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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

The following gentlemen have been
elected officers OF the town of West
Union: lntendant-J. P. Mickler.
Wurdens-Dr. B. S. James, Jacob
Schroeder. l. K. Hunter and J. Nj.
Beard
Messrs. Richard CAN'T and Solomon
Graves, respected citizens of Barnwell,
died las: week.
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Funeral Invitation.

Tho friends and acqaaintances OF Mrs.
ELI ktLLlAS and family, are requested to
attend her funeral, ut her late residence,
killian's Mill. car will leave the depot at
A. 81 TO-DAY. Her remains will be
brought at 80 7. H., for interment in the
Presbyteria Church Yard.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

In Beech Island, s. c., the cotton on
several plantations WAS injured to such
an cxtent by the late frost that the
owners intend to plough it up and plaut
corn instead.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY While the
alluviaI districts Of Lonlsiunn are ruined
by the flood, and there is not enough
saved from the disaster to support the
people week or to max, seed for the
next crop, the remorse!ess despotism of
Kellogg persists in the mockery of col.
lecting taxes. We are told by the local
papers. that not ouly ID this true, but
that In oil parts of tho State, which suf-
fers pecunIarily all it can bear in uddi-
ton to the destruction by the food, the
evils of this untimely and criminal ter.
rorism Of taxation are enhanced by ex.
orbitant fees and costs. Tho tax col.
lectors hunt down their victims with the
zest OF fiends. a gloomy aud fearful
picture is drawn OF the suffering which
this sort Of tyranny aggrAvntes, and of
the despair to which 1t goads. We find
a single sentence iu the New Orleans
Builetin which tells the whole sud story /:
"When tho court has 10 be held on
trestle-work to keep out of the flood,
and the bar and prosecuting attorney for
the State have to stand in sklffs while
they plead, it ls rather hard to ask for or
give Judgments against the unhappy
owners OF the solid ground. whose exact
position below has to bs ascertained by
soundiugs."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02
- t1on sales
Auction Sale of Sacnritie

AuCtIOn sale OF SeCufltleS.
ON MONDAY, May 1, at 10 O'Clock A. N.
whom it may concern, the following SECU.
RITES:
Two 81 900 per cent. Bonds Of the State
OF South Carolina-Nos. 3, 498 and 3,475. Of
tho class usually known as Conversion
Bonds" with three past duo Coupons on each
Bond.
200 Coupons, $l7.5O zach, detached from
Second Mortgage Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Bonds.
Sale positive and without reserve. for caeh.
April Is 28.M2.4 SEIBELS L EZELL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

The AcHEENEsE WAR.-A despatch
from Pedang reports that two battles
took place between the Dutch forces
and Acheese on the 11th. and another
on the 18th ult., without decisive re-
sults Another battle was daily expect
ed. In the battle of the 11tb, 5000
natives made general attack on the
Dutch positions, but were unsuccessful
at all points. On the 10th, they at
tempted to carry the works at Kraton
by assault, and were driven back with
great slaughter, after eight hours fight
ing All the Dutch forces, with the ex.
ception Of $4,000 men in Kraton, will
return to Java.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

IA. 400 SQUARE MILES OF TKRR1roRY
UNDER WATER.-We saw yesterday q
complete diagram of the flooded coun-
try in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan-
sas, prepared from notes compiled and
furnished by T. 8. Hardee, Civil Enpi.
neer. From this map, We ascertain that
the enormous extent of IA, 400 square
miles Of the best cotton growing region
OF the three States mentioned are under
water. The belt embraced in this is 49O
miles long by 30 wide. The crops in
this wide extent of territory are, as q
matter of course. totally destroyed, and
it will be- too late when the water sub
sides to rsplant. The destruction caused
by this greut overflow must necessarily
exercise a considerable influence upon
the coming cotton crop. aud the price of
the staple next full and winter will pro-
badly be much higher than was antici-
pated before this unlooked-for occur.
renee. There are fifteen creyasses In
the Mississippi levees. through which
the water is still pouring in large yo-
lnme, and the injury to the planters in
the unfortunate section may be even
greater than is now apparent. Still,
what ia now before US is appalling in the
extreme.
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02

STARTLING CAREER ioFrA BoY.-The
particulars OF the startling murder OF a
cllid BY boy named Jesse Pomerov. at
Boston. the deteetion Of the crime. the
arrest OF the criminal nnd his confession
exhibit an extraordinary record in the
murderer's career. He is fifteen years
OF age: His last victim, whom he
stabbed and horribly mutilated, and
then threw into marsh, was four wears
OF age. His previous victims were nu-
merous. One was son of Mr.. Payne.
OF Chelsea, who was, about Christmas
1871, taken by Pomeroy to Powder Horn
Hill, stripped naked, tied to a beam.
beaten with rope, and left he]pless.
Tracey Hayden. another boy, was. on
February 21, 1872, stripped, tied up and
beaten with board and ropes. by which
some OF his teeth were knocked out the
bridge of bis nose broken, and othe-
more serious Injuries infittel. JOHNNY
Balch was enticed 70 Powder Horn Hi1i
soon after July 4. 1872, stripped, tied to
beam, gagged, beaten, and then taken
to salt water creek and washed. Ro.
bert Could, in September Of the same
Joi'r, was taken from Sonth Boston 20
tho vicinity Of The Hartford and Erie
Rliiroad, stripped. tied to telegraph
poie, whipped, nud cut Ill the head with
knlfo. Henry Austin. in August of
the same year, was, ut South Boston.
stripped, beaten, and cut in the back
anu groin with knife. George Pratt,
about tho eame time, was onticed into
the cabin of yacht at South Boston.
stripped. punctured with needles and
pins in different parts OF his body. and
lett insensible and bleeding. Joseph
kennedy, about the same time. was
taken to place on the Old Colony Road
III South Boston, and mRltreated about
as the Gould boy had been. These BOYS
were oil of tender age, from seven to
eleven years old. For these offences. he
was sent to the Reform School in 1879.
but IN that institution his conduct was
so good, that lie was pardoned out on
the 9th of February last. on the petition
OF bis mother, who is dress. s.maker.
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Williamson Springs Boarding House.
AMCo THE undersigned begs
leave to inform the public
Z "a Ss1 that his BOARDING HOUSE
kSis now open and ready for the
as ,umnluua ION OF persons seeking desira-
bic location for tho suL,mer months.
nutes walk OF the celebrated Spring. His
Table will be furnished with the best that
the up-country ma, kets affords. The virtue
Of the Mineral Water and the agreeableness
of tho climate are widely known and appre-
ciated.
Please apply for rooms at once, so as to
be sure OF being supplied. Terms reaaona-
BILE. 3. d. DEAL, Proprietor.
May? 6
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-02
CASH

A FTER TO-DAY, We will sell goods To-
n CASH ONLY.
COPELAND h BEARDEN.
COLUMBIA. s. O., April 20, 1874. 9mo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-30
News and Other Items.

Lee & Shepard are to publish Old aud New
hereafter.
Col Thomas Scott denies emphatcally that
he has any interest in the Philadelphia Press.
A delegation of Navajo Indians are on the
way from New Mexico to Washington to have
talk with their "Great Father
The oyster trade in Baltimore has had very
remarkable increase within few days, the
sales having doubled those of any previous
time.
Grapes have become so plentiful and cheap
in California that owners of vineyards near
Stockton propose to pull up their vines and put
in some other crop.
marble slab has been placed on the front
of a house in the village of Motier, Switzer-
land, bearing this inscription: 81. Louis
Agassiz, the celebrated naturalist, was born in
this house, May %, 1907"
1t is reported that the Duke of Norfolk, who
is already Roman Catholic, is to become re-
ligious recuse. He has two sisters in converts
If he carries out his imputed intention, his
titles and estates will pass to his only brother,
Lord Edmund Bernard Howard
The female opium smoker, mentioned in
Dickens Mystery of Edwin brood, and known
as "Lascar SAL" died miserably short time
since in a coart in Bluegate Fields,St. Georges
in the East. She was attacked with scarlet
fever, now prevalent in the neighborhood, and
her vitality soon succumbed to the disease.
A New York Tribune correspondent, who has
just made long trip through the Pennsylvan-
ia coal regions, contradicts the stories which
have been circulating of unusual outrages aud
murders in those localities. There is no NOR
lawessness than is usual in so wild country.
where ignorance and rum are So plentiful and
where at present, enforced idleness by reason
of strikes and suspensions furnishes an addi-
tiOnal incentive to crime.
In the hearing of Tilton's motion for the fix
ing of an early day for the latter's trial, Dis
trict Attorney Winslow contended that the
court had no power to fix day of trial, but at
the same time expressed himself in favor of an
early hearing, and took occasion to express his
belief as private individual and as an officer
of the law in Mr.. Beecher's entire innocence.
The general opinion among lawyers is that the
court has no such power as Tilton asks it to ex-
ercse.
John w. Keeley of Philadeldhia, claims to
have discovered new motor, and declares that
ho Soh 5ChOiatc iotCc euUuSn iroun teu gallOuS
of water to run train of cars from Philadel-
phia to San Francisco, He uses no fuel, neith-
er does he employ chemicals Of any kind, or
electricity or magnetic currents. The inven-
tion of Mr. Keeley is very jealousy guarded,
and only few persons-his especial friends,
among them Chief Engineer Rutherford of
the United States navy, men who have ad-
vanced him money, of whom, it is said, are
John j. Cisco, Israel Corse, Hatch, of Fisk &
Hatch, and several Worcester and Philadel.
phia men; and half dozen practical mechan-
les have seen his trials of the yet unfinished
machine. What they have seen has filled
them with wonder, and given them firm conf
dence in the gepuiness of the man and his dis
cnYery.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-30
Notice.

6lERSONS requiring work done please apply
"Home'' OF w. c. A. No. 16 Spring St., plain
and family sewing dress-making. copying, embroid-
cry and fancy in woods, &c &c. oc29tf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-30
REAL ESTATE.
For Sale or to Let.

nNE of the most desirable Lots in the vicinity of
" Portland, containing about IL ac,es situated in
Cape Elizabeth within one mile from the city. Will
be sold at Bargain if not sold, will be Let For
particulars inquire OF JOHN G. PROCTER.
motif 90 Exchange Street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-30

1t is believed that at the next trial of tho safe
burglars new evidence of character most
damaging to Whiteley and Harrington will bo
produced. 1t is said that Craig, the juror who
was most strenuous for a verdict of guilty, was
cursed, reviled and called every vile epitaph it
was possible to imagine, by his fellow jul ors,
to make him change bis opinion, but he did
not finch
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-30
IF YOU WANT

TO purchase an elegant and durable GOLD WATCH,
and make a handsome saving in money, buy the
LADD PATENT WATCH CASE for your movement.
They are made in Mapsard, Flat and Dome shapes,
10 which we ha ye this Fall added our new and beau
tiiul BASCENE-in Gents, Ladies' and Boys sizes,
Key and Stem Winders.
For sale by dealers generally in all parts OF the
Country.
n. B. All genuine first quality Ladd Patent Cases
are stamped SC. w. L." inside the Cover, and date
of patent under the bezel.
Send for full descriptive circulars to the manu-
facturers, j. A. Brown & Co., IL Maiden Lane, New
York. no2s6t
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FOR SALE.

A LOT of vacant land, situated on the west side
"A of High, between Pleasant and Danforth SITS.
This let has front of about 81 feet and is about 194
feet deep, and plans have been drawn by How for
block Of seven nine genteel and convenient resi-
denees, and adapted for the same. Enquire of
EDWIN CHURCHILL,
No. Portland Pier,
mar2s From II to O'Clock. P. III.
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FUN FOR THE MILLIONS.

TIyHAT master piece which all Ventriloqusts use in
IL the making of so many voices almost any one
can learn to throw their voice it can be distinctly
heard for four or five rods. / will send this on re-
ceipt of 50 cents to any address with full instructions
for use, and will make a present to every one OF
photograph to grace the Album, representing the
sma Hest man in the world. Address.
nnOafrk LII. DALEY. Nunda. Ill. Enx 12R
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LEADERS.

LADIES NICE FINE UNDER
VESTS.
so Cents.
MISSES UNDERSHIRTS AND
DRAWERS, FINE QUALITIES,
20 10 9J Gents.
GENTS UNDERSTANDS AND
DRAWERS,
IS Gents.
GENTS RIBBED UNDERSHIRTS
AND DRAWERS,
As Gents.
GENTS'ALL WOOL RIBBED CON
mOOCOOK SHIRTS &
DRAWERS,
Sf.OO, Former Price SI.7J.
LADIES LONG FLEECE LINED
HOSE,
1J Cents n Pair, 4 Pairs for
55 Gents mt
COGIA HASSAN's,
1875 Middle, and q
Temple -.
noT dim
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SIeighs and Traverse Pungs.

VTERY nice Sleighs and traverse Pungs for sale
and warranted at 10 per cent. cheaper than can
be bought elseyhere and for neatness style and du-
rability are not surpassed
JOHN ADAMS,
ACCARAPPA, MAINE.
ooif
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Oak and Pine Timber.

NTANTED-Small Farms with oak or pine tim
w ber on them, within three miles of any railroad
and within 40 miles of Portland Address Z. y. Box
1888, Portland stating price, No. Of acres, and de-
scription. no24nu
The daily gazette., 1874-09-29

pkINY WELLS CLEANED BY THE
a oDO kLESSless ikea waiting Go. Order
leit with The secretary OF The BGaid Of Healt
az Tue City Hall until further noii6e). W
be promptly attended TO (neLl2.t
The daily gazette., 1874-09-29
From the Philadelphia Sunday Press.
iihg U,e IRE Showing Up HIM.
q. Mann

Some people ire never satisfied. few
eli III, aiming ,impletons, we learn, grumble
because We are aiming our heaviest guns at
the Honorable William d. Mann, District
Attorney of Iliiladelphis by the grace OF
the gangs and corrupt return judges INSTEAD
ui b aainesaway at every obscure member OF
the Ring by nbme. The reasons why We do
this ought to I've obvious TO every intelligent
citizen who is sincerely dcsirous OF having
the city rid Of the whole ling. MIR. Mann.
20 long AS he hulds his present office, effectu'
ally blocks The way oil every proposed re-
iol M aud bolts The door ofthe Augean sta
blcs which are in such sad need OF cleansing.
Repeaters and ballot-bex suffers boast Of
their immunity nom prosecution. The ex-
torlioGate exactiCns OF the grasping row OIL
GERS and their ,subordinates are protested
against in vain. ,en by so powerful body
as the Municipal Reform Association. Gam
blrrs ply Their iniquitous traffic in defiance
OF the law, aud even the Mayor has found
Inn II obliged to call upon Councils for a
special prosecuting officer because the
regular prosecuting officer Of the county
neglected to do his duty. Thieves, incen-
diaries, professional abortiOnists, and almost
every KIND and grade of criminals escape
the meshes Of tho law, or if by accident ar
rested, and by any failure of the setting-up
process Sihe Grand Jury does not ignore the
bills against them, the doors Of their prise n
or of the "van" are speedily opened ID a
my erious way, eminently suggestive OF
golden keys Wo,se than all, there is
absolutely no hope for anything approach
ing to an honest election in Philadelphia
while Mr.. Mann occupies a position which
enables him to control all the complex and
plant "mach merry of elections" and to
promise entire impuni'y TO all his tools Be
side, Mr. Mann is new O candidate for re-
election, aud no other equally prominent
member OF tho ruling clique, We regret TO
.nv, is vet SO near the ,ud Of his term. Is il
my wonder, then, that We concentrate our
fire upon tie District Attorney, and let tho
little ringsters 60 with only occasional shots?
| But let no one despair. We have enlisted
f)r the war, and arc determined fully to tes
| the question whethet there yet remain
sufficient virtue, integrity, pride and public
spirit among the citizens and taxpayers oil
Philadelphia to purge the city OF the foul
nest of corruption which disgraccs it. Mr.
Mann is confessedy the weakest candidate
| the Ring could have put forward, and yei
| the defeat Of no other candidate would SC
completely disrupt and demoralize them
Then let every honest Republican ant
| Democrat come to the polls and vote agains
him on the third of November next In tina
case he will not receive ballots enough t
be worth counting.
The New York herald., 1874-10-19
"The Convention Of Thievss,m

FROM Inc Memphis Appeal. October 1kl
plague more dreadful than the grasshoppers
which desolated several Of the Western States last
summer il scourging Tennessee. ChattanooRs
has been converted into another Jenoshaphst, and
James, Hall the Bethesda where knot OF CARPET.
bag rogues who pursue politics only for the sake
or plunder. have gathered Tor the purpose of max.
ing known to sympathizlng world the Wron9n
they have sustained at the hands OF the
wicked and remorseless savages or the
South: they, are reluctant to give
up their hold upon the Jhroats OF the
southern people, and with the hope Of securing
new grip they meet at Chattanooga where new
batch OF lalsehoOds Will be hatched. with q view
OF electng men 10 Congress who will restore
them to power. The Chattanooga Convention
viii cry Justify tor more troops and represent the
Kuklux as ravaging the country These carpet
baggers meet ostenslbly ito consider the disor.
dered condition OF the Southern States when, in
fact, they meet to consider their own disordeYod
condition. Congress has been considering the
disordered condition OF the Southern States for
nine years. States have been placed under mill.
tary rule, and the carpet-bagRers at Chattano0gs
can invent no new instrument or torture. The
meeting is called with the sole view to avert the
overrhrow-to devise measures Tor the perpetua.
tion OF their power. The Convention Ii composed
Of seedy. needy. plundering dead BEATS and SHOULD
command no more respect than meeting OF Sing
Sing convlcts, presided over by Tweed.
The New York herald., 1874-10-19

delegation, the Georgian as All intruder. Ths
delegation was irrltated at his remarks, as az.
tracing disagreeabIe atten ton to the msevea ana
had him removed by Howard, colored. OF Missis-
sppi.
GAPING THE CLIMAX.
The Convention showed q decided animus to
night III the adoption OF resolution dsnunciatory
or the Southern Associated Press agents dee
gate had Just gone to the agent here and asked
llm II ne dd not intend to send or the entire ad.
dress. when he Informed him that he nad only
been instructed to telegraph a synopsis. Already
cbagrlned at the virtual failure or the Convention
tney were ready to vent their spleen upon the
press agents who happen to make adverse reports
20 Wnat the delegates may happen to desire. fs ex.
hipited the iact that they had come down to q
desperate strait that they were on their last iegs
anu must very soon give up their chances fol
1uture promotion as hopeless. When Ptnchbacl.
Of New Orleans, telegraphed mere the other day of
tne pest quarters to be had IN the city. General
Wilder, a prominent and highly esteemed cittzen.
was asked whether he could not entertain the
aistihgnished gentleman. Wider responded
locularly that there was only one bunk IN hs
barn, and thar was occupied by his colored driver.
General wider was federal oflcer and Nortn.
0rQ man by birth. -~''-
The New York herald., 1874-10-19
The Effects Sure To BE Felt.

From the Springfield RepuDlican-indepeuden
1t cannot be too thoroughly dlgested by all con.
cerned that the disturbance In Ohio and Indiana
has good deal more OF admonition and warning
for the republicans than oI encouragement for the
democracy" 1t means rather that number OF
voters are dissatisfied with the party In power,
rather than that they are an xious, or even Will.
ing, to bring back the party that was shown the
door IN lS60 At the same time the result IN these
States is sure to exercise more or less influence
upon the elections still TO be held; the republican
organizations OF New YORK and Massachusetts,, Tor
instance, Will pretty certainly feel tho enecss Of 1t
on election day, If not before.
The New York herald., 1874-10-19
What May BE Done.


It Is not impossible for the republican party to
recover It's lost ground In 1875 In order to do So
however, 1t must expunge the Grant dynasty In
the next National Convention. Ii must not only
stamp out the third term nonsense, but 1T must so
as lar possible III another direction In search OF
candidates for President ana Vice President. To
nominate Washbufne. or boutwell,, or Fish, OF one
oil Grants miitary suDordlnates would be con-
strueu as an attempt 10 prolong the Grant au-
minlstra lon under an alias, and would bring the
odium that has been 50 heavily felt IN the elec-
lions or the present year upon the ticket every
where It must do more than this. II must put
stop not only 10 the outrages OI whites upon
blacks, but TO those OF blacks upon whites In me
south. IL must cease f0oling VITA tnat powder
magazine STYLED the civil Rights bill. 1t must
make snow at least Of stopping the frauds on the
public treasury 1t must remand the federal ofhce-
holders to their legitimate duties. IL must cease
menung with the private habits OF the peo-
pie ana seeking TO impose Temperance and rell-
glon upon them by cOercive legislation. 1t must
abandon all schemes lor infatlng the currency
and paying the bonds in greenDacks. AS between
the republican party and the democratic party
considered as mere shells, the majority vi the pe0.
pie are tirepubican, but they are not sufciently
attached 70 that shsil 10 saks in Yottsn kernel
also
The New York herald., 1874-10-19
Learning "Iow 1t Il Thcmselves."

from the indianapolis Journal-repubicln.l
political party that cannot survive not only
one but many defeats is hardly worthy OF the name.
In this respect republicans may learn lesson
from the democracy. who have borne no under
repeated defeats, preserved their organization,
improved their discipline and gone into each re.
curing contest with undlminisned ylgor. In
sporting phrase 'they have always com, up smil-
ing.- Republicans have far more reason to pre-
serve their equanimlty under defeat than demo
Gratis have ever had Tor their principles better
and their cause far more worthy OF persistent
effort. Political defeats are hard on the unsuc.
cessfu candidates, but they are sometimes full OF
improving discipline for q party.
The New York herald., 1874-10-19
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.
A Disaster.

From the indianapolis Sentnel-independent.]
The defeat In Ohio and Indiana Is certainly the
greatest disaster that the republican party has yet
encountered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-11

NOR SALB-ONE LOT ON GEORGIA ST,
II No. a., block u. Il. W. Smiths subdi-
vision; one house and lot on Cynthia st., 8
rooms, kitchen and servants room; beautiful
yard near Vance street cars. Also, lots 267
and 26S, cor. Keel and Sixth streets, opposite
Etreet 10 I55-66l Q. CURTIS.