The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 02, 1873, Image 2
COLUMBIANS. C.
Wednesday Morning, July 2.1873.
One of Oar D?ng?r?.
At this season of commencements?
when we see and read so muoh of the in?
teresting exeicises and oonolading cere
moniea at the graduation of the youth
of the country, the coming men and
women?we cannot but urge upon pa?
rents the vast benefit of this training and
equipment for the fl^pld of aotivo life.
Poverty has overtaken our people, and
prosperity haj for the time left us. Un?
certainty, disappointment and frequent
failure attend our labors, however ear?
nest and devoted. We are) in the midst
of trying times, and the difficulties of
giving eduoation to the young are very
great and discouraging. But let us tully
appreciate the importance of the prepa?
ration, and do all that may be done, as?
sured that the harvest will certainly be
great. There is no greater or more per?
manent evil attendant on parents than
. the failure to educate, and the degrada?
tion of ignorance. "Knowledge is
power," and the foroe of the human
mind, if exorcised, has no limit to its
improvement. Honest and systematic
labor in the paths of learning and men?
tal achievements often makes men of
capacity, at first ordinary, booome great.
The trained student has the same advan?
tage over tho untrained as the practiced
.pugilist or gymnast haa over persona of
common physique, without exeroiso.
One of the greatest dangers of the South
-is degeneracy and inferiority in the edu?
cation of the young. We, therefore,
take occasion to impress upon all the
grave duty of .doing all that is possible
in this direction?for. the sake of the
?country, as well as their own posterity.
' .'. .
General Sherman is not always as dis
oreet as he should be toward the Presi?
dent he serves. While- addressing the
graduating class at West Point, a few
days since, he blunderingly said that
"the soldier should disregard all idea of
tho pursqii of wealth. Glory is the
.soldier's wealth, ii Thai is. true now, and
will; bftuntil the;iend of time." Buch
language fr,om snob a.source would seem
to imply a pointed disrespect for the
great soldier at the White House, or at
least-at' the White Honke, when not in
the g>ft oottage at Long Branch. Qen.
Grant has deservedly the reputation of
being a soldier, but he never pursued
the enemy with' halt the ardor that ho
has devoted to the pursuit of wealth.
Referring to tbo incident aboye related,
the New York Sun says:
"Qen. Grant got a number of rioh
men to subscribe for a gift to Gen. Sher?
man, and then, getting the money into
his own control, applied the greater part
of it to the purchase for Sherman, at the
T?te of $65,000, of his own house in
Washington, which he had jnst before
sold" to another man for 810,000. It is
not surprising that the memory of that
little transaction should linger iu the
mind of the General of the Army,
prompting him to observations aa keen'
and wholesome as those which we have
quoted above."
Moreover, if any person is to be cen?
sured more than another for the salary
grab, that person is surely Graut. By
signing the bill he made the fraud effect?
ive.
Mortuary statistics show that the popu?
lar uotion that negroes are more able
than the whites to resist the attacks of
malarious diseases, is erroneous. In
Alabama, the raoes are nearly equal,
521,000 whites to 475,003 negroes; yet
tho last census shows that while there
were 4,500 deaths among the whites,
thero wero 6,000 among the negroes.
The measles oarried oil 281- negroes to
122 whiles; the typhoid fever, 197 ne?
groes to 207 whites; while remittent and
intermittent fevers took 412 negroes to
293 whites. Pneumonia was espeoiully
fatal to the colored race, 988 fatal oases
.of it having occurred to 498 among the
whites. The same facts uro noticeable
in regard to the ravages of mulurious
fevers, consumption, pneumonia and
general diseases, in Mississippi, South
Carolina and other Southern States.
Po36ibly, the negleot of their sick by the
negroes may account for a portion of the
disparity of deaths, but the faot is still
established by figures, that iu point of
health, tho Oauoasiun is the suporior
race, even in the South.
The Atlanta Sun has been merged in
the Atlanta ComlUution, and Mr. Ste?
phens, "while having nothing to do with
the proprietorship, will retain au edito- j
rial connection with the united papers."
This furnishes another evidenoo that
liberalism is the winning card in the
South. Mr. Stephens, with all hie pres?
tige and splendid abilities, could not
make tho Sun a successful enterprise,
burdened, as it was, with tho weight of
old fogyism. It is n dead weight, and
no paper can live in the South or uuy
whero else, that attempts to carry it.
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Keep everything around yon clean,
and fear not the cholera.
The Order of Patrons of Husbandry
and Its Objects.? A Western corres?
pondent of the Kew York World lately
gave a very interesting account of the
I farmers' movement in the West, and of
the order of Patrons of Husbandry in
connection therewith, For the benefit
of inquirers, we make the following ex?
tracts:
To state the primary objeots of the
order in detail, they may be declared as
being to seonre intimate sooial relation?
ship among the farmers and producers of
this country; to encourage the progress
j and elevate the charaajfcr of their pur?
suits; to diffuse among them a thorough
knowledge of the aims and purposes-of
agriculture; to enable them to appreciate
the importance and neocasity of protect?
ing their true interests by oombined co?
operative association, and to show to the
members how important and influential
is the pursuit of agriculture. A promi?
nent feature of the order is that of in?
creasing sociability among its members.
The grange is a place where the farmer
may ,tuke his wife and daughters, and
they, as well as himself, must be assured
that no objeotionsble company is to be
admitted.
The forms and ceremonies in the
gxnugGo arc only such as arc necessary
for discipline. There is enough of se?
crecy in tho order to afford protection to
the consultation of its members, and|in
this respect they resemble human kind
generally?families,' churches, business
firms and corporations. Like other bu?
siness enterprises, the granges propose
to keep their own counsel as a family,
each patron working for his own inte?
rests as well as for those of his many as?
sociates, ?
The opponents of the order have mado
the admission of women into granges a
special mark of their opposition; bat the
originators of the movement were so sa?
tisfied that they could not accomplish all
that would be necessary without the as?
sistance of* women, that they adopted
rules which prevented the formation of
a grange without a certain ratio of lady
members, and these hopes have been
more than realized in the sooial refine?
ments doe to their preBenoe, whioh en?
nobles the purposes of the order, and
gives to it that family and social feature
whioh is one of the principal attributes
of the granges.
The ritual of the order is of a very
pleasing and attentive kind, and creates
enthusiasm, among the members owing
to its strict adaptation to rural pursuits.
The granges measurably fill tho void, so
common in rural districts, of the lack of
amusements, and aid largely in solaoing
tho mind of the pountry populations
wearied with the ledium?or imagined
tedium?of a country existence. Among
other properties each grange possesses
are a well-selected library, a piano or a
melodeon, a microscope, botanical,
mineralogical and entomological speci?
mens, and similar facilities for intel?
lectual amusement and scientific study.
In one of the degrees occurs a social
feast, whioh is a happy re union, heartily
enjoyed by old and young. At the sooial
board all participate in friendly inter?
course, introductions are made and ac?
quaintances formed. The members,
thus gathered together in one family, as
it were, learn to know each other better,
and are brought into closer connection
and sympathy than ever before, espe
oially when a community is soaLterud,
social relationship limited, and where
occasion* for its encouragement rarely
occur.
The legitimate business of tho granges
embraces everything that can be advan?
tageous to its members. Among the
more prominent matters now fairly inau?
gurated and in good working condition,
may be mentioned a systematic arrange?
ment for rapidly procuring and dissemi?
nating information relative to crops, the
aspect of demand and sapply, prices in
various markets, iho coat of transporta?
tion from point to point by various
routes, the establishment of depots for
the sale of special products, so as to
bring the consumer in direot contact
with tho producer; also for tho purchase
and exchange of live stock, seeds, plants
and fruits of all kinds; facilities for pro?
curing help and labor at home or from
abroad, and work for those seeking em?
ployment; a well-guarded system of test?
ing and ascertaining the merits of newly
invented or newly introduced farming
machinery and implements, the results
of which are at once communicated to all
tho members of the order. Its agents
are con3tautly on the alert to expose and
detect frauds and deceptions of every
kind, and protect the members by every
available means from all measures likely
to injure their interests.
All tho candidates for nomination for
Governor of Minnesota, claim to he de?
voted friends of tho farmers of that
Stato. There is nothing straugo in that.
The time wiii come?and thai soou?
when all pnrticr and every candidate will
bo the friends of the "Farmers' Move?
ment."
The prevailing epidemic at Memphis
anil Nashville and other cities in the
South has seriously interfered with busi?
ness to and from those points, even so
far as to compel tho different railroad
lines to suspend tho running of some of
their passenger and freight trains.
A German, named Conrad Kelterborn,
committed Buicide in Suvannah, on the
28th ult., by catting his throat with a
razor. Domestic difficulties were tho
alleged cause.
The body of an unknown wbito man,
of short stature, has been found in tho
marsh near Plam Island, in the vicinity
of Charleston.
The Rev. George Allou, who died in
Savannah, Ga., on tho 28th of June, was
a brother-in-law of the lato Judge Ward
law, and a nativo of South Carolina.
During a heavy thunder storm, on the
23d ult., Mr. J. W. Smith, a worthy
citizon of Buford, Oa., was struck by
lightning und instantly killed.
Penitentiary Statistics.?Gen. John
B. Dennis, Superintendent of * the State
Penitentiary,.has furnished an abstraot
of statistics of that instltntioh, which he
has been preparing for the Department
of Justice at Washington:
The whole nnmber of Inmates of the
Penitentiary, January 1,1878, was 188;
the whole number discharged during the
year 1872 was 300; the number pardoned
during the year 1872 was 238 males and
7 females, and the number discharged
by expiration of sentence during the
Jear was 55; 47 of the 188 on the first of
anuary of tho previous year can read
and write; the remainder?131 males and
10 females?cannot; 56 only have trade?.
Of those now confined, 3 are natives^of
Alabama; 1 from California; Florida, 1;
Georgia, 6 males and 1 female; Ken
tuchy, l;Maino, 1; Mississippi, 3;North
Carolina, 14; South Carolina, 140 males
and 9 females; Tennessee, 1; Virginia,
4; British Proviuoes, 1; and Ireland, 1.
Their crimes are: Assault with intent to
rape, 3; arson, 16 males, 3 females;
assault with intent to kill, 6; bigamy, 1;
burglary, 46 males, 1 female; house
breaking, 3 males, 1 female; horse steal?
ing, 7; larceny, 44; murder, 29 males, 3
females; manslaughter, 5; perjury, 1;
robbery, 5; rape, 11; abdnotion, 1; and
infanticide, 2 females. Their terms of
sentence are: Those under one year, 11;
under two years, 25 males, 1 female;
under three years, 30 males, 3 females;
under four years, 20 males, 1 female;
under five years, 12 males; under six
years, 18 males, 3 females; under seven
years, 3; under eight years, 3; under
nine years, 2; under twelve years, 22
males and 1 female; under fifteen years,
2; under twenty years and over fifteen,
6; for twenty years and over, 11 males
and 1 female; and for life, 13 males.
Bloody Wobe in Geoboia.?It is
rumored in Atlanta that an attack was
made in Union County upon certain
United States officers, which resulted fa?
tally. It seems that two United States
Deputy Marshals, Manchester and Bay,
and a citizen named Led ford, who pro?
bably noted as an informer, were in
Union County, looking up and arresting
illicit distillers. On last Wednesday, tho
party of three were ambuscaded by a
squad of Union County men, at least
twenty strong. They had concealed
themselves on the road, and the first in?
timation of their presence was a sbet
?m volley fired upon them, killing Mr.
edford. The two remaining tried to
escape, but Deputy Marshal Bay was
captured.
Grant's Civil Sebvice Refobm and
Thibd Tebm.?Col. John S. Mosby, the
Southern guerrilla fighter, says: "I have
scoured appointments for gentlemen
living in different portions of the State.
* * * I think I have made the Presi?
dent more friends by these appointments
than all tho Radicals iu Virginia would
have mudein a hundred years. * * *
Federal patronage is the sustenance, the
support of the carpet-bag party iu the
South. Deprived of that, it would die
to-morrow." Col. Moaby also sayH: "I
expect to take the stamp in favor of Gen.
Grant's re-election for the third term."
Discipline the Liveb.?The liver is
truly an "unruly member." Some?
times it is torpid and secretes too slowly,
at other times it is unnaturally active
and sends forth a perfect freshet of bile.
Regulate this organ with HoBtetter's Bit?
ters, not with calomel or blue mass.
Mineral excitants, in stimulating the
liver, poison the blood, and their ulti?
mate effect is terrible. Tho Bitters, on
the other hand, have a vitalizing and
purifying, as well as a stimulating effect.
They not only regulate the flow of bile,
but iu'fuse new life into the whole sys?
tem. A good appetite and perfect diges?
tion, a regular, natural habit of body^a
sonnd oondition of the nervous system,
vivacity of spirits, increased bodily
strength and power of endurance, and
refreshing sleep, are among the blessings
they promote. The temperature of sum?
mer is a severe tax npon the digestive
and secretive organs, and the Bitters are
never more indispensable than at this
period of the year. J29J-2+1
Nervous Debilitv.?A depressed, ir?
ritable state of mind; weak, neryoup,
exhausted feeling; no energy or ani?
mation; confused head, weak memoby,
often with debilitatino, involuntary
discharges. The conscquenee of ex?
cesses, mental overwork or indiscretions.
This nebvous debility finds tt soyebeign
cube in HUMPHllEYS' homozopathic spe?
cific, No. 28. It tones up the system,
arrests discharges, dispels the mental
gloom and despondenoy, and rejuvenates
tho ontiro system; it is perfectly harmless
and always efficient. Price $5 for a pack
ago of five boxes and a large S2 vial of
powder, which is important iu old serious
cases; or 31 per single box. Sold by all
Druggists, or sent by mail on recoipt of
! price, Address Humphreys' Specific
homceopathio medicine company, No.
562 Broadway, N. Y. For sale by Geiger
& McGregor, Columbia, S. C. Apllf^ly
If yonr hair is falling out, use Nattaus'
Crystal Discovery, which supplies that
nourishment from tho loss or insufficient
supply of which the hair falls out. It
gives now life. A trial will convince.
Sold by druggists generally. Prioe $1
por bottle. For sale by C. H. Miot.
J27t3
"Miller House," at 37, 39 and 41
West 26th St., New York City.?Ele?
gant family and single rooms, by the day
or week, with or without board, in a first
oluss location, near Madison Square,
twenty minutes ride from Central Park.
Prices low during the summer. Ad?
dress E. P. Miller, 41 West 26th street,
N. Y. Juue 25 10
Ex-Governor Charles J. Jenkins, of
Georgia, has been presented with a gold
modal, voted him by the Legislature' of
that Stato, lest year.
The farmers' granges or Patrons of
I Husbandry movement is progressing in
I Virginia.
XZm ooal Ite rria. ?.
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City Matters.?The pno?: ui single
copies of the Phcenix is five cents.
The annual commencement of TJrsu
line Convent, at Yalle' Craoia, near Co?
lombia, S. C, 06mes off to-day, at 8>?
o'olock.
Persons in arrears to the Pucenix for
subscriptions are notified that prompt
payment must be made. It is either
money or no paper.
The question naturally arises what
would our Trial Justices do were it net
for the festive freaks of tho gentle Afri?
can?
A quantity of type metal?equal to
Babbitt, for many purposes?for sale at
the Pekenix office, at twenty-five cents
per pound for small quantities?less
figures for large lots.
The Union-Herald is a stickler for
fashion?it has had four different beads
during its six months' existence. Per?
haps the proprietors think it better to
be out of the world than out of fashion.
Our German fellow-citizens enjoyed
themselves at a pio nie and dinner, yes?
terday, at the brewery. The fnn was
kept up until Lunar made her appearauc*,
when all "came home by the light of the
moon."
Mr. F. Hash made his last run over
the Greenville and Colombia Railroad,
yesterday. He takes a position on the
Air Line Railroad. We wish him as
prosperous and pleasant a career in his
new as in his old position.
We regret to learn by a despatch from
Thomaeville, Ga., that the honso occu?
pied by Messrs. A. M. Hnnt and Wo,
Paryear, formerly residents of Columbia,
was destroyed during an extensive fire in
that town, a few days ago.
It was rumored on the streets, yester?
day, that Mr. A. A. Glover, of Edgefleld,
bad been refused bail in the case of the
State vs. Glover, for the homicide of
Mr. Lovett Gomilion, before Jndge
Graham, at Charleston, on Monday.
At the annnal meeting of the Phoenix
Hook and Ladder Company, the follow?
ing officers were elected to servo the en?
suing year: J. L. Little, Foreman; P.
Meigbau, Assistant Foreman; F. D.
Koueman, -Seoretary; J. Jeans, Trea?
surer.
Mr. James Glaffey has kindly fur?
nished us with a mess of potatoes, of the
"Peerless Pink" variety. They are
large and mealy, with their skins much
resembling the "Early Boso." They
were grown in Mr. Claffey's garden in
this city.
It is proposed to raise by subscription
a sufficient sum of monoy to erect a
suitable and appropriate monument to
the memory of Hon. James L. Orr. The
plan suggested is, that the subscription
should be made as follows: By the Bar
of bis Circuit; by the Masons of the
Slate; by tho members of Orrs Rifle
Regiment, and by his friends generally.
The steamship line between Charles?
ton and New York is extensively patron?
ized at this season of the year. The
boats are built of iron, have every con?
venience, state-rooms qu deck, tables
well supplied, and the officers competent
and courteous. Mr. W. A. Courtenay is
the agent of tho "Iron Line," consisting
of the Georgia and South Carolina. The
rates are much less than by rail, while
you are froe from dust and heat.
To Olr Exchanges.?The time has
arrived for the enforcement of the new
postal regulations, in anticipation of
whioh we have revised our exchange Ii9t,
and cut off such exchanges as can bo dis?
pensed with. Daily newspapers with
which we wiBh to exchange will receive
The PnXENTX, if they desire it, as hereto?
fore, each paying postage on what is re?
ceived. Those daily journals which con?
tinue to receive Tuk Pu<enix may consi?
der us willing to exchange; and will
please uotify us if such an arrangement
is not agreeable. The weekly journals
published in this State, to which we
have hitherto sent The Pjjie.six, daily or
tri-weekly, will have tho exehauge con?
tinued, if the weeklies will pay the post?
age both ways; ot bor wise, wo will bo
forced to exchange Tue Weekly Gleaner
with them, each paying the postage ou
the journals received. This arrange?
ment proposed to the State weeklies re?
quires immediate attention; which it is
desirable shall be given.
In regard to thoso journals which wo
feel compelled to roiiuquish, we would
not have it inferred that wo do not ap?
preciate their worth aud interest. Some
of these are of editorial ability and in*
dustry, and others of special local value.
But as we cannot retain all, we must re
striol oursolves to such as are of most
practical* uso to us in collecting intelli?
gence. It is not pleasant to part from
auy of the old, familiar newspaper faces,
but it is simply a requirement of busi?
ness, rendered indispensable by the re?
gulations adopted by the last Congress
in regard to the circulation of newspa?
pers.
The City; Water?Another. Meeting.
A boofiro in front of the Court House,
?bt night, drew together a goodly num?
ber of citizens. Dr. Talley took the
chair about half-past 8 o'clock, and Mr.
Sloan occupied hie position as Secretary,
Mayor Alexander arose and stated to
the meeting that he had heard nothing
from Col. Pearce in response to the reso?
lutions passed Monday evening. He
then went into an explanation of the
causes why the old Council bad entered
into the contraot with Coi. Pearce. He
k.ew nothing of the Columbia Wattr
Power Company. The Mayor also ex?
plained away the atatemeuts made by
Judge Melton as to wastage near the
Wheeler House and on Arsenal Hill, etc.
He intimated that the oounsel for Col.
Pearce attempted to gag the meeting the
night before, in which they failed. After
further statements and explanations, the
Mayor closed.
Mr. Chamberlain, of counsel for the
Water Power Company, then arose, and
8 kid ho was present for the purpose of
reading tho following explanation from
Col. Pearce, in reply to resolutions
passed at a meeting of citizens on Mon?
day evening:
Hon. John Alexander, Mayor of Columbia.
Sir: In answer to yonr request, which
I have just received, I have the honor to
submit the following statement:
It must be well known to the City
Council and to the citizens that the only
sources of water supply are, first, the
water from the city springs, and, second,
the water from the river. As to the first
source of supply, I presume nothing
need be said, further than this, that it
furnishes the same water which the citi?
zens have been accustomed to use for
years past, and, so far as I am advised,
no complaints are made as to its purity.
This supply, an I am informed by a com?
petent civil engineer, amounts to about
270,000 gallons daily. ? As to the second
source of supply?the water from the
river?you are aware that, by tbo con?
tract, it was not to be used unless upon
the failure of the other streams to fur?
nish a sufficient supply. Finding that,
from oauses beyond my control, the
usual supply from the first source was
proving inadequate, it became neces?ary
to resort to the river for water. To this
end, I employed a person skilled in the
business to erect a filtering apparatus,
and have since been using water from
the river, but only iu sufficient quanti?
ties to supply the deficiency of thespring
water. This water has been pronounced
pure by skillful chemists and eminent
physicians of this city. The filtering
apparatus I am using is constructed in
the same manner as the filters used in
other cities, it is found, upon frequent
examination, that the water which passes
through it is effectually cleared of ull
sediment.
The city is' now using daily more water
than the streams from the springs sup?
ply. How this id done cannot but be
well known to any one who puts himself
to the trouble to inquire. Why it is
done and the necessity thus forced upon
the company to resort to the river water,
it is needless for mo to suggest. It cer?
tainly cannot be supposed that the com?
pany would subject itself to the addi?
tional expense of pumping river water,
and using a filter, if the noceuaity for no
doing did not exist; and if the citizens
prefer to use alone the water from the
springs, it must be apparent to every one
that it can only be secured by such re?
gulations on the part of the oity as will
encourage the use of tho water, and
limit it to the supply furnished by the
springs.
If the City Conncil persist in allowing
a lavish use of the water, as a matter of
course, the Colombia Water Power Com?
pany, under their contract, will continue
to be compelled to resort to the river for
an adequate supply. Whether the water,
when delivered by the company into the
distributing reservoir, be or be not pure,
can only be ascertained by an examina?
tion of the same as it is thus delivered.
Such an examination, I submit, should
in fairness bo made, and if upon such
examination it be found to be impure,
and the correction of tho evil be within
the power of the company, I should not
hesitate a moment to endeavor its correc?
tion.
That complaints justly exist as to tho
impurity of tho water wheu delivered by
tho city supply pipes, I c.iunot question.
That these impurities are in the water
whou delivered by tho company into the
distributing reservoir, I respectfully douy.
The fact is well known, that the distri?
buting reservoir is in a bad condition?
that it has not been cleaued for a long
interval of time, and is fouled with muoli
offensive vegetable and animal matter.
Tbo fact is also well known, that the
small supply pipes to tbo dwelliugs are
also in bad condition, many of them be?
ing partially filled with sodiment, which
is the accumulation of years, and many
of them choked up with foreign matter,
which has been washed into them froo?
the distributing reservoir. Whilst the
reservoir aud the supply pipes remain in
this condition, it mast be manifest to
everyone, that, however absolutely pure
tho water may be wheu delivered in the
t reservoir, it must continue to be impure
nnd offensive when carried to the dwell?
ings of tho citizens.
By tho terms of tho contract, tho com?
pany is not at prosent vested with any
control over tho distribution of the
water throughout tbo city, nor is at pre?
sent vested with any control over the dis?
tributing reservoir. There being a dif?
ference of opinion in regard to tho pre?
sent control of tho distributing reservoir,
without stopping to disouss this ques?
tion, or to make at prosent any issue
j with the City Council in reference there
I to, I am willing at once to assume the
I duty of cloaning tho reservoir, that the
citizens may be rolievod at once of any
grievance which results from that source
?public notice being given by you of
the time when the water will be drawn
j off of the reservoir for that purpose, and
j the customary order issued prohibiting
1 the use of*water npon the streets anil
the opening of hydrants, except ior fire
purposes, daring the time required in
cleaning the reservoir.
? la conclusion, Mr. Mayor, allow me to
Bay, what should suggest itself to every
unprejudiced mind, that the Colombia
Water Power Company, or I, as its
agent, can have no possible interest or
motive in supplying water that is not
pure. It is no economy on my part, but,
on the contrary, is a heavy daily expanse
to draw water from tho river?an ex?
pense which the company would very
gladly avoid. If directed by the Council
not to do so, I Will cheerfully obey the
direction, and will thenceforth force up
only the water from the springs. But
so to do, and thereby to subject the city
to the hazard of a failing supply, is a re?
sponsibility which the company cannot
be expected to assume without authority.
If the Council will impose proper regu?
lations, limiting the nnneccssary waste
of water, and the oitizens will in like
manner lend their co-operation, all tho
evils oomplained of may fee speedily re?
medied. With Bach regulations, which
the company has neither the right to im?
pose nor the power to enforce, the sup?
ply from the springs, whioh the citizons
appear generally to prefer, will be found
fairy adequate.
, 8. A. PEARCE, Jr.,
I Agent Columbia Water Power Co.
The communication, on motion of
General Anderson, was reoeived as in?
formation.
Mr. Seibels then offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the Mayor be, and he
is hereby, instraoted to take possession
of the distributing reservoir and have it
cleaned out immediately, and then should
the water not prove good, he call a mass
meeting of the citizens of Colombia to
consider what can be done.
Mr. Seibels desired Col. Pearce's coun?
sel to inform the meeting whether or not
Col. P. had control of the springs in the
park, and whether or not they shonld be
oovered. He wanted to know whether
the citizens were to bo furnished with
pure water, or was it to be like the
manufacturing business?a fiaale. If
the Mayor was placed in possession of
the water works, he ventured.the asser?
tion that in one week's time, we should
have just as pare water as had been fur?
nished for thirty years.
The resolution of Mr. Seibels was
unanimously adopted, and the meeting
adjourned.
We learn that Mr. E. W. Evereon,
who bus held the positions of local editor
on the Daily Union, from November?
1870, to January, 1873, and of associate
editor of the Daily Evening Herald and
Union-Herald, respectively, sinoe tho last
named date, last eveningreceived*letter
from the proprietors, informing him that
owing to the dullness of the times, his
services on the paper would be dispensed
with.
Phcenixiana.-Dresses woven from
bamboo fibres are the lake! things for
belles to do their bamboozling in.
If a dog epidemic should drop along
this way, we don't know but that it
would be welcome.
Patrons of Husbandry?Mothers with
marriageable daughters.
An Atlanta physician advises patients
who, in these cholera times, feel "np
?side down," to reotify that condition by
standing on their heads for a minute at
a time thrice a day. Which is a simple
way to "heel np" their difficulty.
Supposing a man to be in a serious
frame of mind, is it neoessary he shonld
be the picture of despair?
Mail arrangements.?The Northerr.
mail openeJ6.30 and 10.80*A. M.; closes
8 A. M. and 6.30 |P. M. ICharlcston
opens 7 A. M. and 2 30 P. M.; closes
6.15 and 8.30 P. M. Western opens 6.30
and 9.30 A. M.; closes 9 and 6.30 P. M.
Wilmiugloa opens -1.30 P. M.; closes
6 A. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P= M.;
closes 6 A. M. On Sunday the office i?
open from 3 to 4 P. M.
List of New Ar^BBTisEMBNTS.
D. C. Peixotto Sc Sons?Auction.
Barbecue on the 4th of July.
Jacob Levin?Auction.
Meeting Richland Lodge.
Heinitsh's Queen's Delight, etc.
Educational Institute of S. C.
Hotel Arrivals, July 1.?Columbia
nolel?A Myers, Philadelphia; W T J O
Woodward, S C; G E Winder, Charlotte;
Geo Speer, Miss L Patterson, Miss C
Simms, LaGrange, Ga; John L Bryan,
Newbern, N C; W H Noel, Atlanta; E H
Brooks, oity; J B Lauueaa. N Y; R G
liouham, Baltimore; C G Jaoger, Cow?
berry; Miss Mary Poreber, Ooonee; J H
Stelling, Greenville; G W Thames, N C;
J M Sugler, G Sc C R R.
Hendrix House?O H Sloane, N Y; P
L Jordan, B Holmes, Miss; R FToubey,
Charleston; O D Farmer, NY; C N Oli?
ver, Ga; O J, Harris, S O.
Wheeler House?Uta C L B Marsh, N
C; B H Hand, H Murdoch, A Murdoch,
Ga; C J Mclntyre, oity; A H Davega,
Miss J A Davega, Chester; P Duffle,
Miss Bethel Luoas, Charleston; W D
Cator, Md; T A Jeffers, Grovewood; Mr
and Mrs C E Spencer, Yorkvillo.
Death of a Prominent Sba Captain.
Captain Fonn Peck, well known in this
oity and Savannah, died yesterday, at
his residence in Wontworth streot. Cap?
tain Peck was a native of Massachusetts,
but camo to Charleston in his early
youth, and has mado this city his homo
ever since. His career, as a steamboat
captain, has extondod over a period of
thirty years.?Charlesion Keics.
Old newspapers for sale at Phoenix
office, at fifty cents a hundred.