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..??.'. y i . 5.^ lc? /?-Li; ? .( ?ttl S fr/rt -a .-j i-f... '" .14. vt^ Daily Paper $8 a Year. "Let oar Just Censure Attend the True Event" Tri-Weekly $5 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA. S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1868. VOLUME IV-NO. 9.1 THE PHOENIX. rOBLIBHXD BAILY AND TRI-WEEKLT. THU GLEANER, EVERY WKUNESDAY MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Ornoo on Main street, a few doors above Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. . SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Paper, six months..$4 00 Tri-Weekly, .? V . 2 50 Weekly, " " . 1 60 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted afc 75 cents per square for tho first insertion, and 50 cones for each subs?quent. Woekly 75 oents each insertion. MW A liberal ditaounl made on the above rates.when advertisements are inserted by the month or year. . . AQF.NTfl. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. Spartanbnrg-Hiram Mitchell. J. B.. Allen, Chester. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. 8. P. Einard, Newberry O. H. James Grant, Union. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-CTT? COLUMBIA. For Mayor. COL. J. P. THOMAS. For Aldermen.-WARD NO. 1. T. W. RADCLIFFE. CLARK WARING. JAMES OLAFFEY. WARD NO. 2. C. A. BEDELL. . L. BRYAN. O. Z. RATES. WARD NO. 3. W. P. GEIGER. W. T, WALTER. JOHN AGNEW. WARD NO. 4. EDWARD HOPE. W. C. SWAFFIELD. L. P. MILLER. THE front part of our Store having been damaged by the recent storm, we will be compelled to sell off our Stock of CLOTHING, GAS SIMERES, HATS, &c, at or nearly COST, for Want of room. New styles of Boys' Straw HATS just received. E. & W?0>SWAFFIELD, Main Street. May 30_ C L O C K S, Watches, Jewelry, Spectacles, &c, &c, AT ISAAC SULZBACHER'S. REPAIRING, In all its Branches, Attended to Personally. June ll_ ?0 THE LADIES. MRS. C. E. REED has just received a splendid assortment of DRESS TRIMMINGS. Also, a fresh supply of MILLI? NERY GOODS, of all descriptions, at wholeaaie and retail. French Cor? sets, Zephyr Worsted Hair Braids, C^s, etc., which will be sold very ALSO, DP^SS-MAKING in all branches, warranted to give satisfaction. Main street, over R. C. Anderson's clothing store._April 22 3mo FURNITURE. SHAVING just received, an addition to my former stock of the above, IT of.'sr, 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 articles too numerous to mention. FURNI? TURE and MATTRESSES MADE TO ORDER. Particular attention Riven to REPAIRING, PACKING and JOBBING. JEROME FAGAN, Washington st reft, April 28 Opposite Masonic Hali. SPECIAL NOTICES^ ?.MANHOOD."-JVnothor New Medical Pamphlet from tho pen of Dr. Curtie. Tho Medical Tin " najB of this work: "Thia valuable tre^ti-J on the cause and euro of | premature doclino shows how health is impaired through secret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a clear synopsis of tho impediments to marriage, the cause and effects of ner? vous debility, and tho remedies therefor." A pocket edition of tho ahovo will bo for? warded on roceipt of six stamps, by ad? dressing Doctor Curtis, No. 139 F street, Washington, D. C. May 27 ly FISHEBT& LO~WRA?Cir COLUMBIA, S. C. GREGG. PALMER & CO., BROKERS AND COMMISSION AGENTS, ?gUY and sell GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS, BONDS and EXCHANGES. Advances made on COTTON. GRAIN and COUNTRY PRODUCE sold on commission. March 10 DR. THOMAS T. MOORE, SURGEON DENTIST, RESPECTFULLY announces to the public, that ho lins taken the front rooms in Messrs. Weam A Hix's photo? graph gallery, and is now prepared to exe? cute, in tho most elegant and scientific manner, all branches of his profession. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, by use of protoxide of nitrogen, or laugh? ing gae. Dr. Moore is a native ot New? berry, 8. C., anlis a graduate of tho Penn? sylvania College of Dental durgory. For further information, call at tho office or address Dr. THOMAS T. MOORE, Colnm bia, 8. C._June 7 8mo DR. D. L. BOOZER, HAVING obtainod from the different patentees of the profession, office rights of the latest improvement in DEN? TISTRY, is prepared to do all kinds of DENTAL WORK with neatness, durability and despatch, at the very lowest rates. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Office oa Main st root, Columbia. 8. C., throe doors North of Agnew's. Vulcanized Rubber Plates inserted at $25._May 2 ly EXCHANGE RESTAURANT, Camden Sb eet, rear of Gregg's China 8iore. J. CJLENDINING, - - - Proprietor. 90 * m HAVING thoroughly fitted up the above establishment as a RESTAURANT, I am prepared to furnish visitors with the beet of EATABLES and DRINKABLES. 0?S?EK8, GAME, FISH, MEATS, etc, prepared in tho very host style, bv one of the finest cooks in the city. SUPPERS furnished at short notice. Families snp Sliod with OYSTERS at reasonable- prices, hoice WINES, LIQUOR8 and CIGARS constantly on hand. LUNCH every day at II o'clock._Deo 10 Nomination for the Mayoralty. WILLIAM M. MYERS, ESQ., is a candi? date for tho Mayoralty, and will bo sup? ported by his May 8_ NUMEROUS FRIENDS. Clarified Sagan. OK BBL8. Coffee and Extra 0. 8U LU * } GARS, just in and for salo br Feb 28 E. St G. D. HOPE. Fresh Biscuit and Crackers. OA FRESH CRACKERS.for sale ?t\3 low by_E. St G. D. HOPE. New York Sugar-Qnred Pig Barns, BALTIMORE ORANGE HAMS, .Sugar-Cured Breakfast Strips, Rico Flour-new ground. At G. DIERCK8', May 2G_Sc egera' Old Stand. BACON MOLASSES, &c. i>r\ f\f\f \ LBS- Choico BACON, ?jKjAJyjVJ dry salted, 5 hhds. Prime Bacon Shoulders, 6 casks First Quality Orango Hams, sugar-cored, 150 aaoks Country Flour, 15 hhds. Cuba and Muscovado Molasses. For sale low for cash only by April 19_E. A O. D. HOPE. ORANGE HAMS. Ifl OB SALE by 1 May 22 FISHER A LOWRANCE. GOV. ORR'S LAST COMMITNICATION TO THE LEGISLATURE. Gentlemen of the Se?ale and House of Representatives. While no legal oflicial relation exists between the present Executive and thc General Assembly, I avail myself of tho oppor? tunity to communicate to your respective bodies tho information and statistics which have como to ray knowledge during my admi? nistration, pertaining to tho material and educational interests of South Carolina. The reports herewith transmitted to you from thc various executive officers, and others connected with the public institutions, embrace a period between the adjournment of the last session of thc General Assembly, in 1866, and the present time. They constitute a part of the archives of tho country, and without them there would be a void in the history of the various depart? ments to which they refer, during the time indicated. Thc reports of most of the. officers of tho State, and of those connected with public institutions, have been brought up to the 1st day of May, under the impression that my administration would cease about the middle of that month. Without further preliminary observations, I proceed to call your attention to the several subjects matter of public interest, and to such other facts ns may facilitate the discharge of your duties as Legislators. THE PUBLIC DEBT. By reference to the report of tho Comptroller-General, addressed to this Department on tho 25th of November, 1867, a copy of whicli is herewith transmitted, it will be seen that the entire public debt of tho State, on the 1st day of October last, together with the interest which lind accrued up to the same date, amounted to $8,378,255.64. Deducting from this sum all the bonds and stocks issued between 1860 and 1865 for military purposes, and thc interest on the same, amounting to $2,854,679.08, the debt due by the State on the 1st of October last was $5,523,676.50. Of this sum $5,407, 215.23 is the principal, and $110,361.33 is interest. While this debt is small as compared with that of many other States, yet, in the present impoverished condition of the people of South Carolina, the annual payment of $331,414.59, which is the interest upon the debt at G per cent., in addition to the maintenance of the State government, would be excessively oppressive. Thc contingent liability of .tho State from endorsements of rail? road bonds, is ns follows : South Carolina Railroad bonds, payable in 1888, secured by first mortgage.$2,093,312 40 Charleston and Savannah Railroad bonds, payable in March, 1877, secured by first mortgage. 505,000 00 North-Eastern Railroad bonds, payable March 1,1869, secluded by first mortgage. 92,000 00 Laurens Railroad bonds, payable in 1879, secured by first mortgage .*. 75,000 00 Spartanburg and Union Railroad bonds, payable in 1878 and 1879, secured by first mortgage. 350,000 00 Greenville and Columbia Railroad bonds, payable in 1881,1882,1883 and 1886. 945,471 21 Of the endorsements upon the Greenville and Columbia Railroad bonds, $700,000 is under authority of the Act of 1861; and $203, 848.89 is under tho authority of tho Act of 1866, passed for the purpose of enabling the Company to pay the interest past due and to fall due prior to the 1st of January, 1868, upon coupons and upon the mortgage and guaranteed bonds. This guarantee is upon certificates of indebtedness. Tho sum of $41,622.38 is upon the outstanding debt of the Company, upon which there is no lien the guarantee having been made where the holders of demands upon the Company surrendered three dollars of demand for one dollar of bonds. The Ordinance of the Convention, adopted on the 15th of March, 1868, declares "That all Acts or pretended Acts of legislation, pur? porting to have been passed by the General Assembly of the State, since the 20th day of December, A. D., 1860, pledging the faith and credit of the State for the benefit of any corporate body or private individual, are hereby suspended and declared inoperative until the General Assembly shall assemble and ratify the same" lt is unnecessary to enter into any discussion at the present time concerning the legal force and effect of the Ordinances passed by tlie Convention, various opinions being entertained as to the ques? tion of their legal validity. But, in any point of view, to remove all appr?hension upon the subject of tho bonds of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, now held by citizens of the State, and guaranteed by the State, I recommend that the Act of 1861, authorizing the issue of $900,000 of bonds, and tho Act of 1866, providing for tho guarantee of certificates of indebtedness, and also of bonds ono for three to satisfy other indebtedness of the Com? pany upon which no lien existed, bc validated by the action of your body. Persons holding bonds under the Act of 1861 hold them in lieu of the original mortgage bonds due them by the Company, which mortgage bonds were surrendered to the Company-the gua? ranteed bonds of the State being taken in payment of tho same, upon thc faith of the Act of 1861. It would operate as a gross fraud upon those bond-holders now to declare their bonds void. Common honesty would require, if tho Act is not validated, that all persons holding guaranteed, bonds should be allowed tho privilege of surrendering the same, and of receiving in Heu thereof the original mortgage bonds or their duplicates. These remarks apply with equal force to the bonds of the Columbia and Augusta Rail? road Company, and bonds of the South Railroad Company, and are entitled to your early consideration. It is beliove4 that bonds thus endorsed to the amount of nearly $3,000,000 will be promptly liquidated by the companies as they fall due, and that the guarantee of the State will be discharged to that extent. As to the remainder, there is more doubt; but in no con? tingency is it probable that in consequence of the failure of the companies to meet their bonds, the State will have to provide for moro than $700,000. The report of tho Comptroller-General further shows that the cash balance on hand, on tho 1st clay of October, 18GG, amounted to.$211,190 83 That the receipt? from all sources from the 1st of Octo? ber, 1866, to the 1st of October, 1867, was_.. 454,302 23 Making a total of.$665,493 06 This includes of Bills Eeceivable $222,000, . which had been signed, clipped and carried to cash, pursuant to the provisions of tho Act of 1865, authorizing their issue. The expenditures during the same period were.$474,453 37 Leaving on the 1st of October, 1867, a cash balar? ce in the Treasury of. 191,039 69 The report of the Treasurer, made to this Department and here? with transmitted, shows the operations of the Treasury from the 1st day of October, 1867, to the 1st day of May, 1868. From this statement it will bo perceived that on the 1st of October, the balance of cash on hand was.$191,039 69 The total receipts of the Treasury from all sources since that time has been. 303,387 73 Which, added to the cash on hand, made the available means of the Treasury. 494,427 42 ' The total expenditure during the same period has been. 398,881 16 Leaving, on the 1st day of May, a cash balance in the Treasury of. 95,546 26 This amount will be very materially reduced during the month of May by the presentation of claims against the Treasury for pay? ment before the expiration of the term of the present administra? tion. It will be observed, from the report of the Treasurer, that the Convention levied a tax which it was supposed would realize the sum of $75,000. Sufficient returns have not been received from the various tax-collectors of the State to enable him to say whether the calculation will prove correct. Tho actual sums drawn from the Treasury, by order of Major-General Canby, to defray the expenses of the Convention, amount to $110,000, which is an expenditure of $35,000 more than was provided for by the tax bill of tb o Conven? tion, assuming that said bill raised the estimated amount By the Act of December, 1865, authority was given to tho Trea? surer and Comptroller-General to issue $500,000 of Bills Receivable. These officers found that it was not necessary to print more than were embraced in the first contract with the engravers, to wit: $390,000. Of this sum only $222,000 have been signed and carried to cash in the Treasury. On the 1st day of May, 1868, there was outstanding and in circulation of these Bills Receivable only $135,687. TAXES AND TAXATION. No duty is ever devolved upon tho legislator involving such deli? cate and ramified interests as that which looks to the creation of a just and equitable system of taxation. It is an accepted truth in political economy, that in levying taxes upon the people, it should be done in a manner which will enable them to pay the same with the greatest facility, and without nunecessary oppression. The sudden change in the system of labor which has prevailed in South Carolina for so many years; the destruction of more than one-half of the estimated wealth of the State by the abolition of slavery; the devas? tation of cities, towns, villages, farms and homesteads, by the ravages of war, and by invading and retreating armies; tho disas? trous drought which existed throughout the State in 1866, cutting off almost entirely the cotton and greatly reducing the provision crop, thereby rendering it necessary to purchase large supplies from abroad for tho subsistence of the population ; the great reduction, in many sections of the State, of the cotton crop of 1867, by the spoliation of the caterpillar and boll worm; and the pressure of debts contracted anterior to the war, when the basis of wealth and credit was so essentially different from that which exists at the present time, admonish us that the people of South Carolina are unable to bear a burdon of taxation which, prior to the accumula? tion of these misfortunes, would have been deemed moderate and inconsiderable. Whether, therefore, you look to the contentment of the population, or the material prosperity of the State, it is the dictate of wisdom that you should exercise the most rigid economy and reduce expenses by curtailing salaries and dispensing with all appropriations not absolutely necessary to the aclministration of the Stato government. The taxation of the present and preceding year has been a sub? ject matter of great complaint. The large number of tracts of land, as well as other property, levied upon by Shoriffs in the various Districts, for the non-payment of taxes, unmistakably evinces the extreme difficulty encountered by citizens in raising money to meet this demand of the State. Whenever taxation becomes thus oppressive upon a population, its influence cannot but provo disastrous, because it tends first to demoralization, to dis? honesty, to the making of false returns; and secondly, it is calcu? lated to drive from the State a valuablo portion of the community, to seek other localities where the remuneration of labor and capital is not paralyzed by such heavy burdens. Thc expenses of the Convention, and of the present session of your Legislature-whoso labors cannot, in justice to the various changes proposed in the new Constitution, bo terminated short of four months-will, of themselves, add to tho expenses of tho State not less than $250,000. Tho judiciary system, which you are required, under the Constitution, to put into operation, will prove much more expensive than that which now exists, and add to these burdens. To illustrate: the expenses of grand jurors for the city of Charles? ton, and for the country, assuming that they are occupied but three days at each term, will bo $13,824. For potit jurors for the Court of Sessions, three terms for city and country, assuming an average of five days per term, $51,840. Cor petit jurors for Courts of Com? mon Pleas, city and countiy, two terms, five days per term, $34,560; making a total expenditure for jurors alone, under the new Consti? tution, of $99,224. The whole expense for jurors and constables for the year ending 1st October, 1867, (and this includes them for the District Conrts,) amounted to only $42,292.88; showing a necessary increase of expense for this service alone of $56,931.12. This, evil may be obviatod to some extent by modifying the law so as to provide for panels not exceeding eighteen in number for grand jurors, and twenty-four petit jurors, with authority to supply [Continued on Fourth Page.] \