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COLUMBIA.; 'S. - ?_i_._ Tau lay Mor nins, May 23,1871. About Hanging, Kio. Wendell Phillips, the ablest, most de? termined, and, most consistent of Radi? c?is, was prominent in a mooting of the "Reform League, " held in New York a few days ago. Strong-minded women, ' weak-minded men, (of whom Phillipa is not one,) Red Republicans, and all sorts of theorists and revolutionists were there. A series of. resolutions were offered, of which tho first two were as follows: "Resolved, That we reoognize in .the Kn Klux Klaus that rising of the rebel? lion ol 1861, which advised staying with? in tho Union, and fighting nationality there, and while the. other, which ad? vised open secession, has been defeated and destroyod, the fellow rebel still lives defiant and full of hale and hopes OB over, nud b'Jfico thia new form of rebel? lion ia'm bo met ia the same/way that its comrade v?&s, by unrelenting martini law, executed with impartial rigor, but visit? ing ita first and heaviest penalty not on the rank and file of poor and disreputa? ble mon, who are pushed with ooward Grinning into'prominence, bat on the ex* Governors and generals,' and ex-Senotors and living" millionaires, who sk ulk behind them, upholding tho treason and plan . ning to reap all its real fruits. Let its first fruit to them bo the drum-head con? viction and the gibbet. "Resolved, That, in Our-judgment, unless the President, now fully author? ized by Congress, strangles this rebellion of assassins daring the present summer, there is little doubt that the Democratio party of rebels, North and South, will take possession of the Government, and that means tue repudiation of 'the four? teenth and fifteenth amendments, and the refusal to pay the interest on our national debt, and the pensions of our soldiers, until the Southern debt is recog? nized and the Confed?rate soldiers are pensioned." .. ,Tho othes resolutions were denuncia? tory of moneyed corporations, intoxicat? ing liquors and San Domingo, and in approval of woman's rights, Charles Sumner,;. Grant's: Judian, pol joy, and morality -and intelligence' in "general. Phillips made two or three speeches. We quote from the report of one of thom: "Mr. Phillips said that in 1881. the South appealed to the sword and was vanquished; but the South has new re? newed'the fight in oar own ranks, and SQ strong had they become that, had Con? gress not given Gen. Grant the power they-had hy the passage of the Ku Klux bill, there would never be a Republican . successor ia the White House. While the speaker waa in Washington lately, a gentleman told him that so perfect was tlite, Ka Klux organized, that if tho Go? vernment depended on the notion of juries for tho,vindication oj tho law, tho Kn Klux would never be suppressed, as they could pack -the juries, and thus ' escape punishment of their comrades, . and he, the spe&ker. was ? assured that the Southern Stales could bo swayed in defiance of the ' Government. Unless Grath bad made pp bia tniud to stretch out .the strong "urra of . the law and strangle the assassins, ho jwould never have a Republican to succeed him. ! The speaker referred to the quarrel with Mr. Sumner as the gravest mistake of Grant's Kilitioal career, and ander the dismay of e .popular rebuke which followed it, Giant was forced to give his consent to tho Ku Klux .measure; and so strive in soma way to repair the misohief he had dona. The murderers and assassins in tho "South mast now be taught that thore is a force strong enough tu punish them, aud the lesson that Buller taught in New Orleans' iu .'the execution of , Mumford must be repeated. He wanted Grant to go to Carolina and arrest some of tho ex-Generals, who number their wealth by millions; to track tho assassins to their dens, arrest thom by mid-night and hang them .by day-light, and so teach these murderers that they have a master. If this is done, thore would bo no Ku Klux in nipety days. If the South rise again, the North will go down tb .the Gulf j and hold the South under tho lip ol of military law, until every Tine of.distinction is swept away, and the last white man over twenty years of age lies in bis grave. Tho speaker tben reviewed at great length the new issues that were starting ap, and especially the danger? ous condition of the relations between labor and capital, and concluded by say? ing we have not an hoar to lose. If yon want Grant to remain in the White House, yeo mast crush the Ku Klux with one hand the great conspirators with the other." We have m?re respeot for Phillips than for most of his party. Ho- is an honest ruffian-a fanatic, not a hypo? crite, the Mobile ifegister -thinks. He tells yon he means to ont your throat, if he caa. Ho does not, like Joab, take yon gently by. the hand, call you '"bro? ther," and.stab yon' ander the fifth rib. He says ? groat many false, and a great many foolish things, bat' ho believes them. We presume he believes that Ihe South, "appealed to the sword" in 18C1, though the statement ' is utterly false. The South never appealed to the sword ? at all, but made every effort to avert the appeal, and drew the sword only iii self defence. Perhaps he believes in a pari of the ridiculous stories about Ku Klux; he is hardly fool enongh to believe thc whole. Her would, no doubt, do the banging and trampling that he speaks of, to a certain extent, though we donbl whether ho would have perseverance enough to koop it up until every white mau Qverrtwc?ty_waa lyjug \a hjs gravcj Bat there is os^e thi?g?!*hi?b, i?Tiiillips were a.joking jjftan, |w.? sbonld-.imajjiue?j that li? meaogas i^joke.^ Tufs ifcthM allusion h) tbe^ex-^neral?wbo numbejr| their wealth by'milliona" in Carolina-a term by which we suppose be means to designate tho South in general. - That is rather too bard to swallow-or rather, it would bo easy to swallow all the million? aire ex-generals in the Sontb.. Wo know a few of the ex-generals, but have nev er heard beforo of their millions. If it is true, they are a very remarkably indus? trious, enterprising and public-spirited 8etof gentlemen; for they work aa hard as if they were poor men, instead of m?liotiuires. j Sume of them aro .plough? ing; Borne building railroad*; some pro? fessors iu colleges; some oponiug har? bors} Hume editing . newspapers; and a great maoy dispensing policies of lifo insurance among an ungrateful and un? appreciative people;'biH we have not yet heard of many millions that wero circu? lating among them. The most prosper? ous appear to be those few that hnvo turned scalawag-tho modern equivalent for a groen bay treo. lt in among these the gentle Wendell might best begin his operations, if he wishes to hang only those that are "fat and well-liking." Tilt Lamia Convention. Messrs. W. M. Connors and J. B. Er? win, who represented Lancaster in this body, after a review of tbe proceedings, thus expresa iu the Ledger their opinion os to the results of the Convention : "If we ure asked whether, in our judg? ment, any ultimate good will result from the assombling of the .Convention, we answer, emphatically, yes. It was truly a body of representative tax-payers, em? bracing many of the ll rat men in the State; .and its deliberations were con? ducted with a degree of energy, modera? tion and harmony befitting tbe gravity | of tho occasion. It was no partisan os I semblage. The Convention was watched with interest, not only by the people of the State, but by the representatives of the great financial and political interests of tbe entire country; The lending Northern .journals were represented by their respective reporters, and whereas some of them perhaps expected to see in the Convention indications of a re? turning spirit of rebellion against the Government, they beheld only an ear? nest effort to correct in cur leen! State Government grievances too intolerable to be borne by an intelligent and high spirited people. Tbe abuses complained of and exposed wero admitted by prominent Republi? cans, in and out of the State, to be un? bearable, and the impression is genera] that the Republican party of the Union cannot and will not uphold the present corrupt administration in South Caroli? na. It will not risk its popularity by doing so. Tbe moral sentiment of the country is favorable to tbe reforms we 'hopo to inaugurate; and hence tbe im? portance to ns that this public sympathy , in our favor be not diverted by extrava ' gance or lawlessness on our part. Let as do no not that will afford an excuse for extraordinary interference of the General Goveroment in tbe internal af? fairs of South Carolina, bat patiently await the result of those peuoeful reme? dies suggested by tbe Convention lately assembled. This coarse, it is believed by leading minds in and out of tbe State, will lead to the confusion of those whe have so long outraged an impoverished people, and to the placing of the State Government in the bands of honest nod capable men." THE COLUMN OF THE FLACK VENDOME. Tbe splendid column in Place Vendome, Paris, which the fanatical Comm jisti destroyed on Tuesday last, was ono ol the principal ornaments of tho city. Il was erected by the first Napoleon, on thc site proviously occupied by a statue ol Louis XIV, and was intended to com' mem?rate tho French campaigns of 1805. It was begun in I8UG and finished ir 1810, in imitation of tho columns ol Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, in Rome The shaft was of stone, cased on tbs out side with bronze, from the metal of 1,20( pieces of captured Austrian and Russian cannon, and embellished with a series ol bas-reliefs representing the vi stories o. the Frenoh arms. The figures wen eight feet high, and tho length of th< spiral 800 feet. Rising to an elevatior. of 113 feet, and surmounted by au im pe rial figure, the column was, for sixtj years, a prominent object in Paris, ant its artistic beauties were the subject o: general admiration. The number o: figures represented in tho bas-reliefs wai 2,000, averaging three feet in height, one tho mass of metal weighed about 3G0.00( pounds. Ita total cost was I,600,00( franos, not, of course, including UH valuo of the metal employed. Thii amount was just the same as was offeree for ita preservation by a number o wealthy Parisians on the eve of its de st ruction. The railings around its bas? have long been covered with wreaths o immortelles, in honor of Napoleon, usu ally, tho offerings of old soldiers. A man named Lucas, aooidentnllj killed bis son with a pistol, a few dayi ago, in Riohmond, Va. He thought UK weapon was unloaded, aud huudled il carelessly, when it exploded. The sheriff of Bunoombo County, N, C., has mysteriously disappeared. NKAj>ioAju.(MisBTjiA~The New. T?rfk Tribune says: . ? ' > ? ? ' &Oui oorreBponcl??D?? ha?? now been so-long in tb J disturbed districts of tho Sooth, that wo can* form f rom . their Jet tersa distinct idea of the.stote of society in that unfortunate part of the Union. It is a melonoholy picture - that . they draw for us. The most intelligent, the influential, the educated, the really use? ful men of tho South, deprived of all political power, have come to look upon themselves aa tho outraged subjeots of a despotic couquoror. Tuxed nud dwin? dled by o> borda of rascally foreign ad? venturers, and by tho iguoraut clans, whioh only yesterday hoed the fields aud aorved iu tho kitchen, they caro nothing for politics except to throw off tho oppressive yoke; they have no itrte reat iu national affairs; they would call themselves of either party, provided their rulers were ouly of tho other. The refuse of 'Northern cities, who went Southward nflor tho war, OUt-ut-elhuWH und destitute of character and educa? tion, now roll iu splendid carriages, drink rare wines, glitter with diamouds aH big an Fisk's, and steal taxcH us fust a? a Now York Street Commission. It is no wonder that thu impoverished planter, growing poorer every duy, tho ex-Oon f od erato officer, who fought so bravely for a cause iu which he houestly be? lieved, the prof e-.?opal men, accus? tomed all their lives to hold office and lead tho public sentiment of their com? munizes, look on such things with ran? corous hearts. They might submit to be ruled by soldiers who had beaten them in battle; but here they aro plundered by sutlers and eump-followers. "This is a miserable etat o of thing* indeed for a republicau government-u burlesque upon the suffrage, when thc only restriction upon voting is that tht votes shull liol be oast for the most intel ligent aud virtuous citizens: Wo h a vt often warned our purty in Congress ol thu inevitable result of tho vtudiotivt method of reconstruction. We hayi told them, aud wo tell them again, thal there is only ono way to restoro tlu Uuion-universal amnesty nud impart?a suffrage. We shall continue to urgt this policy; but iu some piucos Souther! people are doing their best to defeat it.' H. V. Redfield says, in bis Columbi) letter in the Cincinnati Commercial: Now, I have no prejudice whnteve against a negro, simply because he is i I negro. They cannot help their color au; more thnu wo can help ours, or Adan could help his, whatever it was. Rat do say that it is utterly impossible for i mun to read law two or three years, prau tice two or threo years, und then be fi for the position of Supreme Judge, don't cara what his color is, or how sm ar ho may bo. As for Wright, ho is no overly smart. If he were whits am lived ia Ohio, he might stand som chance of being justice of the peace. I is said, but I don't know how true it is that he bas never delivered but ou opinion, and that waa written for him b Attorney-General Chamberlain. I giv tho report us I beard it, though I hop ho bus delivered a dozen and writle them himself. I confess to feeling n vague sense c something wroug when I go into the St promo Court room aud see this youri und inexperienced negro presiding ovt some of the first legal minds of th South. In front of him I see a row < white-headed veterans, some of whoi were gianta before he was born. Me who hud occupied high positions ou th bunch and rendered decisions bouorabl to themselves; and beacon-lights in jurii prudence, look out of placo standing bi low this young negro and add rossie arguments to him which, in many ii stances, it is clear, in the nature < things, be does not uuderstand. E lacks age and experience, two essenti qualifications to a position on tho bend no matter bow brilliant u mau may be L nature. Brilliancy is not learning, an keenness is not depth. There is x. royal road to legal .learning. There but one way that it can be obtained, au that is by;plodding,-aud to plod tnki timo. Take tho caso home to Obi' Wbut young mun is there in that Sta who wus admitted to tho bar iu 1865, at who has been mixed up iu politics I such au extent siucu that he hus had li tie experience in activo practice, who now fit for tho position of Supren i Judge? I think an attempt to hoist stu I a man upon the bench thoro would me I with a breeze of rebuke not easily gottt j over. If he was a uegro, T am corlaiu would. Now, the lawyers aud propert holders of South Caroliua aro just i I anxious to have a competent Supren Court as they are in Ohio. Why shou they not have it? Is a uegro put ov them to' mako them feel their degrud tion and cause them to loso their se) respect? Do they not feel it ton tim more keen .than Ohio would, and won it not touch Ohio to the quick? Is it a punishment for the crime of rebellioi If so, what sort of punishment is tb which degrades both victors and vu quished, and sows the seeds of perpetn discord and hatred? Punishment li] this is impolitio, for we see it doing bar every day, without tbe possibility of benefit. Partial confiscation itself wou not sow tho seeds of hatred any deep in the hearts of the people of South C ralina than the elevatiou of a negro tc position on the Supreme Benoh; b confiscation would confer a benefit on tl victims, and, therefore, would be SOD wisdom in it. But tho punishment tb seeks to degrade those ol our flesh au blood, with no perceptible advantage tho price of degradation, is folly. Under dato of Columbia, S. C., M 12, the speoial correspondent of tho Nt York World writes thus: "Of tho oxen lieut material oomposii tho Convention I have heretofore spoke und iu terms not a partido too high; b of the practical good effected, what there to say? It would have seemed t! proper course to endeavor to procuro i extra session of tho Legislature, for t parp?se of remitting a bali million or BO of--the taxes aud -'repealing sprue of; the obnoxious bond&reatibg laws. Instead bf this, all that is gaiped is a prdmise from Govern or. Scotti that he will : post? pone the collection of the enormous taxes, and a shuffling equivocation oh the eobjeot of issu i og tho bonds be is now authorized to t>igo. A more accom? plished trimmer in a small, dirty way (bau this mau never lived, and to sus? pect him of menning to fulfil any pledgo made to or understanding had with the Convention, is to think him about to change his skin. Such, at least, is the view o? some hero who know him well, and, in proof that ho bas only tempor? ized, some of his past doublings aro mentioned. When in Washington, bo declared 'too Winchester rifle the only law for tbe South;' on returning te South Carolina, bis first message breath? ed nothing but the most amioablu seuti mc-uts, tho burial of tho past, the growth <?f a brotherly feeling, pence, good order, prosperity, and so ou. This bo kept up n?iil the Legislature demanded why bu did not cali out tho militia, when bis uoto was oven moro doro like and serene. There was no organized crime, be said; nothing bot sporadic cosos, with which tho law could not deal; and with this re? sponso tho Legislature adjourned ou the 71li of March last. Hardly bad its ill Mayor begun to fude out of tho Statu House, before this mild Governor disco? vered a tremendous system of organized violence, orion; in horrid abundance, and forthwith called out to Grant for troops, and had this Stato proclaimed tho theatre of insurrection. Now meeta this Tax-Payers' Convention, and he tells thurn in so many words that 'much of tho personal violence ami indifference to law wus due to the fuot that the peo? ple have not the means of enforcing the law within their roach.' Is a promise from a man with such a record to be re? lied on? It is curious to knjiw what mon say here of Governor Scott. One, a Republican, and intimately acquainted with bim-very intimately, iudeed says: 'If Governor Scott were to give me his personal word and honor to do anything, I would not rely on it. Ho is not to bu trusted." Auother critic, n Do tnocrut, Buys: 'He is a grout coward. He has uo saud in his gizzard. Ho will do anything to gut out of a scrape.* A third, a mau of uo party affiliations, but a-i eye solely to number ono, says: "That Go vor ti or is a soft thing. You can't rely on bim, nnd he is using his o nice to make money." In ono thing, all throe nyree, that he is a slippery mun, and slippery as ever, it is to bo feared, ho will be found in the matter of this Convention. So far as it is safe, ho will drive on bis bonds and tuxes, and let Dahomey rule, particularly ns a danger? ous feeling has been stirred np against him in tho ranks of bis party at wha^ ure supposed to bo bin concessious to thc whites us represented iu tho Convention. Tho blacks are particularly exasperated, knowiug that auy giving way of tho white faces which officer their lines would let the Democracy in, and as Soott denied to tho Legislature, for fear of the Ku Klux, that there was any violence, it is quite likely bo will, for fear of the blacks, deny be ever made any promises to the Convention nt all. Such a course, by Bhowiog tho Convention a failure, would exasperate overy evil now afflict? ing tho State ten-fold. Perhaps some such idea wan had in the body, since it adjourned subject to recall, ono of the bust und wisest things done during tho session." THE PAIUS COMMUNE.-M. Lemoinne, the fugitive editor of the Journal (les Debate, is giving, through a Brussels paper, an account of the persons hold? ing authority nt present in Paris. Ho represents tho Communal chiefs to be tho scum and off-sconrings of nil nation? alities, who have gathered iu Paris and seized tho helm.- The names, bo ob? serves, aro those of foreigners, and strange foreigu names nt that. Tho French have little or no part in the hor? rible proceedings. There is no doubt but that tho strange and unpronounce? able na ufos that boar sway aro aided by French masses; tiomo under compulsion, and others for bread and pillage. Theso inst aro represented ns destitute of all love of country-all sense of patriot? ism-miserable creatures, impelled by tho neoossitics of the moment, cr tho anarchical idea that nil national limita? tions aro mischievous absurdities. In this connexion, ho refers to tho Interna? tional Socioty, which threatens tho sub? version of all the governments in Europe. Editor Phoenix-DKAH Sin: On the 10th instant, a card appeared in the Daily Union, over the signature of Mounce, dated Greenville, in which he uses abusive language against all the Jews, great and small, with a bitter feel? ing of vengeance and spite-and all, as it seems from his own blackguard ?sra, because Eudel, the Jow, is too much of a hand for him. Now, Mr. Mounce, De? puty United States Marshal, in your card, yon say yon wnut to seo every one bavo his right. How do your abuse and slurs work by your own rule? Might not nil the Southern people be stigmatized as cowards, because you, yourself, de? serted the "Bonnio Bltio Fiag," and bid your carcass behind mattresst s and bed? ding, to get ou "todder side?" Merely this und nobbing moro. S. LIE BM AN. COLUMIUA, S. C., May 22, 1871. On Sunday last-a colored mini, in at? tempting to swim across Big Stevens' Creek, ?dgefleld County, was sei/.ed with cramp, it is supposed, and instantly drowued-no ono being at hand to give him auy assistance. I a PHCBNixiAMA,-~Tb?';, pribe 'of* single Copi?e of the PKO^NJX ?H Ave couta. V lion. Jefferson: Davis istexpejoted Jo arrive, in Columbia, to-day, and will bu quartered ut the Columbia Hotel. Carats relate to tbe fineness of gold; karats refer to tba weight of precious ?tones. Tho difference is the difference between quality and weight." ..Excuse my loft baud," remarked Dlobbins, as -ho shook bands withTFlfg* gins. "Certainly, certainly,", joplied Pliggins; "I iiever take umbrage ht j nature. See Ecclesiastes, x. 2." Blob bins "saw it," and uo lohgar speaks to Pliggins. Mr. P. W. Fuller has resumed the manufacture of ginger pop, and bas furnished a "trent" tn tho PHOENIX. He ia desirous of obtaining "Beveuty-flye dozen pi ut bottles, for whioli a fair price will be paid. Remember the bru boone aad fish ? rpi io, I to-morrow. Persons unprovided with conveyauces eau bo supplied, by calling on Mr. Tbos. Harper; or clubs of five can obtain carriages at moderate rates. The grand amateur concert-,' referred to several days ago, will come off at Nickerson House Hall, to morrow (Weduesday) evening. The programme is published in another column. It-will be a brilliant affair, and one that no music-lover should miss. Persous in need of coal are directed to the notice of Messrs. H. F. Baker & Co., in another column. They offer to deliver it at tho South Carolina Railroad, upon the resumption of tbo reduced or "summer ratoB." The Ka Klux Reporter records another K. K. outrage iu Fort Mills, York County. This party, contrary to cus? tom, was not disguised. It is suggested that tho first piece of music performed by Adam must havo been "Warbliugs at Eve." A. female lecturer adds: "The only decent thing about Adam was a rib, and that went to make something better."' Genuine turtle soup, this day, nt the Exchange Houso. Families supplied from ll to 2. "The knave that firod the Ephesian j dointi outlived in fume the. pious fool who ie ired it;" and we suppose it is thia kind of immortality the leaders of the Commune have sought for themselves, in levelling the columu of all the glories of Franco iu the Placo Vendome, and they have achieved it. They have erected a monument to their own infamy far more durable than the brazen pile which, in the fury of their fanatical in? sanity, they pulled down. See what Messrs. L?rick A- Lowrance have to say, with reference to agricultu? ral implements. The assertion is broad. The Galaxy dopenda on tho excellency of its ordinary departments for its at? tractiveness this month. It is an excel? lent number. Mr. Justin McCarthy "gets back on" the writers of personal notices in the American press in his novel, "Lady Judith," which increases in interest. Mr. Guernsey still con? tinues his notes on the "Cumpaigoa- of Robert E. Lee." "Tho Old Story" is a neat, poetical version of that narrative which is "ancient yet over new." Walt Whitman gives ample evidence that he has not been killed, by supplying a stir? ring poetical address to France, which reminds ono of several poems by various hands. It is very hopeful of the future of France, whoso star it invokes. Captain Stanley advertises patent ice cream freezers. The season ia upon ns, when such delicacies nre appreci? ated. Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact, everything iu the'way of job printing gotten up in tho best stylo and on terms that wo pledge ourselves will bo satisfac? tory to all parties. With approved ma? chinery and steam power, we challenge comparison in prices. BALTIMORE BPSINESS HOUSES-THE GREAT SOUTHERN PIANO FACTORY.-We refer with special pleasure to tbe adver? tisement of the great Southern Piano Manufactory of Messrs. Wm. Knabe tc Co., of Baltimore. This faotory is now oue of tho largest in the world, employ? ing 350 hands, and turning out over forty instruments per week. The Knabe Piano has, by its superiority, not only well nigh driven those of Northern manufacturo from tho homo market, but also ODjoys a largo sale in New York, Philadelphia, and throughout the entire North and West, besides their largely in? creased Southern trade. They have re? ceived no less than sixty-five first pre? miums, nmoDg which wo note those at tho fairs at Now Orleans, Jackson, Mem? phis, Wilmington, Richmond, Macon, ?to., received last season. For dura? bility we would speoiully recommend them as being made in a Southern city, with special view to tho trying changes of Southern climate. PORTADLE SAW MILLS, MACHINERY, kc. ?ir .; : 'n jj i V '": rV'' M Mr. .George. Page waa . tbe original in? ventor.o? tbe first circular saw mill ever I successfully oneil for sawing lumber from the log. ' Thirty years of experience .bas enabled the firm of George; Page & Co., of Baltimore, to perfect the original de? sign, anil to present h>' the World the moat' complete portable 'saw mill eyer known. The recent . improvements, 'patent friction- feed' and 'independent and simultaneous patent rutohett heod blockB,' pince the Page mills beyond competition. The Urge number of tinao machines in use all over the country soi? ficiently attest their ' value.., Mesar?. Page & Co. nre also extensively engagr il in the manufacture of por tobie and sta? tionary steam engines, boilers,, grist mills, wood-working machinery, and general machine work of overy descrip? tion. We refer with pleasure to their advertisement in another column. " SOPBEME COOKP, MONDAY, May 22. The Court met at 10 ?. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright ' ' #. 'f( J. Heid Boylstan and A.Z.Demorest vs. Joseph Crews. Mr. Dunbar read brief for respondent. It .was ordered that tho case stand over till to morrow, when the matter.must bo disponed of. C. E. Fleming ts. T. J. Robertson, Executor of John Caldwell. Mr. CD. Melton read brief for appellant and also argument, and Mr. McMaster was beard for respondent. Mr. Melton ' was heard in reply. Scott, Williams & Co. vs: 'Joseph * Crews. Mr. Chamberlain was beard for appellant. Mr. Pope and Mr. Melton for respondent and Mr. Chamberlain in reply. IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON CHOPPEBS. Dr. E. B. Turnipseed, of Riebland, is the io ventor of an improved cotton chop? per, for which ho has jost received a pa? tent for seven ?eora.-: The following ie his description of it: The construction and method of using may be briefly given as follows: .This plow constats of a bourn, jutt iia rh ? com? mon plow, with a wheel fixed at the front end, which answers BB a fulcrum. The cutter or blade is attached to the rear end of the beam, and consists of two side pieces, of best steel, united to a bottom piece of the same material. Tho. siti? pi?ces have their front edges curved, to facilitate the operation of cutting, and i they also inclino outward-laterally from i each other, aa they extend downward. Their lear edges are also more widely se? parated from each other than the front - edges-that is, the cntter inclines -out? ward from front, to rear; the bottom also inclines upward from front (o rear, and is made any width desired. -From this description it will be observed that the cutter bas four peculiarities of construc? tion. First-its front edges are curved. Second-its elden expand laterally as they approach the bottom ' plate. Third-the cutter, as a whole, ia inclined upward, while the sides are at right angles to the beam.- These peculiarities of conntrno tiou are adapted for epeciQo purposes. The curved catting edges in front ato intended to cnt with a drawing movement as the plants slip over them. The ex? panded sides beloit) permit the cutter to tuke up all the* plants it'reachep, without disturbing tbe adjacent ones.? Its rear wardly-tapering form permits tba ready discharge of the plants and earth whtqh it operated upon. The in eli o ed bottom blade slightly lifts tho earth and plants, without carrying them along with it; and furthermore, the plow itself is not drawn down into the earth by the operation of tho cutter. To sum up the whole in a few words: This plow cousists of a bottom plate or blade of steel, four or five inches wide, front to rear, and laterally width tho cotton is desired in tho drill, after being chopped out. The upright pieces, of tho same material os the blade, are at right angles with the blade, and sloped gradually uutil they reach tho beam to which they are secured. Thus it will be perceived that we bavo a hollow plow, through which oponingall the plants de? sired to be chopped out, pass to the rear as the plow is directed acroaa the cotten rows. By attaching a cross beam, three or moro plows may be arranged to run abreast. This blade may be made of any width, and answers nn admirable purpose for shaving down tho grass by running parallel with the cotton or corn rows, or anything planted in drills or checks. . This plow was thoroughly tested last year on my plantation, in the presence of witnesses, all of whom are perfectly reli? able, and whoso names will be given any time references are desired. The calcu? lation agreed to, was that one hand; with one mule or horse, oonld with the singlo plow, in rongh land, obop oat three acres per day; and certainly a good deal more in smooth land; and that with the triple plow and smooth land, the same amount of labor would chop oat nine acres. 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