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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02
A New Dodge OF the Freedmen.

We deem it our duty to put our
planters on their guard against new
danger which, in their intercourse
with their freed laborers, they will
have to encounter, and the conse-
quences of which may prove disas-
trous to their future operations.
The instance we are going to cite
occurred on the plantation of one of
our own relatives IN Louisiana, and
we have heard that others have been
recorded in our own State.
The gentleman had engaged about
fifty hands, and raised crop of cot
ton, sugar and corn; the cotton for
immediate sale, the cane to plant and
stock for the next year, and the corn
for the support of the hands till next
crop. But before the corn was ripe,
he had necessarily to buy his own
supply, and when gathering time
came on, he had only to provide for
few months longer out of the new
crop. He had calculated that this
would require about 1900 bushels,
and leave him 35, 900 bushels for his
next years supply.
But the freedmen, who were en-
gagged simply by contract expiring
with the year, haG also shrewdly cal
culated that all the corn they required
to reach the term of their contract
was the same 1,5O0 bushels, and
when once that quantity, a little more
or less, had been gathered, they
ceased to take any further interest in
the balance, which, Notwithstanding
the entreaties and persuasions of the
planter, was allowed to rot in the
field. The freedmen just provided
for themselves, and left the planter
to protect himself as best he could.
This is an indication of what may be
expected from the present stock of
laborers. When employed on shares,
they will take their own time, under
pretext that they are their own mas
ters, and if they don't work, they will
be losers, and are willing so to be.
When employed at stated wages.
and for stated periods, they will not
even consent to raise more provisions
than the very quantity they expect to
need for their own support; thus
leaving the planter without any stock
to commence operations for the fol-
lowing campaign.
This matter is one so very serious,
that In the instance we have quoted,
the planter confesses his inability to
hold out another year, and is dis
posing of his property.
Mobile Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02
South Carolina Railroads.

The several Railroad Companies in this
State, and all persons who have com
plants TO make of excessive or unequal
said roads, will take notice that the fol
lowing joint resolution of the General
Assembly was adopted at the last regular
session:
ReSoiued, That Special Commission,
consisting OF two members of the Senate,
and one from each Congressional District
i'll the House, be appointed to investigate
and report to this General Assembly, at its
next regular session, the complaints made
of excessive and unequal charges bv the
different Railroad Companies of this State,
aud to inquire if, and in what manner.
they have violated their respective char
ters. That the said Commission have
power to summon such Witnesses and to
require the production of such books and
papers as may be necessary, and also to
inquire and report what charters are sub
]ect to amendment; and III those cases
where amendments are practicable, what
changes should be made to protect the
interest of the public.
The Commission appointed under the
foregoing resolution, hereby cali upon all
persons having knowledge Of material
facts relating to the matters embraced in
said resolution, to forward statements
duly authenticated to the several mem
bers Of the Commission as hereinafter
Indicated
Complaints and charges relating to .hc
Greenville and Columbia Railroad, the
Blue Ridge Railroad, the Laurens Rail-
road, the Spartanburg and Union Railroad,
may be forwarded to g. F. Towncs, at
Greenville C. H., or to w. S. Grisham, at
Walhalla.
Charges and complaints relating to the
South Carolina Railroad, may be forwarded
to NJ. q. Butler, Edgetield C. H., or r. S.
Duryea, at Charleston.
Those relating to the Charlotte and
South Carolina Railroad, and the Kings
Mountain Railroad, may be sent to Is. w.
Ball, at Laurens c. II.
Those relating to the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad, and the Cheraw and
Darlington Railroad, may be sent to Harris
Covington, at Bennettsvile.
Those relating to the North eastern
railroad, and Charleston and Savannah
Railroad, to II. S. Duryca, at Charleston.
The Commission will meet at Columbia
lat Nlckerson's Hotel, on FRIDAY. tn G
23d day OF November next, at 10 o'clock
a. m., to make up their report; at which
time any persons interested may appear
before them, and furnish such information
as may be considered necessary. relative to
the matters under consideration.
G. +. TONNES,
Chairman Senate Committee.
NJ. c. BUTLER,
Chairman House Committee.
Sept % fw1o
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

HEAVY CROPS IN THE WEST.
must be q matter of congratulation
with our impoverished planters to
know that the great grain fields OF
the West have produced an abundant
harvest, and that the prospect of low
priced corn for the next year is good
Our Western exchanges report large
crops of all the different cereals, in
that teeming section, and we have no
doubt but that provisions. and parti-
cularly corn, will be cheaper than for
some time past.
The Dubuque Herald, in recent
issue, says:
eve are informed that both the
Dubuque and Dunleith elevators are
full to overfowing, and the same can
be said of every elevator on the line
of the Dubuque and Sioux City and
South western Railroad. The Hi
nois Central have not more than half
cars enough to ship the grain, hence
it Is allowed to accumulate. The
same evils which have cursed our
Western producers in former years
are arising this fall with redoubled
force, namely, insufficient transpor-
tation for their products. ,"
In East Tennessee and in Ken
lucky, the corn crop is larger than
ever known before. We learn that
corn can be bought in East Tennessee
for twenty cents per bushel. The
freight on it to Middle Georgia can
not be, we would suppose. more than
thirty to forty cents. Even at the
latter figure, corn might be laid down
on the different lines of our railroads
at q cost Of from sixty to eighty cents,
including sacks.
It would be better for our planters
in each County and neighborhood,
who have to buy corn, to agree among
themselves how much they need, and
send an agent to make the purchase
for the swhole amount required for
each County or neighborhood In
this way, we have no doubt that the
corn necessary for the cultivation of
the next crop can be purchased for
about one-half the price it is now sell
ing at in our large cities. The e1pe-
riment is at least worth trial.
augusta Chronicles
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

AT the annual meeting of the Over
seers of Harvard College, held on
Tuesday, at Cambridge, Rev. Edward
E. Hale offered resolution that Il
Committee of five be appointed to
confer with the Corporation and with
the Trustees of the proposed Metho-
dist Institute, to consider the propri-
ETY. OF connecting that Institute with
the College. The resolve passed. and
the Committee was appointed as
follows: Rev. Messrs. Hale, Clarke,
Miner, and Messrs. Dana and Rich
ardson.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

The Washington city correspond
ent of the Charleston Courier states
that ''the articles of impeachment are
actually drawn, and have been sub
mitted to some legal adviser OF the
radical party. They were drawn by
Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio. They will
be offered. But change is coming
over the Northern commercial inte-
rest in regard to the radical pro-
gramme. They will resist the i'm
peachment of the President, because
it will necessarily produce much
financial and commercial destruction,
and if it result in his deposition, will
set the Mexican example of chronic
revolution in the Executive power.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

ENGLISH COTTON IMPORTS. Eng
land has imported, in eight months,
this year, nearly 5000, 900 cwts. of
raw cotton, valued at G53, 600, 600.
against only 1861, ,O4O cwts., valued
at 924, 10000 in the same time, in
1864. But this formidable increase
of e29, 100000, in less than three
fourths of year, excited little or no
apprehension of future financial dis
turbance in England. On the con-
trary, it is claimed that "the expe-
rience of the past ought to dispel all
doubts as regards the imports of raw
cotton"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

The s'local'' of the Lynchburg
IVA. Macs thus describes q happy
sight, which he witnessed on Monday,
in that city: We saw a woman, yes
terday, from the country, promenad-
ing Bridge street, underneath q new
spoon-bowl hat, decked with rooster
feather, inside of fitting "skeert," {"
before Il huge waterfall, having in
her mouth corn-cob pipe, and in
her arms baby, about two months
old. She looked like she felt she was
In Mahomet's seventh Heaven, and
was just ready to exclaim, "Cut my
straps and let me 60 to glory" She
was curiosity.
In Eaton, New York, there is a
cornet band, composed of twelve
performers, all of one family, named
Lockwood-brothers and their sons.
They are natural musicians, and
take to instruments as soon as they
can walk. They are all "sharps." It
is said the little Lockwoods cry by
''note," and, generally, without any
crest" to their neighbors.
There is something very sensible in
the impromptu remarks of pretty
girl not thousand miles from Bos-
ton: elf our maker thought it wrong
for Adam to live single, when there
was not a woman on earth, how
criminally guilty are the old bache-
lors, with the world full of pretty
girls
Mr.. Henry J. Raymond was edu-
Gated at the Genessee Wesleyan Semi
nary, New York, and the students of
the institution lately Investigated the
records, to lind which of the rival
secret societies he belonged to. They
were rather amused than astonished
to find his name on the rolls of both.
Mrs. Ford, of Monroe County, KY,
gave birth, on the 18th ult., to three
chlldren-all boys-weighing TX
pounds each. All are living and
healthy. Names-George d. Prem
tlce, Robert T.. Lee, and Jefferson
Davis.
A radiant genius who thought he
could edit newspaper better than
anybody else, tried It for one week.
and retired in disgust, is still on the
wall looking for a clerkship 10 q Sc
cond class peanut stand.
Ii bigamist were sentenced to
live with his two wives in the same
honse, the crime would soon become
extinct.
Why is David supposed to have
been Incorporate? Because he sleued
Goliah with slinq.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

The latest news from the. .construc~
ton trains on the Pacific Railroad is,
that the track is completed 266 miles
West of Omaha, and is still going
down at tie rate of two miles day.
A force of from 5000 to 1000 me-
chanlcs and laborers is steadily at
work on this great highway to the
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02
COMPREHENSIVE

HNHE undersigned have formed n copart
a nershlp for the transaction Of the AUG
lion and COMMISSION BUSINESS i'll tho
city of Columbia, under the amcnnd stvi,.
OF MCDONALD & McELWEE. Our Office
and store-rooms are situated or Lady
street, first door West Of the Post Office.
where we will give strict attention to any
business entrusted 10 our care, and viii
endeavor to give satisfaction to all cor
ccrned. ID. y. MCDONALD.
Aug 3InO J. II. MCELWEE
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

\ VERMoNTER Sir Curtis Miriam
dar Lampson, created baronet in
England for services in the Atlantic
Telegraph enterprise, is q native of
Vermont He went to England in
1884, and settled there, engaging in
the Hudson's Bay fur trade.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02

The Girls.
A PARODY ON "TuE SNOW

PARODY ON sTuE SNOW"
Obi the girls, the beautiful girls,
With the liquid eyes, and the golden curls
Sailing along through the crowded street,
Turning the heads Of the youths they
meet,
Tilting,
Ogling,
Skimming along.
Beautiful glrlsl they can do nothing wrong;
The blush of the rose on each soft dainty
cheek,
In which lovely dimples play hiderand-go-
seek,
Showing their ankles and little above,
Pure as an angel and tickle as love
Oh! the girls! the beautiful girls,
How the boys gather, and sigh as each
whirls
Her tilter along at delicate height.
Just skirting the beauties forbidden to
sight.
Tripping,
Laughing,
Hurrying by;
With smile Oh tho lips, and cog glance OF
the eye,
And the little dogs bark, and with joyous
bound,
Snap at the filters that eddy around.
The town is alive, and each heart in whirl,
To welcome the coming of each lovely girl.
How lovely they look as they tilter along,
Hailing each other with kisses and song!
And past poor fellow, like meteors, flash
by,
Bright for moment, then lost to the eye
Wriggling,
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Disregarding the breeze that plays havoc
below,
With long floating trail, as pure as the
sky,
To be trampled in mud by the crowds
rushing by;
TO be trampled and tracked by dozens Of
Till it blends with the filth in the horrible
street.
Once Itripped on tilter and fell,
Just as passed gaily dressed belle;
Fell, and my beaver rolled out in the street,
Fell. to be scoffed at, and jerred at, and
beat.
scrambling,
Dreading to rise,
And afraid, on my soul, to open my eyes.
Above and around me, the broad e1panse
OF hoops that e'er tilted in giddy round
dance.
Wildly, at last, darted without,
And dashed down the street, as the boys
raised a shout.
Once was green as the greenest Of leaf,
Nothing too big to exceed my belief,
And,vowed that looked at naught else but
her face.
Greenness,
Credulty,
Grace and all,
Shame and my bushes lost by that fall.
learn nothing new as the girls saunter by,
And tilter their hoops, no matter how high;
For all that's within or without me, /
know,
Since tripped on that tilter, and made
such go.
How strange if that patent heaving bosom
of snow
Should fall at her feet on the pavement
How strange if that pile of tightly bound
tresses
Should roll down her back from the head
1t depresses.
Painting,
Freezing,
Rushing ahead,
Unmindful of all save the beauties thus
The filters dropped off, and left far behind,
The little lace bonnet flying off in the wind;
But the worst of all mishaps-they do no.
thing by halves
How strange if in running she'd drop her
false calves.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02
WEsTCHEsTER HOUSE,

Corner Broonae Street and Bo,ce,.y, n. Y.
FTNHIS house, capable of accommodating
Il three hundred guests and kept on the
European plan, is centrally located, and
near to all points. City cars pass the
Hotel to all the Ferries, Railroad Depots
and places of Amusement every three
minutes. Single Rooms, s1.00 per day;
double, $780, J. F. DARROW & CO.,
Jan IA 1y Prop1ietors.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-02
LEGAL NOTICE.

DISTRICT COURT OF RICHLAND.
COLUMBIA, October 90, 1866.
nRDERED, That the Clerk of the Court
" do give notice that this Court is now
organized, and that it will sit in Chambers.
at the Court House, (Gibbes' Hal,) on
WEDNESDAY of every week, at 10 O'clock
a. M, for the transaction of such business
within its jurisdiction as may be brought
before it.
0rdered, That no ice be also given that
the Return Day" for the first Quarterly
Session falls on THURSDAY, the 3d day of
January next.
By order OF Court.
Oct 2f limo D. Is. MILLER, C. C.D.C.
The New York herald., 1866-03-23

ucTIoN soTIcE.R; r. MAzELL AUcTIoSEER.
"A BY J. r. HAIBEr CO.,
THIS DAY lfRIDAYl, MARCH Is.
at l0S O'Clock, at our saiesroom, b3 Beekma9 street.
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, 40,
IN lots to suit city and country pdyera
GUNs-S0 English Double Guns
FILEs-2oo dozen English sssorisd .res and kinda
sHOvELS-75 dozen @. y. shoveis d. L. H.
BEDsTEADs-N6 folding BedstoAds.
Also. at II O'clock precisely . -
by order Edgar ketchum Esq Collector Ninth district
TIN AND JAPANNED wARE-ccmprinng Baths,
Kettles Ovens Water Coolers Tea aud Coffee Pots Cash
Boxes Deed Lunch BoIes. Dressing Cases, Ac' 4o
j. H. HALsEy CO,
Auclionesrs IS Beekman street
The New York herald., 1866-03-23

A ucTIoS SALE OF TRoTrTNG HORSES. JEN.
"A KINs suconeer will sell at tho stablo OF Aet fat'
terson 39 Mercer street, Tuesday March "a At O'Clock
Bay STALL Henry Patcem he ~ ais ha nds HIGH io
by the late Horace Jones can rot In I'D he by oeo
NJ. Pachen out of haday Al-o the late Horace
Jones Stallion Colt (iamonon hay, yrars old sound
and kind. l5 ands BY Guy Miller he bv Hamonlan out
calculated Rody The above horses be seen
at i Mercer stree time before the sale Also one open
Stvers Smiths Wagon, set OF unr double Harness
and set OF hne single HarneAs
The New York herald., 1866-03-23

A LBRRT b. wALDRoN, AuCTI0NELR s.sUPERB
"A first class Furniture. A. b WALDHON 20 wiu
se auction Friday March S'at II o'clock at $40
Broadway general assortment OF furhiure consisting la
part Bedseads Bureaus WassandA Conmodes, Library
and Secretary Bookcases Hall Stands and Chairs Armore.
Centre Card Library Extension and Fancy Tables also
Paror Library and Dining Room Suits 10 brocatc plns
reps &c. Also Lounges Easy Chairs Rockers, 4e catA-
lnlI nnx
The New York herald., 1866-03-23
EDWARD sCHRScK. AuCTIosEER
ELEGANT cABIsEr FrRSITrRE

ny ORDER oF THE AsgfGsEE
nv EDWARD SCnFsCE, this day I'D iusfsni. 81 iOs
oclek at hls ssteuoo Liberty street. large spd re
giant assortment Of trst Furniture made FOR bes city
lese removed Tor eosvsnieuce ~ sss comprising sisssn
rosewood Psrlor suiis ~ brc.,l ti.ek -alsn d. Ia
pIush aud rep. blatk walnut Library AMI Dining Room
kus Frsnsloa Tables And Bunsi walnut and osk ole
sant rosew ood walnut Centre Tables walnut and
n.iied Turnitas Wardrobes s~cretarra Turtsa
Lounges Chairs Mall stand. sed css.r sysn, tsrni
whole comprising eisgsnt FssiJ o' hfs class
goods nd 20 bs peretnptoriIy .oid ~ibgu, rsssre
" HOFfhtN. tegas
81 B-Ths furbiure can be tspt fee u si9fsrs unui
Msyf
The New York herald., 1866-03-23
rcrIoN NorIcE.-nousRnoLp FuRNIruRg

JNO. \. BETT-, AUNTIUNEEK
GERARD, BETS co will sell on SATURDAY Msrrh ~,
nj igs West twentieth street. few doors Of Egh
avenue ouseh Furniture The Furniture contained IA
house. consisting In part OF Paiior Lace curtains
Tapestry and Brussels Carpets Stair Carpets ro.ewood and
Sofas Chairs and Lounges suite Pler GLASSES
Msn,e ornsmept. mahogany Bookssse csnire AID .ard
tesses Beds Bedding Ae. Ae together with general ss
sortment Of Kitchen Furniture. Utensils, Ac, A..
The New York herald., 1866-03-23
IIENRy n. LEEDS AuCTIoSEER
Ill HENRY II. LEEDS a MINER vii sell by auction, ON


j HENRY u LEEDs a hIkIK VII scll by Auouoh, ON
SATURDAY MARCH, ~
atlOl occek =, 10 Pike street near E.s, Broadway.
GENTEEL HOUSEHOLD fuKsITUEE-tonsistbg OF
Brussels aud Ingram Carpet. rosewood snils 10 hsured
dauask rosewood aud mahogany Centre Tables brVnfs
Clocks on Painting, Iare Windo~ cortsin..
mahogany Bed-teads bureaus and ws.hstand' Iron Bed
steads Feather beds. Bolsiers and fuows, mahogany
Chairs In hsiroIoh; do. Sofas In hArclo,b; window
hiso az ns sssorlmsat of Kitchen FURNITURE With
which The sale will commence
The New York herald., 1866-03-23

To nILIJrgss ss-YoVR ArsYrriQs ~ chLlsD 10
i Ne Dossa~ sfsss se~sss yr.-s fyses y , ~
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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-11
GOV. srARsHAI.1,s INAUGURAL.

The Inaugural address, Of Gov. Marshall
has that specially commendable feature in
public misunderstanding. Having but
few Recommendations TO make, his address
is characterised by clear business lie
style. He opposes the Immediate organi-
cation of the State University, and also the
establishment Of an Agricultural Collage.
The Indian policy of the Government is
condemned, and 4 limited territory, where
the Indians can be collected, guarded, and
carefully surrounded with muskets and
missionaries. is advised: -,
Upon national: affairs, he is, If we inter
pref his remarks correctly, strongly op-
posed TO President Johnson's policy,
though hopcfsl.that there will be no es-
arrangement between Congress and the
President He opposes the pardon of the
Southern States untilt.th loyal men of
the South, most Of whom were. lately en-
shaved, have projection against all forms
and devices Of the yet living spirit Of sla-
very and upon tins portion Of his plat
form ali just men will agree. He also
hopes for q constitutional amendment Civ
ing Congress the power to establisl,a uni
form rule of suffrage. Pioneer. 81 .2.gf:,t,
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-11
Ladies' Cloths, Fur victorines and Capes.
Misses Ermine yietorines and Talmas.

! Hosiery and Gloves, Ladies', I, Merino
Vests and Drawers, Wool Hoods, Nubias,
&c.;&c. i5,rt.z sEct5t 1j,oI
4. Boz, Ribbons, .Ruches and Flowers.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-11
tov:RhnoR MILLER! ! !! j

AfIar having for two years occupied the
Executive chair q Minnesota, qpyernor
Miller on Monday delivered his farewell
message. Those two years were III. most
Important. md md trying q any, perhaps, il
tho history OF the lnatiop and the dulles
.incumbsnt upona the Governors of the diff
glsrent States have been onsrous and diff
eult. These Governor Miller h.. discharged
sably, successfully and satisfactorily. His
whole tine and energies have been devoted
. The requirements u his Office; his &C.
tisns hsys been ma mark straight for
! szdnsss, honesty and ,uprishtness, both
o concerning individuals ard The State !.
ssnd he nowrstirss from the eubernatorial
char bearing the respect, good win and
oompDndstion Of almost his entire constit.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-01-11
uency. The exceptions, in either party,
are too Insignificant and contemplate to

notice. slzs~ " -. . H..
The Pres speaks 40 follows:
Yesterday at noon, Governor Stephen
Miller, who for Two years has Performe!a1
the duties # Chief Executive with an ao'"-
~, honesty aud fidelity. when VIII cause
his administration to be honoraoly remem.
bcred in the history Of the State, retired
from tho Gubernatorial chair with the de-
liyery Of the excellent valedictory which
We print elsewhere. and resigned the Exec
u,iye office to Governor Marshall.
The Pioneer says: a.
W. have not consulted with any Of the
previous incumbents, hut from our own
observation we should say, thatif man
wishes plenty of work, poor pay, and little
honor, he should ende .vor 10 become Gov
ernor Of Minnesota. With this view, We
feel that ex- Governor Miller, rather tnan
Gov. Marshall, il to be congratulated. ~..'<
Gov. Miller has, we venture to say. per-
formed more labor than any Of his prede-
ce>sors in tho same length Of time. He
has at times during his term Of service been
sharply criticised by tho State papers, but
it has generally been owing to misappre-
hension of facts, or partisan malignity, and
50 far as we have noticed the salient points
in his administration (and these were not
serious) have for the most part escaped no.
,ice. That he has been faithful officer
and labored to the best of his ability to
advance the interests Of the State, NO one
can gn,nsay. He will take with him to his
retirement the good wishes of this commu-
nifty, with whom he has resided during his
term of Office H. a-