The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 27, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, August 27, 1867.
Tile Calamity of Tux at lon.
A prominent Northern financier
as published, recently, a \rork on
?ho public debt of the United States.
The author of the volume, whicu is
no tr attracting much attention in
Northern political and financial cir?
cles, is a prominent member of the
dominant party, and it is to be
hoped that his views on this subject,
eo ably set forth, will have a whole?
some influence on the future legisla?
tion of that party. We extract a few
paragraphs from the chaptor under
the head of "Calamity of Taxation:"
"Great as ia the calamity of war,
it is not so great a calamity as the
.oppression of labor by excessive and
perpetual taxation. , The ono bleeds
part only of a single generation ; the
other sends ita consequences down
through successive generations, and
oondemns the body of the people to
exhaust their life in earning n bare
And uncertain subsistence.
-"Tho great mass of the human
family in all'countries live by labor.
The number of those who possess in?
come is small eompared with those
who are dependent on wages, or on
the returns of some kind of daily
work. The highest function of Go?
vernment is, therefore, to protect thc
natural rights of labor by every law
aud practice necessary to make it suf?
ficient, not morely for the wants of
the body, bat for the wants of thc
mind also. The sufficiency of laboi
to these ends enables tho man tc
gain that point of self-respect without
which morality 'scarcely becomes n
Eart of action-below which there it
ardly a motive of public duty, or c
sentiment of social sympathy; bul
in their] place, selfishness and mia
Anthropy.
-"It may bo affirmed that no Go
Ternment is safely ?founded when
labor is not recognized as tho pri
mary interest of the State. Th<
State is then un tu rally divided agains
itself. Revolution waits only foi
popular intelligence to wake up, nm
the State must fall."
He then proceeds to argue that tin
public debt brings tho United State:
to this issue, and that labor, at th*
present time, is oppressed in all it
branches. By tho operation of ex
cessivo tuxes, capitol accumulates ii
the hands of the few, and teuds ti
form a wealthy class, which gradual!
absorbs nil the functions of the State
and makes laws to perpetuate its owi
rule. Tho consequences, Mr. Gibbon
says, come at last to a focus, and fal
with crushing force on tho heads o
tho working people, who produc
and make everything that is produce?
in the country.
Mr. Gibbons, ic another puru
graph, alludes to a recent circula
from the Secretary of the Treasury
?.nd says that if the State describe
thereiu be allowed to continue, "lie
thing in the futuro is moro certni
than discontent among the masses c
the people, embarrassment in th
public treasury, lons of public ci edii
civil disturbance, disorganizatioi
repudiation." It is well, ho remark
that Congress mid our financial mi
nagera shall uot bo suffered to los
sight of the word that expresses tl
end uf bud measures.
Such, in brief, uro the ideas nu
predictions of this ablo writer, nc
we again express tho hope, that tl
.extensivo circulation of his book wi
have its proper influence over tl
party of which ho is a promiuei
member.
? ? ? ?
OEKXRAII AMNESTY.-Tho Herat
of Thursday, calls upon the Pre;
dent to play his trump caro, which
?declares to bo "universal amnesty
It says:
"That trump card it is now tin
that Mr. Johnson should play. Tl
moment hos come; the revolutiona
wave which freed the negro is nc
dashing him against tho coman
senso of the country, to the ruin
its present interests and its tutu
greatness. We are now threaten
with a negro representative frc
each Congressional District in t
South, and tho code which is
govern the United States may i
ceivo laws based upon ignorance i
stead of education. The wave mi
be stopped ; it has broken from t
control of those who first gave
impulse. The national revulsion
feeling demands that it bo halte
end demands, too, that Mr. Johns
halt it. Let him 3trike the blow;
him now give the country univer
amnesty. The negro will then ta
his proper placo, and in tho light o
freedom which is his right, ho m
emerge from mental darkness. WJ
universal amnesty, the reconstructi
problem will bo finished at a strol
intelligence will repiuoe ignoran?
and Puritanism and tho negro m
take position second to the comm
.senso of thc country."
MODERATE POLICY.-Tho Daily
Commercial, of Baltimore, edited and
published by a gentleman well known
as a Unionist throughout the late
civil war, speaking of tho inconsist?
ency of the extremists of both sides,
that all true patriots and law-abiding
men" should deprecate, says:
"When Mr. H"\ a't. mets to stir
np fierce strife and opposition, and
angry debate, in Georgia, he is doing
no more than the eleventh hour eon
verts to the idea of 'negro suffrage'
are doing here, to convince the negro
that he is a dreadfully abused per?
sonage, and should put on a Zouave
uniform, and drill of nights, in order
to fit himself for citizenship, instead
of devoting tho same time to the
spelling-book or other methods of
improvement moro befitting his mani?
fest needB."
The Commercial, ?Iso, referring to
the threatened Congressional inter?
vention and military mle, naturally
enough takes it for granted t hat every
?well-wisher of tho State deprecates it>
the consequence being to injure every
business interest, and drive from us,
nu from a centro of discord, all who
do not wish to live in strife nnd tur?
moil. It well adds:
"Wo should be heartily glad to see
the colored population educated, and
brought forward just as fast as they
show themselves fitted for their new
positions as citizens. But the merest
prudence, the merest thoughtfulness
or sense, should prevent them from
assuming an attitude of aggression
and defiance in a Commonwealth
where, in tho natural order of events,
they must continue dependent for a
long time to oome. Could they win
a commanding position temporarily,
as in Tennessee, through the mistaken
management of their friends, it would
be a victory which would ultimately
ruin or tell heavily ngainst them.
This boiug undeniably so, let us have
pence, moderation.
- < ?? ? ?
NEW PRESIDENTIAL MOVE. -Tele?
grams to the New York Herald say:
A meeting of some thirty promi?
nent and influential politicians, rep?
resenting the conservative wing of the
Republican party, as well as the
masses of tho Democracy, took placo
in Washington a short timo ago, at
which it wa.? octuully agreed to sup?
port Johnson and Shorman as two of
the strongest and most available men
in the country. A plan of action was
decided upon for working up this
programmo and for setting the neces?
sary machinery in motion to unite
the conservative masses as oue party
on this tickot. It was decided that
tho operations should be conducted
quietly and without any public show,
and that each member of the meeting
should devote himself in his special
district to the furtherance of the pro?
gramme agreed upon.
Tho same authority assures us that
Greeley is for Thomas, who is secretly
pushed by certain radicals, and that
in a recent conversation Gen. Graut
declared that he would not be a pre?
sidential candidate, and added: "If
you want a candidate, why don't you
take Sheridan? Ho is not only a
general, but he is also a statesman."
These wero Grant's words, addressed
to a radical politician. Grant, it is
added, wou'd divide tho radical party,
becnuso Wendell Phillips and such
like men would not support him, but
Sheridan would unite it.
THE PEACE OF EuitorE.-Thc Now
York Times, of Friday, says:
The Queen of England's announce?
ment that tho peaco of Europo is
secure, does credit to her kindly and
benevolent heart; and if the peaco of
Europo wero dependent on har will,
no doubt it would be assured till tho
day of her death. Unhappily, the
part that England or its Queen has to
play in continental affairs is nov very
small, and is visibly growing less.
Mr. d'Israeli told us some time ago
that England had vacated her former
position in continental affairs, and
had become as much an Asiatic ns a
European power. Tho peace of Eu?
ropo depends mainly on Russia, Prus?
sia, Frunce; and till all those powers
get what they desire, peace is at best
but problematic. Franco is never
tired of her dream of "rectification
of frontier." Every nation has its
pct phrase, its popular fantasy. As
we, for example, havo our "manifest
destiny," so Franco never gets rid of
its theory of "geographical bounda?
ry." Again, tho "Prussification of
Germany" is tho aim and the word of
ambition at Berlin. Russia, for her
part, never will lot that "sick man of
the Bosphorus" live. AU these ele?
ments of struggling ambition exist,
?,nd we can hardly say, in face of
Ileso facts, that tho Queen is safo in
pronouncing the peaco of Europe se?
cure.
A New Yorker, at Newport, at?
tempted suicido by jumping into the
sea, but was rescued. It seems a
young lady to whom he was engaged
was unfaithful to him while he was
in Europo, and he has been almost
crazy siuco the discovery. She is
also quite upset. Meanwhile tho
third party, the seducer, is in a
pleasant framo of mind at the tcrriblo
ruin and grief ho has occasioned.
All move in the first circles.
wno Ha?.Kept the Faith BrstV
A subscriber bas Beut ii?, says
the Charleston Daily Nei?, tho able
argument of Mr. Merrick, one of the
counsel for the defence in the Surratt
case, recently tried in Washington,
requesting us to copy a portion of it,
which is pertinent to the present
situation. In compliance with this
request, we make the following ex?
tract. Mr. Merrick said:
Gentlemen of the jury, I was no
secessionist. I desired the preserva?
tion of thia Union. I desired its pre?
servation, with all the States unim?
paired in their rights as States, and
the preservation of the Constitution
of tue United States, unimpaired and
untorn by the earplugs of dema?
gogues, North or South. I tettWd
the suppression of the rebellion. I
desired peace and union, but I feared
peace. I feared the destruotiou of
the power of tho South, and the utter
and entire giving over to the Union
of that, because I saw moving abroad
in the country a spirit that sought
vengeance, and blood and money, and
ran this war like a great manufac?
turing machine, gaioiug funds from
the blood that was shed from tho
hearts of brothers; and I saw a spirit
in the dominant triumphant military
power, which power had been achieved
under the pretence of defending the
American Constitution, which I be?
lieved would turn round on that Con?
stitution and destroy it, and tear down
our l'^erties. My anticipatious have
not been disappointed. The spirit is
abroad, growling to-day, and shaken
the very pillars of your capital.
Whilst the Exeeutivo of the United
States stands fast by the Constitution
of tho United States, and endeavors
to uphold and maintain it, that spirit
seeks to destroy him, in order that it
may get at that Constitution and de?
stroy it. I feared it. I feared that
spirit, which still lives, in the course
of the gentleman, in attempting now,
after the war is over, to discredit a
mau, because he followed in that war
his honest conviction. Sir, there
were ns honorable men in the service
of the South ns there wero in that of
the North-men whose hearts were as
bold, whoso characters wera as un?
stained, whoso consciences were as
puro, and whose record ns unsullied
before tho world and God ns that of
mon North of the fatal line. I de?
fend not the act of that high treason.
I defend not the iniquity that stained
tho land in blood. Now that the war
is over, I arraign and condemu tho
spirit that would keep alive tho pre?
judices and tho hatreds of tho war.
If you como to the veracity and to
questions of truth, and try them hy
tho public record of the two sides, ]
would ask who has kept tho faith thc
best, between the two contending foes,
of the obligations entered into
at Appomattox Court House, when
Lee gave up his sword to Grant'
Who has kept best that faith? Hoi
the acquiescent aud submissive South
omer, keeping to tho pledge ho thor
gave of submission to the suprcim
law of the land? or has the dominant
spirit of incendiary fanaticism, seek?
ing vengeance in the North, and blot
ting out nine States of the South
and establishing military despotisn
where once, in lier glory, rode ant
triumphed the goddess of constitu
tiona! liberty? Who has kept tin
faith best, I ngaiu ask? Oh, gentle
men, I wept for my country in tin
war. I wept for her when her son:
stood arrayed in battle against eacl
other: and now, that peace hos come
and I see treason, not in arms, bu
treason sapping the foundation of th
republic, in security and peace, with
out arms, and without uoisc, am
crushing out tho liberty of ono hal
of my people, and destroying th
sacred obligations pledged by Cou
gross, that this war was for the Union
and nothing but tho Union, and t
save tho States, I weep more thau
wept in that war, although I the
sorrowed deeply over the distresses c
my country. But neither they nc
you cnn prevent tho result which i
to follow. It is inevitable. The sam
Almighty Power that has watche
this nation in its course watches :
still, and when, for its iniquities, il
chastisement has been sufficient, pei
feet peaco and constitutional libert
will be restored; and thougu youan
I, geutlemeu, in our day and genen
tion, may suffer grief and be pninei
our children will inherit a country a
proud as that which we inherited, au
which wo may rejoice to know the
will live in aud honor. Bad men cai
not hnvo permanent triumph; but i
order that their defeat may bo ha
tened, let us abandon this idea of
crimination and recrimination. L
us condemn this vengeful spirit <
hostility, which would have us belier
that Southern men cannot tell tl
truth; that a man with Southei
sympathies must be presumed to li
Such opinions aro unpatriotic, ui
christian, unbecoming, and ui
founded. .
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Tho New Bedford Murcnry tells <
a husband in New York, whoso wi
died before her dentist had sei
homo an expensive set of false teel
which he was manufacturing for he
Tho afflicted husband had hastens
to say that they would not be nee
ed, but as the job was completed, 1
had to agree npon a compramise fi
ten dollars. By way of making tl
matter satisfactory all round, tl
widower begged the uso of tho tee;
for the funeral, promising to ret ni
them the next day.
A NEWSPAPER OmcE SACKED.
The Memphis Avalanche, ut the 17th
instant, has the following despatch
from Camden, Arkansas:
On the 8th instant, at Camden,
Arkansas, at about half-past 4 o'clock
a. m., Captain (Brevet Major) Pierce,
in undress uniform, with an armed
force of thirty men of a company of
United States infantry, stationed at
Camden, Arkansas, proceeded to ?he
office of the Constitutional Eagle,
edited by Colonel A. W. Hobson, late
of the Third Arkansas Confederate
States Cavalry, and now a member
elect to the United States Congress,
and without any ceremony, proceeded
to break open the doors of said office,
taking thence all the "cases," scatter?
ing the type about the streets, and
throwing some in the ravine near
town, breaking up tho frame-work of
the press, and doing all they could
do except to burn np the house,
""hey had a wngon and team, and
nauled off some oj tho things be?
longing to the office.
Colonel Hobson was absent at the
time, and tho publisher, Mr. Lin.
Scott, knew nothing of it until after
the vandalism was done.
The Mayor of the city, Hon. D.
Newton, addressed a letter to Colonel
Gilbert, commanding the post of
Camden, asking by whose authority
this was done, and if ho approved or
sanctioned the same. Ho replied,
late at night, to this effect, "Your
note of this date received and con?
tents noted. Tho soldiers of this
post have been exasperated by the
pieces appearing in said paper. As
long as the Herald, the cotemporary
of tho Eagle, pursues the course it is
pursuing, it will not be interfered
with." Neither assuming any re?
sponsibilities or denying tt.
REMOVAL OF SHERIDAN.-The New
York Tribune bemoans the removal
of Sheridan in the following para?
graph:
"Thero is dishonesty in those pa?
pers which represent the removal of
Sheridan as a matter of slight im?
portance. It is said that Gen. Tho?
mas will do as well, and that Sheridan
will be of great service in directing
the Indian war. It may bo so; but
that is not the point. No sugar-coat?
ing of the Times can make sweet this
bitter pill. Tho enemies of recon?
struction have won a victory ; tho
Republican party has met a defeat;
Sheridan hus been disgraced as tho
representative of a principle.
"Look nt the matter as we please,
this conclusion is inevitable. Sheri?
dan's fidelity to our principles is the
solitary cause of his removal. He
stood before the country the foremost
man in the execution of thc laws,
and as such the Fxesident struck him
down. Mr. Johnson exults over his
success-this is his first triumph over
Congress, and it is idle for us to pre?
tend indifference. Tho people are
humiliated, and if anything can add
to their indignation it is the attempt
to argue away tho iusult. Tho Re?
publican party, the loyal policy of
reconstruction, hos met no such blow
as this."
GEN. POPE'S JURY ORDER.-In our
paper of Thursday, under the tele?
graphic head, we published Gen.
Pope's Jury Order, No. 53, directing
that grand and petit jurors, in his
district, shall bo drawn exclusively
from lists of registered voters, with?
out discrimination.
We learn, upon high authority,
that this order is approved by Gen.
Grant, and that it is very probable
that similar orders will soon be is?
sued in tho other Military Districts.
We leam, furthermore, that the
adoptiou of this measure in this Dis?
trict will depend upon the number of
whites that may register. If a con?
siderable number of whites register,
the registration lists will also become
tho lists of jurors; if otherwise, Gon.
Griffin's order, now in forcoin Texas,
may become the rule here-requiring
the test oath to bo submitted to every
juror. - Charleston Ne irs.
MR. SEWARD'S EXPECTED RETIRE?
MENT.-A New York letter says that
Mr. Seward's confidential friends in
that city continuo to assert that he
will retiro from tho Cabinet in tho
course of a few days, not because of
any disagreement between him and
tho President, but because ho is anx?
ious to retiro from public life, and
spend the remainder of his days at
his homo in Auburn. They even go
so far ns to aver that a letter to that
effect was transmitted to tho Presi?
dent a fortnight ago, and that, though
the latter is endeavoring to persuade
him to reconsider his resolution, the
former is inflexible. The 15th of
September, it is fnrther said, is the
time fixed for his retirement. I give
you these reports, as all other reports,
rumors and gossip of a political cha?
racter aro given in this correspond?
ence, for what they ure worth.
"Six things," says Hamilton, "aro
requisite to create a happy home.
Integrity must bo tho architect and
tidiness tho upholsterer. It must
bo warmed by affection and lighted
with cheerfulness, and industry must
be the ventilator, renewing tho at?
mosphere, and bringing in frosh
salubrity doy by day; whilo over all,
ns a protecting glory and canopy,"
nothing will suffice except tho bless?
ing of God."
BURNING GAS FROM AIR.-Loug
Island City, or Hunter's. Point, is now
successfully lighted by gas made from
air. .The cost of this gas is very
small; the light is said to be equal in
every respect to that from coal gas,
and there is no unpleasaut smell con?
nected with it. At Hunter's Point,
about 1,500 consumers are supplied
with this new lighting material, all of
whom are moro than satisfied with it.
The post office is lighted at less than
half the expense of coal gas. To
make it extensively, two upright hol?
low cylinders are properly placed and
connected with an air pump. A small
quantity of liquid carbon is placed
where the air cou strike it, and then
the plain atmospheric air is pumped
in. This simple affair, with the gas?
ometer in which to store it until re?
quired for use, comprises the entire
apparatus. A mau at a wheel in two
hours makes aud stores all the gas
used iu Hunter's Point at night, at a
cost of next to nothing to the manu?
facturer.
STORM SIGNALS DURING HARVEST. I
This plan of the storm signals during
harvest is by rneaus of tho telegraph
and caunon. The telegraph is to
convey the news of a coming storm
to ench of the county seats, hundreds
of miles in advance, in the direction
that tho storm is traveling. Then
at each county a canuon is to be
fired three times, which will waru
farmers throughout the whole coun?
try that a storm is approaching, in
time to get their grain or hay under
cover or in a situation to shut out
the rain.
A telegraph company, by arrange?
ment with the county ofBeiuls iu
several of tho States, is about to
p.it the plau into practical operation,
in time for the coming harvest. It
is behoved that a large portion of the
many millions of dollars iu grain and
hay which are aunually damaged hy
rain during harvest will be saved by
tho universal adoption of this simple
plan throughout the United States.
ON DITS.-It is said that informal,
but not the less potent, orders have
been privately issued from head?
quarters at Atlanta, that no negro
delegates shall be sent to th?'conven
tion. How do our colored brethren
like this form'of proscription?
"Wo also understand, from good au?
thority, that official advertisements
that have heretofore appeared in the
secular and political papers will not
be allowed in the religious or.purely
literary papers of tho district. No?
thing will suit but a change to the
radical press. A case, we hear, has
been made by the Sheriff of Coweta,
who wished to insert his soles in Miss
Harbour's Weekly, published in that
County, and enjoying a large circula?
tion, but the liberty was refused.
[Macon Telegrvph.
MAXIMILIAN'S AVENGERS.-A Paris
letter to tho Augusta Constitutionalist
says:
"I understand that un army of
volunteers, to avenge tho murder of
Maximilian, is being formed in many
of the leading cities of Europe. The
enthusiasm of tho higher classes of
young men to join in this modern
crusade is irrepressible. Report in
Paris says that an eminent Southern
statesman and general will be invited
to take command. The head centre
of the movement will probably be in
London. It is also stated that at
least 500,000 volunteers have enlisted,
and there is no doubt but what a
sovere retribution will bo dealt npon
Mexico. It will be hardly fair to
visit upon a nation a retribution
which should fall upon one man."
Telegraphs have of late beeu ex?
tended in all parts of tho civilized
world with marvelous rapidity. The
total length of the telegraphic lines of
the world was, according to a Ger?
man statistician, at tho begiuning of
tho past year, about 45,000 German
(180,000 English) miles, of which
11,325 were in the United States,
G,0G2 in Gorman}', 4,916 in Russia,
3,998 in France, and 3,481 in Great
Britain and Ireland. Tho Govern?
ment of Prussia, always intent upon
perfecting overy department of civil
administration, has just officially an?
nounced that it will extend the tele?
graphic system to every town with
a population of 1,500. Thus the
Prussians will have better telegraphic
facilities than any other nation of the
world.
BARRECUE TO THE FREEDMEN IN
RICHLAND DISTRICT.-A large barbe?
cue was given to the freedmen in the
vicinity of Kingsville, on last Satur?
day. The tables were spread and the
stand erected near tho Fork Church.
About 1,200 freedmen and fifty whites
were in attendance. They were ad?
dressed by General Scott, Chaplain
French, C. M. Wilder, colored, Capt.
Robert Adams, and Mr. Reuben Tom
linson. The speaking consumed the
major portion of the morning, but
the pleasures of tho table soon com?
manded the attention of tho assem?
bly. Everything was done decently
and in order, to the full satisfaction
of all concerned, and was n perfect
success.-Charleston News.
In 1853, tho Russian army consist?
ed of 580,000 men. At the prccent
time, it consists of 800,000 men.
Tho number could bo easily increased
to 1,800,000, besides 300, 000 irregu?
lar troops. The Czar has, thereforo,
a total military force of nearly
1,500,000 men.
J-.ooal .ttom?.
Divine service in tho Presbyterian
Church to-day, at 9 n..ui., and a qnar- g
ter before 8 in the evening.
REGISTRATION.-Tho following was
the result of registration in this city,
yesterday: Whites 50; colored 172.
FORD'S MILL.-Three days-whites
87; colored 23-total 110.
We arc almost daily under obliga?
tions to the officers of the Southern
Express Company, for favors. By
j the morning's mail, an invoice will
be received; and in au hour or two,
along will come tho corpulent deli?
very clerk, with the goods. A great
institution, truly.
JOB PRTNTLNG.-The Job Office of
the Phoenix is as complete as any in
the South. It is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
I of the most modern styles. AH work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
DIFFERENCE OF TIME.-There is an
annoying difference between the time
of thc city aud that by which the
railroad trains arrive at and leave the
depots. Could not some arrangement
be made by which the time could bo
adjusted, so that passengers leaving
the city need not bo confused and
sometimes left-tho city time being
about half an hour slower than that
of the running time of the railroads?
HANDLING FIRE-ARMS CARELESSLT.
On Saturday last, as two lads-G. M.
Goodwin and M. Shelton-were
watching for bull-bnts, Goodwin
I raised his gnu and pointed it at his
companion, when tho piece was acci?
dentally discharged, Shelton receiv?
ing about fifty small shot iu uifferent
parts of his head and body. The
wounds are painful, but he is not
considered seriously injured. Weare
informed that another shooting affair
between youngsters occurred a fow
days ago, in which, luckily, nobody
was hurt. Gnus are dangerous wea?
pons in the hands of boys.
The Southern Presbyterian Review,
for July, has just been published.
The following is the table of con?
tents:
Our Ecclesiastical Relations to
Freedmen; by the Rev. J. L. Girar
; dean, D. D., Charleston, S. C. Tho
Two Trees in Eden. Dr. Thornwell
on Ruling Elders. Th** Relations of
Baptized Children to tho Disciplino
of the Church; bv the Rev. A. W.
Miller, Charlotte, N. C. The General
Assembly at Memphis. Critical No?
tices.
Tho remaining numbers of the pre?
sent volume may be expected during
1807-No. 2 in September. All com?
munications should be addressed to
the Rev. James Woodrow, publisher,
Columbia, S. C.
NOT FOR THE LADIES-BUT FOR THE
MEN.-We find some good hints as to
domostic economy, in these days,
thrown out by an enlightened con?
temporary, who says: "A pump at tho
door-a dairy in the yard-a kitchen
under the same roof-a cooking
stove, iustead of a fire-place, built to
hold a half cord of wood; seasoned
fuel sawed and split and placed under
a convenient shelter; a washing ma?
chino instead of a wash-tub; these
and other conveniences furnished to
our wives would enable them to ma?
nage their domestic affairs with one
fourth tho former number of servants,
and with more ease and comfort. As
servants are not to be had as in times
past, these economical expedients be?
come absolutely necessary; and every
husband worthy of the name, (who
car?,) will agree to supply them, be
foro tho ladies aro worn down in their
attempt to conduct their household
operations after the former manner,
with the few dimes now at com?
mand."
Read Udolpho Wolfe's advertise?
ments in to-day's imper.
POST OFFICE HOURS.-The office is
opon from 8 a. m. until 3l;j p. m.,
and from G until 7 p. m. Tho North?
ern mail closes at 3}.? p. m., and all
other mails close at 8 p. m.
NEW AOVFKHSEMENTS.-Attention is call*
ed to tko following advertisements, wbicb
are published this morning for th? first
time:
Jacob Levin-Bacon, Lard, Cheese, Ac.
Hugh Thompson-School Notice
Fisher & Lowrance-Irons for Tress.
Pollock House-Turtlo Soup.
A fino lot of Desirable Goods have just
been opened by Mr. It. C. Shiver, who stili
adheres to ins popular principle of good
articles for little money. Read his adver?
tisement, and then examino the good}.