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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

SOUTH Carolina The New York
World. speaking of the South Caro-.
lima conservatives" says:
Their only course is to make their
own platform, which should be simply
Opposition to Radical corruption, "
place some able. earnest and liberal
minded man like Col. Lathers at the
head OF their ticket, and go boldly
into the fight. II they should not win
q victory in this way, they will GER
tainly conquer concessions, and these
they most assuredly will not get either
directly or indirectly by any so.called
Republican reform movement,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

Prince Arthur took the oath and his
seat in the House Of Lords as Duke of
Connaught on the 9th inst. He was
introduced by the Prince of Wales and
the Duke OF Edinburgh. and the oere.
mony was witnessed by tho Duchess
of Edinburgh and the Marchioness of
Lorne. The Deputy Great Chamber
lain, the Hereditary Earl Marshal,
Garter King-at-arms and Black Rod,
wearing their state robes, were in ct.
tendance on the occas.on.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

LIBERIA.-Is is unfortunate for Rev
Mr.. Blyden, that just as he began toot-
ing his horn in praise of Liberia, and
urging negroes to go there. squads of
disgusted black people should be re-
turning to this country and blabbiug
ont the truth. Here is the latest e1.
perienoe:
The Hawkinsville Despatch says four
negroes who left that place in Novem-
ber. 1872, for Liberia. returned Inst
Monday night, completely cured by
their experience Of life in that Africa o
republic. It adds that old Joe Burch's
wife, the enthusiastic negress, who, q
short while before che left for Liberia.
jumped up and olapped her hands to.
gether, aud thanked her God that she
was going where there was no poor
white trash, is now very anxious to
get back, and has sent letters here beg.
ging the white people to help her re.
turn. She is now working for 50 a
month.
"Old Joe Burch's wife" may as we'll
remain. In case tho white peopl.
sent her money to get back, she would
pretty soon abuse them as much as
ever.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27
Only Party, and Nothing Moro.


What does the Uniom- Herald mean
when isjspesks of the opposition in
this State 81 not aifferen entffrom a 3D.
litioal opptsition IL any other Slater
The Uniom. Herald treats everything
from a purely party =tsna=Aois.. hlt
even the fervor OF party zeal should
have it's limits. It is not the fact that
there is any regularly organized politi-
cal opposition contesting the nomina-
tions, appointments or elections in
this State. The platform upon which
those who have opposed the down
ward tendency of things here for the
last four or five years has been simply
the platform Of decent, honest and
economical government. No Demo-
crat. no Conservative. as such, has
been run for Office. When Judge
Carpenter and General Butler we're
presented for the suffrages of the peo-
pie. it was surely not as Democrats
put forth by a Democratic party.
Those who bolted from the regular
Radical party at the last nomination
and tried to get in candidates of
better type in character, were, to some
extent, supported by Democrats. but
because regarded as better men. In
all the length and breadth of this
State there has appeared no party
movement which should give the Radi-
Gals any uneasiness. The cry is simply
Tor government that men can live
under without FORGETTING self-respect-
for government not represented by
fellows only At for penitentiary.
That is all. We know you have set
tied majority. We merely ask you to
WELD it in the interests cf the whole
people. You would show some sense,
1t is true, and give an earnest of SIN
oerity, il you could get ont of your
narrow confines of party ideas and
party purposes.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

A London letter thus gossips about
the Queen: "Her Majesty il now in
the midst of her faithful Highianders,
and enjoying herself in her own way.
AS soon ns she got to Balmoral she at.
tended the funeral of one of her own
ghillies, going to the house Of the de-.
ceased and laying q wreath of flowers
on the coffin at the end of the service
A few nights after there wns servants
ball ut the castle. and in the course of
the evening the Queen not only ooun.
tenanced the proceedings by her pre-
sence. but took part in the dancing.
She danced with Prince Albert Victor
and Prince George. sons of the Prince
of Wales. and afterwards took part in
reel with John Brown, her attendant,
and Donald Stewart, game. keepar. II
is easy to understand what relief this
must have been after the severe eti.
quette Of an Imperial reception. This
is the first time that the Queen has
danced since tho death of the Prince
Consort leave you to imagine the
state OF mind OF society on the arrival
OF this interesting piece of pews. and
all the comments, rumors and conjec.
lures to which IL has given rise. Ex.
cept at Balmoral her Majesty never at-
tends ball or even concert"
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The 1st OF July is the semi-annual
dividend day, when millions of dollars
will be paid in interest. The New
York Express says that with 80 much
capital scattered all over the country,
and interest 80 low on all money put
on call, with the grain crops full of
promise. the cotton crop to be. in all
probability, far more that was antici.
pated six weeks since, there is every
reason to hope for better state of
business in the coming autumn than
the country has enjoyed for any sea.
son Tor two years past.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

The New osps. or THINGS -Oo
tho Both inst, the law GLASS in the
South Carolina University will receive
the degree Of LII B. The class is
composed of Niles G.. Parker, white.
and Q. L. Anderson and Edgar Oay.
pess, color unknown; w. r. Jones.
colored, and @. w. Comings, white. :.
There will be the usual public exer.
cises, in which the class will be repre-
sented by ex-State Treasurer Parker.
essayst, and @. L. Anderson as orator.
AS an essayist. the ex.Treasurer ought
to be success, considering the fact
that he once essayed to run the State
finances. and succeeded to the extent
OF running them into the ground.
Charleston Ne,oS and Courier.
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COLUMBIA, S. G.
Saturday Morning. June ~. 1874.

Saturday Morning. June ~, 1874.
Prosperity In tho Upper Country-It.
Duty 10 tho stats.
Amongst the many gratifying signs
of improvement in our up.oountry, we
notice that in Greenville, companiee
are getting up estimates as to gas
works, street railroad and water
works, with q view Of carrying out
these enterprises in :'iat city.
In Anderson, quantities OF lumber
may be seen passing through the
streets every day, bound for sites
whereon fine new residences are to be
erected. Major Humphreys. OF that
place. has this season raised seventy
nine bushels of choice wheat on three
acres OF land, and forty-ave bushels OF
oats on less than q half acrs Of land.
Efforts are being made to !, endow q
professorship in the Newberry Nu.
theraD) college at Walhalla. to be
named fot the distinguished and e1-
cellent DIR. BsohmanA f.,
A largebody Of Canadians are max
ing arrangements to settle in Chester
County.
Interest in education is growing in
all this Ane section. The oommencs
ments and examinations recently held
OF Furman and Wofford Universities,
of the Newberry College. and Of the
High School aud Female College at
Greenville, have been we'll attended.
Col. Dodamdad thonghtfully extended
the privilege to visitors to these seve-
zal Institutions. Of learning of paying
fare one way and returning free within
certainn,oadAtes 1.-THE commenGsmrent
exercises Of Williamston Female Ool.
lees and Of Erskine College, Due
West. arc to take place next. week.
We look to this beautiful Piedmont
region with great interest and hope.
It escaped many Of the horrors of war.
1t was not swept by the incendiary
hres of Sherman. It is peopied priu-
cipally by intelligent white men, who
are not afraid of work. and who sp-
preciate' the blessings of civilization.
1t is especially favored in its bracing
and healthy climate. It should exert.
as it iscapable of doing, decided: re-
formatory and healthful influence in
our State affairs. Let it send it's best
men in intelligence, character, honesty
and boldnass int0 the public councils.
1t lis uncomfortable how nauoi1 positive
good, how much prevention 81 harm,
could be. effected in the Legislature,
for instapce. By men vita determined,
resolute wills and just opinions. and
who rightly ,apprsciatas The dtaai6a q
things. Not few Of the evils which
afiict the State to-day, and much Of
the disgrace which rests upon its name,
might have been prevented had we
had real substantial men in the places
OF some. who. not themselves corrupt,
were yet mere tools and noses OF wax
In the hands of corrupt villsins. We
want 10 more pliables, neutrals and in
dependents, so.called, in places OF re.
sponsihility and trust. The times, the
emergencies which are before as, de.
mand different order of men to meet
them. We trust that we shall see in
the next Legislature a full contingent
OF such superior men from our up
country Counties.
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: e HAPPY PAlM-Mrs. Sartoris
mover se}t her state room but once on
the passage. She came on deck for "a
few minutes Que morning, IN a blu.
wrapper aud white shawl, Uut before
IL WAS we'll Known she WAS out she had
Disappeared again. Mr.. Snlturis did
not share thus seclusion, but wa,
around most ull the time. f.. SAID his
wife wus "not sea-slck, bnt home
SICK" Poor Nellie; wa cuuId ali of
us understand that she nigut be-, for
OF all the dull youths who pnrt their
hair III the mid.iIe, (.nd Its your dull
youth who always does that,) Mr.. Al
gernou Frederick. aud tha rest of 1t
Sartoris is the dullest. Wnlls We wait.
cd our turn at the dock in Liverpool.
he, with some others, went ashore aud
bought mutton pies; so that tho first
really good view of Nellie Grant We
had after she oume aboard was stand i.
ing resting on her husbands fut arm,
her eyes full Of trusting affection, her
heart full of confiIlng love aud her
mouth full of Liverpool muttuu PIE.
Lon blessed ii the scene isi's : ,ieuiuofn-
tic, whatever the political creed OF the
pair may be, and heroic also. The
woman who will boldly face a critical
boat's Grew with pie iu her hand,
cares little for general effect, but the
woman who will, publicly or privately,
bolt Liverpool dock mutton .plr, has
q soul and u stomach removed from
lear, al we'll as an appetite fit for
Chinese strategy or Flji Island spoils.
Cor. 81 LOUIS Republican.
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Mrs. j. B. Oarron. of Toledo, Ohio,
's the tirst lady railroad superintend-
ent. filling that position on the Toledo.
Wabash and Western Railroad.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-27

Reform we must have, shall have, in
our own lines and in our own way.
Union Rera!d.
The same old taking way?
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A JOLLY TRIP. "A delegation-sixty
in nnmber-of merchants and repre-.
sentative men of Charlotte passed
through Columbia, yesterday, on their
return from an excursion to the prin.
cipal seaport Of the old North State
Wilmlngton-where they were enter
tained by the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Jones. OF the Charlotte Observer.
who was one of the party, informs US
that they had delightful time
oysters. crabs, fish and other edibles,
enrf-bathing. boating, etc. They went
aud returned on q special train-stop.
ping over in Columbia six hours on
their way home. The run from Will
mipgton to Columbia-about 100
miles-was made in the extraordinary
time of eight hours.
MILITARY Pro N1c.-Col. G. 8. Mi.
mort, of the cloth Regiment N. G.. s.
o." has issued the following pronun.
ciamentOrinl invitation:
IA grand picnic will be given on
the 18th of July, by the 10th Regiment.
on Lexington heights. the citisons
of Columbia and the adjacent country
are cordially invited. The ladies are
especially solicited to attend. and bring
their baskets. Wagons will be in ut.
tendance ut the State Honse for the
accommodation of ladies'. DR.. Neaele
has kindly aud patriotically rendered
the free use OF his bridge on that day
to oil visitors. We also cheerfally in
vite the officers and members of the I'd
Regiment, Col. Simons commanding.
The Declaration of Independence will
be read, and addresses suitable to the
occasion will be delivered by promi.
nent gentlemen"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
A Hundred Dollars Reward.

If there be one man on this eOnti-
nent who appreciates the value of ad-
vertising, it is Orange Judd. A num-
Der Of years ago, when he and his wife
spent their evenings in putting ppack-
ages of seeds, and a penny had its full
value to them, he sent a boy with a
check for 800 to the New York Her.
aid office, with instructions to pay what
was due and leave the rest for adver-
tising. The boy being dull of compre-
hension, did not understand him and
told the book-keeper to use 500 for
one day. The next morning what was
Mr.. Judd's horror to see, on taking
up the Herald, Read the American
Agriculturist, repeated for nearly a
whole column. He rushed down to
the Office for an explanation, and found
that they had only followed instruc-
tions, and there was no help for it
I'VE are ruined" he said to his wife,
"a whole years advertisement gone in
one day." But instead of being his
ruin it was the beginning of his sue
cess. Immediately subscriptions be-
gan to pour in from all over the coun-
try. The Agriculturist became an in
stitution, and its proprietor is one of
the wealthiest men of New York. Mr..
Judd has continued from that day of
his lucky mistake to be one of the
most extensive and wealthiest adver-
tisers In the country.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
XOman,s Virtue.

1t is a prevailing vice among men of
doubling the virtue of woman. To us
it looks not only an outrage to good
taste, but also betokens a want of in
telleet. Besides this, it betokens a be-
sotted nature, and passions that would
disgrace a beast. The idea Of dragging
woua down to mans level, in a point
of virtue, is so fepugnant to the feel
ings, that the utterer ought not to have
a place in civil society.
We would wish to impress upon
those who cast this slur upon the char
acter of the women Of our land, that, if
what they charge were true, this fair
world of ours would be perfect hell.
The women ofour land are as far above
those who make these assertions, as
the heavens are above the earth. Our
women are the highest type of purity
and virtue, and any craven who would
drive them from this high estate de-
serves the execrations of all good men.
-E.rchunge.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
SHE GETS DRUNK.

Hes the smartest young man il
our Glass;
Yes, but he gets drunk
"Oh, but he's so fine-looking. so no
bic, and so talented withal His com
position yesterday was the very best il
our division. He writes splendidly
They say he's writing for a magazine
Only think of it, writing for a maga-
zine, no older than he is, and not out
of school yeti Won't he be a great
man, though, some day"
No, | don't think he will"
why not?"
He gets drunk"
"Oh, that's nothing; good many
smart men get drunk. Every man
has his wild eats to sow; and because
fellow gets a little boozy once in q
while, would t condemn him forever /;
quite likely he'll outgrow it when he
gets older and sees the folly of it.
More likely that will outgrow him,
and as to his getting little boozy, L m
afraid he was good deal so when the
boys found him beside the walk, the
other night, and had to carry him to
his room, doging around street corners
and skulking through by-ways, so that
none OF the Professors would see him.
L tell you a person that drinks at all
isn't to be depended on. The only
young men that | have any confidence
in are those who letintoxicating liquor
entirely alone"
We'll, l don't care; he's good and
smart anyhow, and / like him."
Il don't; he gets drunk" F"
So the conversation ran on between
two schoolmates who were walking
just ahead of me. All, how those
words, He gets drunk, kept ringing
in my ears ! Possessed of a noble |
manhood and a glorious intellect;
blessed with the greatest and best of |
Gods gifts; having the love and ap-
probation of teachers; admired and |
looked up to by yassocociates; the pride,
and hope of fond father, intertwined |
the heart and life of a doting mother,
united In close and tender bonds with
brothers and sisters; holding in his
hard the honor and good name of the
A1AeAeo1tOh win 10 COuuCC-
ed, of the society in which he mingles,
Ind yet-"gets drunkl"
As natural consequence, that
7oung man who drinks will generally
blight the manhood that is within him.
,hange to curses the blessings that are
lpon him, bring to the dust whatever
lighborn aspirations, whatever long
ngs for greatness, glory and immortal
ty may be his; blast the fondest hopes
It parents, put out the brightness of
heir future in the darkness of disap-
pain and sorrow; bring
hame and reproach upon brothers
md sisters; trample upon the love
nd confidence of his fellows; shut
himself out from all goodness, purity,
blot out the image of
rod that is stamped upon him, and
lrag himself down lower than the
'rutes. Aye, so surely does he shut
himself out from Heaven as "he gets
lrunkp
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11
Floods I'm New Mexico.

Ordinarily New Mexico is land of
drouth, and few crops are made with
out the aid of irrigation. A letter
from Santa Fe, dated June 10, however,
says:
The Rio Grande, Rio Pecos and the
Rio Abajos have all been at a great
food tide. Indeed the danger is not
yet passed, and the floods have not
subsided, and ruin may yet fall upon
some of the most fourishing settle
ments in New Mexico. The beautiful
town of Albuquerque has run a mar
row escape from complete destruction.
As it was, the place has been greatly
damaged, particularly the eastern Sec
ton of the town. About one week
ago the Rio Grande broke over its en-
bankment at Rinconada. A great
volume of water passed through this
crevasse, and fianking Albuquerque,
reached the river again at point lit
tie above Barelas, thus leaving the
town of Albuquerqe without lines of
communication. The whole valley
was inundated trees, crops houses,
were torn away by the resistless floods.
About twenty houses, including the
church at Alemada, were swept away,
and the poor people lost their little
all.
In the eastern section of Albuquer-
que a large cumbersome eighteen
houses-were torn away and went
whirling down the current. Great
numbers of sheep and not few cattle
we're caught by the moving current and
swept away.
The loss down the valley of the Rio
Grande has been very heavy. At Los
Ranches, the ranches, two miles from
Albuquerque, every house and every
vestige of improvement have been
carried off by the raging food. The
town of Alameda has not house left
all gone.
The Rio Abajo has been a tear"
and the angry Peeos has been general
ly engaged in the work of desolating
the valley through which it flows,
The full extent of the damage
wrought is not yet known. High water
in all the streams has greatly retarded
travel and rendered journeying through
this territory anything but pleasant.
The town of Ell Paso, Mexico, was lit
orally swept away by the swift current
which inundated its site.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

TIE New York Herald thus speaks
of President Grant and the never end
ing subject of third term:
ave are told that the President him
self is impatient with this subject,
that he will not read any newspaper
which discusses it. One distinguished
editor quotes him as having 'distaste'
for the throne. These are all good
signs, but they are not manifest to the
country. Let the President make them
manifest. He knew how to do it in
finance. Here is a question no less
important, but one affecting the exis-
tence and continued security Of our
Government. A letter from the Presi-
dent to Senator Jones or to any other
Senator enterprising enough to coax
him into a correspondence, written,
let us add, in the most impatient
temper and declaring that under no
circumstances would he accept another
nomination, would be the crowning act
of his life. Is it beneath his dignity
Well, it was not beneath the dignity of
Washington, Jefferson and jackson to
give expression to their feelings on the
subject and General Grants dignity
will never suffer by following these il
lustrious examples.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

WATERING PLANTS IN SUMNER.
Plants growing in the open ground and
fully exposed to the sun, are frequent
ly ruined by the very means taken to
save them-by watering in hot, dry
weather. Generally, merely the sur
face of the ground is wet, and the
moisture soon evaporates, leaving the
soil dry and hard-almost impervious
to air, as well as the dews. But this
is not the only, nor the greatest evil
which results from the ordinary slight
waterings which plants get. The tenn
porary, superficial moisture causes the
roots to seek the surface, where, in
the intervals between the waterings,
the heat and drouth destroy them, and
the plants become stunted or die out
right. The remedy lies in a more
thorough irrigation and in different
mode of applying the water. In the
case of young trees and large herbace-
Gus plants, the best way is to carefully
scrape away the soil around them to
the depth of an inch or two, forming
a shallow basin into which sufficient
water should be poured to moisten
we'll the ground as deeply and as wide
ly as the roots extend. When the
water has soaked in, the dry earth
should be returned, which will prevent
a speedy evaporation. Among small
plants, which cannot be treated in this
way, make holes with an iron rod or a
sharpened stake several inches in
depth, and ELL them with water, which
will thus reach the deepest roots.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

THE Peoples Paper, Of Hunting
don, Tenn, epitomizes the new postal
law as follows:
The main points about the new pos
tai law are, that the postage on news
papers published weekly or more fire.
quently is to be two cents per pound I;
that on publications issued less fire.
quetly than once week, three cents
per pound; that the prepayment on
them is to be compulsory after the 1st
of January, 1875; that the postage on
public documents is to be 10 cents a
volume, and on the Congressional Re
cord one cent number, and that in
these aud all other cases the postage
is to be prepaid. Weekly newspapers
are to pass free through the mails in
the county in which they are publish
ed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-07-11

A CORRESPONDENT, ON the wing.
sends the Nashville Banner some
sketches Of matters and things in gen.
eral. We select the following extract
concerning our little city
AFTER leaving home / visited
Clarksville, and found that little city
as usual busy with the hum Of indus
try and progressiveness. In fact it
seems as If business is always good
there, and that the habitues of that
place have seldom any fault to find
with the general tone of trade. The
town is composed Of live business men,
who never lose sight of any means cal
eulated to enhance the general inter
ests of their locality. From thence L
went to Louisville, Kentucky, where [
found things in rather a stagnant con-
dition as compared with the usual ae-
tivity of that metropoliis-being in a
great measure caused by the partial
suspension of labor connected with the
manufacturing and railroad interests
of that city, and its tributaries-New
Albany and Jefersonville."