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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

HE DEVIL VS.. T. j. Moses, JR.-
Some men speak rather harshly, but to
the point. Hear what friend of ours
remarked upon the gubernatorial con.
Test, few days since. When speaking
OF the candidates, their fitness and pro.
Dable success, he made this character
ist,c remark: ''I'd rather vote for the
oid devil himself, with his forked tail,
cloven 1eet, Rpouting hell.fire, for Go.
vernon than for Franklin J. Moses. Jr.
AbbeoiAe Mediun,.
NJ WINE Weikert, son of Mr.. J. r.
.Welkeft, OF Spartanburg, wae severely
injured by kick from a mnle. ono dov
last week. The wound is upon the head.
end although very painful one, is not
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

Greeley's interpreter, who is employed
TO Z, "set up" Horace's manuscript in the
tribune office, refuses to vote for his
noss' and triumphantly holds his posi-
tion' because it would take ssven years
to break another compositor in to fill his
place.-&. Louis Globe. 49,
Our Savannah exchanges bring &C.
counts OF heavy and protracted rain
storm IN that city on Monday morning.
by which streets and cellars were flooded.
Freshets in the Garonne md other
rivers in the South of France have
caused great destruction Of property.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

STILL ANOTHER SLATE. "A we'll attend.
ed meeting of the Progressive Repub-
iicAns Was held at Ho wards Hall, last
monday evening, with NJ. r. Delany
presiding, and J. Ii. Washington, Jr. !,
Secretary. at which the following ticket
wes put IN nomination: For Governor,
a. =. Willard; for Lieutenant G Governor,
>: Bruce Howard, colored; for Secretary
OF State. p. j. Adams, colored; for At
torney- General, G. D. Melton; for Adju-
tnnt and Inspector General, J. N. Hayne,
colored; for State Treasurer, L. l.. Car
dozo. colored; for Comptroller General,
II: Tomlinson; for Superintendent of
Education, NJ. A. Warren, colored.
Charleston Ne,os.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

The Boston Sunday Courier, saws: "We
oeg to suggest to Mr.. Matt Morgan, the
talented caricatnrist of Frank Leslie's
illustrated newspaper'-whose hits at
Grant and the Administration have been
as artistic and effective as Mr.. Nast's bur
lesque OF Mr.. Greeley's person and pc.
cuiiarities has been vapid and insnltino
that fruitful field for some fartber
enofta E or his pencil can be found in Mr..
boutwell's speeches to the North Caro-.
ilna negroes on the national finances and
political economy in general. His audi
ences have been mainly blacks. with q
sprinkling of white Office holders. and
the spectacle of the Secretary of the
Treasury standing up solemnly before
such an auditory, and gravely DISCUSSING
the welghty questions of the taxes. the
revenue and the public debt, is most
dlvertlng one. Boutwell, and his finan.
ces strongly remind US of the old Scotch.
man and his metaphysics: When the
maun that talks dinna ken what he talks
aboot, and the maun that is talked to
dinna ken what he hears-thst's meta
physicist"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

der the Importance of this subject, and
ut once have the laws executed. WITH
an apology for this intrusion. and yerv
great respect, have tbe honor to sub.
scribe myself, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, j. L. NEAGLE.
COMPTROLLER 7enernl
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-08

soon phce her credit above suspicion.
The Executive Department has all the
power that they could have, and why not
act? The debt of tho State is n little less
than SlG,OO0,000 the annual interest a
little less than $1,000, 600, and the Stnts
is abundantly able to pay. Now, sir,
have this tax levied, aud allow the peo.
pie the chance to meet their obligations.
Ihey pay their taxes as promptly and as
we'll rs 1t is possible for any people in
the world to do under their difficulties.
and feel sure that they are more than
wiling TO do it. OF course, the partisan
press Will say ugly things and blow hard,
out an old veteran of all hundred battles
should not quake before the blank shots
OF the politician. They have advised
the people against paying their taxes,
when they were madder than they are
now, but their advice went unheeded.
anu they arc sorry and ashamed that
they over acted so badly. I regret the
necessity OF levy Jing so heavy on amount
OF taxes as will be required, but many
OF the abuses OF the past can be pre-
vented In the future by the Legislature
making specific levies for the various
purposes OF the Government, and levy
ing only the amount necessary for such
specific object; then it will be impossible
Tor any power to divert them from their
proper channels. Had this been done
IN the past, much trouble would have
been avoided; and if sufficient taxes had
been levied to deiray the expenses Of
the State, even if they were unnecessa-
rily extravagant and heavy, it would
have left the State debt at about one
half of what it is now. But we have the
present and the future to deal with, not
the past; and propose now and hero.
af,er to lend my political influence. if
any have, to the construction of a
State Government that will promptly
enforce the laws.
And now, sir, in conclusion, allow mo
to express tho hope that you will consi.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21
Spectrum Analysis.

In the whole history Of science
there is nothing more wonderful
than the discovery or invention
Git would be difficult to say which
is the more correct term) Of spec
trum analysis. Thirteen years
ago it had no existence whatever
as a mode of scientific inquiry
Not five years had passed from
the day when Kirchhoff announced
the true meaning of the dark
lines in the solar spectrum, before
Higgins and Miller were telling
astronomers Of the terrestrial ele-
ments existing in the stars. Then
the great secret Of the gaseous
ncbule was revealed by Higgins,
and soon after the structure Of
comets began to interpreted. The
Importance Of the new mode Of
reserch in all problems Of chemi-
cal analysis, as delicate test for
determining the presence Of poi
sons as a means Of improving
many processes of manufacture,
and as an aid in almost every
branch of scientific inquiry, be-
come each year more clearly re-
cognized. We have seen Sorby
analyzing by It's means the color
ing-matter Of plants, and the en-
tomologist comparing the spec
trum Of the glow-worm and the
fire fly. The microscopic en-
ploys the powers Of the new an
alysis to solve problems which
the magnifying powers of his in
struments would be altogether
unable to cope with. Nothing, in
fine, seems too vast or too minute,
too distant or too near at hand,
for this wonderful instrument of
research, which deals as readily
with the mass of Sirius, a thou
sand times larger and a million
times farther away than our sun,
as with ten-thousandth part Of a
grain Of matter in a fame within
a few inches Of the spectroscopic
| tube.-Spectdt0r.
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Self-Reliance.

There is nothing more likely to
result in successful career than
confident self:reliance. 1t is as
tonishing how much more q youth
will accomplish who relies upon
himself, than one who depends
upon others for assistance. Ha7-
ing first ascertained the direction
in, and the means by which his
object is to be reached, let him
put his whole energies to work,
and with unaagging Industry press
forward. The young man who,
instead Of rising at five sleeps till
seven or eight, and who spends
his evening on the corners, or in
the companionship Of those who
are wanting in laudable ambition,
rarely ever wins position of hon
or achieves a reputation above
that enjoyed by the common
masses. In country like ours,
where the avenues to honor and
wealth are open to all, there is no
reasonable excuse that can be Of
fered for a mans failure to achieve
one or the other, or both. III
health or extraordinary misfortune
may keep him down, but these arc
the exceptions that establish the
rule. Few men know Of how
much they are capable until they
have first thoroughly tested their
abilities. An hour Of each eve
ming, spent with some good author,
or in the study of some branch Of
uesful science, will, in the course
of a few years, give to young
man who thus devotes this small
portion ofhis time an amount of in
formation, literary and scientific,
which cannot fail to fit him for
positions to which he could never
properly aspire without the atten-
ton to study.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21

SABA MIsUNDEKsTANDING.-A
person is responsible for this story:
"Poor Jones died while you were
away last summer. In all my ex-
perience 1 never saw so disconso-
late and grief-broken q creature as
poor little Mrs. Jones. It was very
sudden, you know. l went to the
house as soon as I heard Of it; I
offered my sympathy: but her
sorrow was uncomfortable. | such
cases I think it best that the
mourner should be left alone; so I
prepared to depart.
az will leave you, poor beloved
one,' said I, with this injunction:
'Pray-pray that God will vouch-
safe His comforter; that he will
enable you to perceive the promis-
ed bow in the
"tOh rector she burst in; how
'can you think ofsuch a thing? It's
too-too-too premature, I'm sure!
"And," continued the old gentle
man, checking the off rein and
wheeling away from the gate,
"after some cogitation I fancied
that l discovered that the bow I
was talking about and the beau
she was thinking about wasn't the
same kind of bow at ALL"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21
The White Headed Yankee
Boy who Set Type for Mr..
Redf1eld.

The following letter appears in
the New York Democrat:
From 1881 to 1884 was carry
ing on the bushes ofstereotyping
at PIG William street, and most Of
the time was employing great
many compositors, not q few of
whom have since earned large
share Of fame in the world. From
the days Of Franklin even to those
of Greeley the composing room
has graduated its full quota Of the
men who have distinguished them
selves in the history of the coun-
try. Why shouldn't the institu-
ton be incorporated, have a fac
ulty, and the authority to confer
degrees? Why shouldn't it make
LII. D's as we'll as old Harvard?
It was in 1882 or 1888, I think,
that being at one time much in
need Of more compositors, asked
those in the Office to let the fact
be known at their respective board
ing houses. Among others who
applied for work in response to
this call was queer looking chap
brought in by one of the hands in
the Office. He was ofrather more
than medium height; his hair was
almost white: his face quite so,
and entirely beardless, and he
walked with a shufling uncertain
gait. He wore very old white
hat and fustian pantaloons which
did not come down to his boots,
and these completed a personality
which l had never met with in a
compositor, and turning to Sey-
mour, who brought him in, l in
quired if that fellow was a COM
positor. He replied, "He's aqueer-
looking fellow but they say he's a
good workman" Being too much
in want Of help to be very particu-
lar about the personal appearance
of q compositor, I gave him case
and copy, and you may judge Of
my surprise when tell you that
his weekly bills exceeded by from
thirty to fifty per cent. those Of
the other compositors by his side
who were on the same work. And
what was equally remarkable, no
matter how rapidly he picked up
the type with his fingers. the
stream Of talk that rolled from
his tongue was never interrupted.
He talked incessantly. When he
made out his first bill I learned
that his name was Horace Gree
ley.
In those days he was q compost
tor, and he was good one. He
set type rapidly and made q clean
proof. When he was a young
man he did his work we'll, and now
that he is an old one, and there is
a big "take" ahead to give out, |
propose that we give it 10 MIN.
J. S. REDFIELD.
New York, July 10, 1872.
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Honor Your LABoR.-Do not be
above your business. He who turns
his nose up at his work, quarrels
with his bread and butter. He is
a poor smith who is afraid of his
own spark; there is some discom-
fort in ali trades except chimney
sweeping. If sailors gave up going
to sea because ofthe wet; if bakers
left off baking bread because it
was hot work; if plowmen would
not plow because Of cold, and
tailors would not make our clothes
for fear of pricking their fingers,
what pass we would come to.
Nonsense, my fine fellow, there's
no shame about any honest calling;
don't be afraid of soiling your
hands, there's plenty of soap to be
had. All trades are good to good
traders. Lucifer matches may pay
we'll if you sell enough Of them.
You cannot get honey ifyou arc
frightened at the bees, nor plant
corn if you are afraid to get mud
on your boots. When bars Of iron
melt under the South winds; when
you dig theft with tooth-picks,
blow ships along with afan, ma
nure the crops with lavender wa
ter, and grow plum cakes in
fower-pots, there will be fine
time for all, but until the millen-
mum comes we shall have a deal
to put up with.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21
For the Herald.
Estrangement.

Though the mind is susceptible
of acute anguish, from many
sources, there is no feeling which
paralyzes the faculties, and be-
numbs the affections, as the ago.
nizing, soul-torturing, living death
Of estrangement, which is fire.
quently experienced by parents,
children, husbands or wives. This
feeling no doubt arises in the first
instance from obstinacy on the
part Of the part of the child, and
o7er-exactness on that Of the pa.
rent. Just imagine q parent and
child so much estranged as to ap-
proach each other with all the
conventionalities that are due
strangers. No words of eneour-
agement from the father, as he
returns from his Office, weary and
laDguid; no smile lights up the
couDtonance; no welcome from
the voice Of youth. Thus flow
ers of feeling fade at their birth,
though blooming in Spring, they
do not flourish in the atmosphere
Of Estrangement. In the case OF
husband and wife. If persons of
wealth, they are surrounded by
every luxury that the soul can
desire, but when mutual conf
dence or affection ceases to exist,
all is mockery to the possessor
the only result is, splendid misery.
The hollow smiles and set phrases
to which they have accustomed
themselves, are breaking their
hearts, for they are conscious Of liv-
ing sinful, aimless life, and Of
having buried talents which were
intrusted to !heir charge. At
length the hand Of Time sewers
the silver cord, and Death breaks
the golden bowl of one or
the other. When too late to
make reparation, they are reused
from this dreadful state of apa-
thy, to returning sense Of rea.
son, but overwhelmed with bitter
remorse and deep humiliation.
knowing the grave covers all er.
rors and imperfections inccnsola.
bic, because conscious Of having
made almost He'll Of this bright
world, instead of a temporary
Paradise. If persons would avert
much future misery, how easy,
with the aid of that great Being;
to cultivate q spirit Of meekness
and. forbearance, which would
enable them to bear and forbeal
with frail human nature.
VIOLA.
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ton of the corporators. The times
and places for receiving such sub.
scriptions to be determined by a
majority Of the incorporators, but
should such majority fail to fix
such times and such places, they
may be fixed by any four Of the
corporators hereinbefore named,
they having first given due notice
of the same in any newspaper pub
lished in Beaufort or Charleston
Counties: and said subscription
books shall be kept open for TWEEN
ty days from such time, and at
such places, as said corporators
may determine. When fifty thous-
and shall have been subscribed:
the said corporators, or any four
of them, shall give notice, by pub.
lication for at least ten days, OF
the time and place Of meeting: for
organization.
SEC. 3. Whenever the said sum
Of fifty thousand dollars shall have
been Subscribed, the subscribers,
their executors, administrators,
and assigns, shall be, and they are
hereby declared to be, incorpora-
ted into a company, with all the
rights. powers and privileges con-
ferred upon the sport Royal Rail
Road Company" BY an Act enti-
tied can Act to charter the Port
Royal Rail Road Company" rati-
fed December the 21st, A. D. 1857:
Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall be so construed as
to exempt said company from the
provisions of Section l, of Chapter
63, of the General Statutes.
SEC. I. That said "Bull River
River and Port Royal Rail Com
pany" shall have power to mort
gage it's property and franchise,
and issue bonds, at such rates of
interest, and upon such terms and
conditions: and for such uses and
purposes Of said corporation, as
the Board Of Directors thereof
may deem expedient.
SEC. 5. That no other rail road
shall be constructed, with 4 termi-
nus, or point Of beginning, within
ten miles of line Of said "Bull Riv-
er and Port Royal Rail Road" for
a period Of ten years.
SEC. 6. That the said company
shall have the right to build bridges
across navigable rivers: Provided,
They shall put in good and suffi-
cient draws, shall construct neces-
sary stations and turnouts, and
shall have one or more tracks to
the road, with such gauge as will
correspond with that Of the Port
Royal Rail Road.
Sec. Z. Nothing herein contain
ed shall be so construed as to ex-
empt the said company from the
payment Of taxes.
Sec. 8. Said rail road shall be
commenced within one year, and
completed within seven years, al
ter the passage of this Act.
Approved March -, 1872.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21

WHAT NEXT Pin the upper
part of Lee county lives q gentle
man who had a bull dog Of the
female persuasion which had five
puppies. In a fight with a huge
moccasin she was bitten several
times and died Of the wounds.
The pups were only twenty days
old. He priced them muchly,
and devised the following for their
support. He had a female goat
which had lost her kids. He
caught the goat and taught the
pups to draw their daily lecteal
rations from her. But he had to
catch her first with another dog.
She became shy and wouldn't
come about the house, so be had
to 60 with his dog after her, in a
few days she learned what she
had TO do and now all he does
is to see her and whistle for bis
dog and she makes for the house,
leaps the yard fence and calls up
her strange nurselings, and while
in the yard she will not allow the
dog to approach them and ap.
pears very much attached to them
The pups should be named Ro'
mulus and Remus.-Sumte7 Re.
gubHcan.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21

Be ALWAYS STICKING IN A TREE.
Jack, when you hae naething
else to do, be ye sticking in o
tree; it will be growing whenyou
are sleeping"
The above death-bed injunction
of the old Scot to his son, is well
worthy the attention and accep'
tance Of all sons Of modern days.
If closely followed, it could not
do otherwise than lead to many a
paying investment, for every tree
in the right place is a thing Of
value, and If put there in au "odd
SPELL" it may be reckoned as
having been obtained at next to
no cost. And since each year ad,
ded to it's age increases it's size,
and, consequently, it's value, the
insignificant outlay necessary to
obtain, and place it into position,
may be counted so much capital,
put out at compound interest.
EIthange.
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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BULL
RIVER AND PORT ROYAL RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House Of Represents ta-
tives Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authori-
ty of the same:
That for the purpose Of estab-
fishing a rail road from some point
on Bull River to junction with
the Port Royal Rail Road at a
point at or near Whale Branch, a
charter, with the rights and privi-
Ieges incidental to the same, be,
and the same is hereby, granted
to, and vested in, D. G. Wilson,
Robert Smalls, J. G. Thompson.
W. J. Whlpper, J. NJ. Crofut, n.
B. Myers, F. E. Wilder, J. B. Bas-
comb, W. NJ. French, Samuel
Green, P. L. Wiggin, S. B. Thomp-
son, Alfred Williams, N. Pollitzer,
P. Coxum, ". E. Towne, J. S.
Brown, J. S. Mobley, and their
associates; and when q company
shall be formed, in compliance
with the conditions herein pre-
scribed, it shall be known by the
name Of the Bull River and Port
Royal Rail Road Company, and
shall have a corporate existence,
as g body polite, in perpetuity.
Sec. 2. That the capital stock Of
said company shall be one million
0,OOO,O00) dollars, in shares OF
twenty-five dollars each; and ID
c~der to raise the said capital
stock, It shall &c lawful to open
books of subscription in such
places, and at such times, as may
be deemed for the best interest o1
the corporation, under the direc'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-21

THE SMITH FAMILY.-We give
place to the following as the only
satisfactory explanation we have
met with concerning the generos-
ity with which the world has
been besprinkled with a certain
inoffending family:
1t has always been s. mystery
to US where all the Smiths came
from but while lately visiting a
neighboring city, the matter was
satisfactorily explained by the ap'
pearance Of a large sign over the
door Of a factory, with the an
nouncement that this was the
"Smith Manufacturing Company
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ten days, Of the time and place OF

ten QdpS, VI tuo IllHo I'lu 'l"No W
meeting for organization.
Sec. 3. Whenever the sum OF
fifty thousand dollars. or the value
thereof in land, shall have been
subscribed, the subscribers, their
executors, administrators and as
signs, shall be and they are here:
by declared to be incorporated
into a company, and shall have all
the rights and privileges conferred
upon the South Carolina Central
Rail Road Company, ratified:
Provided, houeuer, That nothing
herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to exempt the said
company from payment of taxes
Provided, further, That this Act
shall not be construed so as to
bind the State to endorse, guaran-
tee, or aid said road; Prorided,
further, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed as to
exempt said company from the
provisions Of Section l, of Chap
ter 63, Of the General Statutes.
Sec. 4. That the said company
shall have the right to construct
necessary stations, and turnouts,
with one or more tracts to the
road: Provided, That the said
road shall be commenced within
one year, and completed within
five years, after the passage of
this Act, or the charter thereof
shall be forfeited: And provided,
further, That the said road shall
be subject to the provisions of an
Act entitled can Act to declare
the manner by which the land, Or
the right Of way over the lands
Of persons or corporations may
be taken for the construction and
uses Of railways, and other works
Of internal improvement" ratified
September %, A. D. 1868.
SEC. 5. This Act shall be deemed
a public Act, and continue in force
for twenty-one years.
Approved March 13, 1872.