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| Wo'ch was rejected Oy the remOrs
stricken father, until the work began
10 exercise strange kind OF la>cina-
ton over him, aud he painted aud
sketcbcd face after face, rs If under
the influence of a spell.
At last, ono evening, wearied, with
day Of fruitlcss oxerliOn. be was
sitting over th, FIRE, watching his
wife, who sat opposite, busy upon
some neddlework, wher an idea sud
deuly flashed up,D him.
"Tall, fair, with golden hair and
dark blue eyes Why, Helen, it is
the very picture Of yoursclf!' ho ex-
claimed, starting from his seat, taking
his wiio's fair face between his two
bands, aui gazing intentIy into her
eyes.
without loosing moment, he sat
down aud commenced to sketch IIel
Ell $ face, and when his strange pa.
iron called, the next m)rniog. Harry
was 80 bnsily eugasel in putting the
finishing touches upon his portrait
that hc did not hcar him enter tho
room, and worked on for SON, M.
ments, unconscious of his presence,
until, with the cry of "llelcn my
daughter ~ the old mlu pushed him
aside, and stood entrancel before the
portrait.
After gaz rg for somo minutes 10
silence, broken only by his own half
suppressed sobs of remorse, the old
man turned slowly around to Harry
aud ask ed him. in an eager voice,
where he had obtained the Original
of the picture.
1T is the portrait of my wife,
rcpliei h..
Your wife, sir Who was she ?
Where did you marry her 2" sal the
old man, cxcitcdly. Pardon me for
asking these questions" b, aided,
but | have heard lately that my
poor Helen left an orphan daughter
ald Tor the last six months have
been vainly trying to find tho child
of my lost daughter, SO that, by
kindness aud devo ion to my grand.
child, miga', in p,rt at least,
atone f1r my harshless toward her
m).her.'
Harry was convincing to tell hi m
th, story Of his meeting with Helen 10
Rome, and their subsequel, marriage,
when the door oponed, aud his wife
entered tho room.
Pcrceiving that her husband was
engaged, she WAS about to retreat,
when the OIL gentlemon stopped her,
aud after looking her full 10 the face
for few moments, exclaimed
"Pariol me, midam-can you tell
me yolr mothers maiden mamc 7"
Helen Trchcrue,' replied Helen,
wonlecingly.
Il knew il :. | knew it - exclaimed
the old mn, in an excited voice
Thank God, have found at last the
child Of my poor lDst diush'er.'
Ia few words Mr.. Trchcrne OK.
plained how he had cast oil his oaly
child, on account of her marriage with
II poor ollccr aad refused to opsl
her letters when she wrote, asking
for orsiveneSs.
But, thank Heaven said he,
when he had finished his sad story, II
can atone in some measure for my
h,rshuess towlri my Ilelea by t,king
..er Helen to my heart anl making
her my daus shter.'
1t is needless to add that, when
Sir Philip Mlrstou hearl that his son
had married the heiress Of onc of the
fiuest an d oldest estates in the coun-
try, be. al once wrote letter oil re
concilia'ion to Harry, and, after all =,
Helen eventually became mistress OF
Mars,On Hall, in who's, grand old pic
ture gallery, full of oil masters, no
printing is more valued or treasured
than "The Mysterious Portrait"
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WALKER HOUSE.
Mcclure City Pa.
II. d. WALTER Proprietor.

THIS new house. newly furnished and
is now open TO the travelling public. II is
located near the depot No effort will be
spared by the proprietor to make the stay
Of his guests pleasant and agreeable.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

"OAN SUoH THINGS BE2"-It is given
out that q committee Of the Florida Le-
gtslature hos made O report to the Go.
vernon OF the State embracing the start
ling statement that in jackson County
alone over 184 murders s-some Of the
victims women and children-are
charged against band of Ku Klux.
with similar outrages Of the khan in
other parts of the State. Martial law is
recommended, and, under the circum-
stances, i correctly repo.ted, the only
wonder is that the Recommendation
comes in only after 1874 men, women and
children. in single County, have been
murdered.
tNsto. York Herald. 17th instant.
This, flom the New York Herald, q
tumbling mass of filthy politics, which
diffuses it's foul odor to the strongest
gale regardless Of principle, need not
surprise any one. No such report has
been made to the Florida. Legislature as
the Herald speaks Of Neither has there
been any such number Of outrages com
mitted in Juokson County as this paper
tries to show. We saw similar state.
ment few weeks ago in the Jackson
villo (Florida) Union. and it was proven
by the Courier, published at Mariannu,
Jackson County, to be on unn,itigated
falsehood, constructed by the miserable
fertility of a depraved mind. If this
was the terrible state of affairs in Jack
son County. why did not the Ku KIux
Committee, the cruel humbug, while it
was making its Investigations in Florida,
report Mt Washington such state of af-
fairs? Several murders have been COM
mitted in that unfortunate County, it is
true. but are not such things common
occurrence in New York? We are dis
gusted at the foul lice thut are inserted
as facts in Northern newspapers against
the South. 1t looks as though it might
have some compunctions Of conscience
but it is not 80. We think that the
truthful number Of murders that have
been reported from that County are not
more than q dozen in the last three
years, aud the most hagrant and fiendsh
Of which were committed by negroes.
Savannah Republican.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

A QUEER SURGICAL OrEnAT1oS A
singular surgical operation was per-
formed, recently, by San francisco
physician. The patient had been shot.
The bullet entered the right side, little
above the hip. and in probing the wound
the surgeon discovered where the bullet
lay. He was compelled to enlarge the
oritice Of the wound in order to intro.
duce tho forceps. and had just got that
instrument OH the bullet, when the
wounded man, who was under the inIu.
ence OF liquor, struck him powerful
blow on the side Of the head, which
caused him to fall to the floor. He then
ran away. and when the doctor recovered
himself he found the forceps in one
corner OF the room. and near the instru-
ment was the bullet, which had been ex.
tracted by the force of tho blow. The
doctor says that, as surgical operation,
it was complete success, but still he is
not partial to the method
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

''AFTER That, THs DRLUGE. Tile
great winter trouble in the West has
been the snow and ice blockade. The
rivers have been closed to navigation,
the railroads have been blocked With
snow drifts. any sort OF overland trans.
portation has been next to impossible,
and thousands have perished from the
effects Of hunger and cold.
But spriDg is approaching. The
SHOWS and ice have begun to melt, and
now new disaster threatens the inhabi-
tants of the trans Mississippi The i'm
mense bodies Of water to be created by
the melting OF this unusual quantity Of
snow and ice. especially should we have
sudden spell of warm weather, it is
feared will do as much, if not more,
harm than the winter visitations. Rail-
roads. bridges and farms are likely to
suffer from the food. Nor will it be
confined to the trans Mississippi. The
entire country drained by the Father Of
Waters, from it's sources to it's mouth, is
likely to come in for its full share of dis
aster. There is much ground for appre-
hension, but we hope for the best.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

JUDGE BoND.-The Washington cor.
respondent Of the Baltimore Erenin1
Journal gives the following sketch Of
Judge Bond:
AS many papers in the country are
making grent hue and cry about the
Ku Klux in South Carolina, and the ad-
ministration of justice by Judge Bond,
it is but just to let them know who
Judge Huge Lummux" Bond is, and
some of his antecedents. He is we'll
known i'll this city, as are the means he
used to secure his present appointment,
and confirmation after appointment-the
latter being strongly opposed by Charles
Augustus, OF the plunderer's organ of
your oity, and who is now his chief eulo-
gizer. have been informed by reliable
persona, that when he was Judge of the
Criminal Court Of your city, he COM
PEELED the crier Of said court (who was
once in the dog business in Baltimore,
also On engine house keeper, but now q
post Office deteotive,) to divide his salary
(which WAS larger than that of tho
Judge) with him. He (the Judgel was
the delegate to tho Methodist Episcopal
Church Conference at Winchester, Vir-
ginia, just before the war, who seeded
from the Conference because of his
strong pro-slavery views, which were an
tagonistic to the majority of the Confer
ence.
He it was, while Judge of the Crimi-
nal Court of yonr city, and rs such a
conservator Of the peace, begged an
officer of the United States army to re-
lease from his custody Major Harry Gill
NOR, IA prisoner of war; in Baltimore,
and send his guard home, SO that the
Union men could hang him (Major) Gill
NOR to lamp-post; and he it was who
caused the arrest of many Southern
sympathizers in yonr oity during the
late war, by means of bis influence with
the commanding generals and their pro-
vost marshals. While this prating Judge
Processes Christianity, ne never was
known to improve any opportunity for
sowing the good seed, or of teaching,
either by precept or example, the les
sons which We are taught to believe as
coming direct from the fountain head,
aud certainly his actions do not appear
to be influenced by the constant kindli-
ness and gentle bearing of those who
understand Christianity to signify not
only faith, purity and devotion, but
also, That peace and good will among
men are its fundamental principles and
essential clements. No, none OF thesel
Duplicity is his forte, and has frequently
and faithfully served him.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE.
We shall not attempt to define the exact
influence OF newspapers; but, most as
suredly, it is most extensive. A book
lives longer than newspaper, but a
newspaper is constantly at work. The
book ciroulates by thousands, and the
newspaper by tens of thousands. The
book is read by the few, the newspaper
by the million. AS a Photographic i'm.
preston of the lights and shadows of
passing life, everybody takes an interest
in newspaper. It is record of the
duly history OF our own time; it is, in
fact, In our age. the history OF tele-
graphic communication, and that is the
history Of the world for each day. It's
columns contain transcript of the
deaths, the marriages., the accidents, the
complaints. the excitements, the fears,
the enthusiasm, the reloicings, the sor-
rows and the wants of living men. How,
then, can it fail to be generally interest
ing?
But the newspaper does more than
thls-it forms opinions, sometimes lead
ing. sometimes following. It cannot 60
too far ahead. neither can 1t lag too far
behind. 1t acts and is acted upon.
Perhaps it is oftener an echo of what the
majority of newspaper readers think,
feel and desire, than anything else.
This, indeed, is necessity of news
papers existence. But it often leads
opinion, too, by reiteration. by line, and
by precept upon precept As the water
drop wears hollows in the hardest stone,
30 does the newspaper mould and shape
the local and political opinions of the
community. and bring about important
and extensive changes. 1t does not fol-
low that these opinions are always valu-
able or excellent The newspapers may
form false views as we'll as true, may de-
fend injustice, strengthen prejudice, and
propagate error. The only corrective
for all this is freedom. Said Milton, in
his plea for unlicensed printing: LET
truth and falsehood grapple. Who ever
saw truth put to the worse in free and
open enconnter?"-Ne,o York Ne,rs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

MAZE HOME MISUNDERSTANDING adds
more to the handsome appearance Of n house
outside, and to its checrfulncss inside, than
good clear window glass, and bright-colored
tops OF the doors. Tho first let's in all the
bright warm light of tho sun, while the latter
admits the light at the same timo that it
shuts Oft the view Of prying eyes. The best
French and American glass, both plain and
balnsters, newels, mantels, &n., are to be had
of Mr.. +. +. ToALE, No. 20 Hayr.e street,
Charleston, s. G.. F2Ot
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

Captain Robbins, head of the night
police Of Springfield, Illinois. was ar.
rested, Saturday evening, and commit
ted to Jail, on tho charge Of killing Co.
burn Bancroft, in May, 1870. Bancroft
resisted arrest, and Robbins killed him.
The City Council have authorized
the employment Of counsel to defend
Robbins
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

THE History OF A NATIONAL REMEDY.-Here
is the history OF the most celebrated tonic Of
the age in nutshell. In 1860, it was an
nounccd that certain combination OF vsge-
table ingredients, with pure diffusi7o stimu-
liant, was working wonders in tho cure Of
chronic dyspepsia. nervous debility, liver
complaint, periodical fevers, rheumatism and
constitutional weakness. The unpretendin
name given to the specific was PLANTATION
BITTERs. The statement attracted the atten-
ton Of invalids everywhere. The new remedy
received fair trial, and the results more
than confirmed all that had been said in it's
praise. Thonceforward it was a grand SUCCESS.
The business columns Of the press ep1 cad the
glorious news. far and wide, and the mar
physGs pros
mon consent, sought relief from the new
vegetable restorative: They found .ehat they
increase in tho demand Tor Plantation Bitters
has been one OF the most striking events in
this age.
nJ For Coughs. Bronchitis and Consump-
ton, in it's early stages, nothing equals DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
Feb 90 IS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

DEATH OF MAJOR VIM. II. WurrNEn.
1t is with sinoere regret that we an
nounce the death of Major VIM. Henry
Whitner, a native of our town, and
fourth son OF the late Judge Whitner.
We have not heard the particulars of lis
death, which occurred at his residence
in Madison, Fla, on last Friday oven
ing, as we learn from the telegraphio de-
spatch to his family.
Anderson LteNigencer.
Horse thieves are hung in Kansas, but
murderers got two years in the pcniten-
tiary.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

There is no rose without its thorn, us
King Christian Of Sweden has lately
discovered to his great annoyance and
probable cost. The King is something
of poet, and having in one moment of
weakness allowed some very we'll written
verses to appear in Stockholm paper,
oil sorts Of literary efforts have since
been ascribed to him. Among others, u
series of articles, signed c., lately ap-
pearing in the same journal, which con-
tained some very severe structures upon
Prussia, alleging that PRUSSIA is to be
feared by all who do not desire to bo
converted into slaves, either as direct or
indirect subjects of the King of Prus-
sia." In consequence of this, very ill
feeling was created in Berlin, sufficiently
demonstrative to neoessitate an Official
explanation in which the authorship, MS
well as the sentiments, wero denied.
Truly the path OF State is stormy one
whenever indulgence in harmless &C.
complishment becomes 40 fruitful of
trouble. Kings, it would seem, should
let their pens rust, but keep their swords
bright.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

The Ku KLUx REPORTS. The Brook.
lyn IN. Y. Eagle, commenting on the
financial showings made by the Congress
sionai hu Klux reports as to the ''recon-
structed governments Of the Southern
States, says:
"They exhibit q degree and condition
OF public robbery that make one wonder
the Ku Klux Klan is not of the proper
tions wrongly contended for by the ma
Jority. No other people in the world
would submit to such state of things
without revolution. We're the States not
She part OF Union which can an6 will re-
dress tue wrongs they are almost power
less to remedy, revolution would be inevi-
table. The extract We have given weakly
epitomizes condition of affairs North
ern readers now pretty we'll understand.
That condition receives daily confirma-
ton in the haste with which the South
ern Governors are being sent 'to the
penitentiary or United States Senate
The North has been called phIegmatic.
But half the wrong endured here that is
endured South would plant gallows at
every GROSS road"
On the subject OF the minority report,
even the Republican New York Tribune
says:
although there may be some differ
ence of opinion as to the verdict which
should come from the Congress commit.
tee on Ku Klux, there can bs none as to
the extravaganza and rapacity of the
cnrpet-bng governments. The compre-
heunive report Of the Hon. job E. Ste
veCson is proof conclusive on the points
heretofore urged against these locust
like officials. Misrule and corruption
have combined with ruffianism and bru-
tai mob law to make the South uninha-
bitnble. Day after day and week after
week. the orumbling fabrics of these
fraudulent political structures have at
tested the truth of all that the Tribune
long ago said of the carpet -baggers. If
the end OF the Ku kluX shall come with
that OF the thieves. it will be we'll for
the whole county,"
1t will be seen that the House of Rep
resentatives. on Monday. refused to
print the minority report unless all unpar-
lismontary expressions were stricken
out. The facts of the report are strong
enough, it is true, of themselves, and
the Investigation. if undertaken by the
mujority, with view OF making politi-
cal capital, will not avail party Interests
much, or be sufficient excuse for the
peculiar legislation of Congress which
has been enforced in the South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

Mr.. EDITOR: find that, through in
advertcnce. I made mis-quotation in
the article published in Yesterdays
PHOENIX. Allow me to correct it. I
should have quoted thus: "When ar
rived in Columbia. in 1922" instead of
"when first came to Columbia to prao-
tice." Also, to say that I was misin-
formed i'll regard to it's being clerical
error, which gave the authorship of the
first extract to DR.. Green, in place of DR..
Wells. fell into this error the more
readily, as X claimed for the author IN
experience of thirty years as practi-
toner of medicine. When I, as we'll as
all OF DR.. Green's numerous friends.
know that he does not claim ever to have
practiced.
G.. S. IRRELEVANT, NJ. D.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

An old lady in Connecticut, having for
l06 years struggled under the burden Of
such name ns Experience Plank, has at
last gone by the board.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

SUDDEN DEATn.-Mr. Wilson G. Cos.
sett, we are informed, died suddenly ut
his residence, near Batesville, in this
County, one day last week.
lSparA1nbury We,O Era.
Queen Victoria has pardoned the two
convicted murdorors, Rev. Mr.. Watson
and Miss Edmunds.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

The first sevore blow at monarchy in
Europe comes from little Portugal,
where the Cabinet has just ann ounced q
project OF reform which sweeps away
many OF the bulwarks which hedge in
majesty. It includes abolition of the
hereditary peorage; the removal of all
restrictions on the press; the abolition
of punishment by death; the right of
holding meetings subject only to police
regulations, and the extension of the
suffrage, already very low, to heads Of
q family who can write. If these mea-
sures aro carried out, and it is supposed
they will be, Portugal will differ only in
name. and erhaps some minor partiou-
lars. from genuine republic.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

DEATH OF ESQUIRE GOODWIN. 1t is
again our sad duty to chronicle the
death OF one OF our aged and respected
citizens. On Wednesday. 14th instant,
Mr.. Samuel Goodwin, better known to
our citizens Us Esquire Goodwin, died Mt
the residence of his son, Mr.. Z. w.
Goodwin, in this County, in the eighty
seventh year OF his age. Esquire Good
win was born in Kershaw County, in this
State, and came to this County during
his early manhood, at which precise Pc
riod is unknown to us, but at some timo
prior to the year 1912. He married here
and reared large family. that now num-
bers among its members some of the
most prominent and respected citizens
cf our County .-MarlJoro Times
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

Alexis will be grieved to hear pain
ful 1umor, which comes oil the way from
the plains, to the effect that his old
friend Spotted Tail, and his band. Pc
rished in furious hail storm on their
return trip from the grand buffalo hunt.
This melancholy calamity occurred about
200 miles this side Of the Black Hills, in
an open. desolate country, through
which old Spot and his band were then
returning. The rain froze as fast rs it
fell, and the whole country was covered
with coat OF ice four to six inches in
thickness. No living being unsheltered
could have survived the storm. And so
this is the last Of the grand old chief
and hia noble braves, White Cat, Punch
is-Head. Pot-with-a-Hole-in.It, Jump
ing-Tooth-Ache. Man-Afraid-o of Horse
Radish, Walk-of. on Your Ear, md all
the rest OF the poetioal but unpleasantly
dirty gentlemen who accompanied the
royal party. With deep sympathy for
Lo, there is yet somo consolation in the
reflection that they did not die until
aftor they were first washed.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

erson House-W II Attorbrun, SEQ S Ca.
nury. High Point; J Il Schremtr, Charleston:
NJ ECram, Va; + s Lewio, lexington; MIR
and Mrs Peters. Mrs Dixon, N y; w Kau-
do!ph, Ia; l. " Perrin, Ninety.Six.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

LIST OF NRw ADVERTISEMENTS.
r. @. Shiver & Co.-Kid Gloves.
Convocation Columbia Chapter.
Washer and Ironer Wanted.
William Glaze-Watches, Guns, &c.
Rooms to Rent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-24

A New York dame wore SIS, 900 dress
to charity ball.