Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, August 6,1867. Tile Positif?? or thc,fk> ut Ix. . The Snvann$i Republican, ^^Re? publican newspaper, justfc- sayS that the people of the two sections of tho country do not understand eaah other. We believe, as we have said fre? quently before, that if tho peop/e of the United States could get together, without the intervention of President, Congress, or political adventurers, the qnesti?ri of reconst'ruotion could easily and speedily be Bottled. As the Republican Bays, the charge that the white and the black rnco is at war is wholly untrue. We behove the South misunderstands the spirit of the North, and we. as fully believe that the people of the North misun? derstand the spirit of the "ex-rebels," so-called. There is not one-titho of the Southern mon who would, this day, organize against the flag of the Union. We know that the greet mass of Northern men, who think Hie deepest, work the hardest, and fought the best, are the most moderate, be? cause they understand and appreciate best the spirit of the Southern people. What the country needs now is brains and patriotism; and it is a la? mentable fact, that neither section has, for twenty years past, been rep? resented in the councils of the nation by suoh minds as Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Tho people of South Caro? lina aro now called upon to register; and but a short time is left them to decide upon their course of action. They must either vote "for conven? tion" or "against convention." The Southern States aro' now politically disorganized and demoralized, and wo feel convinced that the people of South Carolina do not wish longer to remain in this position. If they do not, let them promptly register, and vote "for convention," in conformity to the requirements of the order of thc Commanding General. The Charleston News snid, a few days ago, that thc peoplo of South Carolina wanted advice, and reproved tho present leaders of p?litical.-move ments in this State, and those who havo not deigned to give counsel to thc people nt thc present juncture. In past days, Sonth Carolina never wanted for able political advice; now, in tho hour of her direst need, those "who assume to be her loaders aro pig? mies in intellect and statesmanship. In saying this, we allude td political incendiaries who have endeavored to propagate strife botweeu the two races in this and other Southern States. What we want now is harmony, und any advice, however honestly conceived, which tends to obstruct tho accomplishment of this great end, is prejudicial to the best interests of the South. Onr cotemporary of the News epitomizes our ideas in the fol? lowing paragraph: "What would our leaders have? We mean such men as Mr. Herschel V. Johuson, Hill, Perry and others. Grant they arc brave, and heroic, and patriotic; not afraid of the im? plied threats of harsher measures, of confiscation, and further civil or po? litical disabilities. Do they desire to seo tho present agitation indefi? nitely prolonged, industry clogged, commerce checked, credit and confi? dence altogether destroyed? How is reconst ruction possible ou t hoir basis? Indeed, they pro]?ose no? thing. They morely object, and ob? ject, upon grounds altogether futile, viz: the nueonstitutioiia? character of the measures of Congress 1 jet them establish their proposition upon proof ?trongas holy writ, it will avail nothing. When you aro ditaymcd, ami tao sword is at your throat, ho who holds it is not to be restrained hythe syllogistic proof oj his gross injustice." Wo commend this paragraph to tue consid?ration of our readers. , ,?*'<'' ! Confltcntion. I Tho following lotter waa sent tp tho committee of arrangements for tho colored men's celebration of the 4th of Joly in Lexington, Ky,, at which GetoJtfBrigbin ?nado a spoedb, pro? posing copQscafcon-.of "rebel" pro? perty/ it ,Qintrit>utiou among '-the ne? groes, ?ho disfranchisement of rob?is, and the eu franchise m ont of women, withput distinction of color: L^risvrLLK, Juno 27, 18G7. 2b Messrs. Charles Perry, G. B. Tho? mas and G. W. Smith, Committee, Lexington, Ky. GENTI?BMBN: Your communication of the 20th instant, inviting me to deliver an address to the colored citi? zens of Lexington on tho 4th prox., came duly to hand. Aa I am com? pelled to be in Washington city on the day of your meeting, I am forced to decline your polite invitation. You ask for advioe. I deem it a pleasure and a privilego to give you the benefit of my counsel whenever you may wish it, and it is a source of much gratification to me to see that, thrown, as you are, to a certain extent, upon your own resources, you are honestly and earnestly seeking for light, and are willing to learn of those who are of larger experience than yourselves. You are now emphatically the archi? tects of yonr own fortnnes-your des? tinies aro in your own hands. Your friends have done about all that can be done for you; what remains to bo accomplished must and can be accom? plished by yourselves. Learn to ap? preciate fully the responsibilities which aro resting upon you, dud the duties which you owe to yourselves, to your posterity, aud to your coun? try. The world is watching y"u your enemies predicting for you the fate of tho Indian, who is gradually but surely disappearing before tho ! advance of civilization-your friends hopefully, confidently expecting your rapid advance to tho position which, as citizens of this great republic, you are entitled to occupy. Cultivate nil tho virtues which ennoble man; bo honest, industrious, sober; educate yourselves, make money, and learn to keep it; own your own homes; iden? tify yourselves as good citizens with ' tho communities in which you may live; in all your dealings with your fellow-man, do as you would be done by, and learn to respect yourselves, that others may respect you. Much trouble is anticipated in tho fiuanoiul world, and one of the results of this will be suffering and distress among tho poor. In view of this, it is of tho utmost importance that each mid all of you should securo some steady, remunerative employment. It were wise for those who have been raised in the country to seek employment the.ro. Tho cities aro already crowded with the starving poor, who aro una? ble to find employment; and if, as is anticipated, the cholera becomes epi? demic ibis summer, the crowded tenements and scanty faro of the poor of the city will surely invite and iu crea8o ita ravages. Again assuring you of my deep in? terest in the welfare of your race, I am, very rcspectftilly, JAMES SPEED. Commenting on this letter, the New York Tribune says: Those gentlemen who talk to the colored men about tho confiscation of rebel property, and its distribution among tho negroes, exoite hopes which are likely to be disappointed. The freedmen must raise themselves; they must work now, and not depend upon vague promises of future aid. As Mr. Speed says, there is little more that can be done for the freed? men; we have given th- in all tho rights and privileges we ourselves possess, aud tho opportunity is for them to use. "Cultivate all tho vir? tues which ennoble mun," says Mr. Speed; "be honest, industrious, so? ber; edueuto yourselves, lunka money, and learn to koop it; own your own homes; identify yourselves ns good citizens with the communities, in which you may live; in all your deal? ings with your fellow-man, do ns you would be ?lone by; and learn to re? spect yourselves, that others may re? spect you." To this we would add ono golden rule -for one man who b< comes rid: l>y tito confiscation of the property cf others, a thousand will romain poor. No sensible freed? man, Mho desires independence, will hesitate to work for it. - Congress did not puss the law rc quiriug tu?- Secretary of tho Treasury to sion payment ot' cotton claim;', and tho o wera ave becoming clamor? ous for 'he nionoy allowed thom tindog tho decision r?f the Court of Claims. THU NEW BAHXHTJPT LAW.-The following . hinU to practitioners of? understood td have been prepared by the N#w York Board of Registry: 1. Moko up your petition with the eleven, forms of schedules A and B in duplicate; swear to both; filo ono with the clerk of tho court, and ask to have the case referred to a regis? ter* Hfc. Afc th? boor specified in tho Order referring the case to a.register, appear before the register to whom the case is assigned, and make oath before him that the duplicate peti? tion and schedules are on file with the clerk, and move that it bo certified correct in form. This being done, move that the potitioner bo declared a bankrupt This is done by an order made by the register, of which he will givo you a certified copy. Ton will then move for tho warrant. Somo timo will be required to make this out. At the time appointed call upon tho register for tho warrant arid tako it to tho mnrshal. Tho marshal will require satisfactory se? curity for his fees and disbursements for the newspapor publications, ?fcc., which you will arrange with him. Yon have nothing more to do till the return day of the warrant. 3. Be very careful that your peti? tion and schedules are written ont plainly, froe from all erasures, in? terlineations or abbreviations. As thc whola proceeding is strictly statu? tory, tho statute and rules mode under it must bo most strictly com? plied with. 4. In case tho register refuse to certify your petition to bc correct in point of form, you will take a certified copy of the points wherein your papers are certified to be de? fective, and proceed to prepare amendments, or un amended peti? tion, as may bo most convenient, in duplicate. When this is done, have such nmendmont, or amended peti? tion, Sec., sworn to in duplicate; then apply to the register upon an affidavit excusing the errors, for an order to amend. Such order being allowed, obtain from tho register a certified copy, and filo this with ono of thc duplicates with thc clerk. Carry thc other to tho register, who wil. exa? mine it, and if correct, cortify it; and 3"ou then proceed as above. THK REPOULIC OF MEXICO.-The New York Tribune does not seem to have a lurga amount of faith iu the future of Republican Mexico. It says: "The republic has begun badly; it has already lost the respect of Chris? tian nations, and threatens to chal longe their enmity. Liberalism is no sooner triumphant than it assumes tho form of tyranny-tho republic becomes a despotism-tho victory of tho nation is tho defeat of its civili? zation; peace, after along struggle, is wqu, and, behold, it is established as revengeful and barbaric war. For tho republic thus begun tho future is dark, and unless wiser counsels than those of Escobedo aro to govern, there is gravo reason to fear that Mexico will forfeit every ndvantago she has gained, and will renew those fratricidal wars, those disgraceful rivalries, which, in tho past, made her nationality a mockery." One of the principal bankers in this city, says the Richmond Whig, remarked to us, thc other day, that he had been foiled a dozen times in important financial negotiations in New York, by some (to him) untimoly action iu Congress growing out of tho unreconstructed condition of the Southern States. He added, that it was impossible for any one not con? cerned like himself in financial ope? rations to appr?ci?t? tho hann and burt the people of Virginia suffer by reason of tho unsettled condition of the State. Tho resumption of con? stitutional relations with the Federal Government he regarded as a step in the process of resuscitation that is indispensable, and tho first thing to be done. Until this is effected, there is no security for property, and con? sequently nothing that will command the confidence o? those foghorn we liaVC to look for capital. l'on cannot garry "consistency" und "honor" into Wall street and bank upon chem. ibu must go there with solid Rccttri tics, irecd from tho danger of confis? cation. Reconstruction is the busi : ; n which all other business waits. Garibaldi's angry lotter to tho Gu '.aie di Tor JU", has raised a .storii ihont his head, but ho declares ho ind his friends intend to fight for tho lossession of the capita] of Haly, ind ho Will keep Ids'word. Liooal tteima. w?f.iv'.o .ww.? ' ?? 1 ? 'irr?yy. We leam ?hat Mr. It. C. Shiver re? ceived ^?-.l?tter, yesjberduy,.. from a physician in Arknnsas, stating that hi? brother, .Tames Stiver, died there on the 141 h ult.* of cholera. Ho also announces thc death, tho next day, of the same disease, of Toland R. Bass. SUICIDE.-Mr. Benjamin Thomp? son, a ? citizen of St. Petor's Parish, Beaufort District, who has for some time past been .rnuoh depressed in spirits, on account of his great losses during tho war, and who has several times reoently attempted to terminate his existence, was brought to this city Sunday evening, and lodged in the lunatic asylum ; and although great oare and attention were exercised the watchman visiting his room every half hour during the night-he com? mitted suicide yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, by hanging himself with his suspenders and a piece of the sheet from his bed. When dis? covered, the alarm was given, and Dr. Parker, tho Superintendent, sent for; every effort was made to resuscitate the unfortunate mnn, but it was of no avail. An inquest was held upon tho body by Coroner Thomas P. Walker, and the jury rendered a verdict in ac? cordance with the above facts. Mr. Thompson was a wealthy planter, nud leaves four children aud a large circle of friends to lament his untimely end. His remains will bo taken to Charles? ton for interment. REGISTRATION.-The following aro tho most important clauses in Gene? ral Orders No. G5, giving the regula? tions for registration in this Military District: That registration is to commence immediately. Post commanders are made super? intendents of registration within their respective commands. They are to suspend registrars for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty or incompe? tency. Defines the duties and powers of the Board of Registration. They are to arrest all persons who falsely take the oath prescribed, or who shall threaten or otherwise attempt to in? timidate, or corruptly or improperly influence any citizen ofl'ering to regis? ter. Declares that when any citizen shall sufler iujury in person, family or property, while exercising this right, in addition to the penalty pre? scribed by law for tho offence, da? mages shall bo awarded to the in? jured party against tho perpetrator, upon his conviction. Forbids the discharging of em? ployees because of their having regis? tered-tho injured party being de? clared entitled to damages. Every citizen presenting himself for registry shall take and subscribe tho following oath, prescribed by law, which shall be administered by a member of the Board, and such oath shall bo preserved with the hats: I, -, do solemnly swear? (or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of -; that I havo resided in said State for-mouths next preceding this day, and now reside in tho County of .-., or the Parish of -, in said State, (as the caso may be;) that I am twenty-one years old; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against tho United States, nor for felony committed against tho laws of any State or of the United States; that 1 havo never been a momber of nny St,ato Legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in in? surrection or rebellion against tho United States, or given aid or com? fort to the onemies thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a mem? ber of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of tho' United States, or as a member of uny State L?gisla? ture, ot as an executive or judicial officer of .tuy State, to support tho Constitution oi tho United Slates, and afterwards ouguged in insurrec? tion or rebellion against tho United States, or given aid or comfort to tlie onemies thereof; that I will faithfully support tho Constitution and obey Ibo laws of the United States, and wiU, to the best of my ability, en? tourage others KO to do. So help mo Clod. ' XiADIKS' SOCIETY IN ACD OF THE SUFFERING AND DEsviTift?? Poon "OF THE SOUTH.-We publish the follow? ing official cqmmaaics^Oiij'^rity re? ference to tho "distribution of prizes ,4>y the nbovie association,: K \ "NEW YOUK? July 29, 1807*-At a ineetiug of the Executive Committee of the Ladies' Society in Aid of the Suffering mid Dsstitute Poor of the South, it was determined that the distribution of awards to the regis? tered holders of tickets, to j>he enter? tainment would be made in Washing? ton, September 30, 18G7, tinder .the immediAto supervision and direction of tho honorary members of the so? ciety.'.' * ' O <.] ' .? j i' I THE L-VND WE LOVE.-We aro in? debted to Messrs. Daffie & Chapman (who are agents) for the August nnm ber of this magazine. "Cavalry Scouts," from tho pen of Gen. Wade Hampton, to be followed by a series of chapters on thu same subject, con? tains a record of a few of the per? formances of th? regular scouts of tho Confederate service-confined to those with whom ho served. AmiESTEi).-James Jennings, who is charged with the murder of - Hall, at Wilhamston, about two years ago, passed through Columbia yester? day morning, ironed, on his way to Anderson C. H., for trial, in charge of Deputy Sheriff Vickers, of Green I ville, by whom ho was arrested' in Marion County, Alabama, as ho was on the eve of departure for Brazil. Jennings formerly resided in Green? ville, v- V_ THE WASHINGTON UNTVERSITV^ MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.-An ' adver? tisement of tho above institution will bo found in another column. The corps of professors is an able one-a majority having been connected with the University, for a number of years previous to tho war, and eight of whom were in Confederate service. Tho trustees make a liberal proposi? tion with reference to soldiers of the "lost cause." We publish the following commu? nication by particular request. It v ill be seen that Beverly proclaims ? himself an out-and-out Rephblienn: COLUMBIA, July 28. EDITOR CHARLESTON NEWS: I see, in the Charleston News, of July 26, over the name of "Felix," that there is a class of men in Columbia, repre? sented by Buch men as Beverly Nash, that maintain a masterly inactivity in regard to the convention thnt hos just adjourned in this city. He said that we were desirous of retaining tho respect of our old masters (thank God, wo have none now.) Now, sir, I wish -it undorstood that I stand upon the platform of tho Union Re? publican party of South Carolina. If this will retain their respect, I shall be happy to have (it; if not, I shall say to them ar I say to others, I court tho smiles of to man at the expense of my principl >s, and I shall work and vote for the Republican porty, and no other. 1 would also say that thero never has been any complaint against tho .officers of the Bureau here-they aro gentlemen. There is no dissension amoug us, for we are going unanimously fer tho Union Republican party, and against all others. Yours, W. B. NASH. Jon PRINTING.-Tho Job Office of the Phoenix is as completo as any in the South. It is furnished with new fonts of type of all descriptions and of tho most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with tasto and skill, and at reasonable rates. N::\v Anvtr.Tisv.xvNTs. -Attention is call? ed to tho fe. I irt?fi advertisements, which are published tins morning for tho first tune: K. Pollard -Buckwheat Seed. A. J. l-'oard, M. 1>.-Medical. Mootfng rahm Ito Pira. Company. Crawford A iu-id.iv Coin. Merchants. Troo Brotherhood Lodge Meeting. Publie Mc ting on Friday. Copeland A Boarden -Corn. Small House and Land for Salo. Meeting lt. V. lb li f Association. T. Wibbelt- Wboat Wanted. J. C. Socgors A <Ut.--Lemons, Flour, xe, A duo lot of Desirable Goods havo just been oponed by Mr. ft. < '. Sliiver, who std! idhore? to bis popular principio of good ir tides for little nionoy. Lead lus adver? ?aomont, and tl.en examine tho gocda.