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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

Is IT ALLOWABLE FOR EX-CONFED-
CRATES TO GAIN A LIvEL1HooD?-The
Springfield Massachusetts, Repu6li-
can. an able Republican paper, on
this subject, says:
Ii one OF this class is appointed to
any Office or allowed to be candidate
for any local position in the South,
there is a hue md cry raised about
putting rebels in power. The dissat-
isfied do not seem to recognize any
validity in the Executive amnesty and
pardon, OF at least fail to comprehend
that they involve full absolution. So
If man, formerly prominent as q
rebel, IS placed in any position by the
Southern people, it is quoted against
them as evidence of their persistence
IN rebellion. General Joe Johnston
was recently candidate for the pre-
sldency Of the Danvillc Railroad in
Virginia, and q majority of stockhold-
ers voted for him, but Governor Pier
pont got the impression in some way
tlNt his election would give offence at
Washington, and so intimatcd to the
stockholders, and the vote of the
State for its stock was then given to
Buford, the other candidate. Thus
electing him. Perhaps Buford is the
best man for tie position. ..but Gene
ral johnston IS one of the most e.ni
nent civil engineers in the country.
and the stockholders voted for him
because they thought he would pro
mote the interests of the company
Now, if General Johnston is. to be
allowed to live, and to support him
self, it Is impossible to give any good
reasons for excluding him from the
profession for which he is best fitted.
We neither get indemnity for the
past, ror security for the future, by
excluding such men from the business
pursuits for which they are qualified.
Indeed, the employment of those who
were lately rebel commanders. in
peaceful pursuits, thus giving them a
personal interest III the tranquility of
the country, will manifestly prove an
clement in our future security. Gene
raj Johnston has since been elected
President Of one of the railroads in
Alabama. and it is not trcasonablc to
hope that he will manage it we'll, and
make money for himself and the
company. ThcEc has been q great
deal of stupid rhetoric expended on
the fact that General Lee has been
made President OF Washington Col
lege IN Virginia, and the trustees
have been denounced.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

IMPORTANT CASE MILITARY YIELD
ING TO CIVIL LAVA correspondent
furnishes a report of the trial and
acquittal OF Is. r. Bingham, Benia-
min Chamberlain, Richard c.. Wrav.
+. IL. Wray and +. H. Bingham,
charged with murder in The County
of Hickman. These parties were ar
rested and brought here for trial by
the military authorities, but on appli-
cation to Gen. Thomas by the counsel
for the accused, (JudSe Joseph C.
Guild the parties were handed over
to the civil au4horitics of Hickman
County, to be tIied BY them. They
were charged with the mnrdcr Of
Caleb McGraw, in that County, in
1862, and the trial took place at
Shady Grove. on the 14th end 18th
of this month, and resulted, after .
patient investigation, in the aco,nttal
of the accused The trial elected
great interest in Hickman Comfy
and Il large number of the citizens
were present at the investigation.
NashriAe DiSpmch.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
sousi. Carolina Conference.

The South Carolina Conference
will convene in the city of Charlotte
on the LIST day of November. Bishop
Pierce will preside
Those who expect to &C accommodate
the members of Conference may
expect them to arrive in the city
from the 2Sth October until the 31st.
Candidates for the Ministry, and
Local Candidates for Orders. must
please inform me of their intention to
come, or homes will not be provided
for them. Those who come in private
conveyances will call at the Parson-
age and will there be assigned to their
homes. Those who come by the cars
will be met by one of the Committee
of Arrangements. It will be difficult
to secure homes for ministers fami-
lies They had better ascertain before
they come that accommodation can,
be had, as the pressure for accommo-
datlons Ill the city is new equal to
the provision. A hint to the wise is
sufficient. JAS. STACY.
CHARLOTTE, n, c., Oct. 9, 1865.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
Important Circular.
The following circular has been
issued from the Treasury Depart
ment:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

menI
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. Is, 1865.
The circular of the 1st inst, rela-
tive to the shipment of guns and am
munition into States heretofore de-
clared in insurrection, is hereby so
far modified that you will hereafter
grant permits, without any reference
to this department., for the shipment
OF sporting guns and ammunition
there IN any reasonable amount, and
also blasting powder for mining pur-
poses.
You will make weekly returns, ON
the last day Of each week, of the sew
eral applications granted by you,
showing the names and residences
OF consigners and consignees, the
amount and character of the powder.
shot and lead shipped, which must
be stated in pounds, and not kegs,
bags, or casks. 1t is designed that
these shipments shall in no case cx-
ceed what may, in your judgmcat,
be necessary to meet the ordinary
wants of the country All other ap-
phcatlons You will refuse
With great respect,
H. MCCULLOUGH,
Secretary Of Treasury.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
United States District Court.

Judge Underwood heard an argu-
nlent to-day from Francis l.. Smith,
upon application to be admitted to
the practice Of law in this court. An
Act Of Congress requires in such cases
an oath to bstaken that the applicant
''has not aided, &C., the enemies of
the United States.
Mr.. Smith, being unable to take
this OATH submitted the form of an
other, to the effect that he had not,
since his pardon, rendered such aid as
was specified, and that he would not
hereafter do so, and proceeded to
show and to argue as follows
lst. That he has full pardon from
the President for his past acts. That
the power of the President to grant
such pardon is unequivocal and an
limited, except in cases of impeach-
ment-that it ltoperates rs q restoration
to all rights of person and property
and that Congress could not override
1t or abrogate its privileges, it being
a pregogative of the President. con-
ferred by the Constitution, and inca
pable of other limitation. He quoted
from Bacon, Bishop, Hargravc. and
other authorities. showing that lit is
now settled that u pardon removes all
legal disabilities" and tbsolvcs from
ali, whether 'direct or collateral"
and that VIC cannot make a particular
exception OF this ''disability.' He
showed that men were restored by 4
pardon to righ:S as jurors. witnesses.
guardians, members OF Parliament.
sc.
~. NJ. Smith ;,rsned that the act
was unconstitutional, abeing &c post
.I!tcfo IN its n.turc. He quoted the
definition of penalty, ''thc suffering
imposed by law for an offence, " to
show that it was a penal statute. He
argued that test oaths were not con-
stltutlonal, and that the courts had Il
right 80 modify oaths and accommo-
date them to the Constitution and the
law, and quoted g case in 6 Mass, in
which it had been SO decided and
practiced.
He maintained that to deprive him
OF the power of practicilry his profess.
sion was not a legal or constitutional
act, and closed with compliment to
the urbanity of the Judge and district
attorney, and the President, whose
.conciliatory policy is fast restoring
the happiness and prosperity Of the
country.
Judge Underwood expressed Il viii
llngness to hear further argument,
which was not offered. He will pro-
badly give an opinion tomorrow.
The contiscation cases We're proceeded
with, and each case dismissed in turn.
some on the payment of costs, others
without any costs.
44lerlutLJiu Gusefst, 2GM.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
FREE LABOR IN KENTUcKY.-The

L NIL AAl5Dh In IAENICChE.-lO he
Louisville Jom7am says:
More than four months ago, we
earnestly advised the shareholders of
Kentucky to cut the gorCian' knot of
their difficulties, recognize the indis-
putable fact that slavery has ceased to
be what it once was, by an arrange
ment with the negroes which should
partake OF the nature and obligations
OF binding contract We thought
this would meet and overcome the
difficulties in regard to the labor
question in the only possible way open
for consummation so desirable. We
are exceedingly gratified to know,
from the evidence which is constantly
reaching us, that this suggestion has
been adopted in a Sreat number of
cases, and with most pleasing and
beneficial results to whites and blacks.
One planter in the Southern part of
the State, who was in Louisville the
other day, took home to his negroes
sixty dollars apiece us their share in
the crops made on this contract sys-
tenn. Another in like manner re-
turned Sl4O to each of his hands. In
both OF these eases, everything worked
smoothly, and no difficulty of Sc
rlous nature was encountered. These
gentlemen received greater profits
from their farming operations in this
way than they could have done by
attempting to hold on to the letter
and spirit of the old system, and with
far more satisfaction to them and
their laborcrs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
Local Ite~=

Local Ite@s
--~~~co~-~O~-oo
''Cotton Blanks" and permits -;nd;snor-
sable to all persons purchasing or shipping
cotton-can be obtained at this Office.
Messrs. G. N. Averill & Son. as will h.
seen by a notice in another column. have
resumed the receiving and forwarding bu-
siness in Charleston. This house is one of
the Oldest in the city.
:. f-~~~--o-o~oo~oo-
DEcLrNAT1oN.-Col. McMastcr returns
his thanks to tia friends who have so
kindly presented his namc to the voters OF
Richland as a candidate for scat in the
Legislature, and beys most respectfully to
decline the nomination, as paramount
duties of a private nature demand his un-
divided attention.
The CAPTuSE AND DESTRUCTION or THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA. s. C.-OriGinnHu Pxb-
ished- Ia Tie Co1unebia PhGuir-Reuiscd
nnd Corrected by the .inthor.-About the
middle of October, The above work will be
issued from the press of the Columbia
PhGnir--printcd with ncw type and on fine
paper Persons desiring copies arc &c
Iuestcd 70 give their names as carly as
possible. Single copies viii be furnished at
81. 1.-The trade supplied ct discount
NORTHERN NEwsPAPERs.-To such Of our
citizens as desire to take q Northern news
paper, We beg to say that there arc three
Journals of New York which may be cspc-
cialiy commcpdcd to the Southern public.
These are the Nc,rs, the World, and the
Day Bocl'. These are all favorable to us,
friendly in sympathy, and, in greater or
less degree. capable Of the argument in
our behalf, n most respects, But tho
-Ne'rS is especially to be Commended as
equally courageous and earnest in ON.
cause, thoroughly informed in our case
and condition, vigorous in thought ant;
bold of speech, and leaving no subject un-
t2ncicd, no argument Uiluttcred which is
essential to our intcrcs5 or nccdful to the
assertion OF our rights Il is equally our
poic% and duty 10 sustain The Nt,rs with
all th! patronage which We cau command.
Sec the advertisement of the Nasrs in oUr
columns.
NEW HTs.-Atten;ion is call
ed to the following advertisements, which
arc published for the first sine this morn
ing:
Richard Caldwcll-Gentecl Furniture.
C.:S. Jenkins Brandy, Wine, &c.
Speck x Pollock-Ncw Goods.
Mrs: G II. Cathcart-Rooms to Hcat
\. T. Philbps-Small Farm for Sale.
{. N Avcrll & Son-Com. Merchants.
y Iumbcr and Assembly sts.-To Rent.
T: 3. Crcws-Abbevillc Banner.
Elias Marks Estray Cow.
Benz. Wood-New York News
HeGHlar Communication Richland Lodge.
Apply at this Ofiice-Busgics, &c.
Hclly Sklprer-HOrSc-shOc &c
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

FATAL ACCIDEST.-On Wednesday
of last week, Mr.. B. +. Madden, a
worthy citizen of Pickens, was acci-
dcntally shot by gun in his own
bands. He survived but few hours
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

BISHOP EARLY. tie Episco-
pal Neiho'iist Of Thursday, we clip the
following:
Bishop Early has been On visit of
several days to our city, exchanging
greetings and saluta:ions with his MT:
merous friends. and preaching c:l last
Sabbath at Trinity Church, to a
highly delighted congregation. It is
a qualification to find him in the
enjoyment OF very robust health, and
fully prepared for the fall campaign
Conferences assigned to him in the
plan OF Episcopal visitation. We
can scarcely, however, suppress the
expression of little surprise that he
should have been assigned, by the
council of Bishops, to the Arkansas
and Wachita Conferences, living so
remote from the Virginia and other
Conferences over which he is expect
ed to preside, with so sh ort an interval
between the Conference sessions.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04
COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, Oct. 4, 1865.
Amnesty.

Ser1eS OF eXcepI1OnS, WHICH embraced
many thousands of the best and least
obnoxious, as of the most violent and
disloyal of the Southern people, ex-
cited in the minds of the entire South
the most painful and gloomy appre-
hensionf. Men cast about them, to
find on every hand their dearest
friends, their most trusted neighbors,
the best of their several communities
as men and citizens, formally exclud-
ed from the benefits of an official
tender Of clemency which was looked
forward to, in the hours of its first
announcement, as the harbinger of
the return of THAT era of good feel
ing which was to obliterate all traces
OF recent strife, and extend to all the
freedom and prosperity, as we'll as the
power and protection, which we be-
lieve to be the result of American
liberty.
Not the least unfortunate result Of
these exceptions was the tendency il
had to confirm the fear that the assas-
sination of Mr.. Lincoln was a direct
injury to the South; inasnuch as it
substituted less merciful and liberal
man and officer in his stead.
Fortunately for all parties, the pro
gress of events has contradicted and
corrected all these errors. The Pre-
sident hasGadhered rigidly to the re-
quirements of his proclamation,
whereby personal and special appli-
cation is demanded at the hands of
every individual in the excepted
classes. He has clioerfnlly accepted
the immense labor which the consi
deration of this great mass Of appli
cations involves, and he has Judged
them with 4 patient care and a patri
otic fidelity that do him infinite credit.
Nor has he been wanting in that
large, comprehensive and catholic
spirit, whiccl.l can turn TO the best ac-
count, for his country and ours, the
discharge Of a duty apparently cf so
purely personal a nature.
The President has, during the last
five months, held official or personal
communication with ten thousand of
the representative men of the South
of all shades Of opinion, Of all
varieties of position, OF all characters
and callings. He has learned the
South from her own people. He has
acquainted himself with her losses,
her feelings, her interests and her
resolutions. He has fortified himself
with facts which have enabled him to
rate at their true value the falsehoods
and fallacies Of the correspondents
and editors, who have so persistently
maigned us, and he is probably to-
day the best informed man in the
Union of the actual situation of af-
falrs IN the country at large.
All this is" the direct result of a
feature in his proclamation which
filed the entire South at first with
alarm. At the same time, all now
see that this wide margin Of exception
was not designed, and is not availcd
of by the President to oppress OF per-
secnte the Southern people.
So far, the President has refused a
pardon to no man, not under charges.
who has make even a respectable
show Of claim to the intcrpositiqp of
his clcmency, while he has again and
again granted the favor to men who
were thought to have forfeited ali
right to the indulgence by virtue of
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

BUYING NEGROES. s.-A highly spccu-
lative Individual, in Petersburg, is.
buying negroes upon the chance that
the United States Government will
hereafter pay for all the slaves eman-
cipated by the result of the late war.
He offers $40 in gold for the right of
property in each negro, and the Pc
tersburg hder learns that in some
cases where he had effected purchases
he had actually paid the money.
The Richmond Times hopes the gen
tleman has q large amount of gold,
and that he will not confine his ope-
rations to Petersburg.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

A NATION OF SMALL FARMERS. An
Intelligent American agriculturist
writes from abroad concerning the
small farms of Saxony:
Agriculture is better developed
more science applied and better re-
suits are obtained in Saxony than
anywhere I have yet visited. In
Prussia-that is, in Mecklenburg,
Mark rk-Branden>urg, Pomerania, Po-
sen and the province Of Prussia-the
land is owned in large bodies, the
estates averaging 1000 morgens, or
about l, 400 aces; but in Saxony, the
s'tiller of the soil'' is the owner of the
land; hence the farms or tracts are
small, for the population is very
dense; in fact Prof DR.. ReuinG, the
Minister of Agriculture for SaXony,
told me that, exclusive of forest, there
was just one acre of land for every
individual of the population. This
one acre, then, must produce the food
and clothing for the individual, be-
sldes producing plants foI commercial
purposes. If the land was farmed as
it is il the United States, the Saxon
must starve; but, fortunately for him,
he believed 5hat science could assist
him i'll his agricultural O., erations,
and he willingly accepted the counsels
of science and put them into practice.
There is an agricultural academy at
Tharand, another at Chemmitz, an
experimental farm ut Pommritz. an
other at Salzmunde, etc. Il esc
schools have accomplished a vast
amount Of good; have made the
farmers intelligent, and have made
agricultural operations as systematic
and intelligent as photography.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

USEFUL DISCOVERIES. Two French
discoveries of merit have been record
ed lately. One which is authentic,
enables copper smeltcrs to utilize
their pestiferous smoke so perfectly
that Mr.. Vivian, head of the greatest
firm in Swansea, says he shall be able
to turn out 1000 tons Of sulphuric
acid per week, restoring incidentally
many thousand acres Of land to cult
vation. The other, which is less
authentic, is a new mode of tanning
IN turpentinc-said to be SO rapid
that twelve hours will tan q skin,
at half the former cost That is good
news for shoe-wearers and bad news
for the Scotch proprietors, who have
for years been covering their uncul-
turable hills with young oaks, the
bark OF which they sell to the tanners
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

''Cotton Blanks" and observation-disclosures
sable to all persons purchasing or shipping
cotton-can be obtained at this Office.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

A letter passed through the New
York Post Office last week, from San
Francisco for Dresden, Prussia. the
postage 2lpon which was 81, 72O. 40.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

The FENANs, &c.-The New York
correspondent Of Philadelphia paper
gives what he processes to be reliable
evidences of the reality of the Fenian
movement:
Fact 1st. That negotiations are
pending for the purchase of eight
ocean steamers, each warranted to
carry 1000 men, with the certainty
almost that the purchase will be made
before the lst of October.
Fact Cd. That there have been i'm
mense purchases OF arms from the
Government by parties who are sup
posed to be identified with the
Fenians, within the past fortnight,
and that propositions for further pur-
chases are now under consideration.
Fact Sd. That one of the bank note
companies of this city are now en-
gagged in engraving bonds for the new
Irish Rep.lbhc. 1t matters not who
are their employers, but l have no
doubt the British consul and his at
taches know al about it.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

1t is s4ated that the Fenian organi-
zation in the Northern States num-
bers 221, ,00Q
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

The ..Fcnian Sisterhood" of Spring
field, Mass, have been having bali.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

Messrs. G. N. Averill & Son, as will be
seen by a notice in another column. have
resumed the receiving and forwarding bu-
siness in Charleston. This house is one of
the Oldest in the city
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-04

While General Grant was returning
fKom indianapolis, at an early hour
Saturday morning, the switch at the
end of the curve at Guilford had been
turned Intentionally, and the car in
which the General was seated was
thrown from the track and dragged
some distance, but no one was injured.
About the same time the train on the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, carry
ing General Sherman, was also thrown
from the track, this side of Laurence
burg, but no person was injured.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-07-05

What Masonry Is.

At the present time as in every other
age, over which it hadspread its principles
Masonry constitutes the affectionate and in
dessoluble alliance which unites man in
warm cordiality with man. 1t forms the
most liberal and extensive connections. No
private prepossessions nor national predilec-
ton, nor civil policy, nor ecclesiastical ty-
ranny, no party spirit nor dissoclal passion Is
suffered to prevent the engagement, nor in
terfere with the free exercise of that broth
erly love, relief and fidelity it fails not to
produce. 1t has for ages been la
mented that petty distinctions and
partial considerations, irrational prejudices
and contracted sentiments, should so much
obstruct the friendly intercourse of man
kind. Masonry breaks down these formi-
dable barriers. In Its solemn assembly a
round its social altar, meet the inhabitants
of different countries. with benignant looks
of esteem, and sentiments of unfeigned
friendship. Around distant lands it casts
philanthropy 5 connecting zone, and binds
together in the same sympathies the whole
family on earth
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-07-05
Bennet's Opinion of Ben. Wood.

If copperhead like Ben Wood is to es-
cape unwhipt of justice we might as well
strike all laws from the statute book and o.
pen all the jails. His offense is rank. 1t
has long tested the patience of the people
The blood of'countless numbers of our brave
soldiers is red upon his hands He stands
detested by the North, which he has be-
tFayed, aud by the South, which he mas aid
ed to seduce into a continuance Of the war.
place of traitors To it John Michel ran
when Richmond fell, as the serpent sinks
from one hole to another He Is a Benedict
Arnold without his bravery, and Judas Is
CARROT who has not the grace TO haug him
self He and JEFF Davis should be execut-
ed side by side-the one as the representa-
tive Of the copperheads of the North, and
the other as the representative of the trai-
tors of the South. Korh; Herald
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-07-05

A PARTICULAR IRTsHMAN-One of the
city colporteurs of Cincinnati some time a
go, when engaged in distributing tracts a.
mong the poor heGighted ones about the
town, met with an amusing incident. Com
ing TO an isolated building of humble pre-
tensions, he opened the door without the
ceremony of knocking, saying:
viii you accept tract of the Holy
Land?' meaning the four pages of the let
ter-press he had in his hand. The man of
the house instantly replied
Yes, be jabers; whole section, if you
give good title; but I'd ike to know if
there be much fever'n ague there to bother
a poor divil?" The colporteur retreated