The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 27, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA. S. C.
Sunday Horning, October 27,1872.
For President of the United States.
HORACE GUBBLBT. or ttttvr York.
For Viae-President
B. GRATZ BROWN, or JllUloarl.
PBKSIDENTIAI? EIIBOTORS.-State at
Large-Tii. P. O'Connor, of Charleston;
W. H. Wallaoe, of Union; S. A. Pearoe,
of Richland.
First District-W. W. Walker, of
Georgetown.
Second District-Johnson Hagood, of
Barnwell.
Third District-S. Fair, of Newbery.
Fourth District-Vf. R. Robertson, of
Fairfield._ ^
Preparing for l,,?* Final Onset. ,
Wo aro glad to observe that, notwith?
standing the fulsome boasts of the
Qrantites, who pretend to regard the
success of Hartranft, in Pennsylvania, QB
decisivo of Grant's re-eleotion, the Libe?
ral Republicans and Democrats through?
out the entire country are making stre?
nuous efforts to marshal thoir full force
for the final struggle on next Tuesday
week. The most encouraging reports
are sent in from all quarters, but moat
particularly from the central Western
States. It is confidently stated that
there were more Democrats in Ohio ?JO
didn't vote than will be required to over?
come the Radioal majority in that State,
already reduced from 31,000 to between
8,000 and 10,000. The Liberal Republi?
can and Democratic leaders are devoting
themselves, with great energy, to culling
out this lake-warm element of tho De?
mocracy, and feel sure of suooese. They
would have voted ia tho recent State
eleotion, bat, undervaluing the Liberal
Republican acquisitions, they thought it
was nseless; now, being oonvinoed that
tho election resta with them, they are
coming out manfully, attending the
meetings and canvassing for Greeley.
From Illinois, which, ia 1863, went
for Grant by over 50,000 majority, the
most gratifying intelligence and thc
strongest assurances are given by hope*
ful Greeley!tea that the State will cast
its electoral vote for tho sage of Chappa*
qua? We can scarcely hope so much
ourselves. Nor would we core to lay c
heavy wager that either Illinois or Ohic
will vote for Greeley. This is more thai
we ezpeot, and far more than we need.
But it is very inspiriting to know that t
State like Illinois, with a majority foul
years ago for Grant of more than 50,00(
votes, is now considered doubtful. Thii
would seem to settle pretty certainb
which way all of the originally doubtf u
States will go, muoh less than all o
which will make Greeley our next Presi
dent, free the South, reform the Go
vernment, and throw the country inti
aa era of prosperity and good feelini
hitherto unknown.
The San Juan Boundary truest lon.
One of the artioles of the treaty o
Washington, under which the arbitre
tion for the settlement of the Alabam
claims was agreed upon, provided als
for the settlement of the San Jua
boundary question, by referring th
matter to the decision of Empero
William of Prussia. The royal arbite
very wisely submitted the knotty qnei
tion to a bpard or committee of eminei
German jurists for their examinatio
and advice. These have presented (
the Emperor their written jndgmen
which is said to sustain eatirely tl
American Bide of the case, and whio
awaits only the signature of the Emperc
to become bia ding and irrevocabli
The opinion of the jurists to whom tl
Emperor has confided the matter, i
coarse, does not bind him positively, bi
it is Boarooly probable that he woul
vary muoh, .if anything, from their d
cree. Ho has withheld his Signatur
however, for some time, so says the Be
lin correspondent of the Herald, OW?E
to the diplomatic efforts of thc Britie
Government, through their Minister 1
Berlin, Odo Russell, to persuade him I
modify the judgment which has bec
rendered. This, it is alaimed on tl
Amer icon side, cannot be done. TL
question admits of but two sensible s<
lutions-either the American view mm
be maintained, and the line of demarc
tion drawn through the Canal De Har
or else, as the English , claim, throug
Rosario Strait. No middle or oompr
mise- ground can be taken, for there
no intermediato ohannol; and inasmuc
as the commissioners learned in the \a\
whom the Emperor called upon for thc
advice, have given it in favor of tl
Canal De Haro, it may very safely be o
sumed that suoh will be the final awar
The United States will thus have gain
all that she has contended for, and w
acquire undisputed title to a number
islands-San Juan, Orcos, Blakely, and
number of other smaller enea consider
of much value. There is no room he
for England to resort again to the bl
game, whloh she played so Buooessful
in oonneotion with the Geneva arbiti
tion, . She; will, doubtless, have the go
sense to submit gracefully, thia time.
If ow York Item?.
Miss Brook's American Poets in their
Favorite Poems is at length in tho hands
of the publishers, and may be ezpeoted
in a short time; by early spring ab far?
thest. The work has been prepared with
muoh care, aud promises to be of unusu?
al interest. Every poet introduced is
represented by the poem whioh he or shu
regarded as his or her best; and in this
way much of oharaotor as well as poetry
will appear. The experiment has never
been made iu this way before, and such
a collection of poems will be full of in?
terest to all readers of poetry.
Col. Chas. G.. Jones, Jr., of Georgia
formerly a resident of Columbia-is get?
ting ready for the press a handsome and
expensive work entitled Antiquities of the
Southern Indians, Particularly tho Georgia
Tribes. It is to be illustrated with en?
gravings of numerous remains, which
tho au thor bas in his private oolleotiou;
a collection unsurpassed, I believe, by
any other, in fineness and variety of the
objects included.
Those who are fond of oriental life
and scenery will enjoy Palgrave's Her?
mann Agita-a romance of the East-re?
cently published by Holt A Williams in
their Leisure Hour Series. It is a finer
delineation of Eustern life than Disraeli's
Tancred, whioh has boen so much en?
joyed.
Dr. Hart's Manual of American Litera?
ture, announced several weeks ago, hua
just appeared. I need not repeat that I
consider it by far the best of its class,
and makes fairer- mention of the South
than any of its predecessors. Dr. Hurt
hus ia preparation---to appear probably
in January-tx Short Course in Literature,
English and Americdn, which will be a
gem in its way.
Outside the theatres, Mr. Froude is
the great sensation in cultivated circles
of New York. His course of lectures on
England and Ireland excites large atten?
tion; and tho learned leoturer:is invited,
and dined, and wined, and club-housed,
to his heart's content.
lu musical circles, Lucca and Kellogg
are the bright-particulars; and it is but
too manifest that a foreign name has
much to do in creating & furore in Ame?
rican hearts. Miss Kellogg's Leonora is
no lesa perfect than Madame Lucca's
Zerlina; aud yet the enthusiasm it raises
is far loss.
Aimee as La Perichole is the queen of
French oper?-bouffe; but Le Roi Carotte,
ut tho Grand Opera House, draws larger
audiences.
Fanny Davenport is a jewel in Dia?
monds, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre;
while Agnes Ethel, as Agnes, fills tho
Union Square Theatre to its utmost ca?
pacity every night. For the average
play-goer, Pygmalion and Galatea, at
Wullack's, is the best thing now on the
boards in Now York; but the Bouci
canlts, at Booth's Theatre, aro the only
actors who can couvulse a house with
laughter one moment and bathe it iu
tears the next. I have seen stroug men
weeping like women at tba pathos of
Arrah-na-Pogue. Let no ono who visits
this city this season fail to see this Irish
tear-laughter of Bouoicuult's.
The city is unusually full this fall, and
unusually busy and bustling; and one
meeta Southerners at every corner of
Broadway. J. W. D.
NEW YORK Crrr, 23.1 October.
MR. EDITOR: It has been a matter
of considerable import among the mem?
bers of the Presbyterian Church of this
oity, whether or no they should change
their "stated supply" for a "pormanent
pastoi." Rev. Dr. Wilson .has held po?
sition as "stated supply" so acceptably
to the congregation, for the post two
years nearly, that much surprise was
evinced by many of his congregation,
upon learning that he bad offered his re?
signation to the oharch session. Action
upon this was held last Sunday, after
regular church service, and without tho
voters having beon previously informed
that Dr. Wilson's resignation was merely
to test the question whether they de?
sired tho present urraugement to conti?
nue or no, they prooeeded to voto upon
a candidate-oue Dr. Lo Fvore. The
first ballot showed 15 to 7. A gentleman
voting in tho majority then proposed to
make the vote unanimous! Such pro?
ceeding, of course, mot with no opposi?
tion. Wo fiod in the last issue of tho
SotttTiern Presbyterian the following:
"Tho .session nominated the Kev. J. A.
LoFovre, D. D., of Baltimore, and,
without opposition, he was unanimously
called to thu pastorate of the church."
The writer knows nothing of the can?
didate, but feole certain that no such j
man as Dr. LeFevro can bo induced to !
accept a charge on any such vote. Let
well enough alone. OBSERVER.
TUB ELECTION IN CHARLESTON.-Tho
outiro vote ia Charleston has boon
oonutod, and it is found that the "Bolt?
ers" aud the Bowenites carried nearly
everything. The constitutional amend?
ments were adopted by large majorities.
Tomlioson's majority over Moses is
about 1,350. The following is a list of
the oflicora elected:
Sheriff-C. C. Bowen.
Coroner-Aaron Logan.
Clerk of Court-Jacob Willimau.
Probate Judge-Goorgo Buist.
County Commissioners-W. H.Thomp?
son, G. Lt. Cunningham, L. Dunnemau.
School Commissioner-B. H. Hoyt,
Senator-Vf. R. Jervey.
Representatives-G. J. Andel i, R. B.
Artaon, B. A. Bosemon, James Breuuan,
Riohard Bryan, A. P. Ford, W. A. Grant,
J. J. Grant, J. F. Greene, Tim. Hurley,
i O. R. Levy, G. F. North, Edward Petty,
I. Prioleau, J. Tingman. N. T. Spencer,
i J. Vau de rpo ol, S. D. Russell.
Solicitor-lt. C. Northrop.
There are no end of eats in the Isle of
I Man; none of them bavo any tails.
One Woman Committing Over Twenty
Murders.
Attention hus been callud on two or
three occasions, in the Daily Telegraph,
to the consternation produced m the
North of .England by the terrible charge
of wholesale poisoning which was par?
tially investigated ut West Auckland, and
which has, sinoe the committal of the
aoon8ed for trial, assumed still more ter?
rible dimensions. As we stated ou Sa?
turday, the woman in custody is now
suspected of having poisoned her mo?
ther, fifteen children, three husbands,
and one lodger. The Durham County
police have boen able to lay tho follow?
ing particulars before the Homo Secreta?
ry, with a view to procuro an order for
? the exhumation of more bodies to be
tested for poison:
Mary Ann Cotton, the prisoner, was
born ia 1832, at Murt?n Colliery, near
Seaham harbor, and her father, Michael
Hobson, was a sinker ut that place, and
wan killed about twenty-six years ago.
The prisoner was thou about fourteen
years old, and lived at homo with her
mother at the above named colliery until
she was sixteen years of age, when shu
went to live as under-nurse in the family
of Mr. Edward Potter, colliery vi ow er at
South Holton. She romained in this
situation about three years, and then she
weat home to her mother's house, uud
served an apprenticeship to the business
of a dreBs-maker. About this timo she
became acquainted with William Mow?
bray, a laborer residing at Murt?n Col?
liery, but a native of Peterborough.
They were shortly afterwards married at
St. Andrew's Church, Newoastle-on
Tyue, aod loft the neighborhood and
went to reside ft Plymouth, and after?
wards at various other places in the
South of Eagtaud, then returning to
South Hettou, after an absence of live
years from that part of the country. On
their return the prisoner stated that she
had had four children while away, but
they all died. Mowbray obtained em?
ployment at South Hettou as a foreman
at the colliery, and remained there seve?
ral years. On the 24th of June, I860,
they had a ohild, named Mary Ann, four
years of age, which died. Mr. Broad?
bent, surgeon at South Hetton, says sh?
died of gastrio fever. Shortly after this
Mowbray and the prisoner, with their
ehildren, went to live at Hendon. He
obtained employment as a fireman on a
stoam. vessel. On the 22d of September,
1864, a son named John Robert William,
about one year old, died; and on the 2d
of May, 1865, a daughter named Mary
Jane died. The two last-named were at?
tended in their illness by Mr. Gammage,
surgeon. Sunderland, and he states thal
they both died of gastrio fever. The de
ceased, Wm. Mowbray, and his family,
were all insured in the British und Pru?
dential Iusurance office, and on tin
death of her husband the prisoner gol
?35, and some smaller amounts on thc
death of the children.
She then obtained a situation at tht
old infirmary nt Sunderland, aud re
mained there about six months, whet
she became acquainted with un inmati
named George Ward. He married her
and they went to reside in Gray street
Sunderland, where he died on the '.ils
of October, 1866, aged thirty th reo years
Mr. Gammage uttended him, and, ni
though ho was an ailing man, he con
stdered that he dropped off very end
dcnly. From the den th of Ward to th
20th of December, it is said tho prisoue
led a loose life, but she thou obtained i
situation as a house keeper to one Jame
Robinson, a foreman in a ship-buildin;
yard at Palliou. In June, 1867, he mai
ried her, and they continued to resid
together at Pallion. When Robinso
married the prisoner, ho wus a wido<
with five children, and the prisoner ha
ono little girl about nine years of agc
She lived with Robinson uutil the latte
part of December, 1867, and during thc
time there died in his house John Rc
billson, ten months old, January 4, 1861
James Robinson, six years old, April '
1867; Elizabeth Robinson, eight yeal
old, April 13, 1867; Elizabeth Mowbray
nine years old, May 2, 1867; Edwnr
Mowbray, nine years old, May 2, 186'
und Margaret Robinson, titree years oki
December, 1867. Mr. Gammngo a
tended E. Mowbray, and he stutos sh
died of gastrio fever. Mr. Shuw, su
I geou. Deptford, attended the Robinson
, and he stutes they died of gastrio fever
It is stated above that tho prison?
lived with Robinson until the latter pa
of December, 1817. About this tim
ho had fonud out she had involved hi
in about ?60 debt, besides pledging h
clothes and disposing of his househo
linen and goods. She hud also ch ur j
of his bank book and building socio
book, and ho also found that she hu
wasted upward of ?50, and entered BUD
in tho building society book which si
never paid in. Robinson's sisters ali
began to talk about the suspicions deatl
of tho children, and told him they lu
been poisoned. Robiusoa tuxed her wi
her dishonesty, and said what he heal
about tho ohildren's death. After Robi
son left the house that day, she dressi
herself and took one of her childre
ubout eighteen months old, ant we
oat, and ho has never seen her sine
She left tho ohild in the street with
person till she wont to post a letter, b
she never returned, and Robinson d
not recover his ohild for some tim
whoa he fouad it ia a wretched state. I
now feels coovinoed that his ohildr
were poisoned. He suspected so at t
time, but did not like his mind to dwi
on the subject. They were healthy ai
strong, and only ill a few days befo
they died. He noticed that whenev
she gavo them anything, they vomite
and were siok and purged. His siaU
had often talked to him, both then ai
sinoe, about the suspicions death of t
children. On reading the West Aue
land poisoning oase in the papers, th
stated to him that this waa the way 1
ohildren went. One of them bandet
Eaper to bim and said, "That is t
[ary Ann that has been doing tha
little thinking at the time that the p
son aoouaed of the West Auokland p
soilings was the very woman they were
talking about. Robinson said sho often
wanted him to get bis lifo and tho lives
of his remaining children insured, and
one day ho found ber ut au olBco trying
to effect au insurance. Ho forbade her
doing so, and said bc would not pay a
pjnoy. This aroused his suspicion
about tho children wbo bad died, and he
determined not to huvo his life insured.
After her father's death, her mother
was married to Robert Stott, who is now
living at Sent?n Colliery. Mrs. Stott,
thc prisoner's mother, died tho 9th of
Juno, I860,, aged fifty-four years, and
was buried at Old Seaham. Sho died
very suddenly after the prisoner came.
Sho robbed the boase of everything she
could tako away, and Stott stated that
he would never allow her to enter the
house more. The prisoner, after ab?
sconding from the house of her husband,
is found wandering about Sunderland,
Seaham Harbor, Tynemouth and New?
castle until the 7th of July, 1870, whou
sho obtained a situation as house-keeper
to Frederick Cottou, a pitman, residing
at Walbottle, Northumberland. In Oc?
tober of the same year, he married her
at St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle, iu
tho name of Mary Ann Mowbray. When
residing at Walbottle a number of fat
P'gs died, and for some reason or other
hbo was suspected, and the plaoe becamo
so hot that they wero obliged to leave it,
and thoy came to reside at West Auck?
land. At that time, the family consisted
of herself, Frederick Cotton, her hus?
band; Frederick Cotton, step stun, niuo
years; Charles Edward Cotton, step-son,
six years; Robert Robson Cotton, son,
two years or so, who have all died, aa
well us a lodger named Joseph Nat trass.
Tho prisoner herself states that while
she was in the South of England she had
four children to Mowbray, all of whom
died. Tho other oases of death were as
follows: Marv Ann Mowbray, four vears,
South Hatton, June 24, 10(10; John Ro?
bert William Mowbray, ono year, Hen?
don, September 22, 1864; William Mow?
bray, forty-seven years, Hendon, Jauu
uary 18, 1805; Mary Jane Mowbray, four
years. Hendon, May 2, 1865; Mrs. Scott,
mother of the prisoner, fifty-four years,
South Hetton, January 9, I860; George
Ward, thirty-three years, Sunderland,
October 21, 1866; John Robinson, ten
months, Palliou, January 4, 1867:
James Robinson, six years, Pallion,
April 7, 1867; Elizabeth Robinson,
eight years, Pallion, April 13, 1867;
Elizabeth Mowbray, nine years, Pallion,
May 2, 1867; Margaret Robinson, throe I
months, Pallion, December, 1867; Fred.
Cottou, thirty-three years, West Auck?
land, September 19, 1871; Fred. Cotton,
ten years, West Auckland, March 9,
1872; Robert Robson Cotton, fourteen
months, Webt Auckland, March 23,
1872; Joseph Nattrass, thirty-five years,
West Auckland, April 1, 1872; and
Charles Edward Cotton, Roven years,
West Auckland, July 12, 1872.
Traoes of poison, it has already been
stated, have .boen found in tho?>o<lies of
two of tho deceased, Charles Edward
Cotton and Joseph Nattrass, nod tho
polico aro now waiting for their instruc?
tions beforo carrying out the order
whioh has already been received for fur?
ther exhumations.-London Daily News.
THE GEORGIA Q HOSTS-From passen?
gers, conductors and officers of the Ma?
con and Brunswick Railroad, who ar?
rived ia tho city last night, we learn that
the house of Mr. Surrency was yester?
day tho scene of greater, if not more,
excitement than over. Curious people
were arriving upon every train, each one
bent upon solving tho mystery, and all
coming away more mystified than when
they went.
Mr. A. P. Surrency, the owner of tho
house, and his family, uro ropreseuted
to be thoroughly worn out with the
strange occurrences and the great crowds
flocking to their formerly peaceful homo.
They know nothing of the incompre?
hensible mystery, farther than what has
already been told-that their household
furniture has been ruined, or is every
day being destroyed, by an unseen power.
Yesterday, whilst six or eight men and
women were sitting in tho front or par?
lor room, a hog deliberately walked in at
tho door, und, without showing the
slightest signs of trepidation, advanced
to tho centre of the room. Every ono
remained motionless-tho conversation
ceased-all eyes wero turned upon the
strange visitor. Tho hog stood for a
moment, then mudo a short oirclo in thc
middle of the floor, and after doing so,
walked into uu adjoining room. Every
one followed it. Whilst some were in
tho room, some in the door, but all in?
tently watching what it would do, it
instantly vanished liko a vapor or nu ap?
parition, leaving its audience stupefied
with horror, wifu no ono nblo to tell how
it escaped. Tho wiudows were down,
and no means whatever open for escape.
Among tho numerous visitors yester?
day was au old sea captain by the name
of Burns, who has been around tho
world three or four times, and who was
determined to unravel tho mystery, if
possible, or at least somo portion of it.
Getting into tho house, he was told of
tho smoothing iron tricks, and seleotiug
that as a particular object to watch, ho
sat dowu beforo it. Ho watched the
iron for a long timo without seeing it
move, and getting dry, he longed for a
bottlo of whiskey whioh he knew Mr.
Surrency had in au adjoining room; no
sooner bad he thought of this than the
bottle fell nt his side. He piokod it np
and helped himself, set it down, and
continued to eye tho iron. It did not
move, but the bottle left an mysteriously
as it appeared.-Macon (Ga.) Knierprise.
A writer in an English periodical sa?
tirizes tho Amerioan taste for gaudy,
brilliant colors, as illustrated in the vari?
ous fabrics intended for onr market. It
is alleged that good taste is sacrificed for
gaudy colors, aud that manufacturers
could not venture to iulroduce designs
used on American nrtioles on ootton,
shawls, carpets and other goods intended
for the homo trade.
Eiooal It em m ?
CITY MAHERS.-The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
Old newspapers for sale at PHOENIX
office, at fifty cent* a hundred.
James Rebiuson'e circus gives two pei
formances in this city to-morrow. He
ia regarded us tho finest rider in the
country.
Louis Schiller has been appointed a
Trial Justice for Edgefield County, vice
James F. Harting, romoved from the
County; James Father a Trial Justice for
Horry County.
Upon tho recommendation of tho Su?
perintendent of the Stuto Penitentiary,
the following convicts have been par?
doned by Gov. Soott: John Brown, Jes.
Harris, Peter Sohuler, Daniel Williame,
Lovi Cameron, June Jones, Jacob Ro
benson, John Goodwin, Edward Wil?
liams, Berry Lauroy, Touey Jenkins,
John Harris, E. J. Porter, Maberry
Sims, Jacob Duvega, Edward Piatt; and
upon the recommendation of Judge Tho?
mas, hus pardoned Elias Evins and La
Fayetto McCaw, convicted of grand lar?
ceny, and sentenced to the State Peni?
tentiary for three years.
The Messrs. Ly Brand have changed
their base, und now occupy the store, OD
Main street, one door South of Bland
ing. It is a central location.
The counters in the new Wheeler
Hotel are particularly neat. They are
tho handiwork of Mr. Dunn. It is con?
fidently hoped that Mr. Pollock will get
possession in time to accommodate visit?
ors to the State Fair.
An advertisement of importance to
fa r exhibitors and attendants is pub?
lished by Col. Dodamead, this morning,
Mr. Symmers expects to communicate
with our fellow-citizens in tho next issue
of the PHCENIX. The information Le
will convey is important.
A special meeting of tho stockholder!
of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
will bo bold at the President's office, it
Wilmington, on Wednesday, Novembei
20, to consider tho question of the leas?
of said road to tba Wilmington, Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad. The stock
holders of the Wilmington, Columbi)
and Augusta Railroad will also meet ai
tho same timo and place, to consider th?
sume question.
SLTREME COURT DECISION, COI??MHU
October 2G, 1872.-Charlotte, Columbi)
and Anguata Railroad, appellants, ads
George W. Palmer, respondent. Motioi
for a new trial dismissed. Opinion b,
Willard, A. J.
FiiOsrxiANA.-When is a mother a fa
ther? When she's a sigher.
Food for refection is more sobstuutiu
than food for reflection.
Never undertake to fasten a door wit!
a lock from your own head.
A Memphis paper defines advertisin,
as "a blister which draws customers."
A new word coined for tho use of th
present generation is "Apothecaries
nest."
Why is a bed tho ground-work of CDC
loss falsehoods? You may lie and re l
on it.
A poor but honest young lady, wi
earns a living by working on hoop-skirt
in reply to an inquiry, stated that si
had spent the summer "at the springs
Ho who has never a smile, nor a tea
nor an impulse of kindness town:
others, is unfit to live, und yet he do
live and flourishes.
. Ben. Butler declares that if there
any doubt that tho late war settled t
question of disunion, ho is willing
try it ugain. Nobody doubts that be
moro thuu willing to try it again. B
his own personal interests-the only i
tores ts in which he went tb rough t
war-should prompt him to wait an
the Southern people shall have acnuir
I a new supply of silver plate belum
! seeks to plunder them agaiu.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho North*
mail opens at 3.20 P. M.; closes ll.
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 5.
P. M.; closes COO A. M. Chariest
night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closest?,
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western ope
and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington op?
2.30 P. M.; doses 11.30 A. M. <
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
MEN OP FEW WORDS.--Some men \
words as riflemen uso bullets, They i
but little. Tho few words used go ri]
to tho mark. They let yon talk, o
guide with their hands and fuoe, on o
on, till what you say can be answered
a word or two, and then they lanoe oi
sentence, pierce the matter to the qui
and are done. Your conversation f
into their mind as a river into a d
chasm, and is lost from sight by
depth and darkness. They will soi
times surprise you with a few words t
go to the mark like a gun-shot, and tl
they are silent again, as if they were
loading. Such men are safe oouneelh
and truo friends where they profess
be such. To them, truth is more val
ble than gold, while pretension is
gauzy to deoeive them. Words with
point, to them, are like titles with
merit, only betraying the weakness
the blinded dupes who are ever wed
promoters of other men's schemes.
RELIGIOUS SEBVICES THIS DAY.-Tri?
nity Church-Rev. P. J. Skand, D. D.,
Rector, ll A. M. and 5 P. M.
Catholic Church-Rev. J. Li. Fullerton,
First Mass, at 7 A. M.; Second Mass
at 10 A. M. ; Vespers at i% P. M.
Marion Street Church-Rev. William
Martin, 10^ A. M.; Rev. W. D. Kirk
laud, ly, P. M. Suuday School, 3>?
P. M.
Washington Street Church-Rev. M.
Brown, 10J? A. M.; Rev. J. H. C. Mo
Kinney, ly P. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rude,
10>? A. M.
Lunatic Afylum-Rev. D. Derrick,
9 A. M.
Baptist Churoh-I ev. J. L. Reynolds,
ll A. M.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. J. R.
Wilson, 10?? A. M. and ly, P. M.
Lndson Memorial Chapel-Services at
10}? A. M. and 8 P. M.
"OLD JOHN ROBINSON."-The Louis?
ville Courier-Journal, of a recent date,
thus speaks of old John Robinson and
bis monster exhibition:
"For fifteen consecutive years Old
John Robinson's circus and menagerie
bas exhibited. in Louisville, and oar
amuBement-Ioving poople havo become
BO familiar with his name that were they
to be slighted by tho non-arrival of bis
big show, daring the tenting season,
they would certainly think tho old war?
horse of showmen had passed to the
hunting ground, where the woodbine
twineth. John Robinson and a big
?ho w are synonymous. In our experi?
ence we never, beheld such a crowd of
people as assembled last- night to witneso
the exhibition of thin institution. Thou?
sands were compelled to return to their
horses, being unable to gat inside the
mammoth tents. The menagerie is ..the
largest that bas ever visited Louisville.
The curiosities therein embrace the
rarest upecimeus obtainable from' tho
forests, the sea and the air. The Qirous
is in keeping with the animal depart?
ment. No such combination of arenic
talent has ever appeared in this city,
and by this we do not wish to be under?
stood that no one person of equal talent
has visited us, for we have had the best
the world has over produced; but no
circus, with tho number of first class
stars which is now hero, baa ever been
consolidated in any one entertainment.
Such artists as Robert T. Stickney, G.
M. Kelley, Frank Robbins, Wm. Con?
rad, John Wilson, Geo. Slowman, John
Lowlow, M'lle Amour aud M'lle Francis,
all acknowledged by critics UH unequaled
in their varioua specialties. It ulways
has been a first class, exhibition, and
this year the old veteran, John Robin?
son, has added the crowning stone to
his living monument, as the greatest
showman of tho age."
At Columbia, November ll.
AND NQW A WORD OF CAUTION-BOGOS
ROBINSONS.-The proprietors of minia?
ture circuses and animal shows have
been compelled to resort to all kinds of
expedients to enable them to even pre?
tend to compete with my colossal combi?
nation. Unfortunately for the public,
prominent among these expedients arc
deception and fraud. In oue or more
instances, a small show may bu traveling
about the country, employing in some
oases a man whose name is Robinson, or
who calls himself Robinson, and the ex?
hibition-a circus or animal show, or
both-is advertised and posted as Robin?
son's. This is DONE with a DIRECT IN?
TENT TO DEFRAUD AND TO DECEIVE THE
PUBLIC. There is but one JOHN ROBIN?
SON, and but one true exhibition in the
United Statts that can properly bear
that name.
Remember the famed show, with
tts mammoth tents and all of its many
wonders, will not, under any circum?
stances, exhibit in COLUMBIA, S. C.,
until NOVEMBER ll. 0254
HELP THE TORPID ORGANS.-When the
body is in a state of health, tho food
t ikon into the stomach acts on tho bow?
els as a stimulant, causing in them that
worm-like motion by which their con?
tents are expelled. Tho liver being in a
natural condition, tho flow of bile (whioh
is a mild cathartic) into the intestines is
ample and regular, and boneo tho dis?
charges aro easy and .sufficiently fre?
quent. The reverse of all this consti?
tutes costiveness, and the only true me?
thod of cure is to restore tho functional
activity of tho two important organs
which use the bowels as a sewer for the
egress of waste matter. For this pur?
pose, Hostottcr's Stomach Bitters can be
confidently recommended as the most
effective of all medicines. It is not too
muoh to say that ohronio constipation
would be unknown if tho Bitters were
in universal use as a remedy in tho ear?
lier stages of the complaint. At thia
period o? the year, when dyspepBio, with
all its kindred disorders, is so apt to be
engendered and aggravated by the damp
neis of the atmosphere, this unequal
stimulant, tonio and alterative should be
taken daily. 027f3Jl
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. H. Bryant-To Contractors.
Thoa. Dodamead-G. & 0. B. R.
Situation Wauted.
Meeting Myrtle Lodge, K. of P.
John Agnew & Son-Trucks, Ac.
Meeting Hook and Ladder Company.
HOTEL ABBIVALS, Ootober 26.-Columbia
Hotel_J Qualo, Charleston; 8 Moritz, N Y; T
W Leary, Md; 0 M ?Sadler, Dr 0 8 Barby, J H
Averill. 80; N Barnwell, city; W Wolab, J J
MoNally, Ga: J O'Byrne, 0 Lynoh, Ala; Chas
Meehan, M Cannon, Tenn; YY Cunningham,
Jonesville; M Monaghan, J D Mayer, Stur?
geon; J II Hall, T H 8mith, Qainoy; P H
Qaigley, P J Hill, La; M J Myers, JO Don?
nell, Freeport.
' Nickerton House-b R Hopkins, N Y; B I
Boone, Camden; Capt Bloc, T Steers, B 0; N
G Out ein and son, Sumter; Miss Ball and a or ?
vaut, Boston; O Wilkins, Ala; J O Hudnutt
Greenville; J M Belgier, Newberry.