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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01
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I LaSoGal .I.Ge73nss.
We have been requested to state
that the ordinance requiring barber
shops TO close on the Sabbath, at 10
o'clock. viii be in force tomorrow.
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Delicious. Mr.. Clayton present
ed US with a large and extra fine
watermelon, yesterday. 1t was not
quite up to the freezing point, but
very near it. Send around, about
dinner-time, to the Central Hotel ice
house. and procure one., a.,t
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An experienced California miner
publishes communication in the
Pickens Courier, stating that he has
made discoveries of very rich ore in
and around Walhalla. South Caro-
lima may yet prove California.
Who knows! 4r-ss-lg slt,t.ct
AGNEw's STABLES. Since his pur-
chase Of the old Hitchcock Stables,
Mr.. Agnew has been over-hauling
and renewing the stock OF vehicles,
and making additions to the number
of animals-some of them coming
within the 2:40 line. He can now
furnish, at short notice, and at a rea-
sonnble cost, anything in the vehicle
line, from light buggy to an open
bret.
HE Dill PRIsoNERs.-The per-
sons who have been arrested and for
some time been confined, by military
order, in the Jail. under the plea of
being concerned in the death OF the
late S. G. W. Dill, have sued out
habeas corpus, alleging that they are
unjustly accused without evidence,
and are therefore illegally held in
custody. The case will be heard
to-day, before Judge Glover, at
Orangeburg. At last they will have
fair and impartial hearing.
rs FREE.-An unfortunate colored
woman, who was made free by the
results OF the war, connected herself
with one of the numerous societies
in Columbia for mutual assistance
and protection, organized by idling
and designing whites and blacks.
She paid her dues regularly. A short
time ago, her young daughter fell
sick, and being destitute, she re-
quested assistance from her society;
it was not rendered. For want of
proper nourishment and care, the
child died. On her death bed, she
told her mother it was better that
she should be out of the way, rs it
would be one mouth less to feed. AS
soon as the little sufferer was cold in
death, the mother renewed her appli-
cation for assistance in burying it.
After considerable delay, coffin was
furnished; but the next day, the
mother was waited upon by colored
committee of the aforesaid mutual
aid society, and informed that she
must pay for the coffin, or the body
arould be disinterred. The exaspe-
rated mother told them to take her
up; she had no money. The poor
woman declares that it is almost i'm
possible to get along, that she has
had terrible times since <'smissis"
died. She says she is free, but that
don't give her bread. The names of
all the parties connected with this
affair can be given, if required.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The post
office open during the week from 81
q. m. to p. m. On Sundays, from
4 to 5 p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01

New ADVERTISEMENTS Special at
tention is called to the following ad-
vertisements, published for the firs+s
time this morning:
ID. G. Peixotto & Son-Auction.
Meeting Typographical Union.
Epping-In the District Court, &c.
Apply at this Office Wanted.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01

We have been requested to state
that the ordinance requiring barber
shops TO clcse on the Sabbath, at 10
O'clock, will be in force tomorrow.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01

DELICIOUS. Mr.. Clayton present
ed US with large and extra fine
watermelon, yesterday. 1t was not
quite up to the freezing point, but
very near it. Send around, about
dinner-time, to the Central Hotel ice
house, and procure one. .t.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-01

An experienced California miner
publishes communication in the
Pickens Courier, stating that he has
made discoveries of very rich ore in
and around Walhalla. South Caro-
lima may yet prove q California.
Who knows! 4rss-,F 5.lt,tr
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
A Plain Answer.

Among the people who came to market
recently, says a Philadelphia paper, was
a citizen of West Jersey. He brought a
stock of eggs and butter. In big coop
in the rearmost part of his wagon he had
a splendid peacock, whose tail spread out
beautiful even to gorgeousness, like a
trail of lady's dress An Irishman
passing By observed the splendid plum
age of the bird, and asked its price.
Thee can have it for fifteen dollars, +"
was the reply of the owner, whose garb
indicated him as a member of the Society
of Friends
That's a good price," was the inter-
rogative remark of the Celt as he smooth
ed the ample tail of the feathered biped.
There are plenty of people who will
give that for him." was the placid and
very true rejoinder.
The Celt surveyed the bird, admired
his proportions, but still endeavored to
cheaper him. &C Mister" said he, at last,
to the grave gentleman who held the bird
for sale, +" Mister, people say these birds
have a very bad voice"
81 have nothing to say about their
voices" was the quiet reply. If thee
wants the fowl thee can take it; if thee
dosen't, its voice dosen't make any mat
ter to thee"
But" says the Celt, don't thin birds
holler like the devil"
Friend" was the placid reply,
" thee probably in that respect has an
advantage over me. Thee evidently has
acquaintanccs that have not If thee
thinks that the scream of this bird is like
that of thy friend, whom thee has named
1, in my ignorance, will not presume to
contradict thee"
The next minute the Celt was at an
opposite stall in the market buying a ten
cent bunch of carrots. He bought nc
peacock on that day.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Certain Cure for Founder.

As soon as you discover that the horse
is foundered, take him to the nearest
branch or stream of water and tie him
in it, standing in the water nearly up to
his belly = his head being so high that
he cannot drink. Ifthe weather is warm,
let him stand in the stream several hours :;
then take him out, rub his legs thorough
ly to promote circulation, and again tie
him in the water, if he is still lame. By
repeating this process two or three times,
the horse will be efectuaily cured If
the weather is cold when the horse is
foundered, that is, if it is in winter, the
horse must not be allowed to stand in the,
water more than about twenty minutes at
a time, he should be taken out and his
legs rubbed diligently till they become
dry and warm and the circulation of the
blood made active, and this process must
be repeated till the horse is cured, which
will be generally within twenty four
hours. This remedy will cost nothing,
can do no possible harm, and will, in ev-
cry instance, cure, if the disease has not
been of too long standing Don't be
afraid to try it. : Rural World
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Not Generally Known.

Martin Van Buren, is the only man who
held his Offices of President, Vice Presi-
dent, Minister to England, Governor of
his own State, and member of both houses
of Congress. Thomas H. Benton is the
only man who held a seat in the United
States Senate for thirty consecutive years.
The only instance of father and son in the
United States Senate at the same time, is
that of Hen. Henry Dodge, Senator from
Wisconsin, and his son, Augustus G.
Dodge, Senator from Iowa. General James
Shields is the only man who ever repre-
sented two States in the United States
Senate. At one time he was Senator
from Illinois, and subsequently from Min
nesota. John Quincy Adams held posi-
tions under the Government during every
Administration from that of Washington to
that of Polk, during which he died. He
had been Minister to England, member
of both houses of Congress, Secretary OF
State and President of the United States
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Nav.

The fowcry month";" as it is famil
iarly called, or the fifth month in tn,
calandar, is derived from the Latin wore
Mdais, so named in honor of the GOODIES.
Haria, daughter of Atlas and mother O
Mercury by Jupiter
"The flowery May, who from her green LAP
throws,
The yellow cowslip and the pale pimrose.
Hail beauteous May, that doth inspire
Mirth and youth, and warm desire;
Woods and groves are of thy dressing.
Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing,
Thus we salute thee with an early song.
And welcome thee, and wish thee long"
Thus sang the blind old bard" (" of
English verse, and right fruitful theme
has this queen month of the calandar
been to the many worshippers of the
muse from the days of old Chaucer down
to our own.
May is the most instructive and reli-
glous, as well as the most delightful of
all festival times. 1t seems to be the
bridal season of heaven and earth, and
the whole month their honeymoon.
With many other pastoral customs of
the olden time, that of the rural celebra-
tion of May day is well-nigh passed into
oblivion. Bourne tells US that in his
time, in the villages in the north of Eng
land, the Juveniles of both sexes were
wont to rise before dawn and assemble
in some neighboring wood, accompanied
with music, and there they gathered
branches from the trees, and wove gar
lands and boquets of flowers, with which
they returned home to deck their homes.
The rustic festival of the May-pole,
and the ceremony Of crowning the belle
of the village as May-qucen, formed one
of the most picturesque Of the good old
past times of our English ancestors, and
is also as ancient as any of which We have
any record, it being, doubtless, identical
with the festival of the Romans in honor
of Flora, which they styled Fzoralia, and
which occurred on the fourth of the ka-
lends of May. Sometimes the May-pole
was brought to the village green in great
pomp, being drawn by twenty yoke of
oxen, each being garland with flowers,
with which, as well as with branches,
flags and streamers, the pole itself was
dbu OCShCu- w ucu
it was reared, arbors and bowers were
formed beneath it, and the ground was
strewed with flowers; and then," says a
writer in Elizabeth's days, h" they fall to
banquet, and feast, to leap and dance
about it, as the heather people did at the
dedication of their idolles whereof this is
a perfect pattern, or rather the thing it.
self"
The constellation Gemini, or the twins
= the last of the spring signs - was, by
the ancients, made to preside over the
destinies of this month. The festival of
this month includes, among others, Whit
Sunday and Trinity Sunday the former,
probably, derived from the custom in the
Romish church of converts, newly bap-
tised, appearing from Easter to Whitsun-
tide dressed in white. = State Guard.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Live for Good.

Thousands of men breathe, move, and
live-pass off the stage of life-and are
heard Of no more.
Why? They did not particle of good
in the world and none were blessed by
them, none could point to them as the in
struments of their redemption not a
word they spoke could be recalled, and
SO they perished their light went out in
darkness, and they were not remembered
more than the insects of yesterday Will
you thus live and die, o man immortrl ?.
Live for Something. Do good, and leave
behind you monument of virtue that
the storm of time can never Destroy
Write your name in kindness, love and
mercy, on the hearts of thousands yon
come in contact with year by year, and,
you will never be forgotten. No; your
name, your deeds, will be as legible on
the hearts you leave behind, as the stars
on the brow of the evening. Good deeds
will shine as brightly on the earth as the
stars of heaven.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
A Great Foot Traveller = He Proposes
to Cireumnavigate the Globe.
[From the Omaha Herald, god ult.1

|
At about the time Weston started or
his travels, the walking mania, which
seized upon SO many, was supposed to In
clude Seth Wilber Payne, whose arrival
in Omaha We now chronicle. The an,
nouncement of starting from New York to
walk from that city to San Francisco was
published at the time. He left New Y York
on the 11th of November and reached
st. Joseph about the middle of February.
His route lay via Reading, Harrisburg,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, indianapolis,
Springfield, St. Louis, Jefferson City,
Kansas, &c. He is travelling over the
world on foot in pursuit of knowledge, is
comparatively Il young man, not over
twenty-five years, of medium statute,
dark hair, square, firm looking face, the
lower jaw angles, the compressed lip, and
the whole expression indicating resolute-
ness of purpose and determination of
character qualities that must be largely
drawn upon in prosecuting the under
taking he is now executing. lie has
tested his mettle, however, having walked
+" All over Britain on Foot" which is
the chief title of book written by him
soon to be published. 1t originated in
" A Thousand Miles Walk in the Old
World, in 1867" in accomplishing which
he " set out from Glasgow on foot and
walked to Edinburgh via Sterling; thence
through the south of Scotland by the
way of Abbetsford and Dumfries to Ayr;
then crossed into Ireland, and walked
from Belfast to Dublin (was twice ar
rested as Fenian); recrossing the cham
mel into Wales, he walked from Holyhead
through North Wales to Liverpool in
England, and from Liverpool to London
by the way of Manchester, Nottingham,
Litchfield, Stratford ON Avon, Oxford,
and Windsor"
He is preparing to resume his journey
ing tomorrow to and over the great
plains and mountains, the first real OBJ
jective point being the Pacific ocean.
He proposes to himself to circumnavi-
gate the globe To as great an extent
on foot, of course, as possible, but as he
can neither walk nor swim the great
pond that separates this continent from
the Celestial Empire, he will cross that
in the usual way, landing probably at
Hong Kong, whence, following the chief
rivers of interior China, he expects to
push his way into the wild regions north
of Afghanistin and Hindostan, thence
into the :. cradle world of the orient,
Egypt, North Africa, Arabia, &c., &c
His purpose is to explore all those un-
known regions which extend over so
much of the area of the oriental coun-
tries.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Keeping Butter.

At recent meeting of the Dairymen's s
Association in Illionis, President King
remarked that he had been dealer in
butter for thirty years, and considered
that May, June and July produce the
best, if properly made and put down
Butter containing whey, or lime, or milk
will not keep. 1t should be made dry,
come hard, and be properly cured. Most
people salt too high. 1t should be salted
to the palate and it will keep. All in
excess of this is injurious. The milk,
cream and the surroundings of the butter
room, should all be pure, as food odors
are certain to impart disagreeable flavor
Mr.. X. stated that he knew man to
plant honeysuckles and roses around the
place where his butter was made, for the
purpose of giving it an agreeable flavor
This was a pleasant conceit, whatever
the influence on the dairy-room may have
been.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14

A writer who says his cow gives all the
milk that is wanted in family of eight
persons, and from which was made 200
pounds of butter in the year, gives the
following as his treatment. He says
" If you desire to get large yield of rich
milk, give your COW three times day
water slightly warm, slightly salted, in
which bran has been stirred at the rate of
one quart to two gallons of water You
will find, if you have not found this by
daily practice, that your cow will gain rs
per cent Immediately under the effect Of
it, and she will become so attached to
the diet as to refuse to drink clear water
unless very thirsty, but this mess she will
drink almost any time, and ask for more
The amount of this drink is an ordinary
water pail full each time, morning, noon
and night. Your animal will then do heI
best at discounting the lacteal. -Four
hundred pounds of butter are often OBJ
tained from good stock, and instances ars
mentioned where the yield was even at
higher figure"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
A New GunnoWdar.

The new gunpowder, called "Schultze,
powder" lately invented by German ar
tillery officer of that name, is being at
present tested by the French war depart,
ment, and those of several other European
nations. 1t is entirely white, and pro-
jects shot with equal force by use of
but half the quantity of the present pow
der. 1t has the farther advantage of
neither leaving residue of burnt powder
in the gun, nor even soiling it. 1t makes
but little smoke, and rebounds very slight
ly. 1t also heats the gun less than COM
mon powder. If burnt on white paper, !,
it leaves no noticeable trace.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
A Relic of Southern Barbarism.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Chronicle, writing from Chillocothe
says:
! Coming out over the Marietta and Gin
cinnati road, on the evening of the 22d
with Conductor Rardin, l had the good
luck to fall in company with Messrs j
n. Wright and S. NJ. McMahill, of Green.
field, Ohio. We had been talking but O
few minutes when the conversation turn
ed upon the condition of affairs in the
South. The operations of the Kuklux
Klan, the prevailing rebel preference OF
Andy johnson and Brick Pomeroy for
President and Vice President, &C., &C.,
were freely and radically discussed.
These topics naturally elected sundry
parenthetical comments upon Southern
character, and in the course of these Mr..
McMahill happened to remember that he
had in his pocket relic of the barbarism
exhibited by the f. f. VS. towards John
Brown and his confederates; and, pro-
ducing his pocket book, took from that
re ceptacle small piece of well finished
leather of remarkable fineness. of texture.
I" That" said he, is piece of the tanned
skin OF Oliver Z. Brown, son of the ia
nous John Brown" Can it be possi-
be asked an excited bystander. A
full explanation was, of course, Immediately
demanded, which l here present, as sub
stantially given by Mr.. McMahill, whose
reputation for truth and veracity stand
unimpeached by any who know him:
During the action in which John Brown
and his little abolition band were cap
tured by the Virginians, Oliver p Brown
was shot dead on the railroad track, near
the United States Arsenal, at Harper's
Ferry. So soon as killed he was taken
up, put into box, and shipped to the
medical institute at Winchester, Va, to
be used in the promotion of the profes-
-sional training of Southern Esculapians.
Upon the reception of the body the stu
dents of that school took off the hide
somewhat after the manner Of skinning a
beef, tanned it, and had it manufactured
into moccasins, which, into the most
truly chivalric style, they delighted to
use as ornaments to their /" blooded /"
pedal extremities on all public occasions.
The piece shown by Mr. McMahil was
scrap left from the cutting of these
q" Yankee-skin " slippers, and was pro-
Cured in 1860, at the Winchester Medi-
cal Institute, by Mr.. McMahil, while he
was visiting some. relatives in the vicini-
ty of that place. 1t was voluntarily pre-
sented to him by one of the students;
who, after a triumphant parade of the
slippers, and bloviating description of
the processes by which they were pro-
duced, heroically exclaimed, That's the
way we se've you id Yankees when ye
come 'mongst us an don't walk afteh ouh
style
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Marriage.


A recent sermon by Henry Ward
Beecher has the following in regard to
marriage:
You that are starting, avoid the errors
of those who have gone too fast and too
far.
You that are old bear witness for your
selves and seek to repair as far as you
can the errors of your own lives, by
warning and directing the young.
Young men take hold Of each others
hands.
Maidens, look to the God of your ia
thers
If there be any one in this world who
cannot afford not to be Christian, it is a
woman. If there be any one whose
beauty fades as flower, and whose grace
needs the sustenance Of the inefable; if
there be any one more than another upon
whom blisht falls more rudely; if there be
any one more than another who is more
burdened with grief or more wrung with
sorrow, it is a woman that is not Chris
tian The ladder between your souls and
God is not half so long as that between
our souls and God. God made woman to
be better than man; and the perversion
is in proportion when she is worse.
beseech of every young man and OF
every young maiden, that is beginning
life to begin it Alright Now is the time.
Days are passing. Years are accumulat-
ing 1t will be too late by and by. Be-
gin now.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
NO. Z.
Rattlesnake Poison = Its Antidote.

MEssRs. EDITORS: = On page 1913,
current volume, of your journal, l no.
tlce statement that DIR. S. W. Mitchell,
OF this city, has been experimenting on
the venom of rattlesnakes, and thinks
there is no antidote to the poison, the
remedies usually applied being nearly or
quite useless.
| was somewhat disappointed at this
announcement, as | had hoped and be-
lieved that We had found perfect anti
dote to all poisons of reptiles and insects,
in iodine and iodide of potassium. Sew
eral years since, DR.. j. S., now of this
city, informed me that he has practiced
medicine for eighteen years near the
Blue Ridge, in this State; that during
that time he had had a number of cases
of rattlesnake bite, and never failed to
cure with iodine or iodide of potassium,
externally applied.
lnclosed l send you an article, cut
from paper published some two years
since. | am axious to learn if DR..
Mitchell has tried this remedy and found
it of no use:-
After many experiments by the Off
GERS Of the Smithsonian Institute and
other scientific gentlemen, a certain curs
is said to have been found for snake bite.
1t is as follows: Ten grains iodide of
potassium, and thirty grains Of iodine, to
be dissolved in one ounce Of water, keeps
in bottle with a ground glass stopper,
and to be applied externally = ncver IN
terRaly. Ifpossible, stop the circulation
in the parts bitten by bandaging, and use
stick or any thing to tighten the band
age, and apply the solution to the bite.
with piece of cotton, sponge, or any
thing that will hold the fluid, and then bind
it to the wound and keep wet until the
cure is effected. 1t is said that five drops
of undiluted poison from the tanks of
rattlesnake mixed with five drops of the
above solution, and inserted in wound
with syringe, was as harmless as ten
drops of water" = D. S. IN Scientific
american.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-05-14
Strange if True = A Chicken Alive
Without a Head.

The Dayton Journal tells the follow
ing story:
Mr.. Whit. Herr, of this city, has shown
US letter from a relative in San Fran
cisco, giving an account of a rooster that
had his head chopped off on the 2Sth of
February, and was alive at the date of
the letter = March % = and walking
around as large as life The history Of
this most wonderful affair is briefly this !:
On the 2Sth of February the cook of a
restaurant in San Francisco decapitated
three roosters, and on going out in the
yard again few moments afterward, he
could find but two chickens. On looking
around more closely he discovered the
missing rooster walking around without
his head. The proprietors of the restau-
rant were acquainted with the wonderful
circumstance, and they Immediately had
the rooster carefully taken care of and
fed him on boiled milk by means of a
small tube inserted in the throat. Strange
as it may seem, the rooster was thriving,
and the severed neck had nearly healed
over. The chicken was placed on exhi-
bition in popular garden in San Fran
cisco, and thousands of people were ad-
admitted daily to see it. The correspond
ent from whose letter we derive these
items saw and critically examined this
headless rooster, and certifies to the truth
of the revelation. We have heard no
theory advanced to account for this pass
ing strange case.