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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-28

A CAUTIOUS SUGG EsTIoN. the
event that the upprehendcd Indian war
should grow formidable, rendering the
calling for Western volunteers noceA-
sary, the Chicago Times suggests that
discrimination should be made against
the enlistment Of Mormons, or, to pre-
vent the bankruptiug of tho Govern.
ment, tho pension laws should be re-
pealed. Tho widows and orphans OF
Brigham Young, under existing laws,
would be Formidable stupendiary bat
talon.
An EXPENSIVE MACHINE The Dalti.
more San and Philadelphia Age have
been figuring up the cost oil the United
States army. From 1861 to lSG6 The
soldiers cost the Government Sl,O04,.
600, 900, exclusive of bounties. The
Modoc war cost $4,000. 900. Each per
son in the United States army costs
French army costs Sl37 so per head.
STARTLING The ways Of the world
furnish many startling incidents, but
there Is no current event quite SO start
ling as the way III which the tickets for
the Concert of the Public Library Of
Kentucky are going of. Every
feels thut the time is now so short be.
foro tho drawing it will udmit of no
further delay in securing tickets. Tickets
for sale by u. Gambrill.
DR.. G. Troup Maxwell, of Newcastle,
Dcleware. formerly Of Georgia, has en-.
grated the skin from his arm upon the
face Of negro. The doctor was jubi
lant, us one would naturally be on see.
ing the white patch grow, bnt the Negro
not having white blood 20 keep it up,
| found his sableship restored ut the end
Of three months.
III" /" advertiscs philosophical vie
tim, 1.-The person who took fancy to
my oycr-coat was influenced by the
weather, then all is serene; put if he did
SO from commercial considerations.
am rcndy to enter into financial negotia
tiUns Tor its return"
The Staunton IIniicrA0,' learns thn,
"lho people Of West Virginia nro SO
slisgusted with State affairs generally
that il an arrangement could be mad.
without undnly burdening them with q
debt, they wonld willingly rejoin Ylr-
ginia.
Mouue, QUO Of the parties who facced
the Virginia tlrover of 81, 800. of which
Penn Bnrdell was supposed to bo one,
and which led John Chisolm to demand
money Of him, has been arrested it At
lanta. and is in Jail.
Raleigh is about to be blessed with
two morning and two evening dailies
and they all agree. The names Of thi.
happy quartette are the Sentinel, the
Crescent. the Ne,os and the E:caminer.
The demand for postal cards has now
settled down TO between 5000, 600 and
1000, 900 per month.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-28
For Sale.-.50O Bushels
"sOUTIIcxN QUEEN"
Sweet Potatoes !

PRODUCES over SEQ bushels to tho aero,
l. on favorable land. Equal to tho YAM
i'll eating Iualities-snd have dug them half
pound in weight in this latitude, on 4th Jnly.
pIice 81 so per bashel.
RICHARD O'NEALE, JR.,
Feb t2m0 Columbia, =. C.
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We hope that none who may be af-
Aicted with any chronic disease that has
been considered incurable will fail to
call at the Columbia Hotel, to consult
DR.. Greene, who is physician -ir. chief
to the celebrated Intirmary at Charlotte,
N. G. The cures effected at the above
institution have been truly wonderful,
and many in our own nnd adjoining
States have been snatched from the very
verge of the grave and rcstored.to good
health. He will only remain very few
days nt the Columbia Hotel, where he
will examine and prescribe for any and
all free of charge.
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Canton

"A LIZ persons arc warned aga;net trading
JohD n Iobn.No 1of n0rE !; made TO W. Il, stack By
stoien from the undersigned during the
ROBBERY OF his store on the 21st Of JanuaT
last. " 81 pTSUWJ
Feb % non: n
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Notice.

pERSONS wishing to subscribe for tho
l. following rare and vAlrahle -o-t. -;Ii
pieasc address the Agent At the Mend-i:
House Immediately: "Eppleton's New Ame-
rican Cyclopedia;" General Lees Life and
Campaignn," by J. E. Cooke; General John
sston's New Book on the Late War;" 'sTracya
BUSINESS US + Book or Guido;" VIM. II. Stewards
trated; "Horse Doctor" "Smith's Compre-
hensive Dictionary Of the Bible;" '"rrea-
sures OF Humors," by W. E. Burton, Come
HuDors;" 1.-The Leather Stochipe Tales. !" nv
Fennimo ore Cooper; Cooper's Sea Tales, i've
volumes in ono. These works are only sold
10 subscrlbers. apply soon to the Agent,
Feb 2G JAMES A. MCCORMACK
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THE PORT ROYAL
Docks, Warehousing, Trans.
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Chartered February Is. 1874.
CAPITAL STOCK S3,OUO.OOO.

POOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the Stock
- OF this Company are open in Oolumbis,
tho Central National Bank. One per cent,
only paid on application, to secure the stock,
ana the first regular assessment OF twenty
per cent. to be paid only whom Officially
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The Cider Has Arrived.
A ND is on draught at a. STORK'S Saloon
n Richardson Street. Raj os
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-28

Valuable building Lot.
BY d. @. PEIXOTTO & SONS

BY d. @. PEIXOTTO 6 SONS.
ON MONDAY MORNING NEXT March . a.
~; ~ tSS;oc!ock. III front of the Court House, in
~, Ihat prominent and valuable BUILDING
and having the following bonndsries and
dim ensions: Bounded West By Main street.
snd s'sisn fronting thereon thirty.one feet and
b,eyen b.ot n tncnes, more or lees. and running
inches, more or less; on the North bv John
= GGhgiish; South by DR.. Graft, and East by L.
II II. Carpenter This properly is q very eiief.
Wo ote SITE Tor business purposes. and one rarely
purchasers. wv "s'ou''on oA
aHnhs-One-third cash; balance in one and
tmo hao years, secured by bond and mortgage.
y snnnm tPprereat Pnroh at seven per cent. per
Fen % 'ohasef 10 pay US for papers.
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typographical Union, No. "a.
I'HE Regular Monthly Meeting OF this
r. Union o. will be held at the Independent
Feb % l II. N. EMLYN. Sec. and Tress A
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YouR Work OF LIFE In recent

YoUR Work OF LIFE In q recent
speech On self-culture. Lord Derby. the
great commOn-seuse statesman of Eng
land, expressed the opinion that
talent is not tho first qualification
for successful career, aud mentions
particularly two men who rose to fill
some OF the highest Offices in England,
aud who filled them we'll, too, and who
yet were at college constantly ridiculed
Tor slowness of comprehension; and he
goes on to speak of those first-clnss men
at tho universities who are now strug-
Cling hard for mere bread and roof
Touching on tue mental restlessness, the
Inquiry, tho doubt Of the times, no says
most simply and naturally what it will
not harm the modern American to read
again and again: Fright and wrong,
houor, duty aud country, beneyolence
toward men and responsibility toward
tions arc guided and controlled these
are not idle phrases. They are realities
which correspond with the deepest
wants aud feelings Of our nuture; and
no mau will feel himself utterly cast
down who Gun say in his heart what the
wlsest and best OF the human race huye
proclaimed in the whole tenor of their
lives. Whether [ am happy or unhappy,
is not my Chief affair; what most and
hrst concerns me is to find my work in
lille, to recognize it, and to do it," The
last clause Of this last sentence is w.
lume Of truth and wisdom condensed in
two lines. Many of the failures in life
occur from men not finding their pro-
per vocation, or il they have it, not
being willing to accept it. Every man
who has succeeded sigually has disco
vered aud adopted what he was fitted
for. and pursued it with perseverance,
and energy.
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Assignee's Notics of appointment

Z Assignee's Notice of Appointment.
DtS"tc1 81 South Chrolind-At Columbia. ,he
2S!h day Of February, 4. D. 1874.
''hEt undersigncd hereby gives notice Of
Il. us appointment as ASSIGNEE OF Nc
~ ~ Mtaater, monteith Roath. Of Columbia. in
the County OF Richland and state OF sonth
carolina: within said District, who have basn
aadJudged bankrnIts. on creditors' petition.
oy the District Court Of said District.
NATHANIEL BA, NWELL.
4 oo 20 so Assf0nee
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and energy.
A GREAT PoL1T1CAL PARTNERSHIP DIS.
soLvED.-The partnership heretofore
doing business under the name U. 8.
Grant and Purity is this day dissolved
by mutual disconsent. The outstanding
claims and responsibilities are assumed
by the Party, the senior member of the
firm retaining only the old place Of
business, with salary of $50, 600 year
and perquisites, amounting to us much
more.
The Purity continues the business, aud
thankful for past fuyors, solicits con-
tinuance of confidence and public pa
trouage. The attention of bankess,
monopoiists, protectionists, carpet bag
gers. scalawags and bloated bond holders
Is respectfully called to the new assort-
mont of measures that will rebound to
their benefit where used.
Orders from the lobby attended to
"itn promptncss aud despatch.
The Party will sell low, for cash, da-
maged lot Of character, old lnndaulets,
engraved likenesses Of tho minute Rich
ardson, (said, whom seen through n
microscope, to be admirable portrai,s;)
u large assortment Of dccaycd platforms,
hnaucial schemes. dead Chief Justices
and other lumber thrown aside to make
room for new utock Of IL like sort.
lFaShi"gtom Capital.
AS WAS suspected from the strinucn,
htipuations concerning the autopsy, Tho
death of tho hyphenated brothers is not
to interfere with their profitableness.
The curiosity OF the twins living is to be
replaced with the show oi the Sinmcse
dead. The connecting ligature has not
been severed, and barring q lew slashcs
on lhe abdomen and an excavation in
| the chest, the bodies are AZ good as new.
The Children object to this exhibition of
their fathers remains, but the bercaved
widows insist that us the defunct 'cut
up" mnch worse than they anticipated,
they should be made to 'cut up" better
after death.
The Pioneer Club, colorci, in Alex
nndrla, Va, being lately abou: to give IL
ball, announced on the programme that
tho entertainment would be strictly
moral until II o'clock" The odd un-
nonnccment having caused some com
ment, the committee of arrangements
have written to the newspapers to cx-
plain. "Strictly moral" means prone
nading, which even members Of
churches may engage in. After that
the light fantastic, though "uo inferior
characters, vii! BE allowed inside tie
building
by the arrival of steamer from Rio
do JanoirO, news is received that Asintic
cholera IS raging inS Bncnos Ayres with
Increased intensity, claiming from thirty
to forty victims per day. The total
number OF deaths amount to 3i7. 90
600 persons had abandoned their hom. S
IN the city to seek refuge in the upper
country. The President of the repub.
lie had also fled the city for healthier
residence on the island Of Carupacha
This net Of Saimento is Hnfavorably
commented upon by the press.
That cantankcrous school board in
Boston needs regulation buddy. Not
withstAnding the people elected four
| women school commissioners, aud de-
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ABLAzE WITH DIAMoNDs.-Mrs Astor,
the wife OF the hundred millionaire OF
New York, appeared at party given at
her Fifth avonue residence, one evening
last week, ut which she literally blazed
With diamonds. On each of her shoul-
ders, she had four stars, the size of sil-
yer half dollars, made of diamonds
Her hair was set thickly with diamonds.
and her head seemed alamo with them.
There was diamond bandeau upon her
brow. She had diamond cnr-rings, and
diamond necklace of magnificent pro-
portions. Upon the two sides of her
chest were two circles of diamonds
about the size of tho palm of the hand
From them depended lines and curves
OF diamonds reaching to her waist,
around which she wore diamond gir-
die. On the skirts Of her dr,ss in froat
were two large pcacocks, wrought oi
lines of diamonds. There were rosettes
OF diamonds On her slippers. There
woro diamonds, largo or small, but in
every variety aud form, all over her
dress and person wherever they could
be artistically placed. She presented
an extraordinary dtzzling spectacle. A
connoissuer in precious stones, who WIS
present, says the diamonds she wore
could not have cost less than 81, 600, 600.
The dilapidated and insecure condi-
ton of tho Virginia State House, and
the discussion of II proposition to build
new one, hns caused an interesting re
velation to be made. Many of the news.
papers of the State urge that the capital
should be moved further West; that it
ia too fur from tho centre of the State.
One plea is for its removal to Stuunton,
aud in defence OF it, it is asserted tha,
the people of West Virginia. becoming
tired OF their political wrapglings and
trials OF self-government, are anxious to
annnl the mythical Act of separation,
about the legality of which, it being
done during the rebellion by an &c partt
vote, it will be remembered there were
grave doubts, and reunite themselves
to the Old Dominion. If the capital be
removed to Stanton, it is urged the
movement for n reunion will be speedi
ly accomplished.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Good Words from the Master of the
National Grange.

have just laid down The Prairie Farm
er Of 3D. inst, after a careful perusal of the
leading article entitled Farmers not Com
munists" In behalf of the farmers of the
country and especially tho Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, | wish to thank you for saying of
us, They tolerate no incidence" "They alb.
hor anarchy" Their first training is in
the ways of industry, honesty, sobriety."
"They know and respect the ri hts of man, -
"They organize, not for wrong and violence
but for justice" "They join in no cry OF
Bread or Blood
There is no class Of our citizens who have
a more abiding interest in the permanence
and integrity Of the government-who would
suffer more by reign Of anarchy than we
who own the soil and till it,
We live in republic, and we fully I'M
derstand that republican form of govern
ment rests on the idea that the people arc
honest and their average judgment sound
We have an abiding faith that this republi.
can idea is correct, and that the laws will be
a reflex of this honesty of purpose and
soundness Of judgment We deem it the
duty Of every citizen to express his views
at the ballot box, aud for all to legally sub
nit to the judgment of the majority. On
ly thus can a republic stand If laws seem
unjust or oppressive-talk about them, ven
tilate them, expose their injustice, and doubt
not that the sovereign people will be Just.
Just now the farmers most deeply feel the
injustice Of certain laws. We clearly sec
where they deprive labor of its just reward
We see how they hold up the strong at the
expense of the weak. We have organized
to place these grievances before the
American people, and expect to receive am
pie justice under the law
We will be obedicnt to the laws, and We
have determined the lars shall be made Just
10 ms. Whatever class OF men seek to re-
dress real or imaginary wrongs in this re-
public by violence, may rest assured they
will find TIE Patrons of IIusbandry arrayed
in solid phaanx ON the side Of law and or.
der
Those papers which by "Nasty" cartoon,
depict us as wrecking enterprise by deed,
of violence, only show their own dense igno
rance, or exhibit their hostility. Their ad
vocacy Of $4,000 presidential aud $500
congressional salaries indicates that they fai
to comprehend the great movement tha
looks to q return to habits of economy anC
republican simplicity.
Misrepresentation and ridicule from sucl
sources only deepens our convictions that re
form is needed, and inspires us with re
newed determination to seek it in the way
provided for American farmers.
DUDLEY w. ADAMS.
Prairie Farmer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Tired of Organs.

DR.. Hollands ideas of the uselessness of
organs generally, as set out by him in Scri6-
ner's, are applicable to other organs than
partisan political mouth-pieces
What has happened with regard to the
hand-organ has also happened with regard to
party organs Of every kind, political and re-
ligious. The fact can be no longer ignored
that the people are tired of organs. A news
paper, recognized as strictly party organ,
is regarded as a newspaper without any soul.
A newspaper that is simply the exponent of
party policy the defender of party meas
ures, and the unvarying supporter of party
men, is looked upon with contempt in this
country which may well make it tremble
with the apprehensions Of its certain doom.
Party organs were adapted to a simple,
unintelligent condition Of society. At time
when the few invariably led the many, when
the great masses Of the people pinned their
faith to their leaders, and did not do their
own thinking, the party organ was in its
glory. 1t cracked its whip, and the whole
team, however widely struggling, came into
line. 1t blessed and banned at will. When
it declared one man to be patriot, and an
other to be traitor, the people believed it,
1t led unquestoning hosts to battle for meas
ures and against measures, for men and
against men, according to party policy, and
did not even pretend to independence
Now, everything from a party organ is re-
garded with distrust; and it ought to be-.
The mouth-piece of Il party is never the
mouth-piece Of man. Its utterances are
all shaped by the selfish policies AMI interests
of party leaders for the strictly party press
is never its own. The people have learned
that there is nothing which needs to be ac-
cepted with SO much caution as any political
statement uttered by a political organ. The
chances are all against it being strictly true,
In short, the people have outgrown the party
press, and the day of independent thinking
and independent scratching and boiling has
come.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Newspaper Nominations.

The nomination Of candidates for Office by
newspapers is contrary to the true spirit Of
our government. IL is a usurpation similar
TO ring nominations, --indeed it is usually
the way in which rings foist their candidates
upon the public, pretending that these news.
paper nominations, the publication of which
they have themselves procured, represent
public sentiment.
Tho only authorized nominations are those
made by fairly chosen conventions, the mem
bers of which meet, unpledged to any candi-
date, to consult upon and decide who shall
be voted for by the ircemen of their party,
The discussion Of the merits of probable can.
didatcs is within the province Of journalism,
but attempts to forestall public opinion and
the decision of conventions should be rebuked
by the people in whom the right of nominal
tion as vol as of election, alone resides.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Politicians in the Oranges.

The political organs that see mischief to
the regular ticket" in the farmers Organi-
cations, have great deal to say about poll
ticians getting into the oranges, and "trans-
forming them into a mere machine for doing
the dirty political work of wire-pullers and
ofice.seekers." 1t is truly affecting to see
the anxiety that the "wiro-pullers and Office
seekers" who run those political presses feel
lest others Of their own stripe shall got con-
troll of the oranges. But they need not fret
their gizzards. No doubt few politicians
have wriggled themselves INTO the oranges,
as Satan wriggled himself into Paradise.
But we imagine they already wish they
hadn't. Such critter in grange will be
about as happy as sheep-kiIling eur shut
up in pen with two or three pugnacious
old rams
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27

81 TO LES each. Partridge so To 90. per
pair. Rabbits 20c each. Gray SQUIRREL Toe
each. Tame pigeons lie each; stabilized pig
cons $3.50 to 3 per do2. Squads Soc each.
Turkeys l9 10 23c per III. Fresh killed spring
chickens 20 to 25c. Fowl 10 to ljr. COM
mon country geese l25 to l5c. Quail 81 80
per doz. Young green geese % lo SOC per
lib. Mongrcl ducks -. so to 3 per pair; black
ducks 81 TO LES per pair; red head ducks so
TO $50 per pair. Smoked beef tongues ! %
each. Young dressed pigs Sl25 to $50 each.
Dairy-Best packages Of lump butter 80
to COO per lib; second grade 40 to lsc; best
tub butter As to SOC; second grade ~ to BE.
Checse-Factory 10 to lSc per III; sage che 50
IL to 20c. Pineapple cheese $3.50 to LEO
each; Dutch cheese l25 each. Eggs, in
Guiding Eastern and Northern, 30 to 32c per
doz; lined eggs 10 to 25c.
Fresh Fruits and TegetuJlcs.-IIor rad
ish l25c per bottle. Cranberries 90 to 2jc
per quart. Marrow squash loo per lib; Hub
Dnrd squash &c; crookneck squash Sc. Po-
iatons soc per peck; sweet potatoes Toe per
ID. Apples, including fancy eating Zoe to
Sl.25 pr PIX. Tomatoes in cans 80. so pr doz.
Lemons 90 to 75c per doz; oranges so to Toe.
Pickles 60 to 75c per gal. Onions Toe per
peck. Cabbages &c per Id. White fiat tur-
nips Doc per peck. Carrots 40c per peck
Beets 30 to 4Oc per peck. Lettuce lOc per
head. Cider SOC per gal. Honey i'm the
comb 40 to SOC per h. Popping corn Sc per
lib. Cpcoanuts 10 to Ice each Fresh rad
ishes 10 to l5c per bunch. Celery 90 to csc
per root
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
EDITORS TABLE.
The Atlantic Monthly.

Tho Atlantic Monthly for March has to hand,
and proves to be capital number. II opens with an
installment OF Mr., Aldrichs story, prudence Pal
frey" in which tho reader is taken TO tho mining
gons Of tho West, where the writer's neat and ncis-
i've style produces curious effects. One Of the
most interesting articles Of the cumberland that for
twofold reasons the lato Ralph Keelers version
Of Owen Browns story of Joon Browns historic attack
on Harpers Ferry. 1t Is history romance and memo
rial, all in one Keller himself is tho subject Of u
graceful and feeling sketch from the editor of the mag
azine, Mr. Howsils. The other stories Of the number
by @. p. Lathrop and P, Deming, besides the SERIAL
"Mose Evans" arc very readable. Mr.. Warner con-
tinues his amusing journey to BaddecE and his follow
upon the printed page will not how long he is
about IT, ]. H. A. Bono has a curious article upon "a
Medieval Naturalist s" I'll X. D." writes pleasantly
Of the baekwoods of Canada and Stephen Powers
gives information respecting tho abOrgnos Of Callfor-
MIA Tho editorial and critical departments are up to
the usual standard, which IL saying enough.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-27
Reported for the VERMONT FARMER.
East st. Johnsbury Farmers Club.

A large number of the club met at their
usual place on Thursday evening, Feb. IL,
to discuss the question, " General Treatment
of Dairy Cows "
A. II. IIovey: 1t is a subject 10 which
have ever been very much interested | al
ways reserve portion of my best early cut
hay for my COWS, and commence to feed it
with meal about a month before calving l
have had dairy of twenty COWS, for twenty
seven years, and as yet have never had any
trouble, nor lost any, and always feed meal.
If COW be in thriving condition she will
not be so liable to carry aiter-birth. After
they calye do not give them cold water.
Good feed and warm stable are very essen
tial points in making good dairy When
l turn out my COWS, gradually cut off their
meal, and feed none after tho Both of May.
| prefer that all my COWS should come in
in February. Last year | had nineteen
COWS, and sold 2700 pounds of butter. The
yearly average per COW is 100 pounds.
j. q. Potter l think the cause Of COWS
carrying aiter-birth is too high and dry feed.
II you will feed them potatoes ten days pre-
vious to calving, it will prevent it. Cows