The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 28, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C~
Saturday Horning, February 28,1874,
Put Da? Indebtedness or the Asylum.
The General Assembly entered with
much zest, yesterday, into the election
of Regents of the Lanatio Asylum. This
position affords no salary, and no pa?
tronage that we know of. It baa usually
been filled by gentlemen who havo lei?
sure, and whose willingness and capacity
bo serve the humane objects of the in?
stitution were known and acknow?
ledged. Their reward was the'.oonsoiona*
neBS of giving their time and talent to
the benefit of tho most unhappy and
helpless class in the community. We
have had friendB to serve there as visit?
ors for the best part of their lives, and
they wore more exacting from them?
selves of punctuality and earnestness in
discharge- of these honorable and on
paid dut|es than in their other regular
avocations. It has been a position not
to be sought, but, when conferred, al?
ways regarded as a distinction and a
compliment.
As we looked on, yesterday, and lis?
tened to the score of nominations and
eulogies of candidates who were pro?
posed, it occurred" to us that it would
not be inopportuno to oall the attention
of the Goneral Assembly to the incon?
sistency of many appropriations it has
made, when compared with its studious
neglect of this retreat of the insane. It
has been carried on with great difficulty
and sacrifice on the part of those
charged with its management for the
last two or three years. It is a matter
within the knowledge of everybody ac?
quainted with its affairs, that its support
has been more precarious sinoe it wus
entirely aesomed by.the Stute. It has
been compelled to exist, from year to
year, entirely upon credit. The war?
rants drawn upon iU appropriations
?aya been sold, in some instances, at a
sacrifice of fifty cents on tho dollar, and
when driven to borrow money to pro?
tect its inmates from starvation und na?
kedness, it has been compelled to pay
heavy rates of interest. The necessity,
too, of buying its supplies on credit, at
excessive prices, has curtailed it of as
much as twenty-five per cent, of the
portion of its resources applied to that
end.
On the 2d instant, tho Superintendent
Bent a communication to the Legisla?
ture, in which be pleaded earnestly for
a proper maintenance for the Asylum
and relief from its ernbarrustmontR.
Since then, some heavy and some doubt?
ful claims have been ordered to be paid.
Nothing has been done in response to
the Superintendent's appeal, but to put
in the general appropriation bill ?G5,000
for its srpport for tho year. This is
lese uy giu.uuu mau lue Bum UO USKCU,
and which is needed. It is wholly un?
certain when it will be paid. Nearly
four months of the present fisoal year
have passed, and the only dependence
of the Asylum has been and is upon the
oharity and forbearance of its creditors.
These creditors have been treated shab?
bily by the Stute, to whose relief they
oame iu 18712 and 1873, and who yet aro
kept out of their advances, to the great
injury and danger of their business cre?
dit. How happens it that so little atten?
tion has been given to tbeir claims? It
surely cannot be ? expected that private
citizens are to bear the expenses of a
public institution. It sorely must be
admitted that tbeir efforts to sustain it
should be recognized with thanks, and
the sum of its dnes to tbem promptly
liquidated. It will work the inoBt seri?
ous injury to the good name of the in?
stitution, and permanently blight its
usefulness in tho fntare, if those who
came to its assistance iu its emergency
are to sutler for it as if it were a crime
and a wrong. ,
The Superintendent truly says:
"Tho Legislature alone can give the
needed relief. It is our settled convic?
tion that, unloas prompt measures be
inaugurated to discharge the past iu
debteduoae of the institution, and to
make better provision for its support iu
the future, it will only be a question of
time when the operations of the Asylum
must cease, and the dispensation of its
charities be stopped, perhaps, forever!"
We should be pleased to see some of
the interest which has been manifested
in the nlnntioQ qC Regents, the evident
amiety wbiob filled the breasts of the
numerous aspirants to this unpaid posi?
tion, transferred to tbe honorable and
commendable duty of governing the
institution wisely, justly and economi?
cally. The payment of creditors is a
matter wbiob cannot any lougor be post?
poned. Thoy aro entitled to their
money, and provision should be made
to pay it witbont delay. Added to the
communication to which we havo re?
ferred is a list of fifty-throe firms or per?
sons in Columbia, tbe aggregate sum
due to whom is $60,160.66. They in?
clude all olassas, even to the poor ser?
vants and washer-women, who bare
done the drudgery of tbe institution,
and whose families to-day Buffer tbe oon
sequences of tbeir unreqnited toil aud
service. How long shall this sbamo
affront the sense of justice aud offend
ths sensibilities of tbe public?
Immigrants and (Ho Union-Herald
Mr.' Editor: The artiole in yester?
day's issue*of the Union-Herald, under
the head of "Immigration," is a fabri?
cation, and a repetition of tbe old song.
Any one, being couversaut with tbu
mutter of immigration, can see ut once
that tbe article on Martin Oarrety and
James Bark ifl a "put up job." Never?
theless, it answers the purpose of the
Union-Herald, and the party it repre?
sents, to mako these "fearful facts" of
Martin and Jim kuowu to tbe people,
and warn others from falliug iu like
traps.
lu the first piuco, ibo Union Herald
errs when it Bays that "immigrants are
brought bore without any preparation
being mado to receive them." Now, ull
know that the society of which RuV. T.
R. Guinea is at the bead, aud tbe
Oharleston German Immigration So?
ciety, require in advance of tbo em?
ployee a certain amount of money tu
cover tbeir traveling expenses, such us
steamboat, railroad, omuibus aud hotel
fare, to tboir final destination.
How oan tbe Herald, then, say that
there is "no monoy, no home uor em?
ployment, to meet the immigrant on his
arrival*"" As far as beiug provided for,
treatment, Aro., read the testimonials in
the Working Man, from immigrants
soattored all over tbe State. Rut, as a
matter of course, if Martin Garrety aud
Jumos Burk, for a long time residents of
New York, (and no doubt New York
roughs,) toll the Union-Herald that
they were ill-treated, fooled and not
provided for, then all other statements
are incorrect, and tbo "immigration
scheme" mischievous, aB predicted by
tho Unioii-Herald. As for wages, any
boy, of good character, industriuas, &c,
either white or colored, oan get from
$10 to $12 per mo th in Newberry, at
least, on a farm. No , this tells badly
for Martin and Jim Rurk, if wages are
elsewhere over tbe State as in Newberry.
For tbe benefit of tbe Union Herald
and all suoh ill-fated beings as Martin
Garrety and James Burk, I would ad?
vise them to write to Rev. l?uhu, Im?
migration Agent, Newberry, S. C, who
will find work for the immigrant aud
other food for the Union-Herald.
NEWBERRY.
Stw Tiling on the Tapis.
Mr. Editor: We merely scribble Ibid
"us a matter of information," to ap?
prise you that ciroulors are beiug distri?
buted about the State, emanating, we
suppose, from tbe fountain-head, either
for purposes of speculation, to rub tbo
treasury, or for electioneering purposes,
to serve in the coming oatnpuigu. This
circular calls tbo attention of the co?
lored people, through some lieutenant,
tbo disbursing officer of the 18th Regi?
ment South Carolina militia, to tho pay?
ment of pensions aud bounties to the
crippled und dead members of that ire
gimeut. Now, we would lilto to know
for what war the fallen or crippled he?
roes are to be paid pensions and boun?
ties. At what time did the Legisla?
ture pass u pension and bounty bill?
-~ v. v. .. ? ut*u tlgili null lUUJf LO
do it? We would further like to know
whence in the money to cotuo from
when they cannot pay legalized debts?
0 mores.' O temporal First, the ring
played with a trained constabulary and
an armed mob, aud wuu. Secondly,
they went iu under General Grant's Kil
Klux bill. Now, we suppose, they are
to rnu in uuder pensions aud bounties,
since tho pay certificate ruse has falieu
into disgrace. When will wonders
cease? What fertile fellows in expe?
dient!
NONICUIS STAT UMBRA.
To tub Editor oftv.s Puojnix: In an
editorial of to-day's paper, under tbo
head of "A Suspicions Family Arrange?
ment," you use these words: "Wo are
surprised that the Republican Printing
Company, which already bus such u
load of obloquy to bear, should tamely
consent, iu this crisis of tbeir fate, to
take on additionul burthens of Kimme,
aud mostly, we suppose, for others, who
are afraid to shoulder them themselves."
You doubtless consider tho names of J.
Woodrull' and A. O. Jones to be syuo
uymous with Republican Printing Com?
pany. I beg louve to state that I have
been named us a trustee in tho bill to
provide for the payment of certain
claims, without nuy authority whatever.
1 have stated this repeatedly. I buvu
nothing to say about the claims. For
aught 1 know, tbey are legitimate. But
I shall certainly decline the honor (?)
sought to bo conferred, und have re?
quested that my name be stricken out
of tbe bill. I do not seek to jeopardize
tho bill, but I am not willing to have
this greatness thrust upon mc. Very re?
spectfully, A. G. JONES.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 27, 1871.
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Columbia, S.O., February 27,1871.
Editor ov Pnautix: In reply to your
editorial of to dav, relative to tho claim
bill of $215,000, now pending, allow me
to say that there are no claims of tho
Republican Printing Company included
in said bill. As to tbe printing, tbe
company prints whatever is ordered,
aud trusts tu tbo good faith of tbo Stute
for payment for all tbe work done.
LeQRAND BENEDICT,
President Repubijoan Printing Com?
pany.
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A Chicago paper says "tbe little Statu
of Delaware has tbe honor of growing
about all tbe pea-nnts that are grown in
tbo United States." If all tbe pea-nuts
Georgia produces in a single year were
poured into Delawure, tbey would blot
out tbe State as effectually aa Pompeii
was blotted out by tbo aBhes of Vesu?
vius.
the state leoislivtuhk.
Fbiday, Fbbboabt 27, 1874.
SENATE.
The Senate met nt 12 Ed.
Mr. Wilson presented the petition of
Thomas Steers, parying legislation for
the adjustment of his claims against tho
Blue Ridge Railroad Company, as due
to his just rights and to the pledged
faith of Jtho Stute.
Mr. Jervey presonted the petition of
Julia D. Redding, praying relief forcer
tain injanes. -
Tho Senate and House met in joint
session, for tho purpose of electing six
Regents of tho Ltuoatio Asylum, with
tho following result: S. J. Lee, Robert
Smalls, Gabriel Gannon,- for tho term of
six years from Deoenibor 21, 1871; W.
A. Hayno, J. M. Smith, N. T. Spencer,
for the term ?f six years 'rom Deeem- |
bor 21, 187:1.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A great number of reports were sub?
mitted, and bills und joint resolutiots
ordered to lie over for a second reading.
Mr. Rivera introduced a bill to incor?
porate tho Aikcn Hook and Ladder
Company, No. 1.
Mr. Curtis?A bill to incorporate the
Plautors' Bank uud frost Company.
Mr. J. F. Greene?A bill to renew the
charter of Caroliua Lodge, I. O. O. F ,
of Charleston.
Mr. llico presented claims of J. S.
Mobley aud others.
Tho Speaker laid before the House
tho following:
To the Honorable (he House of Repre?
sentatives?Gestlem?s: I bavu the honor
to acknowledge, tho receipt of your
communicatiou of the 25th instant, in?
quiring if any bouds have been ex?
changed uuder tho Funding Act. 1
have tho honor to state that the new
bonds aro not yet printed. 1 will be
ready to begin the process of exchange
by the 1st of April next. I havu the
honor to be, very respectfully, &e.,
P. L. OAKDOZO,
Treasurer South Caroliuu.
Charters and Inc jutobations.?Ouo
of the greatest channels for curtailing
au expense of printing and saving of
time iu considering bills, has been
opened by the pasaugo in tho Senate of
the bill iutroduced by John R. Coohrau,
Esq., aud heretofore passed by tho
House The Governor ban signed this
Aot und it is now a law. By its provis?
ions ohartcrs for churches, cemeteries,
fire, hook and ladder aud military com?
panies, Masonic and other lodges,
charitable, religious, labor, agricultural,
manufacturing, industrial, or similar
societies or companion, shall be gruutod
tiy tho Clerk of tho Courts upon appli?
cation to that olQiiul. If within ten
days lifty persons object iu writing, the
Clerk may refuse, if ho considers the
objections sufficient, the Judge of the
Circuit having power to decide, it be
refuse, then tho General Assembly niuy
bo appealed to. Thirty days public
notice is to be. givou by tbu parties ap?
plying for tho charter iu one of the
newspapers of the County. Tho Act
classifies tho charters. Class ouo com?
prises all labor, agricultural, manufac?
turing, industrial, miuiug aud companies
or associations of like nature; class two,
churches, &o.J class three, charitable
aud religious institutions, Free Masons
and such kind of Bocteties. Iu jockoy
and other sportiug clubs tho amount of
property is not 10 exceed ?ou.uuu. w ben
I no objections arc pre.souted, the Clerk
[ of tho Court is obliged la till out the
I blank charter, and is allowed u feu ui
S3 therefor, except for chnrches, for
which the charter fee is tixod at SI. Iu
cuso the General Assembly grants any
charter, the corporators shall pay 65 to
tho Secretary of State for certilicateH of
incorporation. All charters now ex?
isting in tbo Stato can be renewed uuder
these provisions when they shull havu
expired.
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Mr. Julius Rider, who, immediately
ufler the. close of the war, emigrated to
'lirazil, is prospering beyond his ex?
pectations, ils has recently formed a
partnership in bu.siucss with tho view to
tho importation of certain articles from
the United States. Rider & Co. is tho
namu of tho tlrin, established at Rio.
Iiis many friends in Chester will bo glad
to hear of his success.
Ou Thursday last, Johu Shea, a cor?
poral in Company C, of the 18th Regi?
ment United Stutus Iufaufry, stationed
ut Yorkvillo, committed suidido, by
shooting himself with u musket. Plac?
ing tho tnUSSZlo close to his left breast,
ho touched tho trigger withja ram-rod.
Tim ball passed through his body aud
lodged in the wall.
Maj. Tillmau Watson died at bis resi?
dence, ou the Ridge, on Mouduy lust?
aged about seventy-two years. Mujor
Wutson, onco prominent in public aud
political lifo, had lived for some years
puat in such retirement, that his folio w
oilizens, except along the Kidge, had in
n great degree lost sight of him.
A white woman resideng on Pacific
street, Sun Francisco, married to a co?
lored mnu, gave birth recently to twins,
a boy atid a g.r!, Tho boy is black as
jot, but on the, compensation principle,
the girl is white no a lily.
Ool. P.. M. Korr, of Ruck Hill, died
at Concord, N. C, on the 25th. Col.
Korr served faithfully and gallantly
through the lato war, both as Captain of
Company H, and dually as Lieutenant
Colonel of tho Twelfth.
It is said thai the Northern holders of
South Carolina bonds are preparing to
tost the legality of the action of tho
Legislature, in repudiating what are
kuown us the "Conversion bouds."
James Warmoth, whilo in a stato of
iutoxtoation, froze to death last week,
in the vioinity of Lewis' Turn Out,
Chester Comity.
Will S. Hays, tbo musical composer
uud editor, is now a journeyman job
printor in Louisville, Ky.
The Georgia Legislature adjourned
.sine die on the 26th.
Chicago to Charleston? The Senti?
ment ov the Press ?The Delphi (In?
diana) Times speaks as follows of the
Chicago arTd South Atlantic Railroad:
"The company desire to oommeuuo ops
rations about Tho 1st of April, and as
they ask no money from tbo people
until tbe work is completed, tbe follow?
ing remarks seem to the point. This is
fair, and wo ought to put sufficient con?
fidence in the officers of the road to, at
least, raise our quota so as to be ready
wbon tbe work i? progressing to pay uu
fast as it is lawful to do so. The work
of raising local aid will be coinmeucud
in Lake, Jasper, White, Clinton, Booue,
Hamilton aud Miami Counties at once.
Iu oar County (Carroll) we yet lack a
few thousand dollars of having our
share made up. This, wo cui raise by a
little labor, aud if all thu.su who a.'e in?
terested will be prompt in doiug tbeir
duly. This, we feel rtufo in saying, wi 1
be tbo line of policy of our citizen*'.
Wo want tho road, ami ought to have it
if a greater sacrifice is accessary in the
way of subsidies aud taxes tbtiu has
heretofore been u>kod of us will secure
it."
On Ibe .-aun subject, the Mt. Veruou
(Ky.) Democrat says: "It" tbe people
tiloug the proposed line of tbe Chicago
aud South Ailuntic Ruilroud imugiuu
that tbo sky will fall und let them catch
a railroad lurk, they will learn, one of
tbet-o days, thut tho proposed Hue ha-,
been changed, and thut their neighbors
have, by tho exercise of u little energy,
caught tho lark while they worn waiting
for tho sky to fall. The Chicago and
South Atlantic Railroad would be of far
more value to the inhabitants of this
County than any other that could be
built. Tbo country West of us has en?
tered tho New Orleans market us u for?
midable competitor iu tbe buy trade. Iu
a few years, we will find ourselves
crowded to the wall. If this railroad
Hhould be built, a new market, that our
rivals could not reach as cheaply as we,
would be opened, aud our bay trade
would be placed uu a sure basis. Every
one acquainted with the buy trude
knows that much of the bay sent down
the river is afterwards sent from New
Orlcaus Eist. Tue construction of this
road would give us this trude to our?
selves. But it is necessary thut we should
do something, if we would gaiu these
great advantages."
The Abbeville (N. C.) Weekly Pioneer
soys: "The corporators of the Oreeu
villo und French Broad Railroud should
uot fail, under any cousidurutiuu, tu
come together at this placo on Thursday,
thu 12th of next month, und organize
the company. It is all important that
they should organize thu company ut
once. Iu these corperulors is reposed
nu important trust, and if they fail to
dischargo Iheir duty promptly, those
who are directly interested in this great
work will certainly hold them responsi?
ble for such neglect. Thu people of
South Carolina uro moving in this direc?
tion. Tho Legislature of tbe Stato has
made .such amendments to the South
Carolina charter as is satisfactory to the
company. The people of Charleston
are beeoiuiug awakened to tbeir intert a s
in the work, aud already masterly efforts
are being made to put the work in pro?
gress. May success ulteud their uobie
efforts. Rouse up, yu people of the
French Broad Valley, and let the world
know that you are interested iu your
uku Mtmntu. wiyaiit/.j iuu uuinpuuy u
you can do nothing else for tbe present.
Corporators, one uud all, don't fail to
be bor?.' rsii the 12cb .>f next month."
A Washington despatch, of Monday,
to the Bdtituor.se Sun says: "Mr. Pat?
terson, of Pennsylvania, now sitting in
the Senate us a representative fr-uu
South Carolina, has stated that he in?
tends to address tho Senate shortly on
South Carolina affairs, and to pay his
respects to Mr. Bayard for bis arraign
metit of Major Merrill iu connection
with the Ku Klux arrests aud tho money
made out of them. If Mr. Puttersou
carries out bis iuteution he. will bj apt,
before be gets through, to have his own
history ventilated iu a manner which
may not bo very ugreeublc. Senator
Robertson, of South Carolina, whose
Republicanism has never been Ques?
tioned, is known us a man of candor and
firmness. lie has uot^buou at ull back?
ward in expressing bis disapproval of
the conduct o! Major Merrill or any
other army officer iu uccepting a don
cour from the South Carolina Legisla?
ture, und if he deems it necessary he
will say us much on tho li.mr of the
Senate."
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The newspapers of tho larger cities
aro toeniiug with accounts of poverty
and destitution, and of tbo measures
taken f or the relief of the poor. Pauper?
ism grows as tho census grows, and tho
soup-house, with its demoralizing ten?
dencies, is likely to become a fixture in
this couutry. ?Perbap3 tho New York
weeklies might do somctbiug toward
staying this spread of impecuniosity if
they would let up a little uu tbeir theory
about early marriages.
United States Court.?I. S. K. Ben?
nett wus finally discharged in bankrupt?
cy; Q. D. Bryan, Esq., was appointed
assignee of J. B. Junes; C. B. Glover of
W. D. Witt; John W. Burbridgo of W.
N. Preutiss, nud D. B. Gilliland of J. C.
Smart. Tbe Registrar's report in tho
case of John S. Shuck, bankrupt, wns
oouflrmod. Tbo petition of W. A.
Tuwues, assignee to sell property, was
referred to the Registrar.
Frank Blair, completely broken down,
is at tho Clifton, N. Y., water-cure,
seeking restoration. Uib right side is
considerably paralyzed. He thinks it is
partly tbo result of oxcessivo smoking, it
having been bis habit to use from thirty
to forty cigars a day.
A-cable despatch announces the death
of Charles Shirley Brooks, tbo editor of
Punch, and a novelist and dramatio
writer of somo distinction.
Mexico now riaiea all the cotton need?
ed for ber own mills.
Tue Fuanbung Pkivileoe.?It ia to
bo hoped that "tbo oblique effort to re
enact tho franking privilege will not
succeed. Tho preoioos right of mem?
bers of Congress to freight the mails
with worthless matter was for many
years a serious nuisance, but Congress
meu hold on to it with tbo utmost tena?
city. At length, however, the law creat?
ing tho abuso was abolished; but the
mails havo not beon free from the rub?
bish of tho document rooms of the Ca?
pitol u year, till it is sought to restore
the privilege. The real reason why
Congressmen desire it is to gratify their,
vanity aud personal ambition, in send?
ing their own speeches to their consti?
tuents, and to use it for campaign pur?
poses in spirited political contests. It
wus this which made it so much a nui?
sance, uud which, besides, had tho effect
of vastly increasing the bulk of the
public pr.uting. Documents wuro print?
ed iu large quantities, merely because!
Congressmen could show many of their
constituents the delicato compliment ol
personal rogurd by mailing them a
worthless tpeech or an unimportant re?
port. If the privilege is renewed, ull
its abuses will bo reuewed with redou?
bled effect.?Neto York Herald.
The New Factory.?We have had
the pleasure of meeting and conversing
with Mr. George Putuum, who is in
Greenville, representing Messrs. Sanip
kou, llull a: Co., of Boston, the lessees
of the water power aud brick mill of A.
Mellen, Esq. He informs us that his
company expects to put iu operation
between now und tho first of May next,
tifty-siz looms und 3,300 spindles. For
the present, they will manufacture cot?
ton yuruB. Mr. Putuum is superintend?
ing the work iu pcrsou, and is prepar?
ing his mill lor the reception of the
looms now in boxes ou the Greenville
Depot platform. On Tuesday last,
work was begun on a second wing of
the present buildiug, Eastern side. The
uew wiug ia to be two stories high,
forty-five feet long and thirty wide, und
will bo built of brick. The foundation
has beon laid. Mr. Putuum expects,
also, daring the summer months, to
erect still another addition, on the
Southern side, of like dimensions to the
one now in course of construction. As
tho lessees have control of the water
power down tbo river to and including
the old saw mill stand, if they Mud addi?
tional power necessary for their pur?
poses, will build there also.
[Greenville Enterprise.
A Blundering Homicide.?A letter
from New York oily relates a "detective"
blunder which is uearly us bud as posi?
tive crime, as follows:
"For example, a party of these dutcc
lives, six iu number, thinking they had
discovered the biding place of one
'Dutch Herman,'tho supposed murder?
er of the watohmiu Scbwubb, broke
into a room occupied by Michaol McNa
main, 530 West Tweuty-uiuth street,
and before the poor man could get any
preciso explanation of their presence,
ono of the detectives deliberately dis?
charged tbo contents of a pistol at bim,
iufliuiing injuries which huvo since
proved fatal. Tho name of tho man
who iired the pistol is Lahy; he is now
under urrest, awaiting the result of his
work. McNumara is represented to
be a hurd-workinor laborer. Ho bus a
wife aud two children, who are well
uigh heart-broken at the calamity that
h.o. befallen them."
Fanny Davenport has been viewed as
"Folliuo," at tho Fifth Avenue, by Mrs
13 urn hum, of the St. Louis Republican,
who enthusiastically remarks that "E.
L. Davenport bus been a great comfort
to tbo world iu many ohaivoters, but in
that of progenitor, I look upou him
with the same admiration I do upou
Fulton and Franklin and Morse, or Ten?
nyson or Holman Hunt. Iu steam aud
electricity and poetry und artistic beau?
ty, he's invented something surpassing
Ilium all, aud wc cull his invention
Funny Davenport. Davenport has a
speech iu ono act, where she Hayt,: *I
cumo down stairs three at a time, und
might have spruined my ankles, but,
thank fortune, I havu ankles that are
ankles.' Aud she might have added
with truth, aud every other physical
perfection that has gladdened tho eyes
of mortuls siuse tho Veuus of Milo loa'
her arms."
Life insurance, which is now ulmo.m
as a test of civilization, is heavier iu thin
country thau iu uuy other. Tbo lifo in?
surance of tho people of tho world in
said to amount iu tho aggregate to
$5,273,000,000, and is divided utnong
the civilized nations of tho globe iu the
following proportions: The United
States, $2,780,000,000; France, 8191,
000,000; England, 81,036,475,000; Ger
muuy. $270,000,000; Austria, 865,000,
000; thereat of the world, S197.000.000.
Tho estimate shows that the life insur?
ance of tho United States is larger thau
all the other countries of tho globo,
which, in the aggregate, amounts to
$2,523,000,000. whioh ia 8227.625.00C
less than the amount accredited to the
Uuited States.
Hotel, Aurivals, February 27,1871.?
Hendrix House ? W J Olmstead, D B
Leak, NO; W B Wynu. J W Green, N
Y; It H Moormaugh, St Louis; Miss
Laura Benjamin, Alston; G C Hawkins,
Miss Sallio Miller, Smith Howe, M S
Stool, Charleston; Mits Amelia Befo,
Winnsboro; D J Harman, Lexington;
Wiley Jones, oily.
Columbia Hotel?J F Izlar, Orange
burg; H A Horn, NY; W J Sprinkle,
N C; W F Paddon, Charleston; John 8
Bratton, S O; S Phillips, J N Bates, H
O Sohelby, N Y; Ohas Wells, F Hahn,
Pa; W T Grey, London; W H Evans,
Charleston.
Twenty-one yeaia ago, a factory girl
deposited $175 in the Lowell (Mass.]
Savings Bank. She recently called foi
her money and received 9786.
City Matters.?Subscribe for tho
Phoenix.
Hoyt'e German cologne ia sold by W.
C. Fisher, draggist.
The odor of the fertilizing guano per?
fumes tbe gale.
Vanity Fair?look at advertisement
for information and to tbe Indian Girl
for Sunday's smoking.
? Yesterday, tho weather was all that
aould be desired?clear, cool and plea
siant.
We have several books, wbioh aro
keeping Lent, aud tbey are not Catbo
lies either.
Cuban Hull?finest apples, oranges,
pine-apples, figs, &e., just received.
Send a trial order.
When you find a door shut, yon aro
romibded that it is for tbe comfort of
those inside, and to leave it open 13 not
politeness.
Go it strong when yon advertise
Bnsincss is like architecture?its best
{supporters are in columns, and capitals
are among its greatst ornamentations.
The Governor has accepted tbe reehr
; nation of Mr. A. D. Walker, as Trial
[Jastico for Charleston County, and has
.appointed Andrew Jones, of Aiken, and
Thomas Flynn, of Charleston, Notaries
Public
Tbo Governor has remitted the pe?
nalty in tbo case of Gilbert Bynnm,
Wm. Stowers and Kenry* Williams, the
policemen who were sentenced at tho
recent term of tbe General Sessions to
pay a fine of $5 and costs, on a charge
of riot and assault.
At auction, recently, Messrs. Seibels
& Ezcll sold $2,000 Laurens Bailroad
coupons, at 40c; $14,500 Blue Bidge
coupons, at 40c, and $12,000 Blue
Ridge bonds, at 39c A Bale of from
$50,000 to $60,000 or tho last named
class is soon to take place.
0 woman I in onr boors of ease, yon
know we'll do whate'er yon please; we'll
promiso to renounce tbo sin of Bonrbon,
brandy, rum and gin, and go so far as
to refrain (except when tempted) from
champagne; bnt have some mercy, do,
my dear, and leave, obi leave us lager -
jboer.
Collector Anderson has received a cir?
cular from Commissioner Douglass,
which states that every person or firm
liable to special tax mast, not later than
tbo 30th of April, or before commenc?
ing businces, if commenced subse?
quently, pay tbe amount of tax and file
bis return. A fifty per cent, penalty
attaches.
j A called meeting of tbo regeuts of tbo
Normal School was held Wednesday
evening. Tbe building to be occupied
by tbe school is to be immediately re?
paired. It is tbe design of tbe regeutf.
to have the school in operation by tbe
1st of Aoril, or us soon as practicable.
Prof. M. A. Warren, wbu has ueen xor
some time iu charge of tbe preparatory
school of tbo University, and, formerly,
principal of the Avery Institute,
Charleston, was unanimously elected
principal of tho Normal School. ^
I "Ten Nights in a Bar-room" was pre?
sented to a 'well-pleased audience, at
[ Parker's Hall, last evening, in which the
principal parts were performed by Mr.
and Mrs. Cramer, assisted by several
amateurs. Mr. LyBrand renders valua?
ble aid in these amusements, which it ? (
tbo intention of Mr. and Mrs. Cramer
to give weekly on Friday night. Thoee
who are thus devoting time aud talent
to tbe entertainment of onr citizens are
deserving of success, aud we hope will
receive liberal patronage
Pucesixiana.?Fortune turns every
thing to tbe advantage of her favorites.
That tbo ladies aro highly ruffled ia
no reason for tho gentlemen to bo
choleric.
Supbemb Cour.t, Fiuday, February
27, 1871.?Tbe Court met at 10 A. M.
Present?Chief Justice Mosea and As?
sociate Justices Wright and Willard.
A. H. Brown, respondent, rs. Kirk
patriok Sz Witte, appellants. On mo?
tion of Mr. Carroll, this oase was sub
mit tod on printed brief and arguments.
Tbe following decisions wore render?
ed: Tbe City Council of Charleston,
respondent, vs. tbe People's National
1 Bank, appellant. Judgment of Ciroait
?Conrt reversed, Opinion by -Moses,
;C. J.
j W. Zorn, respondent, vs. the Savan?
nah and Charleston Railroad Company,
appellant. Appeal dismissed. Opinion
jby Willard, A. J.
1 Ex parte James M. Carson, el al. Mo?
tion tor writ of cerliorari denied. Opi?
nion by Moses, O. J.
i Tbe following oases wore ordered to
'be re-argued: Wm. C. Murray, Thos.
'O. Jenkins, Enoch Pratt, Georgo W
Brown, Eliza M. Bonnean, appellants,
rs. City Connoil of Charleston.
The Ooart adjourned until Friday.
March 20, at 10 A. M.
List of New Advertisements.
D. O. Peixotto & Sons ? Auction Sale.
W. H. Staok?Note Stolen.
Indian Girl?Tobacco and Cigars.
Meeting Typographical Union.
A. Stork?Cider.
xXa&baniet Barn well- Assignee's Notice