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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-10
Looking Glasses.

~ LAh8E bIOCK iu8t receFVsd anil orI,-.. =.
IA very reduced prices, a. 'AeFso ~
TN PARrRID6E's GALLERY.
III Main street
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-10
For Rent.

'K 9Gat ne ISt Of April next, the large STORE
= A004 No. lib haig Street, formerly oeennje5
oy Mcclellan Knox. inquire Of Pie"
IeoI-da J. L. HOBBS, SON L co
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-10
DOWN STILL LOWER.

ua1v $780,. $500 1O " LILA
"a n-! EEDuoED TIE PRICES OF oAL1oos
Yo,E prIoo. tniS day 70 correspond with NeS
lez u.s. RHODES.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

of the whole nation, in tho name of
humanity, we appeal, as well for the
negro as the white race; see to it that
the results following emancipation in
the West India Islands do not follow
it in these Southern States. We fear
it not if the negro be made to feel and
know that ''by the sweat of his brow
he must earn his daily bread" that
the freedom bestowed upon him is not
to be wasted in idleness; that he is
free: but free only to labor, and to OBJ
serve all the restrictions which law,
order, society,", and morality, impose
upon the white man; and that the
mark by which the Creator has de-
signed he shall be known as being of
distinct race will not be wiped out;
that this is q white mans government,
the negro being governed in it.
Taught this, the negro may escape the
fate of his race in the West India
Islands, and the Southern States. in
their productions, the same sad results.
In 4 word, yielding freedom to the
slave, let it, for the sake of humanity,
and for civilization, prove q blessing
and not curse to him. This in his
changed relation to his former master.
is what his former master, if it be left
to him, would honestly endcavor to
promote. Otherwise, the future. who
can divine?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03
What Shall be Done With Him

Regarding the nogro-the freed
negro Of the Southern St:ltes-what
shall be done with him, is a momentous
question; one requiring, nay, demand
ing, the profoundest statesmanship
and wisdom to solve, all others con-
nected with the future of this sunny
land, and his future too, sinking into
comparative insignifcance before it.
1t is fixed fact that the negro is free.
So it is received by those who but u
short time ago claimed and held him
to be slave, and so it must be hence
forth admitted. BY the power of the
sword, that dread and final urbiter of
all political disputes between nations,
the once negro slave is now a free
man; and, what to do with him, may
well embarruss the wiscst in the land,
-Four milliSns Of helpless, ignorant
dcplorably ignorant-nnd dependent
race, in the twinkling. Of an eye as it
were, turned loose to take care of
themselves-to ri9.l the white man in
his pursuits, to advance in the scale
of civilization and thrive, or to retro
grade and perish. The transition,
how sudden! The responsibility upon
those who brought this state of things
about, how appalling! How shall it
be met? What must be done? says the
Atlanta LshAiyencer. Perhaps from
the past a lesson may be learned. Else
where, in other nations, negro eman-
cipation from slavery has prevailed,
TX .c!,:,::i % foreign from any ever
.--.ic:pa.t.,i ~ Is ad%uca.>.;, .G.. il
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

Considerable lager beer is drank in
Philadelphia. Two brewers have sold
there during one month, to dealers,
II, 772 kegs of beer. The cost to the
retailers was S34, 7O2. Each keg ave-
RACES 50 glasses, thus giving 1928, $40
glasses. At five cents per glass-the
price obtained-the sum of $50, 2S7. so
was realized, making the profits of tho
retailers SIS, ,065. This is all from only
two small breweries, and there are
thirty such establishments in that city.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

Miss Maria Mitchell has been ap-
pointed Astronomical professor in tho
Vassar Female College, pouShkeepsie.
Tho oolJ known instance Of 9. lady'a
holding euch a position. Miss VI. ia
the dsco7erer Of a comet which beara
her name.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

The famous vessel, Alexandria, in
tended for blockade runner, has
been turned into q river boat, and
plies between London and Gravescnd.
She is {: novelty on the Thames, ,s
she is the only boat that has cabins
upon deck, in the American style.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03
From Orangeburg.

A gentleman who has just passed
over the route from this city to
Orangeburg writes as follows:
The corn looks generally we'll; the
late rains have savcdft. The peas are
thriving. I did not note any potato
patches, but saw that fnrmers were
setting out the slips. They will need
to save their fodder hcedfully, in order
to secure an adequate supply of forage.
Hay should also be cured in us large
quantities Us possible; and AS the
working of the corn has been gene
rally careless, and there is deficiency
Scrvwhere of plough force, there is
an abundance of grass. The fields
are generally grassy. The seasons
Will make the crop, rather than the
labor. The area of cultivated ground
Is vastly less th:n usual, owing to the
lack of mule power the great diminu-
tion of workers in the fields, and the
more sluggish working. Most plant
ers report less than h,Lf the usual
quantity of land put in cultivation:
so that, even though all the culture
shall be yielded to the provision crop,
there will still be bare suficiency
for the support of the country. There
Will be little or none for export. There
IS but little cotton planted. Buy all
you can, giving as high as thirty-five
to forty cents in grccnbacI1s. If yu,,
have SlOO, 600 to spare, invest in cot
ton ut these prices. We will share the
profits, yoI, finding the capital and L
the counsel. Ehe country everywhere
improves in warlike virtues. Robbery
is the order of the day, precisely as if
war prevailed still. Farmers groan
over Fields stripped of matin Corn.
The good wives groan over melon
patches denuded of I'LL fruit long be-
fore it ripcns. Housewives report a
dreadful mortality among the poultry.
Hen roosts are as little safe rs ever.
If the sun did not make report of
his own rising, there ere few chanti-
cleers left to crow over the breaking of
day. Beatings and shootings occur to
lmpart more tragic interest to events,
and disturb the monotony of life by
the occasional introduction of death.
Briefly, we are re-approaching the
dark ages of feudalism, when the
strong robber founded aristocracy and
nobility, and made Il glorious family
name and record out Of ruined towns
and plundered Golfers. We are ra-
pIdly arriving at conditions which
lead to feudal iordships, and possibly
new Magma Chortns. We shall get
back IN time to the old virtuous law,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can."
Hurrah for Rob Roy! We shall have
to legitimate his practices, if only to
assure men of good titles for what
they procure by virtuous practices.
And virtuous practice is manhood; and
manhood is power; and might is de-
cldedly right. So let Gov Perry look
to 1t, and 80 endeavor to shape his
government as to please and satisfy
all those who, after the settling down
OF the waters, shall find themselves
on the topmost wave. The weather is
too hot to mediate any idle reforms.
Let lis leave them for colder and tanner
ages. A quarter of century hence,
our grandchildren may degenerate
into merely good citizens, With too
little energy to steal.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03
Local Items.

Something should be done to stop the
raid on the bridges about the streets. Very
few Of them are left, and these few are
daily ''setting small by degrees and bcauti-
fully less"
We are pleased to notice that Mcssrs.
Muller & Sem have resumed their grocery
business. One by one our old merchants
are ''comingsout" shows that they
arr aot all t'dead, but only sleeping" Mr..
c. II. Baldwin, who for several years con-
Quoted business i'll this city, is also'making
arrangements to commence ,operations
aSain-at Allen & Dial's old stand. We
wish them Ill success.
--~~~
RoBnErY.-AIr. G. 1. Bedclls store, and
the one adjacent, were robbed again on
Tuesday matchmaking three times within
month. This time the robbers appeared
to have worked very deliberately, as fresh
wagon track, leading in an Eastorly direc-
ton, was discovered in the morning; and, it
is supposed, the stolen articles were carried
off i'll that way. We hope Col. ,Haughton
will give his attention to the matter and
have sufficient guard put on, as robberies
are getting to be- of such frequent occur
renee s to make it very unpleasant.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03
COLUMBIA
Thursday Morning, August 3, 1868.
Mortality Among the Negroes:

~AAoA SoAAoy AAAAVAAS SOO NVS AV0S.
We receive, through Northern and
Southern papers, the most alarming
accounts of the fearful and astound-
ing mortality among the emancipated
negroes in the Southern States. We
also Learn from private letter that
there are 10000 of these people in
and around the city Of Charleston, and
that although none of those epidemi-
cal scouges which occasionally dcci-
mate the Atlantic States have made
their appearance, the negroes are
dying ''Ike diseased sheep" The
New York Herald, after examining the
reports of its various correspondents,
asserts that the same fearful mortality
exists among the emancipated negroes
from Texas to Virginia. It states that
the official, reports with reference to
the mortality among the negro regi-
ments, also disclose the same state of
things where the negro is in the mill
tary service Of the United States.
The Herald arrives at the conclusion
that the negro will entirely disappear
from the effects of great natural causes
like the Indian. It alleges that they
are gradually disappearing from those
occupations at the North where they
were once. found in great numbers.
Their monopoly, it says, of the occu-
patton of hod. carriers, scavengers,
porters, hostlers, hotel walters, boot
blacks and BARRIERS, has long ceased,
and the Irish and Germans are still
elbowing them out. Carefully pre-
pared statistical data, the Herallstates,
show thaN the mortality of the free
negro is far greater than the births.
In Boston the .deaths among the
colored population exceed the number
Of births nearly two to one.
In Philadelphia, during a period of
six months, there were in 1859, 3O6
deaths and 14S births. The mortality
in the extreme Southern States, it is
said, among the negro troops, is
equally great. Regiments which have
never been in battle have, in six
months, lost by death one-half their
number. This mortality was not the
result of the appearance of an cpl
dcmic.
According" says the Herald, ''to
the best data to be obtained, it is safe
to state that of the four millions of
blacks in the South in 1860, not over
three millions are now alive. The
census of 1870 will undoubtedly pre-
sent an astounding result in regard to
this unfortunate race. The mortality
from all accounts is increasing"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

The issue Of the Roman Catholic
Directory for 1865, under the authority
Of the late Cardinal Wiseman, gives
concise view of the Church Of Rome
in England and Scotland during the
past year, and especially its progress
in London. The ecclesiastical staff.
which was Immediately under Cardi-
nal Wisclilan numbers no fewer than
1888 priests, including II bishops,)
for England, and 1873 priests for Scot
hnd' lncludlng four bishops, making
q total for Great Britain of 1921
priests. There is thus az increase
during the year Of no fewer than II
priests in England and in Scotland
in all 76. In England, theIc are 941
churches and stations; in Scotland,
191--making in Ill l, 1872. Thus, there
is IN increase Of 81 churches in Eng
land during the year. There are also
9S monasteries in England. There
are none avowedly rs yet in Scotland
There is an increase during the year
OF two of these institutions. There
are 1877 nunnerics in England, and II
in Scotland-in au POI, showing an
increase during the year of 5 in Eng
land and in Scotland. There are 10
colleges in England md in Scot
land, which is the same number as
last year. Cardinal Wiscman, in order
to illustrate to his audience at the re-
cent Catholic Congress at Mechlin,
the progress of his operations in Lon
don, showed the number of churches,
nunneIlcs, monastclics, and orphan
ages for 1929, 1851 and 1868; and,
bringing down these figures so far as
we can with cerS;llnty to the present
date, we sec the more readily the
steady and rapid progress which the
Church of Rome is making, especially
III London. In 1929, there were %
churches and l nunpery; in 1851, 46
churches, 8 nunneries and monaste-
rles: in 1865, 1T churches, 81 nunne-
eles aud Is monasteries. It will thus
be seen that Cardinal Wiseman had
really much ground for boasting of
progress. From his arrival in Eng
land till his death, there have been in
and about London alone no fewer than
II churches built, % nunneries and
IL monasteries established, besides
orphanages, hospitals and schools.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

The Washington correspondent Of
the New York World says Gov. Perry,
Of South Carolina, viii not be dis
placed, it is said, by the President,
though there seems to be strong feel
ing there il favor oc j..
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

No CELLS OF BEEs.-Nlr. Teget-
meier, of the chronological Society,
maintains that bees have no instinct
in shaping their cells, as has usually
been supposed; but the form is the
consequence of the law of the pro-
perty of space, that of seven circles
of equal radii, six Will just surround
the seventh. The cell of the bee is
invariably hemispherical at the com
mencement, and the section Of q cell
not in contact with another is always
circular.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-03

White labor is il sroat demand in
the wheat raising regions of Texas.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

WASHINGTON, ARR, March 25th, 1865.
MATHEW V. CHEATHAM is hereby ap-
yl pointed QuaTteTmastrr General OF the
State OF Arkansas. Under the above authority
all contracts for transporting cotton 20 Mexico
will be made through Gen. Cheatham.
III. FLANAGIN
Having accepted the office of Quariermaster-
General for the State Of Ark..nsas, all persons
having business to transact with me in my .ffi-
cial capacity, will call a. the Office oi b T..
Brittin * Co., at Washington, Ark, where the
aame will be attended to by myself, or, if alb
sent, by w. W. Andrews, Esq.
NJ v. CHEATHAM,
Or. NJ. Gen. for State of Arkansas.
March eth, Ic65. 6-3w
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
HEAD oRs.. DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS,
s. Lewisvilll. March 2Oth, 1855
GFEER N. ORDERS,
No 45

In pursuance Of orders from 4partment
Head Quarters, the Major General Commanding
the District of Arkansas, relinqU;shes the Com
aland to Major Genera. Pagan, in order to re-
sumo that of the District OF Texas 1ha MAJOR
General takes leave Of the officers and troops,
whom he has had the henOr 20 command, ia
Arkansas with the most sincere regret He has
never commanded better officers mar better
troous and he Is well assured, that gallant as
they have proved themselves, they will eclipse
all their former acts on the fast battle Icld that
presents itself The Major General hoped to
have led them in person during tho ENSUING
CAMPAIGN, but he has received orders, unsought
hv himself, which call aim to another field He
sbeYs with aacrity, whilst he leaves with regret.
He hopes that he has done something, during
hiskhort administration Of affairs IN this Districts,
70 increase the army, 20 isproTe its efficiency,
and to afford protection and security 10 the ctl-
gems. Much nlsre he intended 10 de, which
must now he left i'll other hands. The MAJOR
General hardly deems it necessary to call upon
the army aud people to render his successor the
game cordial support, which he himself has RS
ceived, beczose both are aware o. the Importance
of such supper 10 the suoeess OF our cause
There is no pertiea Of tie Department less la
ble, in his Judgment, 10 interruption than this.-
He gives them this assurance, because he feels
M anfsignad interest in their walfare, and in
that of the country to which ahey are attached
Of soldiers opportunity Of cultivatirg to the
-rtent Of their means BE- has directed the order
fer calling out the slaves Of those who have less
than five, TO be suspended. lie las endeavored
10 keep his word with all, and with these assur-
snces, and the arrangements he has made, he
hopes they viii foIeY their pursuits in cehE-
dence and in pr2ce-their gallant sons, brothers
snd husbands being in the front or at hand to
protect them. To the army, " h9m he viii doubt
less meet again on many battle Geld, he recon-
Inends perseverance in that uncompromsing
spirit, patient endurance of hardships and stea-
dy yalor, which have heretofore characterized
it. To the people ne leaves assurances of his
sympathy in their safferings, and his testimony
70 their seifsacrifcing patriotism, and to all his
best wishes for their success and happiness,
which peace, won by valor, alone can give.
By command of
Major General j B. MAG2 rDER.
k2w EDMUND 2. TURNER, A. A. Gen.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
AT AUCTIONi

I WILL sell al Public Auction on SATUk
l. DAY, 18th April, at my Residence, elev
en- miles South of Washington and four mile.
North of Spring Hill, on the Shreveport and
Washington road the following Property:
Fifty head Of Cattle; Seventy-fve mead OF
Hogs, Sheep, &c; Household and Kitchen
Furniture-consisting of Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Tables, Desk. Safe, Androns, Chairs, Pots and
Ovens; a large Wash Kettle; Ploughs; Axes I,
Hoes; Cradle and Scythe; Grindstone; Looms
Warping Bars, &c, and many other things too
numerous to mention. Also. 500 or 1000 pound.
of Bacon.
TERMs--Made known on day Of sale.
5-3ws MARGARET L. GIBSON.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
DIED.

Al her residence in this place, OIL tie lltb
day OF Feb, 1868, Mrs. AARGARRT D BRITT
in her siKty-fith year. Sue was member OF
the Missionary Baptist Church for the las.
thirty-tive years, giving by her faithful con
ddct many proofs Of that religion she had 60
long professed. She was a devoted mother to
her children, and expressed wish to still re-
main with them; but if the Lord wished il so.
she willing to 60 She has gone, and left
two daughters and three sons, to mourn her
absence; but they mourn not without hope, Of
one day meeting her again.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
To hail Contractors.

AGENCY p. o. DEPT. TRANSMITS,
Marshall Texas, February 10, 1865. J
CONTRACTORS to whom pay is due for
~ transporting Mails west of the Mississippi
river, are requested to present evidence of ser
vice, and make known their address. in order
that payment may be made.
Contractors by transfer Of routes and persons
employed by postmasters 70 perform temporary
service, should forward their agreements at once
for approval.
JAS. II. STARR,
3-3w Agent Post Office Dept. 4. NJ.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR
Exchange of Taxed Treasury Notes.
c. 5. TREASURY AGENCY, T. NJ,
Marshall, March Sth. 1865.

z. 3. TREASURY AGENCY, I. NJ, I
Marshall, March sth, 1865.
NOTICE is GIVEN that Congress has e1.
IN tended the time for holders of Taxed Trea-
sury Notes of the Old Issues to deposit them
for exchange until the Both June. 1865. in the
Trans-Aississippi Department.
Depositaries are authorized to receive said
Notes, and to issue Exchange Certificates there
for, until that date. They will make detailed
reports of these deposits as formerly, besides
the regular weekly return of receipts from all
sources.
P. ". GRAY,
33t Agent Treasury, T. NJ
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
from the Memphis Bulletin, 18th. !

Vice-President johnson appeared in the Sen
ate on the It'll and took his seat. His health
they say, completely restored, (Which
means, he was duly sober)
The New York Herald of the 18th con ntaiRs
correspondence between Gen. Sherman and
Wade Hampton Gen. Sherman informs Gen
Hampton that he had caused twenty-eight pris-
oners to be selected for hanging, in retaliation
for ike number Of his toragers; who were
found hung with the labels upon them of death
to forxgers." He tells Gen. Hampton that he
does not suppose he knows any thing about il,
but hangs the prisoners to deter citizens ont of
the army from such interference with his for
aging operations. He says he has 900 rebel
prisoners, and can stand it as long a. Hampton
can.
Gen Hampton responds that he knows no
thing of the murders, and that for every soldier
executed by Sherman, he will execute two,
picking out officers as the first victims. He
recites the barbarities practiced by Shermsn's
army, and concludes by stating that he will
hold ffty-six federal prisoners as hostages for
those TO be executed by Gen. Sherman:
I'VE hope Gen. Hampton will not shrink
from his position. Gen. Sherman's claim ofpro-
lection for foragers, against apeople " hom he is
robbing and plundering, is ms absurd as II 10 AT
rogant and to hang prisoners guilty OF no Of
fence, and in retaliation OF no military act Of an
enemy, is infamous. 1t shocks the moral sense
OF all peoples but the yankees, VINO XII lndians
with strychnine, whilst their President sings
scripture texts through his nose for their en-
couragement. Indeed. We do not see how the
terrible resort of the black flag is to be avoided
with honor. There then will be few prisoners
to hang Almost any soldier would prefer To
die in hot blsod than be the subject Of such
heartless atrocities.
The United States Congress shows CLEAN
Of independence, which Lincoln graciously
humors They have passed an act prohibiting
the trial Of civilians by military tribunals, aIf
Lincoln has released large batch Of civilians
who were held for trial.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29
c. s. DEPOsITARY AGENCY, T. N
MARsHALL, Feb. Is, 1866.

NOTICE has been given by the Secretary
IN of the Treasury to holders and owners Of
Certificates Of Stock and Coupon Bonds, issued
under Act of August f9, 1861, due and redeem
able after the lst days of January and July,
1864, and first of January, 1865, 70 present the
same for payment to the Treasurer Of the Con-
federate States, one Of the Assistant Treasurers.
or Pay DepcsitaIy. No interest will be allow
ed thereon, after the LIST January, 1865
rhe Pay Depositaries in this Department
having funds for payment of said Bonds arc nj
Washington. Ark. Shreveport, La. Honston
Texas --Ia ..H -.r..A 1t
Z. w. GRAY,
No Saw Agent Tressy, I. N.
Washington telegraph., 1865-03-29

FEDERAL CoNFIscATIOR.-In "The Arkan-
sas Journal" paper published in Little Rock
by DENNY, we observe the property VI the fol
lowing gentlemen advertised rs hbelied for con
6scation; to.wit: William Fisher, b. i. Dan
10y. Robert w. Stephenson, Geo. A. Gallagher.
William X. Vaughn, William II. Gaines, James
B. Keats. Roberi G. Newton, Thos. w. New ton,
Charles Newton. Hannah johnson, 4. ii. En-
glisn, Thomas 9. Churchill, G.N. Peay, Albert
Pike, John j. Clendenin, A. II. Garland, JnO.
d. Adams. Nm. X. Miller. Geo. C. Watkins, A.
J. Ward, and Daniel r. Shall.