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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

| to New York but once before, tor
all Eve lived so near"
"Well, come along, follow me
little ways off; but come close up
if | whistle"
"All right" says he, and we
started.
When we came out it was about
halt-past ten; we found it showing
fast and furious. What with the
snow driving, and the stores most
ly shut up, and my man not know
ing anything, scarcely, about the
city, l knew he couldn't tell where
1 was taking him; so l gave him
a few turns round the neighbor-
hood, and then past the Hill of
Records, and into the City Hall
by a back door, through the dark
passages; he followed like dog,
and finally, right into the Chiefs
private office!
"Old man." says l giving the
Chief a wink, ''here's customer
for some dark horses. Can we &C
commodate him?"
81 presume So" says the Chief.
"Make him the sign," says l to
greeney; and out he stuck his two
fingers, almost into the Chief S
face. [ never wanted to laugh
worse in my life. The Chief was
ety." and held up his two fingers
in the same way; not a sign of a
smile either.
Well, they two bargained for
some ''horses' at "thirty." The
Chief was up to all the flash
terms, and as he was just going
to open his drawer to take out the
bills, as it seemed, when he looks
up and says to greeney,
'Do you know where you are,
my good friend?"
"Well, not exactly" says he,
lookinground, :'I--suppose-Pm--"
'I'll tell you," says the Chief.
"You're in the Office of the Chief
of Police~
| sat down in a chair by the
door and let out ney laugh. |
couldn't help it. I laughed till l
ached, and the Chief laughed too.
"No you don't!' says greeney.
"You cannot come that game over
this child! l suppose you want
to scare me; but you'll find | amt
so green as l look. It's a good
joke; but you can't scare mel"
Well, sir, we couldn't convince
that man that he a0as in the Chief s
hands until | took him in the cells.
Then he began to believe it; and
and he "took on" | tell you.
He proved just the man we
wanted. We used him up COM
pletely; got evidence to convict
Carter, and Bill, and Joe, and two
more; and then we let him 60, on
his good behavior. l guess he
hasn't been to town to buy ''hors-
es" since the Chief "sold'' him the
"dark" lot.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

What is the difference between a
piece of honeycomb and a black
eye? One is produced by labor
ing bee and the other by bella
boring.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23
Pr0pa.5et01'.
WHOLE NO. 65t.
An Indian Snake Charme1

Captain Alexander, In his Trans
atlantic Sketches" says:
I have seen the Cobra di CapeL
10, or hooded snake of India, caught
in my garden; have watched the
snake-charmer, with feathered
turban, sitting beside a hole, under
the hedge of prickly pear, and pi-
ping on a rude musical instrument
made from gourd, and bit of
looking-glass in front of it. Unlike
the "deat adder" the head Of the
cobra would soon appear above the
ground, as if listening to the wild
strains, and his eye attracted by the
dazzling glass. An assistant would
be ready to catch him behind the
neck, would draw forth his yellow
and writhing length, and, without
extracting the poisonous fangs,
would slip him into a covered bas-
ket, muttering the usual curse Of
'Hu teref
Next day the snake-charmer
would return, place his basket on
the ground, sit on his launches be-
fore it, and pipe; the lid would
rise, and the subdued snake come
forth, partly coil himself up, and
move his head to the music, and
ever and anon display his specta-
cled hood, or hiss when the charm
er approached his hand. The as
sistant would go behind and hold
up the reptile by the tail, when he
could do no injury; but if a fowl
were thrown to him, he killed it
in a moment.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

"What is the difference 'twixt a
watch and fedder bed, Sam p
"Dunno-gin it up" Because
de tickin OBJ de watch is on the
inside and de tickin OBJ de fedder
bed is on the outside"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

Whatisit that has two buildings,
two trees, two animals, and two
fish? The human body, viz: two
temples, two palms, two calves,
and two soles.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23
Tstaple of The Mases.
THE BELLE OF THE
BALL.

oAAAs
Years-years ago-ere yet my dreams
Had been of being wise and witty;
Ere 1 had done with writing themes,
Or yawn'd DER this internal Chitty;
Years, years ago, while al! my joy
Was in my fowling-piece and FLY;
In short, while was yet a boy,
l fell in love with Laura Lilly.
I saw her at country ball;
There when the sound of flute and fiddle
Gave signal sweet in that old hall,
Of hands across and down the middle,
Hers was the subtlest spell by far
Of all that sets young hearts romancing;
She was our queen, our rose, our star: ling
And when she danced-oh, heaven, her dane
Dark was her hair, her hand was white:
Her voice was exquisitely tender,
Her eyes were full of liquid light;
Inever saw waist so slender;
Her every look, her every smile,
Shot right and left score of arrows;
thought twas Venus from her isle,
l wondered where she'd left her sparrows.
She talked of politics or prayers;
OF Seuthcy's prose, or Wordsworth's sonnetsi
Of daggers or of dancing bears,
Of battles, or the l~st new bonnets;
By candle-light, at twelve o'clock,
To me it matter'd not title,
If those bright lips had quoted Locke,
1 might have thoug htthey murmured Little.
Through sunny May, through sultry June,
l loved her with love eternal;
I spoke her praises to the moon,
/ wrote them for the Sunday Journal.
My mother laughed; l soon found out
That ancient ladies have no feeling;
My father frown'd; but how should gout
Find any happiness in kEeeling?
She was the daughter of a dean,
Rich, fat and rather apoplectic;
She had one brother just thirteen, s
Whose color was extremely hectic;
Her grandmother, for many year,
Had fed the parish with her bounty;
Her second cousin was peer,
And lord lieutenant of the county.
But titles and the three per cents,
And mortgages, and great relations,
And India bonds, and tithes and rents,
OH what are they to loves sensations?
Black eyes, fair forehead, clustering locks,
Such wealth, such honors, Cupid chooses;
He cares as little for the stocks,
As Baron Rothschild for the muses..
She smird on many Just for fun
knew that there was nothing in it
was the first, the only one
Her heart had thought of for one minute;
I knew it, for she told me so,
In phrase which was divinely moulded;
She wrote charming hand, and oh!
bow sweetly all her notes were folded.
Our love was like most other loves
A little glow, little shiver;
A rosebud and pair of gloves,
And "Fly Not Yet" upon theriver;
Some jealousy of some ones heir,
Some hopes of dying broken hearted,
A miniature, lock of hair,
The usual vows-and then we parted.
We parted-months and years rolfd by;
Wemet again four summers after;
Our parting was all sob and sigh
Our meeting was all mirth and laughter;
For in my hearts most secret cell,
There had been many other dodgers;
And she was not the ballroom belle,
But only Observation-Disclosures.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

Larry Rooney, laborer, who
was Frustrated recently by sum
stroke, in Hartford, recovered just
as his friends were on the pointcf
interring him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

There are seven thousand four
hundred and forty-nine Odd Eel
lows in California. They own
thirty halls valued at $500, ,000,and
other property valued at $50O,000.,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

A gentleman at our elbow says
he doesn't believe a word about
false calves. He believes there
are many false-hoods.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

An advertiser in one of the Pc
pers says he has a cottage to let
containing eight rooms and an acre
ofland.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

ri don'tmean to say the man will
steal," said a witness on a trial,
"but if I was a chicken, I'd roost
high when he was about"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

Prof. Blot said in his lecture at
Boston recently that flour should
never be kept in barrels or boxes,
but in cloth bags, and this mode
of keeping is all that makes Euro
nean -four better than American.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

Afashionable partyis now called
a "daughter-cultural show"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

At what season did Eve eat the
apple? Early in "ihe fall"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-08-23

l.. Foot Notea-Dance music.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
BATCHELoR,s HAIR DYE.

The Original and Best in the World.
The only true and perfect HAIR DYE.
Harmless, Reliable and instantaneous.
Produces Immediately splendid Black or
natural Brown, without injuring the hair
or skin. Remedies the ill effects of bad
dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine
Is signed William A. Bachelor. Also, RE-
GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILE
FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifying
the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR.
Oct 70 ly New York.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
The Trial OF Mr.. Davis.

We published yesterday an account
of the steps taken by the District
Court of Norfolk to secure the in
dictment of Mr.. Davis for treason.
In advance of these steps, we felt as
sured that the proposed trial of Mr..
Davis before Mr.. Justice Underwood,
would be but an idle mockery, be-
cause his conviction and sentence to
the gallows was clearly a foregone
conclusion on the part of that official
and those who had instigated the
proceedings.
Nor are we surprised to hear of the
special vindictiveness and malice
which this man, clothed with the
functions of minister of justice, has
just displayed against his native
State We Know that he belongs to
the class of s'Barterers, sbme of
whom the poet tells us he saw in the
lower regions. Hence we see that in
delivering his s'charge" to the jury at
Norfolk, he was not addressing him
self to those counterfeit Virginians,
but to bis countrymen of Massachu-
setts; it was for their benefit that he
SO highly commended the Couture
and refinement" of his adopted home,
in contrasting disparagement with
the ''vice, ignorance and poverty of
Virginia. The intention manifested
in this portion of his charge is suf-
ficiently venomous. But we dismiss
the accusation against us, conscious
that our State needs no defence,
when contrasted with Massachusetts.
Tried before this spiteful barterer
of country and justice, Mr.. Davis
will need no more effective counsel
than his own mute, honest presence
on the stand. He will stand there
undismayed, in no maudlin expecta-
ton of clemency from the Jacobin
Judge or the blood thirsty pack be-
hind him. He will stand there pro-
nounced innocent by whole world,
persecuted by a political pis1 ", which
would disgrace any land but the
Northern States of America. who SO
ardently seek his blood.
For no other ''crime" is it sought
to make of Mr.. Davis the victim OF
his people than the fact that he acted
at their behest, and it is now desired
by our bloody antagonists to insult
the whole South in this individual
execution. Serving only as an instrn
ment by which his countrymen &C
complished their design of secession
he is declared the only one of then
guilty!
But in vain would we plead fol
justice with those who have made uT
their minds to disregard all justice
all truth, with those who annulled ,
constitution and destroyed republic
in order that they might rule. an6
who are ever exclusively occupied
with their selfish interests. Fortu
nately for Mr.. Davis and for the coun
try, there is just man at the heaG
of the Government, who will see tha
he is not made victim to radica
hate and vengeance.
Richmond Examiner.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18

The CRoPs.-During the past week
we have conversed with planters from
all sections of the District, and re-
gret to learn that there is an almost
universal complaint relative to the
cotton plant. With some the defec-
tive seed have failed to germinate,
whilst others represent the cotton as
up, butlooking yellow and sick The
farmers are despondent, and fear that
they will not realize more than a
third of crop. Wheat and oats,
however, are looking fine, and a
handsome yield is anticipated. And
now that the heavy rains seem to have
ceased, corn is improving, and will,
with proper attention, soon get over
the back-set from the recent exces-
sive rains. --EagetteM Adyertise,'.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
To all whom it may Concern.
COIJNCII, CHAMBER.

COLUMBIA, April %, 1866.
THE attention of all citizens and resi-
Il dents Of the city Of Columbia. is called
to the following Ordinances which will be
enforced for the better government and
well-being Of the city:
An Ordinance concerning the city police:
That it shall be the duty of the city police
to arrest all persons who shall behave in q
riotous or disorderly manner, or who shall
be found drunk in the streets of Columbia,
and carry such persons to the guard-house.
An Ordinance to close barber-shops on
the Sabbath-day.
An Ordinance for the better observance
OF the Sabbath-day.
An Ordinance relative to the deposit of
filth and trash in the streets.
An Ordinance tQ regulate blacksniths'
shops.
An Ordinance concerning dogs.
An Ordinance concerning firearms.
An Ordinance concerning goats and
swine running at large.
An Ordinance concerning horses and fast
driving in the streets.
An Ordinance regulating the granting of
licenses to retail spirituous liquors i'll the
city of Columbia.
An Ordinance concerning nuisances.
An Ordinance concerning streets, pave
ments and shade trees.
An Ordinance requiring all male persons
between the ages OF sixteen and fifty years
to work on the streets of the city; said
persons to be excused on payment of q
strcet-tax Of three dollars.
An Ordinance requiring all male persons
between the ages Of fifteen and sixty years
to pay a tax Of one dollar.
April "a THEODORE STARK, Mayor.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY,

NOV opening u superior lot of impor-
IN ted FRENCH BON-BONS, among
which are some specialties in that line not
before in this market-together with Sc
lcct assortment, viz: Glazed Fruits, Chrys-
talized Brochetts, Decorated Tastc Portu-
guese Almonds, Raspberry. Balls, Cream
Dates, Nougat, Cordial Vegetables, Choco-
late Creams, Jelly Cakes, Fancy Cream
Drops, Imitation Fruits in Cream. Jenny
Lind Dragees, Chocolate Almonds. &C.,
&c, at MCkENZ1E'S CANDY MANUFAC-
TORY, Plain street, below the Shiver
House .Iav II 6
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop.

MCGUINNESS&
as> HEARN, Assem- es5HRM
Sbly street. West Of Ax$SEEH
AN.the State House, Ssessf 49, lasxle
are prepared to execute all business in
their line with unusual care and skill. With
they can confidently assure the commu
nifty that HORSE and MULE-SHOEING
will be done in the best manner. In the
repairing of Carriages, Buggics and Wa
gons, the best workmen have been en-
gagged, and the work will be done in the
most approved and workmanlike manner,
on reasonable terms.
McGUINNESS 4 HEARN.
N. B.-The senior partner has had seve-
raj years. experience en- Long Island, N.
Y, among the best horses and horsemen,
and the treatment of the various diseases
Of horses, which he will gratuitously give
to his patrons and friends. May 8 limo
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
Rooms to Let.

HNHKEE very commodious ROOMS, with
Il access to water and garden, in a cot
tage, on the corner of Senate and Marion
streets, to let. Also, two ROOMS in out
houses on same premises, with the same
privileges.
Apply to j. SULZBACHER 4 CO., on
Assembly street, between Plain and Wash
lngton streets. for further information.
Nav
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
COLGATE's HONEY SOAP.

This celebrated Toilet Soap, in such
universal demand, is made from the
choicest materials, is mild and emol-
ltent in its nature, fraKrantly scented,
and extremely beneficial in it's action
upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists
and Fancy Goods Dealers
March % 1v
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.

MARRIAGE AND CELIBAC1; An
Essay OF Warming and instruction for
Young Men. Also, Diseases and Abuses
which prostrate the vital powers, with sure
means of relief. Sent free VI charge in
sealed letter envelopes. Address DR.. J.
SKu4LIN HOUGHTON, Howard Associa-
ton, Philadelphia, Pa. April 10 3mo
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18

The FREEDMEN's BUREAU. The
Buffalo Courier says: every unpre-
JUDGED account from the South
agrees in the declaration that the
Freedmen's Bureau is the great OBJ
stacle to the complete reconstruction
Of Southern society, and there should
be a great popular movement to abo-
lsh it."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that the CO.
~ partnership lately subsisting between
JOHN G. DIAL and FRANCIS M. POPE,
under the firm of DIAL x POPE, was this
day dissolved by mutual consent JOHN
G. DIAL is authorized to settle all debts
due to and by the late firm
JOHN c. DIAL,
May l. 1866. +. NJ. POPE.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18
NOTICE.

HE subscriber would respectfully in
Il form the citizens Of this CITY and vi.
cimty that he will continue the general
HARDWARE BUSINESS in his own name
and on his own account, and hopes to
merit and receive full share of public pa
tronage JOHN C.. DIAL,
Nav 4
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-18


Iron Railings, Verandahs, &c
Carved Work in Woods,
Plumbers Material.
Glass Plate, Hammered Stained, &c.
Roofing Felt,
Interior Decorations of every kind, Gc
Having made favorable arrangements
with the largest manufac.u .urers, they are
prepared to furnish to this and the adje,
cent communities prompt supplies Of the
above articles at manufacturers prices.
with only the cost of transportation added.
They are enabled to exhibit Drawings,
showing every variety of design of Iron
Fronts, &c, thus atfording purchasers am
pie opportunity to make selections.
b. NJ. LEE will take charge of the Com
mercial business Of the concern
FRANCIS ID. LEE, Architect, will take
charge of the Architectural and Mechani-
cal portions of the business, and will give
all desired information as to appropriate
ness of designs, and full directions as to
construction, free of extra charge
Orders from this and adjoining cities
promptly attended to.
Parties desiring Iron Fronts will send
exact measurements of front of buildings
and lots, and heights Of several stories.
B. NJ. LEE,
FRANCIS u. LEE.
Hp- Francis d. Lee, Architect, will con-
tinue in his own name the business of his
profession.
Office of Loe Brothers and Francis ID.
Lee, for the present, Law Range, Charles
on, 5. G. May limo
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-10

had gone with the Union party, but
they have gone, as they always have,
with their enemies, and now will have
TO get their help from them, and but
little can they get from them. All
they want of them are their votes,
and now they know they can have
them in any event, so they will give
them no aid to their schemes to in.
wade your country, for they see they
can only go there against the Repub
licans, as they always have done.
My countrymen, / am very sorry to
say, profess to love liberty, but still go
for the party which does not love
it. They do not understand the mean
ing of the word, in fact they know not
how to realize it. There will be an
end to Fenian troubles if you will so
let go the prisoners, and the only
thing which will give the agitators
anything to agitate about will be gone.
All will conclude that it is best for
ireland to remain under the control
of England, as they have not sense
enough to control themselves.
daH Yours respectfully,
ISigned] MICHAEL MURPHY.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-10
CANADA.
Arrest OF Suspected Characters =
Relief for the quebec Sufferers -
Fenian Trials.

TORONTO, G. W., Nov. 9.-The pol
ice authorities are instructed to cause
the arrestiand detention of all suspi-
cious characters found in the city.
Under the hdbe0s corpus suspension
act, passed last session, the act en-
powers the Magistrates to cause the
arrest of any person suspected of
countenancing or encouraging designs
against the Government or people,
and commit him to prison, there to
remain, without trial or bail, till the
Sthlof June next. Yesterday arrests
began, aud there Rdrell coInilitted,
James and John Dudley. Chas. Cash
aud Alex. Nicholson. The Dudley s
profess to hail from Brooklyn, ahd
are mouldefs BY, trade. Cash says he
comes from Lancashire, England /;
Nicholson from Scotland 1t is ex-
pected to be proved that Dudley is
an assumed name, the proper one
being Donegan!i oUc
QUEBEC, G. f., Nov. 9.-It is un-
derstood that Her Majesty's steamer
Night viii proceed to Halifax, ahd
her place here willebes Supplied by
two gunboats, manned by drafts from
Her Maiesty's steamer Aurora.
The New Brunswick Government
has given six thousand dollars to the
Quebec sufferers, and Nova Scotia
has given fiye thousand dollars.
The Mayor has received another ca
BILE Telegram authorizing a draft of
thirty-6ve hundred pounds sterling
on the account of the relief fund,
Contri5utiouslfrom England already
reach thirty-fve thousand dollars,
and those from the United States
over ten thousand dollars.
ToRoNTo, G. w, November o.
Court met at 0-o,eloek. An. The
same counsels for the Crown and de,
tense as in the previous trials. Peter
Curran, alias Doye, and Henry La
velle were first placed in the dock
the former a tall, stout maRasblgh
complexioned, blue eyes, mOustacht
and beard, has the appearance OF a la
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-10
PITTSBURG..


PITrsBURG, Nov. 9.-There is a
highly important suit before the Su-
preme Court of Pennsylvania, involv-
ing several million dollars. Chief
Justice Woodward and Judges Reed,
Strong, Thompson, and Agnew sitting
on appeal. A. b. Funk's assignees
VS.. Haldeman and others; fully ar
gued; excited much attention. The
counsel for the applicants were Walter
I'll. Lowrie. ex-Chief Justice Thos
NJ. Marshall, A. Carroll Brewster, of
Philadelphia, and r. Biddle Roberts.
Counsel for appellees T. +. Backus
and Hendricks. The decision will
be looked for with great interest.
The amount involved is immense.
This case interests virtually all the
stockholders Of the Dalzell, McEl-
heny, Consolidated Petroleum Com
pany Of New York, Webster, Poo
pies Fountain, Oceanica, Northern
Light, and twenty other companies.