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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15
The Plot Mt Washington.


We take the following from the
Richmond Times:
We perceive from the Chronicle that
Forney, true to his instincts. is at
tempting to inflame the public mind
by calling upon the Loyal Leapuers.
as they are termed, to organize them.
selves and come to Washington, for
the purpose of protecting and vindi-
eating the power of Congress over the
constitutional rights of the President,
which smoothing more nor less than
u revolutian, which must be met with
decision and frmness. If Forney &
Co. are determined to persist in the
course they have marked out, it is
the bounden duty of the frjent.s of
the President to accept the issue thus
presented, and prepare themselves
for the struggle.
Ii the time has arrived when the
Legislative department of the Govern
ment is to absorb the coordinate
branches, the time has also arrived
when it should be resisted at the
point of the bayonet. We are in
favor of the constitutional rights Of
every department of the Government,
which can only be maintained by
each acting within the prescribed
limits Of the Constitution. When
Congress shall transcend these limits
for the purpose of absorbing the
powers of the President, it is revolu
tlonary, and he is justifed'in calling
to his aid the whole military power
of the country, which would be re-
sponded to from North to South,
East to West; and, when this formi-
dable array Of fighting materiel shall
present themselves in vindication of
the Constitution, this grand army of
"LoyM League7'S, - as they style them
selves, whose loy0Ay consists in plum
dering the public treasury, skulking
from the army when their services
were needed, and now exciting the
country to revolution, will never pre-
sent themselves in battle array. The
war will be for the Constitution-not
for plundcr; for the independence OF
the three coordinate branches of the
Government, and against either one
absorbing the functions of the other.
Ii the programme presented by
Forney & Co. is the true and legiti-
mate ground upon which tho radical
Congress intends to plant itself, we
say to the friends of the President,
let us accept the issue, and at once
organize for the struggle Let our
friends in every hamlet and village
organize themselves at once, and be
ready for the conflict. Let their
watch-vords be the Constitution
the independence of the President in
the execution of his constitutional
rights-and an united country upon
terms OF equality and justice, and
present themselves also in Washinc-
ton, where these Loyal Leaguers may
have a fair opportunity of looking
upon the m0teriel with whom they
VIII have to loch horns if they attempt
to absorb the constitutional powers
of this Government. The impeach-
ment of the President is sine qua
non for war, and the friends of the
President accept the issue.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

AMNESTY. Turkish Sultan, a
despot who acknowledges the Ma
homedan faith, has issued a decree in
which amnesty has been offered to
the Cretan insurgents. These men
are at the mercy of Turkey, and
might, if the Sultan choose to do SO,
be sent to the executioner and their
places be easily supplied, so that in
their death the country would suffer
but little loss. The Sultan is what
the Christians of the Puritan faith,
who live in the New England States,
would call a worse than heather. He
has not as good an idea of the truths
Of the Christian religion as the most
ignorant of the negroes at the South;
yet, with all this, he possesses the
Christian virtues-charity ity-mercy-
humanity-magnanimity, and exer-
cises them towards his ignorant hea-
then subjects.
Look on that picture-now on this
In an enlightened country, where
Christianity is the only religion, and
where party formed on 4 platform
of great moral ideas is in power, o
man charged with the crime of hav-
ing led an insurrection, and whose
trial has been refused, though asked
for ever so many times, is held in
prison; still there is no voice lifted
by any one of the leaders of the party
of great moral ideas asking for his
release. Christians though they pre-.
tend to be, yet they permit follower
of the Prophet to excel them in the
simplest of all human virtues.
Wilmington dispatch.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

Newspapers. De Tocqueville, in
his work on America, gives this forci-
bic sketch: ga newspaper can drop
the same thought into Il thousand
minds at the same moment. A news
paper is an adviser who does not re-
qulre to be sought, but who comes to
you briefly every day of common
veal, without distracting your private
affairs. Newspapers, therefore, be-
come more necessary in proportion as
men become more equal and indi-
viduals more to be feared. TO sup
pose that they only serve to protect
freedom wofld be to diminish their
importance; they maintain civiliza-
ton"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15
THE POPULATION OF MISSISSIPPI

THE POPULATION OF MISSISSIPPI.
The Clarion, Of the 26th, gives the
census, so far as received this year,
1866, with comparative table of that
of 1860, and says:
The sixteen Counties from which
we have no returns, had, in 1860, a
white population of 74,7O2, and a
black population of 95, 532. If the
decrease of population should be SINH
lar to the other Counties, the number
of negroes in the State would be re-
duced, in round numbers, from 437,-
600, in 1860, to 3SO,OOO; and the
white population from $4,000 to
345, making total estimated
decrease Of population in the State,
during the last six years, of 5000
whites and $1,000 blacks.
In the forty-four Counties whose
population is given, seventeen have
increased their white population TO-
9O6, and twenty-seven Counties de-
creased 17,705. Net decrease in forty
four Counties, 6,799.
In thirteen Counties, there has
been an increase of 1879 blacks, and
IN thlrty-one Counties decrease of
53,374 blacks. Net decrease in forty-
four Counties, 49, The per cent
age OF white decrease is 215 per cent. !;
that OF blacks 13 per cent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15
The EVENING STAR DISASTER. I'll

THE EVENING STAR DISASTER. The
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes:
The official Investigation ordered
by the Treasury Department into the
causes that led to the terrible loss OF
the steamship Evening Star has been
concluded, and the report submitted
to the Secretary of tho Treasury. by
Capt. W. M. Meid, who is in CHARGE
OF the administration of the steam
ship laws.
The report is very lengthy. Mr..
Waterbury, Of the ship-building firm
constructing the vessel, testified that
she was IS strong ship as he had
built IN his twenty-eight years expe-
rlence. The evidence shows, also.
that the engines, though built in
1854, for lake navigation, were strong
enough; that the spars, sails and rig.
g1ng were new, though there were no
extra sails or spars; that the ship had
SIX life boats, all that are required by
law, but that her crew numbered
only thirty-four officers and men. In
May last, the steamer was fifty hours
on reef off the Florida coast, but
she continued her voyage to New
Orleans, and afterwards made an
other trip. In July, she was over
hauled at New York. Her keel was
found to be split in places from amid
ships to thirty feet aft, but the seams
were not started. She was repaired
and then pronounced seaworthy. The
final sinking of the vessel, according
to the evidence, was caused by heavy
seas forcing the forward gangway,
pouring great volumes of wa..er into
the engine room, which it was impos-
slble to relieve the ship Of, because
there was no ships carpenter OF ap-
paratus for that purpose.
Capt. Meid, in recapitulating the
testimony, concludes that the princi-
pal cause of the disaster was an error
of Judgment on the part of the cap
tam, because, having strong premo-
nltions of the storm, he might have
avoided its main force by changing
his course. He did not do so, how
ever, but kept on in his direct course,
encountering the full force of the
storm in the evening. When in the
storm, he might have kept his ships
head to the sea by means of drag
and some show of canvass, which
does not appear to have been at
tempted. When in the truugh of the
sea, the captain could do nothing, it
would seem, because the ship was so
short-handed.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15


MASSACHUSETTS CoLoRED REPRE-
sENTAT1vEs.-The Springfield Repu6-
licnn thus endorses the colored State
Representatives chosen:
Two negroes are chosen as repre-
sentatives to the Legislature Charles
l.. Mitchell, who is elected from the
richest and most aristocratic ward of
Boston, which also happens to have
the most colored people in it; and
Edward G. Walker, of Charlestown.
These men are chosen, not as q Joke
or satire, but in honest earnest, be-
cause they are fit for the position,
and because they have rights which
white men at last respect. Mitchell
is printer, formerly lived in Hart
ford and Springfield, and was en-
ployed for some months in the Re
publican Office. We found him q
capable and intelligent workman, and
his brother representatives are as
sured By Our old printers that they
will find him "all right" This is the
first time, we believe, that black men
have held seats in our legislative
halls, and taken q share in the con-
duct of the Government.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

THE GREAT PERUREE. Sanford
Conover, the witness charged with
perjury in the plot charging Jefferson
Davis with Mr.. Lincolns assassina-
ton, is yet in Jail. He declares that
he is innocent. He has been unsuc-
cessful in getting bail, and has been
presented by the grand jury. It is
stated also that he has been indicted
for perjury.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

A"Nown Easter happening pas
senger on a Western steamboat which
suffered the misfortune of sinking
from the effects of running upon a
snag, struck out boldly for the shore
A large crowd had assembled upon
the banks to witness the exciting
scene; but Yankee, disdaining any
proffered help, reached the shore
safely, remarking coolly as he did so:
"He didn't straw for himself; it was
the DANCED old life insurance compa-
ny he was swimming for" He was
insured for $4,000.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

DECLINE IN PRICES. The New
York papers announce the breaking
up of various speculating movements
in the necessaries of life in that city.
which has caused q most gratifying
declinee in prices. Pork has fallen
four dollars barrel, wheat from five
to eight cents a bushel, and corn
eight cents a bushel. Buyers, it is
even at these reduced
figures, are very scarce.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

SAVE Me FROM MY FRIENDS The
New York Times is hard on its friend
Butler. 1t says:
Gen. Butler, having been elected to
Congress, is likely to be afforded an
opportunity of carrying out the ter
rible threats he has been making
against President johnson. But we
Judge that there is danger of his
weakening himself by undertaking
too much. For it appears, from
speeches recently made by himself.
as we'll as by his principal hacker,
Wendell Phillips, that Butler is al
most as bitterly opposed to General
Grant rs he is to the President. The
charges against Grant are no less
serious than those against Johnson
the former being jointly responsible
with the latter for the New Orleans
massacre, the Memphis riot and the
Baltimore troubles, as he was also a
Joint partner in the Presidents West
ern tour. Buffers dealing with Grant
Will also be enlivened by his personal
vlndictiveness toward the head of the
army, which had been so long re-
strained. 1t came near finding vent,
a year ago, when Butler had a book
printed, (Which, for some reason, has
not yet been published,) showing up
Grant in style more pungent than
compllmentary-so we are Informed.
Neither is Butler likely to confne
himself to Grant and Johnson, when
he gets going. He has accounts, not
merely political, to settle with Sher-
man; and there are number of dis
officers, of only less fame.
such as Generals Gilmore and Baldy
Smith, and Admiral Porter, who can
not be overlooked, and might as we'll
be knocked down in the general
melee. In fact, when Butler gets into
Congress, he will have to lay around
him, right and left, if he means to
get even with all who have been the
objects of his wrath. We are glad
that year must intervene before he
takes his seat and opens out.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

Bold ATTACK ON A RAILRoAD TRAIN.
On Wednesday night, about o'clock,
as the train on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad was about five
miles from Franklin, KY, the en-
gineer discovered that the road was
barrlcaded. He immediately slack
ened speed, but not until the engine,
baggage car and express car were
thrown from the track and upset.
The passengers being aroused,
found the train surrounded by que
rlllas, who fired one shot as note of
warning, which passed through the
car without injuring any one.
The guerillas then entered the
sleeping-car, and ordered the pas
sengers to go forward to the next car.
AS they crossed the platform, each
one was compelled to hand over his
pocket book.
The whole transaction occupied not
more than five minutes, and, before
the passengers fairly recovered from
their astonishment, the intruders were
gone.
When the guerillas had departed,
1t was discovered that the train was
on fire, having caught from stove
IN the express car. The passenger
cars were pushed back out of dan
ger, but the engine, express car and
baggage car were burned. None of
the express freight was saved, though
most of the baggage was removed.
The safe of the Express Company
even was burned. atlanta Era.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

ELECTION OF A REPRESENTATIVE
James M. Carson, Esq, was elected,
on the 18th, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned in the Charleston delegation
by the resignation of Hon. T. D.
Richardson.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

CAST Iron HEAD BLocKs.-Thn
resting places of the Union soldiers
who died during the war are to be
marked hereafter with cast iron head
blocks, instead of the wooden ones
as at present, in the various national
cemeteries, The names, number.
&c., of each soldier are to be cast in
raised letters. The Quartermaster-
General has accordingly invited pro-
posals for furnishing the cast iron
head blocks. About 29O, 900 of them
are required.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15
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Both Houses of the Cherokee
Legislature have elected VIM. P.
Ross Chief of the Cherokee Nation,
in place of the late John Ross, by n
four-fifths vote.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15
-G-soSGI TGoYxcs rs
Inc PhGn'h Office is on Main street,
few doors above Taylor Cor Camden) street.

Inc lovers Of choice groceries, fine sc-
SaTS. genuine liquors, Ac., can get their
wants supplied by calling on Messrs. Ken
meth & Gibson, nearly OPP osite tho ruins
OF the old City Heel. Their articles arc
fresh a:.u prices reasonable.
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SEVENTEENTH OF FEBRUARY, 1SG5.-TEo
terrible incidents of that fearful night. to-
Gcthcr with those of the dav preceding
ana tic two days following, are minutely
related in the volume issued from the
fhGnsr Office. They are all faithfully re-
corded by an eyewitness, and ono of the
most graphic writer's in the State. Secure
a copy before they are a'l gone
HORSE ACCIDENTAL freedmen riding =
horse, yesterday morning, was either 40
anxious to show the qualities of tho ami
NAL he was riding, or from some other
motive, he reined him too suddenly. and
the horse fell back and broke his neck
without doing injury to the rider. There
ought to be a curb-bit put upon the freed
men riders.
IHE Hoo ORDINANcE.-Ou attention has
been called to the ordinance prohibiting
hoSs from running at large. We arc Of
opinion that now, when acorns and rich
mast arc falling from our forest trees
those animals onght to be permitted to
enjoy tho benefit. We cal the attention
OF our city fathers to this fact, and ask
them for repeal of the { .dinancc afcrc-
said.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is call
ed TO the following advertisements, Which
are published this morning for the first
time:
John d. Bateman- Norfolk Oysters.
=. Cantwell-Fish.
Browne 4 Schirmcr- Corn, Flour, &c.
Arthur, Melton & Mclton-Law Card.
John English-House to Rent.
Ihos. 3. Lee, Jr-To Contractors.
Tribute of Respect to the late II. North
j. L. Dent-Sheriff Sale.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

It is stated that John Morrissey
gave $1S0,00O to carry on the politi-
cal campaign in the State of New
York
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

Great Britain has withdrawn her
legation from Saxony, thereby recog-
ni.z,ng the incorporation of Saxony
with the kingdom of Prussia.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-15

This solves the mystery. No capi-
talist, with the acts and raving threats
Of the radical party ever before him.
and knowing that this faction is
likely to remain in power until they
'estroy this country, and crush out
N their madness all her industry and
untold resources, will risk its safety
IN the expected universal crash. If
the conservative element of the coun-
try was IN power, the Southern States
restored to their rightful position in
the National Government and the
question of Southern labor settled. or
relieved from the interneddline of O.
Freedmen's Bureau, then might we
expect revival of confidence in o1,r
money securities, and the wheels Of
commerce to run free and smooth
But, so long as the cotton. GROWING
States of the South are kept down in
their present comparatively helpless
condition-so long as radicalism
issues its manifestoes of purpose to
perpetuate such injustice to the plant
ing States ong as the country is
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21
We SHALL MEET no MORE.


We shah meet more. we shall meet 20 more.
AS met in sho olden time
when our songs were gay the rills that play
Meath the clouds Of our Southern clilae.
o. the chilling strife Of a stormy life
10 tho doom Of our love below;
While the heart grows cold, and tho young brain old
For life IL no'or may EnoiF
We shall meet no more we met o. yore.
In the CLEAN Of early day,
When our dreams were bright with the golden light
OF a spell that has passed away;
But the hopes aud rasss Of the far on years
WIZ smile path Of woe.
Like laughing band from the fairy strand
OF the beautiful loss ago.
We shall meet moro as met Of yorc-
With a smile the cheek and brow
When cares few. and cur souls were true
To the star that turn from now.
o. oar feet viii stray the vintry way.
From the scenes u our youthful Prime;
But ne'cr meet wilh dream Co swcst
- the love Of the oIdeu time.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

Excellent Soft Soap-Take Is quarts Of
I've Of sufficient strength to float an egg, 8
pounds of clean grease, Il pounds Of r0sin !;
put the whole into q fve-pail kettle and boil
It. AT first it Is apt to rise, in which case
add a little strong I've, and so continue to do
until the materials are incorporated. Then
remove 1t from the fire and add, by degrees,
weak I've, stirring it al every addition, till the
kettle IS full By trying this method, you
viii find you have an excellent soft soap.
Rural Nclg Yorker.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

Love beyond the grave, constituting
this to be the LANGUAGE of YOUR heart. allow
me to add to your collection, handing her
a lily Of the valley twined with a sprig Of
laurel, which was eloquent of unchanging
love, and happiness returned.
The estranged were united. and as they
joined the waiting party be whispered:
The precious links are forged, let them
never again be broken"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

of over six hundred Of the Confederate dead
still having legible marks, on the battle-6eld
at that place The list was prepared by
DR.. J. w c. O'Neal, and was gotten up for
the purpose Of enabling relatives to recover
their dead with certainty, thus sewing them
the trouble and expense of a ruitless search
after those not marked We find the. follow
ing from this State
a. c. Risen. 9TH; Jos. Fuzes, 18th; Jos.
NJ Manley, Ist; Jacob Herndon: John Smith,
18th; W O. Johnson, 9TH; J. s. s. j. Mitch
ell, LIST; j. w Williams, 4th.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

Axes, Hammers, Hatehets, Files, Rasps,
ChiseIs and Gauges,
House, Ship Carpenter, and Railroad
AIDES and Axes,
Augurs, Saws, and Drawingkniyes,
Iron and Steel Squares,
Trace, Wagon, and Coil Chains,
Dog, Halter, and Jack Chains,
Planters, Garden, Cane, and Grub Hoes,
Butt, Strap, Window Blind, and other
Frying Pans, Corn, Coffee, and Paint
Mills,
Patent Balances and Steelyards,
Razors and Razor Strops, Curry Combs,
Flour and Meal Selves, Wire and Wire
Cloth,
Cotton and Wool Cards, Shovcls and
Spades.
Manila, Hemp, and Cotton Rope,
Hand, Bench, and
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

We have been engaged in the Hardware business in Mem
rs for over twenty years and have the pleasure Of IN
forming many old friends and the public goneFal ta5
we are receiving a very extensive stock CT Hardware
Kept the and enabled TO offer
af uoreuts 10 Country Merchants Planters and 9th
wanting anything in line. Our stock
sists in part of the folI0wing:-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

The Rome Courier says there are in Floyd
county, Georgia, between eight hundred and
q Thousand white people destitute Of bread
most Of them widows and children, not
included in that class for which tho Legis-
laturc made az appropriation The Courier
adds that the court has no money. aud can
not sell county bonds unless at fifty cents
~ less on the dollar
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21
BL.aCKs.RETHs, V,ECEs,
Circular and Other Saws,

Screw Wrenches and Tackle Blocks,
Pumps and Fixtures, Grind Stones and
Gearings,
Pad, Door, and other Locks,
Hollow Ware, Castings,
Stock and Wash Kettles,
Blacksmiths' Anvils, Vices Bellows, etc,
Stocks and Dies, Railroad Mauls,
Picks and Barrows Iron, Cast, Blister and
German Steel,
Tin Plate and Metals
French Window Glass,
Guns, Percussion Caps, and Shot
Fishing Hooks and Lines,
Plows and Cotton Scrapers,
Cultivators and Harrows,
Corn Shelters and Feed Cutters,
Boiling and Packing
Beapers, Powers, and Saw Mills,
And every other article Re found in Hardware or Ag-
ricultural Establishmcnt.
Agents for n's---fOrmor.lystearns Omar
vin's---Safes
Agents also oyes Counter and Rlatform seapaies