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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-20

The paper is to the people what O.
signboard is to the traveller. The paper
tells who is in business and where to
trade, and the signboard tells the name
OF the place aud direction. Thep,
if you want people to buy of you. tell
them through the paper where you stay
and what you have.
Mr.. Barry. Superintendent of the Ca
rolina House. has prepared new drink,
called ''Shandegaff." He invites his
friends to give him call.
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MAIL ARBANaKMENTs.- Northern
mail opens at 500; p. MI; closes LIS
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 100
p. NJ; closes 600 A. NJ, Charleston
night mail opens 6.3o A., NJ; closes 600
P. M. Greenville mail opens GAS p.
NJ; closes 600 A. II. Western mail
opens 100 a. H.: closes 1.3O P. NJ. On
Sunday Office open from 8 to P. Nj.
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PHGNIxANA.- Lips have they, yet kiss
not-Pitohers.
The only organ that has no stops is
gossip's tongue.
Persian ladies now use orange color
underneath their eyes.
Beautiful extract--A young lady
helped ont of mud hole.
Many men are generous to "a fault"
who are not:generous to anything else.
The first Prince of Wails-Jeremiah.
Teeth have they, yet chew not-Combs.
kU KLUX OUTRAGE AT THE STATE
HOUSE. E.-Yesterday afternoon, shortly
after the adjournment of the House, the
doughty champion of his Excellency
Gov. Scott, the Hon. Benjamin Byas. of
Orangeburg, was set upon by colored
policeman (Williams) in the lobby of the
House, and thrashed with cowhide in
most severe manner. It is said that the
honorable member had used insulting
language to the wife of Williams, and
hence his deserved punishment. By
tanders state that Williams encountered
his victim at tho head of the stairs lead
ing down from the lobby, and strenu-
ously belabored him every step to the
bottom.
The BLUE RIDGE.-A q meeting Of
the Directors of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, held yesterday, at their office,
the following chnnges in the manage
ment of the road were consummated.
The resignation of Colonel Cothran was
accepted-he stating that he had only
taken the position of President as tenn
porary expedient-his business pursuits
preventing his giving the necessary at
tention to the Office. Messrs. Gary,
Guliok, Butler and Palmer having re-
signed, their positions were filed by the
election of Messrs. G. D. Melton, Thos.
Steers, George W. Waterman, James NJ.
Allen and F. 8. Jacobs-the latter being
also chosen Secretary and Treasurer Of
the company. Colonel John j. Patter-
son was elected to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Colonel
Cothran. Thos. j. Steers, Esq, was
elected Vice. President. It is under
stood that this highly important work
the completion of the Blue Ridge Rail-
road-will be pushed forward rapidly,
all the necessary arrangements having
been completed. We trust TINT our
vascillating Legislature will place no
obstacles in the yay of the comnany. bnt
will give them the necessary encourage
ment in the completion OF this important
connection with the great West.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-20


has been fruitful source of fraud. The
point we here make is simply this: The
Act authorizing the conversion of South
Carolina securities required, as condi-
ton precedent to tho issue of any
amount of conversion bonds, the sur
rendering of like amount of other
State. securities then outstanding, and
expressly provided that no increase Of
the State debt should be made undeE
that Act. Now, according to the admis-
sions of Scott and Parker, they have,
without any securities being substituted,
put these conversion bonds upon the
New York market. Scott and Parker
acknowledge that OF the bonds issned
and delivered to H. 81. Kimpton, Finan-
oial Agent, New York, and amounting
to 1854, 900, conversion bonds to the
extent of IS, 865, 900 are included. These
bonds are practically and substantially
an over.issue, for under the conversion
ACT there is no authority for sending
them to Kimpton and putting them
upon the market
Let these plain points be added to the
argument already pointed, and making
the South Carolina bond swindle an es-
tablished thing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

to consult alone the best good of the boy
and 50 of the State.
The details of the management of the
school have been set forth in former reports
and need not be repeated. That they have
been eminent.y successful, all know.
And there will be found in the Report of
the Superintendent, and in the accompany
ing tables, all such facts as We conceived
could convey any informatiOnas to the work
ing of the School.
The personal influence and the efforts of
the Superintendent and the other officers Of
the school have been exerted to this end for
the past two years, as i'll congenial work.
The boys regard them as their best friends,
as they are
And we now commend the school with it
increased means and tried methods to the
care of your Exeellency and the regard of
the Legislature.
With the present corps of officers, most of
whom are deemed indispensable, the number
of the inmates of the school could be increas-
ed one hundred or more with very little ad-
ditional expense The average number of
inmates the past year has been one hundred
and twenty-five.
And we know that there are now more
than one hundred BOYS in the State in the
daily practice Of vice, and truants from
school, whom a residence at Waterbury
might place in the class of the virtuous and
useful, instead of the dangerous and crimin-
al.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JonS anSI4i l.. MasoS. hsSS' {Ti7,s,ees.
JAMES VI. SLADF.>
Waterbury, Aug. |, lS7s
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

Have thunder-Storms anything to do with
pOtatoes2 This Is not to suggest that the
potato causes thunder-stonns. but that, pos
siblv. the latter NAV have an influence upon
the former The failure Of the potato crop
in various parts Of Europe this year brings
up the question. Some very curious state
ments have appeared in the English press,
tending to prove that the failure of the escu-
lent Is almost invariably connected with the
electrical condition of the atmosphere. 1t is
pointed out that the year preceding the first
outbreak of the disease in ireland was, like
the present year, quite exceptional as regard
ed thunder-Storms : and a clergyman writes
from Devonshire to the London Times :"
heard to-day Of a striking and interesting ex-
ception to the almost total loss Of the pota-
to crop in this country. One Of our oldest
farmers reports that never in his life have
his potatoes turned out 50 well as this year
Notwithstanding frost and blight, his field
Welded 50 valuable a crop that he could have
purchased the land with the proceeds" Then
follows the explanation, namely, - The
whole district is wonderfully exempt from
lhunder-storms, the heights Of Dartmoor on
the north and the sea on the south seeming
10 draw away the clouds. | have been rec
tor Of the parish for twelve years, during
which there have not been six thunder
storms. The hest explanation of this ap-
parent sympathy between the health of pota
toe and electricity seems to be that the in
Jury is done to the plant by the sudden ex-
cessive soaking caused by the thunderstorm
ers The Journal deS De5atS mentions dis
coyery on this head which may prove exceed
inolv' valuable. and is, at all svents, well
worth a trial 4 farmer near Fontenay
whose potato crop had more than once
proved a failure. took it into his head to try
this year 4 new manure, consisting OF the
solution Of bark thrown away by tanners
after they consider its strength is for their
purpose exhausted His application Of this
preparation to his grounds has produced
most gratifying results.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

LAWS FOR THE MILLIoN.-A note dated on
Sunday is void.
4 note obtained by fraud, or from one in
toxicated. cannot be collected.
If note be lost or stolen, it does not re-
lease the maker-he must pay it.
An indorser of n note is exempt from la
bility, if not served with notice of its dis
honor within twenty-four hours of its non
payment.
A note by minor is void.
Notes bear interest only when 50 stated.
Principals are responsible for their agents.
Each individual in partnership is response
bic for the whole amount of the debts Of the
firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
Ii is fraud to conceal a fraud.
The law compels no one to do impossibili-
ties.
An agreement without consideration is
void.
Signatures in lead pencil are good in law.
A receipt for money is not legally conclu-
sive.
The acts of one partner bind all the
others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be en-
forced.
A contract made with a minor is void.
A contract with a lunatic is void
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

Rou,NTIc MARRIAGE OF TELEGRAPH OPERA
TORS The report of Mr. Scudamore, the Dl-
rector of Postal Telegaphs in Great Britain,
contains 4 romance Of the moss original des-
crintion. After saving how successful he has
found the system Of employing male and fe-
male clerks together, and how much the tone
of the men has been raised by the association,
and how well the women perform the check
inc or fault finding branches of the work, he
coes ON to speak of friendships formed be-
tween clerks at either end of telegraph
wire. They begin by chatting in the inter
yals of their work, and very soon become
fast friends. alt Is the fact continues
Mr.. Scudamore, - that telegraph clerk IN
London, who was engaged on wire TO Ber-
lin, formed an acquaintance with, and an at
tachment for''-mark the official style OF the
language female clerk who worked on
the same wire in Berlin, that he made pro-
posal of marriage to her, and that she ac-
cepted him without having seen him. They
were married. and the marriage resulted from
the electric afinities Is supposed to have turn:
ed ont as well as those in which the senses
are more apparently concerned. Nor must
the prudent reader run away with the idea
that these Young persons were very rash or
that they married without due acquaintance
For II is a fact that clerk at one end of the
wire can readily tell, by the way in which
the clerk at the other end does his wock,
:. whether he is passionate or sulky, cheer
fnl or dull. sanguine or phlegmatie, lima
tured or good-natured. FROM The Jo"na!
of the telegraph.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
The wing of the building in which the trag
tedy occurred was closed up, and Mrs Nov.

Inc wing of the building in which the trag-
edy occurred was closed up, and Mrs Now
bray removed to a bed room up stairs.
On the fifth day after the funeral post
chaise drove up to the door of Harwick Hall,
and from II stepped George Mowbray, look
ing better than he had for many long dav
before he had left home. The servant who
opened the hall door started back, and al
most dropped with fright. His exelamations
caught the ears of Mrs Mowbray and her
sons, who hastened back into the entrance hall
only in their turn to be dumbfounded.
George was as much astonished as any of
them, and gazed from one to the other. per-
iectly lost in bewildered surprise. There
was no doubt about it, George Mowbrav
whom everybody believed deadan in his crave
was living and before them
Mother, said George advancing to-
wards her, . what is the matter nv re-
turn is easily accounted for, On reaching
Iawvale, found that my uncle's family
had been Unexpectedly summoned to London.
as my eldest cousin, Sir John Grav's wife,
was thought to be dying. | took a nights
repose, and then started home again ,andh
lam"
Mrs. Mowbray walked up him, gazed
into his face, and then, without word.
folded him in passionate embrace Each
of his brothers grasped his hands and kissed
him as they were wont to do wheu he was Il
boy and the pet of the family. The old
nurse, aroused from her noon-dav slumber,
embraced and wept over him and the SER
wants gathered around with wet ewes and
eongratulatory expressions.
All this time George knew nothing of the
true reason for this singular reception. Soon.
however, the mystery was explained TO him.
The effect upon him cannot be described.
Measures were Immediately taken to have
the body of the man who had been buried as
George Mowbray disinterred This was
soon done, and, as the living George stood
beside the dead man, the resemblance was
seen to be the most extraordinary. The
marks on the face and hands corresponded
with those on Georges, the sears on the legs
were similar also and the hair. eyebrows
and finger nails were maryelouslv alike.
Who the dead man was, was never ascer-
tanned. After Georges return. however, in
quiries were made, such as it was never
deemed needful to make 50 long as the dead
man was supposed to be Mrs Mowbravs
youngest son.
an t"iii'n A'H ~ 'hV uh-toNcIl tiidl
the day before the tragedy three men sup
posed to be from London. took up their quar-
tiers at an inn in a neighboring village, one
of whom the landlord thought he recognized
as having been in Mrs. Mowbray's service as
a groom. The footsteps of three persons
were also discovered in the garden, and some
time aftera rope-ladder and horse trough
which had apparently been used to lay upon
the spikes at the top of the garden wall were
discovered in the neighboring copse but the
name of the dead man was never discover
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

THE HABIT OF FRETTlNG.-Fretting l. both
useless and unnecessary it does no good
and great deal Of harm ; vet it Is almost
universal sin. More or less We are all given
to it. We fret over almost everything. In
summer because il Is too hot, and in winter
because il is too cold we fret when il rains
because it is wet. and when it doesn't rain
because it Is dry; when We are sick or when
ANYBODY else is sick In short. if anything
or everything doesn't 90 Just 10 suit our par
ticular whims and taneies we have one grand
general refGge-to fret over it. | am afraid
fretting is much more common among wo-
men than among men. We mayas well own
the truth. my fair sisters, if it isn't altOgeth-
pleasant Perhaps it is because the little
worries, and cares, and vexations of our
daily life harrass our sensitive nerves more
than the more extended enterprises which
generally take the attention Of men. Great
wants develop great resources, bat the little
wants and worries are hardly provided for
and like the rail which strikes agains; the
saw, they make not much Of a mark, bat
they turn the edges terribly. think if we
looked upon all the little worries of ose day
a. great united worry. self-control to meet
it would be developed. But as they gene
rally come only one or two little things at a
time, they seem 80 very little that we give
way, and the breach once made in the wall
soon grows larger. Now. don't believe in
the cant that swoman must always, under
all and anv circumstances, wear a smiling
face when her husband comes home, or that
she needs to take her hands Outof the dough
or drop the baby on the floor to run and
meet him at the door. But do believe
nav, know. for have seen it with my own
ewes among my friends-that many wo-
man has driven a kind husband away from
her, away from his home and its sacred in
fiuences. and caused him to spend his time at
a billiard-table or in n drinking-saloon, amid
their prof;lne influences. simply by her cease
less fretting over trifles which were not
worth word, much less the peace and hap
piness of n home. | know that many a
mother has brought up and developed a
daughter Just like herself, who, in her turn,
would wreck and ruin the comfort of anoth-
er family circle know that many a moth
er has turned her son against her own sex,
and made him dread and dislike the society
of women, by her example, constantly set be-
fore him. And knowing all this, my sisters
and brothers, too, if they need it-l know
that we ought to set our faces like a flint
against this useless, sinful, peace-destroyine
and home disturbing habit Of fretting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

The State pay of Superintendents, fixed in
times OF low prices, was regarded as too low
to secure the services of competent men,
Some towns pay an additional sum, but the
instances were rare where any adequate
compensation had been provided He re-
commended making Superintendents custo-
dams of Registers, and divorcing them en-
tirely from town clerks; the Superintendent
and Seleetmen to be the board to distribute
the public money. Disregard of law in the
distribution was one of the present evils. 1t
was declared that the property of the State
should educate the children Of the State;
that equal taxation should secure equal ad-
vantages, and that a State tax for the sup
port of schools would best compass these
ends. The inequality of the present system
of supporting schools was illustrated by an
exhibit of the highest and lowest rate per
cent raised on the grand list by any district,
in any town Of each of the severl counties.
which was as foll0ws.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

without hesitation and after he had COM
pleted his investigations he retired with an
air of much dignity. A short time after
wards the owner of the revolver, who chad
been set at liberty by the commissary of
police, returned home, and to his astonish-
ment and disgust found every drawer and
cupboard empty, and all his money gone.
The so-ealled agent of police had managed to
get clear off with money and goods to the ex
tent of about eight thousand francs in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

These figures show how uneven 4 thing
education'is, even in the same town, and it
does not follow by any means that the high
est cost commands the best article The
Secretary recommends state property tax
of 0per cent, and tax Of g per poll
each town to receive a distributive share on
condition that it raise one-half as much BY
tax on town five per cent. Of the whole
state tax to be set apart for books Of refer
enec and apparatus, one-half of balance to
be distributed on school population. and
one-half on total attendance balance Of
school expenses to be betrayed by local tax
With some further remarks relative to
school books. and best and most economical
way 10 furnish them. with not very COM
plimentary disclosures A. to the scarcity Of
apparatus, dictionaries and globes in most
schools, the speaker closed a most inter
esting dissertation. The present Secre-
tary Of the Board has studied his subject
and devoted his time assiduously to it. until
he has become master of the situation. 1t
Is for the Legislature, with the cooperation
of the people, to say. how far his sugges-
ti0ns of Improvement shall be carried ont
States still in their infancy have made
greater strides than Vermont in perfecting
their school systems, anda, the world moves
forward Vermont must move too, or She Will
truly be left out in the cold
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

ADVICE To TIE GIRLS.-Ne have charity
for fast girls We have often found them
generous and warm hearted. and are fully
ready to believe that their disregard of con
yentionalities Is often the b0lduess Of inno-
cencc For example, in some families the
chamber of the sister Is the resort of the
brother in the first place then of the cou-
sin who is almost brother, and then Of the
brothers intimate friend who IS treated as
one Of the family When this free style of
living is transferred from the shadow Of the
family, TO the apartment Of 4 crowded hotel
or boarding house, itgives occasion for much
free speaking and free think; k;ng--for a style
Of Judgment that often does the v0ung Girl
great injustice We have said that our
Americans had thsir faults. The want of
conventional limits Of propriety between the
sexes IS one uf them. The Young French
girl IS kept secluded and never suffered to
see gentleman unmatched. In America.
from their early childhood, little girls and
boys grow up together-and on the whole it
is best they should But in order that this
liberty should produce good effects. parents
and guardians should ineessantly teach GER
tain limits of propriety. There are certain
places, times and modes Of intercourse, that
are certain other places, times and modes
that are improper, and il ought TO be a part
of the early training Of every girl TO teach
her this. Every approach on the part Of
young girl to any personal familiarity with
anv Young man, such aS she might most in
nocently take with another girl, exposes her
to misoons.ruction which it was the duty of
her mother TO prevent by timely warning. \
favorite author has said that such personal
advances, on the part Of women were '' I'M
moralitieS Of manner" even where the in
tention was innocent. So girls, take care
respect yourselves-respect Your sex, and DO
not give the enemy cause 10 speak repeoachill-
". Listen. all Of YOU. 10 wha; q man SAYS. Ii
/, out of some old-fashioned Fathers Legacy.
or some such antiquated book. He SAYS
- \ fine woman has q power over Us which
-he very little dreams, but little too near
acquaintance often diS-oyes the illusion and
converts the angel into very ordinary girl.
Let mother tell YOU, girls, that mothers,
when they send their boys into the great
world and its temptations hope much for
them from the influence of good women
Did you ever think Of this, when You tell
Young men that vou dote on smoking when
YOU urge wine upon them At parties? some
mothers, some sisters, NAV wish that you
would lead her son or brother 10 nobler,
purer conceptions Of life. Ought not some
higher motive to govern YOUR intercourse
with the young men of your acquaintance
than merely the desire to tasten their admi
ration on yourself-to please them AZ any
and every hazard BE sure that Young
man who Is pleased through the lower nature.
because YOU encourage his indolent and self
indulgent habits. and part with his last ele-
waited impulses, will think Of you by and by
only a, a part Of something unworthv,which
his better self Will seek to oatgrow.-Mrs.
H. B. Store
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01

lt s not he with Golfers filed
With silver and with gold
Suurning the child whose limbs are chilled,
With Winters piercing cold.
Not he who climbs the .giddy height
Where proud ambition reigns-
Who as he urges on his light,
The voice 20! grief disdain..
Not he whose cold and selfish breast
Ne'er felt for others woe
Who never has the orphan blest,
Nor wiped the tears that flow.
Not he who. when his neghhor falls,
Extends no friendly hands
And when his suffering brother calls,
At q proud distance stands.
Not be who labors 10 destroy
Ills brothers worthy name
Whose hours base calumnies employ.
lis nei-hhor o. deiame.
These are not happy. They alone
Who live 90 bless mankind
WHO others sorTows make their own.
True happiness viii find.
PhrsHniogical J0sFaal.