The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 04, 1865, Image 4
MISCH IiiiAKTY
The Children. '
When th? lessons and tasks aro all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
Thc little ones gather around me
To bid me "good night" and bo kissed.
Oh! the little white arms<hat oncirclc
* My neck in their tender embrace;
Oh! thc smiles that arc haloes of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love in my face.
And when they are gone, I sit dreaming
Of my childhood too lovely to last
Of joy that my heart will remember
While it wakes to tho pulse'of the past;
E'er the world and its wickedness made me
A partner of sorrow and sin,
When thc glory of God was about -mc,
And the glory of gladness within.
I ask net a life for tho dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done;
But that life may havo just enough shadow
To temper thc glare of the sun;
I would pray God to guard them from evil;
But my prayer would bound back on my?
self; ' *
. Ab! a seraph may pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
I shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more;
Ah! how I shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each moru at the door;
I shall miss the "good nights ' and thc
kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee;
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to mc.
Traveling-Pant anti Present.
An exceedingly interesting article
appears in the New York Herald, of
the 20th inst., from which we extract
the following:
It is only forty-five years ago-in
the year 1819-that the men of this
State conceived the great project of !
uniting the lakes of the West with
the ocean by means of a canal. De?
troit was then a French trading-post;
Chicago was a wilderness, and Buffalo
was unknown. A journey from New
York to the Falls of Niagara fre?
quently required weeks for perform?
ance. Even when traveling by rail?
road from Auburn to Albany, the
journey from Buffalo to New York
consumed a week. In two days and
a half, men are now carried comfort?
ably from New Yoik to the other side
of the Missouri River, at Atchison.
Mr. Lewis, of Geneva, was eleven
days in going by the ordinary method
of that time from that place to Utica,
a space of time in which, witli less
labor and fatigue, he could now
travel from New York to those por?
tions of the Rocky Mountains w here j
the water flows into the Pacific Ocean.
Such are a few of the changes
which have taken place in this coun?
try since 1825, when the Eric Canal
was opened.
Three hundred years ago, the old
Roman roads in England had become
useless, and the best highways in that j
country were mere bridle-paths, often i
impassable by rains and floods. The I
surface of tho country was like that
of a half-peopled island in the Indian |
Ocean. The great thoroughfares lead- I
ing into London were "little better in j
winter than rivers of mud diversified
with break-neck gullies." In 1553, I
an act was passed for paving the |
highway between the Strand Cross |
and Charing Cross, one o?' the chief i
and central thoroughfares of the nie- I
tropolis, which was described in the j
preamble as being '"very jiiopardous
to passengers, as well on horseback as I
on foot, both in winter and summer, !
by night and by day."
A century and a half later, in 1703, j
' the roads in the part of England then
farthest advanced in civilization were
in a condition now scarcely known
even in any of the by-roads of our
Northern States. In that year, Prince
George of Denmark, the consort of j
Queen Anne, traveled from Ports- |
mouth to Petworth on a visit to the j
Duke of Somerset. Tin; narrative of
tho journey gives a striking idea of
the miseries of traveling in those
days-even to princes:
' "We set out at 6 in the morning,
and did not got out of the coaches,
save only when we were overturned
or stuck fast in the mire, till we ar?
rived at our journey's end; 'twa hard
serviee for the prince to sit fourteen
hours in the coach that day without
eating anything.
* * * * #. *
"His highness' body-coach would
have suffered very often, if the
nimble boors of Sussex had not fre?
quently poised it or supported it on
their shoulders. * * * The last
nine- miles of our way to tue Duke's
cost us six hours to conquer."
Tlds waa only a hundred and sixty
three years ago.
Until late in the sixteeuth century
mere animal power furnished the
only means of transport for limn or
merchandize. Pack or saddle horses
were used exclusively.
When Queen Elizabeth removed
her court, it required 24,000 horses
to accommodate herself, suite, and
household, lt was not until- 1564
that she indulged in the luxury of a
coach. At that time "one Boonen, a
"Dutchman, 'oceanic the Queen's
coachman, ?xs?. was thc first that
brought the uso of coaches into
England." The "conchos" were vast
unwieldly affairs, without springs or
any other contrivance to break the
force of tho tremendous shocks they
encountered. It required six, eight,
or ten horses to drag them through
the ruts, gullies, and quagmires then
called roads; and tho grandeur of tho
novel vehicles did not compensate for
the miseries they inflicted.
- By 1673 great improvements had
been made, and stage-coaches were
established. In that year an ingeni?
ous author published a pamphlet,
bitterly complaining' of thc stagc3
which carried eighteen passengers at
one time, and went a.hundred and
sixty miles in tl?e unpatriotically short
time of four or five days. He was
not without' reasons-not he, indeed
-and calculated in a manner not yet
extinct the vast employment the
eighteen passengers would have given
to grooms, farriers, innkeepers, host?
lers, saddlers, farmers, blacksmiths,
?.tc., if each rorie his own horse, in?
stead of clubbing with the others for
a common conveyance. -
It is surprising that, as towns seat?
ed on navigable rivers enjoyed what?
ever commercial prosperity existed,
the plan of opening artificial chan?
nels for navigable water had not been ;
adopted. Thc first canal made in
England was not earlier than 1755
a hundred and ten years ago.
The first railroad where passengers
and freight were; drawn by steam was
opened, about thirty-four years ago,
between Liverpool and Manchester.
In both countries, and between
them, both time and space may now
be said to bo comparatively annihi?
lated. Thought is communicated in?
stantaneously between distant places, i
New York is nearer to Loudon now
than London formerly was to Edin- I
burgh or Dublin. The wheels of
steamships strike tho waters of almost
every sea. India is already traversed
by railroads of great length, on,which
an astonishing amount of traffic and j
travel take place. In our own land j
East and West, North and South, a
net-work of railroads is supplying our i
mutual wants ; increasing intelligence, i
and destroying mischievous preju- ?
dices. In a few years the people :
dwelling on the shores of tho Atlantic
will be united with their fellow-citi- ;
zens who live on tho shores of the !
Pacific by bands of iron. China will |
then be opened to the new means of j
locomotion, and the produce of Asia
will flow through our continent to us j
and to the people o? Europe.
A SNAKE CAKUIED in A LADY'S Cm- !
XOLE?E.-Ono day last week, a party '
of young folks, male and female, in
the township of Franklin, wept to the
huckleberry rock, a distance of about
eight miles from this neighborhood.
After reaching the rock, the day was j
spent in the usual way, by picking .
berries and wandering over the vast
plain of rock. Evening came, and the.
parties returned to their homes. One
young lady, after reaching her rcsi- ,
dence and performing her customary
work about the boase, repaired to her
room to retire for the night, and upon
undressing herself, what did she dis?
cover nicely entwined around her :
waist, between her crinoline and
under-garments, but a snake, fully ?
twenty inches in length? As might
be expected, on making such a disco- |
very, the lady's feelings can he better j
imagined than described. She gave'
the alarm, when other inmates of the I
house cami: to the room and dispatch
od his snakeship. It turned out to
bc of the spotted adder species, which
is very numerous on the rock. The '?
query is, how did the reptile manage i
to get'in that position? The only
way such can be accounted for is '
this: S?nie time during the day the ;
young woman must have been sitting
down on thc rock, and the broad j
skirts now worn might possibly have
covered the snake, which, in his en?
deavors to escape, got between the
garments, and so worked itself up to
.the waist, unfelt by the party. She
states that sevoral times' during the
day and evening, she felt a sort of
gripping sensation about her body,
but delicacy-in company constrained
her to bear it rather than ascertain
tho cause.
[Huntingdon (C. E.) Journal.
A young woman jumped from a
! railway train, while at full S2>eed. in
! Pennsylvania, and lier hoop skirt
j saved her life.
W. Ii. .JOHNSTON,
Magistrate,
I Office "ii Picken* street Eos! end of Lady.
Viril.I. attend to ail official business
! M\ brought before him; will also attend
to drawing up Deeds, Conveyances, Mort?
gages, Contracts, and other ordinary legal
instruments of writing. Fair copies of any
document < v carted with neatness and de
I spaUh. August I
New York Advertisements.
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Address * BENJ. WOOD,
? Daily Ncjvs Building,
No. 19 Citv Hall Square, New York Citv.
Oct 4
DEVLIN & CO.,
BROADWAY, t?. V.
f L I) T Hi H li
AT
AND RETAIL I
"VJTTE open thc soasen with a large stock ?
VV of elegant CLOTHING ' and FUR?
NISHING GOODS in our Ready-made De- I
partaient. Wc have also secured the ..er
vic^s <>f first-class artists in our Custom
D?partaient, which is likewise supplied
with the FINEST and BEST FABRICS of
the Home and Foreign .Markets.
To those who wislt to order by mail, will
be sent (on application)' SAMPLES OF
??OODH, with directions for measuring,
which, if correctly followed, will secure a
tit in all cases.
JJ Xi V OC bU..
Broadway, cor. Grand street, New York.
Broadway, cor. Warren street, Now York.
Sept 20 Imo
FENNEB, BENNETT & BOWMAN,
(Snc'sors to Hotthkiss, Fenner & Bennett,)
SOM. MERCHANTS,
?0 VESEY STREET, XEW YO/?X,
AND
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
Titos. IT.NXKR, H. ItKNXKTT, P. W. BOWMAX.
MR. T. A. TOBIN, who was for a length
of time connected with thc old firm of
Hotchkiss, Fenner & Bennett,has an inter?
est in the present firm, and will devote his
attention principally to the state of South
Carolina. lbs address will be Clinton,
Laurens District. Oct 3 Imo
[ESTAI.t.isuKD IN 1818.]
WM. SMITH BBCWX & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
?Yo. 53 Chambers Si., Kerr York.
"VT^M. SMITH BROWN will receive coii
VV Bignmcnts of COTTON for sale on
commission, and make cash advances on
shipments. His arrangements are such an
to insure failhfnl ".ttention to the interest
of tho consigner. Sept 17 2mo
School Furniture.
TEACHERS' DESKS and CHAIRS.
Tables, Rank and Office Desks, &c.
Lecture Room and Sabbath School Settees.
All kinda of Behool Material.
ROBERT PATON,
Sept 17 Imo 24 Grove st.. New York.
LAWRENCE.
BALDWIN
& CO?,
BANKERS AM BR?KERS,
NO. 70 WALL STREET, FEW YORK.
COVgftSMEKT SECURITIES
AND other STOCKS, BONDS, &?.,
bought and sold on commission.
DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y.
stock Exchange.
SIMEON BALDWIN, JR., member N. \.
Petroleum niel Mining Board.
CYRUSJ.LAWRl'INCE. WM. A. HALSTED
Sept 4 Gmo
?
?wt ? iwMMWJi?.nBa. ir g WWMIjK
! To the Citizens of South Caroliaa.
. Tte termination of a sanguinary contest,
which for thc past four years haspresented
an impassable barrier to all social ov com?
mercial intercourse between the two great
sections of oin: country, having at length
happily cleared away all obstacles to a ro
ECGval of those relations which formerly
bound us together i i a fraternal! union, I
take the earliest opportunity afforded nie
by this auspicious event, to grt-ot ruy South?
ern friends, and to solicit from them a re?
newal of that extensive business connection
which for a quarter of a century has been
uninterrupted, saVe* by the great public
calamity to which I have adverted..
It ia scarcely necessary, on tho threshold
of a business re-union, I should repeat the
warning so often given to my friends-to
bewaro of all thone spurious and deleteri?
ous compounds which, under the specious
and falso titles of Imported Wines, Bran?
dies, Holland Gin, Liquors, *e., liare been
equally destructive to the health of our
citizens as prejudicial to th*? interests ol
tho legitimate importer.
Many years of my past life ti&ve been
expended in an open* and candid attempt te
expose these wholesale frauds: no timenoi
expense has been spared to accomplish thif
salutary purpose, and to place before mj
friends and the publie generally, at tin
lowest possible market price, and in ?ucl
quantities as might snit their convenience
a truly genuino imported article.
Tweniy-live yearn' business transaction)
with the largest and most respectable ex
porting houses in France and Great Britaii
have afforded nie unsurpassed facilities fo
supplying our home market with Wines
Liquors and Liquores of the best ,and mos
approved brands in Europe, in addition fr
my own distillery in Holland forth-.; manu
facture of the "Schiedam Schnapps."
Tho latter, so long tested and approve
by tho medical faculties bf the Unite
States, West Indies and South America a
an invaluable Therapeutic, a wholesome
pleasant and perfectly safe beverage in a
climates and during all seasons, quick!
excited the cupidity of the home manuf.it
tiners and venders of a spurious "artic!
under the same name.
I trust that I have, after much toil an
expense, surrounded all my importation
with safeguards and directions which, wit
ordinary circumspection, will insure the
delivery, as I receive them from Europe, :
all if \ customers.
I would, however, recommend, in a
cases where it is possible, that orders 1
sent direct to my Depot, '22 beaver stree
New York, or that purchases }>e made i
my accredited agents.
In addition to a large stock of Wine
Brandies, ?tc, in wood, I have a convide
able supply of old tried foreign Wines, en
bracing vintages of many past years, bo
tied up before the commencement of tl
war, which 1 can especially recommend
all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries.
In conclusion, 1 would specially call tl
attention of my Southern customers to tl
advantage to be derived by transmittii
their orders without los? of time, or calli
personally at thc Depot, in order to in.su
the fulfillment of their favors from the pi
sent large and well selected assortment.
UDOLTHO WOLFE,
Oct 3 Imo . 22 Beaver st., New York,.
Charleston Advertisements
Wholesale Jobbing
DRY GOODS mUSi HOUSE.
?.2 AND 34 IMO AI) ST ?I EE':',
Chavlfjion, *. C.
THE subscribers offer for ?alf a good as?
sortment, of various, mak*. PRINTS.
GINGHAMS, DELAINES, Denims; Checks
and Striped Homespun, Bleached and Un?
bleached Shirtings, Men and Women's
Hosiers,. Union and Lisle Thread Gloves.
Also, Black Cloths, Black Tricot and Double
Width Silk Mixed Coatings, Fancy Cass i -
meres, otc.
EDGERTON AU RICHARDS.
October 1 5*
F
rn ?> pa
Shipping, Commission
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS: '
76 EAST BAY,
Tiro iii my ri* South of N-rth Atlantic H7MW?T"
CHARLESTON, S. C.
HAVE constantly on hand a full supply
of GROCERIES, at lowest margot
rates, 839" Advances made on consign?
ments. . Sept 17
CO li XE li KI XO AND SOCIETY 8 TS..
CHARLESTON, C.
r-BOMlIETOItS,
S. H. LOBING. CHAS. .1. BENNETT.
Sept Ti_lum
"ARCHIBALD GETTY & m.,
AND
mm, MEBCHA^TS,
12? and 128 Keetlna Street,.: . 'tr.'.
C Il ? R L ES T O N, S. C .
P. A. WILCOXSON, Agent,
Orangeburg. C.
EDMUND A. SOUDER A CO.,
Philadi lphia.
LIVINGSTON, FOX ft CO., Agents,
; New York.
aar LIBERAI, ADVANCES made OB
, CONSIGNMENTS. Aug 15 2mo"
TO X
ATLANTIS COAST
Mail Line!
THE new tirst
elass steamer MO?
NERA, libarles P.
?v Marshman, C*m
mander.
Steamer CAM
; RIDGE, J. W.
: Balch, Commander,
I Will leave Charleston. M. C.. direct for
- New York, alternate!* THURSDAYS ea oh
I Wcvk.
For freight or passage-having hai.d
i som? Stat? Room accommodations-apply
Ito F. A. WILCOXSON,Agent, *
Orangeburg, s. C.
ARCHIBALD GETTY A CO.,
' 125 and 128 Meeting st., Charleston, S. C.
LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO.. Agents,
1 Aug 15 2mo New Yolk.
GOOD NEWS FOR AZ.Ii Z
B?-OPBt?HG OF THE TtUOE 18 CH?tUESTON?
IMMENSE ATTRACTION AT THE
Wholesale Shoe House!
H?. -133 MEETING STREET,
ESTABLISHED IS lS3tt,
IS now re-opcncd, niter a suspension of four years, with greate r facilities than evor.
Tiic proprietor now oller? for ?ale
AT WHOLESALE ONLY, at the lowest possible quotations, and receiving IMMENSE
CONSIGNMENTS serai weekly from the largest and most reliable manufactories.
The proprietor takes pleasure in calling the attention of the trade- the looa! mer?
chants of the States of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida-to the extensive
stock of HOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, etc.
ORDERS NEATLY A NJ) I'HOMELY ATTENDED TO.
EDWARD DALY.
Sept 21 AGENT FOE MANUFACTUREES.
TTAVING bren appointed Agent for the sale of BOOTS, SHOES,CRUNKS and HATSt
Xl by several of ?the most prominent mannfactnrers at the North.and now located a,
NO. 138 MEETING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C..
I offer this CHOICE STOCK OF GOODS for sale by tho 1'ACKAGE ONLY.
#?" The Trade will please notice, "??ft
EDWARD DALY, Agent.
Sept 21 r>R