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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-03


Commenting on the Schutzenfcst,
which Was inaugurated OH Monday last,
the Charleston Courier says:
!. . such parade as that Of yesterday, par
taking as it did, of military character,
hnd not been Witnessed in Charleston
rtQr many years, and many recollections
were revived by the appearance of the
,!acket OF grey and Palmetto buttons of
,the Charleston RiHemen, one OF the
esoortiDg, clubs. AS might have been
expected, the ladies turned out in force
TO Witness the sight, and lent che charms
q atl1eir presence to the occasion. All
along the line OF march, banners, Ger
mat1'and American flags, were flung to
the breeze, and the rifemen in the line
we're greeted at several points with
showers OF bouquets from their fair
,frte4ds When the procession reached
the new hall Of the Freundsohaftbund.
On AlesHng street, three hearty cheers
for tint society we're given by tho passing
crowd. This was elected By q largo ban.
ner inscribed, ."A hearty welcome to all
rifemen." ei .l"
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Machinery for Sale at Low Prices.

NVERY article In perfect working order
ID nearly now: so
Wood & Mann 80 Horse HORIZONTAL EN-.
CINE, with two Driving Pulloys, seven feet
diameter and twelve inch face. turned. &C
Horse LOCOMOTIVE BOILER, with steam
Cocks, Governor, Feed Pumps, Heater, Steam;
Whistle and assortment OF tocIs.
One planning MACHINE, tBall l. VII
liams,} with tongue and groove boxes at
Two SAW TABLES, with Improved Man
drels, and six Circular Saws, for ripping and
cross.cutttng. Main and Counter Shaft, Will
pnllcys. Bearings aud Betting. Also, Porta bid
Frame bnidMRs s9f5Hset ASIaresss By mail
May 8 IS.
R1s Charleston Courier copy once ana fo,
ward hill.
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MIDNIGHT SU1c1DE.-At the dead
hours OF night, rnts and mice leave their
holes, bed-bugs and roaches their cram
MES to feed on Isaacsen's Sure Pop and
die as if struck by apoplexy. Sold by
NIL druggists.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-03

HOTEL ARRIVALS. May N1ckerson
House "A. B. Andrews, Mrs. w. John
ston, Miss @. Johnston, A. B. Davidson,
Hiss M. A. Davidson, r.. NJ. Oates and
wife, J. 81. Wilson. P. s.. !Whisnant; 81.
Minis, Charlotte; ". Caldwell; Misses
Caldwell, j. e. Johnston, J. Fl. McDan.
iels and wife, W. a. Walker, j. Bennett,
Chester; Miss Pusel. :, Miss Shirley, Miss
Mars. Miss Fewell, j. B. Hope, IS: A,
Fewell, w. S. Mars, Rock Hill; ". II.
Neaio and two grandchildren, Steele
Greek; O. Estes, 8. ID. Heard, Georgia;
Gen. Quattlebaum, Lexington; R.eG.
Douglass, Winnsboro; IT, 81, BRYANT.
Nashville; M. M. Mason, s.. o.; g. A.
Todd, Greenville; X. Harris, Richmond;
L. L. Vass, Chambersburg; j. Paussain,
Lexington; j. 0. Davidson, Lynchbnrg;
Q. +. James, Loudon County; G.. W.
Greene, Lenoir; r. Gadd and wife.
Charlotte; j. j. D. Renfoe, Talladega.
Columbia Hotel--W. r. Robertson, J.
81. Rion, Winnsboro; B. Kimball, s.. @.
& A. r. r.; A. @. Darlington, AIisa Gar.
lington, Georgia.; NJ. W. Gary, M. G.
Butler, s. g.; E. @. Mcclure, Chester; J.
P. Sutherland, j. @. Rowe, New York;
A. j. Baldwin, Philadelphia; W. II.
Evans, Charleston; j. ). Cohen. J.. Sib-
ley, I. Watson, Jr.. Mrs.. W. Lawson.
Mrs. Chas. Elliot. Augusta; ". @. NJ.
Bisley, Edgefeld; T. ". Caughman, J.
Tobin, Lexington; j. j. Bratton, York;
r: Baringer and wife, N. O.;J. e.
Wylie. Charleston; j. NJ. Robinson,
Yorkville; T. Q. CASTOR, Mrs. and Miss
CASTOR, Chester; J. J. Cox. Miss Cox,
Brooklyn; A. Mazell, Washington; T.
81. Cusby, Virginia; A. B. Springs and
wife, Miss B. Springs, York; r. P.
Mitchell, wife and children, Fairfield;
Fl. NJ. White, Fort Mills; r. n. Braw-
ley, Chester; q. NJ. Kirkpatrick, Rock
Hill; q. B. Mobley, wife and servant,
Lancaster; G. D. Heath, Chester; ".
9. Beatty, Yorkville; J. J. Hemphill,
Chester; S. B. Hodges, Greenwood; z.
A. Jefferson, Edgefeld; Mrs. Hemphill,
Miss Gogs, J. D. Johnston, Miss John
ston, Mrs. J. R. Johnston, Lottie John
ston, Neal Johnston, Chester; j. 3.
k,mksery, S. c.; s. A. Sharpe. States.
vile. l~i6
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LIST OF NEw ADVERTISEMENTS.

LIST OF NEw ADVERTISEMENTS
Acts Of the Legislature.
Bryan g. MISUNDERSTANDING, &c.
J. a. s. III. l.. Kinard-Special Notice
Lorick & Lowrance-Attention.
Ravenel s. Co.-Excursion. i3
T. ". Parmelo- Machinery for Sale.
Mons. Berger Dancing School.
Meeting Richland Lodge.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Meeting Columbia Division s.. Of T.
p. Cantwell-Cow Feed.
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Lippman's Bitters are for sale by all drug.
gists and dealers. Depot in Columbia, Il. c..
at GEIoER j. MoGREaon's, Druggists. S18
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INCOMES OF STATE OFFICERS NOT TAX-
ABLE.-Commissioner Plcasanton has in
strnctod collectors and assessors Of in
ternal revenue to govern themselves by
tho decision Of The Supreme Court,
'that the salaries Of all necessary agen-
cies for the legitimate purposes Of State
government nre not proper subjects of
the taxing power OF Congress.
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y colorcd woman in Charleston, named
Linda Gradt!icll, while assisting in rub
bing whito child who had been serious
ly hurt, fell down and died from heart
disease, caused by Excitement.
Lightning killed negro last Wcdncs-
day night, near Montgomery, Ala, as he
was toting home bag of corn ho had
stolen. One old negro woman, viewing
the body, exclaimed: "Dah, now! sure
nufl! de Lord done turned kikluxes!"
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DEATH OF THALDERG.- is rcported
by cable that Thnlberg, tho great pianist,
is dead. This eminent master was born
in Geneva, Switzerland, January Z,
1872. and WIS tho natural son Of Count
Dictrichstcin. Famous rs II pianist, Mt
the early ago Of fifteen, his career has
been n long and brilliant ono. In 1851,
he produced IN opera called 'Florinda, +"
which failed. In 1915, he married Il
daughter Of Lablache. Thalberg's tour
III this country will long be remembered.
Tho perfect finish, the faultlcss taste,
and the wonderful execution displayed
by him Oh tho piano have never been
exccllcd by any other pianist whom We
have heard here.
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SERIOUS ArphAx IA IN y,lEs:ZWe
learn that q difficulty occurred IN, Green.
vile, on Monday atterno ION, whichs came
near proving very. serions patter:stsIt
appears that two colored men4-onefof
them o notorious haracterAwentiiito
the store Of q MERIDIAN {, mined Isaacs,
where como words occurred, ana III III
Isaacs ordered them out; as they did not
leave promptly. he started after; them
with q stick, when the intrnders immedi-
ately left. As Mr.. 1saacs turned around.
one OF the men threw q briok at him,
which struck him just above the temple,
and mashed in the skull. An officer
arrested one OF the party, but the other
ran Of. As the prisoner was being car.
ried to jail, rescue was attempted by. q
number OF colored men. The whites
sided with the officer; pistols and othor
weapons were displayed and for q short
time there was imminent danger OF q
bloody affair. Judge Orr and Other: in.
fiuential gentlemen interfered, the ex.
citement quieted down, and the prisoner
was locked up. Mr. Isaacs was aliyeat
last accounts. but no hopes are enter.
tained OF his recovery. ,lt .stta.ff'.iH
---------~--,S-|- - X Jry
TIE COLUMBIA OIL Mills -PREs1DE:ST
ALExASDER's RESIGNATION. From the
notice in our issue of yesterday, it Was
seen that General Ale1ander's retirement
from his post as Superintendent f.the
Oil Mills was attended with compE.
mentary resolutions on the part Of the
Board Of Directors. General Alexander
has labored with great energy and
fidelity, and the Board have paid him a
merited tribute. It is rumored that
General Alexander contemplates q re.
moval to distant field of labor. But
his friends, unwilling that the con,mu.
nifty should lose citizen so useful and
reliable, yet hope that lie may reconsider
his plans and find it consistent with; his
sense of duty to continue his residence
here. i.'.5t-.
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RAILROAD MEETING. annual
meeting of stockholders of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Compa-
ny will be held in the chapel of tho
Nickcrson House, this morning, at 10
o'clock. The Committee on Proxies will
meet Mt 0 o'clock, in tho same place.
The report Of President Johnson will be
found in another column, and is worthy
Of pcrusal.
SurREaE CoUnr, TUESDAY. May q
Tho Court mot ut 10 A. III. Present
Associate Justices Willard and Wright.
Mary Moblcy, executrix, rs. N. r.
Eaycs. Appeal abandoned.
J. D. Cnskey, sheriff, vs. William Nc
Mullan. Continued.
The cnses of N. Webster as. Brown
Il Hammctt. aud tho South Carolina
Manufacturing Company rs. J. p. Price,
were. on motion of Mr.. Bobo, ordered
to be docketed.
r. S. Gillian, plaintiff in error, as.
w. S. McJunk;r, defendant in error.
Mr.. Moorman was heard for the plaintiff
in error. Mr.. Stcedman for defendant
in error. Mr.. Wallace on same side.
Mr.. Fair in reply.
james Quinn et al, administrators, rs.
John L. Hart et al. Motion granted.
New trinl ordered by consent.
j. j. Blackwood et dl., executors, rs.
W. j. Clawson. Mr.. Wilson read brief
for appellants. Mr.. Melton was heard
for respondent. Mr.. Moore for appel
lants.
At P. NJ. the Court adjourned until
Wednesday. 81, 10 \. NJ.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11
Don.t be Zoo Certain.

Boys don't be too certain. Remem-
Der that nothing is easier than to be mis-.
taken. And if you permit yourself to
be mistaken great many times, every
body will lose Confidence in what you
say. They will feel no security in trust
ing your word. Never make positive
statement without you know it is as you
say. If you have any doubts remove
them by explanation, before speaking
confidently. Don't be too certainl
''John, where's tie hammer?"
"It is in the corn house"
''No, it is not there; have just been
looking there"
"Well, I know it is; L saw it there
not half an hour ago"
'If you saw it there it must be there.
of course. But suppose you go aud
fetch it'
John goes to the corn house. and pres
emily returns with a small ak in bis
hand
''Oh, il was the az saw. The handle
was sticking out from a half bushel meas
ure. thought it was the hammer"
But you said positively that you die
see it, not that you thought you saw it
There is a great difference between the
two answers. Do not permit yourself tC
make a positive statement even abou
tS4lal natter. unless you are qniie sure
growing upon YOU ana By sud By. sgbs
will begin to make loose replies to ques
tions of great Importance. Don't be toe
certain
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11
VILLASow, WALKER CouNTT, Ga, !
June % 1876

DR.. John Buil-Dear SIR; I have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials.
and find it wonderfully eficacious II has
not failed in single instance TO have the
wished for effect. l am doing a pretty
large country practice. and have daily use
for some article of the kin I am free to
confess that | know of no remedy recon-
mended by the ablest authors that is so GER
tain and speedy in Its effects On the con-
trary they are uncertain in the extreme
My object in writing you is to find out upon
from you. ff can ret it on easy ssr...'
shall use great deal of it. am aware that
the use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice Of a great majority
OF the regular line of 81. Ds, butI see no
just cause or good sense in discardiag a rem
edy which we know to be efficient. simply
because we may be ignorant Of its combina-
ton. For my part, / shall make il rule
TO use all ard any means to alleviate suffer-
ing humanity which may be able to com
mand--not hesitsting because some one more
ingenious than myself have learned its eff
fects FIRST and secured the sole right to Sc
cure that knowledge. However am bv no
means an advocate or supporter of the thous-
ands of worthless nostrums that food the
country, that purport TO cure all manner of
diseases to which human flesh is heir Please
reply soon and inform me of your best
terms.
I am, sir, most respectfully.
JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ D.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11

THE LAST JoURNBY.-In Spain, when
a baptized infant dies, feast is spread,
and all the neighbors round come, not
to condole with, but to congratulate the
parents. 1--WE rejoice with you :hat you
have child in glory" they say; aud the
last-nay the first journey of the sinless
babe is triumphant march, the funeral
a festival, the music is glad. Only the
mother weeps. In Greece, the last
journey follows quickly upon death.
The Dext day, at dawn. the train of white
robed priests and choristers may be seen
winding along the road toward the'church
There. dressed as in life. and having the
face uncovered, the dead lie at rest be
fore the altar until the moment arrives
when they must be committed to the
earth. 1t is in the church that the last
farewell is given. What of that terrible
last tourney in the cold North where the
diving Esquimaux is built up in his
snow house and left to die alone? Or
of the African tribe, who bury their
hopelessly sick before death-hurry
them out of the world altogether? They
have been described as taking au affec
tionate leave of their relatives and per-
forming this burying with the consent
OF the person chiefly concerned Habit
is everything. and they are used to II,
only one fancies it must fall rather hard
upon each individual as it comes to its
o-Tp turn.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11

Your every day toilet is part Of your
character. A girl who looks like fury
or sloven in the morning is not to be
trusted, however finely she may look il
the evening No matter how humble
yonr room may be. there are eight things
it should contain, viz: mirror, wash
stand. soap. towel, comb. hair bru-h,
uaiI and rooth brushes. These are just
"a essential az Your breakfast. before
which you should make good use oftherl.
Parents who fail TO provide their chill
dren with such appliances. not only make
great mistake. but commit a sin OF omis-
sion Look tidy iu the morning. aud
after the dinner work is over improve
your toilet.
Make j, rule Of your daily life to
dress up for the afternoon. Your dress
may, or need not be, anything better
than calico; but with ribbon. or flower,
or some biz of ornament, you can have
an air of self respect and satisfaction,
that invariably comes with being we'll
dressed.
A girl with kne sensibiIities cannot
help feeling embarrassed and awkward in
a ragged. dirty dress with her hair un
kempt if a stranger or neighbor comes in.
Moreover your self respect should de
mand the decent apparelling Of your body
You should make it a point to look as
well as you can, even if you know no.
body will see you but yourself.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11
THE HICKMAN COURIER,


The annual report of the Auditor for
the fiscal year ending October 10, 1870,
has been laid before the members OF the
Legislature. The Auditor states there
was in the treasury on the 10th OF Octo-
ber, 1869, the sum of s201, ,2S2 25,
which balance was due to sums borrowed
from the sinking fund. During the year
the receipts we're 81. .324,1 60 and the
expenditures 81 ,491 $40 50, showing an
excess of expenditures over receipts OF
S167 .527 %. The total deficiency in
the treasury on the 10th day of October,
1870, was 1902 $50 So This did not
include about 100000 worth of county
claSs@zsAar sSsre suspended because there
was no money ia the treasury 10 pay
them. Neither did it include about$ 5000,
900 of unpaid appropriations by the Leg
islature. The Auditor estimates the de
fciency in the treasury on the 10th OF
October, 1871, st 81, ,1S7, IVA OF. He
asks that the Legislature will pass law
increasing the taxes ten cents on the
S100. He declares that he can see no
other way out of the present trouble. So
it goes. More money! More taxes on
the peoplel
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11

Spontaneous combustion occurs much
more frequently than is generally sup
posed; and the Boston Journal Of Chem
istry is of the opinion that many 6res
ascribed to incendiarism have owned
their origin to that cause. Such COM
bustion differs from ordinary burning
only in that the union Of the combusti-
bic substance with the oxygen of the air
is more gradual. When g log OF wood
rots in the forest, it is as really burned
up as when it blazes in the fireplace. only
the process is 90 slow that the heat is not
perceptible. The rusting Of metals il
another form Of slow combustion; and IL
the rusting is sufficiently rapid, the rise
of temperature is readily detected Ia
infammable substances, when slow com
bustion begins, the heat set free causes
the oxidation to go on faster and faster.
until the mass bursts into flames. Oily
rags used by painters aud cotton waste
used for wipiug machinery. are common
causes of spontaneous combustion Oil
split on dry sawdust has been known TO
take FIRE in this way. Oil- that oxidiEo
readily, like cotton seed oil. are especial
" liable to take FIRE without apparent
cause. Hsy. cotton. tow. fax. hemp.
leaves, rags. spent tow. straw in msnure
heaps, are all liable TO take ERE sp0n-
! taneously when stacked in quantities in
damp state. These are facts which
every one should understand, as the
knowledge OF them may 10 many instan
;,nrortsrrss c. '-----r---r-.in-~ of the uimos,
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11

WE call the attention of our farmers
and others who have real estate under
execution, and to be sold at a commits
sioners sale, to read the following, which
we take from that wide awake paper, the
Franklin Sentinel. 1t shows how prop
erty, so held for sale, is too often dispos
ed of. Read it:
AN IMPosITIoN.-We think the great
est imposition that was ever imposed on
any people, is that (for want of better
law) which allows the Sheriffs aud Com
missioners of Courts in this Common
wealth to sacrifice property under execu
ton, and Commissioners sales, without
any notice except few written ones
stuck up in perhaps three places 10 the
county, in such miSerably bad chirogra-
ply that not one out of every hundred
persons can read, and not one IN every
two hundred ever attempts the task, and
not one 10 every thousand in a county
sees those advertisements of Sail" as one
l,.,1i. h=lr Of hem are written. The result is,
tisemsn. in the codfuAtSgt fuAtSt 95 psSS.. Pc ssesr y
printed posters, is sacrificed at less than
one half its real value for want Of bid
ders. There are generally few sharks
who lurk around every county town, that
have it all their own way, who have DO
one to bid against them, get the proper
| ty thus sold for mere trife whereas,
! if the officers we're required by law to
publish either in the county paper where
there is one published. or posters stuck
| up in at least twenty places Throughout
the town and county-where at least
/ half the citizens could see md read them
! iewould unquestiouably tend 10 bring
! fftv men to sales thus made when under
! the present arrangement there is scarcely
| a third of a dozen outside of the pro
| fessional hang arounds.
| We know of no other State in all the
great number of States in this country
that has not some better law TO protect
and aid the party whose property is thus
liable to be sacrificed under the Sheriff :
or Commissioner hammer. Even the
| Radicals with their omissions and com
missions, have, where in power provided
better laws in this respect than Ken
| tucky's boasted Democracy. Why Is 1t?
Can auy one answer why it is, that there
| is not State in the Union save and ex
cept Kentucky, but what has law pro
tecting her unfortunate citizens who are
forced to let their property be sold to
pay their debts, from the mercenary few
who fatteu their purses upon this unfor-
tunate class. when if the sale was gener-
ally known, itwould bring competition
of bidders who would pay near if not
the value of the property so sold?
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11

Aninteresting pamphlet has been issued
in New York for the purpose of present
ing certain views on the responsibility of
society for the cause of crime. Incl.
dental to this record are some facts con-
corning the causes themselves. OF sew
enteeu thousand criminals in the peni
tentiaries of the different States in 1868,
ninety seven per cent had never learned
trade; twenty eight per cent. could
not read and twenty two per cent were
under age. OF those confined in the
common iails Of New York State in 1864.
again, seventy two per cent. had not
learned 4 trade; forty nine per cent
were left orphans before they were fifteen
years of age thirty-tpo per cent could
not read; and fifty per cent admitted
that they had frequented grogshops and
worse places, and used liquor and tobsc
co OF two thousand one hundred and
twenty criminals who had been under
the care of Mr.. Byers, Chaplain IN the
Ohio Penitentiary, seventy four per cent
had never learned a trade; sixty four
per cent copld barely read. aud fourteen
per cent. did not know their letters In
Upper Canada, the report of the P-ovin
cidi L enlteDttdTy menIOuS uFunheuUcss
as one of the two chief causes of crime.
or forty seven thousand three hundred
and thirteen persons confined in the New
York city prisons. in 1867. thirty one
thousand two hundred and ninety eight
confessed that they were ''intemperate. ="
In the course of some remarks upon the
facts presented, the New York Evening
Post, asks: What classes contribute
most to fill up our penitentiaries ? The
answer of these statistics is those who
have the habit of using intoxicating
liquors, and those who have not been
taught trade Even the illiterate class
are, as a class, less criminal, than the
class Of drinkers, or the class of persons
forced to live on their wits, as it is called.
because their parents have not taught
them some useful trade. Now here are
two causes of crime, the most fruitful, as
it seems, which parents have almost en-
tirely within their control Teach your
child trade, and you lesson it's chances
of becoming criminal enormously, as
these figures show Restrain your child
from the use of intoxicating liquor, and
again you increase very greatlyits chances
of living virtuous and useful life.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11
Five Little OnIys.

Only stray sunbeam Yet. per
chance, it has cheered seme wretched
abode, gladdened some stricken heart. or
its golden light has found Its way throug b
the leafy branches OF some wild wood,
kissed the moss covered bank where the
tiny violets grow and shades oil beauty
to adorn its lovely form. Only gentle
breeze But how many aching brows
hath it famed, how many hearts hath
been cheered by its gentle touch Only
frownl But it left sad, dreary ache
in the child's heart, and the quivering
lip and fearful eyes told how keenly he
felt it. Only smile But, ah. it
cheered the broken heart, engendered a
ray of hope. and cast halo of light
around the unhappy patient; made the
bed-ridden one forget his present agony
for moment in the wsrmth of the sun
shine Only word OF encouragement
"a single word 1t gives to the droop
ing spirit new life, and the steps press ou
to victory.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-11
A 0uick Quarter.

A boy worked hard all day for quar-
ter, bought apples and sold them on the
street for dollar. He bought sheep
The sheep brought him another dollar.
He bought another sheep. The next
spring he had two sheep, two lambs and
a yearIiDg sheep. The three feeces he
sold for three dollars and bought three
more sheep He now had six, with a
fair prospect. He worked, where he
found opportunity, for hay, corn and
oats, and pasturing for his sheep. He
took the choicest care of them and soon
had flock. Their wool enabled him to
buv pasture for them, and by the time
he was twenty one he had fair start in
life, and all from the quarter earned in
one day-E:rchanqe