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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

OUTRAGEs ON THE JEWS AT FEz The
Je,oish Chronicle has received the follow.
ing account Of acts of torture inflicted
upon Jews by Arabs at Fez. A medical
man had ordered, few weeks age, q
poor Jewish patient to use O vapor bath
But, since the conveuiences for such
baths do not exist in the jewish QUAR-.
ters Of the city, and as the Jews are ac-
tually forbidden to construct the neces-
sary apparatus for indulging in the lux
ury Of vapor bath. the invalid applied
to the Mohammedan bath keeper, who
yielded to the entreaties of the poor
man, and allowed him to enter, with
two other Jews, by whom he was sup
ported as nc walked in. But they were
at once betrayed. A furious mob sur
rounded the men, who were throttled by
the soldiers. dragged along the streets,
beaten with sticks, knocked with ham
mers, cut with knives and pelted with
stones so that their track was lined with
blood. When the wounded creatures at
length presented themselves before the
Governor, one OF them had Loaf an eve
and the other had his head broken open.
This representative Of the Sultan caused
them ut once to receive 500 strokes with
rod and to be thrown into prison.
They were held guilty OF having desc
Grated an Arab bath, for which delin-
quency it was expected that the Sultan
would order that they should be decapi.
tated.
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On EMPHASIS. Some years ago there
was student at & theological! seminary.
at Andover, who had an excellent OPT
nion Of his own talents. On one occa-
sion he asked the professor who taught
elocution ut the time, "What do I espe-
cially need to learn in this department"
"You ought to learn to read" said the
professor. "Oh, can read now," re-
Piled the student. The professor
handed the man O Testament aud,
pointing to the twenty-ifth verse of the
twenty-fourth chapter of Luke's Gospel,
he asked him to rend that. Tho student
read, "Then lie said unto them, o fools.
and slow of heart TO 6eliers all that the
prophets have spoken" "Ah," said the
professor, "they were fools for beiiecing
the prophets, were they?" OF course.
that was not right, aud so the young
man tried again. 20 fools aud slow OF
heart TO believe all that the prophets
have spoken" "The prophets, then,
were sometimes liars2" asked the pro.
fessor. mo; o fools and slow of heart
to believe all that the prophets have
spoken" According to this reading, I"
the professor suggested, "the prophets
were notorious liars" This was not q
satisfactory conclusion, and so another
tria! was made. 20 fools and slow Of
heart to believe all the prophets hare
spoken" II see, now," said the pro-
fessor; "the prophets wrote the truth,
but they spoke lies.'' This last criti-
oism discouraged the student, and he
acknowledged that he did not know
how to read. The difficulty lies in the
fact tue words "slow of heart to be.
lieve" apply to the whole Of the latter
part OF the sentence, and emphasis on
any particular word entirely destroys
the meaning.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

HOTEL ARRIVALS. August %, 1873
Columbia Hotel-R W Lipsey, Chester;
j 81 Trump, Augusta; A 81 Colquitt,
Ga; A Aucker, Baltimore; w J Magrath,
OP Gardner, W D Gardner, Charles.
ton; Thomas Dodamead. Richmond; D
b Tolman, Chicago; g E Reab. Angus.
to; T " Pratt, N c; J Levy, GA; J Il
Steliing, J NJ Seigler, c & G r r; JD
Gardner. N G; P s Williams. city; " II
Newbold and wife, N Y; Miss Patterson,
Ga; VIM Hood, Erskine College; P S
Bridgers, Mrs Bridgers, NJ Bridgers,
Miss Pinder and servant, N G; DR. Nor.
wood and wife, Hodges.
Wheeler House-Jas II Bowden, DR. S
Angle. n G; R 3 Hand, Ga; P Duffie,
Charleston; T Gibbs, Ga; F H Bam-
hart, y S A; E J Markwitz, NY.
Hendriz House, A Cannon, Pomaria;
S Waddle, city; E r Dargan, wife and
two children, Darlington; S 81 Bell. A
D Cooper, N G; Wm f Quincy, Charles
ton; F S Oxner, Newberry; j a Craig,
Chesterfield.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

BEN. BUTLER as BALLooNIsr. Tho
managers of the Now York Graphic are
entitled to the thanks Of the country.
They cent al invitation to Ben. Butler
to cross the ocean with Wise in the
great balloon, as they were .'desirous of
securing the services of one of the best
writers and foremost men in the country
as historiographer of the expedition. -
Old Ben. sent reply, stating that he
was obliged to them for their kind
offei, but omitted to mention whether
or not he would accept. If the Graphic
Company can get rid of Butler in this
decent manner, their paper will forever
after flourish through the liberality OF o
grateful people.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

MCDoSoGu's FORTUNE. 1t is now
stated that out of sll. 900. 900, the esti-
mated value of John McDonogh's
estate, in Louisiana. only S73,O 900 are
forthcoming. McDonogh wrote his
own will and his designs were magnifi-
cent for New Orleans and Baltimore.
Either he had fool for client, or else
the lawyers have taken terrible re-
venge upon Johns i0pertinence at will
making.
/ IuE FIRST TuRorGH TRAIN. Tho last
spike in the Airline Railroad was
driven by President Buford, on Tues
day, OF distance OF 1873 miles from At
lanta. The President and other gentlc.
men then got aboard a train anal reached
Atlanta, Tuesday evening, on tue first
through train which ever passed over
the entire line from Richmond.
Italian wit is highly dramatic, sponta-
neous, genial. Among its proverbs are {:
''The dog earned his living by wagcine
his tail; Make yourself all honey and
the flies will devour it," The smiles of
pretty woman are the tears of the
PURSE "Ie who takes m eel by the
tail, or woman by the tongue, IS sure
~ SOWS oA cdplS uhuucu.
AN IRIsuMAS's MILL will and be-
1neath to my beloved wife, Bridget, all
my property. without reserve, and to
my eldest son Patrick one-hulf Of tie
remainder, and to Denis, my youngest
boy, the rest. If anything is left, it
may go to Terence McCarty.
Hon. Geo. S. Bryan has decided to
hear no application for an order in any
case which is not presented by an at
torncy.
A painful and contagious type of sore
eyes IS prevailing to limited extent in
and adjacent to Sumter.
A letter from Greenvillo states that
Senator Y. j. z. Ovens, OF Laurens, il
very low with fever.
Two young girls wero outraged at one
OF the questionable social club pic. MICS
on North River. Tuesday.
Or: King waa arrested in New York
Tor alleged malpractice, yesterday, and
released on bis own recognizance.
Luigi Rocco, 6 we!!.kaoTn musician
OF New York, committed suicide yesscr-
day.
Eighty cities now enjoy the carrier
system OF distributing the mails.
Mobile, Alabama, has just constructed
her first steamboat since the war.
New York had G15 deaths last week.
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CUSTOM House BLACK MAIL.-A New
York despatch IN the Western papers
says: 1t is stated that ledger kept at the
District Attorneys Office in this city
contains entries which, if published,
would astound the whole mercantile
public. 1t contains the names of nearly
500 merchants who had to pay various
sums, from $40 to 500, 900, to compro.
mise suits brought against them by spe-
cial agent Jayne, and other custom
house officials. This book contains the
various offers made by the counsel OF
the defendants, and the refusals to &C.
cept the same until great sum was
named, when the offer would be &C.
cepted and the case compromised.
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DEATH OF MAJOR DAVID T. DIcKER.
soN.-Major David L. Dickerson, an old
and well.known ,citizon of Riohmond
County, died at his residence. near
n;oL. M;cbLean, OF paralysis, last Monday
nm.snt' ageo ABOUT eighty years. Major
Massachusetts. He came to tb;s Conrta
about f::y year. ago. Ia was for ,aa,.3
years member of the Richmond
County bar, and ut one time pruct,cai
law with Gen. Guscock.
Augusta Chronicle.
. Thcre are now pending in the United
States Court three Indictments agaiust
James Maioney for malfcasanoo in OH "a
as deputy collector.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

DEATHS. Miss Gena Jefferys, the
eldest daughter Of Captain Thomas S.
Jcfferys, diod in this jplacc, from con.
sumption. on Tuesday evening last.
after prosraotcd illness, in the twenty.
third year Of her age.
Mr.. John a. Miller, the eldest sou Of
the late ". Dixon Miller, dieI in this
County, from consumption, on Satur.
day morning last.
DR.. james J. Williams, brother of
the late George W. Williams, Esq, and
many years ago resident of Yorkville,
died at his home, in Union County, N.
c., on the 14th instant.
Mr.. Il. NJ. Love, aged ffty-nine years
seven months and four days, died at his
residence, in this County, on the 18th
instant, from congestion of the heart.
YorkriDc Eagu;rer.
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INJURY To TIE CoTroN CROP IN MIS-
sIssIrPI. farmer, writing to the Mem
phis appeal from West Mississippi, on
the 2Oth instant, says the boil worm and
catevpilla rshave ruined the cotton crop
of that section Of the State in the last
elk or eight days. They will not mako
bale to six acres, and that is the finest
cotton growing section in tho State. All
they have to depend on now is a few
hard bolls, and the farmer will be ruined
These are facts.
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COLUMBIA, S. c..
Friday Morning, August 20. 1873.
Tho Heroes or Peace,


Human nature presents it's sublimest
exhibitions of genias and character IN
moments Of extreme need and peril.
The ordinary conditions of life supply
neither the occasion nor the stimulus
for mastery oontrivanoe or heroic dis
play. A certain degree Of skill and at.
tention to business, or devotion to IA
n;lJ and ssiends, is expected OF every
man who claims respectable place in
the industrial pursuits and social rela.
tions of the world. In the ordinary on.
going Of affairs, inaeed, the greatest
men are often; scarcely distinguishable
from, their neighbors. Who. for in.
stance. suspected in the quiet. unpre.
tenticus professor at Lexington, the
latent power OF head and hear that have
immortali9ed. Fthe- e-Yname7 Of Stonewall
Jackson? It Is in full lview of imminent
disaster or in the supreme hour Of bat.
tie, that heroism comes TO- fhefront, and
the inspirations OF genius leap forth
like fire from the stricken flint. One of
the most important and useful traits OF
character is presence oftinind, and it is
in the display of this that great natures
reveal themselves in great emergencies.
The other night q frightful collision
occurred on the Chicago and Alton
Railroad. It was late: nearly all the
passengers had retired, or were retiring.
The great train, with precious freight
age OF life, was moving swiftly through
the darkness, when suddenly there fell
upon the ears of the drowsy passengers
an awful, crashing sound, and the next
moment they were hurled violently
from the track. The coaches were piled
upon each other in undistinguishable
ruin and confusion, and a bursted oiler
filled car full of human beings with
scaldipg steam. Imagination can scarce
ly picture q more terrible scene. No
wonder that the suddenly awakened,
bruised, mutilated and soalded passen.
gers were thrown into utter confusion
and panic. and that the Arst impulse,
even of those unhurt. was to turn away
from the awful spectacle, and to close
their ears to the agonizing cries OF the
wounded and the dying. Two only of
oil that company were possessed of
sufficient presence of mind. nerve and
forgetfulDess of self to undertake i'm
mediately the work OF rescue and relief.
These two were Hawley, of Normal, and
Magee, Texan. It is not likely that
their names will be entered on the list
of historical heroes, bat we beg 10 ten
der hero, at least. passing tribute of
honor to men who have illustrated in
peace the virtues which confer distinction
in war.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

Nattans' Crystal Discovery positively
restores gray and faded hair to its ma.
tural color in three to ten days. Re.
moves dandruff and imparts to the hair
an elegant and youthful appearance
Warranted to contlin no poison. Il
produces pleasant and cooling effect
on the scalp. Give it q trial. You will
not regresit. For sale at @. n. Miot's,
A15t6
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tuesday night. near San Juan, Cali
iornia, eight men, supposed to be led by
Llbercco Vasquez, robbed n store Of
SoOO, using violence against the propric-
tor, named Snyder. They then visited
Davis Hotel, in tho same place, and
wantonly murdered Davis and two other
persons. The murderers escaped.
Lowenstein, tho alleged murderer of
Weston, Is expected to be extradited by
tho Canadian authorities the latter part
OF this week. Additional evidence
against him las been procured in Brook
lyn.
Mach sickness, especially among
chlldren, is reported from Chester, anu
number of deaths within the past few
days. The prevailing disease appears
to be diphtheria.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

The latest thing in hotels is suggested
by an ingenious correspondent Of the
Galveston News. It is to be called the
Erial Snnitarium. It is 10 be huge
balloon, firmly secured by strong at
tachments at proper height. "Galves-
ton, be says. sis within one mile of the
most delightful climate in tho world,
and this climate is directly overhead -
To tho enormous balloon there is to be
attached framework of sufficiently
strong wire, fitted up to accommodate 9
100 guests. This airy saloon will be
reached by smaller balloon acting as
an elevator. When the barometer in
dicates disturbing weather, the gas can
be let off and the whole establishment
brought down to the solid Garth.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-29

The HABIT" OF DRUNKENNESS An
old writer, Sir Walter Raleigh, who
fourished in the sixteenth century,
thus discourses in pretty strong En- glish
on the vice OF intemperance; "Take
especial care that you delight not in
wine, for there never was any man that
came to honor or prefermcnt that lored
it. for it transformer man into q
beast. decayeth health, poisoneth the
breath, destroyeth natural heat, bring
eth mans stomach to an artificial
burning, deformeth the face, rotteth the
teeth, and to conclude, maketh man
contemplate, soon old, and despised of
oil wise and worthy men; hated in thy
servants, thyself and thy companions,
for it is bewitching and infections
vice; and remember my words, that it
were bctter for man to be subject to
any vice than to it; for all other Tanitics
and sins are recovercd; but drunkard
will never shake OF tho delight of beast.
Illness; for the longer it posscsscth
man the more lie will delight in it, and
the older he growcth lhe moro he will
be subject to it, for it dulleth the
spirits and destro:eth the body, as ivy
doth the old tree. or the worm that en-
gendereth in the kernel OF the nut"
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LAURESs AND AsuEvILLE RAILROAD
On Wednesday, tho Goth instant, the
polls were opened throughout the
County OF Grecnville, for the purpose
OF submitting to the voters of the
County the proposition to subscribe
SloO. 600 of the capital stock of the
Laurcns and Asheville Railroad, whose
line would pass through Greenville city,
extending through nearly the entire
length Of the County; said subscription
was voted down by majority OF 200
votes.
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Pubic LAUHDRY.-As the, subioined
article from the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel possesses great applicability to
Columbia. We insert it in lieu of any.
thing that We NIGH. soy on the subject,
and as being substantially On expression
of our own views. It is an enterprise
full of remuneration to the parties who
will undertake it:
Some time since, we mentioned that
We had been informed that party of
citizens OF Augusta we're about to esta.
blish q public laundry here. Since that
time. however, we have heard nothing
more about it, and the project has pro-
baby been abandoned. II this is so. it
is certainly o matter 10 be regretted.
Athens, much smaller city than Au-
gusta, has recently established laun:
dry In her midst, which has every pros.
pect OF success, as it is under the control
OF company of merchants Of The place.
The people are tired of the exactions of
negro washerwomen, and are deter.
mined to fully patronize the new enter.
prise. It will be both benefit to the
community and 4 paying institution to
it's stockholders. In all cities, public
lauhdries are undoubtedly necessity,
and Augusta Is by no means an excep-
ton to this general rule. Housewives
are completely at the mercy of the co.
lored laundresses, who not only make
enormous charges, but subject their
employers to many annoyances Cloth
ing IL often kept over Sunday, and worn
by friends and relatives Of the women,
and 1t Is no unusual thing for articles to
be missing altogethel. With public
laundry, all of this annoyance and
trouble is avoided. Every article is Sc
cure, and the washing is done we'll and
expeditiously, and, from what we learn
IN regard to the matter, at q less cost
than by the present system. We feel
assured that the establishment OF first
class laundry in Augusta, under good
management, would be welcomed By oil
the ladies' of the community, as we'll as
by unfortunate bachelors, who suffer
from the impositions Of washerwomen.
and that it would be an exceedingly pro.
htable institution to those pecuniarly
Interested in it The cost, we under
stand, OF establishing good laundry, ia
comparatively small. We trust, there
fore, that some Of our enterprising citi-
zens Will take the matter in hand, and
put IN operation as soon as possible an
institution Of such public benefit, and
which cannot but prove profitable in
vestment
NAIL ARRASeEMExTs..I Northern
mail opens $50 and 10 :. 80 A. M. closes
8 a. NJ. and $50 P. M. Charleston
opens Z A. Al. and 2.30P NJ; closes
6. Is and 80 P. NJ. Western opens 6. 80
and $50 A. NJ; closes and 6.3OP. III.
Wilmington opens 4.3O +. NJ; closes
6 A. NJ. Greenville opens 6.45 P. NJ. :;
closes 6 A. NJ. On Sunday the Office is
open from to 4P. NJ.
- --''-'---
WASTED-Active and reliable Young
men, to canvass tho city and surround.
ing country for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine. Liberal inducements offered.
Call Mt the Singer Office, Main street.
The SINGER MANUFACTURE CO.
J. P. L1eoN. Agent.
COLUMBIA, August 26, 1873.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Due West Female College.
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On Sunday last, no less than Is, 600
pious Puritans Of Boston listened to
blasphemous and obscene TRADE from
Victoria Woodhni.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-01
Railway Restaurants.

Not long since, in travelling from
Basel to Paris, we became hungry. AS
if divining our condition, the guard
put his head in at the window of the
train and politely asked, "Shall I order
q dinner for you at the next station ?"
" But we do not stop long enough to eat
it." was our reply. "True; it will be
served in the train for three francs, and
the dishes removed at the next stop
ping place" "By all means order it, -
The telegraph carried the order ten
miles ahead in moment; and when the
train drew up at the next station, the
door was opened, and circular basket,
three feet high and one foot in diane
ter, was put in our compartment. Upon
the top were knife and fork, spoon and
napkin; o bottle of water, and flask OF
wine, and a glass; little salt and pep
per and large roll. Opening door
in the side of the basket, we saw four
shelves, on each shelf dish. The first
was hot soup, the second a slice OF
la mode beef, the third vegetables,
and the fourth half a chicken and salad.
A bunch of delicious grapes was also
found on one of the shelves.
We ate our dinner quietly and com
fortably, while the train rushed along
at thirty miles an hour, and then re.
stored the dishes to their places. When
the next stoppage was made, porter
removed the basket and received the
pay We reached Paris after a twelve
hours ride, weary and hungry, but
neither faint with exhaustion, nor suf'
fering from a fit of Indigestion.
Recently it became necessary for us
to make q shorter journey in this coun
try. About midway the train stopped
and the conductor shouted "Ten min,
utes for rrefreshmentsp The passengers
rushed forth and crowded into the close
dirty, uninviting room, where at a long
high counter, four wonderfully capari
soned females dispensed poor coffee
worse piecrust, and oysters stewed III
water favored with bad butter. Nc
bread, no mSat but ham, no drink but
bad coffee and ssur ale. Before ever
these uninviting edibles could be swal
lowed, the shrill screech of the locomo
tive hurried the passengers away to the
hoEors Of dyspepsia and headache,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-01
An EYentmI Life.

Edward George Bulwer Lytton, whose
death was lately announced, was born
at Hayden Hall in the County of Nor
folk, England, in 1906, and was conse-
quently in his sixty-eighth year at the
time of his death. He graduated at
Cambridge University in 1926, and in
the same year published collection of
his useful illusions, entitled Weeds
and Wild Flowers"
His first novel, Falkland" was pub
Gshed in 1927, followed in 1928 by
" Pelham; or, the Adventures of a Gen
tleman," work which was received
with considerable adverse criticism, but
which has since been regarded by many
as one of the best of the deceased au-
thor's efforts. His subsequent novels
are well known, and need not be EMU
merated. Many of them were received
with favor, and attained to high rank
in the estimation of the reading public.
AS dramatic writer he enioyeda a good
reputation, and his plays to this day
hold their own on the British and
American stage. OF these "The Lady
of Lyons" is best known, but "Riche-
lieu" and the comedy of "Money" are
very frequently presented. No writer
in his day has perhaps been more read
on the continent of Europe than Bull
wer, his various works having been
translated in all the living languages;
while in America he had and still has q
wide circle of appreciative readers. Mr..
Bulwer succeeded in 1874 to the Knebs-
WORTH estates of his mother, and ex-
changed, by royal license, his sirname
of Bulwer for that of Lytton, by which
he was subsequently known. He enter
ed Parliament in 1881 as member for
st. Ives, and was created O baronet in
1858. In June, 1853, he became a mem.
Der of the Derby Cabinet, as successor
of Lord Stanley in tho office of Secreta.
ry of State for the colonies. He was
shortly afterward elevated to the peer.
age, and took his seat in the House Of
Lords.
The later years Of his life have not
been marked by any brilliant efforts
but he has always been q distinguished
statesman and debater. It is as a nov
elist, however, that he will be chiefly
remembered, and his name will, I'm,
doubtedly, go down to posterity as one
of the most famous writer's which the
nineteenth century has produced.