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The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03
: In a recent .pecch. in Ba!timo

In q recent speech, in Baltimore.
Hon. Mr.. Brooks closed his remarks with
the following. in reference to the state Of the
Union:
"lt is not restored. it is more broken
thar when blue coats and gray coats net in
frantrciisl fray. In the Cleveland speech
of President Johnson, speaking OF certain
oflite holders, he said " he would kick them
out" Here is another high crime. Had
he kicked" Stanton out at an earlier
period. no such state Of things as we now
have, would have occurred. The impeach.
ment is absurd from beginning to eni--itis
a bubble, and will end in fzzlc. 1t will
not succeed Though the party tendencies
Of the Senate are strong, yet 1t will not
dare to 20 on record to posterity with thu
rcgcdes of England and the murdercrs Of
Marie Antoine,te. IT they do impeach the
President, they will create sympathy Tor
Andrew johnson. such as he has not now,
nor any Presiden, before him has had from
the people throughout the land. not only
for the wrongs inflicted on him, but Tor tho
wrong done to the country" '.i ".l' ' y
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03
Judge Blacks Speech.

The following are two paragraphs from
the argument of Judge Black in the L. 5.
Supreme Court, in the McCardle case,
which involves the constitutionaiity OF
the Reconstruction acts OF Congress-,
which shows the condition of the two
sections of the Union so truthfully under
the bayonet rule, Referring to the com
plete military despotism existing in the
Southern States, and contrasting it with
the condition of affairs in the North,
Judge Black said:
Here VIC have Government deriving
its powers from the Constitution OF the
United States down there they have en-
other and different Government, which
has no foundation except this act of Con
gress Now, compare the two together
and see what the practical results ofthem
are. | say that between those two gov
ernments there is not the faiutest resem-
blance The Persian Monarchy and the
Democracy Of Athens would be consider
ed at that time as antagonizing one ar
other tolerable well, but there is greater
resemblance between those governments
than there is here between the Northern
Government, and those down South
Here we manage our own affairs accord
ing to laws or our own making, and by
means OF agents which we choose our
selves there, even the local police are
regulated and controlled, not only by
men who are sent TO them by people who
live a thousand miles of, and who are not
only strangers to them, but avowed enc
mics Here, we have elections conducted
in accordance with our State laws tor the
purpose of electing our local officers and
our Representatives to Congress; there
they have a caricature of that institution,
but conducted totally in a different way.
In the Northern States, one rule is, that
no organized military force should dare
to come even in sight of the polls, lest
they overawe the electors by their rude
presence. Down there, the whole thing
is in the hands Of the army; military of
iicers drive up men to the polls, aud drive
them away nobody votes except by their
permission; they sUperintend the stufinG
of the ballot-box, and If the resul. does
not suit their purposes, why they just SET
it aside. Here we have a free press-too
free, perhaps-which claims as large
charter as the wind to blow on whol, It
pleases there, if the editor Of 9 ncws,;a-
per does what this relator did-Gttcmpts
to express his Opinion-he does ii lt tie
peril of being dragged bcforcAa military
commission.
"ln the Northern States the meanest
man in the country cannot be made TO
suffer the mildest punishment. for the
most trlling offence unless he has first
had fair, open trial, according to the
mode Of the common law; down there in
all that country, from the Potomac to the
Gulf, the best man or the purcst woman
in it may be fined, imprisoned, or hung
without judge or jury Our system is the
American system, with all the modern
improvements theirs is the cd Asiatc
system, without one particle Of improve
ment from the days Q" Nimrod. 1t is
just such system now as it was then"
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03

Brigham Young con uts his con-
nubial affairs on the principle OF "laiee
business and snaV = 'orhet,' ei ag
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03


Ina Nut SHELL Hon II. ID. Hubbard,
oil Connecticut, made few remark, on the
impeachment question, in the House Of
Congress, day or two sincc--in which he
summed mp q, ,follows: r.ts
e. submit, therefore, Mr.. Chairman, the
misdemeanor charged in these articles has
not endangered, in any degree whatever.
the public interest. That brings me TO tho
question whether or not the acts charged in.
volvs moral turpitnde in the accused. Now
what has the President done? | pray the
House to pu, its eye upon the single sct
qere charged. challenge it, scrutinise it.
conjure it. assail it with every hostile crit.
icism ingenuity can suggest. has it color.
or even shadow or shade of moral wrong
doing? Not a particle. not . semblsnce.
He has simply endeavored to dissociats
from his political household functionsry
no; an arpoirtee Of his own--lsit over by
Abraham Lincoln as an incsmbrance
who had been for long months the secret
spy in his Cabinet OF confidential advisers.
aud who turn ont al last to be. and now is.
his bitter. violent. malignant enemy, polit-
ical and personal" &"
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03

"IDEss YoU FoRDor ME "A certain
minister had promised ltuc boy Of his
that he should accompany him to church
osihe following Sabbath The little fell
low not quite four years old, was still old
enough to remomber the promise. Bnt
when church time came it happened that he
was Test asleep, and his parents went away
leaving him in bod Sometime after he
awokc, and calling to mind the promise
given him he hurried down stairs only to
GLd his father and mother gone. Deter
mined not 10 be frustrated in this matter, he
made his way into the street, and crossing
10 where The church stood, he entered the
open door, The minister at that moment
was commencing his sermon. Fixing his
ewes upon his father. the little fellow tod.
llel up III, aisle in his night clothes, until
directly opposite the pulpit. when he halt
ed, looked up at him and called out: 81
dess you fordot me ~
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03

Mrs. Soaaior Sprague, daughter of
Chic Justi,c Chase, had brilliant recef'
ton on the evening of the 22l of February.
and She astonshel her visitors by earnest-
y advocating the course Of the President.
and opposing Congress She said nnre-
>erveliy that she thought President john
son was right in his entire controversy with
CONGRESS. and that she intended hereafter
10 act with the Democratic party 10 sus-
tanning him. She alluded 10 tho fact tnst
her hus and aud father had zea'ousiy sup.
ported the Republican party, but she Said
he time had now come TO act 10 save w"
G Constitution. and she should use all her IN
llucnce for the Democrats.
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INSURANCE.
Fire, Marine, Inland Marine,
Life and accident Policies,
ISSUED BY
L. G. SOUTHMAYD, Agent

ard ). Roberts, Complainant.
VS.. Bill for Divorce
Robert Il. Grimes. Defendant.
ON this DIST day of March, 1868, come the
said complainant and files her bill of com
plaint against the said defendant. together
with her affidavit stating that the said defend
ant IS non resident Of this state. 1t is there
fore ordered that the said defendant he not-
fled of the pendcncy of this suit by publica-
tion of this order and the following notice in
some newspaper printed in this State, for two
weeks successfully, 50 that the last insertion
be made at least four weeks before the first
day Of the next term CT this court.
To Robert b. Grimes: You are hereby no.
tiied in pursuance OF the foregoing order and
the statute in such case made and provided
that Sarah \. Grimes has this day filed her
bill OF complaint against you, alleging tha,'
you willfully deserted and abscntcd yourself
from her without reasonable cause; and pray
ing that the marriage contract heretofore
Solemnized between You and herself he dis
solved and set aside, and a divorce from the
bonds of mstrimony be decrced according to
the fprm Of the statute in such ease made and
provided and That Won ara required 10 appear
before the Judge OF said Circuit Court OF
Crawford in lhancegl. on or before the lhrrl
day of the next term thereof which /, ~ be
holden on the trst Monday ol Nay, a,d. } SGS.
and plead answer or 0pnur to the said bill oi
complaint, and in default thereof the same
will be taken ~ confessed and decree pro-
nounced accordingly.
ED. a. SCOTT. Clerk.
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blade to yearly advertisers.
Marriage notices $500. Obituary notices,
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Cards or communications of personal
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"A Jenkins sayR "Gen Grnnt si

"A jenkins says "Gcn Grant sits
elegantly on the Lack Of horse So he
rides pretty well on the rump Of an ass
But the beast is in fair way to give him
an awful iolling When he has done rid
ing on this iump, il there is n whole bone
in his body, he will bc lucky.
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03

"A colored Western preacher told
his hearers that preaching to such niggers
is Ike pouring water on goosc's tnck-it
all runs righ, Of"
The Van Buren press., 1868-04-03
MOAB
Ee7. Henry Ward Beecher and Gen. Lsso

a: meeting in New York. Monday eve
nirg. to encourage the donation Of fund. 10
Washington College in Virginia. Of which
Gen. Lee. late Commander in Chief Of the
Confederate or rebel army, is the President,
the Rev. Henry Nerd Ie.cher. who took
the leading part ia the meeting. said:
"No man had regretted more than he
the speaker, the decision which General
lee had come TO. on the breaking ont Of
the war, to take part with his own pc ,ple.
But he could not be surprised at it, Though
he the speaker from tho depths Of bis
heart thought the Southern cause a bad
cause. ha did not know. but what, il he had
teen born and bred in the South i he had
been trained IN the schools of politics and
mixed in its social circles he would have
done the Same thing. lie did not feel like
casting the first stone. And after the s,rug.
gle was over. where could you find a man
whom you could heartily respect. love and
venerate. History had no parallel to his
character and conduct Instead of retiring
in gloomy discomfort from his native land,
or remaining to fomcnt ill-feeling. he &C.
cepted the result of the appeal to arms his
party had made. and at once actively en-
gagged in the very best thing he could do.
for the South educating its people"
If MIR. Bescher talks much more in this
way, he will be called q copperbead il not
a rebel. MIR. Bcccher, as q son of New
England. when he refers to " casting the
first stone,' undoubtedly feels that We OF
the East, should be the first to show char
ity, and liberality. towards errng mortsls
for history tells us that in the ftst Congress
that assembled under the Constitution, the
" Eastern members threatened secession and
dissolution" 1t was on the question Of
assuming the State debts. Mr. Jefferson
gives the following account Of it. See
first Vol. Benton's Debates, note to page
250
Congress met and adjourned from day
to day without doing anything. the parties
being too much ont OF temper to do business
together. THE Eastern members threatened
secession and dissolution. Hamilton Was
in despair" le -salai
A compromise was finally agreed upou. d
and the Eastern secession. winch would
have been nearly three quarters ofa century
earlier than the Southern, was avertcd. a
Surety then the present generation might
be forglvlny, on such subject.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

VVANTED-IN AN EXCELLENT LOCATION, SIX OR
w eight furnished Rooms for housekeeping for first class
careful family Address, with particulars, j. o. So boA 30l2
Post Office
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

yNANTED-By MIDDLE AGED LADY, A FUR.
w nished Room, without board with water and gas
price week location within lew squares
OF the swedish Address b. H. station g.
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TIE TRADES.

WANTED-k YOUNG NAN, WHO UNDERSTANDS
w repajrf and Is willing TO make himself generally
useui: Apply at isi sseadway, room 9, between j A. NJ
and p. nj.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

COUNTRY RESIDENCES WANTED AT ENGLEWOOD'
~ Orange Morrisown.We have a number of desirable
waiting full description charge unless
find a tenant j. c. SCHOOLEY Co., rs Pine street.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER WANTED WHO HAS
~ knowledge of the brewing business or is acquainted
with the brewers of the United States and speak the
German language Address, with reference, George b. Tur-
rel, t26 Washington street.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

4 PARTMENTS WANTED-IN THE CITY, SUITABLE
N for housekeepng small Cottage in the country rent
Of cottage a400 Address for ten days Hammond
Herald Office.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
HOUSES, ROOMS, &C., WANTED.

A SMALL HOUSE wANTED.-MusT HAVE GOO
n yard, water, gas, &C.; location not abave Eightiet
street Rer. be low. Address o. NJ box Isl Heral
Office
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

DROOKLyN.-wANTED, TWO ROOMS, SUITABLE
- for housekeeping, small Floor for gentleman and
wife, in private house preferred. Best references. No
noticed stating locaon and convenences
Address box 5,79l Post office.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

TrNE DAME FRANCHISE DESIRE sE PLACER DAMS
Y fame americane pour Golfer coudre. Adresser
C. b. sG bureau du Herald.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

A-CoUNTRY HOUSE WANTED, FURNISHED OR
n unfurnished. within twenty miles of this city. Ad-
Dress with full particulars, w. w., Herald otlce
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

A FURNISHED COTTAGE HOUSE wANTED-FOR
n the summer months within easy of New York by
railroad steamboat. Address, with all particulars D.,
box Post office,
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

FOUR STORY HOUSE, WEST SIDE, BETWEEN
n Fourteenth and Central Park, wanted first
class tenant on three years. iease rent 2OOo Address
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

I WANT A FEW WIDE AWAKE MEN OF GOOD AD.
dress to city and suburbs for selfinkins
hand stamps exclusive territory given $40 TO $50 per day
and l.. NJ.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25
FRENCH ADVERTISEMENTS.

TrNE JEuNE DENOISELLE FRANCHISE DESIRE uNE
I place CONNIE bonne d'enfans. Sadresser au 10 rue
d'Ellabeth
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

IFE INSURANCE AGENTS WANTED-ACCOM-
IL pished sklfn and responsible agents to canvass this
and the neigborng counties and the states of New Jer
sey Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland, the highest
commissions will be paid Also waited competent, respon.
sble parties for Territorial State agencies
throug ghou the United States. REQuA PRESCOTT,
General Agents. 200 Broadway, New York.
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Wines and Liquors.

wines ana Liquors.
GTOCK unusually full of the choicest
- brands SCOTCH WHISKEY, French
Brandy, Kentucky and Corn Whiskey,
Champagne, Claret, Rhine Wines. Sherry.
Madeira and Port Wines. For sale at
lowest prices, according to quality.
Dec 10 GEO. SWIMMERS.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

stMANHOOD."-Ano New Medical
Pamphlet from the pen Of Dr. Curtis. The
Medical Times says of this work: This
valuable treatise on the cause and cure of
premature decline shows how health is
impaired through secret abuses Of youth
and manhood, and how easily regained. 1t
gives clear synopsis of the impediments
to marriage, tho cause and effects Of ner-
vous debility, and the remedies therefor"
A pocket edition Of the above will be for
warded on receipt Of IS Cents, by ad-
dressing DR.. Curtis, No. So North Charles
street, Baltimore, Md. May q 1y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-19

New STEAM ENGINE. A Mr. Ben
jamin Franklin, of Westmoreland,
England, has yindicated his right to
the name by inventing q steam en-
gine which requires only one
fourth of the steam for the same
power attained in other engines of
equal size; dispenses with piston,
crank and steam chest; almost en-
tifely overcomes friction, costs only
quarter the usual amount, and will
not eRsily get out of repair. Centri-
fugal force is the agent employed,
and it is capable Of fifteea hundred
revolutions minute.
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Valuable Real Estate.

THE attention of parties de- <zs..
fun string to invest in Real Estate, ssa2
&14Ais called to the following list ofEC
PROPERTY, in our hands for
sale:
1. The handsome DWELLING and LOT,
corner of Upper and Bull streets.
2. Dwelling and Lot on Lumber street,
near Asylum.
3. Fine Building Lot on Arsenal Hill,
Zone acre.)
4. Lot known as the "Nickerson Hotel
Lot" corner OF Lady and Main sts.
D. Lot adjoining above, so feet front on
Main street.
G. Lot on same square, 11O feet on Ger
vais street.
Z. Dwelling and Lot of two acres, near
Charlotte Railroad Depot.
s. Lot 6l feet front on Main street, ad-
joining Convent Lot.
y. Building Lot, corner Of Taylor and
Assembly streets.
10. Lot on Washington street, opposite
the Ice House.
II. Two Lots, on the edge of town, in
what is known as Wavcrley, 1 acres
each, more or less.
IL. Improved Lot, on corner of Marion
and Washington streets.
IS. Dwelling aud Lot on corner of Pen
dleton and Assembly streets.
IA. The handsome property, near Column
bia. known as Barhamville, with
lands adjoining.
10. Acres of Land, on Upper street, ad-
joining the Summer property.
is. 2l6 Acres of Land, in York. rich in
gold.
II. 1867 Acres productive Land, in Alb
beville, 1.-TWO tracts.)
is. 5000 Acres productive Land, in Lau,
rens, in several tracts.
10. 300 Acres productive Land, i,rMarl
boro, (estate Of Ellerbe.)
20. 976 Acres of productive Land, in Fair.
field, in two tracts.
u. 900 Acres of Phosphate Lands, near
Charleston. on Stono River.
%. A fine Saw Mill Property, near Lex.
ington.
Also, 1000 Acres OF Land, in Richland--
very valuable Wood and other LANDS
near Columbia which can be divided into
small Tracts, to suit purchasers. The price
OF the planting Lands vary from So to $40
some OF which arc the most productive il
the State. GIBBES & THOMAS.
Dec lS Real Estate Agents
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THE LONDON SUBTERRANEAN RAIL-
wAY.-The Metropolitan Railway of
London will have, when completed,
it is said, neither beginning nor end.
It will be entirely under ground, q
continuous burrow, succession of
covered ways, with troughs of vari-
GUS lengths, at irregular intervals,
open to the sky for light, but more
especially for ventilation. There are
$50 trains each way daily, running at
intervals of about two minutes and
half during the business portion Of
the day. The traffic on this road has
trebied in four years. In the half
year ending June 80, 1867, the ,nnm-
Der of passengers carried was II, 1885,
358. The receipts are about $5, 900
per mile The first portion Of this
line was opened in 1868, and it is
rapidly approaching final completion.
Although the road is altogether below
the surface of the streets, every effort
has been made, where practicable,
and not too expensive, to make the
road open rather than covered. In
one locality, the company purchased
five costly mansions in course of erec-
ton. They were underpinned, and
now rest upon the roof of the covered
way under them. Numerous other
large buildings have been similarly
underpinned. Many difficulties are
experienced and much expense in
Cured in avoiding sewers and gas
and water mains.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-19

A Mississippi editor having given
notice that he would inform, free of
charge. enterprising young men how
to make fortune without capital,
replies to several anxious inquirers:
Every one of you pull off your
coats, leave off your army skies, quit
whiskey, 60 to work, make crop of
corn, cotton, peas and potatoes;
house them up, then marry an enter
prising girl"
A child was killed in Norwich, Con-
necticut, last week, by falling upon q
pair OF scissors, and striking their
point into its brain.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-19
Chester Nursery Garden.

TKUIT TREES, of all descriptions, for
A sale. The very best early and late
Southern Apples and Peaches, Evergreens,
Roses, Dahlias, Towering Shrubs and
Vines, Green-house Plants, &c. Persons
improve their homesteads, will do well to
examine my Price List, which can be had
by addressing
w. BLAKE, Nurseryman.
Oct % +3mo Chester, S. G.
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Cotton Seed.
DARTIES having COTTON SEED for
L. sale, may find it to their interest to
call ON the Subscribers, or address them
with quotations per ton or per 100 lbs.
Dec Is FISHER q LOWRANCE.
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FISHER & LowRANcE.
COLUMBIA, S. G.
DIR. D. L. BOOZER,

DR.. d. i. BUUZER,
HAVING obtained from the different
Ill patentees of the profession, office
rights Of the latest Improvement in DEN
T1STRY, is prepared to do all kinds Of
DENTAL WORK with neatness, durability
and despatch, at the very lowest rates.
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Office oa
Main street, Columbia. 8. O., three doors
North Of Agnew's. Vulcanized Rubber
Plates inserted at $25. t May 21y
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Billiard Tables for Sale.

e FOUR FINE BILLIARD
49,, ,.1ses9 TABLES, in complete or
60 Vder, Marble and Slate
G@L@y.s=- Bedding, with Balls. Cues
and Counters included. Sharp& Griffith's
make. Will be sold low. Cali at
Dec 13 g. DIERCES
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NEW BOOKS.
NHE OPIUM HABIT, and sketches of
IL Coleridge, DeQuiucy, and other opium
eaters. s1.75.
About Woman, Love and Marriage, by
Saunders, author of Salad for the Solitary.
s1.50.
A Strange Story, by Bulwer. $780,
Agassiz's Journey in Brazil, with plates.
Life in the Argentine Republic in the
days OF the Tyrants, by Horace Mann.
$500.
Barnes on the Psalms.
Canoes from English History, by Miss
Yonge.
Old Dover House, by Annie Thomas
so cents.
And an assortment of new London and
American Books, for children, from rs
cents to $1.25. For sale at
Oct II BRYAN Il McCARTER'S.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-19
Burglar Alarms.

WTEhave purchased the right of Utlcys
w Patent BURGLAR ALARMS, and
now offer them for sale at the low price of
$40 each. They ,rM be found secure safe
guard tor Ne Protection Of Stores, D,reU-
ings, Gin-hOuses, Barns, Snoke-heuSes, DC.
from Mieoes and incendiaies. Call and
see them at the store of
Dec 5 J. * T. r. AGNEW