The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 14, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Morning, March 14 1874.
Prevention Better Than Care.
We have more than once made ac?
knowledgment of the interest taken in
affairs in this State by the Northern Re?
publican presB. It hau beoomo eon
Tinoed that our aondition is well-nigh
hopeless, because the very fountains, of
our publio life have been poisoned. It
baa read lectures to those who have po?
litical oontrol; it has expatiated upon
the virtues of honesty and moderation;
it has even launched threats against
them of being execindad from the na?
tional party, if tbey do not mend their
ways. Tue Administration at Washing?
ton has also at last realized what a dis?
grace to republican institutions has
grown up here under its wiog. Elliott's
mission to preach repentance and to in?
culcate a purer political lifo upon the
Legislature of the State and the offioials
of the State Government, was inspired
from "these headquarters." But all
that Elliott can suggest, ull that the
Radical Northern pr^ss can advise, a'-l
that the National Administration can
threaten, nil tbe pleadings tbut may be
uttered from every quarter of tbe cuun- j
try in favor of uuloading and in favor of
reform, is but souud aud furj, signify?
ing nothing to the organized aud un-?
scrupulous South Carolina robbers. It
is like whistling jiga to a mile-atone.
The louder the voico of remonstrance,
the stronger the denunciations of dauger
' to themselves and the party to which
tbey would like to hang on, tbe more
rascally is their conduct, the more un?
blushing their legislative and official lar?
cenies. Of course, there are exceptions;
but tbe bulk of the lenders act uow as
if they saw the end upproaching, aud
were determined to make the most of
their present opportunities.
The Philadelphia Press recognizes the
fact that "terrible corruption" exists in
South Carolina. It speaks plainly to
the ctrruptiutiists. It tells them tbut
the struggle with them is for existence,
that they are in imminent danger of
feeing ground to dust between the upper
aud nether mill-stones of Northern
indignation and Southern hatred. They
must hasten to reform, to unload, to
prove their personal honesty, and to de?
monstrate their capacity for solf-govorn
tnent, &c. The Press coolly proposes
this impossible oonditiou to men, every
one of whom will laugh iu his sleeve
when be reads it. What verdancy,
what imffable twaddle! Parson Prim?
rose had tome success iu reforming
criminals by the example of his own
pure life und the force of his humane
teachings, but he hud tbe advantage of
pre,;ching to them while iu prison, uu
UOrgOlUg puiuauuicuii iUi Luit*? MAllUCcH
Circumstances alter cases. Fellows who
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bing it with both hands, who are borne
along ou tbe wave of a power more ab?
solute and arbitrary than a despotism,
conscious that nothing can balk their
greed or euro tbeir will, ure not likely
to regard moral suasion. Not until they
are first made to disgorge and account
for their stealings; not until, like
Tweed, they look through prison bars
upou the outside world, which they have
defrauded, will the thieves of South
Carolina be amenable to repentance.
Yon might us well expect purity iu a
bagnio, or ordar iu Paadomouium.
The Press discourages the South Ca?
rolina memorialists in thoir application
iu Cougross for redress. "Too late," it
Buys. It says, further, that "t'uero is
neither excuse nor authority for such
interference at this time." Ou the con
trury, there are abundant grouuds,
gtuno of which wo have shown, and
nlhartt wo shall present at another i.iruo
V/e du not despair of finding tho Press
take \ difiVronl view, when itu informa?
tion h.?s become more full and exact.
What will it suy when its udvica b'uull be
i Mitenmed, and tho evils which exist
hure, und which it imperfectly neoa,
bavo increased, us they must, an buu
dred fold? The present effort of the
tiouservativo people of the State springs
from no passion and has uo party
objects. The troubles whiob nfil.ct
them ure great and grievous. If not
chocked or counteracted in time, they
will gather strength aud volume as they
go and sweep like an uvulnucho over its
liberties aud civilization. Will not the
Press lend its aid and influenoo to pre?
vent so diro a cutustrophe?
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Tito Now York Commarciul Advertiser
deeply regrets that tho education of so
many public ofiiciulu was neglected in
iheir youth. Arithmetic, particularly,
s'-i'ins to have been htuliounly over
nked, aud tho curious manner iu
which i onic of tho people's KOtvanta get
their figures mi>:''d, in "shocking?posi?
tively shocking." Now it is t?u City
.Treasurer of Fort Wajns, Indiana, who
oaunot "bifnnce" his books by about
$10,000.
'<M?o Agrlcullurnl ItRUd Scrip.
The House Committees on the Judi?
ciary nod Agriculture, to whom wort
referred the "report of special joint
committee, relative to agricultural land
scrip bonds," submitted a report on the
12th, that they found an Aot of the Le?
gislature, approved July 22,1868, styled
VAn Act accepting the benefits of an
Act douating public lauds to tbe several
States and Territories which may pro
vidu colleges for tbe benefit of agricul?
ture and the mechanic arts, passed by
the Congress of tbe United States, np
proved July 2, J862." This Act wa*
intended to seoore tho donation thus
made by Congress, but it was not ao
oeptable to that body, and another Ac,
styled "An Act accepting the donation
of lands to tbe State of South Carolina
for Kim unilnwmpnk of agricultural col?
leges," was paasod, and approved Dt?
comber 10, 1863. Mr. H. H. Etmpton,
the Financial Agent of this Stato in Neu
York, was entirely conversant with the
laws upon the subject.
Under the Aot of Congress, which was
accepted by this. State, sho received
scrip for 180,000 acres of land; and, b$
instructions of Governor Scott, .Mr.
Oardozo, Secretary of State, and Mr.
Chamberlain, tho board authorized by
law to aat in this matter, Mr. Kimptou
sold his scrip at 72)4 cjnts per ucre in
cash, and invested tho proceeds,
amountiug to $180,500, in bonds of tbis
State. This sale was probably made in
September or Ootober, 1870. Mr.
Kimptou says that, after this investment
was made, (bo does not fix tho time,)
there was pressing demaud iu New
York for money to meet tho liabilities ol
tbe State, and, upon bis own responsi?
bility, after consultingaounsel, he hypo?
thecated these bonds for a loau o!
I ?57,540, and applied the proceeds to
the indebtedness of tho State, and that
those bonds may still be redeemed by j
tbe payment of this sum, with interest!
from October 1, 1872, at BOVon per cent, I
He says that ho communicated to the!
Ft oauciul Board of this Stute his notions;
iu tbis matter.
Iu Mr. Kimpton's er-iminatioa before;
tbe speoial joint committee, ho refers all'
tbe way through to the Financial Board I
of tho State, and seems desirous to
throw nil tbe responsibility upon them'
of the whole transaction. This attempt ?
to relievo himself is entirely too thin.;
The Financial Board, as such, bad no
oontrol over these bouds, und bad no!
authority to sell them or to dispose of!
them iu any manner wbutsoever.
The Act of tbe Legislature created u{
special board to manugo this matter,:
and that board was confined witbin cor-:
tain limits?they could soli or have soldi
the scrip, and the proceeds wore to be!
invented in bonds of tbe United States'
or the Stato of South Carolina, aud.
these were to be held forever sacred for;
tho purposes expressed in tbe Act ol'
Congress. Any deviation from this,
line of conduct would have boen, iu tbej
opiuiou of tbo committees, a breach of
trust ou the part of tbo bourd.
Iu the opiuicn of the committee, there,
is no excuse for the conduct of Mr.
Kimptou; he is clearly guilty of a breach1
of trust, and knowingly, too. They,,
therefore, rocommend that tho Attorney
General of thi3 State bo directed at
ouoo to proceed criminally against Mr.
Kimptou, aud also civilly, if, in bis
imlcinfrit. nnv moans can be bud of him
stiff!-.Stent to warrant it. Tho report is]
signed by Henry A. Meotzo, Chairman'
Committee ta the Judiciary; jamc:
McCullougb. Chairman Committee ou
Agriculture.
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A Sad Picturk?Look at it, Cunt
bnniaTjS!?Tbo Hon. B. M. T. Hunter
bus writteu a letter to United States
Senator Stevenson, of Kentucky, upon
the condition of tbe oountry, in which
occurs tbe following brief and vigorous
summary of tbe great evil which tifll'c's
the nation:
"When a wholo social system has been
paralyzed iu its lower extremities, the
work of euro is tedious und difficult.
Tbe bead aud arms are loir, but its;
means of motion are sadly impaired.:
If tbo S^iitb was worth to tho Union nil
tbo moueyuud blood which it cost to rc-l
tain it, then onu would bavo supposed
tbut it was uu object uf iutercit to rc-:
6toro its eflloioy, moral and physical,'
aud thus securo its value. If it way
doomed necessary to alter its social sys?
tem and the relations of its elements, it
might bavo been expected that this dis?
turbance wonhl have satisfied those who
bad tho management of affairs. If they
could bavo devised uny relief froci the
vis medicalri.c tutlune, why nut allow
thorn that resource? It would have been
a great relief to them if they had beon,
allowed to place their own governments
in the bauds of tbo best aud strongest
elements of society, and not tbo weakest
und worst. But tho re verso seemed to
bavo been tbo end of tbo national po?
licy, which has fostered tho rale of the
negro and tbe carpet bagger uulil those'
States arc involved in an immense load
of uuueoossary debt, corruptly created,
and subjected to a systom of taxation so1
anjust und onerous tbut ono of tho old'
thirtooo (South Carolinu) has petitioned'
through bor tax payers, probably u ma?
jority, to be restored to tbo government
of tbo sword?that is, to tbo absolute
power of the United States?rather than
endure any longer tbo tyranny of the!
negro."
How heartily, iudoed, could those who
would prefer military or kingly govern
moot to that at present ovtr them, cole-'
brttte the centennial!
Iu a Ulo of "Joo Backey's Burning,"!
iu the Old and New, Joo died substan?
tially as follows: "From beneath the'
cruelly singed eyebrows and lashes,]
Joe's good-natured eyes oponod; bis1
cracked lip; opened and smiled; ho Iriod^
to speak, but suddenly be gasped,
shivered, and thou the doacou know by
tho way Joe's head hung over tbe kind'
old arm that supported it, that hisj
partner bad drawn bis luit dividend."
the static leokilatuiie.
Fbiday. Maboh 13, 1874.
SENATE.
Tbe Senate was occupied daring the
day in reading bills and resolutions.
Tho printing bill was discussed, amend?
ed,, and returned to tbe House. The
evening was devoted to eulogies on Se?
nator Sumner?addresses being deli?
vered by Messrs. Gain, Johneou, Whit
tomoro und others. A series of resolu?
tions, pi opnrod by a joint committee of
the two bou-o.H, were presented and
idopted, standing.
Mr. Whilteuioro introduced a resolu?
tion appropriating $1,000 fur portraits
of President Linoolu signing the eman?
cipation proclamation, and Senator
Sumner holding aloft tho bill of rights;
which caused a debate somewhat foreign
to tho subject, participated iu by Messrs.
Fet?r, N***1- Swails nod others. Mr.
Nash moved to amend by substituting
?$0,000, wbiob Wus adopted.
HOUtiE OF BEPttErJENFATIVES
Tbe House, met at 11 A M.
Mr. P. Sitopklus introduced the fo!
?Inwing, which was adopted:
Wberoas, it was demonstrated hat
'evening thai night soasious are pro.luo
jt.ivo of little good; and whereas, the
Lnoagru amouut of basiuess before this
' Hou^o does not seem to warrant the cou
tinuancu of night sessious; therefore,
'ho rule requiring au udjourumQiit ut 8
P. M. bo rosciudod.
Mr. Meelzc presonted u couutor ine
iniorial of oitizans of Lexington village
!lguiast incorporation.
Thu Sonato receded from its amend?
ments to House bill to raise supplies fur
che fiscal year commencing November 1,
11874.
j Mr. Hurley Submitted resolutions
commemorative of Charles Sumner,
which were unanimously adopted.
A Senate bill to make appropriation
to pay claims held in trust by J. Wood?
ruff against the State, was indefinitely
postponed.
The report of tho Committees ou Ju?
diciary und Agriculture relative to agri?
cultural land scrip bond*, was adopted
as tho sense of the House.
The following Acts wore approved by
the Governor: Act to relievo the houda
men of tho lato County Treasurer of
Greenville County, James M. Allen; to
validate all payments mado by tho
County Treasurer^)!" Edgeiieid County,
under and pursuant to tho provisions of
"A joint resolution to nuthorize the
County Commission ors of Elgefleld
County to levy a special tax of three
mills, to be levied ut tho time of the
general tax," and to declare the intent
of said joint resolution.
A Successful ] MMtuu.vnt.?Gottfried
Weber, a Gorman immigrant who re?
cently arrived in this State and settled
tu Lowndesvillo, has written nn exoeed
iugly pleasant, letter to tho Zulung, of
Charleston, in which he speaks of his
uew home and tho treatment ho re?
ceives, and other matters. He is evi?
dently well pleased with his adopted
home, and likes the people by whom he
is surrounded. .This immigrant, who is
evidently an intelligent man, says that
ho has been uway from his native laud
tivo years, during which time ha has
traveled considerably, and that nowhere
lias he ever boea more kindly received
thau in South Carolina, which he speaks
of iu flattering terms as a section of
tin' imiintiT wherein h? i>"ii..v..c th<> it,
dnstrious immigrant will be>able to find
a comfortable homo. He refers to tho
rotations between hituself auu his em*
ployer us beiug of a very piousant cha?
racter, and says next year ha will start
life for himself, having been promised
land to cultivate on his own account.
Ten Mexican bandits recently attacked
la stage uear Guadalajara. The passen?
gers resisted. A reinforcement of thirty
baudits arrived, when the gens tVarmes
who wore escorting the stage fled. The
passengers continued to defend the
stage. Tho bandits killed Westfall, a
German physician, who formerly resid?
ed at Havana, and Birtholy, a German
merchant, and wounded two Mexicans.
They also maltreated Hart holy's wife
and tho rost of the passcugors, and
oboppud the bodies of tho two dead
Germans. Tho Governor of Topic lias
sent out .men lo search for the bandits.
Andres Castro, the celebrated Sau Luis
Potusi bandit, has been captured nud
executed. The journals refer to Sau tu
Anna's return as without political tsigni
dcance.
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Exrccunvu Ci.emkncv.?Homo lime
ago President Grant, at the solicitation
of Senator llobcrtson nnd others, par?
doned JohU F. Ilightowur of go much
of n Bcntoucoof thu United States Court
for Ka Klaxism as relaloJ to his impri?
sonment, ou condition that ho would
pay thu line imposed. Further execu?
tive clemency lias been shown the pri?
soner through tho inlluenco of the samo
persons, who have induced tue Presi?
dent to remit tho lino. The prisoner
will bo releasod an soou us tho supple?
mental pardon can bo forwarded.
An Important Decision.?In the
bankrupt court, on Tuesday, tbo 10th,
tu Iho uuso of T. M. Friday, bankrupt,
upon the application of a creditor claim?
ing under an agricultural lien and cre?
ditor;! claiming undor judgments prior
to the umoudmeut of tbo bankrupt Act
of March, 18713, it wan bt Id by Judge
Bryiui that tho bankrupt was not en?
titled to his homestead exemption
against buid claims.
IlcooD Monkv.?Tho County Trea?
surer of Lancaster, under iutttruutious
?'rom the Attorney-General of tho State,
paid It* tbo widow of Isaac (Joins, last
week, whoso husband it is alleged was
murdered by the Kti Klus in 1871, tho
half mill tax levied under Act of tho Le?
gislature for the support of widows und
orphan**, over $GD0.
Tho coming punts wilt bo worn very
largo in the legs, nnd overlapping to a
fearful degree tho boot, and will be
known as peg top.
Closing Houits of the Louisiana. Lk
GISTj&TUBB.?The Now Orleans Times
has the following regarding the last
hoars of the Legislature:
Tbe closing scenes of tbo session were
marked by tumultuous excitement,
which, opening out.in vigorous strength
early in the evening, grew iu force as
the hour of adjournment was neared,
and onlminated in a. finale of such up?
roar and oonfuaiou, tbut Bedlam broke
loose, or a multitude of bowling wild
beasts could not, by tho remotest possi?
bility, have offerud the slightest ap?
proach to the bewildering effect pro?
duced by thesa Salons of the nineteenth
century. Iu the House, from tho hour
of tbe opening of the evening session,
at 7 o'clock, tho work was lively, and
Pandemonium stood revealed on earth.
Never by any uhaucu were there less
th-in twenty members speaking at, once;
and by t'.iu same rule, not moro i>uuu
ouo iu twenty protended io mdntuiu
any familiarity with his scat, but, iu a
prooiisoooui jumble, all bauds roam od
through space, at times shouting like
mad t?) secure the attentiou of the
Speaker; at others rising-to a point of
order to make a motion, or do a hun?
dred other things which no one but u
Louisiana Legislature' would think of.
Tho uvuuiug Picayune editorially nays
it is tho concurrent declaration of the
leuding and most hours', member.; of
the Legislutnve, which terminated its
career last night ut 12 o'clock, that the
appropriation lull, under which all tue
disbursements of tho .State must be
made, was never passed, was never sub
mittcd by the Speaker, nor voted ou by
tbo members. The reporters of ibo
press, all spectators, tho officer.*? ? the
House, and, in faot, every crea.table
witness who was present during tho ses?
sion, bear the. same testimony. Wheu
it was repeatedly nuggestud that the bill
had not been voted on, the reply of
members was shouted, "Oil! it dou't
make any difference; wo will have it
entered in tho journal; that will do as
well." Tliero were many other bills iu
tbe dame predicament, which were never
passed, and were nover even submitted
to tbo House, but which it is proposed
to have entered in the journal aud pro?
claimed as luw.".
Hiuh-Handeu Outr.vo?.?List Mon?
day, as tbo construction traiu Was at
work ou the Charlotte, Columbia uud
Anguita Railroad, beyond tho Dead
Full, at the hour of noon or thcreuboutn,
a posse of negroes, headed by a few
Himburg onus tables, arrested Conduc?
tor Robinson, iu charge of the train;
also, the engineer und all tbo hands,
?rumbering about tbirty-threo men, und
carried them to Hamburg. Tiicy were
kept there iu dtirunco vile for about two
hours or more, without uny proaeas of
law, as fur as can bo beard of. Tbe cause
of the arrest seoms to have been because
tho construction train was performing
the duty assigned it?viz: tho tilling up
of tho Hamburg trestle. The filling up
of this trestle seems to have bud tho
sanction of the compauy'a attorney iu
South Carolina, but the authorities
across tbo river think it unlawful.
Honoe tho work is stopped at preseut,
uutii a definite settlement by both cor?
porations. Wo uro informed by tho
Road Master, Mr. B. F. Burns, tbut tho I
mob at Hamburg threatened to cut the
trestle, and burn it, if required, so as to
show their power. Tt is irerwiriillv iiiiiImi*.
stood that two whito mou Were at the
bead of this crowd, aud boasted 'but
they would make something out of the
matter. It certainly seoms to us a most
high-handed outrago. If the company
has no right to fill tho trestle, tho usual
process of law should have been ob?
tained to stop tho work. This mob
business will not answer, und tho sooner
it is stopped, tho better.
[Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Tho New York Sun has some queer
notions about obituary notices. Ou
Tuesday it announced the death of the
Hon. Henry Smith, President of the
police board of that city, in a half
column obituary, which closes as t'ol
fuw.s: "Mr. Smith was a sociable com?
panion. His favorite dtveriion was
.draw poker, a gjnae of chance and .skill
in winch he excelled. Il is said by one
who saw him that a recent forty-eight
botilV Mtting ut tlu? game so ?-xh lusted
him that it led to h:s fatal sickness."
It i3 rolutcd of tbo lato Senator Wig
fall that on the collapse of tho Confed?
eracy, while crossing tho Mississippi to
make hift way into Mexico, iu tho us
turned character of an ultra Union mau,
he wii:* informed by a Federal soldier,
who was iOU board tho ferry boat, of
tho intense satisfaction ho would expe?
rience if ho ould fall in with uud hang
to tbo topmoat limb of tho tallost treu
tho Toxun arch-traitor. "Yos; I, too,
would be pulling ut ono end of the
tope," voi.cuieutly remarked Wigfull.
A Nevada judge, after the jury had
been cmpauuled and counsel ready to
proceed, pulietl cut a revolver and jti-1
diciously rcmurked: "If any mau goes
frolicking around tho court room dur?
ing tbo trial of this case, I shall inter?
rupt him iu his career." Tho strictest
decorum prevailed.
A band-mastor iu the Loglish urmy
for a period of forly-nino years has just
retired, and has been awarded the mu?
nificent pension of ton cents o day ?
Kc. Tbis shows tho appreciation by
foreign governments of our muuificeut
pension to Mexicau veterans?right
dollars a month.
Frcuideul Grant cau now say 'oat to
ono mau iu all this glorious lu:i<:, "Yon j
kuow how it is yourself." Andrew John?
son?the penultimate of the Vr -si.IL-ntial
lino?is tho individual.
Why in Rock Hill liko n spiudlf? Bo-;
oausu Uubb( ird) is always around u with j
hisfellotcs (Yankees) that tire us.
[Rock 11ill Gran jr.
Micou, (5a , bus btarted a Indies'calico
church club, the members of which biud
tbumsulvos to altoud church iu plain
calico dresses.
Tub Temperance Wab in Ohio.?At
Dayton, Ohio, on tbe lOtb, tbe cru?
saders marchod in three detaohments of
twenty each, and stormed thirteen sa?
loons, on Fifth and West Third Btreets.
A great taibnlont rabble followed them
from place to plaoe, and tbe turmoil at
times was almost deafening. The voices
of prayer and song wore frequently iu
audible. Ribald jests were bandied by
the mob, und orowds passed into tbe
invested culoom and drank as fast as
they could, mocking tho praying women
with loud blasphemy and loader songs,
Even women joinod in thu ribaldry, and
?ung out bits of bologoa and crackers
among the orusaders, who-meekly bore
tueao galling insults and persisted in
prayer. Thu band whioh wunt to West
Third street wero subjected to the most
shameful insults, by bummers who ap?
peared to delight iu being as vulgar as
pohiiutu. Tu la li^iug outside mo corpo?
ration, tho women were not protected
by the police. At night, temperance
miss ineetiugs wero held. The people
crushed into tho First Froiby toriau
Church until thero was uo standing
room, then filled up the large Sunday
school room, and then the largo lecture
room. Many went away disappointed,
being unable to see or hear. The police
labor heroically to protect the women
und preserve tbe peace.
At Columbus, sixty-two ladles, iu four
sqnads, visited forty saloons, but they
ubtatued uo pledges. At several places
heretofore visited, tbo women were told
that, their visits wero getting to be a nui
since and must be stopped. At some
places, they wero refused permission to
pray ou tho sidowalk.
A telegram from Greenville, iu Dark
County, unuounoCu the complete oapitu
luliou of ull the saloons?nineteen?so
that no liquor of uuy kind can bo pur?
chased.
At Steubcnvi'.te, tbe temperance cru
sude coulinuen to run high. Three
more saloons surrendered ou the lUtb.
The entire league visited the saloon of
Michael Gaudy, received bis full stork
of liquors, and emptied them iuto tho
street, amid loud cheers from the large
crowd present. Tho City Council has
adopted au ordinance prohibiting all
tippliug houses alter April 1.
At LuFayette, Indiana, there are daily
prayer meetiugs in church, but no ealoon
rani. There is a big fight before the
commissioners, who, so far, ruiuse to
graut permits. Tho saloons whose per?
mits have expired are closed. Parties
ure soeu on the street drinking beer
from bottles.
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Fate of the Presidents.? An extra?
ordinary circumstance in the history of
the country occurs on the death of Mr.
Fillmore. Never before since the admi?
nistration of Jefferson has it happened
that only one person was alive, except
tbo incumbent, who had filled the Presi?
dential office. Andrew Johnson is now
the only ex-Prcsident living; nnd oven
he was not elected to that office, but
came to it as Vice-Preeidout ou the as?
sassination of Mr. Lincolu. While the
youugor Adams was President, the elder
Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
wero living. When Rucbauuu was
elected, Van Daren, Tyler, Pieicc aud
Fillmuru were alive. When Lincolu was
inaugurated, Van Buren, Tyler, Pierce,
Pillniuro aud Buchanan wero living.
Within the past thirty-seven years,
seven Presidents have been elected bo
C:^',? it is an extraordiuury fact
that not ouo oi tho no.?: i? now alive.
Less than in) days ago, Texarkana, in
Toxut, was a howling wilderness. It
now numbers over 2,UDO bona fide citi?
zens, und some 200 buildings going up.
There is a general ticket office, two rail?
roads, two express companies, two tele?
graph liues and forty saloons. It is
called tho enchanted village of the Lone
Star .State, and expects iu a short time
?o rival ull its neighbors. The comple?
tion of tbo Southern Pacific Railroad
will exhibit the same astonishing results,
and soatter hundreds of flourishing
towus and cities all along the lino.
From the fact that when tho body of
a man of average sizo is reduced literally
to usbes by lite, only about' tou pounds
of said ashes remain, it is shown thai
tbe Immun syt.teni contains seventy por
cent of water. La the remaining thirty
per cent, twenty is otrbou, which dis?
appears in gas at tho burning, even as
thu watery seventy evaporates. Thus
your "solid tu tu" possesses really about
tun pouuds of solidity.
A man iu Indiana has bad lots of fun
nut of a valentine, in which he was de?
picted na "mothor's pet." This set him
in a rage; ho gut drunk, abused his mo?
ther, whipped his wife beciuso be
thought she knew something ol it, was
discharged from his place in the mill,
m tdo a disturbance in the streets, was
arrested, fined about thirteen dollars
and sent to jail.
When a lovely woman stoopH to office
holding, she may bo suspected tho same
us any other ptiblio sorvant. Miss Belle
Murray, who bus been aoting as deputy
Clerk of tho Circuit Court of McLeuu
County, III., is charged with embezzle?
ment, und her trial is in progress at
Bloomiugtou.
Tho Dieppe police, warned by several
receut calamities, have issued a notice
to persons, requesting them, wliou a
lady is iu diugcr of drowning, to neizj
her by tbo dross, and not by tbo hair,
which oftentimes remains iu their
grasp.
Sum huie baa departed forever from
New Orleans. That is to say Corporal
Frederick William Sunshine, of tho
Metropolitan police, extinguished him?
self u few days ago, by blowing bis
bruins out with a pistol.
"Aud did yon hear him call her my
dear or any thing liko that?" asked the
lawyer. "No, : it! of course not; she
was bis wife," unsvurcd thu lady wit?
ness.
Not Bad. ?The Washington Chnmi
e/e calls tho re out duel near Augusta,
a sketch "after the old masters."
City. Matters.?Subscribe for the
Phoenix.
SQPay your city taxes to-day, and save
the penalty.
March took possession of his throne,
yesterday, aud exercised his authority
with a vim.
Mr. Brissenden gives bib scholars a-'?v,
.soiree dansanle on Mouday evening next,
Fin Parker's Hall.,
Jasper?signifying courage?is the
ju.vel emblematic of this roaring, blus?
tering month.
The Governor has appointed Mr. Ger.
S. Barr, of Kings!roo, and William H.
G^odlett, of Sandy Plat, Notaries Pub?
lic.
A malicious person says that ootton
sheets aud uowspuper sheets are alike in
tbe rospect that a great many people lie
in them.
The odor exhaled by bags of com?
mercial fertilizers don't put one much
in mind of the fragrauoo of the lily
und honeysuckle.
The trotting mitch between General
Smallb* und Colonel Johnson's nogs
comes off this afternoon, at 2 o'clock,
ut the track of the Auxiliary Joint Stock
Association.
The fourth grand gift oonoert for the
benefit of tbo public library of Ken
lucky comes off on 31st Maroh. Tioketa
oau be had through Mr. D. Gambrill,
up to the 20th iostaut, after which date
all unsold will be returned.
Messrs. E. E. Davies & Co. have re?
ceived another shipment of those fine
Northern turkeys and chickens; likewiso
a flue lot roe shad and Wilmington
oysters, aud a few barrels of select seed
potatoes; whioh will be Gold low for
cash.
The day appointed for the meeting of
the committee appointed to lay before
Congress the memorial of the tax-payers
of South Carolina has been postponed
from Thursday, Maroh 19, to Thursday,
March 26, when tbo committee will,
without fail, meet in Washington to dis?
charge the important duty entr'.jied to
tbem.
Every head of a family should possess
a policy in a good life insurance com?
pany, like the Brooklyn, of New York,
which is as sound as a silver dollar. ?
Dr. J. W. Parker, at the Carolina Na?
tional Bunk, is tbo General Agent for
South Carolina. In view of the un?
certainty of life, call on him and secure .
protection against so terrible an evil as
that of leaving a family unprovided for.
A countryman, with a wagon load of
?lacks, attracted considerable attention
ou Main street, yesterday. Some wag
bad painted on the thin-looking animal,
"Oals wanted?inquire within," and on
tbe body of the vehicle, "Draixx for
saile," "Duxx for saile." He was in?
formed that turpentine would remove
tho paint, and was about to give it a
trial, wheu he received the horrifying
lUIUImauuu tuun tue uuu nuuiu lunun
tho paint.
Phcesixiana.?Tbe top of the morn?
ing is it epin-nacle, of course.
A horse- may be quieted by pressure
on tho hips. Some girls are only quiet?
ed that way.
The favorite shirt collar now ap?
proaching will be of the standing order,
with falling cars.
It is very ruinous to move, but- espe?
cially expensive to move iu tho best oir
cles.
Tbe iuventor of a fire-escape says
there's nothing like getting down in the
world.
Jones says that tho difference between
his wife aud tho Popfe is, that she pos?
sesses tempar-ull power, and his Emi?
nence doesn't.
Small scarfs will be fashionable, the
drop of tho scurf being scoured noar the
bmv with a gold ring.
Closing Sale?Something Novel on
tub Tapis.?The sale of pictures, which
has been continued from night to night
for the past two weeks, nt the storo of
Messrs. D. C. Peixotto & Sons, closes
this evening, when a nnmber of attrac?
tive subjects will be disposed of. Some?
thing norel is proposed, to whioh the
proprietors invite ono and all to look
after. Among tbo collection are dry
scenes and wet sconou; city life and
country life; representations of things
at home and abroad; historical as well
as imuginary snl jeota. The walls of
I tho lonoly bachelor's domicile, or tho
happy home of tho contented benedict
may be tastefully ornameated by being
j on band early and keeping a sharp look
i out for barg i i i: i, Ken) ember, this is tho
j closing i-ale.
j Supreme Couut Decisions, March 12,
j 1874.?John C. Cochran, executor, ap
! pollaut, vs. Michael Darcy, respondent:
! Michaol Darcy, respondent, vs. Jobu O.
I Cochran, appellant. Motions granted
laud cases remanded to Circuit Court.
I Opinion by Moses, ?. J.
List op New Advertisements.
J. W. Parker?Life Insurance.
Seibels A Esoll?Private Sale.