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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-20

sho ooho opiuiouS tuNI AT. D1C-
Loan claims for his Democratic cousti-
tuency.
The YoUSa MEN.-Eyery body be.
lieves there is to be general over.
turning in political affairs, and this is
undoubtedly true. The time has come
for intelligent and honest young men
to come to the from. and do their duty
as honorable. patriotic citizens. Let
there be new deal; and let the Offices
be filed by capable, intelligent and
trusty men. Let it bo no one-sided
thing-all white or all colored but u
fair division. The pooplo will stand
by such movement.
Columbia UMiom.
We are reminded by the ST. Louis
Globe that the next Inauguration day,
March 1, 1876. falls on Sunday, 50
that the presiding officer Of the Souate
pro tenn. will be President Of the
United States from Sunday night till
Monday, at the hour that the Presi-
dent elect is sworn in. This has oc-
ourred twice before. Monroe beginning
his second term Monday, March S,
1921, and z lchary Taylor his term on
Monday, March 5, 1S4o.
Will they never settle the Spanish
succession? It has thrown the whole
continent into confusion several tim es
this century. and has been the max
ing OR unmaking OF mightier nations.
The defeat Of the Cariists has been
rapidly followed by crisis at Madrid,
and the new government evolved is
now credited with Alfonsist tendencies.
The Alfonso in question is son of
tho dethroned Isabella. but rumor is
divided as to bis paternity.
FIRE AT BLAcKsrocK.- regret to
learn that destructive fire occurred
OF Blackstock on Sunday afternoon.
The establishment of Caldwell, Stewart
Il Co., and an unoccupied building
were burned down. The proprietors
OF the former store succeeded in saw.
ing IL portion of their goods. Their
loss. however. was heavy. No insur-
ance. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
The Charleston md Sullivan's Island
Railroad has completed the prelimina
~ survey of the rontes through which
it will be practicable to establish tho
road. and very elegant Topographic
cal map. eight feet long and three
feet wide. has been executed by
Messrs. Barbot and Smith, the en-
gineers in charge.
The Columbus mills have taken
thus far this senson $3.50 bales of cot
ton against 5,246 last year, showing an
increase of 1,604. The Columbus cot.
ton receipts arc now 59,485 bales
3, 1876 more than last year.
About 100 members of the Indiana
Editorial Association left Indianapo.
lis on Thursday morning, on an ex-
oursion for Washington, Baltim ore.
New York and other points South aud
East.
The dwelling house of MIR. s. @. M.
Hood, in Lancaster County, was de.
stroyed by fire last week. Incen dia.
rism.
The LaurensviIle Herald states that
there is a good prospect for the early
rebuilding OF the Laurensville Rail.
road.
Atlanta. Co., has voted IS, 900 for
State fair nramiuma
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-20

CONVENIENCE OF TRAvEL.-The new
schedule Of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad. to which We
called attention in our issue of the
18th instant, provides for two through
trains from Augusta North, through
Columbia day train ola Charlotte
and the night train pia Wilmington;
the former over the whole length of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, and the latter between Al.
gusta and Columbia, distance OF
eighty-fi five miles. This seems TO be a
very good arrangement :or The Char
lotte. Columbia and Augusta Road, as
it will have majority of all the
through passengers both ways. and at
the same time reduce their operating
expenses. by the disco ontinuanoe of the
night train between Columbia and
Charlotte. distance of 10 miles-a
very considerable item during the dull
summer months. We understand that
passenger coach will be attached to
the freight train, to give additional ac-
commodation to local travel betH
here and Charlotte.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Miss Nellie Grants Coming Marriage.

Washington correspondents state
that Miss Nellie Grant, the daughter Of
the President, is engaged to be married
to a gentleman who is described by a
correspondent of the New York Graphic
as follows: Mr. George Charles
William Frederick Algernon Sartoris is
O son of Mrs. Adelaide Sartoris-nee
Kemble, author of the charming novel
cite, A Week in French Country
House." This, by the way, is the de-
scription of the home of her brother, in
France, and all the personages of the
story are drawn from life. He is a
nephew OF Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler,
consequently grandson of Charles
Kemble and great nephew of Mrs. Sid
dons. Mr.. Sartoris is remarkably
handsome, has very winning manners,
and is deservedly great favorite in So
ciety.
This will be the second wedding a,
the White House. The first was that OF
President Monroe's daughter, Miss
Maria Monroe, who married her cousin
Mr.. Gouverneur, of New York, March
1920. Another marriage TO take plac,
after Easter is that of Miss Violet Blair
granddaughter of Francis p. Blair, Sen
The successful sutton is young lawyer
Mr.. Janin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Very Old Men-ThurlOw Weed Tells
Something About Centenarians.
70 the Editor Of the New York Tribune:

To the Editor of the New York Tribune:
SIR: A Pennsylvania gentleman called
yesterday to say that Simon Ct. Troop,
the Legislative Rip Van Wrinkle referred
to in Fridays Tribune, was appointed
one of the Judges of Monroe county,
Pa, by Gov. Geary, after he had passed
his S0th birthday, and he was now dis
charging TIE duties with marked ability.
He added that the climate of that por-
ton of Pennsylvania contributed to the
longevity of its citizens. George Labar,
a resident of Monroe county, is 112
years old. Mr.. George Trivle, of Dale
vile, is the oldest landlord in the State
of Pennsylvania, having kept tavern
ever since licenses were granted by the
Governor of the State, and is now, at
the age of 100 years, proprietor of the
hotel at Daleville. The ages of these
two veterans, as Mr.. Gilmore assures us,
are both well authenticated.
And yet there is an opinionated En-
glishman, whose name do not remem-
Der, making all sorts of efforts to dis
credit Capt. IIahrbush, who completes
his 10Sth year to-day. Fortunately the
existence of unquestionable evidence of
the fact that Capt. Lahrbush was an
officer in the British army before the
commencement of the present century,
destroys the base upon which the Cap
tain's assailant endeavors to erect SUI
perstructure. Corroborative evidence
of the accuracy of Capt. l.. s memory,
the truthfulness of his statements, and
the integrity of his character, is found
in his daily conversation. Those who
know him best and see him most fire.
quently entertain no doubts concerning
his age. The accuracy of his memory
in relation to events which occurred ter
years before and fifteen years after the
beginning OF the present century, is
perhaps the most remarkable trait in
the character of this very remarkable
man. Capt. Lahrbush recently received
message, by New York lady who
had been residing some time in Paris
from the Count de Waldeck, who re-
members him while both were at Madras
i'll 1898. The Count, although two years
older than Capt Lahrbush, enjoys goot
| physical and mental health.
Capt. Lahrbush enters upon his 1851
year i'll good health and spirits. He j,
member of the Rev. John Cotton
Smiths church, where he is a regular
attendant. He dined with us to-day, a,
is his frequent habit on Sunday and j
those who cavil about his age coul(
have listened to his conversation for al
hour or two, would have had their doubts
removed. Il. w.
New YORK, March 8, 1874.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Grammarians by ROte.

When Mr.. Willard Fillmore died the
other day, most of the notices which his
death occasioned mentioned the fact
that his yleducation was neglected,
and that at the time when he began the
study of the law, at the age of nineteen,
he had never seen grammar or geogra-
ply. Yet Mr.. Fillmore, both in writing
and speech, used the English language
with about the usual propriety; and,
like most of our respectable public men,
he never lapsed into any very glazing
solecisms. OF his geography we are
not so certain, but his knowledge was
probably sufficient for all ordinary
emergencies. 1t is the accuracy with
which so many of our half-educated or
self-educated men write and speak En-
glish which is surprising and there is
nothing like it, we suspect, anywhere
else in the world. Yet this facility
does not come from the study of gram
mar. There are not ten men in the
House of Representatives who could
parse ten lines of Milton according to
the rules of Lindley Murray yet these
gentlemen are never guilty of two neg
atives employed to strengthen the ne
cation, even when they are denying
charges of fraud or corruption. These
are facts which may well lead us to re-
wise our notions of the necessity of
studying grammar as it is usually taught
in our schools, Our American accuracy
does not come of early drilling. 1t is
to be attributed to the general habit of
reading. 1t Is in this way that the ma
jority become tolerable grammarians by
rote, and speak correctly simply be-
cause they speak at ALL The verbs are
made to agree with their nominative
cases instinctively and as matter of
good breeding. Small mistakes are
made, as they are by the best writer's ;
but nobody notices them except profess
sional teachers, who, in their turn, make
just as many.-NeW York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
The Parisian Mind.

A Paris correspondent writes: The
Vaudeville was brilliantly illuminated
the other night with a gigantic 100
in letters of fire blazing above its por-
tails, in honor of the one hundredth
night of Uncle Sam, which charming
play is nightly relished by the Paris
ians on account of the singular truth
fulness to nature of the American man.
ners therein presented They swallow
it all, these benighted Parisians, the
steamboat that runs between New York
and Chicago, the fashionable watering
place of Newark, the young lady who
goes thither to spend couple of weeks
in company with the gentleman to
whom she is engaged, and all the rest
of it,"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
A Common Danger.

A Great harrington Mass merchant
found box of paAor matches on the
store floor, the other morning, which
had been knocked off the shelf by rat
or mouse over night. On opening the
box the discovery was made that by the
conclusion every match in the box had
been lighted, and the wood of which
they were made was charred and turned
brown. Fortunately the box was SO
tight as to smother the fire, and no
harm resulted. 1t was narrow escape,
and if fire had taken place, its cause
would have been perpetual mystery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Hudson Bay Company.

This company, one of the Oldest
stock corporations, will shortly surren-
der its title to land and vested powers,
all the arrangements for the transfer
having been made. 1t will still retain,
however $4,000 acres of the best land
in British America, besides claims upon
one-twentieth of the remainder. In re-
turn for the surrender of its ether prop
erty and rights, it will receive 81, 500,
600 in gold from the Dominion of Can
ada. The company was organizedmore
than 300 years ago, and in 1873 declared
its first dividend. Its first charter gave
the company the exclusive privilege of
establishing trading " factories" (trad-
ing posts on the Hudson Bay and its
tributary rivers. A new charter gave it
the exclusive right to trade in nearly
the whole of British America from 1888
to 1859.
The company also leased large part
of Russian America. The capital of
the company i'll 1888 was about 81, OOO,-
900, and was held by about $50 stock
holders.
The stock has been sold for 400 per
cent premium, and has always paid
large dividends. The Parliament OF
England made the company the judicial
authority of the section in which its
traders operated, and criminals were
confined in the company's forts, or else
transferred to the jails of Canada. The
exclusive privileges expired by limita-
ton in 1859, but the company had OBJ
tanned such foothold that the business
was maintained, Notwithstanding the
loss of its power.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
THE OLD GRANGER,
A PARODY.

Near the track Of a railroad newly laid
A farmer leaned on his earth-worn spade
While his taxes high and his crops were slim
The charge for freight played the deuce with him:
So he growled growl at the trains sharp din
"I'll gather you in; III gather you in !"
" have borne you long, and here l VOW
You railroads 10 beat, some way, or how; ~
will get up a law by the great-horned owt!f.
To cut down your profits and make you howl
And but little, or nothing, I'll ship from bin
OF boarded corn till I've gathered you ini
We will rise in our oranges, bold and free,
And Down with the freights!" shall our war-cry
be;
Not partisan crew, nor party hack,
Shall help us TO gain our birthright back;
For the battle is ours. to lose or win
Wen gather them in I; Wen gather them in
Now gaunt politician came that way,
Overheard the old mans angry say;
And he gave to his head knowing screw.
And he cried to the granger, "Count me int 90
With a thought to himself, replete with grin,
=" I'll gather you in I'll gather you in !"
Then a twist in his eye, to seem acute:
4" The farmers tongue has too long been mute
am just your man, If it suits your mood,
So place me where i can do most good;
If an Office fit you will help me win,
Wen gather them i'll We'll gather them in J"
Touching hand to hand in a warm exchange,
They take a walk to the farmers grange,
Where the stranger speaks with his rural air
And sprinkles hayseed in his hair:
4" Let railroads quail when our blows begin;
Well gather them in We'll gather them I'M"
SO they vote for him at the coming polls,
Those simple, honest, rural souls
Never dreaming that they of the iron horse
Are voting, too, for the man of course;
As on him alone their faith they pin,
To gather them in to gather them in
When election is over the railroads run
A score OF trains where they once had one;
Where ditch by the track is found to hold
poor old granger, stark and cold
For the chap he'd helped to Office win
Had gathered them in had gathered them in.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Senator SumAer,s WILL.

In September, 1872, just before Sen
ator Sumner left for Europe, he wrote
in his own hand his will He bequeath-
ed all his papers, manus cripts, and let
ter. books to Henry w. Longfellow,
Francis v Balch, and Edward l.. Pierce,
as trustees, all his books and auto
graphs to the library of Harvard Col
lege his bronzes to his friends of many
years, Henry w. Longfellow and DIR.
Samuel G.. Howe. He gives to the city
of Boston, for the Art Museum, his pic
lures and engravings, except the picture
of the Miracle of the Slave" which he
bequeaths to his friend, Joseph B. Smith,
of Boston. To Mrs. Hannah Richmond
Jacobs, the only surviving sister of his
mother, he gives an annuity of $500.
There is bequest of $4,000 to the
daughters of DIR. Samuel j. Howe, and
1000 to the daughters Of James L.
Furness, of Philadelphia, (which" he
says, L ask them to accept, in token
of gratitude, for the friendship THEN
parents have shown me-" The will di
reefs that the residue of his estate shall
be distributed in two equal moieties
one moiety to his sister, Mrs. julia
Hastings, of San Francisco, Cal, the
other moiety to the President and fell
lows of Harvard, in trust, for the bene
fit of the college library, the income t.
be applied to the purchase of books
Francis V. Balch, of Boston, formerl,
clerk to the Senate Committee on For
eign Relations when Mr.. Sumner wa
Chairman of that committee, is desig
mated as sole executive of the will. Mr.
Summers estate is valued at $780, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Taken by Surprise.

During the progress of a trial in
Judge Mays court, in San Jose, one OF
the female witnesses was asked this
question by one of the attorneys: Did
the defendant call his wife my dear,
when he met her ?" This took the wit
ness by surprise, but she answered him
in manner that showed she was honest
and sincere in her belief Did he call
her my dcar? OF course not. How
could he when she is his wife p The
lawyer was compelled to give it up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
A Big Bell.

The greatest bell in the world, the
A." Emperor William Bell" destined for
the Cologne Cathedral, has just been
finished. 1t weighs about {, 900 pounds,
is Is feet high and Ii feet wide. The
first molding of the bell proved failure,
and considerable difficulty has yet to be
overcome in transporting the immense
affair from Frankenthal, where it was
cast, to the top of the tower of the
Cologne Cathedral.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
Pith and Point.
LONG fishes-Turnpikes.

LONG fshes-Turnpikes.
TOUGH fishes-Cork soles.
SoRRowFUL fishes-W(h)ales.
WooD for cofiinslDye-wood.
A BLACKSMITH is always striking for
wages.
WHICH is the Oldest tree ?-The elder,
of course
The vegetable for hangmen-The
artichoke.
GROUND and lofty tumblers-
glass goblets.
A HORRIBLE cannibal advertises for ga
girl to cook.
THE way to make fire real hot is to
keep it thoroughly coaled.
PAwNBRoKER's checks Turnpike tick
cts on the road to poverty.
WHY is a whisper forbidden in polite
society because it isn't aloud.
Docs are like Joe Miller, because
they furnish wags with their tails.
AGEoRGIA editor was bitten by dog,
"being evidently mistaken for bone"
WHY is your shadow like false friends?
Because it follows you only in sunshine.
Who will invent a hitching- post for
Time, the greatest runaway of all the
ages.
WHEN a mans nose become little
reddish, it ought to be pulled like other
radishes.
There an old dame of Nauvoo,
Aged seventy-seven years, who,
To milk her while tryin',
In a manner unkne
Was hooked unto death by the COO.
THE California papers tell about a
boy climbing tomato vine to get away
from mad dog Tomato vines attain
an enormous size in California, and so
do dog stories.
A MAN was Boosting that he had been
married twenty years and had never
given his wife cross word. Those who
know her say he didn't dare to, but he
never mentioned it.
"BUnDNG castles in Spain, Mr.. S. ?"
said the landlady to Spicer, who was
thoughtfully regarding his breakfast
cup. "No, ma'am," said Spicer, "only
looking over my grounds in Java"
TwENTY-sEvEN Nashville ladies deter
mined to practice economy vowed not
to wear anything more expensive than
calico dresses to church and they stuck
to it, as none of them have attended
church since.
81 WILL forfeit my hand if you are
not wrong !" exclaimed dull and warm
orator, to the President Montesquieu,
in an argument. 81 accept" replied
the philosopher "any trife among
friends has value.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
British Newspapers.

According to The British NeoCspo-
per Press Directory, there are now
published in the United Kingdom $50
newspapers, of which 3l4 appear in
London, 915 in the provinces of Eng
land, SO in Wales, 149 in Scotland, 13l
in Ireland, and is in the channel is
lands. The magazines number $50, of
which 242 are of decidedly religious
character.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27
To CORRESPONDENCE

All concentrations for this paper should be 40
companied by the name OF the author; not neces,
ssrily for publication, but as an evidence OF good
faith ON the part Of the writer. Write only on one
side OF the paper. BE particularly careful, In Civ
ing names and dates to have the letters and figures
plain and distinct
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27

q HANNAFoRD & THOMPSON, Publishers,
Chicago, sold the first large edition of
Pertains History of the Farmers
Movement in two weeks. A second
edition, embracing proceedings of the
st. Louis Convention, held la February,
1874, is just being issued. Agents are
reaping a rich harvest with it. We adj
vertise il this week.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27

HAxNAFoRp & THOMPSON, Publishers,
Chicago, sold the first large edition OF
Periam's 4" History of thea Farmers
Movement in two weeks. A second
edition, embracing proceedings of the
st. Louis Convention, held W February,
1874, is just being issued. agents are
reaping rich harvest with it. We adj
vertise il this week.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-27

" Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray
Who, not content that former worth stand fast,
Looks forward, persevering to the last,
From well TO better, daily self-surpast;
Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth
Forever, and to noble deeds give birth,
Or he must fall to sleep without his fame,
And leave dead, Improbable name,
Finds comfort in himself and in his cause;
And while the mortal mist is gathering, draws
His breath in confidence of Heavens applause"
The New York herald., 1874-11-25

any OF the tables; but, on the contrary. tea--ant
such delicious teal Germans and Russians have
ieprenensible habit OF pouring rum into their
tea 50 as to make IL stronger; bur at the Acad-
emy IT'S pristine purity ana delicacI remained
unaehled by any such abominable admlx-
ture. Nobody went away inebriated: every
BODY went away cheered. People who
had not drank ANYTHING so mild Tor months
slipped the innocent beverage, served In lovely
China cups by beauty's hands. with positive de-
light and seemed In fair way OF becoming as
enthusiastic tea drinkers as tine great DIR.
Johnson. The edib.es were selected VITA view
OF avoiding any disastrous consequences IN the
way OF lndigestt a. ilgnt ca ses and biscuits sand
Wlcnes, dc.. being the principal delcacies. No
body but one who mas experienced IL can conceive
the extent OF the iajury cansed by quails toast,
grouse and other choice dishes, ana they were
carefully avoided last evening at the Academy IN
Brooklyn.
THE DANCING.
AT nine O'Clock the dancing began with the Old
fashioned Lancers, and was kept up mostly In
wu!tzing, to a very late hour. Although manv OF
the national celebrities VINO We're Invited failed
TO put IN an appearance, the leading men OF
Brooklyn, such Horace Is. Ciafin, Judges
Moore, McCue and Beneacr and others were pres
ent with their ladies. The proceeds are very con-
siderable, and The adies deserve great credit ior
the kind work OF fchariy which they have so cheer
fully undertaken and SO admirably executed.