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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-23
TAKEPARTICULAR NOTICE.

are much to be dreaded: Loss OF HemOry, Con-
fusion of Ideas, Depression OF SPIRITS EVIL fore-
bodings Aversion to Society, Self Distrust, Love
of Solitude, Timidity, SC, are some Of the evils
Thousands Of persons of all ages can now Judge
what is the cause of their declining health, ios'g
their visor. becoming weak, pale, nervous and
enaciated. cnral having Singular appearance about
The @ ewes. YES Cough and symptoms OF Consumption.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

There is curious bit of history con-
nected with the assassination of Earl
Mayo, Governor-General of India. His
murderer. Shere Alice, mountaineer
from the Hmalayas, was good soldier
in the British cavalry. He had family
feud, and once or twice year he would
get furlough, go back to his home, kill
one of his foes, and return to duty. A
few months ago, while on man hunting
trip, he met his intended victim on Bri-
tish soil and killed him there. This was
q crime. He was arrested, tried and
sentenced to lifelong Imprisonment.
Unable to comprehend the distinction
made by a few miles Of space, he regard
ed himself as the victim of England g
injustice, and revenged himself by kill
ing the man who was. to him, the em-
bodiment of Englands power
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

NJ. Fletcher Horne, assistant post
master at Timmonsville, has been or.
rested and bound over, charged with
violating the post Office law by OBTAINING
and opening letter containing money,
passing through his Office.
The New York pictorials still team
with what purports to be cngravings of
Lowrey and his gang, including Ii. 3. s
,DilOr.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

True ECONOMY country is at
present flooded with cheap and inferior
goods of every description, which are
heralded to the public in flaming advec-
tisements, and which find market
among those who have yet to learn that
"true economy" consists in buying first
class article from i'm established and first
class house. For example, pianos of
various makers are offered ut about ono
half the price Of those of really first
GLASS manufacture. Among the latter
none are more deserving of the encomi-
UNI 'rcally first class" than those manu-
facturod by Mcssrs. Wm. knnbc & Co.,
of Baltimore, a firm which dates over q
third Of century, and whose pianos for
excellency OF workmanship. durability
and sweetness of tone, stand absolutely
unrlyallcd and containing many valuable
patented improyemc mcnts, to be found in
no other instrument, made by the very
best workmen and Of strictly first class
and seasoned material.
The so-called "chcap" pinno may pre-.
sent fair external appearance, but is
mado of inferior and often entirely un-
seasoned material, and soon becomes IL
wreck which deties the art of tho tuner
We make spccinl mention of the piano,
as the most forciblo illustrations of our
remarks, which can be appliodLto almost
every article We use in our families.
Tho Wilmington Journal denounccs
tho New York correspondent of the
New York Ueruhl, who asserted that the
people Of Robeson County, North Caro-
linn, were cowardly and deficient in
spirit, rs q slanderer. It says thnt no
Drawer men can be found anywhere than
those in Roboson County; but that with
proclamations of outlawry on one side,
if they took the law into their own
hands, and tho Lowrcy gnng with uncrr-
ing rifles on the other, they have been
bound hand md foot from first to last.
A lady in Peoria, who has lost several
children, has become monomaniac on
the subject of the health of her three
remaining boys. She doses tho poor
children constantly with roots, herbs
and various ncstrums, and keeps them
swathcd in woolcn bandages. Ono of
the urchins wears four wooden shirts
every day. Ii one of her children
takes cold tho mother goes into hys-
tcrics
Miss Lucy Stone has quit lec.uring 10
rock a little rolling Stone.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

A young girl in Burlington, VI, ate
arsenic to beautify her complexion. It
made her awfully nice and white-but
The und ertaker's bill was $1O0.
Some ono argues against suicide on
the grouNd that it sis impoite to 90
anywhere until you arc invited"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

Comparing the transportation tonnage
OF these years it will be seen that the
number of tons distributed in 1872 falls
but little short of that of 1870. These
figures forecast that the current price
for the next crop of cotton will be from
ten to twelve cents per pound to the
planter.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09
Radical Expenditures.

Extravagant as have been the appro-
priations made by Congress within the
past six or eight years for every depart
ment of the Government, it would seem
that they do not begin to measure the
vast amounts that have actually been ex-
pended. Notwithstanding the astound-
ing fact that against SOU. .901. 200 expend-
ed during the last year of Mr.. Bucha-
mans administration, we have, for last
year, 1888, 1928, ,943 as the net receipts OF
the Government. This does not begin
to show all the prolgacy of the present
Administration.
In the House, on Friday, Mr.. Beck, of
Kentucky, in the debate on the army
appropriation bill, charged that the
Quartermaster's Bureau had expended
over $50, 900, 900, and the Ordnance Bu-
reau over s17.000,0OO, in excess of ap-
preparations made to them by Congress
since July l, 1865. Mr.. Beck brought
forward the facts and figures to prove
his charges; and the Secretary of War,
when called upon to account for these
expenditures, could only answer that
they had been used to pay "the
debts of various bureaus" What
debts how, when or upon what
authority paid-was not pretended to
be shown; but it was ascertained that,
instead Of the SGT, 1000, 600, as charged
by Mr.. Beck, there had been received
by the Quartermaster' y Department alone
from the sale of Government property
the enormous sum of S1O7, 959, ,416. 62
since July l, 1865, and that oil of it, in
addition to the lavish appropriations
made by Congress, had been expended
in the vague manner indicated, viz:
Paying tho debts of various bureaus,
with the exception of So, 900, 900 now on
hand.
It will thus be seen that this one sim
gle department has squandered, besides
its regular appropriations. upwards OF
S105, 600, ,000-more, as Mr.. Beck stated,
than the entire expenditures of the Go
vernment for twenty-one years, from
1871 to 1872. It would weigh, said lie,
in gold, 236 tons, and if loaded into
wagons with ton each, the teams could
not stand in double rows on Pennsylya-
nia avenue, between the Capitol and tho
White House.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

ANOTHER "USroRrUSArE" VESSEL. -
We believe this is the polite way of
spenking of these accidents. The bark
Bebington, which cleared from Bull
River for London, with LIB tons of
phosphates, on March 2G, was deposited
upon bank or bar in ST. Helena Sound
by her pilot, A. II. Aston, ono of the
recently appointed pilot commissioners,
who succeeded few weeks ago in find.
ing place in Port Royal harbor upon
which to leave tho unfortunate bark
Ebenczer. If these accidents continue
the number of barks visiting ports Tin
this neighborhood will probably de-
crease. Beaufort Republican.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

TRANSPORTATION OF GUANos BY THE
SOUTH CAROLINA RA1LRoAD.-The fol.
lowing is comparative statement of the
number of tons of fertilizers transported
by the South Carolina Railroad Compa-
ny, to all points, during the first quarter
of the past three years:
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

TuE MEDICAL AsSOCIATION.-We an
nounce with pleasure that the railroad
companies, through their officers, have
givon the privilege to delegates to the
State Medical Association, which will
assemble in Columbia on the 10th of this
month, to pass over their roads for one
fare to this important scientific meeting.
Through the County Medical Society of
Ricbland it has been also arranged that
thu several hotels Of this city have re-
duced their charges to oil physicians who
may attend the convention.
The importance of the meeting. and
the special consideration which has been
extended to members of tho association
by our railroads and hotels, should cause
all medical men throughout the State to
interest themselves in tho appointments
OF delegates, and County papers would
confer benefit to their respective COM
munities by calling attention to the fact
that whore no County societies are or
ganized physicians will appoint mem
bers.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Acts Of tho General Assembly.
Regular Meeting Y. NJ. G. A.
Irwin's Hall-Theatrical.
p. II. Joyner-Exchangc House.
House Wanted
Meeting Board OF Trade.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09
A Columbia despatch to the Charleston


a Columbia despatch to the Charleston
Ne,cs says:
Twelve moro citizens of Newberry
County have been arrested on charges Of
violating the Enforcement Act, and
thrown into the County Jail. Among the
number are County Treasurer Thomas
z. Slider, and Deputy Sheriff John j.
Houseal.
There is q systematic thief in Bright
on, England, who would be quite an ac-
quisition to our revenue department.
He sets down everything ho steals in a
book of accounts kept for the purpose,
and adds up the proceeds.
The following were elected town Of
ficers for Camden, Inst week: Intend
ant-Hon. J. NJ. Davis; Wardens Gen.
j. D. Kennedy, John Kershaw, A. Ii.
Dibble and William Deas.
"LITTLE RnoDY." Tho Democrats
everywhere should by no means forget
to crow over the election of Democrat
as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island.
1t is an event raro if not significant.
Thicrs was printers devil in 1926.
He is still bothering the editors.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

ScoTT's KU KLUx The organization
known as the United Brotherhood, got
ten up to secure Scott's election, and to
put more devilish ideas into the unso-
phisticated brains of Sambo, and white
simpletons, seems to be making some
progress here, as it hn. done elsewhere
under terrorism. In the house of q
County official in this city meetings are
held weekly, and every iducement offered
to bring the weak-kneed to tho scratch,
who are bowing with that subserviency
which results from fear. This organiza-
.tion was originated by Radical Judge
who thought that the ritual of the
Union League was not bracipg enough
that nnder its provisions any loyal man
could come into the ''anointod fold. "
The ritual of the Brotherhood compels
its members to vote for Scott, and such
mon who may be placed in nomination
for office. Its whole object is to throw
SCOT into tho darkey's eyes CT i'll onane
genuS, and thus put him in n worse
servitude than ever tho so much beratel
days Of slavery ever imposed. n viola
ton OF the oath in the ritual which the
poor deluded creature takes who joins
the order, is death. Charleston Courier.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

QUEER PREsENT.-Lydia Thompson
was presented with bale Of cotton, Mt
the Savannah theatre, Wednesday night,
during the last performance, by num-
ber OF leg struck citizens Of that place.
The presentation speech was made by o
young lawyer Of that city, T.. W.
Hucker, Esq, and Lydia responded in
appropriate terms, saying that while
tho gift was too large to be worn on her
watch.chain or necklace, it should
always be held in grateful remembrance
as the greatest testimonial she had over
received. The bale was wheeled on tho
stage, sampled first class, and was deco
rated with blue and scarlet ribbons and
flowers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09
COLUMBIA, S. G..
Tuesday Morning. April 8, 1879.
Read This.

Road This.
We have shown that South Carolina
pays the highest rate of taxation OF any
State in the Union. and more than twice
as much as the ''grain and dairy farm
States. Where are you, MIR. Union?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01
Ox.Teams VS.. Horses.


In this go.ahead age it is dismal sight
to see an able-bodied man toiling along
the road at the slow pace of a pair of
oxen, and we have probably had as much
to say as any one in favor of the substi-
tuition of the faster horse or mule team.
We are bound to confess, however,
that the picture has another side which
is worthy of careful consideration. Ok
teams are slow, it is true, but they are
effective, cheap and convenient. Horses
are necessity for regular rOad-work and
for many operations on the farm, but 1t
is almost Indispensable to have for Occa
sions considerably more team.force than
is needed regularly. If the extra work
of plowing, harvesting and hauling ma
nure is to be done by horses, we may
make up our minds to have them more
than half the year eating off their heads
in idlensss, and to be in constant danger
of loss from the thousand ills that horse
flesh is heir to. To state the case in a
nutshell, an idle horse is idle capital, in
vested in an extra hazardous risk, with
out insurance, and consuming itselfmon
after month.
Oxen, on the other hand, if properly
treated, are a tolerably safe storehouse of
working power When not at work,
they are laying on flesh which is worth
80 much per pound in ready market if
we choose to sell, or which may be taken
out again in the form of hard work when
ever we may call upon it. In case of ac-
cident we may realize the full amount of
our investment at the hands of the nearest
butcher. An idle OK is active capital,
the investment is safe and well insured,
and his fodder is pretty certain to get
paid for, either in flesh or in work
The difference in returns in the two
cases is very important one, and the ex-
ira cost of teamster in the use of the
slower animals Is probably well compen-
sated for by the saving in saddlery bills.
And after all the question ofspeed is of less
consequence than we often imagine il to
be. We have lately had an opportunity
to watch two teams in use in our neigh
borhood, one of horses and one of oxen,
both engaged in similar work (mainly on
the road), and we have come to the con-
clusion, against our preconceived notions,
that "slow and steady wins the race" The
oxen seems to do more work in a
week than the horses. There are
three pairs of young cattle, grow
ing thriftily, and so paying profit on
their keep when not oyerworked--cost-
Ing less TO buy and less 20 feed than the
single pair Of horses When they are
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01

needed for work, they are taken up and
fed enough grain to keep them hearty.
When their work Is finished, they are
turned out TO ''eat, sleep aud grow fat. 4"
When each pair have got their growth,
they are sold to the butcher, and part
of their price replaces them with younger
mes.
Starting our farming life with prelu.
dice against the use Of ox.teams, we have
been induced gradually to substitute them
for horses, until now we have only enough
Of the latter for our regular road-work,
and depend on oxen for all emergencies.
In work and in flesh we get q full equiva.
lent for all the food they consume, and we
save the heavy cost of keeping idle horses,
the risk of total loss Of value by acci.
dent or death, and the certainty Of de-
probation by reason Of old age.-American
AOTfctIIf1i7is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01
IrndeveInned Yinnr.

The feeble and debiated usually fancy they are In
more hopeless condition than they really are. The
resources Of nature not easily exhausted. Even
when strength and appetite fail, when the eyes are
heavy and lustreess the complexion pslld the nerves
tremuous, the body attenuated. and the mind de-
pressed there is generally reserve Of latent power
behind such pspsble evidences Of weakness Various
modes Of treatment are resorted TO by physicians in
the hope Of developing and rendering available this
store Of sleeping vitality. but the surest, and indeed
the only thoroughly safe and reliable means of awak
snng the dormant energies Of the system is course
of Hostetters Stomach Bltters Electricity, shower
baths the flesh brush, bathing, &C.. may be well
enough ia their way, auxiiaries, but they do not
reach the of the evil. All physical debility
proceeds either from arrangement of the functions
of the assmllating, secretiye and vital organs or
from sluggish constitution. In either case, and also
in cases where both exist the Bltters Will In
yarlably produce an immediate and salutary change
In the condition of the patient and eventually effect
o complete cure. None Of the dangerous alkalods
too often administered as tonics, can be otherwise
than deleterious under such circumstances, and tc
give mercury is positively criminal The direct effect
Of the great vegetable specific will be manifested in
an improved appetite, more cheerful frame Of mind
gradual return Of strength an increase of flesh, and
O healthier complexion. Meanwhile, however, the
constitution, If inert and feeble, will have beer
reused and renovated by the subtitle elements Of in
yigoration contained in the Bitters.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01
The Investment Of Savings.

A prominent New England banker
having sold to his customers considera-
BILE amount of Northern Pacific Railroad
bonds, decided to make an examination
Of the accessible parts Of the line of the
road, to see for himself the character and
progress of the work, the quality Of the
company's lands, the nature of the coun-
try traversed, and the prospects of the en-.
terpriss generally. He spent three months
of the present season in making the tour,
going first to the Pacific coast and visit
ing the route In Washington Territory,
along the Puget Sound Basin and Colum.
bia Valley, to the western slope of the
Rocky Mountains, then returning east
ward and spending considerable time In
Dakota and Minnesota.
After thorough examination he con.
cludes: /. That in not q singular par.
ticular, so far as he can Judge, do the
publications Of the Railroad Company
overstate the advantages of the route,
while in many regards those advantages
exceed any published statements 2. The
work Is advancing both from the East
and the West, at satisfactory rate; 8.
Intelligence, honesty and energy mark
the management of the enterprise in the
field; a. A large and lucrative traffic
awaits the completion of the various Sec
tons of the line; 8. The resources pos
sessed by the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, In its muniicent grant of fer
tile land with accompanying privileges,
are more than sufficient, when properly
developed, to cover the cost of building
and equipping the entire road, and pro-
vide depots, docks and other facilities;
0. The belt of country along the middle
of which the road runs, and whose trade,
| travel and business are naturally tribu-
tary to it, embraces the finest body of
unoccupied land on the continent; Z.
With efficient management (Which seems
to be amply guaranteed by the high
character and well-known experience
and ability of the Directory, the lands
and traffic of the company should render
its first mortgage bonds one of the safest
OF Investments, sure to rise much above
par in market value on the completion
of the road and the closing of the loan.
| Now that Government bonds can nc
longer be purchased except at such high
prices as to reduce the rate of interest to
about 5 per cent, Northern Pacific Rail
road bonds, with their real estate secur
ity, have become a favorite means OF
investment. As they are issued in de
nominations as small as one hundred dol
lars, persons of small means can pur
chase then as well as capitalists and a;
they are registered as well as. coupon
money invested in the former is perfectly
protected against fire, theft, or other loss
The semi-annual interest on the register
ed bonds is paid by gold checks sent regu
larly to the Post-office address of tn,
holder, to any part of the country. TIL,
rate of interest is seven and three tenth
per cent. gold, or about 81 in currency
The bonds can be ordered through almos
any bank or banker, or directly from tn
Financial Agents of the Northern Pacifi,
Railroad Company, Messrs. Jay Cooke {
Co., New York or Philadelphia.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01

THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CON-
PANY of the United States of America was
chartered by Congress in the summer of
Sfi feRsst thaR tina any yth 5fhsf ngg Ganggitai l
surance company in America, ii has been
the leading stock company in the country,
if not in the world. Its charges for in.
surance are only about three fourths those
OF mutual companies, while il has nearly
tlco dollars Of assets toreUery dollar Of liability
This fact is worthy of special considera-
ton, as there is as much difference
in the value of insurance policies as
there is in the value of railroad bonds.
Its management is in the hands of i. A.
ROLLINS, eX-COmmissioner of Internal
Revenue, as President; JAY COOKE, Chair
man of Finance and Executive Committee;
L. w. PEET, formerly of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, as
Actuary, and J. NJ. BUTLER as Secretary,
with Board of Directors of national
reputation. 1t wants an efficient and
reliable agent in every town in the coun-
try, where it has not one already en-
ployed, and its commissions for business
are both liberal and continuous. Core
spondence with reference to insurance or
employment may be addressed to the
branch Office in Philadelphia, where the
business of the Company is transacted.
The Company is worthy the largest pat
ronage, and an agent should be employed
in this vicinity if there is not already one
here
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01
Tur CuunpKN'a HouR-Edited by T.

THE CHILDREN's HoUR-Edited by i.
8. ARTHUR In the November number, the pub
fishers Of this "favorte OF the children from ave
to fteen," say that II will continue to be as beau
tful as pure and as full Of attractive reading, as
ever, and that no effort will be spared to keep itin
the advahced position Il has held from the begin
ming as zone Of the best magazines for children
In the world" The editor writes largely for the
Hour, and nothing goes into lite pages without ms
careful supervision. It win continue 10 be richly
illustrated. 4i.95 a years or, ~ with that ex'
quisite picture, 1.-THE Christian Graces " Sample
number, 10 cents. T. s. ARTHUR g Son, Phila'
delphia. Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-01

EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common
that it is almost impossible for an editor
to express his honest opinion of the merits
of any article without being suspected of
interested motives. This fact, however,
shall not deter us from saying what we
think OF. new addition to the Materia
Medica to which our attention has been
recently directed. We refer to DIR. J.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, remedy which is making its way
into more families just now than all the
other advertised medicines put together.
Its popularity, as far as we can judge, is
not based on empty pretension. There
seems TO be no question about the potency
of its tonic and Alternative properties,
while it possesses the great negative rec
OmmendatiOn of containing neither alco-
hol nor mineral poison. That it is a spe.
citic for Indigestion, Biliousness, Consti-
patton, and many complaints of nervous
origin, we have reason to know; and we
are assured on good authority that as q
general invigorant, regulating and purify.
ing medicine, it has no equal. 1t is stated
that its ingredients obtained from the
wilds of California; are new to the medi.
cal wOrldi and its extraordinary effects
certainly warrant the conclusion that it is
a compound of agents hitherto unknown.
If popularity is any criterion, there can
be no doubt of the efficiency OF the VINE
GAR BITTERs, for the sale of the article is
immense, and continually increasing.