Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T*? New Of blast, fl It is a questioatihsJrVill^?oca^o many, ] and can be answered by none, the Mobile Register in lim ules, where is the statesman? ship in General Grant's Cabinet oompeteut to ron the complicated machine of the Ame? rican Government? It is generally agreed that Grant has formed his Cabinet on thc military principle--that is to say, just n* be would havo appointed a general staff-and that this method signifies two things: First, That he means to administer the Govern me?t by himself, and- his Cabinet are only there to obey- .bis orders; and, second, that he does'not propose to have any bicker? ings among his advisors es to the Presiden? tial succession; ami, hence, he has named no man to it that any body would think of as a candidate. Brit has General Grant the knowledge, the training, or the natural head, in the absence of experience, to per? form the task he has undertaken? And, if not, who is thoro on his political staff to furnish tho lucking brains and experience? We haye -not been able to make up onr mind aa to; the, calibre of his intellect, nor .do we feel that,we haye even a fair glimpse at tho inner iife of the man. Exceptas to one quality, we havo nothing assured about the character-of the man. He has proven diimself firm to obstinacy, and self-reliant in a remarkable degree. These are valuable ^executive traits, especially with the myriads of rogues he has to deal with in their raids upon the pnblio treasury. But it is all we know about General Grant. Is he ambi? tions? Does he aspire to a still higher place and greater powers? Is ho a patriot, who will administer his great office with an eye single to the public good? In reforence to the South, will he be tho Grant who made honorable terms with Lee at Appomattox, or the Grant ..remodelled as the successful Eepublicnti ! candidate for tho Presidency? We answer simply, that we do not know. General Grant has everything to develop, and it is quite fair that his political oppo? nents'should patiently wait awhile, and givo him a cha?n?e to show what manner of man he ?8,.and; what manner of President he will be. Meantime, we are obliged to coufess that we have not formed any exalted hopea of his future developments. But bis Cabi? net is most, miscellaneous, and does not afford to the country assurances of any kind. We imagine that General Grant will de? velop more rapidly when the tenure of office Act is repealed. Some of his friends toll us he is very canning, and that quality might well come in play with the Act hanging in terrorcm over him. -o SPEECH OF G EN EU AL BBECKINRIDGK AX HIS HOME.-On Tuesday, Hon. John C. Breck iuridge reached his home, at Lexington, Ky. At half-past 10 o'clock at night he was seronaded, and made tho following speech : FELLOW-CITIZENS: In returning home ni? ter so long an absence I would bc a very .straugc being if I were iuseusible to this very cordial reception from my friends and neighbors. I feel it deeply, and I thank you sincerely. Recently I have observed that it in very difficult for persons in my nitnation to pursue thut line of conduct that they might wish to pursue. Nevertheless, it may be proper to say that I acoept this informal but mo.it cordial welcome as purely personal, and coutuiuing no particle of political significance. (A voice: "That's :rigbt."] Indeed, I can and will say that the tre? mendous events of the last ciglit years have had a great tendency to deadon,* if not d< ?troy, old party feelings; and for myself can truly declaro that I no moro feel thc ?political excitements that mark tho scenes of my former years than if I wore an ex? tinct volcano. 1 will not now' sav more, except to express the pleasure that I feel in coming back to the people whom Iso deni Iv lova PROSPECT OF CHEAPER BREAD.-The Chi? cago Tribune assigns good reasons for argu iDg that the price of wheat will be much lower during the coming year. Il concludes its article by saying: " The best thing that holders can do is to prepare to look their losses in the face as gracefully as may be, and decide to let go, lest the chance of sell? ing be denied in toto. The supply is too abundant to admit of a scarcity, and sellers to the great world of consumers are too nu? merous to admit of the holders being able to dictate iu the matter of prices." -o THE EXPLOSION OF THE AUSTRIAN STEAM FRIGATE RADETZKY.-We published the ac? er, ant, by telegraph, of the recent explosion of the Anstiiun steam frigate Radetzky. Only twenty lives out of 400, it appears, escaped on this sad occasion-tho conse? quences of the crimiual carelessness of dry? ing wet cartridges in the powder room of the steamer, instead of on deck. As this is the second accidont of tho kind which has befallen the Austrian navy since 1848, it is not calculated to make a very flattering im? pression of the fresh water navies of certain European nations that aspire to become maritime power-. MUH?.mmiimmmmm < iimivn "u?, H..? J,j STATIC LROISMTtRE. I EIOJ?TT-FIRST DAY'S mOCKKDINOS. TUESDAY, . Marbh 16.-Tba Senato as? sembled at fi. A. al. S Sao Houeo seilt fib the SOO ate bills to e appropriations and raia? supplie* for the year commencing in October, 1868; to alter and .nscud as Act tc incorporate the Tillage of Mari?n, arid for other purposes therein mentioned; and joint resolution to dissolve the Board of Special Commission? ers appointed for Oconee County under an ordinance of tho Constitutional Convention entitled "Au Ordinance to divide Pickens District into two Election and Judicial Districts, adopted ou the 24th day of Janu? ary, A. D. 1868." All of which were ordered for consideration to-morrow. Tbe HOUBC returned to tho Seutate, with amendments, bills to authorize tho consoli? dation of Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company and the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, and to amend tho charters of the samo; to establish a lazaretto or quarantine hospital in thu har? bor of Charleston; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate attachments;" to em? power tho Judges of the Circuit Court to grant relief in oases of erroneous judgments obtained during the existence of the Pro? visional Government of South Carolina. The amendments were concurred in, the titles changed to Acts, and ordered to be enrolled. The account of tho Winnsboro News and Herald against the State, was referred. The Committee on Engrossed Bills re? ported as duly and correctly engrossed, and ready for a third reading, the following bills: To authorize the Financial Agent of the State of South Carolina, in the city of New York, to pledge State bonds as col? lateral security; to define the du ties of State Reporter and to provide for tho publication of the Supreme Court reports. Several bills were read, discussed, amended and ordered to a third reading. A bill to establish a ferry between Hilton Head Island and tho main land to Beaufort received its third reading, its title changed to au Act, und ordered to be enrolled. A resolution relative to compensation oi the presiding officer was agreed to. After routine business, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at ll A. M. A resolution was introduced, but laid ot tho table, allowing the chief clerk of tht Engrossing Department for tho present ses sion of tho General AsembJy poy at thc ratt of ten dollars per day. The Committee on Ways und Means re ported favorably on a Senate bill to providi for an enumeration of tho inhabitants of tin State, and it was read a second time. The Committee ou Incorporations re ported favorably on a Sonute bill to iucor porate tho Palmetto Fire and Marino lu suranco Company. The Senate returned to tho House a bil to establish a lazaretto or quarantine hos pital in the harbor of Charleston amondod also, a bill to amend an Aot entitled "Ai Act to regulate the manner of drawinj jurors;" which were read and referred. Tho Committee on Engrossed Acts re ported as duly and correctly engrossed fo a third reading, a joint resolution providin for the publication of tho Acts, reporta, re solutions and journals of the General Ac sembly. Road the third time, passed, an ordered to be returned to the Senate wit amendment. A bill to define coutracts for laborers, an for other purposes, was read the third tim? and ordered to bo sent to the Senate. Tho Committee on Ways and Means ri ported favorably on a Senate joint resolt tiou to authorize and direct tho Complro ler-Genoral of the State to provide an furnish offices for the officers of tho Exect tive Department. Also, reported favorabl ou a bill to amend an Act entitled "An Ai providing for the assessment and taxutic uf property." The Special Committee, to whom was r ferred for investigation the accounts again the State by Benjamiu Byns, Sergeaut-A Arms, submitted two reports; tho ono co faining the account 3111.48, and the otb 61,000. Pending which, tho Houso a jonrned. The radical pupers aro at it nguiu. Li ten! "Just us Graut kissed tho Holy Bibi yesterday, the sun burst through t clouds in glorious effulgence, and both t man and the orb were loudly cheered tho people." Every time a radical Pre dent has boen inaugurated, old Sol 1ms th beeu ruthlessly driven on a "burst." T thing is just ns absurd in its way as Loi Napoleon's tumo eagle. There ia grievous tribulation and une iainty about the color of the gloves worn bib inauguration. Tho "World says tl were "canary color," the Herald "co colored," the Times "straw-colored," otb "Bismarck," whilst others do not monti gloves at oil. The Tribune man is es cially silent on this point, probably becau as a cotomporary suggests, the new com tutional amendment prohibits all discrii nation of color. The next bother is ah Grant's shirt-bosom. The World says t! on the great occasion Grant had on a "si pierced by three spiral small-nobbed g stud?;" but the Herald says that "nc single ornament of jowelry appeared ab his person, not even gold shirt-button and "upon his shirt-bosom nothing glitte brighter than agate buttons." Now, 1 do these correspondents make their accou agree, and which of them is to be eredi by thc great historian of the great ot sion? -o A man named Willingham, said to from South Carolina, was killed on a G< gia railroad, a few days ago, while on way to see his brother in Atlanta. The Hfrw York Herald *hf* Parson Brown? low presents tho most extraordinary pic toro of pbysioal debility that waa ever before ? witnessed in any legislative assembly. : Til ad. Stevens might hare been considered, when brought into tba Senate Chamber on man's shoulders to take his place among the managers in the memorable days of the im ! pesehment tris!, tbs best illustration np to ? that time presented of the triumph of intel? lectual mil over a shattered and prostrate bodily organism; bot Bro wu low's appear? ance shows even greater indications of phy ! sical wreck and ruin, and yet the latter lacks nothing of the same unconquerable mental fire ana energy that marked to his latest moments the character of tho Groat Com? moner. Wheu taking tho oath, Brownlow lay back in bis chair, his head bent down, his faco shrivelled, ghastly and of unearthly hue, his hands clasped in bony, vice-like grasp, and his whole appearance indicative of great physical depression. As Mr. Col? fax read tho oath tho poor old Parson raised his feeble arm, which shook with palsy and dropped every moment to his sido. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Bassett went over and sustained his arm through tho remainder of the ceremony, though the old man made one or two desperate efforts by himself to sustain thc right arm by prop? ping it with his loft baud. After he had taken the oath, the Parson stretched forth his hand for a glass of water, which shook wildly before it ronchad his lips. The or? deal, slight as it seems, had completely ex? hausted him. -o FATAL AFFRAY AT THE PINE HOUSE DEVOT. On Thursday last, several men of the Pine House section met at the Pine House Depot, and an affray arising-or, moro properly, a confusion or commotion, caused by liquor Luther Toney was killod by a ball from a pistol in the hands of Benjamin Boothe. These men, it seems, were going in a body to molest, in some way, a certaiu neighbor, or his freedmen, against whom they had a grudge. And the upshot of tho matter was that Boothe, in brandishing and nourishing his pistol, shot Toney and killed him. As to whether the murder was intentional or not, tboro is grout diff?rence of opinion. Boothe, together with a brother, has been arrested and lodged in jail at this place. [Edgefleld Advertiser. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CAMDEN.-The Camden (Ala.) .Vc irs brings intelligence of tho most destructive fire wo recollect to havo heard of in so small n village. It broke out about 2 o'clock on tho morning of the 1th, and by daylight over two-thirds of the buildiugs, on and adjacent to the public square, were in ashes. Bat for a shower of rain, which fell about daylight and checked the raging flames, the entirn village would have been consumed. Two stores, a law office aud tho printing office was all the property saved on the public square. Entire loss estimated at noar 850,000. No insurance. How VERMONT NEORO-SHRIEKERS ACT AT HOME.-The bodies of tho old lady, her daughter and grand-son, who were found near Peacham, Vt., a day or two since by some men who were cutting a road through snow-drifts, had been turned out of doors at Hardwick iu the storm for non payment of rent. They stnrted to walk to their friends in Peacham, walked fifteen miles, and applied nt 6 P. M. for shelter, but were \ refused, when they started for another house, but failed to reach it. COLORED PASSENGERS ON STEAMSHIP LINES.-In New York, on Thursday, in the case of Louisa Jacobs agaiust the Atlantio Navigation Company, in which tho plaintiff (colored) claimed damages for being refused first class passage, on a steamer to Savannah, after purchasing a first class tioket, the jury were unable to agree, two standing out for the defendents, and were discharged. Powers' statue of Washington, which was removed by General Butler from the State House ut Baton Bouge, La., at the request of Senator Kellogg, has been taken from the Patent Office, Washington, where it had beon placed, and shipped by express to Gov. Warmoth, in order that it be replaced in its old position at Baton Bongo. PERU.-It is announced in recent letters from the port of Islay, Peru, that tho yel? low fever is raging to a fearful extent at that place, aud that tho inhabitants aro dying at the into of 800 per day. Owing to the fatal provalenco of tho disease, it is found impossible to procuro bauds to load or discharge vessels. In tho rocent local elections in thc Slate of New York, tho Democracy have made nearly a clean sweep. They have beaten their opponents handsomely in tho towns of Uh'cn, Poughkeepsie, Oswego, Newburgh uni Elmira, and in the Counties of Colum? bia, Saratoga, Eric, Cayuga and Ulster. Some of the radical papers in Connecti? cut don't wnnt to ratify the fifteenth amend? ment, because tho negroes might voto tho Democratic ticket. They aro indisposed to removo disabilities unless the new voter will bind himself to join tho Bepublican party. That's the way they do it in the South. There is a Nova Scotia delegation in Washington to call attention to the annex? ation of that province to the United States. The British provinces are all gravitating heavily, bat the time is not quite yet. A Washington despatoh to the New York Herald represents the New England politi? cians as in ecstaoie8 over the new Cabinet appointments, and tho Western men as mach chagrined. A juror from Wells, Maine, while attend? ing oonrt this term, has lost his mother, father-in-law, brother-in-law and wifo, by death. Mrs. Jeremiah Ladd, of East Lynn, Conn., aged 108years and niuo months, the oldest person in the Nutmeg State, came to on untimely deatli on Wednesday last. Tfte Citi ins' ?avinrf Bft& ?s folly goA into Jpera&>n, sid, giwnbaoks or gofl in ltrgewr anftll sams etan QB deposited, otra? reasonable Interest ribtaiheeR- Gen. Hampton is the President of the company, and several of our prominent citizens are on tho Board of Direction. Tho omeo of the company, at present, is in the P?urnix building. -o-'? REV. LOVICK PIERCE.-This veteran mi? nister of the Gospel, now in his eighty fourth year, sixty-fivo of which he has bean engaged in the ministry, preached at Wesloy Cbapol, in Atlanta, Ga., on Thursday night last. Notwithstanding his age, thc Atlanta Constitutionalist says, he preaches with tho vigor, fire and earnestness of a man of thirty-five. On last Sunday, he preached threo sermons, ut Carterville, of one hour and a half each. Few men of this day and generation can perform a similar feat, though considerably less advanced in years. We (of the Phoenix) had tho pleasure of meotiug this venerable servant of tho Lord a year or two ago, while on his way to attend the Baltimore Conference; aud can truthfully assert that a moro pleasant traveling com? panion could hardly be obtained. That he may bo allowed to continue bis preseut career of usefulness is, we confidently assert, the fervent wish of hil who have been so fortunate as to receive his kindly "God bless you." --o THE THEATRE-AN AUSPICIOUS ADVENT. After a long dearth of public amusements, which has been endured by us with un? wonted patience, the pleasure-seeking com? munity of Columbia was gratified Inst night by the re-appearance on the histrionic boards of the over-welcome Templeton Company. The play was Maggio Mitchell*! specialty, Fanchon, and the lending chnrnc tor was admirably sustained by Miss Alie? Vane, who has herc, as in every other plaet which has been graced hy her visitations established a reputation for faultless acting and an unaffected simplicity and fidelity o rendition, of which many elder leaders o tho stage might deservedly fool proud. The audience which greeted this resur rectiou of rational amusements was large and respectable-indeed, every availabl seat was occupied, and chairs had to b brought from the neighborhood to meet th wants of tho applicants. We mention thes facts in no spirit of fulsome praise, but t show how strong a hold Mr. Templeton ot taiued last fall upon our people, by hi earnest and honest endeavors to furnis them with acceptable entertainments. Wit pleasure we add, that no intelligent perso in that assemblage, who realized the difl culties encountered by the company, i providing scenery, machinery and accon: modations, experienced a single pang < disappointment iu the amusement fur nisbet On the contrary, wo think the whole ai dience will sustain ns in saying, "W< done," to tho company. We earnestly recommend our readers pay their attentious to Miss Alice Vane t night, and whilst thus rendering the jv. tribute of intelligent criticism to unaffect merit, nt the samo time contribute in buil ing up what we so much need in Columl -a place of rational public amusement. -o MR. EDITOR: Please accept this mani We hope it will do all for you it does for i You must plant it and cover with straw, keep tho frost from killing it. Have au i bor-about ten by twentv feet will not too large. It is very prolific; one vine v bear from eight to ten bushels; and it con np the next year, if kept covered all 1 winter. Collect tho fruit as it ripens, a put away in a cool plnoe, for winter u Any ono knows about pickling it; but it very fine to eat in any way-as squash, fried, as tho oyster plant, egg plant, . Tho ono I send weighs eighteen and a 1 ounces. Messrs. Fisher k Heinitsh hi some for sale. W For fear of mistakes, we have turned article over to an experienced grower vegetables. OUR Jon OFFICE.-The Phoenix Job Ol is now prepared to execute every manne printing, from visiting and business cr to pnmphlots and books. With ample terial and first-class workmen, satisfactic guaranteed to all at New York prices, our work does not como up to contract, make no charge. With this understand: our business men can have noexonse to s their job work North, when it can be d at home. -o MAIL- ARRANGEMENTS.-The following the hours for opening and cloning mails During the week from. .8)? A. M. to 6 P On Sundays from.6 to 7 P. OHARL-E8TON AND WESTERN MAI I.S. Opens at.... 5 P. M. Closes nt.. 8^ P. CHARLESTON NIGHT MAIL. Opens at.A. M. Closes at. .1% P< ORRHNVTLLB MAIL. Opens at.. 5 P. M. Closes at ?. P. NORTHERN MAIL. Opens nt.. 2 P.M. Closes at 12 M P !, .1 - ?I Messrs. Bryan & MoCarlcr request os to stat? that they are hot agents for the sole of the theatre tickets. A misunderstanding of their bookstore clerk was the cause of tho theatrical advertisement. _-^__o-: As the officers of the South Carolina Rail? road Company think that the questions at issue between that company and tho Colum? bia and Augusta Railroad Company are not generally understood, the South, Carolina Railroad Company, with a view to the full preseutatiou of the controversy, retained a skillful steuograpber to attend the session of tho Suprome Court in Columbia, at the argument of tho prohibition case, in which all the issues between tho two companies were, by the nature of the proceeding, brought up for tho decisiou of the Court. The arguments of the countel for the two companies aro alike, we behove, presented to our readers in the supplement we issue to-day. Without entering into any com? mentary upon the merits of the many ques? tions raised in the argument, two points, it is conceded, appear worthy of considera? tion: 1. That the South Carolina Railroad Com? pany do not contest tho right of the Colum? bia and Augusta Railroad Company to con? struct their road, but simply their right to construct it upon the land of the South Ca? rolina Railroad Company. 2. That tho question of right between the two companies has never received judicial determination. A reference to the arguments will show that all the questions have been keenly dis? cussed. It is claimed by the South Caro? lina Railroad Company that they endeavored to avoid tho protracted litigation by the proposition to refer all the matter in dispute to a board of arbitration, composed of three members from each road. Had this propo? sition boon carried out, this lengthy and expensive litigation might have been avoided. CASH.-Our terms are strictly cash-no exceptions. If au advertisement is io "be inserted, hand over the money; if a paper is subscribed for. the mouey must accompany the order-otherwise no attention will be paid to them. This rule will be adhered to. -o Nsw ADVERTISEMENTS. -Special attention i.* called to the following advertisements, published for tho first time this morning: E. Ar G. D. Hope-Sweet Potato Slips. E. Stenhouse-Stack's Corn Whiskey. J. S. McMahon-Notice. Meeting Columbia Chapter, No. 5. R.A. M. John (3. Seegers-Beer. P. H. Joyner-Strayed or Stolen. -o The great Life Iusurance Company of the United States is tho National, of whioh Jay Cooke A; Co. are the General Agents, Wash? ington. Compared with other big compa? nies, it is destined soon to bo the WOGEST company iu the country. Why? Because its growth and popularity, measured in its infancy, warrants it. They have issued, in five months, nearly 4,000 policies, embra? cing a sum insured of upwards of $18,000, 000, and the applications daily increasing. Another reason is, that the plan of the Na? tional is the correct one, the cheapest one, the most liberal one; secures the largest amount for the sum paid; no fictitious or distant dividends declared to dazzle the im? agination with its glittering promises, but gives you a cash dividend in hand before you start. How? A young clerk, age twenty, pays $12.95 a year, aud secures a policy in tho National for $1,000. In other companies he pays $19.89-a difference of $0.94, or a cash dividend of over fifty-two per cent. This differeuco will enable him to tako ont a policy for $500 more; so that, should he die, his family secures $1,500, and pay no more premium than other com? panies chargo for $1,000. This don't look like, what ia supposed by some to bo the case, that the company divide all the profits among themselves. Why, the faot is, they give you a dividend before it is dae-in ad? vance-and no contingent operation of ma? king a profit is dependent upon it. Insure in tho National. Call and got circulars. E. H. HEINITSU, G?n?ral Agent, South Ca? rolina. -o-Mil A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.-If you ! have a cough, do not neglect it; thousands go i to an untimely grave by neglecting what they call "a slight cold." Thcso^ slight colds aro very insidious. They soon becomo ! deep-seated, and defy all remedies. DR. j TUTT'S EXPECTORANT will cure it. It oan be I had of any Druggist. M13 ii -o i A SAD ENDINO.-The New Orleans Picayune announces tho death, in thatoity, at a hospital, without a friend or relative at his bedside, and utterly penniless, of S. H. Goetzel, widely known daring the war as tho head of the leading publishing house of the Confederacy. He engaged in business after the war at New Orleans, but failed, and since then has been in great destitu? tion. A horriblo caso of poisoning was disco? vered recently in Bridgeport, I? The wife and two children of Morris Fear were found lying dead in bed. Mr. Fear was found lying with the corpses, nearly dead. They are supposod to have been poisoned. No particulars havo boon ascertained. Singapore has a boa constrictor that has swallowed a young lady, who wore at tho time a $15,000 diamond necklace. The yoting lady is of no vnlno now, but thc necklaco is-so nbont 30,000 natives aro diligently searching for the snake.