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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-04


States Court, in Charleston, on Thurs
day, the following cases were disposed Of:
William Owens, of Spartanburg, was
arraigned on the charge of conspiracy
and murder, and having plead guilty to
the charge of conspiracy, the murder
counts in the Indictment were withdrawn.
The following persons who plead gull.
ty, or have been convicted Of conspiracy,
we're brought up and sentenced as fol-
lows:
VIM. B. Barnes, $50 fine and one year
imprisonment.
John G. Robinson, 500 fuc and two
years imprisonment.
Wm. Lowry, $40 fine and two years
imprisonment.
Robert T. higgins, 500 fine and three
years imprisonment
Benjamin Strickland, $40 fine and one
year imprisonment.
Calvin Moore, judgment suspended at
instance of District Attorney.
J. s. Kimball, one month imprison-
ment
Lewis Jolly, three months imprison-
ment.
Elias Burnett, eighteen months i'm
prisonment.
John Chapman, six months imprison-
ment.
Jas. Kimball. Jr., one month impri-
sonment.
w. N. Fulton. eighteen months i'm
prisonment.
A. J. Martin, one year imprisonment.
G. Hambright, $500 fne and two
years imprisonment.
David Rsmseur, 500 fine and eight
years imprisonment.
McDinal Thompson, one year impri
sonment.
VIM. Ovens, ordered to be release.
Geo. s. Wright, two years imprison-
ment and 800 fne.
The United States ps. John T. Craig,
et al, prisoners from Laurens. On mo-
ton OF Messrs. Porter g. Connor, it was
ordered that the defendants be admitted
to bail in sums ranging from $4,000 to
$40. 900, in the discretion Of the District
Judge, where the indictment charges
murder, and in sums ranging from 81 900
to S3. 600 where the indictment does not
include the charge of murder. The
bond to provide for the appearance OF
the defendants at special term of the
court to be held in Columbia on the first
Monday in August, where the defend
ants are in Jail at any County other than
Charleston, the discretion may be e1er-
cised, and bail taken by the United States
Commissioner.
On motion of Messrs. Duncan & Car
Isle, the following named prisoners were
ordered to be sent to Spartanburg to
serve ont their term of imprisonment,
viz: James s. Kimball, J. E. Kimball,
Louis Jolly, John Chapman, Med.
Thompson.
The bail in the case of tic United
States rs. r. E. Brinton, A. w. Thomp-
son and II. l.. Goss. indicted for conspi-
racy. was declared forfeited. and execa.
ton was ordered to be issued.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-04

THE RECENT TORNADO Tho recent
blow appears to have done most damage
on its first entrance into our County up
about Bull Swamp. a country friend
says that on o. B. Riley's place, it blew
down many houses, and carried off the
top Of the gin house. At James Otis,
it blow down every house on the place.
At Ephraim Graves, every house, except
the corn house. At John Murphys,
left only the dwelling and saw-mill, lift
ing the grist mill from its foundations.
The mill was torn to pieces. and mill
stones, measuring four feet by eighteen
inches thick, carried off about thirty
feet. All the roads over which it passed
are blockaded by the uprooted trees.
Its width was about 200 yards. All
these places had dwellings, and ont
buildings, the usual plantation building
and negro quarters. It took an old lady,
who had hidden between the bed and
mattress. out of the house. bed and all,
and rocked her to sleep" in the yard.
Orangeburg Times.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-04

LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting Knights of Pythias.
Lost Trunk.
D. G. Peixotto & Son-Auction.
Geo. Symmers-Butter, &c.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-04

DUTcHER's LIGHTNING FLY-K1LLER
sweeps them off and clears the house
speedily. Try it. Sold by dealers every
where. A 80 tT2m
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
Auditor Grahnm's RepOrt-.-Its Effect Up
on Foreign Capital.

We inadvertently omitted thanking
the Hon. James Graham, Auditor OF
Public Accounts, for n printed copy OF
hiSssAnnuAE Report, with which he
Ii Sly furnished this office. No person
| cxn fairly accuse Mr.. Graham of dis
i1iopestB and, even his political oppo-
tkaehts accsn to- MIN entire freedom
from partisanship. His exhibit Of the
loose way in Which the money of tax
payers is ssquandered, derives force from
the fact that he is Il part of the War
moth State Government. 3d.
'Th4cHect of this exhibit is most fore
iblSS demonstrated by the eagerness
with which our foreign merchants con-
verted their assets into European ex-
change, and sremitted such assets to
London. So eager were these foreign
holders to remove their. wealth nom
this city That prices Of exchange apprc-
etfated immediately on the publication
Sanda dissemination of Mr.. Graham's
report; and a market, heretofore inac
tive, became buoyant.
Mr.. Graham's allusion to the eXtrav
ag:,nt and unrecorded issues of bonds
and the raising Of Warrants, isquite per-
tinent in View rof the fact that atfidavits
ohaNe.t been npAde Asaiiast Mr.: Carr and
his associate, Mr.. DeWces,. for fraudu-
lentlY changing warrants originally
issued for two thousand dollars to five
thousand dollars, and the prospect Of
tifeesrand Jury finding true bills against
them Ter felonious acts. The Auditors
statement that the public printing, prior
to Mr.. Warmoth's elevation to the
Executive chair cost tho State only
$37 900, "a sum much less than War
moth as part proprietor of his organ,
the New Orleans Republican,, now re-
ceivcs as his share of the annual profits
of that sheet-should in itself arouse
the community. But when we consider
the contingent expenses Of the militia
$50 ,OOO-which Gov. .Warmoth disburses,
it is no wonder that II maddcned COM
munity unhesitatingly proclnims this
public thief to be II pubic enemy, who
should be removed from the community
We have not space to do full justice
to the able and truthful report of Mr..
Graham, but we shall carefully anaiyzc
it, and show up the financial condition
of the State on some future occasion.
Meantime, public action is public sal
vation.--N. o. National Repnblictm.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
A Bogus Dodge.

So the Warmothitcs have discovered
that they had no quorum in the House
and the Senate when they repealed the
registration, election, constabulary and
printing bills, and consequently these
measures arc still laws. How is this
for a move" The Democratic Senators
who accomplished the good work have
been tsgaiTcd' in real earnest (shaff we
surIIisc knOwningly), and Warmoth
has all the game his own way. This
accomplished scOundrcl never meant
Il 1.-THE of reform even, and those who
have been led or dupcd by him should
be held to Il strict q accountability by
their constituencies. When Warmoth
willingly gives up his hold upon the
freedom Of our citizens, or ceases to
throttle them in the exercise OF their
political rights, then indeed may we
belicvc that the days Of miracles have
not, ceased. He is false from head to
to foot, Il pcrjurcd Iiar. TO the fullest cX-
tent, and those who,wOuld even hint at
trusting in him should be esteemed both
rogue and fooi.--,Snfh- Western.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
Burial Of tho Dead.

1t has always seemed singular to us
that we should hand over our dead in
to the hands of strangers. We nurse
and watch over them with the vigi-
lance and devotion of love until the
breath is gone and the eye is set in
death, and then we give them into the
care Of others, almost hire strangers to
weep for us over our dead. Now this
is not right. Could anything be more
in place, look more beautiful, than that
children should bear dear father or a
beloved mother to the grave? When
we could not walk, and our feet STUN
bled, and our knees were weak, they
lifted us up and bore us tenderly in
their strong arms and on their beating
bosoms, and nestled up our tired feet
and hands, they sang us to sleep and
laid us to rest in the old cradle.
And now that they can walk no
more, aud their feet are sore, ard they
have fallen by the way, with their
quiet, tired faces turned up to us in the
solemn patience of paternal love, why
should we not take them up in our
strong arms and bear them patiently
and lovingly down to the graves side,
nestle them away to rest in it's bed un-
der the old oak tree, even though our
hearts are too full for song. And why
should a father not preach his chid's
funeral sermon, if he be a preacher :
One such instance we have. When
Dudley ~. Tynge was carried to his
grave, his venerable father stood uD in
his sons pulpit, so suddenly made va
cant by an awful death, and preached
a funeral sermon. And it was great
tribute he brought his child. The words
were father's-dcep, true, fearful,
holy. He had the right to speak.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
The Arctic Expeditions.

There are now three or four cxpcdi-
tions in the Arctic Regions cndcavor-
ing to reach the North Pole, First, tho
German expedition, which follows tho
plan for reaching thc~Polar sea devised
by Dr.. Petcrnlan, which is t. go up on
the cast side of Spitzbcrgcn. Second,
Captain Iall's expedition, which goes
up Bafiin's bay to Joncs's sound. Third,
the expedition which started from San
Francisco last summer, intending to
penetrate the Arctic sea by way of Bch-
rings strait. Fourth, Swedish expo
dition, which proposes to winter in the
North part offSpitzbergcn, and try to
reach the North Pole next summer.
The Swedish explorers follow the di-
rectiOns Of the Professor NordcnSjoid,
who prcscribcs the route along the cast
side of Spitzbcrgcn.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
Can 1t BE Done l.

We have been asked how II railroad
could be built to Camden We an
swer by worll-by energy and deter
mination. The line would bcnabout
eighty miles. Little Rock Sand the
counties Of Pulaski, Grant, Dallas and
Ouachita could and would give their
bonds to the extent of ut least $SOO,OOO
to the enterprise. The land subscrip-
tions by private individuals would not
be less than 1 100000 Fhis is enough
to build and equip two or. three such
roads. If some party would take the
matter in hand, as Major Anthony has
done in the contemplated road to Hot
Springs, the result would be surprising
to those who interchangeable little on tho
subject. Here is a chance for some one
to make a name for himself, and for
tune, too, as for. that, if he succeed. We
want a railroad TO Camden. We na,,st
have it. Who will lead the way ?
Little Rock Guzctte.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
General Il. $. Ewcli.

| Lieutenant General Richard Stodder
Ewell, recently DECEASED, was a nativ.
of the District of Columbia, and in. hi.
52d year. He was the son OF DR.
Thomas Ewell, and grandson of Ben
jamin Stoddcrt, Secretary Of the Navy
under Adams and Jefferson. THE fol
lowing, abridged from an eNcl,ang3 i
the record of his military services: Ak
Graduated at West Point, 1910, IN
in u class of ~, with Gems. Sherman.
Thomas, Bushrod Johnson, Thomas
Jordan, McCown and Governor sP. O..
Herbert. Engaged ut Vera Cruz, Gerro
Cordo, Contrcras, Cherubusco, Molino
del Ray and Chapultepec. Brevctted
captain for conduct at Contreras and
Cherubusco. From 1917 to 1860 en-
gagged on the Western frontier without
flrlough. August, 1S49, Captain l It'll
with the Apaches i,l 1856. May =,
1861, resigned,
From 1917 to 1860 lie was on duty on
the western frontier without a fur
lough. lie was appointed = Brigadicr
General in the Confederate States Army
in June, 1861, Major General in Feb-
ruary, 1862, a T.ieutenaht General in
May 1868, to succ9sd Stonewall~Jack-
son, and took his conmand on the 1st
of June. On the 15tfssand. 10th of that
month he captured Winchester, Nir-
ginia, with 1000 prisoners and 26 gunss
At Gettysburg on the 1st of July he
captured 5000 prisoners and guns.
In the battle of the Wilderness lie cap
tured near 5000 prisoneEs. On the
18th of May he repulsed Il desperate at
tack Of the enemy, and after a fight of
fourteen hours, drove him from nearly
all the ground he had gained in the
morning. In July, 1864, he was placed
in command of Richmond. On the
29th of September, with about ono hum
dred men, he checked his cnemy'S adj
vance, and saved Richmond. On the
retreat from Richmond and Peters,
burg, he was in command of the rear
guard Of General Lees army. On the
9Th of April he was attacked @by the
calvary of the United States army un-
der General Sheridan at Carter's Creek
about six miles from F'armvillc. About
four O'Clock in the afternoon of this
day, the Sixth army corps of Gen.
Grant came up, and General Lliwcll and
his command with. Gen. Custis Lee
were captured. This was the last bat
tie fought by the army of Northern
Virginia. General Ewcll was sent to
Fort. Warren and remained there un-
til the conclusion of the war. During
the war he had three horses killed un-
der him. He. was throc times wound
cd. In the first days engagement in
the second battle OF. Manassas lie lost
q leg. .
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

The National Republicans exposure
of the We'll swindlc, duplicating II. G..
WarmOth, J. G. Gaines and Senators
T. {. Anderson and John Lynch in
defrauding the State of SIi1 ,S6i 81, on
Il claim for furnishing rebel troops, at
Red River, with arms and medical
supplies, engaged the eye of Judge
Abel yesterday. Foreman Booth, OF
the Grand Jury, subsequently anmounc-
ed to the Court that II committee had
been appointed to investigate the
charges. That's the right talk. Why
is thcWarmoth Republican dumb about
the matter? IT prctcndS to be as SOlci-
tOus as we ar" for Reform. .Nnfjr,,r,
R'DtIJii"uu.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

One more story about Fisk :, ,"Tho
deceased Colonel Fisk's love Of fun he
retained to tho last. Lying wounded
to death on Saturday evening ut the
GrapdL Central Hotel, Jay Gould, hmv-
ing just heard the news, came hurried
ty and sympathcticafIy to his bedside,
saying: Glow is it with you, my.1car
boy" Fisk replied, with n smile
sWcif, l rather guess, Gould, that r
myself am going this time where tho
woodbnc twincth. think, old fellow,
you'li have to run Eric aionc hereafter.
don't care, ,though, if | do slip Off; It
won't be the ihst time Ivc been whore
the Now York courts had no .jnrisdic
ton !" .-.--.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

OFFS tho sensational performances of
'taiss iTcsen t"r1ay. that of tho Prussinn
-Hersules, Ilerr Holtum, at the Hol-
born naAInpithcatre, is described ns tho
,iilest strik ing. S5Ihcrc haSe been many
performers of the gun trick, but tho
cannon of1Ferr'S FIohutn is not trick,
but Il reality. \ siege gun, drawn into
thc'arcna by tw0 horses,pis loaded by
an artillcryman, ana IN sight OF tho
audience cannon ball of twenty
pounds weight is inserted. .Thcn Herr
Haltum walks to the opposite side, and,
standing face to the muZzlc, gives tho
command, "Firc!" and sure enough.
after n flash and n boom, which shakes
the building, the cannon ball is caught
by the Prussinn Hercules. On one oc-
casion-cithcr through some slight or
ror in the management of tho gun, or
owing to the charge, of powder being
too great-thc cannon ball passed over
Herr IIoltum's head, instead of into
his hands; and, as If to provo that
"thcrc was really no deception" car
ricd away II portion of one of the pill
aStGrS.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

"Aunt Laura" of Hammonton, n
j., says: a cheap and pretty home
decoration for the top of looking glasses
and pictures may be made by inserting
the stems of Old, mossy branches the
roughcr and mos5icr the bcttcr-in
small leather pouches nailed to the
sides Of window-f frames, or to a wall,
from three to five feet apart, according
to the size Of the branches. Incline
them toward each other, forming an
arch. Place birdS-ncStS in the forks OF
the branches, butterflies and bright
colorcd insects on the ends Of the twi@s
with pins, and hanging moss, grasses
and red berries wherever fancy dictates
! Small patches Of fence moss may bt
gummcd on dead branches of apple
trees, If natural ones cannot be had
and also on the leather pouches hold
' ing the stems.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

There is city in Morea, Mama by
name, the inhabitants of which arc
models of devotion to their homes.
Maina is {; neat, picturesque town a
town of towers and of trees. Each of
its more important habitations con-
sists of 4 tall, dark donjon, overlook
ing an enclosure full of small buildings
and planted with gardens and or
cfartlS.- The towers have no doorWays
towards the streets, and access to
them on that side can be had only by
a ladder lowered from q large cmbra-
sure about half way up the building.
There are no lOafers or lOunGers abo ut
the streets Of Mama. Mama has no cafes
and no billiard-rooms. Each head of a
Mainiotc family, when he has set in
order the affairs of his little domestic
enclosure for the day, goes up into his
tower, takes his best rifle in hand at a
! loopholc, lights his pipe, and patiently
waits for q chance to "pOt' some stray
Mainiotc with whom or with whose
! family he or his may have had adiffcr-
cncc. An English traveller who spent
some time in Mama, fortunately with
out being mistaken for a native, de-
clarcS that he had the pleasure OF
knowing sundry Mainiotes OF the first
families who We're over sixty years
old, and who had attained that ven.
cradle age by carefully keeping within
doors throughout their whole lives.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

a ncar-Sightcd gentleman met IN ac-
4uaintancc on Liberty street, one after
noon, whom nc saiutcd by name.
"That amt my nanc"' protested the
other. "That nin't your name" re.
Pcated the 5alutcr, with some aspcrity.
" Certainly not,' said the stranger.
WHAT'S the reason it ain't ?' demanded
thcncar-sightcd gentleman, with Il vcrv
severe look. But not having prepared
himself for such aqucstion, the abashcd
stranger shrnnk away, but finally an
swcrcd, "l'm ID if l know; but I
can prove it, Exchange.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
The Social Equality Case.

The Supreme Court has affirmed the
Judgment Of the Eight District Court
imposing penalty of $1,000 upon Mr.
Walker, proprietor of the Bank Saloon,
for refusing Mr.. Sauvinet, the Civil
Sheriff, the privilege Of drinking in his
house, because Mr.. S. was n colored
man. Justices Wyley and Howe dis
sented for the reason that they consid-
cred the damages excessive. Annexed
is the opinion Of the majority of the
court:
This is an action brought under the
fourth section Of the act Of the Legisla-
ture approved February 24, 1869, enti-
tied can act to provide for carrying
into effect the.one hundred and thirty
second article Of the Constitution of the
State"
The plaintiff alleges that on January
20, 1871, in company with two Of his
friends, he called at the coffeehouse of
the defendant, and asked of the person
in attendance to be furnished with re-
freshments, kept and sold there by
defendant, duly licensed coffeehouse-
keeper that he offered to pay the usual
and customary price of such refresh
ments and conducted himself in an
orderly and respectful manner. That
Notwithstanding, the accommodations
asked for were refused and he was Or
dered to leave the house. That this
refusal and ill treatment arose from no
other cause or reason than that the Pc
titioner is man of color, and on that
account not to be furnished with the
accommodations extended in that es-
tablishment to others. The plaintiff
AYERS that from the indignity thus
Wantonly offered to him, his feelings
the illegal and unwarrantable act of
the defendant the plaintiff prays dam
ages in tho sum of $4,000. 3.
The answer is general denial.
The case was tried before jury, but
there was aedisagreement and no YER
dict rendered.. The court thereupon
under the PROVISIONS of act % of the
statutes of 1871, rendered a Judgment
for $1,000 in favor of the plaintiff, and
the defendant appealed. :
There are numerous bills Of excep-
stions found in the record, buttheir ex-
animation is not important-in deter
mining this case. Some of them relate
to the formation of, and the Judges
charge to the jury the other two relate
to the admission of testimony, and are
not important. There was no evidence
introduced on the part Of ofthe.defentlant.
All the material allegations OF the
plaintiff, we, consider, are fullyaestab-
lished... The. plaintiff is shown to be a
man Of character and respectabiIity :;
that he has frequently held public Off
ce, and that he is now, and was at the
time he was refused refreshments in
defendants coffeehouse saloon, Civil
Sheriff of the parish of Orleans.
1t is clear that the refusal of the ac-
commoaations asked for was made
solely on the ground that the plaintiff
is a man Of color. The defendant has
therefore incurred the penalty of the
act Of 1868. Act of 1869, p. 81, we think
the .judgmen It's therefore correct.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

Illinois is now the banner railroad
state, presenting the largest humber of
miles Of completed road in the Union.
Last year she made So2 miles Of road,
raising her aggregate to 5,725. Penn
sylVania stands next, with 1920 miles,
1hf Oh which were constructed in 1871.
New York ranks third, with t,27G
miles OF road, 31S of which were built
last year. ohio has3,7I2 miles, of which
| IN were built last year.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

An old bachelor who sent Il lock of
his hair and his name (ts Miss Bcttic
I'roWn) to Il Boston clairvOyant, re-
c"ivcd the following " You will marry
~ r:Ijlroai conductor in less than q year,
hav" five children, and die OF the sixth. -
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
olIS M'ESERY. S.. d. M'ENERY.
j. o. .. ID. McEIiery,

4 TTORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
n practice in the Parish and District
Courts of Ouachita, Morehouse, Franklin,
.tichiand, Caldwell and Catahouia Parishes,
in tho Supreme Court at Monroe, and Uni
ted States Courts. Particular attention paid
to business in tho Land Office Department
Of tho General Government. n17tf
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

Josh Billings says: Most men con-
ccdc that it looks foolish to see Il boy
dragging Il heavy sled up hill for the
hcctin' pleasure of riding down again.
But it appears to me that boy is Il sage
by the side of that young man who
works hard all tho week and drinks
up hi- waves on Saturday night
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

Total. ......Sl ,14O,SSl II
"Thc amounts above given are so
largcly,in excess of those annually eX-
pended for the like purposes in prcvi-
Gus years as to call for q revision of
these laws, with the view OF reducing
the expenses they curtail. In former
years, the annual amount paid TO the
State Printer averaged $37 ,OOO."
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

Private dispatches from Mr.. Allen to
officers of Cairo and Fulton railroad in
this city, state that a contract has been
let for the completion Of the entire line
Of the Cairo and Fulton railroad from
Little Rock to the Missouri border by
the 1St Of October next. At tho border
Il connection will be made with the Ar
kansas cXtcntion Of the Iron Mountain
road, thus completing the through
route to st. Louis. All along the line,
from here to the border, active opera
tions will be commenced at once. Il,
II? fiu=rNC.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
S. c. MCCORMICK, PRISCIrAL,
I. l.. II y A..

4. LEVY. l. Il. HAAS
ENY & HAAS
IL Eormc,|y Of t"l"mbid, L".,l
COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERtIIANTS,
No. IL Pcrtlido Street, New Orleans.
ONl6--S-lN
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
a. Il. Slack.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and Commits
n siOner for Texas. Office Wood Street
Monroe, La. Prompt attention given to col
lcctions i'll North Louisiana. Aug. 2G, 6S.5:l
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
NOTICE.

PAIR of shoes and II small bolt of
\ flannel have been left at this Office, by
capt. Trnu NSon. for the owner. t"fiNCratt"
upon identification and the payment of
chargcS.
"'rrl"-rai,h'' unir", Jan. -. I~72 81
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10
q. w. NIcCraNie.

4 TrOIiNEY AT LAW, MONROE, La,
N will practice in Ouachitu and adjacent
parishes and i'll the Supreme Court at Mon
roe. June II, 1871.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-02-10

BloggS says he, thinks hc would
make Il good Congressman. He re-
ecivcI two bills the other day, with re-
quests for irnm~liate payment. one
bill he ordered laid on the table, and
the other 10 br read that day six
months