The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 22, 1867, Image 2

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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, February 22, 1867. Manufacturing in this State. We learn from a private corres? pondence, that Mr. William Berry, the proprietor of thc Pendleton Fac? tory, in this State, designs to enlarge its capacity for more extended opera? tions. For this purpose, ho desires to increase the capital stock of the establishment to 860,000, in o .1er to carry on the business more profitably, and on a scale better suited to the capacity of the mill. To accomplish this, he proposes to raise a joint stock company, by selling about forty shares, of $1,000 each, retaining twenty shares himself. The laetoiy has been profitably operated by Mr Peny for the past six months, ami paid a protit of twenty per cent, on the capital ;;lock in that time. We would be glad to see Mr. Perry and all others engaging in manufac? turing in this and other States of thc South meei, with success, and thc proposal made, we think, offers a good opportunity for those who have the means and the inclination to em? bark in the business. In the success? ful establishment of cotton manufac? tories throughout thc South, we be? lieve, depends much of hex tuturi prosperity. The figures and statements oi Eastern cotton mills show thc larg< pro?ts of these establishments. Col ton will be grown probab y for som< vcars to come by th" ireedmcu win remain on thc plantations, or who disappointed in their migration West ward, will return to their old homes but still we have many in ever Southern Stale, the employment o whom in factories would n*>t on! support them, but aid materially ii building up the fortunes of thc South The local manufacture of the stapl in the neighborhood where it i grown, as estimated by the best au thorities, will, at the lowest calcul; lion, m it double, the price of th raw staple packed and sent oil* t foreign manufacturers. These result are matter of statistical and matin matieal certainty, and cannot be db puted. In tho present impoverishe condition ol the South, her peopl should uso every effort to realize bot values of the staple. To have som idea of the increased profits to th local manufacturez*, as well us th planter, they must add to tin; plan ors not returns and the factor's eon missions in Charleston, or some otk? Southern shipping port, tho profit of Lowell and .Manchester. What these profits are, wo find coi doused in a letter written by tim Patton, <>n the subject, some weol ai*o. in Lowell, there ari: len larg manufacturing establishments, 1 carry on which the aggregate c&pit; is S13,0*X),000. The cotton consume annually, 100,000 bides; the numb? of yards ot cloth produced (cxcli sive of yarns) was something ovi 100,000,000; the number of oper fives, ?nosily women and childrc: 12,(1(10. To luise the amount of eu ton manufactured by these mill would require at least 30,000 fie laborers, und yet it is converted in vam and cloths by 12,000. Tho pr cess of manufacturing- the cott< doubles ils value, and yet. this on requires 12,000 women and childrc while the raising of the cotton i ?pures 30,000 hands. The writ? then, pointedly and forcibly says: "These are plain and positi figures, taken from sources of u doubted reliability. It will bc; se at once that tho dividends paid upi these Lowell mills must bo liigi remunerative. 1 have before mc comparative list of dividends recen declared for several of the incorj rated fact ios at Lowell, and el where in the North, and they ran from twenty to forty per cent. \ annum. It would, perhaps, be si to place the average at thirty j cent., thus showing that the anni profits equal nearly one-third of 1 capital invested. No dividend wh: I have seen reported is as low as I legal interest of Alabama. Statist such as these tell their own sto They are safe and unerring guides all who may seek to ascertain I profits of manufacturing; and sur they afford ample encouragement Southern enterprise of this char ter." We trust that the people of South will so promptly avail tin selves of this new field of indust enterprise, apparently providenth opened to them by the diminutior their agricultural labor, that we si have the pleasure of chronicling springing np of factories all over cotton region of the Southern Sta The Sherman Bill. It seems by our despatches, yester? day morning, that Sherman's bill, by skillful manipulating, passed the j House, and, it was stated, would pro- j bably pass the Semite. It is some- ' thing rasier than Stevens' bill, giving \ the appointment of the military go ? vernors of the Southern States to the President, instead of the General of the army. But the measure is not yet a law. It will be vetoed by the President, will have to pass over the veto, and then will lind its way to the Supreme Court, where it will be declared un? constitutional. Wc will take the earliest opportunity of placing the enactment before our readers, when we get it in authenticated form. In its transition between thc two Houses of Congress, it has been so much amended and changed that it would be useless to give a synopsis of what we thought it was. It must reach us iu a day or two, as it will have passed both Houses; but we do not think it will ever be? come an operative law. Til? Future. The Newnan (Ga.) Herald, speaking iu reference to the emigration of the negro to th? richer cotton-growing regions of thc lower valley, and thc fact that the old Southern States must begin to diversify their indus? trial energies, says, with much good sense: But il we. partially abandon the cultivation of cotton, we will, ol' ne? cessity, be forced io adopt other means of money making. Nothing truer and nothing easier. We aro favored with a. climate ami soil adapt? ed to'"the growth of the apple and peach. The former are now soiling in our market for two dollars and a hali' or three dollars per bushel, while dried peaches are vert!'., in the New York market, ?'rom thirty io thirty-live couts per pound, or ten or twelve dollars per bushel. These facts should convince every om* hav? ing the smallest knowledge of arith? metic, that a large orchard will pay better than a "cotton patch." j Again, -we have water power suili ! eient to turn wheelsenough to manu? facture goods for world's consump? tion. Why is ii that the citizens of Middle Georgia cannot buy the cot? ton delivered at their doors and con? vert it into shirting and calicoes, and sell thom as cheap as the Northerner, who pays the freight on the. raw ma? terial over a thousand milos of rail? way, and then the freight on thc manufactured goods over the same linos'.- We know not. The South? ern man has everything in bis favor. Will we avail ourselves o?' the advan? tages which tlio (?oil ol' nature has give?! us? If wc do. a bright future awaits us-ii we do not, its darkness no man eau io retell. -.-?--> Tin- Fenian itisitig. The New York Times, of Tuesday, has tho following cable despatch, dated London, evening ol' the 18th: The cause of tin- Pinnau outbreak in tho South ol' Ireland is yet buried in obscurity, though the telegraph linos which run through the disaffect? ed district are again working, and communication has boon restored. Some say that it was caused by the arrest of the American officer, Capt. Moriarity; while others say that this prompt ai'rest prevented a general rising of the irish. Tlio British Government had news of the affair early on the 12th inst. An upper servant in the household of tho Earl of Kenmore had received two anonymous notes, stating that a rising was planned in Killarney, and that tho leader would reach Killarney from Cahirciveen that night. Con? stables were immediately sent to in? tercept him. They met a wagon, on which they lound Moriarity, whom they took into custody, and upon searching his person, found letters confirming the assertions in the anonymous notes. Tho Fenian plan was to attack Kil? larney, capture the place, and then mareil to Cork. But the immediate despatch of troops from Cork to Kil? larney by (lon. Bates, and the celerity of Cail. Ilobsford's movements, de? feated the wdiole plot, and caused the insurgent band to disperse. ALABAMA IMMIGRATION BILL,-A bill has been submitted to the Ala? bama Legislature, by the Planters Convention, at Selma, proposing that, upon the application of partie.1 before the Probate Court of anj County for laborers, accompanied bj a bond to indemnify the expense in? curred, the Judge may pledge tin State to pay the the necessary ex penses of the immigrants applied for That upon receiving the ceitificah of the Judge, the Governor shal issue a Treasury warrant in favor o the Judge sending the certificate and that money shall be paid over t( Commissioners of Immigration, o whom these shall be appointed-on< i to reside at Montgomery, another a' I Mobile, and the third at such poim as may be indicated by the Governor Upon these commissioners will de volve the duty of obtaining and tor warding to the applicant, the immi grant laborers ho desires. Stair Items. RELIEF.-A portion of the citizens of York District met last week at Rock Hill and adopted resolutions agreeing to raise a sum of money t be laid out iu corn, wheat or baco in such proportions as may I,, thought judicious, and to be shipped to the care of persons appointed by those interested, for the relief of the people of that regiment, so far as may be practicable after supplying each person subscribing, to their agreement. Sahl urti rles to be de? livered at COST, and expenses incurred on economical principles, free of any profit. LUNAR RAINBOW-.-The Chester Standard says: This rare and beautiful phenome? non was distinctly visible on the night of the 17th inst., commencing at 7 o'clock, and continuing for the space of a half hour. The moon was enveloped in a luminous halo, which, in turn, was enclosed by a double circular ring, displaying the prisma? tic colors. The entire exhibition was ?LS splendid as it is unusual. To PRINTERS.- A half interest in the Chester (S. C.) Standard is offered for sale. CONFISCATION PROGRAMME. Thad. Stevens, on Monday last, used the following language: "The President has already, as far as he is able, and illegally, pardoned and restored to these rebel traitors property which was confiscated by the .-Vet of 1S?;I>: and he had done that in defiance of the law. hast Saturday, a gentleman from Alexandria came to me-one of the judges there-and told me the case of an old gentle? man who had bonghl some ?17,000 worth of property under a tax sale of* the Gaited States, but that the rebel whose property il imd been came re? cently with thc President's purdon and an orde* for the restoration of the property; and an ejectment has been brought in iii" Statecourt, and. beyond all question, the recovery will be iia>i. Sir, more than two billions, belonging 1 o thc United Suite's, con? fiscated not as rob', ls' property, but as enemies' property, has been giveu back to enrich traitors. Our friends whose houses have bei n laid in ashes, whose farms ha vi'boon robbed, whose cattle have bren taken from them, and whose houses have boon rilled, are to go forth suffering and labor? ing, white Wade Hampton and his Black Horse Cavalry aro enjoying their millions of dollars, and while ?ill these men along the Valley and elsewhere, with their manors of 30,000 acres, arc still enjoying them. God willing, and I living, there shall be a question" propound id to this House and this notion, whether a por? tion of the claim . of ?oyal men shall not be paid by the confiscated pro? perty of rebels. But this bill cuts us all out. This bill is helping the Pre? sident to take from the people that which belongs to them, and to give it back to traitors." -<.? THAT SECRET MISSION.-The New York Herald, of the 10th, says: The secret mission of the steamer Gettysburg, with frederick Seward and Admiral Porter on board, has been unearthed. Tho intention w.is to purchase the island, of St. Domin? go fora coaling station. President Cabrai thought the plan a good one, but demanded cash down, and plenty of it. A largo amount of specie had been brought aboard ?it Annapolis, but at Port Royal, .Jamaica, the sail? ors broke into the ward-room where it was stored, abstracted three bags of it, and deserted the ship with their booty. But a reward of $100 being offered for the recovery of tho money, the search for them was very brisk, and one of them was caught, with a fortune on his person. He was turned over to the first lieutenant, who, it is said, compassionately re? turned tho money to him and sent him ashore. Thus the "missiona? ries" had not money enough to pur? chase St. Domingo, and. after recu? perating their health ?at Nassau, returned disappointed to Annapolis. A REPUBLICAN PICTURE OF CON? GRESS.-A Washington correspondent writes to the New York Post: "The Republicans are by no means united. A part of them, in both Houses, do not really desire to com? plete any practical method of recon? struction. They mean to keep the Southern States out as long as they can, to treat them as harshly us pos? sible, to force through Congress mea? sures which shall increase instead of diminishing the divergence between the President and Congress. These men oppose the Blaine amendment to the military bill, and insist on the passage of the military bill alone. The violent and extreme Republicans in both Houses exercise an influence disproportioned to their numbers, by reason of their virulence and intole? rance. They denounce as a copper? head every Republican who offers to differ from them, and exercise really a system of terrorism, which has broken down the independent judg? ment of very many, and makes some of the ablest men in the House and Senate so anxious to avoid their pro? scription, that they are silent or ac? quiescent in measures which their judgment condemns." Massachusetts contributes a pupil to Gen. Lee's College, in Virginia. He is the son of a hard-shell old De? mocratic lawyer near Boston. TTIT. Noi?Tir CAROLINA COSTMISSION EIIS.-The following action was taken iu the North Carolina House of Com? mons on the 15th, in relation to the North Carolina Commissioners: Mr. Moore, of Hertford, offered the ollowing resolution, which was adopted : Whereas, his Excellency the Go-j 1 vernor, in the discharge of his official duties, did commission and send to .the authorities at Washington city, i men, eminent for intelligence and I position, to confer with the Executive I and Legislative Department of thc j Federal Government, on matters and i things touching >he future well hoing ; of our people; and whereas, this General Assembly may be called on to pass upon propositions concocted i and matured by the friends of order j and constitutional liberty there; and i whereas, a majority of these Com ? missioners are now in Haleigh, ready and willing, doubtless, to oommuni I cato to the members of the Legisla j turo the result of their observations i in tho Federal capitol; therefore, Resolved, That a message bo sont Ito tin" Senate, proposing to hold a joint convention of the two Houses, : on Monday next, at 12 o'clock, in thc i Hall ol' the Commons, und that Messrs. Brown, Boydeu, lianes and ! Leach bo requested to meet the con ! volition, and make such revelations as will enable the members ol' this : General Assembly to enter upon the important subject of Federal rekitious uni lorstaudincrly. Tm: OBJECT OF TJIE WAI:. allouai IntvlUneneer sa vs: "Ti tion ol' Exactly so. Here is an indictment which would precipitate a seraph into tiio burning lake. Li, as is here con? ceded, the North is so thoroughly ! perjured, how eau the South be blamed for refusing belief in Punic faith? [n tho preface to "(Jil j Blas," il is recorded that a shrewd fellow, seeing this epitaph, ''Here lies the soul of tin; licentiate Pedril I lo," dug dirt and found gobi. Over the head-board ol' radicalism, some j satirist may carve: Here hes the soul of Sandford Conover. Fat-headed, I indeed, will bo he who puts spado to I that pit, seeking treasure of any de ' seription -even Butler's spoons. [ A ttr/usta Con.ttUutio)ialist. Tut: TARIFF.-A Washington pa-1 per. of Tuesday, says: Tho Committee of Ways and Means ? have tied heavy weights enough upon j the tariff bill to carry it under. The 1 opinion is that no legislation can sase it. They have put up the duties) upon linseed oil. zinc ami other arti- j oles; advanced the duty on all kinds' of s'oel half a cent on a pound ' over tie- Senate proposition: ad? vanced duly mi woolens, carpets, | Ac.; abo on hardware general-1 ly. The Senate amendment to ad? mit breeding animals free of duty is; struck ont. The committee advanced duties on juto, homj) and flax largely above tin- Senate rates. Tho Senate provision allowing the Pacific Rail-j road to buy other than American rails has boon stricken out. As tin4 bill ranges, duties average from 75 to 150 per cont., and up wards. On salt, the duty is consider- ' ably higher than 250 per cent. The present complicated state of ; tlio bill, and tho general disposition | to complicate it yet more, will proba- . hiv ' ill it. So say good judges. ISSUE OF RATIONS TO TUM DESTI? TUTE. -Capt. Samuel Piad?, CI. S. A., bogan the issue ol' rations to tho des? titute of this District, on Monday, 11th inst. During the six days suc? ceeding that date, and ending Satur? day last, ho rationed fourteen white males, 100 white females and chil? dren, twenty-six colored males andi 155 colored females ned children, ! making 301 persons issued to. To j these, in tlio aggregate, (the rations j being for ten days,) 1,515 pounds of pork, 1,200 pounds of corn meal and ? twenty bushels of corn were issued, j Capt. Place bas now made reqnisi- i tion for jackets, pants, frock and j overcoats, brogans, blankets and dress and underskirts, for issue, spar-1 ingly, to the destitute. [Sumter Watchman. ' ? MONET. ORDERS.-The postal money , order system is proving a great eon-1 vrnienee, and is increasing in nil our | cities where such offices exist. In Savannah the Postmaster averages I, twenty orders a day. Orders are is- ' sued in any amount not exceeding ! j $50; and not exceeding 8150 can be j issued to the same person on one post ! j office in one day. The fees of money ; < orders are 10 cents for an order not ? ? exceeding $20, and 25 cents for over j 820 and not exceeding 850. This L system of transmitting small sums of | money is rapidly increasing in public favor, and Postmaster Harris now j sells some twenty orders per day. j 1 The radicals of Indiana talk ot ' | impeaching the Supreme Court of 11 that State, for having decided that I tho law imposing a tax on dogs, is j j constitutional. ! i ANOTHER IMPORTANT D?CISION.- j Tho Montgomery Advertiser says ot* a recent decision of thc Supreme Court of Alabama: Tho case of Haw? kins vs. Nelson was an action of deti? nue for a hors<> in Walker Circuit Court, and the Supreme Court de? cides that when: ahorse, th?' property of ..- non-combatant, was tukenbythe army of the United States; was aban? doned by them and left on the plain? tiff's premises, and was afterwards regained by the owner, the plaintiff cannot recover him from the owner, by action at law, without showing that the seizure by tho army was authorized by the law of nations, as recognized by the published general orders for the regulation of the United States army. ? ? m CRIME IN NEW YORK. In the city of New York, there were, during the your 186G, no fewer than seventy-one homicides and murders, without in? cluding numerous cases of death by drowning or other means, where it was not clear whether or not tl ere had boon foul play. Only thirty three persons were arrested for these crimes, and tho records of the courts show only fifteen convictions, (seve? ral of which wore offences committed in a previous year,) with nineteen prisoners still to bc tried. That is to say, of the perpetrators of clear and unmistakable homicides in New Vori:, more f1 au fifty per con', are not arreste . . and nearly eighty per cent, arc no punished. The Memphis Acaht,?:h, notices the case of Col. Harbut. formerly of the Confederate army, who is now dying'iii the City Hospital, in Mem? phis, from the effects of having swam the Mississippi in escaping from a baud of jayhawkers. After thc war. Missouri, coutrarv to thc advice oi his friends, a.; he'hud been outlawed by th" radical Legislature. JiV reached the spot to ibid his dwelling a smoul? dering ruin, it having been set on fire, and his children having been burned alive in it. While he was gathering tlieir remains, bc was sci upon by a party of over b!i> men, from whom be barely escaped in tin manner slated. THE CULTURE OE- COTTON.-The success which attended the culture o cotton last year in the vicinity o: Petersburgj'as well as in other part: of lower Virginia, bas so favorably impressed tho agricultural public at to lead to its probable introduction into districts where the plant ha: hitherto been an entire stranger. I is stated, on good authority, that tin tobacco planters of the fertile Dan ville district-the finest tobacco pro duciug region in tho State-havi made extensive arrangements, by tin purchase of Fertilizers, for exchang ing their former favorite crop, it considerable part at least, for that o cotton. -*> . - SALT IN CHIMNEYS.-The .Bostoi Transcript recommends that in build ing chimneys, brick-layers shonh put a quantity of salt into the morta with which the intercouses of bric] are to be laid. The effect will b that there will never bo any accumu cition of soot in the chimney, fo the reason that the salt in the poi tion of mortar which is expose? absorbs moisture every dump day The soot, thus becoming damp, fall down into the fire-place. -*> . -?> AID FOR THE SOUTH.-The Ne) York Stock Exchange held a meei ing Friday morning and passed th following resolution : "Resolved, That a donation c ?5,000 be made for the purchase c food and other necessaries of life fe tho suffering poor of the South, an that the same be placed for that pu) pose in tho hands of the Souther Hol i ol' Commission." Private letters received in Ne York say that Thomas Carlyle ii tends paying America a visit th year. Carlyle has done much t alienate the feelings of our poop] recently, but no doubt he would t well received as one of the gre*, thinkers of the time. The lette] say he has at heart a sincere admin tion of the United States and its cit zens, and is extremely anxious t know more of them. The Baltimore Gazelle thinks it bard to tell whether the country In uot as much to dread, at this mi ment, from the timid subserviency < what is called "conservatism," ; from the downright desperate wicket ness of those who confess themselv< radicals. In itself, perhaps, one mr be worse than the other, but tl cowardice of the conservativi strikes us at all events as by far tl more contemptible of the two. --??. . The Nashville Union and Dispatt says: "We arc informed that the rai teals are very busy in the work > initiating our colored fellow-citizei into the leagues. They are, we lean required to take an oath upon admi sion, the exact purport of which h not yet been discovered: but the o ject of it is understood to be the sn |)ort of the radical ticket at the balle iiox. Irish criminal statistics indicate Detter moral condition. The ye 1805 presented a smaller number persons for trial than any year du ing the last ten, being a reduction ii per cent, on those of 185G, or ! per cent., allowing 12 per cent, f the reduction of the population. Liooal Ixoioo.? Dou't forgot thc Varieties to-night! Pays two for ono.fifty cents admis? sion and dollar's worth of fun. The President of the Columbia Memorial Association requests that persons in Columbia and vicinity will sont mo's, cuttings, shrubs, ever? greens, &c., to the Cemetery, to tho care ot' Mr. Williams, nf, the Porter's Lodge, for the purpose of decorating tho soldiers' enclosure. AGENT GREENVILLE ANO COLUMBIA RAILROAD.-We are pleased to learn that Maj. ll. il. Walton, formerly agent of the National Express Com? pany, has boon appointed lo till the above office. From past experience, we think we can safely commend bini as a competent officer. Wo aro indebted to the Rev. Wm. Martin for a copy of the Minutes of the South Carolina Conference ol' the "Methodist Episcopal Church, for 1S61, 1865 und 1866. An almanac for 1867 is under the same cover, and tin' pamphlet is offered at twenty-five cents. It is from tho Charleston WeeJdtf Record Printing House. A MONSTER. - Air. Conductor Med loek placed on our table, yesterday, a vegetable monster- -a turnip weigh? ing niue pounds three4 ounces, ami measuring two loot three inches grown by .li. IL (billin, Esq., ol' "OG. This is but a sample of a Sold of these esculents, which the Colonel uses ]) ri :n-i pa I ly for feeding stock, although human heines ?iud them far from unpalatable. Wonder if this was not thc "turn-up" that Mi cawber was waiting for? There is no necessity to go to Florida ortheWest, when we have hinds in this part of ?he world ties. ?uau THE ENBEREXDENT ENGINE.-It ap? pears that we were somewhat iu error with regard to the rejuvenation of tin4 "Independent's" engine-so we have been informed by the "old gentleman." The credit of fitting up. the machine is due to ( roorge Shields. Esr}., President, and those connected with the City Fire Department, com? posed of members of thc indepen? dent, Palmetto and Pheonix fire com? panies-a portion ol the '?depart? ment's'' ft;ads having boen set apart for the purpose, and each member being assessed to make up the defi? ciency, as all were voluntarily en? gaged in a common ?MUSO. Wt; have made this statement only with the earnest desire ol' "rendering unto Ctcsar," etc. THE NEW HOSE CARRIAGE. We stated in the Phixni.c several days ago, and published a description of the apparatus at the tin:-4, that tin New York Firemen's Association in? tended presenting the "Indepen? dent's," of this city. with a new and handsome hose- reel. Sine' then, we have learned some further particulars relative to the matter, and the pre? parations which are being made by our Columbia firemen to receive it. The reel, with a, full complement of hose, is to be shipped from New Y'ork for Charleston, on Saturday, the lid of March. A committee of ten will leave (by land) for Charleston, on the same day, arriving in the Queen City tho Tuesday following, where they will take charge of the reel and put it in thorough order. Preparations have been made by the firemen and City Council of Charleston to enter? tain thom, and they will likely re? main there until Thursday morning, the 7th, when they will leave for Co? lumbia. The following gentlemen compose the Committee: Henry Wil? son, President; William Lamb and Louis J. Parker. vice-Presidents; Ro? bert Wright, Secretary; Capt. J. W. Downing, J. Frank Burns, Abraham Cleamao, Tobias Laurence, John H. Froeligh and Orlando Rockfelloe. Arrangements are making in thiscity to give the committee4 a proper recep? tion, and make their stay as pleasant as possible. A ball is to be given in Janney's Hall, on or about the 7th of March, and from the favorable opi? nions which have been expressed with reference to the matter by all parties, there will doubtless IK a large gathering of the fair sex, and as a consequence, it will prove a de? lightful entertainment, as where V. e ladies lead, the gentlemen are sure to follow. We shall publish the full programme of the reception in a few days. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is cali? ea to thc following advertisements, which arc published this morning for th? first time: E. & G. D. Hope Flour, Bacon, AC. Fisher .V Lowrance hatter. Meeting Truste s Female College. Colgate's Aromatic Vegetable Soap. - --??>? A NATURAL AXLT.-Nature has yielded to Colgate & Co. sume of her most valua? ble properties, which ar.- embodied in tlio Aromatic Vegetable Soap manufi-' *?? this firm. Vegetable oils and ^v cially cleansing articles are car?.?. jm pounib.-d in tho preparation of thi- p all varieties of which may be rel-' n.