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

we nave uucauy uOGiceu the case
of the cottott seized at New Orleans,
and 1.-The conflict Of jurisdiction be-
tween Gen. Candy and Judge Darrell,
and the order in the case received
from President Johnson. We ex-
tract with pleasure the following re-
marks from the Judges decision ad-
journing the Court:
''And now, as I am unable to carry
out the laws as / deem 1 should, L
adjourn this Court until time when
the army shall have been removed,
and l being able to imprison and
punish as I Judge is deserving in the
premises.
"The Autocrat of the Russias, with
the lives and property of his sub
jects at his command, the Sultan of
the Turkeys, with his oriental vassals,
much less Il major-general of a Re
public like this, has not power such
as has been sought to be enforced in
this case by the military. No such
power was found even with the com
manders Of the Roman Legion.
81 therefore adjourn this Court
until next Saturday, when l will
decide all cases pending now, when /
will adjourn this Court indefinitely,
until such time as l may have power
to enforce the laws 1 am placed here
to eXpound and execute
These are manly utterances from
the bench, and does honor to the
high and just estimation the Judge
entcrtains for the distinguished posi-
ton he occupies.
"SAvE Me FROM MY FRIENDS The
Charleston South Carolina) Le>ttls,'-
Il paper published III the interest of
the ''freedmen''-giveS them the fol-
lowing sensible advice:
"Colored people of the South, lis
ten to our advice--listen to the die
tatcS of common sense. Beware of
false teachers, who come to you in
the clothing of sheep, but inwardly
are ravenous wolves. These men have
no desire to see YOU on amicable terms
with your white neighbors. They
come to widen the breach already ex-
listing, and to make capital ont of the
dissensions in our midst The mo-
ment a good understanding exists be-
tween you and the whites, that mo-
ment their 'occupatior is gone but
if these spectators ia ruin attain
their aims, We tremble for your race.
Cultivate peace with all men. and es-
pecially with those with whom your
lot is cast, rather than those who are
here to-day and tomorrow may be
far away on the billow'"
AS an illustration Of the necessity
of this advice, the Leader quotes the
following from the letter of Yer
mont white man, named Webster,
who is playing preacher to the
Charleston negroes. 1t describes his
success i'll plundcring them. under
guise of commencing their liberality
"A few evenings since, when the
people were invited to bring forward
their offerings, one sister brought
along ten dollars in gold. It had been
cleaned from her scanty income by
the self-dcnial Of years, for the pur-
pose of paying the expenses which
would be required to give her de-
cent burial, when death should re-
lieve her from the tolls and burdens
of her earthly pilgrimage.
We have now laying upon our desk
before us sixteen silver quarters,
which have been brought in by a
poor woman, who before had paid a
dollar in for the church--all she had,
except this little pile of silver, which
was the savings of years, laid by for Il
time of need to afford her medicine.
and aid in the hour of sickness and
pain.
The Leale' says the man who would
pocket such money, and boast over
it. would take the last peck OF no.
minv, and rob the infant of its
bread and milk y
ANTICIPATED REVOLT IN SPAIN. 4
correspondent states that the Spanish
Government is distrustful Of another