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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

The re-mariage of young Hindoo
widow has taken place in Bombay.
AS this is the first instance of any
properly celebrated marriage in the
Presidency, the event has been sub
ject ofcongratulation among the more
liberal members of the Hindoo COM
munity.
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The people of London are trying
to devise plan to obviate the diff
Guilty and dangers of the over-crowd-
ed thoroughfares Of their great city.
1t is estimated that last year 22l per
sons were killed by vehicles on the
streets
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One of the principal causes of trou-
bic in this country, at present, is the
unfortunate tendency which some
people have Of interfering with other
peoples business.
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local Items.

Local Items.
Advertisements, to insure insertion,
should be handed i'll by o'clock p. M.
CAsH.-Our terms for subscription, ad-
vertisins and job work are cash We hope
all parties will bear this in MUD.
'THE CoDE."--The Acts passed by the
Legislature relative to the freedmen. for
sale at this Office. Price 20 cents; by mail
25 cents.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The post Office is
open oally from a. m. to 2 p. M. and from
to p m. The Northern mail is closed at
Up. M; Greenville 9p. m; South Carolina
Railroad mails G p. m.
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THE BUkNINa OF CoLuMB1A.-An inter-
estlng account OF the ''Sack and Destruc-
ton OF the City OF Columbia. s. C. Via.
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phnntn steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent.
AND STILL ANOTHER -Messrs. Townsend
North have received lot Of Southern
Almanacs, which, with other attractions.
contain correct fortunc-teller.
! IHE CHARLESTON CouRIER.--W. s. King.
ESQ, who is connected with this old and
sterling paper, passed through this city,
Yesterday, on his way to the up-country,
on business tour. We commend him to
the kind consideration of our friends.
Hessrs. Browne q Schirner are the agents
for the Courier in this city.
LUNCH.-Our readers are informed that
q capital lunch will be served up at the
'Rear House" this morning, free of ex
pense. Mr.. Pollock has just opened fresh
supply OF new brand of ale, the cams
dell, )" which is much liked. We areindebted
to him for sample of the ale and bowl
OF delicious oyster soup.
WEEKLY FAMILY PApER-On the 18th
instant, we shall commence the publication
OF family paper, entitled "The Weekly
Glenner-A Home Companion The paper
will be double the size Of the Phanir, and
will contain the cream Of the news, miscel-
laneous matter, editorials, stories, ETC., in
the daily and tri-weekly publications. Sub
scrlption price 81 per annum. Specimen
copies sent on application. There will DO
AZ interval of two weeks between the pub
llcation Of the first and second numbers.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS s.-Attention il call
ed to the following advertisements, which
arc published this morning for tho arst
time:
T. J. Gibson-Corn Whiskey.
J. L. Zealy-Notice to Debtors.
J: S. Phillips-Merchant Tailor.
VIM. Simons-Hands Wanted
John 7. Brown-Plantation to Rent.
L. c. Clarke-Rice, Flour and Hay.
Jacob Bcll-Citation Mariah Gonzales.
Levin Il Peixotto-Cotton Seed.
w. A. Harris-Land Agent
Southern Ins. and Trust Co.-Instalmt.
Home Ins. Co.-Instalment.
d. J. Hane-Notice to Debtors.
Richard Caldwell-Corn, Oats and Hay. ,
j. G. Gibbes-Corn, Hay and Meal.
Real Estate, &c.
Durbec Il Walter-Auction.
A. r. Philips-Vacant Lots.
- House to Rent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, February 3, 1866.
Constitutional Amendments.

Constitutional Amendments.
The amendments Of the Constitu-
ton of the United States, the Rich
mond Dispatch says, seem to be re-
garded by the dominant party in this
country as the panacea for every evil
which aff1icts our social or political
system. Is the ''rebel debit to be
killed? Amend the Constitution. Is
slavery to be forever abolished?
Amend the Constitution. Are the
negroes to be admitted to all the
rights of suffrage everywhere? Let
the Constitution be amended. In
short, whatever the radicals want
done, or do not want done, they pro-
pose to accomplish by amendment of
the Constitution. They are like
quacks who practice with single
species OF, patent medicine for the
cure of all diseases; and whether a
purge or emetic be required, they
will in all cases administer the same
dose, without diagnosis or prognosis.
Under the manipulations of political
charlatans, who prescribe an amend
ing plaster for everything, the great
charter of American rights and liber-
ty will soon resemble an old vessel
covered with barnacles, rock en-
veloped in moss, fallen tree full of
mushrooms, or COW shingled over
with ticks. It is proposed to tinker
the Constitution as if it were an old
coffee pot, and to cobble it like an
old worn-out boot or shoe. New
patches, it seems, are constantly need
ed upon this old garment. Too much
new wine put into this old bottle, we
fear, will prove injurious to its inte-
gritty, and we are looking forward to
a period when the Constitution will
not be able to stand the treatment to
which it has been subjected. We
fear it will break down, smash up and
go to pieces, under the weight of all
proposed amendments.
No good can come of this reckless
and frequent invasion of the sanctity
of an instrument, from which pollut-
ing hands should be excluded as much
as possible. Too much tampering
with the constitutional safeguards OF
q peoples freedom is dangerous, and
jeopardizes their rights and happi-
ness. The war has already strained
the timbers of the Constitution hea-
vily, and has given rise to interpreta-
tions and the exercise of powers,
which no one ever dreamed the Con-
stitution admitted of before. It was
hoped that, with the return of peace,
the errors would have been perceived
and the damages repaired The shock
and violence of war are less to be
feared than the sap and mine of peace
ful amendment.
We have copied the above from the
Dispatch in our editorial column, as
an article deserving the grave consi-
deration of all our readers.
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Advertisements, to insure insertion,
should be handed in by o'clock p. M.
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The PEABODY GIFT TO THE LONDON
PooE.-The first report of the trus-
tees of the Peabody fund has been
given to the world. 1t appears that
this munificent gift to the poor of
London was accompanied by a stipu-
lation that it should be so employed
as to render it reproductive, 50 that
not the present only but futuregene-
rations might share in its benefits.
1t was therefore decided, after due
consideration, to expend the fund in
the erection of model lodging houses
on large scale, in which the really
deserving poor might be enabled to
obtain a decent home at lower
price than that which they commonly
pay fer the most wretched accommo-
datlon-a boon which few can fail to
appreciate. The result has been that
the trustees have erected modellodg-
ing houses in Spitalields, to accom-
modate 200 persons; at Islington for
$50, and ut ShadweIl for the same
number, while ut Bermondsey and
Chelsea erections of the same kind
on n similar extensive scale are in
progress. The amount of good thus
accomplished it is not easy to over
estimate, while the plan adopted has
the advantage over ordinary charita-
hle schemes of not lowering the self
respect of those who receive it's bene-
fits.-Lioe1pool Courier.
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THE BUkNINa OF CoLuMB1A.-An inter-
cstlng account OF the ''Sack and Destruc-
ton OF the City Of Columbia, s. C.,"has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Ph"nin steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

The Imperial Exchequer of Mexico
has received quite an addition, in the
way of a legacy of 10000, 900 francs.
that being the amount left to the En-
press Carlotta by the will of her
father, the late King of the Belgians.
With this money, Mr.. and Mrs. Maxi
milan ought to be able to get out of
Mexico in the most aristocratic style.
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CAsH.-Our terms for subscription, ad-
vertisins and job work are cash. We hope
oil parties will bear this in MUD.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

Mr. Lawrence Oliphant, whose
name figures on the list of English
subscribers to the Confederate loan,
writes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to the
London Times, repudiating all know
ledge of the transaction, and explain
ing that his name had been entered
on the list without his knowledge or
consent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

The Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad has begun suit against its
late President for $4,000 damages,
in permitting the Confederate Go
vernment to use the road and its ma
chinery during the war.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

The New York Citizen says, that
those who grumble at paying four
cents for daily and ten cents for
weekly papers here, would DO we'll to
notice what European papers cost.
The London Times costs $45 year.
The Daily Ne,cs,. Globe, Herald and
Post, charge the same rate. The
London Eceaing Mail is published
three times week at S25 year. The
London semi-weeklies $12. The
French daily papers, large ones, are
about the same price as the London
prints. Those about the size of ours
cost $40 and $50 a year. The German
papers cost from 800 to $36 a year.
The cost of paper and composition,
and indeed everything connected
with the makeup of q paper, is much
less in Europe than in this country,
SO that the American journals are
even cheaper than would appear from
the disparity of prices.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

ADMISSION OF TENNESSEE. -"Par-
son" Brownlow has written letter to
Speaker Colfax, in favor of the ad-
mission of the members of Congress
from Tennessee. He says they are
'1oyal," " and can take the oath. The
''Parson," however, strongly objects
to the admission Of the members from
any other of the late rebellious States.
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AND STILL ANOTHER -Messrs. Townsend
North have received lot Of ssSouthern
Almanacs, which, with other attractions.
contain correct fortunc-teller.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

MAIL ARRANGEMENTS The post Office il
open daily from a. m. to p. NJ and from
D 10 p. m The Northern mail is closed at
y p. m.; Greenville 9p. m.; South Carolina
Railroad mails Gp.m m.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

Il
full extract below is from the pen of
Hon: George S. Hilliard:
81 confess that increasing wears
bring with them an increasing respect
for men who do not succeed in life.
as those words are commonly used
Heaven Is said to be place for those
who have not succeeded on earth; and
1T Is sure that celestial grace does not
thrive and bloom in the hot blaze of
worldly prosperity I'll success some
Tunes arlses from superabundance
OF qualities, in themselves good
from conscience too sensitive, a taste
too fastldious, a self-forgetfulness too
romantic, q modesty too retiring. T
will not go so far as to say, with a
living poet, that the world knows
| nothing of its men, but there are
forms of greatness, or at least excel
lence, which die and make no sign; ;
there are martyrs that miss the palm
but not the stake; heroes without the
laurel, and conquerors without the
triumph
THEIR PLACES OF ABODE.
called us from home, through the
District, several days this week. We
We're struck with the number Of neat,
new cabins, that are being put up all
over the country. In several cases,
we noticed evidences of 1leatness and
economy in the arrangement of the
outdoor matters.
The little cabins are the abodes of
the freedmen, who, not satisfied to
remain in the yards of their employ
ers, have "pitched their tents'' for
freedom in the forest. 1t was a sub
ject of remark to see the ebony faces
of ''mamma" and the little ones
greeting passers-by.
Now, that they are thus settled, we
trust that they properly appreciate
home-that they will be honest,
frugal, and Industrious. Such course
will bind to them, by ''hooks of steel, ;"
friends of both those who can
serve and protect them in the hour
of trial and danger, Look we'll to
this!-PickenS Courier.
A COOP PROSPECT The Albany
(Ga. Patriot says:
''While there are as yet quito a
number OF negroes wandering about
the city, liable to be indicted as
vagrants, the great majority in this
section have made contracts for this
year and have gone to work. One
half or more, probably, have con-
tracted fora portion of the crop. They
prefer this to payment in money as a
general thing. This plan, if adhered
to by the freedmen, and the next
season be good one for raising cot
ton, large crops and handsome profits
will be the result. If present inten-
tions are carried out, we have no
doubt there will be between one half
and two-t thirds the amount of cotton
raised the present year that used to
be previous to the year 1861. There
has been in Dougherty and adjoining
counties nearly as much small grain
sown as was formerly, and the pros
poets are, thus far, that Il large crop
will be made"
The New York Citizen save +bot
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The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, of the

The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, Of the
10Th ult., says:
cit is no longer secret that our
able Senators are remaining in Wash
ington city ut the earnest solicitation
of the President, who is desirous of
seeing the Southern States once moro
represented in the halls of Congress.
Judge Sharkey would have returned
home long since but for the assurance
of the President that he wouldbe ad-
mitted, and his earnest desire to have
his assistance ia his efforts to do
justice to the Southern people,"
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The CODE. The Acts passed by the
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this Office. Price 20 cents; by mail
25 cents.
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IHE CHARLESTON Coun1ER--W. s. King.
ESQ, who is connected with this old and
sterling paper, passed through this CITY,
Yesterday, on his way to the up-country,
on business tour. We commend him to
the kind consideration of our friends.
sesers. Browne & Schirnler are the agents
for the Courier in this city.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-03

1iOiAAO III 1Co1 Of 1oOA, SnOulQ now
have his lands appropriated for dis
trlbution, while his fellow-citizens of
the middle or upper districts, whose
estates have been untouched, whose
industry has been undisturbed. but
has participated as fully and heartily
IN the war, shall be confirmed in Dos
session of his. The policy of which,
MS q representative of the State, 1
complain IS the partial and unjust
contiscation of the property of a
small portion of citizens, including a
large number of unoffending widows
and orphans, to be given in the same
spirit of injustice in which it is taken,
to persons having no claim for special
consideration at your hands. The
mere introduction of the bill for con-
tirming these titles has had an imme-
diate and injurious effect. It has
checked the energy which was begin
ming to manifest itself; suspended
the contracts Which were in process;
arrested the spirit with which the
planters were preparingto go to work
hopefully and heartily, and stopped
at once the investment of all North
ern capital which was beginning to
md profitable employment in South
ern fields. Now, if the occupation
OF these lands in the hands in which
GENERAL Sherman's order placed them
is confirmed also, and every day will
make 1t worse, one of two things will
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24
The Grain Harvests ofl866.

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1t is much, to be regretted that desire
to tissue statements which shall prove ac-
ceptable, TO our people has swayed the
Agricultural Bureau at Washington, in its
reports of.the character and amount of the
crops-of 1866. We are now in the third
year Of failing wheat harvest, with a fear
fully increasing deficit each year. 1t can
now be stated with literal truth, that the
entire wheat cropof the United States for
the resentyeari lis but one-half OF an average
crop, or of such a crop as was harvested in
1861. Yetthe Commissioners Agriculture
gravely informs us that estimating last
years crop as an average, we have in the
quality OF the recent yield enough to
equalize this years production with that of
last. He was Ignorant or obliyious Of the
fact, that so great had been the deficiency
in the previous crops of 1864 and 1865, that
the reserves ofold wheat which we ordi-
narily carry from year to year have been
completely exhausted, Wehavenow moth
ing to rely upon hut the scanty, and to a
large extent, inferior wheat Of the. present
years growth, So 5 ID
For the notification of the above state
ment of deficiency, we quote the present
very high prices of flour and wheat These
have not been occasioned by any foreign
demand, for never since. we have been a
people have we exported less of these arti-
cles than we have been doing for q long
time past. Our prices have been regulated
by cur own wants, and not by those Of
foreigners.
Nor is it worth while to raise the ridicu-
loud cry that the use Of paper, currency
has inflated prices. Immediately succeed
ing the cessation of hostilities against the
South, when the currency was at least as
much expanded, if not more than now,
prices fell to the extent of four to Ave dol
lars per barrel in the course of. few
mouths. Flour, which in February, 1865,
had readily commanded $l2 per barrel,
was sold about the KEst Of the ensuing
June at 81. This was due to the expecta-
ton then entertained Of q very abundant
crop of wheat. This expectation was
changed into sad disappointment, and in
July a rapid and strong upward reaction
occurred in prices. Now, this fall and rise
in prices was not occasioned by the cur
rency, but by the character Of our har-
vests. The same cause rnles to-day, and
if we should abolish our entire paper cur
rency, we would not lessen the number of
to be fed nor increase our food
supplies by one atom.[ Philadelphia Bull
letin.
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LoRErrEs Losr ON THE EVENING star

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LoRETTEs LOST ON THE EVENING STAR
Among the ill-fated party on the Evening
Star were 81 prostitutes on consignment
for the New Orleans market. Attic time
of their sailing the New York News had
the following in relation to them
On Saturday the steamship Evening
Star sailed from this port for New O.ieans,
bearing hence 81 prostitutes. tits Gus
tom among the matrons Of the large assig-
nation houses of Havana, New Orleans,
and other Southern cities, at The opening
of the fall season, to visit the Northern
States and spend month OF, six weeks
nseeklng and selecting the most fascina-
ting beauty that may be found in the
houses of prostitntionlin New York, Bos-
ton, and Philadelphia, and these they con-
Sign to their bagaois in the sunny South,
Last month, Blanca Robbins, Jennie
King, Flora Bedell, Susan Kingsley, and
several other wellknown keepers Of fash
ionable mansions Of pollution in New
Orleans, arrived in this. city and at once
commenced their search for supply Of
fresh victims to fill the couches of those Of
whom they had been relieved by removal
opdeath. After weeks of toll and trouble,
during which time the PROGRESSES resorted
to every article to entice the New York
edamsels of fortune to seek new rakes to
conquer and fat purses to squeeze in the
free and easy cities Of the South, they
succeeded in procuring the number requisite
to ELL their. almost deserted harems !; and
on this occasion the number who embark
ed on board the Evening Star was. as. we
have already said, 81 some Of them the
most accomplished, handsome and un-
scrupnlous lo7etsest to be found in the gilded
brothels Of this city, s.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24


AN ENGLISH NoBLENAN's SEAr-Some
idea Of an English Dukes estate may be
had when we state that the establishment
of the Duke Of Deyonshire would occupy
one Of our large counties. The park i'm
mediately surrounding the place contains
5000 acres. The principal garden for veg
etables, fruits, greenhouses, etc, is % acres.
There are 80 greenhouses. each from so 10
IS feet long. Three or four Of these con-
tain nothing but pineapples, Others contain
nothing but melons and cucambers. One
peach tree on the glass wall measures 81
feet in width, Is feet in height, and bears
1860 peaches. Its the largestin the world.
The grspe houses, five or six in all, are 700
feet long. But what shall be said Of the
conservatory, filled with every variety Of
tropical plants? 1t is one of the wonders Of
the world. Itcoyers an acre Of ground, is
100 feet high, ofoval shape, and cost $780,
900. II is heated by steam and hot water
pipes, which III all are six miles III length
The apparatus consumes 500 tons Of coal
in a year,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24

A TRUE SOLDIER Boy.-DuringI our late
war, Willie, Muslin, son of Mr.. Kennedy
Muslin, of this, city--a lad then only eley.
en- years old-left his home without knowl,
edge ofhis parents or friends, who used
every effort to learn his whereabouts, but
without success, and had long since con-
cluded that Williewas dead, but last week
their hearts were made glad by his return
more so, as he'll enfeebled in health,
needing their kind care. After leaving
home, he went to the army Of General
Lee. and acted as volunteer drummer up
to the day of the surrender, receiving reg
ular rations like tue other soldiers, but no
pay. After the surrender, sick and with
out money, he manfully went to work on q
farm in North Carolina for support, but
his health became too feeble to labor
With ten dollars, given,him by the nIan he
had worked for, he has made his way
home, where, under the kind care of pa
rents and relatives, we hope he will soon
regain his health. II Augusta (Ga.) Consti-.
nationalist. 9th inst.