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Gontr1butorial.
BYJAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
The Famine.

The Famine. '0
The general alarm about famine in the
land, seems to have subsided into more
considerate conclusion that there will be
great scarcity of corn. South Carolina
could subsist-could avoid starvation Of
any of her people-on what she will raise
herself Starvation is measure of famine,
we take it. All the border districts upon
the north, as far as we have seen and heard
and we are morally assured of the justness
of our conclusiou-will make corn enough
to do them, with reasonable economy. We
are also advised that the border districts
upon the coast will probably do nearly the
same This will leave belt entirely across
the State of about hundred and fifty miles
(allowing for exception in the way Of bot
tom lands in that belt), in which there
will not be more than half enough, used as
corn usually is, to suffice. -. #.-'"..=
This deficiency in the interior of the
State will require some provision to stay of
want. It is presumed that Governor Orr
oontemplates some action in this matter by
the Legislature, in his call for the extra
session. The Governor of Georgia, we are
advised, has purchased and brought into
his State hundred and eighty thousand
bushels of corn Something of this kind,
men surmise, it is proposed to do for South
Carolina The corn will be purchased by
the State wherever it is abundant, and dis
tributed at cost in some cases, and gratuit-
ously in others.
Such is the scheme talked of by those
who are busy devisiDg means for the relief
of the coming want among our people.
We have so long since given up all our
part in the trade of saving the country,
that we disclaim knowing anything about
this matter. We hope the best; and
earnestly wish the best may be done; but
we do not know what is the BEST And we
have an idea that numbers of our best-in-
formed street.corner politicians (each of
whom has a good scheme for rectifying
everything are good deal in our indi7idu-
al predicament. a.. .a... . .-.. bel 4 .
The fact is (and while We are on the
subject we might as we'll say so) We find
difficulty enough in padding our own
canoe, without plotting the ship of State.
And we fancy that if our own canoe could
be we'll padded and steered Alright, there
would be little need Of our taking concern
about either the ship of State or the stream
of time. We may be wrong of course, but
that's the way we have of thinking.
Besides, since Massachusetts, and South
Carolina are being so cosy, We suppose the
country is all right without our assistance.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

Whatever may have been the errors of
the man in the past, the sublime attitude of
President JOHNSON at the present time,
challenges the admiration and respect of
his countrymen. To comoat single. handed
the hosts of opponents striving to overthrow
the Constitution and laws, is task which
modern politics has not heretofore underta.
ken. The President has boldly thrown
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FATAL ACCIDENT Mr.. James G. Lind
say, a we'll known merchant of Yorkville,
s. c., who arrived iu this city by the South
Carolina Rail Road, on Thursday, and put
up at the Mills House, fell from the third
story of that establishment, between one
and two o'clock Friday morning, and died
of his injuries abou: 7 a. m. 1t is supposed
that deceased fell asleep while sitting in
one of the windows of his room, lost his
balance, aud was precipitated to the pave
ment.
Mr.. Purcell, the gentlemauly proprietor
of the Mills House, has had the body de-
posted in vault at Magnolia Cemetery,
subject to the order of his friends.
..-- Charleston Courier, 9th.
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The Darlington Southerner says that there
is movement on hand, among the freed.
men Of that place, to get up petition to
the President, for the withdrawal of the
military, the abolition of Provost Courts,
and putting stop to the interference of the
Bureau with the affairs of the blacks. ......
A great many people are living in tents in
Atlanta, Ca, but they are building an ope.
ra house there.
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THE PRESIDENT ON HIS ToUR.-There
is great deal of significance in the circum-
stances of President Johnson's journey,
and particularly as seen in bis reception in
New York Himself and cortege repre-.
sent the Executive and Military of the
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New Cotton.

A bale of new Cotton was received in
this place on Thursday last. 1t was pro-
duced on the plantation of Dr.. j.. NJ
LOWRY, olassed as Eow Middling, aud pur-
chased by Mr.. B. F. RAwLINsoN at 20
cents in specie. ..-...s
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Homesley & Asher-New Goods.
J. 8. Henderson NJ F. Walker-South Carolina Insitu-
ton for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
VIM. Sahms-Palmetto Mills. -'..- .-a b e. E- ...
Yam and A Shring. 81. .... .
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Enquirer Ofhce-Wrapping Paper for sale. .... r.
J. & E. B. Stowe-Shoe Lasts, Pegs, &c.
&C Time! Time =! % .- -....'
" -Crockery for sale.
Blue Stone for sale. I'd. .-
James Mason, 8. .D.-Shers Sale-Mules and Horses,
the property Of R. WhitesIdes, the suit Of M. R.
Nichols for another, and Others r...r.- s. F.. So .
J. A. McLean-Work on Streets.
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FRIDAY, Sept. Z.

I'M SENATE, Mr.. Reed presented a
memorial of citizens of Lancaster, in ref
erencs to the general Indebtedness and
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

Wepublish, thismorning, this high
ly important document. As the New
York World says, it locks the gates of
war, lays down its weapons, and
leads thirty millions of American
people into the paths of peace.
Their unity no longer needs to
be defended by the sword, and their
liberties are resumed under the
guardianship of law, AS far as he
can do it, the President has complet-
ed his great work of restoring his
country to. peace.
The President, appealing to that
fundamental principle of freedom
and humanity, which forbids the
despotism or slaughter by the sword
to follow its triumphs, proclaims
to the people of the United
States, with al the dignity and patri-
otism that have characterized every
State paper that has come from his
pen, that the work of reconstruction
is completed, so far as it lies in the
power of the States involved and the
Chief Magistrate of the Union, and
it only now remains for Congress to
admit the representatives of the
States restored by the Executive to
restore the Union to its original
completeness and replace every sta1
on its victorious flag.
This proclamation, so promptly
issued after the requisitions demand.
ed were complied with by the seced-
ing States, will add to the already
exalted reputation of Andrew John.
son as statesman, not only in this
country, but throughout the civilized
world. Unawed by the fierce factious
war waged against him, hehas boldly
fulfilled the pledges given by his
predecessor, a.1u by the Congress
which was sitting in the early part Of
that predecessors administration
All honor is due to the patriot states
man.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

+. /. Gerald, a teacher in the Freed
mems Bureau, ut Mobile, arrested
some time ago for stealing horse
from tine livery stables of Mr. Rufus
Dane, was tried at the recent term of
the city court. was found guilty, and
sentenced to five year S Imprisonment
at h:,"d labor in the pcnitentiarv.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.--S. n.
Beeson and VIM. Beeson, of Niles,
Mich, have forwarded to Hon. Ben
jamin Wood draft of 800, with a
request to forward it to Rev. James
Woodrow, Columbia, TO add to the
fund for educating those theological
students of the Presbyterian Church
whose studies were interrupted by
being in the military service during
the late war.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

IDLE LABoRERs IN NEW YORK.
New York letter writer says that idle
laborers can be counted on South
and contiguous streets and around
our piers on both North and East
rivers by hundreds. The hundreds
of idle drays in the same vicinity are
also noticeable. This appears very
unusual ut this season of the.year, as
generally our piers and commercial
avenues at this season are very lively.
The cause is said to be the almost
total suspension Of purchases by our
merchants, in consequence of the
unsettled and uncertain state of all
the markets, the opinion obtaining
that gold will depreciate still further
on the descending scale, thus bring
ing down the value of all goods and
merchandise. The Southern trade is
at n stand still, and were it not for
the fact that the steamers plying to
Southern Atlantic ports haye been
unable to carry all the freight lately
offered, they would now be obliged
to run with hardly cargo enough to
answer for ballast 1t is not con-
sidered, however, that this state of
affairs will last long.
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The Connecticut Election.

The New York papers, of Tuesday,
bring us the latest reliable returns
fron the Connecticut election. The
result shows great gains for the De-
mocratic party. Buckingham, the
last Republican Governor, was elected
by 11,000, while Hawley, the newly
elected radical Governor, it is esti-
mated, will only have 700 majority.
Besides this gain of more than 10, 900
on the popular vote, there have been
substantial gains in the Legislature,
viz: eight or nine Senators and from
fifteen to seventeen Representatives.
This shows the radicals to be failing
party, and indicates return to good
sense and sound policy on the part
of the people.
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No CARDINAL. Rome cores
pondent of the New York Herald,
writing under date of February "a,
says that the Pope has no intention
of appointing Cardinal for the
United States. This statement. he
says, may be relied on rs correct.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

----4-o-o-S----
The New York Herald thus sums
up the provisions of the so-called
civil rights bill:
Shall the negro intermarry with
our daughters, and take an equal
place in our households? The civil
rights bill says that he shall.
Shall negroes intermingle with our
refined ladies in steaming hot thea
tres, ball rooms and opera houses?
The civil rights bill declares that
they must.
Shall negro supersede Grant as
General-in Chief of the United States
army? The civil rights bill says that
he can do so.
Is negro five times better than a
white nan that the former should
vote Immediately, while the latter has
to undergo five years probation if he
brings his skill, labor and money to
this country from abroad? The civil
rights bill declares that the negro is
five times better.
Shall the farms of the great West
and the whole country be owned by
negroes, and white labor be made
subservient to negro proprietorship?
The civil rights bill provides for this
condition of things
Are we to have negroes filling the
position of post captains in the
United States navy? The civil rights
bill says that we are.
Is this a white mans Government
for white men? The civil rights bill
says that it is not.
Are we to have negroes represent
ing this Government as United States
ministers at the courts of France and
England? The civil rights bill says
that we are.
Shall negroes sit in Congress, in
the Cabinet, and other high stations,
side by side with white men? The
civil rights bill says that he may.
Shall our children see q negro in
the Presidential chair? The civil
rights bill provides for such contin-
gencv
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Attorney-General Speed has de.

Attorney General Speed has de-
cided that the mere fact of having
been mail contractor or mail car
rier under the Confederate Govern
ment does not bring person within
any one of the fourteen exceptions of
the Presidents amnesty proclama-
ton. Those positions are not con-
sidered offices; therefore, he thinks
those who occupied them can take
the "test oaths," and also a contract
for carrying the United States mail,
provided there be no other obstacle
in the way.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore s'm, says that ex-
Senator Yulce, of Florida, who has
been imprisoned in Fort Pulaski ever
since May last, has been ordered bv
the Prcsidentto be released on parole,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

HE SENATOR'S WHO SUSTAIN THE
PRESIDENr. 4 letter from Washing
ton states that the following Senators
will surely sustain the veto of the
Executive and his policy, viz: Mcssrs.
Bnckalew, Cowan. Davis, Dixon,
Doolttlc, Guthrie, Hendricks, John
son. Lane, of Kansas. McDougall,
Morgan, Ncsmith, Norton, Riddle,
Salisbury, Van Winklc and Willcy-
seventeen in all. and sufficient mum
Der to prevent the passage of the bill,
even though every seat of the fifty
was filled, and every other Senator
voted oppositcly.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

LIBERIA. following is an ex-
tract from a letter from Henry w.
johnson, Esq, of Monrovia, dated
January 6, 1866. johnson is an elo-
quent and talented colored lawyer
from Canandaigua, New York, where
he was admitted to practice in the
Supreme Court. He emigrated to
Liberia in June, 1865, with his fami-
ly, and rejoices in the country of his
adoption:
II am very much pleased with Lii
IBERIA. l have unbounded admiration
for the country.a 1t has glorious
future before it. It must, sooner or
later, be the future home of the black
man of America. My family are now
going through the acclimating fever.
Prof. Freeman, of Liberia College,
and family are now thoroughly accli-
mated, and are enjoying themselves
very. much. I think, with the bless
ing of God and ordinary prudence,
my own family will be equally fortl-
nate.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

PUBLIC. LANDS IN THE SOUTH.
cording to an official report, there are
in Alabama 6,732, 049 acres of vacant
public lands; in Louisiana, 6, 22a, POP
acres; in Florida, 1882, 796 acres: in
Mississippi, 4,76O, 736 acres; and in
Arkansas, 8, OBS, ,O13 acres.
Here are nearly 80, 600, 900 of acres
of vacant public lands, open to set
tlement. We hope Congress will,
before it adjourDs, pass a bill to ia
cilltate the settlement of these lands,
by causing their survey in small
parcels, and appointing convenient
land Offices
der the operation of the Home
ste;-u Act, the. colored people of the
South can find refuge on these
lands, if their condition is not made
tolerable by their white neighbors:
we hear enough to convince MS that
the blacks see already the importance
OF such an opening for their inte-
rests. They desire to own land; they
feel that rs land owners they will be
independents; and this spirit it is
wise to encourage No doubt the
greater number of them will always
continue to labor for others; but the
feeling that if they wish they can be-
come the owners of farms, will make
them more contented; and will act as
check upon the employing class,
Just rs it does here in the North.
where, if capitalists should attempt a
combination to put down wages,
workmen would quickly remove to
the West, and take advantage of the
Homestead Act. -Eceni,sg Post
. An exchange tells the following
rather tough yarn: ga family Of
five persons resided upon a farm in
Derry, New Hampshire, for period
of hfty-three years, during which
time there was neither birth, deati,s
nor marriage in the family; ,neithefs
did they during that time put letter
into the post Office, take one ont, O.
take a newspaper. -
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

CoMPLETED.-We learn that the
bridge over the Roanoke at Weldon
is completed.
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A New ORGANIZATION. The Macon
Citizen. of March Goth, makes known
the existence Of colored men in
Georgia, under the title of the equal
Rights Association, the members of
which are requested to meet on the
4th of April ''to attend to business
of great Importance.
The Citizen says the new organiza-
ton have a newspaper of their own,
which they call the LoyW Georgicul.
The object Of the co1ored people, us
set forth in the LovM Geo,yiul. is to
initiate q movement by which a CO.
lored man will be sent from each
Southern State to inform the Prcsi-
dent fully in regard to the condition
Of the race. The Association" also
propose to send n delegate to Con-
gress rs soon us sufficient money can
be raised for the purpose. In com
menting on the foregoing statements,
the Citizen says the widest and most
lpcoherent views are entertained by
the colored masses with reference to
an anticipated dawn of bliss, and
calls upon the State Executive to ask
assistance from the United States
authorities to avert impending
danger
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h'ted that if Congress
4 the endorsement of the
Inds, the agents of Maxi
demand a similar guaran-
We amount Of the I'M
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The LAST MAN OF THE RETREATISG
ARMY.-The Petersburg Aade.r, speak
ing of the desecration of burial lot
in Pocahontas, near that city. makes
the following interesting mention of
the last devoted North Carolinian:
''There is buried here one soldier
"a North Carolina Curtius-who, on
the night of the evacuation, was left
at Pocahontas Bridge to fire it. and
was killed there, the last man of the
retreating army. He was found dead
by the Federal forces in advancing,
and by them inferred, q blanket his
only coffin. and the apron of woman
who came there to weep his only
shroud.'
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The BURNING OF CoLUMBIA.-An inter
esting account of the s'Sack and Destruc-
ton OF the City of Columbia, s. c." has
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phemte steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent.
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Mortgages and Conveyances of Real Fra
tate for sale at this Office.

CAsH.-Our terms for subscription, adj
vertising and job work are cash. We hope
all parties will bear this in mind.
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We are highly gratified to learn, from an
ohciai despatch received by G. J. Bollin
Esq, that the Sonth Carolina Railroad has
been completed to Augusta, and the trains
are running through.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

NEW ADVERTISEMENT. Attention is call
ed to the following advertisements, VIII ich
are published this morning for the first
time:
J. G. Gibbes-Pianos for Sale.
J. S. Coles-Mules for Sale.
Mrs. Walter-Bonnets, &c.
A. r. Phillips-Auction
s. G. Boylston-$50 Reward.
E. Il G. D. Hope-Family Supplies.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

IHE DoRR EXPERIMENT To BE RE-
TRIED. A State Government was in
existence in Rhode Island. 1t was
Objectionable to the people, because
poor white men We're not allowed to
vote. The people of the State, with
out consent of the ruling Govern
ment, organized Il new Government.
and elected Dorr Governor. The
President (Tyler) recognized the old
State Government, and rendered
United States troops to sustain it
against Dorr. DORIS Government
was crushed, and he convicted of
treason. not against the United States,
but against the State. The radical
Republicans are now attempting to
re-enact the Dorr experiment in the
Southern States. They are maturing
Il plan for the loyal negroes and
whites i'll conjunction, to organize
new State Governments in the several
Southern States, and attempt to put
them into operation. If they do so,
johnson will recognize the existing
Governments, use the army to sustain
them, &c., as i'll the Rhode Island
case. The point about this thing is,
that tho Republicans are determined
to keep the Union divided, and, in
carrying ont the determination, will
probably revive civil war again.
In this state of things debt will in
crease. taxes grow, public credit de-
cline, the industry and business of
the nation be paralyzed, and what
then? indianapolis Htuld. 2la nM
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

Book AND JOB PRINTING. ph1si,
Office is now fully supplied with cards,
colored and white paper, colored ink, wood
type, etc, and is now in condition to exc
cute all manner OF book and job printing
IN the shortest possible time Give MS a
call
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

SUSTAIN THE PREs1DENT.-We suggest
that public meeting of the citizens OF
Columbia, the capital of the first ssrebel"
State, be held, to ratify his proclamation
and express their opinions commendatory
OF his policy. We have no doubt the newly
elected Mayor will accede to the wishes of
the community.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-07

We are informed that bold and daring
burglary was committed on Thursday night
last, in which Mr.. J. J. Forde lost "a silver
watch. The thief entered the bedroom
through window, and took the watch
from the nail on which it hung, within a
few steps Of the unconscious occupants.
Look out, We burglars! One of you NAV
get hurt in following that business.