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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-19

WHAT TROUBLES THE South. The
Lynchburg Republican contains the
following remarks on the questions
which are troubling the South most
at the present, in contrast with those
that agitate the North:
1t IS rather Il good sign that the
public mind in the South has ceased
to be strained and trouble about po-
litlcal questions, and has turned its
attention to more practical and pro-
titable subjects. While the Yankee
people are wagipg their political
campaigns, and conducting their
elections with u fury which would
seem to indicate that the very devil
was unclaimed among them, our
people, utterly oblivous of old Thad.
Stevens, confscation, copperheads,
and conventions, are discussing the
topics of consolidation, the raging
canal, or some other pacific and
merely industrial movement. We
repeat, that the sign is good one. If
the men Of the South had always
been concerned about such matters,
and had put into practical effect the
results of their study and expert
ments, the wealth would have been
accumulated from our fruitful fields,
and with it the swarming population,
which would have made us able to
exercise onr right of peaceably with
drawing from the old Federal com
pact, and establishing ourselves as
q sererate nation. Up in the North
just now, while our prominent citi-
zens are excited only over projected
changes and proposals with reference
to the development of our natural
advantages, scramble for Office as
fierce as the fights of savage ami
mails is raging. The vocabulary of
abuse and elimination is exhausted
by either party. In many quarters,
open violence and destruction have
characterized the contest. Every
where there are indications that the
war of words may eliminate in a war
of pitiless slaughter and confiagra-
tlon. All we have got to do, if mat
ters come to this pass, is quietly to
main tain onr neutrality, and wait till
they fight it out.
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The young King of Bavaria is
'brick. He is "fast," and cares
more for clandestine meetings than
he does about kingcraft or great his
torical events.
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designation is virtue that is often
made a necessity of i'll the political
world.
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WHAT WILL Nor FASHION Do?-
The demands of fashion are .inexor-
able, and the followers Of the tickle
queen obey her behests with the
utmost adjectness, no matter how
ridiculous they may be. A Saratoga
letter says:
The fashionable walk for Young
ladies this season is the most comical
thing imaginable. It is sort of
hobble, as if they had very sore toe
on each foot. At first T thought the
ladies were slightly lame, and ex-
pressed my regret that such elegant
ladies should be so unfortunately
afflicted, but it became soon apparent
that 1t was only fashionable lame
ness, for every lady who affected any
style was afflicted with it severely.
few years ago it was the Jenny
Aind hop, that all the yonng and
wonld-be young ladies were seized
with. and sprightliness was consider
Ell elegant; but now, just the other
extreme is the ton.
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Cement and Plaster.

it U.e Sign Of Tie Golden Pad- Lock.
A FRESH SUPPLY of ROSENDALE
~ CEMENT and CALCINED PLASTER.
Just received and for sale by
Sept JOHN G. DItJ
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COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.

This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such
choicest materials, is mild and enlol-
lient in its nature, rragrnntly scented,
and extremely beneficial in it's action
upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists
and Fancy Goods Dealers. March 2S 1y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-19

ARTIFICIAL EYES.-ARTIFICIAL
HUMAN EYES made to order and inserted
by Drs. +. BAUCH and p. GOUGELMANN.
formerly employed by Roissopneau, of
Paris.) No. 500 Broadway, New York.
Oct II 1v
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-19
MARRIAGE AND CEL1BACY-An

Essay of Warming and Instruction for
Young Men. Also, Diseases and Abuses
which PROSTATE the vital powers: with sure
means Of relief. Sent free of charge in
sealed letter envelopes. Address DR.. J.
SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Associa-
ton. Philadelphia, Pa Aug Is 3mo
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Interesting Statistics OF the United
states.

Ihe following interesting statistics
were prepared i'll the United States
Census Bureau, Department of the
Interior. and taken from IL seport in
reference to the area, population and
density OF population of the United
States:
The land and water surface of the
United states are equal to 3.24O, 900
square miles-land 3.01O, $40. water
about 24O, 200 square miles. The
States embrace 1904, 351 square
miles of landed surface and the Ter
ritories 1,206, O19 miles, as exhibited
by the eighth census of 1860. The
number Of Inhabitants Of the United
States returned in 1860 was 81, 443,- :
32l--in the States 81, 14S, ,O46, and
295, ,275 in the Territories-thus
showing an average of seventeen
inhabitants to each square mile in
the States, while iii the Territories
there are four square miles to each
inhabitants, and exclusive of the Dis
trict of Columbia the territorial area
would represent five and one-ffth
square miles to each iuhabitant. In
1860, Massachusetts had 157, Rhode
Island 133, New York 80, and Penn
sylvania 81 inhabitants to the square
mile, which rate applied to the United
States would give 472, 600, 600 in Mas
sachusetts, 400, ZOO, 600 in Rhode
Island, 246, 900, 900 in New York, and
100, 200, 900 i'll Pennsylvania. Bel
glam, England and Wales and France
in 1855 had 397, ,307, and 176 inhabi-
tants to the square mile respectively
II the United States was as densely
populated as France, our population
would number 52S, 900, 900; or if
populated as densely as England and
Wales, 924, 900, 600; and if according
to Belgium's density of population,
1897 to the square mile, the United
States would contain 1,195, 900, 900.
which is 1lo,0S6,000 more than the
entire population of the world in
1866
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-19

~ OSHEN BUTTER
w and
Double Cooled Extra FAMILY FLOUR
Sept lG JOHN G. SEEGERS & co
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Oct19 +6
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A Wonderful Dream md IA Narrow
Escape from Destruction.

Mr.. Robertson, Mail Agent on the
A. and q. w. Road, between this city
and Cleveland, related to us, yester-
day, the strange item about farmer
who prevented IL terrible disaster on
the road, near Mansfield, Ohio at
the time of the recent great freshet
We had before seen paragraph re-
latlng to the singular affair Mr.. r.
conversed with the farmer, and here
IS the story, III short:
The farmer Ia Pennsyvanian) went
to bed during the heavy and pro-
tracted storm. Monday night, and,
dreaming that the fill across chasm,
some hundred feet deep. had given
way under q passenger train, and let
1t down into the abyss, he sprang to
render assistance to the passengers.
ran to the door, and was fastening
from the house, when his wife
awakened him. He related his dream.
and went to bed again, but slept little
more during the night. The dream
made such a deep impression on his
mind that he fastened to the chasm,
the next morning early, to see what
condition it was in; but the road was
apparently all right, although the
water was pouring and surging
through the large culvert beneath as
though it would wash the earth away.
Tuesday night, the farmer could
not rest for thinking about his dream
OF the preceding night, and getting
up, he procured his lantern and hur-
ried off to the chasm. When he ar
rived there, he found, to his terror,
that the huge fill had been washed
out, leaving nothing but the unsup-
ported ties and track over the chasm.
Hearing the train laundering toward
destruction, the farmer clambered
across the dreadful break, and run
ming down the road some distance,
he signaled the approaching train to
stop. And SO short was the time,
that, by the time the engineer was
able to hold up, the engine was but
few feet off from the chasm.
The train was large, and filled with
persons who had been to the great
Union meeting at Mansfield. What
q narrow escape they all made from q
horrible death! For the train would
have plunged down the frightful pre-
ciplce, car upon car, crushing all to
death in the ruins. The passengers
at once evinced their gratitude to
their preserver, the Pennsylvania,
by making him up a handsome sum
OF money.-Dayton (Ohio) JomnM
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SWEET OPoPoSAx! Ladies, in their morn
ing calls, carry joy and gladness, when
perfumed with Sweet Opoponax.
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The undersigned is also General Agent
for INGERSOIL'SH HAND COTTON PRESS,
HOWE'S COTTON PICKERS and Dryden Il
Robinsons STANDARD COTTON SCALES
Sept 2l lmn n. R. tOLTON.
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SWEET OPoPoNAX! Is the sweetest Ex-
tract ever made. Supersedes all others.
Try it once; will use no other.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-19

SWEET OPoPoNAx! New Perfume from
Mexico: The only fashionable Perfume
and ladies' delight
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-22

his execution will follow, will depend
upon the degree OF rage and power,thep
characterising tie revolutionary party in
power now. Vys E@y s
There is no doubt many candid mind
that a strong and solid argument will be
drawn from the Constitution Itself as an
otiset'to the above defence. And such
argument as will be drawn will suffice
to decide the Jurors in the case. And
the argument will indeed be so forcible,.
that.wmle even friend of Mr.. Davis
must pausefat its bearing he could not
give 1t his sanction because, from the
elementary opinions which entered into
the formation Of The Constitution, and
from the irregular constructive admins.
traton of the powers granted in that in.
strnment, he could not condemn a man
for treason when he might be doing a
thing to condemn himself aoBr
This, we believe, will be. the fruit of
Mr.. DAvis's trial. 1t being The first
trial of the kind, and the conviction be.
ing basednpon a doubtful ground, Mr..
DAVIS will be banished or pardoned,
and then will be grated on the Cons,i
tuition an amendment precisely deGn-
ing treason.
AS for treason itself, there can be no
doubt now of tho definition of it con
tanned III the Constitution, but it is the
loose practice of constituting the Con.
stltution in the past that would induce
Just Juror 10 give the benefit of that
laxlty to the arraigned.
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TEL EG II A HI PIC.
Confirmation Of Tho Massacre.

San Francisco, May lG.--A letter
from Charles Hamilton, dated Williams.
Fork, Arizona, April 30th, seems to.
confirm the massacre Mt Fort Goodwin.
He states that the massacre occurred TEN
days previous, and that OF tile two com.
panies of regulars, the third battalion Of
the fourteenth regular regiment, con-,
siating fore hundred men, only seven,
escaped. The remainder were murder.
ed and scalped. The Apaches reape'l a.
rcl harvest, carrying of arms aud am.
mnntion, commissary stores, &c. A
number of supposed friendly Indians
were admitted into the fort and surprised
the garrison.
The tribe of Indians called Huolapes
had murdered ono man and committed
other outrages in the vicinity of vii.
liam's Fork.
lieutenant Cervantes, of company A,
with twenty.six men, attacked the A pa.
ches forty miles east of Camp Lincoln
about March oath, killing twenty two
and wonhdlng five and capturing two.
The same day II party was planning
another attack
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Fhc Crescent Monthly.

The May number of this periodical
we have seen. There Isl story-nov.
ele'te--from the pen OF Miss CLARA V
d undoubtedly the best she has
ever published. The plot opens. pr,
crosses and closes with the most natural
ease. Inoeed two words will describe
the story very comprehensively, it is
natural and complete.
The Crescent is pubhshed in New
Orleans by Mr.. w. EVELYN, at $500
per annum in advance. We are re.
qnested to open a subscription list
which may be found on our table where
we will receive tho names of those who
desire to aid in establishing and clcvat.
ing Southern Literature.
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From Washington.

WAsHlNGToN, May lS.-In the.
Senate, today, Mr.. Sumner presented
the petition of sundry colored citizens,
asking that the second clause of the
pending constitutional amendment be.
stricken out and one substituted for it,
declaring that no Congressman from the.
South be allowed to sit in the House Of
Representatives who is not chosen bv It.
least half the loyal men, without regard
to color. He also presented petition,
for the trial Of Jefferson Davis bv n.
court.marial. In connection with this.
he said that the trial of Davis Mt Rich.
mona, at the present time, would be one
ofthosc great comedies which would
hereafter cxci'e the derision of tho
world. The petition, was referrc,! 10,
the Committee on Military Affairs.
The business Of the House, to-day.
was mainly confined to the consideration
of the tax bill.
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"'r0 the ladies'"

At recent dress ball, given by the ultra
fashionable Of Paris. Asia was represented
ny Russian lady, whose hair, arms, and
dress blazed with the light of dnm onds..
Her entire outfit cost $500, 900.
AT a ball, at the Duchess Of Boiano's. in.
Paris, recently, her sister, the Princess Of
st Elia,,appcarcd as the press, in robe
covered with the pages and titles of several
journals, printed on satin.
-, STUDY OF BoNNErs. rs.--The Paris cor
respondent of the London Ieiegtatl. writes:
''The one great object of my admiration in
Paris is the bonnet-its ever changing
shape, its splendor. its disappearance and
its dark days of nothingness.' What do
you think bonnets wero yesterday? Not
Grape, nor tule, nor silk. nor satin, nor
velvet, nor straw No, nothing but flowers,
saw one lady with u bonnet of dazics, and
another who Ind on her head a handful of
lilies of the valley, festooned with green
ribbon. IL it really is anything, bonnet
can scarcely be less than few lilies of tho
valley, which at Florence would cost half a.
Paul. Another lady had q wreath of wall
flowers"
The Princess Bimski Korsakoff has made
sensation! Many people never heard Of
her before; but she is, nevertheless, the
wife OF Prince Korsakoff, who is, probably,
of Russian nffinities. He is certainly very
fond of having his wife make gorgeous
display, aud, therefore, sent her dress
costing Two million francs--equal to about
S4OO.O 900 in gold !---in which she appeared
at tho grand fancy ball, recently given by
Napoleon minister of state. NJ. Drouyn do
Lhuys. This fabulous dress enabled her to
personaie Catherine the Great Empress Of
Russia, 1t having been carefully elaborated
after Q potrait of the empress now preserv-
ed al the winter palace. The skirt was of
blue velvet, embroidered with silver and
trimmed with the fur OF the Siberian mar
tens. The train was only three yards in
iength--rather. short for such an enormous
outlay. And this glorious robing was en-.
veloped In veil of old Venetian lace, which
descended from tho cap.
General Prim has been sentenced TO bo
shot ny the Spanish auihcriies; hui con.
sidering that lie is in London, he will pro-
badly not feel bad about ii.
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Our Early Political History.

II should not surprise any reasonable
man that the South and North differed
widely IN their respective constructions
OF the Constitutions, and that snch di.
versty OF opinion should gradually
widen the breach between them that
could only be closed up with blood.
Governor RANDolPB Of Virginia, who
was one OF the members Of the Conven-
ton which framed the Constitution, de
clincd to PIT his name to that instru.
mcnt. Among the reasons given fr
his c"urs" as aag public representative,
contained in q letter from him to the
lionse of Delegates of Virginia, written
in Richmond and dated October 10Th,
1887, are the following
He wanted Virginia to take the mi.
tia'ive, and hoped she would be second
ed by u majority of all the States, ~
|. "Ia causing all antiquities of ex
"pression to be precisely explained"
:. "ln drawing a line between The
''powers of Congress and individaal
States and in defining the former. so
"aS to leave no clashing of jurisdictions
nor dangerous disputes; and to pre-.
went the one from being swallowed up
"by the other, under cover of general
words, and implication
Now it is fact that some OF the
abest men in the Convention feared
that State governments would swallow
np the general government. In the
course OF debate on the question
whether the national legislature should
consist of two branches or OF ono, Mr..
MADISON who took the first, said in the
course Of his remarks,
Il apprehend the greatest danger is
"irom the encroachmcnt of the States on
"the national government"
And when Mr.. WILSON, of Pennsyl.
vania, said t"let us. try to designate the
powers OF each" that is Of States and
ofgcneral government, Mr.. MADISON in
lis reply stated that
ITO draw tho line between tho two,
sis difficult task, I believe 1t cannot
"bs done, and therefore I am for.a gen.
"eral government, land by general
government Mr. MADISON meant a
strong federal government, as he else.
where expresses it. s ,1
On the question as to whether or not
each State should have an equal vote n
the Senate, as they had done IN the old
Congress, Mr.. MADISON who took tho
negative said,
THE great danger to our general
government as the great Soutltv,, and
"Nortbern Interests of The Continent $ be-
ing opposed to eech other. Look To the
votes in Congress- and most of them
s3atand divided by the geography Of the
country, not according to the size off
P'.he States 80
hepoltical history Of the United
States 1is one continued fulfillment of
Mr.. MApIsoS's apprehension And
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DCfet t of the Liberals,

SAN Francisco, May lO.-The In.
perial Consul has received official dps.,
patches, v'a Acapulco, announcing that.
the Liberals, after their defeat at
Michoacan. endeavored to rally, but
were suppressed and completely routed.
The occupation Of Tarristora by the I'M.
pcrials is officially reported.
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Sherman denies having burned Columbia
Hampton proves conclusively that ho did
But Hampton happens to ho Southern
man. Here is evidence from the other side:
IRoNToS, ONO, May 0. 1866
Editors Commercial: On reading your ar.
ticle in the Commercial, of tho 9th, rs to
whether Sherman or Hampton burned CO.
lumhia, s. G brings TO mind an incident
that occurred here at the time Sherman was
resting his grand army at Savannah. TWAS
undersoo ood that he was to march through
South Carolina. A petition was drawn up,
addressed TO him, land il was signed by
nearly all who saw it,) requesting him, in
case he marched through South Carolina, 10
dcsclate tho Whole State by fire and sword
as far ns the rules of war would allow him
know not whether the petition ever reach
cd the gallant soldier or not, bu, il si,ow
that lie need shrink from nothing he did on
the march. heard The opinion expressed
n hundred times Mt that time. that every.
thing in South Carolina should be reduced
to ashes, and her chivalry compelled TO
wander, beggnrs. over The face of the earth
Yours, &C.,
Sherman ''nced shrink from nothing he
did on the march," What confcssion!
Rock SALT.--On Petite Anse Island
in the Southern part of Louisiana. there
is bed of rock salt covering one hun.
dred acres, which. during the late wal,
supplied nearly the whole of the trans.
Mississippi district. Twenty one millions
pounds were taken from it i'll three
months, yet it is reported that bnt a
very small portion Of the deposit has
been cut away. Immediate steps are
now taking to develop the mine.
Solid MATTER.-The Commercial
Bulletin, nreply to correspondent of.
fering to send something to GIL up
with" says: 81
That's just what we want Snp.
pose you commence now with good
roasting piece Of beef and barrel Of
-four"
The Balettn lilfersfrom most printers
in thus prefeIring "solid matter, but
perhaps IL desires that the beef shall
be a 'fat take
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PhrenOlOsy;
The best System of Mental Philosophy.

Under this caption will be presented sub
jects relating to phrenology The assent
of many of our readers to the facts or
at least to some Of the facts, and their
known interest in the science of phrenolo-
gy, induces the introduction Of this depart
ment in these columns