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COX.TJ1MCBIA.
Saturday Morning, Jona'17, 1866.
True Courage and Proper WilL
Wherever a great reform is to be ef?
fected, a proper will must be put in exer?
cise. Will and courage are grand essen?
tials in the attainment of any grand result.
All virtue, to possess any real value, to be
made available for any useful purpore in
society, must be coupled with a large de?
gree of courage. What we call enterprise
implies a certain amount of courage, and
this courage, where enforced by intelligent
thought, cencentratively directed to a
given and soecific object, can. hardly help
being successful. That enterprisers cou?
rage, nnd that courage implies intellect,is .
suggestive of a distinct argument to the
pride of a people; since, in performance?
we grow to a consciousness of elevation ia
our aims, and capacity in the execution of
our projects. We are required to be bold
and resolute even to attempt what we deem
to be necessary to our safety or prosperity?
But there is a more essential courage,
where we have to begin our work of pro?
gress by effecting a reform in our morals.
We are required, first, to make a ju6t con?
fession of our own deficiencies. It re?
quires no little manhood to declare ocr
humility; and absolute daring is necessary,
in the case of a very vain people, to per?
suade us to the admission that %v only are
just what each man secretly knows him?
self to be. And he alone is prepared to
think wisely who knows himeelf honestly.
We should pray to God to know what we
are, and. for the honesty to forbear nil
false appearances; to know what we are
good for, and to implore the strength to
-do it. And all this, as the times go, calls
for a more than ordinary degree of cou
rage. The race has been so long living in
the market place, living for the eyes of
others, and putting on false appearance,
that it is no easy matter to get rid of the
habit of doing so. What our neighbor
thinks of us is really of no sort of conse?
quence. It is much more important that
we should he able to think cratefjt^ly of
ourselves. And to do this, all that is ne?
cessary, perhaps, is perpetually to otk
ourselves what God shall think of UH. To
reach R -?vise humility, w?; must bc at donn
the usurping vanity. Very few of ns (a
few eoasons ag"o, at least.) were willing lo
admit that our neighbors could excel usia
anything. We were not to be outdone in
any respect. A eontinu'al struggle was
going on in society to maintain certain
social appearances, even though at the
peril of all our securities-nay, to certain
ruin in the end-in the families of thou?
sands. How eeldom did we hear the ad?
mission that we could not alford the
extravagance practiced by our wealthier
neighbors. Who confessed his inability to
do thi?-buy lhatf To achieve this con
quest, enjoy that luxury; strive in any
fiold of rivalry, whether it contemplated
the vanities of personal or household
display, the contest of dinner and ball !
givingf*dres8 and carriage, or the more j
audacious ambition which carried tba j
booby to the halls of legislation, and ele- I
? ated the ass to his own shame in the seats {
of sagest council? The vanity which ?
prompted these passions and follies ran :
through the whole circle of society, till
few remained honest enough to be and to
appear only the creatures that they really
were; having a courage superior to pre?
tension, and manfully shriuking from that
miserable cowardice-for it was cowardice
-which could not go alone on its own
melita, and lived only by a perpetual lie.
You may trace all our present misfortunes
to three of the subtlest devils that were
ever sent out from hell for the destruction
of the race. Let us call them generals
far more potent than any that ever gra?
duated at We3t Point-Geueral Ljtiorance.
General Idleness and General Vanity, and
the last was the leader. Vanity, the first
passion born with the race and the last to j
die, is one of those passions which stimu
latee and leavers, and makes the rest to
rise. You may trace nearly the whole
brood of devils which torment and betray i
as to the bingle one. Look back upon the
pa3t thirty years, and trace our down?
ward progress from a courageous and vir?
tuous simplicity to a miserable ?truggle
for display in everything, and note, along i
with this spectacle, the decay in education,
intellect, oratory, art, labor, industry*
grace, good manners and the capacity to
endure without complaint, and recover
from defeat and disaeter witb renewed
confidence and courage for continued
struggle. The ?vii hour, that which is
decreed to try men's tonis, found u* with?
out the souls for trial, without even the
intellect for thought, while the land
groaned with its vanities of emptiness and
wind, to as groat a degree of suffering as
she endured from the wounds and strokes
of war. The greater of our mischiefs lay
here, in the' absolute want of the adequate
intellect for the performance of the ordi?
nary business of life-the whole of the
last four years of trial devel?ping no one
individual equal to the emergencies of the
people. And how should we look for
anything better, referring to the training
and practice of the preceding thirty years,
in which a miserable social cowardice,
which dared not appear the thing it really
was, circled the whole of society in its
constrictor-like folds of falsehood! Tho
miserable trinkets which decorated our
person?; our riotous and lavish modes of
living; the constant changes of dress and
furniture; the costliness of the material
employed for both; these, with a thousand
other heads of expenditure, had become
almost universal sius among us. The con?
ceited husband operated upon thc money
market, and fancied that, by a judicious
nod of the head or bend of the finger,
which he alone knew how to make at the
right season, he had possessed himself of
Aladdin's treasure. That butterfly being,
his wife, would persuade the world, be?
lier gold and purple exhibitions, that all
his fancies were facts. The son rated him?
self, under the same happy system, as a
rnillionare, and spent like one; and the
daughter, if the boarding schools had not
already done all the mischief, soon proved
that the task is one whieh society will not
fail to perform. And-what, for a season, at
least, could possibly setalimit to the money
follies, and the world follies, and the head
and heart follies of all theee foolish people?
Nothing but that blight, as inevitable as
the frost to the flower at the usual season,
which has bitten the precocious mushroom
to the root, and consigns it to a poverty
for which no preparation has been made.
The whole life of such people is a lie, and j
must continue a hopeless lie, until they
gain sufficient moral courage to act the
truth boldly, and to appear only in habits
of thc truth, ?lost ot these evils of the
meanest vanity, linked with ignorance and
indolence, are stimulated by the gaming
spirit of speculation; the illusions of
which, like those of Oriential fable, be?
guile and bewilder, until all the standards
of comparison are utterly lost; aud the
poor dreamer, like some painted vessel,
with flags flying, and all 6ail spread,
rushes on, unconscious, careering, proud,
headlong, into the dismal Maelstrom,
which is* real vortex, to be found in every
human sea.
The wheat crops of Michigan last 3-ear
are said to have been so large that, while j
thc new crop is coming in, more than one
half of the old remained on hand. This
vast surplus, it is said, is to be sent forth?
with to the Southern maikets. Our own
wheat crop is now coming in, and wheat
js alreadj* falling fast. The crop is report?
ed to be only a tolerable one; and the con?
dition of the country is such that we Bhall
need all thc surplus that we can get from
other States. No influx, however large,
can so reduce the article as lo bring it be?
low a fair compensative price.
Thc Northern papers report a conspira?
cy on foot, and perhaps several conspira?
cies, to send out privateers against French
commerce, under the Mexican flag.
Exactly so. Wc only wonder that the
game has not been played frequently be?
fore. It would have been but fortthe fact
that our own war absorbed all the capital
and gave employment to all the enter?
prise. The morals of nations and peoples,
though very admirable in State papers, are
not yet able to withstand the arguments
which suggest a profitable investment; and
Mammon will make his way to the human
heart, and be in full possession, while a
thousand priests of Jehovah are knocking
vainly at the door.
On the afternoon of June 8, a very de?
structive fire occurred at Nashville, Tenn.
The large and commodious Government
supply buildings on the oorner of Sumter
and Broad streets were burned, with their
contei.:s. The loss is estimated at$8,000,
OOO-about one-third of which, in da?
maged goods, will be saved. '
?he roofs of five dwelliog houses on thc
opposjto side of the street were burned
off, and the furniture therein damaged.
Less $20,900
Local Items.
We have been requested to state tbat
paroled prisoners, within the last amnesty
proclamation, may take the oath of alle?
giance. *
We are indebted to the Expiess Compa?
ny for a copy of the Augusta Chroiricle, of
the 14th inst, from which we make selec?
tions. The paper can be seen atour office.
OUR SrACfc AND LIMITS.-It way be well
to apprise .our readers that our publisher
has vamosed, in a Northerly direction, his
mission being designed for their special
benefit. Ile goes North in order to pro?
cure adequate supplies of materiel for the'
enlargement of the Phoenix, in degree
with the rapid growth of his subscription
list and the demand made upon bis adver?
tising columns. These several objects
require a paper thrice the size of the pre?
sent eheet, so that the reader shall haye an
ample supply of reading matter for his
matin hours, and the advertiser be satis?
fied with a display, grandly spread out,
enumerating the thousand preci?os com?
modities which ho has ou sale. Our sub?
scribers only need to look at the columnar
advertisements of Melvin M. Cohen, and
Zeal}*, Scott & Bruns, Solomons, and Ken?
neth ?fc Gibson, and Clarke-to say no?
thing of a score besides-to see the neces?
sity for a speedy increase of space and
enlargement of our limits. Briefly, the
Phamix is about to spread a larger wing
for taking a bolder flight.
Gr.EA.T FIRK> AT CnATTANOOGA.-A great
fire occurred at Chattanooga recently, lt
appears that there were several tons of
captured ammunition carelessly stored in
a building with one ead opeu. Some of
the boxes had been broken in hnndhng,
and left in that dangerous condition. Hie
building stood near a railroad track, and
. ho sparks from a passing engine ignited
the looft powder. An instantaneous and
terrific explosion ensued. Near the build
ing were three long warehouses. 'In two
of these were 7,Uu0 bales of hay. The
other was partially filled with commissary
stores. These took fire and were con?
sumed. Near the warehouse was the
magazine proper-a large budding filled
'with ammunition. Fortunately th? wails
were thick and strong, and but little wind
was blowing. A double roof also pro?
tected tho top <>f the magazine. Tne
building was saved. Luckily this was the
case, for there was over 73,000 tons of
arms and ammunition in it. Had it taken
fire a.id exploded, the whole city of Chat?
tanooga would have probably been demo?
lished.
The scene is represented as most terrific
Thc excitement was intense. The air was
filled with bursting shells. Several men
were killed and several severely wounded.
The loss to the Government is about
?150,000. A large portion of thecommis
sary stores were saved. .
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, writing from Richmond under
date of May lit?, says that the mimadles
-J?tere removed from Jet!. Davis on Sunday
afternoon. During the days he was
ironed, Davis steadfastly refused lood, eat?
ing nothing each day but a bit of bread,
and yesterday Dr. Cravens said plainly to
the authorities that unle.ss he wa* relieved
from the shackles, the prisoner would not
live two days. In consequence of this
representatiou the irons were removed late
yesterday afternoon, and then Dr. Cravens
is reported to have further expressed the
opinion that unless Davis' was allowed
more fresh air than he could get by con?
stant confinement in his cell, he would not
live ten days. Ile will live the ten days,
however, for tomorrow he emergies from
from the casemates of Fortress Monroe,
and will be sent to Washington. The gun?
boat Connecticut, oidered fror? Washing?
ton for his conveyance, will arrive in
Hampton Roads this morning, and to?
morrow forenoon the prisoder will be con?
vey on board, under strong guard.
GOLD RESURRECTED.-We learn that a
portion of Federal troops, encamped near
the compuuy shops, on the North Carolina
Railroad, recently exhumed between $60,
OOo and ?70,000 in gold out of one pit. It
was discovered by the merest accident.
The troops had been encamped there seve
ral day6, and in moving and resprending
their tents in fresh places; one of the pins
struck a hard substance. Thinking it was
a stone, <jr something of that kind, the
soldiers dng down in order to remove it,
and lo! it was a box of gold. Boxes were
taken out containing the nmountspecified.
The precious metal was taken charge of
by the United States authorities. It be?
longs to the Bank of Commerce. We
know not whether it will be confiscated
or restored.-Raleigh Progress.
It is reponed that those who fouud the
specie kept it.
A Merchant's Exchange"! is about to be
established in Charleston by the merchants
of that city.
General Banks lins been removed from
the military command in Louisiana, and
General Sheridan succeeds hint in it.
Cotton at Natchez, on the 2d, was at 41
for middling. Gold was quoted at ISP.
PROFESSOR RIVERS
TATTLE take pupila who desire to en
? ? gage 'o or review in part the col?
legiate studies; or Fuoh as are preparatory
thereto. For terms, ?c., apply bet?r? 1st
July, at his residence, South Carolina Col?
lege. . June 17 1*
THADDEUS STREETT"
AGENT of the New York
^^fc=S&#,ir;d Charleston W FEELY
iTlWWrWiliLTNE OF STEAMERS, and
UKMiKAi. COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Charleston, S. C., will give attention to
any business entrusted to his care.
JgJune17 f6
$200 Reward. 2
IN SPECIE.
rf?& STOLEN from my stables, on
/fri the night of the 5th May, two fine
BAY MARES-ono a large bay mare, wiil
fold in the first of the fall, seven years old.
color a deep hay, black legs, main and tail,
very small fore-lop, too short) to be kept
or placed under the brow band-no white
about her, unless saddle marks, a small
scar on tho right, hind leg at the knee or
hock joint, outside of the leg, recently
done by ploughiug; a very heavy made
animal, with grcnt muscular power, fine
action, gentle and kind in harness or under
saddle, gaits, walk, trot and lope.
Also, one BAY FILLEY, four years old,
about 14? hands high, da*rk bay color,
black legs, main and tail-a very hand?
some animal, beautifully formed, with
rather a heavy main and tail. No parti?
cular mark?, except a email scar on the
left hip, near the root of the tail, in the
phape of a half moon, caused by a kick.
These two animals are very much' attached
to each other, and when separated, rest
less and uneasy.
I will pay the above reward, in specie
or its equivalent, for the recovery of my
mares, or ?1W0 for either of them. Any
information a? to the thief will be duly
appreciated, and an}' information as to the
mares can be given to James B. Curelon,
Esq., or Dr. R. B. Johnston, Camden, S. C.,
or lion. James A. Witherspoon, Lanenster
C. H., Capt. Titos. Taylor. Columbia, S. C.,
or myself. R. M. MILLER,
Pineville, C. ?fc S. C. R. R-. No. Ca.
June 17 -4
Notice.
MEALS will be furnished at all hours
through the da}*, and SOUPS and
LUNCH from ll A. M. to S P. M.
Jui e 16 1* WM. J. THOMA?.
N. B.-Residence one Square below the
State House.
Flour and Corn at Private Sale.
-I ~< BAGS New FLOUR. *
X.O 200 Bushels CORN in lots to suit
purchasers. Apply at the Lower Ration
House. JACOB LEVIN,
June 16 2 Auct. <? Com. Merchant.
New Auction & Commission House.
BY JACOB LEVIN.
THE undersigned being thrown out of
employment by the recent destruction
of the city. intortnB his friends and the
citizens of Columbia, that he has resumed
b is former line of business previous to his
election of Book-keeper in the Exchange
Bnnk, and offers his services ns an Auc?
tioneer .and General Commission Mer?
chants respectfully soliciting a share ol
public patronage.
In conducting this business, he pledges
the same fidelitjf and promptness observed
whilst formerly^engaged in it.
Office at thc Lower Ration House, op
posite Dr. W. P. Geiger, and may tie
consulted at home immediately opposite
the residence of Capt. Thomas lt. Sharp,
on Gervais Street.
Consignments thankfully received.
June 16 S JACOB LEVIN.
FRESH GROCERIES; &J.
CLARIFIED SUGAR, Rio COFFEE
Hyson TEA Salad OIL. BISCUITS
HERRINGS, PICKLES, JELLIES, Iris!
POTATOES. BROOMS. BUCKETS, Heid
sick-CHAMPAGNE. SEGARS. Old Ry?
WhISKEY. Fine Cut TOBACCO. TIN
CUPS. WASH BOWLS, COFFEE POTS
ENVELOPES. NOTE PAPER. STE El
PENS, LBAD PENCILS. SCISSORS
POCKET KNIVES. NEEDLES, AXES
PAD COCKS, Virginia Rogebub TOBAC
CO, Smoking TOBACCO, just receive
on consignment and for Rale for CASH
or in exchange for COUNTRY PRO
DUCE . E. f G. D. HOPE,
Next the residence of G. D. Hope, Rich
land Street, West of Main street.
June 16 3fstu
MR. HENRY TIBtROD
WILL open, during the firs't week ii
July, at his residence in Rich lam
street, (between Bull and Marion,)
DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS, in which th
Ancient Languages, French and the usua
English Branches will be taught.
June 16
THE TERMS OF PARDON
Proclamation by the President of th
United States of America.
Whereas the President of the Unite
States, on the 8th day of December. A. I
1863, and on the 26th day of March, A. I
1S6-?. with the object to suppress the e:
?sting rebellion, to induce all persons t
return to their loyalty and to restore tl;
authority af the (jailed States, issue pn
clamations offering amnesty and pardon t
certain persons who had, directly or b
implication, participated ?a the said rebe
HOB; ?nd whores? many persons, who ho
I so engaged in paid rebellion, have, tone* !
the issuance of said proclamation, failed1
I or neglected lo take the benefits offered'
thereby; and whereas many persons, who'
have been justly deprived of al! 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 the date of said proclamation,
now desire to apply for and obtain amnes?
ty and pardon: _
To the end, therefore, that the authority
of the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may be established, I, Andrew
Johnson. President ol the United States,
do proclaim, and declare that I hereby
gi-3iit to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated . in the existing
rebellion, except ns hereinafter excepted,
amnesty and pardon, with restoration of
all rights of property, except ns to slave?,
; and except in cases where legal proceed?
ings, under the laws of the United States
providing for the confiscation of property
of persons engneed in rebellion, have boer?1
instituted, but on the condition, neverthe?
less, that every such person shall take and
j subscribe the following oath or affirma
i tion, and thenceforward keep and main?
tain said ?nih inviolate, and which oath
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, thar,
i I will henceforth faithfully support, and
! defend the Constitution of the United
j States and the Union of the States there
"under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all law*
and proclamations which have been made
tiering the existing rebellion, with refer-^
euee to the emancipation of slaves. So
help me God. *
The following class of persons are ex?
empted from* the benefits of this procla?
mation:
1st. 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 States to aid in the rebellion^
55il. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pretended Confede?
rate Government above the rank of colonel
in the army or lieutenant-jn the navy.
4th. Ad who left seats ii the Congress
of the United States to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned or tendered resig?
nations of their commissions in the army
or navy of the United States to evade duty
in resisting the rebellion.
Ct h. All who have encased in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully a? pri?
soners uf war persons found in the United
States service, as officers, soldiers, seamen
or in other enpacitie*.
7th. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for the
purpose of aoling the relfel'ion.
bth. All military and naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated by
the Government in the Militnrv Academy
nt West Point or the United States Naval
Academy.
Vth. Ail persons who held the pretended
off?aya of Governor of States iii insurrec?
tion against the United States.
10th. All persons who left their "homes
within the jurisdiction .-yid protection of
trie United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lints into the 60 called
Confederate States for the purpose of aid?
ing the rebellion.
II th. All pensons who have been en?
gaged in the destruction of the commerce
of the United States inion the high sea*,
and who have made raids into the United
States fro\u Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes aud rivers that sepa?
rate the British provinces irom the United
Stat's.
12th. All persons who, at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by
taking the oath "herein prescribed, are ir?
military, naval or civil confinement or
custody, or under bonds of the. civil, mili?
tary or naval authorities ol agents of the
United States, as prisoners of war or per?
sons detained for offences of an}- kind,
either before or after conviction.
13th. All persons who have voluntarily
participated jn said rebellion, and thc esti?
mated value of whose taxable property ia
over twenty thousand dollars.
14th. AU persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pre?
sident's proclamation of December 8, A.
D. 1866, br an oath of allegiance'?to the
Government of the United States since the '
date of mid proclamation, and who have
not thenceforward kept nnd maintained
the same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may
be made to tho President for pirdon by
any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will be libe?
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 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 caused 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
1S66, and of the independence of the
I United States the eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By thc President:
WM. H. SCWASD, Socretar-y of State.
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