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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

horrible. Mr.. and Mrs Reuh.
and their little child were seated hi q
lore part OF the car when the on ~ ID.
occurred, and were thrown nv .Ibl a
scoplng OF the cars to the rear T rhe ,elt.
band was extricated without gra nae has
Guilty, but it was found imnsn ia, dis.
remove the Debris from p ,hs 70
Her head and a portion of ne wife
were exposed, and her franti tue bod
for assistance for the child were : cfs
rending. The little thing was uie mean
gotten out, but the poor woman FL nhaly
wrapped in flames, and her scre "as Soon
prayers grew weaker and wea Jaas and
silenced in death. Raines' in;nr; sr until
feared, will prove fatal, as Re ws II i
unconscious when our informant , %ss STU
One man was caught by the foot NV
but all efforts to release him proved s oalg,
An axe was sent for in complain u'it
his request that the foot should he ~, wiz
but before it arrived the flames .ul on
him, and soon nothing but his charr e(l e
mains could be found. 'eu re-
No doubt exists as to the causo :. d,
accident. The conductor of tbo t ~ lae
train, who is now in this city, stat n', ~
he left the last station before the so". 'Aa!
the accident, behind time, but viii iGne =, q
belief that he could reach the neyt s.as !Ae
before the passenger train. He missed seS'l Ia
calculation by nineteen minutes altbon us
running with valves open, and o"a
pound of steam on. 'e!
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22
The japanese and the Chinese Ian.
guageS.

A Princeton correspondent of the
Newark Adoertiser writes as follows:
find there are certain misapprehensions
among us as to the changes thought Of in
Japan, respecting their language and the
mode of writing it, The japanese do
not contemplate the adoption of our
tongue, but only our mode of writing.
should pity them if they were to attempt
doing more Their own language is
greatly superior to ours; in sweetness at
least OF its capacities for the express
ion of ideas in the various styles of com
position, know nothing; but its softness
and sweetness are cxcellencies not to be
despised, and not likely to be exchanged
for the comparative roughness OF our
speech. What they think Of adopting is
our own alphabet, with some necessary
additions, instead OF the character now
in use, which is mostly Chinese. The
Chinese, let me remark, has no letters and
no syllablcs; except as words, each being
mOnosyllablc, may be put together the
words ink and stand TO compose new
one. In the Chinese, however, the words
leach having its own monogram, and
every primitive word being theoretically
mOnosyIlable), can never be made one
as we make them. Their monographs
varying in the number Of strokes from
to G2, stand for words entire, and admit
of no decomposition, as ours do by the
several letters. The japanese have a
syllabary of As of those Chinese charac-
tiers for such single sounds as our long G
Tor shortened as in PIN, a, o, and sylla-
bles with COnsOnants, as IA, TO, ma, etc.
But this by itself is very incomplete for
the expression of sounds and combina-
tons of uttcrance, 50 that a much larger
list of characters and marks of variations
in sound is actually in use, many of them
Chinese, or forms like them A difficulty
with this whole mode Of writing is, ii can
never be made running hand (cursiy
sch1id as the Germans call it,, the strokes
being such, and so related, as to make
this impossible. An alphabet like our
own, with some additions for peculiar
sounds, will be "A great blessing to Japan,
and trust may be ere long adopted. 1t
is mistake to suppose that the written
language is that of China 1t has many
Chinese words introduced by the learned,
just as Latin and Greek words have come
into our own. But those words are Sub
jected to the laws of the japanese tongue,
as common words are dealt with by us.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

Mothers and daughters, wives and sis
tiers, remember that. and remember that
you have the making of the future of
this great country. and rise at once to
your high and holy duty. Remember
that you must make that future, whether
YOU will or not. We are all what you
make u.s. All throw aside your weaken
ing follies of fashion, and soul-famine,
and rise to the level where God intended
you should be, and make every one OF
your homes, from this day, schools OF
true politeness and tender affection. Take
those little curly headed boys, and teach
them all you would have men to be, and
my word for it, they will be just such
men, and will go forth to bless the world,
and crown you with a glory, such as
queens and expresses never dreamed OF.
Weld your power now, and you shall
reap the fruit IN your ripe age.-House-
L,,lI
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

"A lady in Lowell, Mass, attending a
prayer-meeting in basement vestry, a
few days ago, was SO affected by the at :
mosphere of the place that she fell into a
soothing slumber. When she awoke she
found hcrselfa prisoner in the dark vestry,
and could not, by the utmost efforts of
her hands and lungs, get released. About
noon next day she succeeded in climbing
out of window and summoning aid to
help her over the high fence of the church
yard.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22
There were six Others slightly injured
From the ST. Louis pemocra, !

10 add to the horror, the Goals from the
overturned stoves ignited the splintered
,moou-work OF the wrecked cars, and in
iess time than i takes to write the story
1me train was in flames, a funeral pyre.
Lnose who were only slightly injured.
put unable to free themselves from the
umbers that plnioned them, became raw.
ing maniacs at the approach of the flames
ana died shrieking for aid that could NOT
be given them. ' NV
A gentleman who was passenger on
the train says the scene was indescribablv
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

"A young man at New Haven Int who
who formerly drove pie-cals,, pnositiOa
had lately been promoted 10 t hos receird
of driver on a horse railroad, na bat anun.
a pleasant note informing HIM .annough 70
Gle in China has been obliglng sl,O COO
die and leave him fortune OF s7'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

"A son and daughter OF ME-, n,erisbe
as, aged twenty-one and twenu, days ago.
in fire in Scranton, Pa, le"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-22

DO you visit your school in stormy,
or other weather, to see in what manner it
is taught Have you less interest in your
children than in your stock Would you
turn calf into pasture without know
ing whether or not there was in the field
proper food upon which it could subsist |?
Many farmer we have known to watch
his pigs, after feeding them, that he might
enjoy their contentment in satisfying their
wants. Is it, to him, matter of less in
terest what sort of food is administered to
the mind of his own offspring Does he
care less for his child than his pig? See
to it, that your child is trained up in the
way he should go. A good education is,
of itself, an inheritance which nothing
but moral bankruptcy can impair. En-
courage your child, encourage your teach
er, encourage your school. You have an
interest in the conduct and education of
every child with which you own shall as
sociate; for it Is by them that he will, to
certain extent, be influenced through all
his future. -Erchange.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09
The Ta1-Pnyers Moving.

we publish, this morning. two inta-
resting communications urging prompt
action on tho part of the tax payers in
commencing prosecution against the
thieves who have plundered the people.
Black and white. citizens of all classes
and conditions, are equally interested in
this public work, and we are glad to have
letters from our fellow citizens showing
that our efforts in this behalf ure appre-
ciatcd, and that the people are not SO
apathetic MS the ring organ would repro
sent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09
what are You Growing For.

The Union showed up his bantum yes
serday, and crowed vociferously over the
result OF the North Carolina election.
Where do you find cause for rejoicing,
Mr.. Union? Where is your victory? We
have not the figures before us. but we
quote from the New York Times, of
Monday, Grants special organ, when we
say that Grants majority in North Caro-
lima was 20, 900 in 1868. Holden's majo-
rity for Governor, in the same year, was
not less. and last year llS7l) the Repub-
'ican majority was between 5000 and
10000. at no time before this, when a
full vote was cast. have the Republicans
. or Radicals had majority of less than
.9.0G0. Where. then, Mr.. Union, do you
find the source of high graduation in
which you would seemingly indulge?
That is charming victory for Grants
administration. where they have lost
$4,000 votes, or at least had their majo-
rity reduced that much-lost five out of
eight Congressman, have lost the Legis-
lature by an overwhelming majority, and
will, as matter of course, lose the
United States Senator.
IF you can crow over that, Mr.. Union,
: 10y the immortals, We think there is q
chance even for You to crow when Par
ker goes to the penitontiary, and per-
haps you with him.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

SUICIDE AT TWELVE YEARS OF ACE
On Friday morning last, John Benson, u
colored boy twelve years of age, son of
Moses Benson, was found hanging dead
on tree, on the side of the roAd to
Yorkville, about mile and three quar-
ters from this town. Trial Justice w.
M. Mcdonald empaneled O jury and
viewed the body. The finding of the
jury was that the boy came to his death
by his own hands. Popular indi gnation
on Friday, particularly among tho CO.
lored people, was reused to q very high
pitch against Moses Benson, the father
of tho boy, under the impression that it
was cruel treatment of the boy that
caused him to seek relief in death from
tho punishment threatened him. 1t is a
very mysterious case. Nothing but a
very strong motive would drive boy OF
twelve years of age to commit suicide.
Some Radical scoundrel or other tried to
crcute the impression among the negroes
that it was case of Ku kluxing; but
the testimony before the jury was too
clear to leave any doubt that the boy de-
lberntely took his own life.
Chester Reporter.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

The Administration still permits pa
pers to be circulated in the departments
asking the clerks for voluntary subscrip-
tions for campaign purposes. No money
is demanded, but the request for the
voluntary contribution is made in about
the same manner that polite bandit on
the highway, with pistol cooked, would
request small loan. All the clerks we'll
understand that refusal to subscribe
will endanger their tenure of Office.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09
Fam CoMpAn1soS.-"A man is known

FAIR CoMpARIsoN. "a man is known
bJ the company he keeps" says an old
proverb, and ''A candidate is shown by
his advocates might be another adage,
about election time, just as full Of truth.
fitness. President Grant would not
fare very we'll under this rule. All the
relatives upon whom he has bestowed
office are. Of course, vehemently in favor
of his re.election. Knowing their utter
incapacity, they still crave tho emolu-
meuts Of public position. Cameron,
Morton. Coukling. Chandler, Carpenter,
Butler and Nye, ara all for Grant, and
their characters ueed not bo dilatcd
upon. Everybody knows them. Gree
ley, Schurz, Trumbull, Cox. Wells, Bay
ard and Hendricks are, on the contrary,
all opposed to Graut's pretensions, and
everybody also knows what II proud re-
cord Mey can show of public service.
All the corrupt and dishonest meu who
misrepresent their constituents in Wash
ington support Grant. All the pure and
upright, all the honest and incorrupti-
BILE, oppose his reelection as fatul to the
best interests of tho country.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

DEATH OF JAMES ZAcuARY.-We are
panied to learn that MIR. james Zachary
died at his residence in this County, on
the 30th ult., of fever contracted in Alb
boville, during stay there of several
weeks. Mr.. Zachary had formerly held
the position of County Commissioner,
and was one Of our best citiZons.
KeO,cee Courier.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09
s. G.
Friday Morning. August 8, 1872.
For President of the United States.
AORACE GREELEY. OF New York.
For Vice President
u. GRATZ BROWN, OF Missouri.
The Ring Pool.

Now comes the Governor in letter to
Henry Clews & Co., which we publish
this morning. He. too, is anxious about
the credit Of the State. He wants the
interest paid. But the most significant
sentence Of his letter is the admission
that he has boen urged to levy the spe-
'cial tax for interest immediately. What
is the meaning of this? It is plain. The
ring want this money now. The cleo
tion is approaching. They are candi-
dates for reelection, or expect to be-
The State Golfers are empty. They must
: be filed in order to pay the expenses
The people are to be again taxed to raise
: money to put in Office those who have
~robbed them for four years. In plain
words, the scheme is as follows: Auditor
Gary is to be forced either to levy this
special tax now and collect it immediate-
iy, or he must resign or be removed, to
give place to supple tool OF the ring.
Tho new Auditor will then levy special
.ax, sufficient to pay the accrued interest
up to January l, 1873. and proceed at
once to collect it. How much is re-
CURED? The latest report is, that there
are bonds out to the amount of SIG, ,000,-
600. Most of these bear six per cent.
interest. Up to January l, 1873, there
will be on most of them interest due for
one year and six months-some of them
for two years. In round numbers, then,
the sum of 81, $780, 900 will be required
: 70 pay the Interest. Parker says that it
takes six mills to produce $1,000, 900;
therefore, the proposed special tax for
interest will not be less than nine mills.
We have heard that Parker wishes it to
be twelve mills.
Let it be noted that this tax is in ad.
dition to all the other taxes which IRE to
be collected in the fall, as usual. We
ara, then, if this scheme goes through,
to have two taxes collected this year.
One tax Of nine or ten mills to be laid
and collected in September, and the re-
gular collection of fourteen mills in No
vember. Our planters and farmers may
as we'll begin to look around for this
. money which they are to be called upon
for in September. Before they have
sold pound OF this years crop. while
'every energy is taxed to gather it, when
every dollar has been spent to make it,
the thief's demand must be met, "Your
money or your life."
Neagle's insolent nnd brutal letter an
tioipstes the cry of distress to go up from
the burdened husbandman. He revels
in advance in their agony and despair.
-"They have been madden than now, and
yet they have paid" He urges the Co.
vernon not to heed their groans. "The
veteran of hundred fights" he says,
''should not be scared from purpose"
by such appeals for forbearance as may
be wrung from sorely tried people.
We believe that the day is not far dis
tant when We may 'laugh at the calami-
ty" of this renegade and "mock when
his fear cometh." Will not the tax
payers move?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

The Shenandoah (Va) Herald tells the
following sad story: ION Saturday last
the inhabitants of this borough witness
ed very extraordinary and sad funeral
Three generations-a grandmother, a
mother and IL baby-were inferred to-
gether. The first of these, Mrs. Hun
sicker. was attending ono of her daugh-
ters, who was laid up with small -pox,
until nearly recovered, when she was
taken ILL., Overpowered by fatigue and
care, the old woman could not faco the
complaint, and the fourth day she fell u
victim to il. She was the mother of six
children, and had the rare fortune Lo
see them oil grown up nni satisfactorily
settled in life. She had twenty-one
grand children, eighteen of whom are
alive. The very day Mrs. Hunsicker was
taken sick, her daughter, Mrs. Seelbach.
was also laid up. and survived her mo-
ther only sixteen hours"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

On Thursday last, Charles Brown, o
colored boy about seventeen years old,
was thrown from q wagon he was driv-
ing and 80 injured that he died. On the
same day Silas Sweeney, also colored,
accidentally shot aad killed himself.
Marion Crescent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

Mn. EDITOR: The time for action has
arrived The committee of the Tax
payers Convention must act promptly.
The ring are badly frightened by the ex-
posures in the Gibson case, as we'll as
tho truthful editorials in the PHOENIX.
We have too long followed the policy of
"the lark and her young oncs," SO well
illustrated in the fable. If the com nit
tee will not act, the taxpayers must 10
their own work, aud consign the legal
lied robbers to apartments in General
Stolbrand's hotel. ACTION.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

CAMPAIGN NOTES. s.-The interest which
has recently conferred in North Carolina
will now be transferred to the States
holding elections during the next FIVE
weeks. These arc West Virginia, Yer
mont and Maine. In the first and last a
warm canvass has been going on for
some weeks, and in Vermont the people
are beginning to take more interest in
politics than they have for many years.
The election in West Virginia occurs on
Thursday. August %. The only State
ticket in the field is that nominated Ivy
the Democrats.
The Grant organs are filing their pa
pers with personal arguments about Mr..
Greeley, showing why Democrats cannot
vote for him. All such efforts are mere
waste of powder. Democrats every
where will vote for Mr.. Greeley to save
our free civil Government. Their votes
in the coming election will reach beyond
Mr.. Greeley, and will be cast to suppress
nsurpation and military rule, and as a
protest against o personal government
and military encampment at the White
House.
Though Mr.. Colfax is, under the cir
cumstances, Grant man, and now and
then makes Grant speech, he felt it his
duty last Saturday, Mt South Bend, In.
diana, rs he did some time ago at Kala-
mazoo, to protest against the financial
policy of the Administration. He de-
clared that he looked on it with alarm
and considered it the greatest peril Of
the nation. We think the Grant Ma.
tional Committee will excuse Vice. Presi-
dent Colfax from making many speeches
during this campaign.
The Radical candidate for Vice -Presi-
dent is as much opposed to the clasping
of hands across the bloody ohasn, ae
Secretary Boutwell,. In his Richmond
speech, he intimated that he was un-
willing to forgive the Southern people,
who, he declared, have been great sim
ners for forty years. and are still uncon-
verted. We are afraid Mr.. Henry Will
son will to his dying day never get over
the resentment he has felt toward the
South and everything Southern ever
sipoe his big scare and fight ut Bull Run.
Gen. Wilson says Gen. Grant hesi-
tated to assume the power conferred on
him by the infamous Ku Klux law.
What change, then, must have come
DER the spirit of his dream when he al
ternately implored and threatened Con-
gress, toward the close of its last session,
to re-enact the Ku Klux law.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

@THE OUTLAWS. Since the killing of
Tom Lowrey the two remaining outlaws,
Stephen Lowrey and Andrew Strong,
have disappeared from their old haunts
about Back Swamp and Moss Neck. The
lfobesonian says it is understood that
they have established hew base in a
settlement several miles above, and
known as Upper Scuffletown. where they
are keeping very quiet, and seem to be
concerned only to keep out OF the way of
MIR. Wishart and his gallant little band
of pursuers.
During the storm on Friday last, u
flash of lightning killed thirty two sheep
on the plantation Of Mr.. Henry Easter
ling, near Barnwell, the entire number
on his farm. They had taken shelter
under large hickory tree during the
heavy fall of rain Of that afternoon.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

Court. trial of Mr.. George
Martin, for the homicide of MIR. A. Y.
Paul, last winter, was concluded ycstcr-
day; tho jury urled o verdict Of not
guilty. The jury having: it in charge
was composed OF SO, en- whites and five
negroes. = IVinnsbou Ne,rs.
HORSE STEALING -Thos. II. Gains has
been committed TO Jail, Mt this place, for
stealing u fine marc from Mrs. Lay, OF
Pickens County. On Saturday last, a
horse belonging to Mrs. Alexander, of
old Pickens, was stolen from her.
heOree Courier.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09
To the Executive Committee.

We had subscribed, yesterday, from
merchants and other gentlemen along
Main street, between 5000 and $500, to
aid in the criminal prosecution Of the
public plunderers Of the State. Now,
gentlemen of the Executive Committee,
this money is waiting to be paid to you
tae moment that you say you are ready
to proceed, and we will guarantee to get
hundred or two more right here in
Columbia. We hope the committee,
which is the only body authorized to
net for tho citizens at large, will call a
meeting at once, determine the amount
of funds they need, and appoint COM
mittce of collection at each Court House
in tho State. Let that be done. and we
will risk our life upon it that the citizens
of South Carolina will respond freely
and generously.
If the Executive Committee will not
move, then Columbia will "go it alone"
in tho prosecutions, with such outside
help as our efforts may attract toward
US. But the work can be fur more eff
oiently and perfectly done through the
Executive Committee, representing the
entire State. Will not public spirited
citizens in different parts OF the State
get up subscription lists, and send us
down tho names and statement Of the
amounts subscribed? There are, at the
lowest estimate, SIS, 500. 900 of fraudu-
lent bonds, issued under the Conversion
ACT, now out. Mr.. Corbin says SO; Mr..
Cardozo says so; Judge Orr snys so, and
many other Republicans charge it. This,
with many other stupendous frauds.
ought to be stopped at once, and the
guilty parties sent to the penitentiary
The ring are now bowling to levy tax
to pay the interest on these very fraudu-
lent, yes, stolen bonds.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

A New SOUTHERN INDUSTRY. Henry
Banks, OF Atlanta, Ga, called on us on
Friday. He showed us beautiful spe-
cimen of paper, manufactured from the
saw palmetto, q dwarf species of palmet-
to, found throughout Middle and South
western Georgia. The paper was manu-
factured at Philadelphia, and last week g
Sunday edition of the Ne,cs printed
thereon. 1t is strong and white, and
not 80 liable to tear as paper made from
straw.
Mr.. Banks expects to form company,
and locate mill at Milltown, Lowndes
County, Ga, where large quantities OF
the raw material are found. From ex-
periments already made, Mr.. Banks as
sures us that large profit can be made
on this manufacturing enterprise.
NeD York South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-09

B1.opoETT.-A correspondent Of the
Macon Telegraph says: II saw Foster
Blodgett, few days since, ut Newberry,
S. g., where he is living. He devotes
his valuable time to playing billiards
and driving fast horses. He keeps quite
a number, and when he turns out Tor Il
big swell, brings out Is splendid pair OF
blucks. His funds lie has deposited
about in spots-made quite deposit in
bank in that town, and has quite a
lurge amount in q certain mans safe in
that village. I was told that he had the
assurance of Scott that he should not be
molested; that Smith might make his
reouisitions and be id. It is evident
that Foster has plenty of money"