The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-13
A correspondent of the New York
Herald writes from Columbia as follows.

| HPeCuidtoIs III cotCon nave cOmmence ed
| to arrive, and are going about the e country
buying wherever they can to advantare.
Three Western men arrived here vester
day, via Charleston. They have succeeded
in buying several hundred bales in small
tots, at from ten 10 fourteen cents in gold.
!here appears to- be general feeling of
distruse IN South Carolina Of paper money.
They were so severely bitten by the rebel
.oVernfrent that 1T has shaken their con.
hdence IN all paper currency.
There is one subject upon which it is
impossible to talk with Southern people
",thout at once rn!sng breeze, and upon
which 1t Is impossible to reason with them:
aud that is the policy Of granting negroes
'''e r'Snt OF suffrage On this point they
are united. No amount Of reasoning can
convince them of the right or justice of
the plan, and nothing but the force of
arms VIII ever induce them to submit to
II. They say that they give up their
slaves Willingly; but when you come to
put h'm upon social orpoliticai equality
with Us. 1t is mere than we can stuna. In
time they i,nay be Induced to grant t!.c
privilege upon certain conditions: such as
tor instance, beng able to real and writ,
and the owner of u Thousand dollars in
Government securities | doubt the f.a.
slbiIity OF church membership quaiifica.
tons, as n;ne,tcuths of them are members
or the church.
AS far rs South Carolina is concerned I
think it would be perfectly safe to place
1t upon the ground of being, able TO read
ana write, al the same time restricting tn.
whites to tke same tcs:; for in the first
Year there "'!.i be more negroes who pos
'eSs ''''' ''cco'hp.iS''i'ch' IA the State tnan
""'.e 'sop'e' A"e heroes ccr'a'Aiy are
N"rs '1es'roas o! eni'Ea' eh'hent, and the
'rS' use o' t"r.r ifee""i''' "s lar IS my
!'e',e'ce goes IS 10 learn TO rcad. Their
uPPo!cu"'''e' as YET are vc:J' limited, rs
.a"e c!e.-:ns uo an III '"eif power to d's-
eo"'"Se ~ out IL is frequently the case
that l see negroes, WHO 10y some means
"'S>c 'e',!e" I" read seated ny the road
a'''c 'e,c'.''S "lelt 'e$s ehiish'ened hreth.
'V'' ''i,' s'S,e'S '"e lpHaoe,. schools VII!
"''',''' ''1''N oe fs'&"!S"eu rs soon as tue
~""ts VI '"'S class are h-own at The
NI't"'
vas 200" He2! amused at 1he con
Ne's"''oh OF al l"teiii-ent co!or2d driver,
WAC was pointing out 'h'' Places OF inte-
rest 20 Us ;'S nc Grove Us about tho o:tv:
oPo. passing 'he Insane AS .unl. We as!io'i
. ,'.'i =. '"eTT re were ''t'T confined ihe:e ..
l;'sc.'.' iie sa'H' 80; ,herr are not
,n""y now ou'' says Gr' ',i-,r': Dress y"u.
,'''+ss" M'- "a ''S''" TO nave seen h"W tasa
Wv ."vS .u.Aeu cry a,''' '''n r"aS1l i''n
,.aa n.I' w '.s i','lS.''' ~ $40 h': 'ey
t';,' '''''' !" ~ '''t 'oi' .r"H' :"
or,,,S. ] ,n" ,'' ''''s eou',, '"' go ''.'" '"e
,h"v baG ;'s, 90 >'ea ': as ,He war "TS '"|:;
,i '''' ''N' IS 'iiIth Sehse - have
ns ~ o,r nr;.|,-" ',p''o ''m. ne WAY NAtn some
,aere ona t,'S "' .i,, '.'.,"@ '"1'"Sn
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ha ,,.nara5 '',s'. . ~ o.e"u' "'lIeA
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saw him nu.1 ~, ~ ',"','a '''
wa nv. .l,,,+ cG So - NC '''eS
nv, "' IVY l'1S!!cS.