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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-25
COLUMBIA,s.C.
Thursday Morning, March 25, is75.

-
MODERN LIBERALIsM.-AIrS Thomas
Carlyle shows no discrimination of power
in his mental grasp, and many of the
we'll known characteristics of his sledGc-
hammer tyle-o writing, in the short
sketches of .'The early kings of Norway"
which have been appearing in Frascr'S
Magdsi,,es~~Ehe series has been broughti
to a conclusion in the March number,
and is capped by q blow at modern
liberalism, as presenting a strong con-
trast between the hardy and manly
virtues Of these sea-kings, exerted in
bringing human order, regulation and
real government out of chaos, and the
accursed looking temporary ending of
order, regulation and government in
universal suffrage, with little possibility
OF any virtue" of the present epoch.
Among these old populations, with all
the violences, fghtings and crimes
which marked them, there was zone
saving element, the now want Of which,
especially The unlnmented want, trans
cends all lamentation." They lost not
sight of the equality and intrinsic value
OF itshhiheS," they kept in view always,
what is now largely out of view, the
proper discrimination between worth
and unworth in mon.
-'My friends" says the grim and stern
old sage of Chelsea, in words which have
the real Socratic sting in them to make
them stick and. blister, ''the follies of
modern liberalism, it's rectangular beau
ttudes and spherical benevolences-
theology of universal indulgence nnd
Jurisprudence which will hang no
rogues-mean one and all of them in the
root incapacity of discerning or refusal
to discern, worth and unworth in any
thing, and, least of all, in man; whereas,
nature and Heaven command you at your
peril to discern worth from unworth in
everything, and, most of all, in man
Your main problem is that ancient md
.-trite one, who is best man?' and tho
Gates forgive much-forgive the widest,
fercest, cruelest axperiments-if fairly
made for the determination of that.
Theft and blood guiltiness are not plea
ing in their sight, yet the favoring
powers of the spiritual and material
world will confirm to You your stolen
goods, and their noblest voices applaud
tHe uitiAB VI your spear ana reheArSe
the sculpture of your shield, if only
your robbing and Staying have been in
fair arbitrament of that question, who is
best manT But if you refuse such in
quiry, and maintain every man for his
neighbor's match-if you give vote to the
simple and liberty to the vile-the
powers of those spiritual and material
worlds in due time present you inevita-
bly, with the same problem, soluble now
only wrong side upwards; and your rob
bing and Staying must be done then to
find out who is worst man?' which in
80 wide an order of merit is indeed not
easy; but complete Tammany ring and
lowest circle in the Inferno of Worst
you are sure to find and to be governed
by" ',.
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The report Of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction; .of, New York, for
1874, presents some most interesting
facts in relation TO tho operations of the
common schools of that State. The
number Of persons OF legal school age
In the State ID 1,B98, ,846. or these, ,224,
321 attended school some portion Of the
year. The aggregate attendance at the
common schools was 1,O44, 1874. The
average daily o attendance 515, ,225
Nearly $1,000 teachsrsi s1e employed in
the:Achools, and their salafies amount to
81, 500, 600 The State school fund
amounts to 1884, ,634,84
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A CTrzEE's COMPLAINT citizen of
Laurens County, who pays taxes, as he
says, for government to secure and
protect life and property, writes to us to
complain that neither is safe in his i'm
mediate vicinity. He represents that
stealing and killing hogs and breaking
into smoke-houses are forms Of outrage
very common. It is almost impossible
to raise any hogs or keep my meat in
the meat-house. It is also useless for
any person to try to protect himself,
either by Inv or force. The thieving is
principally done after dark, and, in some
instances, by bands of men, and it is
unsafe to go out to resist them. A widow
woman of the advanced age of seventy
years ventured out to try to save hog,
which she had in pen in her yard, and
received blow from which she will
never recover. An attempt to prosecute
is equally fruitless of any good result
1t provokes burning of premises, and
the juries are also 10th to convict for this
particular offence. 1t is substantially
not counteracted by any process available
to the aggrieved citizen. Our cores
pondent asks whether it is possible, now
that we have Governor who is worthy
the respect of the people of the State,
and of doing justice to oil men, that we
can get more stringent laws passed con-
corning thefts and other popular crimes?
AS to that, we have laws enough. The
trouble is to get them observed and en-
forced. There must be a community
which respects and responds to law, be-
fore it can be eficaoious. As our CORES
pondent is evidently sufferer from
depredations, and unable to get redress,
and with but small means of making his
injuries known, we give him the ad-
vantage Of . passage in his letter which
suggests the expedientof an appointment
by the Governor Of o man from each
township TO protect property. He says:
.Let every three school districts con-
stitute one protected district, and let Il
be the duty Of the three men, when they
have bSen notified that any property has
been stolen, to take note Of and make
search without regard to persons or pro-
perty, and without warrant, and with
authority to make arrest, and also con-
slider it their duty to'lo0k after the well
fare of their respective townships; and
ietsueh rfen receive small amount Of
wages ray one dollar per day. and such
wages 70 be paid by tho protected dis
tr1et IL sucA a law was passed, and
men of vigilance and good standing
were appointed, the country would once
more be got into condition to prosper. -
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In the Cincinnati. Republican Con,ens
ton, held on. the 18th inst, cold" John.
Robinson, the welflfnown circus pro-
prietor, was unanimously nomiuatsd 1ot
Mayor he ought TO run we'll politically
80 he is accustomed to riding two horsesst
once
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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURr,
CHARLESTON, March 23.-Judge Bryan
presiding. In the matter of franklin
J. Moses, Jr, Thomas j. Harper, petit
tioner in the cause, not answering, and
having abandoned the further proseca-
ton of the case in this form, the injunc-
ton continued to this date was dissolved
by the Court The report Of Registrar
Carpenter in tho case Of William Ravenel
Us. Chas. H West, assignee of James r.
Pringle, was confirmed, and 1t was Or
dered that the assignee, after advertise
ment, sell the property OF ). 4. fringie
at public auction for cash. On petition
Of John D. Singletary and Trisnan Eaddy.
it was ordered that the assignee in the
matter of w. N..!G Rogers, bankrupt,
sell on sales-dny in May next the real and
personal estate Of the bankrupt.
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:. Ths,1pN Sssas .Ilts ksH I that the, Rspab,
licans gained 9nndl enough in New
Hampshire to be buried in.
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a large meeting. composed of thc
memberaof the Baipstto and Indeper-
dent stesm Fire E1$ine Companies and
the Phoenix Hook md Ladder Company,
was held at + Palmetto Hall, last evening.
Capt. John Mckenzie was called to the
chair, and stated that the meeting had
been called for the purpose of having s.
fir..nen's tournament, some time in tie
month of May. The following citizens
were appointed n committee to raise the
necessary funds: Capt +. ONeil, Johr
G. Seegers, Esq, w. Gss Ghilds, Esq,
Henry Scott, Esq, W. II. Cathcnrt, Esq.
We hope that the object may be success
fully Carried out.
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EXCITEMENT IN SUMTER. letter from
Sumter thus speaks of the recent tragic
affair in that town:
An unfortunate difficulty occurred last
night, i'll which Butler Spears, colored,
formerly member of the Legislature.
and now Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners. WAS severely
beaten by Joseph NJ. Skinner, whito, n
young lawyer of this place. Afterwards,
Spears attacked Skinner with an iron
plough-heel pin, when Skinner fired
upon Spears. wounding him badly twice
in the thigh. A crowd of excited negroes
attempted to seize Skinner. but he was
safely lodged in the town guard house,
and afterwards placed in the County jail
This morning Spears il improving, and
expresses great sorrow for the difficulty,
and at his request Skinner was released.
Tho cause of the difficulty WIS an at
tempt of Sheriff Tindall to introduce
social equality at his house, between
Spears and Skinner. Growing ont Of the
first nffray, there wes another fight be-
tween Ned james, colored, and J. Rem
bert Hnrvin, white, u youth of sixteen,
which resulted in the death of James by
a stab with n pockct-knife in the hands
of Harvin. Great excitement prevailed
among tho negroes last night, but owing
to the judicious management of Acting
Intendant J. w. Reardon, and tho cool
ness of tho whites, riot was avoided.
In both affairs the colored men were in
toxicated, and the white men sober.
Matters are now quiet. Harvin is in jail
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HOTEL ARRIVALS, March "a, 1876
Wheeler House-E. L. Davis, Worcester;
VIM. L. Gary, Edgefield; DR.. 8. Angle,
Eugene b. Wiggins, N. c.; VIM. Dudley.
Charleston; j. @. Ford, Wisconsin; H. r.
Ford, Pa; w. Nelson Toler, Boston; F.
s. Leonard, Mass. John F. jackson, N.
Y; A. Westheimer, Md. T. B. Lloyd, w.
E. Walker, j. F. Green, Chester; Major
H. B. Reese, q. 8. Army; j. B. Green's
fielder, Md. T. N. Tolbert, Abbeville; T.
H. Cooke, Greenville; Douglas Hiss, Nd. !;
C. II. Glidden, Charleston.
Hendrix House-T. w. Ery;M, WhiSa
Oak; J. F. BrocAimgtaa, Charleston; d.
Craps, SUMMIT; j. II. Brown, Winns-
boro; H. S. Simpson, w. w. Simpson,
Laurepss; N. o. Teasdale, Pa; Mrs. a.
II. Wheeler, Conn; j. N. Perkinson.
Baltimore; J. r. Scott, Georgia; F. G..
fFoard, B. F. williamson, A. A. William
son, N. c.; D. Counts, Lexington; n. T.
Kelly, Pa G. w. Dudley. N. Y.
Mdnsion House-W. j. DuAie, city; w.
T. Butt, Ga w. Phillips, Florence; W.
j. Herren, j. s. Cathcart, A. Evans
Winnsboro; W. B. Wheeler, ]. u. Barn
hart, U. 9. All. s. Bowers, Ne~berry;
w. j. Davis Ridge&ay. =
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DIA-A preliminary meeting Of the cor
porators of the Congarec Manufacturing
Company was held, last evening. ut the
Office of Mcssrs Seibels & Ezell. The
question wus considered whether it would
be advisable to effect temporary organ-
ization in advance of the payment of sub
scriptions, as prescribed in the charter.
The language of Section 8 is:
This charter shall not 60 into effect
until the amount Of 500, 600 shall be sub
scribed to the capital stock of said com
shall be actually paid in cash, which
fact shall be certified by the President
of the said company to the Secretary of
State, with n list of stockholders, and tho
a,nd dunt paid in by each"
After some conversation upon this
point, engaged in by Messrs Youmsns,
Hayne, Nash and Seibels, it was decided
to adjourn the meeting till $50 this
morning, ut the same place, when, it III
expected, IN organization will be effected.
A DESEHvED CoMpLIMESr.--The New
Orleans Picayune pays the following de-
served compliment to our young friend
and native Columbian, Peter j. Treze-
want. The only point that letracts from
the otherwise tasteful notice is the fact
that he is classed with the press gans.
He has had some vicissitudes in life, but
has never yet been brought down to the
newspaper business:
Yesterday evening, Mr.. Peter J.
Trezevant departed for his home in
Shreveport, after sojourn of over two
months in our city. Mr.. Trezevant.s
name has been familinrized to our ears
by the prominent part which he played
as Clerk of the Louisiana House of Rep
resentatiyes on the memorable 4th of
january, and the address and ability
with which he maintained his position,
surrounded and beset as he was Since
that time he has acted as clerk to the
Conservative caucus, faithfully devotinR
himself to the self-sacrificing duties of
his Office. and bestowing all his time and
labor to the depressing cause in which
the representatives of the people have no
manfully struggled. Mr.. frezevant's
courtly bearing and marked abilities
gathered aA.und him many estimabls
friends, and his popularity increased
with each {acceeding day of his resi-
dence in the city. He was particularly
appreciated by members of tho press for
continued kindness rendered"
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approaching, it looked n Ssast coi9n,p
Of black smoke arising tS y6Ssext
on fire. AS it approached zht
illuminated with q phosphg4 hfs
whilstin it, as one man gx&f li
there appeared to be q axa3 4ljlyl
just stfuck." These lighA en g =
electricity. Tho horiz1ns SpSa ky
everywhere overcast WithtSeE 9ne
clouds. From these thd sf6rhf Sf0ad
stood out Us boldly as any veil drawn
picture from its backSgou It WAS mi
accompanied by thunder. It travelled
all of seventy miles per hour. This was
ascertained by comparing tn" time it
passed through any given. points apart.
The roaring, appalling noise it produced
WAS by the game causes that the
noise Of cannon balls are whilst ;iving
through the air. 1t WAS not NOR" than
three hours passing over the entire Stat"
of Georgia.
The killed and dying in Baldwin
County are known to he ten in number.
The wounded will probably reach forty
five. In crossing the river, the wind
lifted the water up in n solid mass until
it seemed perfect wall of water. \
team OF mules was standing at the Iepn..
Two of them were blown 100 yards and
killed. An incident can her" he show,
of the terrible force Of the wind \
piece of lightwood timber was driven
through cedar telegraph pole. 1t WAS
broken off and remains there still Up
to yesterday, twenty-five persons were
buried in Glasscock County. Capt,in
John T. Stov.ll, who was SO badly in
jnred in Thomson, is dead. The killed.
it is feared, will reach fully 100. An oc-
cupant Of the building says that Elan
Baptist Church, in which about sixty
persons were worshipping, was lifted
from its foundations with the entire con-
gregation. raised into the mir and then
hurled against the ground, mass of in
definable logs, boards, doors, windows
and people. A number were killed and
tho rest wounded-some seriously. The
house of Mrs. Watson, in 3fcDuffit
County, was in the direct centre Of the
track. The storm approached within
100 yards, destroying every tree in its
wake. There it jumped over her house
and came again to the earth twenty-five
| steps the other side and re-coln,nen. .c.l
| its work of demolition
The North Carolina papers also report
great destruction of property in that
State from the cyclone.
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SUPREME EouRr DEc1s1sroS-MApcu
%, 1875. (nnedy G. Billings, exc
cutor. respondent, Us. J. D. Perry ct a..
appellants. Notion dismissed. Opt
MON by Moses. C.J.
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GALVESTON frm--middling
153; low middling Is; good ordinary 14i;'
net receipts 7OS; exports Great Britain
S25; coastwise 1913; sales 858; stock SO, 37l.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
John Northumberland Bon -Bons. &c.
L. N. Zealy-Notice.
H. & S. Beard-Auction.
Acacia Lodge, No. 81, A. F. NJ.
New Goods at Shivers Old Stand.
John McKenzie-Cough Drops.
jacob Levin-Auction.
j. II. Sawyer-Notice.
c. F. C.-Board Wanted.
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over by this destructive wind, will not
be able to make c1op. It becomes those
who have not been subjected to this in
Fiction to extend the hand of charity to
their fellow-suferers.
Sumter had a touch of the cyclone, but
the destruction to property was not very
heavy, as far as heard from.
The Augusta papers contain lengthy
accounts OF the terrible fury of the lorna
do or cyclone in different parts of
Georgia The people all along the route
are destitute Of everything. They have
not q change Of clothing, and nothing TO
eat. save what is given them. Not
shelter, not even o tent Many families
are jhuddled around fires in tho roads,
with not even chair to sit down upon.
They are In utter despair. Never did the
Furses do their, work more completely
than did this storm. The picture pre-
sented at the little railway village Of
Catnak, tho intersection of the Georgia
and Macon and Augusta Railroads, was
that Of all the rest. Every house save
one .s.aaN store was blown down. The
face Of every person who came in actual
contact with the cloud was blaokened.
Various persons tried to account for this.
They said was impossible for enough
SCOT TO be- gathered along the track TO do
this, and are Of the opinion that It was
in the nature of its, original elements.
The Storm cloud was cylindrical in shape,
nan immediately along the, ground, Was
half mile wide at the base, and half q
mile high. In the distance, and when
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17


what thought such thing and said didn't know. She
asked what seen and what heard aud Of told
her
Q And that k the way you To be witness here' A.
Yes Sir
Q Much to the discontinue OF your health suppose Do
you remember the first time that Mrs Ton went out TO
church after her confinement A. do not She went before
went in the country
q And do you remember whether she continued In feeo
health up to ths time OF going into the county-whcther she
remained in feeble heahl Her health poor She
had milk legs
o She suffered from her maady attending upon her condne
menti A. Yes, Sir
q And was great sufferer, was she noti A. Yes, Sir
q And so continued until che went into the countryf A.
Yes, Sir
Q Now did you have any quarrel officially at that house
while you there nurse A. No. Sir; only what had
with Bessie Turner
q That was between you and her. snpposei A. Yes SIT;
when she took Besses part, broke her chan-Mrs Tnon
chain was making chin Bessie Turner and she struck
with hair brush
q Who-Bessief A Yes
@ OH don't about those quarrels Mrs TiOn had
nothing to do with that any rate don't II she had
but did you have any difficulty the house between yourself
and your employers Mr. and Mrs TltOn1 A. Not word Sir
q No trouble about your neglect OF the chldi Not
word, Sir.
Mr. Eyarts-tTo Judge NeIson That s all, think, Sir.
Juage Nelson-lTo the witness.l That is all
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17

n N. dooy vas icckedi A. No, Sir; the doors
vss epsn she got up and shut the folding ooOrS w.
q Who shut the doorsf A. Her own sef Oh.
yvhe was vour room with reference TO theirs 40 you
say, A Nv room at the present ume' "hen "e" "'' "a
nov, 70 Mrs Flton's; bad lounge 10 seep on
~ ", .s this that YOU speak or before SO went 70
gontioelo or after her Teturnf A. Before SIT
No did you see anything else before they went-Deiofe
,,o family went to Monticello A No, Sir, dd not
q NOW did YOU see anything after their return from honi
cello A. did, sir.
O What did you see then A. see hef N ene '"S PO
sitting or Mr. Beechers knee
O where were you then A I went into the dining room
for glass Of water.
O. Where did you go from when went into the dining
room From my nursery up stairs after nursing the baby
put il TO sleep
O. And in what part the back paror were they sitting
A In the corner Of the dining room
@ In the corner Of the paor oil the dining rOom' Yes
Sir.
Q What time of the day ths' 1t was getting on fof
Husk-evenng.
O And where were YOU when you thus sitting A
going towards the dining room table TO get 10 s ~"
pitcher to get glass Of water.
@ Did you see them distinctly A. did Sir
O What kind Of doors there between you and them
A Folding doors
Were they oPeni Yes Sir they was very h'ue apart
thai could see.
O Well did you see anything else after their return A
saw saw her hand his shoulder and he says =
d
feel 50 so"
O. Dear father" she says A. "I feel SO 60"
O Where was she when made Of that language A
Sitting on his lap.
Q Sitting lis lapf A. Yes Sir.
Q Ard did you hear distinctly the words, Dear fahery
/ did; did Sir
q Did yoa see anything elseP A. No Sir did not went
With my glass Of upstairs my nursery; said nothing
nobody
q How long was this after the from MOnticelof
A Well 10 my recollection, l think it about three
weeks.
O. How often at all beyond the time that you speak OF
Did M Beec. the house VIII st you were eref A
Wei he called several times before
O. Well give us some idea II you remember OF the time
that he caedy lie called think four Ave times before
sic 20, out 81 her bed go Montcelo she was poorly
@ And after from Monticello how frequently did
Ae calf A don't know, Sir that now.
q How A can't ray. The and letters up to
girl bring the message down. but she would al
says 20 down in the parlor and retain him.
Q Did you carry any notes for Mrs Tlton A No,
Sir
O. What time did YOU leave her employ Of near as you can
scoolect A. II war sJme part in the Fall
Mr Beach-In the Fall she stated before, when be com
nenced making there calls
q Have 70 anything by which you determine The tine
when you left their employ A can't recoDect what time
hf i;uy iad by leaving her through Bessie
Turner we had few words.
@ You don't recoect OF the year A No, Sir;
sl' the fires cold weather sometime in cold weather
q The arss were being built the house A Yes, Sir.
and the furnace going
@ Do you recoect whether It before after election
A That can't say ; don't know, Sir, about that.
Nj Fullcrt6n-That If all,
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
VAGUE RULES OF EVIDENCE DEFINED.

VAGUE hOLtS OF ENlDr-NIE
Judge Neilson-I think will allow him 70 an
the question.
NJ Eyats-Your Honor will be good rs 10 note excep
ton Il is the usual OF adjournment your Honos
please and after ITO plaintiffs COUNSEL Wel is long
short {.
Mr. Beach-n Ia short suppose. We may n wen take the
Mr. FuIerton-wen, II Is pretty broad at any rate.
Mr. Beach Suppose Il is. Pease oblIge
O. Mr FuIerton-well 60 and answer the question NJ
Ton am willing to 60 In what way did she maintain
her the presence Of her motherf She always
used say Sir that she not be judged either By
mother or by me- but by God She believed thai God would
dge her ender She said she loved God and she did
believe that God would have permitted enter
neither her mother nor l had made n the business
Of cur hives 70 understand what was nght and
wrong a. Mr.. Beeeher did; that Mr. Beecher
clergyman; that he great and holy that he
had repeatedly assured relationship
fu and she did how eond be sinful that he had told
SONS that the shake Of the hand another
expression the kiss Of the lips smother expresson
was sexual intercourse, and made very Mte
difference what the expression that love
ous expressions OF H. and that believed before God that
her love for Mr. Beecher right and hs for her nh
and therefore did how any of the expes
Of could be sRfll. Shs said abe rested on Mr.
Becher authority for that thar hs had tod her 70 over and
again
Mr. Rvarts-Hew. your Honor move strike out al tAs
answer.
Judge Nelson viii take this up the morning and ~
Mr.. Evars-My motion will be entered
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