The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-14

sorbing matter of discussion aud inte
rest is the attachces. Tie specially Of
the Senate is hard to discover. Both
bodies nre great when adjournine over
from Friday till Monday night. This.
at least, gives tho members time to me-
ditato their deep schemes Of State. But
as Hamlet said to the players. 90 the
people say to their so.oslIod representa-
tives, tLeave your damusble faces aud
begin"
What can ennoble knaves. or fools, or COW
Alas! not all the blood Of all the Howard-
At last punishment and disgrace uro
on the track OF tho Rev. Gen. o. 0.
Howard. He has long been a shining
light Of Radicalism, but now begins to
flicker and wane. After the war was
over. he turned up as the head of the
Freedmens Bureau, and placed his
emissaries Of evil all over the South.
Next he went for education, so called,
and Howard University became the
field Of his literary exploits and light
fingered operations. Unfortunately
mingling little too much finance with
science, he fell into some slight mis-
takes, and tho Secretary Of War is so
forgetful of what is due to freedom
shreker and devotee of addition, di-
vision and silence, as to charge hin,
with defalcation 10 the amount of
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friend Of the colored man, and one
almost as gifted in ready-made to. hand
addresses as the lato renowned Co!fax
himself. It is q way these fellows have,
when they are stealing with all their
might, to get themselves up as stunning
lecturers before young mems associa-
tions and in innocent little Sunday
schools. Even this pleasant hypocrisy
will now be denied o. o. r. till wLite-
wash makes bim all right again.
CHARLESTON AND CHICAao.-The rail
road convention in Charleston was a big
affair. Representatives. were present
from nearly ull tho upper Counties, "a
we'll as from North Curolinn, Georgia,
Kentucky aud Chicago. The delegates
4 we're welcomed in the rooms Of the
Chamber of Commerce, by " G. Bee,
Esq and President Tupper. Addresses
were delivered by Gen. NJ. Q. Butler,
Col. T. Stobo Farrow, Col. G. Fl. ST.
monton, Gen. W. G. DeSaussurp, Col.
Rutledge, Col. Hurlburt, Hon. G.. Can
non and others.
Mr.. N. j. Vail appeared in the into
rest of the Chicago and South Atlantic
Railroad. and wonld give the convention
a brief account Of what had bt en- done
at the Chicago end Of the road. Many
local efforts had been mudo to secure
the building OF this line. but these cf-
forts lave fuiled, because of the want of
co.operation-a want Of something or
somebody to harmonizs the conflicting
. local Interests. Corn, which sold for
twenty cents per bushel 10 Chicago, he
was Informed. was worth from 81 to
Sl.50 per bushcl in this State. The
purpose was to buildsa road which could
bring corn from Chicago to Charleston
at sixteen cents per bushel. Large sub
sides had been voted by the people Of
Indiana, and great portion Of the road
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people on this sido of the line did their
share of the work. the project would
soon be carried to triumphant and
successful completion.
MIR. Hurlbcrt, ia his address, gave q
great deal Of information relative to
distances by various routes.
Mr.. A. Blythe arose and stated that
tho Greenville delegation wero present
under Il misrepresentation They came
here thinking the question Of II direct
route across the mountains was to be
considered in broad sense. They
agreed to vtrything that had been said
at the meeting. and had no desire to in.
terfero with the convention in any way.
They only desired to say that they had
route by way of Greenvillc, which
they proposed to offer nt the proper
time; they, therefore, asked leave to
} Withdraw from the convention.
Mr. John T. Sloan, ST., presented tho
following resolution, adopted by tho
Columbia Board Of Trade:
IteSOtceQ, That the commitfcr ,,o cor