The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 20, 1875, Image 2
Tuesday Morning, April 20,1870.,
Let the People Speak Out. .
?We have followed with much plesnbre
the review which the Union-Heraljf hau
nifttlc of the tax bill, in giving reasons
why it should not become law. Its po?
sition upon this question is one which
ought to be reproduced to the tux-payers
?nd to all citizens interested in the sub?
stantial welfare of tho State, as contra?
?distinguished' from the factitious'profits
*>f ^oftee-holduijg, speculation, ring con?
trol end corrupt bargaining. It is the
-entering wed ye to the discussion amongst
the Bepublicnns themselves of the vital
measure of taxation, preparatory to its
.consideration at the next session of the
(eoUeral Assembly. ' The grounds of
objection to the bill are the manner in
which it is' passed, the excessive amounts
itJevies and the fraudulent and doubtful
.character of many of the claims which it
provides for. As to ttio manner, first:
The bill was started.in the House imme?
diately after the Christmas and New
Tear's holidays. It went to the Senate
about the middle of February, and was
detained by the Committee on Finance,
of which Nash, of Bichland, is Chair?
man, and Whitteiuore the power behind
the throne, until the 26th of March?the
bwt ihxy and hour of the session. Tho
?object et Uns deception, as Btatod by bur
-contemporary, was- evidently to place it I
in the hands of the Governor at tho very
Jost minute, and then adjourn without
giving him a chanco to veto it. It was
thought that, rather than postpone the,
collection of taxes for a month or two,
that he would sign the bilk In consi
doring the first section, the Union-Herald
asserts that 1 \ mills for salaries and con
.tingents of the executive and judicial
departments is too small, becauso sala?
ries are fixed by law and contingents aro
? - nt down to a minimum, and neither
-can be lowered at present A deficit
of. 459,000 will result It looks to the
Legislature to enact > a' law next winter
greatly reducing salaries, to take effect
from November 1, 1S76, so that the pro
sent figures of 1} mills will suffice. The,
eeoond section levies 1 \ mills for penal,
charitable .and educational purposes,
and is a half mill too much, if those in?
stitutions aro properly managed. The
vt.we mills for the support of the common
-schools, together with the poll tax and
the (listriot school tax, ought to work
wonders, if faithfully and judiciously
jtpplied. This is not done. No hue
collect od in the State is "more waste
fully and even criminally expended."
.The levy in section 4 of \\ mills for le?
gislative expenses,' is too much. The
-good people will never be satisfied until
the entire legislative expenses are
brought within $100,000. The Union
Herald soggasm that when the Legislat ur o
^naste folaw to; rodux^ salaries, it will in-'
?l?de its own. The \ to pay forihe
? public priutiug, to meet the ooatraotoX
$50,000 /or ? that object, and
.the deficiency of ' last year, cannot'-nbe
helped for the present year, because it is
a matter of contract; but \ of a mill is
Ample for all necessary printing, and it
ahould be Ve'oVneed accordingly. The A
ranTlevy Iff* section 7, for claims passed
st the recent bossion, 'the f mill for print
mg .^^Bamscies for '73 and '71, tho 1
mill to pay balances of unpaid appro?
priations of the year ending October 31,
1871, should .all bo peremptorily struck
out In connection with this class of
levies comes dp the ''question, whether
. the mode of getting them through is not
t unconstitutional? Tho passed claim busi?
ness is one of the greatest frauds to
which the people uro subjected. Ijarge
amounts are taken from the treasury by
this hocus pocus plan, earned into effect
in the .closing- hours of the session, in
the midst of confusion and excitement
which effect everybody but those who
. are adroitly using them as covers and
blinds by which to achieve their spolia?
tions. This question will be brought
squarely hp at,tho next session, "by- a bill
introduced by Senator Cobhran, of An?
derson, whioh. provides that all claim
bills, to be valid, must be road three
separate times, on three several days, in
?enoh house, be duly ^ratified by the pre?
siding officers, presented to the Govern?
or and signed by him, and sealed by the
?Secretary of State. In reference to the
10th section, whioh levies 2-6 of a mill
to pay 'past due indebtedness of the
Lunatic ?Aesylum, the State Penitentiary
and the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum,
and wbiefa ft sdso opposes, our * contem?
porary says: '?VTe are unalterably op?
posed, to levying .sny. tax. for any olaim,
until some Other investigation Is made
into its character, than that given: to it bar
loaiaUUveiOOTOSMttoes.'' ! '!<-:/?. ? ? .
*>ur'object In 'fanning over th^ie
points, *s ,tq ,bH?w pur 'CpniwrvM^e'jj
f r iend? in a atti tude of. the an ore ad van oed. |
woctton of the Bepublioan party in this
State; as we may infer ft from these com?
ments and from the expected veto of tho
fei^ byj^ if^ernor.' Recurring io ono
of Ahe; earlier articles, we find that a tax
of . ten milli, or one per, cent, is oon
eidered to be about right?, and if equally
. and properly d^?itr^ntofL;,. to leave no
such deficiency a*M*,walftoea mUl tax
now does. We at* ntfcito be understood
as favori^l'iq |f?^f ajfWrt' ten tollW,
*>> j n<1 . ? ? ?? ? ' " ?In
within it The great duty of our people
is to come up to the aid of the Governor |
in 4?maii ding that only a reasonable and
juatjtax Hhtdjf be impeded upon them.
Th? should strengthen hig haadn and
the innds of all in las jjarty who, in fie
parigt aro making ft aland againHt^'heu,vy
taxation, legislative frauds and conve?
nient processes by which their money in
taken ho unsparingly out of * '-thetr I
pookeUt. You aee here the Republicans*^
arc divided as they have novcr been be* [
fore ainoe thoy asaum>id tho reins of coal"
aval over South Carolina. This wiM-b*r^
the opportunity of tho people. They
must take advantage of it and apeak out
with tho authority which rightfully
belongs to there. Lot them demand that
only a proper and necessary tax shall be
levied, and that it shall bo applied to
only proper and necessary objects. Tho
Orangeburg Netra, nlso a Republican
journal, Hays that if the Governor should
'put a quietus upon this last swindle of
tho Legislature, by vetoing'it," it Hhall
move itbat "meetings be held at tho
Court Houaes, on some Bale-day, in
every County in the State, and resolu?
tions of thanks bo passed and forwarded I
to him." The idea in not a bad one.
Wo would suggest, that to tho resolutions
be added one or two that tho tax shall
not bo more than eight or ten mills, at
tho outside, that claims must havo
harder road to travel, and be undoubt?
edly authentic end Valid, before paid at |
all, that several of tho leeches now suck?
ing the blood of the Stute be Hummarily
cut off, that both salaries and offices bo
reduced, that appropriations for Bham
education shall be kickod out of the way,
and* in general, that tho Government
shall nfcor? closslyapproximate economy*
decency, honesty'and justice.
Quail and Pakthidoe.?The Turf, Field \
and Flirm corrects a common error North
in calling partridge quail.
"All farrrie.ru," it says, ?'and pot hunt
j ore say quail. The sportsman invaria?
bly steers clear of the vulgarism. He
knows that the partridge of our country
resembles the European quail in no one
particular save in the habit of partial
emigration. While the meat , of the
qua? is dark and often loaded with fat,
that of the partridge is white and in?
variably loan. Again, the quail is po?
lygamous, while the partridge ?s monoga?
mous. Our partridge is a bird far tho
superior of the European quail, hence
I one reason why the two should not be
confounded."
Amur, American Anniversaries. ?April |
may w?U be called the month of Ameri?
can anniversaries. On the 19th of April,
100 years ago, was fired the first shot in
tho cause of tho American colonies- the
shot that "rang around the world." On
the 12th of April, the first Shot of the
South was fired on FortSurater. .On the7
14th of April, ten years ago, the flag of
the United States was raised again over
the ruins of the same fort, while but liv<
days before, Genend Lee hud surrendered
the remnant of the Confederates forcti
to General Grant. On tho 14th of April,
1775, was organized the first unJi-KUyery
soci^y jh Ajn or in. Th'eJ Brooklyn tigte
notice* it as a significant fact that the
PenuHvlvanin Society for Promoting -the
Alxditn of Slavery and tho hurried re
sistnneo to British oppression were or?
ganized at about the same moment. The*l
republic und the agitation that was, in
less than a century, to test its strength of I
self-preservation, * were born together.
There was, however, no sympathy then
between the friends of American liberty
and of abolition. New Englnnd was en?
gaged in tho slave trade, and slavery pre?
vailed in Northern as well oh Southern
colonies. There would never have been
a union either for* independence or a
common . government, except by tho to?
leration of slavory. As has been already
stated, tho celebration of the hundredth
anniversary of tho battle of Lexington or
Concord occurred on Monday. Quite a
controversy has been going on between
the two towns ns to which fired the first
shot of the revolution. Mr. Georgo
William Curtis, who has boon selected to
deliver the oration in Concord, has boon
asked his views on the subject. He
bwois : 11
"At L'-xington. the militia, sixty or |
I seventy in number, were drawn up in
line, and, rofusing to disperse at the Bri?
tish Huuimons, were fired upon by the
British, nt least 600 strong. Then the
Americans were ordered to retrre, and as
they did so, a few returned tho British
fire. At Concord, the Americans ro
solvod to cross the Old North Bridge,
which was held by the British,' and wero
advancing for that purposo when tho
British fired. Then the Amort cans wore
ordered to return the fire, which tboy
did, and the British retreated. | The af?
fair at Concord was deliberate, inten?
tional, organized resistance. At Lexing?
ton it was a massacre; at Cone?ra a bat?
tle; and the Americans were as wise in
retiring at Lexington as they were in ad?
vancing at Concord." . ; ?
Tan Louisiana Compromise. -?The suc?
cess of the Wbeelqr, oopipromiso ??ems to
be established by tho proceedings of the
Louisiana Legislature,' on Thursday..
.xiri.iVa til. i'lL.._tiLi_i' _' 4? kl <Y_ k
lature is opposed to lain,. a*?d,he is,
reduced to thei pout/oa.<*t> mere>
tive officer. In this nontral cone
he will remain till the election of
i when a SOW. Governor wiU be ths^.
\ and when tho popular voice will psoba
bly be respected. In the meantime there
j??jp0?!^ lhat tho State will enjoy
restore
prospect that tho State will enjoy
tjonj ,trenooility, so essential to the
oration of business and property.
j?i uqUj , ? i .^.i??: i : ?& nt ??
" The, widow of the lane Biabop Polk
Wied in New Otltens o* th* IMIm .i*
** Cuba*"
Cuban insurgents in
satisfactory progress,
the statement of the
what is called the republic
Bepuhlican troops hare
the smstern extremii
within sixty miles of
all the strategic poiuts
telligence received sine
of the journal referred i
that smnll parties of (
been within fifteen mih
retired unmolested. Pi
?Mso been ?earroyed fh that section o'fThe
inland to a considerable extent. If tho
ipatriots can hold a baue line within
thirty miles of Havana, they will virtu?
ally isolate that city from the other
parts of the island. JCbis will be a mat?
ter of vast military importance. It is
also certain that the disposable force of
the Spaniards.has b?-u so reduced that
both in x'rienie and Camaguey they re?
main in fortresses or entreuched camps,
and will not fight in tho field. The re?
sult of this is, the patriots have full and
complete possession of those district.-,
and tho Spaniards cannot get either rein?
forcements or information. It is further
stated that the per centage of desertions
from the royal forces is such as to make
it certain they cannot conquer the Cu?
bans, even with all tho reinforcements
that can be drawn from Spain. Since
Valmaseda has been in command us Cap?
tain-General, more than 3,000 Spanish
troops have been landed at Havana. The
anestion arises, what has become of
lern? What has become of all the rein?
forcements which-Spain has sent to Cuba
since tho war began? Or, were they only
men of straw? At all events, they seem
to have been absorbed by some unknown
agency in the most mysterious manner.
Diversity of Pbodccts.?Some of the
Virginia papers are appealing to the agri,
culturist* .of that State mo to diversify
their crops that in no case can they be
left without a sufficiency of food for their
own support, even if they have no pro?
fits. The Petersburg and Richmond i
newspapers are strongly advocating this
rulo, and, it is to bo hoped, have a good
prospect of success. There are some
portions of Virginia in which tobacoo is
practically tho single drop, and if it fails
to yield largely the consequences are dis?
astrous. Tno Oulf States, in case of any
accident to the cotton crop, find them?
selves in a like, predicament The New
Orleans Picayune advises the planters of
Louisiana to diversify* their crops. In
three years the cotton, 'crop of the South
has yielded 11,750,000 bales, of the esti?
mated value of $725,000,000. The value
of tho crops for the three vears preced?
ing the war was $534,000,000. let not?
withstanding this large increase, the
Picayune Rays that the cotton States are
everj- year going deeper and deeper into
debt As a partial remedy, it suggests
the diversification of the crops, so that
the planter may have more for his per?
sonal support and for that of his em?
ployees, and less need for expenditure
on this account. It seems scarcely credi?
ble that with an average annual return of
$234,960,000 from cotton the Southern
States should bo in such a deplorable
condition, but it appears to be true. All
that they can make seems to be turned
into ashes by official plunder and mis
government and consequent disorganiza?
tion of labor. At the same time, no com?
munity can prosper whioh depends upon
1 only one crop. Diversity of agricultural
interests is one of the secrets of North
or Middle State prosperity, and might
be tried with advantage in the Southern
States. - Haiti more Sun.
Emigration to the Tkkkitoiiiim and
California.? The rapid.inatease of emi?
grant travel over the Union Pacific this,
spring has already been noted. Fuller
information shows that there is a general
rush of immigration to Nebraska, Utah,
Wyoming and the Pacific coast this
spring. The Union Pacific Railroad is
compelled, it is said, to employ the
passenger equipments of connecting
roads East to move the people Westward
as fast as they arrive at Omaha. Two
and sometin-w threo emigrant trains are j
despatched from that point daily. 3,500
emigrants were carried from Omaha dur?
ing tho first seven days of this mouth.
Dnring the month of March, California
alono received 10.000 of these new set?
tlers. This travel is exclusive of the
regular first class travel, which is also
proportionately largo. It is a noticeable
fact that East bound travel is light at
present, the roads being compelled to
haul back comparatively empty trains.
Freight trains are also accumulating at
Omaha so fast that the Union Pacific
finds it almost impossible to keep it
clear.
Some Mexican raiders have been cap?
tured, and they say that the desperado
Cortina pays them $2 a head for beeves!
and $1 a head fdr the horses they cap?
ture in Texas and bring to Win! Cor?
tina makes a nice clean profit, of course,
at this rate, und he has been permitted
to drive the traffic so long that ne thinks
it is perfectly legitimate. The Mexican
Ministor Mariscul, speaking of the dif?
ficulties Of the border life, the other day,
at Washington, was cold-blooded enough
to remark that, "if people chose to live
in a malarial country, they cannot com?
plain if they get chills and fever," mean?
ing that Americans living on tho border
who have thep* cattle stolen should not
complain of Use est>stropbe. ? There is
snoh a thing, however, as properly drain
inga malarial region* and it should bo
donen]Pe|RJa^naJ| > .
|fck?d! dMprttcbVs laUmtUbh Carli'st.i
are to be taken with considerable re?
serve, but if it be true that the Carlists
have taken to saJTfUea off women and
ohildren and holding them for ransom,
their treasury must nave ran even lower
than- usual. Povorty is, if not the
greatest drim04. certainly the greatest
?wajjtaMSj o? ?ua wariosi- mid -his ftdne
rents, and really the difference between
this ttode of ranting revenues and the Al
phonsists' way of c?nserlbfmg msn and
boys and making them bfey exomption,
is on* of degree rather thap. of kind.
Only one is organised'oppweeion and
the Other hi brigandage, and the Carlist
gaai*uC????u t>mhn
viotoHv f fMmfr?,,*. e.,rwere em*
&Hit^? ? frjlliWf ?*>. Ml of the
SfW *W <tW?? WWd. Bqgler*, was
killed. , ,,v-, v1 Cfl 11
il * l tri'iA ,u0lftldbi Iq.itvi'] n
?,;Crrx Mattzkm. If yon are aaked to
tend vesar Fhosj?x, suggest to the would
&'rfafpt?f?ty h *? h rrl better subscribe.
'^^MfiHwHRter on every page. ijf
TnjJMKpreoie Courts meets to-day, at
BrjBS^ Tho Fourth Circuit wiU'be
The4jnrwing of tho Greensboro Lotte?
ry,' wafi poetponcrt until X o'clock thin
morning.
Sunday 'was a peculiarly uncomforta?
ble day. The way in which tho dust got
up and dusted was worthy of Um most
blustering of March days.
Notwithstanding the prognostications
of the Chicago Adventiste, the world still
wags along, and you will have to pay
your debts as usual to-day.
Ilomernber the lecture by Mi.<s Anna
E. Dickinson, in tho Opera House,
Thursday night. Her subject will ben
novel one "For Your Own Sake."
The firemen make things lively every
night, practicing for the approaching
tournaments. Competitors will have to
be sharp to beat the Columbia boys.
An attempt was made to fire the
dwelling of Mr. F. Percival, a few nights
ago. The same evening, Mr. Muller hnd
his stock of clothing carried oft" by
some one who entered his bed-room.
We have been requested to state that a
fair for the benefit of the Vigilant Fire
Engine Company will be held in the
store-room South of Messrs. H. ?V S.
Beard's, to-morrow (Wednesday) even?
ing
The 26th inshint is the fifty-sixth anni?
versary of the introduction of Odd Fel?
lowship into the United States, which
will be appropriately celebrated in States
more prosperous than South Carolina.
Next week, there will be a round of
entertainment*?Monday evening, the
tableaux in sad of the Memorial Associa?
tion; Tuesday and Wednesday, "Lady
Washington's Ten Party," and more to
hour from.
Disastrous accounts have been received
from nearly every section of the Suite of
the effects of the late cold snap. Fruit
and early vegetables have been nipped.
The loss will be immense, as the season
is over a month behind.
Deputy Marshal Grant, yesterday, ar?
rested Lewis Tucker, of Ncwberry, on*
charge of perjury?he having sw>>rn that
he ?>as worth over $:i,OO0. Tucker had
offered to go on the bond for the release
of James Heywnrd.
Tin.- coming bonnet is to have a hurri?
cane deck nnd a bell-tower, and will also
have a signal light, birds of paradise,
quail and Welch rabbits. Architects are
planning higher doors for its accommo?
dation.
An ineffectual attempt was made to
enter the store of Mr. J. H. Heise, on
Plain street, by mentis of a crowbar, on
Sunday night, but the planks of the
back door wer" too strong for them.
More shot-guns, with steady hands,
needed.
They tire publishing odes to "ff. ntlo
Spring" in New York, with a foot of snow
on tho ground. The same hits been done
here, but Jack Frost paid us two or three
visits in as many nights past, and the
odes are now awaiting the re-appeantnee
J of balmy spring.
Wo occasionally issue a half .shoot, but
our readers lose nothing by it in reading
matter, as we make up the amount lost,
as witness this morning, when tho Puo
nix contains over thirteen columns?the
most of it small type.
A very good old book teaches us, by
parablo, that tho man who bid his Udent
in a mink in did not do well. How well
will those merchants succeed who hide
their capital, their business and them?
selves from all who do not, by mere
chance, enter their stores?
The wintry snap has dissipated all
calculations of early vegetables. The
destruction is general. Various devices
were resorted to, but it is thought they
in-ailed nothing. Boplanting is indis?
pensably nocessary. Yesterday morning,
I there was a heavy white frost. In the
afternoon it was much warmer.
A pocket-book, (containing $17.40, a
gold pen and a receipt to Geo. Wither
spoon for use of a sewing machine,
signed by N. W. Trump,) was lost, on
Sunday night, between the State House
and tho corner of Marion and Taylor
streets. A liberal reward will be paid
upon leaving it at the Wheeler & Wilson
sewing machine office.
Baker and Farron, sustained by the
dramatic company, afforded a pleasant
.evening's entertainment, at the Opera
House, last evening. Their comic situa?
tions, dances, songs and drollery were
extremely well received. A large audi?
ence was present. It made *one forget
tho prevailing dullness to witness the
lively scenes which were so welb^jH^.
Hunlen by this company. wfe?''T ?
1 Tho Solicitor of tho Treasury Depart?
ment has decided that the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue has a right to exa?
mine the chocks of any bank for the pur?
pose of ascertaining whether the law
that requires stamps on chocks, has been
violated or not A lot of spies and in?
formers are roaming- over the country
{engaged in this doloetable business. Bo.'
'on the wsleh for them,'and bo careful to
remember what the revenue la w deaian ds '
m this respect t u . <i
Fibe. ?About half-past 10 o'clock, Ban
day morning, fire wan discovered on the
roof of the dwelling of Col. A. C. Has
kell, in the Southeastern position of the
city. Notwithstanding ? the distance,
the flromen'were on huhd in( good time
and succeeded In extinguishing the
flames, and saved the house,'although a
new roof will be indispensably neces?
sary. AU hands worked energetically,
and the furniture was all removed. Cant.
Alii good promptly summoned two of his
teams and nssisted in the transfer to Col.
Huskell's temporary abode. Just as the1
firemen were putting their apparatus in
order to depart, another alarm was
sounded, and away they sped* but the
alarm proved to be a tabje one. ?
Tri: Post Offic e Kobheus. ?Chief of
Police Nixon and Deputy Marshnl Canton
aro entitled to great credit and the
thanks of the entire community for tho
skill with which they have managed this
affair. Yesterday, the entire party of
colored, thieves, five in number?Larry
McDufne, Ben. Moody, Hay Martin and
Amelia Becd? were bound over by
United Suites Commissioner Boozer, in
sums ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, to
appear at the May term of the United
States Court By-tho-way, Capt Nixon
ha* been instrumental m "sending up"
twenty individuals on charges of grand
larceny, during the past three weeks.
Chase 'em out.
Tue Lvov Wx.sniM.ton Tea Paktv.?
The rocoptions will be held on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings next- -April
27 and 28. The object is to realize a
fund to assist in the construction of a
lecture room for the First Presbyterian
Church. Th<- following are the managers:
Ladies Mrs. F.- W. McMastcr, Mrs.
Jane Dargan. Miss Mary McKenzie.
Gentlemen - Col. F. W. McMuster, Messrs.
Eben Stenhonse. H. Muller, W. Clark, I
B. L. Bryan, Jas. R. Scott, B. O'Neale,
C. Reck. Jiw. Morris, Dr. E. B. Turnip- I
seed.
The ladies in charge of tablos are re?
quested to moot at Mrs. Tappan's, on
Blending street, to-morrow (Wednesday)
afternoon, at 5 o'clock.
A F\fAL Rencontre in EnoEiTEnn. - -
We learn that a fatal shooting affray
occurred at Edgefield Court House, yes?
terday, at 12 o'clock, resulting in the
death of Mr. Marshall Glover, and the
slight wounding of the two Stevenson
brothers. It appears that the Stevensons
wore tenant* of Glover, and all parties
had repaired to the town for a settle?
ment. Words arose, and, as we aro in?
formed, Glover was shot down; while
on the ground, he used his pistol on tho
brothers, wounding them both slightly.
The firing was returned, and he re-1
ceived his death wound after, being ho |
severely wounded that he could hot rise.
Altogether there were about fifteen shots
fired. Tho Stevenson* attempted to
escape, but were arrested and lodged in
jail. There Is much excitement.
The Jewish Passovkb.?The Feast of
PasHOvor, "Pesach," is ono of the three]
great festivals of the Jewish church.
Under the requirements of the Mosaic
law, all males of a certain age assembled
at Jerusalem to observe this festival, in
order that their piety and devotion
might be strengthened and social inter- ]
course and brotherly love confirmed.
It was upon the recurrence of tho Pass-1
over, ami under the inspiration of its
associations, that the renowned Jewish |
warrior, Judas Maccabee, impressed
upon the minds of his valiant sons and
fioople tho history of tho redemption of
srael from Egyptian bondage, and to
his teachings may he ascribed the heroic
and successful struggles of the gallant
Asmoneuns against the powerful legions
of Syria and Rome. In that em of strife
and* bloodshed, the celebration of the
Passover had a two-fold signification?a
blending of the religious Hierarchy with
its civil polity, in order to restrain
the cupidity and ambition of aggressive
nationalities. Since the destruction of
the second temple, the Passover has been
observed aft a purely religions cere
monv. The festival commenced lost
evening, in accordance with tho statrtte
to be found in the 12th chapter of
Exodus. Several days before the holi?
day, everj' Jewish house is thoroughly!
cleansed from garret to cellar, and tho I
evening boforo its advent purged ofl
every article containing leaven; tneusof
of which is strictly forbidden for seven
days. Instead of bread, "Matsote," un?
leavened bread, or Passover cakes, pre-1
pared in a peculiar manner, is eaten.
Four days out of seven are regarded and
observed as days of solemn assembly.
The services in the household and the1
synagogue are replete with the narration
of the redemption of God's chosen peo- |
pie; the recital of the miracles of Hoses,
the chanting of his grand and eloquent I
opie, "I will sing unto the Lord, for ha
hath triumphed gloriously, the horse
and his rider hath he thrown into the
sea." The ritual also contains songs of
thanksgiving for deliveranco from Egyp?
tian slavery, the giving of the law and
the possession of the land of promise.
The old and the young of both sexes
unite in offering the incense of prayer
and grateful homage to God, not only
for his providential assistance and relief
to their ancestors, but also for his morcy
c:tchd?d ic ******* in bsin** permitted to '
renew and enjoy the privilege of cele-1
brating the Passover. The feast (with
its ceromonials) is generally observed by
every Jewish family throughout the
world, and, like the "New Tear'' and
lendftr- . I I *'
i List or New. AmaWJ^ment*.
\ A. C. Haskell?Card of Thsn
Rooms to Rent I ?
Meeting of Chicora Tribe.
Application for Ohara*?, nit <??
3lusting dnsuls Loifs << i?
l Mooting ladependen* Fire Company.
Horn Awtaxjk April 19.? WKnier
House?Im B. Cheatham. N. Y.; C. A.
Noyes, Mas*.; W. 8. Turner, Augusta; H.
Bucklin, Pa.; P.
bodruff, GharleHton;
HfjVan Jfctwerp, W. H. Back,
er. Pa-; J. L. Addison,
M. Clark, Aognsta; Leo
Hagood, city; Judge A. P. Aldrich,
Burn well; Mr. and Mrs. John Onthwaite,
J. N. Onthwaite, Ohio; C. M. Hopkins,
Baltimore; X. J. Borden and wife. Miss as
Borden. Chas. O. Shead and wife, Miss
Shond, Mass. ; 8. Boyd, Pp.; Mrs. W. D.
Davis, Miss Davis, Providence; J. M.
Nathans, Pa. ;, i. U Little, eity; D. H
Henderson, Aiken;R. Bell, Mass.; P. F.
Baker, T. J. Farron, L. Barnes, P. Short,
W. H. Collins and wife, Misa Kent It
Wood, J. ?. McDonough, H. C. Cobnm.
J. Kinlan, O. Frederick, H. Laodon, R.
Menge, Jos. Human, Baker A Farron
Tfonpe.
Mansion House?W. 1L Par vent, J. L.
Fillebrown, city; Ii. C. Logan J Green?
ville; T. M. Emerson, city; F. G. P?rsua*
8. C.; S. Fair McGregor, IL C. Tyler, B..
Mock, city ; J. H. Todd, U. 8. A.
Columbia Hntd?Y. B. Kennedy, N. C.;
A. N. Talley, Jr., O. A O. R R."; E. H.
Greene, N. CjL; J. McC. Bowen, Md.; W.
J. McDowell, K. A IT. R. R.; J. M. Seig
ler, G. A C. K. R.; F. J. Moses and two
children, Ga.; Maj. Moses, Sumter; S.
C. Gilbert, S. C.; A. J. Frederick, Orange
burg; T. 8. Clarkson, N. C.; M. J. Kevins,
S. C.; J. D. Stoney, S. 0.: F. M. West.
N. C; It. Mayo, Jr., Virginia; J. W.
O'Brien, Charleston; O. B. TrnnrbO/lT.
Y.j C. M. Simmons, Ga.; R. D. Alex?
ander, Chester., . j
Coiajmsia, S. C, April 19, 1875.
For the great kindness and aid so
generously and earnestly bestowed upon
my family and myself, on yestsadsr. the,
18th instant, when our dwelling house.
was on fire, by* so- many, that to express
our feeling to each by personal commu?
nication is impossible, I beg leave to
tender thanks in this public form to tho.
Independent Steam Fire Engine Gom
pony. tho Vigilant, the Phocnir Hook
and Ladder Company, the Palmetto;
Steam Fire Engine Company, and; tho
Enterprise, to them and to their mem-,
bers severally, to tho many neighbors
who, by their 'prompt and devoted en?
ergy, held the fire in check ; until every?
thing in the house had been removed.
and put in' safety, and especially to the
gentlemen, officers of this post of tho
United States Army, and the men of the
garrison, who rendered so much material f
aid with Huch real kindness that it can?
not but be remembered gratefully. I
shall never forget all this kindness, and '
hope that the whole community will
take this, as it is meant for an expres?
sion of the gratitude which we feel so
earnestly. A. 0. akSSKSSut.
Mr. Boucher has been going through'
the most difficult part of his whole task i
?the explanation of his romarkabU}
letters. It is difficult, because the gene?
ral public does not readily sympathise
with the peculiar modes of expression i
current- in Brooklyn? though to Mr.
Beecher and his friends it may seem plain <
enough. Thus, when he was asked ?
what he meant by saying that -he was on,
the ragged edge of anxiety,- remorse and1
despair, und passed most of his time in ?
the horror of great darkness, and he re- ,
plied that "these, were feeble < worda,"
and that "if there had been any stronger'
in the English language be would harA
used them," bnt that,' nevertheless, they
were mere rhetorical expressions, and.
did not mean unythine in particular. ,
most readers, ncenstomed to lefts healed'.
hmguAge, Will be tempted to give him 1
up as an insoluble oonurinVrnm. si
Iri-'brm?I??r-ri- ?
The North Carolina people are vary
much in earnest over, the preparations for ,
celebrating the centennial of the Meek- '
lenbnrg Declaration of Independence,
which ooours on May W, and, to testify I
their general good, feeling, pent a cordial
invitation to President Grant to, bo pre- '
sent on the interesting occasion. Grant,
however, through his secretary, declined'
curtly, saying that he was too busy to at- J
tend. Knowing that the President ha*' ;
an abnndance of time to attend the Con?
cord and Lexington centennial this week, .
and to lonnge at Long Branch, the North ''
Carolinians are ? very. indignant at hie
treatment of their courteous invitation. . .
Prof. Huxley, speaking of the rxigin
of tho horse, gives the following luoid
explanation of its existence: "The evi?
dence, based on the analogy of known
developmental facts, that a three-toed
Hipparion form, which lived in the Mio? ?
cene epoch, gave riao by the suppression
Of the phalanges of the rudimental toes
and some other slight modifications, to'
tho apparently one-toed later Tertiary
horse, is as satisfactory to my mind as ?
the evidence, based on the analogy of ,
known structural facts, which leads me
to have no doubt that the said extinct
Hipparion had-a stnV?Te stomach anoJlfT"
certain kind of heartr ? "* T "r
The Jonesboro Grange, No. 301. of
Jefferson County, Alabama, recently
adopted resolutions severely condemn-*
ing the course of the action of Oongresn
toward the Booth, bewailing the op?
pression which they suffer, pledging
themselves to every Grange in the United ;
States to aid in sustaining the Conatftav i
tion of the fathers of the country, and .
asking in return the sympathy and .?ha-,
rity of every mamher of the order of the
Patrons of Husbandry. They ako invite
emigration. The wrongs of the South
may form one of the issues of the >
farmers' party in 1876. Lookout
The "Breeding 'Doves" Is the namteor';
a new colored society in Atlanta. Two' ,
have the "Rastling Jacobs," the '<&it
dren of the Furnace," and other* of that..
kind, but there is a metropolitan '
is perfectly oharaoteruU?C- /ft* only
hope for J^^onah^A
rsTa;??^?'
ssaasrw^'
ate* prevails that his signature Mai \
bob^as the American eagle .Uaggfin* '
th the serpent of rebellion. As hie
&
re resembles a