The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-31
Harper's Monthly.

= Harper's Monthly.
have not seen the August num-
berr of this publication, but we extract
from q notice of it, in the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, the following
paragraphs:
1--WE believe that this magazine
furnishes q fair index of Northern
sentiment. We presume that the pub
fishers endeavor to estimate correctly
the tastes of their patrons. A large
increase in circulation (being snow
larger by $4,000 copies than at the
commencement OF the year') attests
the sagacity and Judgment of the
management. Hence, we read this
magazine with interest, to catch the
tone Of this harp of thousand
strings, and to learn the. thoughts
current ttn1onq.j .j,tst men made perfect.
-"The article modestly entitled I'm
Inquiry into-onc of the Constitutional
Restrictions of the Revenue Powers
Of the United States is an interest
ing and able argument, Introductory
ITO the Questions which the author
thinks will likely arise ut an early
day. We are delighted to learn that
the signs of the times show. plainly
that the Constitution is .fnaAY to re-
sumo its supremacy, and THAT dis
c.ssions of it's meaning and purpose
are to have their rig7tAIt1- Influence
oyer our affairs.
The article entitled 'The Burning
of .Columbia' is labored effort writ
ten by one whom we guess, from the
direction by Which he and Mr.. Davis
(Dodey approacheds the church, ;
must have lodged hard by, if not in
Tire residence belonging to Col. Blan-
ton Duncan. We admit, beyond
cavil, that Gen. Howard Commanded
the troops within the city, and that
Sherman pressed, with n hand of
FIRE anI of iron. wherever : he
marched,' that rivals, in history,
Alaric the Goth. But we are utterly
unable. to concur in Che assertions of
the writer as. to Hampton and
'Hampton's cotton We rather in
cline to think that the article is a
spasmodic effort in that art whicl, the
late Lieut.. Gen. Scott asserted was
part and parcel of the ART of war;
The fact is the writer over-taxes our
creaulity ty-grcat as 1t is. We might
be induced to believe that q large
tire--a very large fre-miyht have
occurred; possibly it might have CON
sumed the dwellings and stores on $40
acres, III the heart OF the city OF Co
lumbia, which covered about 400
acres; that such IL fire might battle
! the heroic efforts of citizens and ser
wants, cheered and assisted by an
army corps of $4,000 or $4,000 vete-
rams, thoroughly organized and dis
ciplined, but we cannot 'go in more.
We cannot believe that Hampton s
cotton could burn and crack rough
blocks of marble and porphyrv, and
huge columns of granite, forty feet
long and three o. four feet square,
located i'll an open space, 100 feet or
more distant from all combustible
materials, and full half mile dis
/ tant from the nearest warehouse.
! ''lt the writer seeks impartial in
vestigation--if the publishers desire
to furnish truth to their patrons. lot
them publish the general orders
which were daily enioined to be read
t" the troops, and an honest account
OF tic hmj|e1 fo'I~"3hs granted, and
the n.'n>,s~y IN which Mcv ~e;,e enj>pc,L
Let the narrative be illustrated bv a
map aud picture from tho skiIlful
hand of the writer's companion-and
lot the map and picture of the burnt
districts exhibit, standing, not burnt,
the houses occupied as headquarters
of the respective generals, within the
city