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Tu^qay MorrUogV November 23, W\ The meeting of the State !Legislatur< end th? eeedon of thia Court, in oohneo tion with the proaeoution of the "Kt Klr^^oaaea, wUl make Colombia tb? G?utrff of interest for Borne week? t< come., We have already announoed th< arrival hese of; * Judge Bond and Hpnj Reverdy Johneon. Judge Bryan and Mr Stansberry, from abroad, arrived jester day. The proceedings in the Uniter! States Court will1 excite great interest, and will, of course, be a subject of grsal concern to those who may come undo] the operations of the Kn Klux Act. W? have a profound conviction that the Kt Klux Aot of Congress ?B unconstitutional and eas bo en jtaade'fe Bppe?? before thi Supreme Court of the land. Howevei this may bo, the oases that may ari? will be tried nnder the Act by the Oonrt Judge Bryan and Judge Bond wil preside together on tho bench. Jndg< Bryan is well known to ns all in thi State as e fair-minded, humane, nprigh Ju(3go.. We have every reason to asaum that he will hold the soales of justio well balanced and do his duty aocordiu) to his oath and in the spirit of what i duo, aa well ns to the law as to the oiti zen. Judge Bond is a native of Marj land. In North Carolina, where Judg Bond presided, during; .thff^Kn Klux trials, he made, u appears, ho favorabl impression upon the,people general^ But wc submit thst'it would not be fai to prejudge any omoer of the lav Judge' Bond in hara to* di nob argo til duties bf bia ?Moe. H? is not even ' n sponsiblo for the Aot-monstrous as vi deem it--under which ho is lo aot? This journal, nt least, will cot do Judg Bond the injustice to form conclusion in advanoe prejudicial to his mode of ai ministering'his office. We prefer to a sume that he will not be behind his cor peer on tho bon oh in a disposition meet all tho requirements of his plab That the United States Marshal, M Johnson, who ia tho son of Mr. Roven Johnson, will do his part faithfully ai justly, wo have every reason to bellst inasmuch as both he and the Depu Marshal, Mr. Butts, have exhibited a t coming consideration for the oitizc arrested under the. Ku Klux. Act-th properly taking it for granted that eve prisoner may be innocent, and. shpt bo so doomed, at least until fairly prov guilty. We are pleased to find that such al counsel- aa Messrs. Johnson, Staube: and Barrett will be on hand. Mr. 1 verdy Johnson, of Maryland,'ia one the mest distinguished of our put men, having a. national reputation: ex-Mini8tor to England, and as an o neut and learned lawyer, Mr: Johnsoi widely known. Ex-Attorn ey-Gen< Stanberry, of Ohio, is regarded a v able and experienced man. Judge I ictt, of Now York, will bo welcome* a young lawyer of great promise, hoi ably connected with the recent ref? movement in New York,: and ele< Judge by a majority of over 40,000 v< ever Abe Tammany Candidate. We h that, whilst here we may ba able to soma points to' make npon our Twe No one can appreciate more highly ( we do- the ability, the learning and high character of our State bar. we cannot, nevertheless, but rejoice these gentlemen from abroad wil h?re. Their voice will be heard v. ours would have fallen unheeded t tho country. "Wo desire to see our zens fairly tried. We wait fort he see the constitutionality pf these coedings called in question. We wa hear bur cause argued in the forum, this, wo thin^i, will be. aooomplis Let us see the great writs of civil lil vindicated) nod re-affirmed. Let ni both the sides- in these Ku Klux < presented. And may Heaven help right. . : '. . u ? ? ? ? We notice that the Union takes ni disadvantage. It is now making even of our poetry,. After its pol assGsiatcs have been engaged for a time in stealing the people's monej Union now begins to steal our b: and using our poetry for the bene its advertisers, thus makes money s Well, let it go on. We have both t and . poetry to give it, and hard, prose also. Wo shall give it enouj both prose and poetry before we are with it. If it will steal onr thundt shall give it what it cannot steal, lightning, until it is scorohed and bl ed from "basement to the cope." over before saw snob an illustrate Mammonio spirit? Here is an im nions editor, and the Ah Sin ol Union takes bis poetry and makes n out of it I This is BO oharaoteristii we present ourselves smiling this Oh! "Ah Sin," what excellent mi dost thou give us! But one point, us advise you to the reading at lc "Paradise Lost." The experien baffled devils and Mammon-like i will, we hope, soon be that of crew. Tho Union pretends to have \ stood, ie its issue of last Friday, oommittee had veriflod Faiker's mont at that time. The oommitte indignant. Parker puts the res bility upon the Union. TJJ that < the Union's trioks? We have beet that the Union's false annonnocrae forthwith telegraphed North. 1 one of the ways that are dark and the trioks that will prove vain. T>i o Scat* L.??Ul?tar?-.T?i? Mala. I ??we. ?The South Carolin a Legislature assem? bles thia year und?? peculiar ftsd trying ?iroumitanche. Siuoe thia hopy WM ?t isl aeeaion, marked developments have taken place to agitate the State from tie ire to the ciro om terence. Wo need bat little about the cuspension of the t of habeas corpus in nine Oobntiea of State, and the consequent serions age to our material interests. Gen. Giant has _taken charge, entire charge, of thia brauoh . ot the subjeot. Gov. Scott, after prooUimiqg that Winobester rifle law was thebWt Uw-for bli Unruly ?ubje?ts^ni^J^ p?blio piu??dering-ra?B?d a storm, and then sought shelter, and put tbe whole matter itt Grant's charge. \f-.r.:- J?i To ase military terms, bi? Excellency has abandoned the piok?t lina with bis colored troops, and is relieved of, mili? tary duty. The Legislature, therefore, will not, wa presume, trouble themselves much about the Ku Klux embroglio. There is another subject, however, to whioh 1 Gbr. Scott has been devoting mu eh of bis . time and attention pf late,' and this it is thot will engage the Legis? lature^ attention forthwith. This ia the State debt. This lithe bond swindle. This ie the oondition of the State finances. The Legislature is largely Radical and Republican. There is a minority of Democrats and anti-Radi? cals. There will, however, be no ques? tion of politics to divide the Legislature. At this session, the lines will be drawn between the honest and dishonest-be? tween the corruptionists and those op? posed to corruption. No politics, no color, need divide the L?gislature. The ring will make every exertion to cover np the past, and to get, if possible, the means of renewing their schemes of plunder and ruin. How the legislative majority will set in this emergency, we cannot tolL Thia, however, we do say-we have more to exp ec e from the colored men of the ma1 jori ty than from the white. Wo eannot see how any honest legislator ban hoai I tate as to his duty. Great frauds have ; been committed. Let the good men of the Legislature arraiga tba wrong-doers and call them to aoopunt. Let the good men of the Legislature combine and oonquer. The State balbeen brought to the verge of bankruptcy-if it has not been rendered bankrupt-and the bad and designing men who have done this wrong are before us? Will. the majority dp their duty? Will their ability and their honesty be equal to the o ocasi?n? We shall see and hope for the best. We shall sustain anymore in the right direc? tion, and any man who thus moves, whoever he may be. We want the State .protected and her foes brought to grief. Gov. BeOtt'S Letter-Very Cool. Gov. Scott, in replying to numerous letters received in regard to the post? ponement of the time for the payment of taxes, writes a letter whioh roo or da his shame. We yield to no man in onr respect for law and au tho ri ty. i j But thia feeling shall not prevent ns from proper? ly characterizing the conduot of the man who has bronght into contempt the office he holds. Tho gist of the matter is this, that he now discovers that he never had the right to make the promise * bo did, and that it is not in his power to inter? f?re at all in the premises. But this is not all; he must needs add insult, or at? tempted insult to injury, and seeks to place the responsibility for the depreci? ated so-called bonds of the State upon the press and the individuals who have dared to talk of "repudiation I" Does Gov. Scott think that the people of this State are fools as well as vio ti ms ready for slaughter? Does he suppose that there is any doubt in the minds of honest people as to where the responsi? bility rests for the State's empty Trea? sury and the State's lost credit. We re? pel the slander that he seeks to attach. The arrow, ooming from an arm palsied with corruption, falls harmless at the feet of these against whom it is aimed. We do more. We take it np and drive it home with all the force of indignant re? sentment, and say to him and his asso? ciates in crime, "You are the men-false, corrupt servants of the people as you are." This letter of Scott has fixed him-if he were not fixed before. He stands, now, self pilloried before all the State. There we leave him for the pre? sent. : General Hampton, in his exoellent ad? dress on the life and oharaoter of LEE, compares him to Gustavus Adolphus, the hero of Sweden. General Hampton says that if Frederick the Great, of Prussia, was right in saying that "Crom? well did not deserve the surname of GREAT, whioh is doe only to virtue," Lee, aa well as the hero of Sweden, on that score oertainly merits the appella? tion, for they above all other historical characters were grand in the virtuous elements of oharaoter. Says Hampton, "like Gustavus, Lee was modest, brave and magnanimous; and, like him, too, he was opposed by men who waged war on the savage principles of Tilly and Wallen? stein." Let it be kept prominently before the pnblio, let it be written in flaming let? ters, that there can be no placing of our finances npon a sound basis until the ring is utterly routed. It is corrupt to the oore. When our pen tonohes the subject it seems to enter a festering mass. Bot the ring will fight desperate? ly-with money and cunning and all kinds of arts. Let us fight them, make them disgorge and then send them to the penitentiary or drive them away. Ttoe Parker Kxhlblt. Parker, several days ago, made a state? ment pf the State deb*- to. whian we ita appearance, that a committee consist ing of Mesare. Orr, Pope, Baxter and Brenizer had verified Parker's exhibit. This, it appears,, waa premature; end, doubtless, was made for a purpose'. i! * ' Tho committee-acting, they explain, at the request of certain citjeens, abd with the consent of the State officials make tbfir report in the Union of yester? day. Wo do not perceive {hat Parker .and bis confr?res can derive much com? fort from the report of the committee, except the seeming bolstering op which the committee's action may imply in the minda of superficial persons. The com? mittee have ooooluded their labors? and ho waver well they may have worked with the materials furnished; their action, substantially, amounts to nothing valua? ble as respects the true financial condi? tion of the State, but ia valuable as a confession by the conspirators of the un? authorized and illegal issue of State bonds. As we have already said, Parr ker's statement must be considered side by Bide with Kimpton's bond and money account. According to Parker's revised state? ment, the State debt foots up 815,767, 008.98. According to the oommittee'i report, the State debt foots up $15,768, . 806.27. Thus Parker and the committee arrive at pretty much the same result for the very good reason that the com mittee make .their statement upon th< same figures, start out in tho same pre pa?ses and arrive very naturally at th? same conclusion. This exception, how eyer, may be noted: The committee ari very properly guarded in their language .nd base their figures upon the represen tatious made to them. They have, necea sarily, to adopt the Btyle hypothetical Whilst we most accord to the oommitte tue Spirit ?Du 'the intention to do tb?? duty faithfully and fairly, we mnst sa; that, from the necessities of the ouse their oonolosi?ns must be altogether ur satisfactory. They may have Bounded and, doubtless, did sound the depths c the sea upon which they sailed; bot b< yond are watara altogether closed t navigation. Without Committing ourselves to tl accuracy of this statement, we accept at present for, the purpose of suppl mooting it with a probable statement < Kimpton's account. By this statemen the financial agent in New York appea to have received in bonds $9,514,000. I reports on hand, $8,778,000. Bonda a milted sold^$5,741,000. At period Tax-Payers'^Convention, the finanoi agent reported $1,000,000 of these bon sold, and that the State was then in de to him $800,000. That atatement w an intentional deception, for at that til he had advanced $700,000 on the LAI Commission aocount, which he ohose i to report. In addition to these sams, paid the interest on tho publio de falling duo in July and October la amounting to about $300,000. Also, July 1st, he paid $203,000 of past ? bonds, as appears from the oommitte report. We now submit the following o< denned statement of the suma disbun by the Financial Agent: Due at time Tax-Payers' Convention, $800,000; c Land Commission, $700,000; doe p ments of interest, $300,000; due p due bonds, $203,000; aggregate, $2,0( j 000. We now submit a oaloulation the other side of the account: Boi sold by Finanoial Agent, $5,741,0 bonds sold previous to Tax-Payers' C vention, $1,000,000; bonds sold sic $4,741,000. Aa the Finanoial Agent not obeyed the law and filed any ah ment of his account with the Oompt 1er, we cnn only estimate the arnon a money he may have received from tl sale. Assuming that tho average p was as much ss forty, we make the arno $1,896,400. If this oaloulation be o approximately correct, the State ? not owe the Finanoial Agent more t $100,000, instead of $910,000, which claims. It appears, further, that a part of hoads, say about ftl^OO.OOO^ which reports os hypothecated, are what technically known as "good delivery' the stook exchange in New York. Ut the finanoial pressure to whioh he been recently subjected, it is fair to some that he has sold all. the sale bonds. At an average of even tb cent8,.these bonds would have broi as much as $510,000, whioh would I him actually owing the State over $4 000 in monet/, and having over $2,000 bonds of the Stale on hand. If these hypothecated in New York, it has 1 done to raise monoy for his pri speculations, and not for the use of State. The Legislators of tho State meet day. We call the attention of this 1 to this exhibit. Thoy have a rigl assume this to be correct until Kim files his aocount, according to law, the Comptroller. The agent has bonds and money of the State, or o to have them, in his hands. What ho done with them? Where is the mo We hold it due to the people of the i and to themselves that the Legish shonld forthwith require the Fina Agent of the State to make his re and if he does not, to direct the Ci trailer to proceed against him as i fsalter. So much for Kimpton. have suggested his guilt. We have already alluded to the \ ot the committee's and of Parker' port, as a confession by the conspir of the illegal and unauthorised issue of State bonde. >, According to Parker's own statemant, the Ulegal issue is about e?.000,000/ end Scott and Chamberlain are parties tjo the fraud., They are.?01 Mro\t^^mi now, does the I^egislature think of, this development, whereby it appears that ? ring has usurped the functions; that be? longed to itself ? Will it have the honesty and the courage to call the conspirators to aocoont? We shall see. . We shall ro? an me the subject shortly. For the; pre? sent we await KimpUm's account. Let ns have it* Spaaelbv of tue Hon. Re-rerdjr Johiuon. We have before us a copy of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson's speech.' on "Borne of the important Political Issues of the day. made at a mass meeting of Conser? vativas in Baltimore, 2d November, 1871." ' We have read this able and suggestive speech with great satisfaction. It ia con-, oeivedin that.spirit ot devotion to oom stitutional law whioh has marked Mr. Johnson's life and services. We observe In the body of the speech an able argument by Mr. Johnson to show that the Aot of Congress nnder whioh President Grant has carried on his military proceedings in this State is utterly at variance with the Constitution of the land. Mr. Johnson well quotes the saying of tho Duke of Wellington, that "martial law is no law;" and as the result of his own observation and know? ledge, he.says: "I feel satisfied that if suoh a law as the one I have examined, and such an execution of it as is now going on in South Carolina, was passed by the English Parliament, and was so enforced by the Government, the people of that country would, with one voice, drive from power all tho parties con cerned in it." Mr. Johnson is right, and his whole speech is well worthy of peru? sal. It is able, and deals with the ques? tions of the hour. Oar Reply. Some of our fosends advise ns to with? draw from the war we carry on with our small game. We ure always obliged to our friends for advice, but we know, in this oase, what we are about. . We know full well with whom we are dealing. If we do indulge in episodes now and then we have onr eye upon the great drama before us. It is said that "Cervantes laughed Spain's chivalry away." With respect to the prevailing deviltry and rascality, it must be fought in every legitimate way. We intend to bring to bear upon it all our resources of argo ment, facts, denunciation, sarcasm and ridicule. No milk-and-water policy will suit. No rose-water philanthropy will answer. We shall seek to polish onr darts and then send them home-all in truth and jnstioe, and all for thee, mother State I How Governor Scott H tanda. e In Governor Scott's report to the Eu Klux committee on the State debt, as now exhibited, he stands self-oonvioted of falsehood before the United States In the matter of his promise to the Tax Payera' Convention, ho stands self-con vioted before the State of the same offence. He denied to the Auditor that he made the promise alleged. He now admits the promise, but alleges that he had no right to make it, and thus goes back upon it! Railroad. MB. EDITCH: Being an anxious but silent advocate of the enterprise of railroad from Augusta to Spartanbnrg we beg to make only a few remarks. Whilst in Columbia we had the plea Bure of meeting several gentlemen in terested in behalf of a road from the points mentioned. Every delegate, oourse, was committed to his partionla route, and really much enthusiasm mani fested. If we understood the delegat rightly, the convention called in Coln bia was for the ostensible purpose, only of securing the route of the road from Augusta, by way of Edgefleld Court Bouse, Laurens, and thence to Sparta burg. Of course, that convention had but one idea, and, consequently, agreed tc advertise for a charter. As regards us, we have but little p ferenoe to routes; but believe the Fury Ferry one preferable. We were intrc dnoed to Mr. S. P. Boozer, and "heard bim for his cause." He was delegated both by the railroad meeting and Green wood citizens to go to Columbia an confer with the accredited parties to th convention, held on the 10th ult. we understood bim, his party is prepared for action, and wants naught bot Au gusta co-operation and the oharter. His backers are the strongest men in Abbe ville and Edgefield, viz: Taggart. Bey nolds, Hearsts, Chiles, Bradleys, Perrin Sloan, Elmore, McNeill, Blakes, Merri man, Bykards, Toi berts, Jennings Parks, Merriwether, Dorn, Jordans and hosts of others. If these men are earnest, we fear Augusta will sloop ove its interests, unless it enters folly in the spirit of the enterprise. By the way. Mr. Boozer spoke very er oonragingly of the sale of the Green ville and Columbia Bailroad to the South Carolina Bailroad, and thought the sale a good thing for both parties He thinks, in time, the Sooth Carolina Road will extend the Laarens branch to Greenville, and open a road from Aiken to Greenwood, thereby having two lines to Charleston with but little cost. The reader, by referenoe, will seo that one route connects with the Blue Bidge, by way of Greenwood, Aiken, and direot to Charleston. The other connects with the Air Line at Greenville, by way of Laurens, Newberry, Columbia, and thence to Charleston. He fears Au? gusta will sleep "on popt," and be court martialed for stupidity, and bogs it to act promptly with the Fury Ferry en? terprise. T. A chemist in Davenport proposes to make excellent sugar from corn, to sell ?t oyt oents per pound. Ofca>rl?f O'Canor't Letter. We invite attention to the following noble letter^ of the O'Oonor-? fine specimen of the Irish-American. Thia State ?nd ino South and good men everywhere will appreciate thar senti? ment! of the great New York advocate who is an ornament to the American bar and to Am er icon citizenship : i 01 * - OKKOTBR,' Novsramro 25, 1871. CW. J. P. Thoma; Editor of tho Columbia ? rj Pheonix. [<?','>' DEAR SIB: When th? military arrests oommenoeiS in tho Oona ty of York, I wrote' Mr?- Charles O'Ooaor;, of New i York, to ascertain whether or not it waa ! possible to secure his valuable rervioee tb defend -those. unfortunate men -con? fined in jail. It was stated in noy letter, am?bg other things, that it was well known, that many, if bot a majority, of those incarcerated were entirely inne-i cent of "offence against the law, and that his great abilities would, be mainly In voked to shield snohTfrom an improper conviction. I also said that any com? pensation iu reaaou. .would bc at once subscribed, to obtain his attendance at ?the trials. I h a vo taken the liberty, without hie sanction, to publish hi? short reply. I do not consider that I violate any confi? dence in doing so; snob an honest ex? pression from a noble and manly heart ought aurely to be given to the public. Besides, it would be a great solace to those unlawfully restrained of their liber? ties, to know that there is at least one great aoul at the Nortb full of sympathy for their sufferings, and possessed of a grand indignation at tho violation of the saored rights of freemen. The subjoined is bis letter: ATTORN EY-GKNERAL'S OFFICE, S. N. Y., BUB KAU OF M UN ro rr AL CORRECTION, BROWN'S BUILDING, 59 WALL ST., BOOM NO. IC, FOURTH FLOOR, NEW YORK, October 31, 1871. Charles O'Conor, William M. Evarts, Wheeler H. Peckham, James Emmott, Counsel in Attendance. MY DKAR SIR: One man cannot do everything and be everywhere. Qod knows I mourn over the calamities and oppressions your people are suffering, and look with inexpressible grief at the woes which threaten them in the proxi? mate future. But I cannot aid yon; nor do I know any one in this region who is both able and willing to do so. I could wish that when any man thinks of solioiting my action in a mat? ter of this sort, he wonld not offer pecu? niary compensation. But I do not re? proach you. Men os good and earnest as I can pretend to be, are, of course, compelled to accept such rewards. I am, dear sir, yours truly, CH. O'OONOR. S. P. HAMILTON, ESQ., Attorney at Law, Chester, S. O. The correspondent of the Charleston News writes as follows relative to the Legislature: One of the first bills to be introduced (probably next Tuesday by a suspension of the rules) will provide for a transfer of the place of deposit of the State funds from Hardy Solomon's bank to the Ca? rolina National Bank, aud perhaps one other, and a radical change in the form of deposits. It will be ordered that County Treasurers and others receiving State funds shall, on the 15th of each month, transmit the same, not to the State Treasurer, as at present, but direct to the bank, which will receipt therefor in triplioate-ono copy going to the de? positor, another to the Treasurer, and the third to the Comptroller-General. It will be further ordered that these fonds shall not be drawn upon, exoept for specifio purposes, expressed by ap? propriations, and then npon the warrant of tbe l?tate Treasurer, -without requir? ing, as at present, the oonnter-Bignature of the Governor. The intent of this ac? tion is perfectly apparent. It is a part of tbe plan of the Radical majority, al? ready announced, to "keep the State money within the Slate." The Legisla? ture want to repudiate, at least to the extent of refusing to pay interest, and they think they can do BO only by tak? ing the control of the State's income out of the bands of the State officials, and holding the State funds, subject only to their own specific appropriations. An issue is expeoted, very early in the session, between the Governor and the Legislature, which will be provoked as follows: The message proposes, among its other recommendations for retrench? ment, a gradual redaction, after a certain number of days in session, of tbe per diem allowance of the members of the Legislature, ott the prinoiple that the sessions are now unnecessarily prolong? ed for the simple purpoBO of getting aix dollars per day. It is needless to Bay that this suggestion will certainly not be complied with; bat it is reported that the L?gislature will not only disregard the recommendation, but will retaliate by resolving to bold a perpetual session. Another quarrel will grow out of the statement in the message that the Le fi slat ure's expenses for lust session were 500,000. Tho reply of the Legislature to Governor Scott upon this point will be, in effeot, that the appropriation for the legislative expense-", was only 8135, 000; that they tried to get another ap? propriation of 8265,000 passed, but it was vetoed and tbo veto sustained, and that if tho Governor has expended 8500,000 in payment of legislative bills, he bas done so without tho warrant of law, and has thus proven himself guilty of a fraud. FIRE IN GEORGETOWN.-The George? town Times, of Thursday, tbe 25d inst., says: About 4 o'clock, on Tuesday morning, the fire-bell sounded tho alarm of fire, which proved to be in a wooden building on Bay street, owned by Edward L. Rainey, and ooenpied by Samuel Blake? ley as a barber shop. By the time the ongines wore on the ground, the flames had taken almost entire possession of tbe building. Attached to this two-story building were two small one-story build? ings-ono nsed by a odored man, named Taylor, SB a tailor shop and ns a shoe? maker's. ,The property belonging to Rainey was entiroly destroyed. The loss af liai ney io about if GOO, with no insur? ance. Blakeley lost everything in his ihop, the value of whiob wc have not leoertained. Despatches from Washington state .hut the President "hasn't beard" of any uovomont in opposition to him within ho Republican ranks, and seems dis? posed to ridiculo the idea that saoh a xi o vernon t is possible. O thor advices .epeat, nevertheless, that consultations ire continually taking plaoo between the inti-Grant Republicans and somo of tho Demoorata at Washington, with a view o coalescing. H? ooal Item?. PHCENIXIANA.-Toe prioe of single copi?e of the Ptycraa ia five cents. The PndiHn office is supplied with eil necessary materiel for aa handsome cardB, bill he ada, posters, pamphlets, hand-bills, oirenlars, and other printing that may be desired, as any office in the Sooth. Give ns a oall and test oar work. The latest styles of wedding cards and envelopes can be seen ak the PHOENIX of? fioo. Tboy will be printed in the best styles of tho art-au?oeeaiul imitation of engraving.' Dr. A. N. Talley has left at the fizas NIX office a portion of an old roll and company book of the Richland Volun? teer Rifle Company, containing extracts, etc.; of proceeding?, at different dates from 1815 to 1826. This mutilated boos will prove. of interest to many persone besides the survivors of the old and fa? vorite corps. A colored woman, yesterday, while at tempting to ont a bone with a hatchet missed har aim and oat off the finger o a little colored obild, who waa holdini the bone. Two attempts to fire a new bnildioi on the corner of Richland ?nd Mario) streets were made on Sunday. Mr. Oakshott, formerly in charge c the construction of the United State PoBt Office building in this oity, ha been removed, and Mr. Li. S. Kin gel appointed in his placo. Mr. Oakshol takes oharge of the construction of th Charleston Custom lionne. The Chicago fire brought oat the fli fiend, and aa Eastern paper has sine trotted oat the ice fiend. Thanksgivin is coming-look oat for the fowl fiend. It is stated that the oases from Yorl ville will come ap first for trial in ti Ka Klux Court, aad Jadge Bond e: pressed the belief that from the pressa; of criminal business, nothing will 1 done on the civil side of the court unie there should occur some unlooked fi interruption in the prosecution. Di triot Attorney Corbin is assisted in tl prosecution of these oases by D. 1 Chamberlain, Esq. Merry's Museum - the oldest esl blished juvenile magazine in the eon try-is before aa. It is as good as ev in the way of reading matter and ilk trations; and as au inducement to n< subscribers, a handsome steel en gravi is given to every subscriber for 181 Terms, $1.50 per annum. Horace Fuller, 14 Broomfield street, Boston, the publisher. At N. G. Gibson's news depot, (local immediately North of the -Folk House,) yon can obtain all the prinoij pictorial and newspapers of the conni Subscription s received for varions ] pers. Virtue, though in rags, may ohallet more than vice set off with the trim greatness. DEATH OF A REPUBLICAN SKNATOB Mr. Joseph A. Greene, the Radical mc ber of the Senate from Orangeburg, parted this life, Sunday afternoon, this city, after a lingering illness, j remains are to be interred North. UNITED STATES COURT-Kn Ki TRIALS.-The court convened at twe minutes past ll, yesterday mornin Judgea Bond and Bryan presiding. r. following is a list of the jurors: GRAND JURY.-D. Graham, R. R. I verney, Augustas Harris, W. Wingi H. Jones, James Garnett, H. S. Gre W. B. Mitchell, J. B. Williams, H. Williams, T. J. Thackham, T. J. Ha gan, James Morrell, J. H. Allen, Blackney, James D. Graham, F. Johnstone. PETIT JURORS.-Franois Lance, Ford, Phillip Salters, James C. Ho way, J. T. Riley, James Freeman, O Howard, A. Jackson, A. Agerton, Johnson, J. M. Johnson, James Men E. 0. Rainey, A. Allsbrook, J. B. W erspoon, F. Brough, John Gordon, Cook, Wm. Mooney, S. 8. Beatty, A. Burnett, C. Man nor lyn, W. K.DeBe James Keene, W. F. Bavenel, He Fordham, J. D. Stocker, R. Melton W. Cartis. Upon an inquiry of Jadge Bc whether any of the gentlemen calle grand jurors had aerved in a similar pacity within tho last two years, Gregg, o' Charleston, and two otb replied in the affirmative, and were olared disqualified; as were also on the petit jurors. After tho calling of jurors, Mr. Corbin, Dis trio t Attori rose and stated that he understood there were certain irregularities in drawing of jurors, and that he wishe have the qoestion decided at once, be the trial of the case. The ground irregularities were that the names not been drawn in accordance with that the drawing was made daring absence of the United States Mart Mr. Johnson, and that the names i taken from the jory box by a littleb instead of the clerk. Affidavits to effect by Messrs. E. L. Johnson, E Butts and J. H. Sohriner were read. Hon. Reverdy Johnson replied, taining tho venire, and showing that irregularities, if any did exist, wei an immaterial oharaoter, were me teohnioal, and could ia no way effect credit of the present jurors; and tin any evont, so far as he waa conoer the jury was satisfactorily drawn, that he would waive any right to c lenge the jory after judgment. Corbin spoke again, Urging the irr larities as shown by the affidavits doced, and oiting as authority the of the United States es. Snrratt, a Maryland case aa authorities. The ol of Mr. Corbin would seem, from argument, to be to discharge the sont array and draw jurors from th< standers. This Mr. Johnson objoot as opening a door to fraud and as et Haning a precedent which, in the fa at least, when the representative ol Government might not be above si oion, might completely defeat the ol of fair trial by aa impartial jory. After consultation over the qaei made, the Judges determined to ho in consideration until to-morrow, i o'clock-until which time the courl jonrned. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday l&at, while yoong James Jenkins, (a con of the late Dr. Jae. Jenkins,) was hunting ducks, in the old Mjers pl.c< about fifteen miles -below Oolnmb a, Kia goo waa accidentally discharged, tho whole load entering bis body, kilting him in? stantly. . m MAI 6 ARRAN o EM ENTB . -Tn o Northers mail opens at 8.00 P.. M.; closes 7.15 J A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. UL Charleston night mail opens 6.80 A. M.; closes 6.ocfl^ P. M. Greenville' mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens9.00 A. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from ff to 4 P. M. N OTIC a TO CORRESPONDENTS.-Wo in vite oontributions from correspondents in alt parts of the State. Short, sharp and pointed articles are the kind we in I vita, i Tr n th fal exposures - of. . public 1 r*nAn. municipal, ? County and State^ are demanded by the exigencies of ouV condition. We invite, also, the aid pf local pens io brief contributions. We are contending almost single-handed against a large and strong combination, backed by the "almighty dollar." Sus? tained by the elementa of truth and a public purpose, we expect to effect a great deal, bat the public interests de? mand that our friends and the friends of the State (hall promptly back os with their pens, as Well aa with their approval. Items of news, aa well aa expressions of opinions, are invited from every County in the State. We shall seek to make thia journal not only the- centre of relia? ble intelligence, but the exponent, also, of well-matured, prudent and sagacious views. _^ HOTEL ARRIVALS, November 27. Columbia Hotel-P. B. Tompkins, Lan? caster; J. H. Rion, Winnsboro; J. P. Thomas, H. F. Trenholm, M. C. Butler, G. B: Lake, J. M. Shaokleford, G. Tup? per, city; G. T. Litchfield, N. C.; F. A. Miles, Marion; F. G. B?rrbn*h?; Con? way boro; J. F. Myers, Oraogeburg; J. W. Kingmao, W. H. Evans, Charleston; F. Eldur, Winnsboro; E. E. B. Cartis, Doko; D. Bieman, Walhalla; L. L. G?t? tin, D.W. Erwin, Abbeville; J. II. Evins, Spartanborg; J. M. Baxter, Mrs. L. E. Blackwell and daughter, Newberry; H. Cranston, Ga. Nickerson House-L. F. Post, city; D. T. Corbio, D. Horlbeck, Charleston; J. K. Beekerman, Georgetown; M. J. Tar? bor, New York; H. Terry, city; William Johnstone, G. S. Bryan, H. 8. Briggs, J. H. Sohriner, A. W. Barrett, G D. Wilbur, E. P. Butts, Charleston; J. H. Lynoh, Pa. ; D. L. Pringle, Georgetown; [ J. B. Witherspoon, J. D. Graham, Sum? ter; C. S. Bull, Orangeburg; L D. Smith and wife, Md. ; F. Tolbird, T. Tolbird. Beaufort; W. L. Anderson, Charleston; J. 8. Owens, Port Boyal B. E.; W. H. DeBerry, Darlington; M. W. Gary, city; J. A. Belanger, Hamburg; G. B. Lake, A. W. Lamar, Edgefield; J. J. Gormley, Charlotte; Wm. Wilkins, wife and child, New York; J. P. Matthews, Ballimore; T. W. Holloway, Pomaria; J. Lawney, Darlington; T. S. Garender, Brewer Mine; B. J. Donaldson, Gheraw; J. A. Burgess, E. E Dickson, Clarendon; N. T. Pate, Va.; L. J. Jones, Newberry; W. G. Atkins, S. C.; T. N. Tolbert. Ninety Six; E. D. Heming, D. Hiss, B. M. Harris, Baltimore; Wm. Perry, Pendle? ton; Wm. Bu tied ge, Miss Rutledge, J. S. Fillebrown. Darlington; S. 8. Crit? tenden, wife and child, 8. C. Central Hotel-E. S. Allen, Simpson Bobo, S. L. Waleb, Dr. B. M. Smith, Spartanborg; Miss Emma Rhame, Man? chester; Mrs. J. E. Britton and children, Bamberg; G. H. Nixon, J. 8. McIntosh, Biohland; G. W. Du vail, Chesterfield; John C. Sellers, Rev. Joel Allen, John Wiloox, Jr., M. F. McBride, Juli un Godbold, H. A. Gaaque, Marion; Dr. John Wilson, W. D. Wilkes, Anderson; J. W. Cobb. Waverley; G. P. Sullivan, Laurens. LIST or NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Selina Brown-Executor's Sale. Wanted-Book-keeper. W. B. Stanley-Kerosene Gooda. E. Hope-Smoked Tongues, &o. John 0. Winder-W., G. Sc A. R. R. Moses Goldsmith & Son-Iren. Dr. Wm. Young-Marriage Guide. MANUFACTURING EHTEBPBISK m CHABLZS I TOM -Charleston is fast becomiDg a mona faotnriDg as well as a commercial city. The largest manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds. Ac, lu the Southern States ia that of Hr. P. P. T?ALE, on Horlbeck's Wharf, in that city, sales rooms at No. 20 Hayne street. Mr. TOALK'S advertisement appears in another column. Nov 2J OFFICIAL RAFFT,S NUMBEUB Charleston Ch ari table Asaooiation, for benefit Tree Behool fund : RAFFLE CLASS NO. 217.-Morning, November 27 7i-53-G4-8&-58-31-#7-45 12-70-80-10 WitnoBB my hand stCharleaton, this 27th day of November, 1871. FENN PECK. Nov 28 Sworn Commissionur. Wanted, BY the new Columbia Oil Company, a BOOK-KEEPER. Application to be mads to the Superintendent, by 12 M., on Fri? day noxt._ Nov 281* Smoked Tongues and Strip v. 6DOZEN Smoked Bufialo TONOUK8. 1,000 lbs. N. Y. Bacon Strips, 1,000 lbs. new Sugar-cured Hams, for salo by ? , E. HOPE. Nov 28 Kerosene Goods. Two, three and four light CHANDELIERS. Brackets and Hali LAMPH. Parlor and Chamber LAMPS. German 8TUDENT LAMPS (plated and brass.) Hurrioano and Mill LANTERNS. Together with Wicks, Chimneys, Shades, Trimmers, Ao., Ao. A fuU lino of the abovo oponod thiB day, at STANLEY'S. Nov 28_l_ Executor's Sale. A LL persons indobted to the late James XJS. Brown, either by noto or book account, are requested to call and settle at once with my agent, Fred. J. Brown, or they will be ?dacoot in the hands of an attorney for col? odi?n. Those having claims will present them, properly attested, at once for pay? ment. SELINA BROWN. Nov 28 $13 Executrix. aar Union copy._ Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta K.R. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ANO AUOUHTA R. B., WILMINGTON, N. C., Novomber 25,1871. THE Train recently advettiaed to run bo tween Columbia and the Wateree River, will, on and after this date, be discontinued until further notice. JOHN O. WINDER, Nov 28 4 Superintendent.