The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 02, 1873, Image 2
Sunday .?Irntnff, FaJt^axj 2.187&
The bill to' make appropriations and to
raiso supplies for tho,year commencing
Novomber 1, 1872, drags its Blow length
?long in the House of Represent a tires.
Those who propose any rednotion in the
amounts reported by the Committee on
Ways and Means, are met with deter?
mined opposition. On Friday, Andrew
Curtis, member from Riohland, moved
to strike out $20,000 and iusort 910,000
foi the State militia. He eould not see
sny advantage or nso in appropriating
suoh a large - sum to this department.
It had been done before, but without any
good results. . His view was sustained
by Mr. Myers, of Beaufort. He thought
$10,000 twioo too much. Already there
bad beon appropriated $110.000, and no?
body oould tell what had become of it,
or point to anything accomplished by it.
He oharged that Gorernor Soott had
need it with the officers to eleotioneer
lor him. Mr. Hurley said that it had
cost th% State of South Carolina $305,
600.26 to reoeive from the TJuited States
Government 10,000 musketB, worth $13
a pieoe. The guns were manufactured
at Springfield, were excellent and ser?
viceable, and had been distributed. But
no officer or private has received any
money to repair and keep hiB gun in
order. Where, then, has all this money
gone to? And .where are the arms? It
was a heavy and costly gift which took
seven times its valao to reoeive it, and
the State have nothing to show for it
now.- It waa;a mystery. , Mr,' Bowley
argued . for i the appropriation of the
amount' mentioned in the' bill, viz:
$20,000. Many expenses had to be in?
curred. The armory building needed re?
pairs, &o.
We observe almovemsnt on foot to in?
crease' the salaries of the Supreme Court
and birouit Judges. ? message was
sent in on Thursday by the Governor,
forwarding letters from Judges Maokey,
Carpenter, Graham and Oooke, relative
to this subject. Tliei memorial says that
the salaries of the Judges are lowor than
in any other State in the Union, both
absolute]^.and relatively to the ~.work
done. Mr. Lavy, of Charleston,-, intro
duoed n bill on -that day to inorease their
salaries. The amounts which they now
receive, and which are recommended in
the appropriation bill for the'-present
year, are, for the Chief Justioe, $1,000;
Assooiate Justices and'Circuit Jhdgos, i
$3,500 each. / W),000l are cabled for to 1
continue ? the construction of the peni?
tentiary. Large amounts, under the in?
definite head of oontingent fand for the
several departments, and for the civil
cootiugejnj fund, are also reported by
the Oo($guttee. The more wo are re?
duced, the more complete the depletion
of thei8tate Treasury, the more nume?
rous'become tho pretexts for diving into,
it, the more exorbitant and exacting the
dumatids;ct'the public officers, jj How, in
the name of common sende aud all that
is reasonable, oan the Stute stand these
extravagant aud reokleas appropriations?
What was the meaning of all the flue
talk about reform, and in (he face of
theao damaging disclosures of the bill,
where are tho evidences of any desire or
purpose of retrenchment?
Whatever is right and necessary, the
people are willing to pay. [ But the State ,
is small, its resouroes scant, aud taxation
heavy. While officials rejoioe in their j
large and omily made stipends, the tax?
payers are, pinohed, -the education of
their children negleeteol, and their
spirits sank under the weight of present
and prospective ills. We should out onr
garments according to out oloth. In
this State, we have a population of
705,606 souls, on an area of 34,000
square miles. Oar cotton crop, the last
year, was 271,241 bales. Oar neighbor?
ing State of Georgia has a population of
1,184,109, on an area of 58,000 square
miles. The cotton crop of that State,
the last year, amounted to 450,599 bales.
Considering onr population, area and
resources, oar expenses should be little
- more than half what they are in Geor?
gia. In tbe appropriation bill whioh
has been submitted to tho Legislature of
that State, we do not see a word abont
any oontingent fand. Ma^ny other heavy
itoms iu our bill are not to be found in
theirs. The Judges of the Superior
Court get $2,500, and of tbe Sapreme
Court $3,500, each. These 'sums com?
mand good talent, learning, experience
and faithful service there. We read of
no complaint that they are inadequate.
And Georgia is not loaded dowu with
debt, as'we are here. It behooves Re?
publicans who regard their pledges,.nod
all members who have any bowels-of
mercy for our strickon and impoverished
State, to scan this bill olosely, and'strike
out every item whioh is unnecessary and
extravagant, We havo heard tho cry of
leeches long enough, "gtvo, give."
Pharm 4Cetattc?l Association.
Tho bill ntroduoed in the General
Assembly, relative tojjbe PhMnacentl^al
Association,^* a good one, with well de?
fined objeol?. . It proposes to vest in
Buoh aseooiatioU the exclusive right to
examine applicants for the degree which
will entitle them to follow tbe business
of druggists. Heretofore, this examina?
tion has been conducted by the Faculty
of the Medical College of CftGlestoj,
and by the Medical Faoulty of tho Stale
TJuivoraity. Ib ia now proposed to con?
stitute o board apeoially for thispurpoBS.
Druggists, as well ne physicians and sur
gnonB, require careful education. Our
lives aro in their bands, ind a blunder
of ignorance or inattention made by
them is qb fatal as a crimo perpetrated by
others. Poisons are sometimes vended
instead of healing remedies or soothing
potions. It is eminently proper, then,
that drnggiata should be fitted by study
and experience, tested by examination
of a competent board, and authorized
by their diploma to conduct a branoh of
business so delicate and important. In
itself, it is more than a business or a
trade. It is a profession of a liberal
character, and to be fitted for it requires
liberal studies and close application.
Every practicable safe-guard should bo
thrown aroaud it, and every aid used to
secure skill and efficiency in the prac?
tice. The bill is calculated to secure
theso onds, and highe?1 security will he
given to life and health by its adoption
aud passage into u law.
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The Washington Monument.?The
appointment of a committee of thirteen
Congressmen to report a plan to com?
plete tho Washington monument (al?
ready begun in Washington city) by
1876, shows that probably late justice is
about to be dono to the memory of the
illustrious man who did more than any
other man toward the accomplishment of
that American revolution whose benefits
are very uncertain. Their uncertainty
is, however, the fault of the present age
?not his. Let the monument be
finished. ,
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.39 rialTelegraphs.?Sometime sinoe
a bill passed Congress authorizing ono
Loomis to build an "sorial telegraph."
What that "mrial telegraph" was, no?
body seemed to know, exaotly. Fhilso
sophio Congressmen, doubtless obsorbed
by the Credit Mobilier, then just riaing
in the horizon, deemed it but an idle
vagary, and probably granted the peti?
tion as each. But one provision in the
bill doubtless escaped the astute SoIoub
at Washington. It reads thus:
"Sao. 3. That the business and objects
of. said cotporation shall be to develop
>and utilize the priuoiples and powers of
natural electricity, to be used in tele?
graphing, generating light, heat' and
motive power, and otherwiso make aud
operate any machinery run by electricity
for any purpose." "
/This clauso, it will ho observed, em?
powers them to build, not only "mrial
telegraphs," but also any other kind of
telegraph they mny please to construct.
Thus, to all practical intents, we huvo
still another telegraph company regu?
larly chartered by Congress, irrespective
of any State action,, when that body
thought it waa fathering dome "advanced
idea."
The unfortunate wife of the misguided
Maximilian is at last at rest. 1 'Poor Car
lotta!" She has posaed from a world in
which pomp and plaoo have been to her
tbe bitterest gall. The fevorod brain,
unsettled by the force of her trials, is at
rest at last. Her's has been tho truest
romance of public life during the past
ten materialistic years. The tragic death
of her husband, to whom she was strong?
ly attached, unshipped the rudder that
kopt her abreast tbe wave, and left her to
be beaten and buffeted nntii at last the
vessel broke and went to pieces. Ifor
two or more years past she has been a
harmless Innatio, without hope of re?
covery. The change, therefore, could
but be for tho better, and it must bo a
matter of relief to her friends that death
has at last as? um od tho oh arge.
Capital Beadx and Waitino.?From
the Union, of yesterday, wo copy tho
following: ?
Wo wish to oall tho ntteutiou of tho
Legislature, but more particularly of tho
Senate, to the fact that numerous persons
aro only awaiting their disposition of
this bill, and if it be favorable, to begin
at once the erection of manufactories in
this city, and at other eligible locations
in the State.
The parties interested in tho passage
of this bill, are not, by auy means, oou
fined to this State. Many parties in tho
North, who have abundance of capital,
have had their attention directed to this
measure, aud are anxiously watching the
notion of the Legislature on tho subjeot.
Only yosterday, a well-known gentleman
of this oity, who himsolf pi opuses to
invest forty or fifty thousand dollars in
a cotton factory, in case the bill passe?,
named to us parties in tho West, who aro
delayed from coming hore for the same
purpose, only until the bill becomes a
law.
A LiITTZiB 6lX.Ii, but i. Qbmax
An agreeable surprise has been given th?
?country by Ibe House of Bepreeaata
tivea, in the' passage of the bill, as it
?ioae fcdm tho Senate, abolishing the
franking privilege, whereby only the
President's signature ia needed to rusko
this repeal a law of the land. As Ho
doubt is entertained of the President*!
approval of the measure, the bill may be
considered a law. It is brief, but to the
purpose. It provides that from and
aftor the 1st of July next, "all official
correspondence, of whatsoever nature,
and all other mailable matter, (public
documents, &c, sent of! by members of
Congress, &o.,) shall be ohargeablo with
the same rates of postage as may be law?
fully imposed upon like matter sent by
or addressed to other persons." In
other words, tho correspondence of
members of tho Cabinet and of Con?
gress and other Federal officials, and the
publio documents of all description?,
and gardon seeds aud books, photo?
graphs, band kerchiefs, gloves, "old
olo'," ?te., Sea., now sent freo under Con?
gressional or Executive Department or
bureau franks,lfrom Washington to ail
parts of tho conntry, shall, from and
after the 1st of July next, pay the usual
rates of postage for such letters, "pub.
doos." or other mail matter, without dis?
tinction of official position, race, place !
or previous condition of servitudo.
Cuba and Haiti.?A very interesting
and inetruotive communication bus been
lately published upon the growth of
Cuba iu its rich tropical productions and
in population, with a comparison of tho
gradual downfall of Hayli, once tbe gar?
den of the tropics, and the producer, iu
its best days, of somo of the most valu?
able produots of the world. Tho Now
York Express calls attention to the facts
I referred to, and tho figures of which
speak for themselves, "and cannot be
dismissed by cant or false sentiment on
the one hand, or by evading the oonolu
I sions drawn' in the communication." At
the commencement of the present cen?
tury, the population of Cuba was 300,
000; it is now 1,400,000. Iu the year
1826, the value of her exportation^ was
$13,809,388, and in 1859 they had in?
creased to 857,455,180; aud during the
same year, tho importations wero valued
at $143,465,185. Iu 1862, Cuba pro?
duced from its own soil and resources to
the value of 8305,919,875?a sum equal
to $218 for eaoh member of the popula?
tion. Tho exports and imports of the
island furnish a largo number of Ameri
I can vessels with remunerative freights,
and the duties upon merchandise brought
to onr ports from Cuba add immensely
to the revenues of the Government. The
writer maintains?wo know not with
what truth?that in any change of Go?
vernment in tho island, the uneducated
oolored population will have the power
to control it, and that our trade and
commerce would thcroby suffer material?
ly. Yet, if the Cubans oan effect their
own liberty, no one in the United States
cm reasonably objeot to it, aud it is
presumed the consequences could
bo provided for afterwards. The
figures, however, in regard to Hayti aro
something astounding. The island is
next to Cuba, the most fortilo of the
Antilles. In tbo year 1790 the value of
its exports wsb $27,828,000, tho principal
products being?sugar, 163,405,220
pounds; coffee, 63,151,180 pounds; cot?
ton, 6,286,120 pounds; indigo, 930,816
pounds. In 1793 the revolution broke
out. In 1819, tho last certain data that
the statistios furnish, and nearly sixty
I years after tho rovolution, the exporta?
tion of tho above mentioned articles was
as follows: Sugar, noue; oofleo, 30,608,
313 pounds; cotton, 501,516 pounds; in?
digo, nono. Sinse that time tho exports
have gradually decreased, until, accord?
ing to tho estimate of tho correspondent,
at the present timo thoy do not exceed
in value $2,000,000. It'is evident from
these statistics that the blacks of Hnyti
are on a much lower plane of civilization
than those of our S utbern States, who,
under intelligent whito supervision, have
continued since emancipation (with what
degree of profit to thoir immediate em?
ploy ors does not appear) to be prod na?
tive laborers. But thero is no evidence
that tbe blacks of Cuba are in any do
groe superior lo those of Hayti, and
though every ono would be glad to see a
more liberal government in Cuba, it is
to be hoped, for the sako of our com?
mercial interests and thoso of common
civilization and humanity, that, what?
ever turn affairs may tako in that island,
its destinies will bo controlled by intelli?
gent as well as liberul minds.
j DESTRuanvB Finn?Fifteen Bales op
Ootton Burned.?We regret to state
that on Friday last, our frioud, T. B.
Jeter, living near Sintuo, met with a
very severe loss by the burning of his
gin-house and all its contents, consisting
of a nearly now giu and gearing, fifteen
bales of ootton, and a largo quantity of
cotton seed. The loss is estimated at
$2,500. Tbofiro occurred from tbe in
disoreot act of a very small oolored ohild,
who, in the absence of his father, tho
engineer, wont to his father's ooat,
which was hanging in tho gin-house,
took from tho pooket some matches and
ignited them. Tho child was too small
i.> give any suspicion that tho deed was
maliciously committed, and Mr. Jeter
fuels confident that the fire was the re?
sult of a childish indiscretion.
[Union Times.
Wedding cards in Denver consist of
the "Jack of Diamonds" and "Queen of
Hearts," with the names of tlw contract?
ing pgrties on eaoh. If the bride's mo?
ther is living, the "Ton of Clubs" is also
eu closed.
* BT? AT SC LEOISHTUllE.
Sat?iidat? Fbdbuahz 1, 1872.
SENATE.'.
B*The Senate mofat 12 Jf., President
Gleavea in the Chair. Prayer by Rev.,
Dr. Webster. , ?
Mr. Johnston introduced bills to.au- ,
tborize the building of a bridge across
Lynoh'o Greek; to amend the Constitu?
tion of the State, relating to the bound?
ary line of Piokena and Oconoe Coun?
ties.
I Mr. Jervey introduced bills to regu?
late flowagp; to authorize the construc?
tion of the Now York, Norfolk aud
Charleston Railroad Company; to renew
and amend the charter of the Appren?
tices' Library Association. t
Mr. Whittemore introduced a joint
resolution to provide for the purchase of
a lot of land for tho use of the State
Penitentiary. ?
Mr. Maxwell, from Committee on
Education, reported unfavorably on the
bill to require County School Commis?
sioners to open night schools at tho re?
spective County Beate, the Stuto now
finding it difficult to provide for present
modos of education.
Mr. Lee presouted report of David
Hemphill, Treasurer of Cheater County,
showing that 31,500 of tho half mill tax,
for the support of widows und orphans
of those persons who were killed for their
political opinions, had been collected,
and disbursements in ado under (he Act
I to two families.
I Mr. White introduced a bill to fix the
time of holding Cirouit Courts in York
County.
The bill to regulato flowugo in this
State, introduoed to day by Mr. Jervey,
of Charleston, provides that owners of
mills may improve the streams aud
ponds without molestation; auy person
aggrieved thereby may commence action
for damage.", defendant having the right
to uppeal from judgment, such appeal to
he made within five days. Section 17
provides that no person shall detain a
natural stream at any one time more
than twclvo hours out of twenty-four,
except on Sundays, when ho shall be re?
quested by the owner of any dam one
mile below to suffer the natural stream
to pass.
Mr. Jervey presented the petition aud
memorial of Wm. Aiken, Robert Adger
and Wm. C. Bee, showing that they and
others paid the direct tax laid by Act of
Congress, and praying relief. This peti?
tion shows that a tax of $363,570 was
laid upon tho State of Sonth Carolina,
being its proportion of $20,000,000 laid
on the United States, and that the pe?
nalty of fifty percent., provided for by
subsequent Acts, created a lien on the
propcrty-vestiug title in tho United
States, or the purchase thereof. It is
also set forth, that at tho time of the
passage of the Act, the authority of tho
United States was subverted in this
State, and afterwards, in November,
1861, whs re-established in a small sec?
tion, and tho levy of tho tax was made as
far as possible, and many estates sold at
nominal prices, because tho owners could
not pay tho taxes; that, in 1865, United
States authority was established in
Charleston and tho sea-board, and the
same lien was extended. Tho memorial?
ists hold that tho whole amount of tax
and penalty was collected from a compa?
ratively small uuinber of the citizeus;
that they were not voluntarily paid; that
their property was seized and held by
agouts of the United States, aud re?
stored only upon the production of a
certificate that the tax and penalty bud
been paid. They, therefore, ask tho
same treatment that would be giveu be?
fore the courts of the State, between
two individuals, claiming that they have
paid tho whole debt of tho State, and
would bo well content to have tboir
claim to relief tried and adjudged by the
court;; of the Slate.
The following bill* wero passed to a
third reading and ordered to bo en?
grossed: Joint resolution to allow the
heirs of the estuto of James Phillipe, iu
Darlington County, to redeem oertaiu
forfeited lands; bill to incorporate tbe
Charleston Coastwise Transportation
Company; bill to amend the Act incor?
porating tho town of Lewisville, Orange
burg County; a bill to prevent tho ob?
struction of harbors and navigablo
streams in the State, by tho discuargo
of ballast of stone, dirt and other heavy
materials. This last bill caused consi?
derable debate, but passed in a ehape
that seemed to meet with the well consi?
dered opinions of that part of tho Senate
familiar with nautical affairs. Tho bill
to inoorporato the Mariners' Chape], of
Charleston, was laid on the table, as a
similar House bill bad passed; a bill to
change tho name of Frog Level to Pros?
perity was made the special order for
next Friday, at 1 P. M.
A message was received from tho Go?
vernor, pertaining to Exeoutivo busiucss.
Tho special order, being to amend
Section 12, Chapter 38, of the General
Stututee, relating to tho salary of County
Commissioners, was then taken up. A
long debate followed, with which, and
the calendar bills, the remainder of the
day was occupied.
The House was not in session.
United States Court?Charleston,
January 31.?Iu this Court, yesterday,
before his Honor Judge Bryan, the pe?
tition of Pforzheimer, Dreyfus St Kaller,
creditors, vs. Isaao Sulzbaohor, for iu
voluntary bankruptcy, and an injunction
ugainst the Sheriff of Ricbland County,
was filed, and tho debtor ordered to show
cause, on tho 5th of February, why ho
should not bo declared a bankrupt.
The petition of W. M. Green, of Sum
ter, for voluntary bankruptcy, was re?
ferred to Registrar Seabrcok for report.
In the matter of V. J. Tobias, receiver
of Louis McLain, assiguoe, against James
W. Gray, for loavo to leaso property, tho
receiver was authorized to rout the pro?
perty for one year.
An Omaha bride was married bare?
foot becauso her lover's kinfolks dressed
that way, und she did not wish to seem
proud.
ZEZb ooal It oma.
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Qirx Mattsii& ?The Jirioij of single
copies 0f the Phoenix is five oeuts. |
A freight train Bloke through Deep
River bridge, near Jamestown, on the
North . Carolina Central Railroad/ on
Wednesday last. Eleven enra were thrown
from the track. Mails and passengers
have, in consequence, been delayed.
JameB Anderson, Esq., General Super?
intendent of the Wilmington, Columbia
and AuguBta Railroad, has furnished us
with a complimentary ticket over bis
road, for which he will accept our thanks.
A difficulty occurred yesterday morn?
ing, on Main street, between Mr. James
Orchard and Mr. F. J. Ludette, in which
the latter was stabbed iu tho ahouldar.
Detective Carter arrested the etabbor and
carried him before Trial Justice Stratton,
on a oharge of assault and battery, and
bound him over to keep the peace.
The Rome (Ga.) Courier compliments
our young townsman, Mr. W. A. Reck?
ling, (who is located in that growing
town,) on his skill in photography. Mr.
R. was a pupil of Messrs. Wearn & Hix.
Tbe people North are frozen up again,
and we are shivering here. For our part,
we don't intend to bo fooled any longer
with the idea that the winter has
"broke." Wo believe, now, that it will
continue cold until warm weather.
The PiKENii is iu receipt of a lot of
printer's copying ink. It serves tho pur?
pose of ordinary copying ink, and is in?
valuable to railroad officials and others
who have much printed matter to copy.
The cost of printing done with this ink
is but little more than with tho ordinary
ink.
Robberies and attempts at robbery are
becoming common. Ou Friday night,
Adjutant-General Purvis was stopped by
two colored foot pads, ou Gervais streot,
near Bull, but a prompt use of his pistol
sot the would-be robbers off?one of
them, as is supposed, with an ounce or
two of lead in bis carcass, as he was
heard to yell out. Another individual
had a blanket thrown over his head, and
was robbed of what valuables .no had
about him. A bit of cold steel or a bul?
let, properly put in, will have a tendency
to check this business.
The Uniou Times complains of the
irregularities of the mails between Co?
lumbia and that town. Two days last
week no mail was received. Look out,
Messrs. Mail Agents, Uncle Sam's officers
will be after yon.
The managers of Palmetto Lodge
School have provided for its continua?
tion without interruption. The Secreta?
ry of the Lodge informs the pnblio that
Mr. P. A. Cummings has boon elected
principal. We learn that Mr. C. is a
graduate of Wofford College, Spartan
burg, S. O, and oomes among us with
testimonials, as to literary qualifications
and perseverance, to give him eucoess in
his new position.
Wo stated yestorday that Mr. J. L.
Dow, who had been examined before
Commissioner Boozer for misfeasance iu
the office of United States Deputy In?
ternal Revenue Assessor, on failure to
give bail, had been committed to jail;
but Deputy Sheriff Dent informs us that
no such commitment had been made, up
to yesterday. We learn that ho subse?
quently procured bail.
The Joint Stock Company connected
wit]i the State Agricultural Society, are
about having a mile raco track laid off
at thoir fair grounds in this city.
Tho Governor has appointed tho fol?
lowing Notaries Public: II. W. Joynor,
E. S. Cain and Nathan Wannamaker, of
Orangeburg; Aaron Logan, Nathaniel T.
Spenoor and W. E. Burks, of Charles?
ton, and Joel Kiusler, of Lexington;
also, Charles P. MoCuliam, of Augusta,
and Edgar A. Mills, of Now York, Com?
missioners of Deeds, residents at the
cities named respectively.
The Union Times seconds tho call for
a convention of tho nowspapor proprie?
tors of the State, and suggests tho first
Thursday iu March as the day of moot?
ing, for the purposo of effecting an orga?
nization.
The Rev. D. S. Doggett, of Virginia,
arrived in Columbia, yesterday, on his
way to Groonvillo, to dedicate the new
Methodist Ohuroh in that city; but as ho
missed tho connection, he will preach in
the Washington Street Chapel, to-day,
at half-past 10 o'clook. He is also ex?
pected to preach in the Marion Street
Church, this evening.
The Governor has appointed Mr.Geo.
C. Clyde, of Orangeburg, a Notary Pub?
lic.
Arthur Lano, oouviotcd of assault and
battery at tho October term of the court,
held iu Newborry, and sentenced to fonr
months in tho Couuty jail, was yesterday
pardoned by the Governor.
jJJMr. James S. Hoyward has sold his
interest in tho OraDgeburg Times, and
relinquished the editorial oharge of it.
Messrs. J. A. Hendrix & Bro. are in
receipt of a lot of particularly fine ap?
ples. Try them.
Aepon n t s. duo 4h e PJb?jhix ofljoa mutf
0? tellted promptly, oa furthet'indulgence
cannot bo givea. Wo most havo money' '
to carry on baaineas. ": ?'*'
A sneak thief entered Mrs. Wyalt'a
boarding-house, Friday night, and car?
ried off a child's overcoat, 'hat, over?
shoes and umbrella. Keep your front
doors looked.
By referring to oar advertising
columns, will be soon that a vast amount
of valuable real estate is to be disposed
of at public sale to-morrow.
BDr. Jackson trumpets forth the an?
nouncement of the receipt of bis stock
of Buist's garden seeds.
Fibb.?Yesterday morning, about 2
o'clock, a fire brpko out in the cottage,
corner of Plain and Barn well streets,
and it was entirely destroyed. The fire?
men were out promptly, bat, owing to
iho distance, the flames had obtained
such head way that their exertions availed
nothing. Tbe cottage was ocoapied by
Mr. Wm. Fickling. Most of the contents
were saved. The fire originated from a -
defective flue.
Mail Arrangements.?Th? Northern
mail opens C.30 A. M. and 3.00 P. M.;
closes 8 P. M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles?
ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; closes 6
A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes
6.15 P. M. Greenville openB 6.45 P. M.;
oioses 6 A. M. Western opens 6.30 A.
M. and 12.30 P. M.; oloses 8 and 1 P. M.
Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: oloses
10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office is
open from 3 to 4 P. M.
Sumter.?We paid a short visit to this
go-ahead town on Friday last. Business
seemed brisk, and evidences of pros?
perity were to be seen on all sides. The
police are uniformed, and keep a sharp
look-out for law-breakers. The trees on .
the principal street serve a doable pur?
pose?many of thorn being used as lamp?
posts. The numerous cotton-wagons in
the streets reminded ns forcibly of Co?
lumbia in its palmy days. The Wilming?
ton, Columbia and Augusta Railroad runs
through the town, giving tho people
double daily intercourse, with the onter
world. Through tho energy, and perse?
verance of Mr. A. W. Bnder, Sam tor is
tho possessor of a neat, roomy and com?
fortably arranged Town Hall, with the
necessary offices attached. I Tho ball is
fitted up with a stage and suitable
scenery, drop-curtain, etc. Take it all
in all, we regard Sumter one of the most
thorongh business towns in ths State.
Phosnixiana.?India rubber weddings ?
are the latest. The shrewd originator
thinks there will bo a great deal of "give"
in them.
Americans read more newspapers than
any other people, bat do not read more
books. Probably because the average
newspaper is better than tbe average
i book.
An ultra fashionable young lady in
Boston says her pa keeps an aquarium
Ho is a fish-monger.
For the evening costume, boots of the
eamo color as tho dress aro tbe most
sty lish, aud many ladies still wear the
Louis Quiizo heel, although fashion has
long since "pother foot on it," or ra?
ther ceased to dp so.
Religious Services this Dat.?Tri?
nity Church?Rev. P. J. Shand, 11 A.
M. aud 4>? P. M.
Catholic Church?Rev. J. L. Fuller ton,
First Mass, at 7 A. M.; Second Mass
at 10 A. M.; Vespers at 4>i P. M.
Marion Street Church?Rev. W. D.
Eirkland, 10;? A. M. and 7^ P. M.
Washington Street Churoh?Rev.
Bishop D. S. Doggett, 11 A. M. Sunday
School. 3>? P. M.
Lutheran Chnroh?Rev. A. R. Rado,
10H A. M.
Presbyterian Church?Rev. C. R.
Vaughn, 11 A. M. and 7)4 P. M.
Baptist Church?Rev. J. H. Menden?
hall, Pastor, 10^ A. M. and 1% P. M.
Asylam?Rev. T. L. Haman, 3 P. M.
List op New Advertisements.
Real Estate Sale?Seibela & Ezell.
Fresh Gordon Soeda?E. E. Jackaon.
Building Lots and Cows?Jaoob Levin.
Cotton Yarns, Groceries, &a?T. Steen.
Furnituto Sale?D. C. Peixotto & Sons.
The True Basis op Success.?Falla?
cies and frauds aro short lived. They
may flourish for a little while, bat the
k )ber second thought of the people con?
demns them and they perish. It would
take even the "Lightning Calculator" a
long time to count the imitations and
counterfeits of the supreme tonic of the
age, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that
have been brought out since the first in?
troduction of that oelebrated remedy.
They have collapsed one after another,
but the groat vegetable preventative and
curative is still on its disease-conquer
ing march. At this season, as the air
becomes more and more chilly, and
searching vapors affect the integuments
and create unwonted pains in the sto?
mach aud bowels, it is of tho utmost im?
portance to tone and regulate tho sya
tern so as to enable it to bear up against
the uncongenial temperature which pro?
duces thceo disturbances. Fever and
ague, rheumatism, biliousness, nervous
prostration, costiveness and ehronio in?
digestion z?2 r. ?3w among tbe many dis?
orders which yield readily to this fam?
ous restorative F2f3t.l