The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 30, 1874, Image 2
Wednesday Morning, Sept. 30, 1874.
ArUUclul Honesty.
la the cl??iDg boars of tbo session of
the last General Assembly, the legisla?
tive robbers made savage attacks upon
the State Treasury. Some of their so
called claims were defeated or staved
bejjufcftl anch moastraaa oharaoter
as to frighten from LUeir oupportr those
<who desired ;td sustain them. Many
tyero allowed, and are amobgsTi those
Hot which the State Treasurer refused
to issue the certificates. oT jhdebted
aoss. Just after those fiuai robberies
were consummated, so far as legisla?
tion could do it, it was charged by
Sadioal speakers and the Radical press
that the Conservative members were
to blama in part for not being present
to opposo thorn. The fact was, that
'the day of adjournment hud been fixed
tvo or three times, but, as it proved,
it deceived, and was iutended to de?
ceive and induce to go home, several
jf the members who wero fagged out
tvith the long-protracted sessiou. A
stranger, looking on at the filibuster?
ing of these final acts, would infallibly
have adopted the same'views of the
legislative body whioh Mr. Pike did.
But what is particularly noticeable, is
that the blame expressed againat the
-Conservatives in this case is nu admis?
sion that, tbey are specially needed in
the Legislature to guard the public
treasury. Their highest duty, as thus
interpreted, would be to prevent legis?
lative dealing. This, as a paramount
duty, the better class of Republicans
aavo also to shoulder. John Coohran,
?u the address to his constituents,
which we noticed yesterday, in explain?
ing t-j them why hi bad not been able
?to 8cuapP Joe passage of moro of the
j-teSccma "he now advocates, gives,
"iiOiougst the reasons, this: "I also had
to fiovoto a great por'.ion of my tiuio
to the defeat of many fraudulent mea?
sures that c.imo up for our cousid<.ra- |
tivjts, where t ie State was interested
f jta thousand! to millions."
Ja the journals of the Rulioal party
?we'have read, frequently, of lato, that
they waut a strong minority of able,
honest aud industrious Conservatives
ia the Legislature. When we come to
jiualyze the motives of this professed
rhih, we find them to bo not that
Ihey propose to use tho high qualities
?whiqh thoy oonccde to the Conserva?
tives, iu the construction of better
Laws, in the reformation of a grovelliug
policy, or ia the faithful aud economi?
cal discharge of the few duties incum?
bent on them. It is rather that they
ehalt play the part of detectives and
policemen, aud by prevention, per?
haps, of some flagrant frauds, add to
the credit of the party which they thus
hold in oheok. Suys one of these
journals: "Some of our party, who are
talking loudly enough about reform,
need some wutohiug. There has never
been enough of it. With a strong
minority, our party would uot have
fallen so low as to bo now on the de?
fensive." Where it would be uicesiary,
ind where a little capital could be
made out of it, the Conservative voles 1
?would be utilized fot the benefit of the
LSadioal administration, aod to smooth
over the record of tho Radical party.
Rat how would it be when the
great swindles and jobs come
in for consideration ? Then the
?Conservative honesty and intelligence
would be in tho way, aud the party
lash and all the old arte used to nullify
their effect. What all honest men
want is not petty pretences of reform;
mot a paraded economy ia insignificant
things; not a political use to be made
of good elements, ia tho Legislature or
elsewhere, nil in the iaterests of party
and for the benefit of oftinals, but
Another spirit altogother, breathed
iuto tho charaoter of legislative, iato
public counsels, and into all tho forms
of the public life. The country noeds
more than a minority checking the
Betrages of a majority, and giving to it
the benefit of its deconoy npon such
occasions as it may see fit to appropri?
ate it. It noeds a class of mon in pnb
.'ic positions who will not owe their
?.small character for rectitude to the ef
iective opposition of political oppo?
nents, breaking tho force of some of
their most odious measures.
A lady sixty-seven years old, tho
mother of twelve children, fell in love
with a young man at Santa Rosa, Cal.
A few woeks ago, finding that sho
joald not marry him, she took a dose
of bed bag poison and died.
In a speech madeatrAylesbury, Eng?
land, by DTsraeli, England's Prime
Minister, he said: "I know of no ovent
in my public life that I bo much de?
plore aa the Crimean war. That war
cost 200,000 lives and more than ?200, -
?000,000 sterling of money. It was a
mu that was perfectly unnecessary."
OVBR CROWDED PROFESSION.?
tin all quarters, especially in our chief
I oitiee, wo have evidences that the legal
Tbei?e2^ Yorkfp?urfuw!^ -^f^ ewtfl
notes ufifs faotjkud prfjfia that k great
demongpsutiou B ii baa Mkio? nuuj>3 in
00nse(i9en!:0- 0<j ?cl mitte it ti) jjirac*]
tiab, hilt. wiUioutLa clientage or b\j.?i
neaa, the ueedv are tempted to beoome
unscrupulous, and thu a to proy upon
the oommuuity iu several ways, (tlikw
pro Juctivu of 8erio,u.i.iuj.ory. Oo.oua,
side are thotio who adventure on specu?
lation'to eucourugu strife where there
is no teftaouubiu pretence of justice in
the cause, they represent'; and on the.
other uro inoreoauti?ns brit greedy at?
torneys, who pick up thuir clients us u
gold-seekor d.ma his claim iu a miuing
distriot.'aod work upon thu same pi in
oiple until the placet is exhausted.
There are yet, howeym-, innumerable
able and shimug lights in every com?
munity, who grace the bar of'the coun?
try and oouserve society. There is no
profossion that has done more for lib?
erty and tho rights of muii than that
of tho practicing lawyer. The fact
that unfit moo get into it does not tos
son its honors to tho worthy.
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In his roraarkabio work, Mind and
Body, Dr. Muudsley given m iny curi?
ous lust.inoes of hereditary mauta ex:
hibitiug itaolf iu various ways, but we
do not romotuber such u case of here?
ditary mania for suicide ?k that lately
meutiouod by the Paris JSvenemont. A
fow weeks ago, some boatmeu on thu
Home discovered iu tho water the body
of a man, whosu pockets wore full of
pobblen, aud who appeared to have
boon iu tho water several duyn. He
proved to bu a M. Jules Djluias, who
was regarded as very happy in his do?
mestic and other relations. A few
evenings before, ho and his wife had
gone out shopping ou the Boulevard
Batiguolier, aud were ou their way
home, wheu, us though struck by a
sudden thought, Dolman said: "Oh.
look, here, I nave somewhere to go,
und it's 0 loug wuy, so there is no good
in your coming with me; you cau go
borne;" aud left her. It grew Into, still
ho did not return, and she became ex?
tremely noxious. Tho following tnoru
iug a note arrived from htm. Shu 1
seized it 11 ud read: ''Forgive me, my
poor Margaret. I am going to cause
yon ouo more vexation, but, at all
events,-it will be the hist. I go to re?
join my father nud mother." The
hither was killed by throwing himself
from au omnibus; tho mother by
throwing hois.-if from a wiudow; the
sister suffocated herself.
Tilts GlFI of K12AUINNSM.?Of all thu j
intellect iml gilts bestowed on lUilll, I he !
most iutoxteuting is readiness?the
[lower of catling all tho resources of I
the mind into simultaneous action afcul
moment's notice. Nothing strikes the
unready us so miraculous as this
promptitude i:i others; nothing im?
presses him with so dull and envious u
sense of coutrust iu his own person.
To want ruudiuess is to bo laid on the*
shelf, to creep where others fly, to fall
into purruuueut discouragement. To
be reudy is to have the mind's intellec?
tual property put out at 5d or tOD per
ceut., lo be unready at thu moment of
trial is to be dimly conscious of 1'ui.mi!
ticu tied up somewhere iu a napkin.
What au engine ? we ure speakiug id
"the ommcrcj of matikiud"?:?; u
memory ready with its stores ut the
?ret question, word.-; that come at your
call, thoughts ili-it follow 11 unbroken
'sequence, reason quick at retort! The
thoughts ?vi? may feel not u?ovc our
level; the w.irds we could arrange in
as barmouious order; the memory,
only give it time, does not tail us; tho
repartee is nil the occasion culled lor,
if only it had not suggested itself too
Into, thus changing its nature Irom a
triumph into a regret, ic ih such com
puriaous, the painful recollection 01
panic and dlbititur, the -peed) th.it
would uot bu spoken, the reply that
dissolved iuto incoherence, tho notion
that belied our intention, or, it tuuy
be, experienced iu a humbler held that,
gives to readiness such u churtn and
value. The ready matt does Boom .such
a clever fellow!?Blacktcaod.
-
C> Fi'?b.?There is really moro men?
tal force iu u cup of coffee than the
uuiuiliutcd dream. I havo always had
grounds for respeoting tho scientist
who decided, after years of testing its
efficacy, that aolfdo prevented the
waste of inuscalur tissue. Though I
do think that Schiller, with all his
philosophy, made a mistake iu diluting
it with old oogunc. A united aroma of
Java uud Maruoaibo is autlioiuut in it?
self, to say nothing of the fumes of
looious Mocha. The French manner
of distilling coffeo is a ?uo art, under?
stood iu its perfectiou only by a native
or a Swiss expert who has served an
apprenticeship in Parisian cafes. Thoso
who resort to u boiling process should
oover use anything but au earthen
vesaol or porceluin-liued ooifeo-pot. It
should be carefully oieauod aud kept
closely covered to proservo tho fra?
grance, which otherwise goes to waste
with tho steam. The rank expression
which coffoe oftentimes indulges comes
from the tin in whioh it is boiled and
left standing. If possible, tho cups iu
which it is served should be heated to
provont stagnation of the delicate ef?
fervescence.
j Tho streets of New York aro lighted
at night by 20,000 lamps, Heven com?
panies furnish tbo gas, at au uggrogato
cost of $700,000.
A olevcr negro named BIuo bus been
reuominatod for u seat in tho Ken?
tucky Legislature. Iu this case there
is a good do il of color ft-r tho belitf
that BIuo will be re-elected in spite of
the fact that he is bluok.
It makes a big difference whon a
lady faints away whether you bathe
her tsniples with oamphor or molasses.
! A Romance is High Life ?At the
gaming table the Duke of Richmond
iocnrred a debt of honor to Lord Oil*
doacb, w biofar tnr was unable toj pay,
unfljit wiih dgrea^ thut hia son, a lad 0
^lfteou.'who^bolf'e the title of Barl of
tit mia J*reo5rl that hia son, a lad of
Juu.'who^ore the tiiIn of Earl of
MaTOh.Jihonldrii.arry the still ^younger
daughter of Lord Cadogan. The boy
was hunt for in/m? school and the girl
from the nursery, a clergyman was ia
attendance, and the children were told
ttfa^tUQy werej-fco 'be married ou the
sput. The girl had uothing to say;
tho boy cried out, "They surely are
net'going to marry me. to that dowdy!"
L\ut married ibcy were. A post chaise
wns ut tho door; the bridegroom was
pniekitd oil''with bis ml or to miku tho
gruhUj'oUf, ?i:d tho brido was sent
buuft to tier .mother. Lord Murcli it
muii?Ml .ifiroad for severd years, after
which be relumed to Loudott, u Hell
educated, haudsotno young in in, but
in ub hatte to meet bis wife, whom In*
never saw < xe.ept upon tho decision of
their hasty marriage. So ho tarried iti
London to uuiukc himself. Ouo night
at the opera his attention wuhattracted j
to a beautiful youug lady iu tliu boxes,
"Who is thut?" be asked of a gcutlu-1
uiau beside him. "You must be :i |
stranger iu London," was the reply,
"not to know tho toast of the town, the
beautiful Lady March." The Eirl
wont straight to tho bos, uuDouucud
himself, uud claimed his bride. The
two fell iu love with each other ou the
spot, uud lived long and happily to?
gether; and, when the. Iiusbaud died,
she ulso died, of n broken heart, within
a few months. ? 7/<s fJafaxy fiu' Sep?
tem ber.
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Henry Yore, of Portsmouth, V.l.,
though he was blessed with u kiud
father, absurdly fell in love with bis
step-mother, a variety of attachment
heretofore regarded us morally impos
f.iblc. So Yore fiVd with Ids step?
mother aforesaid to Richmond. Ohl
Yore didn't Itku it. Iiis sou might
have hut- d ins step mother ever so
much, but carrying her off in this way
was ubstitd. So thought the old gou
tlemau, uud ho was eoutlrmed iu tiis ,
opinion by tho fuct that the runaways
bore away with them the most of his
mouey?$900 in solid silver coin. S ? i
thu bereave I parent sat down iu sack- '
cloth aud ashes, and refused to be com- !
forled. Menu while, the fugitives uro
in jail, in Richmond, awaiting his coin-!
ing. Wo consider this young naau ;
dreadfully erroneous as his c.ouduct b i^
becu, iu some sort ? phil ?s .?phieal buu
cfuctcr of mankind Hu bus ol le I to 1
our store of knowledge. 21? has <? .r
ncled grave mii*upplohoiisiou*. lie ;
has So >wij that. I>i twceil the sti p .-on
uud Mj?? atep rn'ither no natural reptig
nauce exists. If he eau h>ve, others
certaiuly iu his position can tolerate.
The manner iu which S aithcrn
"outrages" occur may bu teamed from
tho state of affaire existing in Sumter
County, Alabama. There ouo Warren
DvW. a negro politician of the vciy
worst type, has becu making a canvas*
for tho Legislature. In the first phuv.
however, bo must have bis guard of
Honor, as his home becomes u sort of
military camp ground und rendezvous |
for all tho idle, worthless uud vicious '
negroes of the vicinity. Siart'ng out j
from this tniliturj- station, be haran?
gued lim blacks in language ot an in
ucudtary character, lie laid down the ?
law that ".f a uegro is killed, we most j
kill a white mi:i, uo matter whether
we get the right nnc or not." Such sc- j
rious apprehensions wer.; bUlertuined j
of the m iu tint a warraut was issued j
lor his arrest, uud the officers found
him surrounded by about fifty armed
negroes These refused to obey the
wi *. it was not uutil the Sheriff an in -
I muiie 1 too citizens that peace could lie
I rettored, and then Dew bad fl-.'d the
uouutry. if the greatest forbeuruiico
j bad not bueu exercised, a formidable
! riot might have been the eouseijueuee
Uov.V Riours.?The boys of Pitts
burg have bold a moss meuliug, und
resolved: "We will go iu swimmiti
whenever wo darned please, aud won't
come any extra shenanigan about get?
ting our huir elry to sell tho folks ut
home, and that we will have shirts to
weur, so that the big fellows won't
iaugii at us when we are undressing,
thut "we uro wil ing to do thu square j
thing to our parouts, but ain't cut fur
tending to babies, and wo won't do any
labor about home that does not pro?
perly come within boys' sphere, uud
not that, if it interferes with the hours
of play, which health demands hoys
should haw, viz: Between 7 o'clock in
tho A. M., and 0 in the P. M., with
uooessury intermission for meals; that
straps und law, nor cowhides, nor slip?
pers, will have auy effect on this rebel?
lion. If they try that game it will be
a good-bye John for errands, and wo
shall ever pray. That's the kind of
hair-pins we uro."
Iu tho North western corner of the
Territory of Wyoming, is located emo
of tho most beautiful lakes ou this cou
tinent, if not in the world. Adjacent
to it are four nv.ijostic rivers, the Yel?
lowstone, flowing into the Mississippi
at a distance of 1,3'JU miles; tho Mis?
souri itself, which fiuds its way to tho
Gulf through the father of water'; the
Columbia, which leads to tho Pacific,
aud the Colorado, which, parsing
through tho most remarkable canon iu
tliu world, discharges its waters into
the Gulf of California. Grouped
around this lako ami in the midst of
this water tdied, is, perhaps, the grand?
est display of cataracts, hot. springs,
geysers, mud volcuuoes and natural
architectural beauties anywhere to be
found on the faoo of tho globe.
A woman di"d of consumption, in
Jefferson vi lie, Ky., tho other day, uud
the man who wrote bur obituary says
that "she gently atrode into the dark
oavo of eteraal uight at 6,'? o'clock
in the morning."
murr-TT-*-?t?r. im i" ? 1 ' ' '? 1 UL**ri~*rTr
vNobth Cauomna Jtems.?The Wil?
mington Star Hayn: Tito comtnissioncrs
who. wore appointed to iuventigutu the
ultd!re or" toe Freed man's BaUtt, ff^t
three oi oaths of del vi ug into its Voipeu
D083, have at last been obliged \? au
n?ubce 'that,'"however mnoli ifJinay.
be regretted, it ia novertbeleasitrne,
that this company is insolvent aria no
able to pay its depositors and other
oreditors." This in p >or consolation
for tho creditors. They do not even
got the satisfaction of au assnrauee
that thy ooujuiissiouurs will fasten the
responsibility upon thu proper parlies
iu the Wasbiugtou riug who atule tlio I
money of the poor colored people of
Wilmington und other cities and towns j
throughout the Sont.li and prosecute!
thetn. They are bopole?H vic.iui-, nut] j
tlndr money is in the pockets of Iii?
From tho Statesvillu l*ttndntarfc: We
leuru tli i! in Irish pe.ldiof mysterious |
ly disappeared in tue upper part ot j
Surry County, near the Wilkes line, |
and no .e.t ton tutles beyond Ei kin. ilm ;
puck w.ia found in poeso-sion ol -oinc i
p;rt:? ?, und couseqioutl v suspicion ?
was aroused and a gem r.l sutirtdi in- \
stituted. Several persons have Ween .
arrested, heiug suspected as thu parlies i
guilty ol this man's murder, though i
uothing us y<-t ii detluitely known. 1
Tho peddle* is supposed to have hail
several hundred dollars ol money inj
his possession, aud probubiy left the j
railroad at this point.
Three colored seamen, belonging ou
thu schooner F. Jj Godfiey, which ar- ?
rived iu Wilmiugtou, from Pliilndel j
phia, ou Friday, tnntiuied SaturJa}, I
and refused to do further duty ou the
visss I They were htlbsnil leutly ur i
rested atid taken before a Justice, who
ordered them lu he commit led to jail.
The names ol the men are, Benj S Ind?
ers, Jesse Llichurdsou und fbomas j
Crooks.
The Sttitesville Landmark says: An]
excursion party, consisting of uevctal!
youug ladies from the Fist, were over- |
takeu by a severe snow storm on Negro
Mountain, iu Ashe (Jouniy, lust week. |
A Wilmington youug lady ? Miss j
Wortb?displayed a heroism and iulre- |
pidity worthy of distinguished mou j
tiou. To the cooluess of this brave!
and beautiful young WilfuiugtouiaU
must bo attributed the escape of the j
whole party from a leriibiu duuger.
Til'-: VlltoiNIA Canvass ?L'ho Cou
s'ervatives of Virginia are coulideut ol j
siiccesh in every Congress District ex?
cept on", the Norfolk District, and
there they expect to run the etuiny to
the throat latch, it, indeed, they d >
not beat l.iui. In ;i..,t contest there
are throe participants, the gallant and
able John Uoodo, 11 * ? ? negro Dr. Nor
ton and the miserable caipet bagger
Platt. Our best wishes are with our j
Conservative friends. We hope that
they may sweep the whole .State, und
that Virginia in the uext Congress tuny
be represented by tho ablest delega- .
tiou ?tu; bus sent to the national legis
tutors fur many years.
?*r . i
'the Continental Herald says: "ialesl
are sometimes told iu which tho hero j
? lies from un excess of j.iy, but it has .
rarely occuriwd that in iuslttuce has)
happened such us that just recorded j
from Gesseuny, near Berne, wherein i
a man hung himself from being over
whelmed with good luck. The man ,
who is the btibj- ct of thu story, by im- :
meuse ilVorts, in which he was '
conded tiy his wife, who was eveu
more itvurioious than himself, sue- j
needed iu utuusdug acousid< rablu sum |
ot money. Not long ago be was in- j
formed that a legacy of 25 UUU francs
had been 1> ft bun. This piece of for- ;
tune gave him tho mortal blow; u pro
found melancholy seized bim, and* the
fear id death from hunger haunted
him d ty and night. To avoid this ;
feurful prospect, be stealthily loft his i
bouse line of these latter uights, went |
l iuto thu neighboring forest ami hung
I himself to a pine brauch, lie left
I 100.UU? francs of his fortune."
j "Fonli.y To Nioirr, Love "?Uns
I baud traveling Scene 1?Boom in
[ hotel. Spittnous full of cigar slumps, j
Bourbou whiskey. All bauds fully
j equipped for a night's spree, litis
baud in u liuiry io be oil, writing
borne:
DEAKEST ScrfiEt My time is uo occu?
pied with business that I cau hardly
spare a moment to you. On! darling,
how I miss you; und tho only thing
that sustains me during my ubsouce is
the thought that every moment thus
spent is for tbo beuetlt of my dour
wife aud children. Take good care of
yourself, my dear. Feed the baby on
one cow'a milk. Fxousu haste, &o.
Wife at home. Scene 2?Parlor.
All the gas lit. Thirteen grass widows;
Fred, from tho corner, with his banjo;
Jack, from above, with his guitar;
Sam., from below, with ids flute; lots
of other fellows with their instruments.
Daucing and hinging. Sideboard
covered with nuts, fiuits, cake, cream,
whiskey, &j Wife, in a hurry to
dauce, writing to husband:
Deau Jiuimv: How lonesome I fool
in your ub-euco. The hours pass
tediously. Nobody calls ou me, aud J
am ooustautly Ihiukiug of thu time
whon you will bo humeundyourchcer
lul faco light up tbo routine of every?
day life. My household duties keep
mo constantly employed. 1 am liviug
as economical us possible, kuowiug
that your small income will uot permit
of frivolous expunsu. But now, dear,
I will Buy good-bye, or I will bo too
late for the monthly concert of prayer.
In haste, yours, &o.
-. -? ? ?? ?
Tbo surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like tish; a single gram of
suud would cover 1?U of these soules,
und yet u siugle scale covers ODD pores.
Triplets occurred iu three families
iu a Minnesota town last week, not?
withstanding the grass-hoppers. I
C- .'U'l I ' ? ?!??-r?r?l-?-:-? ' 1 L' v
Orry Matters ?Subscribe for the
Phoenix.
Au iuquest wud bold, yesterduy, over
the remains of Mrs. Harrington, fad a
verglict rendered that she cumo to her
death from wounds inflicted by ber
husband -wiih a kuife.
The weather, yesterday, was ruth er
tdeusaut. Everybody appeared to be
in a good humor.
A A. Gilbert, E q., ol tho Sumtir
Watchman, paid us a visit yesterday.
There was a report, yesterday, tu
the t fleet that a colored boy, uutned
Anthony Liegau, was drowned; bn',
upon inquiry, it was ascertained there
port WilS untrue.
Did you ever pause a moment where :
u gu; g of luburtib were at ivork with-!
out being usked liy one or more of !
tiiem, "boss, what time is it?"
Lovely otrly ri?iig nuw.
Livers of s.iur kraut are looking]
blue in tins section, us the cabbage
er ?p throughout the couutry is u fail- '
lire on uccouut of ttie long coutluued j
ilnuo-ht.
? ? I
l'?.;gs contain much phosphorus, and t
a: - the lie>t foo 1 f >r tbo-e persona ivbu
are deticieut iu briius. This idea is of
tliu utmost impurtauco to many pet
sons.
Duj \s length, 11 hours and 50 mi
liiltes.
Ju perfect sleep thu whole of the |
uervous ayatetu is involved.
Oar butchers haven't commenced j
killing pork to uuy cxteut us yet.
Tue crops of ehinq lepius, grapes,
p.-i -immuns aud acorns are said to be
more abundant this season than for
many years put t, au 1 the weather wise
amoLg us?some of whum claim to be
able tu see farther into the future than
"Old Probs." himself?predict in cou
t-equoucu a hard winter.
Uoal w.ll ooii take u rise.
. Toothache weather has eome.
.Silence is the fittest reply to foily.
At a reccul meeting of Ward I, Mr.
O S Mi uc't wus elected President ami
Mr. ,J. A. Beultie S'.'cretury.
\\ Lien Moses goes tu Washington for |
tro;,j -, A'lonoy Guueral Williams
should show him round iu that Liu
d.iul t lie stole, from the Uuited State-,
and the baud should strike up the
"Rogues/ Much."
The following letters are held at the
(Jolumbii Punt Oilice for postage:
Amy L. Dm!, Columbia, S. C.;
Milt lioberoou, L'iureusville; George
Williams, Pom.uia; U. II. Hall,
Oruugeburg; M Fred, llau&ou, 71
Prospect, Patterson; Messrs. Spick
Brothers, OS Broadway, Patterson.
Best u jt fool ivitb lighting whiskey.
Sorrows are tho shadows of pa6t
joys.
A moustscbu dyed black look* iu
cougiuuus ou a sandy haired muu.
Tho greatest furtum ? consist of p-u
niits.
Both printing aud ruling done iu
the tiueet grades of copying ink til the
PlUENIX Job Pi tuting Oflice.
llev. Joseph K Wilson has arrived
in Wilmington. N. C, with his family,
uud i* now settled us pastor of the Ftrst
Ptesbyterian Church, in that city.
Business men tell us there has not in
jvurs beeu such a depression iu trade
as the last few months have witnessed,
and we suppose it is true.
Su-e/. ng is nature's provision for
scratching the iuside of tho nasal or
g.??.
It is not too late to sow either lur
uips or collarda fur winter greena.
Bouquets arc goiug.
B. F. Bates has beeu appointed u
Trial Justice for Spart an burg, vice B.
II. Stedmau, removed. Samuel Black,
of Charleston, has been appointed a
Notary Public. Tho following resigna?
tion < have beeu accepted: H. J. An?
thony, County Commissioner of Pick
ens; 11. J. Hagins, County Commis?
sioner of Laucuster; Duncan Mclu
tyre, Trial Justice of Mariou; S. R.
Carr, SheriiT of Georgetown.
Tue Hat Makes the Ma:;.?It has
beeu frequently said that clothes do
not make tho man, but you will bud
few persons who are not willing to ad?
mit that tho bat makes any muu look
lifty per cent, better, or worso, ns
tho case may be. A new and fash?
ionable hat will impart an uir of gen?
tility to any man; a shocking bad hut
will make a prince- look like a loafer.
These thoughts havo boeu suggested
by a reoeut visit to several of our hat
establishments.
Mail Akbanqementb.?Northen
mail opens G.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closet
11 A. M., G P. M. Charleston open* 8
A. M.,5.30 P. M.; closes8 A. M.,6P.
XL. Western opens f? A. M., 1 P.
M.; closos G, 1.30 P. M. Groonville
opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.3G
A. M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to
3.30 P. M.
Some horrible monster, for three
nights previous to last night, piled
orotv?-tifcts ou the Wilmiogton, Colum?
bia and Abgaata Railroad, at Cain's
Savannah, eight miles from Sumter.
The monstrous scheme was repeated
and persisted in, so as to intercept both
night traius passing that point?the
ouo coming toward aud thut go?
ing from Columbia to Wilmington.
Ou Sunday night last, tho first of
these fiendish efforts, the train from
Columbia ran into the pilo of cross
ties put upon tho road, at a speed of
about twenty-live miles uu hour, the
engine pushing them before her for a
distance of one hundred yards or more
without accident. A heavy reword
should bo offered by the road for the
shocking criminals.
ScilUfiXi IN GltEQNYIllb.?? Miss M. C.
MeCaw, sister of the lamented W. H.
McCaw, will opeu a school at an early
day, at the resideuce of Col. Moeely,
in Ureeuvillu. Miss McCaw is gifted
with a high order of talent, aud pos?
sessed of many accomplishments which
qualify her for the duties which she
proposes to euguge in. We cordially
uommeud ber to the regards of our
friends iu the mountain city. Parents
and guardians who place their children
iu her hands will Uud ia her a capable
teacher aud a faitblul friend.
Hahvust Moon.?This is the harvest
moon. It derives its name from the
harvest season iu England, which oc?
curs about this lime. With us tho
com is so far advanced towards ma?
turity that a fair estimate of the value
of the crop can be made. The heats
of summer have departed, and Ibe cool,
bracing days of October ore approach?
ing, when nature will clothe herself in
ber gayest robes. The days are plea?
sant uud refreshing, aud ut night the
j firesides very enjoyable.
I To tue Ladies ?High tortoise shell
combs are fashionable again.
Modern brides effect a penchnt for
pearl oruume'its.
i
Feather trimming, will be exten?
sively used this wiuter.
I E^yptiau oruameuts are iu favor.
? They are very baudsume.
j Still stock.ngs ai e in vogue with the
j ue.w und peculiar shoo.
Lmg ear-riugs will be revived this
, winter. This is what the leading jaw
| tilers say.
I Some ladies wear the sash crossed on
the froot of the dress, and tied in a
j huge bow on the side.
I Several new kinds of dieas material
urn iu market; the "velvet cloth"
among others.
Embroidery promises to be about as
I fashionable as ever. The buudsumest
j imported suits are covered with it.
J For full dress o:oasions, low corsage,
I short sleeves and loug double-fold train
will be the rule.
Shell necklaces are something new.
They are made of shells of the Dead
Sea, strung ou a duo gold chain.
The navy blue cloth waterprocf cloak
continues iu high favor. It is one of
tho best garments ever introduced.
Powdered hair is entirely and com?
pletely out of fashion. Loss fulso hair
is woru now than for many years past.
List of New Advertisements.?
VS. 11. iieinitsh?Queen's Delight.
Meeting German Schnetzen Verein.
Mrs. Luvy?Primary School,
llehearsul Columbia Choral Union.
C. Hamberg?Wood.
Hotel Abkivals, September 29.?
Henilrix House?Mrs Langdon, N Y;
F Mulially, Ky; HC Founel, JOHar
din, Chester; L R Maylory, Spartan
burg; W P McDaoil, Ga; S ? Rich?
ards, T B Bites, Union; J K Rabb,
Alston.
Columbia Hotel?J F Murphy, J W
O'Bryau, W S Hastie, J F Matthews,
W J Gayer, M J Nevios, Charleston;
CKKaowlcs, W Sprinkle, H Terry,
J T Seibles, City; Miss J Corbit, Sum
ter; Mis Pickons, Mi&s Peyton,
EJgefleld; W J Gardiner, Pa; McD
Arledge, T 8 OiarksoD, N O; W D
Kennedy, G E Reab, J S Land. J L
Deadeylie, J ? James, Ga; W Zi68, N '
Y; J M Seigier, G & C R R; A G
Rorvnscy, Robinson's Circus.
The retirement of*Postmaster Gene?
ral Cresswell from (office was unex?
pected. Men do not reeigu high and
lucrative offices without very urgent
reasons. It bus come to light that
Cresswell has been guilty of enormous
postal frauds; has been aoting iu col?
lusion with a Bet of king contractors
for mail routes, Ac, and has squan?
dered millions of dollars, wruog from
an outraged people. That tho Post?
master-General of the United States
should turn up a Government rogne,
is disgraceful. It does seem as if there
is something iu Radicalism that makes
u muu u thief in spite of himself.
Audrew Johnson bus a olose friend
uamed Graham, like himself a tailor,
and born in North Carolina. Graham
went to Middle Teuuesseo many years
ago, carrying his worldly good in a
pack. He made money as a tailor,
strove for wealth while Andy strove for
office, and is now thu richest man in
Middle Tennessee.