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gential citizens, gave their presence 70
the me6ting for that PURPOSE, having
baon inv;fnd .khara tn advian tha

Eentinl citizens, gave their preaence 10
the meeting for fhat purp6se, having
been Invited .;there to advise the
.coloredpeople as.to their duty under
existing relations. They We're SUR
prised, therefore, to find that the
meeting was entirely political, the
programme having been 30 arranged
as to forestall their good intentions.
The resolutions were printed, and
were read Immediately after prayer.
The meeting was run and controlled
by few emissaries, who have no
sympathy or interest in common with
the .celored people of the South.
These fellows come here to sc W dis
cord, and to use the votes OF the
blacks for selfish poIikioal advance
ment."
The Chronicle believes that the pro-
ceedings of the meeting did not have
the approval Of the great majority Of
the intelligent and respectable por-
tion of the colored people of that city.
It further says, that Captain Dagget,
of the. United States Army, who, with
some brother officers, was present on
the platform, unqualifiedly and unre-
seryedly disapproved of the temper.
tone and spirit of the meeting, and of
the resolutions.
We think we can do no better ser
vice than to raise a warning voice.
especially for the benefit of the CO.
lored'voters among us, against such
efforts as this. Every good citizen.
whether from the North or the South,
must deplore the initiation of such a
mischievous policy, where all, white
and colored, are desirous; ofsengaging
honestly in the work of reconstruc-
tion. =: ~
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The rain. continuing, the meeting
adjourned tc.the Court House, where
it was merged into general meeting
of white and colored, on the basis Of
the Sherman bill, for the restoration
and perpetuation Of the Union. Sc
,verai addresses were delivered, and
enthusiastically applauded by the
large and highly respectable au-
dience, of which the secretary will
furnish full report forthwith. The
meeting adjourned at late hour,
with high degree of satisfaction to
ALL. SPECTATOR.
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Corn FOR THE PooR.-Another
small lot received, and will be distri-
buted, rs heretofore, at the residence
Of. Rev. VIM. Martin, every morning,
Saturdays and Sundays excepted, from
8 a. M, to 2p. m.
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IaoCal Ite1a4@

RArtaoADs MrEESe. The annual
meeting of sthe stockholders of the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company will be held in this city, on
Thursday, the I'd May next.
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CARDS! CARDs!-Show cards, bust
ness cards, visiting and wedding
cards.. executed at the Ph@ni.c Job
Office, in the neatest styles OF the
art. Cards of all sizes constantly
on hand, and all orders from town or
country promptly attended to.
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The colored Masons of Richmond,
Va, had parade on Monday. on tie
occasion Of laying the corners stone of
a new lodge.
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BRHFs-To THE LEGAL PROBES
SION. Members of the bar who have
briefs to print for the May court are
requested to leave them at the Pheni.r
Office as early as possible, so as to
avoid delay at the last moment.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-16

GODEY's LADY's Book. We are
indebted to J. J. McCarter, Esq, for
a copy of the above reliable fashion
reporter. It is ''as good as the best. {"
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Long tales are usually uninteresting, but
all consumers will be benefited and intc.
rested by reading the entire advertisements
and then examining the stock Of Mr. Il
c. Shiver.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-16

SHOW POSTERS, HANDBuLS, &c.
Our supply of type and facilities of
press-work enable us to turn out from
the Ph9nir Office the most attractive
styles of posters, hand-bills, &C., at
short notice, and in the most salts
factory manner.
NORTHERN QUACK ADVERTISERS. =
A Georgia paper has the following
remarks ON certain class of North
ern advert. :ers in Southern papers:
Before and since the war, the pro-
prietors of Northern nostrums and
swindlers advertised extensively in
the Southern newspapers. Nine out
of ten were careful to make liberal
offers of money, jewelry, etc., to be
paid after first insertion of advertise
ment. Publishers, thinking they have
good thing, insert the advertise
ment; few of their subscribers send
on their money and are swindled, and
the publishers send on their bills, and
that is all the pay they ever receive.
This game has been practiced so long
that it does seem to us that newspaper
men would have their eyes open by
this time. Such is not the case, how
ever, for occasionally we notice in our
exchanges that some firm in New
York had forwarded m advertisement,
which they inserted on the promise
of payment, but that the advertise
ments have been running one or two
months, las long MS the rascals wished
them to run, the bills have been for
wnrded and no returns have been
received, and their readers are eau
toned against said firm. Too late
for in nearly every instance the vii,
lains have already cheated their read
ers of their money.
Some time since, an advertising
agency, so-called, in Troy, New York,
sent us, by mail, six or eight different
advertisements, with Conspicuous
headings of "Asmology," Beauty"
"Whiskers," "Know thy Destiny"
"Wonderful, but True" etc., for in
serting which, one year, they pro-
posed to give us $500. Believing the
whole concern bogus, we wrote, for
the purpose of testing them, that we
would notreceive such advertisements
for longer time than three months,
and for thatperiod our charge was 5000
an ddcance. They replied, proposing
to give that amount, TO be paid al tie
expiration Of lie time. These sharpers
would have promised $1,000 just as
readily rs they would 5000.
Has not such q system of swindling
been practiced long enough? Will
the publishers of newspapers in the
South never grow weary of imposi-
ton?
Newspaper men owe it to them
selves, as well rs their readers, to put
a stop to these rascally tricks. If the
advertiser will not pay the publisher,
he will undoubtedly swindle all who
patronize him. AS long as the South
ern press will advertise for promises.
they need never expect to receive
money
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ANOTHER COOP INDIcAT1oN.-In a
letter from Senator Ferry, of Con-
necticut, upon the lesson to be learn
ed from the result of the late elections
in his State, he says emphatically
that "the Southern communities will
accept the terms of the reconstruc-
tion act, and will be represented in
the Fortieth Congress"-that is. the
present Congress. We like such de-
clarations. They indicate that the
Northern people hive become weary
under disunion.
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Jon PRINTING.-The Job Office of
the Phenic is as complete as any in
the South. 1t is furnished with new
fonts of type of all descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
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AUGUSTA AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD.
The Augusta Press learns from Col.
William Johnston, President of the
above road, that he has just pur-
chased 5000 tons of iron, which will
be sufficient to lay half the track.
He could have purchased the whole
on favorable terms, but deemed it
advisable to. wait until it would be
needed. He also contracted with the
Tredegar Works, at Richmond, for
the chairs and spikes. The iron will
arrive early in May, when the work
of track-laying will be vigorously
pushed forward.
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DANIEL NJ. HOLT.
JAS. G. IANNEY, ESQ.


CIRCULARS! CIRcULARs!-Commer-
cial and other circulars, in the various
forms-note, letter and commercial
post-neatly. printed in our Job
Office, and all work of this descrip-
tion finishedin the best style Of print
ing, and at moderate prices.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is call
ed TO the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for the irst
time:
~ H. Myers & Co.-Dry Goods.
Desk Wanted.
J. G. Gibbes-Cheap Goods.
p. Cantwell-Kerosene Oil.
t. Street Brothers-Fare to New York.
Dufie Chapman-Fashion Books.
ID. c. Peixotto-Auction on Thursday
Meeting Columbia Lodge No. 103.
Jacob Bell-Citation.
DIR. G. II. Miot-Hepatic Bitters.
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Show POSTERS, HANDBnLs, &c.
Our supply of type and facilities of
press-work enable us to turn out from
the Ph9ni1 Office the most attractive
styles of posters, hand-bills, &C., at
short notice, and in the most salts
factory manner.
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VI 'uiib NuiCh OOcS uOJ TcCO1Vo the
sanction Of the loyal representatives
OF loyal people in Congress assem-
Resolved, That we cordially invite
our white friends to sustain us in
sustaining the glorious old flag,
whose starry folds wave MS an ensign
of liberty, peace and security to all
who support and defend it.
Resolved, That IN all our acknow-
ledged ignorance and imputed degra-
dation, we, nevertheless, trace the
finger OF God in our deliverance from
slavery, and bow in humble submis-
sion and gratitude to Him who so
signally vindicated His character
from the aspersions of His and our
enemies.
Resolred, That an executive com.
mittee of six be appointed by the
chair-he being one,-to serve one
year, if not sooner changed or dis
charged by another general meeting,
which this committee is hereby au-
thorized to call whenever it is deem
ed expedient, whose duty it shall be
to secure such nominations to fill the
various offices which may be open,
or in which vacancies may occur, as
will give us fair and full represent
alton of the loyal sentiments we hold
and esteem. (Signed,)
JAMES RAWL, Chairman.
The following constitute the COM
mittee appointed: Rev. Peter Nor
phlet, James Rnwl, James Lowman,
Ihos. Waring, Charles Hampton and
Il. A. Houston.
Appropriate addresses were then
delivered by Rev. Peter Norphlet and
w. Simons, of Columbia, who we're
loudly applauded
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
NEW WAY OF PAYING SUBsCRIP-
TIONS.

The following is an amusing account of
the way farmer was taught how cheaply
he could take the paper The lesson is
worth pondering by good many men ''we
wot Of "
You have hens at home, of course =
Well, ! will send you NV paper for one year,
for the products Of single hen for one sea-
son; and the proceeds Ii seems trifing,
preposterous, 10 Imagine the products of
single hen will pay a subscription; perhaps
it won't but make the offer.
''Done, exclaimed farmer B. II agree
to it, and appealed to me as a witness of
the affair.
The farmer went off apparently much
elated with his conquest the editor went
on his way rejoicing.
Time rolled around, the world revolved
on its axis, and the sun in Its orbit as II Tor-
merly did: the farmer received his paper
regularly and regaled himself with the IN
formation from it, and said he was surpris-
ed at the progress of himself and family IN
general information.
Some time in the month Of September, |
happend to be up again in the office, when
who should enter but our friend farmer Is.
"How do you do, Mr.. B?' said the ed
itor, extending his hand, his countenanee
lit up with bland smile; take chair and
be seated, fine weather we have.
eyes, sir, quite fine indeed, he answered,
and then a short silence ensued, during
which our friend B. hitched his chair back
ward and forward, twrled his thumbs alb
stractedly, and spit profusely. Starting up
quickly, he said, addressing the editor, /
have brought you the proceeds of that
hen.
1t was amusing to see the peculiar express
sion of the editor as he followed the farmer
down to the wagon. | could hardly keep
my risibles down.
When at the wagon the farmer commen-
ced handing over to the editor the products
amounting to eighteen pullets, worth twelve
! and half cents each, and nmber OF doz-
ems of eggs, making in the aggregate at the
/ least calculation, one dollar and fifty cents
more than the price of the paper
mo need, said he, "of men not taking
family newspaper, and paying Tor It too
| don miss this from my roost, yet L have
paid for year IS subscription and over. Al
folly, sir; there's no man but what can take
newspaper; it charity, you know, com
menced at home.
"But, said the editor, 81 will pay yoJ
for what is over the subscription, / did no
intend this as means of profit but rathe
to convince you. will pay
'Not a bit of it, sir: bargain is a bar
gain, and am already paid, sir-doubl.
paid. sir And whenever a neighbor make
the complaint | did, | will relate to him tn
hen story. Good day, gentlemen. "A
Rer.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
TOO MUCH READING.

| never knew but one or two fast readers,
or readers of many books, whose knowledge
was worth anything. Miss Martineau SAYS
sUailseTfIivs 8 pagc'1 al an hour Out .hen
what she reads she makes her own. DO i'm
press this on E.. Girls read too much
and think too little. | will answer for it
that there are few girls of eighteen who
have not read more books than | have and
as to religious books, | can count on my fin
gers in two minutes all [ have read, but
then they are mine. Sir Erskine Perry
said the other day, that fortnight ago, in
conversation with Comte, one of the pro-
foundest thinkers in Europe Comte told
him that he lad read an incredibly small
number of books these last twenty years ::
/ forgot how many and scarcely a review.
But then what Comte reads lies there fruc-
titying, and comes out living tree with
leaves and fruit.
Multifarious reading Weakens the mind
more than doing nothing for it becomes a
necessity at last, like smoking, and is an ex-
cuse for the mind to lie dormant, whilst
thought is poured in, and runs through a
clear stream, over unproduetiVe gravel, on
which not even MOSES grow. 1t is the
idlest Of all idleness, and leaves more of i'm
potency than any other. | do not give my
sUir a. d spUuinGS.-, f~--s -- v>-s 7~'A-A steN
are shattered by stump oratory, its excite
ment and reactions but | know what read
ing is-for | could once, and did. l read
hard or not at all, never skimming. never
turning aside to more inviting books and
Plato, Aristotle, Butler, Thucydides, Stene,
Jonathan, Edwards, have passed like the
iron atoms of the blood, into my mental con-
stitution.-F W. Robertson.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
PEoPLING OF ornER won,ps,

A little wrlgging mite, looking off from
the rim of a daisy npon field dotted with
millions OF those meadow flowers, if II had
q mind equal to its physical being. might
say and believe that, Of all these white belt.
ed globes, his own yellow orb alone was in.
| hablted that mites like itself could not live
on these surrounding planets and they
were all empty houses, and its own little
world was the only one of the nyriads whi-
tenlng the boundless space, which the Crea-
tor had selected and honored as the abode
OF intelligent beings. Thousands of good
men,, with minds of large grasp and reach.
may look froa off the earth into the world.
studded expanse above; they NAV count the
stars IN the nearest heaven, and measure
and weigh them with the reeds and scales
q science, and yet say and believe, with the
1itte- mlnued auimalcule peering over the
daisy rim, that all the millions of those
consolidated orbs are empty houses built for
no intelligent peopling-for no purpose ex-
eeept to besprinkle the tapestry Of this small
planet Of ours with drops of light, to please
our eyes for few hours by night So great
are mans here and now" So tall the stat
ure OF his being to himself; so wide a space
ne aud his dwelling fill in creation, that as to
the fnlte on the daisy, all outside is to him
the mere gaTnlture or setting of his abode.
Thus, doubtless, ninety-nine out of hun
dred OF intelligent and Christian men do
hold this one planet Of our occupancy, not
only as regards ali the other members of our
own suns family circle of orbs, bat all the
myrlads of worlds which revolge around the
other suns that dot the common heavens of
the material universe. But one in hun
dred surely may believe, or the clearest an
aiogies reason can construct or educe, that
as nature abhors vacuum, so Nature God
permits no waste in the realm of His crea-
TONS that the millions of lesser lights
above are not the chips scattered about in
building the earth for man, nor the scafold-
ing from which it was erected; that they
are not empty houses, nor built for beasts |
and birds alone, nor for bodiless spirits, but
for spirits wearing flesh and blood like our
selves, with human nature as finely adapt
ed to the faculties and sensibihties of the
intellectual soul as Adam physical being
was TO his mind in the holiest DAYS of his
innocence. To those thinking differently
from this, one might fancy that it would be
like inbTeathing the death damp of a uni
verse Of desolation to admit the thought
that the Almighty Greater had no sentient
worshippers in all the millions of these out
lying worlds; that Of them all, this one on
which We dwell is the solitary island Of hui
man existenoe-of beings with living,
thinking mind and that here alone are
heard the voice of prayer and praise, and
all the other voices Of faith, hope, and love-
-Eiijiu BigYltf.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY.

\
| a glance at the map Of the United States
dlseloses the fact that Pennsylvania has a
| seaport, harbor on the lakes, and a CITY at
the head of the Ohio river, which drains
| the eastern slope of the Mississippi valley.
Upon the three navigable water systems
which drain all the States between the
| Rocky mountain crest and the Atlantic
| coast, Pennsylvania has three ports, one in
| each photographic BASIN These three ports
enable Pennsylvania to participate in the
| foreign commerce of the world, in the
steamboat navigation of the Mississippi
and ITS affiuents, and to employ propelIors
and sailing vessels on the northwest lakes.
Between these three ports there is unbro-
ken communication from west 10 east and
east to west, over iron track of uniform
guage, operated by one corporation, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. As a
ground plan II is difficult TO conceive tran
sit or portage, on large scale, more COM
pTehensiye or complete than the connected
roads operated by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, lengthwise over the State,
reaching from its seaports to its capital, and
thence, over diverging lines, to Pittsburgh
and Erie City.
Iraversing a Commonwealth abounding
IN native staples that are eagerly sought as
well IN markets beyond as within the State.
there are resources at and between the fork
ing termini of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company iron routes, capable of almost
unlimited development. And in addition
TO these home and wayside sources of traffic,
the Pennsylvania Railroad, between Phila-
delphla and Pittsburgh, unites the portals
OF the East and West, and opens a way for
intercourse and inter trade between the sea-
aVsA ty,ja
MIA Railroad is, therefore, at the same time
a State route, a United States route and a
Continental highway.
And considering the great railroad corpo-
ratiuns in England as they are, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company as it is,
the continued expansion of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company is inevitable because
independent of the through traffic to be
cultivated and cared for, the growth of local
business is SO real and so rapid that it is al
ways up to, and sometimes in advance of its
allotted accommodation.
1t must be borne in mind, moreover, that
Pennsylvania is this day defcientin railroad
mileage, especially portions OF the State
west OF the Susquehanna river. And as
there are three railroad corporations in
England (which in area is only equal to the
area OF Pennsylvania with one half of New
Jersey added each Of which has an invest
ed capital exceeding ttco hundred millions
Of dollars, it must not be expected that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, viii or can
stop at forty millions, nor fifty millions.
Occupying so large part of the State,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company caunot
cease 10 accommodate additional traffic
from year to year. so long as there is devel-
opment and progress at and between the
thrafs rrg sli4,l, ar l.,,lsI tss.,a4I,
tercst of Pennsylvania, as a State, is big
theme aud the policy of tie largest rail-
road corporation in the State is fruitful
topic.-U s. H. q H. Register.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
ERIENnSHIp.

How often we speak of friends as though
they might be found on every hand; and yet
how little real friendship we find in this
busy world! A true friend is one who will
cling to you in adversely, sympathize with
you in sorrow, and rejoice with you in pros
perity. He is being who feels, who thinks
who acts from the purest motives. Friend.
shin is one of the noblest feellngs-one OF
the grandest privileges Of humanity; it can
only be found in connection with noble souls
of merit and virtue united. In fact, to pos
sess true friends, you need the most COM
plete and incest power of discrimination IN
selecting them, natural gift to cherish
them, with the most unselfshness.
Young ladies, young men, and all, be
generous; be kind to those around you, es-
Decially to those who are the least attractive
and who are often the least noticed. Try
10 merit the real name Of friend; it will fill
YOU with deeper joy than you have ever
experienced: It win cause you to be beloved
and esteemed by all around you. Practice
self denial, and you will feel its ennobling
influence; it brings the happy consciousness
| of having given pleasure to others which is
| of itself ample remuneration for all the IN
convenience you could have suffered by 81
doing.