The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 20, 1873, Image 2
Thursday ttoniiggt Maroli 20. 1878.,
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In his History o! Ireland, Dr. Keating
asserts that "no nation which ever
figured or still figures pn earth ooold or
can produce saoh connected end aathen
tio accounts of their origin as the Irish."
The ancient Irish were exaot in preserv?
ing their records, and in transmitting
them to posterity. Aooording to the au?
thor quoted, it was ordained by law,
even in the times of paganism, that if
any public antiquary deviated from the
truth in any State record, or in the pri?
vate genealogy of a family, he. was' im?
mediately degraded from his office. Tho
records which they mado, and those also ]
^made by persons' in -private stations,
with accompanying observations, were]
revised in a National Assembly, whioh ]
met every three y ears, by royal summons,
at Tara, composed of the nobiltty, gen?
try, pri oats, historians and men of learn?
ing and ability in all the arts and profea
Biona. Important concerns of State
were considered in this Congress, and
the records and chronicles of the island
were there reviewed and purged of errors
?and falsehood. Mr. Fetrie, an Jrish an?
tiquarian, has exhibited, os the authori?
ty of old manuscripts/in the t ran sac
Irish Academy, a
unt of tho oelebrated
tood in the twelfth
features, its rat ha'or
the foundations of its
alls; The description
manuscripts of the twelfth
contnryT? said to tally exactly with the
condition of the site now?with the
number,. position and character of its
?earthen mounds and walls.
In the library of Trinity College,
Dublin, there is preserved the fragment
of an ancient Irish manuscript, whioh
?contains a description of the banqueting
hall of Tamar ?r Tara. It states that
in the reign of Oormao, the palaoe of
Tamar was 900 feet square; the diameter
'.of the surrounding rath, seven diu' or
oaBtB of a dart; it contained 150 apart?
ments, 160 dormitories or Bleeping rooms
for guards, and sixty men in eaoh;< the
height , was twenty-seven oubitsf there
were ISO common drinking horns, twolve
porches, twelve doors, and 1,000 guests,
daily, besides princes, oratory and men
of ?cienco,. engrnvora of gold jand. silver,
carvers, modelers and nobles. The eat
Jng-hall had twelve Stalls or divisions
Vn oaoh wing, tables and passages round
them, &c, &o. The quantities of meat
and butter that were daily consumed at
Tara surpass all description. There were
twenty-seven kitchens and nine cisterns
for washing hands and feet?a ceremony
never dispensed with, from the highest
to the lowest."
In the year 430, and the year in
which, aooording to Irish ohronioles, St..
Patrick commenced his missionary la?
bors, Laogaire, son of Neal, King of
Ireland, tield a great parliament at Tara.
The manuer of the sitting is upon re?
cord, as follows:
"Tho Irish monarch on his royal throne .
Conspicuous eat, in the middle of the honso;
The Prince of Lern?tor in a chair of State
Was placed, but with his back to the assem?
bly.
Hie face towards the King; behind the throne
Tho Prince of Oonacht aat; towards tho
South,
Upon the King'a left hand, the Prince of
Munster
Orao'd the assembly; and upon the right
Sat, in his splendid robes, the Prince of
Ulster."
Without considering the question of
the authenticity of these old chronicles
and manuscripts, which describe Tarn's
grandenr in annb 8trihing contrast to its
succeeding desolation, after reading
them, we can better appreciate the
touching lines of Moore, so generally
sung or repeated at tbe recent celebra?
tions of the Irish societies:
"The harp that onoe through Tara'a halls
The soul of muBio shed,
Now hangs aa mute on Tara'a walls
Aa if that aou.l were fled.
So sleeps the pirldo of other daya,
So glory's thrill is o'er,
And hearts that onoo beat high for praiae,
Now feel that pulse no more.
"No more to chiofe and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells;
The chord alono that breaks at night,
Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus freedom now so seldom wakes,
Tho only throb sho gives,
Is whon some heart indignant breaks,
To Show that still sho lives."
The nepotism of the President has
shown itself again in tho nomination of
brother-in-law Casey to be Collector of
New Orleans. About a year or more
past, this man became offensive to tho
Republican party, for interfering with
the Louisiana Legislature, by carrying
off a portion of its members in order to
prevent a quorum, and under the
presBnre, tho President promised to ex?
aot a resignation from him. Bat it was
a promise never meant to be kept.
Casey has latterly been aotive in assisting
to establish a bogus government in
Louisiana. The sentiment whioh con?
demned him a year ago has not re-as?
serted itself, and so the President con?
siders him all right. The President
likes the sort of man Casey is.
? j. ? lj 9$Mmml Vwmtm Wwwiwii '
We are profoundly- grateful to Ooa
greaa, after nil, for the mode in whioh il
has OiondWted its invetffgatioiuj into
fraada antf abus?. Woi havo flowed
dp, with interest,; iU prooeodirrgs on the
New York Gas torn Hoase lrzv.ic, izx-X>?
the Credit Mobilier infamy. In the
Pomoroy-York oaao of bribery, it ear
passed itself, and in the Caldwell Carney
matter, it still etrogglee to evade its plain
duty. CopgreBa ia impotent to oorreot
any evil, and cannot purify itself. It has
too many of each morf as Nye, Chandler
and Logan, to undertake to probe any
rascality to the.bottom. They have both
truly.said thai. the'; precedent would be
fatal to other .members. The conse
queooea of expotnre of any one'e dis
grabe will extend beyond himself. Mem?
bers m??t, thoreforo, bo on guard against
pf.mg.ttir.s il-.^tsia?lwAw in th? OOsdBISDS
tlon of their follows. Evorybody has, in
ronsequenoO, been let off lightly. They
did nothing in, the case of Oolfax, and
virtnaiiy whitewashed Oaken Ames end
the ianocenta who took his bribes. Dot
ish gut. The people will at last hare to
do what Congress has so signally failed
in.
The bill for salary increase, made re.
troaotive so far as to give two years' back
pay to ont-going members, is another
very good thing. It has already borne
fruit. The Boston Transcript (Republi?
can) predioted that it would cause the
loss of New Hampshire, and the predic?
tion was verified. "The ball has begun
to roll," said another Eastern journal,
"and it will be apt to crush every candi?
date for elective honors this ysar who
assisted in robbing the National Treasu?
ry, nnder the guise of reasonable com?
pensation." It is remarkable that no
defence whatever has been made or at?
tempted in justification of the momberB
who have thus voted unearned, money
into their own pockets. They hang
their heads, and stand guilty and si?
lent before their constituents. Their
constituents may well dispense with their
services hereafter. The upright conduot
of Mr. Roberts, of New York, of Judge
Hoar, of Massachusetts, and of Mr. Mer
riok, of Maryland, in deuliniug to accept
their, portion of the.spoils, is in. marked
ooutrast to that Ol those who pocketed
it without any qualm or companotious
visiting of conscience. If there be any
virtue left in the country, if any. desire
yet remains to hare an honest and de?
cent Government, the present party,
which can no further go in the way of
committing and compounding with fraud
and rascality, and in general misconduct,
will infallibly^ bei overthrow a at the next
general election. r It has aesisted the
efforts -of Greeley, Sumner, Schurz,
Trumbull, to purge and purify it. It has
rejected their connsol, and cast tbem out
of .its pale. It has repudiated the truths
they told them, beoause they wero un?
palatable, and, ' if received, would ue
oessariiy lead to reforms. It has wickedly
stoned its prophets, and now the storm
which they foresaw and predicted is ga?
thering in force, and, eire long, will
break in destruction over their guilty
heads.
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Savings banks, private bauks und
other financial institutions would do well
to bear in mind the bill which passed
last Congress, aud is now a law, prohi?
biting them from nsing the word "na?
tional" as a title for their respective in?
stitution?. The law goes into effect six
months after its passage, und soy failure
to remove the word national from their
titlo aubjects them to a penalty of $50 a
day while the word remains. The Comp?
troller of the Currency contemplates no?
tifying those savings and private banks
who come under the provisions of the
law, that they must comply with it or be
subjected to the penalty prescribed.
Affairs in AnnBViiiTjE?Wo clip from
the Medium and Press and Banner:
Mrs. Ann Pearson died last week of
paralysis. Sbe was seventy-two years
old, and a member of the Baptist Church.
Wo regret to learn of the death of
Captain Silas Bay, of Smithvillo. Ho
died on lust Saturday, at thu ripo old
ago of seventy-five.
Dr. J. F. Donald, latoly of our Coun?
ty, had his houso burnt at Grovo Stu
tion, in Greenville County, lust week.
His loss was very serious, but sumcthiug
was saved from tho wreck.
Thos. Eakin, an old and much respoct
ed oitizen of our County, died at his re?
sidence, noar Dorrough's Turn-Out, on
last Friday. Ho was sevonty-threo yoars
old.
Mrs. Staoy Chapman died from cold
on tho 2d instant, aged ninety years.
Mrs. Sullie Holliday died on thu same
day, at the age of ninety-five years, from
an injury by a fall. On tho samo day,
Mrs. Barbara Harper died at Honea
Path, aged eighty-three years. She was
a member of the Big Creek Baptist
Church, aud had suffered many years
with liver disease. Thy ho three old
ladies wero play-matos togothrr, and
went to rost on the samo day. Tboy aro
companions in bliss.
Mrs. Jane Baunister died last week of
paralyeis. She lived ou Little River,
I and was ninety-six years old.
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?WXtMM. B?(t>j?et. t r _ .
? correspondent ?f the, Netr ; York
IFor/cf, writing from Ptris, gives the -fol?
lowing ??r?nge and bardJyoredible ao
ooont of tho ?eoent transfusion Of a dead
man's braiottnto * living subject. .The
facta are reported by the World corres?
pondent as recorded ih the QoMette
Hebdomadcdrti taken '? from'.. Virchoto'*
.?4rchivea, a medical journal published at
Berlin:
It waa at Leipzig that the experiment
waa performed. A soldier who had
killed the .colonel of hie regiment >u oulu
blood, and whom the severity of Pros*
eian military discipline would have
oanaed to die a . hundred deaths had it
been possible, was deliberately handed
over to the surgeons, by son ten oe of
court martial, and was. confined in a
strong room in the military hospital,
entirely in .the dark ae to the fate which
awaited him. He waa kept there ready
for an emergenoy, which did not fail to
occur. A, keeper of a beer cellar in
Leipzig, a man resembling, in many re?
spects, the condemned soldier, and who
bad been seized with acute inflammation
of the heart, or rather of its investing
membrane, was brought to the hospitol
to die of that incurable and promptly
fatal malady. No sooner had the antici?
pated death taken place than the dead
saloon-keeper was placed on tbo table by
the side of another operating table, on
whioh was tho-chloroformed but living
body of the soldier. Two Burgeons,
with assistants, proceeded alike in both
oasee to divide the scalp over the sum?
mit of tho skull from ear to ear, turn
baok tho division, and remove the skull?
cap by inoisions, passing around the
ekall like a crown. In the soldier,
whose oarotid arteries had been prepared
for compression, these vessels were
olamped so as to prevent hemorrhage,
and but a few drops of blood were lost
during tho entire operation. In each,
the dura mater was incised, and the
hemispheres of tbe brain were removed
by an incision with a ebarp, thin-bladed
knife passing above the cerebellum, or a
narrow portion of about two inohes in a
diameter called the ornra cerebri. The
brain of the saloon-keeper, whioh was
sound, the heart disease having left it
intaot, be having been sensible to the
last, was transferred to the skull of the
soldier, and by an ingenious oontrivanoe
the oontinnity of tho arterial and venous
tubes was established. The greatest care
was taken iu securing the natural adap?
tation of tbe parts to u frootion of a line,
and the Bkull, having been replaced sim?
ply, was held down and in position by
the scalp, which was drawn over, and its
edges confined by strips of adhesive
plaster, and over all was placed a band?
age.
' It waayiot until several days had pass?
ed, that the pressure noon tbe oarotid
arteries was entirely relaxed, altbongh,
before tho skull waa replaoed, tho flow
of blood in the vessels of the brain was
proved to be restored. The ohief fear
was from tho results of inflammation and
suppuration, but, fortunately, neither
ensued, and the wounded .parts healed
kindly. There was, from the first, no
difficulty in feeding the patient, nor was
diffionlty anticipated, for it is well known
that in puppies and kittens in whioh the
entire brain has been removed, snoking
uud swallowing goon as well as before
tho operation, and in this case the nerves
whioh picBide over deglutition and di?
gestion were far below the point of suc?
tion. Tbe patient remained in a Bound
sleep for two weeks, as in case of apo?
plexy, the circulation, digestion and all
the vegetative funotions of life being un?
interrupted. The gradual union of tho
parts was shown by faint bat gradually
increasing movements of the limbs, of
tho jaws and of the muscles of expression
in the face. Speech did not beoome
possible until the close of the third week,
and then it was hesitating, stammering,
as a child learns. Although, it was evi?
dent that the patient tried to utter words
and sentences, it was very gradual that
tbe power of iutelligible articulation re?
turned.
The Gazelle ooutuins the report, in a
tabular form, of the increasing voluntary
power over the arms and bands, as mea?
sured from day to day by tbe dynamome
ter, the measurements given in kilo?
grammes; also, tbe daily temperature of
tbe limbs, as shown by the thermometer
in degrees of oontigrade; also, the mea?
sure of returning sensibility of the
fingers and lips, as given by an instru?
ment called an rosthesiometer; but I
omit these, as your readers will be inte?
rested in tbe main faots only.
When speech became intelligible it
was found that tbe soldier; as be seemod,
had forgotten entirely his military train?
ing and discipline; on tho other hand,
be told, at a formal examination, in tho
presence of a number of witnesses, the
prices of all the wines and beers, such
as tho saloon-keeper had been in the
habit of buying and selling, manifesting
the unimpaired cerebral aotivity of tho
latter. His memory recalled tho saloon?
keeper/ relatives, friends and customers,
whom ho called by name. Tbe soldier
bad boen agly, taciturn, revengeful; ho
now had the saloon keeper's frankness
and even garrulity, in spite of his stam?
mering utterance. He was totally blind.
Although the nerves of smell and sight
had boon approximated in tho operation,
they failed to unite. It was both sad
and strange to see and hear the soldier
groping in his infirmity of blindness,
and giving proof of all the patient en?
durance aud goodness of heart which
had made tho saloon keeper deservedly
esteemed and prosperous. Theso are
the main facts in tho oase, as far as do
tailed in the Archive, but the subject of
experiment presents so many important
problems of the relation between blood
and brain, of heart power and nervous
energy, that we may be well assured that
no facts of interest in the changed con?
dition of tho oulprit will bo permitted to
escape notice and record. A grave point
of discussion is whether he must still bo
considered a criminal, and suffer execu?
tion as a guilty soldier, or shall be pen
?ftoaedHMriliberally oared tor in hie in*
flrmity as a guiltless and much-snffering
boer-seller. Public sentiment is divided.
Eusperor William says "Ya," peremptc
rily. The ^Emperor William*a jadgee.
therefore, all saj'' Ya wohl.*' The Em-I
Dftror William's professors of metaphys?
ics in the Emperor's anivorsities say it is
dearly a oase of ago and non-ego, and'
the people seem willing that the matter
should rest there as far as the metaphys?
ical aspects of the question are concern?
ed.
For my part I merely give the faots
of the case and the proof on which they
refit.
Thb Tiasi Days of Timbod.?"I," a
correspondent of the Charleston News,
writes as follows, ander date of Colum?
bia, 8. C, March 18, 1873:
Mr. Paul H. Hayns having chosen to
appropriate to himself and consider ex?
amples of "perverse taste and feeling"
some remarks of mine, made in a late
oommunioation to the Boston Daily Ad
veriiser, and ropublished in your co?
lumns, 1 deem some explanations doe
him and due myself. In reading Mr,
Hayne'a memorial sketch of Timrod, I
was greatly struck and delighted with
the csqnisite tos to and delicacy vr hieb
pervaded it from first to last, and the
unfortunate artiole whioh has bo wound?
ed Mr. Hayne'a sensibility was written
with no thought of his share in having
produced "the impression widely preva?
lent at the North that Timrod was ne*
glected by bis owu people."
It seemed to me tho whole Southern
people must be partaking of the indig?
nation I felt that the Northern press
could not even applaud oar dead poot
without traducing our ruined people.
My artiolo was, therefore, simply au en?
deavor to defend my injured country
from the aspersions whioh were being
oast upon her. As Mr. Huyne bus seen
St, however, to bring this unpleasant
subject again before the public, I must
be allowed to enter my protest against
its being assorted that Timrod "was ne?
glected by hit own people." By a refer?
ence to tbo letter in the Boston paper, it
will be seen that, on tho occasion re?
ferred to, uu which Qen. Hamptop made
Timrod's necessities known to my father,
I state "the snow was falling heavily."
The letter alsu makes me atate "it was
early in the fall of 1867." This, it must
easily be perceived, is an error either in
writing or printing, (I have no copy of
the manuscript,) for even tho poetical
imagination of Mr. Paul H. Huyne could
scarcely conceive snow falling heavily in
the latitude of Columbia, S. C, "a few
weeks previous to October." Not sup?
posing I was to be subjected to so scorch?
ing a criticism, I confess I trusted entire?
ly to my memory in preparing the hasti?
ly-written article for the Boston Adver?
tiser, and di not, as I should have done,
consult the references at my command.
I find, by examining a carefully kept
record of those dark days, alike illustra?
tive of man's inhumanity and God's
meroy, that tho interview mentioned
took place on the 20th December, 1866,
nearly one year previous to the date of
Mr. Timrod's death. During this time 1
assort that if he was in want it was in
spito of tho watohfui care of constant
and ready friends, including bis tender
and faithful physician.
That before this period ho may have
been in great need, is mournfully true?
who was not in great need in burnt Co?
lumbia during these sad years of desola?
tion aud famine? Indeed, there were
few focblo women and tender children
who did not know absolute want.
With the piteous tale of Columbia's
fate so widely known, it is strange, and
even hard, that ehe should be taunted
with her inability to surround the dying
poet, her adopted son, with nil the minis?
trations of wealth and ease, but what
she oould do ehe did.
I regret very much that my effort to
rid my' oouutry of somo part of the
odium thrown upon her, should have
forced me to again bring this painful
theme before tho public. So much as I
have written I believe just and neces?
sary, but promise yon I shall not bo
tempted to oontinue tho discussion.
BoiliBR Exflosion.?A brief telegram
was received in this city yesterday, by
Messrs. Steinmeyer & Stokes, from
Yemassee, tho junction of the Savannah
and Charleston and Port Boyal Boads,
stating that the boiler at Browning's
saw mills, on tho latter railroad, about
nine miles North of Yemassee, had ex?
ploded on Monday afternoon, by which
Mr. Browning was seriously injured.
Verbal information received later, repre?
sented that two colored hands employed
at tho mill had also boon injured.
[Charleston News.
The Charlotte Democrat says: Col.
Sago, the energetic Superintondont and
Engineer of tho Atlanta and Bichmond
Air-Liuo ltailway, left Greenville, S. C,
at 8 o'clock A. M., on Wednesday morn?
ing hist, and arrived in Charlotte at 8 P.
M., samo day?12 hours from Greenvillo
to Charlotte, and the road not yet en?
tirely completed between the two points.
By Juno or July, if nothing unforeseen
prevents, all-rail communication will be
established between Atlanta and Char?
lotte.
Meningitis.?Wo rogret to stato that
this fearful scourgo has again broken out
in this community, nud that since Satur?
day last, thero have beon no less than
four deaths. One of these, tho oldest
son of Mr. Ed. Kingsmoro, a bright and
promising youth of about twelve years,
and throe colored persons. There.aro
several others dangerously low at this
writing. Among the whites, it is con?
fined altogether to cihldren.
[Newberry Herald.
Tho shoe-shop occupied by Samuel
Ballenger, colored, belonging to Mrs. E.
O. Ballenger, on Tyger Biver, was burn?
ed on Friduy night, tho 7th inst., with
its entire contents, worth about $75. It
is supposed to havo boon the work of an
incendiary, as no oue bad occupied tbo
house that day .?Carolina Spartan.
Ottt BrlAT-fBRS.?The price of sin Ig
oopie? of the Phoxntx is five cents.
to latest styles weeding a?4 Visiting
i and envelopes, tastily printed, can
be pbtained at the Pboznix office.
Old newspapers for sale at Phcemis
office, at fifty cents a hundred. '"
Summer was regularly inaugurated
yesterday. These was considerable rain,
with thundor and lightning accompa?
niment.
A gentleman from tbe country, last
week, went down to Augusta, Ga., with
81,800 in gold, whioh he bought in 1666
at $1.50, and kept buried in the earth
for seven years. He sold it for $1.14J^,
losing on eaoh dollar thirty-five cents.
He came to the conclusion that be bad
better put his money in aotive nse, for it
was doing him no good in the ground,
If there be any one in South Carolina,
who is aoting thus foolishly, let him do
as the above gentleman.
Messrs. Hoffman St Albreoht will ao-!
oept our thanks for a basket full of arti?
cles of material use in house-keeping.
Tbey keep on hand a variety of such
things; as evidenced by their advertise?
ment.
Tbe Library Committee of the Board
of Trade acknowledges tho receipt of a
donation of six volumes from W. J.
Duffle, Esq.
Christopher Hayuesworth, the well
known barber and hair-dresso., is about
to ohange his base, and occupy the large
room in the Wheeler House, on the
South side of the main entrance. He
expects to occupy his new quarters by
the first of April.
It is rumored that H. T. Peake, Eeq.,
bo long and favorably known as Gene?
ral Superintendent of the South Caro?
lina Railroad, is about to form a con?
nection with tbe Port Boyal Railroad,
commencing on the 1st proximo, in tbe
oharaoter of its General Superintendent.
Superintendent Dodamead reports a
vast increase in the amount of business
done over his road?more than ever be?
fore.
Dr. Darby has removed to the Colum?
bia Hotel, sad can be found there at
night, and, at his office, at Dr. Miot'e
drug store, during tbe day,
Parker'a Hall is to*be dedicated on the
night of the 27th, by the ball of the
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company.
Work on the building is going forward
with a rush.
Mr. B. L. Bryan announces the open?
ing of the oroquet season, and also- the
receipt of a new stock of the implements
necessary to play the game.
Messrs. Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville
Press and Banner, and Thomas F. Gre
neker, of tho Newberry Herald, were in
tbe city yesterday.
Foreigners are attracted to the vast
coal and iron fields of the South. The
increasing use of iron as a substitute for
both stone and wood, in addition to tbe
many other objects for whioh it is indis?
pensable, will compel onr countrymen
themselves to draw largely upon those
vast mineral and metallic -stores, whioh
seem at presont to be inexhaustible.
Tbe expenses on account of the inau?
guration ball are $20,000 short of the re?
ceipts. Those who danced should be
mado to pay the fiddlers, and tho subser?
vient office-holders are the men who got
up this display.
There was a rush, yesterday, at the
store of Messrs. J. H. Kinard it-Co., op?
posite tho old stand. The articles are
being sold at and below cost.
The Euphradian Society of the Uni?
versity has invited the Professors to de?
liver somi-monthly lectures before the
public The first leoturo will be de?
livered in the University Chapel, on
Wednesday night next. Professor Bab?
bitt is the lecturer, and will illustrate his
remarks by experiments on various sub?
jects in natural philosophy. He is said
to bo a successful experimentalist.
Company B, Seventh Cavelry, Cupt.
Thompson, arrived from Spartanburg
yesterday, and left last night for Da?
cota.
There is a groat leak in the gas-pipe
corner of Riohland and Main streets.
A lot of selected Norfolk oysters can
bo obtained at the ice house to-day, at
tuo actual cost?a portion of those or?
dered for the Baptist Fair.
Pucenixiana.?"Paws for a reply," as
tho oat said when she scratched tho dog
for barking at her.
Tomperance motto; "Jog not, that ye
bo jugged."
A beautiful woman, said Fontello, is
the purgatory of the purse and the para?
dise of tho oye. This is something for
you to think of at this soason.
A New York paper says "a Providence
policeman dropped dead at his post."
Ho should have followed tho example of
many other policemen, and kept away
from his post.
A fomalo lobbyist, who couldn't got
her bill through tho Legislature, spit in
a Wisconsin Solon's faoe, and the Solon
ohokod her a little.
i Iff irr arn^waamaanaa;1 r-The Nswtbern
nVai'l.opojftt fr#0,A. M/^ttd:aiopt P. M.;
Cloth 8 P./M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles -
ton day mall operas 6.15 P. M. j close* 6
AV, M.; night opens'7.00 A. M ; closes
6.15 P. SI- Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.;
closes 6 A. M. .Western opens. 6.80 A.
M. and 1*2.80 P. M.; olose? 8 and 1 P. M.
Wilniihgton opens 8.30. P'. M.; closes
10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office is
open from 8 to 4 P. M. '
-ftcrs
The Fair.? The bad weather slightly
affected the attendance. upon the fair
yesterday and last night. Those in
search of a good dinner were well re?
warded, and the table? were kept fnil for
several boors. Tbe lady attendants were
prompt in supplying the wants of their
guests. At night, the room was thronged
to such an extent that locomotion was
somewhat impeded. The receipts have
been very satisfactory. : This evening, at
6 o'clock, the hall will again be opened,
for the purpose of disposing of the arti?
cle* rmtmjnina nn band, by eilCii'j" ? tho
"crying" to commence at 8; prior to
whioh' honr there will be private sales.
Admission free. '"'
. HoTBli Akiuva-ls, March 18, 1873.?
Wheeler House?R 8 Phinney, Clinton;
J O Sheppard, Edgefleld; Mrs J H
Armsby, Albany, N - Y; Miss Minnie
Thompson, Albany, N Y; Mrs James
Batman, Mrs F F Garry, Buffalo, N Y;
Frank JefferB, Pawtucket, ? I; Mr and
Mrs J1 S Pike, Maine; Wm M Graham,
Sumter; J L Lindsay, city; G B King,
N O; T B Johnston, Snmter; J G
Holmes, Jr, Charleston; J H Wither*
spoon, Book Hill; 8 W Clayton, M D,
Pickocs; Dr 8 Angle, Charlotte; H G
Mergentine, NY.
Columbia Hotel?Thos F Gieneker,
Newberry; Joseph Welnttes, Miss J M
Welettes, G B King, New York; Samuel
Stradley, Greenville; H H Hiokman and
wifo, Augusta; B B Hobbs, O, ? A A R
R;OD Nathans, C W Welle, Philadel?
phia; O LB Marsh, Wilmington; W T
Butt, B Walton Robertson, Augusta; S
Agnew, Dne West; O G Jaeger. New
berry; Mrs Dr Manly, Miss M A.McKay,
Greenville; S O Gilbert, SO;PD Bush,
G Sc 0 B B.
List of New Advertisements.
Meeting Union Council, No. 5.
Meeting Phoenix Hook and Ladder Oo.
Headquarters National Guard.
B. L. Bryan?Croquet.
The Latest Natubaxi Besux/t?A NaW
Volcano in Lower California.? Molo jo
is tbe name given to a town in Lower
California* situated on a bay of the same
name, opening iuto tbu Gulf of Califor?
nia, about, midway between the month
of tbe Colorado River and Cape San Lu
oaa. The distance to Moleje-from, this
city by the old Spanish Mission Road,
leading to Cape Sati Lpcas,;iB/'about 670
miles. , Wo havo information froqa Mo?
leje to tho" effect that recently a volcano
was discovered within a distance of
about twenty-five leagues from" the
town, and between two and three leagues
from tbe Gulf coast, and about the same
distanoe from the old Spanish Mission
Road. On the mountain side, within an
area of about 200 yards, there are over
twenty vent holes, from whioh smoke is
emitted in jets a yard or more above the
surface. Lower down the side of the
mountain than these vent holes, streams
of water issue forth. The discovery was
made by a couple of natives, while on a
prospecting tour for mines. The sur?
rounding country is rugged and barren.
Although4he land has been claimed, and
has been occupied for years, it is utterly
worthless, not even affording pasturage
for cattle. Earthquakes have been of
rather common occurrence in Moleje for
several years. At times, tho shooks were
unpleasantly heavy, threatening to over?
throw the buildings of the town. Last
year, twenty distinct shooks were felt on
different occasions, but tbey were all of a
light character. During 1870, five earth?
quake shooks were felt at Moleje, whioh
created considerable alarm, shaking the
houses to the very foundations. It is
now believed that these earthquakes had
tbeir sources in the newly-discovered
volcano, tbe eruption of whioh has ap?
parently taken place at a comparatively
recent date; for, although the district
has been inhabited at least two centu?
ries, earthquakes have never been known
to occur till the last few years, not even
by tbe Indians. A reoent date of El
Gol/o de Cortes, a Spanish paper pub?
lished at Quad mas, Mexioo, corrobo?
rates tho above statement.
[San Diego ( Cal) Union.
A serious accident occurred yesterday,
at the old Marine Hospital bnildiug,
Franklin street, now used as a colored
school. The plastering of the oeiling of
ouo of the rooms in which a number of
obildrou were engaged in their studies,
fell with a sudden crash in the midst of
them, cutting the hand of Mary Glover,
breaking tho leg of Isabella Savage and
slightly injuring and dreadfully frighten?
ing others.?Charleston Courier.
New lifo was put into tho South Caro?
lina Historical Sooiety, the other even?
ing, at their meeting in Charleston.
Prof. F. A. Porcher was oleoted Presi?
dent, and Mr. A. Barron Holmes was
chosen Seoretary.
Next Saturday is expeoting to be an
exciting day in Barnwell County, as the
citizens will vote then to deoide whether
the court house shall be removed from
IMackville or not.
Dennison, Texas, a town whioh wasn't
four months ago, now has a newspaper
i to report the throng of beauty and fa?
shion at the opening of its new opera
house ?
Tho were 21 death in Charleston for
the week ending the 15th?whites 0; co?
lored 12.