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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednosday Morning. Jane 24,1874. Mixed Schnoli. A motion in the House of Repre? sentatives, last Saturday, to take np the Civil Bights Bill failed by 140 to 91 rota"?not two-thirds. Eleven Re* pablioanB voted against it, and forty dodged the vote.- That is theendof it this session, and perhaps-/forever. It is killed in tlio house of its friends, and tho party to which Samne'r be? queathed the care'of this bill as a pre? cious and eaored logaoy bows politely to hi* memory, but declines the task, and throws it overboard. It could not stand the pressure which oomes up against it from every quarter of this whole oountry, inoluding many sensi? ble and thoughtfal blaok persona. Measures, sooh as this, which are only meant to divide and distract the peo? ple and to foment bad blood between parties, who, if let alone, would beat peace with oaoh other, nave met their emphatic aud pointed.condemnation. The principal weapon whioh baa slain this particular me?suro was tho fear of the Rap ubl i can party, to j aho?l?pr; it and' go before the oountry, Those who' lead ifc have aeuao enough, .ftp\ see that it ia being rapidly shorn of its stroirgtb.-and-thoir poltoy is to subject it tb'few trials as possible hi Its weakenLrjg.c?DidUloB. " ; fJTS Wo can understand and'appreciate thp. deiire qf' tho colored rieoplo to Boouro all ? their hjnat, rightsj and in ^jjrij^ w# }of-^roirio to the)r owa prosperity'. Bat it ia not wiso in pla*e fh?m in aw unnator'dl position. The; have no more desire io eat, at the same tables, lodge in the same hotels, send their children to the same schools, oooupy ? pews contiguous to each; other in the same churches with the while people; than these 'fatter have wiih them. Only ttie politicians, and occa? sionally dome silly ambitious colored peceoo, wish any each admixture. We see by ah article in the Pittsborg Evening? Leader that B?iney, the oo lored Congressman from the George? town District in this State, makes piteous complaint of the treatment he has received in Washington and else? where. , In speaking of the mixed school feature of tho Civil Bights Bill, while admitting it to be the most obnoxious, he olaimed it, nevertheless, as the colored people's "right." "Do yon floppoae," he said, "that I want my two children hindered in the en? joy mont of the educational interests of the country, merely on acoonnt of their' color, when we are taxed for the1 support of these schools?" It is a 'homely saying,, that whet's sauce, for the 'goose is sauoe for the gander. Perhapa Rainey has headed of it. If a oolored man who pays a poll tax of one dollar is entitied on that acoonnt, and because be prefers it, io place his obild in a school with white ohildreo, the; white man who pays besides his poll-other texWto the State? heavy it may be in amoopt, is entitled to the privilege on that aoooant, and bjaauee he prefers it, to withdraw his son from the mixed school and break it op. What, tbeb, becomes of the oolored man's rigtjt in oonftict with thelwhite man's right, supposing the white man to have any left? Oloarly, they can't consist together, and the oolored man is worse than foolish who greedily grasps at a shadow and loses the sub stanoe. Io schools as in circus exhi? bitions, "you pays your money and yon takes your choice." This is troe even of a down-trodden community like South Catolina. The property holders pay,tho money which support tbe public school.*, of which the co? lored popils more especially get the advantage. Bat they will not send their children to mixed schools. Yottltg rUea'to tho Front, In tbe ad dress'to the people of tbe State from the Exooutite Committee of the Tax-Payers' Convention, pub? lished in these columns yesterday, there are some timely suggestions and a spirited appeal to*the young men of the country. The tax-payers have made an issue with ' their oppressors, and accompanying1 it, have sent an earnest rouionstrauco and memorial to Congress aud the yvhola oountry. This work was a good one and well done. Its consequenoes and effecta have been everything that could be expected, so far as developed., It has rebuked po? litical fapatioiam; it.baacaused men to pause io their folly and nv-tduess; it has evoked the exeroise of a just er judgment. Within tbe,State, no less important duties remain to be dis? charged. We-must come op to tbeir discharge resolutely, aud with the spirit of self-denial and self-saorifloe. It is eminently proper tbat the young men should oome to the front in this emergency, and carry forward to com? pletion U?e sohemo of the State's re? demption, so WiselyjphEBrierT by)khe*r father^ In counfcmpia^ug the kltfrioas services thoy easy be/able to [tender; veterans can hardly resist tho feeling of regret that they are no longer yonn?. no lonsjsr able to take the aotive part in affairs to which opportu? nity invitee the young and aspiring, .the intelligent and daring. The question which u presented to every man, and more especially to every young man, in South Carolina to-day, is whether ignorance and cor? ruption shall continue to possess tho country. There can be but one an? swer, and that answer fixes upon every man, and particularly upon every young man, tbe duty of working for the restoration of good government and the installation, ultimately and as the fruit of their toils, of honesty and intelligence in places of power and trust. We shall have something more to say on this subject. We shall call upon the young men again. Moan while, we oommend to them the pass? age which follows from a Republican Writer: "Does anybody suppose that such a condition of things as exists to-day in South Carolina is to last?' Saoha sup , position is to ignore the. history and the character of mankind. Suppose 'he man, or a large portion, of the wutte menr of Sonth-Carolina, who have gone through the civil war, are cowed and demoralised by its reaulta ' how is it with tbe individuals of the j prising generation who are fast taking j their places? Is cot the hot blood of >?the South in their veins? They have tbe ardor of youth; tboy have tbe sti mulus of youog ambition; they have the pride of ancestry; they have ihe inherited valor of successive genera' tious. Have they no part to play in the future?. We may rest assured that no depressing circumstances of tbe present are going to destroy or repress the natural development that comes of raoe and blood. Opportunity alone is wanting, and tbat, we know, is always ' found by tbe bold and aspiring." Tlie Remains or the Liberty Pole. Mb. Editor: Yesterday morning, aa tbe workmen were eogaged in remov? ing the roots of tbe old palmetto tree, (oorner of Biohardson and Washing? ton streets,) preparatory to commenc? ing tbe foundation of tbe handsome building about being erected by tbe1 Southern Life Insurance Company, they came upon tbe stump of the j j liberty pole, which was erected sixteen [ years ago, and from whioh the flag was first thrown to the breeze on the itb of i July, 1858. Our old fireman friend, {Lewis Levy, Esq., was the prime mover in the affair, and after a style I peculiarly bis own, succeeded in rais? ing the necessary funds. An immenee hole was excavated, and a heavy base or framework, well tarred, put down. ; Inquisitive individuals would ask the meaning of these extensive prepara? tions, when tho old gentleman would [state to tbem tbat the information would cost 85, (or $1, according as be rated the bocket of the party.) In a, majority of instances, the money was j freely paid, and tbe inquirer appeared [satisfied; but kept quiet about it, so tbat others would be caught. Ou tbe morning of the dth, tbe Ricbland Ri? fles, Governor'sQuardsj Carolina Blues aud Columbia Artillery'paraded, and wore drawn up around tbe flag-staff, Iat an early hour, to salute tbe stars and stripes as it was thrown to the breeze. Everything was in readiness, bat just as it was about being hoisted, tbe oord became entangled in the roller, and it could not be adjusted. Here was a dilemma. Somo thought? ful individual remembered "Sailor (James," as ho was called?an em? ployee on tho State House?und hur? ried off for him. In a short time, tho sailor-workman was ou baud. Upon ! the promise of a S3 bill, bu climbed the lofty pole, adjusted tbo rope pro? perly, slid down, tho flig was hoisted, I and everybody made happy. His (iu significaut, as ho formed it,) fo il was greeted with roiirs of applause, und the s iilor was made happy by a contri? bution of $25 from tho gratified indi? viduals presold. During a thunder? storm, a short time afterwards, tbe upper portion of tho polo, above tl o cross-tree, was shattered by a stroke ol lightning, and tbe lower part so badly injured, that it was deemed proper to have it taken down. Aud uow we have the finale?tho grubbiug up of tho sup? ports. Such is my reoollectiou of tho old liberty polu aud what boc.imo of it. A LOOKER ON. The savings bank bill, in which so great iutcrest is felt in dittereut cities, was passed by the Senate on Wednes? day, and only requires tbo President's signature to bsoome a law. Thin bill relieves ail sat logs banks from tbo tax on surplus dividends. Commissioner Douglass held that the batiks were bound (p pay this tax, aud brought suit against the Dollar Savings Bank of Philadelphia/ The Supremo Court of the United States not only decided in favor of the law, bat further hold that as no statute of limitation runs against the United States, tbe Govern? ment could recover the amount of the tax for any former year, whether it had been assessed or not. The bill as passed stops the suits to recover the amount due from 1864 to 1871. A motto at a recent farmer's meet? ing was, "None bntlive stock should be watered." jfUU: ....-i-ji" ~"?.. . .-:-?-; ?B?rco"-I!ow Fooli and TUclr Bio ney Part Company. When my friend, the piok-pookot, 'dujing'a lato interviow, had narrated hga explerietjcesin that line of business, Writers contributor of the New York ^AWrf.'he next entertained me with an aooount o( bie doings in what be called the "bunker" business: Just now it is the most popular do vioe for fieeoiug tbe stranger who ven? ture? into the metropolis, and tbe un? suspecting can be best warned by giv? ing the story, as nearly as. possible, in tbe pick-pocket's own words. ? You see, sir," bo began, "it is a good deal safer aud more profitable than picking pockets. If you are 'col? lared*?I meau urrostud, sir?you are snro to get off with something light, bat thu chances are ten to ouo against your being 'ojllared.' Tho 'sucker' Btunds in with you, ns it were, aud is almost certain not to 'squeal'?that is, not to comptuin to the polio*;. In this way its like tbe panel game, which is the meanest as it is the safest kind of robbery. Then banco pays big pro? fits. It don't take u big *mob.' I ex? plained to you u bit ago that by 'mob' we mean any number of men workiug a job together. There is only the dealer, the 'steerer' aud his pal. These three, with the sucker, make a quiet little party of four, and the sucker is skinned for tbe equal benefit of the other three. Why do wo call tbo fel? lows we swindle .suckers? Really, I don't know, unles9 it is because they are so mach like tbe fish of that name, which swallows uuy bait that comes along. Wo need a sort of an office iu playing this game, but its not expen? sive, for a dingy back room, in a side street, that cau be got for $25 per month, is better tbau big apartmouts on Broadway. Then we want a few old druwings of tbo Havana lottery, two setB of dice, and a moderate sup? ply of money, say $700 or $800. Hav? ing all these thiugs fixed, we go on our 'graft.' We always go to one of the first class hotels to lay for suckers, and we never pick up tbe wroug man. I never did, and I don't believe any of my 'pah' ever did. Tbero is no trou? ble in telling strangers from city men. It isn't because tbey stare ut tbe ntoro wiudows and aign9, for lots of oity men do that; nor is it always their dress, forsomotimes tbe oouutrymun swaggers along in the latest style. But thure is always something about him bo can't disgui.se which sny.s he's u stranger, aud it's almost us certain thul ho shows whether he's got mouey or not. Sometimes we pick up a sucker who's broke, but it isn't often. "Well, as I was saying, the big hotels are our 'plaut.' Now, suppose you anil I are on tbe 'graft.' Nobody, though, seoj us speuk to euch other, or iu any way recoguize one another, but for all that, each of us keeps a sharp watch on tho other. Maybe wo'll haug around au hour or two, without finding a sucker. Sometimes we don't fiod ouo at all. If we do find him, I give you tho 'office,' that h, I give you a signal you understand to watch sharp. I theu keep my eye no the sucker until ho goes into the street. I step briskly up iu front of him as if I bud just turned up, and bold ootmy band with great oordiality, \ saying: 'My dear Dr. Smith, I'm de? lighted to see you. When did you come to town? How did you leave all the folks in Z luesville? I say all this so quickly that tbo sucker hasn't a chance to opeu hin mouth until I get through. Even thon, he isn't usually very fust about it. You see I'm a per? son of gentlemanly appoarance and address, and the suekef dou't know at first ex-totly what to muko of it all. When he does recover from his asto? nishment, of course, he says his uarue isu't Smith. Generally, he is very stiff about it, aud says very grandly: 'Sir, you are m< ?tukeu; I am not Dr. Smith, air.' Thou coines the tiuest point iu our little gume It used to be that the suckor would always follow this up by giving bis natno and pluou of residence, but lutoly they've got cursed 'fly,' aud it has to be wormed out of them in most oases. If be don't givo it, why, I Hay: 'Really, I beg your pardou, sir; I would have sworn you were Dr. Smith; I never saw such a strikiug resemblance iu tny life Now, really, sir. if it's uot nuking too much, I would liku to know your name, so thui i (uuy tell Dr. Suiltn, the next time I ttee In tu, who ins doublt; is ' Tins ulw.iys fetches the sucker. Ho gets Iricudly ail ut ouce und siiy?: '?ortuiuly. Nir, I am Mr. Thomas 14mwu, of Brownsville, Texas, or whatever it may bo. That's all we waultokuow. I bog pardon of the sucker, aud torn away while he goes off, aud in a miuuto has pmbably for ' gotten ull about, mo uud Dr. Smith Now you have hoen standing near all the time, and lieu id luui give his i) tun', or, if you dtdu't, you push uguiust me by accident like, and I throw it at you iu asoft whisper, with out aiti'notiug uny attention troru the by-Htunders. Theu you go off iu au ordinary way. If tho suckor has goue up street, you go down ha'f a block or so, uud thou cross over. You've taken particular uotico of bis fuattireB uud dress, so tbut you can't mistake yuur mau. As you go dowu, you look at a lint of national banks you uIwuvh carry iu your pocket, and got tho nnmo ol the president or cashier of n bank in the sucker's towu. When yon get ou the other side of the street, you walk up briskly, keeping your eyes sharp on the sucker all the time. You puss him, and when you get a b oak above, cross over, and walk down street and meet him. When you como up to him, you stop all of a sudden; then you seize htm by tbo baud, which you shake like au old friend, aud say: 'Why, my dear Brown, I'm delighted to sea you. How are all tbo folks in Brownsville?' Yon most be partionlar about the last, for it's that which al-! ways gets tbe sucker. But you musn't give him a chance to speak yet, for you see he don't know you?how could he, when he never set eyes on you before?and you say: 'Nowj/tbat's too bad; I see you don't know mo. Why, I am Jones, nephew of Ephraim JoneB, Cashier of tbe National Bank in your town. Don't yon rcmomber when I was at your place? I was a youngster ? then, but I i?utewber you perfectly.' All this goes to make you 'solid' with tbo sucker; if you uro tbe nephew of a bank cashier, you must be somebody, and if you have carried bim in yonr mind so long, you must be a devilish clever fellow. But he is forced to say he dou't remember you, and you thiuk it's too bud tbat be should have forgotteu you so entirely. But you are determined he shan't do it aguiu, for now you've met him ouco moro, you'll give bwm cause to remem? ber you, which you are pretty sure to do, but not in the way be tbiuks. You ask bim to take a drink, uud ten to oue ho does it, for the-e suckers are nearly always ready to driuk at some? body olsu's expeuse. If he goes iuto a bar-room with you, your 'graft' is easy after that; if be don't, you propose a cigur, and if he dou't smoke, you in? sist it's your lunch time, und you drag htm ofl' with you. Wherever you take him, you open him at ouce. You do all tbe talking, for it won't do to give bim a chance, except to auswer questions, so that you muy have the ?office' a9 to his baldness, family, friends and all that, so that in n little time you know almost us much about him und tho place where ho lives as be doi.-s himself. Then you get to talking aboutyouraelf, and you ulways make it appear that you've been a wonderful lucky fellow. Yon have always made money tit everything you put yonr hund to. Yon can't eveu buy a lottery ticket without drawing a prize. Then a sudden thought strikes you. You say: 'By-the by, I've got a ticket now that's drawn a prize of some sort; I must go down to the office, aod see what it is aud get the money.' Tben you draw out your pocket-book, which shows up well, and you taku out the ticket aud bhow it to the sucker. Hiscu riosity is excited, for he never saw any? thing of tbe kiud before. Your ticket is one io a past drawing in tbe Havana lottery, and not worth a cent; but tbe sucker dou't see the date, und dou't 'tumble to it.' I never knew a ease where oue did. Then you say yon must go to the oQice, and you ask him to go along with yon, for after you get your money, you want to go up town with bim aud show him the sights. The sucker always goes. Sometimes he makes one excuse after another, but you insist und he always goes. "Well, yon got him to our office, which is fixed up liko ail tho lottery places in town which have 'Exchange' on tbe windows. You lay your ticket down uud ask the muu behind the oonnter, who is the third 'pal'?I'll call him the dealer?if that has drawn a prize. The dealer says ho'll see, and be looks over a list of prizes pasted on the wall at tho back of the room, and of course bohind tbe oountor. He's very careful about it, but at last ho says: 'Yes, sir, you have drawn a prize of $21)1. If yon want the money, I'll give it to you, although as a rnle all prizes are cashed at our main office in Wall street.' You say, of course, that you will tako the money, and, opeuing a drawer, ho takes out a big 'bunch of soft'and hands you over the amount. Then he says that as you are in luck, you bad better take another ticket for the odd dollar, and determine it by tbe dice. You agree to it, aod of course you win. By this time tbe sucker is generally ready to bite, but if bo dou't, you go through tbe thing again and win again. By this time be is always sure to bite. But by this time the game requires a large sum of mouey, an i ho puts it up. The dealer fixes the umouut by what be thinks the sucker bus. The first throw, no mat? ter what it is, tho sucker wins. Some? times, if we think he has a big pile, we let him win a second time, but it's not often. Alwuys tho second or third time wo play him double or quits, ami 'ring the dice on him;' that is, we exe.hituge the true diee which bu has been playing with for false ones, aud, of course, without bis knowiug it. Then we say to him that ho has an excel lout chance to win, for be can lose on no number but 28, and it's al? most impo-siblo ho cuu throw it. His money is on the counter, und so is yours Ho throws, and he throws 28, for the false dice wont couut anything ! else, no matter how they fall. Then the dealer sweeps h'S mouey into the drawer, remarking its very singular ho should have thrown 28, und pitying Inn bid luek. Then ho says; 'Now, gentlemen, 1 would liko to have your 1 names. Wo ulways take tbe names of our patrous for reference, iu order that people muy know that this little gambling transaction is done ou the square ' He lays partictilur stress on 'gambling,'aud that settles the sucker. Ho is always iu a hurry to get stcerer, not to say anything about the uffair, and he always promises, of course, aud, what's more, he keeps it." This, iu brief, was tho story my friend, the banco-dealer, late pick? pocket, told me us we sat over our brnudy und water, and I wondered tbat it should be possible for any oue to be despoiled by so transparent a swindle. - ?. ?? ? * Ten foot under ground, at Lodus, N. Y., a largo frog has been found, which is supposed to be 1,000 years old. His eye-sight is not so good as it was when ho sang in tbe primeval ponds 900 years ago, and bis long sepa? ration from bis family has told on bim somewhat, but he is still vigorous and voioeful. City Mattem.? Subscribe for tho Phoenix. Tbe umbrella repairers are doing a thriving buBiaeea. J| Dr. Talley baa removed to tbo Co? lo, cub ia Hotel/ where calls may be left for him. The Governor ban appointed Geo. W. Burroughs and David G. Freeman ?b 'xri?i ???ti?c? i?i i'iCa??.j v_>???tj. The thermometer reached 100 yes? terday, and it was hot euoagb to please tbo inhabitants of Central Africa. Attorney-General Melton tested bis strength too greatly in tbe mandamus case, aud has been again prostrated. Ho is un efficient officer, and it is to be hoped he will soon be out again. We acknowledge tbe receipt of a card of admission to the commence? ment exercises of Columbia Female College, ou Monday and Tuesday evenings next, June 29 and 30. Messrs. L. T. Silliman i Co., whose drug house is located a few doors South of the Phoenix office, appreciate printers' ink, und, consequently, put in itu appearance thin morniug. Dr. S. is a practical druggist. Ground was broken, yesterday, pre? paratory to tbe erection of tbe new building for tbe Southern Life Insur? ance Company, corner of Richurdaon aud Washington streets. Tbo remains of tbe old flig-stafT and tbe palmetto tree were removed. We have been requested to state that Rev. John Coffin Nizaro will do liver uu uddress in Cooper & Taylor's Hall, on Friday evening, June 26, on the "Eloquence and Oratory of the Holy Scriptures." Admittance fifty cents. The agent of the Colombia Water Power Company requests us to state that his works ar?. out of order, and for a few days be will be obliged to de? pend upon the old water works to sup? ply the city. He usks that tbe citizens be careful in the use of tbe water, in order that the supply may not give out. The heated term is on us with a vengeance, and bow to keep cool is tbe all-absurbing question. A ventilated hut is the first thing to begin with, aud Messrs. Kinard ?Sc Wiley's estab? lishment tbe place to find that article, as well as all others pertaining to gen? tlemen's wear?coats, pants, vests, col? lars, cravats and under-garments. As money gets tight, Messrs. K. & W. au? thorize their clerks to reduce prioes. The Jewish Times, of New York, a work of authority among American Israelites, in appealing to tbem to re? member their famine-stricken core? ligionists in Palestine, throws back tbe imputation which had been mado upon tbotr faith, that our Governor Moses belongs to it. There is nothing Jew- j isb about him, it says, but his name; and he is neither Jew nor Christian. At the mandamus case trial, the other day, one of the counsel for the relators had occasion to desoribe the way in which claims wero passed in the Le? gislature and paid,at tbe Treasury in ante-bellum days, meaning to show how honestly it was done. Judge Willard remarked that he supposed "it was not necessary then to aland with a cer? tificate at the Treasurer's office and grab for pay." j The new comet is situated in tbe Northern heavens, just beneath the polar star, and near the Great Dipper or seven stars, and is said by the knowing ones to bo just visible to the uuketl eyo. With tbo assistance of a spy-glass, it can bo seon as a nebulous mass with a bright point a little to one side. It is now visible nearly all night, but will soou bo so only in the early hours of tho evening. Astronomers say it will be brightest in August, but ? that its tail will be clearly visible in a j short time. Real Hydrophobia at Last.?Tbe j death of Mr. Butler, by hydrophobia, is tho most notableevent in the history J of that disease. For a quartor of a century, Mr. Butler has been u sort of locil authority ou all matters pertain? ing to cauino pets, and be was not less widely known in sporting circles as a dog-fancier than among all olasses in the community as the man to oonoult upon all matters concerning dogs? from the trimming of their oars to tho gravest of their maladies. Like all I men who have had much to do with dogs, ho laughed at the popular notion about their tendonoy to madness, and has written frequently on tho subject, decrying the common fear of hydro? phobia. His letters have in past years been widely published. He doubted whether the disease of canine madness had a reul existence, and be was quite convinced that at all events its ooour irenoe is so rare that there is no need of taking precautions against it. The oonviotion has cost him his life. Mail ' Ar'rano'ements.?Northern mail opens 6.80 A. M.p 3 P. M.; closes 11 A. M., 6 P. M. Oharleston opens8 A, M? 5.80 P. M.; closes 8 A. M.,6P. M. Western opens 6 A. M., 12.30 P. M.; oloses 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opens 6.46 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil? mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday open from 2.38 to Judge Cooke has sustained the re? cent decision of Judge Green, to tbe effect that legal notices and advertise? ments paid for from private funds may be published in any paper selected by tbe person advertising, notwithstand? ing such paper may not bo one desig? nated sb au "official" paper by the State authorities. "Official" papers apply only to such advertisements as are paid for from State and County funds. Lawyers may, therefore, order all estate notices, referee . sales and sheriff sales to be published in this paper, should tbey prefer it. List or New Advertisements. L. T. Silliman & Co.?Inhalers. Communication Ridhland Lodge. Hope & Gyles?Wines. Gurana Powders. Hay and Straw Cutters. Council Fire Catawba Tribe, No. L Hotel Arrivals, Jnne 23, 1874.? Wheeler /iougs,?^tiss ,F Cook, Miss A Breoden, Master Cook, BennettsvlUe; Mrs ? Humphrey and child. N G; J D Cochran, oity: W pfarkeon, N O; By W Jaques, Miss C Alfred, Miss M Tiresly, Ob; WH Snowdep. S O; MIbsM C Burkley, Miss H E Woodruff, j Wood? ruff, J C Mallon'ee, Mrs Maloneo, Charleston. Columbia Bolcl?k N Talley and family, city; J Stuart Land, Green? ville; J A Turrentim, W O & A R R; W Johnston, NC; TtS O'Brien, Mrs W R Davis and child, Mother Theresa. Sister Xavia.fcC A Spefseegger, J F Newman, J D Stoney, Charleston; W T Butt, Ga; O Hammond, Md; T J Goodwyn, Fort Motte; IJ W Sample and lady, Charlotte; W H Evans, Charleston; J. N. Moore, Union; W Wilkins, N. T. Be on the Alert! Danobb is at Hand.?This has been a sickly season. The medical faonlty prophesy evil in tbe future. They think pestilence is on tbe wing for America. Suppose this to be true, what is tbe best de? fence against it? Redoubled nervous vigor. This is the only protection against panic, as well as against the principle of infection. Why do not those who predict tbe epidemio pro? pose an adequate preventive? There is one?a tonic, nervine and alterative, competent to shield the system against the subtle elements of disease, whether tbey float hither on tbe winds from distant lands, or rise like vapor from our own soil, or are^ incorporated with the universal fluid. This one preventive, of wbioh there is no dupli? cate among the compounds either of the old world or the new, is Hostet tor's Stomach Bitters. Remember that it is a specific for all the com? plaints which lay the system open to visitations of deadly epidemics. If you are dyspeptio, it renews the vigor of your digestive powers, gives you appe? tite and restores your cheerfulness. If you are nervous, it invigorates every fibre of your nervous system, from the base of tbe brain, where it begins, to the extremities, where it termi? nates. If yon are bilious, it disci? plines your unruly liver and brings the aotion of that organ into harmony with the laws of health. It is, in abort, an invigorant and alterative so powerful that nature, with Hosletter's Bitters for her ally, may bid defiance alike to native malaria and foreign in? fection. It not only awakens the phy? sical powers from a state of collapse and inanition, but it imparts perma? nent vigor to tbe muscular and ner? vous systems, reinforcing, as it were, both the stronghold and the outworks of vitality. The aged, the decrepid, tbe nervous, tho broken-down of both sexes, are recommeuded to try it. Tbey will assuredly find it a present help in time of trouble. J21 f3*jl Dn. Scuesck's Pclhonic Syrup, Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. These medicines have uudonbtedly performed more curea of consumption than uuy other remedy known to the American public. They are com? pounded of vegetable ingredients, aud contain nothiug which oan be injuri? ous to the human constitution. Otber remedies advertised as oures for con? sumption, probably contain opium, which is a somewhat dangerous drug in all cases, and if taken freely by con? sumptive patients, it must do great in? jury; for its tendeuoy is to confine tho morbid matter in tbe system, wbioh, of course, must make a cure impossi? ble. Sohenck's Pulmonic Syrup is warranted not to contain a particle of opium. It is composed of powerful but harmless herbs, wbioh act on the luugs, liver, stomach and blood, and thus correct all morbid secretions and expel all tho diseased matter from tho body. These are the only means by whioh consumption can be cured, and as Sohenck's Palmonio Syrup, Sea W- cd Tooio aud, Mandrake Pills are tho only medicines whioh operate in this way, it is obvious they are the only genuine cure for pulmonary con? sumption. Each bottle of this invalu? able medicine is accompanied by full directions. Dr. Sobenck is profes? sionally at his prinoipal office, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for ad - vice mast be addressed. J9 fl3