The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-08

ONASoA hoVO HECoSutou iSS Witu SEVERAL
ccmicas well as sentimenta and very
tasty valentines reninder that the
natal day of the patron saint of oil true
lovers is rapidly approaching. Their as
sortment is worth inspecting, as it is ex-
tensive and embraces all styles and prices.
Everybody accuses everybody around
the Legislature of being bought, or of
being Interested in some scheme before
that assembly. In over 100 forms have
these charges been made, vouched for,
and Investigations demanded. The talk
is as current of the value of votes as of
the price of cotton. There are brokers,
ring-masters, managers, and lobby
schemers, who are regularly engaged in
putting bills through" in arranging
with this or that member for his vote,
and in securing the final passage of bills.
No measure which is not paid for and
managed by some of the regular pro-
fession of lobbyists, how important
soever it may be, receives the slightest
attention. All such are ignored. They
remain dead and buried in committee or
on the clerks table. It is the bills
which pay that excite interest and enlist
zeal and active effort to rush them
through.
DISCOURSE OF Rev ARTHUR BoaDAS,
At THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. H.-After
having preached to the Methodist and
Baptist congregations, during the morn
ing and afternoon of the Sabbath, Mr..
Bogdan made his appearance in the pull
pit of the Presbyterian Church in the
evening. More than usual interest was
manifested, from the fact of his hearers
OF the day being charmed with his ora
tory. and not only coming themselves to
hear him again, but inducing others, by
their descriptions, to do likewise.
Mr.. Boggs. the pastor. in n graceful
manner, introduced Mr.. Bogdan to his
congregation, and invoked their mid
towards the object of his presence among
them.
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shoulders, and large, well-poised head,
with ample forehead, Mr.. Bogdan's per-
sonal appearance alone would secure for
him the attention of any audience.
The speaker stated his mission, and
dilated at great length and with much
earnestness thereon. His field of opera
tious. he said, had been the Danubian
province of Servia, in European Turkey,
and his special mission was to seek
Christian assistance for Christian Crete.
He detailed how, in 1922, the Cretans
commenced their struggle for independ.
ence, and, after gaining it, were thrust
back under Moslem sway. to preserve the
balance of power among European ma
thousand this, too, by the sanction and
aid of countries claiming to be enlight-
ened and Christian. He told how, in
Turkey. 9,50O,OOO Christians were 60
verned and brutally oppressed by
$500, 600 Turks, by the same cognizance
and for the same reason. He spoke of
the shocking atrocities practiced by the
Turks towards the Christians-how whole
families we're exterminated, and in the
most barbarous manner, when detected
in their devotions. He gave an account
of the siege of the Arcadian Monastery,
and how Mustapha Pacha, unable to force
the monks to capitulate, mined the
monastery, and slaughtered, by the ex-
plosion, 100 Greek monks and 900 Crotan
women and children who had obtained
shelter there. He narrated many other
instances of the sufferings of the people
for whom he sought assistance, and asked
not only financial succor in their behalf,
but that of earnest Christian prayer,
which he believed would, ultimately, be
of more avail.
Mr.. Bogdan's delivery is good, but his
accent foreign. His mode of expression
is impressive aad full of illustrations,
and his earnestness in his cause is so
apparent that to hear was to believe.