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f BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C.. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 13. 1867. VOLUME III-NO. 21 THE PHONIX, POHMSHtn DAILY AND TKI-WEEKLY. THE GLEANER, EVERY WEDNESDAY MOBKXKO. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, CITY PRINTER. Oliieo on Main street, a/t'ew doors above Taylor (or Camden) Btreet. TERj/s-IN AD VANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Paner, six months.M JW Tri-Weekrv, '? .?. 9 50 Weekly, " " .1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for tho first insertion, and 50 ci-nts for each subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. jey A liberal discount made, on the above rates xchen advertisements are inserted by the month or year. AGENTS. T. R. Allen, Chester. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. S. P. Kinard, Newberry C. H. W. T. Sims, Union. J. M. Allon, Greenville. Destitution in this State. Wo cxtrnot tho following from thc New York Times, of Monday: Col. Jobu B. Palmer, tho agent of the New York Southern Relic! Com? mission, at Lexington, S. C., gives, in a recent report, some facts that af? ford a glimpse of the terrible destitu? tion of tho pcoplo about him. He says, among ot" or things, that two cases of actual btarvation have come to his notice-au aged widow and a daughter. It seems that these poor creatures, left penniless by the war, had subsisted as best they could, living from hand to mouth, sealing their furniture, bedding and clothes, until finally they shnred with the clogs tho garbago of tho street, living on tho filth and refuse of thc town, until death" released them from wretched? ness and debasement. The commissioner's record is full of dismnl but suggestive reading, and the number of "extreme cases" is startling. Tho fact is, we have bo como so familiar with destitution, starvation, hardship, suffering ami kindred phrases, that wo tako them in at ono ear ami let them out at the other. Our contributions have not been liberal, not even ordinarily ge? nerous, and tho same remark applies to the subscriptions iu Boston, Phila? delphia and other largo cities. The church collections, about which so much was said, resulted iu nothing the day was stormy and tho matter was postponed. Since then, dribblets have beeu sent to the authorized commissioners, but nothing of any consequence. In the meantime, tho accounts from oflicial sources continuo to ap? peal to Northern sympathy for help. pBfcjt^y^iine officials send word of thc ^BjpPsfion, throughout South Caro lina moro particularly, of anti Northorn intercourse societies among the "better classes" of Southern people-word which, ia certain quar? ters has a prejudicial and unfair effect upon the minds of those who might bo disposed to g ?ve. It is unfair, because assistance is withheld not from the auti-iutcrcourso 2>ooplo, but from the poor whites, tho "sand killers," who were forced into tho Confederate armies, aud, after years of unpaid service, return to their families, unablo to support them, per? haps needing support themselves. A letter from Gov. Orr states that thc wheat harvest, on which so much depends, cannot be gathered until the 1st of July, and that at least 400, 000 bushels of corn viii bc needed to support tho destitute by gratuitous distribution in that State alone. Tho store of cowl on hand at' the date of his letter was not sufficient to provide the very poor with three weeks' ra? tions. What will, in thc meantime, appease tho cravings of tho. unfortu? nate, nono can foresee. Within tile week, a letter has been re ceived by a well known scholar of this city from a lady, with whose family in other days frequent corres? pondence was exchanged, in which she state:-: that her husband-a pro? minent literary man of South Caroli? na-is confined to the house by ill? ness. Her little children, accustomed to luxury and refinement, are hungry and half-nuked, and she is almost .crushed under thc embarrassments that encounter her single-handed strength. She asks no money, but" clothing of any kind for her children. Such facts ns these should arouse thc veriest Gradgrinds to the terribie reality of Southern destitution. Thc Springfield (Mass.) Republican says tho Governorship over our 00,(100 Esquimaux fellow-citizens will fur? nish another ref ugo for somo worn out politician, Wo supposo Esqui? maux Senators aud Representatives will not appear in Congress this year, but tliey will be certain to bo men of extremo Northern views when they do come, and so will be a safe ele? ment. CORN AND COTTON.-Tho Eastern Journal says: . , "Wo havo riiaclo diligent inquiry of persons from all sections of tho Dis? trict ns to the quantity of cotton and corn planted. From all of our in? formation on the subject, wo infer that moro than half Hie land will be planted in cotton, and that .there will bo a great deal more land cultivated this yeal* thau last. Our plaqtcrs aro also using the guano principally in the production of cotton. This is a great mistake, wo think, as the pro? bability now is that cott?u will sell for about fifteen cent's, while .corn will bo very scarce and soil enor? mously high." A TEXAS FREEDMAN.-Tho Galves? ton 2fhcs tells tho following: A smart negro was asked, a few days ago, what ho thought of tho cotton tax: "Its unconstitutional, sarr and anuder tax is more uncon? stitutional, sar; de whiskey tax, shr; I used to git a gallon for two bits, sar, and I has now to givo two dol? lars, on account of dcm Northern taxes. I'se gwine to help blow em up; I is!" The Memphians have an old fa? shioned way of punishing pick-pock? ets and thieves. Oue such was ar? rested thoro thc other day; and lined $25 and sentenced to fifty-three days1 hard labor iu tho chain gang, and, to crown all, ho was then labeled and paraded through the streets of Mem? phis. Ho has since brought suit foi 810,000 damages against tho Police Commission. MATERIAL FOR THE CANVASS.-Thc Nashville Press and Times, of thc 20tb, says 848 boxes of ammunition, filling three cars, and director! tc Governor W. G. Brownlow, arrived by tho Louisville and Nashvillo Rail road yesterday. A quantity of arm? aro now awaiting transportation al Louisville. They are for the Statt, militia, now being organized in thu State. Tho nineteenth anniversary birth day of Kentucky's greatest states man, Henry Clay, was celebrated a Lexington, on the 12th instant, witl solemn ceremonies. The vault where in rest his honored remains wa? opened, and wreaths of evergreen and myrtlo placed upon tho sarco pliagus. It is intended that thc fes Uval shall bc celebrated every year. A man in Providence, 11. I., has i Spanish poodle, which will select tin letters of any word from a circle o paste-board letters on tho floor, am arrange them iu order at his master' feet; pick from a pack of playihj cards any ono called for, or from miscellaneous assortment ot cuireuc a designated denomination, and il mauy other as clever tricks. PRESENTED WITH A SERVICE.-? Western paper contains tho followiu ?item of news: CaptainBlackston, c tho steamer Morning Star, has jiu been presented with a service c three years in the penitentiary, i consideration of tho distingnishe ability with which he plundered passenger and kicked him overboard At tho instigation of Henry Bergl President of the Society for thc Pn ventiou of Cruelty to Animals, a ?Tc "cutter" has been arrested for cruclt to animals, by cutting the throat of bullock, instead of first kndekin him on the head. There seems to I no end to the follies of those amiab noodles. Within tho last three weeks, no le: than six girls are known to havo bec stolon from their homes in New Yoi! for tho worst purposes. How man moro cases of tho same kind ha> occurred, which aro unknown to tl public, is ti matter of terrible co: jecture. Some deaf und dumb children Jacksonville, illinois, were asked tl meaning of eternity. One wrote < his slate, "It is tho life-time of tl Almighty," and another only made ci roh'. These nrob?autffnl though J ( rod's life-time is eternity, because is without beginning or end. HOEV.-IN-THE-DAY.-Hole-iu-tli Day, a Chippewa Chief, has brou? to his home, in Minnesota, a whi wife, whom he married out of t laundry of a Wash in filon hotel, wh( ho lately stopped. This Indian gi tloman is now nearly us much tali ried as Brigham Young. * RATE OF WAOES.-The prese average of farm wages in this conni is $28 a month for white laborers the Northern and Western Stat and $lti iv mouth for freedmen in t South. lu England, the present? of wages is about $14 a month, fl in Europe tho rates are still less. An official communication has b< received by thc President from English Government, announcing birth of a royal baby, the child tho Prince anil Princess of Wales. General Howard estimates number of deaths among negrc within four years, at 1,000,000. A m?mber' of a fasbionnblo church electrified a ,milkiasellar gome limo since by inquiring for 'Soloninn's Song/' saying bis minister lind spoken of it ns a production of great genius, and that ho wanted his daughter to sing it; A letter bearing tho following in? scription was dropped into tho New? ark post oflico without any .stamp: *'Bummer's letter; .shove it nhend; dend broke and nary a red. Post: mastor, put this letter through ;*\vhen I get paid, I'll pay yon." , - CfrrcROH-Mcsio.-?The Homer journal contains this hard one: Such lively music was rendered by an organist at a "high church," in New lork, tho other evening, that au old man ac? tually got in tho aisle and commenced to dance a break-down. A lady complained of tho insolence of somo coal heavers. "To tell tho truth, madam," answered their em? ployer, apologetically, "wo have failed in our efforts to get gentlemen to undertake tho business." A THOTH.-He who thinks no mnn above him but for his vice, can never bo obsequious or assuming in a wrong place, but will frequently emulate men in stations below him, and pity those nominally over his head. . Thc question why printers do not ?succeed us well ns brewers, was an? swered, "Because printers work for tho bead, and brewers for thc sto? mach; and where twenty men have stomachs, but ono luis brains." Crebillion tells us of a Parisian woman who never had experienced an affair of tho heart until she was seventy-four, and tho fury of her pas? sion then caused her to commit sui? cide. Poor chicken! He that hath a trade hath estate, and ho that hath a calling hath a place of profit aud honor. A plow? man ou his legs is higher than n gen? tleman on his knees. An Eastern correspondent says the greatest compliment au Arab can pay is to pass to you a log of a fowl after having first bitten off a mouthful for himself. Tho "new India rubber neck and bust" is probably made of that mate? rial, because all finger marks can bo promptly erased. So says thc Bos? ton Post. BED, WHITE AND BLUE.-A fellow whose liver is white, whose uoso is red, and who is always getting blue, isn't necessarily a patriot.-Prentice. There has been such a fusion of all classes of society in Paris, tho last few years, that nobody knows exactly where tho virtuous woman ends au i the other begins. Tho power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable; for tho happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. An enthusiastic architect, having received an order to build a summer house, wishes to contract for a load l of sun beams. Hanging in Montana is styled "climbing thc pino limb," and in Nevada "early rising." The ground occupied by the Mer? chant's Exchange of London is said to bo worth Si, DOO, OOO. It should not be naturally inferred that Rome waa built in the night because it was not built in n day. Why is a loafer in a "printing office like a shade tree? Because we are glad when he leaven. Somo of the journals aro calling Russian America thc North-west cor? ner. I Holiness of heart i<; tho jewel-clasp that binds humanity to Heaven. The Sultan's eunuchs cost him about 1,500,000 piasters a month. Why is a seamstress like a pick i pocket? Because she cuts and runs. To Builders and Contractors. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT s.e., COLUMBIA, April 10, 1M?7. SEALED PROPOSALS will bo received at this office for covering tlie now Stat o House willi a temporary roof, according to a plan and specifications submitted by Messrs. Kay St Hewotson. architects, until 12 m., '.ii Saturday, tho '27th instant, win n tho hi? i will ho oponod and the contract awardc I to tho lowest responsible bidder. ~Shxg s. Kay Si Hewotson will exhibit the plan and specifications at their office, and mako all necessary explanations. The contractor "will bo required to give bond and good surety for tho faithful exe? cution of tho work,"and to complete thc name by the first day of November next. By order of tho < lovernor. JAMES S. .-IMONS, April 17 10 Acting Private Secretary. MIDNIGHT RAIDERS ! BEWARE of these midnight marauders and disturbers of ' nature's swee t re? storer, balmy sleep." Get a bottle of the infallible "RED BUG DESTROYER." Now is the time to get rid ot them, and secure peace and comfort. For saio bv FISHER it IIEI?ITSII, April 4 Druggists. SARATOGA WATER ! JUST received fresh frem tho Spring. For sale bv FISHER A- HEINITSH, April 4 Druggists. SPECIAL NOTICES. PANICNIN'S IU3PATIC ?UTTERS mc rapidly gaining in public esteem. They aro decidedly the nio*texoellont Vegetable Tonic yet discovered for tho euro qf gene? ral debility and disorders of tho stomach or liver. Those who have used them pro? nounce them to be all that is claimed for them. For salo by all druggists. April 12 fly Du. C. II. MIOT, Agent. vor TO SAVE .YOUR HEALTH IS TO DESTROY IT-Queen's Delight for thc purification of tho blood; Queen's De? light for cutaneous eruptions, itching hu? mors; Queen's Delight for blotches, pim? ples, boils; Queen's Delight for ulcers, enlargement of tho joiuts; Queen's Delight for rheumatism, goitre, swellings; Qucon'a Delight, with Donovan's Solution, for syphilis; Queen's Delight, with Fowler's Solution, for chills and fever; Queen's De? light for liver complaint, jaundice; Queen's Delight for headache, by correcting thc stomach; Queen's Delight for neuralgia, by invigorating tho nervous system: Queen's Delight for dyspepsia, in strength? ening tho digestive organs; Queen's De? light for constipation, by setting thc or? ganic functions right; Queen's Delight will restore thc wasted energies of life; Queen's Delight is good for old and young, male and female; Queen's Delight is prepared under tho sanction and with tho aflvjco of an eminent physician. For sale by FISHER .V. HICIXIT.SU, Druggists. April 5 fm MR. W. MILLER says: . PiTTSBCBG, September 1, ISfiC. Messrs. ITosteiter <fc Smith, Pittsburg, Pa. GENTS: I think I am only doing thc part of a good citizen when I testify to thc groat bendita recoived by mc from tho uso of your STOMACH BITTERS during tho last five years. Sojourning for a timo in tho od regions, in 18C1, I had a severe bilious attack, which, in connection with dyspepsia, left mo in a very weak condi? tion. I was advised to try your Bitters, and, having procured a bottle, found that they worked like a charm upon me, eight pounds having been added to my weight in tho space of ono week, and new life seemed to have been infused into my sys? tem-so much BO, that I have Leon in? duced to use them-every summer since that time. As a tonic, I think they aro invaluable. This summer, having had a similar' attack, (and as before, much reduced,) although under tho treatment of an A No. 1 physician, I? was again obliged to have rccourso to the old Ritters, and with tho same good result, having gained six pounds within a few days. I purchased a half doze:: bottles a few wooka since, and purpose to'nso them regularly as a tonic. Wishing you every success, I remain yours, gratefully, WILLIAM MILLER. April 21 tG THE FRANKLIN BUICK MA? CHINE, justly celebrated for perfect sim? plicity, great strength and immense com? pressing power, ia guaranteed, with eight men and ?two horses, to self-temper tho clay and make 3,000 to 8,500 elegant bricks per hour. J. H. RE-NICK, Proprietor, No. 71 Broadwav, New York, Room 23. Feb 1_ ?ii no ARTIFICIAL, EYES.-ARTIFICIAL HUMAN EYES made to order and inserted by Dr;. V. RAUCH and P. GOUGELMANN, (formerly employed by Boissonneau, Paris, ) No. 309 Broadway, New York. Oct 17 ly BATCHELOR'? HAIR DYE_Tbis splendid Hair Dye is the beat in tho world. Tho only true and perfect Dye-harmless, reliable, instantaneous. No disappoint? ment. No ridiculous tints. Natural black or brown. Remedios tho ill effects of bad dyes.: Invigorates tho hair, leaving it soft and beautiful. The genuine is signe d HV> j (fain A. Batchelor. All others aro mere imitations, and should bo avoided. Sold by all druggists and perfumera. Factory 81 Barclay street, Now York, irj" Beware of a counterfeit. Dec ll ly Tims mw ! nptHE right to manufacture and sell the I J. GEORGIA COTTON PLANTER is i granted to A. lt. COLTON, Columbia, S. C. ALBANY PACKHAM, Patentee. - Tho above Planter is tho invention of a 1 Georgia cotton-grower, and is thc only ono I in uso which does tho work of four hands, I and does not clog thet Bi ed. t DON T RUY ANY OTHER. "SO A. R. COLTON. March 23 COOPER'S DOUBLE ACTION Patent .Revolver ! ! DO VOU WA X T ONE? IHAYE just received tiio state agency for COOPER'S DOURLE ACTION PA? TENT REVOLVER-NINE DIFFERENT SIZES. It ia cocked with equal facility by tho hammer or trigger, and combines se? curity from accidents and celerity of fire. Tho Pistol ia similar in tiniah and calibro to Colt's. Wholesale dealers will find itto their ad? vantage to purchase those in profcreuco to any other Pistol. Call at tho oftico of the Cotton Gin Ware? house and soo for vourselvea. March 7 Gmo A. R. COLTON. "Live and Let Live!" THE PHONIX POWER PRESS HAYING boon thoroughly fitted up and supplied v-fth CARDS, PAPER, BRONZE, COLORED INK, CUTS and TYPE in great variety, the proprietor is prepared to oxc cuto, at short notice, in good style, and at reasonable prices, every variety of Job Printing, From a Visiting Card a Three-Sheet roster, or a Pamphlet to a largc-si2ed Yo lumo. Call and Examine Samples Of the following: . Dooks, Pamphlets^ Hand-bills, Posters, Programmes, Business Cards, Visiting Curd-", Dray Tickets, Wedding Cards, Receipts, liiil Heads, Labels, Circulars, Blanks, &o JULIAN A. SELBY, Prop'r Phoenix and Gleaner Printing Ollice, Wost sido Main Street, above Taylor, April C Columbia, S. C. ' Biscuit ! SODA, Cream, Sugar, Tea and Butter CRACKERS. Ginger Cokes and Snaps, and Nowley Cakes. FISHER & LOWRANCE. April 18 i WI CIILTI1? ONE HAND CAN DO THE WORE OF FOUR. Those who use them do not caU them humbugs. Made In Richmond, Va. Luce EIGHTH DOLLARS. r CORN PLANTERS $20. April 7 FISHER Sc LOWRANCE. AT WHOLESALE or RETAIL. Ry April 2 FISHER <V LOWRANCE. HARDWARE. IRON, STEEL. NAILS, POT WARE. Tin'd and Jap'd HOLLOWWARE1 Carpenters' and Blackrci's TOOLS SCALES. AXES, S. W. Collins' and otier brands. PAINTS, OILS and GLASS. In store and for sale LOW by FISHER & LOWRANCE. THE TRIUMPH OP ART! MORE TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS: "The Queen's Delight is beginning to awaken tho attention of our physicians. Its remarkable curative power is seen in its wonderful effect upon disease. As a blood purifier, there is no medicino like it known to tho profession. A gentleman told mo that his son has been taking thc Queen's Delight, and is moro bonofitcd by it iban by any other medicine. He wants a dozen bottles." Extract from a letter: "It is due to you to state in this publie manner, in order that the people may know the truth, that I have tried your Queen's Delight, and I found it not only what you said it was-"a pure medicino"--but the best medicino I hare ever taken for eruptions and general bad health. I had an eruption all over my body, with impaired digestion and disor? dered liver, and have tried a great many medicines without any benefit. I have taken one bottle of your Queen's Delight, the eruption hus disappeared, my appetito is better, my liver and digestion is im? proved. I am sat ?.'lied one or two moro bottles will onto mo." Extract from a letter: "Al thc close of the war, my constitution was (-battered. I could not eat, sleep or perform any duty whatever, such was my prostrate condi? tion. Medicine and medical aid I had in abundance, such was my condition np to a few months since, when I began the usc of your Queen's Delight. 1 have used two bottles, my constitution is greatly im? proved, my appetite is good, enjoy refresh : sleep, ann am able to perform my share of daily labor." Extract from a letter-Wonderful effect of mi Iv oifc bottle: "L haver nsod only a half bottle of 'Qneon's Dolight' for boils and eruptions of the akin and itching hu? mor! of the blood, which annoyed me.vory much. 1 am entirely cured. 1 think your medicine a valuable one." A remarkable case of liver complaint and headache cured by the use ol ''Heinitsh's Queen's Delight:" A lady of unquestioned worth and reputation Voluntarily gives tes? timony of the wonderful offects of this medicino. She has been from early years R martyr lo headaches, oaused by imper? fect action of the liver, producing inten.-e headache and paito over tho eyes. She has taken only lour bottles, aud assures ns of tho perfect cur?! it has made. She now en? joys good health. Still another: "During last .-pring, 1 had bein troubled with obstinate chills sud fever, which, when cured, left my system in a wretched condition, blood impure, and I was afflicted with on angry, and, as I at one time thought, an incurable, cutaneous eruption over my entire body. Tho most violent remedies" suggested tailed to work a cure, until, at tho instance of a friend, I tried Dr. Heinitsh's Queen's Delight. Less than two bottles cured ni?>. leaving my skin in a healthy condition. My general health is as good as ever. For such purposes, I havo, ever since my cure, unhesitatingly recommended your Queen's Delight." Don t bay any but the right kind. All genuine Queen's Delight has the copy-right mark on tho outside, and it is tho only medicine which produces these wonderful cures. For sale wholesale and retail at FISHER Sc HEINITSH'S April Drug Storo. Plow Moulds! Plow Moulds! j RAA SWEDES PLOW MOULDS, , OUU just received and fo" tale by I March 8 J. Sc T. R. AGNEW.