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OOIJUMBIA.
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Tuesday Morning, Jane 13, 1865.
Friendship.
It is frequently the ewe that "you los?
your friend io the sagacity which perceive)
his iinperfrctionsi True friendship implies
the privilege of sorrowing over the infir?
mities of your favorite, andXJIIring them
whenever you can. Yet, though we know
our .langer, ?and believe in the skill of the
su ?cou! ii seems to be Very rational that
ve snould recoil from his instrument. To
:?? ^ro,?erly susceptible ol friendship, in
its aigneis! capabilities, it is necessary that
should :.<J. ?inly love confidiugly, but
thui wti saouid nave strength to suffer
reproach without misgiving or retient
meal.
The military authorities of South Caro?
lina have re-trausfeited the North-eastern
Railroad, with all of ils rolling stock and
other material, to the President, Alfred
Ravene., and, under his management and
the superintendence of Mr. Solomons, it is
expected that, in a few weeks, communi?
cation will be re-established between
Charleston and Wilmington. The Courier
expects that, in a few days, railway com?
munication will also be reneged between
Caarleston and Savannah and other por?
tions of Georgia, lt will be a matter of
great interest to both States to re-connect
between Charleston and Augusta by the
olrj and well known route.
Congressman Harris, of Maryland, has
been convicted of the charge of encourag?
ing arid persuading Confederate soldiers
to continue fighting, and urging against
their taking the oath of allegiance. He
was sentenced to three years imprison?
ment and the forfeiture cf all legal rights
The President has approved of the fiuding
of the court, but has remitted the penal
tr?s, and the pritoner has been released.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Washington under
date of June 1, Says it is understood that
the mission of Genera! Sickles to Bogota
was for thc purpose of obtaining grants of
land for the purpose of settling them with
blacks from thc United Stales, and that the
lat? President, who authorized the mis?
sion, was willing to give $15,000,000 for
adequate territory.
Wm. W. Holden, of North Carolina, has
been made Provisional Governor of that
State. He is instructed to order a conven?
tion of the people of the State-the voters
being such only of the people as, under
the amnesty proclamation of May 29, may
be entitled to the election franchise. .The
people of Georgia, it is said, are holding
meetings, which also call for a provisional
governor of that State. The Charleston
Courier again invokes the people of Sou*h
Carolina to begin moving in the sam? di?
rection.
l.UPORTAVT TO TBAVELEKS SoCTn-WEST.-.1
Th? Augusta Constitutionalist tells us that
Mr. Jackson Snick has commenced running
a line of hack? between Johnson's Turn
Out, on the Hamburg branch of UjeSouth
Carolina Railroad, and Orangebarg. This
will connect the breaks on the railways
between Augusta, Hamburg and Aiken,
on the one hand, and Orangeburg. Branch?
ville and Charleston on the other.
"EXTRA BILX-V SMITH."-It i? rumored
that Wm. Smith ia hiding in the mountain
recesses of Virginia, somewhere in the
vicinity of Staunton, and that he has a
small body of soldiers for his protection.
Many of Mosby's men are also running
at large, or lying perdu among the moun?
tains.
A correspondent of the New York Tri?
bune, writiug from Fortress Monroe, re?
ports that Jefferson Davis was certainly
manacled, and that the ex-President did
cot submit without a violent struggle,
having knocked down two of his guards
before succumbing to the operation.
TBA DE IN CHARLESTON.-The restrictions
on trade iu Charleston have been removed
by an order of General Gurney of the,7th
instant. Military licenses are not now
necessary in the transaction of any busi?
ness, except in ale, wine and liquors.
-.-*..
Ex-Gov. AIKEN.-This gentleman has
returned to Charleston. The opinion of
his friends seems to be that he has either
received, or will receive, the appointment
as Provisional Governor ol South Carolina.
Ile is, however, still on parid e.
[Communicated.
City Taxation.
I observe that our city authorities are
advertising for the payment of taxes.
That some organization should exist, no
one can doubt; but it seems to me that
the citizens should be first assured that the
proposed organization will be permitted
by the military authorities of the day
and to what extent the former city go?
vernment will be allowed. After these
matters are satisfactorily ascertained, then
I thiuk the city government, in its new
new organization, should be published in
hand bills for the use of any citizen de?
siring it. In the present unfortunate exi?
gences of the citizens, I cannot imagine
how they are to pay their taxes, when a
large number have not the means of sup?
plying the necessaries of life. Economy
should, therefore, be the principal govern
ing the authorities. Within my recollec?
tion, Columbia has had Intendants without
salary. The office waa regarded as an
honorable one, and sought after eagerly.
Now, the office has a baadsome^ealary at?
tached to it, and suitable occupants aro
almost importuned to take it. Now is the
time for those having high administrative
qualifications to oome to the aid of their
fellow citizens, and administer the city
affairs free of salary, for the present time,
at least. This example, in the head officer,
would justify a full examination into all
the salaried offices, and a deduction, if
necessary, from all salaries within the
control of the Council. 1 cannot avoid
the suggestion Chat, at present, there is no
necessity for city marshals. The military
occupying tho city perform all their duties
and more efficiently. When arrests are
necessary, they are made, and the cases
are summarily decided by the comman?
dant of the post If it were otherwise,
there are no courts in existence to take
cognizance of such cases as may arise.
Tile water works are almost the only ob?
jects of expeuse that the city should be
subjected to. Water is a necessity, and,
with proper attention, the works miglit
be made self supporting or nearly so.
Would not the salarie.-? of mayor, clerk,
chief and his corps of marshals absorb all
the laxes that could he forced out of our
citizens uuder present circumstances?
A CITIZEN".
THE OATH.-The following official circu?
lar, in regard to the amnesty oath, has
beenjjust issued from the office of Secreta?
ry of Stats:
DEPARTMENT or STATE,
WASHINGTON, May 29, 1865.
Sire A copy of die President's amnesty
proclamation of this date is herewith ap?
pended. By a clause in the instrument,
the Secretary of State is directed to esta?
blish rules aud regulations for administer?
ing and recording the amnesty oath, so as
to insure its benefit* to the people, and
trnard the Government against fraud.
Pursuant to this instruction, you are in?
formed that the oath prescribed in the
proclamation may be taken aud subscribed
before any commissioned officer, civil, mi?
litary or naval, in the service of the United
States, or any civil or military officer of a
loyal State or Territory, who, by the laws
thereof, muy bc qualified for administering
oaths. All officers who receive such oaths
are hereby authorized to give certitirtd
topies thereof to the persons respectively
by whom tliey were made; and such of?
ficers are hereby required to transmit the
originals of such oaths, at as earl}- a day
as may be convenient, to this department,
and they will be deposited and remain in
the archives of the Government A re?
gister thereof will be kept in the depart?
ment, and on application, in proper cases,
certificates of such records will be issued
in the customary form of official certifi?
cates. I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WM. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
Jefferson Davis has been taken from
Fortress Monroe and carried up to the,
neighborhood of Washington city, where
he is kept confined, separately from ail
others, in a monitor which is anchored in
the stream.
The Charleston Courier announces the
promotion of General Hatch, commander
of that district, as Brevet Major-General,
in consideration of great military and
public services.
* J _
A National Bank is to be established in
Charleston-probably in the course of a
month. The Courier ?tales that "a number
of our heavy merchants have expressed
their desire to take t-hares.''
The Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Mary?
land, has entered a long protest, deDyjng
the jurisdiction of the court engaged in
the trial of the parsons charged with the
murder of Abraham Lincoln. But few
witnesses now remain for examination,
and tue proceedings will soon be over.
Dr. A. G. Mackey, of Charleston, ha?
had ovations at the hands of the Masonic
fraternities of New York and New Jersey,
receiving gifts, money and orations, to a
considerable, extent, in tribute to his loy?
alty during the war.
Local Items.
Th? ofil?e of the Columbia Phoenix is
on Gates street, see/vnd door from Plain.
FOB CAMDEN AND WINNSBOBO.-We^learn
that four companies of the 25th Ohio
Regiment leave Columbia, this morning,
for Camden and Winnsboro.
SILVERWARE FOUND.-We are authorized
by Col. Haughton, commander of this post,
to say that be has in bis possession several
articles of silverware, which will bc deli?
vered to the owners upon adequate proof j
of property. There are several pieces
marked'"D. E. M. C.," and a silver cup
inscribed to "Joanna Caroline Cannon,
from Elizabeth Caroline Shubrick, July 9,
1861." Tb? owners of'these articles 'Will
do well to app!y for them promptly. [
. ?ggrTEB?ONAL.-All subscribers to the
Phoniz whose subscriptions have ex?
pired, will .please come forward and
renew, ia specie or provisions; otherwise
their papers will be stopped.
We wish it distinctly understood
that eur terms are cash. No advertise?
ments Trill, therefore, bo inserted unless
paid for in advance.
Recruiting stations are to be opened at
Charleston and elsewhere, in order to-re?
cruit the ranks of the regular army as
rapidly aa possible.
Stanley G. Trott bas been appointed
Postmaster of the city of Charleston, vice
J. D. Martin, removed at his own request.
GEN. HOOD.-Reporte from Natchez
state that Gea. Hood, at Natchez, lias ten?
dered his resignation to Gen. Davidson.
Public Meeting.
At the request of a number of gentle?
men, 1 would invite the citizens of Colum?
bia and of Richland District to meet at
the City JJ all, (or Odd Fellows' School
House,) at ll o'clock, TO-MORROW,
(Wednesday,) to take into consideration
our political condition*.
J. G. GIBBES,
June 13 Mavor of Columbia.
PEOFESSOR WOODROW
TTE? H JJ re?oive a few PRIVATE PL".
YT FILS at his atudy. No. 14 Simons
Hall, Theological Seminary. Instruction
will be given in Latin, Gref-k, French,
German, Mathematics and the Natural
Sciences. ' June 13 tuf-i*
CHOICE GREEN TEA.
JUST received from New York, via
Charleston; a small chest of very supe?
rior HYSON TEA, high flavored aud
strong. ALSO,
J AVA and RIO COFFEE.
White ard Brown SUGAR. For sale by
DR. P. MELVIN COHEN, Diuggist,
Fickeiia street, head of Ladv.
June 13 1*
Wanted to Rent,
COMFORTABLE COTTAGE. Apply
at this office. * June 12
A
MEDICAL CARD.
DR. S. LOGAN offers his piofessional
services to the residents of Columbia
and its vicinity. He may be found at Dr.
J. J. Chisolm's new house, on Arsenal Hill.
June 12 4*
Notice
ALL persons who were kind enough to
tal? charge of my PLANTS, will
please return them this week. Cuttings
will be given to all who require them.
June 12 3_D. P. KELLEY.
Veil Lost
ABLACK LACE VEIL dropped be?
tween the store and residence of J.
G. Gibbes.- The finder will be rewarded
by leaving it at this office. June 12 2
"GROCERIES,
DRY GOODS, &C" td
KENNETH & GIBSON,
At lobert Bryce's Old Stand,
ACHOICE ASSORTMENT of Goods,
consisting in part of :
1.200 lbs. choice BACON.
7 bbls. FLOUR.
100 boxes No. 1 HERRINGS.
? English Dairy CHEESE.
5 bbls. BUTTER CRACKERS.
5 boxes FAMILY SOAP.
5 .? CORN STARCH.
G doz. BROOMS.
500 vardrf pure MADDER PRINTS.
500 " " Checked Englisti ALPACA.
100 ? " CAMBRIC.
500 ?' superior LONG CLOTH.
ALSO,
COLOGN1?, JELLlliS, BLACKING.
Windsor Soap, Hair and Tooth Brushes.
Dressing and Fine Tooth Combs.
Sweet Oil, Geut'a Paper Collars.
Sugars, Locks, Smoking Pipes,
i And various other articles too numerous
1 to mention. Juue 12
AUCTION SALES._
Attractive Sale.
By Jacob Cohen.
WILL Le sold, on TUESDAY, 13th inst.,
at residence of Gen. Scbnierle, on Cam?
den Btreet, between Henderson and
Barnwell streets, at 10 o'clock,
The.following articles, viz:
1 Garden Enginette, with Hose com?
plete; 1 Laminated Steel D. B. Gun, J H.
Happoldt.. maker, and leather case; 1 pair
superior Duelling Pistols, case aud imple-'
ments complete; 1 pair E. Whitney's Six?
shooter*. 1 Colt's Revolver, 1 Revolver,
LaMatte's; 1 pair Holster Pistols, 1 Self
cocking Single-barrel Pistol, 1 Sharp's
Four-barrel Pocket Pistol, with ammuni?
tion; 12 boxes Celt's Water-proof Fistol
Caps; 2 boxes Musket Cap-?; ?. Powder
Flasks and 2 Shot Bags; 1 Wed and Cap
Box, Bullet Moulds, 4 packages Gun Wads,
Cap Boxes, 4 bags Buckshot, 7 l>ags Gun
Flints, Fencing Foils and Masks.
. ALSO,
2 Cooking Stoves complete, 1 Mahogany
Secretary and Bookcase, 2 Side Tables, 1
Card Table, 1 Rocking Chair, 1 Easy
Chair, 1 Box and l'an, 1 Mattress, 1 single
Washstand, 2 Basins, 1 Ewer, 1 Bed Chair,
1 sett Carop'Stools, 1 pair Brass {spittoons,
2 Looking Glasses, 1 Pine Desk, 1 Iron
Safe, in good order, 1 Trunk, 2 setts
Drawers, 1 Glass Candle Shade, 1 Glass
Lamp Globe, 2 Oil Lamps, 2 Nursery
Lamps, 1 Coffee and Pepper Mill, 1 patent
Knife Cleaner, 2 Step Ladders, 1 Wood
saw and Bench, 1 sett Brass Stair Rods,
coil Steel Wire, lot Tin Candlesticks, Tin
Bath Tub, Tin Dish Covers, lot ?Tin Boxes,
lot old Iron and Tin, Iron Pots, Pruning
Kuife, 6 doz. Copper Rivets, 2 Syringes,
Razors, Faucets and Carpenter's Tools,
Plasterer's Trowels, 4 Buggy Whips, lut
Chains, Metal Stirrups, Bits, Saddle Girt hs,
Martingales, Saddle Cloths and Spurs,
Flute, Flageolet ami Fiddle, Pencil Lead
1 Silver-headed Stick, Reference Files,
Water Jug and Dipper, 4 Chamois Skins,
1 box Apothecaries* "Scales, with weights,
3 Tin Buckets, with Covers, 8 Halter
Chains, lot Empty Bottles.
The Engine, Gun? and Pistes will bc
sold precisely at ll o'clock.
Terms cash. June .2 2
Bakery and Confectionary.
LSJIODAIR and W._ STIEGLITZ
. have re opened their BAKERY,
CONFECTION Alt Y and CRACKER MA
NLTFACTORY. Also, on hand a fine
assortment of CHEWING and SMOKING
TOBACCO, SCOTCH and MACCABOY
SNUFF, CIGARS. PIPES, ic, at Messrs.
Cooper ?fe Gailher's old stand.
June ? mth?
Headq'rs Provisional Brigade,
COLUMBIA, S. C., JUNE 9, 1&65.
To thc Freedmen:
THE time has come for you all to do
your best to show that you are fit to be
free men in this great Republic. Observe
sacredly the marriage tie. Learn to read
and write- No one must leave his wife,
children or aged parents while he can
assist them. Thieves and idlers and peo?
ple strolling about the country will be
punished. Be prudent, and quiet, and or?
derly. If you have trouble, report it to
the military authorities. This year you
cannot do much moro than get a living
for yourselves and families; those will get
the best pay next year who work the best
now.
Let no one be either proud or ashamed
of the form or color that God has given
him. Be proud of the chance to do for
yoorselve? and for each other.
(Signed.) A. S. HARTWELL,
June 10 Brevet Brigadier-General.
Headq'rs Provisional Brigade,
COLUMBIA, S. C., JUNE 9. 1865.
GENERAL ORDER NO.'13.
WHEREAS certain persons have an?
nounced to 'those colored people
formerly their slaves and still remaining
on their tenements that they must quit,
with no provision made or attempted for
said colored people to obtain shelter or
work, it is hereby ordered that no person
shall turn off from his place or house those
colored people who have li\*ed with him
and still desire to remain with him and do
what they can.
Any person or persons violating this
order, and turning out from their houses
1 these people, to'become paupers upon the
community, will be forthwith arrested and
reported at these headquarters for trial.
Cases of colored people residing on the
places of their former masters, and be?
having improperly or refusing to work
with fair terms offered, will be reported
for action of the milita JV authorities.
By order of A. S. HARTWELL,
Brevet Brig. Gen.
Official: GEO. F. MCKAY, Lieut and A.
A. A. G. june 10 6
AMNESTY.
THE TERMS OF PARDON.
Proclamation by the President of the
United States of America.
Whereas the President of the United
States, on the 8th day of December. A. D.
1863, anti on the 26th day of March, A. D.
1S64, with the object to suppress the ex?
isting rebellion, to induce al! persons lu
return to their loyalty aud to restore the
authority of thc United States, issue pro?
clamations offering amnesty aud pardon to
certain persons who had, directly or by
implication, participated in the said rebel?
lion; ?nd whereas many persons, who had
so engaged in Paid rebellion, lin ve, since
thc issuance of said proclamation, failed
or neglected to toke the benefits offered
thereby; and whereas man)* persons, who
have been justly deprived of jd! claim to
amnesty and pardon thereunder by n ason
of their participation, directly or by im?
plication, in said rebellion and continued
hostility to the Government of the United
?States since the dtite of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnes?
ty and pardon:
To thc end, therefore, that the authority
of tho Government of the United States
may be restored, aud that, peace, order and
freedom may be established, I, Andrew
Johnson. President ol the United States,
do proclaim and declare that I hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated iu the existing
rebellion", except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, whir restoration of
all rights of property, except as to slaves,
and except in cases where legal proceed?
ings, under the laws of the, Uoited States
providing for the confhAation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, neverthe?
less, that every such person shall tak? and
subscribe the following oath or affirma- .'
tiotf, and thenceforward keep and main?
tain said oath inviolate, nnd wbkh oith
shall be registered for permanent preser?
vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following, to wit?
I;-, do solemnly swear or
affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that
1 will henceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
Statesand the Un iou ?if the States there?
under, and that I will in 1 ike. manner
abide by and faitli?u?ly support all laws
and proclamations which have been made?
during the exiting rebellion with refer?
ence? to the emancipation of slaves. So
help me God. *
The following class of parsons arc ex?
empted from thc benefits of this procla?
mation:
1st. All who are, or shall have been,
pretended civil or diplomatie officers or
otherwise, domestic, or foreign agents of
' the pretended Confederate Government.
lid. All who left judicial stations under
thc United StaUs to aid in the rebellion.
3d. All who sKall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confed??
rale Government above the rank of colonel
in the urmy or lieutenant in the navy.
4th. All who left seats il the Congress
of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or tendered ivsig- '
nations of their coiiimissioiy? in the lumy
or navy of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the.rebe I lion. *
6th. Ali who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as pri?
soners of war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, seamen
or in other capacities.
7th. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United .Stutes for the
purpose of ai.ling the'rebellion.
8th. All military und naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated hy?
the Government in the Military Academv
at West Point or the United States Naval
Academy. ?
9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor" of States in insurrec?
tion against the United Stales.
10th. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military-lines into the so-called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid?
ing the rebellion.
11th. Ali persons who have leen en?
gaged in the destruction of the commerce
of the United States upon the high seas,
and who have made raid? into the United
States from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
Slates upou the lakes and rivers that sepa?
rate the British provinces lrom the United
States.
12th. All persons who, at the tim? when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof bj'
taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or eivil confinement, or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, mili?
tar}' or naval authorities ot agents of the
United States, as prisoners of war or per?
sons d-?tained for offences of any kiiiB,
either before or after conviction.
13th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the esti?
mated value of whose taxable property is
over twenty thousand dollars.
14th. All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre?
sident's proclamation of December 8, A.
D. 1865, or an oath of allegiance ?to the
Government of the United States since the
date oj said proclamation, and who have
not thenceforward kept and maintained
the same in violate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the Pre.-ident for pirdon bv
any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will be libe?
rally extended as may be consistent wit-h
the facts of the case and the peace and
dignity of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules ahd regnlations for administering and
recording the said amnesty oath, so as to
insure its benefit to the people and guard
the Government against fraud.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and causer) the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the 29th
day of May, in the year of our Lord
1865, and of the independence of the
United States the eightv-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
June 9
