The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 02, 1874, Image 2
CXHSTTMBIA, s. c.
Wednesday Morning, July 1,1874.
A gtaino to John Bunyan,
a memorable event baa just oooar
loed in the pleasant little English towlj
at Bedford. It was the birth-place
?taA&fce ebene of the sufferings and im?
prisonment of the author of "The
|9Hgrim.'a Progress." It was in 'Bed?
rid jail that be composed thateoblirne
and touching allegory, whiqb, has done.
?j much to lift up, anstaih and con?
fine faith .among raeji. The Duke of
Bedford, who derives his title from
tbe?4owB, has presented a statue of
Cony an 'to its citiaens, who have On-'
joyed a great fete on the ooeasion of;
enacting it. Flags of > all nations
floated from the windows, and gar?
lands of gay colors streamed from
fc&hal arches. Ghuroh bells rang
oatf their merriest peals, and thousands
?I visitors flocked thither to do. ho
eaage-to one who did homage totrdth
eoq]& not be swerved1 from-' da'ty.I
Tito statue is pronouuoed a triu taph of
art. It:is 'a largo bro?ire figure 'of
Banyan, aot on a pededtaf of gray
granite. A writer, who #ua present at
?he dedication, says: I
""ilftie figure is about ten feet high,
ana bas a massive, substantial appear-;
asaa befitting the character of its!
original. The pose is very happy.1
Banyan, stands uncovered, and the
iartfed .down bread ooiiar, tbe short
bnekskin jaoket, the big belt, the
abort breeches, reaohing to the knees,
and the bomely looking shoes, bespeak
tbe-dress of the period. He holds the;
Bible open in one hand, while the
finger of the other rests en its page.'
Hia eoantenanae is turned Heaven-!
ward and wenrs a singularly scrap hioj
expression. The following inscription',
graven on the pedestal, and taken from
Christian's .visit to the Interpreter's:
faonse, eappliea the thought present to
(he artist's raiud:
ItJsadejee lifted up to Heaven.
The 'b awt of books dn hie hand.
Tbe law of trcth waa written upon his lips.
I'totunaais if it pleaded
With men.'"
Three basso relievos on tbo pedestal
were trench admired. That on the
West Bide represents Evangelist direct
cap Christian to the wicket gate. On
aba inunth aide is a representation of
?"Christinu -fighting Apollyon." That
ontueEist is a very fine picture of
cite -"Three Shining Ones" meeting
Christian at the foot of the oross. The
ceremony of nnveiling was performed
by Lady Augusta Stanley, wife of the
Dean of Westminster, who delivered
the fine euloginm which wo copy.
'Xhe position of a Dean rf the
Chardh of England leading in a cere?
monial intended to do honor to the
glorious nou-oonforming dreamer, who
coffered imprisonment for twelve
S?ar8-rather than relinquish his right
lis.preaoh in public, was a novel and
faying one. It was admirably met.
Tbe ealogium was extremely happy,
?b -spirit' s?boiariy, appreciative, tho
Kiaghly 'Christian and free from tbe
abgfetest taint 'of narrowness. The
Dean was sagacious enough to see how
insignificant were all the honors which
be -and the Dako of Bedford could
confer upon Banyan in the presenoo
of the greatness with which genius,
tpclef?, firmness and buffering, conse?
crated in his life and embodied in bis
grand prose epio, bad nobly clothed
biosu It was his fate to lie in Bedford
?I* tig eon in life, and to be buried in
BanUill Old Fields in death, bat bis
fame fills the world. He is universally
oead and universally loved. He be?
longs to mankind. "The Pilgrim's
PrqgnscB," which he described, bas
Lypati... for its author a triumphant
axacoh through the subsequent centn
riss.'to be pursued to the end of time.
i-t was more tbau u display of trans
^eudant genius. It was an achieve
sueut of the highest art, uuder the aim
S^st, most natural und most attractive
terms, 'phe eloquent Duau was cou
?adous oi the 00utraak betweeu the
naiTcrsulity o??ucb famQ i j ,QV0 aud
usefulness, and ^ fccb'b but wel, j
meant monumental M)uU, It WQ8 u j
itiippy thought in him ?,, bK1 tb0hfc
?who had not read "The Pifcri.,?a pro.
.gcesa" to go and road it, an?l tho3twbo
bad read it a hundred tinicj, to touq^
yet again, und by living ot\ i'?.h tuacu
ifyga in their lives, to rear a still nobler
?monument in their hearts to its author.
?;???.:???. ?r- ? ??>
The Credit Mubilier exposures 'and
loiher work by newspapers represented
?o Wunhingtou have had a wholesome
4,-fiect. It is claimed that not a single
?dishouest scheme or job v?.as got
ihroagh Congress at the lote an.nion;
v*j that, il no great statesmen waro de?
veloped, at least no great rasnnls were
>alrsv7cd to develop themselves. The
?gaTorle m*du to muzzle tbe press indi?
cate that no me of tbe membuis were
becoming * Jtttle tiled of ibis pro?
tracted bout.jty.
11 The Deah uf W?TBOfimtM UJt 'JtifBH
Bun tan.?"As*I walked through the
wilder a ess of this world, I lighted
apop a certaiu pjacejchera there was a
dvoy TbSe wc rdflfhavtt b?n Vans
lated into ?ndriuWdf lsDBQlgeB&aDG
thff'queatiA bafc :.'b*on often awed,
wftro was j?iat i &oa arid | wuerdf' wat
tflt >don? i ^Thef ajgwefc given/ haft
atwaya been, the uamebfihat plaoe'iY
Bedford, aud the uame of that deo
Bedford Jail. This it is which hus
giveu to the town of Bedford its chief
?may I say, without Offence, its
only??title to universal and everlast?
ing famo. It is exactly 200 years since
Banyan resolved*-upon what to him
was a great venture, imtxely, to pub
list * I: - - "Ork whieb pas.given to Bed?
ford, this, iu. lortul renown, and Bed?
ford to-day inya back aorhe part of the
debt she owes to him. I shall not,
however, i urreu'der without a struggle
the share whioh J^u gland at large hae
if) your illustrious townscdao to your
local cluima. Something of the na?
tional and cosmopolitan character uf
Brtnyan'd works was probably owing
to the wa?u?iiui, ^ypsy life be led in
his youth as a tinker^ utid iu the more
peropq jourueyingB of.:his after lifo in
>vbat may be culled nisi opisoopiU visi
MAUmaiL.?If wo follow th6 track of the
young soldier, whether in the .royal or
the'parliamentarian army, (it is not
certain which,) .when he so narrowly
eaoaped the shot that laid his comrade
low at the siege 'of Leicester, we shall
find that he* probably obtaiued there
ttte materials fbr,:his: *'Holy War" and
the '.'Siege ?f. ?lans?dl. ' W,hen I was
exploring ''the ?. Pilgrim's Way" to
Canterbury, 11 wiw muoli impressed
with the ingenious theories of one of
the oflloora of the ordnance Bnrvey,
wbo held that the pilgrim of the seven?
teenth aehtnry, John Banyan, caught
the idea of the hill of difficulty and the
deleotablo mountains ' from the hills
turongh which that track meanders;
and might.he not from bis early visits
to London have' obtained the notion of
Vanity Fair? At any rate, we know
thut orowds attended hia preaching at
Zoar Obapol in Southwurk, and he
rests in the grave of his host, Stan
drake, the grocer, in the venerable
cemetery of Bubhill Fields. Yon are
right, however, to claim him as your
own, for it is the strength of a country
aud of a town to havo its famous men
held in everlasting romembraoce.
Such aro the liuks by which they are
bound to the history of a country, and
by whioh the locul greutuess of u whole
country is bound together. Yon hav?
beoome*immortal through' him?take
care that yon. do not let bis fame.bo
obsoured by your uuwortbiuess. Turn?
ing to what may be called his ecclesi?
astical career, wo must remember that
ho was a Baptist or Auo,-baptist?a
name which ouoe struck ttfrror and dis?
may through whole States in Europe;
bnt which, even in Bunyan's time, had
subsided iuto a quiet, peaceful com?
munity?a sect which numbers on its
roll Havelock among its soldiers, Carey
and Murshmau umoug its missionaries;
and Robert Hall umoug its preachers.
I speak only of the dead, but whether
living or dead, there is no other name
among them to which all other
churches bow the head bo reverently us
to that of John Banyun. You all re?
member Lord Mucunluy's remark thut
the seventeenth century ouly produuud
two meu of origiuul gouius?aud thfiae
two were John Milton and Johu Bua
yan. Aud I will Ventura to add to
that remark uf Macitulay's that iu all
our English literature there have been
only two works universally popular,
und both of those were written by
non-conformists?one wus the work uf
a Presbyterian journalist, and it is
called "BobiuKou Crusoe," and the
other was by a Baptist teacher, and its
uame is "Pilgrim'a Progress." In fact,
the non-conformists have a splendid
literature of their own, aud we must
remember that hteruture may bo chan?
nels of grace nu'loss spirituul thuu
saorameuts or doctrines, ohupels or
ahurohus. Bunyun was great as the
hero of toleration.\ He was greater
still as a preacher, but beyond all
comparison he is greatest as too teach?
er of our childhood?us the author of
those characters whoso names aud
faces are f.imiliur to the whole world.
Ab tho author of "Pilgrim'sProgress,"
I speak to you in a world-wide sense?
not as a Churchmuu, hut us a Christian
to Christians, us a muu to meu. It is
ouo of the great charms uf that im?
mortal work, that we trace no word in
it of Baptist or Podo-Baptist, Protcst
uut ur Catholic. It is ouo uf the few
books iu existence (:iud i know ouiy of
six others, und they arc iu a less de?
gree) which blends iu perfection reli?
gious instruction with amusement, and
which may bo read with eqaal enjoy?
ment aud advuotago by the humblest
persou and tho most fastidious critic.
"Pilgrim's Progress" is entirely catho?
lic?that is, universal?both iu expres?
sion aud thought. 1 do not menu
to say that itoontaiu.s no seutimeuts
whioh may not be distasteful to no rue,
or that it has not a certain tinge of
color, but it is so slight as to bo almost
I imperceptible. reooguized the
? Great truth, thut Curir.t.mmly does not
^?ist in names aud shibboleths. Iu
the lwurproter's house, Christian is
Shown u gWieu, and it is poin^d out
to him that '-?.^ ?owors ore divo? iu j
shape, in qaaliU. jn 00i0r, in smdi |
and iu virtue, ana som0 aro bettor
thuu some; but when th^gnrdon is set,
tboy quarrel not with ou? another."
Aud yet thero is no compromise iu bis
words, no faltering iu his oonvioliona;
! but his admiration is reserved lor all
things that good meu love and his do
testutiou for thorn; whioh ull good men
detest. Thyugh a Pnritau aud a Cal
vinist, he was not ufruid to take ton
frumu-work of his story from Catholic
sources?the pilgrim's habit, the way?
side cross, tho armor of tho orusader,
the ringing of the bell at tho wioket
gate, Never was thero ouch a oombi
tnttwrr brrromraTst^ med i
raval forms seen before and never,
since. With all its familiarity, it is
,.n?ur profane; with all its religious
fefor, jft isfl lever fauatical; with all its
hr&eli^tcssh it is never vulgar. It ie a
Wo?k of pure art and truo genius.' It
is if "well afi English language unde
filod," and sd pure Christian thought.
Tegels into the hearts of men, and
meets the spiritual needs of our com?
mon human nature. And as John
Banyan walked' your streets, what
'manner of 'man 'was he? Let us" real?
ize his-appearance as,ho stands before
'us in the descriptions of his contem?
poraries, and us he is so admirably pre?
sented to os to-duy by the Bculpior.
Ho was "tall in stuture, stroug-bouid,
with sparkling eyes, wearing his buir
on bin upper lip after the old British
fashion, bis bair reddish, but in later
yaurs sprinkled with gray; bis nose
well cut, his mouth not too large, his
forehead something high and bis habit
always plain and modest; in his man?
ners mild und affable, not given to lo?
quacity, except opajksion required it,
choosing never to speak of himself, but
rather lowly in his own oyes; abhor?
ring lying and swearing." He was a
man of tbe peoplej.?nd the characters
be draws for us are;-drawn from tbe
life. You and I,.as. well uh he, have
met with Mr. Byende, and Mr. Face
both ways ami Mr. Talkative. Some
of us, perhaps, may have seen Mr. No
good and Mr. LtVeloooe, Mr. Hate
light und Mr. Implacable. All of us
have at times been like Mr. ?eudyto
bait, Mr. Feeblemind, Mr. Nobeart
and Sluwpace, und Short wind aud
Sleepyhead, and "life young woman
whose name was Du? " So surely us
the pilgrimage which ho dreamed is
tbe pilgrimage of every one umoug us,
so surely the companions and tbe
neighbors whom he saw in his dream
are oury, aud ull of us need to be
cheered by the help of GreatheurJ, of
Holdfast, of YaliauifortbetrUth aud
good old Houest. Some of us have
been in Doubting Castle, some in the
Slongh of Despond, some have expe?
rienced the temptations ofVanity
Fair, all of us have to climb the Hill
Difficulty, all of ob need to be instruct?
ed by tbe interpreter iu tbu House
Beautiful, all of us bear the Hume bur?
den, all of us ueed the same armor, all
of us have to puss through the wieket
gate, all of us have to cross the durk
river, and for all of us, if God will,
there wait the shining oued at the gate*
of the Celestial City, "whigh, when we
w.i, we ivish ourselves acaohg tbein."
Tax Union*.
A meeting of the citizens of liich
land County will be held in tbe Court
House, at Columbia, on Monday, tbe
13th instant, at ,11 o'clock A. M., for
the purpose of organizing Tax-Unions.
All are requested to attend who favor
tbe protection of property, the ad?
ministration of justice, tbe cause of
morality, and who have tbe maolines:-:
?mil virtue to make ?tili another effort
to rescue tbe State from those influ?
ences which have made its Government
a mockery uud u crime, and which, if
uuohecked, must inevitably reduce it
to a condition of hurb msm.
WM. WALLACE.
Cbairmuu Ricbland Delegutiou of
Tax-Payers.
Confedekate Cembteuy.?The Cou-1
federate cemetery, about four miles I
from Point Lookout, is beside a sigh- j
ing piae forest, and is pretty well |
enclosure is about 100 feet bquare, or
Huffloienfc to bury about fifty person.-,
iu tbe u-iuul way, yet it contains the
remains of over 3,000 Confederates,
who died while prisoners at Point
Lookout. The remains were first)
buried near the point, but in 1870 the
State appropriated $5,000 to have tbetu
re-interred in a lot secured for the pur?
pose. The cemetery is enclosed with
a neat iron railing, tbo gate bearing
tbe words "Confederate Cemetery."
The foreign commerco of the port of I
New York, for the week ending the
'27th ult , was us follows: General
merchandise imports, including dry
goods, 36,648,571'; produce exports,
$6,420,678, aud specie exports, 31,020,
310. The totai merchandise imports,
including dry goods, sinco January 1,
this year, uro $211,253,581, against
$213.106,0013 last year, and ?224,628,
352 in 1872. Tbo tots! exports of pro?
duce siuej Ja unary 1, uro S137.781,
033, agalnt $134,640,020 last year, uud
$1U1,S33,310 iu 1872. The total ex?
ports of specie fciuce January 1, uro
$30,027,917. ngainat $26,982,225 last
year, und $?'J,0i.0,?'J7 iu 1872.
- ?
The Mill .iliver disaster, sweeping
150 mortals into eternity ut one gulp,
may, af*er all, be regarded as a bless?
ing in disguise. It has led to disco- :
vering the dangerous weakness of a
large number of other dams. There j
is a dam near Worcester, confining a]
body of water twice the siz-? of the
Williamsburg reservoir, which liu? j
been in a dangerous uonditiou f.>r
tight years. It was condemned six
yearn ago auil its removal ordered by
tbo Connly Commissioners. The or
der is now likely to be unforced, for if j
that dam bursts, the city of Worcester !
will vanish,
j - -
i ^he Sexatp..?The Ciuciunali Gu-\
j seile ru^niiy contuses that tbo United j
a .,?"tto um lur6clr degenerated, !
I cbu fly through tv? adventurers elected I
i from luauy of the Bou?b.era fStitus
j after reconstruction, and *meQ1*j)or8
i from new Statos, whose auiu Ct,,H?jj,j.
! cuts uro railroud monopolies aud *]>,;, _
dliug rings of various kinds, nml p?.rt.
j ly by men who purchased their elec?
tion with money or patronage.
The Gazette is a truly loyal sheet and
ought not to grumble at the "results
of the war."
'*'" 'Hon.*Si' S. 'OrTtteh^eTaTniemlje^"oT
the Houeo of Representatives from
Greenville County, writes ns follows to
the Enterprise and Mountaineer, in r<*-,
ply to the appended article .fVom th^
Abbeville Medium, and wb^iou articl?
eecaped our attention: $
' "In the Legislature of tbii'ptate. the
Democrats have been a, atujmbliug
blook in the way of eveu no honest
Republican. They have voted for
almost every fraudulent measure, sup?
ported every dishonest speculation,
wTien'thelr own private interest* were
concerned, and voted iu direct opposi?
tion to the good of their constituents
in'every iuntunce."
Messrs. Editoiis: I hnvo no nmbi*
tibu to champion tbu twenty live or
thirty gentlemen who compose the
Democratic members of tiie Legisla?
ture, but the extract above from the
Abbeville Medium, coutuiun no much of
untruth and injustice, it should uot go
uuaoutradicted. For four years, I
have been a member of the iowor
house, (and permit me to say, L have
no desire for re-election.) Daring that
time, my votes stand recorded against
uvory measure of dishonesty, corrup?
tion or extravagauceintroduced iu that
body. .10 every instance, those votes
are recorded with the almost uuani
aioua vote of the Democratic members
aud with the votes of u portico of the
Republicau members. Alauy corrupt
schemes have thus bcuu defeated.
Others have passed, because the cor
runtiouiats had the mujoritv. Very
truly yours, 6. 8. OBI LIEN DEN
Tkavb*?er's Rist. S. C, Juue27,74.
Calhoun's Ghost. ? We are entreat?
ed by our respeoted contemporary, the
Philadelphia Nativnul Mail, out to
evoke, at this time, the ghost of John
C. Calbonu- Our friend of the Mail
should address his entreaty to Senator
Eatou, of Connecticut, ehe great Caro
liuian'b eld pupil. If tiver there was a
time when the duotriuts ot Caihouu
ou States rights needed ventilation,
thin is the time. BLis prophecies have
all come true, aud we are hardly to be
blamed for recalling the fact that Cai?
houu read the future like n heaven
bom Reer, aud attempted iu vain to
ward off the menacing peril. A little
Culbouuism iu the North aud ?South,
so Jar as local self-government is con?
cerned, -would work a wonderful
cuauge fur the better. Caihouu was
tbu incarnation of truth. No honest
man ueed fear his ghost. We suspect
tb?t dread spectre rises before the eyes
of many Northeru men as Bunquo's
awful - hade at the revelry of Macbeth.
BCECHEK ?A venerable gentleman
says that he kuew Heury W. Beeeher
when a very snail boy. The day be?
fore Thanksgiving Day, Buecher's auut
asked him whut he was "going to do
ou the morrow." The boy iustuutly
replied: "I urn going to eat a great deal
of mauy things." As a man, he has
eateu a great deal of many things,
uuil, if Tiltou does not lie, "the for?
bidden fruit" is numbered among his
appetizers.
Spain.?The Carlist war continues
with the same monotonous results. It
seems that Concha has hud a little sue
cesd, but its practical eQ'ect seems to
hem the Carliat forces into Navarre.
So long us tbu Freuch side of the
Pyruuees is u base of supplies for Don
Carlos, aud a sure refuge iu the eveut
of disaster, this "war" will continue
with the same purposeless, inefficient
results that we have had for twenty
A l*w case is pending in the Su
prume Court at Jackson, Tens., in'
which the solo questiou to bo deter?
mined is, whether a cortaiu letter iu a
promissory note for 36,000 is "I," or
"J;" whether the said uoto was inude
payable to I. Blackeusee or J. Bluck
euaee?JUuuo or Julius?the represent?
atives of each party claiming the
money. As usually written, "L" and
"J"' ure nearly identical.
At Sin Diego, Cal., on Sunday
I night, two disguised meu gagged und
bound Mr. McCormick, colleolor of
customs, and took from uiiu lh-i com
biuutiou of the custom bouse safe.
Uuo of the robbers mounted guard
I over McCormick, und the other went
to the en.-torn house aud took ?3,000
from the safe, aud both escaped. Mc?
Cormick was alone in his house.
A Good lli:i"Oitr or the National
Finances.?The treasury stutomeut for
the mouth just ending shows that the
income from customs has greatly im?
proved and is larger eveu than for the
corresponding mouth of last year, aud
that there is uu increase ulso uf inter-'
mil revt .ue. There is, too, a slight
decrease of thu public debt lor Juue. |
A parly of meu made a raid on the.
dwelling of Mr. Juarez lied, near!
I Wiudsor, Aikcn County, .i few nights ]
ago, beat his wife aud took Mr. Red
into the woods, where they whipped i
I hi in unmercifully with n leather strap. '
The miscreants have been arrested.!
Family affairs was the trouble,
j During the storms on Thursday
afternoon, the lightuiug struck u man j
! ut Circtevillo, Ohio, a woman ut lluut
ingtou, W. Va., two young men at j
lvalaoiooz t, Mich., the postmaster at I
[ Murion, lud., aud three persons at!
Fort Way no, Ind.
Tho new bridge celebratiou iu St. j
L iuis is to be u grand allair. Toe an
thoritics have sent to New Yuik for;
three car-loads of lire-works, and an j
accomplished luuatic offers to jump'
I mm tho bridge into tho river for the
.??um of $J5'J.
A lodge of colored Masons was re?
cently organized in Newbeiry, tbe
lodge to be called Meridian Lodge, of
[Augusta Constitutionalist.
*o A. Y. M.
T 'Otrx ' Matters. ?Subscribe f of - thY
Phoznix.
Weather all right, yesterday.
?e nevjr\city belljwill ring in the,
Fofeth of <Joly.
T^ere .ar?i five Wednesdays, i five
Thursdays and five 'Fridays iu this
month. ?*
BJAdvortibiugis to business what steam
is to machinery?tbe grand propelling
power.
Tbe silver testimonial to Speaker
Lee is still ut Mr. Glaze's. Where, oh
where, are tbe funds?
Mr. H. C. Hudgins, of Charleston,
has declined the appointment on the
Governor's stuff.*
There is but one way to obtain busi?
ness?publicity; but one wnj' of gain?
ing publicity?advertising.
Nearly all the schools iu the city
have closed for tbe summer, and tbe
scholars are dolighied.
Tbe hotel at Glenn Springs is filling
up rapidly. A large party leaves Co?
lumbia on Tuesday next, for that de?
lightful retreat.
Tbe South Carolina Railroad pays
the coupons of its first mortgage and
nou mortgage bonds maturing July
1st, on uud after to-day.
Tbe funeral of Daniel Crawford,
E*q., was attended by a large con?
course of citizens. His remains wore
interred in Elm wood Cemetery.
There is grear complaint by the
Newherrians of the railroad platform at
that flourishing town. It should be
remedied, by ail menus.
"Oh, for a lodge iu some vast wil?
derness, where fiddles uud fiddlers are
uukuowu," is the ory of those who
have to perform mental labor in the
vicinity of a music-teacher's abode.
Tbe comet was distinctly visible last
night. It can be seeu iu a North?
westerly direction, about thirty degrees
abuve tbe horizon. Its tail is about
throe degrees in length.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
curd of invitation from the committee
to a lecture by Hon. H. G. Eastman,
before tbe Lee Association, of Pougb
keepnie, N. Y.
We have been furnished by the
author, Mr. J. M. Lenuard, with a
copy of uu address relative to agricul?
tural chemistry, in which the subject
of fertilizers, etc., is ventilated.
We wore shown, yesterday, some
line sip cimens of nutmeg, with their
mace covering, grown near Bucksville,
in this Stufe. Smith Carolina produc?
tions ure varied.
A. A. Gilbert, Esq., of tbe Sumter
Watchman, has been iu tbe city two
days, iu attendance upon the com?
mencement exercises of the Columbia
Female College
After "treudiug thtse streets" for
several nights past, a quiet citizen sat
dowu and wrote:
A little gas light now aud then
Is relished by tbe best of men.
Numerous fatal cases irom hydro?
phobia are reported at the North, but
none South; it would be us well, how?
ever, to keep u sharp look-oat for the
canines and avoid undue familiarity.
An old man has been sent to the
Connecticut State prison for one year
for stealing su umbrella. He had
committed a similar offence twioe be?
fore, aud the jury wasn't long oat.
By a card in another column, it will
be seen that several trotting matches
are to come off on tbe afternoon of the
4th, ut the Fair Grounds track. A
number of entries have already been
made and others are txpected.
Wbut shall I do on tbe Fourth? is
the ull-important query just now.
There aro to be public and private
barbecues, pic nics, etc., in the vicinity
of Columbia; chicken disputes, etc.,
at Kingsvillc; aud the- Scotch games
at tbo brewery.
At the unnuul meeting of Pha-nix
Hook and Ladder Company, held Mon?
day evening, the following officers
were- elected to serve for tbo ensuing
term: John L. Little, Foreman; P.
Meighan, Assistant Foreman; F.D.
Konemuu, Secretary; J. Jeaus, Trea?
surer.
At the recent Commencement of
Wofford College, the degree of Doctor
of Divinity was conferred on Rev.
iSamnel 13. Jone-, of the South Caro
liua Conference and President of Co?
lumbia Female College. This is the
first instance in which Wofford Col?
lege has conferred the titio of Doctor
of Divinity on a member of the South
Carolina Conference.
$167,000 has been paid out on the
first dividend by the different branches
of the Citizens' Savings Bank, of
which amount $17,000 was paid by the
Columbia branch. This largo amount:
ought to loosen the money market j
somewhat. We learn that there is
still $6,000 unclaimed, which it would
be well for the parties interested to
| look after, as the list might he closed.
Obe cTcmmei: -noxn>at.~Tbe exer
oiaes of the Colombia (Methodist)
Female College closed on Tuesday
'.night, j?rjjj yesterday the majority of
tho echolgra departed for their homes.
The institution will re-open on the
first Monday in October. There were
about 130 students in attendance dur?
ing tbe last torm?tUo larger majority
of whom were boarders. This num?
ber will bu largely increased during
tbe next session. A very pleasing
sceuo was enacted on tlie closing
night?the presentation of u silver
pitcber to President 'Jones by tbe
graduating class. Rev. Mr. Rirkland
made the presentation address on be?
half of the young ladies; it wus re?
sponded to feelingly by the recipients
The following is a list of the gradu?
ates. Miss Alice Buchanan, or Fair
field, received, a special diploma, for
proficiency in musict
Misses S.'Emilie Nettles, Susie H.
Johnson, Elia S.Johnson; Burnwell;
Alice Buchanan, Hattie E. Kennedy,
Aiina Laubtta, Deborah Wolfe, Fair
field; Lucia Koaob, HSsmter; Mollie E.
Smith, York? Hattie M.' Arthur, Agnes
R. Clark, Octavia R: Dantzlor, Alma
Felder, Mary E. Harley, Agnes M.
Heuoon, Mury' M. Riley, Mary A.
W.nmaniftkor,. Sullie J. Wanuamaker,
Orangeborg; Eioiae E. Gibson, Cbellie
B. Mo Mas tor, OarnA Sunn, Emma L.
Jones, Columbia; S. Fair Sims, Han
nub N. Edmonds. RIcbiaud.
Competitive Examination.?The
Faculty of Washington and Lee Uni?
versity, at Lexington, Va., has ten?
dered to the Colombia Male Academy,
over which Capt. H. S.Thompson pre?
sides, an academic prize scholarship
for the present scholastic year. It is
to be given to the student in its high?
est class who may prove the best
scholar on a competitive examination,
the details of the mode by which tbe
recipieut of the honor shall be selected
being left with the principal of the
school. The scholarship covers the
expenses of tuition and ull college fees
for the anuual session of the Univer?
sity. The winuer of the prize, if he
shull be found fully prepared to enter
the regular classes of the University,
is expected tobe admitted at the open?
ing of the first session after theaward.
Powell Miller and RobertTrezevant,
pupils in Mr. Thompson's academy,
have come forward as competitors for
this honory designation. A committee
of gentlemen, consisting of Rev. Mr,
Brjson and Messrs. N. Barn well and
C. P. Pelham, have, at the principal'^
request, consented to supervise and re?
port upon the examination. Yester?
day, the paper upon mathematics waa
put before the young gentlemen, at 10
o'clock, and they were allowed till 2
P.M. to discuss it. To-day, the exami?
nation will proceed upon French and
other subjects. It is an interesting oc?
casion in the academic Hie of these
youths, well calculated to call forth
strenuous effort. Their friends and
companions watch the ordeal with
much interest.
List of New Advebtisements.
Merino Scarf Lost.
John Agnew & Son?Wine, Syrup.
Pendletou & Boardman?Presses.
L. N. Zealy?Bank Notice.
Races at Fair Grounds on the 4th.
A. Stork?Claret, Ale, etc
Hotel- Akuivals, July 1, 1874.?
Wheeler House?J A Turrentine, Wil?
mington; Chas HDarling, Charleston;
J T Settle, Baltimore; A C Shaffer,
Waherboro; Mrs P B Tompkins and
child, Camdeu; Col J N Cobb, Balti?
more; Dr nud Mrs Steiner, Augusta;
B G locum, Chester; J T Solomon,
Sumter; L M Dodamead, Charlotte; J
J Carriugton, Newberry.
Columbia Hotel?J E Macrae, T R
Morgan, Va; J M Vincent, La; E Ma
aon, Miss; John Archdale, C E Digges,
Kv; J E Coxe, Bennettaville; B Miner,
N Y; S C Gilbert, W H Evans, Rev A
M Folchi, Charleston; A F Pfohl, N C;
C K Knowles, city; Mrs O'Neill, SC.*
Hendrix House?P H Hun es, N C; R
D Perry, city; W D Tranthan, Cam
den; G W Wanuamaker, St Matthews;
W D Metts, Charleston; O B Mayer,
Newberry; J H Hamer, Marion; J E
Kennedy, J Black, Ridgeway; G W
Arthur. Leeaville; E S Hall, Ninety
Six; J F Gray, Pa; D Provence, J W
Lyles and wife, S C; P J Murry,
Charleston; E Quattlebauro, P S Quat
tlt-baum, Lexington; C T Ligon, city.
Tkoe.?Mr. Edward Pierrepont said
at the Yale law Bchool semi-centennial:
"No government can prosperously en?
dure which in tbe main is not ad?
ministered by the higher intellect and
the higher moral sentiments of the
people."
Local option has been agitating a
lady of Auatiu, Nev. Her husband
told her it was "optional" with her
whether he should buy her a gilt-edged
Bible or o new bonnet. She "rastled"
with the subject for three whole days
aud optiouated on the b?oonet.
Reports come from Dodgo City, in
South-western Kansas, of numerous
murders by raiding Indians. Other
parties are missing, and further loss of
life are feared.
A female school-teacher in Wilming?
ton recently whipped a little child so
severely, that the child's father had
her arrested.