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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-20

.,.SoUTHERN. BAPTIST CoNvsNT1oN.--In
the Southern Baptist Convention. Mon
day. the 18th instant. a resolution was
adopted recognizing the Theological
Seminary at Greenville, 8. O.. as worthy
of the highest approval, and pleading
the united and cordial support of the
members aud officers. A new board was
nominated aud, confirmed, The after-
noon session was mostly occupied in dis
cussing an amendment to the constitn-
tion offered by Rev. r. 81. Graves; of
Memphis. excluding ali but mem bers Of
their own denomination from sitting in
Convention. It was finally laid over.
On tho following day the Convention
concluded it's sessions. The attentla CO
was small; many Delegates were aieht-
seeing about the city and suburbs, and
some started for Chiongo to attend the
Convention Of the Baptist Church North.
Tie debate was continued on constitu
tional amendments. defining the onalifi-
cations Of members of the Convention.
bat after considerable discussion tue
amendment was tabled by large ma
jority. The report on the publication
department. was adopted after the passage
OF an amendment opposing the esta-
blishment OF q general publication de-
partment, and urging churches and sun
day schools South to cooperate with the
board in their legitimate work. Tlo
committee on the orphan asylum in
the Creak Nation mnde report, which
was adopted. The Convention adjourn
ed to meet in Raleigh, N. c., in May
next.
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SECTIONAL HEALTHFULNEss The late
census shows some interesting facts in
relation to the South. by facts and
figures submitted it appears that Nav
Orleans and other cities, supposed to be
the home of yellow fever. are healthier
than New York or Boston, and have lie, 8
deaths according to population. It also
shows that the deaths among negroes
have increased almost one-half since the
war, and that moro negroes than whites
have died OF disease. although the eli
mate is supposed to be peculiarly adapt
ed to the colored race.
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The following is Western instance OF
the ruling passion strong in death :"
Squire W WIS very fastlons in his
notions Of propriety. At weddings aud
funerals he was quite oflicious, and very
particular tiiut everything should be
t'ene deccntly aud in order. In due
time he was taken ill-fatally so-and
relatives and friends were gathered
around his bed. sad and weeping. One
OF these. more thoughtful thun the rest
asked the departing Squire if he would
liko to have clergyman callca in to
pray with him, to which he replied
well. yes; I think it would be appro.
priate.'
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ACCIDENT ON THE CRY Railway.
Thursday afternoon, late, while Cur No.
35 was passing up Meeting street,
Charleston. Henry Gerken, German
youth about sixteen years old, run across
tile street opposite Werner's Iron
Works, and tried to get on the platform,
Of the car. He missed his footing or
slipped, and fell. the wheel crushing bis
ankle on one leg. and several of his toes
on tho other.
SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS. The New
York Herald. of the 18th, in its financial
article, says: The discussion aud de-
bates in the recent Convention ut Colnm.
bin. by giving vent to the i'll feeling OF
both parties in South Carolinn, and enn-
bling them to come to something like Il
harmonious understanding. hnvo pr
dnced better feeling in the Sonth Caro-
linas. evidenced 10 day i'll the advance oi
tho July bonds TO sixty-four."
A track from Almy to Evanston, two
miles long, connects The Pacific Railroad
with the great coal region, 800 miles
long, Of Colorado. This feeds the
engines and will run them sevcnty-fiye
miles per ton against forty for Pennsyl-
yanin coal. There hnvo been so. 600 tons
mined. Another mine gives 5000 tons
per month, and could furnish 900
daily. It is dumped at seventy five cents
and Sl.25 per ton. The veins arc thirty
and forty feet thick.
An English gentleman named Shears
is reported by London paper to have
been ''ont in two by she'll on the
Champs Elysees in Paris" The paper
adds thnt she is not yet dead" Posi-
bly,; but he cannot we'll be more than
half alive; and the story suggests doubt
whether there may not be some mistake
as to the facts.
It coat San Francisco S.. 800 to try
Mrs. Fair; it cost Mrs. Fair Sl2, 900. in.
Guiding S. 900 to her senior counsel. to
be tried, and it cost one Of the papers
there 81, 435 to phonographically report
and print the trial. Mrs. Fair is such
nn expensive female that the community
oun afford to keep bnt few of her.
Two young Atlnntans ran foot race
the other Sunday for the honor Of
escorting belle to church. The winner
found she had just gono with another
follow
INCENDIARIsM -Wo learn that On the
night Of tho 10Th inst, Mr.. John G..
Love had his dwelling honsc. kitchen
and stable. with his only horse, destroy ell
by fire; tho work of IN incendinry.
Camden journal.
Cnnsistency-Asking blessing before
meal, and nbnsing the yictuuls through
tho entire meal
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COLUMBIA. S. C.
Saturday Morning. May 30, 1871.
Tho Philosophy or the &c .nrnu NO Move
ment suggcsted-A Plen for the Com

ment sugKcsted-A Plen Tor the Conn
mune.
A writer in the For1nighay ReDie,0--
Frederick Harrison-undertnke in an
article re.puhlished in the New York
World, Of the 18th, to give the phi1oso-
ply of the revolution of the Commune.
This writer. whilst deploriug the blnn-
ders and abhorring the crimes. that have
been committed in Paris. yet recognizes
in the movement of the Communists q
new social force-one destined to make
the round of Europe. and to re.orgaDlze
society from its foundations Mr. bar
rison says. that the Government OF the
Commune was as Legitimate as that ,of
-.Thisrs. La the midstof the disoonntent
and distrust created blythe Thiers Go
"vernment, he states that the workmen
resolved to act, They seized Pario and
proclaimed the Cos1MuNE. And this, he
holds. vas,a'proteat against that excess
I've Capitalization that had been found
injurious alike to, Paris and tho pro-
vinces. Mr.. Harrison states that the
proposition Of the, :Commnnistss is: Let
Paris, become for political ahd social
purposes; aself:regulattngs gspoiety. united
with. other city .pommunities and with
the provinces in dennita federal bonds.
Let Paris be what Genevai Is in the Swiss
fsdeIAtion- -lat asf Be q tree qiiy,,in q f'ee
country. This We. arc told isttheidea OF
the Commune in o simple lorna de-
rnand for'local self -goyernmentAa strug-
gle Observation-Disclosures. But Mr. Hur-
fison goes oA TO suggest that The CON
mune means more than this. It means
agreat. pfinciple Of government ',,Iho
union OF men,i in ,their true political ag-
gregates. bound together as q nation in
q federal bond, forming Tot many pnr-
poses but one people, without the bar
riers OF jealous nationality op the op-
preston of centralized States" The
idea 6f the Commune. Mr.. Harrison
Holds, is ''the idea Of the gradual disso-
luton, Of nations into, more similar, ag.
gregates anid.truer political unity. :" This
is the idea, ha says, which 200, ZOO work
men in Paris have taken up arms to con
auer. and which must ultimately prevail.
We might say more on this interesting
snbject. bat we have only to add. that
Mr.. Harrison's views on the great move
ment Of the Commune will be read with
interest. His article throws much light
upon what appears dark subject to
most persona. We commend it to all
who haye. time ind the taste to attempt
to understand the startling aud unex-
peeted revolution Of the workingmen Of
Paris. According to Mr. Harrison, the
movement has great and an enduring
Significance.
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THAT Notwithstanding
Dr.. Vinion's high opinion oi San Do
mingo as q sanitarium. the New York
Journal Of Commerce thinks that by de-
feating the San Domingo treaty We
of loathsomo and dangerous or incurnblc
diseases. The remark is elicited 10y Il
late San Domingo telegram announcing
that the toe disease is spreading; over u
thousand persons are in the hospital.
This horrible malady occurs in most of
the West Ihdia islands, bnt it's chosen
and peculiar homo is San Domingo It
first appears, as the name implies, in the
toes, which it rots of, but its devasta-
ton does not stop there. but spreads
into the legs and finally into the whole
frnme, causing lingering and dreadful
death. In adults it is said to be incurn-
BILE, though there is specific treatment
for children, by the application OF boil
ing water, which, if tried in time, may
be successful There is disease in the
West Indies known as elephantiasis. un-
der which two other diseases arc COM
pretended. one Of which is called ele.
phant leg and the other elephant akin.
or tubercular elephantiasis. a minute
description OF them will he found in
Appleton's Encyclopedia. The first pre-
walls extensively in Barbadoes, where it
is sometimes called Barbadoes leg. The
disease, however, is not confined to the
leg, but may attack almost any part OF
the body. The tuberoular elephun tiasis
appears to lave been tho disease which,
during the middle ages, was known as
leprosy. In ono stage Of thIs disease
the toes aud fingers are destroyed. I.
may be that this is the terrible malady
referred to by the Journal Of Commerce.
AS the resuscitation Of the San Domingo
scheme is possible in tho next Congress,
we trust that the advantage OF anncxine
c :so~~, interesting and hvnutiiui epiue
mic will be duly enforced by its advo.
Gates. IN the meantime, We would re.
commend the San Domingo commission.
ers and Rev. DR.. Vinton to go back and
investigate personally the toe disease, &C
that we may know what to do with the
San Domingo elephant-iasia.
| Baltimore sun
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The best place to got cool summer dfi, k
il ut EoLLoCKs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-20

LYsT. OF NRw ADvRIerIsRMsNrs
Geo: Huggins-lnsnrance Agency.
Or: A!ine-Cure of Cancers. 80.
J. Mod. Carson-Cmsar's Head Hotel.
Il. Tozer-Threshers and SeparAtore.
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CANCERS,
TUaIORs,

ULCERS.
MOST wonderful by Prof. Greene. Char
lntte, n. O., and by Prof. Kline. at tho Phi'a.
de'plia Cancer Institnte, 93i Arch street,
l'hiladelphia. Pa.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-20

John Greine-, OF New Mexico. author
oi the ':Iog Cabin Songs oi 1910, die,l
at Toledo. Ohio, on Saturday, of pa
ralysis. He was representative to the
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows of Ohio,
which had just closed its session at
Toledo.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-20

D1voRoEs. = It ia gratifying to observe
that lately the Governors OF several
Northern States have urged that the
laws shall be amended. so as TO prevent
the obtaining Of divorces, with such ease
and promptness as they are obtained
under existing laws. Governor Jewell,
Of Connecticut, states TINT for every
dozen marriages in Connecticut. there is
one divorce. Society in the North has
suffered most disassrousIy from the de.
moralizing effects Of the laws OF divorce.
Women nre divorced from their hns-
bands, in some cases, before they are
aWaEe Of tho intention of the husbands
to separate from them. The marriage
tie is loose, indeed, where it may be
thrown of so rendily; aud deplorable is
the consequent loss OF dignity and So
lemnity of the marriage ceremony, which
is vital to the virtue aud order Of society.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-20
invariably oharacterizes It as "a piece Of
id rascality." SO


d-d rasoality." a..
i do notwish to give the impression
that all the State officers are bad men.
Theresarei some eminent exceptions
men whose motives are pure and whose
hands are. clean of bribes; but, as rule.
the officers are not OF II class that would
bo trusted with official responsibility In
any Northern community outside OF
New York city. They came to the sur
faoe at time when it was only necessary
for white man in South Carolina to
soy ho was Republican and wanted on
Office, to get ono. Such mon were 30
scarce then that many were obliged to
hold two or threo offices ut once. In
the tnx. payers movement, which has
brought about the convention now sit.
ting in this city, I DO not believe the
white people are actuated in great part
by hostility to the Republican party.
Correspondence Ne'o York Tribune.
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A horse belonging to @. n. Baldwin,
Esq, attached to buggy, ran Of. yes
terday, and smashed things TO PIE ,es.
Unfortunate for the owner, but good for
the repairer.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
GERMANY FAVoRS THEIRS.

- Prince Bismarck has given notice that
asthe German troops will not give possession
,ai of the forts east and north of Paris, and
= orders have been issued that no more pro-
visions be sent into Paris. This action on
the part of the German Empire is of great
aid to the Versaillists, and settles almost
concIusively the early triumph of Theirs
81 and his associates. If the Germans hold
.tilesferts Oh the sides mentioned, it gives
Mac Mahon really but one side of Paris to
:. besiege. He can do this with the cutting
3 Off all supplies better by starvation than
by storming of the strong defensive works,
which could only be successful after des-
2afate and bloody struggles. Our
advices this morning represent the
49, Nersaillists as about prepared to prose-
cute the siege more vigorously, but
:, we trust, for the sake of humanity, the
4 final reduction of the city may be left to
the less sanguinary process of enforcing
capitulation by exhausting all supplies
within the city the world reads with
great regret of the destruction by shot and
shell of those splendid works OF architec-
= tural skill that have long made Paris beau
. .tiful to the eyes of travellers from every
clime and they would rejoice to learn that
there is some other mode of restoring tran
!. guilty to France than by "iron and blood"
From the provinces and from the larger
cities McAahon is drawing additional le
/. Vies and war material, while to the Com
munists within Paris, there comes. neither
the encouragement of sympathy
without nor the strength of a true
union and noble inspiration within
.Stfeir own councils. Through the streets
of Paris sways a turbulent, starving, reck-
Bless mass of humanity that, unless speedi-
,ly restrained by some strong arm, will
make it perfect pandemonium and light
its boulevards, parks and streets, with in
cendiary fires.
as That it may be delivered from all such
tydangers we know one united prayer as
cends from every civilized land.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28

- THE Union and american publishes,
with great gusto, dispatch from Cincin-
natl stating that Rev. NJ. P. Gaddes has
again been indicted for neglect of duty,
while Assessor of Internal Revenue of the
b. Second District of Ohio, for receiving pre-
= sents and brides. That paper heads its
i dispatch, ga Reverend Radical Rascal, !"
forgetting, perhaps, that the Rev. Gaddes
was appointed and held office under the
Democratic administration of President
Johnson
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
EXEcUTIvE OFFICE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 25, 1871


20 the Sheriff Of WeGkley county, Dresden
Ttnn.-DEAR SIR: Information has been re-
,eeived at this department to the effect that two
colored men, viz Bill and Ed Johnson were
sunmarily executed, short time since, at
Raulston Station, in Weakley county, Tennes-
see, BY party of disguised men, one of said
party being in custody of an agent commission
ed by the Governor to bring him from the
State Of kentucky, and deliver him to the Jail
er of Weakley county, Tennessee, the other
havIng been forcibly taken from sai1 jail of
Weakfey county.
1 am directed by his Excellency, Gov d. w.
c, Senter, to call upon you to furnish this de-
partment, at the earliest possible moment, with
an official report of the facts in the case,
- 1t now rests with the civil authorities of your
county to elect whether they will bring these
parties to justice, or take the consequences of
having it done by a stronger power. L enclose
herewith extracts from the city papers upon
this matter, and will expect your report at an
early day. Very respectfully,
.Fr.s.sfn FRANK HYBERGER,
Private Secretary.
= It is well enough to let the people in the
localities where such outrages are COM
mitted know, that unless they take steps
to detect the murderers, steps will be
taken by theproper authorities to convince
them that the Government "means bust
iidness" when laws are passed for the sup
- PiSceAoH Vi ulsgracelul anu dangerous Or
sganizations. The Nashville papers en-
adorse the language of Gov. Senter and de-
nounce the deed in strong terms. Our
Knoxville papers fail to allude to it at
all. If it was something the Press
zuad Herald could make capital of
against the laW-abiding people of East Ten
-ifiessee, they would raise their loud hypo-
ycritical howl, but as the circumstance took
place in strong Democratic neighborhood,
they choose to pass it by in silence. A
more infamous outrage has not been per-
petrated in our commonwealth, yet because
it is not fer their good or to the credit of
their party, they say not one word about
it. They willingly, yea, enthusiastically,
ipin in, and giFe credit to any report which
SANDERS the sturdy yeomanry of East Tens
bnessee, who stood true to their flag, when
their lives We're in danger, yet have moth
ing to say about a disgraceful outrage in
another part of the State.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION
OF Any Daily Published in East Tennessee

PERSONS in the United States who go
~ crazy over a little royalty, will have their
I, curiosity gratified this summer, by the ap-
- pearance of an Imperial Russian squadron,
|. bearing the Grand Duke Alexander Alex
z andrewitch, third son of Car Alexander
,, Z II, the reigning Emperor of Russia.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28

THE original draft Of the Democratic
Congressional address distinctly accepted
the validity of the Constitutional amend
ments and finalitye of Reconstruction, and
it was so telegraphed to the Boston Post,
but on reconsideration t was framed to
suit the Southern wing of party-the
Frank Blair element and nothing at all
was said upon these points. This leaves
one position in the South, and another in
the North. TT T2ATgTA9
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SEND US THE NEWS.

We extend special invitation to our friends to send
Us eref and pointed letters giving items of interest in
their several locatios. We desire have something
of local interest in every issue for our East Tennessee
readers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
THE WEST TENNESSEE OUTRAGE.

- Coy. Senter has addressed the following
letter to the Sheriff of Weakley county,
relative to the outrage at Dresden and
Raulston:
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28

THE Press and Herald, with a kind of
fiendish, delight, has given currency to
slanderous reports about the honest people
of East Tennessee, butremaius silent when
two men are foully murdered in West
Tennessee, and has no words of condemna-
ton against such Infamous proceedings.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-28
How TO REMIT.

Money sent to in registered letters, by Express
nrepaid or by Pos0fice orders will be at our risk
otherwise, at the risk of the sender.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-05-19
TELEGRAPHIC.

New York, May 12.-Buenos Ayres
correspondence gives a terrible account
of the ravages of yellow fever all over
the city Entire families have died in a
single night, and the scourge is sweep
ing awsJ the inhabitants from whole
blocks of houses and streets. The great
est panic prevails, and il is estimated
that 100000 people have left the city for
the country. A few weeks ago about
400 deaths were occurring daily, and
business is entirely stagnant. A num-
Der of the most prominent citizens have
been carried OF, and at last accounts
there were no signs of the pestilence
abating.
Paris correspondence reports twenty
thousand Parisians anxious to fight for
the government.
Implacable hatred exists on both sides.
The streets OF the city are said to be I'M
dermined at Versailles. The monarchy
is very popular.
As soon as the Paris instruction Is
qaelIed, q majority of the assembly will
without delay, vote loans and indemni-
ties to the ruined provinces estimated
at 500 million of francs. The ground
will then be cleared for monarchy
which will only have to be proposed
TO be accepted by q majority.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Standard O
| this evening has q dispatch asserting
/ that the communist forces are only Il,
COO strong, and that the Versailles arm,
could go into Paris to-day If they would
i Sir John Frederick William Herschei
only con OF the great astronomer, and
4 himself an astronomer of world wid'
REPUTATION. died this morning at the ag'
lJof 73.
i New YORK, Nay I3.-The Sum thi
lmorning says rumore abound in tn
financial circles that Commodore Van
derbilt has concluded 8 bargain to bu!
Io1f the interest OF Jay Gould and jaime
Fisk, jr., and their friends In the Fri,
3. r. II is said that he 10 to take 81
their stock at market price, and pa!
them bonus Of three millions OF dol
lars. The arrangement IL not yet con
summated, but it is believed these a.
the fsrms agreed upon.
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A JEWISH WEDDING.
LEAvENwoRrH, May IL.

LEAvENwoRTH, May IL.
I witnessed Jewish wedding attheir
Synaguge in this city yesterday even
ing A Mr.. Bernstein, of Atchison, was
united to Miss Salinger, his own cousin,
of this city. The Synagogue was crowd
ed full of Jews and Gentiles. At half
past six o'clock DR.. Machol, the Babbi,
attirsd in his frisly robes, took his seat
on the platform near the pulpit. He is
q small, sharp-faced, little-eyed Jew !;
nothing prepossessing in his appear
ance. In short time after he took his
seat, the bride, attended by her maids,
followed by the bridegroom and
church by stirring piece of instru-
mental music. The party were then
sealed on the platform in front of the
Rabbi. At his word they all stood be-
fore the altar, when he proceeded to
deliver lengthy, but impressive adj
dress to the groom and bride. 1t
sbOunded in metaphors taken from
oriental imagery. The bride shed tears
while he was speaking. After his ad-
dress he read to each a proverb from
Solomon, in Hebrew, with comments.
He then read in Hebrew q part of the
ceremony, holding in his hand q glass
of wine, which he presented to the
groom who took sip of it and gave to
the bride. The Rabbi then gave the
groom ring with instructions how to
present it. The groom placed the ring
on the forefnger of the right hand of
the bride, repeating after the Rabbi
some Hebrew words. The priest then
read in Hebrew another portion of the
ceremony, when the groom and bride
took another glass of wine. After
which they were pronounced husband
ana wife according to the laws of Kan
sas and the Hebrew religion. A short
benediction from the Rabbi closed the
ceremony; and the marriage party re-
tired from the church in the midst OF
smiles and music.
The church was brilliantly lighted.
Seven lights in imitation of the golden
candle stick, burned on each side of the
altar. Tie bride was dressed in green.
with but little trimming, except the
heavy white veil. She was not band.
some, except in her figure that was al
most faultless. The groom was exceed.
ingly homely. He, and all the men
wore their hats during the entire cers.
mony. c. r. r.