The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 19, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA. S. ?.
Thursday Korain*. September 10,1872.
For President of the United Stales.
HORACE GREELEY, or New York.
For vice-President
B. GRATZ BUOWIY. or missouri.
Tile Moses Bnnch or til? Mooney Fam?
ily-Some more Light for tho People.
A great deal has been written and
apoken about the enormous and, to a
largo extent, fraudulent issue of pay cer
"tifioate8 by F. J. Moses, Jr., as Speaker
of tbo House, during tbe last session of
tho Legislature. His friends at first
confessed his misconduct (to nse a mild
term) in this regard, and attempted to
excuso it, by pleading that the money
had been applied to relievo tho wants of
tho poor victims of tho bloody Ku Klux
Klan. This explanation offering but a
lame apology at best, and being further?
more shown to be glaringly inconsistent
with the facts, has lately been dropped,
and a general denial put in by Moses in?
stead. Ho says ho has issued no fraudu?
lent or illegal certificates, and challenges
investigation and the production of
proofs, or reasonable evidence to sub?
stantiate the charges made against him.
He assumes tho role of au innoceut man,
and demands that his guilt he proved
beforo ho bo condemned. This is an
absurd position for a candidato for pub?
lic office to tako, for it results in the
manifestly false proposition that any
man who is not, or cunuot, bo convicted
of crime, is fit to be a ruler and to be
entrnsted with the dearest interests of
tho people. But oar?Moses sustain him?
self even on this shallow pretext? Wo
think nut. His venality and corruption
have ceased to bo questions long since.
More than this, wo are now able to fur?
nish additional facta in relation to legis?
lative expenses and to the issue of fraud?
ulent pay certificates, which we mako
bold to say cannot be explained upon
any hypothesis consistent with honesty
and fidelity on tho part of F. J. Moses,
Jr.
There are now on haud in the Trea?
surer's office, filed away as vouchers, pay
certificates, issued by Moses alone, us
Speaker of the House of Representa?
tives, during last winter's session,
amonuting to $576,541.?0. Pay certifi?
cates issued by Rausier, or the President
pro tem. ot the Senate, amounting to
$310,929.88, and certificates, signed by
the officers of the two houses jointly,
amounting to $71,441.15. The total
amount thus expended from the State
Treasury, up to the 13th of the present
month, at wbioh time the investigations
upon which these statements are made
were ended, was $958,912.43. For the
larger part of this outrageous expendi?
ture, F. J. Mo6es, Jr., in solely responsi?
ble.
Now the members of the General
Assembly, Senate and House together,
number, we believe, just 156. Tho last
session continued 107 days. The per
diem of the members is $6. 156 multi?
plied by 6 givea 936, which is tho num?
ber of dollars required to pay the mem?
bers for one day; and 936 multiplied by
107 gives the total amount for the ses?
sion--$100,152. Instead we find that
actually over nine times this sum has
been paid out, and, besides, there are
certificates still outstanding which are
estimated at several hundred thousand
dollars more.
Furthermore, 107 days being the
length of the session, $642, with an in?
considerable addition for mileage, would
be all that any member would be entitled
to. Numbers of the members, as ap?
pears by the vouchers in the Treasurer's
office, received certificates for upwards
of two thousand dollars. But we are not
done yet. The cream of the thing is
yet to como. We wish to introdnco to
our readers the Moses branch of the in?
teresting Mooney family. Pay certifi?
cates to the following ostensible parties
are on file in the Treasurer's office,
signed by F.J. Moses and countersigned
by A. O. Jones, Clerk of the House:
Joseph Moyer.$1,637 42
Peter Emminger. 843 19
John Storge. 973 23
Geo. Singer. 1,4*0 33
R. T. Markie. 847 48
J. Richardson. 1,494 30
R. Matthews. 1,924 50
P. Huggorty. 1,726 50
R. Kippie. 2,234 76
Samuel Barnee. 1,462 58
J. A. Hoffman. 784 72
Geo. Howell. 893 26
Wm. Tibbett. 1,440 00
T. J. Lee. 2,574 00
Total..$20,214 27
Who knowe or ever heard of any ono
of theso apparent beneficiaries of Moses'
munificence, or who con otate for what
tho money was paid?
Mr. Michael H. Murray, of Charles?
ton, died at Quincy, Fla., on the 15th
instant.
Court commences at Blackville, this
week, Judge Maher presiding. Two
murder cases are ou th J criminal docket.
Congressional corruption.
We have a well-practiced and thorough?
ly trained set of rogues here in South
Carolina, greedy enough to skin a flea
for bia hide and tallow, and expert
enough to steal the fat out of a hoe?
cake They have pretty nearly done the
business for our poor old State As
little moro remains to be stolon, aud no?
thing is immediately available, npou
which they may lay their bonds, they
have assumed the part of moral aud po?
litical reformers. Both parties now in
the field cry out against corruption,
both promise ia their platforms retrench?
ment, economy and reform, a reduction
of taxes, a razeeing of the public debt
and honesty in office. This is easy and
ohoap. But prolific as they aro in pro?
mises, for very obvious reasons, they do
not premiso the vigorous criminal prose?
cution of the thieves. This would bu
self-crimination, whioh it would be UB
unreasonable to expeot as admiration for
the code whioh would ooudemn them to
the penitentiary or the gallows.
"No roguo e'er felt tho halter draw,
With good opiuion of the law."
We must not lay the flattering unction
to our souls, however, that wo havo a
monopoly of these expert and accom?
plished light-fingered gentry. We have
only a colony of them here. There are
more where they came from. A suit is
now ponding before the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania in whioh Col. Henry S.
McComb is plaintiff, and the "Credit
Mobilier of Amorica," a moneyed corpo?
ration c lu r tor ed by that State, is defend?
ant. MoComb is one of the original
corporators of tho Union Pacific Rail?
way, and of tho Credit Mobilier likewise.
He sues the oompany to recover the
value of 250 shares of tho Credit Mo?
bilier, which he claims rightfully belong
to him. "The Union Pacifio Railroad
Oompany," chartered by Congress, con?
structed and owns the Eastern division
of the lino of railway, reaching from
Omaha to San Francisco. Tho "Union
Pacifio" portion is the larger, reaching
from Omaha to Ogden, near Salt Lake
City. The other ond belongs to thc
Central Pacifio Company.
Each of these corporations was libo
rally subsidized by Congress. It was
first granted the right of way through
the public lands, with authority to take
timber, stone, and other materials from
any portion of theso lands freo of charge.
It was next loaned the bonds of the
United States at the rate of 310,000,
332,000 and $18,000 per mile, according
as tho work was presumed to be moro ci
loss difficult; and it was further subsi?
dized by a liberal grant of public lands,
The Union Pacific Railway being that
magnificently subsidized by the United
States, the Credit Mobilier was organized
a9 a wheel within the wheel, a ring with
in the ring, for the purpose of building
the road aud bagging tho subsidies
Tho road whioh the Credit Mobilier boil
cost in tho gross $25,950,000. and thc
values received by tho Credit Mobilie
amounted to $111,018,512-the profit
of the Credit Mobilier reaching thus thi
figaro of $85,668,512. After the profit
of the Credit Mobilier bad reaohed \
total of some 300 fier cent, on the face o
the stock, it became necessary, in orde
to their further advance, that Congres
should release the Union Pacific Railwn;
from certain obligations and liabilitie
imposed upon it by the Acts of July
1862, and of July, 1861, constituting th
companies which made up the Unioi
Pacific.
Mr. Oakes Amos, n Radical mernie
of Congress from Massachusetts, an
one of the director? of the Credit Mc
bilicr, was the agent chosen to effect thi
desired result. We get some glimps
into his plan of operations in Mi
McCombs' testimony, taken before th
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for th
recovery of the 250 shares which h
claims. Ho asserts and supports th
assertion by two letters and a memorar
dum, that Mr. Oakes Amos professes t
have used these 250 shares, and man
moro shares also, of the Credit Mobilie
stook in bribing certain members c
Congress to co-operate with him (Oaki
Ames) in securing the legislation whio
r?aa necossary to onhanco the valuo <
the Crodit Mobilier stock to tho ono
mous point whioh it finally attaiued <
some 700 or 800 por cent, advanoo upo
ita face. Of the members so bribet
Colonel MoComb produces a list draw
up for him by Mt. Oakes Ames, pul
fished elsewhere, in an article from tl
Now York World, to whioh we invito tl
attention of our readers.
To Colonel MoComb, Mr. Oakes Ami
ut this time wrote that he had plaoed
part and would plaoe tho wholo of tl
stook he was distributing ut Washing to:
"where it would do most good." Th
obviously meant that ho intended to u
it in bribing, those particular mombo
of Congress whoso influence was greate
and most likely to help him to uccoi
pli;.h his purpose.
"I havo assigned," ho says, "as far
I havo gone, four from Massachusetts,
one from New Hampshire, one Dolaware,
ono Tennessee, one-half Ohio, two Penn?
sylvania, one Indiana, one Maine, and I
have three to piuco." The oompany had
authorized Mr. Oakes Amos to "place"
this stook in suoh a way as would help
the road. The following, from the testi?
mony given in this extraordinary cane,
throws a flood of light on it:
Q. What distribution of it was mud?
by Mr. Ames? A. He gave it to mem?
bers of Congress, Senators and Repre?
sentatives.
Q. What was paid ?uto thu Credit Mo?
bilier for that stock whioh Mr. Amos
distributed in the way you meutiou? A.
This stock, whioh Mr. Ames took as trus?
tee, had paid to it all the dividends of
the oompany, from the dute of tho or?
ganization of the company down to tue
time when that stock was delivered to
him, aud none of these proceeds,
amouuting to severn! hundred per cent,
iu value, were paid in. Thu par vulue
only was paid in.
Q. Do you menu by giving, that these
shares were gifts in the uaturo of pre?
sents? A. I do.
Q. You understand, then, Mr. Amos
to mean that these shares wore to bu
presented without valu** paid to members
j of Congress? A. I onderBtaud from Mr.
j Oakes Ames that they wero substantially
a gift, the parties to whom the stock was
said to be appropriated receiviuc through
him, as their trustee, more than suffi?
cient available assets as dividends to pay
for the same, aud that he, out of their
assets, paid into the treasury tho par
value of the stook.
Q. Did you understand from Mr. Ames
what was the motive for allowing theso
persons to take this stock at par, when
it was BO valuable that part of the divi?
dends sufficed to pay the par value? A.
The motive I understood was to secure
tho influence and support in Congress of
the men to whom the stock wua given.
Q. Influence and support for wbat?
A. For anything affecting; tho Union Pa?
cifio Railroad Company in Congress.
More than two weeks havo elapsed
since tho publication, in full, of Mo
Comb's testimony, of which we have
given a synopsis. The vice-President,
the Secretary of tho Treasury, the can?
didate for Vice-President on Grant's
ticket, and leading members of Congress
aro implicated in these transactions, and
convicted by this testimony, unless it is
traversed aud shown to bo false. None
of tho parties charged have responded,
exoept Mr. Speaker Blaine-who makes
a brief; unsatisfactory and evasive denial.
Ee Hp.WviACthing of his colleagues, and
they have said nothing for themselves.
Oakes Ames is a Radical Grantite, and
their intimate friend. Has ho borne
falso witness? It concerns theso parties
to settle this question soon. Their
silence in the face of such damaging
charges, such startling revelations, is, to
say the least, ominous. We should think
that, if innocent, they would hasten to
show il. As it stands, it is a scandal of
unparalleled magnitude.
EDITOR OF THE PHOSIX : Last Tuesday,
when I gave in the columns of your pa?
per a flit denial to the false statement of
Mr. Rose, in reference to the prevalence
of yellow fovcr in Charleston, at this
season of the year, it was merely in order
to counteract the impression made in tho
up-country by his advertisement in the
Greenville Mountaineer, of the 11th inst.
I did not intend to enter in any polomio
with him. But, instead of giving expla?
nations ubout what might have been a
mistake of his, or of the Mountaineer's
editor, Mr. Rose comes out in the
columns of your paper, of this day, in a
oommunicution in which ho makes au at?
tempt ut witticism, and tries to throw
ridioule on mo; therefore, I ara com?
pelled to intrude in your columns.
Mr. Rose asks, What is the English of
DuBos? My answer is, that DuBos is a
family name, which means merely
DuBos-as Dickens or any otber English
name means Dickens; that DuBor can?
not bo translated in English but by thoso
five letters, D-u-B-o-s; that I am a
thorough-brod Frenchman; that since I
huve oast my lot with the Southern peo?
ple I have associated with them during
the war; that I am yet (to the disgust of
Mr. Roso, probably,) heartily associated
with them in their efforts to shako off the
Radical yoke which tends to degrade
them.
Mr. Rose asks if I havo looked for the
date of his advertisement. I answer
that, under his oard of September, tho
11th inst., there is the date of Septem?
ber G, avoiding to mention the year;
and, as proof of my assertion, and for
the edification of Mr. Rose, and of tho
public, I have deposited at tho PHOENIX
office a full oopy of t! .e Mountaineer of
the said day, tho 11th inst.-and my
mental stale is clear and ?ane enough to
understand why the date of the year has
been left in blank.
Now, if the country merchants whoso
foars have been excited by his advertise?
ment of the 11th, oall on him (as Mr.
Rose suggests) he will attain his object
in obtaining customers for his hotel-and
this controversy will have not been in
vain for him.
Mr. Rose is facetious and attempts to
show his scholarship by saying that my
attack on him looks bovine, decidedly.
Farceur! Why doos he not takotho bull
by tho horns? Try it, Mr. Rose. Re?
spectfully, L. DuBOS.
The execution of Simon Black is to
tako place hore on uoxt Friday, the 20th
instant, provided Gov. Scott does not
again respite him.-Lexington Dispatch.
Th? !Vrvr Court liornas.
To THE EDITOR OF THE PIKESIX: Tho
community has hoon very much surprised
in tho last (ow days, to hear that the new
Gourt Houao may possibly be located in
tho upper warda of tho oity, away from
business and the offices of thone who
daily attend npou the courts. Thoro aro
so many strong reaeous agaiuat thia novel
iden that wo tnko up our pen to remon?
strate, aud to oall thc attention of the
public to this and inuouvoaionoo that is
about to bo fastened npm us for the
futuro. Why carry the Court House
iuto cottou towu? Can any decent rea?
son bo giveu for it? Tho Court House
will be an oruumuut to tho oity, and
should bo placed where, at least, it may be
seen by the passer-by. Tho salo of the
old Court House squnro, on Main street,
was wiso, iu our jutigmeut. It is bettor
that the hui Uli og should not be on Matu
street, bot is teat u reason why it should
be carried oui of town? lu tho immediate
j vicinity of the busiuuss portion of thc
city, nour tho site of tho old Court
Howse, nod contiguous to tho offices of
those who have niOMt to do with it, is u
beautiful site, that may be procured-ou
the .South-east corner of Washington and
Sumter streets. It is u high, dry und
airy situation, convenient, aud altogether
desirable Tho site will cost souiuthiug,
but what ia the first coat of a lot in com?
parison with tho advantages aud disad?
vantages to the community for a hundred
years to come? This is a serious ques?
tion, and wu hope that tho Commission?
ers will not undertake so important n
matter without ascertaining thu wishes
of the Citizens rcapecting it. Tho tax?
payers aro the parties out of whoso pock?
ets tho building is to be puid for, and
surely their views should be consulted
aud gravely considered. We have seen
tho beginnings of a plan for tue now
Court House, whioh wo believe is to he
submitted by Mr. Berg, au accomplished
architect, und should his plan bo adopt?
ed, we can say tbat it will be, though
plain, an ornament to the city-ut
least, Huoh . a structure as uced not
bide its head in the bywuys ol
cotton town. Other plans may be
presented of equal or greater merit
than Mr. Berg's, but in no event should
the light of justice bo hid under a bushel.
At lea-t, Mr. Editor, 'lot us have a dis
j cussion of this important question, uml
let ali who aro interested speuk out now,
before it ia too luto. The site should In
determined upon immediately, ns iu
manv insinu?es, mach will depend upon
mukiug tho plan of the building to btiil
tho situation. Wo have named tho cor
ner of Washington und Sumter streets,
beciuso it is u largo square. Tho build
i ag could be erected in tho centro of it,
and with a hnudsomo fence around il
and a green gras3 pint well kept am
ornamented with shado trees, we shall
have something pleasing to tho eye, au<J
our children may aeo hereafter that theil
fathers had somo respect for tho temph
of justice and some taste in erecting it
Tho United States Court Houao not
Post Office together, in one building
have, it is true, boen carried up town
but that is very well understood to bo <
job of Uncle Sam's, with what we hav(
nothing to do. It is seldom, too, tha
our citizens will have business in tim
building. Once a year, the court wil
Bit there, and onco or twice a day, i
clerk may have to run to tho poat office
aud that will bo the end of it, iuconve
nient though it be. But with the Conn
ty and Stato Court House, tho case i
very diff?rent. All the records are thom
of overy kind, to begin with; the Clerk
the Sheriff, tho Probate Judge, th
Auditor, tho Coroner, the County Com
missioners, aro all provided for there
Every hour in tho day, the busiues
public will have need to visit the Conr
House, and it should bo in asconvenien
und central position as eau possibly b
selected. Let us hear the other aide, il
indeed, there bo any other side.
TAX-PAYER.
"THE MEETINO HEP.E.-Melton, Otu
noy and Hausier spoke hore on Frida
night. Melton repeated his slanduron
speech against Totulinsou, and ender,
vored to defeud Moses iu tho pay certitl
cato business, by shifting tho load upo
tho Senate. Rsusier hore nudged th
speaker, who faltered out, 'I d-d-doti
mean to c-charge Hausier with il
b-b-but tho Speaker p-pro lem
Hausier made a speech in his usual sty]
of non-commitalism. No ono cool
tell who ho was for except himself. Th
crowd was smull nnd rather disposed t
put embarrassing questions. A fe
'strikers' arouud tho stand did tho chea
ing.-Beaufort Republican."
From tho above, I infer that Jud{
Samuel W. Melton means insult and
personal issue. I accept tho result i
that issue. But it remains for mo 1
say, that one who has associated himee
with thieves, shall be recognized to stan
on tho levol with gentlemen. No ot
can feol Judge Melton's degradatic
moro than I do, but for my purpose
aud in ordor to lift him up, and gi\
him a standing place among goutlemoi
I now denounce him to bo a liar, a po
troon and a coward.
CHARLES W. MONTGOMERY.
-1 ^ .? i
COURT.-The regular session for th
term commenced ou Monday, Judi
Moses on the benah. We underslac
thoro aro three murder cases on docke
besides the usual nmount of lesser bus
noaa, which will will probably occupy a
tuntion for eomo time.
[Newberry Herald.
SICKNESS AND DEATH.-We regret
learn of the prevalence of sickness
Ninety-Six, and of its fatal nature. Ti
mortality among tho oolorcd people
terrible, nnd tho whites have not escape
Fivo deaths, within tho last ton dav
have occurred among the white people
[Abbeville Medium.
We publish the following correspond?
ence bj request, but, ut the same time,
would state that Mr. Jumes Breunau, the
Secretary and Treasurer of the True Ro
publioaas, assorts that no nomination has
been made by the State Executive Com?
mittee:
ROOMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
TIIUE RKT-UULIOAN PARTY,
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 17, 1872.
J/y. Louis E. Johnson, Charleston, IS. C.
bin: There being a vucancy on the
True Republican ticket for the position
ol Congressman at large, caused by the
uou-ucoeptuuco of Joseph Quash, E-q.,
who wa? nominuted by our Convention
for that position, uud it being within the
province of the Executive. Committee to
lill vac.iucies thut may occur upon tho
ticket, the committee have this day de?
cided to place your name in nomination,
to be voted for at the ensuing election,
uu the caudidate of the True Republican
purty, for Congressman at large.
Hoping you will hud it convonieut to
acer pt thu position, und awaiting your
e.irly reply, 1 have tho honor to be, &o.t
(Signad) C. C. BOWEN,
Chairman Executive Committee,
True Republican Purty, S. C.
CHARLESTON, S. C., September 18.
Hon. C. C. liowen. Chairman, thc.
Silt: I have thu honor to uckuowledge
tho receipt of your favor of yeatorduy,
announcing that the Executive Commit?
tee of tho True Republican party of
South Carolina have rilled the vacancy
occasioned by the non-acceptance of Mr.
Joseph Quash to bo a candidato for Con?
gressman nt large, by selecting mo for
that positiou. With clue regard for tho
honor thus conferred upon me, and fully
appreciating thu responsibilities of the
position, I accept, the nomination. The
canvass has already proceeded to such n
development that party lines havo been
strictly drawn between the corrnptionists
uud reformers. The honest people, and
tho intelligent people of the State,
should, and I believe they will, ally
themselves with tho latter without re?
gard to future obligations. I sympathize,
as do many from my native Stute of Mary?
land, with the misfortunes of my adopt?
ed State. Eu tho event of the success of
our ticket, of which I feel assured, it
shall be my most siuceia endeavor to
urge, as 1 always have in the pa?-t, the
host iuturcats of our people, without re?
gard to ruco or color.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser?
vant.
(Signed) L. E. JOHNSON.
WILL THEY SPEAK?-Day goes by after
tiny, and wo have no word of explana?
tion from tho mon whoso names stand
recorded us bribe-takers, as hucksters of
votes, as dishonest and dishonorable
public servants, in tho following list of
thu pe rsons whom Mr. Oakes Ames,
member of Congress und Director of the
Credit Mobilier of America, avers that
ho bought up to secure the passage
through Congress of such measures us
he wanted made law:
Shares,
Blaine, of Maine.3.0U0
Patterson, of New Humpshiro.... 3,000
Wilson, Massachusetts.2,000
Paiuter, (Bop.,) for Quigley.3,000
S. Colfax, Speukcr. 2,000
Scofield and Kelley, Pa., eaoh_2,000
Eliot, Massachusetts. 3,000
Dawes. Massachusetts.2,000
Fowler, Tennessee. 2,000
Boutwcll, Massachusetts.2,000
Bingham und Garfield, ()., each... 2,000
Endorsed: OAKES AMES.
Junuary 30, 18G8.
This list, bo it remembered, was drawn
up by a Republican member of Congress
hom Massachusetts. It had ne political
intent. "It meant business," and busi?
ness only. It comes to the publio eye
DOW only through a law-suit between one
of the capitalists of the Credit Mobilier,
Col. McComb, and the Credit Mobilier.
It is only the doorway of the cave cf the
Forty Thieves, too, not the wholo cave.
But it is open, and the whole cavo will
be explored. Meanwhile, before the
torches are carried in, will these men
speak? They aro charged by this list
with dishonor and dishonesty. Their
silence is convicting them. One of these
men is a candidato for the high office of
vice-President of tho United States.
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, con?
victed already by your own words of
equivocation und false witness, you now
stand charged by Oakes Amos, a man of
your own State aud your own party, with
bribery and corruption 1 Will you plead
to tho charge? Another of these men is
tho actual Secretary of the Treasury.
Under a President whoso own hands and
life were pure, he would a week ago have
been called to chooso botweon disproving
tho accusation now fastened upon bim
and resigning his control of the national
purse. Georgo S. Boutwell, pf Massa?
chusetts, oonvicted already by your own
acts of deserting your official duties to
engineer the re-election of your ohief,
you now stand charged by Oakes Ames,
a mau of your own State and your own
party, with bribery and oorruption! Will
you plead to the charge?
After yon, tho rest.
[New York World.
MILES' ALARM CASU DRAWER.-Our at?
tention was recently called to this drawer,
and after an investigation of its manner
of working, we bavo introduced it into
our business office, with a good deal of
confidence that it ia an effectual bar to
"till-tapping." Tho drawer is made of
black walnut, tho lock of annealed iron,
having thirty changes, and a double
looking attachment, and every part of
drawer and lock can bo duplicated. It
is manufactured by tho Miles Alarm Till
Manufacturing Company, of Providonco,
R. I., who aro the largest manu facturera
iu this country, and is for sale at the
waroliouso of MossrH. Fairbonks & Co.,
thc celebrated scale manufacturera.
?New York Tribune.
No hoop-Bkirts uro now to bo seen in
tho strcotB of Paris.
Dooal Items.
OITT MATTCHS.-The price of ?ingle
copies of the PHONIX ?H five cents.
A large and varied lob of cards, suita?
ble for weddings, invitations, visiting
and business purposes, have just been re?
ceived at this office, which, owing to the
dull season, will be printed at low rates.
Now is tho timo to plant dead chickens
-a fact which our city fathers might well
bo made aware of.
"Ohl How I wish I was iu Greenland,"
is tho mime of the latest popular soug.
It is a mutter of some interest to our
mercantile community to know that all
revenue stumps on baud October 1st,
may be redeemed by check ?tamps, by
forwarding them to tho Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, at Washington City.
Judge Wigg will accept our thanks for
a mess of particularly fino turnips, grown
on his farm. The tups served as u capi?
tal substitute for cabbage.
McBsrs. R. <fc W. C. Swaffield have
nearly completed their extension, and
aro now reooivi?g their full stock-for
particulars with reference to which, read
their advertisement. Our stout frienr1,
W. G. Beok, is still connected with the
establishmeht.
The new truck of the Phonix Axe,
Hook and Ladder Company will be on
exhibition in front of their houBO (corner
of Taylor and Assembly streets,) this
afternoon. Tho ladies aro particularly
invited to inspect it.
Owing to the illness of Band Master
Buclmr and the absence of two or three
of the members, there was no music at
tho garrison parade grounds yesterday,
aud no progaamme is announced for this
afternoon.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; oloses 12.00
A. M. Charleston day? mail Opens 4.30
P. M.; closes COO A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes G.15
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes G.00 A. M. Western opens
and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opens
2.30 P. M.: closes 11.30 A." M. On
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
TUE TOUR OF EUROPE.-We have re?
ceived a very interesting pamphlet, con?
taining a sketch of a short trip to Eu?
rope, bearing tho title "A twelve days'
tour in Scotland;" giving a list of the
principal places tourists should visit
whoo making a trip, and furnishing
many valuable suggestions to parties con?
templating the "European Tour." The
low price of passage tickets by tho An
ohor Line, viz: 8120 currency for the
round trip will give many an opportuni?
ty of visiting the old world, which has
never before been presented by any other
line of steamers. This lino is continual?
ly adding new steamers to its already ex?
tensive fleet. Our fellow-citizen, George
Symmers, Esq., is the agent for thia
line.
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HEAD GEAR AND PROTECTORS.-Messrs.
Kinard & Wiley are in receipt of a lot of
Philadelphia made umbrellas, bought
direct from tho manufacturers, which
they claim to be able to sell at remark?
ably low prices. In the hat line, they
have made an extensive investment
many of them entirely new styles, as
witness the titles: "Livingstone," "Chap
paqua," "Greeley Campaign," "Grant
Campaign," "Amnesty," "Cremoner,"
"LoDg Branoh," "Merchants," "Plant?
ers," "Walking," "Prince Albert," etc.;
besides a lot of .the favorite black and
brown brush. Ours is a Livingstone.
TriE "TRUE REPUBLICANS" IN FAIR?
FIELD.-A despatch from Winnsboro,
yesterday evening, states that a "bolt'
ing" ticket was put in the field, with
Henry Johnson at the head. Pool
Moses.
The "ring" ticket at Newberry ha:
been defeated in County Convention
tho "bolters" taking off a majority ol
the Convention. So says a despatch
from the County Chairman of the "tru<
Republicans," last evening.
Messrs. Corbin and Tomlinson spoke
at Union, yesterday. A despatch sayi
the meeting was very enthusiastic, ant
that Tomlinson and the "boilers* " Stat?
tioket was endorsed.
A despatch from Greenville also statei
that the "bolters" will oarry everythinf
in tho np-country.
PUONIXIANA.-Ono cannot learn every
thing; the objeots of knowledge havi
multiplied beyond the powers of th<
strongest mind to keep paco with then
all.
Ill nataro is a contradiction to th
laws of Providence and the interest o
mankind; it is a punishment no les
than a fault to those who have it.
William, who used, to boast that h
did not owo a dollar, and never would
found that in less than a year after hi
marriage, ho had a little Bill to take u]
every doy.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
R. k W. C. Swaffield-Fall Opening.
Alarm Cash Drawer.