The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 22, 1871, Image 2
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Tues lay Horning, August 22,1871.
The financial results of the pu roh uso
of the English telegraphs by the Govern?
ment has been officially reported, and it
appears therefrom that whilo the total
amount, paid for the telegraph was
?7,500,000, the reoeipta to the Govern?
ment are alreadyM?n per cent, on that
sum, while the expenses are but five and
a half per ceut. The profit of foar and
a half per cont, is a very satisfactory
one, considering the newness of the en?
terprise, and it is announced ns being
constantly on the increase. It is pro?
posed at the earliest possible time to
make the uniform price of messages to
all parts of the United Kingdom six?
pence, and thus more efTeotnalJy popu?
larize the system. The present rates,
however, are very mnoh cheaper than
the lowoat ones that prevail among the
private companies of the United States,
and wo are led to hope that Congress,
Boeing a Government telegraph system
to be a profitable one, will make haste to
adopt it.
While we doubt the reported alli?
ance between France and Bnssia
against Germany, it is impossible to
dose oar eyes to ' the faot that an un?
wonted activity in military affairs is now
manifested by tho latter, hardly explain?
able upon any other basis than that of a
contemplated war. Central Asia swarms
with Muscovite soldiers; enlistments are
being actively proseonted everywhere
thronghont the Czar'u dominions; pre?
parations for a vost increase of war ma?
terial are nnder way, while an extensive
system of fortification is being pushed
rapidly forward upon the Western fron?
tier. Whether this military revival has
been exoitedby the jealousy of Germany,
or a desire to take advantage of Frano?'e
quiescence to posh forward Rassia't
Eastern policy, or whether it is a more
precautionary mona uro to over-awe the
Poles, who have recently, .manifested
signs of dissatisfaction, tho; history ol
only a few months will develop.. TLu
extensive nature of the preparation!
under way would seem to indicate some
more serions purpose than the men
sham battle with which St. Petersburg
is to be besieged. Probably the Czar ii
profiting by the lesson afforded to tin
Frenoh at Woerth, on the daoger o
surprise, and means his harmless littli
exhibition as the cover to a movemen
more important, and some fine morninj
may drop in upon "the sick man" befori
Earopo is fully aware of bin intentions
THE LION AT BAY.-The plucky Mayo
of New York defies and spurns tho whol>
kennel of dogs which have been barkinj
at him incessantly for a fortnight. Tb
leader of the paok, the New York Timas
thus yelps out its indignation:
To this communication of citizens
representing millions of dollars of th
taxable, property of the city, A. O.iker
Hall sont the following insulting reply
a printed oopy of which was transmittal
to each of the signers of the letter:
MAYOB'S OFFICE, August 12,1871.
To->, one of the signers of the com
munication addressed to Hie undersignec
SIB: I beg to acknowledge tho rtooip
of said communication. I have returne
it to the chairman. 1st. Because it i
not a communication which any gentle
mau should, with knowledge of its con
tents, have aigned, and certainly not on
a gentleman can receive. 2d. Becaus
it ia on its face incorrect, in asm aub a
most of the Bigners are not resident
either of the Twelfth or Ninoteont
Wards, and herein it evidences how mit
takingly individuals may sign papen
3d. I am reliably informed that not one
tenth of the signors were at the meeting
4th. I am reliably informed that the rest
lutions were not passed, because th
chairman failed to put the negativ?
5th. Booause the fourth "whereas" pr?
ceding the resolutions is surely know
to moat of yon to be untrue, OB the nt
dorsigoed, immediately on the publics
-tion of the slanders, broadly denis
them nuder his own signature. 6tt
Beoanse of the general insulting tom
and especially in the resolution attucl
ing bonds and recommending the noi
payment of taxos. I beg to add that
is not for any of you to ask me to resig
under any oircamstanceB. Every one i
you opposed my re-eleotion on last ai
tnmn, and at a time when these charge
in a general way, bad been long mat
and fully met, I received a haudsom
popular endorsement against the slai
dorera. My then supporters are suti
fled with me now. They remember th
for twelve years I was Distriot Attorne,
and in an office where invitations to co
rnption were more frequent than in ac
other, and that my character re mai ne
throughout as I know it to bo now.
shall do in my high office whatever n
official oath and offioiul judgment r
quire; and, while I am always gratof
for advice temperately given sud ooti
teously advanced, I indignantly reje
coercive rhetoric, threatening languag
and insulting communications.
Very truly, A. OAKEY HALL,.
A Paris workman, a few days ng
oame upon a largo "treasure trove
Whilo clearing away some buiidii
stones in ono of the streets, he foin
under a stone $1,040,000-supposed
have boen stolon from tho French trt
Bury by ono of tho Communiste.
MR. EDITOR: You will please publish
the following extract of a letter from a
lady of the highest intelligence, now at
Caesar's Head. I must express my eur-'
prise that the authorities of the Green?
ville and Columbia Railroad have not
offered the inducements of reduced rates
to persons wishing to visit the delight?
ful up-country retreats in the mountains
of our State and North Carolina:
"CESAR'S HEAD, August, 1871.
"This climate and scenery are certain?
ly glorious, and the Messrs. Carson are
untiring in their efforts for the oomfort
and amusement of their guests. Tho
hotel is in a rough and unfinished state,
it is true, bot we cannot complain of any
very serious lack of the reasonable com?
forts which we should expeot under
lircilnr circumstances. It compares most
favorably in every respect with Cleve?
land, N. C., Glenn's, of this State, Look?
out Mountain, and indeed our summer
resorte generally. The company here
baa not been very largo, but includes
representatives from Savannah, Charles?
ton, Columbia, and some ten Districts
of the State. The fare is good, bounte?
ous, well served, and sufficiently varied
to ensure a commendable appetite. Al?
ready we have upon several occasions
enjoyed venison, notwithstanding the
dictum of our host, (who is a celebrated
Nimrod,) that no "drive" should be in?
augurated before the 20th August. The
sun-Bet views from the "Head" are daily
increasing in magnificence and beauty,
as tho rich autumnal coloring of sky be?
comes more and more apparent. The
"Hoad" is, of coarse, the centre of in?
terest here-the point of note; but tour?
ists have many other localities, the beau?
ty and attraction of which onr hont is
ever eager, in propria persona:, to exhi?
bit. The Cold Spring, the Winds, the
Great Dismal, the Jones Gap View, etc.,
are nome of the more adjacent points of
beauty or grandeur; the more distant
exp?ditions to Table Book and Cedar
Mountain are likewise a part of the pro?
gramme. Now, when I mention the
really good music, consisting of two vio?
lins and piano, by which those BO in?
clined can nightly or daily "trip the light
fantastic toe," and the deoently con?
ducted bar-room (why must there always
be a bar-room?) for tboBo spiritually in?
clined, I think that I have shown that
for those wishing relaxation or rest, no
spot can be more favorable than Cunar's
Head."
REMARKABLE SPEECH RY THE Porn
His HOLTNESS NOT WORN OOT NOR
WEARY.-It has already bean made
known that 27,000 male citizens of Rome
affixed their names, with their address
and occupation, to a letter to tho Pope,
expressing their grief at the occupation
of Rome by the Italian Government, and
their anxiety to Bee the Pope restored to
bis former independence. When this
addresB, with its 27,000 signatures, was
presented to tho Pope, the other day, he
made avery remarkable speech, of which
the following is a translation:
Yes, it is most true, and let ns render
glory to God and thanks to God for
making it thus manifest that Rome has
been true to herself. Heaven grant that
never may it have to be said of ber:
"Woe nnto thee, Ohoraizin, woo unto
thoo, Bothsaida, for if the mighty things
had been done in Tyre and Sidon whioh
have been done in thee, they would long
ugo have repented in sack cloth and
ashes; therefore, it shall be moro tolera?
ble in the day of judgment for Tyre and
Sidon than for you." No! nover can
such words apply to Rome. The spirit
of honor and loyalty which hold you
close bonnd to me, whioh, in the midst
of overflowing evil, keeps yon in the
straight path of justice with such abun?
dant courage, renders you worthy sub?
jects of this Holy City, empurpled with
tho blood of her noble martyrs, aud ren?
dered illustrious by the heroic virtue of
her multitude of confessors. The good
works to which you devote yourselves
with so great zeal, your labors for the
maintenance aud diffusion of religion,
will assuredly earn for yon the blessing
of God and tho applause of all men of
piety, not to Bay of all the just and up?
right. May God koop yon ever faithful
to your good intentions, and preserve
you from contamination of the evils
which bave overflowed this city. With
my whole affection, I pour out my bene?
diction upon you and upon your fami?
lies, and I bless all those who now, being
out of Rome, are prevented from sub?
joining their namoB os they would wish.
* * * Men have said that I am
worn ont and weary. True, I am weary
of witnessing the iniquity, injustice and
disorder around QB; I am weary of th?
insults offered, doy by day, to religion
in this oity, which wes wont to shine be?
fore the world as an example of faith
and morals; I ano weary of tho oppres?
sion of the weak and innocent, of thc
insults offered to ministers of tho sanc?
tuary, of the profanation of objects ol
our dearest veneration. * * *
Of all this I am weary, in truth 1 Bot,
worn out and weary in tho sonso ol
being ready to surrender the cause com?
mitted to mo; in the sense of being
ready to compromise the struggle with
injustice, and of turning back from tue
pursuit of that whioh is right-in thu
sense, not No, in this souse I am not
weary, and, hy tho help of God, nevei
shall it be Batd I became thus weary.
* * * Anew, I givo yon mj
benediction to bear you up in this strug?
gle in which you, too, oro engaged; ano
I invoke it in copious measure ou yoni
families, also, und OU your substance
May it bo with you through lifo, ant
open for you the gates of au eternity ol
joy!" **?#***<
MAN DROWNED.-Sam. S tanyard, co
, lured, who cunio to the city ou Friduj
morning, in the sloop Annie, to sell th?
j produce ho brought with him, was fount
I itt -I o'clock, Saturday aft er noon, drown
1 ed, under thu steru of u ll it ut Gadsden*!
' Wharf, ut thu foot of Calhoun street.
{Charleston Courier.
DBSTBCOTITB STORM ON TBS SEA-IJOAUP,
A terrible storm raged along thu Atlantic
sea-coast ou Friday and Saturday, and,
doubtless, many marine disasters occur?
red. The Savannah Republican bas a
long account of the ravages of the storm
in that city and vicinity, from whioh we
extract tho following:
The wind commenced blowing a gale
from the North-east abont 1 o'clock P.
M., Friday, accompanied by deluges of
rain falling in torrents without intermis?
sion. The gale increased in fury, and
the rain descended in floods, until be?
tween ll and 12 o'olock P. M., at which
time it reached its height. Tho most
substantial residences facing the North
wore flooded. The streets looked like
one Bea, and tbe winds howled and
howled again, tearing away everything
exposed ta their fury, doing sn irnrnenyy
amount of damage The injury sus?
tained, by the public works,' in aud about
the city will probably not fall short of
$100,000. Tbe whole night long the
winds howled and tbe rain doscouded nu
though the foundations of the great deep
above and below had broken up. It was
tbe most fearful gale that Savannah bas
experienced for many years, and in ita
results has proved mero disastrous to
property than the celebrated storm of
September 8, 1854. The debris of fallen
trees, limbs, &o., scattered all over the
city, gives evidence of the force of tbe
winds. Many trees have been blown
down and others seriously injured. It is
impossible to enumerate tho injury sus?
tained to private property in the city
from the unroofing of houses, blowing
down of chimneys and fences, the over?
flowing of cellars, &o. Tho large cotton
warehouse of Dr. Clark, on tho corner of
West Broad and Broughtou streets, sixty
by ninety feet, and just completed, is
seriously damaged, the water in tho col?
lar (which is the entire area of the build?
ing) being even with the flooring. Dr.
Clark estimates his damage at from
810,000 to ?12,000.
The injury to the crops has been im?
mense, as we stated. Those planted on
Springfield plantation and Lamar's,
Lawton's nnd other farms in the low
grounds, East, have been ruined, nnd
aro now entirely under water. The
damage to the rioe crop along tho river,
on the Ogeeohee, &o , cannot yet bu as?
certained, although we hare Been a note
from the overseer to tho planter of an
extensive plantation on the Savanna!?
River, giving a disastrous account of the
notion of the flood on the plantation
settlements under water, provisions and
supplies destroyed, ??c. Springfield
plantation, upon which so much time,
money and skill has boen spent, is com?
pletely uudor water its entire length and
breadth, and has the appearance of a
vast inland sea. House* situated upon
it have been submerged, tbe waters
rushing over it with the velocity of a
mill-race, scarcely leaving time for tho
inhabitants, mostly negroes, to escape.
Lamar's field and the adjacent lowlands,
in the Eastern part of the oity, present
a similar spectacle. The crops are all
nuder water, aud the Bilbo Canal is over?
flowed its entire length, from the sholl
road to the river. What damage was
done to private property, in tbe shape of
injury to crops planted, wo have not
been able yet to ascertain; but it must
reach thousands of dollars. The canal
botweon Lawton's place, or plantation,
and the bridge on the Thunderbolt Shell
Road, upon which the labor of the con?
tractor with a large number of hands
has been expended for the past two
months, lias been ruined and tho whole
work will have to be re-commenced.
Many sewers in process of construction
have been more or less damaged, involv?
ing a heavy expense in ropairs. An old
wooden building across tho river, belong?
ing to Messrs, Krenson Sz Hawks, was
blown down and severely injured two
negroes who were asleep in it at tho
time, the timbers cutting one in tho face
and breaking some bones of the jaw,
the other receiving hurts about one of
his legs.
THE STORM IN CHARLESTON.-The Cou?
rier thus refers to tho storm iu that city
on Friday aud Saturday:
Ono of the severest storms which wo
have experienced for years-somo per?
sons say since 1857-passed over our city
on Friday and Saturday. On the fore?
noon of Friday lust, tho wind blew fresh
from about South-east, during the day
?. changed to North-east, increasing iu
forco during tho afternoon, accompanied
by light rain. Soon after dark tho wind
and ruin increased, the former blowing
with great violence in heavy squalls,
while tbe latter came down in torrents,
i During Friday night and Saturday until
mid-night, a heavy North-east gale pro
. vailed, the wind sometimes veering
. slightly to the East or North, tho rain
. descending with a volume not previously
i known for years. It was not unexpected,
. however, as those unerring monitors,
f the weather reports, foretold its ooming
? by several days, which enabled the river
? craft at least to secure safe moorings.
' In the city in man; places trees were
. blown down and snapped asunder, small
; out-bouses were injured in the roofs,
\ while shutters banged, and window
i sashes rattled violently. The rain was
i so furious that it got into every crevioc
: where it contd bo forcod, and damaged
. houses inside more or less. In several
of thu streets large bolos were cando-in
r two or three instances capacious enough
? to hold a carriage and horse. In the
1 North-eastern and North-western por
r tious cf the oity lots woro flooded, and
, cellars and basements filled to the depth
I of several inches, and in Homo oases UG
f many feet. On Saturday it poured un
. couHiugly all day, nod actually interfered
with tho prosecution of business; the
. draymeu and carters of East Bay wore
; compelled to abandon thoir accustomed
i haunts, and give their auimals thu besl
I windier they could from tho merciless
- (dements. In that delectable scot ion ol
i thu city known ai Rottouboro, tho street*
were inundated, aud tho yards and cel?
lars filled to a considerable depth. Mr.
Klatte, in tho North-eastern portion of
the city, had some trouble in saving a
pair of horses tied in hin stable, where
the water had settled several 'feet. With
t ie high tide and rain, the yards, vacant
lots and streets, on tho : equar? lying on
the Broad stroet promenade, wore 'com?
pletely submerged, and'during the day
an unbroken sheet of water lay in the
locality as far as Franklin street. Those
residents whose business called them
out of doors had to get out on spring
a trts and on the backs of colored men,
who no e l as peripatetic ferries. That
staunch brick structure, the Alms House,
leaked badly, and the water whioh beat
in over the windows and nuder the door
Bills, rested on the lower floor, and in
tho master's office many inches. A num?
ber of private dwellings suffered in a
like manner and were moro or less da?
maged. Tho wind forced opeu the li?
brary window of thc Court Hen-, thc
rain poured iu and ran through to the
equity room, injuring the furniture and
papers to the extent of 8300.
THU STORM IN FLORIDA.-Tho Jack?
sonville Courier contains the following
account of the storm and its effects at
that point;
Since Tuesday, tho wind has boen
blowing from the North-east, gradually
increasing m strength until it arrived,
on Thursday night, to the dignity of a
"gale of wind." Until Thursduy, noon,
but little rain fell, aud since theu it han
rained almost incessantly. Thursday
night waa an anxious one to many. The
howling of the wind, with the occasional
snap and crack of a tree, made u wild
night. Friday morning showed a scene
of more or less devastation in the city,
with rather an alarming prospect. Trees
innumerable were prostrated during
Thursday night. Tho eight-inch brick
wall in front of Cooper & Jones' paint
shop was blown out, demolishing the
show window. Mr. Lioveridge'8 new
building, of thu name style, in Ocean
street, niuo in process of erection, is
slightly damaged. The river mus over
the new nod high sidewalks just West of
the market, and Ledwith's wharf is
afloat, the waves rolling in between
Col. Bay's and the market. Tho water
is still about a foot below the market
floor. The North-east corner of Solara's
Une new brick warehouse is down, aud
the rest is likely to fall. Tho whole
river front ts lined with debris. At the
foot of Market street there are about a
dozen fine row-boats stove to pieces, aud
the little steamer Islander is trying to
pound herself to fragments on the
wharf. The bath house was. Tin
roofs have suffered generally. Tho
Ocean House was stripped of its tin,
und John Clark's warehouse on the
wharf, in tho rear of nar office, is in
the same condition. The water is up
to our back door, bat we don't antici?
pate it will come np in the second
story. The steamers have all loft the
wharvas except tho "Nick Kiug,"
whioh remains at McCants' wharf with
steam up. Business is almost entirely
suspended, and citizens are collected iu
groups watching the risc of the water.
N. H. Walker's new brick warehouse,
near tho depot, in progress of oreotion,
is minus the East end. The railroad
bridge over McCoy's Creek is oat of
line so that the trains cannot paus. We
are informed that the water at Bald?
win is so duop that the trains cannot
get through on account of their Ares
being put out. The mill men must
have suffered greatly in the loss of logs;
tho water is reported to be five feet
deep in their engine rooms. The da?
mage to Jacksonville will be many thou?
sand dollars. The damage tu shipping
must bo very great.
Bonus INDIAN OUTRAGES. - Several
weeks since tho city of St. Joseph, Mo.,
was startled by an account of the cap?
ture of a Government wagon train hy a
party of Indians near Fort Sill, and the
horrible atrocities committed upon the
drivers by their savage captors. Tho
story was brought to St. Joseph by a
mau professing to be one of the survivors
of the massacre, and his narrative was
extensively copied by tho Western press.
Upon investigation by proper authori?
ties, it has been ascertained that no wa?
gon train has ever been taken by the In?
dians- near Fort Sill. The whole affair
IB a fabrication, without the least foun?
dation iu fact, and was probably set
afloat by parties interested in transport?
ing supplies through the Indian country
for the purpose of frightening off com?
petition. General Hazon says of the
story that it is "a pure fabrication from
first to last, without the least incident of
fact to make it ont of."
ASSUMING OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS.-Alex?
ander Singleton, colored, living in tho
vicinity of tho Dorchester Bond, came
to tho city, yesterday, and made com?
plaint at Trial Justice T. J. Maokey's
oflioe, that a Maj. H. C. Irewood, who
was a Federal Provost Marshal iu this
oity, after the war, was hearing cases as
though clothed with judicial authority
to do so, and had fi nod him $20, and
that other colored men had suffered in
smaller amounts and penalties. On the
strength of Singleton's affidavit, officer
Monahau was despatched with "proper
credentials" to bring tho gentleman
hither to answer the charge of obtaining
moue}' under false pretences.
{.Charleston Courier.
A BULLET IN TIIE BRAIN.-The Clinton
1 (La.) Patriot describes the case of n man,
known to tho editor, who lived for six
years with a ballet in his brain. His
naroo was James O. Marston, a resident
1 in Clinton. Ho was a niembor of tho
Fourth Louisiana, was wounded in At?
lanta, Qa., July 28, 18G1, and died Juno
1 19,1870. A postmortem examination by
' Dr. Chiippin disclosed the existonce of u
; bullet embodied in the soldier'? brain.
? During a game of base ball, at Tama
. City, Iowa, tho batter, in throwing back
, his club for a telling-stroke, hit tho
. catcher in the temple, killing him iu
sbintly.
A L>lit uf the Moat Dangcroat Counter?
feit* Now In Circulation.
Almost every day, baDkera, brokers
and merchants, or their clerks, nre being
deceived and defrauded out' of large
sums, as well as tbe general public, by
having ii timorous couutor feit bills passed
lh upon them with genuine ones. The
counterfeits, 'in some instances, are so
well executer^ tbat detection is almost
impossible, unless very closely scruti?
nized.
In making inquires, it baa boon ascer?
tained that counterfeit billa on tho fol?
lowing banks aro being circulated: On
the Merchants* National Bank of this
city $20 and 85 are easily disposed of.
The engraving is admirably exeouted
upon first class paper, and is looked
upon as being avery dangerous counter?
feit. Ten dollar bills of tbe American
Nutional Bank, Broadway, are freely
Circulated, They are well executed, but
eau be detected by the difference of the
shading ol the large letters. There are
two sets of counterfeits issued on the
Ninth National Bank; they are $10 and
82 bills, ure well executed, und printed
ou good paper, and very likely lo de
'ceivo. Ou the National Bank of the
State of New York there ure also $20
und $2 counterfeits. Tbey are well exe?
cuted, but the shading under tho title of
"Bunk" is bud. These bills should be
received with great caution to prevent
imposition.
There are soveral connterfeit issues of
United States Treasury notes, the most
prominent beiag $20 bills of March 10,
16G2. These are finely executed, the
printiug and engraving being above the
ordinary class, but the alluding in the
buok-grouud of tho vignette is coarse.
A third fraudulent plate for $10 United
States Treasury uotes has just come to
light, but it does not come up to tbe se?
cond plate, but the imitution is good.
Many imperfections of tho second pluto
have also been rectified in tho new plate.
There are a number of 810 United States
Treasury notes of tbe second issue, so
well executed that the best experts can
hardly tell thc difference between the
e<i u aler feit and the gouuiue. They cnn
only be detected in the defective engrav?
ing of the portrait of Lincoln. A large
number of $50 Treasury notes, well exe?
cuted, in several instances have passed
as genuine. Twenty dollar bills of tho
same denomination, of March 3, 1863,
aro extensively circulated, the engraving
being first olass and paper good. There
ure also a number of $2 and $1 bills, but
in these oases the engraving ia coarse,
und with a little attention can easily be
detected. Counterfoils of United States
legal tender not?s, of $10 and $1, are
quite plentiful, but as the engraving is
very coarse, they are not readily accept?
ed in this city.
Tbe following is a list of the country
notes which are also enid to be freely cir?
culated at every given opportunity: $20
bills on tho First National Bank of Bos?
ton, Mass. These notes are well execut?
ed and printed on good paper, bat are
defective on examination with the genu?
ine. $20 on the Fourth National Baak of
Philadelphia. The engraving in this
case is very course, and can soon be de?
tected by any one accustomed to band?
ing paper money. $20 on the First Na?
tional Bauk of Indianapolis. These
notes aro well calculated to deceive, and
are well printed. The plate ased can be
easily altered to any nf the national cur?
rency bank notes. $5 on the Peoples'
National Bank, Michigan. These are
poorly got up. $10 on the Farmers' aud
Merchants' Bank of Poughkeepsie.
These bills aro well executed and printed
upon good paper, and will prove a dan?
gerous counterfeit.
Tho Albany City National Bank $10
counterfeit bills are also plentiful, but
the engraving is very scratchy compared
with tho genuine. $10 and $2 West?
chester Couuty National Bank counter?
feit bills are rather coarse, aud ought to
be detected by tho engraved signatures.
There are a number of well exeouted
counterfeit uotes on the National Union
Bunk, Lindorpark, Utica City National
Batik, Oneida National Bauk, aud Ou?
trai National Bank, for $20, $10 ami $5.
In addition to these counterfeit bills,
there aro a number of counterfeit gold
pieces of different value, while a number
of pieces have been split up aud filled
with platinum.-New York Times.
TrtK EVANGELISTS ABROAD.-Prince
Gortscbakoff hus como to the rescue of
Russian religious integrity in tho matter
of tbe Evangelical Conference ut Friede
ricksbnfen with a downright show of
curt indignaron at tbe report' set forth
by tho members of the American Alli?
ance. He Bays that, instead, of giving
those gentlemen tho encouraging re?
sponses in behalf of oppressed Protest?
antism in Russia which they seem to
have put in circulation, he distiuotly
told them that their mission bud the ap?
pearance of interference in the domestic
affairs of Russia, that he could permit
no foreign intervention whatever, and
that tho Russian Government could not
tolerate a shadow of intervention from
whatever side it came. Ho, however,
condescended to aooept their address tc
band to the Czar, and there his action
ended.
Ono of tho most terrible tragedies over
onacted in Central New York occurred at
East Frankfort, on Monday night. A
grey-headed man, ?ixty-four years], oj
age, Dyer Pangburn, murdered his wife,
who was about forty-four yours old, iu
tho kitchon of tboir own house, with a
hoavy potato-masher, literally crushing
in tho left side of her hoad so that the
brain oozed out. Ho then went to a
barn on tho samo premises and delibe?
rately hung himself.
THE WHARTON MYSTERY.-Ono suspi?
cion in regard to this affair has been
cleared away. Tho physician who exa?
mined the stomach of Henry O. Whar?
ton, ouo of tho alleged victims, reports
that ho found no traces of poison. Thus
tho charge against Mrs. Wharton, ol
poisoning her own sou, Tulls to thc
ground.
Ciooal X t o m s .
n-i??- ii (i /.. . ;
Pu cu Nm AJ? A.-,-Tho price of si o gie
copies of the PHONIX is five cents.
A few days since Alfred Gadsden and
Frank Patterson, both colored) were
caught stealing provisions from the
ration house on the premises of Mr. C.
A. Lynch, near Columbia. They at?
tempted to encape, but refusing to halt
when ordered to do so, one of them
Alfred Gadsden-received a shot in the
leg. They ?ere both finally arrested
and lodged in Lexington jail.
Our merchants, and others wishing to
prepare fur tbs fall busiuess, will please
take notice that the PHONIX office is
supplied with all necessary material for
as haaduocio cards, bil! beads, posters,
circulars, and other printing that maybe
desired, as any office in the city. Give
us a call and test our work.
The Southern gas generator, now in
noe at the PHONIX office, is much ad?
mired. It is just the thing for large es?
tablishments; and in country towns is
nvaluable.
lt is asserted that several well-diggers,
n their great desire to obtain jobs, have
resorted to tko dodge of throwing dead
fowls, etc., into them. Look- oat for
these fellows.
Messrs. Paysinger & Franklin an?
nounce turtle soup to-day, for lunch.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Board of Directors of tho Sooth Caro?
lina Monument Association will be held
thia (Tuesday) afternoon, the 22d inst.,
at half-past 5 o'clock, at the residence of
Dr. John T. Darby, South Carolina
University. Directors ore earnestly re?
quested to attend, as final arrangements
mast be made for the bazaar.
Mr. McKenzie bas just received a few
boxes of delicious Concord grapes from
our neighboring State-North Carolina
-and is rapidly disposing of them, at
thirty cents a pound. They are really
fine.
Model, institution-The Patent Office.
The new fashion instituted by the
London "swells" is a' Tyroleso hat with
a straight feather of bright crimson or
blue. The style bas already made its
appearance at oar watering places, and
is mach affected by youths of callow
age. Next winter Wall street will be
full of plumed brokers, and Broadway
will look like aa aviary. With euch as
cannot afford the expense of feathers,
an old quill pen stuck in the hat will
answer the purpose, besides being con?
veniently uBefal.
A vein pursuit-Mining.
The thermometer stood as follows, at
the Pollock House, yesterday: 7.A. M.,
70; 12 M., 80; 2 P. M., 84; 7 P. M., 86.
M AIIJ AKOA.NO ISM EN TS.-Tho Northern
mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00
P. M.; closes 0.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M.; doses 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opens9.00A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On
Sunday office open ' from 3 to 4 P. M.
HOTED A mu VALS, August 21.-Gol um
bia Hold--T. D. Lilly, W. L. Bradley,
Augusta; H. Birjae, H. J. Johnson, La.;
W. E. Tingle, Cincinnati; W. P. De
PasB, Camden; M. K. Kidd. New York;
A. B. Miller, Baltimore; H. W. High,
N. C.; H. F. Means, Union; J. Foster,
J.. A. Foster, Spartanburg; D. Bieman,
Walhalla.
ttickerson House-J. J. Gormly, Char
lotto; H. B. Faut aud wife, Mrs. Gurley,
Miss Orr, Judge Orr, Anderson; F. Ar?
nold, S. C.; C. Jones, N. C.; A. T. Ben?
nett and wife, J. J. Mason, N. O. ; W.
H. Trescott, T. C. Trescott, Miss Perry,
Pendleton; J. Butler, Ala.; J. Kyle, Lau?
rens; J. W. Flick, Chester; C. Badger,
Charlotte; T. J. Steers, B. R. R. R. ; R.
J. Donaldson, Cheraw; L. W. Gary, city.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
Carroll, Melton k Janney-Summons.
D:'G; P?ixotto <fc Son-Auction.
Piyainger Sc Franklin-Turtlo Sonp.
WV S. ?Sc J. M. Talbott-Horses, &o.,
Capital Building ?fe Loan Association.
OFFICIAL RAFFLE NUMB Ens Charlee von Charl,
table Association, for benefit Free Behool fond:
IUrvLE CLASS No. HS.-Morning-August U.
10-3? 49 1^2-37-30-45-6?-30-28-36
Witness oar bauds, at Charleston, this aiet
AuRUBt, 1871. FENN PECK.
8 ' JAMES GI Lld LAND,
August M Sworn Commissioners.
FACTS WORTH KNOWINO.-During a reoont
trial or comparison of ordinary Baking Pow?
der? in New York with DOOLEY'S YEAST POW
BEU, it was Bhown conclusively that better
results wore attained with from one-half to
two-thirds the quantity of ibo latter than
Kith any other iu market. The Beeret of the
.ucees* Un? in tho o?ro with which POOLBT'S
YEAST POWOEB is prepared, and its entire
freedom from substances that are injurious
to tho syBttm.
Wo ohallengo comparison at any and all
times. The verdict of tho consumer is al?
ways in our favor. For sale by all grocors.
August 2* J3
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Mn; P. P. TOA LE'S NEW OFFICE ANO SALES
BOOMS -Wo aro happv to inform our readers
that their old acquaintance Mr. P. P. Toalo,
whiiocontinuing Iiis manufactory of doors,
sashes, blinda, etc., on Horlbock's wharf,
Charlaste?, H. C.. bas oponed a handsome
oflioo and extendive sab a monia ?t No. 20
ll ay no atreot. whero they will lind it more
convenient lo cull on bim when they visit tho
City. Tho saltia ronni? extend to No. 83
I'uioknev Htroo:, where there ia another i n?
tr?neo. T guild and ?et a new and extended
pric? list of lat?bt ot) lea, otc. See advertise,
num. July H Imo t