The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 18, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA., S. C.
Wednesday Mornin g, February 18, '74.
Cubing to T-heir senses.
A very significant change has come
over the spirit of some of the Badioal
?lights in this State. It is worthy of re?
cognition and notioe. Tbe views sent
forth from time to time from the press,
'the exposure of the damaging faots of
corrupt praotico in government, the ras?
cally frauds, the utterly rotten condi?
tion of things in the public service, the
impending rain of the substantial peo?
ple, ytho pay the taxes and bear the
burtheno, the bankruptcy of the State
n means and character, have at last at?
tracted attention amongst" the Republi?
cans North. Theso abases have been
justly oharaoterized>nnd reflected back
upon as in their joaruals and in the
utterances of their public men. "The
Prostrate State," by Mr. Pike, is a terri?
ble indictment, to which these destroy?
ers of its prosperity, these legislative
and administration plunderers, plead
guilty by their silence. They have put
in no answer to its grave oharges. Com?
ing in this 9hape and from this source,
they force- themselves upon the notice
of the Radicals here, who begin to see
that the day of their doom i? not far off.
Another thing has tended to en?
lighten them. It is tbe determined
attitude of the people whom they have
systematically plundered and potraged.
The consciousness that their guilt has
been ^detected, ooupled with the start
Hug fact that the people have resolved
no longer to bear tbe evils imposed
upon them, that they mean to throw off
ihe bardeu of wrong, have brought
some -of their leading men to terms.
Delany has sounded the alarm to tho
black race, and, in a sensible letter of
advice, urges them to prepare for the
inevitable change, so as that, when it
shall Jioma, they may still have a share,
? through the principle of proportional
representation, in the councils of tho
State. His apprehensions arise from
the view of the stream of immigration
which is flowing iuto the State.
-Elliott, in a speeoh delivered two
evenings since, which is vastly more
sensible than his flourish iu Congress,
has reproduced the strictures so freely
expressed in the North, and brought
them homo with an application whioh
.touches the raw. He speaks iu re?
spectful terms of tbe Tax-Payers' Con?
vention, and depreciated tbe idea that
it was a sham or a sore-head movement.
It was perfectly legitimate, on the con?
trary, in view of the fact that things
were daily growing worse, and needed
prompt treatment. Ps counsels would
be entitled to every consideration. The
movements of the grange wore also sig?
nificant, and with other. signs, be?
tokened a disruption of existing politi
n?i orpt?ni?!i?t!oi!? Tb? name of South
Carolina was a hissing and a reproach
everywhere. The national Republican
party was ready to out off this rotten
branch. These latter-day confessions
and warnings of Elliott are kept in
countenance by a remarkable editorial
in tho Union-Herald, of yesterday. It
has persistently fought the idea of the
convention, and bespattered it with no
little amount of mud. Now it surren?
ders at discretion, and thinks it may do
some good. Verily, the world moves,
or perhaps we should say in these cases
is moved.
Elliott is very oorreot iu bis admis?
sions, but is not so happy wbou he
comes to indicate a remedy for the evils
he pictures. The "new set of men"
whom he proposes to take the place of
the old swarm would bleed us even more
severely, being driven by thirst not
even partially assuaged. Tbey would
have no more reform in them than their
predecessors. Sue', a purty cunnot of
itself purge itself. We shall never see
it slough off its rotteu elements. They
can neither reform or really favor re?
form. It is a virtue beyond their reaob.
But we need not dwell upon that, nor
upon tho charge which he makes, that
the dire evils which now aftliot the peo?
ple are duo to unwilliognoss of the
white people to meet tho blacks half
wuy. It is not the fact. The colored
people could not be oonoiliatcd by the
white at that time. Their credulity
was their snare. They preferred tho
carpet-baggers and the scalawags to the
gentlemen of the country. They could
?jo; bear the truth, could not appreciate
honor and integrity; they hugged de?
lusion to tbeir bosoms. Tbey enjoyed
the cup of what .seemed present and im
mediate advantage proffered by alien
and native rascals, and now tbey And
its contents bitter to tho tasto and un?
wholesome to the system. It is dead
sea fruit which has turned to ashes on
yhoir lips. This is a pity, but it is tbo
truth. They have been able to corrupt
and destroy; they can never repuir or
amond. This is a task that must be con
tided to very different hands.
The Appropriation Bill.
This bill aa it has passed the Hotiae is
of snob ft 'character that the most igno?
rant member of the General Assembly
must Bee clearly that there is something
rotten in it. Rumors are current, more
or less authenticated, that from $5,000
to $15,000 was expended to get the in?
crease of the appropriation for the
Penitentiary from $50,000 to $80,000.
It was, to eay the least of it, a very sud?
den change of opinion, and must have
required some powerful instrumentality
to effect it. The rumors to which we
have referred will be credited in the
absenoe of any'Other explanation. The
bill ban not as yet reached the Senate,
and if the Senators who were instru?
mental in killing the Bine Ridge job
will but annihilate this corrupt project,
they will do a sorvioe to the State for
which every true oi'.ieu will feel grate
ful.
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Tax-Payers' Convention.
Tbe Tax-Payers' Convention assem?
bled yesterday, at 12 M., in Irwin's
Hall, Hon. W. D. Porter, President.
I Upon motion, the President appointed
Messrs. Giles J. Patterson; Geo: .John*
son, St. Julian Jervey and J. S. John?
son, Secretaries of the Oonvention.
Delegates registered their names in tho
alphabetical order of their Counties.
Two oolored men, Samuel Lark and
J. A. Givens, from Aiken County, and
three others from Colleton, are among
the delegates. The convention was
opened with prayer by Rev. Wm". Mar?
tin. Hon. W. D. Porter delivered an
earnest and eloquent address.
The convention being in order for
business, Charles H. Simonton, Esq., of
Charleston, offered tbe following resolu?
tions:
This convontion not having been
called in the interest of any political
party, all politioal discussion or allusion
to the questions now agitating the two
great parties existing in the nation,
would be foreign to tho purposes for
which it is assembled:
Resolved, No resolution or motion of
this character, or involving such discus?
sion, will be received by the oonvention.
Resolved, That the convention address
itself to tho consideration of tbe follow?
ing subjects:
1. To tbe preparation and adoption of
a memorial and address, whereby the
people of the Urited States can be in?
formed of the wrongs which we suffer,
by reason of the frauds aud extrava?
gance of onr State Government, and by
the total disregard of tho interests of
the tax-payers, who aro not represented,
and who aro thus deprived of tbe ad?
vantages of a republican form of go?
vernment.
2. To the preparation and adoption
of some made whereby just punishment
can bo visited upon tbe perpetrators
and authors of these frauds, and where?
by tbe commission thereof can bo pro
vented in future.
3. To the preparation of an address
to tbe people of this State, giving them
the oouoboI of thiB convention as to the
oourse ol conduct they should adopt so
as to ameliorate, counteract and pro
v-iS e?s.l??SSC? tu- ucuvy ?ur j
dens whioh they now endure.
To these euds, be it
Resolved, That the following commit?
tees bo appointed:
An executive committee, to consist of
twenty-one membeiB, to whom shall bo
referred, without debate, all resolutions
and propositions not specially referred
to any other committee.
A committee, to consist of seven
members, to whom shall bo referred tbe
preparation of an add eea and memorial
to the Natioual Congress, and through
them to the* people of tbe United
States.
A committee, to consist of thirty-five
members, on tbe causes of tbe increase
of State and municipal tuxatiou, and
the modo and measure of relief there?
for.
A committee, to consist of aeveu mem?
bers, to prepare an address to tho peo?
ple of this State
A committoe on printing, to consist
of seven members.
Mr. Lathers, of Charleston, secouded
the resolutions. In a recent visit North
he had fonud entire sympathy with the
present movement to exist. Ho had en?
joyed the privilege of an interview with
President Grant, and was strongly en?
couraged to believe that the evils which
oppress us wore fully known to him and
as fully condemned; Senators and Rep?
resentatives in Congress of tbe great
Republican party had expressed to bim
their abborrenoo of tho condnot of the
Radicals in this Stato. He hud nowhere
met with anything but approval of tbe
step which this convention is now about
to take. There.baa been too little co?
operation among onr peoplo. In view
of tbe evils which surround us, wo must
be willing to give time to tbeir correc?
tion. Tbe strength of tbe dominant
party consists in their union, and in it
alone. He read extraots from officials
in condemnation of each other, and
from "The Prostrate Slate," to show
tho condition in whioh we are. Mr.
Lathers continued at eomo length, giv?
ing an elaborate presentation of the
abuses which the peoplo of South Caro?
lina suffer.
Mr. Keitt, of Nowberry, aud Mr.
Dudley, of Marlboro, followed in
speeches, in which the unropnblionn
character of the Stuto Government was
strongly exhibited. The former offered
a series of resolutions, to the effect that
a committee of ouo from each County
should wait upon President Grant, and
to bring to hia knowledge tbo state of
things here, at tho samo time proffering
to bim the unpport of tbo peoplo of
South[ Carolina. Under the rufe adopt?
ed, tbe resolutions were referred to one
of the committees raised under the reso?
lutions of Mr. Simonton.
Mr. Manrieej of Williamhnrg^ offered
resolutions concerning immigration.
Mr. MoMaster, of Riohland, offered a
resolution that a memorial be sent to
the General Assembly of South Caro?
lina, asking that body to take action in
the matter of excessive assessment of
the valuation of property.
Mr. Woodruff, of Spartanburg, a me?
morial to the same body for a redress of
numerous grievances.
TUB STATE bBttlSIiATVRK.
Tuesday, FEnnuABY 17, 1874.
SENATE.
Mr O. Smith presented the claim of
James Norton, Esq., for salary as School
Commissioner of Marion County.
The House sent to the Senate bills to
regulate the labor of persons confined
in the Penitentiary; to regulate the as?
sessment and collection of taxes upon
the real estate of Marion County.
Mr. Whittomore introduced bills to
amend Section 1. Chapter XOV, of the
General Statutes, relative to property
made liable for debts; to amend Seotion
26, of Paragraph I, of tbe Code of Pro?
cedure, being Title V, Chapter CXXII,
of the General Statutes, relative to tbe
entering of judgment upon failure to
answer.
Mr. Jervey?Joiut resolution to allow
Benjamin Grtig, of Charleston County,
to redeem certain forfeited laudB; bill
to amend the oharter of the German
Rifle Club, of Charleston, incorporated
under tbe 26th Seotion of an Act enti?
tled "An Act to incorporate certain so?
cieties, associations and companies, und
to renew and amend the charters of
othere," ratified Deoember 22, 1859.
Mr. Dunn--Bill to amend an Act en?
titled "Au Act to incorporate the Wac
camaw and Little River Canal."
Mr. Nush?Bill requiring Couuty She?
riff* to transport prisoners sentenced to
tho penitentiary to such pouitentiury
within ten days after such sentence.
Mr. Corwin?Bill to authorize and re?
quire tho County Treasurer and tho
County Commissioners of Newberry to
pay claims accrued during the fiscul
year ending October 31, 1873, out of
moneys collected for'the fiscal year com?
mencing November 1, 1873.
Mr. Whittemoro introduced a resolu?
tion, that on and after tho pasaago of
this resolution, Acts of incorporation
shall be published only in the newspa?
pers of the County for which said Acts
were granted.
HOUttE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After several reports from committees,
a message was received from tho Go?
vernor, approving the following:
Acts to provide for the redemption of
forfeited lands upon certain conditions
therein mentioned; to require the
County Commissioners of Aikeu to con?
struct a bridge over Upper Three Runs
Creek, in Aiken; to incorporate the
Piedmont Manufacturing Company; to
authorize Francis Huhun to adopt und
make his lawful heirs William Albert
Eulowo nnd Jamea Drayton Enlowe,
and to change tho names of tho said
William Albert Enlowe and James Dray?
ton Enlowe to William Albert Hahun
and James Drayton Hahun; joint reso?
lutions authorizing and directing the
County Commissioners of Charleston to
open a public highway on Wadmulaw
Island; to relieve L. H. Russell, late
Treasurer of Abbevillo County, and his
nonsstn-rS, :r-;-iii fsspotiihi/Uikj.
Mr. Hurley introduced a bill to pro?
vide for the redemption of tho bills of
the Bank of tho State.
Mr. Lowry?Joint resolution to de?
signate and fix the voting precincts of
Chesterfield County.
Mr. Humbert?Joint resolution direct?
ing the State Treasurer, to pay to the
County Treasurer of Darlington the de?
ficiency of the free school fund doe to
the County, of Darlington for tho fiscal
year ending October 31, 1873.
Mr. Keith?Joint resolution to elect
Couuty Auditors and Treasurers by the
General Assembly.
Mr. Bowley?Bill to charter the
Georgetown and North-eastern Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company.
Mr. Adamson?Bill to incorporate tho
Caindeu Firo Engine Company, No. 1.
Mr. Robertson?Bill to create a spe?
cial commission on school text books,
and to defiuo their powers nnd duties.
! Mr. J. C. Wilson?Joint resolution to
I make the office of School Trustees an
elective office, and provide for the elec?
tion of the same.
Mr. Rice introduced the following re?
solution, which wont over, under the
rules:
Resolved, That tho Committoo on tbo
Judiciary are hereby instructed to in?
quire and report as early as practicable
to this House what use the Governor
bus made of tho last yoar's contingent
of $20,000, and the balance of tho same
fund uuexponded by his predecessor in
office, whiob oame into his possession.
On motion of Mr. Crittenden, all
school claims on the calendar and in
possession of the Committees on Claims
and Education were referred to tho
Committee on Ways und Means, with
instructions to report u plan for the ad?
justment of tbo samo.
Mr. J. D. Boston iutroduced the fol?
lowing concurrent resolution, which was
made the special order for to-morrow, at
1.30 P. M.:
Resolved, That the Attorney General
bo, aud bo is hereby, instructed to insti?
tute, without delay, criminal proceed?
ings against Niles G. Parker, late Stute
Treasurer, for the fraudulent and illegal
issuo of conversion bonds.
Death or Edward O. Thai.in.?This
eatimablo geutlomau, long nnd favora?
bly known in Charleston ns flour in?
spector, died a few days ugo, in Orange
burg County. His many friends will
sympathize with his lilllioted family.
A number of largo whales have been
seen ?poutiug in the ocean off Savan?
nah bur.
?rrr Matters.?Subscribe for the
Phojnix.
Yesterday was raw and rainy.
The State Orange convenes in Par?
ker's Hall to-day.
Shoe dealers say, "Let it rain; we
always have a supply of rubbers."
To-day is the anniversaey of the
evacuation of Charleston, in 1865.
Fine's Norfolk oysters ure all the
rage?they are large, plump and juicy.
Mr. Jacob Levin is advertising a large
quantity of moats and other articles for
sale.
Chicken thieves are still committing
their nightly thefts in various parts of
the city.
The immense reduction in prices at
P?. C. Shiver & Co.'s is drawiug crowds;
of people.
A oolored boy was horse-hit near the'
market, yesterday. Hydrophobia is
not expected. *
The Tax-Payers' Convention will re?
assemble in Irwin'n Hall, this morning,
at 10 o'clock.
To-day begins the Lsnteu season. |
The butchers are sad. Fish and ugg
dealers are glad. j
Valentines are disappearing from
view. They can be resurrected on the|
14th of February, 1875.
A good set of furs can be purchased
at Ii. C. Shiver ?fc Co.'s for $5; a bettor
one for S3?worth 815 and 320.
The borses tbat are to contest in tbe
race at tbe track noar tbo fuir grounds
aro becoming familiar with the course
by practice.
Members of tbo Tax-Payers' Conveu
tion should not fail to call on the "In?
dian Girl," Columbia Hotel block. See
her advertisement.
The Phoenix job olHco is complete iu
every respect, und cards, posters, pro?
grammes, bill-beads, etc., are turned
out with alacrity.
As Vuleutine's Day came on the 1-lth
ol February this year, next year it will
be on tbo 15th?of course, as the 14th
will fall on Sunday.
Tbo Phoenix is iu receipt of n lot of
wedding envelopes, paper, etc., of tbe
latest Paris and New lork styles, which
will bo printed at reasonable rates.
All who wish to cconomiz 9 will take
ml vantage of tbe large sale of dry goods,
boots and shoes, millinery, carpets, oil
olutbs, rugs, a.c., atK. C. Shiver & Co.'s.
Tbe hotel-keepers aro in favor of tbe
Tax-Payers' Convention, or any other
convention tbat assembles so many pa?
trons in Columbia as aro here at present.
The want of space prevents tbo pub?
lication of the arrivals at tho different
hotels, yesterday. The lists sent in,
however, show lively times for tbo land?
lords.
Coiouel Pearce, agent of tbo Colum?
bia Water Power Company, comes to
the defence of tbo company, in this
morning's Pikesix, in reply to Mr,
Grimu's card.
Mr. Lowry recovered bis poultry,
which was raided by a colored man
named Pinckney. The chicken raiser
was sent to jail for thirty days by Trial
Justico Richmond.
The Governor has re-appointed Jo
seph Erwin a Trial Justice for Barnwell
County; also, Mortimer Slocum, of San
Antonio, Texas, a Commissioner of
Deeds for this State.
At the nominating convention of the
Fourth Ward, held Tuesday night, the
following candidates were nominated to
6iioceed Aldermen Carpenter, Lowndes
and Mitchell: L. L. Brown, William
Simons and Dept. Weils.
Planters and families wanting soleot
seed potatoes will find a fino lot of dif?
ferent kinds at E. E. Davies & Co.'s.
They aro also receiving daily somo select
shad and Norfolk and Wilmington
oysters, which they offer low for cash.
Persons indebted to tbo Phoenix office
aro earnestly requested to call and settle
at once. There is a largo amount due?
tbo greater portion in small sums. The
indebtedness must be liquidated, or we
shall bo forced to resort to extreme mea?
sures.
Our readors aro rcferrod to tbo entire
fifth page of this morning's iesuo for a
graphic description of tho Mardi Gras
Carnival, iu Now Orleans, yestorday.
Wo are ahead of any other paper in the
Staie in furnishing this description, and
it is from tbe versatile pen of our well
known traveling correspondent, "J. A.
S."
Court or General Sessions, Tues?
day, February 17.?Tho court met at IU
A. M., his Honor Judge 11.13. Carpooter
presidiug.
James A. Duubar, kidnapping?not
guilty.
11. Little, grand larceny?guilty.
James U. liny, murder?continued
until next term.
John Dozier, alias John Pontoon,
alias John Portickor, was tried for
grand larceny; tho jury brought iu a
verdict of petit larceny.
Wesloy Simmons, found guilty of tbo
murder of Robert Goods, was granted
a now trial.
Mail Arrangements. ?Tbe Northern
mail opens 6.30 A. M., 8 P.M.; closes
11 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 8
A. M.j 5.30 P. M,: Moses8 A, M., 6 P.
M. Western opens6 A. M., 12.80P. M.;
oloses 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opens
6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wilmington
opens 4P. M,; closes 10.30 A. M- On
Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.80 P. M.
Tbe note with respects of W. M. L.,
of Charleston, enclosing extraot from
the New York Journal of Commerce, ha*s
been duly received at this office. It has
not suited oar convenience to give it in?
sertion as yet, bat we will endeavor to
do so at an early day. Our thanks are
due to our friend for his attention. We
join him in the hope which he expresses,
that we are approaching a turning point
for the honest people of South Carolina.
Sdpkeme Couiit Decisions, February
IS, 1874 ?W. F. Redding el ux. vs. the
Sooth Carolina Railroad Company. Ap?
peal dismissed. Opinion by Willard,
A. J.
In re Kuox & Gill vs. tbe South Caro?
lina Railroad Company. Petition re?
fused, pei- cwiam.
Ex parle Edward F. Stokes?habeas
corpus. Motiou refused. Opinion by
Moses, C. J.
We learn that Rev. Robert Neumann,
chaplain to immigrants at Castle Gar?
den, New York, and who has been in?
strumental iu sending a considerable
number of immigrants iuto South Ca?
rolina, left New York, yesterday, for a
visit to Charleston, and may probably
come as high as Columbia. Parties who
deairo to do so muy communicate with
him through Major Melchera, of the
Deutsche. Zeitung, of Charleston.
PnxBiUxiAXA.?Expensive furniture?
Indian bureaus.
The discoverer of America?One up
prnaching our shores.
When a woman can't do anything
else, she makes un apron.
Tho lining of a purse should be more
valuable thun the outside.
That winch has been thrown away bos
often to be begged again.
Cooing is wull enough before mar?
riage, but the billing doesn't come till
after, und then it comes from the trades?
men.
Mit. Pouter's Adduess.?A word of
explanation is due to our readers, this
morning, iu connection with the non
appearance of tho opening address of
Hon. W. D. Porter to the Tax-Payers'
Convention, yesterday. Immediately
upon its delivery, about 2 P. M., a gen?
tleman connected with our office made
application for the copy for publication.
He was informed that it had been given
to a reporter for tho Charleston News
and Courier. Ho next applied to this
reporter for tbe privilege of using it,
with the condition of returning it to him
jtS *i!?r l?r ihc U?i.itoiuu tunii ut iasc
evening. Tai? was reiuabu. Next ha
proffered to have it put in type, but not
jbring it out iu the Phoenix until tbe day
it would appear in the News and Cou?
rier. This was also refused. We could
ido no more. Our readers will thus
clearly see that it was impossible for us
to serve tbe interests of tbe public and
(the convention by presenting this mas?
terly address to tbem this morning.
j A Secret Order Exposed.?We
have beard that a person who takes an
'obligation to a secret society, and then
undertakes to expose tbo order, puts
himsp.lt in either of two positions: By
violating his obligation, be proves him?
self a perjurer; cr, by pretending to ex
poso tbe order, he proclaims himself a
liar. Iu tho instance wbioh we propose
to chronicle, tbo exposition was made
through inadvertence. And tbo most
mortifying part of the matter is, tbat
tbo order exposed has bat recently been
established iu our midst. We refer to
tbo Improved Order of Red Men. A
member of tbo order, while walking up
Main street, yesterday, saw what he;
dook to be a Rod Man, and gave ". sign j
'of recognition, which was noL replied to.
Bed Man No. 2 stared at No. 1, when
the sign of recognition was repeated.
jStill no answer. Then the usual show
|of a Red Man was given. Still no an
jswor. After vainly endeavoring to
'pump No. 2 by winks uud blinks, signs
and words, No. 1 turned off, with the
very un-Indiau-like remark, "You are a
|d?d impostor." Just at this momont,
'Mr. Sulzbacber stopped out of bis store,
and explained that Red Man No. 2 was
'a wooden Indian, used as a sign for tbo
California Cigar Store. Mr. S. pro
Imiaod to say nothing to anybody about
tbo sigus, Ac, be bad accidentally wit?
nessed, except to tbo newspaper men,
|and of courso tbey never tell anything
itboy bear. Red Man No. 1 then
jstopped iu?ide tbe California Cigar
'Store, and purchased a box of tbo best
cigars. But he could not forgive him
'self for tho error be committed, so bo
rushed frantically from the store, swear?
ing to drown himself?in a sea of smoke,
i
Lent.?As the Leuten season is here,
tbe obareh warns. all her children to
pray and fast daring a period of forty
rfnyg; Sackcloth end ashes must ao~
bo donned by the faithful, and their
purple and fine linen be cast aside.
Prayer and good works shall take the
place of revelry and merry-making, and
all occasions partaking of pomp and
magnificence are ordered to be dispensed
with. The season of Lent has always
been observed by the Christian Church
as a moat solemn fast. On many ac?
counts, tho great ecclesiastical law which
orders tbe observance of tbe Lenten
seaBon is most venerable.
Its antiquity and the universality with
whioh at the present day it is observed
in every Christian commocity, reader it
especially venerable. In traoicg the
fact of its antiquity, tbis fast ia men?
tioned in tbe connoils through every
age. Ecclesiastical writers in every cen?
tury bave spoken of the observance of
Lent in a manner whioh indicates the
fact tbat in former ages, the etrict ob?
servance of the season of Lent was re?
garded by the Christian people in the
light of a most sacred duty, and the
monuments and records of the Chris?
tian Cburoh evidently tend to carry it as
high as any snoh monuments are extant
?that is, to the time when tbe disciples
of the apostles were living and govern?
ing the chief sees.
Daille, one of the most famous of
French Calviuists, attacked the observ?
ance of Lent in his writings in a man?
ner which, nt tbe timo, tended greatly
to detract from its very strict obseiv
a nee. Iu tbe end, however, ho was
compelled to admit the fact tbat the
Lenten season bad existence even as far
back as tbo fourth century, and that it
bad always been observed since that
time.
Cist of New Advertisements.
H. & ?. Beard?Auction Sales.
Indian Girl?Fine Tobacco, Sea.
Meeting Columbia Lodge, No. 108.
John Agnew?Buggies and Carriages.
Richardson's New Method for Piano.
John Agnew & Son?Hay and Corn.
A Card.
To the Editor of the Daily Phamtz:
I notioe in the columns of tbe Phoe?
nix, of yesterday, an appeal from B. F.
Griffin to tbe citizens of Ward 1 of this
city, in whioh he charges the Columbia
Water Power Company of "using their
power against tne interests of the citi?
zens of that Ward;" meaning thereby to
convey the idea that wo were endeavor?
ing to control tbe politics of that Ward.
Whatever may bave been his motive for
publishing sach a statement, I simply
pronounce the charge to be false. The
attempts whioh are being made to drag
tbe Columbia Water Power Company
into tbe politioal affairs-of this city, is a
part of the clap-trap used by unscrupu?
lous politicians to further tbeir own pnr
! posoa, Tf Mr. Gri5in- Li= asshiiiss
I to bo re-elected, has made a mistake of
; this kind and been defeated, tbat is a
matter of his own. The Columbia
Water Power Company have no candi?
dates for Mayor and Aldermen in the
coming eleotion, and as large tax-pay?
ers, are only interested in having a good
city government.
8. A. PEARCE,
Agent Colombia W. P. Co.
From the Savanna7i Morning News, De?
cember G, 1873.
Dr..i. A. Jones?Testimony of a Plcnter.
Tbe following voluntary testimony as
to the thoroughness and efficaciousness
of Dr. J. A. Jones' method of treating
diseases, has been handed us, and wo
take pleasure in printing it. Mr. Elijah
Roberts is an old and wcl'-knowuiplant
er of Soreven County:
I was sorely afflioted for many years
with ozcoua, catarrh, neuralgia and
disease of the breast and ohronio com
plaints, eo that I was given up by our
physicians in Angasta as a hopeless
ease. Iu this suffering condition, I
placed myself under Dr. Jones' treat?
ment, wbo relieved me very much in a
fow hours, and by tbe oontinned nse of
his remedies at home, I am oared of
most of my complaints, and onjoy life
very well for an elderly man of seventy
five, and I owo my life to Dr. Jones,
and cannot recommend him too highly.
Tbe Doctor also cared my daughter of
disease of tho liver. I am a planter.
My address is Mobley Pond P. O., Sore?
ven County, Ga.
ELIJAH ROBERTS.
Dr. Jones is now practicing at tbo
Wheeler House, in this Oity.
Nervous Debidtty.?A depressed,
irritable ptatb of mini>; weak, ner?
vous, exhausted fekmno; no kneroy
or animation; confused head, weak
memory, often with debilitating, in?
voluntary dischaboes.?Tbe conse?
quence of excesses, mental over-work or
indiscretions. This nervous debility
finds a sovereign curb iu Humphreys'
Homou'athio Specific, No. 28. It
tones up the system, arrests discharges,
dispels tho mental gloom and despond
onoy, nod rejuvenates tbo entire system;
it is perfectly harmless and always ef?
ficient. Price $5 for a package of five
boxes und a largo $2 vial ot powder,
whioh is important in old serious cases;
or $1 per single box. Sold by all
druggists, or sont.by mail on receipt of
price. Address Humphreys' Specific*
HoMCEnATHio Medicine Company, Nr>
5G2 Broadway, N. Y. For sale b>
Geiger Si McGregor, Columbia, S. C.
I Decl7 fl[lm