The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 19, 1868, Image 4
. _ COLUMBIA.
Sunday Moraing> April 19,. 1868.
Oar lu?to Convention Asa tn.
The New York Journal of Coi
mercc is ouo of the ablest and mo
reliablo journals in thc North,
speaks in' terms ol high approval <
tho action of the recent Con ven tioi
. It says "the platform adopted at tl
State Conservative Convention ' w<
on tile whole' judioious; as well on
Ciliated as any that could have bee
framed to attract the entire whit
population of the State to its auj
port. Towards the negroes? it wt
politic aqd just, and revealed the. rei
feelings entertained for the freed mei
. -ad we believe, of the majority c
Southern whites."
Again it says: 4This ooncessio
by tile South Carolina conservative
to tlte i freedmen, g?nerons as il
spirit is, of course fails to satisfy th
?Northern radicals, who are attempl
ing to gain possession of the State
-and for that purpose have drilled an
.disciplined an army of negro voters.
It then gently hits Hon. W. E
Porter and Hon. I. W. Hayne, fo
(retiring from the field, and thu
adding*} to tho great disadvantage
under which the Democratic part;
labored. The comments of th
Journal of Commerce aro well-time*
and judicious, aud are important a
showing the effect North of tho wis.
and conservative polioy adopted b;
our late Convention.
Mn. EDITOR: Aa you occasionally
give religions instruction in you*
columns, it is much to be desiree
that it should not bo of a deleterioui
character. Many of your readers, ;
feel sure, will regret the tone ant
tendency of your ar ti clo in this morn
ing's paper, headed t 'Religion anc
Cards." Some of yonr subscribers
I know, did not expect that yoi
would introduce into their families
the sneers against their ministers,
with which that article abounds.
You announce that the Young
Men's Christian Association, in som*
pf the Northern cities, have intro?
duced billiards and cards into theil
rooms; and you say this is a "very
sensible movement," and plainly
showB that "the world is outgrowing
the puritanic, prejudices and stupid
superstitions, which have hitherto
weighed like au inoubus upon true
religion." Whether the "Northern
oities" aro the best schools of moral?
ity, or their "Young Men's Christian
Associations" the wisest expounders
of it to bo found in the laud, some
of us can't help doubting. It is cer?
tainly a remarkable discovery, which
you proclaim, that "tho world is out?
growing" nny bad thing. It is espe?
cially wonderful that this self-reform
is taking its rise of all places, in this
great country, in tho great cities of
tho North, for we have lately been
hearing on the best testimony, some
dreadful accounts of their depravity.
Wonderful indeed it is, that jost (here,
the world should kindly instruct tho
Lord Jesus and His Church how best
to oarry on His work. What can its
Prince ami Lord be doing, when his
Kingdom is thus allowed to turn
against him, aud join with a Chris?
tion association in promoting "true
religion?" For my part, as a Chris?
tian man, I can't help dtending all
alliances of the Church with thc
world, or with the devil; and most of
all, in the business of improving
morals, or promoting piety. I dis?
trust, Mr. Editor, tho "cheering re?
sults," which you say have already
begun to follow this latest invention
for attracting young people to a pions
life.
You think there is no harm in
games of ohance. You have a per?
fect right to form your opinions for
yourself. Many good and wise men,
howler, hive believed ihut they aro
a profane appeal to tho providenco of
God, similar in moral character to
trifling with God's name in common
conversation. Many have also sup?
posed that tho vice of gambling con?
sists in precisely this same thin'*, I
do not think these men deservo to
havo yonr columns filled with ridicule
of thom for this belief, although some
of thom may occupy "the pulpit."
Nor can I perceive how it weakens
tho testimony of theso preachers, if
their number has been "countless
millions." A.
Our correspondent evidently mis
? *
? ? '. aggi ? riT^T^"**SS1 . '
! understood tho tenor of the article.
The idea intended to b? conveyed
woe, that there is no nctunl difference
ingames'-qt'chm??e-^or skill, if he
*rt?crs ; th? im m-suc? aa chess,
cards, billiards, ten-pina, etc.-skill?
ful and attentive playing bei?g essen?
tially necessary to enece?e in all
cases. , If these games nee indulged
in moderately, 'we cannot conceive
that any act UH! harm will result; and
assure tho gentleman that thore was
not the slightest intention to ridicule
"Christian .reen," or to slur at any
individual's opinions.
Richland. Uwaaorratto Club.
Ab.a culled meeting of this club, a
large and enthusiastic assemblage of
the members responded.
On motion, the reading of the last
minutes were dispensed with.
Col. Thomas addressed the meet?
ing on the prospects of the party and
the duty uf the hour, and submitted
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Democratic
party of Richland District find, in
the result of the recent election,
naught but the presage of future
success. With a party organized but
two weeks before the election, and
having unusual obstacles iu the way,
they polled, in spite of the disfran?
chisement of many of our best men,
a heavy vote, and reduced the radical
majority fur below the current antici?
pations even of the most sanguine.
Resolved, That the District Central
Executive Committee be directed to
proceed at once to the more thorough
organization of the porty in this Dis?
trict, and that we here pledge to
them and to euch other our earnest
and constant efforts in behalf of tho
cause.
Resolved, That the colored people
throughout tho District, favorable to
the party," bo invited, os a mode bf
action moro agreeable to themselves,
to form co-operative Democratic
clubs, which clubs, together with tho
Ward and District clubs, shall form
and niako up the oentral organization
of the District.
Resolved, That the colored people
who have attached their political for?
tunes to ours, are entitled to our
patronage and support, and shall re?
ceive it; and that this patronage and
support will not be withheld from
those, colored persons who may now
com? forward and ask to be enrolled
among the faithful, in the Democratic
ranks.
Rssolrcd, That those colored per?
sons who have voted to pnt upou the
white man and the colored man of
this State, an ignominious Constitu?
tion, ruinous alike to them, and espe?
cially so to us, have forfeited many
of their claims to our sympathy and
nid, and that the polioy of declining
to give work to those persons, and
especially to their leaders, will bo
steadily and firmly carried out by our
fellow-oitizens-duo regard being
had to the moral ami legal obliga?
tions of existing contracts, and each
citizen being at liberty to discriminate
in behalf of those well-disposed and
cbuservative colored men, who. may
have been led astray by the devices
of artful and designing leaders.
Resolved, That the Richland De?
mocratic Club appeal to their fellow
citizens throughout the State, to or?
ganize and work until the party in
the State st?nde a political column,
with full .ind disciplined runks, with
leaders - rdent and true, and with
principled wise, just and distiuotly
pronounced.
James G. Gibbes, Esq., introduoed
a resolution looking to the interests
of thoso colored persons who bad
proved their devotion to the true in?
terests of their race and country, sud
proposing a practical mode of sliow
?ug our appreciation of their pa?
triotic conduct.
D. I>. DeSanssnre, Esq., calling
attention to tho discharge, as report?
ed, from the Howard Schcol, o? l'no
children of thoso colored porsons
who hod voted the Democratic tickot,
suggested it as a duty inoumbont
upon us to seo that they wero fur?
nished with tho means of obtaining
educational advantages such as thoso
of which they had been deprived.
By request, William Myers (co?
lored) and Pleasant Good "(colored)
were called upon to give tho feeling
among their people. Their remarks
wore well conceived and received with
attention.
On motion, tho Club adjourned.
W. B. STANLEY, Chairman.
R. O'NEAI?E, Jn., Secretary.
THE LAST RAILROAD HORBOB. -One
of the moat terrible disaat?fa on re?
cord occurred early on tho morning
of tho 14th instant, sixteen miles
Wesfc of Por? cz tho. New
York and Erie Railroad. A train, of
passenger cars was thrown, oil' tile
track by the breaking of a rail, and
precipitated down au embankment
seventy feet. Thirteen dead bodies
and fifty-two of the injured axe at the
Port Jervis hotels. One of tho cars,'
thu least broken of the train, was so
firmly imbedded in the debris of the
others, as to prevent the escape of the
inmates, ?nd several were burned to
death before relief could be afforded
them. The accident unfortunately
happened at one of the worst spots
on th? road; and as at Angola, the
oars were precipitated over a preci?
pice from which a few feet, one way
or the other, would have saved thom,
so in the present caBe the exact place
where tho disaster occurred was the
most fearful and dangerous for many
miles East or West, and the rough
character of the rocky ground ren?
dered tho injuries of a fonrful de?
scription. The most heart-rending
features of the calamity were thc
burning of the sleepiug car and the
horrible fate of those poor creatures
who, probably only wounded by the
fall, perished in the flames. The
cars, in going over "the embankment,
turned several times before the bot?
tom was reached, and were nearly de?
molished.
John Hatton, a quiet, unobtrusive
citizen of Washington County, Va.,
hung himself at his residence, near
Emory and Henry College, on
Wednesday. Two years ago, his wife
j committed suicide by shooting her*
i self, lt seems to be a sort of weak?
ness of the family.
PARISIAN SUICIDES.-Paris has
reached tho rather alarming figure of
two suicides a day, and, curious to
relate, the most suicides take place in
the beautiful month of April, "when
nature is awakening from her long
winter sleep.
A company has hecn formed in
California for an expedition to raise a
frigate laden with gold aud silver
ingots, doubloons, etc., sunk on the
Peruvian coast 900 years ago!
Mr. James L. Gilmer, an aged and
wealthy citizen of Abbeville, died
very suddenly, on Monday.
Tribute in Memory of Lula LeConte.
-''Givo thnnks
That ah? is safe with Him, who hath the
power
O'er pain, and sin, and death."
This estimable young lady, the only
daaghter of John and Josephine Lc Con to,
departed this life, at the residenoo of her
father, at Columbin, S. C., on thc 21st day
of March, 18G8, i-.?'tcr a long and painful ill?
ness of many months.
Oh! how hard it is to part with those, vre
lo/tr! It is truly in that sad hour that tho
heart feels tho heaviness of its sorrow,
und yearns to hold tho object of its deep
affection to its fond ombraco. It is then
that it gives up its treasure with the
agony of despairiug grief. But when that
dear object is thc child of our early and
tender love, the companion of our riper
years, and the light and lifo of our hearth
Kinl home-0! it is then that we feol the
force of the crushing sorrow that s?tUos
deep and often teanCM nil the .vin!! Who
can tell the pang of snob a parting? In
life, this highly accomplished you tax per?
son drew towards ber tho respect and love
of all who knew her. Frank, open and
ingenuous in her manners, truthful am)
affectionate in lier nature, cultivated aud
rotlned in her tastes, the purity of her
sentiments lest a charm to her personal
attractions, and added a graco and beauty
to her bright and choerfnl conversation.
Her qualities of head and heart fitted her
for the companionship of those who were
far beyond her in years and of moro ma?
tured experience." Always animated and
cheerful, sho was free from the least touch
of frivolity, and yet she seemed literally
torejoico in thc sunlight of lier own na?
ture. To her, it was all morning; the good
Father permitted her to seo no noon-day
and no evening. Tho early dew had
scarce!v dropped from the delicate dower,
when the Iteaper transplanted it Into tho
eternal gardens, to grow forever upon the
brink
-"Of Siloa's brook that flows
Fast by thu oracle of God."
Hor faith In the honrof death gavo strength
to tho tender spirit, and planted ber feet
safely upon the other shore. Betaining
her intellect to tho last, the hope of the
Christian beamod in lief bye atv??,
color to ncr every thought. Turning to a
near relative, on ono occasion, she said to
her: "The wing of Time doo poi fly half
so fast as I am willing to feo." And,' alas!
shebas gone! The garlands of parental
lovo will long bo scattered upon her'early
gravo. Hbo sloops in the shadow of tire
gray towers of Trinity, under tho protect?
ing branches of tho sentinel oak, and Upon
tho very spot of her own choice. Kho hail
gone! Truthful, trusting, hopeful, loving,
gent?o spirit, FARKWKM.!
-"Death should come
(lentlv, to ono of gentle mould, Uko Uiee,
As light winds, winding through the
grove*,
Detach tho delicate blossom from the troe. i
Close thy bright eye? calmly and without !
pain
For we will trust iu God to eoe theo yet
again." *. *; *.
Looiil Ttoms.
The. Appeal Conrt will meet to?
morrow. i?? thc Appm** Courv Li?
brary.
The report relative to the expul?
sion of scholars from the Howard
(colored) School, in this city, we are
assured by the teachers, is untrue.
We hud reason to believe tbe state?
ment, aud therefore published it.
As a matter of justice to thoso con?
nected with the institution, this con?
tradiction is inserted.
ELECTION' RETURNS. -Incomplete
returns from Greenville, indicate that
the Constitution has been carried by
nearly 600. In Spartauburg District
the Democrats are believed to have
carried the day by a handsome ma?
jority. Union is uuoertain.
Tho "truly loil" can be ncoomruo
dated at stall No. 17, next to the
Clerk's office, ia the market. Fresh
fish, vegetables, etc., will be kept on
hand. William Schultz hos charge.
Direct your servants whero to go,
and be sure that your directions are
carried out.
A committee from the Palmetto
Fire company will wait ou our citi- j
zens during the coming week, for the !
purpose of raising funds to furnish
their engine house A small con?
tribution is all that is necessary.
We have been preseutod with a
copy of a pamphlet, entitled "Cali?
ban-a sequel to 'Ariel;' " and, wo |
presume, by the same author. Messrs.
Duffle Si Chapman have tho work for
pale, at twenty-five cents.
SPIBITED MEETINU.-Tho Richland
Democratic Club had a meeting last
evening. Although the excitement
of the election had passed away, this I
was the largest assemblage yet hold j
of the club. The hall was densely
^rammed, and unusual enthusiasm !
evinced. The remarks of the speakers j
were received with applause, and the j
determination was exhibited of for
warding in every possible way the in- ,
tercsts of tito party.
CLEAVELAND MINERAL SPRINGS.-It j
will be seen by advertisement that
the delightful summer resort known
as Cleavelaud Mineral Springs, near I
Sholby, N. C., ia to be opeued for the |
reception of visitors ou the 1st of
June. Thoso who may visit these
springs will be pleased, if auything
reasonable in the way of pleasure
and recreation can please them.
Tho January number of the Sott?i- i
er.i Presbyterian Review has just been
issued. The following is Hie table of
contents:
Congregational Temporalities; In?
auguration of the Rev. Dr. Plumer; j
Slmkspeftre; Tho Paradise of the Lc- !
yellera; Jones' History of the Church; i
Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Ste
puen Frontis; The General Assem
bly; Critical Notices.
The Review is conducted by an '
"association of Ministors" in Colum- ?
bia, South Carolina.
GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAIL?
ROAD.-The annual report of the
President and Directors of the
Greenville and Columbin Railroad
Company is publisliod in this morn?
ing's Pliante, and will ba attentively
perused by those interested in this !
road-which will, doubtless, eveu-1
tuttUy provo au important connecting
link in a great line of railway between !
tho Atlantic and tho Mississippi. |
The nott iuoonio of tho road for tho
past year amounted to nearly $100,
000, which has been applied to the
payment of the floating debt; and us a
consequence, it has been so materially j
reduced as to hoing entirely within
the control of thc company.
Value the friendship of him who
stautls by you in tho ?torin ; swarms
of insects will surround you in the
time of sunshine. I
DICKENS AND SCOTT.-''Hunted
Down; and Otter Reprinted Pieces,"
by Charl<?? Dickens, lb published this
day by T: B. Peterson & Brothers A
306 Chc8nnt street, Philadelphia, an fl
is for sale by all book-sellers, prier"
twenty-five cents a copy; and makes
the nineteenth volume of "Peter?
son's Cheap Edition .for. the Million
of Charles Dickens' Works." Copies
of either or all of which will be 3ent
to any one, to any place, post-paid,
on receipt of price. Messrs. Duffie
& Chapman have these publications
for sale. -. i
We have also received from the
samo publishers, a copy of. "Waver?
ley," by Sir Walter Scott, being the
first volume of an entire new edition
of the Waverley Novels now in course
of publication by them, to be entitled
"Peterson's Cheap Edition for thc
Million of the Waverley Novels,"
which will be completed in twenty
six weekly volumes, ut twenty-five,
cents each, or five dollars for the
complete set, and sent post-paid
everywhere, ou receipt of price. The
volume now published contains a
portrait of Sir Walter Scott, engrav?
ed on steel from Newton's original
picture, painted at Abbotsford, be?
ing the Inst portrait for which he sat,
which of itself is worth the price of
thc volume.
The recent henvy rains-attended
with overflows, demolished bridges,
dams, etc.-havee?extended generally
over tho State. The Unionville Times
reports considerable damuge ia that
District from high water.
RELIGIOIS SERVICES THIS DAY.
Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand,
i ector, ?O'.? a. ru: aud 3 p. m.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E.
Boggs, Pustor, 10f.< a. m. and 8 p. m.
St. Peter's Church-Rev. J. J.
O'Connell, Pastor, 10 a. m. and 3 p. m.
Washington Street Chapel-Rev.
Wm. Martin, lOf.i a. m. and 4'v,' p. m.
Marion Street Church-Rev. S. H.
Browne, IO1., a. m. andS1,. p. m.
Lutheran fiecture Room-Rev. A.
R. Rude, 10?.; a. m.
Baptist Church-Rev, J. L. Rey?
nolds, 10 [? tx. in.
M Air. ARRANGEMENTS.-The post
offico open during the week from 81.?
a. m. to 0 p. m. On Sundays, from
tO P. M.
The Charleston and Western mails
areopeu for delivery at 4 % p. m.. and
close at ft1;,' p. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
8'?j ft. m., CIOBCS at 2.45 p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery St.*
p. m., closes at 8 p. m.
April foolishness-to go out for tho
day without au umbrella.
NEW Anvr.aTiKKjfENTs.-Attention > >.:...
nd to the following advertisements, put?
h'shed thia morning tor lb? rir?t ttoiq
F. Vf. Oreen-ShorifTs Salo.
E. it G. D. Hopi -Top Dressing, At.
M. A. Bronson-Sale to Foreeliie.
Henry H. Blcase-Played Out.
M. \V. Bvt bowood-Auotion ^ale.
C. H. Baldwin A t'o -FJour, .Ve.
J. &. Ti R. Agnew- Spades and Shofcls.
\V. T. Spigner-For Sale.
Apply at this Office-ltooms to Reift-, <fcc.
The horse Ivanhoe, match?d to
be driven from Brighton to Worces?
ter, Mass., ngainst tho horse Empire
State, a few weeks since, died on the
15th. Ivanhoe gave out on the way,
but Empire State went through, wiu
ning tho race, and died that night.
The defeated horse has never reco?
vered from tho elfects of the hard
driving on that occasion.
judah P. Benjamin, some time ago.
brought suit in a New Orleans court,
for fees for legal services rendered
before tho war, and the case has jnst
boen decided against him, on the
ground that ho forfeited all his legnl
rights by purf ioipntiug in the rebel?
lion. Mr. Benjamin is at present
practicing law in England.
Tho Lincoln monument-a Tuscan
pillar thirty-five foot high, surmount?
ed by a colossal statue of Lincoln, ail
of white marble-wa." unveiled in
Washington City on tho 3 3th. Tho
monument stands in front of tliot'ity
Hall, and was paid for by subscrip?
tions of tho citizens.