The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 21, 1874, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Tuesday Morning, July 21, 1874.
Alps on Alps.
We have taken no deep interest in
the discussion of the third term of
President Grant as a possible alterna?
tive to be presented to the people of
-the South. We have preferred not to
consider ourselves as in the poptioal
.market; and we have thought, besides,
that this issue might not be made.
When it is made, it will be time
enough to consider it seriously. It
looks, now, as if the President desireB
?ad is working for bis re-election, but
without any great respect to parties, as
at present constituted. His overtures
to Southern men, and his expressions
? of interest in the affairs of even poor
mobbed South Carolina, pxay have this
meaning. Bat wo shall not consider
them as bids yet, nor at pat forth to
1 feel the palse of the Southern Demo
oratio/voto. We prefer to treat them
as spontaneous evidences of a new con
?r?tion whiob has dawned on tbe Pre?
sident's mind?as a returning sense of
i jastioe to a muob-maligned and out
-.-?Sgeoaaly injured people. The ad
r. ministration, and the President more
particularly, have found that the re
- construction of tbe South, whitfu they
huve oonduoted and superintended,
baa been a stupendous failure; that
the condition of society here is daily
?growing more threatening, and that a
. -political and social disorganization is
? likely to set in, the evil oonsequeuces
? of which cannot be foreseen; and will
not confine themselves to the limits of
the section where they originate.
They may learn, also, from tbe busi?
ness men of the North, from tbe capi?
talists, who have ventured their mouey,
from tbe merchants who have sold
their goods, that their expectations of
.. progress and improvement have been
- odigivp^ointed. They may well regard
the problem of the recovery of tbe
South to prosperity as eminently de
.serving their best stndy and efforts.
/It is only proper that they should feel
even more concern for snoh a settle?
ment of the ugly sooial and political
questions which are rising here to con?
front the country as will give assur?
ance of peaoe, good order and future
good understanding between the runes
?hieb destiny has placed in such pecu?
liar and trying relations to each other.
In connection with these subjects,
soon, as. wo believe, to ripen into
practical and pressing' questions for
the people of the North and for the
General Government to solve, we no?
tice the increasing tendency of the
press to recognize their weight and
importance. The Eercdd, for example,
while thinking that the fifteenth
amendment cannot be overthrown, yet
says that is no obstacle to changing
the base of suffrage on some other
principle. It neither forbids a pro?
perty qualification' nor an educational
qualification fur voters, so long us it
applies alika to both races, although
either kind of qualification would ex?
clude a majority of tbe negroes from
the ballot-box. It goes on to desoribe
?bat might be done by a President
actively exerting his influence in favor
of snob a ohange, and requiring all
Federal office-holders to work for it in
all sortB of ways, both open and uuder
hand. It says that
"A President thoroughly in earnest
-in this business oonld easily, by his
patronage and influence, control negro
votes enongh to curry a property qua?
lification or an educational qnahhea
tion in most of the Southern Stutes."
This is much to be desired, of
course, but nothing seems to us more
unlikely than that it will ever come
about in this way. What we wish to
note purliculutly in, that it is one of a
class of questions which are forcing
themselves upon the attention of the
thinking men of the North, and which
?rill soon clamor for settlement. And
settled they mnst be, even if they over?
turn the fair fabric of assumed politi?
cal' consistency, self complacency and
self-rightoonsness. There is no end
of the trouble and diffioulty which fol?
low wrong. The*/ aro tho whirlwind
which they who sow tbe wind are sure
-to reap.
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Informal Registration of Voters.
The current opinions about tbe rela
' tive proportions of the Badical und
Conservative voters, and of the black
and white voters of South Caroliun, ore
evidently wide of the mark. It is timo
that this popular error was exploded.
It has been admitted to be such by the
Port Royal Commercial. It scouts tbe
idea of 50,000, and doubts whether the
.?Radicals can show more than 25,000
majority. It is important that the
exact status of the vote shall bo ascer?
tained. It was the duty of the last
Legislature to have ordered a registra?
tion of voters?a duty they were cure
fal to omit. Tbe omission may be
?applied, partially, by a little activity,
and (industry among tbe Tax Unions.
In every Union, some one ought to be
designated to ascertain the number of
the legally qualified voting population
of tbe prociuot. Such information
will be needed and will be particularly
available against tbe corrupt praotice
of repeating and otber forms of fraudu?
lent votiug. This duly ou the part of
the Unions should not be overlooked
or ueglected. It will be well to begin
it iu time. In view of tbe conse?
quences which binge upon it, we have
thought it proper to .repeat the sug?
gestions made a mouth or more ago
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5?o mandamus yet. It i?; ?aid that
the Judges have filed, cacb, his own
opinion. Under these circumstances,
it may he unusually difficult to reach a
decision. Perhaps, also, the expressed
purpose of Treasurer Cardozo to re?
fuse to issue the certificates, uuless tbe
Supreme Court of the United StuteB
proooancee them constitutional, has
something to do with the delay. The
ground taken is said to be that they
are bills of credit. But so were those
issued for tbe Bepnblican Printing
Company, and tbey were isaned in
part for a claim not valid, for work
which has not yet been done. This
looks like inconsistency. But tbe
course now proposed to be pursued by
tbe Treasurer is better than tbe one
first taken. If the mandamus is or?
dered, and be does not obey it, it is
said again that his mettle will be tried
by impeachment.
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Tbe Orangeburg News attended a
mass meeting in its County, at which
fifty persons wero present, mostly co?
lored, and with few exceptions, all can?
didates for offices. Such was tbe fnss
and oofnsiou, it took two hours to get
a chairman. The Aretes threatens to
support "a straight-out Democratic
ticket," in preference to some of these
clamorous aspirauts. They are mak?
ing themselves beard all over tbe
State. We read somewhere, lutely, of
1,000 oaudidates iu one County. They
have tasted tbe sweets of office, or
heard luscious accounts of them. Tbey
have been taught that tbey are spe?
cially entitled to them. Tbey prefer
tbe business of law-muking to cotton
making or coru-ruitdng. Tbey will not
down at the bidding uf their small
leaders. Tbey are troublesome and
hungry customers.
Reconciliation.?Iu a card signed
by both, the Bon. A. H. Stepbeus und
Gen. Too nibs, of Georgia, announce
thut tbe recent alieuatiou between
them no longer exists, and tbat the
oordial friendship of nearly forty
years' continuance is agi'u perfectly
restored. Thia will prove gratifying
news to their friends everywhere.
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UmLry v? ."?Ions??II,J.tlntler of Judge
Mat-key.
Chester, S. C, July 18, 1874.
Editor Daily Phibmix: Iu response
to my official protest against bid bubi
tnal prostitution of the pardoning
power, Gov. Moses aih-gOM, through
his Aaaistaut Secretary, iu the Phoenix,
of yesterday, "that of the forty-oue
pardons and commutations grau ted to
persons convicted in Judge .Mackey's
Oil cult, twenty-eight wero grained on
tbe written application of Judge
Msckey himself." Presuming this
statement to bo true, it does not meet
tbe charge thut I have lecorded against
Gov. Moses iu tho sessions docket at
Lancaster, viz: thut "he bus so prosti?
tuted the pardoning power us to muke
the administration of tho criminal law |
a mockery of justice, und convert tbe|
greut aeul of tue State into tbe symbol |
of approved crime." If he bus grant- .
ed twenty-eight pardons on my recom- i
mendntiou us presidii g Judge, thut j
only proves that he had a good aud j
! sufficient warrant for grunting twenty- j
eight purdoua. It no more answers
tbe charge thin if I hud licensed him
of habitually uttering counterfeit notes!
to a large amount, uud bo should re?
ply, "I have uttered but forty-one I
notes in your Circuit, und twenty
eight of those were pronounced genu?
ine by you before I put them iu circu?
lation." Tho want of logical uud
moral force in this answer would be
still more manifest if it should appear
that the twenty-eight unquestionably
genuine notes were for one dollar
each, while the remaining thirteen, to?
gether with scores of others that be
bad uttered elsewhere, were each of
the denomination of $100, and tbat
be put them in circulation, knowing
them to be counterfeits. Punurge,
the rased, doclared that be bad "forty
different ways of making money, and
the houestest is by petty theft." Gov.
Moses has not yet announced whether
the corrupt granting of pardons is re?
garded by bim as the greatest or tbe
least of tbe infamies which he has
praotioed amid tbe vast variety of his
crimes, proved aud provable
T. J. MACKEY,
Circuit Judge.
"The pledges of reform by Govern?
or Ames, of Mississippi," says the
New York Sun, "were evidently very
hollow." Yea, and it all comes of the
fact that in makiug them bo took his
own bead for a model.
CiTT Matters.?Subsoribo for tho
Phcbnix.
"Think twice before you apeak
onoe," ie ao excellent motto. , \
To-day ii the anniversary of thB bat
tie of Bull Bun?fought July 21, 1861.
Cadet Smith has arrived in Colum?
bia. Ha did not "pass."
Senator Robertson and ox-Governor
Scott departed Northward, on Sunday.
What has become ot the comet??
will astronomers inform us?
Advertising 19 to business what steam
is to machinery?the grand propelling
power.
Mr. C. F. Jacksou has just opened
another lot of Canton and equally cele?
brated fans.
After rain storms and cool atmos?
phere for several days, the weather be?
came more summerisb, yesterday.
There is but one way to obtaiu busi?
ness?publicity; but one way of gain?
ing publioity?advertising.
The comet did not strike the earth,
yesterday, as was prophesied?at least,
we did not feel the jar.
Despite the many prophecies, the
certificate of indebtedness mandamus
still hangs fire.
Mayor Alexander has furnished ns
with a copy of the Sydney (Australia)
Mail, of the 23d May. A quiok trip.
Forty-two of the new street lamps
now assist iu illuminating the city,
with tho promise of more in a short
time.
Mr. Daniel Hays, a respected citizen
of Richluud, died on Saturday morn?
ing, after au illness of ooiy about
twelve hours.
Business is slack iu Now York. The
Herald, of the 18th, coi^taiued ouly
?fteon columns of advertisement;
fifty to 100 is the usual amount.
To day, the applicants for cadetship
at West Point aud Annapolis are to be
examined by the committee, in Super?
intendent of Education Jillsou's office.
A water-melon thief received a load
of shot, from the watchmuu in Mr.
O'N'eale's patch, ou Sunday morning.
He squealed.
Four peach kernels were found iu
the gizzard of a chicken killed, jester- i
day, on the premises of Mrs. L. Sim
moos. What uext?
Au encounter with a butting calf
caused a man to go through one of the
plate glass windows in Messrs. Hen
drix's store, ou Saturday.
Job printing of every kind, from aj
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet {
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from Phcesix office. Try ns.
Tho Greenville News says that thB
stills in that County can't make whii
I key enough to kill the rogues who
make headquarters iu Columbia. As
true as it is cutting.
Reserved seats for the graud concert j
by the Columbia Choral Uniou can be J
secured at Ly Brand's music store. As
there will, doubtless, be a largA crowd,
secured seats will be desirable.
W. G. Beck, E--q , the portly young!
I clothier, will astouiab the Gothamitea 1
I iu u fuw days. He leaves this eveu
(iog, and will trust his frame to the
tender ajeiciee of old Neptuno.
! The Governor has appointed W. S.
Harley, Trial Justice for Colletou; uud 1
[ has removed A. F. Browuiug, Trial i
Justice of Oraogcburg, and L. A.!
I Harper aud B. F. Gradim, Trial Juf-1
ttces for Colleton.
Now stone steps aro to bo placed iu ,
front of the State House. Peniten
i tiary convicts are uow shaping them,
under the supervision of Mr. Dooley.
The dilapidated feuco around the
j grounds is also being put iu order. |
1 Peters' Musical Monthly, for July, is '
1 to hand, with tho usual amount of,
music, vocal and instrumental?several
dollars' worth each mouth. Tho sub- j
Iscriptiou prico is So a year, or thirty
I cents a number, J. L. Peters, 59D
I Broadway. N. 1*., is tho publisher.
Long ago it was said, "A woman's!
glory is her hair;" but now it is differ- j
eut; for a woman's glory is some other I
woman's huir, or a mass of some kind :
of fibrous bark or other, at from
eighteen ceuts to a dollar u pound, and
ugly, uncomfortable aud unbecoming
1 ui that.
Hi, Nicholas, a monthly magazine for
little folks,*issuod by Scribner ?fc Co.,
C51 Broadway, Now York, is one of tho
very best publications of the sort iu
the country. It is profusely illustrated
and the reading matter is suited to
childreu of all ages. Send for a speci?
men number, and you will certainly
subscribe.
We aro iuformed that delinquent
liceuse-payeis will be summoned beforo
the Mayor this morning, if their dues
have not been previously paid. The
penalty for non-payment is $10; hut j
the penalty will not uttach to those '
who proffer city coupous in puymeut
for lioenBO dues till the qnestiou of
their receipt for taxes by the city is
{decided. I
What everybody says must be so.
Tbey say Heinitsk's blood aud liver
pills are good fur headache, fevers,
ohiiis, liver disorders and costiveueBS.
H seems to be a good letter. H. H.
H. etandB for Heiuitsb's Happy Hit.
Five of the sweeteBt words in tbe
English language begin with H ?
heart, hope, home, ?eaven, happi?
ness.
Some of the ladies connected with
the Sowing Society of tho Episcopal
Cbureh propose having a moonlight
entertainment on the evening of Thurs?
day, tho 23d of July. They will be
pleased to see their friends on the lawn
of tbe Male Academy, betwoeu tho
hours of GJ3 and 10 P. M. Iu case of
rain, tbe academy itself has been
kindly tendered to them for the even?
ing.
Tho steamer Georgia has been tem?
porarily withdrawn from the Hue be?
tween Charleston and New York, .iod
the Columbia (named after oar capital
city and formerly commanded by tbe
veteran B?rry) takes her place. Capt.
Crowell has charge of tbe Columbia,
and brought her in on Sunday. Tbe
Georgia is to be changed from a side
wheel to a propeller, and other changes
and improvements are to be made.
Pleasant Moonlight Excursion?
To the Grand Concert by tbe Choral
Union, at Columbia, S. C, ou uext
Wednesday night, for tho benefit of
the Palmetto Orphan Homo. Superin?
tendent Dodamead bus kindly offered
to run au excursion train from New
berry to Columbia, aud return after
the concert. Tickets for the round
trip, including admission to the con?
cert, S3?provided a party of ut least
fifty persons can be obtained.
To the German Scbectzen Verein.
"Heury," Mr. Seegers' right-baud
man, requests ns to inform members of
tho Schuetzen Verein, that tho room
next to tbe saloou, kindly furnished to
the society by their wall-known Presi?
dent, John C. Ssegers, Esq., is now
ready fir both active and passive mem?
bers, where tbey cau ei joy themselves
as brothers of a German society.
"Ileury," furthermore, desires us to
inform members, thut they will ulways
find him at bis post, ready to furnish
thorn with tho best of beer, us weil as1
punches?not with a club, but tasty
ones; und not bear, au animal, but
home-made lager beer, from Mr. See-'
gers' brewery.
Forthcoming Wore.?Dr. La
Borde'a History of tbo South Carolina!
College, new edition, is now going
through the press of Walker, Evans k
Cogswell, Charleston. A handsome
subscription has beeu made to the
work. It is desirable, however, that
fifty or a hundred more copies shall be
ordered, so that all expenses shall be
met ut tbo outsot, aud that a subscriber
who has subscribed for fifty copies
shull be relieved of au undo.? expense.
The old friends of Dr. LaBordo have
shown only a due appreciation of bis
principal work, ond the affect innate
respect to his memory which n life
filled with good needs aud broad, ca?
tholic charities is entitled to receive.
Tue Mass MEUnsu, Last Niout ?
Tho mass meeting of the colorod Me?
chanics' Union Association, announced
for last night, iu front of the State
Capitol, was a failure, so far as the
regularly-appointed speakers were con?
cerned?Judge Wright being the only
one present; aud for nearly an hour
he held forth, impressing upon the
assemblage the importance of the
young meu learning trades; declared
that there were iu this city just ns good
colored mechanics us could bn found
anywhere in the Uuited States, etc.
Several other persons were called
upon?some of whom responded?and
were vociferously applauded, but we
could out CAtch the names. The as?
semblage gradually dispersed, and ut
11 o'clock everything was quiet iu that
vicinity.
Tin: Senatorial Contest.?We are
informed that there was a barbecue,
with public speaking, at Adams' Cut,
on tbo 18th. Although the feed was
furnished by the friends of Repre?
sentative Minort, aud was looked upon
as a gathering in his interest, (so wo
are informed,) Senator Nash's buckers
were allowed a hearing. Pelham Jones
was appointed Chairman of tho meot
ing. Speechea iu the Nuah interest
were mndo by Cap. Carroll and Adam
Thomas; while A. M. Aldricb, Honry
! Marcus, Johu Glover, ? L?rick and
bis ReprcBontutivusuip advocated his
claims for Senatorial honors. Whether
on account of popularity or the pros?
pective barbecue cannot bo positively
asserted, but tbe crowd ?men, women
aud children?endorsed tbe Colonel of
the lGth for Senator. After dinner,
the crowd separated poaceably.
The Rifle Association.?The Rich
laud Rifle Association, which has been
iu process of formation for the last
week, completed its orgauization lust
evening, by the eleotiou of the follow?
ing officers:
Hugh's. Thompson, President. W.
C. Swaffield, 1st; W. R. Cathcart, 2d;
Jobn L\ Sloan, j.-., 3d, and Wilie Jones,
4th Vice-Presidents. Winthrop Willi
ams, Secretary aud Tteasurer. J. P.
Arthur, 1st; W. H. Casson, jr., 2-1; J.
D. Cochran, 3J; Nathaniel Rarnwell,
V-h, Wardens. W. U. Bateiuan, Rifle
Master. R. B. McKav, 1st; L. E.
Heudrix, 2d; B. I. Boouo, 3d; L. W.
Simkins, 4th Directors. R. N. Rich
buurg, Color Bearer.
The officers returned thanks for the
distinction in appropriate terms, and
Col. J. P. Thomas, who was present,
delivered a stirring address at the close.
This company musters ninety-six
strong, aud embraces the flower of our
young men, with a sufficient infusion
of a more elderly class to give it pres?
tige and strength, and the benefit of
experience and ?kill. We congratulate
tho community and the association
upon its success, aud trust that its ca?
reer may be as prosperous aud useful
us its beginning is uuspicious and en?
thusiastic.
Beware of Ige.?It is said that ice
water absorbs animal heat, arrests di?
gestion, impedes circulatiou, causes
congestion, induces dyspepsia, con?
sumption, diseased liver aud inflam
million of the bowels. It breaks tho
eunmei of the teeth, aud causes rapid
decay. Ice water is u luxury which
works mischief, creates disease, aud
CttUees premature death. Moderately
oool water is the drink for sensible
people.
?loim M. Martin publishes a card in
the Union-Herald, iu which he states
thut there will be u convention held iu
Columbia, called the Ministerial or
Moral Convention, fur the purpose of
taking into consideration the down?
trodden state of affairs, aud tti9 re?
demption of the Republican party iu
the State of South Carolina, aud to
reason how we can elect good and ho?
nest men to office. The convention
will tako place on Tuesday, 11th day
of August, 1871, and ministers aud
olher moral men are invited to attend
or seud delegates.
Turning the Tables.?D?ring a
trial of a violation of the civil rights
law, a few duys ago, iu Winusboro?a
colored man having brought an action
against a hotel-keeper for rofusiug to j
furnish him meals?the question was
asked whether he was not "in com?
pany with Steub. Miller ou the day
the affair occurred?" "I met him,"
was the reply. "But were you not in
his company?" persisted the attorney.
"No?I have nothing to do with such
white trash." "Theu you discriminate
ou accouut of color," was the rejoin?
der. The case was thrown out of
court.
Mail .-vrkanueukxtb.?Northern
mai i opeus 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes
11 \. M.,6 P. M. Charleston opens8
A. M., 5.30 P. M.; closes 8 A. M., 6 P.
M. Western opens 6 A. M., 1 P.
M.; closes ?, 1.30 P. M. Greeuville
opeus tj.-i? P. M.: closes 6 A. M. Wil
mingtou opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.30
A.M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30 P. M.
I .... .
Returned.?Chief Nixon returiied
from Philadelphia, on Saturday, hav?
ing iu charge the prisouer, Johu Ra
j leigh, referred to a few days ago. Ra
I leigh denies that ho was arrested, or
I that he had any difficulty; that he has
uot uned spirituous liquors iu moro
I than five years; that ho voluntarily
surrendered himself to tho authorities
in Philadelphia, aud that tho despatch
Bout to Columbia was so worded. Wo
give him tho benefit of his owu state
' incuts.
Harpers' Welknv.?The Richmond
Dispatch thus spcuks of Harpers'
Weekly:
i "If there ever waa au nuscriipulou9,
1 malignant and bigoted journal iu this
! country, that journal is Harpers*
j Weekly. It is uuequuled in the depth
und utrority of its malignity. The
I late Johu M. Daniel siylod the lirm of
Harper Brothers the 'Harpies.' It
! was among the best of his sharp hits.
Thoy are 'harpies,' iudeed. They
have aouoyod aud stung their best
supporters, and they invaded the
fields of morals aud politics to despoil
i sooiety and wreak there tho gratifica?
tions so sweet to malice and viudic
tiveuesB. If auytbiug can relieve
Grant, nt least iu tho South, from the
odium of oertain nominations, it will
be tho assaults of the 'Harpies.'
Against such assailants, we shall un?
questionably stand by him."
Roman Catholics, foreigners and
Southoru men oannot readily forgive
Harpers' Weekly for its beastly attacks
{ upon thorn.
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! PiKESIX,
The Predatory Mosquito ?On the
balmy wings of starry night, by sum?
mer breezes blown, there comes a voice
uo ear can slight; a feathery monotone
of awful portent. Whirring aronnd
oar ears, tbe echoes of that godless
sound awaken all our fears, and make
us curse the summer night, with all its
shadow of delight. All useless fall our
blows to smash tbe sharp intruder, for
when we smite, away he goes beyond
our reach. Seclude ourselves as best
we may, or to draw the netting close
about us, tbe fiend is sure to find a
fliw through which to bite, und root
us from dreams that might be passing
sweet, but for this guile aud base de?
ceit. For in the silence of the room
he stilly sits in waitiog. He peers
athwurt. the lonely gloom, bis secret
soul inflating with ghoulish'dreams of
human blood. Ha waits to hear onr
snoring; then goes for bis nocturnal
food without delay. Exploring our
prone bodies o'er and o'er, be revels in
prospective gore. At last, with in?
stinct snr6 as sin, he finds a nice blue
vein, and rips his little dagger in and
pulls it out again, until he gets his
baggy paunch as full as it oan hold.
And then he sits upon his hanneb and *
chuckles. Gaily he then squirts some
poison on tbe wound, the while his lul?
laby? resound. The pang goes shoot?
ing through our nerves, till, waking
with a sen.se of pain, we seek tbe near?
est thing tbat serves, and go for the
predator. In vaiol Upon the distant
obimney-pot be sits, serenely whetting
bis gcry bayonet red hot for tbe next
day's blood-letting, and gently croons
uu artful chorus, to let us know he is
going to bore us.
Puxenixiana.?A croquet ballad: "If
your foot is pretty show it."
The tallest man is he who rises
latest because he lays longest.
A sound btomach will profit by what?
ever un unspoiled palate enjoys.
The hydrophobia season is at its
height iu New York. Tbe papers
head their death notices, " 'Bitunry."
It is very plain that poor sleepers
should pass as many hours as possible
in the sunshine, und as few as possi?
ble iu tbe shade.
Iu consequence of the pains so
numerous iu the infantile gas'rio re?
gion the favorite song now is, "good?
bye, sweet turt, good bye."
A good man will, as much as possi?
ble, strive to be ?haken out of himself,
aud learn to study the exooilencies of
persons aud parties to whom be is na?
turally opposed.
List of New Advertisements.
J. L. Peters?Cheap Music
Meeting Independent Fire Company.
Meeting Hampton Lodge, I. O. G. T.
Meeting Capital B. and L. Absoo'u.
Hotel Arrivals, July 20, 1874.?
Wheeler House?T O James, J A Tur
reutiue. wife and two children, N C;
Robert J Neely and wife. Va; Julius
Schwerin, Jr, Sumter; J O Thomas,
city; J Jenkins, W Hyams and lady,
Augusta; C B Paul, U S A; B Myeis,
S C; D R Howell, Ricbland; T R Ro?
bertson, Winneboro; J P Thomas, N
C; R T Hnested, Md.
Hendrix House-H A L?rick, J H
Brown. Charleston; F W Bail. Md; J
M McNeel, Chester; B R Nash, Mrs B
R Nusb, Miss E Norton, Sumter; T S
Bates and lady, Bitesburg; Mrs A De
Berry, Lexington; D M Clark and
child, Misb S E Clark, Winnsboro; J
FI Brown, Charleston; Miss Gallowav,
Due West; J A Sease, 8 C.
Columbia Hotel?E R Smyth, Va; J
Y Menifee, Ga; T D James, S C; J
Munyett, DC; JB Thompson, Salem;
A M Richards, Va; W Sprinkle, C
Kasprowicz, Wilmington; J R Mosely,
Flu; A M August, N C; S V Lovell,
Texas; J R Clurrant, Mo; D J Selna,
Va; J W O'Brien, Charleston; P Cant
well, city; C A Speissegger, Charit -
ton; T S Clarkson, Augusta; J T Jor?
dan, AllanU; Mrs J B Ezell, J M
Seigler, W Gormau, Glenn Springs; F
M Blodgett, Newberry; J E Thames,
Charleston; J R Ferguson, T R Prise,
Pickeus.
The Dummy Memheus of Congress.
It is a curious fact that mauy of the
names of men that huve recently been
telegraphed to the press as renomi
nuted to Congress are of persons who
seldom if ever appear in the debates
ou great measures in Congress. These
men comprise the greater number of
I members who are known as "dummy"
j members, and figure only in tbe yea
j and nay records of the House. Very
fow of the whole number of the mem?
bers of the Houso are working mem?
bers, and these have all the legislation
thrown upon them. The "dummies"
live well, and have a good time gone
rally.
The New Order of Enoch, which
Brigbam Young has instituted among
the Mormons, may work hia downfall.
The saints do not accept cordially its
doctrine, which is to surrender all
their goods into a oommon "pool," for
the common benefit. The church is
vexed, and labois unceasingly to goad
the brethren up to the sacrificing
point. The weaker and poorer of
them are willing, hoping to gain more
than they lose. But the wealthier
brethren don't feel called upon to
divide. Tbe oonsequence is cot ex?
actly an open rnpture in the church,
I but a very wide opening of eyes on the
j part of many saints.
Last week, several thousand dollars
of the bonds of York County, issued
in aid of tho Chester and Lenoir Rail?
road Company, wero sold to citizens of
Yorkville, at the rate of eighty cents
on the dollar.