The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 05, 1875, Image 2
Frilay Morning, March 5, 187?.
T*M Cats* of TreMuric Carduxo.
The -discussion of this case was ra?
sa med yesterday morning, in the Honie
of ttepresentatives. Upon the oou
?filaeioD of the remarks of Mr. Boston,
<\t dewberry, Mr. Barker, of Edge
r&eld, moved that the House agree to
the report of the Joint Special Com?
mittee, and appoint a committee of
ttve on the part of the Honse and
on the part of the Senate, to frame an
?address to the Governor, asking the
resQval of the Treasurer. Mr. Meetze,
of Lexington, a member of the com?
mittee, and the gentleman referred to
in Mr. Gardozo's reply, as one "who
<may be regarded aa qualified by his
acuity and profession to discuss the
questions involved," delivered a speech
in favor of the resolution, which threw
<a strong light over the whole subject.
BA>. Meetze was laboring under physi?
cal weakness, bot his spirit was earnest,
frant and patriotic in the treatment of
the delioate questions involved in it.
He had indulged the hope that when
the oew scheme for funding thepublio
?debt had been inaugurated, it would
i-have marked a new and better era;
XV:at peculation, fraud and spoliation
would have henceforth been discounts
jnaneed and discontinued. But inves?
tigation shows that this was a delusive
vbope; that the parties who have
vjaeejed fpou the people of South Caro?
lina and^eagalpqed them iu an ocean
of ?ebt"and infamy," are 'not content
?witk ?jteje,-subita nee, their .blood and -
-?flea^jjtodwar^ak, bub appbar ready to
. grie*l**p> their very bones to stake
, profit ont of them. Iu saying this, he
.edaimed to be absolutely free from
? W98frtf-ltta* feeling *nd magnify. '
> He And ?bieaseif, when the bill to re
<*4oa? take volume of the publio debt
name before the Hopse,-vat ,UUe last
^esoioa?a/bilj tfcju paternity of which
'?ae Treasurer claims' 'ant! boasts of?
tnalotho motion to insert the olauso
whirl* rebooted the con version bonds
brows' it* operation, it aas this
plank upon which . the Repobli
?aa .party had chiefly reliedv for
?ao^ti# in the 'last campaign. Had
-fee -feeowe. ?as much then as he
'?toes now, had he possessed the in?
formation whioh the Treasurer must
?have possessed,' be would have gone
(farther and introduced other olausea
Car the rejection of the hypothecated
fronds, which fhis investigation has de?
monstrated to be equally fraudulent
with the conversion bonds. The Trea
aarer. necaaserily knew the oharaoter of
both, ahd he was not vigilant to reject
?ither. Oa Abe eontrary, he bad left a
gap open for their easy entrance.
Wo ssadot follow Mr. Meetza in all
the(striking points whioh he made. He
?ras partienlarly impressive in the view
?hieb he urged of the varying oharaoter
of the Treasurer's zeal for the interests
of the State. When tho General Ab
sMssbly, at the last session, ordered a
bill of Mr. Hardy Solomon's to. be
paid, he showed vigilance and firmness
iu rejeotiug one item of $25,000, whioh
fee regarded as doubtful. He would
aot yield his objections until be re?
ceived special and renewed directions
tcoax the General Assembly to psy the
dajm, So it was in the matter of the
??ttifloates of indebtedness ordered to
he iasped by him, at the earns session,
in behalf of several claimants. Mr.
Cargoes fought against this positive
order with all his might, oarryiog the
nine eases whioh grew oat of it up to
tfee&ipreme Ouprt, and finally to the
UatMretates Supremo Court. This
asai\ Whioh might be cousiderod oom
?aeudable io eae point of view, was
altogether lacking when it should have
btMQ equally exhibited in defeuoe and
protection of the groat interests of the
State against tbe funding of fraudulent
bonds snd coupons. Personal interest
*Lgaie?t the one elass of oases, and in
fiavor of tbe other, only oan explain
this remarkable contradictory course
of the Treasurer. Mr. Meetze handled
?mother poioj very conclusively. ? The
committee had stated, by way of show?
ing the fraejduVent oharaoter of tbe in?
terest coupons allowed to be landed
?Sj Mr. Gir'fc^ 5?o? Js'.y, 1967, up tc
?which liu^?pi Interest had boeo fund
od, down taffitober, 187), that the total
Amount faUtugdaei in that period was
?1.586,702 24, and the amount paid
was $1,001,146 40. being $14,384.16
snore than was eetimated by tbe Corap
tcoiler-General as falling , doe. The
Treasurer denied these Agares, and
woflsrtook to show that there was an in?
terest baaanoe, witfcin these years when
interest was paid, or par* of tho time
paid, in gold, of $567,246.30 unpaid.
He claimed that this was a sufficient
soaoher as to the legality and regulari?
ty of the coupons presented to and re
oelved by him, amounting to nearj
?800,000. and maturing daring that!
period. The official record* oootaiued
in the reports aud resolutions demon?
strate that this was simply impossible;
as impossible from the faots as it was
antecedently improbable. We give
these figures substantially as they were
read by Mr. Meetae:
Comptroller's report for
1868- 69. pagoa 14 and 31,
in reports and resolu?
tions, publics interest dne
to Ojtober 31, 1869....876*.283 90
Comptroller's roport for
1869- 70, page 62, re?
ports and resolutions,
publio interest due to
October 31, 1870........ 338.693 86
Comptroller's report for
1870- 71, page 61, re?
ports and resolutions,
publie interest due to
October 31, 1871.432,591 10
$1,585,572 16
Paid by N. G. Parker,
year ending Ootober
31, 1869, reports and
resolutions, page 45,. .8 332.555 62
Paid by Kimpton, re?
ports and resolutions,
page 158. 196.713 50
Paid by Kimptou, yesr
ending Ootober 31,
1870, reports end reso?
lutions, page 51. 190,879 44
Paid by Kimpton, year
ending October 31,
1871, reports end feso
lotions, pago463. 176,371 98
Paid by H. H. Kimpton,
year ending October,
1870, reports and'reso?
lutions, pages 102, 103
and 104 . 279,118 50
Paid by H. H. Kimpton,
, year ending Ootober
) 31, 1871, reports and
I resolutions, pages 511,
512. 513 and 514. 421,575 00
! ' ' 81,600,21404
r -
Amount over paid_.....$14,641 88
At the evening session, Mr. Meetze
continued his exhaustive speeoh,
dwelling more particularly upon the
Treasurer's diversion of the interest
land and .his violation of nil authorized
and well known principles of business
in so doing, as well as of the Aot
which makes it a felony. His attack
npon the financial standing of Mr.
Hardy Solomon, his attempt to impli?
cate the Comptroller-General in the
offence with which he is charged, and
his design to identify the prosecution
of himself with an attack upon the
Governor, were all presented, with lu?
minous distinctness aud force. For
himself aui the gentlemen who acted
with him, Mr. Moelze declared that
they were far from aiming in the
slightest degree any opposition to the
Executive or his administration. They
had not votod for Mr. Chamberlain,
but be had no truer frieuds than tbey
are, while he adheres to the polioy be
has laid down, and 80 i*r followed
faithfully. But he would say, that
unless the .Legislature does something
in this flagrant case, unless it re?
bukes the wrong of this abuse
of a high publio trust, that there is in?
deed danger that the administration
will be damaged. It is hanging on a
thread. The people who support the
Government by paying its taxes?and
the levy is heavier than ever before?
have u right to require aud insist upon
it thst it shall be honest, capable and
administered with eoonomy. It would
be fatal to it to have its good uamc
discredited by a supposed support and
aonntenauoe of an officer, whose mis?
deeds most be apparent to all, and un?
less rebuked, will drive away the hold?
ers of the bonds from any further con
fiieooe in the securities of the State,
or in tho process of funding. Tbey
have a deep Btako in this matter, and
will scrutinize most closely every at?
tempt to interfere with the monies
levied and collected to satisfy their just
claims of iaterest. They will, in that
oase, make haste to unload.
Messrs. Miller, of Beaufort, and a
member from Charleston, and Mr.
Green, of Beaufort, followed next in
order?the two former sustaining the
Treasurer, and the latter speaking in
opposition.
8 o'clock to-day was fixed upon as
the hour when the Chairman of the
House Committee would demand a
vote npon the report and the accom?
panying resolutions.
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The infamous Foroe Bill is dead as
well, anything yon please. It wss not
called up after its second reading. So
Mr. Grant won't, bo able to lord it
[over the Son them portion of his do?
minions as tie would like to.
Matt. Carpenter is prond to record
his voto against tho Civil Rights Bill.
Alexander H. Stephens is prond to
tot3 for the resolutions recognizing
Kellogg aa Governor of Louisiana,
lo the language of the immortal Pinoh,
, "h?11 is paved" with euoh Southern
Democrats as Stephens.
?:--i 111 1 owe '
Th? ????? Tit*t?r?r'i Vlm?l*a\ttaau
We are compelled to take ieeae with
the News and Courier M to the auffl
oieney of the pita of ooofeMion and
avoidance pet io by the State Tree*
surer; and while we are equally anx?
ious with oar Charleston contempo?
rary to ohroniole the "peaceful close
of a controversy whioh bodes serious
troubles to the State," we oonfes? oar
inability to see how the controversy
can be brought to a close by tho Trea?
surer's reply, and we ure not willing
that tho controversy should be brought
to a close at the expense of the tax
riddeu people of the State. Tu say
that a publio officer who confesses that
he has funded over $300.000 of fraud?
ulent coupons, some of which he tic
knowledges were called to his atten?
tion, has vindicated himself by any
such statement as that made by the
Treasurer, is to say that a inau who
wrongfully takes the money of another
is not guilty of luceny, because he did
not know whose money he was tukiog.
This may seem to be putting the case
too strongly; but let us for a moment
look at the faots aud figures. By the
official statements of the Oomptroller
General and State Treasurer, it ap?
pears that from July 1, 1867, to Octo?
ber 31, 1871, the interest due upon the
publio debt amounted to 81,535,572 16,
and by the same reports, it appears
that there Was paid oat for interest
81,600,214 04, showing that the inte?
rest account was actually overpaid by
$14,641.88. Mr. Cardozo must have
had access to these reports, and if he
has made the finances of the State a
study, aa he aays he has, he must have
known that the coupons presented to
him by a Stute' Senator were fraudu?
lent. Had he been animated by n de?
sire io foster and protect the Funding
Act, it seems to us very strange that
he should have allowed these fraudu?
lent coupons to have beon fandud.
At auy rate, the matter was suflioieutly
suspicious to warrant tho exercise of a
little of that extreme vigilance to
whioh ho lays claim. But this is cot
?11. It is io evidence, aud the Tree
Barer does not deny it, that the cou?
pons or the 8101.000 of unused relief
of the treasury bond* were also
funded; that in the early operations
under the Fuuding Act, $1,400 of
these coupons had been presented to
be funded; that Captain Little, the
olerk in the Comptroller General's
offioe, detected them and called the
attentiou of the Treasurer to the fact,
aud that the coupons were then rejected,
because they had been unlawfully
tukou from the possession of tho State,
I to whom they lawfully belonged. And
in the face of this, over 89,000 of these
I coupons were subsequently funded?
coupons detached from bonds which
have never for u single instant been out
of the possession of the State, whioh
wore the property of the State until
stolen from the treasury vaults, and to
fuud which was a palpable fraud upon
tho State of the grossest kind. If the
State Treasurer did not know that the
entire, amount of interest acoruing op
to October 31, 1871, had beon paid, he
not only cannot have made the study
of the finances the one engrossing sub?
ject of his official career, bnt he is also
grossly ignorant of the duties of his
offioe. If he did know the fact, he bus
been a party to a great wrong, and in
either event, has proven that the trea?
sury is not safe in his hands. Of his
diversion of the interest fund, we liavo
already spoken. Ho does not deuy it,
bot attempts to stop abide from the
matter under consideration to besmirch
a respectable merohaot and banker of
this oity. We have nothing whatever
to do with his quarrel with Mr. Solo?
mon; bat we do not hesitate to express
tho opinion, that his attempt to break
down the credit of one of the sound?
est banking institutions in the oity, is
as uncalled for as it is futile. It by no
means strengthens his lame defence.
Ho has utterly failed, in our judg?
ment, to disprove a single charge made
against him by the oommittee, aud the
Legislature should speedily set its seal
of condemnation npon the frauds
whioh he has allowed to be perpetrated
under the Funding Act on the people
of South Carolina.
Tho English Government is dis?
posed to repeal the discriminating
laws of whioh Ireland with so much
reason oompleics, and that Parliament
will promptly act upon the bill intro?
duced by the Chief Secretary for Ire?
land is indicated by the support given
to it by the Liberal leader, the Mar
qnis of Hartington. The Chief Secre?
tary made a olaver political epigram
when he said that many returned emi
![rants had acquired Western vioes and
orgotten Irish virtues. One of these
American vioes is, no donbt, a love of
liberty, and. probably the ohief of the
Irish virtues would be, in his opinion.
I patient submission to tyranny.
TtMitry Tramblaa la QtorgU.
They have had a tresaury iovestiga
lion la Georgia, too. The Senate haa
concurred in resolutions adopted by
the Hoase, severely censoring the
Treasurer for mal administration of tbe
affairs of the State Treasury, aud io
stroeting the Governor to appoint
some one to take charge of hi? office.
This decision was oomo to after consi?
deration of two reports made by the
Finaooe Gommittee, tho secoud not
agreeing altogether with the state
meats contained iu tbe first. Consi?
derable dissutibfactiou has been ex?
pressed at this action, aud it is charged
that tbe Treasurer hns been treated
with undue severity and harshness.
It has not been pretended at uny time
that be has been guilty of auy fraud or
crime. The gravamen of the accusa?
tions agaiudt him is th it $152,090
worth of bonds have been paid twice,
and that tho affaire of the office have
been carelessly administered. The
Treasurer and his frieuds claim that it
is not known that thin amount has ever
boeu paid twice. Tue assertion that it
was paid previously to the official life
of the present Treasurer is ono made
only by Clews, aud while ruising
prima facie eridouoe, is not conclusive
upon the point. The Treasnrer avers
that they came to his office an regular
bona fide bonds, uucaneeled and over?
due, and he wa-i uooipelied to pay
them. As to carelessness, he 'ays,
and the committees aooni to b.?ur htm
out in tins particular, that it is tho
System aud the precedents of the office
that are to be bliaicd. Li-) has ma?
naged the offioe iu accordance with
the established aud recoguized usage.
A minority of both the Senate and
House of Representatives have eigued
a protest agatust the summary aud un?
satisfactory disposition of a question
of euoh grave character. They say
if tbore is auy serious grouud for com?
plaint, it is uol met by the notion
which hss been proposed. They inti?
mate tii it articles of impeachment
were necessary, both for the vindica?
tion of the Treasurer and 10 justice to
the Stato. Tliat, they my, is the ouly
oourse which promises \ disposition of
the mutter in true accord with the dig?
nity and duty of the honorable body
of the General Assembly. The Trea?
surer himself says that he does not re?
gard the suit which has been ordered
against his bondsmeu, except for tho
impugnment it carries. He would pre?
fer an impeachment, but likes any?
thing that teuds to a thorough investi?
gation of the matter. He says, besides,
that he would not allow auy financial
ageut to enter tho treasury, to take
charge of it and the books and keys.
I He will maintain Ihm position until his
term expires, or until bin death, or
until ho is regularly removed by due
course of impeachment. So the mat?
ter atauds in Georgia, uud public
Opinion is divided up u tho justice,
propriety and regularity of the pro?
ceedings whioh have been instituted
against the Treasurer. The case is es?
sentially different from that now un?
dergoing investigation before tbe
General Assembly of this State, iu the
character aud number of the charges.
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Akkansah.?The course of the House
of Representatives on the Arkansas
questou furnishes some solace for tho
paspage of the bayonet bill. It is a
square blow at the President, and
shows that he is not yet the complete
maeter of his party. His recent re?
commendations to Congress were in
the vory teeth of tbe report made by
tho majority of tbe committee which
investigated tbe affairs of that State.
Yet tbe House has adopted that report
by a vote of 153 to 80?a majority, in
a body two-thirds Republican, of 73
against a Republican President. The
President informed the House that the
present State Government of Arkan?
sas is a usurpation, and that Joseph
Brooks is the legal Governor. The
House has informed tbe President
that Joseph Brooks is a usurper, and
that Gen. Garland is the lawful Execu?
tive. Tbe President also very plainly
intimated that unless the House took
some action io tbe matter, be should
recognize Brocks, and put him in pos?
session of the Government upon the
adjournment of Congress. The House
has aoted, aud its action cannot be
misunderstood. The present Govern?
ment is fully sustained, aud every pro
text for iuterferenoe with it has been
taken from General Grunt. If the
Brooks faotion attempts usurpation
they will do it at their peril.
\ Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Deuison (Texas) Netes: Thirty war?
riors, captured last December on the
war path, are now being tried by court
martial at Fort Sill. Those convicted
of making war npon the whites, will
bo hnng. The proof is positive against
at least a half-dozen of tho treacberoaa
devils. Tho opinion among officers at
Fort Sill is, that there will be no trou?
ble with the Indians this year. The
most of them are now on the reserva?
tions, aud they are so closely guarded,
they could not get away if so disposed.
The few still st large will not daro ven?
ture into the settlements.
Orrx Matt ess.?Subscribe for the
Phoenix?don't borrow.
Heading mutter on overy page.
The weather wae decidedly more
pleasant, yesterday?spring-like.
The warm spell has caused some of
the fruit trees to blossom.
Pumologists tell .us that this is go?
ing to be a great fruit year.
People of moderate means have to
skirmish around pretty lively now to
make both ends meet.
Euoloae tho postage with your sub?
scription?Daily, six months, 25 cents;
Tri-Weekly, 15: Weekly, 10 cents.
Roswell T. Logan, E?q , of the Rural
Carolinian, is in the city. He is iu
good health, but as tbin as ever.
Muj William Schnierle, the portly
elderly gentleman whu resided in Co?
lumbia daring the late war, departed
ibis life, on the 2d, in Charleston.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-sheet
poster, turned out, at short notice,
from Phoenix office. Try ns.
Au advertisement is a shrewd sales
m m that enters every house and se?
cures customers without officious soli?
citation.
Tbey are talking about the heavy ice
blockade up North, and yet st the same
time new leaves are opening and fruit
trees boddiug down here.
The Congaree is still very high, but
came down a little, yesterday. Mr.
Seegers thinks of getting up a boat
race over hi* plantation, as there is
plenty of water there.
The Legislature having knocked the
obnoxious "official organ" Act in the
head. County officers und others can
now publish their legal notices where
they please.
The forty-third Congress stepped
down aud oat, yesterday, at noon. A
thousand guns and a torch-light pro?
cession ten miles loug would hardly
express the joy of the people at this
riddance.
The first step to be taken in adver?
tising is precisely the same as in agri
oulturo. Only, in agriculture, it is
called "breaking the ground" and
"sowing," and in business it is called
advertising aud reaping the reward.
The Rural Carolinian, for March, is
a well-?led number. Besides other
attractive features, it contains portraits
of several distinguished "Patrons of
Husbandry." Walker, Evuus Sc Cogs?
well, Charleston, nro the publishers, at
$2 per annum.
A fount of second-hand bourgeois,
of about 800 pounds, and a fouut of
minion, of about 500 pounds, can be
obtained at u very low price, (with or
without tho necessary cases,) by early
application ut Phoenix offioe. A hand
press will bring a good impression.
The handsome (?) editor of the Ab?
beville Medium? ho of Fort Pickens
notoriety?is in the oity. His natty
looking cane is flourished extensively,
but whether with the intention of
beating a member of the Legislature
or a landlord, is not known.
Wa call the attention of those iu
want of wagons, buggies, &e., to the
advertisement of Mr. John Agnew, in
another column. We are assured that
he meaus business, and is prepared to
givo bargains to all who require ve?
hicles. His stock is at present very
complete.
Tickets for the real estate distribu?
tion can be obtained at the Indian
Qirl Cigar Store, Columbia Hotel
Cigar Store, Sulzbaoher's California
Cigar Store, Wheeler House, S. Sheri?
dan's grocery store and at the Phcbnix
office. The drawing will be under the
supervision of the ticket-holders. Pro
onro tickets at once, as it is desirable
to get np the distribution at the ear?
liest possible date.
Land Distribution.?A descriptive
advertisement in another column an?
nounces that preparations are being
made for the distribution of a quantity
of real estate in this city?houses and
lots, building lots, etc., together with
a stylish pair of horses, with a vehicle
and fixtures, several wntohes and other
artioloB of jewelry. Thero are twenty
pieces of real estate?some of it Main
street property. The tiokets will be
85?entitling the bolder to admission
to the Opera House on the evening of
the distribution. It is desirable that
the awards be made at an early date,
so that persons intending to invest will
please come op at once.
Post Officb Matters?Charleston
mail opens 8 A. M. and 3 P. M.;
closes 3.30 and 6 P. M. Greenville
opens 5 P. M.; closes 8.80 P. M.
Northern opens 6 A. M. and 8.30 P.
M.; closes 6 and 1 P. M. Western
opens 6.A. M. and 3 30 P. M.; oioses 1
and 7 P. M. Wilmington opens 5.80
P. M.; oioses 7.80 A. M. On Sunday,
the Post Offioe is open from 3.15 P. M.
to 4.15 P. M.
Hi?m Watm?Thick Washh? Up.
Tb? uuasaally heavy reine throaghout
the np-counlry, ?od consequent bigh
water, has interfered with the xnoning
os tbe Greenville and Colombia Rail?
road. The passenger train whioh left
here yenterday morning, was forced to
return?a portion of tho track, about
twelve miles from Colombia, having
been washed op. The damage is not
serious, and will be repaired so that
passengers can go through to-day.
To the many inquiries ns to the
"distribution" of real estate, etc., pro?
posed to be gotten np iu this city, we
will say, that it is tbe intention of tbe
parties concerned to have the affair
carried on fairly and honestly. Tbe
holders of the successful tickets will
have the titles to the property beaded
over to them promptly. The property
is all desirable?some of it very valua?
ble. There will be 4,364 numbers and
thirty-one awards?twenty being real
estate. $5 secures a number.
List or iNzw Advkbtibbmksts,
Oyster Shell Qaa Lime.
St. Patrick's Day.
?. H. Heinitsh?Extra Fine Seed.
J. E. Dent?Sheriff's Sale.
Sale of Unclaimed Property.
Thorough-bred Stallion Patriot.
Jos. Taylor?For Sale or Beut.
J. W. Parker?Seed Oorn.
HoTBi, Arrivals, Mar oh 4, 1875.?
}V7ieeler House?M Falk? Richmond; <
W S Talbott. Paris; W H Bradley,
New York; G W Arthur, Louisville;
J M Walker, Wilmington; H M Clark, .
Charlotte; O E Fran oh, Baltimore;
James W Qrace, W S Paolding. Colle
tou; W A Graham and wife, Georgia;
J M P Otts, Delaware; John B Adger.
Peudletou; Geo Johnston, Newberry;
Ellis ALramB, Riobmoud; ES J ELiyee,
Lexiugtou;, W H Henderson, Leurens;
J W Sefton, Baltimore; R N Ely,
Georgia; T J Goupy, Baltimore; J S
Piukussobn, Charleston; A Weethei,
mer, Baltimore; RE Miller, Charlotte;
S L Bobertr, Philadelphia; H A Howe,
New York; Walter G Mediae, WU
uiiugtou; Mrs T Dodsmead, city; L
M Bod a mead, Charlotte; S P Wim
bubb, Virginia; E Wiggins, Wilmiog
tou. ..
Hendriz House?E W Aiken, Wiona
boro; T J Barber, Chester; BE Elkins,
FairQeld; J GilQIlin, E R Wagener,
Charleston; S L Kyser, W 4? Roof,
Lexington; F C Foard. N C; M Louis.
N Y; M* Reese, Baltimore; M E
Cooper, St Louis; J G Lowry, Ohes- .
tor; W H McConuell, Fairfleld; E K
Hardiu and wife, Bateaburg.
Mansion House?H Raekar, N Y; J
S Bowers, Newberry; O B Waiwick, TJ
S A; H A Meete, Lexington; McK
Johnston, Jr. S A U R R; Mrs H P
Hammett, Master J D Hammett,
Greenville.
Important Results Pleasantly
Aohukved.?Although tbe days of irra?
tional medication are happily passing
away, and intelligent physicians have '.
ceased to measure the supposed effica?
cy of a remedy by the violence of its
effect*, there still linger among the
old praotitioners a few of those predi?
lections in favor of "heroic" treat
ment, whioh it would be lacky for
their patients if tbey had abandoned.
One of these is a fondness for adminis
I tering drastic purgatives, suoh as blue
pill, calomel, jalap and castor oil. A
contrast of the effects of these drench -
iug drugs, with tbe mild and benefi?
cent operation of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, is the best argument that can
be addooed against the wisdom of
euch destructive treatment. Tbe old
fashioned cathartics convulse the
stomach, and relax tbe bowels so ab
rnbtly aud oopiously as to weaken
them. Hostetter's Bitters, on the con?
trary never gripe tho intestines, but
produce a laxative effect resembling
the aotion of nature. At the same
time tbey remove the canse of consti?
pation, by arousing the dormant liver
to secrete the bile necessary to the
regular performance of the execretive
function, and enables the stomach to
thoroughly digest the food. Indiges?
tion and billioasness having been thus
overcome, a regular habit of body is
the neoessary oonseqnenoe, whioh the
occasional subsequent use of the Bit?
ters renders permanent. Every disa?
greeable symptom whiob, in the ab?
sence of perfect digestion and evacua?
tion, harrasses the system, vanishes
nnder the influence of tbe great na?
tional stomachic and alterative. Heelth
and vigor are twin blessings that fol?
low its ose. _M6f2Hl
Agricultural Liana.?-If yon have
not already ordered yoar Agricultural
Liena to secure advaooee, do so at
onoe. Walker, Evana A Cogswell,
Charleston, 8. 0., keep on hand four
different kinds, and if neither of tbeee
meet yoar views, they are prepared to
print, at the loweat prices, any special
form to order. It the Planter or
Farmer has not yet bought the Bare!
Aooonntaut, a book for simple farm ac?
counts, let him do so at onee. They
also have a New Agricultural Lease
whioh gives tbe Landlord a Hen on
crop of tenant. Thin is very valuable.
F12t
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The storm in upper Georgia, laat
week, did great damage. The destruc?
tion of property near Dalton was fear?
ful. One noose was blown down, aet
on fire and a child bnrned to death in
it. Theinjury t0 "tooIt "M VM7great.
Eighteen persons sustained injuries
by felling buildings?-some are thought
to be mortally woanded. A bey wee
killed by a house falling on him.
There is great distress among the in?
habitants of the County.