The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 13, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Friday Morning, September 13, 1878.
For President of the United State?,
HORACE* GREELEY, of New York.
For Vice-President
B. GRATZ BROWN, of minoan.
Dr. LaBordc'i Tribute to Jad** O'Neall.
It is pleasant to find, amid tho carkiug
cares and personal discomforts of theso
degraded times, instances of quiet con?
tentment and happy serenity iu the cul?
tivation of letters, and ia application to
the elevated studies which never tire,
bat always strengthen and console. It
is the Christian's privilege, when Bin
abounds and abases are rife, when wick?
edness and miserable delusions prevail,
to project his thoughts and place his
hopes ia that other world of purity and
bliss, into whioh those will have the su?
preme happiness of entering at last who,
overcoming the temptations which beset
them here, keep unspotted garments and
unblemished consciences. The scholar,
while zealously discharging the Chris?
tian's duty and indulging with others
the Christian's hope, has the inestimable
additional advantage of a vast field of
thought, a whole past world o' rich
learning and aoonmulated treasures of
research, over which he may expatiate to
his heart's content, and where he.may
nourish and feed his intellectual and
moral forces with the very lifo-thoaghts
and heart-aspirations of the departed
great and good.
* * * * ??And Wisdom's self
Oft seeks to sweet, retired solitude.
Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation,
Sin plumes her feathers and lets grow her
winga,
That in the various bustlo of resort
Were all too ruffled and some time impairod."
Placed as we are in the whirl of events,
in oontaot with much that is revolting
and disgusting, compelled to look no
less constantly than hopelessly npon
moral deformity-the very air being
foetid with official and personal corrup?
tion-we are almost ready to envy the
composure of Dr. LaBorde, in his quiet
study, communing with the illustrious
departed, and tracing with the pen of
foud recollection the lineaments of a
worthy of the past. We have read his
"Tribute to Hon. J. B. O'Neall, LL.D.,"
with muoh interest, and feel, as we tarn
its glowing pages, that it must have been
a labor of love to him, to prepare thia
summary of the life and labors of one
who lived in butter days, and adorned
them by his aotivity, his integrity and
his genius. His heart warms with bis
theme, and with crowding memories of
the time when there were intellectual
giants in the laud, and when private
worth and unsullied integrity were not
shadowy, by-gone visions, bat actual and
tangible realities. His work is rightly
named a tribute. It abonada io com?
mendation. But it could not well be
otherwise. The life of Judge O'Neall
was so pare, so earnest, so devoted to
duty, so fully and variously and philan?
thropically employed, and his blemishes
were so slight and few, that it is now
almost impossible in the retrospect to
see anything but what was excellent and
praiseworthy. Before giving some ex?
tracts, which will set both author and
subject in a favorable light, we add, that
the brochure is very agreeably written, io
the author's well-known pleasing and
copious style, nnd illustrated by literary
references, which hit) extensive reading
enable? Dr. LiDoide to employ so readily
and happily:
JODOE O'NEAL L'S EJP.TH, EDCCATION
AND DISTINCTIONS - John Beltou O'Neall,
late Chief Justice of South Carolina,
was born in Newberry District, April 10,
1793. He was sent to school when he
was but five years of age, and has
thought it of sufficient importance to
record in the brief autobiography which
he left, that "he recollects to this day
with what avidity he read the first book
placed ia his bauds-the 'Pilgrims Pro?
gress.' " Who can declare the power ex?
erted over his life by this work of almost
superhuman geaius! a work which gives
every shade of character, whether good
or evil; opens np every delusion, every
by-path and peril, every confliot and
support. His education was purely
English, nntil he reached his 15th year,
when he was sent to a classical academy.
He was regarded nu a youth of fine
talents and capacity, and made rapid
progress. It was here that by constant
practice he laid the foundation for ex?
temporaneous speaking, for which,
through life, he was distinguished. In
February, 1811, he entered the Junior
Class of the South Carolina College, and
graduated with the second honor in De?
cember, 1812. Owing to the embar?
rassed condition of his father's pecu?
niary affairs, he was ia early lifo thrown
upou his own resources, and obliged to
defray in part tho expenses of his colle?
giate educatiou. After bis graduation,
he took charge, for a hhoi t pe. tod, of the
Newberry academy, and was then
entered us a student of law. In May,
1811, ho was admitted ta practico in the
courts of luw and equity. lu 1816, ho
was returned u memoer of the House of
Representatives fer Newberry. With?
drawing from political lire ?rom 181G to
1822, he devoted the tntuivul to thu
laborious pursuit of his profession. Re?
turning io tho Legislature ia 1822, he
continued a member for six years, dur
irjg four of which he was Speaker of the
House. Ou the 20th of December,
1828, he waa eleotud Associate Judge,
and in Deoombor, 1830, elevated to a
seat in the Court of Appeals with John?
son and Harper. Upon the abolition of
the Court of Appeals, he was transferred
to the law beach, and in May, 1850, on
the death of Jud go Richardson, became
President of the Court of Law Appeals
and of the Court of Errors. His re?
corded labors, which in amount are un?
surpassed, are to be found in the volumes
of reports. Bu', his labors and his dis?
tinctions were not confined to his chosen
profession. Two colleges of the coun?
try conferred upon bim the degree of
Doctor of Laws, and straggling manfully
in every field where be might be useful,
assooiatious, societies, corporations and
churches poured their honors ia rich
profusion upon him. In Deoember,
1859, he was elected Chief Justice of
our State; thus roaching a position,
whiob, while it gratified the highest pro?
fessional ambition, carried with it the
assaraaoe that his arduous labors oa the
beach, through the long period of a
third of a oentury, wore appreciated by
the people who knew him best, and to
whose service he was devoted. Judge
O'Neall continued to discharge his
duties to the last, though much en?
feebled for a year or two before his
death. About the middle of Deoember,
1863, he visited Columbia on judicial
business, aad labored for several days
l with bis accustomed assiduity. He re?
turned to his home in Newberry, aad
died without a struggle, oa the 27th of
that month, in the old family mansion
which he loved so much, ana where he
had resided for forty-three years.
His MENTAL CONSTITUTION AND ELO?
QUENCE.-In his mental constitution
were united uncommon vigor, acute?
ness, quickness of perception and me?
mory. There was no intrioaoy of law
whiob ho could not unravel, no depth
whiob he oould not sound. His grasp
was comprehensive, bis memory had
among ita stores all that was valuable in
proc?dent, and few seized so readily the
main points involved in the issue. When
at the bar, he took rank among onr best
lawyers in the up-country, and our
greatest jurists respected him for bis
learning and ability. He was specially
diotingaished for his fervid eloquence,
and judges and juries wero led captive
by its power. He was of Irish extrac?
tion, and his style of oratory partook
largely of the national character. It was
warm, impassioned, discursive and rhe?
torical.
Hi3 DESPATCH IN BUSINESS-His RE?
VERENCE rou GOD.-Judge O'Neall
united great mental power with extraor?
dinary quickness and activity. These
qualities are rarely combined, but they
are not incompatible. To know which
oases admit and which do not admit of
calm deliberation, Bays a great writer,
is a rare and admirable thing; and also
to be able to meet both in a suitable
manner. Snob, to a large extent, was
the genius of Judge O'Neall, and to it is
to be asoribed much of bis intellectual
greatness. When it is added that he
carried into his station a holy reverence
for God, a religion pure and undefiled, 1
give bis orowning glory. It was not
that of Bacon, which he oould take up
and lay down again, to further the ob
jeots of an unohuatened ambition, but it
was the vital principle which gave im?
pulse to every action, the ever-burning
flame which lighted his pathway through
the labyrinth of life. What reverence
he indulged towards his God! Thal
name was never mentioned butin prayer,
in thanksgiving and in praise. What
aa example to bis brethren on UK
beech, tu all with whom bo came tn ooo
tact!
His LA noi..i IN THE CAUSE OP TAMPER
ANCE.-Thia was a causo dear to bi.'
heart, nnd for thirty years he urged thc
claims of total abstinence with nil tin
zoul of un apostle. It is not unworthy
of mention, aa it illustrates the mora
fol ce of his character, that he abandonee"
tho usu of spirituous liquors and tobucoc
to save ti friend. There aro those win
suy that he gava undue prominence tc
thu virtue of temperance. I know thu'
be was right when he declared di unken
D?sd Lbe lowest und nio>-t degrading o
all vices; and if it be true that his zea
sometimos i nrriod him too far, it is alto
gotlier pardonable. It is sad to believe
that th J most revolting pictures hav<
their original in real life, um', that th<
bolde.se t Ubi ts of the artist do not trans
ceud thu exhibitions of nature. Ho wu:
right, too, in tho principle that the fits
step iu the work of reforming a d?grad?e
man is to treat bim with hind?es?. Hil
first feeble efforts must be encouraged
yon must believe him to bo in earnest
give him a measure of your confidence
and leave no room for that feeling of de
spair which, if it comes, makes reforn
impossible.
His LITERARY LABORS.-Few mei
among us labored more through tin
press. Ho was fully sensible of tin
mighty power of this engine, and f; eel;
did bo bring it to bear in support o
knowledge, right and justice. Th?
Drunkard's Looking-G lass, the Wanderer
Calo, Reminiscences of the R?volution
various essays in tho periodical press
and many published addresses attest bi
industry. But be made still more ambi
tious efforts, and bis Digest of the Negr
Law, bis Annuls of Newberry, aud hi
Sketches of the Bench and Bar of Soul,
Carolina, may be regarded as permanon
additions to our literature. Of thest
productions of his pen, it is not my pm
pose to speak particularly; but some o
them demand a passing notice. "Th
Annals of Newberry" is dedicated to tb
people of that District, and in its natur
-to ase the words of its author-is **his
torioal, biographical and anccdoticul.
He hopes that it will constitute som
contribution to the history of the Stute
and that it will preserve the names c
maay worthy mea from oblivion. J
may bo that the material is not very we
digested, but it is marked by groat in
elastry, love of truth aad justice, and i
a riob legacy to tho people of Newberry
Whatever may be its faults, "The Bench
and Bar of Sooth Carolina" is a work ol
deep interest. The reader must feel that
the author has striven to do justice to
the distinguished men who pass in re
view before him.
His SU CO ESS AS A SPEAKER.-As a po?
pular speaker, few men of his day were
listened to with equal interest. Large
assemblies gathered around him, and j
though the oritio found fault, and'the
admirer could point to no special merit,
still he rarely failed to make an impres- j
B?OU. Nor was he without those external
graces whioh are generally pleasing. His
Eorson was dignified and commanding,
is expression benign and intelligent,
his voice strong and agreeable, his power
of language extraordinary, his utterance
rapid, and his thoughts were poured
forth like a torrent. He was often hu?
morous when the occasion allowed, and
his comio stories were told with good
effect. Earnestness was a striking cha?
racteristic of his speeches.
His G KN I A L QUALITIES AND MOB AD EX?
CELLENCE.-He was genial in his nature,
and none enjoyed more the society of
his friends. He was cheerful ia temper,
easy of access, and ever ready to contri?
bute his share of entertainment. He
was a high example in all the domeatio
and private relations. As a neighbor,
kindness and generosity formed the law
of his life. Always willing to give his
wise counsel to the needy and unfortu?
nate, no one was turned away from hin
door without relief. AB much as there
is in his intellectual greatness to excite
admiration, I love the better to dwell
upon his moral excellence. To do good
was the ruling passion of bia life. He
had that all-embracing humanity whioh
sympathises with the whole family of
man.
His CONCEPTION OP LIPE NOBLE AND
FULLX REALIZED.-The view whioh has
been taken of Judge O'Neull presents
his life as one of ceaseless activity. Its
whole course most impressively teaches
his conception of its duties and its obli?
gations. He did believe that God gave
him his powers and faculties to be used
for His glory, and for the benefit of his
raoe. He was, therefore, unlike many
! who act aa if the general interests of
society have no claim upon them, and
j they were only to think of themselves
I and oater for their own advantages. His
conception of life, then, was truly noble,
and from it he realized an unusual mea?
sure of happiness and contentment. To
him, the world was a fitting theatre for
the employment of all his energies, aud
he made a holy consecration of them.
He touched society in all its parts, and
from its lowest to its highest phases
made each particular interest his owu,
and toiled with joy and with gladness.
It is a grand thought of Pascal, that one
does not show his greatness by being at
one extreme, but in touching both ex
; tremes at once, and filling all the inter?
mediate space.
I The work is published by Mr. W. J.
Duffie.
EDITOR OF PHOENIX: I do Dot think
yonr editorial of yesterday rightly inter?
prets my reoent card in the Charleston
News. Whatever may have been the in?
tention of Judge Willard, or the plain
I tiffs in the case of Gibson, et al., the de?
cision certainly forbids and prevents the
payment of all punting claims. What?
ever possible chance there may have
been of any payments from "money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropri?
ated," the claimants are effectually de?
prived of il by this decision. Your odi
lor'al acknowledges that "tue case and
the decree is aimed at the current and
permanent printing;" aud in my card I
said "the cm rout and permanent print?
ing of the State include* tho publication
ot' the laws in the newspapers and the
priutiug of the various documents order?
ed by the General Assembly." Perhaps
I should have separated the current
printing, under which head is charged
the udvortisiugjo? the laws, from tue per?
manent. But tho object of my card was
to show that there was uo eouue^tiou of
the State priutiug, either current or per?
manent, with any rings. North? 1 know
of any alleged frauds ulluded to in your
editorial. If there are any, I, as a citi?
zen, will be glad to have you show them
up, and will do all in my power to assist
you. lu answer to your heeming inquiry
for information, ns to what appropriation
the Legislature made for public adver?
tisements, I would state that thc Act
provides that all cluims for printing
shall bu paid "out of any moneys in the
Treasury not other wiso appropriated."
J. WOODRUFF.
OFFICE CITY CLERK,
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 12, 1872.
Mit. EDITOR: I find that an error hos
been mado in stating the amount of sales
by the different merchants in the city as
regards J. C. Dial, who is put down as
one whose sales aro less than $30,000.
By reference to the books of 1871, I Cud
Mr. Dial returned his sales us over
$50,000, and paid business license for
that amount. Mr. Dial informs mo that
his sales for the last year were about the
same amount as the previous year, and
that he mado the same return to Mr.
Etter, (former Clerk,) but by some orror
his name was placed us one whose sales
were less than $30,000. I make the
above statement in justice to all parties
concerned, as I think it an error on the
part of both Mr. Dial and former Clork,
and not in any way intended to evade
tho amount of tax levied by the city.
CHAS. BARNUM, City Clork.
Another fashionable peril bas been
discovered, which will doubtless fright?
en tho ladies a little. Silks which aro
colored with poirato of lead ure liable to
explode at any moment, if subjected to
too great a heat.
THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. TOMKIN?
SON.-It is urged by the newspaper press
opposed to the election of Mr. Tomlin
Bon, that bis resigoing the position of
State Auditor, without proclaiming tu
the world the fact that ho was powerless
to arrest the tide of corruption flowing
through the State Government, ia an
evidence that he was parliceps criminis
with tho plunderers of the State Treasu?
ry. To this objection it is au all-suffi?
cient answer to say, that to this day it is
exceedingly doubtful if there is any man
in the State of South Carolina, bo be in
office- or out of office, who eau tell how
much is the State debt, and therefore
Mr. Tomlinson, when ho resigned bis
position SB State Auditor, certainly could
not know what, thus far, bas been inca?
pable of discovery.
When the Tax-Payers' Co eveut ion met
in Columbia, who does not remember
how they were deceived by the fine words
of the State ofiioialB, and in effect pro?
claimed abroad that, after ul! the State
debt was not so big as they thought it
might be? Then, who tbat was at all
desirous for information last year, as to
this important matter, does not remem?
ber how Mr. Treasurer Parker comforted
him by his handsomely printed state?
ment, showing tbat tho State debt was
but a little over $6,000,000?
It was only when the report of the
Financial Committee first saw the light
that we had an official exhibit, which
showed bow grossly the State Govern?
ment had deceived the public. To be
sore, there were people who made what
seemed extravagant statements on thia
subject, but they derived their informa?
tion more from their own imagination,
or from surreptitious perusals of the
Financial Committee's exhibits, than
from known facts. Therefore, wc are
safe in saying that Mr. Tomliusou's
knowledge, or, more properly, belief, of
the frauds in tho issue of bonds was the
same as that of any other intelligent
man not connected with thu State Go?
vernment-no less and no more. He
could not have made his belief serve the
purposes of proof in u judicial investiga?
tion, for be had no means of establish?
ing the facts on which his belief wus
grounded. He was not a member of the
Financial Board, nor of the Land Com?
mission, nor of the Sinking Fund Com?
mission, nor did bis position as State
Auditor give him any atv ess to the
books and records of tho Troasnry.
Neither was be like the present Secretary
of State und candidate for State Trea?
surer, charged with tho duty of sealing
the bonds which wore issued by direc?
tion of the Fiuaucial Bourd.
His belief was the result of moral
rather tbuu legal conviction, und was
based upon his knowledge of the cha?
racter of the officers of the State Go?
vernment und their general purposes.
This knowledge, though sufficient to
satisfy his own mind, would have been
of no weight as a statement of facts sus?
ceptible of legal proof. Other people
knew Gov. Scott, and tho members of
the Financial Board as well as he; other
people knew their general determination
to take oare of themselves, at whatever
cost to the State, aa well as he. Yet none
bad the means of ascertaining bow far
they bad abused their powers and op?
portunities, until thu report of the Fi?
nancial Investigating Committee was
published, months after Mr. Tomlinson
had resigned his office as State Auditor.
Mr. Tomlinson, as an honest man should
do, made no charges against the State
Government when be resigned, because
he had no means of proviug them. As
a wise and prudent man, he avoided a
controversy in which his belief and as?
sertion would have been met by the
plausible, though false statements of tho
State Treasurer, taken from the records
of his office, to which neither Mr. Tom?
linson nor any other person, except such
an ono as the law permitted, had access.
That the objection which we have en?
deavored to meet should bo seriously
urged against Mr. Tomlinson, is one of
the bos*, evidences of how slight is the
foundation of the charges against him.
f Charleston Republican.
JcoictATj Kunu? KY.-George Lee,
Jmlgo of the Interior Court of thin
County, abruptly loft Charleston foi New
York, on thc 20th day of July last, leav?
ing tho court in session, to bu assembled
and immediately adjourned by the dork
every morning, except Sundays, from
that dato until tho prcuoot time. This
was certainly un unique Jud interesting
proceeding, but it \vi?j also an expensive
one, for tho pcopl - have had to pay*for
it nt tho rate of $70 per day,kexclusive of
the Judge's salary, which is v-,500 por
year. Up to and including to-day, this
pleasant trip of Judge Lee has entailed
an extra expense upon Charleston County
of $i),450. Tho Judgo returned to
Charleston on Tuesday last, nud as an
excuse for bis curious conduct and pro?
tracted absence, alleges thal he has been
sick, nis conduct yesterday, however,
was marked by the samo lofty indiffer?
ence. Instead of appearing at the Court
Housu and immediately adjourning the
court, bo kept away, thus allowing the
furce to bo continued ono day longer,
and another $75 to bo wasted.
[Charleston N'?tes.
Judgo Mackey left for Washington on
last Monday afternoon. Ho is tho bear?
er of an address, or letter, from the
State Executive Committco of tho regu?
lar Bepublicau party to President Giant,
representing in very forciblo Iunguugo
tho conduct of Majors Merrill and Brown
and Dictriot Attorney Corbin hi taking
part in locul elections, and Hoking the
President to issuo an order at once com?
manding ihat this interference on the
part of tho military and civil officers of
tho General Government shall cease. In
tho event of President Grant's refusal to
comply with this reasonable and proper
request, it is not tho purpose of the
regulars, us wo understand it, to throw
their strength in favor of (hooley; but
simply to refuse to vote for any electoral
ticket at all. and thereby givo tho State
to Greeley by default.--Chester Reporter,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.-The
fellowing are the grand aod petit jurors,
drawn for the October term of the above
court:
Grand Jurors-Wm. Wright, Cou
wayboro; T. O'Brien, John W. GordoD,
Robert Gordo?, J. W. Dereef, A. T.
Gregorie, S. Y. Tupper, Charleston;
Charles T. Camp, Johnsou's Turu Out;
Asa Huco, Cheraw; E P. Stoney, Chas.
Sattorthwait, Aiken; Polk Gallagher,
Sumter; C. P. Reinsen, Thomas Adams,
Columbia; J. M. Betsell, Orungeburg;
Wilkin Gunter. J. W. Earhardt, Lex?
ington; B. EL Newland, Blackville;
Jacob S. Beck, Salters.
Petit Jurors-Fortune Barrows, Wm.
Scott, Kingstree; Moses Pinckney, B.
K. Kinloch, J. Cudworth, Henry Faber,
L. T. Gardener, Wm. Fryer, J. C.
Otgen, W. R. H. Hampton, Eugeuo
Huchet, H. W. Bonnetbeau, S. D.
Stoney, Phillip Salters, Charleston;
Carey Aiken, Webley Dargan, Darling?
ton; J. G. Cole, Beaufort; Abram
Green, Gadsden; Henry Webster, Noah
S. Adams, Camden; Paul C. Wyse, Lex?
ington; Benjamin D. Moutgomery, Wm.
Bolt, B. D. C. Montgomery, Columbia;
Wilsou Henoegun, Beunettsville; P. A.
Jewitt, G. H. Lowndesberry, James
Mujor, Aiken; R. H. Wiles, Orungeburg;
Abraham Middleton, Barnwell; L G.
Broughton, Cheraw.
SPJUTANRURO ITEMS.-We clip the fol?
io, ving from the Spartan:
Mr. Barney Bishop, an aged and
much respected citizeD, died at the Re?
sidence of his son, W. P. Bishop, on
Monday last. His life, which was pro?
tracted to a good old age, was marked by
the strictest honesty and probity.
Tho'electiou for Intendant and War?
dens of this town, held on Monday last,
resulted in tho choice of the following
gentlemen:
Intendant-Tohn Earl Lomar. War?
dens-Charier Thompson, John H.
Evins, Thomas G. Massie, J. T. H.
White, A. H. Kirby and L. Twitty.
Wo learn that Tom Thompson, a co?
lored citizen of good character and in?
dustrious habits, was severely, if not
fatally, injured on Monday last, by the
falling of a stick of timber, which he was
assisting in raising ou ono of the tres?
tles on the Air-Line Railway.
DEATII.-We aro pained to leurn of the
death of Theron E. Montgomery, Esq.,
who died ut his residence, twelve or
thirteen miles North-east of this place,
ou last Monday morning, after a painful
aud protracted illness. Mr. Moutgome?
ry WHS an industrious, enterprising and
public-spirited citizen, aud will be
greatly missed in the community in
i which he resided.
CHAKLESIONIANS TO THE RESCUE.-It
has in some inexplicable manner escaped
the attention of the argus-eyed^reporters
of the New York journals that among
the sojourners at Watch Hill, Rhode
Island, who were active in rescuing the
sufferers hythe terrible Metis disaster,
were a number of native Charlestonians.
The Southern Samaritans were gentlemen
of color, who, after working during the
winter in Charleston, with more or less
industry, find it a pleasure, perhaps, not
unmixed with profit, and not entirely
dissociated with light and genteel em?
ployment, to reside daring the summer
months in the elegant sea-side hotel of
the North. However, they were among
the first to render assistance to the un?
fortunate passengers of the ill-fated
steamer, and imperilled their own lives
iu rescuing tho Bufferers, and they cer?
tainly deserve tobe immortalized by this
publication of their names, whioh are as
follows: Samuel Jackson, William G.
Lawton, Robert Brown, Franois Provo,
Peter B. Morgan, Edmund Ross, James
Evans, Louis Brown, Samuel Graham.
James Spencer. John Purcell, Edmond
Butler, John Mitchell, Walter R. Des
verney, Thomas Yeadon.
[Charleston Ne ss.
We regret to say that Ibero i;: uo
: abatement in tho amount of sickness re
, ported from all section? of the County.
Nothing like ir. baa ever boon known
herc before. Chills and fever, bilious
fever and di pt beria are tho prevailing
diseases. lu several families two and
I three, and, in ono case, four deaths have
I occurred. Ou Saturday, he 31st Au?
gust, the thermometer marked as low as
?sixty degrees; on Saturday last, the 7th
j inst., it reached 100. In this violent
I chauge of temperature, together with the
great abundance of fruit iu the County,
may probably bo found the cause of the
distressing condition of tho health of the
people. Among the more recant deaths
we hilve heard of is a eon of Mr. John
Hood, aged fourteen ; a son of Mr. Jo*iah
Miller, aged sixteen; the wife and child
of Mr. Valant ino Atkinson, Jr.; a child
of Rev. Mr. Boyd, of Rich Hill; and
I three children of Mrs. Campbell, living
near Rich Hill.-Chester Reporter.
TUE STOMACII AS AN AVENGER.-For
every broach of the laws of health that
wo commit, the stomach inflicts a penal?
ty. Headache, biliousness, nervous
tremors, constipation, colic, heartburn,
nausea, debility and mental depression
aro only a few of the punishments which
an outraged stomach is capable of im?
posing upon OB. To bring back this
vengeful organ to its normal condition
to placate, invigorate and regulate it
there is nothing in the wido world so
potent as a course of HoBtetter's Sto?
mach Bitters. Under the operation of
this beneficent vegetable corrective and
tonio the gastrio juice becomes a pure
aud healthful solvent and resumes its
natural flow. The effects is the same
on the biliary secretion, and in fact on
all tho fluids of the body, and the final
result is the removal of ovary painful or
unpleasant symptom occasioned by the
rebellious action of tho digestive organ.
B8f3U
Tho room Geu. Lc3 occupied at tho
Lexington University, stands untouched,
in the exact condition in which he left it,
and will be carefully kept so forever.
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Grrx MATTERS.-The price of single
copies of the PHONIX ?B five cents.
Old newspapers for sale at PHONIX
office, at fifty cents a hundred.
The advertising agency of Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, represented by Ros?
well T. Logan, Esq., ia the only author?
ized agency for this paper in Charleston.
A large and varied lot of cards, suita?
ble for weddings, invitations, visiting .
and business purposes, havo j nat been re?
ceived at this office, whiob, owing to the
doll season, will be printed at low rates.
Jackson Brooks, the convict who suc?
ceeded in making his escape from the
penitentiary, last week, at the time
Smalls was shot, was arrested in WiunB
boro, on Tuesday, by the telegraph ope*
rat or, Mr. McDonald, and a colored man
i named Wallace, and voa retained to his
old quarters, yesterday, by Captain
[jackson. The prisoner says that he
I jumped into the river, bat immediately
returned to the bank, and went below
Columbia; when he struck diiect for
Wioasboro. He still had on bis peni?
tentiary costume.
The card of Mr. W. Maller, relative
to the re-opening of his female academy,
is published this morning. Mr. M. is a
veteran in the school line, having been
engaged in teaching for fully thirty
years-in numerous instances instructing
the children of his former pupils. We
commend Mr. Muller to our citizens, if
suoh recommendation be necessary.
Wo are indebted to Mr. W. J. Duffie
for a copy of "Ombra," No. 379 of
Harper's "Library of Select Novels," a
new novel, by Mrs. Oliphant, the popu?
lar authoress, whose previous produc?
tions, "Chronicles of Carlingford,"
"Agues," "The Laird of Norlaw," etc.,
have acquired for hera desirable reputa?
tion. Her novels form a most admirable
series of popular fiction. They are
marked by their faithful delineation of
character, their naturalness and purity
of sentiment, the dramatic interest of
their plots, their beauty and force of ex?
pression, and their elevated moral tone.
Copies will be furnished by mail at 75
cents.
Another rain installment, yesterday,
which was properly appreciated.
We are authorized to state that there
will be a meeting? io the Court House,
this evening, at 8 o'clock, for the pur?
pose of organizing a Greeley aad Brown
Club.
Thos. F. Grcneker, Esq., of the New
beny Herald, is in theoity. His health
has materially improved.
Colonel S. S. Crittenden bas retired
) fi om the editorial control of the Green
' ville Mountaineer. The exclusion of
several editorial articles is the cause
assigned, although he recognizes the
i prop rie toi y right? of tho owner of the
i paper.
Owing to the inclement weather, the
band of the 18th Regiment bas been
unable to perform for the post two days.
The foMowing is the programme for this
afternoon:
N. CO. Quickstep-Ricizel.
Scene ana Aria, Naburbodanosar
Verdi.
Qaadrille, without Title-Strauss.
Capr icia-Hagen.
Orlando Galop-Keller.
PHOX?T"INA.-Courting, alter mar?
riage-Apply ing for a divorce.
It is not round sentence?, but pointed
ones, that, aro sure to s' 'ck in : he me?
mory.
Did uny one ever i:ee flour made from
wild oats which people BOW in their
young days?
Mr. Gradey euswers, "Yes, cer.ainly,
chick-weed gro^s from the egg-plant;
the heus should"ho set out upon them in
May."
Queen Vic! o i ia has feat a snuff-box to
Mr. Stanley. He is ia no danger of
being snailed out, however bis exploits
may be sneezed at.
A Texas paper complains tbat the "In?
dians aro a drawback" to seulement in
thal Stato. Precisely so; gene-a"y in
the region of the hair.
A sentimental reporter sajs: "Au
lumn's breath blows away the froth of
fashion from tho wateriDg-places."
In the United States navy there is one
officer to every four men.
MAILARRANGEMENTS,-The Northern
mail opeas at 2.80 P.M.; closes 12.00
A. M. Charlestou day mail opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; doses6.15
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western opens
aud closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opeas
2 30 P. M.; doses 11.30 A. M. On
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers.
8. J. Perry-Golden Bag.
D. C. Peixotto & SOD-Auotiou Sale.
Porter & Steole-Fresh Arrivals.
Arthur & Boone-For Rent and Sale?
W. Maller-Female Seminary.
Chas. Barnum-To Contractors.
Moeting Palmetto Lodge,