The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 02, 1875, Image 2
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Wednesday Morning, Jone 2,1876.
JoobnaxjhM.?The Richmond Enquirer
has a good idea of modern journalism.
It declares that the popular notion that
almost any man with n fair share'.'of
brains unsf a good English education can
make himself an editor after a little
practice, is a mistake that sometimes
misloadSL,en^JMVWary. youth frosh from
"academic groves," especially if he has
the reputation among bis fellows of being
"'a Una writer." It is one thing to indite
tin essay at college, or, in later years, to
prepare an article now nnd then on some
subject of interest to the author, nnd it
is quite another thing to write regularly,
on all sorts of questions, in all sorts of
styles, ibr all sorts of tastes, from day to
-day, through the winter, and the spring,
and the summer, and the fall. And it is
not the writing only?it is judging what
to touch, and what to leave 'untouched,
with the editorial stylus that is so deli?
cate a weapon to wield; in judging what
to print and what not to print of the
, thoasand contributions that come; in
keeping the policy of the paper clear,
and consistent, and right, and true. A
man may write like Junius, or Gibbon,.
or'Macauiayt or Irving, and yet he may
be not only un tit for the editorship of a
daily paper, from the want of the proper
judgment and experience, but he may
not have that ever-recurring, ever-recu?
perating eraative capacity so rigorously
required, The editor of a daily paper
can sympathize with Sisyphus in rolling
that faindus stone from the bottom of the
hill to the top, when it would always
ooms rolling back again. 'What we have
said Was suggested by an article in the
Philadelphia Proas, referring to offers of
editorial assistance made by professors
nnd students of colleges, with a view to
mteBeelit^l s^nusemeht and improvement
during the summer months. We make
the following extract from it:
"It has often occurred to us that, were
the duties and the difficulties of journal?
ism mere ftury appreciated and under?
stood, there would -be fewer volunteers
at the portals of the MMcf um, and did we
feel competent to the task, we should do
our correspondents a real favor, by seek?
ing to enlighten them as to the true
nature of the work they would under?
take as a pleasant summer pastime. But
there are one or two points to which we
venture to call the attention of our well
disposed friends, whieh they may not
have considered, and which may serve
to show them why their services are not
called into requisition. It is not be?
cause they tack scholarship or abilities,
or sjsMMIas Of good sense, that they are
not: wanted in journalism, but because
they have no training for its duties. The
difference between a college man and the
praotiead journalist is the differenoe be
tw? >n the raw recruit and the trained
soli iar. Journalism is now universnUy
reo gnised as a profession, and it is a
pro ession which requires a. long and
tho ough training for the proper per
fon lance of it* duties. It is not merely
a p easntiti occupation for a summer v
tioi, hi? a calling of the highest
mo t ardnoua oharaoter, for which y
of study and practical training are p
requisites. . We hardly think any of o
correspondents Who think they could be
of ?se in newspaper work, would tender
then: sei vices wk the summer to the sur?
geon to h?lp him <iaw off legs, or to help
thai lawyer .along in his complex cases
?re the Caoviat' yet the ofler would
y be but Httle more presumptuous^
e one ease than in the other."
C fx? -1
e mystery of young Casper Hauser
le time agitated Europe equally with I
of tho Iron Mask. The New York
Itercilry chums that the boy's
llity has at last been established, and
its article, which we publish this
morning, upon the revelations of tho
Frankfort Gaiette, which have made an
immense sensation in Germany and
caused the paper to be prosecuted by
powerful nobles, who arc interested in
keeping the truth of Casper Hauser
buried in his grove. If the statements
of the Frankfort Gazetle arc founded upon
fact, and the mystery is a mystery no
more, we need not yet despair of finding
out1 who murdered Dr. Bnrdell, tho
authorship of "Junius," or who stole the
Augusta- diamonds.
Tux Burdens or Louisiana.?In his
lost letter to the New York Herald upon
the condition of Louisiana, Mr. Charles
Nord hoff gives a thoroughly detailed and
painfully Interesting account of the bur?
dens that oppress the tar-payers of that
State. In I860 the whole expense, con?
tingent and otherwise, of the Legislature
ol the State was under $100,000. In 1873
it was well up to $500,000. Last year it
was a smaller sum, but still (60,000
above the Comptroller's estimate of the
proper cost In 1861 the State tax
amounted to 20 cents en every $100. In
1867, the year before reconstruction, to
37} cents, and In 1874, after reaching a
much higher figure, to $1.45, to which
sum it , is limited by the Constitution.
In spite c-f this enormous tax, the State
debt hau trebled since 1866, and: nt the
? of th e present year it stood at
5, explained In large part by
penitentiary and Other jobs.
N ?? Drlean* is made to j?yi
rge part of the State tax. Iths
.Wonts own amounting to $22,
000,00?,: an? its tax rate has been run up
to 3 per cent i while about $17,000,000 of
^yt^&yvfa but 35 cents on the
^onafdnthemarttet There should have
been some hanging in Louisiana.
. 11 <t<?*>+
i'^JS^?r* *f dnfortunate in their
HiT^12k^:**\*A ??rt there is an
overjpre^tt^ef^oel in the x>onn$Tli
l.kely to obtain Work, even if they ?W'
don their demands Wnigber pay.'^^'.]
. .Tjny QiWim, m >jtoniiWM.^W>o |
thought of tho newspaper first? It seemB
to have had its birth in that land of vivid
gesture and grave gossip, Italy, and , the.
first paper of which we have any record
wan a monthly, published) in Venice by
order of the Government, in manuscript,
as printing had not then been invented.
It wo* called a Oazetlo* wfipjb word is a
derivative of Gatzera, tue name of a mog
Eie or chatterer. In the. Magliabcchia
library, at Florence, are now to be seen
thirty volumes of Venetian gazettes, in
manuscript, tho last of which is dated in
the sixteenth century. The Venetian
Conservatives clung to their script after
printing was an accomplished fact. The
epoch of the Spanish Armada, in Eng?
land} was the epoch of the first English
newspaper. In the British Museum are
preserved several newspapers which were
printed in 1588, while the Spanish fleet
lay hi the British Channel. The earliest
of these is entitled the English Jfercttrie,
which, by authority, "was imprinted at
London by her Highness' printer, 1588."
So to the sagacious forethought of the
great Queen Bess, and the wise policy of
the fAeat Minister Burleigh, the English
speaking peoples of the world are in?
debted for the model of our present ne?
cessity, the newsoaper. Deprive us?ye
sweat eherubs who sit up aloft, ye weird
sisters three who presido over our fates?
deprive us of our boots, our breakfasts,
i pur funds in banks, but take not from us
ouj morning papers. In thiB early jour?
nal* are the news of the day and a well
written article, designed to arouse and
stiffen timid loyalty, tells of the disco?
very^ of a Spanish plot to murder the
Queen. There is a heroin poem, too,
called '.'Elizabeth Triumphant,"-by one
James Ankes; n critical article op en un?
fortunate' author; entitled "Father Far
son's Coat. Well.; Dusted,? and various
witty sayings, all printed in Roman let?
ter. To a physician of Paris, Benandot,
belongs the credit of having first col lected
in fugitive sheets the news of various
countries. This first venture was a
weekly, issued in healthv seasons, when
{?atjeritH Mwera few, and the doctor at
eisurS. 'HT obtained a liocijse to do
this in 1632. The first daily paper, after
the accession of William and Mary, set
its sails to catch the wind of popular
favor, by putting on its title page the
Orange Intelligencer. Yellow, dust}', in?
significant in comparison with our splen?
did new sheets of to-day, we still cannot
held regarding with a certain rfivertnee
these pionoersof liberty and intelligence,
the first newspapers.
Thx New Yobk Press ok thb Third
Term.?The Herald, referring editorially
to the President's third term political
declaration he has made since his acces?
sion to office, says it is an exceedingly
adroit letter, but tar from 'being satisfac?
tory. There is nothing invft to prevent
Grant's acceptance of the Presidency for
a third term. We shall" be surprised if
the country accepts this as a satisfactory
declaration. It would have been much
better for his fame, and even for the
welfare of the party he professes to
serve, if he had not written it. In sword,
the country is told that the President
will not take what is not offered him.
Tho Jlcrakl wants a declaration that will
destroy Coisarism by limiting all admi?
nistrations to one term, and no re-elec?
tion ever after. The Timen considers
that the President's views are expressed
Sith greet simplicity and frankness, and
mt his declaration will be deemed satis
fiictorv by the people. But the persons
who originally raised the crv of a third
term will not be satisfied; they will pick
holes in tho letter here and there, take
Out detached sentences, and twist them
into a significance which they do not
properly possess. The* Times .confesses
that the letter oUght to be accepted by
4M just and fair-minded men as abso?
lutely potting an end to the whole ques
ton, and Republicans should prepare for
is work of 1876 without reference to
En a possibility of Grant being in the
il as a candidate. The Tribune says
t, although somewhat delphic in its,
phraseology, the President's letter will
Srobably be regarded as finally with
nvwing Grant's name from the list of
candidates for tho next Presidency. If
he had only said as much some time
ago. what suffering, the Tribune remarks,
might have been saved to tho Republican
Oarty. The World says that nobody can
fail to read the extreme reluctance* with
which the President makes even a pre?
tence of resigning his chance to a re?
election. His letter, which purports to
bo a resignation of his pretensions, is
not ho in fact. The saving clause in it
enables him to push those pretensions
whenever he chooses, which lie means to
do whenever he sees a possibility of suc?
cess for them.
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Tub CorroN Crop in South Carolina.
The Committee of Information and Sta?
tistics of tho Charleston Exchange makes
the following statement in reference to
the cotton crop in this State, condensed
from replies received from the interior,
under dote of May 15:
Question-- What is the area of land
planted in cotton in your section, as
compared with last year? State increase
or decrease. Answer?83 replies re?
ceived, showing an average decrease of
one-half of one per cent
Question?What has been theoharaOter
of the weather, and has it been more or
less favorable for planting this than last
rear? Answer?48 replies report less
favorable; 17 replies report same as last
year; 17 replies report more favorable. '
Question?How are the stands of cot?
ton in your section? Answer?12 answer
not good; 7 answer too early to judge; 40
answer good; 24 answer very good.
Question?rHow much earlier, or later
> the Cotton crop this than lost year?
Answer?83 replies give sn average of
seven days later. ,
Qufcation^-How is the labor, in num?
bers JQsa efficiencyV Answer?Souk as
lest year. ?
Question?Has the use of fertilizers
increased or diminished this as compared
with last year? Answer?til replies re
cei ved, showing' an average increase of 6}
per^*aV . it| . ? o , ukMIji ,
Question What is the present condi?
tion of1 the cotton crop in, your section?
Answer ?17 on*wer not good ? nights too
cool; 14 answer too early to judge; 38
answer good; 10 answer very good. .
* Adam Sting and wife, each aged about
Hamburg, New York, Friday night
in QtMMtwm. mm Gmvmau. Bejee |
bo ad?Its Condition and Pboupkots.^
Tho Charleston News and Courier, speak?
ing of the report of the President and
Directors of the Greenville and Colum?
bia Railroad, presented to the stockhold?
ers at the annual meeting, held In Co?
lumbia on April 26, says it will doubtless
be as satisfactory to the public as it
proved to bo to the owners of the road.
The earnings of the year 1874 were $591,
934, and tho expenses $321,489, leaving a
balance of earnings of $270,445. As
compared with 1872, there was a decrease
of $39,508, or six per cent., in the gross
earnings, and of $6,097 in the expenses.
This was a very small decrease in com?
parison with that shown in the accounts
of other Southern railroads, some of
which htive lost one-fifth of their former
earnings. The down freight business of
the road shows an increase of about
$41,000, und the up freight business a
loss of $06,000. The number of bales of
cotton carried in 1S74 was 131,319, and
the largest number in any preceding
year was 107,174 in 1873. During 1874
the sum of $151,678 was spent for 1,212
tons of new mils, three new locomotives
and sixty new freight cars. The equip?
ment of the road is still incomplete, und
the board have already purchased 5C0
tons of new rails, and are in treaty for
500 tons more. The road is threatened
with n bnsiness competition that will Ux
its energies to the utmost, and it is the
part of wisdom to put it in complete or?
der as rapidly as its means will allow.
The President.well says that business
contests, in these times, are too often to !
be waged with" companies" wb?se financial ]
Eosition, affording no hope for the stock
olders, consigns the direction of af?
fairs to persons whose sole end seems to
be to obtain quantities of tons, not pro?
fitable returns from investments.
The financial condition of the company I
steadily improves. Three years ago the
company was utterly bankrupt Since
then, the past due interest has been ar?
ranged to such an extent that no trouble
is anticipated from that source; large ]
bums of money have been spent in im?
proving the property; the interest on the I
acknowledged debt has been regularly ]
and promptly paid, and the greater por?
tion of the immense mass of disputed
debt, bo long the cause of intense anx?
iety, has been drawn back to the control j
of the company. To complete the
rangement of tho debt, the President j
and Directors, in their report, asked for
authority to create a first mortgage for
an amount not exceeding $3,000,000, the
bonds to bear not more thnn 7 per cent,
interest, and to run not less than twenty
years. The stockholders unanimously |
authorized the making of the mortgage,
of which not more than $2,500,000 shall |
be used for the settlement of the debt,
and $500,000 be held in trust, applicable
only to such acquisitions nnd additions
to the property as have been authorized
and approved by the stockholders. The
Directors do not doubt that this will be
acceptable to the holders of all classes of |
bonds, who will be relieved from carry?
ing securities whose status is questioned,
and whose value iK, therefore, impaired,
and will receive in return bonds whose
character will be unquestioned, and
whose class will commend them to favor?
able consideration in financial circles.
With the means furnished them by the
first mortgage, the Board have great con?
fidence in their ability to place the entire
indebtedness of the company in a condi?
tion of such strength and soundness as
to entitle the credit of the Greenville nnd
Columbia Railroad to rank far beyond
what it has ever known.
Facts and results show that the affairs
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
have been managed with sagacity and
consummate ability. It was a mere1
wreck, the shuttlecock of rings and
cliques, the victim of political ad?
venturers. No concern in the South had
a future more dark. In three years its j
worst difficulties have been overcome
its condition is comparatively sound,
and it has a prospect of becoming
steadily and richly profitable. Tht
holders of the first mortgage bonds will
have a first class security, and stock?
holders will soon begin to dream of I
dividends on stock which, not long
since, was little better than waste paper.
Pecumxb Pkopix,?A Boston letter to
an Eastern newspaper relates that upon
one of the fashionable South End squares
of that city there has lived in a swell
front, four-story brick house, until very
lately, a woman who has hired for her I
servant her own sister. The lotter was |
[treated in all respeets as a menial, and
though the woman and her husband,
having no children, dined alone when
there was no company in the house,
they never permitted the sister to sit
with them. Not only this, but the sister
servant was kept at work from early till
lute, and there was no such thing as
leisure for her, or a particle of the con?
sideration due from one so nearly related
to her. Finally, the woman moved out
of town, and the sister determined to
find an easier place. Accordingly, she
engaged to go to a summer resort as
Esstry cook in a fashionable boarding
ousp. Now it has transpired that her
sister und former mistress has engaged '
board for the warm season not only at
this vory resort, but also at tho very
house where her sister is to furnish the
daily pies and puddings.
I) is truly wonderful, the variety and
Ingenuity of the conveniences for the j
desk and office?pens of varied patterns,
inkstands possessing unmberless ad?
vantages, letter files, each one the best,
envelopes of sise and qualities infinite.
It is almost bewildering to enter the
large Broad street store of Walker,
Evans A Cogswell, |n Charleston, and
see the number of these attractions.
?Hero you find the largest stationery
?stock South of RalUmpre, and you only
have two troubles?first, so&leient cash;
and, Bocond, the difficulty in deciding
among the many things offered, each
equally suitable to your wants. M7f
The New Torlc^vSs^ m^ry folsorae
in its praises of Beeehetk end asserts his
innocence on all occasions. It seems,
however, that this is all paid for, the
New York Times stating it as a fact that
the Tribune gets five dollars per column
f?r its verbatim report of the trial and
remarks, the bill being paid by Plymouth
Church. Plymouth has thus paid the
Tribune so far $8,000 on.account That
accounts for the 7Wbtme* stnrfly chain
pionship for Beecher and his church.
jGxhvt, im DnrA.uisimo Tail ?it? [
Camp, tue defaulting County Treasurer,
baa unbosomed himself. He has owned
to the soft impeachment that the green?
backs of the County possessed for him
to irre&istable a charm that his integrity
was overcome. He has disgorged $2,600
of his spoils, but the clutch of the She?
riff is still oil him, and we hope the
balance will come, for the sake of our
tax-burdened people, and the punish?
ment he deserves may he meted out to the
thief, for the sake of justice.
[OretnvlUt Sites.
Business in New York.?The New
York Tribune says n revival of trade in
tbat city is manifest. With the warmth
af spring, it declares, "there has come a
rapid development of retail business,
ind leading houses find their sides much
exceeding those of May of last year. In
Fact, the genera! testimony is that the
spring tmde has put a quietus on the
zry of hard times. "
A lady was recently overheard at an
evening assembly speaking in high
praise of a pretty girl just passing.
"Why she is a perfect parcgruin of a
voung lady!" "I think you mean paral?
lelogram, do you not?'* suggested the
waggish gentleman addressed, "I said
parallelogram, Mr.-," exclaimed the
lady, with a combination of dignity and
indignation impossible to descibe.
Considering the amount of downright
wickedness left us by Lord Byron, the
Brooklyn Argus' assertion that there is
probably not a young lady in this coun?
try who would not cheerfully givr* some?
thing toward a monument for him, is
rather startling. However, the Argus
looks at things from a Brooklyn observ?
atory with a ragged edge.
A negro- named Harry Carter was
killed on a plantation, five miles from
Augusta, by overseer Z. 11. Harris, who
found him in the act of skinning a bog.
On boing accosted. Carter reached for his
41111, which was on the ground near him,
but before he could obtain it, Harris
firod and wounded him fatally.
The Governor has, upon the recom?
mendation of Judge T. II. Took*, re
oioved Alexander Brycc. Sr., Trial Jus?
tice of Ooone*. Mr. J. B. Sanders has
been appointed Trial Justice of the same
County. N. W. Salley. Notary Public of
Aiken* and I). M. Felts, Census Taker of
Lancaster.
A little girl at school road thus: "The
wi.low lived on a limbacy left by her
relatives." "What did you call that
wordV" asked the teacher; "trie word is
legacy, not limbacy.', "But." said the
little girl, "my sister says I must say
limb, not log.'*
"Well, doctor, itV no use, I'm going to
die!" "Nonsense," said the doctor,
"you're not going to die at all. No man
ever died with feet as warm as yours!"
"Aii, yes they did. doctor." "I should
like to know who, then?" said the doctor.
??John llogors Jiil," said the patient.
A rustic youngster, being asked out
to take tea with a friend, was admonish?
ed to praise the eatables. Presently the
butter was passed to him, when he re?
marked, "\oryniee butter?what there
in of it," and observing a smile, ho
added, "and plenty of it -such as it is."
The successful railroadist, A. S. Bu
ford, President of the Richmond* and
Danville Railroad, was once a printer.
Horace Gretley. Hon. S. S. Cox, Vice
President Wilson and a host of others
ha7? risen to eminence from the printers'
case.
"What's your business?" asked the
judge id'a prisoner at the bar. "Well,
a'pose you might call me a locksmith."
??When did you last work at your trade?"
"Last night, when I heard a call for the
police, I made a bolt for tho door."J
L- Sbrtl, of Brussels, says that in con?
sequence of the recent attitude of Eng?
land to maintain peace in Europe, public
opiuion in Germany is agitating tho irre?
vocable ex dusion of England from the
concert of the continental powers.
? Mr. J. Felder Meuors, for several years
editor of the Orangeburg Neies, '.Kep.)
has seen the error of his ways, resigned
from the paper and the Republican
party, and will establish a lively Con?
servative paper at Blackville.
It recently rained boiled shrimps in
France, the contents of a water spout ap?
parently being tumbled on tho country
after the sun had heated the water suffi?
ciently to cook the game.
Tho sales of r??al estate recorded in the
office of tii-? Register of Mesne Convey?
ances, Charleston, f>>r the week ending
May 31, aggregates the sum of$S7,362.
Mr. John Barron, who left Clarendon
County .or.ie time sine'* to settle in Cali?
fornia, has returned to his old home.
No place like home.
A gang of counterfeiters ban been ar?
rested at Now Orleans --five men and one
women. They had $500 in counterfeit
nickels, and a full set of plates, dies, etc.
Mrs. Young, wife of Captain Charles
Young, of Toronto, Ontario, committed
suicide a few days ago. This is a suicide
year, sure.
A colored preacher, nam^d Jackson
Green, died in the pulpit of his church,
at Robertville, Colleton County, on
Thursday evening last.
A report has been brought into Fort
Valley that the Indians have killed a
?artv of whites in the vicinity of the
lack Hills.
Further particulars of the earthquakes
in Asia Minor show that several villages
were destroyed and 2,000 persons lost
their lives.
$30,000 has been raised by the actors
throughout the country for a fund for
the family of Dan Bryant.
Good manners are always admired by
all persons; bad manners are, on the
contrary, always despised.
Dr. Wm. E. Dearing, a well known
and highly popular citizen of Augusta,
died a Tew days ago.
Mr. George N. Reynolds, of Fairfiold,
and Mr. W. D. Bramlette, of Greenville,
died last week.
ThoSe who believe that money can do
everything, are frequently prepared to
do everything for money. |
4,900 persona by the name of Duval
read each othor's letters in Paris.
Never pnt much confidence in those
who put no confidence in others.
Winnshoro boasts of a goose with four
wings.
As-far West as Nevada, "hundreds are
out of work."
lend your Paomz, --"[igest to the would
bo borrower that he had better subscribe.
Beading matter on every page.
Seegern' artificial ice is clear and cold
?we've tried it.
Senator John J. Patterson fe in the
eity.
Sorrow show.* us truth us the night |
brings out the stars.
The first day of summer was delight?
ful?a pleasant breeze blowing all day.
Wo pity the poor fellow who goes
through life unnb'.lsed, unattached and
calm as u summer sunset.
The annual pic-nic of the Brick-ma?
sons' and Plasterers' Link takes place at
Seegers' brewery, to-day.
You con get all styles of job printing,
from a visiting card to a four-Bheet post?
er ti the ,Ph?emx office.
Sir. Taylor, of the Greenville Daily I
.Yew.*, is* in the city. Ho is combining
business with pleasure.
Old type metal, suitable for man}' pur?
poses about mills, can be obtained at |
Phosnix office at '25 cents a pound, or 20 |
cents by the 100 pounds.
Columbia is not alone in the appoint
no nt of a committee to examine into I
city affairs. A similar committtco is at]
work in Charleston.
The new flag-staff at tin- State House,
to take the place of the one blown down
during the late Ptorm, was erected yes?
terday.
Judges Cook?, Heed and Carpenter
were on the streets, yesterday?a trio of
judicial dignitaries. Judge Mackey was
here a day or two ago.
The charges against the ex-Land Com-1
missioner, the irrepressible C. P. Leslie,
arc said tn bo unaccounted-for funds of |
the land commission, fraudulent prac?
tices during the recent election in Barn
well, and riot -heavy.
The Mayor of Charleston has ordered
the bar-rooms to close their front doors
on Sunday. That always was the rule
in Columbia; but dry individuals had
the "open, cesame," to the back ?oor of a |
majority of these institutions.
The sale of unclaimed articles ut tho I
Southern Express office comes off to-mor?
row?Mr. Jacob Levin being the auc?
tioneer. Bargains are sometimes ob?
tained; but, as a general thing, purchasers [
find they "pay pretty dear for the whis?
tle."
The Board of Health should begin
their inspection of the yards and out-1
houses throughout the city. In some
places there are smells equal, we verily
believe, to the famous city of Cologne,
which is said to have several hundred ]
different kinds.
We regret to learn that it ia feared
that Lawson Melton, son of the Attorney
General, who was appointed to a cadet
ship at West Point, will not be able to j
accept the position?his expulsion from
Annapolis, in consequence of a difficulty
with a colored lad, being the stumbling
block. Lawson is a promising young j
man.
Sheriff McGukin, of Anderson, ar?
rived in the city, yesterday, bringing |
with him three prisoners, who, by direc?
tion of Judge Cooke, will take up their
quarters in the Penitentiary for different
periods?Charles Calhoun, vagrancy,
twelve mouths; Charles Drake, rape, ten
years; Wm. Martin, manslaughter, two
years.
The Work Completed.?The sub?
committee of Five, appointed to investi
gite the financial condition of the city,
have completed their arduous duties,
and a meeting will be held this afternoon,
to submit the report to the Committee of j
Twenty. There will be a meeting of the
entire committee to-morrow morning, at
10 o'clock, at Major Gulick'.s office, Cen?
tral Hank building.
Omnibuses, carriages and spring
wagons were occupied all yesterday
morning in carrying out, and in the
i afternoon bringing back, the crowds of |
J Sunday-school children, teachers and
visitors to the Schuetzen-plu-z-?the
cause of tho gathering being the St.
Peter's Church Sunday-school pic-nic.
Tho little folks romped to their hearts'
content, the young misses and gents
danced, while the older heads looked on.
Eatables of every kind were in abun?
dance, and the country air gave every?
body an appetite. Keep up these frolics
?they cost but little and are very en?
joyable.
m ? ?-?
The Diamond Bobbsbt.?All sorts of j
reports were in circulation, yesterday,
relative to the diamond robbery. The
first was, that Lomax had confessed that
he had taken the cross, while another
officer had the diamond; another was,
that the Mayor had received a letter or I
telegram from Augusta, stating that the ,
missing articles had been mysteriously
returned, etc., with others of a similar
nature. Upon inquiry, wc learned that
all these reports were mere fabrications,
and tho mystery is as deep as ever. Ex
Policeman Lomax was arrested, yester?
day, on the affidavit of Chief Nixon, that
to the best of his knowledge and belief,
Lomax either had the missing articles in
his possession or knew where they were.
Lomax was carried before Trial Justice
Marshal, his counsel (Speaker Elliott)
waived an examination, and he was or?
dered to prison, in default of $1,000 bail.
Jlouat?R, A. Young, Mrs. ?. E. Wilt
be rger, H. R. WUtborger. Louis Xe
Conte, city; W. H. McLaughlin, U. S. A.;
W. J>. Young and wife, cRy; A. E. Smith,
S. C; E. 11. Tavlor, Greenville; A. J.
Sitten, Mrs. M. N*. Sitton, Pendleton; J.
D. Smith, James Tomer, Union; Wm.
McGmkin, J. IL Drunnan, Anderson: B.
F. Mauldin, Williamston.
Liht of Nkw Aovektisemexts.?
Bichland Lodge, No. 39, A. F. M.
W. B. Burke?Mackerel, Potatoes, Ac.
A Wholesome Stimulant, that is Ab?
solutely Punr_?Physicians throughout
the world agree as to the necessity for
diffusive stimulants in medical practice,
but complain, and with good reason, of
the impossibility of obtaining them pure.
The difficulty here presented would be a
serious one indeed, if the class of agents
was limited to the adulterated liquors
and wines of trade. It vanishes, how?
ever, when the absolute purity and ex?
traordinary restorative properties of
Hostetter's Bitters are taken into con?
sideration. As a stimulant the article is
absolutely free from everything objec?
tionable; but this is only one of its re?
commendations. If it were nothing
more than an excitant its effects would
Via {{..linn T* -?f~...V, ..?,1 Hnia
i???5*M?g. .......... ?.??w revive
the system for a few minutes, but could
produce no permanent benefit The
stimulating elements of the Bitters is a
means, not an end. The tonic, anti
bilious, depurative and aperient vegeta?
ble juices combined in the preparation
arc the agents that impart vigor and
regularity to the weakened and disor?
dered organization, the spirituous princi?
ple being chiefly useful in diffusing their
influence through the system and other?
wise facilitating their operation. Alco?
hol, even in its purest form, is not so
much u medicine as a motive power, by
which the specifics of the vegetable
kingdom may be brought to bear upon
the debilitated and disordered organs
that require renovating and regulating ;
and it Ls in this way that the pure es?
sence of rye incorporated in Hostetter's
Bitters increases the efficiency of tho
purely medical ingredients. M28|3vl
The Indians out West have a regular
mating season in the spring, when they
do all their wooing, omitting such fool?
ishness during the remainder of the
year.
The ship Henrietta, which was built
at Bucks vi I le, Horry County, and launch?
ed on the 29th of April, has sailed on
her first voyage.
Bichland Lodge, Ho. 38, A. F. X.
A THE KEG CLAP. Communica
XYtion of this Lodge will be held at
rSr* Masonic Hall, THIS (Wednesday)
EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By order of
the W. M. E. It. ARTHUR,
June 2 1 Secretary.
Maclwrel! ~ Mad^lM^kackere?M
1 /\ BBLS. Nos. 1 and 2 MACKEREL,
iU new crop; 20 half and quarter
bbls. ditto; 100 kits Nos. 1 and 2, new
crop. Direct from Boston; weights gua?
ranteed; warranted not repacked; Kits
from $1.75 up; large packages inpropor
tion. For sale by : W. B. BURKE,
Com. Merchant, City Hall Building. * ?
June 1 1
New Potatoes, Cabbages, Early Truck.
1 f\ BARRELS prime new POTA
XVJ TOES.
10 Crates prime new POTATOES.
5 Crates ONIONS, SQUASHES and
BEANS; 250 CABBAGES, 3 to 7 pounds.
Receive the above fresh every morn?
ing. Purchasers will find my prices
lower than they can order for.
W. B. BURKE,
Commission Merchant, City Hall Build -
ing. June 2 f6
SEED PEAS!
*7 A A BUSHELS select SEED PEAS,
4 Vj\j for sale by
June 1 J. A. HENDBIX A BRO.
For Sale,
APAIR OF GREY HORSES, small
size. Work well in double or
single harness and under saddle. Will
be sold together or separately. Apply at
this office. '_May 0
6
CICARS
For HS Cent?,
I at
I PEKKV Si. SLAWSON'S
{ Statement of Affairs
j of the
Royal Canadian Insurance Company,
JANUARY 1, 1875.
j CAPITAL.86,000,000.
ASSETS.
United States Bonds, and
other securities, and cash
in hands of trustees.$112,877 33
Montreal Harbor Bonds, (in
hands of "Receiver-Gene?
ral,"). 55,000 00
Montreal Warehouse Com?
pany's Bonds. 27,107 87
Bank Stock. 304,409 5C
Mortgages on Beal Estate_ 22,000 00
I City of Quebec Consolidated
Fund. 2,200 00
Bills Receivable for Marine
Premiums. 13,993 20
Agents' Balances in Course of
Transmission and Unool
lected Premiums. 56,777 37
I Sundry Accounts Due the
Company for Salvages and
Re-Insurance. 25,346 42
Cash on Hand snd Deposit.. 80,754 84
$1,005,561 59
LIABILITIES.
All Outstanding Claims.$45,180 19
HAGOOD * TREUTLEN.
May 30 3 Agents, Columbia, S. C.
i What To? Heed.
I7?XTRA MESS BEEF, 10 cents per
Zi pound. _
I Fresh May BUTTER, direct from Mil
' ford, N. Y., 3 pounds for $1.
1 CIGARS. ? We are closing out our stock
! of Cigars, and offer the best FIVE CENT
i Cigars in the city, and only want a trial
, to convince you.
1 May 16 L?RICK ft LOWRANCE,