The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 03, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C,
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Thursday Morning:, March 3,1870.
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'Boot' Hog, or Die.
The negro's futuro ia thus vividly fore?
shadowed by tb? Kalian, while congratu?
lating its readers upon the triumph' of
the fifteenth amendment:
"The agitation against slavery has
reached-an appropriate and triumphant
conclusion, and the negro, from, being
the subject of the strangest struggle in
the'nIsfofyo? civilization, sinks into the
rank of tut ordinary- and scmowhat
heavily weighted Wayfarer on ; tho d nsty
and Iwrgged highway bf comp?tition.''
In other waaia, his deatiruyis to be
the same as Wendell Phillips proscribed
to Greeley th? other day : < 'Root hog,
or ^?d?*' .", ??ph.e time we always warned
him of is upon him. Used ?sa mere tool
in tho hands of ' political tricksters to
secure the success of their policy and
degrade tho South to the Utmost limit,
he is now to be dropped as a useless,
worn-out too), If o more golden promises
of forty acre? ?nd a male, and no more
appropriation It ia now au pp os ed that
his natural antipathy to the white race
and^his exoitod passions will eufBco to
preserve su?? a living heil in the South
as to effepbaaBy provent its overthrown
intelieotnal ?ha political power from over
rising; agWt.to confront Northern ideas;
and thus they ieavo him! ? They know
that p^?bleyrefined and wealthy peo?
ple" ffitiat grjodoaliy emigrate under such
a state of society, and ibo addition thus
aggregated to the North in population,
wealth and intellect, must In timo nid in
drawing that line of political and social
demarcation between th? two, which
will confirm the necessity, already in
contemplation, of governing the Booth
directly as a dependency. With a de?
based, degraded population of diggers,
delvers and toilers of all shades of color
and species of nationalities, the real seat
of empire must necessarily bo forever
afterward centred at the North. We find
confirmation 1 of this project in every
move now being made or foreshadowed
upon the poli tic al chess-board. And the
question of destiny, thus confronting
the negro, assumes alarming propor?
tions.
Cast off and abandoned, this race,
ever heretofore dependent upon the
white, bas now to decide whether, by
creating insensate dissensions in endea?
voring to force an equality denied them
even by the God of nature, they are to
carry themselves and the country they
live in headlong to destruction; or whe?
ther, by living on terms of harmony with
the white race, they may still preserve
in the land, elements of advancement
aud of power, which, in time, may work
out for them a grander destiny. In con?
sidering this question, they should real?
ize, that as a race, they are as much
chained to tho soil, by reason of their
poverty, as they were before onfruuehise
rnent, and whatever be tho fato of tho
country, they cannot escape it. On tho
other hand, the whites, by superiority
of intellect, means and capacity, can
always leave and will leave for new fields
of life, if subjected to the uubcarablo
exactions now meditated by the violent
und unthinking.
Wealth always centres at thc homes of
commerce. Agricultural people are in?
variably poor as communities, aud if tho
South is reduced to a mere agricultural
couutry, as it will be unless wise counsels
guide the negro in this, the day of his
great peril, a life of toil and peuury will
be eutoiled upon his posterity, to rise
from which every effort made will prove
abortive. To whom is he indebted to?
day for his schools and other advantages,
but to the taxes realized from a commu?
nity held together only by considera?
tions of contentment and prosperity?
Destroy these, and with the commercial
decay which will then set in, will fade
away all his chances of enlightenment
and progress. The Government which
freed him, or rather the people compos?
ing it, now throw him overboard, to sink
or swim iu tho great strngglo of life.
They do so with tho confession that he j
is "heavily weighted," and his prospects j
aro poor. It remains for him to think
whethor he is prepared for tho plunge or j
not. Deccivod by falso promises, allured
by false hopes, he is now to decide his ,
destiny.
Wc aro pleased to find that tho Demo
eratic members of tho Legislature did
not omit, in the closing days of tho
session, to givo their opponents some
telling thrusts.
STRONG IN DEATH.-It is now charged
that Whittemore, true to carpot-bag in?
stincts, sold his seat ia the Houso of Rep?
resentatives to Mr. Bonton, of New
Hampshire. "It appears, howovor, that
the retiring member was 'unfortunate'
also in this speculation; for Mr. Farns?
worth, who knew Borne of the 'rulos,'
hud 'negotiated' with tho door-keeper,
whose perquisite it is (like that o! hang?
men of old) to appropriate the parapher?
nalia of executed members, and whoso
prior claim und transfer could not be
snccossfully 'contested.' "
Acta cud Joint Raaolatlona Pavaaed br ?he
State <^^^^1^^}^||^^^^|L f^T
authority of the same, That it shall
and may be lawful for any railroad com?
pany or corporation, ornn^zed nader
the laws of this State, ana operating ?
railroad, either in whole- within, or partly
within and partly without this State,
uudor authority of ,thin and an* adjoin- j
ing State, to merge and consolidate its
capital stock, franchises and property
with those of any other railroad compa?
ny or companies ?or corporations, organ?
ized and operated nuder.tba, laws of this
or any other State, w hebt fer tba two or
more railroads of tho companies or cor?
porations so to be consolidated shall or
may form a continuous line of railroad
with each other,' or by means of any in?
tervening railroad: Provided, That rail?
roads terminating on the banks of any
riyer, which are or may be connected by
ferry or otherwise, shall be deemed con?
tinuous nader this Act? And provided, '
further. That nothing in this Aot con?
tained shall be taken to authorize the
consolidation of any company or corpo?
ration of this State with that of any.
other State whose laws shall not also
authorize the like consolidation.
SEO. 2. Said consolidation shall be
made nnder the conditions, provisions,
restrictions, and with the ' powers ' here?
after .in this Aol mentioned and con-1
fained ; that is to say :
1, The Directors of the several corpo- 1
rations proposing to. consolidate . may :
enter into a joint agreement, auder the
corporate seal of each company, for the
consolidation . ot 'said oom'pauies and
railroads, and prescribing the terras and
conditions thereof, the mode of carrying
the same into effect, the name of the-new
corporation, the number aud names of
the Directors and other officers thereof,
and who shall be the first Directors and
officers, and their places of residence,
the number of shares of the capital stock,
the amount or par value of each share,
and the manner of converting the capi?
tal stock of each of the said companies
into that of the new corporation, and
how aud when Directors and officers shall
be clausen, with auch other details as
they shall deem necessary to perfect such
new organization and the consolidation
of said companies or railroads. .
2. Said agreement shall be submitted
to the stockholders ef each of the said
companies or corporations at a meeting
thereof, called separately, for the pur?
pose of taking the same into considera?
tion; due notice of the time and place of
holding such meeting, and the object
thereof, shall be given by a general no?
tice, published in some newspaper in the
city, town or conn'y where such compa?
ny has its principal office or place of bu?
siness; and at the said meeting of stock?
holders the agreement of the said Direc?
tors shall be considered, and a vote by
ballot taken for the adoption or rejection
of the same, each share entitling the
holder thereof to one vote; and said bal?
lots shall bo cast in person or by prosy;
aud if a majority of all the votes of all
thc stockholders shall bo fer the adoption
of said agreement, then that fact shall
bo certified thereon by the Secretary of
the respective companies under tho seal
thereof; and the agreement so adopted,
or a certified copy thereof, shall be filed
in tho office of tho Secretary of State,
and shall, from theuce, bo deemed and
taken to be tho agreement and the act of
consolidation of tho said companies; and
a copy of said agreement and act of con?
solidation, duly certified by tho Secre?
tary of State, under the seal thereof,
shall be evidence of thc existence of said
new corporation.
SEC. 3. Upon thc making and perfect?
ing thc agreement and act of consolida?
tion, us provided in tho preceding Sec?
tion, and filing the same, or a copy, with
the Secretary of State, us aforesaid, tho
several corporations, parties thereto,
shall bo deemed and taken to be one
corporation by the name provided in
said agreoment and act, possessing with?
in this State all tho rights, privileges
aud franchises, and subject to all the re?
strictions, disabilities and duties of each
of such corporations so consolidated.
SEC. 4. Upon tho consummation of
said act of consolidation, as aforesaid,
all and singular the rights,. privileges
and franchises of each of said corpora?
tions, parties to the same, and all the
property, real, personal and mixed, and
all debts due on whatever account, as
well os of stocks, subscriptions and other
things ia action belonging to each of
such corporations, shall bo taken and
deemed to be transferred to, and vested
in, such new corporation without further
act or deed; and all property, all rights
of way, and all and every other interests
shall be as effectually tho property of
tho new corporation as they were of tho
former corporations, parties by said
I agreement; and tho titlu to real estate,
either by deed or otherwise, under the
laws of this State, vested in either of
snob corporations, shall not bo deemed
to revert, or bo iu any woy impaired by
reason ot this Act: Provided, That all
rights of croditors, and all liens upon
the property of said corporations shall
be preserved unimpaired; and the re-1
spective corporations may be deemed to
continue iu existence to proserve the
same; and all debts, liabilities and duties
of oither of said companies shall thence-1
forth attach to said new corporation, and
be enforced against it to the same extent
as if said debts, liabilities and duties had !
been incurred or contracted by it.
SEC. 5. Such now company shall, as
.soon as convenient after such consolida- !
t ion, establish suoh offices os may be ?
desirable, one of which shall be ut some
point in this State on the line of its road, j
and may ohange tho same at plcasuro,
giving public notice thereof in sonic ?
newspaper published on the lino of said
road.
SEO. 0. Suits may be brought and
maintained against such now company
fcsgUlU
Carolin*.
Ute.
SEC. ?. Any stockholder of Maj com?
pany heroby authorized to consolidate
with nny.othor, who Bhall ref uso to con?
vert bia stock iu.to tho stock of tho con?
solidated -company" may/ at any time
within thirty days after the adoption of
the said agreement of consolidation by
the stockholders, as in this Act provided,
apply, by petition, to the Court ox Com?
mon Pleas of the County/in which the
chief office of said company may bo kept,
or to a Judge of said Opart in vacation,
if no snch Court aita within said period,
on reasonable notice to said company to
appoint three disinterested persons to
estimate the damage, if any, done to
such stockholder by said proposed con?
solidation, and whoso award, or that of
a majority of them, when confirmed by
the said Court, shall be final and conclu?
sivo, and tbe persons so appointed shall
also appraise said stock of said stock
bolder at the full market Yal no thereof,
without regard to any depreciation or
appreciation in consequence of the said
consolidation; and tho said company
may, nt its election, either pay to the
said stockholder the amount of damages
so lound and awarded, if any, or the
valno of tbe stock so ascertained and de?
termined, and upon tbe payment of the
vaine of the stock, aa aforesaid, the
stockholder shall transfer the s took so
held by him to said company, to be dis?
posed of by the directors of said compa?
ny, or to be retained for the benefit of
the remaining stockholders; and in case
tho valuo of said stock, as aforesaid, is
not so paid within thirty days from the
filing of said award and confirmation by
said court, and notioo to said company,
the damages, so lound and confirmed,
shall be a judgment against said compa?
ny, and collected as other judgments in
said court aro by law recoverable.
SEC. 9. When any railroad shall be
sold and conveyed by virtue of any mort?
gage GT deed of trust, or under and by
virtue of any process or decree of any
Court of this State, or of tho Circuit
Court of the United States, it may be
lawful for any company, of which the
railroad connects therewith, to purchase
aud pay for the samo, to issue their own
stock for such an amount as the pur?
chasers may deem the full and fair value
thereof, and to hold and enjoy the rail?
road so purchased, with all the rights,
privileges and franchises, and with the
same rights to charge for tolls, transpor?
tation and car service, and subject to the
same restriction as were held, enjoyed
and limited by and in respect to tho com?
pany of which the road may be so sold.
SEC. 10. It shall and may be lawful
for any railroad company created by,
and existing under, the laws of this
State, from timo to time, to purchase
and hold the stock and bonds, or either,
of any other railroad company or com?
panies chartered by, or of which the road
or roads is or are authorized to extend
into this Stat?; and it shall be lawful for
any railroad companies to enter into con?
tracts for the purchase, uso or lease of
any other railroads, upon such terms ns
may be agreed apon with the company
or companies owning the same, and to
run, use and operate such road or roads
in accordance with such contract or
lease: Provided, That the roads of the
companies so constructing or leasing
shall be directly, or by means of inter?
vening railroads, connected with each
other.
SEC. ll. At all general or special
meetings or elections of the stockholders
of any railroad company incorporated
by this State, each snare of stock shall
entitle the holder thereof to one vote:
Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall affect any other provisions of the
charter of such company except such as
relate exclusively to the number of votes
to whioh the holders of the shares of
stock therein may be entitled.
SEC. 12. AU railroad companies in?
corporated nuder the laws of this State
which shall relieve the State from all
liability by paying the principal and in?
terest of all securities for which the
State is, or may be, liable, or by de?
positing with tho Comptroller-General
of the State good and sufficient security
for such payment, within two years from
the passage of this Act, shall, upon the
offioial certificate of the Comptroller
Genoral, that nil liability of the State
for such railroad companies has been ex?
tinguished, and that all liens of the
State for such liability havo been re?
moved, bc entitled to an extension of
their respectivo charters for tho period
of fifty years from the dato of their
having relieved the State of such lia?
bility.
! SEC. lil. All Acts or paris of Acts in
any way conflicting with the provisions
of this Act, aro heroby repealed.
SEC. 14. This Act shall take effect and
havo tho foll force of law from and after
its passage.
In tho Senate Houso, tho ninth day
of February, in tho year of our
Lord ono thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
CHAS. W. MONTGOMERY,
President pro (em. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jn.,
Speaker Houso of Representative?.
Approved the fourteenth day of Feb?
ruary, A. D. 1870.
ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor.
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Viuton, Iowa, gets rid of her prosti?
tutes by denying them admission to any
house, when they go ont into the woods
and sturvu to death.
The weak and emaciated mother says:
"My health and strength is restored hr
the uso of" SOLOMONS'BrrrKP*?. N21
MB. EMPTOR: Therre seems to be seme I
lake a tax on sales of merohan
the State au th ori t ies exercise<
rilege, it most be obvious, to any
intplligont mac, that when the State re?
cedes from this, that it is unconstitu?
tional on the part of the city to insist
such ?B the case at the present time.
This being so, how is the city expenses j
to bo kopt up? all citizens must be aware
that the municipal government requires
money to carry oh its various parts, such
as street, police, water, poor and other*
departments; besides the interest on the
city debt. Subsequent to this year's
taxation, the merchants poid the tax, in
a great measure; they were compelled tb
make quarterly returns of sales, and pay
fifty Cents on the one hundred dollars;
but now this is changed, it cannot be
enforced. Well, instead of this, a liconee
system was adopted, and it was made as
equitable as possible, bearing equally on
all classes af the citizens. It would be
well for those who are trying to find
fault to scan the license law of Charles?
ton, and draw their own deductions there?
from; ono is onerous in the extreme, the j
other as low as circumstances would ad?
mit of. X.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MARION.-A spe?
cial despatch to tire Charleston Courier,
dated Marion, S. O., March 1, says:
A destructive fire occurred to-day, by
which nearly half of tho public square
is in ashes. Thirteen: buildings were
destroyed; loss 830,000 or $40,000. Mr.
Iseman, one of our old citizens, perished
in the flames, Tho fire originated in a
large new store and dwelling, owned by
Knox & Gill, of Baltimore, occupied by
Henry Clark & G. Bichard, merchants.
A largo store and dwelling owned by E.
Baum, and occupied as a store by W. H.
Crawford, and a silvershith shop, by U.
Steel; double law office owned aud occu?
pied by B. F. Graham; ou the same lot
the bakery of Kate Harllee; the Crescent
building, owned by C. E. McMillan, and
containing two stores, une occupied by
J. Northrop, the other by J. A. Durham
& Co., as a grain depository; also two
offices, one occupied by the County
Treasurer, and the other by Evans &
Evans, as a law office, and the priuting
office of the Crescent, were burned. From
this largo building hardly anything was
saved. W. C. McMillan's drug storo aud
the buildings containing McMillan's
drug store, Ferguson's photograph gal?
lery, aud the medical offices of Drs.
Singletary and Legette Mingo, Bowell's
grocery, belonging to the estate of God
bold, and Dr. D. G. Price's office, were
also destroyed. Most of the suffers were
partly insured.
BLOODY AFFRAY.-A desperate aud
fatal affray occurred in a? bar-room iu
Morganfield, on Friday last, which re?
sulted in the almost instant death of one
man, and the severo, if uot fatal, injury
of another. It is said that a good-na?
tured conversation had been going on
between Henry Payne and Heury Weil,
when Payne made a remark disparaging
to German citizens. Weil resented the
insult offered to his race, whereupon
Payne drew a pistol and shot him
through the heart. Immediately upon
being shot, Weil seized un irou poker
and struck Payne upon the head, inflict?
ing severe, if not fatal, injuries. Parties 1
interfered, and told Weil not to kill
Payne. He replied, "Ho has killed me,
and I want to kill him if I can before I
die," and then he fell and instantly ex
I pired. It was thought Payne would also
die.
REVENUE RAID NO. 3.-The last expe?
dition of the Spartanburg Revenue
Corps, as far as we could learn, was a
very dull and common-place affair. A
fuw stills were captured-still houses
burned-distillers arrested, and some
bacon, sugar and coffee and a few horses
confiscated. We would be pleased if
some of the revenue officers would cite
us to tho law which authorizes the con?
fiscation of the property of a distiller,
which is not used in connectiou with the
manufacture of whiskey, such as farm
horses, sheep, hogs, chickens, bacon,
s.igar, coffee und kitchen furniture.
\Spartanburg Spartan.
Aminer in Michigan mot on untimely
death not long ago, and one of his friends
interested himself in obtaining subscrip?
tions for the bereaved widow. He col
lected some $600, and then, thinking it
might be a good thiner for him to marry
the three days* widow, proposed, was ac?
cepted, and they were made ono that
same eveuing.
FIRE.-Wc regret to learn that tho
' dwelling of Mr. Henry D. Mahoney,
? about fifteen milos from Sumter, with
? ail his household and kitchen furniture,
family supplies, clothing, Sec., wuro de?
stroyed by fire on tho morning of tho
26th ult.-Sumter Watchman.
A Lynn woman blew her stove in
pieces, smashed her windows, half burned
up her kitchen furniture, and injured a
little boy, the other day, by thawing ont
a tightly corked jug of frozen water in
tho stove oven.
The Supreme Court of tho United
States has rendered a decision in an
Indiana divorce case, that a divorco that
is legal in one State is legal iu the others.
This settles tho caso as to the mooted
j illegality of indiana divorces.
Question in arithmetic. If Sir Walter
Scott's dog waa worth ten guiueas, what
wuB his kennel-worth?
A gentleman in Alleghany, Penn.,
broke hia arm on Saturday night iu pull?
ing off his boot.
"Ohl what an excellent Tonic," is the!
langn Ago of the invalid who uses SOLO-|
MONS* BITTERS- N21
Z?ooal lt? ?
I^NT.r-Yeeter?^t Maeeh ?, wM~A?b
Wednesday, the commencement of Lent,
whieb, fh the Ron>?i Cs&olty and Pro?
testent Episcopal c^u rents i* a fast of
forty days immediately preceding Easter.
Tbe origin of this fast has been dis?
puted, bat it id generally regarded as a
preparation for Easter, and a time espe?
cially set apart for repentance over the
sins of the past year;- while the number
of forty days devoted to it is thought to
haye r?f?rence to tile Saviour's forty
flays' fast in the wilderness, to the forty
days ol the deluge, the forty years'
wanderings of the Jews, the forty days
granted to the Ninevites for repentance,
or the time spent in fasting by Moses and
Elias. Saint Jerome speaks of the fast
as a memorial of the Saviour's passion.
According to tho same writer, as well as
St. Leo, St. Augustine, and most of tho
fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries,
it was instituted by the apostles, although
Protestants commonly hold that it was
not established until tho second or third
century. It seems to have been made
obligatory at least as early as the middle
of thc second century. At first there
was great diversity in the time and man?
ner of its observance. Its duration was
soon fixed by the chnrcH at thirty-six
days, to which four were subsequently
added. Ash Wednesday derivesits name
from a custom which still prevails in tho
Roman Catholic Church, of sprinkling
the head or forehead witlf ashes. To roll
oneself in the dust, to cover the head
with ashes, was, in primitive times, a
mark of profound grief. A man who ap?
peared with his body, hair, and dress
covered withgdust, announced by such
exterior his mourning and affliction.
Examples of this are frequent in Scrip?
ture, being mentioned in Job, the Kings,
the Prophets, and also the Qospels. Da?
vid, to express the bitterness oflhis grief,
says he ate ashes like bread. In the first
centuries of Christianity, when public
penance was imposed, ashes were cast
upon the heads of thoso who were con?
demned, and they were obliged to stand
without the gate of the ohurch amid the
lamentations of the people within. Tho
ceremonies of Ash Wednesday in Roman
Catholic countries are a continuation of
this primitive usage.
Cur MUS.-Columbia is bare of amuse?
ments-the Legislature bas adjourned.
A friend, speaking of this body, said
"their actions would be very amusing,
if the subject was not so serions."
Subscribers on the lower route aro re?
quested to be lenient with us for a few
days. A change of carriers was indis?
pensably necessary.
We have been requested to announce
that, by special request, the Tremain
Brothers will give a concert, on Monday
evening next, at the Nickerson House
Hall, for the benefit of the Presbyterian
Church.
Telegrams from Bombay, ria London,
sound like a fairy tale, yet a few minutes
only were required, yesterday, for com?
munications between the merchants of
New York and their correspondents in
tho East Indies. Ten years hence, and
what is it that modern science and energy
will not have accomplished?
A Baltimore blacksmith has invented
a horse-shoe that may be taken off nt
night and put on again in the morning as
readily as a pair of boots. It is no un
common thing in some places for horse?
shoes to be taken efl at night, though
they ul ways take tho horse off at the same
time.
Young lovers and would-be Romeos
will be glad to learn that diamond en?
gagement rings are rapidly going out of
fashion, having been substituted by
opals, emeralds and pearls. The en?
graving of all kinds of silly expressions
on the inside is also a thing of the past,
and now only tho dato of alliance is in
sorted on thc outside.
Governor Scott has made the follow
ing appointments: Conrad Ehardt, Tiea
surer Barnwell County; C. W. Brown, !
Magistrate, Beaufort; David Sanders, j
Treasurer, Oconee; Edward Livingston, j
Treasurer, Chester; Robert C. DeLarge, ,
Land Commissioner, vice C. P. Leslie;;
J. B. Mushington, Notary Pnblic, |
Charleston; James B. Porter, Sheriff
Clarendon, iii place of T. W. Aldredge,
vacated.
Tho new Rembrandt picture is now all
"the go." Messrs. Weam & Hix have'
several samples of this beautiful inven?
tion, which will bear careful inspeotion.
The back-ground is dark, and tho bust is '
brought forward-so distinctly, too, as
to bear a close resemblance to marble.
The robin war coutiuues, and bird pie
is now thc priuoiple dish on many dinner
tables.
Tho annual report of tho South Curo
lina Superintendent of Education shows
that 108,819 children, between tho ages
of fi vo and eighteen, are attending school
in twenty-six Counties of the State. Of
the total number, 03,108 children are
white, and 100,711 are colored. Tbero
are 381 schools, with 478 teachers.
Pnoy. REVHOLW LECTURE,- Thia rev
erond gentleman d olivo rod a highly en?
tertaining and iaatructivo leotare, on
Tuesday evening last, in the Washington
Street Chapel, before tho Young Men's
Christian Association. A large number
of hearers, of both sexes, were present.
This Association having adopted the plan
of monthly lectures, on subjects snch as
nany be solect'ed by th? lecturer, to which
the public are invited, and Dr. Reynolds
having kindly responded to the request,
to lecture on this occasion, we bad the
pleasuro of hearing an elaborately, pre*
pared address, most admirably delivered.
Tho subject was "Knowledgo." Oora
menoicg with a clear definition of tho
word as signifying the fruits of observa*t\
Hon and reflection, the lecturer firatolearly
pointed out the mode ot acquiring know
ledge in every sphere of action, and then
incited the motive in the mind of every
heater to aspire to knowledge, hy- a very
able presentation of its practical value,
ita moral importance, its social charms
and its innate beauty. "Wo do not pre?
tend to present a review or analysis of
the address.. But certainly it had .the
effect of exciting the wish, that onr peo-,
pie would pursue much more earnestly
that method of oral instruction by which
tho public mind of tho ancient Athenians
was put in close connection with, the
thoughts aud teachings of their great
philosophers and poets, and by means of. '
which reflected, light that public mind
i attained a height with which the most
i advanced of modern civilization would
ill compare.
j Tho Young Men's Christian Associer
tion is certainly indebted to . Prof.
Reynolds for the valuable contribution
he has bestowed to the furtherance of
their design of "moral, social and intel:
lectual improvement;" and the commu?
nity is indebted to both for having pre?
sented thc means of spending an hoar
otherwise perhaps idle, or worse than
idle-in a manner so pleasing and profi?
table. Wo hope that the young men
will go on steadily io their efforts, until
they have firmly established their valua?
ble scheme, and that others will follow
the example of Prof. Reynolds, and be?
stow a portion of labor which could not
be better spent.
"Wc ask leave to add, that the Associa?
tion (as was announced at the lecture)
has opened a very agreeable reading
room in the new building of Scott,
Williams & Co., on Main street, up
stairs.
Wc observe an effort being made in
Charleston to open a reading room for
the mercantile and mechanical classes.
This is one of the objects of the Associa?
tion here, and in the reading room they
design having the ablest periodicals in all
? the divisions of literature, learned pro
I fessions, commerce and mechanical
science. The contribution is small, and
persous are requested to visit the room.
P. Cantwell-Fish, Fish.
LIST OF NEW AOVEUTISEMENTS.
D. C. Peixotto ?k Son-Valuable Lots, Ac.
li. O'Noale-Mooting Board of Trade
I A Now Hampshire paper says: "This
i fifteenth amendment is a fraud, a base,
1 black, diabolical infamy, born of tyranny
I and nurtured by tyrants to destroy the
I independence of these States." There
I is at least one man in New England who
j knows what the amendment really is.
Another ocean steamship is missing.
The Bremen steamer Smidt, which left
j Bremen January 20, has been out thirty
I seven days. She had 298 passengers.
There is much anxiety about her. Noth
I ing from tho City of Boston yet.
! "I am strong and healthy, yet to pre?
serve my good condition," I use SOLO
! MON'S BITTERS. N21
I Pearn VERSUS POISON.-Thora is as much
j difference between PHALON'S VITALIA, OB SAL?
VATION FOU TUE H A ra and the tilth-charged
I hair-darkoners, as between tho Pool ofliethes
' da, that an angel stirred, and a fever-breed
1 ing mud pond. Tho VITALIA is a crystalline
> fluid, without a single impurity or noxious
propel ty, and thc naturalness of tho shades it
; imparts to groy hair is unequalled. Ml
KosKOo.- The Norfolk J)ai>j Journal, o:'
December ll, 1869, says:
"This medicine ia rapidly gaining con:i
dence of the people, and the numerous testi?
mon?ala of ita virtues, given hy practitioners of
medirme, loaves no doubt that it is a safo and
reliable remedy for IMPUNITY OF THE BLOO?,
Liven OISEASE, Ac."
Tho last Medical Journal contains an arti?
cle from Prof. H. S. Newton, M. D., Presiden:
of tho E Medi-Collego, city of New York, tha*.
speaks in liigh terms of if j curative proper?
ties, and gives a special recommendation o:"
Roskoo to the practitioners of medicine.
This is, wo behove, tho first instance wher.;
auch medicines have been officially endorsed
by the Faculty of any of tho Medical Collegee,
and reflects great crodit upon the skill of Dr.
Lawrence, its compounder, and also puts
"Koskoo" in the VAN of all other medicine j
of the present day. F2->
A FEMALE BSOULATOB.-Woman and ho:
needs. For complaints and irregularities to
which her sex is exclusively liable, HEINITSH'S
QUEEN'S DELIGHT is recommended on tho au?
thority of wives, mothors and nurses, who have
teated its tonie and regulating properties, and
' know whereof they Bpeak;" and also with thi
sanction of able phvaiciana, who have adm;
ni-a er ed tba QUEEN'S DELIOHT to their foin al?
patients, in obstinate caaes, with tho happies'
results. Almost all female complaints ur
complicated with montai gloom and dospon
doney, the gentle and lasting exhilarating
effects of the QUEEN'S DELIOHT is admirabl;
adapted to euell case*. As a remody for hya
teria and mental depression, it han no equa
in the world. Nursing mothers find it an ad
mirahlo invigorant. It is highly satisfactory
th it thia preparation should prove so erm
neatly bone.loial to the sax. Young and oh
will find rober always. For >*A1O hy FISHES <S
HRIHTTSH. M