The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-14
EXECUTIVE DEPARrMRNr,s =.
COLUMBIA, April IA, 1875 s

fuyor of the 10th Instant in which you
1 INFORM me that you are fredseasly called
upon to give advice as to fhe polioys on
the part of the holders oftun6xohanReds
bonds or stocks of funding thek seonri-
ties according to the provisions OF the
Act Of December %, 1873 You request
from mo an expression Of my views upon
the subject. In order to do this, il is
not necessary to refer to the past or TO
discuss the causes or motives which led
TO tho passage of the Act of December
22. 1873. The important question is, is
it n final settlement of the public debt
OF the Slater have no hesitation in
saying that 80 regard it. Both politi-
cnl parties are pledged to maintain this
settlement. The people, speaking
through every channel and agency, have
sanctioned that settlement, and do not
think any man Of influence in South
Carolina could be found to-day, who
would venture to propose, with the
any manner of that settlement. The
most that can now be done il to en-
i doa7or to faithfully carry out the proyi-
sions of that Act. The people regard
the whole public debt, as it stood in
1873, prior to the passage Of the Act in
question, as too heavy to be borne. They
believe that much of it was fraudulent
and they feel that they are doing ali
in their power when they propose to
give new bonds for one-half it's par value.
As have said, there may be difference
OF opinion on this point, but there can
be no doubt that the Act of December
%, 1873, is final settlement of tho
question, and affords the only hope for
our public creditors to receive any pnrt
OF the debt due them by the State. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant.
d. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Gov'r.
MKssRs. SEIDEIs & EzELL, Columbia
S. G.
THE LEGS. A progressive thought will
| regret the undeserved reproach and ne
glect attaching to those useful members,
which have even fallen into such sad dis
repute as to be hardly ever mentioned in
polite society. Of old they were held
in honor and cherished ucoordinrIy.
SILK and satin, peach-bloom velvet and
| snowy gossamer were devoted to their
adornment. Gorgeous galloon anil CO.
| lored clocks indicated or set Off the
shapely turn of calf or ankle; the gilt
tering rnpier dangled beside them: and
the jeweled garter, which spanned their
muscular symmetry, was at once the
symbol and the adornment of manly
valor and ancestral dignity. How large
part they played in Che little comedy
OF personal vanity, our older literature
tolls at every page. Sir Andrew pats his
ieg,. oomplncently .chuckling that ss'tis
strong, and it does Indifferent we'll in
tiame-colored stock" and the most flat
terlng hint which Maria can send to
Malvolio is that his mistress adnires his
yellow stockings and loves to see him
oross-gartered. The Sophias and Claris
sos of the Georgia epoch counted them
first in the list of manly perfections, and
the simpering school girls of the period
went into raptures over n well-set knee
joint or muscular tendon Achilles, as
nowadays over tdile bien prise, or q
blonde moustache. But we have changed
all that. Silk and velvet, clocks and
garters, are long ago consigned to the
garret. Nowadays we got tho dis
honored members as much ont Of sight
as possible by thrusting them into shape-
less ''pants" Britannica "bags') of pep
per-and-salt or checked material, using
them periodically for getting up and
down to business, and at all other times
for tuoking up horizontally ON Office
stools, piazza ratings, or parlor CRATES.
| Now this is NIL wrong. Man was not
made forked radish for nothing. His
limbs arc not merely useful, end on oc-
casion (as in John Randolph's famous
"shln piece'O ornamental, but, properly
used, may become source Of tn keenest
delight-that of the "wnlkist." OF
course, they must be kept in practice.
"Ach! Gott! dear Mr.. Colleague" said o
humorous old German professor once in
our hearing, with this hum-drum still
sitting life of ours, we como to have
regular spider legs" So, in our lazy ex-
istence of nrm-chairs and horse-cars,
those noble members lose all truce of
their original intent and possible destiny,
and the fine swell of thigh or calf peaks
and dwindles away in the helpless
atrophy of non-user. Overlooking for a
moment the specific moral--or immoral-
involved---that of running away from his
duties-there was q fine and subtle wis.,
dom in the fiend's advice to Launce, to
Taste his legs, E., get all JOY and COM
fort out of them of which they nro nor
maily capable. There certainly is great
satisfaction in good stretching tramp,
1ve miles ont and return, be it over up
country ronds and fields, or, if it must
be, over city pavemcnts and Central
Park sinuosities. In default of tho
more complete development which shall
bring chest and loins, biceps and pecto-
rails into full and healthful play, such
exercise is, Mt least, infinitely Sct.cr than
nothing, and fashion would do us q good
turn If she would but make pedestrian
ism, urban or suburban, the rage.
KELLooo's EMoLUMEaTs. kellogg, who
pretends to be Governor of Louisiana,