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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-30

ROMANTIC SUICIDE. Miss Mary Jane
Lowell, beautiful yonng woman, who
for some years past has been the mis-
tress OF John S. Blackburn, pork mer-
chant of Greenfield. Ohio. committed
suicide on the 22d instant, near that
place. by taking poison. Blackburn is u
man of family, forty.ive years of age,
aud his intimacy with tho young woman
had created snch scandal among their re-
spectivo friends that it is said they both
determined upon suicide. They provid-
cd themselves with poison, aud having
arrayed themsolved neatly, drove ont
eight miles from Greenfield, and went
into wild wood called Cliff Run. The
young woman swallowed her shure of the
poison and died. Blackburn's heart mis-
gavo him and ho returned to the town
and Informed the young woman's friends
OF The circumstances, and they proceeded
to the spot and fonnd her body. Black.
bnrn. it is stated, has become hopclcssly
insane.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-30

Another NEGRO OurRA AiR.-Wc learn
that, on Sunday last, Mr.. Gates, tho pro-
priotor Of tho Magnolia Omnibus L.,..
WAS attacked on the shell rond by party
of niue negroes. MIR. Gates madc a man
fni resistance, bnt was terribly beaten.
The negroes then set upon young nun
named Sprague, who had gone to Mr..
Gates assistance, and gaze him brutal
bcasiI. Huh sion News.
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The Baltimore Sun, considering the

The Baltimore Sun, considering the
condition Of this State. remarks:
"Now. thorough examination of the
state of things in South Carolina will
satisfy any one that it is not even the
odious political grievances inflicted upon
the people of which the whites 30 much
complain as the corrupt and unjust State
legislation, unprecedented in venaliIy
and oppressiveness, by which the last
dollar has been filched from the pockets
of the people, and millions added to the
debt of the State. amidst corruption aud
dishonesty. It ID not 80 much taxation
without representation contrary as that
Is to every principle of republicanism
and sentiment of justice, as that taxation
is exercised in the widest extravagance,
and to fill the pockets of adventurers
1t is true that the Governor, as we'll as
some of his friends, now having interests
at stake, has exerted himself latterly in
checking somewhat the saturnalia of
corrupt expenditure. But it is rather
late. With IL reduced price of cotton
this year. leaving the planters unable to
do more than pay expenses, and subject
besides to thieving and depreciation upon
their farms to an extent never known be-
fore, they are called upon to pay taxes
so enormous that they amount to down
right confiscation."
It adds:
1.-The burthen of the Who'll, press Of
the State is the terrific taxation and the
reckless waste. Their political disubili-
ties seem to be q matter of subordinate
consideration, except that by reason of
them they are powerless victims of legis-
lative robbery and plunder. There is no
doubt that on this subject their exnspe-
ration is great. as it would be anywhere,
even in New England, if thus dcspoiled
OF its property. In South Carolina, and
in other Southern Suites, one of the
chief obstacles to real reconstruction is
the wanton exercise OF State legislation
by irresponsible adventurers, and their
malign Influence upon the more ignorant
membership of the Legislative bodies for
their own personal emolument and ag
grandizcment. This is the prolific foun-
tain of evil, and its disastrous results
Gun only be avoided whom the intelli-
gence and virtue Of any community are
permitted to control it's own affairs"
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A difficulty occurred ut the race course.
in Charleston, on the 9th. between
q )mo colorcd men and Mr.. Thomas Fin
ley. Pistols were drawn, and Mr.. l..
was dangerously wounded. Frank Ma
son and William Darrell have been ar
rested.
A wretcied man, in New Orleans, dis
covered that ho had been making love TO
his mothcr-in- law, nt masquerade, md
went mad with rnge aud shame.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-30

WnoPPERs. In the debate in the Sc
nate, on the Ku Klux question last
Tuesday. Amos. bnyonet Senator from
Mississippi, stated that over 800 Repub-
licans had been murdered in Louisiana
within tho last sixty days. Pool said
that from 10000 to 5000 white men
voted the Republican ticket in North
Carolina last full. But the notorious
Morton capped the climax of falschoods
by stating that so, 900 murders had been
committed in the South since tho war.
What sad spectacle is presented to the
country when such astounding false
hoods are gravcly uttered in tho Senate
body once honored by the presence of
Webster, Macon, Clay, Calhoun, Ran
dolph and Bcrrien!
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-30

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Acts of tho Legislature.
IL. &. Shivcr e Co. = Read This.
Camden Accommodation Train.
y. Al. Talbot Just Ariiv, Il.
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A gifted New Yorker adver,iaes

A gifted New Yorker advertises,
for the benefit of new Uongressmcn,
ready-made speeches at tho following
rates: Short, sensible speech, on any
subject, 90 cents; short, sensible speech,
full of facts, rs cents; short. sensible
speech, with quotations from Cicero,
Taoitus. &C., 81; ordinary common sense
observations, (strnngly recommended for
private business,) each 10 cents; anti
Santo Domingo speech, (very puugent,)
81 cents; protection speech, (great sacri-
hce.) 3 cents; protection speech, with
statistics, cents; protection speech, a Ia
Butler. lvery personal,) 10 cents; speeci,
on foreign policy. Is cents; speech on
foreign policy, with insults to England.
80 cents; speech on the currency, t"rdi-
very superior, tqnite unintelligible,) rs
cents; House of Representatives jokes
per dozen, 10 cents. arpet-baggers nre
reminded that Mr.. Smithers' terms 10
them) are invariably cash in advance.
A worthy industry.
CADET HowARD.-This young gentle
man, son of Colonel II. G. H0wurd, Of
our County. WAS, on the recommenda
tion of Congressman Rainey, appointed
cadet at West Point. MIR. Howard
stood en- excellent examination, and,
from what we can learn, he will r. fleet
credit en- his section of the State. We
commend the action of Congressman
Rainey. He was prompted by creditable
motives, when he recommended Howard
purely on account Of the young gentle
mans merits aud abilities. Marion Star.
Iu South Carolina, the white people
pay all the taxes, but do not do the vot-
ing. Tue negroes do all the voting, and
noid all the Offices; and pay no taxes.
How long would tue people of the North
remain peaceuble uuder such state Of
things? Apply it to your own indi-
viduul case. aud then ask yourself is it ut
all strange that there is discomfort in
South Curolinn.
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
A will case in Tennessee, involving
SOL GOO, had been in the courts for sixty
SIX years, and has just been decided
The chap in whose favor it was decided
has found that the lawyers fees amount
to $13. GOO more than was left by the
will, and he has gone to saving wood to
earn money to pay the balance. He is
almost sorry the old man didn't leave the
property to some one else.
New York Democrat.
Joseph Waters was beaten almost to
death. in u whiskey drinking spree, in
rempernnceville, near Plttsburg, Penn
sylvania, on Sunday night last. Two
brothers have been arrested for beating
him; and. now, what do you suppose
their names are? Why. Whalem!
A sat diamond may be tested by plac-
ing wax on its hack. The lustre of u
true gem will not be affected by this ope-
ration, while tho spurious brllliancy OF
paste limitations will be- totally destroyed
by it.-London Mechanics Magazine.
The last official words of Holden: est
is sweet. but, financially, disastrous, to
die, politically, for ones country"
There were 2G deaths in Charleston,
for the week ending tho 25th-whitcs,
l3; colored. 13
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ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH. Elections
will take place during the coming month
in Connecticut and Rhode Island. On
Monday. April 80, III Connecticut, Co.
vernon and other State officers and mem
bers of Congress will be chosen, and on
Wednesday, April s, in Rhode Island.
State officers and members of the Legs-
lature will be voted for. In Connecti-
cut. the Republican candidates for the
principal positions are, Marshall Jewell
for Governor. and Julius l.. Strong,
Stephen w. Kellogg. Henry 81. Stark
weather and George Coffing for Con-
gross, the first three having been mem
bers Of the forty-first Congress. The
Democratic candidates are james E.
English, for reelection as Governor,
and Alfred r. Goodrich, John Kendrick,
John W. Stedman and William II. Bar
mum for Congress, the last named gen.
tleman having been member of the
forty first Congress-. In Rhode Island,
Seth Padelford, the present incumbent.
is the Republican, and Thomas Steen is
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
WHY WAS IT?-There is one remark
able fact connected with tho San Do
mingo expedition which the public of
the United States would be glad to have
explained. It is that our commissioners
refused to see Cabral. the opponent of
Baez. and get his side of the question.
They got oil their information from the
Baez party, and consequently it is
obliged to be onc-sidcd and unsatisfac-
tory. Mr.. Wade tries to explain it by
saying that Cubral is "a nero chicken
thief" and he desired to have no com
munication with him. How does lie
know this except from the reports OF
Cabral's enemies? We doubt if there
are many people in San Domingo who
would not steal chickens if they have
chancc-it is failure of the race-and
no doubt Baez has stolen quite as many
in his day as Cnbral, but the former is O
marvelously proper man. He is in q
position to make trcaty-that's the
difference in his favor.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20
Two Robbers Lynched.

Morton and Black, two of the Califor-
min robbers who escaped from prison,
were taken to u house on the road to
Carson. A scafTold was raised at the
west end Of the house, one end of n long
beam resting on the top OF the chimney,
while the other was supported by three
pieces Of scantling resting on the ground.
A couple Of ropes were passed over the
beam, wagon driven under, and tive
nooses lowered. Morton heard the pre-
partitions going on, and said to his part
ner in crime: BLACK, are you ready 10
die 2" The answer was "NO this is
not the crowd 10 hang u.s." Eyes it is,"
said Morton "don't you hear them
building the scafTold ?" Morton wns
asked il he wouldn't stand nearer the
fire, when he replied :"It isn't worth
while warming now.n He also aid to
Roberts, meaning himself and Black,
"Wo are TO swing and | mean TO have
you hang with US II | can want com
pany." Black WIS first carried on. and
lifted into the wagon; he had to be nis-
cd to his feet, but stood tho rest Of the
time without being supported. Morton
walked out. On turning the corner Of
the house he quietly surveyed the ar
paying close attention to
the cross-beam and ropes. He needed
but little help to get into the wagon, and
Immediately commenced to place therope
over his head, saying to the person who
stood by him take my coat collar from
under tho rOpe-lOn't hang man with
his coat collar under the rope" He
then requested his hands to be made more
fast, rs he might catch the rope above
his head. Black spoke but once, asking
when Morton inquired, "What do You
want with water now" They were then
usked il they had anything to say, Nor.
ton answering "No." They wcro ask
cd if they wished to talk with n minis
tor, or have prayer offered, to which
Morton replied that he had told the min.
lister what he had to say the day before.
He said II wasn't well for u man to he
taken off without some religious ccrc-
mony, and IL the minister would consent
he wOuld like to have prayer offered
A minister took him by the hand, few
words wcrc spoken, and Morton, who
was facing the crowd, said: al nm pre-
pared to meet my God" but Immediate
ly added: al don't know that there is
any God. He shook hands with man
on the wagon.
Black was shaken hands with but said
A short prayer was offered.
nnIy hrntnn nnpn mr. t,t,fro l,y siul,a from,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20
NO. 90.


The NY TriJnue calls attention Ia
fine MANN tbat dimlavs itself in nm rxbi.
hilton Of bogis diamonds on the person
After telling ms tbat Il il NOT nncoI6non
to see dinmonds-or what purport To- he
sncbNin tbe ears Of shon.rirls or in tbe
m.fronts of stable.boys and tbat the
consequence Is t6at tbis cIass of iewelrv
cynensiye when real and gnudy when
faIsc bos bcen aiyen mn Inv fbe minority
oFLonest folks. pearls being worn instead
the TI.5yor oIds.
'l rt;fc;aI J' %a J;omords oro modo NJ n
pccnI;ar class s caiI strass T This SIoss has
\ nrnncrty n; rctrnnt;ng l;gbt in thc same
wdv ns tbo diamond md H. monuSoctnrc
Lo: bcon carried ~ smcb nerfcction tLat
nm oydinory Observer canrot Jistinn,isb
GEMS made Of Il from rcnI diamonds
Sftor a fcw years tboso dinmnnds fond to
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20
Formation of a Bed of Coal.

We can comprehend the formation of
a bed Of coal in the olden time. Let us
suppose that certain bed of coal has
been completed by the growth of luxu-
RANT plants over q low-lying tract sub.
ject to inundstions from the sea. Ris-
ing ground OF granite or schistose rocks
in the distance defines the boundaries of
q continent from which the sedimentnry
materials Of the coal strata are derived.
The growth OF vegetation marks period
Of rest but now low subsidence of
the whole tract commences. The black
ish waters Of the estuary and the salt
waters from the ocean invaded the Jun
gle, carrying dark mud in suspension,
with floating stems of trees and fronds
Of ferns. Presently, the mud subsidies,
and covers in one uniform sheet the
accumulated vegetation of centuries.
The process Of subsistence goes on,
while the sea currents and rivers pour
into the estuary fine sand and mud, in
which branches and stems from the up
lands arc inclined.
This process continues until the sink
ing Of the ocean-bed altogether ceases,
or is counter.balanced by the rapidity
with which the sediment is deposited.
The basin becomes gradually shallowor,
and plants begin to appear, commencing
perhaps at the coast, and creeping sea.
ward, until the whole basin is again
overspread by forest Of huge cryptic
gumic trees, arbOresccnt ferns and conf
fers, with dense undergrowth Of giant
grasses. These, generation after genera
ton, fourigh and die, their leaves,
branches and trunks are falling around
and gradually nccumulnting, till the
pulpy mass attnins n thickness Of twcn-
ty, fifty or hundred feet, Tho process
completed, the basin again begins to
subside, the waters run and bury the
mass of thousands of centuries, stratum
after strntum accumulates, till the vegc-
tation pulp is subjected to the pressure
Of, it may be, thousands Of feet Of solid
matter.
Meanwhile chemical us well us me-
chanical changes Gnsuc, and in process
of time what was once torrent is
changed into bed Of coal. BY repoti-
ton OF this process with local variations,
We may conceive the formation Of any
number of coal-sCams, frequently
amounting, in some districts, to fifty or
sixty, embraced within vertical thick
ness Of scycnl thousand feet of shnlcs
and sandstone. Ages roll on, the strata
are removed from their foundations {:
hpheaved from the sen bottom, the
breakers and currents sweep away II
portion Of the covering, and the min
eral treasures are brought within the
reach Of mining industry.
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American and ticrulan Farming.

A correspondent Of the Springfield
RepN5licdIl, writes from Dresden: OF
the two and half millions inhabitants
of Saxony, two. thirds live in thecountry
(plattland) and 100, 600 arc landowners,
$4,000 possessing each more than two
acres, and 100000 being their own farm
ors, j. O., working their soil. Tho val
ntion Of the land outside of the cities
reaches nearly SGOO,0OO, 900, and nm an.
nual harvest is valued at SIS, 900, 600.
The $4,000 farms Of Massachusetts, with
valuation in land of less than one-iifth
as much, get more than two.thirds MS
much for their crops rs the Saxon farm.
Crs. The Saxon farmers, however, nov-
or ask whether farming pays. They
maintaina slow, hut sure prosperity and
during the Inst third of a century havo
advanced the rate OF production proper.
tionntely with an Increase Of nearly 80
per cent. in population. This advance
has not been through the American
avenue of Introducing now methods, but
probably by closer and more dcsper.
ate forcing Of tho old and settled meth.
Ods of farming. u.r....
Tho rlilway recently took mo over
thousands Of acrcs Of crops in the pro-
cess Of harvesting, in the kingdom and
Prussian province Of Saxony, n region
for the most part that would delight the
eye Of even nm American farmer, lying
as level and mellow TO the plow rs the
gentle rolling billows Of Illinois. Often,
rs far rs the eye could reach on either
side Of the nilrOad, stretched one cult.
vated Cxpanse, unmarried by fences, but
chcckercd nll over with the infinite in.
tcrchangc Of crops, scarcely any one
field Of one crop being Of more than one
or two acres in extent. Yet in all these
thousands of "foors" certainly here n
field is "floor'' not n moving or reap
ing machine or horsemke was to be
seen. Every swnth had been laggled
of and ttunbled together by the old.
fashioned scythe, every winrow of hay
had been collected with a puttering hand
nke, every sheaf OF grim bound by
woman's arms, and when the crop Ind
finally gone off upon whoolbarrows or
drawn by harnesscd COWS, the serried
rows Of stubble exposed the antiquity Of
the mowers tools and his or her nnskill-
fnlness in using even those. Imagine
scythe only three feet in length, four
inches broad at the heel, fixed in a
straight snnth, and mandrake with
young sapling stripped Of its bark for n
handle, and you have specimens Of the
outfit Of Gerlnnn hnymnker. ---
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A NOVEL GARDEN.-The young King
of Bavaria has an, immense garden on
the roof of his palace at Munich which
is said to rival the celebrated hanging
gardcns OF Semiramis. In the center Of
Il there is lake with fishes and swans
swimming in il, and this Is surrounded
by woods in which there arc various
animals and birds, and also rock.work
and grottoes. The rocks had to be hol.
lowed out before transporting them to
tile roof. the better to enable the build.
ing to bear their weight. There Is in
the center of the garden asort Of tent or
pavilion Of great magnifceMce, which no
one but the King ever enters. Tho
apartments under the palace roof were
formerly occupied by the ladies Of honor,
but they have been converted into
stables, because too much time WIS re-
quired to hoist horses to the roof when
ever the King wished to ride or drive
through this iairy-like resort.
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81 will try,o said Eigen, with some.
thing very like tear in her sweet eyes,
A rosy May morning was dawning over
the land wheu the ball ended. The guests
had departed, either to their homes or
rooms in the house, all declaring It had
been a capital day. Mr.. Lewis and Eigen,
Lord Mortmain and Edward, stillremained
in the hall, into which sunbeams and May
breezes were stealing through the open
door. They tried to talk on different
subjects, but the one at heart soon came
to the surface. The storyof the boat was
told-the sketch which Eieen had kept
was shown-the little romance Of the past
week was disclosed. -Four people were
made happy; two old ones renewed their
youth and the, tics that had bound them
togcther-the two young ones began a
friendship.
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now HE FOUND HER.

al will tell you the story in few words:
| went to college, Lewis to his fathers
office he got richer and richer, | poorer
and poorer. lie married an heircss; |, a
girl without penny. Your dear mother
had, rs you know, everything but money
beauty, accomplishments, family, sweet
temper. But neither she nor knew how
to be economical, and VIC were over head
and cars in debt. We houndcpd deeper
and deeper in the mirc, and by the time
you were nine years cd knew that We
could never get out oft. was on the eve
Of being arrested and thrown into prison,
when a mcrciful Providence sent. Lewis to
call upon ts. He. found out our trouble,
through your dear mother, and in the
most delicate way lent us the money to
free us from our creditors. II WINS nearly
thirty thousand pounds. don't wonder
that you start. when Igayehim receipt
he put It into the fire. Your mother and
| declared that we must pay him. Very
woll,' he said, You shall give INC your
boy When your dear mother looked
frightened, he added, we will cancel the
debt by marriage Of our children, Your
mother, in the abundance OF her gratitude,
said that Il would be delightful, agreed,
and the bargain was made. You were in
troduced to your future hther-in.law, who
liked you, and gave you a sovereign.
"0f course We said that under any cir
cumstances We should pay the debt. Lewis
insisted on our waiting till his child was
twenty-one, and made us promise that we
would not let you into the secret until
within week or 50 Of her attaining that
age; he also abstained from telling her.
But the promise has weighed even more
heavily upon us than did the burden.
Your poor mothers conscience was always
pressed down by 1t. We tried and in
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20
A New Illustration of an Old proverD.

The Boston J0,0Wm says: A friend
Just returned from Chicago related to us
this morning m incident of his visit
which is good enough to find place
here. lie was riding in II horse car down
State street from the Post-oilicc, survey
ing the ruins, along with number OF
gentlemen whose long, rueful faces told
nnmisaknbly TINT they belonged to the
numerous class of "sufTercrs," when
suddenly man ut his elbow gavc utter.
ance, without having previously vouch.
safcd single word, to the old Eastern
provcrb, "Therc is no great loss with.
out some small gain" his face lighting
up with u smile ut the apparently happy
thought which suggested the exclama-
ton. Our friHid's curiosity was aroused
and he blandly inquired of the stranger
what assurance he had for his faith in
view of the blackcned ruins all about
them. "Why, you sce," glceftllly re-
marked this new Mark 1aply, turning n
bcaming countenance on our friend and
speaking in n loud tone, which attracted
the attention of every one in the car,
You see, stranger, 1 lost my house,
5000 worth of furniture, and Just about
every cent was worth, but | got rid of
nm Internal old cook stove, which always
smoked and would not bake ut all, and
which compelled my wife to send our
bread to the ncighbors to be baked.
Well, sir, that stove wus done for in the
great fire, and now I feel moro than
ever sure there is no great loss without
some small gain. Just think Of il, 1
might have had new stove, and then
there would have been so much added to
my loss" And with I'M audible chucklc
over this comforting reflection, he pulled
tho bell rope, stopped the car, and with
u graceful wave Of his hnnd at our friend,
disappeared among the ruins-possibly,
in search OF the remains of that Infer
nal cook stove"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-20

GERMAN TRADES UNIONS. trades-
unions of Berlin have ut length settled
their dissensions, and seriously alarmed
the manufacturers by forming an associ-
alton for "striking together. Hence
forth, when one of the trade-unions
strikes, all the rest of the association
will do likewise. The central committee
Of the association, however have the
right to determine whether the proposed
strike is opportune. The proceedings
Of the central committee will be secret.
The manufacturers Of Berlin haveurged
the government to suppress this associa-
ton as illegal, but the government re-
fuse to interfere. In forming this new
association, the Berlin trade-unions with
draw their concurrence in the scheme of
the government to organize "conrts of