Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thnreday Morning, jfane 3..1H89. The recent cold ?nd nu^ugeuiai spring, so inj a ri?os fco the i'?Mpf ?!? isjjn interests of our <tomr?pnijgk hasjbeen fol? lowed by the unmistakable appearance of sommer; and politics for the present are of minor iniportaaco-to tusmore ab? sorbing claims of the futuro crop. Th? cotton planter revels in tho boat which will bring to perfection the tender plant ; the merchant feels lb it the promise.of a future aad busy, .trade;, and each.end eve^/wolif in life, though suffering from the sweltering heat, finds in it -?. eure hatb?ng?r of a future prosperity. The threats of Sumner and the blatant boasts of Butler are not read with a tithe of the interest which "Dioksou'a" bulletins ex? cite, and Cuba ia clearly Bubordinnto to cotton. The position of the freedmen in the next grass is of far more conse? quence to us just now, thau that which he'may assume at the ballot-bos iu the fall. The appearance of the worm ot caterpillar in the fields during tho sum? mer would create greater consternation and havoc than that of an En<riish fleel upon our coast. "After the ?.torin th( calm!" we have a breathing respite since the late elections; and with no specia political topics occupying our attentioi at tbe present time, we may improve th< opportunity to "put money in ou: purses," and gird our loius for the 6trug gie with the radicals in the fall elections We know how I important the success o the.cotton crop is to tho entire TJnitet States, bnt it is a question which como more.closely home when we reflect ho\ essential and necessary it is to ourselves The South is told that on herself mus depend her redemption-a redemptioi which means self-support and develop ment of resources-a destiny which th South will surely accomplish, under th blessing of a kind Providence, and a f ai and liberal lino of conduct on the part c the Government. -o iVHut Hat. Como of It: Tho World publishes the recent speec of General Alcorn, Senator elect froi Mississippi, setting forth borne startlin facts for tho consideration of tho Beput licau party. It comments upon tl word? of the Senator?-who is the a< knowledged leader of his pur ty in tl South, iu the following language: , ' lu this speooh the C-rdtCr setsf ortli an proves that the Southern cotton interei -which, iu tho palmy days of the repul lio, before tho rebellion, used to briu into the country an annual sum of $250 000,000, gold-has been nil but demi lished by that collision; that since tl outset of the war, a colossal conspirac; initiuted by British capitalists and mani facturers, encouraged by the British G vernment, and joined in by the gover? meats and capitalists of , other nation has been at work for the establishmei of cotton culture abroad, and the brea! inc do? a of the American cotton mon poly; ti At this conspiracy has so far a vi ceeded that, even iu 1864, thirty-nil sources,'exclusive of the United State contributed, for instance, to tho supp of cotton nt Manchester; that Austral! Jamaica,- French Weat Indies, Greet Turkey, < Brazil, Portugal, Morocc Egypt, Italy, Austria (on the Adriuti< ii av ti, Malta, Japan, China and V?iie;-! ela were among the producers; that t average fibre of foreign cotton, in tot teen inetauces, was equal, for avcra purposes of manufacture, to the Ame eau fibre; and that iu several, and in ft most, oC the countries named, cotton c be cultivated and exported ta England cheaper, rates than American plante since the downfall of ?lavery and une pr?sent conditions, cnn afford. Th? are the merest skeletouic suggestions the numerous sledge-hummer facts-en riveted by a quotatiou from the most cent official authorities throughout ( world-with which General Alcorn se< to pound the conviction into tho mil of meu in the United States that the w and the policy of repression pursued Congress in the South after the war, 1 not only paralyzed an industry wh once sent out of the country thr fourths of it? exports iu the form of t cotton, but has enabled foreign indus to establish against it, in the meautii au overshadowing competition. W the radicals of New England-the ma tac turing monopolists there who a staguaut in the delusive hope that Si ner will yet. devise some way to sm Great Britain generally-will say to tl remains to be seen. -o COLOMBIA.-Tho Herald S.Panama ter is dated May 22.' Three sailors, longing to the British ship Kensingt who wore thrown into prison some t: ago by the police iu Aspinwnll, prov? be Americans, who served during war, and Consul Bice is trying to them out. They were tired upon, wou ed, and put into chains, and so have maiued for a month, almost starved, : without any prospect of a trial. ?, quera's chances for the Presidency brightening daily. His election will au insuperable bar to all United Sti treaties on the subject of a Darieu ca as he cordially hates Republicanism. MR. EDTTOB: In the issue of the Pho AW, of theist inst, I find au announco 'menl th? tito publication of the Guar? dian has teen "indefinitely postponed." The delay in the appear HUCO of that pa? per -?has .been due to a protracted and distressing illness, from which I am now, I hope, recovering. The necessity of arranging some country business has occupied ail tba time at my command in the last six weeks. The publication of the Guardian is a settled matter. It will appear in ^e season. Your obe? dient servant, C. P. PELHAM. ,., i-1---o Mr.. EDITOR : Permit mo to call atten? tion to a matter of publio interest. Thc drop-letter box, .at- the post office, in Co? lumbia, is placed within ta few inches of the window, for tho general delivery of letters. That portion of the miserable building used for the post office is usually blocked up with people applying for let? ters; especially is this tho casa about the time for tho mails to be delivered. At such times it is almost impossiblo to put a letter in the office. This may be avoid? ed by placing the box for drop-letters in that portion of thc building fronting on Lady street. If the new postmaster de? sires to evinoe any consideration for the convenience of the public, tho change will be made at once. The key-boxes and glass-boxes furnish some protection for the quiet citizen to receive letters; but in order to drop letters into the office, every one has to fight his way through the crowd, at the general delivery win? dow. At present, no lady can go to the office in the faco of the crowd of anxious letter seekers. Might not this be avoided by having n separate window for females? These suggestions, if carried out, will promote the convenience of all parties, " without regard to color, race or pre? vious condition." LET US HAVE PEACE. -o A FEIEND TO THE CONFEDERACY.-It ii not generally known that Spain was t strong sympathizer with the "Los* Cause," and especially that she at on? time ordered steps to be taken for activi hostilities against the North; yet Mr Secretary Perry, of the American Lega tion at Madrid, so states in a recent let ter. He says: "Tho desire of Spaiu t< divide this country was so great in 186V that the government of that country or dered hostilities to commence on ou Southern border." Perry intimates tba lit was through his active interpositioi and efforts that countermanding order were subsequently sent out, ---o Wnr "TWINEXETH" TUE STARS? About the twinkling of stars much ha been written, not merely by nurser; rhyinsters, but by true philosophers; fo the subject, simple enough at fire thought, becomes puzzling wheu it i closely, studied. The momentary change of color, and the flashing intervals c obscurity, are not susceptible of roug! and ready explanation. Arago invoke the principle known os interference t account for the phenomenon. Ligh being a wave motion, if the elevation c one wave meet the depression of at other, destruction of both ensues, au darkness comes of the interference. H held that the different strata of air er countered by a star's light coming to tb earth refraoted the component rays vt riously, and threw them into coufusior. -making them clash and become oxtino But a Roman astronomer, Professe Respighi, has lately overthrown thi theory, and shown that the scintillator aro to be referred to momentary devil tions from their straight path of certai of tho colored rays which unite to fori a beam of star-light. Our atmosphe: first disperses or separates the color and then, for an instant, turns ti course of some of them, leaving lt others to come to the eye. The curiot part of Professor Respigi's announc ment is, that the rotation of the cart has an influence on the twinkling, fo by spreading out^stars's images into loi spectra, ho has noticed that these Inn nous streaks are rapidly traversed 1 dark furrows which sometimes pass one directiou and sometimes in anothe These shadowy streamings are doubtle the spread-out scintillations, and thi varying directions across tho spectrui upwards for stars in tho West, dow wards for stars in the East, and obliqu ly for those in other parts of the sk show them'to be, to some extent, cans by atmospheric fluctuations dependii upon, or connected with, the earth's i tatiou. The professor finds that not < rectiou only, but speed of passage ah is coincident with the terrestial motic -o TREASURY DEPARTMENT.-The reoeir at the Treasury from customs and int< nal revenue sources have been favorat for the present month so far, and w make the reduction of the debt ev greater than bas nlready been .-.tatt The duties on imports to the 27th io amount to about $13,000,000, wh those from internal revenue are nt $17,000,000, and will be heavier by t end of the month. The disbursements for the end of t mouth are estimated at about 820,00 OOO, so that the doorcase will probal reich $10,000,000 or ?12,000,000. corresponding decrease will ensue, t Secretary thinks, for several months come.-National Intelligencer, May 31. General Butler'? address ai Gloucester on Saturday, at tte meeting to decorate the graves of Union soldiers, wa? tn the malu appropriate and in good toste. Wo do not see the wisdom or policy o? the exhortations with which ii closed, to keep ia memory toe evil England did us dur? ing our war, and to .nurse a feeling of eternal resentment therefor. England's course, certainly, was not friendly to us, but is was quite' n3 friendly no was that of France or that of Spain; why, then, should ehe be singled out for such enduring resentment, while other na* tions equally culpable are tacitly for? given? It is well established, as a his? torical fact, that during tho war the Em? peror Napoleon proposed to recognize the Confederate Government on condi? tion that England would join him iu so doing; and nothing bnt tho peremptory refusal of the English Government pre? vented his doing 60. Yet General But? ler has nothing to say of the unfriendly action of France, and no exhortation for Americans to cherish undying resentment against the French for this act of ber Government. General Butler is understood to be in favor of war with England, not only as a means of punishing her for her hostile action during the war, but as a means of promoting the growth and enhancing the prosperity of our own country. That question is certainly open to argument, and there is no reason why General But? ler should not seek to mnke couverts to his view of the case. The closing para? graphs of his Gloucester speech may be intended to accomplish that purpose. We are not greatly alarmed at his pros? pect of success. Post experience shows that the great body of the American people aro accustomed to take more calm and dispassionate views of ex? citing public questions than the Eng? lish; and we have no doubt they will de ; cide this issue wisely and with duo regard to the public welfare. General Butler not only favors war with England, but the ^he&t rigors of martial law toward tho opie of the Southern States for tho F pressiou of crime. We have no syrup-, jy with thc policy, or the feeling which prompts it, in either case. The paramount necessity of the country is peace, and the growth whioh peace cannot fail to give us. And we have very little doubt that we shall have it, in spite of General Butler, if not with his help. The duty of the hour, ic our view, is rather to allay than to arouse resentments either toward the people of the Southern States or toward Eng? land.-New York Timet. Funeral Invitation. Tho friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mr.-. William C. Hanc, and of the late Mrs. II. C. Elmore, are invited to attend thc funeral of FRANK ELMORE, infaut eon of William C. and Rosa Hauo, at 6 o'clock THIS AFTEROON, at the Presbyterian Church._ OBITUARY. ) Di?d, in this citv, on the 2d instant, sudden? ly, DAVID R. R. GULICK, aged teu years and twelve days, youngest child ot Mr. W. B. Gnliok. The interment will be at Raleigh, N. C. Oranges and Lemons. TUST received, a fine lot of ORANGES and O LEMONS, at KRAFT'S BAKERY, June 3 2_Main Street. Union Council No. 5; E. and S. M. ACALLED CONVOCATION will be held THIS EVENING, at Masonic Kail, at S o'clock. By order of the T. I. G. M. Juno 3 1_A. J. BERRY. Recorder. Estate John Ledingham. NOTICE is given that on tho 3th day of Jnly next the undersigned will applv to lion. William ??ntson Wigg, Judge of Pro? bate, for a linal discharge as Administratrix of the ostateof John Ledingham, deceased. June 3 jl3?_F. 0. LEDINGHAM. Administrator's Notice. ALL PERSONS having oluiuis agiiual um estate of Mus. E. T. HOPKINS, of Rich? land County, arc requested to hand them in, properly attested; and all indebted will make immediate payment to JAMES H0PKIN8, Administrator, May 6 ?13 Hopkins' Turn-Oat, 8. C. R. R. Cotton Gin Warehouse. WILL be sold, to olose consignment, the entire stock of THRESHERS, POWER and COTTON PRESSES-all warrantod. Thu Threshers are all complete, with capacity of from 300 to 380 bushels for ten hours' work. The above will be sold considerably below cost. Apply to or address 8. H. SPENCER, Cotton Gin Warehouse, Columbia, S. C. June 3 G _' To Rent. THE COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE will bo leased for one year from the lat of next September. This building has been used for several years past, with great success, as a Hotel, for which purpose it is ad? mirably adapted and pleasantly located. Bids will bo received until Gth July proximo. For Particulars, inquire of either Dr. A. N. Talley, r. Cbarloe Miot, R. D. Sonn, Esq., or J. W. PARKER, June 3 t President Board Trustees. Seed Wheat ! Seed Wheat ! ! WE CALL the attention of our Farm? ers to GEO. A. DEITZ'S largo Hat of the _bost WINTER SEED WHEAT in this country. Mr. Deitz has seleoted twenty varie? ties out of over one hundred on his Seed Wheat Experimental Farm, near Chambers burg, Pa., and now offers them for sale. We adrien every Farmer to sond for the Experi? mental Farm Journal, in whioh a description and price list is given. Mr. Deitz will send one copy free to aliwho send for it. Address GEO. A. DEITZ, Chambersburg, Pa. June 3 tb8 _. Something Newl /~1 ENUINE IMPORTED FRENCH ALE-A VX superior article. 20 cases of the above choice Ale. Also, 5 packagos McKewena' Scotch Ale. in casks, is offered by the subscribir at Charlea' ton prices. With 60 bales good North Carolina Hay, at $1.25 per cwt. Apply at mv Auction F.oom JACOB LEVIN, Corner Plain and Assembly Street?. June 3 2 OE. <> cal X t ? XML mt. ?_ ? ? . We aro informed that Columbia and Augusta Railroad stock brought 13,^ in Augusta, yesterday-an advance. At the same sale Greenville and Columbia Rail? road bonds brought from 62)?.to 64c. ofc the dollar. --o We have received from Col. Childs several specimens of Irish potatoes av? eraging ten inches in circumference, grown on the plantation of Col. Wm. Gregg, on Seabrook's Island. They are rousers; and as pleasant to tho taste, vre verily believe, as they are gratifying to the sight. -o The publisher of Merrys Museum takes pleasure in anuouncing that thc first chapter of Miss Louisa M. Alcott's new story, "An Old-fashioned Girl," will ap? pear in tho July number. The author's brilliant success in a similar field of liter? ature, its a guarantee of tho interest and popularity of au "Old-fashioned Girl." Now subscribers, bogiuniug with the July number, will receive a supplement, containing all of the chapters of *' Holly? wood," published up lo tho dato of thal issue. Terms, 81.30 a year, in advance. A specimen number with premium list will be bent free to any address. Addres? Horace 13. Fuller, Publisher, 14Bromfielc Street, Boston. -o SOUTHERN ARTISTS.-From a series o articles published iu tho New York Sun \ day Times, we copy the following, rela tivo to a former temporary resident o Columbia: "John Beaufaiu Irving is an artist o a deservedly high reputation, for hi unites ambition with talent, and hat given to the world some rare specimen of tine painting. A native of Charleston South Carolina, he was boru in 1S25 and educated in his native State. He i a sou of Dr. Irving, a gentleman wei known in literary circles. Devotini himself to art, he commenced his studie in New York, and in 1S53 went to Eu rope and located at Dusseldorf, where h became a pnpil of Emanuel Leipsic After remaining in Europe several yean in which time he visited tho priaeipn capitals of t^e continent, he returned t his home in the South just before th breaking out of the civil war. Sorviu his native State during tho struggle, b discovered when the war was ended tht his homo was ruined and nearly all c his property lost, so ho devoted hiinto to his professioL, and, coming to Ne' York, established himself in this cit] His stylo of painting is Meisonian, au among his productions may be mei tioned 'The Rivals' and ?The Wir Tasters.' Mr. Irving is also au eminei portrait painter. Of a reserved dispos tion, ho has polished, pleasant manner and is a favorite with his co nf reres as wc as iu society." -o THE TAX BILL.-Somebody proposi tho following new amendments to tl tax bill: For kissing a pretty girl, one dollar. For kissing a homely one, two dolla -tho extra amount being added prob bly for the man's folly. For ladies kissing ono another, t\ dollars. The tax is placed at this rate order to break up the custom altogethe it being regarded by our M. C's as piece of inexcusable abmrdity. For every flirtation, ten cents. Every young man who has moro thi ouo girl is taxed five dollars. For courtiug in thc kitchen, twent five cents. Courting in tho parlor, one dollar. Courting in a romantic place, five d< lars, and fifty cents thereafter. Seeing a lady home from churc twenty-five cents. Going from church without accomr. nying a lady, five dollars. Seeing a lady home from the Mine ? ciety, five couts-the" proceeds to bo c voted to the relief, of disabled ari chaplains. For ladies who paint, fifty cents. For wearing a low-necked dress, o dollar. For each curl on a lady's head abc ten, five cents. For any uufair device for entrappi young men into matrimony, five d lars. For wearing hoops larger than ci{ feet in circumference, eight cents for ct hoop. Old bachelors over thirty are taxed I dollars, and banished to Utah. Each pretty lady is to bo taxed fr twenty-five cents to twenty-five dolls she is to fix the estimate of her o beauty. It *i thought a very la amount is to bo realized from this p vision. Each boy baby, fifty cents. Each girl baby, ten cents. Families having more than eight bies are not to be taxed; and for twin premium of forty dollars will be paid of the funds accruing from tax on bachelors. Each Sunday loafer on tho street < ners or about church doors to bo ta his value, which is about two ceuts. -o A few oopies of the 'Sack and Dosti tion of Columbia' can bo obtained at Phcenix office. Price twenty-five ce? mercantile printing, snob, as circulars, letter heads, cards, bill .heads, state* menta, Ste, for eountiug-rooms aad offices, promptly agented to at the Phoe? nix job office*' t1 Our entire community will be grieved to hear of the loss sustained by our fel? low-citizen Major Gulick, in the sudden death of his second son David, on yester? day, the 2d instant. Major Qulick has sustained an irreparable-blow in the.loss of this bright sud intelligent lad, and we feel assured that he has both our and the general sympathy. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called ty the following advertisements, published the tiret time this morning: Mark E. Cooper-Family Flour. J. S. McMahon-Notice. Jacob Levin-Auction. J. W. Parker-To Reut. Jacob Levin-Something New. J. W. Parker-Wanted Immediately. W. T. Waltor-Auction. D. C. Peixotto Sc Son-Building Lot. Oranges and Lemons at Kraft's Bakery. S. II.Spencer-Cotton Gin Warehouse Geo. W. Deitz-Seed Wheat. Estate John Ledingha'm. Jamr Hopkins-Adm's Notice. Meeti g Lluiou Council, A San Francisco soaker lately swore to having drank twenty-eight bottles of wine ia six hours. W. E. Johnston, colored, was elected to the Slate Senate, R. L. Heriot Pro? bate Judge and S. T. Wilson Coroner of Sumter County, at au election held ou tho 23th ult. AFFAIRS CJ MARION.-The Sinr an? nounces the death of au aged and mo9t estimable citizen, the Rev. Thomas W. Munnerlyn, who was far advanced in age, and had been for many years a local preacher in the Methodist Church. He was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. We learn that tho barn of Dr. C. D. Rowell, with its contenir, was destroyed by firo lust Sunday morning. The doc? tor lost all of his corn by this act of in? cendiarism. The body of a colored child was found it Catfish Creek, near the Pee Dee road bridge. It is believed to be the body of the little child that wandered from its playmates a few weeks ag?. To have good health, we' must have good blood-not the blood of Kings, Emperors or Princes, but tho blood that runs pure and strong through the sys? tem, giving color to the maidens cheek and vigor to the arm, imparting bril? liancy to the eye and elasticity to the frame. Tho blood is to the man what the sap is to the tree; let tho sap grow dry and the troe withers and dies. So let the blood get thin, watery and weak, and the man sickens aud dies. Heinitsh's QUEEN'S DELIGHT, the medicine of all others, is now the recognized agent for imparting health, vigor, strength and beauty for all. No Sarsaparilla about it, a new remedy on new principles. We say try it and be convinced. J3 -o To SKEPTICS.-Tho almost daily re? ceipt of voluntary testimonials from every part of the country, from Physi? cians, Clergymen, old and young, male and female, is sufficient to convince the most skeptical that DR. TUFT'S EXPECTO? RANT is the most valuable LUNG BALSAM of the age; many wonderful cures have been performed by it, as may be seen by hundreds of certificates in the hands of the proprietor. Try it, and you will doubt uo longer. M30 6 --o It is seldom that we use the columns of this paper to "puff" or notice the "thousand and one' articles known as "patent medicines." We, however, vary from our rule in the present case, thai we may call attention to the article known M "S. T.-1860-X, Plantation Bitters." We desire it understood that wo do so without any solicitation or promise of benefit from the proprietor or other in ? tcreated parties. v Wo simply do it as an act of duty towards those who aro labor? ing under physical disability, weakness and the various complaints arising from impurities' Of the blood. Having used the Bitters at the instigation of a friend, (and, we confess, with some misgivings at the outset,) we found them a most valuable medical compound, and to our great satisfaction, accomplished the ob? ject for whioh they were used. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the prioe. M30?lf3 HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-This article is the true secret of beauty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses and opera singers use to produce that cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired in the circles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, red? ness, freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of spring v"'rids and gives to the complexion a blooming purity of transparent delicacy and power. No lady who values a fine complexion can do without the Magnolia Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful hair dressing. M22 113