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COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, June 14, 1865.
The Home Secret.
Let us remind you, dear readers, of
.what the Germans call "the open secret."
lt is that secret which lies at the feet of
every man; but which, by reason of his
own blind follies, vanities or prejudices, he
can never be made to see. The bounty of
God leaves no man without his treasure,
would he only stoop to pick it up. Every
land, in turu, has its own resources of
wealth and beauty-nay, of enchantments
-fairy climes, weird wonders and ?poils
of magic-precisely as it hath resources of
.oil and fruitage. These, indeed, are its
moral fruitage, which a race possesses only
iu degree with the exercise of its faith nud
courage. Ia tuc resources of the race,
there is no stint of the individual. There
is a wealth for each, iu tum; but it can
belong to him only who seeks to find it,
'Ihe successful search naturally depends
upon the conviction that we feel that the
thing sought for is iu existence. To him
who searches with this proper faith, lhere
are discoveries at every footstep. Hills
that seem barren on the outside, have
wondrous metals and minerals within
Hocks that frown in granitic grandeur,
but strike them with the right hand and
hammer, and they open straightway, and
reveal beneath, the wondrous loveliness of
articulate and living marble. Trees that
Leai no fruit to the eye, have yet strange,
sweet singing birds, that harbor in their
branches; and the dull cloe), the seemingly
unconscious plain of prairie, under the
proper stroke of the waad, discovers the
Beeret currents of pure and refreshing
waterB. But there must be a divining rod
for the revelation of these treasures. They
belong only to those whom the daves of
the lamp and ring declare themselves wil?
ling to obey. These find avenues among
thc bills, paths through the interminable
thickets, forms of beauty iu the cavernous
rocka, and voices of rare melody in other?
wise silent birds. These are your magi?
cians. They possess what we may call
"The Home Secret." These are the genii
of art and labor, who consecrate, them?
selves to pla-:t; and unless these 'discover
"The Home Secret-' for a people, the race
after a certain period of gestation, must
die out, failaig their missiou, like herbage
that never reaches seed time. Such men
constitute the genius of the nation. They
are the first to discover what a people are,
what they need and what they may be?
come. In short, they lay hands upon and
develop the secrets of a country; and
every country has certain eecrets peculiar
to itself. For them, only, docs Isis, the
great Mother of M}'steries, remove her
veil; and without falsifying the inscription
on her shrine. They are not mortal. They
sound the fathomless, they trace the path?
less, they gather from all systems the
blessings and the light, and preserve them
for the benefit of one. And all this, dear
reader, only because they look at home! It
is in the veiy humbleness of their search
that they make their discoveries. Tell the
vulgar man of morbid self-esteem of some
great wonder passing before him, and he
elevates his eyes, and pitches his vision to
the farthest possible point within his hori?
zon; and all the while the great spectacle
is passing at his very feet. The difference
between the great and the little mau is in
nothing more remarkable than thi*. The
former makes himself the master of his
provincee; the latter seeks for serviiude.in
the provinces of other masters. The men?
tal forage of the one can only be furnished
in foreign pastures. He turns up his nose,
with a nice antipathy, at the thing which
grows beside bis own doors, lt is the
noble duty of the other, which springs
from ar^unselfish love-perhaps, in some
degree, from an inevitable dest?n}--to
labor ever in its proper cultivation. It is
his pleasure to draw the novel from the
familiar, the precious from the cheap, the
rare frons the common, the ideal from tho
actual. And these, by the way, are the
greatest of all ptudies-the studies of the
great in every age.
The Administration has come to the re?
solution to coosign Jefferson Davis to the
civil authorities for trial.
The Bichmond correspondent of the
New York World states that, since the 3d
of April last, 14,557 citizens, soldiers and
ladies have taken tho oath of allegiance
to the Un-ted Sta'uB ici the city of Rich
Sherman to his Troops.
Gen. Shermsn, about to leave for the j
West, issued the following addrers to his
army:
HEADQ'RS MID. DIV. OF THE Mississirn,
IN THC FIELD.
Washington, D. C:. May 30, 1865.
The General commanding announces to
the armies of Tennessee and Georgia that
the time has como for us to part. Our
work is doDe, and armed enemies no longer
defy us. Some of you will bc retained in
service until farther orders. And now
that we are about to separate, to mingle
with the civil world.it becomes a pleasing
duty to recall to mind tb? situation of
national affairs, when, but little more than
a year ago, we were gathered about the
twining cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and
all the future was wrapped in doubt and
uncertainty. Three armies Ii id come to?
gether from distant fields, with separate
histories, vet bound by one common cause
-the union of our country and the per?
petuation of the Government of our inhe?
ritance. There is no need to recall to
your memories Tunnel Hill, with its
Rocky Face Mountain and Buzzird Roost
Gnp, with the ugly forts of Dulton be?
hind. We wene in earnest, and paused
not for danger and difficulty, but dashed
through Snake Creek Gnp, and fell ou
Resaca, then on to the Etowah, to Dallas,
Kennepaw; and the heats of summer found
ut. on tho baifk* of the Chattahoochee, fur
from home and dependent on a single road
for supplies. Again we were not to be
held back by any obstacle, und crossed
over and fought four heavy battles for the
possession of the citadel of Atlanta. That
was the crisis of our history. A doubt
still clouded our future; but wc solved the
problem, and destroyed Atlanta, struck
boldly across the Stale of Georgia, secured
all the main arteries of life to our eneni}*,
and Christmas found us at Savannah.
Waiting there only long enough to fill our
wagorif, we again began a march which,
for peril, labor and results, will compare
with nn\- ever made hy nn organized
army. The floods of the Savannah, the
swamps of th?? Combahee and Edisto, the
high bills and rockR of the Santee, the flat
quagmires of the Pee Dee and Cape Fear
. Rivers, were nil passed in mid winter, with
its floods and rain?, in tJie face of an ac?
cumulating enemy; and after the battles
of Averysboro nnd Benlonsville. we once
more came out. of the wilderness to meet
our friends at Goldsboro. Even then we
paused only long enough to get now cloth?
ing, to re load our wagons, uiud again
pushed on to Raleigh and beyond, until
we met our enemy, sueing for p<ace in?
st ead'of war, and offering io submit to the
injured laws of bis and our country. Ae
long as that enemy was defiant, nor moun?
tains, nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hnngpr,
! nor cold had checked us; but when he
who had fought hurd and persistently of?
fered submission, your General thought it
wrong to pursue him farther, and negotia?
tions followed, which resulted, ns you all
know, ?n his surrender. How far the ope?
rations of the army have contributed to
i he overthrow of the Co a fe"1 Tracy, of the
pence which now dawns upon il?, must be
judged by olners, not by us. But that you |
have done all that men could do?, has been
admitted by those in authority; but we
have a right to join in the universal joy
ttiat fills our land because the war is over
and our Government stands vindicated
before the world b}* the joint .act ion of the
volunteer armies of the United States.
To such ns remain in the militarv ser?
vice, your General need only remind you
that successes in the past are due to hard
work and discipline, and that the same
work and discipline are equally important
in thc future. To such as go home, he
will only say, that our favored country is
so grand, so extensive, so diversified in '
climate, soil and productions, that every
man may sure!}* find a home and occupa?
tion suited to his tastes; and none should
yield to the natural impotence sure to re?
sult from our past life of excitement and
adventure. You will be invited to seek
new adventure abroad; but do not yield
to the temptation, for it will lead only to
death and disappointment.
Your General now bids you all fare?
well, with the full belief that, as in war
you have been good soldiers, so in peace
you will make good citizens; and if, unfor?
tunately, new war should arise in our
country, Sherman's army will bc the first
to buckle on the old armor and come forth
to defend and maintain the Government of
our inheritance and choice. Bv order of
Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN.
L. M. DAYTON, A. A. G.
Newspaper Harpies,
j Mr DEAR PnctNix: I am a lady. I was
j born a lady. I have lived all ray life a
j lady, and I trust to bc a lady till I die.
j Now, one of my secrets for continuing to
; be a lady consists in my always taking a
j newspaper. I have always sought to get
the best newspaper iu the place, and I
i have had great satisfaction in my daily
1 intercourse with tho Phoenix. It satisfies
the desires of my mind. It grutefully
ministers to my taste; and I believe confi?
dently that you arc quite able to minister
to my mind, my tastes and my sympathy
as long as I live. But my neighbors will
compel me to d?>ny myself the gratification
i of my tastes and mind. I thall be com
; pelled to discontinue my Pheonix, unless
i you can devise some means to relieve me
? froa the host of borrowers who infest rnv
house from morning to night. I searee'y
get. the poper into my hand? arri hegin to ?
least my eye?, .when thc borrower appears.
He comes from East, West, North and
Sooth. One is no sooner gone titan an?
other conies. They follow the Phonix
from house to house. I not only lose the
present use .' the paper, but my house is
literally haunted hy these newspaper
hnrpies, or sponges, or whatever else you
please to call them. The servant is mo?
mently summoned to the bell. And hour
after hour, when once the paper has gone
the rounds with one set, another set. ap?
pears, and it takes a new round, till the
poor bird is nearly worn out before it is
suffered to rest quietly nt. home. Now,
these are so many compliments to the
Plimnix, hut they are so rn.-.ny 'afflictions
to me. Your terms are moderate enough,
and all the borrowers are just as able as
myself to buy or to subscribe. Can't j*ou
mrtke them sensible of thi*? Can't you
devise 6ome plan for shnining them out of
the annoying practice! Let them stint
their bodily appetites a little, in order to
feed their mental. Tell them so, if you
piense, and in the meantime, for want of a
better complainant, publish this lamenta?
tion of an afflicted lady, who would es?
cape a daily annoyance. COLUMBIA.
Local Items?.
The oflWe of the Columbia J'haznix is
on Gates street, second door from Plain.
The attention of merehants and others
is directed to the notice of Capt. George
H. Walter,receiving and forwarding agent,
Orangeburg, S. C.
Tlie editor of the Phoenix acknowledges
with thanks a basket of fine vegetables
from the garden of Mr. Darbee, who 6eems
to be ns successful in the fields tiff Flora as
in the province of music. It is a very
happy gift, or pair of gifts, surely, which
enables one man to play with equal suc?
cess the part of the gardener Adam, in th?
solitude, and that of L'Allegro, amusing
his neighbors and companion-i. Such n
person may 6nap his fingers at?are and
trouble.
LUCIFER MATCHES.-Our readers will note
in our paper of this day the advertisement
of matches, manufactured here, in Colum?
bia, in Richardson street, between Laure)
and Richland. They are from the manu?
factory of Mr. John Crabtree, whom we
congratulate upon his success equally in
finding something for his hands to do and 1
in doing it to well. We have tried his
matches, ami lind them excellent. Not a
single one bas failed in our bauds. We
confidently commend them to all those
who need linht at all hour? of the night.
FACILITIES OF TB/.VEL.-We believe that
there are wagon lines uow in process of
formation between Columbia and nearly
all the contiguous towns and villages from
which we have been cut off by the de?
struction of the railways. You may now
get conveyances to Orangeburg, to Sumter,
Camden, Newberry, Winnsboro and points
beyond these, on moderate terms, and in
tolerable comfort. They will occur al?
most weekly, and in some cases more fre I
quently. But there is much difficulty, on
the part of travelers, in finding out these
modes of conveyance. The wsgons should
make their times, places and terms gene?
rally known by advertising. There is no
other process. We had occasion to jour?
ney to Chester, a little time ago, nud were
conveyed from Columbia to Winnsboro by
Dr. John R. Cooke, of the latter place, in
a comfortable wagon, with an excellent
team, for five dollars. Ile took us the
next day to Concord Meeting House, four?
teen miles from Winnsboro, for two dol?
lars and fifty cents. Hero you take the
cs-rs, and in fifteen miles more, make the
town of Chester. We beg leave, in this
connection, to acknowledge especially the
courtesies of Dr. Cooke on the route. We
must also acknowledge the great kindness
of other citizens of Chester, in ministering
to the wants of ourself, our sick and suf
fering. May the good God recompense
them! Returning from Winnsboro to
Columbia, we found conveyance in an ex.
cellent wagon and team of four, under the
charge of Mr. Macniuch, a young soldier,
i who was modestly attentive to our wants
] and considerate of our comforts. He pro?
poses to run his teams regularly between
Winnsboro and Columbia, while Dr. Cooke
plies from Winnsboro to the railroad ter?
minus at Concord Meeting House. We
are told, however, that it is confidently
expected that the ears will soon be able to
make their way down to within five miles
of Winnsboro.
MARRIED,
AtOrangeburg C. H., {May 30th, 1365,
by the Rev. A. F. Dickson, HIRAM B.
OLNEY, to CARRIE C., daughter of
James M. Stocker, Esq., all of Charleston,
So. Ca. *
AUCTION SAXES.
By Binbee & Walter.
WILL be sold THIS DAV, June 14, nt
our office, at 10 o'clock.
Calicoes. Osnaburgs, Sheetings, Taper,
Buttons, Cooking Stove, Brooms, Buckets,
Demijohns, Kettles, Cooking Utensils, Cas?
tors. Crockery, Feather Bed and Bolster,
Tumblers, Soap, Wool, Medicines, Herring,
Files, ?fcc, Harness, Black Pepper, Boiled
Oil, Coffee, Window Glass. Also 1 chest
of Tools, line pair Boots, together with
Furniture, <te. June 14 1*
For Sale.
rI^O be removed from its present lo
JL eation a New ONF-STORY FRAME
BUILDING, 16 by 24 feet, fitted with
shelves and would make a good store.
Apply to THOMAS R. SHARI'.
June 14 1"
M ATOHES ! !
FOR SALE
Wholesale and Retail,
AT THE
MATCH MANUFACTORY
Richardson Street, between Laurel and Rich
land June 14 3
"SPACIAL KfJTIfJE
COUNTRY PRODUCE of all kinds will
find READY SALE at the corner of
Assembly and Plain streets. Full prices
paid to those bringing in produce.
Citizens will find on hand, at nil times,
a FULL SUPPLY of COUNTRY PRO?
DUCE, at REASONABLE RATES.
HARDY SOLOMON,
June 14 6* At Lewis Levy's Corner.
T^1 ?->-?-? BATTB-P
BY HARDY S 0 L 0 M 0 X.
ENGLISH LONGCLOTH.
GRANITEVILLE SHIRTING.
ENGLISH CALICOES.
BLACK ALPACA.
Oem's MERINO UNDERSHIRTS.
Call soon, in bnsomenl of Lewie Levy's
res'dence, corner of Assembly und Plain i
streets. June 14 2*
li
Receiving and .Forwarding Agent
and Commission Merchant,
ORANGEBURG, s>. C ,
TXT ILL promptly forward ?.ll COTTON j
TT to Charleston or GOODS for the |
interior of the Stale, which may be fon
signed to his care. He will also make pur- j
chases of cotton at reasonable rates of :
commission. June 14 wfti* |
Headq'rs Provisional Brigade,
.COLUMBIA, S. C., JUNE t?, lit:..
To the Freedmen:
THE time has come for you nil to do
your best to show that you are lit to be
free men in this great Republic. Observe
sacredly the marriage tie. Learn to rend i
and write. No one must, lenve his wife,
children or aged parents while he can
apsist them. Thieves and idlers and peo?
ple strolling about the country will be
punished. Bc prudent, and quiet, mid or?
der^-. If you have trouble, report it to
the military authorities. Thia year yon
cannot do much more than get a livinc
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 dod has eiven
him. Be proud of the chance to do for
yourselves and for each other.
(Signerl.) A. S. HARTWELL,
June 10 Brevet Rricadier General.
Headq'rs Provisional Brigade,
COLUMBIA. S. C.. JITSE 9. 1865.
GENERAL ORDER NO. la.
\\7 UEREAS certain persons have nn
? T 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 lived with him
and still desire to remain with him and do
what they cnn.
Any person or persons violating this
order, and turning eut from their houses
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 j
places of their former masters, and be?
having improperly or refusing to work
with fair terms offered, will be reported
for action of the militajy authorities.
By order of A. S. HARTWELL.
Brevet Brig. Gen.
Official: GEO. F. MCKAV, Lieut, and A.
A. A. G. june 10 6
THE TERMS OF PARDON.
Proclamation by the President of the
United States of America.
Whereas the President of the United
States, on the Rth day of December. A. D.
1868, and on the 26th day of March, A. D.
1864. with the object to suppress the ex?
isting rebellion, to induce all persons to
return to their loyalty and to restore the
authority of the United States, issue pro?
clamations offering amnesty and pardon to
certain per?ons who had, directly or by
implication, participated in the said rebel
ROD; Bad whereas many p-rsoDs, who bad
Pf) engaged in r.r.id rebellion, have, s-ince
the issuance of said proclamation, failed
or neglected lo take lite benefits offered
thereby: and whereas many persons, who
liuve been justly deprived of nil claim to
amnesty and pardon thereunder by reason
of their participation, directly or by im?
plication, in said rebellion and continued
hostility to the Government of the United
States since tho date of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnes?
ty and pardon:
To thc end, therefore, that the authority
of the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom maj- be established, J, Andrew
Johnson, President ol the United States,
do proclaim and deelaie that. I hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with restoration of
all rights of property, except as lo slaves,
and except in enses where legal proceed?
ings, under the laws of the United States
providing for the confiscation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, neverthe?
less, that every such person shall take ?nd
subscribe the following oath or nifirma
tion, and thencefoi ward keep and main?
tain said oath inviolate, and which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser?
varon, and di a ll bo of thc tenor and effect
following, to wit:
I, ?-, do solemnlj' swear or
affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that
1 will henceforth faithfully support and
defend the Constitution of the United
Statesand the Union of the States there?
under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer?
ence to the emancipation of slaves. So
help me God.
The following class of persons are ex?
empted from the benefits of this procla?
mai ion:
let. All who are. or shall have been,
pretended civil or diplomatic officers, or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of
the pretended Confederate Government.
2d. All who left judicial stations under
the United Statis to aid in the rebellion.
Sd All who ?hall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confed??
rale Government above the rank of colonel
in i he army or lieutenant m the navy.
4th. All who lefi Beats ii the Congress
cf the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or tendered resij:
.-?c ti ors of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the t-e'.ioIlion.
6th. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than I a wini ly ns pri?
soners vf war persons found in the United
State-; service, as officers, soldiers, seamen
or in other capacities.
7th. Al! persons who have been or ar?
absentees horn the United Stales for the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
ti th. All military and naval officers in
the i ebel ?erviee who were educated bv
the Government in the Military Academy
ut Wet Point or the United States Naval ,
Academy.
i 9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices of Governor of States in insurree
! tion against the United Sf nie?
I 10th. All persons who left, their home*
I within the jurisdiction ?nd protection nf
I the Uiiiled States, and passed beyond the
! federal military lines into the so-called
j Confederate states for the purpose of aid?
ing the rebellion.
I llth. Ali persons who have leen en?
gaged in the destruction of the commerce
j of the United States upon the high seas,
and who have made raids into the United
i States from Canada, or been engaged in
j destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes and rivers that sepa?
rate the British provinces from the United
Slates.
12th All persons who, at the tim? when
I they seek to obtain the benefits hereof bf
I taking the imih herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or civil confinement or
j custody, or under bonds of the civil, mili
! ta ry or naval authorities of agents of the
j I'nited States, ns prisoners of war or per
I sons detained for offences of anj* kind,
'either before or after conviction.
I 13t.li. "All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the esti
I mated value of whose taxable propertv is
I over twenty thousand dollars.
! 14th. Ali persons who have taken the
! oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre
j sident's proclamation of December 8, A.
D. 1805, or nn oath of allegiance ?to the
I Government of the United States since the
date of said proclamation, and who have
not thenceforward kept and maintained
the same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to the President for pardon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will bc lihe
.rally extended as may be consistent with
the facts of the case and the peace and
dignity of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulations for administering and
recording the said amnestj' oath, so as to
insure it.? benefit to the people and guard
the Government against fraud.
In testimony whereof, I hav? hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the 20ih
? day of Maj-, in the year of our Lord
j 1865, and of the independence <jf the
I United States the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WH.JH. STCWARD, Secretary of State.
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