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V" . .' , 'UL!-^^j^fl^---'?-,- t '? . THE DAILY ?|_PHONIX. Daily Paper 88 a Year "Lot our Just Censure Attend the True Event." Tri-Weekly 85 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA. S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, L868. VOLUME IV-NO. llS" THE PHOENIX. ?OBLI8UED DAILY AN? TBI-WKEKLT. THE GLEANER. EVBRT WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EDITOR AND FROFRIETOR. Ornoo on Main street, a few doors above Taylor (or Camdon) street. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Oailv Papor, six months.$4 00 m-Weekly, " ? . 2 50 Weekly, " .? . 1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first insertion; and 50 cents for each subsequent. Weekly 75 oents each insertion. ?ar .4 liberal discount made on the abovti rates when advertisements are inserted b%< the month or year. AGENTS. Lexington -B. J. Hayes. Spartanburg-Hiram Mitchell. J. B. Allon, Chester. 8. P. Einard, Newberry C. H. James Grant, Union. A Card from the Colnmbni Prisoners. JuiiY 25,1868.-Upon resuming our personal liberty, we, the undersign? ed, known as the Columbus prison? ers, deem it proper to publish the following brief account of our arrest and confinement by the military authorities : During the night of the 30th of March, George W. Ashburn was as? sassinated in a low negro brothel in Columbus, Georgia. On the Gth day of April, thirteen citizens were ar? rested by Capt. Mills, of the United States army. On the 10th they were released under bond. Pour of thu number have never been re-arrested. The man Mills stated that ho did nol know the charge against the party arrested, bnt no one believed him, and the faot is only mentioned tc show the character of the proceed inga. On the 14th day of May, foui arrests were made; on the 24th four on the 2d of June four more, on thc 16th seven, followed tho next day bi two others. On the 24th anothe: and the last arrest occurred. Thea arrests were made by the order o Gen. Meade. Several of the under signed have in their possession writ ten orders, which show this fact The arrests were made without war rant, affidavit or charge. No pre limary examination was held. W were kept in total ignorance of th ex parte evidence against us, and tb? names of our accusers were conceale? from us. No one whp ha? followe? the trial will be surprised at this np parent neglect. While we were clamoring for th charges against us, Joe Brown, Whit ley, Major Smythe and others wer suborning Betz, Marshall, Bennet and Amanda Patterson. The evi dence for the prosecution acknow ledges that disclosures were mad under threats of imprisonment. Thi is bad enough, but a worse feature ii that the date of these disclosures i placed by the witnesses tkemselve subsequent to the arrest of a mnjorit of the prisoners. The question nt turally arises, upon what fouudatio were the arrests based? Of tho twer. ty-two persons arrested on and sine the 14th of May, four were suborne by bribery, torture and threat! Nine, ofter confinement in felon cells and much sufforiug, were r< leased without any explanation wha over. The remaining nine are signe: of this card. The prisoners arreste in May, were at Fort Pulaski befoi their removal to Atlanta. Their eel were as dark as dungeons, withoi ventilation, and but four by sevi. feet. No bed or blanket was fu nished. The rations consisted of slice of fat fork three times cac jveek, and beof too unsound to e "^he remaining days. A pioco bread for each meal, soup for dione and coffee for breakfast, finished tl bill of fare. An old oyster can w given each prisoner, and in th vessel both coffee and soup we served. It may be said that the soldi* received nothing better; but the citizens were not soldiers, and th? friends were able, willing and anxio to give them every comfort. W were they denied the privilege? I fused all communication with th friends, relatives or counsel, tb were foroed to live in these hor cells night and dav, prostrated heat and maddened by myriads mosquitoes. The calls of natl were attended to in a bucket wk was remov 1 but once in twenty-f< boars. At McPherson barracks we w placed in colls five feet eleven inc wide, by ten feet long. These e were afterwards divided, red tic their width to two feet ten inob This is terrible, bnt true. Upon arrival of the officer sont from Wo ington to investigate the arrests, partitions were removed. Neit bed nor bedding was furnished for them from two lo five days. "We were not permitted to see our friends, families or counsel until after memo? rials to Congress bnd aroused the whole country to the enormity of the outrage. Even after this, our letters, breathing the affection and sympathy of a wife or mother, were subjected to inspection. The prison sink w;us immediately at our cell doors, and emitted a stench that was horrible. At times, when some humane soldier was willing to transcend his orders and give us a breath of fresh air to soothe our distended, bursting veins, we would ask him to close the door, preferring to risk suffocation rather than endure the intolerable smell. During all this time, wo were igno? rant of tho charges against us. Of course, we accepted the common ru? mor that our arrest grew out of the murder of Ashburn; but after our counsel was permitted to visit us, no definite lino of .defence could be planned in the absence of all specifi? cations. "We were furnished with a copy of the charges against us on the 27th day of June, our trial having been set for tho 29th. The intervening day wus Suudny, and we were 140 miles from the sceue of the murder and the residence of witnesses. Several of the undersigned never saw detective Whitley until weeks after their arrest. When they did meet him, ho never presumed to treat them with disrespect. Recent developments, new to us, have shown him to be infamous, and his treatment of suborned witnesses will be proven by thoso who know the facts. Our friends and the press have not exaggerated tho barbarity with which we were treated, but they should not throw the responsibility upon a contemptible detective, who would glory in the notoriety his infa? my would give him. We fix for higher tharne. General Meade told General R. H. Chilton, (during the war General Lee's Adjutant,) upon the eve of his departure from Atlan? ta, that he had left full instructions with General Sibley concerning the disposition of the Columbus prison? ers. These instructions controlled our treatment, and leave no issue as to the question of responsibility. At the proper time, and in a manner that will not intrude upon your valuable space, wo will mako good our position, and will show conclu? sively that this unparalleled prosecu? tion was attempted solely for politi? cal purposes. The officers and soldiers of the garrison were as kind as their orders would permit, and respectful, with but few exceptions. General Dunn's courtesy during the trial, especially after Duke's alibi, was in strong con? trast with tho vindictive, ungenerous, unmanly and ungentlemanly conduct of Joe Brown. W. D. CHIFLEY, C. C. BEDELL, R. A. WOOD, E. J. KLRKSCEY, M. D., R. HUDSON, J. L. WIGGINS, ALVA B. ROPER, W. A. DUKE, JAS. W. BARRER. A MAN HAUNTED TO DEATH.-A strange und surprising incident oc? curred last week in the country some rntles North of Corinth. A Mr. Mangrum killed a young man during the war, and a few days since, Mr. Mangrum was ou a deer-drive, and while at ono of the stands, ho saw au object approaching him, which so alarmed him, that he raised his gun and fired at it. The object, which resembled a man covered with a sheet, continued to advance upon Mr. Mangrum, when he drew his pistol and emptied all tho barrels at the ghost. None of the shot seem? ing to take effect, ho climbed a tree to moko his escape. By the time ho was a short distance up the tree, the white object was standing under him, with its eyes fixed upon him, and he declared that it was the spirit of the young man whom ho had killed. Mangrum was so startled at the steady guzo of tho oyo that he had been the cause of laying cold in death, that he fainted and fell from the tree. His friends carried him home, the ghost following and stand? ing before him constantly, the sight of whioh brought np the recollection of Iiis guilt with such a force to his mind, that he died in great agony after two or three days suffering. [Corinth (Miss.) Caucasian. At Sandusky, Ohio, a few days sinco, a sexton fell dead in the grave he was digging. He was preparing it for another-Providence made it his own. SPECIAL NOTICES. SCIENCE ADVANCES_AS SOON aa an article- purporting to bo of utility baa bceu teated, and ita merita endorsod by publie opinion, unprincipled parties endeavor to repleniub tboir depleted pnreoB by counterfeiting and unbBtituting a spurious for tho genuino articlo. 8omo time since, mercury, iu the disguiso of pills, powders, Ac, was given for all dis? eases of tho stomach and liver, while qui? nine was freely administered for tho chills. At longth, HOSTETTER'S STO? MACH BITTERS made ita advent, and an entire new system of healing was inaugu? rated. The beneficial c?fac?? ul luis valu? able preparation wero at onco acknow? ledged, and mineral poisons suffered to sink into that obscurity to which an on lightened ago baa consigned them. Xhoro have boen many spurious Bitters palmod upon tho community, which, after trial, have been found "perfectly worthless, while HOSTETTER'S has proved a bless? ing to thousands, who owo to it their rostoration to health and strength. For many years, wo havo watched tho steadv progress of HOSTETTER'S STO? MACH BITTERS in public estimation, and its beneficent effects as a euro for all com? plaints arising from tho stomach, of a morbid nature, and wo aro freo to say that it can bo relied upon as a certain relief and remedy. Its proprietors have made tho above preparation, after years of j careful study and sitting, and are now reaping the reward claimed by this valua? ble specific, and which they so richly merit. It is the only preparation of tho kind that is reliable in all cases, and it therefore demands the attention of tho allllctcd._ PROFESSIONAL" HAVING resumed the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, (with a supply on hand,) I take thia method of informing tho citizens of Columbia, and tho vicinity, that I will attend to all cases entrusted to mc, and will treat those of a private character, successfully. Also, all cases of derange? ment of tho NATURAL FUNCTIONS OF FEMALES, euch as Loucorrhoa, Dye mcnorrhoca, Amenorrhoea and Memorrha gia. Strictures removed without tho uso of instruments. All tho foregoing cases treated physiologically. All I ask is to give me a trial to prove facts. All pro? scriptions put up carefully at my office, nearly opposite tho Express Office, Taylor street. THOMAS J. BAWLS, M. D. JULY 21.18G8. July 21 tuth8 ??MANHOOD."-Another New Medical Pamphlet from thc pen of Dr. Curtis. The Medical Times says of this work: "This valuable treatise on tho cause and euro of prematuro decline shows how health is impaired through secret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a clear synopsis of the impediments to marriage, the cause and effects of ner? vous debility, and the remedies therefor." A pocket edition of the abovo will be for? warded on receipt of six stamps, by ad? dressing Doctor Curtis, No. 139 F street, Washington, D. C. May 27 ly Richland-In Equity. David H. Wynne. James Campbell, et ux., et al., vs. Martha C. Wynn, Administra? trix, et al. Bill for partition of real estate PURSUANT to the order in this caso, tho Creditors of tho Eatato of R. Wynn are hereby required to render and Erovo their demands before mo, on or eforo tho 10th of August next. D. B. DESAUSSURE, C. E. R. D. July 9, 18G8._Jnly ll j Richland-In Equity. Simon Younginor and Drury Nunnamaker, Administrators, rs. Jemima Smith, et al. Bill to marshall assets, sale, injunction, Ac. PURSUANT to tho decretal order in this case, tho Creditors of the Estate of Peter B. Smith, deceased, aro hereby required to render and provo their de? mands before mo, on or beforo the 10th of August next. D. B. DESAUSSURE, July 9, 18G8. C. E. R. D. July ll_t_ Richland-In Equity. Wade Hampton Gibboa, Washington Alston Gibbes, executors, rs. Mary L. Singleton, James G. Gibbes ct al.-Bill to Sell Heal Estate, Marshall Assets, ?tc. IN pursuanco of decretal order in abovo stated case, tho creditors of R. W. GIBBES, sr., deceased, are hereby required to present and prove their demands before mo, on or before the 1st day of October next. D. B. DESAUSSUEE, C. E. lt. D. April 29_wm Richland-In Equity. Tho Theological Seminary of tho Evange? lical Lutheran Church of South Candi na and adjacent States rs. Mary A. Blauding. Executrix of Shubel Baind? ing, deceased. Bill for relief. PURSUANT to tho decretal order in thia case, tho Creditors of the Estato of Shubol Blanding, deceased, are hereby required to render and prove their de? mands beforo mo on or before the 1st of October next. D. B. DESAUSSURE, July 9. 1868. C. E. R. D. Jnly ll_t COOLING MEDICINES.fi SOLUTION CITRATE MAGNESIA, fresh, GINGER POWDERS, Soda Powders, Siodlitz Powders. Chesnut Grove Whiskey, Tarrants Aperient, Hurband's Magnesia, Congress Water. For sale by , FISHER A HEINIT8H. Juno 5 Pharmacists. Tho (So-Callee!) Legislature of South tn roi inn-St ot us and Color. Tho following ia believed to bo a correct lint of tho individ?ala at present holding high court in Jannoy's Hall, and called tho Legislature. Tho Districts (or Coun? ties) which they claim to represent have not boen specified, from tho simple fact that many of tho so-called hail from very remote points. If wo havo accidentally made a black mau whito, or ric?? tersa, we hope the unintentionally slandered indi? vidual will inform us at once, so that thc correction can be made. Those who aro known to be Democrats are marked with an asterisk*: SENATE. Boozer, L., Pre6't, Arnim, Frank Allon, James M. .Buok, H. *Bicman, D. Corbin, D. T. Coghlan, T. J. Dickson, E. E. Donaldson, lt. J. Duncan, H. W. .Foster, Joel Hoyt. \Y. R. Hayes, E. B. J. Jillson, J. K. Leslio, C. P. Montgomery, C. W. Owens, Young J. P. Rutland, J. M. ?Reid, J. H. Rose, W. E. .Rodgers, T. A. .Sims, R. M. Whittomore, B. F. Cain, R. H. Rainev, J. H. Hayuo, H. E. Swails, S. A. Maxwell, H. J. Wright, J. J. Nash, W. B. Wimbush, Lucius Randolph, B. F. *Young, Valentine HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Borrv, B. F. McIntyre, George F. .Bullock, Zadoc *Moor?, John B. .Bryant, Javan Milford, T. B. Collins, Wm. S. Martin, James ?Clyburn, T. Frank Miller, Franklin F. Crews, Joseph Mixson, W. J. Dennis, John B. Neaglo, J. L. I Duscnbcrry, George O'Connell, P. J. Duval!, Lewis W. Pettengill, Chart's II. ?Doyle, O. M. Root, T. DoMars, Francis *Sloan, Frank .Field, Wm. T. ?Stewart, Wm. G. Feriter, John H. Stocher, E. M. Hayes, Evans Stoibrand, Carlos J. Holliman, G. ?Smith, Robert M. Hyde, John B. Tomlinson, Reuben Jenks, .Joseph H. Tinsley, Samuel Jackson, B. F. *Turner, Claudo C. Kuh, Charles S. ?Waller, W. W. .Keith, W. C. ?Wilson, John Lewie, G. A. Wooley, John Lang, Jordan Webb, Henry W. ?Littlejohn, Sam. Moses, F. J., Jr.,Spr. Baseman, Benj. A. Lee, Samuel J. Bennett, George A. Mayer, Julius Brodie, Wm. J. Morrison, Wm. C. Brown, Stephen McKiulay, Wm. Burton, Barney McKinlay, W. J. Bosi l, John Mickcy? Edward Boato :, Joseph McDa?iola, Harry I Bishop, W. A. Mobley, Juno Cain, Lawrence Mays, James P. Cain, Edwin J. Mead, J. W. Cooke, Wilson Nelson, Wm. Chestnut, John A. Nash, Jonas W. DeLarge, Robert C. Nuckles, Samuel Drittle, Wm. Purvis, H. W. Elliott. R. B. Perrin. Wade Ezekiel. Philip E. Prendegrass, Jeff. Farr, Simon * Ransier, Alonzo J. Gray, Wm. H. W. Richardson, Thos. Gardner, John Rush, Alfred Grant. John G. Rivers, Prince R. Qoodson, iEaop Stubbs, T. B. Harris, David Smalls, Robert Hayuo, Charles D. Smith, Abraham Hayne, Jamos N. Saunders, Sancho Humphries, Barney Shrewsberry, H. L. Hutsou, James Smythe, Powell Henderson, James Sasportas, T. K. Johnson, D. J. J. Simons, Wm. Johnson, Henry Smiley, James Johnston, Wm. E. Scott, Robert F. Johnson, Samuel Thompson, Benj. A. Johnson, Griffin Thompson, Sain. B. Jacobs, Henry Thomas, W. M. James, Burrel ?Valentine, R. M. James, Hcnrv Wilder, Charles M. Jones, Wm. H. Whipper, W. J. Jervey, Wm. White, J. H. Lomax, Hutson J. Wright, John B. Lee, George Scrofula, or icing's Evil, ig cured hy using Hoinitsh's Queen's Delight. State South Carolina-Richland Dist IN TUE COMMON PLEAS. Horace L. Emery St Son vs. Albert R. Col? ton.-Attachment. WHEREAS, tho plaintiff did, on the 2d day of March, in tho year one thou? sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, file his declaration against tho defendant, who (as it is said) is absent from and without tho limits of this State, and baa neither wife or attorney, known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said de? claration might bo served. It is thorof?>ro, on motion of Baehmuu Si Wsties, ordered, that the said defen? dant do appear and plead to the said de? claration on or before the 3d day of MARCH, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-nino, otherwise ! final and abaolutc judgment will then be I given and awarded against him. D. B. MILLI'R, C. C. P. Clerk's Office, Richland District, March 2, 18(18. _Mardi 5 5(|_ State South Carolina-Richland Dist. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. C.H.Baldwin Si Co. vs. Thoa. S. Kicker son.-Foreign Attachment. WHEREAS the Plaintiffs did, on the 11th day of NOVEMBEH, 1807, file their declaration against tho Defendant, who, as it ia said, is absent from, and without tho limita of this State, and has neither Wife nor Attorney known within tho tame, upon whom a copy of tho Baid declaration might bo Bcrved. It ia, therofore, on motion of F. W. Mc Maator, Esq., Plaintiff's Attorney, ordered that tho said Defendant do appoar and plead to tbe said declaration on or boforo tho 12th day of NOVEMBER, which will bo in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight; otherwise final and ab* oin to judgment will then bo given and awarded against him. D. B. MILLER, C. C. P. Clerk's Office, Richland District, Novom ber ll, 1807. 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