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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
Tight Breeches.

We have not been backward on
many occasions in lashing the follies
into which that inexorable mistress
of the female sex, fashion, leads so
many of it's votaries. Such being
the case. we deem it but fair that the
following defence of woman and at
tack on the sterner sex by one of the
fair ones, should find its place in our
columns, remarking that she has q
very just idea of the ludicrous, and
that the men folks get no more than
they deserve. Hear what she says:
The press has never been remiss in
deprecating the follies of the female
sex, upon occasion, in style of ffemale
apparel, but the solemn fact that the
popinjay style of breeches now in
vogue, is more ridiculous than any
thing the women ever wore, is unno-
ticed. Female ioveliness is such that
it can make charming any extreme
fashion; but what length of familia-
rity, pray Heaven, can ever make
tolerable, much less comely, the dex-
ter appendages of human crane,
wound about with cloth SO tightly as
to stop the circulation?
The present style of pantaloons is
neither comfortable, comely nor eco
nomical. The "swell'' that adopts it
can neither stoop nor sit down with
out positive danger Of an exposure of
his person, from ruptures caused by
tension.
When we see these fashionables of
the male persuasion in the street, we
are reminded of the exhortation of
the raw-boned, Informed preacher,
when illustrating the wonders of ere
alton. Raising his long, skinny arms
high above his head, he exclaimed,
"God made this frame" A voice in
the congregation replied, "then his
tools were mighty dull"
Here comes six-foot gallant. with
number ten boot, and figure like
pair of tongs. There is not
enough of his legs to make shadow,
and he walks as if each boot was q
double bass viol. BY his side, per-
haps, is another devotee of the same
style, half his length, whose make
up reminds one Of the plum pudding
perched on the handle of pair of
pinchers. There go the extremes of
folly, and the very essence Of ludic-
rousness. Nothing, woman ever
wore will compare in folly with tight
bTeeches on a bandy-legged human
biped.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

AT Blountville, Tenn, last week.
g man named Rhea shot his wife in
the head, inficting what will proba-
bly, prove fatal wound. On being
shot, Mrs. Rhea fed to the yard,
where she fell exhausted. Her hus-
band pursued her and attempted to
shoot her second time, when he fell
on the steps, accidentally discharging
the pistol into his own body, killing
him instantly.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Clemens took his
non, de plume, "Mark Twain" from
an old river boatman on the Missis-
sippi River, who, when navigating in
shoal water, used to cast the lead, and
when the depth indicated two fa-
thoms, called out to the officer in
command, "mark twain
An "Ex-Medical Officer United
States Army" shows in o letter in the
New York World, that the mortality
amongst the Confederate prisoners
at Elmira, N. Y, was as great as that
among the Federal prisoners at An
dersonville.
HARD TO CRACK. correspondent
informs us that in consequence of the
late drought, ground rents considera-
bly, increased last summer. After
some difficulty we find that he means
cracks an tie earth.
The Chinese Embassy are receiving
marked attentions from the British
Government. On Friday, they were
presented to the Queen at the Castle,
by Lord Stanley.
The "Gentiles" at Salt Lake City,
on election day, voted eighty eight
for Grant and seventy-one for Sey-
mour.
The Paris Gaulois announces, al
though in somewhat roundabout
manner, that the Empress of the
French is enciente for the first time
since 1856.
A landslide which occurred near
Westbrooke, Me-, yesterday, covered
about forty acres in area, and COM
pletely filled the channel of the Pre-
sumpscot River.
A young lady astonished Cleve-
land dry goods clerk, recently, by
asking for "three yards of Grecian
bend"
Thirty-five candidates are out for
common council in @ single ward in
Boston. -Four are to be chosen.
The diocese OF Sahara has been
created. Some ecclesiastic will now
receive his desert.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

ELOQUENT ExTRAcT.-The follow
ing eloquent extract is taken from an
editorial in Father Ryan's Banner of
Me South:
There are men who desert the al
tars Of O lost cause, round which they
once stood with the blood in their
hearts painting for libation, and who
kneel to offer homage at the altar of
successful wrong, There are men
who trample under foot the very
standards that once foated proudly
over them. There are men base
enough to lift their hands against the
very rights for which they once up.
lifted swords. We are not snch. For
us principle is principle, right is
right-yesterda day-to-morrow
forever. Submission to might is
not surrender of right. We Weld to
the one. but shall never yield to the
other"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
SPECIE PAYMENrs.-The New Yor

SPECIE PAYMENTS. The New York
Journal Of Commerce quite agrees
with correspondent of that journal,
that if specie payments are not re-
sumed until the people have learned
how to bring it about without any
personal sacrifice, and through q
pleasant and flowery path, we shall
wait q long time for it. And we
agree both with the Journal and its
correspondent in the opinion, and
think that the sooner the thing is put
to the test by proper legislation in
Congress, and the necessary pruden-
tial and business steps on the part of
the people, the better. The incom-
ing administration of General Grant
cannot devote itself to q better and
more desirable policy, and if it does
80 determinedly and carries it through
judiciously, will receive finally the
applause of all for the result. We
shall not be surprised to see General
Grant in the outset giving attention
to the subject as a loading and dis
tinctive feature of practical admins
tration.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
leap Year :. scaled .proposais.,,

-.
81 A chap at Louisville issued q leap
year invitation and sent the following
notice to the contractors for publica-
sion ID the Courier: +
TO NTRAoToRs.-The undarsign-
ed, feeling the need of some one to
find fault with and grumble at when
business matters go wrong and be-
ing lonely with no one to hate him,
and whereas, having arrived at the
proper age, he is therefore determin-
ed to "come out" =
Sealed proposals will be received
till - O'Clock midnight, of the 3lst
of December, 1868.
Applicant must possess beauty, or
its equivalent in currency.
She must possess sweet and for
giving disposition, and when one
cheek is kissed, turn the other this
is ifait is the right man kissing.
She may not chew gum.
Nor wear long dresses on the street.
Nor frequent sewing circles.
Nor go around begging for charita-
BILE purposes.
Nor read the paper first iii the
morning,
Nor talk when nm sleepy.
Nor sleep when 1 am talking.
Nor trade my Clothes to wandering
Italians for flower vases.
Nor borrow money from my vest
pocket while 1 sleep.
Nor hold n looking glass over my
face, at such time, to make me tell all
L know.
She must believe in the sudlen
attack of chills, and make allowances
for their effect on the nervous system.
When her "old bear" comes home
from ''meting few friends rather
aHectionate, sic must not take ad-
vantage of his state and wheedle him
into trips to watering places.
And above all, she may not on such
occasions put ipecac into the coffee
she prescribes for his "poor head"
She must not sit up for him when
he happens to be detained to q late
hour on his committee.
But when he does return, tired aud
sleepy, she will be expected to roll
over to the other side and give him
her own warm place.
a lady possessing the foregoing
qualifications, positive and negative,
can hear of something to her advan-
tage by enclosing red stamp.
All proposals must be accompanied
by satisfactory evidence of the ability
of the applicant to support hus-
band in the style to which he has
been accustomed.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
Discovery OF a Mask OF ssIa,ssprar..

Discovery oa "a Mask OF shg,esprare.
We have seen, atsthe studio cf Nfr.
William Page, some photographs of
the highest interest to every student
OF human genius, and Especially 10
every admifer OF Shakspeare.
These photographs represent a
mask of the face of ShaEspeare: taken
In plaster from nature, after death !
and necessarily producing. with great
exactness, his features as they were
at the time. The mask lie now in
the possession of Prof. Owen, at the
British Museum, in London. Its
history is extremely interesting.
In 1S47, an ancient German family,
the Count of Kesselstadt, near Co.
logne, became extinct, and q colIec-
| tion of pictures which had been in
their possession was sold ut auction.
One OF them, o very small painting,
evidently by some pupil of Van Dyke,
represented Shakespeare lying in
state after death. It is dated 1857.
twenty-one years after Shakespeare
died. The idea that it was painted
from cast was at once conceived; :;
| and investigation revealed thot there
had been q plaster mask in the Kes-
selstadt collection, which. on account
of its death-like expression. had not
been accounted of much value at the
sale. A prolonged search finally dis
covered this mask among a lot of
rags, and other worthless articles, in
the possession of q dealer of old
traps. On comparison with the pic
ture, it was found that the conjec-
ture respecting it was correct 1t
was the original of the painting, and
beyond doubt was taken from Shak-
speare's own face.
This mask and the little picture are
now, as we have said, in the posses
sion of Prof Owen. On the back of
the mask is inscribed "Anno Domini
1916" That is the year of Shak-
speare's death. The face differs con-
siderably from any other portrait of
Shakespeare, but this difference af-
fords strong authenticity Of the
mask. Indeed, this is the only por-
trait Of him which seems adequate to
the subject. The forehead, especial-
ly, is wonderful. 1t is not very high,
nor marked by any great promi-
~~SSSS. 1o 40 IuitO iOuiNl uDU lull
everywhere, but careful examino-
tion discloses an exceedingly fine va
riety in the surface. as if each phre-
biological organ, SO to say, had been
very fully and yet Independently de-
veloped. The nostrils have been
frayed by time, and one of the eyes
is somewhat disfgured by little Of
the plaster sticking in the lashes.
But there is no great emaciation
about the face. nor any sign of decay.
1t is evident that the mask was taken
Immediately after death.
1t is believed that this mask was
also the original of the Stratford
bust, carved by Gerard Johnson.
That work was doubtless cut from
such model, and there is sufficient
resemblance, especially in the round
ness of the foreht ID, to make it
highly probable that one of the two
was wrought after the other. But,
unlike the bust, the noble intellectual
beauty of the mask is almost beyond
description. It is said that when
Fanny Kemble saw it she burst into
tears.-Nelc York Sun.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

MIR. CHASE ON THE Seeded
STATES. THE New York Times pub
fishes letter, written in April last,
from Chief Justice Chase to Hon. II.
w. Hilliard, of Alabama. In it Mr..
Chase says that he agrees with Mr..
Hilliard that the seeding States
shave never been other than States
within the Union since they became
parties to the Federal Government,
and that the failure to maintain their
assertions of independence in the
conflict of arms which followed left
them States still within the Union. -
This is certainly anti-radical doc
trine.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
Speaking of Gov. SCOTS recent
visit to New York, the Times saws:

Visit TO New York, the Times says:
'Gov. Scott, of South Carolina,
was in this city day or two ago, on
business connected with the interests
of the Palmetto State. He represents
the condition of affairs in South Ca
rolina at this time as very promising.
The State is profoundly peaceful, and
it appears to divide the credit with
North Carolina of being the most or
derly of all the Southern States. The
colored people are becoming more
and more industrious, and are show
ing themselves better adapted to the
new condition of things. There is q
promise of something being done to
advance the railroad interests of the
State, and other projects of internal
Improvement are under discussion.
The leading Democrats of the State
accept the facts of the late election in
a proper spirit, and express willing
ness to labor heartily in the direction
of peace and concord. While in Wall
street, attending to certain moneyed
necessities of the State, Gov. Scott
passed round an open letter, signed
by Wade Hampton and other repre-
sentative South Carolinians, giving
their views Of the prospects of the
State, and the feelings entertained by
the white population. Gov. Scott is
hopeful of the future, and gives good
grounds for the hopes ne expresses. +"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

MADAM" said a very polite ira
veler to a testy old landlady, "if L see
proper to help myself to this milk, is
there any impropriety in it?"
81 don't know that you mean to
insinuate that there is anything nasty
in that milk, I'll give you to under.
stand that yo-'ye struck the wrong
horse. There ain't first hair in it;
for as soon as Martha Ann told me
that the cat was drowned in the
milk. I went right straight and
strained it over again"
The young man tainted.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

The lady who was invited to take
the gentleman's arm said no-she
had two of her own and didn't need
c third.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26
10 eA1 Tte1,aa.

TlIANkseIvNa. This day having
been set apart by President johnson
and Governor Scott as day, of
thanksgiving and prayer, no paper
will be issued from this office to-
morrow.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

Can it be possible that over Five
Million Bottles of PLANTATION BIT
TIERS have been sold during the past
year? It is almost incredible, never
theiess it is absolutely true, and is
the most convincing proof of their
wonderful medicinal and health-re-
storing qualities. Every family should
be supplied with those Bitters, of
whatever cost or trouble it may lie to
obtain them. Be careful that you
get the genuine, and that you are not
imposed upon by q spurious article.
MaasonIA WATEk-Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and
sold at half the price. N26tl+3
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-26

CAsH.-Our terms are strictly cash.
Ii an advertisement is to be inserted,
hand over the money; if paper is
subscribed for, the money must ac-
company the order-otherwis no
attention will be pnid to them. This
is rule which will be adhered to.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-01
EsTRAY NOTICE.

CAME TO THE HALF WAY HOUSE, ON or
~ about the 18th Of January, ises, ene BAY
HORSE, about o years old, branded on the f,sht
hip with an N left hind foot white, aud white
stripe In the face. The owner will rlssse call lay
charges and take him away.
jacob ALLENpACu,
Half way lIcuse, Virginia and Carpcs kcsi.
January Is, lscs. laiS.u
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-01
N OTICE.

DUBLIC NOTICE IL HEREBY GIVEN THAT
will not, henceforth, be responsible for
Sny debt or debts contracted by my wife BRIDGET
MALONE; and this notification is made as
warming to business men and others not to trust
khe said Bridget Malone on my account.
| FRANK MALONE.
Carson City; Nevada, February 70, 1868.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-03-01
$1,000 REWARD.
STATE OF NEVADA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

DY THE AUTHORITY ~ ME VESTED NY
ID the Constitution aud Laws u the state n
Nevada, hereby ofora
REWARD OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
For the arrest and delivery of THOMAS RILEY
to either the shefin Of Lyon County, or TO the
Sheriff u ormshy County, Nevada. Said Riley !,
charged with the murder of Timothy q. Smith.
then Sheriff u ormsby County, alleged 10 have
been committed on the night ~ Thursday, De.
cembcr IL, 1897. at said Rilcy's House, In Lyon
County, while said Smith was attempting 10 srr..,
him Tor shooting one Miles o'Grady, the sans
night, at Empire City, ormsby County.
DESCRIPTION,
Thomas Riley Is an Iri.hman; abou, Ave fee, ,is
inches high; hair gray, formerly brown, eye.
blue, or gray; ordinary weight about one hun.
dred and thirty-f,s pounds. and Ia speech and
action Is sharp and quick. when he committed
the murder lac was wearing mousiaehc and I'm.
reral
In Testimony whereof ! have hcrenh,o set my
40 hand, and caused TO BE- af1sed the ofca,
.R Seal " the State u Nevada. Done st
Carson City, this the 18th day q December. A.p.
Iso.. n, a, pIasprl.
Attest:
c.N. Norrwsnr, Secretary of state.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
NEW JERSEY.

TRENTON, Nov. 4.-Thls State gives a Demo
cratic majority for President and Governor, and
for four Congressman. At least this is the
opinion of the Democratic Committee. The
Republicans say that only one Democratic Con-
gresham is elected. Neither party can give
maiorites, and both say it is small.
Cumberland county gives 1900 Republican
majority. Atlantic county, 500 Republican ma
jority.
Mercer county gives Democratic majority.
The State looks Democratic.
Haight, in the Second district, is probably
elected. Bird (Dem in the Third aud Cleye-
land (Dem.) in the Fifth district are elected.
Elizabeth City, Dem. maj. 3l4; Whalen, DEM,
for Assembly, has 1O2 majority.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
Philadelphia Trade Report.

"WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4.-There is q moderate
demand fer Flour for home consumption, at
yesterdays quotations. About 1000 barrels were
taken at s575@6'50 for superfne; $87597 for
extras; $725@8 for spring wheat extra family
sS50@lC50 for winter wheat do. do; and sll@l;
for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye
Flour is selling at ss@S25. No change to notice
in Corn Meal.
The Wheat Markets. quiet, there being very
little inquiry, except for prime lots, Of which
the offerings are light. Sales of red at ST. S592
and amber at S2lO@2I4. Rye is quoted at $3.50
@l55 q bushel for Western and Pennsylvania.
Corn is steady at the advance noted yesterday.
Sales Of yellow at 81 '22@l'2S, and 1000 bushels
Western mixed at Sl'20. Oats are without es-
sential change. Sales Of 5000 bushels Western
and Pennsylvania at 6S@72 cents for common
and prime. No improvement to notice In Bar
ley or Malt.
Bark-In the absence Of sales we quote No. 1
Queroitron at $44D45 p ton.
Seeds-Cloverseed is selling at $797 rs "a 81
lbs. Timothy ranges from SO to 1915. Flaxseed
ss taken by the crushers at So 53@265.
Whisky is unchanged. Sales at slI6@lIs a
gallon, tax paid.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04

Nutrages on AIIssionatlesa

The Shanghae Recorder gives the following
account OF the recent outragee on missionaries
In the vicinity OF Chinkeang;-"A correspondent
writing from ChinkeaDR, under the date OF
August "a, says:-'Mr. Allen, OF her Britannia
Maiesty's consulate, and Mr.. Sands, OF the United
StateJ consulate at this port, have just returned
from YapRchow, to which place they went In
order to ins situte inquiries into most outrageous
attack WHICH has just been made upon the Rev.
Mr.. Taylor Of the Protestant Mission, and his
party. They have been mobbed In the most
barbarous manner; about eight or ten thousand
men rose in mass, broke into their house, ant
destroyed the whole of their properly. The
ladies belonging to the mission have all more or
less suffered from wounds and bruises, and the
Rev. Mr.. Reid had his eyes so severely injured
that there are very serious doubts OF his ever
recovering his sight. The Chinese mob set Ere
to the house, and did all they could to burn the
inmates out of 1t. They were driven to such
extremities that they we're forced to throw the
children ftom the upoer windows, and the ladies'
were obliged to follow at the risk OF their lives.
One of them 10 within month OF her con6ne-
ment.
1.-The outrage was caused by the literary
cla's, who spread a report to the effect that the
missionaries boiled up children to use them for
medicine. The sllly, impotent authorities kne "
of the difficulty fully q week beforehand, and
instead OF taking steps 10 prevent breach o
the peace, encouraged 1t by their Indifference, il
not actually by their connivance.'n
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

DISTRICT COURT, No Judge Stroud.-Ed-
ward McNamee VS.. The City of Pniladelp pnia.
An action to recover upon city warrants. Yer
dict for the plaintiff. SIS, ,l2250.
Francis Girard VS.. John Speck. An action to
recover the price of a carriage alleged to have
been man nuiactured by the plaintiff for the de-
fendaut. On trial.
Orton VS.. Petrle et al. feigned issue to try
The right TO ceri ain sewing machines. Before
reported. Verdict for plaintiff.
Charles M s. Leslie VS.. Peter Martin. An
action to recover rent alleged to be in arrear.
The defense set up that the premises were In
such diis pic ated condition as to be untenant-
able and, therefore, no rent was due.
COURT OF QUARTER SEssIoNs.-Judge Brew
ster had deserLion cases before MIN 10 day, but
nothing of interest was done. Judge Peirce
will take up jury trials tomorrow, there being
no business OF any kind transacted to-day In
the new Court House.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
FIFTH Ed TION
THE LATEST NEWS.
Affairs in Washington-J johnson
DiscOnsOlate-Randall PhiIO-
sophie, and Montgomery
Blair Sick.
The New York State Election
Startling Frauds.
FROM WASHING TON.

Special Despatch to The Evening 7eleoroph
WASHINGTON, Nov. L.
The President
kept close house to-day and received bat few
visitors. The leading Democrats give him a
wide berth and most of them are invisible, as
they
Can't stand the Storm
OF ridicule which meets them on every side.
Secretary Weles visited johnson to condole
with him, and scho6eld also called on some
War Office business. These were the only
visitors of note at the Executive mansion.
POstmaster-GeneralR Randall
is philosophic over the result, which he ex.
pected.
Montgomery Blair
is reported sick, with mustard plaster on his
throat, which keeps him from public sight.
At Grants Headquarters
everything was quiet. General Dent, his bro.
quired as to when Grant would return, which
question Dent could not answer; but from the
fact that last week a request came from Galene
TO send all the winter clothing OF the family
out there, it is supposed they will not return
Congress Meets,
in December. 1t is conceded no session will be
held next week.
Secretary McCulIoch
is overwhelmed with appncations to be rein-
stated from the male aud female clerks dis.
charged last week, but has been compelled to
decline such requests, as there are no appro-
priations to pay these people. The ladies are
exceedingly lmportuuate, and the Secretary can
scarcely get rid of them.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
NEW YORK.

New YORK, Nov, Anew YORK elects eighteen
Republicans and thirteen Democrats to Con-
gress, including the following from the First 10
the Eleventh districts; First, Henry A. Reeves;
Second, John Schumacher; Third, Henry W..
slocum; Fourth, John Fox; Fifth, John Nor
rissey; Sixth, Samuel s. Cox; Seventh, Harvey
c. Calkins; Eighth James Brooks; Ninth, Fer.
nsndo Wood; Tenth, Clarkson n. Potter;
Eleventh, George W. Greene.
The town of Rhinebeck gives Grant A majority.
Red Hook, Democratic majority 15s.