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THE DAILY Daily Paper $8 a Year 'Let oar Just Censure PHONIX. Attend the Tme Event." Tri-Weekly 85 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY COLUMBIA, S. 0., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2. 1867. VOLUME III-NO. ll. i THE PHONIX, PUBLISHED BAILY AN? T1U-\VEKKLY. THE GLEANER, EVnnY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, CITY PRINTER. Office on Main strep'., a few doors above Taylor i or Camden) street. TERMSr-IN AD i ANGE. SUBSCKIPTION. Dailv Papor, six months.M 00 Tri-\Veeklv, .? " . '2 50 Weekly, ?' " .1 50 ADVEBTISE1CENTS Inserted at 75 cents per sqnarofor the first in pert ion. and 60 cents for eaoh subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. AOENXS. W. C. Moore, Abbeville. J. R. Allen, Chester. Julius Poppo, Anderson C. H. ti. P. Kin ard. Newberry C. H. W. T. Sims, Union. J. M. Allen, Greenville. #m~ A liberal discount made on the above mt es when advertisements are inserted bu the monti or year. -M----?a^ Letter Crom Hon. B. F. Perry. To the Editors of the Columbia Phoenix: There is ?till heart and life in the republic. The recent opinion of the Attorney-General shows that civil liberty is not yet dead in the Ameri? can Government. He has demolish? ed the absolute despotism of the military commanders in the Southern States. They are no longer to make 7 laws for us, and remove, at will, oui public officers. The State Govern? ments are to be recognized and cou tinned as provisional governments, with all their political machinery. This is a bright gleam of sunshin? breaking through the black clouds o: ' tyranny and absolutism which hover ed over the Southern States duriuf the past yeal'. All may yet bc well if we do not voluntarily dishono: ourselves by riveting tho chain! which have been thrown over us ii voting for a convention. Wo nins have endurance, patience and lou( suffering under our oppressions am tyranny. Brave mon; who cooli; and deliberately undertook to cou quer four to one, and fought gallant!; through a hundred bloody fields o battle, should not now, in tho hou of peace, take counsel from base fen and be panic-stricken with their ow: apprehensions. There must bo a rt action nt tho North. The Democrat! party is daily increasing in numboi and strength. Their cause is jiu before Heaven. They are fightin for constitutional liberty and sel government, and their next election will sweep the Black Rep?blica party out of existence. We must no vor forget that this i "awhile man's Government." It Wi so in its origin, and has so continue Up to the present time. White me settled the country, achieved thei independence, and framed tho G< vernment for white men solely an exclusively. Negro equality aud m gro suffrage wero never thought < by our revolutionary aucestors, Nort or South. Massachusetts> and n New England were ns positive in th matter as South Carolina. It wi known and acknowledged that tl African was of an inferior race, inc pablo of any high intellectual cu ture, and utterly unfit for republic;! rule. They wero held as slaves, au recognized as chattels by tho Pm tans themselves. They were bongl and stolen in Africa by the New En landers, and brought to America fi sale as slaves. This horrible trail has bceu a great source of wealth ai prosperity to New England. F four thousand years, tho history the negro, iu Africa, shows no si< of improvement. It is only by'loi and continued association with t white mau that his imitation has e abled him to adopt a low degree civilization. Professor Agassiz h recently niado manifest that t negro is of a totally different rn from that of the white niau, groal inferior, and had a different origi If the rump Congress had pursa tho ordinary course of a half-civiliz and blood-thirsty peoplo, after t war was over, and hung two or tin hundred of us, oras many thousnm in each ene of the Southern Stat it would have been au act of gr< morey aud wisdom to tho Southe people, instead of the cunning a malicious scheme of humiliation, < gradation aud terrorism with whi thoy have punished the whole Sou men, women aud children, Unioni and secessionists, innocent and guil equally. The barbarism of a ne| governmont, gradually growing wa and more cruel, entailed on oursel and posterity forever, is intolera and diabolical. The radicals w deterred, by tl e opinion of the woi from their death victim*, in I civilized and Christian age. But, I a refinement in cruelty peculiarly i ! their own, they have inflicted a men- ; ! tul punishment of conscious dishonor lon all alike, and, nt tho same time, i have provided for strengthening und [ perpetuating their political power usu ! party. This punishment is not in? dicted for a day or a year, but to con? tinuo till it is wiped out, ns it ulti? mately will bc, in tho blood of both races. Tho horrible scones of Sun Domingo are destined to be re-en? acted'in South Carolina. Negro .suffrage has been fairly, fully and effectually tried in Jamaica, under tho most favorable auspices. It was established there some years since, and lins been fostered and sustained by a fanaticism in England, against continued riots, insurrections and re? bellions, which it has, at all times, produced. At length, it had to bo taken away, for the peace and quiet of the island. The failure is acknow? ledged. Tho negro has shown him? self incapable of exercising the right of suffrage pencenbly and wisely. This has occurred in Jamaica, just ns it is about to be thrust on the people of the South ns a punishment, and for tho advancement of the political power of tho radical party. The his? tory of tho negro government in San Domingo ought to show tho imprac? ticability of its existence anywhere, without tho most horrible conse? quences. If we turn to Africa, and look at tho negro there, we shall have still stroi:?'2r evidence of his incapa? city for tho exercise of political power. With all these terrible and damn? ing facts staring us iu the face, und with our own perfect knowledge of the negro character, wo aro about to coufer on him, voluntarily, thc right of suffrage and social equality with i ourselves! At the sumo time, wo are going to voluntarily disfranchise and degrado all those amongst us who havo been distinguished or promi? nent in political life! With deep pain and regret, I would ask if any people in tho world, pretending tc: civilization and Christianity, have ever before pursued so baso and sui? cidal a course? Athens scorned thc proposition of Philip to give up hei orators and be protected. A band ol robbers would feel somo compunc tions of honor and conscience it securing their own safety by giving up to punishment their chief. It i: told, to tho eternal infamy of thc Scotch nation, that they sold to thc English, for a sum of money, thei: native sovereign, against whom thei were waging a terrible war. But tin people ol* South Carolina arc abon selling, to tho Black Republicans, al tho public men whom they havo here toforo loved and honored, for til' humblo boon of being placed them selves on au eqnality with their for mer slaves, nnd having those freed men to rule over them and thei wives and sons and daughters for ever! In recording and contrastinj these two public acts, history mus regard tho Scotchman, in tho reigi of Charles the First, as a wise gen tleman, compared to the Cnroliuiai of thc present da}-. At tho beginning of our secessioi movement, the political cry, ever} where, was that "Southern men mut govern tho South." Now, the cry i that wo must have the Union rc stored by disfranchising our publi men and enfranchising our forme slaves, lu other words, "tho Sont must be governed by negroes!" Joh Quincy Adams, in -peaking of tli punishment ot* impeachment, ch dared, in Congress, that he preferre tho punishment of death to being di dared by his country incapable < holding oflico. To this infamy now added, for tho Southern mai inability io vote, and the disgust ( seeing the negro takes his place in p lilies. But this sacrifice, painful it was to Mr. Adams, and must be every honorable man, would be ebee i fully made by tho public men i I South Carolina, il it was all that w ; required of thc; State. The dishon of negro suffrage-might be born too, if it were not for that soci equality which must ensue, and th clark futuro which is presented every intelligent mind. In that f turo, we shall seo legislation theln? iniquitous-agrarianism the most a horrent-and crimes the most ati cious-with misery beyond cudi ance to tho women and children tho South Is there gentleman in Mouth ( roliua, or even a decent man, w wishes to soo negro equality and i groes holding olliee? Is there c who thinks that the leading men the Stato should bo disfranebit and not allowed to hold office nat the Oovornment? Snrely**not, ev? ono will answer. How, thon, c they vote for such self-degradntic and injustice to others-friends n honored men ? What reason do tl give for conduct so monstrous? 1 only reason I havo heard is, t I something worse will be i m pos j What that something Ls-worse tl negro equality und n negro Govorn ment-I am at a loss to know. But this is taking counsel of our fears, which no honorable man should ever do. No danger and no punishment should ever induce him to degrade himself, or do n dishonorable net. He should rather meet the conse? quences, ho those consequences what they may-the dungeon or death. lt really seems that the Southern people have been so borne down with trouble, oppression, tyranny and starvation, that their minds, as well as their principles, aro unsettled. A lady remarked to me, thc other day, that it seemed to her "the spirit of tho men was crushed out." When I hear it gravely proposed to abandon our friends at the North and form new associations, I begin to thiuk that not only all spirit, but all prin? cipio and all sense, have been crushed out of us. Tho Democratic party North have always been tho allies of tho South, from tho origin of our Government. They have, since the wai', as they did before tho war, made sacrifico of their popularity and their political honors iu defending the South. They have fought oui battles, in Congress and out of Con? gress, with a spirit and devotion tc principle worthy of a band of mar? tyrs. A few thousand votes will pul this party in power all over tho North, and those votes they are daily acquir ing. Thon tho Southern States wi! all be rostored to the Union, wit! their constitutional rights uuim paired. Just at this time, when thii death struggle is going on for ou: rights and honor, and we see ou: friends and allies about to gain tin victory, we are advised to withdrav from thom, with a parting stab undo the left rib, and seek new associa tions! Daniel Webster onco said t< Mr. Calhoun, in debate, that hi (Calhoun's) idea of checking an all; in battle would have been Bomethiu] new in tactics to tho Great Frede rick. I think the iden of abandon ing an ally in battle, and going ove to tho enemy, is something in strate gy, bolder than tho idea advanced lr Mr. Calhoun. It belongs to th school of Benedict Arnold. lu a short time, tho registering c voters will commence. No one shoo] decline to register. It matters nc how much ho may bo disgusted wit politics, or how much he is oppose to negro suffrage and a conventioi Lot him register in self-defence, win thor he intends to vote in this ole< tion or not; he may wish to vote i some future election; this ho cann< do unless he now registers. It is i all times unwise to relinquish a righ though you may never expect to e: orcise it. No man would like for tl Government to disfranchise him, at he should not, therefore, disfranchi himself. A man's opinion ofti changes. I only advise him to be a condition to gratify his wishc There is a story of an old man wi never had been out of his town, ai never wished or expected to go ou The kiug ordered that ho should n leave, and he then became dissati lied and wished to loavo the cit Let those who refuse to register ta care that they do not find themselv in the condition of this old man. Having registered, it becomes t duty of every good manto vote, wi Iber he is opposed of in favor of convention. If tho convention is assemble, every citizen is deeply i torested in having it composed good num. They who are oppof to tl ic call of a convention are much bound to vote for the cain dates as those who are in favor calling tho convention. If the leetiou of candidates is left to t negroes and bad white men, all m h-> disfranchised who have been in \ Confederate arni}'. If the selccti is left to the negroes, they may ^ clare in convention all white pors< disfranchised. We must not peri tho government of the Stute to inti) unworthy hands, if we can p sibly prevent it. Look at the St of Tennessee and see the deplora condition of tho people there -a gro regiment, under Gov. Brownh committing all sorts of deprcdati on the property "nd persons of peaceable inhabitants of tho St? Gov. Brownlow himself declar whole Counties disfranchised. '1 sad condition of affairs was tho c sequence of tho good citizens rei ing to have anything to do with first elections which took place Tenuesseo after tho close of tho \ No matter how much you may lon and detest tho call cf a convent: and feel that it is tho greatest hu liation and dishouor that can bo dieted on a free people, still should vote for members of that < vontion. Tho convention will 1 to mako for you and your childrc State constitutiou. Having voted for members of convention to represent your wi: and principles, then endorse on j ticket "against convention." J majority of the votes cast be ag? Convention, uoconvention willossem- ! ble, and the State will be left ns it is at present, under military ride, 1 with her constitution unchanged, and j her rights as a Stato unsacri?eed, by j her people. If the majority should be in favor of convention, it will as? semble," and tho good men chosen by j you will be thens to protect your rights and interests, as far as it may be in their power. The military bill leaves it entirely with the registered voters to say whether a convention shall nssemblo or not. Tho voters have au unques? tionable right to exercise their sound discretion. They aro not ordered to call a convention, and whilst option is left them, by tho powers that be, they should not voluntarily relin? quish the rights of tho State, and tho principles of self-government. 13. F. PERRY. GIIEF.NVTLLE, S. C., Juno 23, 18G7. P. S.-Since writing tho above, I have received tho Louisville Courier, published at Louisville, Kentucky, from which I make the following ex? tract. Letters received from promi? nent meu iu Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Haven and other por? tions of tho North, uso pretty much tho same language, and express a con? fident hope of re-action there: "It does seem to us that it is the patriotic and imperative duty of every man who woidd not see negro Go? vernments established in tho South? ern States, and white men disfran? chised and proscribed, not only to | register, but to voto against conven tion. Tho Sonthean man who votes for convention will fix n brand of in? famy upon his name which will cling to it, and descend with it to his chil? dren, so long as the wrongs of the South aie remembered among men or are recorded in impartial history." THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs tho ladies and tho public generally that he has just returned from NEW YORK and other North? rn cities with the most ELEGANT, SUPERB and CHEAPEST s rOCK of DRY GOODS to be found at any? place; and were a COMMITTEE appointed to investigate and compare, \\ INSTOCK'S STORE would take tho lead as to QUALITY OF GOODS and RE-i DUCED PRICES. The public ARE WELCOME TO purchase tho following Goods at the most ASTONISHINGLY LOW PltlCES EVER OFFERED to the ladies of COLUMBIA or any other community. Amongst my stock can be found the follow ing: Calicoes, 12"tc.; Homespun, 10; tino Muslins, new styles, 20; Shirtings, 12$; Swiss Muslin,30; Jaconet, 20; Ginghams^ 22; and various other goods in proportion. Aiming to establish an unblemished reputation for my store, I have marked down prices on TICKETS which will not fail to attract tho attention of the economical bayer-, and an the stock is fresh, varied and choice, suitable to wear for dress, farm or TO THE BARBECUE, tho public are urgently requested to call and examine' before purchasing elsewhere, bei x convinced I can and will sell cheaper than tho cheapest, either here or in any other place, and tho goods will be c\hi ' 'FREE OF CHARGE. I tn:s! the ladies ami public generally will avail themselves of tho great inducements offered, and call and examine for them? selves, and be convinced that the place to procure bargains ia AT M. WINSTM'S, MAIN STREET, Opposite Monson & Suiphon's Jone 27 il Harneas store. Register of Mesne Conveyance Office, Richland District. COLUMBIA, JIM: 2%, 1807. ATTENTION is respectfully .ailed to the following section of an Act pas-ed by the Legislature on the 20th of Septem? ber, 1800. BEC. V. All instruments in writing, of which a record or registry is required by law, and of which the record or registry has been destroyed or lost, but thc original presorved, and the substitutes provided in tho said Act for such originals, in caso of their loss, shall bo recorded within six months from tho ratification of this Act; otherwiso they shall not prevail as liens against subsequent purchasers for valuable consideration, nor creditors, without no? tice. By Act of December 14,1800, tho timo for re-recording is extended until December 1, 18157. D. B. MILLER, June 2(1 t _{Registrar. _ ? ITCH C1TRE! ITCH CURE! ! ITCH, ITCH, SCRATCH, SCRATCH. Itch, Itch, Scratch, Scratch. Harvey's Itch Cure, Harvey's Itch Caro, Cures in 24 hours, cures in*24 hours, Worst kind of Itch, worst kind of Itch. Indeed, all kinds of Itch, Tetter, Piles, Scald Head, Ac. Only 25 cents a box. A sure euro.' Trv it: try it. For sale by FISHER & HEINITSH, May 15 Druggists. f SPECIAL NOTICES. PHLEBOTOMY.-ivheu Dr. Saugrado found bis patieuts weak, lie gave them water gruel. When they got weaker, he bled them and dosed them with calomel and j ala]). GU Lia? tells us they almost invariably lied. A good many people are hilled that way yet. Tho world in general, however, hi-8 found out that, in cases of debility and premature decay, ROSTET TER'S STOMACH HITTERS is the true life-sustaining cordial. This tonic is a powerful and perfectly harmless restora? tive. Rut it docs more thau invigorate-it regulates and purifies. While it builds up thc strength and infuses vitality into tho blood, it brings all tho secretions into har? mony with the laws of health. Tho feebler sex find it invaluable in tho various physi ca' lifficultie8 to which their organization renders thom subject. In all hysterical and hypochondrical cabc-a ite effect ia ma? gical. The infirmities of age are alle? viated bj' ita use; and whero tho circula? tion ia torpid, and there ia a tendency to paralyaia, HOSTETTER'S BITTERS aro recommended as a meana of re-invigorat? ing tho system and prolonging life. At this ecaaon of tho year particularly, when mid-aummer'a scorching heat does BO much towards reducing the vital ener? gies of tho body, this inoBtimablo tonio and atomachic producos a wonderful effect. By it tho strength ia increaaed, tho appe? tite preserved, and firmness and elasticity given to tho system. July 3 t6 IT ia a matter of congratulation that we have at laat hada reliable Tonic intro? duced in Panknin'a Hepatic Bitters; manu? factured at tho South by Dr. C. F. Pankniu, tho well known Charleston Chemist; and which can be used by all persona, regard leas of age or sex, who require a tonic medicine. ABk your family physician, ami he will bo sure to recommend them. For Balo bv all druggists. April 10 wly Da. C. H. MIOT, Agent. A REMARKABLE CASK OF SCRO? FULA CTRED-Extract from a letter: "My son has long been afflicted with deaf? ness and scrofula. Hearing of 'Heinitsh's Queen's Delight,' I procured a bottle, and gave it according to directions. In a few days, a very great chango was visible; his general health improved and his hearing was restored. I believe one moro bottle will effectually cure all scrofulous tenden? cies. I give this certificate freely for the benefit of tho afllicted." For sale by FISHES A Hr.iMTsu, Druggists. May 20 wa TO MARRY UR NOT TO MARRY! WHY NOT? Serious Reflections for Young Men, in Essays of the Howard As? sociation, on tho Physiological Errors, Abuses and Diseases induced by ignorance of nature's laws, in tho first ago of man, Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free ol charge. Address Dr. J. S KILLIN HOUGH TON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. May 19 3mo BATCHELORS HAIR DYE_Thii splendid Hair Dye is tho best in the world The only/rue and perfect l><je-harmless reliable, instantaneous. No disappoint ment. No ridiculous tints. Natural blac! or brown. Remedies the ill effects of ba< dyes. Invigorates the hair, leaving it sot ami beautiful. Tho genuine is signed WU liam A. Batchelor. All others ari- mer imitations, and should be avoided. Soli by all druggists and perfumers. Factor 81 Barclay streot, New York. ??~ Hewar of a counterfeit. Dec ll ly NOTICE TD CREDITORS. IN EQUITY- UNION DISTRICT. Joseph Whitmire and others, creditors r John lt. R. Giles, vs. Janies T. Dougla and wifo. - Ttilt to Marshal As?ete. 1)CRSUANTto a decretal order of Iii Honor Chancellor Carroll in this casi lue creditors of John lt. lt. Giles, deceasec late of Union District, s. c., are require to n uder on oath and establish their d< mauds before me, by the first dav of OcU ber next. * V, M. MUNRO, Commissioner in Equity Union Dist. Union C. H., S. C.. June- 20, 1807. June J:! -rtol Bill to Foreclose Mortgage. Charles M. Forman, Trustee, vs. the Greer ville und Columbia Railroad Company Rt Uder calling in Creditors. IN pursuance of the decretal order i the above stated ease, "tho crcdilOl of tho Greenville and Columbia Railroa Company holding bonds and coupons c< vered by tho mortgage bearing date 18t January, 1854, and referred to in the plea', ings, and all creditors having any int?r?t nuder said mortgage," are- hereby require to present and prove their demands bofor mo, at my office, in Columbia, on or hefoi thc first day of January next, "or tin they ho excluded from all benefit of tli decree to be rendorcd in thia case. Thoi who choose to como in aa parties con plainauta aro allowed to do so, and thof who wish to do so, mar como in as di fendants. D. B. DtSAUSSURE, June 26 W?3mo C. K. R. D. Notice is Hereby Given, THAT tho Veetry and Church Wardei of Trinity Church, Columbia, S. t will present their petition, on tho 2d di of A i.g i t next, to his Honor Chancel! Carroll, sitting at chambora in Columbi S. C., for a renewal, for fourteen years, the OHAtlTER incorporating said Chine Tho capital stock of the saul corporate in real estate to bo $10,000. Thia not! and tho said petition being in pursuance tho Act of Assembly, approved the 204 day of December, 1866. PICKLING ft POPE, June 2 mw2mo Att'ys for Petitioners. FISHER & LOWRANCE, COLUMBIA, S. C. FLOUR. EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, from now wheat, for salo by June 30 FISHER A LOWRANCE. Cotton Yarns ! FOR salo by FISHER A LOWRANCE. Jnne 23 33: w?L TT , At $2.25 per 100 Pounds ! Juno 8 FISHER A LOWRANCE. BELTING I VULCANIZED INDIA RUBBER BELT? ING, from three to twelve inchon, for salo by FISHER A LOWRANCE. May 31_ Bolting Cloths. BEST ANCHOR BRANDS, assorted numbers. May 20 FISHER A LOWRANCE. Soda Biscuit. FRE8H SODA, BUTTER and MILK CRACKERS. GINGER CAKES, NUTS. Ac. For sale bv FISHER A LOWRANCE. 'May 24 _*_;-_.-;- ____ THE TRIUMPH OF ART! MORE TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF Heinitsli's Queen's Delight. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS: "The Queen's Delight is begiuuing to iiwaken the attention of our physicians. Its remarkable curative power is seen in ito wonderful effect upon disease. As a blood purifier, there is no medicine like it known to the profession. A gentleman told mo that his son has been taking the Queen's Delight, and is more benefited hy it than by any other medicine. He wants a dozen bottles." Extract from a letter: "It is duo to you to state iu this publie manner, in order that the people may know the truth, that I have trietl your Queen's Delight, and found it not only what you said it was-"a pure medicine"-but tho best medicine I have ever taken for eruptions and general bad health. I had an emption all over my body, with impaired digestion and disor? dered liver, and have tried a great many medicines without any benefit. I have taken one bottle of your Queen's Delight, tlie eruption luis disappeared, my appetite is better, my liver and digestion is im? proved. I am satisfied one or two more bottles will cure me." Extract from a letter: "At tho close of the war, my constitution was shattered. I could not eat, sleep or perform any duty whatever, such was my prostrate condi? tion. Medicine and medical aid I badin abundance, such was my condition up to a few months since, when" I began tho uso ol your Queen's Delight. I have used two bottles, my constitution is greatly im? proved, my appetite is good, ODjoy refresh? ing sleep, "an<l am able to perform my share of daily labor." Extract from a letter-Wonderful effect of only one bottle: "I have used only a half bottle of 'Queen's Delight' for hods and eruptions of tho skin and itching hu? mors of tho blood, which annoyed me very much. I am entirely cured. ? think your medicine a valuable ono." A remarkable case of liver complaint and headache cured by tho use ot "Hejnitsh's Queen's Delight:'" A lady of unquestioned worth and reputation voluntarily gives tes? timony of the wonderful effects of this medicine. She has boen from early years a martyr to headaches, caused by imper? fect action of the liver, produoing intense headache and pain over tho eyes. She has taken only four bottles, and assures us of the perfect euro it has made. Sho now en? joys good health. Still another: "During last spring. I had boen troubled with obstinate chills and fever, which, when cured, left my system in a WTctch*td condition, blood impure, and I was afflicted with an angry, and, as I at one time thought, an incurable, cutaneous eruption over my entiro body. The most violent remedies suggested failed to work a cure, until, at the Instance of a friend, I tried Dr. Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. LCSB *han two bottles cured me, leaving my skin in a healthy condition. My general health is as good as over. For such purposes, I have, ovor siuco mv cure, unhesitatingly recommended your Queen's Delight." Don't buy any bnt tho right Kind. All genuine Queen's Dolighlhse the copy-right mark on the outside, and it is tho only medicine which produces these wonderful cures. For sale wholesale and retail at FISHER A HEINITSH'S April Drug Store.