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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-11

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE GENERAL,
SYNOD OF TIE EVANGELICAL, LUTHERAN
CHURCH.-The General Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
South convened yesterday, in St. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Arohdsle
street, at 10 O'Clock. In accordance with
the custom OF the church, the proceed
ipgs were opened with religious oeremo-
MES. Rev. D. M. Gilbert, OF Staunton.
Va. and Rev. A. r. Rude, of Columbia,
officiating. After the administration of
the holy communion, first to the SYNOD
and officers OF the church, and after
ward to the congregation, the Synod was
opened in full liturgical form.
The report Of the President of the
previous Convention was received, re-
viewing the field, its difficulties and pros
poets, and the responsibilities arising
therefrom, and giving general state
ment of the condition of the church. It
was read by Rev. T. w. Dosch, and held
for further action.
An election for officers of the SYNOD
was then held, with the following result:
President, Rev. s. 81. Repass; Secretary,
Hon. G. Nj. Beltzhoover; Treasurer.
VIM. Haltiwanger.
The Synod adopted rules for it's 60
vernment, and the President was, on
motion, allowed until today TO announce
the appointment Of standing committees.
A motion was adopted inviting all
clergy of the Lutheran and other
churches present to seats as advisory
members Of the Synod.
An application from the Mississippi
Synod to the Synod for connection
was received and rssersed.
The Synod then adjourned until to-
day, at 10 o'clock. - Charleston Courier.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-11

CoTroN CULTURE. beg to invite
the attention of the planters OF the
State to the circular of the Department
of Agriculture, which has been trans
mitted to Geo. W. Clark, Esq the
Collector OF the Port of Charleston, who
will bo pleased to forward any responses
that the planters may SEQ fit to make to
The Questions propounded in the cir
Culur:
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-11

CHARLESTON, December IL, 1871.
The Standing Committee of the Do.
cese record. with unfeigned sorrow, the
rick Davis. the beloved Bishop OF the
Diocese, who died on the I'd of Decem-
Der. in tho sixty-eighth year OF his ago.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-11
Tn EIGEAPHTO
Foreign Affairs.


LONDON, May 1O.-The Times, OF this
morning, ssys Germany is willing to ne
gotiate with France with view to ao
celebrating the evacuation of French ter
ritory now occupied by German troops.
MADRID, MAY 10.-Despatohes from
ell the provinces which are infested by
Carlist bands state that tho insurgents
are coming in and surrendering. It il
reported that the Spanish Government
ls dlspleased at the action Of France in
allowing retreating Carlists to escape
into French territory, and that the Go.
vernment OF Versailles will be questioned
relative thereto.
LONDON. May l1.-The Daily Globe,
OF this evening, says it is rumored, in
trustworthy circles, that negotiations
between the British and American Co.
vernments with regard to Indirect claims
were suddenly broken off to-day. In
Parliament, tonight, Granville, in the
House Of Lords, and Gladstone, in the
Commons, promised that statement Of
the condition Of negotiations will be
made on Monday next, whether the
papers were received or not.
The visit Of Empress Augusta termi-
nates next Tuesday, when her Majesty
will leave on her return to Germany.
The convalescence of Empress Euge-
ME is progressing satisfactorily.
Dobson, NJ. p, was sworn in today
as Privy Councillor.
Passengers from England now land in
France, without going thronrh the usna
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Arrests III toiircris.

We observe In The Charleston
News of yesterday tho following dis
patch ;.
,Tho following persons were arrest
ed here yesterday, by the deputy Uni.
ted States Marshals upon charges of
Ku Kluxism. They are, all Of them,
among tho most respectable of our
citizens: Il. il. Richar rdsop, J. a.
Leland, W. E. Black, s: McCarlcy,
). II. Richardson, Thomas, Mccoy,
U. D. Eichelberger. Fl. W. Anderson,
Z. West, w. M. Richardson, Il. l..
Potter, B. T. Blllew, William Andor-
SOM Antoine Mark, A. W. TeHguc, of
Clinton, j. T. Craig, Il. Il. Blakcly,
I. Compton, l.. Young, Il. H.. vii,
fiams, H. Suber, S. Pearson, G.. Da
wilson, B. S. Jones' aud BLUFF Meadow
Tho last named is dolorcd man.
More arrests will probably be nhde
tomorrow: There Is d perfect reign
of terror here. All tile roads lead.
ing, from town arc strongly guarded
and no one is allowed to pass out:
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
HO, for CinCinnatit
Courier,

Tho Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune asserts that
the South Carolina delegation to the
Philadelphia Convention is not iu-
structed to vote for Grant. He says
that colorcd member of the delega-
tion has.expressed great dissatisfaction
at the course Of tho President in re-
tanning in Office in that State persons
who hayo intcrfered in State and
local politics in such barefaced
manner that their removal has been
asked for by the almost unanimous
voice of tho Republican party, as cx.
pressed through the committees and
con9ehtions. General Grant has
given no attention to the repeate i
requests for the removal of these
officers.
The Republicans Of South Carolina
who are opposed to Federal interfer
ence in local affairs need not hope to
defeat the renomination of Grant by
the Philadelphia Convention. If they
Wish to; see the. reign of robbery and
corruption III National and State gov.
erhmciits brought to an end, let them
send to, the Cincinnati Convention a
body Of delegates fairly representing
the honest Republicans of their Com.
monwealth.---W. Y. Sui:
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Teeth Extracted Without Pair.

Tho, following paragraph taken
from the Danbury (Conr.) News, will
prove interesting to our young Dental
practitioners. Scierco is good in it's
way, but nature bears off the palm in
this instance. We endorse the female
operator
"Kyoung lady in neighboring town
has taken up dentistry for a living.
All the gentleman patronize her.
When she puts her arm around the
neck of patient and caresscs his Jaw
for tho offending member, the sensa-
tion is about as nioo as they make
'em. One young man has become @
hopelessly infatuated with her. Con.
sequently he hasn't a tooth in his
head. She has pulled every blessed
one of them and made him two new
sets and pulled thom. She now is at
work on his fathers saw. He holds
tho saw" .
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
1 Ca.lud Revelation.

A few weoks ago, q oolored man
and brother, preached in caurt
house in Ohio. The house was filled
Cd %uSh Sidt5e9 at bis fiaffBBo Audience;
sud deliTeted his sermon with much
zeal. Tie following is on extract :
"My dear sisterp apd bfptharb, l Gee
a great mtiltiPlioatfon ob do people
prcseGt dig bbspih ; I casts mipe eyes
around yod; aid my soul is filled wild
SoIro% !. !for,I I see you alla standin
q deep cirSulation pit, and surroundip
your devoted bodies t sees a, great
Sircumferatin fah aid the illumina:
tin All setPinatip hamoCs is reelin
atoub yodr d doleotable frames like q
big black snake circumnavigatin a
big red oak tree. Yes, my sistern
and brethren, dose pclluccd flames ig
fi5in higher and Righer, and now t
caR see pinacle 9hafts of dc Highest
rcd.forked fanios spitcfully labbin
off the lower culls;, 1 look, and still
they don't stop, and my soul almost
sih&s wwidin' me; for now dey arc
aroup' your, ropdrtoq hoads,; and /
smsll tho 1iarf s6auoh {"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Burned 10 Death.

A lamentable accident occurred last
week on Dir. A. Il. Taber's Oakland
place ip, St. Matthews. The dress Of
3 WOMAN, one of the hands, who was
bdfnihg tsshj took fae and she was
soon enyeloped in flames. A map
standing near endcavored to tear of
her clothing, but she refused to per.
nit him to do SO FHd tah of from those
who cndeavored TO aid her. She was
finally taken in charge by sotne Of her
own sex and PROPERLY cared for. Her
sufferings .wero intense, the skin bsv
ing peeled ffdM .Slmoqt her entirs
body. During thc, following night
she was taken in labor and gave birth
to child. The next sftern ,o4, death
CAME I'd st.-Grdrgs9ay3 News.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10

The Pittsbu'g Gazette tells this:
Gone of our policemen. observed an
individual standing in tho doorway Of
store. Approaching him, he re.
quested him to move on, and az the
stranger did not Immediately sat,
he asked him his name; The S'raH.
ger did not reply, but took bis hands
out of his pockets and put them up
in front of tho policew mans face. In
an instant the officer grabbed tho
culprit, and with considerable difl'
Guilty succeeded in carrying him to
the station house, placing bin. before
the lieutenant in charge. In reply to
an inquiry from tho lieutenant, The
officer related what had taken place,
and also stated that tho culprit had
attempted to strike him with his fists:
The lieutenant then asked tho strang.
or what he had to say to the charge.
The stranger did not speak a word,
but instead took out a slate and PEN
Gil and wrote, Il an deaf muts ;
I have been to the deaf mute re union
at the ----. Hotel, and stood in tho
doorway waiting for . horse.car ii
carry mo hone.' Perhaps the officer
did not fccl streaked amidst the
laughs and .ioers of his brother off,
GERS"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Why arc Times Hard.

People talk about hard times, and
we'll they may, An exchange vcn-
lures few plain words on tho. situa-
tion, and here they arc for the benefit
Of our readers awe are fast be-
coming nation Of schoners to live
without genuine work. Our boys
not learning trades our farmers soma
arc orowding into citics looking for
clcrkships and post Offices hardly one
American girl in each hundred will
do houscwork for wages, however ur-,
CONT her need so We arc serdius TO-
Europe for workmen, and buying Of
her artisans millions worth Of pro.
ducts that wo ought to make for our
solves. We must turn ovor new
leaf.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
A Man Shoots nis Sister in "PlayfuI-
ness"

On Friday evening last at Otis,
Mass, there occurred ono moro of that
long list of unintentional slaughters
by tho criminal practice of "fooling"
with firearms and pointing them at
people "in sport" The foolishuess
Of such acts is beyond the power of
words to describe aud it is criminal
folly-results in death in hundreds of
GASES. This Particular case of this
criminal folly was ono Philo Clark's
tie had gun in his hand. lie says
ho had cleaned it out with wa.
ter, hnd supposed it to be empty.
His sister, Mrs. Ellch Turner, who
had como into her Brothers house
with btr husband and her little
daag hter to make call, sat
near by with her husband. Clark was
t'lking with thcm, and held his gun
in his hand. The little girl asked
what BIC was gding to do with it.
"Shoot your mothor," said he, and
pointed the gun ut hor head. "Take
good aim, Philo," said tho lady and
her daughter ran and claspod her
arms around her mothers neck. The
next moment Clark fired, blowing his
sisters head in pieces and ipjuring
the little girls arm so tGat ampnta-
tion will be necessary. "Ho had no
evil intentions, being on the best
terms with Mrs. Turner, and is over
whelmcd with grief" He is a steady
industrious man, in the employ of the
Gold Spring Iron Company. Mrs.
Turner was only twenty-five years Of
age, and her daughter is six. The
event occasions great excitement in
Otis.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
A Dreadful Fate-A Woman and four
Children Frozen to Delth.

A letter iu tho St. Paul Pioneer,
from Mankato, Minnesota, relates the
freezing to death of woman aud her
four children in Noble county, that
State during the absence of tho drun-
ken husband aud father, who left them
destitute daring the recent dreadful
coldwcathcr. The letter say be left her
out on the open prairie, in tho dead
of winter, with scarce stick of wood,
and what is still more Incredible,
while che was daily expecting oonfino-
mont. Tho day after ho left camo
the fearful storm Of the 2od, and
when that was expended the poor
woman found horself without fuel.
She knew that sho could scarcely OK
pect hor husband homo for several
days, as it took that timc generally
for him to recover from his spreos,
and tho conviction came to her that
her family would freeze to death un-
less succer could be- had from the
nelghbors, the nearest of whom was
three miles distant. So on Monday,
this desperate woman, at that time
in so delicate, q condition that she
might bo condued to hier bod, started
out in the fierce cold for helm. At
least such is tho suppositiou, for the
next d9y come Of Tho, ne ghbors found
her body, together with that of new
born babe, stark stiIf in q snow bank,
whore she had fallen faint and perish.
ed. lorrified, they picked her; up
and carried licr home, aud here, hor-
Ir ror Upon horror they found tbe three
little ones also FROZEN TO death. The
drunken brute of a husband and
father was hunted up, and friends IN
this city telcgraphcd for, who at once
went up and saw the bodies decontly
inferred,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
1 Shih} Old aaA.,

Old Mr.. Jcssee r. Grant, father of
the President, like his son, has evil
IDENTIFY an eye to "No :" II has leak.
ed out that through his influence q
Young man named sayers obtained q
railroads, and that in consideration Of
receivipg tho benefit of That iuaue ice,
Saycrs las Beet in the. ,fabit Of pay:
ing to tho old gentleman a little
brokerage amounting to ne-'hird of
bis m9sfbl|y1 fbi|y1 compensation: Unluokis
With the iaqa that Tie Jo}upt man, as
E9 labofed faithfally ought to enjo y
his Salary entire and not divide i
With patcr Grant, SO wrote to tie
bepartpent, !supboqipg it 'aas q con.
clifton of his IaBppofntYG9ent,; tY9e, This, u of
Grant is the Presidents father,,it is
likely w@o ehall hear no more Of tho
matteri
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
The Artcsian Well.

A gentleman in Chicago has sunk
an artesian we'll which is said to yield
sixty thousand gallons of water in
an hour. 1t cost $4,000. Tho city
Watet; works, drawing the supply
from tako Michigan, deliver only a
million of gallons an hour, sixteen
times as much as the we'll: These
works cost three million or more,
while sixteen wells would coat only
$tG00O0-lcss than the annual in.
tcrest u pom the cost Of tile watet
works.
This we'll was bored through a
thousand feet of tho. solid Niagara
limestone. When tho water was
struck it burst through the fiyc.inch
pipe, at tho rate of thousand gallons
a minute.
An artcsiap, we'll is a very unicer::
tnin thing. You Il, not kn,w when
you will strike Water, I,ur du you
know what sort Of water you will
6trike when you do: Maiy have been
Suuk to no purpose failing to get
water or getting very Indifferent wa
ter when successful. This Chicago
we'll water does not 60 down we'll
!. C., il is nausoous, and when men
try it they don't like it. 1t is too
strongly mineral.
But, suppose a city could find a
good water rising so rapidly from
artesan wells as does the water from
this Chicago we'll: tho population
thus supplied would feel great con-
ISOLATION in the purity of their water.
It would be above suspicion.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
4 Small Pox Sensation.

A, genuine smallpox sensation was
ipaGgurated a few days. since in
Draftwood, near Williamsport, Pa.
1t appears that a soavengcr made his
appearaiice Mt the hotel in TINT vii.
lagc, and was given lodgings for the
night, retiring in state of intoxioa.
tion. The next morning he was found
to be sick and unable to rise, and
died the evening Of that day. A
coffin was procured, tho corpse laid
out, and. upon removal it was asccr-
tanned that the body could not bc
conveyed down the stairway, owing
to it's barrow, winding course. 1t
was thercupot r6softcd to lower tho
body from a window and in the exc.
cutiop Of this task the coffin burst
and the body fell to tho ground, also
bursting. Six men gathered up tho
remains, and the burial was performed
!, as speedily as possible. To tho utter
astonishmcnt Of the people Of that
place, six inmates Of the hotel were
taken with small pox, ono of whom,
SON Of the landlord, died on tho 25th
ul'imo. A guard has been steadily
maintained day and night to prevent
the inmates from escaping, and to
keep outsiders away, but in spite of
all their vigilance one of tho patients,
suffering from delirium, has escaped,
and at last accounts had not been
captured. The business of the hotel
previous to this visitation was about
$lo0 per day some Of the patrons
escaped upon the outbreak of the
Ji>ease, and now domand their bag"
gnge, but the landlord refuses TO. de-
liver it, conclusion in which he
will receive the endorsement Of the
inhs bitants.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10

lights aired their eloquence, and con
sumed the time of tho Convention.
This debate was soop dwindled down
into q wrangle, and finally developed
strong symptoms of irst.class row,
in consequence of the nomination of
June Mobley as delegate. Byas, in
the course of his remarks, which were
delieerd with all that mimicry of
pompous cloquenco which char.
acterized his Legislative harangucs,
pitched into tho Administration for
not doing justice to his race-and
very deservedly too. He said that
he hoped the C6pvention would dc
mand that the rights of race be grant.
ed ; a race numbering in the Uni
ted States nearly FIVE million souls.
He hoped tie demand would be ,iiade
to put a colored man in the Cabinet
of the United States; that there was
no 6ther race--Irish or Dntch--num-
bering SO ifiahy, who were not there
re presented.
Finally after long and apparent.
ly endless talk, tho Convention, So
.cailed, aoJOurned, alter electlng the
following delegates to the New Or
leans Convention
+. J.. Cardo2o; Lieutenant Cover
nor A. j. Ransier, r. j. Elliott,
William j. McKinlay, f. II. Frost,
w. B. Nash and j. s. Nfobley.
All these gentleman being Office
holders, it is probable that their voice
will have some influence with the
man of smoke, and unless Byas or
Jamison or Moblcy or some of our
sable solons are called to spheres of
usefulness in the Presidents Cabinet,
row In the wigwam is not improba-
BILE. Our colored brethren evidently
moan business.-Col. Cor. Charleston
Courier.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Free MaSOnSs

Some one has evidently boon at
tempting to hoax the Pope. A letter
from Rome in an -Eoglish paper says
"The American Free Masops Bavc
offered Plus TX. the Grand Master Of
their Order, which has so astonished
the Holy Father that he seems at q
loss how to reply" It is evident
that his Holiness does not know very
much about the Masonic Order; which
ho has so often denounced,or no would
be at loss how to reply to the Amcri-
can jokers who have thus played On
his simplicity .--Erchange, .
There is no Grand Master Of the
"American FREQ Masons." Each
State OF Grand Lodge has it's own
Grand Master. If the, Pope has IRE.
coived any letter Of tho kind, it VA
sent by some wag who had heart
the old story that the Pope was once
| Mason. -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
ApportionmCnls Of School Funds.

The following is the apportionment
of thetState appropriation of 100000,
for the support and !. maintenance Of
free comm on SCHOOLS for the, fiscal year
commencing November I, 1871
Abbeville, $ll, ,s62.7Q; Anderson,
9,s62. go Barnwell, l2,Os4 80 Beau.
fort, 1881 Chester, 8,l5G.7O; phar:
lesion, s9,273.8 j, chesterfield, $685.
Clarendon, 6,575 80. Collctop, H..
209.6o Darlington, ll;292.9O ; Edge:
field, 1890 ). Fairfield. .6,953. 10
Georgetown, 6,968.50; Groonville,
lo,o5o.7o: Horny, 4,45 $50; ~Ker--
shaw, $3.50: 40 Lancaster, 4,7o5 80 {;
Laurens, 9,l63.7O; Lexington, 5,906.-
40; Marion, 9,I33.3o Marlboro,
5,o08.7O ; ,Newberry, 8,036.5O ;
Oconoc, 4,824.7o ;.Pickens, 4,534.l0;
Orangeburg, l2,2eA.5o; ,Richland,
$4,000 !; Spartanburg, 1864 10;
Sumter 0,860. 10; Union, 8,OG0.70 !
Williamsburg, 7284.80; York, o.
1872. 30.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Shipments In Bulk 10 Europe via tho
MlSsiSSibfi.

The Missouri Democrat announces
that tho shipments ofcorn in bulk to
Europe via the great water route are
now progressing satisfactorily. Since
the 18th ultimo, ovcr. one hundred
thousand bushels Of corn bavo been
taken by tho barge line, in bulk for
England and France via New Orleanss
This corn is going forward d on con-
tract freight Of ten cents per bushol,
which is slightly tough for tho barge
line people, rs just now they could
get. thirtyofive cents por hundred
pounds for carrying miscellan eous
freights down tho rivor, and this corn
pays but about eighteen cents per
hundred.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-04-10
Hotel Accommodation in Texas.

One of the exhibitors at the recent
Texas State Fair, at Houston, gave
an amusing account of his experience
ut Il hotel, which illustrate the crowd.
ed condition of the taverns at that
time: "When I got there I just said ,
Captain, | wrote you about six weeks
ago to save me a room I hope you
have done so.' Certainly, I have :;
waiter, show the gentleman to No.
81. Pm blessed if there wasn't forty
others besides myself in that same
apartment; and when they went to
uhdress at night the room looked like
al arsenal, for every man had knife
and a six-shooter or two. My part.
ncr had an immense pistol, which he
coolly took off and placed in bed bc.
tween us. Say, stranger says I if
had to carry thing like that, blam,
ed i'll wouldn't put it. on wheels
Guess if I choose to wear it it's no.
body's business he replied. 'Wcll,'
says 'is all this artillery company in
tt'ld room 2 About half tho oocu.
pants were changed every day, and
could tell every few arrival
the number of his room as soon as
set eyes on him. sHollo. Colonel, iast
got in 2 would say. sYes-just in,
and lucky enough to .get d room.'
sWhat's your mum b + 2 I would ask.
'Ninety.ono,' wa6 sure to be the re.
ply"