The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 01, 1875, Image 2
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Friday Morning, January 1, 1?7?.
Happy New YeasI
We have read an old-time atoryjthat
January was dedicated to the old Ita?
lian King and Roman god Janas, be
caaoe, fron its situation, it might be
considered retrospective to the past
. and pvqspeoiivG to the opening year.
What was good for this fabled keeper
of tho earth, sea and sky and gardian
deity of gales, bearing key and staff,
and having numerous temples open iu
<war nnd abut in peaoe, (and nearly al?
ways Open,) may serve as a suggestion
to as, vriio are more peacefully in?
clined. We are at the dividing ridge
between two years, and may be oom-1
.mended,, if Jonns-faood and Janas
minded, wc look bask and reflect qpon
the Wiecks of 187?, and forward and
?of 1875. It is a proud prerogative:
'Tia man alono that Joy doaeries,
"With forward and reverted eyes."
Another uso of the season, not so
mythological in origin, is to make it
the occasion, of fenoting, sending pre?
sents and joyous wishes. It is a plea
oant and oommendable ooatom. What
?can bo more appropriate than that the
^beginning of a new year should be
-marked by a reflective mood and a
generous spirit? Zu the trust that it
may r be profitably improved in all
its serious characteristics and de
Mightinlly enjeysd in all its genial and
?social aspects, we take off our hats to
? on* friends and readers, and heartily
vwiah them a happy new year.
"*?'PolMn and Vraad In the Diplomatie
Service.
Tho "Emma Silver Mining Compa?
ny (limited)" has been brought before
Vioo-Ohancollor Molins, in the Eug
?4ish Ooart of Chancery, on the appli?
cation of a stockholder for an order to
vmable him to examine the books and
papers in aid of a petition, whioh be
baa filed.-to wind ap the1 company.
After bearing counsel against the mo
.tion, the Vioe-Obapeeller. at once
^granted it, Saying that "the case made
'by tho petition was one of gross fraud
on tbo pure of the original promoters
of tbo company, and that en or mono
earns v bed ?beed obtained/ from tbo
shareholders'upon the, faith of state
._ _L I -L .A._11_
?iBiiw wuyiy an ?|>|iDaiauu?,: woro
totally' untrue,'5 Reoentfy, ? a1 new
-boajrd of, direotprs and a new solicitor
of the company took office. ' The soli
<eitor, accompanied by the chairman of
tho board, hhvo been in this country
Goine. mpntho, oud, after an examiua
tio a of thewhole matter, have brought
eait against Tren?r W. Park, Senator
Stewart? of Nevada, and General Bax?
ter, . for fraud and conspiracy, for
.85,000,000. We suppose that the
.statement iu oar despatches of yester?
day, that Minister Schenok is eon*
seated with a corruption food of
4760.000, grows out of the legal inves?
tigation jibich, has thus been com?
menced. The Nation, of New York,
aava that -ha. haa. b&aii principally
known and contemned in English so?
ciety for the last years for his connec?
tion .with the Emma mine and his skill
as a player of "poker." To eluoidate
the mysteries of this game, he has lat?
terly applied bis leisure and powers in
'the production of a little green para
.phtut upon the subject. His retention,
as this journal urges, "in a place
whioh, before the late reform iu the
civil service began, was reserved for
.Americans of the highest standing and
character, is, perhaps, one of the woret
-incidents in the history of the course
?and venal regime under which we now
-live, to which the late elections gave
?such a stinging blow, and to which all
? boueat men will be prepared, we trust,
to give another and a finishing oue,
two years hence, should it be ueces
-sary."
ryn * * ?? ?
Financial.?The financial and oom
?moroial report of the New York Herald,
of Monday, represents the stock mar?
ket as unsettled?gold firm, at 1.11&
to 1.12; money steady, at SJ^f to s/per
cent, on call loans, and Govern tu cot
bond* 'strong. In Southern bonds,
Tenneesee 6e, new series, and ex oou
4>ons sold at 58; Louisiana and Mis?
souri.firsts at 89; South Carolina 6s,
new, non-fundabje, at 7. Following
which report ia this hint: "The fore?
going constituted the active business
in Southern bonds, but there is a
strong, under-tone favorable to higher
prices, whenever States and' corpora?
tions shall agree on a plan that com
oaeads itself to'tbo business and epecu
lativu cqmmuuity." There can be no
better J/pJau;" than to dieoover pare
folly what is fraudulent or unauthor?
ised pndreja.ptit, and to reeogojza sod
provide means or paymeat of what Is
wsU3^yi>st.' : \'"';
Impending Contest for Congreii.
A oorrespoudeni of! the Ifews and
Courier, writing from, Abbeville, enys
that Goueral McQowau will contest
the right of Comptroller H?ge to a
?eat in Qongreae. Hp has received
numerous letters from both Democrats
and Republicans in Washington,
nrging him to make the oonteat, and
he hsB d?'.ermined to do so. It is also
stated that Judge nfackey baa written
General MoGowan a, warm letter, ad?
vising bim.to the same effect. The
Aot of Congress regulating Congres?
sional Election Districts provides that
oaob shall be composed of contiguous
territory. The Oonnty of Riohlnnd,
which was placed by the last Legisla?
ture iu tbo Third Distriot, is not con?
tiguous to any other within it. This
and other good grounds for contentiog
the eleotion will be taken.
-??f
The Union highly commends 2 pro?
position now before Congress to dis?
pose of the publio lands for the benefit j
of education iu the States. A dona?
tion, it says, of the publio hinds, to be
used for educational purposes, would
eoable South Carolina to lay the
foundation for an educational fund.
&o. This may sound very well and
look plausible, but South Carolina
ought to be on her guard against ap?
pearing as a supplicant before Congress
for more laud for educational pur?
poses. Ugly questions might be asked,
which it would be difficult to answer.
In'.a Wasbiogton despatch to the
New York Herald, it is stated that
General SberidaD, upon reaching New
Orleans will confer not with' General
Emory, bot with Colonel Merrill, who,
in the opinion of the War Depart?
ment, is the only officer thus far who
fully appreciates the situation. Had
the Government, the War Department
and the so-called Department of Jus?
tice written volumes to do it, they
oould not have described the depths to
which they are ready to descend more
happily than by thin statement.
If, as Mr. Beecber says, the hus?
bands of good women can force them
'to tall lies, the Brooklyn soaudal has
not been iu vain. It has given to the
world the knowledge that the word of
a good woman cannot be depended
upon even in matters where it is im
??M4?? fc tL.t_ll:_ln, . 1-a-1l
|nll,IIUI ?uo? UULU'tlfJ uut l/UO UUIU
should be known, bot what baa be?
come of tbat sturdy, self-reliant little
group Of women who nsod always to
have the last word, and whose obsti?
nacy 10,000 huBbaods could not pre?
vail agaiost? Is it possible tbat they
have all been washed overboard?
Poon Women.?The award of print?
ing internal revenue stamps having
been given to a friend of Bea, Butler's,
iu New York, necessitated the dis?
charge of 400 person", mostly women,
from the Treasury Department at
Washington. The Baltimore Sun's
correspondence eaya:
"Heretofore the custom has been'
to deliver the notice of discharge
at tha Aab)r nf li\.. Arnnlnvna lliu
?- - ?-r""J-? -?a
sight of the missive being as much
dreaded as would the appearuuoe
of a viper. Yesterday, however, the
envelopes with the discharge* were
sent to the residences of the employees |
to be dropped, aud maoy who left their
work with a light heart yeBterday, lost
their appetites for dinner when tbesu
missives were found alongside their
dinner plates. The houses of some of
1 the leading department offiofals were
I besieged last night by callers, but it j
[ will be impossible for retentions to
take place, aa the transfer of the work
carries with it all the money out of
which the pay comes. The discbarge
was delayed until the latest moment to!
keep the employees from a gloomy
Christmas, but the outlook beyond
New Year's is a fearful thing to many
of them."
Ay, it is a fearful thing to thes*
poor women, and to many moro all
over the North. To many of tbem it
means starvation, suicide or a fate
worse than death. When the Abolition
war destroyed the Union and emanci?
pated negroos, it impoverished the
white laborers of the North aud con?
demned vast numbers of tbem to
slavery and shame.
Female Hats.?Happy is that bu?
reau being wbo bus the taot to do a
disagreeable thing beautifully. Here
are the men of America oontinually
babbling concerning the uggruvatiug
height of feminine hats in tbeatra su
jdionoes. Ai d yet no manager iu the
land has bud the wit to remove these
torments in the eimplo manner adopt?
ed by the functionary of a Frenob pro
viuoial theatre. He made no boiste?
rous observations; ho gave no stern
orders; pot he. He merely printed iu
large letters on bis play bills this mas?
ter-piece of genius: "The manager
begs tbat all good looking ladies will
remove their bats for the aooommoda
lion of tbo r**st of the cudicccc. mbi%.
aged, tbo bald aod the plain are Dot
expected to oomply with this request."
From that aospioions night, the soar*
iug bonnet and the mountainous hat
were inviuiblo at tbat wise men's
theatre,
Tb? Recent Tuaoedy in New Oh?
le ans?Byerly the Self Made Vio
tim. ?A. full account of the killing of
D. 0. Byerly, manager of the Nev? Or?
leans Bulletin, by ex-Gof.' Warmoth,
was published yesterday. His attack
upon Wermoth was caused by tho in
tense feeling engendered in his office
by the controversy between Warmoth
and the editor, Mr. Jewell. The fol?
lowing extracts from tbe Bulletin, and
from Warmoth's reply, show the cause
of the trouble. The 'Bulletin, in a re?
cent article, said of Wa-motb:
"Immediately npon the occupation
of the Executive chair he aanningty
devised laws inventing him with powers
greater than thotie exercised by any
potoutute of Europe. *****
Haviug thus secured himself in bis
olbciul pneitiou, bis next aim was to
provide himself with tho sinews of
war. Entering the highest oQiae in
the Stute as a bankrupt, having been
previously supported by paltry oontri
tuitions from the poor -negroeB, whom
he hud deluded into the belief that he
was their friend and savior, he felt the
??G???ity of pioviiiiug himself with
the requisite means for sustaining that
dignity, elegance and stylo whioh his
exalted position demanded. His fer?
tile brain was then ?et to work to con
ooot measures for filling his pocket iu
the shortest time possible. First, the
monopoly of the whole city judicial
printing was conferred upon the Re
publican, a large interest iu which was
conveyed to him in consideration of
thiB locrative contract. Theo came
the Ship Inland canal swindle, by
which he made a bsudnomo Hum in a
way that was peculiar. Then came the
slaughter-house monopoly, iu a large
amount of stock of which he had be?
come interested. Then came quickly
after the Chattanooga Railroad fraud,
scook in which ha likewise owued to a
large amount. Afterward, the law
giving assessors and tax-collectors five
per oent. commission, a part of which,
rumor e-'ys, had to be turned over to
him as compensation by the officers for
their appointment, whose resignations
in blank were in the hands uf War
moth, who, by this means, at any time
he saw proper, or wheuever any of his
appointees proved recalcitrant, oould
cause a vacancy simply by filling up
the blank. With such ruvennes float?
ing into his coffers it is not surprising
that ere tbe close of his term of office
he could boast of hiB millions filched
from the people whose interests he had
sworn to protect.
"Having obtained now all the
money and power he desired?in fact,
everythiog bin heart could wish, bsvo
social reoogoition?he set to work as?
siduously tu gain th it mont precious
boou which hud been denied to him
on all eides and from every quarter.
His money could not purchase this
privilege, *\nd his political power
availed him nothing iu the accomplish?
ment of his cherished object. Tbe
idea suggested itself, then, that he
would make amends for his past cor?
rupt and infamouB management of tbe
State Government by offering to the
white people to turn over to them the
future control of their Statu.
"His reward wan to be social recog?
nition, oblivion for the past, and fu?
ture respect, with an equal showing
for political honors. But in this he
failed. He foond our people inexora?
ble, and although a few were hood?
winked by his scheme, and fell a prey
to his seductive proposals, the great
mass indignantly rejected his over?
ture's. He is the arch-instigator of
every diabolical not that disgraces the
statute book of this State, and he is
the individual whom the people should
aud do hold responsible for all the
woes from which our people have so
long Buffered."
Governor Warmoth's "card" in re?
ply to tbw above was published over
hi i own signature, und concluded as
follows: ?
"I do not seek to avoid the respon?
sibility which attaches to mo for auy
of my ofiioial acts. No one is more
alive to the mistakes I made or more
regrets them than I do. The organi?
zation of the metropolitan police iu
this city was deemed a necessity for
the protection of the State Govern?
ment, which, with the lives of its
olllcials, ut that time was constantly
threatened by the mob under the
leadership of Mr. Jewell and auch in?
flammable men ub he. Tbe conferring
of the printing on tbe Republican has
always beeu a sore spot on Mr. Jewell's
skin since he, who was a Senator at the
time, proponed to vote for the print?
ing bill if ?50,000 worth of printing
under it should be given to the Com?
mercial Bulletin, of whiob he was the
editor, and whioh proposition was de?
clined. The stutemuut that I ever
had any connection with the Ship
Island Canal swindle, slaughter-house
monopoly, or the Chattanooga Rail?
road Company, with the insinuation
that I rcueived or owned uny interest
iu any of them except what I paid for,
is absolutely, uuequivocally aud noto?
riously false. Tho only interest I ever
hud iu any of thorn was somo shares I
purchased in tbe Slaughter House
Company, for which I paid $29.17 per
share, aud sold, after keeping them
eight mouths, for $30. * * * It is
said that a good liar ought to have a
good memory. So ought a man who
sets himself up us a public scold add
fault-finder to remember hisowu black
spots before he points to thoBe he
imagines he sees in other people.
Even if I had aspired to social distinc?
tion, us you say, snob aspirations have
uever turned in tbe direotion of tbe
managers of tbe New Orleans Bulletin
_ma- n t t_it ,,
ui mi. * j -a j. uctroii.
Out of tbia grew tbe arrangement
for a duel between Jewell and War*
moth, which was forestalled by tbe
meeting of Warmoth and Byerly, with
tbe unhappy revolt as stated, on Sa?
turday.
?OHENOK'a Pulmonio Syrup, Sea
Weed tokio and Mandrake Fills.?
Those deservedly oolebrated sod popu?
lar medicines have elluoted a revolu?
tion in the healiog art, and proved
tbo fallacy of several maxims which
have for many years obstructed the.
progress of medical science. . The
false sappositiou tbat "Consumption
is incurable," deterred pbysicans from
attempting to .find remedies for tbat
disease, and patients afflicted .with it
reconciled themselves to death without
making an effort to escape from a
doom which they supposed to be una?
voidable. It in now proved, however,
tbat Consumption can be cured, aud that
it has been cured in a very greut num?
ber of oises (some of them apparently
desperate ones) by Sobenck'e Pulmo?
nio Syrup alone; and in other cases by
the same raodiciue in connection with
Sobenck's Soa Weed Tonic und Man?
drake Pills, one or both, according to
the requirements of the c*ko.
Dr. Seheuok, himself, who enjoyed
uninterrupted good health for more
than forty years, was supposed, at 0110
time to be at the very gate ot death,
bis physicians having pronounced bis
case hopeless, and ubaodoued him to
his fate. lie was cured by the afore?
said medicines, and, Biuou bis recovery,
many thousands similarly affeated
have used Dr. Sobenck's preparations
with the H?mo remarkuble hucoohs.
Full dtreotions accompany each,
makiug it not absolutely necessary to
personally see Dr. Sobenok, unless pa?
tients wish tboir lungs examined, and
for this purpose he is professionally at
bis principal office, corner Sixth and
Arch Rtreeta, Philadelphia, every Mon?
day, where all letters for advice must
be addressed. Sobeuck's medicines
are sold by all druggists. Jan 0 113
CononED Masonry ?The Grand
Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons, of Massachu?
setts, J. N. Couna, iu an address before
Widow's Son Lodge, No. 1, on "Tbo
Legitimacy of Colored Masons in the
United States," Thursday evening,
made the following statements:
"The iutroduotiou of Masonry
among the colored men in this country
was by the initiating, passing, and
raising of thirteen colored men into a
traveling lodge, attached to General
Gage's army, stationed at Boston,
Massachusetts, on the 6th of March,
1775. Ou tbo 29th of September,
1784, Frederick Charles, Dukoof Cum?
berland, Aoting Grand Muster of the
Grand L?dge of England, granted a
warrant for the constituting of African
Lodge, No. 459. In 1792, Prince Hall,
the Master of the said lodge, insti?
tuted Hiram Lodge, in Philadelphia.
In 1797, he also instituted St. Johu's
Lodge, in Providence. Iu the year
1800, Prince Hall died, and John T.
Hilton was elected master. Iu 1808,
the African Grand Lodgo woe formed
iu Boston, with the above-named
lodges. In 1827, the Grand Ledge of
Pennsylvania was instituted, and in
1847 the National Grand Lodge was
formed. The speaker said there are
uearly 100,000 colored Masons in this
country."
Taxes.?Somebody has figured out
the interesting fact that the total
amount of State, County, city and
town taxes collected in the United
States in 1870, was $280.591,000,
which was about 37 a bead for tbo en?
tire population. The total amount of
these taxes collected in 1860 was $94,
186,000, wbiob was about $3 a bead
for the entire population. It cost,
therefore, more than twice as much to
take care of a man iu his State, County
ami municipal relations in 1870 as it
did ten years before. This does not
include the Federal taxation. The net
ordinary expenses of the Federal Go
wrnmeut iu 1870 ware $161,421,000,
wbiob was $1 30 a head for the entire
population. In 1860 they were $60,
000,000, whiob was SI 91 a bead. In
1850 they were $37,165.000, which was
$1 60 n bend. In 1840 they were $24.
139,000, which was $1.40 a head. It
will be seen that while there was au iu
oreuse of 51 cents iu the per capita cost
of the Government from 1840 to 1860,
there was an increase of $2 36 in the
last decade, the rate being more thun
donbled.
United States District Court,
Charleston, December 30?Judge
Bryan presiding.?The petition of John
Mayers, of Jonesbor:), for voluutsry
bankruptcy, was referred to Registrar
Clawson, aud that of John S. Wolf
wus referred io Registrar Jaeger. Tb?
petitions of Absalom Wilson, Eldridgo
R. Chandler and Henry W. Mackey,
of Sumter, for final discharge, wore
referred to Registrar Seabrook, and
the fourth day of February next set
for final bearing. Juntos C. Keys was
floully discharged in bankruptcy.
The January term of the United
States District Court will begin on
Monday next, Judge Bryan presiding.
The jurors drawn for tbo term are re?
quested to be present.
Be Just to Yourself and Generous
to Your Wife.?Keep your farm ac?
counts correctly and regularly iu tbo
"Rural Accountant," and give your
wife a copy of the "Carolina House?
wife." Tbo largo salo of the Rural Ac?
countants has enabled the publishers,
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charles?
ton, S. G, to stereotype the forms, and
thus reduce the ooat. They now offer
the small size at 81, and the largo at
$1.50, per mail, postage prepaid. The
Carolina Housewife is Miss Rutledge's
old established oookery book, sod
nuuuiu uo iu cicij uuunts iu oaro*
Una. J If
"Yon havo broken my heart," said
the woman. "I am delighted," said
the man, "for you will find the pieces
so useful."
City Mattbbs.?Subscribe for tbe
Phosnix?don't borrow.
Heading matter on every page.
Largest selection of imported cigars
at tbe Columbia Hotel Cigar Store.
Transient advertisements and no?
tices must be paid for'in advance.
Choice brands of champagne and
other wines at Hardy Solomon's.
Something to boot?Lightning-rod.
peddlers.
Anything and everything in tbo gro?
cery line at Hardy Solomon's.
Brandy fruits, preserves, jellies,
jams, etc., at Hardy Solomon's gro?
cery.
Best imported Pariagas, eight for
oue dollar, at Colombia Hotel Cigar
Store.
Promptness and attention are the
roK'S at Hardy Solomon's grocery ea
tablibhment.
Give Hardy Solomon a trial, if yon
want anything in the grocery line.
His stock is fresh.
.'? Tbe Colombia Gas Light Company
have decided to reduce the price of gas
to 85 a thonsand feet.
Palmetto fine cut tobacco is the beet
in tbe city, and can be procured only
at the Indian Squaw Cigar Store.
Yesterday, the last day of the year,
was universally oonoeded to be the
most disagreeable of the season.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniatnre visiting oard to a four-sheet
pouter, turned out, at short notice,
from Phoenix ofilae. Try us.
Don't forget the Haverly'a to-mor?
row night, at Parker's Hall. Secure a
reserved seat at LyBrand's, and spend
a ploaRant evening. The company is
a perfect one in every respect.
Notwithstanding tbe very inoloment
weather, last night, many of the co?
lored churobes were filled, aud the new
year welcomed with hymns and
prayers.
Notices in the local column are
charged for at the rate of fifteen cents
a line, for nine linas or more. Lees
than that space, $1. All local refer?
ence to advertisements.ouarged for.
Is it abaolutely necessary that scraps
of paper, straw, etc, shonld be swept
into tbe streets from tbe different
stores at night? Tbe stuff might be
disposed of aome other way, and the
appearanoe of the streets improved.
Wa are requested to aay that the re?
port that Governor Chamberlain will
receive to-day at hia residence, is a
misapprehension. Mrs. Chamberlain
will receive, aa on former New Year's
days.
Colgate's soap man is taking every?
thing by storm. Mr. Frank. D. Hat
field, the go-ahead advertising agent,
is furnishing every family with a oake
of the "Sterling." It is a good ar?
ticle, aa all who use it will testify to.
A pair of handsome and aorviceable
iron gray horses, with a light vehicle,
are to be disposed of at a fair price
They will be sold together or sepa?
rately. Any information can be
obtained at Phcenix office.
A colored child died suddenly, a few
daVS nCO. and Clnrnnoy r.nlomar> V-;j?!d
an inquest and decided that the child
died of congestion of the brain. It
was stated that a soldier gave it a drink
of whiskey, but there was no evidence
before the jury to that effect.
The Grand Duke Nicholas?tbe Bus
siau royal son who stole his mother's
jewels to give them to Miss Pheniz, a
fascinating American courtezan?has
been pronounced insane. The Impe?
rial family ingeniously took this me?
thod of saving its honor. By-the-way,
this fasoinating Miss Phenix is be?
lieved to be a young lady from Colum?
bia.
The Phcenix Baia.?Bad weather
is no bar to the devotees of Terpsi?
chore, and last night they flocked to
Parker's Hall, where Captain Little's
"lire laddies," with a large number of
their lady friends, tripped the light
fantastic to the stirring strains of Prof.
Buohar'a string band until long after
the old year had been numbered
among tbe things that were, and tbe
now year began to feel itself firmly on
its limbs. Quadrille, polka, waltz,
with the graceful Cuban and tho ever
ohanging, always pleasing Lancers,
were followed by tho old time Virginia
Heel. The night was delightfully
spent, and many a pledge ex?
changed of a renewal of the frolic
on the next anniversary of the com?
pany's organization. When supper
was announced, all wont forward?
even those who felt that their caudal
appendages were an obstruction on
tbe floor above. Pat. Meighan super?
intended this division, and he eer
ft, ?J| mtmmmamm *_,- t_ ? im
.UlUlj UMM ?.?# UKUOU IUI VJ U IU JJ 1 U 1 11 W-1 I
one should judge from the repeated
calls for turkey, oysters and other
good things. Bot balls and sappers
must eome to an end, and $a mast this
paragraph.
Mail /vrrawoements.- ? Northern
mail opens 6.80 A. M., 8 p. M.; closes
11 A. M.,6 P. M. Charleston open> 8
A. M., 6.80 P. M.; closet 8 A. M.,6 P.
M. Western opens 6 A. M., 1 P.
M.; oloses 6, 1.30 P. M. Greenville
opens 8.45 P. M.: closes 6 A. M. Wil?
mington opens 4 P. M.; closes 10.80
A. M. On Sunday opeD from 2.80 to
3.30 P. M.
Phcekixiana.?If yoa plant a puppy,
what would come np? Dogwood.
Subscribe for the Phoenix.
How to get rich- Live on air aud
sleep on a clothes line.
A man with a big aoae isn't always
handsome, but he's nobby,
t No man osn truly feel for tbe poor
without fooling in his pocket.
Why was Both very rude to Boaz?
Because she pulled his ears and trod
on his corn.
Joaquio Miller nan written about
"A Storm in Venice.'1 Mrs. Miller is
probably there.
A philosopher has discovered that
men don't object to be overrated, ex?
cept by assessors.
Cicero said, "The posuit of all
things should be calm aud tranquil."
How about capturing fleas?
When Noah made tbe ark fast with
a cable tow, there was a tied iu tbe af?
fairs of men taken at tbe flood.
When a dead man is spoken of as
"tbe late Mr. Smith," the inference is
that he did not die early enough.
The crow is not so bad a bird after
all. It never shows tbe white feather
and never complains without caws
Procrastination used to be the thief
of time, but since Tardy has been
killed by D. Lay, things are somewhat
mixed.
List op New Advertisements.
Meeting Board of Trade.
Price of Gaa Light Redhead.
Strayed?Sorrel Horse.
Hotel Arrivals. December 31 ?
Hendrix. House?J W Taylor, J \V
Coogler, Lexington; W L Smith, Miss
L E Smith, F O Hicksoo. D O Bryco,
Batesville; G Dixoo, A B Cbampy, J
Wulpole, S C; W B Smith, Lvncb
burg; T F Swionie, Chesterfield; W T
Osboro, Tenn; W H Aboil, Chester.
Mansion [louse ?A. E Orafft, Joseph
Sullivan, Society Hill; F Sims, S C;
Joseph Darrenaky, Wiun?boro; S O
Kaminor, C E L?apbart. Ohas J Hen?
drix, Lexington; J K Hawkins, An
derr.oo; John H Howard, Greenville;
H D ! I/, mi tor, Biohland; Cbas Law
sou, W .'.mington; B F Manldin, G &
ORB.
Beuablb Testimony.?It oanuotbe
reasonably supposed tbat when a per?
son icstiSss to the riSoQ?j of a rpmeuy
whose benefits he has experienced,
without solicitation, that he does eo
for the purpose of misleading the pub?
lic, or from any other motive than
that of gratitodo. It is still more un?
reasonable to suppose that eminent
physicians would corroborate the evi?
dence thus given, unless they were
persuaded of its truth. Tbe proprie?
tors of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters p.re
constantly in the receipt of voluntary
testimonials acknowledging the cura?
tive and preventive potency of this
benefloent tonic and corrective, ema?
nating not only from those who have
felt its influence, but also from well
known members of the medical pro?
fession, both here and abroad, who
have witnessed its effects, and pre?
scribed it ift tbeir private practice. In
tbe face of snob evidence as this, to
wbiob tbe widest publicity bos repeat?
ed!; bees sires, it would be ab??id >o
question the medicinal virtues of the
Bitters. Skepticism upon this point
was long ago disarmed, and they are
to-day as much respected and far more
widely known than many of tbe offici?
nal remedies which figure conspicu?
ously in tbe pbarmacopav.a. They.are
universally recognized to be the su?
preme remedy for intermittent and re?
mittent fevers, dyspepsia, liver com?
plaint, general debility, disorders of
tbe bowels and nervousness, as well as
a means of fortifying the system
against malarious influences aud those
which operate injuriously upon the
sensitive organs. Whether used as a
remedy for actual disease, as a means
of building up the broken down phy?
sique, or of hastening convalescence,
tbey are never resorted to in vain, and
they often restore complete health
when prescribed remedies can not even'
initiate its recovery. J lf3f I /
# ? o>
Fcbohoott, Benedict & Co.,
Charleston, S. C.?presents fob
the Holidays?Extraordinary In?
dl'cements ?Best StaJ^Jfd, Print&fr
6c. up. Long Cloth, from 6a. opT
Sheeting, 80o. up. Wool Flannel,
25o. np. Fine Dres% Goods aud AI
paccas, 25o. up. Wool Blankets,
Si .85 per pair up. Full lines of Jeans,
Cassimeres, Cloths, BibboDB and
every variety of Dress Goods, Cloaks,
Shawls, Furs. House-keeping Goods,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Bugs, etc Keep
iug the largest aud best selected stock
South, we can, with confidence, assore
onr friends and the public, tbat by
purchasing of us, by order, or per?
sonally, they will save from 20 to 25
percent. Samples sent on application.
All retail orders over $10 sent free of
ohargo. Goods sent 0. O. p. Make
remittances by P O. Order, Draft, or
per Express. Brauohes at Atlanta, Ga.,
and Jacksonville, Fie., where goods
can be obtained at the same prices.
Jl t
John Murphy, who was exoonted at
Oarson, Nevada, Tuesday, for murder,
on the soaffoM made some remarks
professing bis belief in spiritualism,
and at the came time uttering horriblo
blasphemy.