The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 14, 1875, Image 2
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Jrlday Morning, May 14, 187fl^
i The Whiskey Trouble*. M
'Immense frauds in v/hiskoy distills.
'.{ton and sale bave been brought to light
Wat several North-wostorn States. The
'Government has seized lurge distilleries
?and. rnotifying houses in St. Louis, Ohl
'eago, Milwaukee, Pekin, Cincinnati und
>alher places, and the Secretary of the
Treasury has directed that legal steps
be taken at all, points where the frauds
have been discovered against all con
seemed in them, and that officers of tho
tlovornmont who have been implicated
fin 'them be removed. A regular whis?
key crusade, has been instituted, and
?distilled property to the amount of
SLOOO.OOO was' seized on Tuesday.
About the first of this month, Mr- L.
Gsss .Carpenter, Collector of Internal
.'ftevenue for this District, represented at
' Washington' that' illicit distillation wa'j
carried on hoie to an alarming extent,
^and-that several revenue officers had
'-ieen murdered while attempting to
i suppress the sale of contraband' whiskey.
It is plain now that he was mistaken in
the locality where tho ubuses existed,
which he wished to correct by the use of
rfcroops, and the murdered men were
' orfly of the mythical sort, known as
Moaney, Loggett and Christopher. The
Commissioner, upon investigation, said
kewss unable to discover any lawless?
ness in the district, and told the Col?
lector to make an honest effort to collect
the revenue, and, furthermore, informed
."?him that such aid should not be asked
vnni.Il it is clearly established that the
--civil power was helpless to execute the
iiaws. Mr. Douglass further added, that
.fee did not ..believe that the Collector,
'.who was only appointed after the ad?
journment of Congress, had had time or
opportunity to encounter the despera
?does, whose sanguinary operations he
reported to the Department.
Aill-?ood citizens will wish success to
the investigations of the Secretary of the
"Treasury. Illicit distillation defrauds
lthe 'Government, infects the morals of
tfiie people, and spreads broadcast the
evil of drunkenness. On every account
it should be put down, and put down
promptly. The abuses in this depart
rxtesl are exactly suoh as exist in all
??aether departments of the Government
lake <the test;' they uro the outcrop pings
?tf a corrupt system. They find head
ssd centre where the large operations
are .carried on, and where inducements
.-exist do form rings to profit by them,
flit Credit Mobilier ring crystallizes
.-about .a great railroad across the conti
?jrnEty <a custom house ring seeks the
commercial capital of the ' country, a
political ring to ruh the Southern out?
rage machine, naturally has its hend
??zusaters in Washington, with branches
'in the capitals of tho several Southern
?.satrapies, and so on ad infinitum. Whis?
key rings come into play where whiskey
is a great business, as it is in the North
"veaL I The: Government has so oon
flirtoted its laws, and so hedged this
foushteas with regulations and conditions,
*s practically to deny to tho Southern
States any participation in it- As a
.business, it has been given to the West,
.?s&d we remember cases where persons
wore compelled to abandon it in this
O&Late, having becomo convinced by the
obetaoles thrown in thoirwoy, that it was
Che policy of the Government not'to
jtavar it here, but to give it to the West.
'S hir was hardly intended as such, but it
.bat. proved a blessing in disguise. Men
?Irink whiskey here as elsewhere, un?
fortunately, but wo havo not tho manu?
factories of the stuff in full blast among
?s, with all its demoralizing nnd injuri?
ous .consequences. It is impossible that
it can bo a great evil with us, cither as
legitimate business or as contraband.
It is necessarily small and limited. We
.are not surprised, therefore, that the
^Commissioner should have listened in- |
<eredul?usly to the cock-and-bull stories
ruf the now Collector, and sont him
.away with a flea in his ear. When he
told him to go about his business and
.?eiase his talk about troops, fictitious
.murderers, d?., he did just what every?
body approved. We grieve to .see, how?
ever, that the Collector seems disposed
in tako advantage of the exposures in
the West to set his little machine of com
K&aiats and demands into operation
Again. He so honkers after these troops.
In our city contemporary, of yesterday,
.there'; appears on article which begins'
with a reference to the Western whiskey .
?frauds, but it in plain to neo that its
whole purpose- ia to servo the designs of |
?our Collector, We must protest against
.its perversion of Tacts, it 'asserts, upon
Ahe authority of tho "public newspa?
pers," that illicit diotlllntion and sals of
^?hiaiey^^ oaislsd-.Qj^ openly and de*
JtatfyMtiWpira we have
.papef? f eafefoUy | and .'? we 5 Jbirf e seen
nothing 0f/the Itihu in them. We re
racmber1 no-Instance. Again, it says
?he^fc'?*$fc^ part
<of the is^-ahldino citizens of tie up?
-country for Government, aid, in the sup
, prossion of this cohtyabahit', trade. Wp
huve,not se,^,^^ be<
excused for deuMiafcllid?aceuraoy. We
don't Lollotfolhat the eVIl . exists any
more now'than when'Commissibner Dou?
glass, "after investigation," announced
that ho could not discover the lawles??
noss ofwhlohOollootor C an )ont er com?
plained, end refused to give him troops
to harry and worry the people, and 80.
believing, and having good grounds for
our belief, wo distrust, In toto, the
statement that any good citizens of
the up-country demand troops to be Bent
amongst them. There is not a bit of truth
in it, from beginning to end. In the closo
of the article to which we have referred,
the difficulties of the Collector in arrest?
ing whiskey peddlers are presented in a
?piteous and rather ludicrous style. "A
revenue officer would be extremely fool?
hardy to attempt, unassisted, to arrest
one of these traders while pursuing his
vocation." "Tho revenue official must
go alone, or, at best, is only accompa?
nied by a civil oflleer, whoso heart is in
anything else but the work in whieh he
is engaged." This is melancholy, and
reminds ono of tho pursuit of knowledgo
under difficulties. But as there is no
royal road to learning, so there istno
primrose path io the Bevenue Collector
in the collection of tax. He must en?
counter its labors and troubles and face
its dangers, cheered by the hope of his
reward, the olink of gold, and the smile
of his patrons. But let him not surround
himself with guards und household
troops, if he expects to be agreeably re?
ceived. As long as ho is civil to the people,
they will treat him civilly in return. It
is a poor way of introducing one's self
to the discharge of duties of this kind,
or of any kind, to berate them and show
a desire to use force against thorn. Let
the Collector ho satisfied with the rebuff
already received, and let him address
himself in earnest to the discharge of the
duties of his office, and cease to impor?
tune his superior officers for what he
does not need, and could not handle
wisely.
? ? ? ?
Judge Shaw is holding court at Sum
tor. At tho opening of the term, he de?
livered u strong and impressive charge
to the grand jury, urging upon them the
proper discharge of the high and im?
portant functions which devolve upon
them. It was their province and pecu?
liarly their duty to bring and present to
the court all violations of law' which, in
thoir judgment, were of consequence, to?
gether with the names of witnesses. Ho
discussed several other subjects of inte?
rest The Watchman expresses itself as
much pleased with the tone and spirit of
the Judge's charge. He presides with
dignity, courtesy and ability, and has
evidently made a fine impression.
The 100th annivorsory of the capture
of Fort Ticonderoga, New York, by the
Green Mountain boys, under Ethan Allen
und Benedict Arnold, was celebrated at
Ticonderoga, on Tuesday, by a number
of military organizations, under the
auspiocs of the local poBt of the Grand
Army of tho Republic. The story of
Fort Ticonderoga is a brief but a striking
one. Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold,
followed by eighty-one men, rushed over
tho ramparts of the fort, surprised its
sleeping garrison, and after a slight skir?
mish, forced its surrender. "By whose
authority do you mako the demand?"
asked the British officer, before comply?
ing with Allen's bold request. "I de?
mand it," replied the Vermonter, "in the
name of tho Great Jehovah and the Con?
tinental Congress." Tho authority was
sufficient and the fort, with its garrison
and fortv-nine prisoners, 120 cannon and
other valuable stores, fell into the hands
of Allen and his little army of eighty-ono
men. By this bold stroke, the Ver?
monters, acting under no orders but
their own, secured the key of Lake
Chumplain. Crown Point, also a fort of
great importance, twelve miles North of
Ticonderoga, surrendered on the 12th of
May to Col. Seth Warner, without firing
a giin, when it turned out that the entire
British garrison was a sergeant and
twelve men, and tho fort contained 100
cannon. These positions had cost the
British many millions in money, several
campaigns and many lives, their impor?
tance in commanding the direct passnge
from Canada to the provinces of New
York and New England being manifest,
and often demonstrated in tho British
wars with tho French and Indians.
Fort Ticonderoga cost the British in
money alone, ?8,000.000. These cap?
tures were tho first strictly offensive ope?
rations of the revolution.
An Impostor Exro3un.?The Charles?
ton Xeits .and Courier says: Some days
since, some of our prominent citizens
were called on by an individual repre?
senting himself as an authorized agent
to procure money to assist in re-erecting
a house of worship of the Methodist de?
nomination in Columbia, the building
having been blown down by tho late
tornado. While some persons contri?
buted, others refused until a further in?
vestigation into the character of the col?
lector could be had. On inquiring of
the Bev. W. H. Fleming, Presiding Elder
of the Columbia District, he .writes to
notify the public "that the stewards
of the circuit have ; not, author?
ized a collection' by this person, nor do
they expect to recover a cent of the
money that may-be obtained from the
generous public of Charleston."
a?i-if'?*?',-r-r- ?
Silver, coinage is going on so rapidly
at the mint and branches, and tho coins
are increasing in the treasury so fast,
it is anticipated there will be'$10,000,000
In silver on hand by the opening of Sep
Jember, so that, if the gold premium
hall fall to a favorable point, it is possi
51 o the issue of the new coins may be
ommenoed before the meeting of Con?
gress in December.. ,: U is rendered more
probable by the steady contraction of the
.fractional currency, to which wo have
Ibefore>ro/eryed. . Should the issue begin
withtte dimes. snoV.no jpaora ton-cent
potos ibe,issued, the dimes can bo kept
aflouL
Mr. Beck ok Tun SrttTATlOH.?The
Hon. J?rnen B. Book hopes to he the
next Uni tod 8 inten Senator Crem Ken
tnoky. He told a reporter of the Cincin?
nati Enquirer, recently, that he made no
disguise of the fact that he was a candi?
date, and that he should do all in his
power* to secure his election. . Whon
asked ahout his party's nomination 'for
tho Presidency, he gave this racy an?
swer: "The way the tide has set, in,
everything seems to be directed toward
one man. You hove Allen, and Thur
nian, and Pcndleton up thero in Ohio,
and Hondricks in Indiana. Hendrioks
ruined Pendleton's ohanoes in 1868, so
thai both are out of the question. Thur
mnn has been distanced by Allen, be?
cause ABen came in nt the right time
and rescuod tho Democratic party from
complete annihilation. You will nomi?
nate him for Governor again this fall, of
course, and if you elect him by a good
majority?say 40,000?all h- itself
couldn't defeat him for the Presidency.
I cannot say he is my choice for the
place. I would rather have a younger
man chosen, not because Governor Allen
is not n hale, vigorous man, and per?
fectly competent to discharge the duties
of the office of President, but because,
if elected, he would he apt to gather
around him a class of advisers who are
old liko himself, but who arc not content
to lei. the dead past remain buried. Ho
would call in, I am afraid, the men of
reminiscences, who would havo this or
that wrong to bring up from their memo?
ries. That Is Uot what wo want. The
Democratic party must look forward, not
backward. It must grasp the future
time, instead of recaUing the past, if it
expects to have its lease of power, now
just commenced, continue. Allen is an
able man, a man without stain, and in
oil respects, save this, a suitable one;
and if he is elected Governor this fall by
a good majority, he can't be beaten next
year for President Tilden is out of the
question. The South and West will havo
the naming of tho candidate?you can't
keep it from them if you wanted to?und
no Eastern bond-holding candidate will
stand any show whatever."
How the Republican party takes care
of the soldiers in tho matter of head-gear
is shown in a late report from the Quar?
termaster-General. According to that
document, thero wero in store in June,
1871, 21*2,528 army hats, and 300,455
caps. This is for our total army of a
little over 25,000 enlisted men, give nine
and threerfourth hots and twelve cops to
each soldier. Who will have the teme?
rity to suggest, after this, that the Go?
vernment is unmindful of its defenders?
Thero is an expression, "armed cap-a
pie," which wo never entirely under?
stood?we never dreamed that it meant
twelve raps apiece.' If each soldier hnd
even the fabulous nine lives of the cat,
the supply of head-gear would be more
than ample. Verily, it ought to be a
good time for military tailors.
Creercto Reports from Arkansas. ?
The release from carpet-bag misrule
seems to have inspired the people of
Arkansas with fresh courage, and us a
consequence there is amuck more cheer?
ful tone in reference to agriculturo and
trado. The Little Rock Gazette, of a re?
cent date, says: "Never in the history of
Arkansas was there such signs of indus?
try and improvement. From every
County in tho State we have the most
cheering news. More wheat has b^en
sown and looks in better condition than
ever beforo known. Moro new ground
has been put under fence, moro now
fencing made, more farm improvements
and moro industry displayed than was
ever witnessed in our State in any one
year previous to this."
United States Court, Charleston,
May 12.?In the Circuit Court, Chief
Justice Waite and JndgeBond presiding,
the case of Wm. J. DeTroville vs. Robert
Small was closed with the argument of
Mr. Barker for the plaintiff. The jury
rendered a verdict for tho defendant.
The District Court, Judge Bryan pre?
siding, resumed the hearing of tho case
of the United States vs. James Molony
and James W. Haywnrd, for falsely rep?
resenting a revenue officer. After argu?
ment by Mr. Tlmrin for the defendants
and Mr. Earle for the Government, the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty as to
Malony, and not guilty as to Hayward.
The Court then udjouoncd until 10
o'clock to-day.
Tho San Francisco Chronicle calls the
nttention of immigrants to California,
that they will have to contend against
tho cheap labor of the large Chinese
population on the Pacific coast, and con?
soles itself with tho reflection that Cau?
casian labor will come off victorious and
drive the Mongolian population back to
China. This may be true, but the
record is that tho Chinaman will under?
bid any class of laborers for work, and
the existence of a largo Mongolian elo
ment in California should be duly con?
sidered by men without capital who
I have caught the Pacific coast fever and
meditate migration.
The State Orphan Asylum.?At the
last session of the Legislature, an Act
was passed providing for tho removal of
tho State Orphan Asylum from this oity
to Columbia. In accordance with tho
Act, a portion of the inmates, seventy
two boys and girls, were taken to Colum?
bia, on Tuesday evening. When tho
orphans were mustered for starting to'
the depot, about forty of them were
found to be absent On making inquiry
about the absentees, it was ascertained
that they had decamped in a body, be?
cause of being impressed with the idea
that they were to be carried to the peni?
tentiary.?Charleston Neves and Courier.
Another cove who thought to fill his
Sockets at the expense of an editor, has
ad a surprise. A despatch from Spring
field, Massachusetts, says Willis Pholps'
$200,000 suit against the Republican, of
that oity, was conoluded on Thursday,
with a'verdict for the plaintiff of 6100.
Sam. Bowles, Esq., editor of the Repub?
lican, had accused Phelps of putting
$200,000 in his pooket in manipulating a
railroad scheme, and compared him to
Boss Tweed, of New York. Phelps
turned to rend Bowles, but it seems he
did not rend-him very extensively.
. She used to keep bits of broken I china
ondorockery piled up in a convenient
cornor of the closet, and when asked her
reason, for preserving .such, domestic
lumber, shejahota lurid glance at her
husband, ? and- -merely' remarked: VHe
knows what them's for."
The value of. the wedding gifts of Mllo.
d'AIhol, niece of the Empress Eugenie,
1? said to- reach the pleasant amount of
$1,600,000. One of these gifts in a cameo
sing which belonged to Charles V. Other
littio amusing trifles are eleven necklaces
end briHionts. The Duke d'Ossunn,
whom the young lady marries, is one of
the richest persenages of the Peninsula.
Talking of weddings, there was an odd
innovation upon established custom in
Paris the other day, when a solo upon the
violin was performed during the church
ceremonial by a distinguished artist.
The constable of Cabot, Vt.. went
down a trap-door into a man's cellar for
the purpose of putting an attachment
upon some potatoes. The man's wifa
shut down the door, sat upon it, and
would not let the official out till he had
made to her "the most solemn vow he
over promised to n woman," not to put an
attachment upon the vegetables. As he
wns coming up, she interviewed him
with the fire-shovel, and he left the house
thinking that "a slice of the day of judg?
ment" was aftor him.
The needle gun, with which it was the
fashion to say Sadowa and Sedan were
won, has already been supplanted in tho
Prussian service by the Mansor rifle.
This weapon is being manufactured for
the Government by private, parties, and
the contracts have nearly all been filled
ahead of time, so that the troops will be
entirely supplied with it before the fall
manoruvres. The field artillery is also
being changed throughout for guns of
improved pattern.
The Philadelphia AorW AmirU'im says:
"Money is in such abundance in the
banks and fiscal institutions, aud in the
hands of all engaged in discounting,
that the demand is far below the offer?
ings. Money for loanable purposes is,
in fact, a drug, in consequence of the
total absence of enterprise. 5Iue.li as
has been said heretofore on th* subject,
the surplus, which is greater than ever,
shows that the expected recovery of busi?
ness activity has not yet set in.r*
He was n rich American in Paris, who
discovered that an unpleasant looking
fellow followed him every day from
morning till night. He became uneasy
and diplomatic inquiry was made whe?
ther the man who watched was connected
with the police. As a result of much
negotiation, the unpleasant person was
arrested, nnd proved to bo a gatherer of
buts of cigars. The rich American only
smoked famous brands and only smoked
them half up, and it paid to follow him.
Scppressiko HiiMHt os.?Tho Govern?
ment strikcB out in the right direction
when it begins to sqnelch humbuggery.
The stock of a cigar manufacturing firm
was forfeited in New York on Monday
on account of their using counterfeit
custom house stamps to defraud, not the
revenue, but the consumer. They had
iinitided the custom house stamp for the
purpose of inducing the belief that their
cigars we re imported.
An unfortunate Sioux chieftain, named
"Sitting Hull," got a severe flogging
from his comrades, the other day, during
the confabulation as to who should go to
Washington, because he asserted that
"the whites would have the country any?
how." Sitting Hull was undoubtedly
right, as there never was a greater sham
than the talk of preventing the mining
banditti from taking possession of the
Pluck Hills.
Inspired being ??'Whence, oh! whence,
ladies, whence, oh! whence enme the
marvellous instinct that prompted tho
minute being originally contained in
this fragile egg-shell, to burst the calca?
reous envelope that secluded it from the
glories of the outer world!" Chorus of
admiring young ladips ? "Whence, oh!
whenoe, indeed, Mr. Honeycomb?" Mus?
ter Tommy?"Perhaps the little beggar
was afraid he'd be boiled!"
In Paris they believe that the flosh of
horses and asses is first class brainial
food. In New York the people who
dabble in this lazy science have decided
that a good square meal of tripe and
calves' brains renews the phosphorous in
the oerebrul tissues. Dr. Lambert enter?
tained the Liberal Club, the other day,
on an experimental tripe dinner. Most
people of brains prefer good, juicy, roast
beef.
Senator An thou v, of Rhode Island,
has, like Judge Keiley, been on a lengthy
tour through the South. What he
objects to is the fact that Southern
families want to know something about;
a stranger before they admit him to the
sanctuary of the family circle. Anthony I
calls this ??ostracising Northern men.''
We wonder if the blue-bloods of Rhode
Island open their houses to every ad?
venturer who happens to come around.
Chicago is swamped financially. The
delinquent tax list foots up SO,700,000,
and the city is borrowing money to meet
the deficits in its treasury by reason of
the short-comings of tax-payers. Rut
worse than that, it is acknowledged that
if all tho delinquent taxes were collected
they would not bo sufficient to pay the
outstanding liabilities of the city not
provided for in tho funded debt
Ax.1, in the Family.?The official bond
of Col. Parker, postmostor at New Or?
leans, is a family affair. Gen. H. F.
Butler, his brother-in-law, assumes
$200,000, his nephew by marriage, Gov.
Adelbert Ames, of Mississippi, $100,000,
and tho father-in-law of Col. Parker's
daughter $100,000, making the required
total of $400,000.
England sticks to muzzle-loading ar?
tillery, and is manufacturing it at an
expense of $1,500,000 annually, while
tho rest of the world won't use any?
thing but brooch-loaders. In the event
of a war, England's muzzlo-loaders
would play the devil with hor.
Some of tho London dealers are taking
advantage of the mania for old china by
having made at the Staffordshire potte?
ries quantities of "genuine old" Chelsea, |
Dresden und other wares coveted by
collectors.
Rev. Robert Collyer's version of the
statement that no man can serve two
masters, "Yon ean't have the dyspepsia
and serve tho Lord at the samo time."
And yet there are a great muny out of
the pulpit and in it who are trying to.
Col. Wm. Johnston has boen elected
Mayor of Charlotte N. C, over the form?
er incumbent, W. F. Davidson. Politics
dkl not enter into the contest, both
candidates being of tho same political
faith. j
A lot of Alabama pig iron was recently
shipped to Liverpool, England, and sola
1 for a profit.
Crrr Matters. -If yon are asked to
lend your Photnix, suggest to the would
be borrower that he had better subscribe.
Cleor and cool, yesterday.
There was no quorum, last night, at
the proposed meeting of Council.
The committee appointed to obtain
subscriptions to aid in repairing the da?
mages to tho Presbyterian Church, are
meeting with great success. *
You can get all styles of job printing,
from a visiting curd to a four-sheet post?
er, at the PnouciS office. Prices satisfac?
tory.
A despatch from Blackville says:
"Every box heard from. Majority for
Blackville, 1,07'!." Anothor victory for
the irrepressible C. P. Leslie.
As the ?'hind distribution" scheme has
been indefinitely postponed, agonta
throughout the country are requested to
refund whatever subscriptions have been
made, and make returns to tho manager.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad will run excursion trains to and
trom Charlotte, to accommodate those
desirous of visiting the Centennial. See
advertisement.
The colored Orphans* Home has been
transferred from Charleston to Columbia
-the Elmore homestpad having been
purchased for that purpose. Yesterday
morning, the youngsters reached this
city, and wore comfortably quartered in
their new "home."
The Governor has appointed Trial Jus?
tice -Aiken, T. W. Keenan. Notaries
Public?Greenville, Philip Epstin; Snm
ter, J. K. McElvecn. Commissioner of
Deeds, Augusta, Ga. -W. T. Gary. Be
signation acepted- L. W. Duvall, Sheriff
FairAcld.
Wo have been requested to state that
there will be a meeting of liremcn at In?
dependent Hall, this evening, to which
Independents, Palmettoes and Phoenix
men are invited to attend, to consider
the feasibility of putting in an appear?
ance at the Charlotte Centennial.
Mr. S. D. Epstin made his maiden
speech in Judge Carpenter's Court, yes?
terday, and succeeded.in clearing his
client, in a case of grand larceny, on a
technical point. This effort of the young
disciple of Blackstone is complimented
highly.
The Caledonian Club, of Charlotte, N.
C, cordially invite Scotchmen and their
descendants, who intend to be in Char
lott? on the centennial, to meet them in
Miller's Hall, corner of Fourth and
Tryon streets, where they will bo re?
ceived and t ntertained by the members
of tho club.
Tux Strawskrrx Festtvu..?Our Ma?
rion Street Methodist Church friends
gave a strawberry festival, last night, in
Irwin's Hall, which was well attended.
Tho Columbia Silver Cornet Band made
proclamation of tho affair, and induced
many passers by to halt and step up?
stairs. The hall was a mass of ever?
greens and flowers, while the bibles sur?
rounding it displayed a tempting array
of good things?light as weU as substan?
tial. The music was very fine, and was
heartily enjoyed. The festival will bo
kept up this evening, as the church must
bo fixed up.
Court or Genebal Sessions, May 1:1,
1875.?This Court met at 10 o'clock A.
M. The following cases were called and
tried:
Win. Kibler, indictment grand larceny
- verdict guilty.
Henry Johnson, grand larceny, Epstin
and Lyles for defendant -guilty.
John Bryant, murder -guilty of man?
slaughter.
H. T. William-;, grand larceny- guilty.
James William-;, grand larceny?petit
larceny.
Aaron Galbut, burglary and grand
larceny. Pending the consideration of
this case. Court adjourned.
Supreme Court, Columbia, S. C, May
13, 1875. - The court met at 11 A. M*.
Present -Their Honors C. J. Moses, A.
J. Wright and Willard.
Lambert J. Jones et a1., vs. William H.
Webb. Suber attorney for appellants.
Baxter for respondents. Ordered, that
the appellant havo leave to abandon the
appeal as to Bonton, Smith A Co., George
A Jenkins, and Edward Jenkins ft Son.
Not to be heard at this term.
G. M. Bowors et ?/., appellants, fn re
Sarah A. Thompson, vs. Thomas A.
Thompson et at.
Lambert J. Jones et at., appellants, hi
re Emelino Bradley, vs. Peter Rodel
sporger et of., defendants.
In consequence of a oontinuanco by
counsel of tue cases on the docket from
tho Sixth Cirouit, the dooket next in
order is the Fifth, whioh will be taken
up on Thursday, the 30th inst. It will
bo followed by the hearing of the case of
State vs. ?. and immediately after by
the case of the State ex ret. the Attorney
General vs. the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad Company. ,
Court then adjourned to Thursday,
20th inst., at 10 A. M.
? ??.
Consignees.?Per South Carolina Rail?
road, May 13, 1875: E. E. Jaoksoa, RH.
Heinitsh, J. H. Doughty, lt. L. Bryan,
Kinard & Wiley, G. Symmers, H. Solo?
mons, J. C. Seegers, M. Sulsbaoher, S.
Robinson, P. CantwolL M. H. Berry, W.
D. Love ft Co.,-Jones,Davis ft Bouk
night, J. ft A. Oliver, O. Brookbanks ft
Co., H. Muller, W. B. Burke, B. B.
McCreery ft Co., Mrs. O. E. Reed, J.
Woodrow, W. Steiglits, W. B. Stanley.
C. H., O. Hoffman, O. Hamberg, Pagan
ft Bros., W. 8. Plnnicr, E. II: Heinitsh,
L?rick 4 Lowrance, R. Toser, W. G.
Fisher, W. Johnson, M* <krtHnay M.
Ehrlioh ft Son, Oi 'S. Leckte, Perry ft
Slowson, W. Bl.-B.vB.- l*i Bryan-, State
' Onihsn AsylulD, hf ? B. Denni*.\ Gold
smith ft Kind. P. W. Kraft, J. H. Altee. !
List or Nkw Advebtujemeists. ?
Report Condition Carolina Bank.
Report Condition Central Bank.
C. J. Iredell--Notice.
Jaa. Anderson?Excursion Tickets.
Lot for Bale.
Hotej. AjuuvIls, JUy 13.?Mansion
House?L. B. VYilcox, wife and child,
Conn.; Mrs. A. J. Irvine, Greenville;
Andrew Crawford, Geo. Harth, city; J.
M. Sparks, Go.; Edw. McClarkson, Gads
den; J. 8. Bowers, wife and child,
Helena; T. M. Emerson, city.
Cvlumbia Hotel?F. M. West, N. C.; B.
C. Gilbert, 8. C.; B. G. .Tones and wife,
Lewisville; H. T. Peake, 8. C; L. M.
Tough, Kansas; R. Rice, Baltimore; J.
R. Simpson, Laurens; J. D. Stpney.S. C.
How Not to Die.?Thousands fall a
prey to disease, not because the maladies
that affect them nro necessarily fatal, but
because they lack the requisite amount
of nctivo vitality to make a valiant re?
sistance to the enemy. It is a wise pre?
caution to keep the body always In a
state of defence?always prepared to
"fend off" the germs of epidemio and
other disorders, and to baffle the evil in?
fluence of damp miasma and sudden
thermomctrical changes. There is no
difficulty in doing this. It is a foot as
well authenticated as that two and two
make four, that Hostetter's Stomach Bit?
ters is specially adapted to this purpose,
and for the simple roason that its . invi?
gorating and regulating properties are
superior to those of any other medicine
in the world. During the twenty years
that it has been in general use, ample
opportunities have been afforded to com?
pare its medicinal properties with those
of other preparations claiming to be of
a similar clans, and the result has been
its adoption by the American people as
the standard tonic of the age, its intro?
duction into every civilized portion of
the Western hemisphere, and on annual
sale which dwarfs Into insignificance the
demand for all its would-be competitors.
The record upon which its popularity
rests is a curiosity in medical literature,
for it includes an almost unlimited va?
riety of human ailments and disabilities.
In fact, no other remedy possesses such
a variety of hygienic virtues, and it is to
these characteristics that it owes its pres?
tige as a honsehold medicine. Ml4t3Hl
It is truly wonderful, the variety and
ingenuity of the conveniences for the
desk and office?pens of varied patterns,
inkstands possessing nnmberless ad?
vantages, letter files, each one the best,
envelopes of size and qualities infinite.
It is almost bewildering to enter the
large Broad street store of Wolker,
Evans A Cogswell, in Charleston, and
see the number of these attractions.
Here you find the largest stationery
stock South of Baltimore, and you only
have two troubles?first, sufficient cash;
and, second, tho difficulty in deciding
among the many things offered, each
equally suitable to your wants. M7f
Hero is something for yonr educational
column: "Ohashi Mnsatake, a school -
master at Nakanogo, Tokio, recently re?
fused a pupil, on the ground that his
hair was out short, like that .of Euro
peons. Ohashi is a shizoku of Tochigi
ken, and the son of the late Ohasn
Juno, who was a great hater of Euro?
peans. He lectures on the doctrines of
Menoius, old Chinese poetry and 'Saden,'
one of the works of Confucius."
A man two-thirds drunk and his book .
coverod with mud, stopped a policeman
on the street and asked to be looked np.
"Whv, you are able to walk home, aren't
you?" ashed the officer. * "Yes, I could
get home all right, but I don't wont to,
and you wouldn't it you had my wife!
Take me down, old feller, and if she
comes inquiring 'round, just say Pve
gone to Toledo on 'portant business."
Chinese cheap labor is not all that
Koop in uns chap has painted it. "The
Chinese tailors of San Francisco have
struck, and have posted bills throughout
the Chinese quarter offering a reward of.
$400 for the lulling of any boss tailor
who won't pay the wages demanded, and
an additional reward of $300 for the kill?
ing of any tailor who consents to work
for less money."
A Duluth editor, who has thus far
evaded the fool-killer, has issued a card
announcing the birth of his baby. Tho
card is illustrated with cupids, and the
words "ten pounds," are printed in tho
corner. If that poor little thing could ?
realize what a ridionlons father it has, it
would immediately perish in its little
bowols.
In Plymouth, Mass., when a drunken
man killed a police officer and kept
shooting at everybody else, tho fire de?
partment was called out, and succeeded
in qnioting tho lion in his bosom. There
are some towns in Texas that would bo
happier with a few engines that could be
relied upon in similar emergencies.
Chaviz, the lieutenant of the Califor?
nia bandit chief, Vasquex, is carrying
out the threat he made to avenge the '
letter's death. With a band of mounted
followers, he is ravaging certain South?
ern Counties, whose Inhabitants clamor
for a legislative appropriation as a reward
for his capture.
Miss Moody, daughter of the American
revivalist, who is now preaching in Lon?
don, not sharing her father's views, went,
to tho play, and coming down late to
breakfast next morning was greeted by
him w|?,7'Wa?i 4iiU'-?r/fctow"4*
which >He calmly responded, "Good
morning, papa." . ,y ... j,<. ,
A onn factory in Unner Austria is mak?
ing ^0,000 riflea for "Germany. It has
delivered 180,000, and has received ?
further order for 76,000. A Vienna firm
is reported to bo executing a German or-. ??
der for 30,000,000 cartridges for delivery
in Juno.
A child stolen in New York the other
day turned out to be the son of a widow
who hadn't a cent, and bis abductor ?
promptly restored him to ibet, arms.
Two venerable citizens of Edgefield
Mrs. Matbis and Mrs. W. G. Walker
died lost week.
Bishop Beokwith, of Georgia, killed
an alligator on St Simon's Island re- .
cently, that weighed 250 pounds :
Yon, can't weigh ah ee\ with scales,
bcca??o thoy have no scales, you know*
It is ead to see people, squandering -
money and know you cannot help;them.
An open letter?O. An autograph let?
ter?with some folks it is an X.
Reading matter on every page.