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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29

QpFFErSSHANCET 40 ~ 40 CoEoREss--- -
Ia SUa1& B8Asrl TRct zHaon Cam. -
l"Who shall 90 to. Gong aSsss 81 fhe stead
| OF The Hon. c. O. BoEsna e ssks ii BE Rsy.''
h II. CAIN in the last Is of. HAT out
spoken organ OF The epati Means, Of
South Carolina-ths 4issioAd Record.
He solves the riddle in wordsS which, to
oarpet-bagger and ,scalawag alike, must
read like the handwriting on the wall.
It ie' certainly very early, he remarks, to
agitate the, question. but he finds suffi.
cient justification in his anxiety 10 balk
"the hungry devils who never tire" in
the quest of official plumber. We will
let the prophet Cain speak for himself as
to the complexion, moral. political and
physical, OF the coming Congressman:
"We do not know, he says, "who the
lucky chap may be; but one thing is
pretty certain, that the negro proposes
to send o true representative of his race,
to represent his interests at the next
election for Congressman. These long,
lank. sharp-nosed gents may prepare for
defeat. They will have to take a back
seat till somebody else has had chance.
The colored people have been sold often
enough, and they have come to the con-
clusion that these adventures with white
faces aud black hearts shall not any
longer belle them and fatten off their
stupidity. We venture to say no one of
these pretending scamps will ever 90 to
Washington to misrepresent them again.
So of certain people who are preparing
to go to the Senate through the influence
of colored legislators, fine speeches. and
few hundred dollars. That will not
pave the way to the Senate in the future
as it did in the past. please take no.
tice and govern yourselves accordingly.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29
FALL AND WINTER GOODS

%. HAVING received from New York my
IA supply Of FALL and WINTER GOODS,
Aoonsisting of English, French and Ameri-
.-Ahcan Cassimeres, Scotch Tweeds, Vestings,
Sc:, &C., invite my old customers and the
public generally to call and examine for them
selves, feeling satisfied that can show as fine
Goods, and give as good bargains, as can be
obtained anywhere With an experience of
fifteen or twenty years in the business, and
corps Of competent workmen, my customers
may rely upon being satisfied.
Sept 10 J. F.lEISENMANN.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29

Notice to Cotton Growers.
NyHE Subscriber intends to run Portable
l. Cotton Gin from Columbia to Kingsville
and the surrounding country. Planters wish
ing my services can apply to me, ut Columbia.
Aug5 RICHAHD TOZER.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29
State South Carolina -Richland County.

otaCe SOuCn carolina -Rlcnland county.
IN THE COURT OF PROBATE.
by William Hutson WiJg, Judge Of Probate
an Richldnd County.
NTHEREAS, Tabitha w. Watson hath ap-
wv piled to mo for lettors of administra-
tion, with will annexed, on the Estate of
WILLIAM M. MYERS, late of Richland,
admonish all and singular the kindred and
creditors OF tho said deceased, to be and
appear before me at Court Of Probate for the
said County, to be holden at Columbia, on the
NJ, to show Cause, il any. why the said admi-
nistration should not bai grantad.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the
Court, this 18th day OF September, A. D..
1859, and in the ninety-fourth year Of Ameri-
WILLIAM HUTsoN wIaG,
Sept 10 Sept so Judge Of Probate.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29

MIR. Sumner appeals anew, under the
mask of peace, to the passions and pre-
judices born of the late civil war. In
one point OF view, we are pleased to see
this. 1t gives the Northern Democracy
capital, and it effectually puts stop to
anything like detection from the ranks
of Southern anti-radicalism. We need
the sernices of the Summers and the
Wendell Phiiiipses.
BOSTON STILL. s'rHE HUB"
Mr.. Sumner, in his elaborate Grafton
upon taking his seat as President of the
late Republican Convention, opened thus
showing that, in his opinion, Boston is
still "tlte hub" and Mr.. S. himself no
unimportant spoke in the national wheel
J"Whi1e thanking you for the honor
conferred upon me, make haste to say
that, in my judgment, Massachusetts has
one duty st the coming election to which
all local interests and questions must be
postponed, as on its just performance oil
else depends; and this commanding duty
is to keep the commonwealth now, as
afOretime an example to our country,
and bulwark Of human rights. Such
was Massachusetts in those earlier days
when, on the continent of Europe, the
name of "Bostonians" was given to the
American people in arms against the mo-
ther country, making this designation
embrace all, and when, in the British
Parliament, the great orator, Edmund
Burke, exclaimed, The cause of Boston
is the cause of all America; every part of
America is united in support of Boston !;
Boston is the Lord Mayor of America. )
quote these words from the Parlia-
mentary debates of the time. But Bos-
ton was ut that time Massachusetts, and
it was her stand for liberty that made
NIT me to add, the in choosing a presid-
ing officer entirely removed from local
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-29

NEW IDEA IN TELEGRAPHY.-Dr. L.
FL. Everitt, of Louisiana, gave an expe-
riment yesterday at the Fulton ferry
house, Brooklyn, on new style of tele-
graph apparatus, protesting to transmit
sound through wire and dipense with
electricity. The doctor discards the old
theory Of sound being caused by the
vibration of air, and holds that it can be
transmitted in particles like sparks of
lightning. When the doctor fully estab-
fishes his principle it will cause a won
derful revolution of telegraphic de-
spatohes.-Ne,o York Herald.
THE POPE IN LUCK.-The holy Fa-
ther is said to have derived from Peter g
pence, from 1860 to the present year,
$4,000, 900 francs, which gives an average
of 100000 year. The Pontifcial
treasury will Immediately receive from
the Italian Government 7,000,5 500 francs
on account of the Pontificial debt, this
amount having been brought to Rome in
gold by an italian functionary, and
lodged at the French embassy. The
Gcumenical Council will through its
contributions add immensely to the
funds already in the Pontifcal treasury.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Sun, of
Thursday, proves that o cotton factory
in that city will clear $92.75 more on
every bale Of cotton woven into cloth
than can be realized by the mills of
Lowell, Mass; and that 8. 900 bales at
Memphis would produce a profit of
$248, 600 in one year, against the 800, 900
of the mills of Lowell, built at nearly
the same cost. The New England manu-.
faoturer pays SIG to get bale to his
mill, and loses entirely the profit of the
oil from the cotton seed, $50 per bale.
all of which, with the advantage of labor
at lower rates, enters into the gains of
the home manufacturer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
A "Gal Baby" of tie Period.
An Infant Talks when only Three Month
Old.


Old.
From the following letter written
and vOuched for by DIR. Sudduth,
one of our most respectable and
successful physicians, our readers
Will see that we have in our
midst one of the many wonders
of the world. Several parties, since
the knowledge OF this came to light
have visited the family, and ali agree
in pronOuncing it true in every res
pect, and beyond their comprehen-
sion:
Mr.. EDITOR / wish to make
known to the public one of the most
remarkable, indeed wonderful, in
stances of infantile precOcity, in the
line of talking, that | ever heard of.
l doubt, indeed, if anything like it
is to be found IN any of the records
of strange things. l was called up
on few days ago to see sick child,
a daughter of William and Mary
Jane Hearsay, living in the south
west part of St. Charles township.
| found the child aged a few days
under five months, very i'll. After
administering medicine to the child E,
/ was startled to hear it say very
distinctly, "Mama, baby don't want
any more.n Completely nonplussed, +,
| inquired of the mother how long
the baby had talked AS though it
was no unusual occurrence, she cody
said it had commenced talking a few
days before it was three months old !!
Deeply impressed with this unheard
of and premature development, |
watched the child with the deepest
interest. 1t does not prattIe, as is
usual with infants when first
trying to talk, stumbling upon and
straining at words. 1t speaks cheer
fully and coherently, regular sem
tence that clearly expresses its
thoughts or ideas. 1t seems to think
and then express its thoughts quiet
ly and calmly. 1t seems to note the
anxiety and wishes of others. a
four year old brother was out of the
house, and several members of the
family inquired where he was. He
soon came in, when the baby seeing
him said to the mother "Otty has
come home" 1t will lie quietly in
its cradle while the mother is at
work, and when it is hungry it will
say "Baby wants dinner, or mama
take baby up" as plainly as child
five or six years of age. 7 may as
we'll mention the fact that another
CT the children commenced talking
at eight months old. Altogether /
consider it a phenomenon worthy of
public record. Nor do | think it any
the less comprehensive that this
talking wonder Is a girl.-St. Charles
Mimi Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19

and, in the guise of fiction. made
known the truth.
The community was still further
excited by the rumor that efforts
We're being made for ,he suppression
of the WORK by members of the fanli-
lies interested. II was stated that.
the revelations % the professed 70
nance We're 50 astounding TO the
parties cOncerned-tLat the mi
nuteness of the detail of what was
thought, said, and done in the pri-
vacy of the family circles was 50
marvellous rs to challenge the be-
lief that the dead had come To life
Astonished, alarmed, mortified, and
dered man and of his affiapeed,
sought to suppress the publication
coming lTpm source so mysterious
and incomprehensible
The suppression, however was i'm
possible; but, in Difference 10 the
demands of the parties named, the
publishers let the work fall into as
much obscurity as possible; and
time that heels the wounds, II was
hoped would aliay the interest which
the living would have forgotten.
But 1T was not a ghost that an or
der or a wish could suppress, and
time, that weighs every thing in its
balance, has confirmed the first i'm
preston made by the Dead Letter
that it is not only a startling illumi-
nation Of a sad, singular history, but
is one of the most powerful love ro-
mances known to the American tic-
ton The Dead Letter was origi-
nally published in New York ma
gazine of limited circulation, and
subsequently in book form Its re-
publication now, in some enterpris-
ing weekly, would be good invest
ment for the publishers.-[N Newburg
Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
Pacific Railroad Fares

The General Ticket Agent of the
Central Pacific Railroad Of CaIifor-
MIA announces that no pro rata tick
cts nor coupons issued by any other
railroad will be received by that
road;and chat the passenger fare will
be ten cents per mile in gold. If this
De correct statement of the policy
Of this road, then it is but another
illustration OF the aeartIeSsness and
short ightednesS Of m0nopoIies.
There Is no excuse for any sucn rates
OF fare. In the first place, the road
has not cost the stockholders one
dollar. The Central Pacific Railroad
Company has built $50 miles ofroad.
ana the government has issued 10 it
bonds TO the amount of Sd, ,364. coo.
1t has received in addition q dona-
ton of public land which at this mo-
ment.is worth in cash $50, 600, 900
making total subsidy of S43, ,364 900,
or over, S62 ,O0O per mile. In addi-
ton to this the company has issued
bonds to the amount Of S23, 600. 600.
for which it has mortgaged the road.
The stockholders have, in one way
or the other, apportioned among
themselves n very large portion of
this sum, perhaps S12, 200, 900 or S15,-
600, 600. This distribution of profits
has taken place even before the COM
pletiOn of the road. In the mean
time the company has refused or
neglected to pay the interest on its
bonds. The road itself has been con-
structed in very loose manner. and
the money which the managers have
divided should have been retained to
put the track in substantial condi-
ton. Having literally made away
with the bounty of the nation. the
managers assuming that they have
a monopoly, and that travel and
traffic must pass over their line. now
propose 10 charCe ten cents per mile.
III gold, passenger fare over their
share of the road. tits an outrage
and an eXtorti0n to which the
American people viii not submit.
1t Is the strongest aid which has
yet been given To the scheme of
building another road. and if it shall
lead 10 AN Intervention by the Gene
raj Government in the affairs of both
companies, aUd 4 the enforcement of
every condition attached TO the
grants of land and Of bonds. II will
prove OF great public service. The
country knows that Il has been rob
bed In the cost OF constructing this
road, and that it is disposed to for
get but If the robbery is to be &
continuous one, it may be as well. in
taking measures 10 pat Z stop To it.,
. to overhaul affairs from tie begin
ming, and have accounts adjusted
strlcJiN--CAIca-o Tribune
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
& New York LAWYERS Clients.

Among his clients were many la
dies. Rich young widows in the
most expensive Grape and bonn baZine
came iii softly to speak Of their cir
reparable loss" and shed d tear, sob
and-obtain a check for few thous-
and dollars from their good friend,
the trustee. Some time later, the
bOmbazine is changed to the finest
silk, trimmed very deeply, however,
with the Grape, but the heavy black
vail is still thick as ever The sobs
and tears begin 10 disappear, but the
amount of money drawn increases.
By-and-by comes something less
than half mourning;n first purple,
then gray, smiles abound, very
handsome, new "pertemOnnaie" is
produced where the check is placed !;
4 slight cOquetry begins to peep out,
even toward the grim lawyer. \
last the two years are up possibly
thirty months, according to circunl-
stances, If the estate is very large it
should be thirty months and our
young widow enters radiant and ra-
dating. What q transformation :
She Is arrayed in the choicest, bright
est colors, not Of the rainbow, but of
the season. She comes in patrOniZ-
ing and magnificent. She rallies the
lawyer in his dreary office, she com
plains of high prices and OF the scar
city of money. Could not the next
quarterly payment be anticipated, as
she has TO furnish her house entirely
new. She calls Mr.. Puisifer "a cru
el, severe creature for not assent
ing, and laugh at his scruples, and
sweeps out of the room, oh, how
charmingly.
The poor widow comes also to
Horace Pulsiter. Her husband was
his client. He was supposed to be a
man of wealth, but he leaves moth
ing. The lawyer is no longer grim.
He does all he can to comfort and to
aid. He disdains a fee. He gives his
time and his influence to save some
thing from the wreck. Add to the
various chara eters and scenes the
perpetual detail which necessarily
attaches to them without any inter
mission, and all of which were con-
trOlled by that one brain, and you
may understand, to some degree,
what We're the labOrs of Horace Pull
sifeF.-[ Romance Of To-Day. Put
nam : Magazine, June.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19

How To MAKE \ ToWN.-Encour-
age every one, especially new men.
70 come in and settle among YOU,
particularly those who are worthy
and active, whether they have capi-
tai or not. Their labor alone is
worth money. Those who have
capital will buy lots, build houses, or
tear out and remodel the old ones.
Go to work and stimulate every
legitimate enterprise by giving il all
the friendly encouragementy you can,
or by uniting your industry, influ-
ence and capital in the common
cause. Cultivate a public spirit, and
talk less than yOJF work. Help your
neigh Dor. If he is in danger of
breaking down, prop him up in some
way, either 10y kind words, good
c0un Il, or a lift from your pocket
book. Ii he gets fairly down before
you know his situation, set him on
his feet again-his misfortune is to
he pitied, not blamed-and his talents
aud labor are worth money to the
community. Besides, it may some
day be your turn to need CORES
Funding sympathy. Encourage
your local authorities i'm making
public improvements for the good of
tile town. Speak well, talk encour-
agingly of the town you live in, of
lts prospects, ofyour neighbors, and
Ia fact, of everythin" likely To ad-
vance the general good. 1t is such
ltJle things that make a town grow
Their cost Is insignificant when di-
yijed up among all but when cOncen-
trated into a general effort they do
tile business thoroughly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
THE SUNkEN LAKE.

The Sentinel, published at Jack
sauville, Oregon, on the 18th OF jan
nary says: several OF our citizens
rat9rned last week from a visit to
the great sunEen lake, situated I'm
tbe Cascade mountains, about severn
ty-fiye miles northeast fronIJackeon-
e;Iie. This lake is thought to aver
-g- tNo thousand feet down to the
water all round. The walls are al
most perpendicular, running down
INTO the water, and leaving no
beach The depth OF the water is un-
EfoUu, and its surface is smsoth and
nnruffied, and it lies 50 far below
the surface of the mountain that the
,freurrents 90 not affect it. Its length
+. r-timated at twelve miles. and its
breadth at ten.
40 living man ever has, or prob
abIv ever will be able to reach the
water. edge. 1t lies silent, still and
mysterious in the bosom OF the''ever-
lasting hills" like huge well
-c3nped out by the hands of the giant
renii OF the mountain in unknown
ayes gone by, around it the primevaI
forest. watch and ward are keeping.
The visiting party fred aritle several
times into the water, at an angle OF
fgrty-five degrees, and were able to
note several seconds OF time from
the report OF the gun until the ball
struck the water. Such seems in
but is vouched for by some
Of our most reliable citizens. The
lake is certainly most remarkable
curiOsity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
The Battle Of Lookout Mountain.

Ef'lAl tl-e : i sun.
Cor FOEEEY. who has Just been
travelling in the South, was de
lighted with Missionary piige, at
Chattanooga, aud also with the ma
lcstic form OF the Lookout mountain,
renowned as he saws, "for the un-
paralleied defeat Of the rebels, and
for Gen Hooker's battle in the clouds,
- memorably described by Gen.
Meigs, in his letter to the War De-
partmenti 1T is concludes the
enthusiastic Colonel, 1.-the most ro-
mantle OF all the fights on record
and as we contemplated the scene,
+recoilectsd the thrilling past, we
could well imagine why the poet is
inspired as he reads this descriptions
OF the wonderful achievement
We dare say the romantic version
OF this battle has got such a hold on
the public imagination, that il cam
not be set right but the fact is that
1t was of very little account as a mill
ltary operation, and that the fight
ing above the clouds, though brill
liant enough To look at, was of little
more consequence than 3 show of
fireworks.
Early on the morning OF Novem-
Der y, 1863, Gen. HOOKER attacked
a rebel redoubt in Lookout valley, at
the base of Lookout Mountain, and
carried il very handsomely, taking
some | 800 prisoners. This gave him
possession Of the whole face of the
mountain, which slopes nOrthward-
ly down to the Tennessee River.
He at once fortified his position but
the rebels still held the precip tous
plateau which forms the top of the
mountain. After dark, in the even
ing, they began to withdraw their
cannon from that place, and in order
10 hide the noise of the carriages as
they came down the steep road into
Chattanooga Valley, they threw for
ward some skirmishers and opened a
sharp musketry fire upon our lines
on the slope, which were about half
mile distant from that road. Gen.
CARLIN, of Illinois, was in com
mand of the Union troops there, and
gave his 3SSailantS as good as they
sent. The firing on both sides lasted
half an hour or SO. and as it was some
eleven or twelve hundred feet above
the valley, it was visible from Chat
tanOOga, and afforded very hand
some spectacle indeed. There We're
some streaks of mist that remained
lower down on the mountain side
from the rains of the afternoon, and
these suggested to the poetic mind
of Gen. MEIGS the idea ola battle
above the clouds. But it was moth
ing but an insignificant skirmish af-
ter all, and when the rebels, who
had began it merely to make a noise,
had got their cannon safely down
the hill, they stopped shooting, and
everybody went to bed. It was a
beautiful moonlight evening, and ii
il no wonder the fancy OF the specta-
tors was very active.
II is funny how the battle above
the clouds is now supposed to have
keen one Of the most wonderful
fights of the war, with Gen. HOOKER
and hls chief of staff, the dashing
Gen. BUTTERFIELD-w has since
| raised so much money for Gen.
GRANT and Gen. SHERMAN-gallop
| ing horses fifty feet high over noun
tain peaks 2s tail as the Alps. And
| probably the truth about it will new
er be believed as long as the world
stands
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
Wool at 40 Cents,

From the Grand Prairie Journal.
y farmer told Us, not long since,
that his wool brought him forty
cents, and he appeared we'll pleased
''Only think OF it, said he, "forty
cents a pound for WOOL Well, Il
did appear like a good price but we
asked him. "If you wanted 10 buy
q pound of wool, what would YOU
have to pay for it? Forty cents, y
replied he, ''or may be forty-two.n y
. es, returned We, ''you must pay
five times forty-two cents, and Il
little more besides" ''GtewiIikins -
said he, in as constituent, "Iow do
you make that out ?' "Why it is
You sold your wool for forty cents.
The party who bought it will sell it
TO some commission house it will
then go into wool-dealer's hands !;
from that to some Eastern merchant;
then to the factory then to the job
bers; then to the wholesale mer-
chants then to our retail dealers.
Now when you go to buy that wool,
it has passed at least through eight
hands. Each hand has made pro-
tit on 1t, and you are called upon to
buy the same wool back at the rate
OF $3.50 and $500 per pound - ''That
aim so, said he, "because you can
buy good flannel for go to 40 cents a
yard "How much Will yard of
flannel weigh ?n we asked. "a
pound, at least" said he, sort of tri-
umphantly COR may be a pound
and quarter" Dear sir,n we re-
piled, 1T will take a superior flannel
TO weigh four yards to a pound and
at go cents, it would be $40 per
pound for your WOOL" 1.-The mer-
chants must skin US farmers alive, !"
he said, rather hurriedly. ooh, no,
they make the least. Our merchants
are selling such goods for 20 per cent.
profit, which leaves but a small
margin after they have deducted
losses by bad debts, remnants, &C.
The money is made by the manu-
faeturers, who manage to sit in the
halls of Congress and regulate this
department OF trade to suit them
selves. We must revolutionize this
branch of industry. We must make
our own hannels and our own jeans
We must bring out the spinning
wheel and looms. We must manu-
facture our own wool. We must
wear on our backs our own jeans
and our wives and aaughters should
be taught to make their own petit
coats and dresses, instead of thump-
ing out lazy existence over badly
strung and ill-tuned piano.
We saw a new loom that was on
exhibition the other day that would
make p yards of Jsans day. 1t
was easy, compact, light and dura-
BILE. 1t cost but one hundred dol
lars. Any ordinary family could
save that much in one year by the
manufacture of such fabrics as were
needed for their own use. We must
do something Of this kind. We can
no longer give one-half of the pro-
ducts of the farm to procure some
thing to cover our backs. We must
consume our products at home. We
must take from our granaries and
barns sufficient to convert every
house into a factory. Then will our
| farmers become rich, independent
and Well-clothed