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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-23

a Democratic ratification meeting
was held in Washington, on Satur,
day night. Dispatches were re-
ceived from Governor English, of
Connecticut, and Ex-Governor Par
kcr, of New Jersey, endorsing tho
nominations. Speeches were made
by Senator Doolittle, Gen. Ewing.
Representative Trimble, of Ken
tucky; Mr.. Cavanaugh, delegate
from Montana; Hon. Thomas B.
Florence, and others.
A young man named J. A Heiner,
was brutally murdered near Waldo,
Florida, on the 18th. No clue to
the murderers. Another outrageous
affair took place on the 9th of July,
at Crystal River. Two negroes en-
tered the store Of Marcus Brendt and
murdered him, without saying word
to him. They were arrested and
lodged in Jail at Tampa.
There are 600 immense trees in the
Mariposa region of California, of
which the largest is 1O2 feet in cir
cumference. The average height of
these trees is about $50 feet, and
many OF them approaching (but only
three or four exceed) 100 feet in cir
cumference. Their age is calculated
to be about 1000 years.
q Last week there were 1,142 deaths
in New York city, an increase of 528,
compared with the previous week.
This large mortality is attributed to
the excessive heat of the weather.
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= DISCOVERY OF a CHEST OF MONEY.
A letter received by aAgentleman a of
Cairo, from Oxford, Miss, states that
q few days ago Sheriff w. s. Mckee,
or returning home from an adjoining
County, stopped to bathe in the Tai
lahatchie River. His feet touched
something smooth on the bottom
several times; curiosity at.length led
him to examine closely, when he
found small iron chest. Procuring
assistance, he took it to Oxford.
broke it open, and found So, 900 in
silver. 50, 300 in gold, 81 200 Mexican
dollars, and $4,000 in Confederate
money. There were no papers in the
chest to show its ownership.
Cincinnati Commercial
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The WAY IT WoRKs.-Every late
Southern 'srebel, who is not in love
with the views of our radical friends,
is pronounced by radical journalists
n traitor, and carefully disfranchised.
Some 1900 of the same "rebels,"
however, who consented to accept
radlcalism, Including three Ander-
sonville jailors,) have jnst been
purged of all political disabilities by
Congress, and they are denominated
as amongst the most loyal patriots
In the land" Party fannticism, as q
general thing, does not clarity the
Judgment any more than it sweetens
the temper.
Mem YorA: !Ss,mtgaY Tines.
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IHE NATIONAL CAMP MEETING
The camp meeting now in operation
at Mannheim, Penn, is the largest
ever held in this section. Upwards
OF 700 tents have been put up. It is
impossible to give the exact number
of persons already on the ground,
but it is estimated that it will reach
nearly 5000. The number will be
greatly increased before the closing
of the meeting. About $50 ministers
of the Methodist Church are present
to assist in the religious exercises.
Most of the Northern and several of
the Southern States are represented.
Lancaster Express.
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NOTHING IMpoSsIBLE.-The is
nothing SO marvellous but what it
may be reached by the wondrous
power of modern skill and science.
1t is absurd to say anything is i'm
possible Ill these extraordinary days.
What we call impossible one day
becomes q common fact the next,
and what we laugh at as the unnt-
tainable in 1867 is placed within our
grasp in 1868. We have long amused
ourselves over the idea Of an India
rubber stage or car to carry passen-
gers, and 10! an India rubber car
riage Ia vehicle composed of one
solid piece of rubber, first heated
into flexible mass like dough, then
moulded into shape,) is the latest
novelty manufactured at Bridgeport,
Conn, and sent to this city. The
changes of temperature have no ef-
feet upon it; beautiful polish and
coloring can be bestowed upon it;
wood is not so tough OF strong as it
is, and it can be manufactured ut
less cost than an ordinary carriage.
1t is about one-eighth of an inch
in thickness, and if made less hard
and moro flexible, we shall have at
once full realization of all our
ludicrous but popular notions about a
stage that can be stretched to accom-
modato any number of travellers, n
car that will hold 'iust one more, "
no matter how full, on all occasions.
Such car would be the very para
disc Of conductors.
Neao York Sunday Times.
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PartIsan sAbuss or CnnaIaate,.-

~ Tie personal abuse which party
organs are in the habit of heaping
upon the candidates to whom they
ARE opposed, has become one of the
greatest scandals in the mode of con-
ducting our elections for the Presi-
dency. 1t is fairly to be presumed
that any citizen nominated for the
highest national Office, by any CON
siderable portion Of the American
people. must be at least of sufficiently
good repute in the country to be en-
titled, when he enters the political
tournament, to be treated with COM
mon courtesy. Yet. we scarcely see
the PRESIDENTIAL canvass fairly opened
before imputations of Drunkenness
and insanity are banded about as
freely as if the contest were n prize
fight, and the journalists were roughs
and rowdies backing up their respect
i've champions. This is an old and,
we fear, chronic disease of our poll
tical controversies. There has
scarcely ever been President of the
United States, or G candidate for that
office. who failed to become the tar
get of the most disgraceful abuse and
defamation. Even Washington was
assailed with bitterness Which rem
dered public life burthen to him
that he was glad to lay down, and
would have cheerfully relinquished
before his term of office expired, but
for q sense Of duty to his country.
Jefferson, it is well-known, was not
only ibeled in the most indecent
manner by the press, but in New
England the Puritan pulpit opened
Its batteries upon him. Jackson
was denounced as n murderer and
adulterer, and Harrison as an old
granny and coward. It is striking
Illustration of the impolicy as well as
injustice of snch mode of conduct
ing Presidential canvass, that the
candidates who have been most
abused and vilified by the party
hacks and the political press have
been generally successful, and, as in
the cases of Jefferson, jackson and
Harrison, attained q popularity
which compelled their detractors to
blush for the impotent malice which
sought to injure them.
VIZ ShSu9 l'ollblCdl pTluclpleS
at issue between the two parties can
be discussed and the qualifications of
their respective candidates for high
office compared, without dragging
their personal character and habits
into the arena. What can be more
humiliating to any man, who has
true pride of country, than to sec its
select men for the hi ighest Offices held
up before the world as drunkards and
lunatics? The political intemperance
and madness which lead to such
mode of conducting popular elections
are omlnous of rs great calamities to
the country, rs any which it would
be likely to suffer, even if all the
personal accusations against the can
dldates were true. The farewell adj
dress of Washington warned us
against party spirit, rs the rock on
which all former republics had been
shipwrecked; and it is impossible to
witness its violence, especially in
Presidential elections, without feel
ing painfully impressed with the
necessity of the admonition.
baltimore .Sun.
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Sir David Brewster has published
O description of the manner in which
a stack OF hay was struck by light
ming in Forfarshire. The stack was
on fire, but was extinguished before
it was consumed. On examining the
stack, circular passage was observed
which extended to the bottom, and
terminated in n hole in the ground.
In the hole was found foreign sub
stance which proved to be slick, OBJ
viously formed by the fusion of the
slick contained in the outer coating
of the hay. 1t had n greenish tinge,
and contained burnt portions of hay.
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An Historical House in Knoxville.

A Knoxville (Tennessee) CORES
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,
says the house of Col. Armstrong,
near that city, is historical. During
part of the siege of Knoxville, it
was occupied by rebel sharp-shoot-
ers, and only escaped being battered
down, because Burnside had but few
cannon balls or shells. Neverthe-
less, one of the latter. q twenty
FOUNDER, crashed through the walls,
and several smaller ones marked it
in different places. The side next
Fort Sanders is dented and flecked
and shotted with hundreds of bullet
marks. Several masked balls NAV be
seen partially imbedded in the win
dow sills and frames. In the parlor
stands piano, exactly where it stood
during the fight Two balls came
through the windows and lodged in
the wood of the instrument, where
they are yet visible. The tones of
the piano are still as beautiful as
though the casing did not contain
those grim evidences of day when
no music was heard save that awful
kind which accompanies upon the
field of battle the messengers of
death. In the tower there is a more
frightful trace of the fray.
The tower is perhaps six feet
square, with three long and very
narrow windows. Among tho enc
mics sharp-shooters, when they held
the house, was a young South Caro-
linian, who, with several others,
occupied the tower. Peeping from
one of the windows, q bullet, which
must have come three.uuarters of a
mile, crashed into his brain and
passed entirely through his head.
The blood poured out in two san
culinary streams. as his comrades
dragged him below; and, from the
spot where he fell to the very bottom
of the stairs, the two streams. now
running parallel, now momentarily,
coinciding, and anon crossing each
other, are distinctly visible. The
round hole in the glass through
which the bullet penetrated is also
seen. With great taste, Col. Arm
strong has preserved, as far as pos
sible, the traces of the conflict about
his house. It is true, several vigo-
rous efforts have been made to wash
away the blood, but it had been too
thoroughly soaked into the wood
before Col. Armstrong; family re-
turned to the residence; and now it
will remain there as long as the man
sion endures, fearful reminder of
The consequences of war.
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ID. P. MCDONALD,
w. X. GREENFIELD,
VIM. SIMONS,
Committee.

O'AAAiiiGtSCs
Report received and adopted.
The Committee on Guard House
and Police reported tho monthly re-
port of the Chief of Police, for June.
as being correct Concurred in.
The Committee on Licenses sub.
mltted q report, recommending that
licenses and renewal of licenses to
retail spirituous liquors be granted
the following named persons:
Tavern License-Joseph Burdell.
Ellington & Haynes, VIM. McGuin.
mis-, S. Sheridan, G. Diercks. Lewis
Daniels, G. Hamburg, D. McGuin-
mis-, L. S. Nickerson, +. Zesterfleth.
~. Carri, W. j. Thomas, G. Minort,
Z. M. Pollock, John Crowley, James
Clendining, w. Ell. Stork.
Quart License-M. Comerford, O.
q. Bates, Fisher & Lowrance, T..
Stenhouse, p. Cantwell.
Report received and adopted.
The following resolutions were
offered and adopted:
BY Alderman Simons:
Resolceo, That the arbor over the
spring in Sidney Park be repaired.
BY Alderman Wilder:
Whereas, we believe it to be con-
trary to the spirit of Christianity,
and opposed to the light and reason
of this the nineteenth century. that
labor, not imperative, should be per
formed on the Sabbath day; there
fore, be it
Resoloed, That the Ordinance pro.
hibiting the opening of bar-rooms
and other places of business on the
Sabbath day, be strictly enforced.
Resolced, That an Ordinance, pro-
hibiting the opening of barber shops
on the Sabbath day, be passed by
this board.
BY Alderman Mckenzie:
Resoloed, That his Honor tho
Mayor be requested to confer with
the city attorney in relation to the
status of the city charter.
Resoloed, That the City Clerk be
instructed to publish the Ordinance
relative to dogs, for one week, after
Which time the Ordinance will be en-
forced.
a bill entitled an "Ordinance to
close barber shops on the Sabbath
day, received its first reading and
ordered to its second reading at next
regular meeting of Council.
on motion, Council adjourned.
>. s. MCMAHON, City Clerk.
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DEMOCRATIC VS.. REPUBLICAN No,1r-

DEMOCRATIC VS.. REPUBLICAN NoAr-
NATIONS. Some of the partizan jour
nails appear to think their readers
have no sense, and it is only neces-
sary to abuse the candidates of their
opponents. The New York CONNER
ciM (Republican) thinks differently,
and says: Governor Seymour is not
to be beaten by being called cop
perhead, or Frank Blair to be dis
tanced in the race because he is
called reyolutionist. Ridicule Sey-
mour rs some Republican journals
may, he is the most popular man in
the Democratic party"
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The Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald, after mention
ing two of the so-called Representa-
tives from this State, says: "The
Representative of the Third District,
Simeon Corley, was born in South
Carolina, 1928. He is q tailor by
profession, and claims to have been
always Unionist and an anti-slavery
man. Ho is unable to take the test
oath, which accounts for his not
being sworn in to-day"
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A letter has been received by q
member of the Legislature, from
Washington, which says that Colfax
told Whittemore, (scallawag,) that he
could not hold his position as men,
Der of Congress and State Senator,
and he must resign one of them. It
is thought here that he will resign
his seat i'll Congress, rs his term ex-
pires in March, and he will have
strong opposition.
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Deacon Andrews, of Kingston,
Mass. is charged with another MUIR
der, besides the one for which he is
now being tried. -
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. Proceedings Of Council. u
BY COUNCIL CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, July 2l. 1868

! Present Honor the Mavor.
Aldermen Alexander, Greenfield,
Mod Donald, Mckenzie, Remsen. SIT.
mons, Taylor, Wing and Wilder.
Messrs. Rawls and Smith. Alder.
men appointed by the General COM
manding Second Military District,
being present, the customary oath Of
othce was administered TO them by
the Mayor; whereupon, they took
their seats at the board.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and confirmed.
A petition, signed by w. @.
SchuItze and others, occupants of
the market stalls, was presented.
praying that Council would reduce
the present rent of the stalls, and
that certain changes and additions
be made to the ordinance regulating
the market. Referred to the Com.
mittee on Market.
Alderman Wearn rendered his
resignation as Alderman of Ward No.
4 of the city of Columbia; which, on
motion, was accepted.
An application for tavern license
from James Clendining was pre-
sented, and referred to the Commit
tee on Licenses.
Accounts of James Brown and
Fisher d Lowrance against the Water
Works department were presented.
and referred to the Committee on
Accounts.
The Clerk of the Market presented
his report for the month of ,June
Referred.
The Committee of WAYS and
Means presented the following re-
port:
The Committee of Ways and
Means, to whom the petitions of
Mrs. S. B. Gibbes and 4. G. Souier
were referred, asking indulgence in
the payment of their city taxes, beg
leave to report, that they have
examined the applications of the
petitioners, and recommend every
indulgence consistent with the vel
fare of the city, but must report ad-
versely upon the petitions herein
referred, fearing the precedent would
be bad one.
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FAMILY SOAP.

G(Y arrangement with Mr.. II. G. Shiver,
-lD we have obtained tho Agency of the
SUPERIOR WASHING SOAP sold by him
for some months past. A full supply is
now on hand and ,cM be furnished 10 his
Gnd oar customers at 25 cents per. bar.
rms is decidedly the best Soap in Columbia.
July 23 J.. &T r. AGNEW
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NOTICE.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE :

N.
COLUMBIA, July %, 1868.
ON and after the 3Oth instant, the fol-
" lowing Section of an Ordinance. rati-
fed 7th of January, 1868, will be rigidly
enforced:
''SEo. IL. And be ii .furt1e, ordained
That 81 shall be paid upon each and every
dog, by the person or persons on whose
premises tho Dog. is kept; and the police
thorized and required to kill each and
every Dog found running at large, and not
having CT the city badge for the current
year." .sisq
Z By order of the City Council.
s J.S. MCMAHON,
July 236 City Clerk.
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w. X. GREENFIELD.
d. 2. MCDONALD,


Report received and adopted.
The Committee on Accounts pre-
sented the following report:
The Committee on Accounts beg
leave to report, that they have exao
mined the following bills. find them
correct, and recommend their pay
ment: Street Department-Hopson
& Sutphen, S1O.65; J. @. Dial,
Sl2.55; G. A. Shields. 50. Water
Works-Hopson & Sutphen, So. 33;
G: A. Shields, S5.58; X yall &
McCaw, S70.50; r. Tozer, 1890.
Aims House-W. G. Bowers, s51;
p. u G. d. Hope, $133. so; DIR.
Geiger. S5; DIR. Templcton, SIS. Lu-
natic Asylum---S46S. SO. Guard
House Departmental. @. Dial, 50. 76.
They would, also, report that they
have examined the following account,
and recommend that it be not paid:
w. B. Johnston, magistrate, Sc. so.
Respectfully submitted,
ID. P. MCDONALD,
w. X. GREENFIELD,
VIM. SIMONS,
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Attention! r. V. R. Association.
A SPECIAL MEETING of tho Richland
"A Volunteer Relief Association viii DC
o'clock, ut the Council Chamber. A full
and prompt attendance is earnestly re-
quested, as business of great Importance
will be brought before tho meeting.
w. Il. WALTER,
July % Secretary II. V. r. a.
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Acacia Lodge No. 94, A.. F.. NJ.
a A REGULAR COMMUNICATION
NpAyof Acacia Lodge No. "a, A. f. NJ,
w will be held, ht Masonic Hall, THIS
Thursday EVENING, at s o'clock.
BY order Of the w. NJ.
j. LEE DIXON,
July 231 Secretary pro tenn.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

city still continues, aud with a rapid
ity threatening the most disastrous
results. The sand bar on the Illinois
shore, opposite the saw-mill, acting
as a breaker, throws the full force
of the current over to the Missouri
shore. where it strikes the bank with
great force, and sweeps along down
through the slough with the velocity Of
a torrent. The result Is that the chan
mel is shifting TO the Missouri shore.
Within two weeks a strip Of land
mile in length, by forty feet 10 width.
has been washed away by the resist
less current The icelhouse of g.
Schroeder, which, two weeks ago, was
thirty or forty feet from the bank,
this morning, when We visited the
spot, had Que. corner un dermined, and
the cak es Of ice are, doubtless, ere
this, quietly falling into the stream
and floating away A great part
Of the ice-house would have been
undermined ere this had it not been
for huge barge which was secured
to the shore, and which broke the
force oFthe current. 1t is designed
TO ship the ice at once IN order to
save it. If any one is skeptical as to
whether the channel is leaving this
city, let him visit the Missouri shore.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

+ a HARD FATE-Yesterday, a man
who had served his country faithful
" and we'll, called on a former com
rade IN arms for peeuniary aid, he
having contracted a disease. while de-
tending the homes andoproperty of
those who are now living in luxury
and ease, which now preyehts him
from labnring, for living w lille
asking TOR assistance, this man .5WhO
had stood braveIy on many a battle
field aud never faltered, she'd tears
copiously. He could stand all the
hardships incident to a soldiers life,
and never mUrmUr or complain. and
suffer the loss of health and the
wrecking Of his constitution, but. af-
ter all that hard service for his coun,
try, to be forced to beg OF starve,
was hard fate. indeed. .Alasl there
are many such cases as his. ~.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

New CHURoH.-Theim members and
friends Of the General Baptist Church
in Independence, have determined to
erect a building suitable for the con
gregation to worship in, and will push
the work forward with great rapidity.
A few days ago subscription papers
were circulated, aud nearly the
amount necessary to complete the
building secured. The ground for the
building win be.seleeted to day. That
part Of the city is going forward with
rapidity. h4 ra
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

LOTS OF PROMISES. A gentleman
who is we'll posted, says that at least
one hundred men have been promised
the position Of Deputy Marshal Of
the city. One man, who does not re-
side in the corporate limits of the
city. it IS said, vas promised that
place. and with that understanding
worked hard for the Democratic
ticket on the day of election. The
work Of recoueilihg those who have
been promised places, proves diff
cult indeed The incoming city Off
Gals are having a rich time of it, sure
115EL y -------------s z -----4 Pr Us
DIsTfLLERY SEIzED.-Mr. P. C.
Ebberwine and Mr.. William Warren,
Jr., about noon yesterday seized a
small distillery in JacobsvilIe, stu
ated on Marshal Street. between
Eleventh and Twelfth. owned by a
man named August Attinger, who
has been, it is alleged, doing an illicir
business for several months past. Tt
was a small establishment, but done a
good deal of business for all that,
and of course made money. The dis
tillery apparatus viii be taken down
and hauled away in a few days, we
are told. The owner of the distillery
was not at home at the time Of the
seizure. He will, no doubt, feel quite
indignant that the myrmidons Of the
law have closed his concern, ssf
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

HAD HIS POCKETS PIcKED.-A fell
low who had invested in couple of
boxes Of shoe backing at the corner
ofMain and Third Streets, yesterday,
which=he placedin his coat pocket,
had the backing picked out by some
individual in the crowd. That is
abautsthe smallest thieving we have
heard Of yet. ThezmanIswho saw the
theft Committed. thought itwas done
asa joke, and that the-parties were
aeqhaintanees and friends, but the
blaeking was not returned.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

TELEGRAPHIc ELECTIoN.-At the
annual meeting, yesterday, Of the
Board Of Directors of E. & w. Tele-
graph Company, John Ingle, jr., was
reelected President; D. G. Robinson,
Superintendent; Thos. E. Garvin,
Secretary, and Sam'l BayaFd, Treas
urerssi q 10 9 ss - -
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

ia We are glad to announce that
Mrs. Ann Webb has refurnished and
rehtted her old homestead on Cherry
Street, between Third and Fourth,
for the purpose OF entertaining board
ers. She will be gratifed to welcome
her old guests and as many new ones
as may favor her with their patronage,
apr4,t If - e.-L- ..I
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

MARRIAGE LICENsEs.-The follow
ing is a list of marriage licenses is
sued during the week ending the 10th
inst:
James Barnes to Amy Jane Wilson. {
- Herman Jacobito Mary Breng.
- Charles J. Montt to Lizzie Moffitt. ..
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-11

PERsoNAL.-Hon. T. c.. Jaquess,-
of Poseyville. was in the city, yester-
day. n = II y - - AZ -
Captain G. II. Allen, of the Terre
Haute Express, was in the city, yes
terday He returns to that city this
morning. hsiD'fH