The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 16, 1871, Image 2
jfefoday Morning. May 16, 187Lyi
-r^a-coroirsgcnt lilaMltty or ch? stace.
The Charleston Courier o.tll8 attention
to the faot that tho statement merle in
the Convention as to the pnblio debt o!
tho S tato is of coarse exclusive of tho
contingent liabilities of the State ariBirJg
from the endorsement of railroad bond's.
The following is the statement:
Contingent liabilities of the State of
Sooth Carolina arising from the endorse?
ment of railroad bonds, November 1,
1870, as appears by Comptroller's report:
Booth Carolina Railroad ?bonds, paya?
ble in 1868, secured by first mortgage,
02,093,812.40; North-eastern Railroad
bonds, payable March 1, 1809, seoored
by first mortgage, $92,000; Charleston
and Savannah Railroad bouda, payable
in 1877, secured by first mortgage,
$505,000; Savannah abd Oharleston Rail?
road* bonds,-under Aot of 1309, payable
in 1889, secured by first mortgage,
$245,700; Laurens Railroad bonds, pay?
able in 1870,. secured by first mortgage,
$75,000;- Sparlanburg anU union Rail?
road bonds, payable in 1878-79, Beoured
by first mortgage, $350,000; Greenville
and Columbia Railroad bonds.and certi?
ficates of indebtedness, payable in 1881,
1882, 1883 and 1888, under Aots of 1861,
1860 and 1869, scoured by first mort?
gage, 81,420,515.80; lilno Ridge Railroad
bonds, under Aot of 1868, $4,000,000;
total, $8,787.008.20:; . , ? '
The. Courier holds that these endorse?
ments should ba? considered? part and
parcel .of .the State's liabilities, adding
' th/H *'*of tho oxton t of th ig obligation,
and how far on this account the State is
likely to sustain loss, each can judge for
himself > ^ - *
Louis Blanc, who wrote much and
well on European politics while the
o?Mjpnd ompiro flpajdshud;-hag'-soon fit to
indite a letter on tho pr?sent-condition
ol-France*.which will certainly noten
hat?ce his fame as a .practical thin kor.
?iongieur Blanc is a strong Socialist, ont]
ia possejised with tho. idea/that all th?
ovila from which European society suf
hin can at o nco be. eradicated by {ti<
. proclamation of a republic, whose cor
ncr-Btono is social equality. France is U
bs the scene of this Utopia, and Pari
the capital. The Commune is M
Liana's starting point for tho perice
government of Sooialistn. The anarch;
ruling Paris now he deplores, but say
that "force founds nothing," to whiol
opinion Louis Napoleon, Bismarck ant
the ex-King of Hanover can certain!
not subscribe. To those who desire t
seo a French Bepublio established on
basis as durable as is our own, the raph
sodios Of Blanc and his sympathizer
must prove particularly distasteful, fe
they con vinco tho friends of true libert
that even many of the most intelligerj
Of Frenchmen do not comprehend th
'. first principles of self-government.
. THE JPABIS PANDEMOMOH. - Corre;
pond en ts from Versailles atalw that tb
same look of* organization which loi
Napoleon his empire' prevails at the pr<
sent timo in the armies of tho Freue
Bepublio. lu the meantime, the Con
mnnists still control Paris, and, thong
their army is diminished, it- is' still del
ant. Misery, wretchedness and riot see
to prevail in the capital. All who CG
get away oro flying from the plagu
stricken oity. Crime and debnuohoi
appear to be holding high carnival ther
and horrible blasphemies of all th
mankind holds sacred are.uttered as
they were something to bb proud o
Tbs world is becoming tired bf the pr
longed bloodshed. The commercial i
terbsta of Europo aro suffering, anti
the investing army does not hnrry up i
work, it ought to maka way for the Qc
mans, who will bring order t& this pa
. demonium. '
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION-ASSISTAI
BISHOP EJECTED.-Tho third day of tl
Convention was devoted chiefly to t!
balloting for Assistant Bishop, whi
-excited great interest. The Reveren
C. P. Gadsden, W. B. W. Howe and \
P. DaBose were the prominent nam?
Finally the Rev. W. B. W. Howe,
Charleston, waa oleoted. The Charle
ton Courier says:
"Twenty-three ballot* are cast witbo
result, when one who had beon large
receiving the suffrages of his oolleogui
tnagnammoasly announces his d?clic
tare in favor of his reverend brothc
whereupon the Rev. Wm. B. W. Hot
was unanimously elected.
"Tho Assistant Bishop eleot is w
known-to our community and the Oh ur
throughout tho State ns the loved ai
eatoernod rector of old St. Philip's. ?
works ia his parish, and his walk a
conversation among all oar people, spe
his record. Apart from attainmot
Bpecially theological, he is distinguish
by ? mind enriched by liberal and d
cursive culture, a spirit catholic and fi
of charity, great common sense, ai
that raro attainment which does c
deny a iright heart and sound mind to
non-aoqniesconca in one's own. pee ul
viewa of truth. Wo wialj him God ape
in his high and sacred office.''
Dr. W. B. Wells, a promiuent oitiz
ol Artgusta, Ga., died suddenly on t
14 th, '
THE HIGH JOINT TBKATT.- TOO Wasb
iDgtoo C^ronicia pnbliahea a ??mUoOioial
reportWthe ?atyjmfrue b^.ttr? High
Joint Commission: #| ' ]g
England agroii to p>y for tue ravages
of .tho Alabama and other priyoteors, and
regrew them. " The claims ar? to b? ?x
f mined by five arbitrators-one appoint?
ed by the United States and Great Bri?
tain eaob, and three by a designated
sovereign State of Europe or America.
AU other claim a iq ol oded between April
13, 1861, and April 9, 1865, shall be re?
ferred tb^a ''rnixecV commission. The
limitation asrte", time, and the. applioa
tion o? the views of Lord Granville, as
expresBod in regard to property of Bri?
tish residents in tho recent Franco-Ger?
man war, that foroiguers aro not to be
entitled to any special protection for
their proporty, or exempt from military
contribution from Neither side, kills a
largo number of British clniniB of vaBt
maguitudo, and excludes moat of the !
cotton claims bf British residents. The
sea fishery.questjon is. settled by allow?
ing both, ? Uptlohs: tb fisli unrestrictedly
in each other's waters, except shell-fish,
salmon, shad and river fisheries. Fish
and oil, exoopt'flsh preserved iu oil, uro
to bo duty free. Euglaud claims that
tho United States get? thoadyantuge of
privilege in this matter, and n mixed
commission, with a friendly umpire,
ahull say whether she ought to pay Eng?
land nnything for it. . Freo navigation
on the Canada rivers and on our lakes is
arranged. All these stipulations restore
practically the treaty of 1854. The
question of the North-western boundary
lino-is to bo referred to th*b Emperor of
Germany. This involves the ownership
of tho island of San Juan, on the Oregon
boundary. j]
There can be!little.doubt, after the
expression of tliegren^ workingman's
mooting in Hyde Pirk, London, on Sun?
day evening, that the sympathies of the
trades' unions are entirely with tho Com?
mune in the Paris insurrection.,. lt is
difficult to conceive that this should be
so, with our general ideas of tho orderly
character of men who earn .their bread
by the sweat of their brow. When the
staid Englishmen can be induced to be?
lieve that, the Frenoh Communists ar?
fighting "for the liberty of the world
and tho regeneration- of . mankind,"
while they aresaokiagoburohes, destroy?
ing property, encouraging unnecessary
slaughter, and battling against tho best
hopes for oivil government that France
has ever had, it oannot be denied that
the sentiment of the trades' union is a
powerful one, and thal their bund of
onion is one that overcomes judgment
and national prejudice alike. When the
cry of ''universal republic, democratic
and sooial," is heard from thousands of
Englishmen, who at tho same time en?
dorse the horrors of a French revolution,
England has oiuso to tremble, and all
other nations with her.
The New York Herald, referring to
the so-called' fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments, says:
"From General Grant's course on the
Ku Klux question, it is evident that he
intends to force the fight upon these two
amendments, so obnoxious to the Demo?
cracy of the Sooth, and never recognized
by the Democracy of the North."
But it makes no sort of difference
what Grant foroes the fight upon, if the
Democratic party makes a square issue
against him with a statesman and a-true
Democrat for a nominee, he will he the
worst beaten wretch who ever ran for an
office. So many of the most intelligent
and respectable members of the mongrel
party bate and despise him, that tho
oampaigu will be dead before it starts*.
And Grant will go to the shades of For
? ney, and be a dead dog, too.
I New York Day Dook.
Tho Paris correspondent of the Lon?
don News says that tho devastation
caused by the bombardment of Neuilly
is even greater than might have been
expected. In tho avenue leading to tho
Portes des Ternes, whole sides of houses
aro smashed in, and the streets around
aro a heap of ruins. The trees are torn
to shreds, and scarcely a lamp post is
left standing. In the other main tho?
roughfare lending from Neuilly to Paris
-the Avenue dela Grand Armee-there
is not a house which has escaped being
hit Some are riddled with shot. i
THE DiaFjiA.Ncm.sED.-A Governor in
one of the Sunt hem States estimates
the number of 'disfranchised in all the
States at 159,500, divided as follows,
among fourteen States: Virginia, 20,000;
North Carolina, 20,000; Georgia, 18,000;
Alabama, 15,000; Tennessee, 14,000;
South Carolina, 12,000; Mississippi,
12,000; Texas, 12.000; Louisiana, 10.000;
Arkansas, 8.000; Missouri, 8,000; Ken?
tucky, 7.0U0; Florida, 2,500; Wost Vir?
ginia, 1,000. A margin of 25,000, he
thinks, would still make an approximate
that would be reasonable.
Not long ago, a Brooklyn bridegroom,
on the spur of the moment, when ho felt
reut goo.i, not having had uuy experi?
ence before in that line, gave a minister
$500 for marrying him. Next day, he
went to tho elder's house with a bandage
around his head, bis left arm in a siing,
a black eye, it c?palo on the summit of
his head, one sleeve of his coat torn off,
and the North side of his pants out at
the elbow, and told the eider if he didn't
Sve him back $405, ho would sue him
r obtaining money ander false pre?
tenso. He didn't feel quite so jubilant.
A NEW COTTON FACTORY.- WO learn
from the Greenville Mountaineer that a
company of gentlemen in that town have
taken stops towards the establishment of
a first olaas cotton factory in Greenville
County. Already abont two-thirds of
the oapital necossury for the purpose has
been subeeribed, and there seems to bc
so little doubt about securing the re?
mainder, that the measure may almost
be regarded as accomplished. .
THBWOE? OOF A BLACK; MAJOB,-On
Tuesday afternoon, Captain Willard 'A'.
Howey, formerly an officer in tljo Thir?
teenth -Maaauohusetta Volunteers, bat
'inore recently from South Carolina, ac?
companied by Major Samuel Dickerson,
of the South Carolina militia, entered
the bar room of tho Astor House. Major
Diokerson is a black man. The cap?
tain called for some old rye whiskey,
and, turning to bis odored friend, Bald,
"Major, what will you drink?"
The major called for rum and molasses,
but was indignantly repelled by the bar?
keeper, who remarked in an insolent
manner, "We don't sell rum to niggers
here."
This remark naturally iuceused the
major. Taking off bia cap and military
cloak, he said:
"Gentlemen, tho Democratic party of
the North is different from the Demo?
cratic party of tho South. When I was
a ?lavo, I whs often nsked by white gen?
tlemen to tuke a drink, and I uqver waa
refused. I am now a citizen. . I have
been locked up in the Tomb's ail night,
and thixt ought to entitle mo to voto iu
Now York, and certainly a good Voter
ought to bo allowed to drink ut this bar,
no matter whether lie is white or black.
I havn't got as many friends herc ns I
thought I would Hud in New York. I
tried three times to seo H?rnen Greeley.
Hu linally Bent me word that he had no
confidence in tho Republican party of
South Carolina. Ho said he thought
they were all thieves. Gentlemen, I'm
from Charleston, aud I tell you-"
Here tho bar-keeper interrupted the
major, and said that if somebody didn't
get out, eomohody elna would call the
police, whereupon Major Dickerson
picked ap bis hat und cloak, und, accom?
panied by Captain Hussey, left thc
Astor House.
The next seen of these gentlemen wat
at the Home Made Hotel, Greenwicl
street, wher? Capt. Hussey makes hu
headquarters. They entered together
and were going np stairs when seen bj
the proprietor.
.."Hilloa, there," he cried out, "this ii
no colored boarding houBO. We don'
permit anything of that sort here." i
"But this is my friend," answeret
Capt. Hussey, "and he is going to m;
room with me, sir."
"Thia ?B my honse, sir," said the prc
prietor, "and it is against my rules t<
allow any negroes up stairs. You man
either abide by my rules or leave th
house, sir." ?
Down came the major aud his frien
the captain. Not a word was spoke
until they reached the sidewalk, then th
major, boiling over with rage and mort
flcation, gave vent to his feelings i
curses both loud and deep.
"Didn't I tell you that the Democrat
of tbe North were better friends to ya
than the Republicans are?" modest)
asked the oaptain.
.Tm done; air, I'm done," replied IL
major. "Ill go back to Cha) leeton an
tell those folks down there somethin
they don't know, sir. I've got to let 01
all I know when I got back to Charle
ton, and I'll scare some of those fellow
Good bye, captain; I'll see you to-mo
row;" and the excited black politick
started for his colored boarding house :
Broome atreet.-New York Sun.
INDIAN ATROCITIES IN ARIZONA-TE
TIBLE VENGEANCE OP THE WHITES.-Tl
Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, of thc 3d ins
hos the following:
"The suffering and exasperated pe
pie have commenced tho work of retah
tiou on the Indians. Their patience hi
been remarkable, but tho killing of fo
good citizens on the San Pedro by I
diann who hud boen fea and otherwi
provided for ut Camp Grout, exhaust.
it. There is no Indian reservation
Camp Grant, but a few hundred Apach
recently came there, promised pene
aud were fed and recruited, and then
went out to steal and murder. Huvii
trucked the guilty ones to their base
supplies two weeks ago, the citizens il
te un i ned to make their power felt, ai
on the 28th of April, a few of thet
aided by 100 Papugo ludians, stnrted
a mission of revenge and self-protect ic
'Carly on the morning of the 30th, th
dushed into thu Indian camp, killi
eighty-five savages and taking tweni
eight children prisoners. A horse :
ceutly stoleu from a farmer, uum
Smith, of Tucson, was capturod, a
soma unbroken packages of centro prim
rifle cartridges, und a breastpiu woi
3200, thut belonged to a woman recen
killed at Ubaa, wero found on those ]
diane, making it a matter of certaii
that they were tho same Indians tl
killed L. B. Wooster and tho women
his furto. It is certain that the oitizc
of Arizona will no louger witness t
murder of their fellows nud the steuli
o? their property and tamely endure
Says the Paris Univers: "Tho G
clergerie oontains nt this moment abi
sixty priests, all torn arbitrarily fr
their religious houses or from 1
churches of Paris; and, in additi
others aro incarcerated at Mazas,
Hoquette, La Sante, &o. The fi
named receive no other food than ea
in the morning a ration of insufiloierj
baked black bread; at 9, a basin of w
is supposed to be broth, and nt 3 a sn
portion of rico or meat. They are 1
allowed any knife or fork, but Vol
round wooden spoon, and are, by spei
orders, deprived of the privilege en jo;
hy other prisoners of obtaining bei
food from the canteen. Yet many of
clergy detained at the Conciergerie
old men, are forced to remain in tl
culla night and day, add are forbiddei
take exercise in the yard.",
Ono of the New York oritios says
tho outrageously bo puffed Miss Viei
DomorcBt, just brought out as a pr>
donna, that her voice "is as thin as tia
paper."
The Camden Journal mentions
death of Captain C. B. Burns, a yoi
gentleman highly esteemed in that o<
m un i ty.
TJHB i ..TAI?KATIVE GEXERAII."-Tho
Now York Tribune ie 'Mown" upon Gen.
Sherman for his New Orleans" speech
especially for saying tba? those Ku Klux
reports had been grossly exaggerated.
It calls him "the most talkative of our
Generals," thinks ho. is aiming at the
Presidency, and, in short, virtually tells
faiiin to mind his own business and let
politics alone. Now, as General Sher?
man has displeased tho Tia di cul s so
amazingly, we are satisfied that ho de
servos mach higher praise than it occur?
red to as at first to award him. We had
some prejudices against him in connec?
tion with that Columbia business and n
few other little memories, but can forget
it all when he flings such a fire-brand
iuto tho ranks of tho common euemy as
he seems to have done.
Tho Tribune is not alone in its dis?
pleasure. Tho Radical press in geuernl
joins in tho outcry. There are indica?
tions that tho silent und smoky gentle?
man in tho White House is uneasy und
jealous of his "talkativo general." Tho
man who causes nil this commotion must
have strong claims upon our gratitude.
Wo begiu to like Sherman. Lintig muy
hu livo, if ho continues to do aa well.
We take back any growl of our own that
may have boen uttered about him, in
view of the yelping, and howling, and
barking that come from the other side.
Meantime, the New York Herald, re?
joicing in the opportunity of worrying
thc Tribune, extols the speech of Gene?
ral Sherman to the skies, and proposes
him ns Democratic nominee for the Pre?
sidency. Tho Herald pronounces au
?'lab ora te eulogy upon the speech and its
author. A doubt is suggested, uever
' theless, as to his own consent to the can?
didacy. Wo quote a sentence which a
disloyal miud might, perhaps, consider
somewhat personal in its allusions:
"Possibly, Geuernl Sherman might
not like to run against Genend Graut,
and ho might consider that his high
position of General of the army for life,
with a salary almost equal to that of tho
President, is enough to satisfy tho ambi?
tion of any ono. He may thiuk this
preferable to a short term of ollie o in
tho Presidential chair, with all the trou?
ble, labor and anxiety attached to it. In
truth, the chango could add nothing to
bis means, for he is not a mau to accept'
gifts in such au office, and it would be a
IOSB to him pecuniarily. Nor would it
exalt him much above his present posi?
tion. Still, to be President of this
mighty republic is a great honor, nud to
a patriot like General Sherman it is ono
neither to be sought nor rejected. Lot
the people, then, move in tho matter,
uud this distinguished mau may bo the
successor of General Grant in 1873."
[Mobile Register.
A detachment of German landwehr
troops are engaged, and havo been for a
month, iu re-interring tho dead around
Metz. Private letters from tho spot de?
scribe the work aa horrible, sickcuiug and
disease-compelling in the extreme. In
hundreds of instances the rain bas wash?
ed away the shallow graves of the half
decomposed bodies, and portions of
corpses are lying bare. Most horrible of
all, ia that portion of their task which
compels them to search out the bodies
of officers and to transfer the remains to
a moro suitable locality. The eflluvinm
has so penetrated tho garment of the
workers that they are never rid of it,
day or night. Disgust and nausea de?
prive them of their appetite aud of the
power of sleep, and tho scene is moro
dreadful oven than Dante's visions of the
Iuferno. Still it is a necessary labor, as
otherwise the whole country around
would be uninhabitable.
HEAVY OPERATION IN HEAL ESTATE.
We notice our old friend and liberal
patronizer of the newspapers, Thomas
H. Agnew, Esq., 2G0 Greenwich street.
New York, hus purchased half a block
on Third avenue, comprising eight store*
and dwelling houses, for ?110,000. This
is a heavy purchase, but in the immense
business which Mr. Agnew does in thc
wholesale and retail grocery line, it ia a
"mere fl.oa-hite."
[Bergen County (JV. J.) Democrat.
The negroes in Arkansas ore threaten?
ing to light for their right to hold office.
Governor Clayton recently snubbed them
iu some of his recent appointments, aud
they won't allow the white appointees to j
bold their positions in any comfort.
They have a way of giving them two
days to got ont of tho County. Negroes
as they aro, they won't let tho wool bo
pulled over their eyes.
Ou Friday last, a colored man, in
Camden, named Frank Thompson, broko
into tho houso of Sallie, bis wife, whilo
sho was absent, and stole ber olothes,
and a two-year old baby, her child, (but
not his,) and le.t in tho direction of
Darlington. The officers of the law are
after him, for tho recovery of tho chattels
and personal property.
More Ku Klux outrages are reported
from Georgia. "Old Pot," an inoffen?
sive negro of seventy-three years, was
visited by five Ku Klux, who beat bim
terribly aud ran his wife off. These Ku
Klax were of the African bolief, and
"Old Pot's" offence was voting Demo?
cratic.
He took her fancy when ho came; he
took her hand, he took a kiss; he took
no notice of the shame that glowed her
happy ohoek at this. He took to coming
afternoons; he took au oath he'd no'er
deceive; ho took her father's silver
spoons, aud after that ho took his leave.
Tho law in China is that if a woman
disputes her husband in tho slightest
degree, she may be murdered by him
with impunity. If that law wcro iu
force in this country, the mortality
among wives would be very great.
A Boston paper is "in favor of women
voting if they want to." A Western pa?
per "would like to seo the man wh'o
coald mako them voto if they didn't
wont to."
Haleigh, N. C., had a five minutes
snow on Wednesday.
The New York Herald, nominating
Gcu, Wm. Tecumseh Sherman for tho
Presidency, says: ;;. fl ? .
The Southern - policy of - conciliation
and -reconciliation, emanating '." from
Generul Sherman, is - better than tho
policy of the bayonet adopted by Gene?
ral Graut. "Universal amnesty" is good,
and "universal amity," we believe, will
follow it. The victorious party in a
foreign war can afford to he generous,
and the victorious party in a domestic
war ought to be generous. How else,
looking to the South, can we heal thc
wounds still left open from the war?
General Sherman, tuon, in the proper
mon for the Democratic party. Put him
in the Hold and in thu front against
General Grant, and not ouly will the
Union supporters of tho war be divided
between them, but tho courtesies bf
brother soldiers will provail iu the cam?
paign between the two parties.. The
violeut hostilities botweon the two par?
ties and two races will disappenr in tho
South, for, ns many of tho blacks, will
be drawn to Sherman and the Demo?
crats,- the bitterness, of tho whites
against thurn will change into a better
feeling, and tho present danger of a war
of races will bo removed.
On tho Ku Klux question, General
Sherman will neutralize the popularity
of General Grunt on tho Joint High
Commission; und on the war and tho
issue? of the war thu two parties, with
Sherman opposed to Grant, will stand
substantially ou tho samo footing before
the people. Thus, thou, upon tho great
financial questions of the day, the Demo?
cracy, under the banner of Sherman,
may, North and South, securo the ba?
lance of power in the election. In short,
if for thu great Presidential battle of
1872 General Grant is the only mau for
the Republicans, 'General Sherman, of
nil men, is the mun for the Democracy.
Let thom try him, and the party, will ut
onco rise to its feet, "like a giant re?
freshed with new wine," North and
South, EaBt and West. Try bim, for the
field is open for Sherman, and the coast
is clear. ...
TAUPBUINQ TEMPERANCE.-A. tempor?
?neo lnw of Massachusetts excludes all
liquors from salo, except cider. The
reason why that beverage was allowed,,
according to the New York Commercial,
was in order to propitiate the squirearchs
and the deacons, who aro very influen?
tial in the commonwealth, and who will
muka and drink cider. After several
years of contest, another clause was
adopted, by which towns were allowed to
submit to ballot tho question whether
"ale, porter, strong beer or lager beer"
might bo sold within their limits
Through this solemn ordeal has much of
Massachusetts just panned. The vote
was generally small, but in many towns
depravity carried the day, and nie is
henceforth to be sold. Worcester, Law?
rence, Pittsfield, Springfield, Lynn and
Great Barrington, among others, took
this serpent into their bosoms, and be?
came like nnto Sodom and Gomorrah,
while Salem, (where they used to burn
witches, and which has a spice of the
old intolerance left,) New Bedford,
Greenfield, Cambridge and others voted
that, because they wero virtuous, there
should be no more cakes and ale. Gue
town, Brookfield, voted unanimously for
prohibition, and clinched the vote by
instructing the officers to prosecu o.
The Commercial thinks that the basis of
a Settlement should bo broader, and the
question made liquor or no liquor, in?
stead of this Massachusetts dodge of
whipping the devil round the stump.
" {Ballimore Sun.
An innovation in tho way of female
decoration has been introduced in the
fashionable circles of London, which
even the universal adoption of short
skirts could hardly have led one to ex?
pect. It is said that certain lovely dam?
sels, tired of bracelets, neckluoes, ear?
rings and tiaras, have accepted and pro
mnlgated the Eastern fashion of wearing
anklets. They are already for salo ia
the prominent jewelry atorod, and many
of them aro superbly fashioned, beiug
wrought in gold and silver and enriched
with precious stones.- They generally
have little tinkling bolls attached.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Betsy Mitchell, an
old colored woman, eighty-five yea?s of
ago, died suddenly ut No. 37 Spring
street, yesterday, of general debility.
The coroner held an inqaest, and the
verdict of the jury was in accordance
with tho facta.-Charleston Courier.
A man named Oscar Ulmer, residing
near Savannah, Georgia, while deliber?
ately seated on the track of the Central
Railroad, was ran over by a passenger
train, on tho 12th, and had both feet
taken off. He died the next day.
Tba New York Board of Health makes
the cheerful announcement that patients
with the small-pox aro frequently sent
to the hospital in the street cars and
hacks which are in u se daily among oiti
zeas. The physicians are said to bo to
blame.
A man in Illinois oommitted suicide
by drowning, lately, in six inohes of
water. He couldn't havo done it alone,
but bin wife, with that self-sacrificing de?
votion and helpfulness so characteristic
of the sex, sat on his head.
A maa who was arrested ia Halifax
and sent back to Demorara. West Indies,
on the charge of murder, recently,
jumped overboard on bis arrival, and
was immediately seized and devoured by
sharks.
While four high school children were
taking a sail at Uh i copee, Mass., recent?
ly, the boot parted and three of them
Arad Southworth, Kate Hunter aud Min?
nie White, were drowned.
The remains of Captain T, J. Warren
havo buen brought to Camden, (from
Gettysburg,) ood were re ihterrod on
Friday last.
The jail, poor house and town hall of
Fayetteville, N. C., have been sold for
dobt.
PHONTXIANA.-:The price 'of dingle'
copies of the PHOENIX is Jive couts. .
The residence of Mies Cordelia Mo:
deoai, corner of Sumter and ' Lady
stree tn, -was entered on Saturday night, .
and robbed of a quantity of provisions,
crockery, etc. ? discharged serrant is
strongly suspected, ?
Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers,
posters, hand-bills, bill-be ?de-iu fact,
everything in tho way bf job pria ting
gotten up in tho best style and on torms
that we pledge ourselves will be satisfac?
tory to all parties. With . approved ma?
chinery and steam power, we challenge
comparison in prices.? ! .-, .j.-, ..i ?
Mr. George Tupper has been present?
ed with two oil paintings on copper,
which ore well worth inspecting-:"La
Loge a' VOperu"- and "La Dame,Aux
Camelias." .> They are on exhibition f at
bis'rooms over Dr.'Tifrher's drugstore.
Congressman 'Elliott.jwilJ, accept .Ont
thauks for further Congressional docu?
ments. '? ? i < ' .
The Camden Journal hn* mada its ap?
pearance in a new dre>s.! Tho paper is
also considerably enlarged; a gratifying
sign of prosperity.. ',
i Devlin & Co., the enterprising clothiers
of Broadway, New York, have published
for gratuitous distribution, ii neat" little
illustrated pamphlet, entitled the '.'Me?
tropolis Explained." It contains much
information as to the sights of the city,
besides oar routes, ferries, places of
amusement, etc Also, an excellent map
of the great metropolis. }
.Tho tournament of the Charlest?n
steam engine companies comes off to?
morrow. The Independents, of thia
eily, will participate, and leave for the
"City by the Sea" to daft at 12 o'clock^
The -colored companies are to have a
tournament the next day. ' .
Indolence is.? stream that flows slowly
on, yet it undermines every virtue.
The race bolweqn .PettengiU's gray
maro aud Minort's pony ''Mike" was not
decided, yesterday-the race being de?
cided "drawn" by the jndges.
Wm. Sally, an old resident bf Colum?
bia, was in the city, lest night. This
information is deemed necessary, as a
wager is pending on the matter.
The members of the Fir? men's Band
are requested to meet at the music store
of Messrs. LyBrand & Son, this morn?
ing, at 10 o'clock.
MAIL ART Anet iiiENTs.-Tba Northern
mail opens at 3.80 P. M.; cloaca 12.IC
P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 8.80 A. M.; closes 6.CK
P. M. Greenville mail opens 7.30 P,
M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mai!
opens 1.30P. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. Or
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
Tho following is a list of the officer*
and members of the Independent Stean
Firo Engino Company, who will leav<
here to day, on an excursion to Charles
ton, to participate in the firemen'
festivities which take place in that cit:
to-morrow. They will be accompanist
by tho Firemen's Band:
OFFICERS-John MoKenzie, President
John C. Sutphen, Vice-President; Da
niel C. Peixotto, Secretary; W- H
Monckton, First Director; Henry Hen
nis, Third Director; John F. Sutphen
Fourth Director. > .
MEMBERS-C. V. Antwerp, J. Il
Smith, J. 8. Bawls. Jacob H. Stelling
John H. Stelling, A. C. Monckton, J. A
Jackson, W. S. Morrison, Wm. Mr.
Guinni*, Samuel Morris, B. S. Gillilanc
T. L. Mood, John T. Wright, 0. J. Beel
N. Quilman, Chas. A. Bedell, W. Andel
BOU, L. Maugnm, H. Frank, John Ivej
Harry Levy, Jamos Stokes, W. H. Cos
John Heise, George Green, James M<
Dougal, P. Cantwell, R. B. McKay, I
H. Meimbreese, C. Hoefer, John M<
Millan, John F. Beard, N. Levy, W. C
BatemoD, W. G. Beck, Thoa. Ballinge:
W. H. Denny, A. C. Squire, Jr., W. E
Mood, B. Y. Neal, Lewis Levy, J. C
Sutphen, B. O. Smith, Frank Mille:
W. W. Deane, Masters B. Morrison an
J. P. Selby.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, May 15.- Xickersi
House-Mrs. J. J. .Calhoun and dough te
Atlanta; W. B. Thomas, C., C. & A. I
R.; E. E. Dickson, Manning; 8. I
Hall, E. Thomas, Johnson's T. O. ; J. 1
Godfrey, Atlanta; E. H. Hamilton, I
G. Dunn, New Orleans.
Columbia Hotel-J. Hern, Jr., Phill
delphin; P. Duffie, W. D. Kenned:
Charleston; E. H. Brooks, W. Wad
Augusta; W. F. Hague, city; S. Fran!
W. A. Perp. W. S. Floyd, Baltimore; I
White, N. Y..i H. D. Gardin, Va.; a
Moses and lady, A. J. McNeil, J. Mon
ghan, Sumter; J. E. Godfry, Atlanta; I
W. High, W., C. and A. R. R. ; J. H
S;ood, Barnwell; S. J ohuston, Newberr;
r. L. Anderson, T. H. Law, Sparta!
burg; W. P. Jacobs, Clinton; W. V
Smith, N. Oy^
LIST OF NBW ADVKKTISEHKKTB.
Mons, Berger-Corns and Bunions.
Meeting Y. M. C. Association.
For Sale or Bent-Cottage House.
B. & W. C. Swaffield-Reduction.
Capital Building and Loan Asaot'n.
Monteith Sc Fielding-Auction Sale.
Jacob Levin-Corn.
Monteith & Fielding-Card.
Meeting Independent Fire Company
. Lippwau's Bitters are for sale by all dru
Kiata ami dealers. Depot in Columbia, H. {
at G mn KR & Mc?nEQon'3, Druggists. 8 lb