The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 24, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, August 24, 1867.
Re-act lon mt the North. I j??
It hos been a matter of surprise that
the people of the North sustained the
party at present in pow?r, when it
was appnrent that their policy had
become so destructive; and it was
hoped that suoh support was owing
rather to a misapprehension of the
objects and purposes of these lenders,
than to any deliberate endorsement
of their views. Unless the people of
the Northern States had fully made
up their minds to do away with free
institutions and republican govern?
ment, it was impossible to conclude
that their action bore all the signifi?
cance which seemed to attach to it.
Thinking, men have looked for the
evidenceB of that re-action which it
was thought must set in. The re?
storation of the Union and tho pre?
servation of constitutional liberty
absolutely depend upon it, and we
need not say that tho long delay has
been tery trying. At last, it is thought,
unmistakable indications can be Been
that the people of the North are
awaking to the realities of the situa?
tion-they are beginning to see that,
il the leaders are permitted to go un?
checked, they will accomplish the min
of the nation. It is impossible tc
conceal from the people the fact thal
the reconstruction policy has accom
plished the overthrow of republicar
government in ten States, and that il
menaces the liberties of the people o!
all the States. Tho policy which cs
tablishes negro supremacy in toi
States is rather too much for th?
Northern people. Symptoms of dis
satisfaction are apparent in all port
of the country, and are not by an;
means confined to Democrats. The;
are to be seen in the resolutions o
Republican meetings-in thespeeche
of men identified with the dominan
party-in the results of local elec
tions, where Democratic majoritie
take the place of former radical tri
nmphs-in the editorial articles c
journals that have been heretofor
violently radical. The New Yor
Herald is not the only paper that hn
"scented the danger afar off." Th
South mast bide her time.
RETURN OP EMIGRANTS FROM BR/
ziii.-The Montgomery (Ala.) Advei
User records the arrival in that cit
of a party of ladies and gentlemei
who left Brazil last month, tin
roughly disgusted with their ne
homes among the hybrid masses i
that over-rated country. They ai
said to givo affecting and pitiful a<
counts of the sufferings of mau
hundreds of deluded Southerners i
that far-off region, and represei
that there is no way of improvin
their fortunes, nor any kindly soci
intercourse with the natives; tin
they live about in huts, uncared fo
and the Americnu Consul is in recei]
of numerous and constant applic
tions from helpless American citizei
to assist them iu getting back to the
native land.
Tho Augusta Constitutionalist lean
that the Hon. H. S. Fitch, Unitt
States District Attorney, has dete
mined to prefer charges against i
less than eight of the Southern loy?
ists, the aforesaid eight having tak<
tho iron-clad oath contrary to tl
law and facts in evidence. It
understood that an officer is makii
inquiries iii South Carolina relati
to the status, .Vc, of some of tl
oath-takers.
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Capt. Tolbert, of the ship "?ee?
Bird," has won another bet (this til
?2,OOO) on J. Wilkes Booth heil
still alive. Another "doubter" hr
ing been convinced, at a forfeit
tho above sum, we begin to thi
that the statements of Baker a
others relative to the death of Boc
aro really only fabrications. Tolbi
will make a fortune, if he continu
-> o ? ?
There were 02 whites and 12 <
lored registrars at Hodge's, Gre<
ville District, on the 21st and 22d.
-, + ?.?
A new anesthetic has como ii
fashion of late. It is quadrichlori
of carbon, which possesses an agre
ble smell of quinces, and can prodt
insensibility in less than a minu
This insensibility may be maintain
with or without loss of conscionsne
its effects cease speedily, when i
sired, and are not followed by von
ing. It hos also been snccessfu
used for obstinate headache.
GrmnlUvUlc. .
The following extract from a letter 1
written hy the President of the Gra
ui te ville Company to a stockholder,
contains the fu?l rJjrticiArs ?f the j
extent of the darn nae dOtie by the
late freshet:
ATAUST 19, 1867.
Di: A ii Sm: We had tho most disas?
trous freshet last week that was ever |
known in Horse Greek. All the mill
dams above here, and iu the vicinity,
have been swept away. I was absent ]
in Colombia, attending to the busi?
ness of the Penitentiary, and was
telegrapled to return immediately, as |
our dam was badly -broken, which I
found to be the case. The rain dur?
ing Wednesday 'was .incessant, and
my son James was up ail night in the
rain, with all the available working
force on the daxns. ; At 2 o'clock,
they concluded that all was Bafe; but
soon after, the water from dams
which gave way above, came down
and raised the water until it covered
the stone wall on the canal bank from
end to end, ran over the lower end
and washed holes on both sides of I
the shore, went through the iron
gate, middle of pioket fence on canal
bank, in ? stream six inohes deep for 1
an hour, was on the dam in fifty
placeB, and running over slightly be?
fore 2 o'clock; but when the rush
came, it was thought advisable to cut
the dam in a safe place, but that pre- I
caution did not prevent its breaking
in a vital point, causing great da?
mage, and which will take two weeks
or moro to repair.
The coat to the company will pro?
bably reach $4,000 or $5,000. In?
cluded in this estimate is the cost of
a fine covered bridge across the
canal, which was swept away. The
large public bridge just above the
factory in the village was carried
away, aa well as all our private
bridges about the mill. Our lumber
yard was swept clean of 5,000or 6,000
feet of lumber. You are aware of
our having a gate in the stone dam of
four feeS diameter under twenty feet
head, which will discharge more than
ten 4mea the volume of the creek at
its ordinary stage. The stone dam,
160 feet wide where the water pours j
over, hud four feet depth of water on
it. As soon os the dam gave way, an
express was sent to inform them at
Kalmia Mills and Bath Paper Mills.
The water was seven hours in its pro-1
gress to the latter point, so that there |
was sufficient time to draw down the
pond and save them from disaster.
The dam at Kalmia Milla was not
built across the creek, therefore they
sustained bat little damage. At Vau?
cluse, above Granitoville, the water
was higher by three or four feet than
ever known before, even when their
former immense pond was emptied ;
by a break in that dam. The black
smith shop and oil house, also the
line bridge there over Horse Creek,
were carried away. A fine new bag?
gy, which was in the Vaucluse iron
and wood shop for repairs, was token
off by the flood, and not yet found.
I may add, too, that great damage
was done to the Colombia and Au?
gusta Railroad by the washing away
of a quantity of earth-work, and da?
mage to bridges which had been com?
pleted.
NEGRO OFFICIALS.-The Washing?
ton Sib?*, of Monday, has the follow?
ing paragraph :
It is currently reported that nearly
a month since the President offered
the position of Chief of the Bureau
to Mr. John M. Langston, the color?
ed lawyer of Ohio, who is now en?
gaged in addressing tho colored
people of Virginia, on their educa?
tional interests, bat that ho declined.
We are totally opposed to tho in?
troduction of a negro into any office
-even into that now occupied by
General Howard. Nevertheless, the
appointment of a negro could not
well be objected to by tho radicals.
Indeed, they would be afraid to
object. And in this light the report?
ed action of the President is probable;
otherwise-that is, upon its merits
we regard tho rumor as improbable.
SLAVERY AND POLYGAMY.-A Cali?
fornia correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce calls atten?
tion to the practice of polygamy and
slavery on the Pacific, coast, within
tho States and Territories. * Both
these institutions, ho says, prevail
among the China settlements and
native American races, without hin?
drance or denunciation. The higher
classes of tho Chineso in California
are said to import slaves direct from
China, and great numbers are kept
in tho State, both male and female,
who daily deliver up to their masters
all their earnings, and never HUG for
or expect their freedom. The Indians
enslave nil of their captives, have as
many wives as they choose, and sopa
rato from them when they please.
The same polygamie custom prevails
among the native Mexicans of Cali?
fornia. Tho correspondent thinks it
would bc appropriate and wise if
philanthropists who devote so much
timo to the ex-slaveholders of the
South would give their attention to
slavery and polygamy as practiced by
tho Asiatic races, Indians and Mexi?
cans in California.
The Transcript tells, as a fact, a j
story of a maid servant who cut off a
large part of the mane of her mas
ter's valuable horse to make herself a |
chignon.
General Oront'ii Position. ?
Tho New York Times publishes a
number of General Grant's official
papers, to show that he is in sympa?
thy "with Congress. We quote:
General Grant ?rote General Scho?
field as follows regarding his order on
registration:
WASHINGTON, May 6, 1867.
GENERAD.: Your letter of the 22d
of April, enelooing copy of regula?
tions for the registration of voters in
your command, was received during
my absence from the city, and either
from my neglect or tbat of some one
else, I have only just read them. The
order is without number and without
date, from which I infer you aro wait?
ing to hear whether there are any
suggestions to offer before publishing
it. I hasten, therefore, at this appa?
rently late day, to reply.
The order seems to me to meet
every point, and to be good. I asked
the Secretary of War to know if he
had any suggestions to offer. He said
that he had read the order, and found
nothing to suggest in relation to it.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser?
vant, TJ. S. GRANT, General.
EXTRACT FROM AN OFFICIAI, ENDORSE?
MENT UPON A LETTER OF OEN. POPE'S.
It acorns clear to me that the power
is given in the bill "for the more
efficient government of the rebel
States," to use or hot, at the pleasure
of district commanders, the provi?
sional machinery set up without the
authority of Congress in the States
to which the Reconstruction Act ap?
plies. There being doubt, however,
on this point, I would respectfully
ask an early opinion on the subject
If the power of removal does nol
exist with district commanders, thei.
it will beeome necessary for them tc
take refuge under that section of tin
i bill which authorizes military com
missions.
U. S. GRANT, General.
I HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THI
UNITED STATES, April 22, 1867.
GRANT TO TOPE.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 1867.
Maj. Gen. J. Pope, Atlanta, Ga.:
Your despatch of yesterdsy re
ceived. Enforce your own construe
tion of the military bill until ordere?
to do otherwise. The opinion of th
Attorney-General has not been die
tributed to district commanders ii
language or manner entitling it to th
force of an order; nor can I suppos
that the President iuteuded it t
haye such force.
U. S. GRANT, General.
These are all the papers which ir
dicate with any clearness Gen. Grant
views.
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A Gigantic Bridge.
The St. Louis Democrat thus d?
scribes the proposed bridge over tb
Mississippi River, at that place:
We have seen the plan and we ma
be allowed to say, who have certain!
seen some of the greatest bridg<
in the world, that this will cap thei
alL In their length there are mar
that surpass it. There is the Victor
bridge, over the St Lawrence, whic
is two miles long; there is tl
bridge over the Nebudda, which
a mile and a half; there is the bridj
from Bassebin to the maiu lani
which is over three miles iu lengt!
But none of these bridges are mu
vela, because in none is there an e
traordinary breadth of span. The sty
adopted is somewhat similar to th
used in the structure over the Rhin
between Coblentzand Ehreubreistei
but the span there is ouly 300 fe?
The bridge over the Thames at Lo
don, culled Southwark, which
nearly of the same material, but i
finitely more clumsj', and with i
expensive waste of material, whi<
by no means adds to the instrim
strength, has a span of 210 fe?
But it is tho great feature of o
bridge, which will cost very neal
$5,000,000, that it will accommode
two double tracks of rails, one bro
gauge, tho other uarrow, foot pi
sengers and street railway cars, ai
will not interfero ono whit with ua1
gatiou; for of tho three arches whi
will span together the shores of i
Louis and Illinois, thc central ono
515 feet, and the two side ones 4
feet.
The two piers which will suppc
these glorious arches will be su
tremendous masses of masonry as
tuke back tho mind involuntarily
Cheops and Cephrense and th
pyramids among the yellow sands
Egypt, and within sight of the tn
quil, winding Nile. Soundings mn
recently in the river have indica!
.a remarkable chango in its b<
Tho high water being compelled
flow through tho narrow chan:
framed by our wharf and tho ri1
shore of Bloody Island, has cut (
the sandy bottom eignteen fecMo\
than when tho same soundings w
mado last April. Yet this looat:
is perhaps the narrowest place in I
river within 1,500 miles of its mou
From this cause it has been absolu
ly necessary to place the fouudati<
of the piers upou the rock it?
which is from fifty to soventy-i
foot from the sandy bed. Tak
this into consideration, the pier
the deepest part of the rivor will
a moss of masonry 200 feet in heig
110 feet in width, and with a brea
tapering from fiifty to forty f<
Tho other will probably bo ?70 1
in height, as the rock is met v
some thirty feet nearer to the ri
bottom. Tt will be allowed by
that this will be a stupendous um
taking. "
Local TIt?ms.
Owing to tho derangement of the
paper mills by the late heavy rains,
our,supply of paper has been cutoff.
For several days, we have been' de?
pendant on Prof. Woodrow, of the
Southern Presbyterian. The Phoenix
appears a little out of gear this morn?
ing, but in a day or two, we shall be
"all right again."
REGISTRATION.-The Columbia
Board commenced its duties at the
lower box, yesterday morning. The
total number registered was 201, of
whom 6 were white and 195 colored.
The arrival of several delegations
from the country, is the cause of the
great difference in the number "of
white and colored registered.
W. J. ARMSTRONG ON THE STUMP.
The Columbia martyr-who has just
returned from a tour of the State
ventilated himself last night, in front
of Janney's Hall, and instructed his
numerous colored hearers on the duty
of the hour. Judging from the ap?
proving shouts that were heard, his
audience evidently appreciated his
doctrines and were loud-mouthed in
their adulation. Mr. Armstrong spoke
for some time, bnt wo were unable to
attend, and could not learn the sub?
stance of his remarks,
SINGULAR.-For two months or
more, as we learn, a draft for 81,000
in gold, contributed to the poor of
his District by Dr. J. Marion Sims, a
native of Lancaster, but now residing
in Paris, has been lying uncalled for
in the Executive Office-notwith?
standing tho Governor has addressed
not less than three communications
to prominent citizens of that District.
This would seem to bo a verification
of the old adage, that "what is every
one's business is no one's business."
Thc Galaxy, for September, con?
tains some "Reminiscences of Dr.
Anthon," the late distinguished clas?
sical scholar and teacher; "A Carol
of Harvest, for 1867;" "Jean Inge
low's New Volume;" "The Ladies of
Llangollen;" "Brigham Young and
Mormonism;" "Aunt Madeline's Tri?
al;" a short story ; ' 'Stoven Lawrence,
Yeoman;" "Waiting for the Verdict;"
"Nebula?," by the editor. The price
of The Galaxy is $3.50 a year. Sin?
gle copies will be sent, post-paid, on
receipt of thirty cents. Address W.
C. & F. P. Church, No. 39 Park Row,
New York.
We learn that there will be a large
mass meeting at Belton, Anderson
District, on the 30th instant, at which
Gov. Orr (if not prevented by official
duties) is likely to be present. Politi?
cal interest in the upper part of the
State is deepening every day, and
meetings are being held every wx-ek,
which are addressed by white and
colored citizens.
The Union Leagues in Pickens and
portions of Greenville Districts, are,
it is said, composed of both races.
At one of tho registration precincts
in Pickens, as we are informed, a
number of colored men, armed with
muskets, recently drew up in file in
fro.it of the registration office, and
made such demonstrations, that the
President of tho Union Leaguo at
that place, as a conservator of the
public peace, took down their names,
and forwarded the same to the near?
est military post.
We also learn, that in the vicinity
of Rock Hill, on the Charlotte Rail?
road, a considerable body of negroes
are regularly drilling.
A most fearful and brutal outrage
was recently committed in that neigh?
borhood, upon a young and respect?
able lady.
SENTENCE COMMUTED.-Jolrh Davis,
who was tried and convicted of lar?
ceny before Judge Leitner, at the
August term of the District Court for
Kershaw, and sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, at hard labor,
in the penitentiary, has had his pu?
nishment commuted to imprisonment
in tho common jail until tho 15th of
September next. He has been im?
prisoned siuce tho 3d of last July.
The evidence was purely circumstan?
tial. Several persons were about the
store from which tho $20 were stolen ;
none of the money was found in his
possession, and, in view of the fact
that the prisoner was a youth, and a
stranger, the judge and the solicitor
recommended that he be pardoned.
Read Udolpho Wolfe's advertise?
ments in to-day's paper.
PARDONS.-All persons interested
in the matter of obtaining pardons
fro'm tho Executive, will bear in miud
that tho application cat not be enter?
tained unless it is accompanied by a
report of the case, made by the judge
who tried, or the solicitor who prose?
cuted the .same. Our exchanges in
the State will do well to notify their
readers of this fact.
JOB PRINTING.-The Job Office of
the Phoenix is as complete as any in
tho South. It is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA PENITEN?
TIARY.-The Board of Commissioners
of the Penitentiary-consisting of
Messrs. Gregg, Robertson and Came?
ron-met in this city, recently, and
proceeded to inspect that institution.
The following is a summary of their
report: There are now completed
fifty cells, and the stone cut for
twenty more. The first convicts
were received on the 18th April. At
present, there are upwards of 100.
There has been one death; one
escape; one pardoned by the Go?
vernor, and one discharged. The
cost of subsisting convicts is about
twenty cents a day; but the eutire
cost of keeping a convict cannot yet
be ascertained. No convict who is
now working is worth less than sixty
cents per day and his board, if he
was a hired laborer; thirty are worth
eighty cents per day and their board.
All are kept at work, except when
excused by tho surgeon. Stone-cut?
ting and masonry is the chief em?
ployment. Seventeen are daily sent
to the quarry-?bout ono and a half
miles distant. An amount of cloth?
ing is on hand, sufficieut to last until
the 1st January. Each prisoner, on
entering, is invested with the convict
costume, after being thoroughly
cleansed and purified, and the Com?
missioners heard no complaint made,
during their conversations with the
prisoners, concerning either their
t reit traen t or their food; and it was
found that nearly all of them were in
a fair way to learn a remunerative
trade. With few exceptions, punish?
ment has been found unnecessary.
Since the month of April, the con?
victs have performed 2,570 days of
labor, which, at Bixty cents per day,
is equal to $1,542. .
POST OFFICE HOURS.-The office is
open from 8 a. m. until p. m.,
aud from 6 until 7 p. m. Tho North?
ern mail closes at 3>? p. m., aud all
other mails close at 8 p. m.
N nw ADvK.-.TiHtsTKNTB_Attention IH call?
ed t<> the following advertisements, which
jre published this morning for Um first
tim.
. J. C. Jiinney-List of Letters.
Fisher & Heinitsh-Turnip Seed.
A tine lot of Desirable Goods have just
been opened by Mr. H. C. Shiver, who still
adheres to his popular principle of gocd
articles for little money. Read his adver?
tisement, and then examine the goods.
From the New York Gazette, we
learn that in tho American Department
at Paris, there is on exhibition some
gold embroidery which attracts uni?
versal admiration. The richuess of
tho material and the elegance of the
workmanship is unequalled. It is
from an American lady. Her hus?
band is a New York publisher. He
lives iu great style. He has his fine
house, dashing teams, and is em?
phatically fast. His wife is not al?
lowed to dwell under his roof. She
is an elegant and accomplished lady,
on whose fame not a breath of sus?
picion has rested. But, deserted,
and with no provision made for her
maintenance, she resolved to turn
her accomplishments to a good ac?
count. This lady called on Mme.
Demorest, and told her story-ex?
hibited her skill, and found full
employment and fair compensation.
For years she has earned a comfort?
able subsistence, and is esteemed by
nil who know her. Kings and
Queens bend over her handiwork
in Paris with admiration. By little
and little her story has leaked out,
and great interest is attached to it.
With her needle and patient en?
durance, she will make a name in the
world. _
Tho Darlington Southerner records
an unfortunate occurrence near Lea
vensworth, in that District, on Sun?
day last. It appears that depreda?
tions had repeatedly been made on
the poultry of Mr. Peter Mciver, and
finally the family resolved to be on
the watch for the robbers. Mrs.
Mciver had gone into the yard, Sun
lay night, unkuown to the rest of the
family, and passed near tho poultry
liou.se, by some means making a
noise, which attracted the attention
af tho watchers, when her son fired
ind wounded his mother so severely
that she died in a few hours.