The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 11, 1871, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S C.
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Tueri?y' M?rni?R, July ll.'1871.
Tho French aro certainly a most buoy?
ant people. They are DOW oongratulat
ing themselves that they possess io ooo
corpa au army 100,000 strong -in the in?
terests of civilization. This .vaunt re?
fers to the Versailles army that took
Fjirls;. Without in any- w.ay^oxopsing,
or even palliating, thtf abominations per
poSrated by the Cotnmun?Bts, -woinay bej
allowed to. doubt whether the behavior :
ef this'Versailles army, after it had con?
quered the capitol, can bo ooEBtruud as
civilized; for many of' its. deeds-were
thone of the moBt degraded barbarians..
Wo admit that its canso; was that of
eiyilization; but nonio of its act? mako
us Bhuddor. The future-is full of menn
ces for France. The. Commune itself
keeps op-its organization, and indulges
the 'hopo that it will yet be ablu to carry
vat its schemes of plunder. Though ita
leaders are bad and infamous mon. they
aro not foola, and tb?y^est' their lever
on tho fact that large numbe rs of French?
men are i?ie?led with socialism; and it
is becauso of this-,facj; that the Com?
mune, though conqaored for tho time, iq
not disheartened. .Theonly hope of the
friends, of truo liberty iu Franco is in Ibu
education of tho icasseav Will this eyer
ha accoraplishod? Gambetta bas taken
tflio initiative, but wo apprehend failure,
for there has novor been any portion pf
the- Latin race that has received anything
Bkogeneral popular instruction, und we
lear that any such system can novor be
earried ont among them. The French
people must, therefore, for an indefinite
period, pay the penalty of ignorance,
which will be the co na ta ut rec ur rance of
- involution. This is a sad reflection, und
wo would moat willingly indulge in more
pleasant anticipations; but with the.
lights of the past and present history
of France before us, we can see nothing
in the future to cause, us to look for any?
thing better than alternations between
tho tyranny of personal government and
that of the dancers of the hideous Car?
magnole.
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P&E3troM3 FOB OoxToti--The commit?
tee having in charge tho preparation of
ibo list of premiums for cotton to be
given by tho citizens of St. Louis at the
St. Louis Fair next Ootubor, lmvo com?
pleted tho arrangements and determiucd
npon the following scale of? prices: For
the best bale of long - or short staple
raised in Tennessee, $000; second best
bale, $250; third best, $100. - Tho same
premiums will be- awardod to. cotton
grown in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, .South
Carolina, North Carolina nod Missouri;
also, S5*00 for the best bale frpm Fueler
- OT other improved seed, and $1,000 for
the best bale groWn iu' any State;' mak?
ing the aggregate of $10,000 premiums;
? tile largest amount ever given for cotton
in this country.' j (--"
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MILITIA TO THE FIIONT.-On last Tues?
day morning, the Chronicle q>td Sentinel
published an account of the outrage
committed in Barnwell County, South
Carolina, by a band of colored Ku Klux,
a few days previous. The same paper,
ef Saturday, says:
The.. Sheriff attempted to arrest thu
scoundrels on the suooeeding day, but
they refused to give themselves up and
-dolled, the.representatives of the law.
On another day, however, they promised
to go to Aiken and abide the result of'a
judicial investigation. On yesterday we
learned that they had failed to comply
With their promise, and still hold their
position, armed as b?fore. Tho affair
was reported to Gov. Scott, and it is
stated that he has ordered a company of
colored militiu to the spot, with orders
to. capturo the insurgents. When ar?
rested, they will be indicted and tried
?oder the provisions of tho Ka Klux
bilk
WHAT rr COSTS.-Queen Victoria's re?
treat to Scotland during the summer
. entails a vast deal of trouble on the go?
vernment and some expense. A mem?
ber of the cabinet is always obliged tc
be in attendance on ber, and at the
height of the parliamentary season his
absence is often most inconvonient to
his colleagues; then every evening a
"Queen's mossengor" is despatched with
State papers from London to Balmoral.
These journeys, including many miles of
posting with horses, amount up to a
pretty little sn m. The Queen's persist?
ence in going to Scotland in tbo Loudon
season, os well as in the autumn, to?
gether with nor utter negleot of Ireland,
excites a great deal of quiet, yet strong
indignation in the.bronsts of a class
whose social status is of a far higher
order than that of those who clamor in
Trafalgar sqaare for a republic; but hor
Majesty refuses to hear tho voices of ber
ministers on the subject, remonstrate
they ever so wisely.
B?ST OF BISHOP ELLIOTT.-Miss Mary
. Franklin,, an amateur sculptress, of
Athens, Ga,, bas executed a very perfect
represen tatton of this* great und good
mao. She bas lind but little instruction
or experience in the art of tho sculptor,
and yot, with no other "model than a
photograph, she bas succeeded in pro?
ducing a wonderful likeness of Bishop
Elliott.
Wo furnish tho following additional
part?culas Ortf bl?^ujjd treatment o*
bia liIt#Bon, $y MArtfTJ Ir<oia.|?hrVa^
lynohfj?.by thtfinoep?dj Ppp?ltoe a|?ew;
days&o; fj f \ V i S ?
? Sarah Mera, dangntertof the. murderer,
aged fourteen, teatifiod that her father
.oiten whipped her brother very severely
with a horao whip. Toe?day twoi w?eks?I
ago he brought my brother in, and suid
that he bad, not worked, and whipped
and kbocke'd lilm! down twice. Father
continued-to wbip-hMSi - aud-^aid-b?.
would .vfbip.'bim-:ti^ be (OQuWViiot stuud
rip; tbdi*b? wdi?ld whip tho'lifo out of,
bini. Two or three times, ho would kay
this, and, brother would plead with fa?
ther: "Bather, dou'twbip rue anymore.
Ohl don't whip me any:moro." .1 likod
bim./, Brother went to b?d, about 10
Q'QIQCU. .Hesuid be ?did bal'know why
father: whipped bim- HO; bo uevor told
st'?riecf? only when father mado him.
Father would snyjf lie didn't own up
ho hud dono HQ und so, bo would whip
bim; and, to avoid it, brother would own
to things ho uever did. Wednesday I
got up and got brenkfost ready. Father.
rose when breakfast was .ready, 'aud bro?
ther got up. but felt so badly bo wont
back to bed: - Father made bim got up
and go ont und feed the stock, and when
ho came back father whipped him, and
sent him to the field. . He wont fur, bim
and brought bim, and mada him toko off
his clothes, und then whipped him,, and
then picked him up and hud him on thc
stove. Tho stove was hot enough to
hoat an iron. T waa buking bmcuit.
Father put bim on tho stovo twioo, bro?
ther pleading all tho while, "Father,
don't burn me." He screamed very
load; and the.stain stuck to tho ?tove.
His skin carno oh? his buck and his feet,
and stuck to tho slovs. lb smelled so
that I opened the door and father imme?
diately shut iL While brother was
pleading, father said, he would burn bim
tilt he worked. I have seen father, strike
mother with his fists many times; He
j knocked brother down several Limes
with the batt end of the whip-. I nover
i saw pay. brother after he went('.into mo?
ther's room.
. MODEL OFFICIATES.-Judge Orr, acting
upon the presentment of tho grand jury
of Abbeville County, (Juno tor m.)
ordered "that a rule bo served upon
Thomas M. Williamson, School Com?
missioner for Abbeville County, requir?
ing him to show cause to this court, on
th*.third Mouday in October next, why
he should not bo indicted for being in
such a state of habitual intoxication ns
to disqualify bini from properly per?
forming ;thep duties ,o? his said office;
al?ol(f?r not.visiting the public schools
df 'the County, as required by law. . Also,
that rules bo served upon Arthur Jeffer?
son, ono of the Abbeville County Com?
missioners, to show why ho should not
be indicted for having drawn more pay
than the law allots to bim; also, for in?
competency to perform the duties of bis
oilicu. Upon M. Kapai?, Trial Justice
for Abbeville County, to show cause
why he should not be indioted for com?
pounding a felony; also, for charging,
in another ouse, moro than lawful costs;
also, for having compelled the prosecu?
tor, in a State case, to pay tho costs of
prosecution. J. ll. Tarrant, another
Trial Jus'-ioe of the samo County, is
orderod to show < nun? why he should
uot be indicted for mal-practicoin office,
iu having charged illegal costs, and hav?
ing promoted unnecessary litigation by
virtuo of hi? office. D. O. Hawthorne,
uuother Trial Justice of that County, is
charged with the same offences."
The Beaufort Republican Boys: "J. D.
Robertson, the County School Commis?
sioner, was arrested, Monday last, upon
au affidavit mado by Wm. Elliot, Esq.,
for forgery. He was examined before
H. G. Judd, United States Commis?
sioner, and subsequently held to bail."
Tho horse malady in New York, after
exhibiting symptoms of dying out, is
Baid. to have broken out afresh. In
Messrs. A. T. Stewart & Co.'s stables, a
number of cases have appeared; tho
Sixth Avenue railway line reports sixty
cases and ten deaths. The Fifth ?venuo
stage lines are also affected. Sonic of
.the leading veterinary surgeons assert
that the complaint has changed or is
changing its character from a non-con?
tagious to an epidemia complaint. These
surgeons are about to call a meeting to
consult on tho subject, with a view of
devising rem?di?e.
Mu i; ni: H.-Wo understand lhat Bill
Webb, au aged colored man, was mur?
dered at the Ben Chaplin plantation,
Land's End, Beaufort, early Tuesday
morning. Nothing of the deed is known,
further than he wus killed iu an old field,
and that an unknown man was seen
making his way from tho spot.
Internal revenue spies are driving "a
land-office, business" among the apothe?
caries of Boston, looking for razor strops,
pomade pots, patent medicines and
tooth-picks, on which there are no
"stamps." Moro than 1(JU respectable
Srrna in that city are held for alleged vi?
olations of the law.
On Saturday last, a negro mau, who
was in tho employ of IV, Forster, on
Sampit River, near the mill of tho Cy?
press Manufacturing Company, opposite
to tho town, was drowned, says tho
Georgetown Timi*. He seems to have
been quito drunk, and fell out of bis ca?
noe.
Mr. Joseph A. Thou ron, well known
in this city, whore he was engaged in
mercantile pursuits for a number of
yours, died nt Summerville, S. C., yes?
terday morning, at 8 o'olock, in the six?
tieth year of his ago.
{Charleston Courier.
A crazy darkey, named Moses McCall,
was Bhot by the colored jailor of George?
town, on Sunday last. It was a caso of
justifiable homicide.
Tho latest swindle in Springfield,
MUBS., is to wrap up au old iron screw in
paper, aud pass it for a roll of pouuies.
It works well until the paper breaks.
ExPIOHION oPc?^>BX^^Bu,I^,
K iv Klux gamo, so, rigorously. cgra
oed byUho Radical?, bas boon played
It icc very eV?d?nV4ba6^ Senator
ton.- wjio proclaimed'that aa...tb,o
leading polpt of, his sew strategy to tc
eleot Graut? bas repealed tho folly' of tbo
Dutch leaper, who vbnderto?k. to jump
over the Oattskill'Moontaln, but who
took too long a st?rVA?d;g?t out of wind
before ho arrived "afc-the- jumping off
place. Crediting the wrelohed fictions
which jverp joirjiod Itjpi Washington City
by detected thieves and foiled dema?
gogues, unprincipled partisan ronuagors
iniagiiied th^ thefo might, by IktdrVialit!
rind inflammatory 'denuueintions of the
8oathorn~pe6rble, and by their violent
and insulting measures of Federal mili?
tary menace- aud interference, provoke
this people to acts of real resist ance to
law and authority, and thus ru-awaken
the slumbering pasdons of thc war, and
justify nu appeal to tho old sectional
hostilities and prejudices.
We ere happy'to say that tba foul ?nd
traitorous ?chemo has signally fulled.
Thanks to tho peaceful instincts of our
people, to tho patience, prudence and
wisdom which como of their sad expe?
rience, they bavo not oulygiven no occa?
sion for the exercise of the extraordinary
powers vested in the military authority
for their coercion and menace, but they
lmvo, by tho very best testimony, dis?
proved aud falsified tho stories fabricated
by unprincipled demagogues, Upon
which such unconstitutional mensuren
wore based. It is now fully shown that,
deopito such wrongs and provocations,
as no oilier peoplo ever endured with pu
tiouco, the Southeru communities have
demeaned themselves with remarkable
orderliness, peacefulness and respect for
law and authority: >: The silence of the
honest portion of tho Radical party is
the strongest concession of tho truth of
this assertion. Tho fuct that the clamor,
agitation and abuse of tho South on this
score, aro now reduced and confined to
the band of plunderers who have hereto?
fore conoealed- and protected their
shnmeless robberies of our people, by
diverting public scrutiny and vengeance
toward their victims, ou pretexts of their
disloyalty and violent designs and nets
agaiust tho Government, is strong, con?
firmatory proof ot this proposition.
Lot tho Northern mind be onco quieted
and led to doubt whether there is any
truth in those pictures in regard to
Southern outrngas, and doubtless it will
bo inclined to receive aud comprehend
the truth in regard tn tho indignities, op?
pressions and depredations to which
these States and peoplo havo been sub?
jected by the marauding hordu which
has plundered them in tho name qi, the
Union, and with - the assumed sanction
und authority of tho Radical party of the
nation aud of tho Federal Government.
It cannot be questioned that these ma?
rauders would never be able to carry ont
their schemes of plunder and spoliation,
but for these apparent sanctions.
Northorn Radicalism has been tho po?
tent ally and backer of this rapacious
crew, and iain the main responsible for
all their villainy. Tho chief perpetra?
tors thereof are recognized ns faithful
agents and representatives of tho party.
They present good party records, and
what right bavo wo to inquire into their
personal, official and social qualities,
characteristics and acts? As long as
they are good Radicals how does it con?
cern us, whether and to what extent they
rob and oppress tho Southern peoplo?
This has been the temper aud pruotioeof
the Radical party heretofore. It ro?
mains to bo proved whether the people
of tho United Stales have become so
maddened or degraded by partisan pas?
sions, that now, when it has beeu shown
bow great a deception bas been put upon
them by this Ku Klux clamor and fabri?
cation, whether they will consent any
longer to encourage, dofend and sanction
the wholesale plunder and confiscation
of the Southern communities.
[New Orleans Timi's.
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MURDEH AND SOICIDE.-On March
15 last, a man named Rogers, living in
Doddridge Conuty, West Virginia, was
assassinated. Isaac Owen?, a rough
charactor of tho neighborhood, was sus?
pected and convicted. Noah James, a
citizeu of some wealth, living in tho
neighborhood, and a member of the
last Legislature, contributed to procure
the conviction. After his sentence
Owens mado a confession, in which bo
asserted that James had procured bim
to do tho deed by a bribe of 875, and
bad participated in it, firing tho second
shot into the murdered man. Upon this
a warrhut was issued for James' arrest.
It is possible bo got Bomo wiud of it, for
on Monday last be stepped out of his
bouso with bis rifle in his hand, and,
placiug the muzzle nt his oyo, pulled tho
trigger with bis too, producing almost
instant death."
Wbilo Europe is contempl?ting a pos?
sible aggressive Germany, it would be
well for all the nations which havo a
contingent "Battle ol Dorking" before
their oyes to take heed of tho vast power
of Russia, which is daily developing
into more formidable proportions. Tho
regular Russian army, according to re?
cent statistics, consists of 852 batta!iohs
of infantry, 281 squadrons of cavalry,
and 1,422 pieces of artillery. These
corps form, ou a peace footing, a nume?
rical force of 33,0-13 officers aud 1,173,
870 rauk and file.
Among Gen. Grant's other brilliant
nohiovements, tho erection of tho Dis?
trict of Columbia (ten milos square) into
a torritory, with au amazing and expeu
sivo array of officials, and a debt of four
millions, should not bo overlooked. If
be can make so much out of a mero
runohe, wbnt will bo not bo able to do
out of no outiro nation, especially iu tho
way of debt?
A drinking fountain, surmounted by
a statue of Evrikr or Eirik, tho Norse?
man, who is supposed to bavo discovered
tho coast of New England, in tho year
1,000, is to bo placod ou thc sito of Scol
lay's building, Bostou.
DBATH OF J. MOTT MIDDLETON.-We
reoorti this event >yith._Biucero eur row, n
feeling in which a lurgd: bodjf of friinds
ib thia community anfl els?whorcJbill
folly participate.' About nmn, yester?
day, lio breathed his Ikat, ip tbepjMAy
flftV'Year of .'bis age; Orjt debased
flft^eriOrVas a unlive ot Gh?rT?slorrrarid^a"
dosoennant of. that historio family that
have'Chet! lustre upon the namo of Ca-,
Telina. He movbd'- to ' this ' city' nd?r
thirty years ago, and cngnged in the bu?
ff in ess of rice planting, -To w hi ch' he de?
voted his intelligent aud lin tiring energy,
"and w.Jt? good heart, uud?r" occasional
reverses that would have paralyzed u less
resolute and onorgotio nature/ Ho was
boru with wealth, educated in the best
schools of the couutry, and brod in tho
moHt rei!nod of Southern society. To
these acquirements ho added much from
reading, and foroigu travel and observa?
tion. Ho was intelligent, brave, refined-,
hospitable, and courtly in all his bear?
ing. * These qualities attached to him a
host of friends, and tho news of bin death
will fiend a paug to many a heart. He
died wifeless aud childless, his entire
family, consisting only of a wife und
SOD, having precoded him lo, wu trust, a
hotter world.-Savannah Republican.
DEATH FROM BLOWING DOWN A LAMP
CHIMNEY.-Another of those shocking
casualties resulting from the use of coal
oil occurred on tho West Sido, on Tues?
day night. Mr?. Elizabeth Sturg, living
at No. 18 Mill street, corner of York,
disrobed to r-itiro about 10 o'clock. She
attempted to extinguish thc lump iu the
very common rnuuner by blowing down
tho chimney. Tho lu tup exploded,
throwing over her tho blazing liquid, and
in au instant she was enveloped in
flumes. Her husband, who WUB iu bed,
sprang ont with all possible haste aud
made every effort lo smother tho tinnies
by wrapping around her his coat and
other garments. Tho screams of the
terrified and suffering woman called the
neighbors to bur assistance, and tho
flames wer? nt length subdued, but not
uutil the unfortunate victim had been
terribly bumed. Medical aid was called
and everything possible done for her rb
lief. but she died about midnight, after
two hours of excruciating agony. Sho
was the mother of four children, the
youngest a .Imho but seven weeks old.
H?r husbaud was badly burned in his
efforts to save her, but his injuries are
not thought to bo dangerous.
[Cleveland Herald, Jane 29.
TENEMENT LIFE IN NEW YOUK.-Some
idea may be formed of tenement life in
New York, when it is known that two
houses in "Gotham Court,V known as
Nos. 3(3 and Cherry street, contain
GOO people. Tho Board of Health has
ordered a clearing out of these promises
for tho benefit of humanity therein im?
prisoned; but humanity and' avarice
soem inclined to battle with tho* phi?
lanthropic board, aud bravely struggle
to reverse this order. It seems scarcely
credible that such a phase of lifo can
exist in a city of so much wealth aud
magnificence; but, following tho down?
ward truck of the cars through the East?
ern avenues and lower streets, tho sight
is truly sickening. Far up, to a height
of four or five stories, iu cram pud aud
dose rooms, or down beneath where
God's sun-light fails to creep, men, wo?
men and children vegetate, growing in
J yours and developing in crime. Hero
.] tho great masses congregate to eke out
tho gift of life, which is often half spent
before they know how to use it; but here
aro also found, even amid tho squalor
aud poverty and darkuess of corruption,
brave and noble souls making these
same hard lessons glorious for their fel?
lows.
WOMEN AT TUE POLLS.-They voted in
Massachusetts, the other day, on the
question of allowing tho salo of beer.
In somo of the towns, young ladies at?
tended tho polling places, charged with
ballots, on which was printed the firm
"no," instead of tho persuasive "yes."
Those paper pollets they distributed to
tho voters, and woo betide tho young
man who did not accept ono and then
vote it. Ho may enjoy his beer, and
that is all that is left to him. The move?
ment wus a practical application of tho
now Victoria plan to "influence" th?
votes of mon, and it was successful in
many places.
STUUCK DEAD HY LIOHTNINO.-The
Ooceala (Iowa) Sentinel tells of au acci?
dent which occurred on Saturday week
at Fonk's Mill, near Hopewell. Tho
wind blew dowu a house in which re
aided- a family consisting .of tho hus?
band, wifo and several children, all of
whom escaped uninjured; but as they
were muking their way to tho mill, the
husband, who was carrying an infant in
his arms, wns struck by lightning which
killed him instantly. Tho child was not
injured.
Tho editor of a journal published in
Antwerp Bent a reporter to Brussels for
the king's speech, and with him a cou?
ple of carrier pigeons to tako back the
document speedily. At Brussels he gave
the pigeons in charge to a waiter, and
called for breakfast. Ho was kept wait?
ing some timo, but a very delicate frica
soo atoned for the delay. After break?
fast ho paid his bill and called for tho
carrier pigeons. ''Pigeons!" exclaimed
tho waiter, "why, you have eaton thom."
Methodist preachers aro proverbially
facetious. A day or two since, in tbs
conreo of the trial of Dr. Lauahan be?
fore tho book committee nf tho Metho?
dist Church, the Kev. Dr. Mooro made
tho statement that "a Methodist preach?
er had been hung aud more ought to
be;" whereupon a good brother promptly
asked, "Which Mooro?" .
Kisses aro sold at fairs in Iowa. A
mau pays a portai ti nmotint into the gen?
eral fund, and then selects tho girl br
woman ho desires to kiss.
A Hibernian traveler, in referring to
tho convenience of mile-stones, suggest?
ed that it would bo a great improvement
if they were placed nearer tg each other. '
Eio oal Itemso
flopi*?> of the' PiKpix & oyo ?4$.
?i Itfcis Bcrioo^in corj&mpjated^Wo ?re
b form od-abd, doubtless,; tho jjdea, If
properly camed1 -out?-would -provo n
capital oue-to erect suitable buildings
at tho ruco truck, where ice cream, lager
and other refreshments are to bo dis?
pensed. A gymnasium, bowling -wiloon
and billiard * tables would hi KO prove
attractive. A hew" road* can" easily'b'c
opened lo tn? track, wbioh-> wotild be
much shorter uud decidedly moro plea?
sant than the presch!' Bandy one. 'A
plank road would be a decided improve?
ment. Wo earnestly hope the "contem?
plation" will be fully carried put, as our
people actually requit o n suitable place
<>f recreation.
Old type-superior to Babbit, me tal
for sale ut Pjjosix office, ut twenty-two
und twenty-five coins per pound-accord?
ing to quantity. . . ?'. \
Mr. McKenzie has tua ?to un addition
to his list of pure syrups-coffee. It is
prepared from Ibo .Tuva berry, aud it
very refreshing. S
Wo uro informed that bwo colored
men, whose names wo could not uncer?
tain, were killed by lightning; yesterday,
on a farm, in tho vicinity of Po maria.
Tho Southern Express office in thu
city bas been overhauled aud white
washed, aud presents internally a mon
roomy appearance. But tho managen
are not yet satisfied, and intend, en
loug, to erect a handsome building ot
the old corner. Tho lot Is a Urge om
aud eligibly situated, on the South-cae
corner of Taylor and Richardson streets
There will likely bo a largo hall in tin
second story. As soon as the plans an
definitely decided npon, we shall publiai
tho details.
Do daily aud hourly your nearest duty
Never mind whether it be known or ac
knowledged; in the blithesome, "dome
timo" it will have its reward.
Tho light of a match will frighten i
wolf away, it is said. But loVo-mulche
don't always keep tho wolf from tb
door.
Tho latest "society nu wa" we hov
beard is that tho month should be wor
slightly ?j:ir this year. Ot conrsc tbi
fashion is for lad iee.
Ono of our promipont physicians is i
a peck of trouble. His "call slate" i
beiug continually stolen-three time
s i n co the close of tho war; and Batu rda
night last, his favorite Brahma ben wc
disposed of by a tamo fox. Ho hope
thc Ku Klux Committee will look int
the matter at once. Otherwise, be wi
bo forced to stop thc one and shoot tl
other. A fox huut iii tho ucighborhco
of Plain and Sumter h tree ts can be ic
provisod with bnt littlo trouble.
Our merchants.'nnd others wishing I
prepare for tho fall business, will plea;
take notice that the PHON?X office
supplied with' all necessary material f<
as handsome cards, bill heads, poster
circulars, nnd other printing that may I
desired, as any office in the city. Git
us a cull and test our work.
Tho New Orleans Times comments tbi
on tim colored convention, called 1
meet in this city in October:' . -
"The meeting pf tho Southern Statt
colored convention, appointed for Oct
bor, 1871, at Columbia, S. C., may I
regarded as tho first effective step towal
producing a conflict of races at tl
South. By insulating themselves fro
the body politic, and uniting into a p
litical power, based upon class aud colt
distinction, they enact' the same polit
they have heretofore so strongly coi
domncd in tho whites, and as might I
supposed, will greatly strengthen thoi
prejudices and antipathies now ascribe
as the great bars to the negro's advanc
meut. We are not among those su
prised nt this contemplated action of tl
colored people. It is a natural ar
unavoidable result, begotten of the siti
ation in which they find themselv*
placed. It is a noticeable fact tluft :
we descond tho scale of humanity tl
moro solf-conoeit nnd unlicensed ami
tion we encounter. No tyrants are <
cruel or despotic as those who rulo in tl
country where the slaves originally cac
from. It has taken centuries of Eur
pean culture to teach tho Caucasian he
to use power without abu si ?jg it, and \
cannot expect the exercise of a corre
ponding discrimination nod forbearam
in a race entirely new to free institutioi
nud the elective franohiso. They cann
help following out their nature, - tl
paramount impulso of which, is,
unite for soli-protection, tho attainmei
of empire, and the acquisition of spoil
Those ovor-8anguino politicians wi
placed the ballot in the bauds of tl
uogro, without forosceing such a roan!
were both ignorant and blind. At. i
(.vents, unless more intelligent counsc
prevail, and tboso who as profess*
friends of the African race, wield a pr
per infiuenco over its contemplated a
lion, nil political' dissensions in tl
South promise to become contracte
into ono siuglo issue, and that-tho s1
pre macy of nico. Whether tho white*
bluok jlmll rule, or dictato laws, will si
pcreede all minor questions at tho Sont!
lt wore useless to dwell upon tho cvi
resulting from such a cohtingene,
plainly nppureut as they must bo to s
intelligent people; but frym present a]
peurances, it must bb regarded ns tilmo
unavoidable, and must bo met."
MAIL' ?Bi^'?EMa?^-it? \ i^?rj^prp
mail .openB a, 3.0Q P. ,.M.{ ^Jowa 7.15
Ai M. '1 ChaHoBtWxt?y mailibpebS -4.00
P. M.^'?l?ifcB ?:pp"".I..'?^.'?rleat?o
night mail opeus J?5.3#(;?'.^
1?. M. Creon ville- mail opens, 6.45 P,
M.; aloses G.00 A. ; M. Western-mail
opens 9.01^.' M. ; closes 1.30 P.;'NC; !'On
Sunday ofljiqe1 open from 3 to 4JP,-;Id?jt'j '
"MA Pi P. TOALE'S NEW OFFICB' Asa>
S?Lfes'RooMsL-^We aro happy to inform
our realera that their old acquaintance,
Mr, P. I?. Tonie,-while continuing- hi?
manufactory of doors, sashes, blindfe,
etc., on Horlbeck's wharf, Charleston,
I S. C., hos oponed u handsome office and
extensivo -sales rooms at flo. '20' Hayne
street, where they will find it more con?
venient to call on him when they
visit the city. The eales rooms extend
to No. 33 Pi nek ney street, where there
is another entrance. Send and . get a
new;anti extended price list of 'latest
styles, etc. Seo advertisement..
Wo have received the folio win g Com?
munication, which . speaks for itself.
.Wo are pleased to observe the prompt?
ness which h?s'characterized- the action
of the Southern LiTo Insurance Com?
pany. Messrs. Cash & Waring aro the
State agents, and Jas. E. Black'tho local
agent of the company:
DARLINGTON, 8. C., Juno 28,.1871.
Col. A. H. Waring, General Agent South?
ern Life Insurance Company.
DEAR Silt: I hereby acknowledge the
receipt of $5,000 in full, for 'policy No.
3,933, on the lifo of tho late Capt. G. li.
Williamson. Permit mo through you to
express my thanks to tho officers of .the
Southern Life Insurance Comrany? foi
their promptness in paying this loss, and
to yourself for your kindness in facilitat?
ing me in tho preparation of tho necea
sary proofs.
I take grout pleasure ic recommending
this prompt .and thoroughly reliubh
Southern corporation to the patronage
of our people.
I am, very'respectfnlly, tea.,
(Signed) J. W. WILLIAMSON,
Exe?ntor G. L. .Williamson.
HOTEL AnnrvAiiS, July Ity-^Cblirmbit
Hotel-O. 8.; Dwight, A. ti. Ronmillat
Wv-Dudley, M. C. Tharin,'F.E. Taylor
Li. E. J?hu&O?, W. H. Evans, Charles
ton; G. D. Hope, Ga.; W. B. Reagan
Raleigh; A. Myers, Philadelphia;-H. W
High, Wilmington; Del. Kemper, Yo.
R. G. Bonham, Edgefield; J. B. Kel
nhnw, H. Brevard, J. OhPBnnt,- Cumdor
F. B. Fielding, T. T. Moore, city, W
H. Jeffers and daughter, Ringville; W
G. .Mayes, Abbeville; L. Merritt, D. ?
Army;' J. Westfield, Greenville; W. J
Crosswell, S. C.; Miss K. Bonds, Ne?
berry.
Kicxerson House-E. H. Frost, E. M
Yacker, Charleston; Gi A. Darling, citj
N. T. Pate, Va. ; T. D. Clarke, New Ol
leans; J. H. Brown, Talberton; Mrs. "\
J. Daniel, Andersonville; W. F. Hogn
Chicago; W. G. Atkinson, Va.; Cap
Hayne, city; B. D. Townsend, Societ
Hill; Jndge Bacon, two chddreo r.9
servant, Edgefield; R.B. Mills, Miss 1
Mills, Blaok8tock; Miss R. Killian
Yorkville; D. MoD. Riohnrdson, Sumte
W. M. Thomas, Chester; C. K. Huge
Misses Ash tons, Charleston; 0. Wrigb
New York;' H. Pi Adams, Walhalla; i
E?-hman, Va.; J, Steers, Walhalla; ]
D. Bush, Hodges. .' '
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
P. P. Tonie-Doors, Sashes, fcc. 1 i
R. C. Shiver & Co.- Sewing Mach!nV
A Large Hall for Reht. f0 0 8 -j ?
Meeting Y. M. O, A. > . ' !
Dr. Goorgo Howe, Jr, . . ,, i r
R. D. Thames-Stolen. ? ,y >
R. & W. C. Swaffieid-Cassimteresf.^
Meeting Palmetto Firo Company.
IT IIAO MO RIVAL.- The standard elca?er
of DOOLEY'S YEAST POW?EB has been Batiaf
toril y demonetrated to bo owing to ita atr
chemical purity, no artlolea belair ased in :
composition but thoao capociallv adanterl
the purpose, and eu?h as aro free from a
injurious uubstancos.
Two teaspoonfuls of DOOLEY'S YEAST PO
usn ia ah that ia nocoaa&ry in a quart of flo
while ordinary Baking Powd-ara require,ti
one third to oue-half moro. Ilenoo. Doole
ia tho moat economical, ruliablo and the bc
Manufactured by Dooley & Brother, GO N
street, New York. For eal? by grocera go
rally._July ll j
OFFICIAL RAFFLE Noun EBB Charleston Chi
table Association, for benefit Free School fu
RAFFLE OLA88 NO. GO.- Morning- jdiy
27-57-10-8-03-53-75-46-64 Bl-2&r24
Witnees our hands, at Charleston, thia 1
day of July, 1871. FENN PECK,
JAMES GILLILAND?
July ll Sworn CommiBaionon
? Large Hall for Rent,
OVE lt Ilciae'a Confectionery, next to Ji
Agnew & Son's, on Plain street.
July ll_i
Y. M. 0. A.
TOE regular monthly meeting of the Yoi
Men's Christian Aseociation will bo bi
Tri IS EVENING, in the Reading Room,
f.ill attendance ia particularly requestor"
business of importance will bo considered
ii. FRANK MAULDIN,
July ll 1_ Recording Secretar
Dr. George Howe, Jr.,
WILL, PltAOTIOE MEDICINE in Colt
bia and vicinity from ttifs dato. Ofl
for tho present, at tho Teaidenoo of Rev.
Howe, earner of Blending and Pieken? ?tra
July ll_I
Palmetto Firo Company.
-II?, i -v . AN extra meet
< \ wiU hnld^t^tl
^c^=j^-'^^^y July i'll Seo*
Gas Light Bills for Month of Jum
CONSUMERS will ploaeo attend to thc \
m'CUt o? tho above without delay.
JACOll LEVIN,
July 0 3 Sec'y Columbia Oas Light C