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COLUMBIA.
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Thursday Morning, August 8, 1867.
The Great Obstruction.
Tho prinoipal wants pf the South
at the present unfortunate juncture in
her affairs, to restore her prosperity,
recuperate her. energies and shattered
fortunes, are capital and labor. The
New Y?rk Tribune, a few days ago,
asserted that $100,000,000 might he
so invested in the South as to increase
at least by that sum tho annual pro?
duction of the soil. The Atlanta Ifeio
Sra, however, in discussing a propo?
sition to send a deputation from Ala?
bama to New York, to induce tho in?
vestment of Northern capital, points
out the great impediment to the in?
flux of capital to these Southern
States, and very sensibly remarks,
that "the best way to draw capital to
the South is, to completo the work of
reconstruction." If that work shall
go on smoothly aud successfully to ita
accomplishment, we have every rea?
son to believe millions of capital and
abundance of labor would flow to our
rich, but at present impoverished,
section.
From an article whioh wo find in
i one of our exchanges, without credit,
but which is from a Now York jour?
nal, we extract the following para?
graph. It is speaking of the induce?
ments held out in the United States
for British capitalists to invest. Of
the field which the Southern States
present for such investments, the ar?
ticle says:
"The South, particularly, is full of
natural resources. Money is much
needed, and if used thero now will,
in a few years, return immense profits
to those who invest. That section,
beyond all question, is tho richest
portion of tho continent. Its politi?
cal troubles are approaching a set?
tlement; and when theso are settled,
slavery being abolished, both capital
and immigration must naturally flow
there. Hero, then, is the best field
for tho employment of British as
well as American capital. And now,
while money is no much needed, and
before tho full tido of prosperity sets
in, is the time to mako tho best bar?
gains and secure tho greatest advan?
tages, Let the .capitalista of l?uft
land, who can only get one and a half
per cent, for money, and in the best
times not over three to five, bring it
here, where they can obtain a much
higher interest in the safest invest?
ments. The Old World is approach?
ing the limit of development, while
wo are just beginning. Money will
double itself here in a third tho time
it can in England."
This is all true; but as has been
said, thc position of these States is
as yet too full of doubt and uncer?
tainty for mouicd men to risk their
' raphal here, even with the tempta?
tion of tho highest rates of interest, j
As it is with capital-, so it is with
labor. Tho various immigration so-1
cieties of the Southern States have 1
comparatively done little or nothing
in the accomplishment of the object
for which they wero formed; while
foreign immigrants aro pouring by
tens of thousands into the Western
States. Theso immigrants are of the j
best class-skilled agriculturists, me?
chanics and tradesmen-just .such a i
population as tho South, in her pre?
sent soro need, requires. The great
obstacle to all theso desired benefits',
as admitted oh all hands, is her pre?
sent anomalous political position.
We have not urged reconstruction
in this journal as mere parti/ans. j
We have advocated it, and do now
argo our readers to comply with thc
laws of Cougress, because we arc
convinced that reconstruction and
restoration will fellow such com?
pliance; and, further, because we
houostly believe that reconstruction
will bring prosperity and wealth to
our poverty-smitten section. Be?
lieving this, we must, as journalists
-whilo not doubting other men's
motives who think and advise differ?
ently-state our convictions, and give
oar readers the benefit of all tho evi
doncos upon which these convictions
are based. Tho time for registration
ia at hand, and wc agnin urge our
people to weigh well the considera?
tions that we have presented in {his
and other articles on the.subject, and
promptly remove the great obstruc?
tion to their political advancement
and material prosperity, by register?
ing and voting for a convention.
GsiTEBAii GRANT.-The New York
Union Republican party, a few days
ago, nominated General Grant for
the Presidency. One of the leading
journals of that party-the Tribune
it would appear, does not ondorse the
nomination. It says, in reply to an
article in a Chicago poper:
.'Wo .are not in "tho Presidency
business just yet. We leave that to
Mr. Bennett, who wants Grant and
Lee, and the. Soup Committee up
town, who think they would like to
run Grant as a sort of hunger-ap?
peasing, platter-filling candidate.
There aro more important matters on
hand than Presidential intrigues-the
finances, the tariff, reconstruction.
When the time does come, wo shnll
try and find a suitable statesman, as,
on the whole, thero are reasons why
a statcsmau should bo President for
at least four years."
It is to be hoped the Tribune will
be successful in its contemplated
search for a statesman.
THE NORTH CAUOLIXA CASE. - It
has been mentioned by telegraph
that thero was a case of conflict of
authority between the United States
Marshal and the Military Command?
ant of the Post, at Wilmington, N. C.
The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun, in that paper of
Monday, says:
A caso of conflict of authority be?
tween the Federal oivil courts and
the military, bas arisen in the second
Military District. Order No. ll), is?
sued some weeks ago by General
Sickles, commonly known as tho stay
order, providing for stay of execu?
tion of judgments and debts, has
como in conflict with the execution
of a judgment rendered by Chief
Justice Chose, whilst presiding in
the United States Circuit Court in
North Carolina. It appears that an
execution was issued upon this judg?
ment, directing the United States
Marshal to levy upon property o?
tho defendant in Wilmington, li. C.
Tho marshal proceeded to that city
and Avas about to make a levy, when
ho was confronted by tho Military
Commander there stationed, who ex?
hibited Order No. 10, which he
claimed was a bur to further pro?
ceedings by tho marshal. The hitter
withdrew and reported tho facts to
the Attorney-General for instruc?
tions. Thc matt r was submitted to
tho Cabinet by t' issistant Attorney.
General, Mr. Bmckloy. The latter
was yesterday instructed by the Pre?
sident to communicate tho facts to
Genend Sickles, and inquire whether
his order staying collection was in?
tended to include judgments rendered
bj' the Federal courts.
SPURIOUS NICKEL PIECES.-It would
.seem to be ono of the evils resulting
from tho issue of base coin, that it
makes counterfeiting comparatively
easy. This ia thu case with regard to
the present live-cent nickel piece, of
which a large number are in circula?
tion, especially in tho South and
West.
A gang of coiners were trapped, the
other day, in Cincinnati, with a quan?
tity of these spurious pieces in their
possession, us well as tho dies and
apparatus for their manufacturo. But
there are evidently many moro at
work successfully iii other parts of the
country, as the papers contain nume?
rous complaints of such swindling,
rho horse-car companies of New Or?
leans have Buffered a loss to the extent
of many hundred dollars by counter?
feits of this denomination.
While Franco and England have
been entertaining tho Sultan with a
splendid hospitality, rulers and peo?
ple vicing with euell other in doing
him honor, the little Kingdom of
Greece, moved by a profound sym?
pathy for tho Cretans, heroicalyl
struggling against tho iron despotism
of Mie Turk, is making preparations
for war with tho Sublimo Porte in
the cause of the suffering Christians.
The contrast is eminently-may it
not bo said painfully?-suggestive.
THE. SITUATION.-The. Richmond
Whig sums np the difficulties of the
present political position of ' the
Southern States; and gives us the
following admirable paragraph:
"After all the talk of mal-content
newspapers and their disciples--all
their mock heroic, spread eagle, fus?
tian rigmarole and rant-certain all
important facts press themselves
irresistibly into Din common sense
and convictions of the people. 1st.
That tho speediest possible recovery
of the right td govern themselves is
of tho highest moment to the States
now deprived of that right. 2d.
That this right oan only be recovered
through the restoration of those
States to tho Union. 3d. That at
present, and for au indefinite time in
the futuro, restoration can bo effected
only through tho consent and assist?
ance of tho Republican party. 4th.
That it is wise, politic and proper,
under such circumstances, to endea?
vor to overcome all distrust and
remove all prejudice on tho part of
those to whom wo have to look for
this boon, and to secure their favor
and good will. Upon these facts,
which we do not hesitate to affirm to
bo incontrovertible, we aro willing to
rest all issues between ourselves and j
our contemporaries, and to await !
the decision of tho people of Virginia j
as to thc action they will take in the ;
coming elections."
ANOTHER THROAT OF CONFISCATION.
A despatch from Washington says:
A recent letter from Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens toa radical friend in this city,
states that a bill will bo presented nt
tho opening of the November con?
gressional session, for confiscating
the property of all Southern ex-slave- I
holders who dismiss tho freedmen
for voting the republican ticket.
Senator Wilson, it is understood,
strongly favors this course. Tho
names of such ex-rebels aro to be
collected by the military commanders
for reference.
A small bark called the Plato, i
fitted out by the Fenians, which j
sailed from Long Islaud Sound for ;
Ireland on tho 28th of April, re- I
turned on the 28th of last month. !
Her crew awe greatly disheartened, ;
and report the country as swarming
with troops and tho people as quito \
unripe for revolution. A party that
she landed on the coast of Ireland
were all captured.
A grand agricultural and horse ex?
hibition occurs at the National Race
Course, near Washington, October
28. Tho premium lists comprise
820,000. Tho managers, who repre?
sent tho Northern and Southern
States, aro arranging to secure the
attendance of the famous running
and trotting stock of tho country.
Capt. Clark, recently of tho Bu?
reau, and a Mr. Jacob Garrett, of ;
Catahouln Parish, Louisiana, recent
ly fought a a duel with pocket-knives,
holding cadi other by tho left hand,
and cutting with the right. Clark
was killed and Garrett is expected
to die.
Two lads, aged about 15 years,
named Thomas Sullivan and Mathew
Cahill, while returning from Sunday
school, in New Haven, got into an
altercation, and Sullivan stabbed
Cahill with a pen-knife, inflicting a
wound from which ho died in a few
hours. Sullivan has been arrested.
MuBDER.-We learn that a Mr.
Fowler, living in the upper part of
this District, was murdered some
timo last week. His body was found
in a thicket not far from his house,
with gun-shot and pistol wounds in
several parts of the same.
[Newberry Herald, \
Tho fastest time in American rail- '
roading was that of a directors' train 1
on tho New York Central Railroad,
the other day, from Hamburg to Ruf- ;
falo-ten miles in eight minutes, or
nt the rate of seventy-eight miles an
hour.
The Newberry Herald states that
Mr. W. W. Farrow, who lives on the
line between Newberry and Laurens
Districts, met with a severe loss on .
Friday last, by tho burning of his ,
dwelling, kitchen and lumber house,
together with their contents.
TEXAS.-Speaking of the recent re
const met ion measures, a Texas cor?
respondent asks his Northern friends
to "hold up until we can swallow the
dose, let it work, and let tho patient
cither die or got well, without any '
more everlasting jaw about ir."
A box of bright leaf tobacco, raised
by Mr. Hartwell J. Bryor, of Bedford
County, Virginia, was sold ono day
last week in Lynchburg, for the
enormous sum of 8950 per hundred
weight.
Xiooal T.tems.
Ho! all ye that smoke. Attend the
sale of fine segara to-morrow morning,
advertised by Jacob Levin, Esq.
POST OFFICE HOURS.-Tho office is
open from 8 a. m. nutil 3)^ p. m.,
and from 6 until 7 p. m. The North?
ern, mail, closes at 3>? p. m., and all
other mails close at 8 p. m.
Alec Forbes'of Howglen. A Novel.
By George Mao Donald, M. A.
Now York: Harper & Brothers.
The above is the title of a quaint
and pleasing Scottish story, told in
excellent stylo, and with just enough
o? the "lingo" to made it interesting.
It is by the author of "Annals ol
a Quiet Neighborhood," which baa
been so generally admired. The
price of tho book is only 75 cents. Il
is No. 294 of Harper's "Library oi
?Select Novels." We are indebted tc
J. J. McCnrter, Esq., for a copy.
UxrvEiisiTY OE SOITII CAUOLJNA.
Wo call attention to the advertise
mont of this first-class institution oi
learning, which appears in our co
hunns this morning. The condition!
upon which applicants will bo ad
mitted, and tho necessary qualifies
tions, are explained and defined ii
this notice, while it is stated that tlx
final examinations, before graduation
will be searching and rigid.
The ablo corps o? professors in al
the departments, whose names ar
given, may be considered a gu?rante
for a thorough course of instruction
Many of these gentlemen have beei
long connected with the South Caro
lina College, while those receutl;
elected are all well qualified for th
positions they occupy. In the modi
cal department, it will bo seen tba
students will have the advantage o
nine months uninterrupted study
On the whole, we can recommend tb
University ns an institution of learn
ing equal to any in tho Souther:
States.
DVJA, TIMES.-The annexed artic!
is from the Houston Telegraph: I
is so appropriate that we appropriai
it, though times aro not quite so dui
here as there:
"Wo hear a great deal of croakin,
and evil foreboding these dull times
Some say the countrj* is ruined
others that the eily is going down
and others that we shall never se
prosperity again. Business is dull
money source, and prospects gloom
all over the country, we admit; bu
metido not make things better b,
their everlasting complaining. In
deed, they do harm, and make nial
ti-rswor.se. When thc country is i:
trouble, she needs and should hav
the united ?ind cheerful energies an
jabots of all her sons, not their im
potent and unmanly repiuings. Som
talk of going out of business, som
of removing to another pince, au
sonic of one thing and some of ar
other. If more men would engag
in tilling the fertile soil, in raisin
corn, cotton, wheat, meat, potatoes
wool, and everything that feeds an
clothes a people, and supplies th
staples of tlie commerce of the cont
try, wo think much good would rt
suit from it. Business is immense]
overdone. Entirely too many me
are engaged in it, and too few in agr
cultural pursuits.
"lint of one thing everybody ma
rest assured: This placo will continu
to prosper mid grow, ami become
great city, despite! nil such times ti
these. Tho.se who now lose tba
faith will make a great mistake, an
will rue it When, perhaps, it will b
loo Into, o isiness is stagnant a
over the United States, as well as i
this direction. And this is not th
ttrst timo any of us have posse*
through dull times. Wo have see
many such seasons before, and in a
?ich seasons we have heard the som
complainings and prophesying c
?vii wo now hear. It is time to qui
t, and to set about, by bard worl
ind economy, to remedy our presen
ivils as much ns possible. Very foi
;an make any money now. The ma
ority should be well satisfied if the;
;an make a living, and pay their wa;
is they go. We can do all this, an<
n so doing, let us bo satisfied am
latiently wait for botter times."
THE MAILS.-We are ' constantly
receiving complaints with reference
the non-reception of our paper
on the Lexington route-more espe?
cially the "Ridge" section. Will the
proper officials please look into the
matter? Tho papers are regularly
mailed from this office.
The Soutiieiii Cultivator, for August,
is a valuable contribution to agricul?
tural literature. The demise of the
lamented W. N. White is feelingly
noticed by Mr. Redmond. Dr. James
Onmak has been announced as assist?
ant editor.
An exchange says that the girls of
a neighboring city show their "good
sense" by wearing short dresses.
Here they show their ankles.
Jon PRINTING.-The Job Office of
the Phwnix is as complete as any in
the South. It is furnished with new
fouts of type bf all descriptions and
of thc most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
NBW|AJ>VE*TISEXK>TB..-Attention is can?
ed to tho following advertisenn r.ts. which
are published this morning Fyi ,; - Brit
time ?
Bouth Carolina University.
Regulations for Registration,
Mecklenburg Female College.
General Order No. 1G -To Registrars.
M. Davis-Cautionary Notice,
(i. Eilhardt-Estate Notice.
Meeting Stockholders S. A U. R. R.
Jacob Devin-Auction Sale.
Swygert iV Benn-Corn.
Extra Meeting Columbia Lodge.
A tine, lot Kit Desirable Goodsdiave just
been opened by Mr. R. C. Shiver, who etui
I adheres to his popular principle of eOod
articles for little money. Read his adver?
tisement, and then examino the goods.
At tho regular- meeting of tho Palmetto
Fire Company, held August fi, tho follow?
ing preamble and revolutions were unani?
mously adopted:
Whereas it has plcnscd Almighty God,
.inaecordanco with his inscrutable wisdom
and providence, to remove from our midst
our late brother-member, N. Reraghi; be
it,,therefore,
Iteion?iJ, That we, as a Company, deoply
deplore tho loss of Mr. Berat; hi; that, by
his death, this Company has lost one of
its most efficient members aud our city an
estimable and worthy citizen.
Itesnlvert, That a blank page in the Com?
pany record be set apart an? dedicated to
his memory.
JlesolteJ, That tho foregoing preamble
and resolutions bo published iu the Daily
i'/ei mx, and that tho Secretary bo in?
structed to forward" a copy of the" same to
the bereaved family of the deceased.
\Y. B. STANLEY, President.
C. A. CAUatXOTOW, Secretary.
NOTICE.
IHAVE discontinued business in this
city, and will not be responsible for any
debts incurred l>v anv one tn mv name.
August H 1* M.* DAVIS.
NOTICE.
ALL persons' having claims against thc
Estate of JOHN MAYER. deed., will
present them properly attested, and all
persona-indebted to tho said Estate will
make payment, to G. ElbHARDT.
Augusj 8 mo3 Executor.
?. V. Relief Association.
THE members or this Association, and
their invited guests, will celebrate
their 54th anniversary, THIS DAY, Augrjt
S, at Woodlands1. The excursion train will
leave the depot of tho South Carolina Rail?
road precisely at 9 o'clock a. m. Rv order
of J*. S. MCMAHON, President.
jJSr'ficketa to Barbeono can be procured
at store of Maj. Radcliffe._Aug 8
CORN! CORN!
lZf\i\ BUSHELS PRIME WESTERN
OIJU MIXED CORN. For sale low bv
__AngJHja_SWYGERT ic SENN. '
Columbia Lodge No. 108, A.\ F.\ M.*.
An Extra Commifnication of this
Lodge will be held THIS (Thurs?
day) KYKNINC,at 8 o'clock, at Pal?
metto Lodge Hall. Tito Third Degree will
bo conferred. Rv order of thc W. M.
ISAAC SULZBACIIER, Soc'v.
August S _1_
Mecklenburg Female College,
Charlotte, !f. C.
REV. A. G STACY, A. M.,
President. Board and Tuition
H per Bossion of live scholastic
(months, ?100. If the whole br
paid at the opening of tho sos
sinn, October 1, only re
For particulars, address the Pre
August K ^ .
Spartanburg and Union Railroad.
TML ANNUAL MEETING of the Stock?
holders of thia Road will take plaooat
Spartanburg Court Honso on WEDNES?
DAY, the '21st instant, at ll o'clock a. m.
Tticro will be au EXTRA TRAIN over the
Road the day boforo and tho day after.
Stockholders and their families will be
passed free. THOS. R. JETER,
August 8 Pres t S. A U. R. R.