The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 22, 1865, Image 4
JMCISCTFIT iT ? AXY
If W c Knew.
If we knew the cares and crosses
Cc?wdifig l???id cur Zcightor's "ay,
If we knew the little loases
Sorely grievous, day by day;
Would we then so often chide him
For his lack of thrift and gain,
Leaving on his heart a shadow,
Leaving on our life a stain?
If we knew the clouds above r s
Held but gentle blessings there,
Would we turn away all trembling
In our blind and weak despair?
Would we shrink from little shadows
Lying on thc dewy grass.
While 'tis only birds of Eden
Just in mercy flying past?
If we knew the silent story,
Quivering through the heart of pain,
Would our nianhooc\_clare to doom them
Back to haunts of guilt again?
Life hath many a tangled crossing,
.Toy hath many a break of woe.
And the cheek tear-stained is whitest
This the blessed angels know.
Let us reach into our bosoms,
For the key to others' lives,
And with love toward erring nature
Cherished good that still survives;
So that, when our disrobed spirits
Soar to realms of light again,
Wc may say. "Dear Father, judgo us
As wc judged our fellow-men."
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Social Life at lluclmrcst.
"The Roving Englishman," a cor?
respondent of "Household Words,"
who has for many months been wan-,
tiering through the Eastern world, and
whose sketches have recently been
published in a handsome volume,
dates his last communication from
Bucharest, the capital of Wallachia.
We extract the following daguerreo?
type of social hf e there :
Fancy an agreeable community of
gipsies playing at civilization, and my
reader will not have an erroneous idea
of Bucharest. Life is nowhere so free
from vain restraints and troublesome
formalities. There arc no grave wor?
shipful persons about, to shame merry
folks into being staid and serious. A
true Wallachian looks upon flirtation
as the business of life. This may be
varied now and then by dancing,
gambling, and official peculation; but
these are merely casual diversions,
and the true bred Wallachian returns
to the first occupation with a quick?
ened sense of enjoyment. He is in?
deed a political intriguer by nature ;
but, after all, politics are merely an
amusement to him, and he would give
up the schemes of half a lifetime for
the smile of some bedizened old co?
quette of forty-nine, ile is not am?
bitious, but he likes place for its
profits, for the temporary advantage
which it gives him over his rivals in
love affairs, and over the neighbors
who desire to rob him in some w ay
as most of them do. Every Wallachian
nobleman believes devoutly that he
has a right to hold some public office,
at least once during his life, to divorce
his wife when he pleases, and to out?
wit his neighbor. He would bear the
utmost extreme of want and poverty,
however, rather than follow any trade.
Recently the prejudice entertained
amongthe nobilhty against the learned
professions is happily melting away.
I take it, they consented to be in?
structed by the Greeks in this respect ;
so it is pleasant to add that the present
minister-or it would be more correct
to say director-of thc interior, was
a doctor of medicine, and that by far
the greatest man in thc country lived
long in exile on the honorable earnings
of a small professorship in Moldavia.
I know no race of men more win?
ning and interesting than the Ron
mans, or of conduct more thoroughly
objectionable. The men are mostly
slight, dark, gipsy-looking fellows,
with keen, restless eyes. They are as
" active as wild men. They are almost
as strong and fearless as their old L)a
cian forefathers ; but they consider
it the height of fashion and good taste
to affect an exaggerated effeminacy of
demeanor and habits. It is delight?
ful to see some well-knit gentleman,
with a sweeping mustache six or seven
inches long, a nervous frame, and the
glance of a hawk, whose right place
would undoubtedly bc at the head of
a body of irregular cavalry, placing
his trust in c:iu de Cologne and cam?
bric handkerchiefs, or waltzing with a
six-dandy power fifty times round a
room which he cou1 I clear from one
end to the other at a single bound.
But conversation, however carefully
subdued, breaks out now and then in
strange fiery sallies. There is a lacy,
fine-flavored smack about it, which
speaks of keen wits and hearty animal
enjoyment, in the midst of tho most
artificial seems. Extraordinary in?
timacies exist among them. Friends
are fond of calling each other by some
pungent ni?k-name that would torture
the ears of a used-up gentleman of the
West-a nick-name usually derived
from some odd act of roguery, which
has of course been found out. They
walk into each other's houses unan?
nounced. They stay as long as th*?y
please, joining in thc meals and oc?
cupations of the family, and talking,
dancing, singing eternally. They are
always combining and arranging prac?
tical jokes of an elsewhere unheard of
nature. The ladies enter keenly into
luii a'i>\Ji\; lt in I din?ingiu?U, ??c3ui0Clv??>
in it. A gentleman of the French na?
tion who was visiting not long ago,
at the house of a great Boyard, was
delighted at the attentions of a lady
who formed one of fche company. Be?
fore the evening was over, she im?
plored him to write to her. The en?
raptured Gaul complied ; and, on
going out to dinner on thc following
day, learned to his dismay that his
letter was the general topic of conver?
sation in polite society, and hiul boen
handed about by his fair friend to all
her acquaintances.
Two other stories are worthy of the
Decameron. A lady of high rank sent
her confidential servant to pay her
milliner's bill. It amounted to one
hundred and sixty ducats, or about
four hundred dollars of our money.
The roguish servant dressed himself
smartly, and sought the milliner. She
was one of the belles of the city. He
made love to her ; and, in earnest of
his wealth and liberality, pressed tho
hundred and sixty ducats into her
eager hand. He became her accepted
lover. A few days afterwards, the
milliner saw him behind the carriage
of one of her best customers ; he let
down the steps ; the lady tripped in,
and casually mentioned the recent
payment of her bill. The milliner
blushed denial ; the story got wind,
and was considered one of the best
jokes of the season by all parties.
The Wallachians, however, some?
times meet their masters in practical
joking. A Russian major made fierce
love to a Wallachian lady noted for
gambling and gallantries.
"I want three thousand ducats,"
said thc lady pleasantly.
"Here they are," answered the
major, with great politeness; "but I
shall be at home to-morrow morning,
and the least you can do is to call and
thank me." The lady went. The
major locked the door and quietly
departed about his business. In the
course of thc day, there was an un?
ceasing search made for the lost lady.
She was traced to the house of the
Russian major. Her husband fol?
lowed, and asked for his wife.
"Wife!" sneered the major, "I have
indeed a woman here somewhere, but
she is my slave. I have bought her
for three thousand ducats. If she is
your wife, pay me back the ducats,
and you shall have her."
The exceeding wit of this joke sup?
plied laughter among all classes for
months, and the major became tine of
the most popular men in the country.
Such things seem incredible, yet such
things are.
It is odd to hob-nob across the
table with a man in diamond studs
who has just committed a burglary;
to exchange jests with a card-sharper;
and to look round on a company of
well-dressed ladies, who are each and
all the subject of some [astounding
history.
Oiuoix OF CAMP-MEETINGS.-A cor?
respondent of thc Boston Bec gives
the following version of the origin ol
'ibese popular religious gatherings
"It has generali}- been supposed thal
camp-meetings originated with tin
Methodists, but history informs U?
that the Presbyterians were first ir
the enterprise. I not long since lis?
tened to a sermon upon thc subject,
from which I gathered the following
facts: Two brothers, preachers, one t
Methodist, thc other a Presbyterian,
were traveling in the State of Ten
nessee. They stopped at a village tt
spend the Sabbath. There being bu
one church in tho place, (a Presbyte
rion,) it was agreed they should botl
preach in it-the Methodist officiated
in thc morning and tho Presbyterial
in the afternoon. As they were von
zealous in the cause, they concludet
to hold a meeting on Monday. Tin
excitement became so great that, th
house was not large enough to accom
modatc the multitude, and they ad
journed to a grove near by, and th
people came from far and near; som
bringing tents, others covered wagons
and continued the meetings a week
Henee the name of camp-meetings
though the Presbyterians have; neve
made it so prominent in their opera
I tions as the Methodists, yet they shar
equal in its origin. The Methodist
j have ever since observed it, and as
i body feel as much obliged to atteni
j the annual camp-meetings as the Jew
j did their feast of tabernacles.
j JUDGE CAMPBELL'S EXPERIENCE A
j A PRISONER.-The Mobile Tribim
j has tilt; following:
Hon. .lohn A. Campbell, just rt
? turned from the Federal prison :
Pulaski, speaks very favorably of th
gentlemanly treatment he received ?
the hands of the officers and men gai
risoning Pulaski, and in whose keej
ing he remained for four months, an
even relates that a colored regiment,
which had been on duty there, pre?
sented him and his fellow-prisoners,
on their leaving the fort, with a well
x.,." ,3 t-ij.__:__"
wishes for their prompt return to
their homes and families.
"We are not at liberty to divulge the
many interesting points of historical
interest which, in the course of
friendly, cordial intercourse, the
Judge expounded in that quiet, clear
style which as a lawyer and a judge
had made him so justly celebrated;
but we hope that they will not be lost
to the world, and that the classical
pen which has written so many learn?
ed decisions will be employed in
perpetuating the memory ^f the im?
portant t ,-ents witnessed by thc Judge.
Governor Marvin, of Florida, in his I
message to the Convention, expresses I
the opinion that if the colored race in j
this country can be fully and fairly
protected in their persons and pro?
perty, they may be stimulated lo be
industrious and economical, in order
to educate themselves and their chil?
dren, and improve their physical,
moral ami intellectual condition, and
become, not many years hence, the
best free agricultural peasantry for
our soil and climate that the world
has ever seen. But if denied protec?
tion and justice, they will be deprived
of the ordinary motives to industry
and economy.
A writer in the Cincinnati Gazette,
-who has made a three months' tour
through the cotton States of the
South, as the result of his observa?
tions, advises Northern men of capi?
tal and enterprise to go South and
engage in the culture of cotton,
which, he thinks, for the next eight
or ten years, will pay better than any
other investment. He speaks kindly
of the Southern people, and thinks
the Government might now safely
withdraw the military, and leave the
States to manage their own affairs.
The Lynchburg Virginian, of tho
12th, says in reference to Gen. Kirby
Smith, that this distinguished gentle?
man, late Confederate commander of
the Department of the Trans-Missis?
sippi, reached this city yesterday
morning, direct from Cuba, where he
has been sojourning for several
months. His many friends will wel?
come him back to the country again.
He comes in pursuance of authority
from Gen. Grant to do so, to be placed
on the footing of other Confederate ;
officers of his rank.
Later returns indicate that thc :
negro suffrage question in Wisconsin
is defeated by at least 8,000 majority. |
THE undersigned will receive proposals
for PRINTING 1,000 COPIES of the
ACTS, RESOLUTIONS and REPORTS of
the called and next regular session of the
General Assemhlv; together with the CON?
STITUTION OF THE STATE and the seve?
ral ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS and
REPORTS passed by the late Convention.
The printing to he in uniform stvle with
previous like printing, stitched and hound
together in good paper covers, and to be
delivered to the State Auditor on or before
the first dav of March next.
By order: WM. E. MARTIN,
Clerk of Senate.
JOHN T. SLOAN,
Clerk House of Representatives.
Columbia. November 15, 1805.
SST Charleston Courier publish for one
week._Nov 18 6
Wright & Walker,
COMMISSION
AND FORWARDING AGENTS,
Hopkins' T. O., S. C. li. H., rind Columbia.
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MERCHANTS,
NO. C NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, JV. C.
O. G. PARSLEY, JOH N JUDGE,
O. G. PARSLEY, Ja. HENRY SAVAGE.
South Carolina-Richland District.
IJURSI'ANT to resolutions of the Gene?
ral Assemhlv, an ELECTION will be
held in this District, on WEDNESDAY. 2_>d
instant, for one REPRESENTATIVE in the
Congress of the United States. Polls will
be opened at the different election pre?
cincts, and the election conducted in all
rcsoects as for members of the General
Assembly. J. C. JANNEY,
Nov 8 Chairman Hoard of Managers.
SPECK a POtOCK,
General Commission Merchants,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, AC?
Plain street, 2d door from Assembly,
Sept 7 COLUMBIA. S. C.
Stockholders' Meeting.
SE< ?RETARY'S ( >FFICE,
WILMINGTON MANCHESTER R. R. Co.,
Wilmington, N. C.. Oct. 20. 1865.
mHE Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the
JL Stockholders of the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad Company, will be held
in Wilmington, N. C.. en WEDNESDAY,
the 29th proximo.
WM. A. WALKER,
Nov 1 Sec'y Wil. A Man. Railroad Co.
Charleston Advertisements.
C. N. AvKRijj,. J. H. AVERILL.
C. H. AVERILL & SON,
General Auction, Commission,
A NI)
FOfwmmrG ME&CHANT$T
No. 20 HAYNE ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
COMMISSIONS for Forwarding Stocks of
GoodB, 10 cents per Package; on bales
Cotton, Crates and Hogsheads, 25 cents
each; with funds in hand to pay charges.
STENHOUSE & CO.,
FORWARDING AND COM? MERCHANTS?
No. 110 EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, S. C.
COTTON and PRODUCE forwarded to
thc Northern cities. From their long
experience, they feel confident of their
ability to give satisfaction. NOT 10
OLKTEIY cfc? CO.,
ll Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C.,
DEALERS in LIME, CEMENT, Calcined
and Land PLASTER, LATHS, HAIR
and BUILDING MATERIALS in general,
which will always be shipped in good order
and at thc lowest market prices.
GEO. W. OI.NET. H. B. OI.NET. C. C. OI.NET.
Nov 3_ ime*
TUE AMERICAN LAND COMPANY
Central Office, No. 57 Broadway, N. Y.
JOHN A. ANDREW. President, 1
FRANK E. HOWE, Vice-Pres't, ?
Li. W. WINCHESTER, Treas'r, ? Trustees.
GEORGE CABOT WARD, I
ALFRED GAUTHIER, J
OFFERS its services in the purchase,
sale, lease or exchango of CITY or
COUNTRY PROPERTY in the South ard
West, or in procuring W'orkmen, Superin?
tendents, Tenants or Partners from tho
North or from Europe. Full information
furnished upon inquiry of
THURBER, SOULE A CO., Agents,
No. 4 Stato street, (up-stairs,)
Oct 2!) Imo_Charleston, S. C.
C. A. CUISOLM. lt. G. CniSOEM. H. E. CHISOLM.
GHISOUfl ?nOTHE?St
SHIPPING AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Oliarleston, JS- C
PROM PT attention given to thc pur?
chase, sale and shipment of COTTON,
RICE, NAVAL STORES, LUMBER, COAL,
Ac. Merchandize forwarded to all parts of
the country. Consignments solicited, on
winch liberal advances will bc made.
REFERENCES.
JOHN FRASER & CO., Charleston, S. C.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS A CO.. "
WILLIAM BRYCE & CO., New York.
Nov H Imo
Steinmeyer & Bon,
FACTORS AND DEALERS IN
TIMBEE, LUMBEB,
BUILDING MATERIALS, &C,
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
KEEP constantlv on hand LIME, CE?
MENT, PLASTER, HAIR, Ac; ma?
nufactured Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Seasonod
Walnut, Ash, Hickory, Poplar and White
Pine Lumber, Mouldings, ic.
AGENTS FOR
Page's Portable Saw Mills.
Agents for PATENT ROOFING MATE?
RIAL, the cheapest and best in use; and
best English and Machinery [Kellogg's) Oil.
Consignments of all descriptions of Mer?
chandize and Material solicited, and all
orders carefully and promptly attended to.
Office, Yard and Pond foot of Beaufain
Street, on Ashley River.
JOHN H. STEINMEYER. J. H. STEINMEYER, JR.
Oct 2G_Imo
NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON
PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS!
CARRYING THE U. S. MAIL.
Gt KANADA, QUAKER. CITY,
ANDALUSIA, STARLIGHT,
ALHAMBRA, SARAGOSSA.
TflHE shins of this line are all first-class
1 and reliable, are at least as fast as any
of thc coast, and built at as great an ex?
pense. They are in charge of gentleni; dy
and capable commanders, and every at_i
tion will be paid to the comfort of the pas?
sengers. One of the above shins will be.
despatched from New York and one from
Charleston EVERY WEDNESDAY AND
SATURDAY. Cargo by these steamers
insures at the lowest rates. All informa?
tion can be had from cither of the agents.
RAVENER A CO., Charleston.
AETHER LEARY, New York.
Merchandize and Cotton addressed to
either ?muse will bo promptly forwarded.
Nov 5 3mo
PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
LINE COMPOSED OF THE NEW AND
FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS
MOXEKA, Capt. Murahmaii,
aSMIIiY li. SOVDER,Capt. Winchester.
FOR NEW YORK DIRECT/
THESE Vi ssels alternating weekly, offer?
ing every Thursday to tho traveling
pul.lie a FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER
BoAT, with superior accommodations.
There will be a mail bag kept at the office
of the Agents, closing always an hour be?
fore the sailing of each steamer.
For Passage or Freight, apply to
WILLIS A CHISOLM, Agents,
Oct 5 Mills House, Charleston.
wm ra,
CORNER KINO AND SOCIETYSTS.,
CHELESTON, $? C*
S. H. LORIN?
PTtTETORS,
CHAS. H. BENNETT
New York Advertisements!!
John W. Caldwell,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
THE undersigned, having established
himself in the citvof New York, solicits
from his friends orders for MERCHAN?
DIZE and consignments of COTTON, RICE
and other produce. Particular attention
will be paid to thc purchase and sale of
Southern Securities, Bank Bills, Ac.
Oct 25 wfj* JOHN AV. CALDWELL. _
JAMES OONNER'S SONS
UNITED STATES TYPE FOUNDRY
AND
PMNTEftS' WAREHOUSE,
NOS. 28, 30 and 32 Centre street, (corner
of Reade street, ) New York. Thc type
on which this paper ?3 printed is from tho
above Foundry. Nov 18
Metropolitan Enterprise.
GREAT ?iFT SALI
OF TUE
NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE
JEWELERS' ASSOCIATION.
CAPITAL.$1,000,000.
J)EPOT 197 BROADWAY, 2T. Y.
AN immense stock of PIANOS, JEWEL?
RY, WATCHES and FANCY GOODS,
all to be sold for ONE DOLLAR each, with?
out regard to value, and not to be paid for
till you see what you will receive.
Certificates, naming each article and its
value, are placed in sealed envelopes and
wei1 mixed. One of these envelopes will bc
sent by mail to any address, on receipt of
25 cents; live for $1; eleven for $2; thirty
for $5; sixty-five for $10; and one hundred
for $15. On receipt of the certificate, you
will see what you are going to have, and
then it is at your option to pay thc dollar
and take the article or not. Purchasers
may thus obtain a Gold Watch, Diamond
Ring, a Piano, Sewing Machine or any set
of Jewelry on our hst, for $1; and in no
case can they get less than one dollar's
worth, as there are no blanks.
Agents are wanted in every town in the
country; every person can make $10 a day
selling our certificates in the greatest sale
of Jewelry ever known.
Send 25c. for a certificate, which will in?
form you what you can obtain for $1. At
thc same time get our circular, containing
full list and particulars; also, terms to
agents. Address
JAMES HUTCHINSON & CO..
Nov 14 2mo 197 Broadway, N. Y.
BATCHELOR'!! HAIR DYE!
THE Original and Best in the World!
Thc only true and perfect HAIR DYE.
Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous.
Produces immediately a splendid Black or
natural Brown, without injuring the hair
or skin. Remedies the ill effects of bad
dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine
is signed William A. Batchelor. Also, RE?
GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE
FLEURS, for Restoring arid Beautifying
the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR,"
Oct 25 ly_New York.
LAWRENCE.
BALDWIN*
& CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
NO. 70 WrALL STREET, NEW YORK.
GOVERNM?NlTsEClIRIT?ES
AND other STOCKS, BONDS, Ac,
bought and sold on commission.
DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y.
Stock Exchange.
1IMEON BALDWIN, Jn., member N. Y.
Petroleum and Mining Board.
CYRUS J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTED
Sept 4_6ma
Burning of the Museum.
LETTER FROM MR. HARSUM.
NEW YORK, Julv 14, 1865.
MESSRS. HERRING & Co.-GENTLEMEN:
Though the destruction of the American
Museum has proved a serious loss to my?
self and the public. I am happy to verify
thc old adage, that "It's an ill wind that
blows nobody good," and, consequently,
congratulate you that your well known
safes have again demonstrated their supe?
rior fire-proof qualities in an ordeal of un?
usual severity.
The safe you made for mo some time
ago was in the office of the Museum, on
the second floor, back part of the building,
and in the hottest of the fire.
After twenty-four hours of trial, it was
found among the debris, and on opening
it this dav has yielded up its contents in
very good order- books, papers, policies of
insurance, bank bills, ali in condition for
immediate use, and a noble commentary
on the trustworthiness of Herring's Fire
Proof Safe. Yours truly, P. T. BARNUM.
Herring's Patent Champion Safes.
27e? Most Reliable Protection from Fire
nair Kuturu.
HERRING & CO.'S PATENT BANKERS'
SATES, with Herring & Floyd's Patent
Crystallised Iron, tho liest security against
a burglar's drill ever manufactured.
HERRING & CO.,
No. 251 Broadway, cor. Murrav st., N. Y.
FARREL, HERRING & CO., Philadelphia.
Oct262mo HERRING A CO., Chicago.
OHM MB,
Guiri?, S'fyid*, 3JD?)fe?rf?)?te,
.VTTHOLESALE, at thc lowest possible
Y Y price of importation, for Cash.
W. R. CAMERON A Co.,
Importers of Mair ami Manufacturers.
No. 313 Fulton St., Brooklyn, near New York.
Large and small orders punctually at?
tende.! to. Oct '2? lino