The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 14, 1869, Image 2

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COLUMBIA, s. c. Wedneslay Morning:, April 14. 1869. Cotton Not TaTed. A day or two ago wo observed in a North Carolina cotemporary the statement ' that cotton was still mi bj cet to n tax of two aud . half per cent. In view of removing doubts upon the subject, we observo that a letter was addressed by tho commercial editor of the Memphis AralancJie to tho Se? cretary of the Treasury, to wbioh he re? ceived the subjoined reply, which we re? publish. It sot Hos tho matter, we pr?same, no fur ns it eau be settled by the authority of the Treasury Department. Tho follow? ing is the letter whioh was elicited; THEA HU HY DEPAETMENT, OFFI?K INTEKNAL REVENUE, WASHINGTON, Junuary 26, 1869. SIB.; Your letter addressed to 'ho Secre? tary cf tho Treasury has beou r<<forred to this office for answer. In reply, I have to say that tho Aot of Februarys, 1668, abol? ishing the tax on cotton, is so oloar as to of no .doubt as to its meaning and effect. Tiny language of the Aot is: "That all cotton grown ia tho United States after the ytfar 1867 shall be" exempt from intornal tax.!' This operates to exempt, not only thc crop of 1868,- but tho crops of all suc? ceeding yen^s, < until the A<pfr shu 11 bo re? pealed or ttibdi?ed by subsequent legisla? tion. Very respectfully, P, A. ROLLINS, Otiownissloner. To,Oomuiercri?rEditor Memphis Ai?t?hche, T?ifu?ssee. -~-?-~-: l? Blar?eilli?iat-. --- " The hflst?c?rrated account of tho origin and 'authorship of this famous national hymn that wo havo ever read, is furnished by Bombaugh, and is exceedingly interest? ing. < Sir Philip Sidney, impressed with the -powers of the song writers of a country in shaping its destiny, truthfully remarked: "Lot who may make tho laws of a people, allow me tc write their ballads and I'll guide them ul my will;" and in endorsatiou of his views, we oite this example of a nation's pulse being quickened and enthused under the fervid inspiration of an obscure song maker. Roguet-de Lisle was a young oflicer^of en? gineers at Strasbourg. He 'was. born in tho Jura, P. country of reverie and energy, as mount&ins commonly aro. He relieved the tediousness of a garrison lifo by writiug verses and indulging a love of musio. He . was a frequeut visitor at tho house of Baron de Diedrich, a noble Alsacien, of the consti? tutional party, the' Mayor of Strasbourg. The family loved the young oflioer, and . -:gave new inspiration to his heart in its at? tachment to musio and poetry, and tho ladies were in tho habit of assisting, hy theil performance, tho early conceptions of hit genius. A fa mino prevailed ut Strasbourg in the winter of 1792. Tho house o? Died >> rich was wealthy at tho beginning of the re volution, but had now become poor undei the calamities and sacrifices of tho time. lb frugal table had always un hospitable place for Roguot de Lisle. He was thexo morning and evening, ns a brother and son. Om ?day, when only some alices of ham smokec upon the table, with a snpply of cami bread, his host said to De Lisle in sor rowfdl '^serenity: "Plenty is not found a our meais, but no matter, enthusiasm is no - wanting at our civic festivals, and our sol diem' hearts are full of courage. We havt - x one moro bottle of Rhenish wine in tin cellar, let us drink it to liberty and ou couutry. Strasbourg will soon havo a pa triotic fete, and our guest must draw fron these lust drops ono of his hymns, that wil carry his own ardent feelings to the heart o the people." Tho young ladies upplaudei the proposal; they brought the wine, am continued to fill the glasses of Diedrich an guest, until tho bottle was empty. Th night was very cold, but Do Lisle's bea and heart wero warm. He found hi3 way t his lodgings, entered his solitary chambc and sought for inspiration .ut ono momon in the palpitations of his citizen's houri aud at another, by touching us an artist, th ? keya of his instrument, and striking ot alternately portions of un air. and giyin utterance to poetic thoughts. Ho did ut know himself, which carno first; it was in possible for him to separate the pooh from tho music, or tho sentiment from tl words in which it was clothed. Ho sar altogether aud wroto nothing. In this sta of lofty inspiration, ho went to sloop wil his head upon tho iustrurnont. Tho oban of the night came upon him in tho mornin Uko tho faint impressions of a dream. I wrote down the words, made the notes tho musio, and ran to Dietrich's. Ho foul him in the garden digging winter lettuce The wifo of tho patriot Mayor was not u and Diodrich uwoke her. They called tog thor somo frionds, who were liko themselvt -passionately fond of music, and able to ea ente musical compositions. One of t ladies played and our author sang. At t first stanza, thocountenancesof theoompa grew pale; at tho second, tears flow - 1 -i ' i . rr""Tj abundantly; at tbo last, a delirium of en? thusiasm broke forth. The host and wife and tho yoong officer cast themselves into each other's arms. The hymn of tho Gallic nation waa found. Alas! it was destined to beoouio a bymn of terror. Tho unhappy Diedrioh, a few months afterwards, marched to the scaffold at tho sound of tho notes, first uttered at his hearth, from tho heart of his friend and the voico of his wife. Tho now song, executed some days afterwards pub? licly at Strasbourg, flew from town to town throngh all the orchestras. Marseilles adoptod it to be sung ut the open iug and adjournment of the clubs, and hence its name. Tho mother of De Lisle, n loyalist and a religious person, alarmed nt the reverberatiou of her son's name, wrote to him: "What is tho meaning of this revo? lutionary hymn, suug by hordes of robbers, who pass all over France, with which our naroo is mixed up ?" De Lisle himself f, pro? scribed as a Federalist, hoard its re-echo npon his cars as a threat of death, as ho fled among the paths of Jura. "What ia this soflg called?" he inquired of his guido. The Marseillaise, replied tho peasant. It was with difficulty ho escaped. This hymn was the liquid fire of tho revo? lution. It distillod into tho senses and lb? soul of the people, tho fronzy of battle. Its notos floated like un ensign, dipped ir? warm blood, overa fiold of combat. Glory and crime, death andviotory, soemed interwoven in its strains. It was the song of patriotism; but, it waa the signal of fory. It accompa? nied warriors to the field and victims to the scaffold. There is no national air that will compare with it iu sublimity and power; it embraces tho soft cadences full of tho peasant's borne, and tho stormy clamor of silver und steel when an empire is overthrown; it endears tho memory of tho Vine-dresser's cottage, and makes the Frenchman, in his exile, cry: "La belle France /" forgetful of tho sword, and torch, and guillotine, which have rande his country a spectre of blood in tho eyes of nations. Nor cnn tho foreigner listen to it, sung by n company of exiles, or executed by a band of musicians, without feeling that it is the pibroch of bnttlo aud war, t\nd the diapason of a nation".i heart. I'lir l 'i i < <1 nw n's Tiurc-nu--Letter from <>rii. Howard. The following letter from Genend (.). O. Howard, in answer to a letter of inquiry ad: dress?d to him by Hon. O. H. Dock?ry, Chairman of tho Houso Committco on Freedmen's Affairs, exhibits the present status of tho Freedmen's Bureau: WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9, 1S6'.>. Hon. 0. H. Ducker;/, M. C., Chairman oj Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, Hons? <>/ Representatives. DEAitSrn: I have received your note, aud will cheerfully comply with your request. As to the work of education amoug "thc freedmen and r?M-goes," I have already closed up all divisions of tho Bureau, ex? cept tho educational work, tho payment ol bounties, and throe hospitals--ono at Vicks? burg, ono at Richmond, Va., and one in this district. I think a larger expenditure of mouey has bean made in aid of school buildings in cities and villages than I would have advised with my present experience, Now that prejudico is giving way, tho edu e,it ional work eau be extended moro thar heretofore iuto the country with compara tively small outlay, by seeking tho co-opera tiou of tho people. We have already quit? u corps of colored teachers, and soon xvii have more; and wo know these cnn go inti the country schools and bo comparatively well received. I propose to havo but on? agcut in ertfih Stato hereafter, so as to savi every cent I can iu order to uso the remain der of our appropriation for tho starting o schools in places where the people hav thus far bceu deprived of them. I havo beeu obliged by law to co-opcrat with their benevolent educational associa tions; und in aiding them to preparo teach ers, 1 have been necessitated to help insti tutions of tho higher grades. You ma commit mo, us you suggest, to aid the cour try sch.iols moro in tho future, aud th normal schools, academies, colleges and un versities less. But, as wo still need colore tendiera very much, it might not bo well t tio up tho Bureau completely by an amon? mont. I have no other object than to carr r.:?t the will of Congress on this subject. Yours, truly, ' O. O. HOWARD, Bvt. Maj. Gou If. S. A., Commissioner, .vi Efforts are being made by parties beloiij big to either ono side or tbe other of tl Cuban difficulty, to open negotiations wi! tho navy department for the purchase of certain few of our mon i tore, and havo asl? tho lowest price which the Government w receive for them. Secretary Borio and A mirai Porter, however, aro wary of the overtures, and have thus far declined to c tertain them. Admiral Hoff commuuicnt to tho Government the faot that tho Sp nish authorities havo upon several occasio arrested American citizens in Cuba, upi tho mero suapicion of their complicity wi tho robots. Frequently they aro held foi long time without trial, and when th? cases como up they are discharged for wo of evidence. This practioe has becomo common with tho Spanish authorities tl Admiral Hoff deems it his duty to call t attention of tho Government to the faot, the hope that somo action may bo takon . prevent suoh arreste in fntnre. 11 1 - - ' 1 ^^^^ Domestic Melange. Alice Kingsbury, well known u , couple of yours back ns an actress, now manages a farm near Aurora, Ind. A Western contemporary announces that Senator Spraguo inherited one-half of tho State of Rhode Island from his father, and the other half he ha saoquiredsinco. During the last year the Chicago police ai rested nineteen constables, and then failed to capture all tho rogues there nie among them. A St. Louis despatch states that the report is untrue that Gen. Blair is engaged in Ut? ting out n Cubau filibustering expedition, ns he is spending u "quiet time" in bis home in tb at city. Gen. Spinner, tho Treasurer of tho United States, is said to handle more money annual? ly than the banks of England and Franco combined. Cleveland hus a woman who hus been married seven Simes in oight years. Two of her husbands aro ?load. The other five, from four of whom she woe divorced, still live. Her daughter, now seventeen, has been twice married and twieo divoreod. In Horry, on sales-day, the Sheriff sold several tracts of Und. ranging from five cents to ono dollar rind a half perncro. Some Virginia and Norih Carolina trader? wore present. Tho carrying tra<?e on the lukes has be? come immense. By statistics given in tho Detroit Post it appeurs that during the your 1868 there were 131 steamers, 172 propellers, 267 tugs, 1,642 sailing vessels, and &7 barge? plying on tho lakes. The aggregate tonnge was 680,3941, and the tcdal value was $23,033, 000. Of this fleet rather more than a fifth in number of sail and in value, but less than a fifth of the tounge, was Canadian. "Jea-nio June," the fashion correspondent -otherwise Mrs. Croly-says that when re? quested to respond at a SoTOsis-l'rciis dinuer, she told her busbund that she was afraid she would break down ; but he replied. "When you blow me np you never break down," and she was thus encouraged to make tho required response. Sir Keneira Digby of England wrote to Gov. Winthrop, the second, of Massachu? setts, in tho eighteenth century, and recom? mended the following euro for the agne : "Pare the patient's nails, put the paringa in a little bug round tho neck, of a live eel, nod put him io a tub of wate? ; tho eel will die und tho patient will recover." The New York Sun learns that Commo? dore Vanderbilt recently had a narrow escape from death. Going to a closet he seized a bottle aud drank a portion'of its contents, without examining it. The liquid burned his mouth and he spit it out. lt turned out to be a deadly bedbug poixon. Tho Com? modore's face was severely burned, but be? yond this no injury was received. It is stated that ono inch in depth of n>in falling on an acre of ground will amount iu all to 220,22f* imperial gallons, or about 100 tor.s in weight. The quantity of rain under consideration is (5,272,(5-10 cubic inches, and the imperial gallon weighs ten pounds nvor dupois, and is of the capacity of 277.??7-1 cnbio inches. Tho Laurensvillo Herald says: "On Mon? day last, tho following real estato sales oc? curred: Assignee of Aaron Wells sold lot ut Cross Hill, containing eleven acres, with store and dwelling, for t>6?0 cash. Colonel Jones, Sheriff, sohl for United States Mar? shal, three locomotives, two coaches, fivo box ears, Ac, tho rolling ?dook of the Lau rous Railroad Company, fo? 88,800, at tho suit of A. M. Brodio and Jo'uu W. fi. Ar? nold; his Excellency Governor B. K. Scott, tho purchaser, and Mr. Joseph Crew?., tho bidder. Captuiu Richardson, Clerk of the Court, sold as follows: Estate of-Jones, tract contaiuiug 32J acres, $1,000; 425 acres, $750; 161 acres; $2;000; terms, one and two years. Estato of Hosea Mah ailey, 100 sores, $100; six mouth's time. Estate of Samuel Spokes, forty aore?, 8155, cash. ' -o In tho House of Commons, Hon. Roberl Lowe, cbanocllor of tho exchequer, submit ted thc annual budget, in explanation o which, he said tho ministry proposed to doa separately with general expenditures and th? Abyssinian war. The estimates made 03 his predecessor in office, tho Hou. Geo. W Hunt, were .673,000,000, while tho roceipti wero ?72,500,000, leuving a deficit o ?500.000, which has to bo mot this year Ho (Mr. Lowe) estimated tho expenditure of tho present fiscal year at ?(58,250,000 showing a reduction of ?2,250,000 from tb estimated expenditure of last year, whicl was gained chiefly in tho admiralty and wa office. Ho estimated the revenue of th present fiscal year ut .?73,000,000, so if th Abyssinian war were not provided for, th surplus would bo ?1,500,000. Tho who] expenso of tho Abyssinian war waa 60,000, 000, of which ?7,(3uO,Ot)l) wero expended i ludia. Tho country had still Cl,000,000 c this amount to pay. Tho surplus of th present year would balance tho Abyssinia and general deficit. Under those circuu stances, tho chancellor thought it desirabl to roiso a further sum by tuxation. Her? garded tho present means of collection 1 expensive and unsatisfactory, and said i only warrant was in its antiquity. He pr< posed to collect assessed taxes by means < excise licenses, granted at tho commenc mont of each year, 011 returns to bo fu nished by tax-payers. An iucomo tnx is I bo collected in the samo manner. By the: measures, ?3,250,L00 will ho brought in tl financial year, in addition to tho atnoui herotoforo collected. Ho proposed u redu tion of a penny npon tho incomo tax; ! repeal the import duty on corn, and fire i suranco duty, and to re-arrange sovex smaller items. This will givo a decrease ?3,000,000, aud leave nearly ?5,000,0 clear surplus. Mr. Hunt, late chancelle said, in reply to Mr. Howe, that the redt tion in the estimates was duo to the effoi of the late government in making tho am and navy more efficient. After a long ai desultory conversation, tho usual leave brio fin a buuget, was agreed to. ? HM ?o o et X Items.l .-o IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION.-Many per? sons seem to think that commas, periods, semi-colons, oto., were invented to pnzzle honest people, and that they have no seri? ous meaning in practice The following verso (which may bo either a simple state? ment of oommon-placo truths or a tissue of quaint lies, according to thc manner of punctuating) ought to disprove any such erroneous notion. Wc will give the lying version first: "I'veseen thc sim all ou a blaze of rire; I'vo seen a house high as the moon, and higher; I've soen tho sun ut twelve o'clock at night. I've seen tho mao that saw this wondrous sight." Now alter the punctuation: "I've seen tho HUH; all on a blaze of fire I've 3een a house; high as tbe moon, ?inti higher I've seen tho sun; at twelve o'clock at night I've soon the man that saw tbis wondrous sight." A celebrated will CASU iu England all tnrived upon tho question, whether there was a dash between two words. A certain nobleman had left OJ will, providing that A. B. should have nil- the black ?nd white horses owned by the testator. Now if the logaten was to havo aU tho blnck hcrsas, and all the white horses, ho would inherit a handsome fortune; io? the nobleman was a horso-faucier, and bait many very valuable black, and many valuable white horves. But if the legatee was to hovo only the black and-white horses, (t. c. ibo pied horses,) ho wonhl get ouly two or three spotted ponies. So the whole matter turned upon tho exist? ence of one or two dashes in the instrument of writing. We .suspect tho legatee thought that punctuation wm* important. A mau was walking nloug in Loudon ono morning, and was anxious for a drink, and equally anxious for a .shave; but as ho had ouly foTtrponco-bnlf-penny, he was at a loss lo know how he was to be accommodated, when suddenly ho saw u barber's sig?, which seemed to rend as follows: '"What do you think? J ames Mcllbcny Shaves for a penny, And throws in a drink!" He entered the shop at once, got shuvad^ took a drink, and called for his change, at the same iiuio handing hie fourpenco-hivlf peuny to tho barber. "Change!" said the barber; "there's no change due you. You liavo uot paid half your bill." Tho mart protested that tho sign informed him tht,t a ?have aud n driuk could both bo procured Lhere for a penny. "Oh!" said Mcllbcny, "you've read it wroug; como uud seo it igain." Thc examination, was made, and it was discovered that tho sign rea?l thus: "What! do yon think James Mcllheny Shaves for a penny, And throws in u drink?" Whiv?h i.s tho same as saying: "If you, do think so, you're vastly mistaken." Few people have any idoa of how ?iuch tho printer has to do? in the way of punc? tuation for mauy of our very best writers. A atudent at college ouoe wrote a theme without punctuating it at all; and at thc bottom he put u great many periods, colons, commas, ?fee., and wrote: "To bo distri? buted at the professor's pleasure." -o . Peters' Musical Review for April, ia to hand, and, in addition to fifteen pages ol select reading matter, contains tho follow ing now music: "Ain't I Sweet? Rest, Dar ling, Rest; I'm Still a Friend to You; 1T< Wipes the Tear from Ev*uy Eye; Fores Glado Marcii; Damask Rose Waltz; Ooldor Sunset Muzm'sza." Music is generally cou Bidered expensive, but when such a quantity is furnished for the small Kum of thirty cents, it ceases to bo a luxury, and even tbi poorest may siug, play, and bo happy. On musical friends will do well to examiue th i work, and we feel confident that thirty cent sent io the publishers for a sumplo cop; will yield them a larger return for their in vestment than uny similar outlay they ea: make. Scud for a copy, or got your news dealer to got ono for you, and we will gim ranteo you will thank us for calling yon attention to it. It is issued by J. L. Peten music pnblishor, Box 5,429, Now York. A RECITE WORTTC ONE THOUSAND DOJ UARS.-Tho Ohio Cultivator nay? the follov ing recipo is worth Si,OOO to every housi keeper: Take ono pound of sal soda and a hu pound of unstacked lime, aud put thom i ? gallon of water, boil twenty minutes, let stand till cool, then drain off and put in small jng or jar; soak your dirty clothi over night, or until they aro wet throng! then wring them and rob on plenty of soo] and in one boiler of clothes woll oovere with water, add one tea cup-full of tl washing fluid; boil half an honr brisk! then wash them thoroughly with sud rinse, and your clothes will look bettor thc by the old way ol washing twioo befo boiling. Thia is an invaluable reoipo, ai every poor, tired woman should try it. HABR?S CORFE s.-Andrew Moyer and Andrew C. Moyer, who were charged with the kiUing o? John Ortray, Esq., in Edge field County, on Saturday last, were brought before Judge Willard, Testerday, upon a writ of habeas corpus. After hearing the affidavit, the Judge ordered them to enter into rocogniznuco, with two good sureties, before the Clerk of the Court of Edgefield County, iu the sum ot 82,000 each, for their appearance ut thc next Court of General Sessions for that County. The prisoners were represented by Joseph Ab? ney, Esq., and the State by Solicitor Tolley and Col. Griffen. -o CHARLESTON IN A NUT-SHEM..-Judge Carpenter has given judgment of ouster ngainst Mr. Henry Trescot, the Registrar of Mesoo Conveyance, to which office William McKinlay, colored, was elected by the Le? gislature iu December last. Tho police ure being equipped with now belts and clubs. Capt. J. W. McMillsu, formerly of the Daily News, is publishing a new advertising sheet called tho Bulletr*, for gratuitous cir? culation. The market abounds in? silver fish. Twelve velocipedes went throngh Charles? ton, yesterday, for a firm rn Atlanta. -o The new hotel is rapidly approaching coDopletiou, under the energetic supervi? sion of its enterprising proprietors, Messrs. Gorman ?fe Bndcnhop. Thefurnilure is ar? riving daily, and will be in keeping in ele? gance and Btjrle with tho well known taste of these gentlemen. -o RKVKNUE ASHBSSOR APPOINTED.-Mr. C. EE. Baldwin, of ibis city, has been appointed ind confirmed as United States Internal Revenue Assestsr for tho Third Collection District of this State. His department is ;omposi-d of the Counties constituting tho Third a.id Fourth Congressional Districts. -o THE AIAKM op FIRE, yesterday, was occo-' doned by the burning of some soot in tho ?himuey of tho kitchen of Mr. W. J. Duffie. No damage, however; was dono. )ur firemen were out promptly, but their ?orviocs were, fortunately, noir needed. -o Messrs. Talley, Bacbman it Waties have ?ccu appointed Solicitors of the Columbia Building and Loan Associatioa. -o ?A few copies of tho "Sack sad Destruc ion of Columbia" can be obtained at tho Pha'nix office. Price twenty-five cents. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention s called to tho following advertisements, lublishod for the first time this-morning: Meeting Columbia Chapter. Acts Passed by tho State Legislatura. Hostetter'8 Stomach Bitters. W. T. Wolter-Auction Sale. Horses for Sale. -o AN EX rK?CLI;NOE of a third of a century has riven L. Rico, Esq., of the AMERICAS IOLSE, BOOTON, a knowledge of all the ro iuisitics of a first class hotel. The popu arity of that hotol indicates that the public ipprecintes his efforts to please. All -.-o From tho Army Hospital, the bloody >attle-field, the mansion .of tho rich and the tumble abode of tho poor-from the office ind the sacred desk; from the mountain top, listant valley and far-off ialands of the mean-from every nook and corner of the dvilized world, is pouring in the evidence >f tho astonishing effects of DRAKE'S PLAN? TATION BITTERS. Thousands upon thou ianda of letters like the following may bo eon ut our office : * ? * * I havo beon in tho Army ilospital for fourteen months, speechless iud neurly dead. At Alton, III., they gavo no a bottle of Plantation Bitters. Turee cottles havo made me a well man. C. H. FLAUTE MAONOIIIA WATER.-Superior to the best reported Germau Cologne, *nd sold at half bo price. A10 tlt3 Scrofula or King's Evil is a disease of tho jlood, making its appearance in every year, ind when fully dovolopod is characterized jy tho presenco of ncrofuloas matter in Eruptions, Tumors, Swellings, Ac. It is .oally tho seed or germ of many diseases .hat aro most fatal to mankind. Constinip .ion rnay follow from it and derangement of be liver and digestion is a frequent result. Rheumatism,Erysipelas, Disease of the Skin, Female Weakness aud Irregularity, Kid? ney Affection, Dropsy, Pain in the Bones, fiend, Back, all como from a vitiated condi? tion of tho Blood. Now, what is tho remedy? Timo aud experience has demonstrated tho [act that tho only sure remedy is Hoinitsh's ?reat medioine-tho QUERN'S DEI.KUIr-no other medicine will do it; thousands attest ?ts worth, and tons of thousands are trying it to-day, and upon tho recorded verdict of tho people, let it stand the wonder of mo J?rn medicines. To the afflicted we say try it. For sale by FISHER & HEiNiTan. A10 -o GEBT HAIES, BHOONEI- Torr's IMPROVED LIQUID II AIR DIB is a perfect wonder. By its use the old becomes young again. It converts the grey head into a beautiful black yt brown. It imparts a natural color to the frilly mustaohe and whiskers, and gives to tho hair and beard a softness and gloss mat the young beaux might envy. A10 0