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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-04

The Winnsboro -News states that one
of Comptroller Neagle's colored clerks,
while on his way to New York recently,
purchased ticket, and took his seat in
a first class passenger car on the Char
lotte Railroad; but, in short time after
wards, greasy, dirty black man cropped
in, took his seat beside, and entered into
conversation with, the official; which SO
disgusted the would-be social equality
ite, that he seized his carpet-bag. and
hurriedly vacated the premises taking
seat in the car where he properly be-
longed.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-04

Champagne. -,s
UST received 8 consignment of the follow
81 ing choice brands:
LAC DOR. G. Heidsick and Creme de Bouzy.
For sale low to close. GEO. SYMMERS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-04

= Dr. =. 8. sLefie, charged with the
homicide of EllioI Drafts. ESQ. in Te.-
ington County, Iome days since, has
bsen baiied by his Honor Judge Boozer,
In the sum OF 5000 for his appearance
at the next term oi the Court Of General
Sessions for that Cpunty.
There was a pubic examination, last
night. in Janney's Hall. of the colored
children of the Am. E.. Church, Sab
bath School. The scholars exhibited
considerable profci incy in defamation,
and by their prordpt and correct. re-
sponses, showed exclusively that, the
majority of. them had been earnest stu
dents. The school isunder the superin-
tendence of the pastor Lewis L. Brown,
assisted by N. E. Edwa,ds.
The american Odd 5ellow, for June,
contains the continuationof Colonel Del
mars great story, "The Ocean Twins"
Grand Secretary Ridgely's Grafton on
American Odd Fellowship; An Odd Eel
low Abroad; Great Men and their Disco
veries; San Francisco 10 White Pine;
Odd Fancies; Ladies' DEPARTMENT; Poe
try; Choice Miscellany, Foreign and
Home Correspondence; Accounts of the
Memorable Jubilee of the Order every
where, &C., &c. Published by John W.
Orr, No. 96 Nassau street. New York.
50 per year.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-04

The COLUMBIA BUILDING AND LOAN
Associations the card OF the Di-
rectors, it will be seen that this popular
institution, from which much advantage
was anticipated, is not to bo put into
operation for the present. Whilst we
regret the necessity for this course, we
cannot but think the action adopted pru-
dent and proper. The Board of Direct
ors consists of Colonel Thomas, Presi-
dent, and the following well.known citi-
zens: DR.. John Fisher, Mayor McKen-
zie, and Messrs. Edward Hope, George
Sylnmers, r. O'Neale, jr., and G. A.
Shields. Mr.. G.. Z. Berg is Secretary
and Treasurer. With the legal difficult
ties removed, we trust the institution
will yet do its good work to that portion
of our fellow-citizens who have the
laudable desire to provide themselves
and families with homes.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-04

lessly assumed, can never be otherwise
than scene of chaos, and source of
enormous discomfort and serious detri-
ment to the general welfare.
So keen are the principles of political
determination with the Republicans
vivid the instincts of party. and SO deep
ly rooted the disposition to reform-that
in nearly, if not all, the instances of ap-
pointment to Office of member of the
radical persuasion to position, the Of
fetal axe falls on the devoted neck of
those protesting Democratic faith, and
connected with such Office. We con-
fess, in this particular instance. to find
ing balm in Gilead," to keen enjoy
ment in seeing the engineer hoisted by
his own petard;" but at the same time, we
would gladly hail change in the post
department which would institute new
order of things; which would "render
unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's;"
or, better still, restore them to their old
and original status. 1t is scarcely asking
too much, where tho inter est is so COM
mon and the nature SO yital-where
every department of industry is SO closely
related-to beg that the new postmaster
will re-instate the former manager, and
re-engage some of the experienced
clerks; SO that we may receive our mails
without interruption, safely delivered at
the destination for which they were
plainly and directly forwarded.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
Chenp wash for RnIIdIncs.

The Scientific american says
Take a clean, water-tight cask and
put into it half a bushel of lime.
Slack it by pouring water over il
boiling hot, and in sufficient quaint
ty to cover it five inches Geep, and
stir it briskly till thoroughly slack
ened. When the lime has been
slackened, dissolve it in water, and
add two pounds of sulphate of zinc
and one of common salt. These
will cause the wash to harden and
prevent its cracking, which gives an
unseemly appearance to the work.
A beautiful cream color may be Civ
en- to the wash by adding three
pounds of yellow Ochre; or a good
pearl or lead color, by the addition
of lump of iron black. For fawn
color add four pounds lumber, one
pound of Indian red, and one pound
common lamp black. For stone
color, add two pounds raw lumber
and two pounds lamp black. When
applied to the outside of houses and
to fences, it is rendered more dura-
bic by adding about a pint of sweet
milk to a gallon of wash.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
wHATTHE NEGRO WILL DO

Hiram Wentworth writes from Califor-
MIA to the Revolution, the women paper
of New York, advocating woman suffrage,
but blaming that paper for supporting
negro suffrage. He says
Gould you travel through Mexico and
see the once noble Caucasian now in a
state of semi-barbarism, and fast ap-
neutrality-suspicious., because hehas trans,
dressed the laws of nature by amalga-
mating with inferior races; could you
visit Hayti and see how rapidly n -,roes
have been apparently civilized by inter-
course with the whites 90 back to then
native barbarism when left to themselves;
could you live few months in San Fran
cisco, which is cursed with some $4,000
Cinnamon who have no more sense oil
moral responsibility than have the Mime.
sofa Sioux, | am sure Miss ANTONY, YOU
would not disgrace the noble cause by
advocating negro equality or universal
suffrage, as counterpart of women.
rights Why, there would be Just q,
much prOpriety in asserting the equality
of the various metals A negro is nt
more equal to Caucasian than copper i
equal to gold"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15

Sheep require about three pei
cent. of their live weight of hay OF
its equivalent per day, that is about
three pounds for sheep weighing
in the neighborhood of one hundred
pounds. But it is not good economy
to confine them to hay alone. They
do better on variety of food, and
roots of some kinds may be regard
ed as essential to their thrift. If
regularly supplied with turnips or
other roots, they viii readily con
sumo the stalks and straw, and do
well on them, while without roots
they require good hay. .l .g
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15

is strong and ill-fiavored to our
taste.
Everybody has his plan of plant
ing Irish potatoes, and it is a
crop whichrrarely fails. Upon dry,
sandy land, undoubtedly the best
plan is TO cover them with leaves,
or straw, in order. to intercept and
return the evaporation from the
earth, so as to give the growing
plants plenty of moisture. Let your
ground be well enriched. Break up
thoroughly. Draw as many fur
rows as you can with pillow, plow-
ing only in one direction. Drop
the cuttings fourteen inches apart.
Cover lightly with manure and rich
earth. Put on abundance of half
rotted oak leaves, or straw and
trash. Pine straw will do, but it is
Of no use to the land In this
method you will have a great pro
duct of potatoes to a small area OF
land. OF course if this land is
poor, it will not stand so much
crowding. In low, moist land the
covering of leaves will be needless,
and then space must be left for cul
tivation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
NEW YEARS. RECEPTIONS IN WASH
ISGsrON

The Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Telegraph called
on every public functionary in that
city who received on near years
day. His opinion Of each entertain
er and his household seems to have
been determined by the quality of
the drink provided for the guests.
Mr.. Seward gave them a choice Sc
lection of the best wines and
liquors." so wisdom, wit and hu-
NOR" were the characteristics of
Seward, and " the lady on his arm,
Miss Carpenter, was young and
handsome" Secretary McCulloch
gave claret punch, exceedingly
sosr," that would hardly pass the
ordeal of the New York World S
special commissioner; so his wife
seemed but "a hearty Western
woman" At the Secretary of Wars
there was nothing to eat and moth
ing to drink" lis wife is set down
as "plain, unostentatiOus woman"
who received visitors with stiff
ness and formality. Attorney Gen
eral Eyarts exceeded them all
Here is the picture Of him:
But Attorney General Evarts
exceeded them all in the magniti-
cence Of his hospitality, and fully
equalled Mr. Seward in the general
good feeling which his presence and
remarks infused among his guests.
Perhaps he has brought to the CAPT
tai some of the style and polish of
New York. Instead of standing
like statue, kid gloved, mechani-
cally shaking hands, he presided
over the Inequalities of his table,
drinking a glass of sherry with one,
and a glass of Madeira with anoth-
er, at the same time relating some an
ecdote which both instructed and
amused.
We infer that he has no wife, or
certainly to her the palm of beauty
would have been awarded Colfax
was worst of all. He gave nothing
but Temperance beverages" and
thus his wife is made to suffer. for
it.
Mrs. Colfax is a remarkably
plain woman, far from handsome.
with decided country manners, and
apparently beyond that age when
women cease to be "young la
dies" She was dressed in white
corded silk, fashionably made
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
RrIef Hints.


Poultry, to fatten rapidly, must
be like hogs, restricted to a limited
space. Freedom and fat are in
compatible.
On many farms it costs as much
to keep the rats as a COW. He who
can clear farms of rats will get
rich.
Mich cows should have succu-
lent food and meal Feed gener-
Ously, and keep the flesh increasing,
as well as the milk.
Managers should be low and sta
bles well ventilated and lighted.
Many horses are made blind by be-
ing kept in the dark. 1t is poor
policy at this season to stint the
feed Of dry cows. Good keeping
will tell upon the calf and upon the
milk pail next summer.
a horseman says he has cured
the worst kind of scratches he ever
saw with two applications Of white
pine turpentine thoroughly rubbed
on.
Handle cows gently if you don't
want them to kick when being
MIXED They won't kick unless
something hurts them or they fear
something will.
Mr.. Seth Boyden, of Newark, N.
j., says that with twenty years cul-
tivation he can raise straw berries as
large as pine apples, and have them
retain all the delicacy of the fruit
now grown.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
Application Of Manure.

A practical farmer writes: " In
my observations for twenty years in
the practical application of manure,
/ am convinced that what is ordina-
rily termed manuring,' or the APP
plication of thoroughly decomposed
barnyard manure to the surface, is
the most economical use of this
class of fertilizers. From this ex-
perience / am convinced that one
cord of manure applied to the sur
face on wheat ground at the time of
sowing, or on ground intended for
corn, in the late autumn, or applied
to all varieties Of large and small
fruits, is worth three cords plowed
or dug under to depth of eight
inches"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15

His HONOR MIR A. Oakley Hall has
signaliZed his accession to the mayOralty
Of New York by an attempt to bring the
country back to republican simplicity
lie has officially announced that he does
not wish to be addressed as ''His Honor.
We do not think the matter of vital i'm
Portance, but we arc quito of Mayor
Halls mind. Ii was natural that Eng
lish colonists, on becoming independent
should borrow the notions of official dig.
nifty held in the mother country. Bu
the nation which they founded is now
old enough to be, in trivial matters as in
grave ones, law to itself and to oul
thinking, "Mr. President is not only g
more democratic but a more dignifeC
form of addressing our first citizen thar
the imported your Excellency. Prov
idcicc Herald.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
Fggs In winter,

To insure good supply of eggs
during the winter, we must feed ouI
hens with material that contains 8
good supply of those substances
from which eggs areformed. Fresh
meat :. chopped fine. bits of fish,
rinds of cheese and such like things
saved from the table to-day viii
come to the table in due time, in the
shape of new laid eggs. That the
poultry may remain healthy during
the winter, they should occasionally
be fed with vegetables.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
A DIsGRACEFUL SCENE.

On the 9TH inst, at Freehold, N
j., was witnessed scene which re
calls our readings of life in the
Middle Ages. A miserable man oil
low life and occupation was hung
for the crime of murder. The
windows of the jail which looked
into the yard where the execution
took place were crowded with
what the local reporter calls ala-
dies" who remained there without
finching during all the dreadful
scene, and until the body was cut
down and taken away. The yard
itself was apparently filed with a
crowd of men jostling each other,
and noisy. To crown the full dis
grace, " Immediately after the
weight fell the crowd from without
was permitted to enter without
tickets, and among those that
poured in were little school girls
and school boys, of all ages, from
six years old upward, with sachels
and books, who We're allowed to
gaze without stint upon the refining
spectacle" This is the almost in
credible report, in its own words, of
a responsible New York journal.
Here is something for the New
Jersey Legislature to look into.
The conduct of this execution, if at
all fairly reported, was indecent,
immoral, contrary to all good pol
icy, and common outrage on hu-
manity.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
TO our Friends and Patrons.

The generous interest Of our friends in
extending the circulation of the UNION
AND AMERICAN is such as to call for the
warmest possible expression of orr thanks.
We feel that the best return we can make
is to pledge increased exertions to make the
paper worthy, not only Of the patronage Of
present list, but of place in every
counting-room, professional Office and fire.
side in the State. This, we are striving TO
do. The more readers we have the better
paper we can make and the more good We
can accomplish. We want TO double the
circulation of the UNION AND AMERICAN.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-15
Worm Fences and stock PENS


The Augusta (Ga. Constitution
alist has a very sensible article on
these subjects, which deserves gen
eral consideration. With reference
to the advantages Of the sys-
tenn of penning stock, the case
is very forcibly stated, show
ing that the practice would not
only amply remunerate for all trou-
BILE and expense, but be productive
of highly profitable agricultural re-
suits. We quote as follows:
Hogs, when properly attended in
pens or lots, have exceeded 500
pounds in weight at year old; the
white Chester breed, 800 pounds at
fourteen or sixteen months, and as
much as l, $50 pounds at twenty-one
months old, increasing for short Pc
riods as radidly as three or four
pounds per day; while each one,
when amply supplied with peat or
pond mud, straw and rotten wood
or charcoal, has manufactured in the
year, three cords, or over three hun
dred bushels of excellent manure
Thus the manure alone would pay
for the feeding, and the increase of
flesh over the ordinary accumulation
from our seant range-150 pounds
at the ltmost-would be net gain.
And theE hogs would be kept from
mischief to ourselves or our neigh
bors, weuld multiply more rapidly,
occupy less time in attending to
them and be less liable to be stolen
or destroyed by wild or tame ami
mails.
Il DIR. Dana states, in his Manual,
that the liquid manure produced by
one COW, annually, is equal to fer
tilizing (1f) one and quarter acres
of land. The solid manure is near
ly of the same strength. Thus, a
Single COW can be made to enrich
over two acres of ground per an
mum. The quantity in bulk is over
a bushel day, according to Rousin-
Igault, or nearly four cords per an
mum. Now, peat or pond mud is
richer in salts than COW manure, and
to be dOubly superior in all respects,
requires some CD two and a half
poundspe cord, of ammonia. There
fore, throw into the stall or pen, at
Intervals, to be likewise removed
and protected from sunshine and too
much rain, seven or eight cords of
peat or mud or compost in any
manner, and there would be an an
nual return of eleven or more cords,
or over eleven hundred bushels of
capital manure-eneugh to fertilize
a dozen acres, which, under judicious
cultivation, would support moder-
ate sized family. From penning all
the COWS there would accrue an
abundant supply of milk and butter,
repaying all the trouble incurred.
Other animals would yield return
of manure propOrtionate to the
above. Sheep have been purchased
in the Northwest recently at over 50
a head, for the express purpose of
making manure from them.
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eceipt for subscriptions and advertisements
the same:
EAST TENNESSEE.
B. G. Manard, Bristol.
S. N. Fain, Noisy Creek.
G.. Austin, Austin's Mills.
viii. McCampbell, Knoxville.
Patten & Payne, Chattanooga.
ii. Liggelt, Kingston.
James b. Reed, Athens.
Hugh L. Fry, Sweetwater.
Capt. w. D. Haynes, Blountville.
Marsh Ingel, Union Depot.
Col. DUNCAN, Jonesboro.
Col. VIM. SPRINGFIELD, Rogersville.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Ogilvie & Lakewood, College Grove.
John w. Faxon, GAINESVILLE.
NJ. V. B. Ingram, Springfield.
II. F. Ferguson, Peacher's Mill
w. L Saddler, Forts Station.
J. B. Wright, Gallalin.
j. II. Brockett, Lafayette.
A. A. SwOpe, Carthage.
DIR. S. c. Bridgwater, Dixon's Springs.
w. Ct. Cox, GainsbOro.
7. Turney and J A. Fancher, Sparta.
+. Whaley, SmithviIle.
4. kirkpatrick, Butler's Landing.
Williamson & Martin, Lebanon
Z. K. Pennebaker, Leoanoh'
A. o. Ii. p. Sehorn, Murfreesboro.
w. H. McFerrin, Woodbury..
Howard w. Newman, Winchester.
ii. l.. Walling, McMinnville.
o. ii. 7. Harris, Livingston.
e. i. Hunt, Tullahoma.
d. p. Rathbone, Manchester.
E.G. Curlle, BradyyiIle.
VIM. Barton, Readyville.
John Laws, Farmington.
A. A. Steele, Lewisburg.
McCord and Ogilvie, Unionville.
G. p. Baskette, and NJ. +. Moorman Il
Bro, Shelbyville.
Geo. w. Morgan, Fayetteville
DR.. J. b. Mathews, Edgefeld.
Simpson & Cleland, Brentwood.
L. J. Watson, S. b. Rozell, Franklin.
J. b. Stephenson, Spring Hill
Banks & Drake, Thompson's Sta lou.
ID. Shelton, Columbia.
w. NJ. Irwin, and J. s. GrttRlh, Mt
Pleasant.
A. ii. Higdon, Lynnville.
VIM. Harris, COrnersville.
w. J. Ridgeway, Elkton.
]. r. Osborne, Pulaski.
L. G. TignOr,
+. w. Holt, Bunker HILL
Ii. Denton, Cookeville.
Matthews Il Davenport, Lawrenceburg.
Maj. Brashear, Linden.
w. l.. Morris, Waynesboro.
A. q. McDougal, Savannah.
Col. l.. McCullum, CenterVille
w. w. Hobbs, Waverly.
Thos. C. Morris, Charlotte
q. 3. Hughes, Clifton.
John Larkins, JohnsonYille.
A. J. Shemwell, Dover.
E J. Nj. Vester, Ashland City.
L. w. Yates, Mulberry.
b. III. Barry q Co., LynchBure
Thos. Conner, McMinnville
DIR. A. NJ. Hall, Petersburg.
w. Il. Loving, Richmond.
WEST TENNESSEE.
j. NJ. johnson, Cageyille.
W. A. Steele, Camden.
VIM. Laudrum, Dresden.
Lonis NJ. Williams, Newbern,
ID. p. Shofner, Union City.
Cab. Shull, Purdy.
A. S. Currey, Trenton.
WI. Westbrook, Brownsville.
Maj. John Fl. Bills, Bolivar,
N. Y. Cavilt, Paris.
Scales & Seward, Humboldt.
j. F. Davis, Hickman, KY.
John l.. Webb, Dyersburg.
w. c. Vail, Chestnut Bluff.
Capt. w. Wheeler, Ripley.
w. J. Pitts, Double Bridges.
John 7. Douglass, CoVingtOn.
DIR. d. II. Thomas & Co., Lanefeld and
Mason's Grove.
Mai. JIG. II. Bradford, Woodville,
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To such of our patrons and friends al
need job-work in any department Of print.
ing, we would state that We are thoroughly
prepared to execute all orders at the shori
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that too on the most reasonable terms. We
have three splendid job Offices consolidated
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pass ours in the style or cheapness Of jOt
printing. Send in your orders and We
guarantee entire satisfaction. 1t is ouI
highest ambition to please our patrons.
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Plant Peas and Irish POTATOES.

The season for commencing gar
den operations will soon be at hand.
Preparations should be made for
planting Irish potatoes. The Macon
(Ga.) Telegraph says of peas:
"0ur method is to trench by a
line to the depth and width of a
spade. Put in four or five inches of
earth well enriched with rotted
manure. Set your peasticks hand
somely in the centre of the trench,
and let them be well branched and
six feet high. Scatter the peas plen-
tifully and evenly on both sides of
these sticks; pat on little more
manure, and then cover to the sur
face with soil. There may be plenty
of other better plans, but we are
sure this one will do, and il has this
advantage: When yOuhave planted
your peas the work is cffectually
done. A little hoeing and mellow
ing of the soil on either side of the
sticks, now and then, is all that
will be necessary. The vines will
take fast hold of the sticks so soon
rs they put out their tendrils. and
will not be blown down by the
March winds, as is frequently the
case, when the peas are drilled in
two rows and the sticks afterwards
placed in the center. Moreover,
being first placed in the trench be-
fore sowing, and then supported by
the five or six inches additional soil
thrown in, they are firm, and will
never be disturbed by the wind. The
pea rows should be five or six feet
apart. The peas we like best are
the wrinkled varieties. Daniel o.
Rourk for the early crop, and Cham
pion of England for the later, are
two varieties which cannot well be
improved upon. The early Wash
ingtOn is very forward pea, but il
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
THE GIRL NEXT nOOR.


There is q blithesome maiden
That live next door to me,
Her ewes are black as midnight,
And handsome p can be;
Her cheeks are full of dimplcs.
And red ? any rose,
And then this love of mine. too
Has get Roman nosel
asked her If she'd have mo,
THAT was Che other night
And this was her reply, friepdsi
why, Jimmy. you are tight
Saws J.. II know l have, love,
Aboard little wine:
But this il not the question
Will you, or not, be miner"
And then she put her face, friends,
As near mine as she could.
And with the sweetest smile, friends,
Said simply that she would
Escort ne 20 the door, ifI
Was ready TO depart;
And thus il was the girl next door
Declined my hand and heart.