The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 25, 1871, Image 2

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COLUMBIA, 81 U Saturday Morning, fto^ti^j^ The SUTMC or' awi'* mutmrr Pro The inf or mali OD which: comea to us from the op-oouniry. where President Grant baa carried out bia military pro? ooedings, indioatei that the industrial and general interests of that section have been aeriously affected. The. picture now presented ia a gloomy ono. Not only do knave? and thieve? rejoice in the protection they get*-uot only have the naual wholesome restraint* on the bad elementa of the community been re? moved-bot a serious blow haa been ot rook at the farming interests, which, after all, ia the base npon which all other interdata rest These farmers have been hunted like wild animals, whilst the suspension of the great writ of habeas corpus has denied to men the ordinary aeihods c! self-protection from false charges and groundless suspioionB. The United States troops, guided, per? . haps, by some malicious negro, or aomo low white renegade, has been lording over a peoplo who, after being plun? dered by the State authorities, are now hunted by the troops of our military President.. The, farmers, we repeat, anffer mainly. Many of them are in prison. Many have left the Counties where the rights of freemen were denied them, ts Many are crushed and feel hope? less. Next year, the tendency will be for many to be idle, In view of the pre' sent disturbed condition of the laboring olasa of the assailed communities, few ol the farmers will be disposed to mak< oontraotsi with the freedmen for anothei year. Each one will be disposed rathei to content himself with the -produce o his individual industry, and confino bil expenses to absoluto wants. The mer chants, faotora and others, out off fron their usual patronage, and already heav; losers by the incarceration and expo triation of a large number of their debi ors, will be forced to take in Bails; am thoa the circle of paralyzed industrie will grow larger and larger, until th whole State will feel the blow struck i York, Union and Spartanburg. The state of affairs in these. Countif we know is calculated to arouse at one feelicga of resentment and of despont ency. But we hope that the people, wi bear up bravely. They have already e: hibited, as a general rule, a moderatic that entitles them to praise. They a: called upon to further illustrate th spirit of endurance and pluck and ho] and faith which ' will establish the olaima to the eulogy of the future hist rian. Gen. Lee uttered the noble sen! ment that human virtne should at les be equal to human oalamity. Above. < things, should ,the people of tho u country bear this in mind. We - belie that the military proceedings adopted the op-country and oonoooted by t ?""^conspirators-State and Federal-is pt of a programme which has for one of objects the subjugation of the wh men of the up-country to the oorro and degrading role which now preva in this State. We send forth.an earnest snggesti in this behalf. Let the good and ti men of the up-country preserve tb integrity and keep the whiteness of th sonls. They oannot but yield to 1 force of the Government. To the sto they must bow, but break they need 1 and will not, we feel sure. Whatever there has been of. wrc committed, the wrong-doers must ' swer for it. Whatever of injustice ] been done will have to be answered i as Providence slowly bat sorely wo oat its jost deo rees. We are oontent abide by the result. lu the menntii let the socs of the soil in upper Oarol not despair. This storm will pass. So Carolina will surely stand, at no dist day, redeemed and disenthralled. Exrcntlvo Committee of ?tic Tax-P ?rs* Convention. We invite attention to the not whioh we have been requested to pnbl in reference to the meeting of this c mittee. It will be remembered, I the Tax-payers' Convention made it duty of the Executive Committee tc semble ootemporaneoasly with the Le latare in Columbia,with the view of ] tooting the interests of the tax-pay and of improving, if possible, the < , dition of affairs in tho State. For purpose, we presume, that the mee has been called. We hope that the c mittee may be able to effect somoth bat, ia oar judgment, the first step : make the necessary arrangemontf bring the offenders to justice, offence-the orime-has been abunda established. ? > Onr cotemporary of the Charlo News seems to question the disoovei snffloient data upon whioh to prooee institute legal modes and measure redress against the bonds ring, have no doubt but lb{tfc these dak exist, and we hope that measures wi taken promptly to carry oat this step. Better this step than all youi vestigations, though these should made. The offence has been com in i I Why not proceed against the offend The Union, in a recent artiole. there are not a few writers of the < to whioh Judge Aldrich belongs ought to be in a lunatic asylum. public are of the opinion that there not few writers of the olaas to whiot Union belongs who ocjht to be in penitentiary. The Union commande olaas to Dr. Ensor. We oommend other class to Mr. Stoibrand. Pa ricer's St?tTEa-?t; The Union, ot yesterday, oootains a statement, furnished by Treasurer Parker, or tbe State debt. To this ale appended some cool remarks by this bold adventurer. The Union further says that it understands that a commit? tee consisting of Judge Orr. Joseph Daniel Pope, Esq., ?.G. Brenirer, Esq., Cushier ot the Central National .Bank, aud J. M. Baxter, Esq.^ have verified this statement. This,'we learn, is not true, inasmuch as we were told that ou yesterday morning tho said committee bad not completed their labors. The atatemeut in tho Uni?n is, therefore, to Bay the least, premature. However that may be, we have to remark that tbe committee have undertaken a very deli? cate and trying work. They set out, we dd not doubt, with the best intentions. Bat they are sailing on a wide and deep sea in search of lost treasures, and they will have to use all their acumen and all their vigilance to prevent even their own eyes from deoeiving them. We hope they may be successful in their work, and bring their discoveries of fraud prominently forward. Bat we believe that their efforts, on that line, will be bootless. Parker's statements in themselves are reliable only so far as ihey aio confirmed by other evidence. This, however, we presume the commit? tee feel, and we hope to find the engineer hoisted by his own petard. We might now point out not a few deceptive points iu Parker's statements, but we await farther developments, and shall then present suoh an analysis of Parker's statements and snob comments upon his remarks as may commend themselves to oar mind. We watch and wait. History tells us o! a King o! Gm ene I ! named NabiB, who bad a novel and ori? ginal-method of getting as muoh money as he wanted from his subjects. He had I an limage in his palace, clad in queenly I garments, but having the breast and arms stuck full of sharp iron spikes. These spikes were, however, concealed. When King Nabis wanted to extort money from his sabjeots, he would in? vite them to embrace the image. No sooner, however, would the victim oome within reach than the image would put out its arms and squeeze bim dose to its breast. This was done by means of ma? chinery. The victim might struggle, but he could not get away from the cruel embrace. Ho had to remaio with the iron spikes sticking into his flesh until his agony compelled him to givi Nabis its much money ae he asked for. '.'... We need hardly make the application of this story to our present condition Scott is Nabis. South Carolina Radical? ism is tbe image. The tax-payers are the vio ti ms. The iron spikes are the ways and means that may be tried to torture the tax-payers. Let us see to it that Nabis-Soott is .foiled. Let ns keep out of reach of the imago. A.word to the wise is sufficient. The question was asked in these co? lumns if Judge Porter, Mr. Ki m pto n's attorney, was the Porter alleged to bave been connected with tho Swepson-Lit tlefield matter in North Carolina. We are assured that this is not the caso - (bat Judge Porter is simply Mr. K's at? torney. Wo t?.U? pleasure in making tho correction-regretting whatever in? jury or injustice may have been done by the question. The Columbia Union seems to think that the ring bas so well covered np their tracks that they may defy tbe ef? forts of justioe. Let them not be toe confident. Where there is a will there is a way, and we exneot that way to be found, however dark and winding it may be. "Truth is mighty and will prevail." We invite special attention to the suggestion of an "Aged Clergyman." To make the day of proposed "thanks? giving" one of "humiliation and prayer," is, in oar judgment, a good suggestion, and we commend it to oui readers. It has often been remarked that sa? vage and uncivilized . races, when brought in contact with' civilized men, seleot the vices rather than the virtues of the latter for imitation. A new il? lustration of this is offered by the Ja? panese, who have adopted an irredeem? able papor currency in imitation of onr greenbacks, and who have just engaged a person connected with our Internal Revenue Department to go to Japan and [ establish oustom-houses for the proteo ' tion of Japanese industry, whiskey rings, and other vicions features of Radios! ; finance. This imitation of our tariff and , collateral vicos is, moreover, a return to the worst errors of early Japanese bar? barism. Formerly the Japanese were the most devoted adherents of protec? tion, and they not only protected Ja? panese manufactures, but also Japanese men and women, by prohibiting the in? troducion of foreigners under any cir? cumstances. Within the past twenty years tbe nation has emerged from the darkness of its protectionist days and has been partially civilized under the influences of free trade. Now, however, it has ohosen to relapse into.a barbarism as ignorant and vicious as that of the Greeley wing of the Radical party. Poor Japan I At the last Cabinet meeting, Akerman reports that be had two thousand prison? ers in South Carolina alone who were captured under the Ku Klux Aot. A de? bate followed as to the validity of the courts and the right of the Oouoral Gov? ernment to try so lurga a proportion of tbe population, and a general dispo sition was manifested to have the arroHts somewhat restricted, aud, if possible, confined to those ascertained to be ac? tive io the Ku Klux order. A man, named John J. Kirk, lately from Kansas City, was victimized out of 3230 by parties claiming to bu Masons. Thu victim could not have been very "bright" or lie would not bave bit. Hepljr. MB. EDITOB: My atteotioa has been ca)Ied Po an interview between Mr, Den? nis. .Chairman Joint Invjjsiigatin?i'pofa mittee, and a'r^porttr, pub]?sp.ed ib the Nsw Yotk*Worfa, ot November 7. Iuasuiuoh u? Mr. DobuiS iotoude to make thu public believe that the "orj of over issue of bonds" only arose- ba^auso a DutcJtman discovered ? typographical error in one of the financial reports, and that be introduced a resolution of inves? tigation, I feel myself compelled to re? ply: First, that there iras not a typo? graphical error iu one of the> financial reports; aft correct in its way. Second, that no cry of fraud was made at all; only that I introduced, on Saturday, February ll, 1870, a preamble and reso? lution, na follows: . Whereas the Joint Committee ap? pointed at the regular session of 1869 '70 to examine the books, vouchers, ?co., of the State Treasurer and Oomptroller Goneral, reportad that they bad ex? amined the accounts, vouchers, ?co., lodged in the office of the Comptroller General daring the last fiscal year, and found everything connected with the of? fice in perfect order, and that they had mado a oritioal examination of the books, orders and receipts of the State Trea? surer, and found thom correot in every particular; and whereas the committee appointed by the Senate to oomparo the printed reports of the Treasurer and Comptroller-General with the mauu [ scripta, reported not only serious omis? sions in tho report of the Comptroller General, but grave differences between the reports of the Comptroller-General, the State Treasurer and the Financial Agent; and whereas these omissions and differences are calculated to awaken ihr concern of the General Assembly, excite tho mistrast of the people, and impair the credit of the State; therefore, Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring. That a com? mittee, consisting of one member of the Senate and two members of the Honse, uh appointed to make a complete and thorough examination of all the accounts of the State Treasurer and Comptroller General since their induction into office, and all tho accounts of the Finanoial Agent with the State since his appoint? ment, with power to send for and exa? mine persons and papers, to engage the services of a clerk and expert, and, if they shall deem it proper, to submit all or any part of the results of their exa? mination to the Attorney-General for bis official aotion thereon. And which was oopied and introduced by Mr. Dennis in the House of Repre? sentatives, on Monday, February 13, as follows: Whereas, the Joint Committee, ap? pointed at the regular session of 1869 to examine the books and vouchers of the Stuto Treasurer and Comptroller General, reported that duty performed, and everything oorroot in said offices; and, whereas, great discrepances exi?t betweeu the State Treasurer's, Comp trullor-Qeuoral's and Finanoial Agent's printed reports; therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representa? tives, the Souuto coucurriug, That a committee of throe, ou the part of the House, and-. on the part of the Se? nate, be appointed to make a complete and thorough examination of all the ac? counts of the State Treasurer, Comp? troller-General and Financial Agent, since their induction iuto office, with power to send for persons and papers, said committee to have power to employ a derk, and expert, if necessary; also, tu submit any part of the results of theil examination to the Attorney-General foi his official action. Supposiug Mr. Dennis was thc fathei of said preamble and resolution, did ht 1 not thea Bay in a positive term in thc preamble: "Autl, whereas, great discrepances ex , ist between the State Treasurer's, Comp troller-General'8 aud Financial Agent't reports?" Now, by what means did Mr. Dennie then learn that there were great discre pan?es? I au pi ?ose from the ory of the Du bob. , man; and from the same cry he maj learn that his statement ia incorrect, enc by saying so, I withhold my authority 1 till another time and place. Very re i spectfully, FRANK ARNIM. . , State Senator. , TUB ARRESTS.-A small detachment o the "Black Horse" company of cavaln arrived in onr midst about a week ego 1 and on Saturday the main body came Since that time the following personi ? have beon arrested and lodged in jail, tc I wit: Wm. Robins, Wm. Quinton, Thos ' Maguire, Thos. Hays, colored, John J Wilkes, John Hancock. Wm. Smith ' Wm. Worthy, colored, Jesse Hardin, H C. Brawley. Robins and Hays hnv< been released. Some of tho persons ar rested are among the best citizens of oui Oonnty, and we will be astonished if anj unworthy aot be proven against them, Some of thom we do not know. We un derstand that they are charged with par tioipation in the "New Hope" fight last March. We are satisfied that if theil cases could be heard, many of these gen tlemen wonld be released, and we hop? ?.that it will suit the convenience of th? authorities to give them an early bear ing. Many of them are meu of family and have large interests depending oi them, and it will bo a groat hardship anc infliction to deprive them of their liberty without n beuring. The commanding officer here bas a delicate and difficult duty to perform, and we shall be sur prised and grieved if he does not mak< haste to release on bail all those wbos< detention is not necessary for the cause ot justice and protection of society. Ur to this time bail has been refused, cud if tko authorities persist in this course, innocent and guilty must suffer alike We oan extend to these prisoners th? sympathy of the community, and hop? that they will not be made to suffer foi the sins of others. Since writing the above, Jobn A. Bradley, Jr., Robert A. Pagan, Charlot Smith, John Hope, James Gladden, Wm. Gilmore, colored, Henry Walker, colored, have been arrested and lodged iu jail, and it is expected that the truer, of cavalry now in tho County will bring in others.-Chester Reporter. The Marion Star says: We hear thal a colored mau, name unknown, met hi? death, a few days ago, near Mars Bluff, from a railroad accident. It uppetm thu train run off tho truck, and the shock canned ii heavy box to full on thu man in question, causing itnmediute death. A difficulty oauurrml on the 15th, io Sparta, Ga., between Messrs. Thomas A. Hubby and Benj. Roberts, Jr., when thf latter was kille<i. Thu jury returned u veidiot of justifiable homicide. L-?IJ?J?-_ "'??"? 11.1 IL Th an il*?; Wa nf? MB. EJOITOB: Il grieves ms to eeo any irreverence towards God sod 'His Wor? ship. However great may be tba,, mock? ery of appointing a thanksgiving day in Sooth Carolina by Geueral Grant or Governor Scott, every sinoere Christian should feel his obligations to his Creator.' Aa the condition of things among us renders a day of humiliation and prayer much moro appropriate, it ia respect? fully proposed that tho 80th instant be to observed by all our people in their various chu robes. Let it ba a day of prayer, that He who hold? in His hands the sceptre of universal dominion, and to whom all kings and r u loxa are Bubjoot, and whose high prerogative it is to deli? ver the oppressed, will look down upon this afflicted State, and vouchsafe her a speedy deliverance from all the oppres? sions of wicked men, and restore to her the days of her ancient purity and vir? tue. Let prayer be especially made for all who are unlawfully imprisoned, and for the destitute and suffering families of those who, without cause, are thuB incarcerated. This suggestion is made by an AN AGED CLERGYMAN. ?6^* Will papers in the Stato oopy? THE SOUTH IN 1865.-At the ojoso of the year 1865, General Grant made a tour of inspection in the Sontb, to ascer? tain the condition of affairs, and, as he says, "to learn, as far as possible, the feelings and intentions of the oitizens of those States toward the General Govern? ment." On the 18th of Deoomber, he submitted his report to the President, in whiob he said: I am satisfied that the mass of think? ing men of the Sooth accept the present 3ituation of affairs in good faith. Tho questions whiob have heretofore divided the sentiments of the people of tho two sections-slavery and States rights, or the right of a State to secede from tho Union-they regard as having been set? tled forever by the highest tribunal arms-that man can resort to. 1 was pleased to learn fro in the leading men whom I met, that they not only accepted the dooision arrived at as final, but, now that the smoke of battle bad oleared away, and time has been given for re? flection, that this decision has been a fortunate one for the whole country, they receiving like benefits from it with those who opposed them in the field and in council. ***** There is such universal acquiescence in the authority of the General Govern? ment throughout the portions of thu country visited by me, that the mere presence of a military force, without re? gard to numbers, is sufficient tu main? tain order. ***** The late slaves seem to ho imbued with the idea that tho property of hin late master should by right belong to him, or at leaat should have no protec? tion from the colored soldier. There is danger of collisions beug brought on by such causes. My observations lead me to the con? clusion that the citizens of the Southern Stales are anxious to returu to self go? vernment within the Umou aa BUOU UM possible; that while reconstructing, they waut and require protection from the Government; that they aro iu earnest iu 1 wishing to do what they thiuk is required by the Government, not humiliating to them as oitizens; aud that if such a course was pointed out, they would pur? sue it in good faith. It is to be regret? ted that there cannot be a greater com mingling at this time between tho etti ' zens of the two sections, and particularly of those entrusted with the law-making power. If the condition of affairs described, in this report has changed since then, (suys > the Washington Patriot',) who is respuu * sible? Thu control of the Southern States was taken out of the bauds of ' President Johnson and given to General " Qrant, as Commander-in-Chief; after ' wards be became President, and ever sinco has had complete control. AN ILLINOIS HERCULES.-John Gilvin, I of Decatur, waB yesterday helping to get " a safe out of the ruins on South Water ' street, near the Union depot. The men 1 had got the safe nearly np on the side ; walk when it slipped back on them. ' This man carno along and asked what was the matter with the safe, and one ol them said it had slipped off the rollers and had gone buck on them. Ile said, ' "Get out of my way," and seizing on it ' like Sampaon, lifted it up, walkod to thc * wagon with it, ten or twelve feet, nud ? throw it on the wagon. He caught it on 9 the bottom edges, raised it up with the * force levered against his breast, uud ? walked off with it. Tho proprietor said . it weighed 2,464 pounds. Tho man . then offered to bet 8500 that bo could ? lift and carry 3,000 pounds. He ie * about five feet ton or olovon inches high, " weighs, perhaps, 260 pounds, built like r a Hercules, and about thirty-eight years ' old. He was a boss bricklayer in . Macon.-Cliicago Tribune, October 20. Loos BY FIBS.-Tho gin-house of Mr. t Bryson, of this County, containing r about nine bales of cotton, was con . sumed by fire, together with tho con 3 tents, a few mornings since-tho result 3 of accident. Mr. Bryson was ginning - cotton before day-light, and placed a . lighted candle on the floor near the lint j room; the-candle falling over, coin mu ' niooted fire to the lint-room, and soon ' enveloped the house iu Hames, causing f a total loss of all the cotton, amounting, ^ together with the house and maobiucry, " to over 82,000.-Lauremville Herald. 1 George Brookington, a negro mau, 1 was drowned, on Thursday, at the bridge > across Black River, at this place. He 1 was under the influence of liquor, it ie i said, and in company with several other . negroes was taking frequent potations. ' Strong suspicions wcro aroused in the '' community that foul play had been used, . but the jory determined otherwise. [Kingsire? 8lar. SHOOTINO AFFRAY.-We uoderstund 1 that J. G. Lipford, a day or ?wo since, 1 was shot by D. H. A, Mason, near j Kiuard's Turnout, in this County. We bear that the shooting was done in self ' defence It is thought the wound will ' prove mortal.-Lauremville Herald. In another column we publish iu full ; Col. J P. Thomas* lotter to President ? Geueral Grant. All should rend it. us it in un able und eloquent document, and , giving a truthful account of tho situation in perateuted South Carolina. \Chesler Reporter. Deference is tho most delicate, the , most indirect, ?nd Ibo mo?t t-leguut of all oomplimeuts.-Shenstone. i In maliciously pointing out tho fault? i of another person, yuu may incite bim to a discovery of jour owu. The New Yurk World, referring to the Indiana lynchings, says: Thin LB particularly Beon to be the oaoo South. . That is almost a parely agricul? tural ?country vand. thus peculiarly ex? posed to theft. It io so easy for the idle negro to steal a hog or a cow that tho farmer is constantly missing his stock. At length he lies in wait for and deteots thu thief,. The proof is HO clear tbet even partisan judges and negro j aries send the pilferer to the penitentiary. In a few days, ho ia out, pardoned by the Radioal Governor, whose local main-stay I he is? aud back again to hie oow-kilhag and hug-stealing trade. The farmer misses another fine porker, or perhaps the finest of his milch cowa. It ia be? yond question that his old dospoilor bas carried off tho oue, or taken a quarter from the other and left the carcass to rot in the woods. What is tho man to do? Must he sell oat and move off, or bring up the thief for another trial and another pardon, or must be resort to first principles and defend himself? Evi? dently he thinks the latter. The thief is visited at night and receives a tremen? dous flogging. In revenge ho barns the farmer's boose or barn, and then he is hanged. It is a Bad game of wrong and retaliation, but what are men without publio protection to do? Gov. Bulloak, of Georgia, is reoorded to have pardoned one oriminal every other day, Sundays and ult. for his entiro term of three years. Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, pardoned 205 out of the 486 convicts sent to the penitentiary, Betting loose anew on the community two out of every five. The oriraeB pardoned range from murder, rape, and arson to hog-stealing, and where the pardons were thickest there the so-called Ka Klux outrages oc? curred. The same premises were made to exist as wo fancy now exist in Indiana, and the same bloody conclusions ensue. It is idle to localizo that whioh is really general-to make people think that it is Ku Klux in ooo State whioh id mere mob law and lynching in another. The cases of Indiana and South Carolina, of Neva? da and Georgia, are identical. Eveu in this city of Now York we had rnmors of vigilauco committee.-? at the time of the Tammany frauds. Ii. ?ras property and not politics which win made tho basis of those rumors; aud in the same way per? sonal safety ulone is ut tho bottom of the Indiana lynchings, aud property and perso nul s a Tot y aloin; at the bottom of the so-called Southern Ku Klux outrages. A defeotive administration of the laws! brings with it, any where and at any time u this country, a resort to what Bacon calls tho wild justice of revenge. Even so wise a man does not cull it caprice, but justice; und justice it is, though ir? regular in its manifestations and demo? ralizing in its ultimate effects. PRINCE NAPOLEON IN COIISICA.-The Lionapartist organ in Paris, tho Ordre, publishes tho letter of Priuce Napoleon, resigning his seat iu the Cursioau Conn il-Geuurul: AJACCIO, October 24. MONSIEUR LU PRESIOENT: Wishing to establish tho fact that I am iu foll pos -o-siou nf rights us a citizen, I accepted with gratitude the views of the electors . ?f Ajtcoio. After restrictions wholly unsustainable at law Goveru?ietitgrautt-d mo the passport requisite to truvel iu France, uud I urrived. in the domicil ot my fathers uud my own. On my arrival I found Corsica subjected to exceptional measures. A squadron and land forces mid beeu sent there under thu orders of a special coininissiouer. Fortunately, I was able to uutisly myself thut there WAH nothing to warrant these measures ba? youd tho feeling of unfounded appre? hension. Tho utmost quiet reigns throughout our department. The object can only be to intimidate a peaceful po? pulation, w h tull can bo reproached with nothing but its devotion to the Napo? leons. Public opinion will judge these measures. Personally, I have been sub? jected to a breach of tho law. Tho spe? cial commissioner informed mo, through the mayor of the town, thut ho would prevent, by main force, my entrance into the house of my fathers. To avoid a conflict 1 waa obliged to give up my in? tentions of tukiug up my abode under tho humble roof where my father was born-where Napoleon I was born-in virtue of the orders of the special com? missioner. The imperative duty of not being a cause of disturbance silenced the emotion caused by this display of vio? lence. I had thu honor of attending our first ni-cling. In tho midst of a confused discussion I thought I could moko ont that some of our colleagues were preoccupied as to Ibo election of tho president nnd secretaries, aud the validation of my election. Satisfied at having put an end de facto to my exile, it cannot bo my desire that my name, which must bo a pledge of order and onion, should become a cause of burren differences in thu Council. I have, therefore, thu honor of sending you my resignation. Receive, .fcc. (Sigued) NAPOLEON (JEROME ) A DICKENS OP A ROMANOS.-An inge? nious romaneo render has concooted tho following Dickensy item: "Oliver Twist," who had some "Hurd Times" in tho "Rattle of Life," and having boen saved from the "Wreck of tho Golden Mary" by our "Mutual Friend," "Nicho? las Nickleby," had just finished reading "A Tale of Two Cities" to "Martin Chuzzlewit," during which time "The Crioket ou tho Hearth" hud boen chirp? ing right merrily, whijo "Tho Chimes" from tho adjacent church were heard, when "Seven Poor Travelers" com I monced to sing a "Christmas Carol;" "Barnaby Rudge," then arrived from tho "Old Curiosity Shop" with some "Pictures from Italy" and "Sketches by Boz" to show "Little Dorrit," who was busy with the "Pickwick Papers;" when "David Copperfield." who had been taking "American Notes," entered and informed tho company that tho "Great Expectations" of "Dombey Sc Son," re? g Arding "Mrs. Limper's Legacy" had not been realized, and that he had seen "Boots ut the Holly tree Ion" taking "Somebody's Luggage" to "Mrs. Lim? per's Lodgings," in a street that bas "No Thoroughfare," opposite "Bleak House," where tho "Haunted Man," who hud just given one of "Dr. Mari gold's Prescriptions" to an "Uncommer? cial Traveler," wus brooding over "The j Mystery of Edwin Drood." -*-?^> TELEOIIAPII OFFICE.- The telegraph i lillico has boen opened in Mr. Taylor's ! building, on Mum street. Mr. Wright I is the operator.-Keoioee Courier. A negro mun was burned to death at Cade's depot, from his clothes, winch were besan ar?'il with turpentine, catch j I ii g ll re. - Union 7 i'm?? A Germ?n, named Broun, who was r n over hy a wagon, in Augusta, on the 15.li, died fmni his injuries next day. THE COXVKHSIOH BON Da-AN OTK KB BETOBT OF A. FHAUDODKNT ISSOR.-An anonymous correspondent, for tbe oor reutness of whoso ?tatementa we do not ? pretend io rjo uob, sends the Charleston Nema some' interesting pointa touching the alleged over-isaae of the so-called conversion bonds. The correspondent caye: "The article copied by yon from the Oolumbia PHOENIX, on Wednesday morn iog, is correct, as far as it goes, ia its de? tails of the conversion bond iranda. Bat the amount of converted, booda eaid to tissued is, however, understated. The pranderera at first thought of issuing bonds enough for their purposes under the Aot for the relief Of the Treasury and the Act for the payment of interest, bat the ring were assured that it would be better to ase conversion booda, as it was understood" by investors that thone did not ioorease the debt of the State. "The ring have admitted to Mr. Smal? ley, of the Tribune, that the State bond? ed debt now amounts to $15,805,000. The whole of the increase (over $7,865, 785, the amount of the debt reported by the Tax-payers' Oonvention, less $2,000, 000 under the reliof Aot and the interest Act above mentioned, issued at that time but sinoe replaced by conversion bonds) is in conversion bonds, which the pirates own that they have issued to the amount of $8,000,000. [The paragraphs published in Tues? day's PHUJNIX are here inserted.] ''Bight here may a case be made. Some owners of State stock did ex? change stock for bonds. By this fraudu? lent sale of ooaversion bonds the legiti? mate bonds received in exchange for stock have been depredated from eighty to twenty-six aud a half, with the proa peot of entire repudiation. Here is an evident wrong done to such a legitimate holder, for whioh there must be a remedy either in law or equity. If the holder of such legitimate bonds is a citizen of another State, could not a snit bo brought by him in the United States Court to restrain the Governor, Trea? surer and Comptroller from recognizing tho fraudulent bonds as a port of the Stute debt? .'It would probably be useless to ap? peal to the State courts. Such u Su pr?ine Court as we have would do but little to aid tho tax-payers.in maiutain xug their rights." VICTOR Hcao ON FRANCE.-The Rappel has mude its appearance in Paris, and contains a letter, extending over five columns, from Victor Hugo, of which the following is the most characteristic passage: My friendo, the pontoons ure devour? ing. After those who have perished, I cauuot resign myuolf tc see others perish. We assist this moment a terrible speotacle-the triumph of death. Death was believed to have been vanquished j vanquished in the law, vanquished in j diplomacy. We thought we could catch j a glimpse of tho ond of the headsman, i of the end of the mercenary. lu 1793 a year of the guillotine gave formidable reply to twelve ceuturics of the gibbet, of tho wheel, and of thu agonizing tor? turo of dismemberment sanctioned by monarchy. After the revolutions one might have thought that the scaffold wus exhausted. Then came a battle of fifteen years. After Napoleon one might have thought that war had done its worst. Capital punishment, rejected by every conscience, oommeuued to disappear from the oodes; twenty seven govern? ments of tho old and new worlds have era* ed it from their statutes. Pence was nando in the codes, and concord sprung up amongst the nations. Judges no longer dared to condemn men to death by tho scaffold, and kings no longer dared tn condemn people to death by w ira. It was the poets, the philoso? phers, the writers who had achieved this mugnihoeut work. Tyburn and Mont fuueon sunk in their shame, and Auster litz and Bosbach in their glory. No moro slaughter, neither judicial nor military; the principle of hum?n invio? lability was acknowledged. For tho first time for 6,000 years, the race of man? kind was free to breath. The mountain -death-was lifted from the breast of tho Titan. True civilization began to da<s?n. Soddenly th? fatal year of 1870 uprose; the sword in its right band, the axe in its left. Death re-appeared, the appalling Janas with hie two spectral faces-the one war, the other the scaf? fold. The horrid cry was heard, "Re? prisals!" the imbecile law of retaliation was evoked by the foreign war and by the civil war. Au eye for an oye, a tooth for a tooth, a province for a province. Murder uuder its two-fold form-batt]? and massacro-wus let loose, first, upon France, next upon the people. Euro? peans conceived the project of blotting out France, and Frenchmen plotted the crimo of blottiug out Paris. T-> that pass wo aro come. A WONDERFUL PREACHER.-A corres? pondent of the St. Louis Adv?cale gives the paragraph following, concerning a new star which has just been discovered in the galaxy of Southern Methodist lu? minaries: On Saturday, there came to the meet? ing from a mountain circuit, on whioh he is a "supply," a mau of most wonder? ful powers. Born in the mountains of North Curoliua, the son of a Methodist preacher, surrounded by no other refine? ments than the true refinements of re? ligion, he grew up to manhood without education. At twenty-one he purohased his first English grammar. Bo studied it and mastered it. Bhetorio, logic, na? tural sciences, followed. God called him to preoch. He refused. Affliction came -long, severe, intenso. It passed, and ho yielded to the call, he began his min? istry. Providence threw him in the mountains ot Georgia on missionary ground, and there he has a circuit. Be came to our camp meeting. Plain, unassuming, deeply devout, he came to work for his master. He preached for ns three times, and of the three, two such sermons I never heard. Have heard tho preachers of great note in our ohurob; have heard Bishops Elliott ?nd Beckwith and Johns. Have beard Ste? phens, Toomba aud Douglas <n their palmiest days; but never did hear from mortal lips eloquence that thrilled like the ?loquence from the lips of that mountain missionary. Without a single gruce of elegance, his grand thoughts were like hugo nuggets of puru gold thrown ont by the rude miut r from a California vein Tho very remembrance ? of nome passages of the sermon on the spirituality of man's nature, and God's responso to it, cause my nerves to liu gie even now. We often omit thu good we might do in consequence of thinking abont that which it is out of our power to do. The world is a sea of glass; affliction scatters our path with sand and ashes, in order to koop our feet from slipping. JE. o o ? i j. it? j? ??IXWtrnt?AM^ price o? single copies of tbepEOiNix ia ave<jenta. . M . Tho PHOENIX office ia nopplied with ?ll . > necessary material for aa handsome cards, ' bill heads, posters, pamphlets, haod-billf, \ circulars, and other printing that may be . deoirod, as any office in (he Booth. Give us a call and test oar work. J* Wm. N. Lad no hiis b een appointed a Uommisejonorrof Paed? for the btato of Booth Carolina, residing in Dei mit, Michigan. Tbs large two'-story building, ou Sum? ter street, near Upper, boa been taken possession of by the ua tho ri tics for the confinement of alleged Ku Klux pri? soners. . Hov to get a long well-Dig it deep. Elevated buildings-Oastlea in (be air. Labor in vein-Working in a coal mine. Literature is a garden, booka are par tionlar views of it, and readers are' visit?te. Mond truths ore prophesies of ends, but not of the forms and succession of events. ,.. The following officers of Acacia Lodge were elected at the meeting on the 28d : W. M., W. P. HIx; 8. W., H. E. Brace; J. W., Geo. W. . Parker; TreaauAty J. Oliver; Seo rotary, F. M. Drennan, Jr. What is ie matter with the gas? Daring the rast few nights, it boB been a difficult matter to distinguish the nioka upon the type. It is considered the thing for young gentlemen to have their overcoats made with a pocket in one side lined with dannel or for, in which a lady may slip her hand when walking of a cold winter's evening. The stndy of literature nourishes youth, entertains old age, adorns pros? perity, solaces adversity, io delightful at home, and unobtrusive abroad. There are few mortals eo insensible that their affections cannot be gained by mildnes?, their'confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect. Men make their wills when dying. Women are not allowed the same legal privilege, beoause they are held to have them daring their lives. In the double-team race at the Havan uah fair, on the 22d, Grey Eagle and mate beat Hickory Jack and mate. STATION KUY AS WELT, AS BOOKS. Having had occasion to procure some stationery of Messrs. Bryan & MoCarter, we hud these gentlemen fully supplied with these essential articles. They keep [all kinds of stationery, and their stock j has the elements uf variety, excellence and cheapness. MAIL AKRAWOEMEirT8.-The Northern mail opona 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 I P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail j opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On I Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. No GIFT ENTERPRISE.-Wo keep no gift establishment. Many persons seem to be under that impression, judging from the frequent applications for the- . gift of a copy of "the morning's paper." We sell the paper at five cents a copy;' which is one source of our income. With as much reason could application '" be made to a baker for the gift of a loaf of bread from his morning's supply, for which he, too, charges five cents. Oar papers ara for sale, and not to give away; except to those who are nuable to pay five cents. We hope, for the future, . there will be less "beats," and more 'stamps." CAROLINA BBOOM COMPANY.-We had the pleasure, yesterday, of receiving from tho Messrs. Peixotto one of the brooms manufactured by the Colombia Broom Company and sold by them. It is the best style of broom we have over seen. The company have their fac? tory here. Every part of the broom ia made by machinery. We are pleased to learn of the company's success. They have been at work about three months and now turn ont 500 brooms per week. The brush of the broom is made of broom corn material, and the company is now using some of this material fur? nished by that earnest young farmer Maj. Gibbes. New or old this broom must sweep olean, and this is the broom for us. Mr. S. C. Peixotto-this will stand for South Carolina Peixotto-is in charge of the faototy. HOTEL ARRIVAL?, November 24. Nickerson House-3*. W. Hunter, C. E. Mills, S. M. Spangler, T. W. Ball, Md ; Mrs. E. T. Hughes and child, B. M. Harris, E. P. Blakely, D, Hntcbinaon, Capt. Capers, W. J. Magrath. Charlea- . ton; F. Arnim and child, Hamborg; D. L. Wnrdluw, E. C. Simkins, Abbeville; J. C. Bartlett, Ma; J.J. Gaming,'&G.; . H. Beattie, Greenville; J. H. Tattle, Denver City; J. R Chatham, Helena.' Columbia Hotel-J. Kever, Jr., Pa.; R. E. Blankenship, Va. ; A. B. Lawson, N. Y.; J. P. Gurick. Gadsden; J. A. Lo vet, F. J. Bui ese. N. T.; J. J. MoLure, Chea* ter; G. S. Cameron, S. C.; H. G. Ab? bot, N. J.; W. D. Kennedy, Ga.; A. H. VauBokelio, N. G.; T. B. Campboll, Wateree; S. Fair, Newberry. OFFICIAL. RAFFLE NUMUBUS Char.csionGbari- j table AsSOOiation, for benefit Free Behool fund: jj RAFFLZ CLASS NO. 213 -Morning, November SB 45-73-59-05-37-4-41-1G-44-G7 60-12 Witness my hand at Charleston, this 23d dsy of Novembor, 1871. FENN PECK, Nov 24 Sworn Commissioner. LIST OF NSW ADVKBTIHKMKNTB. E. H Heiuitsh-Frightful Prophecy. J. Chesnut-To the Members. Milch Cowa for Sale. - A?4_ ' R. O. 8 iver & Co.-New and Fresh. Mad Mcculloch-Concerts, .P. Cantwell-Cow Feed.