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"COLUMBIA. Priday Morning, August 16,1867. Freedom of" tUo Preas. When General' Popo assumed com? mand of the "Third Military Dis? trict,'* one of bis earliest orders, Arising from the suppression of a paper in Mobile by a subordinate officer, was that th? liberty of tho press was not to bo interfered with. It was, therefore, with soma surprise wo road the order, pnblishod yester? day morning, emanating from the same General's headquarters. Al? though the order does not in exact terms suppress journals which aro opposed to the reconstruction Acts of Congress; yet in ordering advertising patronage to be withheld from them, it seeks to accomplish the same ond, and that is tire free expression of po? litical opinion by the press of the . Third District. /Afthongh we differ from a large .number of the Georgia papers in their.opposition to convention and - congressional reconstruction, yet we flo not think that any interference with tbo press will contribute to the ends sought .to be attained by the Acts of Congsess, or by those ap? pointed to execute them in the South? ern Stator.. "We can (barely) undor < stand why an official in one of the > thus designated Provisional Govern? ments of the South should not use ? their position and influence to sway apolitical opinion; but while they ^refrain from this, we cannot see the utility or justice of prohibiting them ifrom giving, as they have heretofore -done, their patronage, in the way of advertising, &c to the journals ?which may have been seleoted for that purpose, irrespective of theil .opinions on the reconstruction Acte of Congress. These very enactment* themselves give the people the privi lego and right to adopt or reject thei ?ft the ballot-box, and this being th? final and decisive expression of cpi nion, it surely carries with it th? .minor one of saying or advising as t< what course should be pursued prioi to tho exorcisa of that right. But .as Father Ritchie was wont to say 01 -winding up his leading editorials no i ts verrons. --?*. ?! Voluntary DUirmnchlsemcnt. Our renders must recollect tba tho duty of registration is incum bent on every oitizon, not morel to enable him to oct upon the prt scut political ?&3U3S, but upon <>ver othur issue which JU By II Vim;, w .J lil th present po Iii i cal pressnro is r< moved. A friend said carelessly, th other day, that he would be disfrui chiscd, and knowing that he was en braced in none of the prohibite elapses, wo asked him what he mean Ho roplied, he would voluntarily di franchiso himself. Such a position is utterly wron and indefensible, for however sore! wo may feel, however great our di appointment, however unjust wo mt consider this or that act of legislatioi we hold that no mau has a right \ .disfranchise himself. Ho owes som Ailing more than his fancied all -gianco to dead issues or to politic prejudices-be owes a duty to h .country and to his posterity, as i American citizen and ns one who d sires to transmit to those comb after him the blessings of a free G vernment. Tho man, at tho prose juncture of our political affairs, w] has tho right to preserve his citizc shii> before tho ballot-box, and t ?clines to do so, from any motivo whi ever, commits a gravo offence ngaii the weal of the State. His own d frauobisemont, pei' se, is of sm importance; but it may bo of gr? detriment to the true interests that State, for the rights of which her honor and fair fame-ho has ] rilled lifo on many battle-fieh South Carolinians, ignore pc'iti prejudices! The past, with its ini merablo hallowed associations, 1 .fled forever, and your State, now < toting upon a new and untried pt tical existence, demands your s .vices, to right her upon tho troub .waves upon which she is now tempe tossed. If she cannot reach a harl of safety; if, contrary to plighted ] litical faith and oft-repeated ass anees, sbo is still left tc drift at morey of the storm, let no Carolini by inaotiou, now or hereafter, compelled to tako home tho renioi ful reproach, that ho did not misc ann to ssve ber. assaiiiiBH!_J-U-J-?....., '*"1 " ". , iv. TO O VII WKADTCRS. After a brief interval, the Phoenix ibis morning returns to its fronted proportions, and on doing so, we desir? to say a iew ? won's to its readers and advertisers. Tbo pro? prietor, in the absence of any other ?, weirs journal in tho city daring the unusually dull business months of this year, bas labored arduously to furnish, to the people of Columbia and of the upper Districts a MEDIUM OF iNTKLLiaKNCE, and at*a heavy out? lay-having to bear the whole expense of telegraphic despatches, whioh it is the rule to divide among the journals published in a city-and has given them tho latest news from twelve to twenty-four hours in advance of any other paper. As before remarked, this was done at an expense which the receipts of the paper, during an unprecedented season of business de? pression and of scarcity of money, could not be expected to remunerate, as the old rates to subscribers and advertisers were strictly adhered to. As the season for tho revival of bu? siness, and harvesting the crops, is approaching, tho proprietor of the Phoenix feels justified in placing the claims of the paper prominently be? fore tho people amoug whom it circu? lates, and to ask thom for a generous support, in tho way of subscription and advertising, as well as job work. The office is fitted up in complete order, with abundant material, and besides skilled and competent em? ployees in all departments, is under the personal supervision of the pro? prietor; we feel, therefore, that we can put fortb our claims with confi? dence. Having said this much for the past and pr?sent of the Phoenix, we may be permitted to say that no effort will be relaxed to make it an ACCEPTABLE NEWSPAPER and a READABLE JOURNAL. It may be, that with u return to some? thing like our former business pros? perity, wo shall still further enlarge our dimensions, as the wants of our readers and the community may re? quire. Haviug put our hands to the plough, we do not intend to look back-the simple moaning of which is, that wo intend to publish at tb? capital of South Carolina a journal that will represent and advocate tc the extent of its ability the best inte rests of the State, and afford to tb? people of the rai Idle and upper Dis trictS a RELIADLE AND PERMANENT NEWSPAPER. Virginia. Tho list ol registered voters, thu: far, ia tho noble old Common wealtl of Virginia, shows that she is yet i white man's State. The Richmon( Enquirer hns carefully compiled a lis of the registered votera in forty-fivi Counties, which give an aggregate o nearly 34,000 voters, and, in thes Counties, the white majority is near! 19,000. It is also to be noted thu this list embraces tho leading popu lous cities of the State-Richmond Petersburg, Norfolk, Alexandria, ?fcc. all of which gav?; large negro majori i ?es. Of tho forty-five Counties, thirty one gave white majorities, and th Richmoud Enquirer believes that th full returns from tue entire State wi exhibit something like a similar prc portion of the two races. This i gratifying intelligence, for althong some of the whites registered may b of the Hnunicutt stripe, yet it : 1 pretty certain that tho conservative of tho State will have tho coutro and thus remove the apprehensio that the political intriguers and mi . chief-makers would carry the Ol . Dominion ;.\to the fold of the polit I cal agitators, who have been ince ; sautly at work among her peopl . Should the hopes entertained of tl ? political complexion of tho remaii ? ing Counties bo realized, the resu will bo hailed as a favorable on? I throughout the South. Nil deep ? randum. ? PUBLIC LAND TO RAILROADS.-It said that the report of the Qenei Land Office, next winter, will she j the number of grants to railroads all the States. Tho statement w [ also show the number of railroad and their length-those that are ru ning and those in course of constT tion. This report will be interestin especially ns to tho land appropri?t ^ to railroads. Tho contrast botwe the amount given to Southern ai that given to Northern railroads w bo very gr??t. Tribut? at Respect to ?li? Memory of r'W|?w Hon. Ktlvremi <*. Palmer.' COLUMBIA, 8. C., Augur* 14, 1887. At a meeting of the Board of Di? rectors of the Charlotte and SouJh Carolina Railroad Company, held this'day, Col. Wm. R. Robertson, of Fairfield, offered the following pre? amble and resolutions, which were adopted unanimously: At the last meeting of ibis Board, but one month ago, there sat in its councils a Director from the District of Fairfield, in the enjoyment of full and vigorous health. That Direotor is no longer numbered, among the members of this Board-death has assigned to him another scene of life-a different stage of action. On the 27th day of July last, and within one week of his being sixty seven years old, ut his home, in tho bosom of his own family, and sur? rounded by sympathizing friends, Hon. Edward Goudron Palmer breathed out his life-paid the last debt of nature. This interposition of Providence, to whose decrees we should submit with Christian resignation, has sum? moned from amongst us one of our most useful, energetic and valuable Directors, and bereft society and the commuuity generally of a citizen greatly admired for his numerous virtues and universally esteemed for his many estimable qualities. The deceased was a native of St. Stephen's Parish, Charleston Dis? trict; born of most worthy and re? spectable parents, on the 3d of Au? gust, 1800. In December, 1819, ho graduated at the South Carolina College, in the class with the late Franklin H. El? more and other eminent and distin? guished public men; and in Decem? ber, 1821, was admitted to tho prac? tice of law in the courts of this State. Being, however, possessed of a handsome and independent fortune, and having more taste for agricul? tural pursuits than the practice of a dry and tedious profession, he, SOOD after his admission to tho bar, aban? doned the legal profession and turned his attention to plauting, in which pursuit he waa skilled and energetic, and would have left a large estate to his bereaved family, had not the ca? sualties of the recent war and its results deprived him of the greater portion of i*. As a citizen, he was ever prompt to discharge any public duty; aa a neigh? bor, bo was kind and obliging; os n friend, warm, candid and sincere, and as a father, husband and brother, affectionate in the highest degree. As an evincing evidence of tho excellence of such qualities, and of the manner in which they were ap Ereciated, ho was repeatedly selected y tho citizens of his District to serve thom in various public capacities, and was for many years their repre? sentative in one'or other branch of tho State Legislature. And when that Company, of which this Beard ia new thc exponent, was first organized, in tho town of Char? lotte, ?. C., in August, 1847; and when it was all-important that a man of energy, zeal and ability-ono in whom tho public had entire confi? dence-should bo placed at the helm, to pilot her successfully through to her moorings, tho deceased was, with entire unanimity, fixed upon for tho position; and from that timo until February, 1850, a period of niuo years, he, as President of the Company, managed its affairs most faithfully, energetically and successfully. In February, 1856, when the Road was in full and successful operation, and when its affairs were in a pros? perous condition, feeling that he needed and required rest from the toils and labors through which ho had passed in the service of the Company, ho voluntarily retired from its pre? sidency, and sought repose and qui? etude in the privacy of his own per? sonal affairs. Thus ho remained disconnected from any management of this Company until February, 18G0, when he was again solicited and urged to take a seat at this Board, and contribute his aid and experience to n service in which ho had, for so many years, boon usefully and suc? cessfully identified. Characteristic of his public spiritedness, he accepted a directorship, and scrupulously dis? charged its duties up to the day ol his death. Thus, whilst occupying a seat at this Board, where his counsels wer? always sought and respected, has death claimed him as its victim, and created a void extremely difficult tc be filled. Be it, therefore, Resolved, That this Board hat learned with deep and abiding sorrow the death of Hon. Edward G. Palmer, late a member thereof, from the Dis< trict of Fairfield. , Resolved, That the loss which thc Company has sustained by the death 1 of ono who was so long identified with her interest, and who contri . buted so effectually to the manage i ment of its affairs, is of no ordinary character, and one which will bc found very difficult to replace. Resolved, That the deep and in . tense sympathy which each membei of this Board feels for the bereaved , family of their late friend and brothel Director, induces them to offer to hil 1 family their personal condolence foi . the great afliiction which they have [ been called upon to bear. Resolved, That os a further testi I mony of respect and esteem for th? memory of oar deceased friend and brother Director, these proceedings be inscribed at length ou the minutes of this Board; that a copy thereof be forwarded to bis bereaved family, and that copies of the same be furnished tho Columbia Phoenix, Winnsboro Chester Standard and Charlotte Democrat, with the request that each of these journals give them an inser? tion in their columns. (Signed)' C. H. MANSON, Sioretary aud Treasurer. A Disgraceful Outrace In Florida The press of the oonntry will soon find euough to ohronicle in the way of lawless and proscriptive violonce, without going to Tennessee, if tho infamous outrage perpetrated upon our citizens, on the border of this County, ou last Friday, shull remain unpunished. On that day, a quiet country school-bouse, near the head of the Miccosnkie, and in Leon County, filled with meu aud women from the neighborhood, who had gone thither i to witness the examination ot the cbildreu nt the close of the school, was suddenly surrounded by an unncd mob of negroes, ?ind guards .stat inned around, with orders to shoot any ouo who should attempt to pass the Hues, while others rushed into the house itself, demanding tho sur? render of a negro named Ryal. The sudden ha upt ion of this armed aud yelling mob upon a scene HO quiet, created a panic among the wo? men and children, who, ignorant of the precise danger without, rushed frantically from the building through doors and windows, while the white men, unarmed and surprised, could only vainly try to ascertain tho cause of this indignity, aud to persuade the maddened throng to cease from fur? ther violence. Fortunately the men who had been stationed, with orders to fire upon all who should attempt to escape, moved either by pity or some ruy of common sense, disre? garded tho order, and women and children were soon hurrying ?way from tho unknown danger. lu tho meautime, these sable war? riors, having put to flight tho peaceful occupants of the house, discovered Ryal, a colored mau, tho object ol their search, seated on a table outside of tho house, and although be wa? known to be a helpless cripple, un? able to walk a step, a few of the mort resolute advanced upon bim, witli 1 heir arms at a charge, and causee him to surrender. It may be a matter of some inte? rest to know what crime against th? laws of the country, this poor cripph bad committed, which could in any ? way palliate so flagrant a breach o I the peace. It was this: Ryal, foi somo time past, we understand, hai been traveling through difieren neighborhoods, endeavoring to col lect funds for the building of i school-house for the children o freedmen, and? while thus engaged he bas, both in public aud private urged his fellow-freedmen not ti trust the protestations of Northen emissaries, but to vote and act wit! the Southern people. This arch conspirator having bec captured, a council of war was lude and it was determined to bring bil before Capt. Gruuwell, of the Bi reau in Monticello, and accordingly having placed Ryal upon a horst they took up their line of march t this place; camped out about a ml from town, and tho next mornin? having left their arms, we beliove, i the cituip, with a rabble rout, thc presented themselves with their pi soner before this functionary. The Captain, after bearing tl caso, startled theso sable patriot J with the announcement, that tb i was a free country, and Ryal bad tl right of freo speech, however beter dox his political opinions might b and advised bis captors to depart once to their several fields of indu try.--.Vonticello (Fla.) Gazette. The effect of the laws against cv tiug, and iu favor of planting, tre in France, has been such that, of hi years, instead of a steady decrease 1 the extent of woodland in the ei pire, there has beeu a constant gai In 1850, tho wooded surface of Fran was 8,783,343 hectares, or less th - 22,500,000 acres, the whole numl of acres of land in France being . least 125,000,000. In 18(35, the nu ber of hectares in wood had incroas to over 9,000,000, or nearly 1.000.C 1 acres moro than fifteen years befo i Another Fenian leader, "Genen > Fariola, is said to have turned former. Fenianism is brimfull i absurdity, but it is too sad to ' laughed at. The honorable patti . ism of its objects, the prepostere ? inadequacy of its means, and 1 baseness of so many of its trusl > agents, make a mournful contre i But the story is an old one. I '. land has been for generations fig ? ing against artillery with pop-gi . and nourishing traitors for her o r betrayal. ? NEGRO SCHOOL.-It will be . membered that a subscription \ . made up by the white citizens of t [ town some time ago, for tho p . pose of purchasing a lot upon wh ? to erect a freedman's scbool-bon : We aro pleased to announce that j money subscribed bas been collect the lot pnrohased, and tho title mi . out to tho trustees of tho school > bo established.-Yorkville Enquh Xiooal XtOTiOL**. HIRD TO BEAT.-The Palmotto fire engine bas been thoroughly over? hauled, abd ft night or two ago tho members took her ous fer a trial. With the brakes not quite fall of mou, water was thrown 190^<i feet, on a dead level. Pretty good, that. Their handsome engine house is tenable, although not entirely fin? ished, and the company is now in condition to battle successfully with the flames. BKLIOIO?S SEBYIOES.-In accord? ance with the recommendation of the Bishops of the Southern Methodist Church, to-day will be observed as a day of fasting throughout tho bounds of the Church, South. Services may be expected cit the Marion Street Church, at ll o'clock a. m. The same Episcopal recommendation sug? gested that meetings for prayer should bo hold throughout the week, commencing last Sabbath, and in compliance with this request, a pro? tracted mooting has boon held at the Washington Street Church during the week. HEAVY RAXKS.-We havo had a very heavy fall nf rain, which we fear, from appearances, has been general. It commenced raining on Wednesday morning, about 9 o'clock, and cont, uued without interruption until yes? terday, between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock. A vast quantity of rain must have fallen, and the water? courses will doubtless be very much swollon in consequence. We lea' ^ that tho trestle work ovei Crane Cre JK, on the Greenville Rail' road, was so much damaged that th< up train, yesterday morning, had tx return, being nnable to cross. We fear we will have disastroai news from the corn crops in the bot tom lauds adjoining the wate courses. UNIVERSITY M?DICAL COLLEGE O NEW YORK.-We have roceived fron Janitor Stoddard a copy of thc eats logue of the Medical Department o the University of New York. Ther aro over forty professors and officer connected with the institution, whicl is believed to be tho largest sargicc hospital in America. There wer treated in it last year nearly 3,00 oases, more than half of which wei ' surgical. Owing to being located i the midst of a dense population, th College Clinics are carried forward o a sc?tO elsewhere unattained. Th number of graduates of the Medici Department is nearly 2,700, and tl number of students has been moi than 8,000. The session for 1867-'( will begin on Monday, October 1< 1807, and continue until the 1st < March. FIRST DAY'S REGISTRATION.-Tl process? of registration commend yesterday in this city. Everythh passed off quietly. We learn fro Mr. Calnan that tho whole number voters registered was 107-whites 4 colored GO. For the information of our veadei wo have also been apprized, by tl Chairman of the Board, that ueith militia nor any other State office are disfranchised, unless they aftc wards engaged in or aided and ab( tod tho rebellion. With reference this matter, the Charleston pape say: "The question was raised at eai of the precincts, yesterday, wheth notaaies public and militia office were entitled to register, and t matter haviug been referred to t Commanding General, he decid affirmatively, and so instructed t several Bc mis of Registration. "It will be well for those of c naturalized citizens who prese themselves for registration to reme ber that, according to instructic from headquarters, tho exhibition their naturalization papers to t Board will be required." We call the attention of the m chants of this oity to the advert? ment of Udolpho Wolfe, of N York, in this day's paper. Mr. Wo hos boen engaged in his present 1 siness for the lost thirty-eight yea and is now considered the "great | man of the world." He was born Richmond, Ya., and during tho wh war, it is stated, rendered very qffe nal servico to our Southern friei confined in Northern, prisons-3 alono in moro words of encoura ment or sympathy, but with t: generosity used his abundant me to relieve the sufferings of man; poor fellow. JOB PBOrriNa.- The Job Office of the Phoenix is as complete as any in the South. It is furnished with new fonts pf type of all descriptions and of the most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste and^ skill, sud at reasonable rates. NEW AD VXAT?HKA) v. N T s.-Ai fe ut m: i I? call oil to the following ;AIlvertisemeutb, winer, j ara published this morning for lb? first time: Udolpho Wolfe -Schiedam~Schnapps. J. 8. McMahon-Residence to lient. 1 Columbia Base Ball Club-Meeting. Fisher Sc Heiuitsh-Preserving Fluid. W. B. Johnston-Magistrate, Av.. -:~*f,-. ., A fino lot of Diairable Goods havo just beon oponed by Mr. B. G. Shiver, who still adheres to his popular principle of good articles for little mouey. Bead his adver? tisement, and then examine the goods. THE COTTON CBOP.-The cotton ^ crop of last year is reported to have ' footed up 1,810,000 bales. It was predicted that it would be 2,500,000 bales. The crop of the present year is again set down at the last amount by many cotton speculators. But we see no reason to suppose that it will exceed last year's crop, or that it will be little more than a third of a crop. I Whatever greater disadvantages there may have existed because of the then brief period for recovery -from the war, compared with the present year, we may rest assured that they will be fully equalled by the disturbing pro? cess of reconstruction and the party agitations through the invasions of radical agitators, who have permeated every hole aud corner of the South. Neither cotton nor any other product of industry eau, if ever again, be looked for in abundance proportioned , to the laboring population, until peace and a proper social order are restored. Neither white nor black, nor the collective Southern commu? nities, can hope for prosperity until the time whon wo may behold these things.-Richmond Dispatch. -4^-?.- f Why do "birds in their little nests agree?" Because they'd fail ont if they didn't. DEW OF THE ALPS. For salo wholesale by all the grocers in New Orleans, Charleston, Mobile, Savan? nah and Now York. DEW OF THE ALPS Received the first premium at the Paris Exposition. DEW OF THE ALPS. The manufacturers of the above cordial not only roceived tho first premium at the Paris Exposition, bnt were decorated by the Emperor. DEW OF THE ALPS. For sale by all the druggists, grocers and fruit stores in tho United States. . BRANDY, BUM AND W1NE8. 5,000 cases old Cognac Brandy, imported especially for privato uso. 300 cases old Jamaica and St. Croix Rum, bottled before the war. 10,000 cases Madeira, Sherry and Port some very old and superior-various brands: all warranted pure. For salo by ?DOLPHO WOLFE, Aug 16 Smo 22 Beaver st., Now York. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. PARTIES who expect mo to GIN their COTTON will please notify mo at onco, and state the probable time and amount to bo Ginned. W. B. LOWRANCE. August ll _j_ Tomatoes, Peaches, Okra, Corn. PRESERVE them for winter use by using the PRESERVING FLUID just arrived aud for eulo by FISHER Si HEINITSH, . Aug 1G_Druggists. Columbia Base Ball Club. THE members of this Club will attend an extra meeting, THIS (Fridav) EVENING, at 3 o'clock, at Palmetto Engine Houso. Punctual attendance requested. By order of tho President. Aug IC 1 C. A. CARRINGTON, Sec'y W. B. JOHNSTON, Magistrate and Notary Public. WILL attend promptly to all office bu? siness. May bo found at the Phoenix I Oft'u-e during business hours. Aug 16 ~F?E EBNT, \ THE large and commodious RESI? DENCE, on Senate Btroet, South of Trinity (Episcopal) Church, containing 13 largo rooms, with gas, and extensive out? buildings attached. It ia admirably adapt? ed for a first-class boarding house, and, from its situation, is well suited for a boarding school. Apply to Aug 16 Imo_J. 8. MoMAHON. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps are good for Dyspepsia._ TWO WIDOW LADIES, < WITH soveral daughters, can obtain! good SITUATIONS, and steady em- ' ploymont, bv applying Immediately to CHILDS, JOHNSON Sc PALMER. In this pity, or at Saluda Factory._Aug 15 Cigars and Tobacco. THE undersigned bas lust received, and keeps constantly on hand, a large and varied stock of CIGARS. Also, a large supply of SMOKING and CHEWING TO? BACCO, ot all brands. Fi A. SCHNEIDER, Aug 15 Plain street. Wolfe's St h Irrtum Schnapps aro good] for Gout. Twine, Eope, Iron Ties, Bagging. OrV/"i LBS. TWINE, 50 coils ROPE. ^UU 100 bundles patent IRON TIES. 20 bales superior BAGGING, just rel ceived. Plantera wdl find it -rroatly bf their advantage to givo us a call befo:<| purchasing elsewhere. Aug 11 J. Sc T. R. AGNEW. TH0S. E. GREGG ?V CO., BROKERS. STOCKS, Bonds, Gold and Exchang bought and sold. Office at GREGG I CO.'S. July 31