The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 13, 1875, Image 2
Saturday Morning, March 13,1875.
Cortmor Chombtrlaln't Position pa
Htxe Trontnry Question.
Id an interview with a representative
of the Charleston News and Courier,
and published in that journal on
Thursday, Governor Ohumberlaio de?
fines bis position upon the question
now agitating all mindBOonoerning the
conduct of Treasurer Cardozo. We
reproduce its salient points. He
beging by eayiug that his deep interest
in the matter has induced him to read
everything that has been said upon it,
and to examine all the evidence so far
submitted. He does not hesitate to
say that he finds nothing in it to
shake bis faith and confidence in the
(Treasurer. Referring to his previous
interoonrse with him, he says, that
when other Republicans who seemed to
sympathise wi*h him, could be counted
npon the fingers of one hand, Oardozo
always stood firmly by him. He bus
never heard one word or seen one ?aot
which did not confirm hij confidence
in his personal integrity aud his politi?
cal honor and seal for the hooeBt ad?
ministration of the 8tate Oovernment.
Governor Ohamberlain is not disposed
to think well of the motives of those
who have) instituted these proceedings.
He saw the storm gathering long ago,
bnt "did not expect to see the element
whioh views the public service as a
mere chance to make money, able to
mako:?uoh headway as they fcre now
apparently ? making against Mr. Car?
doso. He bad hoped for better
things. While not wishing to be un?
derstood as implying that all who aro
opposed to tho Treasurer are con
ssionsly striking down a faithful public
officer, he says that every man knows
that the real force which urges on this
attaok npon him is not a desire to
guard the treasury.
With reference to the attitude of the
Conservatives, he admits that they in?
tend ?o do Justice, ai do very many
Republicann. He does not wonder at
their voting to raise a aommittee to
prepare an address. That is probably
the only way to bring the whole case
to a point where jostioe oan ho done.
Aq to the course of the Conservatives
generally, he is bound to say that it
has been marked by great political gen?
erosity and patriotism towards him and
hit administration. Mr. Ohamberliin
fully justifies the Treasurer in the
funding of oertain bonds and coupons
alleged to have been wrongfully fund?
ed. The Act to reduce the volume of
the public debt makes no exception of
any of these bonds and. ooupons. All
are exchangeable under the Act. ' In
fnnding them, tho Treasurer simply
followed its terms. He would have
been guilty of no offence Jf ho bad
funded any and all coupons which
were made fundable by these.terms.
"A strict and literal compliance with
the law would have been all that could
have been strictly required of him."
Upon this point he admits, however,
that if "any of these bonds or coupons
were unlawfully' outstanding, and
knowledge of this were brought home
to Mr. Cardozoi ho might well have re
fuseefcfeb fund tbem, as he" did do in
the case of some ooupons;"' He vindi?
cates the Treasurer from any responsi?
bility for funding bonds and coupons
reported by the Dunn oommittee last
summer, us having been hypothecated
without lawful authority. He refers
to the) a$vioe ef the Attorney-General
to the Treasurer, as having been ex?
plicit in favor of his funding them.
He' uttka why punish Cordozo for do?
ing4 whit the law directed, and tho At
torney#?renerul advised? Upou the
second general head of the charges,
the diversion of tho interest fund,
Governor Ohamberlain aces still less
grouud for the removal of the Trea?
surer. ?
We have no disposition nor do we
see any advantage, in making any ex?
tended comments npon the position
and declarations of'the Governor. He
has the right that o.ny 'other" ojtizon
has to expreaa his opinions and exert
his influenae In support of a friend.
That he hWdono so in longa ago of
extreme approval of htm and of ex?
treme denunciation of tboso who op
pose him, Mm' not affect 'tufa sight,
while it i&t? W$$W -Vpoiust
both in f^^^^^f^^^?^9.
The imputation^ of mercenary motive
in thia;( proGBouiion bight woii have
Deeri OW*tod, as too sweeping end
general and; resting only ph aqsplcloh.
That ha'does jaalioo to the conne of
the OoQaorvneivea, uo far as it ban been
taken, was of course to be ex peeled.
It oould .hot be qaeationed by any one
as dictated by other than honorable
and jpml^?ll6^ttti?9:^j;^i fpfloenco
in and out o! tho LogiBl?turo has been
t; 3 : .V OC u:
eteadfly exerted in behalf of the Go?
vernor's polioy ?od ilk aapport of hie
reeommendatioDB. It mast be remem?
bered, however, that the same princi?
ple which hai so far led them to
sustain bim in most things, may lead
them 'to differ-with bim in others.
They would regret it, we know, for it
is their desire and for the beet iota
rout of the State that he shall be
strengthened and confirmed in the
pnblio coofldence. As they have to
accept a Republican, administra?
tion of the State Government,
they consider it desirable, on
all accounts, that it shall be as good uh
possible. From a sincere desire to
promote the pnblio weal, from an
earnest purpose to make the evils of
government, and the exactions of taxea
to support it, fall as lightly as possible
npon tho people, they work faithfully to
have the better, and not the worse,
elements of the party which is in the
asoondaooy, take oontrol of affair?.
But this very prinoiple of aotion which
has moved them all along to stand by
the Governor, unless some new light
is thrown upon the present question,
or some high considerations be pre
seated which have not yet been, may
induce them to stand npon it in oppo?
sition to bim. It can only be properly
solved npon a plane of treatment which
lies above party, friendship or policy.
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We thought we expressed oarselves
olearly enough, yesterday, io regard to
ths appointment'of commissioners iu
the liquidation bill; but, as weeeom to
have been misunderstood in some
quarters, we take occasion to say, that
we thought the bill was objectionable
becausu the commissioners were ap?
pointed by the General Assembly,
many of whoso members were inte?
rested iu claim*. We did not mean to
intimate that the commissioners them?
selves were interested in any claims to
come before them, nor do we believe,
they have.
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I'ikksixiana.?Plant resolutions?
but uot too deep.
Jones didn't like to say that sho had
large feet, ho ho expressed himself to
the effect that her "terminal facili?
ties" were unequaled.
You cannot lind contentment luid
down on the map, as it is an imagina?
ry place not settled yet; and those
reach soonest who throw away their
compass and go it blind.
The horn of the rhinoceros consists
of numerous hairs firmly united toge?
ther. The horn of an old toper is said
to consist of the "hairs of the dog (hat
bit him."
There was a fair in Gilbertsvillu,
Ya., last week, at which threo young
women contested for a gold watch.
The watch was won by Mies Emma
Nester; and here let the Pottstown
Ledger step in and tell the rest:
"When the announcement wa9 made
a wild Hoene .of excitement ensued.
Miss NeBter was at once surrounded by
a crowd of admiring swains, who car?
ried her bodily from tho hotel to tho
bar-room below, and eat her npon the
counter, and called for drinks nil
round. The lady, not to be outdone
by the gallant attention paid her,
generously footed the bill."
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Notwithstanding the herculean ef?
forts of tue reformers to restrict and
decrease the use. of tobacco, oflisiul
statistics go to show that tho consump?
tion of the "wood" in this country
makes a steady increase. Aside from
the amount cousamed on tho farm", it
appears, by actual computation,-that
in tbo United States ouch 21 hours
reaches tho colossal aggregate of
5,16S,00U. The smoker not only pay*
for his enjoyment, but he contributes
heavily to tlio support of the Govern?
ment, which oould hardly get uioug
now without tho tobacco revenue.
Dr. Thomas Smith was born in
Yorkshire, England, Jauuary ?, 1793,
and died on tho 8th inst., ut his resi?
dence, at Society Hill, S. C, where he
had lived for more than Bixty years.
He left his native country at tho early
age of ten years, and emigrated to
South Carolina in 1803. At the time
of emancipation, he was the owner of
about 260 slaves, who testified their
appreciation of the kindly feeling for
their old master by a general presence
to pay the last tribute of respect at his
funeral services.' Peace to his ashes.
Mr. December Holmes, of New
York, probably wishes that he had
never seen Miss May Chamberlain.
Holmes is sixty, May sixteen, and
when she was eleven years old he pro?
mised to marry ber. Now that ho has
changed his mind and doesn't want to
darken the life of tho artloea young
oreaturo by making her the step?
mother of hio children, she. has1 turned
npon him and eQ?d him for 850,000
damages. As the old . gentleman is
worth $500,000, the suit will be con?
ducted with ability on both sides.
Strange as it may seem, Eugland
hao managed to jog along to the pre'
sent day without any onoh offloiais as
ohr prosecuting or District Attorneys.
In some instanoes, prosecutions are
oondooted by the Government depart?
ments?the post office, for instance,
suing employees who steal letters, but,
as a rule, tho prosecution of criminals
is left to the parties- injured or thoic
families ae? frieudu.
Tnsiartr. O*rd?so, &c.
Daring the ovening session of the
Hesse Of Representatives, on the lUb,
Mr. B?rkor introduced tho following
report and rnlee of procedure in the
General Assembly, sitting at the beer*
ing of the defence of Hon. F. L Car
dozo, State Treasurer:
The eommitteo to whom was re?
ferred the preparation of an address to
bis Ezcelleooy the Governor, asking
tbo removal from office of Hou. F. L.
Cardozo, State Treasurer, have felt it
their duty farther to report for tho
consideration of the General Assembly
hucq rules of proooduro to govern the
vote upon the said address, as appear
to thom necessary and consistent with
the provisions of Section d, Article
VII of the Constitution. The rules
which they reoorrnie'hd are simple aud
scarcely need any commentary on
their part. For framing the-e rules of
procedure, the anxious desire of your
committee hus been to secure to tbo
respondent that heariug in bis deletion
whioh i" guaranteed by the eoastitu
tiooal provision under authority of
which this address has been moved,
and yet to recognize, as they are
bound to do, tho broad and tnteu
tional difference which the same con?
stitutional provision draws betwnou a
trial by impeachment and a proceed?
ing under its special committee.
The intention of the Constitution
appears to your committee to be be?
yond doubt. When uu executive of?
ficer has been guilty of grave crimes
and misdemeanors, where both tbo net
and tue motive to tho not have been
criminal, where a due regard to the
safety and character of the 8tate re?
quires not only bis conviction but bis
signal punishment, thou ibe Constitu?
tion on the one hand arms the Legis?
lature with the powerful weapon of
impeachment, and on the other gives
to the accused the protection of a legal
trial, with all its dilatory and evasive
forms, places him upon that trial on a
precise and technical issue,, aud pro?
nounces bis acquittal, unless two
thirds of the whole representation
elect shall be convinced of his gdilt,
and aball so declare upon their oaths.
But taught by all political experience
that the interests of tho State might
be dangerously imperilled by offences
scarcely criminal, by incompetence,
by loose and careless habits of busi?
ness, by a feeble sense of responsi?
bility on the part of executive officers,
the framers of the Constitution have
provided that where two-thirds of bulb
houses of the General Assembly tlud
in the ofliuial character of such uu of
deer sufficient evidence of his iccom
peteuoy, or his nnfitness for t lie dis?
charge of his duties, aud where they
believe that the interests or character
of tho State are endangered by bis
continuation iu office, it shall be their
duty so to declare, aud to require his
removal from office. In briefer and
simpler words, the Constitution has
given two-thirds of both houses of the
General Assembly the right to remove
an executive officer by a vote of want
of confidence. It is a groat privilege.
It is a very great aud grave duty, but
surely it is not too violent a presump?
tion to assume that such power may
safely and wisely be entrusted to the
Legislature of a sovereign State, that
they can and will exercise this privi?
lege and discharge this duty fearlessly*
impartially and honestly.
It seems dear, thereforo, to your
committee that iu voting upon the ad?
dress for the removal of tho Stute
Treasurer, the General Assembly is
acting, not in a judicial but iu an ad-'
niimstrative character, that thoy are
noL sitting iu judgment upon a crimi?
nal, but that they are simply taking
care that the republic shall snffcr no
wrong from the incompetence of its
officers, the natural exercise of a very
important, but normal function of
their organization. It will bo observed
that the address carefully abstains
from oharging upon the State Trea?
surer any criminal intent as far as it*
allegations go; it is not impossible
that the Acts, both of commission and
omission, charged, may have boon the
result of ignorance, cau'lasstiess, or
were of a mistaken arid opinionated 1
interpretation of law, und that conse?
quently the proceeding*} neither ro
quiro nor contemplate from the Gene?
ral Assembly, or.auy member thereof,
a verdiot of guilty or not guilty. lu
deed, every faot charged might be
proved beyond doubt, aud yet tho
General Assembly would bo perfectly
free to say whether in its opinion the
interest of tho State required tho re?
moval or retention of the officer. The
only issue made by the address is whe?
ther in the opinion of two-thirds of
the General Assembly, with the in?
formation before them, it is safe and
proper to trust the administration of
the Stato treasury in the bands of such
an officer as the Stato Treasurer has
proved himself to be, and the evi?
dence bofore them must be sufficient
to inform their minds and guide their
oonsoienco.
Acting as an inquest of the people,
the General Assembly has, through its
joint committee, investigated the office
of the State Treasurer. He has ap
{>eared before them with the unobal
enged right to produce whatever evi?
dence he has considered proper in ex?
planation or vindication. That oom
mittee has reported the result of its
inquiry, with all the evidence npon
whioh it rested, to the General Assem?
bly. Before any action by the Gene?
ral Assembly npon this report; the
State Treasurer has submitted to that
body an, elaborate .reply, to tbo report
of its own committee,,o privilege not
legally his, but accorded him with un?
precedented liberality. The whole
transactions*'ander examination are
matters of official record, and. there.
opinion of jour committee, the
examination should atop. To go fur?
ther, it eeoms to them, would he to
ohango entirely the character Of their
proceedings to get beyond the permis?
sion and requirement of tho constitu?
tional authority under which alone
the General Assembly is acting, and I
moat daogeronsly to oonfnse a special |
proceeding with the higher, severer I
and more solemn trial by impeach?
ment. Yonr committee, therefore, re?
commend the adoption of the follow?
ing rnle? of procedure:
1 Tho hearing shall bo heard iu
joint assembly, iu the hall of thu House
of Representative, ou Tuesday, the
161 u of March, 1875, at 12 o'clock M.,
or on Hiich subsequent day as the
General Assembly shall determine, un?
less the respondent shall demand a
separate hearing before eaoh House;
in which oveut, lie shall bu heard at
the bar of tho blouse of Represeuta
lives no the day aud hour hereinbefore
named, or ou such subsequent day as
the House of Ropresentuuvu? shall de?
termine, nnd at the bar of the Senate
on the 17th of March. 18?5. at 121
o'clock M , or on such subsequent day
as the Senate shall determine. 2. The
General Assembly shall not be repre
st ut?'d by counsel. 3. Tho respondent
ahull be heard in person or by counsel,
and either orally or in writing, as he
may elect. If heard iu persou, he shall
be limited to oue argumeut; if heard
by counsel, lie shall be limited to three
arguments orally, or oue iu writing:
Provided, The three counsel do not
consume more than nine hour-. 4
At the hearing, thu Journals of the I
two Honte?, and the reports ntd reso?
lutions thereof, and the book*, records,
voucheie and papers on file in the
State Treasury, und iu the office of the
Comptroller-General and Secretary of
State, shall he considered iu evi louoe;
other evidence nhull not be received.
S. A 8WAILS.
Chairman on part of S?i(iatn.
J. A. BARKER.
Chairman of the House.
The Speaker laid before the House
tho following communication from the
State Treasurer, wbioh was received as
information:
Columbia, 8. C, March 11, 1875.
To the Honorable the House of Repre -1
sentntives?Gentlemen: J havo thi* I
day been served with a copy of nu
address proposed by your honorable
body to bo presented to bis Excellency
the Governor of tho State, asking him
to remove me from tho oOico of Stute
Treasnrer, with tho causes of the ro
moval tboreiu staled, together with an
order requiring me to appear before
the two houses iu joint oa-scmbly on
Tuesday next, the 16th iustaut, at 12
M , to mako answer to thu same. I
respectfully ask leave to inform your
honorable body that for the prepara?
tion of said answer, and for the bear?
ing in my defence, I have retained the I
services of Messrs. W. D. Porter, C. I
D. Melton and L. P. Woman?, und
respectfully request that Ibeso gentle?
men may bo heard iu my defence and
: in support of the answer which I am
I required to make. I would further
staio that it is impossible that thi.
aoswer can be prepared und my coun?
sel be ready to be beard iu my dofouce
iu less thau teu days herufrum, und I,
! therefore, request that such time be
allowed for snob preparation. My do
i fence necessitates the production of
evidence in my behalf, und I respect
? fully request that I bo allowed to pro?
duce such evidence as my counsel may
deem proper. This application is not
made for the purpose of delay, but
solely that I may be enabled to present
fully and fairly my defence, and it is
made not only iu ucoordance with my
own convictions, hut with the sanction
and under the advice of the gentlemen
whom I have selocted as my counsel.
I have the honor to be, very respect?
fully, F. L. CARD?ZO.
Treasurer Sooth Caroliua.
Accounts of E. 11 Stokes ($3-15.'JO.)
W. D. Lovo Sc Co. ($30.) J. W. Smith
(3UG.50.) W. Brice (530.) X. Watson
(3K>0.) T. Graut (313 50.) Republican
Printing C >mpany (8276.) were ordered
to be paid.
Mr. Thomas introduced the follow?
ing, which was adopted: Thut ull fur?
ther consideration of reports ou claims
uow ou the calendar, except Sonate
roports ou claims for salaries of
Cunoty ofllcera und due billa of State
Treasurer, ho postponed, and the in?
troducers of said claims be allowed to
withdraw tbaui to present them to the
?'Commission on Claims" for action.
Enacting clause of a bill to autho?
rize and permit T. R. Puokott und J.
W. Turner to oslablish a ferry on St?
auda River wa9 stricken oat.
Bill to incorporate Carolina Mutual
Insurance and Trust Company, of Co?
lumbia, was ordered to u third read?
ing._
United States Codbt?CiiabiiEston,
Maroh 11.?Judge Bryan presiding.
The assignee iu tho Hurst, Pernel Sc
Co. and Pennmau Bros, case was or?
dered to sell the property in April.
The exceptions to the registrar's re?
port, in the oase of J. P. Einard,
bankrupt, were over-ruled, and the
trustee ordered to pay tho claims
established by the creditors. The pe?
tition of T. B. Singleton, of Newberry,
for voluntary bankruptcy, was ordered
to be dismissed on paying the fees in?
curred. A general meeting of the
creditors of Y. Newton was ordered to
be held in Samter, on Weduesday,
April 7. Registrar Jaeger was ordered
to report, within thirty days, facts in
the oase of Ellen and David Compton.
The assignee of John Mayes, bank?
rupt, was ordered to suspend proceed?
ing* until parties can bo heard. Iu
the oase of F. J. Moses, Jr., bankrupt,
it was ordorod that tho motion to dis?
solve the icjauotion preventing sale of
properly be postponed until the 22J
mat., beoanse of Mrs. Moses' sickness.
THE STATE LtKOISiiATUaB.
Friday, Maboh 12, 1875.
SENATE.
Concurrent resolution directing the
State Treasurer to report the amount
to the oredis of the State printer, and
oause of failure to muke payment of
appropriation made for pubho print?
ing, was conourred iu and returned to
the House.
Concurrent resolution relative to
bond of State TrouBurer was received
from House, aud Hou. Jobu R. Coeh
rau appointed committee on part of
Senate.
A message was received from the
Governor, stating that ho had ap?
proved the following: Bills to alter
nod amend charter of German Rifl-i
Club of Charleston, and to renew and
extuud same; to amend an Act to alter
and ameud charter of town of Green?
ville, and for other purposes, uud au
Act to aller and amend said Aot; to
amend nn Act to establish a public
road in Colleion Conntv; to amend
Section 1, Chapter CXXXVI. Part II,
of tbo Revised Statutes, relative to
offences against civil rights; to incor?
porate town of Reevesville, iu County
of Colletou; to amond au Aat to pro?
vide for redumption of forfeited lands
upon certain conditions therein meu
tioued; to amend an Aot to grant, re?
new aud amend the charters of certain
towns and villages tbereiu mentioned,
as relates to the village of St. Ste?
phens; joint resolutions to ratify the
amendment to Constitution, relative
to boundary line of Pickeus uud
Ocuuee Counties; to relieve L, J. Jen
uiugH, of Greenville County, of and
from payment of certain taxes; to re
li-.-ve II. L Buck, of Horry County, of
certain taxes ou property destroyed by
tire.
A communication from the State
Treasurer, requesting further time to
prepare au auawer iu his diso, whs re?
ceived. Not granted.
Mr. Swails, ou behalf of Speoial
Joint Committee, submitted a report,
embracing the rules of procedure in
the General Assembly, sitting at the
hearing of the defence of Hon. F. L.
Cardozo, State Treasurer.
Tho House sent to Senate, with
amendment*, supplementary report ot
Special Joint Committee, appointed
to draw up and present to the houses
an address to his Excellency the Go?
vernor for the removal of Hon. F. L.
Curduzo, Slate Treasurer, containing
rules ot procedure for the proceedings
during the consideration of the case.
Concurred in.
Mr. Gaillurd introduced a bill to au?
thorize aud empower County Commis?
sioners of Charleston to graut lioenses
for sale of intoxicating liquors outside
corporate limits of the city.
Mr. Whitteruore?Bills to declare
the true intent and meaning of cer?
tain provisions of "An Act to reduce
the volume of the pnbiio debt, and
provide for the payment of the same;"
to provide for lilting of vaoancies in
the several executive offices and for
other purposes.
The Speaker of the House attended,
when the following were ratified: Acts
to confer rights of legitimacy upon;
Wo. H. Pruitt, of Anderson County;
to authorize Charleston Mining and
Manufacturing Company to construct
a private railroad; joint resolutions to
relieve S. Hendrix, of PickeoB County,
from paymeutof taxes duo ou proporty
destroyed by flro; to provide for pay?
ment of certain moneys to S. W. Mc?
Kenzie; Acts to alter and amend Sea
tiou US, Chapter CXXII, Title V,
Part III, of General Statutes, relating
to trial of civil action; to extend terms
of charter lo incorporate the town of
Woodruff; to authorize and require
Couuty Commissioners of Newberry
to levy and collect mills on tho
dollar, and other matters tbereiu men?
tioned; to amend charter of Mount
Pleasant and Sullivan's Island Ferry
Com;; my; joint resolution to appoint
committee to investigate financial af?
fairs of Charleston Couuty; Acts to
amend aud renew charter of town of
Abbeville; to change names of William
George Palmer and Frances Clemen?
tine Palmer, of Audersou County, to
William George Garrison aud Frances
Clementine Garrison, und make them
lawful heirs of Henry Garrison and
Frances Gurrison; to confer rights of
legitimacy on certain children heroin
mentioned; to incorporato town of
Westminster, in Couuty of Ooonee; to
amend tho charter ol Home Insurance
Compauy, of Charleston; joiut resolu?
tion to authmizs County Commission?
ers of Lancaster to levy and collect a
special tax of two mills on the dollar
for payment of past duo indebtedness.
Bills to amend an Aot to incorporate
Lnngley Manufacturing Compauy, of
Edgefield County; to repeal an Aot to
establish Charleston Charitable Asso?
ciation, for benefit of free school fund;
to repeal an Act to renew and amend
charter of toll bridge across Savannah
River, at Hambarg, approved Febru?
ary 22, 1873; to amend Sections 3
and 8 of an Aot to amend Chapter
XLV of Title XI. Part I, of the Gene?
ral Statutes, relating to the repairs of
highways and bridges, so far es the
same relates to Ooonee aud Piokens
Counties; to amend Seotioos 20, 22,
24 and 25 of Chapter LI, Title XII, of
General Statutes, relating to naval
stores; to amend en Aot to incorporate
the societies therein named, received
their third reading and passed.
Joint resolution to effect a removal
of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum
to tho oity of Columbia was ordered to
a third reading.
Gudbrnatoriaxj Appointments.?
Trial Justices: Charleston?Stephen
Molony. Lexington County?W. J.
Barro. Spartanburg County?A. B.
Woodruff. Sumter County?M. B.
Moses, J. H. Ferriter, Marion Sanders,
J. M. Dennis, J. O. Wilson. Notary
Publio: Barn well?J. H. Bond.
Cm Matt bbs. ?Subscribe for the
pHoxnxx?don't borrow.
lieadi ug matter on every page.
April and May weather, yesterday.
A obiokeo dispute will take place at
the Cottage House, tbia evening.
Transient advertisements and no
tloes must be paid for in advance.
The "yoyster" yelper is a confirmed
nuisance that should bo abated.
J. C. Bailey, Esq., of the Greenville
Enterprise and Mountaineer, is in the
city.
Auotber lot of those prime sausages
have been received by our neighbor,
Mrs. Hoffman.
Call for your tickets in the real estate
distribution before the lucky numbers
are all selected. There are a few still
left.
Just what you waut for breakfast?a
good fry or stew. Mrs. Hoffman, near
the Phqzhii office, has some fresh
oysters thai will jusi auii.
The flowering moss and the fra?
grant yellow jessamine, all abloom iu
the woods, speak oloquently of the
opening of the new season.
Job printing of every kind, from a
miniature visiting card to a four-ebeot
poster, tnrced out, at short notice,
from Phojnix office. Try ns. ' ??'
Both branches of tho Legislators
have taken a recess?the House until
Monday evening, at 7 o'olock, aud the
Senate Tuesday morning, 11 o'clock.
We suppose we muBt apologise to
the Charlotte Observer man. Tho
paragraph was copied jost as any
other item would be?jost as, we sup
pore, Mr. Observer does.
Capt. Thompson requests the pupils
of the Columbia Male Academy to
meet at the residence of Dr. Geo. 8.
Trezevant, at half-past 11 o'olock, this,
morning.
Messrs. J. C. Squier, Wiunsboro, E.
R. Wallaoe, Union, D. Bicman, Wal?
halla, and Jahns Poppe, Anderson, are
authorized :o dispose of tickets for the
reA estate distribution iu this city.
There aro no "official" newspapers
in the Stute. Public officers and pri- '
vate citizens can publish every notice
required by law to be made public in
auy newspaper they may select.
Oue of the most delightful drives in
this vioiuity, is across Neagle's Bridge
and down the old Charleston road.
The trees aro beginning to leave and
spring flowers arc putting out. Peach
and apple trees are also in full bloom.
The body of Adam Grant, the co-,
lored convict who was drowned last
week, was found, yesterday, on an
island a short distance below where he
fell overboard. Trial Justice J. Q.
Marshall held an inquest, and a ver?
dict of accidental drowning rendered.
Dr. Frank Green was called upon to
examine the body.
A postal card from our old friend
and former next door neighbor, Mr.
G. Eilhardt, dated Erfurt, Prussia,
February 22, informs ns that himself
and family are well, and that he has
just finished a bottle of wine in honor
of Washington's birth-day. Ho
thinks freqaently of Colombia aud his
many friends here, and hopes within
the year to pay us a visit.
The Hibernian Society of this city
will celebrate the auuiversary of the
birth of Ireland's patron saint?tbo
exterminator of Bnakes, toads, etc?
Saint Patrick?at the Wheeler House,
on Wednesday evening next, March
17. A number of distinguished gen?
tlemen will be present, and a lively
time may confidently be expected.
The potheen will be smoking hot.
1 Only a Few Days Left.?Messrs.
B. & W. C.Swaffleld are dosing oot
the balance of their Btock at cost, to
I make room for new goods. They offer
I bargains in tracks, epriug cassimeres
and hats, whioh have juat been re
ooiTed* _._ *?
List of New Advertisements.
Foreolosore of Mortgages.
E. H. HeinitBh?Notice.
W. J. Etter?Notice.
Ditson A Co.? Jloaio Books. .as
Meeting 8. O. R. R. Company.
Meeting 8. W. R. B. Bank.
Proposals for White-washing Market
Hugh Rood?Auction Sale.
Valuable Real Esiate at Auctioa.
Hotel Abiuvals, Maroh 12,1870.?;
Whcder House?lease Hayn?, Oberlea* '
ton; Ohas E Parker, Boston; William '
Dudley, Oharleaton; J W Grace, A W
j Hill, Baltimore; 8 H Hartshorn, N J;
Mrs G Porker. Va; W O Hanatoon, .
Angaita^peb T AtkfattfN<*I??r CoV
Hob. A F Collins, - Mrs Collins, Mrs ,
; Coffin, Mass; J M" Marklay, S C; Eag J
Maotone, Oharleaton; T W Williamt,
J M Doteau, N Y; John B Carey, Bal?
timore; F A Chambers, Augusta; Mies
M McLovren, N 0;0OO Robert, Fla;
W L Hand, Charlotte.
Mansion Bouss?d T Beid, Cokes*
bury; B H Jennings, Fairfield; Philip
L:Alezander, city; C H Potter, U 8 A;
J O Bailey, Greenville; J 8 Bowers,
Newberry.