The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 13, 1870, Image 2
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COLUMBIA, S.
Tiranda* Morning./anaf^yM^lj^ |
REDUCTION IN PBICE-CLUBBING.-The
WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading
matter than any other family paper pub?
lished in the South-thirty-two long
colnmns, printed in olear type. It is
Ulled with original aa well as seleoted
matter-editorials, correspondence, gene?
ral nowa, markets, telegrams, interest?
ing stories, sketches, poetry, eto. Its J
columns are now graced by a MPV
entertaining nouvelletle, the prodac?on
of a lady of this city, and w???.?*8
been pronounced by disinterested erMsos
aa equal to tho very, beet of
Harland's" works. This story Is entitled
"Orkney, or the Fortunes of JuUei?Uy>
burn-a tale of the Palmetto Stat#,"and|
will run through about twenty numbers i
of the "GI?ANEB." As we ?are desirous1
of introducing the paper-which ia in
every sense a thorns companion"-into
every family in the State, we have de- ?
tormined to reduce the yearly snbsenp-j
lion prioe, aa follows-payable, m aUJ
cases, in advance: Single OOpy^iwTOJ
ten copies, (to one post office,] $25.00;
twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies ?100.
The GLEANER and the "Rural Caroh
/nan"-the popular agricultural monthly!
-will be furnished, for one year, at
four dollars. Address orders to PHCBNTX
and GLEANER Offioe, Columbia, 8. C.
Wo regret, for the honor of our State
and people, to observe a disposition on
the part of certain gentlemen, whose in?
stincts and convictions, we feel assured,
are uttorly opposed to all connection
with or sanction of corruption, fraud or
any kind of malfeasance in public of?
ficers, to regard with indifference, and
with even a sort of encouragement, the
grossest violations of law and the most
flagrant acts of dishonesty and orime in
public officials. This is done in a bitter
spirit of partisanship and with the
avowed object of creating breaches and
dissensions among political adversaries.
The policy of this strategy is as question
able as its honesty. It will be found in
the end that the party, or the indi
viduals, who encourage and strengthen
a flagrant malefactor, merely to promote
prrty ends, or to gratify party opposition
and malice, has incurred a responsibility
which will eventually crush and disgrace
it. We have no desire to fix any limits
to political hostility and warfare, other
than those which are imposed by obliga?
tions more binding than those of party.
These are the obligations of honesty and
of duty to the State. When people be?
come so heated with party passions aa to
bo willing to form a quasi alliance with
disreputable malfeasants, in order to
achieve some party end, they aaaimnlato-J
themselves with those who, tn physical
warfare, resort to the barbarian devices,
of poisoning springs and mutilating tho j
dead and wounded. It behooves thc
people to renounce and rebuke au such
attempts on the part of accidental politi?
cal leaders and partisan demagogues to
involve them in such disgraceful alliances.
Plunderers, defaulters, black mailers and
abusers of publie offices and trusts must
ba pursued with unsparing rigor, and
without regard to partisan consequences.
It is a pitiful excuse for neutrality,
or even palliation toward such of?
fenders, that others may be as guil?
ty. Lot all, and each in turn, charge?
able with such crimes, be pursued
and punished. From the highest to the
lowest officials, there should be a rigor?
ous inqniry into all charges. We dc
not mean that such inquiry should be
made upon mere suspicion, gossip, hear?
say, and irresponsible rnmor; but upon'
expr?s*, tangible and substantial aver?
ments, with distinct sp?cifications of
names and facts. Let this bo done in all
cases, and when done, let the names bel
given to the world of those who evad<sj
the duty of common honesty by interj
posing dilatory and obstructive pleas tc
the required investigation and prosecu-1
lion of such offences.
That must have been a strange scene
in Madagascar, when the Queen had tbtj
royal idols brought and committed to the
flames. She hod embraced Christianity,
and when the chapel for Divine service
was ready, the disgraced deity, whicl
consisted of itwo pieces of silk, with I
small splinter of wood in the middle,
was taken from his temple aud thrus
into a fire. The orowd declared thr.
being a god he would not burn- yerf
somehow, "he" was very soon consumed j
and then, with no little pathos, "tbtj
people, seeing that now they had no godf
to worship, sent to the Queen to ask whait
they were to worship for the future.'!
Tho foundation of their faith had indeed'
been greatly shaken. Tho Queen is td
send teaobers of christianity among!
them, and Madagascar, one cf the "darb
places of the earth," is likely to have
tamed tho last pago of the sanguinary
records whiqh hay? hiihAtta formed a<J
large*'p~drf of her history.
LEGAL DEXTERITY.-A correspondent
of the New York World, writing from
Columbia, reports that tho "code" of the
State of South Carolina, compiled by
Corbin and Whipper, whioh, as he says,
will cost the State 8100,000 or $200,000,
is taken, bodily, page for page, verbatim
et literatim, from that of the State of New
York.
A despatch to (he Baltimore Sun says:
"The Committee on Elections of the
House intend to call up, this week, the
contested election case of Wallace
against Simpson, of the Fourth South
Carob na District. The Committee have
decided that Simpson, who was elected,
as a Democrat, by 4,000 majority, is,
prima facie, entitled to tho seat."
AN ASTRONOMICAL SENSA TION
NEWAND NOVEL VIEWS
^ One of the sublimest mud least under*
atood of the sciences, is that>of astro?
borny. We notice that new and unex?
pected propositions have recently been
put forth on the subject by au accom?
plished astronomer. Dr. Trastour de
Varano. His work is soon to appear.
Scientific men will look for ita advent
with interest This author holds that
the prosont accepted system is wholly er?
roneous. "That the astronomy of our
day has neither principio nor method,
nor precept." 'He demolishes, st a blow,
tho Copernican system, Kepler's laws and
Newton's theory of gravitation. Scien?
tific men will doubtless subject Dr. Trna .
spur's vtowjl lo a severe ordeal of exami?
nation. Wo hope the whole subject will
be overhauled. Let us have "light" in
the astronomical world. Dr. Trastour
is an astronomical radical. He takes his
boldly. In the place of former
ms he presents an entirely new sys
m, and ho undertakes to interpret a 1
the observed facts in connection with the
planetary system. He suggests a uni?
versal law in lieu of Newton's theory of
gravitation. The author says:
j "The astronomy of the times we lire
in has to undergo the fate of all human
aberrations. It clings tenaciously to what
is not, yet does not see what is. One of
the most remarkable arrangements that
responds to one bf the most important
astronomical necessities of the planet we
inhabit, it overlooks entirely. I refer to
the mothematioal regulation that has col?
lected all the land on one hemisphere of
our globe and covered the other with an
immense ocean-a mechanism transcen?
dently simple, yet which, more than any
other, perhaps, throws into relief the
hand of the Creator by the geometrical
regularity of its results."
And he arrives at the following conclu?
sions:
"Contrary to the teachings of the sys?
tem of Copernicus, the only one that now
gives law to astronomy, the sun is not
placed in the centre of the planetary sys?
tem;- and the earth and the planets do
not rcvolvo annually around that lumi?
nary.
Contrary to the belief in the system of
Ptolemy, the earth is not situated in tho
centre of the universe, and the sun and
the planets do not accomplish their an?
nual revolutions by revolving around it.
Contrary to the system of Tyoho Brahe,
the earth is not motionless in the centre
Qt the planetary system, and the ann does
.not revolve annually around our globo,
carrying with it, in its revolution, all the
planets that circulate around it.
Contrary to the doctrine of the astro?
nomers of our days, the orbit of the
earth and the ?rbita of the planets are
o ir cleo and not ellipses-Kepler having
mistaken illusions for realities in ascrib?
ing' tb thc ellipse a power in space whioh
it does not and cannot possess.
Contrary to their doctrine, the moon
does not revolve around the earth, while
the latter is said to revolve around the I
sun.
Contrary to their doctrine, the earth,
tho moon and the planeta pursue their !
conrso continually in the plane of the
ecliptio and never go ont of it.
Contrary to their doctrine, the dimi?
nution of the obliquity of the ecliptio is j
a chimerical idea.
Contrary to their doctrine, the preces?
sion of the equinoxes, upon whioh the
most important works of modern astro?
nomy are based, is something that does
not exist.
Contrary to their doctrine, the equi?
noctial points and the solstices always
preserve their same positions.
Contrary to their doctrine, the terres?
trial meridian varies annually, and the
latitudes sud the starting point of lon?
gitudes obange from year to year.
Contrary to their doctrine, our civil
year is not of constantly eqnal duration,
as their almanacs represent it. There is
never a year of duration equal to the one
that preceded or follows it.
Contrary to their doctrine, the Grego?
rian rectification wa3 founded upon no
astronomical basis. Instead of prevent?
ing, it has augmented confusion; at a
future day, ?aster will come round again
in the middle of spring, although the
almanacs will call it winter, if they per?
sisti? keeping the 21st day of March as
the date of the spring equinox.
Contrary to their doctrine, the climates
of the earth are not nearly invariable,
but are subject to extreme vicissitudes.
Contrary to their doctrino, the stars
.have a general movement that carries
them from West to East.
Contrary to their doctrine, at a future ?
day, the sun, the planets, the moon and |
the stars will rise in the West and set in
the East.
Contrary to their doctrine, the dimen- !
sions, distances and movements of the
planetary bodies, as set forth in their
compilations and tables, possess no renl
ity whatever; for they have been deter?
mined without taking into account one
of the most indispensable conditions.
Contrary to their dootriue, no comet
ever precipitates itself into any ann
whatever in the realms of space, or csn
in any event, como into collision with the
earth.
Contrary to their doctrine, Kepler's
laws are but pure illusions. It is only
1 necessary to study them experimentally,
in order to recognize the fact that they
have not the least connection with the
fundamental law of celestial mechanism.
Contrary to their doctrine, Newton's
theory of gravitation offers neither evi
I dence nor probability. It is a fantastic
commentary, built upon the chimerical
I ideas of Kepler, radically foreign to all
I mathematical truth, and even transgress
; iDg the limits of common sense. Newton
stepped beyond the sphere of the diffi?
cult only to enter into impossibilities.
Wo have not seen thc publication of
Dr. Trapdoor referred to, but find our in
I formation in the oolumns of the New
York Herald-& paper wherein may be
! found all the latest sensations in the po
! litical or scientific world.
Mn. EDITOR: Some day or two sinoe
j the City Council authorized the sale of
\ the stook held by the city in the Oreen
I ville and Columbia Railroad Company.
; We trust that it will bo offered at public
j auction, as the best means of seouringSa
I fair prije. The city treasury needs all i
I that can bo realized, if it is considered j
wise to sell at all. '
3,000 letters from fools to New York j
I swindling firms, have already accumul?t- ;
cd at the dead letter offioe, under the re?
cant order of Mr. Cresswell.
STATIS LB O IS IJ AT U R K.
Wn*?iei>AT.Jsnm ^ 1870.
. ? ,. ?EHATE^ ?
The Sou uto nwt at 12 m. Pr?sidant pro
tem. Montgomery in the Ob air.
A communication from the State Au?
ditor in relation to the payment of taxes
of certain persons, was received as in?
formation.
The House sent to the Senate a bill to
amend an "Aot to empower Circuit
Judges to change the venue for the trial
of actions, both civil and criminal ;" read
and referred.
A conourrent resolntion relative to the
appointment of a Committee of Investi?
gation to examine the affairs of the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company, was amended
and oononrred in.
A message was received from the Go?
vernor, informing the Senate that he had
approved and signed an Act to authorize
the County Commissioners of Darling?
ton County to levy an additional special
tax for County purposes.
Bill to repeal an Act entitled "An Act
to organize townships, afid to define
their powers and privileges," was read r
third time and passed.
Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Acl
to organize townships, and to defin<
their powers and privilege?," was laid or
the table.
Mr. Corbin introduced a bill to iucor
porato the Yemasso and Millen Railroac
Company; to amend an Aot entitled "At
Act to incorporate the Charleston Boon
of Trade;" to inorease the capital stool
of tho Union Bank of South Carolina
to incorporate the Charleston Bankiui
and Trust Company.
Mr. Cain introduced a bill to am?ne
an Act entitled "An Act to provide fo
the appointment of a Land Commie
Bioner, and to define his powers nu?
duties;" which was read and referred.
A bill from the House, to designate th
officers, by whom milos ordered by th
Courts of Common Pleas aud Judge
thereof, uud of tho Courts of Probate
ahull be made, and for other purpose?
was read tho first time.
Notice was given of bills to iucorpc
rate tho Comet Fire Engine Company, c
Orangeburg; to create tho Metropolita
police force in South Carolina.
Mr. Arnim presented a petition c
George S. Cameron and others, prayin
the passage of a law exempting froi
taxation for five years all manufacturin
establishments in this State, which sha
go into operation after tho passage <
the Act; which was referred to the Con
mitten on Finance.
The Committee on Finance, to whoi
was referred a resolution authorizing c
inquiry as to the amonnt of security,
any, had been deposited by H. I
bampton, the Financial Agent of ll
State, to seenre the State, reported th
they had found in the State Treasurer
office a bond duly and correctly execute
according to law, in the penal sum
$5U0,0U0, and tho same record oil in tl
office of Secretary of State.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House mot at 12 m. Speaker Mos
in the chair.
The following bills wero ordered to
second reading: To incorporate tho 1
Kalb Fire Eugine Company, of Camde
S. C. ; Vigilant Fire Engine Company,
Columbia, S. C. ; tho Winnsboro Bant
Church, of Fairfield; Promptitude Fi
Engine Company, of Charleston; A. 1
E. Church, of Sonth Carolina; Watai
Fire Engine Company ; German Bene^
lent Society, of Charleston; Mount Pl<
sant Ferry Company; to renew a
amend the charter of Beaufort; to ren
and amend the charter of the town
Walterboro; to amend an Act entitl
"An Act to amend an Act to define 1
duties and jurisdiction of County Co
missioners;" to protect the rights
persons lawfully in possession of lui
and tenements.
The following bill was reported as
ing engrossed, which was read ?
passed: Senate bill to incorporate I
Policy Holders' Life and Tontine Ass
anco Company of the South.
Leave of absence was granted L.
Guffin.
Notice was given of bills to iucor
rate the Baptist Church of Christ,
Abbeville County; Big Creek Church
Anderson Connty ; Monnt Pleasant Ev
gel ?cal Lutheran Church.
Mr. Wells introduced a bill to anti
ize Sylvanus Mayhew to build a wi
at Beaufort.
Mr. DeLargo introduced a bill to
corporate tho Yemassee and Millen li
road Company.
Mr. Bosemon introduced a bill tc
corporate the South Carolina Chem
and Mining Company, and for ol
purposes.
Mr. Drittle introduced a bill to am
an Act entitled "an Act to per pc ti
testimony in regard to bills, deeds
choses in notion lost during the war.
Notioo was given of bills tc moo
rate Stone Branch Baptist Chnrcl
Edgefield; to recharter Little Sal
Turnpike Road.
Mr. Crews introduced a bill to ant
izo the employment of a bookkoepe
the Treasurer's office.
Tho Committee on Labor was roque
to report, to-day.
Mr. Ransior 'introduced bills to ic
porato the Coopers' Trade Union,
Charleston ; to abolish the office oi
spec tor of Naval Stores in Ch ar les to
Mr. B. James introduced a bil
establish a school for convicts in
South Carolina Penitentiary.
Tho following bills from the Se
were read and referred to Commit
Coding tho jurisdiction of
State of South Carolina to the Ui
States of America over snob lands as
be acquired for public purposes by
said United States of America; to ii
porate the Union Fire Engine Comp
No. 1, of Beaufort; the First Fi
men's Baptist Church, of Anderson
New York Hose Company, No. 1
Beanfort; the Unity and Friend
Charitable Association, of Charlu:
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mere
Charleston; Hook and Ladder Corni
No. 1, of Beanfort: Washington
Engine Company, No. 2, of Boat
the Nashville Independent Blues Chi
ble Association; the Bamberg Fire
gine Company.
A bill to empower the Goverac
remove County Auditors, Treasnren
other civil officers by him appointed
read the third time and passed.
Mr. James introduced a bill to i no
rate the Wide Awake Fire Engine <
puny, of Snmter.
A communication from the
House Keeper was read and refer?
Committee on State House andGroi
The onaoting clause of a bill to r
so much of nn Aot entitled "An /
amend an Aot entitled an Act to t
the jurisdiction und duties of Cc
Commissioners," as provides fee
other compensation for witnesses in
cases, was stricken out.
A bill to amend an Aot entitled
Act lo provide for tho tempor?r
XiUNlKWIIi^WiH? 'i .?.?^^ ? . ? -^-?' .-??wv
" %\.\'m ? 1111 ? I ' !
poi atm est <oi Magistrates, ?nd to define
their powere ?nd duties," approved the
24th of September, in the year of our
Lord 1368; wa? laid on the table,
A bill to incorporate the Manchester
and Augusta Railroad Company waa
postponed.
A bill to alter and amend the char tor
and extend the limits of the city of
Charleston, and provide for an election
of Mayor and Aldermen of tho same,
was read tho second time and ordered to
be engrossed.
A Senate bill to inoorporote the
Charleston Water Company, of the city
of Charleston, Stato of South Carolina,
was postponed.
The committee appointed to enume?
rate and destroy oortain billa of the
Bank of the Stato of South Carolina,
reported that they had met, counted and
destroyed $1,194.392 of said bills.
Cuba'? Straggle for Freedom-Alleged
Decline of the Cause.
? In his letter of the Cth instant, the
i Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald assorts, thnt tho only infer?
ence to be drawn from despatches receiv?
ed from our agents in Cuba nud from
privato letters is, that the revolution of
the patriots is on its last legs.
Their forces aro reduced to a mero
i handful of armed and unarmed mon,
who uro carrying on a predatory warfare,
merely prolonging thc struggle in tho
forlorn hope that something may yet
j turn up to help their cause, niul that
I then their little family may bo made tho
j nucleus from which will gather tho dis
I pirited patriots in every part of the
I island. The revolutionary party is now
driven out of every stronghold which, a
I few months ago, it possessed. It holds
j not a single town on tho island, and is
i compelled to confine itself to attacks
! upon the Spaniards along the narrow
; roads and bridle paths. Further, iuter
I cepted letters show that the Junta itself
I is badly demoralized and distracted by
internal dissensions, which call nil its
; expensive efforts to aid the patriots to
: eventuate in failures and disasters.
Worse still, some of tho Cuban Generals
write to their friends in New York, that
they have no confidence iu their mon,
and one of them proposes a surrender to
the Captain-Geucrnl.
, At the State Department, tho failure
j of the Cubans is considered to be due to
tho inefficiency and blundering of tho
! Junta. At an carly stago of thc revolu?
tion, Senor Lnmus, in an interview with
Secretary Fish, was informed that thc
j Cubans might purchase from our Govern
j mont all tho arms they could pay for
: further, that they might ship such arms,
? aa merchandize, to any place in the world,
i in American ships, und would be pro
I tccted from search, by our Govcrnineut,
lin any placo, except within tho marine
I jurisdiction of Spain. "You may buy at
mnny arms us you choose, and you maj
ship them as you would sugar or cotton
I and wo will protect you,'* said Secretary
?Fish; "but when you got iuto Cuban oi
I Spanish waters," added he, "you mus?
look out for yourselves; there yon wil
I have to take tho consequences; huton ni
account will we permit you to organizi
an expedition within our territory. Yoi
may send passengers to Cuba, but j'oi
must not put arms in their bauds, no
send them away from here as regularl;
organized forces. You have our sympii
thy. We would gladly seo you wiu, bu
you must remember we have a duty t
: perform in executing our ucutralit
(laws." lustend of taking this advic
i strictly, tho Cubans not only hough
arms, but organized armed expedition
and sent them away from our shore:
?The whole number of meu thus sent, c
: sought to be sent, would not amount t
j one full regiment, it is estimated, so tin
' they could not have contributed much 1
the cause, even had they all succeeded i
making a safe landing.
Secretary Fish thinks thu Cuban Jtiul
in this respect evidenced their lack <
sound judgment and business manag*
ment. Dy attempting to send awn
: organized expeditions they forced ot
' Government into an attitude of hostilit
j to the patriots. Tho administration fe
! constrained to enforce the ucutralit
; laws against its sympathies and fceliug
j and the result has been that nearly n
I tho expeditions havo boon crushed L
our officials. Secrotary Fish is of tl
opinion that tho Cubaus have not sci
away a single cargo of arms nuaccompi
\ mea by organized companies of filibu
i tors. He also states that both tho Prc;
: dent and himself were as anxious to sig
a proclamation in favor of the Cubai
as the latter were desirous that oi
should bc issued; but ho declares th
tho reckless manugement of tho Jnu
j deprived them of the opportunity
I doing so. At one timo Hie rebellic
seemed to be gaining strength rapid!,
I and a proclamation was actually dray
' up and ready to bo sigued by the Pres
! dent, but disaster after disaster followe
i and the President waa reluctantly coi
j pelled to withhold his signature to tl
proclamation.
The fact that such a largo army w
; sent from Spain to suppress tho rebellii
is explained upou tho theory th
cholera, yellow fever mid general sic
noss did more to kill off tho Spaniar
than the Cuban bullets and sabres.
ACCOMMODATION THAIN.-Tho freig
train on the Charlotte, Columbia ni
Augusta Railroad, on to day or to-mc
row, will bo changed into a dailyjfreig
and accommodation passenger trai
This train will ?cavo Augusta at 4 o'clo
in tho afternoon, on tho arrival of t
passenger train from Atlanta, and arri
in Columbia about 1 o'clock n. m., cari
ing through freights and passengers 1
Charlotte and the Columbia and Grec
ville Railroad. This arrangement \\
prove of great advantage to the citize
of Edgoficld, in their commercial int?
course with Augusta. The return tri
will leave Columbia about 6 p. m.-af I
the arrival of the South Carolina ai
Greenville trains-and reach Auguc
about 3 a. m., thus giving tho Loxingt
Esople tho opportunity to reach th
ornes nf ter bu&iac?s Laars in Co>lumb
! while the through travel and treigl
I from Charlotte and Columbia will
j considerably expedited. It is belie?
: that thia schedule will greatly promt
the i- West of the public, as well as t
advantage of tho road.
[Ainjusta Constitutionalist.
Two young ladies in Kingston, M.
(in the privacy of their roora, of cours
were playing oircus tho other day, pi
ting their feet over their heads, and mi
ing hoops of themselves. Ouo of tip
succeeded to a obarm in performing I
feat; bnt the other fair ono lacked 1
necessary suppleness of limb, and thou
sho very nearly approached success, ?
still fell short of it. At hist, in n t
m en don s effort lo got ono obstinate ft
in its required position over her hei
snap went tho hip-joint, and her f<
went over easily enough, staying thi
until surgical aid reduced Hi? dislneatk
Naws FBOK HAY AHA-A Harass te!s- !
gram, of Januarys, says:
The Prensa announces the killing of
thirty unarmod ccu in the vicinity of
Mansealsa, a few days si noe, by tho in?
surgents.
One of the Spanish gun-boats from
New York, via Charleston, arrived hero
last night, and fifteen moro arrived from
New York to-day at noou. They were
accompanied by the war steamer Pizarro.
Captain-General Do llosas hue issued a
proclamation generally complimentary
to the behavior of the citizens aud tho
army. He says the sickly season has
passed without diminishing tho strength
of the army. The insurgents took the
offensive twice, aad were twice repulsed.
The iasurreotion after that was confined
to the mountains. The troops already
here were sufficient to subdue the insur?
gents, and the reason that so many troops
were coming from Spain was that their
Spanish cou nt ry mun desired to share the
sacrifices of Spaniards iu Cuba. He
adds that the Cubans aro not insurgents
iu war, but ouly iu incendiarism. Tho
civil tribunals wero performing their du?
ties us usual, while, owing to tho sur?
render iu the Cinco Villas district, the
troops remain without work.
The Captain-General further says, that
the new troops and reinforcements, al?
though they aro not needed to suppress
tho insurrnciicu, have ccmu from Spain
to fulfill its obligations towards Cuba
and to protect the island against murder?
ers and robbers. Ho then refers to the
threats of homicido made by certain
bunds of mun, against which precautions
are now beiug taken in garrisoning the
plantations with troops aud civil guards,
to save them from destruction. Ships
of war havo also boen sent from Spain
to Cuba, with the intent to cruise along
her coast and to prevent the landing on
the island of fillibustcring expeditions
coming from the outside. The Captain
Geuerul says, that there was never befon
in the i&luud euch a state of affairs af
could bo considered us a stat o of war
but now peuce hus beeu so fully re-OS ta
blished, that there is no place iu thi
island where tho administration of public
affairs ami the actions of tho oivil court)
are not entirely recognized.
A MAN MA HUIES HIS MOTHER-Dil
FICUI/TY IN HAVING THE MARRIAGE SO
LEMN1ZEI).-Some days ?go, tho conimu
nity in the vicinity of Carter's Statio:
was considerably exercised over th
announcement that a Mr. Lyon, wh
lived in thc neighborhood, lind morrie
his mother. It seems that Lyon's fathe
had been twice married, and thechildre
hy the first wife continued to live in th
family after the second marriage. Lyox
parc, died, leaving his s cond wife
widow, and Lyon, Jits, married hi
father's widow. Tho clerk issued tb
license, without a kuowlcdgo of til
facts, and tho minister requested I
solemnize tho murringo, unlike M
Beecher, declined; a magistrate like wi.'
refused; and tho pair crossed over I
Stony Creek, where they wen; uuknowi
and wero married.-Bristol News.
THE ANNA.-Weare informed that tl
steam yacht Anna, which sailed on Moi
day, is intended to be a tender to th
Bedenl and other Cuban vessels whic
have lately put to sea. lt is believ<
that the Anna put into this port that si
might meet the Bedenl, and tho tv
vessels hope to fall iu with the gun-boa
o?' Wilmington. Tho Bedeal is a acre
steamer running fifteen knots an hon
Her propellor can bu hoisted, so that si
eau run as a sailing vessel without lo
of speed. Aboard of tho Anna were tl
commander of the Cuban squadron, t
head of tho sanitary department, and
bearer of important despatches to Ge
C?spedes. Seven of tho passengers a
under sentence of death.
[Charleston Ne ms, 12///.
A DUEL MEAS SAVANNAH.-The Sava
uah Advertiser says that a party of fo
gentlemen arrived in that city Thursd
evening, from an interior town on t
lino of tho Central Kiiilroud, not far frc
Savannah. Friday morning, bright a:
carly, found them across tho river on t
Carolina side, where two shots were ?
chauged, one of the principals receivi;
a severe flesh wouud in tho should)
Ile was attended by a physician of ?
vannali, and was able, togothcr with t
entire party, to leave on tho night trai
Tho matter was kept wonderfully qu
until all was over. Both geutlemeu f
pretty well known in Savannah. T
difficulty originated from a private qu
rel.
MURDER.-We learn from u friei
arriving from Pocotaligo, that ouo Pe
Simmons, (colored,) murdered Sci]
Short, (colored,) on the 1st instant,
Gardner's Corner. The quarrel, ns
as he know, originated about a chick
betweon tho wives of the abovo mc
tioned pcrsous. Simmons' wife flirt
enod Short's wife, with un axe, wh
was taken away by Short. Simmc
followed Short to the store at ( cardin
Corner, and shot bim in tho back. 1
body remained for some time in
road neglected, those around being afr
to communicate anything. Simmc
however, has since been arrested, i
will, no doubt, bo brought to justice.
[Charleston Courin
THE IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING.
had the pleasure, yesterday, of see
Mr. P. W. Bruggemann, tho agent of
Newberry Immigration Society. H
just from New York, having arrived
tho Mau hatten, accompanied by fi
thrco German immigrants. Eight
these have gone to Grahamville, nine
Camden, and tho remainder to Newbt
and Laurens. Mr. B. has brought
120 immigrants, within the last
weeks, and expeots from 300 to 400 no
in the next two months. And we i
let them come, and welcome,
should like to seo thousands of th
There is room for them, and then
work for them.-Charleston Courier.
THK UNITED STATES Coora-?
Gao. 8. BRYAH presiding-GHARWW
Tuesday, January ll, 1870.-In the ]
triet Court, in bankruptcy-Ec parn
D. Lazarus, in re. A. Molino, discht
granted to assignee, R. M. Wallace
ol umhin, was appointed a Commissic
of the United States Court for the '.
triot of South Carolina. In Admirait
Warroo Sc Gregg rs. Sylvester Bra
owner of schooner Clara Rankin, 1
for supplies, warrant of arrest and
issued.
The bill to extend tlie limits of thc
of Charleston provides for holding
election on tho second Tuosday in A
next und the creation of two now wu
Tho number of Aldcrtueu will be
iiune as now, but the distribution wil
different. Wards 1, .') and 4 will loso
Alderman ouch; Ward 8 will gain
Alderman, and Wards il and lo will I
ino Alderman each
Ill
THE OBREN VILLE RAILROAD STOCK.
There seems to be DO longer any doubt
ss to certain rumors of better terme
being available to the stockholders than
the two dollar? n share, at which manj
have lately sold out. It is said that t
formai proposition will soon bo lau
before the stockholders, at a highei
valuation and on terms for a lease greatl
to the permanent advantage of th?
stockholders in this company.
CRUMBS.-Superintendent Bouknight
of tho Charlotte, Columbia and AuguBti
Railroad, will accept the "unanimous'
thanks of tho "birds" in tho PHCBNT
nest, for his attention. Tho card will b
properly used. Wo aro also indebted t
Presideut Hammett, of the Oreeuvill
and Columbia Railroad, for a compli
mentary ticket over his road, for 1870.
"Breathes there a man with soul s
dead, who never to himself has said: 1
will my oonnty paper take-both for m
own and family's sake!' If such tbei
be, let him repent, aud have the paper t
him sent; and if he'd poss a. happy wil
ter, he iu advance should pay tl
printer."
The sickness of the carrier uu tl
upper route is the causo of many sui
scribers being deprived of their pape
yesterday. We hope he will be all rig!
in a day or two.
Messrs. Chambers & Bryce (at Cam
bell & Jonos') are the agents, in Colin:
bia, for the well-known Phonix ai
manipulated guanos.
Governor Scott has appointed Jol
R. Hucks a magistrate for Mari<
County; H. H. Knight, Solomon C>ui<
and E. D. Smith, magistrates for Mu
boro County.
The stock owned by the city of Colui
bin. in tho Greenville aud C'oluml
Railroad has boen disposed of. A l'en
sylvania Company are tho purchase
The shnres sold nt two dollars each.
Chief Radcliffe, yesterday, arrested
colored mau, named Joe Andrew, c
ployed about the premises of Hon.
F. DeSaussure. Joe is guilty of thefl
stealing silver spoons aud forks from I
family, and disposing of them to perse
about the city. By-the-way, these p
chasers lay themselves liable to indi
mont, and shonld keep u sharp look-i
A German, named Schnlthies, was
rested, yesterday, by officers Berry i
Pollock, charged with robbing Sup
visor McNinch, of tho Greenville r
Columbia Railroad. The proof is s
to be strong.
A night accommodation train is n
run over the road between Columbia i
Augusta-a great accommodation to
Lexiugtonians and Edgefielders.
The "criminal court"-making Iovt
another man's wife.
SUPREME COURT, Weduesday, Janu
12.-The Court met at 10 a. m. I
sent: Chief Justice Moses and Associ
Justice Willard.
Tho following coses were continu
L. Garliugton Pate and John W. Stu
ads. John H. Smith aud Noah Gibs
Thomas F. Harman, plain till in error,
Bennett Wallace, defendaut in en
The case of James A. Crotwell,
ministrator, r.s. Jane Boozer et al.
heard. Mr. Fair for appellant.
Baxter for appellees.
The case of S. B. downey, C. C.
i's. James Cathcart et al. was heard.
Rion for appellant. Mr. Douglass
appellees. Mr. Rion in reply.
The Court adjourned until this mi
ing, at 10 a. m.
BU61NESB CARDS AND CIRCULARS. -
the season is approaching for the am
travel and distribution of business ci
and circulars, our merchants and otl
will please give attention to the fact
onr job office is supplied with the bei
boards, of all colors, tine commet
noto and other paper, and tho very i
est and most fashionable styles of t;
thus enabling us to supply all of i
wants.
National Hotel-A. M. Hill, J.
Trowbridge, Abbeville; Thomas
Brown, Richland; J. O. Meredith, <
C. R. R. ; W. H. Harris and lady, J
Hancock. S. C. ; M. H. Crampf
Edgefield; H. Tompkins, Walh
Miss E. Finley, Ringville; James Ti
ble, S. C. R. R. ; S. P. Wareham, 1
tucky; F. J. Greer, Charleston;
Bacon, Spartanburg; S. Montgoa
Thos. P. Slider, Newberry; A. M.
son, J. H. Miller, Raleigh; S. L. Tin
son, J. G. Perry, Virginia; Mrs. M
Marlboro; J. M. Bruce, Kentucky
Daniels, city.
Nickerson House-Thomas J. D
Edgefield; C. E. Leaphart, B. J. Hi
Lexington; H. J. Caughmau, Riohl
Frank E. Taylor, Charleston; J.
Gibbes, Columbia; T. H. Adams, N
E. N. Walker. Philadelphia; Wi
N. Thomas, Sixth Circuit; J. An
Boston; Cadet Graham, Virginia '.
ti?ry Institute; D. MoD. Riohardsoi
C. ; M. Wallaoe, Riohland; T. C. Je
Wilmington; R. J. Donaldson, Che
field; J. K. Caldwell, Wade A. Hat
Charles Sloan, Baltimore; Charla
Noyes, New York ; J. B. Seigler,
berry.
HOTEL A mu VALS, January 12,-Ck
bia Hotel.-3. D. Nelson, W. W. Ha
TheerB. Jeter-end lady, Lr M. St
M. C. Roberson, A. W. Thain, Lt.
zer and servant, D. R. Phifer, ?
Carolina; V. A. MoBee, North Car?
E. H. Hudson, R. S. Watkins, I
Gerald, Atlanta; W. E. Charles, E
Flinn, Darlington; J. W. Simpson,
A. T. Simpson. Miss M. J. Sim;
Miss L. E. Simpson, Mrs. L. W. ?
son. W. W. Simpson, J. N. Wi
Laurens; Frank E. Taylor, Char
T. Baker, A. Herman, New York; \
Blake, Spartanburg; B. L. Ford, <
3nuo; D. M. Morriston, ?. R. Mnrcb
Louisiana; M. D./ Benrden, Tonne
lt. G. Richards/ T. C. Rantin, N
Evans, M. G. .Ab/* ra th, Andrew Sit
>V. A. Courtusfj#H. T. Peake, Ch
;ou; J. L. -'"/Ja New Haven, Com
3. Armstrong *Jnd lady, Kentucky
lt. Wither/tlAmden ; J. G. Hugu
I. G. Shb/hireds, J. R. Adams an
rant, Ri^nfond; J, M. Walker,
f?ale, 34 , ty. Gibbs, N Y.
MA??I ARRANOEMENTH.-Tho Northern
mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.;
olosed at 8.30 a. m. Charleston, opened
at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m.
Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m. ; closed
at 8.30 p. m. Western, opeued at 9.30
a. m. ; closed nt 4 p. ni. Charleston,
(evening,) opeued at 8 a. ni. ; closed at
4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the postofiloe in
open from 9 to 10 a. m.
WEDDING CARDS ANO ENVELOPES.-A
lot of wedding cards aud envelopes, ol
Intent styles, has just been received;
which will be priuted in imitation of en \
graving, and at leas than oue- tenth th?
oost. Call and see specimeua at PHCKMX
, office
I HEALTH Rr LES FOR WINTER.-The fol?
lowing rules for heult li we lind in an ex*
change. They appear to be well-funud
: ed, und will no doubt prove of beuelit
! to those who may observe them:
1. Rave your sleeping-room well veuti
I lated. Pnre air is just os necessary in
j cold weather as in warm. If yon shut
: yourself up in a close warm room
, through the night, yon will be very apt
! to take cold the next day.
2. Have bed-clothing enough to keep
you comfortably warm, but no more, aa
an excess will prove burdensome and
weakening. Rave more clothing over
the feet aud legs than over the body.
; 3. Never go to bed with cold or damp
feet. Always warr, and dry them in
, someway. Dry then by rubbing with
; a towel or before a ? rc, or by putting
' thom iu hot water, then in cold for a
moment, followed by a briak rubbing.
4. Before exposing yourself to the
; cold for any length of time, get tho
! roughly warmed np, not by hot or stimm
i lnting drinks, but by exercise or by a
: tiro. By exercise is best, if not to the
? extent of perspiration or fatigue.
5. In going from a warmer to a colder
atmosphere always keep the mouth
cloned, and breathe through the nostrils,
thut the air may be partially warmed be?
fore reaching the lungs, thus preventing
; those sudden shocks and chills whioh
j frequently end in pleurisv, pneumonia,
' etc.
j G. Avoid standing, sitting, or lying in
? a draught of cold air. Many a person
has caught a cold which resulted in anin
, curable consumption, by standing in a
hall or doorway waiting from ten mi
j mites to au hour for some gossipy friend
to any the last word.
7. Protect tho feet from cold and
dampness by loose, warm, thick-sol cd
shoes and un ubuudance of clothing for
tho legs und ankles.
S. Avoid compression by dress of any
pnrt of the body or limbs, as it interferes
with the circulation of blood, results in
cold extremities, and congestion of the
head or some of the internal organs.
GOOD NATURE AT HOME.-No trait of
character is more valuable in a wife,
j than the possession of a sweet temper.
: Home can never bo made happy without
1 it. It is like the flowers that spring up
j in our path-way, reviving and cheering
i us. Lot a man go home at night, wea
! ried and worn ont by tho tous of the
! day, und how soothing is a word dictated
I by a sweet disposition 1 It is sunshine
j falling on his heart. He is happy, and
the cares of lifo are forgotten. A sweet
temper has a soothing influence over the
minds of the whole family. When it is
found in the wife and mother, you
observe kindness and love predominating
over the natural feelings of a bad heart.
Smiles, kind words and looks character?
ize the children, and peace and love have
their dwelling there. Stndy, then, to
acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is
more valuable than gold. It captivates
more than beauty, and, to the close of
life, retains all its freshness and power.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ia
j called to the following advertisement,
! published the first time thia mernina:
A. Smythe-Slippers and Boots.
! L. J. Radcliffe-Taken Up.
Charles Logau-To Planters.
D. C. Peixotto & Son-Oats and Corn.
R. Sc W. C. SwafOeld-Clothing, &C.
Masonic Notice.
C. Bouknight-C., C. & A. R. R. Co.
The beauty of woman-how marred by
j blotches, pimples, spots, 4c. The pre
I valence of these symptoms of a diseased
i condition of the blood is noticeable
i everywhere. See the young man or the
I young girl, with boils, pimples, spots,
j and a pule, waxy, blanched appearance
j of the countenance and integuments
generally, as well of the lips, tongue and
. mouth, a pulse feeble and rapid, loss of
j appetite, with indigestion, flatulence
and irregular action of the bowels, low
spirits and severe headaohe, great debili?
ty, with languor, you may set it down
the blood wants richness. A thousand
; complainte flow from this one thing.
I The QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great blood
purifier and renovator. Qet a bottle
I and use it. It is an invaluable medicine
' for poverty of blood. It is the cheapest
i and best medicine you can use, as it
? cleanses and purifies the very fountain
of life. Re s uro to ask for "HEINITSH'H
QUEEN'S DELIGHT." For sale by F J SHE n
Sc HKNTTSH, Druggists. J13
-#>
SELF-ADVERTISED. -PHALON'S VITALIA
OR SALVATION FOR TH* HATH carries with
it its own best advertisement. Aa the
light shines through the bottle you see
that tho liquid is clear as the azure of
heaven. You smell it and find tbe odor
agreeable. You apply it and it changes
gray hair to any natural shade without
j soiling the scalp or producing bead
! ache. Nothing can be more harmless.
J8 J3
ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM. ^?"?0^ remedy
for curing Consumption, C.jngw
chitos, Asthma, and Croup. ^
peotorant it has no equal,
posed of the active prino.'v
an rf- plants, wn/ioh are chi
i trac ted, so as to retain all t
qualities.
MINISTERS AND PUBLIC S
are so often afflicted with th
will find a sure revedy in tLis
Lozengers and wafer\sometii?ea gi
lief, but this Balsam, taken ? fewj
will insure a permanent cur?. ~ff
those afflicted with Coughs or Cont
tion, give this Balsam a fair trial,
will be pleased with the result, and Co
fess that the SURE REMEDY IS FOUNI! AT
LAHT. It is sold by all Druggists and 1
FISHER & HIKNTISH, Columbia. Jl[|
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.-That poor,
emaciated consumptive, who is now
youd all hope of recovery, might
be hale and hearty had he not nej
thal alight cough. Be advised,
have a cough or cold; get atonoei
of DR. TUTT'B EXPECTORANT and yoi
sion bo relieved. Do not put it oj