The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 16, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA. 8. C.
Tttcsiay Morning. April 16, 1878.
Speech of Gov, Gratz Brown.
The father of the Republican reform
movement, wbioh we think Gratz Brown,
of Mis8onri, may be with propriety
termed, opened with the first speech of
the campaign before the Iliberal Repub?
lican State Convention of EansaB, held
at Topeka, in that State, on Wednesday
last. The Convention was a large and
enthusiastic body, and oompriseda num?
ber of the most prominent Republicans
in the State. Resolutions denouncing
military encroachments apon oivil au?
thority, demanding revenue and oivil
service reforms, general amnesty and a
reservation of the pnblio lands for the
benefit of actnal settlers, were adopted.
107 delegates, headed by T. J. Parrot,
were elected to the Cincinnati Conven?
tion. The length of Gov. Brown's
speech, which takes up three columns of
the- Louisville Courier-Jourtial, forbids
our giving it in full, which we much re
grot, for it is a finished production, re?
plete with sound philosophical views of
tho dangers that beset Republican liberty
in this country, the drifting toward mili?
tary despotism that has characterized
Grant's administration, and of the false
political idea's engendered by Radical
Republicans, and which have been car
rfect to foll fruition in the wretched re?
constructed governm- nts in the South?
ern States. He says that the liberal Re?
publican movement is an effort to join
hands in friendship after the bitter and
bloody strife that has just ended; an ef?
fort for all sections of the Union to unite
and insist that policies of peaoe shall
prevail, and not hatred; to stamp out
the corruptions that fattened while we
fought, and demand that a constitutional
role shall once more be established, and
that the limita of State and national au?
thority shall be respected aa of old; the
military give way to the oivil order, and
the people enjoy their own again. Of
the change which undue partisanship
has worked into the original framework
of our Government, and the necessity to
break away from all party shackles, he
speaks as follows:
"Apart from the imperative necessities
already stated, there confronts the pub?
lic a consideration connected with pre?
sent Republican organization wbioh
breeds serious alarm with all reflecting
men who value the substance of things
more than any form. That consists in
the transformation which its partisan?
ship has impressed upon the Govern?
ment itself. To state it plainly, ours ?B
no longer a Government of three co-or?
dinate branohes-eaoh independent and
a oheok upon the other, as our fathers
framed it; but within the structure has
been established another Government,
intangible to the law, merging all de?
partments into one will, known as that
of tho party, and within the party has
been erected a despotism, ruling all its
membership to its own ordering, known
as exeoutive favor. Thus it results that
those barriers against abuse of power,
set up with so much cure, are all broken
down, and replaced by a subtle machine?
ry whose secret springs few may know.
Under a republic in name, we have to?
day a packed judiciary aud a subservient
Congress, dominated by a military chief?
tain. This faot, which is visible to all
who will look-this fact, wbioh sots at
naught the defenoes of charter rights
this fact, wbioh puts to blush the claims
et party fealty-this fact, whioh arraigns
the very method of that interior ruling
organization-this fact, I say, necessi?
tates a revolt from established routine
to attain any free patriotio expression.
There can be no liberty of utterance
where ostracism falls upou the best and
bravest who darn to dissent. Tradition
has it that amongst the auoient Locrians
he who proposed any reform did so with
a halter around his neck, by which he
was suspended if the law was not adopt?
ed. Here the hanging begins before the
investigation is permitted, and adminis?
tration cartoons against Sumner and
Schurz surpass in malignity tho imple?
ment of a Tweed or a Connolly.
^Those, therefore, like yourselves,
who have chosen another method of
canvassing the views ot the Republicans
of this nation, find full warrant for any
latitude of procedure in tho surveillance
tbas set by official mandate over aoy
questioning. For this reason the con?
vention at Cincinnati, instead of evad?
ing, challenges rebuke for its irregulari?
ty. It does not pretend to be a copy of
its rivals at Philadelphia or elsewhere.
Unshackled by ordinary procedure, po?
pular in its origin, limited to no specific
numbers, it passes official comprehen?
sion and soorns its adroit control.
Therein will lie its power and its influ?
ence."
In a few torse words he defines tho re?
quirements for a preservation of freo
goverDtnont, and which it is tho aim of
liberalism to seoc.'Q-to be "a President
without partyism, a Congress without a
price, an army without a mission, and a
supremo judiciary without politics."
Gov. Brown next points out tho poi?
sonous errors that bavo cropt into thu
public mind of the North through tho
exigencies of the war and tho instru?
mentalities of Radical legislation si nco,
with regard to the nature and legitimate
objeots of the National Government, and
tho alarming changes which havo been
oountenanced from tho spirit aud scope
of Federal authority, aa understood,
propounded and agreed by the founders
of the Constitution.
"In tho South," soya he, "where the
very vesture of all government was torn
away, and where the processes of recon?
struction have taken direction from na?
tional authority, we have seen the public
thought of the North interpreted in tho
most distinot manner. There the work
of reconstruction has been followed up
by an alien policy, swift to punish rather
than to reconcile. There the spirit of
dominion has been the synonym of Fede?
ral authority, in the shaping of all local
organization, open control of large
bodies of dependents, interference to
sustain worthless officials, and ruthless
violations of the rights of person. There
the failure to build a new civil and social
order, replete with illustrations of con?
cord and progress, has been most signal
and unfortunate. There the race which
was liberated has been kept solidly ar?
rayed against the rest of the community,
under corrupt appliances, with constant
ferments, to oontrol such States ia the
interest of the Administration. There
the suhstauoe of entire sections hus been
plundered, debts mortgaging generations
of labor contracted, taxoB levied to the
point of confiscation-all done under
agencies upheld by the National Govern
! ment. There, whenever the system it?
self has created new disorders, as in the
nature of things it could not fail to do,
still harsher legislation has been de?
manded, and the enforcements of mar?
tial law have been resorted to with need?
less severity. But the texture of this
rule and failure thus imposed, must be
held to show forth the animating im?
pulse that accredits its work. The po?
litical ideas which are accepted at the
North are the self-same which have thue
had unrestrained vent in dealing with
the South, and this might well crowd
into its consciousness that mighty lan?
guage of the Earth Spirit in Goethe:
'At the roaring loom of time I ply,
Weaving for God the garment thoa eeeat
Him bj.'
"Now, I submit to you if a theory ol
national policy and power, which hut
developed so ruinously elsewhere, is nol
dangerous everywhere? I ask yon whe
ther a public opinion that has sustained
so much of spoliation, and shown itseli
so indifferent to the limitations of right
ful authority abroad, may uot possibly
be the parent cause of corni ptioni
springing into snob alarming muguitudi
at home? Do not auch inflictioun, like
curses, come back to rooBt, aud may no
the plunder of Erie corporations act
venality in so macy Legislatures, fron
Albany to Topeka, have a closer oonneo
tion than might at first be supposed
with a programme of political though
and action thus set on high as type o
the public conscience? Could th?
$250,000,000, pillaged by the carpet-ba(
governments, have been permitted, ex
oept ander a dissolute political morality
that connived at Tammany in a $10,
000,000 steal? Could that violence dom
the Constitution in suspending tb
habeas corpus have proceeded from an;
other than an atmosphere saturated wit!
constraint of elections and dictation ti
electors, under Presidential suspioes
And, as a fitting sequel, also, to such in
quest, may it not be worth while to oou
sider if the moulding of such depend
encies on Administration favor as Loui
siana and South Carolina, ruled by ai
uneducated, inflamed negro vote, ma;
not have a significance in tho electors
college or the deliberation of Congress
that will silence the protest even o
Massachusetts herself, should the exi
genoies of an election demand a war wit!
England?
"It will not be contended with an
troth that the great mass of Norther
men sympathize with tho animositie
thus perpetuated, or that tiny wool
willingly fester dangers thusthreatenin
to all free society. But it is true tin
they have surrendered the leadership c
public opinion to a party organizatioi
because it carried them safely throug
the perils of oivil war, and have ni
been ulert to prevent that control froi
taking Bhapes utterly at variance wit
the free opinion in which it was foundet
It is, therefore, only by an appeal froi
the party to the people that any re-ai
justmout of the thought of the Nort
can come, and it is only by arrestiu
that tendency in national administrativ
to extremo centralization that any indi
ence can be giveu to such ro-awakeuc
conscience."
Goveruor Brown next makes a coe
prehensive roviewof tho financial polii
of Grant's administration, showing i
extravagance and profligacy, and tl
bitter injustice dono under the oper
tious of the present tariff system, I
throwing the great barden of our hoa'
taxation upon tho agricultural ai
laboring classes, and rolieving t
moneyed capitalists and manufacture
monopolists from all aharo in bcari:
the expenses of the Government. T
favoritism shown to largo corporatio
and tho grant of millions of acres
public land to them, while its price
doubled to actual settlers, is dwolt up
in feeling terms, and tho ruinous poli
of tho Administration in regard to t
lately enfranchised colored raco, is t
mirably shown. In this connection
says:
"Another subject that has ne1
ceased to claim absorbing interest 1
been tho relation sustained by tho C
vernment to tho emancipated rai
Proud of tho achievement of havi
liberated 3,000,000 of human bein
Republicans have felt solicitous to i
them so incorporated with tho comma
tics in which they dwell, that tli
nowly-ucquirod citizenship should wi
no disturbance and incite no umbra
Resuming suspended labor, mingling
local concerns, giving to tho causo
good government a freo support,
taobed to different parties as individual
judgment might determine, it was recog?
nized that the rights of the colored race
would be respected by all, and tbat ques
tion pass finally ont of politics. Ita
safety would lie in division of its suf?
frage, its division wonld come from be?
ing let alone. But it may be well asked,
has suob a consideration for the welfare
of the freedom obtained with those in
power? Has not a policy the very re?
verse been pursued with regard to them?
has not an aotive partisanship been de?
manded of them? has not their vote
been wielded absolutely as a unit? and
has not the rosult of all this been pro?
tracted alienation, disroputablo govern?
ment and endangered liberties? The
oxternal control, which, by teaching po
litioal dependence, uses a raoe thus
emancipated as a threat and a means of
dominating the sn drago of all opposed
to its continuance in power, substan?
tially puts tbo achievements of the war
at the peril of a single Presidential cam?
paign. It thus does in its own person
that very thing which constitutes its
gravest ohargo against former adversa?
ries, and does it from purely selfish con?
siderations. It regards the oolored voto
as an appanage won by force to be only
administered in a spirit of force, and to
be taught to rely upon external force for
maintenance. Must they not, however,
bo-protected, yon ask, against outrage
and orime, in person and in rights? I
answer yes-a thousaud times yes. But
ic military terrorism that only or best
protection? Does all our civilization
and genius ol government embody itself
at last in a squadron of dragoons? Has
the plying shuttle of civil law, carrying
its many oolored threads, and weaving
beautiful patterns of order for society,
lost all its ounuing? Protection! Yes;
I say protection to them as others, whe?
ther in Missouri or New York, but let
that protection come of agencies and
administrations powcrftd by virtue of
the confidence they inspire, und re?
pressive of wrong because founded upou
unimpeachable justice."
IV Hat Were They*
In an article, yesterday, upou the
duties of journalism-which was a string
of old newspaper platitudes set forth in
the garrulous style that marks the
mighty productions of the genius scrota
the way-there was a statement in re?
gard to this paper which we would be
glad to seo how that virtuous organ can
verify. We aro accused of dealing in
slanderous personalities against the can?
didates of the Union in the recent cit;
election, "and, says tho Union, when it
was demanded that thoBo charges be
made specific, and that they be proven
or take the oonsequenoes, it became ss
silent as tho grave and as gentle as a suck?
ing dove." It is not very comprehensi?
ble how charges can be made to "take
the consequences." But passing by tho
ludicrous grammatical blunder, by which
the scholar of the Union has involved
himself in this absnrdity, we call upon
him to mention if he eau a single charge
tbat wc have mado against him or auy
other candidate in the late city election,
and when called upon to prove it or to
take tho consequences we were "as silent
as tho grave and as gentle as a sucking
dove." Wu tako it that the faets of the
case, like the "sucking dove," exist only
in the imagination of the erudite editor
that penned thc article. But how utter?
ly dead to shamo and to self-respect
must that man bo who, iu tho very act of
diluting upon thc beauties of truth, in?
dulges in the most baseless fabrications.
GENERAL- LONGSTREET.-Tho Now
York World says of this (now) notorious
iudividual: The lute surveyor returns to
private life with uone of tho cleat and
sympathy which attended a similar aot
uf his about seven years ngo. His affili?
ation with tho Radical party has brought
him no honors worth comparing with
the esteem and affection felt for him by
tho respectable pa?t of tho community
previous to 18115. He has had his raesH
ol pottage, but he has sacrificed his self
respect und peace of mind. I had some
curiosity iu coming here to ascertain tho
ex-Confederate General's social standing.
I find that he is sternly cut. His old
friends pass him on the street without
recognition, uud society has closed its
doors upou him. Tho people say, in ex?
planation, that they have no feeling
against any man because ho is a Repub?
lican perse; but here is ono of their own
citizens who has deliberately leagued
himself with tho thieves who havo buou
plundering tho State and reducing them
to beggary. Ho has been tho associ?t o
and ally of tho carpot-bnggors nod
savages who havo perpetrated outrages
un a subject people a1 most unparalleled iu
history. Furthermore, ho has solicited
and taken office with, and thereforo has
boon one of the leaders of, tho plunder?
ers, oven if he has not shared in tho
plunder. This is sufficient, in the esti?
mation of tho Louisiana whites, to jus?
tify tho banishment of General Long?
street to Coventry. The General is un?
derstood to bu contemplating a length?
ened absence in Europe. He says ho is
for Grant.
Tins RAILROAD WAU.-Tho cases of tho
city vs. the South Carolina aud Char?
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroads,
for obstructing Washington street, on
tho 5th inst., came up before tho Re?
corder yesterday morning. After hear?
ing tho evidence and argument of coun?
sel, the Recorder dismissed tho Case
against tho South Carolina Railroad, but
fined tho Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad $'25. Tho iiuo was paid
by tho agent of tho company "under
protest."-Auynsla Chronicle.
- - --? ? ?
Quecu Victoria is worth ?10,000,000.
HORRIBLE TALK OP SUFPEBINa.-We
have heard many Btories told of the suf?
ferings of a trip in an immigrant ship
from Europe to America, and read de?
tails of many very shocking cases of
barbarity practiced npon the poor immi?
grant by barbarous officers di ships; bnt
we have been famished the particulars,
by several Germans who arrived in this
city a few days ago from Germany, of a
series of barbarities practiced upon the
passengers of the immigrant ship Hol?
land, of the Liverpool aud New York
line, that exceed in infamy and outrage
anything of tho kiud we have herotoforo
heard or read.
The Holland arrived at Now York on
tho 2 it h of Murd), after a long and
boisterous trip, with 550 passengers
aboard, all immigrants, being ut least 200
more thau she had accommodations for.
A number of theso immigrants wore for
Louisville, where they uriived tho latter
part of last week, and from some of
whom we get these particulars. Tho
vessel had been at sea bat a few days
when it was discovered tho stock of pro?
visions was not only of tho poorest qua?
lity, br was also very light. lu less
than a week all the flour, potatoes, and
other vegetables were exhausted, and
tho passengers were reduced to a diet of
ship biscuit and horse beef, and this of
the poorest quality, and doled out in tho
smallest portions.
Starvation began to stare the wretohed
immigrants in the face, although the
ship's officers and crew seemed to have
plenty of good and healthy food. To all
appeals for a fair division of this food
among the immigrants, the officers and
crew answered only with curses and
blows. Sickness broke out among the
immigrants, and in their desperation,
some of them made on effort to secure
more food, but were knocked down and
kicked and beat by the crow. Many of
theso miserable people, men, women and
children, wore exposed on deck to tho
oold, and were budly frozen. Our ?L
formants state that tho captain and mate
of [the vessel were particularly brutal
and cruel iu their treatment of the poor
immigrants, and as a consequence of all
their sufferings, there was much sickness
and many deaths during the trip.
To such a degree of starvation were
theso immigrants reduced, that when
their scanty allowance of food was issued
to them they had to fight for its posses?
sion, tho desperation of tho half-starved
passengers, under tho impulse of self
preservation, leading them to try to toko
by force from tho weukest their share of
tho wretched food. The horse beef, our
informants state, was absolutely half
rotten, aud its stench almost stifling;
yet tho immigrants were forced to eat it
to save themselves from a horrible death
by starvation. Tho limbs of many wo?
men and children, as well as a number
of moo, were so severely frozen that in
many eases amputation will be necessary.
A report of the sufferings of these immi?
grants was made to tho authorities at
New York, but our informants say no
atteutioo, so far as they know, was paid
to it. It is a case that requires tho most
rigid investigation, and if the facts are
as stated to us, the captain and other
officers of the ship should be brought to
tho speediest and severest punishment.
[Louisville Ledger.
Cvu.su or THE FIRE.- Whilo in Co?
lumbia and Charleston last week we were
somewhat rudely attneked by some prom?
inent Republicans, in consequence of
our stating that tho late tire iu this towu
was "a political fire." It waa industri?
ously reported in thoso cities that tho
fire originated from a pile of limo lying
near tho building first discovered to be
on tiro. Wo bavo uo hesitancy in pro?
nouncing this report falso, and wo be?
lieve was btarted to cover up tho infamy
of the act. Twelve witnesses, most of
thom colored poisons, and Republican.0,
woro examined by tho Town Council,
tho day after tho lire occurred, and till
of them testified that tho fire was nu
incendiary act. Thero was no pile of
limo lying outside of tho building
whero tho lire was first Been; but if such
a pile had been there, as no building or
work of any kind in which limo is used
had been doue thero for many months,
and none in contemplation, common
seuce teaches that tho heavy ruins of tho
past winter would have mudo tho limo so
exposed porfectly harmless.
Threats havo afton been made to
"burn tho d-d rebel" and "d-d
Democratic town of Uuiou," and throo
attempts to commit tho hellish net havo
been discovered and frustrated, withiu
tho past eighteen months. It is also a
peculiarly suspicious fact that each at?
tempt was made within fifteen minutes
of tho samo hour (4 o'clock) in tho moru
iug. Tho time of night, direction of tho
wind and tho Bpot selected for tho torch
of the late !iro, wore all peculiarly favor?
able for a wholoBulo destruction, and we
hopo tho fiend who planned and execut?
ed tho deed has satiated his thirst for re?
venge, mid his malice toward tho citi?
zens of Uuiou is satisfied. - Union Times.
THE OLDEST MASON.-This gentleman
exists in tho greatest abuudanco. His
last appearance is in Orangeburg, as
will bo seen by tho following paragraph
from tho Oraugeburg Times: "Wo aro
advised that Mr. F?tor Howe, who lives
withiu tivo miles of our village, was
made a Mason in 1800, aud has conse?
quently boon a Mason for sixty-two or
sixty-three yeurs. Further, if ho sur
vivo till Juno noxt, ho will have com?
pleted 101 yours of ago. Ho is, wo be?
lieve, still activo and hale. Can any?
where beat this?"
Some of tho Radical newspapers aro
down upon Judge Davis as tho working
men's candidate, because ho is a man of
; wealth. Ho will novor command tho
contidouco of such newspapers until ho
either gives away all his money, or
proves to their satisfaction that ho stolo
, it.-Courier-Journal.
A Florida negro ato two bushels of
dried tipples on a bet, refreshed himself
at tho town pu tun, mid burst.
Xii ocal Items.
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CIT? MATTERS.-The price of siegle
I copies of the PHONIX is five cents.
Governor Scott has appointed S. W.
Rhodes und W.D. Waters Pilot Com?
missioners for the port of Beaufort, vice
A. H. Alston and J. A. DnPong, re?
moved; and Henry Preston Commis?
sioner of Deeds for South Carolina,
resident at Abingdon, Virginia.
A musical concert, under the manage?
ment of the ladies of the oity, iu aid of
ono of the Sunday schools, is promised
about tho first of May. Tho public may
expect a brilliant and highly entertain?
ing affair, as tho best musical talent will
bo engaged.
AF the large gate at the frout of the
State House yard is left open for the ac?
commodation of a few parties, why not
bo generous, and leave tho rear largo
gate open for tho accommodation of the
many?
Tho Galaxy for May is to hand. It in
published by Sheldon & Co., 677 Broad?
way, Now York, at Si per annum.
Yesterday reminded us, forcibly and
unpleasantly, of the days of March, be?
ing blustering and windy.
Old awnings and now ones are being
called into requisition.
A couple of drunken women were
racing a horse and buggy below the
State House, on Main street, Sunday.
A policeman warned them about their
behavior, but they heeded it not. They
were not arrested, however.
Wo have received the third number of
Tripp & Linton's Musical Monthly, pub?
lished at Louisville, Ky., at $1.50 per
annum.
New $20 counterfeits are reported and
should be guarded against.
It is stuted that Professor Holmes is
prepariug an interesting and accurate
"Illustrated Guide to Charleston and
Vioinity," which will afford much intel?
ligence to tourists, and also our own peo?
ple.
Tho Martinetti-Ravel troupe have
decorated the fences generally used foi
that purpose with their laughable show?
bills.
Wo are iu receipt of a catalogue ol
the officers and students of the Uni?
versity of Virginia, located at Charlottes?
ville, Va. Among tho students, wc
notice the name of J. B. Adger, Jr., J.
C. Robertson and J. F. Walker, of Co
lumbla, and many other natives ol
South Carolina. There are seventeen
students from this State.
Tho Palmetto is recognized in Wush?
ington City. Senator Robertson is th(
fortunate possessor of a handsome lan
daulet, built accordiug to his own direc
tion, with a Palmetto treo emblazoned
on each panel, which attracts much at
ten tion on the avenue. He has a spank
iug pair of blood bays-"Charley Lo
gan" and "Billy"-purchased in Colam
bia. The turn-out in regarded as th)
handsomest in tho Federal Capital.
Mr. Joyner ?B rejuvenating the Es
change House, aud is making addition:
to tho first quality stock of tho forme:
proprietors. His latest addition is S. T
Suet's "Capitol" whiskey, tvhich is ra
pidly gaining favor for its purity an<
geueral adaptability to tho palates 0
those who appreciate pure liquors.
Messrs. T. J. & H. M. Gibson aro tin
sole agents in this city for tho celebrate!
"Die Vernon" brand of family flour. I
is white, and can bo converted into th
best of biscuits, as wo can testify fror
actual experiment. It can bo obtaiuc*
at their new store, North-east corner c
Richardson and Lady. It is put up i:
bags.
Attentiou is directed to tho audio
salo advertised by F. P. Sallas, c
Charleston, to take placo in that city o
Thursday next,tho 18th instant. Winei
almonds, olives, fruits, molasses,
aro included in tho list.
Mr. Patrick Shelton, ono of tho stril
ing stone-sutters, who had been re-en
ployed on tho Federal court house an
post office, was discharged yesterday
We have heard no cause,assigned for tb
recent discharges.
As will bo soen by tho notico of Seen
tary Carrington, published in anotlu
column, the stockholders of tho Oreel
ville aud Columbia Railroad will hoi
their annual convention in this city o
Thursday, tho 2d of May, proximo. TL
attention of stockholders is specially d
rectod to the advertisement.
Tho proper timo to pull hemp is on
Friday a good judge may select.
At tho request of tho committi
Profesior M. LaBordohas consented 1
act as permanent chairman of tho Mon
memorial meeting, to-night. Judf
Willard has consented to bo ono of tl
speakers.
It is announced that all tho South C
rolina railroads have agreed to retui
visitors to tho Sch?tzenfest from Charlo
ton to their homos freo of charge,
full fare has been paid going to Charle
tou.
Mus?a.-The following is the pro
gramme of music by the band of the
18th United States Infantry, for half
post 5 o'olock, this afternoon, Joseph
Buohar, ehief musician:
1. Distant Greeting Quickstep-by
Doringer.
2. Salute a Ia France.
3. Ascension Waltz-by C. Faust.
4. Selection from Der Fraohatz-by
Weber.
5. Quickstep-by P. Einser.
MAIL. ARRANGEMENTS.-Tba Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 10.45
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.15 A. M.; closes 6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opens 12.30 A. M.; closes 12.30 P. M.
Wilmington mail opens 2.30 P. M.;
closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday office
open from 3 to 4 P. M.
THE PANTOMIME TROUPE.-The fa?
mous Martinetti-Ravel Troupe will ap?
pear at Irwin's Hall, on Friday and
Saturday nights. The excellence of
this pantomime troupe has been gene?
rally conceded. We have before ns a
number of valuable notices of their per?
formance, in all of which the highest
praise is given its powers to amuse. We
anticipate for them a large attendance
during their two night engagement.
A DouniiB MURDER.-A gentleman
from York County, yesterday, informed
us that on Friday last, a squad of United
States troop?, engaged in arresting par?
ties suspected of violation of the En?
forcement Act, shot and killed two bro?
thers, named Craig, wbom they were
endeavoring to catch. The troops, as
our informant heard the story, were in
chase of the Craigs, and were dose opon
them, when, reaching the Broad River,
about fifteen miles from York vi lie, the
pursued parties plunged in, and were
shot while swimming across. One of the
brothers was shot and sunk instantly,
and no more has been seen of him. The
other was fatally wounded through the
thigh, was captured and brought on
Bhore, but died on Saturday. Let -us
have peace!
PHONIXIANA.-Never bemoan your
lot, if the taxes are paid on it.
Outward bound-A woman in corsets.
George Francis threatens Washington
City with a newspaper-to be edited by
himself.
A newly married woman, of genteel
appearance, went into a furniture shop a
few days since, and inquired for a "family
fruit basket." She was shown alarga
cradle, which was just what she wanted.
The last question that has troubled
philosophers is this: Which causes a girl
most pleasure, to hear herself prair i or
another gill run down?
Can a cross-examination be a good na?
tured one?
To raise corn-Destroy the crow-ouses.
Blacksmiths are given to disturbance,
making A poke R and A shove L.
A color that has never been seen
"Blind man's buff."
A Western poet calls tho dew the
"perspiration of the moon." Where's
Joaquim?
Advice is like snow, the softer it falls
the longer it remains and dwells in the
mind.
Wo are apt to search tho distant hori?
zon for beauties, while the flowers are
beneath our feet.
A foud wife enoonrnges her husband
when he comes homo early in the morn?
ing, by calling him "the latest thing
out."
A Pennsylvania paper speaks about
"Church Sociables." What eau they be?
Not funerals, of course.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Acts of tho General Assembly.
Meeting S. C. Medical Association.
Meeting In-'apendent Fire Company.
E. H. Heinitah-Drugs, Aro.
C. R. Frauklin-Strayed or Stolon.
F. P. Salas-Wines, Almonds, Ac.
C. V. Carrington-G. & C. R. R. Co.
John T. Sloan, Jr.-Summons.
Rooms to Rout.
P. ll. Joyner-Exchange House.
Capital Building and Loan Associat'n.
HOTEL Ansi VALS, April 15.-dickerson
House-E J Wadwell, Cheraw; Mrs B Pierce,
N C; E a Hubley, Walhalla; fl J Bankhoad,
La; Mr and Mrs Johnson, Miss Johnson and
sister, Mass; E W Mercor, SC; G W Stony,
Mo; G NV Huntly, Agent Martinetti-Ilavel
Troupe; C M Joy, Md; J M Soigler, Newberry;
F J l(u Bh, G .t ? lt II.
Columbia Hotel-G M Kellogg, C K Knowles,
F Simmonds, N Y; A G Button, Rocheatoi; J
W Gorman, Baltimore; W D Kennedy, Au?
gusta; J II Averill, B G Whitney. A G Ma?
grath, W J Magrath, Jas Connor, II Crumb,
Charleston; D W Woodward, Winnsboro; D L
Filly&n, J D Gardner, Wilmington; D L Tur?
ner, W J Huiett, Edgetield; J McNamara,
Orangnburg; T D Wilder, Memphis; Dr T A
Kvans, Dr \Y fl Nardin, Anderson; J Dolan,
Timbucto.
VENETIAN BLINDS.-NO invontion was ever
BO important to the peoplo of hot climates as
tho Yonotian blind. Admitting tho air and a
^hailed light, whilo keeping out tho heat and
glare, they aro absolutely essontial to com?
fort in this country. If tho houses of any of
our readers aro destitnto of thoso valuable
contrivances, they should at onco, before thc
hot weal her ?eta in, send their orders to Mr.
P. P. TOA LC, No. 2i) Bayon street, Charleston,
S. C., manufacturer and dealer in door?,
sashes, bliinls, balusters, mouldings, Ac, Ac.
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