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a33==^-? -^-1:^4-.-,-.-:^-.-.-.- - . -- --v^- - :.:--- - THE BAILY . jH? PHOHX. Daily Paper 08 a Year. "Let our Just Censure *^?^f^?B?^S6^? Attend the True Event." Tri-WeekJy S5 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S C.. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1868. VOLUME IV-NO. IGT. THE .PHOENIX.1 JP?BLISHED DAILY AND TBI-WF.EKLT. f H& GLgANgR, * . KVilRY WEDNESDAY MOBNINQ. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EDITOR AND PBOPIHETOE. Offioo on Main stroct, a tow doors above Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN ADVA NC E. SDDSOBIPTIOK. Daily Taper, six months.ti DO Tri-Weekly, .? ? . 2 50 Weekly, " " . 1 50 'ADVEBTISEMEKTS Inserted at 75 conts per square for tho first Insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. IV A liberal discount made on the abo vii rates when advertisements are inserted by '.he month br year. AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. Bpartanburg-Hiram Mitchell. J. U. Allen, Cheat er. 8. P. Kinard, Newberry C. H. James Grant, Union. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. Interview ot tv Radical -willi Nr. Stephens-A New Reason Given for the Collapse of the Rebellion. A few evenings since, I sent my card to Alexander H. Stephens, not with much expectation that he would accede to tho request of a Republican newspaper correspondent for an in? terview. I was disappointed, how? ever, for in a few minutes I was ushered into his room. Timo does not deal very gently with the ex Vice-President of the Southern Con? federacy, who so earnestly deprecated secession and the recourse to force to break up tho Union. Ho appeared feeble, almost decrepit. His voice is shrill and cracked. His face is plow? ed into a thousand lines and wrinkles, is pinohed and scared-looking. His uneasy eye belied the quietude of the rest, of hie features, and told of a spirit still restless and active. After replying to a few inquiries relativo to his health, which he said was all that he could expect at his period of life, he opened a conversation relativo to the South, and his own State moro particularly, by the remark that ho did not see much to be surprised at in the condition of affairs in that section. Ho could speak with cer? tainty about Georgia. The people there were anxious for pence; they had had onough of war and blood? shed; they were weary with the clash of contending political elements; they sighed abd longed for repose. "I am," said he, ''but a mere observer, so far a? politics are concerned. I have r?tlr?d forever from public life, and what I may say ono way or tho other, is but an individual opinion, entitled to no particular weight. I represent no party, no faction, no in? terest." The old gentleman pleasantly gos sipped on in this strain for several minutes, occasionally pausing to whiff <bhe small pipe which he smoked in? cessantly. "I have no doubt," said ho, "that time will heal all our difficulties and troubles, and. that under constitu? tional laws we shall be as happy as we once were." This word "constitutional," hit on, perhaps, accidentally, started him on a new train of thought. His eye brightened up, tho tobacco wreaths curled up foster and faster, and ho broke out rather impassionately: The real causes-ideas-which ani? mated and influenced the leadors of the Southern people at tho outbreak and previous to it of the lato war are not, in my opinion, clearly under? stood. It is my belief that fonr-fifths of the men who led tho movement, did not seriously contemplnto tho dis? ruption of tho confederation of thc States. Their theory, my theory, at least, was that if wo could succeed ia obtaining from tho North a recogni? tion of tho Stato sovereignty princi? pio, wo should all come together again on equal terms and form a new Union. Atter the fall of ltichmond, you of tho North, even wo of tho South, aud tho world generally, in? deed, were astonished at tho collapse of tho rebellion. It is a mistake to supposa that tho South was physi? cally beaton then, and that she was utterly incapable of making any fur? ther effort or of prolonging the con? test almost indefinitely. JJuforo the war, thc people of the South saw the gradual centralization of power in tho whole country. We saw that tho Union, composed of equal and inde? pendent sovereign States, was drift? ing into something that hardly dif? fered from a monarchy, except in name. We placed ourselves firmly against that tendency of the day. We resolved to battle against it when we saw that it could not be combat tod by other moans. As I Baie! be? fore, we never, (the majority of the leaders,) never contemplated absolute independence. Well, war came. Year followed year, bringing to us and to you moro nuc? moro bloodshed and misery, and desolation and ruin, By and by, tho moro thoughtful of our people saw that we were arriving precisely at that sttito of things, to resist and ward off which we took up arms, and tbat the experience of Eu? rope and of tba Old World rvaB to bo learned by us. A comparatively few men at Richmond ruled the entire South. We battled for an idea against despotism, and battling on in fan? cied security, we awoke one morning and found that wo had the most ter? rible despotism in tho world our? selves. From that moment, while Leo was still commanding armies of? tener victorious than defeated, tho Confederacy was beaten. It was much tho samo with us as it was with you in Washington-power bad become centralized and the reins were held by ono or two men. When wo on our side saw this, our people lost heart; we asked "what are wo fighting for," aud we gavo up tho contest. There was no arrangement, no understanding; the sword was laid down by a sort of tacit consent that we had departed from our first ideas of the war. We had abandoned the course we bad mapped out, aud there was no return to it. Mr. Stephens said nothing moro on this subject. It was hardly my province to urgo against Iiis theories in the action, or the speeches of some of his followers and associates to seek for arguments to be used against him. In reply to a remark of mine rela? tive to tho Ku Klux organization in tho South, he said: "Well, if there nra any armed secret societies in the Southern States, I am not aware of their exist? ence, personally. If there is in thia world anything I do date and abhor, it is secret political bodies. I do not think there are any in Georgia. In fact, I do not kuow anything about i them at all, except from what I see in tho public prints. You know my record against tho Kuow Nothing party. I have not changed in any respect since then, so far as such peo? ple are concerned. I am under the impression that it is all puro imagiua tiou, except probably in portions of Tennessee. It may bo tbat excitable young men in different sections of tho country formed themselves iuto oath-bound clubs, in the hope that they would become component parts of this Ku Klux Klan, which was said to have existed somewhere. An effort was made in tho Ashburn trial to prove some such fact, but in my opi? nion it utterly failed. In my own State every mau does just as he pleases, says what bo thinks, and no one interferes with him. I look on all these stories as manufactured purely for political purposes." Mr. Stephens appeared very anx? ious indeed to throw discredit on the tales of outrages and riot cumiug up to us almost daily from the South, and sought to impress on mo the ut? ter falsity of them. I questioned him somewhat on the Sulphur Springs mission and Gen. Rosecrans' proceedings there. He had the utmost confidence, ho said, in Rosecrans, and believed him to be actuated by very pure and patriotic motives. He agreed with Rosecrans fully in tho professed objects of his mission, nnd thought that the men who sigurd that celebrated manifesto were siueere in their professions. I had intended to ask Mr. Stephens some questions on other points; but several friends called on him, aud I was obliged to leave. I make no comments ou his state? ments and opinions, but leave yon to infer his sentiments|on the situation, generali}*, from his own words, which I have retained as far as possible. [ Washington Cur. Raleigh Standard. COFFIN.-A colored radical, somo ? what rampant in tho cause of his party, on repairing to bis crib a few mornings since, found to bis inexpres? sible horror and astonishment, a coffin snugly stowed away inside the crib. The door was still locked and every log in its proper place; which fact seemed to puzzle enffee no little as to how "tho terrible thing got there." Ho cannot reconcile it to himself that hi1 mau bauds had an agency in placing it there; but, on the contrary, firmly believes that somo invisible power is at tho head of it, and intended burying him alive unloss ho gavo np radicalism. It is needless to add, that so powerfully have his supnrstitious fears been acted upon, that he cannot bo got within stone's throw of tbo crib, nor will he utter one word in favor of his former eherished principles. He is now a Democrat. The above is no Ku Klux-story. Every word of it can be sustained, if necessary. I Chester Standard. SPECIAL NOTICES. AVOID POISON-INVALID READER, do you know what nine-tenths of tho bit? ter compounds you aro solicited by tho proprietors to accept as universal pana? ceas are composed of? Qivo hoed for a moment. They aro manufactured from unpurifiod alcohol, containing a consider able portion of fusil oil-a poison almost as deadly as prussic acid. Tho basis of tho regular tinctures of tho Mat cria Me? dica is the same. No amount of "herbal extracts" can overcome tho bad tendency of this pernicious clement. Tho essence of sound rye, thoroughly rectified, is tho only stimulant which can be safely used as a componont of a tonic, alterativo and anti-bilioua medicine, and HOSTETTEB'S STOMACH BITTERS is thc only medi? cinal preparation ia the world in which this article is used as an ingrodiont. Hence tho extraordinary effects of this great specific. It gives strength without producing excitement. No other tonio does this. All the ordinary bitters flush the faco and affect tho brain. HoBtettcr'B Bitters diffuses an agrceablo calm through tho nervous system, promotes digestion and producos sleep. No other tonio BO qnickly revives the exhausted physical energies, restores the appetite aud re? moves tlie gloom and depression which always accompanies weakness of the bodily power?, lt purges from the sys' tem the morbid humors which retard "its natural functions, mid which bring pale ness to tho cheek and suffering to tho brew. It banishes those clogs upon plea? sure, restores the syst om to high health, and necessarily proves a valuable adjunct to the digestive organs. A trial is all that ii* needed to establish it in tho confidence of the skeptic. September 30 f? "MANHOOD."-Another New Medical Pamphlet hom tho pen of Dr. Curtis. Tho Medical Times bays of this work: "This valuable treatise on the cause and euro of premature 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 thc remedies therefor." A pocket edition of tho abovo will bo for? warded on receipt of 25 Cents, by ad? dressing Dr. Curtis, No. 58 North Charlee street, Baltimore, Md. May 27 ly INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. JUST received, new patterns of Dresses, Sacques, Capes and Overalls. Also, new Hoop Skirts._August 23 Summer Tonics and Invigorants. HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, Schiedam Schnapps, Sumter Bitters, Plantation Bitters, Chesnut Grove Whisker. For sale by FISHER & H?INITSH, July 22 t _ Druggists. Aromatic Life Bitters. ASUPERLATIVE TONIC and Invigor? ating Cordial, componed, in uart, of I American Centanry and Life Everlasting, with other valuable vegetable products. It will be found an excellent STOMACH BITTERS, an appetizer, and a?, anti dyspeptic remedy. It is invaluable as a Tonic, for Debility, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Nervousness, Torpid Liver, Sluggish Circulation. A generous stimu? lant, quickening the action of tho organs of life, and imparting new powers to tho whole body. 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IN pursuance of the decretal order of Juno 19, 18C8, tho Creditors of tho Grconvillo and Columbia Railroad Com? pany, whoso Ronds against tho said Com? pany aro secured by any lien in tho nature of a mortgage, whether first mortgage or othorwise, whether said mortgage has boen executed by tho Company eris in tho naturo of a statutory lien, aro hereby re? quired to {.rove their demands before me, .designating tho security claimed as that claimed to be for tho security of tho bonds SO proved," on or before the 1st day of | January, 18C9, D. B. DESAUSSURE, C. E. R. D. Jnlv 12 m Machine Oil and Belting. IT*OR sale bv ; May 31 TISH KR A LOWRANCE Smoking Tobacco. 1 Ari DBS. Puro Spanish SMOKING lV/U TOUACCO, 100 lbs. Lone Jack Smoking Tobacco. For n ile low by E. A C.. D. HOPE. Brinly Plows. IN ?toro and for salo by Am< 29 FISHER M LOWKfcKOE. Extra Family Flour. Z)f\f \ BARRELS aud bags, at lowest ?t\J\J cash prices. September 19 E. A* O. D. HOPE. Woodenware and Brooms. 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GRAPH TO INTELLIGENCE-Marketa and a daily summary of News from all parts of tho World; interesting Editorials on general topics; Local Matters; Corres? pondence; News Items; Miscellany-Sto? ries, Poctrv, Ac. Address JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor, August 21) Columbia, S. C. X?T*Our country exchanges are requested to give the above a few insertions. THE WEEKLY GLEANER, A LAItOE EIOnT-r.UtK JOUItMAX OF NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE. An excellent Paper foi- Country Reading. ITS POLITICS DEMOCRATIC IN TUE O BEAT FIGHT AGAINST RADICAL USURPATION. TO TUE PEOPLE OF THE SO UTI!. THE WEEKLY GLEANER-Devoted to the rehabilitation of the South in its former prosperity-is offered to subscribers at the low rate of $1.50 for six months. Thc annals of tho American Republic show no political campaign comparable in the magnitude of its issues and the mo? mentousness of its results to that for the Presidency, now pending. Indeed, tho very lifo of free government is on trial, and it will bo a sad commentary on the capacity of the people for tho exercise of that high trust if they, the jurors who are to try the issue, pronounce a verdict of self-condemnation. If the South has any hope it is in the success of the Democratic party in thc coming Presidential election; and every citizen is vitally interested in the progress of the battle, and cannot afford to bc with, mt a sound and re liable newspaper. As an organ, not only of sound Demo? cratic principles, but as a vehicle of ge? neral nows, tho GLEANER is confidently commended to Southern support. A large eight-page paper, of forty-eight columns, filled with tho contributions of able cor? respondents, tho daily wealth of tele? graphic communication and readable edi? torials. Especially will it be valuable as an organ to disabuse tho Northern mind of the falsehoods in relation to Southern thought and actions, with which it is the industrious vocation of certain parties to poison the springs of Northern feeling on Southern subjects. In this view of the matter, no more valuable aid to the true reconstruction of the country and restora? tion of just sentiment t>t the North toward the South can bo rendered than by sub? scribing to the WEEKLY GLEANER and sending it to acquaintances and friends in the Northern States. We ask the aid of such of our political comrades as ehnll see this prospectus, in the distribution of the paper; especially during tho progress of thc impending campaign. The WEEKLY GLEANER is published every Wednesday morning, and mailed to single subscribers at $3.00 per at um; Six Months, $1.50; Three Months, 75c; Singlo Copies, 10c. Sample copies will bc sent on receipt of address. 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