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.?- ^r^^ij^ COLUMBIANS. C. 73 ~W3-r~~ Su ir. ay MomiD ff, April 18. 1869. A? Unexplained Clmptcr ia tb? " Ii?te Dn pUaaantB- -.*"" We pr?sent, without Oomuiento, the fol lowiug letter from Gen. W. T. Sherman. Tho-ertraordiuury character of which justi? fies, we believo, in surrendering our editorial columns to its reproduction. To the Editor of the New York Tribune. Un your issue of yesterday is a notico of ri?r. Healy'a picture representing tho inter? view between- "Mr. Lincoln, General Grant, Admiral Porte'r and myself, which repeats .substantially the account published some '.imo ago in Wilkes* Spirit of the Times ex? planatory of that interview, and attributing ? io Mr. Lincoln himself the paternity of thc 'tercia to General Johnston's army at Dor? ibank ia April, 1865. \Z am glad you have called public attention to the picture itself, because 1 feel a per? sonal interest that Mr. Healy should bo ap? preciated as one of our very best American . artist-3. But some friends hore think by silence I may be construed as willing to tftttxrw off on Mr. Lincoln the odium of those terms. If there be any odium, vb ich X doubt, I surely would not be willing that . ?ho least show of it should go to Mr. Lin . -f?ol??? (Memory, which I hold in too much vouer.?iou to be stained by anything dono or said by me. I understand that the sub? stance of Mr. Wilkes* original article was v ?compiled by him after a railroad conversa? tion with Admiral Porter, who was present at that interview, as represented in tue pic tare, and who made u note of tbe conversa? tion immediately after we separated. He .v-ould ibo more likely to have preserved the ?exact words used on the occasion, than I who made no notes then or since. I cannot oaow. even pretend to recall more than the ?abjects touched upon by the several par? ties, and the impression left on my mind i-f ter we parted. 'The .interview was in March, nearly r \ -aaorrtti before the final catastrophe; and il > waa my part of tho plan of operations tc move .my army, -paiuforced by Schofield tlion at Goldsboro, N. C., to Burkesville, Ya., when Lee would have been forced tc .surrender in Richmond. The true move ? 'eft i to <him was a hasty abaudonmont o: Richmond, join bis force to Johnston's ant strike me in the open country. Tho onh question was, could I sustain this joint at tack till General Graut came up iu pursuit i. vim, confident I could; but at the ver; .'ncmcntof our conversation General Grau ?was moving General Sheridan's heavy fore of cavalry to his extreme left, to proven \ this very contingency. Mr Lincoln, ii .hearing us speak of .a final bloody battle -which I then thought would fall on me nea Haleigh, did exclaim more than once, thu Mood enough had already been shed, au .'.lie-hoped that the war would ond witbot any more. We spoke of what was to 1 ?lone .with I)avis, other party leaders audtli .?rebel.army; and he left me under the in ;ireasion that all hu asked of ns was to di sipato these armies, and get tho soldici .back to their homes anyhow, the quick? ?the better, leaving bim free to apply tl remedy and Ino reste ration of civil law. E (slr. Lincoln) snrely left upou my mu the impression warranted by Admir Porter's nccouut, that he had long thougl of his courso of action when tbc reb ararles were out of his way, uud that 1 wanted to got civil governments re-orga ized nt the South, the quicker the bette and strictly conforming with our goner -system. I had been absent so long that I pi sumed, of course, that Congress bad enact a.11 the laws necessary to meet tho event rience, so long expected, and the near n ,pronch of which must then have befen se by the most obtuse; aud all I aimed to ? was to remit the rebel army surrendering ra? to the conditions of the laws of t country ns they then existed. At the til of Johnston's surrender at Durham, I dr? vp th? terms with my own band. Brock i ridge bad nothing at all to do with thei moro than to discuss their effect, and 'knew they only applied to tho military; a *he forthwith proceeded to make his esca . from the country, n course that I belie Mr. Lincoln wished that Mr. Davis shot have succeeded iu effecting, as well as ?the other loading Southern politiciai against whom public indignation alwi turned with a feeling far more intense til against Generals Leo, Johnston, and otl purely military meu. I repeat that, according to my memo Mr. Lincoln did not expressly name t apecifio terms of surrender, but he was that kindly and gontle framo of mind t -would have induced him to approve fi what I did, excepting probably ho wo have interlined some modifications, sucl recognizing his several proclamations ai c?dent, as well aa tho iaws of Congr whieh would have been perfectly right i ?icccptablo to mo and to all parties. I disliko to open this or any other question, and do it for tho reason sta1 viz : Lest I bo construed as throwing od Mr. Lincoln what his friends think sh? be properly borne by me alone. If, in thc original terms I had, as I ?ainly meant, included tho proclnmatio the President, they would have covered slavery question and all the real State q tiona which caused tho war; and bad Mr. Lincoln been assassinated at that moment, 1 believo those "terms" would taken the usual courso of approval, mc . cation or absolute disapproval, and bee turned to me, like hundreds of other of Acta, without the newspaper clamor unpleasant controversies so unkindly unpleasantly thrust npon me at that 4 ? am truly yours, W. T. SHERMAN, Genei WASUTNO?ON, D. C., April ll, 1869, III .11 ,!?. II Ml 1 [OFFICIAL.} j Acts Pasted by tho State Legislature. An Ad to incorporate th? Citizens' Savings Bank cf South Carolina. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr?sentatives of the State or~ South i Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same. That F. W. McMaster, J. P. Thomas, Riobard O'Noale, Jr., E. H. Helnitsb, J. Eli Gregg, Thomas E. Gregg, John li. Palmer, Daniel Ravenel, Jr., Benjamin H. Rutledge and Robert G. Chisolrn, together with such other persons a? are now, cr - may hereafter bo, associated with them,-snail be, and they oro hereby, constituted aud made a body politic and corporate, by the namo of the Citizens' Savings Dank of South Carolina, with thoir office in the city of Columbia: Provided, That the capital stock of said Dauk shall never exceed tho sum of five hundred thousand dollars: And provided further, That this Act shall not have tho forco of law until twenty thousand dollars of tho capital stock of said Bank shall have been paid in, aud satisfactory evidence fur? nished to tho Comptroller-General. SEC. 2. The said corporation shall have power and authority to receive deposits and to invest tho same, their capital stock nnd other funds in Bank, or other stocks, in tho purchase of bonds or stocks of this or nov other State of the United Stntes, to buy and sell gold and silver; to lend money on unen? cumbered real estate, in amounts not beyond sixty percent, of its actual value. And thosaid corporation shall haye power and authority to lmve, use and keep a common seal, and tho samo to niter nt will, to suo and bo sued, to plead and be iinplcaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State, and to have and en? joy all and every right, privilege, power and franchise incident and belonging to incor? porated bodies, and shall bo capable of taking, holding and disposiug of their capi? tal stock according to such roles and regula? tions as thej shall from timo to time estab? lish, and also taking, holding, dividing, disposing of or investing tho increase, protiis or emoluments of their said capital stock, aud shall have the rights and power to acquire, purchase, take und hold, in their corporate name, lands and real estate, und the samo to demise, grant, sell, nssign, ex? change and convey, iu feo sitnplo or other? wise. SEC. 3. Tho business and propert y of such corporation shall be managed and controlled, aud tho President, Cashier, Directors, and all other officers of tho Bank appointed by the stockholders; and the said stockholders shall have the power and authority to make roles and by-laws not repugnant to the laws of the land, aud to modify and amend such rules and by-laws at pleasure. Regular meetings of tho stockholders shall ho hold on tho first Tuesdays of January, April, July and October in each year, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the office of such corporation, in thc city of Columbia; and special meetings shall be held whenever called for by tho holders of at least one-quarter of the shares of the capital stock: Provided, That a no? tice signed by the stockholder or stockhold? ers calling said meetiug bo advertised in n newspaper published in tho city of Colum? bia at least one week prior to tho time ol such proposed meeting: Or provided. Thal written notice shall bo given to all thc stockholders at least throe days beforo sued: proposed meeting. A representation of s majority of the entire stock by tho holder. or their proxies shall be requisite to consti tuto a quorum at any and all meetings of tlx stockholders, and at all such meetings ead share shall outille its holder to ono voto Absent stockholders may vote by agents o: proxies producing proper written authority therefor. The said stockholders shall at tin first meeting when a quorum is present cloe twelve Directors and such other officers ai they may deem necessary, they to hold of lice for twelve (12) months, unless rcmove< in thc meantime or their successors appoint ed by said stockholders. SEC. i. The said corporation shall hov full power to enforce upon their member the duo observance of all rules and by-law for the good government and managemen of the affairs of tho said corporation, am for tho increase of the capital stock of th same, under such penalties as in and by th said rules and by-laws shall bo limited am appointed; and to this end, if need be, sba! and may instituto and maintain, in thei corporate name, against any one or more c their number, all the necessary suits, nctiou and pleas, eithor at law or in equity, for th recovery of any sum or sums of money t tho uso of tho said corporation in ns ampi a manner as such suits might bo maintains against persons not members of said co: poration. SEC. 5. Tho liability of Directors nn stockholders shall bo restricted to the stocl held by thom respectively. No Director < officer of said corporation shall borrow c ?iso any portion of tho funds thereof, 1 surety for loaus to others, or in any manne directly or indirectly, be an obligor f< money borrowed ol', or loaned by tho co poration. SEC. G. NO loan of money shall be nine by said corporation to any stockholder ow ing moro than four shares therein; and any euch loan is made to suoh stockholdei tho officers who make it or assent thorot shall bo jointly and severally liable to tl extent of snob loan and interest for all tl debts of the corporation contracted befo tfie ro-payment of tho sum so loaned. Tl saul corporation shall have powc r to buy ai sell exchange and to loan monoy on notes drafUnsecured by good collateral seenrity. SEC. 7. When any deposit is mado bj person b?ing a minor, tho said corporati shall pay to such depositor such sums aa m be due him vhether he have a guardian not. Sac. 8. This hot aball be deemed a pub Act, and shall be judicial ly taken notioe without special pleading, and the char hereby granted shah continue and be force thirty years. Ia the Senate House, the twelfth ? of February, iu fha ya*r of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty nioe. CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY, President of the Senate pro tem. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JR., Speaker House of Representatives. Approved the 13th dar of March, 1869. ROBERT K. SCOTT. Governor. Hm o o a 1 Ito m s . ?-o VELOCIPEDIAI? NOTES.-Just as wo expect? ed, the ono-wheeled velocipede, or ns it is more scienti?cally aallcd-tho mouocyclo attracted so large an assemblage of visitors to the establishment of Mr. Oeo. Symmers, Friday, that in order to accommodate the wishes of the public and save that gen tlemau from the iucouveuicuco of having his storo too much crowded with the cari? ous, tho machino was brought to tho PhrrnLr office, whereitrcmainedunt.il last evening. It was visited by very many, who departed perfectly .satisfied with its merits. To? morrow, it will be exhibited iu the recep? tion hall of tho new hotel, tho public-spirit? ed proprietors of which, Messrs. Badenhop & Gorman, have kindly consented to give it a conspicuous place aud explain its work? ings to those who may desire to become therewith acquainted. For thc benefit of such of our friends who have recently manifested a laudable in? terest ?ii thc subject of velocipedes, wc append the following notes, carefully col? lated from our Northern exchanges: The leading velocipede maunfacturers of New York and New England have made agreements with tho Hanlon Brothers, to pay them five dollars royalty ou each ma? chino for the use of thc patent, and it is probable that a like sum will bc fixed as the compensation for the use of the Lallemcut patent. A man in Milford, Mass., is making a ve? locipode with wheels eight feet high. It is intended to make thirty miles an hour. Two now styles of .velocipede, which con? flict with no exi.stiug patent, aro reported from Worcester, Mass. Ono of these is to run entirely by friction, and the other, with common foot-paddles, enables the operator to make a mile a minute, or thereabouts, each tread on thc treadles giving the driving wheel three revolutions. A four-wheeled railroad volocipede has oeeu made by a Cleveland mechanic. Tho ''rout wheels arc Roven and tho rear wheels two feet in diameter. Tho front nxlo has two crooks, shaped like a V., to which tho couuectiug-rods aro fastened. The driver's seat is similar to that of a sulky, which iu clines forward, giving the rider a chanco to expend all bis strength and drop his entire weight upon tho propelling apparatus. Tho weight of tho machine is 100 pounds. It is intended for section tren, taking tho place of the hand-car. Tho cost is less than $150. A new velocipede on three wheels has been invented by Wm. R. Manley, and just constructed nt the works of tho Girard Manufacturing Co., N. Y. The velocipcdist can be comfortably seated over tho two hind wheels, and by means of his feet and a pair of treadles which have an altornato motion of four or five inches, he turns the propel? ling cranks. The frame is of light wrought iron, well braced. Tho power required to drive this velocipede, brings into action the largo strong muscles of the thighs and logs. It eau be turned iu its o wu length. -o BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS.-According to thc official returns thc number of bank ruptcies iu England for last year was 9,195, an incrcaso of 201 over the total in tho year previous. Of these. 6,070, or well ?on to three-fourths of the entire number, were on the petition of the debtor. During the year, dividends were paid in 1,714 cases, but in 6,489 thero wero no dividends. The gross proceeds realized from bankrupt estates was $4,250,000, aud tho expenso of tho bank? ruptcy courts amounted to $570,000. How much of Hie four-and-a-qnarter millions found its way into the creditors' pockets wo aro not iuformed, although wo are treated to a mass of figures on other, and, wo think, less interesting points. -o RELIGIOUS SERVICER Tms DAY.-Trinity Church-Rov. P. J. Shand, Rector, 10>.? A. M. and 41.? P. M. St. Peter's Church-Hov. J. J. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Washington Street Chapel-Rev. N. Talloy, ?O'.? A. M.; Rev. W. W. Mood, 4'... P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. ~W. W. Mood, 10'.. A. M.; Rev. J. L. Dixon, 4'^ P. M. Lntheran Lecture Room-Rev. A. R. Rudo 10 A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E. Boggs, 10>? A. M. and 7>? P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, 10J? A. M. -o The Columbia Bible Sooiety will celebrate its forty-fourth anniversary, this Sabbath evening, tho 18th April, at the Baptist Church. Service to commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Addresses will be delivered by Col. A. O. Haskell, Rev. W. W. Mood and Rev. Wm. E. Bogga. At the olose of the services, a oolloction will be taken up in be? half of Bible distribution. The public, are invited to attend. CHARLESTON rar A Nur-sHELL.-City stock continuos to be held at 60@6U Tho British steamship Camilla, cleared Friday, with a cargo valued at'8210,000. Sargent, the Illusionist, is drawing im? mense h ouses. " A hand engine, it is reported, has ac? complished tho tost in two minutes and ton seconds." Poor timo for Charleston. Our Palmottoes, under disadvantageous circumstances, have alrendy beat that, and said nothing aboutit. Says the Courier, '"The ladies of Charles? ton are busy making artificial flowers fer their favorite machines on the approaching parade." Many of tho leading firms in Charleston have sot their faces, at the instigation of tho Chamber of Commerce, against purchasing rice, which n separate charge for the pack ago is mode. Tho Treasurer of tho Washington Light Infantry Association acknowledges tho re? ceipt of fifteen dollars donation, from three ladies of Philadelphia, through W. C. Court? ney, Esq. On Wednesday morning, au attempt was made to sot fire to tho cotton on Atlantic wharf. Fortunately tho attempt was disco? vered in time to be frustrated, und no serious damage resulted. "Beatrice," thc fair correspondent of the Newberry Herald, writing from Charleston, under dato of the 10th instant, says that the specialties of Charleston are velocipedes, asphaltum pavements, Grecian bends, (con? siderable bend, with but little of tho Gre? cian,) fish, Daddy Cain and Senator Corbin. "Bealrice" means no disrespect to Daddy Cain. There aro in tho News office samples from u lot of thirty-five barrels of rosin, new crop, made on the lino of the North-eastern Bail road, by Messrs. J. W. Edwards k Co., and sold by Mr. John Marshall, Jr., for uint dollars per barrel-230 pounds-being thc highest pri?e obtained iii Charleston foi rosin since the close of the war. Tho chango which has taken place in thc weather during the past few days is thc topic of general remark. On the 15th ol April, 1819, thero was snow hero, and or the same day iu 18G0 there was a frost. Al G P. M. Friday evening, the thermoinctei was ten degrees lower than at tho sanx hour on tho 1st of January of this year What effects this cold snap has had or early vegetoblesis not yet definitely known -o Ai'FAins IN GREENVILLE.-A correspond ont writing from Greenville, South Caro linn, under dato of tho 12th instant, says " Wo have had a bleak and cold (spring, anc tho peach crop and early gardens aro ruined Tho mania hero forplanting cotton and bud? ing fertilizers is raging at white heat, noth iug can exceed it. Cotton seed $10 pe bushel of favorite kinds, and tho denium for Peruvian-L'ucifio and Wando fau-fau exceeds tho ?apply. Every field-patch, uu< in some cases part of gardens aro to bo pu in cotton. It rcmin ls ono of the Morai Mutioaulis fever, which ended in so muc loss and chagrin, It is, however, to b hoped that this will bo otherwise Euthi s i as m and fanaticism aro not confined to n ligious peoplo or religious things. Politic here aro stone dcud. Tho interpretation ( tho homestead law puzzles tho lawyers, i whero the Homestead is worth moro tim SI,000, what shall bo done." IMPORTANT TO LETTEK-WRITERS AND A: VERTISERS.-A Chicago contemporary wan its readers of a fact not generally know: viz: That according to a recent chango in tl regulations of tho Post Oflico Depnrtmcn no tatters addressed to initials will bo d livered to any residence or in any postoffi box. Tho man who addresses his comm nication to A ll C, box 10,000, may rest ti sured thut bis epistle will never bo deposit in the box in question ; but that on tl other hand it will bo immediately and effet unlly destroyed. That the ubove is a fact, it says, can reac ly bo learned from tho post office autho; ties of tho city. Advertisers in particuli and the public in general, will seo the ii cessity of governing themselves accor iugiy -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho following o tho hours for opening and closing mails: During tho week from. .8A. M. to G P. ] On Sundays from.G to 7 P. ] CHARLESTON AND WESTERN MAILS. Opens at_5 P. M. Closes at.. 8|J P. : CHARLESTON NIGHT MAIL. Opens at. .8;? A. M. Closes at. .4J.j P. : OAKENVILLE MALL. Opens at.. 5 P. M. Closes at.. 8>? P. . NORTHERN MAIL. Opens at. .2 P. M. Closes at.l2>? P. -o THE CONTRACT ron THE NEW STATE Hoo -Builder's desirous of procuring copies the specifications for fitting up a portion the New State House may obtain them fr Alex. Y. Lee, Esq., Architect, -who has ht appointed to this work by his Exoellei Governor Scott. ,>? r?.?.-^-.*-M?-.:;w*w*?iii^-.iM?4??' O?H Jon OFFICE.-The Phoenix Job Office is now prepared to execute every munker of printing, from visiting and business ?cards to pamphlets and books. With ample: ma? terial und first-class workmen, satisfaction is guaranteed to all at "New York pricel If our work docs not come np to contrac, we make no charge. With this understan ling, our business meu can have no excuse tc send their job work North, when it can bo lone at home. -o A lot of cards and bill head paper has just beeii received at the Phoenix oflcc something new and pretty. Also a l t of "auction cards"-which will be printed at extraordinarily low prices. -o Nsw ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attcrtion is called ?to tho following advertisemmts, published for tho first timo this mormnr: George Huggins-Life Insurance. Jocob Levin-Auction Sale. D. 1*. Miller-Richland-In Equity. C. Bonknight-Special Train. John H. Heise-Cottage to Rent. Acts Passed by tho Legislature. C. F. Jackson-Dry Goods. Hoinitsh's Queen's Delight. -o Pensacola is n.iid to contain an enormous amount of lumber, awaiting shipnput North. There is to bo a sharp strngglo betwieu Chicago aud Sau Francisco for the trad?of Idaho, Montana, Utah and tho White Pine regiou-a trade sufficient to add largely to tho wealth of tho city that succeeds in con? trolling it. A. J. Walt, once ono of tbo wealthiest merchants of Memphis, became iusane tho other day, split a friend's head opea with a hatchet, chopped the arm of another almost off, and finally, exclaiming " Vain world, good-bye !" threw himself from the window on tho pavement, breaking his neck. A billiard congress, it is announced, will soon bo held in Bostou. Preliminary ar? rangements have been made, nud commit? tees appointed to raise funds, procure a hall, and draft rooms for the New England billiard congress. lu thc shipping records of the last century are fouud reports of small vessels schooners and sloops of but twenty tons burden-clearing from American ports to Africa and tho West Iudies. A large num? ber of tho ships then afloat registered be? tween sixty and ouo hundred tons. Sir Walter Scott was, in one of his walks, leaning on tho arm of bis faithful attendant, Tom Purdie. Tom said: "Them are fine novels of yours, Sir Walter; they are just invaluable to mc." "I am glad to hear it, Tom." "Yes, sir; for when I have been out all day hard at work, and come home very tired, and take up one o' your novels, I'm asleep directly." A Japanese correspondent says tho Gre? cian bond has been in fashion in Japan for four centuries. The spinal curvo had its origin in the custom which the Japanese ladies have of carrying their babies on their back, and tho pannier had its origin in tho broad silk girdlo which is swathed several times around the waist and fastened in a largo bunch behind. Hooped skirts, says Harpers* Bazar, are being worn smaller, but they are not likely to di.1 appear; on tho contrary, the indica? tions aro that they will increaso in sizo os the season advances. In Paris they are al? ready worn larger. They 'ire so comforta? ble and withal so healthful that ladies will not readily abandon them for tho mrtltifa rious skirts of old; and they will probably bo a permanent part of tho wardrobe for all time toc?me, varying in shape or size, but never eutirely abandoned. A Paris journal saj's it has been discov? ered that if the blades of cutting tools arc steeped iu an acid solution, composed of sulphuric ncid and water, in tho proportion of ono of tho former to twenty of tho latter, they will only require to bo fiuished on the hone; the length of immersion must bo aug? mented, wc are told, according to the fine? ness of the edge required, but nothing is said about tho average time required. At any rate, it is un experiment any ono can try. -o PHYSICIANS USE THEM IN THEIR PRACTICE. It is almost universally the caso that Physi? cians condemn what aro generally known as "Patent Medicines." Although DR. Torr's LIVER PIXI. IS NOT A PATENT MEDICINE, yet its composition (thc rena?t of yeare of stndy) is kuown only to himself, and ao palpable are their valuable curativo properties, that very many of tho first Physicians in tho South and West have adopted ?hem in their practice, and recommend them to their pa? tients. A17 G Scrofula or King's Evil is a disease of tho blood, mnkiug its appearance in every year, nnd when fully developed is characterized by tho presenco of scrofulous matter in Eruptions, Tumors, Swellings, ko. It is really tho seed or germ of many diseases that arc most fatal to mankind. Consump? tion ma} follow from it anti derangement of the liver and digestion is a f rcqnent result. Rheumatism,Erysipelas, Diseaso of tho Skin, Female Weakness and Irregularity, Kid? ney Affection, Dropsy, Pain in the Bones, Head, Back, all oome from a vitiated condi? tion of the Blood. Now, what is the remedy? Time and experience has demonstrated tho faot that the only sure remedy is Heinitsh's great medicine-the QUEEN'S DELIGHT-no other medicino will do it; thousands attest its worth, and tenso! thousands are trying it to-day, and npou the recorded verdict of the people, let it stand the wonder of mo? dernmedicines. To the afHtoted we say trv it. For aale by FISHER & Hxrarrsn. " A13