Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tn, SW .WP^i Fro?rrm?'??* 'proposs^/ irteW^ol flcanoial reform; retf?ntl* begun-in ? H?*>.?wk by the citizens, rf&?& regard to party ^Kations, ia destined to extead over the-whole coun? try, wy x?Mfc. w#w>at N?* .**rl* will''grow, widening'and widening, until il touches inls' vast od?nti?yVpn elthei shore) and extends''?rom where the Northern lakes rest in tranquil beauty, to whore the'Golf of Mexico receives the warm currents of. the Gulf stream. Tb ia * country is: not y(et ready for . decay. This oountryis.not'yet ready for oor; rnption. It is not yet ready for im pori-1 aiUvi. The sober second thoughts, of the people will come to the rescue. This; at least, ia our faith. We believe that the great mass ot the people are honest. It i? the wire-pullers and the class of email and large politicians thai do all the swindling and all the plundering. We hope that a grand re-action is about to cheer us. The movement started in New York will become extended. The reform proposed must not be under? taken in the interests or in the spirit of political partyism. . All honest Demo? crats and all honest Republicans-all good men, white or blaok-are called upon to unite in this great work. Aa.fox South Carolina, a great crisis is upon the State. Gigantic frauds, monstrous swindles, have been perpetrated. Wc suffer from Grant's military rule and from Soott's corrupt misrule. We must aot promptly and Bagaoiously. Thu action must come from the people. What is the first step? We throw ou the suggestion. Let public meetings bi held, at some early day, at Columbi! and-in Charleston-as being con ven icu and accessible-for the purpose pf rai? ing a committee, who shall be charge! with the prosecution of the ofSsiala con neoted with frauds and misapplioatioi of tho pnbiio funds. This'- comm it tn would further be authorized to emplo counsel to assist them in the investiga tion and to carry on the prosecution The expenses of this movement- must h met by popular subscriptions. . . Thia we believe to be. the ?rat step t be taken,--.We earnestly impress upo our people the necessity of some sue ao?Lon. ' The'effort, will be made, whe the. Legislature moots, to cover, up ,tl putiid corpse of tho pnbiio credit, RU make.it seem to live. . ? The fight we propose is the people fight, .an d' they must make it. "What et our brethren of 'the press of Oharlestoi of th? Pe Dee and of the up country? JLettcr of A. P. Aldtlcu, Bsfc. W? have read with interest tUe_iett of r&,\ i TV Aldrich, Esq.* Jif^d?^w? Judge7 Aldrich is known-to tho Staten a patriotic citiserf, having deeply heart the public interests. His lettor ~~ an able ono, au?l he. gives good-reaso for tho faith that ia in him. He' fate the palling together of tho Tax-Paye; Convention, and' adv?cate?; th? rjropoi titan1 "n?fc?;f;cf ps>y: the' (tnxes, in ".order, prevent tho Ultimate confiscation of o lauds. ' Ho Bays/let the convention i assemble,; and counsel the people to manly, peaceful assertion of our rigl and duties. The views of .Judge . J dricti; whether or net they ttcc?rd wi '.our own views, we receive with mc .consid?ration. Not BO with the Union hero-the 1 dical exponent and mouth-piece. In common ta upon Judge Aldrich's vio\ it undertakes to imply that even 1 privilege of free Bpeeoh and -free thouf is too much for the anti-Radical peo; of South Carolina. Its impudence equal to its ignorance and conceit. I satisfied With aiding, to impose, up Bou th Carolina the corrupt feeteri mass, that how boars li ko tm i nerti upon her-not satisfied with upboldi the corrupt powers that be-not satisf with publishing and commending a I insult'upon the "average white man South Carolina"-it now bas tho "chet to show its readiness to prit a muz upon the popular voice, and to bri the popular pen. But, as we have fore said, this paper exhibits as well malice as the impudence of the ol?ss which its editor belongs. We inf j pardon snob sentiments and such a sp as it displays. But "pardon is for in not for reptiles." Wa notice the arrival here of Timo Hurley, of Hurley ville; and, also, committee of so-called investigati and notorious aa, tho great legisla lobbyist. It bas been said that bj ortsy is the tribute that vice paye virtus. Mr.'HorJsy does not psy s this tribute. He bas, over and < again, said thaine and his assooi carno here to steal and have stole oame here "on tbe make," and 1 made. He is an unblushing import?t and mocks at the calamity of our ? people. MeBsrs. Worthington and H?ge f the hanging of the Slate officials, in b day-light, to the lamp-posts near by, these sentiments were frequently openly avowed. We have advised do advise civil and legal modes o dress, as being milder and more effec Who f's the Ku Klax, tho editor ol PHOZNIX or Messrs. Worthington H?ge? We believe that Dennis, the u] storer, is also here. But he keo retirement. How is it, by-tbe-way, the Union does not announce the a: Bfe of these honorable gentlemen? Cal Sethis baoking your friends? la i^^UlmiH*- willi ww i.? m rite Roath O*rolln. Snrrlror.' A?ocla> Uo?_Kdor?(lnn. We have, for seme daje, been intend? ing to make some comments upon ?tho proceeding* of thia association-eo pro? perly organized, aa ?fell to discharge a int? to the dead aa to help the living, ind to collect the materials necessary for & truthful history of the war. The last meeting wes a most interesting one. Reference has already been made to the action bf the association in regard to the iftiMjtedJte Kins Kiana. In the reto Iujjo^ adopted, tho .association repelled the aspersions sought tb be placed opon it^ and passed the following, resolution ; vifas^ed, ThatSL?Eo t?niFhas ibisas? sociation given oonotenanoe or enoon ragement to any organis?t ion 8 or combi? nations for the parp?se of violating tho established laws of the land, or the rights of any person thereunder, and hereby earnestly and solemnly declare their dis? approval of all such organizations, if any there be, existing in thia State. Tbl?; bowavery wis bat t? passing mat? ter. The main subject that engaged tho survivors' attention, was the subject of the education of orphans of deceased soldiers, who, if living, would ba entitled to ba members of . the association. Gen. Kershaw addressed the associa? tion on the subject.. Upon his motion, a resolution was adopted to the effect, that the question of a HIGH SOHOOII, to be established under the aaspioes oi the State sooiety and through contributions from the local societies, be considered and reported on at the next meeting of the association. This school is proposed for the orphans, sons of that "class who, if living, would be eutitled to member? ship of this association. Upon motion of Gen. Conner, it was resolved, in effect, that a movement be Starfjed, to send to the CONFEDERATE HOME, in Oharlostion, one female pupil from each County in the State, to be educated, at the rate of $200 per pupil, for maintenance, clothing and educa? tion. . (J .. Maj. Barker threw oat the suggestion, which hud been made, that the funds being raised by the Ladies' Monamente! ?BBociation might be applied to the pur? poses of a school for the orphan sons of Confederate soldiers who had fallen in the war. Having now given the notion of the Survivors' Association on the sub? ject of education, we propose to throw out Borne views of our own. It occurs to us that no better direotion than this could well be given to " the efforti of the association. To make this association a continuing body, as we de? sire to see it, tbero must be conneoted with it duties for the future as well as memories for the past. We can in no better way honor the dead than by providing for the members of their families. As respects the Confederate Home in Charleston, we hope that Gen. Connor's suggestion may be carried ont. The HOME is. now a living institution, and tho efforts of the survivors in behalf of tho daughters of the fallen, have, in the Home, a nucleus around which to con? cent ra to their exertions.. As respects Gen. Kershaw's scheme, of a high school for boys* we would sug? gest that it would be cheaper and better to fix up?ni some existing institute* sud make that the rallying point for the male orphans of tho soldiers fallen on the field of honor.1 Why not, for instance,' select for this purg?se Col. Coward's King's Mountain Military School? To have a school for the girls at the HOME, in Charleston, and for the boys at Yorkville, would not be a bad plan. We like, also, the idea of the funds being raised by the ladies for a monu? ment going to the establishing of a school-than which there could not be a nobler form of honoring the dead Con? federates. Thia, however, is a question for the ladies to settle for themselves. And again tho question arises as to whether the fonda realized, or to be realized, by the Ladies' Monumental As? sociation would be 3nfficient for a eohool project. If, however, neither one of thean three propositions is in it? self practicable, wonld it not ba well for the combined efforts of tho Surviv? ors' Association and the Ladies' Monu? mental Association to be directed to the establishment of a school-one or two for the Confederate orphans? It occurs to ns that this wonld be for better than any mere pile of granite or marble. Bat we Bay let tho monument go up in some form or other. It is due to the (lead, and to the living it speaks with silent, moving ?loquence. - It becomes necessary for Bowen to enter the Legislature. So one J. J. Hardy patriotically resigns and gives way to give Bowen a ohanoe to oome in Speaker or Fort Sumter Moses orders this vuoanoy to be Ailed. But no elec? tion is ordered to fill the vacancy created by the death of Kuh, of Beaufort, and Kinslor, of Lexiugton. Kimpton, knowu as the "cherubim," and as resting under the angelio wings of the Attorney-General, is still here. Hu holds hi* personal head as high au ever, whatever he may do with his bead financial. SUPPOSED MURDER.-A dead body, which was sn oponed tc be that of an old man named Keith, was found last Mon? day ufternoou, in the woods on the road near Statebarg, with bia head, neck, Seo., eaten by hogs. His skull wus found fractured, aud it is supposed that he wai murdered, as he was known to have mouey, which ho invariably kept in hts pocket, bnt which was not on his person. [Sumter iWews. i ^OQ"**)Y. P. MoCord, an octogenarian citizen oftXjowndes County, Mississippi, duneed wah his eeoond daughter's grand? child, in Florida, the other night, where he is paying a visit to his relatives. The K. K. K. lot Brooklyn. BT. Y ?Him Brooklyn ?nd Columbi?. ' A correspondent , writ?ppr f room Brook? ton, M. Y., where? mote went, ala New "^ork city, hgaiust corruption is organis? ing, in forwarding a copy of one of "tho Bev/*Mr." Beecher's political sermons, says: *. Wonld it pay in y oar latitude to copy Mr. Beecher's last political, ser? mon, with suitable comments thereon? There it some talk here of organising vigi? lance committees, (?. K.K.) This would, doubtless, suit some, aa. offering a good excuse for suspending habeas corpus, and conferring on our ohief imperial honore." "We beg leave to say to our friend in Brooklyn, that we have no ose for Mr. Beecher's political sermons. We have the old time notion, that tbe pnlpit has enough to do when it deals with the questions that pertain to man's duties tb God, and to the soul that lives here? after. As to his suggestion as to the K. K. K. in Brooklyn, N. Y., we wonld ad? vise against it. We oppose all seorefc, oath-bound societies, political and disci? plinary-whether Loyal Leagues or K. K. K 's. The United States K. X. K. prose? cutor here, Mr. H. G. Worthington, sometimes called "GODoral," may, how? ever, advise differently, as he favors the proposition to bang onr State officials to the nearest lamp-posts, in broad day? light, and prides himself, further, upon his oouneotion with the Loyal League* which organizations, no doubt, led to whatever there may be, or may have been, of K K. K.'s in the South. We I advise our Brooklyn friend to resort tu legal, oivil measures to secure redress. Ouly in the laBt resort, and when every other method has been exhausted, may a community venture to call upon Judge Lynoh. Thia, however, we may sug? gest to our New York friend: That it ia safer to resort to Ka Kluxism in the North than in tbe South. Duwn herc, where meo are provoked, to promptly execute Lynch law upon outlaws, it is construed to mean a conspiracy to put down the Radical party; but at the North, it means swift and awful justice, meted out to violators of the law. What was uli right in buming Chicago, would have been all wrong in plundered and outraged Sooth Carolina. If, however, the Brooklyuists are suffering from municipal misrule, we know what it ia ourselves. There is one thing, however, that Co? lumbia is ahead of Brooklyn in. We venture to say that they have on the municipal board no auch musical an Alderman as Sam. B. Thompson. Nor have they, we take it, SHG? a financier as Judge Wigg. We undertake to say, that even the oily of Brooklyn never issned $250,000 7 per oeut. boudH illegally and secretly, and then coolly annouuoed to the pnblio that they will get the Legislature to legalize the act! Nor have the Connoil of Brooklyn ever borrowed from a capi? talist $75,000, on the pledge of $250,000 7 per cent, bonds, at tho rate of 15 per oent. per annnm, leaving it in the power I of the borrower to sell the oity bonds at any rate, provided the note given by the oity is not met at maturity. That financiering is reserved for the Council here and its Chairman of Ways and Means. Ono Smalley, correspondent of the New York Tribune, bas said, in a recent letter to bis paper: "The average white man of South Carolina is the poorest speci? men of the Caucasian race I have ever seen on either side of the Atlantic." The Co? lumbia Union publishes this letter and commends it, Baying that "Smalley write? whereof he knows." Smalley, whose judgment is at varianoe with that of the civilized world, adds: "Brutal, cowardly and inconceivably ignorant, he is a Ku Klux by nature." This statement, also, the Colnmbia Union reproduces, and says that fctmalloy "knows whereof he writes." Now, putting un dor restraint the utrong spirit of indiguaut resent? ment with which we have seen this slan? der thrown in tho faces of the white men of South Carolina, wo have simply to say that the fact thot Messrs. Smalley and the Union aro allowed to perpetrate their joint slanders without castigation shows bow utterly false is the oharge that "the average white man of South Carolina is a Ku Klux by nature." Let these crea? tures go unmolested by violence. We would not bavo it otherwise. We com? mend them to the contempt of the men they slander, and to the poison which their own hearts secrete. For the poi? son of asps is upon their lips and their pens. Speaking of bond swindlers, tho Rich? mond Enquirer says: Bnt whenever ratall these thieves, and have tbe evidence of their larceny so plainly, aa in the oaae of this fellow Scott, and in tue ease of Bullock and others, we ehould bring them at ouoe to trial and aeud them to tbe penitentiary. Scott bas bad au over-issue of bunda in bis possennioD to the amount of nearly $20,000,000. What were his intentions? Undoubtedly to piuco them on the market and sell tbem for whatever they would briog. The money realized would go into his own pockets, and tbe pockets of his carpet-bag friends; aud, before the fraudulent transactions could be discovered, they would, like Bullock, leave the State and tho country, and South Carolina would have to suffer for tbe uct of her agent, or incur tbe odium of repudiation. Bring all these fellows who huve learned tbe witchcraft of trans? muting crispy paper, printed in many colored inks, into gold, to justice-pat them iu the penitentiary, and set them to work at breaking stone-and the moral atmosphere will speedily become more healthy. There were l l deaths in Charleston for the week Anding the 18th instant whites, 19; odored, 25. Fro? ttl? Up-Co?mtry. Ha. EDITOR: The outrage* Oommitted iu Soots Carolina bj the Kn Klux orga? nisation ooma directly under the juris? diction ox the State GoreramenF, aud tho sovereign arm of the State should have been pot forth to bring the offend? er? to trial Tho State ia sovereign within her domain, as the United States is sovereign in its domain; and as nei? ther insurrection or rebellion existed, and no law of the United States had been violated, the latter Government has clearly invaded the domain of a so? vereign State. It bas been said by some that the late war decided nothing; but, if I mistake not, it did more clearly de? fine the limit? and domain of each sove? reign power, (8 ta te and general.) The secession of South Carolina infringed upon the domain of the General Go? vernment-the Southern States attempt? ed to usurp a part of that sovereignty that belongs to the. United B tat es Go? vernment. The plea of Sooth Carolina was, that the General Government was abont to place herself in a position to invade or interfere with the reserved rights of the State-to invade her sove? reign domain. Abraham Lincoln de? clared in his messages that the General Government bad no intention of inter? fering with slavery where it existed, and South Carolina should have waited for an overt not, which was the opinion of Georgia aud Virginia - should have waited, yet preparing, for au aot of hos lility against her sovereignty. Where ! two men meet in the street aud a fight ensues, the law holds bim guilty who makes the assault, or does the first overt {not ot hostility. But it may bu said, ..South Carolina saw the blow coming, aud sought to meet or evade it. Where oue oitizeu approaches another, armed, threatening and menacing the life ot the other, that other, in the eye of the law, may be justified in anticipating the blow. But the Uuitud Stales Government ha?t I uot gone this far. It is true its in ten Liou is plain, that iu some way, peaooa Uly and quietly, it did luteud to oircuui I vent the poouliar institution and over inruw it; but that Government had nm actually assumed a hostile attitude to ! wards a sovereign State. Huw is it now. j that the General Gu vern meut - the Sam? i Government that HU quickly druw thi swwrd tu repel the infringement of a so vereigu Statoun itsdomatu-should now be found recklessly invudiog the domain uf a sovereign State; fur tho war did de? cide and defino the limits aud domain ol each of tiloso sovereign powers (tin StateB and General Government) which bad before been defined by the Cuusti tution uf the United ?States. The sove? reign domain of South Carolina is uuw actually, and without the casum belli, iu vaded by the army uf the General Go? vernment, and this latter Government actually duing that very thing, commit? ting the same blunder, the same trespass, the seceding States did. But it may be said, the General Government was peti? tioned by unr Congressmen to send this army here. If so, then the Governor ul the State should have protested against it. Again, it may be said, it was the Governor himself that did it. Then, if so, he acknowledges his weakness aud inefficiency, and an utter unlit ness tu till the gubernatorial chair, just ns if tho so? vereign of France should invite the sove? reign of England to send over its army to assist the King of the French to keep his subjects in order-a weak and con? temptible position, indeed. Tho over? throw of the institution of slavery waa the terms of the victor. The war left the sovereign parties in the same posi? tion they were at first, and more clearly defining their relative positions. PACOLET. FIRE nt GREENVILLE.-Our corres? pondent, "M.," furnishes the following in regard to the fire in Greenville, on the 21st inst. : The most disastrons fire that has oc? curred in Greenville for many yoars, broke out about 9 o'clock, to-night, in the extensive planing, sash, blind and carpentering establishment of Clino & Gibbes, on the river, below tho new bridge, involving a complete destruction of all the maohinery, toola, gloss, build? ers' hardware, finished work, etc. ; as also the buildings-amounting to a loss of ovor 86,000, without insurance. In the building, was abont 8300 wurlh of dressed i?o??ing,, Bash, doors, otc, be? longing to Captain J. W. Cogie; also, attached to the building, was a saw mill belonging to Alex. McBeo, Esq.; loss about 81,200. No insurance. The loss to Cline & Gibbes is very severo, as they have several extensivo contracts in hand unfinished. They are energetic and re? liable contractors, and the destruction of their establishment is a serious loss to our city. The fire is no doubt the work of an incendiary, as the flames burst furth in an immense vulume at some distance from the stove-the only place ic which fire was kept in the place, and which Mr. Gibbes assures me was carefully put out before the place was closed at dark. Oar fire companies were in wurkiug order frum the river in gund time, and worked manfully in saving shod.-, lum? ber, etc., adjoining the main building, which was too far guue to save. The Pal met toes had an opportunity, and -atufaotorily tested their new rubber hohe, obtained through the agenoy of Hopaun & Sutphen, uf Columbia. The night waa chilly, aud the streets very muddy, after a cold rainy day; but our firemen, both white and colored, per? formed their arduous labure cheerfully and effectively, and did nut leave the ruins until e.very spark bad been extin? guished. The writer witnessed many imbi of good firem*n*hip. aud he thinks the substantial Citizens uf Greenville would be benefiting themselves iu Ml? oouraging these voluntary organizations. A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY AT LYNN. MASS. According toa speoial despatch to the Herald, a mau by the name ut John G. Olin ton, at Lynn, Mass., was heard hy some neighbors to be ill-treating his wife, th ono peuple being attracted to the cottage by the screams of a woman. Subsequently the boneo was observed to bu on fire, and three men who were living in the neighborhood broke into the house and found the corpse of Mrs. Clinton horribly charred and emaciated, the flesh falling'from the arms aud legs of the body as it wan being convoyed tu the police station. A littlo boy, one of the family, returning from an evening school, discovered the house was on fire and immediately rushed up stairs tu reson? a young brothor, when he was encountered by bis father, to whom he stated tho fact aud showed him tho dead body of his mother. The man ia believ? ed to have thrown a kerosene lamp at his wife, the oil saturating her clothing, and after badly beating her, set ber on fire. A, Prayer for Peate?. To his Excellency the President of the Untied Slates, AND the Counties of Spar tanbury, Laurens, Newberry, Union, xork, Chester, Lanoasier, Chesterfield and Fair/kid. '"\ . \ ' Proposing a plan as a basia for respite, commutation and pardon to certain per? sons on oertain conditions. Whereas the potency of the law is felt ano; yiudioaiud, aud Ko Xluxing hub, in toto, ceased, now tho adjostmont: Lot his Excellency the President of the United States respite, commute and pardon, so far' as to the courts of the United States, except for murder, all per? sons nuder arrest or indictment for, or charged with, or suspected of violating, prior io the 1st day of July, 1871, tho laws of the United States; especially that Aot or law known as the enforcement or Ko Klux Act or bill, as embraced in the sus? pension of habeas corpus proclamation, who does, after arrest, or voluntarily be? fore arrest, under oath to support and obey the laws of the United States, and not violate any of the same, especially the law or laws, Aot or Acts, aa are em? braced io the "Ku Klux bill," enter into recognizanoe in the sum of -dollars; aud he ur they do keep the peace to wurd the laws of the United States, and espeoiidly do keep the peace and be of good behavior to all the ci tizona thereof, irrespective of politics, race or oolor. And that this respite, commutation and pardon, take effect and be uf force as amnesty io the person or persons so soon .ts the conditions herein aro executed, and continue so long as the same are, in good faith, obt-erved. The undersigned, nineo the close of tba war, hus, with fearful apprehensions, closely observed the extremes of the op? posing political elemeuts in the State a* well HS tu hm own County; and, more? over, he flutters himself that he baa, in part, ut least, correctly observed, and, from time to time, arrived ut correct con ullisions. And now bu is fully convinced ? hut if the Government, in its clemency, iud the sections rofurred tu can couooive ri ti il uppreoiate the plau proposed, that t will do mus good toward the reatora iou nf pence, law, order ?iud prosperity; md sooner, too, tbuu ull the iinprisou i.ents, jodi-nd investigations and peuul t?'s imposed by the Government, and all . tie ceUHtires und denunciations against the Govern meut for euforcing the same, or by or thrungli nuy other menus what? ever. Thu President is bound to see that the lu wa ure enforced nod ita citizens pro? tected, but il is bound, in the meantime, to use such menus us wtll moat effectually, tn clemency, attain such ends-aud the citizen, too, t's ulso bouud to obey the laws uud not violate them, even though ue does not approve of them. This prayer believes, provided tho President note modih.es his proclamation on tbe hards herein mentioned, that all good citizens, irrespective of politics, rae? or color, will heartily say amen. The Government aud the Counties re? ferred to, iu this instunce, ure precisely similar to citizens. If ono citizen tres- j passes on nuother citizen, the hitter re? sorts to the luw for redress; or if one oitizeu fears or believes another intends to injure his person or property, he does OT can bind the suspected oue over to keep tho peace und do him no harm. Just so with the Government now; it fears and believes that (its property) the laws are violated and trespassed and that its citizens are in jeopardy of person and property. Will the Executive and the citizens of said Counties verify and practico the em? phatic aud noble sentiment, and join with the undersigned, and, of a truth, pray let tts have peace? E. F. DAVIS. WOODRUFF'S, SPAJITANBUBG COUNTY, S. C., November 16, 1871. SEEKING FOR A RUM ED V.-What to do with tbe "ring" who have depleted the Treasury of South Carolina, and pro? cured au issue believed to be fraudulent of Stale bonds, is now engaging tho earnest attention of the unfortunate in? habitants of that section of country. The Charleston Courier, while insisting upon repudiation of tho fraudulent bonds, calls ou the committee appointed at tbe Tux-payers' Convention, last summer, to re-assemble and take the lead in a popu? lar movement such as was engineered by tba committee of seventy in New York. Tho Charleston News urges its remedy of resistance to the tax-gatherers. The Columbia PHOSKTX says, "apply to the courts for au injunction to arrest the operations of the acting authorities." lu the meantime, the legislative session is near at hand, and it appears to be conceded on ult hands that that body will be controlled by a mujority of un? qualified scoundrel i sm. If, however, the Congressional and Exeoutivu hand shall be taken from the throat of the pros? trate State, there will bo found no insu? perable difficulty in dealiug with the gentry who uro rifling her pockets. [Baltimore Sun. Lucnllus tells us that tho pleasantest thing in naturi) is to sit securely oa the shore mid watch the ship?? tossed danger? ously out at sea. Some such selfish feeling seems to actuate thu great ma jority of the Northern people with reference to tho Federal despotism now being practiced ou the South. Lut tboHu, however, who look on so com? placently, bug less fondly the delusiou of security. The imprisoned winds, let loose iu oue quarter, will not cease very readil) ; und those who bare Bown tho wind may yet reup the whirlwind. \ Wilmington Journal. MAN KILLI D.-Du Friday last, es the up pusseuger train on the Wilmington, \ Columbia and Ailgtiatn Railroad was j par-siug Miles' Cross R ?ads, about six ! uni' s below Marion, a mau was run over und instantly killed. It see mu that tbe unfortunate m tu was au Englishman, iu distressed eneuinstances, and bad, under the pressure of poverty, drank to excess. While lu a state of intoxication, be placed his bead on the railroad track; and, in that dangerous position, fell asleep. His name was, we learn, J. R. Russell, but fnrther than this, we can learn nothing of his history. I Marion Star. WILD GEESE.-We learn that a party '. of guntlcuicu from this city shot so veril j wild geese iu the river, near the mouth . of thu Augusta Canal, yesterday. It ! sei ms that a large flock has boen feeding in that neighborhood for some days [inst. 1 The appearance of these unusual visitors ; presages, according to thu opinions of i tlioso versed in such matters, a long sea : son of severe cold weather, j [Augusta Constitutionalist. Th reo four-story buildings, on One Hundred und Twenty-second street, iu j New York, undermined by the late storm, I have fallen. Loss $15,000. Gov. SCOTT'S LABT CARD.-Under date of the 10th instant. Gov. Scott, of Souii C?oi.??, dUro?tS ih&t tho collec? tion o{ taxes for thia fiscal year com? mence Oh M. oday next, tbs 20th instant. Thia action is in direct derogation of the gubernatorial ngcodee made in May last to the Tax-payers' Convention. By that body a committee was appointed to wait apon the Governor, to secure a post? ponement of the taxes, and from their report it appears that they were author? ized by his Kxoellenoy to say "that while the varions offices will be open in November for the, reception of taxes At that time from each of the citizens as may be-then prepared to pay them, yet that the period for their payment will be extended to the 1st bf March, 1872, within which timo, if payment is made, no penalty will attach." After allowing this vernon of bia response to the com? mittee to remain unchallenged for six months, the Governor now comes out to deny that he ever committed himself to any suoh ooaree. Aocording to his ac? count, the understanding waa that be was to begin the collection of taxes in all but the Bea island cotton distriots in No? vember, the exoepted districts to have a postponement until next March.- Tho Counties producing the sea island cotton being few in number, thia view ot the case virtually calls upon the people of Sonth Carolina to pay forthwith those taxes on which they bad been led for six months past to suppose they had been granted a postponement till the second quarter in 1872. Elsewhere will be found the texts respectively of the executive order and the report mode the conven? tion by its committee, and from a pe? rusal no man can arise without feeling that Governor Scott has added one more to his broncho* of faith with the tax? payers of the State. The occasion of the breach is only too evident. Ou the 20th of lost September, Governor Scott gave the total issue of South Carolina bunds and stocks as in round numbers 89,500,000. On the Gth of this month, ne admits au iesne of 311,000,000 in bonds and 82.50U.000 lu stock, or a total of 813.5110,000, with 815,000,000 of bonds and stock on bund. Kuowiug that in addition to ali this, it was in the Governor's power to issue a balanoe of 82,500,000 in a certain kind of bonds, and that the contingent liabilities of South Carolina arising from railroad en? dorsement were 86,700,000, the financial world was deeply shocked. The expos? ure was so great that no explanation was made, because none could be made; fail- J urea of those interested in these seouri- j ties occurred; the State bonds were thrown out by the banks of the State I capital; the whole financial fabric of the reconstructed Government tottered and is now hastening to its fall. The State Treasury, we hear, cannot honor a draft fur a dollar; tho day for a negotiation of j bonds is post; and nothing remains but a desperate foray iu the shape of taxes to ward off, if possible, a few days long? er the inevitable coming crash, and swell by some last spoliations the fortune with which Scott, like his compeer Bullock, of Georgia, is to retire from business. [New York World. "INDIANA JTJSTTOB."-The New York Commercial (Republican) has the follow? ing paragraph in regard to the late case oi Ly cob. law in Indiana. The para? graph is headed "Indiana J u Ht ice:" "A few days ago, a whole family in Indiana was put out of existence in the most brutal manner. Thrco wore killed, and two are left fatally wounded and mangled most shockingly. Three ne? groes were arrested for this orime, and one of them made confession. The peo? ple would wait neither for indictment nor trial. A mob, componed of the best people of the vicinity, farmers, church members, ?fco., proceeded to the jail, captured the three prisoners and hung them to tree? near by. The affair was conduoted with terrible culm ness and order, and a fearful warning waa given to other desperadoes who might medi? tate similar crimes. New York could sparc to Indiana a few score of its indis? creet citizens, on whom it would not iumont the execution of such summary justice as is noted above." The Commercial does not call for the proclamation of martial law and the sus? pension of habeas corpus. It oven says that "it would not lament the exeoution of snoh summary justioe as is noted above" upon a few score of New York citizens. Bat South Carolina is not New York nor Indiana. The mobs in these enlightened and civilized regions aro composed of "the best people," of "ohuroh members," and the like, and being thereby annotified and made free from the bondage of the law, are not to bo regarded in the same light as the un? godly Ku Klux of the Southern States. Now, if the "three negroes" had been taken from a Southern jail and hung without either indiotment or trial, we should not have heard from the New York Commercial, liberal Republican though it be, much ouloginm of the actors in snob a scene, even though they might have claimed justification on the ground that partisan judges and juries tu that section refused to punish auch criminals. But when that deed is done. ?a Indiana, whe.ro judges and juries might have beeu relied ou to puuish the criminals, we only hear from one lead iug New York Republican journal that it ?s u pity some acures of New York citizens were nut treated ia like manner. The Cincinnati Commercial seems to think thut the Ku Klux ot Sonth Caroli? na are responsible for the thieves, when, us a matter uf fact, the thieves are re? sponsible for the Ku Klux. Both are certainly bad enough ; but, ander oover uf suppressing the Ku Klux, the Na? tional Administration is doing everything iu its power to strengthen the hands of IUD lUIDfDMi ITO Dilan uUb v..?..J?v?-?. Commerciafs compliment to our candor hy denying the existenoe of the Ku Klux. Ou that point our record has been pretty clear. We have missed no oooa stun fur assailing, and that in the most direct and practical way, that exeorabie ordor, and we flatter ourselves that oar efforts have not been wholly without re? sult. If the Commercial would do hali aa much against the thieves of Sonth Carolina as we have done against tho Ku Klux, there might bo additional results. But the only thieves who interest the Commercial are Tammany thieves. [Courier-Journal. INC END i AH? SM.-We regret to learn that on Tuesday night, the 14th iustaut, tho bara of Mr. Wade Bradford, about four miles from this town, containing his crop of oom and fodder, was de? stroyed by Ore. Two stables were also burned. Mr. Bradford sncoeeded, how? ever, with great difficulty, in saving his horse. It was the work of an incendiary. Two weeks previous. Mr. Bradford caught a negro thief in the same barn, and retained his bags and his ladder. [Sumter Netos, Boo ttl t Xfj,e>* P?omjrrxi___,---The price of single copi?e pf the FHOZKIX is ?ve oente. The PHOENIX oin oe is supplied with ail necessary material fOT SS handsome oards, billheads, posters,pamphlet*, hand-bills, circulars, and other printipg that maybe desired, as any offloe in the South. Giro us a call and test oar work.' Money sold at the meeting of the Gs pital Building and Loan Association, Tuesday night, at 65% discount. Frank Gregory, of Union County, charged with murder and conspiracy, was discharged yesterday, there being no evidence agaimnVhim. The nick of time-Wrinkles. Ought to ba "pat down"-Carpets at this season of the year. The "bridle-rein" only lasts daring a bit of the honeymoon; then comes tba curb. A strapping fellow-Tho. school-mas ter. If yon oourt a young woman, and yon are -won, and she is won, yon will both be one. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; cl o eoe 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.80 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. Peters' Musical Monthly, for December, is to hand, containing nineteen choice pieces of vocal and instrumental music, all of which can be had for thirty cents. It seems bard to believe that sb much can be furhiahed for suoh a email sum, but fee know that it is. It OOmeS. regu? larly every month, and contains nothing but good music. Bound volumes for 1871 are offered, post-paid, for 85. They oome elegantly bound in crimson doth, gilt Bides and edges, and are guaranteed to contain S50 worth of choice plano music, (some 200 pieces.) If ordered per express, $450 will se caro it. We would advise all those seeking holiday presents to bear this work in mind. Masio is always a proper present to a lady, and in no other shape can the I same amount of good musio be bought. It is published by J. L. Peters, 599 Broadway, New York. HABRAS COBPOS.-The case of Gray Ponton, James Foxwortb, and others, ill colored, charged' With riot and assault [and battery at the Messrs. Joyner's I camp, on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, had a final . i tog of their case before Justices Nasl^ and Thompson, yesterday. Many statements wera made by the prisoners, upon oath, after which their counsel, J. II. Wil? liams, moved for bail for them. There being no opposition, the State's attorney not being present; (and the whole pro? ceedings being illegal, ot which we shall notice hereafter,) the prisoners were granted bail, as follows, to await their trial at the next Court of General Ses? sions for thia County, to be holden in February next: Gray Ponton,820; Br?se A. Littlejohn $5; James Fox worth $5; Daniel Tucker $5; Era Commerady 85; Sam. Fox worth $5. IT OT EL ARRIVALS, November 22. Columbia Hotel-R. M. Chatterton, Balti? more; W. H. McLaughlin, U. S. Army; T. C. P. Trnchrnann, J. E. Carter, Philadelphia; J. H. Averill, John Dick? inson, B. W. Tomlinscn, Charleaton; A. Pope, Wilmington; H. W. High, W., C. & A. R. lt. ; J. Trenueker, New York; Z. L. C. Willis, Baltimore; J. C. Brolow, Ridgeway; J. A. Burch, Baltimore; J. M. Baxter, Newberry. dickerson House-H. A. Lawrence, C. H. Scott, England; J. J. Gormly, 8. C.; M. Johnson, Yorkville; J. F. Speck, N. C. ; J. F. Butt, J. A. Sadler, Charlotte; J. E. Myers, Md. ; C. V. Lamb, Green? ville; J. Inman and wife, Pawtucket; D. B. Ccuter, Cokesbury; W. C. Cleveland, Greenville; J. L. Orr, Master Orr, An? derson; Rev. L. R. MoAboy, N.C.; W. W. Higley, A. N. Kerigan, Iowa; Frank Wilcox, New Orleans; W. H. D. Gail lard, Pendleton. Central Hotel-S. S. Gibson, Alston; A. Josselyn, Mich.; C. P. Dickert, J. H. Suber, Newberry ; J. M. _driogton, T. R. Bell, Miss Anthony, J. F. Lyles, Fairfield; W. B. North and wife, R. C. Chapman and wife, S. C.; Miss I. Wits, J. Brill, Charleston; T. W. Coogler, W. H. McLesky, G. and C. R. R. Ll BT OF NSW ADVBHTISK11RNTB. S. E. White-850 Reward. E. Hope-Pioklea, Fruits, ?fcc. J. C. Seegers-Pipes. Wilmington,Columbia & Augusta R. R. John Aguew & Son-Lime, ?tc. T. J. Moore-Wood. Communication of A cania Lodge. Carroll ? Janney-Summons. OFFICIAL IUFKLE NUMBKBB Charlesion Charl . table Association, for benefit Free Behool fund: RAFFLE CLASH No. 211.-Horning, November22 70-69-7S-4O-71-36-32-6?-0-25-74 39 Witness my nano at Charleston, this 22d day ?ot November, 1871. f KNN PECK, Nov '?H Sworn Commissioner. MANI; KA er UH INO ENTEBPBISB IN CHABLES TON -Charleston id fast becoming a manu? facturing aa well as a commercial city. The largest manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds. Ao., in the Southern States is that of Mr. P. l\ TOALB, ou Horlbock's Wharf, in that city, salod rooms at No. '20 Hayne street. Mr. TOALB'S advertisement appears in another column. Nov 2} Aoacia Lodge No. 94, A. F. M. A A REGULAR Communication of this <*#\fLodgo will be held in Masonio Hall, /"V\TH1S (Thursday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Ry order of the W. M. F. M. DRENNAN. JB., Nov 23 1_ _Secretary._ Woodl Wood!! Wood!!! OAK and HICKORY, delivered, 15.90 per cord. Oak and Hickory, delivered in Cords or Half Cords, sawed' in lengths to suit pur? chasers, SO per cord. Orders left at Childs A Wiley's Clothing Store, Main street, or at James K. Friday's Warehouse, Greenville Depot, proropUy Siled. Nov 23 (jj_THQ8. J. MOORE. Pipes! Pipes!! UAAA INDIAN CLAY PIPES, for .Ililli sale low to dealers. No* 23 JOHN C. SEEGERS.