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Tuesday Morning. July 2.1876
The Centennial Anniversary.
To-day is the centennial
annivcrsaryof the Declaration
uf Independence. The na?
tions of the earth have glo?
rified with their rarest tis?
sues and the choicest speci?
mens of their mechanical and
artistic skill, the centennial
exposition. In addition, how
ever, to these most attractive
features, the exposition has
a profound interest for the
people of the United States,
as representing within its
walls the material progress of
the Republic during the past
hundred years. But there is
a sentiment superior to all
the material triumphs that
the exposition blazons to the
world. It is one, too, which
ought to be cherished by all
classes of our people in a
special manner on the hun?
dredth birth-day of our na?
tional independence. Year
after year the recurrence of
the national anniversary has
been celebrated by the ring?
ing of bells the firing of can
nun, by processions and
speeches, by holiday excur?
sions and by juvenile experi?
ments in pyrotechnics. Of
late years, nevertheless, in
this popular observance of
the day, one essential thing
was wanting. This was to
do appropriate honor to the
memory of the founders of
the* Republic; to recall their
names; depict in fitting
words the spirit that anima?
ted them, the deeds they did,
the sufferings they endured,
and to dwell lovingly and
thoughtfully on the great
debt that succeeding genera?
tions have owed to them for
the noble heritage of freedom
which they had bequeathed.
Mi ire flian a war a?rO. the
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Baltimore Sun suggested
that the local celebration of
the centennial anniversary be
made memorable by recount?
ing on that day the salient
incidents of the Revolutionary
war; the causes that led to it,
aud the services of those who
were prominent in laying
solidly and well the founda?
tion, of the Republic. In the
older States there yet remains
a rich mine of materials for
history which has never been
fully worked while in the
hewer States, men have arisen
from' time to time who, in
I their day ami generation, have
also helped to mould our in*
stitutionsand shape the policy
of the Government. In con?
sonance with these sugges?
tions, the present Congress
has passed resolutions,, which
President Grant has embodied
in a proclamation, recom?
mending tiiat the people of
the several States assemble
in their counties or towns and
cause to be delivered on In?
dependence Day, "an histo
torical sketch of said comity
or town from its formation,"
and that two copies of each
sketch be made in print or
manuscript, one to be filed
in the clerk's office of the
countv and the other in the
office of the Librarian of Con?
gress. The recommendation,
if acted upon, will, of course,
include many sketches of
public men und quite a num?
ber of incidents, of local if
not of general public interest
The domestic history of the
Uuitcd States has yet to be
written, and any sketches
that throw light upon it,
would be peculiarly appro?
priate to the clay wc arc cele?
brating.
. Bnicj j.Kfs. ? All over the
State, Democratic Clubs are
springing up. Keep them
going by all means.
Mr. Albert Gucrry's excel?
lent portrait of Gen. Lcc has
gone to the Centennial.
The steamship Charleston,
with the Centennial visitors,
arrived at New York, Sunday
evening; and now for a frolic.
Another heavy auctiou sale
of dry goods is going on in
New York?Cochran, McLean
& Co. Good prices.
"Columbia has a stalk of
cotton with the second year's
growth of foliage on it. Pro?
gressive Age." No small
amount of Tint will be ob?
tained in Riehl and County j
this year from this unusual
I source.
It is said that Treasurer
Cardozo was in New York
last week, endeavoring to
negotiate a loan to pay the
interest on the State debt.
It is not known upon what
authority he seeks to do this,
whether he succeeded. Mean?
while many of the State
institutions yt home are
going begging.
An aged couple, Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Peopple, live
in Barn well. They were
born in Gloucester Countv,
on the James River, in Vir?
ginia. Mr. Peopple is 121
years old, and hin wife is 123.
This the oldest living couple
in the United States.
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1776! -1876!
The Fisherman.
The Fantastic.
4.
TheJ?Htary.
Going info the Country.
?1
The Chicken Disputes.
For the Bibulist.
Overcome by the Heat*
At the Barbecue.
Terpsichorean Devotees
How the Rich will Go It.
To Rest.?A carriage 'honen,
with loft and stable attached.
PlKKNIX A dvkhti51sg katies
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The Km X??Ih an intima?
tion that your subscription is
out. Step up and renew.
WANTiD.?A medium-sized
hand printing press. Com?
municate with Phockix office.
Jon Printing.?Yon can get
any style of job work done up
in a hurry at Phucnix office.
Cheap News.?$1 for three
months, is the subscription
price to the Daily Phoenix.
Gov. Chamreri.aix?Is off
agaiu. He has gfinv to George?
town to deliver an address.
How to Keep Cool To-Day.
Go to Mr. McKenzic's, and
experiment with his Arctic
soda, ice cream, or water ice.
Barrecues.?There will- be
a 'cue at the Fair Grounds 'to?
day; another at Adams' Cut,
and a private gathering for
the same purpose at Sam.
Garner's, in the Pork.
The Courts to Settle It.?
The contract winch Kvaur* A*
Montague claim to have made
with the W., C. & A. R. It..
having been annulled, the for?
mer now threaten to go to taw
to recover damages.
Frolics to Coke Orr.?
There is to be a basket pic?
nic, barbecue and dramatic
entertainment at Lecsvill??,
Lexington County, on the 7th.
And on Saturday, July lft, a
barbecue, with public speak?
ing, at Koon'a Mill, Lexing?
ton County.
Yocxo Rowoies.?A party
of colored boys, who hare for
some time been nightly en?
gaged in creating disturbances
in the vicinity of the Young
Men's Christian Association
rooms, were routed last night,
by Chief Radclifc. The young
scamps broke in the door,
rushed thron ffh *li<? luiildtn*r.
smashed a window and made
off, followed by a pistol ball, i
Sale Day.?As was expect?
ed, very little property passed
under the hammer, yesterday.
The sale of Congarce Bridge
was again postponed. Dr.
Ncaglc's horses were bought
by Mrs. Ncagle for $300. A.
B. Thompson bought a city
lot for $750. The Southern
Life Insurance building and
lot was sold for $10,000, to
Mrs. Virginia Clark and Mrs.
Mary D. Melton. The rest of
the property advertised was
postponed.
* "RgD, White ASV BttE."?
To commemorate the Centen?
nial Celebration of the Fourth
of, July, we exhibit .the na?
tional colors in the Pnacxix,
this morning?the printing in
rod" and bine, the paper white.
We also furnish a number of
characteristic "illustrations,"
which, if not prepared "by
our own artists/' were cer?
tainly done by somebody else.
KesriKo Ur the Frolic.?
The principal business houses
of New York and other large
cities commenced the celebra?
tion of the "glorious Fourth"
on Saturday afternoon last,
and will keep it up until to?
morrow afternoon. The Gold
and Stock Exchanges in New
York were also closed.
Sodden Death.?A highly
respected colored man, named
William Taylor, died sudden?
ly, yesterday morning. He
had been complaining of head?
ache the day before. An in?
quest was held by Deputy
Coroner Stratton, and a ver?
dict of death from acute in?
flammation of the brain ren?
dered. BiHy formerly Ite
longcd to the llowell family,
and was the body servant of
Major J. M. llowell through?
out the late war. He was an
honest, upright man.
Kilmso a Convict.?A co?
lored convict, named Rotiert
Arthur, escaped from the pe?
nitentiary, at an early honr
Sunday morning, was pursued
five or six miles on Camdeu
road by the guard, and when
overtaken, fan into the woods
and refused to be taken, when
he was fired upon and killed.
Deputy Coroner Stratton held
an inquest, and a verdict of
"excusable homicide" render?
ed. Arthur was near seventy
years old and came to the pe?
nitentiary from Kershaw.
Tun Bonanza.?This Board
has adjourned to September,
having got through with fully
half the business to come be?
fore it. The whole number of
claims surrendered was 802,
of which 15 have been return?
ed to the owners as not btdng
within the provisions of the
1 Act, 787 remain. 377 have
been allowed in full, 13 in
part. The total amount sur?
rendered was $137,731.30.
Total allowed so far $01,00?.
53?which disposes of some?
thing over $100,000 of the
face value of tltc claims sur?
rendered.