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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24
Pretty Sharp and Decided.

We copy the following paragraphs
from the second edition of last Fri
days Daily Constitutional Union,
printed at Washington city The
JMion is strong supporter of the
President, and is presumed to speall
t'from the book
The New York He7u!l of the 17th
instant, has two articles on the sub
ject Of the impeachment Of the Pre-
sident, which, for malignity and falsi-
fication Of history, have no parallel
in journalism. While rcd-handcd
treason held the pen, bitter and IN
relenting hatred to the Constitution
and our form Of Government fired
the brain which was bold and wicked
enough to say to the world that what
it calls the "misdemcanors" Of the
President ''render him liable to i'm
rJachmcnt."
The transparent design of these
articles is, to move the minds Of
wrak-kneed Jacobin Republicans up
to their work Let them take this
advice, proceed in their wicked de-
signs. and some morning, III other
places and in new condition, they
viii realize the bitter consequences.
Indeed, as the Herald says, "the
struggle is still going on. The
great Union movement Of the war
will run its course" but not rs the
Herald applies it, to utterly destroy
the Government, but to save it, and
il necessary, its strong and iron hand
Will be invoked to stay the course
and prevent the contamination of
radical treason The great oath Of
the President to protect and defend
the Constitution will not be forgot
ten, and the people who sustain him,
with their 500, 900 majority Of the
voting population, North and South,
will not forget him. The Hcruid cares
not for consequences. Nothing would
please it SO much rs to see ruin and
anarchy rampant. Let those who
would take its advice beware.
Events have already brought the
Government to the very verge Of an
other revolution. If the radical ma
jocity in Congress pursues its trea-
sonablc course much longer, tho
Government, in order to sustain itself,
will have to arm its supporters. AT
the call of the President, nll bis
! friends. North and South, aud tho
army and the navy, will respond. II
! srch contest. the issue cannot ht
doubtful. Congrrssmen may he va
liant fighters on the floor of Con
gress, but when they come to lea(
their cohorts into the field, it will Le
another thing, The real armies ant
great soldiers Of the republic will b,
found fighting under The flag! We
advise the opposition of the deter
mined and fixed fact, that Andrew
Johnson 'rWse5're ont Ai> constitutional
t7'm Of affect"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24
Reconstruction.

The New York Herald, of Sunday,
has the following brief editorial on
the proceedings of Congress on Sa
turday. The concluding sentences
are mere bosh-the usual blatancy of
the Herald The Supreme Court viii
ultimately decide upon the constitu
tionality of the constitutional amend
ment. and the numher Of the States
necessary to ratify it:
Thad Stevens reconsideration bill
was up before the House of Repre-
sen 5atives yesterday, and an amend
ment was proposed by Mr.. Spalding
and accepted by Mr.. Stevens, pro-
viding that, from the date of the
passage Of the Act until such time as
the States in rebellion shall be adj
mitted to representation in Congress,
the writ Of Ao5e0s corpus shall be sus-
pended in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas,
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas, and those "districts of
country" be IL. the meanwhile placed
under martial law. In the course of
the debate upon the bill, Mr.. Scofeld
made a sharp attack upon Secretai.
Seward for having sent the constitu-
tional amendment. to the ex-rebel
States for their adoption, arguing
that the States represented in Con-
gress alone had the right to vote upon
the amendment. He charged de-
sign, on the part Of the Secretary Of
State, TO lead the other departments
of the Government into acts recog-
nizing the actual existence of the
rebel States, and included certain
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States in his ccnsure. The
Southern people Will soon begin to
learn the real value Of that advice by
which they We're melted to reject the
terms proposed by Congress- We
have no doubt that the sensible por-
ton of them would now gladly vel
come any policy by which the consti-
tutional amendment might be made
operative, without their direct con
c1rrence, so that they might secure
the substance Of peace without doing
violence to the shadow Of ''honor."
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An INDIAN WAR The indications
all point 10 the fact that We are
threatened With an Indian war. TIE
late horrible massacre ncar Fort
Rcancy recalls bitter memories OF
those general cons,iracics among ;hc
Indians. which, some forty o. fifty
years ago. gave us so ,0ucl trouble
and cost us thousands Of valuable
lives. The Indians III our Territories
number iii all between 100000 and
350, 600 souls: and our whole system
OF management is well calculated 10
keep them constantly on the WY
path. They receive from ouy Co
vernmcnt annual gifts or payments OF
money and merchandise. These pay
ments attract fioclls Of dobasel and
vile white Adventures, Who are worse
than "Iand sharks" and clniglant
runners. They cheat, dcmoralizc and
rob the indians OF everything which
is paid ihciA, and leave them naked.
drunken and disconnected. Unable
TO wait for his annuitics, the Indian
goes forth and robs, us he has beer
robbed, and adds murder TO robbery
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

y London correspondent of the
New York World gives, in the follow
ing extract, the opinion Of q member
OF Parliament on the condition Of
affairs in the United States:
Was speaking the other ,lay with
q member of the British Parliament
who compared the present position
OF the United States to that OF Eng
land at the time Of her great revola-
ton, and said that We were virtually
under the rule ol 81 long Parliament;
for, said he, ''if Parliaments in Amc-
rlca are OF Short duration, the spirit
which actuatcs them separately is
the same. and it is thc spirit and not
the body which is looked at in the
pr,scnt occurrence. Now that spirit,
which is that Of tho great majority
of the people, sas arbitrary, as stub
born, rs narrow, rs dcspotic as that
Of our long Parliament Like our
own Parliament, it VIII be carried
into rXccSscs Of power fatal to its ex-
istcnce; and like our own Parlia-
nent, it will be ignorliniousIy driven
out by the hand Of some Cromwell,
who will emerge from the ranks of
the people for the purpose Of saving
the expiring liberty of America.
There is no need Of great political
preaclcnce to arrive at such conclu-
sion. The work of tyranny is al
ready accomplished. The Executive
is virtually abolished; the Leeisla-
ture has usurped its place; Tie svs-
tenn of checks and balances which
was at the bottom Of the constitu-
tional guarantees enjoyed by the
American people is destroyed OF
the past nothing remains but ruins,
distracted country, disaf1ectcd
people, disorGanization in the present,
uncertainty III the future Who will
save you from such position?
Nothing bnt the hand Of magician,
and that magician must have been
cast in the mould Of % Cromwell or
oi u Bonapartc.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, January %, 1867
The Southern States Conquered Pro-
vinces.

The Southern States Conquered Pro-
vinces.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati GoseNe exults that the
South has been declared o mere con-
quered province, ,riM the practical
concurrence Of the President.
It appears that the city of MACON
applied to The Secretary Of War for
the restoration of certain property
which the United States military au
thorities held, under the claim that
it was II conquest. This being re-
ferred to Holt, he, OF course, decided
against the city He founded his
opinion on the assumption that Geor-
gia was q conquered territory, with
ont State or municipal rights. Stan
ton, being referred to, refused to
restore the property. The case was
carried before the President, who de
clin ed to interfere. It is, in conse-
quence, claimed that the latter en-
dorsed Hollis theory, and that the
Southern States are to be treated rs
mere territorial conquest.
The correspondent referred to
who will yet find there is flaw in
his theory, rs we'll as in his state
ment-proceeds to rejoice like Il free
booter, MS follows:
every many interesting questions
arise in connection with this The rail
roads of the South had been taken
possession of by the Confederate Go
vernment, and were subsequently
captured by our forces. They were
then the property of the United
States. BY what right did Andrew
johnson, on the Sth of August, 1866,
give away millions OF dollars worth
of Government property? By what
confscated property? BY the same
reasoning that led to the above deci-
sion, the title to much of this class
OF property would be vested in the
United States. Can President dis
pose OF public property at will?
Interesting and important deci-
sions are startling the country every
day This one may surely be classed
among them
1t thus appears that one object Of
the a1s-sx.ains OF Il consolidated Go
vernmr j, tn s:.t possession Of the
Southern railroads. These roads
were private property, and were, fo1
thc most part. when they came in the
way OF the Eclcrnl army, not cap
Sured, but destroyed. Since then,
the incorporated owners lave re
paired them W. h lnarvcllous CELEBRITY,
SO that the principal t:lorouclfar,
Throughout tn" country are in good
running order. President johnson,
when he issj:cl his proclamation that
the rebellion wa, 1T :,n end, rs he We
Authorized to 90, WIS perfectly j"s!j-
fiablr il r@-;,yin., 10 yilr railroad cor
poratlons ;3;..ir property, and th.
right rE private property, no lonGr'
necessary t"publir service, and who's
OwIicrs ::iy not traitors, cauuot b,
questioned ui,I.r any civilized Go
ve:1l.n ~l;, and more especially \ un.icl
this, 10y iAe Constitution, which
thross aro'ul thio right ample hui
war]&s, and tlrf,Mc,s ;. Such whole.
saic col.tia'.;i'ion Of privat" rroprr!s )
can find No layor With the people oi
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States; for the usurpation is felt in
both.
Mr.. Sumner then spoke of tho
merits of his amendment, advocating
its adoption.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

TIE EXPECTED RESULT. The New
York World has the following omi-
nous paragraph. What docs it mean?
"From well-informcd sources in
Washington we receive intelligence
which confirms our opinion that TIE
radicals are strenuonsiy bent on i'm
parchment; and tie result can be
nothing less than hideons civil war,
in which men will be c#9rr to cut the
thro&ts OF their nearest nc;gnbors. 1t
Will be no such waf as t',at from
which we have emerged, il which the
comhatant5 were s"paialt by geo
graphical lines. There il 80 part Of
the country IN which multitndes Of
the best citizens DO not consider the
caase OF the President as that OF the
Constitution. l.! an attempt is made
to deposc him, upon mere partisan
grounds, they viii conclude that the
supremacy Of the Constitution may
rs well be vindicated, once Tor ali,
and VII accept thc risks and pc!ils Of
maintaining it, :"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

BAD lime ISci.-According to
the following, from the Nu.:yno! In
t"ligonc.', we have not seen the worst
yet:
Ahn course Of the majority in Con
%rc>s. IN endcavoring to dissevcr the
Union, for whose preservation mil
mons Of treasure ana hundreds of
thousands Of lives were freely given;
~ seeking to destroy and uproot the
Executive and judicial branches Of
the Government, and to make the
CONSTITUTION itself the mere play
thing OF political faction, is rapidly
tending to the destruction, rot only of
the Government, but Of tie Whole
people. 1t is madly creating n finan-
cial clisis, which Will involve the rich
and the poor alike in one common
catastrophe. It viii not only DESTROY
the public credit, break the bank and
the treasury, stop the mills, silence
The forgcs, suspend all commerce,
and paraiyze the hands of industry
bat 1t viii bring gaunt, stark, relent-
less ar03H to the doors Of GH, The
highest and lowest in the land.
This IS the picture that the ,.ncr-
dng fingers OF fate are painting in
ine1l"ceable colors upon our whole
horizon. 1t cannot much longer be
shut ont from the unwilling vision Of
the destructivcs in Congress. 1t is
the nameless terror they are them
selves rochlessiy invoking. Let them
pause IN Their arccrand c ,ntemplato
It's awful revelations.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

4 correspondent Of the Ncwberry
Herald nominatcs +. S. kcitt, ESQ.
q candidate for member OF the United
States House of personalities.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

FlRE. About 7 o'clock, last cyen-
ing, smoke was discovered issuinc
from the windows OF the second
s!ory Of the thrae-story brick build
ing on King street, opposite Hasel,
the first floor Of which is occupied
by Messrs. J. II. Read & Co., fancy
goods merchants, the second by Mrs.
$. J. Cotchctt, .nillincr, ana the third
by Qnimby & Co., photograph artists.
Upon examination. it was found that
the fire had originated iii a closet on
the second floor, between the front
and rear rooms Of the millinery cs-
Enlistment, and in the identical
place whore q similar fire had been
cXtinGnished about three months
ago. The flames were suppressed
without material injury 10 The build
ing, which was owned by Mrs Susan
Wood, Of Aiken, and wa insured
Nearly the whole stock of Mcssrs.
Read & Co., which is catimatcd in
value at SD, 600, WIS lost. They
were insured for $50, 600
Mrs. CotcActt's stock was entirely
destroyed Its valuc was "bont
$4,000, and it was partially insured.
The loss Of Qa;nby s Co. will
reach 1000, and IS covered by in
Hurluc, - C4r}-i1st :, TN,lJ.rc,.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

The SOUTH CARoL1SA RAILRoAD.
This old corporation does not show
any sign Of age, but the new year
has dawrcd upon increased activity
and progress. The damage done
during the war: and by neglect, has
been in great measure repaired,
and the signs of the times indicate
an onward march that will soon place
the road in it's primitive condition.
Freight is being rapidly conveyed to
every point in the State and the for
warGinG business has become one Of
considerable Importance
These supplies consist principally
Of corn and guano, which articles
have been bought largely by tho
planters OF the interior; TIC scarcity
OF provisions, consequent on the
failure OF tho crop, created q demand
that has increased the freight traffic
considerably, and the planters, in
order to avoid a similar failure in the
future, have imported large quan
tity Of the most popular fertilizers
The rolling stock has been steadily
on the increase; new cars have been
''tlAi. t't4Na VIC w OiAlJltil III ltlC AOu-
pany Shops have becn busy in turn
ing out both freight and passenger
cars. 1t present, they are engaged
III rctouching several old veterans,
and constructing two conductors
cars, which will combine all Of the
new improvements, being fitted up
with raised sky-lights. running nearly
the entire length Of the car, and
which will add greatly to both its
looks and comfort The entire work
done on these cars is perfected in the
shop, even to the upholstcring and
the finer touches tlIat are requisite to
give them perfect finish. Several
new cars have been recently put on
the road, and the work OF construc-
ton IS still progressing, and before
many months have elapsed, every
train will be supplied with either new
cars, or with those that have been re-
modelled and improved. until they
cannot be distinguished from their
younger neiolbors
CA07lestoa Ne2cs
FIEE. 7 O'Clock, last even
Ing, smoke was discovered issuinc
from thn uin1Ov.s Of III, oooo,,j
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Severe.

The New York Day B65oi- has the
following scathing satire on the folly
Of the American people:
1t is the fashion, jnst now, to rep
resent the country as hourishing be
yond all precedent in our or any
other nations history; and it is
claimed that Enrope not only stands
in awe of us, but is extremely de-
sirous to learn all it can from our
superior knowledge, enterprise, &c
Now, when we reflect that the Abo-
lltlon party in power is the tool OF
European monarchists, created by
them for the sole purpose Of over
throwing republican institutions, aud
that they have, to a great extent. ac-
| compilshed their mission, and arc
working like beavers to "refor.n'
the Constitution, and blot ont utterly
the work of Washington. it is ludi-
cro':s, rs it is sad, to see the monarch
lists p.tting them on their heads and
telling them what smart fellows the
'4ankces" are. CvrnS Field. who
lays down the Atlantic cab!r, both
ends OF which are in British territory,
ana il ease OF Mar with rs. That ena-
blcs England t" strike twice 10 oul
once, is. Of course, an exceedingly
''enterprising' character and tn,
Queen, it is said really wants TO make
him knight as we'll as an asst he
wishes it. And then Benefits Yacht
and trip across the Atlantic is thought
to be exceedingly smart ana enter
prisinG, while, all this time. John
,>Hll is :iot only taking away al our
foreign commerce, but, under oar
present tariff and worthless currency,
American ship building, except plum
gut yachts, is disappearing altoge-
ther. \ year or Two hence, what cot
| ton IS produced will he manufactured n
, lii the South, and then, when the
yankees" find that they must buy
thcir cotton and sugar from John
Bull, or shut up snop altogether,
they viii, no doubt, come to their
sens's, and realize what egregious
asses they have been, and plum
gnt yachts and Atlantic cables viii
be y drug in their market, at all
events
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

ANOTHER RADICAL BoLTER. -Mr.
l;akcr made q speech in the House Of
representatives., on Thursday, in
which, inter aiia, he said:
He say q difficulty also in the
seventh section OF the bill, which in
sists upon equal political and civil
privileges to I'll, and regarded he
concluding portion of it, which de-
clarcs that if the section shoG!d ever
be altered or amended, the State
should lose its right in Congress, as
monstrous proposition. He thought
the bill shonld be by I'll means re-
ferred to the Joint Committee on
Reconstruction In his Judgment,
the States OF the Union were, in the
long run, better nursling mothers of
liberty than this centralized Govern
mcnt could be. He wanted to see
everything left to The States that
could be safely left to them. He
warned the House against The evil
tendency Of degrading, diminishing
and dishonoring the States of the
Union. The gentleman from Penn
sylvania (Alr. Stevens) had denounced
his own State as not Republican, and
had expressed the hope that Congress
would interfere and make it so: and
the gentleman from Massachusetts,
(Mr. Banks had spoken Of cashier
ing the representatives of States that
were not Republican in form. He
warned the House against The cnccG-
Of any sucA destructive
ideas"
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We have been requested to state that
the Court OF Errors will meet this morn
ing, at 10 o'clock, TO announce opinions IN
the cases heard at it's present sitting.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

orN READING RooM.-Our friends are
invited t. visit the I'h'enir reading room.
where they Will find on file papers and
pcr""'"a'' from every section of the Union
Ih" building is open day an'. night.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-24

EEw .A:.yi.er!sEGESrs. Attention :. call
"a to the following advertisements, which
are published this mo,ning for the first
time:
Acacia Lodge Nc2HlAr Commanicat .on.
J. {. Dial Hoss, Oils, Chains
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
; Brick pome,roy as a Base Ballist.

Look at that brace of hands, soft and
pretty, now suffused with Egyptian bushes.
Look into those optics and tell us tales OF
sympathy. And look at that Mount Tom ON
our. right cheek bone. Base BALI That
ia the row. s - a fE ,7E q
Il came about thus. Secondary deploy.
nent is too shirksome ON the system.
The doctor said we needed exercise. Doctor
knows He told as 10 join baseball; we
Joined. u Bought a book of instructions, and
for five days studied 1t wisely if not too we'll.
lThenwe bought ssugafscoop cap a red
belt, q green shirt, yellow trousers, pump
kin colored shoes, paper collar and purple
neck-tie, and, with q lot of other delegates,
moved gently to thu. ground, AFfsl
There were two mines. These mines were
antagonists. The.ball is pretty little drop
of softness, the size Of q eoose-sgg. and five
degrees harder than q brick The two nines
play against each other 1t lisa quiet game,
much like chess, only little more chase
There was An umpire. His position is q
hard one. He sits on . box and yeils "fowl.7
His duty is severe. sEas s5lieg. STA bsstsas
/ 81 took the bat.en it is q murcierous play
thing ,deseending from Pocahontas to the head
10y Il esrF" NY 49, s
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:ByzT!['eel'egra'ph[l..
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.

CHICAGO, July 25.-The case of cholera
reported at the stock yards was q false
alarm There has been as yet mo case OF
Asiatic cholera in the city.
The United States inspectors of steam
boats meet at 10 o'clock this AM, in the
United States circuit court room, in the Gus.
tom house, for the transaction of such bust
ness as may be brought before them. They
will continue i'm session several days. 1t is
understood that great many Mississippi
river men with the owners of lake craft are
coming here tosattend the decisions of the
body. Fgron Igc-~Tfs
We are having fine and much-needed
shower here this morning. n aqa
CINCINNATI. July 25.-The cricket match
between the Thames and Union Clubs end
ed yesterday, the Unions scoring III, and
the Thames 81. .s.s.o 81 g.sa .sse.f,s. e.,
| New York, july 25.--The New York
Herald's Louisville special says: as
George Fl. Hehmeyer, mason of high
standing, died suddenly to day. at New Al
bany. ss ed 'isFa aa
The Mississippi papers report disease
resembling the cholera along the Yazoo riy-
er, among the freedmen, which has proved
fatal in many instances. as.r 2 .aia SIS.
/ CHICAGO, July 25.--Abont $4,000 worth
of property was destroyed by fire. on NORTH
Franklin street in this city this morning
Two breweries and two large dwellings are
among the destroyed buildings. The firede
partments were unable to get sufficient sup
ply of water from the MIGRANTS, hence the
extent of conhagration. St9te sa@s
PORTLAND Maine. July 25-Special dis
pactch SAYS: Reverend r. G. Chase and
wife. Miss Haufle, Miss farewell, and j
Hamoa, all Of Philadelphia s. T. Clark and
wife, birmingham Massachusetts, and Capt G
Robinson of fremont, .capsised in a boat and
were drowned, in Boston Harbor off. Mount
Desert Island, yesterday.