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BY ftTULIAN A. SELBY I8?5. 1879. ? ?-a mi rmct ana Ten<i Anniversary of itsiBirth re have the pleasure, to-day?| ath anniversary of the estab ent of the Ph?nix?to present an entirely new dress to our era. It seems hardly possible a decade of years have come gone since it assumed the sad on of communicating with the at&ide world from our ruined city ashes and chimneys. The trou es, trials and tribulations attend t upon the effort to obtain the] e- material necessary to its pub tion; the weary tramp on foot] ough the up-country, in search type, and paper; the improvising odd-looking press and other eflsary appurtenances, can never adequately described But uni? on we were by the. good and encouraging words of ends, all difficulties were at amounted The Phoenix sp? iel on the 21st March, 1865, with the ashes of desolation wings, intion in its heart and ut loes. The brave and gifted W. tons Sums was by our aide in trying days. From the ruins of 'one of the printing offices he picked up a composing stick, which ited to the publisher, with te injunction, that the first "stick L'' should be "set" in it, for good ick. The publisher considered it augury of good fortune, to re? frain the hands of the oldest j litor and the moat distinguished ^author in the State, an implement -' of his craft, saved from the wreck? a link connecting his uncertain venture with the happy and pros? perous past. Alas! he is gone to 'his rest, who spoke to us those needed words of encouragement, and winged our flight by his fau 1 {cies, as he steadied it by his facts " and reasoning in our editorial co ? lumns. Henry Timrod, with "thoughts that breathe and words that bum;" the versatile Wm. B. nr. 'ohnstok; the noble and daring rn. H. HoCaw, child of. genius id misfortune; the genial and ta l? Frank Elmoue, among the iceaeors of Mr. Snots in our ',. editorial, have Allowed him the petter land. "We Iqqk over ten years of struggle and foTtcWith some pride And satisfac? tion, out also with saddened and pubdued'. feelings. How imw of ss, and' jhink to-day, will srn-virte ^ active " and vigor at the close of \ ienetidec4tde? ffi?f??i ).u or ourselves, we try to take fltl?isW kh? hfihinA ns. *?n all distinct and tney lead the right direction. We have to shape our course so it subserve the public and promote tJho general feel thai we have dene the State and city lor eh ~~t.iV"-^? ' 1 ', 1; W "Let our Just Censu CO! time. We have been blessed with many friends and favored with their warm and cordial support in our various undertakings. As to ene? mies, if we have them, we do not know it We know that we have friends, and have felt their strong arm and generous confidence sus? taining us in many a trial and strengthening us in all our labors. They have looked kindly upon cur errors. While our heartfelt thanks ore due to them, we have no cen? sure to express of those who may have been less indulgent or less just upon some occasions of dif? ference of opinion. We trust that we have duly profited as much by the occasional blame we have incur? red as by the general uniform com? mendation with which we have boen favored: At any rate, our faces are set to look forward and we shall essay to do our devoir in evil report as well as in good re? port. We trust that we are entering upon a better era of journalism in our State, since the repeal of the law which established so-called offi? cial organs, and made it possible, by use of the moneys paid into the public treasury, for newspapers to exist whose vocation is to defame and misrepresent this State and people. Our best wishes to our readers, our most cordial greetings to the reading public, on this the tenth anniversary of our existence. We salute them in our best bib and tucker. May they live long and prosper! And to come back to our figure, we bring forward the bird once more, and ask them, by their renewed support, to burnish his wings and strengthen him for other higher, nobler and more useful nights. The Drama.?Rev. Dr. Dix, rec? tor of Trinity Church, New York, lectured lately upon the drama. He held that "the drama ranks among the fine arts as much as painting or sculpture, and religion need have no quarrel with the fine arts." He did not think, however, that we now had the drama in its high? est form. The stage, he said, in its best condition among us aims at a lower mark?to entertain agreea? bly, divert and refresh. These are well attained, as many of our best citizens know. Among ourselves there have lived, and are still liv? ing, men and women of the high? est character, who have conferred great honor on the dramatic art, and have redeemed its variable reputation by living unquestiona? ble, unreproachable lives. They have helped us, comforted us, and done us good. They have been benefactors of their time; they will be held in honored and grateful remembrance long after the names of some of out notorious agitators shall have been forgotten. In con? clusion, he reminded his hearers that stage manegers were not so much to blame as the pnblio for countenancing and patronizing cen? surable performances. Those who need the drama, right should be encouraged in their efforts to ele? vate the tone of society by build? ing up. noble examples of virtue and patriotism before us, and re? freshing the people with health? ful recreation after their days of labor in thin toilsome world. j&aron nouisch?d recently visit? ed the office of one of his em? ployee on the Northern Bailroad, where he was not expected. He was startled at the magnificent produc? tions of the spider web in all the upper corners of the room and re? ferred to the cubjeci. ''Monsieur the Baron," said the man, "I leave them no on purpose. Otherwise, the, walls would be ruined by the AJMBIA, S. C, SUNDAY*! Eoyet and its R?ler.?The Khe? dive of Egypt is one of the most progressive rulers of the ago. As ir Moslem ha is remarkably free from religious prejudices, and his sympathies appear to be entirely on the sido of modern civilization. He has covered Egypt with a net? work of railway; regulated the in? undations of the Nile by a gigan? tic barrage in Lower Egypt; open? ed the Suez canal; secured by peaceful negotiation from the Porte the power of making com? mercial treaties with foreign States, and consequent independence in domestic government; increased largely the cultivation of sogar, cotton and the general production of the country; constructed im? mense harbors at Alexandria, Suez and Port Said, and improved the two chief cities with modernized streets and sanitary and police regulations. With the approving consent of the Christian world, he has extended his sway over Dar fonr and Kordofan to the heart of Africa, abolishing the internal slave trade, and bringing those barbarous regions under enlighten? ed control. His army is equipped with the latest modern inventions in warfai*e, and is commanded by American officers who have put it in such a state of disciplined effi? ciency that it is equal to any emer? gency. It is now but twelve years since Ismail Pasha succeeded his brother, Said Pasha, in the go? vernment of Eygpt, but in that time he has effected such moral, political and industrial changes, that he may be said to have regen? erated the country. His prede? cessor was a narrow-minded bigot, a despot, and a bitter enemy of re? form of any kind, with implacable prejudices against foreigners. Li? beral in his views, genial in his na? ture, and wide-awake to every? thing that can promote the well being of his subjects, Ismail Pasha is the benefactor of Egypt, as Iiis brother was its curse. They arrange things in style at Plymouth Church on communion Sundays, according to the New York Sun: The Plymouth plat? form was never prettier. In a handsome vase at the right of Mr. Beecher's chair were calla lilies, tube roses, orchilds, and ferns. There was a cross at the left of the reading-desk and close to the edge of the platform. The cross was composed of passion flowers, calla lilies, jonquils, and smilax. A large table on which was the j communion bread and wine was before the platform. The silver; pitchers, goblets, and plates shone brightly through the gauze which covered the table. Assistant Pas? tor Halliday and his assistants busied themselves before the ar? rival of Mr. Beecher in trying to make the table more beautiful. Brothers Sherman and Caldwell smiled approvingly on the work. Mr. Beecher took his seat in his usual careless manner, but was not unconscious that three thou? sand pairs of eyes were fixed upon him. He flushed at first, and then his face became clouded, and he put his hand to bis forehead, as though in deep thought. Served Her Right.?It was in Paris. An elegant lady goes out shopping. While she is engaged, there is a heavy fall of rain. Tho streets are flooded, and, to add to her distress, her carriage stands on the far side of a large, open square i which has become a lake; horses, being young, will not face the water. She stands on the edge of the curb, stamping her lit? tle feet,-and not knowing what to do. A gentleman passes, and' takes the situation in , at a glance. Throwing his cigar aside, he steps up to the. lady, seizes her by the Waist delicately, plunges into'the tide, and lands her safely on the lower step- of her cerra?cne door. Recovering from her astonish? ment she turns around and mut? ters, "Insolent!" The gentleman loses no time, but steps back to the lady, seizes her and lands her where she stood before. He then takes off his hat, bows politely and walks away. Mrs. Why born, of England, has lived 100 years without finding it out. driver, but his iORFING, MARCH 2"f, 187i ? Ablaze with Diamonds.?Mrs. Astor, the wife of the hundred railionaire of New York, appeared at a party given at her Fifth Ave? nue residence, one evening last wefrk, nt which she literally blazed with diamonds. On each of her shoulders, she had four stars, the size of silver half dollars, made with diamonds. Her hair was set thickly with diamonds, and her head seemed ailame with them. There was a diamond bandeau upon her brow. She had diamond ear-rings and a diamond neck? lace of magnificent proportions. Upon the two sides of her chest were two circles of diamonds about the size of the palm of tho hand. From them were depended lines and curves of diamonds reaching to her waist, around which she wore a diamond girdle. On the skirt of her dress in front were two largo peacocks, wrought of lines of diamonds. There were rosettes of diamonds on her slip? pers. There were diamonds, largo or small, but in every variety and form, all over her dress and per? son wherever they could be artisti? cally placed. She presented an extraordinarily dazzling spectacle. A connoissuer in precious stones, who was present, says the dia? monds she wore could not have cost lest than $1,000,000. They have a queer clerical scan? dal at Fon Du Lac, WTis., but don't S've the name of the man accused, e became pastor of a church there, about two years ago, 28 years old, having just married a lovely Michigan woman. He was very zealous, but at the end of the first year there were whispers of trouble between him and his wife. He treated her so abusively that she threatened to leave him, but at his earnest request she only made a short visit from home. At the end of a month he went to her and told her that he would ruin her reputation if she didn't return home at once. When she got home he abused her in the most shame? less manner, lying about her and applying indecent epithets to her before company. At one time, not long ago, after calling his wife a very bad name, he dropped upon his knee8 in the presence of the wife and others, and addressed the throne of Grace in thisl unguage: "O, Lord! Thou knowest that ray hated wife is the one great obsta? cle in the way of a revival of reli? gion in my church. Wilt Thou, in Thy goodness, come down and re? move her? An IsAuan is Love with Vijjxie Ream.?There is a certain Colonel here who represents the Cherokee nation in the lobby. He is cer? tainly enamored with the fair Viu nie. Miss Sculp, allow me to pre? sent Mr. Scalp?child of art?child of nature! I don't know whether we are to have another Parker af? fair; but certain it is Vinnie can? not go into her milliner's to pur? chase a whalebone for her corset, but the red man is on her trail. Tho day I saw tho fair face pale Eatching up Farragut, tho dusky rave was there. I tell you Cooper should have lived to see the "Indian of the falcon glance and lion bearing" gazing with eagle eye on the child of his white brother. As she straightened out the Admi? ral's nose and took a reef in his nether garments, a pure prayer went up from the dark bosom of the Cherokee to the Great Spirit, that he might incline- the heart of the white fawn towards him., It was too much for me. I went out and indulged in some nre*water. [ Wanh. Cor. Rochester J^afipftm.' -. ? - It is easy enongh for the Now York Tribune to advise a large number of persons now engaged in journalism to abandon their voca? tion and turn to agriculture. If the Tribuue is really anxious to see them make the change, let it come out squarely and any "Young men, go West; the Tribune will give you fifty cents for every turnip you can raise for the first three years." Some such conduct as that would soon make the desert blossom and give employment to hundreds of those who now cumber the road to newspaper prospex^^^ end the True Event." VC In Spain, rooms are not warmed by stoves or fire-places, as there are not brains enough in that country to understand these contrivances. They use braziers' brass dishes full of coals, and all the gas re? mains in the room. Alfonso's room was warmed this way at Avi? la, and His Majesty was partly asphyxiated, but recovered. "No, Joe, no," sau) a man of prin? ciple and compassion, as with his teeth chattering, he leaned against the bar; "no hot Scotch for me, I couldn't swallow it while hundreds of wretched people are freezing at this moment. Give me a whiskey sour and plenty of ice. God pity the poorl* The papers tell of one Kathe rino McGall, who lost her speech forty years ago and last week re? covered it. And now won't there be some talking in that house? Just think of a woman being forty years behind on talk! Inducement for a Widow to Mar by.?The will of Benjamin P. Beekman, of New York city, which has just been probated, gives the widow the interest on $10,000 while she is his widow and the en? tire $10,00*) if she marries again. Hepworth Dixon talks about the fascination of Niagara in impelling women to suicide. A knowledge of this fact would seem likely to make Niagara popular with hus? bands, not so much for wedding trips as wedding anniversaries. "How cbarmihgly naive she is," said a young beau to a crusty old gentleman. "Knave!" exclaimed the latter, gazing through his spectacles toward the coquettish beauty indicated, "I should say more of a fool." At Zinnwaid, in Germany, a wi? dow oi 103 has just married a man of sixty. One of the bride's chil? dren, aged eighty, was present at the wedding. "Thou art so near and vet ?fr, far," is what a young man, who at? tended a hop a few nights mentally remarked to his bottle fire-water which lav concealed bush. He was strolling up down the walk with a young at the time. It must be unpleasant for stuttering man in Berlin to hail a street car, because there they call a, street ear pferdes?rasseneu-enbahu wagen, for short. , / . I<*. 3 Broad Street and JC9 Lilt WyStreml m CHARLESTON, 8. C. ST?TI0I1HS ^^--?'tSBS ?Ii PB>^B^T>BBS First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YFX BT raiMQ CHKAFSa GRADES OF CTOCT, m CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FIDE FftSHlONftBLFsTftTlQIIEBT; Pines Paper and Envelopes* Redding and <?a? invitations I ON ipt BEST STOCK AND PRINTCO IN THE * LATEST STY1UL a REGULATOR The symptoms of Liver Ccmpl? easiness and pain in tho aide. Bome the pain is in the shoalder, sod is ssi for rheumatism. The atomaob ia ?w With loss of appetit e and aickuiee, bo. in aeneral, costive, ?emuime* air erne with lax. lbs beadi? trouble* ?Mh- n and dull, heavy sen eat ion, con aider able, of memory aooompanied with painful s sation of ha Ting left undone *omstb whieh ongbt to have been done. Often co plaining of weakness, debility and L. spirits. Sometimes many of "the ah'"' symptoms attend the disease, and at ok tines vir, few of them; but the Liver generally the organ most involved. ' THE FAVORITE HOME R! -i>'i - t i Is warranted not to contain a single par tide of Mercury, or any injurious mineral ea*-^ stance, but is Pt'HELY VBOBTABtB, Ooutaining those Southern Boots and Herbs, which an All-wise Providence ha? placed in countries where Liver Dieesses moot prevail. It will core all Diseases ciaeed by De? rangement of the Liver and Bowels. ^ 8IMM0NS' LIVER REGULATOR, OB MEDICINE, ^ Is eminently a Family Medicine; and by being kept ready for ire mediale retort, win " save mauy ?n boor ot suffering, and mauy a dollar in time and doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial, it is still receiving the most ucqnalided testisnoaiaieto - it* virtues from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Eminent peryai cianb commend it as the most BPFKrTUAL SFKCiriC For Constipation, Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Dltzlnesa, Sour Stomach, Bad Haste ? iu tho Mouth, BiUons Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Pain in the Region of the ?d neyo, Despondency, Gloom and Forebodings of Evil?all Of which are the tffspring of e>? DieuAued Liver. FOR DYSPEPSIA OR INDIOK8T10H. Armed with tbie ANTIDOTE, all climates and chances of water and food may b&vf2 fac?d without fear. Ae a remedy in Halations Fevers,Bowel Complaints, tteatleeese?s,,. 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Governor of Alabama. "Your Regulator has beea in use in- ray family for some time, and I ass persuaded, it Is a valuable addition to the medical seienoe."?Oov. J. Oiu, 8bo*t*b, Ala. "i have used the Regulator In my family forthe past seventeen years. loan lately recommend it to the world n the ber?t me dioine i have sver niea for thai otaeo of diseases it purports to eure.?H. P. Tbio rxs. President of City Bank. "Simmons' Liver Regnlator has proved a good and smeaoion* medicine."?C, A, Ncttiko. Druggist. < "We have been aoqoainted with Dr. Sim m on a' Liver Medicine for more than twenty years, and knew ft to be Ike beat Liver Be gulator offered to the public."?M. R. Lion axd H. L. Lxob, Bellefontaiae, Qa. "I was oared by Simmons' Liver Beg*, lator, after having suffered several year* with Chiiu and Fever."?R. F Annnnso*. I XeoyV Endorsement. "? ?M ? I *** ? "I have giveu y w medtoiae m I trial, and Iu no, ease ha faileetlifaction/'-Kl tahooehee. Vie. "I have os eeaafal tffsct ia ?U. 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