from England, in the early part of 18(54, the present senior proprietor negotiated for and re-purchased the entire interest, real and personal, in and to these works and businoss, including its entire accumulation of patterns, working machinery and its business, and continued the same, with the aid of Wm. B. and G. W., to No? vember 1, 18(54, when ho assumed ils entire management on bia own account -Win. B. and G. W., for a very valuable cash consideration, preferring to relinquish all antici? pated interests and retire therefrom, and with the intention with these funds of com? promising with their creditors. He has since associated with him his oldestson, HORACE. HERBERT EMERY, under the style and name at the head of this notice, and continues tho business, in all its branches, at the old stand-than which no more complete establishment of its kind exists in thecountry. They have largely increased their facilities, made many new and valuable additions and improvements to their already large assortment of machines, which their expe? rience and observation, at home and abroad, have suggested as desirable. Tho senior member of the firm is the pioneer of this business here, and he has been the designer, protector and patentee of all the leading and successful machines which have given the wida celebrity to these works; among which are the EMERY HORSE POWERS, COTTON GINS "and CONDENSERS, Threshing . Machines, Sawing Mills, Cern Shellers, Churning Machines, Cotton Openers, Ac., all of which t hey now offer the public on the most liberal terms, and a continuance of their patronage is solicited. In the articles of Cotton Gins and Condensers, they are the only parties manufactur? ing them with the improvements which have given these (?ins tho precedence and their world-wide reputation, notwithstanding other parties are now representing that they have purchased the Emery Agricultural Works and are%yakmg these celebrated ma? chines -as a glance at the facts and their machines will satisfy the most common observer. The property which was purchased !>y said other parties, and called the Emery Agri? cultural Works, consisted of a recent collection or machines, tools, patterns. Ac, by Mr. Farr, with the services of Wm. B. and G. W. Emery, and located in the village of Bath, in an adjoining County, and in value about $5,000 to $7,000; tho tw > Emerys tak? ing employment with tho new organization. Wo again solicit the attention of the agricultural public and trade, and assure them that nothing will be spared to maintain th?' well-earned reputation of our wares, which we offer on the most liberal terms to tanners, planters and dealers. Circulars H nd price lists sent gratis on application. L.EMERY & VA. a Address A. R. COLTON, wi o has been i?UQ?v*^^e-a? ... . ?t^~r . duly appointed our exclusive agent for Co .lil rrj*,-. :vi^/S^.^^l^\^(|9Mte-'hnnbia and adjoining Districts, from whom ^l^^^^^^^^^T^ above machines can bo obtained; also.