The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 28, 1872, Image 2
y Morning, December 28,1872.
Tl?e rroiperliy of Columbia. .
The problem which baa been pro?
pounded, i 'Sow shell we make Columbia
a prosperous city?" has engaged oar
thoughts as well as those of other*.
Before discussing it, wo shall have to
clear away some rubbish which aur
rounds it. From the days of Sampson
and tho sphinx it > is been found easier
to start riddles tin to answer thorn cor
reotly. Wa Und now proof of this fact
in Uta svlt-suQkiout negativo answer
whivb. hm been given to thia one,
via,; 'VtVAl polities! iutolerauoo on the
pwlt fct th&?a who have undertaken the
task vi tauldiug publio opinion, is the
areataat harries tr> prosperity hero. We
are ready to admit that. Intolerance,
religious or political, is a bad thing, and
an obstacle to p tog rosa and development
wherever it exists. But we confess that
we cannot find it in the quarter where
it is alleged that it exists, to any hurtful
extent. We think that we speak dis?
passionately whoa we say bo. We listen
attentively to what is said, we note care?
fully what is going on, and we hear no
outcries against Yankees or foreigners as
?aoh. We are unable to discern any
serious or real prejudice against them.
On the contrary, we see many of them
amongst us, busy, prosperous, respeoted,
attending to their own business, letting
other people's alone, and just as unmo?
lested in every way and as highly
esteemed as those to the manor born.
We have in our mind's eye now large
numbers of Northern men and New
Englanders who bavo long made South
Carolina their home, have amassed a
competency, and even fortunes, here,
held the highest positions in ehuroh and
State, reared' families, contributed to
bear the burdens of society, fulfilled all
the duties of good citizens, and have
been and are just as welcome and juat
as mnoh regarded as if they wero na?
tives, and mor,e so than very many who
are. Northerners have been distin?
guished in the professions of law, medi?
cine and divinity, and as instructors in
schools and colleges amongst us. They
have influence in our marts of oom~
tneroe, on the exchange, and as bankers,
planters, . farmers, contractors, me
ohanioa and laborc -a. They aro and
have been' under ho ban. . .-V .
Since the war closed, we have had oon
eiderable influx of this population, as is
natural and as was to be expected. Who
would., not-leave the bleak hills of;the
frqsen; North, if practicable, for - the
genial olimate and fertile soil of the
South? It has dome in two streams?
one pure, clear and wholesome, the other
foul, turbid, corrupt and corrupting.
Earnestly, we have heard nothing but
words of good oheer and encouragement
to all respectable and deoent new-oomers,
and of gratification that they find the
olimate agreeable, their business interests
prospering, and their sooial relations and
experience everything they could desire.
No gentleman or honest man, no one
not au intermeddler, ever received the
oold shoulder here. Objections have
been made, and deoided disgust felt and
sometimes expressed, at the presence
here of known vulgar, dishonest and in?
solent wretches, come they from what
quarter they may. And their oondnot
has -justified these complaints, and
strengthened the objections to their com
* pany. What is the matter with this
whole oonntry now, if it is not the plagne
of dishonesty, the pestilenoe of unjusti?
fiable speculation, the itohing to grow
rich upon others' earnings, the low-down
tone and praotico of certain persons,
9 moatly official, and mostly non-native?
We have two distinct olasses of new
oomers into this State,, two streams, as
we have said. The one class is honest,
capable, industrious, moral and modest,
as gentlemen and good oitizenB of all
olasses always .are; the other roguish,
lying, forward, insulting, and watching
like so many sharks the* opportunity for
prey and plunder. The one olass has
always been welcome here, and always
will be. There is all the difference be?
tween them, and the fellows who come
to fatten on spoils and defamation, as
that between day and night, or virtno
and vice.
Wo wish that there was more intole?
rance of the villains, whether native,
Northern or foreign, who have reduced
bribery to system, made the manipula?
tion of bonds and stocks one of the local
fine arts, who have hopelessly corrupted
our ignorant and credulous nowly-made
voters, who have made office-holding the
means of amassing oolossal private for?
tunes, who have put baseuess in tho
places of honor and trust, and who havo
the ineffable impertinence to lecture our
people upon behavior, morals, civiliza?
tion, Christianity, oharity and tho like.
Of this olass wo want no more, no matter
where theyoomo from; and wero it in
our power, gladly would wd placo a
?oourge in evsrj?hone** Wa hand, to
whip the rascals- naked' through the
world. This is not political intolerance.
It is only, the disgust and contempt
which honest men. cannot help feeling,
and are under no obligation to restraint
against the plunderers of their country,
the oorrnpters of its morals, the crea?
tures who have brought it down from a
position of honor, respectability, credit
and prosperity, to be a hissing by-word
an<J a reproach everywhere.
WHax WiJuii Stand Fibb??Tho Brook?
lyn Tabernacle, built of oorrngated iron,
was burned on Sunday. What, then,
will stand fire? Bat lot us not denounce
iron. The iron was Undoubtedly very
faithful; but the trouble in the affaire of
this world is that there is always present
the betrayer. The builders of the iron
ohuroh enolosed in wood the fines that
conveyed the smoke from the f drnaoes in
the basement to the top of the honse.
The wood took fire, and the interior
wood-work, snob as floors and pews, etc.,
all got aflro, and oreiated suoh a heat that
the iron our led and bout up and fell; and
great was the fall thereof. The iron
ohuroh having burned,. tbe question
arisos, what will bo used next to build
the ohuroh with? jCho Rev. Mr. Tal
madge, who expounded doctrine in the
Tabernaole pulpit, says "iron." But it
may be presumed that he will take care
that iron floes are not enoasod in wood
the next time. Tho apparent impossi?
bility of making houses firo-prsof is
rather a discouraging faot to man. Ii
he cannot .esoape the fires of this world,
how is he to avoid those of that to come?
Lot him ba careful not to encase hii iron
flneB in wood. Let him avoid deceit and
hypooriBy, and he will stand a better
chanoe of escaping "the fires down be?
low."
A correspondent of the Charleston
News says:
"A poep into the report of the late
I Comptroller-General Neagle, which has
been made to the Qoverndr, but is not
yet published, diEolosos tho following
interesting item: The public bonded
i debt is stated at tbe same figures as last
I year, viz: $15,851,827 36; of this amount
it is claimed that $1,600,000 is under
hypothecation in Now York as collateral
security for a smaller loan. The total
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1872, are $1,034,835.01. The
receipts are said to be the eame, and the
defioienoy is placed at $1,206,405, which
would make 1 the total expenses of tho
last fiscal your $2,901,240.61. Among
the receipts is; credited to Kimpton tho
Snug HbUe sum of $308.000. From tbe
general license tax is acknowledged only
tho pitiful sum of $62,670. From what
?orjrrtes Kimpton received the money
which he paid into the Treasury does
not appear. The estimated expenses for
the current year are $2,054,347.10; this
inolades $1,425,547.10 for intoreBt due
upon the public debt ap to tho close of
the last fiscal year."
Sad Affair at Timmonsville.?Yes?
terday afternoon Timmonsville was the
scene of one of those terrible tragedies
which, until very recently, scarcely ever
stained the pages of our public journals.
One Wm. Oliver, togethor with Hiram
Oliver, Maloom Timmons and others,
were drinking in a bar-room and creat?
ing a distnrbanoo, when Marshal Powers,
assisted by two colored marshals, at?
tempted to arrest them. Meeting with
resistance, Marshal P. fired two shots at
Wm. Oliver, both taking effect in tho
left breast?one immediately above the
other. He (Powers) then fired upon
Hiram Oliver, tbo balls taking effect in
one knee and below tho knee joint of
the other. About this time Wm. Oliver
turned upon Marshal Powora and fired
at him with a large navy pistol, the ball
taking effect in tbe upper part of Mar?
shal P.'s thigh, breaking it into shivers.
Powers' fell to the ground, when Wm.
Oliver fired again, breaking his hand.
Maloom Timmous was severely shot in
the mouth. It is thought that Powers
oannot live. Wm. Oliver has been ar?
rested, and will probably be retained to
await the development of tho case and
the termination of the Marshal's wounds.
[Florence Pioneer.
A New Civm Riauxa Bill.?A new
civil rights bill, with a general amnesty
bill attached, has been introduced by
Representative Morey, of Louisiana. It
provides penalties for the rejection of
any citizen by reason of race or color
from tho full and equal enjoyment of the
advnntages and privileges furnished by
inn-keepers, common oarriors, theatres,
common schools and other institutions
of learning supported by general taxa?
tion. Private schools, colleges and
cemeteries established exolusivoiy for
white or oolored people, and maintained
by voluntary contributions, uro not to be
interfered with. Provision is made for
tho annullment of all laws and ordi?
nances making discriminations against
any citizen by tho use of tho word
"white." The amnesty section com?
pletely removes all political disabilities,
and it would relievo Oongress from
numerous applications for special relief
bills fur the boneQt of persons whose
olaitna may bo disallowed.
I Washington Chronicle.
A Loko Line Ended.?Tho great?
grandfather of Thomas Edward? died at
114; bis grand father at 104; bat his
father died at tho early ago of 67. His
young son Edward, now only 07, reok
Icasly committed matrimony with a chit
of 70. That is what comes of being an
unadvised orphan.
* The JoitoadB^-dftip*UAM..nwing i fan
the late storm, were not received at the
proper time: *- ':
New Tons, Deoember 25.?The entire
block on tho Wo?t aide of Centre street,
between Leonard and North, was burned
yea tor day evening. The total, loss is
estimated a.%1 8500.000. This fey-eight
young women employed in upper stories
of 81, 88 und 85 (Jontre street, fled down
the stair-oase and by the fire-escape
when the alarm was given. Two fell
when several feet from 'the ground, and
were severely injured. Their names
wore Mary Hopkins, of 506 1st avenue,
and Emma hTauoiu, of 149 Mercer street.
A. rumor spread-that several-were uuabla
to escape and burned to death, but is
not authenticated. The building was a
mere shell, filled with inflammatory ma?
terial. Jos. Pike, a printer, was struck
on the head by a falling brick, had his
skull fractured, and will probably die.
Benj. Ballard was less seriously injured.
A fire in a large building on Duane
streot, New York, to-day. caused a da?
mage of $30,000. Several small fires
have also occurred at different points in
the oity to-day.
The Palisade Hotel, near Englewood,
N. ?1., waa burned this morning. It was
one of the largest iu the vicinity. The
building and contents were iusured for
8160,000..
A pair of carriage horses ran away in
Brooklyn, last night, aud jumped into
the East River, drowning Mrs. 0. F.
Adams, an oooupant of the carriage, and
themselves.
New YonK, December 24.?Barnum's
circus and menagerie, in East Fourteenth
street, with several other buildings, wero
destroyed by fire this morning, the losses
ou which will no doubt reach $1,000,000.
The fire was first discovered at 4.16,
bursting through the roof of the circus,
just over where the giraffes were kopt,
and immediately after, animals and birds
begau howliug and ecroeohiug iu a ter?
rific manner.- Somo of tho firemen who
wero first ou the ground state that the
roaring of tho animals was something
frightful to listen to during the short
time that it lasted, as they were speedily
put out of misery by the rapidity with
whioh tho devouriug element lapped up
tho tinder-like struoturo iu whioh thoy
were caged. The only animals saved out
of tho valuable collection which Burnum
hud takeu auoh pains to secure wero two
elephauta aud a camel. The building
was two stories in height, and composed
nearly altogether of corrugated iron and
wood, whioh, with that portion of tho
building used as a circus, was totally de?
stroyed, tho whole building burning as
though it was a tinder box. Tho fire
next extended to tho church adjoining,
which is known as Grace Cbnpel, or
ChuroU of the Redemption. Only the
front walls were left ?Unding. Tho tiro
also extended to building Nos. 134 aud
136 East Fourteenth street. The fire
also extended to the new iron front,
building udjoiuiug the circus. Tho next
building visited by the tiro was Miner,
Stevens Sc Go .'a ourriage manufactory,
situated on Thirteenth streot, runuiDg
from 115 to 121. Tho- rear portion of
tho builu ing was completely burned. F.
Grote states that his loss is $300,000 ou
stook aud building, ou whioh there is an
iusuranoe of $120,000. The fire in Four?
teenth streot originated iu tho boiler
room of Barnum's menngerio. The
giraffe cage was opened, but tho animal*
wore too frightened to escape, and all
four perished. They were valued at
3Sl),000. Barnum's ageut estimates his
loss at $300,000. All tho performers lost
wardrobes, many being very valuable.
About 150 persons are thrown out of
employ incut by the burning of Barnum's
t-how.
Conny, Pa., December 24.?This after?
noon, at 3.15 o'olook, as tho mail train
ou the Buffalo, Curry aud Pittsburg Rail?
road was leaving Corry, and wheu within
about eighty rods of Prospect Station,
the traiu was thrown off the track at a
trestle-work, tho passenger car, baggage
car und tender falling a distance of
twenty-uix feet, whilo the engine passed
over unhurt. To the present time the
deud bodies of nineteen persons huve
boon recovered, some of which are fear?
fully burued, and thirty-five persons arc
known to havo boen wounded, some of
thorn seriously. Fourteen of the bodies
aro at present unrecognizable owing to
tho charred uud blackened state of tho
corpses.
Philadelphia, December 24.?Pas?
sengers on tho through traiu from
Washington, duo hero at 7.10 o'clock P.
M., report au accident near Stunton
Station, ou the other side of Baltimore.
Soveral persons were injured?one or
two fatally. The traiu rau into a car?
riage whioh was crossing the track.
Cincinnati, Deoember 24.?Tho Times'
Jeffersonville, Indiana, special says the
South bound train on the Jeffersouvillo,
Madison aud Indianapolis Road jumped
tho track at Henry ville, at 3 A. M.,
plunging thirteen oars aud the locomo?
tive over a steep embankment, making a
total wreck of the traiu. John Belch,
engineer, George Colter, fireman, 'and
Henry Koous, brakemuu, were instantly
killed.
Louisville, December 24.?-Extra
freight traiu No. 2 left Iudianapolis
Monday at 2.25 P. M., largely ludeu
with hogs. At Honryvillu Station,
twenty miles out from Louisvillo, the
engine and eleven cars wero thrown
down tho embankment four feot into a
ravine, instantly killing engineer, fire?
man aud conductor. Tho bodies wore
rooovered frightfully mangled.
Foot Sgotp, Kansas, December 24.?
A lire at Fontana, Kansas, yesterday
morning, destroyed fourteen houses.
Halifax, N. S., December 24.-Wm.
Watley, a colored stoward of the brigan
tino Union Star, to avenge himself on
tho captain, attempted to bum tho
vessel aud kill all on board. He stnpo
fled all tho hands, while sleeping, with
muriatic acid, and then set fire to tho
vessel in the hold. Before ho could ex?
tricate himself he was snffooatod by the
sinoko. The captain was awakened in
time to arouse tho crow aud extinguish
?b*fee. ? -Wailey- waa-the only* person
who lost his life.
Thh Credit Mobilier.?Tbe New
York Herald print* a list of Stockholders
in the Credit Mobilier, composed of. ex
Senators, Congressmen and eck-Congrees
rnon and outsiders, numbering 101, bb
obtained by Tbomaa (-1 Du rant, ex-Pre?
sident of tho Union Paoifio Railroad. In
the.list there are seven names of one
family by the peculiarly significant name
of Hazard. Tbe Herald oommenta with
some severity upon not only tbo com?
mittee appointed to investigate tbe mat?
ter, bat upon the manner of investiga?
tion adopted. It asserts that Mr. Cox,
who was called to the chair when Speaker
Blaine appeared before the House de?
manding an investigation, waa aware of
tbo intention several days before, and
had abnndant opportunity, as ho had
Bogaoity, to seleot a committee which
would si ft the matter to tho bottom, and
that oat of five of tho committee named |
by Mr. Cox, four of thorn bad voted
steadily for every legislative Aot demand?
ed by the Credit Mobilier. It further
objects to the secrecy of the inrostiga
tion, aud declares that the public would
have been better satisfied if the proceed?
ings of the investigation had been pub?
lished daily, that they might have some
opportunity to judge of the merits of
the case. The Herald adds that it ha-, no
faith in either the ability or deHiro of tho
committee to reveal tho wholo truth.
Wau on Gamblers.?There neems to
bo a rousing up of tho "moml senti?
ment" of tho country, not only against
iulemperanoe, bat against its twiu vioe
of gambling. Twenty nine perBons, in?
cluding the proprietors, were captured
during a raid ou gambling houses in
Philadelphia, Saturday. In Chicago,
however, tho "gay gamblers" seem dis?
posed to show tight. Several gamblers,
whose establishments were visited by the
polioo, have oommenccd an action of re?
plevin. Their tables and other gaming
equipmonts were taken from them. The
Superintendent of Police, hearing of the
iutended action, cuused most of the pro?
perty to bo burned, and authorized the
police to confiscate the gambling appa?
ratus. The cane will now come before
the oourta for thorough examination.
Wo confess that we are rather else
than shocked by tho account of a funeral
which we tlud in a Massachusetts news?
paper. Here it is: "The funeral cxeroises
were oouducted by the Rev. Mr. Woods,
Methodist, and were very solomn and
effecting to the numerous relatives and
friends present. The Dootor looked per?
fectly natural as he lay in hid coffin,
seeming to Bay to his old friends, 'What's
all this fuss about? I nm happy.' " This
beats the story of tho fine old Irish gen?
tleman, all of the oldeu time, who de?
clined to remain dead in his ooflln while
such excellent whiskey was traveling
around the hoard.
We have a report from San Francisco
that the rains of a great city have re?
cently been stumbled upon by some
prospecting miners iu North-eastern Ari?
zona, aud that these ruius tell of n pros?
perous community that mast have been
destroyed or transferred farther South
thousuuds of years ago. It is thought
, so from the fact that a deep canyon near
tho heart of tho city has been made by
tho winter washings of that region,
which has required at least a thousand
, years of those washings to cut through
tho rocks to its present depth.
The Camden Journal says: "A scholar?
ship at the .Confederate Homo School
> in Charleston has been provided for by
the Survivors' Assooiatiou of Kershaw.
Tho appointment will be given to the
daughter of a deceased Confederate sol
' dier needing assistance to complete her
i education. Applications are invited to
be sent in immediately to Dr. A. A.
> Moore, chairman of committee. The
\ scholarship oovers the expense of board,
uniform aud tuition." This is a more
in the right direction.
\ An unusual question has beou raised
in tbo little State of Delaware which is
, never likely to trouble New York. Prof.
West effected an insurance on his life
, policy for $25,000, und thcu murdered a
' negro, and mutilated tho body so as to
, induce the insurauce companies to mis?
take it for his own aud pay over the
amount. Tho question now arises, whon
West is hanged for the murder, wiii the
companies be compelled to pay over tho
insurance to his family? The point is
emphatically a knotty ono.
Where Our Gold Comes From.?
Gold is found in Vermont, Maryland,
Virginia, North nod South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas,
Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Califor?
nia. Maryland shows but $103 for her
total, Vermont $5,615, and Kansas
$1,009. California has contributed in
twenty-four years 8643,121,499; North
Carolina's total is $9,865,253, and Geor?
gia $7,250,000. Virginia and South Ca?
rolina have each over a million.
Curious Breach of Promise Cask.?A
Pittsburg man bus on hand a breach of
promise case, resulting out of a court?
ship done by corrospondonoo with a lady
in Eugland. Her paid herpassugo over,
but on her arrival, discovered that sho
was altogether another person, though
bearing tho anmo uamo us his supposed
correspondent. Three lawyers are puz?
zling over tho equities of the case.
A colored man, namod Ed. Kay, was
so badly crushed by being run over by a
our in Augusta, Gu, on the 26th, that his
life is despaired of. Intoxication.
A difficulty occurred nt polioo head?
quarters, in Savannah, on Christmas
day, botweon officers Stouo and McElIi
gott, which resulted in tho supposed
fatal shooting of tho latter.
Three boys in Worth County, Georgia,
with three mules, this yoar, raised 120
bales of cotton and 700 bushels of corn,
besides oats and potatoes in abundance.
Tho next meeting of the South Caro?
lina Conference will bo held in Samter.
City Mattbhs.?The prioe of dingle
copies of tho PuoaNix ia ?ve cents.
Yesterday morning, there was a faint
at to nipt at a snow storm; daring tho
day, the thermometer varied?going ap
and oomiog down continually; the sun
came out about 10 o'olook, and thou
commenced tho drip, drip, drip of tho
melting sleet; a cold wind was also blow?
ing tho greater part of tho morning, so
that walking .wn? far from pleasant.
Wadmitted to state, yesterday room?
ing, that the broken trestle on the Green?
ville and Columbia Railroad has been
repaired, and trains are running regular?
ly. Col. Dodamead believes in pushing
tilings along. This road is conveying au
enormous quantity of freight.
Mr. McKenzie ia arranging a raffle for
Now Yoar's Eve, that paier-familias will
go into extensively. Tho prizes will
consist of tine dolls and other toys,
fancy article?, toilet sets, etc.
Tho Southern Express Company's
heavy wagon was out, yesterday, with
four horses?the oouditiou of the streets
rendering additional power necessary.
Tho Right Rev. Bishop Quiutnrd, of
Tennessee, will preaoh at Trinity Church,
Sunday morning next.
A paper of some importance to Billy
I Ward, signed Harriot Myers, her x mark,
can be obtained by calling at the Phoenix
office. It relates to a certain $25.
Mr. Kinurd ia not un admirer of beau?
tiful snow. See what he says and profit
by it.
Tho present 4,cold snap," whioh ex?
tends Westward as far as tho Missouri
River and E istward iuto New England,
seems to have produced numerous fires.
Wo hoar of disasters by fire, bursting
steam flues, and other incidents of
severely cold weather in all directions.
Theso prove how inadequate, after all,
are our inventions for tho common
usages of life; they indicate, too, a great
deal of carelessness with fatal imperfec?
tions.
Cal. Waguer's Minstrols?a new com?
pany in this section, but well known
West?are to appear in Irwin's Hall on
the 2d and 3d of January. The Western
papers commond them highly.
H. H. Helper, Esq., formerly editor of
the Salisbury (N. O.) Tribune, paid us a
short visit. Mr. H. has eschewed poli?
tics, and is now noting as agent for the
I "original and only genuine Durham
smoking tobacco," manufactured by W.
T. Blackwoll, Esq., at Durham, N. O.
By-tho-way, Mr. Blackwell has just suc?
ceeded, through the courts, in having
his claim to the name and trade-mark of
tho "Durham" established. *
Thero is to bo a chicken dispute, to?
day, at 12 o'olook, at Franklin's club
houso, in Lexington, a short distance
from Nengle's bridge.
A contemporary suggests that if there
be anything iu the Constitution whioh
eutitles a man to carry pistols in his
pockets, and to fire them off when re?
venge, or passion, or his idea of safety
demands, tho proper way is to lioense
such men to carry arms, with a public
advertisement thereof, in two or throe
journals, where such a battery resides,
and that it is ready to snap off at any
time.
Death op an Aged Citizen.?Ou tho
morning of the 2Cth instant, Mrs. Mary
Riohardaon departed this life. She was
a native of Horry and was considered the
oldest white person in this District?
more than ninoty-niue years having
rolled ovor her venerable head; in nine
days?January 4\?sho would have reach?
ed 100. Many residents of Columbia
whoso hair is turning grey, will remem?
ber this good old woman whou she was
tho vendor of oakes and beer, in the
little cottage whioh stood on the South
oast cornor of Richardson and Gervais
streets. For a number of years past,,
however, sho has resided on a small farm
in tho suburbs. Mrs. Richardson was
plucky, as evinoed only three years ago,
by her successful resistance of a raid
upon her poultry. She was badly in*
jnred at tho time, from the effeots of
I whioh, as wo are informed, she has over
j since suffered. It was Mrs. R. who re?
sorted to tho novel expedient of greasiug
tho railroad track iu front of her resi?
dence, iu order to compel payment by
tho company for the death of a cow.
Sho was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Her only son died a
short time since.
Suostantial Charity.?A prominent
dry goods merchant of this city requests
us to announce that ho desires to distri- |
bate fifty cords of wood amongst tho
really needy during this hard weather.
Applicants will bo required to bring pro
por vouchers from somo roliable citizen
as to their needy condition, not charac?
ter. No distinction of oolor. Apply lo
Editor Puoinix. This is charity of the
right sort. "Blessed is ho that romcm
boreth tho poor."
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When it i? a perfect jam. .
? school committee In Kansas having
advertised for a smart toucher, .a man
named MuBtard applied for the sitaation
and was accepted.
Horses are excellent musical perform?
ers sometimes. One of them -has' b een
known to go through the burs qf a Hold
oorrcotly and without missing an oat.
List no one over-load you with favors;
you will find it an insufferable harden.
Whenever nn Indian is discovered
prowling about a Minnesota villege, they
say he is prospecting for lead?and he
generally finds it.
The dootor's work fills six feet ui
ground, bat the dentist's fills an aober.
Why are jokes like nuts? Because the
dryer they are the better they crack.
Stuffed birds are very popular jnat
now, both for outside and inside wear,
and consist of hamming birds fo^lhe
head and turkey for the stomach.
List of New Advbbtiskmbmts.
O. H, Pettingiii?Dexter Stables.
Half of Cottage to Bent.
Irwin's Hall?Cal Wagner's Minstrels.
J. H. Kinard?Damaged Goods.
Lady's Gold Watch Lost.
Champion Chicken Dispute.
A Colorado paper says: "We hope oar
next Legislature will vote funds' enough
for the establishment of a hospital for
the deluded individuals who come to
this State to die. This hi too healthy a
olimate for such people."
The editorial staff of the New York
Tribune, before the recent change, was
composed of thirty-four editors, seven
ladies inclusive, and twenty-two re?
porters.
IN MEMORIA?.
At the regular oommunioation of Aoaoia
Lodgo, No. 91, A.'.F.'.M.'., held on the _Cth
of December, 1872, tho following memorism
and resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Ono9 more has tho outer door of our
Ha.net nary been alarmed by the approach of
the destroying angel; once more has a va?
cancy been created in our brotherhood; onco
more has the wail of tho widow and the sob
of tho orphan fallen upon tho ears of the
brethren ot the myetio tie; onoe more have we
assembled In solemn eonolave and committed
to the tiilent, ooId sepulchre all that was mor?
tal of a dear brother. The spirit of > our
Bevereud Brother J. LEE D1XON has been
summoned hence by llim who gave it, and
we now mourn his untimely loss in a manner
meet for brethren to do. Ho fell at his post,
a "laborer in the vineyard," manfully bat?
tling for the cause of his Master. And while
it is natural for us to lament so serious a dis?
pensation of Providence, yet we feel satisfied
that our loss is bis gain,-and that he has
fallen asleep only to bo awakened by the
trump of the arcb-angel which shall summon
him, together with all of God's redeemed, to
that eternal inberitanoe prepared for them in
our Father's house. Therefore, belt
Resolved, That in tho death of our late
brother this Lodge has experienced the loss
of a good and true Mason, society an up?
right man, religion a zealous advocate, and
tho poor in spirit a faithful and earnest coun?
sellor.
Resolved, That a page In our minute book
bo inscribed to bis memory, and that a letter
of sympathy be tendered bis family.
Resolved, That the working tools of e?ch
Chair iu this Lodge be draped in mourning,
and that the Brethren wear the usual bsdgo
for tho space of thirty daya, as a token of sor?
row and respect to tho memory of the de?
ceased.
Resolved, That tho foregoiDg preamblo and
resolutions bo published fn the PncENix.
F. M. DBENNAN, Ja.,
Sec'y Acacia Lodge, No. 94. A.'.F.'.M.-.
To Rent,
MONK-HALF of a good DWELLING
HOUSE, to a small family. Inquire at
Dexter Htablea,-Assembly street. Deo 28 6
Lost,
BY a Lady, betwoen the University Campus
aud Marion street, a small-sized Lady's
Hunting-Case Gold WATCH. Inquire at this
Office._Deo 28
Champion Chicken Dispute,
j_k B BETWEEN Biobland and Loxing
fjg2g) ten, at 12 M., TO-DAY, at tho Lex
ingtou IUoo Conree. BtakeB $250 a
j-iiuio will aiso be a magnificent BABBE
CTJE served at 2 P. M._Dec 23 1
DEXTER STABLES,
COLUMBIA, 8. C, Dkceubek 27, 1872.
teams at Doxtor BtsblesPto PAY for same as
soon as med: and if strangers wish to biro
teams, they must PAY IN ADVANCE.
AH persons indebted to Boyco A Co. must
mako payment immediately, or their accounts
will bo put into bands of magistrate for col?
lection. C. U. PETT1NGILL,
Deo 28 For Bqtce & Co.
"IRWIN HALL!
TWO NIGHTS ONLY t ?
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
JANUARY 2 and 3,1873.
CAL WAGNER'S MINSTRELS,
J. H. HAVEBLY, Manager,
WILL bavo the honor of appcariug before
tho citizens ot this city in a series of
their Soiroo do Ethiope, introducing eaoh on- ?
tortainmont eutiro chango of programme.
Having many popular and talented artists,
prominent among whom are
CAL WAG NEB,
BAM. PBIOE,
BEN. BBOWN,
JOHNNYBOOKKlt.
Comedians.
CA H FIELD AND BOOKEB,
Bong and Dsdoo Artists.
O It RAT CALIFORNIA QUARTETTE j
Cumposod of Welling Bros, and J. W.
Frt-otb.
Also, MB FBED. WILSON, the groat and
wonderful Character Actor and Original Gre?
cian Statues, with a fiuo Orcheetra and Brass
Band.
Prices aB usual. Doors open at 7; commenc?
ing at 8. HcBurved Keats un salo at LyBrand
.t Bon's Music Store.
D. B. EIODQR3, General Agont.
II. Clavhvsi, Advertising Agent.
Dec 28 IS