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nOLTJTy?BIA. S. C. Saturday Morning, February 26,1871. Among tho unluckiest of men must be classed that great old sailor, Christopher Columbus. While he lived he was rob? bed of all tho fruits of his discovery, and now comes along one of those New York iconoclasts to filch from him the lost shred of ita credit. According to this chronicler, tho existenco of land far off to the West was known to the few scientific men of Europe years before Christopher was born, and that, after all, he was only an adventurous specu? lator, who failed in making his enter? prise profitable, and, by inference, richly deserved all the shabby treatment after? wards reoeived. If this is so, we are sorry for old Chris., who now joins that procession in which George Washington shoulders his hatchet, Richard III his bump, and William Tell II?B cross-bow, marching out into the shadowy realm of MunchauHonlaud. DESTRUCTION OP STATS ARMS.-A cor? respondent of tho York vi Ile Enquirer writes as follows, under date of Kock Hill, February 20: Last night, about 12 o'clock, a body of unknown meu, variously estimated from fifty to one hundred, entered the depot at this place, and abstracted the greater portion of the arms which had been taken from tho colored militia by order of Gov. Scott, and placed iu the custody of Mr. Russell, Agent of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail? road. About seventy-five guus were either taken or broken. The broken fragments of many were strewed ulong the publio road for soma distance out of tho village. Tho entire party wa? mount? ed, and supposed to have como from abroad. They committed no depreda? tions either on private property or per? sons, and left our village a? they fouud it, perfectly peaceful and quiet. Our own people neither engaged in nor sup? ported their movement. About tweuty five stands of arms, together with all the accoutrements,' aro still left in the depot. They were either overlooked or could not be carried away by the party. Re? quests have been sent forward to Gov. Scott by tho newly appointed Magistrate at this place, Col. C. J. Pride, as well as by the Town Counoil, asking that the remainder of the guns now in the depot be removed, which will allay all excite? ment, and give relief to the public mind. ANOTHER KU KLUX PROCLAMATION. Thc following document, Bays the Union lurnea, was discovered on yesterday morn? ing posted on the "Legal Advertisement" board hanging at the Com t House door. We have examined the original, and find it is in the same hand-writing as the one left with the jailor on tho night of the lute raid on the jail: HEADQUARTERS K. K. K., DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GENERAL ORDER NO. 4.9. From the G. G. C., 8. S. We delight not in speech, but there i;> language which, when meant iu earnest, becomes desperate. We raise the voice of warning- beware I bewarel Persous there are, (and not unknown to us,) who, to gratify some private grudge or selfish end, like Wheeler's men, so-oallcd, are executing their low, paltry and pitiful desigus at the expense, not only of the noble creed wo profess and act, but also to the great trouble and annoyance of their neighbors in various communities. We stay our hand for once, but if such conduct as frightening away laborers, robbery, und connivance at the secrets of our organization, is repeated, then the mockers faust suffer und tho traitors meet their meiited doom. We dare not promise what we do not perform. We want no substitutes or conscripts in our ranks. We can be as generous us we aro terrible, but, stand back. We've said it-there shall be no interference. Ry order of tho Grand Chief. A. O., Grand Secretary. With all the bad acts of the mysteri? ous Ku Klux, we often hear of their doing some very righteous deeds. The following is one: Some timo ugo, a white mau iu this County determined to sell out and go to Tennessee. Among his effects were a sot of blacksmith's tools, which he Hold to jolored man. It appears that ho was not satisfied with Teuuessce, mid j after a short sojourn Ibero returned to South Carolina. Soon alter his return be determined to get possession of the fools again. Personating n Ku Klux ??-.it.' night, ho called at the colored man's residenceand ordered him tu return the totds to the white man's house. Every? body in this section unhesitatingly obey Ku Klux orders; sc the uegro, Roon after daylight tho next morning, delivered tho tools as directed. A few nights afterwards, the white man WU3 called to his door, aud thero ho fouud about a dozen of the mysterious Klan, who very politely informed him, in the exact language he hud used to the negro, that unless he returned tho black? smith tools to tho colored lniin, they would pay him a second visit. Of course tho man had no iden of disobeying such un order, from that source; consequent? ly, very carly on the following morning, tho tools wero returned to tho negro. We have a number of bimihir acts to re? cord. N i -.- K FATAL ACCIDENT.-A colored lad, named Tucker, accidentally killed a little whito boy, named Hazel, son of Mr. R. F. Gregory, of Union. Tho lad was chopping cross tios, when tho child got in the way of tho axe, which cut a gush .five inches long iu his head, killiug him almost instantly. Tho unintentional murderer was almost frantic. Tile fllonoy AntitiOB, No. 5. To MB. H. H. KIMI* ION. FINANCIAL. AGENT or SOUTH CAROLINA: It appears to me, Mr. Kimpton, that yoa do not ap? preciate tho gravity of the situation. The brief notice which, some days ago, you gave the matter of my former com? munications upon the finances of this State, indicates this. T asked you so mo plain and, as T thought, important quostious, satisfac? tory answers to which would bave re? lieved tho public mind of some unplea? sant impressions about you. You de? cline to answer. You fall back upon your official dignity. lu doing this you do injustice) to the form of my commu? nications. You imply tbat it is merely controversy-newspaper controversy-to which I invited you. On tho coutrary, sir, it was information that I asked, not controversy. I explained to you how tliese unfavorable impressions of your official conduct had arisen in tho public mind; and I sought your aid in correot- " iog them, if erroneous; or-I am free to inform you-to expose you, if they were true. It was, then, clearly to your owu interest to explain the matter, provided you arc innocent. Your silence, as you confess by notioing the matter at all, would have been confession ot guilt. Mow much bettor than this is your refu? sal to answer by fulling back ou your dignity? Were your character in this Stato well known-and favorably kuown -tho coursa you have taken would be omiueutly proper. I should respect you in it. So would our people. But-uud here. Mr. Kimpton, lies tho pith of what I am to say to you now you are uot well known to our people; uud, in addition to thal limited know? ledge of yourself, some of your sur? roundings, (which are known to ns,) ure far from hoing to your credit. You aro kuowu to us mainly through the official reports that have been published; and these reports, ns I have informed you. have lead some of us to the conclusion that there is something wrong about you. Your reports, collated with others, indi? cate that "something wrong"-that is to say, your owu explanation needs to bo explained. You may bo as honest an Cato, as pure aud noble as Bayard, aud as incorruptible as Pyrrhus, but, (and this, I grant, may be our misfortune,) ice do not know it. Tho men who gave you your present office were, all three of them, comparativo strangers to us. You were yourself utterly unknown to us. Even business mon South had never hoard your name before You seom to bo a young man, which certainly is no vory "atrocious crimo" in itself; but then, you seo, it explains in some degree our ignorance about you. The bond you have given does not seem to us to bo suf? ficiently large nor properly seeared. It is for $500,000 only, while you aro han? dling millions. It has been slated that you have no endorsers on it at all; and your friends, (untrammelled hy official dignity,) have never, to my knowledge, denied thc statement. I um aware that, an examination upon this point was or? dered by tho last Legislature, and a re? port was made; but tho very cautious and elliptical language of that report only confirmed the doubt iu the miuds of many. You perceive, Mr. Kimpton, that 1 am stating these points for tho pnrposo of accounting for the painful doubts in tho public mind about you, which found ex? pression in my communications. lu addition to all these things, wo have been told, within the last few weeks that tho moneys used in running tho State Government, since lSGS, have been raised mainly, if not exclusively, by bor? rowings effected through you; while tho enormous tuxes wruug from our impo? verished people have been squandered or appropriated by profligate and corrupt officials. Such statements may be ex? aggerated; but they no less affect tho publio mind nud render it excited and nu easy. Besides, you have official relations with men who ure not above suspicion - men whose antecedents are worse than obscure-men whose past is smutched with suspicions, uud whose preseut is teeming with almost positive proofs of dishonesty. I hnvo explained wherein and how fur your own reports fail to agree with those of Mr. Treasurer Pur? ker. Tho 8730,808.03 difference be? tween the reports of you two officers indicated ono of two things-that steal? ing has been dono by some of you, or that vour books havo been budly kept. Yon may not be aware of the fact, but it is no less for that reason a fact, that financial officers in South Carolina, (in thu past, when her credit was surpassed by no other State in tho Union,) have always been .scrupulously careful that their books aud reports should so far explain themselves us to leave no room for the suspiciou of oven a personal enemy. Those officers had interests identical with tho State whoso moneys they handled. They wero honest, und had reputations to lose. Our people naturally looked for thoso three churnc teristics in you; but I am constrained to inform you, ?vir. Kimpton, that recent developments, taken in connection with your fretful dignity, uud your reply to Mr. Whitlomoro's questions about tho Lund Commission bonds, all superadded lo your ut tor ly unsatisfactory olliciul re? ports, havo gone far to raise tho gravest, doubts in many of the least prejudiced minds amongst us. How far you will find it best to bold in contempt tho feel? ings uud wishes of tho pooplo whose moneys you hold, remains to bo seen. You havo the legal right to so hold these feelings and wishes. Tho pooplo have a higher right-honest, impoverished, tax burdened, and yet struggling as thoy are-namely, tho right to draw their own conclusions about you. ANTI-RUIN. Forgod bonds of Holt County, Mis? souri, are in circulation. ^^MMMM^^MMM-M-?-----M-a IJBGMIJATIVB PROOBBDIWOS. Fm DAY, FEBBUARY 24,1871. I SENATE. The Senat? met at 12 M. Mr. Leslie rose to a question ol privi? lege, and asked to have read a portion of the testimony made by Gov. Scott before the Blue Ridge Railroad Committee, aa reported in the I'HONIX of to-day, and which reflects upon himself in stating that hu ofTored to take $25,000 to stop his prosecution against tho Blue Ridgo Railroad bouda. The article was read. Mr. Leslie then rose and said, first, that the testimony o! tho Oovernor was un? true; and, second, that it wno impossi? ble, from the nature of the cuse, to be true, because tho plaintiffs iii tho suit woro Col. Wallace, Capt. Stanley, Col. Hopo and others, und I cousequently had no coutrol over the proceedings, and could not havn proposed, therefore, to stop proceedings. This testimony of the i lovoruor was uncalled for, and opens tornea most advantageous opportunity to attack him, but I will restrain myself, being satisfied that from what I have shown, it is impossible for tbe charge against me to be ti ne. I must say, how? ever, that it scarce becomes a mau of thu Governor's record to impugn my iuteg rity-ho who was himself tho father of the Blue Kidgn swindle, to fund tho bills of the Bank of tho State-of which he owued 840,01)0 or $50,000, purchased at five cent? on the dollar-timi who hus ever been engaged sine? his induction into office in using his oflicial influence, aud secretly and openly bringing all uu duo moaua to bear upon the Legislature, iu order to effect his private ami personal ends. Iiis charges, however, cannot in? jure me, for uiy character hus boen al? ready blasted with tho people, and tttej" have a right to think me a rascal; but 1 rest confident that when the true state? mont of tho conduct of the Lund Com? mission is had and published to the country, my reputation will not au (for in corapnrisou with tho host of those who now are tho loudest, in denouncing me. Thc following bills passel: To declare a certain tract of laud of 100 acres in Fairfield County us escheated to the Stute, and to vest the tillo of tho sumo iu thc trastees ot' tho Ridgeway Acade? my. Mr. Whittemoro introduced a bill lu sell at public unction thc lands of thc Stato. Mr. Corbin introduced it hill to renew tho charier of the People's Bank ol Charleston. Also, a bill lo extend the charter of Si. Mary's Catholic Church, in Charleston. A bill to amend au Act to lix the Kala rios aud regulato the pay of certain of? ficers was postponed to next session. The enacting clause of a bill to repea an Act to repeal the usury laws of th ii State was stricken out. A bill to incorporate tho Healing Springs Baptist Church passed to u thirr reading. Mr. Huyne introduced a concurren resolution to pay to Judge R. P, G ralina tho uuoxpired portion of Judge Carpeu ter a salary. Adopted. A bill to amend an Act to define tin jurisdiction of the Police Court of th? city of Charleston passed to a third read iug. A bill to create a sinking fund for th? payment of the public debt of tho Stub wits made the special order for to-mor row, at 1 o'clock 1J. M. A bill to amend an Act providing fo tho next general election and tbo manne of conducting the same, passed to i third reading. Also, a bill to amend ai Act to better protect the holders of iu surauco policies. Also, a bill to amen? an Act regulating tho fees of Sheriffs an? other officers. Also, a joint resolution ti authorize tho State Treasurer to rc-issu to Wm. B. Pringle, Executor of Mrs Bertha S. Iurring, a certain certificat of Stato stock. Also, a joint resolut im to ro-issne to R. B. Mills a certain cortil: cate of State stock. Also, a similar rc solution for M. E. Carno aud W. M Wilsou, Executors of Samuel Wilson doccuscd; and a similar resolution to rn issuo to R. L. North, Executor nf Eliza beth E. North, a certain certificate c State stock. A bill to pr?vido for tho constrnctioi and keeping in rcpt ir of public highway and roads was postponed to to-morrow. The House sent to tho Senate a bill t make appropriations for tho your 1871 which was read tho first timo. A bill to incorporate tho Claflin Uni versify and Stato Agricultural Colleg was taken up, and, pending its disent sion, tho Senate resolved itself into ext cutivo session. The following appointments wore cor firmed: Trial Justices-O. R. Levy, J. Brt man, W. It. Jervoy, Dr. S. W. flaker, G W. Whitridgc, B. H. High, Obarleatoii T. S. Cavender, J. P. Thompson, W. A Mobley, Chesterfield; J. B. Lylcs, Spat tunhurg; M. S. Long. Newberry. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House, mut lit 12 M. Tho following were read a third tim anil passed: Bills to renow and amen the charter of the town of York ville, wit amendments; to amend an act to ai I hoi izo the County Commissioners t public buildings of Williamsburg Cou ni to sell certain lands; to vest in th Cffarleston Land Company, for the teri of twenty years, the right of a ferr from Hamil n's wharf, in tho city < Charleston, to certain points ou th Wando Uiver; joint resolution to autlio ize the Statu Treasurer to re-issue t John Phillips, Executor, certain cortil cutes ol' State stock, lost or destrojed; bill amendatory of no Act orgnuizin and governing thc militia of tho Ututo < South Carolina; to incorporate tho Wa terboro, Columbia and YemuBseKuilroii Company; to compel County Treasure to receive County warrants and ched in payment of County taxes, with amen? meuts. The Houso bill to compel Count Treasurers to receivo County checks < warrants in payment of County taxe was laid on tho table. The following wore ordered to bo ot grossed for a third reading: Bills to in? corporate certain religions institutions; to authorize James G. Rundlett to build a wharf at Beaufort; to declaro the right of way across the Savannah and Charles? ton Railroad; joint resolution to author? ize the County Commissioners of Ker? shaw County to levy a special tax for the purpose of building a County jail; hills t J repeal an Act to amend nu Act provid? ing for tho assessment and taxation of property; to extend tho limits of tho towu of Camden; to incorporate tho Camden Steam Mill Company; joint re? solution directing tho Stnto Treasurer to refund to Messrs. Risley & Creighton $603.75, taxes over-paid by them; bills to amend an Act to define tho criminal jurisdiction of Trial Justices; to amend an Act tn define the jurisdiction and duties of County Commissioners; to fund the nulla bona claims of Sheriffs and es? tas collectors; to vest in tho President of tho Senate and Speaker of tho House of Representatives power to call extra ses? sions of the General Assembly. A bill to pr?vido for the appointment of a State Geologist and assistant, was postponed till th? next session. A bill to abolish tho right of dower was passed to a third reading. Also, a Senate bill to release a lien of the State upon a lot of land in tho city of Charles? ton, owned by the South Carolina Insti? tute, for thc promotion of art, mechani? cal ingenuity and industry, and take a similar lieu upon tho new hall erected by said South Carolina Institute. A bill relating to the Greenville Rail? road Company waa taken up nod debate ensued, the ayes and nays being called some thirty or forty times upou different motion?, and upon the pansage of the several sections to n third reading. About thirty live members fought the bill section by section, until 10 o'clock P. M., win n it w.?s passed and ordered to bo engrossed. The House then ad? journed. -? . THU CY.-,;-, oe CONUKESKMAN BOWEN-A LETTER FROM His LAST Win:.-Mrs. C. C. Bown, formerly Mrs. Pet'glU King, hus written u loiter to the Washington Chronicle, imploring protection from the ..persecution" to which her husband is subjected. In reference lo ber husband she anya: Q' Ho bad nut concealed his antecedents from me. I knew that he had been an orphan buy without relatives and friends, had drifted into the company of gam? blers and prostitutes, and h*-ul lived their life until it pleased the good God to lift him from tho mire, and to stir within him 'ho spirit of reformation and purifi? cation." Inclosing her letter sb? suys, asa reason why the public ought to extend her relief: "This persecution takes every shape. Murder, arson, forgery, bur? glary, aro added to thc charge of bigamy. The most ridiculously ghastly stories are gravely inserted in newspapers by order of one person. Warrants are isBueel on his solo testimony again aud again. Wo shall be reduced to abject poverty by letral requisitions. My life is harassed, my health undermined, my reason tot? ters, and I lie at tho mercy of a villain whoso very couutenaucc should inspiro disbelief aud mistrust." Wo give the abovo as the appeul of tho unfortunate lady who, under the best circumstances of tho case, as even she may view it, 6cems yet entitled to consideration and sympathy. LEXINGTON COUNTY STATISTICS.-Tho Lexington Dispatch, in its issuo of the 22d instant, publishes tho following sta? tistics of that County, as obtainetl from the County Auditor: 58,715 acres of plow lund, valued at $180,385; 670,101 acres of wood land, valued at $368.0(17; number of acres of land, 037,810; 0.320 buildings, vulued at $237,610; 1.9G7 horses, valued at $160, 810; 14,458 cattle, valued nt $140,130; 1,235 mules, valued at $120,000; 6,932 sheep, valued at $8,838; 25,284 hogs, vulued nt $58,GOO; 2,332 dogs, valued at $2,8G); 40 pianos, valued ut $3.735; 422 pleasure carriages, valued at $19,813; 4G6 gold and silver watches, valued at $1.SSS-total viilun of property, $2.932, 689. Aniouut of Stale tax. $26.394 20; amount of County tax, $8,798.00; amount of poll tax, $1,753-total amount of State, County and poll tux, $30,915. 26. ANOTHER HORRID MURDER.-Wo have not yet recovered from tho details of tho Adams' Run murder, when hore comes another far worse than it. The hands ut Snrdy's phosphate works hud been paid oil on Saturday night, and separated to go homo. Ono of them, whoso hamo we could not learn, whilo on his way, near tho Savannah and Charleston Railroad station, was sprung upon by some ono in ambush and knock? ed down, and his throat cut. and robbed of IH'B earnings. When the man was found ho was in u bleeding, dying con? dition, and so weak from the loss of blood that he could not recount the affair. Ho lingered a few hours, and died tho next day, Sunday. As yot tho perpetrator is unknown. I Charleston Courier. Just Received. :t Ann Lns- (-?',v PEED. 0.\ f\J\J u.LOOlbs. Wheat Bran. 10 bblH. IVurl (lri,.t. 10 hld*. Hominy. 1U hhlri. Corn Piont". 50 btmheld Peanuts. Cracki-ra of all hinds. For sale low, by Feb 25 MONT KITH & FIELDING. Pure Mountain Corn Whiskey. WE have received direct from tho moun? tains ll vu b?rrela of pure mountain CORN WHISKEY, recommended as puro juico of tho grain, softened by age, which we will sell choap. Pell 25 ~ MONTF.1TTT & FIELDINO. Beer! Beer! SEEGEBS' unadulterated double strong BRER ia the only reliablo puro Doer in thia city. JOHN 0. 8EEGER8. P. B. Drink Soegcrs' Beer and you will have no headache. pefo 25 STOCK8, BONUS anilToUPo?TbOBftht and aold by D. OAMBBILL, Broker. Nov 23 Gmo Soward continues to career madly in Japan. Ho will try to keep himself in tho telegraphic despatches until it is time to nominate a President, when ba will, as usual, tarn up and seo if tho people will not toss bim tho Presidential bone he hus so long been wistfully eyo ing. Two men, John Scanlon and John Cronin, were killed hy the prematuro ex? plosion of a blast nt the New York Bou? levard, Monday evening. The accident was caused by one of the victims "prob iog" a drill hole with ?ni i rou rod, which struck fire iii the rock. The upper ernst of Washington colored society is in ferment over the approach? ing murringo of an ebon-bued physician with a lady of puro Caucasian blood, who holds a prominent position in the Freed? man's Bureau. The proprietois of tho Ohio double baby uro mukiug a good thing peenni arily. If they could now add to their show a baby with a masked bawl their fortunes would be made. Two extensive fires occurred in Beck? man and William streets, New York, on tho 22d, which destroyed fully ?300,000 worth of property. Mrs. Burnside, of Michigan, rubbod her boy'? hoad with kerosene. Tho treacherous fluid took Gre; the hov lost his hair, and Mrs. B. lost her heir." At a recent fire in Texas tho eugine stuck fast iu a mud-hole, aud was dug out j ust iu timo to find the houto buried dowu. $22,000,000 is tho sum set by the cal? culating correspondents for Great Britain to pny into Uncle Sam's capacious pock els for damages done by I he Alabama. All Bonnington, Vermont, has been amazed by the phenomenon of lightning in a snowstorm; ono horse, in particular, was much struck by it. A new medical paper, culled The Doc? tor, has appeared in London. It is tobe "tulicu" weekly. Messrs. JAMES MC3LU8KY & BYRNE have just returned to this city, anti will romain for a ?ew days only, to offer their splendid assort? ment of GOODS, consisting in part of rich Paisley and Drosbea SHAWLS. Also, wide SILKS and SATIN DRESSES, English and German BROADCLOTHS, Beavers, Ac. Can be seen at thc Washington House, between the luuirs of 1 and 3 o'clock, and from 5 to 0 o'clock I*. M. Fob 24 C* Notice. No BEEB will be sold at my Brewery, neither at wholesale nr retail. Feb 21 JOHN O. HEEQERB. Malt Corn Whiskey, WARRANTED two years old, at _ Feb 21_JOHN C. SE EG KRS'. Wanted Imm?diat s ly, O?^n f,ANDS to work on tbo Wilmington, j?\J\J Columbia and Augusta Railroad, sixteen mile? from Columbia, and two miles from Adams' Cut, ?. C. R. It. The highest wages will bo paid. Apply to J. S. HATES, Agent, ?.'eb 22 il At Wells ,t Caldwell's. To Rent. ADESIRABLE STORE, on Main street, near the corner of Ulandilla. Forterms, applv to Dr. John Lyuch, or Fi b 22 HENDRIX A BRO. Fresh Crackers, &c. * T.RF.RT BISCUIT. /V Lemon Cream Biecuit. Cream Crackers. Lomon aud Ginger Snaps, Ac. G ui n ii in' Dublin Porter. SI-TEwan's Scotch Ale. Extra No. 1 Mackerel, in kits and bbls. Codfish, Ac. MUD dozen Fresh Eggs. Choice Go?hou Rutter. For sale by E. STENHOUSE. Fe b 21 _ fi White's Gardening for the South, BY tho lato Wm. A. White, of Athens, Ga. $2. HOLMES' SOUTHERN FARMER and MAR? KET GARDENER. I1.C0. The Fhosphato Rocks of South Carolina, their History and Developments-Colored Plates. $1 25. Six Sermons on Temperance, by Lyman Beecher. Sacred Rhetoric; or a Course of Lectures on Preaching. B. L. Dabney, D. D. il.50. Any above sent by mail. DUFFIE A- CHAPMAN, Feb 19 Opposite Columbia Hotel. Special Notice. ON all Taxes not paid On or before the 15th day of Mureil, 1S71. a penalty of 20 per cent, will bo added; aud if ttic said Taxer? mid poualty shall not be paid on or bofuro thu 5th day of Juno next thereafter, or collected by distress or otherwise, tho penalty and sahl Taxes shall bo treated as delinquent Taxes on such real property, to bo collected in tho manner that is, or may bu prescribed by law, wi tu an additional penalty of 5 per cent, fur collection thereof. C. El. BALDWIN, Feb lil County Treasurer. Cotton Seed. IYTYTTV 100 TONS WANTED for cash, at 20 ??ftrit?ffl'-ENTH per bushel. ??EXg? COLUMBIA OIL COMPANY. Feb 10 J! |;<S Professional Card. DR. J. J. GOODWYN will resumo the prac? tice of medicine in Columbia from thia iuu!. Cill at tho office e>f A. Y. Leo, Archi? tect, night or day. Slate nt Dr. Mint's Drug Sloro. Feb ll 15' LOKI'.- ?ii account against Newberry County, of $333, which tho finder will {eave at this office. A suitable reward will bc. paid for its recovery. All parties are hereby warned against trading for the narnu. Feb 24 3* T. F. ?LACK. IF YOU WANT BIG HOMINY. PEARL HOMINY, or CORN FLOUR, Go to MONTEITH & FIELDING'S, _ Feb y Near the Market. SPECIAL ATTENTION given to tho col? lection of Co m merci al Paper, luterost on State aud Railroad Bonds and Stocks, and Coinorriou of State 8eourttioH. bv __Nov 2a^mo r QAMBK1LL. Broker.^ COTTON SK IUD OIL CAKE can be had at all times, and in any quantity, of Jan 21_ _E. HOPE. CiOUNTY CLAIMS ANO JCIIY CKltTI / FICATES bought by FebJ>_ D. OAMBRILL, Broker. NOTICE-All persons indebted to mo. by noto, book or open acconnt, are notified that they must come forward and settle on or beforo tbo 1st of Harch; and all having claims will present them at onoe. Jan 7 sth JOSEPH TAYLOR. *-T--- ? " .- ? - , ? XLi ooal Items. MAIIJ ABRANOEMEKTS.-The Northern mail opens at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15 P. M. Charleston duy mail opons 4.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 8.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 4.30 P. Myelosen 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1 30 P. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. PHOSTXTANA.-Tho price of singlo copies of tho PIIONIX is Gve cents. Country publishers in want of second? hand typo-bourgeois and minion-be? sides rules, leads, chases, etc., can be supplied, at about half fouuders' prices, by applying nt tho PHOENIX office. Book and job printing of every kind attended to promptly at PHONIX oOioe. Messrs. Monteith & Fielding, of tte Assembly street grocery, will accept our thanks for n bottle of their pure old Monongahela whiskey-generally con? ceded as n universal "henl-all" for sto? machic affections. Mr. Pollock proposes to raffle a dozen Cauaries, with cages, as soon aa the chances are taken. Thirty chances, at $4, With this morning's edition, wo fur? nish a circular relativo to the Carolina fertilizer, which is offered by Messrs. Geo. W. Williams & Co., of Charleston, at greatly reduced prizes. In tho Court of Common Pleas, yes? terday, tho only caso of interest was that of Olivia McGowan, ci ai, rs. R. N. Lowrance, ei til., for recovery of real estate. Thc jury returned a verdict for defendants. IXL Zingari bitter? ere a p!o:isant tonic, and recommended ns n blood pu? rifier, and a preventive of dyspepsia and kindred diseases. Try them. They eta bo obtained from Messrs. Pay singer & Franklin. After a dose or two, an ex? cellent appetite may bo confidently ex? pected. Sinuous ACCIDENT-NARUOW ESCAPE. Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, an accident occurred at the Suluda Factory, near this city, which came near proving fatal to a number of persons. Themain belt-about two feet in width, which mus over a huge wheel-was, owing to some defect, as is supposed, torn to pieces, causing the wheel, which has cast iron spokes, to burst in twain, throwing one of the pieces through the ceiling, into the second story, and scat? tering things generally, but, wonderful to relute, causing no injury to any hu? man being. This ia tho first serious ac? cident which hn8 ever occurred in this factory, and it will, doubtless, cause a dela}' of several weeks. "NEW TEIIEORAPH OOMFASr.-A bill is pending before tho House, having re? ceived a favorable report from the com? mittee, chartering the 'Continental Tele? graph Company,' with permission to construct lines of telegraph along the Greenville and Columbia Railroad. Wm. M. Hall, E. A. Hall and Chas. Thurman are the incorporators named in the bill, and tho capital stock is named at $50,000 in shares of $25 each. Tho company have gone actively to work, and have ulready raised a nnmber of poles along the intended route. If tho enterprise is successfully carried out, it will conuect tho up-country with the coast by tele? graph, and thus supply a want that has long been felt by the pcojdoof both sec? tions." Wm. M. Hall, Esq., ono of the parties mentioned above, has recently re-visited this city, after an abseuce of about thirty-four years. His last visit was in company with Governor Wilson and other gentlemen of the olden time. Mr. Hall's spirits are, notwithstanding the accumulation of years, particularly buoy? ant. H OT Rn Anni VALS, February 2!.-Nick orson House-J. t?. Parker, Baltimore; E. Cornwell, J. A. Barnes, J. H. Mo Coon, T. D. Aston, G. J. Binhauan, E. R. Robertson, wife and child, C. W. Reed, Mrs. D. P. Reed. New York; J. P. Coustable, Augusta; II. Hess, Balti? more; B. F. Mauldin, city; J. M. Low? ry, W. B. Williams. Yoikville; J. O. Meredith, Belton; R. B. Carpenter, Charleston; J. H. W. Stevens, Lancas? ter; J. B. Humbert, Laurens; Mrs. M. L. Leaphart, Newberry; S. Elliston, Nashville; J. G. W?lling, S. C.; J. M. Seigler, Newberry. LIST oi' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Monteith it Fielding-Whiskey. ?fcc. J. C. Seegers-Beer. Gallons of blood are sucked out of tho Arno rican people every week by bed bugs, ?top tho draiul ?top it by using Iaaacen'a "SOHB Poe." li laya out tho bloodnuckors inatauta noouslv. It it infallible, too, for roaches, rats and mice. Sold by ult druggists. Feb 19s Lippnian'a Bitters aro for salo by all drug? gists and dealers. Dopot in Columbia, 8. C., at (?KicF.u ?? MaQtiEooa's. Druggists. 8 18 To Bird Fanciers. ANOTHER lot of choico long-breid v^jp OANA KIES, malo and female, just ro ^??coivod, together with a lot of fancy vSSCCagcs. Tliis ia tho season for mating. Applv early, aa they aro goiogoff Yob 22 _ 1 . j?- rOl*I.Ul?K. Improved Seed Planter. PARTIES wanting either tho Ham or Denian PLANTER will aond ttioir orders at oucu. 'Wo aro now Wull1 SUppIlM, bu*_.a.or tn tho season do not think wo will bo able to BMtthe demand. & LOWRANCE.