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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

Sw1SD1sp. The 1Afgs number Of people
em1grating to Texas have drawn ont e.
set OF confidence men, who travel on the
trains, get into the good graces OF the
ignorant emigrants. and succeed in
swlndiing them out OF large sums These
confidence men have been at work for
tho past six months on tho trains OF the
Mobile and Montgomery. aud New Or.
leans and Texas Railroads. and have
piled their nefarious business with great
success, aud in every instance have sue.
oeeded in evadine detection or arrest.
The emigrants, as class. are men .7ho.
have been living in the baok woods all
their lives. have never visited city, and
are therefore very ignorant and easily
duped. The manner in which they are
swindled, as related by an unfortunate
victim who was robbed of $1,OOO-all
the money he had-is as follows: On the
tram. they are generally approached by
man who engages in conversation with
them, finds ont where they are going,
how much money they have, and. in
iacs, everything about them. Nearing
the city, the new-mads friend, who, by
this time, has made himself quite popu.
lar, and represented to them that he also
ID going to the same part Of Texas to
look after his plantation, etc., remarks
that he VIII have to pay out greal deal
OF money. but has nothing but gold,
which he dislikes to spend. In proof OF
his assertion. he carelessly handles a
great deal OF bogus gold pieces, and asks
the emigrant to let him have all OF his
groenbacks, or certain sum, for a
short while, he taking the gold as seou.
rity. Frequently the bogus gold is
TAKEN but most generally, as in the case of
yesterday, u check on an unknown bauk.
The check is received, the emigrant
hands over all his hard earnings, whioh
he has been laying mp for years, and as
soon as the train stops the swindler
jumps off and disappears. The man
who was robbed in this manner yester-
day. when short distance from the city,
OF 81, 900. appeared quite heart broken,
as 1T was everything he had in the world,
having disposed OF all his little property,
goods, etc., to raise tha amount to emu.
BILE him to go to Texas with lis family.
Many and many one has been robbed
IN this manner, and u short time since
the writer, while on train, was shown n
check by an emigrant on which lie had
advanced some $500, and was asked
whether 1t was good. A glauce was suf-
ticlent to show that it Was worthless, to
COY hotuiuH VI tuo signature ~. u. i.
Sucker" And yet this uufortunate emi.
grant, was "sucked in" by pnper Which
clearly showed on its face that it was q
fraud. Some steps should bo taken to
prevent these ignoran. people from
being swindled and ruined i'll this out.
rageous manner. Most Of them, how.
ever, would be far better off by remain
ing in their old homes, where they are
comfortably situated, than breaking up
and removing to a.country OF which they
know as little as they do of bogus checks
aud gold.-M Mobile Register.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

A proposition was seriously made in
the Pennsylvania Constitutional Conyen-
ton, on Friday, that the punishment Of
fraud at elections be changing by the
neck until dead, without the benefit of
clergymen. of executive olemenoy or
any other benefit Whatever"
The prisoner who had not eeen the
sun Tor thirty years said it was the suns
fault IN not dropping in. The sun had
been out every day but the prisoner
hadn't.
Pins TX has Witnessed the death of
lou cardinals during his pontiica.e of q
quarter century.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

TEA.-When your friend and neighbor
invites you with the beat of feelings to
"oome up some evening and tako a CUP
OF tea." does she really tempt yon to
gypsum and tea leaves2 In Glasgow
the result of an analysis recently made,
has been that out Of twenty seven sam.
pies Of black tea six only were unaduI.
terated. One package, bought at very
low price, contained single leaf OF GEN
uine tea, being probably what Hood
calls "sloe" poison. The green tea
was worse. Not a gingle specimen. but
WI what was either painted or adulterated.
This is not done where sold, but in Chi.
ma. Four parts of gypsum to three of
Prnssian blue is the regular mixture,
and half.a pound Of this suffices for 100
pounds OF green tea. The Chinese do
not doctor this tea from any malice; but
simply because it makes the leaves look
uniform and pretty, and foreigners
prefer it,"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

This emigration OF negroes South, We
suppose, is in entire accordance with
natural laws, and eventually the great
body OF them will gradually find their
way to the Gulf States There they will
abide until the white wave rolls down
upon them. when they will reoede fur
ther South to the West Indies and
Mexico, and finally to the valley of the
Amazon, which it may be under Proyi.
dence their destiny to reclaim.
Petersburg Appeal.
No doubt this is correct view OF the
matter, and that the colored population
Will steadily gravitate toward those re-
glons in Central America, where the
thermal and social conditions are better
suited to them-where they can escape
frost and find an amalgamation Of races
which realizes to the full the "no dis.
tlnction on account of COLOR" which the
fifteenth amendment holds up to him in
mere hollow mockery.
Macon Telegraph.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

GOSPEL GAMBLING. Tho expulsion
OF the Rev. VIM. O. Clark from the New
York Conference of the Methodist Pro.
testant Church. for engineering O re-
ligious lottery, tho San thinks, indicates
healthier moral feeling in thnt part of
the Christian public.
The movement against religious games
OF chance I'VE nre told) should not end
here. The raffiing of silver-plated tin
trumpets, tho sale of these at fifty cents
apiece, and all other questionable me-
thods OF raising funds for gospel pur-
poses should be sternly rebukcd and
discountenanoed. It is inconsistent to
preach against vanity and pride, when
those very weaknesses are worked upon
to obtain contributions from reluctant
church members. Let tho ministry stand
on the intrinsic value OF their goods and
they will find plenty of buyers. The
Now Testament doesn't look we'll when
offered for sale in prize package.
The latest Mexican news by way of
duaymaa is to tho effect that the States
OF Sinaloa and Durango are inclined to
sever their connection with the Republic
OF Mexico. General Lozada, who is
known as the "Tiger of Jalisco," is in
Ieplo IN arms against the Federal Co.
vernment, which has sent Gen. Corona
and Rocha with available forces to re.
duce him to obedience. It seems TINT
the new administration of Senior Lerdo
de Ielada has not been so successful in
paclfylng the country as previously re.
ported, and that our neighbors are again
OF taelr old game Of cutting each others
throats. These troubles are causing
great injury to Texas, as they prevent
the construction of the railways across
tho Rio Grande.
The Charlotte Observer chronicles the
sale OF the Kings Mountain gold mine
to Messrs. Crosby. Pond & Co., who
have invented process Of desulphuriz.
ing gold ore, by which ninety. seven Der
cent. of gold is obtained where by The
old process only twenty per cent could
be got.
A Ajewelry manufacturing firm at New
ark, N. j., recently put down new floor
ing in their workshops. and the gold
theJ obtained in burning the old floor.
ing not only paid for tho new ono, but
for putting two coats OF paint on tho en-
tire factory.
The latest developments in the Shaw
poisoning case at Cambridge, N. Y, has
resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Briggs,
at North Hoosick. It is alleged that sho
is the paramour Of Charles Shaw, who is
suspected Of being the poisoner.
Thomas Lawrence, who deliberately
killed himself in Wake County, N. c.,
tho other day, by cutting down tree
and lying down under it as it fell, had
IN uncle, Henderson Wilson, of Chat.
ham, who hung himself in a barn.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10

LASTING ovELINEss.-Tweniy years
ago, when paint, pearl powder
and enamel, were running the
complexion and destroying the
health of women Of fashion, HA-
CANS MAGNOLIA BALM was brought
out as pure botanical cosmetic,
guaranteed to restore bloom and
beauty to the skin. From that
time to the present it has been con.
tinually rising in public estimation
as the safest and most unexception
able preparation of its kind. In
stead Of producing an artificial, me-
tahc surface with the deadly enam
els, or willing the cuticle like the
poisonous fluids sold under various
names as ''beautiferA" it keeps the
skin as soft as velvet, renders it as
smooth and glossy as satin, and i'm
parts to it that delicate, rosy tinge,
which is the BEAU IDEAL Of complex
ional loneliness. This exquisite
ohromatic effect is not TRANSIENT
By applying the Balm daily it may
be prolonged from youth to age
A lady who purchased the FIRST bot
tie of the article nineteen years
ago, writes to say that her complex
ion at forty is ''purer, clearer and
more brilliant than it has ever
BEEN" and that she attributes its
beauty solely to the daily use of
HAaAHs MAGNOLIA BALM.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10
The Modocs.

General Sherman, in converse
ton on Modoc affairs shows that he
fully appreciates the situation, and
has entered upon the subject with
his Characteristic energy All rein
forcements required will be sent to
Gen. Schotield without delay, to the
last man that can be spared. A
regiment will be conveyed to Oma
ha, to be in readiness for prompt
movement A body of four hun
bred Indian scouts will be raised
for service against the Modocs Just
as fast as fit men can be found.
Senator Casse-ly has had sever
al interviews with General Sher-
man, and is satisfied that no effo1t
will be spared at headquarters to
enable General Schofeld to infict
on Captain Jack and his fellow saw
ages blow that will not soon be
forgotten by them or their tribes
on the Pacific coast. General Sher
man has no fears of general In
dian war.
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Important to Pensioners.

Important to Pensioners.
The Commissioner of Pensions
announced the following highly inn
portant ruling: $500,
ssSection 3 of the act of March
Sd, 1873, provides for no addition
to the 50 increase of a pension
In any case it is a consolidation of
section 2 of the act of July 9th,
1868, with an amendment to the
former section, SO as to give the
same increase to the widow Of q
soldier or sailor for the children by
a former wife, as for the children
by himself, and to a widow of an
officer as well as q soldier or a sail
or. It also gives the increase TO IA
children, under 16 years of age, of
officers as well as soldiers and sail
ors, instead of all but one, where
there is no widow, or where she has
died or remarked. In other re-
spects it embodies the provisions OF
the three sections named.
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s<Refused.".

This lisa familiar word TO country
pubhsheraff a zs~r,s.
NGyitle while = paper as res'
turned to the Office of publication
with this word written upon the
margin.
]. The party to whom the paper was
addressed don't want it any longer.
+ Therefore, the post Office official
is directed to write refused" there
on and sling it back into the pub
lisher's box.
= The publisher receives the paper,
turns to his book to Grace the name,
when 10! t @
: There is money due him for. three,
six, nine or more months.
5. There is q singular sameness in
this respect with all refused papers
/ The refuser owes for the paper.
Nine times in ten this is the case.
OF course, it is not right to init
mate that the party returning the.
paper is aware of his indebtedness.
The word Refused frightens
very few publishers-it is the in
spection Of the account of the SUBJ
.scriber that does the heavy soaring.
There's the rub. s.ssis &
|. There's where the joke comes in
|, Or, in the words Of the poet,
there's where the gazelle entereth
hin and browseth.
It's the rub, because, perhaps the
subscriber has left the country; or,
| perhaps, he may be one of those
who ought to leave; or it is an in.
Esult to his dignity, you know-al-
though said dignity permits and
occasions the necessity of the dun.
And, between the three perhaps,
there is hardly choice.
I A little advice to those who are
liable to stop papers by refusing to
receive them through the mail, may
be wholesome.
| This: @
| It is cheaper and better to call at
the Office Of publication, pay what
is due and in respectable manner
order the paper stopped.
That's business.
| But to refuse at the Post Office !!
It amt nice.-Ex.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10
City Elections.

At Lafayette, the question turn.
ed mainly on temperance, and the
result was adefeat- the entire DEM
ocratic ticket was elected. The Re
publicans. have two out of eight
councihmen. " fs
indianapolis, the Democracy,
elect its Mayor. Council same as
last year. SIT - rs
Brazil made the issue on temper
ance and Whisky triumphed.
Terre- Hauts, the yRepubli@ns
elected all their city officers, and a
majority of the Council.
E At New Albany. the regular DeR-
rocratic candidate for Mayor was de-
feated by an Independent Democrat.
The rest of the regular Democrat
ic ticket was elected.
At Jeffersonyille, the Republican
candidate for Mayor was elected;
also four Republican councilmen
out of five. The Democrats elect
the Clerk, Treasurer, and Assessor.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10
Change.

MIR. r. Sinks, of the Connersville
Times, has purchased an interest in
the Peru Republican, sand retired
from the Times. His brother, G.
NJ. Sinks, continues the Times.
Success to both under their new
arrangements.
Mrs. D. NJ. Jordan, of the Rich
mond Times, has retired from the
Saturday Afternoon Department Of
that paper. She was making that
paper, in her especial corner. use
full as well as ornamental.
G. R. johnson, Esq, the outside
business local of the Times, has
also retired Sin good order" He
'1Ared and fell back, " and has agsin
,"raised his little hatchetr ON the
Independent
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10
IsussaxA WAn.--Phe wa.-ia-thi1

S. IuUlaAsA WA1:-pho War~inr &hia
State has not ended, and latest ad
vices make the situation look az
though the Grant Parish Massacre,
may bssepeated AZ ST Martins-
vile, fight took place between the
Metropolitan Police and the resist
ing citizens, in which the former
were defeated with loss of three
killed and two wounded. A riot il
supposed to be brewing in New Or.
leans. a7a.ss~ 81
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to 60, that I may find him." but
Jason said to her, ssYou must not
walk SO far; go with Mrs. -, and
get your breakfast, then come here
and I viii send you ont there in an
ambulance. She said, II could
not eat anything till l see my boy"
Very kindly he urged her to eat,
but she said, ssPlease let me sit here
till I can go to my boy" There
we left her, and went on to Nash
vile; on returning, we we're inform
ed that when she arrived at the
hospital where ssher boy" was sick
he bad been buried the night be-
fore. The poor woman was almost
heart broken; saddened beyond de-
scription, she returned to Louis
vile, after lingering in mute de-
spair about the hospital as long as
possible, scarcely Fealizing the sad
fact that her darling hoy had gone
from her forever, Jason Ham pro
Hded her with the necessary papers
to return to her home in W., and
said, in speaking of the matter,
ssthat though familiar to some ex-
extent with such scenes, his heart
ached for this poor bereaved wo-
man" and we thought how fortu-
nate for the soldiers, and their
friends, that q man had the Office
who could sympathize with them,
while he rendered them every as
sistance in his powers and this is
but ONE of the many acts of kind
ness that could be recorded of him
during his stay in that Office, by
those who went back and forth du.
ring those eventful years, on duty
to the men who were fighting our
battles for us. It was the pride Of
the Sanitary visitor, as well as the
soldier, that Indiana's agent was
not only very successful in the bust
ness of the Office, but his actions
were marked with uniform courte-
~, no matter how humble the ap.
plicant. He was the friend of the
soldier, and to be the friend of the
soldier, secured access to his heart
at all times Through the thin
veil that separates us from the here.
after, with the eyeof faith we behold
a welcome greeting from many 9
happy soul, to their friend and CO.
laborer. "The measure you meet
to others shall be melted unto you
again" NJ. F. THOMAS.
| Richmond, May Z, 1873.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10

NEvsPAPER PosrAGE,-Aftcr the
30th of June quarterly prepay.
ments Of postage will be required,
under the act Of March Sd, on all
newspaper exchanges, country
newspapers, and mail subscription
at the following rates: Five cents
per quarter for weekly newspapers
80 cents for rapcrs published six
times o week, and 50 cents for
daily paper. Prepayment per
quarter or for . year may be made
at either the Office where mailed or
where delivered. A penalty for
each offence, after notification by
the Postmaster General. will be
imposed upon all publishers send
ing papers to persons not subscrih-
ers without prepayment of postage,
on newspapers received az ex-
changes will be regarded az sub
scribers within the meaning OF the
law.
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On Tuesday nj shtnex', the Conn-
Gil meet for organization, at Z 80.
1t is supposed t!l.t the new Mayor
will-deliver his Inaugural Address,
appoint his Standing Committees,
and that the Council will elect a
Street Commissioner, Wood Meas
urer, Chief Fire Engineer, Market
Master, Borra Of Health, Board Of
Police, Board Of Public Improve
nents. Commissioners, Engineer,
aud city measurer. @
As stroke Of economy, it is
thought mayor Elder will do With
out a city attorney. during his ad-
ministraiion, IS that Office Was a5o-
l:slled May 10th, 1869.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10

Coop ADvIcE.-Don't be dis :
couraged If occasionally you slip
down by the way, and others tread
on you q little. In other words do
not let failure or two dishearten
you; accidents will happen, mis-
calculations will sometimes be
made, things will turn out differ
emily to our expectations, and we
may be the sufferers. It is worth
while to remember that fortune is
like the skies in the month OF
April, sometimes cloudy and come
times clear and favorable.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-10
: Paw Of Conercasuaen.

To the Editor Of the New York Times.
The action Of tho Forty-second Con-
gress, in relation to the pay Of menu
bers and Senators, hes given rise TO
much animadversion by the Press, not
SO much on account Of the increase pro-
posed, - Of ths fact that the CorYress
that made the increase took the bcneft
Of it. Il may not be uninteresting to re-
fer to the action OF previous Congresses
upon the subject of Congressional pay.
|, The act Of Sept 20, 1889, establishes the
/ Glowing rate Of compensation, to. con-
tihue in 10 rec ill March 4, 1896: For
Senator's, Sc per day and S. for each
twenty miles travelled to and from the
seat Of Congress, prior to March 4. 1895,
inter- which time they were to receive 81
per day ard So for each twenty miles
travelled for members Of the House. Of
Represe nsatisss Sc per day and Sc for
each twenty miles travelled. For che
year Of this time Senators received
higher rate Of compensation than mem
hers Of the House, the only instance Of
Discrimination in tho legislation Of Con-
gsess on that subject.
| The act Of March 10, 1875, fixed the
rate Of compensation for members Of each
House q Sc each per day and So Dor
twenty miles travelled. Esd sI9
l The act Of March 10, 1916, fixed the
rate at 1880 year for memhers .and
Senators, with no provision for milesgc
That act was repealed Feb. 6. 1917. The
at Of Jan. ~, 1873, established the rate
SO per day and So for each twenty
| miles travelled.
The oct Of Ang. 16, 1856, relating
back 10 March 4, 1855, established the
rate OF. compensation at $1,000 per year
and one mileage annually At eight dol
lars per each twenty miles. This was IN
increase Of about leo per cent. Of the
compensation, leaving the mileage the
same. 4D "a
The act Of July 20, 1866, taking e.
feet from March 4, 1865, increased the
annual salary. to 5, 600 dollars, or an in
crease Of s:xty-six and two-thirds per
cent, and decreased the mileage fifty per
cent. asH
+ The act OF March 3. 1873, taking e.
feet from March 3, 1871, increased the
annual salary to z 500 dollars or an in
Ecrease OF fifty per cent. and substituted
actnal travelling expenses for mileage.
7 Each Congress that fixed new rate
Of compensation, took it for itself. That
has been tho invariable practice sines
1883, when the FIRST act upon the sub.
iect was passed. Now, in what rsspac;
is the Forty-second Congress more de-
serving Of censure than any OF its pre-
decessors? 1t has only followed the IN
broken line Of presidents in taking iol
+ its members the new rate Of compensa-
ton on tho part Of former Congresses.
g. b. ID.
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CARPETS 1t James Fofkner's, ITO
Main Street.
The election on Tuesday last was
exceedingly quiet and orderly.
Dry Goods, of oil kinds, suitable
for the season, just received at go
Main Street.
The incest. finest and most
fashionable Hats at John Stuff.
rims, No! 237l-Maia Street.
Major Sim, our late Treasurer,
says the Cambridge Tribune, is *
tensively engaged in raising fruits
and vegetables there this season.
Do not fail to 60 to Formers
Store for a Carpet that will please
you in quality anil price. Remem-
Der 270 Main Street.
Ladies' Dress Goods-latest and
most fashionable styles, just arriv-
ed at James forkner's, 270 Main
Street.
From the immense quantity
of 'tGardensass'' at the Fulton,
spring is certainly cropping out.
Go and see Phil and get your
baskets filled.
Even a baldheaded mars ap-
pcarance is bettered by a new
Hat, purchased of E. P. Deni-
son, 288 Main Street.
The sick and afflicted can al-
Ways find relief at the Hunting
ton House Drug Store, if pure
medicines are wanted for that
purpose.
Books, Stationery and every
tthing that should be found in a
well regulated Book Store, you
can call for and find at fair
prices, at Nicholson Bros, Odd
Fellows Building.
Mote 4 Swain, corner of Fifth
and Main, is the place 10 obtain q
picture Of yourself, or your girl OF
your wife, at a very fair price, that
will last you through life.
Prescriptions carefully COM
pounded at j. E. Taylor's City
Drug Store, Huntington House
Block.
The Summer is coming, and Q
light Hat is pleasant to the head
Go to E. p. Denieon'e, 288 MAR
Street, and purchase Panama o,
Straw Hat.
| tl4s7
1 Kos Whelan is again elected t.
the honorable and RESP onsible Office
of Clerk and Assessor of the corpo
ration of Cambridge City.
| Just received at the old stant
Of John Sulfrins' 237. Main-St.
the finest and most fashionabl,
Of Silk Hats, al.a.
+ There's two holes in Lin Far.
quhar's observation-disclosures Ii,
sticks his legs through; but not
withstanding all that. he is sellin,
Groceries and every thing else in
his line cheap for cash. Neve
mind the holes in his pants-he''
whole sou!ed that's enough.
+ Go to J.. e. Taylor's CITY
Drug Store, Huntington Hous'
Block, for the curatives.
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woman.. F.. 4. 8.

A union quarterly meeting of the
Womans Foreign Missionary Soci-
cites of Pearl Street and Grace NJ.
E. Churches will be held next Sun
day evening at Grace Church, at
half past seven o'clock.
Mrs DR.. J. L. Seymour, of JET
fersonrille, I'D, is expected to be
present and address the meeting.
All are invited. No contribution
will be taken.