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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-16

BRIGHAM Yo,N": AS A PROPHET. -
The ',ilette, sprightly Union paper
published at Salt Lake City, under
the eyes Of the Mormon lender. has
the following:
Sunday afternoon, as the services
at the Tabernacle were approaching
close, there was prospect of an i'm
mediate shower, which caused several
Of the females to leave. Tho Prophet
took Il survey of the heavens, and
with due prophetic dignity, an
nounced that it would not rain for
the space of thirty minutes, which of
course re-assurel ALL But, in less
than five minutes, even before the
congregation was fairly outside the
walls, the rain was pouring down in
torrents, much to the disgust and
amaZement Of the faithful, who in
Cured n serious loss in the millinery
and dry goods line"
The Buffalo Christian Adcocaie, ed
ited ny a reverend, speaks thus:
elf any man wants Office bad
enough to go in for the blood. stain
cd, Goddisobcying, traitor-lovine.
treason -rewarding, loyalty hating po-
licy of Andrew Johnson, he is welcome
to it. He pays for it Mt dear rate. IS
The same paper closes an article on
President Johnson's address to the
Committee of the Philadelphia Con
vention, by remarking:
"That speech shows very clearly
what he has the disposition to at
tempt, if he had the courage. It is
that which cost King Charles his
head. and may Yet make one tailor
less"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-16

AT LAsT.-We presume that none
of the radical disunionists Will now
deny, says tho Philadelphia Age,
after yesterdays exhibition in our
streets, that they are in favor of negro
equality! Not even the most shame
less OF them can any longer attempt
to make political capital by endeavor-
ing to ignore that doctrine. Yester-
day the matter was clearly reduced to
practice. In the same procession in
which were members of the Union
League, the citizens escort, and the
few Southern Loyalists" who wero
present, Frederick Douglass and the
other colored delegates marched side
by side with white men. That there
Is any reason whatever why these
colored delegates should not be in the
very company they happily found
themselves yesterday, We do not pre-
tend to say; but let the matter be
distinctly known. everywhere, that
negro equality among the radicals is
now can accomplished fact" in Phi
ladelphia.
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B14AKks spn sAxx Ass xnss aoslsoE.-Lct
ters Of Rministratien. Dsslafation OH
Bond orsseled Npte. Mortgages and Com
veyances q Reat tEstate. q
MAI Asr.sdzarsrs.-si rs- mails are
open for delivery at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, and close as follows: Northern, 81 y.
M; South Carolina Railroad, p, m.;
Charleston, /. M; drecnvifie, . .. in.' i'''
The BURNING OF COLUMBIA. An inter
esting account .of tho stSack ana Destruc-
tion of the City Of Columbis, 4. G." has
Just tnsenassuctsss- pGAipHset fofT6, 1Foss
the Phunt1popsr press orders tHsd ID 7
any oxtsnt. kFriee 80 csAts. Copies can bel
obtained at this Office and the bookstores.
In our zsotiee Of the IEilisbofoagh Aca-,
deny, few days ago, we neglected n =
state that the charge Of 1885 included
board, tuition, clothing, hooss, medical
attendance and an the other expenses, er-
csrt pocket money.
RELIGIOUS SEavrcEs This DAY.2Trinity
Church Rev. r J. Shand, I04 a. M. and
5p.m.
Presbyterian Church Rev W. f. Bosgs,
Pastor, log a. M. and AT m. 49,.
St. Peters Church J. J. OConneu,
10 a. nj. and p. m.
Lutheran church-Rev. A. b. Rude, 10.
O. M.
Christ Church Lecture Room Rev ]. NJ.
| Pringle, Rector, 10. g. m. and pm.
Washington Street Chapel Rev. VT.
Ca2ers, Pastor, 1o2 a. M. and u p. M.
Marion Street Church -ReG. T.. c.
Gage, 10s a. M. and p. IN.
Baptist Church--Rev. J. l.. Reynolds,
1"s a. M and 8 p. p,.
! new ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is cali.
ed to tl.e following advertisements, which
are published this morning fosothc hrat
| timc:
+. .S G. d. Hope-Corn
! The Misses 11enry-School Notice.
| J. c. Seegers & Co.-Fresh Arrivals
! Mrs. Reilley-House to Rent
| The Rural Southerner- -Subscrip'n Lists
Schedule Spartanburg and Union R. Z.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-16

The escape Of Murphy, the Fcnian
Head Centre, and his associates, from
the Cornwall Jail, was the great topic
Of conversation throughout Canada
during the past week. It is believed
that the circumstance will encourage
Fenianism, not only in Canada, but
IN the United States. The Canadian
loan has been withdrawn from the
market as failure. The steamer
seized recently at Montreal is the
propeller Congress, owned in Detroit.
The owner has been unable, SO far,
to recover his property.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-16

TO RENT, a- q a1s
80 a COTTAGE BUILDING, contain.
EMI ing ten rooms, s4tnated ON Main
SssAkstreet, between Riehland and I,um-
Der streets: For particulars, apply at Mrs.
A REILLf'S store. Sept 16 =
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-16
THE RURAL sOUTHERNER.

DERSONS wishing to subscribe for the
Il RURAL SOUTHERNER, will find sub
scription lists at the stores OF Measra.
Townsend North and Fisher i Lowranoe
Sept l6 L
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

A FROG SroRY.-One is even half inclined
to accept as indubitabl l1That Elan tells US
of the water snakes andthe frogs of Egypt.
The former have, he informs US, passionate
liking for frogs-that is, for devouring and
digesting them. No one knows this better
than the frog. and. accordingly. when they
NEE: in pond, wonderful is the cunning
that ensues. The water snake glides up as
if intentionlesss of evil, but our other Shiny
friend is quite aware of the passionless look.
ing snake. He will make for the nearest
twig, seize it, and carry it across his mouth,
and then fearlessly approach the hydra
The latter now makes at the frog, with open
jaws, but the twig across the frogs mouth is
wider than the jaws of the snake. and he
can, by no possibility swallow the much de.
sired frog. The latter looks down bis ene-
my's throat from the outside. holds fast to
the projecting twig and laughs. The water
snake tries again and again; he glides
around his anticipated victim, but the frog
always contrives to keep him in view, and
the end of every attempt is that the foiled
snake finds the bar, carried by his anticipa-
tory victim lying across. his open jaws, and
the frog once more laughs down his throat.
The hydra at length gives it up in despair,
and froggy." Pumping into safe spot,
where he knows his kindred to be assembled,
tells his exciting tale. and raises very din
of croaking congratulations.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
EYES! EYES!
DR.. E. H. PARDEE,.
OCCULIST AND AURIST

4 FTER protracted blindness of more than five
N years, DR.. Pardee has made himself thoroughly
and scientifically acquainted with all diseases of
the Eye, and is now practising with success not
surpassed in the United States.
All operations performe d. such as srabsmus, or
cross eye Cateract by linear extraction, Depres
or Absorption, Pterygium, or feshy membrane
growing the eye, Reduction of Staphyloma, or
bulging out of the eye. Artificial Pupil, Fistula
Lachrymalis, closing of the passage and all
deformities of the Lids, ETC. etc.
Artificial eyes inserted without the least pain.
aud possessing all the movements and brilliancy of
the real eye. A large assortment constantly on
hand for sale at reasonable-prices. The Doctors
Eye bath for the treatment and Of all nervous
disorders is used all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who have sent him
cases for operations, and hopes that his universal
success will warrant continuance OF their conf
denec. His celebrity an operator is co-extensive
with his success as patients are presenting them
selves for treatment and operations from New York
and Boston almost monthly.
Many patients can be at the Doctors Office
daily, in different stages Of recovery.
Office: 767 CLAY STREET, (above the Plaza, J
near dupont street. myl3
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

GIANrs.-In the time of Augustus Caesar
there were two persons living in Rome call
ed Idusio and Secundilia, each of whom ex.
ceeded ten feet in hight. Their bodies after
death were kept and preserved as miracles of
curiosity in sepulchre within the Sullus-
tian gardens. Pliny names certain Gaba.
ra, who, in the days of Claudius, was brought
out of Arabia, and he says that be was about
nine feet six inches high The Emperor
Maimin. originally a Thracian peasant,
measured eight feet and half. His Wife g
bracelets served him as rings. His voracity
was such that he consumed daily forty
pounds of flesh and drank eighteen bottles of
wine. His strength was proportionate to
his gigantic shape. He could draw a load.
ed wagon without any help, and with blow
of his fist often broke the teeth in horses
mouth. He also crushed the hardest stones
between his fingers, and cleft trees with his
hands. Pliny and Valerius Maximus speak
of Polydamus, a celebrated athletic son of
Nicias. who exceeded all men of his day in
stature and strength; He aped Hercules
not without pretension. On Mount Olympus
he killed lion with blow of his fist. being
unTrovided with other arms. He could SION
a chariot with his hand in its most ranid
course. Once he singled the 6ercest bull
from whole herd, took hold of him by one
Of his hind feet, and notwithstanding his
struggle to escape grasped him with such
strength that the hoof remained in his hand.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

FAcrs WORTH REMEMBERING.-" Cosmo"
in the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post,
gives the following facts worth remember
ing:
1t is worth while for all farmers every
where to remember tina. thorough culture is
better than three mortgages on their farm.
That an offensive war against weeds is five
times less expensive than defensive one.
That good fences always pay better than
lawsuits with neighbors.
That hay is great deal cheaper made in
the summer, than purchased in the winter.
That horse who lays his ears back, and
looks lightning when any one approaches
him, is vicious. Don't buy him.
That scrimping the feed of fatting hogs is
waste of grain.
That over.fed fowls won't lay eggs.
That educating children is money lent at
q hundred per cent.
That one evening spent at home in study
is more profitable than ten lounging about
country taverns.
That cows should always be MIXED reg
ularly and clean.
That it is the duty of every man to take
some good, reliable, entertaining paper, and
pay for it promptly-of course.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

CARE OF THE BoDY.-While riding on q
locomotive recently, and talking with the en-
gineer, as l had the privilege of doing, l
could not but think how much wiser men
were about iron and steel machinery, than
they were about Aeshy and osseous machines.
The relation of the pump to the capacity of
the boiler the relations of the size of the
fues; the relation of the cylinder, or of the
steam generated, to the work to be done-all
these things were in the engineers mind
He was continuously watching every part.
and opening and shutting valves on every
side so as to keep every part in its proper
condition, The stoker, or fireman, was ap-
plying or withholding food, so as to keep the
engine in just that state in which it would
work the BEST according to whether we were
running up grade or down grade. or on levol
ground, and according to the number and
weight of the cars being drawn, for we were
drawing a long and ponderous train.
Now, how many are those who watch
their furnace. to see that they get in neither
too much nor too little fuel? Men shovel in
food without any regard to what it is going
to do If it is the Sabbath day, when they
are auiescent, when their stomachs are not
in a condition to digest so much food as
other days. they eat q double portion. If it
is day when they are to undergo severe
taxation and work. and when they can least
afford to 60 without food, oftentimes they
become anxious, and neglect to eat because
they become too anxious. As general rule,
when the body needs. the basis of food less
than at any other time, they eat the most
and when it needs more than at any other
time, they eat the least Our food is a
means to an end. 1t is simply the fuel with
which we are to raise steam for carrying or
the purposes of flife.-Erchange.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

The HEART.-The beating of the heart and
the drawing of the breath proceed in daily
cycle of variations, very nearly as follows /:
From seven to eight in the evening the pulse
and breathing begin to 90 slow, and continue
to do so until about two O'Clock A. NJ, when
both reach their minimum of siowness.-
From that time to daylight slight increase
is noticed. Between daylight and sunrise
the pulsation is increased about ten beats
minute. At breakfast, and especially during
the meal. the pulse increases rapidly, until
the second hour after dinner, when the max
imum speed is obtained. From that hour it
begins to decline, and losing by the dinner
hour twelve and a half, ten or fifteen pulsa.
tions per minute. After dinner the rate
rises again, and reaches the highest point on
the second or third hours. Then comes a
new increase until tea time, after which
| another increase, and then final decrease,
to the hour of seven or nine p. N.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
SHASTA COURIER.

PAT's PoTAToEs.-A certain Lady Mid
dleton, contrary to her most earnest wishes,
was unblessed with any children. After an
absence of several years with her liege lord
in England she returned with him to reside,
for short time, on one of their Irish estates.
As the carriage drove up to the mansion,
she noticed several fine looking children
about the gate, and having learned that their
mother was the wife of the game porter she
determined to interrogate her relative to the
cause of her fecundty she, therefore. next
day made her way down to the porter's lodge,
and commenced her inquiries.
"Whose children are these, my good
woman ?"
They are all my own, my good lady"
"What? three infants of the same age 7"
"Yes, my lady had those three the last
time"
How long are you married ?"
Three years, your ladyship."
And how many children have you p
"Seven"
At last came the question of all questions,
how she came to have the children.
The poor woman, not knowing what this
catechism meant, and not knowing how to
wrap up in delicate words, her idea OF cause
and effect, blushed and grew confused and at
last for want of something better to say, re-
piled:
81 think it must be the potatoes, my
lady"
This unfolded theory of population was
quite new to Lady Middleton: who eagerly
asked:
"Tbe potatoes? do you eat much of
them ?'
80 yes, lady; very seldom we have bread:
and so take the potatoes all the year round"
Greatly agitated with her new information
the lady continued her questions:
And pray where do you get your pota-
toes 2"
To this question she received satisfactory
answer.
"Well," said Lady NJ, send me cart.
load of these potatoes, and the steward shall
pay you we'll for them"
Shortly after her ladyship rose to leave
the house, and indeed had left it, when the
matron ran. after her, and blushing as she
put the asked:
:" An, then, my lady, is it to have children
that you want the potatoes ?"
1t was the lady's turn to blush. and she
confessed that it was.
Because, I'm thinkin.' my lady, in that
case, Pat had better take the potatoes him.
SELF"
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

The BUTTER MAKERS GOLDEN RULES
The great secret in butter making, it seems
consist in attending to the following points !:
1st. Securing rich, clean, healthy milk
milk obtained on rich old pastures. free of
weeds.
I'd. Setting the-milk in moist, untainted
atmosphere, and keeping it at an even tenn
perature while the cream is rising.
Sd. Proper management in churning.
4th. Washing out the buttermilk thorough.
ly, and working so as not to injure the
grain.
5th. Thorough and even Incorporation of
the salt. and packing in oaken tubs, tight,
clean and well made.
Cleanliness in all the ope rations is of i'm.
peratire necessity.
Judgement and experience in manipulate
ing the cream and working the butter must
of course be used.-K a. Willard.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

PLYMOUTH Hollow is in Connecticut
The people thereof thought they'd have a
Fourth of July celebration. They raised
fifty dollars. That was big for Plymouth
Hollow. They wanted it spent for fireworks.
They appointed a committee of one to pro.
cure them in New York He went. He re.
turned to Bridgeport. He met the Bridge.
port Fire Company. They were about start.
ing for Hudson. He smiled with them.
Only three times. Result-Fireworks and
Committee man followed the Bridgeport boys
to Hudson. Bridgeport boys fired off his ire.
works apd Plymouth Hollow had no celebra.
tion. The reception of the committee. man
on his return home was perfect ovation" +"
He afterward stated to an intimate friend
that the profanity Of Plymouth Hollow was
dreadful,
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
ELECTION OF TWO SUPERVISORS.
NNHERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ELECTION
L held in the County of Shasta, on
Wednesday, the 5th day of September,
A. ID. 1866,

Wednesday, the 5th day of September,
A. ID. 1866,
for the purpose of electing Two Supervisors One
in Supervisor District No. 2, to fill the unex xpred
term of A. Engle, resigned and One in Supervisor
District No. 3, for full term.
Precincts in Supervisor District No. 2.-Horse-
town, Piety Hill, Eagle Creek. Bald Hills, Watson
Gulch, Arbuckle, Roaring River, Janesville Lud-
wigs Bridge, American Ranch, Texas Springs
Tower House and French Guch.
Precincts in Supervisor District No. 3.-Dog
Creek, Portuguese Flat, Lower Soda Springs, Cop
per City, Churntown, Buckeye. North Cow Creek,
Millvil!e, Parkville, Fort Crook and Shngetown
Boards of Registration in the various precincts
will find it highly necessary to examine the Regis
try Law carefully in regard to their duties.
1t is necessary that all parties sbing vote at
the ensuing election shall be enrolled in their re-
spectve precincts thirty days previous to election
except in cases where persons forth reasons
satisfactory to the Board by affidavit, why thew
did not apply and procure the enrolment Of their
names Oh the Poll List prior to the thirtieth day
next preceding the election provided in Section
26 of Registry Act.
The County Clerk will furnish the Registry Law
to Clerk and Judges in each precinct
c. MCDONALD, County Clerk,
And ex-offico Clerk Board of Supervisors
Shasta, July u, 1866. jl2
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18


CONCRETE HousEs.-The Napa Register mas
the following item in favor of concrete
houses:
The use Of concrete-a mixture OF lime,
sand gravel and broken stone-for the walls
of buildings, has been adopted 10 some paris
Of the Eastern States to considerable extent.
In this State we hear that concrete has Deen
introduced in a few localities, but are inciineo
to think that the advantages of this article for
the walls of buildings are not appreciated as
they should be. We are led to speak OF TINS
subject from having recently visited the new
residence Of Mr.. Thomas Earl, to whom be-
longs the honor Of having built the nrst coz
crete house in this county. The building IN
question is of two stories and "a by ~ ieet'
and its walls are II inches thick. 1t has
stood for four years in an unfinished condi'
ton, having only roof to protect It from
storms, and was thus left in order to test It's
strength and stability. Instead of falling
down, as some anticipated, the walls grew
harder and frmer, and now that the house IS
completed, any one may easily sec at glance
that it is not only stronger, but neater than
the best brick building that can be built
The house of Mr.. Earl is perfect gem OF
dwelling, inside and out. and we greatly
mistake if his example is not followed by
many Of our citizens. In FIRE proof qualities
concrete is quite equal to brick or stone, and
it is so cheap that the poorest man can have
no apology for erecting wooden buildings. IL
is the very thing for farm houses. especially
when stone, and gravel and lime are easy OF
access. The whole work work of bnilding the
walls can be done by common laborers, and
when done, the concrete will stand for censu.
ries. A poor man can build his own house
with only few days labor. and only hiring
a skillful mechanic to finish it. Even when
a house of this kind is finished with cement
aud paint, and sanded to initiate stone, in
the most perfect manner, the expense is less
than one half that of brick building. When
not so finished, the expense is scarcely great
er than that of a wooden building, while in
respect to durability there can be no COM
parisOn.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

A NOVEL way of making change recently
occurred at Hong Kong, in China. An
American having complained to a native
Judge of tailor who had cheated him, the
official sentenced the culprit to fifty blows of
the bastinado-a sentence which was at once
executed-and the American charged fifty
cents cost. The jndge not being able to to
change the dollar given him by the Ameri-
can, the latter humorously told him to take
it out in the same manner. Accordingly
the tailor was again tied down, and received
fifty more blows, thus making up on his own
person the required change.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

TIE Delhi Gazette. of a recent date. state.
that a boy of twelve or thirteen wears Of ace
has just been rescued from the den Of a wolf
in one Of the neighboring jungles. He goes
on all fours very swiftly, and Is more fond Of
raw meat than anything else.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

Rev. DR.. Martin. a missionary, in making
an overland trip from Pekin, China. to Chan
Kang, by the Yellow river, discovered a col.
pny Of Chinese Jews at Kea Fungfoo, in
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINATION.

A COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINATION
IA will be held in Shasta Friday, August "a
The Revised School Law. passed March oath,
1866, requires Teachers to hold Certificate from a
State or County Board of Examination before en-
ttling them to the benefit Of the Public School
Fund. W, L. CARTER
Supt. Public Schools.
Shasta, Aug. 4, 1866. au4
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
TO INVALIDS

WHos E sU FFERIScs
have been protracted from hidden causes
and mal-treatment, and who require
prompt relief to render existence de-
sirable.
DIR. J. PERRAULT, GRADUATE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Queens
College, begs to inform patients and
others seeking medical advice that he may
be consulted personally or by letter in all
cases of Nervous and Physical Debil-
tty, and the various disorders arising from
sedentary habits, excess, accident or eli
mate, from 9 A. N. to IL NJ, and from 2 to
8 P. NJ, at his Office, Armory Building,
northeast corner Montgomery and Sacra-
mento sts., Rooms Nos. 9, 10 and IL, first
floor up stairs. Entrance on either Mont
gomery or Sacramento streets.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

A JOHNSON man in Saratoga refuses to
drink from Congress Spring.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

o"cers OF Shasta Lodge. No. 81, 1. o. O. F.
,ll|1ff Frank Litsch, N. g.; George NJ.
}6kS Wilhelm, v. g.. G. r. Knox, Sec.
~ Peter Hof, Treas
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18
TO THE UNFORTUNATE.
NEW REMEDIES. NEW REMEDIES.
nr GshIov,3c nscx&oroovr
T. Gibbons Dispensary,

RI~ KEARNEY STR,
Ol near Commercial, San
Francisco, Established in 1854,
for the treatment of Sexual and
Seminal Diseases, such as Con-
orrhea, elect, Structure, Syph-
Ills in all its forms, Seminal
Weakness, Impotency, ETC.
Skin Diseases (of years stand
ingl and liberated Legs, sue
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

'mcers OF Shasta Encampment, No. II, j.
DO. r.
~ Charles Mcdonald. C. p. E. L. Reese, H.
Axk r.i l.. Garrecht. S. W.; G. R. Knox, Scribe,
Henry Habich, Trsas. ]. E. Pelham. j. W.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-18

No apology seems requisite for affording