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\ O?LtTMBIA.
Thursday Morning, May 18, 1365.
The Du'y and the Doom.
There is DO good pretext for our-con?
querors keeping np any longer the shows
an>> exercises of vrai* in our country. On
. the part of the- people of this Staie and of
every Southern State this side ct the Mis?
sissippi, all struggle has ceased. There
a&c.no embodied parties anywhere making
the slightest show of resistance. Qui
arms have l>een thrown down. We have
neither arms nor munitions of war. No
banner of tho Confederacy now flouts the
tkv. N*> commander calls'upon troops
tither for flight cr fight. The soldiers, in
scatter- 3 groupe, (ottl sore, weary, ju rags,
aud without means or money, ar*; wending
? 'their Weary ways homeward, to honres in
ashes, doubtful of their future*brefld, acd
.certainly without heart or hope in any
prolo'n^ition of 'war or renewal of strug?
gle. In this condition of things-a condi?
tion which is paterit to all eyes, and can
le questioned by none-the .distribution
? of armed garrisons among the people
throughout the country, and from the sea?
board to the mou uta i ns, seems tb bo wholly
without use, pretext or necessity-, ancTmay
possibly lead to mischief. The country, in
the first place, ?3 in no condition to feed
its own people,.and we know too well the
character ?sties of all soldiers, .quartered
among a conquered people, to suppose
Ihat tliey will forbear to lay hands upon
all they caa find, without considering the
?difference between the mewn et teum-- the
raine and t^iue. A rude soldier-an ar?
rogant, overbearing captain or lieutenant
-may goad, by his persecutions. Hie most
quiet people into phreozy, and lead to acts
ot" desperation which will then be con?
strued into acts of war and rebellion, and
bring punishment on the heads of the in?
nocent and unoffending. We need hardly
call upon our people to submit patiently
-retire to their several homes-succumb
LO a fortune against which they have been
unable to contend, and seek to achieve thc
cuds of h'fe in theaobscuritie? of a private
and purely domestic condition. They wish
only the privilege to do this. Let than
work at their own grouuds, if allowed ti
do so-content toj-eavVabbages and peta
toes, and forbear all considerations o
politics, nor ii-k ?n>:aiii what is done ol
doing iu Congres?; nor care to know wl><
is in power, or who shall win the presen"
plaudits of Deimis. Let the farmer sub
atitute the potato making for the preai
dent making interest, and the craftsmar
attend to his work bench. "Nesutor ultri
.trepidan," will prove a saving rule foi
those who have vainly striven to sa'vi
themselves by quitting the last, the saw
the anvil and the hoe. Briefly, let then
humble . themselves to a ?tate which th
will of God seems to have decreed as fit
ling their deserts. In this humility, the;
may probably deserve a more graciou
1 countenance in future from that Grea
Dispenser of Judgment who rules th
.world now. however invisible and inscrut
able, even as he did six thousand 3-ear
ago. . '
It will be hardly possible for a peopl
To remain at peace, or be allowed to d
BO, with armed and probably insolen
?garrisons quartered among them. Even i
the provocations of power, dressed i
brief authority, do not goad them to dei
peration, they will perpetually tend t
raise discontent; to induce a feverish res
iessness-a perpetual anxiety-a neglei
of all regular habits of industry, and
sense of surveillance and anuoyauce, whicl
in the pud, must drive them into exile. S
wholly unaccustomed have the' America
people been to this sort of restraint an
ftirveillauoe, that it will prove unendun
ble, and they will seek in other laiyis thi
refuge, that repo.e and quiet, that sent
of security, w?ich is deniud them in the
ancient homes.
In the absence of all shows of war, an
of all the matorials for the strug.de; in tl
spectacle every where of a people 6ubmi
ting to a fortune which; however revoltir
to their pride, is forced upon them t
their necessities; in the slate of a comm
tern, "ravaged, bleeding and destitut
what is needed over all is rest, quiet, tin
for recuperation, and the concentration
their energies upon the daily duties
domestic life. If may be that ?thia res
.peration is thejvery thing which our co:
.querors w*ouid deny. It may be that flu
would prefer that we should not recovi
p^!^???!?^-!!'!^"llll, T~'-""-JIHIL
I order to prevent futur? disaffection, we
j shall be kept a? hewers of wood and
jdraweis of water, under a sort of Egyp
! tian bondage. It may be that the dign?-.
{ ties of State nr-e to be thrown away, apo*,
reduced to a territorial condition, we are
to be coverned hy satraps sent from
abroad.. To this, too, we shah, perhapB,
be compelled to resign Ourselves; but. At
?ll events, the sooner we are taught what
our future status is to be. the berter. We
shall then the sooner be able to decide
whether the refugee shall return to bis
home, prepared to recov-r what be can
from the wreek, and ropair by labor the"
losses of foftnn*?, ?JV whether be shall
abandon it forever-preferring- escape to a.
foreign rule and region, rather than strug-'
ele on m toils in that in winch he labors
uD'Jer a constant sense of equal insecurity
und ?hame. Our conquerors cannot deny
us tlie privilege of exile, having reduced
us below the condition of humanity.
Meanwhile, ws renew our exhortations
lo our people-to subside quietly from view
-to avoid the:higbway .-.nd the thorough
fate; avoid all-discussion, whether of past
or future; submit .to tire inexbrable fate
which seems to have the sanction of the
Mos", High God, and striving only aft ti?
the support ot their families, aud the peace
of the household, and the improvement
equally ot the domestic mind and condi?
tion, afford no pretext to their conquerors
which shall'givo any seeming justification
.to a resumption of conflict or the increased
usurpation of power. Let U3 submit with
what fortitude and patience we can com?
mand, until God shall be pleased to bea
our hurts of house and fortune. Raiding
parties for mere plunder will be construed
into guerilla parties seeking renewal o:
war; arid this pretext will be cagerl
seized upon by thousands at the North, t<
whom the sudJen suspension ot hostihtie
is a serious loss. Speculators will beglai
to renew their gamea, practicing will
their own wits upon the fluctuating mood
of the couutry; eoldiers will be glad o
the pretext for rifling defenceless town
and villages; and thousands of jackals, fi
the wake of the tiger, will rush along on
highways, gleaning whatever shall remaii
in the stores of the miserable population
^Let us carefully abstain from all things
from al^ ?hows of conduct-which sha!
furaisb arguments to such classes of spoi
era. Let us submit in good faith to a cdt
di?on which we have not been able t
avert, nor peevishly murmur and tret, lil;
spoiled children, over the loss of these po;
sessions which, it seems, we lacked tl
adequate manhood to defend.
Conditions of Liberty.
Tho condition and the secret of libert
are perpetual vigilance. But perpetu:
vigilance is scarcely within the capacit
of man. His smaller, and,?eetuingly, h
more immediate interests, are always pres
ing those out of sight, whicli, involvii
principles of general character, are apt
appear shadowy and abstract. Kt^epr
this danger and difficulty in mind,
should not be a subject of negi^. th
power is always wont, at frequent periot
to forget its limitations and trespass upi
the possessions it was set to guard. Sui
assaults, at such periods, become bene?
and reealPmen to first principles. Th'
convert the abstract into a practical qui
tion, and arouse the people to the ji
appreciation o\ the relations betwe
themselves and their rulers. This leo
to the strengthening of ancient bulwarl
and tlie designation anew of the lan
marks of liberty. Power, when it becorc
tyranny, is abtut to commit suicii
Quem deus vidt pelpere, priux dement
This is no mischance. The evil is abi
to work its own cure. TheTe ?3 necessai
in all society, a period of purification
men, from sloth, ignorance or an ov
tamed confidence in their fortune or th
institutions, slumber over their righ ts a
duties. They are the Jast to believe in I
danger as threatening them, which tl:
very-clearly behold operating against
peace of other nations; and the condi
of their affairs naturally passes into 1
bands ?f those who are equally vicir
weak and irresponsible. -The tyrant, th
is but an instrument in thc bends of t
Providence which still
"Shapes our ends,
'Rough hew them as wg. will."
He becomes necessary to waken them fi
their slorabers, lest worse should hap*
for. habitual apathy in a people is?vo
a thousand times, than revolution
civil war. It is only thus that they rc
ttcicaelvea to all tho Obligation? of c
liberty. If liberty be liber*!, abe roust be
jenlour ?Ho. To preserve fier chastity,
aha must' be armed with' perpetual vigi?
lance, a farvnorc eilicieat ,1-gent than the,
secret dagger. Those, who seek h?jr era
'braces must be taught to remember that
she is only ta be won by the virtuous, the
enlightened and the bravc-?-only to be
kept, in always immaculate possession, by
unceasing love, true courage and a weapon
always ready and sha'rpetred for the siti fe.
On Dit.
"Unknown to others We may be,
But let us know ourselves."
Again, nolens volens, I am wasting my
time, ntt V> mention my paper, on an old
tune. I won't scold any more, my dear
Phoenix, I'll promise you; no, perhaps ?
should have borne my pique, and not 6aid
aught about it to you, but let conceal?
ment, like a worm in the bud, ?fcc. YouBg
sa V P:
"Who does the best his circumstance
allow?.
Does wei!, acts nobly, angels cai no more.1'
Heigh ho! They teK me you've not
only put me in .print, but you have posted
me, too. Aid you don't know how sen.
Rit.ive I am. Advising me "not to identify
myself with those who triumph in tkirti
cunts." Why. 'tis the ur.kindestcut of all,
A meek, taciturn woman don't need such
warn int;-I am misunderstood. Sir, 1
never shook hands with Mad. Pfeuffer, noi
would I glance over my shouUler tc se?
Lola Montez
I told you I was wicked sometimes; an'ii
then I must tease somebody or anybody
it* matters not who. When I saw "?hal
chivalric piece about women, up jumps tin
imp of mischief, and I had to be guilty o
mimicry in private, or of a sham batth
witli Mr. Phoenix Like the Knight of Lt
Manthn, I'vt got my deserts. Cruel fate
you it&ve pinned me to the wall-aye
shown me tile cold shoulder-by sutrgest
ing those bateable "womal of rights "
will be consoled:
"Cease to lament for what ye eannothelp
And study help for that ye now lament
Time is the nurse and breeder of all goo!.'
And not another Word of strife have
to offer thee. I have been thinking-?sui
fer me to say-of what. . What a cqpven
tional world this one td Mannerism*
what quaint, queer things are they! Thi
thou shall ?Jo. ti-it, thou shall not Bay
aye, you muy he guilty of this mud
sham, but that speech is not coimncxl fiutt
I belie?? it 'Talleyrand who si-ys
."Speech is a faculty -hy whreh W?. earrcrti;
our thoughts;*' Lut 1 think Che express^
should Lo strictly quaUlied ere we ador
its use. True, we are*>ound in fiocietj
as well as iu newspapers to tread on uc
body's toes, nor need we peck at persona
prejudices. While earnestly expresain
our convictions, let us avoid moo te
opinions, upon which we ore not ?u /ai
We need not flatter the advocates of do<
trines-the truth of which startles 01
doubt.*; for conscience sake, don't be guiit
of toadyism; for, While lion-bunting
small ami unmanly, to pin one's self to ti
valet of a demagogue is ignoble and s&vo
of serfdom.
I would not favor self-complacence; n<
do I admire that man, preferring to I
wrong fc bis own opinion, rather thi
right in a received belief. Society is n<
improved by the presence of those wi
are gifted as flatterers; but let us modi
our expressions, even our opinions, to me
the mental calibre of those with who
we associate. Johnson says, of all wi
animal?, dread a tyrant; of all tame om
a flatterer. There is a nice demarkatit
somewhere between Soylla and Chary b>
-may it not be found in the word com?>
ment?-which i.*, to my senses, eJose
identified with politeness. Pope tells n
"Compliment is the smoke of frieudslai|:
And now. Mr. Editor, if t have be
unruly, ad Infinitum, and digressive al.
at least, in tine, believe me, there is I:
neath all this blaze and bronze the fire
sincerity; aye, the zeal of one Who lov
the good of all; for amid all life's que
ther^ seems but worthy one to do iu
good.
"We live not to ourselves-our work
life;
In bright find ceaseless labor, as a star
Which shineth Upon all worlds but itse
Sometimes my thoughts are all cone
trie; to-night, I am full of moonshine, a
my load stone wabbles-it cannot keep
star. Au 'revoir! 1 will gi and look
to-morrow. DAISY DALE
THE WIGWAM.
-a-?- -:
Statements of Beverley Tacker a
W. W. Cleary.
MOXJKEAL. May 4, lSu5.--To the Pee
of Canada: I have this moment seen
proclamation of Andrew Johnson, act
President of the Un ?tod States,' stat
that "it appears from evidence \p the .
reau of Military Justice, that the atroci
murder of the late President, Abrah
Lineoln, and the attempted assassinat
of Hon. Wm." H. Seward, Secretary
State, w?s incited, concerted and procu
by and between Jefferson Davis, late
Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thomps
.Clement C. Clay, Beveiley Tucker. G
N. S'mtiers, W. C. Cleary and otb
rebels and traitors against the Gov?
ment of thc United States, harbored
Canada," and offering rewards for the
prehension of tho sceu6cd, $25,OOO b<
th? avia offered for ?py arrest. It is
scarcely possible that such proclamation j
?would have been issued un'iesi ?orri;; iu>:ii .
evidence bad*been adduced. , "v? hat'such ?
"evidence* is, I am totally at a loS3 to
conjecture. I am compelled, therefore, to
content myself wiih the declaration that
whosoever'lfath sworn to anything autho
rizinc, in thi slightest degree, suspiciou of
tny ' having "iucited. concerted or pro?
cured." or of any knowledge whatever by
me of the attacks made on the President
and Mr. Seward-, or any acts or projects
of n kindred character, oi?of any plan to
kidnap or capture either of them. Or anv
.of the Federal authorities, hath blackened
bia soul with^diabolical perjury.
Until information reached herc of the
attack on President Lincoln, hy Mr. J.
Wilkes Booth, and that on Mr. Seward by
some other parson., I did not know that
any such person as J. Wilkes Booth exist?
ed. I had never heard of him- before. I
do not know any of the persons in arrest
at Washington, and uever heard of them
'till I read the notices in the United States
' newspapers of- their apprehension. I have
within a day or two made inquir}* and
ascertained that Mr. Booth left St. Law?
rence Hall, Montreal, on the J27th of Oc?
tober last. The officers of the Ontario
Bank state that on that day he purchased
ot the bank a bil' on England for ?61
12s. ld., for which be paid in American
gold, and at the same time made a deposit
?>f $355 Canada money, which yet remo ins
to his credit; and that he Btated he in?
tended to run the blockade. Whether he
made such attempt or went into the United
States hy railroad, I have not ascertained.
The clerks in the St. Lawrence Hall in?
form me that he arrived at the house on
the 18th of October, being here .nine days.
I I was not in Montreal during that time.
My association with the other gentlemen
named in thia atrocious proclamation bas
been intimate for years, n*id I admit it
would Oe strange if they had any know?
ledge of Mr. Booth's put pose that I should
be iu utter ignorance of it. *
The whole business is. in my deliberate
judgment, an attempt to ret upa pretext
for a difficulty willi the British provinces,
and the consideration that since I .have
been here. I have received nettling but
hospitality and kindness from you, impels
me to make this brief ad. 1 ress io aid in the
dissipation of such pretext. I bavte to-day
appealed to-'President Johnson ?nd Secre?
tary Stanton to allow me copies fif the
ulleged ''evidence'* with respect lo myself,
to give me a chance to disprove it.
I wi'l add that I will go before any ma?
gistrate here and verify the ?hove by my
solemn oath, and that I will agree that
the United StAos Consul, or any r?spect
able counsel that he may designate, shall
c?o#j-ex<?rri??c ??ni? r- '-'ivn tr lfeowdlvged
"evidenca'' or on v- other and all acts of
my life. BEVERLEY TUCKER.
To the. Editor of the Toronto Lender
SIR: The reward of $10,000 offered for my
capture, by President Johnson, impera?
tively demands that I should take the first
opportunity und the most public means bf
referring to the proclamation which brands
me before the world as a participator
in the murder r.f the late President of the
United States. The other gentlemen whose
names are associated with mine I leave tc
speak for themselves.
In this proclamation. I am referred to as
the clerk of Mr. C. C. Clay. I deuy most
emphatically th?? I ever occupied such a
position.
As to the assassination of Mr. Lincoln
I declare before high Heaven and th?
whole world, that I knew nothing of i'
until it had beeu committed and annouueet
in the newspapers. There is not a parti
cle of truth in the statement that ? "cou
coctel aud incited" the assassin a tieri. Th?
announcement of the treat crime cairn
upon me, as it no doubt did upon thou
t>ands of others who read it in the papen
on the day sraceeedihg Good Friday, like t
clap of tbuuder, and I shared, with al
my heart.'rn the general regret that sc
foul a deed had beeu committed, andthat
too, at a tima when the war, as i CODsi
dered, had virtually been brought to ;
close.
Positive proof of my innocence it ?9. o
course, impossible for me to prodsce. But
if circumstantial evidence is ol" any avail
I may state; tba/ only a week ago I wen
to Detroit under 'Vafe condrct" of th
"military authorities" Lo nrl.aug.?, my nlfaii
and return to my native State. If ? ha
been guilty of the crime laid to my chargi
does a?y one suppose that I would hav
ventured tc go upon A'^neriean .'.oil whe
important revelations were daily bein
made and numerous persens arrested?
1 can do no more'now than openly an
unequivocally ??ssert my innocence. 1
doing thfet, 1 appeal to the justice of
coinmunfcv which, I trust, will not sei
tenee rte "Unheard; and to tlie right fe?;
ingof th? Government at Washjcgtoi
who have hem most egregiously deceive
if any.'evidence has been put in their pc
session which would lua.ce me the accoi
plie; of assassins.
Asking your favor {'<.? the insertion
this C4rd as soon as pustule, 1 am. s
your.? respectfully, W. W. CLEARY.
Tnt 'ASSASSINATION.-We are '.old tha
Richmond lawyer, named E. R. Lo Ag, w
arrested, as concerned ia Booth's corfsj
rac;, has turned State's evidence-adm
ted tbat he himself was the assassin
Seward, and .implicates some fifty?t'
other pensons.. It is-said that hi- evider
led tc? tb? arrest of Booth. (?)
Local ItezKis.
Tho of??cf uf t*o Co.'iitiibia Pheonix l'?
on Gute? street.-?< ?O:K1 door from Plata.
HOME-MADE MATCHES.-We have re
ceived from Mia Boozer a sp?cimen os
home-made matches. A. trial will con?
vince any ono that these matches are what
they are represented to he-*,ure fire.
.We are Indebted t6 Mr. Aug natu?
.Trombo for the Ne-w York Herald, of tW
1st, and the Charleston Courier, of thc
11th, 12tb and 13th.
" We are toltf that the Sort di Carolina
Railroad will, in a few days, be in o- ora?
tion from Charleston to Orangeburg. We
were advised; sane time ago, that Presi?
dent Magrath and Mr. SnperintcncVnt
Peake, of that road, had been invited to
Charleston dry the authorities, with the
^iew to the resumption of their labors.
Ptereons about to leave this place, by wait?
ing a few <?aj-8, (nay be saved some of
their usnal travel ou tile route; and in the
meantime, why should not some of our
enterprising people start a weekly stage
or wagon line to Oraugebur^? The expe?
riment would pay, without r?bubt. We
commend the idea to' Capt. Ward, whose .
experience is i-oonideruble, und to Mr.
Hitchcock, whose resources are ad?quat*
to the trial.
THE FEDERALS ixjCoLCitBn,-Lieutenant
Breck, bearer of despatches freni General
Gillmore to the Governor, arrived in town
yesterday, witlr a 'small guard of.fifteeu
men. As far as .Jttown, these despatches,
relate to th? disposition of Confederate
States property, ander the convention
made between Generals Sherman end
Johnston. They seem to have so farther
significance, lt is to he regretted thai the'*'
Governor is temporarily absent. Courier?
have been sent ?fter him. It is to Le
boped that the Lieutenant and his guard
will remain awhile, if only to survey the
ruins of Colnuibia -?by moonlight. The
moon rises about 12; the scene from all
sides of the capitol,' is very fine. There
are some five persons in Columbia who,
being innocent of all offence, are greatly
Apprehensive-of being, hung. We advihe
ti-.em to keep owt of tjie way. All rumors
will, rw-- ti ust, be f>t*pend-?d until the de?
parto '-.'"Vif. ?B?iuluJL??JU^'-I^?iW.rs
C?r~PkRSQN.\E.-All subscribers to thc
P/ionix whose subscriptions fiare ex
pired, w-ill please come forward and
renew, in specie or provisions; otherwise
their papers wiri be stopped.
EST" *^e wish it ?listicitly understood
tl?at our term? are cish. Ko adveitiie-'
ments will, thtrefore, bc inserte^ rink-^s
paid for iu advance.
Wk present the following schedule ol'
rates, in th?; case of the most obviou? <M>ra
moditievs. For one montis bubsci iption
to the jpbeenix, we will receive either of
the followug, viz:
1 bushel ?orn. 1J bush, peas or put a toen
5 pounds butter. 2;">ybs. flour.
7 '. lard! 4lb3.ca11d.23.
7 " bjcon. 9 rice.
S dozen eggs. ? 4 head of chickens.
Wood, vegetables and provisior-s gene?
rally receive^ at fair" market rate* np.
proaching the specie stan<lards.
-?y. t_
CAMOF.N CURRENCY.-We learn, firjm th?
?amdeu Journal ttiat the fathers of thai
to .vii, in cou>^il, are about to etfect
arrangi.-iueiHS nar issuing a paper cuz ieacy
on a specie balds, for the benefit of that
precinct. Thew will give town cert ?fit tte",
of indebted tiers, receivable 111 taxes ati-i
municipal iiius. ""This will, no doubt, raf
t?ce wjs?iu the corporate limita, and pos?
sibly in the preeinets immediritel*around
We are told that, under the peculiarities
of the cArher of Columbia, this to wu-can?
not borrow morney, a.id cannot, therefor?,
issue notes payable. The capital city ii,
in fact, measurably under .J,be imtneciate
government of tke State, and will ii:-1 a
special Act when it'would do any d-ricg
thing in fintfaeial matters
CANADIAN VIEW OF NECTRATUTT. - 'ihe
authorities at Washington ha\e been
guilty of a .serious breach of international
eoinhy in g*iving a place to the Fenians in
the funeral, procession programme pre
pared at Vie War Department. Such a
quasi acknowledgment of a body organ?
ized ostensibly in opposition to Great ?ri
tain is one which requires explanation,
and \Ve do not doubt that Sir Frederick
Brutie will be authorized to demaiui it.
{Toronto Ltatltr, Avril 2S.
a^The finsent emption* < f Ves o vina in?
duces to?;istfl lo ex;?'?- ibensalveB to
(hinger to gratify th'- r. curiosity, kn
Eiicttshmaa lias b-tn Int <<n ih? i:*a<; uvja
falling FtOiie, and a Freoehuiao lu? r?4\i
his arm b-oken by a rock-"us big ?IK H.
piaijo forte," he said- v, hieb, tht argrj'
?chase fluVg at hie