The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 20, 1875, Image 1
BY JULIAN A. SELBY
The Clobinu Scene.?In his remi?
niscences of Gen. R. K. Loo, Rev. J. W. j
Jones publishes, we believe, for the first
time, the following letter:
Near Appomattox C. H., Va.,
April 12, 1865. !
Ills Excellency Jefferson Davis?Mr.
President: It is with pain that I an?
nounce to your Excellency the surren?
der of the army of Northern Virginia.
The operations which proceeded this re?
sult will be roported in full. I will,
therefore, only now state that upon ar?
riving at Amelia Court House, on the
morning of the 4th, with the advance of
the army, on the retreat from the lines
in front of Richmond and Petersburg,
and not finding the supplies ordered to
bo placed there, nearly twenty-four
hours were lost in endeavoring to collect
in the country subsistence for men and
horses. This delay was fatal, and could
not be retrieved. Tho troops, wearied
by continued lighting and marching for
several ilaysanil nights, obtained neither
rest nor refreshment, and on moving on
the 5th, on the Richmond and Danville
Railroad, I found at Jetersville the ene?
my's cavalry, and learned the approach |
of. his infantry and the general ad vane.)
of his army toward Burkevillc. This
deprived us of tho use of the railroad,
and rendereel it impracticable to procure
from Danvillo tho supplies ordered to
meet us at points of our march. Nothing
could be obtained from the adjacent
country. Our route to tho Roanoke was,
therefore changed, and the inarch di?
rected upon Farmville, where supplies
were ordered from Lynchburg. The
change of routo threw the troops over
the roads pursued by the artillery and
wagon trains West of the railroad, which
impeded our advance antl embarrassed
our movements. On tho morning of the
Gth, Gen. Longstreet's corps reached
Rice's Station, on the Lynchburg Rail?
road. It was followed by the commands
of Gens. R. H. Anderson, Ewell and
Gorelon, with orelers to close upon it as
fast as the progress of the trains would
permit, or as thev could be directed, on
roads further West. Gen. Anderson,
commanding Pickett's and B. R. John?
son's divisions, became disconnected
with Mahone's division, forming the roar
of 'Longstreet. The enemy's cavalry
penetrated the lino of march through
the intervals thus left, anil attacked the
wagon train moving toward Farmville.
This caused seriouB delay in the inarch
of the centre and rear of the column,
and enabled the enemy to mass upon
their flank. After successive attacks,
Andi-rson's and Ewell's corps wore cap-.
tured or driven from their position.
Tlfe latter General, with both of his
division commanders, Kershaw and
' Custis Lee, antl his Brigadiers, were
taken prisoners. Gordon, who all the
morning, aided by Gen. W. F. Lee's
cavalry, had checked the advance of the
enemiy on the road from Amelia Springs,
and protected the trains, became ex
Eosed to his combined assaults, which
e bravely resisted and twice repulsed;
but the cavalry having been withdrawn
to another part of the line of march,
and the enemy massing heavily on his
front and both flanks, renewed the attack
about (> P. M., and elrove him from the
held in much confusion. The army
continued its march during tho night,
and every eil'ort was made to re-organize
the divisions wdiich had been shattered
by the day's operations; but, the men
being depressed by fatigue and hunger,
many threw away their arms, while
others followed the wagon trains and
embarrassed their progress. On the
morning of the 7th, rations were issued
to the troops as they passed Farmville,
hut the safety of the trains requiring
their removal upon the approach of the
enemy, all could not be supplied. The
army, reduced to two corps, under
Longstreet and Gordon, moved steadily
on the road to Appomattox Court House,
thence its march was ordered by Camp?
bell Court House, through Pittsylvania,
toward Danville. The roads were
wretched and the progross slow. By
great eitbrts the head of tho column
reached Appomattox Court House on
the evening of the 8th, anel the troops
were halted for rest. The inarch was
ordered to ho resumed at 1 A. M., on the
Uth. Fitz L'&c, with the cav Iry, sup?
ported by Gordtvn, was ordered to drive
the enemy from his front, wheel to the
left and cover*the passage of the trains,
while Longstreet, who, from Rice's
Station, had formed the rear guard,
should close up and hold the position.
Two battalions of artillery and the
ammunition wagons were directed to ac?
company the army; the rest of the artil?
lery and wagons to move toward Lynch
burg. In the early part of the night the
enemy attacked Walker's artillery train,
near Appomattox Station, on the Lynch
burgltailroad.ond were repelled. Shortly
afterward their cavalry dashed towwrd the
Court House, till halted by our line.
During the night there were indications
of a large force massing on the left and
front. Fitz Lee was directed to ascer?
tain its strength, and to suspend his ad?
vance till daylight if necessary. About
5 A. M. on tho 9th, with Gordon on his
left, ho moved forward anel e>pened the
way. A heavy force of the enemy was
discovered opposite Gordon's right,
which, moving in the direction of Appo
mattox Court House, drove back the
left of the cavalry and threatened to cut off
Gorelon from Longstreet, his cavalry at
DA I I.Y
"Let our Just Censures
COLUMBIA, S.
j the same time threatening to envelop his
I left flunk. Gordon withdrew across the
I Appomattox ltiver, nn<l tlie cnvnlry ad
j vanced on the Lynchburg Komi und be
? came separated from the army. Learn?
ing the condition of affairs on - the lines
where I had gone, under the expectation
of meeting Gen. Grant, to learn definite?
ly the terras ho proposed in a communi?
cation received from him on the 8th, in
the event of the surrender of the army,
I requested a suspension of hostilities
until these terms could be arranged. In
the interview which occurred with Gen.
Grant, in compliance with my request,
terms having been agreed on, I surren?
dered that portion of tho Army of North?
ern Virginia which was on the field,
with its arms, artillery and wagon trains;
the officers and men to be paroled, re?
taining their side arms and p rivate ef?
fects. I deemed this course the best
under all tlfb circumstances by which
wc were surrounded. On the morning
of the Oth, according to the reports of
the ordnance officers, there were 7,802
organized infantry with arms, with an
average of seventy-fivo rounds of ammu?
nition per man. The artillery, though
reduced to sixty-three pieces, with nine?
ty-three rounds of ammunition, was
sufficient. These comprise all the sup?
plies of ordnance that could bo relied
on in tho State of Virginia. I have no
accurate report of the cavalry, but be?
lieve it did not exceed 2,100 effective
men. The enemy was more than five
times our numbers. If wo could have
forced our way one day longer, it would
have been at a great sacrifice of life, and
at its end I did not see how a surrender
could have been avoided. AVe hael no
subsistence for man or horse, and it
could not be gathered in the country.
The supplies ordered to Pamplin's Sta?
tion from Lynchburg, could not reach
us, and the men. deprived of food and
sleep for many days, were worn out and
exhausted.
With great respect, your obedient
servant, Ii. E. LEE, General.
C, SUNDAY MORNING, Jl
Lust week n two voar old child was lost |
in the woods near blooming Grove, Tike
County, Pennsylvania. For three, days
parlier, scoured the woods day and night.
When the child was found ho was uncon?
scious and lying in a rattlesnake den.
Four of the snakes had to he killed by
tho rescuer before the child could he
touched. This is regarded as the most
miraculous escape ever recorded.
New York detectives have found in the
possession of a church sexton over 1,00U
obscene pictures and tho machinery for
copying them. The sextons are turning
out badly. It was only the other day
that Piper, the Baptist sexton of Boston,
was discovered to be a connoisseur in
nude pictures and a murderer.
The murderers. Joe Gibbes and John
Smith, were sentenced by Judge Reed,
in Charleston, on the 19th, to be hung
on the 30th July.
State of South Carolina, Richland Co.
OFFICE CLERK OF COURT,
Columbia, S. C., June 18, 1st.".
NOTICE is hereby given that in pur?
suance of an order made, by His
Honor I{. B. Carj.enter, a special session
of the Court of Common Fleas, for the
County of Richland, will be holden at
Columbia, S. C, on TUESDAY, the fith
day of July, A. D. 187.". for the despatch
of such business as shall be propcrb.
brought before it. D. B. MILLER,
June 19 Rj Clerk of Court.
Notice.
THE CITIZENS OF COLUMBIA are
requested to carefully inspect their
premises and abate any existing nui?
sance or report the. same promptly to the
Chairman of the Board of their respect?
ive Wards. By order of the Chairman
Board of Heulth:
RICHARD JONES. Clerk B. H.
Chairman of Ward 1?Prof. R. T.
Greener; Ward 2?Henry Daniels; Ward
3?E. H. Heinitsh; Ward 4? C. Barnum.
June 10
The symptoms of Liver Complaint'nre
uneasiness and pain in the side. Some?
times the pain is in the shoulder, and is
mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach
is affected with loss of appetite and sick?
ness, bowels in general costive, and
sometimes alternating with lax. The
head is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation, considerable loss ol
memory, accompanied with painful sen?
sation of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. Often
complaining of weakness, debility and
low spirits. Sometimes many of the
above symptoms attend the elisease. and
at other times, very few of them; but the
Liver is generally the e rgan most in?
volved.
SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR!
For all Diseases of the Liver, Stomach ami Spleen !
IT is evidently a Family Medicine, and by being kept ready for im?
mediate resort, will save many an hour of suffer in g, and many a
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After fe>rty years' trial, it is still receiving the most unqualified b sti
monials of its virtues from persons of the highest character and re?
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for Constipation, ITeadache, Pain in the Shoulders. Dizziness, Sour
Stomach, bad taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of the
Heart, Pain in the region e>f the Kidneys. Despondency, Gloom and
forebodings of evil; all of which are the offspring of a diseased Liver.
If you feel Dull, Drowsy, Debilitated, have frequent headache.
Mouth tastes badly, poor Appetite and Tong-.e Coated, yon arc stiff' r
ing from Torpid Liver, or "Biliousness," and nothing will cure you so
speedily and permanently.
The Liver, the largest organ ill the body, i? generally the scut of the
disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness
and DEATH will ensue.
Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all climates and changes of water and
food may be faced without fear. As a remedy in MALABIOUS
FEVERS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS. RESTLESSNESS, JAUNDICE,
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World!
"I have ne ver seen or tried such a simple, efficacious, satisfactory
and pleasant remedy in my life."?H. Haineu, St. Louis. Mo.
"I occasionally use, when my condition requires it, Dr. Simmons'
Liver Regulator, with good effect."?Hon. Ai.ex. H. Stevens.
"Your Regulator has been in use in my family for sonic time, and I
am persuaded it is a valuable addition to the medical science."- -Gov.
J. Gill, Shorteh. Alabama.
"I have used the Regulator in my family for the past seventeen
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have ever used for that class of disease s it purports to cure."?H. F.
TlIIOPEN.
"Simmons' Liver Regulator has proved a good and efficacious medi?
cine."?C. A. Nuttino, President of City Bank.
"We have been acquainted with Dr. Simmons' Liver Medicine far
more than twenty years, and know it to be the best Liver Regulator
offered to the public."?M. R. Lyon and H. L. Lyon, Druggists, Belle
fontaine, Gn.
SIMMONS' "LIVER ttJEKSrUT* A i
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION. JAUNDICE. BILIOUS AT?
TACKS, SICK HEADACHE, COLIC, DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS,
SOUR STOMACH, HEART BURN, Ac, Ac.
Xt 3E3L>bub ?XTo 3EJciui.o.l.'
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Does not disarrange the system,
Is sure to cure if taken regularly,
Is no drastic violent medicine,
Does not interfere with business,
I? no intoxicating beverave,
Contains the simplest anel best remedies.
CAUTION.?Buy no Powders or Prepared SIMMONS' LIVER
REGULATOR, unless in our engraved wrapper, with Trade Mark.
Stamp and Signature unbroken. None other is genuine.
Jan TO twCmo J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia.
Attend the Time Event."
NE 20, 1.875. VO
Notice.
IWARN ALL MEN to keep off tin
Race Track, adjoining Fair Grounds, ]
except those who have paid.
GEG. W. BEAEDEN.
Cni.rM?M, May 27, 187?. May 2(j ltnof
G
C Hi A KS
For 25 C ents,
at
PEKKY & SLAVA SOX'S.
F
Ice! Ice!
ROM 7 till 0 o'clock. Sunday
^ ing. the store will 1?' open.
_ June <; JOHN C. SEEGERS.
?
C K ARS
For 25 Cents,
at
PEKKY SLAWSOX'S
Flour and Meal
A X D M I X E D FEED!
CUR LOAD ORDERS filled on short
; notice. Address "CHARLOTTE
CITY MILLS." Charlotte. N. C.
R. D. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
Gr.o. C. Ciiamdlks, Suiierinteud( nt.
May 21 lino'
What It Will Do! " j
IT will cure all Impurities of the Dlood:
it will cure all Scrofulous Diseases; it
will remove all Tetter Affections; it will
euro Rheumatism and Gouty Affections:
it will remove all manner of Sores; it
will improve the Complexion; it will re?
move all Pimples and Roils; it will cure
all Constitutional Disorders; it will cure
Ulcers, Swellings of the Glands; it will
cure Cancer by removing the cause in
the blood; it will give a Clear and Benu
tifnl SkinjHEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DE?
LIGHT will cure when other remedies
fail. Let the afflicted try it. Ask tor
Heinith's Queen's Delight. June If
SEED PEAS!
>T/\ A BUSHELS select SEED PEAS,
iUU for sale by
June 1_J. A. HENDRIX k BRO.
NEW BOOKS
At R. L. Bryan's Bookstore.
Gi EORGE IV, His Life and His Court.
IT Scientific London, by Becker.
Science and Religion, by Dr?per?
$1.75. Farrar's Life of Christ? $2.00.
The Shadowed Home, by Rickerstetb?
$1.50. Conquering and to Conquer, by
Schonberg Cotta Family?$1.25. Vernes'
Journey to the North Pole? $1.50. Ralph
Wilton's Weird, by author of Wooing
O't.?$1.25. The Science of Law, by i
Amos?$1.75.
Also, a variety of new English Novels, I
paper cove rs, by Mrs. Olyplmnt, Far- j
geon, author of "Castle," Mrs. Brad don, !
Wilkie Collins and others. Apr:' 25
Millinery
OF the LATEST STYLES;
also, Ladies' and Children's
I SUITS of all sizes and qual?
ity, UNDERWEAR, COR?
SETS. HAIR and FANCY
GOODS. Just received, a
largo assortment of Wenek's
PERFUMERY, at
MRS. C. E. REEDS. I
Wine List?May, 1876.
THE "CITY HALL GRO?
CERY STORE" otters, as be
;lnw specified, the finest Wine
'List ever published in Co?
lumbia:
CLARETS St. Estephe, St. Julian.
Margaux, Pontet C.aiet, in pints and
quarts-.
HOCK'S Lanhenheimer, Hotkln imer,
Dudesheinu r.
SAUTERNES Haut Sauternes. Graves
A Preignac, Latour Blanch, Chateun
Yquem.
CHAMPAGNES Pommcry A Greno's
Lea, decidedly the fittest dry Wine im?
ported. Obaus .V Duchatel's "Silhry,"
Carte Blanche, Kelly Island. Ac.
SHERRIES AND PORTS?These of
tine quality, age and bouquet, full
stock, most carefully selected.
My stock of French Brandies, Holland
Gin. California Wines and Brandies, Do?
mestic Whiskies, "Maryland," "Baker,"
' Finch,'- "Bomgarden, and other favor?
ite brands, is always full up. I have
always endeavored to keep this branch
of my business supplied only with best
possible quality obtainable, and am fully
satisfied with the result.
Any rare Wine or particular brand not
here advertised, will be procured from
first hands at very few davs' notice.
* GEO. SYMMERS,
City Hall Groc er and Wine Merchant.
May 20
Every Day Something New.
CCHOCOLATE and EXTRACT OF
; MEAT, for Invalids, Adults and
Children.
EXTRACT OF BEEF, with Wine and
Iron. A nutritive tonic?admirable for
Debility and Indigestion.
Elixir BARK AND IRON?Summer
Tonic and Appetiser. For sale bv
E. II. HEINIT8H.
Slav 20' City Drug Store.
LUHE XI?NUMBER T7?T
Kixaki) & Wiley?To patrons in ft
arolina for their liberality: We VJ
Indeed tbank you for buying /"\
ur tine ready-made Clothing,
"T^Teckwenr, Undcr-woar, cheapest, "T~
_Ll argest stock over, in the citv, I i
And we believe best, for we seil T T
ninn Adams' Black Silk Ties, \_)
Russian Braces,Suspenders. ShirtsTt /?"
adespecialty, good lit; guarantce_LVl.
Durability, elegance, comfort to ?>
uyer. The Quaker City and _I3
Star Shirts am all the go, and T
Cv; n Silk, Linen.Gingham UmbrellasJL
"TXTcclainitosellatlessprotitagood A
V V rticle than anyhouse in the trade^tfY.
In fine, roady-made Clothing, our O
. tyln and price is uneqnaled.
Jinen Cufl's,Handkcrchiefs,Collars:/"\
_J ur stock can't be surpassed. \_s
ITMegance, style and fashion, Hats in
U assimcrc/Silk, Straw, Felt,Wool.
"\rouths'Clothing.Shirts,Hats,Caps, A
JL t No. 121 Main street. J\.
Vi
AND
CHILDREN'S
CLOTHING
AND
HATS,
FOR
S P B I
OF
1875,
Now in store, and to bo sold at low
prices.
R. & W. S, SWAFFIELD.
^ Spring Clothing! h
? Spring Clothing! ?
h Spring Clothing!"
Just opened
Tho Largest and liest Stock
Ever seen lu re,
AT D. EPSTIN'S,
UNDER COLUMBIA HOTEL.
STYLES. New and Handsome!
FABRIC and DESIGN, Elegant!
BEST MAKE UP!
PRICES, Lower than ever!
Yerv full lines of Boys' and Youths*
CLOTHING. FURNISHING GOODS and
HATS.
Call and examine at
April 4 Under Columbia Hotel.
SOLOM
Who feeds me from his grocery store,
And shows me every day a score
Of dainties, liner than before?
'Tis Solomon.
Groceries. Family Supplies, Pure
Liquors, Wines, &c.
Whose clerks are smiling, childlike,
bland,
And always at my .service stand
Attentive to mv least command?
W hy, Solomon's.
Breakfast Strips, Beef Tongues, Sal?
mon Bellies, Fulton Market Beef,
Canned Goods and Other Delicacies.
Who cares for no man's smilo or frown,
While he can keep his price's down,
Y'et sells the finest goods in town?
'Tis Solomon.
A Splendid Assortment of New Cof?
fee and Teas -Japan, Oolong, Gun?
powder, Hyson, Imperial and Mixed
And can I ever cease to be
Tho best of customers to thee,
Who always did so well by me,
Oh, Solomon?
Fancy Crackers, Raisins, Nuts, Newr
Flour and Buckwheat.
I'll keep to tho store 1 like so well,
'Neath Mr. Gorman's big hotel,
And kept by Hardy S-O-L
O-M-O-N.
Kfl-Prices still lower, and goods fresfv
everv day. April 9