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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-06
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Domestic News.

P4ILADE1PH1A, August Patterson's
bonded warehouse, foot OF Lombard
street, containing 10000 barrels whiskey,
was burned this morning; the loss will be
about 81, ,O00.0 900. The fire is attributed
to the breaking of the floor over the en-
gine room. The streets were flooded
with the burning whiskey, impeding the
6remen. Later adYices say that at noon
the fire was still raging, but there was no
chance of its extending. The loss is now
estimated at S.. 600, 900. No lives lost.
The total Insurance on the whiskey
burned to-day is $2,288,O0 The New
York and Eastern companies are the
heaviest losers. The London and Globe
Companies lose S1s0,0O0; the Imperial
$4,000; the Insurance Company Of
North America at Philadelphia 1927, 900;
philadelphia companies probable loss
$4OO, 900.
The Juniata has gone to sea. The
Dictator sails to-day. The Constitution
has gone to Norfolk, where she will re-
main as receiving ship. The double-tur-
reted monitor Miantonomah and steamer
Cambridge are fitting out for sea.
LEAvENwoRTH, KANSAS, August s.
a meeting OF the Land League was held
to-day, on neutral lands. Speeches were
N1AeSNo " 1Aoa' O1ohCJ SldEh6 anu OGu6rS.
Resolutions were passed, unanimously
denouncing James +. Joy and the United
States Senate and asking Ross and Pome-
roy to resign. They also propose cutting
loose from the Republican party, and
forming o new and independent State
Central Committee. Senator Pomeroy
was burned in efigy.
MEAdPEIs, August 5.-The election is
progressing quietly. The indications
are that the Democrats will carry the
County by 1000.
KNOXVILLE, August 2.-Andrew John
son spoke at Maryville to-day. A crowd
Of radicals at the depot greeted him with
insulting remarks. While speaking, the
Stokes radical preacher -whippers of
Blount County got up crowd to mob
Mr.. johnson, with the declared inten-
ton OF breaking up the speaking and
riding him on rail. They made three
charges on the stand, but fell back, awed
each time by the firm attitude of Mr..
johnson and his friends. There were
several knock down fights and considera-
BILE tumult but no bloodshed. johnson
spoke three hours, and made a telling
speech-a speech similar to others in the
State.
AUGUSTA, August 5.--Advices from
Edgefeld, s. c., are that Charles and J.
D. Cresswell, who left this city yester-
day. were shot this morning, near Edge
field. The former was killed Instantly.
and the latter was seriously, if not NOR
tally, wounded. The affair was entirely
OF a private nature, alleged to have grown
out of family trouble.
CHARLESTON, August 5.-Sailed for
Boston, the schooner Selah
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-06

The Orangeburg Ners says: 'sWe
understand that arrangements are being
made 10 publish Republican paper in
Colleton, also at Edgefeld @. H. We
also learn that the South Carolina Re
publican will soon be issued from CO.
lumbia. and daily Republican paper
started in Charleston. Verify, we are
going to be enlightened upon Republi-
canism
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-06
WashinWton, NEWS.

=, W APHthSfTOf, ,AuBpSS 0.-fh6 Pfesl-
dent and SocFetasy Fish will be here on
Tuesdsy, ,afof ,consn.tation regarding Gu
ban and. Mexican complications.
~ dntefnal Fsyenne erp receipts to-day STD, :
Between 4, 100000 and s, GOO, 600 ten
forties have been substituted for five-
tweaties,s a. security for national bank
circutati6n, since iBoutwells order allow
ing suhse Button.
Tbo Mlhistefs Of France and Peru are
in New York to see about the seizure Of
gn1shoAts2 IA .l.s
The Retenna Department has letters
from Rshsnead announcing the arrest
OF deputy collector for withdrawing
colleetiens.
Col. Baryisea, counsel for Brown, and
others charged with the murder. Of DR..
Maxwell, at Bryan, Texas, is here to
have hie clients placed on footing with
HergerJ in Mississippi. for a hearing be-
fore !the Supreme Cont.
THE Chbats here have advioes to the
26th ait. Qessadar still holds communi-
cation between Puerto Principe and the
coSae. jordan has been reinforced with
q. battalion Of regulars and two regiments
Of volunteers The Spaniards drove
Jordan from his position near Santiago
de Cuba, with some. loss. Jordan rallied
his forces, and, reinforced by Figueros.
regained his position. It is reported
that foraging party of Cubans, near
Remedias, captured another near Sapua
le Grande. It is feared they were all
executed. The Cuban troops are free
from disease, A decisive action is ex-
pected in about twenty days, which, if
successfnl, will give the Cubans control
of the Eastern portion Of the island.
The Tribune, in an editorial says:
"rWe protest against the exaction of the
test oath, as meditated by Gen. Candy.
We want the leading conservatives to
take their seats in the new Legislature,
swear fidelity to the new Constitution,
and ratify the fifteenth amendment. We
Eant the State admitted thereupon to
rePresen tuition in Congress, to all the
rights Of self.goverpment, and so we are
confident DO very large majority of the
Northern people.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-06

A man named W. Sterling was bru-
tally murdered Saturday night, at Coun-
cl! Bend, Critenden County, Ark, fifty
miles below Memphis, by negroes, led by
white man.
lightning struck and blighted about
half an acre Of cotton in an open field of
Mr. Hollands, near Columbus, Ca, re-
Gently.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-06
EEllits1ssIS u I q aisE:rC
FareIsn News.

PAsIss sAnguss B. .-Eugenie visits Con-
atan.inople Immense Preparations are
Isabella abdicetes ip iayorlof Asturias.
MADnD, ;August B.--Nos negotiations
are pending fS- gsban Independence.
HH4yANA,. August I. The Captain Gen
;ll srsl has au.hSrisea the h Spanish ,l Bank TO
fscated estates being specially pledged
Tor It's redemption. The mum Der OF vo-
1antsars IL tie island is $4,000. Preyi.
ous reports wGrs incorrect. j.q.1,.,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11


Queen Isabella, who has great taste for
society, being asked recently by a distin
gaished official how she liked Paris, re-
piled, like it! If l had only known
how nice Paris is, I would h" re abeicated
years ago.
Glasgow is the second city in the Brit
ish Empire.
The English speaking race already
own an Empire Give times as large as the
Roman Empire at it's greatest extent"
An English farmer has been sent to pri-
son month for sending bad beef to mar
ket.
A French chemist has invented new
way of preparing glass for mirrors. 1t is
coated with an exceedingly thin layer Of
platinum, and becomes misteriously, not
only perfect mirror, but also remains so
transparent that it may still be used for
windows.
One witness, in Pennsylvania contest
ed election case, Michael Slaven by name,
swears that he voted the democratic tick
ct twenty times between o'clock in the
morning and $50 in the afternoon.
Sixty folio volumes are daily filled with
the accounts of the Bank of England, and
eight book binders are constantly employ
ed.
The La Cross Democrat says oysters are
selling there, under the influence of lively
competition, at $4,000 can.
They have a novel plan for bathing in
the White Pine district, Nevada. The
altitude of the town is such that it is often
enveloped in cloud in the early morn
ing. The citizens go out into the open
air in a nude state, and by moving about
gather sufficient moisture upon their bod
les to enable them to battle. AS water
costs ten cents gallon, the plan is very
economical.
Horse flesh is rising in estimation in
Berlin, as an article Of food In 1868, the
number of horses killed for this purpose
was no less than 4, GA. The blood is pur-
chased by manufacturer, who uses it as
dye A Berlin restaurant intends shortly
to open an establishment in which only
various preparations of horseflesh will be
served to the guests.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

CALIFoRNIA-Few people have an idea
of the extent of California. The state is
700 miles long, by 200 wide San Fran
cisco and Sacramento together, have a
population Of about nc, 900, leaving about
100000 population for this area of coun-
try-as large as all New England and
New York and Pennsylvania together, an
area large enough and rich enough to sus-
tain population of 3O,0OQ,OOO. 1t would
make large European kingdom. The
state will have 100000 bushels of
wheat to spare, which will bring in from
$18,O00,00O to $20,OO0,OO0 The wool clip
is larger than ever before. The vintage
promises to be the best ever gathered; 25-
100000 grape vines are in bearing, and
new vineyards are the order of the day.
The state has just begun its network of
railroads, soon to be connected by the
long spider thread across the continent.
The Development of the state promises
to be more rapid during the coming
months than ever before.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

characteristics OF GREAT CITIES
London relatively to the other
capitals the greatest number of engin-
GERS, letters of carriages on hire, printers
booksellers and cooks usurers, collectors
Of curiosities, and amateurs of paintings
abound most in Amsterdam St. Peters
burg takes precedence for coach men; at
Brussels are to be found the most boys
who smoke at Naples the most porters
and guides at Madrid the most idlers; at
Berlin the beer drinkers at Florence the
most flower girls; at Dublin the most
thieves at Geneva the most watchmakers;
at Lisbon the most bailifs ; at Rome the
most beggars and at New York the most
enginemen. Paris takes lead in the num-
Der of hair dresses men Of letters, tailors,
milliners, photographers, pastry cooks and
advocates. A calculation has also been
made that at London is consumed the
most meat and beer; at Stockholm the
most water at Smyrna the most coffee ;
at Madrid the most cigarettes,a and at Paris
the most absinthe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11
POETRY.
HUSH

s'I can scarcely hear she murmureo'
stFor my heart beats loud and FAST,
But surely, in the far, far distance,
can hear sound at iast'''
AFT is only the reapers singing,
As they carry home their sheaVes;
And the evening breeze has risen,
And rustles the dying leaves"
SsIisten there are voices talking"
Calmly still she strove to speak,
Yet her voice grew faint and trembling
And the red flush IN her cheek.
SIT is only the children playing
Below, now their work Is done, =,
And they laugh that their eyes are dazzieo
By the rays OF the setting sum-"
Fainter grew her voice, and weaker,
As with anxious eyes she cried,
tFDown the avenue Of ehestnuts,
can hear a hOrseman ride"
/ alt is only the deer that were feeding
In the herd on the clover grass,
They were startled and fled to the thlcket,
As they saw the reapers pass"
Now the night arose in silence,
Birds lay in their eafy nest.
And the deer couched in the forest
And the children were at rest:
There was only a sound OF weeping
From watchers around q he'd,
But Rest to the weary spirit,
Peace to the quiet Dead
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

details. FamllleS were sofa together.
Half-grown children were permitted to
choose whether they would or not be sold
alone. Attachments between young PEG
pie were respected The old were never
separated from their grown up children.
The property each had brought was sac
red. Purchasers often waived their pre-
ferences, at the request of hands they
had bought, in order that friends and
neighbors might still be together. No
harsh words was once spoken. Each new
master, as soon as the hammer fell, intro
duced himself to those he had purchased
shaking hands with the elders, patting
the heads of the children, fondling the
babies, and patiently answering the num-
erous questions eagerly asked. Among a
family of nine person brought on the
platform, the oldest child, girl of six
teen years, was observed to be weeping.
"What is that wench crying for, Mr..
Jacobs % was the question instantly put
by dozen voices The girl would not
tell. One of her fellow servants replied,
that "she didn't want to leave jim" Jim
being the name of her lover. "No more
she shan't, then Sell her with jim.
She was at once withdrawn from her own
family and sold with her lover.
The sale had now been on for nearly five
hours. Gang after gang had left, some in
wagons and boats, others on foot. The
partings were distressing. AS rule the
men bore them bravely, as if ashamed to
quarrel with the inevitable But with
the women it was agony. There was no
hope. The grave shut out the dead no
more completely than separation shuts
out the slave.
There still renamed the sale of Blanche
the octoroon Many of the young bloods
Of the country had been drawn together
by the advertisement, and by the know
ledge of her history. Her apartment had
been a general RENDEZVOUS during the day,
anG the city was full of rum0rs of her
beauty. Hardly slave was left, save the
driver and his family, who had been sold
on condition he should not be removed till
the close The auctioneer stated briefly
the facts already narrated of the girls
history, and then sent for to come out;
the building was thronged with men. AS
she assembled the platform, assisted by Mr..
Jacobs, and walked toward the centre, a
murmur of surprise, mingled perhaps with
pity, ran through the crowd. He gave no
description. She needed none AS the
bidding, beginning at thousand dollars,
advanced to three thousand and more, l
watched her face. There were no tears,
no effectation of grief, no shrinking from
the public gaze-but her eyes turned from
bidder to bidder, with an intensity of
meaning clearer than words. The offers
rose by hundreds to four thousand one
hundred dollars and when the hammer
fell, making her the property of her faith
er's executor and friend, her fervent ut
terance Of God be thanked" drew from
more than one breast hearty amen.-[N.
S. Dodge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS. MEN-One OF
our exchanges has the following sensible
suggestions on a subject of the highest
Importance to every business man, and
which we commend to the consideration
of the merchants and mechanics of Ke-
nosha.
''The country is full of men who have
got rich by advertising. In fact, no man
expects to keep his business running with
out informing the people what he is doing
and where he can be found. The people
cannot afford to spend their time to hunt
up places of business and trade. They
have been so long accustomed to gaining
that information from newspapers that
they depend upon that source altogether,
and govern their trade from what they
learn and read at their own homes and
by their own Preside. A lively advertise
ment is friendly talk, between business
men and their customers 1t is weekly
invitation for peopls to come and trade.
And every mail day, the readers of a 10
cal paper expects to see and hear what
the merchants and the manufacturers have
to say. A local newspaper is a travelling
agent, taking his weekly rounds to the
families of all their customers. No matter
whether trade is brisk or otherwise, no
business man can afford to take down his
sign, nor withdraw the pleasing influence
Of weekly chat with his customers
through the newspaper For business
man to stop advertising, would be equiva-
lent to his saying q have stopped bust
ness, and ask no more favors Of the PEG.
Pile
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

The Oldest Sovereign in Europe is the
Pope-seVenty-six. The average age of
the thlrty-eight monarchs now on
European thrones is forty-fve. Tho young
est is twenty-five.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

AFFAIRS IN THE SoUTH--Generals
Baxter ard Babcock, of General Grants
staff, have returned from their tour Of in
spection through the southern states
They visited every post in the country
through which they travelled, and will
make an extended written report to Gen.
Grant.-They represent North Carolina
as in the best condition, and next stands
Alabama.-T worst state of affairs ex-
lists in Georgia, and some legislation from
Congress to secure the rights Of the loyal
people in that state will Recommended.
They say the negroes were in the right in
the Ogeechee troubles and they should be
protected. Notwithstanding the militia
troubles in Arkansas, the state is in a
fourishlng condition.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11

The West Virginia Legislature has a
bill under consideration looking to the
annexation of twelve or fifteen counties in
the Systematically which desire to leave Old
Virginia.
In Philadelphia Baptist church t he
baptismal dress of black has been discard
ed and one of pure white substituted-a
change that meets with great favor
An old minister the other day asked a
woman what could be done to induce her
husband toattend church "Idon't know"
she replied, unless you were to put pipe,
and a jug of whisky in the pew"
The church at Bunyan's birthplace, for
which contributions are asked, belongs to
the State establishments and Bunyan would
not be allowed to preach in it if he were
alive. -
Dr. Cumming states that the Scotch
Church in Rome is now held in granary
over pig-sty.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-11
r. G. AD.
"Costar's" Buckthorn SaIye !!

Perhaps the most Extraordinary sALvE ever known.
It's power of soothing and healing for all Cuts,
Burns, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers Chapped Hands and
skin, for Sore Nipples for Piles &C., &c,-is with.
be without box in the house IL It cost $500, or
had to travel all tho way to New York for it.
Neao York Eoentn0 Netoss Sept. 81
All druggists in KENOSHA sell it.
Oraddress 'COSTAR, mo. 10 Crosby st. N. Y.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19
schenck's pulmopio syrup,

Sesweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills will cure Con.
sumption, Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia, II Ia
stomach, relax the liver and put u to work then
the appetite becomes good the food digests and
makes good blood the patient begins to grow In
flesh the diseased matter ripens In the lungs. and
the patient eutgrows the disease and gets well
This Is the only way 10 cure consumption
To these three medicines Or. J. III. Shenck, oil
Philadelphia, owes his uniivalled success In the
treatment OF pulmonary consumption. The pull
monte Syrup npens the morbid matter IN the
lungs, nature thr VS. 10 OF by an eAsy expectors
tion Ter when the phlegm or matteri ripe slight
cough will thro~ 10 or and the patient has rest
AMI the lungs begin to heal
To do this The ssa.s.d Tone sna a.. Ma ,s,'
and liver. 50 that tho Pulmonlc syrup and the
food will make good blood.
Schencks Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, 70
moving all distractions, relax the ducts OF the
rnl bladder the bile starts freely and the liver Is
soon relieved the stools will show what the PHI.
can do, nothing has ever been invented e1eep'
calomei q deadly poison which ts very Dangerous
10 use unIess With great carcJ that will unlock The
gall bladder and start the secretons Of the liver
like Sehenck,s Mandrake Pills
Liver Complaint Is ono Of the most promineni
causes Of Consumption: A.,
Schenck,s .seaweed Tonic u a gentle stmu.
liant and Alternative, and the alkali the seaWeed
stomach 10 throw out the gastric juice 10 disolvs
the fOod with On, Pulmonie syrup, and IL Is made
into good blood without fermentation or souring
in the stomach.
The great rs.son Why physieians do not cure
Consumption is, they try TO do too much they
stop night sweats, hectic FEVER. and by % dsing
they derange the whole digestive powers, Locking
up the secretions. and eventually the Patisn,
sinks and dies.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19

accord. No one can DO cured OF Consump tion
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Canker.
liberated Throat unless Che liver and stomach
are made healthy.
in some way are disease. tuberciss, sbsesses
bronchial Irritation. pieura adhesion. or the lungs
are mass of ina nuaa tion and nat deca wing In
such cases what must BE- done m is NOT only the
ms that arc Wasting. but II is the whole body.
The stomach and liver have lost their power TO
make blood out or food
Now the only chance Ia TO take Dr. schenk's
three medicines, which will bring up tone 10 the
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19
Irish Moss.

Quite n business has sprung up within
few years past in the collection Of this ar
ticlc on the eastern coast of Massachu-
sets, especially at Scituate, In Plymouth
county In the nelghborhood OF Minots
Ledge. Some six thousand barrels, 1t Is
said are annually gathered. IL was for
merly brought TO this country from the
coast of Ireland; hence It's name, Irish
moss. It Is often collected during the
summer months, from May to September.
A rake, with fiat, iron teeth, some half
hogshead tubs, baskets, a common hay
rake, a suitable boat, and some pieces of
canvass constitute the outfit OF mosser.
He commences operations Mt low tide,
when the moss Is left bare on the rocks.
At spring tide. when the rocks are uncov-
cred at a greater distance from the shore
than Mt neap or common tide, he finds the
best article. This he pulls by hand. 1t Is
more free from admixture with tape grass,
and other marine plants, and he bleaches
this with special care. This Is bought by
the druggists, and Is used for blancmange.
At common tides he gathers IL with his
rake. AS the tide rises he runs his boat
on to the beach. The moss Is then trans
ported on hand-barrows to bleaching beds
ON the higher parts of the beach, where
IL l. turned with hay rake until II Is dry.
Then Il Is washed In salt water, and again
spread and dried, and this process Is re-
peated several times, until It Is sufficiently
bleached, when il Is packed In barrels and
headed up and il Is ready for market. The
mossers watch the heavens rs do the hay
makers, and when rain threatens, they
put il into cocks and cover II with canvass
hay-caps. The prime article constitutes
but small part Of the crop. This, as we
have said, Is chiefly taken by the apothe-
carries. Its most important use Is In the
manufacture of cloth, paper, felt hats,
and straw hats, In which IL Is used for slz-
ing. The poorer quality Is sold to the
brewers, by whom 1t Is used for "finlng''
beer. A quantity of the moss Is boiled
with the beer, and its gelatine unltes with
the impurities, aud produces the required
Qualification. IL Is also used instead OF
isinglass, fishskin, and white Of eggs, for
filming coffee.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19
A Hard shell Hym. Book.

A good story Is told Of preacher In
Nebraska, who had dined with friend
just before afternoon service. AS II hap
pened, this friend occasionally luxuriated
In smile of the ardent, and sometimes
carried morocco covered flask In his
oyercoat pocket. BY mistake the minis
ter took the friends ovcrcoat for his own
on his departure, and walking into the
pulpit, began the exercises without dotf'
ing the garment, Ii being rather chilly In
the room.
Looking very ministcrially over his con
gregatiou from behind his spectacles he
began drawing from his pocket, rs he
supposed, his hymn book, with the intro.
ductory remark that that congregation
would sing nom particular page, which
he had selected beforehand. The minister
held the supposed book In full sight of the
congregation, aud attempted to open Il
sideways, but Il was no 20. The situation
was realized In moment, but alas toe
late.
His reverence was dumbfounded, the
audience glggled, and the whole scene was
made more ludicrous by fellow In ths
back part Of the congregation, not alto.
gether too sober, who drawled out:
"Say, mister, Kin We all (hic) jine Ia
that ar hymn