The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 08, 1875, Image 2
COLUMBIA^. C.
Thorgday Morning, April 8, 1875,
On, Stanley, On!
We ore delighted to be reinforced in
our viows of the iniquity of the supply
'bill by onr contemporary at the other
end of the political avenne. The faot
that its opposition is ? based, exclusively
upon tho character of certain claims
-which are provided for under it makes it
none . the . less... welcome. ? The stream
might be broader, but even rills are ac
?ceptable.- We %hoper 6ttr contemporary,
which appears to have unnaaal facilities
of finding oat how things are about the
treasury, will work up the claims mino it
has struck. On the 30th ult., it urged
that the Governor should be in no hurry
(to either sign or veto tho bilL It rebuked
us for asking him to put a stinging veto
to it. Now it hopes that he will not Bign
it This is progress. It will be under?
stood to be still more in earnest when it
advises him to veto it promptly. Delay
.might enoourago speculation in tho
-claims. It will make a field for it to ope?
rate in. Some men might lose, as some
others .might surely gain by it Mean?
while, we cordially wish it bucooss in iU?
? reference of certain matters to the Attor?
ney-General, the Solicitor and the judi?
cial department generally. We have
? called often upon thoso obarged with
responsibility to act in tho interests of
the people. But rowing up stream is
difficult with only a voice or two to en?
courage the effort So those concerned
seem to have regarded it Last year was a
-"gocd year for frauds, as any year for tho
.??last aeven or eight would have been.
We have had an unvarying good sea-1
- son for prosecutions, the material of j
frauds and rascalities being abundant.
But little was done. A stray Treasurer
or two were the small fish who were
caught,, while the large- escaped. But
? circumstances are becoming more favora?
ble, the atmosphere is clearing up every?
where. Things are possible to effort
"now that wore out of the question oven
? a year ago. Lot our contemporary not
be discouraged in its new role. Let it
push E. M. Johns, A. F. Cants, A.
Barley and other small mythical r fry to
the wall. It does well to quote the Con?
stitution prohibiting the payment of
money front tun treasury, except in pur?
suance of an appropriation made by
law. Let it opon up to view the case of
L. F. Christopher. Whom did that myth
represent? In fine, we have to say to our
contemporary, "Lay on, Mac duff."
, Give it to them. Show up frauds wher?
ever they exist Small favors of this
sort thankfully accepted.
Scum.
The letters whioh have appeared in the
New' York: tiun, the Charlotte Observer,
? and now again in the Washington Capllol,
written from Columbia, and mainly de?
voted to abuse of Governor Chamberlain
'.and misrepresentation of things as they
exist here, are of a character to excite
-xraly contempt Exposure has had no
effect in teaching the author better man?
ners. An article, from his hand, in the
Capitol of this week, is full of course ma?
lignity and venom. The journals whioh
admit these vile ebullitions into their
columns do not know, what is very well
known here, that their author was loud?
mouthed and foul-mouthed in advocacy
of Governor Chamberlain's election,
and'has only turned against hiin
since his course has been unmistaka?
bly clear in favor of reform and ho?
nesty in the State Administration. What
he says about the Governor, comes
from spleen at finding him honest and
stern in office, and his sneers at the
Conservatives, for supposed inconsist?
ency in voting against the address for
the removal- of the Treasurer, show his
lack of brains to bo as great as his lack
of principle. The motives which lie at
the bottom of that action are beyond the
grasp of his mind or the appreciation of
his moral sense. It is timo that the ped?
dling of thifi stuff to respectable journals
should be put a stop to. They owo it to
outraged public opinion in this State to
put an extinguisher upon this corres?
pondent, whoso stock in trade is garb?
age, and whose lucubrations are only so
many streams of unmitigated filth.
We trust that the example of Connecti?
cut has had some effect upon* Rhode
Island. The Republicans have had their
own way there for several years. Last
spring tho Democrats modo no nomina?
tions for State officers, and in the Con
fafif^&^ eltotiotts 'of' last November
st&oiff caudidotoa deoh'ned to ntand. ? Bat
a split hi the Republican ranks, with the
organiutiCft!?* Wflistinotlvb prohibition
'S*>sf*si; h*** ppK?coad a ohange: Waich,
*Jfaaay; }|<HE^bf sr.-Ve** l^iie^ to. |SaVo.na1>le''. W
count by tho Dcmocrata They' have
can bo expected. The popular vote for
Governo? in 18^ gave a Republican taa
y?ft of t^^'.mU the; complexion pf
the lyegfad^re elected last spring is Bo
pnb^i4ms,^a^^nato, 57 House; Domo
orale? tO Senate and \$ House. The
SflW, thar* $a hope that Uttte Rhody>Ul
. itttprovc and do better.
' UM -dden aeathV foff George W.
(Joimty.T* an-;
Connecticut Election.
It no vor rains but it pours, Tho ro- |
buHh of tbo Connecticut election .\ro un
prccodentodly fine. Goy. Ingorsoll elect* j
ed by 7,000 majority; the Senate sixteen
Domooratlo to six Republican; the De
moaratio majority of the House twenty
one to thirty; Secretary and Treasurer
both Domoarats; five Sheriffs out ef
eight ditto. So far from the New York
Herald's prognostications of falling off in
the Domooratic voto being true, there has
been a noticeable increase. From the
IPbrW almanac for 1875, we give a table
which shows tho popular voto for
Governor for tho last ton years, to
which wo add that of this, tho greatest
of all. Those columns will bo pleasant
reading:
Dem. Rep. Temp. Maj.
31,339 42,374 .... 11,0:35 R
43,433 43,974 _ 5-11R
47,565 46,578 .... 987 D
50,541 48,777 .... 1,765 D
45,082 45,493 .... 411R
44,128 43,285 .... 843 D
47,373 47,473 .... 100 R
44,562 46,563 1,549 28 R
45,059 39,245 2,541 3,273 D
46,755 39,973 4,960 1,809 D
53,784 44,256 2,674 6,854 D
A great change Binco '65 certainly.
The "tidal wave" rolls on. Grantism
will soon be among the things that were.
Wxnsxn OrF.?At the close of lion
day's proceedings in tho Bencher trial,
Judgo Neilson suggested to the ladies
present that it would bo desirable they
shouid not attend tho court for a few
days to come.
Columbia, s. c., April 7, 1875.
: Etlitor Phmnix .Sin: It is due to Sena?
tor Whittemore to state that he has re?
ceived no orders from the contingent
fund of the Senate. By giving this a
place, you wiU oblige, very truly yours,
J. WOODRUFF, Clerk of Senate.
The Uniteo States Copbts?Judgo
Bryan presiding?Charleston, Tuesday,
April 6.?Tho Circuit Court met at 10
o'clock. Judge Bryan delivered an ela?
borate chargo to the juries, in whioh he
explainod their duties and responsibili
ties. Tho grand jury returned truo bills
in the following cases: The United
States vs. Marcus Chisolm, , stealing
United States property; the United States
vs. Henry j Williams, alias Henry Town
send,' stealing letters from the United {
States mail; the United States vs. Ander?
son Biannum, illegal voting; the United
States vs. Hugh Farlev, carrying on the
business of u retail liquor dealer and
tobacco dealer without paying tho special j
tax; the United States vs. Henry Wil- j
liams, carrying on the retail liquor busi?
ness without paying the special tax.
Judge Bryan announced that as soon as
the criminal business was finished,
which will probably be in three days,
the civil business on tho docket will be
taken up. Tho District Attorney pre?
sented the accounts of Commissioners I
Blythe, "Wilkes and Hagood for fees,
which were approved by the Judge. The
Court then, at 4 o'clock P. MT, adjourned
till 10 o'clock, this morning.
The Distmct Coubt.?In the petition
of J. S. B. Thompson, for nale of real
estato and choses in action in tho matter
of J. P. Elkin, bankrupt, it was ordered
that the ussigneo sell the personal pro?
perty not exempted, for oash, together
with such of tho choses in action as are
not collectable; and that the assignee
also soil such of the real estate as is not
exempted, in lota most convenient for
sale, for one-half cash, and the balance
payable in nine months. In the petition
of B. F. Rnwliuson, in the matter of T.
J. LaMotte, assignee of Charlos W. Raw
linson, bankrnpt, it was ordered that the
assignee file his account of the estato of
the bankrupt with Registrar Jaeger, on
or before the 10th instant, and that the
Registrar, upon the receipt of said ac
count, forthwith declare a dividend, and
that he pay tho coats of this proceeding.
I In the petition of Frederick W. Wagener,
j assignee, for sale of property in the mat
| ter of Mauldin, Owens & Co., bankrupts,
it was ordered that the property (1,265
acres on Mill and Tarrant's Bnmches,
Beaufort District, and 1,080 acres near
Mauldin's Station,) and the personal pro-]
perty, be sold by the assignee at private
I or public sale. The petition of J. S. R.
j Thompson and T. S. Jeffreys, assignees,
for the sale of property improperly set I
apart as homestead in tho matter of * Jas.
MoElwee, bankrupt, was referred to
Registrar Chiwson. In the petition of C.
O. Trutnbo, assignee, for safe of real and
personal property in the matter of Rich?
ard D. Rollins, it was ordered that the
assignee sell tho real and personal pro?
perty and report to the Court.
Thk Nkw -jjank qf Marion.'*?The
Wilmington Journal says: "On Friday
the stockholders of this bank elected
Mepsrs. W. D. Johnson, J. D. McLucas
and Duncan Murchison, of Marion, and
Messrs. W. A. Wright, J. W. Atkinson,
D. IL Murchison and I. B. Grainger, of
Wilmington, Directors. Subsequently
the directors elected Cant L B. Grain?
ger, President, Mr. W. B. Johnson, Vice
president, and Capt J. D. Oumming,
Cashier. Cant Camming iu at present
Cashier of the Tarboro Branch of the
Bank-of New Hanover. We have heard
that thia branch has been discontinued,
and probably the Wadesboro branch also;
but of this we are not fully advised.
Capt. Cumming will be a loso to Tarboro,
aha we know the people of that placo
will regret exceedingly his departure.
The establishment of the Bank; of Ma?
rion and the discontinuance of (somo of
our State hanking institutions are the
flret frttlta of the usury AoV !
A Philadelphia Times Washington
"special jsaya ?hat it is probable. that ex
If/onatorRamooy will bo P?stmaator-Gon
ertrT within thirty , flays, Jewell being too
independent for Grant. I It is aleo inti?
mated that if Connecticut is carried by
the Ropublicona, Grant will eweep the
Administration dockt;>.nd put hone but
third-term teen in important positions.
ggffli* t+.ma* ft? J^f^Jm^
V MkrfWm.- 'Burrows, ? long' one' ef'the
prominent' eitisehe of the- Bradford
Spring? neighborhood of Sumtcr, died
at his home on the 27th ult
Phoenix Newberry Corrbcpondonce.
Nkwbsbbt, S. C, 1875.
To-dtvy the Bun ahin^ fbftb brilUantiy,
and all nature seems to be rejoicod. The
grass.and tho tondor plants of the gar
dons grow so amazingly fast that it soomo
miraculous. Its effects upon humanity
is almost as wondorful. Th? do.spond
onoy, the gloominess that overshadows
the mind m wet, gloomy,- uamp,?,diHmal
weather has passed away, and where per?
sons, but a snort timo baok, were sullen,
morose, peevish and crabbed^ they now
look as cheerful and as bright as new
pennies. So much for glorious sunlight
So much for thoso heavenly beams that
oomo streaming down from tho King of
Day that fructifies tho earth and enliv?
ens and animates tho heart of man.
Tho Court of Sessions has closed, and
tho Court will proceed to the civil docket.
The Judge looks as if he was perfectly
satisfied and didn't care a nickel. The
Solicitor is an cool as a oucumbor, and
seems as if ho would like to htive about
one dozen more coses. The jury ant
Used up, and are singing, lor, "Lets ho
gome in the morning, ' while the lawyers
don't BOeni to cam u tingle if Court was
to last till the next Presidential election,
so the wherewith was under "copper."
The Penitentiorv will roceivc addi?
tional birds?not Shanghais, but from
Africa?who, dissatisfied with "feathers,"
have attempted to rig themselves out in
"cotton."
Our young townsman, Mr. John
O'Neil, who was in the employ of our
former Postmaster, Mr. ?. A Scott, and,
by the by, a very worthy, efficient, capa?
ble young man, we are pleased to note
has boen retained by Captain Boono as
Assistant Postmaster. Tho new post
office is now rigged up, and tarns out to
be a very convenient, cozy little place for
for such a business. It is ttself in the
shape of a "letter," and now it ha* be
oomo a receptacle of "letters."
While we write the inspiring .strains of
the 18th Infantry band in front of the
court house, Witll the "rumti-tam, rumti
tuia te-doo" of the "dampty-<huu, de
dam,'** makes us foel full of martial
energy. We Htepped down to see what's
the matter. There we found Captain
Keeler, Chief of Gon. McDowell's staff;
Col. Black, of tho 18th; Adjutant Potter.
Captain Morris, Dr. Atkinson, Surgeon
of the Post, all of the 18th, an for an in?
spection of the troops here. We notice,
by the by, ?. Hope, Hardr Solomon,
Uncle Levy, Col. Poaroe, W. B. Cathcart,
manager of tho telegraphic department,
and '"Pollock," Pollock mine host of tho
Wheelor House, sauntering around on
the inspection list We stuckour glosses
on our nose and took a view. "What arc
you looking at?" said H?e. "Looking
at?" said we; "looking at the crowd.
"H?e," said we, "what ate you cits
doing up here." "W-e-1-1, w-e-f-1, 'bob?
bin' round.'" "Bobbin' round," said
we. We haven't seen any bobbin' yet:
but we bobbed, and whilo we bobbed we
could not keep from suying, while
Hope spring.-} eternal in the human
breast,
May H?e's shadow never grow less.
Business is in statu quo; monov vision?
ary, whilo the weather is charmingly de?
lightful, sweetly smiling with breezes
that tell us
"Eternal spring, with smiling verdure,
here
Warms the mild air and crowns tho
youthful year."
Newberry keeps up with the balance of
mankind. We nave money clubs, rend?
ing clubs and spelling* clubs. As we
were passing along, said a little shoe?
less urchin to another: "Spell physic."
"Physic?" "Yes." "P-i-z-i-k." "That
won t do," said No. 1. "Well," said No.
2, "ain't F-i-z Fiz; and i-k ik; und don't
F-i-z and i-k make Fizik."
No deaths, no marriages, no murders,
nothing sensational up to this time, save
that a fellow paid us $5 from whom we
expected nothing. ? BODOLPH.
Egyptian Hospitality to Forkionkks.
Tho Khedive of Egypt encourages visits
to his capital by extending all manner of
hospitalities to foreigners. Tho Khedive
is ono of the most enlightened rulers of
the time, and his far-sighted policy of
encounigement for foreigners is now and
will continue to bo productive of tho
most important results in the advance?
ment of Egypt. A tourist, writing to the
Philadelphia Press, tells of a grand ball
recently given by the Khedive at the
Guezirch Palace, situated on the. Nib'.
Tho garden of tho palaco, with its .spark?
ling fountains, graceful statues and re?
volving lights formed a sconn of magical
beauty. The ball-room was superbly
decorated and lined with mirrors, and
tho lady guests were magnificently
dressed?glittering coronets, necklaces
of precious stones, and on their urms, in
their hair, and even around their waists,
wero somo of tho largest diamonds that
were ever seen outside of palaces, whore
tho court jewels were displayed. At sup?
per, tho guests were all seated at tubleB
glittering with crystal, silver and gold,
and laden with all tho luxuries of tho
East. Only European and American
ladies were present, the ladies of Egypt
not making their appearance outside of
the harems. The gentlemen were of all
nations, the most conspicuous among
them being Orientals, with their long,
loose robes, rich scarfs and turbaned,
heads. The Khedive and some of the
natives wore frock-coats and the usual
fez.
Thb Charleston Schukt^knfk-st.?The
German Bifle Club, the hosts of the
shooting festivals which annually occur,
are getting ready with their wonted
energy for the forthcoming fest, whioh
will begin on the 17th of May, and last
for five days. The programme which has
been adopted for this year in, in the
main, tho same as' those of preoeding
years. It differs from them, however, in
as much as it makes more extended pro?
vision for fan, and will involve a heavier
expenditure than bver'bofore.
?Sbsious Aocxbnrr.?On Sunday night
last,' Miss Louisa Kern, about eighty
Jrears old, in attempting toco into an ad
oining room, about 10 o'clock, raised a
window in the second story opening to
the floor and stopped out, tailing to the
ground, fracturing both bones above the
ankle and receiving othor injuries. Dr.
Dorroh was called in immediately to her
relief, and. he reports her condition as
serious, being insensible at thin time.
\\ J [QreenvlUe Aetoj.
-'? '
Ho as a Warm'Spring Indian thb mo?
ment he sat down on a hot store.
Orricx Ci.ebic Houhk Representatives,
CottmniA, S. C, April 7,1875.
Hilter D-iiiy Phoenix?Sir: In response
to your request for information relative
to the amount of claims passed at the
tebent session of the General Assembly.
I enclose, a.correct list of such claims,
which will more fully appear in the
volume of reports and resolutions for
the regular session of 1874-75. Very re
speotfully, A. O. JONES,
Olerk of House of Representative ..
nO?.se claims concurred in by senate.
John Williams, account for
wood, coal and labor. $730 50
\S. T. BampAeld, salary as En?
grossing Clerk. 303 00 |
W. J. Ettur, salarv as Assistant
Clerk of House. 2,500 00
II. I,. Shrewsbury, salary as
Journal Clerk of House_ 1,500 00!
W. A. Ilavne, salary as Read?
ing Clork of House. I,OK) 00
?A. O. Jones, liens on mem?
bers' nay certificates. 631 621
*E. M. Brayton, pa}' as com?
mittee clerk. "Til) 00
"Aug. Harris, pay as messen?
ger. 120 00]
?Jl. Noah, pay as clerk to At?
torney-General. " 300 00
?P. Small, pay as messenger.. i)0 00
?Goo. Shrewsbury, pay as com?
mittee clerk. 185 00
?A. Barloy, pay as laborer_ 200 00
Thos. Hamilton, sundry due
bills of State Treasurer and
pay certificates....:. 1,505 70
R. Small, Senate, pav certifi?
cate..*. 250 00 I
A. F. Cants, Senate pav certifi?
cate.*. 300 00 I
E. W. Johns, Senate pav cer?
tificate.'. 390 00 i
'Green Smith, pav as messen?
ger.*. 200 00
S. J. Lee, attorney to Investi?
gating Committee. 1,000 00
T. S. flavender, clerk to Inves?
tigating Committee. 1,000 00
John L. West, sergcant-nt
arms for Investigating Com?
mittee. 500 00 I
Thos. W. Price & Co., of Phi?
ladelphia, printing blanks.
Ac. 12,704 8,_.
Total House...:.$25,763 (',7
senate claims coscubreu in 1jy uocsk
of representatives.
Hardy Solomon, supplies fur?
nished Stute. Penitentiary.. .$20,117 00
N. E. Edwards, School Com?
missioner Richhmd County. 72'2 00
R. A. Sisson, salarv as Read?
ing Clerk of Senate. 1,500 00
David Harris, pav as chaplain
of Senate. 330 00
?Louis Grant, pay as porter of
Senate. 400 00
Total Senate.$23,069 00
Gmitd total.$48,832 67
*JJue bills of State Treasurer Cardo/.o.
A FmHT with Rats?The Man Beaten.
Mr. Jesse Laverty, of East Pennsboro,
N. H., was lately very much annoyed by
ratH, which carried off his eggs "and made
sad work with his corn in the crib, and
then invaded his granary and commenced
destroying a bin of wheat. Mr. Laverty,
on examination, found thero was but one
place where the rats got in. He thereupon
resolved to kill the rat? by an artifice
well worthy of the cause. Ho strewed
corn meal liberally on the floor of the
granary, anil about one hour later ho
nailed the hole shut. He then called his
dog, (a Spanish.) and, armed with u
club, went forth to battle. Now, the
door to tho granary is fastened by a long
wooden latch, extending full ? across the
door, and can only bo opened from the
outside, and Mr. Laverty, on entering
the granary, drew the door shut and
heard the laich fall. He then thought
that the enemy was his; but this was an
error, for the rats were more numerous
than he expected, anil finding no way of
escape, attacked both Mr. Laverty und
his dog with great fury. Mr. Laverty
laid on his blows hard and fast, and one
blow, aimed at a rat, unfortunately hit
his dog on the head and killed him.
Mr. Laverty, being thus deprived of
his faithful ally, would have fled, but
could not. Ho then commenced calling
for help. The rats meanwhile kept skir?
mishing around his legs, ran up his
body, bit his hands, and one bolder than
the rest bit his nose. It is impossible to
say what the result of this unequal con?
test would have been, had not a passing
neighbor, attracted by the noise and
cries, wont to the relief of Mr. Laverty,
who presented a shocking spectacle ?his
face and hands bloody, and his clothes
torn into shreds. Mr. Laverty, being
washed und rehabilitated, sat down to
reflect, when he luckily hit on a better
plan of warfare. Ho went and borrowed
twelve eats, which, with his own, mado
fifteen: these in the evening ho shut up
in the granary with tho rats, and the
next morning he found, on examination,
ten dead cats, one blind one, and two
with one eye apiece. The remaining two
were unhurt, and by actual count ho
found 119 dead rats. Of the dead dog
there was nothing left but the bones and
hair, the rats doubtless having eaten him
while Mr. Laverty was hunting cats.
Misa Bessie Turner testifies that Theo
doro Tilton entered her room, lifted her
out of bed and carried her into another
room while she was asleep. A practical
paler familias, who has many daughters,
instructs us that ho has mode good use
of the above remarkable statement He
no longer trusts to the bell to rouse hin
I children, but marches into their dormi?
tories and cries, "Wake up, girls, wake
up! Theodore Tilton'a comingl'
[WoodhuMs Weekli/.
The following is an advertisement in
the London Christian World: Wanted, in
a Wealeyan family, a middle-aged, pious
servant, willing to inako herself generally
useful. No weithing, baking or brewing.
Apply by lotler only to A. B. G, post
office Liteh^eld, stating where convert?
ed to God, also age, nod wages required.
President Grant and Attorn03--Genoral
Williams aro troubled 1? know what they
shall do with an Indian who kills ano
thor, as tho Indians aro not subject to
our law. Our opinion is that when thoy
catch an Indian who has undoubtedly
killod another Indian, the true course is
to give him a new gun and $5.
[.Veto York Jltrald.
Deaths in Charleston for the week
ending April 3, 31 - whites 11; colored
20.
Crrx Items.?Bubncribe for the Phocttx
and then invest a V in the reel estate die?
tribution.
The Governor has appointed G. P.
Gas ton und J. B. Lomond Notaries
Public of Spartahburg County.
Winter thoroughly gone np now, and
blankets and anthracite and over-coats
are at a discount.
Dr. W. C. Fisher has in his possession
two bracelets and several fans, which
were loft in the ball room, last Tuesdny
evening. The owners can recover them
by applying at his drug store.
We learn that John White, alias John
Murray, a convicted criminal, jumped
from the train whilo en route to the peni?
tentiary, and broke his neck. The de?
ceased come from Anderson. Ho jumped
from the train, while in full motion,
about eight miles above Alston.
The new Collector of Internal llove
nue, L. Cuss Carpenter, Esq., assumed
tho dutios of Iiis office, yesterday. He
will remove the books, papers, etc., per?
taining to the office, to-day,t o tho spa?
cious rooms over tho Western Union
iTelegraph oftieo, formerly occupied by
Messrs. Melton it Chamberlain.
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The Orphans' F.vik.?This laudable
effort for the benefit of the orphans will
begin at (! o'clock, Friday evening, at
Irwin's Hall. The object of the fair, we
I feel satisfied, is sufficient inducement to
guarantee a large attendance and propor?
tionate investments, without any words
of ours to urge the matter upon the pub?
lic. The lady managers are requested to
meet at the hall, this morning, at 10
o'clock, and again to-morrow morning,
at the same hoar. It is desirable that
the lady mnnngers will render nil the
assistance possible during Friday.
Normal School. ?Tho Board of Re?
gents for the State Normal School met
yesterday at the office of the Secretary of
State for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year. Tho following
members of the board of wore present:
Messrs. Carpenter, Hayne, Whittomore,
Thomas, Puffer, Maxwell, Jones, Jillson
and Johnston. After disposing of routine
business, the following gontlemen were
elected officers of the board: President,
L. (.ass Carpenter; Vice-Presidcnt, J. K.
.Jillson; Secretary, H. E. Hayne; Assist?
ant Secretory, H.?J. MaxwelL Professor
Warren was continued os Principal, Miss
C. H. Loom is, Assistant, Mrs. S. P. R,
Lee, Matron, and Dover Davis, .Steward.
Jeanne D'Au.j -Anna Dickinson's
Great Efyoet.?An exchango speaks as
follows:
To hold an audience in rapt and al?
most breathless attention for two full
hours is, alone, sufficient proof of a
power in eloquence possessed by few in
this or any land. But at the close of
Anna Dickinson's lecture hist night, at
the theatre, her simple recital, in Him pie
words, but words well chosen and laden
with exquisite and thrilling pathos, of a
story of Joan of Arc, or Jeanne D'Arc,
(which Lippincot gives as the true ortho?
graphy,) it seemed as if there was not
one in the audience who had token any
note of time, or who was not so fully ab?
sorbed in the theme and the fascinating
enchantment of impassioned oratory, as
to have been willimg and eager to dwell
for yet another hour. No power of pen
or pnnoil could so vividly picture to tho
mind tho peasant girl of Loraine, and
the thrilling scenes and incidents into
which her life was woven, from the time
that Jeanne entered upon her mission of
delivering Franca and crowning her
King, at the ago of eighteen, till hor
death at the stake only three years after?
ward, as did the word painting of this
earnest woman orator. Anna Dickinson
believes in inspiration, believes that
Jeanne was truly inspired, the inspira?
tion of earnestness; of a purpose and de?
votion, soul and body, to. that purpose;
and Anna is herself a good illustration
of that kind of inspiration. Loss than
three centuries ago, she would have been
hanged or burned as a witch or a sorcer?
ess, by sentence of a court claiming to
bo less superstitious and bigoted than
were the executioners of Joan of Are. It
would be utterly useless to attempt a
synopsis of Miss Dickinson's lecture;
even a full report would be but a poor
substitute on paper, for the living,
speaking fire of her discourse; though
there are few popular lectures which re?
tain so much of interest and power in
their reading as do hers.
Hotel Arrivals, April 7,1875. ? Wheeler
House?3. T. Stewart, Huntersville; Mrs.
McGowan, Abbeville; M. C. Butler, Edgc
flold; C. H. Snber, Newberry; Thos. A.
Shenird, Anderson; E. W. Willard and
wife, Massachusetts; F. S. Burger, N. Y.;
Phil. Coalfield and wifo, H. J. Mothen,
Conn.; R. T. White, Pa.; S. P. Drafts,
Summit; Mrs. A. D. Loomis, Miss C. M.
Loomia, HI.; J. J. McLure, Chester; W.
Adams, Kingville; N. G. Osteen, Sumter;
F. Br ige.nan,Orangeburg; J. A. Lindsey,
M. D. Haws and wife, Mass.; T. C. Brent,
Vo.; B. G. Yocom, Chester; M. L. Ogden,
U. S. A.; Mrs. B. H. Anderson, Camdon;
Mrs. S. E. Mellejtte, Sumter; O. Witter
and ohild, Cam den; T. J. Maxwell, Pa.;
H. Brockway, Miss C. Campbell, Miss E.
M. Cnmpbou, H. D. Campbell, N. Y.; N.
C. Ward, wife and son, Conn.; M. B.
Leavitt and wifo, Billy Emmett and wife,
H 8. Sanderson, Miss Alice Somora, Miss
Lulu Francis,' Miss Sallio SeolrV H?
Katie Forrest, Miss Bosina Thomas, Miss
Mollie DeMarr, MisB Lottie .; La Point,
Miss Katie Sheppord, Harry Armstrong,
Abo Leavitt, Ben. Leavitt, J. P. Hill,
Prof. VoRlor, Henry Schulze, Madame
RenU's Female Minstrels; W. H. Gra?
ham and wife, Union.
Columbia Hotel?-Mm. J. E. H ago od and
child, Charleston; W. A. McCorklo, Maa
tor F. P. MoOorkle, Wiiliamaton; N.
Bochm, N. Y.; James Qualo, Charleston;
J. M. Seigier, G. & C. R. E,; A. B. Ward
law, Abbeville; John Scotts ?aiem; J. A.
Gamble, W. E. Pearsalf and lady, Flo?
rence; W. H. Girardeau, Orangebarg; J.
W.. O'Brien, Charleston; T. J. Goodwyto,
Fort Motte; W. J. Magrath, Charleston;
It. H. NoHbv, Minnesota; M W. Garri?
son, Ala.; A. D. Hepburn, N. C.; R. B.
DisbroW, T. B. Clr.rkson, C, C. A A R.
R.; J. R. Fowler, John Scott, E. A. Scott,
S. 0.; Ben. Mock, city.
?Mansion House-?E. V. Culver and
family, Atlanta; W. H. Webb, W. P. Bell,
J. E. Ghatman, A. M. Bowers, W. P.
Wideman, T. J. Lipscomb, Newberry; B.
J. Bamage, G. & C. R. R.; W. M Crook
shanks, Atlanta; J. H. McC.'onnell, A. Li.
Campbell, Anderson; R. M. Davis,
Winnsboro; 8. H. Cathcart, N. Y.; O. B.
Warwick, U. S. A.; J. G. McKissiok,
Union. i
Hendrix House?E. J. Gaughman, Lex?
ington; John Robertson, Fair Held; W. D.
Dyson, Camden; D. McQueen, Snmter;
H. F. Welch, Oharieston; & T. Hallo
man, Orangeburg; Miss Susan Rodgera,
Wedgefleld; W. E. Anderson, Waterside;
J. M. Shiver, Congaree; R. W. Steele, T.
Kaphan, Augusta; M. B. Titman, N. Y.;
W. S. Alston, N. C.; H. King, Baltimore.
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List of New Advertisements.
Jacob Levin?Variety Sale.
Heibels & Ezell?Mortgage Sale.
Jones, Davis & Bouknights?Mattings.
Miss Anna E Dickinson?Lecture.
Con vebsioks in Rtjssta.?Tracy Tur
norelli writes to the editor of the Lon?
don Standard: Wc live in a wonderful
age, and the account tho papers are giv?
ing us of the conversion in twenty-four
hours of 50,000 Uniates in Poland to
Russian orthodoxy would alone prove it
to be so. I happen to know something
of these matters myself, having person- .
ally assisted, -.mlcns volcns, at the "edify?
ing" conversion of abont 2,000 Tchouvash
peasants in the Government of Kazan,
made "Christians" not in twenty-fonr
but in less than four hours. The
lTVhr?uvash?whoso customs and reli
| gious ceremonies I have described in my
work on Kazan?were pagans. The
Emperor Nicholas determined to con?
vert these unbelievers to Russian Christi?
anity ; so on a given day, a regiment of
Cossacks, armed with whips?the Go?
vernor-General, the high clergy, and
other great offioials presiding?and a
sufficient' supply of cannon, musketa,
pikes and bayonets in the rear, the task
of ' 'conversion" began?id tsi, the taak
of scourging; and so effectually were
the.no Christian arguments applied, ad
homincm, that on bended knees, full of
zeal, fervor and gratitude, the Tchouvash
peasants kissed the cross, signed their
names with a "cross," also ea va sans
dire, and went to their homes with bleed?
ing backs, blessing "the white Czar" for
the benfit done them and Heaven. Bat
that I had better not touch on. A few
months later, when they had received
full instructions in Christian doctrines,
; I chanced to visit one of the "converted**
Tchouvash Christian villages. A crowd
of hirsute Christians of the race were
Sat he red around me. "You believe in
esus, God the Son?" said I. "Oh, tea,
master, we do, indeed?indeed, wo do,"
and the Cossack whips floated before,
their eyes when they answered my qnes-'
tion. "And in God the Father also?" I
inquired. The crowd were puzzled, be?
wildered, terrified at the answer t^ey had
to make. At length, one grey beard, .evi?
dently an authority among them, came
forward and said, gravely and. solemnly;
"What, master? L* the old man still
alive?" Not being able to perauado
themselves that the Son could reign even
in Heaven until the Father had ceased to
live and breathe there. This Was "Rub
sian conversion" and "Russian instruc?
tion;" and as these 50,000 converts wUl
no doubt find a place in history, it will
bo well if the "methods of conversion"
adopted were coupled with it. ?
Lawyers of tho very best ability, or of
the vory first reputation, make big in?
comes. The Jnmel case alone 'has been
worth $250,000 to Charles O'Conor. Sir
I Roundel! Palmer, the opponent of Mr.
I Evarts at Geneva, is supposed to recoive
for his practice $150,000 a year. This is
more than the average receipts of Mr.
Evarts in his regular New York practice.
Mr. Evarts received but $10,000 for hia
services in defending Andrew Johnson,
while Mr. Sergeant Ball an tine, who has.
just gone from London to India to de
] fend the Guicowar of Baroda in a mere
murder case, received $25,000 gold as a
retainer, and is to receive as much more,.
making . $50,000. tho amount paid to
Evarts and to Adams for their services at
Geneva. Charles O'Conor is said to have
mado a larger incomo from his praotioe
than any other American lawyer. Much
guessing has boon indulged in regarding
the fees of tho loading lawyers in ? tho
Beccher case. Evarts is said to have ex
| acted no positive terms. He can scarcely
?xpect more for dofending Bcecher than
he received for defending the President
I of the United States. The fee of Beach
is a contingent one; if Tilton gets heavy
damage? out of Beeoher, Beach will get
a heavy fee; if Tilton gets no verdict,.
Beach is likely to go feeless. The easiest'
I great lawyer of the American bar is, per?
haps, Jeremiah Black. Mr. Black al?
ways troubles himself more about the
case than about the fee. He would rather
win the case and get not a dollar, than
lose it and be paid $10,000. In tho cele?
brated Milligan Horsey and Bowles case,
Mr. Black never heard of a fee till tho
case was all over, and, in his own words,
' 'never thought of it" Lord Brougham;
Scotch like, looked well after tho main
chance, and while at the bar made tho
enormous tnoome of $500,000 a year, at
a time when that amount was equal In
purchasing power to that of $1,000,000
Ths physical and mental condition of
Frank iL Walworth? the Saratoga parri?
cide in the. Auburn insane asylum, ie
most discouraging to his friends, who .
despair of hia Ufa not without good
cause. To-the oasual observer ho'ap?
pears to be slowly watting ?wag? and his
health certainly aa declining. 3
in an aggravated ?es;, is his
ailment Hia mother, who via?s him at
intervals, is weighed down with grief at
his deplorable condition, and her inter?
views.' with . her. wretched eon are de?
scribed as moat tendetly pathetic.
\7r0\f Times.
?1?:?i'fr'iy-?-'
Thousands of skele tons were unearthed
by the recent, floods on the Tennessee
River. . It every man in Tennessee hasn't
a skeleton in hia house now, it is hie
own matt.
Promotion in America irfawift and cer?
tain In 1851, an industrious resident of
Indianapolis was only a dead-animal
man; now he conducts all the hangings
that take plaoe in the a-ronty.