Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Morning, May 30. 1869. The position which the South would take in event of war with England seems to bo a subject of extreme iropor auco to the Northern mind. Mr. Forney, gu tberiug experience from bis travels in the South, asserts that a war with Eugluud would weld North aud Som h together, aud iugeniously discovers iu it a relief to tho reconstruction difficulties, and, says tho sagacious Foruey, "if the worst como to the worst, no force will provo more potent than thc men who fought for the Confederate cause." Mr. Forney is cor? rect iu his estimate of the Confederate soldiers; a tribute which suggests that Mr. Forney is disposed to use them to tho benefit of his section should a fo? reign war take place. Ibo South will scarcely "bo welded to the North" if the Alabama claims be the issue upon which war is declared hythe United States with | England. The Southern people eau hardly be recreant to tho record of the past, and lend their aid agaiust a coun? try which lout them help iu their hour of soro need aud danger; they cannot, in equity and good conscience, raiso their hands against the English nation, when the speedie issue is the assistance rendered to the Southern Confederacy. If tho people of this section join hands with the North in prosecuting a war with foreign powers, it must be ou some ground remoto from aid and comfort ex? tended them in tho recent civil war. Tho Southern people have had euough of war. When they laid down their arms at the aurreuder, tho sword was put asido and the pruning hook taken up. With commendable industry, they are striving to recuperate from the devastations of war, to make an houest and creditable livelihood. It is natural that the Uuited States should feel anxiety concerniug tho tone and temper of this portion of the coun? try in view of a foreign invasion, with hundreds of miles of Southern coast, offeriug iu its many harbors und bays convenient places for lauding troops and establishment of military depots, the people of this region soro from their late defeat, aud smarting under the severest burdens ever imposed by a conqueror the mott cruel indignities inflicted upon them, their rights ignored, every battle? field filled with their dead, their lauds ravaged by sword and torch, the little substance saved to them from tho gene? ral wreck eagerly coveted and fought for by Yankee adventurers and native rob? bers. It is neither reasonable or just to expect that this people would bc wi lded to the North, as the politic Forney sug? gests; nor is it likely that the potent force of the gallant Confederates will be wielded as he cunningly insinuates. Surely not on the Alabama claim?, and specially with the conduct of tho United Slates towards Cuba before our eyes. The Southern people have had a surfeit of war. They have, iu making bread, in restoring the laud, iu recuperating from the desolation of the lale struggle, an abundant field to employ their time and energy. And if a foreign war occurs, the Government should be thoroughly satis? fied if the Southern people, alive to the experience through which they have | passed, take no part in the contest, but remaining quietly in their homes, strive to gain in peace what the}- lost iu war. It would be wise in the Government to .sutler this course to bo pursued; ic would be prudent in eur pee].If to "DJ willing to follow it. SHALL THE CONFEDERATE DEAS DE HONORED ?-Tho "Washington corres? pondent of the Boston Advertiser writes as follows to that journal: "There is quite a difference of opinion iu the Grand Army of the Republic in this section rogardiug the decoration of the graves of Confederate dead. Post No. 1 ot this city resolves unanimously that 'while we hold no malice against tho dead who fell iu attempting to haul down our Hag, and thereby endangering the nation, we will not divide our honors by decorating Confederate graves, and thereby taint the character Ci tho*.; who sacrificed their lives that their country might live.' Post No. 19, in Pennsylva? nia, issues a circular, saying that it has decided 'not to pass by the graves of Confederates sleeping in our lines, but to divido each year between blue and grey the first l'oral offerings of a common country. Wo have no powerless foes. Post No. 19 thinks of the Southern dead only as brave men.' " -o A London despatch states that Gen. Ripley, formerly of the Confederate arni}-, and at ouo time commandant of Fort .bunter, has passed through bank? ruptcy. His liabilities are fixed at 837, io ?, ac 1 his assets at 850.000. History, it is said, repeats itself. We leave it to our readers to discover the repetition after reading the following de? scription of .a a "grievance, comprising many," over two centuries old. Sir John Oolepepper, in 1610, made a speech in the English Parliament, which is such a truthful portraiture of the car pot-bagger and hia school, that we know our reuders will bo struck with thc like? ness: "I have," said '.ho old plain-spokon kuight, "but one grievauce, and that compriseth many. It is a nest of wasps, it is a swarm of vermin, which have overcrept thc laud. I menu tho monopo? lers and polers of tho people. These, like tho frogs of Egypt, have got posses? sion of our dwellings. We have scarce a room free from them. They sip in our cup, they dip iu our dish, they sit by our lire. Wo fiud them in thu dye vat, in thc wash bowl and powdering box. They follow tho farrows that our plows turn up, and add weight to tho irou. They have marked and sealed us from bend to foot. They will not, Mr. Speaker, bate us ono pin. Wc may not buy our own clothes, sit by our own fires, without their brokuge. These aro the leeches that hnvo sucked the com? monwealth so hard that it has become leau and hectical." -o A descriptive list of the burial places of tho remains of Confodorato soldiers, who fell in tho battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Mouocucy, and other points in Washington and Frederick Counties, in tho Stato of Maryland, has boen published in pamphlet form by tho direction of His Exsellency Odeu Bowie, Governor of Maryland. For the infor? mation of all interested, it is deemed proper to state tho circumstances which led to the publication of the pamphlet in question. The charter of tho Antietam National Cometery, granted by the Le? gislature of Maryland, at the January ses? sion of 186?, and amended and ro-onactod at tho January session of 1865, provides for tho purchase, enclosing, and orna? menting of ton acres of land-a part of tho battle-field of Antiotum-as a burial and final resting placo for tho soldiers who fell in the battle of Antietam. It declares it to bo the duty of the trustees of the respectivo States, who inay joiu in the corporation, to remove the remains of all tho soldiers who fell at that battle, and havo them properly interred in tho i aforementioned grounds-" Tho remains I of thc soldiers of the Confederate army j to bo buried in a part of thc grounds so- I parate from thoso of the Union army." j Noblo action and ono worthy to bo patronized by other sections where there aro soldiers buried. There, side by sido, will rest tho men in grey and tho men in bluo in quietness and repose, without ono ruffled sound to disturb their pence. There their honored bones will moulder together in tho common dust, and iu after years tho passer by eau point to the spot and say there lies the men who lost their lives in their country's battles. It also provides that the grouuds shall be devoted iu perpetuity as a burial place for thc dead of said battle, and rest aud remaiu in the State of Maryland in fee simple, in trust for all the States which may participate in the wurk by their ap? propriations. Friends of the Confederate dead can obtain copies of the pamphlet, free of charge, by addressing Thomas A. Boullt, Hagerstown, Maryland. -o JEIU SALEM.-It is stated that a turn? pike road is now in course of construc? tion between Jaffa, the (dd Joppa, on the sea-coast, and Jerusalem, a distance of thirt3'-i-ix miles. The engineering is very rude, but part of tho road is already finished, over which is running an omni? bus, driven by a New Eugland stage driver, ono of the survivors of the Ame? rican colony at Jaffa. The Turkish Go? vernment bas collected $2?O,UOO to poy for tho road, and also compels tho inha? bitants to work upon it at very low rates of wages. Toll-gates have already been established. Jalla is only accessible in a calm, but with this disadvantage its ex? ports of cotton, fruit, oil and sesame seeds amount to ?2,000,000 per annum. -o The appointment of Thomas L. Tul? lock as appointment clerk of the Trea? sury is proving a severe blow to adi the clerks who failed to subscribe to the campaign fund of the Republican party. Now, it is said, he is contriving to have then? all removed, though many are sound Republicans, and only had the I rashness to refuse to contribute what they could not afford. It is further said that in a short time hence a circular will be sent to all tho clerks, asking for a con? fession of their political creeds prior to future removals. -o DESPERATE FICHT WITH INDIANS.-A despatch from Helena, Montann, says that from 150 to 200 Sioux attacked the settlement at Muscle Shell, on the 8th of I May. Seventy white men remained iu ! the stockade and sixt}' sallied out ou tho I Indians, when a desperate light ensued, j lasting seven hours. Thirty Indians I were killed, including a renegade half I breed, and thirty scalped. The remain dcr escaped by swimming the river. One white man was killed and another wounded badly. It was reported that a reinforcement of 200 or 300 Sioux were coming up to attack Muscle Shell again, j Tho whites are prepared. Ono Mr. Etrich has successfully finish? ed the feat of walking 100 miles within , 21 hours in Bostou. The Rr? 11 rc a?! "War-Peace Declared. After several years of an uninterrupted and bitter warfare, a treaty of peace was conclu Jed in this city yesterday morniug between the South Carolina und the Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad Companies. The treaty, we believe, was found en? tirely satisfactory by the President, Di? rectors and legal advisors of both tho cor? porations, and was duly approved. The terms of this treaty aro, wo learn, sub? stantially as follows : Thc Columbia and Augustn Railroad agree to pay to tho South Carolina Railroad the sum of se? venty-live thousand dollars in the bonds of tho former corporation to be taken by the latter at par value; and in consider? ation for this amount tho South Caro? lina Railroad agree to allow the Columbia and Augusta Road to intersect the track of the former nt thu "turn-table,'' one mile on the other side of the Savannah River, aud the use of tho track across the bridge over the Savannah aud along Washington street, to the Union Depot, in this etty, until tho sixth of January, 1S70, by which time the bridge of the Columbia road will, it is thought, bo finished-tho time and manner in which tho track is to bs thus used, to be de? termined, in case of a disagreement be? tween the other parties, by the President of tho Georgia Railroad. Tho City Council of Augusta agrees to grant to these two railroad companies tho freo use of tho Washington street track in perpetuity. Tho track to be used by them ou equal terms, and it, to? gether with tho street, to bo arranged and kept in thorough ropair at the ex? pense of tho two roads; and all other streets which they may have to use in connecting their tracks with a common depot to bo kept iu tho same mauuur, under the directiou ot tho Streets and Drains Committee. If any other road shall hereafter desire to uso these streets connecting these roads with thc eommou depot, for tho purpose of entering the city, it shall be allowed to do so npou such terms as tho Mayor of Auguste and tho Superintendents of the Georgia and tho Macon and Augusta Railroads, con? stituting a board of referees, may do termiue. The two railroad companies agree to indemnify the city for all damages ob? tained from it in consequence of tho running of their trains through tho streets. The City Council agrees to release the South Carolina Railroad from their pre? vious contracts with the city relative to discriminations against Augusta iu freights and passenger fares, except ou the line between Charleston aud this place, and also release them from the prohibition against their engines aud cars running through the streets. The City Council, the Columbia and Augusta Railroad and tho South Caroli? na Railroad promise to stop all litigation. The above comprise, substantially, thc terms ol' the agreement which was ac copted yesterday by tho two railroad companies and the city; and we think that it will be found to be acceptable tr the citizens ot Augusta and to the stock holders of the railways. Tho public wil certainly be delighted to learn that tin strife which has for so long a time beei going on between the Columbia and Au gusta aud South Carolina Railroad ha: at hist ceased, aud that travelers ma; now pass over the two lines without ex perienciug the inconveniences and au noyances which were at ono time cnusei by the celebrated "railroad war." CONSOL!DATION' OF THE CHARLOTTE AN1 SOUTH CAROLINA AND COLUMBIA AND AU GUSTA RAILROADS.-Wo stated in th Chronicle anti ?enl i net, of yesterday morn ing, that the Hoard of Commissioner appointed by tho Charlotte aud Sout Carolina and Columbia aud Augusta Rail roads to arrange the terms for a consoli dation of tho two corporations, had bel a meeting in this city on Thursday tuorr ing, aud had failed to agree upon any ai rangement; but by tho advertisement c Ooh Wm. Johnston, the President of th road, in another column, it will bo see that tho Commissioners have agreed upo terms, and that a joint meeting of tl stockholders will bo held in Columbi soon for their consideration. It seou i that at tho meeting on Thursday mon ing nothing was affected. The represoi tatives of tho Columbia and Angus Railroad were willing to consolidate if could bu done at par-that is, four shari of their road, twenty-live dollars, eacl were to be given for ouo sbaro of tl other road's stock, ono hundred dollar The commissioners from the Charlot Road refused this proposition, but su stituted in its stead a proposal that t! Columbia Road should give five shares their stock for four of the Charlotto Cot pany's. This was, iu its turn, prompt rejected by tho other sido; and as bo parties seemed equally determined, t! meeting broke up without anything L ing accomplished. At a late hour on Thursday nigl however, wo learn that Col. Willis Johnston, tho President of tho two coi pauies, succeeded iu iuduciug tho Coi missioners to hold a second meetin this time iu his room at the Globe Hot Here tho affair was again discussed, a fiually ft compromiso wasoffected betwe j the two parties, which is, in substam j as follows: Tho stock of tho Columl aud Augusta Railroad is valued at twt ! ty-two dollars per share, that of t i Charlotte and South Caroliua Railro i is valued at par, and four and a h ! shares of the former aro to bo reeeiv ! for ono share of the lattor. At tho me I ing of the stockholders of tho two roc I to bo held in July, this agreement v I bo presented to them for ratification rejection, as they may deem proper. [Augusta Chronicle, 20,'// 2Z? o o A 1 X-te m s . ! -o J. G. L. Brown, Esq., tho business ; Manager of the Philadelphia Press, is on j a tour through the South, and is at present stopping at the Columbia Hotel. -o DECORATING TUE GRAVES OF THE FEUE- 1 RAL DEAD.-Yesterday was generally observed, throughout the United States, as "Memorial Day," a nd the graves of; thc Union soldiers wore decorated. In Columbia, this duty wus i orforined prin? cipally by the colored people. The -.ul diera belonging to lue garrisou were out in full force, and marched to Elmwood, headed by the band; where, after an ode by the colored children attached to thc Howard School, and a prayer, the graves were decorated. -0 EMANATIONS PROM THE EXECUTIVE OF? FICE-Messrs. Ellis DeTrevillo and Hut son Lee, of Charleston County; Alonzo M. Folger, of Picketts County; J. C. B. Smith, of Richland County, and T. S. Duncan, of Newberry County, have been appointed Notaries Public for their re? spective counties. J. Landor Starr and Nathaniel Gili, of Now York, and Garland A. Snead, of Georgia, have boen appointed Commis? sioners of Deeds for the State of South Carolina, in their rospectivo States. John R. Tarrant has been removed ns Magistrate of Abbeville County. Stuart Harrison has been removed as Magistrate of Edgefield County. -o The velocipede mania, judging from thc crowd in Jauney's Hall day sud night, far from abating, continues and iucreasos. New modifications of tho ori? ginal idea are nil the time being made, and the rider evidently enjoys the exer? cise, while tho spectators admire tho grace of thc action, and the skill that is evidently called into play. The medical men have entered a caveat against the new amusement, as they have, we be? lieve, against every active amusemeut that over came up. It seems, now, that riding on the velocipede produces her? nia. This is simply ridiculous. We should liku to know what is the propor? tion of cases of hernia actually tracea? ble to the use of the velocipede compared with the number of these machines that have been sold. In some parts of the country physicians aro beginning to use tho velocipede iii making their round of visits; these aro gentlemen who do not believe in the necessarily fatal result of "velocipeding"-for we have a new verb for tho new modo of action. \Ye heard also, lately, of two gentlemen who were making afternoon calls at their friends' country homes on their velocipedes. On dismounting, they brought their beasts into the vestibule. It is observed that these machines, after long continued use, come to have a look of intelligence, as ii they were developing iuto something sentient. -o A DAY IN NEW YORE.-There aro cer? tainly attractions in New York, which moke it a pleasant placo to visit undei certaiu conditions, and while, in pre sentiug tho record of ouo day's proceed? ings in that city, wo do not desire tc alarm the timid, or to deter any of om country merchants from going there, i! they seo fit, yet we do most earnestly recommend that before they depart, and in view of its streets or rivers proving t( bo their likely death-bed, they will no neglect the imperative duty they owi society aud their families, to seo to i that their lives aro properly insured ii some reliable company. The record fo Tuesday is as follows: "First. A steamboat suuk iu the Eas River. "Second. A tug-boat exploded at th foot of Wall street, with hiss of turc lives. "Third. Murder and robbery of niau at Tarrytown. "Fourth. Murder of a mau in th Eleventh Ward. "Fifth. Two persons killed by Broat way cars. "Sixth. Au oil refinery burned ii Hunter's Toint. "Seventh. Explosion of oil works ? Bull's Ferry, wp h loss of twenty lives. "Eighth. Explosion of gas work! with loss of several livc3. "Ninth. Tho bodies of two me found floating iu tho Hudsou River. "Tenth. Suicido in William street.' -o Jon OFFICE.-Tho Phoenix Job Offii is prepared to execute every stylo i printing, from visiting and business can to pamphlots and books. With amp material and first-class workmen, sati faction is guaranteed to all. If our woi does not come up to contract, we mal no char/T. With this understanding oi busine.,.1 men have uo excuse for sendii work North. A few copies of the "Sack and Destruc? tion of Columbia' eau be obtained at tho Phoenix office. Price tweuty-five cents. -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho following aro the hours for opening aud closing: During week from. .8'0 A. M. to 6 P. M. On Sundays from_.6 to 7 P. M. CHARLESTON ANO WESTERN MAILS. Opens at..5 P. M. Closes at.8)? P. M. C HARLESTON NIGHT MAIL. Opcus atS'A. M. Closes at.4J? P. M. (?REENVILLE MAIL. Opens at..5 P. M. Closes at &._. P. M. NORTHERN MAIL. Opens at..2 P. M. Closes at 12>.< P.M. RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Sham!, Rector. 10'? A. M. and 1'., P. M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. J.J. O'Con? nell. Pastor, lil A. M. and 3 P. M. Washington Street Chapel-Rev. Wm. Martin, PH.; A. M. and ? P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. W. W. Mood, I??'. A. M. and <D.. P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Revnolds, 10'... A. M. Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A. R. Ru.ie 10 ' .j A. M. Presbyterial! Church-Rev. Dr. Pock, of Virginia, 1U5;. A. M. aud 8 P. M. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: llostetter's Stomach Ritters. Johu Heise-Something Extra Fine. Wm. Johnston-Raiiroad Notices. Meeting Richland Lodge. R. M. Wallace-Internal Revenue. Lanier House. -o To SKEPTICS.-The almost daily re- . ceipt of voluntary testimonials from every part of the country, from Physi? cians, Clergymeu, old aud youug, male and female, is sufficient to convince tho most skeptical that DR. TUTT'S EXPECTO? RANT is the most valuable LUNG BALSAM of the age; many wonderful cures have been performed by it, as may be seen by hundreds of certificates in tho bauds of the proprietor. Try it, aud you will doubt no longer. M30 6 -o It is seldom that we use tho columus of this paper to "puff" or notice the "thousand and one" articles known as "patent medicines." We, however, vary from our rule in tho present case, that we may call attention to the article known as"S. T.-IS?O-X, Plantation Ritters." We desire it understood that we do so without any solicitation or promiso of. benefit from the proprietor or other in? terested parties. We simply do it as au act of duty towards those who are labor? ing 'Hider physical disability, weakness and the various complaints arising from impurities of tho blood. Having used tho Bitters at the instigation of a friend, (aud, we confess, with somo misgivings at tho outset,) we found them a most valuable medical compound, and to our great satisfaction, accomplished the ob? ject for which they wero used. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, aud sold at half the price. M30$lf3 -o HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA PALM.-This article is the true secret of beauty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses aud opera singers use to produce that cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired in the circles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, red? ness, freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of spring winds and gives to the complexion a blooming purity ol' transparent delicacy and power. No lady who values a fiue complexiou eau do without the Magnolia Balm. To cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathnirou is a very delightful hair dressing. M22 illi -o It may be truthfully said that the greatest of all blessings is health, for without it, it is impossible to enjoy the : lifo that God has given us. A healthy ' stomach, a good digestion, a good cou 1 science are requisites so important in a ' physical aud moral point of view to human happiness, that we presume no one will question it. To all alike is health essential : for life's enjoyment and pursuits; to old and young, to rich aud poor, to mau and woman. Aro you in search of wealth? health is essential; do you desire office and worldly hours? of what avail would these be without health? The beauties of spring, the soug of birds, tho deep blue ! skies, all have a poetic fascination with i the pure in mind and body ; but what are they without health? To say with thc ! poet, as one feels the throbs of a health ' ful heart: "This world is very lovely ! Oh, I that I may live." And so to continue, ! make use of the means within your reach, j Heinitsh's Queen's Delight, the panacea ', for all tho ills incident to bad blood. It is a tonie, invigorator, liver regulator eures disorder of tho stomach and diges ! tion, headaches, nervousness, consunip \ tioti, Ac. MIG ' ".JIL-IC_ OBITUARY. Died, on the 2Sth instant, at tho resilience of his son, Mr. John Keitt Hans, Orangeburg County, S. C., D. J. HANL, Eso., iu hi? sixty fifth year. Departed this life, on tho morning of tin 2'.ith. MAGGIE BELL, youngest child of T. C. and C. E. Loo. Sha was a lovely child, aged twenty-two months. "Suffer little children to come unto mo and forbid thom not, for of such te tho kingdom of Heaven."