The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 09, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. ' C.
Sundav Morninc January 9, 1870.
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"Orkney, or tho Fortunes of Juliet Clay?
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The following highly-suggestive article
is oommonded to tho careful considera?
tion of tho rising generation:
FISHING WITH BEARDLESS HOOKS.
Some mouths ago, business led me to an
out-of-the-way place, where, near by a
fall of water, there lived two boys, ono
eight and the other ten years of age.
They were bright-eyed, inquisitive little
chaps, bat generally without either hat
or shoes, and often with pants and jack?
ets sadly rent. Busied, os I was, in the
repairs of an old mill, these boys were
handy to send on errands, bring tools,
look after my horse turned out to bait in
the road, and do numberless little things
to save the steps of those who were
older. Ooo day, on reaching the mill, I
saw the oldest boy standing upon a rock,
partly hidden by the folioge of the, sur?
rounding trees, fishing: and; .aa of tain as
he felt a nibblo, he would jerk bis line aa
spitefully put of the water as though ho
bore the little fish some terrible grudge
and wanted to pay it by twitching their
heads off. I asked him why he did so,
and explained, as well os I was able, the
best modes of taking such fish os made
the little brook their home. After hear?
ing me, patiently and respectfully, ho
said: "Mister, you fish with a hook that
has got a beard on it, and when yon
hook one, he stays. My hook han't got
n beard; it's an old broken one that
'Lijer Green gave me. I han't got the
money to buy a new one. Mother wanta
the pennies you give me. I like to fish
like to catch 'em for mother-and I have
to twitch 'em when they bite, or they will
wiggle off and I shall lose them."
I liked tho talk of that boy. He did
not grumble about his old hook, but did
the best he could with what he had to do
it with; and day after day, as I saw bim
doing it, and taking to bis mother the
reward of his toil, which had cost him so
mach care, thought and skill, I knew be
was laying with that alder rod in his
hands the foundations of a grand charac?
ter. That is the way Horace Greeley
began. He fished with a beardless book.
His father was very poor, and he had
scarcely any books, and what he had he
was obliged to read by the dim light of
pine knots which his own forethought
had gathered; but he is now one of the
ablest writers, ns well as one of the most
influential men in America. And so with
John Jacob Astor. Ho bad no money,
or comparatively none, when he came to
this country, but he wanted to trade,
and so he carried his little bundle of
goods around uuder his arm or in his
hands. He fished with a beardless hook.
Afterward he bought furs and carried
them on his back, hundreds of miles to
market, and when he died, he bad grown
from absolute poverty to be the richest
man in tho conntry. There is scarcely a
great or a good man on this side of the
Atlantic that did not have a tongh time
in his boyhood, did not fish awhile with
a beardless hook.
GIRDLING THE EARTH.-Before another
year rolls around, the earth will be en?
circled with telegraph lines. Four links
of extended telegraph cable connect
Eugland with India and the isles of the
sea below Fortber India, and now a fifth
is to be laid from the Straits of Malacca
to Hong Kong. The lines now laid are
the Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta;
the Anglo-Mediterranean; the British
Indian Submarine, and British Indian
Extension Telegraph Companies. From
a station of the latter, a oable 1,640 miles
long will reaoh China, and so the world
will be nearly belted, and will be virtu?
ally so when Japan is reached. On this
cable, now proposed, there will be a sta?
tion in Cochin China. Another section
proposed, of 1,000 mile? in length, will
be from Hong Kong to Shanghae, touch?
ing at the treaty ports, the cable to be
fully laid by June, 1871.
fm of the Sor/th
not bo forgotten
sidont mr Congre
ever interfered with tho domeatio
affairs of any State which has done every?
thing that the President und Congress
demanded that it should do. Tbe Presi?
dent and Congress have the right-look
at their array of bayonets, and deny it if
you can-to say what the Southern States
shall or shall not do, and if those States
refuse to do it, why they must take the
consequences. This in what we cal[
reconstruction !
STATS LKG?8LA.TTJRK.
SATURDAY, January 8, 1870.
SENATBsv- HMp ~^?r** *
Tbc Senate met at 12rn., Bfesideni|>rt>
tem. Montgomery in the Chair.
The following billa fro m tho Hettae
were read: For the tetteSM>r?tectio?? of
migratory flab ; to a#?nd4te law iaftre
lation to the license and registration of
pharmaeenti8t8, apothecaries and drug?
gist?, and to reg?late the vending of
drugs and poisons.
The Committee on Engrossed Aote re?
ported as being doly and correctly en?
grossed, a joist r?solution authorizing
the County Commissioners of Williams?
burg County to levy er special te?, mhioh
was ordered to the House of Representa?
tives. "
Mr. Wright introduced the following
bills: To prevent persons from issuing
cheeks or script, to bo used as money;
to prevent tho puroU.aeo of cotton be?
tween certain hours; both of -which were
read by their titles and referred.
Notice was given of a hill to protect
the depositors of all banks, loan and
navings institutions not incorporated in
the United States.
The account of E. ?fc G. D. Hope, for
supplies furnished the Arsenal Aoademy
in 1861, iras referred.
The accounts of Sallas Randall, T. H.
Cooke and W. L. Templeton, were re?
ferred. The account of F. E. Calhoun
was laid over. Tho account of C. B.
Glover was ordered to the Comptroller
General.
The following bills wore ordered to be
engrossed: To incorporate tho Unity and
Friendship Association, of Charleston,
South Carolina: Nashvilla Indo pon dent
Blues Charitable; Association; Union
Fire Engine Company, No. 1, of Beau?
fort; New York Hose Company, of Beau?
fort; Hook and Ladder Com puny, No.
1, of Beaufort; Washington Fire Engine
(Joinpuny, No. 2, of Beaufort; Bamberg
Fire Engine Company ; FicBt Freedmen'*
Baptist Church, of Anderson Court
House. 1*1 riy.OU H
Bill to authorize County Commission
ers of Darlington County to levy certain
taxes waa read the second time; to re?
charter ferry over Combahee River; to
authorize administrators, executors and
other fiduciarios to sell certain evidences
of indebtedness at public sale, and to
compromise in certain oases; to author?
ize the extension of the South Carolina
Central Railroad from S nm ter to a point
near Charlotte, North Carolina; to em?
power certain persons therein named to
construct a railroad, were ordered to be
engrossed.
Bills to designate the officers by -whom
sales ordered by tho Courts of Common
Pleas, and Judges thereof, and of the
Courts of Probate, shall be made, and
for other purposes; and to incorporate
the Unity and Friendship Society, ol
Charleston, and tc confer certain powere
thereon, were read and referred.
The acconnt of Dr. R. Lebby, Jr., wa?
rejected.
! A bill to recharter Blythe's Gap Turn
pike Road, was read tue third time auc
passed.
' A joint resolution for the appointmen
of Fish Commissioners, and to defin?
their duties, was read and referred.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Honse met at 12 m. Speake:
Moses in the Chair.
Leave of absence was granted to C. D
Hayno.
A resolution granting the use of thi
Representative IIal| to the Chaplain o
the Senate, or any other minister, fo
Divine service, on Sunday, was adopted
The account of H. D. Cook, Magie
trate of Darlington County, was referret
to the Darlington County delegation.
Notice was given of a bill to alter an?
amend the charter of the town of Winns
boro.
Accounts of certain persons for teach
ing in Orangeburg County, were re
ferrad.
A joint resolution authorizing the Cfo
vernor to appoint an agent to contrac
for labor in each County of the State
wan read and referred.
Notices were given of bills to incorpo
rate the "Sons and Daughters ol Zion
in Hamburg;".to extend the limits o
the State of Sooth Carolina, and for th
election of State officers.
The following b*s from the Senat
were read and refer^ 1:
To grant a certain'lot of land to th
Zion Baptist Church of Columbia; to io
corporate the Winnsboro Hook and Lad
der Company, of the town of Winni
boro; to incorporate the Wateree Fir
Engine Company, No. 2, of Cl?nder.
South Carolina; to incorporate the Yigi
laut Fire Eugine Company, of Columb?
to incorporate the DeKalb Fire Engin
Company of Camden.
A Senate bill to grant nnd give th
consent of the Legislature of this Stat
to the conveyance to the United State
of the lot of land situate on Riohardso
and Laurel streets, in the city of Colon
bia, hereinafter described, for the pm
pose of a post office and court house, c
for other purposes, and to cede to th
United States jurisdiction therein, wa
recommitted to the Judiciary Com mi tte?
to report on Wednesday next.
Mr. Brodie introduced a bill to incoi
porate the Plymouth Congregation!
Church, of Charleston, which was rea
and referred.
A joint resolution to levy a tax fe
County purposes for Williamsburg DI
trict was postponed until Monday next.
A bill to incorporate the Policy-hole
ers' Life and Tontine Assurance Compi
uy waa laid over.
A Senate bill to grant and give th
consent of the Legislature of this Sta!
to the conveyance to the United Stat?
of the lot of land sitante pn Riohardso
and Laurel streets, in the city of Colon
bia, hereinafter described, for the pui
f>ose of a post office and court house, e
or other purposes/ and to oede to tl
United States jurisdiction therein.
The bill was put upon its second reae
ing, was read, and recommitted to tb
Judioiary Com mi tte?.
-"*T ***
The radical newspaper press seem 1
be unable to osatelanding Stanton f<
his honesty-a sinjUe virtue which b
seeva^jMj^rV^?^?nT^' It ia said tha
"with ?Wy ohanoe to? steal millions, fa
stole nothing; with\ ?vary ohanoe \
grow rich, ia the seams way that thot
sands have aeoamoletsd immense fa
innes, he died poor. At this, bis polit
cal friends are all literally astounded
There has been nothing in their polit
cal experience to prepare them for tb
development of each an eccentricity o
the part of Mr. Stanton. Forgettin
what a commentary it is upon the loa*
ers of the party, the Republican new
papers cheerfully accept the feet that 1
was not a thief as the best eulogy of tl
deceased Secretary. What a significa]
commentary does that single fact fo
nish!
Our Young ?Iib. .
Mrs, Elisabeth Cady Stanton, who has
i beej- known,tor several yeats, as an
j advocate of woman's right?, fs?nale suf?
frage and the equality of the sexes, do
Everbd a lecture, in St. Louis, a few
night? ago, from which the following
extracts are taken :
Mrs. Stanton took up the most impor?
tant branoh of her subject first-the
health of our young girls-and handled
it in an able and sensible manner. She
explained the causea of so much sickness
and feebleness in young women, attribut?
ing their physical maladies, chiefly, to
their mode of dressing. In the coming
years, we will hare no more sickness.
When about to write her leoture, she
asked her own daughters how she should
treat tho subject, and they told her to
write just in the way that sho was in the
habit of talking to them. AU our cus?
toms, she said, are based on the idoa
that women aro intended to please men,
not' by the attractions of the mind, but
by the mero physioal power of their
beauty and the decorations of dress.
Women seek to make themselves attrac?
tive to men by making themselves help?
less. Some men foolishly say that a
woman nnsexeB herself when sho acts
naturally.
Our fashions, said Mrs. Stanton, are
sent to ns by the French courtezans.
She had often bean pained, on seeing, at
fashionable balls, the women half naked,
while their brothers were dressed to the
ohio. . The true attraction which women
should have, is the attraction by which
she can lift man np to tho realm of
Surity of thought. Everything that
rags her down is degrading to herself
and him. Dante drew a true picture of
the natural positions of the sexes, when
he painted Beatrice on tho same plane
with himself. "By the law of moral
attraction, she attracts man from tho boll
to the heaven." Sho would place wo?
men ou a level platform by the sido of
men.
She said it was no part of the duty of
young girls to attract men by their phy?
sical charms, but it was their duty to
mould themselves into moral beiugs.
The oharms of the mind are tho true
oharms that young women should pos
seas, and these can only be acquired by
attending to the laws of our moral
being and abandoning the frivolities of
fashion.
An English author has written an
essay that proves that there are superflu?
ous women. This is accounted for by
the fact the large majority of men are
doing women's work. In this country*
every man can find manly occupation,
land they should leave the women a
broader field for labor. She was pleased
to see the enterprise of the city of St.
Louis-that a bridge is being built, and
the Mississippi is to be dammed at Keo?
kuk. This was the kind of work for
men to engage in. Let women bc ,
taught to make themselves useful-to
earn their own bread, so that they will j
not be entirely dependent upon men.
Goethe says: "She is a true woman who,
when her husband dies, can be the
father of his children."
When on a visit to tho University of
Ann Arbor, Mrs. Stanton had a discus?
sion with one of the professors on the
difference between the mode of training
boys and girls. He said girls conld not
endure as much as boys, and she thought
they could endure more, and suggested
that if the boys of the University were
laced and pinched and cramped by dress
as the girls are, they would soon languish
and dio. Exercise should be regular.
When a girl she used to walk five miles
before breakfast, and wore a pair of
boots just like her father's, and she was
always healthy and happy. Napoleon
once said, you cannot make a good sol?
dier out of a sick man.
Mrs. Stanton pronounced a glowing
eulogy upon the women of America. She
had often boen surprised at their self
possession when mingling with the aris?
tocracy of Europe-treating all classes
as equals, and addressing an emperor
with as little embarrassment as a peasant.
This superiority is, in a measure, attribu?
table to the free institution* of this
oountry.?
Every girl should be taught some use?
ful employment, so that she can support
herself. The helplessness of inauy of
our girls, left without the means of taking
care of themselves, leads to their degra?
dation and ruin. Life is a hard struggle 1
for men who aro trained to somo useful
occupation, but how much more HO to
women who are reared in idleness and
luxury, with every door closed against1
them. To-morrow misfortune may come
to those who are in affluence to-day,
and what will become of their daughters
unless they are trained to make a living
for themselves ? It will be your fault if
they fall into the whirlpool of destruc?
tion, because you have taught them
nothing useful.
What can these young girls do for an
honorable support ? If you could seo
half the letters, said Mrs. 3., that come ;
to me every day from girls who have j
been reared in affluence, and are now |
outcasts from society, begging to know ;
how they can retrieve themselves, yon
would see the necessity of bringing your
girls up to earn an honorable support, j
Women are capable of learning many i
things ; they can earn a living as law?
yers, physicians, telegraph operators,
clerks, school teachers, &o. She knew
two female physicians in New York whose
praotice is worth 825,000 a year.
Burr IBU ACTORS' AGES.-In a letter on
the longevity of actors, Mr. Howard |
Paul supplies the following particulars
regarding some British popular favorites: ?
As one illustration of longevity, take
Mr. Charles Mathews, who floats about
the stage like a butterfly, and counts np
sixty-five yeera. He possesses the same
elegance of figaro and vivacity of spirit
that distinguished him thirty years ago.
There is Benjamin Webster, at leaat
seventy, and still plays with remarkable
force, and has been an author as well as
actor, and has managed two, if not three,
theatres at the same moment. Buck
stone, Compton and Creswick tro along
in the sixties ; and as for W. H. Payne,
of Covent Garden, he has left seventy
along way behind, and walks ereotly as a
boy. and nightly goes through panto?
mimic fatigas that would prostrate some
of tho yoong men of the period. Ma?
dame Celeste, who still plays yoong
ladies, was a "star" in 1889. Mrs. Stir?
ling, despite her grey hair, looks five-and
twenty when ahe is animated. Mrs.
Mellen has been acting away any night
these thirty years; and as for John Parry,
did he not enohant oar grand fathers,
and ia he not doing the same for our
children? Mario is nearly, if not quite,
sixty, and women yet fall in love with
bim; and Lester Wallack, of New Yoxk,
who. if he would count np carefully,
would reach half century, is at this honr
the beet looking jeune premier on the
stage.
Olm DUTT.-Another year is npon ni,
and, before ita dose, we will havo
another general election. .State officers,
ui? m ber? ol' the Liegiuialore and Con?
gressmen are to be elected by us in
October next.
It is of vital moment to the best inte?
rests of onr State that the present in?
cumbents be defeated, ?nd good men
elected in their stead. This is practica?
ble, ii we will simply do two things,
whioh wisdom demands:
1. Be united. He who prefers a man
or set of mon to tho success of the party
opposed to ofllcial dishonesty, ia not
true. He may boast that he is not fet?
tered by party nominations, but, when
he pursues a courso which must end in
the defeat of good mon, ho is himself not
a patriot and uot to bo trusted.
2. Wo must bo practicable. Tho four
teent-n and fifteenth amendments to tho
Constitution of tho United States have
settled many things-the first is passed,
and the second will bo. Wo must read
the changes wrought by these amend?
ments. Questions which divided the
two great political parties of tho country
two years ugo would appear ridiculous if
lugged into n political canvass now.
They are settled against us. Congres?
sional reconstruction and negro suffrage
are issues of tho past, quito as mach as
tho Louisiana purchase and tho Mexican
war. If wo do not so regard them, wo
aro impracticable, unwise, and destined
to defeat Victory is in our hands, if we
will only grasp it.
Our platform is one npon which white
and black may unite and join hands. It |
ia "opposition to official dishonesty."
We want no other plank. Upon this,
we would nominate good men, and
they would bo elected. We beg our
readers to think over theso things, aud
begin to proparo themselves. By July,
we ought to havo our candidates in the
field, without division. ?Soon, nye, very
soon, wo should commenco tho work of
organization. Let men begin to think
of clubs; and lot clubs bo as brief in
their resolutions as possible. Let them,
above all things, be wise, nud careful not
to waste their strength in tilting against
wind-mills.- Union Times.
STEPHEN ALLIES'S POCKET-PIECE.
Among tho victims of tho Henry Clay
disaster, was Stephen Allen, Esq., nu
aged mau of tho purest character, for?
merly a Mayor of New York, beloved
and esteemed by ?ill who knew him. In
his pocket-book, was found a printed
slip, apparently cut from a newspaper,
of which tho following isa copy:
"Keep good company, or none. Never
bo idle. If your hands cannot be use?
fully employed, attond to the cultivation
of your mind. Always speak tho truth.
Make few promises. Live up to your
engagements. Keep your own secrets,
if you have any. When you speak to a
person, look him in tho face. Good
company and good conversation aro the
very sinews of virtue. Good character
is above all things else. Your character
cannot be essentially injured except by
your own acts. If any ono speaks evil
of you, let your lifo be so no one will
believe him. Drink no kind of intoxi?
cating liquors. Ever live (misfortune
excepted) within your own income
When you retire to bed, think over what
you have been doing during the day.
Make no haste to bo rich, if you wonk]
prosper. Small and steady gains give
competency with tranquillity of mind.
Never play at any game of chance. AvoiO
temptation, through fear you may not
withstand it. Earn money beforo yoi
spend it. Never run in debt, unless yoi
see n way to get out again. Never bor
row, if yon can possibly avoid it. Dt
not marry, until you aro able to suppor
a wife. Nover speak evil of any one
Bo just before you aro generous. Koej
yourself innocent, if you would bc hap
py. Save when you are young, to spent
wheu you aro old. Bead over the nbovi
maxims at least once a week."
FAILINGS ARE COMFORTS AT EIGHTY.
I havo got very deaf. What a blessing
There is such a lot of silly talk I cunno
hear-such scandals, ?Sra
My eyes ure failing. How fortunatel '.
do not 6eo a tytho of tho folly aud wick
edness that is going ou around mel
am blind to faults which would provok
me to censure.
I have lost my teeth, and my voice i
not very audible. Well, I find it of n
use babbling to folks who won't listen
so I save my breath for better purpose*
I don't show my teeth where I can't bite
I venture on no tough meat.
My tasto is not so discriminating as o
yore, aud tho good is that I am mor
easily satisfied, don't keep finding faull
am contented, nud thankful. A. nie
palate, is a plague I havo got rid.
My joints are rather stiff. Well, i
they were ever so snpple, I do not wan
to go to seo sights, hoar concerts, maid
speeches, carouse at feasts.
I am not strong ns I wns ; but for whn
do I need to bo stout. I am not goin
to wrestle or fight with anybody. M
morals aro greatly improved.
My brain is not so clear as in ni
younger days, and all tho better, for
nm neither so hot-headed, nor so opir
ionated. I forget a thousand injuries.
A fragment left hg William -lardan, at
thor of Men I have known, d'C
A SiNOUiiAB MODE OF TELLING TH
HOUR.-An exchange gives the followin
singular method of telling the time c
day or night, which wo copy for th
benefit of those who wish to try the ej
p?riment:
Seat yourself at u table. Attach
piece of metal, saya shilling, to a threat
Having placed your elbow on the tabb
hold the thread between the thumb au
fore-finger, and allow the shilling to han
in the centre of a glass tumbler. TL
poise will immediately cause the shillin
to vibrate like a pendulum, and the v
brations will increase nntil tbe shillin
strikes the side of the glass; and s tippo
ing the time of the experiment to be i
the hour of seven, or half-past sevei
the pendulum will strike the glass seve
times, and then lose its momentum an
return to the centre. If yon bold tl
thread a. eualoient length ?#*?iae**i
elapsed to convince yon that tho exper
ment is complete. We need not ad
that the thread most be held with
steady hand, otherwise tho vibrating mi
tion would be counteracted. At wha
ever honr of the day or night the exper
ment is made, the coinoidenoo willi
the same.
Females aro in a decided minority i
the West and in tho new States, win
they are in a majority in tho New Eo|
land States. Thus, in Ohio, thorn is s
excess of 40,500 mon, in Michigan 840
OOO, and in California 143,000. In Ma
saebnsetts, on the contrary, thore a;
36,000 more women than men; in Ne
Hampshire 6,500; in Rhodo Island 6,00
and in Connecticut 7,800. The fot
excess in New England of females ovi
males ia 48,500.
SWIFT VENGE ANOR.-In the sonthern
part of Graves County, on Sunday even?
ing, the 12th instant, the person ot Miss
Dick was outraged by two negro men.
They were arrested on tho Wednesday
following, and examined by a magistrate
tho same day, who held them for trial,
and ordered their commitment to the
jail in Mayfield. Thoy started to May?
field in custody of a constable, and hbd
gone about eight miles. When threo
miles from Mayfield they were met by
four men in disguise, who ordered the
officer to hand over tho blacks to their
charge. Being overpoworod, tho officer
was compelled to do so, and the negroes
were then shot through the head. A
number of balls were fired through each,
causing immediate death. Tho bodies
were taken to Mayfield, mid au inquest
held upon them ou Thursday, when a
verdict in accordance with tho facts was
rendered.-Hickman {Ky.) Courier, De?
cember 18th.
THE LEADER OF AN ORCHESTRA DIES
IN HIS SEAT IN AN OPERA HOUSE.-At Al?
bany, N. T., on Monday night, during
tho performnuco of tho overture to the
"Crown Diamonds," at the Trimble
Opera House, Professor LOU?B Undernor,
leader of tho orchestra, was observed to
acaso playing und drop his head upon
his breast. A portion of the audience,
thinking him uuder tho influence of li?
quor, hissed, but those n eurer him
rushed toward him, and fonnd him tc ba
dead. Deceased was well known and
much respected.
Tho investment of Regent Serrano j j
with legal power is talked of in Madrid, 1
but the Cortes, it is said, will hesitate to 11
take so extreme a measure. The friends j <
of Montpensier ure reported very active, j
The downfall of 1 'riin and his party is j
attributed by tho London Times to the |1
unreasonable prolongation of the pro- j1
visional regime. 11
DROWNED.-A small colored girl, li
daughter of Charles Massey, wus drowned ? .
on Tuesday of lust week, in attempting j
to cross Camp Creek on u foot log. \
Though diligent search has been made : 1
by several parties, tho body lins not been I j
recovered up to this time. j j
[Lancaster Ledger.
It appears certuiu, says the New York
Sun, that n struggle is impending be- i
tweeu tho Sultan of Turkey and his vus- (
sal, the Khedive of Egypt, to decide
whether the latter shall becDuio inde
pendent, or whether he shall bo deposed, ;1
and tho absoluto control of nfiuirs of that
rich proviuce again rest with thc Sultan.
The wiud on Sunday blow off the hat j
of a little girl, HS sho was walking with
her father in Trenton, N. J. Her father i
and she turned and hurried after it, and I
tho next moment the spiro of tho Fourth i
Presbyterian Church fell with a crush .
across tho sidewalk, nt the very place
where they had just boon. It is an ill
wind, &c.
EXPENSE OF TAKING THE CENSUS.
General Garfield stated oil Saturday, iu
committee of tho whole, that tho expense
of taking tho various Federal censuses
was as follows: Census of 1790. $41,000;
1800, $66,000; 1810, 8178,000; 1820,
8208,000; 1830. $378,000; 1840, $833,
000; 1850, $1,318,000; 1860, $1,786,000.
Tho Monroe (Ga.) Adccrtiser says : "'If j
tho negroes are reseated iu the Legisla
tare-as they undoubtedly will be-this
Connty will be represented in the lower
Moase by Judge- Mooroo Glower and his
former slave, George Glower. Verily, it.
secmetu a huge hoax.
Parr once asked a lady what she |
thought of his sermon. Sho answered :
"My opinion is expressed in the first
five words of the sermon itself-'Enough
andmore than enough."' He was out i
of humor the rest of the evening.
"I am strong aud healthy, yet to pre
serve my good condition," I use SOLO?
MON'S BITTERS. N21
A geuius remarked, tho other day, with j
a grave face, that however prudent aud 1
virtuous young widows might be, he had
seen mauy a gay young widow-er.
"Oh! what nu excellent Tonio," is the
language of tho invalid who uses SOLO?
MONS' BITTERS. N21
A womau iu Chicago recently seized a j
man, and beforo he could securo assist- :
ance, brutally married him.
Tho weak aud emaciated mother says: j
"My health and strength is restored by
the use of" SOLOMONS' BITTE*?*1. N21
Dental Notice.
OWING to an accident, the undersigned
will be forced to closo his Dental Kooma
until Saturdav, the 15th instant.
JHII 0 G* T. T. MOORE, Dental Surgeon.
Ornamenta* Hair Work.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the
ladies of Columbia, that ho ls prepared
to attend to all kinds ol artificial HAIR WORK.
WIGS. COIL8, CURLS, BRAIDS, etc., repair?
ed and rejuvenated. Ladies' Hair dressed in
latest stylos. OfHce over tho Savings Bank,
corner Main and Taylor streets.
Jan 9 0* LEON BOU.IASSON.
Gas Bills for Month of December.
CCONSUMERS aro respectfully requested to
J mu KO prompt payments of the abovo. Tho
Company haB pro-whig demandB and must ho :
mot- do not permit yourselves to bo deprived ?
of tho light. Tho regulation regarding it, 1
will bo enforced without any distinction.
Jan 9 S JACOBLEV?N, Sec'y Gas Co.
Pocket-Book Found.
ATOCKET-BOOK, containing sevoral valu?
able notes aud other papers, supposed to
belong to R. W. Batea, of Orangeburg, has ?
been found and placed in tho hands of Police
mun Berry, who will return it to the owner, on
payment of tho necessary oxpenses. Jan 9 1 I
Richland Lodge No. 39, A. F. M. i
jK AN extra communication of this
t?f\?rLodge will ho held in Mr sonic Hail,
/^^VTO-MORROW (Monday) EVENING, at
7 o'clock. The Third Degreo will be conferred.
By order of the W. M. A. 0. DAVIS,
Jan 9 1_Heeretary.
eT-VLmi ]ES.eoolxredL
AT
HARDT SOLOMON'S.!
O KB ARRELS Pink-aye Planliug POTA-1
?3D TOES.
33 bble. Beach Blow Planting Potatoes.
25 bbls. Goodrich Planting Potatoes.
Jan 9_,t_
$1 O-BJEIUIV JBAOK
EQUAL TO A
GOLD DOLLAR!
Prices roducod to Gold Value and Greenbacks
accepted at par.
C. F. JACKSON
HAS REDUCED the price or hia entire 1
ntoek of
DR7 GOODS,
Auduntil tho FIttSTOF FEBRUAR NEXT, Y
[ will eell off mv largo and vaiicd stork of
DRY GOODS, without regard to profits.
All extra Pine Goods, such aa:
CLOAKS,
ARABS.
SILK DRESS GOODS,
RICH PLAIDS,
CASSIM ERES,
Will be sold
AT COST. . Jan 9
II? o o ct X lt? xxx m .
???
OBTJMBB. At tho ftQQ??! mooting of
itookholdera of the Colombia Oas Com?
pany, the following gentlemen were
sleeted to serre the ensuing year: Presi
lent-W. B. Stanley. Directors-.T. W. 1
Parker, Lewis Levy, John Fisher, R. L.
Bryan, lt. Bryce, Johu McKenzie, ex
officio.
By an advertisement iu another co?
lumn, it will be seen that the new pas?
senger aud freight rates on the Greenville
?nd Columbia Railroad, go into opera?
tion to-morrow. They are a material re?
duction on tho rutes heretofore charged.
Tho following aro the officers of Eutaw
encampment No. 2, I. O. O. F. : John
L Elkins. C. P.; John McCammon, S.
W. ; Isaac Sulzbacher, J. D. ; John McIn?
tosh, H. P.; M. Goldsmith, Secretary;
fohn McKenzie, Treasurer.
Tho following officers of Palmetto
Lodge, I. O. O. F., havo been installed
For the ensuing year: F. A. Soutor, N.
3.; W. L. Gary, V. G.; F. A.|Grey, Sec?
retary; John Molntosh, Treasurer; Dr.
T. T. Moore, Warden; C. F. Janney,
Conductor.
Wo received a calli yesterday, from A.
Holmes, Esq., agent for tho Commercial
ind Financial Chronicle, of New York,
published daily and weekly. These pub?
lications also contain the condition and
luctnationj of tho dry goodR and gnv
:ory markets.
Dr. T. T. Moore met with a soriouf
iccident, yesterday, by the explosion o
lome chemicals with which he was a
work. His right, hand was badly ont
iud bc will bo unable to attend tn 1 a ii
professional duties for several day?.
G. E. Elford, Esq., has resumed tin
publication of the Greenville Mountaineer
[t is neatly printed and the reading mat
tor carefully selected.
Omi BOOK TAULE.-We are indebte<
to Messrs. Bryan A McCarter for a cop,
of a little work which is admirably suite
to the day-"The Pursuit of Holiness,
a sequel to "Thoughts on Personal Rt
ligion"-intended to carry the reade
somewhat further onward in the spiritui
life; by Edward Meyrick Gonlburi
D. D.. Dean of Norwioh, England. I
Appleton Sr Co., New York, aro the pul
Ushers.
Messrs. B. & M. havo also furnishe
us with ii copy of "Cipher," a romano
by Jano G. Austin. This novel was fir
published in the New York Galaxy, au
by thc proprietors of that journal
Sheldou & Co.-is now printed in boc
form. Tho talented authoress takes f
her text: "Liko a 0, which means mm
or nothiug, us you use it." The story
a very attractive one, and will, doul
less, provo os popular as the other wor
of this lady. It is substantially bom
and neatly illustrated.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON SUNDAY. - T
nity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand, Rech
10?.; A. M. and 4P. M.
St. Peter's Church-Rev. J. J. O'Cc
nell. Pastor, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M.
Washington Street Chapel-Rev.
H. Brown, 10# A. M. Rev. Wm. Mi
tin, 3J-.? P. M.
Marion Street Church-Rev. W. y
Mood, loy, A. M. Rev. S. H. Brown
P. M.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynoh
10}.; A. M.
Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A.
Rudo, 10% A. M.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. Wm.
Boggs, Pastor, 10>.< A. M. and 7P.J
SUOARED DEATHS.-Under this he
tho New York Sun shows how childr
are killed by having poisoned candy ]
into their mouths. Terra alba, or wli
earth, costiug but 1}.? cents a pound,
uro told, is extensively used instead
sugar, and lozenges ure produced
cheap dealers at from two to five cent
pound less than the cost of sugar
wholesale. lu tho manufacture of g
drops glue is used in liou of gum arab
tho former costing but a tew cents ;
pound, and the latter about forty cei
Verdigris, Tonka beans, Paris gre
chrome yellow, Berlin blue, aniline i
sublimate of mercury are all used, ci
:>f which is either a deadly poison
very injurious to tho system. The cc
mon method of flavoring candies, in
?er to produce them economically, i
bo readily accounted for. Poisons
much cheaper than genuino extra.
Peach flavors iu candied almonds i
sugar plums are obtained from fusil
which is very poisonous. Tho bi
nlmond flavor is created from unadu
rated prussic acid; pine-apple is t
sured from very rotten cheese- and ni
seid. Candies are made purporting
be flavored with fruits from which no
tracts can be obtained. The imitati
ire all poisonous. Of course there
genuine productions in abundance, m
by manufacturers of good repute,
ploying tho bust materials, and such
produced in our neveral Columbia es
itfbment*.
KEEP THE BIRTH-DAYS.-Keep
jirth-days religiously. They belong
slosivoly to, and are treasured am?
the sweetest memories of home. Do
let anything prevent some token, I
iver so slight, to show that it is rea
bered. Birth-days are great event
children. For one day, they lae/
they are heroes. The special pnddii
?ade expressly for them. A new jae
xowsers with pockets, or the first pa
joots, is donned, and his brothers
listers sink into insignificance be
'little Charlie," who is "six to d
md who is soon "going to be a mi
Parents who have half a dozen little i
o care for are apt tc? neglect birth-da;
hey como too ofteu. Sometimes i
re too busy, and sometimes they
?otherod; but if they only knew
mieli such souvenirs are cherished
heir children, years afterwards, a
way from their hearth-stone, they 1
dded one more year to the perl
reary rouud of life, or to wish them
he good, old-fashioned phrase, "rn
appy returns of their birth-day," I
ronld never permit any cause to ste
letwoen them and a parent's privilsf
WEDDIHO CARDS AND ENVELOPES-A
lot of wedding cards and envelopes, of
latest styles, hua just been received;
which will be printed in imitation of en?
graving, and at less than one-tenth the
oost. Call and see specimens at PHONIX
office.
Main ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail is oponed for delivery ut 8 a. m.;
closed at 8.30a. m. Charleston, opened
at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. ni.
Greenville, opened at 0.30 p. m. ; closed
at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.30
a. m. ; closed at 4 p. m. Charleston,
(evening,) opened at 8 ii. m.; closed at
4.30 p. m. On Sunday, tho post office in
open from 9 to 10 a. m.
HoTBXi ARRIVALS, January 8. - Colum?
bia Hotel-J. S. Black, Fairfield; J. E.
Caldwell. S. C.; W. S. Hastie, Charles?
ton; A. Coward, wife, nurse and child,
Yorkville; A. Holmes, Now York; G. G.
Whaly, T. C. Adams, Orangeburg; L.
M. Speers, Winnsboro; B. Pinokney.
Charleston; J. B. Ginn, New York; A.
G. MoGhee, Montgomery. Ala.; E. P.
Collins, St. Joe, La.; W. H. Wise,
O ran ge burg; M. M. Ric Dan iola, August-.
Ga.; Thomas D. Weston. Fork; CG.
Baker; C. C. Coe, Mrs, C. C. Coe, Maa?
ter Itoss Coe, Boston; L. H. Wuhrmann,
Charleston.
Nickerson Home.-Dr. J. Sosnowski,
Edisto Island, S. C.; D. T. Synder,
Lylesville, Ala. ; Judge L. Boozer, Lex?
ington, S. C.; W. B. Smith, N. Y.; Wil?
liam Bonner, Fayetteville Line; A. B.
Marvin and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Byer,
Miss Susie Byer, N. Y.; W. B. Clark,
Saint Stephens, S. C.; Joseph Mullen,
Jr., Baltimore; M. Bray, Geo. W. Water?
man, Walhalla, S. C.; H. P. Hammet,
Greenville, S. C. ; Henry Buck, Conway
boro; J. D. Kennedy and servant, Cam?
den, J. C. Harden, Cheater, S. C. ; Alex?
ander Holmes, N. Y. ; J. B. Seigler,
Newberry, S. C.
BUSINESS CARDS AND CIRCULARS.-Au
the season is approaching for the annual
travel and distribution of business cards
aud circulars, our merchants and others
will please give attention to the fact that
our job office is supplied with the beat of
boards, of all colors, fine commercial
note aud other paper, and the very new?
est and most fashionable styles of type,
thus enabling UH to supply all of such
wants.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention if
called to the following advertiRemerjtN
published the first time thin mernina:
G. A- C. Railroad-Reduced Rates.
Hardy Solomon-Potatoes, etc.
Meeting Riohland Lodge.
Dr. T. T. Mooro-Dental Notice.
Leon Bonjasson-Ornamental Hair.
Jacob Levin-Gas Bills.
C. F. Jackson-Prices Reduced.
George Huggins-.?Etna Fire Inn. Co.
DELAYS ARK DANGEROUS.-That poor,
emaciated consumptive, who ia now be?
yond all hope of recovery, might now
be hale and hearty had he not neglected
that slight cough. Be advised, if you
have a cough or cold; get atonoea bottle
i of DR. TUTT'8 EXPECTORANT and you will
scon be relieved. Do not put Hoff. J8 fi
? BLOOD! BLOODII BLOOD!!!-Out; out,
j I say, this canker spot; this self-con
demning fruit of a diseased body; viti
? ated system; impaired health;disordered
I liver; foul stomach, and other ills which
flow from this self-same cause. Bad
blood ! Bad blood ! the primal cause of
all disease. HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DE
LIOHT. This elegant preparation is the
only trne remedy yet discovered for re?
moving every disease and symptoms of
disease, which may be traced to bad
blood. It is truly a sovereign remedy,
and thousands will attest the truth. D10
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.-The remedy
for curing Consnmption, Conghs, Bron?
chites, Asthma, and Croup. As an ex?
pectorant it has no eqnal. It is com?
posed of the active principles of roots
and plants, which are chemically ex?
tracted, so as to retain all their medical
qualities.
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS who
are so often afflicted with throat diseases,
will find a sure remedy in this Balsam.
Lozenges and wafers sometimes give re?
lief, but this Balsam, taken a few times,
will insure a permanent cure. With all
those afflioted with Conghs or Consump?
tion, give this Balsam a fair trial, they
will bo pleased with the result, and con?
fess that the SURE REMEDY IS FOUND AT
LAST. It is sold by all Druggists and by
F18UER & HiENTisH, Columbia. Jl||25}8
"Just tho thing!" Such is the excla?
mation of the Dyspeptics who use SOLO?
MONS' BITTERS. N21
Reduced Ratet of Passage and Freight.
GENERAL AGENT'S OFFICE,
On Em Vinns ANO COLUMBIA ll. R. Co.,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 8, 1870.
THE reduced "Ratea of Passage" adopted
by the Board of Directora of thia Compa?
ny, will go into effect on MONDAY, Jant
10. 1870. XT. ALLSTON GI"
Jan 9 3 Goner
sar Papers publishing by agrl
the Company, will publish three
weekly._
Just Received.
1BARREL pure mountain
WHISKEY, from tho roounti
Htate. CAMPBELL
Jan 8_
Pocket Diaries for
PLAIN AND SELF-CU
Ort DIFFERENT sises and prie
??VJ Booth Carolina Almanac,
doj, American, Rural, c&Qrch 1
Almanacs, for 1870. For 1
Jan 8_BRYAf
White CornJ
600$???
Jan 8 *_
Jewelry, etc.
I have Jnsqreoeiv* "
flue DlAMOrau??ai*
Land GOLD TBIMBI
TLAZE'4, noxt doo/ to
bama ft Co.'a Bankibc HotJ
Want
?)/~t HANDS to out ooflf ood. Apply t
ZVJ jfj*. G. HEIDT,
Jan 7 ? A\' At the Farm.
Broad River Br?go Company.
TUE annual meetlng'of Htoekholdara of thin
Company will be jwld at the Palmetto Eu
tine House, on MONDAY, the 10th of January,
1870. at 10 o'clock a. m. It is important that
Stockholders ehoula attend, as business ot
?.ital importance ?nil be submitted.
Dec 3115 EDWARD^ HOPE, President.
Expected Daily
FRESH ONION RETS, and GARDEN SEED,
at E. E. JACKBON'S.
Jan 6