The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-05

AiaspEs.s:ntasion OF tAs South.
Under its editorial head the Wash
ington Union publishes the following
communication:
!. MEssRs EDITORS: It would be anus
ing, were not the subject too serious
for jest, to laugh at and disregard the
gross misrepresentation of the Wash
lngton Chronicle, and the occasional
correspondent of ne Philadelphia
Pres, daily reproduced prominently
in the former, whenever the South or
. Southerner, and particularly South
Carolina, or one of her citizens, is
alluded to.
The most recent instance of this
occurs in the Chronicle of the 2lst,
where an account is given by q cor
respondent of a Cincinnati paper, If
the strial Of a Miss Nealy, of Davie
County, North Carolina, at Salisbury,
for shooting a negro. It is headed
tiauntingiy, Important trial in South
Caroline" and in the text the chivalry
are, as usual in that amiable sheet.
sneered at by the use of this word,
which l imagine is always accompanied
by curl upwards of the editors nose,
who probably possesses none of the
quality he holds in such contempt.
"a few days ago, occasional, ven
tufed to designate Mrs. jeff. Davis. a
lady of ummpeached amiabiity and
accomplishment, as 50 Borgia''-a
polsoner! He also asserted that she
bore theo title Of Lady Davis in the
South. The first is mendacious-
second simply false. A gun-boat or
ram, built at Charleston, was named
the ..Lady Davis and that was Che
only Lady Davis" down South as a
title.
suppose, being O strebel" though
| have taken the oath prescribed to re-
invest me with my political and civil
rights, l may not be privileged to de-
fend anything South, even where
truth would rebuke error, but ven
ture to send you this modest protest
against spirit designed to widen the
chasm which separates the sections.
And, IN closing, let me say, that if the
Union is ever to be can Union" in
the only sensible sense of that term.
the present fashionable mode of mis-
representation and abuse by ribald
pens and bad hearts must be changed,
and "bye-gones be bye-genes. y
The temper discovered by these
modern State-savers is not inaptly IL
lustrated by the anecdote of the Dutch
man who whipped his son and sat him
Gown IN corner. The lad continued
to snub or whimper, not being able to
get over the grief of his castigation
soon enough to suit the impatient
father, wheR the latter sternly. said:
"Hans, wot you Nnking?" s'I'm
thinking nothing, daddy. CLANS,
you lie; you're thinking damn, and I'll
whip you again"
To my mind, this is tie animus of
most of the ultra papers, and the
proud distinction of leader in the ne
farious work I assign to your neigh
Dor, the Chronicle.
l hope I have betrayed no temp61
nor violated THE OATH.
FOREIGN CLEARANCE -Messrs. Will
lis & Chisolm will clear this day for
Liverpool the British barque Ex-
change, which vessel will have on
board cargo of 842 bales upland and
179 bales Sea Island cotton, valued at
about 5000, 900. These gentlemenhre
loading the British barque Irma, and
are daily expecting third, which will
be loaded without delay.
It is their intention to have a vessel
constantly on the berth for Liverpool,
so that shippers will meet with no
delay.
The Exchange is the first vessel that
cleared for European port since the
occupation of the city by the Union
troops. Charleston Courier.
1t is related of Simon Cameron that
in talking with Jefferson Davis about
secession, in 1860, he told Davis that
if the Southern States seeded, ruin
would follow them, slavery be abo-