The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 16, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Thursday Morning, June 16, 1870.
Vile Lato Wm, Gilmore Bimini.
We have already referred, ia general
terms, to tho character and genios of this
eminent Bon of oar State. Wo desire to
pass ia brief review his life and services.
Jir. Simms, we are informed, was born
in Caa#lestoo, April 17, 1806. He was
thrown upon his own resources. Or?
phaned while yet a child, his self-reliant
qualities were put upon an early de?
velopment. His fondness for study aad
.his ambitious spirit led him to the edu?
cation of himself by his individual ef?
forts. Mr. Simms first turaed his at?
tention to medicine, and next to law,
bat finally be reached tho moro congenial
.field of general letters. Thon began his
?bnuy and fruitful literary oareer. His
-?vorks in the departments of history,
'.poetry, and prose, are numerous. In
???fche Living Writers of the South," Mr.
Davidson bas enumerated Mr. Simms'
works. They number over sixty distiact
productions, and embrace poems, novels,
history, criticism, reviews, lectures and
addresses. We do not propose to en?
gage in an analysis of these works. As
to Jffr. Simms' poetry, it covers tho en
: tiro field of vorse, being descriptive,
dramatic, lyric, legendary and contem?
plative. "Norman Maurice; or tho Man
of the People," is the chief of his drn
.tnatio pieces. His principal poem is
-"Atalnntis." "Areytos; or Songs and
Bailada of the South," deserves notice.
We think that the author of ' 'The Poets
and Poetry of Amorica" is correct when,
in alluding to Mr. Simms, he remarks:
"His poems, like his other productions,
?re noticeable for warmth of feeling and
coloring, and vivid and just displays of
the temper and sentiments of the South
?ern people, and the forests, savannahs
and nil else that is peculiar in Southern
nature. He has sung the physical and
moral aspects and traditions of the
South with tho appreciation of a poet
and tho feeling of a son. His verse is
free and musical, his language copious
.and well-selected, and his fancy fertile
-and apposite."
This is just criticism. The following
?lines from Mr. Simms' "Changes of
Home," confirm tho views of the critic,
and aro illustrative of Mr. S.'s animus:
"Well may wo sing hor beauties,
This pleasant land of ours:
Her sunny am i les, her golden fruits,
.'And all her world of flo wo rs;
The young birds of ber forest groYCB,
Tho blue folds of hor sky.
And all those airs of gentleness
That never seem to fly;
They wind about our forms at noon,
'They woo us in the shade,
"When parting from tho Southern heats
'The woodman seeks the glade
'They win ns with a song of lovo,
"Thoy cheer us with a dream,
That gilds onr passing thoughts of lifo
As sunlight doos tho stream."
In fiction Mr. Simms is entitled to
marked pre-emioence. As Mr. David?
son has suggested, Simms has dono for
the South what Walter Scott did for his
native land. Mr. Simms has set forth
the manners nnd customs of the South,
and vindicated her principles and senti?
ments. He bas portrayed her virtues
and upheld her claims. He has described
ber scenery, and invested with the bright
bues of romaneo her swamps, her hills,
ber valleys, nnd her storied battle-fields.
And we may add, that to tho virtues of
?the gifted pensman he joined the devo?
tion of a loyal son of South Carolina.
He was eminently patriotic and public
opiritcd, and now, that ho is gone hence,
and been laid at rest in Magnolia Ceme?
tery, in his loved "City by tho Sea," well
may we lay upon his grave tho garlands
-duo one who was a brave, earnest WOBKEB,
;a busy THINKER, a sound TEACHER-a man
in general of TEEMING BRAIN and KINDLY
SOUTJ, and obedient to tho calls of DUTY.
This country ought to be pretty woll
governed, when the estimated expendi?
tures for the current year amout to
$293,516,732.02. This is a sum so enor?
mous as not to bo readily comprehended,
yet experience shows that ns tho cost in?
creases, tho advantoges which should bo
derived from governmental expenditures
become less and less. Just think of it.
A republican country, whose policy linn
always been directly in opposition to
standing armies and navies, expends
$88,000,000 in tho support of the army
and navy, and in pensions-a sum great?
er than the entire annual expenditures
of tho Government before thc war. Such
backward progresa must soon be repudi?
ated by tho people.
PUNISHMENT von GAMBLING AT FAIIIS.
The laws of Iudiaua, bucked up by n
decision of tho Supremo Court, place all
persons who participate in tho species
of gambling usually carried on at church
and charity fairs, ou tho same footing as
lottery gamblera. Thoy are all Hablo tc
heavy penalties-linos and imprison?
ment.
A -New York judge sentenced a ror.gl
to tho penitentiary for an ussanlt ou v
fallen woman, remarking that these pooi
creatures woro doubly nuder tho protec?
tion of tho law, inasmuch as it happened
only too often that lawloss men took ad?
vantage of them, hoping that the fact ol
their dishonor would impoaoh their ere
dibility.
Th? Life and Works of Charlea Dickens.
Dickens waa born in February, 1812,
at Landport, near Portsmouth, England.
Hia father, Mr. John Dickons, waa an
official of the British Admiralty, who
after leaving this service in 1815, settled
in London and beoame connected -with
tho metropolitan press. Dickens was
"articled" for the bar, but his tastes
were in another lino, and young Dickons
oonneoted himself with the Btnff of a
newspaper, and thus, as a journalist, ho
began his literary career. Iiis first con?
tributions were police reports, which he is
said to have made peculiarly lively and
interesting. Ho also made sketches of
London life, in its more familiar aspects,
and these having como out over tho sig?
nature of "Boz," in this way, it will bo
seen, that he bogan his literary lifo. His
adoption of this nomme dc plume, is
thus explained by a writer:
"He had a younger brother, a simple
hearted and credulous boy, whom it had
pleased him to baptize as "Moses," by
reason of his curious resemblance to the
hero of the case of green spectacles in
Goldsmith's charming Btory of tho 'Vi?
car of Wakefield.' Their little sister,
unable to shape her lips to this name,
called the boy "Boz," and Dickons, fas
oinated by .tho droll syllable, adopted it
as tho mask of his first literary effort."
Dickens' first formal work was the
"Pickwick Papers," which carno out in
aerial form, under the namo of "Boz."
This mado the young writer distinguish?
ed. Wo regard this ono of Dickens*
best achievements. As another hns well
3aid: We recall with interest "tho amide
paunch and elaborate gaiters of Mr.
Pickwick, tho anxious face and thc wiel?
der legs of Mr. Winkle, tho airy gestures
and tho defiantly knowing hat of Mr.
Samuel Weller."
Nor will our legal friends easily forget
tho caso of Bardell vs. Pickwick. This
work came out about tho your 183G, when
Dickens was about twenty-four years old.
Next followed, in tho year 1S37, "Oliver
Twist"-an admirable novel. Who can
over forgot the picturo of Oliver plead?
ing "for more," or of Fagin, the mastei
thief, as he sits in tho felon-cell of New?
gate, "biting desperately at his finger?
nails." Next carno "Nicholas Pickleby, '
with tho wan, shadowy features of Smiki
impressed upon ita pages; and also th(
petty tyranny and exquisito tortures o:
tho brutal Squeors. With regard to th?
effect of this work ou a certain class o
English schools, where boys woro fed 01
thin soup and thinner letters, wo hav<
tho authority of Dickons, himself, who
when in New York, modestly remarket
to Mr. Henry Ward Beecher, that siuc
this work of "Nicholas Nickleby" wa
written, "those schools had disappears
from England." Next came "Maste
Humphrey's Clock," and "Old Curiosit;
Shop," with tho image of "Little Nell,'
and "Barnaby Budge." This brings u
to the year 1841, about which time, Mr
Dickons visited this country. After hi
return to England, from 1812-'ll, h
published his much abused "America)
Notes." Next followed "Martin Chuz
zlewit." After this, Mr. Dickens visite
Italy. Upon his return to England, h
established tho "Londori Daily News.
But this he soon forsook, and retorne
to serial and independent publication
of his own fancies.
In 1850, after Dickens had publisher]
in 1817-8, "Domboy and Son," and i
1818-9 "Tho History of David Coppei
field," he founded that weekly misce
lany, "Household Words," which, aft?
nine years of service in its bohalf, h
abaudoned for "AU the Year Round.
Next came in rapid succession froi
Dickens' prolific pen and teeming fanoj
"Bleak Houso," (1853,) "Little Dorrit,
(1850.) "A Talo of Two Cities," "Th
Uncommercial Traveler," "Groat E:
pectatious," "Our Mutual Friend,
works which engaged tho last twont
years of his life. When tho grot
master died, ho was engaged iu publisl
ing "Tho Mystery of Edwin Drood,
which work, it is said, he had con
ploted for somo timo beforo his deatl
Bcforo his death, Mr. Dickens had bee
iu tho habit of giving public readings (
his own writings, and this he did, v*
aro informed, iu inimitable style. Il
paid a visit to this country iu this ci
pacity, and wou golden opinions. 13
waa received in a cordial spirit, as WJ
meet, and left tho country with tl
kindliest impressions of our pcopl
Dickens stands unrivaled in his pcci
liar sphere. His creations must liv
Ho stauds ono of tho master spirits i
English literature. It has been wc
said of him, that he dealt in the midd
walks of lifo. The proso of Dickens, i
a writer has suggested, was suffused av
informed with tho spirit of Word
worth :
"Tho common growth of motlier earth
Suflieed for him; hor hearts, her mirth,
Ilor humblest mirth and hearts."
Of Dickens it may bo said that tl
good ho did is not intorred with h
boues. His works do "follow him," ar
make his one of those names that v
shall not willingly lot die. Mr. Dickel
was a self-made man. He never cared
for courtly honors. He felt that ia
peerage at tho hands of England's
Queen could not elevate him, who, in the
high field of LETTERS, had shown him?
self tho peer of any living writer. As
to thu writings of Dickens, the Rev.
Honry Wurd Beecher bas well said:
"Contrast Mr. Dickons and his life?
work; with tho lifo-work of any man that
has filled English literature with an
eminently, distinctively Christian bias,
rando it rich in distinctive Ch ris ti un
truths, nnd you feel at once that he is
not of that class. That is not the work
given to him. On tho other hand, com?
pare him with such writers as Bulwer
and Byron, mon of that standing, and
you feel just ns much that ho was not on
that side. Ho was not a producer of
morbid feeling. Ho did not generate
selfishness or pride, and cortninly not
tendencies toward license- and dissipa?
tion. All his writings braco up man?
hood in truth, and houor, and purity,
and virtue, and throughout they are
noble. There may be exaggerations of
caricature, but tho generic influence of
his writings is to mako manhood purer
and truer. It is to make tho intercourse
of mon with their fellow-men more
genial andmore humane; it is to make
tho household purer, and brighter, and
sweeter. There can be no question that
this is tho goneral tendency of all his
writings. I do not believe that thoro is
a line to be found which, either by de?
sign or in fact, will tend to produce
licentiousness or laxity. On tho single
question of drink T should mako an ex?
ception. Neither by preaching nor by
practice did ho stand on the advanced
ground on that subject of many ad?
vanced men of the world. He repre?
sents tho old school-and I hopo the
school is passing nway-of moral men in
England on that subject, who have
treated it contemptuously and made it
ridiculous by caricature. But, in re?
spect to the other good things I have
mentioned, thoro can bo no question that
ho has boeu n benefactor of his rnco.
And though ho has not worked in the
highest sphcro in tho spiritual element
of the race, God had gifted him with no
mean talent, and given him a success
that has been seldom vouchsafed to any;
not in my memory to any as to Charles
Dickens. I doubt if his works that be
has left behind him will be as much rend
iu another generation as they huvo now;
but Ibero cuu be no question that where
ameliorations in the procedure of society
are traced back to their sources, it will
bo found that God raised him up and
employed him in no mean degreo to pro
duco reformation and elevation in the
middle elements of human welfare."
ll <-i ii rm Convention.
The Convention met in tho Columbia
Hotel, last night, at S o'clock. E. W.
Soibels moved that the meeting be called
to order, by calling T. Y. Simons to the
chair. After a few terse and appropriate
remarks, tho Chairman appointed, pur?
suant to motion, the following Secreta?
ries: ltobert Aldrich and TV. G. Doutt.
Tho State was called by Counties-twen?
ty-two being represented.
Y. J. Pope moved that a Committeo of
One from each County be appointed, to
nominate pormanent officers of the Con?
vention. The Committeo retired, and
returning, reported the following; who
were unanimously elected:
President-"NY. M. Shannon.
Vice-Prcsideuts-J. P. Kinard, S. E
Meaus, P. B. McBeo, B. J. Witherspoon,
J. E. Bird, A. Melchers, Jas. Kennedy,
Henry Barnes, Moses Bensou, M. Coch?
ran, M. Caldwell, J. Gibson.
Secretaries-ltobert Aldrich and W.
G. Doutt.
M. C. Butler moved a Committee
of Hoven on Platform. Tho Chair ap?
pointed M. C. Butler, Geo. L. Buist,
Ellison S. Koitt, J. B. Kershaw, Milton
Sams, T. Gregorio, J. B. McCauts.
E. W. Seibels moved a Committeo of
Seven on Resolutions, to whom all reso?
lutions shall bo reforred. Tho Chair
appoiuted E. W. Seibels, J. P. Thomas, J.
O. Crosby, J. D. Kennedy, F. W. Daw?
son, A. A. Harper, C. S. Bryce.
W. S. Gary moved a Committeo of
Ten upon manner of voting. Tho Chair
appointed W. T. Gary, J. Bird, J. M.
Davis, W. E. Marshal, B. J. Wither?
spoon, J. A. Hoyt, Alex. Smythe, S. P.
Burbnge, E. P. Malloy, K. P. Todd.
J. P.*riiomas preseutod a communica?
tion from General Wageuer, which was
roferred to Committee on Platform.
This paper gave liberal and dotailed
views on immigration.
J. B. Kershaw read a paper, which
was referred to Committeo ou Platform.
This paper presented, among other pro?
gressive points, tho recommendation
that only Republicans be nominated by
this Convention.
E. S. Keitt read a paper, which was
referred to Committeo on Platform.
M. C. Butler moved aujadjourument,
to meet at 10 o'clock this muming.
A CURIOUS SCENE AT TnE MID-NIGHT
MISSION.-Them was a queer scene wit?
nessed at tho rooms of tho "Mid-night
Mission," in Now York, nt 1 o'clock Sa?
turday morning. Tho New York Com
merdai says: "In responso to an invita?
tion privately circulated, a number of
thc demi-monde assembled to partako of
strawberries and cream, and to listen to
addresses by several gentlemen. Tho
rooms were crowded, sotno being sinners
who had grown old in sin, and others
girls still in their teens. Tables wero
spread, laden with all the delicacies ol'
the season, to which ample justice was
dono. A majority of tho women appear?
ed to think moro of tho strawberries
than of tho remarks addressed to them.
A largo party of the girls, when the pro?
ceedings wero over, adjourned to a noto?
rious resort in tho neighborhood, and
danced until nearly day-light."
Everybody, go to Pollock's!
There are not as many Joness in Now
Hampshire as there were on Saturday.
Hiram Jones, of Now Market, got jealous
of his wife just for living with another
mau some, and cat her throat and then
out bis own. They were both planted
on Sunday, and tho man who caused tho
jealousy was the principal mourner. He
said something always did happen just
as he got everything comfortable.
How is this? Kato N. Dogget-a wild
woman from Rome, writes to her con?
frere, Mrs. Cady Stanton, that, having
traveled through Europo aud seen "the
misorablo condition of my sisters, Ame?
rica seems to me to bo thc paradise of
womau." And yet these same wild wo?
men would paint thelilr, gild the refined
gold, aud reform their heaven. Oh, wo?
man! womau!
The Yirgiuia Enter pr ian summaries a
uew pastime in Nevada: "Our friend
Perkins went out yesterday to practice
throwing a boomerang, seut him by his
brother in Australia. The physicians
think thnt his nose can bo patched aud
straightened up, but say his left eye .is
entirely gouo."
Some white gentlemen who took seals
in the colored meu's car on a Georgia
Railroad, the other day, were invited to
another car by the conductor, as the
two colored passengers objected to white
goutlemeu sitting and smoking in their
car.
A Mrs. Urbane, of Elizabeth, Iudiaua,
has been trying that played-out experi?
ment of kindling her lire with kerosene.
If she wns good while ou earth, she is
now nn angel up there, with wings and
a white night-gown.
A water-spoiit recently burst iu Tran?
sylvania, by which eighty houses were
destroyed, and tho dead bodies of 214
persons were fouud strewed about iu the
fields, aud tnkeu out of a neighboring
river.
Thc new bridge over the Connecticut
River, on the lino of the New York and
Boston Shore line, was formally opened
to public travel on Saturday. Hereto?
fore passengers have been obliged tc
cross the river iu a ferry-boat.
One of tho feasts given to tho Duke ol
Edinburgh, iu ludia, was greatly enliv?
ened hy the blunder of a native waiter,
who poured a dish of peas iuto tho cai
trumpot of an old Indy,?held out to him
to get a reply to her question.
Mrs. Morris aud Mrs. Neil continuo tc
exercise their functions ns Justices of tbt
Peace in Wyoming. They are the terroj
of oil rogues, nud afford infiuite delighl
to all lovers of peaco and virtue.
The meanest mau has been found on
in Muuico, Indiana. He charges hil
children for board when they come hun
dretls of miles to visit him aud the ok
lady. He is a man of wealth.
Nine families have contributed threi
membors each to tho Euglish House o:
Commons, aud in the same body then
aro twonty-oue pairs of brothers nm
seven pairs of fathers and sons.
An incendiary fire in Sumter ou th?
10th, destroyed the carriage shop of Mr
James T. Plowers and the adjoiniu)
dwelling of Mrs. E. A. White. No iu
s II rance.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Steinberg, o
Missouri, who were married a short tim
ago, and were each twenty-two years o
age, died within a few ruiuutes of eacl
other, a few days since.
J. D. Waddell, who sued the Rom
Railroad for damages caused by walkin:
oft' au uulighted depot of the coiupau;
and got a verdict for $35,000, has com
promised the suit for $15,000.
Tho people of Paris are to be pilied
Haviug scarcely recovered from the Plc
biscituui, small-pox is now ragiug arnon
them to a fearful oxtent.
An exchange says that "the great wan
of the age is men." We have frequentl
observed the prevalence of this wanl
particularly among the ladies.
Tho temperauce canse is receiving ai
from above, a Philadelphia distiller
having been struck by lightuiug aud cor
sumed, with DO insurance.
Tho frequent failure of cotton-brokei
is but the result of the summer fashion
in ladies* dresses. It is not being wor
this summer as much as usual.
John Connor, aged sixty-five, commil
ted suicide in Philadelphia, Tuesday, b
hanging himself by his suspenders to
bed-post.
A London husband, ponndiug his wife
was attacked so fiercely by the family cc
that the womau had to take her off t
savo his life.
4,500 Sunday school children recentl
marched in a body iu Jacksou, Teur
They were addressed by Jef?erson Davis
Jacob Thompson and Bishop Quintard.
A brother aud sister havo just bee
executed on the samo scal?old at Tull?
word, Ireland, for murder.
Jeuuy Lind is so embarrassed in he
liuancial affairs that sho thinks of oper
iug a singing school in Paris.
Two neighboring signs in Philadelphi
read "James Schott," aud Jouatha
Fell."
Chicago is to have the largest hotel i
the country, 23.'5 feet square, and mc
deled aftor tho Louvre.
Tho Charleston papers announce th
death of Mr. F. Richards, Jr., a incmbc
of the Washington Light Infantry.
Tho steamer Plato, of Charleston, wfl
wrecked ou Seabrook's Island, on th
14th.
There were 32 deaths in Charleston io
tho week ending tho 11th-white i
colored 23.
Four colored men were killed by lighl
ning, iu Essex Couuty, Virginia, on th
8tu.
California strawberries are so big tho
"plug" them to seo if they aro ripo.
Connecticut had one divorce to* ever
nine marriages last year.
Ono thousand married couples wer
divorced in Ohio last year.
Connoisseurs, go to Pollock's.
HZ* o o EL l Ito aaa. m .
INFALLIBILITI.-The Rev. P. F. Ga
rache, S. J., will lecture on this subject
in St. Peter's (Catholic) Church, this
(Thursday) evening, nt half-past 7 o'clock.
The public in general is respectfully in?
vited to attend. This gentleman has
ucquired au extensive reputation as a
pulpit oralor.
"SOME WHEAT."-Wo have received a
bunch ol' wheat, grown by Mr. D. J. Burr,
of Lexington-called Barr's improved
purple stem-which is a littlo ahead of
anything of the kind grown in this State.
Tho heads aro extra largo and the pro?
duct simply immense. Ho has a field of
eighteen acres, ordinary pine land, from
which he expects to realize 200 bushels.
There is a half aero plat, well manured,
from which twenty bushels will be obtain?
ed. This wheat is on exhibition at the
PlftESIX ofliee. Any information relative
to it. can bo obtained by addressing
Mr. Barr,hit Gilbert Hollow.
CnuMiis. - We aro indebted to the
Committee of Invitation of the Preston
Literary Society of Woftbrd College, for
un invitation to be present at their an?
nual celebration, ou thc 2Sth instant.
Mr. Pollock's 231) pound turtle is to be
be souped and steaked to-dny.
Commissioner of Agriculture Corley
bas issued a circular, containing a s?rica
of inquiries relative to the agricultural
productions of tho State, It is to be
hoped that satisfactory answers will bc
returned, as they may provo of impor?
tance.
Dr. James McF. Gaston, a promiuenl
physician of this cit}', who was a division
surgeon iu tho war of secession, omi
grated since thc war to Brazil. Private
letters, recently received, represent bin
as doing well. Ho lives at Faxiue, ir
tho Province of San Paulo, and is get
ting a large and lucrative practice
Harth and Hume, for this week, (datei
June 25th,) contains tho first of a serie:
of sketches entitled "Jethro Throop'i
Night Thoughts," by John Thomas, wh<
is no other than Petroleum V. Nasby
The great humorist will take on hones
country boj- to tho city, conduct bin
through the usual experience, and re
store him to his homo a sadder and wise
boy, satisfied that thc peaceful, honest
and temperate lifo of the farmer is th
best and safest life that eau be lived
This is a lesson greatly needed at thi
time, and Nasby is the mau to teach it.
Mr. E. B. Smith has received fror
his brother, in Waxahachie, Texas,
lively specimen of tho horned frog. Hi
quadrupedship is ou exhibition at th
PHOENIX office.
At a meeting of the young men of thi
city, held last night, in the Independen
Fire Hall, for tho purpose of organizin
a military company, tho following ol
ficers were elected: Captain-Belton J03
ncr; First Liouteuaut-W. L. Gary; Sc
coud Lieutenant-Warren Feag?e; Bri
vet Second Lieutenant-P. H. Joyne;
Secretary and Treasurer-R. M. Cassoi
The indestructible tag is a great coi
veaieuce to merchants. It answers tl
combined purpose of a direction lab
aud business card. Call at the PIIOSI
Publishing Houso and supply you
selves.
The PHCENIX office is supplied wit
every style of material from tho smn
metal letter to the largest wood typ<
together with plain and fancy card
paper, colored ink, bronze, etc. It
the only establishment in tho interior 1
the State where two and three she
posters can bo printed. All kinds <
work in the printing line attended to ;
short notice.
Corin: or GENERAL SESSIONS, Juno '.
-Judge Melton presiding.
State rs. Nolly Wilson, (colored)
Guilty of petit larceny.
Ex parle Alfred T. Peete-petition fi
denizenship. Granted, aud tho requin
oath administered to petitioner.
Stato vs. Dayton T. Gage and Micha
McCartney-Grand larceny-robbing tl
banking house of Scott, Williams & C
Not guilty.
Tho petit jurors were discharged uul
Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, wh<
the caso of Stato vs, W. W. Sampso;
for forgery, will bo tried.
To-morrow, (Thursday,) at 3 o'clock ;
m., has been assigned for tho cull of tl
contingent docket, and sentences will 1
passed upon all ol' those convicted at tl
present term of the Court.
A maiden lady, residing iii scclusioi
had not been to church for several year
but on the accession of a small fami
property, she bought herself a now hoi
net, shawl and dress, with tho oppropi
ate gloves, boots, &o., ana appeared tl
following Sabbath in a style which almo
destroyed lier identity with tho hither!
shabby and hopeless old maid. Just 1
she was walking up tho aisle, and 1
every oyo seemed turned upon her, tl
choir commenced an nuthom, the bunk
of which was, "Hallelujah! hallelujah
Tho indignant spinster retraced hi
steps down the aisle, in high dudgooi
exclaiming: "Hardly know you, indeei
Why this is not tho first time I'vo bec
dressed up. Hardly knew yon! I gue
I don't come here again very soon."
SMITHIANA -The following somewhat
"steep" story is clipped from an ex?
change:
"A few weeks ago, tho Governor of
Ohio offered $500 for the arrest of a man
named John Smith. There aro 110
Counties in Ohio, and in less than two
days thu Sheriffs of all these Counties
arrived iu Columbus, each with a man
named John Smith. Dnring tho turco
succeeding days, over 2,000 detectives,
policemen, and privato citizens, from
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Ohio, Indiana, West Viaginia, and Illi?
nois, nrrived in Columbus, every fellow
bringing witli him some unhappy man
named John Smith, aud moro arrive
every day. Tho aggregate of Smiths at
present in Columbus is simply awful!
Aud the worst of it is, that every man
insists that his Smith is tho particular
Smith tueutioned in tho proclamation,
and he is goiug to havo that $500 or
hash the Governor right up. The Go?
vernor is trying to decide whether to
puy the roward to every mun in the lot
or resigu."
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail is opeued for delivery at 8 a. m.;
closed 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, opt. iud \t 9.30
a. m. ; closed at 4 p. m. Cuarlcsto..,
(evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at
1.30 p. m. On Sunday, the post office is
opeu from 9 to 10 a. m.
ITOTEI. AUUIVALS. June IU-Columbia Held.
A O Goodwin, F W Dawson, L MeLain, W N
Tait, J J O race and lady, J Carnpson, A O
Stone, lt Mure, lt Hunter, T H Browning, J D
Parker, G L Uuist, T Y Simons, F Melchers, A
Gago, E W Marshall, G F Kinloch, J T Heard,
W ? Gorrie, W J Gayer. W E Mikoll, A Mel?
chers, B O'Neil, J J Makor, Charleston; Y J
Pope, Newberry; W H Duncan. Barnwoll; H B
Egleston, Winnsboro; S lt Mellcchamp, P S
Felder, A D Fredrick, E H Hall, H Browning,
Oraiitfeburg; J H Adams, B Adams, John S
Bates, John P Adams, Bichland; C Ward, R B
Watson, Edgefield; O L Lindsey, Laurons: J S
Green, J P Thomas, Theo. Starke, city: E S
Koitt, S C; S G Garner, Clarksou's; WC Pat?
terson, Jr, Philadelphia; J T Craig, Clinton;
It TTodd, Laurens; ? C Carlington, wifo and
two children, Atlanta; J OB Lowry, Duo West;
W S McKerrall, T C Moody, Marion; J B Ro?
ger*, Som ter; J W Cunningham, N C; LCross,
Washington, D C; James Pagan, C S Brice,
E C McLure, Chester; J T Lewis, Baltimore;
S P Bnrbago, Colleton; J S Wiley, Spartanburg.
IVickevson House.- James Hemphill, Chester;
James S Whito. Rock Hill; Joseph H Gay,
Charlotte; F G DeFontaino, E Hudson Smith,
Charleston; John P Jenkins and wife, New
York; Lewis Jonen, Miss R Crocker, Abraham
Jones, Miss Auuio Jones, Miss Sallie Jones,
Mrs J A Clones, Edgefield; Thomas S Canipert
Baltimore; J B Kershaw, Wm M Shannon, W
L Depass, Wm A Ancrum, J M Davis, John D
Kennedy, Camdon; S F Houston, So Ex Co;
Glenn D Peake, Union; C L Trcnholm, Jr,
Spariauburg; Wm Perry, Miss L Perry, Miss
K Perry, Pendleton; James A Hoyt, James H
Thornweil, Anderson; W n Wallaco, Union; S
C Means, Spartanburg; J M McCubors, New?
berry; G W Connor, Abbeville; J Dunlap and
wife, .Marion; Mrs Moulin, Mrs Towusand,
Richmond; JV/ Clark and wifo, N C;GW
Clark, L W Do vail, S B Clouney, Winnsboro;
S F Jefferson, Virginia; Mrs Herirv Buck, Miss
Alice Buck, Mrs Wright, Master Wright, R M
Ruck, norry; Mrs H P Adams, Marion; W G
Williamston, W CAA R R; D T Ward, R A G
R R; JR Seiglcr, Newberry.
LIST OF NEW AOVEKTISEMENTS.
R. M. (?naries-Healing Springs.
Cook Wanted-Apply at this Office.
C. B. Walker-Strayed.
H. E. Scott-Final Notice.
Jacob Levin-Corn at Auction.
J. W. Denny-To Tax-Payers.
P. Cantwell-Northern Hay.
Exchange House-Improvement.
Meotiug Union Council No. 5.
Meeting of Committee on St. John's Day.
F. A. Schneider-Sewing Machines, Ac.
IMPORTANT TO ALL.
Tlic Situation Explained.
WHILE the country.at the present moment,
is stirred from its foundations by political
parties of all gradea, and while mattera of
such vital importance to tho country are being
discussed, we may be permitted to keep an
oyo singlo to tho prosperity of our city, in
making known to all visitors, Conve)dional and
others, that our Stock of DRY GOODS is
LARGE, ENTIRELY NEW, and comprises the
Best Makes of Go^ds, and sold at such LOW
PRICES, that those who desiro to take home
articles in DRY OOODS, will be supplied at
prices entiiely satisfactory to them.
Wc, therefore, cordially invito all to our
House, in thc Columbia Hotel Building, where
daily meetings aro held financially.
W. TO. LOVE ?SS CO.,
W. D. LOVE, Dry Goods Merchants.fi
B. B. MCCUEERY. June H 3
WOMAN'S BEST FIIIEND.-To relieve thc ach?
ing heart of woman, and bring joy where sor?
row reigned suprmuc, is a mission before
which tho smiles of kings dwindle into utter
insignificance. To do tliis is tho peculiar pro?
vince of Dr. J. Rradtield's FEMALE REGULATOH,
which, from tho numberless cures it has ac?
complished, id appropriately styled Woman's
Rest Friend. Tho distressing complaint
known as "whites," and tho various irregu?
larities of tho womb, to which woman is sub?
ject, disappear like magic beforo a singlo bot?
tle of this wonderful compound, lt ia pre?
pared by L. H. Rradtield. Druggist, Atlanta,
(Ja., and sold at $1.50 per bottle, hy respecta?
ble ilrngmeu every wiiere. Physicians prc scribe
it.? Action prompt, sure and decisive. J12 tl
Tho best LIVER medicine is HEIXITSH'*
QUEEN'S DELIOUT. This wonderful vegetable
compound acts with certainty upon thc Liver
and Stomach, without impairing the functions
nf any other organ. It invigorates, restore?,
improves the general condition of thc system:
regulates the Rowels hy its aperient proper?
ties; stimulates tho Liver and makes it act;
strengthens tho digestion and gives tone to the
man. lt awakens the dull and sluggish Liver
to activity and lifo. This is, of all the scacon,
tho time to try it. Go and get a bottle from
Hoinitsh-you will not regret it. Jo
The attention of our readers is called to?
day to tho advertisement in another column,
headed Lippman's Great German Ritters, a
preparation that has been used for upward ot
a centurv in enlightened Enropo with the
greatest success in tho euro of Dyspepsia or
Indigestion, Constipation, Loss of Appetite,
Liver Complaint, loss of tono in tho digestive
organs, etc. Tho proprietors, Messrs. Jacob
Lippman A Bro., Savannah, Ga., have, at con?
siderable outlay, succeeded in obtaining the
original recipe for making this delightful last?
ing Bitters, and pledge their reputation that
in preparing it, tho original standard ?hall be
kept up. J lil: 12
Thirsty people, go to Pollock's.
Hungry people, go to Pollock's.