The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 22, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBI^.
Wednesday Morning, Aug. 22, 1866.
The Hearing of (he Southern Dele?
gated.
That well-conducted and able con?
servative journal, the New York
News, in its issue of Friday, has an
editorial article on tho hearing of the
Southern delegates in tho Philadel?
phia Convention, winch, although
the writer may have been present
during thc sessions of that assem?
bly, we can scarcely think justified
by tho facts, BO far as wo can gather
them from various and very minute
reports of every incident of the pro?
ceedings. Tho News says:
"It was impossible to suppress the
thought-how changed from tho
pride and firmness and strength of
will that were once the elementa of
Southern character. We will confess
that to us tho impression waa pain?
fully conveyed that tho South, if
fairly represented at the Convention,
is bending too low in its eagerness to
conciliate the North. There are, it
ia true, some noble exceptions in the
persons of men who realize that man?
hood need not forfeit either dignity
or independence in misfortune; but]
many of tho Southern delegates
seem to have buried their pride of
ra.ee in tho grave of the Confederacy.
They wear too much the aspect of ,
courtiers at tho footstool of power, to !
bo true types of tho people who
fought so well, and who endured so
much for tho maintenance of their
political faith. We do not for n mo?
ment behove that these men are con
ecious of self-abasement, that they
havo deliberately assumed the office
of time-servers; we simply believe
that they have over-estimated thc
price that they must pay for their po?
litical rehabilitation."
We are sorry to see a cotemporary
so highly esteemed and regarde d at
the South write in such a strain, and
that he takes such an impression of
the views and feelings of tho South?
ern representatives at Philadelphia.
We are loth to believe that there was
exhibited, on their part, such evi.
deuces of sycophancy or time-serving,
as tho Neics indicates. Tho cail for
the Convention,- its objects and its
declarations, were before our people ;
and, in obedience to that call, they,
with great unanimity of purpose,
selected their delegates to that body
from tho best men that the South
could produce, a largo majority of
them experienced public men, aud not
a few who had served that South and
her causo both in the field and the
foru;a. And looking over the hst of
names of the entire Southern delega?
tions, we find few, with whose charac?
ter and antecedents we arc acquaint?
ed, who could fawn and play the
sycophant even "for their political
rehabilitation." We rather think the
News gave ?ay too much to a morbid
sensitiveness, in brooding over tho
present condition of the South, and
the wrongs inflicted upon her by the
radical faction in Congress, for we
are well convinced it would not wil?
fully cast reproach on the people of
the South or their representatives.
No journal knows better than the
Neics what the South has at stake in
thc coming contest; that her whole
hope for the future is entirely based
upon tho success of the conservatives
of the North; that at their invitation
they met these conservative men in
council, for the expressly avowed
purpose of concerting some plan of
action to overthrow and defeat the
enemies of the Constitution, and we
may say of thc Government. Frank?
ly and fully and openly did the South?
ern pooplo accept tho invitation, and
all tho reports that we havo read in?
form us that their representatives
were received in that body and treat?
ed throughout the whole proceedings
as equals. They may havo had to
formally renounce doctrines they
onco believed in, but tho results of
the war had wiped them out many
months before; there may have boen I
some feelings of despondency, as j
they remembered all the sufferings
they had endured for these doctrines
and for that cause so hopelessly lost;
but wo do not perceive that in any?
thing, save iu a sentence or two in the
mero declaration of principles, were
they called ?pou to sacrifice anything
of their manhood or self-respect, or to
yield up any doctrine that had not
already been lost. The address and
the declaration of principles are be?
fore tho Southern people, and we
think will, on tho whole, receive their
approval The work boforo tho con?
servative masses of the country is the
defeat of the radicals, and the conse?
quent restoration of all tlie States to
their full participation in the Govern?
ment; and if nome slight sacrifices
not of honor or principle, but simply
of feeling-are necessary to accom?
plish tho result, is it not the part of
.wisdom to make them? As we h?ve
said in previous articles, all that the
Southern delegates should require
would be to sit iu the Convention as
equals-less than such a reception
they ought not to submit to, and less
than that wa? not tendered to them.
Thc Keir.t, with ourselves, and the
whole conservativo press of the coun?
try, will doubtless do all in its _power
to aid in accomplishing the avowed
objects and purposes of the Conven?
tion, standing on tho platform it has
laid down.
Agricultural Colleges.
Congress, some time ago, passed a
law granting to States tho privilege
of selecting lands-ior agricultural and
mechanical schools or colleges. This
law provides for an amount of public
lands, equal to 30,000 acres for each
Senator and Representative iu Con?
gress, to which such States are re?
spectively entitled by tho apportion?
ment under tho census of 1860, the
tracts to be selected from the public
lands of the United States, subject to
private entry, at $1.25 per acre; or
selections may be made from the
02.50, or double minimum ; but in the
latter case tho lands are to be com?
puted at the maximum price, and the
number of acres proportionally di?
minished. No mineral lands aro to
be selected, and no selections allowed
of a quantity less than a quarter sec?
tion
The only Southern States that have
thus far signified their intention o!
accepting tho" provisions of the granl
ol' Congress are North Carolina, Vir?
ginia and Georgia. Our exchanges
inform us that Governor Worth, oi
the first named State, has already re
ceived from Washington land scrip tc
the amount of 190,080 acres, and that
the scrip for Virginia will shortly b<
prepared. If South Carolina is ea
titled to her quota of this grant foi
educational purposes, we thiuk tin
attention of our State anthoritiei
ought to be given to the matter
While the people of the State have t<
boar their sharo of tho burden o
taxation, they ought to participate ii
any benefits the Government ma;
confer.
-
It Meant the Whole South.
Tho New York Tribune is fre
quently very frank and outspoken ii
its admissions of the purposes am
policy of tho party of which it is
leading organ. For instance, speak
ing of the New Orleans riot, it says
"We should attach little impoi
tance to a singlo outbreak, if ther
was reason to believe it was duo t
local causes; but tho conviction i
forced upon us that New Orlean
means tho whole South, as Presi
dentially reconstructed, and we shud
der to think of the future."
Tho whole facts elicited by the iii
vestigation of tho disturbance in Nei
Orleans, and all concurrent teatime
ny, go to provo that this riot wa
long before planned and concocte
by tho radical leaders, and that it wa
to be followed up in Texas and else
when.-, whenever opportunity offered
No one will pretend to doubt tho nr
thority of tho Tribunein the premises
and we can only account for its bol
exposition of tho. extensivo schein
of riots aud bloodshed designed b
tho radicals, from its grievous disaj
pointmeut in the .sudden and officiel
manner by which tho Presidei
squelched the outbreak. It canut
fail to be n salutary warning to tl
squad of revolutionists who seek 1
violate tho peace of tho countr;
Wo havo no doubt but tho prom]
action > i the authorities in New O
leans was very instrumental in eau
ing thc authorities in Philadelphia
take tho necessary steps for tho pr
servation of tho peace in that ci
j during the past week. "Tho who
South, as Presidentially reconstruc
ed," wo think a party safo from ai
future attempts of tho kind. Its i
constructor has tho nerve, abili
and power to keep it reconstructe
despite of Jacobin cabals and plo'
Tnr. CAMDEN JointNAr,.-T. >
Pegues, Esq., tho former publish
of tho Journal, 1ms purchased t
paper, and will resumo its publicati
on Friday, tho 31st instaut. \
Pegues -is a veteran publisher, a
i we wish him much success in retui
ing to his first love.
Tho Atlantic cable, from tho poi
where it leaves Valentia Island to t
spot where it was landed at Hear
Content, is precisely 1,86G miles
length. It's a queer coincidence tl
it should have been perfectod t
year.
afc
Th? Attempt to Cremte ? Riot*
! The correspondent of the New
York World gives the following state
i ment of the attempt t& create a riot
I in Philadelphia on the first night of
i tho Convention :
! During the afternoon, speeches
[had been.made from the balcony of
the Continental by several distin?
guished gentlemen, to the evident
satisfaction of a large crowd, who
were very enthusiastic. Not a word
of opposition was heard; in_ fact,
everything was as peaceable as in the
Convention. Whon dark came on
this v?as all changed ; some 200 men
marched np Chesnut street and scat?
tered themselves among the crowd.
They had arranged everything very
j nicely for a fight, and to make a dis
? turbanoe, cheered for Jeff. Davis, and
I then accused the Union men of doing
it. At last there were somo blows,
but a strong body of police stepped
I m and prevented what might have
proved a bloody encounter.
! The mob, which was led by a small
man, who repeatedly cried out, "Let
the d-d traitors come on; we are
prepared for them," finding they
could not provoke a riot, satisfied
themselves by knocking down a gen?
tleman who had simply remarked that
he thought tho conduct of its mem?
bers disgraceful, then yelled. "Let us
pay Forney a visit." "Three cheers
for the Dead Duck." "Threo groans
for tho dead dog." lu a moment
they were cn route for the Press office,
marching four by four, which plainly
proved that the meeting was not by
accident. In passing the front of the
Continental, they insulted every
person who looked respectable, some?
times asking for Southern traitors,
but especially demanding copper?
heads. It was certainly the deter?
mined conduct of the police which
prevented ? fight, and tho who!?,
force deserves the thanks of everj
citizen interested in tho movement,
for preventing tho effusion of blood.
Upon reaching tho Continental tb?
procession was ordered to halt, anc
the gang commenced to cheer foi
Thad. Stevens, Forney, nnd othei
disunionists. By this time anothei
crowd of Philadelphians had assent
bled, and they exhibited a disposi
tion to contest the matter with thei:
opponents. Cheers for Johnson, thc
Union, Senator Cowan and other,
nmg loudly upon the air, whereupoi
the hostile parties got together, am
blows began to be exchanged, whei
the police once more interfered, an?
compelled the radical mob to leave
They did so, after some futile effort
to remain, and made night hideou
with their shouts and groans as the;
passed up Chesnut street to th
Union League Rooms. Beyond al
doubt the preparations for the ric
were most complete, and only th
good sense of the Uniou men and th
determination of the police prevent
ed. It is but just to add that the ri
spectable radicals of Philadelphia ea
press deep mortification at th
conduct of their political adherent;
and begged that for the sako of th
city, which officially had done wei
it might bo forgotten.
EDITORIAL BRASS.-We alwaj
knew that the New York Herald ha
moro brass than any other journal i
the country, but it beats itself in tl;
following. In ono of its recent issui
it published tho following pnragrapl
"WANTED-SOUTHERN RIOTS I
HELP THE RADICALS.-It having bee
deemed necessary to repeat tho ol
game of 'bleeding Kansas' iu order t
humbug tho Northern voters at tl
coming elections, a number of rio
are desired at various prominei
points at the South, such as Rici
mond, Mobile, Memphis and Ne
Orleans. If twenty or thirty uegroe
martyrs to liberty, can be killed
each of those places, so much tl
better for the radical cause. For fu
tlier particulars, terms of compens
tion, ?fcc, apply to oid Thad. Steve:
or any other member of the Reco
struction Committee."
The Tribune, having copied tl
paragraph without crediting it to tl
Herald, and having commented on
tho Herald, next day, accused Gre
ley of really desiring these riots, ai
says:
"Wo cannot but admire the elev
fashion in which tho Tribun*, t
chief organ of the radicals, has n
vertised for men and means to get i
a few more bloody riots, while we n
entirely in accord with it in the st
timent-which it hypocritically r
presses-that it is a wicked and de\
ish do vice."
This is about tho richest specim
of cool effrontery that v?*o havo so
lately.
Tho Richmond correspondent
the New York Times says:
"The National Exchange Bank,
this city, has, during tho past ye
discounted of business papor o:i
and exclusive of call loans and it
ling bills, no less than $2,455,0
and in addition to this, when first
tablished, discounted for planters
three and four months to tho amoi
of $80,000, to enable them to I
tho horses and mules the Govt;
ment was then selling in this ci
I mention theso facts for the rea
that it has been asserted that tb
hanks are of no benefit to the Son
ern people, and especially to
planters."
Tho rice crop in South Carol
will not exceed 5,000 tierce?.
Health or Mr. lto-rts.
We- extract, from the Now -York
World, of Friday, the following, from
, its Fortress Monroe correspondence:
' Since General Barnes' visit, Mr.
Charles O'Conor has been here, and
though it is only about six weeks
since he saw Davis, still, his quick
perception and study of physiognomy
at once noticed the striking failure of
the captive's features, and he was by
no means reticent in making tho fact
public.
Wc also know that, Mr. O'Conor,
after leaving here, proceeded direct
to Washington, where he had an in?
terview with President Johnson, and
the result is, that, on Saturday morn?
ing, Doctors Crane and Simpson, of
the United States army, arrived here,
for. the specific purpose of examining
into and reporting on the physical!
condition of Mr. Davis.
Tins tho eminen t surgeons did, but
they have not expressed themselves
on the subject lo any extent, from
which any intelligible solution may
be obtained. They are very quiet
about it, but their silence is ominous.
Your correspondent has had au oppor?
tunity of watching things, and deal?
ing with them from actual observa?
tion. I have seen tho prisoner on
various occasions. Ho looks haggard
and care-worn, although placid and
serene. While he has lost the wild
fire which used to kindle his eye be?
fore ho was joined by his family, and
iuhabited Carroll Hall os a closely
confined prisoner, ho does not even
look half as well and hearty as at that
period. His fare is the same as before;
he eos more company than ever, and
enjoys tho most unbounded freedom,
inside of Fortress Monroe. And 3ret,
with all these indulgencies, ho conti?
nues to fail, and, if ho is kept con?
fined much longer, the worst results
may be feared.
It may bo possible that, from two
such eminent aud chivalric professors
as Drs. Grane and Simpson, President
Johnson will receive such a report as
he can rely upon ; and it would not be
surprising to hear that Davis has been I
released on bail, or paroled, before
this month is out. Such a result is
desired by everybody, oven tho radi?
cal?. It could not harm tho cause of
the North, (tho war being over,) and
would tend to save the lifo of a hu?
ndan being. We hope for tho best.
From M rx leo.
By tho way of Havana, wo have
later dates from Mexico. Tho ex?
pected chango in tho ministry was
effected by the Emperor on the 20th
of July, by a letter to Lacunza, and
by the publication of three decrees.
The letter says:
MT DEAR PRESIDENT LACCNZA: At
the moment when tho ministry over
which you have so worthily presided
becomes in part dissolved, wo are
pleased to give you a public testimony
of our profound gratitude for the :
eminent services you have rendered
us. Wo hope tho nation will con?
tinuo to profit by the counsels of
your patriotic and illustrious intelli?
gence. Receive the assurances of
my regard. MAXIMILIAN.
The first decree appoints Gen.
Osraont, Chief of Stafl' of the Ex?
peditionary Corps, Minister of War.
The second decree appoints Gen.
Fraut, the Intendeut-General of thc
same corps, Minister of Finance.
Tho third decree orders tho Minis?
try of Protection to be added, pro?
visionally, to that of the Interior.
lt is said that H.aro, Tamares and
Lares, have been invited to form part
of the new cabinet. It is also said
that three new under-secretaries will
bo appointed.
Is Nor PR Er AR ICD TO PAY.-A Phi?
ladelphia paper publishes tho follow
ing letter, received by a firm in that |
eitv from a North Carolina merchant: '
-
CONCORD, N. C..Auguste, I860, j
SIRS: Yours of August 3, 18G?,
caine to hand this morning, with no
tice that you had drawn on me.
Your draft will not be honored, nor
will the account which you hold i
against me bo paid until it suits my
convenience.
I am well informed that you were
ono of a party of Southern crushers
and Northern radicals and fanatics,
who gave your means for tho destruc?
tion of Southern people, my property
and my lifo among tho rest.
My liff was narrowly saved and my
health permanently injured by two
most fatal gun-shot wounds. What
funds I may now havo saved from the
vandalism of bummers, is needed
otherwise than in turning tho other j
check for you to smite. Yours,
D. R. PHIFER. j
NEGRO HUMANITY.-The LaGrange
(La.) Reporter says that some negroes
in Merriwether" County, not wishing !
to bo troubled with their old father, j
who was old and infirm, carried him
to a brush tent some distance from
their cabin, where, a few days after,
he was found dead from starvation.
Mr. Booker, their former ?master, was
informed of the facts, and on going
to the spot, found the buzzards prey- j
ing upon the old man's body. It was
with great difficulty that Mr. Booker
could get tho wretches to havo tho
old man buried. Ono of tho sons I
gave us n reason why ho did not go
and see his father buried-"Mei
a foe red be will ketch me."
Watches aro now mado in this
country which wind themselves up,
but the mode of winding is kept a
profound seoret. .
SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHU?
SETTS.-"Perley," in his despatch
from Philadelphia to the Boston
Journal, speaking of the visit paid by
tho delegates from South Carolina to
the Massachusetts delegation, says:
"Then Gen. Custer came in, and
was introduced th Gen. McGowan, of
the Confederate army. After cor?
dially shaking hands, Custer said:
.(jieneral-we have been looking at
I each other often during the war
j through field-glasses und amid the
smoko of battle. If we can now
shake hands, these civilians who have
I stayed at their homes in safety surely
should.'
.'Gov. Orr, in conversation, repn
I dinted the iden that when, in his
speech on Monday night, he alluded
, to 'my Government,' ho meant the
Confederate Government; that, he
said, is dead, and is no one's Go?
vernment; but the Government of
tho United States is its executor, and
is again my Government as well as
your Government."
TnE PR?SIDENT AND MEXICO.-The
National Intelligence); referring to the
proclamation of tho President relative
to Mexico, says:
The proclamation of the President,
found elsewhere, is in strict consist?
ence with American policy, and the
recognized laws of nations touching
neutral rights as between bellige?
rents. This brittain fulmen of Maxi?
milian, under the circumstances, maj
havo a deeper significance than ap?
pears upon its face, fi r he has nol
ono iota of justification for his course.
But let results be what they may, th(
President will as sternly maintain th?
rights of tho country as lie will faith
fully discharge his sworn obligation;
to fully recognize thoso of others.
The proposed tunnel between Eng
land and France, for which Mr
Hawkshaw, with the Emperor's con
sent, has been so busily boring hole.'
j on each side of tho chanuel, is likeb
to have a formidablo rival in tin
I "oec>an ferry," proposed by Mr
Fowler, who would employ enormoui
steam vessels, like the "Great East
ern," to ply between tho two shores
These boats starting from specia
docks -at Dover and Calais, woult
take the trains on board, and couve]
them across, so that there would b
no delay, no changing of carriages
between Loudon and Paris, and a
the roughest weather would havo n>
sensible effect on the motion of th
mammoth ferry boats, tho demon o
sickness would be banished fron thu
favored highway. Tho tunnel wouh
take twenty years to complete am
cost ?20)000,000 sterliug. Th
"ferry boats" could bo ready ii
thirty months, and would oulv cos
?1,500,000; so that Mr. Fowler's ap
pears to be quite the most practicabl
proposal.
A man has been found in Masse
chusetts who has "a conscience.
The Secretary of the Treasur
vouches for "'is existence, and cert
fies that he h?.j contributed "thirtee
cents" to tho "conscience fund.
This upright Puritan resides i
"Chelsea," and writes a modest letti
to the Treasury Department, i
which he says:
MR. SECRETARY: Enclosed I sen
thirteen cents of mutilated fraction;
currency, it being the exact anioni
overpaid mo while iu the army th;
saved this glorious Union from diss>
lution. As Congress has made sue
generous provision for our country
defenders, in tho shape of bount
[that's the reason the "thirtee
cents" were sent,] I trust you will 1
able to pay all drafts ou tho Treasnt
if all who have been overpaid su<
?urge amounts are honest enough
return them.
COUNTERFEIT EAGLES.-But ft
people in these palmy days of grce
backs have any recollection of eagle
but for the benefit of tho few wi
still enjoy the acquaintance of t
bird, we subjoin a description of t
now counterfeit, which a Boston \
per describes as follows:
"Wo have been shown a count?
feit gold eagle, so ingeniously ma
that it is calculated to defy even e
perts. Apparently, it is genuine,
far as weight and appearance aro cc
cerned, and tested by acids it woi
be pronounced genuine, and even
file, unless vigorously applied, woi
not show the deception. Uponbrei
ing open, however, the interior
filled with a small plate of plat ii
and instead of being worth ten d
lars in gold, its valuo is only nix
one-third of that amount."
.-? ,-?.
TnE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF T
LATE SESSION OF CONGRESS REMOV
TO ILLINOIS.-The New York Her
says the Clerk of the House of R<
resentatives has taken upon hims
what appears to be an unwarran:
liberty in permitting tho removal
tho books and records of tho 1
session to Illinois, to suit the pl
sure anil convenience of an uu<
clerk in writing them up. In con
quenco of this, so far as known,
precedented proeeedure, it is imp
sible to make up a statement of
gross amount of the appropri?t!
of the lato session. It is intima
that this conrso has been pnrpos
adopted, in orde^r to prevent tho p
licatiou of theso immense approp
tiona until it shall bo too late
them to havo any effect upon the
suing campaign._
Queen Victoria's health alarms
people.
Xac>o?L]L^xit orna.
J'j,A.>'xs FOB SAXE AT THIS OFFICE. -Let?
ters of Administration, Declaration ou
Bond or Sealed Note, Mortgages ami Con?
veyances of Real Estate.
It may not, perhaps, be generally known
that Messrs. Trevct & Beraghi furnish a
capital lunch every day-but such ls the
fact.
Tun BUBNXNO OF COLUMBIA.-An intt-i
estinR account ol the "Sack ami Destrr..-.
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has
just be en issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Pluznix power press. Orders tilled to
any extent. Price 50 cents. Cop'os can be^
obtained at this office and the bookstores.
ACCIDKN-T.- Tho Charlotte down train,
yesterday morning, was delayed some four
or five hours, by an accident which occurred
above Chester. Tho train ran off tho
track, in consequence of a loose rail on the
track; but, fortunately, no other injury
than thc breaking of tho trucks of ono or
two of tho cars was the consequence. No?
body hurt.
?JMAIX AURANOEMENTS.-Tho Poet Office is
open during thc week from 8 a. m. to 1 p.
ra. and from 5V p. m. to 7 p. m. On Sun?
day, from 8 to 9 a. m.
Nor I bern mail opens 8 a. m.; closes 21 p. m.
Southern " 5ip.m.; " 9 p.m.
Charleston " 5* p. m.: " 9 p.m.
Greenville R. R. " 8" a. m.; " Hh p. m.
Edgefield " 8 a.m.; *' S\p. m.
All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. ni.
FraEMEX's FESTIVAL.-The ladies and the
Committees engaged in this work have
very speedily transformed the New Market
into a sylvan fairy bower, which almost
made us wish that it would never bo used
for thc grosser purposes for which it was
erected. Fair forms and smiling winsome
faces, moving among evergreens, offering
delicious viands, cooling drinks, and other
knick-knacks, aro much more attractivo
than the most tempting display which
hereafter may bo daily expected at theso
stalls, in tho shape of coarser but very ne?
cessary provender for the inner man. Wo
mean that the extensive arcade, to bo here?
after used as a market, waa very tastefully
clot h?;d in evergreens, worked np and in?
terwoven in very handsome designs, inter?
spersed with appropriate mottoes, appeal?
ing to the crowd of visitors in behalf of the
gallant firemen, for the benefit of whom
the entertainment was gotten up; and wo
must say that the ladies exerted them?
selves and spread their most fascinating
lures to carry out tho object of tho fete
to -jet all thc dollars which tho unsuspect?
ing visitors carried within tho portals of
the fairy temple. There waa, however, but
little of that "boring" importunity usual
on such occasions, and the business of
selling and buying was carried on with
great satisfaction on both sides; and it
really seemed to bc a pleasant business to
pay out the greenbacks to the fair sales?
women, who were all so anxious to serve
their customers. As we predicted, it was
a rc-union of the young and light-hearted,
intermingled with the graver faces of those
of maturer years. All, however, appeared
happy, anti we are sure received the full*
worth of all tho money they spont in the
enjoyment of tho evening.
Thia fete, wo trnst, will realize a hand?
some sum for our noble firemen, aud as
it will be continued this evening, we again
appeal to the community in their behalf.
Even if visitors should not entirely empty
their pockets in purchases-and they must
have a strong power of resistance not to
do so-a promenade around tho stalls will
bc found to be richly worth the price of
admission.
Besides tho stalls elegantly dressed and
plentifully supplied with good things, there
was the attraction of a handsome fountain
in the centre of tho arcade, erected under
the superintendence of Mr. R. Tozer,
which added much to the cool appearance
of the place, and the jets of which "Were
varied and fanciful. Thc menagerie, with
the speaking dog and the white whales, was
a veiled den, which attracted a large num?
ber of visitors. The post office, presided
over by Postmaster Shuler, who, by-the
way, had not taken the oath, was also very
extensively patronized, and tho missives
handed ont by the gallant Lieutenant ap?
peared to give very lively satisfaction to
the recipients. Na 20 was also a favorite
resort, with evident satisfaction to those
who gave that attractivo stall tho prefer
ouco. Tho "Clerk's Office," presided over
by "Phil." and the "old mau," caUed forth
universal admiration.
The following is a list of the stalls and
those in charge ot them:
Nos. 1, 3 and 5--Mrs. Davenport.
4 -Soda Fountain, Dr. Jackson.
6 and 8-Mrs. Boyne, Mrs. Shicll.
7 and 9-Mrs. Jas. Smith.
10-Post Office, Mrs. Dougal, Miss Isaacs.
11 and 13- Mrs. A. L. Solomon.
12 and li-Mrs. John McKenzie.
17 and 19-J. McKenzie anti P. Walsh.
19-Menagerie-John L. Root,
lid-M. A. Shelton.
Of course, nt each of tho stalls thero
weru a goodly number of young lady atta?
che.*, but owing to tho impossibility of cap?
taining a correct list of their names, we
have omitted them.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ie call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the first
time:
Joshua H. Walker-A. .cst tho Murderer,
'let ting of tlic Commissioners of Roads.
Tho. Stork-To Rent.
Marvelous beyond precedent is the effect
of Sozodont upon tho whole economy of tho
mouth, kei ping the gums rosy and healthy,
the teeth in perfect order, giving to the
breath a balmy fragrance.
Francis Hall, tho editor trad pro?
prietor of tho Commercial Advertiser,
died Saturday evening, in New York,
aged eighty-tbrtro years. He was
connected with the above paper fifty
three years.