The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 06, 1868, Image 2
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COLUMBIA.
_Friday Morning, Maroo. 6, ifoffi
military- InsuuordlKatlon.
Tho first -daly of a ? Allier Hs tc
obey orders." CovterdibelrWuf is not
-a more unsoldier-like fault than in?
subordination This is an, elemen?
tary truth in military science. It
has been ' a first principle in every
army organized in any part of? th?
Avorld, from the days, of Cyrus and
Sennacherib j dqwn to those of Lee
and Sherman! Yet, although the
principle is universally admitted, it
is by no means universally practised.
Various degrees of practical respect
are accorded to it. Frederick the
Great, according to a well-known
anecdote, had an officer shot for
keeping his dight burning a few mi?
nutes after 'Taps;'' and tho act was
justified ott necessary to the mainte?
nance of discipline. A Confederate
general had a soldier shot for a deli?
berate Tiolation of orders in firing off
his piece during a movement (in the
"vicinity pf an . enemy) that required
silence and secrecy. The firing was
forbidden; its object was felonious;
its effect was to inflict a wound upon
an innocent person, add might have
beeii to cause the destruction of an
army; yet the. punishment of the
offender was denounced as harsh and
cruel. Such. was the difference be?
tween Prussian and American ideas
of discipline. Wo have little doubt
that the better discipline prevailing
in tho Federal army was one of tho
chief causes of the final success of
the Federal cause. Although neither
army was a model, yet tho state of
subordination among the Northern
.troops was confessedly superior, to'
that existing among those of the
South. But, of all the instances of
disobedience of orders on record in
military history, there is probably
none so flagrant us that now existing
in the army of the United States. It
is so flagraut as to be almost incredi?
ble. Men-especially military men
cannot realize the spectaole presented
by an officer of the rank and reputa?
tion of Gen. Grant, in positively re?
fusing to obey the orders of his
.superior officer-his superior, too, by
tho highest of all sanctions-tho
direct and express authority of tho
Constitution. It is the ouly caso in
which the Constitution specifically
establishes a military authority; all
others exist only by Act of Congress.
Graut is now in opeu rebellion to the
authority of tho United States Go?
vernment, since, at the bidding of a
representative body, he flatly dis?
obeys * the orders of the "Comman?
der-in-Chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States," and uses
armed force to support his insubor?
dination. If Geu. Graut had been
conscientious and consisteut in his
view of the situation, he would have
resigned long ago, when ho first felt
that be could not obey tho orders of
his superior. He cannot certainly bo
KO blind as to suppose that a milita-y
supremacy, reducing the President
of tho United States to the position
of a Government clerk, is at all in
accordance with tho spirit of tho
Constitution, or consistent with tho
acknowledged principles of republi?
can government. Ho must also be
aware? that the excuso offered for his
recent revolutionary demonstration
is entirely specious and totally inde?
fensible upon tho score of right and
justice. Ho now virtually occupas
the position of dictator iu this coun
try-not only au unscrupulous but an
ambitious one. It is hard to loy
down tho sceptro after once grasped
by tho gauntleted baud. Tho world
has only produced two notublo in?
stances in its history-thoso of Cin
ciunatus and Washington. And wo
greatly fear both North and South,
lb-publican aud Domocrat, will look
in vain for a rcpotition of their vir
tues in Ulysses Souptoureen Grant.
It. hus been stated in our telegraphic
despatches that ottnr of&enroi high
ratikV'dec&re JfceirJ inte^tiuH to dis
oh?y^avff ordtk-8 j^eW-d^?prn thc
Pres^n? "^jft8 m*J hnvejthe ap?
proval' "of Gen."want. We canf
scarcely believe that demoralization^
prevails J to j such nu extent as this
statement would^jmd^mnte. Sur ely ?
there must be some bt/rtl men-loyal
in the true sense of the term-1-yet
left to viudieate the honor o ? tho pro?
fession of arms-fo? the- honor of
that profession is inseparable from
its discipline; anti tho higher the
rank, the moro stringent tho obliga?
tion.
The Board of Aldermen of New
York has passed a r?solution to pave
a large number of streets with Nicol?
son-pavement. Series of resolutions
charging 1 Governor Fenton . with
"high, crimes and misdemeanors,"
and calling- upon the Legislature to
impeach him, was introduced and laid
over, and the resolution to remove
"Loew Bridge" was referred to the
Committee on Arts and Sciences.
NEW GOODS!
SUGAR-CURED HAMS.
Sugar-Cured BREAKFAST 8TRIPS,
Fine CREAM CHEESE,
White ARMY BEANS,
Mountain PINK-EYE POTATOES,
Jackson's White Northern POTATOES,
DEUTSCH HERRINGS.
G. DIERCKS,
March 6 At Beckers* Old Stand.
A Good Spring Medicine for Horses.
HEINITSH'S GERMAN HORSE POW?
DERS, for Indigestion, Distemper,
Hide-bound, Drowsiness, Lo.-.sof Appotito,
Inward Sprains, Debility, Wasting of
Flesh, Sore Evos, Swelled Logs, Groase,
Mango, Surfeit, Old Coughs, for Exhaus?
tion from Work. It carries MI" ali foul
humors, purities and cools the blood, and
prevents horses becomiug stiff and foun?
dered. It is a stimulus for weak stomachs,
and renders tho limbs and ukin soft ana
fine, giving a smooth ooat to the hair.
Tiloso Powders have beon uaod in Colum?
bia for the last twenty-five years, and hun?
dreds of citizens attest their virtues. Fur
sale only by FISHER A HEIN1TSH,
March G_Druggists.
TO RENT.
ANEAT COTTAGE, on tho corner of
Barnwell and Lumber streets, with a
large Vegetable* Garden and good Well of
water in the yard. Apply to
March g 3_H. WEIR.
iOR SALE.
*^ A FINE LOT of YOUNG KEN
BS? TUCKY MULES. Can be seen at
taliiini Ohariea Logan's lot, corner So
nato and Assembly streets. Match 5 G*
WANTED"
BY a graduate of the South Carolina
College, (a single gentleman,) a situa?
tion as TUTOR in a privato family, or
TEACHER in a school, in the city or
conntrv. Address A. B., Columbia, S. C.
March 5_ _ fi?
TO RENT
TUE STORE, on Main street, formerly
occupied tty T. W. Radcliffe. Apply
to R. C. ANDERSON',
March 3_Agent.
Now Orleans Molasses.
NEW crop New Orleans MOLASSES,
just received and for salo bv
March 1 J. A T. It. AGNEW.
Kerosene, Kerosene.
-I i~\ BBLS. llrst quality KEROSENE,
IV/ for salo low, by tho barred and at
retad, by J." A T. R. AGNEW.
March 4
WANTED? ~
AWET NURSE, win to or black; whito
preferred. Apply at this oflico.
March 1_'_3_
Sweet Cider.
Q 15I?LS. NEWARK CIDER, just rccciv
O ed, fresh and line, and for sale by
March 1 GEORGE BYMMERfl.
Nails! Nails! !
-| (~\{\ KEGS iirst quality NAILS. Just
AV/ \J received and for salo by
Feb 21 _ J. .V T. K. AGNEW.
Bacon Sides.
-| f~\ IIHDS. primo Clear Ribbed SIDES,
1U for salo by E. A G. I). HOPE.
Feb 2S
BUTTER, i
T)ICII GOSHEN BUTTER, for salo
XV cheap, at G/Dl[ERCKs".
NOTICE.
fa T.Ti persons haying demands ?turnst
.'A. tho estate of J; B. GLASS, doceaeed,
nrosoot tho santo properly attested;
nud nil persons indebted thereto will muke
payment to MRS. J. S. GLA.-tS,
Administratrix, Cokesbury, s. 0.
March 8 :>?
SEED KICE.
lXf\ BUSHELS prime SEED RICE, for
OU sam by E. A G. D. HOPE.
Fob 21 _'f? _?j_
State Bills at Par,
FOR GOODS, at retail.
Feb 21?_GREGG A CO.
Tin- life, or all flesh I? blood. Tho
health of all life is puru flesh. Pure blood
I kcops ont all diseases. Tho Queen's De?
light purities .?-.c blood.
Satu*6^jv February*" 20, wajr the
bi&fcdav anniversary o?'<Gefl; Wool,
He trss bpi u in February, 1784, and
although tho veteran of three wars,
bas lived to see his 8?i?* ?ear, ho h??
witnessed only ai birth-days.
The people of Florida are now in?
dulging in. green peas, peppers, fresh
lemons and new sour oranges, sweet
oranges, lithe blossoms; roses and
y ellOwv jessamines.
, .l?Riiy,:yells and seringa in New
York State and Canada, which h?ve"
never, f?fl?"d^^^ef?^:fe,?|iiq?'hpwl com?
pletely dry. This is attributed to
volcanid a?ti?n:'"
C A LI ST HEN IC H ALL.
TWO KIO HTS ONLY.'
Friday and Saturday, March O mut 7.
REIURN OF TUE RENOWNED
SARGENT !
WIZARD of tho South, assisted by his
celebrated ORCHESTRA. Tickets
50 cents; Reserved Seats 75 cchts; Chil?
dren 25 cents. Seats can be secured at tho
Hall during the day. .For particulars eoe
small h?ls. FRANK WIiJ?ON,
March C _____ _ Agent. _
WANTED,
SOUTHERN AND WKSTERN REAL ESTATE.
PLANTATIONS. FARMS, MINERAL
and TIMBER LANDS, on or near
railroads or navigable waters, and healthy
localities.
Owners .earnest tn sell, having clear
titles, (and none others,) will pleaso ad?
dress me immediately, giving very full
description of property offered for sale,
lowest price, cash required on taking
deed, and moat liberal terms for payment
of balance, with brief on thu o or abstract
of title. E. H. BROWN,
Real Estate Broker,
No. 121 Nassau street, Now York citv.
March G B
NEW ARRIVAL.
SUGAR-CURED HAMB,
Sugar-cured Breakfast Strip*,
Large No. 1 Mackerel, very fat.
Rich Goshen Butter, at G.'DIEBCKS'.
Feb 21
State Bills Receivable.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BILLS
RECEIVABLE on hand. Parties re?
quiring ?ame to pay taxes can be supplied
by____J. A T. R. AGNEW.
Flour! Flour! ! Flour! ! ?
K f \ BAGS EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
0\J 50 M No. 1
Just received and for salo bv
Fob 21 J. A T. B. AONEW._
What Makes Your Hair
SO BEAUTIFUL?
The Circassian Lustre.
The Circastdan Lustre.
The Circassian Lustre.
It makes tho hair soft, glossy and luxu?
riant; keens tho scalp clean, cool and
healthy. For sale at
FISHER A HEINITSn'S
Fob 27_Drug Store.
Lifeless, Faded or Gray Hair Re?
stored.
HALL'S RENEWER,
Chevelier's Life of the Hair,
Ring'd Ambrosia, at
_Fel> 27 EIBHEB A nEUsTrrsjrs._
A Real Fain Killer
IS thc QUAKER LINIMENT." It cures
all kinds of pains, adios, Rheumatism,
uiiffucBH of joints, Hoadacho, Backache,
Cramps, Lumbago, Soro Throat, Neural?
gia, and every other sort of ache. For
sale by _FISHER A HEINITSH.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
ALL persons who wish any work done,
In hay line, will ploasn leave their
orders at my store, and I will have them
promptly attended to. If it is not conve?
nient to call, address me through tho Post
Ollico and I will call at your residence, or
at the place where you may wish tho work
done, and seo you. I cannot bo reHponsi
blo for contracts ma'do with irresponsible
persona on the street, simply because they
may bo in my employ aa workmen. All
goods, of any description, bought of mo
warranted to givo full satisfaction. Also,
all my job work, either ROOFING, GUT?
TERING, Plumbing, Repairing Stoves,
Au., guaranteed to bo dono with good ma?
terial and by skillful mechanics.
HENRY H. BLE A SE.
Store in Ehrlich's Building, Main td.
March 4
$1,000 f$L000!!
WANTED, $1,000 In Rill* Receivable.
Highest price pnld in Silver or Cur?
ri nev. ALFRED TOLLESON.
Feb 18
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
Wn.MiM.ruN A MANCHESTER R. R. Co.,
WILMINGTON; N. CV, February 20, lniW.
rilllls ts to notify all Whom it may con?
J. cern that, having been appointed RE
CElVEll of lin Wilmington and Manches?
ter Railroad, under decretal order of the
Court of Equity, for New Hanover County,
st ito of North Carolina, and offthe Court
of Chancerv, for th? District of Marion,
State of South Carolina, I have assumed
possossloUof the Road, Including its real
and personal property, rights and fran?
chises.
Agents, or person* neting a? Agents, of
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
Company, are notified that all balances
which m'av accrue in their hands from the
salo of Tickets or Transportation of
Freight, on and after tho 1st of MARCH,
1808, must bo paid to tho undersigned.
Tho Road will continuo as heretofore to
bo operated with regularity, and a special
reeard to the interests of the public.
GEORGE G. HULL,
March 1 G Receiver.
Looal .TtOTTOLiaj
I Tb* P?on?iTJ Weekly ..Letter Sheet
Priais Curr^ii ~d MUrkd He pori
wiU.be issued thin (Friday) afternoon.
Tbioee desiring copies, will b?jbd fal
their orders na early as practicable.
Sargent, the necromancer, gives
one pf bis mystifying entertainments
this ^yening.,. .Some pf tho feats aro
truly/wonderful-as tboso who have
witnessed his performances hereto?
fore will readily testify.
A dilapidated looking, ragged little
freedman, n^ude a xnid on the store
of Messrs. Fisher & Lowrance, yes?
terday evening, and attempted to
.carry off an axe, but was detected
and turned over to the polico. Ju?
venile thieving is all the go.
Officers arrived here yesterday, in
search of the mun Looker, who was
released under u writ of habeas corpus
a few weeks ngo. Their statement is
that ho and ten others deserted from
the garrison at Macon, Ga.
THE SOUTHERN DRAMATIC ASSOCIA?
TION.-This organization, composed
of young Columbians, (led by Mr.
J. H. Bailey, of traveling theatrical
notoriety,) gave their first public
performance in Calisthenic Hall, last
night. The rendition of "Little Bare?
foot," was not generally admired
tho piece is entiroly too difficult for
beginners; but the burlesque on the
Lady of Lyons-which contains sev?
eral excellent points-a ul doggerel
kept the audience in most excellent
humor. Tho singing and dancing
were attractive features. "Wo would
suggest to the niauugers of the asso?
ciation, in future performances,, to
adopt burlesques and truvseties
they "take," aa a general tiling.
A BniDOE OVER THE CONOAUEE.
One of the greatest drawbacks to
Columbia at present is the lack of a
reliable mode of crossing the Con
garee. Cannot the old Columbia
Bridge Company effect arrangements
by which the burnt bridge can be re?
placed? It was rumored last year,
thut a proposition had boen made by
a practical builder to erect a bridge,
at a reasonable rate, and to receive
tho tolls in payment until the debt
was liquidated; or to allow a fair re?
muneration for tho piers as they
stand, and build a bridge nt bis own
expense. It is an important matter,
gentlemen, and well worth looking
after. Boats answer very well as u
temporary arrangement; but high
I water is constantly causing provoking
delays, and u bridge is au actual ne?
cessity.
ARREST OF THIEVES.-Chief Bad
oliffe, assisted by policemen Griusteat
and Altee, succeeded, yesterday, nftei
a long chase, in overhauling twe
freedmen, calling themselves Join
Johnson and Pompey Davis. Cir
cumstances caused theso parties tc
bo suspected of thieving, and an at
tempt was made to arrest them, whet
they gavo leg bail, but were finally
overtaken. On their persons wen
found the following articles, beliovct
to have been stolen :
Ono pieco delaiuc-Pacific Mills
marked UE-MD.
Two pieces delaine, unmarked
alato and check colored.
Two pair pants, lot 3,;>li5, marked
EDE-ADO.
Ono pair panis, lot 3,198, market
ALE-MED.
One black eussiiuere coat, lot 3,-lli)
marked BLE -CAD.
Ono black eassimero coat-n(
mark.
One pair boots marked MUE.
One pair shoes marked ('NE.
Also a lot of piuoh-beek jewelry.
The prisoners claim to belong t(
Beaufort, where they have recently
been at work. And that on theil
way to Columbia they stopped a da]
or two in Charleston; also, that the]
rode a part of tho way on the cars
and walked tho balance.
m !" m \. i mm
OKRA Sour AGAIN.-Mr. i'ol?ock
will furnish his patrons with okra
BOHP again to-Aay ; Drep- iu ui. tue I
Pollock H?nse, Between the hours of
ll and 1.
In the c*se of, the State va. Capt.
John J". Stack, oharged with thc
murder of a freedman, triod yester?
day, tho jory. returned a verdict of
not guilty.
LENT.-This word is of Saxon
derivation, /engten (tile, signifying
spring. It indicates in the Christian
Church, the great yearly spring fast,
preparatory to the risiug of Christ
from the grave. It is outwardly ob?
served by the Episcopalians and Ro?
man Catholics, who find their rea?
sons for so doing in tho example and
command of Christ, who fasted forty
dnys, tho practice of the apostles, .
and the precepts of the churches.
The duties of Lent are a watchful
and guarded every day life; increas?
ed devotion to religious duties; daily
self-examination; abstinence 'from
parties and amusements; self-denial
in appetite, or fasting; frequent and
punctual attendance at churoh, and
tho setting apart of liberal alms.
Ash-Wednesday is the beginning of
Lent, and fell this year on the 26th
of February. Its place is found by
reckoning backward forty days from
Easter, excluding Sundays, which
are. always feast days, and forms no
part of tho Great Fast. Easter al?
ways falls on the first Sunday after
tho iirst full moon which occurs after
tho vernal equinox, 'coinciding with
tho Passover Feast. Ash-Wednesday
is considered tho most solemn ob?
servance of the Christiau'year. except?
ing Good Friday and Passion "Week.
Father Carmelli, in his history of
customs, tells us that .during the
Lent season hard eggs, dyed vurious
colors, but chiefly red, are the princi?
pal food of the season. He also tells
us that in Italy, France and Spain,
they had certain sports with eggs.
The Jewish women nt the Passover
prepared hard eggs, tho symbol of a
bird called Tiz, of which the Bob?
bins gave such fabulous accounts.
Tho learned Hyde, in his Oriental
Sports, tells us of one with eggs
among the Christians of Mesopota?
mia, during Lent and forty days
afterwards, during which time the
children procure as many eggs as
they can, and stain them red, in allu?
sion to thc blood of our Saviour shed
on the cross. In parts of England,
they ar j called "paste eggs," which
is a corruption of "Pasque," meaning
"Easter." Tho ritual of Popo Paul
tho Fifth expressly makes eggs em?
blematical of the Resurrection. The
Greek Christians also use them.
They aro sometimes beautifully gilt
and ornamented.
M Am ARRANGEMENTS.-The post
oflice open during tho week from 8'sj
a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sundaj-s, from
lMto 2t.j p. m.
Tho Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at 2 p. m., and
close at 0 a. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
10^ a. m., closes at 1 p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery fjj?
p. m., closes at 8 p. m.
Ii KW AnvF.nTi.sKMENT.s.--Attention is cai] -
od to tho following advertisements, pub?
lisher! this morning for Ihn first Unie*:
E. H. Brown - Wantfd.
G. Diercks - Groceries.
Fisher A lleiuitsh- Horse Medicined
I). B. PeSa ?Hure-Sale.
JACOB H. WELLS
"VITOULD respectfully inform his old
YV friends and Customers, and tho puli
be generally, that ho bus removed to tho
large brick store on Bridge etroet, near
tho South Carolina and Greenville Rail?
road Depots, and next door to Joyner's
National Motel, und having ample storage
accommodations-, will continu? the CUT
TON FACTORAGE and STORAGE and
GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS, and
hopes by prompt, attention and good ma?
nagement of all tmsincss entrusted to him,
and tho reasonableness of his charges, to
receive a liberal share of tho patronage ho
solicits.
Maj. A. D. HUT will bo found al tho
samo place, and will bo pleased to seo such
of bis old friends and customers as may
givo him a call. Tub 29 imo