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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-24

We'are requested tu. state that there
will be religious services in the Marion
Street Methodist Church this evening
and tomorrow evening, Mt o'clock, and
in the Washington Street Chapel Satur-
day morning, at half f-past 10 o'clock.
- -~.->~r-~~
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND GENERAL.
SESSIONS. June 23.-The case of the
State us. Louisa Wilson was resumed,
and the argument on part of the prisoner
was heard, but there was no reply on the
part OF the State, owing to the illness of
Solicitor Talley. The jury returned
verdict of "not guilty"
The State us. George Robertson, for
larceny-guilty.
The State rs. Edward Segore, for ma
licious trespass-guilty.
ST.. JOINS OR MIDsuMMEns DAY.-To-
day is ST. Johns Day-the Feast of st.
John the Baptist-which is frequently
called Midsummer-Day, from its hap
pening so near the time of the summers
splsticc. The Masons of Columbia cele-
brate the day by picnic at Ridge
Spring on the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad. The Charleston Com ier COM
piles the following history of st. Johns
Day:
st. Johns Day was early marked by
curious customs, resembling in meas
ure those OF May Day and Whitsuntide
Dlvination was practiced, and vnrious
games and amusements were INDUCED
in for the amusement of the simple folk,
who enjoyed such sports. 1t used to be
said that n rose plucked on st. Johns
eve would be fresh at Christmas; and
that by fasting and watching on that
night the spirits of those who were going
to die, and of those who were going to
be married, might be seen. Maidens
also used to gather n moss rose at this
time, and place it in the bosom to see
whether it would wither; if it did the
lover was untrue. The question arises:
were any of the lovers true? But the
maidens may have known how to keep
the roses In their bosoms as fresh as the
roses in their checks. Gathering the tre-
foil, and adorning white wether with
flowers, was q custom of long continu-
ance in Spain. The beautiful ballad to
which this custom gave birth, was sung
by the maidens for centuries, along the
banks of the Guadalquiver. ~,,n.
The good st. John was the patron
Saint of the Military Order of the
Knights OF st. John, Of Jerusalem. the
Hospitallers, the rivals of the Knights of
the Temple. Our readers will readily
recall the passage OF words which took
place in the presence of st. John be-
tween the Hospitaller and DeBracey, in
regard to the overthrow of Bois Guilbert
and Ralph de Vipont by Ivanhoe. This
rivalry long continued. The order of the
Hospital, however, survived that of the
Temple.
In later days the Masonic Fraternity
claim both st. John the Evangelist and
st. John the Baptist as eminent patrons
of the order. In the South, however,
the fraternity invariably celebrate st.
Johns day on the 9th of December, on
the plea that the weather is better adapt
ed for such ceremonies.
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CIeanse ana 1,lslhfsot.

MR. EDITOR: In view of tue lmpor-
tauce of thorough disinfeotien during
the bot weather, and TO aid citizens in
obtaining the cheapest and best article
fofthis purpose. the following ssatements
have been prepared: vs. s-S'sNs.'
SOURCE OF DANGER. Hot and damp
weather will cause all filth aud refuse to
purify, and give out poisonous gases.
Privies, water-closets, damp cellars and
filthy drains are the source OF the evil
about dwelling houses.
USE OF DIsESFBCTANTs.-- To disinfect
the places above named, use O strong So
luton of copperas, sulphate of iron and
csrbolio aoid. This solution is made by
mixing twelve pounds of copperas and
one pound of carboiic acid, (crystalized, J
in twelve gallons of water, stirring the
mixture briskly. To every privy, allow
daily OF the rate of one pint of the above
solution to every four persons using the
same, or less, if desired. To disinfect
stables, filthy grounds and masses Of
putrid matter, use coal tar and copperas,
or the former alone.
How TO PROCURE THE DISINFECTANTS.
The copperas and carbolic aoid solution
can be made by druggists or the indi-
vidual, Mt cost from thirty to fifty cents
per gallon. Lime is worth about thirty
cents peck. Coal tar can be obtained
from the gae house, for little or nothing
Tt is so offensive that it should be used
moderately about dwellings. The car
bolic acid and copperas solution will be
found cheaper than lime. Some of our
enterprising druggists could, no doubt,
bring on some of the carbolic class, which
would be cheaper than the crystalized
acid.
We should recollect that nothing takes
the place of fresh mir, sunlight and per-
sonal cleanliness. s.f,.rf Il.
The cost of the above named mate-
rials is so Slight, that they lie in the
reach of almost every one. The coal tar
can be purchased ut the gas works for n
triae, and may be gathered-we are in
formed-in quantities in the drains, in
the vicinity of "Potter's field" conduct
ing the refuse from the gas works. The
object proposed by our correspondent ia
of the highest Importance, and we can
not too highly recommend the adoption
by our citizens of the course proposed.
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IA q Q a1 Ite m 8.

Remember, Wyman. the magician,
performs in Jauney's Hall, this even
ing. The weather is to be attended to,
remember.
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. has
been slight change in the schedules of
the Charlotte and South Carolina and
Columbia and Augusta Railroads. The
trains for Augusta leave Columbia ut ten
minutes to P. NJ; and for Charlotte at
twenty-five minutes past l.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-24

An Englishman still lives who was q
drummer boy in the revolutionary war
in America. He is the last soldier Of the
Army Of the Revolution"
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Our Book TABLR.-We are indebted
to Messrs. Bryan & McCarter for the July
number of Harpe,''s Magazine. The lite
rary merits of this magazine are cheer
fully acknowledged, whilst its political
sentiments have our reprobation. BY a
judicious liberality, the pens OF the most
popular novelsts on both sides of the
Atlantic have been secured for its COL
nmns. We believe that the advance
sheets of "Our Mutual Friend" and
"Armndale," appeared in Ha,per's be-
fore they came out in England. The
present number contains among other
attractive articles, chapters of new ovel
by Miss Mulock. and resume of Gen.
Grants career, from the time at which he
emerged from obscurity in Illinois, to the
day he received the surrender Of the
great captain, Gen. Lee. We beg leave
to add our tribute to the courtesy OF
Messrs. Bryan & McCarter, which rem
ders it always pleasure to visit their
store, and to their enterprise by which
the reading public are kept supplied with
most of the American magazines, and all
the newest works.
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L lIeQueutly iOIuu one or Two Qeau
bodies lying about the office when came
out of my sanctum, nothing unpleasant
ever happened to mar the peaceful sere
nifty of my daily life. So prosperous did
the future seem to me, that began to
seriously contemplate matrimony, and as
apreliminary process, walked deeply into
love with the daughter of Methodist
clergyman, who was temporarily station
cd ut San Francisco.
One Monday morning, my proprietor
came into the Office in purple state of
indignation. "Look hyur," snid he, "a
cuss of preacher has bin abnsin' Of my
establishment, and l want yon to go fur
him. Jest you Civ him particler Hades
(we'll say.) Tell him he's another, you
know, and swear he done more lynn an
stealin', III gineral cussedness than any
man in Frisco. You know how to do
it,"
inquired who the unhappy man was,
but my proprietor couldn't remember
his name. Beyond the fact that he wns
Baptist, he knew nothing of him, but
he told me to write the article, aud leave
IL blank for the clergyman's name, and
he would insert it in time for the next
days paper. if l would send the proof to
him. Well, 1 wrote the savugest sort of
an attack, and after reading the proof,
sent it down to my proprietor's saloon,
with the request that he would insert the
name. and send it up to the foreman.
He did so, and to my unutterable hor-
ror, l found ont, the next morning,
when [ took up the paper, that l had
been abusing my prospective father-in-
lawi
You see my proprietor was not very
strong in theology, and didn't know the
difference between Methodist and a
Baptist. 1t never occurred to me that
the Baptist chap whom was ordered to
abuse could be the Methodist father of
my beloved, and leave you to imagine
my feelings when read the article, with
the Rev. james Slimkins' name at the
head of it.
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We'are requested t.fstate that there
will be religious services in the Marion
Street Methodist Church this evening
and tomorrow evening. Mt s o'clock, and
in the Washington Street Chapel Satur-
day morning, at half-pnst 10 o'clock
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17
FROM EUROPE.

PARIS, January IL.
The Conference had smother Convention
to-day. Van Gabher, the Greek Minister, is
absent at present from the city. The papers
generally urge continuance of the Confer
ence. It is understood that Greece is pre-
pairing a diplomatic circular to the foreign
Powers on the questions at issue.
NEW YORK, January Is.
A London paper publishes letter from
Minister johnson in reply to a query from
an emigration society respecting the natural
ization of British subjects in the United
States. Mr.. Johnson says naturalized citi-
zens, clothed with the protection of America,
are precisely the same as native born citi-
gems. entitled to ali our rights. The United
States will protect such citizens if they return
to their native country the same as those
born IN the United States.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17
A SMALI-rox WATCHER WALKS AROUND

A SMALL-rox WATCHER WALKS ARoUNT
Town IN HIS SLEEP.-A. about a quarter
past three o'clock yesterday morning officer
Nes6j:t found a man on Howard street wan
dering the streets partially dressed, in a be-
wildered condition. The man was awake
when discovered, but appeared to be at loss
to undersian where he was OK how he got
there. He had on at the time pants, boots
and vest, but was without coat or hat. lie
informed the officer that he had undertaken
the evening before to assist in taking care of
a smallpox patient, at Folk and Broadway
streets. At ten o'clock in the evening he
laid down to take nap, and remembered
nothing more until few minutes before the
officer met him. when he awoke near How
ard and Sixth streets, to find himself walking
the streets some two miles from where he
started. He was furnished with such addi-
,ional clothing as he required at the station
house, and returned home. He had been
addicted to night-walking when about seven
years of age, but not since that PERIODS.
=. Chronicle.
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| WARRINGTON, January Is.
Stewart reported the following constitu
tional amendment:
| ARTICLE XIV. The right of citizens of tn,
United States to vote and hold Office shall no
be denied or abridged BY the United State.
or any State on account of race, color, o.
previous servitude.
Yates introduced = bill to enable Colorado
to form 4 State Government.
After much discussion, the Sue Murphy
bill and amendments was recommitted to
the Committee on Claims.
HUNTINGTON (Mass.), January Is.
The Hampshire wooden mills were totally
destroyed by fire last night. The loss will
exceed Sl5O,OOO
HARRISBURG PENN January Is.
Governor Geary is lying seriously i'll of
erysipelas.
New York, January Is.
Washington special say the receipts of In
ternal revenue for January will reach five
millions and from customs fifteen.
LONDON, January Is.
The treaty settlement of the Alabama
claims has been signed BY Minister job nson
for the United States and Lord Clarendon
for the British Government, on the basis of
the original protocol.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17

PoKING Fun AT GREELEY.-The New
York correspondence of the Bulletin con
tains the following:
| Horace Greeley, editor-in-chief of the
Tribune, is now in Canada. Last night and
the night before he lectured in Montreal
where he has been received with marked
attention. A dispatch to morning paper
saws he appeared on skates a. the famous
rink of that city last evening, and essaved a
race with the Mayor. The dispatch says that
the race was for the best three in FIVE, and
was won by Mr.. Greeley in three straight
heats, his honor, the Mayor, falling behind
each time, out of regard for his distinguished
guest. l strongly suspect that the whole
thing is canard, as Mr.. Greeley has proba-
bly, never stood on skates-at all events, not
since his boyhood. Skating is an accom-
plishment he has had no time to practice
any more than fishing, which, he says, he
has wanted to do for thirty years, but has
never done.
A paragraph has been going the rounds
that Mr.. Greeley and Mr.. Dana recently col
lided, while exercising in their velocipedes,
on the Nicholson pavement, on Nassau
street. Greeley was never on velocipede,
and, probably, could not be cOaxed upon
one; Mr.. Dana is an accomplished rider, and
practices daily, so that he has become quite
proficient. The story OF the collision is man
ifestly canard, but l am daily expecting to
see some of the comic papers illustratin. the
srnpe
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17

THE DEATH OF Mrs. DicKzSs.-Speski king
c:the death of the wife of Augustus Dick
ems, brother OF Charles, a correspondent at
Chicago, under date of December q, says:
There seems to be some doub. whether the
oeath OF Mrs. Augusta Dickens, sister-in- law
o: Charles Dickens. resulted from premedi-
tated self-des.ructicn or from indiscreet use
az morphine. She had been in the habit of
using the drug for some time past for neu-
ralgic pains. and few days before her death
she had borrowed a book of naighbnr which
treated OF poisons, and had read it carefully,
30 that she must have been pretty well in
formed upon the character OF the poison she
WAS using. Still there was no seeming rea-
son for committing the deed. Although
poor. she was beycrd the reach of want, and
had only the day before received remittance
Of \ certificate of deposit for 500 from some
friendly source. The verdict of the Coro-
ner's jury was rather ambiguous. 1t was
that the deceased came TO her death By an
overdose Of morphine, administered by her
self when in state OF menta, alteration
he verdict. if it means anything. would in
dicate the belief of the jury tina. Mrs. Dick
rns committed suicide. Still her friends be
liere that he. death resulted from accidental
causes. Mrs. Dickens was buried to-day. |
Her children will be carefully provided tor.
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GAN FRANCISCO DIsPATCHEsi
from the Safeguard Of last EVENING"

| SAN Francisco. January Is.
| Twenty new buildings, standing in line
are to be erected on the extension Of Mont
gomery street. Ground for their occupancy
was sold at auction to day, and the work will
be pushed forward rapidly.
The Commissioners Of immigration have
received S23, 900 forfeiture from the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company for violation OF
the Passenger Act in bringing immigrants
from China without paying the capitation tax.
The subscriptions in California for the
benefit of sufferers BY inuudatlon in Switzer-
land amount to s. 1000.
A bar of silver, worth $50 81, taken from
seventeen pounds of rock from the hooking
Bird mine, White Pine, was shown me yes
terday. The mine was partially opened
about one month since.
interpretations for White Pine district are
all the rage here now, and are too numerous
to mention.
The California Theater was lighted up for
the first time last night, for inspection by
of the Press.
Harry Logan, the broker, who was shot by
Guerrero, is still alive, but very low.
The Pacific Railroad Company has Sc
cured from the Harbor Commissioners a
portion of the new water front on Front
street.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17

MIScE MEAr.-1he following recipe for
mince pies, which are now in season, is re-
commended to the editor of the Germantown
Telegraph by the lady who has used it for
years: Boil fresh beef tongue tender; let
it get cold then chop it fine, with one pound
suet, one half peck of apples, two pounds of
currants picked and washed carefully, one
pound of ci,ron sliced. half an ounce each Of
powdered cloves, allspice, cinnamon and GIN
ger three pnts of sweet cider, one pint Of
Madeira, half pint Of brandy, with enough
sugar to sweeten to your taste. This will
make large full jar.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-01-17

An American merchant visiting England
went into fashionable London church ore
Sunday soon after service had commenced
and stood in the aisle. The Pew-opened pass
ed him several times and took no notice of
him. "They show more respect to stran-
ger in American churches" said he 10 him
self, and determined to give them lesson.
Seeing that there was plenty of room in sew
eral pews, and that the pew-opener passed
him again and again without offering him a
seat, he quietly spread open his coat tails
and squatted down ON the neatly matted
aisle. The clergyman noticed him, and look
ed II the pew-opener, whom at once went to
him and offered him = seat. No, thank
you," whispered the merchant, am quite
comfortable, and shall sit here al the service,
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From the Enterprise of yesterday.l

| New YORK, January Is.
1t is stated that Martin, the individual who
processes to be able to give full information
relative to the alleged Alaska bribery, is in
Washington, but never appeared before the
committee. He boasts that he can prove
that Secretary Seward urged Baron Stocked
to oil the wheels Of the Legislative machinery,
| and gives the names of sundry persons to
whom various sums were paid, from Sl0,O cO
to $500, 900 each, to assist in the passage Of
the appropriation.
CHICAGO, January Is.
The Republican caucus of the Minnesota
Legislature has nominated Alexander Ram
sey. United States Senator.
Judge Aaron Taylor, Il well known lawyer
of this city, died recently. A short time
previous to his death, Taylor was brutality
treated BY policeman in Justices office,
acting under orders from the Justice The
members of the Bar have investigated the
case, and having arrived at the conclusion
that this outrageous and unwarran.able treat
ment caused his death, they appointed
committee to prosecute Justice MIliiken and
the policeman concerned in the beating for
manslaughter. They have unanimously ten
dered their gratuitous services to the reIa-
tons of the deceased should they determine
to institute a civil suit for damages. Judge
Taylor has relatives in California.
Chauncey Baiy shot and instantly killed
James L. Laird at Napierville. H., yester-
day, having discovered him in the act of
ADULTERY with Baily's wife. Laird was re-
Gently Sheriff of Cheyenne County, DAKOTA. |
WILMINGTON, January Is.
The steamer Gulf City, from Galveston to !
New York, went aground Monday night off
Point Lookout. IN few hours she was
dashed to pieces. Only three persons out of
200 aboard the steamer are known to have
been saved.
LOUISVILLE, January Is.
few nights since a man named Wealth
Frs, living in the lower part of the city, while
under the influence of liquor asked his little
BOY four years of age to spell a word, which
impossible for the child to DO. Weathers
hen seized him by the hair, picked up stick
and beat the child until the flesh on
IT, body was larcerated in many
places. Needing not the cries of the little
me, who pleaded for mercy, he then picked
t up and neld it over hot fire in a stove
until its body was burned to blister.
Neathers was subsequently arrested
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-HR PLYMOUTH TRAGzDT.-Deacon SAM

THE PLYMOUTH TRAGsDY.-Deacon Sam
u-i Adams, convicted of the msnslaughter
nf Mr. Cornelius Holmes, and sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment, has reached the
State Prison and entered upon his incarcer-
alton. Warden Ha;nes went to Plymouth
and received the prisoner at the Jail, coming
into this city in the regular afternoon train.
Daring the ride in the cars the Deacon con-
versed freely at intervals, and seemed to be in
a very cheerful and hopeful state of mind.
lie however avoided the late tragedy. He
wore his usual dress, his handouts being coz
e-aied by a heavy shawl thrown over his
shoulders. He asked permission to sit on
The side of the car farthest from the Kings
ton depot, SO that he might avoid the gaze of
th,,e who might be collected at that station.
aud his request was granted. He wen: into
private apartments at once. 1t has not yet
ieen determined wha. kind Of 81 hard labor !"
will be most practicable and profitable. He
has not the l0ok of a c.iminnl. The Dea
cons wife deserves the sympathy of all
hum nc people. She has been bsdridden for
years, and i: was at one time feared that she
would not be able to survive the excitem en-:
produced b. her husbands arrest. From the
6rst sac declared she knew nothing Of the !
nssder. and said that il her husband was
.aiity he shonld be punished for committing |
he erime.-Ezessn2e.
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Mrs. HARRIET BEscHER STGwE Cox
Macon. Ga, Telegraph saws

Mrs. HARRIET BEscHER STGwE Con-
VsRIED.-The Macon, Ga, Telegraph SAYS
We learn from Florida that Mrs. Beecher
Stowe, the au.horess of Uncle Toms Cabin,
who year or two ago bought place on the
st. Johns River, near jacksonville, SAYS she
wants to live long enough to correct the mis-
take of Uncle Tom," and show that a
greater blunder was committed when slavery
vas abolished. From an original condition
OF sentiments, attachment to the negro, she
has lapsed Into a state of uncomfortable dis
Ike and aversion. She will not have them
about her, either indoors or out. She turned
them all off her place, and allows TO one
with a black skin to approach her. We are
told that an acquaintance of ours sought to
send her a message by black stewardess on
board steamboat, but she refused to allow
the negro to approach her. Her mind, we
n-e credibly informed, is very much infiamed
against the negro and this, probably, from
comparing their aptitude as lsborers and
servants with that of the northern whites.
Her fancy picture of the African has been
spoiled, and her sentimental affection has
turned, II consequence, to violent aversion
Like Squeers, the milk of human sympathy
n her bosom has all turnnd to curds and
whey.
This news, says the Cincinnati Times, will
aurprise many, no doubt, who have formed
decided opinions Of Mrs. Stoves radical,
anti-slavery views. but scarcely more than
the fact which we have from undoubted
sources, that NJ. Horace Greeley and Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher are now in training for
y mill for the championship of New York, to
come off shortly. Mr.. Greeley hackers
lave, we understand, deposited forfeit OF
81 900, and Mr.. Beecher's have covered it |
With a like amount. Greeley is in training
by Mike McCooi, at Hoboken, and Beecher
has gone to a quiet place which, owing to
the prejudices OF some OF his Plymouth
Church Pensioners. we are requested to
omit naming for the present,