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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-18

Mrs. TILToN PUTTING EvARrs Up TO
THINGS. Yet Mrs. Tilton is by no
means 80 Indifferent to the proceed
ings as hhe was at first. For the last
three or four days Beecher has taken
no notice OF her, aud she sits all day
with her head bent, staring vaguely ut
the carpet. To be sure, she hos dis
gusted all neutral observers by the
freqency with which she writes little
notes. each suggesting point where.
with her husband shall be plagued by
his rossexaminer. Nor, I am sorry
to notice, does Evarts disregard these
petty conjugal treasons. but, over aud
over again, depends upon her prompt.
ing for the confonnding and buwilder-
ment of the witness. It is much more,
and great deal more, detestable-s
several of us feel-that she thus arrays
confidence, even blighted wedisck,
against the one OF those two whom its
violation has the most utterly and
most indisputably ruined, than il she
we're to boldly mount the witness
ntand and commit bluck perjury
against the man who has made q
'shipwreok Of this life for the sake OF
retaining her. I must confess that
cannot compute, by any STANDARD to
which 1 may refer, the depth and
breadth Of the infatuation which
drives that shrinking little woman to
the murder of her husband. 500 years
ago. under the same physical influence
she would have poisoned the one wi til
laurel water and fed with the other in
the velvets of page. In 1875 she il
dowdy little creature, stared OF in
court and snubbed by her gallant, who
merely kills her husbands fair fame
by sTibbling notes to his dry and
rnspiEg cross-cxaminer. There was
morI poetry in the laurel water aud
vel/ets, but what would lawyers and
pphers have done?
Brooklyn Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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The Philadelphia Age has been pur-
chased by party of gentlemen who,
on the 14th Of March, will issue the
Times. two cent daily. A semi.weekly
and weekly edition will also be it,
sued. Ample capital is secured. The
editorial department will be in charge
of Col. 4. K. Mcclure.
Policeman Cndney, of New York,
was SO chilled through while on duty
on Thursday night. that on attempt
ing to ascend the steps of his house he
fell and struck his head against an ice.
box, fracturipg his skull. He sur
vived only two hours.
The sale Of Mile. Jouvin's smuggled
laces, silks, &c, took place in New
York on Saturday. The bidding
throughout was very spirited, ,sand the
proceeds of the sale will not fall very
much below the actual value of the
goods.
Brevet Major General George N.
Macy died ut his residence, in Boston,
Saturday night. He accidentally fell
on Friday, and small pistol in bis
hreast pocket veg a;schs:Sea, :aa;a:-
ing wound which resulted in his
death.
The exact truth about Arkansas is
very important for the ooontry to
know now, when the President pro.
poses to Congress the destruction of
the State Government and threatens to
undertake the task himself. :
Hannah, co:ored woman, late u
servant OF Mr.. John Sanders, of Sum-
tsr, and always faithful and devoted,
died on Rafting Greek, on Thursday
last. aged Ill years.
When a young lady has 10 stsy at
home from o party on account Of sty
on her eye, it is useiess to tell her that
Providence doeth ell things for tue
beat.
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MORE TROUBLE WITH THE MAN AND
BRoTHER.-A despatch from Balti.
moro says that some more .nidship.
men from the Naval Academy are get,
ting into trouble over the aolored Ca
det. Baker. On Tuesday Of laat week
he quarreled with some Of bis class.
mates. and was snowballed. He cursed
them liberally, and next day Midship-
men Hood, of Alabama, aud MELTON.
OF South Carolina, came across Baker
in an obscure part OF the academic
grounds, and, Notwithstanding his
apologies. gave him o terrible beating.
Investigation is to be made. : In The
mean while the two parties are under
tss haSs @aas s,s11 % Tas s
matter quiet. and it only hedame
known through thethiking, ,6f come OF
the midshipmen outside of the soads..
my. 80, =.
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Opera House...De Murala.

NyHE greatest musicsl event eince Jenny
Il Lind! De MURSKA CONOERTEi Tho
finest ever given in Colombia. Mr.. d. Do
Vivo has the honor to announce that
MILE De MURSKA, tho famous MungA-
ria1 nightingale, will give ONE GRAND
O'clock, assisted by her Grand Concert
Combination. Mile Csrreno Seuret. the
charming pianist; Bill. .Ferranti. the great
est buffo Ginger; Nons. Ssuret, the bril-
liant violinist; Sig. Braga, the king yio-
lincellst and composers" Mr.i Charles Z.
sion-Balcony and OsoheatrA 0l.50, in.
cluding. Reserved Seatss Gallery 5t.00.
Sale Of eeats will begin on "Wednesday.
Knabe & Co., pianos are exclusively used.
Reserved seats may be secured et Wheeler
House. ~ t - w. Fob i36 Z,
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While Mr.. and Mrs. Mellott, of
MoOonneiisDurg, Pa, were visiting,
their house, with three children. was
burned up. The children were locked
in the house. 81 >Duil !t3iJ
HoM1o1DE.-A difficulty occurred
near Selkirk, In Marion County. on
Friday night last. in which Cesar
Cowser was killed by Ches. Povnsend !;
both colosed. 'fSFI
A young man, about seventeen yea re-
old. James Hshdman, was found dead,
IN James Orsess9n the l1th, in the
lover part, ,pi spaftapbnfg County.
g. Charles Terry, EGGS, o veil known
eltissn Of Me loyef pestion OF Gree n,
VILE. afsd tSn T6ufsdFy W. ~
sHoas sereseb-.hs Stretch across the
tnaterhal knee. = @
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new RELIGIOUS belief ia oainir

A new religious belief is gaining
ground in OHIO. Ita adherents are
called Eternalists.' They hold chat O
soul is imnsoftaiS and that 1t occupies
suocessiontof bodies on earth, both
men and animals, and that when dis.
embodied by death it hovers in the air
until by soms subtle process Of mate
riali5ation'it forms or enters new in.
fantile body, the character OF that
body--whetheR hog, dog or man
depending upon the manner of life
vhich the deceased person from whom
the aonl comee has led.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-18

SENDING BABY TO HEAVEN DY A
BALLooN.-One of the strangest and
most horrible of sensational incdeut ts
took place the other day at Pntcaux.
A party of children who were playing
in the environs. discovered floating in
the mir. and partly entangled amid the
branches of tree, white parcel, up
borne by means of somo twenty or
thirty little red toy balloons, which
were attached to it. The attention of
the police being called to this singular
object, it was brought down and the
package opened. which proved to con-
tain the corpse Of q newborn infant.
Investigations into tho matter brought
to light the following facts: The child
was that OF poor toy-maker and his
wife; just otter the confinement OF the
latter, the husband had died suddenly,
and all the household goods and chat
tells had been seized for rent. The un.
happy woman was driven mad by this
accumulation Of misfortunes; she
killed her infant. and then went ont
and threw herself into the river, leav.
ing behind her a written paper, in
which she declared her intention of
com mitting suicide, and said that she
chad gotten her baby all ready to go
up to heaven. A sadder tale, With q
stranger termination, it would be hard
to find. The toy balloons evidently
had formed part OF the dead husband g
stock in trade.
Paris Letter to Philadelphia Press.
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CoNNECrIoUr DEMooRATIo CoNvEN.
TIoN.ATbe convention eieoted David
A. Wells Pxssident. Ie t!. .saaassss DO
stated that the Republican party had
failed to properly administer the Go.
vernment aad restore peace and har.
mony since the war. he, therefore,
| urged return to Democratic princi.
pies. which he stated was opposition
! TO Federal Interference in tue affaire
OF Sta: es-that Government being the
best which governs the least; equality
OF all men before the law; better our-
rency, based on hard money, and taxa.
ton for revenue only. He thought it
important that these principles should
bs carried out farther than in expres.
sions and platforms. He denounced
Federal interference in Louisiana as
dictated by u vagabond political ad-
venturer. The convention unanl-
mously nominated the old ticket.
The following ara the resolutions
adopted:
l. That free government derives it's
Just powers from the consent of the
governed. That the Federal Govern.
ment is vested with those powers only
which are granted to it by the people,
aud enumerated in the Constitution of
the United States.
z. That the public welfare requires
the supremacy of the OWL over the
military authority, and the freedom of
persons under the protection of Aabeus
corpus, and consistent with the public
order for the State seif.government
and for the nation, return to methods
of peace and to constitutional limitn-
tions Of power.
8. That We view with apprehension
and alarm, and solemnly condemn as
subversive Of free government, the re-.
cent action of the Federal Executive
interference in the States ofLouisiana
and Arkaneus, and the avowed deter
mination Of the Administration to dis.
regard the will OF the peopls of those
States in reference to the organic alton
of their governments. and the manage
ment of their local affairs.
4. That the use of bad money i'm
poses an unequal and dishonest tax,
which bears most heavily on those who
work for wages; that unredeemable
paper currency. by whatever name
known. is bad money; and that it is a
fraud in time Of peaoe for the Govern
ment to make anything a legal tender
except gold aud silver coin of o fixed
standard.
8. Thst the Republican party has
proved itself uutit to rule, because,
with unlimited opportunity, it has
fniled to make the bad money which J;
has forced upon the people equal to
good money with which to pay it's
bondholders.
6. That it is no time, when industry
is depressed aud honest labor every
where deprived of opportunity for
regular and remuperative employ ment.
to increase the burdens of Federal
taxation, and that the present acknow-
lodged bankruptcy Of the national
TREASURY is conclusive proof of the in.
competency of the Republican party to
properly administer the fiscal affairs OF
the country.
The remainder of the resolutions
point to the economic administration
of the State Government during the
past two years by Democrats; point
with pride to the ticket presented for
reelection. and approve of certain ac-
tions of the last Legislature.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-18

Kerosene! Kerosene!l a,..
Sn BARRELS brilliant WHITE KRRO.
cO SENE, guaranteed fall Government
fire test, just received. Price 18 cente per
gallon by the barrel and 20 cente at retail.
Terms cash. JOHN AGNEW & SON.
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He REFUSED TO MARRY THEM.-On
Thursday afternoon well.dressed CO.
lored man and a young white woman
visited tho city hall, in New York, und
made known their desire to be married
by Mayor Wiokham, but the latter re.
piled firmly. 'No. sir; il can't be done.
While I am Mayor Of this city shall
never marry black man to white
woman. nor black woman to a white
man." 10 by-stander who suggested
that perhaps he had not read the
fifteenth amendment and the Civil
Rights Bill, the Mayor replied, IL
know all abont those laws, but you can
rest assured that Notwithstanding
them, no marriages. between whites nd
blacks can take place in this hall while
1 am the Mayor of the CITY," The co.
lored man looked surprised, aud the
girls eyes filled with tears. They
afterwards made application to Justice
Kilbreth to perform the ceremony,
but the Justice said he was "too
busy"
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A RAILROAD WAR "A correspond.
enoe between President Garret and
Col. Scott has resulted in renewed hos.
tilities. The Pennsylvania Railroad
has taken steps to shut out the Balti-
moro and Ohio Road from freight and
passenger traffic North OF Philadelphia
over their jersey lines. This means
war to the bitter end. The quarrel in.
wolves freight and passenger traf1ic
North and West and indirectly South.
ITALY.-The census of the kingdom
OF Italy for 1871 shows that the total
number Of inhabitants is 28,8O1, ,O64,
Of whom 23. .291 ,O83 have fixed resi-
denoes in the country. the remainder,
or 10 to the 1000, being either ira.
velers OF temporary residents. The
increase during the ten. years preced.
ing was 5,023. .82O.
APPOINTMENTS. Trial Justices: Alb.
bevilia-S. A. MnIntoah. A, T.. Nc.
Oaslin; Chesterfle fleld-Wm. Godfrey:
Fairield-Thomas Walker. Notaries
Public: Abbeville--M.1M. Young; An
derson-W. r. Sharpe; Charleston-
A. NJ. Lee, Jr.; Edgefield-W J..
Ready;, Marlboro-H. H. Newton.
"PEAoB ON EARTB, Coop Will TO
MEH."-A Northern lady, lately de-
ceased. left Major Thomas G. Jones,
of Montgomery, Ala, d legacy OF $500
for the great ser vios done the cause OF
peace and good will between the North
and South by his Confederate mono.
rial oration delivered there last May.
3 OF 55. 900 babies born In Paris every
year 10000 are "put out to nurss"-
thas 10. pnt out to be done foe by pro.
cess of slow murder.
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Funeral Invitation.

Funeral Invitation.
The friends of DR.. and Mrs. A. N. TaIley
are invited to attend the funeral eervicee
OF their daughter VIRGINIA CELESTE,
as Trinity Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at
o'clock. IA
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-18

Daaths in Charleston for the week
ending February Is. 48-whites. Is;
colored. 88.
The Mexican chow "busted" in
0reenviile.
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Reading matter on every page.
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GRAND EXPOSITION
Lost,

Lost, ..,s
APAlR OF GOLD Spec.
RrACLES. The finder will be
rewarded by leaving the same at this of
fee. Feb II
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-15
Impending War.

Europe il not in O condition which
promises . lasting peacu. In Russia
there il widespread discomfort and un.
certainty. The social results of the
emancipation of the serfs cannot yet be
predicted, AMI socialism is spreading
rapidly among the working classes, and
the army, which is undergoing reorgau-
izntion, IL not YET in IN effective condi.
ton. In Germany the feeling that the
empire rests on Bismarck's shoulders
renders the public mind uneasy rs t.
the consequences which will follow his
death. Austria is trying the expert
ment of dual government, and the sue
cess of the experiment is probiematical.
Denmark breads an attack from Cor
many, and is troubled with a struggle
between tho peasantry and the land.
holders. Turkey is nearly bankrupt.
France is without a permanent govern.
msnt aud burd aned by the cost of a
destructive war. Anarchy rules in
Spain, and Belgium is torn with relig.
ious strife. Only in Italy aud England
is there promise OF pace and prosper
ity. This almost universal discomfort
and uueasiness, coupled withthe efforts
of all nations to bring their armies up
to the highest point of efficiency, fore
shadows the near approach OF war, AMI
the very recognition Of the fact that war
may break out any day renders the CON
tidence which is the necessary condition
OF prosperity all the more impossible.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-15

Atlanta Herald: Yesterday in con-
versatlon some one remarked that Gen.
roombsnever CROSSES u court. house door
for less than five thousand dollars.
When Judge Lochrsne replied that
there was nothing strange about that
| wouldn't take any case for a smaller
fee than ton thousand dollars. This
caused the crowd to discuss legal fees,
and it was found that some pretty large
fees had been paid Atlanta lawyers
since the war. Mr.. Hill, in the cele-
brated Metcalf case, received a hundred
thousand dollars fee. Judge Lochrane
q fee of forty Thousand dollars in the
Bruins sick and Albany case. MI. Hill
received q fee of twenty-five thousand
dollars for his Management of Kimbalrs
cases. Judge Lochrane received fifteen
thousand dollars as a fee from Mrs.
KimbnlI, in The Kimball House case.
In addition to these cases, there is a
case now pending between Henry Clews
& Co., VS.. the Cherokee Railroad, in.
volving 1915, 900, 10 which the fees will
be large. 1t is said that Judge Loeb.
rane's foe rs attorney for Clews, will be
$50, 600. IN
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-15
The Golden Rule of Agriculture.

Plants live a double life. They have
q two fold nutrition-minoral and or
ganic. Their mineral food is derived
from the soil and the organic from the
air. While the organic constituents of
plants are generally uniform, by a strict
analysis Of their ashes it is discovered
that the different classes are marked by
tho prevalence Of certain mineral ele.
ments. Some abound in potash, others
in lime, some in phosphates and others
in silica. Different parts of the same
plant have also their prepond Grating
elements. Thus it appears that the
reason why all crops are not suited to
tho same soil is a variation Of the min.
eral elements. All crops are not suited
to tho same Soil, and mainly because it
is deficient in certain mineral elements,
or they exist in too large quantities.
Tho fertilization OF soils is tho nd.
dition TO the soil Of suitable pabalum
for the growth and development OF
plants. Ii allowed sufficient time,
plants can extract organic materials
from tho surrounding atmosphere to
attain a vigorous growth yet if we APP
ply TO their roots manures yielding am
monia, carbonic acid, nitrogen, etc, we
supplement the atmospheric supply and
hasten their development. Liquid ma.
nures are, therefore, of high value, as
their action is immediate and powerful.
But if this policy is long continued it
will exhaust the soluble mineral Gle.
ments in tho soil and render it com.
paratively worth ,ess. Hence, in all
permanent systems Of agriculture, min
eral fertilizers can no more be dispensed
with than organic.
Long continued cropping removes
from the soil oil the available mineral
constituents of plant food, unless we
restore to the soil in the shape of ma-
nures exactly what is lost in the crop.
Tbia, then, is tho golden rule Of agri-
culture, BY failing to heed this i'm
portant principle millions Of acres Of
the choicest land have become WORTH
less, and millions more are now under
going the same ruinous process.
We should economic every source Of
fertility. Manure heaps should al be
s~prinkled with some absorbent, such as
gypsum or diluted 8 lphuric acid, 10
prevent the escape of ammonia, liquid
excretions preserved in tanks that none
Of it may be wasted, ashes saved and
ON the fields. Compost heaps
should be formed where all refuse-ani.
NAL OF vegetable-may be utilized and
while tho accumulation Of filth and
noisome odors is prevented, the soil IS
enriched and farming made remunera-
tive. With fertilizers the careful farmer
can accomplish much without them he
accomplish nothing.-COr. Ameri.
cdn Farm Journal.
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The Thread Upon Which the Peace OF
Europe Hangs.

The Berlin Post, a ministerial journal,
has a leading article saying
Recent events unfortunately render
it too probable that the present French
assembly, fearing that it will have a re.
publican majority in the next assembly
disposed to peace, are anxious to pre-
cipitate u wal of revenge under the
dangerous auspices Of Marshal Mac
Mahon and the Orleans princes, while
the STRONG body of royalist deputies
will be placed in position to profit by
the restoration of monarchy. War ac-
cordingly is coming, although the
clouds gathering on the horizon may
yet be dispersed. The Austrian cor
%servatives are ondeavoring to GUST An,
dreHsey from the cabinet, with a view
to participating in the coming event.
The create part of the upper classes in
Italy are ready to join any allay against
Germany, considering her anti Papal
attitude hostile to italian interests.
Yet it is by no means certain that
France viii be able TO procure an Aus.
trian alliance. Just now if her en-.
deavors fail, the war will probably be
delayed, bnt things will reach a pass
when the German people should be
better acquainted with the relations OF
the situation"
The Berlin correspondent of the Lon.
don Times says this article is likely to
have strong effect and alarming rumors
are rife. The same correspondent says,
since the meeting of the Emperor
Francis Joseph and King Victor Eman-
uel, there is yer less prospect than
before in Berlin OF concerning common
measures with Austria and Italy in re-
lation to the personal liberty OF The
Pope.
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The %Japanesr.

Tho subloined translation from ~
editorial in n leading japanese journal
il full of practical good sense, worthy
of IL nation of much higher c~iviliza.
ton. The growing commerce between
Japan and our Pacific states and thus
with the Union, causes an increasing
interest in the progress of that peculiar
people. We quote:
Many among US are DESTROYS that our
civilization should take equal rank with
that of Europe and America. But, AS
our country is poor and the people are
Ignorant, We must first promote agri-
culture, SO that the land should Yield
more abundantly. We should promote
commerce. We should promote tho cd
ncation of our children AMI compel
tho indolent to be industrious and
when all this has been done it will be
tine to talk about rivalry with foreign
countries. Bnt ON scholars who desire
all these changes Immediately are like
those who wonld set q child to hard Ia
Dor, or who imagine that the poor
should abound in luxury like the rich.
We do not mean to soy that we are in
WV ttiit bOiitioiOu tHuJ Wb were SDNtTlI
years 'ago. But, AZ we have said before,
tho first and most important thing to
be done is to build schools, and to Sc.
cure the diffusion of useful knowledge
among the people then to make IN ad.
vance in commerce and agriculture, 80
as not to be decorating tho outside only
and doing 30 much expensive work in
vain. Our scholars OF European sci
ence ought to be assisting both tho
government and the people. This is
the anner in which they will best show
their patriotism. And We ontreat them,
too, to havo a little patience, and to
cool their ambition that all these
changes should occur nj once. Let
them prepare the way for them, so that
when they come we may be ready for
them and they may be really to our
profit.