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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Morning*. December 2, 1871. Let tlte Secretary 8U?nd. Our reader? will observe the stand taken by Secretary Oardozo. He evi? dently hasbeoome distrustful. Let him remain firm. It would- be a Btrange spectacle if it should turn ont that the ring'a discomfiture ia to oome from the movement of the only colored man of the State officials, and he acknowledged to bo the beat of the crowd! Thia is meet. Let the carp ot-bagger get bis death-blow from the native South Caro? lina colored man. Wo are .pleased further tc see thai Secretary Cardozo baa engaged the ser? vices of that eminent lawyer, C. D. Mel? ton, Esq., who is a mighty man of thc law. When, Major, you get the ohanoe, strike for Oardozo, and strike for thc State. Who knows how the oirole maj widen, until the opportunity is obtained to fight for the State in the forum, ai our associates and ourselves of the preai are struggling for her in the field o: journalism. Long live the State 1 A nc here is to the anion of all good men. o all "colora and parties, who want th? State to live in peace and prosperity. Where Hesta tba Responsibility* The Finance Board ia composed o Gov. Soott, Treasurer Parker, and At torney-General Chamberlain, and Mr Kimpton ia the Agent. Against thea four individuals the proceedings ongh to bo primarily instituted. They are th main members of the ring. They, a least, abovo all others, are responsibl for thia huge bond ewindle. Bat let nc the matter rest here. Will the Legisle ture act? Can it venture tobe apathetio It is the established tribunal befoi whioh fraud and corruption in big places should bo pursued with vigoi Eyen the eyes of the New York Tribw are upon it. WiU it pursue with vig< the. .line of duty before it? We shall ol serve with interest what sign it she make. We do not yet despair of i assistance in routing the ring who ha' fattened upon the hard labor of the pe pie. The New York Tribuna says: "The special correspondent of tl Tribuno in South Carolina, who b heretofore sent us some ugly foots rel tive to the finanoial condition of th State, now furnishes a complote sta) ment of its present indebtedness. T exhibit is shameful and disheartenic It reveals a state of facta whioh ooo only have been brought about by eitb the grossest stupidity or down-right ri eality. Most people will think that t stealing, rather than the blunder, 1 been immense.- The debt has been peatedly published at $7,665,908, bal minute investigation shows that it over $15,000,000. Here is a discrepar WlllUU (MU tra ?apl?>D?<l-OK. na appan theory, save one that shall implicate i Governor, Stat$' Financial Agent e others." . . !-ti ? ? ? . -- B ' *. . The- Court Jester, the Union, aliud to the move which .has secured le gentlemen; from abroad to assist, in defence of the persons arrested' and \ seen ted Under the Ka Klux Act of C gress, sneers at Baid move and que poetry. It says: "A fellow-feeling makes ns wondrous kim So it does, we.retort; and ia that reason why the Union-the Scott-Pai tool-is evidently sd kind to pnblie i bera and swindlers? The Union better let poetry alone. It must inev bly "catch a Tartar, " whenever it seek sorafcli either us or our friends, poets. . ... vj ?r? -"Bemombor Milo's end, WoJgod in that tree whioh he strove tore This same paper, whioh, it is allej has, in its editorial porsonality, ; nouncod South Carolinians "a sel poltroons," or words to that offeot, whioh printed with approval Smalley'H Blander, says that if fri have been committed, why are not 1 proc?edings instituted against the off * ors? Let that sheet be quiet. Jw selects its own timo to move. The will go down like a pirate bark pie thrOngh and throngh, and with it wi down all who sail under the pirate's Can any one tell us of Kimpton'i vestments? He started,, we are poor os Financial Agent. Now, ic no more, ho bas a claim. against State' pf $910,000. Another out Kimpton'a . bf mush-room wealth. envy no mah his honest gains, covet nb man's wealth. Bat wo ar dig nan t to reflect ho w these people fattened upon the hard labors bf people, white and black, and now the chance to steal and plunder a How long, O Heaven? How lon mon? '"' - -rr- . Our readers will observe the si| cant editorial of the Toledo (( Times. Can any one tell us about1 saror Parker's investments? Has 1 vested in Massachusetts? We se investments here. Time and time i have we seen his fino equipages, as t a canopy of purple or fine Unen, hi ridden through our streets-he a Dives, with, ill-gotten gains, thrc the dust of his rolling wheels npo threadbare garments of the Sou Lazarus. He came ' here poor in In 1871, ho, it is said, oounts his sandsl,' The New York Tribune is out-sj in its denunciation of the corra brought to light in conneotion wit oi.i. a- -ri __", ,, ,. , www ?iunuuD?. AU nauie vuu imo go to tho rear. It also exposes what it calla the little triok of Governor Scott, wi he fails to add in that 83,773,( hypothecated bonds, and thus raak State debt appear about $12,000,0( stead of about $1G,000,000. The Union, which is indebted to its fancy for mun j of ita facts, and to ita friends for ita attempted points against ns, is fond of sneering at the law and lawyers, and.our legal attainments. Our "limb of the law" may be slim, foi ve are as yet young in the profession; but let the Union beware; for even now "the limb" is strong and elastic enough to in? flict heavy blows, and we hope to bring both the law and the testimony, the facts and the Agares, to bear' npon the crimes we assail. The Union had better culti? vate the lawyers, both yoong and old. The correspondent of the Charleston News telegraphs from Columbia as fol? lows; The rogues are falling oat, and if there be no chance, aa yet, for honest men to get their doe, it ia at least likely that the time in at hand when the people will have the benefit of tho loll developments of tho prodigious and indisputable ras? cality of the ring. A farther hypothecation of bonds has been unearthed, and the internal war in the ring waxes more fnrious than ever. Scott refuses to accept the resignation of Oardozo as Secretary of State, and Oardozo refuses to yield to Treasurer Parker the possession of certain bonds now in his hands ander the seal of the State, and which have been hypothe? cated for twenty-five cents on the dollar, unless ordered to do so by the Supremo Court. C. D. Melton is Oardozo'a coun? sel. This bitch, it now leaks ont, is the real causo of the delay in the appearance of the reports of Treasurer Parker and Comptroller Neagle. EVIL, TO HIM WHO EVIL THINKS.-Tho following circular, emanating from Co? lumbia, appeare in several of our State exchanges. We approve the move, fiaoh County in the State is invited to make contributions: CoouiiAB,-Eminent counsel from the North have been employed to defend the men prosecuted under the Ea Klux Acts of Congress. This'has been undertaken in order that ample ?estica may be done, and to ! the end that'the constitutional ?uestibns involved may be considered, 'his is deemed a publio duty. In order to carry ont this purpose, it is necessary to raise the sum of 910,000. COMMITTEE.-Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler, J. B. Palmer, J. P. Thomas, S. Lt. Lieaphart, W. B. Stanley, John Mc? Kenzie. A correspondent from Newberry says, in reference to the PHO?NIX: I "What a pity its columns may not be read by him [Smalley] who has delibe? rately pronounced the deliberate slander that the average white man of this much abused, sorely-tried State is the poorest specimen of the Caucasian race the world ever saw, when at least he might dis? cover it would be doing no violenoe to truth to admit that they wonld bear fa? vorable comparison with himself in all the attributes of true manhood as well as with those who could derive pleasure from the perusal of the vile slander he uttered-and, even in their 1 rags and their wrongs, infinitely superior to those lopiuduolug and ondoroing thia unwar? rantable expression." MB. EDITOR: AB it may be possible that the tax-payers of the oity are not in possession of the faet, (perhaps it waa done in secret session, as all swindling is done,) that they are now paying from their taxes (as I am informed) the sum of twelve dollars a month, outside of the Alms House, for the support of a found? ling bastard-which bastard is said to be the offspring of a mulatto girl and a State official. No doubt it was left at tho door of tho house where it is, to hide the shame of the mother, who wishes to pass for virtuous; and this is one of the ways the money goes, There is no dodging the faot that the money for its support is drawn from tho city iresscry, end, if ne? cessary, we have the proof. VERITAS. Of the severity of the forest fires, the Creon Bay (Wisconsin) Advocate relates the following in describing the fire at Peshtigo: "The cooler headed survivors of the great fires at Peshtigo and other points ugree in the statement that the fire did not come upon them generally from bnrning trees and other objects to the windward, bot the first notice they had of it was a whirlwind of flame in great olouds from above the tops of the trees, which fell upon and enveloped every? thing. The atmosphere seemed one of fire. The poor people inhaled it, or the intense hot air, and fell down dead. This is verified by the appearance of many of the corpses. They were found dead in the roads and open spaces, with not a traoe of burning npon their bodies or clothing. At Sugar Bush, which is a dearing four miles wide at some points, corpses were found in the open roa. be tween fences which were only slightly barned. No mark of fire was upon them, bnt they J aid there as if asleep. This scorns to explain why so many were killed in compact masses. Fences and cleared fields were burned in spots and elsewhere not touohed. Fish were killed in tho streams. Monis ARRESTS.-Sinoe our last report the following persons have been arrested by the United States authorities in this County: W. T. Jeter, W. MoEnglish Henry Grady, E. Voizell and Ira Wil? lard. A number of colored men hara also been placed in confinement, bul they nre supposed to be witnesses. On yesterday, Dr. Wade Fowler, ono of the best mon in the State, who had come to the village, from Qowdeysville, nineteen miles, where he resides, to traneaot some business with the Probate Judge, was arrested in the street and is now oonfined in jail.- Union Times. GOVERNORS SCOTT AND BULLOCK. Under the caption of "Personal Intelli? gence," in the New York Sun, of the 28th alt., we find the following: Jndge R. B. Carpenter, of South Carolina, the life-long friend of Stephen A. Douglass, is at the St. James Hotel. He says that Governor Scott, of Sooth Carolina, is preparing to follow in Go? vernor Bollock's footsteps. DEATH OP W. ELMOND O'CONNOR.-We regret to chroniole the demise of our young folio w-oitizen, W. Edmond O'Con? nor, who departed this life last evening, from a diseaso contracted in the late war. He was popular and bobbed by every ono who know him. His fanerai obse? quies will take place to-morrow. [Charleston Courier. Gov. Scott mt Home. The Toledo Times-printed at Toledo, Ohio-thoa refers to Gov. Scott's in vest meets io Ohio. Is not the Times good authority? As the Governor, Scott is a high State official, charged with -"high crimes and misdemeanors." Here is the shot between "wind and water," and a shot from Ohio: OUR MONEY.-In view of the attention which is berne- directed to the finances of the State of Sooth Oarolina, it may not be amiss for os of the State of Ohio, the home of B. K. Scott, to say a word. That veracious statesman has had a great deal to say on "Wall street, for some days past; and his sayings there have been very well advertised-bettor, probably, than he expected. He has also had a word or two to say in Ohio, without the benefit of so great a publishing, and without any desire for it. We dislike, however, to see his modesty rain him; and will do him the favor o! advertising an item or two that oan do no harm to anybody else, and may be of great ad? vantage to him. It is generally understood in this region, that Mr. Scott, of Napoleon, Ohio, was not an overly wealthy man when he espoused the cause of the United States "against all foes, foroign or domestic" A car cf al cyphering, ac? cording to the most approved roles of arithmetic, show tho roward of that en? thusiastic espousal to be about as fol? lows: Two years' service as Brigadier General United States volunteers and Ohief of the Freedmen's Bureau for South Oarolina, at about $3,500 per year, $7,000; three years' loyal and most valuable service as Governor of the State of South Oarolina, at 85,000 per year, $15,000; making a grond total of the re? ward of loyalty to the extent of $22,000, which IB not too mnoh for the extraordi? nary loyal services whioh have been ren? dered to the Government by this soldier and statesman. And to show that this distinguished son of Ohio is a financier as well as a statesman, we venture upon the ventilation of a few figures, just to show what prudent use he has made of the twenty-two thousand above men? tioned. Of course, wo will pay no attention to the ordinary expenses ot himself and family during this long period, fer the? are domestic affairs, and are none of onr business, except as government money pays for them; and we may rest assured that government money, after it came into Soott's hands, never paid for any? thing that he could avoid. So we can take it for granted that our worthy South Oarolina Governor, starting ont in onr great oivil war without a penny, did not expend a penny during that war, or the revulsions that have followed it, even for the maintenance of his family. So wo give him the advantage of $22,000, the whole of his pay and emoluments since he began to be a brigadier-general, including all the time that he has fur? nished discipline for tho State of South Oarolina. What has ho done with that $22,000? Ho has been in the State of Ohio, since the exposition in the public press of the South Oarolina bond frauds, and has in? vested his $22,000 as follows: He is building in Napoleon, Ohio, where he expects to live aftor his South Carolina contract has expired, a $10,000 house for his aiater. He has taken etook in a new national bank, in the city of Toledo, to the amount of nearly fifty per cent, more than his whole pay as an ofiloer of the army and Governor of South Oarolina during the whole time that be has occu? pied those positions. A prominent busi? ness man and capitalist from Ganada, well-known to capitalists in this vioicity, visited Williams Gonnty and other ad? joining Counties, since Gov. Scott was here, for the purpose of purchasing tim? ber land,'with a view of getting out large quantities of ship timbei. He fonnd that all the available timber land of the country round abonthad been purchased only a few days provious by Gov. Scott. It has also transpired that, during his visit here, he left in the hands of some of bis friends, fully $35,000, to be invested in safe real estate. That money is, to-day, in the hands of busi? ness men in this vicinity, awaiting in? vestment. And this makes about $100,000 whioh Mr. Scott, of Napoloon, Ohio, now act? ing as Governor of South Carolina, has invested, within the last two months, in thia immediate vicinity, out of the $22,000 whioh has oomprised the whole of his pay and emolumenta sinoe he be? gan to be a government officer. The paltry sum of S 100,000 is but a bagatelle, in comparison with the $9,000, 000 extra fraud on the Sooth Carolina bonds, it is true. Bat Governor Scott denies having made anything out of tho bonds; and, as far aa bia Ohio specula? tions are oonoornod, we give him the benefit of the doubt. We will charge him only the $22,000, whioh has come to him in the shape of pay and emolu? menta-which ia all he claims to have received-and oredit him with the $100,000 he has saved out of it to invest in Ohio, at one pop, within the last month. Wo would merely suggest, that it isn't fair for one man to have all the money; and that the Governor, having feathered his nest, ought to stand aside, and give some other loyal man a ohanoe. A RADICAL, VIEW OP THE LEGISLATURE OP SOUTH. OAHOLINA.-Tho Washington Chronicle, (the organ of Gon. Grant, owned and edited by John M. Morris, Wm. W. Holden and Myron Fox, the former and the latter late editors of the Charleston Republican,) in a leading edi? torial in its issue of Wedneaday, the 29th I ultimo, bearing tho caption of "The . Finances of South Oarolina," thas dis? pos?e of the Legislature of Sooth Caro? lina, a body whom both Morris and Fox helped to place in their presont position. Bead what they say: "In all thia, we attempt no defonoe of oorrupt publio officors and a besotted Legislature, whioh pin udor tho State and disgraoe the Bepublioau party. We wonld gladly seo them hurled from their positions into the penitentiary; but we do say that the condition of South Oaro? lina ia not distressing or bankrupt, but that thero is room for hope und courngo and manfnl action. There is but ono more session of tho present Legislature. No deoent Bepublioau in the State will again sustain one of that venal gang. If it tries to load the Republican party, it will split it and be beaten. A bettor set of men will be ohoaen at the noxt elec? tion. The elements aro ripe for it." Deaths by yellow fevor in Charleston, S. C., daring tho past season number 212, against 680 in 1858, 200 in 1850, and 614 in 1854. The New York 'Tribune culls tho pas? sive policy "tho dumb-dog, non-barking polioy." LEGISLATIVE PHOCKEDII?G8. FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 1, 18711 HOUSE OF BEPBJE8ENTATIYES. The House met at 12 M.. Speaker Moses in the ob air. Tho Speaker announoed that tho on finished business from Wednesday waa the eleotion ot the remainder oz the committee nader Mr. Rowley's resolu? tion, (as heretofore noticed by us.) Nominations vere mado by Counties. The yeas and nays were called, and the election resulted as follows: B. H. Hum? bert, Laurence Gain, W. J. McDowell, J. A. Bowley, S. S. Crittenden, G. T. Lichfield, F. Adamson, A Hodson, Joseph Crewe, Wm. Perry, N. B. Myers, J. W. Thomas, H. O. Corwin, O. M. Doyle, J. L. Jamison. J. ?. Hagood, S. B. Thompiion, B. M. Smith, A. L. Singleton, June Mobley, F. H. Frost, J. Pendergrass and J. W. Meade, The committee was instructed to select their own chairman. The hour of adjournment having arrived, upon motion, thc roles were suspended, and Mr. Jervey presented the return of the Oharleston Commissioners of Eleotion of the election, in said County, of O. O. Bowen, aa a member of the Honse of Representatives, and moved that the member elect be quali? fied; which was strongly opposed by W. H. Jones, Jamison and others, upon the ground that the eleotion was invalid, both in law and under the constitution; charging that the signature of the derk to the writ of eleotion was a forgery; that Bowen had been convioted of a "serious crime and misdemeanor;" and that he was still contesting for a seat in the United States Oongress, to whioh he claimed to have beon elected. A motion was made to postpone the consideration of the matter until Wednesday next; whioh caused a very animated debate by Messrs. Jamison, (Jones, Davis, Jervey, Wilkes, Mobley and others. . Amidst the most intense excitement and confusion, a vote was taken, and the motion lost. The previous question wan then called and decided in the affirmative, by a vote of 73 yeas to 23 nays. Mr. Bowen appoared before the Speak? er's desk, and was qualified. The Speaker stated to the Honse that immediately after the resignation of Mr. Hardy, a member from thc County of Charleston, he immediately issued a writ of election to fill the vacanoy ; that the clerk of the Honse was not in the city, and his name was signed to the writ by another, but afterwards met with his ap? proval. Mr. Bowen askod permission to ad? dress a few words, whioh was granted, when he said, that he had listened to the arguments of the members in his oase. He expected to meet with serious opposition; he knew that strong combi? nations had been formed to keep him from taking his seat; he know it before he left Oharleston. All manner of charges had been made against him, and spoken of here to-day ; but he did not desire to say anything upon that subject. He had been elected not only to repre? sent the people of Oharleston Oonnty, bat as the 'representative of the people of the whole State; and as such, he in? tended to do his duty. He warned those who had been abetting fraud and corrup? tion, and had robbed the State of no less than 87,000,000, that their day had come, and that they should suffer for their conduct. Amidst great applause, he took bis seat. At 5.80 P. M., the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. MARTIAL LAW TO BE EXTENDED STARTLING PROPOSITIONS.-Subjoined is a special telegram from Washington, printed in Wednesday's New York Tri? bune. Its propositions are certainly startling. The statements of faot, it will be perceived, are calculated to preparo the public mind for the measures sug? gested, and intended probably to edu? cate up to that point. These in turn fnrnisb a new illustration of the easy downward oourse after the first depart? ure has been taken from the trae princi? ples of rightful government: WASHINGTON, November 28.-It is be? lieved that the President will refer, in his message to Oongress, to tho opera? tions against the Ku Klux in South Oarolina, and tho startling developments that have resulted there. His recom? mendations on the subject will be few, bnt will doubtless embrace a suggestion that the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, whioh, by tho provisions of the Ku Klux law expires with the ooming session of Congress, be extended one year. The Attorney-General has in bis possession letters and other evidence that while tho Ka Klax have suspended operations for the present in South Ca? rolina, they are proposing to make it hot for the Radicals next summer, before tho eleotion. If the power is extended, it will have the efTectjof preventing the partly smo? thered embers of Ka Kluxism from bursting again into a blaze. The trials now in progress in Columbia may sug? gest some other modifications of the law that may bo uecessary to give it ?ti full effect. One of these points to wbioh the President may refer in his message is the faot that the law confined tho suspen? sion of the writ of habeas corpus to the distriots in whioh the conspiracy be? comes so formidable as to bo beyond the oontrol of the State authorities. A lite? ral construction of the law exempts from its operations those members of tho Ka Klux who flee from their homes and are arrested in other States, or in othor parts of the same States, and the recommend? ation that will be made will bo that tho writ of habeas corpus bo suspended, so far as it affects persons guilty of Ka Klux outrages, in a district covered by a proclamation of the President, wherever in the United States they may bo found. Tho Attorney-General has sent to Mr. Chamberlain, Attorney-General of South Carolina, a commission empowering him to act as the associate of the District Attorney in prosecuting the Ka Klux oases in Columbia. The friends of and sympathizers with tho prisoners, not only in South Oaroliua, but in other States, have oontributod largo sums of money to pay for their dofeuoo. A sin? glo subscription raised in a neighboring State amounted to about 83,000. TUE BOND-HOLDERS GETTING ALARMED. We And the following telegraphic de spatoh in tho Now York Standard, of Tuesday last, nuder the caption of "The South Carolina Legislature to bo Bought:" WASHINGTON, Mo vern uer 27,-It has come out that a lobby is in the procos? of organization in this city and New York, for the purpose of bribing the members of tho South Oarolina Legisla? ture to secure finanoiul legislation favor? able to the interests of the holdere of fraudulent bonds. It is presumed that $30,000 will oonstitnto snmoient funds. E.OO gt X Ito TW m m "HCUKIXIANA.-The price of single oopies of the FHCHNIX is five cents. The subscription prioea of tbo PHOENIX publications ere: Daily-88 per annum ; 84 six months; $2 three months; 75 cents single month. Tri-weekly-$5 per an? num; $2.60 six months; $1.25 three months. WEEKLY OLEAN EB-02.75 per annum; $1.50 six months. No subscrip? tion for a leas time than three months received. The PHOENIX office ia supplied with all necessary material fox as handsome cards, bill beads, posters, pamphlets, hand-bills, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the South. Give us a oali and test our work. A growing uneasiness-A bad boy. Tho loe King had it pretty much hie OWU Way, jf??te?d&j. XiuOl?S W?7S to bs seen in every di root iou, while the trees bent ander the weigh? of their icy cover? ing. Tho sight from an eminence waa particularly grand. An important notice to gas consumera will be found in another column. The company aro working under serioja dis? advantages, und arrangements are being mado to ehange the works so as to adapt them, to coal; when this is accomplished, the prioe, it is ex pee tod, will be material? ly reduced. Why oannot rosin be ma nofaotured in this vicinity? Look inte the matter, Messrs. Directors. We are pleased to announce that thc invalid New Yorker in the city Almi House hos been sent on to his friends it the State of New York. Capt. Jackson, Chief of Polioe, having raised a sam o money, and a number of onr friendi having added their contributions there to, we are enabled to report that on? hoart has been gladdened by a pro spec of a return home. Capt. Jaokson, Ghie of Polioo, aided and seconded by th Mayor, the City Clerk, Alderman Denny and the citizens who gave lu their COB tributions, was active in this matter, an his humane conduot is worthy of reooj nition. HOMICIDE AT THE PENITENTIARY.-O Thursday night last a oolored conviot c the penitoutiary was killed by anothc convict, (a white man,) confined in th same cell, who beat his brains ont, an then cut his throat; after which, he ls down and slept with his victim unt day-light. The white man, when que tioned about the matter, confessed th ho had committed the deed, and stub that they had had a difficulty sever days previous; that he regarded him i a bad man, and had watched hisopport nity to attaok him whilst aaloep. Tl perpetrator of the deed was a Canadii by birth, and is supposed to be som what deranged. BEFORE UNITED STATES COMMISSION BOOZER.-Edward H. Smith was, ? Thursday, brought before United Stat Commissioner Boozer, on a charge passing a counterfeit note, of the F< mers' and Manufacturers' National Bac of Poughkeepsie, New York, with kno ledge of the same. After a hearing, t Commissioner required the accused give bail in the sum of $2,000, for 1 appearance at the present term of t United States Court. Failing to gi the required bail, he was committed Richland County jail, to await his tia William Steen, of Union County, v re-arrested on a oharge of conspir?t and brought before tho Commission After a hearing, there not being s Soient evidenoo to detain him, he v discharged. Thomas MoNally, of Union Conn charged with conspiracy, oto., hac hoaring before Commissioner Booz and was discharged. THE CONCERT.-The concert, last ev ing, was a decided success. Tho ai' enoe seemed entranoed with enthusiai delight. Madame MoCnllooh-Brigt hos improved not more in her perso oharms, whioh is marked, than in richness, compass and cultivation, wb a your of assiduous application, un the most distinguished masters, made in her voioo-by nature so remi able in tone and sweetness. The c ratio airs from Rossini's // Barbi and Verdi's duets, La ci Daren, Tul Feste, and tho trio Attilla, in which I darno Brignol! was assisted in the dt by Sig. Focini and in the trio by ? Macoeforri, also, were received v groat applause. But to our uututo ears, as also in the opinion of the g: mass of the audience, as witnessed their deafening applause, the du notes of Madame Brignoli's exqui voioo had the most pleasing effcot in pathotio though simple'old English lads-"Last Roso of Summet," "Wit a Milo o' Edinboro'," suug to an enc and "Coming thro' tho Rye," "Homo, Sweet Home," sung by Bpi request. Sig. Macooferri, next to darno Brignoli, received tho most vo< rous encores, due, however, not onl; his fluo tenor voice, bat also to hil reign, uud to most of the audie l'-iugbablo gesticulations. Connies spoke in tho highest admiration of Pdcini'H rondoring of // Balen and quetta Pira from Trovalore. In duets, also, his magnificent bari compared not unfavorably with tho dame's bird-like warbles. .Tho ooncort was well attended, s four or five hundred persons being sent, whioh, whop we consider tba g inolomenoy of the weather, shows Columbia entertains a well merited i rest and pride in her gifted dangl Raroly do wo onjoy such a musical f< and we bespeak for the conoort evening a crowded hall. Tua SOUTH OABOLTNA LUNATIC ABXXUU . On Thursday last we visited and tho? roughly and critically inspected the Lunatic Asylum in this city. We are aware bow solicitous persona, having friends or relatives thero, bereft of reason, moat be to learn of the true con? dition of things, and it affords ns plea? sure, on the day appointed for "Thanks? giving," by the Federal and State au? thorities, to state to the pnblio our im? pressions of the management of this noble charity. We are pleased to ba able to use the language of eulogy. Io the discharge of our duty, as we understand it, it ie our necessity, contrary to our taste, tc employ the words of stern rebuke and denunciation. We paeB with great satis faction from these political subjeots tc the more pleasing, though sad thornes that onr visit suggests. ? Our first inspection was of the fetnal department of the Asylum. We fount the apartments well furnished with ever; thing calculated to make the inmate: oontented and comfortable. The fnrni ture ia mostly new and neat. The hall aro carpeted. Water and bath arrange monte, hot and cold, are on every floor and the patients are duly and skillfull; classified-reference being bad to tbei disease, their habits and their mode c life at home. As we rose from tb second floor and r cached the fourth, w noticed a judicious and considerate olat sification-all tending to the harmony c the establishment. Mnsio and pingine birds, and billiard tables are provide for the entertainment of the patienti We heard hardly more than two disco rt ant voices in the whole Asylum. Tb attendants seemed efficient and attentivi and every part of the building is ko j very neat and olean. We conversed wit a number of the partly demented, ac all bear their honest testimony to tl kind treatment of the Superintendent. The most striking feature connect* with the old building ia the mode i heating the interior by meauB of h air. This system is well nigh extend? over all the building. It works admir bly. We fonnd tho whole area expos? to thin hot air delightfully warmed, was a cold day when we visited the plac and it was qoite pleasant in every ba room, nook and corner within tl warmed space. We saw the furnaces, and cvero pleas with the elements they possess of ail plioity, economy and thorough adap tion to the end in view. A furnaoo r larger in itself than a common-siz cooking stove, and containing a surf? of coal not more than five inches dec warina, for four stories a space abc forty feet by twenty feet. These fi naces are repeated at intervals in t baaement of the asylum, until the whi establishment is warmed thoroughly a economically. The system ia to bo < tended to the new asylnm building, will add largely to the comfort and safi of the inmates, and will also be ! cheaper than the present bad syst of warming the apartments by stov This furnace is the warm air fnma with patent dust flue, radiator and i sifter combined, of Job Bartlett & So of Philadelphia. The junior membei the firm-young Mr. B.-is put ti these farnsces np himself, and is au telligent man, who understands his bi ness welL We are satisfied that i Bartlett furnace is an admirable thin) adapted jost as well to private residen as to pnblio buildings. After visiting the mess hall, kitchen, the laundry, the Bowing roc che chapel, the doctor's office, and ot arrangements connected with the fem asylnm building, we passed over to male department and the colored depi mont, male andfemale. Here we fonnd .Dr. Sloan, under '. EnBor's direction, immediately in ohai In the main bnilding, we fonnd furniture entirely renewed; the long 1 carpeted and everything in flrat-i order; the patients cheerful, and olea ness-which we are told is next to go neas-the order of the day. The same may be laid for the oolo department of our Asylum. In e deportment of this institution, the st careful attention and the same judici classification stood ont in bold rel The new bnilding in course of ereel is in progress. When this shall be c ploted, and Dr. Ensor shall extend furnace system all over tho institut and when other improvements oont plated by the Superintendent are < somma ted, we feel satisfied that Sc Carolina will have an Asylum worth, the moving interests involved. No dc these improvements have oust a pr large som, bot they were called for, we feel satisfied that so far as Dr. El is concerned, that the Asylnm funds be legitimately and economically plied. Dr. Ensor has done more t his duty. Bather than that his eye of heating the building should fai being carried out, when the State T sury failed him, he pledged his means, and, with the aid of Mr. G B., obtained the funds necessary to c out this work. Oar visit to tho Asylum was emine satisfactory. Dr. Ensor mast be a of soul, as well as SENSE. His arra monts and his management, so far a oonld judge, show him the right ma the right placo. We were i m pre -iib his skill, his philosophy, and humanity. He appreciates fully sensibilities of the patients, takes nv telligent view of thc moat approved reoent methods of treatment, and fine, seems to us fully qualified and i posted for his responsible atation. bia labors he ie efficiently aided by hie young R?sistant, Dr. Sloan, end we d?? sir? both these gentlemen sod all the deserving attendante to share in the un? asked and unbonght expression of our earo?at commendations. Fina. -About 6 o'clock, yesterday morning, a fire broke out io a kitchen on the premiaos ol Hr. 0, Leckie, on Richland street The firemen were out promptly, but owing to the inflammable nature of the material, the building waa entirely destroyed. Mr. Leckie requests us to return his thanks to the oitltens, both white and colored, the fire depart- ?. ment and the United States soldiers, who so energetically saved bis property from fire. MAIL AUBANQEMENTS.- The Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.16 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opena 6.80 A. M. ; clones 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; aloses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; doses 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 F. M. STJPBJKMK COUBT, FKXDAT, December 1, 1871.-The court met at 10 o'clock. Present, Ohiof Justice Moses and Asso? ciate Justices Willard and Wright. .The following oases were heard: John E. Robertson, respondent, vs. Albert Evans, appellent. John E. Ro? bertson, respondent, vs. Leonidas Low? ry, appellant. Mr. Moore for appellant*. Mr. Mciver for respondent. Mr. Moore in reply. Evander Byrd, respondent, vs." Wm. E. Charles, appellant. Mr. Charlea waa heard for appellant Mr. MoTver for re? spondent. Mr. Charlee in reply. Emanuel Jackson, appellant, vs. Thoa. C. Weatherly, et al, respondents. Mr. Johnson for appellant. Mr. Townsend for respondents. Mr. Hudson same side. At 3 P. M., the Court adjourned nutil Monday, December 4, at 10 A. M. PROCEEDINGS IN UNTTKD STATS? OOTTRT -Friday, December 1.-The court con? vened at IVX o'clock A. M. Judges Bond and Bryan presiding. The list of jurors having been called, Mr. Johnson arose and stated that he desired to object, in the form of an ex? ception to the juron being taken from tho State at large instead of from the Western District, in order that tba ques? tion might be made in the Supreme Court, should he deem it necessary after the trials. Thu following persons were sworn as grand jurors: B. F. Jaoksoo, foreman; B. Blackney, W. Wingate, A. Harria, R. R. Isverney, Wi B. Williams, P. M. Johnstone, Th os. J. Thaokham, W. B. Mitchell, Henry Jones, Sandy Tucker, J. G. Bonsai!, J. W. Heyward, J. G. Graham, Chas. Barnum, Legrand Sin? gleton, L. P. Rion, J. Thompson, H. Champion, J. D. Sterne. Judge Bond read from the Act of the 20th April, 1871, the form of the oath necessary to be taken by jurors, and the derk administered the oath. J udge Bond, in his charge to the grand jury, whioh was very brief, admonished them to bear patiently with the witnesses who wonld bo presented in the investi? gation of the Ku Klux oases, as they would mostly bo ignorant persons, unac? customed to giving testimony iu courts, and laboring, too, under an unusual de? gree of exoitement. He eautioned the grand jurors not to allow thdr previously oonceived opinions or aught else to~ in? fluence them in their findings, save the evidenco adduoed. The grand jury then withdrew, and tho petit jurors were sworn and dis? missed till to-morrow, at ll o'clock. The following prisoners made applica? tion for bail, whioh was granted: Thos. B. Whiteside, charged, as the District Attorney stated, with being on two or three raids, whipping colored people, ?c.; amount, $3,000; sureties, Dr. Mel? ton and-Pope. John W. Mitchell, charged with a similar offence, was ad? mitted to boil in the sam of 85,000; John O. Seegers surety. The prisoners were represented by Mesara. MoMaster, Melton and Hart. The grand jury returned the following findings: The United States es. Allen Crosby, Sherrod Childers, alias Ben. Childers, Sylvanus Hemphill. Banks Kell, Heze? kiah Porter, Wm. Montgomery, Evana Murphy and Aniio Rainey, conspiracy and burglary-true bill. The prisoners are from York. E. M. Stoeber, who had been sum? moned as a j ur yr, objected to serving, on the ground that his mind was prejudiced in the cases of the Ka Klux prisoners, and was excused. The following is a list of petit jurors: J. 0. Holloway, John F. Riley, John Free? man, Aaron Jackson, Alfred Ager ton, E. Johnson, Jas. M. Johnson, James Magill, E. C. Rainey, Alex. Allsbrook, J. B. Witherspoon, J. W. Gordon, Adam Cook, W. Mooney, A. W. Bo?, W. H. DeBerry, Joseph Keene, Henry Jordan, A. W. Curtis, John Mott, G. ?L Burkan, J. B. Wilson, Heury Daniela, Gabriel Oooper, N. E. Edwards, F. J. MoMaker, Isnao Black, January Simp? son, P, B. Glass, Edward Reed, Wm. j Smith, Jas. Smith, Joe Taylor, J. Lee, W. H Jackson, Charles Minort, Addi? son Richardson, J. A. Price, John N. Dunn, J. Tilden Myers, J. T. Gillmore, David Leahy. Cyrus Alston, H. W. Purvis, Wm. F. David, J. Wulbern. A nolpros. was entered in. the case of Logan Kitchens, and some fifteen others, oolored, from the County of Barnwell. J. B. Kershaw, Jr., of Camden, was admitted to praotioo in the United States Court. At half-past 2 o'clock P. M., the Court adjourned till ll o'clock, to-morrow. LIST OF NE* ADVERTISEMENTS. Fair, Pope ic Pope-Summonses. Starling f; Pope-Dissolution. Mrs. S. Townsend-Boarding House. Jacob Levin-Anotion Sales. D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auotion Sela. C. D. Lowndos-Vigilant Fire Co. Mrs. L. E. Blackwell-Boarding. J. Agnew & Son-Fire Crackers, ?ko. P. Cantwell-Scotoh Whiskey. MANUFACTURING ENTEIU'RISK IM CBABLIS TOH -Charleston is fast becoming a manu? facturing aa well as a oommeroial city. The largest manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds. toa., in the Southern States is that of Mr. P. P. TOALS, on Horlbeck's Wharf, in that city, sales rooms at No. 20 Hayns street. Mr. To Ans's advertisement appears in another column. Nov 21 ' Ott? . Mountain Butter. -I tt KITS MOUNTAIN BUTTES, Tor sale X*9 low. E. HOPE.