The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 11, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Morning, July 11,1874.
Tbe Cause YVny.
Before out neighbor ""passed into
-asftber hands," it was addioted to the
_L?&e of saying, frequently, that wo
? ?rtltrag eously abused Mr. Chamberlain
?imd bated him "bitterly." This joke
? like the utory of "Grouse and tbe
'?Saa Room," end served the purpose
-vrftickling its inventors hugely, with
hurtiug os. Since the ohange, the
jteSce has somewhat changed, too.
?;s'? what we have said about Mr. 0.
zemnre courteously styled an "attaok,"
..?*md is attributed to the tronble which
^sbo/mention of hie name for Governor
&a?-caused ns. We think that vre have
?anffiaiently disonssed Mr. O.'s preten
<maxut as a reform oandidate for Go
-^axnor. Why these heralds, past and
yjttfleaent, shoald proclaim little side
ccoaes of this sort, may be easily un
*errf,ood. They imagine that it will
?Selraot from the force of our objeo
.Grans and show a flaw in our exposnre
????l the paeudo reformer. A word of
xaation may bo proper, therefore, to
. those who are liable to be misled by
reiben evasions. If, iu our judgment,
? ftfc' Chamberlain possessed tbe requi
?-. Gto-qualiGoutions to institute and carry
? Msseful reforms to a successful conclu?
sion, .wo ??would gladly' acknowledge
>> iL We are.not conscious of tbe slight?
est objeotion to htm personally, or
-'?fceuause he is a.Northern man, or a
.: Jlepublioan. Oar objections ate
? afisogether different, and have been
s feaukly expressed If he had
v?r.hibitau tho essentials of a
.arfiformor, in traits ?f character such ns 1
firmness, resistance to corruption, pa
/oijovro ^efforts to stem Ue tido iu tbe
?. reeponsible positions be has filled, or
' -2&-'?hk -past and present attitude to
v .-varda questions of vital importance to
1 oav people,-wo should have thought it
v ?tisp>\in ' his ?paity and promising of
vj^ood 'to the State for them to have
nominated him. What-Gov. Walkor
."did.lor Virginia, a prudent, capable,
.kur'cninolod Northern man might have
???,ouh for as; South.. Carolina as well
.-?9 .Virginia needed an interpreter to tbe
ZXToriuern poople add to the national
A,3tQaiuistration, after the confusion of
.-t.eirguofi aud ideas, and the loss of the
.'-sfarii of. juBtioe and fratenal feeling
^flseed by the civil war. Sach interme?
diate would at one time have been of
-erce?t advantage to her. But tbe time
ft past. We have the ear of the conn
Icy already, and we shall soon, with
??it-the aid of a middle man, command
*&? attention of the General Govern
aaeut. Mr. Chamberlain 'comes too
?ate-toplay this-part, even if he were
-aftdapted to it, whioh he is not. He is
<a$ually unfit to lead a forlorn hope
gainst .tho eprruptious of his party,
*? to point the way by heroio example
'iMkfi-eloquent voice to a higher, juster
mmQr nobler' policy.' The'stuff ia not in
? ai?. i'ij
?'- t. <*
t\ Living Imos. 's/.'
--J<Welthipk we hear the Ph<enix stiu
iarpiug upon that thing, trying to re
?d?e those dead issues, keeping up the
aunmosities of tbe war," etc., eto.?
T onr thoughts do not square with
&b(S facts. We have nniformly sup
^e-ostad Republicans, whenever they
? iave-appeared to represent the prinoi
?v&ao of .justico and conciliation. We
sBCfrtaiued the oandidaoy of Greeley for
^'resident; we advocated tho eleotion
s-sf.-Carpenter to the Governorship of
:??aUi Carolina; we defended Sumner
.?^?Inet the ostracism and peraeontion
<q? bcia own State; we pronounced onr
??Eflogy over his remains, singling out
S>c exceptional good pointit in his
ct tractor for commendation, and cha
a&ably panning by the bad and fanati
?**SL We never think of dead issnes;
-cherish no animosities. The issue
??-Vit- ranke with yon is not one for poli
?&a& power. It is for tolerable and
?ioseut govern mem, it is for the right
?ite iivo and enjoy our own; it is for the
safo-ftBtagea of odnoation, for the pro
-.?ctfoss of civilization, for tho sanotity of
-.ifro-ad morals. That looks to ns like a
?b?q issue. We have asked you to meet
??B&&airly, to recognise it by placing (as
?J3V. have the majority of votes) good
jootsa iu oflloo. Yon, have not done it.
3*7? ask yon for bread, and yon give ns
,-jsi .?tone.
-?? ..
An Unfoanded ObJeotJon.
"But we do objeot to this style of
-ssgament, that, bucanse an offioor was
tn* of a board composed of three or
?f'jpo pereoua, he must necessarily be
Saaffii responsible for the action of the
-Trjtolo board."? Union-Herald, 10th.
We do not ohar^e that he (Mr.
I'brunbatlaiu) is solely responsible for
??MMos-wlth whioh ho was oonneoted,
?*43t 'ne most shoulder his proper share
...?f this responsibility.? FHCBtrrx, 9th.
Tax Union?.
A meeting of the citizens of Rich
laud County will be held in the Conrt
House, at Columbia,!ou' Monday, the
18th instant, nflll o'ot?ck A. M\, for.
tho purpose of orgauiajug Tax-tJoionB.'
All ard requested to attend who favor
the protection of property, the ad?
ministration of justice, the ouubq of
morality, and who have the maulioesB
and virtue to make still another effort
to rescue the State from those influ?
ences which have made its Government
a mockery and a crime, and which, if
unchecked, must inevitably reduoe it
to a oondition of barbarism.
WM. WALLACE.
Chairman Richland Delegation of
Tax-Payers.
United States District Court,
Charleston, July 9?Judge Bryun
presiding.?The petitions for fluni dis?
charge in baukrnptoy of Theodore G.
Snowden, Henry D. Lowndes and
Theodore Stoney, of the firm of Sto?
ney, Lowndes & Co., were referred to
Registrar Carpenter to report, and the
29th of July set for final hearing. It
was ordered, in the petition of Theo?
dore G. Barker for payment of claim,
in the matter of Stoney, Lowndes &
Co., that the nsBiguee pay the net pro?
ceeds to the petitioner, und that the
petitioner have leave to proceed for the
remainder against the bankrupt estate.
The following equity busiuesB was dis?
posed of: The case of Charles H. West,
Jr., assignee of J tunes R Pringle Sc
Co., against Robert Adger, O. A.
Boweu and H. K. Sillimau, under the
firm of James Adger & Co., a bill for
relief, came up for bearing, und it wub
ordered that, upon Robert Adger cre?
diting 83,000 on tho note of J. R.
Pringle & Co. for $1,246, dated March
19, 1873, end paying all oo*te andj
expenses, the assignee turn over to
Robert Adger tho title and possession
of the property described iu the bill.
In the petition of J. P. Murshall for
the involuntary bankruptcy of Hope Sc
Gyles, it was ordered that the petitiou
be dismissed and the injunction here?
tofore issued bo dissolved. Iu the
petition of Airs. E. F. Pringle to prove
debt, in the case of James R. Priugle
& Co., bankrupts, it wus ordered that
the report of Registrar Carpenter be
continued, and the petitioner named
be inscribed as a creditor against the
estate of the bankrupt for 6098 56 100,
with interest from June 1*1, 197 i.
The Transit op Vends.?The cur?
rent year will become a notable one in
the unDals of science, because of the
phenomenon occurring on the 9th of
December, which is known to astrono?
mers ns the transit of Venus. More
than 100 yearn have elapsed siuce tho
laut occasion of this transit. Another
will happen iu 18(32, for, according to
the laws which govern the respective
motions of Venus and the earth, the
transits, when they do happen, occur
in couples at comparatively short in?
tervals; but there will then be uo other
transit until the year 2004. The phe?
nomenon alluded to is the paasaga of
the planet Vuuns between tho earth
and the sun, in such a position
with regard to tho earth's orbit that
Venus is seen to move like a round
black spot over the sun's fuco. The
importuuue of tbis phenomenon, iu o
scientific poiut of view, may be judged
from the fact that it ufforda astrono?
mers the best means of measuring the
distuuuoH of the heuVeuly bodies, und
of ascertaining their weight und di?
mension*.
New York Liquor Sellers.?Many
liquor dealers iu New York persist iu
selling without license. Strenuous
and substantial efforts having failed to
indnce the Legislature to reduce the
license fee, the Liquor Dealers' Pro?
tective Association, by advice of coun?
sel, nuited iu refusing to take out
licenses, being assured of tho existence
of flaws iu the law that would render
its enforcement impossible. Tho Ex?
cise Board will test the mutter by suit
against tho refractory seilen*. What?
ever may bo tho result of the suit, the
people will bo gaiuers?u conviction
insuring a rctoedy of the present laxity
of the law, while the reverse eveot will
procure better legislation. There are
said to he 4.000 dealers selling without
liooDse, against 3,900 who have re?
garded the law. In case of conviction,
the penalty will be $250 fine or ono
year's imprisonment or both.
--?.
A very late number of Hull's Journal
of Health contains an articlo in which
the writer says that "early rising, iu
civilized sooioty, always tends to short
on life." Prom the earlier days of our
country tho idea has come dowu of
"early to bed, early to rise." This
doubtless oncu held good, but now a
large part of our work is done in the
eveuing, and with many it iu the only
time for social opportunities, und with
others for montul recreations; this be?
ing the case, early rising is oat of the
question, and is really unnecessary.
By setting up lato and rising early, is
often, as Hall states, followed by nerv?
ousness, hasty temper, und other
things which injure tho stamina of
life.
Loss by Fire.?We regret to learn
that the Peyton residence, belonging
to Mr, R. P. Gant, at Boiling Spring*,
was entirely consumed by fire on Mon?
day morning last, about 8 o'clock, and,
but for the timely information given
by a trusty colored man, named Geo.
Jones, his entire family would have
perished in the flames, as be discovered
it in time for them to make their es?
cape. His store was also consumed,
but we believe ho suooeeded in saving
most of his stook. The fire, it is sup?
posed, originated from some defect in
a stovo-pipo attached to hisoook room.
[Barnwell Sentinel.
Licenses.
Officb City Treasuber,
Columbia, S. O., July 11,1874. .
The following ordinances-are pub?
lished for the ioformatiou of all. con
corned. The penalties therein ' pro?
scribed for exercising, conducting or
carrying ou any trade, business or pro?
fession, without first obtaining a li
oeuse therefor, will be imposed on and
after the 20th instant:
An Ordinance to Beoulate Licenses
for the Year 1873
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Co?
lumbia, in Council assembled, That
every person, firm, company or corpo?
ration, engaged iu, or intending to be
engaged irj, any trade, business or pro?
fession hereinafter mentioned, shall
obtain, ou or before the Gtli day of
January, A. D. 1873, a license there?
for, iu manner provided; those com?
mencing business ufter tho Gth of Jan?
uary, shall obtain a lioense before en?
tering upon that business.
Sec. 2. Every person, firm, company
or corporation required by this ordi?
nance to obtain a license to engage iu
any trade, business or profession for
which a license is required, shall re?
gister with tbe City Clerk aud Treasu?
rer?first, his or her name or style,
and iu case of a firm or company, tbe
names of the ?ever.il persons consti?
tuting such firm or company, und their
pluces of business; second, the trade,
business or profession for which n li?
cense is required; third, the place
where such trudo or professiou is car?
ried on; if a wholesale or retail dealer
in goods, wares and merchandise, the
amount, extent und value of business
intended to be carried on, excluding
distilled spirits; all of which shall be
given under oath.
Sec. 3. If aoy person or persctus
exercise or curry ou uuy trade, business ;
or profession, lor tlie; exercisiug, tar?
rying ou or doing of which u license
is required by this ordinance, without
first register]uk uud taking out sush
liceu.se, as iu that behalf required, he,
she or they shall, besides being liable
to tho payracut for the hen use. be sub?
ject to a penalty of $40, ou couvictiuu
before tho Mayor or auy court of com?
petent jurisdiction; one-hull of the
penalty, ufter Deducting expenses of
the prosecution, to be paid to the per?
son who first! luforois of the niutte7s
and things whereby tbe penalty is re?
covered, and the other half to tbe city.
Sxc. 4. Iu every license to be taken
out, under or by authority of this or
diuuucu, shall be contained and set
forth the purpose, trude, business &r
professiou for which such license is
grauted, aud the name aud place of
business of the person or persons
taking out the sutm-; if a wholesale or
retail deuler iu goods, wares and mer?
chandise, tbe umouut, extent or value
of the business intended to bu carried
on. The City Clerk and Treasurer
shall prepare a proper form of license
to bu issued in each cane, which license
shall be posted up or kept by the per?
son reeeiviug the name, us tbe City
Clerk ahull direct. Any evasion oi the
provisions of thia section aboil, on con?
viction before the Mayor, be punisha?
ble by fioe of $20.
Sec. 5. Tho hcer.aes grauted under
this ordinance shall not authorize the
pur.sou or persons, or firm, company or
corporation mentioned therein, to ex?
ercise or carry on thu trade, business
or professiou specified iu such license
iu any other place than that mentioned
therein, unless permitted so to do by
tho Mayor. A license grauted ou aud
after January 1, 1873, shall coutiuue
iu force until the 1st of January fol?
lowing; uud all licenses grauted after
the 1st of Juuuary, A. D. 1873, shall
be issued upon payment of a rateable
portion ci tho whole umouut of money
imposed for such license: Provided,
however, That no lioeuse shall bo
grauted lor less period lhau three
months, though the time to the end of
the year be lean thau that. Eich li?
cense grauted shall be dated on toe
first day of tbe month in which the
liubility therefor accrued, and thu
amount to be puitl therefor shall be
computed therefrom until the cud of
tho year, except as hereinbefore meu-1
tioued: Provided, That after a license
is granted by the city, no portion
thereof will be refunded.
Sec. G. Upon tho removal of any i
person or persons from the house or
premises at which the trade, bnsiuess
or profession men tioued in such license
was authorized, it may and shall be
lawful for the Mayor to authorize, by
endorsement of auch license, the per
I son removing as aforesaid to any other
I place to carry on tho trade, business or
i professiou spi/cified in such license at
tho plucj to which such person may
have removed.
Sec. 7. For a license to carry on any
trade, business or profession herein?
after mentioned, tho sums hereinafter
I mentioned ahull be paid into the City
Treasury:
Astrologers and clairvoyants, $100;
apothecaries, retail, $25; architects or
surveyors, 25; auctioneers, 100;agents,
reul estato, aud collection brokers, 25;
agents, selling by sample, at retail, per
year, 50; agents, seSiiug by sample, at
rotail, per day, 1; attorneys ut law, 25;
banks and bankers, 200; billiard, baga?
telle, or other gaming tables, for the
first table, 50; for every additional ta?
ble in the sumo establishment, 25;
bowling alleys or pistol galleries, for
each alley or gallery, 25; builders nnd
master mechanics, 20; butchers, for
eaoh stall hired, 10; blacksmith shops,
first forge, 10; each additional forge,
5; brokers, commercial, cotton or pro
dace, 50; brokers, money aud dealers
in exchange, 75; brokers, pawn, 100;
brokers and dealers in horses ai d
mules, who keep no sales stables, per
month, 8; and it shall not bo lawful for
any trausient dealer iu horses or mules
to offer his stock for sale until he shall
have taken out a lioense, to expire at
lue end of one month, for which he
shall pay the sam of $8; but such li?
cense may be,renewed at the same rate.
For each and, every violation of, this
artiole, tile .party offending ehajl be
flb'ea in the earn of 825 for es? and
every offence. Barbers, for eaolrchair,
85; book-bin dors, 20; boot autKahoo
making establishments, whero 'hired
labor is employed, 10; bakeries, bread,
pie or cake, 25; bill posters. 5; board?
ing booses, capable of accommodating
6 to 25 persons, from 10 to 25; coul or
wood yurdH, 25; coufectiouery or fruit
doalers, 25; contractors, other thau
builders, 20; cottou factors, 50; cotton
press. 15; cotton gin manufactory, 10;
cotton gins, ginning for toll or pay,
100; chiropodists, 25; carriage reposi?
tory, 75; cock pit, 200; dealers, retail,
in goods, wurHH and merchandise, ix
cludiug distilled Spirits, whose annual
sales do not exceed 65 000, 810; deal?
ers, retail, in goods, wares and mer?
chandise, excluding distilled spirits,
whose annual sales exceed 5 OOO, but
do not exceed 10.000, 25; dealers, re?
tail, in goods, waren nnd merchandiM",
excluding diatillod spirits, whose an
mud sales exceed 10,000, but do not
exceed 20.000, 40; dealers, retail, in
goods, wares and merchandise, exclud?
ing distilled spirits, whoso auuuul Bales
exceed 20.000. but do not exceed 30,
000, 50; dealers, retail, iu goods, waies
and merchandise, excluding distilled
spirits, wlio.se annual rules exceed 30,
000, but do uot exceed 50,000, 100;
and every additional 1.000, per 1,000,
2; deutists, 20; express companies, 250;
exhibitions, uitciiHCH, per day, 100; ex?
hibitions, theatrical, minstrel, or exhi?
bitions of uuy kind for gain, 10 per day;
foundries, lO; guN compauies, 100; gas
machine r.ianuluctoriea, $25; gas titter*
and plumbers, ?25; gift store, $100;
botuhs, capable of .?CCUIU UUjdlltttlg 100
persons, $200; hotels, capable of ue
coiuu)ndulitig less than 11)0, ami more
than 50 persons, ?100; bonds, capable
of accommodating over 115, aud lens
than 50 persons, "550; hucksters, 810;
ice houses aud tannufactnrors of ice,
850; insurance companies or agencies,
(the HUtue for each and every ageuoy,)
850; intelligence office, 810; junk
shops, (application to bo made to (Jity
Council for license,) S150. Liquor?for
a license to retail eptritouub or malt
liquors iu quantities less thuu a quart,
per annum, (payuble quarterly iu ad?
vance,) 8200; for a license to sell
spirituous or malt liquors iu quantities
of a quart or more, pur annum, (paya?
ble quarterly iu advance,) 8100. Thu
receiver of each license card to pay
into the City Treasury the sum of 50
center >l7?f/ proctiled, further. That
tbe granting or withholding of li?
censes, in each particular case, will be
ut the discretion of the City Council.
Li'.imber yards, 825; murble yards, 810;
millinery or dress-makiug establish*
mentH, first class, 850; second clans,
810 to 825; manufacturers aud bottlers
of soda water, 825; machine abopu,
810; merchant*, commission, 850;
mills, grist, 810; mills, fljiir, 810;
mills, planing, 850; mills, sawing, 825;
job printing offices, where, more than
three bands are employed, 850; where
less than three hands tire employed,
825; photograph, ambrotype or da?
guerreotype galleries, 820; painters uud
paper hangers, (musters.) S10; ped?
dlers, local, per month, 85; peddlers,
itinerant, per mouth, 850; peddlers,
per day, 5; physiciaus, 20; restaurant
or euliog saloon, first class, 50; second
class, 25; cigars?every person eu
gagud iu sei lug cigars at retail, 6 to
10, according to ealo?; cigars?every
person engaged in selling eigere at
wholesale, 50; soda water, where
sold from fount, from 10 to 25; stahlen,
livery aud sale, 100; stage or omnibus,
25; telegraph companies, 150; tailors,
merchant, 10 to 20; tiudortukers, 50;
warehouses, (itoruge.) 50; wagons,
drays, carts and hacks run tor hire, one
horse, 8; wagons, drays, carts and
bucks run for hire, two horse, 1G;
wagons, dray ., carts und hacks run for
hire, four horse, 05; wagon, dray or
cart, private, store or business, fur
haniiig. it'j., into City Treasury, for
budge, 50 cents; aud for uuy other
l)U9iuess or profession not other wise
provided for, a liceone tax of 10. No
j person shall let or hire any wagon,
I cart, dray or other carriage or vehicle,
: for tbe transportation of goods or pas?
sengers, within the limits of said city,
; without having first obtained a badge
l from the City Cltrk, paying therefor
I into the City Tieasury 50 cunts, to bo
I placed on some cou.-picuous part ef
I the vehicle, under u penalty of 85 for
1 euch and everyday that such vehicle
! shall bei so run, to be recovered by in?
formation boloro tho Mayor: Provided,
That nochiog herein continued shull
be construed to exteud to wagous,
curls <>r other vehicles going to or
from market; and for uuy other busi?
ness or profession uot otherwise pro?
vided for, a liceuho tax of 10 to 820:
I Provided, furlJter, That where two or
j more branches of business, not neces?
sarily oonneotad, are conducted iu one
estublishmont, a liceuse shnll be
charged und collected for each brunch
of business flo couduoted, us specified
iu this ordinance. Dogs?upon euch
aud every dog, to bo paid by the person
or persons on whose premises the dog
is kept, 82; aud tho police of tho oity
of Columbia are hereby authorized aud
required to Bieze and confine every
dog fouud running ut large, aud not
having on the city badge or collar for
tho current year; und for every dog bo
taken up by tho polioe, 81 additional
shall bo paid for tho same.
Sec. 8. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances, conflicting with this ordi?
nance, are hereby repealed.
An Okdinanck to Rkoulate Licenses
Fon tub Yeah 1874.
Section 1. He it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of Columbia, in
City Council assembled, Thut every per?
son, firm, compauy or corporation,
engaged iu, or intending to be en
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Phoenix.
Judge Thompson H. Cooke is at tbe
Wbeclor House.
Tbe oomet goes under now about 10
o'clock. j t'
Don't spend 350 a year for tobacco
uud rum, uud Bay "can't afford to take
u paper."
Wutermelous aud cuntelopes are
now a little more plentiful iu market,
but still high iu price.
TmX Uuious arc beiug formed in
nearly every County in the State. Let
the good work go ou.
There was a capital ruin, yesterday
afturnoou, which cooled off tho utinos
phere nicely.
It is uow said that Col. C. C. Puffer,
ex Receiver of tho Bank of tho State,
is tho purchaser of the Union-Herald.
Next.
No decision will be rendered in the
ma>?/<i7HM.s-Derti?cale-of -indebtedness
matter this week?all tbe Judges being
absent.
Our youug maidens exhibit a foud
uehs for sitting up iato o' nights to
watch the comet, and have some one
sit up with tbem to help them do it.
The geueral impression iu business
at rules is that tbe summer recess this!
season will be unusually short, aud
that the full trade will commence much
curlier thuti usual.
Mrs. John Agnew hue a uight-bloom
iug eereus which is displaying its beuu
ties every night?at least, it bus exhi?
bited twice, and tiie expectation is that
it will coatiuue so tu do.
The Messrs. F?g.in have broken
ground uud are making arrangements
?for the erection of u two-btory brick
building, immediately South of their
furniture wure-room.
The ?S'.um Life Insurance Company,
of whioh Messrs. Black k Waring are
tho agents iu this city, yesterday puid
thu insurance due ou thu life of Mr. R.
We*ru.
Tbe local of thu Union, while earn?
estly perusing a letter in tbe streets,
yesterday, was nipped in the leg by a
small-sized canine. In these hydro?
phobia times, suuh greetings are not
relished.
Tho sleeping car 01 the Wilming
tou, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
was thrown from the track, yesterday
morning, at the junction, just below
this city, by the spreading of the mi Is*.
Nobody hurt, although the paseeogers
were somewhat jolted.
By reference to the decisions of the
Supremo Court, it will ba seen that
the license matter has been decided in
favor of the City Council. Licenses
for carrying on mercantile and other
pursuits will, therefore, have to be
takeu out.
It is said the tail of the comet now
visible will euvelop a part of the earth
ou the 20th iostaut. The matter which
will compose the portion of the comet's
narrative that is to touch our planet
left tho muiu body on tho Ith, and is
traveling at the rate of 2,000,000 miles
daily towards us.
Firemen's Parade.?The Vigilant
Fire Company, Capt. Dennisuu, uud
the Euterpri.se, Capt. Uayne, paraded,
yesterday afteruoou, headed by tbe
Post Band. The eugiucs were prettily
decorated with ribbous, flowers und
evergreens, aud the ropes manned by a
stalwart lookiog sot of men. A heavy
shower of rain allorded au excellent
opportunity for the firemen to display
their agility and speed iu guttiug over
ground. When tho storm was over,
they exercised tho machines very sa?
tisfactorily.
Diabolical.?Tho stable und barn
of Messrs. Rytteuberg & Sou, of Sum
tor, was destroyed by au incendiary
tire, ou tho moruiug of tho 8th inst.
Tho buildings, fencing uud about
15,000 pounds of oats were consumed.
Their mill was destroyed on the 30th
ult., by the incendiary's torch. A
strict investigation should bo made
iuto tho affair, aud tho miscreant
ho properly dealt with. There are too
many idlers, verifying tho oduge, that
"Satan finds some misohief still for
idle bauds to do."
Sudden Death.?Mr. D. Dunwoody
White (a son of ex-Gov. Whito, of
Maryland, and a graduate of Franklin
and Marshall College, Penn.,) died sud?
denly, yesterday, iu a house iu lower
part of 'he city, from congestion of
the brain. Mr. Whito has boon in and
around Columbia for several months,
aoting as agent for the Atlantio Gable
Lightning Company, of Now York.
Ho was apparently iu exueiieut health
?stout and hearty. Drs. Geiger and
Taylor were oalled in, but too late to
aid him. As thore was some miBunder
standiug iu the matter, Coroner Cole
man has deoided to hold an inquest
over the remains, this morning, at 9
o'clock.
Fatal Rencontre.?A difficulty oc?
curred at Mailtos' Depot, in Marion
County, on Wednesday last, at a frolic,
between ? Mr.' Higgs (who bad re?
cently gone into business there) and
Mr. ,f. M. Qijohrist, the younger, dur?
ing whiob the former wus Btruck over
the bead with a pice 3 of board, from
the effects of whiob he died the next
day. Qilchrist has not yet been ar?
rested. Whiskey is believed to have
beeu the cause.
Before U. S. Commissioner Boo?
zer.?W. Henry Allen was brought
before Commissioner Boozer, yester?
day, on a oharge of passing a counter?
feit 820 United States Treasury note.
After a fall investigation, tbe accused
was required to give buil in tbe anm of
$3,000 for his appearance at court for
trial, which, failing to do, be was com?
mitted to the County jail.
United States Court Jcry.?In
pursuance of adjournment, the Com?
missioners appointed under Rule 51 of
the Circuit Court, Messrs. Hagood,
Syrnmes and Boozer, met at the Co?
lombia Hotel last evening, and, having
accepted the names furnished by each,
filed tbe same with the Clerk, and
adjourned, subject to tbe oall of any
of the Commissioners under said rule.
Supreme Court Deoibions.?"Fri?
day, July 10.?The State ex rel. Citi?
zens' Savings Bauk et of., respondents,
ps. the city of Columbia et ai, appel?
lau ts. Motion granted?per curiam.
Tbe State exr el. E. J. Scott Sc Son vs.
8ume, appellants. Motion granted?
per curiam. Tho State ex rel. D. Gam
brill rs some, appellants. Motion
granted?per curiam. The dtato exrel.
J. A. Heudrix Sc Bro., appellants, vs.
same, respondents. Appeal dismissed
?per curiam. The City Council of
Charleston, respondent, vs. Henry Bis?
chof! Sc Co., appellants. Appeal dis?
missed?per curiam.
Lightning Conductors.?The fre
queut occurrence of late of destructive
thunder storms in various partB of tbe
country has revived discussion as to
the bust means of protection from
lightning. A paper was read not long
ago before tbe meteorological section
of the Franklin Institute of Philadel?
phia by Prof. John Wise, in which he
contended that lightning rods have no
protecting power, and that the only
protection that hne yet proved to be
efficacious is the metal roof. While it
may be true enough that houses hav?
ing lightning rods have been struck
aad damaged, thin may have been tbe
result of inefficiency or imperfect con?
struction of rods. To demonstrate his
position, Mr. Wise sbonld show that
tbe bouse struck was protected by rods
of the proper quality and diameter,
the joints securely fitted, tbe insulators
of the right material, and tbe branch?
ing terminations in tho earth conti?
nued into moist ground, and a suffi?
cient number of points upon tbe rods
along tbe salient parts of tbe buildings
they are designed to protect. It is
conceded to be uncertain bow large an
area a rod of given length oan proteot.
Different Frenoh electricians have
variouly rated it as a circular space of
radius from one to three times the
height of the rod above the highest
point to which it is attaohed. Not
much confidence can be placed in these
conclusions. As evidenoe of the pro?
tecting influence of a single point not
reaching to any oonsiderable distance,
a case is cited of tbe foremast of a ship
being struck, causing serious damage
to tbe vessel, when the mainmast was
provided with a conductor. Of course,
tho protection of lightning rods only
upplie9 to the flash which comes from
above. One feature of the storms this
season is the disobarge of electrioity
from the earth. In the case of a cow
recently strnck by lightning in a West?
ern town, tbe electric fluid emerged
from tbe ground directly under ber,
and leaped up to meet the streak of
lightuing darting downward throagh
the air, and passed through her on its
way, leaving her dead and blasted on
the ground. If the back of this cow
had bristled with iron rods, she could
not have avoided her fate.
List of New Advertisements.
j. P. Thomas?Military Institute.
J. McKenzie?Frenoh Coufectiouery
Meeting Richland Lodge,
Ordinances of City Council.
Hotel Arrivals, July 10, 1874.?
Hendrix House?S Waddle, city; J L
Black, Ridgeway; WF Qaincy, Miss
C M Welch, Charleston; E H Strother,
Batosville; J H Fowler, J Yanta?sey,
Orangeburg; Mrs H Strong, obild and
servant, Cross Hill; J C Harden,
Chester.
Columbia notel?O F Perrie, Phil; J
F Newman, Charleston; E Daniel and
wife, Ark; T M O'Neill, J E Hagooa,
Charleston; B P Sanders, Oolleton; N
D Birge, Texas; Mrs Young, S C; W
1) Kennedy, Ga; J E Thames, Charles?
ton; JS Land, G & O RR.
Wheeler House?Col F A Belanger,
Edgofield; Jos Jenkins, Ga; W H Gar?
dener and wife, Samter; Eagene De
Berry, Lexington; W W Sellers, Ma?
rion; W W Peake, Winnsboro; Henry
Feldonheimer, Va; J R Cochran, An?
derson; J A May and lady, Dr M
Hantel, Charleston; R E Bratton,
Charlotte; Wm Bernie, N Y; J S
Browning, Charleston; J H Todd, R F
Bates, USA; W R Oathoart, oity; N
Dnls, Charlotte; H R Downing, lud;
Mrs Lee Hagood, oity; J M MacKay,
Abbeville; Whitner Symmes, Jndge T
H Oooke, wife aud servant, Greenville;
S L Hendrix, Lexington: T Mo Gee,
Charleston; Jas MoEroy, N 0.