The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 03, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA
Wednesday Morning, April 3,1867.
Education at the Suiitli.
It appears that the trustees of the
Peabody^fund for Southern educa?
tion, at their reoont session in Now
York, agreed to devote the fund so
generously donated chiefly to tho
promotion of primary or common
school education in the South. Tho
Baltimore Sun, in noticing tho mat?
ter, says that they acted wisoly, and
very judiciously says that, while in?
stitutions for tho higher branches of
education, as colleges and universi?
ties, aro always to bo aimed at, and
in ?ho ond oro indispensable, it is yot
of the first consequence that they do
not ongago too largo attention in
fashioning a scheme of popular edu?
cation, which must first found itself
in the primary sohools.
In the South, as the Sun says, and
as wo havo frequently said in the
PTianxix, thore has, perhaps, been
error in this respect. The conse?
quence is, that oollege graduates are
said to havo been sometimes found
(which we know to be a fact) who
were unable to write grammatically
in the English language, and were
very indifferently acquainted with
orthography. A mero smattering of
the classics'is a very poor substitute
for elementary education. Upon a
thorough ground-work, it is an easy
task to build a superstructure of
classic lore; bat if attention is f rat
paid to tho branches properly per?
taining to a collegiate education, it is
very difficult work to go back to ele?
ments and principles.
Tho following extract from tho
comments of tho Sun expresses what
will bo felt to bo tho truth in many
communities of the South :
"Education in tho South has here?
tofore been confined, for tho most
part, to tho wealthier classes, whose
advantages euabled them to attain n
higher intellectual culture than was
usual at the North, whore iuformation
is moro evenly distributed than in
any other country in tho world. It
is Well, therefore, that tho largo fund
which tho liberality nud patriotism
of Mr. Peabody has furnished tho
South should bo appropriated mainly
for purposes of primary instruction,
and tho preparation of teachers for
tho great work to be accomplished
in all tho Southern States. Perhaps
no moro practical or judicious appli?
cation of tho money could havo been
suggested than that resolved upon by
the trustees. It is a work bf great
delicacy and responsibility, however,
which they undertake, and it depends
much upon the circumstances with
which they may find themselves sur?
rounded iii tho future. They should
find every sympathy and encourage?
ment in the South itself in their la?
bors, in order that all classes may be
effectively reached."
We hope tho few trustees from the
Southern States will soe that tho fund
is npplicd'according to the judicious
views of the board. What we waut
is a gcneialpractical education among
our people, that may fit the youth of
thc South for tho moro active duties
they have to discharge in all tho de?
partments of business, trade, me?
chanics and manufacturing, under
thc new ordor of things in this sec?
tion. We want teachers, too, taught
among us, and of us, who can fully
appreciate our wants in educational
services; who will leave politics out?
side of tlie school-room doors, and
try to instruct their pupils-bo they
white or black-in those branchos
which may qualify them for their re?
spective positions in society and fu?
ture pursuits in life.
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INJUNCTION-IMPORTANT.-Hie Bal?
timore Sioi understands that applica?
tion will shortly be made to tho
United Suites Supreme Court, in tho
names of the States of Mississippi
and Alabama, and such other States
ns may become parties to tho cause,
to enjoin all proceedings to subject
tho people of those States to military
mlo under tho recent Act of Con?
gress, because it will inflict irrepara?
ble injury on said people, and for
other reasons. Tho case will bo con?
ducted, it is said, by Judgo Sharkey,
of Mississippi, and Charles O'Con?
nor, Esq., of New York. The Jack?
son Mississippian says that Governor
Humphreys has given tho requisito
authority on tho part of tho Stato of
Mississippi. Tho court met on Mon?
day, 1st instant.
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MAXIMILIAN.-licliablo information
has been received ul Washington,
that Maximilian only waits in Mexico
to make tho best pecuniary arrange?
ments that ho can, aud that ho will
certainly lcavo tho country beforo
tho 1st of July.
Insurance CompanUl.
Some of the Northern insurance
companies have exhibited, recently,
a most narrow-minded polioy in rela?
tion to merchants and other businoss
men of the Jewish faith. We are
glad to see that a largo meeting has
been held at Richmond, composed
principally of Hobrews, at which tho
agents of gomo insurance companies
attended. Tho me eting was to ox
press thoir just feelings of indigna?
tion, and to denounce and protes'
against the recent action Of several
Northern insurance companies) in
' structing their agents to take no more
"Jewish risks." The Examiner says
that the Synogogue was crowded at
an early hour, and those present were
the most respectable of that class of
our fellow-citizens known as Jews
all of them old merchants and busi?
ness men of Richmond-and a large
number of other prominent citizens.
Tho. meeting was called to order by
nominating Gustavus A. Meyers,
Esq., as Chairman, and Qen. Moore
as Secretary. Resolutions were
adopted condemning the action oi
the iE tn a Insurance Company, ol
Hartford, tho Manhattan, the Hano?
ver, tho Niagara and tho Republio,
of New York. We commond these
proscriptive companies, to the atten?
tion of those who may desire to in?
sure, as rather too punctual for gene?
ral patronage.
A R?en INCIDENT.-A convention
of North Carolina "loyalists" and
colored people recently met in Ra
leigh. During tho proceedings, r
rich incident occurred, which wai
communicated to ns by a promineni
gentleman from this State, who wai
present on the occasion, and whicl
wo seo noticed in tho Raleigh Sentinel
It seems that tho clerk of tho con
vention had inserted tho term "co
lorcd" on his roll, opposite the name;
of tho colored members. On th?
roll being called at tho session re
ferred to, Mr. Col. Rev. James Sin
clair, better known as the "lightinj
parson," arose, and moved that tli
term colored be expunged, as no
respectful to the colored delegation
James H. Harris, au intelligent au
respected colored man, arose, an
said ho did not see any good reaso
for tho proposition. The record wu
literally true. God had made thei
colored men, and he was not ashame
of anything that God had done. ?
was not ashamed of his color, and li
hoped tho gontleman from Robeso
waa not ashamed of his! The "figh
ing parson" caved iu.
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THE SOUTHESK OPINION.- The fo
lowing committees have been nj
pointed to award the prizes ?ftere
by Mr. II. Rives Pollard's new joni
nal-tho Southern Opinion-for tl
best poems on the several sabjec
indicated:
Poem on tho Confederate Dead
Hollywood Memorial Association.
Poems in Laudation of tho Deed
Valor, Suft'orings and Sacrifices
tho Confederate Soldiers-Gen. Bra
ley T. Johnson, Gen. John D. Imb
den, Col. Marmaduke Johnson, Mi
Isaac H. Carrington, Maj. Jol
Johns.
Poem on the Great Prisoner
Fortress Monroe, Jefferson Davis
P. H. Aylett, Esq., Hon. Robe
Ould, Rev. J. Lansing Burrov
Judge W. W. Crump, Prof. Charl
H. Winston.
Tho awards will bo publicly a
nouneed as soon ns decided by t
committees.
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Another unsuccessful nttcmpt v
made, on Monday, by tho frccdm
in Charleston, to ride in the str<
cars; but it was frustrated by t
military and police, and several
tho would-be "riders" wero nrrcsl
and caged. Tho ears were af terwai
brick-batted by indignant sym]
thizers, when further arrests wi
made-and tho affair ended.
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GitEAT REDUCTION.-The line
steamers between Charleston r
New York for which Messrs. Eave
& Co. are tho agents, have rodin
their rates of cabin passago to $
Tho low price now charged for
passago will induce many to talc
Northern voyage.
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RODIJEKY.-The Winnsboro AT
says:
"On Sunday afternoon, while
family was at church, the store r
dwelling of Mr. John D. McCni
was forced open by ono Janies Ki
(so-called,) who had been clerking
some weeks for tho proprietor. S
King took what gold and silvor c
were in tho store, and somo valun
jewelry from the trunk of Mrs. I
Carly. King was afterwards
rested." TfSBf,
Cotton vs. Corn.
Srorry^PorNT,- ABBEVIL.EE DISTRICT,
April 2, 1867.
MESSRS. EDITORS: Your advice to
the planters of this State to grow
corn instead of cotton is doubtless
given with a patriotic desire to bene?
fit tho South, and not, "with malice
aforethought," to injure tho North.
Actuated by tho same feeling, I ven?
ture to question the wisdom of your
counsel. . You are opposed to build?
ing up Lowell nt the expenso of tho
South. So am I; nor do I construe
that feeling as revenge which prompts
me to withhold both friendship and
patronage from those Northern clans
who are represented in tho councils
of the nation by such mon as Butler,
Stovens, Sumner, et id omnc genus.
These men must be tho exponents of
tho political sentiment of their con?
stituencies, and should they and their
people bo the only sufferers by our
adhering trictly to your proposed
policy, I would bo foremost amongst
planters to advocate it. But behov?
ing honestly that a different course
would advantage the planter moro, I
must ask leave "to enter a plea or
domurrer." The prime duty of the
Southern planter is to lend his entire
energy to thc cultivation of those crops
that to him will be most remunerative.
When, in 1861, that great ground?
swell of patriotism swept over tho
South, constraining irresistibly every
planter to cultivate that, and that
only, which fed the rank and filo of
our armies, cotton planting wrs
abandoned by common consent.
During tho next four years, when our
ports were blockaded, every avenue
of legitimate intercourse with the
outside world closed, and tho vortex
of patriotism had become as calm ns
a hike, mutterings "for the flesh-pots
of Egypt" bogan to be heard, and
tho cotton planting mania revived,
which could only be restrained by
legislation. Daws extremely oppres?
sive and odious were enacted, exe?
cuted and obeyed; tithes were im?
pressed, and, in many instances,
"alls" were taken, and cotton plant?
ing was proscribed. In all these
laws, the Southern people acquiesced
os war measures, and many planters,
prompted by an excess of patriotism,
not only enlarged their corn area,
but abo their plmting area, believing
that they could as easily cultivate
eighteen acres of corn to the hand ns
they could eight of cotton and eight
of corn. Experience, however, proved
this a delusion, and tho increased
area resulted in a decreased crop. Nol
only so, but during tho war our ave?
rage yield of small grain had greatly
depreciated, from lack of that invalu?
able domestic manure-cotton seed
and our lands were becoming nnnu
ally more impoverished from tin
rough, careless culture we-usually-1
may say, invariably-give the con
crop; and when the war closed, bu
few planters had enough cotton oi
hand to furnish the capital witl
which to recuperate their lost for
tunes. . Such, during tho war, wa?
the result of that very ruinous policy
which you are now "blazing out" fo:
the planter, during a civil but disas
trous revolution.
"Without discussing thc politico
economical question, as to whethe
an excess of imports or exports en
riches a nation, or whether cottoi
planting impoverishes tho Soutl
simply because it adds/ wealth to th
already powerful North, and assum
ing that aggregated individual wealtl
is the wealth of the State, I think i
can be proven, by a process of ron
soniug as comprehensible to th
humblest as it is irrefutable by th
wisest of your readers, that it is t
tho interest of every South Carolin
planter to pitch the gloater part c
his crop this year for cotton, and, i
some instances, to plant no corn r
all.
Abbeville is one of tho largest an
most productive Districts in th
State. Tho average yield of see
cotton here per aero is about 4E
pounds, which will yield 150 pouuc
of lint cotton and twelve bushels <
seed. Tho average yield of corn
about twelve and a half bushels pi
acre-tho same aero producing t\\
bushels of peas and 150 pounds <
fodder. The value, then, to tl
planter, and hence to the Distri
and State, of these respective acre
may bo computed thus:
160 11>H. of lint cotton, at20c...$30 00
12 bushels of cotton seed, at
25c..>. 3 00
Gross proceeds from an aero in
cotton.-$33
12* bushels of corn, at il.50.. 18 75
2 bushels of pens, at il.50_ 3 00
150 lbs. Of fodder, at $1. 1 50
Gress proceeds from an acre in
corn.$23
Excess in favor of acre in cotton.. $9
Cotton has not yet fallen to twen
cents per pound, and, I hopo, nev
will. Corn can now be bought
Baltimoro and delivered in Abbevil
District for less than 81.50 p
bushel, and had tho South last ye
mado her usual corn crop, corn won
now bo a dreg on tho market, at :
per bushel.
It may bo urged that it requii
moro labor io cultivate na ac
of cotton than ono of corn. N
so. Tho labor that will produ
twelve and a half bushels of co
will produce 450 pounds of cotto
and oftener than otherwise will pi
duco 500 pounds. Experienco h
taught that a hand who will cultivo
twelve acres will do so with mo
ease- by planting eight acres in cotton
and fonr in corn, than by putting it
all in com or all in cotton. And if
BO, the planter, with a crop of two-?
thirds cotton and one-third corn, will
realize more net money from his crop
than by planting all in corn.
Did space allow, I think I could
prove that corn was tho least remu?
nerative crop a South Carolina planter
can cultivate. Corn cannotbe shipped
to exchange for such family supplies
as wo do not and cannot grow; corn
will not pay off froedmon for labor;
corn suffers more from drought than
any crop wo plant, and corn exhausts
the land more than cotton and as
much as auy of tho other grains. All
these are facts that can be proven
but I have said enough already. Vory
respectfully,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
MESSRS. EDITORS: After the lapse
of fourteen years, I paid a short visit,
last week, to the Federal capital, and
was much strnck with the largo num?
ber'of buildings that have lately been
erected. The area of tho city has
boon greatly extended; many of tho
public buildings enlarged, new ones
built, and it is now quite a large and
flourishing city. The patronage of
tho Government has been so much
increased by the late war that an army
of officors, clerks, office-seekers and
hangers-on infest the place; and it
seems to mo a mere casual observer
can seo that we are fast drifting into
a vast centralizing Government, of
which the executive and judicial de?
partments are mere appendages
almost without meaning, certainly
without power; and the sovereign
States who formed this General Go?
vernment, with limited powers, aro
overshadowed and completely ignored.
President Johnson is completely pow?
erless; ho has shown no political sa?
gacity; his cabinet officors have been
opposed to him, and ho either did not
discover it, or would not take tho re?
sponsibility to remove them. * *
* * * Time changes all things,
and we must chango with them. It
is useless to speculate now on tho
past. We can easily see our errors,
but this does not help us out of oui
present troubles. The great secret ol
success in governing is, to deal with
men and things ns wo find them, not
as they ought to be. Often, we may
have justice on our side-at least wc
sincerely believe so; our opponents
do not-perhaps, will not seo U3 wc
do, aud we must give them credit foi
a little honesty and sincerity; ideas ol
truth and justice, wo must remeni
ber, are not tho same tho world over.
Look at the diversity of opiuioneverj
as to what we conceive tho very plain
est points in the Bible. There arc
very few, if any, universal truths,
and wo must lay aside that Puritanical
spirit, of which wo have had au aban
dance for tho last forty years, am
cease to believe that we are the oubj
true saints, and consequently sob
interpreters of all law, both humai
and Divine.
Congress awaits in expectancy thc
actiou we will take on the rcconstruc
tion bill; if we can make them believ<
wo aro heartily sick of agitation, ant
accept tho issue in good faith, agita
tion will cease, the radical party di?
out, ov divide, for thoy can't livi
without food. We should establish]
friendly feeling, and show tho coloree
people that our interests are ideuti
cal-that we are in earnest in ou
professions of Tgood will; they wil
then unite with us, and we may b
preserved from extreme men nn<
measures. This result is not oui
desirable, but absolutely necessary, i
we expect to have any place in poli
tics, any security in our property, o
any protection in our persons. W
must come up to the mighty issu
before us, and look at it calmly in th
face. Our destiny is yet, to a grce
extent, in our own hands; tho rc
sponsibility is great-it is fearful
Our position is that of conquere
provinces, and as such wo must sui
mit to the conqueror-humiliatin
though it be. Bravo, virtuous poop]
have been compelled to submit t
terms far worse, and it is in tho powc
of our opponents to degrade us ye
more; and need I say wo aro powe:
less to resist. The world is again;
us, as it was during tho war; all estai
lished Governments aro opposed t
cliangt?, and the Governments c
Europe caro not what terms aro in
posed upon tis.
Read what Gen. Longstreet says o
this point, [published a few days ago
and [ am credibly informed Gener
Lee and General Johnston take tl
same position; and I think Gener
Hampton will, if he does not airead;
occupy that ground. Wo may re
assured everything depends upon tl
manner . 1 spirit with which v
meet thc n?j>v order of things. Ol
newspapers have generally been vei
injudicious in their whoiesalo abm
of men and measures. Tho time an
place were alike inopportune. Whi
it gratified, perhaps, tho tastes an
feelings of tho South, it only increase
the bitterness of our opponents, an
ensured tho passage of the mostrad
cal measures. Tho tone of the pres
ns a general thing, is a good indie;
tion of tho feelings of Ibo peopl
and this wholesale abuse, togetlu
with tho inefficiency of tho civil ai
thorities, in many localities, to pr
serve order, has, you can plainly se
increased the majorities against u
A few months ago, it was difficult I
pass an Act over tho veto of the Pr
sider.t, find row tho most obnoxious I
mensures pnss, not by two-thirds, but
three-fourths majority. Wo must
chungo our entire policy, and estab?
lish in earnest the legal equality of
the freedmen.
Lot us show tho North that we aro
done with slavery forever; that wo
desire to seo tho negroes educated,
elovatcd and prosperous; maintain a
dignified silenco in regard to their
leading men; pat down lawlessness
and violonco in every district; make
a platform upon which tho whites
and intelligent freedmen can stand,
and wo will .succeed yet in forming a
Government under which we all con
live. Otherwise, wo moy bo finally
blotted out as States, disfranchised as
citizens, and rendered penniless beg
fjars. God grant that our peoplo may
ook at these things as they really
are, and act accordingly. "Bo yo
wise as serpents, but harmless as
doves."
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
How TIMES CHANGE.-The Louis?
ville Journal comes to hand with the
names of tho nominees of tho Demo?
cratic Convention of that State Hying
at its mast head, and with a slashing
leader against tho Louisville Demo?
crat, the old organ of tho party, for
refusing to support tho ticket. Tho
Journal concludes:
The present is no time for divisions
and criminations and recriminations
among those who would save tho
country, and we think that this fact
was fully recognized by tho Frank?
fort Convention. H ever there was a
time when if, was the solemn duty of
Kentucky to present for the country's
sake and her own a bold and united
front against the destroyers, such a
time is this.
Tho London Pall Mall Gazette, of
the 13th ultimo, has tho following
paragraph at the head of its occa?
sional notes:
"Wo regret to say we have reason
to believe that some recent overtures
of Sir Frederick Bruce, iu behalf of
his Government, in the matter of ar?
bitration in the Alabama claims, have
not been received in a conciliatory
spirit by Mr. Seward. We do not
understand that tho Otter of tho Bri?
tish representative has been directly
refused, but that, at two interviews,
thc .subject has been evaded."
A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, is out
in a letter urging tho Mississippians
to accept the reconstruction bill, as
tho conquerors have the right to
legislate for tho conquered, and the
latter have no rights which the for?
mer aro bound to respect.
The house carpenters and join on
of New York have notified employ?
ers of their intention to demand
four dollars a day, on and after tho
1st of April.
A New York paper states that Gen.
Banks will accompany the party now
organizing in that city to visit the
Holy Land.
Connecticut politics make strange
bed-fellows. Tue Irish there all go
for English.
ICE ! ICE !
THE len House is now opon and ready to
deliver ICE to town and country cus?
tomers. J. D. BATEMAN,
Washington street, East of Main.
? April 8_;
Richland Lodge No. 39, A. P. M.
A regular communication of tliis
'Lodge will be held THIS (Wednes?
day) EVENING, 3d instant, at 3
o'clock, at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Hy order of tho W. Hi
April 3 1_lt. TOZER, Secretary.
STATE BILLS
TAKEN AT PAR
For Goods at Retail !
GREGG & CO.,
Cor. Richardson and Taylor streets.
April 3_6_
NOTICE
THREE months from this dato, applica?
tion will bo made to tho proper au?
thorities for a renowal of STOCK GERTI
PICATE No. 1,841, for 2G shares of
Charlotto and S. C. Railroad stock, in the
name of Wm. Shioll, Executor; the origi?
nal having boen lost or destroyed.
April 3 wtoio WM. SHI lil.-L, ExV.__
Notice is Hereby Given,
rpiIIAT threo months after date, applica
_I_ tion will be made to the City Council of
Columbia, for renewal of SIX PER CENT.
ROND NO. 293, of tho city of Columbia,
issued April 1, 18.>1, and payable 18G5,
which was lost during the passage of tho
United States troops through this State, in
February, 18tij. ' C. MICKLE lt.
April S mo3*
City of Columbia Bonds.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, ArniL 1, 18IV7.
33ARTIES holding BONDS and CO?
. l'ONS of tho city of Columbia, aro
respectfully notified that the City Clerk is
now prepared to issuo NEW RONDS for
such us uro past duo, and to fund tho in?
terest duo to tho first of July, 18C7, upon
all -tho bonds issued by tho city, by tho
issuo of now bonds, according to tho Act
of tho L?gislature, passed in Dccen-.Ver
last. Bonds of the denomination of 1 ivo
Hundred, Two Hundred and Fifty and Ono
Hundred Dollars will only bo issued.
Claimants aro requested to apply at tho
City Clerk's OOieo with as little delav as
possible. THEO. STARK, Mayor.
April 8_12
N? TIGE.
THE number of gentlemen who have
extolled the quality of tho celebrated
"STAR" WHISKEY, has induced tho sub?
scriber to duplicate his supply: and ho
now bogs to inform them that nc has inst
received several barrels of tho same, which
will be fm'iiished in quantities of a quart
and upwards, at REDUCED FIGURES.
MELVIN M. COHE^,
Assembly street, West sido,
Ono door from Pendleton st.. et.
?f?y- Slate Monet/ Taken at Par. -i??
April 3 wf2
Xjsooal Items.
CONUNDRUM.-Why is tho Phoenix,
likewise the Gleaner, liko a wifo?
Because every man should have one
of his own, and not borrow his
neighbor's. Wo stolo this "local."
TUE RELIEF COMMITTEE.-lu the
card of tbnnks from Rov. Wm. Mar?
tin, published on Sunday last, in the
tho Phoenix, tho name of Dr. M. La
Borde was omitted. Rev. J. J.
O'Connell has also been invited to
attend the mcotings.
JOB PniNTiNo.-Tho Job Office of
tho Phoenix is as complete as any in
tho South. It is furnished with new
fonts of typo of all descriptions and
of the most modern stylos. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
PERSONAL.-We received a brief
visit, last night, from Mr. Thad. E.
Sumner, of tho Bufihlo (New York)
Courier, who is on a tour of observa?
tion through tho South. Mr. S. ex?
presses himself highly pleased at the
kind reception ho has mot with
throughout tho South, and will doubt?
less publish statements relative to
matters and things in this section
which may bo tho means of upsetting
tho misrepresentations of sonio cor?
respondents.
CIRCULARS! CIRCULARS!-Commer?
cial and other circulars, in the various
forms-note, letter and commercial
post-neatly printed in our Job
Office, and all work of this descrip?
tion finished in the best style of print?
ing, and at moderato prices.
NEWSPAPERS ON FILE.-Wo would
respectfully inform renders and the
general public, that newspapers on
file in tho Phcenix office aro fo: .efer
ence ouly, and they must not be car?
ried off, under any circumstanees.
As this is a matter of importance, we
hopo it will bc borne in mind.
Wo learn that P. S. Jacobs, Esq..
tho Assistant Assessor for the Inter?
nal Revenue at Hamburg,, seized,
last Thursday, four whole and four
half barrels corn whiskey, brought
through that placo from the upper
part of the State-no tax having
been paid for the article. For the
information of tho public, we extract
from paragraph 134, of the Revenue
Daws, tho following:
"All distillod spirits removed, and
all distilled spirits found elsewhere
than in a bonded warehouse, not hav?
ing been removed from such ware?
house according to law, and the tax
imposed by law on tho same not hav?
ing been paid, shall bo forfeited to
tho United States," Arc.
CARDS! CARDS!-Show cards, busi?
ness cards, visiting and wedding
cards, executed at the Phoenix Job
Office, in tho neatest styles of the
art. Cards of all sizes constantly
on hand, and all orders from town or
country promptly attended to.
CIOAR BOXES.-Many business men
in the community may subject them?
selves to a heavy penalty by their
ignorant violation of tho thirty-se?
cond section pf tho revenue law,
passed at tho close of tho thirty
ninth Congress. It is stated, for the
information of all concerned, that thc
section in question enacts:
"That any person who shall sell,
give away or otherwise disposo of any
empty cigar box or boxes which have
been stamped, without first defacing
or destroying such stamp, shall, on
conviction of either offence, be liable
to a penalty of ono hundred dollars,
or to imprisonment not exceeding
sixty days, or both, in tho discretion
of tho court, with tho costs of the
trial; and it shall be lawful for any
cigar inspector or rovenno officer to
<v stroy any empty cigar box upon
which a cigar stamp shall bo found."
Snow POSTERS, HANDBILLS, AC
Our supply of typo and facilities ol'
press-work enable us to turn out froni
tho Phonix office the most attractive
styles of posters, hand-bills, Ac, at
short notice, and in the most satis?
factory manner.
NEW AovKr.TiHKMr.ST.s.-Attention is call?
ed to tho following advertisements, which
aro published this morning for the first
limo:
Melvin M. Cohen-"Star" Whiskey.
Orcgg A Co.-Stato Money at Par".
C. H. baldwin A Co.-Bacon, Lard, Ac.
C. Mickler-Lost Certificate of Stock.
John I). Bateman- Ice.
Begular Meeting Richland Lodge.
Theo. Stark-City of Columbia Bonds.
Wm. Shiell-Lost Stock Certificate.
NOT ICE .
12.000 SSbl- ". * c-11
2,(UK) lbs. prime SHOULDERS.
10 tierces S. Davis, jr., A Co.'a PURL'
LEAF LARD.
:t tierces H. Davis, jr., A Co.'s DIAMONL
HAMS-best Ham.
2 tiorces S. C. HAMS. With other STA
1 LE GOODS, received to-dav and for sal-j
by C. H. BALDWIN A CO.
April 3