The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 22, 1868, Image 3
' ' Cable Despatches.
LONDON, August ?2(1,-?legalar de?
spatches confirm Brazilian disasters
before Humaita and Gran Chaco.
The defeat gives groat impetus to the
peace party.
Wow? Item?.
CHARLESTON, August 21.-Sailed
brig A. Batohelda, Philadelphia.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, VA.,
August 21.-Gen. Bobert E. Lee ar
>?yod last night. He was received
'with great enthusiasm. Governor
PiokoDS, Governor Letober, Ex-Sec
retory of the Interior Stuart, Gens.
Echols, J. B. Anderson and Hon.
Linton Stephens are among the luto
arrivals, Secretary Browning has
engaged a cottage, and will arrive on
Saturday. Hon. A. H. Stepbens,
Generals Ewell end Longstreet will
arrive to-morrow night. General
G. T. Beauregard is also hore. Gen.
Bosencranz, Minister to Mexico, bas
. secured a cottage here, and will ar?
rive to-night. It is pretty generally
understood that the meeting of Gens.
Leo and Bosencranz, has in it matters
of great importance to tho country.
Bosenoranz was out-spoken on the
cars in regard to his mission. A
grand masquerade ball will be given
on Thursday next, in honor of the
distinguished visitors.
MONTGOMERY, August 21.-Hon.
W. B. Jones, elector for Grant, in
the Fourth Congressional District,
has taken the stamp for Seymour and
Blair.
Hon. Thomas Masterson, Bepre
sentative from Lawrence County, has
abandoned Grant, and declared his
intention to support Seymour and
Blair.
The following card is published in
the radical organ of this city: "lu
consequence of the want of patronage
sufficient to meet the doily expenses
of the office, I am compelled to sus?
pend the publication of tho Siaie
Sentinel. Since the re-establishment
of the paper in this city, going on
two years, I have sustained the pub?
lication of the paper from my own
private means. This I cannot do any
longer."
NEW YORK, August 21.-At a meet?
ing of tobacco manufacturers a reso?
lution was adopted, that no tobacco
can be inspected except for manufac?
turers of the same, and breaking
packages by dealers and peddlers for
sale to retailers is dearly illegal.
The meeting had official advice that
10 per cent, discount would be
allowed on other stamps refused on
tobacco stamps.
Alfa lr? tn Washington.
WASHINGTON, August 21.-A circu?
lar letter, issued from the War De?
partment, includes -, the following
extract from tho army appropriation
bill, passed at the last session of
Congress: Be il enacted, That all
militia forces now organized, or in
service, in either of the States of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Ca?
rolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Texas, be forthwith
disbanded, and that the farther orga?
nization, arming or calling into
service the paid militia forces, or any
part thereof, is hereby prohibited,
under any circumstances whatever,
until the same shall bo authorized by
Congress. Tho publication of this
extract is intended as an explanation
of the refusal of Secretary Schofield
to furnish arms to the militia of the
Southern States, on the applications
of their Governors, and for the in?
formation of the officers of the army
now on duty in tho South.
Alluding to the militia in the
Southern States, the New York Times
Bays, editorially, the case is made a
good deal plainer by the extract from
the law, which the Secretary of War
introduces into his order. By one
of those unfortunate blunders which
have marred the progress of recon?
struction at almost every stage, tho
South is literally without a militia.
Not only have the local governments
no arms fer their use, bat the sup?
plying of arms by the War Depart?
ment is forbidden by a o?anse which,
passed nnder different circumstances,
is yet unrepeated. Congress, there?
fore, in i ts haste to adjourn, did more
than neglect the distribution
of arms, which a measure brought
forward at a late day rightfully con?
templated. It loft on tho statute
book a provision which restrains tho
War Department from arming tho
militia, whatever the emergency. To
this extent, tho reconstructed States
aro powerless. Their authorities are
{paralyzed by an order which nothing
ess than the action of Congress can
set aside.
' There are over 4,000 vacant offices
under tho new tax bill. *
Customs receipts from the 10th to
tho 15th August, over $3,500,000.
A lady, who wo s looking at the
procession of the soldiers and sailors
of New York, was heard to say that
she saw tho soldiers' and sailors'
procession at Chicago, and she
thought the Republicans made al?
together the bettor show, for, al?
though the Chicago procession was
muoh smaller, it presented a deal
bettor appearance, because the New
York procession "had so many one
legged and one-armed fellows in it,
that it was perfectly disgusting."
Taxidermy for parents-if you
want to preserve your children, do
not stuff them.
ANCIAL A.VO|COMrjiIEitCIAL. I
! NEW YORK, Anguat 21-Noon.
Stocks strong. Money ?asv. Gold
44|?. North Carolina's, o?d, 72j?;
new, 72 asked. Virginia's, ex-cou?
pons, 72>?. Tennessee's, ex-con
pone, 64}?; new, 03}^. Sterling
9?$. Flour 10@15c. lowor. Wheat
I quiet and steady for spring; winter
! heavy and declining. Com lc. bet
? tor. Moss pork 28.50. Lard dull
steam 18%@18%. Cotton quiet and
Bteady, at 29|?($30.
7 P. M.-Cotton firm; sales 800
bales, at 29}??30. Flour dull
State 7@9.75; Western 7?12.60;
Southern common to fair extra 8.75
@9.8 ). Wheat, heavy-white Ten?
nessee now 2.50. Coru dull-mixed
Western 1.15@1.24. Oats lower and
more active-new 75@78. Mess
pork 28.60. Whiskey 70. Freights
dull and declining. Money easier,
at 4@5. Sterling a little stronger.
Gold wenk, at 4&}i<&4&% Govern?
ments closed dull and generally
lower.
BALTLMORE, August 21.-Cotton
quiet. Wheat active, but prices un?
changed-prime to choice 2.60@
2.70. Corn active-primo whito 1.25.
Oats 70@78. Eye 40@45.
CINCINNATI, August 21.-Flour and
corn dull. Whiskey 65. Meas pork
28.75. Shoulders 13%; clear sides
17J*.
CHARLESTON, August 21.-Cotton
firmer and moro active; sales 125
bales-middlings 28; receipts for the
week 168 bales; sales240; stock2,526.
AUGUSTA, August 21.-Cotton mar?
ket closed dull-middlings 27^X; 6ales
35 bales. The first bale of new cot?
ton was receivt d to-day from Bush
County.
NEW ORLEANS, August 21.-Cotton
quiet and steady-middlings 30; sales
30 bales; receipts 218.
MOBILE, Angust 21.-Cotton-no
sales; middlings nominally 28.
No improvement to notice in the
crops. Accounts from the country
continue bad.
LIVERPOOL, August 20-Evening.
Cotton closed steady and unchanged;
sales 12,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL, August 21-3 P. M.
Cotton.firmer, more active and prices
tending upward; sales of the week
100,000 bales; exports23,000; specu?
lation 13,000; stock 510,000, whereof
215,000 are American-uplands 10%;
Orleans 10%. Yarns and fabrics at
Manchester firmer and better prices
realized. Cotton at sea 722,000,
whereof only 6,000 are American.
LONDON. August 21-3 P. M.
Consols 93%. Bonds 71;??.
LIVERPOOL, August 21-Evening.
Cotton buoyant; sales 20,000 bales, at
an advance of a fraction-uplands
10%; Orleans ll.
"TIGHT BREECHES."-AN ATTACK
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.-Some fe?
male, in au apparently revengeful
spirit, thus holds forth on a prevail?
ing gentlemen's fashion:
The press has never been remiss in
deprecating the follies of the female
sex upon the occasion of each change
in style of female apparel, bat it is a
noticeable fact that the popiu-jay
style of breeches now iu vogue, more
ridiculous than anything tho women
ever wore, is unnoticed. Female
loveliness is such that it can make
charming any extreme fashion; but
what length of familiarity, pray Hea
von, can ever make tolerable-much
less comely-tho dexter appendages
of a human crane wound about with
cloth so tightly as to stop the circu?
lation?
The present stylo of pantaloons is
neither comfortable, comely nor eco?
nomical. Tho "swell" that adopts it
can neither stoop nor sit down with?
out positive danger of an exposure
of his person from rupture caused by
tension. When wo see these fashion?
ables of the male persuasion, on tho
street, we aro reminded of the exhor?
tation of the raw-boned, ill-formed
preacher when illustrating the won?
ders of creation, liaising his long,
skinny arms high above his head, ho
exclaimed, "God mudo this frame.::
A voice in the congregation replied,
"then his tools were mighty dull."
Here comos a six-foot gallant, with
a number ten boot, and a figure like
a pair of tongs. There is not enough
of his legs to make a shadow, and he
walks as if each boot was a doublo
bass viol. By his side, perhaps, is
another devotee of the style, half his
length, whoso make-up reminds ono
of a plum pudding, perched on the
handlo of a pair of pinchers. Thero
they go, the extremes of folly, and
the very essence of ludicrousness.
Nothing a woman ever wore, will
comparo in folly with tight breeches
on a*bandy-legged human biped.
A NIGGER SHOT IN A CORN FIELD
AND KILLED.-A negro was caught
on the morning of tho 13th instant,
stealing corn out of tho field of Dr.
Thomas Powo's placo, one milo above
Cheraw, by a colored man who was
working in the farm nt tho time, and
who shot him. The thief ran a short
distance and then dropped dead.
\Bennettsville Journal.
FIRE. -We learn that not only tho
residence, with all its contents, but
tho provisions and family supplies of
Mr. Riohard S. Webb, iu the Fork of
Black River, was entirely destroyed
on Thursday night of lost week, by
fire. The family were asleep, and
whoa roused, the fire had made such
progress, it was impossible to save
anything.-Sumter Newt.
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COLUMBIA MARKET,
Report for Week ending Friday, August
PUOMX OFFICE, COLUMBIA, August 29
Kolbing doing in cotton.
All other articles of country produce aro I
in good demand, with a fair supply. j
Tho following buying rates ot South Ga- j
ralina Bank Notca, is prepared by Qrcgg,
Palmer A Co., Brokera:
Bank of Camden ._;.23
Hunk of Charleston..21
Bank of Cheater.7
Bank of Georgetown.. . .5
Bank of Nowborry. 30
Bank of South Carolina. 8
Bank of State of South Carolina, [old,]..10
Bank of Stato of South Carolina, [new,]. 1
Bank of Hamburg:. 10
Commercial Bank. 1
Exchange Bank. 8
Planters' Bank. 4
Farmers and Exchango Bank. 1
Btato Bank. 1
Union Bank.80
South-Western Railroau ^auk, [old, J_25
People's.40
Planters and Mechanics.16
Merchants'. 4
Wliolcsulo I'ricca Current.
COUIIKCTEO WEEKLY BY
THE COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE.
APPLES-Per bushel.1 25 ?1 50
BAGGING-Gunny, per vard.. ? 25
Dundee 44 .. ?80
BALE ROPE-Manilla, per lb.. 2G ?
N.Y. or West,44 15 ty IC
BUTTER-Northern, per lb.. 50 ?
Country, .? .. 20 @ 25
BACON-Hams, por lb. 23 ? 25
Sides " . 18 @ 19
Shoulders. " . 16 ? 17
BRICKS-Per 1,000 . 9 00@12 00
CANDLES-Sperm, per lb- 37? 45
Adamantino, " .. 22 ty 23
Tallow, " .. 18 (ii) 20
COTTON YARN-Per bunch.. 1 70 ?1 90
COTTON-Strict Middling, pr lb 27 @
Middling. " 25 ty
Low Middling, " 23 ?
Good Ordinary, " 20 ty
Ordinary, " ?
CHEESE-English Dairy, per lbl9 ? 20
factory, " 19 ? 20
COFFEE-Rio, per lb. 23 ty 26
Laguayra, ". 28 ty 30
Java. * " .... 37 ty 40
FLOUR-Country, per bbl.. .13 00?14 00
Northern.14 00@15 00
GRAIN-Corn, pur bush.1 50?
Wheat, '? .2 25?2 50
Oats, " .80 ?90
Peas, 44 .1 00?1 10
HAY-Nortneru, per cwt.
Eastern " .
HIDES-Drv, per lb.12J? 18
Green. " . 8
INDIGO-Carolina.1 00?1 25
LARD-Per lb.20? 22
LUMBER-Boards, per 100 ft.. 1 50
Bcautling, " .. 1 50
Shingles, per 1,000.. 2 75
LIME-Per bbl.2 70?2 80
MOLASSES-Cuba, per gallon. 58?60
New Orleans, " 1 00@1 25
Sugar House. 44 . ..75@l 25
NAILS-Per keg.6 00@7 00
ONIONS-Per bushel. ?2 00
OIL-Keroseno, per gallon. 50? 55
Machinery " .... 75?1 00
POTATOES-Irish, per huahcl.l 75?2 00
Sweet, " . 75? 80
RICE-Carolina, per lb. 9? 12$
East India, " .
SPECIE-Gold.?..1 40?
Silver.1 80@1 35
SHOT, per bag. 3 25?3 50
SALT-Liverpool, per eack_2 65?2 75
SOAP-Por lb.8 ? ll
SPIRITS-Alcohol, per gallon 6 00
Brandy, 44 .4 00@12 00
Holland Gin, " ...5 O0@7 00
American " " .. .3 58@4 00
Jamaica Rum, " .. .G 00@7 00
N. li. " " .. .3 50?3 75
Bourbon Whiskey,. .3 50@4 50
Monongahela " . .3 75@4 00
Rectified " ...2 50@2 75
SUGAR-Crushed, per lb.19 ty 20
Powdered, 14 .19 ? 20
Brown. " .12J? 17*
STAUCH-Per lb.10? 12J
TEA-Green, per lb.1 00?2 00
Black, " .1 00@1 50
TOBACCO-Chewing, per lb_50@1 25
Smoking, " .50? 1 00
VINEGAR-Wine, per gallon... 70? 75
Cider, '7 ....50? 60
French, 44 . 1 25?1 50
WINE-Champagne, per basket.25@32 00
Port, per gallon.3 00?5 00
Sherry, 14 .8 50?G 00
Madeira, 44 .3 50@6 00
OOME8TIC MABKET.
MEATS-Pork, per lb. 15J
Beef, 44. 8 ?12A
Mutton, 44 . 12'
POULTRY-Turkeys, per pair.
Ducks 4
Chickens, 44 !.!..'S0?35
Geese. 44 .
BURIED IN T??E GRAY.-Augustus
Carson, a respectable colored man,
died at Franklin, Tenn., last Monday
night. Early in the war, ho attached
himself to tho cause of the Confed?
eracy, and steadily followed. itB ban?
ners till tho last of the struggle.
Through good and evil report, whe?
ther tho sun of victory shed light
and hope upon the cause he served,
or whether clouds of defeat lowered
upon bim and his associates in arms,
he was ever brave, hopeful and daunt?
less. When tho causo was flually lost,
he returned to his old home, and has
since acted only with tho Democratic
party. During tho illness which
terminated in his dei ii, Carson re?
peatedly expressed th wish that his
body should bo attirod in a suit of
Confederate gray, and that some of his
old friends should attend his romains
to their last resting-place. His desiro
in both respects was fully carried
out. His funeral was largely attend?
ed by the peoplo of Franklin and its
vicinity.-Nashville Gazette.
fA CARPET-BAOGER COME TO GRIEF.
Wm. L. Webb, of Bocky Hill, Con?
necticut, a brother of Henry W.
Webb, who figured as a member of
the Charleston Negro Convention,
and is now a membor of the Legisla?
ture, so-called, from this District,
was arrested yesterday by Sheriff I
Carr, for bigamy, on a complaint j
made by his wife in Connecticut.
Mr. Webb, tho accused, is a carpet?
bagger, who came to these parts soon
after the close of the war, to seek his
fortune. He was made a Register of
voters, and acted in that capacity as
long as there was anything to do in
that line. In default of sufficient
bail, he now occupies apartments in
the Georgetown jail.
[Georgetoim Times.
'.Harl-Knrl.'* . Ul f,
Xhu following is the letter of Com.
.?eighou, United States navy, de
.cribing tho hari-kari execution wit?
nessed by him at Ltiogo, Japan:
U. S. STEAMER ONEIDA, (third rato,)
Hiooo, JAPAN, March 14, 18G8
Hon. Gideon Welles, Washington.
Sm: I have the honor to communi?
cate the particulars of the execution
of tho Japanese official, Fati Zunzu
taro, retainer of Ma ts Jai ra Bizen no
Kami, who ordered his troops to fire
on the foreigners at this place, on tho
4th ultimo. This execution was wit?
nessed by me, at the request of our
Miuhtor, Gen. R. B. Yan Valken
bnrgh, nud is as follows:
I left the legation nt about 9 P. M.,
in company with thc officers at?
tached to the foreign legation, and
proceeded to Uiogo, where we were
met by a guard, who escorted us to
the temple where the execution was
to take place.
There was u lurga number of peo?
ple ou euch side of tho street leading
to tho temple, and quite a number of
soldiers drawn up inside about the
temple. We were shown into a room
adjoining the Japanese officials,
where we were asked if wo wished to
question the person about to be exe?
cuted, to which we answered in tho
negative. They also took the names
of every official present.
After waitiug about half au hour,
we were conducted by the Japanese
officials iuto what appeared to bo tho
principal room of tho temple, which
was lighted with caudles, and ic
front of tho altar was a raised plat?
form a foot in height, which extended
ucros8 the room, and we were placed
on the right of the altar, within a
few feet of where the execution was
to take place, with the Japanese
officials on the left. In front of the
altar, was a green cloth, and in front
of that, a red one; we were informed
that the execution would take placo
on the red cloth. Seating ourselves
on the mats on the platform, we
watched the execution.
In a few moments, the prisoner
carno in, dressed in tho usual Japan?
ese dress of a person of rank, accom?
panied by tho executioner, who was
his pupil and most intimate friend.
He walked with a steady, firm step,
in front of the altar, where he knelt
in prayer. He then arose and went
to the red cloth, where he knelt aud
made the confession that he was the
officer that ordered his troops to fire
upon the foreigners, and also to fire
upon them when they were trying to
escape, and that ho was sorry for
what he had done.
He then disrobed himself to his
waist and reached out for a knife that
was near him, which he thrust into
his bowels, and drawing it towards
his right side, and leaning forward at
the same time, the executioner, with
one blow from his swoid, severed his
head from his body. This occurred
at about 10.30 p. m.
The Japanese then bowed to the
floor, on which we all did the same.
Wo were then asked if wo were satis?
fied with what we had witnessed,
when wo replied in the affirmative.
After the lapse of a few moments
wo were informed that all was over,
when wo arose and took our depar?
ture. Tho whole scene was one of
great solemnity and very impressive.
Very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
J. BLAKELY CREIGHTON,
Commander.
SENSIBLE ADVICE.-Tho Charlotte
(N. C.) Times publishes the follow?
ing card, written by a freedman, and
addressed "to tho colored people of
Mecklenburg:"
I am one of your number. From
a sense of duty, I became a Demo?
crat. I wish to appeal to you, not
because I wish you to join my party,
but because I see that you are in dan?
ger. Wicked white men-mean
white men, that are skinning you
every day, and intend to take the
whole hide off, have already made
yon believe a hundred lies, and they
aro making you believe them now.
They will get all they can out of yon,
and then turn you over to tho mercy
of tho white people that you aro now
turning your backs upon. You are
freemon, indeed, when you dare not
think, or speak, or act, except just
as your white radical masters order
you to do. You aro obliged to vote
for them, and not even for your own
color. They say conservatives and
Domocrots want to make you slaves
again. If they did, theso men could
not, and would not if they could,
provent it. They did not make you
freo, and can't keep you free. You
just know the respectable white peo?
ple of tho South don't want to make
us slaves again, and could not, if
they wanted to. I was a slave-am
now free. I expect to die free; but
I want to be respected by the decent
whito people. As it is clear they in?
tend to rule, say what we may, it
would bo well to make them our
friends. The colored people had bot?
ter take warning in time, and show
that they have some sense
I write this of my own accord, as
of my own occord I joined the De?
mocratic party, and intend to con?
tinue in it. HENRY MILLER.
Tho Arabs, the moat careful of
their horses of ali people, do most of
their horse-feeding at night. They
say that feading in the day-time docs
not impart so much vigor and elasti?
city to the animal as night feeding
does.
lilian I ll -X??fw??^?
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THB DEAD , AMYE-WONDERFDTI
EFFECT OF JuiiErs.- Tho Norfolk
Journal saya:
Bather a ludicrous eveut ocourred
ou Saturday last It having been
reported that a certain gentleman
had died, and was to have been
buried on Saturday evening, quite a
Dumber of his old friends and ac?
quaintances repaired to his house to
Eay the last sad tribute of respect
y following his remains to tho grave.
As the death had been sudden, the
coroner had been summoned; and
when his duties had beeu performed,
the remains were placed on nu im?
provised hearse, and the procession
formed.
Beforo moving, tho hospitalities of
the deceased's house was extended to
those present, in the shape of a good
stiff brandy jnlep to euch, so os the
bettor to enable them to undergo tho
fatigue of the long march to the new
burying ground.
W hile the pall-bearers, who wero
standing by the hearse, were slowly
sipping their juleps, and now and
again giving tho goblets a slight
shake to settle tho ico in them, a
uoise was heard in tho coffin, which
turned some faces whiter than they
had been for years before. Finally,
the undertaker for the occasion mus?
tered courage enough to unscrew the
coffin lid, when, horrible to be told,
up sat the supposed corpse, and
coolly asked for his julep. Having
quenched his thirst, he got down,
and stated to the gaping crowd that
ho had been in a sort of trance, and
knew all that was going on around
him, but was unable to rouso himself
until his ears were greeted with tho
familiar jingle of the ice, and his
nose with the delicious smell of the
brandy and mint in the goblets
round the hearse; the thoughts called
forth by which infused new life into
his system, and the desire to partake
became so strong that he was ablo to
break tho trance, which had come
near consigning him to a premature
grave.
His friends were too much asto?
nished at what they had witnessed,
and too glad to see him amo.ng them
again, to investigate the philosophy
of tho thing, so they all adjourned to
bia house, where juleps passed
around long enough to almost ac?
complish for the whole party that
fate from which the first ono had so
miraculously delivered their host.
AN UNROMANTIC HUSBAND.-An aunt
of ours concluded to try the effect of
a pleasant smile and a kind word
upon her husband, when he had re?
turned from his work. She had read
how a home should be pleasant, and
the wife should always meet tho hus?
band with a joyful smile. The suc?
cess she had ia best given in the
shapo of a dialogue | Enter hus?
band, almost exhausted, and very
hungry withal; throws his hat on tho
floor, and drops heavily into a seat.
Wife preparing tea, looks up with a
smile, and is so glad to seo him. |
Wife-"Well, my dear, it is so nice
to have you here at meal-time." [A
long smile.]
Husband-"Yes, I suppose so."
Wife-"How bas your business
prospered to-day?" [Another smile.]
Husband-"About so-so."
Wife-"Come, my dear, supper is
ready; let mo draw your chair."
[Another smile.]
Husband gruffly-"I am too tired
to stir. Wait till I warm my feet."
Wife-"Do as you choose, my
dear." [Another sweet smile. |
Husband-"Look o' here, old wo?
man, beforo any more fuss is made
about it, I should like to know what
in thunder you are grinning at?"
Aunt sighed, and relinquished her
sweet smiles from that date. Uncle
was not one of tho romantic sort,
and didn't understand such things.
FOETICIDE IN NEW YORK.-In this
city there are ten people know to the
police and the Board of Health,
whose regular business is fnit.jeide.
Thoy advertise in tho Herald and the
Sunday Mercury. They manufacture
and sell pills, "French," "Golden,"
"Portuguese," warranted to take the
unborn life in from one to five days.
They practice their hellish trade in
so-called hospitals, and it is sup?
posed, as it has been more than once
charged, that they burn the bodies
of their victims, as they can receive
no buriul permits from the Board of
Health. Tho Registrar of Vital Sta?
tistics, N. Harris, is of opinion that
tho number of still births registered
represents but about one-third the
human embryos destroyed: and that
one-half tho stiii-births reports are
actual infanticides. This leaves the
thinking man to infer that there are
in New York about 2,000 women who
destroy their children.
A RADICAL, DODGE.-The so-called
Legislature of Alabama finding it
impracticable to pass, over the Go?
vernor's veto, the Act authorizing
that body to appoint Presidential
electors, took a recess until Novem?
ber, without enacting a registration
law as provided for in the "Consti?
tution" of the State. According to
tho Montgomery Advertiser, this waa
done for the deliborute purpose of
defeating a popular election, that tho
Legislature, upon re-assembling,
may then appoint electors, on the
plea that it will bo absolutely neces?
sary to do this in order that the State
shall not be altogether deprived of
its vote in the choice of the next
President of the United States.
Tali ,VALUE OF ADVERTISING.-A
gentleman of New York, who has
takenup his" summer quarters with
his family in one of the outlying
suburbs, recently purchased seven
pounds of sugar from his village
prooer, and found it sadly adulte?
rated witlt sand. Tho next day he
inserted the following paragraph in
the village paper: "Notice.-I
bought of a grocer, in this village,
seven pounds of sugar, from whioh
I have extracted ono pound of sand.
If tho rascal who cheated me will
send to my address seven pounds of
sugar (tho soriptural measure of res?
titution) I will be satisfied; if not,
I will expose him." The next day
nine seven pound packages of sugar
wcro left at tho advertiser's house,
there being niuo grocers in the vil?
lage, and each supposing himself to
havo been detected.
The bullion in the vaults of the
Bank of France, which on August
6th, was stated to amount to $250,
000,000 in gold, still continues to in?
crease. The latest official statement,
dated August 13th, reports that the
deposits had been augmented by the
sum of 86,800,000.
A private letter from California,
mentions a remarkable horse-back
race against time at the Bay View
Course, near San Francisco. The
rider made 800 milos in fourteen
hours and won his bet. He had
thirty horses for relays, and got
through without killing any of them.
"Is your father at home?" inquired
a man of a little girl who admitted
him. "Is your name Bill?" "Some
people call me so," he replied.
"Then he is not home; for I heard
him tell John, if any bill came, to
say he is not at home."
One of the citizens of Mystic
Bridge, Conn., recently, in his zeal
to enforce a local by-law against stray
animals, unconsciously drove his own.
hogs to pound, and was obliged to
pay the fee before he could get them
released.
At the election on Thursday last,
John A. Boswell was eleoted Bepre
sentative without opposition. Very
little interest was manifested by the
negroes, but little over 500 votes
being cast.-Camden Journal.
The Mercury makes the startling
assertion that two ladies of the high?
est position were brick-batted by
radical negroes on the streets of
Charleston, on Monday night last.
Tribute of Respect.
At a meeting of tho Young Men's Bene?
volent Association, held at Gregg's Hall,
on tho evening of tho 20th instant, tho
following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, God, in bis wisdom, has taken
away, suddenly, from our midst, our
highly esteemed and worthy associate,
DALLAS P. SMITH; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the members of this As?
sociation tender to his bereaved family
Ibis mother and sisters) their sincere con?
dolence In thia their hour of trial.
Resolved, That wo inacribe a' blank pago
on our record to bia memory, and that a
copy of these resolutions bo presented to
bia mother and sisters, and that they bo
printed in the Columbia Phoenix.
A. C. MOOBE, Secretary.
Auction Sales
Fine Pair Young Horses, Carriage and
Tiro Sets of Harness.
BY D. C. PELXOTTO & SON.
ON MONDAY next, 24th inatant, at 10
o'clock, we will sell,, at public outcry, in
front of our auction room.
The abovo ANIMALS, VEHICLE and
HABNE8S, all in perfect order. They can
be treated for nt private sale up to day of
salo.
ALSO,
1 GOOD MULE. Conditions cash.
Aug 19_
FOR RENT.
THE TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING,
on Main street, now occupied by W.
C. Swafiield, containing Ten Rooms.
Kitchen atti ched to the house. Water on
both doora. Possession given October 1,
or aoonor if desired. Apply to
Aug 21_BV BWAFFIELD.
In the District Court of the United
States, for the District of South
Carolina.
I Tn (he molter of Hennis McGuinnis, Bank ?
rupt.-In Bankru}>tcy.
TO whom it may concern: The under?
signed hereby gives notico of bis ap?
pointment as Assignee of DENNIS
McGULNNIS, of Columbia, in the County
of Richland, and State of South Carolina,
within said uistrict, who bas been ad
Judged a Bankrupt, upon his own petition,
by tho Di8trict Court of aaid District.
Dated at Columbia, in said District, on.
the 9th day of August. A. D. 1868._
WILLIAM McGUINNIS,
Aug 22 s3_Assignee.
Charlotte and South Carolina R. R."
COLUMBIA, S. C., August 21, 1888.
THI8 Company ha8 boen using GAR and
ENGINE TRUCK WHEELS of its
own manufacture, for sorao time, whioh
are giving good Hervice; equal to any here?
tofore used by tho Company. Having,
now, moro WHEELS on hand than we
have present uso for, we will bo pleased
to oxebange them for OLD WHEELS and
\ A XLES, on favorable terms. Diameter of
Wheels ia twenty-eight and thirty inches.
THEO. D. KLINE, M. M.
_ Aug 22_ sw8
TROTTING MATCH.
A TROTTING
MATCH, for $6C0,
.will tako place, on
tho CongaroG Raco
Course, on TUESDAY, tho 25th instant, at
5 P. M. Graham enters Sorrell Pony,
MONK; Daly enters Groy Horso, BILLY
GRIMES. Thia will bo a well contested
match, and some good sport may be anti?
cipated, ta** Aug 22 3