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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-27
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SBAs0uABbB GOODS.

Tourists, Travellers,
And all persons going off,
will ind a splendid variety Of
handsome and useful things
for travellers at our house,
such as TRAVELLING TRUNKS,
in Sole Leather, Linen Couch
Covers. or Zinc Saratogas, or
Zinc. (Gentleman's Styles,)
Satchels, in Black and Bronze,
with Lunch Baskets, Pocket
Fans, Linen Suits, &C., &c.
In all departments will be
found goods at prices to suit
the times.
A full line of every style
Shoe and Slipper, suitable for
the season.
r. G. SILVER & CO.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-27
COLUMBIA. s. c.. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 27 1873
special Not1ces.
no THE MILD POWER 81
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HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS

11O-HEUT TAIHIC 6FECITICC
HAvE PROVED, FROM THE MOST
Prompt Efficient and Reliable. They are tho only
medicines perfectly adapted to popular usc.so
simple thnt mistakes cannot be made In using
them SO harmless as to be FREQ from danger; and
SO efficient to be always reliable. They have tho
highest commendation from nll, and will always
render satisfaction. Price, in largo three-dracl1n
HiulS. with directinnE
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-27
The Morris Cotton Gin"

The Morris Cotton Gin"
HANiNG enlarged my business. again
IL oi.rr The above Gin to the planters Of
South Carolina. Having been thirty.cight
yea,s in the business, feel confident can
pleas" tie most fasldous My Gins arc war
rantcd To plcaer, or no salc. They run
hghiti Cir ceGnr, make more lint from tho
same quantity Of seed cotton. than any other
Gin made. The price lo'rrr than any Gin in
the market. Planters wishing these Gins,
will please order curly, TO avoi,, delay.
Piicc, IS 50 per saw.
WOOD TURNING, of every sty:e, done with
ncaincrs and despatch, and cheaper than
Northern work can be brought here for. Adj
dress f. MORklS
July 10 3m Columbia. s. g.
Choice Table Claret,
NSE hccshead sourd TABLE CLARE ON
~ ';rirgiit, on MONDAY NEXT, the 23d,
very i''w fnr ca-h. HOPE 4 GiLES.
Revised Statutes State South Carolina.
( t)Mr;.ElE in one volume, So.
~ AcI&or .hc Legislature, 1872 -, Il.
10 H. :, r. J.. HRYAN'S bookstore.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-27
Sicily Lemon Sugar

NY a rs ihsiantantOus LtMonaLe, IL su.
171, peiior To Lcmonr, costs ltss, and is
handler a.; nsC For ~ 4 Ivy
JHly? joins .LGNEW = $ON.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
THE MARKETS.
November IL, 1878.

November IL, 1873
New YORK. Cottoa-140l47sc. .F2our-Good to
choice, $6.O506.75; white wheat extra, $3.50
Spring. s.. 1.2S@1 .2S; No. 2. Milwaukee Spring,
81. 32@1.3 .33. Rye--Western, ss@94c. Barley -S1.25
al. 30 C07n-5S@5SAc. OGts-New Western,
46k @o471ac. P0rk-New mess, S14. 75015.00. Lard
-7b@74c. W0ONCommon to extra, 3S05Oc.
CHICAGO Beeues-Cnoice, s500@5. 80; good
s4.25@4.75; medium, So. 1904 .25; butchers stock,
So. 1903. go. Sheep Good to choice, S3.500400
Butter-Choice yellow, 26030c. EggS-Fresh, 21@
&c. Pork-Mess, new, $1100011. .05. Ldrd-6h
@65sc. Flour-Whte winter. extra, Sc. 5O@9, ,12h !;
93@94c Com-No. 2, 321l @33c. OatS-No. 2, 27C@
S1.2sh@i.ss. -Tub-washed, 4O@55c; fleece,
washed, :S6@43c; fleece, unwashed, 24@32c; pulled,
35038c.
C1No1NNATI- -F7ou,'-$6. .a5@6.60. Wheat-S1 25
@1.30. CO1n-43@45c. Rye-74975c OQtS-32@
40c. Barley $1.3O@1.4O. PORK S12OO@125O.
ST.. LoUIs.-Ca Cattte-Fair to Choice, s4Oo@5 a5.
R0gS-Live, So. .2G0D3.55. F20ur--XX Fall, $500
800. Whe0t-No. 2 Red Fail, $13e@1. SO. Corn
No. 2, 3ah@35c. Oass1No. 2 3o4@s2c. Rgsa6og
1900. LGrd-6h@7c.
F20ur-Spring Xxx, $5.70@625.
Whe0t-Spring, No. 1, $1.04@D1. .041s; No. 2 $50
9Tc. C071-No. 2, 39@40c. OGts--No. 2, 26@27c
Rye-No. /, 64@65c. BGc2ey-No. 2, $1.25@1.3O
DETROIT Wheat-Extra, $1.46@1. .46h. Corn
451a@46c. Oats -35@35Ac.
TOLEDO Vheat-Amber Mich, 81 3101.32; No.
2 Red, $l.2S01.29. COa7-Mixed, 4aD43c. Oats
CLEvELAND.-W Wheat-No. Red, 81. 1901. "A; !;
No. . Red, $l.29@1 80. Coam-4s@5Oc. 0atS-No.
!, 42@421sc.
BUFFALo.- Beeves 425@6. .121z. Rogs-Live,
So. .5O@410. Sheep-Live, So. .0O045O.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
A Dangerous Article.

WE had visitor Saturday afternoon.
He was square built, heavy man. When
he came in he took seat opposite us,
and, after a preliminary examination OF
our features, propounded the following
singular but rather important question
"Did you ever hear tell of woman
leaving hoop-skirt on the floor in front
of the bed?" We thought over the sub
iect for moment so as not to seem hasty
in our judgment, and briefly intimated
that we had not any knowledge of this
peculiarly of the sex. "Well, nor l
either, till last night" said he. "And so
you did hear of it last night?" we asked.
IL rayther think did. rayther think l
did," he repeated. Then he pulled up
his pantaloon leg, disclosing shin-bone
that looked as if it had passed the
night in smoke-house fighting flies, and
bruise at the top that must have called
forth the liveliest expressions of wrath
when received. "Do you see that?' he
asked. AS we were looking directly at
it, there was possibility that we saw it,
and we answered in the affirmative.
"Well, young man." he explained, "I've
got another one like that on my back, and
lump on the top of my head, and the
gol-darndest shaking up generally you
ever saw" He paused a moment to
readjust his pantaloon leg, and then con-
tinued: "You see I was taken little
bad in the night, with pain in the stom-
ach. I had been over to the fair, and
must have eat something that didn't
agree with me. I guess it was about
three o'clock in the mornin' when I be-
gun to feel the gripin'. I thought at first
I'd lay still, an it might pass over; but ii
kept Citing worse, an finally got up to
look for the camfire. 1t was darker than
blazes, Ia favorite and pertinent slmlle
with the masses-ED] an had to hitch
round kinder carefully for a match ]
expect got on the wrong side of the bed
in the dark, for the first thing | knowed
one of my feet catched in something, and
kinder pitched me ahead, then
the other foot catched and
pulled me up agin, an then
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14

both legs got tangled up in the infernel
hoops, for it was the old woman's hoop
skirt, an some of the ribs got atween my
toes and smarted like thunder, an when /
undertook to move one way it would
pull me back another, and finally it
got catched ON to cheer, an suddenly
went over to wunst, the cheer
too, an struck my arm across
the foot-board of the bed an
liked to have wrenched my shoulder off,
an that threw me to one side, kinder, an
come plump with the top of my head
again the mantel, and jest made every
timber in that house shake as if a thun-
derbolt had struck it. It's great won
der it hadn't killed me; as it was, it set
the old woman to screamin' like stuck
pig, an for two or three minutes it made
me dreadful sick an dissatisfied. You
can bet that when | got on my feet
I made short work of that hoop-skirt.
1t amt hardly worth mentionin' in the
paper, | don't suppose, but / thought it
might be a good thing to just warn the
women against leavin' hoop-skirts on the
floor nights, an putin peoples life in
danger, you know" Here he stopped,
and, leaning back in his chair with a
sigh of relief from an oppressive duty
performed eyed us for moment with
considerable and rather uncalled for anXi-
ETY.. Then rising and replacing his hat,
with another sigh, asked us If we had
engaged our potatoes for the winter, and,
finding that we had, and there was no
probability within the scope of earthly
comprehension that we should need any
pot-cheese, he sighed once more and took
his leave-Dd DdnbatTq NeaoS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Treasurer Spinner's Report.
WASHINGTON, November


TREASURER SPINNER, in his thirteenth
annual report, says the falling off in the
receipts for the past year, from customs,
amounts to SOS, ,2S0,764, and from internal
revenue, $16,912, 7S6, while the expendi-
lures are largely in excess of those of
previous years. These facts combined
make an interesting subject for reflection,
the study of which will make a good
guide, if not warning to Congress, and
the Administration officers as well, of the
course that shall be pursued in the future.
Either taxation must be increased, an eX-
pedient that can hardly be thought of, or
the appropriations must be kept largely
below the receipts. Otherwise the rapid
reduction of the public debt will be ar
rested, if not abandoned.
Treasurer Spinner says few if any be-
lieve the value of the currency, as fixed
by law, stands at an amount that is exact
ly right. 1t must be obvious to all who
have an interest in, and who have watched
the course of business, and the financial
returns of the country, that there are
many times when the real wants of the
country demand, and there should be, an
increase of currency, and that there are
other times when the safety of all legiti-
mate business requires that it should be
largely decreased. What is really needed
is currency so flexible as to at all times
accommodate itself to the business wants
of the whole country. After arguing the
question, the Treasurer says that for the
existing notorious evils remedy should
be found and interposed, which remedy,
he thinks, is the issue of legal-tenders
convertible into bonds at a low rate of in
terest, 8 65-10O being the rate most likely
to satisfy all conditions to be met. He
thinks it more than probable that it will
not require an increase of the bulk of
legal-tenders above the present legally
authorized $400 100000, and that the min
imum amount of $306,000,O00 will ordi-
narily be sufficient for the easy transac-
ton of the legitimate business of the
country.
The project of the postoff1ce savings
banks, about which the Bureau has been
consulted by the Postmaster General, is
warmly commended by the former as one
that would not only be of great benefit to
the individual depositors, but to the whole
country as well.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Habits of the Oyster.

In conversation with prominent
oyster packer, says the Baltimore AnerS-
can, some curious and interesting features
of the oyster trade were related. AS is
well known, the habits Of this bivalve are
an entire mystery; what it eats and how
it lives are questions not yet understood.
The spawn of the oyster floats around
with the action of the waves and tide,
and adheres to whatever it may come into
contact with. Oysters taken from rocky
bed are of superior quality; those taken
from a soft bottom are.comparatively poor
in quality. Thousands of "poor innocent"
oysters die annually from resting on a soft
bottom, a fact which should arouse the
sympathies of all tender-hearted people.
The weight of the oyster, as it gradually
natures, sinks it beneath the surface; and
as soon as it is covered with sediment, or
mud, it dies. Many people suppose that
the oyster really eats, and kind-hearted
people, buying oysters in the shell, some
times throw corn meal over them, think
ing to feed them. The peculiar noise en-
anating from them has been supposed to
be produced by feeding. All shell-fish at
times have their shells open, and when
touched will instantly close them. The
noise thus produced has been mistaken
for mastication, when, in reality, it is
from fright.
Most of the dealers in raw oysters dur
ing the summer months transact their
business at Fair Haven, Conn, whittier
large beds of Baltimore oysters have been
The beds are so arranged
that, on the receding of the salt water
tide, fresh water from small stream COW
ers the oysters; it is said that this fattens
oysters better thanssany other method. Or
ders are received for the article in ques-
ton during the summer months, and they
are taken from the beds and shipped with
the greatest possible dispatch, and many
eat them with apparant relish, notwith-
the warmth of the season. Alto
gether the oyster packing trade of Balti-
more is an enormous one, and, in connec-
ton with fruit and vegetable packing
business, employs capital of about $685.
100000, a fact which sufficiently expresses
the great importance of this interest to
Baltimore.-tScient6fc american.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

The French National Assembly met at YER
Bailles on the 5th, and a message from Presi-
dent MacMahon was read, in which he said
that to thoroughly insure public peace the
Government absolutely lacks two things-es-
sential conditions of efficiency: 1t had neither
sufficient vitality or authority. 1t could do
nothing durable If the rights of the Govern
ment were daily questioned, with its powers
liable to be changed at any moment. ''The
Government lacks authority, for it is unable
even to obtain obedience from its own agents,
or to repress the excesses of journals which
are corrupting the public mind You
will consider these dangers and
create a strong, durable executive
which can energetically defend society,"" A
motion was adopted by a large majority that
executive power be conferred on Marshal Mac
Mahon for ten years; that he continue to main
tain the present form of government until a
constitution is voted; and that committee of
thirty be appointed to examine bills. A mo-
ton, that the people be called upon to decide,
on the 4th of January, 1874, whether repub-
lcan or an imperial form of government shall
be adopted, was defeated.
Prince Bismarck, as Chancellor of the En-
pire, has laid before the Federal Council an in
vitation of the United States Government to
Germany to participate in the Centennial Ex-
hibition at Philadelphia, with recommenda-
tion that it be accepted
According to a cable telegram of the Sth,
great victory had been gained by the Carlists
over the Spanish forces, after desperate fight
in the province of Navarro. The loss was
heavy on both sides, including several officers.
The Paris Press of the 9th says the Right
had not only agreed to limit MacMahon's
term of office to five years, but had consented
that he should be officially designated by the
title, president of the Republic" By these
concessions the Right gained enough Repub-
lican members to give them majority in the
committee on the prolongation of the Presi-
dents powers
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
A Human Life Staked at Game Of
Cards.

A CURIOUS story comes to us from Hell
delburg, Germany, of a game OF cards IN
which the stake was a human life, and
one of the players was young man
named Silfred Meyer, student from Chi
cago. The game was played in the Rit-
ter Hotel, and the contestants were four
young men who had been most intimate
friends. The time was the 9th of Sep
tember, and the circumstances preceding
and subsequent to the terrible test are
briefly as follows: All the young men
were students, and the day before the
eventfll one on which the ability of each
as a card player was tried to its utmost,
all had been at the Swami Tavern, where
their wassail was carried to such an eX-
tent that from the joyous they turned to
the Joking, and from the latter to the seri-
Gus, when slight occurrence Jared their
good humor, and ended fatally to one of
their number. It caused an angry retOrt,
and one of them, Count Ottendorf, called
Meyer, the Chicago student, "cowardly
Jew.n The words had no sooner left the
lips of the heated young German than
Meyer had answered by extending chal-
lenge This was accepted at once on the
opposite side, and then the mode OF car
rying out their project suggested itself.
Young Meyer, in tone of considerable
excitement, proposed that the entire party
should repair to the Ritter Hotel, and
there play game of 'sixty-six," the loser
to shoot himself with pistol. The pro-
posal was accepted, and the four students
repaired to the hotel.
Ludeken, one of the four, in some way
obtained two loaded pistols from gun
smiths near by, and room was ordered
in the hotel, and cards and wine sent up.
The young men then seated themselves to
their work, the fourth student dealing the
cards. Meyer and Ottendorf were each
supplied with pistol, and the awful
game commenced. For some little Tune
there was no apparent turning ON either
side, so that the stake made the issue all
the more terrible. 1t was an eventful mo-
ment when Meyer obtained single ad-
vantage, and Ottendorf, seeing all was
lost, suddenly jumped up, exclaiming,
"Adieu, my friends" and, seizing his
pistol, shot himself through the right tenn
pie. He fell to the floor corpse, and his
Mortified companions looked on the dead
one moment, and then fled from the room.
The noise of the shooting brought the
landlord on the scene, but not before tne
students had escaped. He Immedla.eiy
gave the alarm, and the police started IN
pursuit. They succeeded in capturing
Immich, who made the above statement.
Ludeken and Meyer fed across the French
frontier, and SO got beyond the German
line The dead Count was the son OF
wealthy landed proprietor in Westphalia,
and at the time of his death was but nine
teen wears of age. Another warning
more blood -curdling than the-recent death
of +ba CornoII University Stlldent-CtI-
cago Inter-Oced's
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14

The report is very volumlnous, is full
of interesting statistical and general in
formation, and concludes as follows:
"Some idea Of the increase of operations
may be formed when it is stated that the
coinage of gold during the month of Oc-
tober approximated in value $14 100000.
Coin, except as to the Pacific coast States
and Territories being, as a general thing,
in the Treasury and banks, the present
time is favorable one for estimating the
amount of gold and silver in the country.
From the most reliable data obtainable,
the gold coin is estimated at $135000, 900;
and silver, $5,O00,O00. Total, $140,0 900,
900. The silver coin is principally in
circulation in California, Idaho, Arizona
and Texas. The increase of coin in this
country has been at very fair rate since
the first of April last, and the indications
are, that although there may be occasional
expectations, it will gradually go on till
an amount sufficient to enable the coun-
try to resume specie payments will be Sc
cured. This much-desired result, how
ever, will depend upon conditions which
cannot be discussed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14

The cash receipts under the various
heads amounted to $3,4Os, 515. Surveys
during the same period show total of
3O,4S8, 1873 acres. Surveyed during the
previous year, 29,450,939. Increase
in number of acres surveyed, l.
O37,194. The total area of land
in the States and Territories is 1884, $685.
400 acres, and making the proper deduc-
tions, 1918, ,443,6 ,605 acres are yet to be sur
veyed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Land-0fice Report.
WASHINGTON. October 81.

WASHINGTON, October 81.
The following statement has been pre-
pared by Commissioner Drummond, of
the General Land Office, for his forthcom-
ing report. During the last fiscal year,
public lands were disposed of as follows,
the figures representing acres in round
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Report of the Director of the Mint.
WASHINGTON, November 8, 197;

THE annual report of the Director of
the Mint, for the fiscal year ending June
80, says the amount of gold and silver de-
posits and purchases, and coins struck,
stamped and manufactured during the
year, was as follows:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14

-Philadelphia will spend $1.629, 1876 46
for education next year,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14

Save your suds for the garden and
plants, or to harden yards when sandy,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-11-14
Total amount received and acted

Total amount reCelVeu and aCJeU
upon. .$72, PA, ,S18, ,ss
Deducting re-deposits made and issued
W one institution and deposited with
mother, the deposits were:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-08
MASSACHUSETTS,
BOSgON March

EOSi ON. MARCH o.
When Lewis Wagner, the supposed
murderer of Il Oma at the Isle OF
Shoals. was arrested last evening, he
wa disguised in Il new suit of clothes;
his old ones were spotted with blood.
He denied the crime. Wager was
formerly an employee of MIR. Hunt
reSS. at whose residence the murder
wa commit ii. After hiSarrival at the
house on the evening of the murder,
he killed Cornelia Christensen with
OF Q blow OF an AZ. immediately al
ter he struck the other woman,
Lawson. and then asked for the mo-
ney. lie subsequently crushed Miss
Lawson's head to Il Jelly. Mrs. Hunt
ress narrowly escaped.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-08
Al INTELLIGENCE.
~ Hydrogen or Hydro Carbon
Furnace.

\ experiments lately male in
fanci>Co to test the powers of
lrnace on Il large scale have
Smiuen,lv successful. The OPP
rs vere conducted by Mr.. Levi
IS, the inventor. in person. The
was started (cold), and about
24nds of exceedingly intractable
II ore, assaying in silver so per
nd lead 40 per cent, was placed
y. The heat employed was
$500 degrees. In one hour and
)linuteS the vent-hole was
and a fine bar of silver was
)d. The Stag was com )lrtclv
bely melted, and came out in AN
liquid form. Two hundred
more OF ore had in the mean
Zen fed into the furnace, and in
pr and eight minutes more the
8moun. OF silver had been eN-
The total amount Of silver
ed from tle 1000 pounds OF ore
pounds, winch was a great
the assays seldom go low.
Deat was most intense, and
~ reduced this ore, usually
s,intractabie. The ore came
#the starr King mine, ElkO
in this State. The result sal
every one present that this is
fnace, and the greatest i'll
OF the age to miners.
Il proved itself the best furnace
Il for the reduction Of ores.
Establishment of tniS process ni
On III Eureha will revolutions
whole system of reducing the
this district, and promote the
nS OF mines now lying idle tor
Il cheap method of smelling
Saving under $40 ,.er ton. itu,
leateSt merit OF this invention
s III the fact that milling ores
smtlted cheaper and worked
20 the lire ASSAY than 10y the
process. Charcoal as Il fuel
obsolete. Glorious consulnna-
harcoal Flat shall be our cog
nG more For when this pro-
iue> III vogue here, Petroleum
kinS. and not Cilarcnal. And
" a quantity "t fuel j. requireu,
gativell.tnat the cost OF freight
i never be il burden. We
kith some impati. nce and great
htlonS the introduction of this
and smelling process in Eu'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-03-08

RUNAwAY.-The Palisadc stage was
run away with by the team, this side
of Chimney Station, yesterday, caus-
ing an accident to the driver, Mr..
Sampson, who was the only person
injured. Two of the wheels of the
vehicle had got INTO u deep rut or
q" huck-hOle" in the road, and several
men set to work to lift the wagon out,
I'LL the passengers except Il lady, Mrs.
j.. W.. Eierson, getting out for that
I,Wr Jose. In their efforts to accom-
plish this, the tongue of the wagon
was broken, and was then used AS IA
pry upon the wheels to heave them
out of the hole. The drag-cslain was
fastened to the forward axle, and the
horses made to assist, which they did
with Il sudden jerk, throwing air.
sampson OIL the seat, precipitat-
ing him to the ground, and severely
injnring his arm. rne horses then
started on I'M, and kept it UP Tor
about a mile, when they were brought
70 a full stop by one of the wheels
striking a post at the end of Il bridge
across Il rayine. All this time Mrs.
PierSOn had the i'm ,resSiDn tlat-the
driver was still on the box, although
thinking the horses were being driven
at a rather rapid rate. TX + SUI pris
was great on learning that she had
been run away with. The passengers
and an tier driver soon came up,
and another vehicle was sui stituted
and brought in without further ac-
cident.