The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-02

tho Judgment of many deep and earnest
thinkers as the steam engine is, as u mo-
tive-power, to tho antiquatcd wind mill?
1t is at least Il bright anticipation to hope
SO.
"Wo will close by suggesting that M
amendment cmbodying Tho privilege of
cumulative voting he passed by two
thirds Of tho Legislature ut its next ses-
sion, and that it DO submitted to the vote
of the people in 1872 rs the quickest and
least expensive method of amending the
Constitution, for convention. which We
lately suggested, before all parties had
mulativo voting, will bo great expense
to the State"
TIE BEAUTIFUL STANs.-Just now the
heavens are in their most respientlcnt
beauty: it is seldom that such u concur
renee Of large stars is seen. between
and o'clock in tho evening, q short dis
tance above the Western horizon, wo be-
hold Venus, the jewel Of all stars; little
farther East, Jupiter, tho next most
brilliant, and near tho meridian fiery
Mars. Here then, wo hive the three
most brilliant planets i'll line, with the
moon MS crescent, making her why
Eastward among them. On Sunday
evening she was between Jupiter and
| Venus, last Monday evening she was
| little East of Jupiter, by this evening
sho will have reached Mars in her East
erly course through the heavens. Venus
and Jupiter will be approaching each
other until tho 10Th of May, when they
will be III conjunction, or in tho same
longitude, and very close together, after
which Jupiter will continue his West
ward course, aud by the 30th Of June
will be in conjunction with tho sun. For
some time before and after his copjunc-
ton with the sun lie will be invisible,
after which he will be seen West of that
lnminary rs morning star the remainder
Of the summer. Venus will continne to
move Eastward until June, when it will
remain stationery, relatively, for some
time and then retrogndo Westward It
summer. Mars will continue moving
slowly Weslwnrdly, aud will be visible in
tho evening until lalc in the autumn
The latter part Of summer Venus and
Mars will appear Mt no great distance
from each other. Soon Saturn will ap-
pear, rising III the early evening and
shining tho whCle night. But our OBJ
jcct, when we started out, wns not to
trace the course of these planets, but to
speak Of the present beautiful appcnr-
nnco Of the heavens. Besides these
| three prominent planets, wo behold some
Of the most brilliant OF the fixed stars.
Nearly South Of Venus, near tho hcr-
zon. is the splendid constellation of
Orion; Southeast of Orion, also near
Til, horizon, but Il little, more elevated,
wo SEQ Sirius, or tho Dog Star, tho
brightest of MI fixed stars. North west
of Sirius is l5etclqense, and about the
snnio distance North cast is procvon.
East of Jupiter, ut considerable einya-
ton, nre the two bright stars, Castor md
Pollnx, and short distance North of
Venus is Capclla. Nearly overhead is
tho constellation Ursa Major, or the
Grent Bear, with the two pointers,
Dnbbo and Mernk, pointing downward
toward tho Polo Star; about the same
distance beyond the Polo Star is the con
stellation Cassiopeia. Last by South,
about halfway between tho horizon and
zenith, is the bright ctar .Arciurus. To.
ward the Northeast is seen the brilliant
star Vega or I.yrm. On the whole the
heavens present. ut present, most brhu-
tiful appearance III tho early evening,
especially in the West and South west.
When we contemplate upon tho wonders
Hll IuHleHSlly Ol TIC countess numbers
of worlds and suns scattered throughout
the endless space. wo are led to look M
to tho Creator OF all and cxclaim: ''What
is man that Thou nrt mindful Of him?"
A"ynsft Chronicle and Sentinel.
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"THE UNIVERSAL AVER. - On my Jour
ncys over the continent through Tur.
key, India. China, Japnn, Peru, Chill,
Paraguay, Brazil and Mexico, and The
United States-in them all, to some OK
tent and in some to great extent, 1
havo found the universal Aycr repre-
scnted by his fnmily medicines. Which
arc often held in fabulous esteem Mho-
thor they win their marvellous reputation
by their cures, know not. bnt know
they have it to such degree that il fre-
quently gave mo distinguished impor-
tance to have como from tho samc coun-
try. Fields Letters Jrom Abroal
a Chicagoan who stopped into basket
OF eggs, was arrested for cruelty 10 inci-
pient animals.