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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

DEscnIPTIoN OF THE GRAND EpMIcE,
The new Masonic Temple which swas
dedicated in New York on Wednesday.
fronts 141 feet on Twenty third street
and extends 81 feet 8 inches .on Sixth
avenue. The first story is Tuscan the
second Ionic, the third Corinthinn and
the fourth composite, above which ia
upreared very high mnnsnrd for the
fifth. The lower story is relieved in
bands of dark Quincy syenite, the rest
Of the building being faced with light
pavilion on the Twenty-third street
facade so feet in width rises to u quad
rangular dome above the mansard roof.
At each angle are heavily rusticated m
vilions 26 feet in width, and between
these retired curtains each 49, feet wide.
The Sixth avenue facade is in harmony
with this design in reduced proportions.
The main cornice is o. feet above the
sidewalk, the mansnrd 30 feet higher,
and the apex of the dome is Mt an alti-
tude of 165 feet from the curb level.
On either side Of the main entrance on
Twcnty-third street is n massive piiinr of
fine bronze, IA feet in height Each
rests upon n base of polished Scotch
granite. Above the ''cushion" eacl,
pillar is ornamented with semi-incised
loCuS mowers. dlBner up appear the
three encircling bands, and Mt the top OF
the reeded column is cap, in the form
of an inverted bell, decorated will,
pppyrus leaves and pomegranates in
high relief. In tho basket resting upon
this cap is placed large globe. That
on the Easterly pillar is terrestrial. the
other celestial. Over the main entrance,
rising behind tho pillnr just described,
is portico formed of four Tuscan CO.
lumns supporting an entablature The
only other exterior ornamentation re.
quiring remark is the coat of arms Of
the Grand Lodge, in bronze, which is
placed on the fifth story, beneath the
dome. The temple under ground is as
perfect in all its appliances of necessity
and comfort rs science, ingenuity and
liberality could make it. The Grand
Lodge room is handsome hall So by
92, and capable of seating 1000 persons
The Egyptian and Commandery halls
are also large and beautifully decorated
An elevator ruus through the building
and it is fitted with every imaginable
convenience that will tend to increase
the comfort of the craftsmen.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

The following stanza, which we found
going the rounds Of our exchanges.
strikes US as having the true ring about
it:
1T never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will push ahead
And strike braver blow.
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament there doom,
But yield the play,
And clear the way;
That better men have room"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05


Umbrellas have always been property,
but few who borrow them have ever
seemed to think of that fact. Tint the
law had any practical application to their
return when borrowed, is something
which never found its way intosthe mind
OF any of those poachers upon. the UNI
brelln rack. An English court, in the
interests of long-suffering humanity, has
recently stopped in and judioially de-
clarcd that the owner of m umbrella has
some rights which the borrower is bound
10 respect. In the cnsc in point, the
loan OF an umbrella to the defendant on
n rainy day was proven. The borrower
paid about one-thir,l of its alleged value
on account. In his answer to plaintiffs
petition, he admitted borrowing the UNI
breila and losing it, but nvcrred that
when lie had told plaintiff of the loss,
he said: Oh never mind; it was not
mp to much, anyway" But the plaintiff
was up to good t(enl, rs the SEQUEL
proved, for he pushed the matter until
the court announced n decision in which
IL recognized property in nn umbrella.
PIT entered q non-suit against the plain
TIN, because he was represented by his
fnthcr-in-law. A long. suffering public
can never cease to regret that lie did not
call IN tho assistance of his mothcr-in
have been pressed to successful issue.
and the rights Of the people fully guar
nnteed under the law. Who steals
Enund-tbouts purse steals trash; but
wiin borrowS his umbrella and does not
| r.;urn it, goe, to court
| . A DEAD DELUSIoN.-The theory TINT
human beings whose strength has been
exhausted by pain and sickness can be
restored ly depicting medicines and
water Cruel, if not absolutely IL dead de-
lusion, is in the last aSonies Of dissolu-
ton. vt length it is understood TINT
strength cannot be purScd into debiii-
tated frame, though life may easily be
| purSrd out Of it, and that it is about M
wise to withhold hcnlthful stimulant
| from the weak, in the expectation that
they Will rally without one, as it would
be to deprive lamp Of oil and expect it
to burn the brighter for it. The immense
and uniform success which has attended
the use nt that wonderful combination
ct pure stimulnnt with the finest me-
diclnal herbs, known ~ Hostetter's Sto-
mach Bitters, has largely assisted in dis
pelllng the absurd chimcrn Frantic at
te1npts are made to revive it, but in vain.
When the sick feel that their strength is
departing and that unless invicornted
they must utterly break down, It is in
vain to tender them feculent slops in the
place of genuine restoratives. They
may he imposed upon in this why once,
but the imposition cannot be repeated.
They desire to be refreshed, comfortcd,
braced up. an,l decline to be griped
second time. Under the operation of
the Bitters, on the other hand, all the
processes necessary to physical restora-
tion go on simultaneously. The system
is stimulated and toned, the bowels re-
Sulated. the appetite cultivated, the
nerves composed and the condition of
the blood improved at one and the same
time by single medicine. Common
sense tells us TINT such a preparation
must be invaluable June ! +3-I
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05


THE CUBAN WAn.-It is quite evident
that the patriot rebellion in Cuba is by
no means suppressed or in a promising
condition for the early occurrence of
such result. Recent reports from Spa
nish sources arc not such as to awaken
very great contidenc in the success of
that Government, while it must be ad-
mltted that the Spanish authorities still
saye g vesy tight grip upon the rebellion
General Gomez, the commander of the
Cuban forces, who hns gained marked
successes in one portion of the island,
has written letter to the Secretary of
War of the patriot Government, in which
ne states that since the first of the pre-
sent year there have been captured from
the Spanish forces $50 rifles, SO, 900 me-
tallc cartridges, 500 machetes, 500 cavalry
equipments and 1000 horses. It is also
stated from Cuban sources, that there are
i0,0O0 men in Cuba who are ready to Join
the patriot army, if they could be sup
piled with arms and ammunition, the
want of which has been the main obsta-
Gle in the path of the patriots success
One significant fact is mentioned in con-
nection with the wnr, and it is that no
parts Of Cuba taken by the patriots
within the past twelve months have
been recaptured by the Government
troops
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

Oar are" said sable orator, "two
roads through this would. De one am
broad and O narrow road dat leads to
perdition, and de udder am a narrow
and a broad road dat leads to sure de-
struction." "If dat am de case," said n
sable hearer, "dis cullard individual
takes to de woods"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

Another chance for Sheridan to i'm
mortalize himself is now presented, this
time among the banditti of New Hnmp-
shire. The Legislature met at Concord,
amidst the greatest excitement, growing
out Of the dispute over certain seats in
the Senate which had been decided in
favor of the Democrats, giving them
seven out Of twelve Senator'S. After all
had been sworn in, the Democrats elected
President-the Ave Republicans refus-
ing TO vote The latter then withdrew
from the body, met in another room and
organized, with temporary officers, Sc.
nate Of their own, and then adjourned.
There was no trouble in the House.
The excitement in the Capitol reached q
high pitch, and all the entrances were
guarded by police. This state of things
ought not to be allowed. Let the army
proceed to Concord at once.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05


SToRY.-G. B. Raum writes from Harris
burg, Ill, onss May 10, to the Chicago
Inter Ocean: ssYou perhaps have not for
gotten the loss of the ill-fated steamer
General Lyon and the brave men who
psYishsd with her at sen, March 30, 1865.
Many soldiers lost their lives in the
burning vessel, while others sought re-
fu8e In the, relentless waves and there
found o watery grave. OF the many
hundreds who were aboard the General
Lyon, but twenty-eight were known to
have been saved. They were picked up
by the steamer General Sedgwick, four
hours after the burning of the Lyon.
The non-veterans of the Fifty-sixth Illi-
nois Volunteers, 205 in number, were
passengers abonrd of the General Lyon.
Five Of those men were saved by the
Sedgwick, and they reported the bnlance
of their comrndes as lost. After the
lapse OF moro than ten years, however,
one moro of the passengers Of that ill
starred vessel turns up at Guys Hos
pital, London, England, and writes to
his father near Golconda, Ill, giving an
account of himself The name of this
man of misfortune is Hanson E. Rains.
He belonged to Company X, Fitty-sixth
Illinois Volunteers. After his term OF
service expired, he and his comrades
were started home for muster out, and
were furnished transportation on the
steamer General Lyon Very soon after
smiling, the vessel encountered & storm,
off Cape Hmtteras, and in the midst of i,
took fire and was totally DESTROYED.
Rains leaped into the sea- and with
Lieut.. Butler clung to cabin door.
They drifted upon the billows four days
without food or drink, and more dead
than olive were picked up by schooner
and left oman island, where Butler died
and Rains remained ten years In
March last, he escaped aboard tho Bri-
tish man-of-war Vengeance. and was
taken to London, and being sick, was
placed in Guys Hospital. Application
has been made to the Secretary of War tc
have our Minister ut London requested
by cable to have Rains cared for and
funds furnished him for hfs return
home. The stories of Robinson Crusoe
and the hero Of Foul Play" are probably
eNccllcd in interest by the adventures Of
this gallant soldier, who, after serving
his country for moro than three years
and participating in the victories of the
army of the West mt Corinth, Vicksburg
Mission Ridge, the Atlanta, Savannah
and South Carolina campaigns, He'd from
the deck of a burning ship in mid-ocear
to find refuge on the raging sea, and
with nm endurance scarcely to he credit
ed, resisted death FROM cold, hunger nnd
thirst, and is Mt last about to he restored
to his friends, after captivity of ter
years on an island. Surely, truth i.
stranger than fiction"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

be borrower that he had better subscribe.
Reading matter onSevery page.
Spotted TaiLis now vulgarized into a
'Nariegated Narrntive."
Young men and maidens fair, use tho
sQueen's Delight j 8
The best blood purifier is Heinitsh's
Queens Delight. 8
Man rcspires, perspires, aspires, con
spires and expires. 80
The only suits TINT last longer than
you want ure law suits.
Creamy white French na;nsook will be
used for summer costume
The Queens Delight, although abused,
Is one by ull the sick most used.
The pin and cross matter is still yelled
in obscurity, When will the mystery be.
unmvcled?
"Unmanned by the loss of her hus-
band, is the latest style of indicating ~
widows grief.
Old type metal, suitable for many pur-
poses about mills, can be obtained at
PHOENIX Office ut rs cents pound, or 30
cents by the 100 pounds
AT the twentieth annual meeting OF the
stockholders Of Elmwood Cemetery Com
pany, held yesterday, the following Of
ficcrs were elected for the ensuing wear:
Those who dread tornadoes-and there
are many in this vicinity-hnd fright,
yesterday, as the strnnge-colored clouds
were blown about considerably in the
afternoon.
The Hendrix House is we'll kept; is
located conveniently to Main street; and
Is, altogether, home-iike establishment.
Mrs. Wyatt will be pleased to see and
accommodate her many friends.
The warm weather draws crowds to
MIR. Mchenzie's confectionery and ice
cream establishment. where dclicacies
and cooling beverages of various kinds
are obtainable. His freezers are worked
by steam.
The following is the business done OF
the money order Office of the post Office
IN this city for the month of May, 1875:
Orders issued, 425; amount received on
same, s7,115.O5; fees, S44. rs; orders paid,
63o; amount paid, $9,478.35
Capt w. II. Casson has raised the
premium cabbage-the out-spread leaves
are about five feet in circumference.
while the hard head in the centre would
fill m 81 hat; the weight over eight
pounds. One size smaller furnished
dinner for q family of nine, which the
PHGN1x claims.
The old Richlnnd Volunteer Rifle
Club will celebrate the 9Th of August as
their anniversary. This is as it should
be. Everybody remembers with plea
sure the old-time celebrations of the
sth-barbccue, target-fring and high
time generally. Many of the members
of the old corps are in the ranks of this
club
The report of the Citizens Committee,
published in the PHOENIX, yesterday,
was the universal subject of comment
during the day. Some of the statements
show that gross frauds have been COM
mitted. A" meeting Of citizens Of oil
clnsses, to take into consideration the
whole subject, hos been called for Mon
day afternoon next in Irwin's Hall. Let
all attend. 1.-The coin is spurious-nail
it down"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

the case il to Be |,;1s regretted He writes $
like a soldier, not like q. patriot. His
self-consciousness is intense and. breaks
through all restraint, 30 that, instead of
such farewell utterances aa fall from the
lips ofWashington and jackson, we have
an egotistic compound OF spleen and
pridet y +s-5 az
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

A ROYAL AMERICAN. Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria, has become II
property-holder on Broadway, New York,
under peculiar circumstances. About
thirty years ago, Marcus Wicse, of Aus
tria, came to this country and engaged
in the fnncy goods business in New
York, and succeeded so well that he soon
amassed q fortune vnriously estimated at
from $500, 900 to S400, 900, consisting of
real estate on Broadway and United
States bonds. He was married in early
life, and two daughters was the result of
the union. Their home was happy one
until, in an evil hour, the husband md
father listened to the song Of the syren.
Then the wife and mother sought and
obtained divorce. With her daughters,
she returned to Austria in 1864. The
daughters died the same year of their re-
turn, and the mother only survived them
until 1870! In the meantime, Wiese,
with his mistress, returned, leaving his
property in New York, and resumed his
allegiance to the royal family Of his M
tive country, in 1874 A few months
afterwards, he was killed by an Austrian
soldier on train of the A1ornyinn Rail
road. The soldier was court mnrtialed
and shot. Then the Crown set UP q claim
to the property he had acquired The
mistress Of the murdered man contested
the claim, but as she could not establish
a Legitimate marriage, the co,irt decided
in favor of Francis Joseph, who is thus
elevated to the proud position of an Anne
rican taxpayer. He is now liable to as
sessments for the benefit Of the American
engle, and if he is not prompt in making
payments, will get little insight into
the mysteries of prmcipes against his
property. But if mt any time Bismarck
shall feel it incumbent upon him to de-
pose him, Francis Joseph can come to
this country and live free man in q
free country, and at the same time have
enough property to keep the wolf from
the door.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

RECENT MEMORIAL. AppRE4sES-T
addresses delivered on the occasion of
the late decontion days in the North and
portions of the South, exhibited a most
traternnl md concilintory spirit-one
worthy to characterize like commemora-
tions hereafter, and indicate n rapid OBJ
Iteration of those merely offensive issues
which partisan newspapers and rabid
politicians generally have struggled so
hard to perpetuate. General burnside,
in his address at Antietnm National
Cemetery, referred chnritably to those
whose system Of political instruction
had led them into opposition to the Go
vernment in the late war. and rertinently
asked, might we not have been led in
the same direction, under like circum-
stances?" At the memorial meeting in
the Academy of Music, New York, to
complete the services Of decoration day.
General Woodforl said Does any one
seek to recall old prcjudices of class and
race? He is no friend of the Union.
Does my one seek, for self or partisan
success, to set white against black, or
black against white? He is no friend of
the Union. Does any one seek to deny
to loyal comers in any pnrt of the South
full citizenship, complete protection and
hearty welcome because such comers
NoiC lhC L CuclhI Dluc Ill OtncT unNS. Tie
is no friend to the Union. Does anv one
seek to taunt loyal subjects Of the law
and keepers OF the peace, because such
wore the gray in days of battle? He Is
no friend Of the Union. The land is
one"
At the BROOKLYN decoration day. Rev.
". j. Parkinson. head OF Il coorcl
school, who had resided eighteen n on tbs
in the South, snid:
IF 1 had the time tonight / could
bring to your notice incidents from
personal observation thar would satisfy
every man, and beyond pcradyenture
that they are being healed of their
wounds and the sears left 10y the late
war rs rapidly under any similar cir.
cnmstancrs as any on the face of the
earth could be healed. am able to say
that I believe, as n general thing. the
people Of the SolalI not only want peace
and prosperity for themselves, but they
really want in their midst the black-he
who WAS their serf for SO many years
to be raised up, as the light of pure
Gospel and liberal education is bound
to raise him."
It is to be hoped that the better appre.
citation and understanding of Southern
sentiment thus indicated may continue
to increase until it becomes universal.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-05

Possibly South Carolina is still for the
third term. If 80 there need be no weep-
lug or wailing in the region of the White
House, ,-T. Loitis Repu5Acdn, Dem.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22

by the South. The people refused to be
deceived then. Let us be equally vigilant
now. National patriotism can never be
to fervent, or too suspicious of those who
deprecate its free expression.
1t is now nearly twenty years since the
result of a presidential election has been
peacefully acquiesced in by the defeated
party The choice of Buchanan, in 1886,
was followed by no dangerous expressions
of the deep discomfort it created; but
Lincoln's authority was resisted by eleven
States, from the day OF his Inauguration
until a month after his second term began,
and when the rebellion was driven into
| the last ditch, he was assassinated by one
of its natural outgrowtbs, within week.
/ That Grants authority has not yet been
openly defed is true, but the embers OF
/ rebellion are carefully kept alive, ana
peace has not been restored.
The rebels and malcontents now pro-
pose to drive enough Republicans away
from the polls at the South TO give tne
Democracy OF that section voice entirely
out of proportion TO their numerical
strength AN insolent and revolutionary
subversion of the right Of the people tC
the choice of President. Terrorism ano
violence are TO be substituted tor the
peaceful decision Of the majority. The
past ought to admonish the late rebels
aud their abettors, to beware how they
thus challenge the manhood Of the North
The knavery which, under the thir
guise of local interests, strives to wholly
divert public attention from the grea
I overshadowing question we have herr
presented, is clearly in the interest o
! those who are preparing to strike blow
at the vitals of the Nation. The enemie
| of the Nation cannot be friends OF tn
4, Stotn
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22

WASHING NOT TAKEN ma good
old minister in one of our New England
Baptist churches was agreeably surprised
by the intelligence from one Of his flock
that five individuals had expressed de-
sire on the next Sunday to have the bap-
tismal rite performed upon themselves
After the performance, however, he wa:
somewhat chagrined that only one out o.
the fv4 joined the society Of which he
was pastor.
A few Sundays after the same worthy
elder waited on him with the. Intelligence
that ten more desired immersion.
And how many of them will join the
society ?" queried the minister.
"Two, l regret to say are all we car
depend on"
Very wei )" said the good old man
"you may as well inform the other eigh
that this church don't take in washing
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22
THE MAN WHO WANTED
INFORMATION.

Yesterday noon, while all the people
about the office were at dinner except the
"head reporter" the smell of smoke sud-
denly became apparent, and fat man,
smoking big pipe, came up stairs. When
he had recovered his breath, and taken a
seat, he inquired /:
"Is der big editor, what knows every
ding, in?"
"No-gone to dinner" was the reply.
"Und he COON back purity soon ?"
90 In about two hours"
~ can't wait so quick as dot haf to
go to funeral.
"Did you want any thing ?"
I" Yes, want TO know Something's spout
dot Peecher scandal. You see, vone day
apout drec motnhs ago feler comes nit
my saloon und says: Did you hear any
dings apout Mr.. Peecher p Und / zays
mix Und he say Mr.. Peecher schtole
corn"
"Yes."
"Und der next day ven vent home,
my wife says: 'Did you hear holdings
apout Mr.. Peecher?' Und she said Mr..
Peecher shtole dog"
"Yes."
"Und ven vas in der shdreet gar, a
man says: Hello, Mr.. Rittleman, val
you dinks apout Mr.. Peecher p Und
say no man can pc goot man who viii
shtea dog. Und den eferypody laugh,
und vinks, und don't know about it."
"Yes."
"Und ven / vas in der Zity Hall a mar
shtrikes me on der packs und says: 'Al
mein old trent, is Mr.. Peecher guilty Z?
Und l say ] dunno, und he say dot Mr.
Peocher hiret man TO plow up churcf
init barrel of powder"
"Yes.u
"Und ven my pig poy comes from Do
ledo, he says, Fadder. vot you dinks O
Mr.. Peecher p Und l says, l dunno
Hans Und he say Mr.. Peecher pough
some gloze, and den shumpcd der tailor
bill"
Yes"
Onu NcI L BOSS nOibt UT III ueT suIce
gar or nit my saloon, or in der bostofiic
somepody say something ABOUT dot Peech
er psness, und / dunno. Who is dot Nj
Peecher? Where he lif?"
"He is great preacher and he lives i
Brooklyn"
$40. Und vat he do ?"
He got9ne Of those tobacco boxes wit
needle in the cover and carried it roun
in his pocket. When Il man tried to ope
it, the needle went into his thumb abor
twenty-five feet"
'Is dot possible ?"
/" Yes. and he had vest pocket mad
so deep that cigar would go clean out
sight in it and he kept it full and deceive
the public"
"My soul, but is dot so ?"
"Yes, and he keeps an old wildcat bi
in his wallet to lend out when a man d
sires &c secure the loan of dollar for
few minutes.'
"Vell, | declares Ven a breachc
do dot. | Won 1er vot next. 10 dot is d.
Poecher pisness, eh ? Veil, vell."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22

County Committees will make provis-
ion in their respective Counties for the
election Of Delegates in accordance with
said apportionment.
The Committee recommend the follow
ing as test:
"AH UOters in the state, WhO are OPP
posed to the restoration 10 po,Ce1 Of the
Democratic Party, and intend 10 act IN
good JdtM Wfth the Republican Party."
The State Central Committee recon-
mends that Delegates to the Congressional
/ Conventions be chosen at the same time
and that the Congressional Committees
arrange their call for Congressional Con
veutions, in accordance Herewith.
BY order,
WALTER VAN DYKE,
Chairman.
N. MIj s. SB5RMAS' B6RSaN'' Secretaries.