The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-30

the State sreaaury TO keepthe Unlver.
sity afloat, afser II has been repndiated
by the people as thing unworthy their
support and confidence.
BACK PAx.-The New York Tribune
publishes what it calls .'full aud COM
plete" list OF the Senator'S and Repre-.
san.a.ivcs ~hc have returned their back
pay to the United States Treasury.
Nineteen out of ssventy-four Henatore,
and forty.seven out Of 252 Representa-
| tives have refused to become partici-
pants in the iniquity. Among the Sc.
uutors We are glad to SEQ the nume of
Judge Thurman, Of Ohio, tho coming
man for 1876. who will be able to cutter
the Presidential contest without this
blot on his escntcheon. Among. the
Representatives we SEQ the name of M.
q. Kerr. distinguished Democratic
leader in the !ast Congress.
The Baltimore Suns correspondent ut
Washington informs that paper that the
Secretary of the Senate is busily On
gaged in resurrecting from the records
all the instances of back pay grabbing
by Congress since tue formation Of the
Government and which met with Execu.
tive approval. 1t appears that there
have been six Of them, and that the first
was perpetrated September %, 1889.
1t provided for seven months back pay,
and was approved by George Washing
ton, the pay being small both TO, the
mon and the times. Tue second was
passed March 10. 1916. gave twelve
months back pay. and was approved by
James Madison, under similar circum-
stances. The third Act was passed De-.
oember /, 1917, gave two months back
pay, aud was approved by James Mon
roe. The fourth was passed on Auguet
Is, 1856, gave seventeen months back
pay. and was approved by Franklin
Pierce. The fifth was passed July %,
1866, gave sixteen months back pay, and
was approved by Andrew johnson.
The sixth Act was passed March 8,
1873. aud was the biggest haul Of all,
giving twenty-four months back pay,
and WAS approved by U. 8. Grant.
This last Act was the only one Of the
series which incaeased tie salnry of the
President who signed it.
Marshal Bazaine may ut least consol.
himself that he has been consigned to a
spot long memorable MS the retrent Of
distinguished and sometimes noble
prisoners. The island Of Saint Mar
guerite, series Of Jagged rocks which
lift their cliffs aud ledges above the
waters of the Mediterranean, in full
sight OF the lovely watering. place Of
Cannes, has been crowned for centuri
with rather grim and gloomy cnstie-
fortress, one of the lonely towers of
which is celebrated in many true his
toric romance. It is to be hoped aud
credited that the veteran Marshal will
be treated with more ieniency than the
most famous and mysterious of oil the
inmates OF tho donjon of Saint Mar
guerite; for it was there that tho un.
known Iron Mask. whose identity, utter
two centuries discussion, has not vet
been satisfactorily established. WAS con-
fined for eleven years. (l687-98 Tho
Iron Mask whose mask. by the way,
was OF velvet and not of metal-passed
this dreary space nnder the watchful
eye of the pitileas Saint Marc, who was
called the ''watch dog Of Louis the
Great" and who seldom lost sight of
his prisoner. They ate together and
walked together, but no one except
Saint Marc was allowed, on any 40.
count, to speak to the prisoner, nor did
any one else ever hear the sound of the
Masks voice. Bazaine goes to linger
out the rest Of humiliated existence
on the scene Of the sombre and tragic
romance; but his will not be the drend
full lot of perpetual silence. He will
have vile and children about him, the
most enchanting Of the worlds seas to
look out npon, and the noble coast of
Provence to gaze at; nor is it for him to
despair Of further lenency from tho
fellow soldier who has spared him the
death of u traitor.
A little episode took plnce ut the ro.
cent meeting of the grangcrs at Decatur
which is significant. The party Of tho
grapgers in Illinois, Republican State,
is very powerful and rapidly increasing:
''The only grave breach of decoru N
which occurred during tho entire session
Of the convention, was when Senator
Whiting, Of Bureau, rose in hia place
and declared that he was not prepared
to tnrn his back upon the Republican
party, which he had regarded as EN-
bodying in its principles more of the
doctrines Of 'anti-monopoly, anti cor
ruption. morality. temperance aud
political purity than any party which
had ever existed or was ever likeIy to