The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 20, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Thura div Morning, January 20, 1870.
REDUCTION IN PRICK-CLUBBING.-The
WBEKIIT QUAM EB contains more reading
matter than uuy other family paper pub?
lished iu the South-thirty-two long
columns, printed in olear type. It i?
filled with original aa well aa selected
matter-editorials, correspondence, gene?
ral nows, markets, telegrams, interest?
ing stories, sketches, poetry, eta It*
columns are now graced by a highly
entertaining nouvelletie, the production
of a lady of this city, and which has
been pronounced by disinterested critics
ns equal to the very best of "Marion
Harland's" works. This story is entitled
"Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay?
burn-a tale of the Palmetto State," and
will run through about twenty numbers
of the "GLEANER." As we are desirous
of introducing the paper-which is in
every sense a "hom? companion"-into
every family in the State, we have de?
termined to reduce the yearly subscrip?
tion price, as follows-payable, in all
cases, in advance: Single copy $2.75;
ten copies, (to one post office,) $25.00;
twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100.
The GLEANER and the "Rural Caroli?
nian"-tho popular agricultural monthly
-will be furnished, for ono year, at
four dollars. Address orders to PHONEX
and GLEANER Office. Columbia, B. C.
THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN
PATRIOT IN TRIS PERIOD OF
THE COUNTRY'S CAREER.
We publish in another column, sn ar?
ticle from the Winnaboro iVctc*. on the
subject of tho new party that it advo?
cates. At the samo tima, we write this
_?iiitomt to refute the propositions ?cT
vanced by our ootemporary; and thus we
shall give to our readers, st once, "the
bane and the antidote." The Nows eajs,
with apparent earnestness of feeling:
"God Bave us from such practical anti
radioalism as the Columbia PHONIX com?
mends in the Democratic platform of
Indiana." In our judgment, the News
might, with far greater propriety, call
upon Heaven to save it from its own
fatal error of policy and still more seri?
ous sacrifice of political principle. It is
a serious thing to undertake to give di?
rection to popular sentiment and popular
action. It is a momentous undertaking
to inaugurate a policy for a common?
wealth. Has tho Neics seriously reflected
upon the policy that it recommends? Has
tho News considered where that policy
begins, and where it ends? It may give
tho Neros food for thought when we af?
firm, that in the judgment of many
thiuking men, its policy has no outlet,
but begius in gloom and ends in disaster.
The very ground upon which the News
starts out, is, in our opinion, utterly er?
roneous and untenable. It makes, in
thc very beginning of its argument, an
assumption which we deny, and thus, its
premises being iucorrect, it follows that
its conolneions are equally so. The
News takes it for granted that the prin?
ciple of State rights is gone and gone
forever. Wc tako issue with the News.
There is a "lost canse," hut this is not
it. We admit that it may go down be?
neath tho surging waters of centraliza?
tion. We admit that it reels and totters
beneath tho blows that it ia receiving.
Tho country has decided against thc
"right of secession," but there are State
rights and there is State sovereignty
short of secession, and there are greai
States, North and South and West, tho
still cling to this vital doctrine, and then
is, too, n great party that still puta thii
forth as its cardinal creod. No, not yet
have wc despaired of the republic-cri
tical as its cane may now be. Not yet
have wo given up tho cause of conatitu
Monal government and of free and co
equal States. It may unit aomo men an?
some journals to take the current, as i
passes hy in its mad career and with it
turbid waters, and call it their irresisti
ble fate so to do. But not so with other
of moro hopeful and faithful SOUIB. The;
intend to struggle with "the storms o
fate." They inteud to "take arms again!
a sea of troubles, and by opposing em
them." And wo will remind our friem
of the News aud all others of "littl
faith," that scattered all over thia bronc
country-from tho lukes to the gulf, ant
from the ocean to the ocean-are goo'
nud true men, mostly of the Democrat!
party, who, with the co-operation of pa
triotic recruits from other parties, inten
to make a persistent effort to overthrow
tho dominant party and to bring th
country back to its normal condition
Nor to do this, do we need such a part
us that suggested by the News. On th
contrary, wo need a party based npon
principio of government diameiricall
opposite to that advocated by the Newt
We hold that tho strongest, the truesl
tho best principle of the Democrat]
pnrty, is its fidelity to State rights an
Stute dignity and State control of d<
inestic affuirs. And no new pnrty ca
commend itself to our support, that doc
not buso its policy upon this essentii
idea.
Tho whole policy of tho News is base
upon tho assumption that the popule
sentiment of the country bas irrevooabl
endorsed radicalism, and that...therefor*
consolidation &ud other concomitants c
radicalism moat bo folly acoepted. TJpo
this hangs the policy of the News. Th
wo deny. That some of th? acts of TSX
i cal ism have passed beyond the domai
of debate and become "fixed facts," v
frankly admit. But to confound tl
spirit and tho work of party loaders wil
the fixed sentiment of the country,
a great mistake. And this is tho mistal
that we attribute to our cotemporar
Wo differ from tho News very decided
on this point. It does not seo in rac
oalism so much to condemn as wo d
It has over and again denounced its ft
lies and its blunders, hut it has al
sought to oxouso and palliate its offence
When it regarda radiealism aa followii
In the wake of >?f?te," we regard it .>
yielding to the spirit of prejudice,
vengeance and bate. We oppo-e it be?
cause of its "consolidation principles, '
because of the foul wroug it has done
the race to which God, in his Provi?
dence, assigned ns-because of tho out?
rage? it bas enforced upon theso South?
ern States-because of the extravagance,
cot rapt len and misrule it has developed
-?because of the illogical, unnatural and
abnormal programme it sevks to carry
oat-because of the long oatalogue of
crimes it bas committed ia the name of
God, humanity and loyalty.
I The News nay nob hfld this party to
6**10 responsibility that we do. And heneo
is freer than we to accept its conclu?
ons. As for ourselves, our convictions
lure established, and/so long aa we find
tho radical organisation hostile to the
Interests of the Sttto and the Union, we
.bail assail it with earnest vigor and
Steady persistency.
Two more points, and we are done.
The News is disposed to exouse its sub?
mission to the radioal programme of con?
solidation, on the ground that it is
"fate." Lot the News reflect if this may
not hereafter be an appropriate rebuke:
..kf fear or folly has your rights betrayed.
Dst not the fault on righteous Heaven oe laid,
I Ypu gave the guards; you raised the tyrauti
? i high,
lt impos? tb? beaty yoke that draws tb?
heaving sigh."
Again, the News takes the ground thal
tl ie "advances of tyranny" are now bo
y md the reach of patriotic endeavor,
,*d that therefore it is best to oouif wi??
with the tyrants. Solon said of the Atho
?sans, wben they were about to lose theil
Mortis-: "It would have been easior foi
them to repress the advances of tyranny
atid pnnaii it? establishment : ????*
it was established and grown to some
height, it would be more glorious to de
molish it." We leave the News to mak<
th i application. And thus it will appea
frc m what we have written, that if a thin
party is needed to reform the countr
and establish its liberties and its proa
purity, it is MOT the party recommends
by the News.
The political storm is thickening ii
Parjs. The disorders at the funeral c
Victor Noir, though of no imm?diat
significance,' plainly shows the existenc
of a dangerous and daily-increasing el?
mo lit of dissatisfaction, ready to broa
out at every offering opportunity. Th
conduct of Napoleon, in permitting
malcontent, like Rochefort, not only t
be at large, but to daily utter and put
Usu' treason, is, to some extent, incoo:
prehensible. Even Mr. Stanton, i
republican America, would have ha
a cell in some Bastile ready for snob a
insurrectionist long ago. The a inn eat
he ii permitted to enjoy, is due either t
superior wisdom on the part of tb
Emperor, or to a fear of precipitating
contest, the issne of which ho consider
at least, doubtful. One thing is cert um -
he eannot long maintain his prestige
with affairs in the present oonditioi
and news of a stirring nature froi
France may shortly be looked for.
A contemporary, commenting upc
the Ute heavy and steady emigration <
negroes to the more Southern States, r
marks: "The finger of a loftier hac
than that of our mailed conqueror of tl
North is seen in these movements. Tho:
who have aimed to deliver us over '
that innocent race, bnt which wo? neve
thelcns ignoraut and dangerous, mi
now read their own sure def oat. Inti
Gulf Staten, the negro will soon s?i
that level to which the past has in i
ages assigned him-that of hewer of woi
and drawer of water. Cotton will at li
become his king."
TUB SKAHON'S DISAPPOINTMENTS.-T
present winter thus far has been unf<
tonate*for the reputation of tho weath
prophets. It was predicted that tl
season would be one of extraordina
severity. There may be time enou
left for the fulfillment of this prophet
but, up to nearly tho middle of Jannai
it has teen tho mildest wi titer for ma
years. The fact stated by New Ye
papers, of Hudson River steamboi
running between New York and Albst
is, however, not without precedent. Frc
observations made during forty-1
years-oelween 1789 and 1832-it t
pears that for fourteen winters, the rit
was open in January, and twiue did t
close ut all till February. It was cloe
in December in twenty-three white
and in november in four winters. '1
rule of ho river, then, is that for s
sons ofXowHnary or great severity,
oloses io.Decemuox, *?d remains dosi
and in seasons of exoe^onably a
weather, it may close in Novem^- wj
moderate seasons commonly see it o]
as late a; January, and sometimes as 1
as February. Prognostications of un
orological phenomena seem to havo,
more than one instsnoe, como to gr
Some months ago. Lieutenant Saxby,
officer of the British unvy, disturbed
peaco of,nil ports and harbors with
grave pr&lictious of an unusual high 1
that was' to do all manner of dame
Thero was enough of probability in
arguments with which Ssxby suppoi
his theo'rP to create alarm in tho mi
of certain) timid ones, who waited v
anxious expectance for the coming
luge. In the course of time, these |
diotious reached Singapore, and, wit
prudenooaud foresight worthy of a
nnino emergency, the merchants
munioipallauthorities set about the e
tion of barriers, to proteot their
from the lan tioi pated flood. It is
I that the alarmed citiiens expended 9
I OOO on these barriers, and on the da
the expected inundation, the tide wa?
quito as high as usual. Since then,
tho same authority, the curious obset
who wandera through the streets of
oity, may detect a slight unaertom
, blasphemy in the business quarters,
j science and Saxby come in for ebon
j equal share of the malediction.
The California Senate has passe
act repealing tba Sunday law agi
theatrical performances.
STATUS LEOHLATUUK,
WEDNESDAY, Janunry 19, 1870.
SENATE.
Tho Senate met at 12 m. President
pro tem. Montgomery in tbe chair.
Tho potitiou of A. H. Abrahams, for
the renewal of lost bonds and certificates
of Stat? stock lost and destroyed, was
referred.
Notices were given of bills to amend.1
the Act defiuing the duties of Cou"'?
Commissioner*.; to release tax or?, *?ftnu"
factures of cotton for the -"?ning Ave
years.
Report of corun?*"*6 on bill to incor?
porate the Tort Koyal Dock Company,
(favorable.) l*?a over.
; Mr. .Bibinan introduced u bill incor?
porating tba New Hopo Baptist Church,
of Ooonee; reud and roferred.
Mr. Leslie iutrodnced a bill to renew
the charter of the town of Hamberg,
Barnwell County.
Tho Governor informed the Se?alo
that he bud approved and signed Acts to
protect persons lawfully in possession of !
lands and tenements; to iuoorporate tho 1
Policy Holders* Life and Tontino Assur?
ance Compauy of the South.
The following bills were read the
second time sad ordered to be engrossed:
Report of the Committoo on Ronds,
Bridges aud Ferries on a House bill to
re-charter Blythe's Oap Turnpike; joint
resolution (by Committee on Public
Buildings) to authorize tho keeper of tho
State Houso to purchase a half gross of
sun-light gas burners to bo usod in thd
Capitol; bill (by Mr. Corbin) to iticrea/?|
the capital of tho Uuion Dunk of So<<h
Carolina; Houso bill to authori^?the
Governor to remove County Auditors,
Treasurers, and other officers by him ap?
pointed; rep rt of tho Committee on the
Judiciary O' .lill to alter und amend nu
Act entitb. "An Act concerning tho
o?Sce, ?ttt?i nnd liabilitiosof Coroners."
The i?~nBrkttrs4siiiW('r(' referred to Lb0
Committ?i c.. ?!??.Tj?fr: To incorpo?
rate tho Yemasseo and Milleu Railroad
Company; to repeal un jk^tey^LuJ^jAn
j Act to incorporate M?- v"r**H Bond
i o.i/mi) of booth CanibjB Kthu
Acts iunciid.it o ry theretgaB Hr tho
manner in which the jrfl [^r upon
1 railroads may bu^liuchtoB ffw^^
A joint resolution t^^Tuthorize the
County Commissioners of Piekens Coun?
ty to levy a special tax; report of Finan?a
Committee on bill to grant, renew, and
amend the charters of certain towns aud
villages therein mentioned; joint reso?
lution authorizing tbe Secretary of State
to purchase 100 of Richardson's Law and
Equity Reports, was roferred to tho Ju?
diciary Committee.
House bill to vest in Toney Stafford
the charter of a ferry from Dill's Bluff, on
James Island, to tho city of Charleston,
was referred to the Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Ferries.
Resolution to fine the Senators from
Chesterfield, Clarendon und Lancaster,
for absence without leave, was laid on
the table.
B>11 to create the Metropolitan Police
Force iu the State of South Carolina,
was indefinitely postponed.
Bill to dosigoate the officers by whonj
sales ordered by the Courts of Com?
mon Pleas and Judges thoreof, and thc
Courts of Probate, shall be made, occu
pied tho attention of the Senate up tc
o'clock, when tiley adjourued.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met ut 12 m. Spcakei
MoBes in the Chair.
The Committee on Engrossed Ac ti
reported as beiug duly and correctly en
grossed bills to incorporate tho Staten
of Our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston
to incorp?ralo the Edgetield Agricultura
Society.
Mr. Morrison, from tho Committee or
Roads, Bridges and Ferries, introduced
a bill to incorporate the Coxbridgi
Road.
Mr. Woolley introduced a bill to re
lievo tho farmers of this State. [Thii
bill provides that Sl.O?U.OOO tn bonds o
tho State shall be appropriated to be nd
vnnced to furtucrs, to assist thom ii
making their eroThat tho Governoi
be authorized tupsppoiut in each Conutj
a person to endorso a recommendatiot
for an advance to be secured by a liet
on their ornps; provided, that the4 ap
pointaient is mude from u responsible
public officer of such County, wh<
shall dischurge his duties without addi
tional compensation. |
Mr. Rivers introduced a joint r?solu
tion, to au thon/.<> the levying of ai
additional tax for township purposes.
Mr. Mobley prosented n bill to repeu
au Aot entitled "An Act to extend th
charter of Kiusler'n Ferry."
Mr. Hagood introduced a bill t<
amend an Act entitled "An Act. to In
oorporate the town of Pickous."
The account of B. Byas, Sergeant-at
Arms of the House, for fixture?, wa
ordered to bo paid.
Notice was given of the introduction o
the followiug bills: To incorporate th
Providence Baptist Church, of Ham
bnrg; to altor and amend tho town o
Greenville; to incorporate tho C?nido
Hook and Ladder Company; to amen
un Act entitled "an Act to confirm an
declare valid the election for Muyor nm
Aldermen of tho city of Charleston,
panned in March, 1869.
Mr. Sloan, from tho Committee o
Agriculture, reported on so much of th
Governor's message as rel?tes to ngrieul
tural and mechanical science. Th
oommittee fully concur with the Govoi
nor, that science in indispensable to sue
ceasful agriculture. They do not, ho?
over, concur that one agricultural colleg
should be established. Thoro is such
diversity of soil and climute in tho Stat
that they thiuk colleges should be lc
Sr** d>n"er6nt sections, in tbs rnr?
districts. trona tho larger towns an
cities They do ... . ,biokfhoweverf au
immediate action ?home.v \ tjlkeQ to>
their establishment, on neeou.? ? ^
poverty that exists throughout the Si...
Few parents, either white or colored, ni
at present able, in a pecuniary point <
view, to send their childi cn to colleg
The committee asked to be discharge
from the further consideration of tl
matter.
A message waa received from tua G\
vernor, informing the House that behn
approved of aud signed tho following A<
and joint resolutions: To re pool sn A
entitled "An Aot to orgonize township
and to defiue their powers and pm
leges;" joint resolution authorizing tl
appointment of Fish Commiasiouers, at
defining the duties thereof; joint resol
tion to direct the County Commissione
of Charleston County to examine at
report to the Attorney-Oeneral conoer
I ing lands belonging to the State.
Senate bill to establish a compai
I nndor the name of tho Mount Please
I and Sullivan's Island Ferry Compati
! was ordered to be engrossed.
' A Senate bill to grant and give t!
. oonsent of the Legislature of this Stu
! to the conveyance to tho United Stat
i of the lot of laud situato on Richards?
I and Laurel streets, iu the city of Cului
bia, bsrsinnftar dssaribed, for the pt
pose of a Post Oriico sud Court HousaJ
or for other purposes, end to cede to tua !
United States jurisdiction therein, was,
after considerable discussion, made tho
special order for Frid*?y~lnext
A bdl to inoowr<rt'ftte the Beeton Fire
Eugine Cop**T*?* was read the second
time an** ordered to be engrossed.
THO enaotiog olaose of a Senate bill to
rucorporute the Gharleston Water Com?
pany, was stricken ont.
The following bills wer o ordered to \S&
engrossed: To fix tho weight of crj?W
turpentine which aimil bo under.stoo^fl^)
make a barrel, in tho absence of pr?-Wjl
a special stipulation to the contr?-W-f
establish a furry across thu \Yo?^W,fw
River, m Hurry County, and to^Kt tho
sumo in Johu J. Reaves, his hJ?vs and
assigns; to incorporate the WoJcveo Firo
Engine Compauy, No. 2, of G|nmdeu; to
incorporate tho Vigilant Fijp Coinpaj^. ,
of Columbia; to incorpora?/ the W??s
bon Monk ami L;idder?^upiw: v^d tho
town of Winnsboro. AW* J?
The House adjounJfV, ut vialf-past 2
o'clock p. m.
Tho Columbi-^Krr pondcut of thc
Charleston CourW--/*'- There is every
reason to belie-bi^rt important ohnnges
aro soon to, 'akd^place in tho railroad
system ot/ne^Slate. Tho presence iu
Cohimb>=o^'1 number of capitalists, and
the n//obnso by them and by their agenta
oC/Zo stock of tho Oreenvillo Railroud,
?nti secrecy with which their operations
nave been planned and conductod, und
tho fact that they have absorbed, say
20,000 shares of tho slock of that corpo?
ration, at little less than threo dollars
per .share, aro evidences of a determina?
tion to use this important lino for some
signal purpose. What that purposo is
hus not yet benn fully developed, but we
believe enough has trauspircd to show |
that flies., parties intend to control the I
most important link of tho. Rino Ridge
Railroad. This HtockJBniist, therefore i
inevitably appi eeiate i?r^taisjtfflf^H^^r
the Western connections ure completer
In that Greenville Railroad Company,
the State is interested to tho extent of
about one-third of its stock, say 25,000
shares; and tho city of Charleston is in?
terested to the amount of one sixth of
tho stock. Tho two, therefore, maj exert
a controling influence in moulding the
destinies of the road, and directiug its
benefits in tho proper channel. Is this
likely to be? dono? So fur as tho city nf
Charleston is concerned, President Ma?
grath, of the South Carolina Railroad,
bas, we believe, pluced himself iu such
relations to the capitalists, ns will protect
the interests of this community. In
other words, if it is contemplated by the
purchasers <>f tho Greenville Railroad to
continuo the line to Asheville und on
through tho Hin?? Ridge, or to enrry for?
ward the Rino Ridge Railroad already
begun, Charleston will be to this end of
the lino what Cincinnati or St. Louis may
becouio nt tho other end.
It has been feared that the owuera of
tho Wiluiiugton and Manchester and tho
Wilmingtou and Weldon Railroads were
at tho bottom ?>f n conspiracy to pur
chaso tho Greenville Railroad, and its
brunches to Spartanburg and Laurens,
for tho purpose ol' diverting all the
trodo of that region over their own
roads-thus eoiniug in competition with
tho Charlotte und Columbia mid the
South Carolina Railroads. This suspi?
cion was strengthened, by tho fact that
engineer* ure at once to commence the
work of survey, between Sumter and
Columbia, preparatory to building a line
that shall connect tho upper portiou ol
tho Stu'.o with rivul corporations and
rival cities.
Rat tho assurance lins boen given, that
tho solo and only purposo of the capital'
ibts referred to is to purchase tho Green?
ville Hoad aa the beginning of a trunk
lino through to tho West. It is stated,
furthermore, that they aro backed by
immense capital, a portiou of which will
be expended in putting the Greenville
Road in thorough repuir. building new
engines and ears, nnd making it a first
elusa institution. Meanwhile, they pro
pose to push energetically forward to
wurde tho mountains; and they exprest
tho belief that, in less than threo years,
ibero will be a railway to tho grout" Weal
that will open and expand into new
chanuels tho riches of two sections of thc
Union.
...? ?- -
THE XKW YORK WHISKEY RAID
SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS INVOLVED I>
TH ii SEIZURE.-Tho New York Timet
gives thu particulars of the immense
seizures of illicit whiskey establishment;
in that city on Tuesday. Collectoi
Bailey was ordered by Commissione)
Delano to make the seizures, sud at one
placo which tho officers visited thc bookt
and papers of which they were in searcl:
were not to bo found on the premises
Mr. Deuike, deputy collector of tilt
thirty-second district, however, remuinec
about the premises, ?nd after nomo time
heard un order given by ono of tho per
sons on tho promises to lower down r
tierce of hams from tho upper lofts. A
dray at the sanie timo drove np, and i
couple of barrels of beef and the sup
posed tierce of hums were lowered npot
tho dni3'; but as it was about to drive off
Deputy Den ike stopped tho toura, ant
on lifting tue Meroe found it of verj
light weight for tho supposed contents
On taking the cover off the "tierce," i
was found to contain the books ant
papers of which ho was in search, it hnv
iug been marked for shipment to Wind
sor, Conn., by the persons having it ir
custody. Just at tho timo tho dray drovt
up, ono of the partners of this firm vcrj
politely invited tho officer to walk into tin
counting-room nud bo iutroducod to tlx
other partners, but tue officer, with equn
politeness, remarked that he would Urn
examine tho contents of the tierce o
haran. At another place, (John Tracy
Jr.'s, No. 182 Pearl street,) some oppo
siti >n has been raudo to an examinatioi
(n *he books and papers covered by tin
r?T '1!, "-rant of the United State;
?l^rlfeoV^r loc?iugwth<
The books outside tLB'v,e UP th?,k?i?
the collector, have bee^k^S^, ?:
u?U2C,,nnd. flXQ held as ovidouoa atau!?
tho partie* oonooi neel. O? yuuMi
afternoon, the collector ?aiptoyed
looksmitli, and was about to proceed t
tho saif, when the parties procure
a^stay of twenty-four hours from th
commissioner issuing tho warrant. Th
books in the safe are alleged by tho col
lector to contain evidences of frauds o
the revenue; and his officers, after th
order of suspension was received, wer
directed to reumiu iu possession of th
safe, anil if auy attempt was made to rt
move the contents, to toko possession c
the sumo by force. There are specifl
transactions on tho books of the collecte
which aro alleged to be fraudulent i
their character, and through which th
revenue is alleged to have been di
franded, which the books desired, it i
alleged, would make complete. Til
frauds involved amount, it in said, t
millions of dollars.
History Fall of Sneoesifnl Tblrd Par
tica.
God save us from mich "practical nnti
radicalism" aa the Columbia P KKN-JX.
commends in the Democratic platform
of Indiana. We can't help it-we don't
aee it that way, and we cannot bat ex?
press our convictions. It bad been aa
sensible, "practically," for Indiana De?
mocrats to hnva donouuced tho whole
war as a blunder und a crime, (?nd iu
this wo would agreo with them,) ui to
assert State rights principle* that the ;
war waa waged to put d'->wn, uud hope, ;
by so doing, to draw the popular voto
from the radical party. "Practically," ,
this Indinan platform appears to us to
play right into tho hands of the party iu
power, when popular sentiment is such
ap we know it to bo. The country needs,
uud will soon have, a new purty. Wo I
eau not go back to Statu sovereignty, j
Tho impracticability of tho attempt- j
not that it would bo uudesiruble-is tho j
point upon which wo haag. But tho i
advocates of a new party aro met by the
impudent assertion that there erm be bat
two partios. Those who have never j
read ii pago of history may bo persuaded ;
by tho unblushing boldness of tho stato- j
mout; but those convinced that tho pro- !
sont anti-radical party eau never d?font j
tho radicals, but who aro unfriendly to '
tho ruling party, will cxauiiue if it beso, '?
and will timi that history is full of sac- !
cossful new or third parties, and that the i
proseut radical party is itself but an
ordinary case in point. It started as a
third party.
Priuciplos determino policies uud cro?
ate parties. Calhoun long since proved
that tho theory of n divided sovereignty, !
attempted by thu Constitution, nud i
defended by Daniel Webster, was itn- i
practicable, and that sovereignty must!
reside with the States or with the F?deral !
Government. Now, tho party that !
sprung up, upon tho first priociple of j
tho sovoreiguty of tho State*, was i
crushed, with tho principle itself, by the !
^^.^MBO??^'^'^BSae?B^BI^BWkaiPfflto*^ j
suiting in the formation of several cWPSU
deracios, is tho only "practical" result ot
a steady prupug.indisw of that discarded
dogma of State sovereignty. Those who
cling to it may not bo aware of it, but
they uro disseminating "ideas that will
spring up into armed men," uot that
will give thom the control of the present
Federal Government; for I hos? hb'us
will not-no, never.
What wu contend for is, that leaving
tho [attire ti? itself, it is evident that our
present need is u new third party, on the
only other theory of our Government
that Calhoun admitted tobe "practical,"
the consolidation theory. Andrew John?
son's rehash of Daniel Webster's delu?
sions on this subject, is a mero paper
scheme, and will never work. Twice
has tho popular voto rejected it already,
and a hundred times will it. reject it
again, especially when put to thc popu
lur mind asa new form of "rebellion."
Thc objection, then, ot thc Winnsboro
News to tho radicul party is, not to its
consolidation principien -they are simple
fate-but to its partisan uud un national
application of them. The samo princi?
ple can develop into moro than ono
policy. For instance, Henry Wisp, of
Virginia, and so, we think, Floyd, ud
viscd that the battle for .States rights bo
fought, rx et annis, within tho Union,
and not by secession. Wo arc persuad?
ed that it had been the wiser policy, thc
other policy having resulted in tho loss
of thc principle. Just so, what wo need
is, not the revival or increase, of a party
based ou a priuciple rejected, through
blood, by tho Amcricau nation, but a
new anti-radical party, based upon the
consolidation principle that tho American
nation has adopted, and proposes to test
to its utmost consequences, aud it is
folly for us to traverso the march of
fule.
Ami icc ure fftppy to announce to our
readers that the debates of Congress in?
dicate the undeveloped existence of this
now party, tho debate on tho Virginia
bill, for instance; in which our Senator,
F. A. Sawyer, though slandering the j
South sul?eieutly for ull practical pur
poses, yet in the solid, sensible position l
that ho took for tho immediate admission
of that subjugated province (wo hate the
hypocrisy which calls it a State,) he
snowed sound judgment and wise fore- j
sight. What inattention, to denounce :
the "practicability" of a new third party, ;
when ils existence is already n fact-a
faot that cannot b? kept ont of even the
United States Souute! - Winnsboro Neus, j
A PtiKA FOR THB BABIER. -The Courier-,
Jaumal notes the fact that a oorrespon- j
dent of the Medical Ginelle., who is a ;
practicing physician, comes to tho rescue ,
of the babies against what he denounces
as their deadly enemy, Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup. He Bays he was called j
to see an infant that was in a dying cou- j
dition, apparently from tho effects of a i
narcotic poison, and was assured that it
had taken no medicino but Hus "'sooth- j
iug syrup." The doctor took the bottlo '
and had some of tho syrup unaly/.eil by j
a skillful chemist, and tho analysis !
showed that each ounce of the stuff con? j
fained nearly one grain ol' morphine. A
dose for an infant three mouths old, as !
prescribed by Mrs. Winslow's printed
directions, contained an amount of mor- .
phine equal to teu drops of laudanum. '
This is ordered to be given to the child ,
every two hoars, ia certain cases, and
double tho quantity tn a child six months
old. As children are very susceptible to
the influence of opium, of which mor
pb inn is the active priuciple, four drops
of laudanum having been known to kill
an infant of nine mouths, and tho ma- |
nufactnrers of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup sell annually about lUO.OOO two- j
ounce bottles in tho single State of New i
York, the reader can form sumo idea of ,
the number of babies that sro soothed
to perpetual sleep by this nostrum. '
Mothors had bottur stick to catnip tea.
MOST EXTRAORDINARY AND ASTONISH- j
isa EXHIBITION.-The largest lady in
the world. Go and see her-for seeing j
is believiug. The greatest cariosity in j
the world-the wild leopard boy.' He j
bo? been on exhibition un the principal j
w?i^ltorooB^?tveTTOii^
be the greatest wondfer living. /Also, !
mnuy other oorlorit?esftU?t are {.^prthy j
of nott**). To remain, for a few days j
only, at J>-NNKY'S HAM.. Doors open '
from 9 a. in. lo 9 p. m. Admission 25
cents. .T16?*
The weak and emaciated mother t~v*: j
"My health and strength is restored by
the use of" SOLOMONS' BlTTRl?- N21
TITT'S IMPROVED HAIR Dy? is admit?
ted on all sides to be the most simple
and natural Dye ever invented; it is
easily ap plied, does not staiu the skin, j
leaves the hair soft and glossy, and is
instantaneous in ita effect. Try it, and |
you will use no other. J15 0
"I am strong and health j, yet to pre?
serve my good condition," I uso Soix>- j
MON'S BITTERS. N21
Proicrlptlon Shout.1 Rnit,
We trust that the declaration of Heve
ral radical members of Congress who
voted against relieving the last batch of j
political converts in the South from thc !
disabilities imposed upon them for their ?
participation iu tho rebellion, that they
would vote for no more selections of !
this kind, but woold soon introduoo
measures for a wholesulo removal of nil :
political disabilities from tho Southern
people, will bo promptly carried out. :
A large portion of the American people
would cordially endorse such action :
aguinst continued proscription for parti- ;
cipati3u in the rebellion. Tho work :
of reconstruction would long ago have j
boen thorough and complote, if tho 1
lenders of tho radical party in Congress '
would havo permitted it. Tho negroes j
"bave been converted into citizens of all i
tho States which formally seceded, and I
of tho United States, and 'they will I
noquire the right of suffrage if tho fif- j
tee nt h nmondmeut to the Constitution is ;
legally ratified. No organized opposi
tion to tho national authority is mani- .
tested in auy quarter in tho formerly
reb?\?ious States. Swords havo been .
turned into plow-shares, and rebol spears i
into pruuiug-hooks. lu spito of all of j
tho impediments thrown into their way :
by the meanest ?md most adverse Fede
ral legislation, tho quiet nud practical j
ability ?iud iudustry of tho Southern j
people itxvo already made their section, j
boyoud lpoinparison, the richest und j
most h Al y prosperous of tho country.
83U0,0ovtt?0 worth of cotton, lor export,
besides b^ud-Stuffs aud meat enough for
homo enjoin ption, represents their last ;
year's laHHft, and there remains not the '
slightest^MLid excuse for not restoring
tho politisBR-ights of tho late enemies o? ?
the UniorTMia the earliest possible mo- :
meut. If tu? policy pursued by the I
radical authorities siuce tho surronder at '
Appomattox ia not, as wo behove, a
grievous wron*, it i? certainly uuwiso |
uny longer to^ithhold this display of '?
magnanimity. \o good can arise from
tuatiou of the bitter ;
memories of the wur. Tho ouo thing |
esseutiul-a fortilbjntion of the Uuiou
against new OSSi\ilts of treason-is '
practically accomplVhed; and, certainly,
if this great end hjp]|heou gained, it is
impolitic to continua} no considerable u
portion of our country nuder a ban for'
past actions. The doctriuo of universal
amnesty and magnanimity has always !
boon that of the Demora-ata, constituting, .
? as they do, within u friction of half of :
; our Northern population.. Coupled with ,
' that of universal suffrage, it has ulso
been that of soino of Mm most distin- :
guished of radical leudurl^ud journal- :
j ists. And if, os is genc&ly believed, :
the negroes are about to se?ru political
I privileges, it is a proper tidje that their i
I old musters should also h.?yo a legal .
voice in tho decision of the political aud
i national questions of tho daywL Ju Ten-1
nessee, where the proser i ptiv<Wny stem ?
1 has berni thoroughly tried, it bosKpoonv ;
1 plished no good, not oven in a p?-tisan
poiut of view. Tho worst of Rebels
would not hnvo mudo less reliabhlradi
cala than their negroes have, if the.
future, us iu the past, tho men whE par
i ticipated most actively on tho Soul
side of tho rebellion will exercisf
; overwhelming influence over the cor
nities in which they reside. If tho^
; publican party, as a party, continues^^
; persecute thom, it will only more tho?
; roughly alieuato them und their friends.
. Each year introduces to tho rights of the
1 citizens a body of voters-the children
'? and relatives of these very men-who, as .
I they become of age, cannot be ostra
j oised, und whose political prejudices
] will willy be increased by the continued
persecution of those they venerate. Rut,
aside from these consid?r?t ion?, the
deep interest those former rebels have in
the future welfare of the South, arising
from their ownership of a largo portion
of tho soil, renders their personal and
active co-operation, in matters relating to
local and general government, essential |
to tho country. Whatever muy havo
been their errors or their crimes, they i
certainly, in general, acted under the I
impulse of wliut they behoved to be i
patriotic motives; and, being beaten, ?
they would certainly now voto and legis- j
late for tho best interests of tho country, ?
according to their light. They eau have '
no higher interests, now, than the wei- |
fare of their section; and it cannot bc
doubted that all of tho best talent is
needed to promote, iu the highest de?
gree, its future welfare, which must
react, in the fluanciul situation of the ;
country, on the prosperity and welfare j
of the North ulso.-Detroit Free Press. ;
THE GHOST OF KINO SOLOMON.-If j
the spiritualists could raise it, would
admit that there is something "new
under tho sun." Pu ALON'S VITALIA on
SALVATION ron TUB UAH: is thoroughly
original. There hus been nothing like it :
siueo time began, lt is tho only trans- ;
parent und harmless fluid in existence ;
that will restore the natural color to gray j
hair without discoloring the skin. Jlf>$3 ?
The beauty of woman-how marred by 1
blotches, pimples, spotH, Ste. Tho pre- !
valoneo of these symptoms of a diseased
condition of tho blood is noticeable :
everywhere. See tho young man or the i
young girl, with boils, pimplcH, spots, 1
and a pule, waxy, blanched appearance
of tho countenance and integuments
generally, us well of thc lips, tongue and ;
mouth, a pulse feeble and rapid, loss of i
appetite, with indigestion, flatulence j
and irregular notion of tho bowels, low
spirits and severe headache, great debili-1
ty, with languor, you may set it down ;
the blood wants richness. A thousand i
complaints flow from this one thing, j
Tho QUEEN'S DELIGHT is tho great blood
purifier and renovator. Get a bottlo ;
and use it. It ia un invaluable medicine
for poverty of blood. It is the cheapest
and best medicine you eau nae, as it
cleanses and purifies the very fountain
of life. Bo sure to ask for "HEINITSH'S
QUEEN'S DELIGHT." For sale by Fi SH Kit
& HIUNITSH, Druggists. J13
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.-The remedy |
Xor t-ririnrr rannri\mft>:nYi>n^fj"jf'" Bron-1
pectorant it has no equaf^8 **- ex" I
posed of the ?o!i?e principle1'
and planta, whioh are em icon?0018
tracted, so as to retain nil their medici
qualities.
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS \4b \
are so ofton afflicted with throat disenfla??
will find a sure remedy in IMO v^Wta. ?
*-ozengcr? and wafers sometimes give re- j
ftM. but v,ptisan, taken a few times,
will i^nre a p?- J"Loare. With all
thoso afflicted with tyingri* .,.,rn
tion, give this Bultmna a fair trial, they
will be pleased with the result, and oon
fess that the SUBE REMEDY IS FOUND AT
LAST. It is sold by all Druggists and by
FISHER SC IliENrrsfl, Columbia. Jl||2f>J8
"Just tho thing!" Such is tho excla?
m?t iou of the Dyspeptics who use SoiX>?
MOMS' BETTERS. N91
Hiooal Itoms.
Tur. Bourn BUN GUARDIAN. -WO nre
requested to state that u new series of
this joiirnnl will hu commenced in this
city, on Monday next, thu '21th instant,
nuder thu editorial control of C. p. ,\.|
liura, E*(j. Tho office of publication is
in thu building lately occupied UH the
post office, on Lady, between Muiu and
Assembly streets, whens the proprietors
will bu pleased to receive their frieuds,
on and utter this date. Newspapers in
this and other States will confer a favor
by ut once forwarding their exchanges UH
above.
CIIUMIIS.-Dr?. Fisher it Ueiuitsh aro
dispensing copies td tho "People's Alma?
nac" to nil applicants. Besides tho ?tato
of tho weather, eto., it gives u number
of particulars relativo t?> the Queeu'a
Delight.
Tho Atnericuu flag collar recently in?
troduced iuto tho South by Messrs.
Chapeau it Heffron, of Charleston, S.
C., i* rapidly supcrceding all others for
heavy or constant draught, it is light.
It is cheap. It does not gall, lt cures
gulls. Soe advertisement and oertitieate
in another column.
Messrs. Paysinger ?t Frauklio, o? yo
Exchange, gavo us another treat, last
night-a "buit" of those luscious, mon?
strous Lynhaven bays. These oysters
have n wide reputation, and deservedly
so.
"K iin, ruin, raitt." This bas beeu tho
cry for the past two days. It has poured
down steadily-with but short intermis?
sion for the last fifty hours.
Tho vartniuts nre beginning to show
themselves. Dr. Wm. Oeigor, of Lexing?
ton, a few days ago, killed w'rnt ho be?
lieves to bo a veritable wolf.
An exchange says astonishing fashions
in spriug huts und bonnets aro promised.
Perhaps the bonnet will bo worn undor
the chin, ind a bow-knot tied ou tho top
of the head. It is not unlikely.
Mr. John Bihlman, the "penman,"
has just finished a tastefully executed
picture, which shows what skill he hus
acquired in tho USJ of the pell, lt is a
representation of "rod thrashers defend?
ing their nests" from the encroachments
of a snake. Ko has also presented us
with a number of visiting cards, written
in different colors, and also bronzed with
gold und silver. A pack of these curds
would bo a suitable present for a lady.
Specimens of Mr. 13.'s work can bo seen
at Mr. Seeder's, on Main street.
SUPREME CouuT, Januury 19.-Pre?
sent: Chief Justice Moses and Associate
Justice Willard.
Tho ease nf Gibbes vs. Guigunrd, wa?
continued by Mr. J. D. Pope and Fiok
ling for appellee; Mr. Melton in n m
Tho Court then adjourned untij/this
lUoruing, at 10 o'clock.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, January \9ANicker
son House-H. DoTreville, Ty4. Aiken,
Charleston; W. H. Ball, Laufdns; Theo?
dore T. Tritschler, Louisiana; Hugh
Sisson, Maryland; J. D. Bro wer, New
York; Honry Parr, Fairfield; James B.
Sherman, Creen ville; Samuel Furraau,
J. B. Seigler, Newberry; John Y. Lind,
Pennsylvania; George W. Putteison,
Joseph H. (.lay, Thomas T. Dudley,
North Carolina; P. G. Langdon, Missis?
sippi.
Columbia Hotel.-Major Baxter, New?
berry; C. A. August, Edgelield; Henry
Buist, W. A. Pringle, M. Porter, Isaao
Hayne, T. Bernard Wing, J. Barrett
Cohen, Charleston; J. N. Wright, N. W.
Scmp.su. Laurens; C. F. Waters, Green?
ville; W. G. DeSanssure, Charleston;
W. W. Eutzminger, Richland; lt. Wing,
Mrs. Nixon, Miss Nixon, Charleston;
G. D. Chapmnu, T. B. Baiford, Georgia;
W. T. McGehee, Mississippi; J. B. Bus?
sell, North Carolina; S. It. Adams. Cam?
den; J. J. Pope, Georgia; J. K. Vance,
South Carolina; W. C. Trowbridge and
lady, T. E. Taylor, H. P. Hammett and
daughter, South Carolina; W. T. Curry,
Kentucky; C. Tompkins, J. H. Miller,
New York; J. S. Willer, Spartanburg;
W. N. Sullivan, North Carolina; N. A.
Haven, J. C. Thames, South Carolina.
National Hotel-W. T. Burge, Mrs.
Nixou, Miss Nixon, Charleston; J. S.
Young, Tennessee; W. T. McGehee,
Ninety-Six; W. H. Gridlo, Memphis;
W, K. Howe, Jumes A. Howe, Miss
Eula Howe, Florence; L. S. Gnffin, Ab?
beville; T. F. Wesson, New York; JUR.
H. Browu, Marion.
WEDDIN? CARDS AND ENVELOPES. -A
[ot of wedding cards and envelopes, ol'
latest styles, has just been received;
which will be printed in imitation of en?
graving, und at less than one-tenth tho
jost. Call and see specimens at PHOENIX
nflice.
MAIL AHRANOEMENTH.-The Northern
mail is opened for delivery at 8 u. m.;
glutted at 8.30 a. va. Charleston, opened
nt 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.80 p. m.
Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed
it 8.30 p. m. Western, oponed at 9.30
i. m. ; closed at 4 p. m. Charleston,
(evening,) opened ut 8 a. m.; closed nt
I. 30 p. m. On Sunday, tho postoffioe is
jpeu from 9 to 10 a. m. AWSK*^
BUSINESS CAUDS AND Cntcu
:ho season is approaching for
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