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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-26
Fire In spartanburg.

SPARrANDURa, S. c., May %.
The citizens of our hourishing little
town were aroused from their slumbers
last Sunday yesterday morning.
about l O'Clock, By ringing of bells
and cries Of fre, and soon made cogni-
zant OF the fact, that the large. elegant
and beautiful residence, known gene.
rally as the "Rock House" situated in
the extreme North. eastern portion of
tho town and owned by Mr.. Nesbitt,
was enveloped in flames. Helping
hands and sympathizing hearts were
early at the scene, but they came too
late. The fiery fiend had made sure
his prey, and seemed to be rejoicing as
he went onward in his career OF de-.
strnction. The work was rapidly done,
and the noble structure numbered with
the things that were. There is differ
encs of opinion as regards the origin
OF the fire, but the most reasonable is.
that it was purely accidental. Mr.. Mes
bits loss is considerable, for it was
one of the finest dwellings in town,
and we hear it was not insured.
1t is to be hoped that this, the first
fire We have had among us for many
years, may be the means of awakening
our citizens from the sleep of security
from this devastating element into
which they seem to have fallen, and OF
furnishing our town with at least one
fire engine or hook aud ladder com.
paDy. T.. T.. G..
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A correspondent of Newburgh, N.
Y, paper writes: "We were reminded
few days since. while digging about
the yard, that this is to be locust year.
Immense numbers of these little fell
lows. nearly full grown, are now max
ing their way upward, and are within
eight or ten inches Of the surface of
the ground. They will probably put
IN their appearance some time in June.
They come every seventeen years.
The Post OGice Department is doing
a greater business thun ever before,
and its receipts nre much larger. Dur
ing the mouth of April, $4,000, 600
postage stamps were ordered through
out the country. The receipts from
postngo stamps. postal cards, etc, are
now running along on an average Of
Sl30, 900 aud $3.50. 900 worth per day.
The policy Of the department is to be.
come seif-sustnining.
a private letter from the Mayor Of
New Orleans says Unless the resources
for relief bo increased in some way to
81 1000, 600. many thousands must
perish by famine. Even that sum will
no more than suffice to save the lives
OF the inundated until the flood sub
sides aud tho ovcrlowed lands nre
again tillable.
ORDER OF pOsTroNEMENT. judge
Graham has, until further notice Of
court, postponed the advertised sale of
lands i'll Ornngeburg Comfy, where tho
bills OF the Bauk Of the State hnve been
rendered for payment of the taxes
upon them.
The steamship Nevada, which ar
rived from Liverpool on Thursday,
brought lI0 emigrants. On account
OF tho strong competition among the
ocean steamship companies. the party
secured passage to New York ut SIS
each.
The editor of the A1cAIinnville
(Tenn.) NeW Era has ut his Office II
copprrhead snake with two well.do
veloped legs, armed with eight long
nails, and looking very much like the
old engrnviDgs of the devil in tho Apo.
calypso.
Apropos of the movement to reduce
The regular time of labor to six hours O
day, the Pittsbnrg Commercial says
that the next demand will probably be
that ono hour shall constitute q Legal
days work-and that shall be taken
for dinner.
Conductor Banker. of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
was arrested Sunday, on q Charge oi
embezzling $4,000 during the twenty
years OF his employment by the com
pany.
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The mire is certainly pretty deep in
South Carolina; it will take hard tug
to pry up the wheels and get them
rolling again. But God helps those
who help themselves. II tho white
taxpayers have really discovered that
bawling to the Hercules at Washing
ton is waste Of time and breath, il
tllcy are nt last ready not only to pnt
their own shoulders to the toiling
task, but to ask their honest ncighbors
to lend a hand, on equal terms, it is
only question of time. That sort Of
thing is bound to win.
[SpringfsM RcpuJ!icMn
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HOTEL ARRIVALS. May 25, 1874
Wheeler House-J W Ward, Charles.
ton; J S James. L G james. N C;JS
Browning, Charleston; d w Greens.
pilier, Canada; E Mautom. Charleston:
} jenkins, Augusta; A Pope. @ L B
htarsh. l. Fl Field, N O; James @
McCants, Wlnnsboro; JAS Douglass.
YorkvIIle; j @ Massengale, w A Brad.
ley, Augusta.
Columbia Hotel-A T Peete, Cheraw:
John Newman, Charleston; J W
McDevitt, CITY; Gen G F McIntyre.
Mr. Hooley, Walterboro; Ed Perry.
Charleatun; W T Woodwa 8 O +
r; J Is Ezell and wife, s J Perry.
city; j q Lykes, Mill Greek; s Il
Lumpkin. Youngsviile; G e Reab.
Augusta; D Bleman, DR. T @ MoMahon.
Walhalla.
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.nhuume DaZaluo, tho mexican wife
OF the ex- Marshal, is said to be uctive.
~ intriguing for the restoration Of the
French Empire, and in connection
with her iutrigues, which have as
sumed some importance, it is init
mated that the time is not far distant
when the Vatican will openly advocate
the candidature Of Napoleon w by
urging tho French clergy to use all it's
power and influence on his side.
A Detroit of1ics-holder who sottled
in Nebraska some time since. Recently
wrote back to tobacco house in De.
troit to send him five pounds of "fiue.
cut" by express, adding: II am a can.
didate for Sheriff Of this County, and
1 think by judicious use Of five
pounds of good tobacco I can secure
200 majority"
Four of the New York theatres have
closed prematnrely this seasou-the
Grand Opera House. the Park Thea
tre, the Lyceum and the Broad way
Theatre.
The loss of life by the Mill River
Mass.) disaster is 1873. All the bodies
except fourteen have been recovered.
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LIST or New ADyERTIsEMENTs.
Z: G. Memmiuger er-Installment.
W. =. Hewitt-Oatoosa Springs, Go.
Meeting Eutaw Eucampment.
u. q. PclXotto & Sons-Auction.
w. w. Davies-Notice.
Keys Lost.
f. l.. Cardozo-Circular.
;. w. Irwin-Card of Thanks.
Rev. Mr. WaIker-Card of Thanks.
Geo. l.. Dial-For Rent.
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A GREAT CoNvtatENoE TO TIE PKo.
phE.-The Office of the City Physician
DIR, A. 8. Hydriek-is at present To-
cated2as Or. Hsinitsh's drug store. op.
posite the PHGMx Office. The central
location Of this Office secures great
promptness in, the discharge OF the
duties of the City Physician. The
poor of the city and others will bear
this in mind.
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all sort, candies, (French aud domes.
tic Strawberries received daily. Their
soda fount is in operation, with the
best syrups.
The entertainment given at Purker's
llAil. last evening. for the benefit of
the Monument Association, was credit
able to nIl parties concerned aud gra.
tlfying success. The audience was up-
prcciative aud we'll satisfied; the pet
formers showed skill IN their parts,
aud despite their intxperience. trod
the stage as if well used to it. Where
all were meritorious, it would be wrong
to discriminate. The evening Was plea
snnt, except that the temperature WAS
u little too high. But ices, sherbets
and other refreshments had cooling
effect. We hope the ladies will give
US a similar entertainment every
month.
PnGNIxIANA.-The rod and reproach
give wisdom; but child left to him
self bringeth his mother to shame.
A good action is never thrown away.
This is tho reason. no doubt, why we
find so few of them.
II flock of geese see one of their
number drink, they will drink, too
Men often make geese of themselves.
The question is, not whether doc
trine is beautiful, but whether it is
true. When we want to 90 to q place.
We don't ask whether the road leads
through O pretty country, but whether
it is the right road, pointed out by au-
| shority--the turnpike road.
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TionoAo OsoAy "hotos oScu AEOm OcSOhu
she seas, all advise us to cease calling
on Hercules and to move steadily and
resolutely in our own behalf. They
all tell US That Heaven helps those who
help themselves. Every instinct Of
sslf.preservation confirms the wis.
dom of this. It will not do to sink
into apathy. Our safety can only
DC assured by activity aud effort. We
dare not sleep upon our posts any
more than soldiers on march, be-
Dnmbed with cold, must give way to
Tho drowsiness which follows it, lest it
be the sleep OF death.
AS regard, the fair promises which
tho Radicals make, the confessions
Which our contemporary seems to
.hink will be good for their souls, we
beg to remind it that they have been
profuse in suoh promises before. The
platsorm Of 1872 was nothing but n
set Of solemn pledges. They were vio-
lated and contemned from the start, as
soon as they accomplished their pur-
poses. They are easily made, and
easily brokon. The time has now come
TO make them again, and to beg the
dear people to believe them once more.
Many nen are uow writing and speak
ing III favor OF what they call reform.
whose hands are stained with the pub.
!ia plunder. aud who are only desirous
Of preparing the way for another term
Of uninterrupted spoliation. They are
such adopts in stealing that they even
steal the livery and name OF honesty.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-19

The COLORADO Potato BEETLE.-A cor
respondent of the Baltimore San, writing
from Prince Georges county, gives the fol-
lowing remedy for destroying this pest,
which has lately appeared in such numbers
in this county:
The remedy used in the West is a mixture
OF Paris green with lime or ashes, lin the
proportion of to 81 sprinkled on the vines
early in the morning This will kill the
beetles when it touches them but the only
real effective remedy is to pick off the old
beetles and the eggs as fast as they appear,
and destroy them. Gathering them into a shall
low pan with coal oil, and afterwards setting
fire to the mass will effectually kill them; but it
is necessary to use caution and not touch any,
thing after lingering the Beetles without
thoroughly washing the hands. The fumes
arising from burning them are also said to
be poisonous.
This correspondent says that the old bee
tie goes into the ground as soon as the eggs
are laid. but the young ones will in re.
markably short space of time destroy an en-
tire field. He adds:
On the early potato crop the beetles will
probably not prove very destructive; but
fear they will entirely destroy the late crop,
especially after stay of one or two wears,
My advice would therefore be hereafter to
raise only early potatoes, and at the same
time keep the beetles in check. When done
with the potatoes they will attack the toma-
toes, and probably also the sweet potatoes.
VI potatoes they eat the tops only, but of to-
matoes also the fruit, which is, at any rate so
soiled by them as to be unfit to eat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-19
EoCal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS;

LITTLE LOCALS:
Dogs are worth five cents apiece in Bal
timore city, for boiling down into glue.
The song of the assessor:
''If so very soon Pm done for,
Wonder what | was begun for.h
Lecture for the benefit of the Bel Air
Presbyterian Church, at the Church, on
Thursday night, June 25'h, by Rev. j. r.
Paxton.
Concert at IIanson's Hall, Churchvillc,
on Thursday evening, June 25th, by the
young ladies of Holy Trinity School. A fine
musical treat will be given.
On Wednesday, in the United States
District Court, at Baltimore, Alonzo Kuns-
man, who was indicted for robbing the JAR
rettsvile postoffice, in this county, plead gull
ty. His sentence was deferred
The County Levy will close on Tuesday
the 23d of June. Persons who have claims
against the county should file them with the
County Commissioners on or before that
day
"A Virginia candidate for Congress boasts
that he twas raised between the handles of O
pillow, with n wagon whip in his hand, and is
still u farmer" Rather singular place TO
rear children, isn't it?
An ice cream and strawberry festival
will be held at Fallston, tonight and to-mor-
row night. FRIDAY and Saturday, for the
benefit of Falston Presbyterian Church. A
pleasant time may looked for, to a certainty
The strawberry festival for the benefit
ofGrace Church, Darlington, on Wednesday
evening of last week, was a very gratifying
affair to all concerned Some sixty or seven
ty dollars were realized as the net result of
the exertions of the ladies.
Mr.. E. Pierson Amos, whose farm is
near Friendship Meeting House, has bed
ofvery large and fine Agriculturist straw
berries. We are pleased with the sample lie
sends us, and will try to find room for the
strawberries themselves when Inc sends them.
Andrew Lee, proprietor of the Upper
Peach Bottom Ferry, has reduced the rates of
the passage of the Susquehanna river at that
point to the following: Foot passengers,
&c.. one-horse vehicles, 81; two-horse We
hicles, $125.
Not long ago Mr., John F. Lngan, car
penter, built for Messrs. George K and Jas.
y. Amos, living near Fallston, q frame stable
which is n model of convenient arrangement
and substantial workmanship. Mr.. Lingan
is an excellent mechanic.
Some thief stole twenty five dollars from
Mr.. L. W. Murphy's desk, in his store, at
Havre de Grace, on Wednesday afternoon,
the 10th inst. There were thirty seven dol
lars all together, and why lie didn't take it
all, is unaccountable. Mr. M had gone up
stairs moment TO attend to some business
and when he came down some one had help.
ed themselves to five five dollar notes.-Re-
publican.
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1 Blow Mt the Liberty of the Press

A bill was introduced into the U. S. SEN
ate last Friday, by Senator Carpenter, and
rushed through in hot haste that if allowed
to become law will interfere most seriously
with the freedom of the press, and may also
subject to great inconvenience every business
firm employing agents in other States than
the one in which they reside The eleventh
section of the bill provides that any civil
suit, not affecting the title of real estate, may
be brought against any corporation or other
persons in any Circuit Court of the United
States or in any court ofany Territory of the
United States or of the District of Columbia,
by serving process on the agent or agents of
such corporation or firm and such service
shall have the same effect as if served on the
vY1rincipal of such agent.
The mischievous and dangerous tendencies
ofthis section were fully exposed by Senator
Bayard and others, but the Republican Sena-
tors put the bill through, without debate on
their part.
Under this law, any newspaper with an
agent or correspondent in Washington, that
might make itself obnoxious to the powers
that be by too great freedom of speech, or by
fearless exposure of wrong-doing, could be
sued for libel by serving a notice on the
agent or correspondent in Washington. The
luckless editor from New York, Cincinnati
San Francisco or elsewhere would then be
compelled to endure the expense and annoy.
ance of trip to Washington, and besides
have his case tried in the corrupt and venal
atmosphere of that place, before tribunal
controlled by the very men, perhaps, who
have brought him there.
In the case OLA merchant or manufacturer,
having an agent in distant part of the coun-
try, suit could be brought against the princi-
pal by serving process on the agent, and the
merchant would be compelled to stand his
trial in distant and strange community, in
limited States courts, conspicuous in many
cases, for the absence of justice in their pro-
ccedings.
We hope the bill will not pass the House.
The danger to be feared is not to the press
alone, but TO the whole country. With press
muzzled and intimidatcd, the crowd of cor
rnptionisls Mt Washington could carry out
their schemes of plumber in peace This they
KNOW and hence their audacious and or fty
effort to accomplish their purpose, by intro
ducng this bill at the close of the session,
when no time is left for debate or close
scrutiny.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-19

ENTHUSIASTICALLY. VIM. Pinkney Ham
ilton, formerly of this place. has purchased
one-half interest in the the Baltimore Price
Current and Weekly Journal of Commerce, a
periodical devoted especially 10 the CONNER
cial and trade interests of the city. Its aim
is to set forth in an attractive manner the
great advantages which the city of Baltimore
possesses to make her successful rival with
all others on the seaboard In carrying out
this object the paper should receive the full
est support of the merchants and business
men OF the city, and indeed of all who feel an
interest in the welfare and prosperity of our
great metropolis.
The Baltimore Citizen is the title of a
daily paper, devoted to literature and ad-
Vertlsements, intended for gratutous circula-
ton in hotels, on public conveyances, &c
IL is published by Messrs. Adkisson & Bissell,
job printers, american building, Baltimore.
Mr. VIM. 7. Bissell, of the firm, is gradu-
ate OF THE -Agis office We bespeak for the
Citizen the liberal support ofthe people of Bal
timore.
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THE NEWS,
The wheat crop promises Il good yield
in Europe and Southern Russia.

The wheat crop promises good yield
in Europe and Southern Russia
The great bridge across the Mississippi
ut ST Louis has been completed, and the
ears an over it for first time last week
+iflmEpiscopal Convention, at Milwau-
kec, dected DR.. Edward r. Wcllcs, of Min
'it'tssota, Bishop of Wisconsin.
On Wednesday cvening,in Baltimore, a
respectable German woman, II years of age
hung herself by trapeze rope in cellar
Willie laboring under temporary alteration
of the mind
An unusual number of icebcrgs were re-
ported last week on the Atlantic coast A
sea captain reports that his vessel encounter
ed one four miles long and two wide, and
about four hundred feet high
On Sunday morning in Baltimore an
aged colored woman at prayer meeting be-
came very happy. and while in the act of
clappng her hands fell to the floor and i'm.
mediately expired, from disease of the heart
A telegram from San Francisco announ-
N,o thS SiSSeioh vi luC cutlTC democratic
State ticket in Oregon. The Legislature is
divided among Democrats, Republicans and
Independents, neither having majority of
the whole in either House
An Incorporate man named Edward
Quirk, in Baltimore last Saturday, attempted
to commit suicide by cutting his throat in
eight places with razor. He did not sever
the jugular vein, however and is recovering
at the hospital.
AT Annapolis, on Wednesday, the stock
holders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
elected the following officers President, A.
p. Go man; Directors Col. j. G. Berret
Michael Bannon, Daniel S. Biser, Gilmore
Meredith, Greenbury NJ Watkins and A. K
Stake.
AT Providence, Rhode Island, four or
five little boys, on heir way to school, made
raj upon doctors medicine case which
they found in his carriage. Some kind of
poison was taken and distributed among
their companions. The result is one aged
four is dead and several others are in peril.
The remarkable rise in the price of cof-
fee in the face of the abolition of the tariff on
that article, turns out to be the result of
vast speculative combination, having its CEN
tire in Holland. Eight hundred bags are now
stored in Antwerp, and the coffee crop the
present year will be enormous. 1t is some
qualification to know that most of the spccu-
lators have been ruined, and that coffee, for
long time to come, can be obtained at reason
able prices.
The judges of election of Petersburg.
Va, have been arrested on the charge of in.
timidating and hindering qualified voters at
the recent municipal election in that city.
1t will be recollected that the Republicans
were utterly routed, and the government of
the city restored to the rule of white men
hence the present attempt to play in Peters
burg, by means of the federal government,
the same role enacted by Durel and Kellogg
in Louisiana. The accused were held by
the U. S, Commissioner for bail for tho &C.
ton of the grand jury of the u 8. Court,
which meets in October next
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Mr.. Joseph G. Dance a well known and
aged citizen of Dulaney's Valley, Baltimore
county, died at his residence on the 10th
inst, in the Nth year of his age. He was
good citizen, quiet and transformations in his
manners and dealings with his fellow men.
He was civil engineer, and was very fire..
quently employed in the survey of farms,
public roads, ETC., and performed his work
correctly. Mr. Dance had been in i'll health
fora considerable time Toscsontoacn ,Tou,na
DIR. Wake B. Munnikhuysen, of this
county, will have charge ofthe Maryland Eye
and Ear 1nfrmary, No. CO North Charles
street, Baltimore, during the absence of Dr.
Reuling, in Europe. DR.. Munnikhuysen
enjoyed the advantages of special study in
Europe in eye and ear diseases, and the in
stituton in both departments will remain in
full operation. DR.. M. has been The able as
sistant surgeon at this institution for the
past three years, and his skillful services are
notable in connection Herewith.
A correspondent writes: A few days ago
the peaceful jewellers around Reckord's Mills
were somewhat aroused by the appearance OF
long gentleman from Hartford county
who with neck outstretched and coat tail ex.
tended was working his way, at re-
markable rate fspeed, down the road. At
first they imagined all manner of horrors but
when the excitement had subsidized they
learned that he was Fastening to the relief of
cow, which, in jumping fence, had landed
with her head between two saplings, and
could not extricate herself Probably an at
tempt at suicide, which is rather fashionable
just now.
"A short time since Mr.. Ralph ]. Greer,
OF Chester county, Pa, formerly of Hartford,
made narrow escape from a discharge of
blasts on the Peach Bottom Railway, near
the village Of Peach Bottom He was driv-
ing along the road, when he observed some
workmen running away from where they had
been at work. Apprehendng danger he put
his horse in a full run, but was not quick
enough to escape. The explosion took place
and the rocks showcred around him. fifty
FOUNDER coming down between his buggy
wheels. His escape from instant death was
almost miraculous. Although he passed
three of the workmen near the cut they al
lowed him to proceed unwarned into the
very jaws of destruction.
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THE HAvRE DE GRACE RAILROAD BRIDGE
In October last the Baltimore Bridge Com
pany of this city received contract from the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company to replace one of the
wooden spans of the great bridge over the
Susquehanna river at Havre de Grace with
an iron structure. The span, which is the
first on the Perryvlle side of the river, is 255
feet in length, and was completed few DAYS
ago. The iron work was manufactured in
Wilmington, Del, one hundred and fifty tons
of iron being consumed in the span. There
are eleven wooden spans yet in the bridge
each the same length of the iron one Just com
pletcd, and draw one hundred and eighty
feet in length, but the railroad company have
not determined when they will substitute
iron spans for the entire length ofthe bridge.
-BdltimOfe San.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1874-06-19

HE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN PENNsYLvA
NIA.-Never, says the Allentown Democrat
was the outlook more suspicious. Tired Of
the dsjointed rule of Radical misgovernment
uniform only in its cohesion to public
plumber and criminal indifference to the ma
teral welfare of the Commonwealth-thou
ands of the honest voters stand ready to leave
the party and cast their votes for the reputa-
BILE nominees of the opposition, while the un-
yielding Democracy of the Commonwealth
will march solidly to the polls and do their
part toward redeeming the State. Give us
good men and Pennsylvania will wheel into
the Democratic line next fall