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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-09-15

FTNHE 'tLadies' Society in Aid of the Suf-
Il fering and Destitute Poor Of the South"
would respectfully and earnestly call the
attention Of the generous public to the
great distress and fearful suffering now
prevailing in the Southern States.
The public have already responded no.
bly, to the call, but not to the extent re-
quired to keep starvation from making
victims of many. Additional funds must
be raised at once; the case is urgent. The
Lady Managers, after mature deliberation,
have decided to give Grand National En-
tertainment, trusting to their active CO.
operation and sympathizing aid for the
immediate supply Of means to enable them
thousands. The Grand National Enter
tainment will be given at Washington, D.
c., September 80, 1867. 100000 tickets will
be offered for sale at 50 each. Half Of the
amount will be in valuable awards to the
holders, and the balance will be devoted at
once by the Lady Managers to purchasing
food to be sent South for immediate distri-
button among the most needy. The Lady
Managers have entered into an arrange
ment with Messrs. Bentley, Clark & Co. to
superintend disposal of tickets and conduct
the Entertainment in manner worthy the
patronage and support of the public.
LIST OF A WARDS.
1. An elegant Mansion on Fifth Ave-
nue., New York City; titles perfect,
deed deposited in Escro; actual
Value. SSO, QUO
,. Twenty Thousand Dollars in 1910
Government Bonds. :............ 10000
8. l entire set Diamonds, complete,
comprising Pin, EARRINGS, Brace
let and Necklace-very magnii-
cent 1900. ............ $1,000
4. set elegant Diamonds, complete IL, 1000
5. set Diamonds and Emeralds. 1O, 600
6. set Diamond Studs and Sleeve
Buttons. .................. 1000
z. Single Solitaire Diamond Ring. 5000
8. Single Solitaire Diamond Pin. 1900
.. Single Solitaire Diamond Stud. 5000
10. Diamond Scarf Pin. ... 1000
II to Is. Cluster Diamond Rings,
81, 900 each. ................. 5000
16 to 20. 5Jules Jurgensen Watches,
Hunters, ] 5000 each. ... $500
81 to 25. 5 Thomas Nardin Watches,
Hunters, $500 each - $500
&c to so. 25 Solitaire Diamond Rings,
$500 each. ..................... 1850
81 to 75. % sets elegant Coral, COM
.plete, s4O0 each. ........ ........ 10000
76 to 125. so sets elegant Garnets,
complete, comprising Bracelet,
Sleeve Buttons, Earrings and
Breaet-pin, 5000 each .. 10, 900
126 to ,125. 1000 Chromas, Artists
Proof o::..: ..... 10000
1225 St to e,225. 100 sets Silver: plated $4,000
Tea Service, very heavy ........ 10000
6, ,226 to 10000. Consisting Of Witt
ing Desks, Work Boxes, Photo
graphic Albums, sets of Silver
plated Forks, Fish Knives, Napkin
Rings, Boxes. Ladies' Gloves,
Handkerchiefs, &C.. 44,OOO
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-09-15
GROWING REPUTATION.-If the

GROWING REPUTATION.-If the
entire correspondence from South Ameri-
ca, Central America and the West Indies,
received by Messrs. Hostetter l. Smith.
during the last twelve months, were pub
lished at length, it would probably be con-
sidered one Of the most extraordinary col
lections Of approbatory testimony on record
the letters, written in every variety Of
style, and emanating from individuals Of
almost every class, are, nevertheless, all Of
the same tenor. Physicians, priests, mer-
chants, planters, military officers, artisans,
lawyers, &C., tell one story. admitting,
without reserve or qualification, that the
tonics heretofore in use in those regions
have been generally and Justly superseded
by HosTETTER's BITTERs.
The confidence manifested by the people
of these countries might be fairly called
enthusiastic. Yet these are not the only
tokens of the growing popularity of
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS.
The foreign orders for the article from
Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China,
Japan, East Indies, Cape of Good Hope,
Sandwich Islands, &C., have been heavier
than at any former period.
AS an antidotc to malaria, a stomachic
and general invigorant, they all testify to
its remarkable efficacy. Sept II t6
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
Nea The New York Tribune. by dispatc

n@- The New York Tribune, by dispatch of the 2lst from Savannah, Ga., says: A collision is likely to occur between the freedmen and United States forces, grow ing out of an attempt to eject them from ; plantation, the Chevis es.ate, situated 1T South Carolina, opposite Savannah. They refused either to lease the plantation, ol contract for the ensueing year. Pursuant to orders from Gen. Tillson, one commis stoned officer and fifty men proceeded tC the plantation and were met by about 200 negroes, all armed. A conflict was only prevented by a temporary compromise - Captain Brandt ,elegraphed Gen. Scott Freedman's Bureau Commissioner, that i was impossible to eject them, and asked permission to de;ail company of the 6tl Infantry, en route frem Lamatonville tc Charleston, to assist tho troops sent oyel by Gen. Tilson, who are still on the Plan tation.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09

nm- Whatever may be said of the Jacc- bins, lack of bodness is not among their sins. They have resolved to control this Government for another Presidential term and they have but little hesitation as to the means by which this object is to be accom- plished They find the President in their way and they propose to impeach him - The Supreme Court thwarts some of their villainy, and immediately they take steps to renderthat great tribunal incapable of further harm They find that if they sue ceed in turning the President out of office, they will be compelled unless the law is changed, to have another election forth with, and they are not sure but the popu- lar indignation which would be aroused by the expulsion of the President from his of flee, would work sufficient change in the public mind to defeat their candidate which would of course upset all their plans To obvate this difficulty they have already prepared a Jill in Congress to suit the pos sible emergency It provides that in case of their being no President or Vice Presi- dent, an election shall be held when order. ed by Congress. In tine meantime, the Speaker of the Senate, if there IS one, and 'no o' c 'za,. =. -. # .hore is not shall hold the office. Thus they exrA..~4- keep the power in the hands of their par, ty, in utter contempt of the popular will When will the American people return tc their senses and throttle this fell spirit o1 Jacobinism which is leyeling all of the ucsr'carns , #
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09

THE SuGAR PLANTATIONS OF LOUISE ANA.-Sngar plantations are in the market now at unusually cheap rates. One, situ- ated about tifty-elght miles above Now Or leans, containing thirteen hundred aud ffly.nine arpents, with fine, commcdious dwelling house, built of brick, and i'm provemcnts, and extensive brick sugar house, with machinery complete, and cab
 ns for eighty laborers, was lately sold for S32 800. Terms, one-fourth cash; bal. ance in one, two and three years. This estate made in 1859, an average season, two hundred and fifty hogsheads of sugar Before the war, this plantation, with the negroes attached, was valued at $50 900 It Is not an extreme case. A New Or leans paper says it will require about twen' ty.fve millions of dollars in the way oi loans, to replace the losses sustained by the sugar planting interest of Louisiana and to place the several hundred planta tions in good working condition. Even then the scarcity of labor will present serious Encouragement.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
Essa Onto Swine.
logs generally are uuadriped.

| Hogs generally are quadriped. Il The extreme length of their antiquity has never been discovered; they existed a long time before the flood, and hev existed a long time since.
 There is gratc deal of eternal revenew in hog; there is no more waist in them then thare is in oysters.
 Even their tales can be worked I'D into whissels.
 Hogs is good, quiet borders; they eat what is set before them, and don't ask any foolish questions.
 Ina never hay cuny disscaz but the meazles, and never hay them but once i; once seems to satisfy them.
 Thare is a grate menny breeds among them
 Some are a close corporation breed and some are bit more apart like kemlock slab.
 They used to hev breed in New Eng land few years ago which they called the stripped hog breed; this was in high re- pute among the landlords; most every tav- ern keeper had one. which he used to show to travellers and brag on him.
 Some are full in the face, like town clock, and some are as long and lean as a COW cather, with stcalpinted noze on them
 Tha can allrute well; one that can't has been made in vain
 Tha are short lived animals, and gener- ally die as soon as they are fat.
 hp ho.r ko cunning things, such as histing the front gate off from the hinges, tipping over the swill barrels, and finding a hole in the fencc'to git into corn,f field; but thar aln't amy length to their memory; it is aw- tul hard work for them tu find the same hoal tu get out at, especially if you are at all anxious tha should
 Hogs are very contrary and seldom drive well the same way yu are going tha drive most the other way, tLio lsto "v,vs nvvn rurly explained, but speaks volumes for the hog
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09


 gar' In the reports ot the proceedings of the Boston Board of Trade, we find the following:
 'Debts due by te ,South to he North In the opinion of the Board statutes ol limitations to suits on contracts are recon clable with justice only on the supposition that the creditors have had an opportunity to recover of the debtors, through the usual course of law and that inasmuch as during the late civil war, it was impossible to take any measures to collect tho debts in question, justice requires the passage oi a law exempting suitors from the operation of the statutes of limitation of the State: of the South, for period sufficient to en able loyal creditors to enforce the payment of their demands
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09

How IT'S DoNE--We know our straight haired lady friends must envy those of their sex who rejoice in heads trizzled la poodle dog, according to one of the latest styles of head dress By diligently pursu- ing the following directions; they can out frizz.e the frizzledest head that ever was frizzled:
 up in a flannel cloth the over nig;nt;; Next < Sstt morning, after heating the cooking stove up to the baking point, put your head in the oven and let it remain there at least
 fifteen mngtsss seqb As Asf hqtSS SSd hf & yasg beste bse ter the effect. A little lard applied after the baking process gives it the 'deafrique freedmanium.'
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
The Six Dag,ees of Drunkenness.

lhe DIX DeS1eoS 01 DrunK6nn6SS
 There are six kinds of drunkards, ani ] ifyou will go mo city drinking place
 where there are a dozen men under the in l fluence of liquor, you will be sure to find
 these six different characters, representing different animals.
 The first is ape drunk. He leaps, and sings, and yells, and dances, making all sorts of grimaces, and cutting up all sorts .of monkey shines" to excite the laughter of his fellows. Terribly silly is the drunk en clown.
 The second is tiger drunk. He breaks the bottles, breaks the chairs breaks the heads of fellow carousers, and is full of blood and thunder His eyes are fired with vengeance, and his soul raves with murderous fury. Of this sort are those who abuse their fanilies
 The third is hog drunk. He rolls on the floor, slobbcrs and grunts, and going into the streets makes his bed in the first ditch or filthy corner he may be open to get into. He is heavy, lnmpish and sleepy. and cries in drunken way for little more drink.
 The fourth is puppy drunk. He will weep for kindness, and whine his love- and hug you in his arms, and kiss you with his slobbery lips, and proclaim how much he loves you You are the best man he ever saw. and he will lay down his money or his life for you.
 The fifth is owl drunk He is wise in his own conceit. No man must differ with him, for his word is law. He is true in politics-in all matters must be taken as authority His arm is the strongest, his voice the sweetest, his horse the heetest, his turnips the largest, his town the finest of all in the land
 The sixth and last animal in the menag- erie is the fox drunk man. Heis crafty, ready to trade horses and cheat if he can. Keen to strike a bargain, leering around with low cunning, peeping through cracks, listening under the caves, watching for some suspicious thing sly as fox, sneak ing as wolf. He is the meanest drunk ard of all
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
Ex-PREsIpENr DAyls-A Washin.

EX-PREsIDENT DAvIs.-A Washing ton letter to Baltimore paper says :- Chas O'Connor and J. G. Shea, counsel for Mir Davis, are in the city. Horace Greeley is also kere. It is further known that MT Greeley had an interview with the President yesterday, and interviews with Mir. Davis counsel this morning. From these facts the qaid nuns have conjecturcd that the state prisoner at Fortress Monroe is about to be released on parole or bail, or that his case is on the eve of being disposed of in some way; and it must be confessed that the facts warrant a fair inference that this long delayed act of sheer justice is at last to be performed
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
nSy- A clergyman in his travels met with

nD~ A clergyman in his travels met with an emigrant journeying with his family to the fertile regions of the Mississippi. All his worldly goods were packed on wagons, and on one of the wagons there hung jug with the bottom out. He asked him why he carried that with him. "Why," said he, ''that is my Taylor jug!' "And what is tailor jug ?' asked my friend Why, l had son with Gen. Taylor, in Mexico, and the old General always told him to carry his jug with a hole in the bottom of it; since that time have carried my jug as you sec it, aud l find it tue best inven ton ever met with"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
ye1- Should the present Legislature be ever

yl1- Should the present Legislature be eve g eomuch disposed to aid works of internal i'm
 Srovement by loaning tho credit of the Stat
 to effect their completion, 1t could oniy.do sl
 in the present financial condition of the State
 w;sk immense cost. We have large deb, hanging over us, and no means have ss yet been devised to pay it. Statetbonds, if issued to-day, would not sell for more than one. fourth of their face value, in market and consequently, to have work done to be paid for in State bonds, would cost thc State four times as much as it is worth.
 This condition of t.ings calls for an imme- diate remedy. No one wlIo is aware of the resources of Arkansas, will doubt her ability to lquidatc her present indebtedness but as long as her finances are allowed 10 remain in confused condition, and no system is devised to meet the interest oh her bonds and finally to redeem them, capitalists will only buy her paper at ruinous discount. The subject is one which demands thh attention of commit tees on ways and meahs of both houses of the general assembly; and whatever financial abil- ity they possess should be earnestly devoted to the inauguratiSn of Q scheme to restore the credit ofthe .ssstate
 The ca ccraasSaitors of Arkansas are anxious that arrangements be made, whereby they may be able to collect the interest on the evidences of indebtedness which they hold. They do not desire the immediate payment of the princi- pal, inasmuch as they bought her bonds as an investment for their capital upon which they could draw the interest. But as the market value of these bonds depends upon the regu- larity with which the State pays the interest upon them and the certainty of their redemp- tion at some fixed period, plan must be set on foot whereby these results will be assured. The longer this matter is deferred tine more intricate it becomes and if soma action is worth nothing; a debtor who ncglecs or re- fuses to compromise with kis creditors, or re- fuses to make arrangemGnts for the ultimate payment of what hsS5wes, can scarcely expect to have any cr/e.t.
 A Ihe essass.5s Completion of many great works of internal improvement, beneficial to the en- tire State, depends upon the early adjustment of the finances of the State; and as the sub jcct is one of paramount importance and or considerable magnitude in itself, the people are ex pecting some action on it at an carly daSSs-certainly before the adjournment of the general assembly Gazette.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
,sa Old R;cketts woe 2 non of la

psSs Old Ricketts was a man of labor and had little or no time to devote to spec ulations on the future. He was, withal, rather uncouth in the use of language = One day, while engaged in stopping hog holes about his place, he was approached by eolporteur, who presented him with a tract.
 Whats all this aboutyH demanded Mir Ricketts.
 "That sir, is book describing the cees- tial state"
 Celestial State P said Ricketts, ''in what section is that?'
 My worthy friend, fear you have not
 Well, never mind,' interrupted Rick etts, I don't want to hear about any better State than Pennsylvania. l intend to live and die right hene if can keep them darned hogs out.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09

Nor QUITE DEAD--Those who are so fond of asserting that the Democratic Par ty is dead will not find consolation in these facts: At the elections last fall the Dem ocrats boiled l,S00, ,000votes out of 4,0O0,- 900. A change of fifty votes in thou sand-of fifty thousand in milion-less than six per cent-would have given us a majority of the popular vote. In Pennsyl vania, New York and Indiana, casting sev- enty-two votes in the electoral college and l,G0o 900 votes by the people, we were de- feated less than A ,000 A change of less than one and a half per cent.--of less than fifteen in a thousand-wouldh have given us q majority. In eleven States of the Union excluding entirely the Southern States, a change of 1000 votes on the result of last allwill, in 1868, elect President aud ma 10rfty of pNnoreea
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
MeA The old Purifnn Mas nl

rtnl. The old Puritan was not simply con tent to believe himself right He sought to force others to recognize the fact. Nor was ! this sufficient He was not scrupulous about the means resoricd to, to compel co operation .swilh him. Hence intolerance and dictation rere of the very essence of his nature. h. decd, it is noble nature only, that is content --xi;h consciousness of being right, and that so respects the manhood of another as to be un- x;,,;nc to cyade it by forcing the adop'io" "' ;,s rr convictions. tis far more natural 10 sov ..I am right, and. so far as l cah' snh'' e"'' --,--;th mo n R,,t-tho Great nuier or the Universe leaves man the power oi choice, even of seeking the wrong That is A stretch of magnanniimity, of which certain typos of the New E1 'sli .an noao 22taeapaolr. .ar; Boutwell, Massachusetts, is shining cxaphp5s. He stoops to petty malgnity and narrow intolerance that belongs to the days of the Long Parliament, and his recent Leg islative career evinces proscriptive, bitter, Gnmanly bigoiry, deplorable even in private citizen, but disgraceful in ono who aspires to 6sf n leader ef the "grcat party of freedom ' His proposition to prevent cltlzens engaged Tn the Hate rebellion, from practicing in the United States courts, is but one of brood of similar measures. It is bad enough to have man of such spirit, as citizen, amidst . .ration of frcemen, but to have him in n posi- Aion to shape national legislation, is to make
 .records of the nation dishonor. In his
 speech in support of the bill he talked
 sns ssrespe spectability- and dignity of the nation being afrronted by the action of the Supreme Court, which if unwilling to protect itself from the contamination and presence oi traitors, should be protected by act of Con gress From this we infer that MT. Boutwell,
 is lineal descendant of the Pharisee who thanked God that he was not as other men are
 For the nation, it is fortunate that other men are not as bc is.-[ National Intelligencer.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
pzSv. tba fi~St bottl,. of AJonoccoc Co


 pSg- At the first battle of Manassas, Cap tain Jones of North Carolina, Afterwards Col. Jones of Gen. Bragg's staff saw a man running to the rear and stopped him with where are you going, you cowardly rascalY I am no coward replied the runaway Why don't you stay in your company and 1 fight then?' asked the Captain. Tho man answered, I am not bit scared but nev. CT could stand racket, and they're making the biggest row up there l ever heard
 DGg- The officers of the freedmau's bu- rcau in Texas report that the freedmen are making contracts for the next years labor with great rapidity Almost every steamer brings mportations from Georgia and other States east.
 nea. That is bad religion which makes us hate the religion ofother people. That is a bad sect of Christians which encoura- ges its members to think contemptuously of all other sects of Christians.
 rsA. A punctual man is rarely poor man, and never a man of doubtful credit. Aito eui1i aSSouutS dto iiCVuSbty set'iSu, and he never meets with difficulty in rais- ing money to meet larger demands. Small debts neglected ruin credit, and when a man has lost that he will find himself at i the bottom of hill he cannot ascend.
 Bay An old hotel keeper in Washing ton, once posted on his dining room door the following notice "Members of Con gress will go to tie table first and then the gentlemen Rowdies and black guards must not mix with the Congressmen, as it is hard to tell one from the other"
 Wouldn't that notice just suit the pres ent body ?-ED.
 ses~ A poor woman and her child set tied in Arkansas lately, and were reduced to great straits for their daily food See ing two chickens in the yard one day, the child proposed es5 turing them and having a pot-pie "N no" said the mother, ''that wouldr wicked and God would surely puuis fs' Then" said the youngster, looking up, 'let's move back to Boston, there ain't any God there"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-02-09
psy- Here is what the Memphis Aparanch,

pES- Here is what the Memphis Apdtdnehe of the l7th, has to say relative to our Legis- lature and the commission to Washington:
 1On more than oneeecasion we have express ed our appreciation of the Arkansas Lcgisla- ture We thought it disposed of the Consti tutional Amcndmen, in manner SO unpre- tending, and yet SC dignifed and pointed, as 10 challenge the admiration of all. It seems that the committee lately appointed by that body to visit Washington City, have achieved more during their brief stay, than any others who have gone there on a political pilgrimage from the South. They mingled with men of all shades of politca opinions, and returned home much more hopeful than when they left, three weeks ago. Their most important achievement, however was in eliciting dis --ii~<cr opaulon from 5ts 7srrnr, who does. not often express one upor5 5solitical questions They reporhim as saihg that he regarded thG aues'ionsf suffrage as one belonging sole me Sfahs, This is accomplishing a z, ueai. Thse are hundreds of thousands , r;,, s0Ou ana sensble men at the North who swear by anyAnd everything Gen. Grant
 0oes- They think that as he managed
 Np'wer Lee, xhaa~ he had five soldiers sry a<svIsss |. he bust not only be un- v 4uerable but infaibles and to such men
 len of such simpl unqucstioning faith
 Grants words Id opinions will have
 och weight. If he hinks the question oi 5ing belongs to the States alone, and noi tc Eongress, they will think so too; and they ~iil sonyert all they can sp their and Grants rsyyx thinking. This isone strong spoke in T tss wheel of State rights ;saui one can bu, c@gratulate our Arkansas friends that they wfe so fortunate as to elicit General Grants 1rnhion.