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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-24
IN the United State, Court, at Charles.

ton. on tho asd Il Jsly es narte a. Ghirles-
Faik II Co. ct al, in re Kalesky & Gold.
hath: On reading the petition and af6.
aavits, 1t was ordered that said Kalensky
Goidhath be adjudged bankrupts. and
that the usual warrant of seizure do
issue. Wv
owen Sorrel (colored) had fight with
another colored man in Thompson street
N. Y, ON the Goth, both combatants
using razors. The latter, whose nome
could not be learned by the police. was
cut so badly thnt he died from hemor-
rhage.
james Bailey, residing in 34th street.
New York, was shot in the breast md
instantly killed by his eldest son, james
l.; Bailey. Father and son had quarrel
cd, when the latter drew n revolver and
discharged it at his father
Thirteen miners and four wagons were
captured forty-five miles North of Fort
Laramie, en- route to the Black Hills, on
Friday last, and brought into the fort on
parole.
The jury, in the case of n colored man.
named Thomas Alston, who died near
Charleston, few days ago, returned q
verdict Of death from the want of medi-
cal nid."
The Confederate ram NIerrimac is to
be raised from the bottom of Hampton
hoads ut once. There is no money on
her, but good deal of old iron.
The new dwelling-house. not vet COM
pleted, of Maj. E. NJ. Mills, near Black
stock, was blown down during the storm
of Monday evening.
The blacksmith shop upon the plonta-
ton of j. B. Erwin, Esq, of Lancaster.
was destroyed by fire on last Saturday
night.
Two men, named Spicer and Smith.
were drowned in Hazel River, Kappa
hammock Csunty, Va, recently, while
hauling seine.
John c. c. Darby, a youth of sixteen
died suddenly, near Level Land, Able
vile County, last week.
MIR. j. L. Carrigan, eff Society Hill
s. c., died at Catawba White Sulphur
Springs. N. c., few days ago.
A colored child, named VIM. Adams.
OF Lancaster, while running down hill,
recently, fell and broke his neck.
A lad named Allen, while bathing at
Lands Ford, Chester County, was
drowned on the 4th.
Rev. A. NJ. Shipp, formerly President
Of Wofiord College, has removed to
Nashville, Tenn.
There were 81 deaths in Charleston for
the week ending the 17th-whites l5;
colored 50.
Betsy johnson. colored. died sud-
denly, near Charleston, on the 32d.
James A. Brown, of Chester, commit
ted suicide, last week. by hanging.
Nr. A. j. Salinas, of Charleston, died
in Spartanburg, on the 22d.
Mrs. James Means, Of Abbeville, died
last week.
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Books of Easy Music

Collections of Easy, Brilliant, Popular
Airs, that every one can plny, and
no one can help liking.
Musical Garland.-S25 so. Violin
and Piano Duets
Musical Flowers $3.50. Flute
and Piano Duets.
Flute Bouquct.-s1.5O. Airs for
Flute.
Violin Amusements.--s1.5O,
Airs for Violin.
Party Danccs.-75 cents. Violin
and Piano.
Winners Band OF FOur.-s1. 90.
Quartets for lst and I'd Violin, Cornet
or Clarionet Ahd Bass
Strauss Dance Music.-$1.OO
Violin and Piano.
Violin and Flute Duets. 90.
CIarkes N Instructors for
$1.OO
Winners New Schools.-Each
20 cents. For Piano, Cabinet Organ.
Melodeon, Violin, Guitar, Banjo, Cornet,
French ACCORDION, German ACCORDION.
Fife, Flute. Flagsolet, Clarionet.
Sold by all music dealers. Sent. post
free, for retail price.
OLIVER DITSON Il CO., Boston.
CHAS. II. DrTSON & co.,
July IA wsH I'll Broadway, NY
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State South Carolna---Richland Co.

IN TIE COURT OF PROBATE
BY Is. L. Boone, Judge of Probate in Ricl
land County.
WHEREAS Mary NJ. Carrington hath
w applied to me for letters of admi
nistration on the estate of CHARLES Y.
CARRINGTON, late Of Richland County,
deceased: These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said deceased,
TO be and appear before me, at Court of
Probate, for the said County. to be
holden at Columbia, on the 9Th day of
August, 1875, Mt 10 o'clock A. NJ. to
show cause, if any, why the said admi-
nistrntion should not be granted.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the Court, this 22d day of July, A. D.
1875, and in the Tooth year of American
independence. B. l. BOONE,
July "a 81 Judge Of Probate.
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Thieves About.

A ROGUE entered the subscribers
~ house, last night, and took one
$50 bill and one SIS U. S. bill: also a
gold watch. J. X. Tuxberry, No. 5,875.
The public are requested to notice; other
articles Of less value.
T. R. CENTER, Richland County.
July "a
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Hampton Legion.

MEMBERS of Hampton Legion re-
1xl siding in Richland County will
please meet at Wheeler. House TO-DAY,
at IL o'clock NJ. W. X. BACHMAN,
July "a Chairman Committee.
, 1875-02-07

chase Of some chemical engines, which are
cheap and require very little outlay for hous-
ing and operating. If one Of these could be
put in every engine-house, and some OF them
could be scattered through the wooden sec
tons of the city, then every neighborhood
would have ready and practicable means of
extinguishing fires before they obtain head
way, md doing it without seriously danagg
ing the property by water. IF the General
wants to suggest something cheap, as well as
practical, let him turn his attention to these
chemical engines, whose efficacy has been
tested at hundreds Of fires in this city, and
whose record during the past two or three
years he can easily find, and give us his views
about them. We mike this suggestion to the
General, as the public would like to hear from
him in this direction.
, 1875-02-07

A statement comes from New Orleans that
at last the Democratic and Republican NEIL
bers Of the Louisiana Legislature have agreed
upon compromise, by which the Lower
House will be given to the Conservatives, &C
cording to their demand Of jan 1, seating
the five claimants whom Gen De TRoRR1ASD
expelled upon the request of Gov. KELLOGG.
Acting upon this compromise, the Legislature
will assemble, and, ignoring both HAHH and
Witt, proceed to elect d new Speaker. Tho
statement wants official confirmation, but it
is probably true, as it is in accord with the
tenor Of the general news from New Qleans
for the past week or two. II SO, it indicates
that the Committee of Investigation now in
that city has come to the same conclusion
with regard to the Returning Board
as the subcommittee, and that it
is determined no longer to uphold
Gov. KELLOGG and his *tgigantic fraud"
This compromise, if it has been made, might
have been made long ago, and saved the coun-
try the miserable scandal, the double military
visitation and interference, the firing OF the
Bourbon heart, and the general political con-
fusion and turmoil which have grown out Of
the Louisiana complication Before CON-
menting in detail upon the change of atua-
ton, we await confirmation Of the report;
but the probabilities seem to indicate TINT at
last there is hope for the final settlement Of
the Texed question.
, 1875-02-07

Our readers will remainder that, On Sunday
last, we called attention to the advertised re-
ward for mysterious book containing the
private memoirs Of GEORGE ". It now ap-
peers that the reward was in reality only
very sh7ewd aad ski11ful advertisement upon
the part Of some person to create market
for lot Of copies Of an unsalab1e book,
printed in 1880, by RonEB1 HUSH, called
Memoirs Of GEORGE the Fourth, Descrip-
tive Of the Nost Interesting Scenes Of his
Private and Public Life, with Characteristic
Sketches Of all the Celebrated Men who
were his Friends, Ministers and Counsel
ors." Hessra. SAnM j. Soss first exposed
the character Of the advertisement by print
ing card identifying the book aud stating
that, although the work Was said to have been
suppressed, It is BY no means rare, and can
be furnished to any one des1rous Of having it.
Tie mysterious oferer of the reward, how
ever. has secured his purpose, for no book Of
the present century has received such IN
amoa1t Of gratuitous and effective sdvertis-
ing. II the ghosts Of departed monarchs are
allowed to revisit the earth, and possess my
degree Of ssnsibiility, the ghost Of "the first
gentleman in E,rops" must have bsen kept
, 1875-02-07

a The enterprise Of the Chicsgo Tines is
son1ething remarkable; and, if somebody does
not stay round the Office and check the e1-
t1avagance OF the young men who are con-
Quoting the paper, FRANK AosEw will pay
visit there in his official capacity as Sheriff.
Il was only the other day that the editor
complained, and with good reason, of having
been compelled to pay 800 for several col
umns Of the most inane drirel upon the
BEcHB-TtIToN suit, telegraphed from New
York, specimen Of which was published in
lee TRIBUNE yesterday with due credit.
Now look out for another howl over the love-
letters which passed between T111ox and his
wife, published in TIE TRIBUNE in Aug
ust last The Times had our full
permission to copy them from the files Of TIE
TRIBUNE, but the young man in charge had
never heard Of them before, and squandered
several hundred doll11s more in having them
telegraphed just sevea months utter they had
been read BY every man, woman, and child Of
this city in Tm TRIBUNE. Such "enter-
prise ssvors Of the recklessness Of impend-
ing bankruptcy.
, 1875-02-07

very uncomfortable at the amount OF scandal
which has been circulating through tho United
States during the past few weeks concerning
himself and his paramour, A1rs. F1T2zEEsEEr.
As the matter now stands, the reader Of curl
GUS mind can post himself as to the private
4ife of "the first gentleman in Europe by
reference to the GzEy11LE Memoirs, the
HUSH book, referred to above, and the Hon.
C. LASGpA1E's *s Memoirs Of hrs. F1TzHEn-
sEnr,"-a book which has never been sup
pressed This is hard for the unfortunate
gentlemen scattered through the country
who are sure they have the only copy of the
mysterious book, but the general public will
rejoice to know it can have all the opportu-
mites it desires to ascertain tho real character
Of GEoRaE ".
, 1875-02-07

Schools public in character, but Catholic in
discipline, are an impossibility in this couc-
try. They would partake of the character Of
State schools and Catholic schools. But
State which, under the Constitution, can take
no step towards the establishment Of creed,
or Of two creeds, or Of ten creeds, can
not have anything to do, officially or
otherwise, with schools professedly religious.
It is not true that the public schools are
''godless" There is no good reason why
the teacher of the alphabet, or the multip:h-
cation-table, Of geography or algebra, should
be, at the same time, the teacher of religion
or dogma. There is every reason why,
under our form Of Government, he
should not. II religion were taught
in cur public schools, the clergy would de-
mand, of course, part in their management
This would lead to an eternal conflict between
the clergy and the public authorities, which
would eventually end in the entire destruc-
ton Of the system.
The complaint that Catholics make, that
they ore taxed for the support of schools
which they cannot patronize, is plausible
one, but more plausible than well-grounded
1t is their misfortune if they cannot avail
themselves of the advantages Of the public
schools But it does not follow TINT, because
they do not send their children to them, they
should not be taxed for their support. The
State is the Judge of whom it shall tax, and
for what. It has the right to tax all its citi-
IONS for any object in which the public gen.
orally arc interested or by which they
are benefited. Quakers are opposed to
war. AL the practices of war are
at variance with their conscience. Should
they, therefore, be exempted from tax
alton for war purposes? Unmarried men
are taxed for the support of our public
schools. So are those who never send their
children to them. The best citizens are taxed
for the support of criminal courts and peni-
tentiaries. It is right to tax citizen for the
support of any institution by which the pub
lie are benefited If the public are bene-
fted by the pablic-school system, that is
Sufficient reason why Catholics and all others
may be taxed to support it, and that the pub
lie is benefited by it no one not bigot will
deny. Besides, it is relatively very small
amount of the school tax that Catholics con-
tribute, an amount by no means in proportion
to the number of their children.
Catholic clergymen may as well learn now
as Inter that their agitation against the pub
lic-school system will bring them no good
If they do not like it let them build their own
schools But the American people want the
pubic-school system, and will maintain it.
Church and State arc here entirely distinct.
It is best they should so remain.
, 1875-02-07
THE GAMBLING MANIA,

A communication which appeared in late
issue Of TEE TRIBUNE, touching upon the
prevalence Of gambling, not only in this city
but also in the country at large, contains
many home truths which thinking people
would do well to reflect upon. The spirit of
gambling in Chicago, or in any other large
city, is not confined to the professional gam
bier who plays at faro or other games OF cards
and obtains his money by lucky play or by
swindling, as the case may BE- The unpro~
fessional class Of gamblers is vastly larger
than the professional, and the unprofessional
gambling is more insidious, Because it is
cloaked with responsibility, and sometimes
with religion. The one, in fact, is too often
q tender to the other. This unprofessiona1
gambling pervades every class Of the COM
munity, more or less. The s/s-ations On
the Board Of Trade are full o. r.. spirit Of
gambling, and they have led l.snTa man to
ruin. A large portion Of the haa;ness on the
Board is simply betting upon the prices Of
grain, produce, and meats, at given time,-
ten, thirty, aixty, Or ninety days hence The
operations in gold md stocks partake Of the
same character. Commodities do not change
hands. Nothing is bought or sold Two
parties bet upon prices. One makes and the
other loses, as at q horse~race. This mania
for gambling runs all through society, crop
ping out the least, perhaps, in ths Church.
ALI games aud athletic sports, from baseball
to prize~fghtrng, are games Of chance, inau-
gurated and supported to give opportunities
for ceuteel Or Fashionable cnt1bUns. IT aho.pa
itsal9 On i larger aoals Ia lotteries, Like
, 1875-02-07

Some days since We showed by compari-
son between the business of the Rhode Island
savings banks and that of the Cook County
savings banks, how much smaller the busi-
ness is in this city thanfi it ought to be by rea-
son Of the population and the amount of saw
ings- The case Of Rhode Island is not e1+
ceptional The City Of San Francisco has
about zoo, 900 inhabitants, and recent state-
meat Of the savings banks in that city
shows line Of deposits amounting in the
aggregate to. $55, ,891, 600. Chicago, with
considerably more than double the popu1a-
ton of San Francisco, has not one-ffth the
amount Of savings deposits. The point
which We desire to impress upon the bankers
is, that good law for the examination Of
the savings institutes Will be in their interest
IS well as that Of the public. An increased
confidence in the stability of These banks,
and public faith in the protection OF the de-
posts by the law, will add enormously to the
business of the savings institutions. The
effort to secure the passage Of proper law
by the Illinois Legislature should, therefore,
receive the support Of all who are interested
In this branch Of the banking buRiness.
, 1875-02-07

charges, or to indict Mr. HEsEa for libel if
he failed to prove his charges. It still re-
mains the dnty Of the Grand Jury to take this
course, whether Mr. HE5vG and Mr.
AaSEw have kissed and made up or
not It is matter Of very little
public concern whether these two politicians
are friendly or not /: but it is matter Of very
great public concorn whether these charges
against the Sheriff are true or not. If not
true, the public mind should be set at rest
if true, some steps should be taken to protect
the county from such scandalous, unlawful,
and costly administration Of the Sheriffts Of
flee. The reinstatement of PETER HAND as
Jailer, and the conciliation Of Mr.. HEsHG,
accomplish neither one nor the other of these
things
The fact is, that this proposed compromise
is IN insult to the people Of Cook County.
It is an assumption, on the one hnnd, that,
when Alr. HrsEo ISIS .:!zffed, the people of
Chicago and Cook Coun:y :cve nothing to
say. It is IN intimation, Oh ~ other hand,
that Mr. HEsNa can be pe7s.'a1ed to shut
his eyes to scaadalous things i his friends
are properly cared for. Meanw1Glc the pub
lie is asked to forget oil about AcSzv's al
legged personal and official misconduct: be-
cause he consents to reappoint man whom
he discharged, because be was indicted for
selling liquor to the county prisoners in viola-
ton of law, and who is als7 vafler bonds before
aUnitod States Commissioner fc7 sailing liquor
without license, In other words. here is
man who is now under q criminal indictment,
and republic arc asked toaccepthis reinstate-
ment as n final answer to the terrible charges
Of Mr. HEs1Sa against AGSEw. It will not
do. This matter must now be run down
until AoSEw is proved guilty, or HrsNo proved
hbeler. The reappointment of HAND
thing Objectionable in itself under tie. cir
cumstances,- has nothing todo with the merits
of the controversy. Will the Grand Jury net
in the matter?
, 1875-02-07

It seems that caucus Of the "Peoples
Party" have determined upon plan to patch
up tile differences between Mr.. HEsEG~ and
Sheriff AesEw, the chiefs of the foreign
Know-Nothing alliance. Mr.. PETER HAND is
to be reinstated as Jailer, with the privilege
Of appointing his subordinates. This is un-
derstood to be satisfactory to 3Ir. HEsrso,
and it is thought the settlement will have the
effect Of holding the discordant clements Of
the foreign Know-Nothing party together for
G time longer for purposes Of plunder. This
is oil very well, as far as Mossrs. HEs1Sa and
AeSEw and the "Peoplc's Party" are con-
cerned but it leaves the interests of Cook
County out Of consideration altogether. We
are Of the opinion that the taxpayers Of Cook
County are the principal parties in interest,
and are entitled to some voice in the pro-
posed settlement. It may suit Mr. HEs1NG's
convenience to take up man whom he has
openly denounced rs q blackguard, loafer,
and inebriate, in order that one Of his friends
may be restored to d little, subordinate
Office. It may suit Alr. AeNEw to
kiss the hand of the man who has
been Ibeling or lanapooning him in order to
have pence in the Sherif's household. It may
suit Mr. HAND to get back in position where
he can sell beer to tha prisoners in violation
of the law. It may suit the leaders Of the
" Peoples Party to accept this or my other
compromise that will keep their ofdce-hold-
ing x-eating combination together. But
the citizens Of Cook County have more inter-
est in the honest and decent administration
Of the Sherif's Office than in Mr. HEsNG,
Mr. AGxEw, III. HAND, and the tax-eaters Of
the "People's Party" They will not, there
fore, accept this compromise as final dispo-
sition of the charges Of maladminisration
which Mr. HEsHa recently brought against
AGSEw.
It is only four or five days since Alr. HIS
ING printed in. the Stats zeitung, in both
English and German, in order that it might
have wider publicity, q card, over his own
signature, in which he made Almost serious
Indictment Of AGSEw's personal and official
conduct He charged that AaNEw had sur
rounded himself with pimps, drunkards, and
rowdies. Ha charged that, with the
Of ex-Sherif BRADLEY, AaSEw
had retained the bad characters already in the
Office, and discharged the men of greatest use
fulneEs. He charged that AGSEw himself was
f'scarce1y ever sober,' TINT he was 81 fre-
quenter of weE-known gambling hells" aud
houses of ill-fame on Fourth avenue, and that
his appointees were robbing the county
stores, and were holding disreputable orgies
IN the Jail under the very nose Of the prison.
ars they were appointed to watch. He
charged that AasEx was the recipient Of
diamond star worth Sc 900 from disreputable
characters, who controlled the Sherif's selec-
ion Of jurors. He chnrged that AGSEw was
aking from the taxpayers for the support Of
he. prisoners about three times what it cost
hin. All these charges were made publicly
md in the most direct manner. It there
apon became the duty Of the GRIND jury to
axe cognizanea Of the matter; to iudict Nr.
Aaxxyr ~ Mr. Hrervn cf3tl3 Ex1hKtnn4t6fa 1.tG |
, 1875-02-07

! for instszce. It is found in gift concerts
and d!stribr ions. prize packages cn ra:lroad-
t.. ms, churcn-fairs, and raales for religious
purposes, which are supposed to be conse~
| Grated. but are not, By the character Of the
cause to be benefited. In more than one
case, the successive steps of tho victim to
tae gambling mania may. be traced without
dlIculty-f1om the church-ratfle for the
supposed canse Of religion to the art-distri-
button for the sake Of art, then to the great
lottery for the aid Of knowledge, then into
stock speculation, md thence to the swim
ding garniag-table and bu1lo, from which to
ruin is but O step. The end sought to be at
tained may differ in each case, but the moral
responsibility is the same in each In each
and every one OF these instances, one person
obtains mora than his due,-something for
nothing,-and the rest are robbed. The per.
son who obtains The something for nothing
invests heavier in the next chance. Those
who are unsuccessful try it again in
hopes Of better luck next time. The
gambling spirit is deadly fasci-
nation, and, when once it obtains control of
the individual, never relinquishes its grasp.
We have no disposition to palliate the con-
duct of the professional gambler, He is
pest in society who lives without labor upon
the hard-earned wages Of others, sometimes
obtained by fortune, more often by fraud
and swindling and the connivance Of confed-
crates. At the same time, the business, So
cial, and religious gambling spirit which per-
vadeg the community is but the preparatory
training of the other, and deserves the Sc
verest condemnation. The man who runs
the faro-bank has some excuse for saying
TINT his st business" is as honorable as that
of the man who bets On grain and who
'sruns Corners" The HANKNsEs and Nc
DoSA1Ds only differ in the kind Of game they
play from the VANDERBnTs, DREws, jar
GoU1Ds, and Capt. JACKS.
It is not difficult to discover the cause Of
this gambling mania. The secret lies in the
insane haste to get rich, and the mad compe-
dtion of every family with its neighbor in
the matter Of fashionable display. Men like
VANDERBILT and JAZZ GOULD, who make for
tunes in dry, are set up as types Of business
men, and are admired and worshiped by the
thoughtless, envious crowd Health, char
acter, honor, and even Life, are sacrificed in
this mad chase for money, and in this chase
the glittering and fascinating temptation to
make large sums at asing1e bound is too strong |
to be overcome. The remedy is not 50 easily
found. It may come of itself when the nation
grows older. Losses Of fortune, bankruptcies
md penics, aud hard times, which are the |
immediate results Of gambling, may in time
emphasize the lesson with such force that it |
will be needed, and men may grow content
to make money slowly and legitimate1y
through the old modes and thoroughfares Of
toll, honesty, and economy. Until such time
comes, the Church and the State have grave
duty to perform: the one to abolish every
form Of money making which encourages the
gambling spirit, aud the other to impose the
severest penalties upon lotteries, iftt;nstitu-
tions, and all other forms Of respectable gam
bling