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Daily Fapov 88l a Year "Let oar Just Cenisnre ^^^^^r^^ Attend^ the Trne Event/^ Tri-Weekly $5 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY COLUMBIA. ?. C.. SUNDAY "MORS?N?, . MAY 3. 1868. VOLUME IV-NO. 38 THE PHONIX. rUBUSm? DAILY AMD TKI-WXJMU.T. tm GhmmR, EVETcY WEUNESDAT MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, ?p?T^B AND PHOPRIETO*. Omeo on 'Main etroet, a few doors abov? Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN*AD VANCE. ?UBSOaiPTioN. Daily Paner, six months.......$4 00 Tri-Weeklv, " " ._i8 60 Weekly. " ". 1 60 AnVEBTISEIfEXTs Inserted at 75 eema per eijuare for the fir?t insertion, and 50 couts for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. }" W "A liberal discount made on the above. . rates xchen advertisements art inserted. b%' the month or year. AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. BpsrtaubOrg-Hiram Mitchell. J. H. Allen, Chester. J&liuS Poppe, Anderson C. H. B. P. Ktnard, Newberry 0. H. James Grant, Union. ? The Protest ot Virginia Against "tile New Constitution. The conservative members of the late State Convention in Virginia, have issued an address to the people bf that Slate. This is an admirable I doonment: It is the opinion of the conserva- j tive members of the Convention that : the white people of Virginia should act in this matter without divisions. We contemplate the fact of the entire black population consolidated against us, enrolled in one compact, oath bound organization, acting with the grecision and discipline of an army, ly the apportionment of representa? tion in tho Convention, they were entitled to a majority in that body, which wr.8 increased by the inactivity of the whites, who were heartless and dispirited. This majority has framed a negro Constitution, con? trived to secure and perpetuate not only their ascendancy, but their ab? solute control of the State. For they aim at perpetuating their power. Avowing the most radical and ex? treme opinions with regard to the rights of the people, and the rights of the majority of the people, of whatever race or color, to rule, they have not only, by disfranchisement and test oaths, attempted to stille tho white mujority and the voice of all the whites in this State, but they put in their Constitution two provi? sions designed to keep the powe* in their hands. One of these is the test oath which is required of the mem? bers elected to any future Constitu? tional Convention; the other is a proviso that no amendment or re* vision of the Constitution now sub? mitted shull be made which shall deny or in any way impair the right of suffrage, or any civil or political right as conferred by this Constitu? tion, except for causes which apply equally to all persons and classes without distinction. They deny the right of the people to change their Constitution, and are legislating for posterity to the remotest generation. The whites are absolutely goaded to exertion, and have no ohoice but to arise and defend their existence as a race. The only question is os to the method of making this opposi? tion. It appears to us, and auoh is certainly the opinion of nine-tenths of the white people of the State, that onr true course lies in a positive re? jection of the Constitution submit? ted. Such being the case, if there are a few who would have preferred a mere passive resistance, we trust that, for tho sake of unanimity, they will lend their hearty co-operation to the plan which lins been resolved on. It is only oy concerted and united action that full expression can be given to the sentiments of thc white people; while the absence of a few th on simd voters from the polls might give some color to the averej ot that a portion of the whites were favor? able to the Constitution. It is, there? fore, the deliberate judgment of those who nnite in this paper, that it should bo regarded as settled, that nil who propose to act with the white man's party ?u Virginia, shall register and vote, and that no one should feel at liberty, whatever his private opinions as to the propriety of some other course, to break those ranks which should neither waver nor present a gap in this groat emergency. lt ba? been said that Congress, if wo defeat it, will put this Constitu? tion on us. Then let Congress bo the author of this great wrong, and let not Virginia, under any menace of violence, weakly be. tempted to offer no resistance to her ravisher. The adoption of tho Constitution by tho poople of tho State, and the im? position of it on them by the Re? publican party of tho North, are two very different things ?nd m?ay be followed, by very different results. An acquiescence on our part in negro suffrage is surely not the way to arouse the Northern mind against it. Nor does it seem to. na n??iKU so monstrous a Government can ever be effectually fastened oh UH, if tho white people.of the State will main? tain a firm, determined and unfalter? ing attitude. It is proper, however, to remark that is by no means certain, nor do we think it probable, that Congress will impose thia Constitution on us, if wo shall reject it. The instrument is very different in Its character from that contemplated by the AcUs of Congress.' . These did not profess more than the purpose to provide for protection to the negro; but the Con? stitution , framed .leaves it necessary to provide for the protection of the white man. It hos been suggested that the political party iu possession of the Federal Government, prepara? tory to the Presidential election, are anxious to have the Southern States in the "Union; bnt were it admissible to entertain the hypothesis that party considerations would influence Con? gress in this mutter, Virginia might well be an exception to the Southern States in general, ns her vote would probably bo cast ngaiust the party in question ut the Presidential election; and, indeed, must l>e, if the whites will only take care to. register, as we eau . command u white majority ui 35,000. It is our duty, then, to act toge? ther; to avoid all divisions; to disre? gard all cavilling objections, and to vote down the proposed Constitu? tion. To say of such a Constitution that it would be . insupportable, is language too feeble. Tb say (if it could be maintained twenty years) that it would lead to absolute social death, ia too obvious to need embel? lishment. It is an inundation, a cataclysm, whose bluck billows would submerge, even in that abort time, every monument of civilization, aud leave the white race in hopeless de? gradation. Judge Sneed, of Acco mac-ono of tho ablest of his party, a consistent Uniou man during the war, elected to the Convention as a radical, and acting with his party for three months of the session of tho body-was compelled, at the last mo? ment, to declare that the Constitu? tion established negro supremacy, and that, although in favor of negro suffrage, he had no alternative left but to vote against it at the polls. It is a strange spectacle, that a large portion of the American people, however embittered by the antago? nisms of civil war, should be willing to see members of the same family pass, even temporarily, under such a yoke. It is one of the noticeable incidents of the age, that, in what claims to be the most enlightened country of Christendom, a frenzy like this crusade for negro suffrage so resembling the delirium of the French Revolution-should take pos session of the public mind. To nc at the South, tue absolute indiffer? ence with which the people of the North contemplate the application now being made of this system al the South, is a matter of astonish' ment. That the negroes of the South car establish themselves in any perms neut supremacy over the whites, w< do not, however, accept for a mo ment. If it shall be the pleasure oj Congress, as it has tho power to do to put upon us a Constitution whicl they have invited us freely to past upon-u Constitution giving the ne groes ten-fold tho power they have it Jamaica-we shill interpret it as thc decree of God for a sharp and deci sive settlement of the controversy between tho white and black mees o? this continent. It will fearfully em burras?, but it will not destroy, tin white race of the ?South. Tho whit race of the South cannot be de stroyed. When the negroes are pu over ns, then, nt leust, we shall pu forth our strength. Wo shall ode such inducements to white immigra tion that these sparsely : ut tied State must rapidly tili up. The negro wil be Qverv.'Ijclmcd willi uumbers, and i will bo too lute to make arty term? It is perfectly evident that Provi denne desigus tho territory QI th I United ?States 03 a theatre ol' a grea \ white empire, whose power an I whose civilization shall exert a COU i trolling influence iu tb * history, c i the future. That the three or foil ! millious of blacks here can interpos I any barrier to the realization of t li i i destiny, is pliauly chimerical. T!i I only question is, shall the ohange which impeud in tho South be gr; dual or violent? With peace betwee tho races, the whites of tho Sont might be saved from much thatawai them nuder the radical programuv and the blacks, while remitted 1 i their proper position in society, would bo saved from rapid extinction j ia? a taco.' : The settled and doter m i nato antagonism of tbe races (which will be inaugurated at once by sucha Co?ot?tui?ou as ibis) precipitates im? mediately tbe beginning of the end. Virginia, racked to the utmost capa? city of endurance, will be the Ant to throw to the surface the disease which has so long preyed upon her vitals, and tli on gb for some y eora the pitia? ble victim of a disgusting eruption, will ultimately ba, restored to health, to vigor and untainted blood. Itt protesting against tho establish? ment of negro supremacy, we plead for both races-for the whites, that they may be spared, depressed as they now are, the utter prostration of further violent changes in their social system; for the blacks, that, in tho name of humanity, they1 shall be allowed a fair opportunity to save, or at least to delay, the ,doom of their race. In conclusi?n, hiaking no hypocri? tical professions, wc allirm iu sinceri? ty and in tinth, that the peoplo of tliis State desire to be restored to the Uni?n, and cherish no purpose of disloyalty to tho Government; that they long for the. re-establish? ment of kindly relations between all the sec ti rms of the country; and that 1 they eutertain no other feelings or ! purposes than those of kindness and benevolence towards the negroes. The negroes behaved well during ! the war; aud we can trace all of the disorder and criminal misconduct into which they have fallen since, to tho pernicious teaching of those white adventurers who aro usinff thie ignorant and credulous race for theil own selfish aud rapacious purposes. If let aloue to deal with the negro, the whites "of Virginia would honest? ly eudeavor to afford the amplest pro I ted ion to his rights of person and ? property, aud to mako every provi? sion for his intellectual and mora! culture. But when it is proposed for the palpably base purpose of ag? grandizing a party-to deliver ovei the property, the social order, the li? berties of tbe whites, to the vindic tive and licentious rule of tbe negro, every instinct of duty, ever senti ment that can animate a niau to ex ertion, calls upon the white people o Virginia to repudiate and resist sn el unparalleled oppression. Every Northern State which ha: voted on the subject since the dos? of the war, has rejected negro suf frage. Ohio, on a direct issue, m later than last fall, did so, by a ma jority exceeding fifty thousand. Kan sas, Minnesota and Connecticut hac previously done the same thing. Tin late Constitutional Convention o New York deliberately recoiled fron deciding the question. And Miohi gan, hitherto so overwhelmingly Be publican, has jnst voted down he new Constitution by a majority o thirty thousand, because it admitted the negro to tbe polls. The censu shows that there were only some 35, 000 negroes in Ohio in 1860. Ther could have been only about 7,000 ne gro voters in. that State had the eau enfranchised, (this in a eomruu nity where the white vote is near! 500,000,) an inappreciable influence In Michigan there are only about 50 malo negroes twenty-one years c age. The white voters number mor than 165,000. And yet this Statt where a Republican Governor wa elected in 1856 by a majority of 20, 02S, refuses by some 31,000 mnjoritj to let 500 negroes vote. The proposition in Virginia is t let 100,000 vote, to make them a eligible to office, to give them a mi jority of twenty-one on joint balli in the Legislature, to give them tl local control in the counties and 1 exclude n large number of the whit< from the polls, to render niuo hui dred aud ninety-nine white men i every thousand ineligible to tho Li gislature, or auy State or couul office, and to lay the tases (it may 1 so stated) exclusively on the white j Is it necessary to my more? Can ii j justice take auy grosser shape thu that? Was ever people 6utnm?n< 1 to resistance by so pei*^?np*d'ry a ca! It is difficult to realize the situath j which we have realized in tho Soiit.l j The mind is stnpefiedat the?Q?Ciutk of negro domination. It is n wtolkti ; night-mare, whoso horrible shade , cannot be pierced hy the strugglii faculties-o spell that neither tl sens?s nor the reason can dissolv Tho only escape from such a fate t that which the stout aud tho r?solu I always discover from tho storms ai Hoods of an unpropitious forton ( Resolved to swim, they breast t tempestuous waves with heroic heal ! and sinewy arms, unterrified and ii 'discouraged, confident that if b true? to themselves, they were n boru to be drowned. In such a spi should the white people of Virgil buffet with the ru?Te serges that break over them in this moment of adversity; in snob a spirit should they beat down the heaving bosom of tho dirk ?ced in "hick they ?iiugg?e; in such a spirit should they wrestle with the swift and swollen current of this revolutionary period, which has sub? merged all the ancient 'land-marks, bas subverted the foundation of the Federal Government, has swept away the sentiment of constitutional liber? ty at the North, and is now raging like ? howling waste of waters over the lately fair and lovely vista of the South. . FRIGHTFUL PROPHECIES con? cerning the end of all things are made by religions enthusiasts; and, on the other hand, philosophers in? sist that the centre of the earth i? a mass of fire-that the polos of the . earth will one day be at the equator, and that the sun is gradually fading! Talk liko this is very terrible; but, pending snch wholesale calamities, it will be ns well for each member of society to tako care of his or her heult h. and leave thc rest to Provi? dence. The end comes prematurely to all ; who neglect the preservation of that inestimable blessing. Suffer liver disease, dyspepsia, chronic constipa? tion or any other ailment to take its course unchecked, and it will assured? ly shorten life. It cannot be said that the means of protecting the sys? tem against the predisposing causes of disease are withheld. Tho con? stitutions and physique of the least robust may be so strengthened and fortified by a course of HOSTET TER'S STOMACH RITTERS as tc render them all but invuhiernable, not only to the attacks of epidemic disorders, but also to the ordinary complaints which prevail in all coun? tries and at all seasons. If the im? mense importance of BUOTECTIVI MEDICATION were universally under? stood, this incomparable vegetable antidote, which is already the mos! popular tonic in the world, woulc everywhere be classed among thc staples of Ufe, and no family woulc dare to be without it. The time maj arrive when this will be the case, foi every year adds hundreds of thou sands to the list of those who use it April 29 ffi Executive Department South Caro lina. COLUMBIA, May 1, 18G8. A LL persons having demand against this Department, for ad vertisiug, or any other claim, wil present the same on or before the 8tl instant, properly stamped and re ceipted. By order of the Governor. JAMES S. SIMONS, May 1_Executive Secretary. Richland-In Equity. Wade Hampton Gibbes, Washingtoi Allston Gibbes, executors, vs. Mar L. Singleton, James G. Gibbes - al-Bill to Sell Beal Estate, Mm shall Assets, ?tc. IN pursuance of decretal order i above stated case, the creditors c R. W. GIBBES, SB., deceased, ar hereby required to present and prov their demands before me, on or bc : fore the 1st day of Ootober next. D. B. DESAUSSURE, April 29 wm _0. E^R. D. In Equity-Richland District. C. C. Siugletou rs. T. S. Nickorson Bill to foreclose Morlguge. IT appearing to my satisfaction thi Thomas S. Niokerspn, defender to the within bill, resides beyond th limits of the State; on motion c Haskell, complainant's solicitor, it ordered, that the said defendant d plead, answer or demur to the sui bill, within forty days after publia tiou hereof, or eldj au order pro o>i f?sso will be granted and entered u tW'Umfi^ 1 . J rr. D. ii. DnSAUSSURE, _ April 21 fra Q E. R, D TO THE LADLES" MKS. C. E. REED li .??Sjgkjiist received a splend /f^SwKeeassortment of D K E S jKHK^TKlMMIX?i.S. AIRO, . ?fc&Spr? fr,:Hh supply of MILE V??s.'J NERY GOODS, of ? J' descriptions, at wholesii i$Vl and retail. French Cr 1 sets. Zephyr Worsted Hair Braid Coils, etc., which will bo sold vc J low. ALSO, I DRESS-MAKING in all brauch? warrnu ted to give satisfaction. Main street, over R. C. Andersoi clothing store. April 22 3mo Pickles. Canned Fruit?, ?so, PLAIN. MIXED AND CHOW CHOW PICKLES, assorted jars; CANNED PEACHES, PINE-AP? PLES, TOMATOES, PEAS, CORN, Pie Fruits,* Cranberry Sanco, Lob? sters, Oysters', Jellies, Extracts, French and English Mustard, Lon? don "Club Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, WsJnnt Sance, Pepper Sanee, Fresh OrlVe Oil, Sardines, ?to., on hand and for sale by " J. R. AGNEW, Dealers in Oboi?e Groceries, Ac. ? April 80_ Hg> '_ A BARE 0HA?CE. AYOUNG LAWYER MU find RICE'S and CONNER'S^LAW DIGESTS, and the STATUTES AT LARGE; also, RICE on BANK? RUPTCY, JAMES on BANKRUPT? CY, at DUFFIE & CHAPMAN'S Bookstore, Davis' Building. _ April 22 - , Fresh Hops, &c. THRESH HOPS, YEAST POW -T DERS. PEARL SAGO, OAT MEAL, English MUSTARD, Arrow Boot, Flavoring Extrants, Starch, Blueing, Cocoa, Jujube Paste, Spices, Matches. Best articles at the lowest price, at FISHER & HEINITSH'S, April. 24jf_Druggists. FURB1T??E. ?3Bm9 HAVING just received, ""\Xlgj_an addition to my former cL* ?^^Tstock of the above. iT* offer, at low prices, a variety of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SIDE? BOARDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, PA? TENT IRON BEDSTEADS, PA? TENT COTS, PATENT SPRING BEDS, SAFES, and other artiolea too numerous to mention. FURNI? TURE and MATTRESSES MADE TO ORDER. Particular attention given to REPAIRING, PACKING and JOBBING. JEROME FAGAN, Washington stre* t, Opposite Mosonio Hall. _April 2S __. New Principle! New Remedy! ! No Poison!!! THE ONLY FEVER and AGUE REMEDY, free from Arsenic, Quinine, Mercury. Strychnine 01 other Poison, is the FEVER and AGUE CURE, OR ANTIDOTE TC MALARIA-which will entirely pro tect any resideut traveler, even in th? most sickly of swampy localities, f ron any Ague or Bilious disease whatever It instantly checks the Ague ic persons who have suffered for an; length of time, from one day tc twenty years, so that they need neve] have another chill, by continuing ib use according to directions. Tb< patient at once begins to recover ap petite and strength, and continues tc improve until a permanent and radi cal cure is effected. The following certificate, from tin most celebrated chemist in the Unite< States, is attached to every bottle: "NEW YORK, Juno ll, 1855. "I have made a chemical examina tion of 'Rhodes' Fever and Agu Cure,' or 'Antidote to Malaria,' an< have tested it for arsenic,.mercury quinine aud strychnine, but hate no found a particle of either in it, no have I found any substance in it composition that would prove in ju rions to the constitution. "JAMES R. CHILTON, M. D. For pale by "Chemist." FISHER ct HElNITSH, April 24 f Druggists. Greenbrier White Sulphur Spring; (jreenbrier C ninty. West Virqiniu. THE undersigned, Lessees of thi old and well known WATERINi PLACE, announce that, encourage by the li bend patronage received lo* season, they have largely added t their accommodations, in corafoi and in appearance, and are prepare to entertain 1,500 guests. Tho BATHING ACCOMMODA TIONS are in fine order. HOT nu I WARM SULPHUR BATHS, so em t neatly efficacious in many cases, ai . ftt the CCrnt?aftd >'? visitors ai H hours. In addition to other amusi menti, they have provided a new au elegant BOWLING ALLEY nu BILLIARD ROOM, convenient! located. Prof. Rosenberger'* eel brated FULL BRASS BAND hi beon engaged for the season, good LIVERY STAHLE will be ke] . on tho premise?. The completion of the Virgin Central Railroad, to Covingtoi leaves only twenty miles stagin? through a beautiful mountain cou try, over a well graded turnpike. TERMS-$3 per day, and 880 p month. Children under ten years age, and colored servants half prie Whito servants according to accot niodations. PEYTON & CO. I May 2 J15 FISHER & LOWRANCE. COLUMBIA, S. C. To Builders, Contractors and Pro? prietors. HAVING located conveniently near tho principal manufactories of New York, and vicinity, the subscriber will givo prompt personal attention to procuring for orderB all kinds of WOOD, IRON and MARBLE WORK, for buildings and ma? chinery. Sash, Blinds, Doors, Carvings of ovory kind and material. From twelve years professional experience in South Carolina,, tho subscriber will guarantee to snit tho wi sues of those building. THOS. C. VEAL, Architect, "Tenafly, Now JeiBoy, March 2fi 3mo TM%j>{ Columbia, 8. C. A Good Spring Medicine for Horses. HEINITSH'S GERMAN1 HORSE POW? DERS, for Indigestion, Distemper, Hide-bound, Drowsiness, Loss orAppetito, Inward Sprains, Debditv, Wasting or FICBII, Soro Eyes, Swelled Lega, Grea.se, Mange, Surfeit, Old Coughs, for Exhaus? tion from Work. It carries off all foul humors, purifies and cools tho blood, and prevents horses becoming stiff and foun? dered. It is a stimulus for weak stomachs, and renders thc limbs and skiu soft and fine, giving a smooth coat to tho hair. These Powders have been used in Colum? bia for tho last tweuty-fivc years, and hun? dreds of citizens attest their virtues. For salo only by FISHER <fc HEINITSH, March 6_Druggists. CENTRAL HOTEL, (FORMERLY SHIVF.n HOPSE,) PLAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, 8. C. HAYING taken charge of this well known house, with a determination to "render it attractive to tho traveling public, tho snbscriber hopes, throngb the means of GOOD FARE. MO? DERATE CHARGES and assiduous efforts to make his guests comfortable, to j obtain a liberal share of public patronage. Liberal arrangements made with persons desiring permanent board, tjfvo a trial. D. B. CLAYTON. Ma rob l i_j3ino SCHEVEN HOUSE, SAVANNAH, OA. THE abovo HOTEL, of modern construction, with all the convenience*) of the best Northern Hotels, baa recontlv changed hands, and is now con? ducted Ly T. S. NICKERSON, of tho Planters' Hotel, Augusta: National Hotel, Atlanta, aud Nickcrsou Honto, Columbia, S. C. The furniture throughout ie of the most elegant description, the rooms scrupu? lously eli an and well ventilated, and tire attendance is equalled by none in tho South. Travelers stopping at the above notel will find the comfort-j and conveniences of their own homes. The Proprietor pledges himself that every delicacy afforded either by Northern or Southern.market?, will bc constantly supplied to bis table. SAVANNAH, GA., March li?, 1868. March 24_Imo Don't Experiment WITH new and untried medicine?. If you value your health, procure tho well tested remedy for COUGHS, COLDS aud affections of the Throat, Breast and Lung Diseases. Ktunley's Cough Syrup will cure. S?anley's Cough Syrup has been tried. Stanley's Cough Svvup is for sale at FLSHER ,* H Ei N ITCH'S Ftb27_ _Drugstore. M. W. BYTHEWOOD, Auctioneer and Gtncral Commission Merfliani On Washington st., rear of A. ToUeaon's, COLUMBIA. S. C. fyi HE above store having been rented, I 1 X am from this day prepared to receive consignments of Cotton, Corn, Flour, Bacon, Groceries and Provision* in gene? ral; also, Furniture, Dry Goods, Clothing, Tobacco, A c. From my experience of twenty years in the auction and commission business, in this city, Charleston and Newberry, 8. C., I hope to re?oive a liberal share of patron? age from my old friends and tho public generally^_Dec 10 Alcohol, Kerosene, &c. 5BBL8: 95 degree ALCOHOL-; 10 bola. No. 1 KofOfCne Oil, non-ex? plosive, 5 bbl*. Spirits Turpentine, KIO ounces Quinine. For sale lo Drug ! gi?is an t dealers, a? low pric<-, by Ffsitivr* i. HEIN, fi!" , April ? t_Dru;-gi.-ts. FRUIT AND OTTBT ? rUST. received, from a cargo lately ar j ?J rived, a full assortment of PECAN i NUTS, English Filberts, Ivica Almonds I soft snell; Messina Oranges and Sicily j Lemons, The above will Le soldat very ' reasonable rates, and during the ?oason a ? fresh supply will he kept on hand. For sale by GEO. SYMMERS. _Apnl 14_ ~ The life of Nil Hetti ls blood. Tho health of all life is pure flesh. Pure blood keeps out all diseases. The Queen'? De? light purities the blond._ Dr. Geo. Smith's Dental Laboratory. THE 8ubBcribor offers inducc flOMfemcnts -in tho wavof GOOD WORK Hflrmnd LOW PBIC?S-to ono and all reo.nirin.ar bis professional services. Give him a call. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed or uo ehargo. Office on Camden street, nourly oppoBito tho Park. Nov ft ly