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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-26
What Is Needed to Revive the Prosperity
OF Columl.la.

u
OF Columbia.
A great and gratifying change has
taken place in Columbia siuce it lay q
heap OF ashes nine years ago. It stands
again beautiful city, with many nttrac-
tions as place Of residence, with the
modern improvements OF gas, water,
drainage. railroad facilities and tele-
graphic communication with the rest of
the world. What it lacks in general,
and what it has that might be improved,
ne need not dwell upon just now. But
in looking to the future and considering
what resources may be de-: ended upon
to sustain its present power and assure
its larger development, we confess to
some misgivings. It's business cnnnot
be considered altogether satisfactory, or
to rest upon safe foundation. a con-
siderable per centage of its wholesale
trade has been lost. TT bus now only a
moderate business in receiving and sell.
ing cotton, whereas once this was large
and lucrative. There have been some
ominous failures, amounting, in tho
aggregate to $500, 900, within tue last
Blk months. Ii we look to the city 90.
vernmcnt We ind it burdened with a
heavy floating debt OF $4,000, and
bonds to the amount of about $2l5, 900
Issued to build tho City Hall and Offices,
the cost OF which is only to be, accord.
lug 10 contract, abou S75. 900 or $50, 900.
10 this heavy load we must add the sum
Ito be paid annually Of S1G,OOO for
water supply. The city appears to be
paying now, just as taxes have como in,
~ per cent. for money; yet wo fail to
discern any signs OF economy. such as
these circumstances would suggest, MS
tho Council has not agreed upon any
retrenchment of expenses in the num-
Der OF poliur, or otherwise.
The money rate in Columbia is ruin
ouSly high. This is due chiefly to The
heavy taxation on banking capital. It
from State, County and city,
to nearly four per cent. That is heavy
drawback to success, and an onerous
burden on business, which is mostly
done on borrowed capital. This heavy
tax. and consequent high price of
money. operates to deter capital from
coming to our city. Thore is one most
inviting field, however, upon which it
might be profitably employed. We
mean the utilization and development of
our fine water power. Our policy as q
city is clearly to encourage, aud, as fur
as our means allow. to engage in manu-
featuring. It will restore what we have
lost, and add hundred-fold besides.
We are surprised that our people will
not heed the lessons which our Mt
condition teaches, on the one hand, nor
on the other, catch the spirit of nd.
vancemcnt upon the new line of manu-
featuring industry. SO forcibly recon-
mended by such exhibits ms that Of tho
GranitevilIe Manufacturing Company,
presented in our columns yesterday.
Our individual means may bc small,
but united, will enable US to accomplish
much. And it is 10 be remembered that
capital employed in manufacturing, by
a law p ,ssed at the lust session of the
Legislature, has been practically ex-
empted from taxation for ten years.
CREMATION AND LIFE INSURANCE.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-26

certainly done at last in obediencs to
the voice OF the whole country. when
the leavsn OF the Taxpayers memorial
has leaveped the ahole mass Of Ameri.
can public opinion. Il 4 8 i
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remarkable preacher, we select the fol-
lowing, written by DR.. A. T. Spalding,
Of Atlanta:
''In the course of the two weeks. he
preaohed thirty-eight sermons. besides
conducting other meetings for prayer,
conference and Inquiry. This alone will
give some idea of tho indomitable ener-
gy and perseverance OF the man who in
nine years had conducted meetings in
about 800 churches. He seeued never
to tiro, being instant in season, out of
season. He is stoutly built, put up for
long and hard service, having oapscious
lungs, aud throat that bears IN i'm.
mense strain upon its powers of endur.
ance. Ho scatters throughout the con-
gregation two-leaved sheet, on which
are twenty-nine hymns, from which all
the singing is done-he himself leading
in strong voice. and in rapid, ear
nest measure. In his preaching, he is
plain, practical, pnngont and intensely
earnest. From his retontive memory.
which seems to hold with tenacious
grasp everything he ever knew, he
draws hundreds Of thrilling illustrations.
His tone OF voice is winsome, pleading:
his manner always alfectionately tender.
He soon wins the confidence of the
Christian and Of the sinner. One of his
striking characteristics is manliness; an.
other straightforward, outspoken ho.
nesty; another is the absence OF malice
or unkindllness OF heart; another his
faith and power in prayer. At times,
In his sermons, he becomes masterly,
almost overwhelming, as once in his
paragraph donunciatory of spiritualism.
at the outset of his service, he generally
tells what he will desire of the people ut
the close; and generally they do what he
requests, whatever it may be-"
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TIED TO THE TRACK.
FIVE ACRES OF GRAPES CULTIVATED BY ONE
NAN sEVENrY-FINE YEARS OLD.

HIDEoUs CRIME PERPETRArED ON THE
JEFF. RoAD-A NAN ROBBED AND TIED
DOWN TO THE RAILS, r
JEEFERsoNv1LLE, IND, Aug. 30.-A
Frenchruan named August Gardner, who
said he was from Seymour, Ind, while
walking On the track of the j., M. & /. r. r.
near Henryville, Ind, at 10 o'clock last
night, was attacked by three men. They
took his pocket book and So, and then tied
him on the track over small culvert and
then left him. He succeeded in getting
the ropes that held his body
united, but before he got those
that held his left foot loosened,
an approaching passenger train was upon
him.. In that desperate moment he threw
his body of the track. The train passed
over and severed his leg from his BODY. He
fell into the culvert. crawled out, lay there
all night and was picked up at an early hour
this morning by conductor Warehouse, of a
passing freight train, who brought him to
this city where he revived sufficiently to
make the above statement, but relapsed and
died at 9 o'clock A. NJ. No clue has been
found to the perpetrators of this heinous
crime,
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BUSINESS NOTICE~
TO PURIFY THE RfOon

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component parts have specific ACTON or, 49,.
diseased organs implicated in this condition.
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HELP NATURE roRALIY-

Alter an attack of fever or other acuse dsssssst
has passed OF. and nature is endeavorir-- r.
Isl,iy the debilltaied system. help the egSIszc
with The standard vegetable tonic OF sss--
age, hOsIetters Stomach BitterS. Nosssszr-
known 10 the physician or the pharmacopo.stsa
expedltes convalesence like this vitalizirz 10
Nlgorant- Persons who have been prostTnt--a
oy long continued illness recover thesr s-ua
nesn, strength and cheerfulness In less rhs1xg
nalI the lime that would be required 10 rrr7-
pelale Without it, 1t is The moss genial as ,arIt
as me moet harmless OF medicated stiInnlanrS
and as remedy for (as well as prevent Ne or
uysPePslas olilous attacks, constipation. rer-
N nDus diseases. ETC., has no equal IN the ySOriS<
When al other tonics have failed this eJsrIs =,
cure
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sacred treasures in the ruthless and
unprincipled search for judges,
statesmen and officials generally. We have
suppressed the names of the high dignita-
ries whom Bruce accuses Of leading him
astray; but how will they feel when this
poor young man shall have completed what
now seems his inevitable destiny, and is
hurled a fostering and friendless wreck,
into the executive chair, How will they
feel when the tragedy has been played, and
we, in terms BETTING its gloomy horror,
shall chronicle the "Days of Bruce"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01
THE WISCONSIN LAW.
THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINS HIS VIEWS

THE GOVERNOR EXPLAINS HIS VIEWS.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Aug. 30.--Gov. Taylor
addressed meeting of grsngers at Monroe,
in this State on Saturday. Referring to the
Potter law, he said that the commissioners
show that the railroads doing the same
amount of business as last year
wonld loose less than five per cent. OF
their gross earnings. He further stated on
the same authority that the st. Paul COM
pany earned enough last year above their
expenses and the interest on its bonds to
pay seven per cent. on common and pre-,
ferred stock. In conclusion he expressed
his belief that when the people had estab-
hshed their power to regulate railroads. it
would be used with moderation and justice
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01
LOCAL NOTICES

&c kingsiord's Oswego Starch. wherszsr
placed on exhibition by us in the United sss.e--s
has ceived the highest premium, and "a s1rE
Worlds Fair in Europe the jury OF nations
awarded 1t the prize medal in testimony o. ,Rls.
highest grade of merit
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01
BENHANH'S
Musical Review.

A 80 page Monthly Magazine
Circulation, 10000 copies az
nually. Each number contains
81 SO worth Of music.
The Review is devoted to Music, Art, I.Iterzs-
ture and its readers.
II is second 10 none in ability.
IL Is second to none in popularity.
IL is second 10 none in circulation
IL circulates almost entirely in families
IL accepts but few first-class advertiSeras-r.ls
AMI displays them well.
lie is not like daily or weekly papers, zisRsc-fF
through hastily, and then destros ed bu, Is T----
served ana bound, and thus becomes a pesEa1s-
nent advertisement.
It's advertising rates are lower than thcsSe 81
any other journal of its class.
1t is not class journal, issued so4ely Cor ckrse
purpose oil advertising the interests OF its D.il-
Usher.
ITS editorial columns are never filled witt z0-
vertisements or business puffs, either of its pzE
Usher or any body else, and no amount Of .a0-sE
or innuence would procure the insertion u6 a
the magazine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01
JILL PATENT WELL AUGKR.

We have bought the entire State OF 7ncfszss
for the Jill Patent " ell Anger. We hereby live
notice 10 parties having purchased from .Tsas.
any OF his augeis since the 18th OF May, lhSs
ana are using the same, will be prosscnkek 10
the full extent of the law. $50 reward Hr
information that will lead TO the convictssn re
parties using the iilz auger unless purchases
from the undersigned. 80 agents wanted Nr
Indiana; for nIpois. and for Missouri 70,
all VINO become agents by purchasing \ gE,sx,-
IS per cent. will be allowed all sales OF cOni<
tights. We will prosecute all infringemeais IN
our Territory. s,o Co.,. Q & q: GoWAN.
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ps-Oostinate cases of Piles OFFS years stanSzT1
tractor.
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SPOTTED like DoMINoEs

The teeth soon become speckled If ever sFs-
hlement Is not removed from them eyerx -
nours. 10 DO this effectualy there is noshszs-
ike Sozodont. IL literally renders the eraarIsi
imperious and indestructable
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no WEEKS DOlNGS IN WALLSTREFT r.
plains stock operations on small can;IaI No..
OUT 9 NJ riSk: copy sent free. TUNBRID<SE- & IeVs
Wall street, New York,
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sBFOR CLERK-T. A. Goodwin is a ca-65-
voters OF Marion county al the October eis, -.
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$40 to $1,000 s 5RSs1 ssa, ig 20 stocks toe s
month. Send for particulars. Tumlr1des 8. -.
Bankers, Wall street. New York - >
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m7oEACH WEEK Agents wantedS PartlcG-
III lars free. J. Worth q 20 81. LOUIS As'S-
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| VOID QUACKs.

NOOK AGENTS Get Best Book Zoe =, a Erse
n lars Of encyclopedias Of Thing Wosfa
III knowing. or -. 900 Wants Suppiie4-
The King of Receipt Books. l6-ColOr Chrome frrF-
Continental Pub. Co.. Cincinnati or 81. L01kA
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yIGo COUNTY.

Robert Ostrander was INDUCING his Gu
riosity about the merits OF an old pepper
box pistol in the hands of another boy. Inc
pistol, like politicians letters. explained 1t
self by word of mouth and deposited slug
of lead in Ostrander's sternum. he Is NOT
dead, but has done with that pistol.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01

. GENTS WANTED. to sell our staassRrlE
a publica ions. send stamp for cataioezrz7
and terms. Address ]. b. FORD & co. Cans-Es-
natl, Ohio.
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their attourney." "Road commoG1y called
"Changing the chanel OF Wildcat Cheek.
An important lawsuit about the canal Is
thus reported by the Lafayette Courier: The
trustees of the Wabash 81 Erie caral, have
found it impossible to maintein navigation
because the toll and revenues were INSULT
Gent to keep up repairs. The Wabash Il
Erie Canal Cor apany was formed in the sum-
mer of 1866 composed of many enterprising
citizens diving in the various towns from
Fort Jayne to Terre Hsute. The capital
So escribed was over one hundred thousand
dollars. about one-third being taken in this
CITY, and the amount actually paid In and
expended on the canal is nearly one hundred
thousand dollars, besides ali the tolls and
revenues. After eight years faithful and
persistent efforts the Canal Company last
spring found it impossible to keep up nav
| igation. and were compelled TO sur
render the canal to the trustees
In addition to this large contribution
| of individual moneylfor the public good IN
maintaining State work the company owes
several thousand dollars which must DC
paid. The parties to the partnership known
"a the Wabash & Erie Canal Company. num-
her several hundred, and a suit has been In
| stituted in the TIppecanoe Civil Circuit
| Court to wind up the business of the hrm
raise money from the delinquent members
4 eoualize the payments among them, anu u
settle up generally.
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FLOYD COUNTY

burg to-day, for the Star Glass Company.
The casting cost $1,000, and will cast a plate
of glass six and halt by nine and a halt
feet in size.
FOUNTAIN COUNTY.
The murderers of Driscoll were admitted
to bail as follows: Tade Leyden in the sum
of s., 900, and Mike i'm the sum of $500.
They both gave the bail the next day, aud
returned to their homes. The Attica Ledger
remarks: The decision of the Judge caused
some surprise among the people who have
watched this matter with the most intense
interest, and who are, generally speaking,
adverse to the accused.
HENRY COUNTY.
SAYS the Newcastle: Times: 1t is reporte:!'.
that the wife aud two children of ndicf AZ,
McGrath, living in jefferson township. -.
poisoned last week. from the effectsof .rhich
one of the children died. It is thou xht that
the poison had been given them in ae.iirine
administered for the ague, and there are
some suspicious that it was not a. together q
mistake. -"
JEFFERSON COUNTY
The Clement starch works are ayain a,
work, and Madison looks fc r l;va,;er t;r,es
Mr.. Clement has orders t fiji that will ra
quire every pound he c. N mannfactnre II
day.
KoscIUsK . COUNTY.
Says the warsaw Indisnian: On Thurs
day last w. 81. iuy, who resides on tn.
prairies, a few mi les northwest of this place
lost his lie In singular manner. He wa.
assisting in un loading hay, and was pitch
ing from the wagon, and, it seems, lost his
balance and fell backwards to the ground
alighted on his head with his neck BEN
backward under his body, causing disloca
ton and producing death In a very few
moments. He was a vesy large man, bis
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have an agency in charge of Mr.. J. d. Miles,
sbout 40 miles southeast of this point.
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Rifles, Shot Guns. Reviewers,

of every kind. Send stamp for illustrates kyls.e
List to GREAT WESTERN Gun WOR&sSs
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25
Arkansas Troubles,

1t is unfortunate for State to
have more than one Governor at q
time. Arkansas is just now troubled
with two men each claiming to be its
lawful Governor, and each demanding
recognition and obedience on the part
of the people. Each has his little
army, and it will require mere pru-
depcs' than any party in Arkansas is
supposed to possess, to avoid blood
shed, The reports are exceedingly
conflicting, but the facts seem to be
about these /; In 1872, Elisha Baxter
and JAS Brooks were the candidates.
tile election over, each claimed to be
elected. The Legislature, however,
after canvassing the returns, declared
Baxter elected and installed him as
Governor. Brooks charged that
Baxter's majority was the result Of
fraud, and at once caused suit TO be
instituted in the Supreme Court of
the State, with view to ousting him.
The Court, however, held that it had
no jurisdiction Of the case. How
ever, before tho suit yas brought in
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25

the Supreme Court, Brooks had
instituted an action in the Circuit
Court of one Of the counties, to the
jurisdiction of which Court Baxter
demurred, Then when the Supreme
Court held, after action having been
brought in it, that 10 was without
jurisdiction, little or no attention
was longer paid 10 the Circuit Court
suit, until recently, when Brooks
counsel, in the absence OF Baxter, or
counsel: called up the case, when the
Court overruled the demurrer, render
ed judgment in Brooks favor, armed
with copy of which and company
of men, he at once forcibly elected
Baxter aud took possession of the
Capitol, which he seems determined
to hold by force. Baxter has called
TO bis aid considerable force and has
began a regular siege, for thepurpose
of retaking it The city is under
martial law, the citizens going in and
out with passes, as of old. How the
matter will terminate we have no
means of knowing, but don't appre-
bend that the war will last long.
Hope it may close without bloodshed.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25
rsy. The Herald and 7riJun

nGr The Herald and Tribune,
Spy, Echo, &c, ale making things
lively up in the LIST District. The
Herald and 7ribune's last issue con-
tains four and a-half column para
graph from Greeneville cores
pondent, sailing into Butler 1t looks
to us, that Buffers opponents, if they
really expect to beat him, will have to
change their tactics. Past observa-
ton has inclined us to the opinion
that the more Butler is abused the
better he runs.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25
By The Legislature of Massa-

By The Legislature Of Massa-
chusetts finally succeeded, on the
18th inst, in electing Summers sue
cessor. The present Governor Of the
State, VIM. B. Wsshburne, is the lucky
man. Washbufne is said to be a man
of respectable ability andunblemished
character. The election of Wash
burne was the result Of compromise
between the DAVIS and Hoar men,
aud, all things considered, is perhaps
better than for either of them to have
succeeded as against the other.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25

small class of politicians and Office
seekers here at home
If he is ambitious for another term,
much greater success would have
followed from a stern devotion to
duty in the proper field of labor.
Nor will it do to say he has paired
off that may do with the aged, the
sick and the infrm, but who but ex-
poets his Congressman TO give his
personal and observant attention to
the business of legislation.
If "psiring off will suffice, why
not all "pair of and go home Per
haps that wonld have been better,
before the country was thrown into
its present fermented state. But
now, it is the duty of all, who are
able, to be there, and try to restore
the disturbed elements, by wholesome
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25

DaS" The smallest post Office in the
world is said to be kept in barrel,
which swings from the outermost rock
of the mountains overhanging the
Straits Of Magellan, opposite Terra
del Fuego. Every passing ship opens
it, to place letters in it or take them
out. Every ship undertakes to for
ward all the letters in it that it is
possible for them to transmit. 1t
hangs there by it's iron chain, beaten
and battered by the winds and storms,
but no locked and barred office on
land is more secure. 1t is not in the
track Of mail robbers.
The Republican. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-187?, 1874-04-25
Away ffOna his Post.

There are circumstances where a
public servant will be excused for his
absence from the post of duty, but
there must be some sufficient cause,
before those whom he has been Sc
lected to serve, will recognise such
extenuatipg circumstances. A volun-
tary and selfish abandonment OF duty
will not be tolerated.
These reflections have presented
themselves by reason of Col. Thorn
burg having left Washington at a
time, when his services are in the
greatest demand.
Never has there been a more i'm
portant period in the Legislation of
the country, than the present, and
yet, we find this young and able
bodied member of Congress, scamp
ering about over the District, on an
electioneering tour, paying no atten-
ton to the many important questions
now under consideration by that
body, to which he was elected. Will
he continue to draw his pay while
thus trifing away his time? Can he
expect to be e-elected, when he will
not discharge the duties already as
sumed? .
Il will not do to have it announced
that he is in search of statistics in
reference to the improvement OF the
Tennessee River! Such statement
would be IN insultto his constituents!
OF what utility will any fact now
obtained, be in the present Session 7
What character of statistics can he
gather by a visit to Loudon and
Kingstons This cobweb excuse for
absence from the Halls of Congress,
will not avail.
The gauze is ''too thin" Better
would it have been for the gallant
little Col had he proclaimed his true
mission among his constituents; by
candidly acknowledging that he was
alarmed, lest he would not be return
ed a second time to Congress.
Whether inclined to vote for or
against him we presume there is no
one who will object to his seeking
reelection, provided he does it under
proper circumstances, and uses the
proper means. But to abandon his
seat to which he has been elected,
and that too ct o time when-if he is
going to be, or is at all capable of
being, of any service to the country
he is most needed, for no other pur-
pose than to hob mob for another
election, is something to which the
people will be slow to submit
If he has not capacity to keep his
constituents in remembrance OF him,
while in the discharge Of his duties,
he has not sufficient capacity to COM
mend himself for a re election by
strutting around among the people,
to whom he owes service and declines
to render it. If he is not of sufficient
calibre to do something by which to
enaraft himself in the affections OF
the people, while in the theatre upon
which his duties coll him, he will
most assuredly foil to make that
Iodgnent by laying pipes among a