??nu - . ^ rr- in - i 11 ? ? - ? i i i ? -ii ir .jj j m i .? -lin i -ti- ?? rmiTT i m -inntr Tri-ir ir^_-_aagBHHgttSBS!~J.-mutMmm TRIWEEKLY ??? PHONIX. __.___ _ _ _*__*_? tjjwHPES t\tfjyjWBB^Byflw * "Let onr just Censure ^j^^^^jSj^^fe^T Attend the True Event." BY J. A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ?), 1871. VOL. VII-NO. 112. ^ggg g y- i g gfcjg jj Tita fiar Btr?n&?9 A ?iqkly et roam of milk and' water; ' There, tao, the pure celestial white, Once tribunt Caucasian blood to flatter, ,, >Vas s tripod, not with the morning light, Bot a i?ix'd shade, yclept mulatto AU in obedience to the law Which boldeth bim than moat-axo duller Who seers; or thinks ho over Baw, i. -Distinction on aooonnt of color. - The'warrior. Grant, was blasting stone, ;Wlpio ah tho lightning lancee rur.od, Tho warriors of tho storm wero gone, UM Tile-thunder-drum of heaven waa busted! And as her ppringiug stops adyanoe,, , ?'For bli anio, poor Freedom almost swoons, ' To san Den. Butler's eye askance i ?t Horac? Greeley'* silypr apoonb! g of the sea! thy atara aro dim . , . Which eyes of Ku ru po quailed to follow; Snatched from thy azure bloc by him Who envied Vane? hie loyal collar 1 And from its gorgeous dyes-and'all [A rainbow on tbe cloud reclining, Ween Rury sabres r?B6 and'*' I,] . Bob Bchonck has stolen%*o silver lining, To"cover up hi,? ailvor-miningl : And'to its staff,1 from which once hung These glories all together blended, A wi it whoso praise the poota siiug, - Called habeas corpus, ie Suspended. 'Poor Froedom, stoker'than before, Awoke, as ono who long bad slept, And, sitting at the White floue o door, -rTWaa thus she sung, and wept: "Flag of tho freo heart's hopo and homo!',' [ Fret-heart an't in-sho'a j outstepped out!] "Thy Biara bava lit the welkin dome! * [Before the starB full, then, no doubll] "Forever'flaut- that standard sheet!" [Poor sheet, you'r^o very badly alii!] "With"freedom's noil beneath our feet!" ll don't believe il-not a bit!] TUE FINANCES, OE SOUTH CAEOLINA..- . The New York Daily Bulletin-a com? mercial journal of high standing-in 1 publishing the report of the committee 1 of citizens, who recently "examined the ' books of the State Treasurer, at Colum? bia, ss far as practicable," says: ' -'WoBhall not venture to prejudge the accounts of tbe Financial Agent; but ' that ho should control such nu enormous j amount of bonds, and that nothing, should be known at the State Treasury respecting the naturo of his operations, the condition of his accounts, or tho ex t! tent to which he has involved the credit I pf the State, is a mutter which, to say ( tho least, demands the promptest remo-li dy. Mr. Kimpton's promised statement I1 should not bo delayed ono day; nor do" we Bee why it ueed be; and it is due to himself that he should invite, at once, BP full examination of his accounts by par- \ ties who would command public conti-! dence. The public very properly ask, how is', it that the State authorities know, or ! profess to know, so little of tho opora ! lions of tho New York agency, wheu alb tho debt operations have been conducted j4 through it? There is cither gross uo-jj gleet or something worse in this appa? rent ignorance; aud the publio can only!1, be expected to discredit the Statei officials until the mystery is cleared upi', and everything told. If people distrust ? the Government, and, as Governor Scott ' complains, tbo prim has protested and ' tbe peoplo have begun to mutter the| foul word "repudiation," what wonder, 4 ; when the most extraordinary irregulari-^ ties aro wrapt up in profound secrecy?! Until the Governor gives tbe publio a i1 f?ll and fair statement of everything, he!' C?n only expect to be distrusted, and all'1 who hold positions of financial trust!' und?r him. It appears, from the report of the com-!' mittee, that tbe Financial Agent has 1 "hypothecated $3,773,000 of bonds, * ngainst advances amounting to something' ! over 8900,0110; but, ou what aooouut this!! rooney was borrowed, they fail to show.' Their report states, relating to a summa-11 ry of the debt, which we give below: Is "In tbo above statement it will be ob-' ' served that tho sum ofS'203,000, already 1 referred to, has been deduct ed from the!' estimated debt of 1869; whether iii' should be so deducted must necessarily r depend upon tho report of the Financial" Agent. It is admitted that this amount ( of the debt has baen redeemed, but its'' fitiul position'in the account cannot now''' be ascertained with certainty." ; WP ?nderatapd this to imply that the'1 pommitteo wns unable to satisfy itself ol'1 tU?'iuo'orrectne*3 of a report current 1 hore that bouds received for redemption,'' orin tbe way of conversions, have been1' used as collateral for loans. Respecting!' tho $200,000 held in tho sinking fund,11 fatso deducted from Raid statement oil debt,) tbe report makes the darkly sog 1 gest j yo remark: I f the Exeoutivo, and which was brough o the attention of the nation, liefer moe is made to thc diplomatic failure ii Joren, and to tho success achieved b; Vd m i ral Rodgers over u semi-barbarous jeople, and tho whole subject is lef "for such adieu us Congress may seo ? o take." The abolition of slavery' by Brazil i nade the subject ol' presidential nongra iulutiou, and the enactment by Congees >f u stringent law is recommended t 'each the casu of American citizens whe u their business dealings with planter iud others in countries whero slavery i itill tolerated by law, may become intel sated as mortgagees or otherwise in thi ipecies of property. Tho rumors whic lave been rife of pending difficult ie vith Spaiu, und possible Intervent ion i he affairs of Cuba, hud uo uouuteuauc n what is said iu the message upon thee leads. Turning from foreign to " dornest: kffdirs, the first and most important r< sommeudation of the inessago is, thi joth the tani! and internal laws bo m< lided, with a view to lightening tl lurdens at-present imposed upou tl jouutry. It is recom mended that "fi ?axes from internal reven uo sources I ibolished, except thuse collected fro ipirituous, vinous and malt liquors, t jacco iu its various forms, uud fro itampe," which amounts to a tacit r lornnieudation to abolish tho income ta [n any re-adjustment of tho tariff, it .ecommended that thone articles not pr luced at horne, but which enter lurge uto geoeral consumption through mei jinns, compounds, Sea., aud from whi ittle revenue is derived, should bo plac >u the free list, and that "should a ft .her r?duction bo deemed advisable, should bo made upon those artic! which can best bear it without distui .og home productiou or reducing t labors of American labor." Thia latt recommendation hus tho merit of bei io exceedingly general, that it prohal will give no offenoo uvou to tho nu irdent protectionists. For particuh ipou this hoad, Congress is referred -he report of the Secretory of the Tn lury. Tho fluctuations in the cu rr er ire deplored, and tho wisdom of Ce jreas ia invoked to find a remedy, whi s the nearest tho President comes ibo wing any coucern upou tho subject ipecie payments. The message rei rates the condemnation heretofore p jounced hy tho Secretary of tho Tr mry upoo the present infamous syst )f moieties to informers in the revei iervioe of tho country-a system whi while condemned iu theory, is said practice, however, lo flourish exec ugly. lu tho navy, the employment oi sar. lumerary officers iu tho merchant i tice, (as in Eugluod and other co ;rios.) uud that promotion ubovo rank of captain ho mudo by sulecti .?atead of seniority, (us ut prcHont,)si o be recommendations worthy the mention of CongresH. The plan of unit .ho telegraph service with tho ordiu postal service of tho county is ur j ipon tho favorable consideration of C tress, ns recommended by tho Postn :er-Geiieial. Tho revenues of tho ?artmeut continue to improve. Tho meuaures taken for tho cufo nout of tho Ku Klux law aro next viewed. The proclamation of Ootc 17 is justiiitid, upon tho ground that requirements of tho proclamation of ;ober 12, requiring tho members of awful combinations, within tivo dav mrrender "all their arms, ammunit luiforms, disguises, mid other means implements used by them for carr; jut their unlawful purposes-," hud been complied with, Tho existent the "unlawful combinations," " posea," "arms," "uniform" uud "iu menta" ia taken for grunted. "Ar or trial in the judicial tribunals of United States" ia promised tho pa who have been arrested, ia numbers t ll und reds, and wo may add, also, 1 conviction, inasmuch ns it is added: is believed that no innocent peru now in custody." If a "regular" tr to tako place, tito question of gui innocence, ono would havo .sappi might have been left to tho ..joel tribunals." A reign of terror ht been mungi)rated, tho fact that nun of persons havo "absconded" is uasi to bo "good ground for supposing ill such persons have violated thc lu The suppression ol polygamy in Utah, with a provision for tho legitimization oi "innooent children" np to a certain date, is suggested-the latter only "ns a sug? gestion, not a recommendation." The "peace policy" heretofore adopted by the administration with reference to the Indians, (though somewhat varied in practice by exploits like thoso of the "Fiegan" massaore,) ia recommended to be adhered to, "not only because it is ? humane, Christian-like and economical, I but because it is right." Political amnesty is recommended, upon the ground, apparently, that no good comes from excluding a particular I class of men from office, beoauso they had violated their oath to support the Constitution, while thousands who would havo done so had they been in the simo position, aro admitted to bo eligi? ble. It is added, "If there bo any great crimiuals distinguished abovo nil ol bor? for tho part they took in opposition to the Government, they might, iu the judgment of Congress, bo excluded from such amnesty." It is needless to re? mark that such amnesty would not be "general,", and that tho vcr}' "excep? tions" would go far to defeut its effect, llegret is expressed that tho old citizens of tbe Southern States should not tnko a moro prominent part in public affairs, but tbe causes which binder them from so doiug seem most imperfectly compro bended. Tbe wretched misrule of the carpct-bag governments of those States, uow upheld by Kn Klux legislation, bus far mo: a to do with their prescht "un? happy condition" than any feeling of personal hostility or "social ostracism" on tho part of the older iuhabitnnts to? ward thuBO who differ with them in po? litical sentiments. Natural causes, such as climate, Roil and the state of the labor question, with present mnl-admiuistra tion, have quito us much to do with re? tarding "immigration and tho flow of much-needed capital" into the South, ns any of tho causes which tho President enumerates. In conclusion, Ibo President declares himself in favor of such civil service re? form as will visit tho responsibility for bad appointments upon thoso who re? commend improper persons for oflWo to the appointing power. Ile refers to the commission appointed under tho Act of Congress of March 31, 1871, to devise regulations for tho reform of tho civil service, and promises to give to thc ex? periment a fair trial. Taken ns a whole, the message is of moderato length, eirnplo and uupreten? tious in its style, rather negativo than positive in its merits, and certainly less aggressive in its tonn and recommenda? tions than might havo been apprehend? ed, and porhups, by a certain elas-s ol political extremists and factioniatp, was desired.-Baltimore Sun. Gl?EENWOOD AND AUGUSTA RAIM;O.U> By appointment of au adjourned meet? ing of tho friends of tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, tho citizens of Abbe? ville and Edgeiield met at Hillway, on December 1, and, ou motion of Dr. J. H. Jennings, Gen. P. II. Bradley was called to the chair, and Dr. M. C. Tag? gart requested to act ns Secretary. Tho Chairman, in a forcible aud prac? tical manner, peculiar to himself, ex? plained the object of tho meeting, and was happily successful in infusing into tho andience n spirit of unanimity und determination rarely met with. Abb? and instructive addresses were also made by Dr. J. H. Jeuuings, Capt. Jas. Tal bert, Capt. W. K. Bradley, J. D. Tal? bert, Esq., and others; and tho cheering intelligence from delegates from Green? wood to Augusta, all along tho route, in cont08tibly proves that our citizens tire alivo und in sober earnest in regard to the road. If brains, muscio and money will build any railroad, theu tho Green? wood and Augusta Railroad will be built, and tho subsequent action of the meeting shows they ure ready to go lo work now-at once-as soon as a charter is granted. Ou motion of J. D. Talbert, E-q., Hie following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That a committee of twelve bo appointed, who shall adopt such mea? sures as may bo necessary to seenru u charter for a railroad, to ba known as tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad. Resolved, That said committee bo au? thorized to have au immediato survey made and published. Resolved, That said committee bo em? powered to raise, by subscription, au amount of money sutficicnt to have .said survey m do along the proposed route, and for such other purposes ns, by said committee, may be deemed advisable. Resolved. That certif?cales bo issued by tho committee to individuals who subscribo for this object, and that the amounts subscribed by them bo consi? dered as so much stock in the said rail? road. Under tho first resolution, the follow? ing gentlemen wero nppoiuted ns said committee of twelve: Dr. J. ll. Jen? nings, Gen. P. TI. Bradley, J. D. Tal? bert, Esq., A. M. Aiken, Dr. N. Merri wetbor, S. P. Boozer, C. L. Blair, Maj. J. L. White, W. Ii. Parks, Dr. J. D. Neill, J. G. Sheppard and Capt. W. li. Bradley. On motion of Dr. J. Ii. Jennings, Resolved, That tho following citizens of Augusta, Go., be appointed lo co-ope rato with tho committee from S ?nth Carolina, to secure II charter for Ibo Greenwood and Augusta Railroad, Viz: Hon. R. H. May, Dr. Tho?. Pliiuizy, Austin Mullarky, Dr. Edward Burns, J. D. Butt, W. A. Ramsay, Thomas J. Jennings, Col. Jos. T, Smith and \Y. 1*. Crawford. Moved by Capt. Jas. Talbert, that four of thc committee of twelve, constitute a i quorum to transact business. Oa motion of Capt. Jas. Tullun I, the Secretary was instructed to give notice I that nu application will bo usado to! the General Assembly now in session for charter for said road. A negro on tho Lawton placo in Dougherty County, Ga., that and killed another brother nigger lust Tuesday. ! Sambo had belter keep his oyo skinned1 or he might get soma Ku Klux document ' served him. Hardly though. There isl a heap in being a nigger! i ' Tho Courter, of Charleston, says that: Mr. jiioipton is tho appointee, auder the Act of August 26, 1668, of Governor Scott, Mr. Attorney-General Chamber? lain and Mr; Treasurer Parker. The Act says'trie1 "Governor, Attorney-Gen oral^nnd tho Treasurer, aro heroby au? thorized to appoint, under n commission signed by them, somo:'responsible bank or broker .in "'tho city of New York, to act as Financial Agent of tho State, to bo subject ?0 their direction and con? trol." They accepted Mr. Kimptou without'security. Ho was, under tho very express terms of tho law, to bo sub? ject to their direction aud control. They cannot, theroforo, either allego igaoranco of his acts, or disavow the responsibility which they thus assumed. Another fuct is, that under tho law no bond or obligation could bo issued without the signature of tho Govoruor, the seal of State, und countersigned by tho Trea? surer. Tho whole finances of tho State wero thtis committed to the Financial Board and tho Financial Agent. To them tho trust was committed. Upon them, tho responsibility rested. They aro now mutually arraigned beforo the bar of public opinion, to answer and ac? count for the frauds, which, under their nu me und authority, have been commit? ted, Tliero ure but two alternatives. They have either ueglcctcd or betrayed their trust ;. Upon thom, to au injured aud defrauded peoplo, a responsibility rests, which they can neither evade or escape, and for which they must finally account at tho bar of public opiuiou. And also says thal : Mr. Chamberlain, in his published speech, (before us,) nt Chester, in Au? gust, 1870, assorted tho whole public debt to bo but $0,183,349.17. Ho spoke as ono of tho Financial Board. But a little over ii year has transpired siuce, and it is now admitted to bu uear 810, 000,000-while tho Investigating Com mitten muka it over 820,000,000. Mr. Chamberlain then asserted-to uso hil own words-that "only $700,000 had hecu added io tho publia debt of th? State since July, 1?S08." We know non that Gov. Scott and his Administratiot has li.id printed of bonds aud stockt since July, 1808, 522,510,000. So far ns thu Ijt-gislulure and thi public are concerned, tho Finaneia Board und Agent must be held respouei Ide for tho finances of tho State. It wai their mission and their duty. They ac cepted the trust. lu thu face of tin prescut frauds, all must be held equal!; accountable. If, with any, the sin shouli have been of omission und uot of com mission, then ?ct the truth be franki, and clearly, stated, and the real perpt trators bo bri ught to justice. SOUTH CAHOMKA-THU FIKAXOU AULXT KNOWN AS A "GUTTED SIIAUX Tho correspondent of the New York Tr bunc, ut Charleston, throws, iu a recer letter, some new and interesting light o tho condition of tho Stuto finances, t which lie hus fur some time given a goo deal of attention, and his story is oe which, if we had uot been prepared ft it by the doings of the ring in this cit; would sound very extraordinary. \V have given some account already of tl antecedents of Niles G. Parker, the Stat Treasurer. He and Gov. Scott, and ot Kimpton, who has filled tho offioo i "State Agent" ir New York, uud who: solo business appears to havo hecu tl raising of funds for tho Churlestou riu| have hud tho funds uud credit of tl State wholly iu their bunds for tho lo three j-ears, nnd Kimpton, tho corre pondent alleges, beforo ho was put in this position, was a "street broker," i what is called in tho slang of tho E chango a "gutter shark"-that is, broker who has uo office, and transuc his business on tho sidewalk, aud ou tc of adj icent carts and barrels. The cu tom of tho ring seems to have heeu send on Statu bonds to this worthy raise money for them on them, and li instead of selling them, pledged the for loans, und so went on pledging ai borrowing like clock-work, thc socuriti all tho while fulling iu value, and boil occasionally sold hy alarmed leude: Into his doings no inquiry seems ever have been made, all tho Churlestou fi terni ty cared for being tho honoring their drafts. Now, however, their orci is wholly exhausted; no moro monoy c bo raised ou bouds; tho treasury empty; the salaries of tho Stato oflici have been long unpaid; and there is provision for tho January interost. Ll der theso circumstauces, tho Govert and Treasurer, and Comptroller, have lust to fuco un angry and swindled co oiunity, and try to answer same qu lions as to their doiugs with tho nun: entrusted to their keeping, and wo oi moro commend thoir story to tho cc iiideration of those persons who thi order and prosperity eau bo restored South Carolina, or uny other State, b liberal uso of horse, foot aud drugoo In judging tile ring, too, it must he membered that behind them stooi grossly ignorant and corrupt Legislutu knowing nothing of finance and ta lion, of tho nature or value of pul credit, and intent only on filling lt own pockets. This body actually g thu rincs unlimited power to issue hon restricting thom only as to the BUU monoy to ho raised-a contrivance facilitating stealing which has hud parallel in legislation except Twet "Board of Audit." A committee of t Legislature carno on to this city last si mer, osteusibly tn look after Kimpt but nothing is known or has boen he of them or their doings since, ext that thoy lived sumptuously for tl months at n fashionable hotel, nnd \^ back to Charleston iu lino condition, knowledgo of theso facts seems to necessary to a pr< per eomprehensioi the ring "accounts."-Kew York Kai A mob in Mot cal fa County, Ky., cen fly lynched a man for simply kit his own mother-in law. If it has c to such n pass that a trivial, aud t sometimes unavoidable, cironmati liku that must expose n citizen to vengeance of tho Ku Jvlux, tho soi martial law is declared in that State better for all well-disposed husbands Ebenezer Shaw waa assisted in celebration of his 100th bi rt h-day, rut ly, by .I'1" of descendants. The New York Hatton Bays: These accounts aro very carious. lu October, 1870, Parker, thc Treasurer, gave "au official statement" of the debt of the State, winch he sets down at $7,005,903.98. Six weeks later, the Comptroller-General made a report, in which he put it at tho same amount ns Parkor, but, oddly enough, gave u very different account of its composition. It now appears that both these statements were fulse. The tax-payers had iu tho meantime been getting alarmed, and held a convention io May, 1871, of which wo gave some account in the Nation, and thoy, sent a deputation to soo the Comp? troller, who repeated his falsehood of the previous December. Four mo TI th s later, in September, 1871, Gov. Scott tried his hand at giving the amount of the State debt before the Congressional Ku Klux Committee, and ho mado it out in all 89,523,504.10, which it now ap? pears was the greatest falsehood of all, for he must have known, and knew, that, besides this, Kimpton had then re? ceived and pledged bonds to the amount of over $5.000,000. Next, Parker and Kimpton spent a day over the books, and on the 25th instant, handed to the Tribune correspondent, as the result of their labor?, a statement showing tho debt to be $15,806,908.98. Finally, on Tuesday, tho Legislature having con? vened, Governor Scott informed them iu his message that the whole public debt is 811,991,908, "which statemeut ho knows, from a severe personal scru? tiny, to be current, nothing being sup? pressed." THE MIHTAUY ARRESTS.-Since our report, of Inst week, the following per? sons have been arrested by the military authorities and committed to prison in this place: C. Knox Williams. P. E. Moore, P. M. Mooro, W. F. Moore, J. H. Bloodworth. Of those previously committed, and heretofore reported, the following have been released: W. M. Robinson, S. J. Harvey, James White, J. S. Carroll. J. E. Carroll, Dr. T. M. Gwinu, H. Z. Porter, Sherrod Childers. Tho following have been orderod to at? tend trial nt Columbia, and have been removed heneo from the prison in this place, leaving now in confinement hero thirteen men : J. S. Miller, John Ram? sey, Reuben McCall, J. T. Howe. P>. Sanderson, Wm. Thomnsson, Wm. Low? ry, J. F. Little, Evans Murphy, Wm. Montgomery, John Caldwell, J. A. Gra? ham, Capt..Tohu Mitchell. f Yorkville Enquirer. Few people complaining of life's mis fortunen, aro aware of how much better ul! they are thau many of their fellow beings. When they learn, as they readi? ly cnn from the last census returns, that thero are in this country alone 20,320 blind people, 37,582 insane, 24,527 idi? otic, aud 15,822 peoplo deaf and dumb, to say nothing of the unnumbered hosts of peoplo suffering under minor afflic? tions, health and souud faculties will perhaps be botter esteemed. Frightful as this list appears, it is yet worthy of note, comparing much more favorably iu proportion to population than that of any other country on the face of the earth, civilized or barbarous. SiNouiiAii CAUSE OK DEATH.-The Bos? ton Traveller, of November 28, says: Mr. E. C. Chambers, the Park street station agent of the Medford branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad, met with his death in a very singular way, some days since. His little daughter was sick with the diptheria and he put his baud on her mouth for some purpose or other, and tho child seized upon his hand and bit it. The marks of the teeth were very slight, comparatively, tho skill was broken slightly, and tho poison from thu teeth was transmitted through Mr. Chamber's system, and after a week's illness, during which time his body became much swollen, be died. The United States steamer Richmond has just landed ut Philadelphia a sarco- , phugus recently discovered at Myceuic, alleged to contain the ashes of tho Apos? tle Paul. Wo object to transporting mich relics of mortality all over thu world. Ooly lately tho dust of Vasco do Gamma was started ou a voyage, aid now we huve the osseous relics of a muo.'i more venerable celebrity brought to thu country. Surely eighteen centuries oi repose in any spot ought certainly to en? title its occupant to tho right of posses? sion, and secure him from disturbance. Tho Rev. Brother Brock, of Tipton, Indiana, recently buried his wife. Since then ho hus engaged himself to thre-; women, married ono of thom, waa sued for breach of promiao by one of tho others, got a divorce from tho one ho married, and married the one who sued him for the breach of promise, was tried by au ecclesiastical connoil and suspended from oonferenoe, then went aud joined the Campbellito Church, and ho aud his third wife were both baptised -and all this he did within fivo months. A citizen of Oregon, ninety-one years of age, has boen arrested for perjury, j Wo think that a mau at that time of life I ought to bo permitted to swear pretty much as he pleases. MARRIED, Un 2il instant, at tho residouco of Dr. P. G. McGregor, by Hov. Father Francis Jacque met, Mr. W. J. M AG KATH, of Obarlestou, H. G., to Miss BELINA E., eldest daughter of tho late Charles J. Dollin. No cards. In Gel u min a, ?. C., on tbo 30th November, 1X71, at the residouco of tho bridc'B father, by tho Kev. Manning Brown, J. KNOX LIVING? STON, of BennettRVille, H. C., and ELLA A., daughter of J. II. Wells. No cards. j In the District Conrt of the United States for Sooth Carolina. ! In tho matter of Gonvenior M. Wilkins, ot I Columbia, 8. C., bankrupt.-Petition for full and tinal diauhargo in bankruptcy. OKDKKED, That a bearing be had on tbo second day of January, A. 1>. 1872, at Federal Court flouso in Charleston, S. C.; and that all creditors, Ac, of said bankrupt appear at said timo and placo, and abow cuuue, if any thoy can, why tho prayer of tho petitioner should not bo granted; and that tho second and third meetings of creditors of said bankrupt will bu hold at the o?lce of C. J. .) A KI. Kit, Esq., ltogister of bankrupt, New? berry District, H. C., on 28th day of Docom bor, 1871, at 12 M. By order of the Court, 2d dav of December, 1871. DANIEL HOULBECK, j Clerk of tho Diatrlct Court of tho United I Ht ate? for South Carolina. Doc 8 fit ..THE TWEEDS OF THE SOUTH."-The Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier, in an editorial blaring the above caption, save. "A Western Republican journal makes' the observation that three years of Rad ioal legislation in a Southern State, is a calamity equal to a Chicago fire. This proposition is borue out by an exhibit which the New York IVibune has just given of the condition to which the1 wretched Slate of Sooth Carolina has boon reduced by its Radical despoilers/' Here follows an extract from the edi? torial of the New York Tribune, which appeared in our columna on Saturday last. The editor of the Buffalo Courier O in ti uu ea thus: . .'We feel safe in predicting that no punishment whatever, except such as a righteous Heaveu may elect to send, will ever reach these thieves. Their party will cover their tracks, and deprecate suoh talk as the Tribune holds as 'dis? loyal,' aud will pooh-pooh every honeti statement of their rascalities in time to come, just an it has been doing for eix years past. Moreover, when the people of South Carolina make their next des? perate effort to esoapo from the clutohes of the Radical bauditti, the whole North will bo told that it is the outbreak of a new rebellion, and Federal troops will be sent to take care of tho polls and put down 'Ku Klux.' It needed only the exertion of her regal will for a single day to free Now York city from har brigands, but some of the Southern States have been struggling in the clutch of far more desperate thieves for years, and still struggle in vain. Thu worse than Tammany thieves who havo made six Southern States baukrupt, and the sum of whose robberies ia estimated at $250,000, 000, have been, and still are, auatained by the whole moral power of the Repub? lican party, and at ueed hy tho military power of the Federal Gov?-rutneut "And yet the Republican pres? bus the impudence to taunt Dem?crata with having sustained dishonest men in pow er in New York." A WHOLESALE MUBDERESS.-One ol the mont remarkable cases ever put on a criminal docket is about to be tried iu New Haven. Tho uecused, Mrs. Sher? man, is chat gen ia thu indictment ?itu the guilt of four cold-blooded nod un? natural murders, whi'.o by popular oph? ion she is guilty of these and never? mord. All of her vic-im*-il least all if these eleven-were connected to her by the closest domestic ties, us the lift is made ni? of threu husbands, six own children aud two step-children. -. . ' ?? ? *. HEAVY SNOW STORM,-This section was visited last week with oae of the heaviest suow storms we hive ever known here. It began to fall on Thursday evening, and continued all that night and a portion nf Friday. On level places it measured seven inches deep. I Chester Reporter. A Mrs. Failey, of White County, Tenn., fell into the Ore while nuder the influence of a ht one day last week, and waa burned tu death, thu tire communi? cating by her clot hes to her baby's crib, near by, also bnruiug the child to a j crisp. The Ruston Post saya that a man in Troy loft a hoarding house just because a rut bit off his eur. When people get to bu that particular about trifles, they .ought to quit boarding and go to keep? ing house. j A negro girl in Selma. Alabama, skips ropo with a pailful of water on her bend I wilh^ift spilling a drop. A meeting of the Tam mu ny sachems, for the alleged purpose of expelling I Tweed, hail no quorum. Alexis hus telegraphed for Driveguls off to come on und join hi? suite imm?? diat el v. GEORGE PAGE & CO., Xu. !i X. Shuirder ftrrct, J ?alt hitor?-, Md., MaimU'?turere i?1 POUTAOt.K AM) KTATIUNA11Y STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Paten Improved, Tunable CIR CU Ia A lt SAW MILLS. CA NO. M CL A V A XI) SASH SA W MILLS. 4 * HIST MI Lbs. TIMBER WHEELS, SHIN \JT OLE MACHINES, to. Dealers in Ciicn lar Saws, belting und Milt supplies generally, and manufacturer's agents fur Lend'* Cele? brated Tui bine Water Wheel und every dc ucrlptfon of Wood, Working Machinery. AG tl IOU LTU HAL ENGINES A SPECIALTY. sarSeud for descriptivo Catalocriioo and Pries Lists. May 2.1 i+ITly ?3 3 o o R MANUFACTURER AND DEALER, No. 2C Hayne street ami Horlbeck s Wharf, OhnrloRton, 8. (5. Thia in the lamest and most completo factory of tho kind in thc Southern States, aud all articles in thia linc can be furnished by Mr. P. P. Tonie at pricec which dofy competition. ?ar A pamphlet with full and detailed Hst of all sizes of Doors, Sashes and blinda, and tho prices of each, will he sent freo and poBt puid. on application to July ll ilyr P. P. TOALE._ PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME, For Composting with Cotton Soed. Price f25 dish, with Usual Advance for Time, THIS artiole ia prepared undor tho Huporin tondonco of Dr. ST. JULIEN H AVENEL expressly for composting with Cotton Seed. It was introduced hy this Company twe years ago, and its uso has fully attested itt value. 200 to 2.50 pounds of this article pei aero, properly composted with tho samt weight of Cotton Seed, furnishes tho plantel with a FERTILIZER of the highest excel lenee at tho smallest cost. A compost prc pared with this article, aa by printed direc? tions furnished, contains all tho elements ol fertility that eau enter into a first class FER? TILIZER, while its economy must commend its liberal nto to planters. For supplies and printed directions foi composting, apply to J. N. ROBSON, Agont Pacific Guano Company. No. G8 East Bay tc Nos. 1 A 2 Atlantic Wharf Charloston, S. C. JOHN S. REESE A CO., General Agents. MONEY GANHOT BUY IT! . Vor licht is Fr?cele??! Oui the Diamond Spectacles wilt Preserv? lt. IP yon value your eyesight use thees PER? KE ex JJKHSEN. Ground from minute crystal pebbles, melted together, end derive their name "Diamond" on account of their hardness and brilliauoy. They will last many yearn without change, and are warranted an? terior 'o all others, manufactured by J. E. SPENCES A GO., N. Y. CAUTIOH.-None genuine unie PB stamped with our trade mark. WM. GLAZE, Jeweler and Optician, ie sole agent for Columbi?, 8. 0., fr otu whom they can only be obtained. No peddlers employed._Joly 20 Illly A. B. MULLIGAN, COTTON FACTOH, CHARLESTON, 8. C. I WILL, when placed In funds, pur abase and forward all kinds of Mor ohaodize. Machinery, Agricultural 1m Iplomonts, Fortilizers, Ac Oct 0 jjj Kinsman Howell. Factors and Commission Merchants, Liberal Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston^ S, C. Auxuet 91 4m o A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY] MILLIONS Bear Testimony te she Wonderful Curative Eflects of DB. WAL KEB'S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS ?JJ WALK?* Propriet?r. B. U. WcDoni.ii A Co, Pranlst? asl Oes. Af' ti, Sin FTSDCIMO, CIL, and SI Mil 3* Ooma o rte rsi. SAf Vinegar Bitters are not avile Fancy Drlnl Made of Poor Rom, Whiskey, Proof Spirit and Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced and awecf cried to please tho taste, called "Tonics,* "A pp ct I: era," " Restorers," &c, that lead the tippler on drunkenness and rain, bnt nre ri true Medicine, ma from tba Nativo Hoots and Herbs .of California, : from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They aro tb GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A Lil GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Renovator an| Invigorator of tho System, carrying off all poisonov matter and restoring tho blood to n healthy condltlozj Ko person can take thean Bitters according to dire* tiona and remain long unwell, provided their bon?, are not deatroyed by mineral poison or other me and the vital organs wasted beyond tho point of t\ pair. O They area Gentle Purga! I TO as well as j Tonic, possessing also, tho peculiar merit of acth as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflan elation of the Liver, and all tho Visceral Organa. FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether young or old, married or Bingle, at tba dawn of . manhood or attbo turn of life,thesoTonlcBittcrsbav no equal. ' For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheums liam and Gour, Dyspepsia or Indigestion1 Bilious, Remittent nnd Intermittent Fever Dlscuaee of tho Blood, Liver, Kidneys, ax Bladder, these Bitters havo been most snccessf Such Diseases are cn used by Vitiated BlooJ which ls generally produced by derangement of tq Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Ilea ache, Pain In tho Shoulders, Cottgbs, Tightness of 1 Chest, Dizziness, Boar Eructations of the Stomac Bad taste In the Month, Bilious Attacks, Palpltatlrj of the Heart, Inflammation of the Langs, Fain In region* of tho Kidneys, and a hundred other ps symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the Stomac h and stimulate the I pld liver and bowels, which render them of nnequallJ efficacy In cleansing the blood of all Imparities, a?j Imparting new Ufo and vigor to tho whole ayaiem. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, S J Rheum, Blotches Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Bolls, Cd banclcs, Ring-Worms, Scald-Head, Boro Eyes, Krisij elas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations ol the Skin, Hume and Diseases of the Bkin, of whatever name or natu*! are literally dug np and carried out of thc system lr ?hort time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle I such cases will convinco tho most Incredulous of tbJ curative effect. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon find Impurities bursting through tho skin In Pimples, Ert Hons or Bores, cleanse lt when yon find lt ohMrocL, and sluggish In the veins: cleanse lt wlien lt la foul, ni yonr feelings wilt tell yon when. Keep tho blood pu] and the health of ?io system will follow. 1 PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking In L system of so many thousands, are effectually a eat ni ed and removed. For nui directions. rc?if careful the circular around each bottle, printed lu four bf gusges- English, German, French and Spanish. J. WALKER, Proprietor. H. H. MCDONALD St C, Druggist* and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cab, i S3 and Si Commerce Street, New York. tysoLD EY ALL DRTJGOISTS AND DI Janglely 'QEIGKli .dr aio'ittJUiUxt, a?,u, ! QB P O tn fe , Pi CD jd AFEW reasons why they should have tl nrdferenoo over all others: 1. Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machino much simpler than any of tho others; ri qniring lees than half tho amount of mi ohinery. ... , 2. As thc result of this simplicity, Ibis raj chine in much less lisblo than trie others . got ont of repair. .1 S. Another result ct thia (-InipHcity i| greater durability. ' 4. Another result is loss friction, and, co ilaequently, greater eaeo and rapidity of m litton, with ICHB uoiac. [ 5. And greatest of all, thal it uses no Sin tie, and makes tho lock stitch. lt ia tho cheapest to buy the best. Boy t machine that has justly, fairly and bono ,biy won a r?putation and indeponden ?against a strong and bittercnropotitlon. I imore than twenty years bas tho Whcele (Wilson not only stood brat and foremost. ;now stands tho v.niivalled 8ewinn Machim 'the enlightened civilized world. Buy thc chino that has been thus tested and prov? *nd then you are snro to get tho best. ? sale on the eatieet possible terms. Bal room Main street, second door below Fns: office, Columbia,8. 0. J. 8. P?RSLEY, Agent A. WUVTE, General Southern ARCut, Juno 21_fim The Southern and Atlantic TELEGRAPHC Now Open for Bneiness. OFFICE, COLUMBIA HOTEL. _8epU4 The Doctors Recommend Seegers' B IN praferenoe to London Porter and Seo Ale. Why? They know it ie nnadnlterat STOCKS, BONDS and COUPONS bou and sold by D. GAMRBILL.Breko