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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16
The. Baltimore Sun, referring to
the cause of Southern destitution,

the cause of Southern destitution,
says very truly, that while all realize
the actual and apprehended distress
in the cotton States for the want Of
food, there may Sbe some misappre,
hension as to its immediate nndttrue
cause. It is not that there is fail
ure in the crops, as far as they were
planted. Owing to existing impedi-
nents since the war, the breadth OF
land titled has been less than former
ly; but the crops on the limited area
the past season have been generally
fair, and in some portions abundant.
The difficulty proceeds from the fact
that cotton at its present prices does
not enable'the planters even to nay
the debt which they incurred in OBJ
tanning the means to work it. The
crop has, so to speak, been eaten up
in the process of production, and the
planters are not only unable to buy
provisions and breadstuffs for an
other season, but cannot pay for
those which they and their laborers
have already consumed. Under these
circumstances the planters, of course,
have not the means, even if they had
the inducements, to go on with the
planting of another crop. Prevented
by their liabilities and the depressed
condition of the country, produced
by the ruinous so-called reconstruc-
ton policy of Congress, from asking
or obtaining facilities for carrying on
new operations, their situation is
truly q distressing one, as well as that
Of the freedmen, who are necessarily
thrown out of employment by the
inability Of the planters to realize
enough from their crops even &c pay
expenses. Whilst no legislation of
Congress, other than an appropria-
ton, can relieve those in the cotton
States who are now suffering for the
want of bread, yet the recurrence of
such calamity hereafter may be
avoided, as we have before pointed
out, by repudiating the policy under
which the cotton planting, manufac-
turing and commercial interests of
the country have all been depressed
and brought we'll nigh to the verge
of ruin.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

DIsoRGANIzATIoN NOT RECONSTRUCT
TIoN.-Under this head, the New York
Times (Republican) says: "Doubt no
longer hangs over the purposes Of
the extremists. The conferences
with Mr.. Stevens, tho resolutions of
Messrs. Upson and Boutwell, in the
House, and the more specific propo-
sition of Mr.. Morton in the Senate,
all point to the same result. The re-
construction law is not to be allowed
to rnn its course. 1t is to be stopped
on the plea that its working is not
according to radical notions. The
whole question is to be re-opencd,
and the confusion that exists in the
South is to be "worse confounded,
in order that early and peaceful re-
storation may be rendered impossible.
Instead of reconstruction we are to
have disorganization."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

= - y - ! =
a quorum being present, the Conven-
tion was, ready to proceed to bust
ness. i. sSsisltSsg
w J. Mckinley, of orangeburg,
tcolored,l was chosen temporary Sec
retary. y -
3. II, jwhittemore, white of Oar:
ington, moved that committee of
seven be appointed by the chair to
report the names of the permanent
officers OF the Convention.
r. O. }DeLarge. (colored, \, of
Charleston. suggested that the next
thing to be done was to ascertain who
were members of the body, and that
a committee on credentials was neces.
sary to this end. ...-.-.......
b. o. Duncan, (white,) of New
berry, do not think the Conven-
ton is prepared to go into a per-
manent organization at the present
.:2so. Many OF tihe delegates are mere
for the first time. We don't know
each other; we don't know who are
and who are not members of the
body, and if we hold few caucusses
we shall become better acquainted
and be in better condition to select
competent men for the responsible
offices of the Convention. This is an
important question, and much de-
pends upon the choice made of q
chairman. Commit fault here, and
through an incompetent presiding
officer secure incompetent commit
tees, and these proceedings will be
wrong from beginning to end, and
our party In the State will be fail
ure. L. therefore, move as an amend
ment, that we postpone the work of
permanently organizing the Conven-
tlon until Tuesday, at II O'clock NJ.
q. O. Bowen, (white,) of Charles
ton: l, for one, think that this Con-
vention should not proceed one step
further until we are satisfied that oil
the persons present have been duly
elected, and are present with the
proper credentials. l would state
that gentleman is sitting here to-
day with the certificate Of another
individual in his possession; so that
it is absolutely necessary that we
shall determine whether all these per-
sons are rightly here or not. To this
end, l move that the question con-
cerning the permanent organization
be laid upon the table until the Gre
dentials of delegates can be ex-
amincd.
The motion was agreed to.
The chair named committee, who
retired, sent for persons and pa
pers," and remained in session for
nearly two hours.
In the interim, various motions
were made to adjourn, to take n re-
cess, to hear brethren from the inte-
rior on the situation, &C., &C., all of
which were voted down.
On returning to the hall, B. O.
Duncan, Chairman, submitted ver-
bally the following report, viz: That
the Committee had examined first
each others credentials, then called in
delegates from the several Districts.
That hereafter any delegate shall be
admitted to the hall on presentation
of the certified order of Gen. Candy,
duly endorsed by the chairman and
secretary of the committee. The re-
port was adopted. Adjourned.
Charleston Ne,rs, 18Th.
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. -. II r = 7.
The Eenah Times says that there
is band of gipsies epcamped near
Shawano, and among them beau
tiful young girl of eighteen years,
the daughter of the chief, who offers
her and $4,000 in cash to any nice
young man who will marry her. One
ut time now, nice young men!
MIR. EDITOR: To correct wrong i'm
pressions that may be derived from
the advertisement of Sheriff's sales
in this mornings issue of your pa
per-allow me the use of your
columns to say to my friends and
fellow taxpayers, that I do not owe
the State one cent for taxes, or for
anything else. Ihave promptly paid
my dues to the 1st inst. There is an
execution against me for IN illegal
tax OF 1866, which I refuse to nav
because the State is justly indebted
to me in n larger sum.
E. STENHOUSE.
COLUMBIA, S. G., January Is, 1868.
NEW ADvEnTIsKnrEN-rs.- s.-Attention is call
ed 1" the following advertisements, pub-
i'ahed this morning for the rsr tine.
Extra Meeting Richland Lodge.
A. L. Phillips-Plantation Tor Sale.
J. t. Il. Agnew-Planting Potatoes.
Cantwells-Ale.
f. +. Gary-Masonic Female College.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

CUBA.-The report which was sent
from this country of proposition
from the Spanish Government to sell
Cuba to the United States, has been
promptly contradicted by the Spa
nish journals. The day will come,
however, when Cuba will probably
become q part of the "great republic
but the day is not yet
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

Large numbers OF pugiiists of
various grades of excellence, from
Mace downwards, are reported to be
coming to this country. The New
York Herald thinks that the people
Cannot resist the temptation of
sending them either to Congress or
to the State prison." New York
bestows these honors alternately upon
such persons.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, January J 16. 1868
Cotton vs. Cereals.


Cotton We. Cereals. d,
It is stated that six vessels recently
brought to Texas great number Soi
German immigrants, who purpose to
become agriculturists and employ
themselves in farming, and that q
number of men from Vermont have
gone to the same State, for the pur-
pose of rearing herds on the rich
prairies and pasturages Of that re-
gion. A writer in q Houston Journal,
who mentions these facts. is inclined
to discourage the,too extensive cult
walton of cotton, and recommends
agriculture IN ali Its modes, including
that of the vine,. along with the care
of Hocks and herds, rs affording
surer sources Of emolument than the
cotton plant, which, since the substi-
tuition of American cotton in Eng
land by the cotton of India and other
regions, is considered too precarious
8 resource to be depended on. The
Texas papers, as quoted in the series
of letters lately addressed by Henry
G. Carey to Senator Wilson, of Mas
saohusetts, state that in z Central
Texas, during the past year. eighty
five bushels OF barley, which is a
native of o Southern climate, were
made to the acre. It is said to be
superior to the Northern barley for
brewing, and, as compared with
corn, is pronounced a better food for
stock, particularly work stock, as it
is muscle-producing and does not
heat the system like the oil or, fat
producing property of corn. Other
advantages are, that while it pro-
duces three times as much to the
acre of grain, the stock consumes all
OF the straw; O hand can cultivate
much more ground in barley than
corn, and it needs no working after
planting. Facts like these show that
the cultivation of cotton is by no
means the only resource of the
South, and it is for the West to con-
slider whether such sentiments as
those expressed in late debate in
the Senate, by Mr.. Morton, of In
diana, in bitter opposition to the
abolition of the cotton tax, reflect the
true policy of the Western, States in
their tendency by diminishing the
culture of cotton in the South, to
convert it from q consumer of West
ern breadstuffs to producer and @
rival, and ultimately to divert the
tide of European and Northern emil
grafton from the West to the more
genial regions of the South. The
German settlers located below Colum-
bia are preparing to plant barley
. extensively, and that they will sue
ceed, there is scarcely the shadow of
n doubt.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16
The KIlling OF captain culver.

The killing OF Captain Culver.
The Corsicana (Texas) Observer
gives the following particulars of the
killing of Captain Culver, Bureau
Agent in Limestone County, and q
soldier; some erroneous statements
having gone abroad:
An eyewitness accompanied MI.
Stewart and son short distance from
his house to shoot beef, Mr.. Stewart
carrying his rifle, and the boy
double-barrelled gun, one barrel of
which was rifle. When Culver and
the soldier came upon them. he
asked Mr.. Stewart why he had not
paid fine he (Culver) had assessed
upon him. The reply was he had
appealed to higher official to have
the fine remitted, as he had already
paid him ono fine. Culver told him
there was no appeal from his judg-
ments, and to give up his gun.
Stewart said that he was on his
own premises for the purpose of kill
ing beef, and did not like to give
up his gun, but he would go to the
house and put up the gun in the
rack over his door, and then, if he
saw fit. he might take it. They all
started toward the house, and, when
Mr.. Stewart was in the act of reach
ing up to put his gun in the rack,
he was shot by both Culver and the
soldier. Mrs. Stewart was in the
rear of the house at the wash-tub,
and. hearing the shooting, made
some noise, which attracted the at
tention of the captain, and they
started in the direction of the old
lady, and shot her in the forehead,
the ball striking whale-bone in her
bonnet, glanced and passed under
the skin, from the front to the back
part of her head, leaving her appa-
rently dead for some time.
Stewards little son was behind the
party who first reached the house.
When he reached the gate, and say
what he supposed was his dead
mother and his father writhing in
the agonies of death, and two armed
assailants brandishing their six shoot
ers. he turned loose the rifle barrel
of his gun, sending its contents
through the body of Captain Culver.
The soldier turned and fired two
shots. but the boy. protected by
the fence, was unharmed, and sent
his load of shot into the soldier, who,
badly crippled, beat retreat; but the
enraged boy was not done with him.
He seized the pistol Of Captain Culver
and followed short distance and
shot him again, to make his work
sure. Not yet appeased, and seeing
some signs of struggling life in
Culver, he seized M axe and sent its
blade into the skull. r
This is not the worst feature of this
affair. Culver was packed for leav-
ing the country. He had with him
several changes of clothing and n
large sum of money; and had sum-
moned all the negroes of the sur
country to meet him in
Springfield. What for, we do not
pretend to say, but there was no ne
cessity for it. Culver is the man
who rode a negro on rail for refus-
ing to pay II voluntary subscription,
shot woman, old enough for his
grand mother, ut the wash-tub, and
her unoflending husband near sixty
years old. Had he lived few hours
longer, most likely the town of
Spring gfold would have been reduced
to ashes, and many other optrages
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"Judge Poland is likely to be
warmly pressed for the Vice Presi-
dency, on tho Republican ticket" 4"
Poland is q suggestive name to the
people of the South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

A HANDSOME PRESENT. Senator
Creaner, State Senator of New
York, l short time since received
little present from the merchant
prince A. II. Stewart. 1t consists of
nothing less than house and lot,
valued at $4,000. Mr.. Dreamer,
while n member of the Assembly,
had vindicated Mr.. Stewart when as
sailed on the floor, and Mr.. Stewart
performed this trifling service by
way of acknowledgment. 1t is not
many years since Mr.. Dreamer was n
check-boy in Mr.. Stewards store.
Although not yet thirty years of age,
he has attained to the position of
State Senator, and is decidedly one
of the rising men Of New York.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

I<3ca1 items. T''
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.. CAsH-PAY Up.-From and after
January l, 1868. the cash system will
be- stricly enforced Persons who
are now indebted for subscriptions,
and whoswisht their papers continued,
will confer favor by paying up at
once. Those who fail will have their
papers, discontinued. Cash will also
be required for all advertisements.
Persons forwarding advertisements
from distance, must send a remit
tance. Job work cash on delivery.
LECTURE THIS EVENING re-
gular weekly lecture by the Profes.
soTo of the South Carolina Uniyer-
sity, will be delivered in the Chapel,
this evening, at half-past o'clock,
by Prof. A. N. Talley. Subject
"Impediments to the Progress of
Medical Science"
---~>l-~--~-J--~--~>- %
We received call, yesterday, from
Mr.. Peter Croghan, jr., the travelling
agent of the Charleston Gazette, who
is on tour through the State in the
interests of his paper. The Gazette
is the only Catholic journal published
in the State.
In the Charleston Courier's COPY of
Thad. Stevens letter, of the 9th inst.
occurs the word Constitution. Is
this from Thad. or the printer?
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC.-We have
received from New York the Tribune
almanac, publication which for
years has been useful for reference.
The astronomical information is very
complete. while the political and sta
tistical history of 1867 seems to have
been prepared with great care. This
almanac has become an authority on
political statistics.
The tax ordinance prepared by the
"City Fathers" was published in
yesterdays PAenia, and our readers
have doubtless examined the different
sections closely, and as good citizens,
will comply as nearly as possible with
its requirements. But that there are
material omissions, which furnish
just cause Of complaint, n casual
examination will show; and it would
be we'll for the Council to look into
the matter. Certain kinds of business
have been taxed unusually high,
while others go "scot free." "Equali-
ty" is the great idea now, gentlemen.
FINE STocK-CAp1rA1 OppoRruN1-
TY FOR TRoTTING MATCHES.
fine horses, of blooded stock, can be
seen in the stables ut Nickerson's
Hotel. An excellent opportunity is
now presented to those of our citi-
zcns who feel an interest in such ex-
hibitions, to get up a trotting match,
or perhaps series of matches. What
say the owners of fast nags in and
around Columbia? The following is
a list of the horses, with their owners
names:
Brown mare Betty Ward"-Dan.
Ward. Richmond, Virginia.
Black stallion ely Away" and
bay stallion "Danville" ID. T. Har-
vey, Danville, Virginia.
Black horse "Nimmo" and sorrel
stallion American Star IT. Pax
ton, Buffalo Springs, Virginia.
The Post Office Department has
recently given notice that it will no
longer pay for advertising the list of
letters uncalled for ut the various
post Offices throughout the country;
but it authorizes postmasters to fur
nish tho list to newspapers that will
publish them gratuitously. This
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

GEN. PORE FAcEuoUs-THE Pre-
sIDENT MORE So.-The Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
writes:
"Gen. Pope called upon tho Presi-
dent yesterday to pay his respects.
Tho interview was cordial and respect
full. Gen. Pope facetiously thanked
tho President for relieving him from
arduous and thankless labors, and the
latter, i'll tho samo spirit, expressed
his great satisfaction that he had been
instrumental i'll doing the General q
great favor"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16


Mr.. Edwin DeLeon, who was at
one time one of the Confederate
agents in Europe, is publishing in
the New York Citizen, n series of in
teresting articles, on the secret his.
tory of the Confederate diplomacy
abroad. In the number for last week
he gives personal sketches Of Judge
Rost, W. l.. Yancey and Mr.. Dudley
Mann, who were the first commits
sioners sent abroad by the Confede-
rate Government. He states fact
of some interest in connection with
the celebrated seizure Of Mason and
Slidell from an English steamer, and
tho general expectation that the
British demand for their release
would be refused by the United
States Government, and that a war
with England would follow, which
was quite certain to secure Confede-
rate independence. Mr.. Yancey, it
seems, did not share in these SAN
guinc expectations of his colleagues;
he said he "knew MIR. Seward too
well to hope that he would commit
50 suicidal blundcr, and that the
difficulty was sure to be tided over"
The confirmation Of his fears satisfied
him that they had nothing to hope
from foreign aid, and he soon after
camc homo and entered the Confede-
rate Senate, field Of labor much
moro congenial to his tastes than
diplomatic service.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The post
Office open during the week from 81
q. m. to p. m. On Sundays, from
IL to 211a p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at 2 p. M, and
close at 8 O. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
101s q. NJ, closes at p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery Mt 8
p. M, closes at 8 p. m.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

LECTURE THIS EVENING re-
gular weekly lecture by the Profess
sors VI the South Carolina Univer-
sity, will be delivered in the Chapel,
this evening, at half-past 7 o'clock,
by Prof. A. N. Taley. Subject
"Impediments to the Progress of
Medical Science"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

We received a call, yesterday, from
Mr.. Peter Croghan, jr., the travelling
agent of the Charleston Gazette, who
is on a tour through the State in the
interests Of his paper. The Gazene
is the only Catholic journal published
in the State.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

The Post Office Department has
recently given notice that it will no
longer pay for advertising the list of
letters uncalled for ut the various
post offices throughout the country;
but it authorizes postmasters to fur
nish tho list to newspapers that will
publish them gratuituusly. This
strikes us as rather small business. 1t
may be wrong to expect the depart
mcnt to notify individuals that letters
are awaiting their call ut the post
Offices, but they have done it for n
good many years without encounter
ing any very severe censure from the
public therefor. 1t is evidently ex-
pected now that newspapers will find
it SO much to their pecuniary advan-
tage to publish the lists as matter
OF news, that they viii ido it gratuit-
ously. Possibly they may; but it
scarcely seems worth while for the
Government to avail itself of this
circumstt.nc to save the small ex-
f,apaa IN yoIuoJ
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-16

In the Charleston Courier's copy of
Thad. Stevens letter, of the 9th inst. +.
occurs the word Constitution. Is
this from Thad. or the printer?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17
THE GAZETTE.
i THURSDAY EVENING. SEPT. II.
Labor Saving Machinery.

" -
Sd Mr.. John Stanton Gould, from sources OF
knowledge which are opened to him as Presl-
dent Of the New York State Agricultural So
ciety, writes as follows:
- /. There 300 900 mowers and reapers in use
- .. The average cost of moving machines is
sl25s:l of reaping machines. SITS.
j: 3. The average life of machine is five
wears: some will use mower or a reaper
twenty years.. but the average number Of
farmers buy a new machine once in five years
4. OF the 100000 machines, fve-tenths are
combined mowers and reapers, three-tenths
single mowers, two-tenths single reapers
s.. Assuming that meadows yield one ton to
an acre on an average, one man with scythe
Will NOW an acre a day.
6. With sickle, fair days work is halt an
acre: with q cradle, in wheat, two acres in
rye, one and a half acres in oats, two and
acres; in barley, two and a halt acres. 1t Is
, possible; perhaps, that the average work
with cradle may be put half an acre higher
than the above. ID jana. 2-.l
7. A moving machine will cut, on an aver
age ten acres. and reaper Slll reap ten acres.
s. Six binders, will keep up with sclf-rak-
ing machine. ~, 80 5. -
8. It's we'll settled that moving machine
will cut closer and give more hay than scythe.
A reaping machine will also cut cleaner than
acradle or a sickle I know of 20 experiments
made with view of accurately testing this
difference, but think it would not be over
estimated at five per cent. .,a,.
=, 10. I estimate the total production OF hay IN
the United States at % 000, 600 OF tons; the
amount raised in New York at 400, 600 tons
II. I estimate that l5,000,O 600 acres were
sown in wheat in the United States 100000
acres in rye 900, 900 acres in oats, l,O00,OOO
= in barley, making an aggregate CT 27,0OO,O0O
OF acres. ,.5fat.lgs ~. ....4 1.2y. zig.
IL. The average length of time occupied IN
securing the hay and grain, l estimate to DC
between six and seven weeks, in the United
States. ~.
Is. 1t follows from this that the mowers and
reapers in the United States dispense with the
labor of about 100000 men Tor about SIX or
seven weeks in the year.
Our aee is characterized BY the grandest
dcveinrment of mechanical power ever known
in the ms, or1 of the human race The entire
machine power Of the Unlted States is equal
TO the issor OF two hundred m,hons OF men.
It /, owned, Of course, almost exclusively by
the North, and Is the secret OF the great pros
perry Of that region, as compared win that or
the South It's no., hoover, cqua! 70 the
development Of such power IT. Great Brl;al
The machine power of England aud Wales
is com pctent TO perform the labor OF nearly SIX
bundled millions OF men, aud is probably grea-
ter ia productive capacity than the nbor
power of all the world baSide.