The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, May 24, 1870, Image 2
COLUMBIA, s. c.
Tuesday Horning, May 24, 1870.
Ttio PollcyofKiTort vi.tho Lalos ez-Fe, Ire
System?
We have no doubt bat that there were
men 'Who, in the days of Alexander of
Macedon, took the ground that the
''Gordian knot," if let alone, would dis?
entangle itself. They were of that order
of persons who, indisposed to make the
necessary effort, seek to ezonse their
inertia by dignifying it with "masterly
inactivity.'}. Brit a bold, earnest and
active man, like Alexander, solved the
problem tb ut bud vexed so many of his
cotcmpornrit-s. With the sword of
ACTIONJ in n Bbarp, short and decisive
way, hq cut the knot, and thus the knot
was untied. We have in South Carolina
"a Gordian knot." And the question
has arisen, how shall it be untied? Some
argue, letita?on?-it.wi? uqldose itself;
and thus take counsel of their inactivity
-Of that spirit which says: "yet a little
more sleep-yet a little more folding of
the hands for slumber." Others lhere
are.who prefer a more spirited and activo
programme. They flo not propose to
use the sword pf. military power. That
is aliko impossible- nod undesirable. But
they do propose to use the weapon of
peaceful,' f??r and legitimate ACTION.
They are'for making an, effort-a wise,
an energetic effort-in behalf .of .political
HEFOIIM, That is, the young, hopeful,
resolute spirits of the ??tate who are for
industrial progress and political reform,
favor nation in behalf of the popular
canse. They favor bringing all men to?
gether on the platform of reform, who
oppoae thoe? features of corruption in
the present government of the State that
have made South Carolina politics a shame
and-a* reproach in the estimation of
honest men-Democrats and Republi?
cans alike-at home and abroad. This
is the policy of tho men for action in this
State. They have no faith in the laissez
fairei policy. It did harm to na in the
past. It will wreok us in tho future.
There is no philosophy in the policy of
doing nothing. This is a progressive
world. Th?s is a moving era. These
are active times. We mint be "up and
doing,-" or we shall be brushed aside by
the activo army of workers aud progres?
sionists. Politically and industrially,
we must be "achieving and pursuing,"
and occupy the field of earnest, well
considered, vigorous and virtuous EF?
FORT. We must Vgo in to win," but we
must also "go in" whether we snail win
or not. It is the stirred waters that
gather healing qualities. It is the mov?
ing body that collects the floating
atoms. It is the faith, the virtue,
the manhood, the activity of the
good people of the State which aro to
win the State from the spoiler, and put it
on the ground of a genuine and a whole?
some prosperity. Hence our judgment
is against the proposition to stuud uloof,
and let the corrupt body politic "disinte?
grate." Left to itself, the cohesive force
of the publio plunder will keep it long to?
gether. In the meantime though "rings"
and "coteries"-native and foreigu-mav
fatten, the FCOFi^E, white and black, will
bleed and languish. We cannot well
consent to wait; for the ways that we op?
pose are the ways of death to tho inter?
ests of the people and tho weal of thc
State. Our course is taken. Our duty,
as a journalist, shall be discharged. Wt
shall continue the free, unbiussed, un?
pledged, independent advocate of tb?
cause of the people, and we shall stand
sternly opposed to all schemes, and all
combination, and all rings, that stand in
the way of the popular RELIEF. Tbere
are men in the Stato, who will not con?
sent to let the enemies of good and hon?
est government walk unchallenged and
unquestioned in this State. They will
demand that nil betrayers of the public
interests shall have their misdeed?
brought to light, nod themselves forced
before the tribunal of the people.
Grecian horses, made by modern Epeu
ses, may be sent within tho walls o!
our Troy, but there will be found more
than one Laocoon to send the javelin ol
truth into their quivering sides. We musl
make an effort to redeem tho State. Lei
good men of all classes band together,
and may Heaven defend the right. Lol
ns make tho effort, if you will, on gen?
eral grounds. There is no hazard in thic
to honest party mon. Whatever there is
of good in Republicanism, lot it live
Whatever there is of good in Democracy
will not perish. Tho State! The State!
let this be the rallying cry. Buchan ef?
fort as this broad FATIUOTISM will sanc?
tion. Such nn effort as this may com?
mand SUCCESS.
So muoh for the general principles thal
bear upon tho question of our policy.
As to the specific line of notion to bc
pursued, let tho June Oonvention of re?
formers determine. It will do well if,
whilst it shall advise that each County
secure tho best possible representation,
it shrill also elect to m areli ail tho army of
reformera on the general tickot. Aa a
Carolina journal, wedded to tho interests
of the State, we shall meet on the ground
of KEFORSI all tho elomenta in the State
ready to engage in thia good and essen?
tial work.
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Tu? Bine Ridge Hull rum! Cuse.
Before Judge Melton, at Chambers;
heard 20th and 21st inst. John Fisher,
' William B. Stanley, William Wallace,
and Edward Hope, plaintiffs; against
J. L. Nougle, os Comptroller-General j
of the State of South Carolina, the
Blue Ridge Railroad Company and
Jumes P. Low, defendants.
Tho plaintiffs, by n practice under the
corto recently adopted, had brought
their complaint on behalf of themselves
as tax payers and all others similarly
situated.
The complaint sets forth the Act of
Assembly passed in 1851, authorizing
tho Comptroller General, upon certain
conditions precedent, to endorso on
Sl,00U,OU0 of the bouda of the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company the guarautee
of the State, pledging the faith and funds
thereof for the payment of said bouda;
tliat on September 15, 18GS, the General
Assembly passed an Act reciting the Act
of 1854, and the fact that the conditions
thereby required had become impossible
and improper, and enacting that the
Comptroller-Geuerul should, without
reference to auch couditiou, endorse the
said $1,000,000 of bonds, thereby pledg?
ing tho faith aud fuuds of the State
thereof; that the said Act of 1868 further
provided tho sanie, authority, in respect
to additional, bonds, tp the amount of
S3.000,000, thus making in the aggregate
?4,000,000 of bonds, whereou said
Comptroller-General was authorized by
such Act of 1SG8 lo bind the State;
that, blank bonds to the amonut of
$4,000,000 had been prepared and
priuted, and wero iii tho possession of
defendants; that of these bonds, amount?
ing to the sum of $1,000,000, has been
executed by the Blue Ridge Railroad
Conjpauy, and had been eudorsed by
the Comptroller-General in the manner
above mentioned, but that these bouds
were uunegotiated, and still remained in
tho hands of the defendant, James P.
Low, un officer of said Company, and
might, at any moment, be issued; fur?
ther, that it was in contemplation on the
part of defendants to execute, endorse
aud guaruntee, aud issue the remaining
S3.000,000 of bonds.
The plaintiff submitted that this Act of
September 15, 18GS, was unconstitutional
and void; that among other objections
to th?s.) bonds they provided payment in
gold, aud were not even such as were
contemplated hy the Act itself; on these
grounds the plaintiffs prayed that the
issue or delivery of the executed and
endorsed bouds, and the endorsement
by Comptroller-General of thoso re?
maining, aud for other relief.
The cuso wus opened by W. H. Talley,
E?q., on behalf of tho plain ti O's, who
was followed by A. C. Haskell, Esq ;
Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Attorney
General, and J. D. Pope, Esq., for de?
fendants, the reply being mudo by Hon.
J. P. Carroll The question arose on a
rule to shew cause why u temporary in?
junction should not he grunted. Upon
heiring a most elaborate argumont, the
Judge grouted tho temporary injunction
on tho usual terms as to security.
Timon, the Washiuglon correspondent
of the Richmond Dispatch, wriliug under
date of the 17th inst., says:
Tho indications of coming disruption
in tho Republican party in Congress are
too plain to admit of dispute.
Tho storm is brewing both in the Se?
nate and in the House, and the cause is
the too eon>taut demands of the ultra
radicals for a continuation of imposition
and proscription. The old love of re?
constructing States is LO ardent that it
oannot be dissipated without a struggle,
which shall leave the ultras iu thu
minority in Congress.
Tho leaders of tho radical party see
this breach cotniug gradually but surely,
ami take no pains to conceal their appre?
hensions of trouble. A prominent mem?
ber of tho party, one who bas been
honored in various positions of official
importance, declares that thu breach,
which commenced in Tennessee, is ex
feuding over tho country, and tho only
remedy is to fight to tho bitter end every?
thing like to conservatism.
Tho debates in the Senate within the
past two or threo days provo conclusive?
ly enough how the Republicans are
being divided, and the extreme radicals
savagely declare that their more sensible
colleagues are going over "body and
soul" to tho Democracy-and all because
they oppose tho further introduction of
measured intended lo impose additional
disabilities to the people of the South.
So far us the Presideut arid Cabinet
are concerned, they aro, with probably
three (if even that is not counting one
too many) exceptions, favorable to the
moro conservative policy. At any rato,
they will do nothing to help tho radical
cause. Grant wants peace. He tikes nu
easy road, and does not care to inter?
fere. At the same time he would like lo
have reconstruction complete before the end
of his (erm. If there is no more pro?
gress made within tho next year than
there has been in tho past, or if the
extremists continue to hold their own as
well, he will not experience that satisfac?
tion.
Et On? matter has been mndo very plain
of late. Tho reconstructionists do not
waut President Grant a second term. If
thoy did, pains would ho taken lo quiet
Mr. BoutwelPs aspirations, whioh seem
to be uo secret. Giant's indifference to
..men and measnros" is the principal
reason why ho is losing ground with the
party. A few daps only will demonstrate
more clearly the fact that disruption has
certainly set in, and not to be stopped.
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The anion ia Sooth Carolina, eaya the
New York Times, ot 'all classes, coloro and
political partioaM (o a?vooato rotroneh
naout and rofo^m in tho Govorumont of
tibie State, represents a tendency of which
the history ojlfj the next few jeers will
probably furnish abundant examples.
In tho absence of any absorbing party
issue, men naturally turn their attention
to the most vital, though frequently the
most neglected of all questions, the effi?
ciency of the Executive power. Waste,
corruption and misrule may be hidden
for a time under the shadow of party
majorities, but the hour arrives when tho
publio sentiment, without respect to po?
litical distinction, demands with irresis?
tible uuanimity an honest and capable
management of publio affairs. When
will Republicans in New York hnvo ar?
rived at that stage?
Tho plebiscite has, Bays tho Nation, as
was generally expected, resulted in a
large majority for the Government
about 7,000,000, it is supposed, out cf a
vote of 8,500,000. This is tho ninth
plebiscite which has taken place in
France, and all with the same result-au
enormous majority for the party in
power. It is safe to say that, with the
existing highly centralized administra?
tive muahinery, no other result is posai
ble. AU questions put by the powers
that be to the people, whatever they may
be in form, will be, in fact, leading
questions-that is, the answer to thom
will be suggested beyond tho possibility
of mistake. The radicals Bay that tho
imperial arrangements in the present
case put the result beyond doubt, apart
from the general tcudeucy of thecouutry
people to fall iu with the ideas of the
maires, the sous-prefets, the gens
d'armerie, aud the gardes champ?tres.
But then it must bo admitted, also, that
the performances of the "irreconcila?
bles" in Paris have not been without
their influence on the agricultural mind.
Tho peasant's intellect canuot grasp
Bochefort, and Flourens, aud Puschol
Grousaett. Thc moderate liberals, how?
ever, even the most moderate of them,
such as M. de Muzado, of the Revue dei
Deux Mondes, are seriously alarmed bj
whut bus happened, and hold, and not
without a show of reason, that tho ple?
biscitary continuation makes tho refora
illusory. It throws tho legislature iutc
the backgroud, and renders it possible
for tho executive at any time to reduce I
to total insignificance by an appeal tc
the people, as the Emperor is the sob
judge when this appeal should be made
Tho Emperor's reputation forshrewduesi
will probably now rise again, as he hat
evidently bit ou a device which givei
him most of tho advuntnges of consti
tutional sovereignty, and nono, or nex
to none, of its inconveniences.
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Tho Emperor of tho French mado tlx
followiug speech, on Saturday, iu re
spouse to an address by Schneider, 01
behalf of thu Legislativo bodies, upoi
the result of the vote on plebiscitum:
Sins: Receiving from your bands tin
result of this vote, my first impulso is t<
expresa my gratitude to the nation wbicl
thus renews to mu for the fourth time ii
Ivveuty years, the signal evidence of con
fideuoo. Universal suffrage, tho ele
incuts of which change unceasingly
nevertheless accomplishes its purpos
always. It has for its guides its trudi
lions, cert ai ut}' of its instincts, am
fidelity of its .sympathies. The plebisci
tum bad for its sole object tho ratifies
lion by tho people of constitutional re
form, but amidst conflicts of passion
and io thu struggle with its Opponent?
its purposes became greater. Let us no
regret that the adversaries of our iusti
tutions have made a question betwee
the Enipir? and revolution, for tho tin
lion bas settled the question in favor c
that system which guarautees order nu
liberty. To-day tho Empire is strong
but it will show its strengt li by its modi
ratiou. My Government will execut
the laws without partiality or weakliest
It will not deviate from the lino mai kc
for it.
Respecting all rights of its subjects i
will protect them all, and all their intel
eats, without thought of dissenting vote
or hostile manouvres, but it will ula
cause the national will to be respect?e
aud will hold it ubove all controversy
Freed from constitutional questiou
which have kept them apart, its bei
spirits will now have but one purpose, t
rally around a constitution which IL
country bus sanctioned. Honest persot:
of nil parties will now unite in efforts t
soften asperities of partizau passion, t
preserve social iuterestu trom contagio
of false doctrines, und to augment, by u
lawful means, the grundeur and pro
peri ty of Frunce. Wo shall labor to di
fuse instruction, to simplify admiuistri
live measures, to introduce into tho cot]
ameliorations iu favor of the agrien lt un
interest, aud to develop publio work:
We shall give our time to the reduotio
aud best distribution of taxation. Sue
is our programme, which, if realized, wi
increase the process of civilization.
I thunk yon, gentlemen, for the ni
you have given mo on this nccasiot
Votes which ratify those of 1848, 1851
und 1852, reaffirm your powers, aud gil
you, like mo, uew force to work for til
nation, now more than ever. May we t
fearless of the future, for few oppose tl
progressive march of the regime wbic
a great people founded timid politic!
trouble, and which is thus fortified in u
era of peace and liberty.
Ams nealy-3 enetor Snwyer'i View? OH til?
Subject.
Tho Congressianal Olola bringa us tb,o
fall verbatim report of the'hot debate in
the United States 8enato; on Tuesday
last, 4>D the BUbject of universal omneaty.
We take the following passager? from tbe
able apeeoh delivered on that occasion
by Senator Sawyer:
HE I8N'T AFRAID.
After alluding to Senator Morton's de?
nunciation of those who favored amnesty
as unsonnd Republicans, Senator Sawyer
said:
For one, I recognize no man's right to
read me out of the Republican party,
until he shows that I stand on ground
whioh is not Republican. Mere denun?
ciation, mere assertion that I am acting
in tho interest of rebels or rebellion, hus
uo effect upon mo. I feel no particular
anxiety to avoid pleasing the rebels if I
d?- right and act as a Republican. I
think it might be more wiso and states?
man-like if some Senators should remem?
ber that their ohief mission is not to
make tbe rebels bate them. But there
are some Senators here who seem to con?
ceive that couaistency requires them so
to act that the rebels shall entertain to?
ward them now precisely the same opi?
nion that they eutertained when the war
was flagrant. Sir, that is not my posi?
tion. When the war was flagrant, I
hated rebellion; when the war was
flagrant, to the extent of my power, I
resisted rebellion ; but let mo say, Mr.
President, when the war was flagrant, I
did not hate rebels, and I do not hate
rebels ncr anybody else now. It is not
tho mission of the Republican party to
hate the men who created aud who car?
ried on the rebellion. It was tho mission
of the Republican party to suppress the
rebellion; and it has been and is yet the
mission of the Republican party to re?
organize this Government on a more
solid aud enduring basin than that upon
whioh it has ever stood before.
SOUTH BRM UNANIMITY.
But, sir, let tne tell the Senator from
Indiana that tho foundation upon which
he would re-o rga ni zo this Go vern ment,
the foundation upon which ho would re?
construct the States lately in rebellion, ia
a foundation ns unstable as water. The
rebellion took into its vortex tho whole
Southern population, with exceptions ab?
solutely insignificant in number. All
classes wore bouud up in sympathy with
it. Every man, woman and child, with,
as I said, insignificant exceptions, had
hut ono aspiration ao fur as the political
situation was concerned; and that waa
that the Southern Confederacy and the
cause of the rebellion might triumph.
Hero und there a man of generally very
slight political or social significance
among his fellows was, or professed to be,
a loyal mau; but the number was so small
that to carry on tho Government iu those
States by their aid, and by their aid alone,
is a proposition perfectly absurd to auy
mau who knows the people.
WHAT OUGHT TO DB DONE.
I can uuderstaud, too, that those who
would govern these States as subject pro?
vinces, who would continue to keep ovei
them the strong arm of power, who
would destroy the vital principle of the
American Republic, which is local self
government, administration of local in?
terests by local agents-I say lean un?
derstand how those who would upset al]
this principle and theory of government,
who would destroy this chief clement oj
strength in the American system, should
advocate thc continuance of that system
which should hold the grip upon the
throats of the great majority of the white
population. That is the only theory on
which I can uuderstaud it; but it our pur?
pose is to forget tho war, if our purpose
is to establish iu the breasts of tho South?
ern people a love for the institutions ol
tho United States, if our purposo is tc
strengthen tho Government in those
Slates, aud to have a real Union, we must
take the pcoplo of those States with all
their infirmities upon them; we must in?
corporate them into tho body politic ol
tho Uuited States, as equal constituent
members. We must recollect that a mun
in South Carolina, a citizen of tho United
States, must ho placed on precisely thc
sumo platform, and covered by tho same
protection, endowed with the saino politi?
cal privileges, as a man in Massachusetts
or Michigan.
A FOOLISH rOMC?.
When you shut out any one large sec
tion of the country from all aspirations
for participation in the public offices,
when you tell that large class of men
that they must have no part or lot in tin
administration of the affairs of the Go?
vernment you bid them to obey and love,
I any you cut off from the Rep?blica!
party ouo of its great elements ol
strength. When I reflect that in addi
tion to the third clause of tho fourteen IL
amendment imposing these disabilities
there still rests on the statute, book thc
act known as the test oath, passed on thc
2d of July, 1862, which keeps out ol
Federal offices practically, not, as mj
friend from Connecticut enid, 800,00C
men, or all but 50,000 of thom, bul
1,000,000 of meu at least, in the State:
lately in rebellion and in tho States thal
did not nominally go into rebellion
when I reflect that all thoso boys ami
young men who never had held nn office
and who had no political opinions suvt
thoso that they hud absorbed from tht
atmosphere which they had breathed al
their lives, are cut off from all aspira
tious for Federal preferment and Fedora
office, I say the folly of man cannot con
ceive a moro blundering and stupid
scheme thau thc scheme of keeping thal
test oath ou the statute book.
THE TBUTH AT nAST.
Wo aro now, iu many localities in tht
South, reduced to tho necessity, in ordei
to get Federal appointments filled, ol
selecting them from ignoramuses or ras
jais; and yet the Senator from J nd ia m
[ells us that we can select where we will
-that the 50,000 loyal men tire amplj
milicient to guido the counsels of tht
nation iu thoso States. Now, I wish tc
lo nil credit to the men who were loya
?o tho flag in the Southern States-I wis]
o give them all the praise whioh belong!
to mea who resisted a carrent that my
friend from Indiana never had to resist
-I wish to give them all the laurels that
belpng to them. Far be it from me,
who saw their sufferings and their sacri?
fices through that terrible contest, to
take one single leaf from the chaplet
which should bind their brows. But,
Mr. President, they were few in num?
bers; as a role they were insignificant in
political and social consequence; and if
you attempt to carry on the business of
government in those States by their
agenoy and that of tho race lately en?
franchised alone, you will certainly fail.
WHY IXE BECAME A SENATOR.
And when any Senator charge H that
the political course on this floor of an?
other Senator would bo controlled by
the consideration of the questiou of bis
re-election, it is an aspersion upon his
integrity ns a Senator, and an implica?
tion that he will violate his oath as such.
When a Senator allows his official Sena?
torial conduct here to be governed by
snch motives as those, it is better that his
place should be filled by another man;
and let mo say that 1 do not hold the
seat I oconpy here because I would have
Nought tho placo which I do hold, nor
would I havo held it or have been a can?
didate for it, but for tho fact that I de?
sired to keep out others who were even
less fit to bu hero than mysolf, and that
I could select in my State many tnuu nt
that time who, if it had not been for
these very disabilities imposed by the
fourteenth amendaient, would have stood
on this floor much abler advocates of the
principles of tho Republican party,
much stronger men of tho State of South
Cnrolinn, and for the United States, than
I eau ever hopo to be.
PROSCRIPTION PLAYED OUT.
But, Mr. President, I did not rise to
speak at length on this bill. I believe,
aa I said when I began, that tho speech
of the Senator from Connecticut but re?
echoes tho sentiments of tho vast ma?
jority of tho people of the Republican
party; and I believe that the ucuteuess
of the Senator from Iudiaua bas in this
instance failed bim, aud that be has not
sufficiently studied thu sentiment of the
party of which ho is so distinguished an
ornament. I think that when the peo?
ple speak on this subject, be will lind
that bo represents not that majority
which might have the right to read a
minority out of its ranks, but that be
stands in a minority which may rather
ask to bo admitted to the orthodox plat?
form of tho party.
ACCIDENT AT CAMERON'S FACTORY.
GnEAT EXCITEMENT-SEVERAL PERSONS
INJURED.-Messrs. Cameron & Brother's
tobacco factory, situated on the corner
of Brown and Perry streets, was yester?
day morning the sceue of an accident
which caused the greatest excitement
among tho hands employed therein, and
indeed throughout the neighborhood,
and resulting in th-' serious injury ol
several persons and Ibo slight hurting of
a number of others.
About half-past 6 o'clock, a band on
some of the machinery on the first floor
became entangled with the shaft, caus?
ing the second floor to vibrate considera?
bly. The colored hands on this floor,
some sixty in number, became fright?
ened, and some began to cry fire, aud
others that tho house was falling in, and
amid the greatest confusion they rushed
pell mell for tho windows.
Tho Superintendent, seeing what was
to pay, and knowing that there was nu
danger, used every exertion to provent
any ono from jumping out, but they
beard him not, and expecting every
moment to be crushed beneath tho fall?
ing; walls and timbers, sought safety by
jumping from tho windows, breaking iu
many cases through the sash aud glass.
Tho alarm spread through thu neigh?
borhood, and in a few moments hundreds
of persons bad congregated at the spot,
all anxious to know what was the cuusu
of tho excitement.
Between fifty and sixty persons leaped
from tho windows into the factory yard,
a distance of some fifteen feet, aud a
number were injured, most of them only
slightly.
A colored womnn named Susan Mum?
ford was badly injured internally; Plea*
saut Jackson bad bis band and arm badly
cut; Georgo Banks, injured in head and
arm; Matthew Rolling, an ankle sprain?
ed; Robert Bailey, cuton(tbo band; Chas.
Field, anklo sprained.
Tho engine was immediately stopped,
and no damage was done to tho building
save tho breuking of tho window sash.
Tho wounded woro taken to their homes,
and, tho excitement soon subsiding, thc
hands returned to their work.
{Petersburg Courier.
ATTEMPTED OUTRACE.-A family re?
siding nour Chisholm's Mill were awaken?
ed yesterday morning, between the hours
of 1 and 2 o'clock, by cries issuing from
their daughter's room. They immediately
arose and hastened thither, arriving in
timo to see a young colored man, named
Joseph Harrison, escaping through the
open window. Tho girl, who is about
twelve years of ago, stated that sho was
awakened by a noise in ber room, und,
looking up, beheld Harrison, whom she
knew, at her bedside. She at once gave
tho alarm, which was fortunately heard
by her paronts in timo to prevent a bru?
tal outrage. Eat ly iu tho morning, tho
polioo were put in possession of tho facts,
? nd by 8 o'clock tho villain was arrest?
ed and turned over to Trial Justice
Levy, who committed him to jail.
[Charleston Courier.
Tho Dioceasun Convention of tho Pro?
testant Episcopal Chnroh, which has
been in session in Philadelphia, adjourn?
ed sine die on Friday. Tho most impor?
tant measure was tho creation of a now
tlioceso, comprising five Counties around
Philadelphia, subject to tho approval of
the General Convention.
A fashionable clergyman in Chicago
warns ?ho sinners of his congregation
that if they don't repent, they will go
to the "place of eternal uneasiness."
Boo ?s?'t " ."Jfet-^ 3qa. ? .
To TAX-PAYBBS.-Persons who have
not yet paid their State and County tax
for 1869, had better do BO during the
present week.
THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S ADDRESS.-In
another column the firm yet moderate
utterances of the French Emperor will
he found. They will be read with in?
terest. They show that ORDER and
LIDERTS aro the elements that are prom
ismed. We are satisfied from our stand?
point that Napoleon is better for France
than her Hugo und her Bochefort?.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
tho South Carolina Banking and Trust
Company, held in this city, the following
officers were elected: President-Hardy
Solomon. Directors-P. F. Fruzee,
Niles O. Parker, R. J. Donaldson, J. J.
Putterson, D. H. Chamberlain, R. Tom
linson, C. J. Stoibrand, Wm. McKinlay,
J. W. Denny, Joseph Crews, C. H.
Wilder, Joseph Taylor.
Tho PHONTX office is supplied with
every style of material from the emull
metal letter to the largest wood typo,
togelber with ploiu and funcy cards,
paper, colored iuk, bronze, etc. It is
the ouly establishment in tho iuterior of
the State where two and three sheet
posters eau be printed. All kinda of
work iu the priutiug lino attended to at
short notice.
THE LIDEKAII VIEWS OF SENATOR SAW
TEK.-Our readers will find elsewhere an
account of Senator Sawyer's views as re?
cently expressed in tho United States
Senate. It is creditable to Mr. Sawyer
that he does not leud himself to the
"gospel of huto" and to the creed of
proscription whicti extreme radicals still
adhere to-thus sinking the patriot iu the
potty partisan.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.;
closed at 8.30?. m. Charleston, opened
at 5.MU p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m.
Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed
at 8 30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.30
n. m. ; closed nt 4 p. m. Chariest*,..,
(evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at
4.30 p. m. On Suuday, the post office is
open from 9 to 10 a. m.
ROBBERY.-A man by the name of
Root, who has for a short time been in
tho employ of Mr. John McIntosh, was
arrested, yesterday morning, charged
with stealing a box containing stocks,
bouds, .fcc., to the val no of ?3,000 or
$4,000. After an examination he was
committed to jail. Mr. McIntosh's loss
will probably amount to $150, the bouds
ami valuable papers having been recov?
ered.
SOOTH CAROLINA MONUMENT ASSOCIA?
TION-REPORT ron THE SECOND QUARTER,
MAY .12, 1870.-Greenville, amount re?
ceived, $80 00; Beaufort, $29.35; Barn?
well, $15 25; Kershaw, $104 30; Claren?
don, $40.00; Horry, $38.00; Richland,
8111.50;Orongebnrg, S100 00; Newberry,
$72 85; Anderson, $75.00; Fairfield,
$12 50; Pendleton, $50 00; Union,
$20 75; Chesterfield, $75.14; York,
$85 00; South Carolinians iu Baltimore,
$5 00; South Carolinians in New York,
$110.00; Charleston, (iii hands of the
ladies of Charleston and invented in that
city,) $737.00; total, $1.791.64. Re
ci ipi s for first quarter. $518 00; total
amount up to Moy 20, 1870, $2,309.64.
LIST OK NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Regular Meeting Eutaw Encampment.
I?. P. Praswe-SliorifTH Salo.
Howard Asno? latiou-Wedlock.
Tozer & McDongal-City Machino Works.
KOSKOO.-Th" Norfolk Uuiiy Journal, of
December ll.li 9, says:
"Thia modicum is rapidly gaining confi?
dence of the people, and tho numerous testi?
monials of its virtues, given hy practitioners of
medicino, leaves no don ot that it is a uaf>- and
reliable remedy for IMPURITY OK THE BLOOD,
LIVER DISEASE, Ac."
Tho la?t Me Hool Journal contains an arti?
cle Iroin Prof. lt. S. Newton, M. D.. Pr?sidant
of the K Medi-Cnllogo, city ut Now York, that
apoaks in high terms ot its curativo proper?
ties, and Rives a Bpecial recommendation of
Koskoo to tho practitioners of medicine.
Thia is, wo behove, tho first instanco where
such medicines havo been officially endorsed
by the Faculty of any of tho Medical Collegee,
and rofleota groat credit upon the skill of Dr.
Lawrence, ita compounder, and also puts
"Koskoo" in tho VAN of ?ll other medicines
of tho prcBcut day. F26
WITHOUT A PAK ?LLEL -'1 he demand for Dr.
J. Bradfield'* FEM A LR ltKouLATon ia beyond
precedent in tho anualn of popular remt-db-s.
Orders como in so thick and fast, that tho
proprietor haH, heretofore, been unable to fill
them all. He is happy to atate that ar;anuo
menta are now complete by which ho ia pre?
pared to manufacture Female Regulator on a
neale equal to tho emergency, and tho publio
may feel assured that tin ir wants can now bo
supplied. Physicians, of hiuh reputo, aro
using thii groat remedy, in daily practice, all
>V<T Georgia. Hereafter no woman med
?uff?rfrom nippreessd, susponded or irregu?
lar menstrual iou. This valuable mi dicino ia
prepared by L. If. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlau
a, (la..and sold at tl 5'i ncr bottle by re
ipectablo Druggiata throughout America.
OPINION OK TUE PUBS?.-We take pleaauro iu
jailing the attention of our render? In a very
eiiiarkahle medicino, a notice of which ap?
icare in tho Obnereer this morning-Heinltsh s
'QUEEN'S DELIOIIT " Thora must bo aomo
huiR in it, for wo hoar it spoken of as a pro
niration o? much merit, and one prepared by
Jr HeinitBh himself, of distinguished pbar
naceutical reputation. Tho euphonious aou
iriqiiet, "QUEEN'S DEI-IOUT," has in itself an
^traction which hbould commend it to onr
ady friends in need of so excellent a medi?
um, and wo Hiipposo all would bo benefited
ly its imo. For salo hy FISHER A HEINITSD,
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