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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-27

>BAIT1MonE. August. 26.-Cotton
dull and easier-middling 1879; gross
receipts 8; exports wise: AZ :saiessl
375; epinners $50; stock 2,928. Flour
deolSrsd .aoS.s whesa ussE. Corr Corr
ateadyLwssite 76994. Bulk meatsA
shoulders 9h6; clear rib eides ID. Ba-
con-shoulders 1917; clear rib sides
1917; sugar-cured hams 16L017%.
Lard 14A@l5. Whiskey firm and
scarce-l.00k. Sugar firm and nm.
changed.
NoRFohK. August 28.-Cotson dull
low middlipg Is; net receipts 253; ex-
ports coastwise 226; sales 80; stock 1876
SAVANNAH. August 26.-Cotton dull
-middling 1524; net receipts lis; sales
So; stock 458.
GALVESTON, August 26.-.Cotton
quiet. at decline of A-good ordina-
ry IL; middling 16; net receipts 264;
sales s; stock 1878.
PHILADELPHIA. Auguet 26.-Cotton
dull-middling 16A; low middling lG;
net receipts As; gross 593.
CINCINNATI, August 26.-Flour dull
and dropping. Corn firm and scarce-
68@71I. Pork quiet but tirm-23 90
(023. 50. Lard easier-summer 1871
OLA. Bacon hrm-shouiders 93I:
clear rib 139k; clear 1917. Whiskey
quiet, weak and 10. higher-97.
LOUISVILLE, August 26-Flour un-
changed. Corn dull and dropping
74979. Pork unchanged and quiet
% SO. Bacon in fair demnnd and
higher 10; clear rib 1881;
clear II. Lard l6%9l624 Whiskey
96.
WILMINGTON. August 26-Cotton
Cotton unchanged - middling 151 Il; net
receipts 5; sales none; stock l8O.
ST.. LOUIS, August 26.-Flonr quiet
and closing weak-3 .00@3 rs. Uorn
hrn. at 50 for Nc. mixed Oh track.
Whiskey firm. at 90. Pork dull
"a. 90. Bacon firm; buyers demand IA
reduction-smull lots sold at YZs(4lO
for shoulders; 1356@l3A clear rib;
14l6 clear Lard Hteady-l3Ml33/
NEW ORLEANS, August 26.-Oot.ou
quiet-middling 1917; low miGdliug
l6; good ordinary IA Is; ordinary 1124;
net receipts 2.O4l; gross 256; sales
150-last evening 200; stock 10. $50.
:. MOBILE. August 26.-Cotton quiet
aud unohauged-middIing l6; net re-
celpts l; exports coastwise 108; sales
SO; stock $3.50.
Boston. August 26 Cotton quiet
and unchanged middling 17la; no
receipts; sales 15O; stock 500.
LONDON. August 26.--Amount of
bullion gone into the Bank of Engla nd
on balance to.dny. g92. 600; Conaols
922344 for money and account Eri.s,
preferred. 46.
FRANKFORT, August 26-62s 9SL
PARIS. August 26 -Rentes 63s. TIC.
LIVERPOOL. August 26-3 Z. M
Cotton dull aud unchanged; sales
$4,000, including 1000 speculation
and export; sales of uplands, nothing
below good ordinary, deliverable Au.
gust, September, October or Novem-
Der, 8. 8 1-16; nothing below low mid
ding, deliverable August, September
or October, 8 1-lG; sales of shipments
new crop, on basis of middling up
lands. nothing below good ordinary, 8.
z. ~. Sales of up!ands, nothing
below low middling, deliverable Au-
gnst, 8 l-16; sales of shipments new
crop. on basis Of middling nplands.
nothing below good ordinary, Is l6;
sales of Orleans, nothing below good
ordinary. deliverable August, S1a; Of
sales to-day 7 900 nra Amrricun
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Etarnal Desolation,
bile AFTER HILE EorsILENcE AND DEATH.

NILE AFTER NILE oFsILENcE AND DEATH.
A LAND ACCURsED.
l. In the northwest corner Of San Ber-
snado county, lying partly also in Inyo
county. and, by the newly surveyed
line, partly also in the State of Nevada,
is region paralleled by few other
spots on the face of the earth. We
say the world is instinct with life.
Here if the phraseology may be par
doncd, is place instinct with death.
A huge basin, whose rim is the ancient
hills, stricken with the barenness of
eternal desolation, whose bosom, the
blasted waste Of the desert-trecless
shrubless and waterless, save a few
bitter pools like the lye Of potash
water, surrounded by mountains that
tower thousands Of feet above the sea
level, itself lying 300 feet below the
sea. It is very 4" Gehcnna "a place
Of death and bones. Birds do not fly
over it; animals do not enter it; veg
citation cannot exist in it. The broad
sands absorb the heat, the bare noun
tains reflect it, the unclouded sun daily
adds to it. Ninety degrees in the
shade (artiGcial shade, there is ne
other,) means winter. One hundred
and thirty and one hundred and forty
degrees, that is summer.
The hot air grows hotter, wavers,
trcmbles with heat, until nature, goad-
cd to madness, can endure no more
and then the burning blast rouses
itself-rouses in its might; rouses MS
an angry beast, with a hoarsc, omin-
GUS roar; sweeps mile after mile, on,
ever on, over the broad reach Of the
desert, bearing in its black, whirling
boson-black as the midnight dust,
sand, alkali and death. Sometimes
murky cloud gathers upon the noun
tains above; then there is a rush-a
warning sigh on the winds-a low
rumbling in the air; the hills quiver,
the earth trembles, and torrent, half
water, half mud, bounds from the hills,
leaps into the desert, ploughing chasms
like river beds in the loose sand. The
clouds scatter, the sun comes again,
the eternal thirst of the desert is not
quenched. The raging river was only
a dream.
In the year l849, party of emf
grants entered the basin. Day after
day they toilcd on, thirsting. dying.
The pitilcss mountains walled them in;
no escape. One by one they dropped
and died. A few abandoned every
thing, sealed the mountains and cs-
capped. The others lie MS they fell,
dried to muInmics-no birds even to
dcvour their flesh no beasts to prey
upon them. Wagon tires unrustcd !;
gun-barrcls bright, untarnishcd. Such
is the place. Mile after mile silence
rcisnsi slencc-and death.
f" Walled by the mountains, domed
with brazen sky,
league after league the never-cndng
sand
Spreads like the ocean, to the lifting
eye,
An aged, weary, long forgotten land;
AS cursed in wrath, and smit with
Gods fierce hand,
No cooling mist qucnches the endless
thirst
That rules supreme the boundless
stretches grand;
Over its broad expansc 10 storm
clouds burst
With hurrying feet. 1t is n land ac-
cursed"
j. p. Widney, in Overland AontAly.
The FISHING FRoG. Writers on
natural history describe hilcous rep
tile known as the fishing frog, which
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-Farmers' Girls.

UP:in the early morning,
just At the peep Of day,
Straining the milk in the dairy,
~ farming the cows away g;
SweeRing the floors in the kitchen,
Making the beds up stairs,
Washing the breakfast dishes,
busting the parlor chairs.
Brushing crumbs from the pantry,
Hunting for eggs in the barn,
Roasting the meat for dinner,
Spinning the stocking yarn,
Spreading the snow white linen
Down on the bushes below,
Ransacking every meadow,
Where the red Strawberries grow.
Starching the cotton for Sunday,
Churning the snowy cream,
Ringing the palcs and straincr,
Down in the running stream,
Feeding the geese and poultry,
Making the puddings and pics,
Jogging the little ones cradle,
Driving away the flies.
Grace in every motion,
Music in every tone,
Beauty Of form and feature,
Thousands might covct to own
Checks that rival the roses,
Teeth the whitcst Of pearls,
One Of the country maidens is worth
A score Of your giddy girls.
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Ihe PHRNIX 10 the Oldest daily paper
IN the State, and has been regularly
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devoted to the best interests of tho 4
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l. Q. 8 and Sheet Posters. Hand bills,
Programmes, Circulars, Pamphlets,
Bills of Fare. Briefs, Letter Heads,
Dodgers. Bill Heads. Checks,
Horse B'iIs. Receipts. Labels,
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Il thoroughly supplied with POWER
PRESSES of the --latest Improvement:
TYPE of various grades and STYLES
from one foot 10 the fiitieth part Of An
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Black. Colore. md Transfer INKS;
PAPER, CARDS. SC. =
The prorriet"r is IL practical printer
aud employs The most skilled men in
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.AaoE1on 5AAG,~,
Executors Sale OF Personal Property.
By JACOB LEVIN, Auctioneer.

PY permission OF Hon. s. D. Swygert.
~ Probate Judge for Kiohland County, I
VIII sell on MONDAY, 3lst instant, at tho
store OF tho late Wm Mol}uiunis. doceaaed
the entire STOCK OF MERCHANDISE on
hand. comprising
Variety OF Dry Goods and Clothing.
general STOCK OF GROCERIES,, een-
histiug OF barrels Of Sugar, Coffee in bags,
Molasses. Bacon Sides, Lard in tierces'
Soap, Candles, Starch, Candies, Spice
Teas, Wrapping Paper, Whiskey, Brandy,
Scales, &o.
81 balos good Cotton,
Lbs. Sole Leather,
Sacks Corn, lbs. Castings, @.
On MONDAY, September 2, in front Ut my
Office,
line cream-colorsd Horses, one ane
Bnggy, new Carriage, three Il no Cows and
sundry Certificates OF Stock.
Terms OF sale cash. Aug 16 NTH
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ArosroLlcAL SuccEss,oS.-A fev

AposTOLICAL SUccEssioS.--A few
years ago, several young clcrgymcn
were dining at the house Of gentle
man who attended both the services Of
the Established Church and the Wcs-
lcyan Chapel. After dinner there was
lively discussion on apostolcal sue
cession, but turning chiefly in favor Of
1t as asserted by zcalous curatcs fresh
from Oxford and Cambridge. The
eldest son Of the host, who had been
silent listener, was at length appealed
to Tor his opinion on the subject, when
lie replied, Had the apostles loresccn
what sort Of characters would have
claimed to be their successors, thew
would have taken care to have cut off
the entail"
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THE FIsHfNG FaoG.-Writcrs on
natural history describe hilcous rep
tile known as the fishing frog, which
angles for its game as cxpcrtly and
with as great success as tho most
adroit tly-fishcr. lie is clumsy,
awkward swimmer, but nature has
compensated him for his unwieldincss
by furnishing him with an equivalent
for rod and line, and bait already for
use. Two elongated tentaclcs spring
from his nose, which taper away like
actual fishing rods. 10 the end of
them is attached by slender fiamcnt,
which serves the purpose of line, a
bait in the form of shiny bit of mem
branc. The hooks are set in the mouth
Of the fisherman down below, and in
order to induce the fish to venture
within reach Of them, the angler stirs
UP the mud at the bottom with his tail.
This attracts the fish, and conccals
him from observation. He then plies
his rod; the glittcrng bait glows in
the water like living insect. The
dazed fish are taken in great numbers,
perfectly circumvcnted 10y the trick of
the crafty angler. The Gaiary.
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NOtice.

STRAYED or stolen on tho night
8 Of tho 10Th, from tho subscriber. a
A1.k.small Mare MULE, Of dark brown
color, with ono white spot on each shoulder
A liberal reward will be paid for her return
or for knowledge OF her whereabouts.
ROBEhI Il. WEIGH.
3IsHoryILLE. 8. c., August 81, 1874.
Aug 26 o.
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To Rent,

THE NEW STORE, recently finished
l. with four rooms in secoud story. on
posite Hope Il Gyles. Apply to NJ. Conner.
FORD. on the premises. Aug 81
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Smoked

HAMS, TONGUES, BEEF and BACO,
Ill STRIPS. For sale by
Aug rs GEOKGE SYMMERS
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Flour! Flour! Flour!!!
1O0 BARRELS FANCY FAMILY
lOO FLOUR, ground from selected
new Wheat. just received and for sale at
reduced prices by JOHN AGNEW Il SON.
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Wines and Liquors

"1Ncb duU IIIQUUIB
TN full supply, from common to fiueet
l. brands known. Pure WHITE BRAN.
DY, Tor preserving, at low figures. Fresh
supplies daily. GEORGE SYMMERS.
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Kerosene Oil.
pEST quality-25 cents per gallon. For
- sale by GEORGE SYMaIERs
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Steelyards and Scale Beams.
A COMPLETE assortment OF PATENT
IA SCALE BEAMS and STEELYAKDS
nst received and for sale at reduced prices.
)y JOHN AfNEW 4 son.
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Kerosene at 25c

Kerosene at 25c.
u EST quality KEROSENE, 11O fire test,
- at retail, at 25c. per gallon, and whole
Aug lG JOHN AGkEW 4 SON
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17
CHEAP LUMBER.

The want of cheap lumber has
been felt i'm Omaha and Nebraska
ever since the first white man set
his foot upon our prairie soil. The
want Of cheap lumber has, In a
great measure, retarded our progress
as a City and State, and does even
now prevent the Inauguration OF
many public Improvements and pri-
vate enterprises. With cheap lum-
Der We might be able to construct
cheap dwelling houses, and cheap
dwelling houses would result In a
reduction of rents to the working
classes. Such reduction, coupled
with our ability to procure the raw
material at reasonable figures,
would enable many of our small
capitalists to undertake the manu-
facture of various articles which we
are now importing from the East
at exorbitant figures. The opening
of the through all rail route to the
Minnesota pinery regions promises
eventually, If not Immediately, to
supply Omaha and Nebraska with
cheap lumber. Our readers
are doubtless aware that the
recent railway excursion to that
region was mainly improvised for
the purpose of acquainting the peo-
pie of the Missouri Valley with the
advantages offered by the direct
trade with the lumber makers OF
the Upper Mississippi. The BEE
takes peasure i'm placing the obser-
vations and conclusions of its envoy
before the people of the State. They
contain much valuable and interest
ing statistical information touching
the manufacture Of and traffic in
lumber.
That Omaha is deeply interested
in a direct importation of lumber
from the Minnesota pine regions is
evident from the fact that Omaha
buys and distributes almost double
the quantity of lumber annually
purchased and distributed by st.
Joseph or Kansas City. 1t now
only remains to be seen whether
the railroad lines between Omaha
and st. Paul will pursue a liberal
policy to encourage the building up
of this traffic. 1t is gratifying as 1t
is significant, that an Omaha lum-
Der firm has already taken the In
itiative step by investing in q
heavier bill of lumber than any
purchased by the representatives of
the other cities In the Missouri Val.
ley. 1t is to be hoped that the ex-
pertinent will prove remunerative.
In this connection, we may as
well also call attention to the supe-
rior inducements offered by the ex-
tensive manufacturing establish
ments of Minneapolis and st. Paul,
in the quality and price of certain
articles of merchandise, heretofore
impOrted by Nebraska merchants,
and small manufacturers from the
far east.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

WHILE the crew of political bum
who have certain very duh
axes to grind are spouting initiation
and other cheap clap-trap to the in
dustrial classes, the horny-fisted far
mers of Nebraska n quietly sOlv-
ing the currency problem by raising
a splendic crop of grain. The indi-
cations are that they will succeed in
getting about eight million of dol
lars currency for the crop of 1874,
and that will put more money in
circulation than forty new banks
would circulate, even if they had
an unlimited quantity of money to
lend on approved securities.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

THE amended bankrupt bill which
has been quietly slumbering i'm the
Conference Committee pigeon holes
for nearly four months has at last
been taken up.
The bill as reported embodies the
principal features favoring the debt
or class attached by the Senate to
original the bill. The probabilities
o are that it will become a law.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

THE German vote is the trump
card with which the Nebraska De-
mocracy expect to win the battle in
the coming campaign. With this
object in view their organ i'm these
parts has, of late, exhibited unusual
tenderness toward this class of our
population. With all its anxiety to
soft-soap the Germans, the Herald
seems not to he able to overcome its
native antipathy to the people who
Gagged Louis Napoleon and his eagles
In O Prussian chicken coop.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

Now that civil service reform is
dead and beyond resurrection, peo-
pie will at least know that some
body besides "civil service reform"
Is responsible for bad appointments,
or the proportion of imbecile or cor
rupt officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

For consistent journalism, COM
mend us to the Omaha Herald.
Three days ago that staunch organ
of Bourbonism endorsed the new
departure in Nebraska politics, that
has just been Matched out i'm Ne
maha county, and to-day the same
paper turns the cold shoulder to the
Independents, by exhorting Nc
braska Democrats Ito maintain
their organization, hold their State
Convention, adopt a sound plat
form, and nominate the best ticket
possible, leaving results to God and
the people,"
That appeal to God and the pee
pie, is refreshingly original.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

BoNAPARTIsM and Imperialism
received a stunning and well nigh
mortal blow i'm the French National
Assembly Monday, and it will re-
quire much skillful doctoring and
careful nursing to prevent it from
shutting off its shattered mortal
Anf
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

FRANCE has outlived many dis
astrous calamities, and we appre-
bend she will manage to survive,
even if Count DE Chambord should
carry out his threat to abdicate his
claim to the French throne and the
Royal title of Henry V.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17
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Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

Boss HEssING, who carries the
German vote of Illinois i'm his
breeches pocket, went to the Illinois
Independent Convention with UNI
bounded enthusiasm and returned
with supreme disgust. Here are his
views, editorially expressed through
the Illinois Stats Zeitung:
The proceedings of the so-called
Farmers' Convention, held in
Springfield day before yesterday,
are q terrible mockery of the much
boasted parliamentary education OF
the American people. No Polish
Starest could have used greater
violence to force a horde of Gal
lecian peasants to cry "Yes" to
all which he ordered, than the
chairman ofthis Farmers Conven-
tlou did to his independent" far
,oep, In the Munich Fiegenden
5Naettern Is q picture of a Prussian
lieutenant, who, with angry gesti-
culation, screams out to a soldier
standing straight and silent before
him, "You internal scoundrei, if
you want to talk, hold your tongue!',
In Just the same fashion did the
preGiding officer of the Farmers
Convention call and pound to
silence every one who ventured to
Offer . proposition looking toward
Improvement, o who wished to
make o remark on any of the reso-
lufions presented by the committee.
For paper money, against the pro
lection OF home industry, and for
temperance and Sunday laws this
r. the brief summary Of the whole
Farmers platform. We certainly
need not say to cur readers that we
spit on such q platform. No man
who h capable Of reasoning will be-
lieye that any person-even If be
swore II with a hundred oathsNwho
asserts that the Germans will accept
such q monstrosity Of a platform
acts from honest convictions, and
upon reasonable cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17
THE DESPATCH

Is Q very enterprising, six-col-
umn, eishtpage sheet, and h
the only one in the city issu-
ing two daily editions. Its office Il
arranged almost exclusively for
news business, and js one Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

most complete in that respect we
have seen. Mr.. Clark, Its city edi-
tor, and Mr.. Mind, of the Press, has
placed us under many obligations
Tor courtesies shown while there.
THE JOURNAL
Is published in q three-story brick
building, has a moderate circula-
ton, but from all appearances lacks
either ability in editorial manage.
ment or want of means to make 1t
what a journal in such q live city
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17
iii

is q nine-column Democratic pa
per, spicily edited, and has the
reputation Of commanding the lar
gest circulation Of any paper In the
State.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-17

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