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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-03
The Approaching Grand Masonic De-
n,onstration IL, Baltimore.

nORStrltlOn ia Baltimore
The interesting ceremonies attend
ing the laying of the cornerstone of
the new Masonic Temple on North
Charles street, Baltimore, are to take
place on the Goth of November The
following circular to the fraternity
throughout the United States was
issued yesterday:
MASONIC TEMPLE, BALTIMORE,
October "a, 5S66.
TO tie Masonic F1ate1mity throughout
the United States.
BRETHREN: At the November, 1865,
communication of the Grand Lodge
of Maryland, the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
"Whereas the disabilities which
of late have prevented that fraternal
intercourse which heretofore distin-
guished us as Masons are now re-
moved; therefore, be it
"Resolced, That we, the Masonic
fraternity of Maryland, avail our
selves of the earliest opportunity to
extend Il cordial and earnest invita-
ton to the several Masonic jurisdic-
tlons throughout the United States.
to meet IN the city of Baltimore, for
the renewal of relations which,
though cstopped for time, have
never ceased to exist in the hearts of
all true Masons.
"Resoloed, That committee of
five members of this Grand Lodge
be appointed to make suitable az
rangements for carrying into effect
the object of the aforegoing.
The Grand Lodge of A. +. and A.
Masons OF Maryland having, at u
late special communication, fixed the
time for laying the cornerstone of
the new Masonic Temple for the Goth
day of November next. the commit
tee of arrangements deem that occa-
sion most suitable for the renewal of
relations and fraternal intercourse,
and most cordially extend to all Mas
ter Masons, Companions and Sir
knights III good standing, an earnest
invitation to be present and paftici-
pate in the ceremonies.
The committee respectfully ask all
papers friendly to the fraternity to
bring this invitation to the notice of
members Of the order
JOHN S. BERRY, p. q. NJ,
Chairman Committee of Arrange
mentS.
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P. II. SHERIDAN,
Maj. Gen. Commanding.

The despatch which we have re-
ceived from Winchester, Va, gives
but an imperfect idea of the charac-
ter Of the address which Gen. Wise
delivered at the dedication of the
Stonewall Cemetery. But we have
no doubt it was eloquent, and that
his hearers took from it new inspira-
ton to cherish the past to which
StoneWall Jackson and the living Lee
Individually belong. We cannot dis
pute over Virginia's obedience to na-
ture in mourning her dead, nor agree
with Gen. Wise that the cause for
which they died still lives Mr. Wise
himself may have philosophic doubts
upon that point, if his confessions
concerning slavery be truly reported.
Yet we shall be glad if one-half the
young men of Virginia take the good
advice which.the address contains.
Greelev.
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SPAIN AND THE PoPE.-T

SPAIN AND THE PoPE.-Itis exceed
ingly interesting to learn that, in the
last extremity, Spain has resolved to
stand by the Sovereign of Rome. 1t
would be more interesting still to
learn who is going to stand by Spain.
AS the nursing mother Of South
American colonies, Spain has not
been entirely successful; as the nurs-
ing mother of the church, she may
do better. But that remains to be
proved. Before the announcement
OF this pious intention on the part of
her Most Catholic Majesty, most peo-
pie supposed and believed that his
Holiness could render her Majesty
far moro service than she conld rem
der him. But perhaps this notion
came of the confounding Of temporal
and spiritual things, which the unini-
tiated are apt to fall into.
New York; Times.
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FROM CHARLESTON TO HAVANA. =
We are truly gratifed to observe, by
notice in the Charleston Courier,
that the well-known commander of
the old favorite steamer Isabel is still
alive, and that he is in command of
a line steamer, the Cuba, of the Bal
tlmore and Havana steamship line.
This vessel, with the other steamers
OF the line, will regularly touch at
Fort Royal, to take passengers and
freight from Charleston to Havana,
and return the same way. This will
be q great advantage, especially to
importers Of the products of Cuba
saving transportation and double
freights. The Cuba will touch at
Charleston on her outward trip, about
the middle of this month.
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MORE RADICAL MISREPRESENTATION
The fanclful Southern correspondents
of the New York press are constantly
lndulging in apochryphal statements
IN regard to the position of leading
Southern men on the subject of the
constitutional amendment A day or
two ago, our columns contained a
correction of IL Herald misrepresenta-
ton of the views of Gov. Orr. The
Augusta correspondent of the New
York Times writes:
II am informed by one who pro-
fesses to know positively, that Mr.
Alexander H. Stephens recommends
its adoption by the Legislature, and
his brother, Mr.. Linton Stephens, SO
expressed himself within few days.
This latter circumstance is sufficient
proof of what the cx-Vice-President
thinks, as his brother generally shares
his opinion on all leading questions.
l know of several others, of less pro-
minence than Mr.. Stephens, who
think the Legislature should adopt it
the day that body meets.
Perhaps, the best reply that can be
given to the above is contained i'm the
following editorial paragraph, from
the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, u
journal which reflects the views of
MIR. Stephens more closely than any
other paper in Georgia:
$50 far as we have been able to
ascertain the sentiments of the people
OF Georgia upon this important sub
Ject, we do moi believe that there is a
single respectable and intelligent man
IN the State who is willing that our
Legislature should give the consent
of the old Commonwealth to the in
dignity and desecration which are
sought to be put upon her citizens
through the contemplated amend
ments TO the Constitution.
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TRADE IN ORASaEBuRa:. TT

Trade IN ORANGEBURai The
Orangeburg Times says:
The cotton supply has been very
free during the past week, the farm
ers having very generally availed
themselves Of the good prices now
offered, to pay off the debts incurred
in raising the present crops, and to
lay IN supply Of dry goods and
groceries, for the coming cold wealth
er. \ large number Of wagons laden
with the all important staple have
decorated the streets with fecy bur
dens, and we suppose at least Sl5, 900
worth of new cotton has been bought
and shipped to Charleston since our
last issue. Although the crop is small
compared with the production of
former years, still the cotton just
brought to market is of good tex
ture; well ginned, and readily COM
mands a good price. The money
thus obtained will go far to relieve
the pressure heretofore existing, and
enable the planters to buy the pro-
visions actually necessary for the
next year, as the crop has been very
small.
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FoRcIBBY SID.-The New York
World, speaking of the constitutional
amendment, says:
Looking forward to its permanent
interests, the South has far more to
gain by preserving the Constitution
in its entireness, than by minority
representation in Congress. A Con-
gressional minority can carry no mea-
sure; it can interpose no effectual
protection. The South, even with
Unreduced representation, would be
powerless to prevent the passage Of
any law hostile to Southern interests.
The only protection remaining to
minorities is the Constitution. 1t is
vital to the preservation Of their rights
that the Constitution shall not be-
come the sport Of mere naiorities, to
he moulded into any shape they
please. Let the fatal precedent be
set, that Il majority of the States may
dictate amendments and compel their
adoption, and the last barrier is
broken down against the oppression
of minorities. We advise the South
ern States not to rclinquish their only
safeguard. y reduced representation
cannot prevent the passage of hostile
laws; but while the Constitution re-
mains nnaltered, such laws must be
confined within narrow limits, or the
courts will set them aside. To ex-
change'this solid advantage for a re-
duced and unavailing representation,
would be to perpetrate great folly
to enable few ambitious men to
draw salaries as members of Congress.
Better no representation, with the
protection Of the Constitution, than
no protection at all. A Congressional
minority is no obstacle to oppressive
laws; but, until the courts become
corrupt, the unamended Constitu-
ton is.
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COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, November3, 1865
Repudiation---ReIier.


The Covington (Ga.) E,canine1', in
an article against reputation, says
that in conversation few days since
with prominent and well-known
wholesale merchant of Augusta, who
has large sums of money due him,
the editor spoke Of the agitation of
the question of reputation, relief,
&c, to which the merchant replied:
81 see no reason that the country
should be SO agitated on the subject
of debts, for, in this section, very
little disposition is manifested on the
part of creditors to push their claims,
but, on the contrary, they are dis
posed to be very lenient. AS for
myself, L proclaim it publicly, that
any man indebted 10 me can be dis
charged from his obligation on his
own terms. If he represents that he
is able to pay only fifty cents in the
dollar, or twenty-five cents in the
dollar, or even five cents in the dol
lar, L will receive it and give him
clear receipt And if he represents
that he is unable to pay any portion
of his Indebtedness, without beggar-
ing his family, I will give him up his
papers and discharge him from his
obligation to pay anything. No man
who desires to preserve his honesty
and integrity, need harbor q thought
OF reputation on account of his in
debtedness to me!''
This is a. a.propcsition, practicable,
sensible and plain-no legislation re-
quired-no agitating schemes neces-
sary, 1t is one embracing a relief
tangible and permanent, based upon
principles of strict honesty and in
Aeerity. Until .his rule prevails all
the stricken South. her energies
must be dormant, and the work of
recuperation be indefinitely post
poned; and every creditor who does
noS adopt this as his leading rule, on
the surrender Of his debtors pro-
perty, is simply Shylock in society.
an enemy to his country, and should
have the finger of scorn pointed at
him by every honest man. The man
Who waits until his poor creditor
makes few dollars and then pounces
upon the pittance, regardless, it may
be, of starving ones at the debtors
home, is monster among men; and
although he may now sit in fancied
security behind his pile of bonds and
notes, yet the time will come when
he or his children, in abject poverty,
will curse the day that gave them
such a father. The justice of God
may sometimes appear slow in exc
cutting its work. but sooner or later
1t overtakes the guilty, and the sins
OF the father are visited upon the
second and third generations.
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The Duty OF Young MEN IN THE
SOUTH. THE Southeastern, a journal
published at Shreveport, La, in the
course of an article upon the wants
OF the South, urges the young men
Of that section to devote their atten-
ton to agriculture, and thus take the
places of the thousands of freedmen
who have left the Southern States OF
been killed during the war. 1t urges
them to prepare, during the coming
winter, for the putting in of crops in
the spring upon the rich but idle
acres of the South. Says the South
acestern: eve have too many stout
young men in the South, shameless
burdens on the Drawn and muscle of
better men, who ride tho laborer as
the old man Of the sea fastened him.
self on the back of Sinbad the Sailor
1t is time that they were shaken off
and made to sweat for themselves.
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HE MErEoRIc DISPLAY. me-
teoric shower promised by the astro-
nomers about the middle of Novem-
Der is, it appears, preceded by pre-
liminary exhibitions. Tt is stated in
the Philadelphia Ledge, that for seve-
raj nights past, Notwithstanding the
moonlight brilliant meteors have
oeen notlced in the heavens, and the
grand display anticipated this month
Will probably not fail us.
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IMPORTANT SUIT IN New YORK.
The suit against Trinity Church, of
New York, is one OF the most impor-
tant which has ever occurred in this
country. The titles to about 100
acres of land, in the very heart of the
city, are involved in this litigation.
The real value OF the land and build
ngS Is so enormous, is almost to
stagger belief. The Conameycial saws: ::
'From what we can learn, Ezekiel
Hultze was the owner in fee of this
property. Many years ago he gave
Il lease to q man named Bogardas, for
a period of twenty years, at which
time the land was not enclosed, nor
of any great value. While this lease
was In force the elder Hultze died,
leaving several children living in New
jersey, all OF whom are now dead.
Three of these children left heirs,
DR.. Hultze, of New Albany, being
one, aud his brother Brewer Hultze,
Of Whitley County, Indiana, another.
The other heirs are living in New
Jersey. It seems that Bogardas,
after the death of Ezekiel Hultze,
transferred the property to the re-
ceivers of Trinity Church. who have
held it ever since by virtue of quit
claim deed. The contest is between
the church OH one side, and The
Hultze and Bogartlas' heirs on the
other. Who will establish the best
claim remains to be seem
The property lies along Broadway,
West Of Trinity Church, and is CO.
vered with some Of the most elegant
buildings in that city. The church
has the inside track, being in posses
sion, with millions of money to carry
on the suit, and they will contest
every foot Of the ground.
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FoRNEY'S LAST DITcH.-John w.
Forney has the ingenuity and auda-
city of the Evil One. Beaten in his
own game to embroil Maryland and
the whole Northern country in civil
strife, he sinks away from public
censure like a detected incendiarv.
An earnest fanatic would either go
mad, like Gerritt Smith, when John
Browns body was dangling on the
gallow's tree, OF be silent. Some
might even repent But Forney is
not honest in anything, he is simply
wicked-so very wicked that his black
heart can sound no deeper depths,
and so he turns from one path of
malevolence for another. He has,
fearing legal proceedings, abandoned
the idea of ''drenching the land in
blood" He even yields the posi-
bility Of a peaceable removal of the
Police Commissioners in Baltimore.
But this giving way is only retreat
to more Satanic quarters. 'Elect
your Senators and Representatives, ;"
he says, substantially, to the people
of Maryland, "elect your Senators
and Representatives" but, if con
servatives, Congress will Indignantly
and summarily reject them!
lie is on safe ground at last; but,
to echo the words of the National
dnfeAigence1', sit is melancholy re-
iiecuon that our National Legislature
should be regarded by any set of men
rs havIng fallen to such degree of
degradation and corruption that it
can be confidently relied upon as the
last resort for the consummation of
the vilest .outrages ever planned by
unscrupulous political adventurers.
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MILITARY TYRANNY.-NIilitary ont

MILITARY TYRANNY.-Military out
RACES arc still practiced in the South.
We see it stated in the Houston Tele-
graph, of the 18th ult., that few
days previously, file of soldiers ar
rested the Clerk of the District Court
of Guadalupe County, forced him to
give up the key of his office, and took
therefrom important documents per-
tanning to suits for damages against
one Longworth, an agent of the Negro
Bureau, at Segain. The soldiers, it
is said, were acting under the orders
of Gen. Sheridan, who is well-known
to be one Of the most unscrupulous
military tyrants which the late war
produced.
Judge Ireland, of the district in
which this outrage was perpetrated,
has instructed the grand jury of the
proper county to investigate the out
rage, and indict the offenders.
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Our MEXICAN RELATIONS Gen.
Sheridan has issued the following
Important order, addressed to Brig.
Gen. Sedgwick, commanding the
District of the Rio Grande, at
Brownsville, Texas:
HEADQ's DEPT OF THE GULF,
New ORLEANS, October %, 1866.
GENERAL: am satisfied that there
is only one way in which the state of
affairs on the Rio Grande can be al
tered, and that is by giving the hear
tiest support to the only Government
in Mexico recognized by our own
the only one which is really favorable
to us. You will, therefore, warn all
adherents of any party or pretended
Government in Mexico, or in the
State of Tamaulipas, that they will
not be permitted to violate the neil
trality laws between the Liberal Co
vernment of Mexico and the United
States; and also that they will not be
permitted to remain in our territory,
and receive the protection of our flag,
III order to complete their machina-
tlons for the violation of our neutra-
lity laws. These instructions will be
enforced against the adherents Of the
Imperial buccaneer, relresenting the
so-called Imperial Government of
Mexico, and also against the Ortega,
Santa Anna, and other factions.
President Juarez is the acknowledged
head of the Liberal Government of
Mexico. 1 am, General, your obedi-
ent servant,
P. n. SHERIDAN,
Mai. Gen. Commanding
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Another fire occurred in Charles
ton, Thursday night, in the house of
Mr.. B. j. Hatcher, corner of St.
Phillip and Spring streets. The fire
men were promptly on the spot and
extinguished the fire before it had
done much damage.
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The Buffalo Comie,. learns from au-
thority it regards reliable that some
time ago, before the strength of the
Crowns evidence i'll the case of the
Fenians under arrest was known in
England, instructions had been re-
ceived from the Home Government
not to resort to extreme measures,
even should conviction be had.
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The COMING TROUBLE IN ENGLAND.
The New York Journal Of Commerce
is persuaded that serious crisis is
at hand in Great Britain. AS the
reform controversy there proceeds,
blood becomes more heated, till at
length it is not unusual to read in the
leading newspapers there that not
only is the dissolution of the present
ministry possible, in consequence of
the increasing agitation, but there is
even danger of armed collision. John
Bright, the chief reform leader, said
IN speech a few days ago, that
''however much we may wish politi-
cal questions to be settled by moral
means, yet it is no more immoral for
a people to nse force in the last resort
for the obtaining and securing of
freedom, than it is fora Government,
by force, to suppress and deny that
freedom The Journal Of Comnasrce
thinks:
Language of this character can
not be regarded i'll any other light
than as menace, and when we call
to mind the scenes in Hyde Park,
followed by demonstrations, this
autumn, that have had no parallel in
England for the past thirty years. it
is easy to perceive that the crisis now
impending is the occasion of deep
anxiety. The London .Staa' reform
organ) says mo Government can keep
its legs for o month which attempts
to palter with the subject Without
assuming to know what may be the
intention of the present ministry, the
London Times pleads the forbearancc
Of the public. The measure proposed
by the late Government was wholly
inadequate, and met with an over
whelming defeat. Something far
more liberal is demanded by the
popular voice. In some way, the mum
Der OF parliamentary electors must be
increased, if the English Government
would silence the clamor that daily
becomes more boisterous, determined
and exacting."
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EFFECT OF POLITICAL AGITATION =
The New York Herald has this to say
about the effect of political agitations
upon the credit and finances of the
Government:
Our tive-twenty securities, which
ran up to seventy-two Immediately
after the suppression of the rebellion,
and were sustained 4 long time at
about that figure, have lately fallen
to sixty-eight and three-quarters, at
which they are quoted in our cable
telegrams of this morning. Cola, lii
Wall street, yesterday, advanced over
two per cent, and was quoted at
1471s.
These damaging effects on our
finances have but one origin, and that
is to be found iii the bitter and vio-
lent political agitations of the radical
and copperhead leaders in this coun-
try. European people imagine we
are on the eve of another great revo-
luton, when really the fight for power
between the two violent factions of
the country can do little to retard the
rapidly increasing prosperity of the
people, or endanger the stability of
the Government. 1t only damages
our morals. The same useless and
violent agitation serves the purpose
OF the gold-gamblers at home, and
we can see, from yesterdays market
report, how sharp Wall street ope-
rators ran gold up, on the strength
of the Baltimore political difficulties.
The moral can be easily read, and
the remedy defined, by the tax-pay-
ing, non-agitating portion of the
public.
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Local Ito ovns.

Tho PhGnir Office is on Main street,
fow doors above Taylor Cor Camdcn) street.
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TRIAL or THE BALTIMORE Po1Ic1,
CoMAnssIoNERs.-The trial of the Po-
lice Commissioners was continued on
Tuesday. The witnesses summoned
for the defence were present in large
numbers. The case was continued
up to 3 o'clock, when the Court ad-
lourned till 5 o'clock, the purpose
being to hold 4 night session. 1t
was thought that the case would be
brought to 4 termination last night.
The evidence went to prove that the
boxes used at the late election we're
the same as those used for several
years past, and that the boxes for re-
]ecSed votes We're sent to ell the
wards, and that twenty were
returned with rejected votes.
The witnesses examined were
chiefly those implicated in some infa-
nous offence by the previous testi-
mony for the prosecution, and some
rather hard swearing was done. The
following is q good specimen OF the
testimony:
w Iliall hyHcG IcStlneu-HaS re-
sided IN Baltimore eleven OF twelve
years; is an iron-workcr, and has
worked for ten years, off and on, for
Irego u Thompson; was in the army
tour years; was judge of the Second
Precinct of the Second Ward; had Il
rejected box and used it, endeavored
to get a lower window than the one
used, but could not procure one, ex-
cept in grog shop, and this he re-
fused. When witness came to Balti-
more, he was Il respectable young
man, but while the present Governor
was Mayor, he became Know No
thing rowdy, and he drank and got
into difficulties; went into the army
and served faithfully; since his dis
charge, in 1864, he endeavored to be
a respectable and good citizen.