The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 29, 1873, Image 2
Columbia; s. o.
Friday Morning, August 29,1873.
The Heroen or Peace. ^
Hamau nature presents its Bablimest
exhibitiono of genias and character in
momenta of extreme need and peril.
The ordinary conditions of life supply
neither the occasion nor the stimulus
for masterly contrivance or heroic dis?
play. A certain degree of skill and at?
tention to business, or devotion to fa?
mily and friend*, ia expected of every
man who olaims a respectable place in
the indo81rial pursuits and social rela?
tions of the World. In the ordinary on?
going of affairs, indeed, tbe greatest
men are often: scarcely distinguishable
from, their neighbors.. Who, for in?
stance, suipeoted in the quiet, unpre?
tentious professor 'at*Lexington; the
latent power of head anil bear* that have
immortalized;' the~:xiame of Stonewall
Jaokson? It is in full view of imminent
^ disaster or in the supreme hoar of bat?
tle, that heroism comes to the front, and
the inspirations of genias leap forth
liko fire from the stricken flint. One of
the most important and useful traits of
charade? is presence of''mind, and it is
in the display of this that great natures
reveal themselves in great emergencies.
The.other night a frightful collision
occurred on the Chicago and Alton
Railroad. It was late: nearly all the
passengers had retired, or were retiring.
The great train, with a precious freight?
age of life, was moving swiftly through
the darkness, when suddenly there fell
upon tho ears of the drowsy passengers
an awful, crashing sound, and the next
moment they were hurled violently
from the track. The coaches were piled
upon each other in undistingaishable
rain and contusion, and a bursted boiler
filled a oar foil of human beings with
scalding steam. Imagination can scarce?
ly pioture a more terrible sceno. No
wonder that the suddenly awakened,
braised, mutilated and soalded passen?
gers were thrown into utter confusion
* and panic, and that the first impulse,
even of .those unhurt, was to tarn away
from the awful spectacle, and to olose
their ears to the agonizing cries of the
wounded and the dying. Two only of
all that company were posseesed of
sufficient presence of mind, nerve and
* forgot fulness of Belt to undertake im?
mediately the work of resoae and relief.
These two were Hawley, of Normal, and
Magee, a Texan. It is not likely that
their nameB will be entered on the list
of historical heroes, bat we beg to ten?
der hero, at least, a passing tribute of
honor to men who have illustrated in
peace the virtues which confer distinction
in war.
The New York Times, in its editorial
comments upon the speech of Mr. Jef?
ferson Davis, at tne late organization at
Montgomery Springs, Virginia, of a
Southern Historical Society, did not
attempt to hold the Southern people re?
sponsible for his utterances. Oa the
contrary, it had the intelligence and the
fairness to see that the object of the so?
ciety was laudable, and that when Mr.
Davis soared into the "highsentimentaj
latitudes." he did not carry as many
with him as will accompany Mr. John
Wise in his balloon excursion to Eu?
rope. We are, therefore, the more sur?
prised to 8eo the Times giving a conspi?
cuous place to a two column communica?
tion from Oharlottesville, Virginia,
undertaking to show that the designs of
the ?'Southern Historical Society" are
treasonable, that "history" iB a mere
pretext, that "their designs are* danger?
ous," not just at present, but hereafter,
when the seed sown in tho youthful
mind of the South shall have token
root. The proof of this seems to bo
that so many ex-Soutbern Generals
took part on the occasion, and that, as
a general thing, Southern men are em?
ployed as teachers in Southern colleges
and schools. .Another mare's nest is
found in the allegation that General
Gordon, of Georgia, has been raising
contributions for the association, of
wbich, it is said, he is an agent. Tbo
only trnth in this statement is, that
General Gordon is connected with the
University Publishing Company, the
object of- which is to publish school
books written by Southern teachers, for
tho uso of Southern schools. The cor?
respondent consistently regards General
Gordon's absence from the meeting of
tbo Southern Historical Society as evi?
dence of bis guilt, just as he looks upon
tbe presenoe of others as proof of the
same offenoe. At the close of tho arti?
cle, tho "moral" beoomeB evident in tbe
effort of the writer to link it with tbo
Virginia State election, and to demon?
strate that tbe national welfare demands
a Republican triumph.
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On Sunday last, no lesn than 15,000
pious Puritans of Boston listened to a
blasphemous and obscene tirade from
Victoria Wood bull.
Movement of Cotton LVobino the
Past Wkbk.?We learn from thermal?
cial Chronicle, of New York, that the
total cotton receipts at all ports for tho
week ending on Friday, 22J, reaphed
10,511 bales, against 10,581 bales last
week, 10,681 bales the previous week,
and 12,355 bales three weeks since, mak?
ing the total receipts since the 1st of
September, 1872, 3,608,121 bales,
against 2,716,696 bales for the same pe?
riod of 1871-72, shoving an increase
since September 1, 1872, of 891,128
bales. The exports for the week reach
a total of 13,501 bales, of which 13.181
were to Great Britain, none to France,
and 320 to rest of tho continent, while
the stock os made up Friday evening
were 116,695 bales. Compared with the
corresponding w^ek of last season, there
was an increase in the exports for the
weeking ending Friday of 7,981 bales,
while the stookB were 59,122 bales more
than they were a year ago. The total
visible supply ia given at 2,161,902
bales, against 2,171,536 last year, at the
same period?indicating a decrease of
ootton in sight on Friday of 9,631 bales,
as compared with the same date of 1872.
The interior stocks decrease 3,358 bales
daring tho week, bat were 11,230 bales
more on Friday than at tho same period
last year. The receipts were 2,128 bales
more than during tbe same week last
year.
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Treatment of German Sailors.?
Tbe well known maxim existing among
nations having friendly relations with
each other, that tbe subjects of one
State are protected by tbo laws of the
other while staying in its territory, has
lately been violated in tbe most culpa?
ble manner by one Captain Cohl, com?
mander of tho North American whaler
"John Howland," with reference to
German sailors. Tbe case stands short?
ly thus: At New York, four German
Bailors joined the whaler and signed tbe
articles for the voyage. Tbe ship went
to sea, and in October last, tbo oaptaiu,
as it is said with the intention of get?
ting rid of them, set them ashore at St.
lego, one of the Cape Verde islands,
and left them behind there, destitute
and helpless. Tjbere the Portugese Go?
vernment assisted tbem, and sent tbem
j on to St. Vincent. Evory German will
now learn with satisfaction that the
German imperial Government has taken
the matter up, and bas already taken
the most energetic steps to eventually
make this Captain Gobi responsible for
his aot. We may, on this occasion,
once more remind foreign nations that
the time when every foreigner could do
the greatest wrong to a German with
impunity is long since passed; on the
contrary, tbe German people demand,
end with justice, that in such cases tbe
most complete satisfaction shall be
given.?German News.
Outrages on the Jews at Fez ?Tbe
Jewish Chronicle has received tho follow?
ing account of aots of torture inflicted
upon Jews by Arabs at Fez. A medical
man had ordered, a few weeks age, a
poor Jewish patient to use a vapor bath.
But, since the conveniences for such
baths do not exist in the Jewish quar?
ters of tbe oity, and as tbe Jews are ac?
tually forbidden to construct tbe neces?
sary apparatus for indulgiug in the dux
ury of a vapor-bath, the invalid applied
to the Mohammedan bath-keeper, who
yielded to the entreaties of the poor
man, and allowed him to enter, with
two other Jews, by whom be was sup?
ported as he walked in. But they were
at ouoe betrayed. A furious mob sur?
rounded the men, who were throttled by
the soldiers, dragged along tbe streets,
beaten with sticks, knocked with ham?
mers, cut with knives and pelted with
stones so that their track was iinod with
blood. Wben the wounded creatures at
length presented themselves before the
Governor, oue of tbem bad lost an eye
and the other bad bis bond brokeu open.
This representative of the Sultan caused
tbem at once to receive 5?0 strokes with
a rod and to be thrown into o prison.
They were held guilty of having dese?
crated an Arab bath, fur which delin?
quency it wuh expected that the Sultan
would order that tbe>y should be decapi?
tated.
Deaths.?Miss Gena Jeffery*, tbe
eldest daughter of Captain Thomas S.
Jcfl'erys, died in this |place, from con?
sumption, on Tuosday eveuiug last,
after a protracted illness, in the twenty
third year of bcr age.
Mr. John A. Miller, the eldest son of
tho late W. Dixon Miller, died iu this
County, from consumption, ou Satur?
day morning lust.
Dr. James J. WiWiinis, u brother of
tho late Goorge W. Williams, Esq., and
many years ago a resident of Yorkville,
died ut his home, in Union County, N.
C., on the 11th instant.
Mr. T. M. Love, aged fifty-nine yearn
seven mouths aud four duys, died at his
residence, iu this County, ou tho 18tb
instant, from congestion of the heart.
I Yorkville Enquirer.
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Death of Ma jo it David F. Dick eh
son.?Major David F. Diekerson, uu old
nnd well-known 'citizou of Ilioumoud
County, died at his residence, neur
McLoun, of paralysis, last Monday
night, aged about eigbty years. Major
jL/icaeraon was a native of tbe Stato of
Massoohusotts. He came to this County
about fifty yean: ago: Ha was iot many
years a member of the Richmond
County bar, aud ut one time practiced
law with Gen. Glascock.
[Augusta Chronicl-i.
Thoro are now pending in tbo United
'States Court three indictments agaiutt
James Maioney /or hi ilfca.Huuoo in ulll j?
us a deputy collector.
A Bad Bor. ?They say that the ghief |
astronomer at tho Washington Observa?
tory was dreadfully sold a few days ago.
A wicked boy, whose Sunday school ex?
perience, eeems only to hare made him
more depraved, caught a fire-fly, and
Btnok it, with the aid of some mucilage,
in the oentre of the largest lens in toe
telescope. That night, when the astro?
nomer went to work, he perceived a'
blaze of light apparently in the hea?
vens, and what amazed him more was,
that it would give a couple of spurts and
then die out, only to burnt forth again
in a Beoond or two. He examined it
carefully for a few moments, and then
began to do sums to discover where in
the heavens that extraordinary star was
placed. He thought he fouud tho lo?
cality, and the "next morning he tele?
graphed all over the universe that ho
had discovered a new and remarkable
star, of the third magnitude, in Orion.
In a day or two, all the astronomoro in
Europe and America were studying
Orion, and they gazed at it for hours,
until they were mad; and then they be?
gan to telegraph to the man in Washing?
ton to know what ho meant. The dis?
coverer took another look, and found
that the now star had moved about
18,000,000,000 miles in tweuty-four
hours, and upon examining it closely, he
was alarmed to perceive that it had legs.
When he went on the dome, the next
morning, to polish up his gluaa, bo found
the lightning bug. People down at
Alexandria, seven miles distant, heard
part of the swearing, and they say ho
iufu6ed into it much whole-souled sin?
cerity and vigorous energy. The bills
for telegraphic despatches amounted to
62,G00, and now tho astronomer wauts
to find that boy. He wishes to consult
with him about something.
[3fux Adder.
On Emphasis.?Some years ago there
was a student at a thoological seminary,
at Andover, who had au excellent opi?
nion of his own talents. On one occa?
sion he asked tho professor who taught
elocution at tho time, "What do I espe?
cially need to learu in this department?"
"You ought to learn to read," said the
professor. "Oh, I can read now," re?
plied the student. The professor
banded tho man a Testament and,
pointing to tho twenty-fifth verse of the
twenty-fourth cbnpter of Luke's Gospel,
he asked him to read that. Tho student
read, "Then he said unto them, O fools,
and Blow of heart to believe all that the
prophets havo spoken." "Ah," said the
professor, "they were? fools for believing
the prophetB, were they?" Of courso,
that was not right, ami so the young
man tried again, "? fools aud slow ol
heart to believe all that the prophets
have spoken." "The prophets, then,
were sometimes liars?" asked the pro
feBBor. "No; O fools and slow of heart
to believe all that the prophets have
?poken." "According to thia reading,"
the professor suggested, "the prophets
were notorious liars." This was not a
satisfaotory conclusion, and so another
trial was made. "O fools and Blow of
heart to believe all the prophets have
spoken." "I see, now," said tho pro?
fessor; "the prophets wrote the truth,
but they spoke lies." This last criti?
cism discouraged the student, and he
acknowledged that he did not know
ho*' to read. The difficulty lies in the
fact the words "dlow of heart to be?
lieve" apply to tho whole of the latter
part of the sentence, and emphasis on
any particular word entirely destroys
the meaning.
Thk "Habit" of Drunkhnmess.?Au
old writer, Sir Walter Raleigh, who
flourished in the sixteenth century,
thus discourses in pretty strong English
on the vice of intemperance; "Take
especiul care that you delight not in
wine, for there never was any man that
came to honor or preferment that love a
it, for it trausformeth a man into a
beast, decayeth health, poisonoth the
breath, destroyeth natural heat, bring
eth a man's stomach to an artificial
burning, deformeth the face, rottoth the
teeth, aud to conclude, maketb a man
contemptible, soon old, and despised of
all wise and worthy men; hated in thy
servants, thyself and thy companions,
for it is a bewitching and infectious
vice; and remember my words, that it
were bettor for a man to be subject to
any vice than to it; for ull other vanities
and sins are recovered; but a drunkard
will never shake oil* tho delight of bensst
liuess; for tho longer it possesseth a
man the more he will delight in it, and
tho older he growcth Ibe uioro bo will
be subject to it, lor it dulluth the
spirits and destroyeth tho bod}*, as ivy
doth the old tree, or the worm that en?
gendered in the kernel of the nut."
Laurens and Asueyille Railroad.?
On Wednesday, tho 20th instant, the
polls were opened throughout tho
County of Greenville, for tho purpose
of submitting to tho voters of the
County tho proposition to Btibscribo
S150.?00 of the capital stock of the
Laurens and Ashevillo Railroad, whose
lino would pass through Greonvillo city,
exteuding through noarly tho ontiro
length of the County; said subscription
was voted down by a majority of 209
votes.
Tuesday night, near Han Juau, Cali?
fornia, eight men, supposed to be led by
Libercco Vasqoez, robbed a store of
?500, using violonoo against tho proprie?
tor, named Snjder. They then visited
Davis' Hotel, iu tho samo place, aud
wantonly murdered Davis aud two other
persons. The murderers escapod.
Lowcnstein, tho alleged murderer of
Woston, is expootod to be extradited by
tho Canadian authorities the latter part
of tnis week. Additional cvidenoo
against him has bewn procured in Brook?
lyn.
Much sickness, especially nmong
obildron, is reported from Chester, aud
a number of deaths within tho past few
days. Tho prevailing disease appears
to be diphtheria.
Thb Florida. Conoit Crop.? The
Fldridian, of tho 19th, says: The cater?
pillar, we believe, remains about in |
statu qu9. Several planters have been
eaten entirely out, ond many others are
apt to be. The crop, it is thought, will
tarn oat maoh better than last year,
though nothing like it promised a short
time sinoe. Three or foar weeks ago
the prospeot for a largo orop was per?
haps finer than any year since tbo sur?
render. A very large quantity of im?
proved seed was planted, and the crop
had been well cultivated and was fruit?
ing finely; but, alas, for human calcula?
tions?man proposed but the oaterpillar
has disposod almost as fully as usual.
There seems to bo no doubt that tbe
"poison business" will pay, and jjeit
?-ear planters will take time by the Tore
ock and tbe start of tbe worm. But
how many of us will go undor between
now and then?
Tho latest thing in hotels is suggested
by an ingenious correspondent of tbe
Gulveston Neics. It is to be called tho
iErial Sanitarium. It is to bo a huge
balloon, firmly secured by strong at?
tachments at a proper height. "Galves
ton," be says, "is within oue milo of the
most delightful climate in tho world,
and this climate is directly overhead,"
To tho enormous balloon there, is to bo
attached a frame-work of sufficiently
strong wire, fitted up to accommodate
100 guests. This airy saloon will be
reached by a smaller balloon acting as
an elevator. When tbe barometer in?
dicates disturbing weather, tbe gas can
be let off aud the wbolo establishment
brought dowu to the solid earth.
Bex. Butler as a Balloonist.?Tho
managers uf the Nuw York Graphic are
entitled to the thanks of the country.
They sent an invitution to Bun. Butler
to cross tho ocean with Wise in the
great balloon, us they were "desirous of
securing the services of ouo of the best
writers and foremost men in tho country
a9 historiographer of tbo expedition."
Old Ben. scut a reply, stating that be
was obliged to tbem for their kind
offe., but omitted to mention whether
or not ho would accept. If the Graphic
Compauy can get rid of Butler in this
decent manner, their paper will forever
after flourish through tbe liberality of a
grateful people.
Custom House Black Mail.?A New
York despatch in tbe Western papers
says: It is stated that a ledger kept at tbe
District Attorney's office iu this city
contains entries which, if published,
would astound the whole mercantile
public. It contains tbe names of nearly
500 merchants who bad to pay various
sums, from $10 to $100,000, to compro?
mise tuits brought against tbem by spe?
cial agent Jayne, aud other custom
bouso officials. This book contains the
various offers made by the counsel of
the defendant1, and tbe refusals to ac?
cept the samo until a great sum was
named, when tbe offer would be ac?
cepted and tbo case compromised.
Injury to tue Cotton Crop in Mis?
sissippi.?A farmer, writing to tbo Mem?
phis Appeal from West Mississippi, on
the 20th instant, says tbe boll worm aud
catcrpilhi rsbave ruined tbe cotton orop
of that section of tho State in tbo last
six or eight days. They will not make
a bale to six acres, and that is tbe finest
cotton growiug section in tbo State. All
they bavo to depend on now is a few
bard bolls, and tbe farmer will bo rained.
These are facts.
McDonoou's Fortune.?It is now
stated that out of $11,000,000, the esti?
mated value of John McDonogb'e
estate, in Louisiana, only $73,000 are
forthcoming. McDonogb wrote bis
own will and his designs were magnifi
r cent for New Orleans and Baltimore.
Either be had a fool for a client, or else
i the lawyers have taken a terrible re?
venge upou John's impertinence at will
making.
- The First Through Train.?Tho last
spike in tbe Air Lim? Railroad was
driven by President Buford, on Tues?
day, at a distance of 133 miles from At?
lanta. The President aud other geutlo
men then got aboard a train and reached
Atlanta, Tuesday evening, ou tbo first
through traiu which ever passed ovei
tbe entire hue from Richmond.
Italian wit is highiy dramatic, sponta?
neous, genial. Among its proverbs are:
"The dog earned bis liviug by wagging
his tail;" "Make yourself all honey and
the Hies will devour it;" "The smiles ol
a pretty woman arc the tears of tbe
purse;" "lie who takes nu eel by the
tail, or a woman by tbo tongue, is sure
to come off empty Lauded."
Ax Irishman's Will.?1 will and be?
queath to my beloved wife, Bridget, all
my property, without reserve, and to
my eldest sou Patrick ouo-bulf of the
remainder, and to Denis, my youngest
boy, tbe rest. If auytbiug is left, it
may go to Toreneo McCarty.
Uou.Gco. S. Bryan has decided to
bear no application for an order in any
case which is not presented by nn at?
torney.
A painful and contagious type of sore
eyes is pruvuiling to a limited extent in
and adjacent, to Sumter.
A letter from Greeuvillo states that
Senator Y. J. P. Owens, of Laureus, is
very low w,ith fever.
Two young girls wero outraged at ono
of tbo questionable social club pio-nics
ou North River, Tuesday.
Dr. King wan nrrostod iu New York
for alleged malpractice, yesterday, and
released on bis own recognizance.
Luigi Rocco, a well-known musician
of New York, committed suicide yester?
day.
Eighty cities now enjoy the carrier
system of distributing tbe mails,
i Mobile, Alabama, has just constructed
I her first steamboat since tbe war.
j Now York had CIO deaths last week,
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City Matters. ? Subscribe (or tbe
Phojnix?don't depend on borrowing.
Messrs. Hoffman Sc Albrecht are in
reeeipt of a lot of .fine clams.
Another severe storm passed over
Columbia, last evening.
Senator John J. Patterson arrived in
Columbia yesterday.
Tbe hydrant at"tho corner of Bull and
Laurel strcctB noeds the attention of the
Superiuteudent'of Water Works.
Col. Thea. Dodamead, Superintend?
ent of Greenville and Columbia Rail
road, returned to Columbia last evening.
Some wonderful wit asks what is a
hot lunch, aud answers Qro-crackers.
Also, whnt is drawing paper?the 'den?
tist's bill. Wou't somebody kiok him?
Yak Lice will bo tho favorite trimming
for ladies' dresses this fall. It will be
used in black and tho colors to match
tho prevailing shades.
The first bale of new cotton came to
baud yesterday, from the plantation of
Mr. F. W. Me?ize, of Lexington.
Messrs. It. O'Neale Sc Sou were the pur?
chaser?, at 18,'b.
The following is the range, of the ther?
mometer at the Wheeler House, yester?
day: 5 A. M., 77; 7 A. M., 7G; 10 A.
M., 7G; 12 M., 77; \i P. M., 79; 7 P.
M.t 77.
Some geuim steps to the frout and
announces it as his opinion that there ,
is a stamp you can't buy, viz: the stamp,
of a gentleman. But sometimes it is
giveu to you?on your-corns.
Dr. E. E. Jackson has a very pretty
little ornament, which he calls the wheel
of fortune. Ladies will be particularly
interested in it. It dispenses the most
fragrant and exquisite perfumes.
The muu who complains of iho want
of culinary skill ou the part of his wife
becauH', he suyu, he never puts ou a
boiled shirt without finding it has a raw
edge, ought never to have nboilcd shirt
to put on.
A number of our German friends left
this city yesterday morning on a special
train for a fishing excursion. They
have sent thus far two barrels of clams
to our neighbor, Mr. Albrecbt; so, if
you want somo good clam chowder, ell
at the Pollock House, at luucb time to?
day.
The little orb that feebly rises across
the street asks who obtains articles from
tbe Now Orleans Times, and palms them
oil as original, and cf Us upon us to an?
swer. If it means to intimate that we
do, in tho language of Horace Greeley,
we say, "You lie, you villain." We do
not exchange with the Times. "How
arc you, Edward?"
Fatal Affbat.?A difficulty occurred
at the Ridge, in Edgofield County, last
Friday, between Adam Minick and his
nephow, T. W. Miniok. Tho former
beat tho latter badly on tbe head and
other portions of the body with a heavy
piece of timber, when the latter plunged
a knife into the former, inflicting
wounds which resulted in his death.
BANKiiCFTCr.?J. E. Hagood, Esq..
Clerk of tbo United States District
Court, now in session at Greenville,
telegraphs us that tho Court will take
up bankruptcy business on Monday
next, and especially desiros to immedi?
ately dispose of all that is ready in the
Western District.
Puccnixiaxa.?Somebody says the
planet Mars is fading out. There have
been so many wars aud rumors of wars
during the past few years, no wonder
the sanguinary god is inclined to hide
his head.
Whether General Graut is or is not
like C:e'ar, he certainly is not like
C:e3ar's wife.
The proper thing to move the Crow
ludiuus to vvbero they belong?Scare?
crow.
Wiscousiu has a "Limburger Base
Ball Club" whose members are noted for
their strength.
The Illinois paper which asserts that
figs can be successfully raised iD that
Stato probably speaks figuratively.
A Cincinuati man who has invented a
street car which dispenses with tho use
of tracks, naturally thinks people won't
rail at it.
It is said that time never stays, ?hieb
may possibly account for its great waist.
Citizens1 Committee.?In accordance
with u resolution passed at tho citizens'
meeting, hold iu this oily on the even?
ing of the 27th instant, Dr. J. W. Far
kor, Chairman, has appointed the fol?
lowing named persons a Committee to
solicit subscriptions to the new stock of
tbo Columbia Water Power Company:
Ward 1?Col. J. T. Sloan, J. Qait
man Marshall, Augustus Coopor.
Ward 2?G. A. Darliug, Joseph Tay?
lor, P.. D. Sonn.
Ward 2?William Lowrauce, S. B.
Thompson, W. H. LyBrand.
Ward 4-Col. F. W. McMastor, J. M.
Crawford, W. B. Nidi.
The Committee are requested to meet
this morning,- at tho oflioe of Col. F. W.
Master, No, 0 &aw Range, at 11 o'olook,
Public Laundry.?Ai tbo eubjoioed
article from tbe Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel possesses great applicability to
Columbia, we insert it in -lieu of any?
thing tbat we might say ou tbe subject,
and as being substantially an expression
of our own views. It is an enterprise
fall of remuneration to tbo parties who
will undertake it:
Borne time since, we mentioned that
we had been informed tbat a party of
citizens of Augusta were about to esta?
blish a pnblio laundry here. Since that
time, however, we have heard nothing
more about it, and tbo project bas pro?
bably been abandoned. If this is so, it
is certainly a matter to be regretted.
Athens, a-much smaller city than Au?
gusta, has recently established a laun?
dry in her midst, which has every pros?
pect of success, aa it is ander tbe control
of a company of merchants of the place.
Tbe people are tired of tbe exactions of
negro washerwomen, and are deter?
mined to fully patronize the new enter?
prise. It will be both a benefit to the
community and a paying institution to
its stockholders, In all cities, public
laundries are undoubtedly a necessity,
and Augusta is by uo meaus an excep?
tion to this general rule. Housewives
are completely at the mercy of the co?
lored laundresses, who not only make -
enormous charges, but subject their
employers to many annoyances. Cloth?
ing is often kept over Sunday, and worn
by friends and relatives of the women,
and it is no unusual thing for articles to
be missing altogether. With a public
laundry, all of this annoyance and
trouble is avoided. Every article is se?
cure, aud tbe washing is done well and
expeditionary, and, from what we learn
in regard to tbe matter, at a less cost
than by tbe present system. We'feel
assured tbat the establishment of a first
olass laundry in Augusta, under good
management, would be welcomed by all
tbe ladies of tbe community, as well as
by unfortunate bachelore, who suffer
from the impositions of washerwomen,
and tbat it would be an exceedingly pro?
fitable institution to those pecuniarly
interested in it." The cost, we under?
stand, of establishing a good laundry, is
comparatively small. We trust, there?
fore, that some of our enterprising citi?
zens will take tbe matter in haud, and
put in operation as soon as possible an
institution of such public benefit, and
which cannot but prove a profitable in?
vestment.
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Mail Arrangements.v-The Northern
mail opens 6.30 and 10..30 A. M.; closes
8 A. M. and 6.30 P. M. Charleston
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.
Wilmington opens 1.30 P. M.; closes
6 A. M. Greenville opens 6.15 P. M. ;
doses 6 A. M. On Sunday tbe office is
open from 3 to 4 P. M.
Wanted?Active and reliable young
men, to canvass tbe city and surround?
ing country for thu Singer Sewing Ma?
chine. Liberal inducements offered.
Call nt the Singer office, Main street.
The Singer Manufactur'g Co.
J. P. Ligon, Agent.
Columbia, August 26, 1873. *
List of New Advertisements.
Dae West Female College.
John Agnew Sc Son?Bagging, ?fcc
Hotel Arrivals, August 28, 1873.?
Columbia Hotel?-B W Lipsey, Chester;
J H Trump, Augusta; A H Colquitt,
Ga; A Ancker, Baltimore; W J Magrath,
O P Gardner, W D Oardner, Charles?
ton; Thomas Dodamead, Richmond; D
H Tolman, Chicago; G ? Reab, Augus?
ta; T W Pratt, N C; J Levy, Ga; J H
Stelling, J M Seigier, G & C R R; J D
Gardner, N C; PS Williams, oity; W M
Newbold and wife, N Y; Miss Patterson,
Ga; Wm Hood, Erskine College; P S
Bridgers, Mrs Bridgers, M Bridgers,
Miss Pinder and servant, N C; Dr Nor?
wood and wife, Hodges'.
Wheeler House?Jas H Bowden, Dr S
?ugle, NC; RH Hand, Ga; P Duffle,
Charleston; T Gibbs, Ga; F H Barn
hart, USA; E J Markwitz, N Y.
HendrixHouse?J A Cannon, Pomaria;
S Waddle, city; E R Dargan, wife and
two children, Darlington; S H Bell, A
D Cooper, N C; Wm F Quincy, Charles?
ton; F S Oxuer, Newborry; J A Craig,
Chesterfield.
Adopt the Preventive Policy.?
Severe spells of biliousness, indiges?
tion, chills and fever, diarrbcci, nervous
headache and physical exhaustion arc
quito usual at this season. These are
visitations wbich everybody is anxious
to avoid, and as a course of Hostotter's
Stomach Bitters will unquestionably
fortify tbo system against tbem, the
most valuable medical advice which can
be ottered at this time to persons subject
to such complaints or at all sensitive to
atmospheric cbanges, is to commence
taking this powerful vegetable alterative
and invigoront without delay. Forty
eight hours will not have elapsed after
tbe first dose before a marked change
will have manifested itself in the con?
dition of tbe system. Tbo ultimate re
salt will be a habit of body so regular, a
genial condition so vigorous, that bow
over unhealthy the season may cbauce
to be, tbo system thus refreshed and re?
inforced will bo in the best possible trim
to encounter it. A14jlf3
Nattans* Crystal Discovery positively
restores gray and faded hair to its na?
tural color in three to ten days. Re?
moves dandruff a^nd imparts to tho hair
an elegant and youthful appearance.
Warranted to coLttin uo poison. It
produces a pleasant and cooling effect
on tbe scalp. Give it a trial. You will
not regret it. For sale at C, H. Miot'a,
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