The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 27, 1869, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C,
Thursday Morning, May 27. 1869.
The election for County officers has ter?
minated in favor of the Republican party, a
result for which we may say we were en?
tirely prepared. By comparing the vote of
this County at tho present election with
that of one year ago, for District officers, it
is plainly manifest that the radicals have
lost in numbers. This is attributable firstly,
to secession from its ranks, but mainly to
the faot that many freedmen preferred the
quiet attractions of home, to tho alluring
excitement of the polls. We do not arrogate
to our readers the provinco of counselling, or
presume to advise in such grave questions
as naturally arise in the present state of af?
fairs; but as a public journal is the medium
through whioh information is filtered, we
present them to the public, and honestly
state the convictions which occur to our
mind. We can only soo in tho result of these
elections but a new and additional proof
that the black man is arrayed against, the
white; we recognize in their absence from
the polls a weariness of a toy, a motive of
interest, an indisposition to endanger dol?
lars and cents for the fleeting triumph of a
District election. Wo have conceived by
our own, and the experience of others, that
the negro race is unreliable, and, wo be?
lieve, if the season be convenient, that they
will, oblivious of every guarantee and war?
ranty, uso tho ballot-box to the detriment of
theirf ormer owners. In short, we believe it
is a struggle of intelligence and integrity
against ignorance and dishonesty. Wo can?
not depend upon tho frail presumption that,
wearied with their novel privileges, they
will rofrain from appearanoe at the polls in
the future; (.but, like the wise man, let us
put our house in order and prepare warily
for what the morrow may bring. We can?
not do this better than by inviting emigra?
tion, giving tho assurance of patronage and
employment to tbe mechanic and artisan,
offering inducements to tho farmer and
laborer, anc3 thus adding, if sncccssfnl, a
host of votes to the Democratic and white
man's party. We are of the sincere opinion
that, to control the ballot-box, we must
trust lo our own race, common iu sympathy,
in color, and in interest, entertaining the
same ideas of good citizenship aud public
weal. We distrust the negro either as a di
reot or constrnctive ally. We have seen, in
. the election of May 22, how the united co?
operation of tho white men so nearly gained
the victory; and we regard it as an omen,
that if we persist in our efforts that we may
yet, at the ballot-box, assert integrity over
fraud, and by industry, fuith ano energy
restore this fair land to ber former beauty
and vigor.
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MR. EDITOR: AS an active participant in
the lute elections, I venture to present to
your readers some of the details which
came under my own experience, and that
of others, dnring these two days, and tho
reflections deduced therefrom.
At 6 A. M., tho polls '.vero opened accord?
ing to law, to find a host of dusky patriots
present, ardent and eager to deposit tho
Republican franchise. Country was indu?
bitably stamped upon their bearing and
costume, and the fact was clear that a future
cotton crop was nothing in comparison with
a present vote. As tho day wore on, de?
tachment after detachment reinforced the
radical horde. B?quet d'Afrique was redo?
lent, and tho air gave fragrant proof of
radical existence. Challenge a dingy voter
and tho ready response was "swear me."
Age, residence, citizenship, anything and
everything was covered by that charitable
oath. Many unclean birds were there;'va
grant carpet-baggers aud renegade South?
erners, politicians of every hue, from that
of the ace of spades to the color of a now
saddle, straining every nerve to fill offices
of trust and honor with ignorance and cor?
ruption.
It would puzzle thc most iugenious mind
to dictate Low the negro should bo treated.
Conciliation seems lost upon them; kind?
ness is misplaced. Treacherous and dis?
honest, they eat of your bread and drink of
your cup, then stab you at tho ballot-box in
your mo3t vital parts. It is clear that the
white man should support his color as fai?
ns practicable, and our citizens should en?
courage, by their patronage, all white men,
mechanics, urti.saus, ?c., who oonie from
abroad and make a hoirie with us. It is
but fair, it is politic, io encourage thia class
of men, and recruit the Democratic ranks
from abroad, to defeat tho insidious teach?
ings of the vile carpet-bagger and still viler
renegade. It is only by the infusion of
emigration that we eau conquer at tho bal?
lot-box, and, having attained this success,
we shall see au exodus of the baggers and
scalawags, with their household goods and
their plunder and steulnge, more completo
than "the flight of the Tartar tribes."
DEMOCRAT.
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Information wanted of John Ryan, by
his blather, Patrick Ryan; when last heard
from, in 1801, he was in West Virginia, and
lost an arm after tho battle of Bull Run.
Address P. Ryan, 80 Hovt street, Brook?
lyn.
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The County ?nd Town of Newberry-No. 10.
To NORTHERN CAPITALISTS AND bon
(..RANTS : The question has been asked, and
is still asked every day, is there any security
for any Northern man or immigrant who
wishes to settle in the Sontb, whether as a
planter, manufacturer, or day laborer? We
answer, emphatically, yes. To judge from
tho tone and tenor of articles as seen in
newspapers, a Northern man or immigrant
might and wonld naturally suppose that the
Southern people were far more vicious than
the wildest Oamanche that over roved over
the prairies of the West. He would think
that the cannibals, who sometimes visited
the island of Juan Fernandez in the days of
Robinson Crusoe, were, in comparison, "as
gentle as auy sucking dovo." Seven-eighths
of these sensation pieces are gotten up by sen
satious editors, who have less brains than
animal cunning; nre all alive to tho circula?
tion of their paper, without any lovo of
country, but particularly intent to feather
their own nest by keeping up a constant ex?
citement. It is a moral want of judgment,
honesty and truth. Therefore, it is down?
right cant, jargon and stuff. Our Northern
friends should recollect this is a world of
sordid sins, of shameless follies, of un?
blushing falsehoods, of mean und short?
sighted perversity. Wo admit the fact that
when party spirit (but wo do not justify or
defend it) was hot with over-excitement,
that many, very many, things were highly
improper, and profoundly wrong in tho ex?
treme; but we must remember similar
things have occurred at different ages in
the midst of political party excitement, and
more particularly after bloody revolutions,
all over the world. Man is but man; and
he is tho samo to-day, with all the advance?
ment of science, that ho was live thousand
years ago. The bitterness and malignancy
which characterized the election bas died,
and is fast dying away. It was a folly that
was monstrous, a blindness well nigh unpar?
donable-for it was a blindness which gave
itself forth as insight, and held out a reck?
less hand to guido the blind.
Any Northern mau or European who
comes South will find the Sonthern people
generous, kind-hearted, disposed to encou?
rage not merely the introduction of capital,
but also the sentiments of capitalists among
them. Whenever any man, no mattel
where he was born, settles in the South,
becomes identified with the interests of thc
people, he is one of them. We heartily ac
knowledge the Southern people do not warn
loafers, adventurers, office-seekers. W<
have enough of them already, God knows
Not only of foreign, but of native manu?
facture. This County, the South, wanti
men of energy, muscle and capital. Sh?
wants laborers, mechanics, capitalists, nt
matter from whore. She wants no plugs
rabbits, plunderers and pick-pockets. Al
that we can say to such is "Get thoo bellini
us, Satan." We want men of worth an<
stamina. Wo want men who expect am
desiro to make profits out of tho produce o
the Southern soil to come and live with am
among us; share our burdens as well as en
joy our profits. Those who assert tbs
Northern mon are not safe in the Soul
under the administration of Grant stat
what is untrue, and utter tho vilest an
basest of falsehoods.
The people of the Northern States hav
qualities that every honest Southern mu
respects and admires, to wit: their energy
enterprise and perseverance. They are i
general public-spirited, and help very muc
to improve a country. That they ha^
grown rich off tho products of Souther
labor is not their fault, but was caused I
our failure to appreciate our advantages au
our unwillingness to improve them. N<
only au infusion of Northern capital inl
the South, but also an infusion of Northoi
energy, enterprise and sagacity to unde
stand their interests, would be beneficial,
few years, we think, will show that it is tl
interest of the enterprising capitalists at
laborers, not only from the Northern State
but from Europe, to mako the South the
home. She possesses all the elements
wealth, and only needs development to b
come the richest and most powerful cou
try on the globe. Tho healthfulness of tl
climate is attested by all who have disps
sionately examined the subject. This cou
try has undeveloped wealth in nbnndanc
It needs and desires capital, labor and c
terprise to develop this wealth, and t
people aro not so unwiso or profound
foolish as to reject or insult it because
comes from the Northern States.
We want you, Northern and Europe
immigrants, to como amongst us; and we i
vite yon because your prosence will give
business-like vitality to the community
general, sending its galvanic impulses
every branch of productive industry. T
poor will then bo furnished with occuj
i tious and means of subsistence; the iarn
I provided with a near and ready market i
I his surplus productions; and what is equa
benclicial, the factor stimulated and ni a
buoyant with the hope of ample remune
tion for well-directed devices. Wo hopo
see the time, and wo will, if you will co
among us, when tho curling volumes
smoke and llamo will be seen rising liko \
cania eruptions, inspiring joy instead
terror; when tho thousands of foami
waterfalls will bo taxed to the utmost
their capacity; when agricultural and i
chanical genius and enterprise will bo
tho tip-toe, and the clatter of machin
will till tho lund with the noise of its eec
less revolutions. This will bo our prospi
ty. This will will be the doy of our reno
and glory.
In conclusion, it may bo remarked t
I South Carolina, that the County of N
j berry, offers in her climate and soil and
timber flattering inducements to North
capitalists and immigrants. She only wc
the capital and the labor expended rigl
to take a rank among other places Sot
i so that, to use language more eloquent tl
our own, "the wilderness and tho sol i I
place shall be inado glad, and the de
shaii rejoice and blossom as tho rose."
I LEARCHU?
Negro?? Vers? Whit* Bien.
To thc Editor of tko Nexo York World.
SIB: When wrong and injustice have
been effected, and redress been refused,
there romaine that last and powerful resort,
"the press," to which the sufferer cnn ap?
peal, and moke tho public at once the jury
and the judge. It is with just such a cnBe
that I come, sir, before you, and ask the
use of your columns to apprise tbe people
of the United States of a wanton infliction
and ingratitude by the administration.
A negro postmaster has been appointed
for the city of Columbia, S. C., defeating
for the office an ex-captaiu of the United
States army. So stands tho bald fact; but
vi ;th the following circumstances attached,
which, me judie?, warrant the branding of
this appointment as wanton and ungrateful.
The appointee, Charles M. Wilder, is au
ex-slave, scarcely, if ut nil, able to read or
write; a tolerable carpenter, who, siuco his
manumission, bas been member of the Con?
vention, State Representative, and Deputy
United States Marshal. In those details ure
condensed his record, add to it tho shining
virtue of Republican sentiments, and you
have tho reusotis which rendered his appoint?
ment imperativo in Washington.
D. A. Moore, the defeated aspirant for
tho office, is an ex-captaiu of tho United
States array, entered the service in tho
spring of 1861, raising a company of
seventy-five men from hi.s private funds,
which became Company 13, of tho Sixty
first New York Volunteers; commanded his
company through seven pitched battles, and
numerous skirmishes and minor affairs; wus
wounded, and lost a leg iu the ?oven days.'
battle in front of Richmond; remained on
tho field wounded for thirteen days, was
taken prisoner, and coufiued in the Libby
prison; afterwards exchanged, and being
uufit for field service, was assigued to the
Veteran Reserve Corps, where he served till
mustered out of service in November, 1806,
having served his country with fidelity for
five years, and suffering the loss of a leg in
her Bcrvice. A statement of these facts
were incorporated in the application of
Capt. Mooro for tho office, an application to
which were appended the names of nearly
all tho best citizens of Columbia. Letters
in support of his military record and bear
ijg upon his personal character were for?
warded, urging his appointment to this
office, copies of which accompany this com?
munication-letters, as you will see, from
such distinguished and trustworthy sources
as J. R. Edie, Brevet Colonel Infantry uutl
Assistant Commissioner Freedman's Bureau
North Carolina and South Carolina; Nelsor.
A. Miles, Brevet Major-General United
States army; Robert Murray, United State;
Marshal, New York, and others. These
documents Captain Mooro filed in th?
proper placo, and supported by a speeia
committee from the citizens of Columbia
proffered his application. Both he and tbt
committee were assv?red by tho Private Se
cretary of the President that they might re
turu homo in security, for, to quote th?
very words of tho Secretary, "tho offic?
should bulong to the soldier, and not to th?
negro." And yet, in the face of this recon
of Captain Moore, os a soldier without re
proach, as a man without a blemish, in th
face of this solemn assurance of the Secre
tary, tho negro has been appointed, and th
maimed and gallant soldier ignored.
Mr. Editor, I am a rebel of the eartl
earthy, and so often have we been treatei
to a practical illustration of ra* viclis, thu
the appointment of a negro to this respon
siblo office seemed to me in perfect harmon
with tho policy of our conquerors; but
protest, and I sincerely believe that I au
uttering the sentiment of our entire con
munity, that when I saw au ignorant, illitc
rate negro preferred to a gallant and mer
torious soldier, and he endorsed and recon
mended to a civic office of trust and emoh
ment by his former foes, it seemed as if th
nation's honor were prostituted to part
purposes, and virtue and manliness ha
somehow grown common-place.
England hos her "Victoria Cross," Franc
her "Legion of Honor," Prussia, Austr
and Russia their various orders to rewai
the brave and meritorious soldier; but 1
tho United States of America is reserved \
show tho world that valor and duty are bi
bye-words, and that the claim of nu e
negro slave to an office is stronger than th
of a brave and faithful soldier.
When ono compares the relative positioi
of these two aspirants-Wilder but recent
a freedman, illiterate, barely master of tl
rudiments of an education, whose stronge
point is his Republican proclivities, su
ported by the South Carolina dolegatio
who find in the appointment of a negro
this responsible position in bis color, inc
pacity and ignorance a ready means to h
miliate and degrade a vanquished people;
delegation dead to every generous ernotio
seeking to revengo their social ostraoh
upon a community who have laid their ce
sure where it justly belongs; and, turnii
to tho other side, seo a soldier, scarred wi
tho honorable wounds of battle, a suffer
through privation, purse and imprisonmei
a faithful servant to the cause for which
fought, asking his Government for a mea
of livelihood, exhibiting testimonials a:
vouchers from tho most distinguished qui
tors, his plea endorsed by tho very ni
against whom ho fought, by every grade
worth and respectability amor ?st them; t
officors of tho post adding their nunn
some of them of opposite political fait
but all joining in their election for the s
dier, with no reproach against his career
a man, an officer, and a gentleman; I repe
sir, it would appear to whoso credit t
comparison would be, and on whoso si
the verdict should fall; and yet, sir, the i
gro wins and the soldier loses. Can a par
lei be found to this monstrous injusth
Cau the history of this country furnish
greater outrage? I think not, and to 1
great pnblie, the American people, I lei
the condemnation of this act of national
gratitude and partv vindictiveness, secure
in the trust of their recognition of injust
and cruelty. COLUMBIA
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Xii o o A 1 X -t o m s .
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Turtle soup for lunch to-day, at the Pol- j
lock House. Be on hand.
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FKOM GEORGIA.-A Washington telegram '
iu tho New York Tribune says:
"A legal gentleman of this city, who has
recently boen to Georgia on business, and
while there was in close professional reis
tiona with Toomba, Stephens. Ben. HUI and !
other rebel leaders, declares that these mon, 1
and the great body of the whites are, so far '
as Georgia is concerned, moro bitterly hos- j
tile toward the Government und loyal States j
than ever, if that be possible. The spirit of
violence reigus supreme, though now maui
festing itself entirely in acts such as the re- j
cent assassinations, nud not in mobs and
riots, as was the case last fall. So bitter is ,
this hostile spirit that the gentleman refer?
red to, who was till recently a high legal ,
officer of the Government, believes that, in \
the event of a foreign war, a large majority
of tho Georgia whites would not hesitate to
joiu the enemy, if there should be au at?
tempt to invade the country. Ho regards
the feeliug ns one of bitter, blind, implaca?
ble hatred to the republic, which would
not stop at any means to gratify itself."
Admitting this statement to be true, what
are we to think of that "free Government"
which holds an unwilling rulo over such
CORONER AND SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
The Republicans wore successful in the
election for these two offices on Monday
last, aud colored men will fill the positions.
The general result is as follows:
For Coroner-S. B. Thompson, (colored
Republican,) 1,252; W\ T. Walter, Esq.,
(Democrat,) 1,045. Republican majority
207.
For Scliool Commissioner-N.E. Edwards,
(oolored Republican,) 1,260; Rev. A. R.
Rnde, (Democrat,) 880; W. W. Adams,
Esq., (Democrat, and not a candidate,) 60. j
Making the Democratic vote 053, and the '
Republican majority 302.
The following is the vote at the different |
boxes:
Canq) Ground-Republicans 30; Demo
crats 27. Total 66.
Killian's-Democrats 37; Republicans 2. ?
Total 30.
Davis'-Republicans lo; Democrats 0.
Total 22.
Garner's-Republicans 95; Democrats 1.
Total OG.
Plowers"-Republicans 153; Democrats 41.
Total 104.
Gadsden-Republicans 221: Democrats
33. Total 257.
Trenholm's-Democrats 36; Republicans
25. Total 61.
Columbia-Ward No. 1-Republicans 167;
Democrats 130. Total 306. Ward No. 2
Republicans 230; Democrats 200. Total
430. Ward No. 3-Democrats 246; Repub?
licans 160. Total 415. Ward No. 4-De?
mocrats 180; Republicans 143. Total 323.
The entire Columbia volo amounted to
1,483.
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THE MURDER OF DR. JAS. T. PATERSON.
We learn from the Savannah Advert iserthat
among the true bills found by the Grand
Jury of Chatham County, on Monday, was !
one against Mrs. Catherine B. Paterson,
charging her with the murder of her bus
baud, Dr. James T. Paterson, the announce?
ment of whoso sudden death at his own
bunds, in his room at tho Pavilion House,
Savannah, on the 16th of May, 1868, so
startled oar community, as the facts con?
nected with the adair seemed to bo wrapped
in some mystery. The day after his death
occurred, his remains were conveyed to Au?
gusta, where he formerly resided, for
burial, his wife accompanying them. The
matter, although talked of for some days,
soon died out, but was shortly afterward
revived by Mrs. Paterson's making applica?
tion, through her attorney to the courts,
for control of tho property of deceased,
which application, we believe, was refused
at the request of the creditors of the de?
ceased, tho estate being insolvent. Tho
facts connected with tho death of Dr. Pa?
terson were silently being worked up by the
brother of the deceased, who had the sto?
mach cut out and examined; and from the
true bill found against Mrs. Paterson by thc
Grand Jury of tho Superior Court, would
seem to leave no doubt but what .Lc jury
had good evidence and sufficient grounds
for their action bef?io bringing in a bill of
murder against Mrs. Paterson. Dr. Pater?
son resided in Columbia a year or two, and
carried on a lithographic establishment.
Mrs. Paterson, we learn, is now in some of
the Northern cities, and will shortly be in?
formed of tho action of th: court.
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OCR Jon OFFICE.-The Phoenix Job Office
is now prepared to execute every maimer of
printing, from visiting and business cards
to pamphlets and books. With ample ma?
terial and first-class workmen, satisfaction is
guaranteed to all at New York prices. If
our work does not como np to contract, we
..taku no charge. With this understanding,
our business men have no excuse for sending
work North, when it can bo done at home.
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A few copies of the "Sack and Destruc?
tion of Columbia" can be obtained at tho
Phoenix office. Price twenty-five cen'.3.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Th? following are
the hours for opening and closing mails:
During tho week from. .8}? A. M. to G P. M.
On Suudays from.G to 7 P. M.
CHARLESTON AND WESTERN MAILS.
Opens at-5 P. M. Closes at. .8)4 P. M.
CHARLESTON NIGHT M.UL.
Opens at. .$}{ A. M. Closes at. A% P. M.
GREENVILLE MAIL.
Opens at.. 5 P. M. Closes ut.. 8; i T. M.
NORTHERN MAIL.
Opens at. .2 P. M. Closes at. 12'J P. M.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention
is called to the following advertisements,
published for the first time this morning:
Meeting of Acacia Lodge, No. 94.
Statement American Lifo Insurance Co.
A. H. Monteith-To Rent.
Harden & Hanny-Notice.
C. A: S. C. and C. & A. R. R. Co.
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Tun MAGNIFICENT SOUTH. -It is stated that
after last vear's crop, with expenses paid,
the South retained $200,000,000 in gold.
Furthermore, it is announced that SGOO.OOO
worth of manufacturing stock has been sub?
scribed for a cotton mill ut Columbus, Ga.,
and seventy-one others are in process of
erection at Savannah, and other points iu
the State, for the manufacturo of cotton
and woolen goods. One factory at Augusta
bas a capital of SGOO.OOO. and lust year
they turned out nearly, if not quite
0,500,000 yards of cloth. The Arizona cot
ton factory, established in Claiborne Pa?
rish, La., since the war, is now paying a net
profit of twenty-four per ceut. per annum.
New Grleaus is soon to have a cotton mill
with 10,000 spindles. With theso auspi?
cious signs of prosperity before us, are we
not warranted in proclaiming the South as
inaguificeut? But she has scarcely reached
the threshold of her future wealth and
grandeur, if her sons stop bothering them?
selves about politics and all put their shoul?
ders to the wheel of tho car of fortune.
[JNeic York Herald.
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THE NEWS FROM MEXICO.-Tho New
York Herald's correspondence from the city
of Mexico and Matamoros gives an interest?
ing review of tho positions of partios in that
republic. It is evident that Mexico is about
entering upon a bitterly conteatod canvass
and election, and if the Government makes
use of the appliauoes usual there to cause
the returns to result in its favor, a wide?
spread attempt at revolution will bo the re?
sult. No improvement is exhibited in the
condition of the country, and the grant of
extraordinary powers to President Juarez,
which makes him the actual dictator, is giv?
ing great dissatisfaction. That singular
phase of social decay, the practice of kid?
napping persons of wealth and taking them
to the mountains until ransomed, continues
to extend, and it is now stated that even
children three years of age are taken in this
way. lu Tamaulipos, the rebels are conti?
nuing their advances unchecked, and the
letters from there givo slight hope of tho
pacification of the country.
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As a specimen of the absurdities uttered
against the South and swallowed by the
wretched dupes who listen to them, ono
Stebbins asserted at the Anti-SJavery So?
ciety's recent anniversary, that in one Pa?
rish of Louisiana, over 1,000 negroes were
murdered iu cold blood last summer. Oh,
Stebbins.
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is thc true secret of beauty. It is what
fashionable ladies, actresses and opera sing?
ers use to produce that cultivated, distingue
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of fashion.
It removes all unsightly blotches, reduess,
freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of spring
windy, and gives to the complexion a bloom?
ing purity of transparent delicacy and
power. No lady who values a fine complex?
ion can do without the Magnolia Balm. 75
cents will buy it of any of our respectable
dealers.
Lyon's Katbairon is a very delightful bair
dressing. M22 JL3
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SARSAPARILLA and QUEEN'S DELIGHT, the
great alterative and blood purifier. There
is no mystery about the universal success
that atteuds its use. It is the finest selection
of tonic, anti-bilious, anti-scorbutic, aperi?
ent aud purifying HERDS, ROOTS and HARKS
that ever entered into any medicinal com?
pound. M22
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It may be truthfully said that the greatest
of all blessings is health, for without it, it
is impossible to enjoy the life that God has
given us. A healthy stomach, a good di?
gestion, a good conscience aro requisites so
important in a physical and moral point of
view to human happiness, that wo presume
no one will question it. To all alike i^
health essential for life's enjoyment and
pursuits; to young and old, to rich and poor,
to man and woman. Aro you in search of
wealth? health is essential; do you desire
I office and worldly hours? of what avail
would these be without health? Thc beau?
ties of spring, the scng of birds, the deep
blue skies, all have a poetic fascination with
the pure in mind and body ; but what aro
they without health? To say with the poet,
as one feels the throbs of a healthful heart :
"This world is very lovely! Oh, that I may
live." And so to oontinue, make uso of tho
means within your reach, Hoinitsh's Queen's
Delight, the panacea for all the ills incident
to bad blood. It is a tonic, invigorator,
liver regulator-cures disorder of the sto?
mach and digestion, headaches, nervousness,
consumption, &o. M15