The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-29
SlanderiI,g the Dead.

Radicalism not only slanders the
living, but would cast obloquy on tho
memory of the dead. The Presby-
te''ian Herald, q religious paper, So
called, published statement, last
week, to the effect that but one white
man, outside the family circle, at
tended the funeral of the late Gen.
Wade Hampton. It is wen-llnown to
all our citizens, that q more malig-
nant falsehood never was penned.
The funeral was very largely attended
by our citizens. The New York
Watchmsaa Indignantly contradicted
the statement last week, and in it's
last issue has the following para
graph:
"a distinguished Presbyterian cler-
gyman, of national reputation for
learning and piety, was in our Office q
few days since, and happening to
glance at the item, said that he knew
that to be falsehood, as he was at
the funeral himself, being theologi-
cal student at Columbia; that the
services were held in the Episcopal
Church, and that number of persons
of very high respectabiity were pre-
sent.
We venture to say that the contra
diction will never appear in the jour
nal that uttered the SANDER.
WHAT THE UNITED STATES MUST
PAY IN Two YEARS. s.-Mr. Schofeld's
speech in the House of Representa-
tives at Washington on the loan bill
contains the following interesting
statement:
''What is the amount Of indebted
ness to be met, and when must it be
met? To this question, 1 invite the
careful and earnest attention of the
House. / shall give the official state
ment or the amount of our total in
debtedness, and also of that portion
soon to become due. The amount of
our public debt on the first day of
this month was So, I'll, $4,000. Less
than half of this amount is funded.
Within the next three years, 81, ,6OO,-
GOO, 900 of this debt will fall due, and
will be presented at the counter of
the Treasury Department for pay
ment. Thatpayment must be prompt
ly made, or our paper goes to protest
and our credit is broken. 7 hold in
my hand an official table, showing the
amount of our Indebtedness that ma
lures each half year for the next two
years, which, after word OF expla-
nation, will read.
"There was on the last day of Feb
ruary, 1866, portion of our debt in
the form of temporary loan to the
amount of $119, 335, 1914. SO, payable
at the option of the lender after ten
days notice. It would hardly be fair
to reckon that whole amount as pay
able within the first six months. vet
as it may be called for at any time,
and is the least valuable form of loan,
it must be added to the statement of
Indebtedness soon to be met. With
this explanation, and supposing the
payment of this loan to be demanded
within the next six months, 1 call
attention to the facts exhibited in the
table.
Between this day and the 3Oth of
June next, we must pay, in addition
to the regular expenditure of the
Government, S13S, 674, S74.82. Dur
ing the six months ending December
81, 1866, we must pay SAT, ,665, 900.
During the six months ending June
80, 1867, we must pay IS, All, 900.
During the six months ending De-
cember 81, 1867, we must pay $780,
100000. During the six months end
ing June 80, 1868, we must pay
1863, 415, 250. During the six months
ending December 81, 1868, we must
pay $2S7, 564, ,482. So that between
this and the assembling of the next
Congress there must be paid over the
counter of the Treasury, besides the
ordinary expenses of the Government,
81, 201, 800, ,6O7.62."
The Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania
has authorized M. W. Grand Master
Orr to draw upon their treasury for
the sum of 1000 in aid of the Grand