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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-16
THE WIDOWS HOME.

We have received the Semi-Annual Report Of
the Directors of this institution located in Charles
ton? From it, and from personal knowledge Of
many ofthose who have it in charge, we commend
this Society to all charitable souls as one worthy Of
encouragement and support. It's design is to fur
nish q home to- the widows and education to the
children Of those who gave up their lives for the
causewhicfi is object which should require
no comment to impress the hearts of all US. Those
whose means permit it, could not dispense more
worthy charity, than by sending money or provi-
sions to Mr.. NJ. A.. Snowden, President, care Of
q. T. Peake, Esq, Superintendent Of the South
Carolina Railroad, Charleston, sc. :" 5E.zSa si'l
Mr. fPeake, with a liberality worthy Of his large
heart, will deliver an packages entrusted to his
care; free of charge. :'!..a 'j'' hi'i H'r''H l.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-16
PUBLIC MEETING.

In response to the invitation Of the Lewisvile
Democratic Club, there was public, meeting Of
the citizens ofthe District, in the Court House, on
Monday last. There was but a small assemblage,
owing, we suppose, to the short notice. :, ar,
Julius Mills, Esq.,, Secretary Of the Lewisyille
Club, was called to the Chair, and John A. Brad
ley, Jr., requested to act as Secyetary .c ,o ,-,
After considerable discussion, resolution was
adopted appointing . committee Of fifteen, to re-
port to mass-meeting Of the citizens Of the Dis
trict, to be called on the first Monday in August
next suitable constitution and proper officers for
q Central Democratic Club; and also, to request
General Hampton and other speakers to address
the Democracy of Chester District, on the same
day. The Committee was appointed, and the meet
ing adjourned. *. aso. ,.',....... :.,..i.
All Of the Conservative citizens Of the District
arc requested to meet at the Court House, on the
first Monday in August next 20 80 ''' @.''''' ''''"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-16

tror ,A.sstyil Enquirer.
1AMIGRArION..CONcLUDED.

IL
One thousand ardi, with one hundred of . pop
rlation-apon it, win nth less labor and greater
convenience, produce more that contributes TO in:
dividual comfortI yield % geetep suYtWfq
market-with, ten gardens, TEN orchards and teh
little farms with as many i6tetes6 upon it-than
with one garden, one orchard, one large farm, and
one interest We are all willing to see( tbe pro-
ductiyenes and means Of: happiness Of the eoun.
tIy increased, but not atour expense. The holder
( ses sssfss hIS
to seeing it produce one thousand for himself and
nine others 9Rnt IT, without diminishing his COM
forts, it could be made to produce one thousand
d01Sff f6oSF 6t4ssS a6d Eve hdndTd sscHH
the nine others, he would be blindH selfish who
would be- unwilling thst il be souaedYsuTs I
This can be done in one way only, and that is
not by afenugtodistspt pm}auls 6 vhich they
have only paper representations, but BY making
the,countsy desirable placesfor the.hnnest man,
who' knows that his means Of acquiring iM labaf
The first and greatest means ofpromoting this de-
srabeness is prospect 1R peaEs,, for despite the
glosv of wari this is what menImat losesrsAnoth-
erImeans 10 the existence of thst sentiment insot
ciety, which offers, ina thousand ways, premiums
t0the virtues that ennoble, and discourage gements
TO- the vices that degrade Natppehas NOT been
alin.besDNiag hlessings sonithis LANG, but has
done her pastrto renderiit desirablet r. VIII man
prove himself wogthy.of these blessings kd6ing
hia2sg VIII hepih practice, regard! them sso sent
forthe common comfort and happiness Of natures
chidnn2s 2sIfaoa thesWilr rins histowpe enjoy tie
e6hntfy's prosperity heimeek shalE inherit the
earthsl If immieratons societies. be- formed colo
hies maybe induced to settle here and there but
would itDot be vel to- incorporate with the immi;
grafton feature also afeteutienf On anti-enigratoB
feature? IF those invited to come in and ,eniog
the good lend, ,aeeJothes leaving it there's might
ariseintheir minds doubts of ito desirsblenesss4d
siWhen farlonghsxetashe things most desired,
they wsre freely offered rfoH certain mertolsus
desds; then, good soldiers were needed. now geed
citisensdt Meptareio&eripg to giye,ARay lands f0r
the enhancement Of the,c couutttls welfare supNsf
the ramsdof ofmetik Eere coupled dyitht these ofes
the efect.wouhs ssufars no. detinlents sand there
would bd something this codsiste with prin-
cipleresorted to- whensnecesiH prampted there
sorsifo telling prneipe,eH4l tGw I'D Joot .tssy
We need good citizens and 'need them badlyiPf
there can beap charm then naiRs bidding up, Eeepe-
cially whentthsJ JtendenB depreeinted article 81
YoNaUEsyrLErSs CsIi .! ped basJat tC.i! Gao
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

Districts, arrangements are surely
possible, in conjunction with local
municipal authority, for employing
the labor at the command of the
Bureau in public improvements. of
which, since the war, every part of
the South is in urgent need The
best of all labor, however. is that
which the farmers and planters fur
nish and direct. In no other shape
will it. be 80 economical or so imme-
diately productive. The difficulty in
this case is that the planters ore un-
able to employ the freedmen unless
they are themselves aided by Con
gress, by loan, or by the repayment
of last years cotton tax. The former
plan, rs we attempted to show, is
open to almost insuperable objec-
tions, and the latter can scarcely be
hoped for unless the Senate be more
liberal and more prompt ttihuu ii mas
been in regard to the measure which
awaits its action.
No finer opening can occur for the
industrial reconstruction of the South
at the hands of Congress. Planters
and freedmen-both are all but help
less, if the Government come not to
their relief. Indirectly, indeed, it
may assist in the cultivation OF the
next crop, by taking as security for
advances to the freedmen lien upon
their interest. Such proceeding,
although better than inactiop, would
be liable to the objection that it in
terferes with the relation of employer
and employed, and lessons the vigi-
liant supervision and just authority
on the one hand, and the faithful
service on the other, which are essen
tial to profit. By enabling the planter
to make his own arrangements, and
to cultivate his land in his own way
subject in one or two respects to
the approval of the Burean-the
return of the South to prosperity
would be promoted, and q founda-
ton laid for it's future system of
labor. How far it would foster the
success of the Congressional recon
struction plan, we undertake not to
guess. But it would assuredly dis.
pei some fears and many misappre-
tensions, and would promote kindly
feelings and the healthy enterprise
which are essential to genuine recon
struction. -Neu York Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

OFF WITH THE SHACKLEs. is
quite time that Congress should cease
its ebony legislation, and do little
decent and timely legislating for the
white masses of the country. With
out desiring to unduly obtrude our
selves upon the attention of the
honorable body of American repre-
sentatives, we would respectfully re-
mind it that there are not less than
100, 900 unemployed men and women
in the United States ut this moment,
who are entitled to their earnest and
instant consideration-men and wo-
men who are suffering the most dis
tressing privations in consequence of
unwise, ill-advised and illiberal legis-
lation. 1t is not unnatural that this
vast host of homeless starvelings
should begin to ask the grave ques-
tlon-why are we without work and
food? And sooner or later the ques-
ton must he met and answered
And when that time comes, we opine
Congress will have no reason to con-
gratulate itself. These men and wo-
men are without employment on the
same principle that millions of tons
of American shipping are to-day
lying idle and rotting at the piers of
our city. Prohibitory tariffs. custom
and internal revenue, are at the bot
tom OF the mischief. These, like so
many slave chains, shackle the indus
trial interests of the country, and
throttle its vitality and progress. Of
with the shackles gentlemen of Con-
gress, and give our hungry masses
bread, and our ships freight. No
matter if New England shirtings fall
ten cents yard; SO much the better
for the people-and the capitalists
can take care of themselves. Have
done with prohibition and protection
whining, gentlemen, and open the
doors of trade, SO that the poor man
may have good coat as well as the
rich man, and let none seek in vain
for employment.
Away with your miserable, petty,
dwarfed high-tariff schemes, and
give Us impost and internal revenue
duties which will not ruin our COM
merce, or starve our people. Give
us, we beseech you, gentlemen of
Congress, some slight assurance that
you are still susceptible to the dictates
of decency and reason; and off with
the shackles.-Ne'o York Citizen.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

SUIcIDE.-We are informed that
Miss Lucy Gray, who lived about
twelve miles above this place, COM
mitted suicide, by hanging herself,
on the 22d ult., in the chamber in
which she slept. The room was &C.
cupied by others at the time, but
they were asleep and knew nothing
of her sad death until morning. 4
jury of inquest was held by T. P.
CASTOR, Esq, acting as coroner, who
returned verdict in accordance with
the above facts. .-Cdrolina Spartan.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

A party of spiritualists who have
been making nude demonstrations in
Newark, N. j., are all declared to be
partially insane by the doctors. The
chief of them, man named McEwen,
declared himself Jesus Christ, and
demanded to be crucified; while Mrs.
Reeves, the Oldest woman of the
party, believes herself to be either
Eve or the Virgin Mary. They were
in the habit of haranguing multitudes
on the doctrine of spiritualism from
their doorsteps while in nude state.
They are all at present in the station
house.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

fFfT - n
not turn proudly upon the world and
say: Judge US by our maturity, not
by our mere infancy. Between the
YEARS 1860; and 1860, we doubled our
wealth only once in eight years and
a half; wait only till 1920, and We
shall have added onSthe average an
other $1e, 900. 900. 900 to our princi-
pal, good deal oftener than once
every six months-months, do we
say? In every month of that sixtieth
year hence, We will pile up a clean
increase of $15. 800, 900, 900, and so
on for ages, till figures fail to express
and imagination to- conceive the
grand sum total of our inventoried
opulence! 1n the figures quoted,
Mr.. Walker runs his rule thirty three
years ahead, but 70 SHOW that he does
not finch from any legitimate re-
suits, he himself gives the increase of
the thirty-fourth year at $42, 600, ,O00,-
O00-one single years growth nearly
three times as great as our total capi-
tai wealth in 1850! If he had tried
his rule of doubling every eight and
half years backward, he would have
found that we have only increased
about seven times in 100 years,
which is something less than one
hundred and thirty-five times in six
ty years, the rate of progress which
he promises us in the future. But
who ever thought of making calcula-
tions in statistics like those of
eclipses-work backwards as we'll as
forwards! We have done our best to
help our readers to just apprehen-
sion Of these stupendous figures; we
have put up scaffoldings and gang
ways for their ascending thoughts,
and now we dare them to look over
the raiiings-we mean the balustrade,
not the badinsge-of the top terrace
to which we have helped them, away
down from the giddy height of tril-
lions, through billions, millions,
thousands, hundreds, tens and units,
to the base sum which they can COM
prehend, count and carry in their
pockets, bank books or understand
ings.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

Gold and legal tenders are coming
into collision, and the question will
have to be settled without delay,
because the balance cannot remain
in its present uneven condition much
longer without seriously affecting the
commercial interests of the whole
country. The question will have to
be settled, too, upon the basis of
common sense. For instance, when
it is contracted that liabilities shall
be met in gold, they should be liquid
ated in that material, just the same
as if it was contracted that they
should be iquidated in cotton, or
any other substance. But if the con-
tract contains no such specification,
then it follows naturally that the
debt shall be liquidated in money,
which means the legal tender of the
country. This is the common sense
view of the matter, and this view,
there is little doubt, the courts will
take of the subject, when it comes
before them for final adjudication.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

- >
The SOUTHERN GIFT ENTERPRISE.
BY the following extract, from an
article published in the New York
Times, it would appear that num-
ber Of our citizens have been de-
frauded, by the "bursting up" of an
enterprise in which they had invest
ed sums varying from two to nine
dollars:
'The public mind is just now con-
siderably exercised in regard to the
status and probable result of certain
gift enterprises, the managers of
which promise their patrons abun-
dant profit for their small invest
ments, by setting forth o long list of
gittering prizes, which generally
consist of magnificent farms 'ele-
CANT mansions, splendid diamonds, ;
cash prizes, valuable oil paintings
and premiums with other attractive
and high sounding titles.
"For some months @ Grand award
of premiums by the Ladies' Society,
in aid of the Suffering and Destitute
of the South, has been extensively
advertised as being about to take
place at No. 845 Broadway. The
Executive Committee of this concern
were announced rs Mrs. l.. Brooks,
Mrs. G. Wadsworth, Mrs. d. Mills,
Mrs e. s. Adams, Mrs. III. Sherman,
Mrs. NJ. Duncan, Miss Maria NIoul-
ton and James Clark, who were to be
assisted by the following officers:
Mrs. Harlow Mather, Secretary; H.
Hartman, Treasurer; f. H. Norton,
Actuary.
''In order to lend an air of respect
ability to the enterprise, the adver-
tisement so extensively circulated,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

Speaking of the weather, the Char
lesion Mercury says:
$50 far this season we have had only
one or two cold days, and tho mild
term since Christmas, has started all
the early fruit trees and plants. The
young fgs are making their appear
ance, ard scores of peach trees in
private gardens have been in full
bloom for a week past, while up the
King street road, at the garden farms
of Messrs. Thomas Lynch, Geo. M.
Martin and others, green peas are
almost blooming"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

At the Commissioners sale, in
Fairfield, OH Monday, the following
sales took place:
152 acres fair cotton land. sold for
S52-three years. time.
250 acres of land, on which was q
house that cost at least $4,000, was
sold for $3.50, on three years time.
600 acres-one Of the best cotton
plantations in Fairfeld-sold for So
per acre-one, two and five years
time.
Now is the time for Northern capt.
talists and emigrants to come to
South Carolina, as land is so cheap.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

ELMIRA. North is so much
absorbed with its own living misery,
that it has ceased to torment the
ghosts of Andersonville. 1t still
hints, however, OF Confederate bar
barity and Yankee generosity. The
latest fabrication is about our dead
at Elmira. The radical press copies
report that ont of 5000 prisoners
at Elmira, only six died during three
months. The Elmira Gazette gives
the official figures, which show that,
out of 5000 prisoners, 884 died with
In three months, and 1,311 within
four.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-09

MAIL ARRANGEMENTS Ts.-The post
Office open during the week from 81
q. m. to p. m. On Sundays, from
11a to 21a p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at 2 p. m, and
close at q. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
lO19 a. M, closes at p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery at 3
p. M, closes at p. m.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is call
ed to the following advertisements, pub
hshed this morning for the first time;
Fisher Il Lowrance-Empty Sacks.
Kentucky Mules at Logan's Stables.
Lecture at the University.
Parade Of Independent Fire Company.
d. G. Peixotto i Son-Auction Sale.
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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05

larly when he saw the seats of
Hayne, McDuf1e and Calhoun in
the Senate of the United States
filled by such men as Sawyer and
renegade Tom Robertson. (Hisses
and groans for Tom Robertson.)
Much rather would he have seen
eolored men represent South Car
olina, as they could do so with
more justifable pride and homes
ty.
He wanted restoration on the
basis Of truth, harmony and JUS
tice, and he firmly believed we
would have it in November, by
the triumph Of the Democratic
party. He had been told by no
less distinguished a person than
Vallandigham, that Ohio was GER
tain for Seymour, and shrewd po-
litical thinkers of New York and
Pennsylvania were equally conf
dent as to- the same result in
those States. The people were
thoroughly aroused, and in. No
vember the result Of it would be
more rapid travelling of carpet
baggers from the South, than was
ever before known in: the history
Of this country =,
=. lie concluded by referring to
the demonstration made by the
Democracy of Charleston, last
night and said that although he
had seen many similar displays at
the North, he had never witness
ed more grandeur and enthusiasm
than that exhibited by the good
people Of the old city by the sea,
Who had turned out-men, women
and chiEdren-to give their ap-
proving smiles to the noble cause.
They had brought exulting. pride
to his. heart, by&this manifestation
ofthe> old Carolina spirit. They
may have been slow, but they
were sure. Let-us stand up with
them, and by the help Of God our
cause.-the cause of the great
Democratic: party-the cause of
truth and the Constitution-would
meet with a, glorious triumph.
Immense applause.],
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05
J.:H.
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Gen. Hampton's Speech,

In Columbia, at the Democratic
Demonstration, July 10th:
>: Gen, Wade Hampton; on being
introduced, was greeted with i'm
mense applause. Indeed. it was
many minutes before the audience
coald be sufficiently quieted to
permit him to speak. He said he
had hoped that after having lis
tened. to the eloquent speakers
who, preceded. him, they would
not desire him to address them
not'enly on that account; but be-
cause his voice was weak. There
were many present who had fre-
quently heard him address larger
crowds, and when very different
kinds of noises than peaceful &C
CARNATIONS saluted their ears: but
tonight, for the first time in his
life, his voice had failed him. Gen
eral Kershaw had referred to the
advance Of the cavalry in the
campaign OF tonight and he de-
sired to add, that though the po-
sition had been inverted, he was
glad Of it, and felt great confidence
after hearing the eloquent remarks
of that distinguished General, as
they made him teel as secure as
in the days Of other and more
sanguinary campaigns. He al
ways felt safe when he knew
Kershaw was on his flank. He
preferred to postpone any extern
ded remarks to night, as he would
have an opportunity at an early
day, and desired it, to lay before
them the history Of the New York
Convention, and what part was
taken in it by our delegation. A
voice in the crowd-"Never put
off for tomorrow what can be
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05
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There is a family living in Peru, Mass. :
consisting Of three old maids, all over 60,
and their brother and his family These
all occupy one house, but each of the
danes maintains her own domestic es-'
tablishment in a separate room. They
guard their apartments so jealonsly that
if one steps out for wood or water, she
locks her door securely, that the others
may not peep in. Three or four years
ago one of them took notion to marry,
but after a trial Of two or three weeks
found it too expensive, and offered her
husband $50 to leave her forever which
he did, and she relapsed hopelessly into
herself.