$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, PUDLIStfU'J li ?K T. EXCEPT ?M'I?P?Y, . H X J U Ci i v\T W. S E L B V. j TERMS-IN AD VANCE.-' j SUBSCRIPTION, j . Six months, -" ?". - _'?5 | On? month. .... \ . ADVERTISING. Qne square, ("len lines.) tine time, 50 eta Subsequenftinseriions. - 35 ct s ! Special notices teil cents pop-line. Headq-rs Department cf the South, HILTON fl.-AV?. S. C.JULY 10. 1SG5. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 111. r^ITHE following eire, lar, issued f.frn the j JL "D renu ol' Kefuiroos, FrcediiKn and ' Abar.doi (.-.1 -Lands," ?nd a, proved hy t he Hon. Secretary ot' War. ii published for tho information of this command. It*? ! requirements will he st rielly conformed to: WAH .DEPARTMENT, - BUREAU OF REFUGEES, 1-REEDMEN AM> *! ABANDONED LAXOS, ; Washington June 13, li 35. j Circular No. 7. "j in accordance with section 2 of the Act : of Cmig^ess establishing this bureau which j jirovid.-s for the issue -jr" provisions, cloth- ! ms anti fuel for the imme-ii#te ?md tem- j por ?ry shelter and supply of Jtstiture,And j su?Fri i ag refugees nn.'"."i, t" wit: Rations will nm t. . gran; ito usly issued ? u-.ie: .-> s i ,.)'._....-. i freed men. or to j .itltlr parsons voluntarily b.boting for the . tieiiefil of such persons, but such teachers : 'ss are authorized bv ll.* Assistant Com-' ri i.-?-, i miers . f this Ii-*, rea ?1, while actually : . on duty i:i ?ly-ir tie!.ls of ?abor, may pur ! chase rations of ti: - Government under ' pivets-iv tho nano.' i-.;les which apply lt? ; such pu reit.ises wi.", ma le by eoimi#ssio:i Free transportation "will be granted t.. such teachers on Governmeut transports mid ndjitary railroads only. ; Public buildints". or I ui.dings t^a? nmj "have be. n seized from disloyal owners, not j required for militaty pun.s. ir..iv be: used ?or occupation for schools, U achers, i -....idlers' wives at)-.1 refiiu'e?-s. i ; Miij <;-;:. Q: A. GI ELMORE. '] W. L. M. Bf a.; KU. Asst Adj't Cm. July 21 " -? . Headq'rs I?e-oari:nent of the South, . HILTON HEAD. S. C., JONI: 29, ?SC5. ., GENERAL ORDERS Ny. 105. "if N compliance v. ii!, instructions received jL-froni lb. War Department, all Distr?ut ' 'Commanders will cause ar. mime.Late . invest ina! ina to bc mudo within their commun !?. ns'to tiie expiration nf service of all m.::i >.u detached d. .y, in' conti no mooler otherwise separated bom .their! .regimwits or companies. All stich men . who arc found entitled t. discharge well ! be immediately forwarded t the Chief Musterin,' Officer of their respectivo States for mus? ter ont, or to be otherwise disposed of as required by exisMng orders. Rv command of - Maj. (len. Q, A. GI ELMO RE. ? W. L. M. BURGER, Ass t Adj't Gen. Official: T. D. HOOGF.S, Chpt. ?51 h C. S. C T, Ae^.. Asa't Adj'l Gen. .Inly 2" ? Change of Scliec'lnle on' the Wil? mington and Manchester Railroad. SUMTE??, JULY lc, 1SG5. ON and after July I", trains will run tri weekly over this rond, ns follows: Leave?Kingsvi!!e every Tuesday, Thurs? day and Satn.doy, afc 4 45 a. m., for Pee Dee and al! ?talions on the Chcr'aw ami P i'lington and North eastern Railroad :>. ..-engers reaching Charleston same night. Returning-Arnve ai. Kingsville every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8.42 p. m., from ucv of she points indicated above. HENRY" M. DEANE, .'?l'y l-l 12 General Sunermtendent Hea?q'rs Department of the Sout"h, HILTON UKA?>. s. C., .TUSE -11. 1866. GE:; Eli AL o UL EUS yo. 102. ,11 J ITH a view to establish and preserve ! f y good order, settle disputes, encou? rage industrv, compel' obedience to laws and orders .and educate the* poor, *.he fol i lowing rules and regulations are Hereby 1 established, and ??'?ll be put in operation ! throughout lids DepVrUneut witti as little t delay a* practicable: - . I. 'District Comm an dr rs v.- i ll divide th. ir commSnds into sub-districts od" suitable* size, eavh comprising one or more Counties, Pat ?shes or Congressional Districts. Tu each sub-district they will assign ii c m i. anding officer, (with a SUM able humber of truufU.) an Ass'staut Provost Marshal nod an Assistant Provost Judjje. A per? manent PVovoft Guard will ba placed under the immediate orders of thc. Assist? ant Prn\ o=i M arshal. li. Within each sub-district Superior Provost Courts and Ci re;: it Provost Courts, compose*! of not more titan three members each-shall he. held at st ai ed lim es and places. Tiu- Superior and Circuit Provost Couiis to have concuirer>t jurisdiction over all case? as hereinafter specified that can be prvperlv tried before them. III. Thc Superior Provost Court will ' habitually ltj$l i's s<'ss|.*is at sub-district headquarters; and will A>>- preside '. over Wy the Assistant Provost Judge, who tunv associate with him cue or two respectable loyal citizens, giving the pr. r. ter.ee to local m a gist rai es, ot ber things liebig en ii a I. IV. Circuit Provost C?iurts.jh di he held at important peints and at stated times within the sidi .listriet, and shall hf pre? side-! ?iver by one of the members of the Superior Provost Court, designated by the sub-district comuitmder for that purp. The Pied lent ..' the Circuit Provost. Com ' may Associate with him one or two h?vai eil//.''!?* or magistrates. V. The courts above nain :d shall have nouer to 'rv nil cases hr.lweeji citizens, and between citizens and soldiers, and all crime-, ind ?.i. i o lat ii^tis of 411 i ?tar \ .-i .!.-?. and thc laws . : d;'- United Star.?? which ..1 noi..eome . -:.iti the* jurisdiction of u court niartial. and. to issue the Usual pro ..ess f.-r fhe at len?'.:! nee of witti-.-sses, and for th,e pi.\iiietit of d?lits, damages and ..os?-. Tlie decrees will go only to the ri^ht. of possession arr i riot of property. Tiley univ ?nipos- lines not exceeding on? hundred dollars (SiCiO) and imprison not exceeding two montos. Offences hy citi? zens iv?itTir?iig a severer punishment, wi!! :>.- tried by a military commission. The." will appoint their clarks and other ? flu* ors, ?hall heep a record of their proceedings, subject to the revision of sub-district and higher commanders, and will adopt rules an i forms of proced'.ireiwhich shall be a? simple ns possible. Citizen members of courts may bc allow.- I' throe dollars (<.:. ea.-h days' attendance. To? fees charged will be mer' ly sntHcient to pay all expenses, .will be had: to the sub-district and district" commanders, under such mles and on such i.-im^ ns the district commandera may pro v?d?. Vlf. All parties to suit-; before Hie Su? perior or Civcuit. Provost Courts may employ counsel. Dui all person* bringing suit or appearing as counsel before ::iid courts, as wei! as th.; citizen members ol' said courts, will be required to give proof :;::i?. '.hey have taken t^>- oath of aile giincc. VIII. It is the duty of the military au? thorities throughout this Department, when called upon lo .h. so, to aid the Assistant. Co'nniiis-Mouers ?md Agents ol' the "Bureau of Refuges, Freedmeir^hitd Abandoned Bands," in,tho execution of tlu-ir duties under tl?e laws of the United States ?md the orders id' the Commissioner of said Bureau, issued in .accordance therewith; and, when there is no such Assistant Commissioner or Agent upon the spot, to take cognizance themselves of all violations of such laws and orders. All cases of such violation may bellied before the courts he rei II abo ve authorized. IX. All eases properly coming within the jurisdiction of these cour;^ v.- i 11 he brought to-trial promptly, anti all unne? cessary arrests of citizens v.'il be avoided. X. The existence of tho courts herein above authorized will cease whenever and wherever the .functions of the officers of the civil laws ure restored to operation by proper nutlidritfjf*. X l. District and sub-district command? ers are directed to provide, whenever ^practicable, for the education of the chil? dren of tin: poor within their commands; and tor that purpose they are authorized to detail regimental chaplains and non? commissioned otlicer.s and privates for teachers. . '1 he education of the children of Re fui'ees and Freedmen will be relinquished into the hand.; of thc Assistant Commis stoners and Agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, wheii'ever they are in readiness to take charg#of the same. Bv command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. G?LL.\K>RE W. L. M. Bcp.OEtt, As?'fc Adj't Get'l. July l<= # SPEECH ?2 EON. B. F. PEP."Y, ! r?? i' rVfc Meeting in the Court] . H :.ic, Greenville, S. C. on, Mon- ? tz*t?y, th"3d day of July, ISG5. j MK. CI? A?I?M.V.V: Tisis publie meet- ' ir g eil' *i ? < ii ?;:..!.< ol" Greenville ii one cif .ic(-i !??rui inticn. and**sbr-row. A [ Cruel and-Woody war La.- swept o\er ! the Southefo States. One hu nfl red ? ..slid fifty iioesund of our bravest and most -s-albiit ni' ?i !:;-.;'. ?a?i - i na the fields -vol!.-! Tiles hvmj is filled ] with nm . ? nj? wi.' ,\-.< ?md oipjians! There 1.5 .-'. rcelv a housi: in which : there has not he si weeping for bv,:i;.j loved <>v1(.. lotti Tinco thousand ruti- . ?ions ol collars have bean q>ent hythe ? Southern Stales in earrvir-g on 'his war! An.' n >f' we .-.ri' railed upon lol Cf?vt* up t..:r ni:t!:?.|H of slavr-s, worth i wo thorn i,ii millions of dollars more! ; ?ur colin v h Hs been ravaged ant" desolated! t fi..- y cir/?fifo, ia this same ?biiild :iio-. which iuauoutajel this most fatal, I !. o ;\ and ?. is i.-jh-yu? v .'union! Tilt , nfc v*..- i->v J;O--Vv>'e?U'-ntr::>' a nil ? ? lu?ichig !i)i\;ir,-!s dds t-ou;t !. use, I saw a (.J'OVVfj (ii [..;.-..tis rushing i?. composed of college h o va and i!**ei professors, merchants, meelrmi?e?, doc? tors, Sawyers und i- I. rs ?rom thc In.tels, with a SM;:I.!..n:j;- ol' fanners asid ? lau fera. S-> AI ! i.-=>? ?!.?? Union, the louder wert tue shot :. nf ripp'.-m .. ! ! repented i'i my thc llieifiof.-iid? v. ms of Christ-'ratho forgive fh, ir. they ku?iv aol v:hat ihn; def % mimi xv as limn ii!!, d' witt:, 1 thens-!. L mr?satY?.l! tho ev\U vHiiel, haye since iivfallen our beloved emin-' try. Tint my politic??l i ?? tit ic nee- was j gone, an i mv voice was po -vei Ics.-v-io stay ni: ? -y au ' excited feelings ol "We V...-J at t?at tinnv ifr. piiair-j man, the ni st prosperous, freo mid! happy p.-oj on tue Inc. i-iho earth; or na ti un wiio-c futnrc wno more bright mal o?,,ri?U?i. \y;:. fho pt.bli : mind had, untl'irtunntely, boen pre? pared, in tho So'-.thern S itu.--, for llnrtv years past, I .:' ?n ell rt at dis? union. The i'Cfrpl? had t'een inek?ced to believe liiiit dlS'.nikT? w< Hid he .L 'quiet f?l?>siii^, and that it iiii;d^. como without war and bloodshed! .Til o lending tioiiiititiiis of the Sontii weio anxiously -.vaitiiii; for some p!au&il?lo pretext for tcccdinnf from thiit st .ms urcjwd, .Mr. Chairman,'! thal ho ll nub'! i- : ii partj' would'-soon 1 ??:) lor tiff- assertion, when ivs i ri ii- ot.J bat a mr-jority of the people ol L.,e L irited States were oppose?! to the . principles of the Republican . party. ' Adn.it, however, for argument, ti;'!. ; the Preside-ut and irs patty might be ' rn th-- ascendant, and would make i ???gicshiors t;.i Sou hern ri ?rb ts and hare ;.;...! the *.\ !?, t J ?.'em-.cr e. v of toe : :.:,' grouu 1 ilse:: -i'-a ; ?onstitntlim arti si?i;id:n vip!.; iv ere div! ?ed, and t><->r t?f tb.e Som li. whens they were all-united, lc would have bean's* civil, :is weil HS j' si eli ona I war, st; the I TM ion. and ?or? 'hu C?tii?:u . >n of lV? Union. But; sir. there was tn?:, tl ?? slightest proba? bility of such an issue." The R?pub. . i?.:.n.n party voted almost uimtiimouslv, . vor ;>> .>?( rfiftc with- lavery ii; the , 1 '. . ;?:,'; ; .> wisri to Ju so, ii they i sad". Wii-n the jsotjrhern States ;< seceded ?rom til? Union, ?nd w.ithdr?vf . their iiK-tnbms drum . Congress, ttiev" f turned it over to he Repftbiieatr party. alli -, '.he. Kalibern Democracy, who had m tifo Hy !? by the South for ' 1 un ; - ?.m.i i . li ? 3ni ii ry, to ti fr teni 1er uu'icies ol"their political opponents and erminie;! This: was not in accord- : nncv with Siu hel li h ?:.or .-stu! cir. valry. I What .-'her .- us.' Iiisd the Southern. 1 i Srat s f ir their act Rf secession? Ker ! ?iioJit -.-Ho immediately preceding j ti. ns ol I'iesl.]:;<;:s pierce and. Bu-I ' cha?an, th .J was not an act of fhe j i Federa! Government ot" which they j ? CMU.-ph:i:icJ. They cpr.];] not .com- m ph. . for thc tTovcrunieii'^v/as in their ? i i wa han !.-. Il ss true, th? Northern j i State Le:ri?l:t:iires mid nullified cert ibrj ' Ao:-; i l Congress favorable, t? th? ? South. 131;L ?a.s this juit cause for ; 1 rebelling against thc Federal Govern- ? meni? INIOU.U they not havo adhered 1 'he doser i-> l?iat Government,, aiju . ;issh->t.ed* in enforcing its laws? Hoy; ' srratige to'thitiK vi the Southern States l rebelling Bgaiost"* a CTOverr.ment cit" ? t which they did not complain! l it ls said that the Southern S..l-l loft the Union to. preservo shivery : j I (loy; fat* tho mistalce! Every one i ought to have known that slavery ivas \ . stronger in ti-.'- Union than il possibly ? < j (aid be unt of the Union.? Indeed, ? I ll i o [Tniotf vv--.s it? O?.?V stifefjj.. and j i protection. Whilst in tho Vmoa v>e j ? Esac-c.,'-~.. f..e.=:-rarr- ? ?? SatMfa? whole civilized world was cpaosed to us o?l this cae i'.oi,, sn.-:, t.? a slave power," would have looked upon us with scornful jealousy. But, Mr. Chr.iraiar., t;.3 taadnrs? hnd folly of tile Sc:;*!: i rn . States, in commene:ng th.i-3 revolution, is. now manifest to ail. There was fanaticism at tba Sr.utb, ?a -.veil as at the North. Politicians did rill ll cy could, in both seetioi?\ tc s.-JO the worst passions of t!i\ ?un?an heart, imd malt? tho people forget they vc rt fellov citizens' of one great Ke:>ubl??. We were told that the Northern people would nc: fight, that there would ba no war, and olf^s ?vere made to drink ^.11 the blood that would ta sheet History should 'h.-iVfi t". ugh: th?ta that no great. Goverr.tr.en:. Mta ours, ever %*aa, or ever co .kl Lo, biuken up -^;harut wari How was it, *.ir. Chairman, thst tho Southe."1) hj'aun*:"..'!. J in. ti.cir raflel* > nn? I: io tri - the contest was a most unequal cae-eight millions of persons tighltTig iiy-acs' twenty-two millions!" Ti.-, os .-. Ilr.ving neither Government, army, tiny? or m at: i: tad* tare-; and ii...- c'.hei' having ?ii those, with an inihix of foreigners a: ? S'riuth* ern negrots tv i ?ci'ciAs their strength. T?ie Vu'!, .r i peoph nr- a.. ii: pulsivai enthusiast!.; people, but they wans the rtivgy and perseverance oi ti;-., or .h. I jaid co my friands, at ?.:;.-. i ~- 2 i un i ag of this war, that tnv greatest KV?ro bensfon was.-that our soldiers would get l;;o-]-o.' iiie war .und qui: i?. I did not believe itv possibk- to hold in subjection eight millions of people, scattered iver . ?ch >'n immense terri tow as cm: ' \ th, *-:;.: 1? Sutes, if they were* dir post ! f? mik* ruy ard every sner-.'iee. as the Da: '.: B?p . i I ^ ^ . ? . ..... sn-, tue g ?eat o? - .?o o. o;;r .'..siur?iVra*, t'nat the b?art of the Southern paople never was ?a u..3 revolution! Tieri} wa? not a Sta; , except South Ciro? lina, ia which there was a maj '.ri-7 i" favor vf *scv?ssio!.'! Flven in ? .?..'. Carolina thora \vre many Distri.-ts in which one* hail'o! the vote .3 did ::or go to the PC?;!;. M r?i . 1 ? -i* i ii .ur. Chairman, 1 wm Ls-'^ frankly say, as I have o!??n *aicU during $!;3 past four teat*., that tttere waa .? mm in the. United SfatSi who inora deeply regretted ?he seces/i MI of the. Southern "State? than I did, at ::ie betrinn;ti?r;?of the rev?i;afioa: ?ht? ?hera i- not no-A m lin?Southern States any omi who teeis mo'Oi bfttorlv the nd milialiou lind degradation of going back into ti..: union tuan I do. Stil!, I know that wo ihall bo more pros? ?l-l ll: ? hat>p> lp the . io oil th::!": imtof iff "" lt has bruti ?oj common^jfclr. Chair man, to attribute the failure ot this ?rca? revolution to fat* Pr?sident of the late Confederacy. This,-sii', is-a mis lake. The people wer? themselves to './lanie for ; s fa'J ure. vy *ilcro un? willing to malfe those s.iciiij.-es which wer.: essential to its success. Many who wem aiost prominent *iu the movement, never md any thing ?br lt ifter the wa: comineueed. 1 .stead ot -..eking tludv proper position, in ironr. jf .the bat ?3, 't.'tlv sought -bprnb proo?V for themselves an I their som* i'iiore wcro olin rs who g it into *s->:i laces' and .official pt?atkins, where they eon! i -y ?cul -tv a < '? nui! e.l >r! 1 '.es m i ioveiv.m.mt fm: ls. W > feet, I >. .vards pie l?tl?r p?rP of tbs -var; it ce nevi tin? ove:y one .va' fyi- : ?0 ccep out ot ;! .. arjsy, ann :ng pay anvil.: ig, . ad ma ice nay sacn ice,'to dus.;-. AV h.-rn Genera! Joba iton surrendered b:.- army .. . 1 a : on lis muster roll sevi.:;:_, tlx usa:..! ri en, mt only fowteeu thousand t 1 be ear? ned into hat Ie! Genera! Lee'* army eras in the' same condition. \\ here were the al?meos' At Itoroe, on "nrloogb, faying ov r tue: i"*tu rion gbs, Werte.! and straggling! Ai no i me Juring t:.e la*: tb ree . ears ol r-newasj vras there i'..o.c th -.. ane-tb:rc! of : ....