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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-25

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NEW, FRESH
: 0 ] RlsH N 6

All our GOODS NEWT All FRESH All
FAsH1ONABLEl all, everything that We
deal In Is Of the best quality, and at the low.
est prices, and guaranteed.
"Our trade for the whole season" nearly
doubled.
We keep the largest collection OF tho follow.
ing goods in the South:
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES, RUGS.
Oornices, Blankets, Flanncs, Bleaohed Cot
ton. Pantaloon Goods, Jeans, Cassimeres,
Cloths, Prints, Shirtiugs, Dress Goods, Silks,
Merinos, Delaines, Alpacas. Notions, Small
Ware, Willow Ware, Trunks, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Gaps, Millinery, Laces, Embroider-
los, Furs, Feathers and Flowers.
All these at wholesale and retail. And our
DRESS-MAKING DEPARTMENT
The best OF the kind in the STATES,
r. @. SILVER Il co.
Il. Q. sAlVEn. DAVID JONES.
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The Temple of Health,

MI ORE good and reliable remedies can be
.IHI had at HElNITSH'S Drug and Chemi.
va, store than from any osiisT place "a the
land. There is not single person. afflicted
Heinitsh's medicine. but returned and gave
thanks, and bought another bottle. Just see
what has been done:
so, 900 bottles OF the QUEENS DELIGHT,
for the blood.
25,ooo bottles stanley's COUGH sYRUp,
for ouughs, DC.
10000 Blood and Livcr PILLS. for diseases
OF the Liver.
%, 600 bottles Tar and Wild Cherry COUGH
10000 bottles heinitsh's CHILL CURE.
10000 bottles QUAKER LINIMENT, for
rheumatism.
Still the cry is. comel Come ono, come all,
little cost. A full stock OF good medicines al.
ways ON hand, at moderate prices, Wholesale
and retail by E. b. HEINITSH,
Nov rs Proprietor and Dealer.
Mattresses.
IUST received, another snpply Of Double
q and Single MATT6EssE5, which we offer
Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
Nov2 2
Sundries.
WE have received large supply OF the
w following goods, which we are offering
at low prices:
Whole. half and quarter boxes NAIsINs,
Almonds,
Palm Nuts,
Filberts,
Walnuts.
Nov % JOHN AGNEW Il SON.
nn Do~1.~t
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MANUFACTURING ENTERpa1sE IN CHARLES
TON -Chsrleston 10 fast becoming a manu-
featuring AZ we'll as u commercial city. TIL.
largest IN .nufactory uf doors, sashes, blinds.
&'., Iii the Southern Stat. q is that OF MI r
:. FoALE. on Horlbeck's Wharf, in that CITY
sales rooms At No 20 Hayne street. Mr.
roALE's advertisements appears In another
column. Nov 0t
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southsrn and Atlantic Telegraph Co.
7NHE annual meeting of the Stockholders Of
4 this Company will be held at the Office,
New. York. on MONDAY, the 4th day Of De,
oember, 1871, at 2 O'Clock P. M, for the cleo
tion OF officers for the ensuing year, and tor
anch other businees as may be brought before
the meeting. J. II. COLLINGNOOD.
NOV AZ Secretary.
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On tho authority Of Dsnis.; paper,
it is stated that Herr Woerman, ship.
owner, Of Hamburg, has been oommis-
stoned to procure coffin for his present
majesty the King of Jberio, on the
West coast OF Africa. The coffin is OF
hrwood, polished on the outside, and on
the whole furnished very comfortably.
1t is lined with red velvet, and has soft
velvet cushions. There are fve glass
windows in the lid, to let the i;sh. ente:;
and under it is placed mirror for aid to
reflection. The handles ard feet are of
tin, as we'll as the windo ". settings; and
lastly. the oofin's arrangement is COM
pleted by two bottles of gin and the me-
cessary glasses. It is also stated that the
box is to be placed in the meantime ssin
bis majesty's state apartments" where
1t is to be hoped the two bottles of gin
will not prove too tempting.
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10 the Members of the Executive Com
mittee of the Taxpayers Convention
of South Carolina.
accordance with the direction Of the Con-
Il vention. You are hereby requested to meet
~ Columbia on the LAST WEDNESDAY in
this month. JAMES Oh HESNUT,
NOV 70 Chairman
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Wood! Wood!! Wood Il!


VNHE undersigned begs leave to notify the
l. citizens Of Columbia that he has, this
day. established WOOD YARD, at the
Charlotte Depot, just below, or back Of Mr..
Hamberg's store, where he has, and will en-
deavor to keep on hand, an inexhaustible
supply Of choice Oak. Dry Pine and Light
wood. which he will sell, and deliver any
where within the city limits, at the regular
market prices. For convenience, have
made arrangements to have orders left at the
store Of Mr.. Agmew's. in front Of the State
House. and ct the store OF J. A. Hendrix.
Parties leaving orders will please state the
quality and quantity wanted. with their ad-
dress and place OF residence. Prompt atten.
tion and good measure guaranteed.
will also, as soon AZ possible, have on
hand good supply Of the different qualities
OF Coal. Brick, Grani o, Lime. Lumber, Laths,
6hingles, Post, Sash and Blinds. Doors, DO.
Parties having Lumber. Wood. Shingles,
Post, &o., so desiring. can ship and have
them sold on co nmission at libelal rate.
Contractors. mechanics and builders gene.
rally would do well to call, before making
their arrangements elsewhere.
Nov "a NJ A. PENN.
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II will be in the fashidn if I die for
iti' said the ambitious beIleSwhose looks
were not Of the ruling tint; /ahd dye she
did.
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Rooms to Rent,
tho House on Arsenal Eill. owned and
lately occupied by Col. J.. p Thomas.
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Wood! Wood! Wood!!!


AJAX and HICKORY, delivered, &5.25 per
~ cord.
Oak and Hickory. delivered in Cords or
aalf Cords, sawed in lengths to suit pur-
chasers. Sc per cord.
Orders left ut Childs Il Wiley's Clothing
Store, Main street, or at James K Friday's
Warehouse. Greenviile Depot promptly g led.
Nov 23 THOS. J MOORE
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Pickles. Fruits and Vegetables.
Law Notice

Law Notice.
THE undersigned have formed partner
chip In the practice or law, under the
style OF
RION & THOMAS,
And Will give cal eful consideration and at
tention to any business entrusted to their
charge. Office at Bau.kett'a building, on
Law Range.
JAMES d RIoN. JOHN P THOMAS.
COLUMBIA, q. c., November l6, 1871
NOV Il emo
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r. A. PRINGLE,
Cotton Seller and Gen. Produce Broker

Central Wharf, Charleston.
PREFERENCES -Oharloston-Bon. G. Il.
1N Lowndes, President fank OF Charleston
n. B. Smith, Esq. President Union Bank OF
ley, Esq. Newberry, q. O.-Ro5tL l.. MoCaueh.
rim, President National Bank Of Newberry.
CHESTER, g. O.-Messrs. MoAliley Il Brawley.
Special attention given to the consignment
and sale OF COTTON, Dried Fruit, TO.
sept t4m
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Bargains! Bargains /! j!

A SMALL selection Of choice DRY GOODS
sud FANCY ARTICLES. will be re.ailea at
sacrifice until disposed Of. These are bar.
gains. Call at the little store II you wish
little prices. G. r. JACKSON,
NOV "a Main street.
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Pipes! Pipes!!
i sR5Ss MP ~ "a? R!szs
Noy z3 z-.f rtt JOHN O, SEEGERS
Frightfnl Prophecy +.

-. .0I S.Ss6"WH1 = KVPUuVys
F you neglAet cough or cold, however
will DO sure to follow. The interruption upon
the tombstone will be in the following start
ling words:
"DIED From A NEGLECTED OouoH"
Stanley's celebrated COUGH SYRUP will
cure coughs, colds. asthma, throat affections,
when no other pr paration will. Try bot.
tie. Prepared only by
Nov25$ E.H HEINIrSH, Druggist.
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Barley! Barley!
DLANTERs can have SEED BARLEY at
II S1.25 Per E1sHc!. Terma csab.
bept az JOHN @. SEEGERS.
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Castor Oil! Castor Oil!
= BBLS. Prime CASTOR OIL, for sale low.
q by e II. HEINITSH,
Oct 20 t Wholesale Druggist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-02


FafHrtf frs lg. tsg .fc 3
War in the North! War in the Southern sky
The sun is shining on the bloody ground;
The bell OF time ri rs out its agony
And counts the minutes by TIE battle sound.
The passing ages all the nations change s.
En- pres, re ,giops, vanish a. their nod
But still on cart Ii do wars dread minIons range
And trace their lineage back 10 Egypt's God
A kingdom, mighty by the Stay er's hand
From &c TO age comes on thy solemn train
Before he laws OF Nose thou did'st stand,
Aud after Jesus stll thy princes reign!
One eeaseless clamcr is the nations cry,
And al humanity is but groan:
The world is weary OF he ager Sigh
And weary is the Almighty on His throne.
Stretch out thy arms, 0, thou paternal sea,
Have pity on us III our grief and storms,
Aud give these wretched bits OF earth that be
Atomb amid thy old colossal FORMS
If thou should'st swallow up this ancient
world,
Thou great immensely, with sovereign SWEEP
A better continent might yet he hurled
From out the depths, and Oh thy shoulder
leap eHep ife ftga se 4-s rs
Here all the seeds are rotten at the core
No fruit that pleases God again shall bud,
Nolonger can we.Serve Him as before &.
Engulf us, sea, tor we are Daught but mud
N. Y. EUening Post
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is THERE ANY MONEY IN TT.

sis there any money in it 90
Asks the calculating man
4" And shall we be sure to win it
II / JOIN you in your plan?
I'd be richer if I'd needed
Such advice as his before ~
Let me know how much is needed
And I'll think the matter DER !"
Is there any money in it, naL
Is the question OF the hour.
Men will listen in minute
To your scheme, Tor moneys power.
Who these times can do without it ?
Or who, having, wants not more?
Tell your neighbor all about it,
Let him think the matter DER.
Ifthere's any money in it, gat
Be the project whit it may,
Men are ready to begin it,
just assure them it will pay.
Some "will not invest q shilling
Care not to increase their store"
But you'll find them very willing
When they've thought the matter DER
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From the Evening Wisconsin
ALICE CARY.
BY MIGNoNRrTE.

Singer in the meadow hedges,
Kin OF sunbeam and of rose =
Not a traveller on life's highway
But thy thrush-like music knows.
Lover of the bird and lambkin,
Hillside rock and woodland flower,
Brook and bee and clover blossom,
Summer suu and summer shower!
Blithe OF heart and clear OF vision l.
Ere tiny last melodious notes
Die upon the gladdened breeZes,
In wide heaven thy spirit floats.
Still, when summer dawns are glowing.
And the bee TO clover clings,
And the thrush is in the hedges.
We shall dream thy spirit sings
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AN INCIDENT IN THE CHILDHOOD OF
JOHN w BSLEY.-One winter night in
1909, he little fellow, on waking up,
found the room So light that his first i'm.
preston was that daylight had returned,
and he called to his nurse to take him
up. Having no answer, he put his head
out of the curtains, saw the flames above
his head, and rushed, terrified to the
door but the fire was there, and he
climbed up to- the window, showing
himself to the terror-stricken gazers in
the yard below. The sudden cry for
ladder, the terrible response, There
will not be time, the improvised sub
stitute of one man raised on the shoulders
of another, and then the awful crash of
the falling roof, as the child felt the
welcome arms clasp him. remained fixed
in Wesley's memory with that distinctness
which, when associated with strong emo
ton, gives the event thus stamped upon
the mind, significance which nothing
In after life can rival. The roof fell in
at the very noinent that The child was
Lifted to the ground, for he says it would
crushed him and his. preserVer, had it
not fallen inward. We can easily see
That sense of personal guidance which
Wesley could only recognize as pro
vid"ntial interference with the course of
nature, took its rise from the moment
when the boy, still quiverlng from the
terror of the escape, heard his father cry,
/" Come neighbors, let us kneel down let
us give thanks to Goa he has given
me all my eight children let the house
go, am rich enough" The delivcrance
was commemorated,u under one of Wesleyg
portraits, by vignette OF burning
house with the legend, Is not this
brand snatched from the burning :" and
by Wesley's choice of these words for
his epitaph, when he believed himself
dying, in his fiitieth year.
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Some men find life uncomfortable if they
cannot lay Wagers. At Blnghamton,
NY, a favorlte mode of winning the
drinks" is for sharper to bet with q
yokel that he can stand an egg on end
right out on the floor" and the yolkel
can't break 1t with half bushel measure.
The bet Is taken and the fend in human
shape puts the egg precisely in the cor
ner sndSif you wish to know how it is
yourself you would do we'll to try the
experiment.
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An old fellow who took part in the
late rebellion was one day blowing in the
village tavern, to crowd of admiring
listeners and Boosting of his many
bloody exploits, when he was interrupted
Ey the question: q say, old Joe, how
many rebels did you kill during the
war p " How many rebels did / kill.
sir how many did / kills Well, /
don't know just 'zactly how many but
know this much, killed as many of
them as they did O. me-"
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The liver and harbor appropriation
bill, which passed the National House of
Representatives yesterday, and which
now goes to the Senate, gives $1,000
FIR barber OF Chicago, and $4,000 for
a harbor OF refuge at Calumet also $780,
600 each for the harbors at Racine and
Kenosha.
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By ELLA WHEELER

Though you see no banded army,
Though you hear no cannOns rattle,
We are IN a mighty contest Va
We are fighting great battle
We are lew, but We are right
And we wage the holy fight,
Night and day, and day and night
IF we do not fail or falter,
IF we do not sleep, or slpmber,
We shall win, in this great contest,
Though the foe is twice ourisumber.
This the burden of our song fa 6,
I'VE are few but we are 81 Tong, ~. +
Right MUST triumph over Wrong I"
Oh, nv sisters oh my brothers! a9sa .ss
There is DEATH y round about US,
Must we then, sit down discouraged,
WIN YOU let the wine cup rout US?
Hear the drunkard's awful vail
See,the mourners. bowed, and pale
Will you coward. Ihen say, Fail
Saw MOI that your heart is with us,
Though YOU cannot help or aid us.
All who love the cause sincerely Ea#
Can do something. God has made us
Tongues, to talk with. you can say
Something, il you will each day,
That will help us on our way
Though you are not highly gifted, &
Though YOU are not bard, or poet, rtl.
Though you dare not preach OF lecture,
You can love the cause, and show II
Boldly IN each hing you do, a
Seeking all that's pure and true,
THIS will be a help from you.
You.ca say the liquor traffic,
Is a curse to any Nation.
You can say that prohibition
Is a blessing and salvation. ., s.... s..-lf
You can SOW your seeds. and though
You may never see them grow,
They witt not be lost, know.
In this mighty Temperance contest,
When no guns, or cannous rattle,
Though YOU cannot lead the army,
Or be Chieftaln of The battle, 1
With that mighty sword the TONGUE,
You can fight against The wrong
You can sing some Temperance song.
Say not, that you can not aid us,
Drops of water make therlyer, 81.
Make the mighty Mississippi. .. e..el
That sweeps on, and on, forever,
Every word you say for RIGHT,
Gives us courage, gives us might,
And brings US nearer, morn and Hght.
WEsrPoKT, WIS, 1871.
WAR
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A PORK LEGEND-The, Lyndon (Vt)
U@aon tells the f ilowlng .anecdote o a
well known legal gentleman of that
State (; 47 sts..,.4 San.
+ In 1850 Bliss n. Davis lived in Hart
wick street, AID in the spring of that
year moved to Danvllle, and left in his
cellar. which was securely locked, full
rub Of p irk. In the. summer, getting
sh TT of meat, he procured team and
went for his pork. But the barrel had
got the start. OF hun and had vacated the
premises long before he got there. He
was unable, after dilgent search, to get
the least clu' I'll the thieves Sometime
afterwards, Philbrlck and Smith, couple
of likely Boys of Davis acquaintance,
were indicted for burglary, and Davis,
with a heart full of sympathy for his
| friends, VOLUNTEERED todefend them lie
lsp mt much time and anxiety in their de-
Tense, but despite his best eff lrts the poor
fellows were convicted and sentenced to
State Prison. After the sentence Davis
went down to the jul 80 condoe with
them. He told them bow his heart bed
for them, and that he had done ali in his
power to save them. The boys said they
were very much obliged to him. he had
done nobly, all a map could do, and they
would be glad to pay him, but probably
never could pay him in money, but as
they were IN possession of a 81 cret which
bad occasionrd him days of search aud
anxiety, they would reveal 1t to him as
lpart payment for his Efforts in heir be-
half. Z" We are the boys that stole that
PORK I" Davis looked at his young eli
ents q moment swallowed his lndigna-
ton, and stamped off tow'r.is his Office
as much provoked as if he had lost
another barre o'-pp'k.
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a woman in Clay county, Indiana,
has born triplets I've times in foarteea
years.
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A singular decision has been made in
the life insurance case referred to few
days since, wherein party after having
insured his life for $4,000, committed
suicide to secure the amount of the policy
to his wife. The deceased was proven to
have taken morphine, and the Judge
ruled, that if he had comm tied suicide by
this means, the presumption was that he
was insane at the time, and that the
burden of proof to the contrary rested
with the company. Heretofore. it has
been held that suicide shortly after
insurance was presumptive fraud as to the
contract, but it long time had elapsed
The fraud presumptive was not admissa
BILE. Under the ruling above, it would
seem as if companies might az well take
out the suicide clause" from their poll
cies. To be compelled to provo suicide
and sanity both, imposes upon them
rather difficult conditions.
A negro in Columbus, o. has for years
gradually been shedding his nitritude,
and LOW is as white as any man and
brother.
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TICKLING ALLGAToRs.--" How do they
catch them aligators, do you wish 10
know, madam? Well, the nasty critters
are queerly made, and have queer fan.
cies fyou look at one of them you will
see that he has hard splnes upon his tai
Examine them spines, and you will see
| the last Que at the end of the tail to be
the largest, to be very sharp and strong,
| AMI carved back towards the head Of the
crittur, like q hook. Now ailigators,
madam, are very sleepy things; always
a-eoing to sleep in the mud. The brown
skinned gentlemen who live hereaboNts
90 out to catch them with q cane and a
long pole When they see one asleep
they tickle the point of his tail very
gently with the cane, so as not to wake
him. The alligator feels it, and turns
his tail away from the tiGkler They
then tickle it little more, and he turns
it further away, curving it sorte- round,
as you see. Then they 60 on tickling,
and the crittur goes on bending round
his tail till he gets it right opposite his
mouth. They then give it a hard tickle;
The critter wakes, opens it's mouth, snaps
1T its own tail, gets the point of it be-
tween its Jaws, and the hooked spine
driven clear into his palate. 1t has just
made itself into ring, you see, and can't
help its tail out again The natives
haye tiekled it enough. All they've
got to do is to put the long pole through
the ring the critter has made itself into,
hoist the two ends of the pole on their
shoulders, take the critter home, and kill
it quietly It's a scientific sort of way
of catching them, MADAM, but it's very
satisfactory" G 8