The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 29, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA. S. C.
Thurstay norning. February 29,1872.
Til? Reconstructed Governors.
There is some encourrgem?nt for out?
raged Sooth Oarohna to hope that her
day of deliverance may come after
awhile, in the faot that one by one her
sister Southern States are being rid of
their chiefest oppressors. Holden, of
North Carolina, has been successfully
impeached-has fled his country for his
country's good, and takon refuge in the
city of Washington. Bullock, of Geor?
gia-perhaps the deepeBt-dyed villain of
all our reconstructed governors, if such
rascality can rightfully admit of degrees
of comparison-could not and did not
even make a show of defenoe, bqt igno?
miniously fled his State, when he bo
came satisfied that he would be called to
account for the many crimes he had
committed. Next comes Reed, of Flo?
rida, who will, doubtless, follow soon in
the footsteps of his illustrious fellow
thief, Holden. Scott is still left. South
Carolina seems specially singled out to
endure to the fullest and bitterest extent
the degradation of having a disreputa?
ble individual for her Chief Magistrate.
This shame is due, beyond all doubt,
simply to the faot that there is a larger
colored majority in this afflicted State
than any of the others. We do not
v mean to charge that our colored people]
willingly and knowingly prefer a corrupt
man to preside over the affairs of State;
but their eyes are moro easily blinded
than the educated of tho white race;
and, besides, having no political expe?
rience, except what they have learnt
under the teachings of Scott & Co., they
have misunderstood, and, therefore,
failed to perform, the duties that have
devolved upon them. It may be* health?
ful for them to observe and reflect, how?
ever, that alone in the State where they
have absolute control have such officials
been allowed to retain publia office. In
the case of Reed, of Florida, it is re?
markable to observe the similarity of the
crimes he has committed with those of
the South Carolina Governor. They are
mach smaller in degree, bat identical in
kind and character. The charges against
Reed are OB follows:
?.First, an over-issue of $528,000 of
State bonds nuder Aot approved Janu?
ary 28, 1870; second, a fraudulent con?
spiracy to issue $1,000,000 of State
bonds for the purchase of stock of tho
Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Rail?
road, with intent to profit thereby in
collusion with other parties; third, an
unlawful issue of $1,000,000 in State
bonds for the purpose and with the in?
tent recited in artiole 2; fourth, a fraud?
ulent signing and issual of $?,000,000
of State bonds for the use and henel! t of
the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile
Railroad Company; fifth, conspiracy' to
unlawfully issue $1,000,000 of State
bonds to David li. Yulee and other per?
sons; sixth, unlawful issue of tho
amount of bonds mentioned in artiole 5;
seventh, conspiracy with one Milton S.
Littlefield and other persons to em?
bezzle- public moneys received from the
hypothecation of State bonds, and actual
embezzlement of $20,000 thereof; eighth,
receiving from Milton S. Littlefield u
bribe of 33.5UU to sustain the oluims of
tho Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile
Railroad Company to tho titlo of the
property of thu Pensacola and Georgia,
and Tuiliihasseo, and Florida, Atlantic
and Gulf Cou I ral Railroad Companies;
ninth, conspiracy with Charles Pond
and E. B. Bulkley, of tho city of New
York, to defraud thu State of Florida ol
$15,000 in State bonds, uud actual de?
frauding of said State of said amount in
an urms and equipment, purchase; tenth,
paying into thu State Treasury depreci?
ated State scrip to thu nominal amount
of $1,110 as payment for $1,110 iv
United States currency paid to him tu
due tho State, but by him fraudulently
retained: eleventh, attempting to bribe
a jastioo of tho peace to decide in hu
favor in a case before said magistrate
pending; and twelfth, receiving a bribe
of $10,000 from Aaron Barnett, and foj
such bribe signing a conveyance to Bait
Barnett of internal improvement lauds
The evideneo on which these charge)
are based is not made public, but mus
bo of the most convincing nature, ni
upon tho rending of tho report of tin
committee appointed to investigate Gov
Reed's official conduct, every singh
member of tho Assembly voted for im
peach munt on tho articles nlmve syn oj)
sizetl."
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Tho marplots of tho Uuited States an
again making themselves unpleasant b;
"wanting to know, you know." Th
subject of tho present inquiry is ;
deficiency of $6,000,000, which occnrrei
in the Stamp Department of tho Unitei
States Treasury, during tho time whet
Mr. Boutwoll was Reveuuo Commis
Bioner. Of course, n mutter SO du magie,
was speedily hushed up aud put away i:
its little bed. There it would hav
slumbered quietly to all eternity, had i
not been for tho recent split in tho Radi
eal party, which has set all tho disaffect
ed nt work, unlocking tho closet door
and pulling out the ekelotous. There i
nothing like n family fight, nitor all. i
houso divided against itself must full.
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Boston Corbel, the man who ouct) en
joyod notor.oty a* tho killer of Booth
President Lincoln's assassin, is dead.
Thu Council und ihn elly Hull Con?
tract.
The proceedings of the City Gounod,
published thia morning, will bo found of
considerable interest. The efforts of the
citizens to have the iniquitous Oity Hall
ooutraot annulled, promise now to be
orowued with suooess, without further
useless and expensive litigation. Mr.
Allen oomes up smiling, and offers to
relieve the Oouooil from a very embar
masing and uncomfortable situation, hy.
surrendering his contract. What the
citizens were aiming' at, was to defeat
tho oonsummation of the fraudulent
soli?me whioh would, it is believed, rob
the city of fully $50,000. This, wo pre?
sume, will be as fully effected by the
cancellation of Mr. Allen's agreement
with his own consent, ns by nu order of
court. It would be gratifying, in some
respects, to secare the judgmaut of a
legal tribunal upon the action of the
Council, in making the contract with
Mr. Allen in the first instance. Tho
judgment of court, however, oouid not
probably go further than annulling the
oontraot; and while the oily fathers may
be saved some additional mortification,
the practical benefits to the people will
not bo lessened.
That part of the resolutions reflecting
upon Mr. Clark Waring is ?imply gratu?
itous. That gentleman, doubtless, acted
wrong in allowing his name and charac?
ter to be used, in rendering an iniqui?
tous scheme successful, without first ex?
amining the matter; but he made noble
amends for it afterwards, and the people
of Columbia will feel justly indebted to
him for tho great assistance ho hus given
in bringing this City Hall matter to u
successful issue. As to awarding him
tho oontraot, as Mr. Allen recommends,
for $36,500, the Council may do so, if
they like. All that the tax-payers will
ask, is that they will award it to some
person not less reliable than he-at a
price not greater than that which ho
proposes, and that the bondsmen be as
unexceptionable os (hoBO endorsing Mr.
Waring.
There is ono point which it might not
be amiss for the Council to clear up, be?
fore balancing accounts finally with Mr.
Allen. It has been charged-and not
denied, that we are aware of-that
$12,500 was paid some time since by Dr.
Neagle, on account of tho City Hall con?
tract, to the City Council. Of this
amount, it is (arther .said, that only
$5,0C0 was applied to the work on the
Hall. The thx-payers would bo glad to
know, and moat undoubtedly hnvo n
right to inquire of the Oity Council,
who, theoretically, at least, represent
them and are their publio servants, what
has become of that balance-$7,500-in
tho fi nt plaoe; and in the second place,
whether the $7,000 proposed to bo paid
now to Mr. Allon, is in addition to tho
$5,000 already said to have been received
by him; and if so, whether thu little
work that hus boen so far dono on the
Hall-or, more properly, on tho founda?
tions of it-is claimed to be worth the
$12,000 thus paid?
Tlie awarding tho contract to Mr.
Waring, which tho Council expresa their
determination to refuse, we trust will
not bo held by Mr. Allou as an essential
condition of tho surrender of his con?
tract. There is no reason that we can
seo why he should hold it et-seutiul, if
ho is milking a bona fide proposition.
We aro led to hop?', therefore, that tho
surrender will bc effected. If it should
not, tho caso of the tax-payers will, nt
auy rate, bo greatly strengthened in
court by the action of Mr. Allen.
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Wo extract the following from a long
editorial in tho Now York Journal of
Commerce, of the 25th-which still
further corroborates tho statements
made by a correspondent ip. yesterday's
PIIOKIX, relativo \o tuxes:
"All who havo examined the tax lists
know vory woll that few persous of largo
means aro rated therein nt anything
near their actual possessious. Heal
estate is visible, and, therefore, it cannot
escapo. Even hero, however, there is
not in our commonwealth oven a pre?
tense of approaching tho true saleable
value. In tho largo cities of this State
this class of property is assessed at from
ono-lifth to one-third the prico at which
it could be purchased. In the country
tho proportion is still less, and tho
average assessment of the rural districts
ranges from ouo-tonth to one-fifth of
the saleable value. lu personal property
tho reduction is much greater. Many,
who are worth $5,000, $10,000, $20,000,
or $30,000, safely invested iu portable
securities and yielding a handsome in?
come, are not included at all under this
heading; while our rioh men aro assessed,
for the most part, at less than one-tenth
of their personal estate. "
In au affray at Columbia, Tenn., on
Thursday ovoning, William P. Holcomb
was bhot and killed by Henry Holcomb,
his nephew, aud Edward Eulin was shot
and killed by a policeman who attempt- 1
ed to arrest him. Both homicides aro <
regarded as justifiable.
A New Orleans paper says that a young
widow in that city, who writes well, "is
training herself for an editor." Who is
tho editor she is training for?
Th^T Union and ll. II. Carpenter.
The readers of tho JJnion-fho journal
that attempts.to defend the frauds of
various rings whereby th? State bas
been deprived oat of millions of dol?
lars, and which journal is moreover,
egging the Legislature on, by every in?
genuous, false and sophistical argument
that cunning caa suggest, to doable the
bardoc of taxation; appa oar people
wore treated yesterday to two columns of
editorial-abuse ; pf r?Jbtp?ht?r.
Judge Carpenter is reportejj |}ov ba oao
vasBiog tho Stute of Now Hampshire-in
whioh a gubernatorial oleetion ocours ou
tho 12th proximo-ia the iotorestB of
thu Democratic party. Tho Union calls
it Ku Klux Democracy. Wo wore not
aware before that tho "hellish organiza
tion" extended into that intelligent and
virtuous section of country, from 'which
the great body of oar worthy State offi?
cials hail. The Union moo, though,
probably knows whereof ho speaks
coming from that direction himself, and
hoing a proper object of a Ku Klux
visitation, he perhaps speaks from expe?
rience. The poople of New Hampshire
will want no greater commendation of
Judge Carpenter thau the bitter and
spiteful attacks of this organ of tho cor
ruptionists.
Judge Carpenter-wbatovor niay be
his past history br private peccadilloes,
of whioh wo know nothing-did, beyoud
all question, sustaiu as high a character
with tho so-called Republican party of
South Carolina, as any member of it,
anti], disgusted with its extravagance
and dishonesty, ho left and joined with
tho good people of tho State in au effort
for reform. Furthermore, it is a well
known fact, that while a Judge upon
the bench, he hailt for himself a fair
came for ability and impartiality, and
won the reluctant confidence of the
high-toned members of the Charleston
bar-at the timo his political enemies.
His truthful and fearless exposure of tho
rascalities of tho Radical regime, in the
canvass of 1870, aroused their most eo
veaomed hatred. Ha may well feel
proud of it, It would be ridiculous, if
it were not nauseating, to hoar tho Union
prating about honesty, and vilifying R.
B. Carpenter for bribing the unprinci?
pled Legislature which tho Union boot
Hoke nod applauds.
Tho Union says that Judge Carper ter
was inst rumen tal in gelling the notorious
phosphate bill through the Legislature,
aad to effect which tho most opeu and
shameless bribery was practiced. That
paper has not a word of reproach even,
for tho guilty members who havo so
basely betrayed the public trusts.
Bribery has to bo resorted to to secure
the enactment of almost every law now,
whether good or bad. Evoa Gov. R. K.
Saolt, ia a moment of indignation, has
said, wheu giving testimony before a
cornmittoe of his own General Ansembly,
that sucli was the cuso. Ia blaphomous
language ho declared thnt if Jesus Christ
wore upoa the earth again, and a bill to
crucify him was introduced into the Ge?
neral Assembly of South Carolina, ho
would havu to pa3T handsomely, or tho
scene ou Calvary would be repeated.
Rcmeuihcr that, you "Praisc-God
bare-boues-mau" of tho Union, and shut
your mouth for .shaine, when you would
speak of? bribery.
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SI'AUTANJIUI.O ITKMM.-The Carolina
Spartan says:
Soon after tho np-traiu on tho Spartan
burg and Union Railroad loft Alston on
Monday lust, a Federal soldier, attempt
iug to got ou tho traiu whilu in motion,
foll on the track and had bia legs so
badly crushed ns to tmiko amputation
accessary. |A gentlcraau just from
Union informs tis that tho soldier is
sicco doad. Ho belonged to tho garrison
at Union. )
William Waters, un aged and highly
esteemed citizen of our County, died at
bis homo on tho 12th instant. Ho was
in the eighty-seventh year of his ago,
and his death vas owiDg moro to tho
woight of yours than to disenso. Tho
doceased was respected by all who knew
him, for his honesty nud integrity of
character.
A negro mun employed in making re?
pairs ou tho road bed of tho Spartan
burg aud Union Railroad, was run over
by tho train and killed on Saturday last.
It seems that ho was left by tho working
party, with which ho was engaged, to
look after .stuno provisions und tools,
near tho lino of tho road, and finding
tho HU ii very pleasant, laid down on tho
track to take a nap, no doubt thinking
that ho would wake up beforo the Iraia
carno along, and get out of tho way.
But a las I he slept too soundly, and was
aroused too lato to mako his escape.
ACCIDENT.-Joo Leo, a colored boy,
aged about oight or ten yoars, the sou of
Aue McClarun, whilst attempting to
jump off ouo of tho curs at tho Abbeville
depot, lust evening, which at tho timo
wero being shifted, was caught aud
thrown under tho whecis, which passing
over severed ono of the arms near tho
shoulder, and crushed three fingers of
tho othor hand.-Abbeville J launer.
A heart-brokou Syracuse maidou re?
cently demonstrated her viow of broach
of promise, by whipping hor fickle lover
soundly.
LEGISLATIVE PHOCEBDINtaS.
WiiDNiiBDAY, FEBIIUAIIY 28, 1872.
SENATE.
The Senate assembled at 12 M., Presi?
dent Ilanaior in' tho Chair.
The following bills were passed: To
amend tho charter of the town of
Orangebarg; to incorporate the Spartan
burg Female College; joint resolution
authorizing the County School Commis?
sioner of Union County to approve cur?
tain claims of teaohers; bill to amend au
Act entitled "An Act to estnblish a new
Judicial aud .Election County, from por?
tions of Barnwell, Edgelleld, Lexington
-and Orangeburg, to be known as Aiken
County;" to incorporate the Orangeburg
County Fair Association; to amend an
Aot outitied "An Aot to charter Brox
t>n's Ferry, across tho Great Salko
hatchio Bivor;" to incorporate the village
of Smithville, Christ' Church Parish; to
incorporate tho Willtown Nationul
Guards, of Colloton'County; to alter
aud amend an Aot entitled "An Act to
revise, simplify and abridge tho rules,
praotice, pleadings and forma of courts
in this State."
The following Acts and joint resolu?
tions were ra ti lied: Au Act to grant, re?
new and amend the charter of thc vil?
lage of Book Hill, in the County of
York; an Act to charter the town of
Frog Lovel; nu Aot authorizing the
Town Couucil of the town of Newberry
to erect a market house on u lot of land
belonging to tho County of Newberry;
an Act to amend an Act entitled "Au
Act to extend the limits of the town of
Camden;" au Act to incorporate the
Spar ta ii burg Female College; un Act to
incorp?ralo the Charleston Joint Stock
Company, of tho State of South Caro?
lina, for the be.uf-lit of the State Orphan
Asylum; an Act to make appropriations
for tho payment of the per diem of the
members of the General Assembly, sala?
ries of thu subordinate officers, em?
ployees nod other expenses incidental
thereto; un Act to amend the charter of
the town nf Orangebnrg; au Act to in?
corporate the Mount Zion M. E. Church,
of Kingstree; un Act to incorporate the
Provident Laud and Beal Estuto Com?
pany, of Charleston; au Act to charter
the Walhalla Female College; an Act to
relieve the Stute of South Carolina from
all liability for its guaranty of tho bonds
of the Biue Bidge Railroad Company,
bj providing for the securing aud de?
struction of tho same; an Act to esta?
blish a quarantine at Georgetown,
Charleston aud Bilton Head; joint reso?
lution to relieve the late County Trea?
surer of York County, E. M. Rose, nod
his sureties; joint resolution to relieve
R. P. Vamphill, Treasurer of Marion
County, of uncollected taxes for the year
1868.
Mr. Leslie introduced a joint resolu?
tion, authorizing the Attorney-General
to employ asnistunco in certain appeals
now ponding in the Supremo Court of
tho United States, aud making an appro?
priation for the same; which was read
and laid over.
At 3 P. M., tho Senate adjourned
until to-morrow, at 12 M.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 12 M., Speaker
Moses in the Chair.
Various committees reported upon
joint resolutions and bills which had been
referred to them.
All the bills relating to tho geueral
election law, upou which the committee,
report was unfavorable, were laid upon
th? table.
Mr. C. D. Hoyne offered a resolution
i authorizing thu Clerk of the House to
I prepar? a manuscript journul of each
I session of this Genend Assembly-tho
sumo, when completed, to be deposited
in the office of the Sooretury of State.
Tho compensation for said work to bo
the samo as allowed Clerks of tho Courts
for copying.
Mr. S. Green offered the following
resolution, which was adopted, and sent
to tho Senate for concurrence:
Resolved, That tho Clerks of both
Houses be, and they arc hereby, author?
ized and instructed to issue pay certifi?
cates to tho members and the employ?es
j of tho General Assembly fr ini tho 17th
of January, 1872, to tho 7th of March
next, both days inclusive.
A number of bills from thc calendar
were taken up, among which was a bill
(by Mr. Hodges) to establish a metro?
politan police district, and to provide
for tho government thereof; aud, after
a long und very exciting debate, tho
enacting clause was stricken out by a
vote of 07 yeas to 16 nays.
At Sly o'clock tho llou?e took a recess
until 7 o'clock P. M.
Court commenced at this place, on
Monday last, nt 10 o'clock A. M. Judge
Melton, on churging thegraud jury as lo
their duties, Aa, took occasion again to
compliment this County upon thu tact
that Ibero was usually little criminal
business, and that tho schools, police,
treasury and other Couuty offices were
in an unexceptionable condition, that
this Comity was a rare examplo of sol?
vency, ?co.
Two murder eases aro to bo tried, one
against Noah 'Williams, colorod, which
will como off to-day, Tuesday, and tho
other against thu parties in regard to thc
homicide of Mr. M. H. Hannan.
I Lexington Dispatch.
Wo learn I hut Mr. Wash. Calmes, of
this County, recently died from tho re?
sult of a cut on thu hand from opening
u sardine box. His hand and arm began
to swell, and from tho effects of this wo
regrut to learn he diod.
( Newberry Herald.
Tho lion. James L. Orr has boen ap?
pointed, und received his commission, to
attend the centennial celebration of
American independence, at Philadelphia,
in 1876. Hu was commissioned by Pre?
sident Grunt.
A mau found dead in Central Park,
Now York, on Friday, hus been identi?
fied us Harrison (Quickenhush, formerly
an editor of tho Daily Notes, und recent?
ly a compositor in tho Tribune oflico.
THE TELEGRAPH AB AN EBBAND Bor.-,
Electricity is to be reduced from its
proud position as a messenger between
the continente to tho humble uses of do?
mestic life. It is to be mode an errand
boy to auswer every household call.
A company has been' formed in New
York, which proposes to establish offices
at convenient places, in varions parts of
that oity and Brooklyn, whence mes?
sengers can be sent on demnud to any
house within the respective districts.
Thcso offices are to be connected by
telegraph wires with the houses of such
persons ns pay a certain amount month?
ly (two dollars and fifty cents,) for the
benefits offered by tho company. The
occupant of a house, by touching a key,
will simply give notice ut the offioo that
a messenger is wanted. The offices will
bo numoroos, and so distributed that
auy house can bo reached by a messen?
ger within throe minntes after the no?
tice. It will bo the duty of the messen?
ger to go on any errauds required of
them, to any part of tho city, tho per?
sons employing them to pay the com?
pany fifteen cents for every half nour of
service. The telegraphic apparatus,
consisting only of wires and the small
key instrument, will be placed in the
houses or offices of tho subscribers
without charge. The batteries will be
at tho company's offices only. It will be
Boon at a glance that this system will
briug many conveniences; but all its ad?
vantages cannot be approoiated nntil it
has become, ss wo think it will, a neces?
sity of domestic; life in all large cities.
There aro thousands of little services
which persons in moderate circumstances
would gladly pay for at tho rates named,
but they cannot afford, or do not desire
to keep, an errand boy or other male
house servant But tho plan promises
more than mere convenience; it pro?
mises safety and comfort. It will afford
security against burglars at night, and a
ready means of calling a physician or a
friend in cases of illness. If burglars
aro iu tho house, two tu oohes of the key
will bring a policeman at any hour of
tho night. lu cases of fire, too, the sys
tem would bo invaluable; many small
fires become great onos on account of
tho unassisted efforts of servants or
members of the family to suppress them
without a general alarm. Indeed, the
more ono considers the uses of the pro?
posed system, the more they multiply
themselves, and we confidently predict
that within a fow years, we shall be won
dering how our ancestors got along with
out it. The name of the.new organiza?
tion ia (ho "American District Telegraph
Company." It has general offices at No
G2 Broadway and No. 185 Montague
street, Brooklyn. One district in the
latter city Will soon be ready for the
first experiment, and then branch offices
will bo opened rapidly ut suitable poiuts
in both cities.
HARD STATE TO COVERN.-Nebraska,
with only 123,000 population, seems to
bo a very difficult Stare TO govern. List
spring, its Governor (Butler) wasjim
poached for corruption and deposed
from office, and tho Legislature has since
endeavored to remove tho acting Go?
vernor, Mr. James, without success.
Lately, Mr. James left tho Stato tempo?
rarily; whereupon tho President of the
Senate, assuming the prerogatives of
Governor, convoked the Legislature to
meet in extra session, with thu intention,
it is supposed, of procuring the impeach?
ment of Mr. James. Tho. latter, how?
ever, hastened bnok te Nebraska, revoked
thc order for tho legislative session, and
locked tho doors of both tho legislative
chambers. But tho members, having
assembled in Lincoln, were determined
to hold their session, and so they broke
iuto tho Stato Houso, aud nt tho last ac?
counts wero in something of a quandary,
as tho Governor ref?mes to co m tn ti ni cato
with them or recognize them in any way.
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While almost every Stdio of tho Union
has bceu involved iu serious financial
disasters, through tho extravagance and
not nnfrcqnenlly tho corruption of ils
law-makers, our neighbors of the Cana?
dian Dominion eujoy a season of finan?
cial prosperity. Both Ontario and Que?
bec have a plethora of revenue, which,
after meeting tho requirements of their
extensive systems of education and pub?
lic works, leaves a largo surplus in their
respective treasuries. Ontario has at
the present moment in her publy; chest
over $1,000,000, after providing for her
largo anni),il expenditure; and Quebec,
after milking provision for a new system
of common FCIIOOI education, which it
is to bo snpposed would ooustitnto a
largo draft upon her exchequer for the
first few years of its existence, is able to
deposit in tho banks of tho Province a
surplus of over S?OO.UOO.
Tho British troops iu India havo tri?
umphed over tho warlike tribes, tho
Looshais and Ladboorahs. The nativo
soldiers have delivered up their arms and
tho chiefs agree to pay tribute. This is
the system of Euglish civilization in tho
East-war, death, conquest, cash tribute
and new territory.
M VHS HOMU ATTQACTIVE.-Nothing adds
mot'* to tho handsome appoaranco of a houso
outside, and to its cheerfulness insido, than
good clear window glass, and bright-colored
ornamental ?;!a-H at tho sides and over tho I
torta of tho doora. Tho drat lets in all the
bright wann light of tho ann, whilo tho latter
admita tho light at the aamo time that it
shuts off tho view of prying eyes. Tho beat
French and Ame rican Klaas, both plain and
ornamental, aa well aa doors, sashes, blinda,
balusters, newels, mantels, Au., aro to bo had
of Mr. F. I*. TOA LB, No. 20 Havno street,
Charleston, 8. C. F20J
HOTEL ARRIVALS, February 2&.-I\,icker*on
?louse-V Sc.hlcg?lniilcb, Sunlit Point; T 13
(loodwiufl, W ll Seale, Haltimoie; E N Duffey,
J Adrianoo and wtfo, T J VanVolkonburgh aud
wife,JJ Y: ll Jones, Aiken; D Drury and wife,
boston; G C Clark, Manchester; T C Dunn,
Little Uiver; JW Hutchinson, Wlsj PSGamo
woll, J lt II Jenkins, N Y; J G Thompson,
beaufort; :; I, Temp, Camden; J Goodman,
Philadelphia; W F Graham, wile, two children
and servant, Wilmington; w D Hart, Mrs tl
E Taylor, two children and servant, Sumter;
K J Dean and wife, Alabama; F D bush, T N
Talbert, S C.
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1MA.IL ARRANGEMENTS. - Tho 'Northern
mail opona at 3.00 P. M.; cloBes 7.15
?. M. Charleston day mail ope?B 4.00
P. M.; CIOBOB COO A. M. Charleston
night?iailopens 6.30 A. M.; closes6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens G.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opona 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On
Sunday o (lice open ' from 3 to 4 P. M.
CI?T M AIT Elis.-The price of single
copien of the PnONix is Qvo cents.
We regret to announce to tho publie
tho den,th of Mr. Brinsdoo, an English
geutlemao, recently settled in our city.
Mr. Brinsdoo, though known to few in
Columbia, no doubt would have proved
a valuablo citizen to Columbia had his
lifo been spared. His funeral notice
will be found in another column. Oar
citizens are requested to attend.
Mr. McKenzie is in receipt of some
of tho finest French confectionery ever
exhibited in Columbia. Nearly every
kind of choice fruit is represented,
besides confections, otc, in great variety.
A box of this confectionery would make
an acceptable present to a lady friend or
relative.
Remember, tho Berger Family with
Sol Smith Bussell, givo aoother enter?
tainment, on Monday evening next, in
Irwin's Hall. Secure a seat ia advance,
or the chances are that you will have to
stand.
The water will bo shut off this morn?
ing, at 9 o'clock, from that portioa of
tho city North of RioMand street.
The season for planting trees is pass?
ing awuy. Let all who want good shade
trees in front of their residences, plant
them now.
Mr. Winthrop Williams drew the S10
io greenbacks at DeCastro'B last night,
and Mayor Alexander tho watch.
DECASTKO.-In spite of tho bad wea?
ther, thero was aa equally fall attend?
ance at Irwin's Hall, to witness the won?
derful magic of DeCastro, last night as
on tho night previous. A number of
now aud inexplicable feats of sleight-of
haud und spirit agency were performed.
The magio flowers, the inexhaustible
hat-ia Ehort, everything-was startling,
arousing and beyond the ken of common
mortals. DeCastro is surely the prince
of magicians and clever fellows, in the
English senso of the word, and ia the
Amoricao, too, for the number and
quality of tho gifts he distributes entitle
him to that appellation. v
To-night, tho decapitatiou feat, Dc
Castro'B chef aVoeuvre, will be performed,
and also a prize of 330 will be given.
PncsNiXANA,-Desire is a tree in leaf;
hopo is a tree io flower, aad enjoya ent
is a tree iu fruit.
Hopeful husbandmen-Thoso who sow
bribes and expect to reap reforms.
Pu fling and blowing aro often consi?
dered as synonymous terms. You wiil
disQover a diffcroncf. howover, if, instead
of puffing a mau up, you should blow
him np.
Double-fuoed men aro deeply disgust?
ing, especially whe'U they would appear
to bc most sincere. Tho maa who
praises another to his face, and after?
wards finds all manner of fault with him
behind his back, will not steal unless he
hus ii good opportunity. This general
rule may havo ita exceptions, but they
aro extremely rare.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. D. Bateman-Cow Feed.
Gold Ear-Biog Lost.
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
Uerger Family-Irwin's Hall.
Poixotto & Son-Auction Sale?.
McKenzie-Something Extra.
Grand Pin im Ball.
DeCastro-Irwin's Hall.
Dr. It. V. Pitreo, of Buffalo, N. Y., in his
hook on Chronic Diseases, says in regard to
his Golden Medical Discovery, with which
our readers aro familiar: '.Prem its wonder?
ful power ovt-r Consumption of tho Lungs, I
had thought strongly of calling it my Con
BUtuptive Caro; hut trcm tho fact that it is a
porfoct specific for tho sore throat aud hoarse?
ness to which ministers and other public
speakers aud singers are subject, and also
for Bronchitis, and all severe Coughs, and is
an invaluable remedy for diseases of the
Livor, aud also as a Blood runtier. I decided
not to apply to it a namo whick might mis
load and prevent its uso in other diseases for
which it is so admirably adapted.
'.It will euro a cough in ouo-half tho lime
necessary to euro it with any other medicine,
and it docs it not by drying it np, but hy re?
moving tho cause-subduing tho irritation
and healing the affected parts."
Thia valuable medicino ia sold by all first
class druggists.
A WHOLE PEOPLE'S OPINION.-When a na?
tion of forty millions accepts and endorses aa
a STANDARD KESTOBATIVE an amelo that it
has had tho fullest opportunities of testing
during a period of twolvo years, who can bc
so absurdly incredulous as to doubt the ex?
cellence of tho preparation? PLANTATION
BIITKIIS has passed through this ordeal, and
is now tho most popular proprietary modi
cino on thia continent, lt would bo difficult
to lind au adult of either sex botwson the
Atlantic and tho Pacific, or between the
North-oast corner of Maine and tho Gulf ol
Moxico, who does not know, either from per?
sonal experience or observation, that this rc
Downed vegetable, remedy ia tho purest tonic
and stomachic, and tho finest ni toi ?li* o sud
regulating medicino, at present before the
world. As a preventive ol and cure for dis?
eases generated hy malaria, and aa a speedie
for dyspepsia, rheumatism, and all nervous
and bili.nu airectioua.it is admitted to b
f.iirly pronounced the FAVOIUTE llorsnioi.n
TONIC ANO ALTKUATIVE oft ?io Western Hernia
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