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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1866-07-13

\ HUMAN NUISANCE.-A man
named kranchie, or rather "a mans
mode of life, has been brought be-
fore the Board of Health in this city
as a nuisance. He lives in barrel
on vacant lot, and surrounds him
self with offal, rags, and old bones,
and lives on dogs, and rats, and 9th
cr foul things, and the smell of his
"appurtenances' poisons the air in
his neighborhood. Cne of the in
spectors has therefore reported him
as cholera breeder, and proposes
to have him abated.
This incident seems triiling, but
it is in reality a most striking Illus
tration of the enormous interval of
feeling which separates us from an
antiquity not very remote. Kran-
chie's habits are such as would two
thousand years ago have entitled
him to the rank and honOrs of a
philosopher. The contempt which
he displays for the comforts and
even deccncies of life would have
been taken as the result of his me
diation on the vanity of earthly
things, and of his success in find
ing his happiness inside of himself.
In the early ages of Christianity, or
even in the Middle Ages, he might
have passed his barrel, and his rags,
and his old bones, and dead dogs off
as proofs of extraordinary sanctity,
and thousands would have come
long distances to get Il Whit of his
bad Odors, and see him cast out
devils and cure diseases, after hav-
ing dined off the leg ola cat. Simon
Stylitcs, and many of the monks of
the desert must have been twice as
dirty and unsavOry as he is. We
do not know that kranclic makes
any pretentions to hOlincss-we
hope not-but heundoubtcdly would
do 50 if the public gave him any
encouragement in it, and that the
public has not done so and does not
do SO is a proof of the distance to
: which we have wandered from the
opinions and customs of our faith
ers. Had he lived in the ages of
which we have spoken, we may be
sure he would not have been dirty,
, and would not have lived in tub
very long, without finding out that
he gained by it in popular cstima-
/ ton, and consequently without ris-
| ing to an cXtravagant height i'll his
own.
Closely allied to the a. cicnt res
= pect for philosophic or monkish i'll
: difference to dirt was the 'ancienl
l horror of luxury, as Il moral evil
p. and there is, perhaps, nothing whlcl
i ! oclwIatcS modern mum ancient Wv II
: ization more strikingly than the rc
!. Cancellation which is in our day t.
:. be witnessed between good livin.
c and good morals. An ancient phil
!, osOpher often surrounded hlmsel
T. with comforts, but he did SO witt
5 strong misgivings as to their effec
: ON his character. n modern philo
sophcr secures all the good things
t he can afford not only without ;
t qualm, but with perfect faith tha
: they improve him, and that Il maj
is likely to be all the better Chris
C tain and better citizen for bein
l. "wcll OFF, \ proper sense OF tn
c vanity of this world is no longc
neld to be incompatible with
If morning bath, IL clean shirt, an
II the proprictorshipOf pairof horse
= and il corner lot. Poverty and dir
have sunk gradually from the ram
they once occupied as moral agent
Z. of the first order, to that of almos
C unmitigatcd cyils.-1he Nation.
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and FiSiurS, Hardware aud Cutlery, Flour
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pRiCilARD.
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Igcnt,
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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

The LAST AMENDMENT fol-
lowing is the amendment which Sc
nator Doolittle has proposed, and
which awaits the decision of Con-
gress. 1t will probably be adopted,
as it expresses Mr.. Johnson's views ::
Resoloed, That the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of
the several States as an amendmentto
the Constitution Of the United States,
which, when ratified by threc-fourths
of the said Legislatures shall be valid
as part of said Constitution, viz:
After the census to be taken in the
year 1870, and each succeeding cen
sus, representatives shall be appoi:-
tlnued among the several States which
may be included within this Union,
according to the number of male
electors over twenty-one years of age,
qualified by the laws thereof to choose
members of the most numerous
branch of its Legislature; and direct
taxes shall be apportioned among the
several States according to the value
of the real and personal taxable pro-
perty situated in each State, not be-
longing to the State or the United
States.
From Mexico later news of interest
is furnished by our Vera Cruz cores
pondence NJ. Langlais, Max.mil-
ian's Finance Minister, who was sent
out by Louis Napoleon, died sudden /,
ly, on the 2Sth of February, at the
age of siXtyone years. Numeroud
small engagements between the ReR
pubicans and imperialists in diffe,F
ent parts of the country are recorded
Two hundred and fifty Republican
had taken possession of TlaxcalN {
sacked the house of the imperM I
commander, whom they carried ofe J
prisoner, and captured an imperiS
conductor Of specie, which reacheSf
town as they were about lee ing. Az
Tuxpan party of two h2ndred Re
publcans were surprised and suffered
severely in killed, wounded and prj-
soners; but another force soon came
to their assistance, recovered all that
had been lost, and dispersed the im-
perialists. The arrival IN one of the
Pacific States from San Francisco,
with n large supply of war munitions,n
of the Republicans chief Ogazon, isl
announced His departure from Sa Z
Francisco was some time ago report
ed in our correspondence from that
city.-Nep York Herald,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

A GENERAL AMNESTY NECESSARY.
The radical plots are a curse to the
country that shadows the very sun
shine of peace. Why is it that trade
languishes in the South? Why is it
that Northern capitalists will not
invest in that section, although the
most brilliant inducements offer to
purchase the fine lands of the i'm
poverished planters? 1t is because
the intrigues Of the radicals impress
all business men with sense of un-
certainty and insecurity. Their
venom poisons the life fountains of
the industrial system and creates
lethargy and stagnation where else
would be all activity and enterprise.
Is it not monstrous that the elements
Of our national advancement should
be disturbed by the arts of these in
cendiary demagogues? We appeal
to the President IL put these maniacs
in moral shackels, or, to least, to de-
prive them of the weapons of their
frenzy. They can easily be disarmed.
A proclamation of general amnesty
would compel them to cease their
revolutionary legislation based upon
the assumption of Southern s'dis-
loyalty" The exercises of the Exc
cutive clemency would be at this
crisis an act of grace to tn, whole
country. Why withhold it?
Ne1o York: IVe,cs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

From q Washington dispatch we
learn that the radicals are making
efforts to raise 100000 to carry on
the elections in New Hampshire and
Connecticut. The merchants and
business men of the latter State, how
ever, are known to be in favor of the
Democratic ticket. Governor Nye
and Senator Clark are to superintend
the elections In these States
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

The Congressional cabal must pre-
sumo greatly upon lack of sense in
the Northern people, if it be sup
posed that the developments made by
the published reports exhibit any
very strange or bad state of things.
The very worst is suspicion that
some secret societies exist in Alabama,
based upon CID regimentai organiza-
lions. That if war were to arise with
foreign power, which some wish,
that small class would go with the
enemy; that in-feelng exists on the
part of the late rebels against original
Union men; that they are not out
spoken in condemnation of themselves
for having gone into the rebellion
that they are not blatant in professed
love and praise fof the acts of the
Federal Government; that, without
the presence of the troops and the
Freedmen's Bureau, acts of Injustice
would be done to negroes and to
Union white men; that the people do
not feel kind and friendly towards
Northern spectators who come
among them; that some of them dis
relish the national debt; that, some
fret against military rule. We give
here the worst points enunciated in
the reports, and against them we could
array as many things said in favor of
the people taken together. Most of
tie expressions of witnesses are mat
ters of belief, sort of statement
which would be rejected in courts of
justice: We have no recitals of cru
elites from any of the witnesses.
4 National Ateuigencer.
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cd. D.,s

The loud laughter which greeted
the Presidents contemptuous refer
ence to Forney, on the 22d of Feb
ruary, has not yet ceased reverbe-
rating through the nation. As
showing the esprit of the press,' we
Gull few 'smiles' from some of our
exchanges, and publish them for the
amusement of our readers:
Here lies man
Who once did plan
A scheme to blast lady's fame,
Who by .fo1cl blow
Is since laid low,
A dead duck now-ignoble game
CPrOridence Post.
Forneysis doing his best to con-
vince his readers that he is not a
"dead duck, but only o live goose.
He evidently don't like being made
game of.-Ne,o York: World.
That DEAD DUcK.-That dead
duck, Forney, was he of the black or
fish species? Teal.
A little of both, we believe-bIack
and fshy. Ed. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Forney has now got name which
will last him life time. During
Mr.. Lincoln's time, he was live dog,
but now, according to President
johnson, he is only s'dead duck. ="
Lancaster Inteliqencer.
JOHN W. FoRNEY, d. D.-Dirty
dog or dead duck-you pays your
money, and you takes your choice.
In the one case, he is coninc; in the
other, cunard.
IS MEMnazAA1. John w Forney,
u. D., was suddenly attacked with
the Johnson 'sgrip, the same disease
that was so fatal in Mr.. Tyler's ad-
ministration, on the 22d ult., in front
of the White House, Washington,
which carried him off before assist
ance could be rendered. It is pro-
posed to deposit his remains in the
museum of the Smithsonian Institute,
as most wonderful specimen of a
non qalockrbus duckabus of the nine
teenth century.
Doyelstoacn (Pa.) Democrat.
Occasional" of the Press, by no
means accepts the facts of the Pre-
sident's speech. He is especially dis
gusted, however, with It's ''dead-
duck" -tions.
The "dead duck" of the Press, pre-
vious to his dissolution, uttered this
rhetorical quack:
'The priceless jewel of human free
dom is in the powerful hands of the
radicals of the country
What pity they cannot find any
place to hang the erich jewel" save
Gin an Ethiop's ear ~s
PhlQ0elphia A1e.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

REWARDS FOR CoNsrIRAToRs. 1t is
stated that Solicitor Jordan, of the
Treasury Department, has paid, dur
ing the last month, $'27,500 out cf
the secret service fund for the arrest
of conspirators.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

CASh'-o"r terms for subscription, ad-
Vertislhg and job work ere cash We hop..
all parties will bear this in mind
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

The WEEKLY GLEANEn.-lbe re.,r,. :,
p"oiica'lon OF TINS paper will be postpone i!
Il lew weeks. Persons desirou:. OF .u!.-
scribing, will please forward the money -,
once. Terms 81 year.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

IHE PAVILION HoTEL.,-We call attention
to the advertisement of the old and ponu-
lar proprietor OF this fine hotel, in Charles
ton. A better caterer or more courteous
gentleman than Mr.. Butterfeld can rarely
be found. We wish the old ssPavilion"
abundant success.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

IHE BURNING OF CoLUMD1A.-An m..r.
esting account of the ''Sac:l and De,trpr.
ton OF the City OF Columbia s. C.."l,a.
just been issued, in pamphlets form. from
the Phgnir steam power press. Orders
can be filed to any extent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is call
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the frs,
time:
Prospectus Of Christian Messenger.
J. Bahlmann-Penmanship.
H. l.. Butterfield-Pavilion Hotel.
Central Hotel, Unionville, S. C.
Miss Alice G. Watson-Writing School
w. W. Destination Wanted.
Mckay 4 Campbell-Dry Goods, &c.
Laurey Il Alexander-Cargo Sale.
Columbia Lodge-Regular Meeting.
p. Cantwell-Saur kraut, Brandy, &c.
Nomination for Mayor and Aldermen.
John Veal-Removal.
Griesshaber & &Wolf-Dissolution.
Apply at this Office-Spoon Lost.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

EIEcT1oN NoMINAT1oNs.- have re-.
celved ono or two nominations for Mayor
and Aldermen without responsible name.
and the very necessary endorsement of the
price OF advertising. 1t is proper to state
that these notices will receive no attention
unless accompanied by responsible name
and the money.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

heard, from various quarters, the re-
port that Gen. Toombs, who is in
Cuba, has written letter, in which
he states that he had met one of his
former slaves in Havana, and that
this negro told him that he had been
inveigled in Cuba, and sold to a
Cuban stakeholder for $1,000. We
learn also that a worthy minister, who
has charge of church in onr neigh-
borhood, but is now in Havana, has
written a letter stating that he met
there several of the former slaves of
Gen. Hammond, of Beech Island.
They were kidnapped from Augusta,
and are now in n state of slavery.
The information comes to us SO di-
rectly that we have no doubt Of it's
truth. It is demanded, by the honor
of the Government of the United
States, which proclaimed these men
to oe free, and undertook their pro-
lection, that they shall be delivered
from their enforced bondage, and
that those who have sent them away
should be called to a strict account.
The information needed can readily
be secured by our Consul ot Cuba.
THAD. STEVENS SPEECH AND THE
PENNsYLvANIANs.- We understand
that the late speech of Thad. Stevens
in Congress is being translated into
Dutch, and is to be specially reviaed
and published for circulation among
his class in Pennsylvania. In this
way he hopes to palm off his false
hoods upon that class of voters and
secure their votes, under the belief
that they are sustaining the Presi-
dent. We wonder if this edition of
lies is to be published and circulated
at the Government expense. Where
are those members of the Congress
sional Printing Committee who were
short time since making ~ great
noise about reform in that branch of
expenditures? -Ncm York Herald
ABOVE HIS BUSINESS. Freeman
Clarke. Comptroller of the Currency,
has written very impudent letter to
the Secretary of the Treasury. He
attempts to make it appear that Mr..
McCulloch is not fit for the high Office
he fills.
Brigham Young's eldest son is
buying his spring stock Of goods in
st. Louis.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

The CHRISTIAN MEssEHGEa.-We gladly
hail every addition to the press Of the
State, and especially are we pleased to no.
tice the publication of religious and family
papers. We refer our readers to the pros
pectus of the Christian Messenger, to he
published at Spartanburg, by T. A. Hav-
den & Co., and edited by Rev. J. NJ. c.
Breaker and DR.. I. D. Durham. We hope
the Messenger will have abundant success
in it's mission
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

PALMETTO SRoN WoRKs.-We call atten-
ton to the advertisement of Messrs. Free
man, Pundt Vo., of Charleston. We are
informed that these gentlemen execut.
their work fifty Ncr cent. lower than TIE
same can be deliv>red from the soundries
or manufactoriesS VI New York. We hone
all our friends whoneed work in that linz,
will give the Palmeee Works a call.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

OPEN WELLs.-On Sunday afternoon. q
negro'eirl fell into an open well on Cam
den street. Fortunately, she was rescued
wlthoutFnuch injury. Is there no author
1ty-civleor military-that can compel pro-
perty-holders to shut mp these man-traps
on our mos popular thoroushfareso
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

From a Washington despatch to
the Philadelphia Inquirer, we learn
that in recent conversation with a
leading member of the Pennsylvania
Congressional delegation, Secretary
Seward said there was not q rebel to-
day in the whole country, and he
should not use the word; that he was
in fe.vor Of the admission of the en-
tire body of Southern members, lust
as they are, and of the repeal of the
test oath.
The Nashville (Tenn.) University
has just graduated fifty students.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-20

corpus, continued martial law, and
kept the needed troops in the South
ern States, we.hope Congress will do
its share by admitting at once all the
Southern members who can take the
oath.
Now, in respect to the feeling of
the people in other Southern States
This was reported at length in our
Congressional columns, yesterday, as
it came from the star chamber con-
clave itself; and we are free to say,
upon perusal OF it, that the people of
the countryiwill be amazed at the
trifiing amount of ill-feeling that
exists, considering that a cruel war
has been vaged upon the PROSTATE
and submitted Southern people for
three months, not by the soldiery of
the North, who had invariably fra
ternized with the Southern troops,
even on fields red with human gore,
but by politicians in the Congress of
the United States. OF the Southern
people, generally, under these excit-
ing circumstances, it may be said, as
does the Philadelphia North Ame,1-
can of the people of Tennessee: If,
says that able Republican journal,
we keep Tennessee out for ten years
longer, it will not make her a whit
more loyal than she is now. Indeed,
the discomfort may make her rather
disloyal, since it would not be posi-
BILE for any American community to
endure such treatment without a
feeling of resentment. If we let her
IN now it will encourage her Union
men, and add largely to their num-
bers, fact that appears to be pur-
posely overlooked.
Yet, under circumstances of unpa-
ralleled provocation, what evidence
comes up from the South concerning
the alleged disloyalty Of the people?
We unhesitatingly say that there is
scarcely anything upon which to base
the policy Of excluding them from
representation in Congress.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-16
Desirable Residence and Furniture
FOR SALE.

Having determined TO remove, the subscriber of
fers for sale his Dwelling House., with about 30
acres of ground attached lying in the northern
edge of the town of Charlotte.
Also an elegant suit of PARLOR FURNITURE,
Rosewood carved and Brocatelle Upholstered to-
cether with Carpets. Rugs. Window Curtains, &c.
Also a superb Seven Octave PIANO, double
front style of Louis XIV.
As spurchasers are respectfully invited to examine
the above property,a further description is deemed
unnecessary. Possession given on or before lst
January.
JOHN J. BLACKwOOD.'
December {. 1865. II
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-16

No USE FOR TRoUsERs.-On the morning of
the meteor shower, in 1882, old Peyton Roberts,
who intended making an early start to his work,
got up in the midst of the display. On going
to his door, be saw, with amazement, the sky
lit up with the falling meteors, and he concluded
at once that the world was on FIRE and the day
of judgment had come. He stood for moment
gazing in speechless terror at the scene, and
then, with yell of horror, sprang out Of the
door, right 10 the midst Of the falling stars, and
there, in bis effort to dodge them, he commenced
a series Of ground tumbling that would have
done honor to rope dancer His wife, being
awakened in the meantime, seeing Peyton jump
ing and skipping about the yard, bawled out to
him to know "what-in the name of common
sense he was doin' out thar danciu around with
out his clothes on ?" But Peyton heard not -
The judgment had long back accounts he would
have to settle, made him needless of all terres-
tial things, and his wife by this time becoming
alarmed by his behavior, sprang out of bed, and
running to the door, shrieked at the top Of her
lungs:
'sPeytou ! say, Peyton, what do you mean
jumping about thar? Come in and put your
trousers on"
Trousers What the DIS the use of
trousers when the worlds on FIRE p
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-16
School Notice.

J. c: CLAPP, A. B., and Maj S. NJ. FINGER, B g,
will commence English and Classical High School
for young men and boys, on the sth of January,
1865, in the buildings of C.tawba College at New
ton, n. e.
Students will have access to the Libraries and
Apparatus Of the College.
Board can be had reasonable terms.
Tuition from $40 to SIS in specie, or an equiva-
lent, for session of FIVE months.
Dec Is, 1865 5tpd
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-16

4 FEARFUL Story OF HYDRoPHoBIA---
DEATH Of Sir Children from the M2h Of a
Bitten Cow.-The Madison Owls Journal re.
lates the following terrible story: .r...
Some six or seven years ago mad dog went
through the village of Waterloo, Jefferson coun-
ty, and bit number of animals Among
others 1t snapped at the leg of COW belonging
to Mr. Babcock. The animal was examined,
but no mark could be found, and it was sup
posed that it escaped being bitten. The animal
was afterwards sold to a man by the name of
Garrison, wbo used her milk very freely, as did
two of bis children. Some of the neighbors,
including MIR Drew's family, were also supplied
with the milk of this COW. At different times
during the time since the COW was bitten there
has been uexplcablera and fatal sickness among
those using her milk, and two children Of MI
Garrison's. two of MIR Drew's, and two others,
have been attscked with spasms and died ia
great agony Mr. Garrison has also been at.
tackled at times with spssms. The mystery OF
this sickness was solved by the death, with
every symptom of hydUplobia, short time
ago, and in whose system madness had been
latent ever since The case is Singular one,
and worthy the attention of scientific men.