The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 15, 1869, Image 2
COLUMBIA, SL__0.
Tuesday Morning, June 10. 1869.
War Against Hcaln-ivaa* ?nil Carpel.
Baggers-A JViiv Political Invention.
A uow way of Hiing '"carpet-bag?
gers" and "scalawags" of the Soutb bas
been proposed in Washington, where
the reconstruction Acts for "that lately
rebellious" section were blocked out by
Congress. The correspondent of n New
York paper says :
"Mr. W. H. Robertson writes to John
Tyler, asking him if it be not pruotionble
for thc conservative mon of the Soutb to
select sound Union men of the North?
men of respectability and intelligence
to voto for, agni. . t the wretched carpet?
baggers and scalawags who oiler them?
selves as candidates for ull tho offices in
the South. Mr. Robertson .says that so
many competent and honorable men aro
disqualified from holding office in the
South that respectable voters are either
compelled to vote for the carbet-baggors
or scalar ags or remain uwny from the
polls altogether."
Mr. Robertson then writes:
"The Constitution of the United
States us it was, and oven in its present
deformed and mutilated condition, con?
tains nothing to prohibit Virginia,
Texas or Mississippi, or any other
Southern State, from choosing its Rep?
resentatives and Senators among the Citi?
zens of Indin?a, Illinois, New York and
Now Jersey, and tho other Northern
States, if tho peoplo of tho South choose
to do so. No previous particular length
of residenco is required to render such
citizens qualified to act. One day's prior
Sojourn is sufficient to mcot. any require?
ment."
Mr. Tyler, in reply, soys that he
thinks there are very mauy high-toned
citizens of the North who would consent
to throw themselves into the breach to
save their suffering brethren of the
South from the "scalawag" and "carpet?
bagger" if properly pressed and invited
- to office, and there is no doubt that he
speaks the truth. But he doeB not say
whether his political invention would
find any moro favor with the "respecta?
ble" voters of tho South than the "car?
pet-baggers" Lave received.
The ubove is copied from a Baltimore
paper. This paper, commenting on Mr.
Tyler's reply, says: "He (Mr. Tyler)
docs not announce 'whether bis political
invention -would find more favor with
the respected voters of the South than
the carpet-baggers have recoived. ' "
Mr. Robertson is correct in the parti?
cular "that office is denied to competent
and honorable men." We answer for it
that the occupations of office in this
special section of country, by good and
upright men, "like angel visits, are few
and far between." If such a plnu
as Mr. Robertson suggests bc at all
practicable, it eau ouly be so by those
"sound Union men of intelligence and
respectability," who would couseut to
throw themselves iutothe breach, buying
real estate iu the Sou th, acquiring a local
habitation und a name, owning property,
and paying taxes on the same, in the
section which they propose to represent.
The present carpet-bagger and scala?
wag, has at this moment such a start,
such an identity iu the minds of the
negro, that extraordinary efforts would
be required to counteract their influence.
No mun from the North may come here
-as it were on furlough-and expect to
undermine their pernicious ascendancy ;
but if he embarks his money in our
midist, buys land, enters into business,
it is not impossible thut ho may rout
these uucleau birds from their prey.
. We think tho new way would bo in?
finitely more palatable to the Southern
people, than the ancient class of peripa?
tetic politicians. "We cannot represent
ourselves-and disclaiming being invidi?
ous-we would say of two evils we choose
the least. This poor suffering South,
with every vein bleeding and every
muscio quivering under tho wholesale
torture administered by these wretched
robbers and marauders, we feel constrain?
ed to believe would gladly hail any
change which might render lighter, if
not entirely assauge, her suffering and
distress.
By all means let these high-toned
citizens of the '.North como among us
and try the experiment. It has been our
unspeakably bad fortune to have found
most of the citizens from tho North
making their homes with us anything
but "high-toned"-some exceptions have
happened in our experience, which we
cheerfully acknowledge tq tho contrary
and from our own experience, and the
sentiments avowed by others, wo would
say that the respectable voters of the
South would support a respectable man
of the North in preference-even by way
of experiment-to nuy of tho infamous
brood of leeches which are preying now
upon our vitals. Whether this political
scheme prove a success or not we cannot
say, but if it is possible, and can be tried,
wo feel assured so fur from finding
hinderuueo in the South thc respectable
voters will give it their hearty aid and
co-operation.
"Ho'.v fast they build houses nowT'said
tl. "They began that building last
week, ?ud now they are puttiug in the
lights." "Yes," answered his friend,
"and next week they will put in the
liver." *
Full Particular* ot tb? ZCUllng Of Col.
Flournojr.
SAKDEILSVIIJJE, GA., Juno 10, 1869.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
At the inquest hold by Coroner Braut
ly over the remains of tho lamented Col.
Flournoy, tho following facts were eli
oited:
While he was sitting in his room read?
ing to his wife, on Tuesday last, ho no?
ticed, from the window overlooking n
field to tho right of tho house, that the
negro Pompey was plowing his (Mr. P.'s)
buggy Lorso unusually hard, when he re?
marked to his wife "I must go ont and
talk to Pompey about the horse. I had
to scold him once before, and he is mad
with me." He arose and wont to the
field, but had not been gone moro than
five minutes when Mrs. F. heard tho re?
port of a pistol. She called Esther,
(Pompey's wife, who was about the
house,) to run and see what tho diffi?
culty was; and os she started, a second
report was heard by Mrs. F., who imme?
diately ran out of tho house, when shu
hoard Pompey call from tho field. "Miss
Phelia, como here; Mass Bob has shot
hisself." She rau down tho Uno, follow?
ing Esther, who got over tho fonco first,
and to whore Mr. F. was lyiug on the
ground, about ten steps from tho fence.
Ou getting to the feuco, Mrs. P. said
"Pompey, you have killed him;" and in
trying to get over tho feuco she foiled,
from weakness or excitement, and called
Pompey, who was standing about four
rows from where Mr. F. was lying, hold?
ing tho horse, to assist her in getting
over, which ho did. When sbo got to
Mr. F. ho was lying ou the ground, un?
conscious, with a bolo ou tho top of tho
right side of his bend, from which blood
and brains were oozing out, bis right
band lacerated, und sigus of having been
bitten on two of bis lingers. His bat,
with a bolo in it, was lyiug under his
head, and a Colt's revolver about four
feet from bim. Mrs. F., with the assist?
ance of Pompey and Esther, carried him
to tho house. Sbo then ordered Pompey
to go to town (about one milo) after ii
physician, which ho did, after delays of
ono sort and another. Biding np to Dr.
Mathis' office, about a quarter past 10
o'clock, he called out, in tho bearing of
several citizens, "Doctor Mathis, Miss
Phelia says como to seo Mass Bob; be
bas shot hisself!" Dr. M. and several
citizens at onco started for Mr. F.'s
bouse, where they found bini in the con?
dition above described, in which bo lin?
gered until 1 P. M., when bo died.
Pompey denies having bad any diffi?
culty. But bis testimony is so contra?
dictory to that of bis own wifo aud of
Mrs. F., that tho jury bad no hesitation
in coming to the conclusion that "Robt.
W. Flournoy came to his death by a pis?
tol shot wouud, inflicted upon bim by
Pompey, and that we fiud bim guilty of
murder."
The bull entered the upper part of tho
right parietal bone, going in n diagonal
direction through the brain, and lodged
a little under the left ear, where it was
found by tho physicians who made the
post mortem examination.
No event bas ever caused such excite?
ment throughout the County as this has.
Everybody views Col. Flouruoy's death
as a personal loss. Ho was the pride of
the County, und it will bo a long time
ere wc will look upon bis like again. He
was buried by Hamilton Lodge, No. 58,
A. F. M., in the presence of a largo cou
course of citizens, at 9 A. M. to-day, at
bis plantation. All places of business in
town were closed until noon. N.
BUTLER AND DECORATION DAY.-But?
ler's threnody at Gloucester the other
day was characteristic of its author. The
election of a Butler for the eulogist of
dead patriots was not particularly credi?
table to the good taste of the persons
who made it. One can imagine that it
would have embittered the pangs of dis?
solution to many an Union soldier, if be
could bnve foreseen that the doctor would
bo chosen as the exemplar and expositor
of tho heroic virtue which took bim to
the field. But if tbe friends of the Mas?
sachusetts soldiers do not object, why
should we? and, indeed, how can we with
any face, when we have bad Sickles do?
ing a similar service for ourselves? But?
ler, by the by, has the grace to distin?
guish the dead soldiers from himself in
the most emphatic manner, in claiming
for them that they entered tho service
without "hope of reward, save the re?
ward of well doing." The staple of But?
ler's oration is the same as those of the
similar effusions which have been drop?
ping for tho last three or four days from
eloquent lips all over the country. Its
lush tropiculity emulates tho bloom, and
tho odor of tho literalty floral tributes,
which were dropped ut the samo time on
the snn>e graves. In the main, it is the
same sort of sophromorical verbiage that
every orator is expected to exudo on such
occasions; and it winds up, of course,
with n stauza, which happens to bo the
most hackneyed verse of Marco Bozarris.
[New York World.
A NEWSPAPER.-We beard a gentleman
on yesterday conversing about newspa?
pers, and stating how he would fix up n
local column. Well, wo wish wo could
satisfy all. Frequently our column is
too long, often it will bo too short. Some
say that wo do not have jokes enough,
others thut wo bnvo too many. One
thinks an article too long, another too
short. One would . avo pootry, another
none at all. Now v e uro aware that the
locul should bo now, and fresh, vigorous
I and energettio, like, a fish just caught
out of ii stream and placed in n frying
pan-it is known to be weolesomo anil
sweet. A local column should bo like
a turtle, containing nil kinds of meat.
It should bo liko tho Mussulman's hog,
which was devoured from "tail to snout."
Between ourselves, local news just now
is a little dull in our city.
I Atlanta Intelligencer.
John Roe returns the largest income
i in St. Louis. The namo of his friend,
I Riobard Doe, does not appear in the
? list.
Military Arresta tu. MUststlpol.
The County of Kemper bas been in* j
vaded by something of an army of Fade- ;
ral soldiers, with all tho pomp and pa?
rade of glorious war. Wo bare heard of
no hostile forces in Kemper, to oppose
thom-neither bushwhackers, gu?rillas
nor regulars. Still ' the campaign has
not boen without excitement, as will ap?
pear. These troops aro divided into
small squads, and, guided by negroes,
take by-paths, ooma suddenly upon citi?
zens, such, no doubt, as have been spot?
ted for them by a little radical clique of
the'County, and with arms presented
demand a surrender, which in most oases
has been promptly made. Up to' latest
accounts, in this way they Imvo succeed?
ed iu arresting ten of the citizeus of this
County, to wit: J. H. BMII, Jimmy
Terry, .Prank Boss, Tom Wilson, two of
the Newels, Pulaski Gray, ono or more
of tho Parkers and ono or moro of the
Edwardsen.
On Friday, an attempt was made to
arrest George Alexander. A negro pi?
loted the squad to where he was at work
in his new ground, but, having nu iden
that, if legs were good forauythiug, they
were good to get a mau out of tho way
of harm, the valiaut squad witnessed a
sight thoy didn't often soo during the
four years next preceding tho last past
a Southerner flying before thom for dear
lifo liku a frightened deer. They had
an exciting chase of three miles, but the
Southerner won the race, and is now
probably fighting mosquitoes in some
denso swamp, sleeping in a hollow log,
and living daintily on blue whortleber
! ries, where the valiant boys in blue and
their sabio guides don't know where to
hunt him.
A squad went for another man. They
thought they had him surrounded, and
were sure of him, but, seeing no other
chanco of escape, ho went into a bolo in
the ground and pulled thu hole in nf ter
him. They were all greatly puzzled to
kuow which way to look for him, aud
speculation has taken a wido range
among them, whether ho will como out
on this or the other side of tho torrestial
ball.
! Ten prisoners have beeu bromght into
camp at Lauderdale, aud aro held there
I in a close continement under guard. We
heard a squad of negroes discussing tho
matter yesterday morning in a fervor of
exultation: "Dem Ku Kluxes got Ku
Klnxed deyselves dis time. Ain't I glad !
And dey got handcuffs ou 'em, goody!"
Whether tho exultant negro was posted
about their being Ku Klux*), we don't
know. Wo believe, from information,
that his rejoicing at their being hand?
cuffed was without cause. Tho prison?
ers aro kept in close ooafinemeut, si viet ly
guarded, and nobody allowed to speak
j to them. At least, wo kuow a party who
j went to Lauderdale to seo them, and
leuruing from outsiders that it would be
useless to, did not make the effort.
When tho news that these arrests were
being made was first received hero, to
the inquiry, what for? we heard it
glibly usserted that a negro had beou
killed. That is very likely, but we have
not been ablo to learn of time, place and
circumstances.
We have no reason to believe, from
! anything wo know of tho condition of
! Kemper, that if a crirao has been com?
mitted, the criminal could not have
been proceeded against sucscssfully in
the ordinary way of affidavit and civil
process.
Radical pimps of military authority,
we suspect, are at tho bottom of these
high-bnuded proceedings in Kemper.
[Meridian Mercury, June 1.
Ax P. EMERAL PuiL.osruY.-In tho last
j letter of tho extraordinary correspondeut
of the Mobile Register, we find the fol?
lowing:
I rather think the young Bourbon
Prince who is now in this city (New
York) is tho man for Imperialists. He
has nothing to do just nt present, and
would doubtless consent to run tho Gov?
ernment, if it were made an object to
him. You remember how this youthful
Prince ran away with a pretty Cuban
girl, and was married by ono of our po?
lice justices. The other day ho went with
his bride to church, and they were mar?
ried some more, and he is now living
with his wife and mother-in.law, at a
Broadway houso. A mau who hus been
married as much as he has been, aud who
is, moreover, in charge of a determined
mother-in-law, is about as strongly bound
to matrimony as a man can be, and mar?
ried he will remain in spite of the oppo?
sition of his royal relatives. It is, never?
theless, a sadly prosaic fact thal even
prince and princesses, and prinoely
mothers-in-laws caunot live without
money; and thc Prince's business-that
of being a royal highness-not being
profitable just at present, he and his
bride aro in a fair way to bo reduced to
the hand-organ and tamborino business
in order to live. Landladies fight shy of
them, and make wry faces at tho pros?
pect of having a Bourbon among them.
They doubtless already regret that their
I honeymoon is not made of green cheese,
for in that case they could live cheaply
while it lasted. Now what the Imperial?
ists ought to do is to make this young
? fellow Emperor. He has the blue-blood
of royalty in his veins, nnd ho has a
mother-in-law to infuse energy iuto his
government. By all means lot us havo
: him.
CONSOLING PROMISE.-"I like you."
sighed a girl to her suitor, "but I can't
leave homo. I am a widow's only child.
No husband can equal my mother in
kindness." "She is kind," pleaded the
wooer; "but bo my wife;" wo will live
together, and Heo if I don't beat your
mother!"
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor?
gia, has published a letter in reply to
some criticisms on his "History of the
Rebellion." He talcos a very gloomy
view of the situation, and argues that we
are drifting into consolidation and em?
pire.
Coulln Hally Dillard Outdone.
The foliowing humorous article ap?
peared before the ?ar, and was copied
extensively. It is a good thing, and we
think it worth republishing. Tlie cir?
cumstance happened before the war:
Scene et Chatham, during tho session
bf tb? Circuit Court, in "Tho Common?
wealth vs. Cassady," on a ohnrgo of ma?
licious stabbing.
The venire boing cmpaqneled, and tho
jury solemnly charged by tho olerk, tho
Commonwealth's Attorney called, in sup?
port of tho indictment, the witness Buck
Bryant, who, being solemnly sworn the
truth to tell, testified ns follows:
Qnostiou by Commonwealth's Attor?
ney-Tell me all you know about the
cutting of the prosecutor by Cassady, !
the prisoner at tho bar.
Annwor-Well, gentlemen, it was emo?
tion day-'twas a dark, cloudy, wet sort j
of drizzly day, and says I to my old wo?
man, I believe I'll go down to Ringgold,
and 'posit my vote. And says my old
woman to me, well, Buck, as it is a sort
of a dark, cloudy, wet sort of a drizzly
day, says she, hadn't you better lake
your nmbrill. Says I to the old woman,
I spec I bad better tako tho nmbrill. So ,
7. took tho nmbrill, and advanced down i
to Ringgold; and when I got down there
Mr. Cole corned, and says be, uncle.
Buck, hnvo you seed anything of old
neighbor Harris? Says I to Mr. Cole,
for why? Says he, be's got my nmbrill.
Tho witness was boro interrupted by
tho Court, and told to confine hi mst If to
the a.uual fray between tho prisoner and
Cole, the prosecutor.
In unswer to which, tho witness re?
marked, in a tono ot indignant remon?
strance, well, now, Mr. Judge, you hold
on, for I nm sworn to tell the truth, and
1 am gwine to tell it my own way-so
taint worth while for you to say nothing
moro about it.
Whereupon, tho Court and Common?
wealth's Attorney, being anxious to get
rid of tho witness on any terms, told
him to go on, and toll the tale iu his
own way.
Well, as I was going on to say, 'twas
on 'lection day. Buchanan and Filmo
was running for tho Legislatur; and says
I to my old woman, says I, I b'love I'll
go down to Ringgold, and 'posit my
voto. Says my old woman to mo, says
she, Buck, as it is a sort of u ?lark,
clondy, dnmp, raiuy, drizzly sort cf a
day, hadn't you better tako your nm?
brill? says she. Says I to tho old wo?
man, says I, I spec I had better take my
umbrill. So I took tho nmbrill, aud ad?
vanced ou towards liiuggold till I ar?
rived thar. Well, the first thing I did
when I got thar was to tako a drink of
buchanan whiskey, which was monstrous
good, and says I to myself, says I, old
hoss, you feel better, don't you? And
while I was advancing around, Mr. Cole
he como to me; says he, uncle Buck,
says ho, have you seen anything of old
neighbor Harris? Says I, for why?
Says be, the old cock's got my umbrill.
Arter awhile, I 'posited my vote, and
then Mr. Colo and me advanced back to?
wards borne, and Mr. Colo was tighter
than I ever seed him.
And so we advanced ulong till we got
to whar tho road and path forked, and
Mr. Cole and mo tuck the path, as any
other gentlemen would, and arter ad?
vancing awhile, we arriv to old neighbor
Harris, setting on n log, with tho umbrill
on his arm; and about that time Elijah
Cassady (the prisoner) came up, and wo
advanced on till wo arriv at Elijah's
house. Elijah is my nephew, and like?
wise my son-in-law; ho married my dar?
ter Juue, which is uext to my darter
Sally. Arter we bad advanced to Eli- j
jab's bouse, we stood in tho yard nwbile,
ajawing, aud presently two sumbodies
rid up on a boss, which was Johnson be?
fore and Whitfield Cassady behind
Whitfield and Kiah Cassady being the
same. Elijah and Kiah is brothers, both
born in the nat'ral way, like auybody
else's brothers, no gals between them,
and both of them is about the same age,
especially Kiah, which aro the youngest.
Kiah war drunk, and he and Mr. Cole
got to cussing ono auother about politix,
and I advanced into tho house whar was
setting Elijah's wife, which is my darter
Jane, which is next to my darter Sally.
Well, after jawing awhile with 'em, my
little nephew says bo to mo, says be,
uncle Buck, let's go homo. Says I, good
pop. So we pegged ou together, and I
heard somebody calling me, but never
'tentioued 'em or turned back. Well, I
got home, and was eating my supper,
and Elijah, which is my son-in-law, and
married my darter Jane, which is next
to my darter Sally, arriv'd, and said to
me, uncle Buck, says be, I've killed a
man. Says I, the bell you bavo? And
this are all I know about tho stabbing,
because I warn't thar.
DANCING THEIR RAGS OFF.-Two unso?
phisticated country lasses visited Niblo's,
in New York, during the ballet season, j
When the skirted, gossamer-clad nymphs
made their appearance on tho stage, j
they becamo restless and fidgety.
"Ob, Annie!" exclnimod one, sollo
i voice.
"Well, Mary?"
"It ain't nico; I don't like it."
"Hush!"
"I don't caro, it ain't nice; and I won?
der why aunt brought us to such a
placel"
"Hush, Mary! Tho folks will laugh nt
you!"
After ono or two flings aud a pirouette,
the blushing Mary said:
"Ob, Annie, let's go; it ain't nice, and
I don't feel comfortable!"
"Do hush, Mary," replied tho sister,
whose own face was scarlet, though it
wore an air of determination; "it's the
first time I ever was at a theatre, and I
suppose it will bo tho last time; so I am
just going to seo it out, if they dance
every rag off tboir backs!"
It is calculated in England that it costs
850,000 to convert one Jew, and then it
is a qnestion of grave doubt whether the
conversion is genuine.
Joining the MMOM,
Hnobbs hog joined tbo Masons, and
hor? is his experience in getting into a
lod ;e:
I must tell you of the perils and trials
I hid to .undergo to become a Mason.
On the evening in question, I presented
myself at the door of the lodge room
No. 36,066, sign of tho skull aud cross
bones. I was conducted to au ante?
room, where five or six mehmcholly
bhups, in sashes and embroidered nap?
kins, were waiting to rpceivo me. On
.my entrance they nil got np and turned
back somersaults, and then resumed
their scats. A big fat fellow who sat
iu the middle, a.td who seom?d to bo
tho proprietor, then said: "Sinner from
tho other world, ndvaucel" I advanced.
"Will you givo up everything to join
us? Not if I know it," I said; "there
aro my wifo aud fourteen fine-" An?
other party told me to say "yes, " as it
wns merely a mutter of form. So I said
"Yes, I give np everything."
The fellows in tho towels thou groan
ed, and said: '"Tis well. Do you swear |
never to reveal auything you see or
hear this evening to any human being,
or to your wife?" I said "Pon my
word, I will not." They then examined
my teeth and felt my tongue, then
groaned again. I said, "If you don't
feel well, I have got a bottle hero." The
fat man here took tho bottlo from me
aud told me to shut up. He then, in a
voice of thunder, said: "Bring forth the
goat!" Another fellow thou comes up
with a cloth to blind mo. "No you ;
[don't, if you please, I don't believe iu I
playing blind man's buff with a goat. ?
! I'll ride the devil if you like, but I don't
I go it blind. Stand back, or I'll knock
jyoti into smithereens." They were too
much for me, however, so I had to snb
I mit to being blindfolded. The gont was
then lend in. and I could hear hun mak?
ing an awful racket among the furniture.
I began to feel that I was urgently want?
ed at home, but I was in for it and could
not help myself.
Three or four fellows then seized me,
aud, with a demoniacal laugh, pitched
mo on the animal's back, telling mo nt
the same time to look for squalls. 1
have been iu many scrapes, Mr. Editor;
I've been in electiou fights; I have been
pitched out a four-story window; I have
gone down in a railway collision, but
this little goat oxcursion was ahead of
'em all. Tho confounded thiug must
be all wings and horns. It bumped me
against chairs and tables, and the ceil- j
ing, but I hung on like a Trojan. I
turned front somersaults and rolled over.
I thought it was all over with mo. I was
ou tho point of giviug up when thc band?
age fell from ej'es, aud tho goat bounded
through the windows with a yell like a
wild Indian giviug up tho ghost. I was
iu a lodge of Musous. They were
dancing a war dance around a big skull,
and playing leap frog and turning hand?
springs, aud the big fat fellow of the
aute-room was standing ou his head in
the corner.
And thas it was I was made a Mason.
If you don't believo me, try it yonrsolf.
A DOUBTER.-There was a man who j
! lived in Cass County, Georgia, many j
[years ngo, who had once been in tho
j State Legislature, and never neglected
?an opportunity to emphasize tho fact.
Ho was a perfect infidel as to new disco?
veries and new sciences, being well satis?
fied that if the world should turn over
all the water would spill out of his well,
aud only giving in to steam cars by slow
degrees. But all tho vials of his cou
tempt were poured out upon tho idea of
a telegraph, und be was wont to say that
nobody need try to como "the green"
over him in that way, for he had been to
tho Legislature. Finally, tho State rood
was built, and ono day workmen began
to put up telegraph posts right in front
of his house and to stretch tho wire.
His exultant neighbors thought they had
him on that occasioti, asked: "Well, old
fellow, what do you think of telegraphs
now?" He wus cornered, but died
game. Drawing himself up an inch
taller, he said: "Gentlemen, when I was
in the Legislature I gave this subject my
very attentive consideration, and I said
then, as I say now, that it may do for
ledern and small bundles, but it will
uover take a cotton bale, never!"
THE HOMESTEAD LAW AS ATTLICARLE
TO PRIOR DEUTS AND JODOMKNT, NOT UN?
CONSTITUTIONAL.-Judge Orr, in tho ap?
peal taken before bim in the case of the
creditors of T. E. Ware, has decided that
the homestead clause of the Constitution
of this State, and the Act of the Legisla?
ture carrying it out, aro not in conflict
with tho Constitution of the United
States. The Judge has given an able
opinion on the snbject. Tho case, by
consent, was heard at chambers at An?
derson. The Judge has decided in the
same caso that the $1,000 is inclusive of
the value of tho dwelling houso and out?
buildings, and the appraisement having
excluded the estimate of the dwelling in
tLis case, and unsigned $1,000 in land, a
re-appraisement was ordered.
[Charleston Courier.
Tho Paris pa pers announce tho arriva
of "Sir Elihu Wnshbnrne." And they
might have added: Grand high groom to
tho American ass. It's only a slight
touch of imperialism.
The blood is tho great nutritive fluid.
Its office is two-fold. It provides mate?
rial for the regeneration of all parts, and
receiving tho products of their wnsto, it
conveys them to proper organs for re?
moval from the system. Thus it carries
life to the body, and removing therefrom
effete matters, it carries off tho seeds of
disease and death. Pure blood is, in
fino, tho great nutritivo clement of tho
body, the great nourisher of tho tissues,
tho very lifo of tho flesh, tho very es?
sence of hoalth. HEINITSII'S (JITEEN DE
iiiouT is tho great medicine for tho blood,
and overybody should try it. Countless
are the testimonials in its favor. It is
truly the only medicine now needed os a
summer tonio and liver invigorator. Jil
ILooal Items.
A low copies of tho 'Sacie and Detrac?
tion of Columbia' can be obtained at the
Phcenix office. Price twenty-five cents.
We would again remind the mechanics
of Columbia that a meeting will be
hold this oveuing nt 8 o'olock, nt the
Curolinn House, whero every branch of
mechanism, it ia hoped, will be well rep?
resented. Let there be a general turn
out.
Tho following despatch was received at
our office Inst night from tho Associated
Press. Decipher it, somebody:
Buffalo Editor New York spanish pa?
per who said native Cubans Cowards and
Cuban youth fought at Lundy's Lane
Cubnu shot both legs serious.
Mr. P. Cantwell bus ovir hearty thanks
for a piece of Fulton Market beef, sont
by bim to tho PHOENIX. Upon tho most
convincing proof, wo can safely pro
uonuce it excellent, fully sustaining the
reputation of this famous market. Mr.
Cautwell bas an abundant supply of this
savory beef, and will bo plensed to fur?
nish bis customers nfc a moderate price.
Jon OFFICE.-Tho Pfuenix Job Office
is propared to execute every style of
printing, from visiting and business cards
to pamphlets and books. With nmple
material and first-class workmen, satis?
faction is guaranteed to all. If our work
does not como up to contract, wo make
no charge. With this understanding our
business men have no excuse for sending
work North.
At tho request of Christopher Hayues
worlb, Columbia Hotel barber, we called
at his shop to inspect tho bath-rooms
which havo been added recently to his
establishment. It is with great pleasure
that wo give our unqualified approval,
aud recommend these apartments to all
who desire a nice and clean bath. Tho
rooms are neat and .commodious, the
tubs kept scrupulously clean, furnished
with both bot and cold water, whilst
Christopher and his staff offer n prompt
and ready attendance. We have no hesi?
tation in announcing tho opinion that
nono who call on Christopher will leave
him dissatisfied.
AN ADDITION.-The readers of the
PHCENTX will bo gratified to learn that
Maj. B. B. McCreery, of "Hampton
Legion" notoriety, bas associated himself
with Mr. W. D. Love, now of our city,
in the dry goods business. Maj. Mc
Creory is well known all over our State
as a bold defender of the "lost cause"
having raised a company in Newberry,
and fought through tho war-and with
such a recommendation, it is only neces?
sary for bis friends to know where ho
may be found. Call on him at his dry
goods house, in tho Columbia Hotel
building.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is
culled to the following advertisements,
published the first time this morning:
Meeting Broad River Bridge Company.
Virginia Springs, via S. C. R. R.
John English-To rent.
B. Williams-Notice.
Meetiug Independent Fire Engine Co.
Meeting Columbia Lodge.
Leaphart & Sloan-Something new.
S. Swandale-Mansion House.
W. D. Love k Co.-Dry Gooda.
Dit. TTJTT'S CELFDBATED EXPECTORANT.
No MYSTEUY-How IT ACTS.-First, it
detaches from the bronchial or wind
tubes tho mucus of matter which some?
times adheres to them with the tenacity
of glue. Secondly, it mitigates tho pain
and removes the constriction of the
bronchial tubes nnd muscles of tho
chest. Thirdly, it resists the progress
of inflammation and assists the lungs to
throw off tho irritating matter which ac?
cumulates. J12 G
A highly intelligent lady, a resident of
Syracuse, N. Y, says that she was af?
flicted nearly a year, periodically, with
derangement of the circulation, the blood
rushing to tho lungs with such force as
to threaten congestion and death. This
was attended with the most intense pain
in all parts of the body. Failing to ob?
tain relief from any of the physicians
whom she employed from time to time,
she was induced to try the PLANTATION
BITTERS, and to ber surprise and joy
they have relieved her, and she is now in
good health and flesh.
MAGNOLIA WATER.-Soperior to tho
best imported German Cologne, and sold
ut half the price. J12Jlf3
HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-This article
is the true secret of beauty. It is what
fashionable ladies, actresses and opera
singers uso 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 winda and gives to the complexion
a blooming purity of transparent delicacy
and power. No* lady who values a fine
complexion cnn do without the Magnolia
Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of onr
respectable dealers.
Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful
hair dressing. M22 J13