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THE MILT Dally Paper $10 a Year 'Let our Just Censure PHONIX. Attend the True Event." BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1866. Tri-Weekly $7 a Year. VOLUME I-NO. THE PHONIX, PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY, BY JULIAN A. SELBY. STATE PRINTER. TERMS-m A D VA NC E. SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Paper, six months.$5 00 TrirWeekly. " " .3 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per tupiare for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent, .ar Special notices 10 cents a line. Reconstruction. "Mack," the Washington' corres? pondent of the Cincinnati Commer? cial, has, with considerable enter ?irise, furnished his paper with the ollowing document. It is an excel? lent burlesque. He introduces it in this fashion: BEPOBT OF THE SPECIAIi COMMITTEE. "The Special Radical Committee on reconstruction intend, it is said, to visit thc Southern States, to in? vestigate their condition, anil report whether they are fit for admission into full communion in the sisterhood of Union. As most of the gentlemen composing the Committee have alrea? dy made up their minds on thc subject, I don't see the use of the contempla? ted tour; especially as their report has been agreed upon. As the docu? ment will be looked for with con? siderable interest, I have procured a copy of it, for tho publication of which I trust I will not be accused of a breach of good faith. Here it is: "WASHINGTON, January, 18GG.-To the honorable Senate and House of Representatives: Your Committee, appointed to visit the States lately in rebellion, and investigate and re? port upon the condition as to loyalty and fitness for re-admission into the Union, have performed the duty assigned to them, and beg leave to make the following report: "Naturally, the first place visited by your Committee, was Richmond, Virginia, the Capital of the late Con? federacy. Our coming had been heralded in the newspapers there, and the demonstration at the railroad depot on our arrival may be taken as, in some degree, indicative of the popular sentiment in that city W? found a large concourse of citizens of African descent awaiting us, and as we disembarked from the cars, they hailed us with shouts of welcome, mingled with 4 This way to the Spotswood House,' 'Here's y er buss for the Continel, ' 'Here's yer cab for any part of the city,' 'Baggage to the hotel, gents,' etc. It was grateful to the heart of loyal men to be thus wel? comed in a city so lately the head? quarters of rebellion, while at the same time we began to feel convinced already that the only frilly loyal peo? ple of the South were of the colored race. We could not decline the hos? pitalities so generously tendered us, and accordingly we selected two car? riages from the large number placed at our disposab We were driven to the Spotswood by our hospi table friends, who charged us two dollars apiece and balf-a-dollar extra for baggage. After so much kindness from the colored race, we were un? prepared for the harsh treatment we subsequently received from the white oligarch of Richmond. The proprie? tors of the Spotswood gave us rooms in the fifth story, back, saying to his clerk, as we have been informed by a faithful African who blacked our boots for a quarter a pair, that they were good enough for Yankee radi? cals. The same spirit of disloyal hate was manifested to us in the dining room, .where, in response to our re? peated call for codfish and pnmpkin pie, we were served with nothing but bacon arid hot cakes. We asked why this was done, and were told by a yal waiter, to whom we had just ven a postal half-dollar, that Mr. otswood said he didn't kee]) a hotel the accommodation of Yankees, d, therefore, persistently excluded codfish and pumpkin-pie. from the bill of fare. Your Committee au not deem it necessary to dwell upon this evidence of smouldering disloyalty, nor to compare it with the hastily formed opinion of General Grant re? specting Southern sentiment. Our object was to get beneath the surface of things in the South, to find the true character of the sub-stratum. We remained in Richmond a few days, to study the character of the Tvop'c. On all hands we found evi? dences of distinctions on account of color, except in a freedman's colony, where the blacks received the whites on an equal footing with themselves. We also noticed a disloya1 lisposition to speak of Stonewall Jackson and General Lee in terms of praise and eommen'jation, while- Gen. Butler's }jUim& was only mentioned in con? temptuous connection with silver Bpoor?.s, and occasionally a little plated ware, and he himself seemed to be etter known as tho Bottle Imp. of rmuda Hundred, than in any oilier aV "Our next visit was to Atlanta. Georgia. Here we had a long con? sultation with a Treasury agent, who had.ample means of information on the subject of Georgia loyalty. He gave his opinion thal to admit the Southern States to representation at this time would be highly injudicious. He did not believe there was a white native of the gtate loyal enough to take his place, and asserted that to remove him and others similarly situated would be not only dangerous to the welfare of the country, but would be also the height of ingrati? tude to men who had risked charac? ter and reputation for the patriotic cause of cottou and ten or twelve thousand dollars a year- Your Com? mittee concurred entirely in his opi? nion. "While i i Atlanta, your Committee heard many expressions of sentiment which go to show how far General Graut is mistaken in what he says in his late report. On one occasion es? pecially Ave heard what convinced us that the lava of secession still burned in the Southern bosom. The case was that of a young gentleman from Massachusetts, of poor but honest parents, who had come to the South in the capacity of a freedmen^ school? teacher. He had casually made thc acquaintance of a Southern lady ol two score and ten, whose husband had fallen under the rebel flag, leav? ing her a widow of handsome estate. The young gentleman, desirous ol matrimony and plantations, pressed his suit, and was progressing, ?is lu thought, most favorably, when one evening the widow told him at a tea party, in the presence of a largt number of people, 'that she'd rathei bc buried alive than marry a Yankee. The patriot school-teacher no longe] plies the rod of chastisement ovei refractory freedmen. The star of his hope has gone down, and he has gone back to Bostoii, a wreck of his formel self. "Your Committee next went tc Montgomery, Alabama, where, a; at Richmond, the colored citizen; flocked to meet us, and vied-wit! each other for the carrying of oui baggage. We paid them fifty cents J carpet-sack from the depot, and thej were enthusiastic in their demonstra tions of loyalty, in receiving the cur rency-iTOEMia:-ic tins city, evidence! of disloyalty7 met us ot? every hand A Vermont missionary had been in suited a few days before our arriva for attempting to introduce ' Join Brown's Body,' and 'We'll hang Jeri Davis on a sour apple-tree, " as Sab bath-school hymns. A hop had jus taken place at the leading hotel, b which whites only were invited, an? to which the freedmen were exclude? on the account of color. The const quenco was an indignation meetin? of the freedmen, at which equs rights were demanded. A repetitioi of balls and hops, exclusively whit in their character, will lead to Jv maica insurrections and Hay tien rt bellions magnified a thousand time in their dreadful results. At Mon' gomery, as at Atlanta, we met Treasury agent, who was opposed t immediate re-union, for tiie Souther States. He mentioned incidental] that he had a son-in-law in Ne Hampshire who would make an e: cellent Provisional Governor, and cousin who would do for a territorii delegate to Congress. Above a things, he hoped Congress would n< listen to the hypocritical cries < Alabama loyalty. He assured us tin there was no loyalty in the Stat except in his otlice, and said it won] be base injustice to supersede hi: till he had finished the making of hundred thousand dollars. " We next proceeded to Charlestoi South Carolina. Here we had a lor interview with a Northern gentleinai whom we knew to be in every W? reliable. He had responded to h country's call, in the early days of tl war, with a sutler wagon full of Ya kee notions, and had been unvaryi? in his devotion to the cause ever sine except at intervals when (jener Grant had ordered sutlers to t he rea Since the cessation of armed hostiiit he had been down South to see wh could be done in the way of bnyii Southern lands. He had found tl people of South C rolina so reb< lions at heart as to refuse to sell th? plantations for twenty cents an ac in Federal currency. He convine? us that an armed force ought to kept in Charleston for many years come, and that he ought to be a pointed sutler, as he had had inn experience in the business. He foin in this hot-bed of secession and- ci die of rebellion a decided prefeaen for gray over blue, which extend itself even to the ladies' petkLcoa many of which your Committee cai fully examined. It is proper to ste that the articles thus scrutinized wt hanging on a hue to dry, and had Ladies in them. ' .*'Yonr Committee next visited ? vannah, where they found disloyal manifesting itself unmistakably all sides. We mot an agent of t I Freedmen's Bureau, who gave it as j his opinion that the war was only half over, and that unless the powers of the Bureau were eulanged so as to give hun control of all tue cotton ex? ported iront Savannah, the glorious emblem of our national liberty would not float unmolested very long. He had not been invited to a single tea: party, though he had lived in Savan? nah for a year, while returned Con? federates were cordially greeted by brothers, sisters, mothers and sweet? hearts. He himself had been on in? timate terms with a young lady who. represented many thousand bales ol' cotton, but of late a one-urmed rebel had come home, and he of the F. B. had been discarded in favor of him who had raised his parricidal hand against the old flag. Her's was pre? ferment for services rendered to the rebel cause, aud there are many such cas's which your Committee regret to hud General Grant has omitted en? tirely. " ?'our Committee do not deem it necessary to go into further particu? lars to show that the spirit which imi? tated the rebellion still exists in the ?South, and that the time has not yet come for the readmission of the Southern States to the Union." "THADDEUS & Co." MACK. There are now 235 students at the University of Virginia. Fire and Marine XHS???K?3E ? BEING appointed agent for several FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPA? NIES, I am prepared to insure to any amount against fire. Amongst tho offices for which I am a^cnt arc the well-known Metropolitan, of New York; Continental, of New \ork; and National, of New Orleans. These offices alone have a capital of over $2,000,000. Policies made pavablo in either gold or currencv. JAMES G. GIBBES, Agent. Dcc_29_ H. E. NICHOLS, GENERAL MSUBANCE AGENT, Corner of Assembly and Washington Sts.. REPRESENTS a number of the best- ' both Northern and Southern-compa? nies, possessing an aggregate capita) o' over $23,000,000. LIFE. FIRE, MARINE, INLAN4) AND ACCIDEN? TAL RISKS taken on equi? table terms, and all losses promptly paid. JS?aT* Policies matta payable in C-old or Currency. "S?ft THE Underwriters' Agency .T NEW YORK, CASH ASSETS, Three Million Dollars !uuc Policies of FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE Made payable in Gold or Currency. Negotiable and Bankable CERTIFICATES or INSURANCE Are ?trued bv thia Association. H. E. NICHOLS, Agent, Corner Assembly and Washington Sts., Dee 5 Imo Columbia, S, C. Copartnership Notice. THE undersigned have formed a copart? nership for tho purpose of conducting a general HARDWARE BUSINESS in this city, under tho name and style of DIAL ?V. POPE, and hope to merit and receive a full share of public patronage. JNO. C. DIAL, _JanJ0_3_ _P. M. POPE^ Dissolution. 11HE copartnership heretofore existing . under the name of TH08. FLAN IG AN A CO., is this dav dissolved by its own limitation. All indebted will please make immediate payment, and all parties having claims will present them for payment. THOMAS FLAN IG AN, Jan 10 3*^ _ RICHARD FLAN I GAN. South Carolina University. THE Students of this Institution are hereby respectfully informed, that thoy can obtain their TEXT BOOKS, and any? thing else that they may need in the way of BOOKS and STATIONERY, on appli? cation to TOWNSEND A NORTH, Booksellers, in-rear of Bedell's. Jan 10 3?_ Wool! Wool! WANTED 500 lbs. WOOL, for which a fair price will bo'paid, by Jan 9 A. It. PHILLIPS, Davis' Alle>\_ ?TOHUNT -*9L. "FC AY, CITY SURVEYOR. OFFICE at residence, in rear sf the Ifresbvterian Church, Columbia, S. C. Sepf 20 t ?f?hum OFF AT Reduced Prices TO MAKE ROOM FOR $mNC& SUMME* STOCK. WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, CLOTHING GROCERIES, OFFER THEIR Large & Well-selected Stock AT ?aSDICFCE? PH?CE8 ! CONSISTING or: A GOOD assortment of PRINTS, of all J\_ colors ami qualities. DELAINES, POPLINS. French and English MERINO. Black and Colored ALPACA. DEBEGE, LINDSEYS. Opera, White and Red All-wool and Cot? ton FLANNEL. GINGHAM. JACONET, SWISS MUSLIN. JEANS. CAMBRICS, PAPER CAMBRICS. Bleached and Unbleached HOMESPUN. Linen and Cotton SHEETING. PILLOW-CASING, TICKING. SHAWLS, LADIES' CLOAKS. HATS and BONNETS, tr'med and unt'd. BONNET FRAMES. RIBBONS. FLOWERS, FEATHERS. RUCHES. BUGLE and other Fancy Dress and Dloak Trimmings. Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery. ('nil's. Collars, Hair Nets. Breakfast shawls, Sontags. Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, Corsets. Veils, Coate's and Clark's Spool Cotton. ALSO, A FULL LINE OF JEM'S F?RXISI11N6 GOODS ! CONSISTING OF: Over, Business and Black Frock COATS. PANTS and VESTS of all qualities. White Linen and Woolen OVER-SHIRTS. Shaker. Merino, Woolen and Cotton JNDER-SHIRTS and DRAWERS. Socks, Suspenders, Collars, Wristbands. Neck-Ties, Pocket Handkerchiefs. Hats and Caps. Fine Pegged and Sowed Boots, Gaiters ind Shoes. Together with a large and well-selected dock of Plain and Fancy Groceries, FLOUR, BACON, CHEESE, BUTTER. LARD, TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR. Whole ami Ground Spices, Candles. Fancy and Common Soaps. Soda, Indigo, Copperas, Blue Stone. Madder and Logwood. Plain and Fancy Crackers. Herrings and Mackerel, by tho barrel, lalf barrel and kit. Sweet Oil, Yeast Powders. Carbonate of Soda, Concentrated Lye. Fancy and Plain Candies. Sugar and Fancy Toys, Sardines. Kerosene Oil. Cotton and Wool Cards. Pocket and Table Cutlery, Scissors. Tobacc . and Segars. Together with a largo assortment of ;oods usually kept, and too numerous to nention. ALSO, ON HAND, A large btork of WATCHES, CLOCKS, ?PECTACLES, Ac. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. Old GOLD and SILVER bought. New and second-hand WATCHES bought. AGENTS FOR KALB'S PATENT LIMBS, HARTMAN'S PATENT ELASTIC :RUTCH. And FAIRBANK'S SCALER. Assembly Street, BETWEEN PLAIN * WASHINGTON, COt-UMBIA, S.C. Jan 4 Dr. J. J. McCants OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Columbia anil vicinity. Office at residence on Richland street, next door to Mrs. McFio's. Jan 9 4* Cokesbury Conference Institute. I^HE exercises of this well known insti , tntion will bc resumed on tho FIRST MONDAY in February. Young men pre? pared for any class in college Boarding in private families at reasonable rates. REV. SAMUEL B. JONES. Rector. AV. W. SMITH, Classical Teacher. Jan 2 H3_ MRS. G. T. MASON PROPOSES to open, thc sc: oud MON? DAY in January, at her residence on Sumter street, above Richland street, a DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES. All the English Branches, together with French and Music on the Piano, taught. Particu? lar attention given to Mathematics. From her experience as a teacher, Mrs. Mason . earnestly desires to merit the confidence of parents and guardians. For terms, apply as above. _Dec 31 12 * Columbia Male Academy. H. S. THOMPSON, Instructor in Mathe? matics, French and English Branches. RICHARD FORD, Instructor in tho Latin and Greek Classics. ^??w THE exercises of this Acadc /fi^?k my will be resumed on tile 8th . fiLJpla^of January next. Pupils will "^??5^7* bc prepared for admission into 11,1-v university or i-ollege. The C^S?^ course of study will include a new and improved system of Book-keep? ing, and special advantages will bo afforded such students as may desire to lit them? selves for mercantile life. The scholastic year will be divided into three terms of four months each. Tuition at the rate of seventy-live (?7">; dollars per year for the Classics pud French, and sixty ($U0) dollars for the English Brancnes, payable at tho beginning of each tenn. Pupils who enter for less than a whole term, will bo charged at the above rates. Deo 20 Imo* TUBMAN UNIVERSITY, Greenville, S. C. rriHE EXERCISES of this institution I JL will be resumed on th? 15th of Feb? ruary next. I For Circular giving further information, application may be made to PBOF. JNO. F. LANNEAU, Oct 28 (>7 Secretary of Faculty. CRAWFORD k MILLER FACTORS, SHIPPERS AND COMMON MERCHANTS, OFFICE'IN VOTtXfS TOWN, COLUMBIA, S. C. WILL store or attend to the forwarding of COTTON, .PRODUCE, FURNI? TURE and (iOODS entrusted to their care. Will also soil HOUSES, MULES, CAT? TLE, Ac. We pledge ourselves to use every endea? vor to promote the welfare of those who m av favor us with their patronage. J. M. CRAWFORD. L. P. MILLER. Sf?- Charleston News, Newberry Herald, Winnsboro News, Chester Standard, Abbe? ville Banner, Anderson Intelligencer and GreenviUo Mountaineer will publish two weeks, and forward hills. Dee 30 Land Agent. \\T A. HARRIS, Agent to Purchase or V? . sell Real Estate. Prompt attention given to any business entrusted to his care. Office, for the present, at his resi? dence, corner Gervais and Bull streets. Columbia, S. Dec. 3 Plantations to Ju,. ON the 1st MONDAYhi February, at Co? lumbia, by order of the F.xecutoi <>( the late James O'Hanlon, will be disposed of to the highest approved bidder, th? LAND belonging to said estate, for the vear 18(>(>, and known as the Singlet:'ii and Log Castle Tracts. Thoy are superior cot? ton and grain lands. <>o or 70 hands ct?n be advantageously employed on tho Sin? gleton place, and about 25 or 30 at Log Castle. W. A. HARRIS, Agent. D?c 21 Law Books for Sale. BY permission of JOHN A. BROWN, Ordinary of York District, I will expose to public sale, at tho late residence ol Edward Mooro, deceased, in Yorkvillo, on tho first Mondav m February next, a large, choice collection of UAW BOOKSY and Other articles unnecessary to mention. Terms made known on dav of salo. ALFRED MOORE, Executor. Jan 9 2w Wanted. S)f\(\ HANDS WANTED tc work on ?V/U the Coln bia and Hamburg Rail? road, near Columbia. Apply to Jan 9_JAS. G. GIBBES^ John W. Steele, Xortk-east Corner of King and George sis., CHARLESTON, S. C. THE attention of buyers is called tc the completo assortment of GENTLE? MEN'S' FURNISHING & FANCY GOODS now oiTered. Shirts, Underwear, Gloves, Hosier}', Toilette Articles, Ac. Fancy Good? of every variety. Trunks, Valises, Travel? ing Bags, Ac. Thc public are respectfully invited to call and examine. Jan ll lm Carpets! Carpel?! TO close out our stock in CARPETS, we will sell all-wool Carpets from 75 to Ot cents a yard. All in need better conic early and get a great bargain. ABELES, MYERS A CO., Jan 8 G_Opposite old City Hotsl. JUST RECEIVED, BY ABELES. ?VERS & CO., CAA YARDS BUGLE TRIMMINGS. C/V/vf all styles. 50 dozen setts oi Bugle Ornaments, suitable for cloaks and lire?? trimmings, which we will sell at a very low price. ABELES, MYERS A CO., Jan 9 6 Opposite old Citv Hotel. ( J ' m nw H i mm muumuu IIUUM F AND HACK LINE TO HAVINO taken charge <>f the above HOTEL, and having thoroughly re? fitted and refurnished it, I pledge myself, after many years' experience in this busi? ness, to furnish my guests with clean, com? fortable rooms, and a table supplied at all times with tho very best thc markets afford. I am determined to spare no pains to please mv patrons. My HACKS from Abbeville to Washing? ton, Ga., will make daily connection with this House, affording to persons going West and East a snfo, comfortable and ex? peditious means of conveyance. Persons desiring to go from Abbeville to anv point of the country not accessible bv public conveyance, can lind at mv LIVERY STABLES, for hire, Carriages, Buggies and Saddle Horses. P. S. RUTLEDGE. Abbeville C. H., December 12, 18C5. Dec 21 Imo FROM Columbia to Charleston. THE NEW and FIRST-CLASS LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER GEORGE is now prepared to make engagements to take Freight from Granby Landing to Charles? ton. All goods forwarded by this lino will be insured, if desired. Also, forwarded to New York, and advances made upon tho same, if required., Dec 14 Imo A. L. SOLOMON, Agent. JO" The Abbeville Banner, Newberry Herald, Anderson Intelligences and Chester Standard will publish the above for two weeks, and sena bills to this office. Just ?eceived from .New York AND FOR SALE AT L. C. CLARKE'S, WASHINGTON STREET, ALARGE and fashionable assortment of ORNAMENTS a ndTEIMMl NG?* fol; Ladies' Dresses njul ?J^fcM^ttMto?tiilMIH Bugles, Buttertin H, D^^?s^-j?'fi?cy Coras ana Buttons, of every description and size; Breakfast Shawls, Central Park Hoods, In? fant's Socks, Ladies' Fancy Neck-Ties, Ladies' Fancy Neck-Tics, with fringe, Jareas Elevators, Belt Buckles and Clasps, Silk and Leather Belts, Belting Ribbons of all colors and widths, Velvet Ribbon of all widtbs. Ladies' Scarfs, Collars and Cuffs, Traveling Bags, Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Ladies' L. C. Handker? chiefs, Gent's L. C. Handkerchiefs, Gent's Silk Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Gloves and Gauntlets, Gent's Buck Gloves. Skirt Braid of all Qolors, Coat Bindings, Balmoral Skirts, a large assortment of Hoop Skirts, Ladies', Gent's, Youth's and Misses' Under Vests, Ladies' Flannel Skirts, Ladies' large Double Shawls; a fine assortment of Perfumeries, Brown Windsor Soap, Tooth Soap, Toilet Powder, Boxes and lmffs, Hair Blushes and Combs, Nail Brushes; a tino assortment of Dress Goods, at greatly reduced prices-DoLaines, Black and Col'd Alpacas, Merinoes, Calicoes, Ac; Klack Cloth and Cassimeres, Fancy Cassimeres, Blankets, Umbrellas, Blue Shirtings, Pa? per Cambric, Linen, Black and Colored Dress Silks. Marcelino Silk, Ac. Dec G MESSRS. EMTORS: Major THEODORE STARK is respectfully nominated aaa can? didate for thc office of MAYOR or the city of Columbia-to be tilled at tho castling election in April nest-bv his Dec 28 _ MANY FRIENDS. v Tho friends of Dr. A. N. TALLEY nomi? nate him as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing election in April ntxt. Nov 2 * Dispensary. DR. R. W. GIBBES ?fters his MEDICAL and SUhGlCAL services to- the public, at his residence opposite the old Baptist ?'burch. In consequeiM'1' o'{liability to asthma, he cannot attend g?nerai vpraotice, which requires exposure at i^|l?it and in bad weather. Terms cash. OFFICE HOURS- -8 a. and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Stolen, FROM my stable, on the night of the otb instant, a medium-sized black HORSE, with a white ?pot in forehead and hind legs ?ore. I will pay $25 for infor? mation respeeting tho horse, or ?50 for detection of the thief. CHAS. BRILL, Jan 10 3* Assembly street. For Mayor. JAS. G. GIBBES is respectfully nomi? nated for next Mayor. Jan ll_MANY FRIENDS. NOTICE. ALL persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs. H. C. ELMORE, will present them properly attested, and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to F. H. ELMORE, A. R. ELMORE, Da? 6 ?ow* Adminiatratora. Special Notice. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, January 5,1866, BYr order of the City Council, "delinquent TAX-PAYEliS will be allowed till the loth inst, to make returns and pay their dues for the past year of 18G;>. After that date, all auch claims held by the city will be put in the hands of the Sheriff for col? lection. F. H. ELMORE, City Clerk. Jan 6