The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 31, 1875, Image 2
COLUMBIA, SC.
Wednesday Horning, March 30,1875.
The Olive Branch.
Senator uor?on, of Georgia, and Rep?
resentative Lamar, of Mississippi, speak
in flattering ttr.iiR of their reception by
the New England people, whom they re?
cently visited and addressed upon the
issues of the day. Tboy make acknow?
ledgments particularly to "ex-Federal
officers, who greeted them warmly every?
where," The Herald, of New York,
takes occasion of these admissions to
claim that tho best wishes of the Nortb
?crn people for the recovery of tho people
? of the South from the Iobscs of the war?
that Virginia should be again the "Old
Dominion,],' and Louisiana the imperial
commonwealth of the South-west?have
not boon reciprocated by the people of
tho South. "For ten years," it says,
"tho North has been holding out the
olive branch, and for ten years it has
been spurned." Now wo are happy to
acknowledge tho good feeling of a large
portion of the Northern people, and we
arc ready to admit that there may not
have been always duo appreciation of it
'^in tho South. But it is incontostibly
tme, that tho good feeling mentioned has
in many Northern States been rather
passive than active. It existed, but was
.powerless to control and shape the policy
i of the Government. That has, as a gon
? on? thing, remained either hostile or in?
different. Virginia just escaped its
clutches, and the imperial common?
wealth of the South-west has been made
' the unhappy victim of its tyranny and
? oppression. It is this government which
has prostrated and ground in tho dust,
rnther than sought to recover, States to
their normal condition. The South, on
the other hand, has eagerly caught at
whatever olive branches waved in its
. reach, but they wero too often like the
. - fabled frujts, which tempted but forever I
? escaped the grasp of Tantalus. \Ve"Hhall
1)0 glad indeed for tho Government,
which deals directly with us, to share
something of the humane spirit of the
people, and we shall bo glad if the
people should make their wishes better
understood by the Government The
good intentions, the kind feeling, the
friendly consideration of our friends
North, exist for us largely in the abstract
What we know and feel, what is ground
into us, is the plundering rule of the
carpet-bagger, the insolence of the vul?
garian office-holder, the lowered stand?
ard of morals introduced to corrupt and
?degrade, the ready sympathy of the
minions of government with everything
that tends to oppress, injure and impo?
verish. When the spirit of the Adminis?
tration corresponds to that of the best
elements of society in tho Northern
States, we may hopo for a change, but
? not till then. As things have been, the
Herald's olive branches have waved but
to mock, or, when accepted, have proved
often wormwood and gall.
-. < ? .
Senator Eaton'6 Speech.
Tho many friends of Senator Eaton, of
Connecticut, who remember him favora?
bly as a young man, resident in Colum?
bia for some years, have reason to feel
gratified at his manly speech, delivered
in the Senate on the 20th instant, upon
the resolution ottered in that body by
Senator Anthony, of Illinois, intended
to recognize Kellogg us the Executive of
Louisiana and to approve the action of
the President in protecting 1?) the people
of that State against domestic violence.
He comes forward at a critical moment
from one of the old States, to nssert the
old doctrines of the Government und to
maintain the sovereignty of the States us
established by its foundors. After a lucid
exposition of the character and nature of
the Government as formed by independ?
ent sovereignties and free States, he pro?
duced a decision of the Supreme Court
in the case of the Collector vs. Day, de?
livered as late as 1870, which abundantly
sustains his view. In reference to Loui?
siana, he asked:
"Why should it be made the plaything
of the central government? What reason
is there for it'/ There is none. Let it
alono. Lot the men of Louisiana make
their own laws; let tho intelligence of the
State como to the front and you arc Bafo;
the people aro safe. Senators talk about
the black man's rights not being safe.
They are an safe in Georgia as they are in
New York; as safe in Virginia as they are
in Maryland. It is about time to talk
nbont the white man's rights, our own
kith and kin. They have rights; the rights
arc not all ono side. I ask no especial
protection for the white man; but for
God's sake, in this land of ours, give our
brethren equal chance. Do not mako
laws to cripple the Tvhiie race. Let the
laws be equal,- even, well balanced; let
the scales be held properly, justly,
equally. Sir, I should scorn myself as'a
representative of one of tho old original
thirteen, if I did not hold this doctrine
on this floor. I ropresont my people
when I hold it It is the same doctrine
that my distinguished colleague would
hold here to-night, if he was on this
floor. Wo represent our people?Demo?
crats and Republicans?when wo say,
Lot the . people govern everywhere in
overy State. Why should you or I un?
dertake to moke laws for Missouri or Ar?
kansas, or Louisiana or Georgia? That
maxim of Jefferson should be written In
letters of gold and placed over overy
legislative ball in this broad land: 'That
government is the best.whiolT governs
ie least' Let the people be self-reliant,
not slaves. Let them govern themselves,
Make as few mwrf ias'-posslble.' That is
tho way'to do yon?'duty to the people;
whose servants you are. You arc not so?
vereign. The people of the States are
sovereign?not wo; not the gentleman
who lives at the .end of the avenue; he is |
their chief servant, not their sovereign."
Bermuda Crass as a Hay Crop. |
The April number of the Rural Caro?
linian contains a noticeable article from
the pen of Rev. C. W. Howard. It is an
account, with suitable reflections upon
it, of the yield in Bermuda or joint grass
of an eighth of an acre of hind adjoining
the Stono Phosphate Works, near Charles?
ton. The writer visited it in company
with Dr. St. Julian Ravenel. The land
is poor. The neighboring soil will not
produce a roinunonitivc crop of the
cereals or of cotton without heavy ma?
nuring:
"Last spring," he says, "Dr. Rnvencl
had this piece of ground well torn up by
a narrow plough, applied fifty pounds of
ammoniated phosphate to it, then bar
rowed and rolled. Th? result wils nt the !
rate of ten tons to the acre of well cured
hay. This hay is exceeded in value by
no other in the market. It is relished by j
homes, cattle and sheep. Clover und
timothy both waste, as many of tho dried j
stems arc rejected by live stock. There
is no waste in Bermudn grass hny, as the
stoms aro fino and tender. The writer
was informed that on this farm (of the
Stono Company) some petted mules were
supplied with* Bermuda grass for bed?
ding, nnd their racks well-filled with
Northern hay. Tho Bermuda gmss bed?
ding was eaten up before tho Northern
hay wos touched. This buy waa care?
fully analyzed by" Dr. Ravenel. The re?
sult of the analysis was an average in
four cuttings of 12 % albumenoids, or
flesh forming properties, and (f.5U of ash
or mineral matter. The amount of am?
monia was Lugo, the proeise quantity not
recollected. This analysis shows that as
animal food, and as a maun rial sub?
stance, it is equal to the best, and supe?
rior to tho most of the Northern grasses.
This crop, ten tons to an acre, is enor?
mous. In the best hay section of this
country, two tons of hay to the acre is an
excellent crop. A meadow that will pro?
duce this amount in the older States will
usually command $200 per acre, as tho
hay crop will pay a handsome interest
on thiB sum. The average will, however, j
not exceed one and a half tons per acre.
Hero wc have ten tons to the acre. If
hay is worth in Charleston $:)0 per ton,
and $5 per ton is allowed for expenses,
wo have $250 net profit per acre. And
this result from land absolutely thrown
away, because it is infested with this
gross."
The facts as thus stated arc vouched
for by the editor of the Carolinian, who
informs us, further, that four cuttings of
this grass were made during the season.
The significance of the discovery of this
extraordinary yield lies in the fact that
this grass is considered a pest, which has
sometimes induced those who own plan?
tations infested with it to sell thorn at a
great sacrifice, and engage in mercantile
pursuits, for which they are unfitted.
Here we have demonstration both of the
value of the grass and of the enormous
yield which it can be made to bring.
That being demonstrated, it is also cl?ar
that we have only to think n little to dis?
cover how much preferable to cotton and
other crops, which require expensive and
reliable labor, will be a hny crop. Mr.
Howard maintains that all tho conditions
which are needed to make it remunera?
tive exist in the vicinity of Charleston.
Hay, he says, can be profitably shipped
from Southern ports to Northern cities,
notwithstanding it would look like
carrying coals t-> N wcastlf. II" pre?
dicts that not only will the drain for
millions of dollars for Northern hay be
closed, but the course of trade in thin
article will be changed, and along the
Southern coast we shall become shippers
to those from whom we now buy. At
the North tin y have no grasses or forage
plants that will produce hay in quantity
and quality equal to that produced by
Bermuda grans. According to Mr. How?
ard, and he is high authority, it is
superior for both grazing and hay to any
of the artificial grasses, which are sown
at heavy expense. He points out several
other advantages. The cultivator of a
grass crop need not live on his hind.
Tho crop cannot well be stolen. Thou?
sands of acres on the coast and in the
interior are already set in the Bermuda.
T?test the matter, he proposes that those
who have the grass on their land should
enclose, protect and fertilize a small plat
and report tho result. This they can do
now, this spring. We think the sug?
gestion eminently timely and wise. By
all means, let the experiment be tried.
It will not be costly or troublesome to
make it.
House-Keeping in the Blue Crass.
" 'Who sweeps tho room
With motive pure,
Makes that and the action fine.'
"May not thiB also bo true of a oookery
book, in view, find, of its containing ro
oipes of dishes which have often gratified
Luv nyi>vliicB of families r.nd guest." of
some of the best house-keepers in this
far-famed region; secondly, and by way
of climax, in that it was conceived in the
earnest desire of tho ladies connected
with the "Missionary Society" of tho
Sonthern Presbyterian Church, Paris,
Ky., to do something more in the way of
benevolence than was found practicable in
the use of the noodle."
Tho above is an extract from the 1 'Pre
faoe." It tells tho whole story. Wo have
examined the receipts, and find them
suoh as cause us to c wise onr wondering
at the far-famed luxurious hospitality of
the Kentucky people. A few copies of
i this hook are for sole at Mr. II. L. Bryan's
bookstore. All the profits go to tho snp
Bort of foreign missions by the Sonthern
'renbytorian Church. We hone that there
Will bo such a demand for this book of
good things, that another supply will
.have to he ordered. The price is $1.50.
An Aot to Raise Supplies for the fiscal
Year Commencing November 1,1875. -
Section 1. Be it enacted by the ticnale
and Jlouse of Representatives, of the Btali
of Soxdh Carolina, now met end? sitting in
General Assembly, and in/ authority of the
same, That a tux of 1J mills upon every
dollar of the value of all taxable pro
Eerty in this Stuto be, and the same' is
creby, levied to meet appropriations to
pay the salaries of the exeoutivo and
judicial officers of the State, and the
clerks and contingent expenses of tho
! executive and judicial departments of
the government,:for the fiscal year com?
mencing November 1, 1875.
Skc. 2. That a tax of i\ mill.-, upon
every dollar of the vnlM^ of all tuxable
property in this State be, und the suutc is
hereby, levied to meet appropriations tor)
the support and maintenance >?;' the
penal. charitable and educational institu?
tions of the State, exclusive of common
schools, for the fiscal year commencing
November 1, 187.3.
Sec. :l. That a tax of 2 mill-, upon
every dollar of the value of all taxubh?
property in this State be, and the sane1
is hereby, levied to meet uppropriations
for the support und maintenance of pub?
lic schools, tor the fiscal year romni*k:ic
ing Novonihor 1, 1875.
Sec. 1. That a tax of l\ mills upon
every dollar of thp value of all taxable
Eroporty in this Stato bo, and the same is
ereby, levied to meet appropriations to
dofrav the expenses of the General As
K"nib\y for the regular session of 1K75 76.
.Sec. 5. That a tax of J of 1 tnill upon
every dollar of the value of all taxable
proporty in this State be, and the same
is hereby, levied to meet appropriations
for public printing for the fiscal year
commencing November 1. 1875, and for
the deficiency in the appropriation for
public printing for the fiscal year com?
mencing November 1. 1871, of the pro
cceds of which tax the sum of 550,MOO
shall be devoted to the payment of the
appropriation first named herein, and
$10,000 to the payment of the deficiency
above referred to.
Sec. (5. That a tax of 2 mills upon
every dollar of the value of all taxable
property in this State be, and the snine
is hereby, levied to meet approprinti ?n^
for the payment of the interest upon the
Eablic debt, (as adjusted by the Act of
eceniber 22, 1873,) due and pavnble <>n
the first dftvs of January and July, ls7ti:
Provided, That the proceeds of the tax
levied in this section shnll be used, first,
for the payment of the interest which
may fall due upon the consolidated
bonds und certificates of stock within
the fiscal year for which the said tax is
levied; second, as a "surplus fund,"
I which shall be kept4-separate and apart"
from all other funds, thut is, a distinct
/ton/, which shall be applied within the
fiscal year for which it is eollected and
created, viz: to the purchase of the bonds
and (docks of the State, issued in accord?
ance with the provisions of the Aot -ntt
tled "An Act to reduce the volume of the
public debt and provide for the payment
of the same," and for no other purpose;
and no bonds or Btocks shall be pur?
chased with such fund, except that class
of bonds or certificates of stock which
are, by the provisions of the aforesaid
Act, authorised to be it-sued; the- truo in?
tent and meaning of which is to exclude
from purchaso all bonds and stocks
remaining in their present form or un
exchanged for the consolidation bonds
or certificates of stock as provided for in
suid Act.
Sue. 7. That a t.ix of .1 of 1 mill upon
every dollar of the value of all taxable
property in this State be, and din same
is hereby, levied to meet appropriations
for the payment of churns passed at the
regular session of the General Assembly
of 1874-75, and that the claims for salary
or pay of members, officers ami em?
ployees of the General Assembly shall be
paid in full prior to the pnyment of any
other cluiins whatsoever from the pro?
ceeds of the tax levied by this section:
and the remaining proceeds of the levy
herein made shall be used for the pay?
ment pro rata of other claims.
Sr.t-. 8. That a tax of ;J of 1 mill upon
every dollar of the value of all taxable'
property jn this State be. and the same
hereby, levied for the payment of the
deficiency of ttnpaid appropriations for
current and permanent printing for the
years 1873 and 1871, due the Uepublican
Printing Company: Providetl, Thut the
amount to be raised by the levy herein
made shall not be paid until the work
for which it is to be paid shnll have been
delivered by the said Republican Print?
ing Company to tin; officers authorized
to roccive the sain;'.
Sec. !). That a tax of 1 mill upon every
dollar of the value of all taxable property
in this State be. and the same is hereby,
levied for the payment of the balances of
unpaid appropriations for the fiscal year
ending October 31, 1874?that is to say,
for balances due for salaries, claim South
Carolina bank and Trust Company. Abel
Bobbins, (pensioner,) M. H. 'Berry,
Aiken Tribune, George Syminers, Beau?
fort &mthcrn Standard, 0. I). Melton, A.
Palmer, (repairs to State House fence
and grounds.) P. F. Frazee, Howie &
Allen and J. E. Green; and in the event
the proceeds derived from the tax bo not
sufficient, thou the State Treasurer is
hereby authorized and required to pay
pro rata tho claims heroin named.
Sec. 10. That a tax of 2-5 of 1 mill
upon every dollar of the value of all the
taxable property in this Shite be, and
the H?mo is heroby, lovied for the pay?
ment of tho past indebtedness of the
Lunatic Asylnm and State Penitentiary
and tho institution for tho education of
the deaf, dumb and blind, and the same
bo paid pro rata.
Sec. 11. That a tax of 1-5 of 1 mill
upon overy dollar of the valuo of all the
taxable pr?porty in this Stato bo, and the
same is hereby, lovied to meet tho appro-I
printion for tho payment of interest on
tho bonds of the State purchased for the
State Agricultural College and Mecha?
nics' Institute.
' Sec. 12. That a tax of 2-5 of 1 mill
upon overy dollar of the valuo of all the
taxable property in the State be, and the
same is hereby, levied to moet appropria?
tions duo the State Orphan Asylum and
the Stato Normal School.
Sec. 13. That a tax not to exceed 3
mills upon overy dollar of tho valuo of
all taxable proporty in eaoh of tho seve?
ral Counties of this Stato, except the
County of Pickens, in which the County
Commissioners shall levy a tax of 5 mills,
two mills of whioh shall be devoted ex?
clusively to the payment of the past in?
debtedness of said County; the County
of Aiken, where an additional tax of H
mills shall be levied to pay past indobt
ednesa of -said County; the County of
Beaufort, d niilln, 1 mill of which shall
be used .exclusively for the building and
repair of bridges and deficiencies,: the
County of Kcrahaw, in which the County
CommiasionerH rfhull levy nnd collect a
tax of 6 mills, ;> mills of which shall be
devoted exclusively to the payment of
the past indebtedness of said County:
Provided, That 1J mills of tffe :i mills
levied for the payment of the past in?
debtedness of the County of Kershuw
shall be devoted to the payment of the
indebtedness of said County for and
contract***! in the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1ST 1: the County of New
berry, in which the County Commission?
ers shall levy and collect a tax of I mills;
the County of Kurutcr, in which the
County Commissioners an- authorized to
levy and collect ? tux of ? mills. 2 of
which to be devoted to the paymout of
the j,,ast indebtedness of said Conntv.be,
and the same is hereby, levied for
County purposes for the fiscal year com?
mencing November 1. \H7-r>: the rate to
b' fix??1! by the County Coiiimtjtsionora
of eaeh County, and by them certified to
I t!i? County Auditor thereof: that in the
ICounty of Bnrnwcil, l.i miiis shall be
levii il for tin- construction and repair of
I bridges: /V???'Wrrf, That in the County
lot" Omngebnrg 1 of the SI mills shall be
;wd rx<dusively for the payment of the
post due indebtedness of said County,
and it is hereby made the duty of the
County Treasurers to keep the funds
raised by the levy made in this section
separate and apart from all other funds:
and they are hereby forbidden to pay out
any portion of the same, except for
County expenses incurred timing the
fiscal year tor which it was levied and
e d lee ted: and the County Commission?
er* are hereby forbidden to draw any
warrants rontrvry to the provisions
herein contained, or make contracts in
excel w of the amount herein provided
for: I'mrhM. kwr, That it shall be
lawful f>r the County Commissioners, as j
aforesaid, to make such special or addi?
tional h-v\ or levies as may be required
of them by special eiuivtm ?it.
Skc. 14. That n tn:< of ;,1 mill upon
??very ilolbir of tlv value of all taxable
property of this Stute be, nnd the same
is hereby, levied to pay the deficiency "or
unpaid appropriations for the fiscal year
which commenced November I, 187-I.
Skc. 13. That the proceeds of the taxes
levied in the first eleven sections of this
Act .shall be kept by the State Treasurer
separate and apart from each other, and
from all other public funds, and shall be
applied to the purposes for which they
are respectively levied, and lione other:
and all the proceeds of the tuxes levied
for and on account of the State as speci?
fied in the first eleven sections of this
Act, shall be deposited by the StateTrea
surer in such banks of deposit us shall be
selected ;.s the depositories of the public,
or State funds, to the < redit of the re?
spective qieeifio appropriations therein
named: and it shall he tin duty of such
banks to keep a separat'* account for each
appropriation, and the money belonging
to each, subject to the ( heck of the State
Treasurer, which checks shall bear upon
their face the appropriation upon which
they are drawn, and tho State Treasurer
shall not draw any moneys from either
of the said banks, unless by cheeks sub?
scribed by him as Treasurer, and coun?
tersigned by the Governor, and such
checks .-.hall bear upon their face the spe?
cific appropriation upon which they are
drawn, and no moneys shall be paid by
either of th" said banks for and on ac?
count of the. State, except Upon such
cheek*; and the said banks shall publish,
without expense to the State, in one or
more of the newspapers published in the
city of Columbia, a weekly statement of
all the moneys received from the State
Treasurer, to what appropriation they
have been credited, as well as the amount
p iid ort, to whom, and on account of
what appropriation paid.
Ski . Ki. That the County Auditors and
County Treasurers of the several Coun?
ties of this State are hereby required,
under the supervision of the Comptrol?
ler-General, to make the collection of the
taxes levied under and pursuant to the
provisions of the Act in the manner pro?
vided by law: and they are hereby for?
bidden to collect any other tax whatever
for the aforesaid fiscal year, unless herein
or otherwise expressly authorized by law
'ho to do: Proviwul, htHcrrer, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
pervert the collection of special taxes for
County purposes, district school taxes,
poll tax, railroad taxes and taxes levied
for the relief of widows and oiplians of
persons killed because of their political
opinions. Any State or County officer
who shall fail to comply with, or shall
evade or attempt to evade, the provisions
of this Act, or shall directly or indi?
rectly, temporarily or permanently di?
vert or embezzle the proceeds of the
taxes levied or collected for any specific
purpose in accordance with tho said pro?
visions, shall be deemed guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished bv a fine of not less
than $1,000, no more than $5,000,
and bo huprisonod in the Penitentiary
for a period of not loss than ono year,
nor rnoro than five yeavs.
Sec. 17. That all taxes assessed and
payablo undor this Act shall be paid in
the following kinds of funds: Gold and
silver coin, United States currency, Na?
tional Bank notes, coupons duc'of bonds
issued under an Aot to reduce tho volume
of tho public debt, and provide for tho
payment of tho same, approved Decem?
ber 22, 1873; and if tho holdors of tho
bills of tho Bank of tho State shall pre?
sent any of the said hills in payment of
taxos duo the State, tho Treasurer of tho
County whoro such bills aro presentod
shall place tho said bills in on envelope
or package, and seal the name with his
official seal, across which shall bo written
the name of the said County Troasurer
as well as tho County in which tho said
bills wero presentod, tho name of the
party presenting, with tho amount and
denomination or the same, and this shall
bo the only ovidenco of tho presentation
of said bills in nny suit that may arise
from tho same, and this evidence shall
not bo admissible, if the seals upon tho
said envelopes or packages are broken,
except they shall be broken in open
court.
In the Senate . Ilouse, the 2Gth day of
March, in tho year of our Lord 1875.
R. II. GLEAVES,
Presidont of the Senate:
R. B. ELLIOTT,
Speakdr House of Representatives.
The Governor has not yet signed tho
1 bill.
City Items.?Subscribe for the Phqzkix
and then invest a V in the reel estate dis?
tribution.
Weather damp and chilly, yesterday.
In forwarding subscriptions to the
FHrexrx and Gi.eaxeb, don't forget the
postage.
Come, gentle spring, ethereal mild?
ness ; come, and in you're coming, why
don't you come along?
The principle of always keeping your
name and business before the public will
insure success.
A bargain can be obtained in the pur?
chase of a fount of second-hand bour?
geois or minion, with the necessary cases,
at the PltOCNlX office.
The great fair of the Washington Light
Infantry opened in Charleston, last night,
and an immense concourse of persons
was in attendance.
You can get all styles of job printing,
from a visiting card to a four-sheet post?
er, at the Phocsix office. Prices satisfac?
tory.
In referring to the Easter ceremonies,
yesterday, the types made us say the
'?former," referring to Trinity Church,
when St. Peter's occupied that position.
Church people noticed the error.
An investment of S5 may cause you to
b" the fortunate possessor of a con?
venient house, a building lot, u pair of
spanking horses, or a gold watch. The
real estate distribution is the mode.
Tickets in the real estate distibution.
which comes off in April, can be obtained
at Pinns is office, Indian Girl Cigar Store,
Columbia Hotel Cigar Store, Wheeler
lion ie. Sul/.bacuer's California Cigar
Store, and Sheridan's grocery store.
The up passenger train between this
city and Charlotte, was rocked twice on
Sunday, near Chester, and several panes
of ^la^s smashed; but, fortunately,' no?
body seriously hurt. What a pity, that
a double-barrel gun was not at hand.
Remember the Old Folks' Concert, to?
morrow evening, in the Opera House.
The dresses peculiar to the days of 1776
will be imitated and some most excellent
music furnished. Those who were pre?
sent at the last representation of this
nature by the Choral Union, will not fail
to be present on this occasion.
The merits of the so-called "bonanza"'
bill are being very generally discussed,
and the prevailing opinion is, that, if
properly carried out, it will be of advan?
tage to the State?to the extent that it
clears up at a low figure a large amount
of tloating debt, which would, eventu?
ally -a portion, nt least?be paid in full.
Messrs. Reasloy & Emerson have com?
pleted their work--the Columbia Di?
rectory--very satisfactorily, and to-day,
will begin to deliver the volumes. They
worked energetically, and tho list of
names is believed to be complete and
correct. It is a very useful publication,
containing, besides the alphabetical list,
a business directory, list of societies,
companies, etc.
The Atlanta people had quite a spasm
of virtuous indignation at the indecencies
of the can-can after the show was over
and the ean-cancrs had departed. Cheap
morality. Tho city authorities of Co?
lumbia can easily prevent a repetition of
the disgusting and unsatisfactory exhi?
bition, which was held in Parker's Hall,
last week, by taking time by the fore- j
lock. "Can Can?" "No you can't!"
We acknowledge the receipt of an in?
vitation to be present at the annual ex?
hibition of the Benedict Institute, which
commenced last evening. Rev. Timothy
S. Dodge is the principal, und he is
doing good work among his colored
scholars. Mrs. B. A. benedict, the
charitable founder of the school, is now
in the city. The buildings are admira?
bly located in the North-eastern suburbs
of the city.
Maj. Erastus \V. Eversen, Librarian of
the State University, and formerly an
efficient "local" on several papers, is pro
paring for the press an account of cente?
narians living in South Carolina. He
wishes a list of those actually 100 years
old, and those nearly that age. He wishes
to collect the recollections of these cente?
narians in regard to revolutionary events,
travel, trade, manners and customs,
means of communication, ways of amuse?
ment, and any ovents in their lives which
will go to illustrate tho progress of tho
country from thoir early days.
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Miss Christian Reid's now story of
"Hearts and Hands," just issued from
tho press of Appleton & Co., is pleasing
in its conception, and pervaded by deli?
cate and tender sentimentality. It dis?
plays a fair amount of the faculty of
analysis, and a decided susceptibility to
the beauty of nature and tho charms of
art. Visitors to the White Sulphur
Springs, in Virginia, will recognizo its
fidelity in the portroituro of the social
gaiety, tho harmless dissipation and tho
not altogether harmless flirtations in
vogue at that celebrated health resort.
We think Miss Roid writes too rapidly,
and with mil sufficient care. Labor,
stndy, tho uso of the file and sovero
pruning, arc all needed to give perfection
and point to hor style, and strength i
and consistency to her thought. The!
author of "Valerio Aylmer"and "Morton I
House" has promising talents as a novel?
ist, and owes it to herself not to fall be- j
hind her own standard. Mr. Bryan has i
favored us with a copy of "Hearts and'
'Hands." I
Tho "Ticket-of-L*?ave Man" failed to
draw a full house, last night, but this
hud no effect upon the performers, who
went through their parts as earnestly
nnd energetically as though playing to a
crowded house. Mr. and Mrs. Lovell
are remarkably fine performers; Mr. and
Mrs. Cramer, as is well known, are fully
up to the standard in their parts; on 1
their proteges are coming along capitally.
To-night we aro to have the "Ticket-of
Leavo Man" again.
Puiknixiana.?Wise men make mo.ro
opportunities than they find.
The father of all corns?pop corn.
Sure to produce short crops - the bar?
ber's shears.
Now-a-duys the most unpopular "ism"
is rheumatism.
"Careless grace" is the aim of thd
spring costumes.
If slander be a snake, it is a winged
one. It flies as well as creeps.
Tho man is rieh who has a good dis?
position?who is naturally kind, patient,
cheerful and who has a flavor wii in!
fun in his composition.
List of New Advertisements.
Meeting of the Sehuetzen-Verein.
C. J. Laurev?Auction.
Hotel Arrivals, March 30, 1875. ?
Wheeler House?W. T. Dodamead, city;
T. J. Mackey, Chester; S. W. Patton,
New York: Geo. Peters, wife and son,
Mrs. W. Sheryard, Newark; Frank A.
Belanger, Edgefield; Eugene B. Wiggins,
fwfluungton; C. H. Glidden, Charleston;
0; ^1C Burt, Hartford; O. M. Dantzler,
Charlotte: J. P. Wilson, Yorkville; F. A.
Ahendr?th, New York; Dr. N. Adams,
Mrs. Adams, Miss Adams, Mr. Adams,
Springfield; Mrs. H. H. Starkwoather,
Norwich; Mrs. W. M. Gibson, Washing?
ton: S. D. Kennedv. 13. A O. R. R.; P.
R Hacker. Charleston; Y. 3. P. Owens,
Laurens; Jas. W. Colcock and sister,
Baltimore: A. W. Barnett and wife, Ala?
bama; C. r. Townsend, J. L. Breeden,
Benncttsville; J. N. Van Solem, W. K.
Kline, Wilmington; J. Monroe Wise, S.
C. ; C. Suber, Newborn.-.
Hen'lrix House?W. E. Anderson,
Water Side; Mrs. J. G. Huguenin, Miss
Amy Adams, Miss Sallie Adams, Gads
den; J. N. McDill, Hickory Grove: John
Morrison. Hardscmbble; H. W. Adams,
J. 11. Adams, J. H. Adams, Gndsden; J.
D. Witherspoon, Sumter; W. S. Smith,
J. A. Edve, Fish Dam; G. W. Martin, C.
E. Leitn'er, Firirfleld.
Mansion House?J. H. Todd, U. S. A.;
Capt. W. II. McLaughlin, TJ. S. A.; F. J.
Holcomb, Abbeville; T. C. Gower, Green?
ville: J. S. Bowers, Newberry; B. F.
Mauldin, G. A C. R. R.; R L. Stansell,
Hodges; J. W. Kennedy, Frog Lovel.
How to Restore the Prosperity ov
TnE Stvte.?Keep you money at hom<?.
Do not send away for anything which
you can obtain as well here as elsewhere.
We do not advocate paying $5 for that
which you can buy abroad for even $4.90 ;
but when you can*buy your Blank Books,
of the best grade, at prices as low as
New York, then send to Walker, Evans A
Cogswell, Charleston, S. C, and purchase
what yon need. All their Blank Book?
are made in Charleston, and your en?
couragement will sustain a worthy manu?
facturing enterprise. M21t
A New Era.?In old times, at the com?
mencement of every season, it was th^
fashion to take a strong cathartic as a
safeguard against a change of tempera?
ture. It was a worse than senseless ?
practice. The people of our day under?
stand the matter better. Instead of de?
pleting the system, they reinforce it.
In the method"they adopt, they exhibit a
wise dicriiuinntion. Instead of resorting
to the vitiated .stimulants of commerce,
or any of the compounds derived from
them, they put their faith in the only
absolutely pure invigomnt procurable in
the market?Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Their faith is well founded. Never haa
any tonic medicine been prepared with
such scrupulous precision ana conscien?
tious care. It is a vegetable compound
of which every ingredient is sound,
wholesome and medicinal in the true senso
of the word. Now we have three promi?
nent national complaints. One-half of
the adult population of the United State?
suffer more or less, either from diseases
of the stomach, derangements of the
liver, or affections of the. kidneys. In
no other land under heaven are these
maladies so general as in this country,
and Hostetter's Bitters is a specific for
them all, unless organic in their origin,
nnd therefore beyond euro. And let
those who are fortunate enough to be ex?
empt from them at present understand
one great fact, viz: that an occasional use
of this vitalizing tonic will as certainly
prcvont them as the sun will prevent tho
earth from freezing whero its genial
beams descend. The Bitters is a genial
and excellent ionic, a moderate altera?
tive, and just enough of an aperient to
regulato without convulsing the bowels.
It is, therefore, a specific peculiarly
adapted to the present season. M28 f3l 1
Unp.uiallei.ed Fiendishness in Utah.
The Rocky^Monntain Neuis, of a recent
dato, gives the following particulars of
an atrocious tragedy committed at Toque
ville, Utah, on the 16th instant:
"Richard Fryer, who has lately labored
nnder the hallucination that ne was a
second Jesus Christ, entered his house
in the evening, and found Thomas Batty,
a friend of the family, lighting a fire in
the grate. Believing that Batty was an
emissary of the devil, who was trying to
bum his premises, the lunatic rushed
for a pistol and shot him through the
head. Mrs. Fryer, paralyzed with fear,
crouched in a corner, and was shot
through the heart by her demoniac hus?
band. The next thing he did was to go
to a cradle where his infant cHild was
lying asleep, and deliberately blow its
brains out. This was the crowning not
of the almost unparalleled tragedy.
Fryer then sallied forth into the village,
armed wii!?. u raVOiV?t t.r.d a ' i~v.n, pro?
claiming himself the Lord, and saying
that he had slain the devil and several of
hin imps. The Sheriff, being unable to
arrest Fryer, and fearing that still other
lives might bo sacrificed,killed him with a
shot from a navy revolver. Batty, Mrs.
Fryer, the babe and the slayer of them,
were all buried - on St. Patrick's day from
the same house."
The estimated damage by the flood at
Marietta, Pa., is upward of $70,000.