The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-13


Icoal 1toHAE.
SrArA PRraTEa.-The proprietor Of the
by the Legislature. x
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. mails arc
open for delivery at s o'clock in the morr-
ing, and close as follows: Northern, 81 p.
M; South Carolina Railroad, y. M;
Charleston, p. H.; Greunville, p. M.
''rhrce newspaper thieves were captured
IN Nashville few days ago, and fined 81
for the offence"
Wish few of these gentry in this Sec
tien Of country could be overhauled.
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Music, FiRE-woRKsAND IoE CREAM.-The
above is the programme FOR this evening,
| at McKenzie's ice cream garden. Persons
who have attended these pleasant open-air
concerts will rot need second invit n ;sn
to be present. Full particulars VII e.
found i'll our advertising columns
The BURNING OF CoLJlIEIA.-!t.: : -:
csting account OF the Sack al, De- i.l-
ton of the City of Columbia s. c.. . .--
JUS: been issued, III panphlo. form, i:pn.
the Ph.rnir power press. Orders filed to
any extent. Price so cents. Copies can be
obtained at this Office and the bookstores.
At a meeting of the Columbia Fire De-
partment, held on the Sd instant, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were una
niinously adopted:
Whereas the late Festival held by the
Fire Department, for the purpose of rails
ing n fund to enable them to some extent
to rebuild their engine houses, has been
brought to q successful termination by the
united efforts Of the ladies and those gen
tlenen friendly to the cause; be it, there
fore,
Resolred, That the thanks OF the Fire
Department. OF this city are justly due, and
are warmly extended, to the ladies who so
kindly and zealously assisted at the late
II Festival
! Resotred, That the thanks of this De-
partment are gratefully extended to those
gentlemen who voluntarily assisted by
their efforts in our behalf.
Resojred, That the thanks Of this De-
partment are hereby extended TO his Honor
the Mayor and Aldermen Of the city, for
use OF the Market House
,, ltrS0ired, That the Secretary be instruct
1 ed to enclose vote of thanks to each Of
j thoSO AdulcS NAO Hdu Cn0TG6 OF tables. ard
l by their efforts materially assist ed in sue
cesstully carrying out the objects of the
: Festival.
Resolced, That the thanks OF this De-
g Partment are hereby rendered to the press
q OF the city for the free use ofther columns
also, to the public for their generous sup
port.
! RATES OF FREIGHr.-Thc high rates OF
: freight on the South Carolina Railroad have
Il been the ca1sc of much complaint from
n the merchants end others in Columbia.
G Whether or not the advanced rates are
y justified by the necessities of the Compa-
ny, We have no means OF knowing; but
l there is one thing self-evident: the rates of
freight during the time of scarcity of
, money should be reduced to the lowest
= point consistent with fair remuneration
= to the stockholders. A correspondent
;, sends us the following on the subject:
i MEsSRs. EpIroEs: BY the Act of the Lc-
: gislature of South Carolina. passed in De-
n cembcr, 1886, Incorporating the Cincinnati
;, and Charleston Railroad Company, section
# 2U states ''that tho said company shall
have the exclusive right Of transportation
;. or conveyance Of persons over the said rail
u road and its branches. to be by them con-
structed; provided. that the transportation
on conveyance shall not exceed thirty five
per CENT. per hundre0 pounds, on heavy
!, articles, and ten cents per cubic foot Oh,
II articles OF measurement, for every one
$ hundred miles of the said railroad" The
= Act OF December. 1893, authorizes the
"a South Carolina Railroad Company to
~ charge for the transportation of goods by
: weight, not exceeding fifty cents per one
hundred pounds per hundred miles; pro-
e vidrd, that it shall be in the power Of the
r Legislature, at any time hereafter, to re-
- peal the above provision authorizing the
c increased freight.
If These are the Acts and authority by
e which the South Carolina Railroad Compa-
:, ny are entitled to collect freights It is a
= well known fact to the Charleston mer-
q chants, as we'll as tho merchants of the in
n terror and upper portion Of the State, that
the South Carolina Railroad Company has
20 charged frieShts far in excess of its char
! tered limits. Cotton has been carried at
- IS to So per bale from Columbia to Charles
y ton-the chartered limit for bale OF 4Nl
pounds, distance Of 1870 miles, being
e $2.6o. Even at the present time, So is
charged. which is al excess, and is be-
sides, three times the rate current in 1860
y Many goods are now charged seventy-tive {
1t cents per one hundred pounds, which were
,f formerly carried for twenty five to thirty
- cents. In addition to this the company