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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10


STATE ITEMS. The Abbeville Press,
OF the Sth, says:
"The prospect OF the grain crops
seems to be more encouraging, and
the wheat is suffering less from rust
than was anticipated. The corn is
promising, but the cotton has suf-
fered seriously from the excessive
rains"
The Greenville Aouatcinee,. has the
following items:
''The meetings in the Baptist
Church still continue, and many are
still inquiring the way of salvation,
and are being directed to Him who is
the Way, the Truth and the Life. ;
The baptism of number of converts
IS expected to take place on next Sun
day afternoon.
1--WE have just returned from trip
as tar as New Market, in Abbeville,
and, from Information all along the
route, we have come to the conclusion
that the wheat crop in that range Of
country will be tolerably good one.
The rains seem, now, to be suspend
ed, and we trust that q week or two
of fine weather will bring in q propi-
tious harvest. Farmers are already
cutting wheat, in many places
SAD OCCURRENCE. DR.. John G..
Williams, one of the most respected
citizens of Edgefeld District, s. c..
committed suicide on Monday last.
FIRE. Between 7 and s o'clock,
yester lay morning, a fire occurred on
Railroad Accommodation Wharf,
Ward No. 5, destroying a turpentine
still, two boats, and about 40 bar
rels of crude turpentine. The fire is
attributed to the carelessness of q
colored hand, in allowing the boiling
pitch to run over, which ignited and
communicated to the barrels. The
property belonged to A. Robertson &
Co.. and, we learu, was not insured.
Thar!estaa Courier. OH
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The VALLEY OF VIRGINIA. The no.
bic people of the Valley of Virginia,
who contributed SO largely to the he
roisn Of the Confederate armies, and
bore, with SO much fortitude, the
desolations inflicted on them by a
ruthless enemy, are now, with praise
worthy energy, repairing their waste
places and ct1acing the traces of the
destroyer. The Shenandoah UeruM,
of last Thursday, after statl.,< ''that
nearly every mill and barn in TIE Val
ley, between Harrisonbnrg and Win
chester, was burned" says:
with that indomitable energy and
perseverance, characteristic OF the
hardy yeomanry OF the Valley, they
did not fold their arms and spend
their time in fretting and worrying
themselves about the matter, but
went to work with hearty will to re-
pair the damages; and, notwithstand-
ing the slender resources in money ut
command, new barns and mills have
risen. Phrnixlike, upon the sites of
those burned. In this ncighborhood.
we are happy to say, the most nf the
barns have been rebuilt, and the mills
are progressing rapidly, and will be
completed III time for the growing
crops.
Rev. G. G. Biting. OF Alexandria,
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The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has issued an order correct
ing certain instructions to assessors,
concerning assessments of incomes
for the year 1855, by which it appears
a guardian residing abroad should
return the income Of his ward in the
district whore the ward resides; and
that all expenses for insurance upon
property and all actual losses in the
business may be deducted from the
gross income Of the business OF the
year.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10

@en. Seott's Letter To Mr.. Seward.
The recent death of Gen. Scott,
and the universal lamentation over
the event at= the North, as we'll as the
respect shown to his character and
ability at the South, iustifes the re-
publication of the following letter to
the present Secretary of State, writ
ten on the day prec ling the first in
augnration Of Mr.. lincoln:
WARRINGTON, March 8, 1861.
DEAR SIR: Hoping that in day or
two the new President will have hap
PLY passed through all personal
danger, and fnd himself installed an
honored successor of the great Wash
lngton, with you as the chief of his
Cabinet, beg leave to repeat in
writing wh"t / have before said to
You orally this supplement to my
printed ''Views" dated in October
LAST on the highly disordered condi-
ton of onr $50 latc) happy and glo-
rious Union.
To meet the extraordinary exigen-
cies of the times, it seems to me that
l am guilty of no arrogance in limit
ing the Presidents field of selectiou
to one of the four plans of procedure
subjoined:
[. Throw Off the oh and assume a
ne~ designation-the Union 7oa,1v-
adopt the conciliatorv measures pro-
posed by Mr.. Crittendcn, or the Peace
Convention, and my life upon it, we
sc
but, on the contrary, an early return
of many, if not of all, the States which
have already broken off from the
Union. Withoutsome equally benign
measure, the remaining slaveholding
States will probably join the Montgo-
merry Confederacy in less than sixty
days-when this city, being included
in a foreign country, would require Il
permanent garrison of at least 35, 900
troops to protect the Government
within it,
II. Collect the duties on foreign
goods omside the ports of which this
Government has lost the command,
or close such ports by Act of Con
gress, and blockade them.
III. Conquer the seeded States by
invading armies. Nodoubt this might
be done i'll two or three years, by
young and able general Wolfe,
DesaiX or q Hoche-with 300, 900 dis
ciplined men, (lept up to that num-
her, estimating third for garrisons,
and the loss of yet greater number
by skirmishes, sieges, battles and
Southern fevers The destruction Of
life and property on the other side
would be rightful--however perfect
the moral discipline of the invaders.
The conquest completed, and that
enormous waste of human life to the
North and Northwest, with at least
$3.50, 900, 600 added thereto and cui
bomo:' Fifteen devastated provinces!
not to be brought into harmony with
their conqnerors; but to be held for
generations by heavy garrisons, ut an
expense quadruplo the net duties or
taxes which it would be possible to
extort from them, followed bv n pro-
tcctor or an emperor.
~. Say to the seeded States
WuYsc'n9 sisters, depart in peace.
In haste. l remain, very trnly.
yours. WINFIELD SCOTT.
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The CROPS. ps.-Several hard frosts
have recently occurred in the vicinity
OF Allegan, Mich, injnring the peach
crop, and entirely killing it in some
parts. Other frnit is unframed. The
wheat crop looks promising. 1t is
said by many who have travelled over
the State to have been the best they
have ever seen
The Houston lTcNas) TeieqrapA
says: Physical causes are making
Texas one of the largest--we believe
it will be the largest -wool-growing
States in the Union. 1t would be a
matter Of no surprise TO us if, in a
few years, the wool clip should ex-
ceed III value the cotton crop in Texas.
From all parts of the country we
hear that the prospect for an abun-
dant yield of corn and cotton is ex-
cellent. Indeed, if there be no I'M
forescen accident. the corn crop this
year will be as large, and the cotton
crop larger than ever before. There
Will be about half crop of wheat
made. All kinds of fruit are abun-
dant, except apples. Of these there
will probably be about one-tllird OF
the usual yield.
Lebnnon (Iem~.) HeyniA.
The PEAcH Crop. The peach crop
in the Aiken, s. G., region is likely
TO he an nttar faiIura tl,;o cocoon
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CoNFEDERATEs IN MEXICO. The
Mexican Government publishes an
official list of the Confederates who
have settled on land at Cordova.
from which it appears that only
thirty-eight of our refugees in that
country have yet acquired any land.
General Magruder and NJ. F. Maury
have each $40 acres, and all who hold
the land have documents to show that
they purchased with their own means
from private proprietors, and that it
was not given by the Imperial Go
vernment. Let not our young men,
therefore, be deceived by hopes that
will certainly prove fallacious. Men
of abundant means or of established
scientific reputation, can live with
ease in any civilized portion of the
globe, but others will find hard time
in Mexico. Take our advice, and re-
main at home.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10

jeff. Davis certainly has many q
hard trial. but the trial is what he
wants and what he is entitled to have.
Prentice.
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We learn that the 25th Ohio Regi
ment (Which was on duty in this city
nearly q year, has been mustered out
of service, and left Charleston for
home, day or two ago.
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\ yuung lady WAS Yesterday conse

\ young lady WAS yesterday conse-
Grated in st. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Hudson street, by Bishop
Potter and several clergymen, as a
member of the sisterhood of st. Mary,
of which the object is to do the works
of charity and mercy, and all good
deeds within their power. The lady
was given the name of Sister Agnes
There are seven members Of the
Sisterhood. Their dress, as well as
their Office, are like those of tho
Sisters of Charity. -Ne,c York Post.
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The Richmond Eramin,r. speak
ing OF the great flood of bogus
fractional currency" or "shyster"
money, now inundating the whole
South, says: We wish that the Go
vernment would Immediately call i'll
these small notes, giving the people
an equivalent for good and bad alike,
and then issue enough coin to answer
the business of small change. One
thing is certain, that we are flooded
with counterfeit small notes, and we
need relief mt once.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-10

Miss Evans, the authoress OF Beu-
lah, and other noted works of fiction,
has generously purchased a marble
Mausoleum for the Confederate dead
of Mobile. She has set Il good ex-
ample, that we are assured will he
followed when Southern finances re-
cover from their present prostratior
We cannot expect the United States
to do anything for those who fell in
arms for secession, nor are the State
Governments now able to do any
thing. 1t is only from private NUM-
ficence that our loved and lost can
now receive the monuments due to
their memories. All honor to Miss
Evans!
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Rev {. &. Biting. of Alexandria,
Va, has, we leaan, received and will
accept n call from Greenville. S. G.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is cali
ed TO the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the tirst
time:
J. l.. Lumsden--Citizens'P Purse.
L. Pollard-Patent Hair Crimpers
II. E Nichols-Agent Putnam r. In. Co.
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1HE RACEs.-The attention Of subscribers
to the citizens purse is invited to the no
tlco OF Mr.. Lumsden, published this morn
ing. The subscriptions to the purse are
coming in quite literally, considering the
impoverished condition Of the country, and
fine weeks sport is anticipated. The
races, it is expected. will come off abort the
Fourth of July.
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ing LlVerpOOl ana MancheSter.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce, in their memorial to Congress,
says:
Whatever may be said to the con
trary, the quality seen of India cot
ton is good enough even to drag down
our own growth, as happened in Liv-
erpool, last month, to the extent of
sixpence sterling per pound-equal
to fifteen or sixteen cents of our mo-
ney-in less than six weeks"
And, if India can thus compete,
when shipments we're freely arriving
from this country, what will she not
be able to do when she gets the addi-
tional advantage of five cents per
pound, when her cotton is placed
alongside with that from America.
Crush the South, say the radicals;
bnt, in crushing the South in this
mode, You crush oil our financial and
commercial interests, say the states
men and merchants of their own sec
ton.
But, would the infiction of this
unjust tax ruin the South? No! thank
God, no. The very civil war itself,
which wrought such evils otherwise
TO our section, developed the fact that
the South is rich in varied and mani-
told resources. In soil and climate,
she stands unsurpassed by any coun-
try; she can raise the products of al
most every cline. Corn, wheat,
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Local Items.

The Phosnir Contains every morp,,.
double the Quantity Of reading mats@r Of
any paper Published outside of Charies.os
1t only requires . casua! examinations t..
prove This assertion.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22

ANTICS OF THE CABLE.-The At
lantic Telegraph does some queer
things. 1t will take us some time to
get used TO them. For example, the
London markets of to-day at noon,
are received at New York his NOR
ming at six o'clock-sir hours before
they leare Londoni London news Of
y o'clock last night, will reach New
York before sunset yesterday! 80
that tx Il asyou will, we are one day
ahead, not only Of London but Of the
news itself. In many cases we shall
receive intelligence Of an event before
itoccurs. If the Austrians and Prus-
slams should 90 to war again, and
fight another battle Of Sadowa, say on
Saturday, we might hear Of Il III,
day before. At San Francisco, th,
news will be still further ahead o
time, since the further We 60 from
Europe, the earlier we shall hear Eu
ropean news. The London dispatch
8 received in New York at twelv'
e,lock will reach San Fransisco be
lore nine o'clock the same day. Th
explanation Of these antics is that tn
sun and dispatches travel from east 4
west, but the dispatches outstrip III
sun.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22

seCHEERTSe.-"P. W. A." the OBJ
servant correspondent of the Macon
(Ga) Telegraph, writes from New
York on the 10th:
There is good news to communicate
TO your readers. | have been behind
the scenes here a little, and learn
from reliable sources that there will
be complete fusion or union of all
the conservative elements in this State
upon the platform Of principles laid
down at Philadelphia. The great
Democratic organization, with st,
Tammany aud Mozart, and the mod.
crate Republicans, embracing that
large wing of the Republican party
which follows the lead Of Mr.. Sew
ard, Thurlow Weed and Mr.. Ray.
mond, will meet at Albany in day
or two, through their respective STATE
Executive Committees, for the pur.
pose of ratifying the action of Tho
Philadelphia Convention and inaug
urating an active and vigorous cam.
paign. Meetings are TO be called
throughout the State, and steps taker
to ratify the Philadelphia platform
and nominate candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, for Con
gress, and for the Legislature. Sim
liar STEPS are to be immediatel,
taken in the other Northern State
where elections are TO be held thi
fall; and in those where there will
be no elections ratification meeting
will be held, and the restoration
policy of the President endorsed.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22
POETRY
They tell me that the World Is Cold,

HY rfABL nltEna
They tell me that the world Is cold
hut do not believe Il;
There's warmth enough, aud lovc-light too
For hearts that will receive It.
know there are who shrond their heart,
In dark clouds Of suspicion,
From whose cold breasts no soul-it star
Goes forth on trusts sweet mission.
They Judge not Ms they would be judged
But seem to find n pleasure
In netting out their brothers faults,
With oyerhowing measure.
For "hiddcn horns on brightest heads,
Close watch they're ever keeping
They always find ''cloycn foot
Meath iairest garments peeping.
Not 70 with me, have not learned
The black art Of decciying,
And judging others BY myself
Find Joy In thus believing.
hunt for smiles where'cr 20,
And failing not to find them,
do not pause to ask II frowns
VIII follow close behind them.
Like light and shadow mingled, seen
Within my fayorite grot,o, N
So good in all, and none all good,
iIas ever been my motto. "
And so garner up the grain,
In all lis golden beauty,
And leave the ,horny tdrss for hands
Grown hard in satau's duty.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22

CHOLERA PREVENTIVE. The
following, furnished by a Memphis
physician, is from the Argus;
"As many are prescribing through
the newspapers remedies for diseases
incident TO the scason-many Of which,
to say the least, are injnrious-pcrmit
me to suggest a very simple one, and
one that can be used with confidence
and safety in the absence Of your
family physician;
Tincturc of capsicum, cayenne
pcppcr,) three ounces tincture ol
ginger, one ounce; essence Of pep
permint, bali-ouncc. Dose, for az
adult, one teaspooniul in sweetened
water every half hour until relieved
The above Is a safe remedy 10
bowel complaints, as also in chilli
with a tendency TO CONGESTION. II
possesses one great merit, It does noi
cause a constipation Of The bOwels
nor paraly1c the operation Of o,hei
remedies which che family physicisF
may prsribe on biz aFrival.p
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22
A Celestial Opium Dcbauch.

An Englishman writes to Lon
don paper Of scenes which he wit
messed in China, as follows:
One Of the objects at this place
that ] had the curiosity to visit was
the opium smoker in his heaven: and
certainly II is u most fearful sight,
although, perhaps not so degrading
TO the eye rs the drunkard from
spirits, lowered to the level Of the
brute, and wallowing in his iilth.
The idiot smile and death-like stupor,
however, of the opium debauchee has
something far more awful TO the gaze
than the bcstiality Of the latter.
The rooms where they sit and
smoke are surrounded By wooden
couches, with places for the head TO
rest upon, and generally side room
Is devoted to gambling. The pipe is
reed Of about an inch in diameter,
and the aperture in the bowl for the
admission Of opium Is not larger than
pins head. The drug IL prepared
with some kind Of conserve, and n
very small portion is sufficient TO
charge il, one or two whiiIs being the
utmost that can be inhaled from q
single pigc, aud the smoke Is taken
into the lungs as from the hookah in
India. On n beginner, one or two
| pipes will have an effect, but an old
stager will continue smoking for
hours. At the head OF each couch
is placed a small lamp, as fire must
be held in the drug during The pro-
cess Of inhaling; and from the diff.
Guilty Of filing and properly lighting
the pipe, there Is generally a person
who waits upon the smoker TO per-
form the Office. A few days Of thi.
fearful luxury, when taken TO excess,
will give a pallid and haggard look
to the face; and a few months, and
even weeks, will change the strong
and healthy man into little better
than an IDIOT skeleton. The pair
they suffer when deprived Of th'
drug after long habit, no Language
can explain; and il Is only wheI
under its influence that their facultiei
are alive.
In the houses devoted to their ruiz
these infatuated people may be seer
! at nine o'clock in the evening in al
. different stages, SOME entering, hal
distracted, 70 feed the crnying appc
. tito they have been obliged 10 subdu
during the day; others laughing an'
: talking Mildly under the influence o
. the frst pipe; while the couche
around are filed with their difnren
, occupants, who, lauguid, with idioti
e smiles upon their countcnanccs, ar
; too much under the influence Of tn
{ drug to care for passing events, an,
E fast merging 10 the wished-fsr con
{ summation. H
The last scene ia the tragic play !
generally a rom In tbc mar of th'
buil5ips s;-~rie- - arsd h--s-~
! where lie stretchel tbose who hay'
raised into thc state Of bliss ths
: ,nium smoker madly seels-@n en-
blem Of the long sleep 10 whish he l
blindly hHrrving.
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TIE Ell khaNa lasiltHlsm slea.
tffl M lllllsiHrmgh, Nmrh fsfdlms.
Flll eHlmeht II slalth asasismIs
faaf aH wmalif. iha III ~ ftiaias
aH'lff fle fahdatf a flansml
y v talslH. = gf4lmta. swd A.
hlifsh gme iap " lhs commence.
manl II ne Fafl 4 l'rA sssg n ~
flfHinia Nlliiafy fhsilfaie. ne
hul|llHgf fff ntw EEL esamfslalle.
eanfisilng n haaisaee iasmels
efseifA N lFip, ~ ihe Ts,lsI tw.
raHfa 4 = alllitfy Whw,l. anil mHs
dent ~ aeomlaoslale ~ eadrss,
together with m@a hall, hospital, and
tll dlef ns,cnay ladldings. The
'ilufilen a siaH nile fgm ll,a
town n lliistmaagb, within = Nv
hunlfel yafii ~ Ne North s'asplis
na coniml iltllfad and IL a fsoIon
unsurpassed ff health a. slhr
'pfcial Inducements 10 ihe Ataslsuts
from the southern States, Icing from,
fpuf " sls hundred miles neanf 10
ihcn than The great schools of vif.
ainin and Mnryland
t'encral tulstons oidect viii H. lg
make this academy the poIyteliu.s
school of The State IT North CarIi.
ua, rpd Qua 10 whieh alI, ffom every
Hiait, may resort wilh advnnlapr<
The oWirso " instruction will h.
nllc tu conlorm 10 the wants of The
present day, and will bc essentially
practical in IL character The study
Of The exact and natural sciences,
both IN their theory and application,
Of mechanics, engineering, arebiicc-
turc aud drawing, will receive special
attention. II will bc the aim Of the
system pursued 10 III the young men
Of the rising generation 10 develop
the great natural and mineral wealth
Of the country, aud 10 direct their
attention 10 its agricultural improve
mcnt and its immense industrial re-
sources. Al the same time, the study
of languages and literature will be
diligently cultivated, and the educa-
ton impaired at the HiIlsborough
Military Academy will be such as to
fl It's graduates TO pursue any career.
The academy will conform as nearly
as possible, in the extent and system
of its education. to the model pre-
sentcd by the Virginia Military In
stitute, and will cndeavor to accom-
plish for the State of North Carolina
what that institution has already
done for the State of Virginia.
General Colston solicits, in favor
of the Hillsborogh Military Acade-
my, the patronage and support Of all
the friends of the late Colonel Tcw,
who CALAMITY gave his life in defense
of his country's causc--and of his
own numerous friends and his old
brothersin arms throughout the whole
South---cspecially those whom he has
had the honor to command, from the
States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou.
isiana and Florida. He trusts thai
he is still remembered by them ant
now that the days of war are over
he desires to make the Hillsborouel
Military Academy a chosen spot
where the sous Of the South ma,
come to learn the arts Of peace, O
science and industry, which will ye
Q make their beloved native land smil'
: and blossom like the rose.