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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

"Let us have peace" says Con-
gress, with fresh Reconstruction
Act which gives the Presidential bal
lot to Florida, Arkansas and other
carpet-bag States, while it takes the
ballot from every conservative State
at the South.
"Let us have peace" says Sum-
ner, with q demand that negroes be
admitted into Congress, and that
Congress shall pass a law coercing
negro votes in all the States of the
North, East and West.
"Let us have peace" says the Chi
cago platform, while making one
form of government for States South
of the Potomac, and another for
States North of the Potomac.
"Let us have peace" says the same
platform, with one currency for the
pensioner, the soldier, the laborer
and the man of business, and another
for the bond-holder.
'Let US have peace" say the radi-
calls, with constitutions, as iR South
Carolina, which allow taxpayers to
the amount of $500 in the Legisla-
ture to impose q tax of $2,O00,000
upon the white people of the State.
Gentlemen, true peace means
justice, honesty, fair dealing between
man and man. This you do not pro-
pose, but its very opposite; and there
can be no peace while the radical
party lives and reigns.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

Mr.. Henry Keep, a wealthy rail
road man, of New York, has pur-
chased 200 feet square of land on
Fifth avenue and West Fifty-first
street, New York, and proposes to
erect upon it a magnificent art gal
lery, ct an expense of $1,500,000.
When finished, it is to be placed in
the hands Of committee OF ladies,
with power to fill vacancies in their
own body, and perpetuate the COM
mittee. The gallery is to be open to
the public on the payment of small
fee, the accumulations from which
are to be devoted first, to the care
and repair of the building and it's
contents; and the surplus to the re-
lief of the poor of all nations found
in New York.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

We are gratified to learn of the
determination of the Democrats OF
Mississippi to hold an election for
President and Vice-President, de-
spite the usurping legislation OF
Congress to the contrary. The right
of a people to vote. who are citizens
of State, pay taxes and support the
Constitution of their country, is one
that underlies the very foundation of
o republican form of government,
and must sooner or later be recog-
nized. There is a point beyond
which submission to tyranny ceases
to be virtue; and when the opposi-
ton takes the peacesble form of the
ballot. IL cannot bo impoaohed as
either illegal or revolutionary. This
is the point arrived at when the De-
mocracy, conscious of the support OF
their brethren throughout the entire
Union, can now put down their feet
in face of the carpet-baggers, and
say to them "thus far shall ye go and
no farther"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

"THE D-DEsT Fools. Recently,
in Viclzsburg, there was a large De-
mocratic procession, in which were
borne several United States flags,
which, at the request of several citi-
zens, had been loaned them by the
Post Quartermaster. The parade of
voters being large and impressive,
alarming the carpet-baggers, several
of them called on General Gillem
and complained that his officer had
furnished flags to procession which
was Impeding reconstruction.
Gentlemen" said the General,
''you are the d-dest fools 1 ever
saw. [ fought these people four
years to make them carry the flag,
and now you are mad because they
wish to march under it. s'' f&Y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

A SURREPTITIoUs issue OF NATIoA1
BANK NOTES. "A New York city bank
recently received, on deposit, fifty
dollar note of the First National
Bank Of New Jersey, and sent it to
that bank for redemption. The
officer of that institution returned it,,
saying that the signatures we're forged.
The plate being genuine, and the bill
bearing the treasury stamp, there
was no possible way for the public to
guard against the fraud, and the
holders of the note sent it on to the
Treasury Department at Washington
to ask who would father the loss.
Mr.. Hubbard, Comptroller of the
Treasury, in reply, writes as follows:
II can only state that, in my judg-
ment, the loss must rest upon the
party who deposited the note with
your bank, until such party can be
relieved, through its acceptance by
the preceding holder, and SO on.
from hand to hand, as prior holders
can be ascertained. The fact is
established, that this impression of
fifty dollars was surreptitiously taken
from the Office. At present, how
ever, no provision of law, nor money
appropriation, exists, to enable this
department to redeem the note or
indemnify its holder. The fifty dol
lar note referred to is returned here
with"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

IMMIGRANT VS.. CARPET-BAGGER.-
The difference of meaning between
Immigrant" and "carpet-bagger" is
as wide as the difference between cne
who arrives in country to fix his resi-
dence there, and one who comes into
it for the purpose of confscating the
silver spoons of its inhabitants. The
former is an Immigrant" the latter,
however, is only q partial definition
of the ''carpet-bagger."
The word is compound of scar
pet" and "bagger." It's meaning is
the component Of two ideas. The
first half, "carpet," suggests the idea
of "carpet-knight"9a bloviant
swashbuckler of mighty valorous-
ness in drawing-room, when there
are no bellicose male persons pre-
sent.
"Bag, IA sack or pouch to put
anything in" "Bag, .. a.-to put
into bag" "Bagging, n.-the act
of putting into bags" ttBagger,
m.-one who performs the act of bag
ging."
From these standard definitions,
the meaning of "carpet-bagger", will
plainly appear. The "carpet-bagger''
is bloviant swashbuckler of mighty
renown for something other than
military services, who goes into the
Southern States to bag the emolu-
ments of Office. His residence, if he
have any, ie in q Northern State.
His taxable effects exist only in i'm
agination. His worldly goods are
contained in q small hand-sack,
usually made of carpeting-a circum-
stance which is supposed to have
suggested to the inventive American
mind the word which so forcibly and
accurately expresses the true charac-s
ter of this wandering political Mi
cawber-this vagrant demagogue in
quest of spoils. There is no other
word in the English language which
will express the truth, with all its
nice shades of meaning, 30 correctly
and so we'll. There is no name for
the combination of ideas which an
office-holder in the South involves,
but the name ''carpet-bagger. " q.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

AN INCIDENT.-An intelligent CO.
lored Democrat, who was stan ding at
corner Of the market-house, yester-
day morning, says the Wilmington
Star, discussing politics with num-
ber of his friends, was heard to say:
81 have found out that these id
carpet-baggers arc the worst enemies
the colored race have, and think
we ought to drive them from the
State" This shows which way the
wind is blowing. The colored peo-
pie of North Carolina are beginning
to open their eyes, and are rallying
to the support of their best friends,
the true men of the South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25


FOLLY OF RADICAL RECoNsTRUC
TON. In. one of his recent speeches,
MIR. Pendleton, of Ohio, in referring
to the radical reconstruction, happily
quoted the old saying of the Romans,
that "for retreating foe they would
build bridge of gold" There could
not be wiser maxim. How have
the radicals respected this maxim
by burning the bridges and desolat-
ing the land. Is that peace? Is
that reconciliation? Even radical
hearts must now echo the bitter
answer. But radical hands are in
the treasury, and radical ambition is
bent on retaining the public Offices.
The hands can only be kept there,
and the ambition of radicals can
only be grati6ed, by playing out the
ganerof oppression and false as
sumption OF Southern disloyalty. 1t
has gone too far-all must now be
left to the hazard of the die.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, August 25, 1868.
Canvassers Appointed.

Agreeably to resolution adopted
by the recent State Convention, the
following gentlemen are appointed
by the State Central Executive Com
mittee canvassers in the interest of
the Democracy:
State at Gabriel Cannon
and A. p. Aldrich. .1
Second Congressional District j.
B. Kershaw. ~
Third Congressional District-D.
Wyatt Aiken. ul
Fourth Congressional District-W.
D. Simpson. 3s"t 's'
Canvaaser for First Congressional
District to be hereafter appointed.
WADE HAMPTON, Chairman.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

5pHEt7nhnrgS Still BHnytnB-Vhe Coz
1ered 1ersocraey, IN the Fieid-No
Qunrtersto Radicaiisu,.
Mn. NntTes: With the view Of
placing before our friends the pro-
gress of conservatism, and as an
illustration of what may and ought 80
be done with the colored people in
behalf of Democracy, we beg leave
to set before your readers an account
of meeting held in Spartanburg
village, on Tuesday evening, the 18th
instant,
Notice had been extended that o
colored Democratic Club would be
organized.
A goodly number of both whites
and blacks were present.
Colonel Stobo Farrow, who has
been, since his return from the Ma
tional Convention, devoting, in our
District, his time and talents to the
great cause, explained the objects of
the meeting, in plain, forcible and
effective manner, proving to the CO.
lored men that the real and perma-
nent interest of their race was identi-
fed with the native whites and with
the Democratic party. Upon con-
Guiding, an invitation was extended
to those colored persons who were
willing to join in organizing a CO.
lored Democratic Club. Thirty-four
colored men responded to the call,
and openly and enthusiastically
avowed their determination to join
and to work for the Democratic
party. Several of those who joined
have heretofore been among the
most prominent and active members
of the Union League. Eliphas Multi
gan, who was O candidate for the
Legislature ut the last election, on
the radical ticket, not only joined
the club, but made speech, avowing
his dissatisfaction and disgust with
the radical party, and his determina-
ton to use all his efforts for the sue
cess of the Democratic party.
Our colored friends, Minor and
Lee, of Columbia, and Anderson, of
Union, were present, and gave
efficient aid both by their speeches
and by their influence, in private, for
a day or SO previous to the meeting.
They have done much good among
the colored people in this District,
by their Straightforward, honest and
manly course, in earnest support of
the party.
During the meeting, VIM. K.
Blake, Esq, delivered a well-timed,
eloquent and effective speech, con-
graduating the meeting on its sue
cess in breaking the ranks of the
radical party at this place and form
ing the nucleus of O colored Demo
cratic party. which will rebound to
the good of the colored man and the
conservative cause in this District.
Arrangements are in preparation
to follow up. this meeting with SINH
lar ones, both in town and in the
District. Too much praise cannot
be awarded to Col. Stobo Farrow for
his zeal and efficiency in organizing
and pushing forward this movement
to "carry the war into Africa"-in
earnestly urging that the colored peo-
pie, rightly dealt with, could be made
"good Democrats. Encouraging
results are already in sight. And iu
the old iron District we talk about
rolling up majority of the blacks,
with on undivided white vote, for
Seymour and Blair. Let the ball be
kept moving. DEMOCRACY.
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

DEATH OF REV. P. T. KEITH.
Saturday last, August %, passed from
earth the spirit of the venerable aud
beloved rector of st. Michael's
Church. He was born 26th Septen-
ber, 1901. Mr.. Keith was a man of
gentle, loving heart, without guile or
taint of worldliness. Cheerful and
courteous, he was also manly and de-
cided in his opinions and his con-
duct. Highly esteemed and respected
by the community, he held the warm
affections of his flock, who will miss
his kind face and mourn the friend
80 linked with the cherished memo
ries of the past, and 80 associated
with Christian example and consola-
tion.-CharleSton Mercury, 24M.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

CARD.-The undersigned has long
entertained resolution to resume
the practice of the law, whenever he
could make it convenient. He has
now made arrangements satisfactory
to himself, and has agreed, with
Ephraim B. Seabrook, ESD, to form
partnership for the practice of law,
to begin on Monday next. His con.
nection with the Mercury will there
fore cease to-day. Papers friendly
to the undersigned will confer a favor
by re-publishing this card.
ROSWELL T. LOGAN.
CHARLESTON, s. O., August 81.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

New ADVERTISEMENTS. Special at
tention is called to the following ad-
vertisements, published for the first
time this morning: N
Mrs. S. B. Peck-School.
Owen Daly-Hol For the Races.
G. f. Harrison-I. o. o. F.
@. I'll. Baldwin &c Co-Hams, &c.
e. Pollard-Tamarinds. y
U. S. A.-Wanted to Rent. 's5
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

Crop reports from Calcntta say
that in the Northwestern Districts of
India heavy rains have seriously in
jured the crop of cotton in North
western India.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25
ANOTHER TURTLE. Mr.. Restaurant
Pollock will, l,serve up sea monster
for lunch to-day. S Soupists. attend.

NAL. Ass sA1''aaiiiiSidaINIs iiiiSidINI post
Office open during the week from 81
q. m. to z p. m. On Sundays, from
4 to 5 p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at ~ p. M, and
close at 81 p. m. Charleston night
mail open 81 q. M, close ~ p. M.
Northern-Open for delivery at
811a q. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. -r-.-,,
Greenyille-Open for delivery 81
p. M, closes at 81 p. m.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

A Paris fashion correspondent
writes that an attempt is being made
to restore the high tortoise shell
combs OF our grand-mothers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25
LADIES, Don't WEAR HIGH HEELS


LADIES, Don't WEAR HIGH HEELS
An exchange says, narrow shoes,
with high heels, which are now all
the fashion, are serious obstacles to
a good figure. Without solid basis,
it is impossible to sustain the form
in an erect posture, and poised, as
our young girls are, upon the stills
of fashion, it is not easy to preserve
their equilibrium. They thus ha-
bitually bend forward or backward,
to the right or to the left, until, in
the course of time, they become per-
manently misshapen in one direction
or the other. And this is not all.
The heels of fashionable shoes worn
by ladies are SO small at the bottom
as to afford little or no support to
the ankles.-This in part accounts
for the peculiar walk of those who
wear them, and this is causing many
weak and sprained ankles, for which
there is no cure. An ankle once
sprained is ever after liable to be in
jured by very slight cause. No
lady who values her comfort in life,
and her limbs upon which she de-
pends for locomotion, will wear high
heels tapered off as is now the
fashion.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25

The artillery companies which have
been on duty here for a length of
time, departed yesterday, for Atlanta,
Georgia. Several infantry companies
still remain. The morning and even
ing gun will be missed, but we sup
pose this will be considered rather
pleasant than otherwise.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-25
Don't forget the strotting match
this afternoon. at gth x Congarss
Course. (; Time 5 o'cloc

W. j. Laval, Esq, who has been
connected with the comptrollership
of the State, for q number of years,
has assumed charge of the Columbia
Male School-in the Odd Fellows
building, Lincoln street. Alr. Laval
is fully competent to fill the posi-
ton.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

No business was transacted in either
House of Congress Saturday. The Sen"
ate was not in session. About dozen
members met in the House, and adj
jourued till to day.
Rev. John @. Lyon, founder of the
German Methodist Church, in America,
died Saturday, at Baltimore.
"A fire at Canton Illinois, Saturday
morning, destroyed the wooden build
ing on the Northeast corner of the pub
lie square. Total loss, S95, 900. The
principal losers are p. G. Ross, drugs
and Amos Smith, hardwardware.
Capt. Spooner and son, of Falley-
yer, r. l., were drowned in the Bay,
Saturday afternoon, while fishing In
their boat.
The Sheriff at Buffalo, New York,
frustrated an attempt to release three
convicted incendiaries, Saturday morn
ing. Their confederates had dug under
the Jail wall.
The st. Charles Catholic Church, al
woonsocket, Rhode Island, was burned
on Friday night. Loss, $4,000; in
sured for 5000.
"A large crowd of sporting men left
New York on Friday night for the
West, to be present at the McCoole and
Coburn prize fight.
-Twenty-six rounds were fought in 9
prize fight at Newark, New Jersey, or
Monday, between Jack Freeman and
Bill Callahan. Both had to be carried
bnna
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
EUROPE.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

LONDON, May 2S.-Sir Stafford North
cote, Secretary OF State for India, re-
ceived to-day an official dispatch from
General Napier, commander OF the
Abysstnian expedition, dated Ashangi,
May 9. The General had Just arrived
there with the rear guard or the return
ing British forces. The advance had
reached Zouland on the 9th or Sth,
The native infantry had already en-
bRrked for Bombay. The remainder
of the troops and stores, which were
being hastened forward, would be
shipped from ZouIand rapidly, and the
evacuation of the country would soon
be effected. The wounded were doing
we'll and rapidly becoming GONZALES.
cent, and the troops were in good
LoNDoN, May GA telegram from
Sidney, in anticipation OF the over
mall, says Prince Alfred left for Eng
land in command of his ship, the Cali
tia. He was well. The attempted
assassin of the Prince was executed on
the 22d of April.
STocKHoLa, May 23.-To-day the
Afloubladt, an official newspaper, says
the Government OF Sweden must pro-
test against Judgment In the case Of the
British bark SprinGbok, by the o. s.
Supreme Court, as bad precedent In
the maritime law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
Railroads.
From Gte WelIs6urg Herald.


The Wheeling INTELLIGENCER says
that the Wheeling and Toledo Railroad
project perished for want of material
aid, and referring to an item in the
Herald last week, agrees with our sug-
gestion that the railroad folks In
Wheeling, might profitably turn their
attention this way. It appears to us
that unless Wheeling wants to lose the
entire business OF the country lying
north of her, they should lose as little
time as possible in moving in the mat
ter. Pittsburgh Is stretching her long
arms in this direction, and already the
effect of the Panhandle Railroad is
perceptibly felt in the diminution OF
trade that formerly tended southwark.
By the middle of the summer she will
have reached within eight miles OF
Wellsburg, and once reaching this
point, our big neighbor to the South,
may give up all expectation of dol
lars worth of trade from all the scope
of country north of the waters of Buff
falo, unless the gap be bridged by a
continuation to Wheeling. We live in
the confident hope that not many
months will elapse, until the eight
miles between this and Wells Ferry,
at least, is provided for, and that within
not great many more, the remaining
link to connect Wheeling and Pitts
burgh will be completed and in opera
tion
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
cAL1roRN1A AND oREGoN.

SAN Francisco, May 23.-Tho next
steamer for China will be the New
York, which will sail June I'd, and take
a shaft for the Great Republic.
The steamer Ajax, from Portland
Oregon, has arrived, The grain crops
in that State are very large, and fears
are expressed about the possibility OF
harvesting.
The Rouge river valley schooner
Grow was not wrecked ,-as reported, in
Puget Sound waters, but was captured
and the crew murdered by the Hydah
Indians.
The sitka and Togas Indians are re-
ported at war.
An examination of the Salmore River
Valley Is to be made for the Northern
Pacific Railroad route.
Sailed this afternoon, the steamer
Sacramento, for Panama, with 800 pas
sengers and 1926, ,0OOin treasure, mostly
for New York.
Arrived The ship Marmion, from
New York.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-25
BY TELEGRAPH.
UnAse 10 BIO DecapItatea
rhe Managers Investigation.
Conversion of seven.ThirtIes.

New YoRK. Nav 23.-The Herald's
washington dispatch says that II the
President is convicted Tuesday, bill
will be introduced for such recon-
struction of the Supreme Court as
would get rid of Chief Justice Chase,
and under the rule of Ben Wade, place
Stanton at the head of the highest ju-
diical tribunal.
The same dispatch states that the
Senator from East Tennessee has filed
his opinion upon the eleven articles of
impeachment, yesterday. 1t is quite
lengthy, covering about hfty pages OF
legal cap paper, about one-half OF which
Is devoted to the lst article, and the ar
gument against the second article oc-
Cupies eleven pages more. The paper
is very ably prepared, and presents an
overwhelming array of the most pow
erful arguments against every article OF
the list. The filing of this opinion
leaves only Senator Ross of the seven
Republicans required to defeat convic-
tion. uncommitted on the remaining
ten articles.
The Conservatives of the Senate will
call for a committee of investigation to
prove the charges of Col. Cooper
against Senator Pomeroy.
The witnesses examined yesterday by
the Impeachment Managers, were Col.
Henderson, an Indian agent, Perry
urer Spinner, and j. f. Leggett. Cox
testified, he was at the dinner given to
the Presidents Counsel by Wooley, but
nothing beyond some of Joe Miller's
Jokes revamped by Cox could be recol-
lected by witness. Henderson, Fowler
and Ward refused to tell what they did
with the money they drew OF the bank;
it was used, as they said, for purposes
wholly foreign to the inquiry on foot,
and was no business of the Committee.
The Times dispatch says Leggett
testified that he never read or delivered
letter from Senator Pomeroy to Col
Cooper, and as far as he knew Pomeroy
never wrote or authorized the writing
of such a letter.
wAsH1SGroN. May 23.-On and after
June LIST, the Treasury Department will
be prepared to receive 7-30 treasury
notes falling due June 18th and July
18th, 1865, for conversion of into bonds
dated July 1st, 1867, or July 1st, 1865
as parties may desire. The terms o
conversion will be as follows; The in
terest on both series of notes will bt
allowed to July 1st, and bonds issued
in exchange will bear interest from
that date.
WARRINGTON, May Ex-senator sum
| ner will tomorrow file an elaborate
opinion in support of the conviction oi
Andrew Johnson.
The Managers of Impeachment have
made another requisition upon the
Western Union Telegraph Office fol-
kilograms passing between certain par
ties named by the Managers, but tn {
company has declined to make any
further exhibit of private telegram!
unless they shall be compelled to do sc
| by due process OF law.