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

\ FEMALE BANKER So. 900, 900 nearly
oov4r the liabilities of Frauloin Spitze-
der, woman banker at Munich, in Ba-
vsria, who recently fai!ed, utterly ruin
ing hundreds of small depositors, seri-
onsly crippling the resources of the
middle classcs and carrying consterna-
tion to the wealthy. Her bank had en-
joyed the highest popularity and public
confidence. Judicious advertising and
carefully bestowed presents and pecuni-
ary favors had contributed to it's success
After the failure it was discovered that
it's enormous dividends to depositors in
the way Of interest had been made from
the' capital stock, or in other words, from
the deposits.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

PHANTOM INDIAN PENSIONS 1t is now
charged that the Government has been
expending considerably over half a mil
lion Of dollars to take care Of a tribe-of
phantom Indians, the Teton Sioux. "
Persons from Montana claim that the
tribe exists only in Imagination and on
the books OF the department. at Washing
ton. They propose to show that fraudu-
lent vouchers have covered up disburse-
ments to the round figures Of 800, 900,
under the authority in the spending OF
the money by the agency of deposod
superintendent who reported expenses
and outlay in support OF the mythical
tribe.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

The PULLMAN COMPANY AS INNKeRPRRs
h question has recently S hson raised to
Car Company for valuables lost in sleep
ing cars. It is we'll known that this com
pany own the sleeping cars which are
run over nearly all railroads. It is held
that the Pullman Company. is IN inn
keeper. and held liable the same as any
other keeper of . public, house for the
lossEof valuhbles Of its guests. nconse.
qnence Of this, it is said, safes are to be
placed in all sleeping cars, in which
passengers can deposit their valuables
the Same as alta hotel. sr- - =, .y
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

Houston (Texas) Union, December 81 /:
Yesterday, about coo immigrants passed
up the Central for Washington, Fayette.
Bastrop, Travis and other Counties,
some going rs far East ms Palestine.
They were from Georgia, Alabama, Vir.
ginia and Kentucky. TO day, about 500
Germans, brought over by the steamship
Fra ankfort. from Bremen, will arrive
making in all about 1,100 arrivals in two
days. This looks like business. Tho
passenger trims of tho Central were i'm.
mense yesterday, and will be no less cx.
tcnsive and swarming to day"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

Bridgeport tells curious story of Oh
unclaimed trunk. Fourteen yenrs ago,
u regularly checked trunk arrived by
one of the trains, and. no one calling for
it. it was placed in the baggage room,
where it lay for eleven .years. At tho ex.
piration Of that time, gentleman ap
pcared with duplicate check, and ar
ranged to pay two dollars for tho stor-
age, promising to call for his trunk the
next day. Three years have since
passed, but the trunk still awaits his
return.
Whiskey is said to be horn of plenty,
because it will corn you copiously.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

Horn ARRIVALS, December 81. I872.-
Central Hoiel-Mrs- III, Hardin, Chester;
J s Jeffers. Riohland; A Ferninger, T r
Gaines. city; E l. Oldham. r b. Star
ness. Kentucky; J A McDowell;saW r,
Fortune. CIV Clayton, e aClayton, "A L
r R; D Ddarden, y g. S'RiR; T B
Puckett. A 4 R r; s W Porter, city; W
A Gaines. Chester; d r Elkin, Aiston;
8 Land, q & Oh Il; A Davis, city; M
Nicely. q & O r r; David Wilson, N O.;
A Auoker, Baltimore; j @ r Sims, Rich.
land; ] L Banks, Leesville; J Corp and
wife. Now York; D Moores Richland; R
L Stansell. g & DR. r.. 7sa s.ssf,q5. 4
Hendrir Rouse-Rev j. Nj Boyd, aud
wife. s @; r 81 Jennings. Fairfield; 81
D Hamiter, Richland; J q Meeise, W,
NJ Barnett, city; r F Wesson, NY; VIM
8 Lowrey, Due West;; j P Stroheker,
Charleston; Mrs AfcMeskiD, MissssA B
FMcMeekin, J. A M6Meekin. Fairfield; J
T Oauthen, Lancaster; G W Gibson, DR.
M Glenn, Fairfi cid Thos J Qovington.
wife and child, Brightsville; J B Laaer,
J E Myers. Baltimore; G Miles, Liberty,
Va; R B Platt. r. Oraig, Q Peterkin.
Chesterfield. IS
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

The people of Selma are in peck OF
trouble about the "Great Eastern" cir
Gus elephant now stopping with them
it is sicb. The Times says the poor big
thing is affl ;cted with the ''elephantista.
gia," which its keeper, who is no
soientist. calls chills and fever. We don't
know what Selma would do ii it should
die, for it is her first elephant as q citi-
zen. '> - \,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

PRoTEor Your HBALTH.-Cold and
moisture combined have q torporiziDg
effect upon the bodily organs. and the
digestive and secretive processes are apt
to be more tardily performed 10 winter
than in the fall. The same is true, also,
of the excretory functions. The bowels
are often sluggish. and the pores of. the;
skin throw off but little waste matter at
this season. The system. therefore. re.
quires opening up q little, and also puri.
flying and regulating, end the safest,
surest and most paiatablo tonic ard
Alternative that can be used for these pur-
poses is Rostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Persons who wish to escepe the rheu-
matte twinges. the dyspeptic agonies, the
painful Disturbances of the bowels, the
bilious attacks and tho nervous vista
tions, so common at this timo uf the
year, will do we'll to reinforce their sys-'
TENS with this renowned. vegetable
stomachio and invigorant, It improves
the appetite, strengthens the stomach.
cheers the spirits and renovates the
whole physique. D20,t4
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

REIARKABLE SUCCESSION OF DEATHS
A singular fatality appears to have at
tached to the new building of the Young
Mems Christian Association, in New
York. as no less than eight sudden
deaths have occurred among the artists.
occupants Of its studios, and of those
intimately connected with them, within
a period Of little more than two years.
Edward J. Kuntze's death occurred first,
shortly after the opening of the build
ing. Edward D. Nelson was killed, o
few hours after leaving his studio, on the
Harlem Railroad. Adolph Vogt died u
few months later, very suddenly, OF
smallpox. Mrs. Tait, wife of the artist,
died in her husbands studio last winter
Amea, the portrait painter, was stricken
down in his studio while working before
his easel last summer. and died few
days later. Mrs. Vincent Coiyer, wife
OF the artist. was drowned at Darien,
Connecticut, in October. Mr.. Kensett's
death occurred suddenly on the 18th of
the last month, and before the emblcms
of mourning wero removed from his
studio door, Mr.. George P. Putnam, tho
art publisher, was stricken with apo.
plexy in his store and died .eforo ho
could be removed to his homo.
New York Post.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

New Orleans got we'll rid of two bad
negroes on Christmas. Jesse Woods
anu Ed: Reeds brother quarrelled over a
game otcards. Ed. Reed heraing of the
quarrel, came and shot Woods MORALLY,
Woods responding : by shooting him
Extensive preparations are being
made in Savannah to- celebrate General
Lees birthday, which ooours on the
10th OF January.5 Gen.; Wade Hampton
viii deliver an address on: the occasion.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

sss==sss.ses:
| Colbert, controller OF finances under
Louis XIV OF France, had hard stsug-
gle withsthearamesy Or thss sstenusa~ho
we're securely entrSnehed 4 theiF Sfaots
ing and tnudule1t syatsm. HfsHi,on
will conquered at list. =Hd he luocseded
in reSossliIg;for hid king control, Of the
sources Of revenue, and in reducing the
debts Of the State. His greatest feat
was:the encouragement he gave to COM
merce. and. We might almost say, the
creation OF manufactures. He was the
great champion Of shis new industry,
and whatever his errors, iaad they were
many, he sucoeeded in directing the ma
tional mind towards thir new and useful
exercise Of its faculties. The history of
French manufactures msy be said to
have begun with him. They rose like
magic at his touch. To him. when ask
ing Of the merchants what were the best
mems of favoring commerce. was given
the memorable answer, OF one. more en-.
iigateaoa aud. sagaoious than the rest,
''iaisses mons tlirs 8. laissez passss." let
us alone, leave US free and uncontrolled
in our transaotions. and let goods pass
freely -i'e1s'
This happy retort. has been accepted
almost as a maxim by the advocates of
free trade ever since, and embodies o
world Of economic ttnth on that subject.
It will we'll apply to the question as to
the best means Of promoting the pros
perity OF Columbia. The inquiry, what
can wo do to advance it, is best answered
by consideripg we'll who we are. and
what virtue there may be in our not In
terneddling Unless obstructed artifi-
cially, unless impediments are thrown in
the way by ignorance. pretension and
fraud. the interest of an individual, or a
corporation, or society in general. will
take care Of itself. The beat that public
opinion can do directly, or through or
ganizod bodies supposed to represent it..
ia to give it fair play, and keep out of
the way. Let it alone. aud let no OBJ
struction bepnt in the way OF its healthy
growth aud free development. In city
like Columbia, the duties of its mnnici-
pal government might be comprised and
summed mp in the effort to krep down
its debt, to reduce its taxes, to keep its
existing public works in good order. to
be prompt with its creditors in paying
their just dues. and in assuring it's peace,
good order and quiet. by an active, etii
cient and cheap police system. The
duties Of such municipal authorities are
more active than passive, it's example oi
more value than it's precepts. its forbear'
anoe better than its experiments. The
| merchants, manufacturers, artisans, nj
its industrious and busy people, can take
better care OF themselves than others
can for them. In the success OF private
enterprise will be found the highest gun
rantee of the prosperity OF the city
Laisses fdire.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

a Kansas newspaper agent in q col.
leotsag tour OF hundred miles, per.
formed on foot, raised two dollars.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01
MARRIAGE AT THE DEATH BsD.-Albers

MARRIAGE AT THE DRATH BnD.-Albert.
G. Abbott, fireman of Chaflestowns
Mass. injured at The great fire in Bos-'
ton, died on Friday night. At the times
OF his injury he was Engaged 10 be mar
ried to . young lady, and, at the desire
Of both parties, the compile were married
at the hospital, three days before the
young mans death. - His brother was;
buried In the ruins at the same ere, and
the mother died from grief at Ter bo-
.la sr,iln y b ~ !.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-01

A PAsron's RRwARp. That good,
faithful pastoral work is appreciatedsin
the State of Ohio, is illustrated by The
following incident that occurred in Iron
ton: 4H .fse
A revival preacher, who had won fame
by his'power in the pulpit, came to Iron
ton for weeks work. he was very
jealous, preached every night, excited
considerable interest, and was vehement
in his exhortations to- the unreneged
portion OF the congregation to come for
ward. On tic lest evening Of his labors.
he outdid himself, but not person rose
to como forward. Discouraged, he sat
down; .whereupon a grave-faced, anxious.
looking man got up, and said that the
elder had been working hard and Labor.
ing faithfully among them, and, aessa
token Of their appreciation; hev moved
that the congregations give him three
clieersl TWAS done right htattily, and
that contrlte, congregation went quietly
out and silently home, satisfied that
they had fully and faithfully performed
their duty, 80 ''. y $50 e.ss
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ssreas stfoupa apps 81 sn sns ls@iesasl lSassc
morrow s'shd EssIide stiabts: snAaarss
sss1s.ss an be sedptsd 81 Iyb bland 3 hsss
NashSills q ikgss IS sipesks d M 81 sthsa 8
tCAI. !WAaNER's MlHsrnR1a!-Thisere.s
nowned troupe made their afrst ;sppear,a
ance ct the Opera House last ,nfRhs. to-
one OF the. largest, Audienoea eser .eeen )
within that building. and thanks to those .
ln, charge OF the building. and Ihes a. 9
eantive :ushers. thek bnildlng SNas Af,ea- !
foriab!e. and every thing sconduotedsIn
the best order. To say that the famous
Gal. Wagner is at the sheadYoiy q good !,
company, viii mot e1 1tsress by half Its d
merits, for it has hedeseryed regulation
Of being the very best now travelling.
and by the way. one Of the largest, COM
biniDg excellence in both vocal, and in. [
strumentai. Among the vocalists,. the
names Of j. W. Freeth., Albert yelling
sad Charles We!lieS. =:J Go mentioned. .
as trio OF artists not often found il any,
one company. while Gal: Wagner and :
Sam. Price do up the comic Handsomely.
After the frst part the audience was e..
vored with an olio which was eidesplit-,
ting from beginning to end. The aonae
s.a dances b c.: Geld saia !9SsoLs:, j.
| wore, never equalled in, the country,
while Cal! Wagner's. plantation melodies
are 30 netn1al tha. yep pan imagine
ing. Fred. Wilson, in his. Grecian
statues, and, Ben. Brown In Ills cham.
pion jig, are, also deserving ,of special
mension. ,, 80 s;a+s@i s,sF .dtyessst ttg.s-
LIST OF Nlw ADyss1sr1isaKaa1Eaa1ass. ia a1a g. s!-2r5
Melton & Chsmberlain-Casd
Chas. Smith-Headless Rooster.
| J. 9: B. Snith-Bank Notice es1''.''' s's'r'
| Communication Rich!snds sLSaSe.g
A. G. Brenizer-Bank NoHce.
G. M. .Walker--BanksN Notfceseprsisss
g. D. Swygert Notice. y s
A. G.f G.fBfeniaer-Divi Dividend Notice. *
Thos. .Taylor-Patrons OF Hus6sndry.
D. O.Peixotto g. ops-Auction Sales.
W. B. Gulick-Diyidend Notice.
j. & A. Oliver-Notice. u
g. F. Jackson-Reduced Prioss.
I Baohman & Waties-Dissolution
Bachman & Youmans-Oard.s .sss.
P.Oantwell-Cow Feed. y ~ f.
Butler & &DeSaussure- Gard. SO ~ Z {
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upon their professional acurnen and sa-
gacity.
The firm Of Bachman & Waties having
been dissolved, Messrs. ". X. Bachman
and LeIsoy F. Youmans have formed d
copartnership for the practice of law.
These gentlemen are we'll known through
out the State.
By card from Secretary D. W. Aiken,
we learn that the State Grange of the
Patrons of Husbandry will convene in
Columbia, on the 18th of January, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, in Floral Hall, on the
Fair Grounds. f4M
PHGNIxIANA.- Sufficient bad whiskey
is sure to kill. Hence the Latin maxim,
"M csrtnns e:! Quod red eye," etc.
Brought up by hand-Pantaloons.
a rose which by any other name would
smell as sweet-The negroes. ~. a.4-s
During the prevalence OF wet and cold
weather, the pastime of hawking has
been revived with immense success.
A tenor, who sings incorrectly, is not
only guilty Of uttering false notes, bpt Of
fat murder on tho high Cs. ~ 4A
---~>~>e, >--->.-~--- - --.tLf 90 q
MAIL LAnRANasMENTs.- The Northern
mail opens $50 A. M. and 800 P. NJ;
closes p. Nj. aud 11.00 A. NJ. Charles
ton day mail opens 6.15 p. NJ; closes 6
A. NJ; n,ght opens 100 A. NJ; closes
10 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. NJ. |;
CLOSES A. NJ. Western opens $50 a.
NJ. and IL. 80 P. NJ; closes and 1 P. N.
Wilmington opens $50 +. NJ; closes
1890 a. NJ. On Sunday the Office is
open from 8 TO a p. M.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-26

IMPORTANT TO I~NBURERs.-Tho following Ii
well worthy OF the attention OF property-owners
all over the country
Insurance placed In companies that have not
complied with the avs of the State teither bv
the company direct or through agents or broE-
ers), cannot in case of loss be sued for and re-
covered in any of the United States OF state
courts, and tho insured Is left entirely at themer-
cy Of such companies, and without legal rem
edy.
The statutes OF all the States imposes certain,
conditions upon all insurance companies fchar-
tered by other States) to enable them to Obtain
authority to transact business, and make bind
ing contracts, within the State, without having
nirst, complied with such laws, and obtained the
legal authority to do business, all insurance
written by them Is Illegal aud void.
The following is IN abstract from q recent
opinion OF the Acknowledgement of the State of
Indiana upon the subject:
"As the statute prohibits any foreign inRrr-
anes company directly or indirectly, to take
risks, or transact any business of Insurance. IN
the state without first procuring legal 8uthOri-
", this includes q prohibition upon any person
or corporation mot duly authorized) from act
ing IN any capacity as insurance agents, either
by soliciting applications or collecting money
upon premiums, 4 policy issued by m agent
In violation Of d law, declaring his act to be
criminal, has been decided by tho Supreme
Court to be void, after a destruction by fire of
the property insured Goth IBdiana, p. 500, and
IN a recent case not yet reported in Indiana
HOFFMAN vs. Banksl the general doctrine is
confirmed"
This opinion b clear and decisive, and has
since DeeQ confirmed by judicial decisions in
that State people vs.. Plessner) and the prin.
ciple agained recognized by the Kentucky
Court OF Appeals, and by Judge Davis Of the
supreme Court IN Indiana, and i5 now held te
Insurers may, therefore, well understand thai
in accepting policies in such companies, they
are wholly without indemnity against loss, cX-
eept at the caprice Of the companies whose il
legal and void policies they hold.-(New York
Mail.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-26

THE REAL OWNERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.-It is
@ startling truth that the people of Great Britain
and Ireland, numbering more than 81 100000 Of
whites, of the proud and self-willed Anglo Saxon
race, are lRndless tenants, tilling the soil by
permission, upon the payment Of onerous rent.
They own not an acre Of the land Of their birth
and of the country of their ancestors. What is
true OF the farms is true Of the lota in the cities.
The hereditary lords claim the proprietorship
Of every lot under every mans dwelling or place
OF business IN every city and village in the three
kingdoms" and exact Bemi-annual rent therefor
with the punctuality Of the seasons. The few
exceptions to the rule only make 1t the more as
tOntshing. Here Is this mighty city of London,
the capital Of the British empire, numbering
moro than 100000 families, each requiring o
domicile, and containing certainly 100000 build
tngs, but every one of them standing on leased
ground, and every family occupying them pay
ing rent to tho hereditary lords of the land.
And what is thus true of mighty London is also
and equally true of the other great cities, such
as Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester. Birming-
ham, Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast, Bristol, New
castle. Leeds, Sheffield, and of the thousand
smaller cities, towns and villages; all the in
habitants thereof pay tribute to the hydra-head-
ed Cesar. And this universal rental is not q
mere nominal sum OF tride, eXacted for FORMS
sake, or to maintain "a good old CUSTOM or
venerable usage; but, on the contrary, ia the
highest amount the landlord can wiring out of
the tenant, the utmost, on pain Of eviction, tho
tenant can pay. Where there are long leases In
the cities, the grOund-rent Is not, of course, so
Oppressively felt by the tenants as in the cOun-
try, where the leases are short, and where they
are carefully estimated upon the probable pro-
FITS of the land as known by long past expert
ence. The total annual rental of the three king
doms amounts to about $3.50, 900, 900, which Ia
divided by 50,0O0,000, landlords, 10000 Of whom
receive more than half the sum. The total taxes
paid by the people Of the United States, for the
maintenance Of the federal government, and all
the state, county and municipal government
including interest and sinking-funds on all their
debts, arc lesB than the aggregate rentals paid
by the British people to their hereditary land
lords. And after paying these rents they stin
have to raise the honey for the support Of their
own general .andlOCal government. which il not
much, II any, less than that paid by the people
Of the United States.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-26
Coumt mot the Hours.

Count not the hours while their silent wings
Thus watt them in fairy flight,
For feeling, warm from Its purest sprtnRs.
shall hRllow the scene tonight.
And while the friends We love are near,
And the culora Of life are gay,
Let u8 think OF those who have loved us dear,
The friends who are far away
Few are the hearts who have proved the truth
OF their early affections VOW,
And let those few, the beloved OF youth,
Be dear in their absence now.
Oh, wildly long in the faithful breast
Will the CLEAN of remembrance play,
AS the lingering light in the crimaOnW west
When the sunbealns have passed away.
Soft be the sleep Of their pleasant hours,
Calm be the seas they roam,
May the way they travel DestreTed with hoWerS
Til it bring them i'll safety lone
And if We whose hearts are O'erfOw1nB thus
Ourselves shall be doomed to stray,
May some kind Orison rise for Us
When we shall be far away.
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Ven Know How H rs Yourself.

Dear Nelly, Sunday night you know,
hadn't much TO say;
And yet twas twelve O'Clock or so
Before l went away.
You saw that half the time / watched
The clock upon the shelf:
Q Nelly! how I wish you might
See how 1t is yourself!
WANTED to tell you what
I've waited long to say;
Ny heart and spirits failed me,
My courage died away;
Now, Nelly, only listen,
You roguish little elf,
I'm sure you'd pity me, at least,
II you knew how 1t was yourself.
Excuse me, Nelly darling
I've loved you long and we'll;
Then lot me keep this little hand;
Nor all my hopes dispel.
love you more than all the world
Can give OF power or pelf,
But words arc weak when hearts would
speak;
You know how it is yourself"
Her lips but family quivering,
Her shy glance upward thrown,
I gently drew her to my side
My beautiful, my own!
We sat there all the evening:
. Twelve" came from the mantle-shel
The rest you may imagine, for
"Iou know o it Ii yourself"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-26
Don,s Re in a Hurry to Go.

Come boys, I have something to tell you;
Come here, l would whisper it low;
You're thinking Of leaving the homestead,
Don't be in q hurry to &
Tho city has many attractions,
But think Of vice and the sins;
When once in the vortex Of fashion,
How o the course downwards begins.
You talk Of the mines of Australia,
They're wealthy in treasures no doubt
But oh there is gold in the farm, boys,
II only you'll shovel 1t out.
The mercantile life is q hazard,
The goods are first high and then low,
Better risk the old farm q while longer,
Don't be in a hurry to go.
The great busy West has inducements,
And so has the busiest mart,
And wealth is not made in a day, boys,
DON'T be In q hurry to start.
The banker and broker are wealthy,
They take In their thousands or So
Oh think of their frauds and receptions,
Don't be in q hurry to go.
The farm is the safest and sureAt;
TIT orchards are loaded today;
You are As free as the air in the mountain
And monarch of all you survey,
But stay on the farm 8 while longer,
Though profits come in rather slow,
Remember you've nothing to risk boys
Don't be in & hurry to 90.