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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-26
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Saturday Morning, July 2s. 1873.
Fire In ,BaltImofs.


BY reference to our dispatches, it
will be seen that a terrible conaagrntion
visited Baltimore yesterday morning.
The particulars so far received are very
meagre. and no estimate Of tho loss sus-
tanned can be approximated. Fortu-
nately, during hli the confusion and ex-
citement that prevailed, aside from the
danger from the fire itself, not life is
reported lost No appeal as yet comes
from the Monumental City for aid for
the sufferers; but should assistance be
needed t.cn other cities, the South, ever
remembering the liberality of Baltimore
to her soldiers in Northern prisons, will
respond with uHs.inted hand. The
churches seem to hare suffered severely,
md We feel satisfied that the congrega-
tions throughout the South of like demo-
limitations with those who have lost their
edifioes of public worship. will contribute
with liberal hand, to their re-establish-
ment.
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RAILROAD CoSvENT1ON.-A teI1e and
enthusiastic railroad mass convention as-
sembled in Hendersonyitle, N. O., on
Friday, the 4th OF July, TO secure AN
earnest co. cooperation between the people
OF South Carolina and North Carolina,
in pushing to completion line Of rail
road from some point in South Carolina
down the valley of the French Brood to
the Tennessee line.
Hon. Gabriel Cannon was called for.
and responded in an able speech, which
was full OF practical ideas, and did much
to arouse the people to see the absolute
necessity OF completing railroad
through Western North Carolina at an
early day.
The corporators of the GreenyilI. and
French Broad Railroad Company were
requested to meet ut once, organize aud
open books for subscriptions; aud the
corporators Of this railroad were re-
quested to appoint committee, consist
ing OF three persons. to visit the boards
OF trade III Louisville. Ky, Cinciuuwti,
Ohio. Chicago, ILL.,. and Pittsbnrg. Pa. :.
to bring tho importance Of this line OF
railroad to the attention OF these bodies.
The meeting recommended that Hon.
Thomas l.. Olingman, E. j. Ast u and
Judge r. 81. Gresham (thc latter o!
Louisville) be appointed as this commit
tee.
Col: John G. Eve. of BArbour,i;ie.
KY, addressed the Convention, aud
pledged the Convention thai KENTUCKY
would be ready and willing to lend u
helping hand to secure the completion
Of grand system of railroads, extend
ing from Chicago to Charleston.
At a meeting Of the corporators of llI4
Greenviile and French Broad Railroad
Company. held the came day, the amend
ment to the charter and such portions of
the charter As were deemed necessary
we're read, and persons appointed com
missioners to open books aud receive
subscriptions to the capital stock, re
quiring payment Of 81 on eAcL share
OF 800 ut The time of subscribing. The
following are the commissioners in this
State:
at Spartanburg-D. J. Twitty, J. H.
Evans. T. @. Massie.
At Unionville John l.. Youus, Ko.
bert Al. Stokes, j. Is. Jeter.
At Laurcnsville-B. ". Ball, Joseph
Crews, Y. j. 2. Owens.
At tGreenville-Thos. G. Cover, James
P. Moore, W. E. Earle.
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~ DUEL Thirty YEARS Aoo.-A Cali
totnta paper reprints the story of the
aael1thirty years ego. bstween Hamp-
Gen @ fieasants. editor Of the R;chm ond
veg, and Tho@sa Ritchie, Jf., editor
OF the Richmond Enquirer. The ckal:
lenge from Pleasants TO Richie was
one OF the most extraordinary ever sent: ::
II will be on the Manchester sice of the
James River. near the factory, between
the river and canal, tomorrow morning,
at O'CLOCK. armed with rife, pistol and
word. We will advance and fire on
each other till one or the other falls. Z"
This was the substance of Mr.. Peasants
challenge. Mr.. Ritchie objected to it
Tor various reasons, among which were:
Because it gives the challenging party
the choice OF time, place and weapons. II
right invariably accorded by the 'code'
to the challenged; because its terms are
savage, sanguinary and revolving to the
tastes Of civilized society. Notwith-
Standing. these objections. will be at
the place named, armed in the manner
s:ribed, and will defend myself from
nny attack made on me-" When the
duel came OF Peasants was mortally
wounded, but returned Ritchie's fire and
continued to advance on him, and, when
within striking distance, drew his eword,
giving Ritchie severe cut on the lip,
which was all the wound the latter re-
ceived. Peasants fingered only few
days, and Ritchie ended his life by re-
,norseful dissipation.
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The KU KLUx REWARDS 1T is pretty
generally known that at the last session
of the General Assembly, an Act was
passed appropriating $35,000 to be paid
ns rewards for arresting Ku Klnx, nj
$500 apiece. This fund was to be listri.
buted by tho Governor. See how it
goes. Messrs. Byron, Brown and Can
ton get small sums out OF it. but the bulk
of it goes to Mcssrs. Merrill and Wilkes
We have no idea that even these two got
a dollar over their proper shares, US ont
OF the apparently large sum which they
received, tho "divi" had to be made
all the participant are not known,
but the first warrants drawn on this fund
by the Governor were in favor of one
Lloyd for So. 900, and before the commit
sion reported. This was strange-the
Governor gave Lloyd warrant on this
fund. Lloyd never was heard OF in con
nection with these arrests or trials Why
did the Governor issue any warrants to
Lloyd? Who is Lloyd? Mr.. Lloyd is
said to be very nice young gentleman,
who last autumn came from somewhere
and pitched his lot in Chester, and may
or may not know that warrant for
50, 600 on the Ku Klut reward fnud WIS
ever drawn in his name. But Mr. L!ovd
IS the brother-in-law of that distinguished
gentleman and iurist, Hon. Thomas ,Jtf
ferson Mnckcy. The immaculate Judge
OF the Sixth Circuit had the manipu!a-
tion of this So. 900. For what services?
". II. NJ, in Greenrilse Republican.
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The Memphis Aprear$ special from
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, gives the follow.
ing account of grand escapade there
Sunday night: The Jail here was broken
into last night ut 0 o'clock, which re.
suited i'll the delivery Of fifteen prison.
ers, among them two murtler.rs, two rob.
bers, one horse thief and one rnvisher.
Seven We're confined in secure dungeons,
aud the bnlaEce in large open room
Parties from the outside broke into the
first room, and then into Che vaults or
dungeons. The inars!lal and citizens
hunted the neighLoriDg thickets and
swamps all night, aud rccaptured one
who was riau.1l;n drunk. Much excite
ment prevails. Marcngo Joe is here
with eleven picked ,'espcradocs; an,,
many suppose Is implicated in relieving
his partners in crime. He, however.
seoms perfectly composed, but if lie
mains hero Will soon ornnmen. au AR
kansas limb suspended hy wei! twisted
hemp. l'oajamin's store WAS broken
into last night at 9 O'Clock, but the
burglar was detected and imprisoned
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Lizzie Lloyd King. alias Kate Stod-
dard. has met with another able counsel
Ia the person OF eX.Licutenant-Govern
=. Louis Lowe, Of Maryland. who ten
! dered his services as assistant counsel to
the accused murderess OF Charles Good
rich. Several obscure lawyers have ten
dered their services to Miss King within
the past few days, but they have not
been accepted.
LUCKY PRINTER The Roanoke,
fa) Times says: "Joscph Chapman
threshes 500 to 1000 bushels Of wheat
per day with his steam threaher Joe
Will own this County some day. aud we
nope he will. He is the most go ahead
fellow we have ever seen. He was q
poor printer buy during the war, and has
made cool 500. 0OU since that time.
Pluck and level head have done it,"
BAHBARors. We learn from the SUI
foGk Christian San that after the hanging
Ut the negro murderer, jim Brown. in
Suffolk. last week, his body was dissect-
td to obtain the skeleton for preserva.
ton. His henrt, preserved in alcohol.
Was gwen TO the son OF one of the mur.
dered ladies. and will be kept by him.
Ga last Saturday night. a lot Of
drunken negroes, armed, created terri
ble excitement ut Fort Mill, York
County. They made threatening pa.
raIes and went into camp, where tbey
remained until Tuesday morning, when
the warriors disbanded. Being loy1l.
lley were not arrested.
Mrs. Frances King, consort Of kev.
! Robert King, died at her home nenr Bel
Ton. on Thursday, July Is. aged seventy.
allie years. She leaves twelve children
shd l20 grand children Il. mourn he.
loss
'lE NnltrH CAROLINA DEH:.-Thc iu i.
Irfcst On the State debt, including that
on special tax bonds, Will on the 1st of
October next, the close Of tie iscal wear.
Amount TO the enormous sum us S. .U3S. :
9Oi. 3 Rsleiyh Ne.rs.
an exchange declares that "w.icn the
m:i!enn!ala comes, if not before, woman
VI! exercise every right which Miss An
'toby nov demands ior her" Then We
appeal to Tie management TO postpone
The millennium indefinitely.
There is said to be "a woman in Der
ny, England, who knows what it is to be
the inuther Of thirty-three children. /"
Ter husband NJ ust feel that there is such
hing rs woman's knowing TOO much.
- '~. 1ASo"o11bt VI LOIS SuUC SectlOE,
Abbcville County, has we'll oa his
place 900 feet deep. It is The only arte-
sian well in the State ontside uf Charles
ton.
Mr.. J. NJ. Davis, of .Abbeyile, has in.
venitd fire cxtingnshcr which uses
water only, aud which III said to he much
more elective than any instrnmcn: OF
thn KIND yet invented.
Tho Catholic farmers Of the West arc
organizing oranges Of their own 10 CO.
oieinte with the original grangcs This
course is taken because Cuthu.ics cannot
]p'n any secret Society.
Two Petersburg papers have been con
,o!dated, The dppeN having purchased
ia" h"le.t. The consolidated journal is
called the Petersburg Lti:.c a,u tipped.
Mr.. Israel ilc.ma. OF tic vicinity of
Monroe, y. G., was taken suddenly III
While riding oat last week, ana died on
the WY.
The crop, il the Eastern par. OF Ker-
shaw Coan'y was damaged Oh Monday
last. ny II storm
a"gr" woman. living near ChappcE's
p'm'; was killed hy .isutn.n. las: wr,l;
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Bishop Christopher Rush, Bishop of
the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
who died recently in New York, and
whose funeral took place on Sunday. was
born slave in Craven County. N. O.. in
1777. dc went to New York in 1898,
and joined the African NJ. E. Church
in 1903. He was licensed to preach
in 1915, and was ordained Superin-
tendent in 1928. He has occupied every
position in the church. from the deacon.
ate to the bishopric. which latter Office
he has held since 1S49. He was one of
those who influenced the separation of
the colored branch of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. and it WAS his address
before Bishop George which finally
brought about TINT result At tilat time,
there were only about 100 members
Now the church numbers about 100. 900
members. He was one of the remarkable
men Of the present century, in many re-
spects, and his counscls in the African
Church were always regarded with parti-
cnlar veneration.
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DEVICES OF NORTHERN SENSATIONAL
PREACHERS. 1t is quite possible to run
very good thing into the ground, and We
all have a prejudice against divines who
bring into the pulpit the stenoh of the
foot lights nd copy the show bill in their
published advertisements. One of this
kidney Is responsible for the following
pastoral announcements, printed in a
secular paper for the better information
OF the public: % S. Church.
The pastor, Rev. . will preach to-.
morrow morning. Sermon: Up tree. ;
Afternoon sermon: The strange contents
of lost trunk" Think of that ia con-
nection with one of our old Puritan
churches. 1t is enough almost to preci-
pltnte resurrection of the scanlu!ized
fathers. But this is not all. The card an
nouuces other attractions for this Sunday
theatre as follows: December 8, De
formed feet;' December %. The tragic
history Of u white lie;' December %.
Frosted locks;' January IL, Go to Jeri-
cho; January -, beautiful shoes ia
nuary 2G. Salt again."
lSprinlfsld Republican,
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Before leaving England. the Shah
made some costly presents to several
members of the royal family and the no
bility. TO the Queen he gave a set OF
very rare and valuable jeweis, to tile
PRINCE of Wales his photograph set IN
diamonds, and to The Duke of Cam
bridge, as Commander-in-C -Chief .! th"
Army, he presented an elegant sword.
saying that she rtjoiccd to place. .!,.
sword Of Persia in the baud oi I.re!u4l. =
y photograph set in lia.nrn.., MAS also
offered to Earl Granville, WHO extracted
:ho picture. pressed it II his ilc..i.. ANA,
returning the diamonds, explained 10 the
Shah that, much ;.s he thanked him, his
position rs an English minister forbade
his receiving II present from :. iureie II
monarch. Lady 1slwlinson an.l Tie
Duchess OF Sutherland also received pre-.
scnti OF diamonds from the Shah. WHO.
mt the same time, presented Lord Morley
with Il valuable suuil box sot with levels.
He gave $4,000 to the servants at Buck
ingham Palace, and $1,000 to th, 20.
lice oi London.
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The WoKM on THE ISLANDS. pri
vatc letter, dated beaufort, July %, con
tains the following Information: "Cat-
terpilinr worms have made their appear
ance On Davis and Parry Islands, and
tie planters find plenty OF eggs. They
arc making butterfly stands, and going
to use Paris green and flour, as recon
mended by the Rwm CnOHniua for
July. Bat all these things arc useless,
believe. Ii they arc bound to come,
nothing that we can do will stop them
l have not heard from ST. Helena Island.
aud sha!i wait aIX.ous!y tn hear from
there"
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The CSIrED STATES CouEr in :h:
conrt yesterday, Judge Bryan granted
the 20 oition OF Simon R.inwatcr ana
Wm. X. Sweat, of Marlboro, for yo.un-
tary bankruptcy. The petition of John
Adams to enforce n Judgment lien against
Titus Lancy, bankrupt. was granted,
and the assignee WAS ordered to call in
the lien creditors.
Twenty five gallons Of distilled spirits
three oxen anu onc wagon, sciHad at
Spartanbnrg, for violation OF the Internal
revenue law, were sold.
The hogs OF Orangeburg are diving Il
uEIer tue attacks'tt hog cau.cru
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can be recovered. A direct appeal 70
the United States Government, olpro.
tecs the fund and to prevent its peIma.
nent alienation from the State. or diver.
sion to other than the uses for which it
was designed. ought, if necessary, to I Q
made, aud would, we think. be attended
with success. We truet that something
will be done in this direction. Unless
we revive our schools and rekindle the
fame Of learning in our colleges, the
country will relapse towards barbarism,
and tue whole face Of society undergo an
ugly and unhealthy change.
The ORANGES ADDRESSED By C1Ecu.
LARS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON TRANsPoR.
TATIoN.-The Select Committee Oh Trans
portation, through their Chairman, Se-
nator Window, has addressed letters TO
the State GraLges. inviting their co-ope-
ration in the work assigned tho commit
tee. The following is copy OF the let.
ter:
The Senate Of the United States, at lis
last session. appointed q select commit
tee, which is charged with the duty of
Investigating the the subject OF transpor-
tation between the interior and the sea-
board. This duty embraces wide and
difficult field OF inquiry, and involves
certain questions in which the farmers OF
the country are deeply interested. Know
ing that the Patrons Of Husbandry have
given much attention to this matter, and
believing that through their organization
much information may be obtained in aid
OF our work, / have the honor to request
that you will, after consultation with the
oranges in your jurisdiction, select u
suitable person who will appear before
the committee ut q convenient time and
place, to be hereafter named, and
present the views of the farmers of your
State in regard to the defects, abuses and
grievances alleged to exist under tho pre-
sent systems Of transportation, and also
any suggestions they may desire to
make as to the remedy required Should
you deem it advisable to arrange for the
conference suggested, please inform me
Of your action, aud I will give you due
notice OF the time and place of the pro-
posed meeting.
Communications similar to this have
been addressed to the Masters of all the
State Oranges. and is regarded as al i'm
portant stroke OF policy On tie part OF
the Republican members of the commit
tee. and is construed as inviting the
farmers to seek tho reforms desired with
in the Republican lines. Too thin.
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STRANGE BANKING SYsrrM.-We Oh.
serve on looking over the returns of the
banks i'll Montreal that one Of them Ear.
ing lost money during the year, adopted
curious expedicnt to pay dividend
How think yon, gentle reader, it was
done? Why, they added $50. GOO to The
value of their real estate, and took their
dividend out Of the cash in hand. This
surely Is running pretty close to Sir
John y. MacDonn!d's banking act and
Its penalties. Quejec. Chronicle.
SUICIDE AT the residence Of Mr. j.
\. Bradhanl, in Darlington. Mrs. Eva
Kelly, young lady Of only sixteen sum-
mers, committed suicide by taking lily
poison cobalt-on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Kelly assigned no other reason for
the commission Of this rash act than tina!
she wanted to die Ier suilerings were
terrible, and, with conyulsions, she died
about l. O'Clock on Sunday night.
The New York Jon,nai IF Commerce.
lenounccs the ''intcrviewcr, " nnd thinks
that journalism has made no gain by the
introduction Of his system
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DISTRESSING At court in IorkrilIe.
on Tuesday last, while counse! Was nryu.
ing Case, he discovered that II portion
OF the Jury. Which WIS mostly G ;rOcs,
we're sound asleep. lie suddenly stopped
his argument, and with ns,0uisi,nlen;
pictured on his countcnancc, appealed to
tue J"dsc: "Alny it please your Honor,
the Jurors are asleep; please have them
aroused" The Judge eyed tho counsel
and. then the jurors, nnl Instantly order.
ed fms, one tor each Juror, and with IL
couple OF balliiil over .hem aud the cs
crclac Of using the fans, aroused them IL
sense of th"'r duty, and the argu:ncn,
went ON.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-09-09

We find the following article on the situs
tiou OF the oil trade in the East Brady Iod-e
pendent:
The situation in oil is not what ii should
be, but the indications are favorable for
wholesome change. The change will not
come this week, nor mex! week, but 1t will
come before long. The production Of the
Butler districts is no so large as people
outside the region suppose. The strikes
have been greatly over estimated. But few
were as large as reported, and the produc.
lion Of these has fallen off wonderfully.-
From our own observation we know OF wells
dropping from ono thousand barrels day to
less than one-half this amount. and this,
too, within four days from the time they
were struck. The Trontman well is per.
hnps, the only well in the hew district tia
has maintained its large production for any
considerable length of time.
When wo take into consideration the fac
tho production is falling off rapidly at b ONE
and that the demand is increasing in (oreigr
countries, we can only conclude that The
worst is over. The low price Of poll ha,
been an i'll wind here, but it blew to some
advantage across the seas. II has, iu
manner, driven the sha le OIL of European
manufacture, from the market and thus
disposed OF rival that has givan US som
trouble. la consequence of this our eypor
trade is Increasing each month, and unless
some monopoly presents itself, will continue
to increase. Men who devote their entire
attention 10 the business do not expect OF
TO reach u much lower figure than it is
now, and when The 'bottomn is once touch
ed, Reaction will take place. Oi. will
advance in price aa rapidly as it fell, and
prosperity will prevail once more in the re
gion. Men who bave oil ih tank now will
be wis to bold it for few months, when a
fair price for the product can easily be OBJ
tanned.
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Letler from Cllerrytree.
. HEAD OF BEYSEuoFF RuN,
Cheiryiree Up, sept. ,, 1873.

CSelryiree Up, Sept ,, 1873.
Mr.. EDiroR:-Your correspondent 'Jus/
tice" must 10 Just-ass. H does not un-
derstand the situation. IL little knows
how much We owe 10 that panther like de/
tectiyo and that astute and brave officer
who have go courageously captured the rob
beIs in their den. Why, sir, we have had O
reign If terror Nothing was secure aite
night. Fear fell on oil when the shades o,
evening came Yes siT, stout men, heads
of famiiee, have not had their boots of for
months. They slept with them on, and
" tn sh OF gun on one side of the bed and
u club on ne other ever ready ior assault
No one ventured on tue road after dark
lest highwaymen rode them down. Moth
ers abandoned the use of trundle beds and
cribs ard slept with all their offspring in
their arms. Watch dogs were doubled and
hen houses aud milk house securely locked,
but in vain. These outlaws held high car
nivaL Big chicken suppers at appointed
reudezyous "Dancing all night till broad
ayIight and going home with the gals iu
The morning seems 10 have been their usual
pastlme.
Clinton, the horse thief, aud Be'es b. S. }
Tho counterieiter, were out her just before
.,hese daring officers broke them up. Why,
If, the search warrant found masks, pis-
tol, butcher knife and log chain, show ing
plainly that it was az organized gang with
pass words, dc. Also, ten dollars worth o.
old army saddles. No, sir. the thanks o.
our citizens are largely due to the aforesaid
noble men, who at the risk of their lives
dispersed and arrested severaly all of these
dangerous ruflians. Now all is peace and
tranquility. Cur orchards, corn fields, POI
tatotoes and malou, poultry and milk, are
moes,ed no more. Our horses and bar ness
stray not. Our hens roost high flo Il babi,
and are safer All is serene and lovely
again thanks to your magistrate aud officer.
The oil business is dull. Small wells and
low prices is the prevailing complaint.
Harvesting has begun, and good crops are
anticipated. Yours respectfully.
BEECH NUT.
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Jack Cribos, formerly police officer at Pc
tersburg, now in the same duty at Parker's
had rather q ludcrous and unfortunate sci
cident happen him the other day. He was
attempting to pull horse out OF mud hole
when his tail hold slipped and he turned q
back somersauit into an Old water closet
vault. He went in up 10 the neck, and
with difficulty extracted himself and rushed
to the river. After soaking himself under
water twenty/four hours be started home. -
He veal 8 his Sunday clothes now.