The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10

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| Mortgages and Conveyauces OF Real F..
| tate for sale at this Office.
PkovoSr Court. Several important Gag.
were t.. have been tried yesterday, bu,
owing to the absence Of some important
witnesses, the cases were continued. and
many others We're docketed The Cour,
| adjourned until Tuesday next as Monday
will be observed i'll respart to the memory
OF General Scott.
FREEDMAN SHOT Through the careless
handling Of loaded pistol, Yesterday af
tornoon, 4 young freedman received pain
fnl wound. from the accidental discharge
OF it's contents into his body. This should
prove warning to others against the in.
discriminate use of such weapons as p;av-
things.
MAI. .AnRANuEMENTs.-The Post Office il
open during the week from o. M. to d.
M. and from % p. m. to a. w. On Sun
day, from 9 to 8 o. Ill.
Northern mail opens 8 q. m.: closes 2l p. M.
Southern 80 5lpm. On M
Charleston % SIP. M; 8 y. IN.
Edsssla Edssas''5s h. =: a: an: M: sBPp::am: m:
All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. m.
The RACES. attention of subscriber.
to the citizens purse is invited to the no
tico of Mr. Lun,s'en, published this morn
ing. The subscriptions 70 the purse are
coming in quite literally, considering the
impoverished condition Of the country, and
fine weeks sport is anticipated. The
races, it is expected, will come off about the
Fourth OF July.
We understand that orders have been
received from Department Headquarters,
South Carolina, that OH tomorrow all Go
vernment Offices will be closed, and appro-
pirate honor will be paid to the memory Of
the late Gen. Winfield Scott.
The United States troops at this poet
will be mustered at half past 9 O'Clock,
when the General Orders will be read.
Gums will be fired at intervals OF thirty Mi
nutcs from SUNRISE until / .. IN.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Trinity
Church Rev. p. j. Si,and 1Ol a. M. and
5 p. III.
Presbyterian Church Rev. W. E. Bosgs,
pastor, l0l a. M. and ) p. IN.
baptist Church Rev. J. L. Reynolds, l0s
a. h,. and lp. M. Rev. Vim. T. Capers, 5
p. IN.
St Peters Church !. J. O'Conneli,
l0s Il. IN. and p. IN.
Lutheran Church Rev A. b. Rude, lp4
a. M.
Marion Street Church-Rev. F.. G.
Gage, 10! a. nj. aud 5 p. nj.
CHRIST Church Lecture Room-Rev. J. N.
! TrinSle, Rector, lOl u. III. and 5 y. III.
THE BURNING OF CoLuMBIA.-W take
i from the New York Metropolitan Record
the following letter Of Col. F. ". McMas-
ter, dated Columbia, s. c., MAY q:
Mr.. EDrroR: In the issue Of the 10Th
| inst. your comments on q report (so-
calledl of proceedings of public meeting,
at columbia, communicated to the New
York World, brought to my attention by Il
friend you naturally manifest surprise at
certain expressions attributed to me.
With your knowledge Of the general.
persistent and diabolicul perversion OF
Southern sentiment, you might have known
II WAS base calunny, when you read, in
Northern paper, that colonel OF the
confederate army, who cOnsecrated his
sword in the noblest cause that freemen
Washington and Robert Lee-uttered one
sentiment of regard for the general OF the
| nineteenth century, whose only parallel in
history is illustrated by q certain other
! general, described in Gibbons Decline and
Fall, who, in A. d. 40, gave the Eternal
City up to the pillage of his soldiers, with
tins praiseworthy restriction: "Save the
! honor OF the women, and the buildings
dedicated to religion" (but what Alaric
spared, Sherman did not protect, as wo-
men We're insulted and churches were
burned.)
Iopposed preamble offered by citi-
zen, upon the ground that the purpose OF
the meeting WAS not to PREJUDICE the case;
that 1t was not wise, polite or just; after
tle facts had been elected, and it was es-
tablishcd beyond controversy who was
guilty OF the high crime before God and
man OF destroying this beautiful city, and
turning out in q winters night 20,O00 wo-
men and children, without food or cloth
ing, amongst q brutal and drunken sol
dlery, gathered from az nations, tribes
klndreds and tongues; after the heinous
sin was exposed in all its deformity, then
the wretch would be branded with the in.
fanny he deserved, and coming generations
would call him accursed.
In advocating a fair and impartial inves-
ngatlon OF the facts, used the remark:
Whatever we may think Of Sherman, he
stood high i'll the annals Of the history of
has country" We of the South have no
country; but Heaven forbid that should
ever consider ''the incendiary and robber"
as an honor to any country.
But the most serious misrepre sentation
IN the report, (so-called,) } is the statement