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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-04

DYING LY1Na.-Mary Costigan was
murdered in Somers, Conn, last au-
tumn. She was found with her throat
cut, but she lived long enough to make
sworn statement that her assailant was
Frank Powers, O negro of the neiphbor-
hood. She told circamstential story.
and nobody doubted the guilt of Powers,
who was at once arrested. Subsequent
revelations, however, showed that the
real murderer was her husband, and
that tho wife died with perjury Oh her
lips to shieldlhim fromIpunishment for
his crime. His trial has just ended in
his conviction of manslaughter.
Albany Journal.
The whiskey war in Greenville, Tenn.
IS conducted in true military style, the
besiegers having erected tents in front
of Mira Wards saloon to protect them
from the inclemency of the weather
while she has received achievements
for carrying on the defence in the shape
OF keg OF whiskey sent her by the so.
!oon-keepcrs of Knoxville. There is
something SO Whimsical in all this that
1t is doubtful if n contest so conducted
can have any lasting beneficial results.
The Selma Times is not disposed to
shed tear of regret over the mournful
fact that Mrs. Adelbert Ames (nee Miss
Butler) has been run out of house and
home at Jackson, Miss, by her negro
visitors. It admits the sadness OF the
nlfair, aud conjeotures that Mrs. Ames
Will change her views on the social
equality question.
The Geneva award OF Sl5, 800, 900 was
made seventeen months ago, yet no.
thing has been done towards its dis.
tribution. A good many of the claim
ants fear that they are doomed to the
came fate as the claimants upon the
French spoliation fund, which has been
IN the treasury for more than half q
century.
illinois gives good example. Its
general appropriation bill asks for
81 100000 less than last year, aud re-
solutions has been introduced to abolish
the offices of Railroad Commissioner
Gas Com nissioners, Comptroller of the
Treasury end Commissioner of Iusur-
ance.
A cold-blooded murder was com.
mitted at Beech Hill, near Ridgeyille, S.
O., on the night of the 9th ult. An
elderly man, named Cnrltian Bass, who
kept store at the above mentioned
place. was shot down and instantly
killed by an unknown party.
The American Wood Paper Company,
of Spring City, Chester County, Pa,
are now shipping large quantities ol
cottonwood from South Carolina tc
their works at the above named place.
Mr.. Peter NJ. Brown, one of the oldest
citizens Of Charlotte, breathed his last
ut his residence, in that city, on Sun
day morning, about 5 o'clock.
Tho Virginia penitentiary is not onl,
self-sustaining, but has q balance in it,
favor Of $11 900
Eunerol Tpv;&o3;o,
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Removal.

MRS. s. A. SMITH has removed her
IYl DRESS-MAKING ESTABLISHMENT
to the store OF J. II. Kinard, where she will
be pleased to meet all her former customers,
aud all others who may fee. disposed to
patronize her. Thankful for past favors, she
hopes, by strict attention to business, to
mort a continuance of the same. spring
styles Will bo opened Oh the 10Th OF March.
March limo
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OF reasonable maximum rates of charges
for the transportation of freight and
passengers, and cars loaded and un-
loaded, and the railroad companies are
to be bound by these rates. Speeches
were made by McCrary, of Iowa, in
support OF the bill, and by Arthur, of
Kentucky, against it. The bill is spe.
ciai order from day to day.
Probabilities-On Wednesday, for
New England, fresh and brisk South
east winds, veering to South h-west,
cloudy and rainy weather. For the Mid.
die States, fresh to very brisk Southerly
winds, veering to Westerly, cloudy and
rainy weather. For the lower lake re-.
gion, brisk and high winds and heavy
rain tonight; the former shifting to
West and North on Wednesday, with
clearing weather and decided fall of
temperature. For the upper lake re-.
gion, Iowa and Missouri, rising barome.
ter, decided fall of temperature, North.
west and North winds diminishing in
force, and clear or clearing weather,
which conditions will extend South.
eastward over the Ohio Valley, Ken
lucky and Tennessee. For the South
Atlantic and East Gulf States, fresh to
brisk Southerly winds, veering to West
erly, partly cloudy weather and proba.
ply light rain. For the West Gulf
States, light rain tonight, but winds
veering to West and North on Wedncs-
day, with falling temperature and clear
ing weather, and in Texas probably q
Norther.
MONTGOMERY, March 3.-The city law
taxing drnmmers selling by sample has
been repealed.
BUFFALO. March 3.-The condition of
ex-President Fillmore has remained un-
changed since last night.
NEW YoRK, March 3.-At at early
hour this morning, murder and sui.
eide occurred in Prince street, between
two former parties in business, whose
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-04
Notice..

MESSRS. F. D. ORCHARD & co, will open
their NEW STOCK OF SPRING AND SUM-
alER GOODS, under Irwin's Hall, opposite
Columbia Hotel, on WEDNESDAY, MARCH
4, 1874. March 80
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Commercial Bank, Of Columbia.
IlEFERRE'S NOTICE,

COLUMBIA, s. c.. MARCH 8, 1874.
Harvey Terry against the Receiver and
Stockholders of tho Commercial Bank, OF
Columbia, sc.
NOTlCE is hereby given, that tho under.
IN signed has boon appointed REFEREE.
by order Of tho Court OF Common Pleas for
lsichland County, to takp an account of all
debts due by the said commercial Bank, now
remaining unpaid, and, further, OF ali tho
assets OF tue said Bank. All persons holding
olaims against said Bank are hereby notified
to appear before me, at my Office, in Column
bia. b. O., to present and prove their claims
against said Bank, on TUESDAY, the gath
March, 1874, ut ii O'Clock A. III.
March wsG W. Is. GULlCK, Referoc.
Hay, Oats, Bran and Shorts.
En BALES PRIME TIMOTHY HAY,
w 500 bushels Heavy Oats,
800 bushels Bolted Meal,
10000 pounds Wheat Bran and Shorts,
For sale low. for cxsh, by
Fob 2s HOPE ( GyLES.
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HARDY SOLOMON
Seegers' VS.. Cincinnati Beer.

Seegers' VS.. Cincinnati Beer.
THE Cincinnati Gazette makes the asto-
4 nishing announcement that Cincinnati
beer is no longer pure, but adulterated with
nolasscs. sugar Of starch, fusel oil and the
poisonous co ochicum. Tho Commissioners Of
Agriculture, in his report for 1865. says that
Prof. Mapos. OF Now York, analyzed the beer
from dozen different brcweries, and found
all OF it adulterated. Cocculus Indicus and
nu1 vomica entered largely into it's compost.
tion.
J. q. SFEGERS guarantees his beer to be
pure and reliable. He does not adulterate
it. but brews from the best barley, malt and
hops. Jan2S
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Funeral Invitation
For Sale.
Richland Lodge, No. 80. A. +

Rlchland Lodge. No. 80. A. F. M.
"a THE Regular Communication OF
W%this Lodge will be held THIS (Wedncs.
~, day. EVENING, i'll Masonic Hall, at
O'CLOCK. A. G. BRENlZER, w. nj.
G. I. BERG, Secy pro tenn. March
There will be a meeting Of the Board O!
Trustees, A. F. NJ. after The Lodge closes.
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Reduced Prices

@cuuCCO 3f1CeS
At the Cash Grocery Establishment of john
Aune,o & Son.
u lHE proprietors, BUYING THEIR STOCK FOR
i CASH FROM FIRST HANDS, are enabled to
tion in prices, ind beg leave to assure their
friends that they will always sell their goods
at tho very lowest market prices, QUALITY
ONLY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. They now
give the prices OF few OF the leading arti-
GIGS, TO WHICH THEY CALL THE ATTENTION OF
CASH BUYERS:
Liverpool SALT, 81 CO per sack.
Best White CORN, at retail by the sack,
81. Is per bushel.
Prime Timothy HAY, 81. rs per 100 ponuds.
Choice Family FLOUR, tso-called,) $3.50
per barrel.
Fancy Family FLOUR, (best in market, J
$11 90 per barrel.
A SUGAR, II cents per pound by the bar
Crushed SUGAR. II. cents per pound by
tho barrel.
Granulated SUGAR. liz cents per pound
by the barrel.
Powdered SUGAR, III cents per pound by
the barrel.
Davis Diamond HAMS, Is cents per pound
BACON 10 to II cents per pound by the
side.
Together with full assortment OF FANCY
i9ROCEKIES, WINES, LIQUORS and CI-
CARS, which for quality. quantity and low
prices, we guarantee not to be surpas ssed in
this market.
; Goods deived free in the city and at the
,dcpots OF the various railroads in the CITY.
March3 JOHN AGNEW 4 SON
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05


 constitution was adopted, must have been definitely settled and we'll enough under stood. The word, as is we'll understood. is derived from the Latin conanasrciu,n, which is found almost in it's original form in most of the languages of modern Europe. It means, in it's most literal sense. inter- course and exchange, both of persons and commodities. It is more nearly synony- nous with traffic than with any other word in the language, probably. Its great natural divisions, for ages, have been foreign and inland. The regulation of all the former and that portion of the latter which extended beyond the limits of Q single State was, as we have seen, by the organic law of our National Government, secured to the nation, and the remainder was naturally left to the particular state where it exclusively existed. It is obvi- ous that the purpose of the provisions was not to be confined to future commerce. carried on in the same mode it was then; |. c. by ship and boat navigation propel- led exclusively by wind. If that had been so the provision could not have been ap- piled to that large portion of commerce carried on by steam power which has al- ready become very considerable and is constantly increasing in . rapidly advanc- ing ratio. The fact that the entire subject of regulating all commerce among the different states, including all the means and appliances by which it was carried on. was committed to congress, and that, thereafter, the states were to have no concurrent action in the regula- ton of the same, would seem to reduce the question of regulating interstate rail- way traffic to the single inquiry whether it forms any portion of the commerce oi the country which requires to be regulat- cd at all. Those who assume to argue that congres has no power to regulate the traffic upon these extended lines of rail. way, reaching from one end of the Union 10 the other, must, if they would meet the question fairly, either say the traffic on these extended lines of railway, amount. ing to many millions annually, probably ten times as much as the entire commerce. of the country at the time of the adoption of the constitution, is not commerce al all, or, if it be, is not subject to any reg. ulation or control whatever. For it is certain the states have neither the power nor capacity to regulate to any purpose or with any efficiency, this interstate rail. way traffic. It must, then, come under the control of congress or be left 10 its own devices or impulses-an experiment never yet tried in any other country."- (Redfeh on Railways, pp. TAO, 722. @as
 In the great case of Gibbons vs. Ogden 9 Wheat. l, which arose and was decided in l024, when steam navigation was in it, infancy, it was held that commerce com peehended navigation oas we'll as inter course and traffic. and no doubt was ex pressed as to the right of congress to reg ulate it when carried on by an agency no knownsvhan the constitution wasadopted tq wit: the Rpwe of steam. On the cen txasy. the power to regulate interstate and foreign cemnerce. hen wcarried on bl means Of steam vessels, was distinctly As
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
FARM FOR SALE!

TNHE undersigned will sell his farm, situated
 4 in the North part of the Town of Litchfeld, about 2i miles from Court House. containing about l5o acres of good land suitably divided in- 70 weed, pioM, pasture and meadow, well water, Sd The buildings are ell in good repai-. Alao ene r1gdt to tAe use cf Saw mn will be sold with ths paaHh deaireds oIg ea5 egL-- asgg si4 utchfsid, Feb. 12th. 1878. s-'' aS 45-R. g
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
Farmers and Gardeners :!
DnnhIO Ynmr. Cr0n@

DOuDIC our CrOI1& By using Amoniated Super Phosphate of Lime prepared by an association of Farmers, and the very best in the market and tho lowest price ao- cording to its worth as analysed by Professor Johnson, of Yale College. Also Salts of Potash: 1bushel equal to 20 bushels of Leaehed Ashes. For sale by, .s-
 Analysis of 1e different kinds to be examined by all that wish to know what they buy. 4tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
REPORT.

Tho Committee on Railways and Canals to whom was referred House bill No. ], 1,2l0: "A bill to regulate commerce by railroad among the several States" have had the same under consideration, aud report the accompanying amendment thereto ill the nature of a subs flute, and recommend it's passage: In the judgment of the com mittee the measure of legislation now proposed is so important as to make proper 8 statement. in the form of report to the House. of some of the principle grounds which 1t is believed not only justify but demand its adoption. Without repeating in detail here the provisions of the bill, it ia enough for our present purpose to say that it asserts the right and duty of Con Rress to regulate interstate commerce as carried on by railroad, and prescribes as one of the regulations thereof that the charges of persons engaged in such com merce for carrying freight and passengers shall in all cases be fair and reasonable Of the details of the bill we do not speak here, because these can we'll enough be discussed elsewhere Suffice it to say that thoir purpose is land we think them we'll adapted to it) to adopt and enforce, under suitable penalties, as one of the rules or regulations concerning commerce carried on by railroads among the States, the taking of no more than fair and reasonable toll or compensation. Be- fore any discussion of details. it is neces- sary to consider and determine. first, whether the end thus sought oan be at tained by constitutional act of Congress; and. secondly, whether. if constitutional, it is expedient. Let us consider these questions in their order.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-02-05
RAILROADS.
The Right and Duty of Congress to
 regulate Fares and Frsighss.

The following is the full text of the re- port submitted to the House of Represent tative. recently. by Mir. McCrary. of Iowa, Chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-07
SeleeteN Storp.
THE MUSIC GIRL
OF THE RUE DE Ia HARPE.

!. Ono winter night, threc friends
sat before tho fro in snugly fur.
nishod apartment. They had boon
friends in thcir boyhood, when
health and contentment wcro i'm.
partial ;--thcy wore friends still,
when disease had now destroyed
their community of freshness, and
the various Incentives Of manhood
mad diversified their courses. In
'oeser'bing them, / shall uso only the
h""es'S Sy which, in their intimacy,
they addressed Zach other.
Herman tho host, was pillowcd
z 8in q large oasy CHAIR, uo wos
very pale. In tho now dim uvh,
oftho exhausted fro, Ms eo"a,o e"' ~
nance nance appeared almost ,um;na''. 'v
aam ne n,ad sai'',. ovet his forehead "M'
q ..n RISE g /. YES tight and eliston;" H"' "
n 2 biaish s yein, That could DO SOC
p invited s% com ''as "a! ''na'n.~
ny NY =" dpoorIng out tpa,,son fro, to a twis Q
nor ner'@M' @id an and cost him n'' g eoash wa,
aiana': 2 3rnofal fro,vn notice it, OK,
bis 1aS'Io.sd hasd. s.reals f''Ssg Of s,sgg, glance
e Rassios en- Il, The thS sonslaas as* CLOS, CLOS
y ny '"nsuidIy baoaEe ba"aEe's sa6 ash6roash
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MtatseeIlameous.
Hp
AN OBITUARY EDITOR.

The st. Louis Republican, has
an applicant for tho position Of
obituary editor. His lotter, asking
tor the situation, gives u sample
OF his abilities. IIo says: -
Our parents wero wealthy but
honest, ald Of course, VIC arc now
poor but wo can live on q very
little, because Mary Ann and
have malc ourselves into q grange
ana buy vt retail 1T wholesale
prices. r!.".
Maybe you have full corpse
to DO your funny writing; 80 if
you engage mo | will do anything
in tho obituarian limo. 1t will
snlt our feelings bctter. Mary
Ann and [ have boon in affiiction
lately. Great, grandmother Peck
died last wcolS, nyod CXIX. Sho
died onco before, when shc was
W, but just aftor sho was laid out,
she seemed to remember somehow
that she had forgotten to foot q
stocking for her younger boy,
who was II years Of ago, so sho
came too again, and as winter
was coming on and SO much knit
ting to DC donc, she concluded to
keep on for twenty years or so.
The doctor thinks if sho amt
disturbed, She is gono for good
this 'lmo. Me and Mary Ann set
up with her to the last, and she
was checked OIL into tho full frui-
ton Of her faculties. | couldn't
help moraizing, as T sat by her
Bedside how lean person can
get, and yet consume so much
Srucl-sho beat everything all
hollow that | cvcr saw. Poor old
soul! she was so lean that tho mus.
kctocs had ceased TO be q burden,
they used to light on her, and
: hammer on her skull with their
bills, till tho room sounded like
n telegraph Office; then thoy
would scratch with their hind logs,
and sail out Of tho window worn
out. She seemed to gain q littlo
flesh after wo cnmo hero from
Chicago, and got now spirits, but
somebody told her that her namo
was accidentally left out of Ed
wards Directory, and sho fell off
again. She hadn't walkod any to
speak Of for tho last twenty-five
years, and it usod to console hcr
to think how much she had saved
on shoes. Whom [ look ut tho
Old calico cushion, with its faded
roses, that she sat cmbowcrcd in
since she was 104, | hcavo q sigh
at the transformers Of all sublu.
marian comfort. Hcr eyes got so
weak that sho wore sovcn pairs of
glasses for spell, but they want
strong enough for her to get tho
sense out Of her Scriptures, SO wo
had pair Of opera glasses mounted
so She could wear them on hcrnosc.
Sho sat up the hcftcst part Of tho
day before sho sDulicd ont, and
told nc many things confidential
ly. Sho remembered distinctly
when Gen. Washington got tho
chock cashcd that Oalscs Amcs
gave him for signing tho Pacific
Railroad bill, and she was quito a.
young girl when Cyrus Field and
llcndricle Hudson brung tho At
Iantic cnblo over in tho Mayfow-
or. What is homo without a
great,grandmothcr? She is gone;
let her r. |. p"
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.
TWO K&HND OF WOMEN.

Wc oncc know u man who had
married II spoiled beauty, whose
murmnrs, cxactions and capriccs
wcrc infinite. Lilo had at least, as
q refuge to his woaricd nerves sot.
tlcd down into habit Of utter dis.
regard and neglect; hc treated no,
wishes and complaints with equal
indifference, and wont on with his
lif' rs nearly rs possible as if she
did not exist. Ito silently provided
for her what hc thought proper
without troubling hlmsclfto notice
hor request or listen to hor griov.j
anccs. Sickness camo but thea
heart of hor husband was cold and
gone; there was no sympathy lcfts
to warm hor. Doath camo; and
he brcathcd frcoly as q man rolcas,S
Cd. Lilo married again; n womarlS
with no beauty, but much love andS
goodncss--n woman who asked lit.s
tic, blamed seldom, and then Wits
all tho tact and address which the
most careful thoughtfulncss COULD
devise, and tho passive, negligent'
hubsandbocamo tho attentive, ,devoss
tod slave ofher will. Ho was in herg
hands rs clay in tho bands Of thos
potter tho loast breath or sugges.l
ton of criticism from her lips, who
criticised so litilo md so thought.s
fully, Weighed moro with him thanI
many outspoken words. So diffcr.I
Ont is tho samo human being, ac.s
cording to tho touch Of tho hand
which plays upon IL.
a
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postrn.
II IN II n 4 dAHH'G AFTER -
CHRISTMAS.


COMPANION POEM TO 1.-THE NIGHT BE-
FohE chnlsrMAs.'
"", WV "'s"' "'''f '"''S''paS' "heh h''
r.o.,' " ,',s Wv "o"'0
ine stockings $50 lately st. Nicholas cArc).
"ete cuptled ot all that was eatablc there.
Inc a"t"hss hau duly Dcch tucked in their
Deds'
WIN very tu'' StomachS ana pains IN their
heaaS.
was doing away IN my new cotton cap,
And Nancy was rather fur gone in nap,
when out in the nursery there arose such
ciattcr,
spFn"g from my sleep, crying "What Is
the mattcrf"
flew to each bedside, still half in doz",
Tore open the curtain and threw OF the
clothes,
While tho limit of n c,uJL. .,r,,,,, ,.,,a,
show
ihc piteous plight Of the objects below;
For what to the fa.h,r's fond cve sno,,,, m
pear,
hu' INC "'''e pale face of each sick little
"e"r'
For each pet that had crnmmcd itself ns fun
ns IL tick.
A"'" 'h moment now felt like Old Nick.
Their pulses were npiI, their brcuthnys the
same;
".' '".' ''o''''"S r'Jcc1eu lll mention by
""'''e'
NOW Turkey, now S.utllng. Plumb Puddin.
sour" "'"'' ""o ''u'eFS' ana Cranberry
oauce.
Before outraged Nature all went to the wul
ieS Lo'lypops, Flhpdoodlr, dinner and all.
Like pellets which nrchms from pop-guns
let NY.
went hg', nuts and rai,ins jams, Jelly md
''''
I'LL each error of dict wns brought to my
view,
10 ''e shame OF mamma and Santa Cluus
VI" "eo from the sight, to my bedroom
s'epped back,
's, 'o' VIII marked 'rure lp-
""c" NY NANCY exclaimed, for til cir suffer.
nes shocked her,
tor ,ho aao,ns3,, "1u "'''er' love- run
~" anu was scarcely under my roof,
"o" L ho":d the sharp clutter of old "Jn-
'''''
"'gat say that hardly had turned myself
fo"hd'
"eh 'he doctor came into the room with Il
- WOO c''''eo Win lhna lfom his head to
And ,,'o , .,,, T., ,, ,,
..:,. ""' "'' '''' ''S'
Ia h,r,,,v ,, ,; II .,
',.S,,,,.o r ' -" v" us "'s"'
viii, soo,, >"
tor no, u,o.,.o WV wv
u,s ohoe,., in,,,.o,, ILL.,
smcn like Sherry;
r., h,,,,, ,,,o .,,..o,,
And III. h,,..I 49,. 49,. .,.,., "''s". ~ " 49,
40 ,,o rnow.n 10 ""'''
Ia. .,,o,;
.o.,,, '"''' 'o"s"'' III 'p''o VI 'ne'r
AMI dra,.;,. IT,. ,..,
,n,,...,, ""'~' ''o'' "'' walls 'o''
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Hero We I.avo a good example
of Fronch wit: "a doctor, like ov.
erybody else at this season, went
out for a days sport, and complain.
cd of having killed. nothing,
That's tho, consequence Of hav.
ing neglected your business ob.
sefvedthi wife," ass