The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 16, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA. S. C.
Sunday Horning, June 16, 1872.
Correction.
A carelessly-worded despatch from
OharlestoD by a friend to the family of
Captain Trezevant here, led ns into some
errors, yesterday, in relation to the re?
lease of Captain Trezevant on hab?is
corpus before Judge Bryan. The final
hearing has not yet been had. The trne
state of the case, as derived from the
counsel for the defence, who arrived hore
yesterday, is that Judge Bryan, having
determined to hear Captain Trezevnnt's
caso on its merits, has instructed
Commissioner Boozer to take' tho tes?
timony, both for the proseoution and
defenoe in Chester, and report it to him;
and in the meantime has discharged
Captain Trezevant on reoognizanoe, with
sureties, to ' appear and abide his deci?
sion. The statements relative to per
jared testimony, etc., were derived from
other sources, and, of coarse, counsel
for the defenoe is in no wise responsible
for them_. ^ . ._
Tho Two-thirds Majority.
It is now measurably certain that a
large majority of the delega tea to Balti?
more will favor the endorsement of Gree?
ley and Brown by the Democratic party.
It is as certain tts any future politioal
event eau well be. Bat it seems there
is still another bog-bear in the way; at
least, we find it a subject of speculative
comment in some of our ezohanges, and
regarded as an additional obstado in the
way of Demooratio coalition with Libo
ral Republicanism. This new impedi?
ment is, that it is a rule of Demooratio
conventions, invariably followed since
1814, to require a two-thirds majority of
the delegates to make a nomination.
This, it is thought, makes the endorse?
ment of Mr. Greeley not quite so cer?
tain. There are two ways of avoiding
'the difficulty, should It bc thought pro?
bable, when the Convention assembles,
that the required two-thirds are not in
favor of Mr. Greeley. The first and
most evident one is to abrogate the rule,
for whiob, of course, only a majority
vote is necessary. In this way a simple
majority wonld make the nominations,
as ia the rule in other party conventions,
and was in the Demooratio party until
1844. The second plan is to make no
nominations whatever, but simply to ac?
cept and ratify the Cinoiunati platform,
and then adjourn #i/ie die.
A. great many 'Demoorats favor this
latter soborno nuder any circumstances,
even though there should be a unani?
mous sentiment in favor of Greeley and
Brown. Their reason is that they be?
lieve or fear that Greeley and Brown maj
be weakened with the Republican
should . they be made the nominees ol
the Demooratio party. This would hold
good to a considerable extent, perhaps,
in regard to ignorant persons like thc
masses of onr colored voters, whose
chief knowledge of politics is the na mei
of the ohief parties, bat it would have
not the least weight with the more intel
ligent Republicans of the North. Bal
we hope and believe that no each con
tinge noy will arise. The sentiment
among the Demooraoy in favor of Gr ee
ley and Brown, already almost universal
is growing every day; and we are san
guine enough sincerely to believe thal
four-fifths of the Convention will urg<
tho coalition ns dictated by high patriot
ism, and affording the only hopefu
method of defeating Grant's re-election
The Demoorats must rally to the suppor
of the Liberal Republicans with abso
lute unanimity, or nearly so, in order ti
effeot any good. We believe the mani
fest neoessity of this coarse will lead tin
few who are now holding back to give ii
to the wishes of tho great body of thi
party.
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If Raphael Sommes and ? Braxtoc
Bragg can vote for Mr. Greeley, wo can
not well peroeive how any Southern mai
oan see any insuperable objection to do
ing the same thing. These distingaishei
men do not prefer Mr. Greeley for any
thing he did before or during tho war
They know that he was against us firmly
But they support him now, because
when the war was over, he favored th
immediate restoration of peace and coo
tentaient, by according to the South ge
neral amnesty and equality with the res
of the nation, and because be is pledget
to the Cincinnati platform, whioh de
mauds the restoration of State authority
and denonnoes as unconstitutional th
centralization of all power in the Fedc
ral Government; and, furthermore, bc
cause he i's pledged to snob reforms a
will purify the Administration, and pu
a check upon oorrupt legislation. Thea
are the reasons that deoide the con due
of these distinguished men, as they als
oontrol the preferences of the Soother
. white people, with tho rarest possibl
exceptions.
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"A soldier of the first Empire" and c
AuBterliz, resides in Portsmouth, Ya.
The New City Bonds?
These securities, amounting to $250,
000, are advertised for salo at public
oratory, on Wednesday next. They were
pat op at auction on the 15th of May
last, bat no bid anyway approximating
their value being received, the oity
authorities rory properly withdrew the
bonds. We do not know what, if any,
private . arrangements the Council may
have made with capitalista in New York
or elsewhere to dispose of the bonds;
bat without something of the kind bas
boon done, we soe no reason why there
can be any better chanco to secure a fair
prioo for those really valuable securities
on Wednesday next, than there was a
month ago. Indeed, wo do not believe
that it is possible, in any way, at this
time, to put our oity securities apon the
market with advantage to the city, or
without a ruinous discount. If the
bonds were to sell at seventy-five ocnts
on tho dollar, whioh, wo pr?same, is as
mach as they will bring ia the present
oonditioa of things-stringency of the
money market aad geuor.il discredit
whioh reckless and oorrapt financial
management and extravagant and profli?
gate expenditures by oar officials hos
brought apon all classes of our public
securities-it woald still be disastrous
for the oity to borrow money on such
terms. No sane aad solvent individual
or honeatly-oondaoted corporation woald
pay 33_! 3 per cent, premium for money.
At least, there woald have to be some
extraordinary eombiaatioo of circum?
stances to induce thom to do so.
There ia nothing of the kind in tho
present instance to lead the city into
saoh a suicidal policy. The new Oity
Hall aad the aew market woald be very
good things to have; bat ia the present
impoverished condition of oar people,
whea they are straggliog ander such
adverse surroundings to repair to some
extent the ravages of war, it woald not
be prudeat to burdon the oity with far?
ther debt, even if the bonds could be
sold at par, with whioh the buildings are
to be erected. How much tho worse,
thea, how nonsensical aad ruinous, must
it be for the oity to trade off its paper
at aa enormous disoouat? The rimple
fact that she offers to do it, is enough to
kill her oredit with honorable capitaliste.
Better have no Oity Hall at all, as pay
upwards of $100,000 for it, wheo it
Bhoald aot cost more thaa $80,000. We
hope tbs Oity Council will view the mat?
ter ia this light, aad act ia the true in?
terests of the city, both preseat and fu?
ture. Wait uatil the State shall have
recuperated, until confidence, ia the Go?
vernment shall have been restored, and
aatil we caa pay oar oarreat expeuBes
with easo-thee oar oity securities may
be sold at par.
Now that Mr. Colfax has really retired
at last, albeit helped along with the con?
ventional boot-toe, we may have reason?
able hopes of Fish. Indeed, the rumor
has become rife again at Washington,
asd considering the hopeless maddie into
whioh he has succeeded ia bringing oar
international affairs, there appears to be
some reality ia it. Fish is fond of oom
fort, aad being well aware that he will
scaroely be tolerated for another term, ia
the eveat ot Qrani's success, will proba?
bly drop the reins of State this summer,
and retire to his home ou the Hadsorj.
Ia the deprivation of his services we
have at least ono primo consolation-that
it is impossible for the State Department
to fall into any worso or more incompe?
tent haads thaa it is at present.
THE ILLEGAL. ARREST IN CANADA.-A
despatch, dated Ottawa, Canada, says:
Ia the House, last night, Mr. Blake
asked the Government to convey to the
House any information ia their posses?
sion ia reference to the statement con?
tained ia The Press to the effect that a
person bas beea Beized ia open day in
tho oity of Loudon, Ontario, and car?
ried to the American aide, and whether
there had beea aay communication on
the subject with the United States or
Imperial Government. Sir John Mac?
Donald replied that a few days ago the
Government was informed by telegraph
of the arrest o! a person ia the manner
mentioned ia the newspapers, and in?
structions were at oaoe givea to send
dowa depositions and statements of facts
and ?vidence. Those papera were re?
ceived yesterday, aad upon them a re?
port had been prepared anil submitted
to her Majesty's Miniator at Washing?
ton, in order that representations in the
matter might bo made to tho United
States Government, uud a similar report
had been prepared for the Imperial Go?
vernment.
The following neat reply was made to
a sohool board examiner, who said:
"What is the difference, little boys-now
you have heard all about tho missiona?
ries and their good works from your
kind preoeptor-between a Christian and
a cannibal?" A boy of ten, noted for
his good appetite and the cons?quent
love for fun which always accompanies
it, said, with a grin: "Why, master, I'll
toll yer; t'ono enjoys hisself, and t'other
enjoys t'other people."
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A Saginaw man's throat was out byfa
flying stiok of wood.
Th4 State Treaiury.
Perhaps no officer of a State or nation
occupies a position of so great impor
tance as that of a State Treasurer. In
the administration of the duties of snob
an office, a man of ability and of sterling
integrity shonld be its head. The pro?
per performance of bis duties affects the
weal of his fellow-men, and their im?
proper discharge causes untold woe.
The position of Governor is secondary
to that of tho ohief financial officer of
the State. Tho Treasurer holds posses?
sion of the people's puree, and ho can
tighten or loosen the strings at pleasure.
Tho people, one and all, aro common
partners in the business of the State,
und UH ure the partners in a mercantile
house, they are dependent for their suc?
cess upon tho proper management of
their fmunces. Each and every man has
a direot interest in his Statu business,
and all should see that their moneys aro
not being used for other than the legiti?
mate purposes of the State. The condi?
tion of their cash account should be fre?
quently examined into. No matter how
honest their cashier may bo, there will
always bo men who doubt the probity of
humun nature, and the largest opportu?
nity should be given to satisfy such as
to the correctness of their suspicions.
Nothing will disarm suspicion quicker
than the knowledge conveyed by per?
sonal examination that all is right. Tho
moment the integrity of the Treasurer in
impugned by responsible parties, that
moment he shonld demand an investiga?
tion into his official acts by his accusers.
This examination should be of the most
searching character, so that, guilty or
not guilty, the public should seo that
justioe was done.
Monthly statements of the condition
of the Treasury should bo published,
showing all receipts and disbursements,
and which should be verified by a board
of good and competent men. Many
wonld denounoe snoh a plan as impracti?
cable; bat their doubts are answered by
the faot that to-day such a system is in
practical operation in all the large mouey
and manufacturing interests of the coun?
try, and can, with the greatest ease, be
applied to the workings of our State
Treasury. The additional expense would
be a mere bagatelle in comparison to the
benefits to be derived; for then every
man in the State would know to what
usos the taxes he paid in had been or
would be put; and knowing such, would
bo the more ready to pay his taxes in the
future. AB it is at present, no man out?
side of a riug has tho least idea as to
what uee his money has been placed;
but the uppermost thonght in his mind
is that it is being squandered.
SAVINGS BANKS.-The statistics of the
savings banks of the United States indi?
cate a very gratifying oondition of af?
fairs. These banks contain deposits of
about S I,OOO,OOO, OOO, of whioh sum
$275,000,000 are in the savings banks of
New York, ?163,000,000 in Massachu?
setts, and $1,000,000 in the rest of New
England. During the last six months,
it is estimated that between $50,000,000
and $100,000,000 have been withdrawn
from these banks. As nearly the whole
of the immense sum on deposit in the
various savings banks of the country is
derived from tho surplus earnings of
meobanics and laboring men, the faot
speaks loudly in favor of the carefnl eco?
nomy of this class of oar population.
Everything in nature indulges in
amusement of some kind. The light?
nings play; the winds whistle; the thun?
ders roll; the snowillies; the rills and cua?
cados sing and dan oe; tho waves leap;
the fields smile; the vines creep and
ran; the buds shoot; and the hills have
tops to play 'with. But some of them
have their seasons of melancholy. The
tempests moan, the zephyrs sigh, the
brooks murmur, and the mountains look
blue.
The following is said to bo an excel?
lent cure for tooth-ache: To a table?
spoonful of any kind of spirits, add the
same quantity of sharp vinegar, and a
tea-spoonful of common salt; mix them
well together; hold the liquid in the
mouth so that it can enter the cavity or
hollow in the tooth; it will-give al?
most instantaneous relief.
FIRE.-Yesterday, about 1 o'clock, the
alarm of fire was sounded, whioh was
found to proceed from tho premises of
Mr. Joel Oopes. His kitchen, together
with two out-houses and their oontents,
wero entirely consumed. It is supposed
the fire originated either from tho stove
or ash-box. Mr. Oopes' loss is obout
$500. - Winnsboro Nevon.
Tho former Oonfederato cruiser She?
nandoah was wreoked in a reoent hurri?
cane at Zanzibar, Afrioa, ns stated by
cable despatch. She was surrendered to
the United States at the close of the war,
refitted at Washington, and sold to the
Sultan of Musoat, and was in his navy at
the time of her loss. Thus closed a
memorable career.
A faniouB judge came late to court one
day in busy session, whereat the derk,
in great surprise, inquired of him the
reason. "A oh i ld born," his h on or said,
"and I am the happy sire." "An infant
judge?" "Ohl no," said he, "as yet
he's but a crier."
A mau in Washington only belongs to
499 secret sooieties. He is unhappy be?
cause refused admittance to the "Seven
Serions Jackasses," the number being
complete without him.
A Massachusetts paper publishes this
outrageous slander: "Thirteen old maids
from Vermont lately went to Wyoming
Territory to get husbands. The men
there said they preferaed eqaaws, and
tho Vermont ladies are mad."
A colored man, named John MoGin
nis, while fishing near Rock Hill, on the
12th, fell into the water, in an opileptio
fit, and was drowned.
TUE SO CALLED KO KLUX PRISONERS.
The Baltimore Sim publishes the follow?
ing account of the arrival of the Sooth
Carolina Ku Klux prisoners in New York :
The ship Champion, from Charleston,
arrived at Pier 29, North River, last
night, having on board twenty-three Ku
Klux prisoners. Among them were gray
haired men and beardless boys; strong
men and cripples. They were under u
guard of United States soldiers, and on
their way to the Albany penitentiary to
serve out a term of imprisonment. All
of them professed to be farmers or farm
workmon, and their sun burned faces
and hardened hands gave proof of it.
All of these men lived in York County,
South Carolina, one of the nine Counties
in whioh martial law was declared lust
October. Some of them have nlroady
been^mprisoned for months.
A Sun reporter went on board tho
Champion, and fouud the prisoners
slowed away between deck?, in the fore
part of the ship. No air circulated
through the place, and tho thermometer
indicated ninety-eight degrees. They
are rougb-looking men, haggard and tat?
tered, but have not a vicious look. Tho
reporter's questions were promptly an?
swered, and by many of the men with
muoh intelligence. They said they hud
been arrested "for belonging to the
order." A gray-haired man told the fol?
lowing story:
Mien martial law was declared last
October, no outrages had been commit?
ted for a year, nnd none since, in our
County at least. But the military au?
thorities have beon making arrests for
the past eight, months. The prisoners
are taken before Jtidgo Bond, in the
Uuitod States Circuit Court, and the
charges are alike in all cases. They are
accused of being, or having been, mem?
bers of the Ku Klux, and are told that
this can be proven by members of the
band who are witnesses for the prosecu?
tion, and advised to plead guilty to miti?
gate their punishment. Knowing bow
useless resistance is, the poor wretches
plead guilty-to avoid a severer penalty.
Thus, twenty-two of these men are Buf?
fering the penalties of convicta through
fear, and not from any evidence of their
crime. One man of fifty years ap?
proached the reporter and said vehe?
mently:
"I did not plead guilty. I am not
guilty, and I would not make such a
confession for the world. They tried
me on two charges, but no evidence was
adduced to convict me. Yet it was
meant that I should bo punished, and
they gave me two years. Two years for
being an American citizen, unfortunate
enough to live in South Carolina! I nm
not nor never was a Ku Klux-whatever
that may be-and have always been a
peaceable, law-abiding citizen. I go to
prison an innocent man, but the hardest
criminal never left his prison with n
worse heart than I shall leave mine. If
my life is spared, this indignity shall bo
avenged."
The men complained bitterly of being
sent North for confinement. They
thought it bad enough to be summarily
arrested by soldiers, illegally tried and
unjustly oonvicted, without being taken
so far from homo, and where their
friends cannot visit them. They are to
remain in prison until the fines aro
paid. Some of them are without money,
or friends that have means, and they see
no limit to their incarceration.
The reporter said to one:
"How will you pay your fine?"
"By death," was the answer.
He was a oripple, pale and emaciated,
and evidently rapidly falling away
through the ravages of a hidden disease.
Death, no doubt, will pay his fine, and
cheat the prison of a tenant.
At a German boarding "honsen," in
Chicago, common fish oil is used in the
lamps. The proprietor, who evidently
has a sharp eye to business, aayathrt "it
ish goot, as der boarders goes to bed BO
quick 'cause he smell so bad."
A few days ago a fight occurred in In?
dianapolis between two women. One
was BO terribly beaten with a club that
she died soon after. Her entire body
was one mass of bruises. The woman
who did the boating has disappeared.
Chappaqaa, the placo that holds Mr.
Greeley's farm, is of revolutionary'men
tion. Maj. Andre was there, bound for
New York, on tho morning of the day
ou which he was captured.
Two little children of Wilkesbarre,
Penn., that had no doll, were recently
detected in the sot of carrying off a dead
baby that they had dug out of the grave
to play with.
Congress has established corporal
punishment in the army, ond has made
it illegal hereafter to brand, mark, or
tattoo on tho body of any soldier by
sentence of court martial.
Tbe jury in the case of tho recont fatal
affray in Charleston between the Cubans
Perez and Valdez, rendered a verdiot of
self-defence. Valdez was released on $500
bail.
The Charleston Custom House officials
have removed into the upper portion of
the Post Office building. The Internal
Revenue Collector and Assistant will re?
move there also.
Master Gibba, a black boy, son of the
Secretary of State of Florida, has en?
tered the Military Academy at West
Point.
A man lately died in Tennessee, who
had been in an almoat continual sleep
for the last eight years.
The village of Newport, Florida, which
formerly had 1,500 inhabitants, has now
but twenty-five.
It is remarked that President Theirs
was tho guest of Count Von Beust in
1865, and refused to receive him in 1871.
A Connecticut surgeon is Raid to have
supplied a bald womau with a fino head
of hair by grafting.
A California farmer can rido twenty
seven miles in a straight lino without
going off his own property.
Ha O O A X ItO TYE S.
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CiTT MATTERS.-The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
A demented gentleman of this city
made a raid apon the Palmetto Steam
Fire Engine House, at an early hour,
yesterday morning. After effecting an
entrance through a back window, ho
proceeded to demolish things generally.
Two windows-sash aud ull-were de?
molished, and portions of tho boso reel
followed Hitit.
Mrs. W. T. Ward well, of Boston, who,
with her husbaud, has been on a bridal
toar through the South for a month or
two, and who spent several days in Co?
lumbia, departed this life in Staunton,
Ya., on tho 9th instant. Tho couple
wero to bave a bridal reception in Bos?
ton, in a few days. "In the midst of
life wo are in death."
By some accident, the gas in tho State
House would not burn Thursday night.
The supposition of some of the officials
was that tho gas had been shut off, and
wo so stated. Mr. Secretary Levin re?
quests DB to correct the statement, as no
bills have been prosented, nor the gas
shut off.
Bev. G. H. Braekett, a graduate of
tho Theological Seminary of this oity, is
to bu installed, this evening, as pastor of
the Seoond Presbyterian Church of
Charleston-the pulpit formerly ocou
pied by Rev. Thos. Smythe, D. D.
Nelson Joyner has been appointed by
Gov. Scott a Trial Justice for Charleston
County.
Senator Spragne, of Rhode Island,
arrived in this city, yesterday, and is tho
guest of Col. S. A. Pearce.
We bad delightful and much-needed
rains on Friday night and Saturday after?
noon.
Tho publishers of the Southern Musi?
cal Journal are seemingly determined
that everybody shall read their new
monthly; and to bring about that desir?
able result, are almost giving it away.
They offer each new subscriber before
November 1st, sheet, music to the value
of sixty cents, to be selected by sub?
scriber. Tho Journal is wonderfully
cheap ab the price, ($1 a year,) and we
venturo to say that this last offer is the
most liberal ever made by any publisher.
Subscriptions should roll in by thou?
sands, and we hope they may. Enclose
?1 to the publishers, Liudden & Bates,
Savannah, Ga., and you will receive the
Journal regularly for one year, and the
premium by retnrn mail.
The South Carolina Railroad Company
have, for a nnmber of years, been using
Holmes' patent reclining chairs in theil
night trains-which are universally ad?
mired by travelers. They have lately
added improved sleeping cars; so thal
the trip to or from Charleston can bc
made without a passenger becoming fa?
tigued.
We understand that the holy rite ol
confirmation will be administered in
Trinity Church, this morning, by the
Right Rev. Bishop Howe. Service tc
commence at ll o'clock. There will alsc
be a service at night, at half-past ?
i o'olook, and a sermon from the Bishop,
I by request, on the subject of "Th<
Resurrection."
The Governor has pardoned Henrj
Jones and Harry Cooper, eonvioted ol
arson ut the March term, 1872, of thi
Court of General Sessions, for Darling
ton County, the principal witnesj
against them having con fessed that hi
swore falsely at their trial.
Superintendent Jeter authorizes us tc
say that visitors to Wofford Collego ant
Cedar Springs commencements will bi
passed over tho Spartanburg and Unioi
Railroad, to and fro, for one fare.
The Clariosophio Society of the Sont!
Carolina University will aooept ou
thanks for an invitation to be present a
their final celebration, on Wednesda;
evening, June 26.
To day is the tenth anniversary of th
battle of SeoeBsionville, and in th
church calendar the third Sunday nfte
Trinity.
Two penitentiary convicts hsve et
oaped, one on Tuesday and the other o;
Wednesday, of this week. The fire
one, it is stated, escaped from the peni
tentiary, and is Number 772, knownl a
Bullhead. He made a desperate effoi
for liberty and swam the Oongaree. H
was in for seven years, for grand tareen?
The other was known as Peter, in fo
larcony. He escaped from the guar
while the squad was at work.
Mr. George L?rick has left with us
cotton stalk two feet high, oontainin{
several blooms and forms. It was grow:
on his farm, two miles from Colombie
and is a fair sample of a field of severe
acres.
We believe that nearly all parties wh
have dealings with United States Oom
missioner Boozer will testify that he ha
generally acted leniently, and strict!
within the lotter of the law.
? dosirable second-hand article-a rici
and amiablo yoong widow.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; oloaes 12.00
A. M. Charleston day mail openB 4.30
P. M.; closes 6.00 ?. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; doses 6.15
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western opens
and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opens
2.30 P. M.j closes 11.30 A. M. On
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
OUK AGENTS IN CHARLESTON.-The
advertising agenoy of Messrs. Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, represented by Ros?
well T. Logan, Esq., is the only author?
ized agenoy for this paper in Charleston.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAT.-Tri?
nity Church--Rev. P. J. ?hand, D. D.,
Reotor, ll A. M. and 4 P. M. Right
Rev. Bishop Howe, 8>? P. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rode,
pastor, wy, A. M.
Marion Street Clinrch-Rev. W. D.
Kirkland, 10>? A. M. and 8 P. M.
Washington Street Church-Rev. Wm.
Martin, 10}? A. M. Rev. Manning
Brown, 5 P. M.
Catholic Church-Rev. James Fuller?
ton, First Moss, at 7 A. M.; Second
Mass at 10 A. M. ; Vespers at 4>i P. M.
. Baptist Churoh-Rev. J. L. Reynolds,
ioy2 A. M.
. Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos. R.
Wilson, 10)4 A. M. and 8 P. M.
PHCENIXIANA.-"Vesuviates," means
.'it's warm."
The vegetable that is always ahead in
agricultural fairs-the cabbage.
A mean man never knows that he ls
mean; he only thinks he is cautions.
A class of men who will "knock down"
all they can-auctioneers.
If a sweet disposition does not come to
a lady by nature, it will come to her by
express-if the express brings her a new
bonnet.
Learn to labor and to wait-for the
waiters in some of the first-class restau?
rants get from twenty to thirty dollars a
week in fees, besides very comfortable
salaries.
Gardeners mind their peas, actors
mind their cues, but sextons* who ought
to be very mindful of their p's and q's,
oftener give their attention to their pews
and keys.
That a woman can accomplish what
I ever she makes up ber mind to, is shown
by the device of an Indiana woman, who
got nine glasses of lemonade for nothing
at a circus, by pretending to faint. It
was, however, & feint in reality.
The modern woman, when elis has a
nail to drive, doesn't wait for her hus?
band to come home. She catches hold
of the nail as she would into the hair of
a recreant son, swings the hammer over
her head and plunges downward. Then
she ties up her fingers as well as she can,
puts on her best bonnet and goes right
over to her mother's for a good cry, and
her tea.
In White County, 111., the reign of
law is enforced by a sheriff named Hilo
Storms.
WEDDING PRESENTS.-A writer on the
subject of weddings, says: There ia
scarcely any one who would refuse an in?
vitation to a wedding, yet an invitation
to a wedding carries on its face, im?
pressed upon it as plain as the mono?
gram whioh it bears, the words "social
black mail." A wedding now-a-days,
means plenty of money and plenty of
presents. It requires the recipient not
only to be present but to bring presents,
and if the parties decline to accede to the
first condition, they are expected to ful?
fill the t eoond. There is no expression
of love or respect ia these gifts; they are
purchased and given because they must
be, and this both tbo receiver and giver
well understand. There are instances
where presents are given out of pure
love, but they are so very rare that they
are mere drops in the sea of hypocrisy,
Persons of moderate means often de?
prive themselves of some luxury, and
even go without some of the necessaries
of life, in order to make a present whioh
will equal that of a wealthier guest. The
case is by no means exceptional, for the
ways and whims of society are a bounti?
ful source of material for the gossip, who
generally spreads such reports. The
Chinese mode of making wedding pre?
sents is a great improvement on oura,
and the custom might be introduced
here with profit. The "Heathen Chi?
nee" sends costly presents of silk, china,
and other precious things to his friends
on theee festive occasions, And they are
displayed with great pomp and circum?
stance, but are never used. They are
carefully put away, and when the next
wedding or feast comes off, these pre?
sents are Bent, and so keep circulating
from house to house, very often coming
bock to the original giver.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. P. Walker-Notice.
Hope Sc Gyles-Good Things.
Child's Nurse Wanted.
Report of Carolina National Bank.
Report Central National Bank.
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HOTKL ?BB1VAL8, Juno 15, 1872.-Columbia
Hotel-W J lil&ck, lt Tomlineon, ll J McCor?
mick, W M Bird, Charleston; Mila Kennedy,
Staunton; D Kemper, Ya; D L Fellyaw, N C;
O It Knowles, New York: A H Davega, J W
Walker, T S Mills, R H Jordan, W M Nichol?
son, Chester; B W Mercer, city; W A Bradley,
Augusta; P A Eichelberger, B H Kirk, Edge
field; J M Baxter, Newberry; Georgo Stuart,
Charlotte.