The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-28

season this month are ground s-.;ohoke.
lettuce, spinach. asparagus. cabbage, car
rots, parsnips. satisfy.
Aors Nor APPRovED.-The following
named Acts have not been approved by
the Governor:
An Aot to repeal 80 much of an Act
entitled Gan ACT to vest in Isaac g. Long
the charter of a water course thronoh
Kingston Lake and Maple Swamp. in
Horny County," approved March 26.
1869, as pertains or relates to said King.
ston Lake.
! An Act to provide for the establish.
ment Of house of refuge and industrial
school in the cities of Charleston and
Columbia.
An Aot to make Clerks of the Court
&c o6scio Trial Justices for certain pur.
| poses.
NEw BUILDING AND LOAN Assoc1A-
T1oN.-The stockholders of the s.Me-
ohanica' and Farmers Building and Loan
Association, OF Richland County," met
at the Citizens. Saving Bank, last eve
ming, and organized. The folio wing
gentlemen. we'll known to our citizens
Tor their high integrity and business
capacity, were elected Directors: r. D.
Sem, z. n. Heinitsh, J. n. SAWYER.
a. G. Brenizer. n. N. Emlyn. W.
Stoiglitz, W. j. Dufie, II. M. Gibson,
Col. j. B. Palmer, W. H. Stack, J. E.
Black and NJ. 81. Berry. The following
officers were elected by the Board of
Directors: r. d. Sem. President; E. II.
Heinitsn, 7ice-Presideut; A. G.. Breni-
zer, Secretary and Treasurer; John T.
Sloan, Jr.. Solicitor. The capital stock
OF this Association will consist of 1000
shares, the par value of each share being
5000. The Association commences under
the brightest auspices, and we have no
doubt it will be ably conducted under
the Board Of Directors and it's officers
whose ability. high character and energy
eminently qualify them to fill their re-
sponsible positions.
Who BURNT Conua1p1A?-We have re-
ceived from the publishers, Messrs.
Walker. Evans & Cogswell, neat
pamphlet bearing this title. containing
the official dispositions of General Sher-
man and General Howard for the de-
fence, and extracts from some of the de-
positions for the claimants. The pro-
fessional gentlemen engaged as counsel,
for the claimants, Messrs. Walker C
Bacot. Augustine T. Smythe, and
Simonton Barker, state that the
question "who is responsible for the
burning of Columbia?" has been, against
their will, drawn into. and made part of,
the several cases now before the mixed
commission at Washington. They have
placed this volume of testimony before
the Southern people in order that they
may, being thus fully informed of the
state of the question, realize its i'm
portance and the value of rebutting testi.
mony. It is the defence really Of the
United States against the charge of
wantonly destroying our beautiful oity;
a poor one, it is true, but whose force
may be much diminished by afadavits
and depositions of those yet living, who
Witnessed its horrors. and the reckless
| COAuuCb "a LILO EcucIH OIQCeTS ana
soldiers. The counsel engaged earnestly
warn the Southern people of the i'm
portance of the judgment to be rem
dered, and beseeoh them, if ono spark
Of patriotism is left, to assist in ferreting
out the truth, Whatever it may be, and
without delay to furnish all the rebutting
testimony in their possession. Parties
desiring to offer testimony, will please
communicate with Walker & Bacot,
Charleston, s. c., and a commissioner
will he at once appointed to take their
testimony in the place where they may
reside.
New LIFE FOR THE LANoUID. Perfect
health is vouchsafed to few. Probably
ninety people out of every hundred who
call themselves healthy, have their
"turns" of languor, exhaustion, depres-
sion of spirits and bodily pain. At these
times. a wineglassful Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is as refreshing as "the