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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15

THE CoTToN SEIZURE AT SAVANNAH.
The Times Washington special says
NEARLY all the claimants of the cot
ton seized by the Government, at
Savannah, have commenced suit in
the United States District Courts of
New York, against Simeon Draper.
cotton agent, for the recovery OF the
value of the cotton The names
number l22. and strong array of
counsel ha s been retained by the
plaintiffs, among whom are James T.
Brady, William T. Evarts, and other
gentlemen of equal ability.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15
Admission of Colorado.

Chronicle aud Sentinel of the 18th,
states that the President has pre-
pared, and will shortly send to Con
gress, his veto of the bill for the ad-
mission of Colorado. 1t will be
remembered that some time ago the
President transmitted to Congress
the Constitution adopted by the
people Of that new colony, with a
statement that their action was not in
accordance with the provisions of the
Act of the, preceding Congress in re-
lation to'tqbt territory. We presume
that, OH some similar ground, he pro-
poses to veto the bill admitting it to
the union of these States.
This bill has given the radicals
some trouble; and they were evil
IDENTIFY i'll Il quandary about. By
passing it they would have gained two
Senators, giving them wo-thirds; but,
ON the other hand, the Constitution
prohibited negro suffrage. This was
their predicament, and Sumner, Ste
vens Il Co. took the latter end of the
horn and let negro suffrage slide
We ure gratified to learn, and hope
the news will be confirmed, that the
President has determined to veto
this last attempt to supersede. the
Constitution and the Laws.
Charleston Items.
Five white prisoners, Timothy
Crowley, VIM J. Lawless. George
Smith, Martin M. Haley and Dennis
Carroll, succeeded in escaping from
the Charleston Jail, on Friday night
last.
Aseries of disturbances, originating
from q negro ball, occurred in Elliott
street, between 10 and II o'clock, on
Saturday night At one time it was
thought these affairs would appear
serious, as several pistol shots were
fired; but, luckily, no one was hurt;
and finally, the police succeeded in
marching off some twenty disorderly
persons, including whites and blacks,
negro soldiers and civilians, men and
women.
A young man, named Edward Mil
igan, received severe stab in the
face, on the 9th ult., from the effects
of which he died on Sunday. The
verdict Of the jury WAS that he came
to his death from the effects of a
wound received from knife in the
hands of Hugh Callan
A::fire broke out Monday morning,
about 2 o'clock, in Il small wooden
building, ut the corner of Elizabeth
and Chapel streets, destroying the
building, but doing no other damage,
as the fire was quickly cxtinguished
by the firemen
South Carolininns in Warrington
The Washington correspondent OF
the Augusta Chronicle ond Sentinel
speaking of the arrival OF VIM. H.
Trescot, Esq, in that city, writes:
1t is difficult to over-estimate the
benefits that have occurred to the
Palmetto State from the exertions OF
that gentleman in Government circles
here. Being widely and favorabl,
known in Washington, where, undel
Buchanan, he was assistant Secrctar,
| of State, and being, withal, man o.
enlightened views and rare scholar
ship, he commands personal intiu
ence here that few South Carolinian:
could hope to exert in these times O
prejudice and sectional rancor Hi.
tact. patience and perseverance hav.
obtained from the authorities here
many boon for the people lie repre-
sents. which they might have sou ghr
in vain through any other medium.
Would that all the Southerners il
|
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15
Cne COnstitutionnlity of the ..Stu
Law

We refer our readers to the pro-
ceedings of the Court of Errors. pub
lished III our local columns. The
decision was pronounced by Chief
Justice .Dunkin and as it is one OF
great Importance to the whole COM
munity, we are gratifed to place it
before our readers 1t was an isola-
ted case, but the principle is estab-
hshed. We would be glad to publish
the arguments in the case, and will
endeavor to give synopsis.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15

Com There are over 500, 900, 900
III coin in the vaults of the Treasury
Department.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15

The Duty Times, of Washington,
places at its head Andrew Johnson
for President, and Montgomery Blair
for Vice President, in 1868.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15

The Memphis papers speak III very
complimentary terms of the able and
impartial manner in which Maj. Gen.
Stoneman is commanding III that
department. The CommeycIH says:
The order of Maj. Gen Stoneman,
assuming control of the peace of the
city, has been generally received by
our citizens with satisfaction 1t was
felt that the civil authorities, from the
difficulty of the situation, which will
be comprehended by those familiar
elements of discord, and to concen-
trate their power upon the suppress
sion of the disturbances existing in
the community.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15
Local Vtem@

IHE PEACE OF THE Crr.-We understand
that Col Green, Commandant OF the Pos,
OF Columbia, has given the Mayor or tl,i.
city the control OF two companies of the
regulars, TO suppress any outbreak that
may occur.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-15

cncc here Lnat lew South CarOllnlanS
could hope to exert in these times Of
prejudice and sectional rancor. His
tact. patience and perseverance have
obtained from the authorities here
many boon for the people lie repre-
sents. which they might have sought
in vain through any other medium.
Would that all the Southerners in
Washington were equally Jealous in
the service Of our suffering section.
There is another South Carohnian
here, OF equal note. who is known to
affiliate with the radicals, as against
the President. and who bushes not
to raise his voice in support of the in-
famous proposition of the Committee
Of Fifteen. 1t may be that he seeks,
by cringing acquiescence in the vile
policy Of the Congressional majority,
to crawl, rs representative Of "loyal'
South Carolina, into q seat hv the
side Of Thaddeus Stevens.
We cannot conceive who that other
South Carolinian. of equal note. =
now in Washington, can be- We have
thought of all the prominent men
from this State who are likely to be
in the Federal Capital at this time,
but have failed to spot the man.
We are inclined to believe this cor
respondent has been misled in some
way.
Judge Stickney, one of the direct
Tax Commissioners for the State of
Florida, has decided that all the tax
sales of the property at Fernandina
and st. Augustine, ont of which some
of the officials made what they be-
lieved to be ''big thing are null
and void for want of conformity TO
the law. The original owners, there
fore, come again into possession.
The War Department has suspend
ed the payment Of over 100 discharged
officers who have failed to make the
proper returns.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
JUNE 10th, 1866,

.
Editors OF the Register; 90
By resolution of Convention OF the
Sunday Schools on Pleasant Ridge
Meade Township, Marshall county
West Virginia, just closed, am directed
to furnish to you for publication IN the
Wheeling Weekly Register, the follow
ing plan for holding Sabbath Schoo
celebration on the 4th day of July next
with q request that it be published az
early as possible, The exercises of the
day will be as follows: a,. ..s,..,.
1t will be opened by Rev. A, Raser, 10y
singing and prayer.
I Next the Declaration of Independ
ence will DO read, followed by an ad
dress on the efficient agency of Sunday
Schools, for the extension and edifica
ton of the church of God, by Rev. A
Raser. ..,-'tF -. .....-...r ..--. s,..,
Also D.. G. w. McKim, is expected te
be present to address the people.
Other schools are respectfully invited
70 attend. The site selected is neal
Henry Sockman's on said ridge.
Yours with respect,
JOSEPHUS CALVERT
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
"Ebe Queens own"

Whatever elSn comes of it, the Fenian
leap into Canada Will be associated with
an incident that Elglishmen will read
and Irmember ouly with intense cha
grin The '!;Qreen's Own" was crack
regiment of British Regulars-rifes, we
belieYe--relied on to whip twice their
number at any tiIue and anywhere. But
at B1dgeway they ran from less than
one-half their sumber Of Fenians, losing
their colors and nearly one hundred pris.
oners The DIST rnce of the panic strick-
eN flight was something like fifteen
miles and it would have been greater
had tie place CT saSsy they sought been
farthcr off, A more palpable or a more
Illuminating in tanco of cowardice can
nowhere be fund. AS a sample of
British braver} it is worse than con-
temptjble Ra' the regiment been any
other but the pet Queens Own" it
would not have been 50 bad. That this,
off all other Eegl 1ents, should break and
flee before less IAN half their number of
unorganized, th'own-together Fenians,
msst lie peculia ly Notifying to a PEG.
pie proud VI thf reputation for Bravery
and stcadiness. 1t would not be right
to maintain thai the Queens Own"
though much reGied on, was fair sam
pie OF the Eng ~ soldiers. Though to
that re simept4 fight at Ridgeway was
a perfect Bulls Run, it probably would
not be safe to conclude that the British
Regulars are incapable Of better things,
or that even The Queens Own" would
not in time stand lire.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

AN English newspaper tells the follow
ing extraordinary story, which, if it is
true, proves that dog may, by culture,
become in certain respects as unreason'
ing and absurd as some men, who cow.
ardly throw away their lives to get rid
of some petty and transient annoyance
"A fine dog belonging to Mr. George
Hone of Frindsbury, near Rochester
has committed deliberate act OF clde
Nv drowning in the Midway, at Upper,
Chatham. The dog had been suspected
IF approaching hydrophobia, and was
accordingly Stunned and kept as
inch as possible from the house.
This treatment appeared to canse him
mnch ANNOYANCE, and for some days ne
was observed to be moody and morose,
Int still without any appearance OF be-
con,;no rabid. On Thursday morning
be was seen to leave the house and pro-
coed to an intimate acquaintance OF his
masters at Upton; on reaching the resi-.
dence of whom he set up a pteous cry
on finding he could not obtain adnlt;
lance After waiting at the house some
little time he was seen to so to the river
close by, and then deliberately walk
down the bank, and after turning ROUND
and giving kind of farewell howl ne
walked into the stream, where he kept
his head under water until he rolled over
dead. This extraordinary act of suicide
was witnessed by several persons. The
manner of the death proved pretty
clearly that the animal was not suffering
from hydrophobia. E ~ San
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
Freaks Of Type
The New York Erenipg Post is response,

The New York Erenipg Post is response
ple for the following:
A MAKEUP BLUNDER.- laughable
mistake is shown in the following mixing
of two articles-one concerning preach
er, the other about the freaks of mad
dog-which occurred in a hurried make
up" in printing office:
REV. James Thompson, rector Of ST.
Andrews church. preached to a large con-
course of people on Sunday last. This
was his last sermon. LII few weeks he
will bid farewell TO his congregation, as
his physician advises him to cross tie
Atlantic He exhorted his brethren and
sisters, and after the conclusion vi a
short prayer; took whim to cut up some
frantic freaks, He ran up Timothy
street to the college. At this stage of
the proceedings a couple of boys seized
MIN and tied tin kettle ia his tail, and
he again started A great crowd collect.
ed, and for ii time there was grand
seems of running and confusion. After
a long race he was finally shot by
policeman
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

On Monday last the case OF the ossDo
of West Virginia Us. Henry Basel gu
nayy;sorl of 6rant Township, Harrison
comfy. came us for trial before Judge
Thos. w Harrison. Mr.. BASEL had
been indicted for permitting persons TO
vote at the last October election Will
out taking the cath prescribed by Tne
Legislature, known as the "VOter lest
Oath" The DESCENDANT, by his attorney,
John Basel, Esq., moved to quasn tIe
Indictment upon the ground that !he
act prescribing tle oath was in violation
of. the Constitution of West Virg1nlsa;,
which in plain terms declares WIZ sna
be permitted to vote, ana IMPOSE; III
such conditions or tests as arc ieq"i ''0
by the act of the Legislature.
The Judge decided that the act IN
question was inconsistent with tne Con
stitution; that whenever an act OF the
Legislature was inconsistent Win the
Constitution, both could not stand, and
the Legislative act must yield to the
Constitution, which was the supreme
law That the defendant, as an officer
of the election in disregarding the act
of the Legislature, violated no law and
incurred no peualty, and therefore he
ouashed the Indictment
This decision of Judge Harrison is In
accordance Wig so well-known a princi-
pie of law that it must necessarily be
sustained if ID should be referred to any
bigher tribunal, and is the most lmpor-
tant that has yet been given upon the
restrictive laws passed by the Leglsia'
ture of West Virginia. 1t carries to the
ground with it, the Registration law
which contains a similar unconstitutlon-
al test oath, and the pretended ratitica'
ton of the amendment to the Constitu-
| ton under the operation of the Reglstra-
| ton law.
The usurpations of the Wheeling Leg
| islature are fast crumbling before the
Judiciary. The Attorneys Test Oath,
the Suitor's Test Oath, nor the Voters
Test Oath car stand the test OF the Con
stitution. The future prospect OF the
Radicals is gloomy indeed. Their mem
| bers of tho Legislature violated thelI
| oaths to support the Constitution by
passing unconstitutional laws, and thee
violated the laws themselves, to perpet
uate power in their own unworthy
| hands. With these laws decided to be
unconstitutional, and their trainers hello
to strict accountability by an outraged
people, they can only expect to. sink
| to that oblivion they SO richly de
serve, or if rem mbered at all, the recol
lection of them VIII be associated witt
the drowners of witches and the hang
ers Of QuakeIs CONSERVATIVE.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

s ALBANY, June9,
Hon j. Stanton Gould, President, aud
Colonel B. P. Johnson, Secretary OF the
New York State Agricultural Society
have prepared most important circular
from which the following extract is
taken:
We do hereby make known the exis'
tence of the rinderpest, or pleuro pnen.
monia, among cows III the stables OF
New York and Brooklyn, and earnestly
advise all purchasers ofstock to examine
those which are offered for sale, with
reference to this disease. We also ad,
wise that in case the disease makes It's
appearances in any herd, that the sick
animal be at once and rigidly separated
from the rest. The period of incubation
of this disease varies from forty-two to
sixty days. 1t is we'll ascertained that
this disorder is strictly infectious, ii
never occurs where the animal has not
come into contact with the diseased ami
mails. The meat Of animals suffering
from ple.uro pneumonia is dangerous
| when used as human food. Ii is very
probable the diseased herds which are
now beipg excluded from the city will he
offered for sale at very low prices to
farmers This contingency calls for adj
ditSopal precaution on the part of pur-
Clr2serS-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
The lawyers Test Oath.

The Richmond Dispatch of Wednesday
says: " a-,.
During the sitting of the United
States Court on yesterday, Mr.. j. ii.
Gilmer called the attention of the Court
to an argument which he had submit
ted at the last term Of the Court in sup
port Of his application to resume prac'
tice at the bar of this Court. He stated
that he was ractitioner of the Court
five years ago, aud that he had done
nothiug 10 fort it his right to re,enter it.
He asked the Court to decide whether
he was now properly within or without
the bar. Judgc Underwood declined to
give decision Oh the'question He re-
mark I'd that he knew it to bein contem..
platon by some of the most radical men
in Congress to repeal the disqualifying
act IF January, 1864, aud was of the
opini N that tn aG would be repealed
before the adjo lrDment OF the present
Cong ess. Its peal has been strongly
urge upon CO.. ,ress by a majority of
the Supleme G. urt. Inasmuch as this
ques ION has .gen very ably argued
during the pas winter, and reargued
before the Supreme Court of the United
States, he felt great delicacy in under
taking to go fai her than to simply &C
ouiesce in whatever coarse the gentle
men ii the bar were disposed to take.
There would b. no departure from the
usual course o. the part of this Court
unless an obiec Oh should be made; but
he hoped that no objection would be
made ut this time, believing that the
act would soon re repealed He stated
distinctly that 10 would not object to
any utlem@ ractsing in this Court
who ia formerly been accustomed to
do so
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

GERRIrT SMITH OPPOSES THE TRIAL Oh
JEFF DAvIs.-Gerritt Smith, in letter
tOIChief Justice Chase, says the courts
have no right to try JEFF. Davis, and he
hopes the Chief Justice will hold that
he has not. He closes his letter With
the following paragraph:
I have said we must deal with the
South In the spirit of impartial justice.
We must also deal with her in the spirit
OF great generosity and great love. We
lnnst claim no indemnity for the past
We must exact no unnecessary security
for the future We must subject her to
no changes and no disabilities which are
not indispensable. If the breaking IN
OF her large landed estate to parcel them
out,to her white aud black moor ;s not
denaandedn by her people, We mrsI -
insist Upon it Il If, by PUTTING tba I.uot
in the hands Of blacks, it viii NOT ,i ~
necessary, in order to save her. to with.
hold 40 for q season from her whites who
were invoked IN the guilt of the war
then are there strong Steasoass WHY re
should not insist upon the probation.
One thing more. The South is poor and.
the North is still rich. Would it be too
large an expression of fraternal love to
save the South for some five or ten years
from the imposition of direct national
taxes
With great regard, your friend,
GERRII SMITH.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

Hon WILLIAM B. REED.-The Phila-
delphia Bulletin and the Washington
Chronicle TEEN with vile and yirulent
abuse of the Hon. William B. Reed, be-
cause of his professional connection with
the case of Mr.. Davis The Phlladel
phia Age thus replies to the scurrilous
attack of the Bulletin:
The gentleman alluded to, the Hon
William B. Reed, was, we presume, Sc.
lected by Jefferson Davis as his counsel,
on account of his commanding ability
as a constitutional lawyer, and his ac'
knowledged position as q statesman;
and whatever opinion may be entertain
ed of his political sentiments, there is
no man living who VIII attempt to i'm
pugn the purity of his character or the
honesty of his motives. For nearly half
acentury he has enjoyed the confidence
and respect of his fellow-citizens, from
the hands of whom he has received the
highest honors which his great profes-
sioual skill could always command. In
his absence-and he may not thank us
tor, the ofice-we enter this protest
against the brutality of journal that
seems to be ever struggling for an OPP
portunity to SANDER the living, and,
when its appetite in this behalf is stated,
seeks the mouldering ashes of the dead
for new food for defamation.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
Oh s,rike. q. i.land Bun.
Correspondence of Pittsburg Commercial.

COffespohaence Oh IttSD''Ie - -. =
ISLAND RUN, June a.
We have made seven strikes here last
week. The first well to fail yet 10 SUITE 4,
ing in paying quantities, or DIMINISH y; ~
quantity, has to be reported or 1onnu IA
this neighborhood. On the beaVer
County Oil Company's land they struek
a fine well of peculiar oil. Next IL, tne
whirlwind struck the usual OIL Two
wells on the Glasgow land, Nos: lo,and
IL, Inca and Stork, and one OF the twin
wells All will be the same quality
according to the locality. This makes
one hundred and four flowing wells. we
can calculate on everything here to a
certainty, as we have had the experience.
Respectfully yours, b. w. l..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
a Dr0l! POstrnnssPr,

In the days of Andrew Jackson, his
Postmaster, General, Amos Kendall,
wanting to know Whereabouts was the
source of tho Tombigbee river, wrote
for the required information to the Post
master of a village on its course.
Sir" wrote the higher officer to Tho
lower, " this department desires to know
how far the Tombigbee runs up. Res
pectfully, etc" The reply was brief,
and read thus; Sir, the Tombigbee
river dosen' + run up at all; it runs down.
Very respectfully, etc" The Postmast-
or General continued the correspondence
ia this style: Sir, your appointment
as postmaster at - is revoked. You
will turn over the funds, papers, etc"
The droll understrapper closed the cor
respondeRCe with this parting shot
:" Sir, the revenues for this Office for the
quarter ending September 3Oth, have
been % cents its expenditures same
period, for tallow candles and Irvine,
Sl05. trust my successor is instructed
to adjust the balance due me- Most
respectfully"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12

TIE TEST OATH AT THE SoUIH-The
Secretary Of the Treasury is now send
ing notices to the. officers in the South
who have been unable OF unwilling to
take the test oath, that they will be
required immediately to vacate their
several Offices. Mr. McCulloch has
determined to euforce the law to the
letter, and trust 10 the action of Con-
gress to remedy any evil that may re-
suit from the vacation of important
revenue offices.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
Historically Grand

Chiseled in tie rough rock ribs of the
Alleghauies, for yer stand the boundary
lines of nature aad loyalty between the
old and new Staxes. The vampire poll
ticians of the Old Dominion no more
gorge themselye- with the rich red eur
reICy ot West Virginia, but their disap.
pointed imagIna lions weave the smoky
fumes o. their tobacco fields into the sad
hues OF an Indian summer, which SO APP.
.propriateiy ms the ruins of the DO.
gus confederacy Berkeley Un,on
Vampire politicians go'ying themselves
rith rich RED currency! Disappointed i'm
aginatioas gearing the ss,oky fumes Of. to.
5acco fields into lie sad haes Of an Indian
8an,mer' Growing ruins with hues
woven out of t, basco smoke! Shades
OF Blair and Whateley, come to the res
cue! Pray, gen iemen, hold up up your
horses, aud let them tpt.-Ne,r Era.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OaleiaI Proclamation of the Result
of the Election in Ohio County,
held May "a, 1865.

At an adjourned and stated meeting, Of the
the Court House of said county on Tuesday,
the 5th day of June, 1866, at 10 o'clock q. m:
The Clerk of the Board this day laid before
tbs meeting the poll books, certificate returns,
tally papers aud ballots, and copy of the regis
tration of voters Of the election held on Thurs
day. Nav oath, 1866, which being examined by
the Board, and it appearing from the said re
turns that the following persons have beer
duly elected in their respective townships t
tho offices annexed to their names, respect
lively, for the year commencing june Sfh; isoo
it is ordered that the said persons DO and they
are hereby declared to be duly elected respect
lively.