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$1 a Month, in Advance. ''Let our just Censure attend the tmo Even*."-Shaksprare. Single Copies Five Cents By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43. THE COLUMBIA PHOENIX, PU rc Ll s I'rr) DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY", .BY JULIAN A. SELBY. TERMS-IN A D VA NC E. STJBSCKU'TIOX. Six months, $5 One month, ... - i ADVERTISING. One square, (ten lines,) one time, SOcts Subsequent insertions. - 35 cts Special notices ten ceuts per line. Moha Mudgaree; OU A REMEDY FOR DISTRACTION OF MIND. llestrain, deluded man, thy thirst of wealth, "Repress it with tho force of mind and will, . I "Would"st thou preserve thy spirit in its health. "With uoble actions feed it to the fill. Thy wife, thy son, thy daughter-what .are the}? The wonders e'en of this world who can tell? What art thyself? Whence com'st thou? Can'st thou say? My brother, ponder, ponder on this well. IJoast not. of youth, nor opulence, nor power; Ere thou can'st think, Time snatches the-e away; Cheek these delusions-faneienof r.n hour; At Brahma's loot repos? thy heart, and pray. Eike water-drops upon the lotus leaf, i With tremulous motion gliding to aud fro. Hs life: the converse of the good is brief It'is our ship upon the seas below. With body weak, mouth toothless, hair grown gre}-. The staff he lean? on shakin? in his hand. Ken's thirst of crain survive* in his decay. And would were ali earth's wealth athis command. Mow quickly ar? tte hom, ?.nd old. and dead! dlow short the interval'twixt death and birth! The viciousness of cartu how widely spread! Wherefore, O man! liv'st thou in thoughtless mirth? F/ay follows day; eve follows eve; morn, morn; Springs after springs; winters on winters rise; SLiife ever on Time's stream is onward borne; But mortal expectation never dies. Beneath the canopy of Heaven lo dwell. Under the shade of some wide-branching tree. All vain desires of earthly joys to quell, The ground our couch-thia, this is to be free! JLove not too fondly woman, kinsman, child. Nor friend, in peace; in war. hate not thy foes; Ile equable to all, and gently mihi, Would'st thou attain to Vishnu's calm repose. The eight primeval mountains and seven seas, Bramah and Indra, Bu ira and the Sun, These are the never-changing-only these; Not thou, nor I, nor -man-wherefore all passions shun. In thee, in me, in all we see and know, There lives and breathes a part of Vishnu's soul; ~ Tnen love not, hate not, with immoderate ' glow. For all Hiing? are bel parts of One Oreat Whole. * Tbs boy so long dclighteth in his play, The youth so seeks the maiden ol his love, The old ?nan frets so long his thoughts away. That there are non? to worship Him above. Ponder, roy brother, ponder on this word: The word of truth, that passes not away; .What hopo is there for him who, having beard, 'Will not bow down his head and meekly pray?_ _ "Labor Regulations. By some persons it does not seem <to be understood that the Emancipa? tion Proclamation relates to two classes of the population, both of whom it trees. On tho ono hand, the servant is freed from the master; on the other, the master is freed from the servant. And if it is proper that deputations ol the one class should'visit Washington io ?ucuie the official vindication oi their rights, it is not less proper, nor perhnps less requisite, that the other class should appeal to the Executive. There are certain evils which belong to all great social changes and dis? placements. These must be expected; and wisdom requires that they should be endured without vain repinings and unmanly murmurs. But it is permit? ted to desire, and hy peaceful mea? sures secure, the removal of such evils j as are unuecessar}, and as bear preju-, dicially upon the interests of certain classes. In cases of this kind, redress can be confidently anticipated from the Administration which will extend equal justice to all. The abolition of slavery has dis? solved the obligations previously sub sisting between master ami slave. The slaves may have constituted the whole property of the owner, who may now be reduced to hopeless peuury hy the loss of them-who may bo a helpless ward, or widow, or infirm aud aged man. For special cases of this sort, it is not pretended that tho Emancipation Act tnakca or can make any provi? sion. lt does not require the negro to support the helpless white, who was formerly hi's master. Neither can it require the while mau, whoso able bodied servants have leit him, to sup? port the infirm nod helpless negroes who remain. They have no claim upon him whatever; they iiave no light to demand, and none have a right, in their name, to require, that he thad be crushed by this burden. And how can the former owner pledge himself to certain unvarying and high rates of moneyed compensa? tion fur menial labor-to an indefinite provision of medical relief, a supply ol i'ooJ, clothing, and quarters, without any reduction for Ul health and bad weather-when he has not the money, has no cotton growing to bring it, and is at bis wits' end to know where it if to come from; when the precise kine of labor we have in view, which was never characterized hy industry and intelligence, has been deprceiatednby 1 sense of irresponsibility, by vagur ideas of a freedom from menial toil and by the general relaxation of au thority; and when not a few of th? white laborers are willing to toil for 2 bare ration a day! We notice that farmers' meetings ir Virginia, which fixed the rates o compensation and made regulation; for tho employment of labor, have been forbidden by 1'ost Commanders Of course no objection would be madi lo a meeting of citizens for the purposi of considering thc difficulties now at tendant upon the employment of labor and of respectfully memorializing Liu Executive upon tho vital subject. Again: a consideration of the ques tion of Vents is advisable. It is b; rents (as we remarked yesterday) tba our want of money is partially to b supplied. And on tho other hand houses and stores, which aro coi rented for brief periods, aro neede for the resumption of business. I many instances competition has dot hied and trebled tho value of busines stands, of houses, and of separat roouis. The. owner has the right < availing himself of any ad7antag arising from the perpetual variatiot of supply and demand, of enjoyin the use or realizing the increasin value of his property. Under sue circurastances there is a grievance i orders requiring that rents shall not 1 raised beyond the terms demande when there was nd trade and tl houses were comparatively worthies or that the houses or rooms shall m be reclaimed if their occupants a: colored. , We cheerfully acknowledge the o ligations under which the Governmei has laid us by the efficient protectii of person and property we enj< under the military authorities. Ai we have testified our respect for thc intelligent and courteous officials, 1 public act as well as by frequent e prest?os of private opinion. But this mutter of industrial organization, the interests of the colored mee are represented hy an immense bureau and by deputation. Tho whites should be represented by embassies to the White liouse, or they will continue to suffer from one-shied legislation. A memorial to the Executive, asking for even-handed justice between the races, and represeuting the evils arising from divided ami conflicting jurisdic? tions, and from the'interference of a minor court with thc regular military tribunal-suer? a memorial, couched in dignified terms, amd conveyed hy a high-toned and earnest deputation, would put an end to various painful humiliations and annoyance.::. For', our President says, emphatically, that 'he docs not intend to serve any par? ticular clique or interest/ nnd that 'ho is for emancipating thc white man as well as the black.' j Augusta. Transcript. The Former Home and Family of Henry Clay. A correspondent of the Cincinnati j Commercial tells a melancholy story I of Ashland, the late homstcad of ! Henry Clay, and gives tho history of his descendants. The old home? stead of Henry Clay, it seem.-', is now occupied by the "4'anidy of Hon. Thomas Clay, one of his sons, and present Minister to ono. of tho South American Governments, lt is owned by the heirs of James 1>. Clay, who, it will be remembered, died in Canada about a year ago. Tho house in which Mr. Clay lived when at homo was torn down some years siuco by James, and a magnificent structure erected on its site, and theo is noth? ing now about t}-c place to remind ono of him who once owned and honored it, , xeept the Tamilj buggy in which the old man and his wife used to drive about, and tho trees in front of the house, beneath which ho used to sit and talk with his family and friends. Mr. Clay had -fivo sou'. Four of them sui vi ved him. One, who bore his father's nam**, was killed in the Mexican war. Thoma-, as 1 have, said, is now a Government Minister. John is living on one-half of the olj homestead, now divided into two farms. James died in a foreign land, and Theodore (the oldest of the family) is; and has boen for twenty years, an inmate of an insane asylum, still avowing to every one with whom ho converses that ho is the original George Washington, and refusing to respond to a call by any other name Mr. Clay had no possession of an}' lc?nd at the time of his death, with the exception o; Ashland, which was, of course, worth a considerable sum; but even that was heavily mortgaged, and he thought at one time he would he compelled to abandon it to his creditors, until ono day, when he entered the bani: to pay one of his notes, ho was to'd that he did not owo a cent. Kind and generous friends had taken his case in hand and lifted the pecuniary burden from his shoul? ders. Wanted Immediately, ITM FT Y WAGONS, to haul cotton to Orangeburg, S. C. For terms, apply to A. L. SOLOMON, Commission Merchant, '2d door above Shiver House, on Plain st July 17_?_ Strayed or Stolen, *YL?3* FROM my pasture, on the 11th /ffi instant, a BAY MARK, of medium s;ze, her ears slightly inclined to flap. No marks remembered. A liberal reward will be paid for l.cr recovery. July 17 2 HARMON KOON. _ Office Chief Com. of Sub., Mil. Dist of Charleston. CHARLESTON, S. C., JOXT 10, 1865. 1) ROPOS A I.S will bo received at this '. office up to ,Tulv 2-5, 1865, Ft'll CON TRACTS FOR. BF. F F CATTLE, (on foo',) to be iurnished the lb S. Sub. Dept., in quantities to be specified in thc contract. Said eoutraets to be made for four months. HENRY H. JEN KS, Capt. 6'.'d P. V. and A. C S.t Chief C. S. Military Dist, of Charleston. I July 17 Moc?ocil Ca,rdL. DR. SYLVESTER offers his PROFES? SIONAL SERVICES" to the citizens of Columbia nti'I vicinity. His office is on t ho corner of Richland and Bull streets, atrllie residence of Capt. T. H, Wade. July 13 ;.;< information Wanted OK JO UN J. DAVIS. Company D, 15th S. C. Regiment. AV as a tailor, and lived in Camden, S. C. Was well on the 2d of" February. Any one knowing Ins late or whereabouts, will confer a favor by communicating the information lo his afflicted ami destitute wife at Columbia, S. C., or (,> thin office. Exchanges please extend th is notice. July 14 W. H. EASTERBY, Com. Mcrcliaiit Receiving and Forwarding Agent, CHARLESTON, a. C. 1) ROM PT attention given to orders for the sale or purchase of COTTON or PRO DUCK of any kind. July ir. fi:;" Farmer's and Exchange Bank of Charleston, S. C. A MEETING of the Directors of this J.\- Bank will bc held at. the office of the President, Xo. :;4 Broad street,(up stairs,) on THURSDAY, July 27, proximo. A lull meeting is earnest ly requested, its busbies* of much importance will be brought before them. WILLIAM WU ALLY, President Farmer's and Exchange Bank. Charlnston, S. C., July ll, 1365. July 15 f8 'AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STOCK REPLENISHED WEEKLY hy? the New York steamers. Purchases are being made in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, by Mr. Dunham, of tho firm of Dunham, Taft, ct Co., ami will be sold at the old established stand, 250 King street, sign of the Bill BOOT, at very reasonable price?; where the public and all his old friends arc invited to call and inspect for themselves. T. M. BRISTOL, Sign of the Big Boot, I'.end of King sli cet, Charleston, S. C. July IS f<>* CO-PARTl^R^HIp" lyn, (he undersigned, having entered into " a copartnership, under the name and style nf CAM Kilt ?X <fc BARKLEY, will open their establishment, on the South? east corner of Meeting and Wentworth streets, Charleston, S. C. for the sale of all articles in use hy railroad companies, steamers and machinists, as also CUAL ol all kinda. Orders solicited. ? ARCHIBALD CAM KRON, . RUFUS C. BARKLEY. W E UK FKK TO .JOHN FRASER & Co. (i. W. WILLIAMS A- CO. E. W. MARSHALL, Esq. Capt. JOHN FUEMERSON. II. T. PEAKE, Esq., Superintendent Souiti Carolina Railroad. H. L. HAINS, Esq., Superintendent Sa? vannah Railroad S. S. SOLOMONS, Esq., Superintendent North-eastern Railroad. H. M. DRAIN Iv, Esq , Superintendent Wilmington and Manchester Railrotfil. July 15 S Change of Schedule on the Wil? mington and Manchester Railroad. SUMTER, JULY 10, 1865. ON and after July 10, trains will run tri-weekly over this road, as follows: Leave Kingsville ever}- Tuesday, Thurs? day and Saturdey, at 4 45 a. m., for Pee Dee and all stations on the Cheraw nnd Darlington and North-eastern Railroad passengers reaching Charleston Rame night. Returning-Arrive at Kingsville every Monday, Wednesday and .Frida}', at 8.42 1'. m., from any rd" the points indicated above. HENRY M. DRANE, July l-l 12 Geueral Superintendent. Gen. Sup'ts Office C- & S. C. R.R., CHESTER, JULY U, 1865. UNTIL further notice, trains will be run daily on this road, as follows: Leave Chai lotte at 8 a. m.; arrive at Adger's about 1 p. m. Leave Adger's at 7 a. m.; arrive in Charlotte about 3 p. m. July 6 12 JAS. ANDERSON. Sup't. Baptist State Convention of S. C. ? jMH.E next annual meeting of this body JL will be held at. Cross Roads Church, three miles from Chappell's Depnt. com? mencing on FRIDAY before the fifth Sun day in July, (thc 28th inst.) Delegates coming on the Greenville Railroad will be met at, Chappell's by conveyances, Thur., da vs and Friday. Juiy 17 J. M. C. BREAKER. ?ec'y. ?Fixjsit; Heoeived. FROM' NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA, A.\D FOR ?SAXE AT WHOLESALE AXD DETAIL, A LARGE STOCK OF DIU GOODS!!? ?J .*JT xx 32* to rv GENT'S AM) LADIES' FtRMSHiXti GOODS, &(!., ?M" CONSIST* xa IN r.\uT o?: /~t A I. ICO KS, DELAINES. LAWNS. V.7 Jaoonet ami Swiss MfJSIJN'S? Bleached and LTubleach?d HOMESsPUN. Hoop am] Balmoral SKIRTS. (i LOVES, HOSIERY. LACE MANTILLAS. HAIR NETS,SHAKER HOODS CLOTHING. I ' X1 > K1 tS 1 ll HTS nnd I >R \ \V ERS. HATS, SOCK'S, NECK TILS. BUTTE U FL Y SCARFS. Fancy ami White PAPER COLLARS LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. SUSPENDERS, TABLE CL< ?TIL: NAPKINS, Ti >WEEING. PENCILS, KMVESaud FORKS. COTTON CARDS. NEEDLES, FLAN THREAD. ' J\ uso, A larg?; ard fine stock of 1M PU RTE J) AND DO MES TiC S 13 G A n S ? ? FOR SALK BY TOOT & SULZBACHER, Ageuts, Assembly street, between Plain and Wash? ington. .Inly 15 ti ?TULSS'? Jrlocori^eci AND FOR SALE LOW, AT SUELTOX, CALVO & C0.'S, Bull Street, Next to Old Pos! Office. IN" addition, to former stock, we lune just received the following articles; Ladies' Heeled SLIPPERS. " Congress GAITERS. Balmoral BOOTEES. Glove Kid GAITERS. Misses' SHOES in great variety. Men's SHOES of all kinds. Children's SHOES ol' all sizes. Men's fine Felt HATS. ? Wool " .20 doz. HOOP SKIRTS of finest quality 12 doz. Ladies'CORSETS. . 6 doz. " Silk VE! LS. Toilet COMBS ami BRUSHES. Tooth BRUSHES. Toilet EXTRACTS. Ladies,' HOSIERY, Men's nOSE. ?ur. ?&??j^X? j&X&?-V White Crushed SUGAR. '. Powdered " Light Brown Coffee '. Cumberland SAUCE. Buttel and Fancy French CRACKERS. Adamantino and Sperm CANDLES. Old Java COFFEE. RAISINS, STARCH. MUSTARD, OLIVES. Smoking and Chewing TOBACCO. Mason's BLACKING, Shoe BRUSHES. LIQUOiRS. CHAMPAGNE, nuart bottles. Old Bourbon WHISKEY. Scotch ALE. Which will he sold on proper certiftca'.e. ?'jg1'Parties bringing COTTON to mar? iel will do well to call upon us before dis? posing of it, as wo arc paying thc highest narket rates. GOLD and SILVER bought and sold. July 14 _" Brass and Copper Wanted. HSO LOM C 3 A ^ '< ?. st i il continue to . purchase BRASS and COPPER. rb? nighest market price will he paid. H. soi OMON * CO . Weot =dda of Assembly strewt. Juh - hie Below Plain.