The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 01, 1871, Image 2
COLUMBIA-, S. C.
Thu rs lay Coming, June 1, 1871.'
" Nsw IJoparttt t ea.
Qhio is blnased.'a&vs'th?'New Orleans
Times,with a plethora or cursed with an
cmbavass desri?fie?es ? ot political m??
nagera and platform ists. Espeoial?y i?
the Democratic.'party ?hj?* -favored er
burdened. . There-*re Beveral very ?tal*
wart and jpflaeutial chieftains of the
party, who periodically, during ,court
vao?tiooi emerge from their dusky law
offices with brun new platforms for the
party. No, not platforms; that ia au ob?
solete term. ' Departure is the new word.
I? the South-west'{jhis i'lert would bo ex?
pressed more forcibly/by tho phrase "dew
de?V We think -lue"latter's the better
term. Dep?rtate implies striking out a
new path, di vorging 'Crom tho 3ld course,
abandoning .tho Old liOe'and taking np1
nupther on soipo n?W flbld. .We frankly
confess thal there is a groat need of some
change in. tho Deuioeratio pinn and
strategy." The old pubs have'proved sad
failures in all recent'contests.' 11 cannot
be questioned thati gehangen, - modifica?
tions', so mei new ideas and policies, ara
imperatively demanded by theApproB?hi
ing exigenoy; but the word Vdepartare"
is. too : strongly indicativo of a sudden
conversion and total chango of heart and
cou duo t to please , the masses of 1 that
somewhat ' impracticable j and soi f-3ufn
oiont party. . It is. f ino the spoils have
long been don i od- to them, ?nd, doubt
less, like the weak-kneed o? Israel, they
hanger after the flesh pots of Egypt.
Bat they are not a)l? in fa at, only a smull
portion of them are prepared fco Burren?
doo "their tim?-honor?d^principio, their
a?brad oardinaHd?aa, Oan?v gulp down at
once BO largo ra slice of h amblo pie, OB
seenis to be tljo-pu'rposo of porno ?f their
impatient chiefs , to force down? their
ru.oui.hs. It is-too sudden a thing. Thoy
must bo brokeaSin gradually, and given
asmo lime to refloat, compare notes and
cqun? the costs.
,;Thp now departures, that como to us
from Ohio aro documonta that demand a
great desi of niss.c^?KidArat?ori and uro
found meditation/ Wo have., great re
epoot for these Buckeye ohiefs'^bat-have
not accepted ''their infallibility os u
finality. Here in the Sou tb-'wo have got
a long way off from tho old prescribed
lines and routes'of party maps'and disci?
pline. Our people don't think much of
either the parties whioh are beginning to
rend the firmament with their partisan
ol?mor and cries. They suspect the mo?
tives of pooplo who are nlways making
new departures . and hatching new
schemes, to secure electoral triumphs.
What thoy need is a now departure in
morels rather than in politics. Wo want
ah boxiest and constitutional .Govern?
ment, Federar and . State; wa want, a
more respectable class of men than those
who have bf'lato boen brought forward
by both parties. . We . are tired of the
old. party bajks, th? speech makers,
platform builders, cauous . managers and
time-serving trimmers who have SQ long
controlled our-politics and Government.
Wo are as sick of these ai wo are of tho
olass of military upstarts who are foisted
'into high civil positions. A. platform
embodying the simple propositions of a
return to constitutional-government, to
honest administration and tho subordi?
nation of the military to the civil power,
is all we want in that lino. What is
more important than all platforms, but
cannot be seonrod through any of thom,
is the nomination and election of iive
and new men, free from the taiut Of tho
recent corruptions and selfish scheming
of tbe old parties. If Ohio, or New
York, or Pennsylvania, havo any of this
new and fresh stock, let them bring them
out, and let those veteran organizers of
defeat, tho Yallandighams, the Camp?
bells, et, als., retire uppn such laurels as
they have alrtiady.wroD. and snuff the
approaching battles, like Job's horse?,
a far- off. -
FOUN? THE BIGHT ROAD AT LAST.
Washington joarnals state that Governat
Scott, of Booth Carolina, represented to
the President that no necessity existed,
whioh would call forth a proclamation ol
martial. law, bot that there was a good
state of feeling among the botter classes
of citizens, which would be quito suffi
. oient to put down the Ku Klux. We
congratulate the Governor. Ho hos
found the right road at last, through the
influence of publio opinion, .instead o?
by tho power of tho Winchester rifle aa
the beat law. It is a great pity that he
did not niako- this discovery sooner.
Saoh a policy would have been far better
for the popple.ond ipflhitely bettor both
forints) Republican party 4 and ?for the
Government. N?W we can discern the
dawn of a new era for South Carob no.
[Augusta Chrpnl?lrantf Sentinel..
Gen. Grant will spend the summer at
Long Branoh, in the enjoyment of -that
relaxation whioh ho mast so much heed,
after having labored solong and, s? as?
siduously to promote the welfare of that
portion of htabeloved OMtilcp? which is
constituted by;himself a,rfd;his family., 1
On Wednesday last, tho poBfciofflcojat
Marion waa broken open and robbed.
Examinii?urt o? Ka Kin? tri Rorlh Ca
A co&espoifientj of' Uhf .N?w YprJ*
tfera?u^vritinrfj ?ro^Bath?r^t?b^
C., nn#e* datflof W?jf2? st|pws ?thd;
tedi?os progress of -the^lexftmirwioio of
Ka Kiux out ruged and the use cf the
revenue service as an electioneering
machino. After giving-- an !idat?Qc?.^?f 1
assault upon one Biggorstaff, ho pro
oeeds . as ^o?lowi ' With . ? ' seoo?d case
brought bytire-wimo pavty:-:
It isha^fap ito say:tbat'(therp aro a
good many people./hero who! disbelieve
altogether this story of a second outrage
and who say that it was simply a trick
to avoid going to Shelby and disposing
of the case thoa' peodibg there. There
can bo uo doubt that Biggorstaff, if ho
had been really anxious to appear, oould
havo done HO. His health was not good,
btit he could foo ve boen-carriod on ? mat?
tress in a haekyand wh'eti an offer of1 tu0
kiud was made to him bo refused on the
ground that "he was ufraid of his lifo on
the road"-a. plea which was absurdly
. baseleSsi' -'Spou kin'? aa an iinpaVti?l wit
ness, I cannot too strongly deuoauco t he.
pelt}' oppression which has marked tho
action in these cases of tho local agout.s
of'tho. Government. , This -is- for pour
farmers,; such as oro tile greator1, part' of
^o./men, abb?sodiywoj L-ipP9t 'important
season of Ibo year. The throe pion now
arraigned have been already liva1 or six
times in court on various accusations,
and have several times,',when ready for
trial, been "adjourned Over" at the mo?
tion of the prosecution. On the part of
the latter there is, indeed, very little at?
tempt made to conceal the fact that the
present proceedings ato to a'great extent
instigated by a desire to annoy the de?
fendants, or, as it is termed, in the par?
lance of the country, "bedevil them."
Tho prosecution say to their victims,'
"You have harassed and oppressed us
by this night's riding, and evou if, UH is
very likely, we shall be nuable to con?
vict yon of a guilty .complicity in these
outrages, we will give you all tho trouble
wo, can. You have bedeviled us, and
now we are going to bedevil you." This
is scarcely a very dignified attitude to bo
taken by tho agents of the Unitedf?tates,
and is far mor? oalo?lated to -excite and
inflame "tho ill feeling already, existing
between"tl?o parties to the quarrel than
' to bring it to a Anal termination by the
meting out of exact justice. . It reduces
the whole- proceedings to nio level of
peno nal malice.
It is also monstrously and iniquitously
unjust, as it is very doubtful whether
the parties now arrested are in very fact
these terrible Ku Klux who have spread
dismay among tho ranks of the immoral
and the worthless, whether white or
black, throughout- the district.
The moro I hear of these''troubles tho
more I become .convinced that they are
purely social in their nature. This is
one of tho corners of tho country in
which every farmer runs on his surplus
peach es and apples into brandy-and
very good brandy, indeed, they make ont
of thom. It is scarcely necessary to add
that, aa in every other district of a simi?
lar character, there is an immense
amount of illicit distilling. There must
be plenty of it or the bar-rooms oould
not afford to retail at -prevailing prices.
Five cents is tho tariff for a drink, and
the bar-tender does not make a wry faoe
when you take '.'three, fingers," which,
from, personal observation, I can vouch
to be pretty much the general local ous
tom. " NoWj-if is currently believed' ont
hore, rightly or wrongly, that so long aa
a man votes tho. Republican ticket bo
will not bo arrested, or, if arrested, will
not be fined for illegal "stilling." While
it is notorious that most of. the men who
"still" are ard?ntly "loyal" it is a curi?
ous fact that only two or threo of them
havo been punished for offences of this
character, while Democrats' have been
"hunted down" with all tho rigor of the
law. The jealousy and bad blood spring?
ing from this may be guessed. Of the
results it has had this Biggorstaff case is
a pretty good example. It is notorious
that the old mau has himself been an
active transgressor against tho revbnuo
law, and he cai ried it so far that ou one
occasion he came very near being sen-'
tenced. This "stilling" business has
been, beyond nil doubt, the true eau KO
of the feud between him and the rest of
his family. Their fend dates back some
years, and on tho side of BiggerstaiT, tho
complainant, a murder was oommittcd
about a year ago by ono of his partners,
McGnhy, upon a man named Depriest.
The murder was never aveugod by tho
law, probably becauso its perpetrator was
a Kadical and tho victim a Democrat,
while this present "outrage"-u simple
whipping-which probably was a retalia?
tion for the crime, is at once spread
throughout the Union as a Ku Klux out?
rage. Suoh is the administration of Fe
. doral law in the South by tho scallawags
and carpet-baggors whom tho Govorn
1 mont has appointed ns revenue officers
, and commissioners.
. o .-_
Tho Marquis of Wesme'ath died on
May 5, at his residenoa in London, in
Ins eighty-sixth year. Lord Delvin, the
1 late Marquis, served as Ensign in tho
1 First Battalion of Coldstream Guards
; throughout the expedition to Egypt, in?
cluding tho battles of Aboukir and Alex?
andria,.and the capitulation, whereby
1 mora Frenchmen were taken back to
Franco iu English ships than tho entire
number of the British expedition; theso
Frenoh troops consisting of tho very
1 elite of Bonaparte's army, Lord Wea
1 month believed himself to' be tho last
strtVivoV, ??fH'oer or soldier of this colo
bia ted expedition.
John Loo, Esq.y of Ncedwood, Frede?
rick County, Md., died in New York, ou
the 17th- ult.', aged ' eighty-thrco years.
Mr. Lob ,was tim sba of. Thomas Sim
Leo, Governor of Maryland during tho
revolution. Ho waa- well-known and
much respected iu public and social Ufo
in Maryland for more than half a cen?
tury.
-?I',IL BW S . 1
Ti?? ??a?Sj?toti Horror. '
JBrrrqTbW. PENH.7l?fcy ?8.- Til^?c6?|?v
tba WestfiPittetonwai*? ownedv.by'
BlaW* Cp|, New Yorku thurat jjgg
tiojUare Of ?whioh. .wer?r;'g{wn:;?life:teta-,
graph yesterday,, bsa beau.a moat -hoar|k
rending ii calamity. ^IJp ; toV-tbis boa?
(2:30 P. M.,) a^:l^;ia.?riJh^thsiinihea^:
thlrty-eigbt in number-have been
brought up, of whom,eighteen are dead.
At half-past 12 laal night"*' th? * resenfers
succeeded in effecting an entrance to .tho,
bottom of tho shaft, and brought (Kerri
to-tho surf ooo.-- --- - ?
Hiram, Curtis.waa found, dead, lying
with his faoe lin> tho wator./?At 12.4G
they sent up word thal . tbp "tioo Imd
barricaded themselves ?Q(i and al?o sont
up a cage for naen and topis. Thls'morri
ing the excitement ut the shaft is grenier
than ever. Up to 8 o'clock twouty-four
men bad been brought, to tho top, of
which number six were dead and all in?
sensible when brought out. . Oue or two
have so far recovered us to bo nblo to
givo an account of themselves. Morgan,
tho-brat mau discovered, is still alive,
though bis recovery ie doubtful. Thu
pud ics aro compelled to proceed with
tho utmost caution, ,rtud aro frequently
la-ought up aspbixiatod. At 10 A. M.,
thirty men had boen brought out, ted
of whom were dead, and 'tit noou not
moro thau one or two remaiued in thu
mino. Every.one>of; tho meu brought
up for tho past two hon rs.has beou found
to bo stone idead': Tho' excitement is
almost indescribable. Thousands of peo?
ple have crowded aroiind the mouth .of
the*, pit i ia their eagerness to seo and
b?a?f ond aro with difficultykept Outside
of tho rope which is stretched around
the shaft.
'At the time of ignition of the upper
part of tho shaft yesterday, the shifts of
miners wero being changed by their
companions coming out, aud the alarm
being given to engineer McDermott, ho
at onco communicated tho warning of
danger to,tho bottom of -?tho mino and
begun' to hoist tho carriage, briugiug
with the first four trips several mon. Io
three succeeding trips no,arrivals, were
reported, and while tho trip was - heine
made the rope slipped off the pulley aub
all furthor,means of escapo were beyond
a possibility. At ono time a young lad
at the bottom of the shaft, 280 feet
down, saw a nervous twitching of the
bell-wiro to which the-bell refused tore
spoin!, and being suspicious of some
disastrous accident immediately ran inte
the East gangway several hundred fed
and warned his brother of the circum
stance. Theso two, with Mr. Evans
wero tho last to ascend from the pit. It
au hour und o. quarter Hie bma-Icer hat
burned to the ground, aud men of al
vocations of life bogan removing tin
half-consumed timbers that obstructer
tho passage to the mouth of tho shaft
Water was drawn from the rivor om
milo distant in barrels and by even
other available means. Telegrams wen
also despatched to fire departments fo
! assistance; nod hy 5 o'clock the wate
had cooled the iron and wood near tin
shaft, and preparations were made t<
clear the mouth. In the meantime, hun
dreds of women and children had pon
grcgated near the scone of the disaster
and their heart-rending cries pieroed th
air. At 7 P. M. there was brought t<
the month of the mino a temporar;
frame-work, made to cover the opening
? A platform carriage was constructed am
preparations made to enter. At 8 P. M
two men, David Harris and Wilbur
Warren, were let down about twent
feet. They had lights; ropes", water an
tools. They removed tho burned timbe
and charred bantlings and constructed
partition to secure np and down a cm
rout of air. A few minutes previous t
this, William Law was let down by
ropo Boveuty-flve feet into tho shaft, bu
immediately gave tho signal for hoisting
A strong current of air carno from th
opening, carrying with it thick smok
and obnoxious gases. Preparations fe
tho rescue of the miners continued to b
pushed with the greatest vigor ont
12.30, when, ns above stated, the fir:
mau was reached. Tho fire originate
in spontaneous combustion in thc fri<
tion of tho wood-work of the breaker.
Martin Cox, one of the miners take:
out alive, makes the following state
mont:
We went in at 7 A. M. My brothe
R?bort cut through fre-un ono air-way t
unoliier and turned ou tho gas, and" si
miners came out with him before the
shift was up. Tho air was so bad tho
could not work nt all. This was abor
fifteen minutos beforo thc fire, and seve
miners carno up to thu top live minute
b'oforo tho bro was discovered. The Ur:
iutimation wo had of tho Uro was
sound through tho mino as if there, wi
an explosion. An English miner said
"There is fire abont fifty yartla from tb
bottom of tho shaft, iu tho West side.
I thou ran to tho bottom of tho shaf
aud saw the firo coming down, lia
back to my comrades and told them v
aro all lost; the shaft is on Arel We wot
sevon in all. Wo then ran to tho foot <
the shaft and burning timbers were con
ing down. Wo threw on water and pt
out the fire, but tho smoko booamo ?
intense that wo wero nearly suflbcatei
Dense volumes poured down tho sha
? and filled the place. Wo thou ran ov<
to the West side in the direction of tl
rivor bridge, down the slope, aud got i
at a door with eleven others, makio
eighteen altogether in that place. Tl
smoko carno upon ns so badly that v
gathered up a lot of stuff from tho traci
and plastered tho cracks of the door, at
also stuffed our coats in tho holes, whit
stopped tho ?moko for some time. \\
bael time for thought and reflection no\
No one oxpectcd to seo daylight ogaii
all behoved it a second Avondale., \\
all song hymns, and prayod to God i
His mercy to savo os, as we . all fe
doomed and beyond, human niel. W
,ran,baokand forth through ,tho gaui
ways for fresh air. At 3.15 ibis even ic
Patrick Farley groaned twice, ,ond wi
found doad when tho men came in tl
place af ber tho fire. I then went over I
the West sido for my coat to help to ste
o
opt the Brooke, as we would be suffo?
cated vcry SGon.;" MeurttheUtpassed ? car?
ry ing back their .comrades who were.uv- j
)ng ip their anns. Maze mah wero'.out- i
aldo, tho door crviug oat in distress; and ;
anguish and ealUDg upptt Goofor sOcbbr. ,
Noup expect od'to c?uaeo u tali vo .-. . JB*.
7'/The mules wero kicking oud neighiog.
Too Coy told bia father, while crying,
"Wo will come out sate; and, jf we must
dir, let na dio like mon." The father
ind app.both came out alive. At .7.30
M. I became insensible, and remain?
ed BO until I- wu? brought out by- my
brother Hubert, about 5 o'clock ou Sun?
day morning. Cox is an intelligent
Irishman, aged about 22 years.
Tan STATU ' LUIUT?C AOYLUIT:-The
Keoweo (Walhalla) Courier, speaking of
tho State Cunatio Asylum, say*:
Tho removal of Dr. Parker, us Super?
intendent aud Physiciau of this jnstitu-|
tiou, excited much dissatisfaction. His
high medioal attainments und long expe?
rience render him, in tho public mind,
eminently fit to continuo tho control and
treatment of tho unfortunate class who
necessarily become inmates. Much was
spokon aud written which time and re
II or ti on would have shown to have boen
unjust. All pei sons, whether physicians
or nu professionals, who have visited tho
institution under its present nuning* -
meut, bave testified to the efficiency of
the prosent Superintendent, Dr. Ensor,
succeeding tho able aud respected Dr.
Parker. Ho has, by a course of uniform
kindness, converted censure into respect
aud commendation, and established a
reputation for ability worthy of the.State
und tho institution. Wo visited aud
were shown over the entire building
while in Columbia, and found it scrupu?
lously neat in every respect, aud the in?
mates well provided with clean und com?
fortable clothing. Ono thing we particu?
larly noticed, which was the pleasure the
unfortunates manifested at meeting the
Superintendent. Ho seems to tike avery
interest in their welfare, and they appear
to love and respect him as a child would
'n parent. Dr. Sloan, son of Col. John
T. Sloan, is Assistaut Physician. We
make-' theso statements that thoso who
have' friends or relatives in tho institu?
tion may entertain no fear as to their
kind treatment. We have seen with our
oyes, aud will bo- diffioult to convince
that the bebt interests of this unfortunate
class are hot fully and carefully promoted
by Dr. Ensor..
lu tho same strain a correspondent oi
the Anderson Intelligencer, himself a
physician of eminent ropute, writes: .
On a recent visit to Columbia, through
the courtesy and polite attention of Dr.
Ensor, the Superintendent of tho Asy?
lum, aud his assistant, Dr. Honry Sloan,
(who, by tho way, is a native of out
County, tho son of Colonol John T.
Sloan,) I bad the opportunity oLinspeot
ing the Lunatic Asylum, and was so
much pleased that I cannot refrain from
saying that ?he. institct.es, in my opin?
ion, is managed os well aa it could be,
under existing arrangemouts. Every?
thing is scrupulously clean and neat, and
Dr. Ensor appears to have a peculiai
adaptation to bis charge. In the twe
days I visited tho Asylum, I did not see
a single inmato in a bad humor. I san
and conversed with most of the inmatei
from this portiou of the State. I founc
ono enjoying a game of billiards, une
another amusing himself working in th<
flower garden. I understand' that i
liberal appropriation was made by thi
last Legislatura to oxtend the building
which is au absoluto necessity, and thu
another appropriation will bo made a:
carly as praotioablo to renew the furbi
ture, tte, which will add greatly to tin
comfort of the patients. I am sat is fie (
if our people could but visit this iustitu
tion under its present management, u<
complaint would be uttered as to an,'
money necessary to alleviate aud reston
this afflicted portion of our people.
my # ?
According tc the law of England, a
interpreted by tho Court of Chancery ii
a receut case, a dead father has nior
jurisdiction over a child's education thai
a living mother. A widowed mother ha
no rights that the re?ulivosof a dnceaKci
husband aro bound to respect. "He
duty-is to bring up her child accord in;
to tho faith which tho father profess?e
when hu was alive, even though sh
utterly disapproves of it," says tin
court.
A Kansas billiard table is thus de
scribed: "First, iu tho middlo of tb*
floor, was a largo goods box, on whicl
was laid about a wagon load of saud
stone, covered with about eight yards o
bluo jeans. For pockets they had oh
boots, about No. 10; for cues they uset
old broken hoo-handles; boiled eggs fo
balls, and to count this lovely gamo thc;
used dried apples on a clothes-lino."
Tho Now York lYibune thus dispose:
of General Butler's opposition to tin
treaty of Washington: "Altogether tin
General regards this frank aud cordia
agreement between two great nations a:
being as fnil of tricks and sinful games
as if ho bad mado it himself."
A yoong girl named Murphy, ngoe
about six years, was abductod by certaii
individuals antLonrried to New York oi
ono of tho steamships which sailed fron
Savannah last Saturday.
Genoral Burnsides has boon olectot
Commander of tho Groud Army of tin
Ropublio. This a decided triumph fo
the anti-Grant wing of that organiza
tion.
Mr. Greeley finds people at thc Soutl
very much like other folks. Ho though
they all wore horns and red-hot tails.
I New York Star.
A monster bear was killed near Towt
Creek, Brunswick County, Ga., ot
Thursday morning .last, by 'Mr. Georgi
Gaiupy.
^GoWraor Caldwell offers a reward b
31,000 for Tom Lowory, who reo?ntl}
escaped from Lu nib er ton, N. C.,jail.
Mr's. A. J. Shaw died nt Marion C. H.
on Tuesday last, after a long illness.
From n private letter of a prominent
citizen on the -Westfsrdf pf Ea? Dee
?,ivor, we make tho fol]o\v?ng:.ex,lrnct :
"?lere?ufor?. ?ur tpwnfnip has 'been
otoo for tho pe&efuf?efis' and good or
?or?of the people, bat recently events
ave-transpired calculated -to create bor-,
ror and a spirit of revenge in the breast
of our law-abiding peoplo. But a short
.time siuco the burning of an out house
on my promices occurred. Now I have
to relato .the shooting of Mr. S. F., Bar?
ker, which took place the night of the
20th ult., about-0 -or 10 o'clock, while
Btanding in his house door, by persons
unknown. He waar struck with eight
shot, two in tho body aijd three in each
leg, all slight wonnaY except the one in
the lety'knee, which is' o%a-serious na?
ture; yet I nm happy to^^ay tl^ftt Mr.
Parker is doing well, und ho.feirs ar?,en
te?taiuedof his. recoVery'i jj Mr. Sj Barker
was a p?acoful, quiet -citizen,,and lind
bees guilty ot nothing, U> v.u?."?r.?. ?cdh
outrageous' and unis wful conduct;' Ho
is quite, a young man, though married
and u good citizen. .. EastTWednesday
uigbt, thc 24th. nlt.,|he blacksmith shop
I of C. B. FoxWorth was consumed by fire;
evidently tho work of an incendiary.
Mr. Foxworth waa-a blacksmith/'whoeh
right und gunsmith, therefore hie loss is
lieavy, as be had tools snitublo for each
brandi of bis trade, add lost all. The
burning took place about half-past 3
o'clock. Mr. Foxworth' ?3 a quiet and
harmless mau, a good soldier during the
war, und lost a leg iu tho service of his
oonntry. Tho loss is very heavy to the
neighborhood."-M'trion Crescent. '
LAUOUEIIS. - There uro different kinds
of laughers-dimplors, smilers, grinner*,
horse-laughers and sneerers. And'what
a vast difference there is in tho childish
smile of inuocooco, the smile of a young
mother, the smile of a lover, tho emile
of tho rewarded poor, tho smile of o
friend, the smile of a politician who has
gained tho day, tho smile of a coquette
or a sharp rascal, the smile of an ertha
dox believer, and the smile of a fool pi
idiot. Robespierre would onlyVcknoV'
ledge one talent of Lu [nye tte-his eter
nal smile. bj '
-~*
When Mrs. Fair was put in her nev
cell she found the ceiling pasted all ovo:
with horrible wood-cuts, and right oyei
her bed ono representing the hanging ?
a woman, which some morbid- prisone:
had stuck up. These are all now re
moved. The strong-minded womei
flock to tho jail daily with beautiful bon
quels for Mrs. Fair, and her little gir
brjngs her tho freshest fruits and delici.
oies. Thu other day when the door wa
"Mamma, hero comes your little sun
light,"
Mr. Hawkins Huske, a distiller, ni
tempted to commit suicido in Fayette
ville, N. C., on Sunday last. By the ai
of u handkerchief he suspended himsel
by tho neck, but his wife fortunate!
di8coverod his condition in time to cc
him down beforo life was extinct, and i
is now thought be will recover.
A correspondent of the Weldon, is
C., Nr.tes gives an account of the mai
ner in which several colored men'wei
treated by the black leaguers, for votin
tho Conservative ticket. They wei
hissed at, preaohed against, abused i
every way, and finally assaulted, j at
several of them seriously wounded.' .
A recent Honolulu paper speaks of tl
spread of leprosy in' and around th:
city, and mentions ono noteworthy oas
that of a witness in the Supreme Cont
whoso occupation was that <: of a flt
dealer, and sometimes a meat butohe
Think of such a person furnishing foe
to tho healthy 1
Court lasted until Friday nf tern oo
Tho juries were dismissed Thursdd
To- Judge Melton's rapid despatch j
business the poople owe it that- tin
wore enabled to roturn so quickly to the
homes at this busy season. Maj. C. 1
Melton, Col. F. W. MeMnster and Cc
Haskell, of tho Columbia bar,' wero '
attendance at court.
[Lexington Dispatch.
BE? ST?NOS.-A writer to the Scienii
American any s that *'a good absorben
wi ll*ease tho pain of stings: "Tho bc
absorbing substance that I have tried
loan fresh meo.t. Thia will relieve tl
pain of a wasp-sting almost instant!
and has been recommended for tho ou
of rattlesnake bites. I hnvc also used
with marked effeot in erysipelas." ?
The Mobile Register, speaking
George L. L'utnam, the newly-appoint
Mobile postmaster, says his ouly quali
catiou for tho office is, "ho is odious
the peoplo." That vory quality is <i
that is neoded to get an office in tl
South at tho hands of the appoint!!
power.
Tho champion counterfeiter of t
day and generation is said to bo now
durance vile in Pittsburg. His admirii
friends claim for him that $50,000
month was a very small amount
counterfeit money for him to disposo
in his palmy days of liberty.
An Arkansas woman named Em:
Sarah Lord is reported to havo bad ni
husbands in ten years. Two died wi
suspicious suddenness, and three we
divorced. What has beoome of tho r<
of thom is not stated.
Tho 11th of Juno has boon fixed I
tho triumphal entry of the Gorm
troops into Berlin. The Emperor Ai?
ander, of Russia, will arrive fh Berlin
tho 0th of June, and will witness t
ovation.
Tho wifo of Stephen Small, of Eic
ra, Iowa, presented him with twenty-0
pounds of boy babies) last week. Tin
were three of them, and all aro dot
well. The father is sixty-two yours ol<
A bronze statue of Sir Walter Scott
to bo erected in Ceiitra] Park by th? ?
Andrew's Society of Now York.' Pi
mission was grautod on Wednesday I
tho Park Commissioners.
Tho Sumter News has ent?red op
its sixth volume.
i III/ j ' I II . Ill I ?
3Ci ? p at;l; \ f?j?? b, x& i?'?
PHCES?IANA.1-1--Th?'-'price : bf? $ngle .
copies of tho PHOENIX is,f|ve cents..' ' \
New York papers, report vegetables
arriving in Ne w York from the Sooth in
great numbers, especially'by tlnVCharles?
ton lino,'four hundred.toni: of/whl?k
were received by i teamer, .New potatoes
are now received i n l?rgo quantities from
South Carolina'and Georgia. ;;!
Several important changes in tho hopis
of delivering and closing tho mail? have
been moder Seo "Mail. Arrangements."
Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues; dodgers,
posters, hand-bills, bill-heads'-in fact,
everything in tho way of. job'printipg
gotten up in tho best style and on terms
thut yo ?dedue ourselves will bo satisfac?
tory to ?all, parties. With approved ma- .
ohincry nod steam*, power, wo challenge
comparison in prices.
From-our despatches, it' will be seen
that tho- storms bf.'tlio past 'few .days
have not be?^.?onflned .to pur immediate
vicinity, but.have'beevU;gitneral through?
out tho couutr}'. . r>it
Mi\ G F.^ck^u^eqewa his, o^rd^to
the public in this morning/a issue.
I Merry's Museum ;f|or .Jone is to band.
This number1 closes . tho-fifty-ninth
valume. The July number begins a new
volume. Terms $1.50 a year, or 75 cents
for six months; 'Horace B. Fuller, pub?
lisher, Boston, Mass.
Charleston and other cities aro con?
sidering tho dosing up of . business
hours every Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, during the summer.
-Tho Marion Star advertises nearly six
columns of delinquent land sales,'
We learn that the fire engine which the
Independents sold to Walhalla fell off the
car while in transit. Damages not re?
ported. ? i i ...
Dur,readers should be on tho look put
for counterfeit bills. Many of the pa?
pers from neighboring cities contain ac?
counts of tho passing pf spurious money,
and that.;there aro'persons engaged in
circulating the "queer" South of Mafiosi
and Dixon's lino as a business^. Several
counterfeits of largo bills have been dis?
covered in Savannah, Angosta and At?
lanta, we learn. . . \ ..
MAIL AnuANuEMKsrs,-The Northern
mail opens nt 3.30 P. M.; closes 8.30
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 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 6.45 P.
M. ; doses 6.30 A. M. Western mail
openB 9.30 A. M. ; icloaes 1.80 P. M.' ?n
Snnday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
SOPBEME Cou ire, WEDNESDAY, May 31.
The Court met at 10 A. M. Present
Chief Jnstice Moses aud Associate Jus?
tices' Willard aod Wright,
Charles D. Ahrens -vs. the President
and Directors of the State Bank. . Con?
tinued by consents ...
J. S. ,Bulbw et al. ts. p. O. Witto.
Mr. Memmiogcr was heard lor appellant
in reply. On motion of Mr. Phillips,
the appellant obtained leave to complete
ibo record. ' ' ,. '",".'
: iii rs executors of,Wr A. Alston vs.
devisees of W. A. Alston, ex pa rle Rich ard
Lathers, executor. To be snbmitted on
pri? ted arguments. J
Tho cases of tho State ex rd. tho
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons,
respondents, vs. George Addison, City
Sheriff, appellaqt, and the State ex rel.
the Hibernian Society of Charleston, S.
C., respondents, . vs. the same, appellant,
were heard -togethor. Mr. ' ?tone ; was
heard for appellant. Mr. O'Connor for
respondents. ( ?
S. B. Clbwnoy, G. C. P., rs. James
Cathoart el al. appeal dismissed and de?
cree nffirmodjp-Opinion by Associoto
Justico Willard.' , :" .
At 8 P. M., tho Court adjourned until
Thursday, Juno 1, at 10 A. M.
HOTEXJ AmuvAiiS, May .31.-2ficker$on
House-Thos. H. Law, Spartanbarg;
Mrs. F. Arnim and ohild, Hamburg; C.
A. Carlton, sister and daughter, States
ville; W. T. Thompson, Walhalla; J. II.
Alexander, Miss J. C. McQueen, M?ES
K. McQueen, Camden; Mrs. George
Moffitt and two daughters, Adams' Cat;
J. H. Averill, Charleston; A, T. Milien
Wi unshorn; W. B. Kline, Book Hill; J.
T. Constable, Augusta; H. Lee, Chas.
E. Porter, Greenville; J. 0. Fogg, Char?
lotte.
Columbia Hotel-J. W. Herman, New
York; J. P. Horbaok and wife, Mrs. F.
L. Jen ki UP, A. M. Jackson, J. W. Na?
than, Charleston; M. L. Bonham, Edge
field; N. S. DePass, Camden; S. N.
Bigger, A H. Seward, U. S. A.; E. W.
Wallace, Washington; S. Williams, Wil?
mington; B. R. Mullins, Mars Bluff; P"
A Wellford, S. J. Walsh, Virginio; J.
E. Thames, Charleston, j
LISTOPNHW AnVBRTISXMBHTS.
?J. Hope-A-Ciarefcbu Draught.
C. F. Jaokflon-Something New.
Hein i tali-Whooping Cough, etc.
Citizens' Savings Bank.
Twonly-flvo por cont, saved by utting DOO?
LEY'S YEAST POWDKU in the preparation of tue
cuita, rolls, pantry, oto., over any of the ordi?
nary baking powders in market. Thia ia
occasioned by tho full not Weight in ouch
package, and tho faot that lt ls composed of
artlelo? uti icily purr-, hoalthy and nutrici?n?,
which ?usures satisfactory results oyery time.
By ? using v Dooley's Yeast 'Powder, thirty
1 pound? more bread oan be mado from a barril
of flour thau by any other procese of raising
dough. A nial will satisfy any ono of'ita
standard excclli-ncb. For salo by grocers
goncrally. May a0{3