The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, March 16, 1871, Image 2
C )f.FMBIA. S. C.
Thursday Morning, March 16, 1871.
Th? Rising Tide.
It will be seen from our telegraphic
reports that the statemeut is made that
the Democratic party has swept tbe
State of New Hampshire. We receive the
nowa with satisfaction. Our hopes of
the State and tho country at largo are
associated with such triumphs. Before
the State and the country can live in
prosperity, Republicanism must die.
Bx.Gov. Qt. F1. Perry'? Letter.
Our readers will observe in our column *,
this morning, a letter from Ex-Gov. B.
F. Perry, addressed to Gov. Scott. The
Governor has recently had the advantage
bf Bomo truths plainly stated-as for iu
atauce in the late couforenco held with
him by prominent citizens. Ex-Qov.
Perry adds to the fond of ploiu talk, and
also gives the assurance of a proper ap?
preciation of every honest effort made
by the'Governor to improve the situa?
tion. We hold that Gov. Scott is largely
responsible for the troubles that now ex?
ist. But the good people of the State
are just as well as discriminative. They
earnestly desire a peace consistent with
their interests and rights and security,
and they will bo found ready aud willing
to sustain Gov. Scott in all la ml uh ie ef?
forts for the good of the State.
The Trath Plainly Stated.
The question now that seems to cnguge
the thoughts of Gov. Scott and others,
is how can peuce bc preserved and genu?
ine tranquillity rof-.tored to thia disturbed
State. Many of our cotemporarics have
expressed their opinion ns to the means
by which the troubled waters shall be
quieted. Tho Governor ia urged to dis?
arm the oolored militia, to appoint
honest and capable officials, to dis?
countenance corruption aud fraud, to
administer his office fairly and impar?
tially, and to show that, laying all per?
sonal and party views aside, he intends
to prove himself the guardian of the in?
terests of all the people of the State.
This is well. This looks to peace and
an improved state of things. But let
no one be deceived. These remedies
cannot reach the seat of disease. Apply
these remedie**, and you may reduce in?
flammation, but you will not eradicate
the disease. The trouble lies deep.
There oau be no doubt about this. To
relieve the State, the State regime must bc
changed root and branch. For us to get
complete relief, it would be necessary to
change the whole machinery of the
State Government. We have now a
state of things unnatural, abnormal aud
illogical. And there eau be no genuine
and lasting peace until this State passes
into other hands, and weare remitted "to
cheerful and wholesome self-govern?
ment." Until this period, we must do
all that is possible to improve our sur?
roundings, but South Carolina cannot
be tranquil aud prosperous until she
stands redeemed of the influences thut
now control her destinies.
THE PBESS Ann TIIAT REMAINS TO US.
The power of the present brutal tyranny
in this State is sustaiued by Federal sol?
diery, and not by the consent of those
most interested iu every government,
that is, by those who can read and write
aud who can entertain opinions na dis?
tinguished from prejudices. Insido of
the State the whites huve uo conservative
influence whatever, except their acquain?
tance with the use of arms and their well
teated courage. But the thieves fear the
preas, not hecuuae they blush at expos?
ure, but because it hus its influcucc out?
side of the State, and helps towards the
overthrow of the policy upon which
their dishonesty fattens. They would
most willingly gag it. But that they
cannot do. It ia in tho hands of mun
who know that they hold the only power
that can in the lenat protect nu outraged
community from further injustice.
[ Winnsboro News.
In a letter to Senator Blair, Horace
Greeley says:
But I am old-fashioned, and cannot;
chango my camp or my flag with your j
admired facility. The cradle songs of j
my early childhood, tho stirring nan a-j
tiona which enlivened the winier fire?
sides of my latter youth, have blended 1
inextricably my feelings, my sympathies,
ruy convictions, with the men and the
principles of tho American revolution.
I firmly behove that "there were, giants
in thoae days," and that very little pro?
gress has been made in our fundamental
oouoeptions, and none ut nil in practical
administration, siueo tho days of Wash?
ington;
Now, it seems difficult to believe that
Greeley could have so far forgotten him?
self as to writ? that. After all, he thinks
we have made no advance. Have aboli?
tion, free love and negro superiority
done nothing? Is tho career of the Rad?
ical party a huge falsehood and fraud?
[Memphis Public Ledger.
Tho Rome Courier mentions thc fact
that Mr. Dickerson Talia ferro, a worthy
citizeu of that (Floyd) County, was shot
last Tuesday evening by n negro named
Crt orge Randall, with duckshot, from a
doable-barrel shot gun. Mr. T. waa
riding toward home ut the time, and a
c jlored servant was also hit. The assas?
sin is iu jail.
GRBENVIIJTJH, S. O., Moroh 13, 1871.
To his Excellency Gov. Scott,
Sin': r/tB?d?r|t?ncT" thj?t you aro con?
sulting your political opponents,;! u eve?
ry section of ttio State, as to* the bett
meium of preserving'order, peace and
the enforcement of the lawn in South
Carolina. You have invited promiocut
gentlemen throughout the State to meet
you in Columbia for this luudublo und
patriotic purpose. I believe, sir, that
you are now sincere in this purpose, not?
withstanding your* "Winchester rifle
speech'* in Washington a year or two
since, in whioh you fiendishly proclaim?
ed that this instrument of death, in the
hands of the negroes of South Carolina,
was the most effective means of niaiu
tainiug order and quiet in the State. I
rejoice to find that a change has come
over the spirit of your thoughts and ac?
tions; und I, for one, am ready aud will
iug, with all the good people of the
Stnte, to snstain you iu your present
course. Tho tone and temper of your
receut message to tho Legislature is evi?
dence of your sinoerity.
Permit mo to say to you, sir, in all
candor and sincerity, that the sigas of
the times indicate, unmistakably to my
mind, thut we are on the eve of a bloody
tumultuous commotion, unless some?
thing is done to quiet publie opinion.
The incendiary destruction of property
every night, aud the roguery of the Le?
gislature in their appropriations and tax?
ation, amounting ultimately to confisca?
tion of all real aud personal estate, can?
not bo borne much longer. There is a
poiut beyond which human endurante
cannot go, let the consequences he wht.t
they may.
I know it is uot in your power to re?
form the Legislature, or stny effectually
theircorrtiptiou, bribery, prodigality aud
roguery. But there aro two tilings
which you can do and should do, the
soouer the better-disarm your militia
and appoint good and iutelligeut men to
ol?ice. All the lawlessness and violence
which have disgroced the State have
been owing to these two sources of mis?
chief. Never was there a more fatal mis?
take, or a more diabolical wrong com?
mitted, than when you organized color?
ed troops throughout the State and put
arms into their hands, with powder and
ball, aud denied the same to the white
people. It was atrocious. The bloody
tragedy ut Laurens was owiug
to this, and nothing else. The
murder of Stevens and other white
man at Union by ono of your negro
companies, and the subsequent execu?
tion of ten colored prisoners was owing
to the same cause. The fearful killing
and murder of a number of men at Ches?
ter was likewise owing to your colored
militia. The violence and lawlessness at
Yorkville originated in one of your
worthless appointments. Heretofore,
your appointments have been mostly
made of ignorant and oorrupt men, who
cannot enforce the laws aud preserve thc
peace.
The colored people of South Carolina
behaved well during our civil war, and
would have continued to have done so,
hut fen the unpriucipled carpet-bagger
who came amongst them and stirred up
hatred to tho white inca hythe most artful
and devilish appeals to their fears and
bad passions. Unprincipled wbito men
living amongst us, seeing an opportunity
of office and plunder, joiucd the carpet
hugg rs. Those two classes united in
persuading the negroes that they would
be put back in slavery, and that they
must apply the torch to redress thou
supposed wrongs! It is not surprising
that a people so ignorant and credulous
as the negroes are, should thus have
been led ustray. They were told that lauds
would be given them and their children
educated. Hundreds of thoaaauds of
dollars have been nppropriatea for this
purpose, and all squandered and stolen
by their pretended frieuds! A multi?
plicity of offices have bsen created to
reward political partisans; salaries have
been increased, millions appropriated
for railroads, and the most extravagant
waste of public moneys in every way!
The publio officers and the members ol
the Legislature are charged with the
most shameless corruption, bribery and
roguery, lt is impossible for the indus?
try of the State to pay tho taxes. There
in no security for property ! lt is impos?
sible for this Ihiug to go on aud preserve
order in tho State. Tho State bonds
will not ho paid.
I e irnestly desire the peace and pros?
perity of my Slate. I did all that 1 j
could to prevent tho secession of South j
Carolina aud the civil war which onsued. j
M|r predictions of nil the evils which
have ensued were treated with scorn and j
cou tem pt hy those in power and autho?
rity. You, sir, and those in power nt
the present time, may not heed roy pre?
dictions again; but the day is fast ap?
proaching when yon will realize ?ill that
I have said nu less some change hikes
pince. Yours, Sec., B. F. PE BUY.
WORSE ANO WORSE -The following
paragraph has been going the rounds of
the press:
A BAU REPUTATION.-So corrupt is the
Pennsylvania Legislature that a Phila?
delphia paper says a hill endorsing the
ten commandments couldn't bu got.
through that body without the pay tuen I
of a considerable sum ol' money us
bribes and black mail. It is supposed,
however, that their repeal could bo got
through very cheap.
[Savannah (Qa.) Republican.
The Papei', published at Pittsburg,
Penn., says this lutter nssertiou is en?
tirely a mistake, and adds:
There are very few men in that body
who would not thiuk that a bill of that
kind was meaut for a revision of our
criminal code, and vote for it with
alacrity, to make their coustituents be?
lieve Ihey kuew all about our system of
criminal jurisprudence.
Mr. Henry Dickens, a sou of tho no?
velist, is giving readings in London.
Proceedings of Council.
REGULAR HB STIKO.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, S. C., March 14,1871.
GouDOil met at 5 P. M.
Present-His Honor the Major, Al?
dermen Cooper, Goodwyn, Hayne, Mi
tjort, Mooney, Simons, Smith, Taylor,
Thouipsou uud Wigg. Absent-Aider
dermen Denny and Wallace.
The following accounts were presented
sad reforred to the Committee on Ac?
counts:
Starling & Pope. Water Works; Chas.
Hamberg, Guard House; Hopaon & Sut
phon, Water Works.
Ou motion, tbe account of Geo. Hull
ngninst Street Department was ordered
to be paid without the usual reference.
Alderman Thompson, from Committee
on Licouses, reported bock tho applica?
tion of Richard Flanigan for tavern li
ceuse, aud recommended tho same bo
granted. Adopted.
Alderman Simons, from Committee on
Fire Department, reported on petitions,
and recommended that gas lamps be
placed in front of church ou Plain streot,
church corner Sumter aud Taylor, church
on Marion, near Washington, and church
on Marion, near Richland.
On motion, the report was ngroed to
and the committee empowered to act.
Alderman Simons, from Committee on
Fire Department, submitted an estimate
reoeived by committee of cost of remov?
ing building recently granted for uso of
Vigilant Fire Company.
On motion, the report was received as
information and laid over for future ac?
tion.
Alderman Wigg introduced Ihe follow?
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the resolution adopted
by Couucil forbidding tho City Clerk
und Treasurer to receive past duo city
bouds und coupons io pay mont of taxes,
he, aud the same is hereby, resciuded.
Couucil proceeded to hear and deter?
mine the caso of appeal for new trial of
Messrs. T. J. & H. M. Gibson, fined by
his Honor the Mayer, in tho sum of 625,
for retailing whiskey in quantities less
than one quart.
Witnesses were examined, aud the
caso argued by J. D. Pope, Esq., for the
Messrs. Gibson, and Hon. J. D. Trade
well, City Attorney. After deliberation,
Council adjudged the Messrs. T. J. Sz H.
M. Gibson not guilty.
Council proceeded to the .second rend?
ing and consideration of "Au Ordinance
to raise supplies for the 3ear 1871,"
which, after sundry amendments, was
ordered to a third reading.
Tho Ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE SUPPLIES VOU THE
XEAB 1871.
De il ordained by the Mayor and Alder?
men of Oie city of Columbia, in Council as
semblad, and by the authority of the same,
That n tax to cover tho period from th<
first day of January, A. D. 1871. to th?
first day of January, A. D. 1872, for th<
suma aud in tho manner hereinafter men
tinned shall he levied, collected and paie
iuto the Treasury of tho said city for tb<
use and service thereof. That is to say,
SECTION 1. A tux of ono dollar or
every one hundred dollars of the assesaee
value of real estate, lying within th<
limits of said city, not exempt by lu?
from taxation; and tho value of all sud
real estate shall bo ascertained a nc:
assessed for the purpose of taxation bj
i he City Assessor.
SKI:. 2. That a tax of one dollar 01
every hundred dollars in valuo of ul
personal property of every deseriptioi
owned aud used in the city of Columbia
al uny titre duriug tho said fiscal year
shall be levied and paid into the Cit'
Treasury for the use of the said city
Provided, however, That no persona
property not taxed, or liable to be tax?e
by the State, shall be taxed for the ser
vice of tho said city.
SEC. 3. There shall 'oe paid quarterb
n tux of ono per cent, upon all sales u
auction of all goods and chattels, ani
one-half percent, on all sales nt auctioi
of all real estate and stocks of every de
scription: Provided, That no tax shul
be levied ou any sales at auction mad?
hy order of court, or under process o
law.
SEO. 4. There shall bo paid quarter!
by nil merchants nud other persons,
tax of one per cont, on all goods, ware
and merchandise sold by them on eon
sign ment; two per cuni. 011 the premium
of cv.>ry and each insurance cotnpatr
I located in tho city of Columbia, or whicl
have agencies therein; nud thc refusal o
neglect til in tko regular quarterly rc
turns and pay the tax thereon lo th
Oily Clerk and Treasurer, shall subj PC
the defaulting parties toa fine of twi
dollars for each and every day'a default
SEC. 5. There shall be paid OD vehi
cies the following tax, viz: upon eac!
four wheel pleasure carriage or biironchi
drawn by two or more horses, twent
dollars; upou carriage, buggy, barouche
gig or sulky, (not used for lure,) draw
by one horse or mule, ten dollars; upo
euch vehicle used for the breaking or ex
Inditing of horses or mules, tw3uty-riv
dollars; upou each express wagon, draw
hy cue hor.se, nine dollars; upou eau
express wngou, drawn hy two or mor
horses, eighteen dollars: Provided, Thu
nothing herein contained shall ho con
stilled to extend to wagons, carts o
other vehicles going to or from market
and owued by non-residents ot' said city
or of wagons exclusively used for ugr:
cultural purposes. Each livery stab!
keeper or ageut, for the sale of horses a
nuiles, shall make quarterly returns o
oath of sales made by him, ou consigue
stock, as well as of the sales made b
the owners of stock themselves at hi
stables.
SEC. 6. That enoh and ovary perso
between the ages of eighteen aud lift,
years, liable to work on tho streets c
said city, may and shall he excused fror
tlie performance of such duty on th
payment of threo dollars to the Cit
Clerk aud Treasurer; nul, on failure t
pay the said sum of three dollars, nt th
time of the puyment of their city tnxu
they shall, when summoned so to do, b
required to work personally upon th
streets of the said city for six days, ander
the direction of the Superintendent of
the Streets, or any other person appoint?
ed by the Mayor and Aldermen to take
charge of and direct them. Any person '
refnaing or neglect i DR to obey snob som?
mons shall be tined two dollars for each
days' neglect of the same, to be rocover
_ a I_j_*_il._t--? ,_??---J
on tjy lulOl ujiuiOu omOtc i>tio uinjxjt nutt
Aldermen in Council assembled. Aud it
shall be the duty of tho City Clerk and
Treasurer, und of the Chief of Police,
to report to tho said Mayor aud Alder?
men all defaulters nuder this section.
SEC. 7. That each aud every tenant,
or occupant, of any real estate, upon
whose premises wutcr ia brought by
pipes, or otherwise, from the city reser?
voir, shall pay to tho City Clerk aud
Treasurer, at the same time with thu
other taxes imposed by this Ordinance,
such sum as may bc assessed by tho
Committee on tho Water Works. And
any owner, or his agent, or occupant of
any real estate, upon whoso premises
water is brought from tho city reservoir,
failing to make a report of the hydrant
or hydrants used by him or ber, or by
any tenant or occupant on such premis?
es, shall bo liable to a fine nt tho discre?
tion of tho Mayor.
SEC. 8. Each and overy express com?
pany transacting business within the
limits of said city, shall make quarterly
roturas of their gross receipts, aud pay
ono per cent, on the amount of such re?
turns at the end of each quarter. Each
uud every telegraph company shall, in
like man nor, make quarterly returns of
their gross receipts, on which returns
shall be paid a tax of ono per cent.
SEC. 9. All persons who shall enclose
any streets or parts of streets in the city
of Columbia, hy and with consent of
the Council, shall pay an annual rent of
livo dollars ou any street or part of any
street so enclosed, or snell other price or
sum as may be fixed aud determined by
tho Mayor; but each street or part of
any street s > enclosed by the consent of
Council may at any time be opened by
the order of the said Council, anything
to the contrary herein notwithstanding.
SEC, 10. That if auy person or per?
sons shall fail, neglect or refuse to make
a return or returns to the City Clerk, on
oath, of his, her or their taxable proper?
ty, sales ut auction, or at livery Mid sales
stables, or of property sold on consign?
ment within tho limits of the city of Co?
lumbia, oil or before thu 31st day of
March, A. D. 1871, (except ns in "this
Ordinance otherwise provided,) such
person or persons shall then be assessed
by tho City Assessor for und ou all his,
her or their property, or other things
taxed by this Ordinauce, according to
tho best information ho cnn obtaiu of
?he value of such taxable property or
other thiug; and such person or persons
who shall fail, neglect or refuse to make
a return or returns as aforesaid, or pay
the tax thereon, on or bofore the 15th
day of April next, shall bo subject to,
and pay, iu addition to said tax, tun per
cunt, thereou. And tho said Clerk is
hereby required to assess, collect and
receive the taxes and dues levied and
imposed by this Ordinance, and nil ar?
rears of former taxes or dues, and make
a return thereof, as well as a returu of
all persons who shall fail to make a re?
turn and pay tho taxes herein and here?
by imposed, on thu 1st day of May next,
or as soon thereafter as may be practica?
ble.
And whereas an Ordinance to regulato
licenses for tho year 1871, passed und
ratified by thc Mayor aud Aldermen of
tho city of Columbia, on the 30th day of
December, 1870, by an Act of the Gen?
eral Assembly, duly ratified and approved
on tho 2d day of March, instant, 1871,
has been modified and changed in cer?
tain particulars, but in every other ro
spect made of force, in order that this
Ordinance may conform thereto:
SEC. ll. lie it further ordained. That
tho City Clerk and Treasurer, in accord?
ance with the said Act, bo, and ho is
hereby, authorized aud required to col?
lect the following amount of license on
the following businesses, respectively,
iu place of the license imposed by the
said Ordinance, viz: For every cottou
gin ginning for toll or pay, $50;*dealers,
retail, in goods, wares aud merchandise,
excluding distilled spirits, whoso annual
.sales exceed $5,000, but do not exceed
S10,OOO, 820; like dealers, excluding dis
died spirits, whose annual sales ex ?ced
810,000. but do not exceed $20,000, ?10;
like dealers, excluding di-.lilied spirits,
whose annual sales exceed ?520,000, but
do not exceed $10,000, 850; like dealers,
excluding distilled spirits, whoso annual
sales exceed $30,000, but do not exceed
$50,000, 875; and every additional 81,OOO
of Hales, fifty cents per 81,000. For ho?
tels capable of accommodating ltJO per?
sons, 850; hotels capable of accommo?
dating le.ss than 100 but moro than 50
persons, 835; hotels capable of accom?
modating moro than 25 but less than 50
persons, $30. Stables, livery and sale,
$75. In all other respects, tho said
Clerk and Treasurer is hereby directed
tb follow the said License Ordinance of
thc 30th December, 1870, in tho collec?
tion of licenses. And tho said Clerk is
ulso hereby further directed, in assess?
ing for taxation thc amount of sales like?
ly to be mudo by any dealer during the
year 1871, to assume, if in his discretion
it would bo jusl so to do, as a basis of
his estimate, tho amount of such sales
during thc year 1870, according to the
sworn returu thereof of thc said dealers.
SEO. 12. That all roturas of property
of every description, and of all other
things made by taxatiou a source of re
venuu to the said city by this Ordinance,
shall be made upon the oath of the tax?
payer, whioh returns shall be made by
filling out blank forms to be furnished,
ou application, by tho 6nid Clerk and
Treasurer, on or before the 31st day c f
March, instant, (1871.) except us in this
Ordinanoe otherwise provided; but that
time miiy be extended by the Mayor nod
Alder then'; and the 'said returnsi?hnll em?
brace every subject or object of taxa?
tion, whether held by, or pertaining lo,
tho tax-payer id Miis own right, or io a
fiduciary capacity.
SEO. 13. Tbut all persons who may
oominence a pertnauent business in the
city of Columbia subsequent to the time
fixed for muk'ng tax returns, paying tho
city taxes and procuring annual Uceados,
shall, nfter the lapse of one month from
opening business, make returns to the
Oity Clerk of tho value of tho stock an 1
other property employed therein, uud
pay their taxes and licenses; tho taxes
on the vallie of tho said stock and other
property to be charged for the full fisc:!
year, but the licenses to be paid in pro?
portion to the remainder nf the said
year: Provided, however, That all tran?
sient dealers shall pay their full niiuual
licenses to the close thereof.
SEC. li. That all attoruey.s at law and
physicians, who follow their respective
professions within the city of Columbia,
shall procurelioeusesfrom the City Clerk
and Treasurer, aud pay, each, therefor
the sum of fiftecu dollar*.
SEC. 15. That it shall be, aud it is
hereby declared to be, the duty of the
City Asspssor to assess all the property
untiled in thia Ordinance for city taxa?
tion, at a reasonable valuation, aud tho
City Clerk and Treasurer to collect the
taxes levied thereon and the per cent,
imposed upon nil other tbiugs us sources
from which a city revenue by this Ordi?
nance is directed or contemplated to be
raised, although not specifically men?
tioned, according to the rates herein
declared: Provided, however. That every
tax-payer shall have the right of appeal
to the Mayor and Committee of Ways
nud Meaus from the assessment of the
City Assessor for a revisiou thereof, in
eas? ho should thereby feel himself ag?
grieved.
SEC IC. That in eise it should be?
come necessary to issue an execution
against the property of the defaulting
tax-payer nnd to sell thereunder his real
property in order to collect the taxes
duo by him, it shall be the duty of the
Mayor, and he is hereby empowered so
to do. in order to put the purchaser
thereof into immediate possession, to
isMii! his warrant of ejectment against
thu owner, orugaiust hi.-, lessee or lessees,
or against any other person or persons
who muy be in possession thereof, and
to place tho said warrant in the hands of
tho Chief of Poliee, or any other officer
whom he shall select, who shall proceed
? without delay to execute the same, at
the expenso aud costs of the party or
parties in default: Provided, That the
owner of the fee, his lessee or lessee's,
shall not be deprived of the use nod pos?
session for a hinger period than two
years from tho day of sale.
SRC. 17. That the Mayor and Alder?
men shall issuo their execution against
each and every person or corporation
who shall bo reported by the City Clerk
and Treasurer to have failed, neglected
or refused to make returns, or pay the
tixes imposed by this Ordiance, within
the time herein prescribed; und all ex??
cutions insued by the saiel Mayor unel
Aldermen shall have attached thereto
tho signatures of tho Mayor and City
Clerk aud Treasurer and the seid of the
eity of Columbia, in the name of which
such executions shall be entitled.
SEC. 18. That nil executions which
may be issued to enforce the payment ol
laxes, fines and licenses, by the sahl
Mayor and Aldermen, in conformity will
the foregoing section, shall bo lodged ir
thc first instance in the office of thc
Sheriff of Richland County, aud may lu
directed to the said Sherill* or to thc
Chief of Police, or other persons ap
pointed by the said Mayor and Aldermen
to collect and receive the samo with th?
costs.
SEO. 19. That the words ''real pro
perty" and "real estate," as used in (hil
Ordinance, shall beco extensivein mean
ing with lauds, tenements and hoiedita
meuts; the word "personal property,'
as herein used, includes money, goods
chattels, things in action aud evidence:
of debt, and tho word "property" in
eludes property, real auel personal.
On motion. Council took a recess unti
Thursday, M ireh 1G. at 7 P. M.
WM. J. ETTER,
Clerk of Council.
CROPS IS FLORIDA.-Tho Live 0.d
H?rald, of Ibo ll th, says:
? The prospects for an abundant fmi
I crop are very {littering, as the late frost.
( have not affected the early fruit. Thosi
; who have had the foresight to pinn
; orchards a few years ago will reap a lid
and delicious harvest this year for theil
labor. The fields of oats and rye an
' looking green and promise un early am
itbuudaut liai vost. The corn, in mum
. places, is showing itneli from one en 1 ol
! the li- hl to the other, while tho thom:
?and thistles, with which the earth wai
covered in d ivs ed yore, ure coining for
! ward in close pursuit.
\ The budy of a negro man named Jot
Coker, horribly mangled, was found oi
j Iho railroad track, between Sumter ant
I Mayesvilte, near Rocky Bluf! Swamp, ot
I las! Saturday. IIo came to his death b;
I accident, being run over and killed bj
the tmiu from Kingsville on Frida]
night, the 10th instant.
There wore twenty-three battles dur
ing tho Franou-Gernian war; besides
i there wcro forty-nine engagement:) ant
combats, which hail almost the proper
tious of battles. There were tweut;
sieges, comprising tho three immens?
strongholds of Strasburg, Metz nnt
Puris.
George Franois Train was arrestad ant
put in jail last Thursday uight at Chica
go, at the instanoo nf two bill posters
on a claim of some $10, and released a
noon on Friday, it having boen showi
that he was in no way responsible for tin
claim, which was created by leaders o
the Republican party two years ago.
Benj. F. Ficklin, a prominent Vir
ginian, and well known in many portion
of tho South, died suddenly ut Qeorge
towri, Columbia Territory, ou tho lUtl
instant, from the lodging of a fish bom
in his throat while at din uer.
A letter from Havana says .the city i
filling with Americans.
Iiooal Items.
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To BE livNo.-Taylor Pulmer and
Honry Cannon, colored, nt tho session
of the Circuit Court for Uuion County,
were convicted of tho murder of Mr. M.
Stevens, und were sentenced to be hung
on the third Friday in April.
MAU, ABRAMOK M EKTS.-Tbe Northern
mail opeus at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15
P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 8.30 A. M.; closes COO
P. M. Greenville mail opens 7.30 P.
M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail
opeus I SO P. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On
Sunday ofliee open from 3 to 4 P. M,
ARRIVALS AT THE STATE HOTEL.-A
white man, named Griffin, was lodged
iu tho Penitentiary yesterday. Ho was
convicted of tho jewelry theft which was
perpetrated at Union several weeks ago.
Two negroes, convicted of the burning
of Mr. Maybin's barn, in Union Couuty,
were also quartered at the Penitentiary,
yesterday, for tho space, of fifteen years.
Two other colored men were also domi?
ciled there for souio crime to ns unre?
ported.
PHO?NIXIANA.--The prico of single
copies of tli9 PHOENIX is Qve ceuts.
Hook nud job printing of every kind
attended to promptly nt PHONIX ofliee.
Plain and fancy colored printing exe?
cuted with neatness und despatch, ou the
most reasonable terms. All the latest
styles of cards, Sec., on baud and printed
in excellent style, nt thc PHONIX office.
A fount of minion of about 200 pounds,
together with two-Iiue letter, nearly new,
will bo sold at 40 cents a pound, with
tho eases. This is n bargain, ns the
foundry prico is GS ceuts. Also, a lot of
second-hand bourgeois and minion, at
25 uud 3J cents. Besides lends, rules,
chases, etc.
Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers,
posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact,
everything iu thc way of job printing
J gotteu up in tho best stylo aud on terms
! that wo philco ourselves will be sali:,fac?
ti y to all parties. Let us hear from
yo. , business men, in the shape of or?
ders for the spring trade. With ap?
proved machinery and steam power, we
challenge comparison in prices.
The latest from Chester is to the effect
that Captain Kennedy, the ordonn?e of?
ficer, bas returned from lionsville, bring?
ing ninety stand of arms, taken from
tho militia, by order of the Governor.
The Chester militia have brought in all
of theirs. Captain Kennedy left on
Tuesday for Rock Hill, to bring in the
arms of thc company there. No further
troubles are reported.
Judge Montgomery Moses will niako
his first sitting at the Spartanburg Court,
to bo held ou Monday next.
The conipauies of United States troops
now iu this citj', which lately arrived
from Atlanta, we learn, will return to
their stations in Georgia, to-morrow.
Messrs. D. C. Peixolto Sc Sou adver?
tise for 5,000 feet of ash aud maple lum?
ber.
Tho County tax office will be closed
ou the 17th uud ISth. Refer to adver?
tisement.
The poles for thc new telegraph line
have reached Newberry. In a little
while the wires will be Btruug, and then
Newberry takes her plnco among the
cities of the world.
Passengers between Charleston nnd
Augusta are talkiug about the beautiful
sights of tile thousands and thousands
of peach trees now in full bloom on tho
celebrated Derby Fruit Farm at Aiken,
? S. C. More than a milo of them fronts
i thc South Carolina Railroad.
i HOTEL ARRIVALS, March 15.-Columbia
i //.,/??/-C. K. Lawson, St. Louis; H.
. Iii ar, Nt w Yolk; J. II. Hamilton, Texts;
j Mrs. E. M. Shedd, W. Dudley, Charles
I ton; A. J. Rutgts, Raleigh; J. H. Stel
j ling, city; T. B. Bynuer, H. B. ByDuer,
Charleston; W. J. Magrath, W. D. Keu
iicdy, Charleston; T. P. Qnaries, J. S.
' Perrin, Abbeville; B. J. Singleton, D.
? li. Wheeler, Mrs. Whnley, Newberry; J.
S. Muller, wife and children; J. W.
Simpson, Laurens.
dickerson House-S. Agnew, J. L.
Miller, Due West; F. D. Dai hug, T. A.
Fanning, Boston; P. Ludwig, Charlotte;
J. B. Clark, Baltimore; J. P. Carter,
Miss.: F. A. Connor, Cnkesbury; H. W.
Parr, Fairfield; W. H. 'Prescott and son,
Greenville; G. W. Conuor, Abbeville; L.
Schiller, Hamburg; P. D. Bush, S. ?.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. H. Baldwin-Tux Notice.
J. F. Eusor-Wuutcd.
Todd & Todd A Ball-Summons.
T. B. Clarkson-Lost.
Pollock's -Just Received.
Peixotto & Sou-Lumber Wanted.
Wells & Caldwell-Primo Hay, Sec.
Jacob Levin-Hay and Corn.
P. Cantwell-Fl M. Beef.
A STATIS? icu. FACT.-If all tho bedbugs,
rata, mies and roaches that have, bi eu BIUII
bj ISAAOSEN'H "?UIIK I'oP*' wore laid out in
pingle lilt), it is calculated that the line would
bu twice as long aa tho Atlantic cable. Sold
hv all druggists. P IC th
Lineman's Hitters are for sale by all drug?
gists and dHalors. Depot in Columbia. S. C.,
ut QEIGEII A MOGBEOOII'S, Druggie. 8 18