The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-20
A Good Example.

| ,'hU ''ioooulaScu Dy the reverse OF one
bad crop, should look around at
those who fight against adversity,
determined to conquer it. We often
near 1t said that capital will not flow
INTO the country, and that everybody
is waiting to see what is done at
Washington. Now, this is all wrong.
What difference does it make to us
whether Congress legislatcs for us
as States, without . representation,
or wrongfully dissolves our State
governments and puts us into Terri
tories? SO far as we can ascertain,
there is TO be no attempt to interfere
With rights of property, and every one
can go on IN his accustomed pursuits
and have full immunity. Our men
OF capital should not hesitate because
of the threats at Washington. They
are all bosh, and only uttered for the
purpose of keeping the radical party
together and securing the Presidency
IN 1865 After that is accomplished,
the South will be asked to send its
representatives, without further re-
straint. We speak by the card, and
know what we say. In connection
with this matter of going ahead to
develop the interests of the South,
We may cite an example in the right
direction. A we'll known gentleman,
Colonel Blanton Duncan, has recent
ly been pardoned, and his large
estates in Kentucky, Mississippi, and
elsewhere, have been restored to him.
Instead of sitting down quietly to
enjoy the income upon nearly half
million, he has jumped at once into
business calculated to develop the
resources of the South, and has start
ed in the noble little State of Della
ware factory capable of turning out
5000 engines annually As we know
this gentleman intimately, we do not
hesitate to pronounce such q course
worthy of being followed by others,
WI can command capital, and who
should boldly jump in, without fear,
and cleave the troubled waters.
making in the future, proud names
for their energy and forethouoht.
and restoring the independence of
the Southern States by manufactures
of Southern origin. AS one of the
pioneers IN great undertaking, we
find pleasure in calling special at
tentlon to such factory, and to the
parties connected with it. A new
invention has been patented, and the
control thereof secured by Col. Dun
can, under the title of the Hicks
Steam Engine Company of Delaware
From what we have heard of it, it is
destined to work radical change in
steam power, and its principal fea.
lures can be summed up as being
one-fourth the weight of others,
having one-tifth the number of pieces,
occupying one-eighth the space, con
sumlng one-third less fuel, having no
dead points, a perfect and rapid valve
motion, impossible to get it out of
line, facility of transporting it from
point to point, much cheaper, and
extreme simplicity, and its power of
instant stoppage and reversion which
no other engine possesses.
The present manufacturer took tha
gold medal over all competition at
the Baltimore Fair the 1st of Novem-
ber. AS an evidence of the testimo-
mails, we only present one, a letter
from Gen. Beauregard:
New ORLEANS, LA, Nov. %, 1866.
Col. BIunton Duncan, Nee Orleuns
DEAR COLONEL: Your letter Of
yesterday has been received, express
sing the desire that / should act as
your general agent in the sale of
Hicks Steam Engine, and especially
along the line of the New Orleans,
jackson, and Great Northern Rail
road, and throughout the interior of
Mississippi. accept that agency
with pleasure, as l consider that en-
gine superior in compactness and
simplicity to all others that have yet
come under my observation.
Yours, very truly,
G.. I. BEAUREGARD.
The selection of agents seem to be
beyond comparison Such of our
leading men us Generals Beauregard,
Buckner, Longstreet, Hood, G.. W.
Smith and Kirby Smith have already
signitied their acceptance of agencies
over respective States, and Generals
j. E. Johnston, Hardee, D. ii. Hill,
and others, have also been requested
to act, and doubtless will do so. The
late Senator from Arkansas, Hon. II.
w. johnson, and Hon. w. NJ Gwin.
President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and many Of the leading
business houses throughout the coun-
try have already taken an active part