The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 19, 1871, Image 2
?jr Morning, November 18.187L
wf?m ? .'MENT.: , j
W?t?Sty proprietor of the PH(KNIY, in J
nrgiag thia paper, desires to show tofc
' Iriends and readers his disposition/to
moos the demands of the good peopi of
.h?tate for a strong Democratic jo/rnal
?^awmO.oapiUl, . He will do his part/ He
-ORMer takes pleasure in annoanoyig the
.^i$t$&\ connection of Ooh J. p. Thomas
*Bft' TH? paper aa obief edito/ This
Jf?wemaa has been writing for the
?gt?rMir,'raore or leas, since April, 1868.
fl&k "sss^iition with us trill henceforth
be more intimate, and his labors more
? regular ai d active. We hope to receive
I Irom all ] pr ts of tbe State snoh support
aa the me rita of the PHOENIX may entitle
it to r^ece ye. We keep o?r job depart
gUa^P thedema?os of progreaa
jjH ?ULIAN/A. SELBY.
i?gw*si>^ it not iuap
BraKHSS^^B^^mfcr thus formally bis
^ra^^l^^^aK?^?ties and responsi
I^Sr^^^PP^yodiior^of thia paper
R'responsibjliticH which,
^^^^^^^3? h.a4?? t undertaken it>
^^HjQmes.J Hu deems
?bis timeJto an non a ci
^^^^^^^^^^^^JferjO tpflke proclama
?ySS^urpoa-is. These
^^S^^^^^^^^SL \jipd i ca ted in these
BF presume, are very
?m. If tbure be any
"BjBbjeot, we are BOTH
BXfw dispelled as we
Sfehf ii ft cr r(\fini\: Pi numrmign
td foeftfjf 'the State and
?tist corruption in all
H^tpiuoes or in low,
Hf OD our rights and
BL power, we shall
Sift our voice and
I denonnce and
^?M^'^^^^M'^^*''^^^!|;1SPr*_an ^ s wi ndlers,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^p as we can, the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Brty derived from
fjiS^r^?blitical sympathies
efit^l^jlj||MlS|a^MLylews, we . shall,
.^^^^^^^v^^^Br> liberal Republl
I I Bk fellowship, i n u
?j |g| 1 . i 1 ^'^'??B^ and regenerate
Uni fi 1 ' ' X A--{.?^n<0? country.
l?^?P^^i|l^?fc??i?lB'e? -power. and
l^^^^^^lMv^?^^*T?*0'0^ 010,1 ?'
S BB HIKBiilfgiilwfy*
U j? S ifiS ^N.^%.^T*^^yVaine pf good
' Hheless, conduct
WtWit of no man, no
i . ^ ; Vi^fee hand, the head
mtg that journalism
Sfepoest, bold and in
*^^^^^#^^^fflr|o?h?uld, ' furtharybe
^^^^^^^^^^^Bid and discreet-we
i^^^^^^^P^BJo na lies, seek to ap
^^^^^^?^^fcnd highest standards.
SKlf^^^^^^MJ. be at the same time
l^^^w^^^^^HttrieA in its .-ends. As
^^^^^^^^^^^toita(pf all-the good
^^^^^^^^^^^?-wb4'. honestly [ seek
p^^^^K^^^^Bn?t of South Caro
faithfully to rep
^^^jt^^^^^^fc their views and their
iiwm^l^^?jwaLy same time, we shall
?^^^^^^^^^fcresent their wrongs
^^^^^^^^^^^Ks, and to put ? their
??^W^S*f!^?#f?y before tho public
^^^I^P&?V^^^^^M bf the State Ag
?^^^^^^p^^|^Kdnstrial banner of
|2S|^^is^^^'^^?-^^^B' earnest advooaoy
^^?^^^^^^P^^^Bedaoational derel
the regeneration
^^^^^^^^^^Ife^OTptry to staud at the
^^^'P,^A??Es^il(^^a. keen -eyed sentinel
flS?f our liberties and
Rruuhlesdly assailed by
^^^^^^^p^M??i'and by the cruel ag
^^^^^^^P^^Busjtoo wer. Controlled
?pty ?I by no tyrant's
pfc by influence
W?M shall make
l^nis add, in
gP^WeWag^g gfegiviog?
?y^*!"*! sense of EgBBBtam.
g^^^^^^^B^crupo? sib: !ity. ^^B-sL
?3 - South Carolina will be4'
^^^^^pK<UmBal fruits appear to quickuu
pbe PisbsHix roBo, in 1865, from the
?gp^^^i?B?ia. Amid the thick
Mouds .of seeming diBaater that now
^PP^^rcB^'our,Sky, the PHcamx rises with
V wide-spread wings, wit li shurpened beak
and undimmod eyes, to manifest that its
* faith is unohanged, and that it soeks, in
j*.... j?orn.nton with other journals in tho State,
**pwr" South Carolina, the purer air that
'leigha in the higher sphere in which the
8?ato most move, in order to secare
Warmth, growth and a generous vitality.
T^koor brethren of the press at home
^^^^^^^ ^ our greenings.
throughly we aro ido uti fled with hit !
?opio In oar interest* ?nd our hopes,
ind how tender ere the tiee which bind
/ne to this onoe stricken bot now rising
city. Io onr public labors and our pri?
vate struggles we have been cheered by I
the g?nerons oonfldenoe of onr friends '
here end elsewhere in the State. We
hope never to forfeit os? SIA?SS io this !
oonfldenoe. AU we ask is a fair equiva?
lent for whatever fruits we may prodooe |
of onr hands and onr brains. We i
pire only to INDEPZNDBNOK-whiob, per
eon al end political, oom ea of material
resources-the product, physical or men?
tal, of intelligent effort-end wbioh,
under Heaven, is the beet attainment of I
the UAW, and the richest possession of the
STATU. ? J. P. THOMAS.
Kw Kl ax wilone ?un wi io-TH o Asilas
of ttae Wer epos Roath C ?roll?a.
We have already indicated to the
country how this war upon South Caro?
lina was brought about. We have ex
posed the animus of those who have
been active here end at Washington in
this Federal movement, that has rolled
its disastrous waves over our liberties
and oar industries, under the pretence
of enforcing the law against a "rebel
lions" people, so-called. We have already
indicated the spirit of ex-Judge H?ge.
What, now, are the antecedents, pubiio
and political, of the representative ol
the United StateB Government in Go
lumbia, Mr. Worthington, who so fre?
quently appears for THB GOVEKNMENT?
Ho lt it was who, ea a political adven?
turer and "ex-Uuited States Minister,"
appeared first in the State in the reform
oan?ass of 1870. He raised e loud voice
in that campaign, and made snob spas?
modic elocutionary effort", that General
Butler dubbed him tho "spotted man."
We are not unaware of the vocal forte of
a man of Mr. Worthington's stamp. He
ia. the prince of stump-speakers, and
demagogues-a speaker who reaches
after the. unattainable, and penetrates to
the unsearchable; ready, in the negro's
cause, to
"Pluck bright honor from ths paleface moon,
Or dive down into the bottom of the deep,
Where fathom line could never toaoh the
bottom.
And draw up-drowned niggers hy the wool."
After the reform canvass, he becomes,
with ex-Judge H?ge, a briefless barris?
ter, waiting, Mioawber-like, for "some
-thing to turn up." We next bear of
Mr. Worthington on a mission to Wash
ington, to ask of President Grant mili?
tary law for South Caroline. Next we
hear of him as a speaker before the
colored convention that reoently held
its sessions in this oity. Upon that
oocasion, we are told that Mr. Worth?
ington made a violent and an inflamma?
tory harangue, appealing to the negro
men's passions, prejudices and lust of
power. He bid them, we are informed,
to use' the power they had, to assert
their rights, political and social, and
to espire to full equality at the board
and everywhere-to grind into the dust
what he oalled the aristocratic element
at the South. We next hear of Mr.
Worthington as representing the United
States Government against prisoners
arrested under the Ku Klux Aot, and
assuming powers arbitrary and high?
handed. y. Now let us here say, that we
have no criticism to make upon the
United States officer, high or low, who
discharges bis duty fairly and impar?
tially under the law. But we do say
that, least of all men, should the United
States-Government be representad bj
Mr. Worthington. "The reasons why,"
in addition to those already given, we
BII al I proceed to give.
Mr. Worthington is himself a Ku Klux,
WITHOUT ?isQULss, as well aa ex-Judge
H?ge. We oharas, upon high and un
questionable authority, that Messrs.
Worthington and H?ge have been heard
to declare that the citizens of Columbia
ought to go to the State House, in broad
daylight, and hang to the nearest lamp
posts, the State officiais-naming Parker,
Scott and Neagle-until they wero dead,
dead, dead. Now, these were the senti
monts, boldly avowed, by these men.
Tiiey are clearly and plainly Ku Ktux,
without disguise; and yet these ere the
mee who have ountributed, first, to make
Ku Klnx, and then to pursue them to
the death; and, in doing so, to destroy
the liberties and paralyze the businet-s
if the whole State! And this Mr.
Worthington-thin K. K. without dis?
use-this alleged President of a Union
ie here-thia man becomes a K. K.
nitor, end wields in his person the
au thorin 0f a great Government. We
present U\m to th? country--a doubly, *
th ?oe flpotfei men-end let the prisons
that now conta*.,, the innocent viatima of
his wrath and malice, open wide their
portal? to receive Lim_not the least of
the offenders ngainut the law.
Nor is this ahV Unitlxf in the prosecu?
tion of tbe Ku Klux prodeedings a **? inst
South Carolina, MeBsra. ^vWt?*ngton ?
H?ge divide in the proset>orfoo ?? the
mon held in arreet. It is und^jjood
nada public that Mr. Worthi-bgtonSl^pse
sents the United States Qoverunsr^tj
alone, aud Mr. H?ge is ready for the o^o-J
fence, sad thus the firm ia ready torf
work either offensive or defensive.
Gen. Grant make-* * solitude and calls
it peaoe.
Messrs. Worthington & H?ge
Hu Kiox oases and then go fer the
aoney. 0
"Heads I win, -taila yon lose." As
Virgil has it-?" O sacred thirst for gold I
> what'extent will thoti leadj?jhfrtal breasts."
.?j i fjjp -,
The French army is Boon* to be nni
ormed, anew, os'follows; Dark blue oap,
ci tb red turban, ornamented with a tri
olor and a cook's feather; a blue tunjo,
bottons and red
y tro weera .with red
. "'" ;>....
Boin Bide? of tb* Flotare.
The Union, ot Friday, publishes what
purport* to bo the constitution and by?
laws of the Ka Kiar. We bave DOW bo*
fore a? the *'ritual, constitution and by
latos of th? National Council U. L. A., to
gather with oil necessary information for j
the complete working of subordinate coun?
cil*." The alleged K. K. K. organiza?
tion was formed, we infer, in 1871. The
Union League pamphlet before ns bears
date 1867. It appear*, theo, that the
Union League preceded the K.K.K.
four long year?. If one was political, so
was the other. If one was secret and
oath-bound, so was the other. Wo need
not remind the Union editor of the pro?
visions of the League. He knows all
about it. And so does Governor Sooth
And so does Mr. Worthington. And so
does Mr. H?ge. And so does Mr. Trea?
surer Parker. They ali know about it.
The K. K. K. is a terrible organization.
Bat the Union League, which was ihe
direot eau HO of it, is a grand institution
of these "latter-day saints" of the great |
Radical party. We ask the Union a
question: Does it not know that one ol
its party associates, Mr. Worthington,
Ka Klux prosecutor, is now President
of a Union League io Columbia? And
that Mr. Huge, another of its party asso?
ciates, is President of another? Wt
shall answer, lest the Union should fail
to come np to the bar. We have been
informed tbat there are now two Union
Leagues in Columbia, and that Mr. Worth?
ington ts President of the one. and that
Mr. Hage is President of another. We
state, further, that our informant tells oe
that the statement coses from oas who
knows, or, at leant, professes to know.
If Suakspeare does not repeat, we do;
and we again quote a few lines, to wit:
"The Jury, paaaiuK on the prison ?r's lifo,
Hay iu the sworn twelve have a thief or two
Guiltier than him they try."
Thus much for the present. We shall
open fire again pro bono publico.
Oar Stat? Flounces-Tim (locution of
ti rp ucl lal lon-A Convention Proposed.
We indicated briefly on yesterday our
judgment os to the immediate remedy to
be applied, in view of the over-issue of
State bonds. Our view is, to bring to
bear npon the Legislature or the State
officiais the restraining writ of injunc?
tion. We shall he told that no power
eau be exercised over the Legislature;
then we say, let the State officers be re?
strained. Why may not Treasurer Par?
ker be restrained from further filling his
offioe? We learn that the authorities are
now issuing bonds. Mu oh bas been said
on the subject of repudiation. The
matter is in a nut-shell. Personal ethics
sud public ethics are not unlike. The
people of South Carolina will maintain
their ancient reputation. They will as?
sume the genuine obligations of the
State. All bonds issued in fraud will be
repudiated, as beiDg ia no proper sense
a debt or an obligation. This, of course,
will be done, and the work of discrimi?
nation cannot begin too soon. The
latest quotations show that the old bonds
are rnling in Wall street at 72, whilst
tho new are quoted at 27. This tells the
story. Oar people will maintain the
jost oredit of the State, nor will any cry
of "repudiation" divert them from the
determination to nail to the counter
spurious coin. As to what should be
done in case it may be found impossible
to draw the line of demarcation between
bonds issued in fraud and those issued
in parsnaoce of law, thut issue should
be met when it comes up. At this time,
it seems to as plaia that the immediate
daty is to restrain, to investigate, to dis?
criminate, and at o ooo to declare thut all
bonds issued in fraad must and will and
should be repudiated. The real offend?
ers are the rascals who perpetrated this
huge swindle, or rather series of swin?
dles. To exhaust, first, all tbe legal re?
medies at our com maud is the dictate of
sound polioy. We have no idea, how
ever, that tho citizens of South Carolina
propose to assume any fraudulent impo?
sition that dishonest o facials have sought
to impose upon them. To bring this
matter to a focus, however, the tax payers
of the State must at last meet in conven?
tion. We prefer a convention fresh from
the people. We throw out tho sugges?
tion.
?.Eminem ( oun?. i"-Tor. Union's Sneer,
The Rudioal organ here, and the
staunch ally of the corrupt State regime,
does not like the pian of engaging ooun
sel from abroad to defend thu mea pro?
secuted nader the Ku Klux Act of Con
grebe. We oommend to it the sugges?
tion tbat mea do best wheo they miad
their own business. When the Union
editor is called upon to contribute to thu
fund, it will be time enough for him to
oriticsie the private business of citizens
who are doing what it pleases them to
do. If criminals were always punish* d
promptly, as the Union says ought to bc
done, it would perhaps suffer itself, aud
certain are we that its political associ?
ates would crowd the penitentiary. The
Union passes judgment upon meo whom
%e should aoeoaut innocent, at least
QP?'^roved gullly.
?SS?kl^1 Pasing on the prieouor'e lifo,
7tft??lWZ.*.*0Tn >*?lvo havo a titler or two
auntie. t^Mrw^ rgey try "
A Wiu?hingt0.jX??r J?&ve; "Tue pftr.
don of Bowen b?^HB^j to in a re.
cent oonversatioD, ^"^Mfc;.^l bo
wanted it understood thtthu7T*ttsfe*gi
his affair-that Mrs. Bowen UK wHoMrs,
Grant to promise it. The Pres?uJBPwua
not disposed to carry it ont, but neild it
back for a week; but finally allowed it
to issue. There is going to be au ani?
mated oon lest over DeLaAge's seat, whioh
Bowen is contesting: bnvxrom the posi?
tion affairs have recently assumed, there
a very litMe doubt of DoLarge's main?
lining lila right to bis seat. The pro
eot of running Bowen for Qovexuor has
jeen entirely abandoned."
t orreipondcnc?.
COLUMUIA, 8. O., November 17,1871.
General M. C. Butler, lah Chairman of\
Committee of Eleven, Tom-Payers' Con?
vention.
Sra: Yon have, doubtless, observed the
denial of the promise made bj Governor
Scott to the late Tax-Payers' Conven?
tion, in reference io the postponement
of the ool loot ion of the taxes of the State.
Be pleased to give the pnblio your reply
to bis said denial. I am, yonrs, respect?
fully, J. P. THOMAS,
Editor of the PHOENIX.
COLUMBIA, S. C., November 18, 1871.
Colonel J. P. Thomas, Editor Columbia
Phonix.
DEAU SUI: Yonr nob) of yesterday,
calling my Attention to tho deuial of the
{iroraise made by Governor Scott to the
ate Tax-Payers* Convention, "in refer?
ence to the postponement of the pay?
ment of the taxes of the State," and
asking me "to give the public my reply
to said denial," bas been received.
My recollection of that promise is an
follows, and if the notes of the steno?
grapher present at the interview are pre?
served, I tbiuk they will bear mn ont:
Upon it being represented to Gov. Scott
by the committee, that it would be s
great hardship upon the people to pa? two
levies in one year, espeoiully when farm?
ing operations had been so dina*troon
tho preceding year, he promised to post
pone the enforcement of penalty for
non-payment until tin? 1st of next Mardi ;
that he would have the tax books open,
and in the meantime, if uuy tux-pay ern
felt dm posed to pay their taxes, they
might have the opportunity to do so.
The promise not to enforce the pen il ty
for non-payment until tho Int of Mureil
was clear, reiterated, concluBive and nu
mistakable.
Governor Scott, in assigning a reasou
for a chauge of the time of collection to
November, did say that prominent gen?
tlemen iu the State) bad recommended a
ubange to the full of the year, us a moro
convouient season tor person* io some
portious of the Stat? to pay their taxes;
but this bad nothing whatever to d?
with bis promise to postpone the penalty,
which was complete ami unqualified.
Suob, at least, are my reoolleutions of
"the promise" and the interview. Veiy
respectfully, your obedient servant.
M. C. BUTLER.
BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.-At the meet?
ing of the stockholders of tho Blue
Ridge Railroad Company, held yester?
day, the following gentlemen were
elected Directors;
Gen. John A. Wagener, Mayor of
Charleston; Henry Gourdie, of Charles?
ton; William tf. Magrath, President nf
South Carolina Railroad; Andrew Si
mouds, President First National H.mk,
Charleston; George S. Cameron, Presi?
dent South Carolina Loan aud Trust
Company, Cbsrleston; Gen. M. C. But
1er, of Riobland: Gen. M. W. Oary, of]
E leefield; Col. J. S. Ootbrati, of Abbe
viile; Wm. B. Gulick, Cashier of Nu
tionul Bank, Columbia; J. J. Patterson.
Vice-Pr?sident Greenville nud Columbia
Railroad; J. B. Palmer, President Ceu
iral National Bank, Col um bi a; Geu. J.
W. Harmon, of Anderson; Thomas A.
Scott, President of Pennsylvania Rail?
road Company; Hardy Solomons, Proai?
dent Loan aud Trust Company, Colum?
bia; T. J. Steers, Esq., of Oconee.
The following resolutions were offered
by Col. Cothran, of Abbeville, aud
unanimously adopted. Before offering
the resolutions. Col. 0. Btited that, a?
the stockholders were aware, Geu. Harri?
son hud positively deolioed being n can?
didate for re-election:
Resolved, That the stockholders of the
Blue Ridge Railroad Compauy feel it due
to Gen. J. W. Harrison, President, to ex?
press their sense of the integrity aud per?
severance with which he has for years ad?
ministered the affairs of the company,
under circumstances of great difficulty
and discouragement.
Resolved. That his earnest and unself?
ish devotion to an enterprise which they
consider essential to the future prosperity
of the State, deserves and receives our
warmest recognition; aud that iu closing :
his official service, he curries with him
our sincere confidence and regard.
Resolved, That a pass for life, for him- ]
self and family, be tendered to him, as a
mark of our respect.
Resolved, That tho Chairman bo re?
quested tn publish these resolutions in
the daily papers of Charleston aud Co?
lumbia, aud a copy be aeut to Gen. Har?
rison.
Geu. Harrison rose and said, in sub?
stance, as follows:
GENTLEMAN: The passage of these re?
solutions have touched tue deeply. 1
feel that my administration hus been a
diiuppointineut, but you know thu di HI- j
unities by which I have beeu surrounded,
and all I fuel and all I claim is, that to I
'he best of my ability, with entire inte?
grity, I have dono the best 1 could. Yon
will excuso me for saying wbut is per
sonni to myself and cannot interest those
io whom the futuro of tin road is coin
initted. lu 18(17, I was asked to take
the Presidency of the Blue Ridgu Uo?id.
At that time I owned one-third of th.
bonded debt of the company. Where
is that debt now? I have beeu forced \
to consume what I had, to live and to
pay honest debts, and to day the little i
lett is wbut the compauy still owes we
on their over-due coupons. My mani i
fest interest waa to enforce tho first
mortgage. I declined to consent, and !
nii that ? could do with those who held !
first mortgage bonds, was dono to in?
duce them to hold their bonds.. I dunn
no credit. I believed this road ought to
ba built ip lb? interest o? the Statu I j
dearly love, sud for which I huvu never ;
hesitated to make any sacrifice. I bu-1
lieved I could build it. By Lite advice i
of the Directors, and aguiust strong pre- !
judi?os, I did cot hesitate to do what 1 j
could to induce thu Legislature to give ;
us their aid. You know how that uid :
failed. I commit my oharge to your !
bauds, only entreating that you will use ;
all your larger energy and ubiiity. to i
consummate what I. tcTday believe to be j
tbt> greaj^seonrity for ?lie future of the I
SttttoT^Io fleing so, Po'iu say for my- |
?elf and tue board^?er which I have
?resided ?^iU wo "d^smuover lost sight
?1 oue ebh-mat if Wflkoald not budd
bis road, the bonds of Jhe road guaran?
teed by the. State should neither be
squandered nor stolen;
satisfaction of kuowiog
yonrs to-day, in their ir
as you best can for thjhj
company dud the State,
Tho Charleston pat
aooouupv of the "
of. thc
poi
Tbc Spirit of the Stat? Frc?*-O^r VI
nancti.
. Tho Kingatreo (Williamsburg) Star
The ory pf repudiation ha? been raised
by members of both political parlies io
this State. The Democrats, so far as it
relates to Governor Scott's ad mi n is tr a
tiou, and the Radicals, go for a clean
breast of the whole State debt. Promi?
nent negro members of the Legislature
have decided in caucus on thia policy.
Governor Scott says the taxes most come
speedily, sud repudiates, in a proclama?
tion iu our paper to-day, the pledge
which he made to the Tux-payers Con?
vention last spring, that he would not
enforce the collection of taxes before
March, 1872. Thoso are stirring times.
The vultures at our pockets and the
bayonets at our backs, we are in a
wretched oondition.
The Keo wee Courier says :
THB BOND DIFFICULTY.-Tho reckless
over-issue of State bunds, by tho present
corrupt officials of theStategovernment,
has well nigh destroyed the credit of the
State. A remedy of some sort is beiug
evoked. The Charleston Courier advo?
cates repudiation. The News non-pay
meut of tuxes. Repudiation of our old
debt iu full is not right. That which hus
been legally and honestly done under the
present State government ought also to
lie respected. Let us, iu extricating
ourselves from these difficulties, preserve
? >ur good name for honesty and fair deal?
ing.
Let tho Executive Committee of the
Tux payers' Convention tuke this matter
iu hand, uud get hold of the right par?
ties, h a vu them arrested by legal process,
hrougkt to triul fur their misdeeds, and
thin* strike ut thu root of the evil.
Enough is known at this time to plaue
nearly all connected with tho Stat? Go?
vernment iu the penitentialy. and a
movement of Ibo ku d indioat-d might
reveal thu whole ser es of unlawful trans?
actions, by which millions of dollars
have been niched from J tim pookets of
the people.-Anderson Intelligencer.
Tho Radical party tu this State put h ?
tux payers of niuo D?mocratie Counties
nuder martial law; now let the tax payer
put tho thieving* und lying scamps in a
posit iou where they cannot steal or pre?
vent their former villniny from being dib
.dosed. In that wuy we shall iufliet upou
them u wound t li ut will tort in ?? them now
aud leave u "ruuuing Boru" upon their
characters which time will not cure or
disititeotants remove the stench of.
[Union Times.
D JOS any man who hos a particle of
patriotism left, who has tho least Meuse
of justice remaining, think of paying
tho debts incurred by this corrupt State
Government in Columbia? Arc we so
mean and low spirited OB to tax our?
selves, to ranko these thieves and scoun?
drels rich? Ko! ten thousand times, no] j
Let tho miserable speculators in Wull
street, who bought those bonds, with
their eyes open, ut u great depreciation,
who knew they were stolen from a po?
verty-stricken nod sn tl",-nug people, le*
them bo the sufferers. We do uot be?
lieve there is un honest man, Democrat
or Republican, white ur black, in old
South Carolina, who will not say empha?
tically, r?pudi?t ! repudiate! Aud ho?
nest men the world over will sustain us.
I Barnwell Sentinel.
GUE AT PIKE IN CHARLOTTE-UNDOUBT?
ED INCENDIAHIHM.- At hair past 2 o'clock
yesterday morning, tho ominous sound
ot the lire bell broke upon tho peaceful
slumber of our citizens. Tho devastat?
ing element wits found bursting from
under the atoro of B. Koopmauu, on
North Trade street, between Tryon and
Church street. The tire soon extended
North tu tho storu of Mr. Frankford,
and was reaching over the store of Mr.
James Henderson, when it wuu decided
to blow up the latter. This gave au ad
i vantage to the bremen that was success?
fully improved, und in a little while the
danger on both Bides was subdued.
Scarcely hud the vast crowd begun to
disperse, nud tho heroic bremen had
time to recruit their exhausted strength,
wheu a second alarm rang out, nud ?ll
rallied nguiu to hud the extensivo livery
H tab le of Suggs k Co., in rear of Man?
sion House, iu flamen. The vast quan?
tity of forage, and tho dry, inflammable
material of tho atables, rendered this
tire terribly raj id aud furious. The
horses were rescued by the during efforts
of citizens und firemen, und went dash?
ing in frantic fright through the streets
-80U1U of them running ut great speed.
Only one was caught in the burning
building, and was roasted alive. This
was tho arri ft, racer of W. J. Black. The
wooden buildings around were torn
dowu und removed, or so protected that
no other one burned to any extent. The
losses, ns near us we eau estimate nt pre?
sent, are ahout as follows: B. Koopmauu,
022,000; insured for $U OOO. J. H.
Henderson, loss about SO.OOO; insured
for 3*1.000. S. Frankford, loaa heuvy,
cannot ut present ascertain, fully in?
sured. Snugs & Co., loss about $2,000;
no insurance. None of the buildings
were insured, except Koop'oann's, which
wa? insured, wu believe, tor 82.000.
I Charlotte Observer.
LIBERALISM IN ENGLAND.-Mr. Glad?
stone, in a speech ut Greenwich, on
Saturday, look occasion to congratulate
the English people upon the success ot
his ministry; and while) tho address sa?
vored pungently of vanity, it neverthe?
less fairly exhibited the strength and
foreshadowed the progress of liberal re?
form. He directed especial attention to
the economies effected by tho present
government through the abolition of I '
official patron ugo, the abolition of the j i
purchase system in tho army, the with- J <
d ru wal of troops from Canada and New
Zealand, and tho introduction ot the !
system of army reserves. The House of
Loi ds, hu added. With UO little Btgtlifi- .
nineo, might need reform, "but nothing j ,
should be done precipitately." This i <
allusion was evidently designed to tern- 1 t
per tho ardor of those radicals wh?j bo j
lieving that tho Q leen is insane, und j
knowing that thu Lords will rule for-j .
ever if they eau, ure ready tu upset the| .
government and make a hasty-pudding | '
republic of thu debris. Tho course ol j t
thu Gladstone ministry has undoubtedly j >
been, iu many reseeds, popular; but j3
there am many sins of nmissiojLJjjafOt
eouuitssiou, for which if -
entially responsible, ou<
palpable than that iovolvt
ment of Ireland. Libej
dirojaft'U would add
tiuguished re
ministry,
its
WHITINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA
L?AILI?OAD.-Messrs. B. K. Bridger?,
President, and D. A. Newcomer, Vice
President, of the Wilmington, Columbia
md Augusta Railroad, were in the city,
resterday, stopping at the Planters' Ho?
ol.
For some timo past this company has
jeeu engeged in the construction of a
railroad between Sumter and Colnmbia.
[t lacks now only about 700 feet of oom-1
aletion, and this gap will be filled ia a
'cw days. On the lUth of December the
JO tu pa ny expects to open the new line for
ibo transaction of business. It was ori?
ginally intended to build thia road
through to Angosta from Colombia, and
ho route between the two cities was sar
reyed, but a policy was adopted which
'endered this unnecessary. Several
nonths ago the controllers of the com?
pany bought up enough of the stock of
bo Charlotte, Columbia and Augustu
[Railroad to give them control of that
corporation, and the lines from here to
Dolumbis and from Columbia to Wit
nington will be operated as one.
I A ayusta Chronicle.
STABDING.-A country negro, whose
mme we were unable to leora, waa
itabbed in the side, lost evening, in
Hamborg, by a knife in the hands of
mother negro, named Charlea Turn,
vho is a blacksmith of that benighted
millage. The two men were gambling at
he time of the difficulty. From a physi- 1
lian who saw the injured negro, wu learn
hat the wound is likely to prove fatal.
Sven Qrant's blond and thuudcr procla?
mation doett not suffieo to protect hi*
duck pets from each other.
{Augusta Constitutionalist.
OUB THANKSGIVING.-His Honor the
\Li\or, by a special proclamation in
HMuher part of tho paper, inviten the
) t z< ns of CbarleHtou to ueseruble in
mt ir vuriouH pluceH of worship, on Fri?
lay next, thu 21'ii iuat., l'or a day ot
I -lemo thanksgiving und pruyer Mo Al?
mighty God for His meroj toward thia
jity in staying th? progress of pestilenot
iud beslowiog the other unnumbered
desaings which bave crowned the your,
iud furnished cause tyr humble praise
?nd gratitude.-Charleston News.
Wanted,
rWENTY Oratela-a DItKHH-MAKEltS. Ap
plv between tho hours cf h.. f-pa?t 8
iud 10 o'clock, at lt. C. SHIVER A C0. 8.
. lt. O Suntu DAVID JONKS.
_NovJ9 __ _ 1
Oats ! Oats !
?>rtf \ BUSHELS SEED OATS,
a\t\J 500 bnehels F KED OATS, for Bale
ow bv T. J. A H. M. GIBSON.
Nov 19_ 3_
LOOK
TO
YOUR INTEREST,
AND
Get the Best,
GO TO THE BEST PLACE.
WE claim to have one of the driest
stocks of WATCHED, or all beat Kn?
_llieh, Swiaa and American makers. With
iiamouda and other Ano Jewelry, our stock
ia largo, and wu are going to sell the Gooda
REPAIRING and ENGRAVING, iu all
branches, by the heat of workmen.
WM. GLAZE.
Nov 19 Formerlv Glaz" A Radcliffe
Double Strong.
FOR the winter Beaaon, I will brow all
DOUBLE STRONG BEEK. DrinB
jaegers* unadulterated Double Strong deer,
iud you get tho worth of your money. This
Deer ia also put up in bottles, and for' salo at
ll 59 per dosen.
1 have alao reoeived a aupplv of tho jaatly
selebrated PANOAKE-regarded the best
Jhewing Tobacco. JOHN C. SEEGERS.
Nov ir> _
Norfolk. Oysters. m?kW
[AM now prepared to furniah tine NORFOLK
OYSTERS, in any quantity, to town or
sountry customers, and will guarantee them
he heat that can bo had, and tho cheapest in
ho market. JOHN D. BATEMAN,
Nov 150_ At the Columbia Ice House.
Sto vail's Excelsior Mills Flour.
JOSK WE keop large tmpplies of thia CELE
BHATED FLOOR, which we sell at
fcC^Mwholcaalo or retail, and warrant the
piality. J. A. HENDRIX A BltO.,
Nov Jl Imo Columbia, B. C.
One Puncheon Lochgilphead.
rHE heat SCOTCU WHISKEY. Dealers
can havo ii nearly at coat,
js'ov 15_JOHN O SEEGER8.
Splendid Fri zu Piano.
gf*j^5S4B? TUE Bubnrriber offers for sale
vTurfn','BI' magnificent PIANO which
J ? y \J Utook the Premium at the late
Pair. It can be sean, together with mst ni?
mmt? of other makers, at hia residence, cor?
ie r of Bull and Richland etrceta.
Nov 17 H_W. H. ORCHARD.
NEWS DEPOT.
[HAVE opened a NEWS and PERIODICAL 1
DEPOT at tno stand formerly occupied tn
alonzo lleeae, and will supply my cuatomera
*ith auythiug they may wiuh in mv line.
Jive m? a call. N. G. GIBSON.
Nov H_6_
To Rent,
\STORE, on Mtin atroet. Possession
given immediately. Apply at thia office.
Nov 5
Native and Foreign Wines.
SCUPPEltNONG, Concord, eanterue, Cla?
ret, Champagnes, just received and foi
tale low, by _ _ K. HOPE.
Sffi Toys, Candies, &c.
r|luYa of all kinda and descriptions, plain
1 aod ftnev Candies. Nuts, Enmona, Figs,
lol hes ami Canned Fruits.
Dr-ad, Cake* and itslla. fr^sh evcrv morn?
ing, at P. W. KtUFT'S,
Nov 7 _ Main street.
The New Departure
REQUIRES new remedies. The new Blood
aud Liver Pills are now used for all dis?
orders of the Liver ?nd Blood.
i hone riU> are ail warranted SD be Vegeta?
ble, and aro a substituto for Calomel. For sale
Dilly at HEINlTSIi'S Drug Store.
Condurango.
ANOTHER wonderful departure in poionoe.
Nothing can surpaan fjeinitah'a Queen's
Delight for Cancer., Syphilis, and all kindred
lieeaaesj wuakneas in male or fomalo, youug
>r old. Tho wonftlVrfnl coronare nt tented to
?y thnusnnds. Try the Queen's Delight, if
iou deidre to bo ivjll Fer salo overvwbere.
laboratory at fHElNI I'SH'S Drug Store.
Toniumptton (from Coughs and Colds,
wi TAN LEV'S tarbat Cough Syrup cures
Coughs and fOolds with marvelous cer>
I
Items
PHCENTXIAKA.-Tho price of tingle
copi?e of the PHOENIX ie five oente.
The PHCKNIX offioe ie supplied with all
necessary material for as handsome cards,
billheads, posters,pamphlets, hand-bills,
ci rou lars, and other printing thai maybe
desired, as any oiSco ia the Soatu. Give
ns a oall and test onr work.
"Using truth with penurious fru?
gality" is the latest attempt at calling a
man yon lie, without hurting his feel*
ings.
What con a man have in his pocket
when it is empty? A big hole.
The Union army, during tho war, had
two General Hookers-"Fighting Joe" "
and Ben. Butler.
School boys hear with pleasoe of the
decline in the whaling business.
An incorrigible bore at our elbow
wants to know if W-o-r-o-e-s-t-e-r spells
Wooster, why don't R-o r-h e s-t e r spell
Rooster.
The Russian Prince is sailed their
Muscovy duck by the belles of New
York. He will be served np with caper
sauce at the grand ball. Their duok
seems to he very fond of water; be sticks
to it so long.
A freight train ran into a cattle guard,
about twelve miles below Newberry, yes?
terday afternoon, by which the passenger
train was delayed nearly twelve hours.
The fellow who called tight boots com?
fortable, defended his position by saying
they made a man forget all his other
miseries.
Old Hamlet, the father, whose shade
was BO fond of the night sir, should be
tho model of every office-holder. He
had no sptvM.iation in his eyes-heh?ds't*
Black Friars-Oolored cooks.
In too many lamentable instances, the
"last Boene of all this strange and event?
ful history"-is kerosene.
Slay belles-the female Communists.
Town pumpe-Local editors.
"Unbridled liberty"-kissing a pretty
girl.
FAT Ali ACCIDENT.-A colored laborer,
named Edward Darkin, employed by
Messrs. Joyner, on the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, lost his
life, yesterday, by the caving in of the
embankment. The unfortunate man
lived a few hours only.
G KN. BUTLER'S RBIOIY.- We invite at?
tention to Gen. Batter's letter on the
subject of Gov. Scott's repudiation -of
his pledges to the late Tax-payers'.Con?
vention.
BLUE RIDOB RAILROAD.-The j Bino
Ridge Hobeme, in its integrity, haa com?
mended itself to many good men in this
State. Our readers will observe the hew
iloatd of Directors. It will be seen that
a majority, at least, of the names give un
a guarantee that the bonds of the road
will be lifted for the building of it, and
that genuine efforts will be made to carry
on the work. . Favorable as we - are,, on
general principles, to all railroads calcu?
lated to benefit the State, we naturally
favor this road, provided we are not .to
pay too dear for the locomotive whistle.
Of this we feel assured, that the control
of tho enterprise has pasted into the
hands of men, of a majority of whom
we have every reason to expect energy,
integrity, and devotion to Sooth'Caro?
lina. With Charleston in the hands of
our own people, and with the South Ca?
rolina Railroad, the Greenville and'Co?
lumbia Railroad, and the Blue Ridge,
controlled by tho same influence, it
would seem that tho pathway is clear
from Charleston to the riches that lie
beyond the Blue Ridge range.
Ritma i o us SERVICES THIS DAT.-Tri?
nity Church-Rev. P. J. Sh and, J>. D.,
Rector, 10>? A. M. and 4 P. M.
St. Peter's Church-Rev. Franois R.
Jacquemet, 1st Mass, 7 A. M. ; 2d Mass,
10^. Afternoon Service 4 P. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rode,
Rude, 10% A. M.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos. R.
WilHon, 10\4 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Marion Street Chnrch-Rev. Nicholas
Talley, 10>? A. M. Rev. Manning
tJrot/n, 7 P. M.
Washington Street Chnrch-Rev. Man?
ning Browu, 10)4 A. M. and 8J? P. M.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds,
10J? A. M.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern
mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M.; closes 0.00 A. M. Western mail
opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. On
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
HOTEL. ARRIVALS, November 18.
Nickerson House-William J. Magrath,
Charleston; C. Hillyer, Ga ; H. A.
McKinney, Mrs. H. A. McKinney, 3. C.;
Mrs. M. Norwood, Abbeville; M. Seekel,
IL H. Kimpton, D. M. Porter, New
York; Mrs. Furman, Ridge; Thomas C.
Perrin, Abbeville.
Columbia Hotel-W. Blook, Baltimore;
N. Federlin. J. B. Farly, New York; D.
Scully, T. K. Carey, F. 0. Plumkett,
Baltimore; W. W. Robinson, Oanton;L.
E. Johnson, Charleston; J. A May and
lady, Mrs Dr. May and daughter, York?
ville; B. B. Smith, Va.; S. A. Arthur,
Ga. ; A. J. Frederick, S. C. ; J. Trumble.
S. C. R. R.
LIST OP Nsw ADVBXTIBKMENTS
R. C. Shiver & Co.-Wanted.
T. J. & H. M. Gibson-Oats.
Wm. Qlaze-Look io You? Interest.
James 8. Oothran-Referee's Sale.
D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auction.
OFFICIAL UAFFLK NOMBKBS Oharj*
.tile Association, foi OeueiH i<>?
? CLASS No. 206.-JkforA'
27-50-72-21-28-61
i my hand at Coil