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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-04

Foreign dispatches tell us that Eng
land md Russia will probably come to a
friendly understanding" on the subject
of the Central Asia question. 1t is
known that Russia is coming surely down
through Khiva, upon Afghanistan, which
is o dividing wall between England's
cherished possessions in Asia and the
Russian territory. Russia has acquired
q forced supremacy over both Khiva and
Turkestan, and she has recently sue
ceeded in gaining pretext for interfea-
ing in the affairs Of Afghanistan, over
which the English have been trying to
obtain kind of protectorate. The Emir
of Afghanistan has been accused of
countenanoing and aiding plot for the
massacre of Russians in Khiva. Russia
is, therefore, menacing Afghanistan, and
this, of course, has led to correspond
enoe between Russia and England. Both
are extending their territory in Asia, and
any difficulty will seriously affect the
designs of one or the other. Hence we
learn that D'Isracli will bring the subject
before Parliament, and that "friendly
arrangement" is at hand. For the sake
of peace, it is to be hoped that it is true.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-04

HOTEL ARRrvA1s, June 3.-1fansion
House-A. Hitch, Mrs. Watson, Ca; j.
D. Kaminer, Gadsden; E. w. Wheeler
A. D. Dodamead, Dr.. G. F. S. Wright,
city; j.. b: Latham, DR.. j. R. Chapman,
8; T.; j.. l.. Dominick, Peak Station; B.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-04

have the approval of the Mayor.
The following payments were made forI
copies of the assessment of the city, taken
from the books of the County Auditor:
June 20, '73, N. j. Calnan - S49l 65l
December 20, '73, A. L. Solomon 500 co.
And for legal services during the two
years
To the City Attorney Sc, 900 co.
To other counsel ... 1,676 65l
And the following which we here give in
full, being all the papers connected with,
the payment that ore filed with the vouch-
lors:
No. 1923. COLUMBIA, S. c., March 10, 1873.
Received from G. Barnum, City Trea-,
lsurer, S11 ,10S, in full for principal for bill
for supplies furnished the city in 19GS;
lTThe committee would say that the nc
counts of these two years, while Mr.. Bar
mum was Treasurer of the city, nre very
confused; that very many of them are pre-
scented in gross without being itomized,
and that tho whole are disSraccful as
financial records of the city.
The committee were unable to make nm
examination into the payment of coupons,
for the reason that the payments have been
so managed as to render my satisfactory
examination impossible. At one time, re-
iceipts were taken from the parties receiv-
ing payment for coupons, which stands rs
vouchers in favor Of the Treasurer; but
there is no evidence of the cancellation of
these coupons, or of their being posted in
the bond books, according to tho usage.
No Identification of coupons is possible.
The present plan of payment, through the
Carolina National Bank, after having been
received by the Treasurer in payment of
taxes, is complicated, gives that officer ad-
lditional trouble, and does not protect the
public interests. If vouchers are taken for
the payment of coupons, they should be
lspeoiacally described, and, if separated
from the voucher, a certificate Of cnncella-
tion put in their place. The general prac-
ltice is for the Treasurer to receive coupons
as money, which are counted at regular
periods by responsible committee and
duly canceled-the Treasurer being enti-
tied to credit upon this certificate. This is
the correct plan. Not having been fur
nished by the Carolina National Bank with
litg coupon account, the committee are una
BILE to say what receipts it may hold for
coupons delivered; and after delivery, there
lis no record evidence Of what has become
of them. 1t Is asserted that they have been
posted in the bond books, but no certifi-
Gates to that effect are found with the nc
counts.
A resume Of the transactions of the city
government show the following facts: That
the soth day Of April, 1874, the city debt to- of
record, according to the books, had been
increased from 1926, $50 to s619, 500. 70, the,
increase being s193, 742. 70; that city stocks
had been sold of various kinds, bringing toI
the city the sum Of s72, ,654.03; that over
1856, 900 Of the proceeds Of tho new bonds,
had been diverted from the use prescribed
lby law; that nearly $4,000 Of the special
interest tax collected in the yenr 1874 has
Iheen dfverfad from tho pavmart ~ oounov .,
, 1875-01-31

We are informed that the Supreme Court
nave fled their opinion in the case Of K1oK1E
e. WRIGHT, and have affirmed the judgment
Of the Circuit Court. This, it viii be remem-
bered, was suit brought by K1oKKE, who
t1nd been removed from the Office of Police
Commissioner by the Mayor Of Chicago, to
:have WRIGHT, who Ind been appointed and
confirmed as his successor, ousted KLokR
had been appointed Police Commissioner by
the Mayor to fill 3 vacancy; at the next cleo
ton he was elected by the people of the
county. In the meantime the law known as
the &c Mayors bill was passed. and under
the authority Of that lew the Mayor removed
him for cause, and appointed WRIGHT. Judge
WILLIAMS sustained the authority Of the
Mayor under that bill to remove him, and the
Supreme Court now afir1ns his decision De-
spite the hostile criticism Of that law, its
provisions, as far as attacked, have all been
sustained by the Courts, and, though it has
long since expired, experience confirms the
wisdom Of incorporating its substance in the
sharter Of every large city, and those in this
Ehy who most violently opposed it are now
liking the Legislature to re-enact It.
, 1875-01-31

5co with q ssbody of sound divinity" taken
f7orn The works OF the most eminent divines,
down 10 the present time, when tho
traffic in good sermons for the benefit
RI bad preachers Inns become SO large
md bold. OF course Sir KoaER's chaplain
made no pretensions to originality, and is no
more to be accused Of plagiarism than Dr..
PANE, OF any of the here-and-there preachers
in this country who follow their example.
md dispense the beaten oil OF JAZZ, WESLEY,
o. SrunaEoS to the 7urd congregation. But
our concern IS lest this first method Of
preaching other peoples sermons should de-
ceperate into the third There is nothing
more perilous to originality in preaching than
familiarity with other peoples sermons. It
is very difficult for preacher to maintain his
individuality as sermonizcr, whether he
pead, me1norize, or extemporizc, while he
alternates between vigorous sermons Of other
men and feeble ones Of his own The tran
sitious from one to the other Will become
mora and more marked with every repetition.
And how are these transitions to be avoided
BY the p1agiarist except by abandoning either
his own composition or that Of his favorite
volume Of other peoples sern1ons2 There is
just one other way Of escape from this
dilemma, and that only ends in nnother.
It is the third method Of preach
Ing other peoples sernons,-a familiarity
with them which SO charges, We may soy SO
surchargcs, the memory with them that the
preacher is at last unable to tell whether his
etemporo phraseology or protempore
,*.skeleton is his own or that Of another
preacher of another era This is some
preachers skeleton in the closet, which some
times breaks jail and stalks abroad, to the
dismny Of the flock and the ruin Of its un-
fE-shephera. The whispered gossip Of
the preachers plagiarism has in some
cases grown into hurricane Of indigna-
ton that drove him from the pulpit,
which, perchance, he leaves protesting
his innocence Of the charge. The identity of
ph1aseology he attributes to chance, or to the
fact that .Groat minds run in the same chan
nels" Be that as it may, there is no doubt
that in the case Of such preacher good
memory is the worst Kind Of memory. This
plagiarism By absorption, then, being just as
perilous as any form of the vice, We have no
hesitation in saying that the less preacher
knows Of other peoples sermons the less like
II he Will be. to absorb and reproduce
them.
, 1875-01-31

Gauges to Dufbangail, distance OF 50 miles.
It was completed in tiftg-thrco days by
the furnishing people themselves. This
tramway became Of tho greatest importance in
Transporting the food that had been collected in
Bengal, Burmah, and the Northwest Provinces,
and which was brought into the famine district
by the River Ganges and the East India Railway.
In connection with the railway, 3 series OF tele-
grapla-lnes were established to connect the W.
rious reiof-centres with each other and with Sir
RICHARD TEMPLES headquarters. In this man
ner 525 miles Of telegraphic communication were
established by the starving labor. The destitute
were next employed in constructing 8 system Of
public roads through the entire length and
breadth Of the famine-stricken districts. Over
1000 miles OF road were CONSTRUCTED. at 8 cost
to the Government Of 81, ,750,0 600; and gave
subsistence to 100000 human beings
(men, women, and children). In addi-
tion to the railway, 10000 bul!ock-carts
with two bullookB to each) and 5000 pack
bulloeks were employed in the transportation
and distribution Of food. Over four millions Of
bags Of rice, exceeding in weight 32G, COO tons,
we're imported and distributed at the expense OF
the Indian Government. It was either sold be-
low cost or used for feeding tho destitute. Every
person receiving relief was bound to do some
equivalent in work. This is m example which
might advantageously be initiated by the Relief
and Aid Society OF this city.
The largest number Of people receiving relief
amounted, ut one time, to 4, 500 000 individuals.
The entire cost Of the relief operations to the
Indian Government has not yet been ascer-
taiued, as tho accounts arc not yet all closed
but it is estimated at near s9, ,0000 0C0 or nearly
e45, ,000, ,00o in currency. This famine has really
been heavy tax on the Indian Treasury; but
tho money has been we'll spent. Whereas during
former famines people perished like flies, scarce
ly apy deaths from starvation occurred during
this last ono.
The famine has really been u blessing to the
distressed districts, BY supplying them with
1000 miles of roads, which, under ordin ary cir
cumEtances, those districts could not have OBJ
tainea in fifty years. Owing to the natural fer
tlity Of tho soil. the districts will soon recover
from the calamity from which they latoly suf-
fared, but tho roads constructed arc permanent
improvement Of their country.
Besides the Government assistance, lorge
sums we're contributed by private individuals,
European as we'll as native. The Maharaiah of
Durdwan. for example, spent f42, 600, and the
Durbangah Rajah's estates ;e240, ,000, III afford
ing relof.
Tor his services in these fa1nine-relief opera-
tions, Sir RICHARD TEMPLE has earned the thanks
of his Government and the gratitude Of tho en-
tire population Of the Province OF Bohar. More
over, his services have been rewarded by bis np-
pointment as Lieutcnant-Goyoruoro Of Bengal
, 1875-01-31

forwards some OF tho most celebrated artists ct
the epoch were employed in their production.
In oho illustrated calendar tho Device for Feb
ruary represented Neptune letting loose all bis
slu1ces, apropos Of which the gallant poet OF
the Almauack e1claiua:
Oque Neptune en- CO mo1s est villain,
aia1s Gup1doo Sen 1ao1ue ct VA son train
For September Vulcan figures with tho couplet:
yireut yulcain. les arts ct tusxrertecce,
Car de 1esar sein matt Ia Prudsncoi
From 1774 until dozen years latec the engrav-
inrs illustrated episodes in the fashionable nov
els dramas, acd romancea Of the epoch, while
those for 1883 referred to the career OF Fyeder-
ick the Great. who had died couple OF yeafs
before. Afterwards the illustrations degrner-
ated into fashion-platcs, among which ars soma
remarkable chapeau1 Ut tbe period, notably one
a grande gneu!e de loup, and another with large
wings aud suzmounted by miniature Mont
golfer balloon
From 1908 till 1911 the A1manach do Gosha
was brought under the ict1uence OF the Emperor
Napoleon, Who, az is we'll known, kcp: watch-
full eve over all books and newspapers. Corse-
quontIy We are not surprised &. finding him
writing on Oct 20, 1907, to Champasny. Minister
OF Foreign Affairs, as follows: Monsieur de-
Champagny: The last Almanach de Gotha is
very badly done. First Of all, it mentions the
Comte de- Li1lo. and all the Princes OF the Con-
federation, just IS If nothing Ind been changed
in tbs Constitution Of Germany. The names OF
tho Famille de France are. moreover, enumerat-
ell IN improper terms. SenH 1oF tue tl1nl310I OF
Gotha and make him understand that Ill this
must be changed in the next Almanack, which
require 70 DO communicated to you before being
printed"
: The Emperor being parvsnu, md not tho
descendant from an ancient family, folt cnooved
at seeing the nannea OF other soyeraignB pra-
ceded by their eeuealogy, and accordingly had
the latter suppressed, and merely the births,
marriages, aud deaths OF the various sovereign
Princes End Processes introduced After the
battle OF Jena. the partisans OF Prussia, inciud-
ing the House Of Orange, and the old d5nasties
Of Hesse-C2ssel mud Brunswick. were erased
from tho Almanack.
The Amanacl1 for 1910 is orramentcd with the
different Kings Napoleon hadsot up. : feg years
Later, however, there was such q shifting OF tue
occupants of European thrones, that Herr
perthes, the publisher, found himself Obliged to
reprint the Aln1auack no fewer thau three times.
i complete collection OF the Almanach do
Gosha is not believed to exist Hor- Perthes,
the present proprietor, possesses the most per
feet sal known, which has boen augmented by
purchases Of deficient numbers whenever an OPP
portunity offered. This set We haTa had the
privilege Of looking over; and it is easy to per-
ceve that several Of the Amanacks, bound in
perfumed morocco, or rose-colorcd satin orna-
mensed with medallions, and the entries in
which refer to loases at cards ana purchases OF
expensive lace, belonged to ladies OF the court
of Frederick ILL.,
, 1875-01-31
PE.s0NAIu

Laporte, Ind, thinls it is the ice-market Of
the West. II not it isnot for lack OF GOODNESS
in making the claim.
Adelaide Phillips going to withdraw from
the stage, and conreoces q round OF farewels
at Boston, whcre he resolve first took shape.
A New York maueer, either Jarrett, or Pal
mar, or Ba7num, il going to give tournament
utter the fashion of olden times. There will be
no 1ack Of Black 1nighta whatever elso may be
wanting.
Congressman SmIl, OF New Hampshire, is
called ''nopot" s Cincinnati paper, because
be has nominated ae son for West Point CO.
detship aud recommended another for the posi-
ton OF mail-ascnt.
a professedlJ religious paper, the Echo de
Rome, WAS fined LOO francs few days ago, and
it's printer mprisoed for three months, for an
articls grossly insuiug King Victor En.rnauuel.
The paper has sino bean suppressed.
At Antwerp, in tb Geological Garden, large
and mstronly fema, Of tho species dog Is bring
ing up family Of three infantle tigers, who
have been separate from their tiger mother for
fear TINT she woultmake breakfast OF them.
Willie Gooldy, oTerre Haute aged II Senra,
travelled ''on his GIN hook" to san Francisco
and beck. Now hi parents call him Windy, be-
cause be goeth mere ho hsteth, and no one
knows whence be oneth or whittier he goeth.
A Mr. Pym, linet descendant Of Long Parlia-
ment Pym, vas rcontly killed by m English
railroad accident. His widow received $4,000
damages, but as htwas "tenant for life OF an
income Of $4,000 = Jear, tho damages we're
Light.
A super who hat been struck by the manager
OF an Engligh thatro the other day came in
front and told tb audience ho had resigned.
The audience, aemg. therefore, 10 e1caHe for
his continuance the stage, yelled to him to
get out and be blakod.
In one Of the Pris courts q mother recently
sought to inyalidae certain stipulation Of her
deceased sons vi. He had directed that ho
should be buried 7thous religious ceremonies,
aud the mother soght to nroid this clause, but
the decision was gainst her.
A man entered ,ticket-ofhco in San Francisco
recently and asltedor ticket for ssDestination."
To prove that he ns not mistaken, he pointed
to notice which read g Passengers who in
tend going furtla than Yokohama are requested
to purchase throuh tickets to destination"
King William hs presented Moitke and Bis
marck With miniatre models Of the Berlin Col
umn Of Victory. decent bedstead for tbs wnr-
rior, and new mereclAum pipe for the States
man, would have been mora appropriate, and
perhaps saved the nation from al sorts Of for
aign difioultiea.
Tho Rov. T. H-McGrnth, Of Nevada, fought
hard against shaon and the railroads at the
list election, Whn be applied for half-fars
pass, as usual ,vor the Virginia d Ttuctee
Railroad, tho Superintendent regretted that tho
results Of tho 1Ateelection nlado it Impossible to
grant tho pasa dened.
Mr. Tracy propses-soi It Is anid-to read in
evidence the who| Of Mr. rltoa's uoval Tsm-
past Tossed" an the other e!do will rssaliass
By reading Mra. Eows'a book IN Byron ard Slfa'
Decchor's took-nol. This psivi3ags Of G:sn1-
Ing thia gseat Esl Il naaflj eqais&1sht to i
Abdfdi saatasinn~8r1rhfA
, 1875-01-31
A ROYAL CALENDAR,

The customary paragraph has been going tht
round of the papers announcing the appearance
for tho present year Of publication devoted t
such sublime matters as the births, deaths, ali
| apces, and genealogies OF sovereign Princes ane
Puncesses,-a work which naturally casts al
mere Peersses, beatifc as these may be, com.
pletely into the sbado. It ia needless to say thai
We refer to the wel1-Enqwn ''Almansch de
Gotha."
One hundred End eloven years ago-a few
months after the bilth Of that august infant who
Was to develop into the finest gentleman o.
Europe, and utter the stEangu1a.ion of the Gear
Peter by the ancestor Of tho OrloEs-merely a
week or two, moreover, before the termination
OF the seven years war, and when such notable
monarchs as Frederick the Grear, Maria Theresa,
cupiod tho thrones OF Europe-the first number
OF tho s. 'sAlmanach 90 Gotha " made its ap-
pearancc. It Was then, and for some years to
come, slender brochure OF twenty pages,
simply containing tho calendar, the times OF
tho departure or arrival OF the dotha
couriers, table OF moneys. and somo
elegantly eoEzaved tablets on which to inscrioo
ones daily Losses aud gains at cards. At this
epoch French was in fashion at all the Gcrman
Courts, mud especially Mt Gotha, where 1oltaire
had sojourned after his quaEzsl with Frederick
the Great, and had brought the French language
and literature more than ever into favor It was
for this reason that uarr Won nothberg, the orig
lnal publisher OF the Almanack. iutlciously pro
duced his brochure in French perceiving that
German Was not sufficiently a11stocratic to insure
q reception for 1t at Court. The result showed
his wisdom, and in Fronch the Almanack has
continued to DO printed until the present time.
Tho first material change Was made 10 the Al
u,auack for 1873 at the instlgation OF Herr klap-
pei who had accompanied the hereditary Prince
Of Saxe-Gotha to Paris in the capacity Of q tu-
tor. He conceived the bold idea OF largely in
creasiog the size Of the publication, which had
already acquired celebrity, and, IN accordance
, 1875-01-31

fhe great famine which has during the last
year devastated 1ndia is at an end, and Sr
RICHARD TEMPLE, the late Special Commissioner
for the famine districts, has submitted to his
Government his final report on the relief opera
tions. It coDtains some very Interesting state
meats The tract OF country in which the fam
inc was lately raging is situated in the Province
Of Behar, under the jurisdiction of the Lieu
antGovernor Of Bengal and the greatest
distress prevailed in the Zi'lahs (connties)
OF Patna and Tirhoot- TheEe two districts are
the most prosperous and fourishing under the
Government Of Bengal TiThoot, especially,
is called the garden OF India. It produces
the finest indigo, and furnishes oue-quarter
OF the quantity annually exported from
Bengal Of this valuable staple. It is
also one of the best opinm-growing districts OF
India Owing to the fertility Of the soil, end the
generally abundant rainfall, as well as the nu-
mesous rivers, fed from the SNOWY ranges OF the
HimaIaya Noun tains, famine6 have been al
most unknown in the Province Of Behar. Tho
ca1sea which brought on the ls.a famine we're
9 failure of the rims during the season OF 1873
simultaneous with scanty supply OF water
from the melting SHOWS Of the Himalayan
claciere- The result wss q drought, and its con-
sequence an almost entire failure OF tho crops
of the season OF 1894. Tie intensity Of the
famine vas the greater as the people had made
no preparations for SO unusual an occurrence.
On the contrary, the export Of grain is said to
hare been unusually brisk up to the beginning
OF the cold weather Of 1894, when it WAS dis
covered that the suppues Of grain we're ex-
hausted.
Tha first runors Of famine from the outly-
ing districts wero pooh-poohed, but they soon BE-
came alarming. The Government of India having
still fresh in ite recollection the famine In the
Northwest Provinces Of 1861, during which halt
\ million Of people died; and the Orisea famine
of 1866, during which over ono million OF hu-
man beings persisted from hunger and disease,
bestirrod itself in time, and appointed Special
Commissioner to report on the famine. and, II
necessary, suggest measures to be adopted Tho
officer selected for this responsible duty was Sir
RICHARD TEMPLE, at the time financial member
Of the Indian Viceroys Council-one OF tho
ablest officers OF the Indian Civil Service.
With the experience gained in former fam
ines, Sir RICHARD TEMPLE reported that the laws
Of demand aud supply wete imperative In an
emergency Of the kind then on his hands. He
vas OF opinion thai, in the usual course OF
trade tho province could not be supplied by the
mercantile classes with food sufficient for the
millions Of people that had become destitute;
moreover, that previous 9auanes had deuon-
stfated that the GRIM -me1chants md petty deal-
ers made it not their object to relieve the dis
tressed but to realize the highest prices for the
food they imported On speculation. Sir RICHARD.
therefore, suggested the temporary establish
ment OF q rolief department, to import grim and
other necos.,ries Of life, md to sell it to the
etarvino people below cost p1ire. in Email quad