The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 28, 1871, Image 2
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.