The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 03, 1865, Image 4
?IISCB T iT ? A JJ"3ET
Opera Mu?ic flor tiic Piano.
Isn't there something lu ibis -Opera
Music for the Piano"' that sounds like the
verv thing itself ? It does to our car. It
is copied from the "Knickerbocker Maga?
zine:'
"List! the piece is about to begin;
Now observe Miss Introduction come in:
A goddess in flounces, and pinched at the
waist,
And a iook like a statue, embellished with
paste.
All the keys that can be got at,
Bv the fingers straight are shot at:
Then a soft and gentle tiulde,
Gentle as the rahi-drop's sprinkle,
One. two, three, four,
Five, six-run ashore.
Then a stop
Fingers drop.
Now a rush from top to bottom.
Catch the notes now, while we do* "om;
Hear tito music, for we've got 'om.
Backward, forward, up and down,
Like a monkey or a ci"wu:
Now the close-a gentle strike.
Who did ever hear tho like?
Piece commences:
Now begins a merry trill.
Like a cricket in a mill;
Now a short, uneasy motion,
Liki a bed-bug at devotion,
Or a ripple on the ocean.
Soe tho tinge;-- skip about:
Hear tho notos as they come out -
How they niingte in tao tingle
Of the everlasting jingle:
Like the hail-stones on a shingle:
Or tho ding-dong, dangle-dingle
Of a sue?'0-bell-double, single;
Now thev'come in wilder gushes;
Cp and town thc player rushes;
Quick as squirrels, ci- thc thrushes,
Darting round among the bushes,
Makiug rattle, like the tushes
Of the swine, a-drinking slushes.
Now the keys begin to clatter,
Like a chorus on a platter,
Or a housemaid stirring batter.
Hear the music that they scatter,
Though 'tis flat and growing flatter;
All is "clatter, naught's the matter.
Hark! the strains, for now we're at her:
O'er the music comes a change.
Now we take another range;
Every tone is wild aud strange.
Now there comes the lofty tumbling,
Comes the mumbling, fumbling, jumbling,
And the rumbling and tho grumbling
Of the thunder, from its slumbering
Just awaking. NOM- i;'s taking
To the quaking, like a fever-and-ague shak?
ing:
Now it's making such a raking,
Heads are aching, something's breaking.
Goodness! gracious! ain't it wondrous?
Rolling round, above and under us,
Like old Vulcan's strokes so thunderous.
Now the rattle of thc battle
Deepens dooper, and the cattle
Bellow louder, and thc powder
Will be ali expended soon.
Such a clanging, whanging, bauging.
Slam! bang! whang!
Heavens! how the music rang!
Ah! the harmony so splendid
Is expended-all is ended.
Though I'm frighted, I'm delighted
With this finery and this foppery
Of this modern music opera.
tin a Pilgrimage of Panton.
r,Y JOHN HAPPY.
After dodging about promiscuously
for a period of four uncomfortable
years-alternately the whistling oi
angry bullets and the inquisitive and
scrutinizing gaze of cruel conscript
ors, the undersigned awoke at lest,
about the grand culmination, to dis?
cover that his agility as an art f fi
dodger had finally to be put to raosi
ingenious exercise, to come out, ever
at the diminutive end of the horn
At my years, a man is not apt to b<
taken unawares; but I confess to a de
gree o? barned self-possession, whei
thc amnesty proclamation, in all it:
significant import, first smote upoi
my conscience. I began to feel a
though I had played away four year
in a game of political faro, ant
"Landed" in my cheeks-' to old Time
tho remorseless dealer with becoxnin;
amiability, and proceeded amom
others ci the Faithful on a Pilgrimage
after Pardon, to the great Mecca o
successful aspirants to Congrcssiona
distinction. Unanimously appointe?
a delegate to reconstruct the Union
by a convention of admiring follow
citizens, 1 proceeded in company wit]
five respectable bales of cotton, t
defray expenses to Washington, vi
Mobile ?md the Cresceul City. To sa;
that that cotton was entangled in th
meshes of rod tape, about the Gu]
Department, but illy expresses th
reality. Shipped, by permission c
the higher authorities appreciatin
the patriotism of the motive, it foi
into the hands of subalterns, wh
would have kept me to this blesse
'nour working it through, if 1 had nt
placed it in the charge of a shrowi
Boston broker, who was flush enoug
to make an advanee. Reached Wasl:
ington about the time the swarm c
pardon-seekers had swelled to th
magnitude of a "large and highlv ai
preciative audienee" around thc Es
ecutive gate way.
Had a personal interview with
Chief Magistrate, and asked him fe
a small Pardon, if he had any moi
left. Chief Magistrate wanted to kno
what position- I held in the rel*
army. The answer was faint, som?
what hesitating, and a little shakv
said: "Quartermaster." Chief Mag
strate chuckled, and turned his nea
to conceal a sardonic- smile. "IV1
ancient and venerable friend." 1
said, "if yon think that your depart?
ment of the rebellion endangered the
Union cause, your innocence is a par?
don in iiseii.: i scornfully refused to
interpret the meaning of that cruel
satire. I retired, only to meet my
distinguished anti seedy friend, the
Honorable" Kwv/i c Keg stmggjing, at
the doorway outside with three Par?
don Agents of the legal persuasion,
two Confederate Congressmen who j
had voted for the suspension of the
habeas corpus, five large land-holders I
?who hadn't "a d- d nigger lott on his {
plantation.'' and a Yankee blockade
runner, who ; "had been a Union man i
from the first.'' all scrambling to get '
in at once. Finally, Keg, getting
above the shoulders of his compet?
tors., was thrust by the press of the
crowd like shot out of a shovel into
the Executive presence, and thc doors
closed behind him with a bang. I
felt no little uneasiness at thc thought
of my fellow-compatriot's mental con?
dition, closeted alono, with that mer?
ciless magnate. If w is cf brief dura?
tion. There was a noise inside, and
a tumbling over of chairs, the doors
fle-.v open, and Keg appeared flying
through theni, with the too of some?
body's boot in close1 proximity tn his
coat-tail. Of what happened before
his violent ejectment, I have never
boon able to glean the fragment of au
idea. Upon that subject, my astute
coteniporary is religiously and mys?
teriously reticent.
A NOVEL RACE.-Thc usual routine
of the American Institute Fair, now
being held in New York, was enli?
vened on Saturday night last, by a
race between three men. two of whom
"sport'* two artificial legs each, and
the third one artificial leg. The an?
nouncement that this race would be
run, of couicc drew an immense con?
course of people, so that by eight
o'clock tho place was rmcomfortably
filled. The contestants were Bates,
both of whose legs are oi cork ; H.
Ausberger, one cork leg ; and Frank
Stewart, two cork legs. Mr. Carpen?
ter, one of the manager. > of the fair,
acted as judge on the occasion. A
kind of lane had been enclosed for
the trial, and shortly after eight
o'clock the race, which was against
time, commenced.
The first heat was run by Mr. Bates,
, the race being seven hundred and
j fifty feet. Mr. Bates did not run, he
j merely hobbled at the rate of seven
hundred feet in four minutes. Tho
racer's cork leg seemed to give hin?
no trouble at all. In baot, he man
j aged the article artistically. But the
j other, which was not cork, was rather
j difficult to manage,
j Mr. Ausberger, with a couple of
; cork appendiiges, succeeded more to
the satisfaction ol' the public, and
especially to the leg-vender ; but it
was reserved for Mr. Stewart, who
managed his cork feet as nimbly as if
he had been bom with them, to cap
! the climax. Mr. Stewart made four
1 heats of seven hundred and fifty fe? t,
. in all three thousand feet, in nine
! minutes, by Mr. Carpenter's time.
\ The race gave great satisfaction and
i created great merriment.
NOVEL PLACE OF ASTCSEMEKX.
Here is an anecdote extracted from
j the London Telegraphs account of
; the building of the new bridge at
Blackfriars, and worth quoting :
I At the building oi Westminister
' Bridge, diving bells were used, but a
! difficulty arose of a very unexpected
kind. Thc men in the bells, eom
' fortably ont of sight of their employ
' crs, found themselves under no com?
pulsion to work. One would not
' think at first the bottom of the great
London sewer was a pleasant place,
for the liquid which flows in the
1 Thames, and is. by courtesy called
? water, is so thick tb at in a bell a few
' feet below the surface, it is as dark us
; night, though mou have been down
: in sixtv feet of sea-water and worked
; by daylight. But the divers at W? st
? minister did not mind the gloom.
; : Lighting up their candles, they
t used, instead ol working, to play cards
! : and read newspapers. They took
i ? down beer, and even tried smoking
: : during the sub aqueous debauches,
? but the effect upon the breathing was
i ! not agreeable, and they took tochew
; ing instead. By giving a random
" j signal every now and then to the men
> ; directing the movements of thc bell
. from above, they could convey the
? impression that they were working,
j and their little amusements were un
t ! interrupted for some time, till at last
? : thev were founel ont. Diving dresses
5 ? and helmets were then introduced,
r and tlic use of bells was given np with
I very beneficial results.
L A gentleman, walkin cr with two
- ladies, stepped on a hogshead hoop,
I that t?ew up and struck him in the
i face. "Good gracious!" said he,
-' "which of you dropped that?"
MORE TU JUS SHI BARGAIN RD FOR.
The Portsmouth Journal tells a strange
anecdote regarding the purchase of
an old piece of furniture and what
grew out of it. A Mrs. Mayberry,
now bring at Cape Elizabeth, Port?
land, purchased at auction in Ports?
mouth, about two Tears ago, an old
mahogany stuffed chair that was a
curiosity, onfy paying fifty cents for
it. "While endeavoring to repair the
ragged haircloth cushion, she found
some papers that are said to possess
great value-one a will of one of the
Derby family, that, it is intimated,
affects sundry titles in England. The
further report is that a special mes?
senger was sent to England, who re?
turned with a sum that enabled her
to invest $50,000 in Government se
curitias last ye a-. The Joia'nal gives
authority for the story, and it is too
cautious a paper to make any rash or
unauthentic statement.
? Bosioi ; (Gazette.
The friends ? Dr. A. N. TALLEY nomi?
nate him as a candidate for Mayor at the
msuing election in April next. Nov 2 *
For Congress.
Di:, E. C. GRIFFIN, of Edge?eld, is an?
nounced as a candidate forCONGRESS from
the Third Congressional District, composed
of tho Districts ot Abbeville, Edge?eld,
Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
and Orangebnrg. Oct 2S 7*
For District Judge.
The friends of YT. B. JOHNSTON. Esq.,
who has so efficiently lilied the office of Ma?
gistrate for tho District of Richland, re?
spectfully recommend him to the Legisla?
ture as a suitable gentleman to fiU the new
office created by the State Convention. He
io well known throughout tho State, and
for thc past eight months has filled a judi?
cial station with the utmost satisfaction to
ail parties. MEMBERS OF TEE BAR.
Oct 29
For Congress.
The friends o? Gen. SAMUEL McGOWAN
announce him as a Candidate for tho
United States Congres- from thc* Third Con?
gressional District, embracing the Districts
of Orangeburg, Edgi field, Abbeville, New?
berry Lexington, Richland and Fairfield.
Oct 27_
For State Treasurer.
Tho friends of Dr. Ii. VT.GTEJ3ES respect?
fully nominate him to titi Legislature for
tin.- office. His well known business cha?
racter, energy and ability eminently recom?
mend him. ne bas for many your.-, served
tho state efficiently it; various capacities,
au'd now he needs her support. Oct 22
For Congress.
We arc authorized to announce JAMES
FARROW, Esq.. of Spartanburg. as a can?
didate to represent, in the Congress vf the
United States, the Fourth Congressional
District, comprising the Districts of An?
dersen, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, Spar?
tanburg, Union. York and Chester.
Sent 30 *
Atlanta Medical College.
THE Course of Lectures in this institu?
tion will commence on the FIRST MON?
DAY in November next, and continue four
months-the Faculty having changed the
time for the session from summer to the
wiu t .-r months.
^ JOHN G. WESTMORELAND, Dean.
Oct 25 Imo
D. 3. DeSATJSSURE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
COMMISSIONER tit EQUITY.
Office in rear of tho Court House.
Oct 7 _Imo
FIRE .1X0 LIFE INSURANCE.
H. E. NICHOLS, Agent,
FOR the f .11 ?wing FIRST CLASS COM?
PANIES:
Tht? "Underwriter's Agency,"the "Inter?
national,'" the "Metropolitan," the "Conti?
nental,'" the "Security." the ..Homo.'' the
.'Columbia.''the "Washington,'" the "Ful?
ton." the "Croton," all of the city of Now
York; the "Putnam'" and the "New Eng?
land/' of Hartford, Conn.; tho ..Home,"
of Now Haven, Conn.; tin "Home" and
tho "Southern Insurance and Trust Com?
pany." of Savannah. Ga.: the "Albemarle,"
of Virginia, and the "Gulf State," of Flo?
rid:!. Also, thc "Globe Life Insurance
Companv," of New York: tko "Nov.-England
Mutual.* of B'>ston: the "North Carolina
Mutual/' of Raleigh, and the "A. dent al,"
of Now York, insuring: against accidents of
all Kinds. The whole possessing an aggre?
gate capital of over
?25,000,000.
Risks taken or. Cotton or Merchandize in
transita from any point to any point on
reasonable terms."
ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED.
Office at Mr. Hussung's house, corner of
Assembly uj:d Washington streets. Colum?
bia, S. C. Aug 15 iCm
W. B. JOHNSTON,
A\X.?t S?& t X? ?tl O ,
Office on rickers street Kost cud oj Lady.
"\T"ILL attend to all official business
y\ brought before him; will also attend
to drawing up Deeds, Conveyances, Mort?
gages, Contracta?, and other ordinary legal
in s tn: an. nts of writing. Fair copies of any
document executed with neatness and de
spatch. August 1
Charleston Advertisements.
Safes! Safes!
SAFES.
To Banka. Brokern. Merchants, and atiin~
terested io Positice Protection against
Roherry and. Fire.
Miller's Patent Fire-proof Safes. !
THIS class of SAFE is designed for Mer- |
chants and ail kinds of business requir- j
ing positive protection from lire, with am- ?
pie security from robbery, for such uses. |
They combine several patents which remove j
many objections forma in other Safes, such
as dampness, running out of the tilling and
decay, and are fitted with powder and pick j
proof-locks, perfectly secure and easy to
use. These Safes have been be fore" the
public for the past fifteen years, and are ?
now used by many of the first banks and :
merchants m the country, and have newer
in a single instance lost a dollar's value by
fire or robbery, although frequently and
severely tested. For sale at I
MORDECAI vt CO.'S, Agents.
110 East liav, Charleston. S. C. ;
Oct 21_ tO j
C. N. A VEE ILL. J. H. AVESILT.. '.
C. X, AVERILL & SOX,
General Auction, Commission, ,'
FOBWABDX MEBCHMTS, j
No. 20 HAYNF. ST.. CHARLESTON, S. C. I
COMMISSIONS for Forwarding, 10 cents ;
per Package, with funds in hand ro
pay charges. j
Refer to George W. Williams & Co.
Oct 2i _;
TD
"5
CORNER KING AND SOCIETY SIS.,
CHARLESTON, $? C.
EKOPEIETORS.
S. H. LORTNG. CHAS. H. BENNETT.
S< pt 27_Imo
PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
LINE COMPOSED OF TUL NEW AND
FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS
3IOVEK.A, Capt. Mai*?lillian,
E?I1L\ Ii. SOTJD?R,CRpt.\Vincl?c?ter.
FOR NEW YORE DIRECT.'
< -s- KT.-*-*
nnHESE vessels alternating weekly, o?vr
JL ing everv Thursday td the traveling
public a FIRST-CLASS PASS 1". N G E R
BOAT, with superior accommodations.
Theiv will be* a mail bag kept at the office
of thc Agents, cl ?sing always au hour be?
fore the sailing of each steamer.
For Pa-sage, or Freight, apply to
WILLIS 'V CHIS?LM, Agents.
Oct 5 Mills House, Charleston.
Browne BL Schirmer,
?ENX?JU. C03aCM5S-03ff
A. No
FORWARDING LIER CHANTS,
Ne.. 9 EXCEANOE PLACE, CHARLESTON, S. (
W. R. BF.OVVNL,. I. M SCHIRMER.'
EETEHENCE?.
MI -rs. JOHN FRASER A ( 0., Charleston.
Mr. W. P. HALL. ? harleston, S. C.
Messrs. T. SAVAGE HEYWARD \- SONS.
Augusta. Ga.
Messrs. FENNER. BENNET .': BOWMAN,
New York.
3">ARTICULAR attenii ii given to the
purchase, sale and shipmen: of COT?
TON and other PRODUCE. Liberal acl
vances made on cotton shipped through
our New York references.
Goods and Merchandize of all descrip?
tions received and forwarded from this
point or the terminus of the South Caroli?
na Raiir?ad. t now Hopkins*.) Oct is Imo
Steinmeyer &. Son,
FACTORS AND DEALERS IN
TIMBER, IOT?B3E?,
BUILDING MATERIALS. &C
AMI)
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
KEEP constantly on hand LIME. CE?
MENT, HAIR, .ve.: manufactured
Doors. Sashes. ?Blinds, Mouldings, kc;
agents for Page'.- Portable Saw Mills! Con?
signments of all descriptions of Merchan?
dize and Material solicited, and all orders
carefully and promptly attended to.
Lumber and Timber lard and Pond foot
of Beaufain Street, on Ashley Liver.
Office at West end of Beaufain street.
JOHN H. STEIXSTE?EK. J. IL STEINKEYEK, Jr..
Oct 26_ Imo
THE AMERICAN LAND COMPANY
Central Office, No. 57 Broadway, N. Y.
JOHN A. ANDREW, President, I
FRANK E. HOWE, Vice-Pres't, !
L. W. WINCHESTER. Treas'r, Trustees.
GEORGE CABOT WARD, i
ALFRED GAUTHIER, j
f\FFEBS its services in the purchase,
\J ?ale, lease or exchange of CITY or
COUNTRY PROPERTY in the South and
West, or in procuring Workmen. Superin?
tendents. Tenants or Partners from the
North of from Europe. Full information
furnished upon inquiry of
THURBER, SOULE* CO., Agents.
No. 4 State ti?nw t, (up-stairs,)
Cet 20 imo Charleston, S. C.
it. a. ??frM??[ m.,
(Formerly Gothran, Jiffers A- Co.,)
ARE prepared to receive and forward JA
COTTON and MERCHANDISE con?
signed to their care at Orangeburg and
Hopkins' Turn-Out, en South Carolina
Railroad. Ou completion of the road to
Columbia, they wiL coutinm business at
that place.
By strict attention to business and mode?
rate charges, they hope to merit a share of
patronage. Ocr G Imo
?3-The Abbeville, Edgefield. Anderson,
Newberry, Laurens and Greenville papers
pirase copy for one month, and send bid to
this- office."
ZIMMERMAN-DAVIS,
(Late of the Fina of Adams. Frost <t; Gb.,)
OFFERS his services to his friends as a
FACTOR and COMMISSION MER?
CHANT. Particular attention paid to the
sale of Cotton and other Produce. Also, to
the purchase of family supplies. Office?
.orner Accommodation* "Wharf ami East
jay, Charleston, S. C. Oct 5 Int 5
New York Advertisements.
John W. Caldwell.
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
XiJW YOUK..
THE undersigned, having established
himself in the cit y ot New York, solicits
from his friends orders for MERCHAN?
DIZE and consignments of COTTON. RICE
and other produce. Particular attention
wili be paid to the purchase and sale of
Southern Securities, Bank Bills, &c.
Oct 25 wf9*_?0JIN_ W. CALDWELL.
BATCHELORS BAIR DYE!
THE Original and Best it; thc World!
The only true and perfect HAIR DYE.
Harmless, "Reliable and Instantaneous.
Produces immediately e splendid Black or
natural Brown, without minrins the fair
or shir.. Rom? .lie:; the ill effects of bad
dves. Soldi1* ail Druggists. Thegenuiue
is siffui d William A. Batchelor. Also. RE?
GENERATING EXTRACT OF MELLE
FLEURS, for Restoring and BeautiMng
the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR,"
i )ci 25 ly_New York.
LAURENCE.
BALDWIN
BANKERS m BROKERS,
NO. 70 WALL STREET, NEW YORE
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
4 "SB o.l.'i STOCKS. BONDS, xe.,
DEWITT* C LAWRENCE,* merni er N. Y.
Stock Exchange.
SIMEON BALDWIN. Jr.., mimbi-; N. Y.
i'YT.Us J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTED
soot 4 _Gmo
Binning of the Museum.
N.v.v Yon?, July IL 1S65.
MESSES. KsnniXG ?Y. CO.-GE3?TLE2IEN:
Though tlic destruction of the American
Museum has proved a serious loss to mv
seH anti tue p
olows n
con gr a ti
'It's an ii! wind
iav<
The safe you made for me sun:-, time
ago was in tin. office of the Museum, on
and in the hottest of the iii!..
After twenty-fom hours of trial, it was
found am >r.? th< debris, and on opening
it this day h?s yielded ap its contents in
wry good order-books, papers, policies of
insurance, bank bills al; in condition for
immediate usc. and a noble commentary
ProofSafe. Yo ;:>'truly, f f. BA??'?UJL '
Herring's Parent Champion Safes.
Ti ? -V f JU '? < P - .? ' ? Fir*
HEEEING .\ CC-.'S PATENT BANKERS'
SAFES, wiik Herring .V Fiord's Patent
Crystalized Iren, tlu best security r gainst
a bm glar's dril ever manufactured. '
KEREING .v CO..
No. ?51 Broadwav, c< :. Mun av st.. N. Y.
FARREL, HERRING ,v co'..
. ^ Phiiapelphia.
pnuiTtt ni
6i|Hs, Bfiiius, ?J?fk'ff?jiio,
S?j.lOvS, Mi?, ?f^f kC.y
XTTHOLESAX3E, at the lowest possibl?
V\ price of Importation, for Cash
W. R. CAMERON & Co.,
Importers of Hair and Manufacturers,
No. 313Fidton St..Brooklyn, near New York.
Large and small orders punctually at?
tended to._Oct 23 Imo
[EsT.uu.isHEr. IN 1818.]
WM. SMITH BROW.Y & CO.,
WHOLESALE r>EAI.EK>- IS
3*#">? Y? -?TR SS ^5\ ? "fr ^
No. 53 Chambers Si., Heio Vork.
TYTM. SMITH BROWN will receive con
\\ signmente of COTTON ftr sale on
commission, and make cash advances on
shipments. His arrangements are such as
ti> insure faithful attention to the interest
of tho consigner. sept 17 2mo