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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-05
Public Sentiment in South Carelina
Provisional Governor Perry. O.

FIO1c SentAment IN south Caroline.
provisional Governor Perry, of
South Carolina, made a speech re-
Gently, at Greenville, in which, after
giving circumstantial account of his
interviews with the President and
leading members of the Government
Mt Washington, he said:
|. elm conclusion, let me lsay to you,
fellow-citizens, that am'wen pleased
with all that I saw and heard ut wash
ington i'll. reference to the Southern
States. Let us now doour duty, take
the oath of allegiance, elect good and
wise men to the Convention, reform
our State Constitution, abolish slavery,
equalize the representation of the
State in the Senate, give the eleetions
of Governor and Presidential electors
to the people, and all will be we'll"
This was good advice;' he told his
hearers, also, that he had pledged
them to d all this, to the President.
II told him that the people Of South
Carolina accepted the terms of his
proclamation, &nd were disposed to
return to their allegiance to the Union.
That from having been the most re-
bellious State in the South, was salts
fed South Carolina would, henceforth,
be one of the most loyal of the South
ern States. That she would reform
her Constitution and abolish slavery,
give the election of Governor and Pre-
sidential electors to the people, and
eqnalize the representation of tho
State. I gave it as my opinion that
the. disunion feeling of the South had
originated in the parishes"
Upon this, morning journal says:
although no man has better op-
portunities than Governor Perry for
forming correct estimate of the state
of public sentiment in South Carolina,
these positive. statements must be
taken, we fear, with some grains of
allowance. That strong under-cur-
rent OF Union sentiment exists in that
State, we Do not doubt, but a eonver-
sion so radical as that indicated above
would be little short CT miraculous.
We dQ not see Why Mr.. Perry's
words should be doubted. He is not,
to judge from his first speech, kind
of man to set his face boldly against a
strong public sentiment; he is more
inclined to follow what he thinks the
current: But he speaks out squarely
now, after having travelled over the
State and taken pains to acquaint
himself with the public sentiment.
South Carolina, before the war, was
in the hands of q few wealthy families.
The people had bstthe slightest share
in the government Of the State.
Governor Perry tells the President
that he believes they will readily re-
form their institutions in such way
as to make them more democratic, and
take the political power from the few
and give it to the many. Is this inn
probdhle? Is it not highly probable
that if they understand the proposed
change they will almost unanimously
vote for it?-Ne,0 York EDsaing Post
The Gear agrees to complete. the
telegraph line to America to the bound
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We publishH, a few days ago, the
expressed hope and expectation of
President Magrath, of the South Ca
rolina Railroad, that the cars would
'be able to run through from Charles
ton to Columbia by the 1st proximo.
As an augury promising to sustain
this hope and conviction, we are
pleased to announce that the train
from below crossed the Congaree Ri
yer, at 20 minutes to S o'clock, on the
31se ultimo. This we learn by de-
spatch from Kingsville in the Charles
ton paper, of Saturday last, addressed
to the General Superintendent, Peake,
by Mr.. McKewn, one of the local su-
perintendents. The bridge, then, is
passable once more, and, with but
fifteen miles of track to repair, we may
reasonably calculate on the realization
OF President Magrath's expectation.
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experience of the world for,cennriea
past attest, he is inferior, that in
feriority vill be only the more readily
and quickly exhibited, by placing him
! fairly and solely !;on his own. re-
sources; in the competition with the
white man. Disabling statutes, by de-
fning his status, will really serve'to
prop him up, just as his well defined
position as slave served for his pro-
lection, and by Withdrawing him from
actual personal competition with
white labor, actually gave him an ad-
vantage over it. The white mechanic
did not enter into COMPETITION with
the negro, when his triumph would be
certainy, but with the wealthy capital
ist who owned negroes, where the
contest was too unequal 10 be main
tanned. Indeed, so undoubted is The
superiority of our race in every qyaity
necessary for civilized life, desp pite
the injury which our ideas and habits
OF industry have received by sotlong
communication with the black race,
that I feel the most perfect confidence
of our triumph in thestruggle, whether
merely moral or physical, whichseems
inevitable and thateupon anything
like equal terms of liberty to both
races, every attempt to advance the
negro to equality, antagonism, rivalry
and competition with our race, will
only the more surely and PROMPTLY
accelerate tis destruction. L speak
not of acts of violence; it seems in
evitable that occasional emesttes will
occur; and as in the past, so in the
future, they will commence on the
part of the negro; the blind effort of
m1sguided Ignorance to reverse the
decree of Providence by an exhibition
OF brute force. But do not speak of
this; 1 allude to the sure, steady. and
even more rapid strides of poverty,
disease and starvation, encountered IN
On unequal contest with race, supe-
rior in every mental and moral
quality. While, however, such mea-
sures of expediency, as are above sug-
gested, will be necessary in our pre-
sent legislation, it is all-important
that we should recognize their purely
temporary character. We are not to
put faith in them as calculated to es-
tablish q permanent system of labor.
It is indispensable, that while con
structing from tie debris of the shat
tered wreck, fral and uncertain raft,
for present use, we should provide O
more noble and stately ship for the
future; or, to drop all metaphor, it is
q matter of life and death, that we
should direct our energies to that
policy, which alone can now, restore
US to prosperity, the encouraging of
white immigration. Without it we
enter upon future more gloomy even
than the terrible present. With it,
we move with confidence to She at
tainment Of a prosperity, greater, in q
material point of view, than that for
merly enjoyed, and more stableabe-
cause more in accordance with The
humors of the age. OF this, of the
obstacles in the way of immigration,
of their removal, and of our duties in
respect thereto, I propose, should it
NEE. with your appreciation, to speak
in my next letter. . CAUCASIAN.
ELEcTIoN OF CArHo1Ic M. r. IN
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The Gear agrees to complete, the
telegraph line to America to the bound
ary Of his dominions. -
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Tuesday Morning '' isllsp. 5, s 1895.
We are pleased ta report that, AFTER
an amicaale confs between Gov.
Perry and the Genefsls. Meade and
Gilmore, all imped diiments to the pro-
per re-establishment of the civil au-
thority. within the State have been
withdrawn BY the military. Thecourts
of Justice and the magistracy will re-
sumo their functions, and the provost
courts will be limited in their jurisdic-
tion to those cases only in which the,
freed negroes shall be parties. But
we refer the reader to the proclama-
tion of his Excellency Gov. Perry.
It also pleases us to add that the negro
troops are d be withdrawn promptly
from the interior of the State, and to
be concentrated in garrisons along the
coast. This information will be CRATE
fully received by the whole body of
our people, to whom the presence of
these tfoops is constant occasion of
annoyance and offence. The neces-
sity for their removal, however, has
been made terribly apparent in the
shocking crimes which have been
lately committed, the full evidence of
which has been furnished by the Co.
vernon to the United States Generals,
who have pledged themselves to the
prompt examination and punishment
OF the criminals. Even apart from
the actual commission of crime, it is
enough to know that the whole expe-
riment in free negro labor has been
mischievoudy impaired, if not wholly
defeated, in all those regions where
the black troops made their appear
ance in propinquity with the laborers.
The effect was most pernicious every
where, changing the whole character
and conduct of the laborer, making
him neglectful, insubordinate and in
solent, and beguiling him off from the
plantations, to the ruin of the crop.
1t is also intimated to us that, in most
cases, it is to this source do the me-
groes owe the large numbers of fire
arms and the quantity of ammunition
' which they are known to possess in
many quarters. Certainly, the with
drawal of these troops will be, abso-
lutely essential to the good behavior
of the negro laborer, and by their
timely withdrawal we may escape
those horrors of bloodshedding and
other more fearful crimes, the enact
ing of which has already begun. We
are pleased to learn from his Excel
lency Gov. Perry, that his dispatches
from the President embody his hearty
appreciation Of all the steps that the
former has taken; that he encourages
his continued progress in the same
direction, and assures him against any
future interruption of, or interference
with, his authority ON any part.
-A-s-
We publish%, few days ago, the
expressed hope and expectation of
President Magrath, of the South Ca
rolina Railroad, that the cars would
'be able to run through from Charles
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POSTAGE SrAMPs.-Our citizens are: in
formed that they can be supplied with the
above article by applying at this Office.

formed that they can be supplied with the
above article by applying at this Office.
We are indebted to Major Meighan for.
copies Of late New York and Virginia papers.
-@~-
) Gov. PEHRY's 4 JlADouARTERs.-We are
gratificd to state that, after the 7th inst,
the headquarters ,af his ExceSency Gov.
Perry will be in C6lumbia-to which place
all communications for him must be ad-
dressed.
4 -~~~o~-~~%~~~o~~-
y It will be seen, by reference to Mr.. H. E.
Nichols advertisement, that he has removed
his INSURANCE. Office to a.more centrsl To-
cality-corncr of Assembly and Washington
streets. We would urge all who desire to
put themselves ON the safe sid6 of accidents,
to give him call.
STATE CoNvENr1oN.-The election, yester-
day, for members Of the State Convention,
passed off quietly, in this city, with the fol-
lowing result. The returns from the coun-
try boxes will be received to-day: .
Wade Hampton. .3o4 F>W. McHIaster.. .205
"A. r. Taylor 14l John Caldwell. .lSs
VIM. Wallace. 1873 J. P. Carroll. -. .I2l
J: G. Gibbes los W. F. DeSaussure 81
W. A. Harris. 80. 80
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E1En1oN OF A CArHo11c M. P. IN
ENeLAND.-OnIy one Catholic was re-
turned to the late Parliament by an
English constituency, and he repre-
sented not an open constituency, but
Che klke of Norfolk's borough of
Arundel. So positive has been this
exclusion that the advocates'of rep
resentation of minorities have given it
as an instance Of the grievances they
would remedy, ahd. have said, plausif-
bly, though inc9 ectly, that the Eng
ish Roman Catholics have not been
represented at all. 1t is satisfactory
to find that religious zeal does not in
all cases urge the British electors to
vote against a Papist!s The Bridge
north people, in returning Sir JOHN
Acton, have mot only shown them
selves superior to the prejudice that
has hitherto prevailed, but they have
placed in the House Of Commons an
accomplished man, and one of the
most thoughtful and judicious among
the members of his Church. Il
sfLondou Times.
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= To insure insertion, advertisers are rsy
questsd to hand in their notices before e
O'Clock p. M.
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DR.. VIM. P. Geiger was yesterday elected
Alderman for Ward No. 8. u
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instances OF TINS nature took tplare one of |
whrch must snface. A certain Yankee officer
happeSea Ses, 10 o. near thatlen old Acquaintance of
Point and Louisiana, VI 3es residing in Columbia
de went to see him aItsr the fire, and ascer.
tanned thSt his losses had been verv heavy
exceeding two hundred thousand dollars Thei
parties had not separated for an hour. when al
messenger came from the Yankee bringing al
box, which contained 800, 900 in Confederate|
notes This the Yankee begged his Southern
friend to aceept, as helping Ito make up hisl
losses The latter decliped the s6ft, not being
altogether satisfied in conscience that hs could
heal his own hurts of fortune BY the use oil
stoien money. In many eases, Confederate
money by the handful was bestowed by th.I
officers and soldiers upon parties from whom
they had roobed She last particles of cle&hing
ana even Gen. Sherman could give to PARTIES!
whom he knew, the flour and bacon which h.I
had stolen from thousands of starving widows
and orphans. So, he left with the people oa
Columbia q hundred old worthless rauskets for
their protection, while euptying their arssnnls
Epf choice collection of beautiful Enfield
rifles And SO the starving citizens of Celum.
/ bla owe to him few hundred starving cattle,
OF which ne had robbed the starving people Of
Beaufort. Barnwell, Orangeburg and Lexins,
ton-cattle left without food, and Tor which
food csuld not be found, and dying of exhaus-
! ton at the rate of fifteen to twenty head per
diem And what monstrous mockery Of
| benevolcnce IS the ostentatious. contribution
from navy and army, in Charleston, for the
relief of those people whom their armies have
&C, 50 wa ntonly and n,ethodically brought to ruin.
They rst out our throats, then send US an ad
hesive plaster. The cunning of this ostenta-
tous charity, in which they use stolen pro-
perty and money, is, L possible. to persuade the
world that the incendidrism which DESTROYS all
IN its path is sunpremeditatcd and purely acci.
dental. But to return.
! XVII
! In this connection and this section, in which
we need to devote SO much of our space to the
eroei ana brutal treatment of eur women, we
! think it proper to include G communication
from the venerable Dr. Sill, one Of the most
esteemed and well known citizens of Columbia.
1t IS from his own pen, and the facts occurred
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CAPTURE, SACK and DESTRUCTION
s& OF TIE
Oity OF Colsanab1a
OF THE
XVI.

ened hv anv lu6icrous aspects There, as it |
,'ss.s .errertd by the privacy of the apart
Tlea w, =, Int few eyes to witness, the robbers
Wsre NOR trtta:. more unscrupulous, less
ht'd;ul ot decency. reserve or humanity. The
pisi"! t. TIE bosom the head Of woman the
patient mother, the trembling daughter, was
the Ordinary introduction to the demands of
the robhcrs. Your gold. si.yer witch,
Jewels They gave 10 time, allowed no pause
or hesitation. !, was IN vain that the uoma n
offered her keys, esppocceded to open drawer, !
or wandrobc. or5aabinet, or trunk. It was
dashed to pieces by axe or gun butt. with the
cry, ''Ws haze shorter way than tha!' 1T
was in vain that she pleaded to spare her fur
nitore, and Sine would give up all lis contents.
she prayed to wretches utterly. heartless in
humanity. and hardened to every crime and
against every human feeling All the precious
things of a family, such the heart loves to
pore on In quiet hours when alone with me-
nory-the deal miniature, the photograph,
the portrait--thess were dashed to pieces,
crushed under foot. and the more the trembler
pleadedi for, the object so precious, the more
violent the rage which destroyed it. Nothing
was sacred in their eyes,, save the gold ard
silver which they bore away. Nor were these
acts those of common soldiers. Commissioned
officers, OF rank so high as that of 4 csoncl,
were frequently among the most active in spo-
hation, and oot always the most tender or
Cohsieefa aIc HI Ile manner ana. acGng or their
crimes. eApd with 6andish maligatty, refining
upon hate end malice, the pldHderers after
Cutting themselves wish spoil, would utter the
foulsst speeches in their ears, coupled with
oaths as condiment, dealing in what they as
sumed, besides 70 be bitter sarcasms upon their
cause and country.
."And what do you think of tn. Yankees
tno~a" was frequent questions DO you not
fear Us nowf" "What do you think of seees
'sion9" dc. &c. ave mean to wipe you outi
Wen burn the very stones of South Carolina !"
Even General Howard, who is said to have
been once rious person, is reported to have
made this reply 20 citizen who had expostu-
lated with him on the 1nonstrous crime of
what the couatry deserves. It is her fit punish.
ment: and.if this does not quiet rebellion, and
we have to Eaturn, We sill do this work tho.
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changed of the essential characteristics of
the race. IL
Almost universally, the women of Columbia h
behaved themselves nobly under the insults OF F
the ruffans They preserved that patient, /
calm demeanor, that SIMPLE, almost masculine, t
hrmness, which SO becomes humanity in the e
hour OF trial, when nothing can be opposed to 7
the tempest bat the virtue of inhexib1e en- 7
ducance. They rarely replied to these insults; I
but looking coldy in.o the faces of the assail-
ants, heard them in silence and with unblench-
Ing cheeks. When forced to answer, they did |
SO IN monpsvllables only, in brief, stern &
language, avewed their ontidence in the cause |
OF tnelr country, the principles and rights for
winch their brothers and sous fought, and their I
Ia'th IN the ultimate favor and protection of {
God oh- or two Of many Of these dialogues-tt
II they may be called such. where one of the /.
parties can urge his speech with all the
agencies OF power Tor its enforcement, and II
with all his instruments of terror in sight
! wse the other stands exposed to the worst
terrors which maddened passions insolent in
the consciousness of strength-may suffice as 1
"Well; what do you think of the Yankees
nowe"
do you expect favorable opinion?''
NO! d-n it, But you fear us and that's
Move Go net fear YOU"
"What! not vet"
Not yeti" Il
"But you shall fear u.s.
"Never!''
"W.1l make yea."
"lou may intliet we endure; but fear
pever !. Anything But that y
',"ell make you fear us!'' clapping q re-
volver TO the ladys head
Her eve never taltercd Her check never
changed its color. Her lips were firmly com
pressed. Her arms folded ON her bosdm The
eye OF She assassin glared iuto her own.s She
met the encounter without fisching and he
lowered the implement of murder, with an
oatn: "D-n ii! You have pluck enough for Il
whole reginent!'
The 9pluck'' of our women was espeeiallx q
subject of aeknow ledgment W ith these wretcRes.
Ihsy could admire quality with which. they
had not soul to snmna. k;za or .-e+b.. ~
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Tribuie Of Respect.

Alta mcctiugof III, Ladies' Soldiers Ala
Society OF Wheeling, held in their room
Friday, March 18th, lS65. the FfEsident
auugunesd tnalrsA oi1Miss LAURA F,
SrN-ENUA-. Treasurer. and upon motion
the leSs .. ing sresDiutiHas Were -aleptssisf
VIII ,s.S IA l:F ptaSet God I'd Hiss'
5,l.SWTisssA FTsviiGtnSe 10 teinoFc Irsm our
MIDST sitG orr mtcting Miss LAURA
: sksca sias ~, ssGSyrE r5sss :sH-SlESS1
SdINs saiEA 50 -+a'RF Neati7 Of our Adfaaff.
rr;.-d 0.'.',as HAS lost faithful off, :
O. snaasinssTw suse.l ,.psses aii al,d aati ye'
mcmMa JAs x9 Aas lHtihQa with its varied
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OiTIW ell WOrk..

They are built on solid iron bed plates Gym.
Il : feet fly wheel; SO inches boiler, double
AID % and Ia feet long. Five front CRATE baTs,
~ r,ney and breeching. Also all kinds OF Oil
TJoIs on hand Any size--ot engine required
mi de TO order by. application 70 On phillips
febl48 hin46C ,06H VIZ fhlli lt1t4t . . [
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THE people OF Chicago are having
sonntr~,lA, about the enrolment for he
drafts ~ tlc iovuth Ward out Of 1000
narnrs tic !ist, eight hundred and,
City seven arc toand to be improperly
eur6r'sd #ittonf taking, into account
those physically disqualified for service.
The Ceq9% Ateols, demands the re
r,o-aI of ihc Provost Marshal
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Ex-sonator WILKINSON, of Minnesota,
i expected to succeed commissioner Dale
in charge Of the 1n,tispI. -bureau.-Er-
change.
WUkI\>oN. like ANDY JOHNSON. is n
drlukau - tiis appointment TO any Office
under the government will be diScredit-
able to our Administration whose first
officer Is supposed to he man of temper
ntGsiAheil lis Iool3 - sisq1i
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P COR Levy 0verseers of Poor

n COUNTS or claims against Ohio, county
on account ofsupport of the poor for the year
cndinn on the first day of April. 1865, will pre-
sent them on THAT DAY properly authenti-
Gated and accompanied by the necessary vonch-
crs. for the purpose of being levied for by the
Board on that day. BY order.
marIs.d&wtd GEO W. SIGHTS, Clerk.
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MNEuY Il, OELANN an American citi-
zen of African descent" has been COM
missjgpq4 . Major iq, the Federal army y
We believe this is the first negro COM
missioncd, except rs Il surgeon. .v.FIse
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FRENCH
VIA NUFAGTUR e,

In every variety of color style and price, all 81
which we will make TO ordarin the latest stNle
and best manner
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ATrue Piebeian.

n
In ancient t.Yssss spp{at in SYhYsrt countries
there was a disfinctio in law between
tw. EsyI 4 fiSiynss called s'eaerns
and patricianS. In this nation, however
where all the citizens are equal III the
sight of the law, and no castles, classes or
divisions differing from each other in
ris"tgt3tIr1TeY9jSgSsf and ariyiligS5g sa4 T.
ianism iu its legal SENSE lss, NOVA
But Notwithstanding this, there is a
disNsSie OsSfsss1qq kterbng s9hsts
anObility recognized and treated WIN
difference and respect; whose title is
t ths x, y t0ug XII ut in 1obilitg ofsJul'
hones.y,sf tbagsht, and integrity OF life
"Worth makes the man, the want OF 1t
the fellow. ashwsreeoghizeheothe ar
istocracy or plebianism than that which "a
Is thus distinguished The manwhot tolls
for his daily bread and who lives honest
" and spberly IN the discharge of all the
duties he owesHto God and his fellow
man. is nobler far ihan he who, destitute
of moral Integrity, is the 'possessor of
milliongSftSB OF Yields ft ,otfie@'a Ppy-
or. The former is true nobleman, the
latter a salGconfesscd plebeian. ANDREW
Johnson rising by merit from poverty
and olacurity tothe second Office in tho
Gift Of the people is a nobleman; but AN
DREW JOHNSON aspiring to position he
is not qualified to FIJI, elected Vice Presi'
dent in'an hour of madness and fanati-
cisn. stammcring with drunken incohe-
renee throughsa silly inaugural address
and disgracin. our nation and our free
iusIi.utibrk II he eyes of ,all the world,
isap',Lio,. Of The basest kind. In that
srn-. .l,u, must his boast be interpreted
and understood In the aristocracy OF
wo,rh ANl 4 distinction recognized
here. ANprew JOHNSON is plebrlan
proved and -clI-cpnfessed
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