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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-22

CorToN STEALTNG-CoMMENT OF
Hon. WILLIAM BURNETT, OF CINcIN-
NATI.-In aletter to Senator Schenck,
Judge Burnett thus comments on the
refusal of the United States War De-
partment to publish the Investigation
Report of Gen. Smith and Hon.
James T. Reade, of New Orleans:
If it is compatible with the public
interest, that treason or fraud of the
darkest and most revolving character
should be screened from exposure,
and their perpetrators not only shield
ed from punishment, but promoted to
posts of honor for distinguished
services" then the decision of the
War Department may be right, and
was mistaken when 1 said to General
Smith, in New Orleans. ''Let me say
to you, sir, that you cannot find on
on the face of the footstool, two more
atrocious villains than Maj. Gen.
Dana and Brigadier Brayman, and
every hour they wear the badge of the
War Department and WELD the
authority of the Government is a
damnlng disgrace, from which, until
they are punished and dismissed, it
cannot and ought not to recover.
Whether l was also mistaken wien I
said to him, 'sThis investigation will
amount to nothing; the charge against
them will be either ecAiterashed or
suppressed" remains to be seen.
But if the public honor demands
the exposure and punishment of those
who have prostituted the authority of
the Government, and tarnished its
record wherever their infamy is
known: if the public interest requires
that the Unsuitable plunderers be
made to disgorge, then it is not only
eminently but imperatively proper
that the facts embodied in that report
should be communicated not only to
the House, but to the world
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A METHODIST UNION MEETING,

Convention of the -Episcopal
Methodist bodies of the United States
mot as the despatch of the Associated
Press has it, of ''the New Methodist
Episcopal Church, has assembled at
Cincinnati for the purpose of effect
1ng permanent union. At a preli-
minary meeting held last year, four
Methodist bodies-thc American
Wesleyans, the Free Methodists, the
Independent Mcthodists, and the
Northern Conferences of the Metho-
dist Protestants- represented.
Last year the feeling among the mem
bers of these denominations was
unanimous in favor of a union, and
we believe such is still the case. To-
gether, the four denominations re-
present membership of about TO-
900. They all agree in an earnest
opposition to slaveholding, and to
making any distinction among citi-
zens on account of color The first
three have from the start made non
slaveholding a condition of member
ship, and the Northern portion of the
Methodist Protestants have shared,
though not the same legislation. at
least the same sentiments. The first
three, we believe, have not n single
congregation in the former slave
States, and us regards the Methodist
Protestants, only a portion of those
IN Western Virginia have remained
IN connection with the Conferences
in the Northern States. All the other
Southern Conferences have been and
still arc in full harmony with the SEN
tlments of the late Shareholders. The
new church, if formed, may be re-
lied upon by the friends Of freedom
as an earnest co-worker in the cause
of universal liberty and impartial
suffrage. .-Neur York 7ylbu,,o.
. 'ATTAcN ON CoLoEED MEN AS {,
specimen of the efforts being made in
certain quarters to influence Congress
in reference to matters in this Dis
trlct, we subjoin the following
especial despatch from this city.
printed in a Philadelphia paper, under
the above heading:
can assault was made to-day on q
force Of colorcd laborers set to work
to clean out the canal which runs
through the city, by the Irish
laborers, who had struck for higher
wages, although they were only
required to work eight hours per
diem After the colored men had
been pclted with stones and we're
nearly driven away, the police appear
ed and arrested the ring-leaders of the
rioters. As the latter can vote Mt the
coming municipal election. they will
probably be released and set to work
again.
! The facts are that there were. no
white men engaged in the riot, and
very few, if any looking on besides
the contractors and overseers. The
assallants We're colored men who
struck for two dollars per diem, and
the assailcd We're colored men. who
were working for one dollar and fifty
cents per diem
UusAi"yio" .>h1'. l6M
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CORN, PEAS,
Shoes, Groceries, &c.
RICHARD D'BR1EM

(EGS leave 10 inform his customers and
ID the public that lie has just received,
and will continue to receive:
Prime WHITE CORN.
BLACk-EIED and COW PEAS.
ALSO,
y tinc assortment of LADIES' Misses and
Childrcns SHOES.
Mems SHOES and BROGANS.
Together with full stock Of GROCE-
R1ES. All of which l will sell az low as
can be bought in Columbia for cash.
/ receive daily fresh COUNTRY BUT
TER. South side Gervais street,
May % Near Assembly.
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The Negro and his Guardian Angelo:

to the practical workings of that ma.
tional humbug, the Freedmen's Bu-
rear, in North Carolina and Virginia,
show condition of affairs which will
put honest men to thinking seriously
upon the subject of the negro and
his guardian angels of the Freed
mems Bureau. -
The commission recently charged
with the duty of Investigating and
reporting upon the freedmen's affairs
have honestly discharged their trust,
at least in the States named, and the
exposure of the delectable system OF
slavery which has taken the place Of
the old style of involuntary servitude
can hardly fail of impressing the
negro himself with the idea that his
old condition was the better one.
Under the fimsy pretext of pro-
tectlng the freedman in his newly ac-
quired rights, Seely, at Newbern, N.
c., gets their best services as labor
ers for nothing, while the Rev. James
turns thei unmerited punishment to
good account by making them ditch
and till his plantation. Again, q
young man named Fitz is placed in
charge of colony of negroes in
North G-rolina, and, in order that
his maseer, Seely, may not be disap-
pointed in the monthly reception of
that "$1 ,000," the most unheard-of
crueltles are practiced upon the poor
negro to eNtort, from him the few
stampsahe has earned or stolen from
the whites in and near Newbern. It
does not appear for what considera-
ton this monthly payment was de-
manded. It could not be for the rent
of the land upon which the settle
ment is built, for Seely did not own
it, and the gentleman to whom it be-
longs has often demanded it in vain,
Notwithstanding the order from
Washington for its restoration has
been exhibited repeatedly. In con-
nection with this North Carolina
wing of the Freedmen's Bureau, the
Commissioners might have made
some interesting discoveries had they
probed just a little the affairs of the
Freedmen's Savings Bank there. The
negro is naturally credulous, and it is
not a very difficult matter for his
chest friends" to show him the ad-
vantages of laying up his treasure.
The workings of the system in
North Carolina, according to official
report, have succeeded in accomplish
ing the debasement of the negro,
and III removing further from him the
friendship of those who best under
stand his nature and his wants. The
officers, instead of protecting him and
striving to ameliorate his condition
by harmonizing the conflicting ideas
which govern the two races of people,
have widened the breach, injured the
ward they were appointed to protect,
speculated upon his ignorance, and
destroyed his usefulness to the coun-
try. They were drawing pay from
the Government in the meantime.
This is certainly true in regard to
Virginia and North Carolina. The
Commissioners are yet to report from
South Carolina, where. it is sup
| posed, the affairs of the negro bureau
are in a condition equally deplorablc.
Ne,c IorI, Ne,cS.
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Auction Sale OF Public Animals.

Se|AS Va uO0S AAAu1d1Ss
FANO be sold, Ill front Of the College Cam
Il pus, at Columbia. S. c., at lO5 q. m.
on SATURDAY, May 26, 1866,
Sixteen u6l MULES.
Fifteen Q5) HORSES
Terms cash, in United States currency.
Bv order Brevct 1t. Col. 4. W. THoMAs
(Slgncd,) THOMAS BRITTON.
lst Lieut.. 9th U. s. Infv. \. 4. Q. NJ
MAY IS
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GEN. HOWARD AND HIS BUREAU.-
Gen. Howard seems to be, in IL GER
tain sense, a good man; and in calling
4 upon the President to remove him
iron. the head of the Freedmen's
Rdfeau, as we did several days ago,
We did not mean to imply that he was
corrupt or wilfully dangerous Of
fetal. He is, however, a rabid fana-
tic; and all fanatics are dangerous
men if in official positions It matters
not that he believes himself to be up
right and conscientious; for if he is
really one of these monomaniacs, he
will certainly do acts which man of
cleTintellect would shrink from. We
: :opy from the Philadelphia Press, of
Pthe 10Th, the following paragraph,
which the reader will be able to
weigh for himself when told that
torney is responsible for it's appear
ance:
Information upon which full re-
nance can be placed, proves that
Andrew Johnson is resolved to re-
move Gen. Howard, the Christian
chief OF the Freedmen's Bureau, if
he can find an excuse for so doing.
The report of Gems. Steedman and
Fullerton was made to suit Johnson's
veto message Of the Freedmen's Bu-
% %reau bill, and to fulfill his predictions.
Ihelr reporter was a correspondent Of
the New York Herald, who, while at
Newbern, offered to suppress his rc-
port if paid by the agent of the Bu
rcau: This reporter is paid by the
Heimla and by the Government for
hi work. Congress will probably
appoint committee to follow and
correct the dangerous statements of
the Presidents favorites. The de-
struction of the Freedmen's Bureau
is demanded by the traitors, though
it feeds more whites than blacks. =
A new species of shale has been
found in Antrim County, Michigan.
which, while it possesses all the
qualities of bitumious coal, leaves n
resldum of sandstone with q metallic
lnstre. 1t burns more readily than
coal, and its immersion in boiling
water IN no way Injuries its combus-
tible qualities.
a difficulty occurred in Washing
ton, on the 18th, between n number
OF Irish strikers and several freedmen,
who had been put to work in their
places, in which the latter were badly
beaten.
The Tammany Society of New
York organized, on Saturday bv
clectlng Mayor Hoffman Grand
Sachem
In Philadelphia there are upwards
OF LOCO places where ardent spirits
are sold, many of them with hout
license.
Plantation Bitters-the freedmeps $
strikes.
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ARRIVED SATURDAY.
Schr. VIM. Alien, Washington y. {.
WENT TO SEA SATURDAY.
Steamship Saragossa, Crowell, New York
Steamship Adele, Hall, Baltimore
Schr. 5. II. CAdy. Crowell, Baltimore
WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY
Schr. Southerner, Darling, Boston
Schr. =. \. Smith. Stetson, Philadelphia
Up FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr. j 5. Lee Bunnell New York, lGth
Schr. ID. y. Berry, New York, Nav l6.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-22

Columbia Wholesale Prices Current,
CORRECTED WEEKLY
BY 4. l.. SOLOMON.
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The proposed reduction in the clcr-
zeal force in the Interior Department
Will effect saving, it is believed. of
5 1000 n year
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-22

The WILL OF \ PROMINENT MErHo-
DIST. Wesley Starr, 4 prominent
Methodist in Baltimore, who died
last week. left in his will valuable
piece of property to the Starr Metho-
dist Church. to be- held and enjoyed
by the said church for and during all
such time as may elapse before the
corporate authorities. official members
or membership OF the said church
shall admit any musical instrument.
as distinguished from the human
voice. into the Sabbath school, sing
ing. choir. or choir rehearsals, or
singing schools of said church, held
either on the church premises or else
where, or shall attempt-I trust they
never wlH-to raise money by the
holdlng-now somewhat fashiona-
ble-either IN the church or Sabbath
school room, or elsewhere, of anv
falr. festival or concert of instru-
mental music. or by the delivery of
any irrehGious or political lecture, or
the still more ucmoraliZinG and sinful
mode-should the churches ever so
tar degenerate as to adopt it-of
balls, parties, lotteries, theatrical per-
1ormances, rntiles, or the voting for
distinguished individuals: when and
upon the happening of any one of
these contingencies. the said wharf
property and eronnd-rent shall fall
INTO the reSilum of my estate and be
subject to the disposal hereinafter
made thereof
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SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, MAY 81.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-22
Sales,
Mules, Hagons Groceries, Furniture, DC.
BY JAMES G. GIBBES.

BY JAMES G. GIBBES.
c. F. HARRISON, Aucr1oNEER.
TOMORROW "wednesday MORNING. a,
10 O'Clock, will sell. at my store,
good Mules.
Wagons and Harness.
superior Two horse Wagon, with Har-
ness and Cover-all complete
\ mixed lot of Groceries.
Bacon, Mackerel Cheese
Porter, Whiskev, Tobacco.
Sundry articles of Furniture.
\. B:--Articles for sale received up to
time OF sale May % 9
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81. LorIs, May II. Cotton held abovu
the views of buyers. Flour and wheat
firm, but unchanged. Corn better. at $50
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Eutaw Encampment No. 2, I.O.O.F.
fISf.zZ-SSY
@.TNS.s. .s.S.sAssWEIsSssSsM-SaW
A REGULAR neeting OF this Encamp-
N mcnt will be held THIS EVENING, at
o'clock, at Odd Fellows Hall 4 prompt
attendance OF members is earnestly soil
cited. JOHN MCCAMNON Scribe
Nav - 4
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REJECTION OF INTEREST ON THE
NATIONAL DEBT. The bill heretofore
introduced by Senator. Sherman, to
reduce the rate of interest on the
national debt and for funding the
same, was reported back from the
Commltte" on Finance, with an
amendment providing that the ex-
pensc of disposinS of the bonds shall
not exceed ono per cent of the
amount disposed of The original
bill fixed tAe amount at two per cent
for preparing. issuing and disposing
of the bonds.
BALANCES. the following is Il
statement of the amount of funds in
the cash vaults of the Treasury on TIE
18th Instant: United States legal ten
der notes. S26S, 600; National Bank
notes, S92,3SO; fractional currency of
all denominations, ~ .467, 7S5; gold,
E'3O3. 600; silver, S2O5 900 cents,
$500; reserve fund, temporary loan.
$50. .OOO, 600: reserve fund, Surplus
Issue United States notes, S37 932, :
423; reserve fund, surplus issuc COM
pound interest notes in redemption.
$4,000, COO.
The proposed reduction in the cler-
ical force in the Interior Department
Will effect saving, it is believed. of
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-17

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vANDYNE & BRYNT,
MIAMIsBURd, OHIO,

RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO
tpe public that they have purchased tho old standoi
SonR ~ kaanmah. and are prepared 70 do all
ala attention given to horse -shoelng. PlOws oi
All kinds, wagons and carriages made and re-
palred They Viii warrant all their work
Jahlo-wu HANDlkE \ BRYANT.
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FeIIow-Citizens:
Who Wants Bargains.

MARTIN BOMBERGER, REAL
ESTATE AGENT DAYTON, ONO. has Tor sale.
twenty Houses and Lots ranging from $50 20
Also six Farms-three In Darke, two in Mont.
golnery. aud one Ia Van Vert County .f
The undersigned can always be Found az the
Dhio Insurance Ofbce. when not oat ON business
Or At the Post Once corner. M. .l.. IIf -IT7
Buys and sells PrPpfTtyi Terms libard
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The ''VVar CIoaIlT OF a King.

In the palace at Honolulu, Sandwich Is
lands, among other pictures ernbeIlishin9
the walls, Is the portrait OF old King KAN
niAmhIA, some years deceased, which is
thus described by . tourist from Califor-
mia. w u au, t.# hH IsH .u-u
The old war-horse had a dark brown.
broad and beartllcss face, with native intel,
ligencc apparent In IT, and something az a
crafty expression about the eve. hair
white with age and cropped short. m tI,c
picture he In clad in "A Wilt. shirt, l6ng r,d
vest and with the fanlOus feather war
cloak over all, We were permitted IN ,eN-
anime the original cloak. IL Il VERY annie
In lis dimensions, and Is made entirely OF
the small, silky, bright yellow feathers bf
inc man-oi-war or trupio bird, closely
woven into strong, coarse netting Of grass
by process which promises shortly 10 he
como lost art, inaslnueh rs only one na-
tive, and he an old man. Is len who under
stands II in its highest elegance, These
ieathers are rare and costly, because each
bird has but two OF them, one under each
wing, and the birds are not plenty, IA re-
quired several generations To collect the
materials and mhnull.ctahe this cloak and
had uawQrk been performed In the United
States, under our line army contract sys- .
sein, IL would have cost the Government a.
more millions of dollars than L can este
mate without alarge arithmetic aud black
board, .fe.r .af 80 IIa.r I- -Iliu a
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-10-04
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THE DANGER.

Does any one recollect an instance fur
nshed in human experience Of the preser-
vation OF republican form of government
after the consumation OF such Il revolution
as that which the Radicals are inauyura-
ting? All free nations have lost heir lib
critics Just as we are doing, through the
machinations Of bad men and the corrup-
tons flowing from the misappropration Of
the public treasure. When our revenues
were small and expenditures limited, the
struggle for the possession of power was
not of such char: cter as to shake the
foundations Of the government and to
break the peace of the country. And now
we have an income which neither Greece
nor Rome, in all the plentitude of power
and the magnitude OF empire, ever collect
ed from their tributaries. And when
"barbaric golu'' had driven virtue aud
honor from their councils when their sim
pie republics fell before the sapplng vices
of conquest and wealth, ther governments
were as hard to- .sreconstruct,' as ours
They. too, had men like Andrew Johnson
wise and patriotic-who essayed to
check the downfall O! truth and virtue.--
But they batted In vain. The virtues Of
Cato, tile wisdom of Socrates, the va,or OF
Scipio and the eleqnence OF Demostfenes
aid Cicero were vain to stop the Hood
which, when once it sets in, sweeps until
the last lan,lmarS Of freedom disappears.
1t is not hard to loose liberty I; but, when
gone, who can recall it; There is no re-
surrection for the lost insttlit on of a free
people and if the masses of the North
shall follow in the lead OF New England
and the Radical false prophets they will
desert the platform on which their fore
fathers stood, evet, as the Hebrews of old
abandoned their God, and, ,likethem, they
will wander, perhaps, forty years ih q
wilderness OF anarchy, blood and sntfer7
ing, snilen By the wrath OF Heaven for
their wickedness and rdolatry.t ft~e'. 80 i
1t, through the madness aud folly of
faction, the liberties of the A1nericat peo-
pie are lost, history furnishes no example.
to guide MS in retrieving them. The lamp.
of antiquity Sheds no light over paths
which return from the sepulchres OF dead
republics. When they fall they fall to rise
no more, and an iron dcspotism rolls to the
door of their tomb st me which can new
eIr be displaced. New nations may arise,
new republics BE formed from new peo-
pies and materials, bat when once the
1lres Of liberty 60 out they can never be
reklndled upon tie same altars. This adj
monition should not be disregarded by
those whcse dearest rights are in jeopardy.
The voices which come up to us from. the
depths of the past should not be unTeeded
when we contemplate that revolution
which threatens with destruction the very
pillars Of our temple, and with the strength
and frenzy of blind Samson ,wonld crush
US beneath it's ruins. Rschnaoaad Times.
Brownlowfnfaillted at Erie, Pa.,,l when
about to speak. He has unfortunately re.
covered s.ifs ksI itasd gsaa st.Isi@ftf g nia19s
- liaf <nst eni i s.iI ai slisa ltesaie,
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ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

"a I1he following is an extract from the
speech OF the Hon. George III. Pendleton
at Flemingsburg, Kentucy: .+,e.,.
:, Il stood the other day in that beautiful
cemetery which overlooks the valley oftile
+ kentucky River and the capital Of your
ottate. | wandered among its beautiful
trees, and looked upon the inscriptions
upon its many tombs. I saw there the
heroes Of civil strife-I mean civil, as dis
tlnngnished from ,1:ilitary-who had died
with their harness on. I saw the graves of
the immortal dead who had died in the
Indian wars, in the war Of 1912, in. the
war with Mexico, and those who died in
orr late unhappy and wretched civi! strife.
ga and young, all, bore testimony to
the courage and valor and heroism and
loyalty Of Kentucky. There they lay all to
gether, those who had died fifty years ago
and those who had died this year. Con-
federate and Federal lay side by side,
their battles over their struggles. past
there they lay in the calm and sileEt re-
pose Of a common death. Their spirits
had ascended upon eternal wings to per
form in concurrent harmony the duties as
signed them by the divine appointment Of
their Almighty Maker And why is it,
gentlemen, that we, the living, feeling
the necessity of harmon must wait until
a common death shall seize MS, and until
it shall be too late, before we agree to
shake hands together, bury our differences
at the foot of our conntry's altar, and
swear that, by the Eternal God, to her,
and to her alone, we will be true forever" "