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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

The VIRGINIA CANVASS, The reports
from the Virginia canvass indicate q
full vote Snd an anoverwhelming Conserv-
alive triumph. General indignation is
felt at the insolent attempt OF the Ad-
ministrasion' to control the politics of
the State and organize there another
Louisiana. The feeling and the aoti7i-
sy OF the canvass will probably secure a
majority larger than Governor Walker's
in 1869, for Kemper. the Conservative
candidate. Col. Moaby says that KEN
per and the Conservative ticket will be
elected by from 10000 to 10000. It is
said that il the Conservatives carry the
Legislature. there will be general con-
currence in favor Of returning the Hon.
R. NJ. T. Hunter to the United States
Senate.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

2 VALIDITY OF CONFEDERATE tn SALES
,-4AHIMgokTANT DKUMoN.-The Holly
'SESiSRss Miss n leepprtergpf the- 21sts
gtvSsthe following NuopFs OF d decI
dot dslivered BY fudge g A. Hill, qe
tsiS SSaasFsl OourW, In, u case involving
this ivaliditysof tar titles Hacquired ID
NSEs 1a6lS &, k Ia -.
+ The Judge holds that the State Go.
vernment Of Mississippi from 1851 to
1866 during the war) was revolutionary,
illegal and unconstitutional. That any
law passed by the State Government
curing that period, imposing tax on
the people. for the support of the State
Government, was in aid Of the rebellion,
and necessarily uncohstis ltional and
void.
That all sales Of lands for taxes by the
Government of Mississippi in 1862.
1865 and 1864, during the period of the
late civil war, are mall and uoid. Under
his decision, all tax sales of land between
1861 and 1865 are utilities, and will be
set aside. 1t unsettles the titles of pur.
chascrs at tax sales to thousands, il not
millions. of acres Of land in Mississippi.
The decision is equally applicable to the
sales Of lands for taxes in oil the other
Confederate States engaged in the late
war, and hence its vast Importance.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

V1vE La FRAscEl-September wit
messed the last payment of the war debt
of France to Germany. The rapidity
with which this heavy obligation has
been discharged displays marvellous
financial strength. France has before
this given evidence of great capacity in
this way. No loans ever went begging
for bidders in the reign Of Napoleon
III. and none since; 80 it is his country
the Frenchman has faith in and love
for. In 1869. the year before the war,
France exported to this country $751;.
100000; in 1870. $50, ,0oO, 900; in 1871,
nearly $50. .Ooe, 600; and in 1872. $685.
100000. Wherever the great mass of o
population are industrious and econo-
mioal, and the country they occupy rich
and fertile, the power. Of revival is too
great for, almost any prostration. II
France will only be content with the
victories Of peace, che will be as happy
and powerful as she ever can become by
the destructive agencies of war.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

"Three-fngered Jack" is we'll known
character among yellow.ooyered litera-
ture. but that "Six-toed Genius of
hmerica," is to be seen on she genuine
5000 greenback is rather novelty.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

Fraudulent RAILROAD TlcEErs.-An
Omaha paper warns travellers going to
the Pacific coast, or to any o.her point
very distant from New York, to be care
ful where they purchase their railroad
tickets. It says that u few days since. u
gentleman travelling on the Union Pa
ctic Railroad was stopped few miles
West OF Omaha for Offering a ticket
which the conductor recognized as n
fraudulent one. The traveller had
bought it in good faith, but, unfortu-
nately for him, had mado his purchase
at what is called "scalp;ng office" in
New York, and, of course, had been i'm
posed upon. At mucl. loss of lime, he
returned to Omaha to institute legal
proceedings against the men who vic
timized him. The moral OF the story is
obvious-purchase your railroad tickets
OF the authorized agents.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

LIST OF New ADvBRT1sR,lESrs. r
jacob Levin-Gas-Light Bills.
Mech'ns s. FARMS B. & Il. Assoc'n.
D. Gambrill-Shares for Sale.
Jacob Levin-Coke. '-',;
Convention Knights OF Pythias.
Medical College of South Carolina.
D. @. Pei1otto s. Sona-Auction. !
Meeting Palmetto Lodge.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

EARaY AND AvIs.-Gen. Jubal A.
Early, in n letter to the Lynohburg
tVa.) Republican, expresses his doubts
as to the genuineness of recently pub.
lished interview between correspond
ent and Jef. Davis, in which Mr. Davis
Is made to say many indiscreet and
iooilsh things. among others severe
criticism of Longstreet. Gen. Early
says that he was with Mr.. Davis at the
Virginia Springs where the reported in
terviews occurred, and is on the most
Intimate terms with him, but heard no
such expressions as are attributed to
him escape his lips.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

SHE WOULDN'T SsL1.-A man stopped
a Tennessee woman, who was driving
her family through the streets, en- route
West, and tried to buy her "rig," get
ting this reply:
Stranger, yer'er o wastin' ov yer
breth, taIkin' to me bout sellin' that
creeter. He's too nobil animil and he
comes down from ancestors datin' back
to ther time what I can't remember.
Money can't buy that thar donkey, and
yer mout as we'll quit chatterin' yer
mouth bout tradin'; besides. when I
smokes smokes, and when trades I
trades, and I ain't in bit Of tradin'
hEmor j!st now. So, stranger, yer
mous as well close up yer hy.trap."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

Henry Ward Beecher preached in
White Mountain hotel on Sunday. In
tho course Of his sermon he remarked,
Religion is Gods hotel table, where
the guests call for what their particular
inclinations suggest" We hope he did
not continue the parallel, and maintain
that the mini :ers are like hotel walters.
Who dispen. OF the blessings of the
table in greater or less abundance. as
they may be moved by present or pros
peotive fees.
whats your businesss" asked a
Judge of prisoner at the bar. well,
| s'pose you might call me o locksmith. "
when did you laht work at your
trader" Last night; when I heard
call for the police. made bolt for the
fr1nt door,"
Hiram r. Revels, colored, formerly
United States Senator, has resigned bis
Office OF Secretary of State OF Missis-
sippi, probably intending to conAne
himself in the future more closely to
the discharge of his duties as President
of Alcorn University.
A young lady in Elyria, Ohio, is
learning the carpenters trade.
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1
easy and safer to convey her fine articles
to the hall than other nations. The
most credit is due to Japan, whom all
praise for breaking through their old
customs, and entering the arena to COM
pete with other nations, in many in
stances successfully. The finest Of
all things exhibited here is the
jewelry of Lady Dudley, consisting
of rings, coroncts, necklaces, hair
ornaments, etc., which is valued ut
several million pounds sterling. Among
Franz Josef's is tho celebrated Stewart
diamond, unpublished. The whole ex.
hibition is nothing moro nor less than n
fair carried on in grand scale. The
whole looks like large store, with all
imaginable articles for sale. The 70.
tunda is very largo, and is wide- than
ST. Paul's at London, or the Capitol at
Washington. In the centre, O mngniti-
cent bronze fountain, cast in Paris, coois
tho air. From it run eight or ten wings,
which are from to 200 to $50 feet long.
These are MI filed with merchandise Of
the most superior quality, with prices cor
responding, loaned'by different nations.
The exhibition, though grand and i'm
posing, does not repay the trip, ospe-
cially when the disgrace Of the United
States is added.
Last evening, the Emperor gave o
private reception, for gentlemen only,
which was attended by Senator Robert
son, OF our State, and Gov. Jewell,
mr.. OTIS successor to Russia. Nothing
but persons holding the highest offices
can attain an invitation; for he is the
proudest monarch in Europe, and boasts
OF having clearer genealogy and more
regal blood than any king now reipninp.
This is the first year Of the last three
hor four in which an American has nt-
taiped the honor of being presented.
since never previously has any one
visited Austria holding high official
honors, except the Minister. After the
presentation OF about twenty or thirty
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-07

mistakable signs Of revival of busi-
ness. This comparative inactivity Of
trade during the summer months is by
no means common or peculiar to Colum-
bia. During the heated term, the same
inanimacy in mercantile affairs is no.
ticeable in Northern, Eastern and West
ern cities The tourist passing through
any Of the chief metropolises OF the
Union during the months OF July and
August, and not infrequently the early
Part OF September, will find such ces.
sation Of the activities of trade as to
justify the proprietors OF some OF the
largest mercantile firms rusticating in
the ncighboring country, or seeking
surcease Of labor at the watering places
or seaside resorts. Visiting some Of
our business houses. yesterday, we
learned that they we're in receipt OF so
many orders as to call into requisition
their whole clerical force. Several
establishments exhibited movement in
striking contrast with theirlate dullness.
vigorously packing goods for immediate
shipment. This early opening Of the
fall trade augurs thriving business sea-
son, and our merchants, appreciating
the fact, are energetically preparing for
q successful campaign.
NAIL ARRANGRMENrs.- Northern
Hail opens 6. 80 and 10 80 A. NJ. closes
8 A. N. and $50 P. NJ. Charleston
opens z A. NJ. and $50 r. NJ; closes
6.15 and $50 P. NJ. Western opens 6. 80
and $50 A. NJ; closes 8 and $50 P. III.
Wilmington opens 4.30 +. NJ. closes
6 A. Al. Greenville opens 6.45 P. NJ; !;
olosos i. Il. On Sunday the Office is
open from 3 to 4P,M
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
Falls Village.

Chester Holcomb has purchased the farm of the late Harry Higley.
 The Farmers Club which was or ganized at the house of U. H. Miner in this village, a few weeks ago, held their first regular meeting at G. K. Peck's Ho- tel, on the evening of the 9th inst, at which time the second meeting was ap- pointed at P. c. Storms on Tuesday eve ming, the 18th inst.
 MT. Lucius Wilcox started for church on Sunday morning, the 9th inst, with 8 child in his arms, and as he was passing over an icy place he fell, breaking his hip.
 Professor Stevens is giving his schol- ars some extra drill, this week, and we sx- pect his concert which is to be held on this (Thursday) evening in the M. E. church will be pleasant entertainment. Refreshments can be had in the basement of the church at the close of the concert.
 On Tuesday evening, the 25th, the Lit erary Society hold their next meeting and debate the subject Resolved that the United States are under deeper obligations to their warriors than to their statesmen"
 T'iF-f E. s',t "& 2 ALEXIS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20

by the evidence since discovered of the certificate of deposit at the bank. We cannot see how any candid man, examin- ing the evidence on this point, candoubt, therefore, that Mr. colfax received the $1, 200 of Mir. Anles. Is he then mistaken,; or perjured? Had the sum been a small CT one, or had the Vice-President not been so very positive, we should not have hesitated to attribute the issue to his want of recollection. As 1t is. that solu-. ton is not an easy one; nevertheless, it certainly may be the true one.
 One charge, first started in the World, and which appears in an article from the Courant on our first page, is refuted by a reference to the checks deposited with the s12OO by Mir. Colfax. They were from three different parties, one of them was less than $20, and could not ttherefore have been the proceeds of sale of bonds as charged in that article. Nor. on refer ence to Ames' testimony, do not find any claim that he gave MT. Colfax any such bonds e t--- .a
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20

do what they have" It seems to me the Dr. is hardly fair, there As I under stand It not more a0ork but more equality IS what is demanded. When a woman does the same amount of work, and equal ly well, that man does, she ought to have the same remuneration. Let me H. lustrate. In one of our large cities the public library had become so disordered that the officers offered gentleman twen- ty-five hundred dollars year to be their Riparian. He accepted the situation, but severe and protracted illness ill his family prevented his attending to his duty. So ne sent for cousin. a competent young lady, and offered her five hundred dollars year to assist him. She consented, and soon from chaos brought order. The trustees. observing this, the next year off, ferred her a thousand dollars year to be librarian; and she now occupies that position at that salary. and is content. Now If Dr. Ks services in precisely the same situation were worth twenty-five hundred dollars, hers were worth the same sum. If a woman makes mans coat she will receive about half the sum a man tailor would get. That is one change that women ask-that there shall be no ser Ill work. The do not require legisla- tlon on that point. They wish to agitate the question, so as to throw light upon it, and finally public opinion, becoming more enlightened. will be more just. They do not have debating societies. , or lyceums to discuss the matters that concern their welfare, but happily the press is open to both sexes. It is- much to be regretted that some have abused this privilege, but IS 1t more wonderful that there should be Woodruff and Claflin in our ranks. than that there was an Arnold among patriots, or Judas among apostles
 Dr. Hollands lecture, as whole, was the best discourse ever listened to, but 1t would be passing strange if no excep- tons could be taken when so many differ: ent topics were remarked upon His ob- lect was evidently not to amuse his audi ence but to instruct them. Having been himself teacher ofyouth, he has thought much upon the importance of education, and his clear and vigorous remarks upon 1t reminded one--by contrast-of some upon the same topic by Sharp orator, who stood on the platform last winter with Miss Brown and others. T.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
New Milford.

Tine subject of graded school is upper most in the minds of the citizens of this village at present. A town meeting was held on Saturday last, to consider the matter. A large number of electors were present, and the project seemed to meet with general approval. c. A. Todd, Chas. Taylor, H. ". Booth, J. Leroy Beech, and George c. Wells, were appointed a committee to decide what districts could be advantageously united for the purpose of forming such school, and the meet ing adjourned for two weeks awaiting their report. It is to be hoped that having made so good a beginning there will be no delay in founding school which will be an honor and benefit to the place.
 TNO
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
"uMDER WHICH KING !"

The position of the New Haven Repub-
 lican papers is growing peculiar. If they
 intend supporting MT. Haven for Cove
 nor it is about time they said so. If they
 wait much longer they might as well sup
 port MT. Ingersoll for all the good they
 can do the Republican ticket. If they
 intend supporting MT. Ingersoll, it is
 time they said that, too, for he is as good
 as nominated. ---- -----
 The present condition of things is
 precisely what any sensible man would
 have predicted as the result of the Ferry bolt, last summer. The Republicans who defeated the noniznes of the caucus for Senator must have expected to arouse hostility not only in Hartford but through out the State. f'But," say they. 'tMr: Harrison is not one of us" That is im- material. Mir. Harrison could only claim the nomination because New Haven was entitled to it, and that raises the real question, "Was New Haven one of youw Suppose this matter had been tested by resolution requesting the President to remove Messrs. Sperry and Northrop, would single New Haven delegate have voted for the resolution, or would Mir. Harrison have accepted nomination on such a platform2 Under such ciroum- stances could New Haven reasonably ex- pect that the Convention would be favor ably disposed toumrdsa their demand. Hartford might have claimed with some show of reason that the nomination of New Haven man, this year, would be practical endorsement of New Haven's course, last year. While we admit that the Convention would have acted more wisely had it disregarded all such consid- erations, is not New Haven acting still more unwisely in arousing more bad blood by another bolt? The Republican party of Connecticut is just now trundling over one of the oldest, broadest. and easiest of roads, whose end there is no need of a Yale professor to point out
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
March Mo nthIies, &c.

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 OUR YoUNG Folks contains: Doing his Best. by J: T. Trowbridge; The Ugly Old Toad; Grace's Kitty; Young Abe; 4 Talk about Electricity; Gussy's Costing; The Fox in the Well; The Story of Florinda; Throwing Knives; The Fall of a Rocking Stone, Editorial Articles, Illustrations. &c.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
Washington.

The clements were once propitious and last Thursday eve an audience of full four hundred greeted Dr. Holland. It was an extremely popular lee ure. The men were especially delighted. To think that if the world is not some where near, at least, to what it ought to be thirty years hence, that it will all be the fault of the mothers of the land, is highly consoling to the aver age masculine mind. It is a wonderful let up on his responsibility. We have al- ways observed that these fine flowing sentences and nicely rounded periods to the mothers of America go directly to the popular heart. We have long since ceased to wonder that women should shrink from the awful responsibility of maternity, when the education of the young is to be left alone to them. It is high time that somebody had the courage to say ''a word, just one word, to the fathers ofAmerica. Butyou see that would not be quite so easy nor popular either. The women having been thoroughly schooled in subiection quietly bear it, while my lord sits by, sun ny as May morning, to see it laid on. ''She endorses it ?'' Of course, she is brought up to it. ...s. .....
 In the beginning the Almighty God said he would make help meet for man, not a do aU. And where, either in the Jewish or Christian dispensation, is it taught that the education of children and youth'is to to be done by the mothers? Ellis sons did evil before the Lord Sand he restrain ed them not" It is not laid to Ellis wife. This theory that the mother can make her boys what ever she wishes is false in prac- tice. We have seen father damn out in ten minutes what mother had been as many years in putting in. The boy quotes his father. Mother does not play base ball or swop jack knives. But fath- CT goes to the circus and drives sharp. bargains. , It is the cock that crows for the young ones to learn. while the old hen does the scratching. But we have not room in 8 newspaper article to spread ourselves. we simply give hint to the wise. I,. w.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20
THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.


 The result in Spain, removing as it does a royal stumbling block in the way of progress, and bringing into the govern ment such men as Figueras, Castelar,, Orense, the ablest and noblest of the Spanish race, is most wonderful advance, even if the republic does not work alto- gether smoothly. These who have read any of Castelar's papers in The Tribune, or Harper's Magazine, cannot have failed to recognize very high type of the fervid, intense, most powerful orators, the Latin races occasionally produce. While, as some one suggests, it is doubtful whether Spain will at once become both staid and progressive. like Massachusetts, we look for short, sharp work with slavery, feudal- ism, and superstition, while the present government lasts. What is most to be feared is, lest the ignorance, sloth and cruelty of the Spanish race itself make 8 farce of republicanism.
 Towards Amadeus our feeling is and has been kinder than towards almost any other of the European kings. He was 8 courageous, honest, we'll meaning young man, in a false position. The time has gone by when foreigner could be a real King of Spain, and Amadeus had too much manhood to be anything but real King. Finding how false position he occupied he did the honest thing and re- signed. And now the Spanaird governs himself; and with all his ignorance, ,sloth, and cruelty, he is a thoroughly eoura- geous fellow, at bottom, and may yet turn out much better than is generally predict ed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-02-20

tice the gospel Woodruff breaches, yet
 stand ready to stone their prophet! We
 gladly recognize their hostility to woman
 suffrage The other class are good men
 who cannot help seeing, and believing in.
 the present purity of woman. But they
 unconsciously judge her by the coarser
 nature they feel within themselves. and
 attribute that delicacy, which is her choic
 est gift from God, to mans restrictive de vices How often do the subiimest con- servative rhapsodies over the holy infiu- ence of mother, wife, sister, daughter,col- lapse into doubt whether they can with stand ''the corrupting influence of the ballot '" And this, too, in the face of the historical fact that from the harem of the East to the comparative freedom of the West womaf's purity has always in. creased in exact proportion to her inde- pendence! The woman vote may foster bigotry; may unwisely favor severity and repression; it can never. be the tool of iil- morality. Hence in it's effects on all moral questions, it's influence will be con- servative, and nothing but their timidity, and the suspicious natural to conserya- tism, keep it's better class from welcoming 8 measure by which they must greatly benefit.
 : As in Dr. Holland we recognize one. of the mdst genial and pleasant of anti-suf- frage Jeremiahs so we have great faith in his ultimate conversion. When the days Of fighting blundering Charlottesville battles with immortality are over, and when the choice half of our race lead us instead through many Gettysburgh, mayhap to an Appomattox, as we verify believe there is the stuff in such recruits to do, then we count on seeing him among the Jeremiahs no longer anti-suffrage but ani-the-next- thing (for the Jeremiah has his place in the world and fighting nobly in the ranks, not altogether sorry he has survived into the live half of the Nineteenth Century.