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Banday Morning, July 19, 1874.
Some Wholciom? Admissions, and Yet
bo Reforming Spirit.
We find in the Louisville Courier'
Journal an interesting letter upon onr
affairs from its traveling correspond?
ent, written from this plaoe. Amongst
others of the Radical faith whom he
interviewed was Mr. D. H. Chamber
lain, ..one of the candidates for Go?
vernor. We have devoted considera?
ble space to a discussion of this gen
tleman's pretensions to ran as a re?
form candidate. The views attributed
to him by the New York Ttines streck
na as lamentably inadequate, and not
promising of any good. In all that
has been said yet by any of these so
called reformers, we have failed to flod
the living germ of any genuine reform.
We do not. do them the injustice of
supposing or of saying that they have
no impulses towards, no desire at all,
of, better thing*. They may haye.
We believe they have. Bui Abey
speak of these things as men who
dream, as men walking0 'ua sleep.
There is no evidence that they have
risen to the conception/of anything
more than the troublesome straits in
which their party ha#' been plaoed by
Its ignorance, imbecility and corrup?
tion. Every effy?rt they propose to
make has juat Xhe inspiration of this
selfish ipA6rest and no more. The
party.'/the South Carolina Ridical
party, condemned and contemned by
jpHilhe rest of the world, is the object
> of their supreme affection. Their
concern seems to centre upon and end
with it. Although they have, as they
boastfully say, a majority of 50,000
votes, they are constantly agitated lest
?they shall lose the elections. They
are tboa evidently conscious that they
have forfeited the right?whatever
right numbers, ignorance and the
adroit use of prejudice as a political
weapon gave them?to rule over, make
laws for and carry on the civilization of
a free people. They see the ruin, which is
spreading over the land; they are con?
scious, some of them, of the decay of vir?
tue and iutegrity, the loss of decency,
the lowering of the tone of morals, the
increasing embarrassments in which all
the public interests and institutions
are becoming entangled. Bat seeing
enough to make them aot in earnest;
enough to pat a aoal ander the ribs
of death, they show only an overpow?
ering love of office, of position, of
their own oontinaed ooatrol. They do
not treat of reform as men into whose
hearts the iron of oppression baa
entered. They viaw it rather as they
would a theme in a debating society,
or consider it as they would a topic of
history. No political Lather has yet
appeared amongst them with high,
determined objeots and a courage to
carry them oat which would pace all
the devils in hell; no honest Patrick
Henry to tbnnder against violated law
and invoke its proper punishment.
Who cannot see how tbey mast neces?
sarily fall short of accomplishing any
object of value? There moat be some?
thing more than a sense of a mere
party need of reform, even to institute
a single one in the State of the hun?
dreds that are required.
The statements of Mr. Chamberlain
to the Courier Journal show an advance
upon those made to the New York
Times. First, there is an admission
that there is "next to nothing" to
show for the $12,000,000 increase of
funded debt and the unknown floating
debt; that the land parohased by the
Land Commission for 8700,000 is "a
bad, bad speculation;" that while there
may have been exaggerations in some
particulars aa to the wholesale specu?
lations in the public moneys by the
State officials, hundreds of thefts have
never been mentioned; that it may be,
after all, that more has been stolen
than the State officials have been
charged with stealing; and that the
tronble is more in the wasteful way the
tax money is expended than in the
amount collected. Two other points
ia this letter have attraoted oar atten?
tion. One is the language in refer?
ence to the repudiated conversion
bonda: "The Legislature may deolare
them frauds, and still they may not
be." Tbia ia similar to the terms
employed about these bonds by Trea?
surer Cardozo, in conversation with
New York bond-holders. Does it in?
dicate a purpose to galvanize these
bonds? It looks, at least, as if Mr.
Chamberlain has some arriere pensee
about them and moans to leave the
question open. What sort of reform
would it be, to aaddle them again upon
onr poor, debt-ridden, bedevilled
State? Finally, what is said about
reform itself ia noticeable. Mr. Cham?
berlain doea not differ materially from
as in tbe idea he entertains of what
his party means to do or csn do. Wc
have the explanation here of his own
luk?'warmuess. He j cap- only follow.
He does not aim to lead. Hid party
means, ho reform. It osb do true con*
ceptiou of wbut it is. And Mr. Cham?
berlain, with all bis merits?and tbey
aro freely couoeded?is not tbe man to
infuse it with any sublime, self-saori
doing purpose.
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Important to Tax Payers ?In tbe
case of tbe State ex rel. tbe Union
Bank vs. Wm. Garney, County Tras?
Barer of Charleston County, where tho
relator tendered bills of the B*uk of
the State for payment of taxes, it was
decreed by Judge Graham thut ih?j'
bills are to be received for taxes duo
to the State, but not for taxe* due to
the County of Charleston. The case
as presented to ..the Court was in no
material respect different from the
cases.which have been before the Su?
preme Court of this State and of tbe
United States. The Court considered,
therefore, that the question of the re
oeivability of tbe bills of the corpora?
tion known as the President and
Directors of the Bank of the State of
South Carolina, for payment of taxes
doe to the State, is finally and conclu?
sively settled by the judgment of the
Supreme Court of the Uaited States
and the Supreme Court of this State.
The order was also made applicable to
all other cases in which tender of such
bills has been made aud refused and a
mandamus asked for, us was done iu
this case.
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Southern Women in the Civil
War.?In tue August uumber of the
Atlantic Monthly appears a paper, with
tbe title "A Rebel's Recolleotions," in
which the oonduct of Southern wo?
men during the war is portrayed.
"Many of them denied themselves
not only delicacies, but even substan?
tial food als?, in order to add to tbe
stock of provisions for tbe army. Oue
of them was told by u friend that ehe
was breaking down her health by lack
of proper diet, and answered: 'I know
that very well; but I must do the little
I can at any cost.' And a mound in a
Southern cburoh-yard testifies tl it she
meant what she said."
Here is an anecdote of u young lady
who bad framed a bit of B. F. Butler's
hand-writing:
"Iu New Orleans, soon after the
war, I saw in a drawing-room one day
an elaborately-framed letter, of which,
the curtains being drawn, I could read
only tbe signature, which, to my as?
tonishment, was that of General But?
ler.
" 'What is that?' I asked of the
young gentlewoman I was visiting.
*' 'Oh, that's my diploma?my certi?
ficate of good behavior, from General
Butler;' and, taking it down from the
wall, she permitted me to read it, tell?
ing me at the same time its history.
It seems tiiat the young iady had been
very active in aiding captured Con?
federates to escape from New Orleaus,
and for this and other sitniar offences
sba was arrested several times. A gen?
tleman who kuew General Butler per?
sonally had interested himself in be?
half of her uud some uf her friends,
and, upou making an appeal for their
discharge, received this personal note
from the commanding General, in
which he declared bis willingness to
discharge all the others. 'But that
black-eyed Mies B.,' he wrote, 'seems
to me au incorrigible little devil,
whom even prison fare won't tame.'
The young lady had framed the note,
and she cherishes it yet, doubtless."
8. C. Monument Association,
Columbia, S. C , July 15, 1874.
At a meeting of tbe Board of Direct?
ors of the South Carolina Monument
Association, held on Monday, July 13,
1874, the following statement of
finances was made by the Treasurer,
Mrs. W. K. Bachman: Total amount
received, $5,603.16; small expenditures
I by authority of the Board of Directors,
8124.63; paid Muldrow & Co., archi?
tects of tbe monument, $5,476.53.
About $5,000 are still wanting to
complete the sum due. The Board of
Direotors confidently hope that the
different Districts will soon report a
sufficient amount collected to enable
tbe work to be finished.
On motioD, Mrs. Annie DeSaussure
was unanimously elected a member of
tbe Board.
??y~Papers throughout tho State
please copy.
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For the last half of May the amount
of freight delivered at the Fairbanks
Rnale Works, St. Johnsbury, Yt., was
2,340 tons.
Hard times necessitate the giving
and receiving correct weights, and hence
the increasing demand for Fairbanks'
Scales. Nothing inferior bears this
brand. Each year increases its repu?
tation at home and abroad, Tho best
iron, the best steel, the best of all ma?
terial, iu fine, is placed in the hands
of tho most skilled mechanics, and the
produot is u scale considered the world
over as the standard. Quality being
the eriterion, there is no scale made in
America or in Europe which can, for a
moment, oompete with the Fairbanks,
and there oan be no oheck to a business
conducted on such principles as govern
this famous industry.
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, tho great
colored Waboo, announces himself a
oacdidate for Congress from the First
Congressional District.
Tse Bssb o? ifte Stale.
James B. Campbell, Esq., ia a three
column letter, to the Charleston News
and Courier, explains his relations , to
the Brink o! the State, and as aolioitor,
likewise, of the Barings Brothera, of
Xjbudon, who held the fire loan claim.
He also pays his respects to Mr. Isaac
W. Hay ue, in some tart and spicy re?
marks, delivered in the course of his
history of his connection as joint soli
oitor with him of the bank aud the
Barings. He does not omit to give a
shot a* Mr. C. Richardson Miles, who
made the repurt, on the part of the
Tax-Payers' Convention, which was
recently published, upou tin: affairs of
the 15 ink of the Stute. We give the
portion of this letter which couct-rns
tht- writer's transactions with the bank
as borrower of its money:
"It is true that I did borrow from
the Bank of the State fund, just before
Judge Carpenter resigned, the sum
of $30,000. $27,000 of this loan, upou
only a part of the same securities, had
been in and was transferred from the
admirably managed bank of largest
capital in the city. The transfer was
for the sake of the lower rate of iute
rest. It was upon ample stock securi?
ties, certified to by two most respects
ble stock brokers, and approved of by
every solicitor in the cause, including
Mr. Hayne himself, as he admits. A
very large sum of the bank fund was
lying idle; the presiding Judge was
about to resign; a fierce political oou
test was beginning; on one 6ide was
Gov. Scott, who had already made an
earnest, unsuccessful effort to get pos?
session of the whole fund, aud it was
generally, though erroneously, sup?
posed tbe appointing power to fill the
vacancy till tba rneutiug of the Legis?
lature was with the Governor. The
opinion seemed unanimous in favor ol
some disposition of the money us a
means of safety to it. There is nothiug
in this transaction reproachful to any
one. I have uo self-reproach m re?
spect of it. It is quite true that tbe
securities on which the loan rests have
sunk in value till they are deplorably
insufficient. But it does not follow
from Unit fact, nor from tbe per.iotect
efforts of such persous as Mr. Hayne
and Mr. Miles to cripple the debtors,
that there will be a loss by this loan,
and, if there is not, it will bo iu spite
of their efforts.
"It would be neither proper nor wise
for me to speak of my resources, but 1
have an unbroken courage, aud faith
that rests upon them, that every dollar
of it will be paid. I have never
avoided my liabilities, whether con?
tracted for myself or for others, aud
of the latter I have paid since the date
of this loan a sum quite equal to?
even more than?its face, aud I see no
reasou to despair of paying this; I am
undismayed before it. There is also
due by me a balance of $8,600 on a
loan of $26,600, made uuder Judge
Graham's administration. The secu?
rities for this were ample, bat are now
also insufficient; but this balance will,
in any event, be paid. It has the
preference, for a double reason: First,
because it is within my resources, und
1 will not allow Judge Graham to
suffer censure or obloquy for ?uy con?
fidence placed iu me; aud, second,
because the acceptance of the loan was
of itself a professional indiscretion aud
mistake, whioh I have always regret?
ted, never defeuded, but have cen?
sured with entire frankness. I do uot
uousider myself above professional
errors or below the courage to acknow?
ledge them and censure myself as
freely as I would others. I have never
claimed to mitigate this error, or that
it was less censurable because not a
dollar of the money wont to my owu
use, but was directly transferred to the
aid of a corporation I was profoundly
interested in sustaining. But I am
uot responsible to Mr. Miles or the I
Tax-payers' Convention for iny profes?
sional acts. This $38,600 and what?
ever of interest is due thereon is the
entire sum due by me on my loans
from the bank. Mr. Miles puts them
at more than $83,000.
"There is another liability of about
811,000 which Mr. Huyne, more truth?
ful in this respect than his friend, Mr.
i Miles, corractly states, and shows that
the bank cannot be a loser by, but may
be a gainer; that is to say, whatever
my liability may be worth is clear gain.
When near about a year ago I under?
stood that Mr. Hayne bad applied to
Attorney General Meltou, and in?
voked the further intervention of the
State authorities in this matter, I did
not doubt tbe renewed mischief to the
fond whioh he would bring about by
the alliance he sought, and of which
he now complains. Whon, soon after,
If urther heard that his correspondence
had somehow left the impression that
his purpose was aimed more especially
at me, I gave immediate orders for tbe
sale of my securities at whatever they
wonld bring, for the payment of my
debt. I was advised thai there would
bo a better markot for them a few
weeks later. Unfortunately I yielded
to this advioo. The panio oame, the
securities shrunk to a nominal value,
and I am, as things now stand, a loser
much more than enough to pay this
whole debt. It is a general rule that
tbe creditor should seek to strengthen,
and not to weaken, his debtor. If I
wore the creditor, aud not tbe debtor,
I should implore relief from Mr.
Hayne, Mr. Miles, tuo Tax-payers'
Convention, and the Greek advice and
gifts they offer."
The store of Mr. S. N. Hart, on
Hayne street, Charleston, was found
to be on fire on Friday, but the flames
were extinguished beforo any serious
damage was done; there was conside?
rable injury by water, however.
Admissions of Mb. Chamberlain.?
"Well, < Mr. Obamberlain," said tbe
correspondent of tbe Louisville Cou?
rier-Journal, ??you see from my card I
represent a Western newspaper, tbe
Courier-Journal, and I came to you to
talk frankly about tbe affaire of South
Carolina."
O.?"OertaiDbjvsir. I recoguizu in
the Courier Journal one of the ablest
papers in tbe Uuited States, aud it will
afford me pleasure to give you auy in?
formation I can."
??What is the preseut debt of South
Carolina?"
"The fnuded debt is $17,000,000.
The floating debt is so flouting that
uobody kuows. I suppose, however,
81,500.000. Wheu Gov. Scott eume
into office, iu lb'?S, the fnuded debt
can 85,000,000 and a iiwle upward '*
"What have you got to show for
this* debt? Any cancellation nt old
obligations, any railroads, any canale,
stocks or I'oudh?"
"Well, sir, to be candid with you,
next to nothing. We did pay the in?
terest ou the old debt for three years,
about 8900,000, and we bought $700,
000 worth of land in the State for the
use of the poor. With the exceptiou
of this land, we have not a thing iu
the world."
"Is that land worth 8700,000 to?
day?"
"I am afraid not. It was a bad,
bad speculation."
"Are the reports of the wholesale
speculations of public moneys by State
officials all true?"
"Not all of them, I think. But,
whilst there are exaggerations iu some
particulars, hnudreds of thefts which
have taken place have never been men?
tioned by the newspapers. I reckon
they about average the truth."
'?How about the Legislature repudi?
ating 85.000.000 of the d. bt?"
"So it did, ou tbe ground that that
amount of bouds were fraudulently
issued. The Legislature, yon know,
may declare them frauds, aud still they
may uot be."
" The trouble ia," he continued, "uot
iu the amount of taxation the people
have to pay, fur that is ouly 15 mills,
or one cent and a half on one dollar,
but in tbe wasteful way iu which it is
expended. It all goes to defray the
expenses of the State Government.
The cost of the Government for the
lust fiscal year was uo less than $1,710,
000?that is, it took that amount to
cover ail salaries uud legislative- aud
judiciary expenses. Not a reut of
interest bus been paid since 1871 upon
the public debt. Some six or $300,
000 of new bouds have beeu exchanged
for old at the rate of 50 per cent, dis?
count ou the old, or two lor one."
"Is there auy real disposition iu
your party to reform ?"
"Yes, a little; but whether tbe re?
form party is strong enough to amount
to anything iu tbe coming election
this year, I cannot tell. The great
body of the negroes scarcely know
right from wrong, or at least their
morality is qaite different from our
own. In tbe Oise of Wbittemore, a
few years since, who sold a cadatship
and was turned out of Congress, they
all voted for him to go back, uot
thinking thut be had committed auy
orime whatever."
"The people of tbe Uuited States,
Mr. Chamberlain, look upou the of?
ficials of South Carolina as nothing
but a band of rogues. Ii this true?"
"I thiuk the reports to some extent
exaggerated. Pike, of the New York
Tribune, in his book, 'The Prostrate
State,' made a great many misrepre
seutatious. but wheu u people get to
stealing it is natural to exaggerate their
crimes. They have stolen a great deal,
and it may be after all more than they
are accused of instead of less. The
great bulk of this 810,000,000 increase
ot debt was stolen, besides nil, or
nearly nil, the mouey which iu the
meantime came in from taxation. It
went out, of course, under the head
of appropriations for State expenses."
\u atrocious murder was commi;ted
near the banks of the South Edisto
Iliver, iu this County, on the 2d of
this mouth. It seems that a white
man, named Phillips, had beeu living
I with a mulatto girl about fifteen years
of age, aud being threatened with ex
I posure, determined upou murder,
j This be accomplished by inducing bis
victim to follow him in tbe direction
of Aiketi County, under the promise
j that he would "fix bur all right." i
I Having got her near the river where
bis colored men had beeu stationed to
assist him in his hellish design, he got
out of his buggy, directing the girl to
do likewise, aud shot her. She fell
but was not killed, lie then instruct?
ed his colorod accomplices to liuish
hi? work. They shot her, then, until
she was dead. During her death
agonies she was delivered of the child
begotten by this fiend Phillips. The
woman and child were tied together,
hung about with irons and thrown
into tho river. Ou tbe 1th of this
month, however, they wore discovered
in a cove by two meu who wero fish
ing. The body of tho murdered girl
was at onco recognized, aud the se?
ducer and murderer snspeoted. Steps
were taken by Trial Justice Phillips
and others, which led to the arrest of
three of the patties. Tbe colored meu
confessed their guilt, and that they
were to receive $100 apiece for taking
a human life.?Orangeburg News,
Who is the Fortunate Man??It is
impossible to say positively uutit after
the 31st of July, 1871, who will draw
the oapital prize in the Fifth Gift Con?
cert of the Publio Library of Ken?
tucky. But if we were to hazard a
guess upon tho subject, it would be
thut some oue of from fair to middling
j luck, who buys a tioket in due time, I
! will draw it. We know, at least, that
all the best financial intellects of tho
I country entertain this opinion.
City Matter ..?Subscribe for the
Phoenix.
"The bright jilver moon" now.
-There is bat one way to obtain busi?
ness?publicity; but one way of gain?
ing publicity?advertising.
Tbc Ander of an oblong onyx sleeve
button will be reworded by leaving it
at this office.
The penalty will be attached to uon
liot ?.-e takers by tho city authorities
on and ulter to-morrow, July 20.
Tbore were seven deaths iu Colum?
bia for the week ending tha 18th?
whites 2; colored 5.
Capt. Jack Little's buggy wan con?
siderably damaged, yesterday, UV bis
borse runniug off.
Tbe bread of life id love: the s.*lt of
lift- is work; the sweetness of life is
poe'ry; the water of life is faith.
A paper in the Mobes interest is
spoken of. If reports are to be relied
upou, the Governor has been unfortu?
nate in his newspaper enterprises.
Round trip tickets to New York, t?i?
South Carolina Railroad and steamer,
can now be obtained at the extraordi?
nary low price cf 831.30.
Job priutiog of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from Pnoisix office. Try us.
Taylor Sc Johnson, of this city, are
the contractors for making bricks for
the new theatre in Charleston. They
turn out over 30,000 a day.
A hole sufficiently large to put your
bead through was burnt iu the roof of
the dwelling on the South west corner I
of Laurel and Pickens streets, at au
early hour, yesterday muruing No
alarm, aud no </tber damage.
A Suit, w* are informed, has beea
brought against holders of stock iu
the Bank of Hamburg, for their liabi?
lity for tho bills issued by that bunk;
and, iu cousfijnenee, the bills are in
great demand aud rapidly appreciating.
Some of tbe ladies connected with
tbe Sewing Society of the Episcopal
Cbup'b propose having a moonlight
entertainment on the evening of Thurs?
day, the 231 of July. They will be
pleased to see their friends on the lawn
of the Mule Academy, hetweeu the
hours of G>2 ftod 10 P. M. In case of
rain, the academy itself has been
kindly tendered to them for the even?
ing.
ltemember tho meeting of tbe Rich
land Rifln Club, to-morrow evening, at
3}J o'clock, iu the Walker buildiug,
between Messrs. Bryau aud Swaffields'
stores. Ninety-six names have been
signed to the list?active aud contri?
buting members. Officers are to be
elected and other business of impor?
tance attended to. The organization
will, doubtless, prove a very efficient
oue, as some, of onr best citizens are
connected with it.
Grand Concert?One Fare.?In
order that the citizeus of Nowberry
and vicinity may have an opportunity
to attend the grand ooccert that will
be given by the Columbia Choral
Union for the benefit of the Palmetto
Orphan Home, on next Wednesday
eveuing, Superintendent Dodamead
has kindly offered to take persons
from there and return for one fare.
As this concert is for a charitable bene?
fit, we hope a great many will take ad?
vantage of this opportunity to enjoy a
tine musical treat.
Mail Arrangements.?Northern
mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
11 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 8
A. M., 5.30 P. M.; closes 8 A. M.,6 P.
M. Wostern opens 6 A. M., 1 P.
M.; -loses 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opeua 6.45 P. M.: oIoscb 6 A. M. Wil
miugton opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30
A.M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30 P. M.
The Concert for the Orphan
Home.?Our city readers need hardly
to be reminded that tho Columbia
Choral Union will give a grand ooncert
at Parker's Hall, on Wednesday even?
ing, for the benefit of the Palmetto
Orphau Home. This is a charity
which is commeuded to the support of
every person who can appreciate the
siguittcance of that sad word. A child
deprived of parents! Id this world, no
father's protection, no mother's ten?
derness! Surely, such child has pow?
erful claims upon our sympathy and
indefeasible right to substantial aid.
Ia the present instance, we can enjoy
a double pleasure?the satisfaction of
kindly remembering the orphans and
of enjoying the best amateur music
which tbo city affords. The Choral
Union made a reputatiou upon its first
appearance. It now adds to its titles
to our admiration, careful and con?
tinued study, assiduous praotice, am?
bition to excel and tho spirit of dedica?
tion to the tender offices of bonevo
lenoe and humanity. We cannot
doubt that the hall wilt he crowded oa
I Wednesday night.
Reliotous Services To-Day.?
Presbyterian Church?Rev. J. H. Bry
sop, 11 A. "M. and 8 P. M.
Trinity Ouuroh?Rev. P. J. Sband,
Rector, 11 A. M. and b% P M.
8t. Peter's Oatholio Church?Rev. J.
L. Fnllerton, first Mass 7 A.M.; second
Mass 10K A. M.; Vespers ?% P. M.
Second Baptist Congregation?Rev.
A. M. Cartledge. Services in Boll
Street Cbapel. at 11 A. M. Sunday
School. 9 A. M.
Marion Street Methodist?Rev. W.
D. Kirkland, 10WJ A. M. and 8 P. M.
Sunday School, 9)? A. M.
Washington Street Methodist?Rev.
A. Coke Smith. 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.
Sunday School, 9 A. M.
Lutheran?Rev. Z. W. Bedenbanorh,
10)$ A. M. Sunday School. 4>? P.*M.
Baptist?Ruv. J. K. Meudenball, 11
A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School, 9
A.M.
List of New Advertisements.
Meeting Myrtle Lodge, K. of P.
Meeting Columbia Lodge, A. F. M.
A. G. Breuizer?Residence for Sale.
William Price?Cottage to Rent.
West 57 Plain Street?To Bent.
P. B. Glass?Cypress Shingles.
Hoteei An rivals, July 18, 1874.?
Columbia Hotel?J O Reems, Va; U
R ThomaB, B A Steele, N Y; C T
James, Pa; E H Brooks, city; A M
Lee, Jr., S C Gilbert, J D Stoney, L
Muller. J P Foster, Charleston; W D
Kennedy, Augusta; E A Scott, S C; H
F Hodgson. Camdeo.
Wheeler House?W T Butt, W Scott,
Augusta; F B Hacker, Charleston; J
W Zimmerman, Batesbarg; J Jenkins,
Augusta; F T Miller, oity; J L Cohen,
Baltimore; D B DeSaussure. C A
Darling, city; W H Tresaot, Pendle
tou.
Nervous Diseases.?The nervous
System exercises a powerful iufiuenoe
over tbe digestiou, secretion, nutri?
tion, absorption and the circulation of
tbe blood, and its purpose seems to be
to bind together the machinery of the
body aud to combine and harmonize
the action of its several parts. Diseases
of tbe nerves are more numerous and
H?hetive now tbau at any former pe?
riod?a result due to tbe luxurious
habits of tbe age and to the excite?
ment which tbe struggle for wealth
and position kindles and inflames.
Almost every individual one meets in
society, of either sex, is troubled with
some nervous uffrotion or other.
Among the various medicinal agents
recommended by tbe profession or
recognized by the general public as
nervines, Hostutter's Stomach Bitters
occupies the foremost place. Physi?
cians of eminence concede to it very
extraordinary tonio properties, and its
popularity ns an invigorant with all
classes of tbe community is indicated
by a demand for the article which has
distanced competition and is still con?
tinually increasing. Men of business,
politicians, authors, lawyers, invent?
ors, speculators?in short, all who are
engaged in exciting pursuits?will find
this healthful ?Iterative and restora?
tive the most restful oordial for tbe
brain and the over-tasked nervous sys?
tem that the combined resources of
botany and chemistry have yet given
to the world. It is agreeable to tbe
taste, promotes digestion, regulates
tbe liver and the bowels, depurates the
blood, and is tbe most helpful elixir in
cases of severe mental despondency
that ever cheered the depressed spirits
of man or woman. J19J8fil
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic.?In the
atmosphere experienced here dariug
tbe summer months, the lethargy pro?
duced by tbe heat takes away tbe de?
sire for wholesome food, and frequent
perspirations reduce bodily energy,
particularly those suffering from the
effectb of debilitating diseases. In
order to keep a natural healthful ac?
tivity of the system, we must resort to
artificial means. For this purpose,
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonio is very
effectual. A few doses will create an
uppetite and give fresh vigor to the
enervated body. For dyspepsia, it is
invaluable. Many eminent pbysioiana
have doubted whether dyspepsia can
be permanently cured by tbe drugs
wbioh are generally employed for that
purpose. Tbe Sea Weed Tonic, in its
nature, is totally different from such
drugs. It contains no corrosive mine?
rals or acids?in fact, it assists the re?
gular operations of nature, and sup?
plies her deficiencies. Tbe Tonic, in
its nature, so much resembles tho gas
trio juice, that it is almost identical
with that fluid. The gastric juioe is
tbe natural solvent wbioh, in a healthy
condition of the body, oauses tbe
food to be digested; and when this
juice is not excreted in sufficient quan?
tities, indigestion, with all its distress
1 ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed
Tonio performs the doty of the gastric
juice when the latter is deficient.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is sold by
all druggists. July 9 f 13
Fires ?On Wednesday morning,
about 2 o'oiock, thai large iwu-btory
dwelling knowu as tbe MoMorries
bouse, iu the North-east section of our
town, was found to be on fire and so
far gone that in a very little while it
was burned to the ground. The pre?
mises are owned by Rev. J. W. Hum?
bert and were ocoopied by J. W. Hay
ward. The origin of the fire is not
known. The house and effects were
covered by insurance. Shortly after
daylight several bales of cotton wero
found on fire at the warehouse near
the depot. Martin Harris was prompt?
ly on band with his extinguisher, and
saved the burning cotton. There is
no doubt of this fire being the work of
ao incendiary.
[Newberry Progressive Age.
Robbers are operating successfully
at Long Branch.