The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-05
COLUMBIA, !, 49,

COLOsMB B1A, SSs q
Wednesday Morning, May 6.sls69.l
7 q Personaf. y : :
"a notice appeared in the Reair, several
%ueeks ago. with reference TO the appoint
unent of officers under an Act passed by the
legislative body lasely in session, in which
<aaypographical error ocourred-the words
'tysae,ul satisf faottoa" not being italicized; to
s,aavoy the idea that the expression was
used ironically. The omission was detected
IhorSly after the publication of the paper;
Aas twas deemed animporfant, as ieiwas
akought the people of the State were cogni-
Eant, from past experience, of the position
ie occupied. It appears, however, that
such was not the case, and several parties
,ha&seVinced a disposition not only to carp
aS tho article, but to reflect unfavorably
upon the paper. Without going further
into detail, we simply assert that neither
&he course of .the paper nor the opinions OF
the editor. with reference to the present ull-
fortunate state of things, have undergone
auy change, and that be will earnestly en-
deayor in the future, as in the past, to act
aright, and merit the just approval of his
fellow-citizens. JULIAN A. SELBY,
Editor and proprietor Phenic and Cleaner
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TIE rCoMMEncIAL 5OUTLooK. The New
York World fndsthe Financial Chronicle fol-
lowing in its wake In caifiHg attention to the
,deplorable uifnssss Ii iiSess oircles The
C&roniclaea is, says THE Borad editor,
~.that the results OF the spring trade have
been thus far -iinsa tisfactofs, (which. the
World thinks, is d mild way of putting it.
It says. the West has suffered by the decline
Ts grain, th u Easterr merc chants have made
smaller pnrchase es than usual, the manufac-
suriug localities have mad but little money,
ard consequently the dependent industries
have suffered. Add to These etnbarrass-
ssents,the abnormal condition Of the cur
rency system. and the fact Shat the import
Gus have-apt adap pted their purchases to the
situation, but, On theI contrary, SHOW an in
grease ofthirty-one per cent over the cor
responding period last year. while. on the
other hend, the exports have not increased
aSall but hove decreased SIS, 500, 600. and the
scase.is made up. 1t says:
This Is, 1nQeeH, SAD showing 1Or our
spring trade, and, worse yet, there is no
prespeot that business will be better at pre-
sent. With the most bountiful harvest that
xsFer blessed the country, with no suffering
&or food anywhere, with plenty to eat, but
with very little to do, the country presents
She spectacle of a fearfully depressed trade
thnd general distress in financial and COM
aneToial circles. And will continue SO to do
as lang as blundering incompetents control
our fiscal affairs. as long as special legisla-
ten to protect special interests kills all other
dnterests. and as long as depreciated paper
currency compels the people to pay double
prizes for all they eat and drink"
CUBA.-Referring to the situation in Gu
'Sa. the Herald says that the pressure upon
che Cuban treasury has led the Government
to contemplate increasing the presen. tariff
of import duties. That the war is now, in
fact, war of resources. From Spain the
colonial authorities can hope for nothing
but naked men in the shape of war material.