The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 05, 1875, Image 2
COLUMBIANS, a
Tae? lay, Morning, January, -5,1875.
Tbc Means of a More peoaro and More
. Kitondctl "r^rosporlty.
It is a foot, we believe, as stated by
Mr. 0. W. Howard,' that South Caro?
lina, notwithstanding negro domina?
tion, the oppressions of the Govern?
ment end fearful (taxation, is agricul?
turally more prosperous, or rather less
depressed, than any one of the cotton
States.1, Some of the causes are not far
to oeok, although others may elude our
search. Our unrivalled olimate and
soil,, and comparative exemption from
disasters of flood, oold, worm,' cutor
pillor, &o., havo much to do with it.
The old, good dfsbipliue of labor not
yet altogether lost, has also something.
Our neoaliar. Dolifcioal condition lor the
last hall dozen year*has compelled the
most alrouuoua.exertion. Some have
go no down in the struggle, but others
hate successfully breasted this, adverse
tide. The energies, intelligence and
ambition which are restrained from,
seeking the field of publlo lifo, and
shut out from all its emoluments and
honors, have told in tho direction in
which they have been put forth. The
extension of the area of cotton culture
through the use of our phosphates,
into a region where all supplies are
grown easily and as a matter of course,
should also be taken into account.
And the almost exclusive cultivation of
?cotton by the colored people, and their
confinement mainly in their purchases
(al v/ayo excepting whiBkey and tobacco)
' to the mere necessaries of life, help to
make this show of agricultural pros?
perity the more striking. But it cuu
be made more than a show with pro?
per economy in living, by skill and
.good judgment in planting,, and by
taking Isteps to convert the cotton
growo in the State into yarn and
cloth. As things are, we realize only
half the profits it is capable of yield?
ing. In faot, by having to exchange
cotton for supplies and farm stock,
und by not adding to it the value of
oonvorsion into fabrics and yarn, by
not oavibg freight, wastage, and all the
Varied expense* of transportation and
multitudinous handling, it takes us
a round of toil from *Janrmrj
to ' January,' without corresponding
benefit. But suppose these things,
bo mo of whioh largely consume the
crops end others by not being added,
detract from their val?e, were differ?
ent. That io the problem to be solved
here. The cotton orop ohorjld not go
for bread, meat, . corn, flour, i bay,
fruito or the common. necessary cloth
for laborers. While nq slice should be
taken out of it to supply wants that
can otherwise be better met, it should
have added to it all the value which
manufacturing up to a certain point
aan.ffiva it- Wo hava a fronh mm in dar
of what manufacturing can do for a
community in the statements just made
of the business of the Augusta Fac?
tory and the Graqitevillo Company,
and in the prices of .their stooke. The
former has declared o quarterly divi
deud of three per cent., free of taxes;
the latter ?f four per cent!.; The Presi?
dent of the Augusta Factory states in
his report, thai he has more confidence
in it and that itiain a better condi?
tion than ever before. They were bet?
ter able to turn out a larger cumber of
yards of goods and their orders are
now ahead of their t production. This
company half paid since the war 81,
122,000 in dividends, and also paid
S50D.00D in the aama time for sew ma?
chinery and improvements. It rnns
28,000 spindles and 700 looms, soon to
be increased to 780- Mills at the North
have. beOn running1 on reVluoed time,
and until lately the business has been
drooping. Even now it is not good.
Not so at the South, where it is judi?
ciously managed. It would be a good
thing for us if we could learn this use?
ful lesson from our neighbors. We
have often pointed to it. It may bo
seen and read of all men. We have
eqaal advantages. It behooves us to
improve them. -
They Meant Bobinbss.?The Con?
gressional opmmittees of investigation,
into Southern affairs must Lave on in?
teresting time of it. At Montgomery,
the other day, colored witnesses testi*
fled that before the Ute eleotion the
Kepubiicau candidates promised to
divide the white' Democrats' land, fur
uiture, bedding -ajia . household . pro*,
petty amongst them. They complained
to tho .committee that none of these:
promises'! Had' been kept, and desired
to knov/ of thorn j! ?hoy bad come?
down' to ceo thetn righted oud to se
oufci'for them. - the realization of thoir
df^jjltj^ty^cres if^a'itule. ]
AWp|)baod OUariey ll?sa baa been
found in Charlotte, K, O. ' ? >
PIneat Prorlilon Crop*? H ?r?ace Cation
Area KH4 BtMke More Uollon,
Wo have dow entered upon another
year, and oar farmers and planters
will soon begin to prepare for.crops.
They will' be wise if they lay it down
as an inflexible rale, first, to solioit
from tboir land alt tbo prodaots neces?
sary to sastain life that it is capable of
yielding, or that arc required; and,
secondly, to model their cotton orop
upon that of Mr. Wartheu, of Georgia.
He produced five bales of cotton to
the aore, and with very little labor
latter planting. Bat the laud was in
perfect order to receive the need, tho?
roughly manured, the best seed used,
and judicious garden-like oulluro
adopted. Marvelous un was his suo
oess, it is possible to achieve it ugain,
and perhaps surpass it. "Notwith?
standing," says C. V>\ Howard, in the
lust Rural Carolinian, "tho well-estab
lishod result of Mr. Warthcn's cele?
brated aore of cotton, I do not believe
that the possibilities of an acre of oot
ton have been reached. When expe?
rimental science has proved preoieely
what is tbo fertilizer, and what pro?
portions that will produce the greatest
amount of lint to the stalk of cotton,
and when market garden culture is
used, the maximum will probably be
learned." The average farmer may
not dream of equaling or approxi?
mating this grand achievement, but it
is a lesson for him, nevertheless. It
should teach him the way to get out of
the old ruts of getting only a balo of
cotton from three to five acres. The
first requisite is to appreciate his pre?
sent backward position, due to neglect
of home comforts and requirements
and waste of labor upon boundless
aotton area. Raiso supplies sufficient
and to spare. Conoentrate upon a
small area for cotton, and make it tell.
Soioidks.?The disposition to com?
mit snioide seems to be a growing one
in this country. Oar columns con?
tained an account tho other day of the
striking and sad case of Colonel An?
derson, in Atlanta; then of a Presby?
terian minister in Washington, and for
the past month there has not been a
single day in which the telegraph has
not made one or more additions to the
list. A correspondent, writing from
Indianapolio to the Oinoinnati (7im.
mercial, mentions a large number that
have occurred in that oity; some of
them being, apparently, without pro?
vocation. Two men who wero well to
do in the world terminated their ex?
istence to avoid the payment of taxes.
They seem to have thought it time to
square the account with one govern?
ment and ta open a now one with an?
other, under the conviction, doubtless
that the worst government on the
other sidu of death was an improve?
ment upon "the best the world ever
saw." What is singular, thoro was but
one bnchclor among the number, while
the names of eevotal unmarried girls
appear who bad loved and lost. The
statistics of N-iW York show u largo iu
orease in that city also, and if wo keep
on in thiB way wo will rival tbo old Ro?
mans in our readiness to face the dis?
advantages and dangers of another
world in preference to cudariug i ho
cares and disappointments of this.
The leading Democratic papers in
this State endorsed the Oivil Rights
Bill by advocating tho ek-utiou of
Judgo Green. ? Union.
The old misrepresentation again.
Yon know better. The Democratic
papers do not oppose the civil rights of
the colored people, but this bill has
objeotionablo and unwise provisions,
and is meant us a fire-brand, and they
do no! approve of it. How often do
yon propose to repeat this brazen as?
sertion?
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The Death of Ledhu Kollin*.?A
cable telegram yesterday announced
the death of Alexander August Ledru
Bollin, the noted French journalist
and Republican politician. He was
born in Paris in 1808, became an ad?
vocate in 1830, and was frequently en?
gaged to defend offenders aguinst the
government of Louis Phillippo. He
soon became conspicuous by reason of
his vehement character and extreme
opinions, and was dirpctly an avowed
representative of the Communist inte?
rest. He was prominent in tho revo?
lution of 1848 in Franco, and was
third on the poll in tho candidature for
Jbo Presidency of the republic. Hav?
ing been implicated in a oouopiracy to
overthrow*Louis Napoleon, he sought
safety in England in June, 1819, where
he published. "La Deoadenoo de
l'Aogieterre." in Trfclcb ho expressed
the bitterest anliaoaitica against the
institutions and ideas of Great Britain.
He published several other ^erks on
legal and political subjects, all cba~rao~
terizsd by extreme views. He always
freternizod with the most uotablo of
tho proscribed men and agitators of
too age, suoh an Mazzini, Kosantb,
Hugo and other?.
),',. '.. o ? .
I Mr. Harrey Gr on er, of Gast on
County, N. 0., saioided on the 1st.
LOUISIANA?EliOQ?KNT tiPEXOH OF |
Hon. B. H. Mark. ? In the Democratic
re-union &t the Manhattan Club, last
evening, says the New York Tribuna
of Wednesday, the feature of the even*
ing that seems to have called for the
greatest' enthusiasm was Mr. Marr's
eloquent uppenl for jastice to Louisi?
ana:.
Two years ago, by the combining of
discordant elements, (hitherto dis?
cordant but united in wanting an ho?
nest administration of the pnblio af?
fairs,) we olected a Qovernor and a
Legislature at a majority ruuging from
9,000 to 10,LH)0 votes. That faot wus
demonstrated; yet the President of the
United States, usurping a function
never contemplated by the Constitu?
tion, never oonfurred by that sacred
instrument, obose to keep in place in
Louisiana people who were defeuted
by the voico of tho people for Go?
vernor, for Lioutunaut-Goveruor, for
Auditor?indeed, for all tho otliceu
connected with the Government. The
voice of Louisiana was silenced by the
President of the United States. I
hope?my people hope?we struggle;
and at the recent eduction, as I buvo
juBt told yon, we hare gained a victory
as decided as that which you have
gained. Yet telegrams from Washing?
ton City aunounoe to-day that it is the
determination of the President of the
United States to doul with Louisiana
with a rough band. Aud, gentlemen,
you, tho members of this club, und
our friends and sympathizers through?
out the oountry, say to us: "Louisi?
ana, be patient; wait a little while
lunger." Ah! gentlemen, we have
been patient; we have been long suf?
fering; we have endured beyond your
oomproheneiou to understand. Expe
rieuco alone could enlighten you us to
what we havo endured iu the State of
Louisiana. But, gentlemen, I would
not detain you. We mean to preserve
the public peace aa far as it is possible
for us to do so, und we mean to make
a square, straight-out issue with
Grautism. | Applause. | I do not use
the language of menace. I meau no
threat to anybody, bat it is the fixed
determination of the people of Louisi?
ana to endeavor to seat those men in
power whom they have selected and
ohosen, and they will do it unless they
are stopped by the direct interposition
of the Federal soldiers. And we mean
to throw upou the Federal Govern?
ment the responsibility of dispersing
the legally elected Legislature of oue
of the States of this Union?|cries of
"good," and groat applause!?and I
would defy him to take upon hie
shoulders that additional burden.
Gentlemon, I don't know whether it
be true or whether it be not true, but
X U?T? seen it announced by the tele?
graph, and I have seen it reported in
the most respectable newspspers from
correspondents in Washington City,
that Gen. Grant not long ago threat?
ened the people of Louisiana, that if
they made any further resistance he
would send another man down there,
and somebody woald be hurt. But,
for the bouor of this nation, I hopo
that the Executive ofllcor of the nation
never utterod a sentiment so atrocious,
"Sornebody will be hurt!" Is that a
threat to us? Since when has this
country become so demoralized that
those ohosen to execute the popular
will of tbe people become rulers over
the people aud trample them like
slaves? Couple that idea that some?
body is goiug to bo hurt, with tbe re
ucnt announcement that. Gen. Sheridan
has been sent to New Orleans! Sheri?
dan! We care nothing for Sheridan!
But Sheridan knew himself, he was
gentleman enough to understand by
bis experience iu New Orleans that ho
was not well received thero. He was
not even received well socially. The
fact stand* out to-day that he was not
acceptable to the people of Louisiana.
Put this ond that together, "Some?
body's going to be hurt;" send a roan
down there who is already occupying
a hostile position to tho people of
Louisiana. A man is sent to that
highly excited people who bos no
afJQliationd with them in any point of
view. It is the very means to rnu
down these people. "Somebody will
be hurt!" Great God! hasn't some?
body been hurt already? Como to my
beautiful State, with a soil and olimate
producing in the richest abundance
the great Btaple.s?sugar, rice and cot?
ton?things that all tho world wants
iu rich profusion; with every appliauce,
every means of uuoamulatiog wealth,
yet not one man in ten is uble to pay
his taxes! Our city, lying nt tbe
mouth of a great river which drains
tho rioheat valley on tbe face of God's
earth, yet our commefco langniibiiig!
We bavo been hurt already. We have
seen our liberties ruthlessly trampled
under foot. Wo have been reduced
from tbe condition of a free Stato of
this Union to a mere military pro?
vince. Tho Government of Louisiana,
to-day, is a meru military government.
Tkade Abiioad.?London Neves ad?
vices, of the 7th tilt., with regard to
tho iron, tho plate und coal trade of
South Wales, euy that "prospects are
ominous for the disputes that are
likely to arise between masters and
men iu regard to tho wages question
may result in total stagnation at all
the works. The difficulties will not
be confined to tbe iron trade only; but
if masters carry out what appears to
be their intention at present, there
iVitti hn troublous ti^cs ~:ih the col'
liera ulso. The men will not enter?
tain the thought of any farther reduc?
tion in the rate of wages. From Shef?
field, the London limes has advices of
the 5th, saying that "iron is becoming
doaror, and futuro contracts cannot be
entered into for special descriptions
without an advance of from 80s. to ?2
a ton."
A Sharp Darkey. ? Some days since
a colored troop called at the residence
of a lady in the lower part of the city
end offered several fowls for sale. The
lady told him Bhe did not desire to
purchase tho chickens, but that she
did want a pair of geese. The darkey
[informed her that ho hnd two ganders
for sale. These, however, would not
do. Finally, the fifteenth ameudment
recollected that ho owned a pair of the
desired birds and set off after them.
He return.id in a few moments with
the pair, the gander as white as snow
aud the goose u huudsome black. The i
delighted housewife at once purchased
tho birds and the troop went bis way a
richer mun. Tho geese were placed iu
tho yard and their uew owner thought
no more of them until an hour or two
afterwards, when on going to the hack
door sbo espied her favorites splutter?
ing in a pool of water. The transfor?
mation that had taken place held bor
spell-bound. Both gerse were now
perfectly white and obviously of the
mule persuasion. The cause of this
siugulir metamorpboeis was evident.
The darkey, with an eye to business,
had blacked one of the guuders with
soot and pns?ed it off oh a gooso. The
ablations of the bird removed this and
the gander stood revealed. Tho
darkey will probably be tho next Re?
publican oaudidate for President of
tho United States.
Postal Deficiencies ?The Senate
sub-Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads have been at work on the
subject of postal deficiencies and the
cause thereof, nod as n matter of inte?
rest iu connection therewith, the fol?
lowing figures are given: States which
report nu excess of receipts over ex?
penditure*?New Hampshire. 841,
439.49; Massachusetts, 8616,776.74;
Rhode Island. 8111,865.79; Connecti?
cut, 5189.811.33; New York, 31.121.
4C3 98; New Jersey, 847.573 ?5; Penn?
sylvania, 8431,620 62. All tho rest or
the States show that their expenditures
are in excess of their receipts. Texas
and California show the largest defi?
ciencies, they being as follows: Texas,
8524,854.01; California, 8504,178.76.
Next come on the losing side, Mis?
souri, Utah, New Mexico, Illinois, Ne?
braska, Ohio, Kansas aud Minnesota,
all of which rnn over 8250,000, aud
most of tbotu 8300,000. The District
shows a deficiency of 876,039.62. Total
deficiencies, 87,306,845.59. Totul
in exooss, 82 560,557.90. From the
exhibit it will be seeu that in the New
England States, where there is a dense
population, the postal service more
than pays for itself; whereas, iu tho
othor States, most of which are
sparsely Fettled, tbo Post Office De?
partment is minus.
United States District Court?
Charleston, December 31? Jadge
Bryan presiding. In the matter of D.
B. Hough, bankrupt, the report of
Registrar Seabrook was referred back,
with order to report as to the residence
of the bankrupt. The report of Wm.
Monroe, President of the Merchants'
and Planters' Bank, in the matter of
Stoney, Lowndes k Co., bankrupts,
salo of collaterals, was oonfirmed, and
the petitioner wus allowed to prove
claim against bankrupt, less forty-seven
dollare. In the report of sale of col?
laterals of John Fisher, iu the matter
of Stoney, Lowndes & Co., the same
order was made as above In the pe?
tition of Mary T. Whitmicr, for an iu
janction in the matter of Henry Whit
mier, bankrupt, an order was granted
enjoining all officers, &c, from selling
property of tho bankrupt, and that a
copy of the order be served on J. J.
Carriugton, Sheriff.
Rich Gold Finding, in Georgia ?
The Atlanta papers publish an account
of a very rich find of gold in North
Georgiu. Rumors had beeu afloat for
several days concerning a new gold
mice of immense richness, where
many lumps in a pure state had been
picked up on the surface, varying in
vulue from thirty to forty peuuy
weights, when a small number of per?
sons repaired to the spot. They suuk
an ordinary shaft known uniong
miners, and after catting through a
bud of slate, struck what has proven to
be one of the richest veins ever disco?
vered on the continent. It is in North
Georgia, und within an hour's ride of
Chattanooga. Two or three duye'
work with a few bands yielded sixteen
pounds of pure gold.
A New York faro dealer thus de?
nounces three-card mouto in tho
Evening Post: "The mouto men do
not possess the confidence of the gam?
bling fraternity. I, for example, am
a furo-doalor and poker-player, and do
not consider a monte man entitled
c-ven to my good will?I despise him
as the Bishop of Now York probably
despises me. Ho is as far below men,
a fair-deuliog, open and ubove-bourd
gambler, us I am below the bishop.
But that ra neither here nor there.
Warn your readers aad colleagues
against mo a-i much us you choose.
'Tell them not to play t-quaru' gamo of
faro or poker, but let the scamps who
'buck* tho monte men lose as they de?
serve to."
A Wabsino.?Last evening a man,
named August ?schert, in a saloon
over the Rhine, made a wager of 810
that he could drink ten glasses of beer
and threo bottles of wine withia a pe?
riod of ten minutes. He gulped down
tbo stated amount of beer and theu at?
tacked iuo wiub. As he tfas ??g?god
ia forcing down his throat the last
glass of the third bottle of wine he
fell senseless to the floor. The glutton
was carried into Bremen street station
aud a saesserger sent for a physician,
who labored long with hit patient, but
at last accounts ?schert was not ex?
pected to survive.
[Cincinnati Commercial.
Cht Mattem.?Subscribe for the
PHowrx?don't borrow.
The days are gradually lengthening
now.
Largest felection of imported cigars
at the Colnmbia Hotel Cigar Store.
Write it on your heart, that every
day is the betit day in the year.
Transiont advertisements nnd no?
tices must be paid for in advance.
There is great complaint of tho con?
dition of the streets. Look to the
matter, Messrs. City Fathers.
Palmetto fino cut tobacco is the best
in the city, and cau be procured only
at tho Indian Squaw Cigar Store.
It appears that tho weather is as
difficult to get settled as some of tbe
old Pikexix accounts.
The anniversary parade of the Pal?
metto Steam Fire Eogino Company is
postponed to a future day.
Best imported Partagas, eight for
ouo dollar, at Columbia Hotel Cigar
Store.
Miller's Almannc, for 1875?"Hei
nitah's" edition improved. A limited
edition of copies for sale at Heinitsh's
drug ktore.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from Pn<ENix ofiico. Try us.
Tbe world moves and so does Char?
ley Carroll. He has returned to his
former stamping-ground?the old
; Brennen & Carroll coach factory, cor?
ner of Washington and Sumter streets.
Mr. Carroll is a skilled workman.
We oftex receive letters, asking to
have the paper sent or continued, and
stating that tbe umount fcball bo paid
soon. To all soob, we reply, that tbe
request cannot be complied with. In
order to have tbe Fiicenix sent, it is
absolutely necessary to remit tho sub?
scription, together with the postage,
when the paper is ordered.
Sdicide.?Mr. ChaB. AI brecht, while
laboring under a fit of temporary ab?
erration, yesterday afternoon, shot him?
self in the head with a Colt's navy pis?
tol?a portion of tho brain being oar
| ried away. He lingered nntil about 12
o'clock last night, and then died. He
leaves a wife, but no ohildren. Mr.
I Albrecht has been in delicate health
for several weeks.
Sale-day.?Yesterday was sale-day,
and although a large amount of pro?
perty was advertised, not a great deal
was disposed of. The following are
the principal sales:
The Sheriff (Mr. J. Levin, auc?
tioneer,) Bold that two-story brick
building, North-east corner of Riohard
son and Gervais streets?26 by 82
feet?for 85,225; the property belong?
ing to Mrs. C. A. Calnan. A tract of
246 aores, in Riohland County, for
31,100. Another tract of 446 aores,
for 31,251. The Trezevant homestead,
North-east corner Plain and Marion
streets, 85,500.
Messrs. D. C. Poixotto & Soob sold
a seven-thirtieth interest.iu the Saluda
Factory for 325,600, and one-tenth
for 39,000?one-third cash, balance in
one aud two years. Wm. Johnston,
E*jq , was the purchaser. Forty head
horses and mules sold at prices from
310 to 3100 cash.
Messrs. H. & S. Beard sold a house
and lot on Harden street, the home?
stead of the late John Stevens, for
3466. A lot of horses at an average of
880; two mules for 3137. A house
aud lot on the corner of Plain and
Gates streets for 32,400.
A Good Beqiskino.?The beginning
of the year, conventional though it be,
is aa excellent occasion to form good
resolutions of all kinds, and cone is
' better than that which a Virginia
statesman once designated the philoso?
pher's stone, "Pay as yon go." To
make a resolution like this worth any?
thing, it should at onoe be put into
notion. "Cease to do evil, learn to do
j well," are the first letters in the alpha?
bet of repentance Tbe beginning of
the new year is celebrated by nmny by
making gifts. This is well. Be just,
however, before being generous, and
celebrate tho occasion where you owe
little bills by paying them. And be?
sides, if men want to make the new
year happy to others, there is no pro?
cess by whioh saoh general happiness
would be produced as by paying
debts. We do not speak of the h onesty
of the transaction,jthough a recognized
debt unsottled must weigh on the mind
of overy man who has a conscience.
Bat only think what general relief and
satisfaction it would give if all the
small bills now due were paid. Wnat
you pay to another enables that other
to pay some ono elae, and bo on
through au incalculable number.
Many an honest man now finds himself
no able to pay his debts beoause some
small sums due him have not been
puid. What better way of boginning
a ft aw yenr than Retting; in motion, by
the payment of small bills, the ma?
chinery whioh will bring relief and
happiness to so many firesides? Pay
your Bmall bilts now, and make It a
point hereafter to pay a*you go. That
is the freest economy, and prevents
Id justice, to your fellow-men, extrava?
gance in your own households, tad
misery ana perhaps went in others.
Dxatb or a Centenarian.? Mrs.
Frederika Heyman Boaeaberg? a na?
tive of Hambarg, Germany, departed
this life in this city, on the 2d, at the
advanced age of 103. She bad been
bed-ridden for many years, and been
looked after by the Hebrew and Ma?
sonic societies.
Finish the Sacked Eomcs,?The
Columbia Choral Union propose to
give a oonoert ou Thursday evening
next, for the purpose of assisting in
the completion of the Washington
Street Methodist Church. It is hoped
that a large number ot tickets will be
subscribed for, so that the work on
tbo building may be pushed forward
and tbo early spring see the edifice
completed. What say our ? music
lovers? Tbo members of the Union
are earnest in their work of charity.
Phchnixiana.?What times are the
beat? Meal times.
Advioo is like kissing?it don't ocst
anything and is a pleasant thing to do.
Why is U the gayest letter in the al?
phabet? Because it is the' centre of
fun.
Punch has discovered' that' the
friends of the unfortunate lie a long
way off.
Rubber bustles "what blow up" are
coming into fashion again. Oar lungs
are weak.
Conkling says that Grant will sign
anything that Congress will pass.
Sposin' they try .the ' temperanoe
pledge.
An exchange' has an acquaintance
wbo remarks that he has often heard
the proverb, "A friend in need is a
friend indeed," but he says he can't
sec where the laugh comes in. He
has a friend iu need who is always
borrowing money of him.
LibT of New Advertisements.
Missouri State Lottery.
Chicora Tribe, L O. R M.
Palmetto Steam Fire Engine Co.
It. Hannau?For Bent.
John Agoew & Son?Oil.
B. I. Boone?To Execators, &o.
Mrs. Middletoc?School Notioe.
HOTEL Arrivals, January d.?Man?
sion Rouse?Geo W Wilson, Charles?
ton; John T Sloan. Jr. J D Pelot, A
Crawford, John A Bollin, oity; J O F
Sims, Biehland; T O Whitworth, He?
lena; Eugene B Gary, Edgefleld; A E
Blitcb, Alston; D B Duncan, Spartan
burg; P E Wise, Prosperity; Lovi
Manson, Orangeburg; J S Gatboart,
Winnsboro; B F Mautdin, G & C B B.
The New Orleans Pioayune is jubi?
lant over the large receipts of cotton at.
the principal cities of the South dar?
ing the present season, and ascribed
the increased receipts over last year to
the extraordinary fine weather for
pioking and hauling, and the efficiency
and better organization of labor. The
Picayune adds: "One of the gratifying
incidents of last year's industry in the
South ia the economy which has ac?
companied it. One of oar most intel?
ligent bank presidents said, a few days
ago, that there has been a saving of
$15,000,000 in production and econo?
my in the crap whioh comes tov this
oity. With such a production and
snob an economy in the direction of it,
wbo oan doubt the rapid restoration of
the prosperity and wealth of the
South?"
The Upringfleld (Moss.) Republican
says, "one of the somebodies that is
going to 'get hurt,' if this basiness
of employing the Federal army to
subvert governments goea on, is the
Republican party. The American peo?
ple got very tired of it sometime ago;
they are uow uneasy and anxious; they
are liable to become indignant. That
some of the most influential party
leaders have a correct appreciation of
the popular feeling, and are personally
in sympathy with it, we know. Whe?
ther they have the courage of their
convictions and fears, is another ques?
tion."
A Down-Easter has invented a self
opening coffin, with alarm telegraph
attached, to guard against living baris).
The ooming man, it appears; is to be
buried with a Morse key in his hand,
to enable him to let hit friends know
when he concludes to come bock. If
the deoeased are to have ?elegraphio
communication with theAfeving, the
bourne from whence r-fflSfraveler re?
turns will lose half its terrors, and ma?
terialization will be altogether unneces?
sary.
Indiana is in the happy condition of
having no State dtbt. The auditor,
in his biennial report, states that,
after the 1st day of January, the debt
of the State will be 81,450,000, paya?
ble at intervals daring the next three
or four years. 'He adds that the in
oome of the State from the Illinois
Central Bailroad will be amply oaflK
cient to pay the interest as it accrues,
and the prinoipal as it falls due. So .
that dobt may be said to be practically
paid. ?
A railroad train in Michigan broke
down, recently, and the passengers
alighted. Among them was an old
gentleman who, to fill up tbo time,
wandered off to an adjacent hoaae.
There he encountered an old flame of
his whom he bad not seen for years.
Within a few days the couple were
married.
Dr. C. B. Adams, of Augusta, foil
in the banal, at Grauitovillo, on the
2d, and was drowned. Mr! J. Stead
man Clark, an old oltizen of Aagttato.
died on tho 23. Mr. Evans Wardlaw,
ot the cams city, who was ornshed be?
tween two cars a short time ago, died
?a the 2d.