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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-01

CONFERENCE.-THE Senate confirmed
the following appointments OF the Go.
vernon on the last day of the session:
Trial Justices Riohland County-W.
B.. Nash, s.. b. Thompson, I. H. Cole.
man, G. A. Richmond, HIsop Goodson,
Trezevant Sill, Isaiah II. Cannon, ". ".
Entwin9er, Sammf White. Clarendon
-R. E. Fielder. rOharleston-James
Hutchinson. Sumter-Joseph A. Flem.
ing, James D. Graham, j. NJ. Dennis,
Il. D. Corbett, R. L. Heriot. James E,
Smiley. Chesterfeld-W. L. T. Prince
W. Z. johnson, Ahbeville- William A.
Giles. !, Union-JRmes T. -Jeter. Oco-
nee-H. A. 81. Gibson. Edge6eld-J.
O. Walker, J. II. Denny. Lexington
D. Nunnamaker, F. Derrick. Newberry
Simeon Young, G. P. Jacoby. Spar.
tanburg Henry g. Gahney. Marlboro
20. G. Lucas. York-John Martin.
Orangeburg-J: Fielder Meyers. r. Y.
lips; Horry.Wm. E: Cooper. Edward
P: Putnam, Avery Floyd, Thomas L..
Hardee, Joseph M. King, Thomas Ms
Cormiok. Jury Commissioners of Lau-
rens County-Sydney Armstrong. Au-
ditor of Horry-R. q, Sessions. Audi
tor of Orangeburg-James Van Tassell
Treasurer of York;. L. Watson. Trus.
tees OF the State Orphan Asylum at
Charleston-W. H. Jones, Jr., George
I. Cunningham. r. w. Turner, w. 3.
Nash, 8. e. Gaillard. Trustees of the
South Carolina Agricultural College and
Mechanics Institpte--B. f. Whittemore,
f. L. Cardozo, A. 0. Jones.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-01

Kings AND EMpERoRs According tn
an estimate, ont of 2,54O Emperors or
Kings ruling over 81 nations, 200 were
dethroned, G4 abdicated, 20 committed
suicide, II went mad, 100 died on the
battlefield, 123 were made prisoners, Is
became, or were pronounced martyrs
and saints, Isl were assassinated, 62
poisoned, and lob sentenced to death.
Total, 063.
The festival of Mardi Gras was oele.
brated with unusual gayety and splendor
OF New Orleans, Memphis, Philadelphia,
Mobile and Galveston.
Senator Summers health has material
~ improved, and he is now pronounced
out of danger.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-01


privilege of eleoting their servants, now
nominally exercised at the ballot.box, to
representative electors. The function Of
the voter must be confined to this field,
and the electors thus chosen must not
nominate simply, but elect or appoint all
public officers. To the success OF the
scheme it is all important that this pri-
mary convention be rescued from the
manipulation Of the politician and Office
seeker. He must not be able to forecast
its action. A new principle must be in
troduced upon which the constituency
OF the representative elsctor must be dc.
.termined and established. They must
not any longer, as now, be the standing
plaOe Of party organization.
''The constituency OF the representa-
tive elcctor must be established BY lot.
For this purpose, Let the voters in
town or ward be registered. J,et their
namcs be publicly drawn by the proper
authorities as the names Of Jurors are
now drawn for the panel, till the whole
are divided, by ffties, or hundreds. or
other suitable number, into as many lists
as the register will fill. Let each suoh
list constitute primary electoral consh.
tuency. Let this constituency be assem-.
bled as soon as convenient after the
drawing, and after notice to it's mem.
bers, and proceed, retired by itself like a
jury, to choose it's representative eleotor.
Let this establishment of constituencies
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21
Progress of the New Rebellion.

New ORLEANS, Nav THE ex-
citement prevailing throughout the
city was increased this evening by q
report that Kellogg had been shot
The report was untrue, but it appears
that pistol was fred at him.
The resisters assert that although
United States troops are going to st.
Martinsville upon application of the
United States Marshal upon the plea
of serving civil processes, that their
real object or the effect of their mission
will be to relieve the Metropolitans.
whose petitions for help are unheeded.
Thirty-one Kelloggites, with arms
and accoutrements, left at seven PM
by Morgan's Texas Railroad, for the
Teehe country.
All the city papers condemn the
action of the mob in breaking in gun
stores last night, and Governor Nc
Emery has issued an address Of SIM
liar purport.
BRAsHER CITY, La, Nav T.
Boats all seized by citizens. United
States troops are detained here, una
bic to proceed further for want of
transportation.
New ORLEANS, May The Pic
ayme's New iberia special says: A
sharp engagement took place to-day
at st. Martinsville The police about
2:45 p. NJ. made a sortiee from the
town and attacked the forces of Col
Defiance, who fell back before them.
The police fired both solid shot and
shell from their cannon, but without
effect. They advanced about o mile
and a half beyond the town, and
made a stand, but retreated after
brisk skirmish.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21
Shocking BOY Murder.

\ murder Of q most shocking char
acter was committed on Thursday
last, near Ridgeview, Mount Pleas
ant tp, WestmOreland county, eight
miles southeast Of Greensburg. The
tragedy was peculiar in that the mur-
derer Is a lad of fifteen, his victim 4
companion aged nine years, and the
killing was the result of a quarrel
over some sugar The facts are these:
George Schaum, whose parents reside
in the vicinity of MOccasin hollow,
was sent by his mother, Thursday af-
ternoon last, to the store of J. VI.
Keck, at Ridgeyiew, about mile dis
tant, for some groceries and medi-
cine He obtained the articles and
left the store, but never reached home.
Late in the evening his parents went
! to search for him, and learned from q
neighbOr woman that be had been on
the road in company with Timothy
Bacon, a boy of the neighbOrhOod,
five or six years older than Sehaum,
and that they had been quarreling
about some sugar. This was all the
information they could obtain that
night, and of course the parents of
the missing boy became very much
alarmed Friday morning the search
was renewed, but it was not until
noon that the murder was developed.
Two boys named Slater, in passing
along near where the boys were re-
ported to have had their quarrel, dis
covered large pile of leaves heaped
up against log, and on pulling them
away were Mortified to find the dead
body of the missing boy. 1t had
been dragged some distance, and
covered up with leaves A spot was
found where the murderer had at
tempted to dig hole in the ground,
evidently with the intention of cover
ing up the body with earth, but the
more convenient method was adopt
ed A hickory switch or stick, was
found near the scene of the murder,
and with this the boy had betn beat
en- to death-his skull having been
fractured in several places, and the
body badly bruised. The boys spread
the news, and soon the farmers of the
neighborhood gathered about, and
search was at once made for the al
legged murderer, Timothy Bacon. The
constable of the township went to the
house of Mr. Dillon, stepfather of Bs-
con, and found the boy in the barn.
At first he denied his guilt but,
when taken before Justice Fassold,
and told that he had been seen quar-
reling with George on theroad home
from the store, be admitted that he had
struck him with the stick because he
would not give him the pound Of su-
gar he had purchased. He was-then
committed to Greensburg jail to
await a further hearing. The deceas-
ed is represented as a bright and in
telligent boy, but the prisoner is re-
ported to be lacking in mental bal
ance. 1t is said that his grandfather
had been convicted of murder, and
that his father committed suicide
while laboring under religious excite
ment. There may, therefore, be some
hereditary disposition to violence in
the accused, or he may be non COM
pos. The testimony against him is
thus far circumstantial, but there
seems to be littlt doubt that he is the
guilty party.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21

$500, 900 per diem after that date
The larger receipts of the earlier
days is accounted for, by the fact
that, all special licences will be re-
ceived between the present and the
close Of the fiscal year The receipts
promise a small advance upon the es-
innate Of the Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue.
The Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue has received official informa-
ton Of the refusal Of Judge Word
ruff, Of the L. s. District Court in
Central v Y, to grant the Injunction
prayed by the y V C. r. II. against
Collector Baily, who is disposing
fresh batches Of locomotives, and
selling them to pay taxes Of the COM
pany. The States Courts dare not
interfere as the laws Of Congress,
makes it penal offence for any state
authorities to interfere.
The internal revenue receipts for
April, were 1856, 400 The total
receipts Of April 1872, were so, l60,-
l75. For the first four months Of
1872, were S4l ,O45, 936, and the first
four months Of 1873, were s32,094,-
900. The receipts Of the fiscal year
so far amounts to $4,000, 900; by
the 30th Of June, they will probably
amount to slI0,OOO,0sO. Thus the
extraordinary burdens created by the
war are gradually tightening up The
different taxes are successfully abol-
ished while the industry Of the
country rolls up, annually, larger ag-
gregate of production to meet them.
The international commission,
charged with the settlement of ques-
tions between the United States and
Spain growing out of the troubles in
Cuba are called upon to decide a
delicate question of international
law. A Cuban, Mr.. Rogas, declared
his intention to the proper court, Of
becoming a citizen Of the United
States Afterwards eonpiseated his
goods in Cuba and now he demands
the Intervention Of our government
to secure their restoration. On this
question the American and Spanish
commission entertain different opin-
ions. The decision Of the question
has been referred to Baron Lederer,
the Austrian minister.
LIFE
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21
THE CITY BY THE SEA.

Somewhere an ancient city stands.
A beautiful city by the sea,
And moss grown gables seem to frown
From the pointed roofs of the houses brown
That line the streets of this lu1in. oil town.
Or that city by the sea.
Never a sound OF clamOrous strife
Disturbs this city by the sea;
But calm and sweet Is the tranquil day
The white sails ride on the moonlit hay
Or slip their moorings and float away
From this city by the sea.
Sometimes at eve, when the tide goes out,
a troop of children, glad and free,
GambOl and shout-a merry band;
Or over the shining, sca-wet sand,
Go two young lovers hand in hand,
From this city by the sea.
Oten and often set and think
ofthis beautiful city by the sea,
Till see the flush of the crimson sky,
And the youthful lovers, fond and shy,
And the snow-whitc sails as the ships go by
Past this city by the sea.
Is IL a picture-or a dream
Whose haunting memories come to me?
Or did l somewhere, long ago
Pace the shining sands when the tide was low
Hear the murnuring sea-waycs ebb and flow
And watch the white sails cor,e and go
Past this city by the sea?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

! WASHINGTON, d. C., May 9. 1913
After long, cold-rainy (one-hal
occasionally sunshine two hours
weather for the past ten days, it is
again fair-to all appearance settled
weather At any rate Old Sol is dis.
tributing his rays at angles of about
45 degrees upon Pennsylvania
Avenue to the effect to raise the mur.
curry to 20 degrees. This certainly
must seem suspicious, in comparison
with what has been experienced dur,
ing the spring.
The people of the Dictrict of Col
umbia are still suffering from financial
embarrassment. 1t is not possible to
liquidate the Indebtedness of the Dis
trict with the moneys appropriated
and its certificates of Indebtedness
are worth only from 50 to 80 cents on
a dollar. This certainly should not
be.
We hourly receive kilograms from
the more important towns up the
Potomac and the Shenandoah rivers,
notifying the people that the late
rains are swelling, to an alarming ex-
tent, those streams But few places
on the broad Potomac, however, will
suffer by food
The death of Mr.. James Brooks
more than a week since in Washing
ton, excites a great deal of comment.
Brooks was a man seldom seen on the
streets and consequently, unlike other
NJ. C's., whose outdoor exercise con-
sisted mostly in walking the streets of
Washington, the common people knew
but little of outside of, wha; was said
about him in the newspapers. In
fact, in New York city his constitu-
ency, made up mostly of the lower
classes, seldom saw him.
The more recent deaths of Chief
Justice Chase, Oakes Ames Qast
night and John Stuart Mills to-day
have greatly intensed comment The
Legislators, the jurist, the business
men and the reformers meet in COM
mon to morn the loss, respectively, Of
their deceased friends.
The death Of Chief Justice Chase
took our community greatly by sur
prise though any one who had lately
seen his debilitated frame as he took
his daily walk on the avenue would
have been shocked with the increas-
ing signs of debility. He had become
prematurely old and the dilapidation
of his once splendid physique was
exaggerated by the heavy growth of
beard covering his face. he has
served well his country. His earlier
efforts in behalf of freedom and his
splendid fnanciering system will pass
into history while, it is to be hoped,
his deep anxiety for the presidency
and his trucking to Andy Johnson
and the Democracy will be forgotten.
His remains are now in this city, and
will lay in state on Monday next in
the Metropolitan NJ. f. Church.
Col. Ordway, Sergeant at Arms of
the House of Representatives, at the
recent sale of buildings on the con-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-05-21

A DUTcHMAN, getting excited over
an account of an elopement of mar
ried woman, gave his opinion thus;
"If my wife runs away with another
mans wife, / shahe him out of his
preeches, if she be mine fsdder, mine
Got ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
McEnery's Ultimatum.

New YORK, March ga Herald spe-
cial from New Orleans gives the text o
the ultin,atum issued by the McEnery
government to the l,eople of louisiana.
After reviewing the causes OF the present
difficulty, and severely denouncing the
conduct Of the United States Government
in establishing the Kellogg government, 1t
saws it is still more to be lamented thai
the support and protection Of the govern
men. have been continued by the Presl-
dent. 1t totally dissents from the view
that there can be any legal government In
the State entitled to recognition by the
Federal authority which is not de 1'tre as
we'll as de tacto. We have further to re-,
cord the notifying fact, as declared o.;
the report Of the committee Of the Cniten
States Senate, that such government can
only be maintained and its authority en-
forced By the aid of the military power
oil the United States. 1t stlgmatlzes the
statement that the people OF Louisiana
voluntarily submit and acquiesce In the
usurpation as stupendous talsehood. The
McEnery government have deemed 1t I'M
perative ON themselves to assert their rights
and exercise the function confded in them
by the peoplc but they have been him
dered bv Intervention q the Federal Ex-
ecutive. They therefore appeal to their
brethren in other States for sympathy and
support OF the position which they are
interested in maintaining. They call on
the people oil Louisiana to MAINTAIN their
dignity and manhood, and to unite with
them in firm opposition. not to the United
States bu; to any and every act OF the
Kellogg government. The manifesto is
signed by A,IcEnery and the Legislative
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
Who Burnt Columbia :

We acknowledge the receipt from
Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell,, ),
Publishers, of Charleston, Of d copy Of
pamphlet entitled "Who Burnt Co.
lumbar" containing, together with eX-
tracts from dispositions for claimants,
the testimony of Generals Sherman and
Howard before the mixed Commission
on British and American Claims, III
Washington, d. c. The principal object
of the publication is to disseminate wide
ly throughout the South the statements
of these Federal officers, that the facts
NAV be drawn out and testimony found
to completely rebut the statements put
out by the United States Attorneys, and
thus TO vindicate the Southern people.
MANY of the witnesses Of this tragedy
are scatte fetl over the South. and it IS
the desire of the attorneys engaged in
the case to attract notice 10 tba pamphlet.
draw the attention OF those witnesses,
and induce them to contribute their tes-
timony 10 The vindic;ttion I'll our South
erll charge that the Federal army burnt
Columbia. Since the statements have
been made which are embodied in this
pamphlet; the l..usc has passed beyond
the limits of mere case Tor certain
English claimants, and ll;ls assumed the
broad basis of defending Carolinians and
Southern people from the base assertion
that they either through cnrclcsSneSs or
design, burnt Columbia. Tho price oil
the pamphlet is 50 cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
A CARD.
THE RIDGE MALE AND FEMALE
EEGj; SrEGOL.

rFHE citizens of Edgcfeld, and the
A surrounding Counties, are respect
fully informed that this Institution, To-
Gated at Ridge, OH the Colunbi;! IL -iu-
gusta Rail Road, is now in operation.
Tic subscriber and his daughter. Miss
S. +. Furman, give their whole time and
energies to the work al instruction; and
will endeavor to afford all the facilities
requisite for I'll accomplished education
Instruction is given in the Hariousdc-
partments of ;ln English Course, from
the lowest to the highest branches; and
in Latin and Greek.
Extra branchcs-Frcnch, italian. and
Music For these branches tho CUSTOM
ary extra charges will be made.
The price Of tuition varies according to
the proficiency of the pupil. The lowest
charge is TWO DOLLARS per Month,
and the highest THREE DOLLARS
AND FTFTY CENTS per month. =
The healthfulness and eligibility of the
location, together with the restriction
upon the sale Of ardent spirits in our
village, give to this Institution peculiar
claims on the favor and patronage of the
public.
Board may be obtained in respectable
flmilies in the neighborhood.
Any farther information, If desired,
may he obtained from Major r. B.. Wat
son, or tho subscriber.
r FURMAN,
PRINCIPAL.
Ridge, Mar. 10, II II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
The Anderson, Aiken, Port Royal and
Charleston Railroad.

This railroad, which was chartered at
the recent session Of the Legislature, is,
we are reliably informed, likely to be
built very soon. The Columbia onion
says parties possessing the means are
ready to take hold Of the enterprise, and
assist the people in building the road
Besides this, it is stated that large num-
bers of people in the counties through
which the road passes are ready to sub
scribe to the stock of the road. The road
runs through Anderson to Abbeville
Cnurt House, Edgetield Court House,
Aiken and SO on to Port Royal and
thence to Charleston Parties well post.
ed say that slCO, 900 worth of stock would
be at once subscribed in AbbevilIe coun
ty alone, if the books were opened.
The charter Of rhis road is liberal
one. 1t runs through one of the richest
cotton growing and most salubrious por-
tions of the State, and would soon build
up local trade of great value, besides
being an important link in the network
of roads now building or soon to be con-
structed. The building Of this road will
give employment to thousands of men,
develop the resources Of the section
through which it passes, add millions
of dollars to the value of lands along
the route, and increase the business,
wealth and power of the State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
Mr. sicnhens, New Novel.

Lord Hopes Choice, Mrs. Ann S. Ste
phens' new Novel, is in press, and will
be published in few days by T. B Pc
terson & Brothers, Philadelphia. PA i
is said to he the best book that this popu-
lar American Authoress has yet written.
Lord Hopes Choice" will be issued III
Il large duodecimo volume, uniform with
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens eighteen other
works, and will be for sale at all the
Bookstores at the low price of Sl.75 in
cloth, or $3.50 in paper cover; or copies
will be sent by mail, to any place, post
paid, by the publishers, on receipt of the
price of the work i'll a letter to them.
The new novels just published by this
well known house, "Woman's Wrong"
by Mrs Eiloart, "Thc Mysterious Gnest," !"
by Miss Eliza A. Dupuy, "Tho Artists
Love-" by Mrs. southworth. "Treason
at Home" by Mrs. (ireenough, the new
Illustrated Edition OF 1.-THE Count Of
Monte Cris!o," "Tho Greatest Plague of
Life" and the Illustrated Edition of
beautiful Snow" ETC., are especially
good, and are having large sales, and
should be read by all.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13

UNFORTUNATE OctUREENcE-0n 7 les
dav Of last week. an unfortunate a'air
took place on the plantation Of Mr.. J. T.
Lowry, about five miles South Of town.
1t seems that Mr.. Lowry's son, Montague,
a lad of about 10 years Of age. who was
in possession Of small pocket pistol; had
proposed to exchange pistols with Wylie
Graham, freedman living on his fathers
fi.rm and while in the act of examining
their weapons. Montague's, which was in
his own hands at the time, vas aceiden-
tally discharged, the ball penetrating
Graham's breast, from the effects Of which
ne died in few minutes. At an inquest
oefore orc er j Z. Wallace, held soon
after the occurrence, the verdict OF the
Jury was in accordance with the above
f.cts.-Yorkville Enquirer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13

TREASURER CARnozo Purr1So ON THE
ScREws-A Reporter of the Charleston
Courier has asinterviewed Treasurer Cardozo
upon various matters connected with his
office, and we are pleased to find, that the
Treasurer has determined to put a stop to
specializing in State and county claims.
We have often said that Cardozo was one
Of. if not The, most reliable and honest
man in the Republican, party in this State,
aud if he carries out his determination,
as expressed in the C6uaiers report, be
will do more to satisfy the people and in,
duce them to pay the heavy burden OF
taxes promptly and willingly 7 than {; any
other man or set Of menin the whole State
Government. We repeat what we have
often before said, the people do not object
so much to the amount of taxes levied as
they do to the dishonest manner OF dis
bursing them. Let the Treasurer show
clean hands and he may rest assured the
people will hold him blameless from any
extravagant or exorbitant expenses of
the government. Let the Attorney
General also stand as a. stone: wall to de
fend the Treasury and punish all who dare
to defraud it.-Union Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-13
THE ADVERTISER.
EdgefieId, S. c., March ls, 1878. !.
What President Grant Knows About
iiGuiding Stars.o u

This week we publish President Grants
inaugural in full. Our patrons can read
it, and, If possible, digest it. Whether
it means something or nothing we can
didly confess we are at loss to say. lts
words of encouragement to tSe poverty
atricken and tax-ridden South are GER
tsinly few and grudging- He promises,
rs others have promised, as ne hinseli
promised on the 4th of March le6s
(which promise he has broken as shame
lessly as ever man didD that his best ef-
forts will he given TO the maintenance oil
the Constitution and laws, and the spirit
of the Government, during the next four
wears He speaks more Of Indians ana
Negroes than of white people; and THINKS
that the world is tending fast to repuoa-
canism, and that "our own great ne
| public is destined to be the guiding star
to all others
The Republic of the United States,
with half its public officials, State anu
National, openly convicted and unpun'
ished thieves, oan scarcely he held up as
ga guiding STAR to the other nations OF
| the earth