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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-03-21
MIR. SEYMOUR'S STORY.
Showing how he Lost his Property
and Recovered it.

"OW many different scenes wanderer
IL through the world has come under
his personal observation, and how much
that is strange, and almost beyond belief
does he frequently have told him by those
who have sought their fortunes in strange
lands?
In the early part of 1854 had returned
to San Francisco from an unsucce ssful trip
to the mines, and while waiting there to re-
cover from severe attack of low fever that
had contracted while searching for the
gold metal, l had a strange incident hap
pen to me that resulted in such a change
in my life that was convinced more than
ever of the truth of the wise precept of
casting bread upon the waters.
/ had, after my return rented room in
narrow street that you entered from
Portsmouth Square, in one corner of which
stood the famous Banking House of Pal
mer & Co. The room occupied was in
the first story of a house that stood in the
rear of the bankers establishent, and it
was my custom, every evening, to sit on
the piazza in front of my window, and
while smoking, view the different scenes as
they occurred.
One evening my attention was drawn to
man who turned the corner and came
down the street with a lingering, uncert ain
step.
He wore large camlet cloak, that had
seen its best days years before, an apology
of cap, and bare feet ruined miners were
no uncommon sight in those days, and es-
pecially after dusk in that locality, and l
was about to resume my former interesting
occupation, when something peculiar in his
form and air reminded me of my schoolboy
days, and caused me to give him a scru-
tiny.
AS he drew near, the conviction that |
had seen him before became q certainty,
and as he glanced up, while passing, said,
"Mr. Seymour, what are you doing here in
this state ?''
"Who are you and what do you want of
me =? / don't want any one to speak to me
that ever knew me BEFORE" he said, as he
partially stopped and wrapped his cloak
together about him to conceal his rags.
"That won't do, Mr.. Seymour" | re-
Piled "If you have got to going down
hill, it is not for me to give you another
shove, even by overlooking you, when !
might be able to pull You the other way a
little.
Somewhat reluctantly he turned, and
soon had him in the house and a candle lit
Although my unwilling visitor was toe
far gone to be classed as shabby genteel,
you could still observe latent bearing in
him that betokened a gentleman, though
certainly under several clouds, If not more
"Who are you?" he again asked, after q
searching look at my features.
81 thought you wouldn't recognize me, "
l said, as / submitted patiently to his pier
cling gaze :" but when say was the little
fellow in the old academy on the hill al
Nantucket, whom you used to tell If he
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-03-21
WHAT I HAVE SEEN.

l have seen the orchards budding;
have heard the robbins sing
1 have seen all nature gladden.,
At the gracious smile of Spring.
l have seen maturing Autumn,
From the trees their garments tear;
And the quickly coming Winter,
Hang her icy arrows there.
l have seen the bond Of friendship,
Discovered shred by shred;
/ have seen affection buried,
With the fondly cherished dead.
Then learn to look for constancy,
For happiness and love;
Amid the ceaseless changes here,
Alone to Him above.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14
Cs->LUMBIA; e.!
Tue.aay Morning, November "A, 1874.

Our City AhAirs "A gain sra Asaia.i
Westrust that the citizens Of DoluInbia
will not forget the developments made in
these columns with regard to our; city
affairs. What is doingP What has the
committee OF the Board Of Trade done?
What are the lawyers doing? We hope
they are at work. The session oi, the
Lsgialatnre approaches. The City
Council OF Columbia have secretly and
Illegally issued $3.50. 900 seven per cent,
bonds. By virtue OFF, remarkable
flnancia, arrangement on the part of
Alderman Wigg. these bonds are in the
hands Of Comptroller General Neagle,
who has engaged to advance $75. 600
upon certain terms and conditions.
AFes Messrs. Nesgle and Wisg. and the
City Council now waiting to get the
ehahce to have their proceedings legal
lied by the Legislature? Let us remem-
her with whom we are dealing.
'For ways that are dark and tricks that are
The heathen ohinee is peculiar"
Again: Hes it been forgotten now We
suggested, if wo did not demonstrate,
the frauds and collusions praoticed in
connection with the contract awards?
Will our citizens quietly submit to out
rage and robbery at the hands of the
city government? Are they going to
slaep upon their rights? Heaven Eelp
ihem if they intend thus to act. We
hope for better things.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

Was we'll illustrated during the late State
Fair. In spite OF all the Discourage.
ments, resulting from yellow fever i'll
Charleston and military law in the up
country, the fair was decided snccess.
AS wellnin point Of numbers as in the
contributions. Even from the Counties,
under military rule came visitors and
articles for exhibition. The programme
for the week was regularly carried out.
We noticed that there, was an air Of re
serve upon the men and women alike.
We felt that even the busy scenes of the
iair could not drive away from the minds
OF the visitors the reflections resulting
from the outrages and the loss Inflicted
npon oursState. But there was, never
theless. an mir, also, Of calm endurance
and stern resolve imprinted upon many
faces. The work of the week was done
and we'll done. We are proud Of the re-
suits. Nor need we despair. A country
possessing such climate. such soil,
suoh natural advantages, such men and
such women as we have, such q State
cannot be put down. The iron heel is
upon US now. Thieves and swindlers
are having it much their own way. But
this cannot long last Only let us keep
cur heads erect and our knees stif-only
let us work and work-and it will be
well. The government of South Carroll
ma must return to the sons of the soil
to intelligence aud virtue-and then we
shall have peace and prosperity alike for
al classes Heaven hasten the day.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14
Eminent Counsel Engaged.

We learn that the ex- United States At
torney- -General, Mr.. Stansbury, of Ohio.
and the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Bal
timore, have been engaged to defend the
men to be tried under the Ku Klux Act
OF Congress at the approaching session
OF the United States Court, to be held
in this city. It will be necessary to raise
q sum Of money to carry this project out,
and it is hoped that each County in this
State will make contribution. The
object is to see that ample imst;ce ncay
be secured for the prisoners in arrest,
and that the consttutionality of the Ku
Klux proceedings may be called into
question. The scheme meets our hearty
approval. and We commendit it to all those
able and willing to help. Let us see to
it that the great writs of personal liberty
shall be vindioated before the legal tri-
bunals OF the country, and let us see,
further, that the humblest citizen of the
State, white or black, shall have all the
advice and assistance that able counsel
ean give at time when party prejudices
and party venom are pursuing our peo-
pie even into the United States Courts.
We have no apology for those prisoners
guilty Of crime, but we repeat it that at
this time South Carolina needs defence
and vindioation in the press and in the
forum. Messrs. Stansbury and johnson
will, no doubt, do oil in their power to
SEQ that the case Of the prisoners is fully
and ably presented.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

-Ne-- e--hass-allaasa-to-Ah xsll= l=ohosen:
words employed by Gen, Hampton In
Introducing Gs=. fsksiy ta +s1 80. .;1.zi1sii6Hsd si6Hsd
HHsstday eyPning last. q tsibuts
Eomaa HistiSguished caEoiia aianfo ah
epinSp pt virgfbian. We give The Language
q CD. HAMILTON. which Svas Y accompa;
MED. Nth graceful bearing and asiabbY
delivery. Gen. Hampton said: =:
LADIES AND GENy1fA1EN: The pleasing
duty devolves on ma OF Introducing 70
you the gallant soldier and distinguished
gentleman who has consented 70 address
jS@ o: ::::s .Ga a.a:se:sAEy .: :As Sc.=
viv6rs' Association Of South Carolina.
Though he comes among us now for the
fret time, he is no stranger to our peo-
pie. for his name is familiar and his
name is dear to every true son and
daughter of our State. To those Of us
who served with him in the heroic army
of Northern Virginia. he is bound
closely by those strong ties which only a
ompanionHhip in common hardships,
common dangers and common glories
canforge. We knew him as tried SOL
dier and devoted patriot, one who
shrank from no duty and who feared no
danger. We have seen, with pride, how
ably he has vindieated with hia pen in
peace those great principles for which he
shed his blood in war. We remember
that he won. as he merite6. not only the
confidence but the esteem of Lee. These
are the high claims he possesses on the
people Of South Carolina, and, feeling
sure that these will assure him a cordial
welcome. it is only necessary for me to
present to you Gen. Early, of Virginia.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14
"An EVIL In tho Camp"

MEssRs. ErIrohs: There can be no
doubt that the cause of all the troubles
in this State. nnd other Southern States,
are directly attributable to the recon
struction Acts of Congress. No sane
mind will, for moment, doubt the
truth of this. And so assured is the
Radical party themselves of this truth,
that they have even been prophesying
that if the Democrats ever get into
power they will overthrow them, and
throw out of the camp the acoursed
thing. Evil can only be kept in power
by the bayonet. They. the Radicals,
know this And they also know, to sus-
tain themselves. it is absolutely necessary
tor them to elect Grant next year by the
b4yonet, and at all hazards, for no other
man in this Government is SO suitable TO
carry out their purposes All he. took
the position during the war that slavery
was an evil in the camp. Jonas in the
vessel OF State. and must be thrown
overheard, or We, too. with it, would 20
down il the wreck. The negro element
in our Government has always been an
element of evil, and evil only. Long
previous to the war it began to work
tearing society to pieces, separating
North aud South, dividing the different
denominations OF Christians, and bring
Ing on one of the most destructive wars
on this continent. During the war it
entered to prevent that humane ex-
change of prisoners, and caused thou
sands of roldiers. North and South, to
lie III prison, to rot and die. Aud. since
the war, the negro element has upheaved
our whole country, preventing the return
of peace; embittering one section
against the other in more deadly hatred
than the war itself caused. No wonder
the Radicals have an instructive PRESENT.
ment i'll this matter. If the negro ele-
ment was grated on the Constitution of
the United States ns n subordinate ele-
ment, and worked evil there, what will it
do grafted higher up on the body polite,
coordinate and co-equal in power? Two
wrongs can never make Il right. i. e. evil
can never produce good. Not by vic
lence can our country be redeemed. The
| true contest in our country next year,
the true issue before the people, is which
shall henceforth rule, the bayonet or the
elected; but, if the latter, then man of
lngton aud Jefferson school will be elect
ed. Ku Kluxism in the South was only
u secret society like the Union League
in fact, the latter made the example and
forced into existence the former. Let
us never forget that two evils can never
make right. Not by violence or out
rnges, nor by secret societies, we must
win. Peace restores, war destroys.
PACOLET.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

GOODBYE TO THE FEVER 1t is agreed
on all sides that the yellow fever in
Charleston is on its last legs. The cool.
bracing weather is killing the germs of
disease, no new cases are heard OF, and
the whole city is growing cheerfully
bright. Some leading physicians have
advised their patients that they may
safely come back to Charleston, aud,
every day, a large number of refugees
return thankfully to their homes.
Clarleston Ne,os, 1871.
A Selma man is experimenting with
kerosene as shortening for biscuit, since
i has proved so efficacious in shortening
life.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14


Rev. r. Fl. Cain, ex-State Senator, and
ut present editor of the Missionary
Record, a paper published in Charleston
in the interest of the colored race, some
times comes down to sensible view of
matters. In the last number of his
paper the following article appears:
"The General Assembly of this State
meets on the third Tuesday in this
month, to transact the business of the
people. We are almost ut loss to know
what they will be called upon to do for
tue State, that they have not already
done. The passage of the immortal
code, which has been 'codiGed. and will,
if We are rightly informed, take three
months, to pass through that august
body. There is no need of any legisla-
State lust now. The State has no
credit, it has no railroads, it has nothing
of which it can be plundered, unless it
is the taxes which are yet to be paid.
So far as the other matters OF the State
are concerned. the present government
resides in New York. The repre-
sentatives, or heads of the rep
resentatives of the State in Con.
gress, reside in Massachusetts. Ihare
are only a few niggers and rebels
down here who have no say in the go
vernment of this commonwealth. Why
should the people be taxed to support
what is termed a general debating club
at so great cost, is grave question for
the financial agent in New York to de-
eide, when the next draft is made to pay
their expenses. The people of this State
have no control OF its interests; ten to
dozen long heads direct the whole thing.
The negroes are too ignorant, the 'rebs'
are too few in number to out vote the
latter, who are too incredulous to trust
the Southern whites; the wire.workers
play upon their passions and their fears,
and thus keep up running fire between
the whites and blacks, and while they
thus fight, they steal and plunder both
'nigger and reb.' When the smoke and
fighting is over, the negroes have no.
thing gained and the whites have nothing
left, while the jackals have all the booty.
When that august body meets, we shall
watch with II degree of pleasure it's great
work of restoring the State to healthy
condition. if there is any of it left"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

a New York enthusiast is confident
that he has invented flying machine
which can be made to navigate the air
against Nil opposition currents. The
probability is that this hopeful nun is
a little Eighty.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

The VERY LAST SENSATIONAL special
despatch to the Charleston Ne,cs, dated
Columbia, November IL. says:
The reputation of the State debt has
been solemnly agreed upon by caucus
of oolored legislators. held Ill this city,
presided over by Beverly Nash, the ne.
gro Senator from Richland County.
Comptroller-G General Nengle earnestly
opposed reputation, but his arguments
produced no effect.
a secret movement is afoot to induce
Governor Scott to resign, and some sun
guins Democrats have hopes that he will
do 50.
As Nash and Wimbush, the Senator
from Chester, together with other lead
ing colored Radicals, are known to be in
favor of wipiny out tho whole debt aud
beginning afresh, it is presumed that
the caucus, above referred to, deter
mined to advocate repudlatioh of the old
debt Of the State as we'll as the Scott
bonds.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14
The following Is an extract of letter

;. Ehe 1oYoWlD8 1B an extract OF q letter
ss:ssiTs5is this city. yeete.asy. from an
indspsndent cstjze9spf NY Fcsk: 4.
kom the New YoEf papd3s thS doi4Is
AID ds1apderings OF the mAgnats OF He
StAyS6t South Carolina lin aud about
New YoSk. sas -bySmy last PRGNx
,shassy0MNtreat your readers to dish
from che New York World and the blaz-
Ing litAe Sun, about the millions which
your people have been, and still are,
being robbed Of, Now, all this has been
heralded aud reiterated over and over
again. and / aaaii be pardoned for saying
that no one except dam phool" dis
believes it.; Now. why in the name of
common sense. don't your people seek a
remedy? Do you. or they, hope for any
relief through legislative committee?
And do you. suppose that any respeota7
bic and responsible truei company or
bank is agoing to take the financial
agency from tho present incumbent,
without knowing how The eceennts stand?
Why didn't your tax-payiug convention
to call for persons and papers, and de-
nsdad Of the Executive Of the State full
examination OF all The books, both in Co.
lumbia GnG 55.sssschsTs, wherever the tax
payers Of South Carolina had an interest? I?
They would then have got the pulse of
Goearnor Scott and his amiable At
torney. General They would never
have dared to refuse so reasonable q
request. Did they refuse. they stood
convicted before the country of such
outrages as would have consigned them
out OF hand to the same bourn, where
Tweed and the Tammany twinetl.
Now, 1 undertake to say, that with one
good man-accountunt-a one good
lawyer, both from South Carolina, and
in the real interest Of the State, and one
man, that will name, who is now in the
city of New York, will blow all those
financial manipulators of whom you so
loudly complain, 80 high that they
would not come down to torment the
people Of South Carolina again this side
of the final resurrection. 1t is not q
difficult task by any means; aud if I
could see few Of your men of brains,
could point out the road. Now is the
time for action; delays are dangerous
have written to my old counsel in
Charleston upon this subject, in con.
tidential way, aud desire that you will
treat this communication the same.
South Carolina to-day, with oil her mis-
fortunes OF Kn klux. martial law, and
wholesale robbery, CAN, if she will make
an effort in the direction indicated, re-
heve herself at once of u score of abomi-
nations, and, in good time. raise herself
to the dignity and credit of any State in
the nation. There is nothing vague or
iiiusory in these suggestions. L mean
business, and if your people desire re-
lief, they must attend to business. It
will not do to fight such wind.mills as
the Union. and carpet-baggers, and
Grant. and thieves, on paper. Facts
and legal tribunal is what is wanted to
Immediately secure the sympathy of all
good men, and ultimately equal nnd
exact Justice. That was the chute that
done the business for Tweed and his
men last Tuesday in New York, and q
similar course, by your people, will
place South Carolina on high ground.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14
RlaNRrsmfnKhasn

FssS-ETexnfRAk.1fs4s e.,----
The following premiums were aoci-
dentslly omitted from the official list,
pub}is1Yd in sqndsg's pnnsEx! gvy
MEO fANIoAn hDEPhRH HW ENTA
II. WOOD. % AND #pN. &
Eis4S no top buggy. parfall & Spell
Nevnrs4: Rickle-M.-es.e- !Y
Kraft, Richland. Oae. horse J. wagons.
two-horse wagon, Fowler & Foster, Spar
sanburg. Light two-horse wagon, ii u
Hamiter, Riohland. Wheei-barrow,. g
;" ZINE; FINE ARP AEcr.s1ai AND L1rEkARr.
BEST collection Portraits. in OIL 60,
Wearn & Xix. Riehiald. Two oil paint
Richland. Specimen pgnmanship and
island cotton. in oil. Miss A. DeOarn-
deuo, Richland. One porcelain Ma.
don nn, Mics Della Tore, Riohland! One
marble frame, T Wright, Richland.
Pastel painting, Mrs RI A Brown, Rich
land. Show case silver-ware aud jewelry,
Isaac Sulzbacher, Riohland. Four paint
ings, Miss Maggie Shaw. Fairfield.
Crayon drawing, Mrs T s Lee, Riohland,
Architectural drawings, A Y Lee, Rich.
land. Taxerdermy, Frank Green, Rioh-
land. Water oo'oTs. Miss Hastis Arthur,
Orangeburg. Typographical drawing,
j @ Colt. Chesterfield. Drawing, Mrs
Waties. Richland. Gard specimens of
school boy, w n Colt, Msyosville. Gard
engravings, VIM Fischer, Charleston.
Essay on farming. as adapted to middle
South Carolina, essay on raising hogs,
30 that the system may be adopted by
any farmer. essay on the agricultural ad-
vantages of South Carolina and the in
ducements to immigration. essay on the
most economical method of saving,
manufacturing and applying manures in
this State, D Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville.
Essay on the culture of the vine. with
description OF best varieties and mode of
culture. adapted to the soil and climate
of South Carolina, r NJ Sims. at
SPECIAL PREMIUMS.
The largest exhibition of commenda-
bic articles grown and exhibited by any
one planter. Including stock, field crops,
&C., sixty-four, d Wyatt Aiken. The
largest number of articles exhibited in
the household department by any one
lady, Mrs II w lawson. The most sue
cessful knight at the tournsment, MIR
Hammett, Greenville. Second most
ouCCoooAuA 6uiSut, MC OutOIU. O6SE
band music, &C., Firemen's Band of CO.
lumba.
TAILORING, &c.
Best lady's chart, Mrs w B MiIlwee.
Abbeville. Coat, vest and pants, home
manufacture, r & w O Swafiield, Rich
land.
ARTICLES NOT ENUMERATED.
Best Wheeler g. Wilson sewing ma
chine. A J Pursley, Columbia. Burdett
combination organ, LyB Brand & Son, Co.
lumbia. Graad square piano. W 81 Or
oh rd, Columbia. Gas generator, Co.
lumbia Portable Gas-light Company,
Columbia. Cotton tie and lever, 9
Colt, Chesterfield. Turbine water-wheel,
O A Wylie, Chester. Sprague two-horse
and one horse mowers, Perkins cook
stove and fixtures, sample horse-shoes
and nails, A g. w Sprague, Providence.
r I. Improved horsepower, Goldsmith
& Kind, Richland. Case dental instru-
ments. DR. J Fl Alexander, Camden.
Rubber blotter and paper cutter, H 8
Ball. Spartanburg. Steel, seal and card
engraving, VIM @ Fischer, Charleston.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

The Boston Times thinks that from
all appearances there will soon be only
one railroad in oil the United States
the Pennsylvania Central.
4 handful Of lint cotton saturated
with lard burned under horses mouth
will cure the worst kind of collie.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

a MIRACULOUS EscApE.-On last Sat-
urday morning. DIR. j. E. Self, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Emma Holloway, en- route
from home to this place, attempts TO
ford the creek ut Reynolds crossing,
but had proceeded but q short way in
the creek when they discovered that
both buggy and horse were floating
down stream. DR.. Self, in his effort to
change tho direction of the horse, caus-
ed the horse to make sudden turn,
which upset the buggy, throwing Mrs.
Holloway and himself into the stream
DR.. S. Immediately went to the relief of
Mrs. II and after floating down stream
some 200 yards. sustaining the lady all
the while, the doctor managed to reach
n friendly bough, and succeeded in
bringing the lady ashore. The doctor,
being an excellent swimm mer, then turned
his attention to the horse md buggy,
(Which had 1oated down the stream
along with the doctor and lady, anil also
brought them safe to land We con
gratulnte the doctor and his lady friend
on their miraculous escape, and trust
they may never again be thus encom-
passed .-EtlvcfelU Adue,1iser.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-14

A Wisconsin justice of the peace re
Gently granted himself divorce.