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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-03

A wonderful cure reported from. Penn,
sylvania, with, HEndraHls Qusas'b De
L1eHT. A girl fifteen years of age, pale
and sickly, euadiatedp noappetits, losing
flesh, with sore eyes, rsore: rhotth, and n
general wasting avay--alluowinE to no
verify Of blood.E After naing ftur,bottles
-of the Qaeen's Delight, hep appstita ra+
tusned3 digestion snpro7a6, increase oiu,
growth and hesh;' sbras removed, skin
bright and clear, and every indication of
nm improved condition of her whole syas
tenn. This ia one of the IhanylcasaSiHe
hear of the wonderful resulte sof Heia,
itsh's Queen's Delight. uEveyyvheto.
North and Sonth, wherevet introduced,
it is spoken of in the higheati teYtna: Ol0.
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Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.

n The underoiRned nost respectfully
NA. informs his patrons, and the pnbao In
SAaS4general. that he has reoaiYed we'll CO
lected assortment OF fine Watohes, Jewelry
German CUCKOO CLOCKS, carved in WAinus
and Oak. 6PEOTAOLES. aud Eye -glesses of
every focus, to suit all eyes, Above.mentioned
articles will be sold a. reasonable pricea. All
in the best workmanliks manner, and properly
warranted. '.'.i a. w. WBHBHAN,
Plain strees, 0pposite ME., ,Bsrry's Furniture
Rooms. ,....,.. a,,I Dot 81
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To the Dental Profession

THE DENTISTS Of Columbia cordially in.
vite their Professional Brethren throughout
the State, to meet them in DE-. THOMAS
MOORE'S OFFICE, November 10, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, for the purpose of forming State Den.
tai Association. Nov g
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FIRE IN ST.. JoHN's BERKELEY. The
store and stock of goods. and six or seven
balcs of sea island cotton. belonging to
Mr.. Il. w. Eastcrling, were destroyed by
fire on the 2Sth ult The fire occurred
at 2 o'clock in the morning. The loss
will be between $4,000 and 81 ZOO, on
which there was no insurance.
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NOW OPENING.

oURMR. JONES has just returned from the
North, with a second, and larger Stock Of
GOODS than usual. to supply our trade with
The most careless observer cannot but have
noticed the decided decline in both American
Dry Goods in sympathy with the raw Staple,
and Foreign Goods in sympathy with Gold,
that has taken place within the last ten days.
Our previous purchases arc 80 far cleared out
that we can offer "our entire Stock at the Re-
@ised Prices" including ono Of the most COM
plete assortDlents We have ever handled.
Our Retail Stock is full as usual
Our Speciaities.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, Shades, hugs,
&C., &C., ut prices within tho reach Of an-Call
and SOC them-"Be to your advantage"
Our Wholesale Department,
Is full, we'll ordered; GOODS selected with
care; bought right, and will be sold Cheap
enough to be rohandlcd in this market.
nc. SILVER.
P. SOUR HOUSE is young and striving
hard to mako living, and ambitious to build
up still larger cash trade Every customer
that gives US a fair chance to sell them their
Goods, no matter how trifling in amount, glad
dens our hearts; lightens our cares, and has O
bona ride guaranty that Goods bought OF us
are as cheap and good as can be had in the
State. Nov3
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For Sale.

DICES0NS IAPRO VED COTTON SEED.
GROWN from Seed purchased directly af
VI Mr. David Dickson, in 1881. and carefully
preserved from mixing or adulteration with
other seed. -
I will deliver the Seed, shoked in good order,
ut the Louisville Depot, South Carolina Rail.
road, at $500 per bushal, for any amount un-
der bushels, or Mt S1.5o per bushel, for al
amounts in excess OF bushels.
"A. P. AMAKER,
St. Matthew'S, 8. C.
I respectfully refer to tho below named gen.
tlemen, who purchased Seed Of me last spring,
riority of the Seed, to wit: Hon. Il. J. Good
wyn, DR.. A. B. Tober, Fort Motto; P. III. Hou-
ger. Eaq;, and VIM. Paulling, Esq. St. Mat:
thew's; L. 3: Beckwith, Eco, Janlisons; and
Esq, Orangeburg Court House all CT Orange
burg County, 3. @. A. p. A.
Nov q
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~. I,vlEE,,,E'.,lI,

Nx1. EpvhsflslIIas,lks.- sfdA q 1 K. -At.eAssoJ h
ssiied to the following adyertisemens q,
1iablishea cha aFs. siHsk msrnnini: :
MeetiHg FsicHiand Hodge. = ~
D. Gambria1ABo and Stock Broker.
a A. =. xnsfAesGo1lsa q AspsSM1sslt sssa s0l IL.
6; @. HaltiwsngerrJE Asaignee's Notice.
Wells &. Caldveak--Ageuey:, iog \,
E. &c G.. d. Eope-Breahiast Bacon:
To the Dental Profession. assl1 .l!
= D. g. Peixotto & Son-Auction..2 g..
:, Charlotte, Columbia and AuRnsta y. e.
Fisher. Lowrance L Fisher~Wanted
K,"C. ShiverA Now OPENING al''W !
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HOTEL ARRIVALS, November Go.
la,sbia Hotel-C. Kerison, G. W. Rouse,
Charleston; j. n. Adams, Richland; w.
81. Evans, Charlotte; A. McBee, Green.
Vile; E. W. Everson and wife, Ander-
son; A. N. kirkland, Southern Express
Co.; l.. Deadlock, Va; A. NJ. Sadler, w.
A. Bradley, 8. @.
Nickerson HOuse.-John E. Toben,
Blackville, s. O.; Chas. Mantle, Balti.
more; VIM. Furman, II. P. Hammett,
Greenville; Jas. A. August, w. J. Etter,
Newberry; Henry 81. Mitchell, Ruth.
erfordton, N. c.; VIM. Rutledge, Miss
Rutledge. Mrs. T.. Rutledge, Miss Ra-
vanel. Miss Ravanel, Charleston; Mra.
II. Witherspoon and two children, P.
Coonnak, Charlotte; Mrs. N. O. Sher-
rod and child, s. O.; G.. r. Turner,
Greenwood, 8. c.; J. Washburn, Sa-
vannab; w. FL. Scott, Augusta; Thomas
Dain, Pittsburg, Pa; L. G. Williamson,
O. A. r. r.; Jno. @. Keister, Chester;
Mrs. Griffin, New York; Col. l.. s.
Black, Rchland; E. T.. Durrough, VIM.
Thompson, Baltimore; J. III. Ryor,
Blackville, s. O.: w. A. Lesley, Pickens
@. H.; Thos. Battle, New York; Mr.. aud
Mrs. James M. Allan, Miss Ella King,
Greenville; Jas. A. Dunbar, Columbia
Fl. Fl. Henning, F1a.; j. Il. Chatham,
Helena, s. G. :. ... .t-.,..-,. r
National Hotek-J: Blakely, Gadsden
w. II. Lyles. Fairfield; Jno. McCredie; ;
Florida; W. f. Bnrket, Anderson; w.
E. Morris, GreehvilIe; j.. Harp Vance,
Cokesbury; Mrs. Allen Vance, Miss
Nina Vance, Mrs. B. Ricks, Greenwood;
Col. Fl. j. Caughman, Mill Creek; 2. Il.
Ellis, Ky.;J. II. Detzen, j. H. Vernon,
Georgetown; T. J. Taylor, Pineville, N.
o. b. O.. Yocumi Chester; r. Eden,
Winnab6ro; j.. NJ Smith, Statstown (;
W. T. McKenn. Orangeburg; G. w
Griffin. Abbevilie.s
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HAVE TRRRIBLR CouaH. lyon need
not have it long; go to your druggist and
get a bottle Of DIR. TUrr's CEEFBBnrrn
ExPRCroRANT, it viii soon cure ycn. t.
is dangerous tornsglect' coughs. This
valuable preparation may be found ia
every village and hamlea IN rther South
and West. 'i "a rI .Ylicd0SOS
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..T,va pai.d lr1es-sso hosz shsy Run.r

.'Tve Baisd l1sos-sso how shsy Ran.r
Ma. aprron: Aay s..sssios s ~ !
tracted your ysterd sPnasz soa
poeticeT affusioI at tGe taiB df 5hid
danslGdoun, inSnnspiouohs aAd Mkzidg
characters, the illustrious name of
Monsieur D. Goodman, Esq. II wonder
what the I'D" stands forY Now, consid-
ering the dirty source, should not have
stopped to notice ii, but as the eloquent
-eioCutionist, daebator- and drummer has
brought my name before the public, it is
but just and proper to ask space in the
daae' channel through which he gave
vent 70 his offended dignity; and through
which his faIsehoods were promulgated.
Monsieur D. q. Q wonder what I'D"
stands forY commences by saying land
who believes it2Y he had occasion to visit
the Singleton plantation !; on arriving at
Gadsden. he found omt that the distance
was so great, and, having missed his way,
like his ancestor, Jacob, when travelling
to Bethel, he lay down on the hard
ground, with rock under his head for
q pillow, and beheld o ladder extending
from earth to Heaven, and negroes trav-
cling mp and down. with bundles under
their arms, and carpet-bags filled with
coats, pants, brass watches and jugs of
whiskey. and his big lreart throbbed and
swelled with JOY ma. in his vision, he be-
held I'D. ,n;ih big; letters ,naarIed on
the bundles. :, But lql behold, q change
came over the spirit Of his bright aarea %.
when no opened Ills big eyes, and beheld
H. G.. Mark iahead' Of him at the Red
EChurch. How, thought he. dare he
intrude upon holy ground, whereJ epkins,
my drummer, preaohes, and where Simon
Hayes, the preacher drunns, and where l.,
d. c., SO largely contribute in the Dea-
cons hat quarter IN gEeenbaeks every
Sunday, to the great delight of the little
darkies, and to Che great joy of Jenkins,
the fiddler. Now, Monsieur, you know,
effnsion arc aware, that you prevarioated.
You say that you found out, when at
Red Church, that the distance was so
great to your Singleton plantation. that
you concluded to pitch your. tent at the
Red Church. Now, my dear, good fell
low, didn't you know the precise and
exact distance from the Red Church to
your Singleton plantation, before you
started? Dave. you now know you did,
and your monkey-caper are (Aus ga
spilt) and played ont. But when you
try to prejudice the minds of the oom-
pnunity at large against me, by stating
that tried to create q disturbance be.
tween the whites aud blacks, Dave. you
know your life would not have been in
danger as long as your shanks would
carry you at tho rate OF 2.40 per minute
on the plank road. But one more ques
tion I will answer. and then / will be
done with you. You inquire to what
club Il belong. I don't belong to olut
"W." that is the watch h-club. Dave
You know what it means. so do the Mar.
shals. and SO does II. @. MARK.
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For Sale.

"a" For Sale.
st'f's = ONE and one 6 Octave PIANO.
81 81 Also, Tuning and Repairing Pia-
Y4-y YYnos, Melodeons ard Organs Or
defa JET 81 my residence, Taylor street, near
the eBharlotte Depot, will meet with prompt
attention. JOSEPH DESCK. :.
NovS0iir limo
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Solomons' Bitters, an AAtiddte To- Ma
laria, prepared bytA.A! Solomons' G. C0.y
druggists, Savannah. Gai BIN rrOaSev'.
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Dupnnt's GunpoWdel

Dupont's GunpoWder Agency.
A FULL supply constantly on hand, OF all
N grades, in Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs
and Canisters, for. sale low to the trade and
consumers-also, Drop and Buck SHOT, Per-
cussioh CAPS, Gun Flints. &o., for sale low,
by =. -t. J.& #. r. 'AGNEW, :
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~ The Greenville Enterprise, Abbsville
Press, Yorkvillo Enquirer, Newberry Herald,
Chester Reporter, Keowee Courier. Spartan.
burg Spartan, Unionville Times and Camden
Journal Will copy TO the extent OF one-fourth
OF column, change weekly, with the PH0RIx,
for the Quarter Commanding October l. 1859
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We regret to say that our Sprague is
still non est inoentua. We hear of his
making speeches ct the North-of his
going to Europe-of his buying out the
Natio',d. InteHigencer, but not word of
that famous Columbia Canal project.
Mr.. Spragae's coming here was called
one of the fruits of progressive repub.
licanism." Is Mr.. Sprague's fruit one
Of the Dead Sea kind, to burn to ashes
on our lips? And what Of the Commits
sioners Of the canals Are they going to
continue dumb? The people of Columbia
would like to have some one take hold OF
the canal enterprise.
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Family Flour Wanted.
VXTB notice ''Fsmily Flour" advertised for
Wv sale at Sc so per barrel. We win pur-
chase and pay cash for all the ''so,.,d Fdf,i,u
Flour" In the oityet 90. rs per bbl, TO u orders
HEAPHART & SLOAN,
Nov Commission Merchants.
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The Columbia Tannery.

1He CoIumDla Tannery,
j. p. THOMAS &c CO., PrcprIetorn.
HIDEs and SKINS bought or taken in ex-
Ii change for Finished Leather. Orders
for Leather promptly filled. Apply at foot Of
Lumber street, on the Greenviile and Column
bia Railroad.
90 For the purpose of engaging in the
above business, tho undersigned have, this
day, August 2s, 1889, associated themselves as
copartners. J. 4. THOMAS,
j. o. MOORE,
Oct 70 J. W. PARKER
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COLUMBIA, g g. c..
We inesday lIernilng ilnl 'lBs, lHBse,ve,mbar 8. 1859.

tN,islTt'
"ris FasIs. nissaEF 'nrasss, 10 not aa she
stars. h1s An 1oaissixea, .hat y We are
UnderlIags.~
Analyze the sentiment 81 the genuine
Southern, man ct this period in our histo-
ry, and it will be found that. his pie
dominant aspisatipp is tto. see his Beloved
section once agaia--erecs in its restored
stature--oncaf ggqin. ripdepapasnt and
inAnentialiniits Eenawed prosperity. If
the Soutfer'n patriot had 10 higher
object to live foPtthan to work. fox his
prostrate section. this Ought obs enough
TO Ore his soul and. 10 nerve his: aria.
Some. We know. are deapSndent, :, Some,
We know. imagine that the stars are
against us. Some, We know, despair of
seeing, In their day and generation. the
broken column 1upraised.. To them We
have but 30 sugeest the language that
heads this article. II We shall continue
''undeIlipgs" ,ip the national racer the
fault viii not- be i'm the stars, but in
ourselves By this We mean, ssimply.
that the South has within herself all the
elements of prosperity, and it is in her
power to rid herself of her industrial
bondage Let her people wisely make
the most efsher edyantages.H Let them
develop her power, of cesa, Of minerals,
of water. of, steam them use all the
appliances .of modern akiH and recent
inventions, and, who. can doubt our
future2iit And .as;to our political. encum-
btancea zshes may. resb upon the lion
weak, bus netalonga; Wihnthey letter the
lion strong The Lilhpatfans df the
hour may bind the aleeping and exhausted
giant, but they win shrink with aispay
when he rises in the majesty of his
recovered strength. "A people who fought
as did the Southern people in the hate
war-s race that has exhibited so, many
high and solid quaiitiess csnnot long re-
main .,:.unIerlings" or their native SOIL
Our running streams suggest activity
onr fertile soil impaftsT to us strength; ;
our very breezes whisper hope. Under
tho heavy, ,blowof Appomattox the South
bent, but she did not break. And now
che stands ready to compete with her
former opponents on the peaceful fields
of industry. We have faith in our fu-
ture. We have had tho days of iron.
We have now upon us the days of brass.
Let us trust that good Providence has
in store for as s;lrer and agolden era.
y
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Scotch Whiskey.
ANE CASK pnre Islay Malt SCOTCH WIS
" hEf, Tor sale by T.. IL q. ID. HOPE
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a wER6I CARDS HlD Esv -lgl4l
jSt Of wed ling cards eda en- elofbs.F os
2ates( astyls, has jusE peenE rel bivea
|wAicHw will be printed nISmitaA ion Sf EN- /
EgrAving, 4fa at lesSStfsA ossateash thS
cost. Call and see specimens at PHaNrx
Office,
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Canned Goods.
10n CASES Oysters, Salmon. Iobster
ICO Peaches, Tomatoes and Preserves:
fresh and for sale low by +. Il G.. d. HOPE
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Ruckwheat and Syrup,
NEW BUOKWHEAT FLOUR,
IN Golden Drip SYRUP! For sale by
Oct % E& G. D. HOPE.
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Among the numerous efforts of the mo-
nopolissst 80 wiring greater profits out of the
people, Serhaps there is none which, if sue
cessiul, would be more injurious than the
attempt 10 obtain renewal of the Howe pa
tent n I'VE was the inventor of the sewing
machinsi aud his patent expired in 1861 1t
is theSfose, now public property. If the
renewal swere sought in the interest of the
heirs OF. Howe, the public might view the
effort to- force it through Congress with
leniency{ II not with approval, bui. strange to
say, it is.sought by rival companies. Three
of the wealthiest and most powerful of the
sewing, machine companies, which levee a
royalty or all other machines, except the
Howe, and representing capital of S12,000,-
600, have combined, so it is asserted, to lobby
this measure through. The reason is evident.
Even although the Howe machine may not be
so desiI;Jble as the Wheeler and Wilson, the
Singer, or the Grover and Baker, it would yet
seriousl9 interfere with the sales of those ma
chimes if il were put on the market at low
price. Being now public property, of course
it can be manufactured and sold by any one,
and it il this fact that has alarmed the pow
erful companies before referred to, and in
duced them to work for renewal of the Howe
patent If, they succeed they will get rid Of
competition which might reduce their profits
by forcipe them to sell their machines at a
comparatively low price. The Howe patent
is now hhe property of the public, and any
attemrt,to wrench it away by means of new
patent, ~ patent renewal, in the interest OF
monopolhs, will be nothing better than legal
lied robbery.
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General Dulce telegraphs to Spain for more
troops, and thinks that with reinforcements
amounting to four thousand men, he can sup
press the Cuban instruction. This is emil
nently suggestive of the perilous condition Of
Spanish authority in the Island. The official
papers have boosted that the troops now in the
field were more than sufficient for the pur-
pose ; but we find that the loyalist garrisons
are gradually driven from the interior to the
coast that the government offers to treat with
the insurgents, and that finally the new cap
tain general c. nfesses his inability to subdue
the revolt without large accessions of troops
from Spain. That he will get four thousand
more men does not seem at all likely, as affairs
in Spain indicate collision of parties in that
country which will prevent the sending abroad
of any more troops.
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II. Gen. Grant is unwilling to trust his
tongue. he has more confidence in his pen
witness his famous order concerning the jews
and Sis subsequent letter to Mr.. Moses repu-
diatjae the same His last appearance on
paper has relation to certain conversations
BETWEEN himself and others reported by cor
respSndent of the New York World. General
Grait commences by saying that these articles
are Bitterly without foundation, and that the
assesied conversations never took place. He
concludes by pronouncing the articles 'incor-
rect. indicate, and impertinent," which,
aftes the positive disclaimer of his opening
lookA ike a pretty good specimen of anti
cl1aax. An assertion may be indelicate and
imI;ertinent without being untrue, and it may
even be incorrect without being absolutely
falfe. This triHipg rhetorical inaccuracy out
of the way, we may consider ourselves bound
70 believe that the Worlds correspondent was
delsded by that excess Of fancy which is apt
IN overcome even newspaper correspondents
vh5n they are wrought up to the fine frenzy
of Admiration which the sight of great men,
bka he general commanding our armies,
is ut to provoke.
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Sue Murphy again. And more of her.
Washing on kilograms say that although Con-
eress VENTS to pay the "trooly loiI' South
erners fts what was stolen from them during
the war vet Sue Murphy is to be whistled
down tbt wind for want of proof of "loilty."
We are sold that this gentle representative of
thirty )Ssllions worth of troo" and genuine
"loilty L was sixteen years of age when the
war BEGIN, to-wit, in 1861, and that, TO quote
the caadous words of the reporter, "she is
now rSD5abN twenty-four." Eight and six
teen aIs supposed to certainly make twenty
four; Ont, in the overwhelming excitement
of tb@l Sue Murphy case, we presume that
the aegtated telegrammer had not time to
verify so abstruse calculation, and that he
thereby launched it forth to take its chance
in the l4eat sea of mathematical probabilities.
We AMI happy to inform him that we have
subjected the question to profound and ex-
haustiEo analysis, and that the result con-
firms she hypothesis that if Sue Murphy was
sixtees years old in 1861, she will be twenty
four ysars old in 1869. We are told that Sue
Murpht's only claim to 'loilty" is, that she
was Hid to Federal soldiers, beyond which
she bglpD political record Whence we infer
that, Qtthough present proof of "loilty" emit
Ting 60 claimant to unquestioned access to
the dcsjs of the treasury and to prescriptive
title tt{ Office, consists in simply voting the
RadicI ticket and in lavish objurgation of
"treGion and rebellion" and profuse adula-
ton q the cold flag" proof of " loilty' du-
ring lso war, emitting a person to payment
for pi5perty appropriated by the government,
could ionsist of nothing short of pulling a
trigl,it or handling bayonet As Sue Muir
phy'ltth by age and sex was precluded from
rusltt< into the military service of her coun-
try, II j. must expect to be classed as con-
firms l. eontumacious, and entirely irreclaim-
ablestaebel," whom it is eminently just and
proEl. wise and humane, to plumber ad Hbt
f,ua l5r the benefit of the best government
the tprld ever saw.
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The two carpet-bag Legislatures of Florida
and Alabama are negotiating for a transfer to
the latter of a portion of the former State.
This is what might, appropriately, be termed
ga big thing Not satisfied with stealing
all that they can carry away or lay their pre-
hensile claws upon, these ambitious creatures
coolly proceed to sell each other portions OF
the respective States of which they have taken
possession. Before they get through Florida
will all have been sold to Alabama, and Ala
bama. will all have been sold to Florida, and
effulgent carpet-baggery will become obese
upon the proceeds. Next we shall hear that
the carpet-bag legislators of Louisiana have
little plan on hand for the sale of the Florida
parishes to the hungry carpet-baggers of Mis-
sissippi.
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There is a proposition before the Lsgisla-
ture to contract loan of SIS 900, 900 for re-
building the levees. This may be all very
well, but first let us know if 5S could
have been obtained for the six per cent levee
bonds, whilst they were sold at 81 and then,
what has become of the proceeds of the sale.
If the State runs in debt 81, SOC, 900 and in
terest to get about $500, 900 cash, less COM
missions and fees, etc., the people will be
rather slow to sanction running further in
debt to the enormous amount Of $4,000, 900,
of which the State would probably not get
more than five or six million.