The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 13, 1867, Image 3

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l?y TeleKrap?.. I Expressly for tlie bolmnb?a Pkc?nix.] ?-'M H 'foil-i&k'**- JW .~ .qto* News liam?. NE* YORK, Juno 12.-Iri tho o&se of the.heirs of John R. MoMustagh vs. tho International Lifo Insurance Company of London, a verdict for plaintiffs w as rendered. It establishes a mle-at least as regards foreign companies-that premiums paid in Confederate money during the war are valid. The rosin yard of Lofferts & Smith, Brooklyn, was burned last night. Loss ?50,000. WASHTN?TON, Jnne 12.-It is semi? officially stated that Sheridan's actions regarding Gov. Wells are not ap? proved. In the opinion of the Cabi? net, there is no warrant or law for the romoval of State officers. A motion for a new trial in the Conover caso will be argued this afternoon. An immense crowd is departing to witness Colyer nnd Aaron fight, which occurs to-morrow morning. CHARLESTON, June 12.-Arrived Steamor Souder, New York. Sailed Moneka, New York. RICHMOND, June 12.-This morn? ing, two committees, appointed by tho two wings of the Virginia Repub? lican party, nt tho conference last night, met Senator Wilson and threo other delegates from the Union League Clubs of Now York, Phila? delphia and Boston, at tho Ballard Mouse, whero all existing divisions of sentiment were adjusted. Hou. J. M. Botts accepted, on behalf of the friends of tho Charlottesville Conven? tion, a proposition for a joint con? vention of the two wings, as follows: Tho unconditional Union men of Virginia, and the Republican State Committee, and the undersigned citi? zens of tho Stnte of Virginia, who here avow themselves unconditional Union mon and members of the great Republican party, call upon all others of like condition, as common sufferers, not to throw away this golden opportunity to rescue our? selves, o?r children and our State from the arms of those who have brought nothing bu; war, desolation, want and wretchedness upon our land, to meet in council in Richmond, as more convenient than Charlottes? ville, on tho first day of August next, nt 12 m., in the African Church, for ibo purposo of extending and per? fecting tho organization of tho" Re? publican party, commenced by the convention assembled at Richmond on the 17th day of April lost. The call is sigued by tho Repub? lican State Committee, Gov. Pier? pont, Hon. J. M. Botts, L. McKen? zie, of Alexandria, and some 300 others. The reveuue receipts from tobacco in this district, for the past month, were $250,000. Gen. Schofield received complaint that E. J. Kump, one of the regis? ters of this city, had been aiding the Confederates; and, investigating it, fouud no cause for the charge. This complaint was proffered by freedmen, and is tho first made in tbis?State. WASHINGTON, Jane 12.-All tho Cabinet were present when Stanber ry's opinion regarding tho powers of district comraauders was discussed. It was approved by all except Stanton, who was silent on the subject. Grant was not present during the considera? tion of tho opinion. He is adverse to the arbitrary removal of State, and, it is understood, of municipal otters. ^Bf'enue receipts to-day $903,000. Tho motion for a uew trial in the Conover caso is abandoned. He leaves for Albany penitentiary to-night. Alabama epicures aro luxuriating upon green corn. COMMEKC1AL ANO FINANCIAL.. NEW YORK, Juno 12-Noon. Stocks strong. Gold ol%. Money G(ayj per cen I. Flour dull and un? changed. Wheat declining. Corn dull and lc. lower. Pork lower $21.70. Cotton quiet, at 2G??. 7 P. M.-Cotton active and firmer, with sales of 3,900 bales, at 27. Flour dull and heavy, and declined 10c. Wheat dull and declining. Corn heavy and declined l(a>2c. Pork heavy and lower, at $21.60. Lard heavy, at 11%@13. Gold 87k'. LONDON, Juno 12-Noon.-Consols 95. Bonds 73. LIVERPOOL, June 12-Noon.-Cot? ton quiet-uplands 11V; Orleans 11%. Estimated sales 10,000 bales. Corn 35s. 9d. LIVERPOOL, Juno 12-2 P. M.-Cot? ton firmer. No other changes since noon. 7 P. M.-Cotton closed with slight improvement; prices rather moro active; middling uplands ll^(o\ ll^d.; Orleans ll-r'8d- Sales 15,000 bales. LONDON, June 12-2 P. M.-Bonds declined }?. 7 P. M.-Consols 94%. CHARLESTON, June 12.-Cotton in? activo, with sales of 20 bales; mid? dlings 24j.j?//,25. BAi/rmomj, Juno 12.-Cotton dull, at 26. Coffeo stead}-. Corn weaker; white $1.02; Western mixed 94. Pro? visions quiet. Lard dull. AUGUSTA, June 12.-Sales of cot? ton 66 bales-middlings 23,'?. NEW ORLEANS, Juno 12.-Sales of cotton 2,000 bales-middling 24@ I 21>.i. MOUILH, June 12.-Sales of cotton 1,200 bales-middling 23* SAVANNAH, Juno 12.-Cotton quiet and steady-middling 23 t.j. I The Montgomery Advertiser pub? lishes tho following letter from. Mr; Thad. Stevens to a citizen of that State: LANCASTER, May 21, 1867. DEAB Sm: We do not confiscate loyal men, nor rebels, unless they aro rich; few men suffer-not enough, I fear; some innocent man will, I fear. THADDEUS STEVENS. This is a curious document-indi? cative rather of tho writer's fixed purpose to push his confiscation pro? jects than of any clear idea as to the mode of carrying it into effect. If Southern property is to be confis? cated, it must be by law; how can a law, which must be equal iu its ope? ration, distinguish between the rich and the poor? Mr. Stevens and Gen. Butler aro determined to build up a Southern party called Republican, on the sohemo of confiscation. They expect to get by that bribe the whole negro vote and enough of tho white vote to control tho Southern States, and this calculation is not so wild as it may at firs!; sight seem. But if thc Republican party allow these men to fasten confiscation upon them ns a | party measure, they will lose more | electoral votes by it in the North j than thoy can possibly gain at the South. The project meets no sort of favor with the Republican press gen? erally, and wo presume it will be promptly squelched at the next meet? ing of Congress.-Nine York Times. Ax END or WARS.-A ohemist, of Marseilles, professes to have invented a new preparation of Greek lire, which, unless the description is out? rageously exaggerated, will certainly put au end to all war. With this ter? rible agent of destruction, the in? ventor claims that he could envelop in Hames au army of 100,000 men, from a distance of 1,000 yards, with? in less than five minutes. In a naval battle, he could run into tho enemy, and, in lifteeu seconds, cover his decks with a torrent of flame, which would burn the rigging, penetrate tho hatchways, and instantaneously stifle all tho crew. Tho invention seems to have one little drawback, how? ever, which may prevent its geueral introduction; for, ns the chemist himself naively admits, "neither vic? tors nor vanquished would return from the field of battle" on which this terrible fire was used. In fact, as both armies would be destroyed, it would puzzle historians to decide which was the victor and which the vanquished. We often hear of thc humors of the bench and the bar, but the jests of the jury-box, if only collated, would be quite as amusing. The other day. in the Supreme Court here, a civil case was on trial. The suit was im? portant, thc lawyers labored, and a full day was occupied. The jury were faithful and attentive, aud one Prus? sian juryman, of Bismarokian face, was observed to be specially sagacious and interested. At length, tho cuso being argued, the jury retired, but soon sent back the message that one of their number could not speak a wo?! of English, much less under? stand one. It was the intelligent juryman, who had sat with tho rapt expression of fidelity and interest all through the day, who had been the special object to which the counsel on both sides addressed their pleas, and who only revealed his misfortune when, being asked for his opinion in the jury-room, he confessed he didn't verstehen.-New York Time*. An enormous gun, for the Chilian Government, passed through Newark, N. J., recently. It was cast at Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburg, weighs 116, 000 pounds, or fifty-eight tons, is tweiity feet six inches long, five feet four inches in diameter of breech, and has a bore of twenty inches. 100 projectiles, weighing 1,000 pounds each, accompanied tho gun. Fonr fifteen-inch guns and others of less calibre, from tho samo foundry, have already been shipped for Chili. Some of tho Alabama freedmen think the Governor can do almost anything. A few days ago, one of them walked into the Executive Chamber and asked Governor Patton to grant him a divorce. He said that his wife had moved to Montgomery, and hired herself out at ??8 per month, and he couldn't be coming up here every week, and, besides, he could get another woman for a wife in this neighborhood. A foreign journal says that Sadowa is being disforested. It will bo remem? bered that this wood was the key to the battle of Konniggratz, on the holding of which, for a long while, hung victory or defeat. It is now being stripped of its timber by Aus? trian wood-cutters, and the writer believes that this is done to destroy all traces of a locality that must for? ever remind them of a great uational humiliation. The battle-grounds about Rich? mond are rapidly losing their dis? tinctiveness. Thc earth is being levelled in some places, and in others sown with grain. The earth-works around Richmond and Petersburg are still standing, and, from the top of Church Hill, the inner hue of for? tifications is plainly visible. But the traces of battle ure even now scarcely discernible, and will soon be entirely obliterated. Two frightful deaths from hydro? phobia took place in New Orleans lost week. The victims were chil? dren. THE NEXT CENSUS.-The corres- J pondent of tho New York Tribune I writes: "The Bureau of Statistics is mai: lug preparations to take tho census of 1870 through the Internal Revenue organization. Director Delmar has bean superintending a series of sta? tistical exeroise drills, the results of ono of which afford remarkable proof of tho thorough organization of the various bureaus of tho Treasury De? partment. He hus taken a census of the numbers of the entire population of the country already, and that, too, without any expense whatever, ex? cept for stationery. Tho census was quietly but thoroughly taken during six weeks of lost November and De? cember, and is, ia most cases, tho re? sult of actual count in tho revenue districts. The details will uot be furnished to tho public until they have undergone caroful revision and arrangement. The returns from a few of the romote mountain districts of the country aro tho only ones not deemed satisfactory. The present census shows the total population of thc thirty-seven States iu November and December Inst to have been 31,100,255, and of the States and Ter? ritories taken together, 31,503,882. In most of the Southern States, t here has been a decrease of population. In the Eastern States, a small in? crease, and, with the Western States, a large increase. Tho results are supported iu every instance by the State census of 18G5 so far, and, taken in comparison with the census of 1800, is as follows: Thirty-seven States, a few of which were thou Ter? ritories, numbered 31,218,021 inhabi? tants, and the total States and Terri- j tories, 31,-143,321. The total inero mout since 18G0 has, therefore, been 3,002,501, which, in view of the late extended conflict, t demonstrates the extraordinary recuperative powers of the country. The population of tho District of Columbia is given at 118, 807, with a majority of several thou? sand females over males." SITICA.-A writer in a Northern paper is making out Sitka a sort of paradise. He informs the public that a gentleman who long resided there never saw ice thick enough to skate on. "The winter is quite mild, and i tlie summer agreeable." That is a ; most delightful sentence. Everyman who reads, it wishes ho were iu Sitka. But when ho adds, "Splendid pota? toes are grown in all tho valleys, and the grain crops are magnificent ; grazing is rich and long-continued, and nothing is wanting for successful farming," we feel altogether over- i come. Sitka must bo a happy place, j with large potatoes and fine grazing. Imagine tho potatoes smoking from tho kettle, throwing oft" their jackets, i and buttered with the rich butter from tho fine cows grazing on thc 'rich grass! Nothing could be finer | in anticipation-nothing superior in realization. Tho Government must have made a great bargain in Sitka. Nevertheless, let us not run mad on ? thc potatoes and butter, and cool ! summer and warm winter; and until we hear more authentic news, sit quietly where we are, and let Sitka get on awhile of itself. Our Northern friends will soon find out all about it. Of 127 police officers appointed by Mayor Heath, of New Orleans, 07 aro ex-Union soldiers, and the aids to the I Chief of Police were Federal army ; officers during the war, and the ser? geants were likewise in the army. The Mayor had still on file, (25th ultimo.) for his action, applications from -iti? officers, soldiers and sailors of the Union army, for positions on the force. Tho Indianapolis Journal says that I a young lady of that city was, hist j Sunday, endeavoring to impress upon I her scholars tho terrible effects of the I punishment of Nebuchadnezzar. She ! said that for seven years he ate grass i just like a cow. Just then a small boy asked, "Did he give milk?" We are not informed as to the teacher's reply. A young mau in Ashland, Ohio, recoutly jilted by a coquette, who married another, recovered ?230 for presents made to her during court? ship, and six ceuts for injured affec? tions. A planter in Leon County, Texas, has been forced by the military to support the families of some negroes who wero killed on his place. Arch-bishop Kenrick, of St. Louis, has just effected tho purchase of a I lot on which a cathedral worth 82,000,000 is to be erected. Mr. J. Wesley Buckbee, of Peek skill, N. Y., has a calf ono year old that weighs 1,240 pounds, for which he has refused ??500. DRY~~C MULI T rv J > T* i TO CLOSE OUT S. H. MY] Jrn> 13 THE FENIAN SWINDLE.-We agree fully with the following from the New York Times: *?t is impossible for any one who knows anything of Irish character, not to feel the greatest respect for many of its traits; but it is equally impossible not to feel some degree cf contempt, and a much higher degree of pity, for its exhaustless credulity. It is inexpressibly sad to see with what systematic nod unvarying sim? plicity tho great mass of tho Irish people permit themselves to be duped out of their earnings, their sympathy, their liberty and their lives, by a small clique of unprincipled knaves, long after the real character of their schemes has been made perfectly apparent to overy man of common sense. The Fenian swindle offers the latest and most glaring illustra tiou of this weakness. After robbing the Irish of millions of their hard earnings, plunging scores of them into dungeons and their families into misery, bringing disaster and dis? grace upon hundreds and thousands of their dupes, thu leaders of this movement continue with shameless impudence to levy contributions in the name of Irish freedom, upon the great body of their countrymen for their own selfish indulgence. One of the Head Centres, Ste? phens, has been living for some mouths in Paris, in indolence and luxury, and now it is announced by tho leading political organ of the movement that the other Head Centre, "President Roberts," has gone abroad, as tho ambassador of tho Brotherhood, to "organize alli? ances*' with Mazzini and other help? less Bed Republicans of the conti? nent. Funds are, of course, forth? coming from the exhaustions treasury of Irish liberality, being drawn with remorseless cruelty from the earnings of Irish servant girls and day labor? ers, to support this mythical and ridiculous mission. This is probably the last we shall hear of "President Roberts," ns an active agent of Irish freedom. He will settle down in Paris by the side of his illustrious predecessor, t'other Head Centre. About 14,000 women and children have taken refuge in Greece, where they are talton care of by the inhabi? tants, but thc greatest number are wandering on tho high mountains of Crete, in tho hope that some of the commanders of the numerous ships of the great powers cruising mi the coast min- have pity on them and save them from starvation or dis? honor. According to Mr. II. H. Dana, the debt of Massachusetts is about ?2i 000,0110, and the aggregate debt of the towns of the State is about 827, ! O'10,000 more. Richland Lodge No. 39, A. F. M. A AN c::'.r.i communication nf thia ?f^Lodgc will bo held Tills (Thbra /\^\dav) EVENING, 13th instant, r.t S o'clock, at Odd Fellows* Hall, for the pur? pose of conferring th? First Degree. By order of the NV. M. J?ne El 1_B. TOZEB, Secretary._ Segars, Segars. ON bund, a largo lot of choice SEGARS, of tin- Ix'at brandt. For sale at manu? facturing prices, at tay store on Plain stn et. F. A. SCHNEIDER. Julie 13 Just Received, A I.oT OF 3ST ES MUSLINS At 20 Cents per Yard. AT C. F. JACKSON'S. Juno 13_ COLUMBIA VARIETIES ! ! J ANN E Y'S HALL. Thursday and Friday Evenings, June 13 and 14. OSE NIGHT'S FB00EEDS to be given to tho Palmetto Fire Company, of thia city. ?r NEW SONGS, DANCES, Ac. "46 iSr Admission f>0 cents; no half tickets. Reserved seats can be procured without any additional charge. Separate seats for colored persons. June 12 Ale and Porter. TEN casks EDIN BU HG ALE, pints. DUBLIN PORTER, pints. For salo by March 13 E. A G. D. HOPE. 500D8 iND NERY! : O AV COST ? PRESENT STOCK. 2RS & CO., OPPOSITE SITE OF CITY HOTEL. "By Industry we Thrive!" 1S65. fj^? 1867. PHENIX BOOK, ?OB AND rs ^ AV SP APER West side Malu street, above Taylor, COLUMBIA, S. C. If you Want a Thorough Newspaper, SUB4CKI3E FOI*. THE PHOENIX, Daily and Tri-wcekly; or the WEEKLY CLEANER, Aa they contain The Latest News ! Foreign and American, besides a vast amount of miscellaneous reading. These aro thc only papers in the State, outside ot Charleston, which regularly publish TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Every issue of thc Daily contains from ten to fourteen Columns of Reading Matter; the Tri-weokly from twouty to twenty-four, tho Weekly FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS making it thc LARGEST and CHEAPES1 PAPER IN THE SOUTH. Specimens fur? nished. An examination of their merits in solicited. TERMS FOR SIX MONTHS. Daily, ti', Tri-weekly, ?2.60; Weekly, $1.80, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Our OFFICE having been thoroughly supplied wfth CARDS, PAPER, BBONZE, COLORED INK, CUTS and TYPE in great variety, the proprietor is prepared to exe? cute, at short notice, in good style, and at reasonable prices, ever}- variety of Job Printing, From a Visiting Card to a Three-Sheet Poster, or a Pamphlet to a largo-sized Vo? lume. All persons in want of any kind of JOB PRINTING, aro invited to call and examino Prices and Samples of Work, And we pledge ourselves to give entire satisfaction, in tho way of Book*. Pamphlets, Hand-bills, Posters, P: grammes, Badness Card*, Visiting Card-, Dray Tickets, Wedding Cards, Iteeefpts, Bill Head?, Libels, Circula* a? Blank?, ?a JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor. .AT^ ot loxa. Saleo Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots^Sltoes. VJ. T. WALTER WILL sell at bia mart. THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock, (the salo to be continued morning and night until all tho goods are disposed of,) A largo assortment of Gent's and Youths' Clothing, Dry Goods, Felt Hats, Boots, SbocB, Notions, Ac. Dealers would do woll to attend. Sale positive. Bargains to bo had._ June 13 1 Hay, Sugar, Soap, Starch, <fcc. By D. C. PELX0TT0. [ WILL sell, at mv Auction Store, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, 15th inst., at 'JJ o'clock," 50 bales prime North Carolina HAY. ALSO, The contents of a GROCERY STORE: 10 boxes Family Soap. 10 " Pearl Starch. 9 bbls. Muscovado Sugar. Boxes Layer Raisins, Armonda. ?' Pickels, Brooms, Painted Buckets. .' Soda, boxes Star Candid. Sogaid, Pipes, Ac, Ac. ALSO, Wardrobe. ?"t Drawors, Bedstead. Mattress, Feather Bed. Crockery, Tin-ware. ALSO, To close out, without the least reserve, i GIBSON'S PATENT CORN and COT? TON CULTIVATORS These implements will clean grass and woods and give fresh soil to the plant at ono stroke. Light and durable, of one-horse draught. Salo or? dered by tho patentee-having sold to a manufacturing company. Unlimited articles received up to hour of salo. Terms of salo cash. Juno 13 STONE MASONS AND ST0NE_C17T TERS WANTED. IWI.-ll to engage a number of STONE MASONS and STONE CUTTERS, to work on a heavy job of Bridge Masonry in Tennessee. Persons wishing such au "en? gagement can lind me, during usual busi? ness hours, any day this week, at the office of Mr. Bonknight, Superintendent of Char? lotte and S. C. Bailroad; at other hours, at Nickerson's Hotel-Room 10. Masons and Cutters coniiug with good recommendations, can lind immediate em? ployment, at GOOD WAGES. I will also engage a number of commou LABOBEBS, giving thom good wagoe and insuring prompt payments. If vou wish to engage, call on mc at once.* J. C. HODGES, Agent for C., C. G. A C. R. R. Co. Juno 12_0* NOTICE. COLUMBIA, JUNL- 9, 13C7. DEPUTY SURVEYORS aro berebv re? quired to renew their DEPUTATIONS at this ofiico. Commissioners of Location must issue no warrant to any other but Survevors authorized bv me. THOS. S. LEE, June lil Snrveyor-General. ~~L08T7 ON Friday last, near tho Market, a roll of MONEY, containing four ?5, two $2 and one tl bills, in greenbacks; and a $2 bill in city currency. A suitable reward will be paid for tho ?money, if returned to the Phatnix office._June 112 WANTED, SC. BONDS, old and new. a Columbia Bonds and Coupons. Memphis and Charleston R. R. Bondi. C. A S. C. R. R. Stock and Bonds. Not th-Eaatcrn Bailroad Bonds. Bunk Notes, Gold und Silver. FOB SALE-Exchange on New York and Charleston. THOS. E. GREGG A CO. June ll_ For Sale, ONE SAW MILL-complote; engir.o 40-horte power. Al Palmetto Iron Works. WM. GLAZE A CO. Mav 25 36 Sugar Mills. SUGAR MILLS can bo had at low pricis. Call at Palmetto Iron Works. Ma y 23 86_ _WM. GLAZE A CO. Bacon! Bacon! -| (\ HHDS. primo Clear Rib BACON Xv' SIDES, just received and for sale at G HEATLY BEDUCED PBICES, by the hogshead, or at rotail, by May 22_ J. A T. R. AGNE W_ $100 Reward. MAYOR S OFFICE. COLUMBIA, Juno 8,18C7. IN tho latter part of 18G5, an alarm bell, whiob was suspended near the school bouse of Palmetto Lodgo, I. O. O. F., was stolen and carried off. A reward of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ia offered by the Citv Council for the recovery of tho boll, or FIFTY DOLLAHS for proof sufficient to convict tho person or persona guilty of thc theft. THEO. STARK, Mayor. June 0 _12 Just Received, TWENTY tubs and Arkins GOSHEN BUTTER, at reduced prices. 15 bbls. Hecker's Self-raising FLOUR. 5 " Milk, Butter, Wino and Sugar CRACKERS. * i 3 tierces DIAMOND HAMS. And for salo bv 0. H. BALDWIN A CO. April 19_ TO SOOTHERS MERCHANTS V ROCK IZIAW GOODS* IF you desire to supply yourselves for tho FALL and WINTER TRADE, with the VERY BEST DESCRIPTIONS and STYLES of All-wool CassimeresI AND WITH THE MOST DURABLE Jeans and Kersey Fabrics ! AU free from shoddy and other inpurities, Order Samples from the subscriber, and they will bo forwarded, with prices attach od"during tho months of July and August. From those samples you can mako your selections and return your orders: and the goods will be forwarded directly from the manufactory. JOHN A. YOUNG, President Rock IslandMannfac. Co., J une 2 Imo _qhfcrlotjhvtt, C. NOTICE. 1IIIREE months from dato, application will bc made for renewal ot CERTIFI? CATE No. 57, for 13 shares in tho August: and Columbia Bailroad, dated June Iii. 180C, the original having been lost or mis? laid. G. G. NEWTON. March 31_m3mo NOTICE. ALL poisons having claims against thc catato of JAS. H. SEA?, deceased, will present them properly attested; and all persons indebted to the same will make pavmont to mc, at Kingsville. Fob 3 q4 J. ROBT SEAV, Ex'r