The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 01, 1871, Image 2

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vated .a'school tas, bat the Superintend? ent has no means of ascertaining tho ag? gregate amount. . Thornie evidently a leek of interest in the cause of free common school educa? tion, and it ia hoped that some practical and simple plan for raising a school re? venue, by means of local taxation,' TV ill be speedily devised, and that the peo? ple interested in the general resalt? of education will, through their personal influence, aid tn extending means. A reasonable, degree, of .progress, taking into: doe, consideration the adversities and difficulties encountered; has been achieved in tho educational work during thc scholastic year. The aohool attend? ance for the year 1871 more than doobles that of 187a The .'school law," though not faultless, will not fail to produce very favorable .. results, if it be properly enforced, and the Superintendent testi? fies that the people are gradually acquir? ing an interest in the MUBO of public achools. It will be noticed that $85 per month has been paid to touchera, male and fe? male, .throughout the Stat e. I am sur? prised at the high; average of compensa? tion paid for this service, as it is well known that the qualifications of a large portion of these teaohers would not ena? ble, tb em to earn over one third of thc pay now received in any other vocation they might adopt. It is the duty of thc General Assembly to interpose in the expenditure, of the appropriation for thii purpose, and while advancing the meant of education, limit the amount paie teaohers to snob a compensation as theil services would legitimately command In the higher grades of BCOOIB in om towns and* oities, the teaohers who oat fill the situations are entitled tooompen sation in proportion to their qu ali flea tiouR; but in the country schools, it is s well known faot that the teaohers gene rally employed can do but little mor< than impart the rudiments of, a com in o i school education, and-yet they reoeiv the pay of first class teaohers. This ex travaganoe iu disbursing the appropria tiona for schools is one of the prinoips causes that embarrasses the Superintend eat of Education. lu co portion of the United States ar school teaoberB regarded as beneflois ries of the State, but they adopt the voce tion as a means of gaining a livelihood and in country places the oost of livin is a mere trifle, and the compensation i proportionably reduced. The same rul should be adopted here that prevail io other sections of the country, an School Commissioners should give th their attention, for to my personal knot ledge, very largo and extravagant olain for the servions of teachers have bec favorably aoted upon by the Legislatur whereas the parties making the olaio could not have earned twenty-fivo p cent, of the compensation demande thus robbing the children who need? the benefit of the appropriation for ed oational purposes. I trust this matt will engage your earnest attention, as must be patent to every member of t Legislature that the foregoing is no e aggerated statement of the waste of pu lio school fuuds. I would further recommend that y memorialize Congress, through our Be rosentatives, on the adoption of a i tional system of education, and mc especially on the Bubjeot of oontributi means towards the education of tl olasa of ohildren of the Southern Sta who have been hitherto totally depriv of the means of education, in pursuac of the Constitution and laws of the St and nation. At the close of the reci rebellion, those held in slavery w turned loose upon the world with neitl education, or even houses to shel them, but were left to the mercy of th who had but recently held them in b dage. It could scarcely be expec that assistance-would voluntarily be r dered them by those who felt thu great wrong had been inflicted on th* selves by the loss of thia class of lc property. They have, theroforo, bef them years of struggling and hardsl before they can, unaided, succeed educating their ohildren, and pref, them for the duties of citizenship, national system of education, suppoi by the General Government, would oura equal advantages to all ornases ohildren. THE LUNATIC ASYTiUAI. The report of the Board of Begi of. the Lunatic Asylnm, including annual report of the Superintendent Fbysioian, communicates muoh valui and interesting information in rela to this important institution. And valuable suggestions of the Supering ont? are earnestly recommended to attention of tho Legislature. Tho gents speak of the Superintendent Ensor) as having, during the past y effected many long needed refornc the affairs of the Asylum, and, by hi; teiligent and untiring exertions, n very deoided improvements in its var departments, and thus contrib largely to the comfort of his un for tu charge. - The various statistical tables refer to the operations and condition of Asylum are full and satisfactory, number of patients admitted during year was 125, of whioh 71 were n and 54 females. Thou umber of pati in the Asylum, October 31, 1871, 870-whites, 295;colored, 75; 185m and 187 females; of whom 30 were charged oared, 10 improved, 3 u proved and 32 died. The supp onuses of insanity of the patients ad ted during the year wan: Hereditary epilepsy, 10; consumption, 5; intea ance, 5; domestic trouble, 5; ohild-b 5; oongenital, C; masturbation, 4; phoid fever, 3; meuengitis, 2; ei opium, 2; injuries to head, 2; uti diseases, 2; softening of the bran hepatic derangement- 2; heart dis 2; and. there were one euob of ?pyl influence of puberty, exposure i u army, malarious poisoning, ca pregnancy, suspension of menses, health, unknowu. The form of ins in patients admitted duriug the year Aoute mania, 16; chronic mania puerperal mania, 5; dementia, 20; i oility, ll; epilepsy, ll; melanoholii idiooy, 7; delusional insanity, 20; n mania, 2; bysterial mania, 3; dyp nia, 1. A larger number of patients havo admitted thau in any previous year the whole number under treatment ing the year was greater than eve fore. The receipts of tho Asylum been, from patients, $9.821.78; froi Stato Treasurer, ?34,01)1); total 821.78; indebtedness of tue iostitt on uooouot of thin year's truusuc $21.271.48. With this brief resume, I must you to the reports of the Board o gouts and Superintendent for a "detailed statement of the affairs c Asylum? Some important sugge have been made, whioh space doc permit me to notiao at length. J sar, however, io providing the necessary appropriations to extend the usefulness of this humane institution, ss recom? mended by its officers, I feel it my duty to caution you against mating moire li? beral appropriations tbau tho iuoomo of the State at present justifies, 'A TUE SOUTH OAItOUNA PENrfflNTtABV. ' The Board of Directors of the South Oarolioa Penitentiary furnishes the an? nual report of the Superintendent of the institution, with ita accompanying ex? hibits, showing fully and satisfactorily its praotioal workings. I regret that the late hour at which it Was f urnished pre? cludes a more exhaustive analysis of its contents, wuioh throw much light ou the workings of this institution, so impor? tant not only to the material interests of the State, but to the moral and indus? trial interests of its inmates. I can do but little more than refer you to this re? port, mid cull your attention to its re? commendations. ', Tho expenditures of'the Penitentiary for the year ending October 15, 1870, for all purposes, amounted to $101,134.02, and the Taine of work done and manu? factured articles produced, to 898,020.02, which leaves $5,558 as the actual cost ta the State of its Penitentiary, an exhibit whiob reflecta muoh credit upon the Su I perintendent and Board of Directum foi I the efficient management of the ioatitu j tion, aa well as to their subordinates, foi the skill and zeal with which they have directed their labors. On the 15th day of Ootober, 1870, thc Penitentiary contoiued 317. inmates; re? ceived under 'lenience since, 231; recap tured, 9-total during the year, 557 from which were discharged by expira t-iou of sentence, 69; pardoned, 163 died, 13; escaped, 13-248; number no? in confinement, 809, whereof 801 an males and 8 females. Two of the lattei have caoh a child, one ol whiob wai born a short timo after the mother's ar riva). The evils adverted to in tho Bu poriutendent's last report, of imprison tog.women in a penal institution nnpro vided with facilities and convenience ueaessary for an absoluto separation o I the sexes, are still unabated, and il i earnestly hoped that they may be pro vided. tor in some appropriate asylum. The estimates accompanying the So periutendent's report, which he olaim will admit of no abatement, for salarie! muterials, clothing, ?cc, aggregates i the neighborhood of $130.000. In ad dition to whioh, there ia an actual dt floienoy of $17,457, the items and th ueoessity for the expenditure of whic ure explained. The ereotion of permt uent work-bhops is of imperative neoei sity for the welfare and true prosperit of the institution. The time is rapidl approaching when the unskilled labt now utilized muet be dispensed witl and the force now so employed will u.a\ to bo otherwise occupied, by gradual instructing them in the mechanic ar appropriate to an institution of tb kind; und, if provision is not made i time for teaching the inmates these i dustries, muoh loss will be incurred 1 the State, and diseuse and domoruliz tion result to the convicts. It will be seen from the above tah that 153 conviota have been pardon* during the past yeur. Of these, eight five were pardoned on the recommend tiona of presiding Judges and the pe tions of numerous good citizens of t Counties in which they were oonviote and sixty-eight, when within a few da of the expiration of tboir sentences, 1 good conduct. Very harsh criticism has been i dulgea regarding an alleged exoessi use of the pardoning power. This ari cism is unwarranted, and leaves out view the causes that have invited a justified the exercise of Executive c money. In many cases, unimpeachal testimony, now of record in the Exe< tive Department, has clearly shown tl their oouviotion was aontrary to the e . dence and duo to political prejudi and, in others, that tho witnesses w in conspiracy to effect the oouviotion tho accused; while a still larger numl were couvioted of suoh minor oftener did not appear to mo to warrant th imprisonment in the penitentiary any great length of time. As au instai of the last named class, I cite the case a conviot who was sentenced to a tern eighteen months' imprisonment in penitentiary for stealing a few ears corn, amounting to less than a pe from the feed-box of his employ horses. The current statement, t pardons have been granted by me i spirit of partisanship, discriniinatinf favor of colored convicts, is not truo. havo granted as many pardons to wi as I havo to colored convicts, in proi tion to their respective numbers. I iag the past year, I havo granted bat pardons to homicides, and both of tl convicts were wliite men, one from C den and the other from Charleston, a in both cases, tho victims of tho ho cides wore colored. The whole number of pardons grut by me doea nob exceed tho nun: granted by my predecessors, for same period, when compared with numbor of convictions. Moreover, ui previous administrations, tho penal for petty offences were not as seven they are now, there boing then no p tentiary system of imprisonment at L labor. l-l H II AK Y AND OA PITO I, BUILDING. I oall your attention to tho rec mendations of the State Librarian, has charge of the capitol and groui many of whioh are important, sud the required repuiis to the roof of oapitol und fencing of the grounds must ?ny, however, in all matters ro?ate to uppropriatious that are o: immediate necessity, the expeuditur public niDuey should be avoided. FERTILIZERS. j The report of the Inspector of Gui and Fertilizers show? a largely ?nen' production of phospbatio manures, largely expanded facilities for collec thom. The totul production of the p phatio beds of South Carolina, for year, both land and river, has I 45,000 tons, and during tho sumo pe 15,000 tons of commercial fortili havo been manufactured in Charlee Tho demand for phospbatio rock hat creased in foreign markets, but at b< j in consequence of the diminished mestio consumption, has, at best, mumed stationary. The Inspector si that the advance towards a higher st ard in quality still continues, and laboratory bas boen equipped wi oomploto outfit of apparatus, chem I and speeimou?, drawn from the bebt ! ropenn and American sources, and i ' ciont for investigation in all de] I monts of analytical chemistry. STATE OltrHAN ASYLUM. j The lato hour At which tho ropo I tho Board of Trust?es of the State phau Asylum, ut Charleston, wa ceivetl, ronders it impossible for nc do moro than call the attention o General Assembly to its renomme tiona and suggestions. This institution is deserving of tbe fostering oare of the State, as.it shelters and provides for a large number of orphans, who would otherwise be loft o ti tho oold oharitiea of tho world,-' to beoomo victims of Vice and Immorality.. L. TBE nXiUH BIDOS RAILROAD. This road, in wbioh both the State and the city of Obarleston has had so large an interest in ?took, has beon the subject of anxiety ou the port of both the Legislature and the people. The depreciation in tho State flnuncos baa reudered the bonds endorsed by tbe State almost valueless, so far as the State guarantee was oonoerned. After oonauUiog many prominent business men, who favored the plan, I recom? mended to the Sinking Fund Commis sion the propriety of disposing of the State stock to a private corporation, wbioh project was carried into effect on the 22d day of July last, the new com? pany agreeing, to pay ali floating debts of tho road, together with one dollar per share to the State for the stock, and $50,000 to the Stato on tbe oompletion of the road, tbe -vholo to be completed within five years, lt is a well-established fact, that publio enterprises can be ma? naged more economically by a private corporation than by a commonwealth, as, in the latter oaue, such enterprises are at all timos subject to the baleful in? fluence of politics. I believe this com? pany will complete the road in accord anoe with their agreement. ELECTION LAW. I must urge on tbe General Assembly the necessity cf muking nome changes in the election law, ia order to olose the door against the obarge of offering op? portunity for the practice of fraud, in giving so long a period between receiv? ing the ballots and the time for counting them. The ballot-box should be care? fully guaried in every respeot, as in its purity rests the foundation of Republi? can institutions and tho liberties of tb? people. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF TUE INDE TENDENOE OV TUE UNITED STATES. I. respectfully submit, for appropriate action, the following document, from thc Governor of Pennsylvania, in r? ferenoc to the commemoration, at Philadelphia in the year 187?, of the centennial anni versary o' the independence of tbt United States : EXECUTIVE CHAMBEE, HABBISBURO, PENN., March 29, 1871. To tits Excellency Robert K~. Scott, Go vernor of South Carolina. DEAB Sm: Permit me to invite you attention to the following joint r?solu lion of the General Assembly of Pe nu sylvania, approved March 8, 1871, to wit "That the Goveruor, aud tbreo pei sous appointed by hem, Wm. A. Walluo and Jumes H. Webb, Speakers of th Senate and House, with three meinbei of each branch of the L?gislature, to b appointed by the Speakers of tho Senat aud House respectively, shall bu a cou mittee of the State of Peuusylvunia, t co operate with committees from otbe States, and local committees, upon tb subject of the centennial celebration, i Philadelphia, iu the year 1870; said con mittee to stand until that time, and 1 report at each intervening Legislatur and make such suggestions aud reouu mendations, from time to time, to tl Legislature, as they may think propi and expedieut ia reference to said ce ten nial celebration." One of the most prominent objects this resolution ls tu perfect the necossa preliminary organization at the earlie practicable date, aud to gather all uect nary information and material to faoi! tate tbe operations of tho United Stat Board of Commissioners, to be uppoir. ed by the President of the Uuited State upou tho recommendation of the G vorn ors of the different States aud Tc ritories, in accordance with an Act Congress "to provide for oclebruting t ono hundredth uunivursary of Aniorici independence, by holding un intern tional exhibition of arts, manufactui and products of tho soil aud mines, the city of Philadelphia and Stuto Pennsylvania, in the year 187G." It is desired and intended that tl centennial celebration shall be 1 grandest affair that has over taken plat and it is highly important that eve possible means shall be employed for i attainment of that object. I tberefe most respectfully request and reoo mend that you direct the attoution your Legislature to tho importance appointing a special committee, at earliest convenience, to co-operate w the committee of Pennsylvania, in ci formity with tho provisions of the jo resolution of thu General Assembly this Commonwealth. Very respectful (Signed) JOHN W. GEARY I also invito your attention to thu i of Congresp, (statutes at large, volu IC, pago 470.) on tho nbovo subj* South Carolina being one of thuorigi States, it is my opinion that she sho be represented by a special committee CONCLUSION. lu conclusion, gentlemen of the Ge ral Assembly, I desire t i express earnost bopo that, in all your d?lit i tiona, yon will remember tbat tbe o path of safety iu thu pulu of duty. I trust and believe that you will so gislate in the interest of tho whole i pie of the Siato as to prove to thu co try at large that Repu I man is ni and gi government in South Carolina are r as is falsely alleged, inconsistent v each other. ROBE UT K. SCOTT. Governoi A Voir*- Tumi Hie Country. One uf tho best citizens of thu St : residing iu Union, writes us us follov "I havo long since given up polit and (ried to abstain from even read) much less taking, a political paper. '. ring of thu metal about thu PHOENIX, a few late numbers that havo fallon iu way, has pleased me so much, that I almost templed to take the Pim:six. all events, I have doun better, by iud ing a frieutl aud neighbor to tako it, i is a younger man, and may bu more proved by it. I would nut have ti bled you with the matter, but that I a desire to congrat?lalo you upon y editorial control, anti tu assure yoi sympathy. You have struck the ri chord, and will mum tho sinking si. of the people. Our press has used 'suaviler in moth' too lung. It has couiagcd these vilo ear pet-baggern to lieve we were afraid of thom. Nut! j bot Aro will do this vile crow." -4-*?-. j A Washington telegram says: "Elli j tbe Congo member of Congress f ! South Carolina, hus hud thu head i ! deputy clerk chopped off for not sL ing him that outward respect which position demanded." I Au Illi?oi? burglar slid down a cl ney tu get into a store, but us the place bad been walled up ho did not out until the occupants helped bim. COLUMBIA. S. C. Fri'ay Aomin*, December 1.1871. Our Objective Paint-Resort io tko O ?art?. Governor Scott, as inspired by Mr. Mackey, mukes an artful effort to throw dust in the oyes of the colored people, and to blind the oyes of the pnblio to the enormous frauds recently developed. Hence, be msgnifies every subject that ts caleuluted to divert attention from the operations of the ring, in connection with the bond swindle. Let the pnblio keep well in view tho objective point. We must bring ike guilty members of the ring before the courts of the State. To this end moat all good men, in and ont | of the Legislature, bend their ffforte. We are justified iu saying that already the data aro forthcoming upon whioh to base legal proceedings against the men Scott, Parker, Kimpton and others-who 1 havo so shamefully robbed nod despoiled the State, und in doing this, HO seriously injured our credit and our interests. We aro justified, further, in saying that we have reason to conclude that rion, and rare developments of fraud are forth? coming. It is said that the effort will be made-aye, that (he effort hos been mude-to buy the evidence that is to be powerful in its condemnation of the rob? bers of the State and the murderers of its present credit. But whether the j work 8hull be done in tho Legislature, or by the people, out of it, we feel sore that1 the great conspiracy will be unveiled, and that the ring will be utterly discom? fited. We are told that Scott, Parker, Kimpton and others will be enabled to cover up their frauds and hush this mat? ter up. It will not, it shall not be, unless truth has lost ?ts strength and justice abdicated its throne. Let us work, and when the time comes, strike home. Th?s Comptroller-General va. Kimpton. From the proceedings in yesterday's report of the Legislature, it will be seen that tho Comptroller-General complains that he han failed to get from the Finan? cial Agent the reports which he is re? quired by law to make. He states far? ther that this neglect of duty was made known to the Financial Board, consisting of Gov. Scott, Treasurer Parkor and At? torney-General Chamberlain. This ac? count of Kimpton's is a most important ono, and yet he fails to make it. How important it is will appear whee it is re? membered that Kimpton claims $'310,000 of the State, whilst wo have ?bown that he, perhaps, owes tho State over $400, 000 in money and $2.000,000 in bonds. Smalley, of the Tribune, who has beon on both sides of the Atlantic, and Been, we suppose, much of the world, says that tho average white man of South Ca j rolina ia the poorest specimen of the Oauoasiun race that he bas ever seen; i that, brutal, cowardly and inconceivably iguorant, he is a Ku Klux by nature. This statomeut, published in the New York Tribune, will not help Horace in i his Presidential aspiration. This state? ment, published and approved by the Columbia Union, is scarcely calculated to secure much favor from the people of the State, except from those persons who secretly sympathize with Smalley and the Union-Arcades Ambo-which may be I rendered, defamers both and playing into euch other's hands. The Union persists in attempting to deceive the public with tho statemout that Parker's showing puis the State debt at $11,994,008.98. Parker excludes from his final addition tho $3,773,000 of new bonds hypothecated by the State Financial Ageut. According to all finan? cial praotioe, as well as common sense, these bonds are properly chargeable against the State, as Kimpton cannot get these bonds baok without paying Lack tho money that ho obtained on them. Hence, tho $3,773,000 beiug added in, the result is that tho bonded State debt is admitted to be $15,767, 908.98, and yet the Union says it is $11,994,908.98. Look out for the "Hea? then Chinee!" The publia dobt of the State of South Carolina on October 31,1870, was stated by Treasurer Parker to be $7,665,908.95. In November, 1871, he admits it to be $15,767,908.99, showing an increase of $8,102,000 in one year-so much ad? mitted. Now the question in, what hus been dono with the money and tho bonds? Let us have the figures. If words ure the daughters of earth, figures-facts-are the sons of Heaven. -1-*-#> . Aro those $6,000,000 Suuth Carolina bonds "left with the American Hank Noto Company for safe-keeping" signed? If they ure not signed, would they not bo as *'?ttfe"-to far HS their being used ia concerned-"stacked np" in tho State House yard, as they aro with tho Amen- ; Oin Bank Note Company? In a word, j are they left there for the safety of tho | Slate or the American Bank Noto Com- , puny? In his message, Governor Scott Hayn ' "the number of whites who are adi oe Hf. publicans in this Stale may be counted on thc fingers of a man's hand." This is a confession which wo scarcely expected. . At thu sumo time, it is an accidental tri bute to thu very clues which tho Gu- ; vernor delights to abuse. Let this be borne in miud: Tho United , States Government is taking caro of Ku j Klnxism. Our State couceru is with the j finances. As Mr. Chamberlain has geno j into the Federal Court, will Gov. ?colt : givo ns an ad interim State Attorney- ? General tn prosecute tho Stale robbers? The members of the Executive Com? mittee of the Tax-payers' Convention of Slay last met again last evening. Their aotion has not transpired. Their plans, for obvions reasons, have not been pro? claimed. We feel satisfied that from thia meeting will result aotion that will advance the objecta which all good men have at heart. That the publio plunder? ers will bo oalled to aooount, we have not a doubt. In the Legislature, or ont of it, measures will be taken to bring the offenders to justice. ?os?? The Oovernor, in his message, refers the Legislature to Kimpton's report for September 30, 1871, to the Comptroller General, intimating that said report waa in the Comptroller's office when the Go? vernor sent in his message. And yet the Comptroller complains that he boa not received the Agent's report According to the showing made by us, Kimpton, who claims, that the State owes him $910,000, may really owe the State ovor $400,000, besides having on hand about $2,000,000 of State bonds. Instead ot making his report, he slips off to Now York. Governor Scott's message may be called linked bitterness and malevolence loug drawn out. Like a wounded snake, he now squirms, now coils ap, now un? winds, now grovels in the dust, now hisses, aud now and then rears a horrid and angry crest. The Savannah News speaks of Gov. Scott being at Blufften recently. The Governor's last visit was to New York, and he has since beon playing the "bluff game," without going, however, to Bluff tou. The Chester Reporter, in an article which seeks to interpret the present con? dition of things in a philosophical spirit, j suyo, with forco: "We huve already grievously suffered for these errors, in our good name, in our material prosperity, in the imprison? ment of many of our best oitizeus, in our deserted farms uud homesteads, aud in that universal gloom which hangs ovor us like a pail, shadowing all our lives. Crushed aud torn, we lie pros? trate in dust aud ashes, and cry aloud for peace and proteotion. The evils which have Imf al leu usare not all of our doing, aud it is uot right that we alone should atuue for them. ' 'These evils and or i m es have been made possible by that nbuorinalaud unnatural condition of affairs, which has practi? cally oxoluded the best and most capa? ble of our citizens ?from all participation save in the burdeus of the Government. There can bo uo permunent peuce or prosperity BO long as this is the case. That government alone oan bo called dumble und worthy of the name, which hus its foundations deep in the hearts of its citizens, und which depeuds for its support, not upon the bayonet of the stranger, but upon thu strong arms of its own peuple. Can it be wondered at, that a government, tho loading officiais of which vie with each other in the denun? ciation of each other's rascality, and whose Legislature is notoriously corrupt, should, iu the hour of ita perils, fail to draw to itself that support, and, in its impotence, become the easy prey to vio? lence and faction. Let the government become honest und pure, and let the ad? ministration of its laws bo entrusted to firm and upright men, whoso character will bu sure guarantees of justice and right, and thero is no dangeruf a repeti? tion of our aurrowful aud disgraceful history. "Tuero ia such an awe in virtue that it will htrike to thu earth tho impious baud that dares assail her, and a purified and redeemed people will smite the ready hand of violence wherever it may be raised." I Tttocnus ON TBS GASOLINA Srrns.-Wo had au interview, yesterday evening, with a gentleman who resides apon the Carolinu sido uf the river in regard to affairs iu that section. He gives a par? ticularly gloomy account of the situation ut present, and is, by no means, hopeful uf thu future. Matters grow worse and worse every day, and no white man who lives in u thinly populated neighborhood comidera hiu lifo or property safe. The carpet-baggers are taking pains to in ?ainu the negroes with incendiary pur? poses, and to array them collectively and individually against tho whites, and serious trouble is momeutarily expected. Since thu Moutinullin affair, the par : titulars of which have been previously ! reported iu these culumns, thu negroes j in that section are outspoken in their turbots of incendiarism, and in their de? nunciation of the whites. Crowds of negroes throng the roads leading to li I nit'to n, whither they go for the pur? pose of drawing guns. Under whose su? pervision this drawing takes place, oar i informant does nut know. Along with j thu guns they are supplied with rounds of ball cartridges, bayonets, cartridge ! boxes uud belts-regular army accoutre ! incuts-and things appear to be rapidly j assuming a war footiug Our iuformaut says thatSoott, the oar ' pot-bag Governor of South Carolina, : was at Binnum u few days before the I drawing of arms begnu, and he is of the ! opinion that this visit uf the Governor j is in som? way connected with the arm 1 ing of tho blacks. Thu nogroes are or? ganizing themselves into companies, and uro very iusuieut aad insulting tu thu whito people. The Monttnoliin plaoo is regularly guarded by oolorod patriots. There seems to be a settled purpose, on thu part of the blacks, tu drive the white people from their estates; and this par pose, under the teachings of the carpet? baggers and the patronage of the oor rupt State government, will, no doubt, soon duvelop into absolute incendiaries. [Savannah Netos, 29th. Mr, Smalley hus been writing some interesting letters to the Tribune from this Huclion, in which (as is usual with newspaper writers) there is somu truth uud u great mauy lies, "o far as hiu lot ? ter related lo affairs in this County, we think that wo eau fairly say that tho lies predominated. Mr. Smalley mast have been keeping very low company in this State, if he cunsiders as "average South Carolinians" tboso horrid miscreants who have been committing all manner of crimes, and are now endeavoring to escapo by becoming informers, and dragging better mon into their mire. j Chester Reporter. Appeal of Palmetto Pire Company to ?be Property-owners ol Columbia. Tub Palmetto "ira Company, desiring to keep paoe with the progress uud re qairements of tho times, have deter? mined to replace their hand engiri? with a steam fire engine of the most ap? proved make, so that they may be en? abled to do more efficient service iu pro? tecting the property of onr citizens from the ravages of fire, are compolled to o?ll ou the citizens of Columbia, as well aa other persona, companies and corpora? tions, doing business in the city, for con? tributions to aid io the parchase of a steam fire engine. Oar fire department being an unpaid, independent and self sustaining organization, it is hoped that Ulis cali will be responded to promptly, and that the parties called upon will con? tribute according to their means. The following committees havo been duly appointed by the oompany, and are authorized to receive subscriptions and contributions for the above purpose. W. B. STANLEY, President Palmetto Fire Engine Co. M. J. CALNAN, Chairman Com. on Steam Fire Eugine. General Committee- \V. B. Stanley, M. J. Cal nan, J. A. Sbiell, Geo. Syminers. Committee for Ward 1-J. A. Shiell, T. M. Pollock, Henry Board. Committee for Ward 2-C. F. Jackson, Geo. Symmers, A. Palmer. Committee for Ward 3- F. M. Ehrlich, E. It. Stokes, H. E. Scott. Committee* for Ward 4-G. A. Shields, Wm. Morrison, H. M. Gibson. A Sort be res Man Speaking* Oat . -. November 27, 1871. FRIEND S. : I notice that the PHOZKIX keeps np a hot-shot fire into the ranks of the South Carolina plunderers, which most soon make an ugly breach in their clumsily-contrived financial "wotko." They will learn ere long that "corrup? tion wius not more than honesty," and that there is a penalty attached to crime, from which, sooner or later, there is no escape. The great object of the conspi? rators, since they are overtaken in their frauds, wiH be to shirk ruspuusiuility. For instanoe, the Financial Agent will make an extraordinary effort to show that be was simply the agent of the Go? vernor, and acted only os directed by that functionary, while he, in turn, will charge it npon the Treasurer, Attorney General, or some oue else, and if all of them are surrounded and caged, they will raise the old stereotyped cry of black mail. Mr. Kimpton knows very well that he was not obliged to do an illegal act at the bidding of any man, no matter bow high in authority, and if he has done so, ho did it upon his own re? sponsibility. It is ?aid that South Ca? rolina, the Governor, and others in au? thority, are largely indebted to him; bat whether the latter are indebted to the State through him, or to bim individu? ally, au examination of his books is the only woy to ascertain. It ia only four ?r five years since Mr. Kimpton failed in business, and com? promised with his creditors at fifty cents on the dollar. This fact of itself fully justifies a prompt and rigid examination into his financial dealings since by those who are oonfroutsd with a frightful State debt, contracted through his agency. In brief, if he means honesty, he will invite investigation-aye, insist upon it; and, fnrtber, ho will aid, as far as in him lies, those in whom your people have confidence in the examination of his books and accounts. The reports of Gov. Scott, Parker, Neaglo and the Le? gislature will not, cannot help him. He must stand or fall npon his own showing of facts and figures, and that showing must be mude, and ought to be mude, satisfactory to tho tax-payers. Before this roaches you, I presume Governor Scott's message will have been spread before yonr Legislature, read by the people and commented upon by the press. How be will get along with the financial branch of that document, I am a little anxious to learn. I am charitable enough to believe that the Governor has been deceived abont tho disposition of many of Otiose bonds. That much has been done in that direction, without his koowledge or sanction, is, to my mind, clear; and I believe a fall and fair in? vestigation will show it. There am things done in these degenerate days which neither Horatio nor the devil ever dreamed of! particularly in the finances of Sooth Carolina. Governor Scott, General Dennis and Treasurer Parker made the State debt, as reported in the New York World, a short time since, abont $9,000,000. Mr. Parker, a few days since, put it down at $12,000,000. Governor Scott is left to guess at it in his message, and to make the thing as sure os he can, mav write it down $15,000,000. more or lesa! What says Mr. Kimpton? Is it 9, 12, 15 or 25 millions? Pray, speak right oat, and let the people know tin worst; for "to this complexion it must-come." There are parties in New York who hold so large an amount of bonds that they may raise the tnooey to pay the interest next January on those cot hypothecated, which would galvanize sufficient life into I them to secure a nob harvest for the manipulators, in case they were fortunate enough to unload. Who knows but that some of the ring, who are now endeavor? ing to show clean hands, may not be in that pool? Stranger things than that have happened, "dome must watch whilst others sleep - Thus runs the world away." Therefore, WATCH. Institutions and individuals, who have j bonds hypothecated with them, are very uneasy, I assure you.. If they are not redeemed, it will he a sad affair for the people of your State. I will not say how mach the State is liable for; but, if it is less than $20,000,000, I am mis? taken. A colored man, named James Jenkins, was so badly injured in Charleston, on Monday last, by a barrel of rosin falling on bis head, that he died Wednesday. On the same day, an aged colored wo? man, named Mary Ann Morris, was ac? cidentally burned to death by her clothes taking fire. Uiohard Tweed, the BOU of tho old man of that ilk, is about to retiro from the management of tho Metropolitan Hotel. Thu overthrow of Tammany seems to have "busted" the whole fami? ly. But we should huts to ho tho dray horso that has to haul away the wreck of their fortunes. "My dear," said a young lady to her country cousin, "when you've been a little longer in London you won't be so green." "Better green than withered I" was the retort. wmetmmmmm I -.i M l&o'o ?a.1 X^*a m m . ; PHOSNIXIANA.-The Senate waa not in session yesterday, having adjourned over nntil Monday. The House met, bat a quorum not being present, tile House adjourned until 12 M. to-morrow. Yesterday was not generally observed as a thanksgiving day. Several atores actually had their doora closed, while others had tho windows dosed and the doora open; in a vast majority, however, business waa conducted aa usual. Qen. Yoong, of Georgia, arrived io Columbia, yesterday. He is on bia way to Washington. The Revolution wanta to know what oan be wetter tban a woman with a cata? ract in her eye?, a waterfall on her head, a creek in ber back, forty springs in her skirts, high-tied shoes, and a notion in her head? The best throw upon the dice is to throw them away. Heartli and Home, published weekly by Orange Judd & Co., New York, is one of the very best illustrated family papen iu the country. Send for a specimen. The PHOENIX office is supplied with all i necessary material foi as handsome.oarda, j bill heads, posters, pamphlets, hand-bills, j circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the Sontb. Give os a call and test our work. The subscription prices O? tho PHONIX. I publications are: Daily-$8 per annum; $4 six months; $2 three months ; 75 cents single month. Tri-weekly-$5 per an? num; $2.50 six months; 81.25 three months. WEEKLY GLEANER-82.75 per annum; 31.50 six months. No subscrip? tion for a less time than tbree months received. The Senate went back on the State Constitution, on Wednesday, by ad? journing over four days-from Wednes? day until Monday. Does this indicate a short session? Tba nrnornmitinations of the weather prophets are about being realized, as to a severe winter. Yesterday was cold enough to satisfy hog-killers. THE CONCERT.-Our readers will bear in mind that the concert by M&dame MoCnlloch-Brignoli and her talented troupe, comes off this evening, ia Irwin's Hall. The artistes are, one all, spoken of very highly by the papers of New York, and also of the different cities where they have performed. Seats oan be secured at LryBrand's music store. Thia is a raro musical gathering, and it is seldom that Colombia is so fa? vored. MAIL AKHANOEME?TH.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.KU P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night muil opens 6.30 A. M.; closes6?00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; doses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M. ; doses 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. TIMELY HINTS.-The opportunity now afforded of taking the administration of municipal affairs out of politics, and transferring it to strict business control, is one that should not be permitted to pass unimproved. The public mind and conscience is roused as never before on the proper functions and duties of pub? lic officers, und the system of making tho welfare of the community subser? vient to the interests of a few political trickster*, ia by this time more thorough? ly exploded than could have been deem? ed possible a few months ago. What is now required is for men of integrity and capacity to como to tho front and place themselves in a position where they may benefit their fellow-citizens. It cannot be doubted that the present interests and future prosperity of this atty, aro largely dependent on thu eco? nomical administration of its affairs. It is necessary, in the first place, to im? prove aud enlarge business capacities, and, in the next place, to impose os few burdens us possible un capital and com? merce. An. enlightened self-interest shuuldjjictunte all olassea, eu an to render it the cheapest and best place in the United States for both rich and poor men. Capital should bo subjected to no unnecessary bnrdens, and labor should be relieved of every burden that is cot absolutely necessary for its own welfare and protection. It is only too apparent that these objects hive never BO much as entered into the design of the men who fur a long time past have managed onr local affairs. _ . -. H OT EX. AHBTVALS, November 30. Columbia Hotel-H. L. Perrin, Charles? ton; John P. Dickerson, Savannah; Jas. B. Campbell, E. T. Jorvey, Ii. F. Gra? ham, Eugeue P. Jervey and wife, Doctor anti Mrs. James P. Jervoy, Miss Emma H. Jervey, John F. Roberts, Charleston; John E. Bacon, Edgefield; James M. Baxter, Newberry; D. Wesson, New York; M. W. Gary, Edgefield; F. Elder, Wiunsboro; H. M. Lanier, Baltimore; J. P. Johnson, A. Baldwin, Ohio; P. Keidel, Baltimore; H Z. Everson, Ben. Haronz, N. Y. ; T. H. Cooke, Orange burg; A. C. Spain, Darlington; W. W. Hurilee, Mar's Bluff; H. G. Henderson, Baltimore; T. E. Clyde. Charleston; li. W. McCullough, Columbia; J. W. Hun? ter, T. K. Carey, S. M. Shingler, Balti? more. - - 4> - Ll BT OP NSW ADVUrnSKMRNTH Valuable Saluda Lands for Sale. Peixotto & Son-Auctions, Citizens' Savings Bank. D. B. DeSanssnre-Complaint. Wm. Luudy-Georgia Lands for Sale. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. P. Cantwell-Sherry Wine, j N. G. Gibson-Stop and See. OFFICIAI. HAFFI.E NUMBEns Charleston Chari? table Association, for bent Ut Free School fund: UAFFLE CLASS No. 223 - Afominjj, November 30 44-33-26 4C-01-2 12-31 66-52-17-10 Witness my band at Uh ar leaton, this 30th day of November, 1871. FENN PECK, Doo 1 Sworn Commissioner. - 1 . ? - Financial and Commercial. COLUMBIA, S. C., November 30.-Sales of cotton, to day, 102 halos-middling 171'?