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COLUMBIA. S. C.
Wednesday MLornmR, February 21, '72.
Civil War In Mexico.
Lato advices from Mexico give a most
fearful account of the state of affairs in
that chronically restless and disturbed
country. Peace and quiot and the bless?
ings of good, orderly government have
been denied to that unfortnnate section
"from a time whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary."
There has been no period for a number
of years, during which it has been alto?
gether seoure from the depredations of
insurgent bands, moro or less largo in
numbers and formidable in the uk ill and
influence of their leaders. Bot now,
the rebels, or revolutionists, as the; ave
termed, are not confined to ningle bands
or remote localities. They are reported
ns mustering 30,000 soldiers, and to hold
the ascendency in Puebla, Yera Cruz,
Gaudulajaro, Guanajuato and other
wealthy and important States or pro?
vinces. President Juarez has becomo
alarmed, is assuming dictatorial powers,
?nd the despatches say has applied to
President Grant for aid to suppress the
revolutionists, and buen assured that hu
should receive assistance from our Go?
vernment, as a last alternative. Juarez,
perhaps, knows what he is about, and
may be only playing iuto the banda of
certain officials nt Washington, who will
readily transfer their greed for San Do?
mingo to the rich silver minos of
Mexico. If'ho thinks, though, that he
?B to re?oive gratuitous assistance from
?Grant, in our judgment, ho will find
himself mistaken. Once the troops of
the Uaited States get a foot-hold upon
Mexican soil, Mr. Juarez will learn to
his sorrow that it is a difficult matter to
dislodge them, without parting with a
handsome slice of his territory, and
mayhap will soon find the whole of it
forming a component part of "the best
Government the world ever saw." It is
difficult tc Bee upon what principle of
iuternatior.nl law or polity the United
States oan assume to interfere in Mexican
troubles, and dictate to that people that
Juarez, instead of Diaz, or any other
man they may select, shall be their
Chief Magistrate; but if the aooession of
the whole or a part of that rioh region
should bo tho result of such illegal inter?
meddling, there will, doubtless, be found
in the "progressive ideas" of the day
some sufnoient, or, at any rate, satisfac?
tory, justification for the wrongful act.
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Salt Lake City, it appears, is a wo?
man's rights paradise. The women of
Utah have been admitted by territorial
enactment to the suffrage, and now, in
spite of all that has been said of en?
forced polygumy, the complaint reaches
us that it was owing entirely to tho votes
of the discontented wives that the recent
municipal olection in Salt Lako City was
carried for tho Mormon candidates, and
against tho Gentiles. We recommend
immediate emigration to those aspiring
females whoso strenuous efforts have
failed to acquire for them hore tho right
to vote und hold office. In Utah, they
will possess what they havo so long as?
pired to-political power-and what may
please some of them equally well, they
will thore have a sure thing of it about
getting maided. Who knows but that
the gentle Ai na Dickinsou might super?
Bode Hooper is the delegate in Congress,
if she could bo prevailed on to go to
Utah?
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Old John Burns, the boro of Gettys?
burg, is dead-a mau whoso name is des?
tined to live on canvas uud in poem-to
pass into tho country's history sido.by
side with that of John Champo. Alrea?
dy tho press is ringing his glories
throughout tho lund, and of course Pcnu
sylvauii will bo on hand with a Heavcn
pierciug monument. Yet this mau, de?
serving so well of his country, was starv?
ing in tho Btrect8 of Now York two
months ago. without money and without
friends, and begged piteously from a
gentleman, who now relates tho fact in
the New York Tribune., for enough cha?
rity to "take him homo to dio." Siuce
that time ho has not been housed and
cared for as well as Gen. Grant's horses.
Tho moral needs no pointed application.
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A new play, by Sard?n, rocoutly per?
formed in Paris, containing some expres?
sions favorable to the Bonapartes aud
Imperialism, reoently called forth au en?
thusiastic demonstration in favor of tho
ex?ed Emperor. A disturbance was at
one timo threatening, sinco which time,
howovor, the Government lins iutordioted
the future performance of tho play.
Such straws upon tho tide of polities in?
variably mark the courso of the curront,
and this ia - jubtloss not destined to bo
tho last i; < '.ance in which tho cry of
"Vivo l'Empiro" will ocho through tho
streets of Paris.
Don't forget the Palmetto Fireman's
Fair, to night.
Tile Columbia Canal and (lie Congaree
River.
Wo publish a communication from
Senator E. ?5. J. Hayes, inviting such of
the citizens as feel interested on the sub?
ject of the Columbia Ganai, to meet a
committee of the General Assembly, to
debate and advise upon the expediency
of the locution of the dam at a point
just below the State Penitentiary. Gol.
Pearce, a partner of the Spragnea in the
Columbia Water Power Company, and
their agent here, has a bill now before
the General Assembly, granting the
company the privilege of looating the
dam as thoy desiro; and tho committee
to whom tho bill has been referred, deem
it beat to hold counsel with the citizens
of Columbia before deciding upon their
report. This conrse adopted by the
oommittoe merits our highest commend?
ation. It is both wise and just. Much
evil legislation might have beon pre?
vented, had such a custom prevailed in
the post.
Upon tho subject of the canal, our
views have been frequently expressed.
Wo have reason to believe that the
Spragues are in earnest, and intend to
give us a bona fide development of our
great wntor power, and we aro in favor
of lending them ovory encouragement.
Tho beneiit claimed for a change of the
location of the dam from Geiger's Mill
to the Penitentiary, is thut nearly double
the amount of power will be obtained.
The priuoipal objection nrged against it,
is that it will tond to create malaria, and
thus seriously affect tho healthfulness of
the city. On thiB latter point, Drs. Dar?
by, Talley, D. H. and G. S. Trezevant
and Gibbes, express the opinion that
the sanitary condition of the city will
not bo injuriously affected. It is but
fair to state, however, that there is a dif?
ference of opinion on this question
two old and experienced physicians hold?
ing opposite views to those mentioned
above. We publish communications
both pro and con. They are all from re?
liable and trustworthy sources. We
hope thore will bo a full and free discus?
sion before tho committee to-day-and
that tho report will be framed in accord?
ance with thu wishes of the people; and
should there bo a doubt hero, that thc
matter will be submitted to a vote of th<
citizens.
SENATE CHAMOER, February 20, 1872.
EDITOR DAILY PHOENIX: AB Chuirmni
of the Special Committee of the Senate
to whom was referred a bill to authorizi
the Columbia Water Powor Company t(
oonstruct a dam across the Congarei
Uiver at Columbia, in order that tin
Committee might have an expression o
opinion from thoso immediately inter
estod, I caused a notice to be published
inviting the citizens of Columbia ti
meet in tho Carolina Hall, to-morro\
(Wednesday) morning, nt ll o'clock. I
escaped my attention at the time tho
the Court of Common Pleas is in sos
sion, und consequently the hall is no
attainable. Upon consultation with Mi
Crews, of tho House Committee, w
havo concluded to meet in the State Li
brary Room, in tho Capitol.
I, therefore, respectfully request tba
all persons who fuvor, as well us tlios
who aro opposed to the construction c
the proposed dum, will meet at the pluc
indicated, ut 10 o'clock to-morrow mon
ing. E. S. J. HAYES,
Chairman Special Committee of Senat?
Mn. EDITOR: In addition to tho quoi
tion of health, it-tho damming of tl
rivor-is considered by many as a hug
Bpeculatiou, which will monopolizo tl:
whole river-.shutting out all else-eve
tho use of tho Stiludu und tho valniib
water privilege on tho Lexington sub
Looking to tho antecedents of the jiu
ties asking for this great gift-said to L
worth as much as the Lowell water .sit
millions of dollars-aro the citizens <
Columbia willing to trust their comfoi
aud safoty-for the city could not uso
drop of water, without purchase, for e:
tiuguishiug lires or for household pu
poses-in the bauds of these spocul:
tors? It is u sc'ucnio to moko tho ric
richer, aud our poor State and eil
poorer. If tho citizens understood tl
various ramifications of this matter t
projected, they would rise in their migl
and settlo tho question, "no dam" fo
over, and thereby assist to remedy tl
costly contract to supply tho city wil
water-a contract that is simply on
ragcous. Whilo wo aro as anxious fi
the future growth and prospority of C
lumbia as any ono clso eau be, yet we a
not willing to sacrifice tho health of tl
citizens that tho city may become a fir
clans inauufuuturiug town. Bettor 1
far that not a manufactory of auy kin
should bo orected in this vicinity, thf
that tho health of tho city should bo pr
judiced hy any such action on tho pu
of thoso who desiro to establish a feve
nest in our very midst. Wo append tl
testimony of ono who, for thirty yoai
was a practicing physician in this city
Dr. Groen-and who is revered by t
who know him. Ho says:
"I arrived in Columbia in 1822.
was iuformod that before tho dam w
thrown noross the river at Young'a Mi
that all that portion of tho city West
Main street was healthy. But nineo tl
construction of said dam, but fow fan
licH abovo 'HaU'a Hill,' but woro BU
juct to bilious and intermittent fevoi
which continued until after tho dam w
taken away. Tho canal aftorward b
carno a nuisanco for want of caro
deaning out, and thopooplocomplaiuo
Tho Legislature then mado au approp:
ation to extend the canal from Young's
Mill to Bull Sluice, and leave the dam
to decay. But even the dam was found
to be injurious, and the inhabitants
oomplained of the obstruction in the
river, and a further appropriation of
811,000 was made, and Mr. John J.
Banaler empowered to completo the de?
struction of the dam. Since then the
health of Columbia has been constantly
increasing until now, when all know no
place is moro healthful. I am satisfied
that tho damming of the river, as now
oontemplated by tho present owner of
the canal, would be disastrous to the
heath bf the city, and in this view of the
oase, I am sustained by many bf tho old
oititizens of Columbia aud vicinity."
And another from Dr. Thomas Wells,
of date New Haven, November 27:
"I havo boen looking for tho popers
referring to the matter. I caunot now
find them, but hope to do so. Ono
thing is very clear to my mind, that what
I then did, or any assistance that I ren?
dered to others, was in accordance with
a olear understanding nnd knowledge of
the facts, and for tho best interests of
the eity of Columbia.
"No chango should bo inado in the
river that will prevent a free and full
flow of the same; any change would end
in increasing miasma, and the sad re?
sulta of the former trial of damming tho
river near Young's Mill, might, and
probably would, recur again.
"You have too much involved in Co?
lumbia to make any experimont of that
kind. Tho two colleges, Theological
Seminary, Legislature, courts, etc., etc.,
and gouernl prosperity, all stand upou
tho question of health. Should this be
constructed, your city will declino, lt
is with great difficulty that I have at?
tempted to write HO imperfect a note as
this, and ouly the greatiuterest I feel in
this matter has caueed mo to do so at
this time."
Now, we ask the good citizens of Co?
lumbia, and tho Legislature, if in view
of what is above stutod by men who
lived here when there wus a dam across
the Congareo, and when the health ol
the city was much impaired thereby, is
to be offset by specious promises of
future wealth and abunduut prosperity,
which really exists only iu the imagina?
tion? X.
We publish tho following abstract of
the opinion of Dr. D. H. Trezevant,
upon the question of tho effect of the
proposed location of tho canal dam upon
the health of tho city:
"I do not romember the subject of the
river dam being mentioned in connec?
tion with tho city's health. I kuow
there woro but few persons residing in
that section of the country. But 1 do
know that iu 1811-12-13, the inhabi?
tants who had little farms about tho
river and tho lower end of Bridgo street
generally left them in thc summer, aud
went into the suburbs. Old Captain
Waring and others were especially
known to do so. John Taylor and those
about him always went iuto tho country.
It is perfectly familiar to me that tho
I unhealthiness of the location was attri?
buted to the stagnant waters about tho
park, and from there to the rivor, and
that those were occasioned by a mill
dam which kopt them back, and was
used for Waring's paper establishment.
(This dam was situated ou tho brauch
which now runs through tho tan-yard
aud empties iuto nail's basin, just above
the penitentiary.)
"Wo havo had several of thof-o alarms
during my residence herc, both in the
upper and the lower end of tho oily, and
I both were Bottled by draining the lands.
Colonel llluuding, with his water works,
? settled the upper, and Colonel Gregg,
1 by tho purchase of Dr. Wells' lands by
I tho college and draining them, settled
j the latter. Those lands, if I recollect
; aright, had been cleared but not drained;
' aud Rocky Branch was interfered with
I and tho placo became very sickly. At
I that time tho Stark Place could not be
, inhabited for the summer, and I have
i Hcou as many as nine out of ten of tho
j inmates ill iu the bouse, now occupied
j by -, near tho Blautou Duncau
House. I have also seen in a house on
? the hill, close by tho steam mill of
j Glaze's, out of cloven sick, the father,
: mother and niue children of tho family
of Mr. West. Upon tho grounds being
cleared the sickness gradually ceased,
and persons began to build iu that
direction. Tho City Council, several
times, addressed the physicians on tho
subject, and I believe invariably received
as a reply, that tho low grounds about
thc city were tho principal sources of tho
disease."
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As INTERESTING TABLE,-An interest?
ing table, showiug the receipts und ex?
penditures of tho United States Govern?
ment sinco 1791, by years und adminis?
trations, appears in the World Almanac
for 1872. The statement of the total
expenditures of the Inst Democratic ad?
ministration, compared with those of
thc last Republican administration, is
suggestive. Buchanan, in four year?,
spent $328,183,266. Grant, in two years,
has made away with $1,127,221,605.
Both periods wero years of peace.
DEATH OF A MISER'S DAUGHTER.-Tho
Albany Knicker hocker tolls a Bad story of
tho death of a young Indy residing in
that city, who was to have been married
the day on which she died. She suffered
from a prostrating though not necessa?
rily fatal disease, and hor father, who is
reported to bo worth $100,000, refused
to socuro medical care. Finally, the
young lady's betrothed secured a physi?
cian, but it was too late. Tho fuuoral
was a very largo ono, aud it is reported
that tho expense of the coffin, carriages,
&6., was boru? by thu young mau to
whom the lady was engaged to bo mar?
ried.
Tho Palmetto's Fair is for tho good
ol tho pooplo of Columbia.
COLUMBIA, Februory 20, 1872.
MK. EDITOU: The call iu your co?
lumns, that the citizens of Colbnibiu in
convention consider tho proposition of
building a dam by the Columbia Water
Power Company, aoross tho Congarce
River, has induced the following reflec?
tions, which aro respectfully presented
to the public. I propose to submit
medical opinion, ns opposed by the
views of other physicians, that weigh
the balance und give credit to the
strongest side. Next, to quote facts and
actual experience in support of such
balance expressed. Dr. Wells, a former
resident of Columbia, un eminent physi?
cian, but an absentee for many years
from this city, declares the proposed
dam prejudicial to health. Per contra,
the dictum of these eminent physicians,
Drs. Taylor, G. S. Trozovaut, Darby and
Gibbes, is, tbut the proposed dum, so
far from being injurious, would provo
highly conducive to the health of tho
oity. A distinguished physician from
North Carolina-Dr. Melvie-invited to
inspect the canal, unhesitatingly con?
firmed the verdict of these gentlemen,
and added, that whou "tho crests and
adjoining lands to the canal wero occu?
pied by cottages of operatives, the bites
built up with mills ami factories, that
the smoko ami other auxiliaries of fac?
tory lifo would serve us valuable aid iu
the promotion of health." So far, tho
weight of tho medical profession is in
favor of the dam; but actual experiment
verities the theory upon which thc phy?
sicians have bused their opinions.
Your correspondent is empowered tu
submit tho experiuuee of u gentleman, a
buildor of dams und acute observer of
the effects aud consequences attendant.
In thu State of Peuusylvuuin, iu thu your
1810, at Columbia, n dam was thrown
across thc Susquehanna; that seetion of
thc city - before uuhealthy-after com?
pletion <>f thu dum (now stuudiug) wus
exempted from sickness, und continues,
in this respect, free from reproach. At
Safe Harbor, in the same State, across
tho mouth of the Occouestoga River,
about forty miles ubovo Havre du Grace,
a dam wus thrown, in 18-12. This locali?
ty, sickly before, became healthy. About
18GG, this dam was destroyed by un ice
freshet; it has never beeu rebuilt, und
the locality hus relapsed to its formet
status-unhealthy to the last degree.
These fuels ure preseutcd for tho scruti?
ny of our citizens; it is a grave question,
whether health shall be sacrificed tc
prosperity. Rut it is urged that thc
.sanitary condition of the city will not
only bc unimpaired, but promoted. A
fair, impartial cjusidt-rutiou of tin
views expressed is asked, iu the verdict
which shall be rendered by the public.
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WHAT MK SUMNEK PnorosES TO IS
VESTIOATE.-Thc investigation whicl
Mr. Sumner proposes in tho resolutioi
he introduced in the Senate on Monday
is DUO of great importance:
lu September and October, 1870
heavy .sides of arms und materials of wai
wore made by tho Ordnance Depart
mont to 111? agents of the French Go
vern mont for use iu the war with Ger
many then going forward. lu offcctiU|
these transactions, it was nt the time un
derstood in this community that tin
military ring which surrounds Genera
Grant and some of his intimate civiliai
associute?, were deeply interested
Everybody who was cognizant of the af
fair believed that they were making
great deal of money, but how much wu
uot known, lt now appears, however
by the oflicial statements of tho Freud
Government that they paid for thes
purchases about $11,000,000 in gold
equivalent, considering the premium o
exchange, to $14,000,000 in our curren
cy, while in J?is recent report upon th
subject our Secretary of War states thu
tho War Department received but $10,
OuO.OOU. This profit of $4,000,000 wu
not made by the purchasing agent of th
French Government, fur they" had a rt
gular commission of two und u half pc
ccut., which is net counted us a part c
the pu rebaso money. This leaves th
$1,000,000 to be shared, us thc facts no'
appear, among the military ring aud th
other parties who engineered thu bus
ness. Tho.su facts Mr. Sumner desire
to have completely investigated.
Another point of equal, if not great?,
importance, is tho fact, w hich also seem
to be proved by oflicial evidence, thr
thc work-shops uf tho War Dopartmct
wero employed duriug the period i
question in manufacturing cartridges f?.
tho French Government. It appeal
that France would not buy tho urn
unless ammunition was furnished to us
in them; and so groat was the power t
tho military ring of speculators that thc
were able to cause tho War Depurttnei
to furnish these cartridges. This was
violation of the laws of neutrality an
of international obligations far exeeei
iug all that England cur. bo charge
with for allowing thu Alabama, tl
Florida, and the other Confedera!
cruisers to depart from her ports upc
their errand of destruction. In thi
caso ehe was guilty of negligence; but i
thc case of thc ammunition manufa'
lured fur tho French during their wf
with Germany, Genoral Grant's adm
uistration was guilty of taking dire?
part in the war. This pppears tho inoi
criminal because it seems to have beo
diotatcd exclusively by tho desire of tl
military ring to realizo their $4,00.),0C
from tho sale of tho arms. It wns ni
only a treacherous act against a fricndl
power, but it was worse from being cou
mitt ed in secresy and fur mercenut
ends.-New York Sun.
A big snako outured a Mexican hutu
and swallowed a fawn, which was fas
cued securely by a ropo. Tho result wa
thut tho ugly thief found itself bitohct
and had to stay there until despatchc
with a kuifo.
Romcmbor tho Palmetto's Fair ti
night.
LEGISLATIVE PHOCEEDIXGS.
TUESDAY, FEDUCAIIY 20, 1872.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 12 M., Presidont
Rausier in the C air.
Tho following billa wero introduced:
Mr. Smalls-To provide for the sales
of lande purchased by the Land Com?
missioner of the State of South Caro?
lina; to pr?vido for the appointment of
an inspector of phosphates, nnd to de?
claro his duties; joint resolution to
authorize tho County Commissioners of
Richland and Beaufort Counties to levy
u special tux; to authorize the payment
of commissioners and managers of elec?
tions during the year 1871.
Mr. Corbin o tiered a resolution, that
the sinking fund commission be request?
ed to inform the Senate who constitute
tho members of the private corporation
to whom they sold the stocks of the
State in tho Blue Ridge Railroad Com?
pany, und also to furnish a copy of the
contract made with said company.
Adopted.
A communication was received from
Attornoy-Goneral Chamberlain, in rela?
tion to certain blocks of granite being
removed from the State House grounds,
stating that, nfter an interview with tho"
Governor, he hud taken tho necessary
steps to stop thu removal, unless by di?
rection of the General Assembly, of any
moro of the grauite or material upon
the ground.
Mr. Wbittemoro offered the following
concurrent resolution:
litsolved, That on and after tho pas?
sage of this resolution, no more granite
I or marble, or auy other building mate?
rial, ?hall be removed from the Stuto
House grciuds.
Adopted ami ordered to be sent to the
House.
A number of reports from Committees
were received and laid over.
A joint resolution to authorize the
County Commissioners of Abbeville to
levy and collect au additional tax of two
mills ou the dollar; bills to incorporate
tho Journeymen Mechanics' Uuion of
Charleston; to charter the Raleigh, Co?
lumbia nud Augusta Air Line Railroad
Company; to incorporate the Brotherly
Association, of Charleston; to incorpo?
rate the Bull River and Port Royal Rail?
road Company, wore passed.
At 2 o'clock, tho Senate adjourned
until to-morrow, ut 12 M.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met ut 12 M., Speaker
Moses in tho Chair.
The Senate sent to the House a num?
ber of bills and other papers, which
wore read and referred.
The i ul lo win g bill waa passed: To
make appropriations for the per diem of
the members of the General Assembly
aud the officers and employees.
Mr. Barker introduced a bill to esta?
blish a now judicial and election district
from Edgefield County, to be known as
Saluda County.
Mr. Bosemon-To incorporate thc
Firemen's Insurance Company, of
Charleston.
A very large number of bills upon thc
calendar were taken up and disposed of.
At 3 P. M , the Houso adjourned until
12 M., to-morrow.
Iloitnio.-The Selectmen of Columbia,
New Hampshire, (says tho Baltimore
Sun,) have been indicted for theft. It
is enid that for four years they have
been appropriating tho town cash to
their own use and behoof, until the
amount of their ?ueking.-: has reached
tho mini total of 610,500. Everybody
has heretofore regarded them as upright
aud honorable men, so that it is spe?
cially mournful that they should turu out
no better than pick-pockets after all.
There aro eight of them, from which it
would appear that they have made only
about $2,000 apiece out of their evil ma?
nipulation. This, bo it observed, is
only one side of the story. A Northern
contemporary, however, seems to be
horrified by thc idea that "the Select?
men of a town" should be "indicted for
theft." Whether his horror arises fi om
their being "indicted" or for the "theft"
doss not appear. It can scarcely bo thc
latter, because nothing is mort, common
than for tho "select" or "elect" men of
municipalities, and even nationalities,
to defile their hands with picking and
stealing. To be "iudioted" for it, how
over, is not very common, aud when in?
dicted, to be convicted, rater still. The
immorality of crime, in the opinion of
many of thc public plunderers, seems to
consist in being fouud out,
The late gale in England exceeded in
violence auy tempest known there since
18-12. Ouo of the tull pinacles of tho
buttress of tho central tower of West?
minister was blown down. Tho mass,
weighing over two tous, fell into the
6treet, and smashed stouo-work and mas?
sive iron girders iu its descent. The
South-western Railway was choked by
the crumbling embankments, and travel
was entirely stopped. Many of tho vil?
lages near tho Severn wero almost sub?
merged. Tho Hood in the Vale of Gla?
morganshire is greator than has boon
experienced for forty years. Trees wore
torn up by the roots in various places
aud carried considerable distances.
Many vessels on tho coast were Bunk at
thoir moorings, and great damage was
apprehended in tho North Sea. Tele?
graph poles went down in all directions,
aud tho reading of tho barometer, whon
the galo was at its height, marked 28 30,
lower than has been recorded for mauy
a long day. Tho destruction of chimney
tops aud tiled roofs in London, and
other towns, is described as prodigous,
and many buildings, public nud private,
wero seriously injured.
"Toni Scott," tho Pennsylvania rail?
road king, having become President of
tho Southern Pacific Railway Company,
it may bo safely conjectured that tho
late snow blockades on tho Union Pacific
have satisfied him that there is a niut of
monoy in this Southern line, and ti at he
"means business."
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A. M. Charleston day muil opens 4.00
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
uight mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes.6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.-After con?
siderable canvassing, the following dele?
gates to the Philadelphia Convention
were elected last night:
First Congressional District-H. J.
Maxwell, S. A. Swsils, W. H. Jones, Jr.
Alternatea-^F. H. Frost, J. P. Green, B.
F. Whittemore.
Second Congressional District-E. W.
M. Mackey, Robert Smalls, G. F. Mein
tyre. Alternates-P. P. Hedges, J. N.
Hayne, O. D. Hayne.
Third Congressional District-R. B.
Elliott, W. B. Nash, J. L. Orr. Alter?
nates-S. J. Lee, C. M. Wilder, Law?
rence Cain.
Fourth Congressional District-T. J.
Mackey, J. J. Patterson, J. M. Allen.
Altornates-J. 8. Mobley, P. J. O'Con?
nell, JOB. Crows.
Representatives at Large-Franklin J.
Moses, Jr., A. J. Hausier.
Cm MATTERS.-The price ci singh
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
The March number of Le Bon Ton -
a monthly report of the Paris fashions
ia before us. It is published by S. T
Taylor, 816 Broadway, New York.
The Peaks were greeted with anothe
full house last night, and dispens?e
sweet music as nsaal.
We have received the March numbe
of the Galaxy, It contains a number o
well written and instructive articles o:
attractive subjects. Among others ther
is a history of the great Erie Fight, b
Hon. J. S. Blaok; Life on the Plaint
by Genoral Custar, and another insta!
ment of the Eustace Diamonds.
Tho members of the Palmetto an
Independent Steam Fire Companies wi
parade, this morning, in full uniform, t
10 o'clock, when the merits of the ne
machine, recently brought out by M
Jeffers, will be fully tested. See the pr<
gramme in another column.
Mr. C. F. Jackson, tho Chairman <
tho Fair Committee, requests ns to sa
to all ladies who can assist those wi
have so kindly tendered their services i
managing tho "Palmetto Firemen
Fair," to meet them in Irwin's Hall, th
morning, at 10 o'clock, for the purpo:
of decorating tho hall.
Yesterday was a particularly pleusai
day. The sun abono brightly and tl
thermometer ran np several degrees.
Our Israelite friends will keep i
Purim in appropriate style, this year,
masquerade ball and supper will wind i
the celebration. It occurs on the 25
March.
To-morrow is tho anniversary of tl
birth of the "Father of his Country."
Tho "Ladies' Fair," in aid of the Pi
motto Steam Fire Company, will be he
this evening, in Irwin's Hall. Besid
fancy articles, there will be elegant
furnished refreshment tables, attend
by numberless young ladies, who w
take great pleasure in supplying th<
patrons with salads, game, ices, etc.
PHOSN'IXIANA.-Euglaud has 25,000
30,000 acres of laud planted in oak tn
for naval purposes. As it will be at le
Gfty years before these trees are lal
enough to bo converted into men
war, it would be really unkind in Gi
Grant to declare war against Great I
tain before thoso fifty years expire,
gentleman would do it.
What is that which has a mouth a
novor speaks, and a bed in which
never sleeps? A river.
An old bachelor who edits a paper
tho West, puts "Melancholy Accident
as a hoad for marriages, in his paper.
The Journal of Horticulture says a vi
pretty vine can be grown from tho sw
potato, by putting a tuber in pure SB
or sandy loam, in a hanging basket n
watering occasionally. It will thr
out tendrils and beautiful leaves, c
will climb freely over the arms of 1
basket and upward toward tho top
tho window. Not ouu visitor in a hi
dred but will supposo it to be some r
foreign plant.
A minister, not long ago, prend
from tho text, "Bo ye theroforo ste
fast;" hut tho printer made him exporj
from "Be yo there f<r breakfast."
It is of no advantage to have a liv
mind, if we are not just. Tho per:
tion of the pondulum is not to go fi
but to be rogular.
Coleridge tells of a man who had si
an overwhelming self-esteem, that
never spoke of himself without tak
oil his hat.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Acts of tho General Assembly.
E. W. Seibels & Co.-Auction Sale
D. C. Peixotto k Son-nay, S:c.
Mooting Palmotto Steam Fire Co.
E. Hopo-Gourd Seed Cor;i.
J. D. Batoman-Fish, Cow Feed.
Meetiug Independent Fire Compa