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Tuesday lloraiaK., December 12, 1B71.
"The condition of the Southern States
ic, unhappily, ?pt eopb aa ail trna patri?
otic citizens would <like to <e?eV? Social
oa&raniem for opinion's sake, personal
violence, or threats towards persona en?
tertaining political views opposed to
those entertained by the majority ot the
old citizens, prevents immigration and
the flood of much-needed capital into
tho Sutes lately in rebebi??. It will be
* happy oondition of tba conn try when
the old oitiaesa oi these States will take
an interest in publio affairs, promulgate
ideas honestly entertained, vote for men
representing their ; views, and tolerate
the esinie freedom of expression sud bal
The a?oya- fallacious passage wo ex?
tract front President Grant's late mea?
sage to Congress. As he seeks thus tot
dignify ohargca which have long boca
made and related, we alinde to the sub
jeot again, since every repetition of a
false allegation should meet with re?
peated denial. Oar, readers will recol?
lect that President Grant has not always
held the views contained in the above
extract from bis message. Whilst he
was'general, and-before he otitcred into
political life, ho was sent South to re?
port on Southern affairs, and he made a
very diff?rent statement from what he
would now make, judging from his pre
. sont attitude to fcfee South, '. Sflujt faaa
. before^thet VimiUUry hw* foU fnto' the
bandi! of the Badioal politicians-before
dreams of Presidential honor?- ppssed
before his vision-before he narrowed o
naturally narrow mind, and gav? np to
party what bo should hayo kept for the
whole country. ' *H?fj
Tho President remark th^ "tho con
dition of th>^tttt?e*??BA^
pilyi.pot au oh aa all, true, potinco oiti
zens would like to "fled/"'' Ws^hoarlilj
oonour with tho Present iath??\ Thoii
ec'??ditj?^ is ccrt^^j.a?<o^b?o l<
tis. Bat-when the President goes on t<
imply that-thia unhappy condition ii
due to "social ostracism." or. Mnriraona
violence," or "threats," preventing im
migration and capital, bn shows eithe
inexcusable ign?ranos of the actual ?tnt
of affairs in the Southern States/ br
. willingness, in o grave State ?tipor,. ,t
accept tho materials 'out of "which dc
signing politicians make party ox sec
tional capital.
... Ever since the close of the war, an
the downfall of thb instit^Vi?no? ?Crioa
slavery, the policy of 3 opening" -thee
Southern States to immigration ah
foreign capital has beou their obviou
1 ooaree-at once tho dictate of oommu
sense and natural sympathies Nor ba
any Sonthern State failed, to gpqn wid
its dcors to these influences. : )lmm:
grants from Europe, settlers from th
North, and capital have been invited an
re-invited-to tbe South. The press hay
spoken. Publio and represen ts tw^??"
b ava ?WM-LMM ? KVHinventions h ave efp ok'er
In some caaes, Govor?ora and I?gislativ
bodies have spoken. All ba va said t
capitaliste and settlors: "Coi?o. dow
and osaist ns with yonr means, and-yon
votes, and your labora", to' help us r<
deem and regenerate onr shattered land.
.We of the South have in good fait
sought to open this section to - thee
needed influences. We deaire theBe ii
flaences now. At the same time, we d
not intend to make any unworthy anet
floes to get them, feeling that iu goo
time we of the South, with or withot
foreign aid, shall so in orease our loci
power aa again to have a rightful shat
in the land of our inheritance-the lan
that we, from onr fathers, had in'truni.
Let ns say to President Grant, that h
little understands the philosophy of th
Sonthern situation. He ia simply in
posed upon, or ia wilfully blind and ut
just. The ?'social ostracism;" tho "pei
sonal violence" and the "threats,
whereof he speaks, whenever they ba\
been applied, have been, as a? genera
we might say, universal rule, applied t
those unworthy persons who havo oom
to the Sooth to make _ thai r fortunes h
illegitimate, vile, incendiary agonoies-t
those persons who, in any oommunit
where misrule prevailed; would be Iii
ble to "ostracism," or "violence," c
"threats." The ostracism is the ostn
oism of unworthy persons, and tho vii
lenee and the threats are for thieve
incendiaries and swindlers. It is fall
to say that there is at the South any p
onliar political intolerance. Preside)
Grant must remember that the hone
"Republicanism" of the North is vei
different from the Radicalism of tl
Sonth. Oar intolerance is the intole
ance of the Northern scum and the hon
sonm-juet snob intolerance as the Norl
wonld show if Sonthern sooundre
should go North, and, uniting with lo
Northern men, should undertake to ru
the North, tax its property, ruin its i
dsstrj, and lord il over a once favor?
land.
As for the genuine settlers from tl
North, of whatever political creed thi
may bo-as for the true men and wornt
of the North-we bid thom a hearty wt
come, and to these the right hand
fellowship has ever been extended. N
will these have any complaints to mal
of their reception and treatment at tl
hands of the "old citizens." Over ai
over again have these persons deolan
to ns that their treatment hos been ev
most kind and courteous. Such is tl
troth, and yet "thievingcarpet-baggers
seeking to sail in the same boat wi
their betters, have succeeded too well
pro du O?D g upon some Northern min
an impression false and unfounded.
We will tell President Grant what pi
?enta that iii)migration und much needed
capital whereof he speaks. It ia a petty
statesmanship1-it iq an unwise Byutem
of reconstruction-it>is Radical ??rrup
tion, extravagance and general misrule
it is this, whioh has reeded the flow of
oapital and immigration"; 'and, to oap the
climax, it ia your military interference,
actual here, and expeoted elsewhero in
the South, whioh brings about tbat con?
dition of ruined industries and curtailed
liberties; ?o fatal to capital'aud immigra
-?wr.""-Yt)n7""Mr." President and your
parlry^ll^Iftnted;1? (fie South a po?
litical : upas tree, and' thou wonder that
prosperity should languish and develop?
ment cease under its deadly influence.
Well may you nay that "it will be a
happy ooudition of tho'country when
? the old citizens of these States (South?
ern) will'taka au interest in public
af?ftf-'i Siuoo the State Governments
ha^gjono to ruin Under the new citizens
>hd^;th?ir pretended friends, yon may
well call to your aid the "old citizens."
It would have been well, however, had
this idea occurred td you and your asso?
ciates before this. It seems that Presi?
denta aa well as common people make
the mistake of locking stable doors aftei
the horses have been stolen. Our duty,
however, is plain. The President neoc
not undertake to instruct ns. We ebal
look she ?hora for our friends. Those
will be found in Heaven, in ourselves
and our ' generous allies of the Nortl
who have stood by us sinoo peace.
The Proposed lune of 9800,000 Klgh
Per Cent. Bonds.
We have seen no tax-payer who doe
not coincide with ns in the views w
have expressed on this subject. It i
deemed a most uncalled-for and exlrava
gant proposition, and one tending t
bring our city finances to the level of th
State finances. It is unnecessary. Th
bonded debt of tbe city ia now, wo leam
$325,000. Let that stay where it is nov
Why arrange to absorb this in the prc
posed 38uu,OOO issuance, or any otbc
issuance? It would but entail expem
and give Borne sharper a job, out (
whioh to make money.
lt is to bo presumed that tho Legisli
ture will pause before conferring sue
authority upon this Oounoil as tin
asked for. Golumbia bas been muk i nj
since the war, gallant efforts to rise fro
the ashes, and she is rising, and hi
risen, to a aortain extent. To retai
her prosperity and bring about a relaps
we know nothing better calculated to t
this than to place our city finance? in
ruinous oondition.
W& haye, indeed, a remarkable sta
of things hore-a city government th
is actually striking again and again
the very roots of the oity's prosperit
Behold their aotion in respect to the fe
grounds, the market, the Cit> Hall, ai
now the finances. Instead of being tl
architects of our fortunes, they see
bent upon being the authors of our rui
xriuux tneir short-sighted aotion ai
their schemes of self-aggrandizement, i
turn to tbe sound sense and the hones
of * the great maus of all classes of o
citizens. No parly question here.
There is one feature of the bill provi
lng for the issue of $800,000 city eig
per cent, bonds, of whioh we hearti
approve, and for whioh wo must c
tend our acknowledgments. We rei
to that seotion which makes it afelor,
punishable by fine and imprisonment, )
the Mayor and Aldermen privately a
fraudulently to issue bonds. Hereoft<
such issuance must bo done in the lig
of day, and npon legal grounds. WI
a blow, right in the face of the prese
Council was that, our countrymen; a
this, too, from the City Attorney!
Observe This.
To say nothing of the taxes colleot
this year, the present administrati
have to aooooDt for over ?5,400, C
raised by taxation, and more tb
$4,000,000 realized by tho sale or hy]
theoation of Stato bonds. Besides t
ourrent expenses of tho Govern me:
what have they got to show for tb
School-houses, bridges, works of pul
improvement? No. They have only
show a paralyzed State, a depend?
people, military law in nine Coanti
official rascality in high places and 1<
high taxes, and a debt acknowledged
be nearly 810,000,000, the interest ali
upon whioh is ovor $1,000,000 per i
earn, or two and one-half times m
than wero the ordinary expenses of I
government prior to tho wari Aud tb
too, when the whites of the State p
their taxes upon a taxable basis
$500,000,000; whereas the present ta
bio basis is but $184,000,000. Parti
whilst before the war, the ordinary
penses of tho State Government amoo
ed to about $400,000 per an nu rn, $1,0(
000 does not now sufliool Hold the r
responsible.
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A ir MB AUD Ttl" TOGA.-Tn* Uni
States Court was engaged, yesterc
upon the case of Lean der Spencer VA. D
Merrill. Tho writ of habeas corpu
lifted up by Messrs. Stanberry and Jo
son, and the military cotnmauduat
York is culled upon to answer. ?
readers will watch this episode with
terost. Wo m know wo ahull. "Cet
anna toqo."
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Wo aro requested by tho com mi
oharged with the collection of funds
the counsel engagod to defend thu
soners arrested by military authority
state that, owing to the absence of
of the oouDsel expeoted, only two-th
of tho amount called for will be nee?
Those to whom circulars have been
will, therefore, transmit to the oom
tee two-thirds of tbe original assesKm
The AHor-aey.Qcne(al>( Hopo min il li y
Audition?! ?li?rg<:?.
Mr. Chamberlain, io bia: lot^r of Sa
tarday last, te?torea to sax Jjo^t lie ia
aat?ifi?d to lei bia character ata?d agnitiat
all oar attaokB. Without desiring uuiie
oe?aarily to wound hin pride, we muet
aay that he oannot afford to take that
position-never could, and still lesa now,
? since we have oom? down somewhat to
j details. We have additional chargea to
make, and wo think that Mr. Ohambor
! lain will Bud it very hard to answer these
as well as the preceding ones.
1. The bonds authorized to be issued
by the present administration are as fol?
lows: Under Aot for redemption of bills
receivable, $600,000; for interest on pub?
lic debt, ?1,000,000; for funding bills of
Bank of State of South Carolina, 81,258,
G50; for relief of Treasury, $1,000,000;
for Laad Commission, $700,000. Total,
$4,458,550.
Now, we have carefully examined these
Acta, and in every case, except that of
the Land Commission bonds, the autho?
rity ie given to borrow, on tho credit of the
State of South Carolina, OM BONDS, a sum
nat exceeding --dollars. Now, observe
this: There is nb limit as to tho number
of bonds, but so muoh money is to be
raised. That is tho opportunity whioh
is given, to the Financial Board to so
conatrue the Acts es to deem thomsslves
authorized to issue ten millions or twenty
millions, or even more bonds, for the
purpose of realizing tho sums of money
fixed. . Now, who is responsible for this
ontrageouB, fraudulent wording of the
money Aots of the preseut administra?
tion? Is it not the Attorney-G?nerait
Are not these Acts subject to his ap?
proval, if they are not bis own drafts'
If so, then ia he responsible for the op?
portunity of fraud und the temptatior
to fraud embraced in tho unheard-ol
wording of tb eso money Acts. And thni
we distinctly charge that he has grossly,
criminally neglected his duty, or else h<
bee deliberately opened the door to tut
monstrous frauds that have boen com
mitted.
2. But this is not all. Wo ask, did b<
not givo a written opinion to the Trea
surer that ho could issue, under the Aol
we have referred to, n number of bond
in excess of tho amounts supposed an
thorized by the Aots? Hus bo not
thorefore, virtually admitted that he ha<
oponed tho door to fraud, aud that i
stood open by law?
3. Again we ask: Is not tho Attorney
General responsible for Kiinptou's re
tentiou in ofilce?
It is known that even Gov. Scott ha
sought, or pretended to seek, Ki mp ton'
removal; but he bas not boen successful
As Parker and Kimpton aro iu nooessar,
copartnership in fraud, it follows tho.
the member of the Financial Board rc
spocsible for Kimpton's retention 1
office is D. H. Chamberlain, the on]
member of tho Financial Board excec
Scott uua l'arker. Lot the Attorney
General now answer to our indiotmenl
Ho has invited it. It contains six cou u ts
Correction-Increasing V'orcc of Argu
mont,
lu our article No. 3, on a "Popula
View of our State Finauces," we put th
County taxes at threo per oent. on th
State taxes. It should havo been abot
forty per oent. Tho matter will, thor?
fore, stand thus: Acknowledged col lee
ed by the Governor in throe years, e.
duding this year, $3.075,82G.42. T
this add forty per ouut. for Count
taxes, $1,482,320.50, and $853,092.8'
three-fourths of delinquent taxes afte:
wards collected, and we have $5,411
248.87 raiood iu 1808, 18G3, 1870, h
taxation of tho poopie of Sooth Carol
na, aud mainly, too, of the whites of tl
Stato. Add to this the $4,410,500, whic
we havo shown is perhaps tho least thi
Kimpton hus realized on thesale of Sta
bonds, and wo have $9,827,74S to be a
counted for by tho ndministratioi
What have thoy got to show for thu
And to tho people we soy: "What a:
you goiug to do about it?"
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CAPT. BRENIZER'S CARD.-Wo iuvi
attention to Capt. Brenizer's card, to 1
found elsewhere in the.su column
Whilst Capt. Brenizer's statement is :
itself conclusivo to our mind, we hui
other ovidonco to confirm all that ho h
said in his card. Our association wi:
this otlicer makes us invest his stat
meat with ali consideration.
3700,000 Laud Commission bom
wore issued and sold by Kimpton. Wh
is there now to show for this? It is sa
that tho land purchases aro not this di
worth $100,000. Thus goes the sum
at least $000,000 of the people'.-: mons
TUE RINO MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Will some ouo enlighten us us to tl
sales made under the nu sj) ices of tl
Sinking Fund Board? Does Goveru
Scott own tho Executive mansion ai
tho grounds attaohed?
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The oity of Columbia is invited to j
into the loan market as a borrower
eight per cont. In allowing the mut
cipal ring to issue as many bonds ns m
be necessary to bring the debt up
$300,000, the bill will remind the poop
of the Acts to reduce tho bills recoiv
ble, to relievo the Treasury, and to p
tho interest on tho debt. But this c
oiimvontion was unnecessary. Tho de
of Columbia could have beon ruu up
$800,000 without the help of a borro
ing bill.- Charleston News.
Horace Greeloy wrote: "Womon n<
mnuago most of the public libraries
Massachusetts," and the compositor re
il, "Women now worry most of tb
public babies by mastication."
The Boston Post insidiously remai
that Mr. Greeley's Icoturo on "Wi
proves how long a mau may talk withe
exhibiting any.
A Frank Confession.
It was a norry admission made by one
of the preen! gang in power-he about
tbe beat appearing of them-to a maa
who bad wsiled many months in vain
for bia pey for work don? for that honor?
able fraternity, ?nd who? nearly beside
himself, with the thought of wife and
children, for whom he might not be able
another day to provide the commonest
comforts of life, was making another
desperate and hopeless appeal. "Well,"
said finally the comfortable and purso
prond refuser of his little claim, (bo al?
ways declared it Wan ?viu? of th?TOSt of
them who wouldn't let him do anything,
and they each, in turn, declared it was
some one else still, and so the poor man
was passed around between them all,
getting no satisfaction from any, and the
onnniug fellows laughing in their sleeves
meanwhile,) "if you had been a regular
bully, could swear like a pirate, and fight
a ibing through, I suppose you might
have had your money long ago, and al?
most any position you would have asked
for."
What delightful naivete! What a
i charming confession I Not ability, but
1 ruffianism, can the most readily win its
way, and find place and position among
these latter-day sons of power, BO very
new still io their business, and its rare
and bewildering opportunities! What
an invitiog field for Heenan nnd hiB
prize-fighters South Oaroliua must have
lately presented, according to this inge?
nuous statement! What fresh laurels
they might have wool What glorious
and substantial trophies they might have
carried off, if they had only known in
time! For, alas! their day of opportu?
nity is lost and gone, and the recent
thieves' Paradise is in danger of being
very wickedly interfered with.
Tho man thus kindly informed, it
seams, had somehow, poor fellow, sadly
missed iu bis life that rowdy training
tbat alone would have fitted him to oope
successfully with this merry crew. So,
no matter bow well and thoroughly per?
formed bis work had been, the privilege
of having beeu permitted to do it was
quite enough for him-he didu't need
any pay. lt was bis duty to be fully
satisfied to let it go to further fill the
pookets of those who bad so condescend?
ingly allowed bim to work for them.
Happy wives of such husbands! Blest
ohildren of such fathom! Your bread
and batter, at least, is sure. Yon shall
ride iu your oarringea and dress iu your
satins. You shall wear rings OU your
fingers and bells on your toes, if you
want to. You shall forget tho calicoes
and homespuns of other days, and how
your nimbia fingers could b?ke and sew
and scrub so deftly. (Dou't you dare
breathe a word of it to a living soul,
Mr. Editor; 'tia ull between ourselves, os
my friend, Mrs. X., tulla everyone of har
afternoon callers in tho very strictest
confidence.) You shall no longer re?
member the little red school-house, on
the side of the hill, away up North, in
which you flourished the birchen seep
tro; nor the counters behind which you
made ohaugo, while tho husband and
father stepped for a moment to the back
shop; nor boarding-houses, nor clerk?
ships, nor auy such thing. Oh.no! All
that belonged to another life; a previous
exiBtenoe, altogether. Now you are the
ton, and must set a better example than
that. The only present mission you
have to fullfill is to dress and go, and
show off the fashions, just as you "always
did," yon know.
But, oh, you poor wretches who never
were taught from your mothers' arms to
swear and fight, and raise tho dast
generally, .when your wives and children
ask for bread, carry home to thom in the
place of your honest earnings thia stone
from the State Treasury, and go and
hang yourselves!
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MESSRS. EDITORS: In W. J. Whipper's
speech beforo tho House o? Rapr???uta
tives, published io your issue of the 9th
instant, I notico language used reflecting
at onco on me and the bark with which
I am connected; and I feel it incumbent
on me to state, ia reply to the insinua?
tion that I aoted with the "committee
of citizens" from interested mott ros,
that neither I nor tho bank I represent
have one dollar invested in South Caro?
lina bonds. ? am gratified to be able to
state, also, that none of tho State bonds
are deposited with the bank us collateral
seourlty, excepting au old bond of
$1,000, pledged to secure a nota of a few
hundred dollars-the note itself being
deemed better security than tho bond.
It has always been my endeavor, Messrs.
Editors, to avoid newspaper controversy,
and I would not have solicited the use of
the columns of your paper iu this in?
stance, had I alone been assailed ; but
representing, as I do, numerous private
! interests, I have felt it to he my duty to
give emphatic denial to the statement!
made in tho speech above alluded to.
' Very respectfully,
A. O. BRENIZER.
KIMPTON'S REPORT.-The desire to
have u roport from tho Cherubical Fi?
nancial Agent ut ?he o?alo in unabated
among thc law-makers of the land, and
in both houses resolutions of all manner
of kind aro iutrodued, having in view !
tho covering or extorting nf the report
of his financial transactions. The latest
is somewhat sharp, and was introduced
by Mr. WhitLemoro iu tho Souute. It
reads:
Whereas the Financial Agent for the
State of South Carolina, in tho city of
New York, hus failed to mako his
quarterly roport for the fiscal year end?
ing October SI, 1871, to tho proper
officer of tho State, and tho General As?
sembly have beoa informed, by tho
Comptroller General, o? emoh a uegloot
of duty; therefore, bo it
Resolved, hythe Senate of South Ca?
rolina, tho Home of Representativos
concurring, That tho Comptroller^ tune- !
ral be, and ho in hereby, authorized and
ordered to commence und continue such ;
legal proceedings us will sounro all the ?
books, accounts, vouchers uud pupers of,
tho Financial Agency of tho State of
South Carolina, iu tho city of New York; {
and ho is further authorized and ordered i
to employ suitable counsel, who will also :
aid him in tho proseoutiou of such pro- I
coadings against tho Financial Agent as j
shall bo found necessary to protect the j
honor mid credit of the Stute.
Tho anriOUDCmeut of a discourse from !
tho Right Rev. Bishop W. B. W. Howe,
tho successor of the lamented Bishop
Davis, as tho chief pastor of tho Protest?
ant Episcopal Diocese of South Caroli?
na, filled St. Philip's Church last even?
ing with an unusually large congregation.
j Charleston News.
Railroad EnttrprJie,
MB. EDITOR: Notwithstanding the in
clemency of the weather, the railroad
meeting at Chiles* dross Roads, in Ab?
beville County, on the 1st inst,, waa well
attended. The truth is, the absolute ne?
cessity for a railroad through tho section
proposed to be traversed by the Green?
wood and Augusta Road, renders its con?
struction a fixed faot if there is property
enough throughout the length and
breadth of the route from Greenwood to
! Savannah River to build it. It is, in
' deed, a necessity, and fully realized by
the citizens of this -section of Abbeville
and Edgefleld. We aro isolated, to a
great extent; remote from market, with
all the attendant evils of such remote?
ness. The direct question with us is
shall we preserve persistently our isola?
tion, and thus ..effectually bar our pros?
perity, or shall we, by u wine and liberal
policy, devote onr otherwise useless end
dormant maana, to tho development of
one ot the- most fertile sections of tbe
State? The latter ia tho determination
of the people along this route, and
such ia the interest which they have in
it. The interest of others in thia road
ia no less evident. Augusta cannot be
mistaken as to her interest in it. The
completion of this line, of about fifty
miles, along a ridge which could not
have been better provided by nature
for tho purpose, without a stream to
or ona from Greenwood to Savaunab
River, ut au iuoredibly small cost, will
com pluto ber oonueotion with the North
via Greenville, Spartanburg, Charlotte,
&c, as effectually as by any other route
proponed-either of which will bo three
times the distance of this to be con?
structed, und ten-fold the cost of con?
struction, over as broken and rugged a
country us auy in the State from be?
ginning to the end of tho line.
Another advantage Augusta bas in the
I Greenwood and Fury's Ferry ronte: it is,
in fuot, a route to Augusta which can
have no competition. The routo pro?
posed via Ninety-Six, Edge ii eld, etc.,
reaches Augusta ut the Pine House, in
Edgefleld-a respectful distance of twen?
ty-six miles from her-affording ample
apace und opportunity for shippers to
choose between marketa and the tariffs
of different roads-to which point th?
South Carolina Road ought, byallmeaus,
to extend a short lino from Aiken, and
give to tho public an opportunity of
testing her as a medium of transporta?
tion and Cbarlcstou as a cheap market.
Another item of great interest to Au?
gusta in the Greenwood audFury'B Ferry
route is, that it carries with it tho com?
pletion of the Savannah Valley Road to
Dom's Minos-a distauoo of thirty or
forty miles-from which point it mu)
branch off, and will eventually be built
by Abbeville Court House tu Andersou.
But. Mr. Editor, (et what may be said,
the routo from Greenwood to Angust? is
tho only practicablo route proposed. It
is scarcely probable that tho people on
tho lino via Ninety-Six and Edgofield
will build a road from tho former place
to tho Piue House, much less to Au?
gusta, und our fellow-citizens of Laurens,
Union and Spartanburg are in no condi?
tion to embark in railroad enterprises.
They have graver interests iu jeopardy.
Our hearts grieve for thom as for stricken
brethren, aud, could it uvaii, we would
cheerfully renounce all railroad facilities
and temporal prosperity for tho restitu?
tion of the liberties of our people.
LIBERTY HILL.
Tun TRIAL OF MRS. WHARTON.
Among tho celebrated causes of the
times, may bo ruuked that now pending
at Aunapolis, Maryland, iu which Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Wharton is ou trial for the
murder by poisoning of Gen. Ketchum.
Thu facts in this case may bo grouped
together about as follows: Mrs. Wharton
was the wife of Major H. W. Wharton,
of the United States army. They moved
in the very best social circles in the oity
of Baltimore. In 18G7, they were visited
by the) wife and daughter of Col. J. G.
Wharton, a brother of the Major, who
iu a short time joined them. The daugh?
ter aud then Col. Wharton himself died
wbilo making this visit, Miss Wharton
with consumption. Shortly after. Maj.
Wharton died of typhoid fever. On the
24th of last Jone, a particular friend of
Mrs. Wharton, a Mr. Van Ness, while
visiting with his wife ut her bouse, was
taken violently siok, after drinking some
beor. On the same dey, Gen. Ketohum,
of Washington, with a lady friend, paid
Mrs. W. and her daughter Nellie a visit,
and although complaining of foeling un?
well, ate a quantity of raspberries which
were handed around for refreshment.
This made him quite ill, from which
sickness he died ou the 2dth. The at?
tending physician, suspected foul play,
and disinterring tho remains of the
General, subjected tbe ooutents of the
stomach to a chemical analysis, and pro?
fessed to have discovered tartar emetic.
It was ascertained that Mrs. Wharton
! had bought some of this drug a few days
! before. Upon this, the lady was arrest
! ed aud indicted for murder.
Mrs. Wharton is a handsome, refined
I und intelligent woman, of about forty
i seven years of agc. Her bearing iu
? court is said to be calm and dignified.
! Her accomplished and beautiful daugu
? tor, whose devoted attentions huve ex
i cited universal admiration, sits by ber
i side during tho progress of the trial.
I If Mrs. Wharton is guilty of tho of
? fence charged, she is a very fiend of
'darkness; but it seems to us that the
evidence as reported in tho papers is
very slight, and wo apprehend the dis?
tinguished counsel employed will bo ablo
to establish her innocence, unless im
portant facts not yet promulgated ure
olioited iu tho trial. The high social
position of the parties naturally excites
much interest in tho case.
Thc Now burn Times says: We learn
that during tho snow storm of Friday
last, a boy named Herbert Davis, aged
about thirteen years, and living ia the
vicinity of Kinston, was sent by his mo?
ther on au errand ut some distance. Tbe
little fellow was ou horseback, and reach?
ing nu improperly covered deep ditch,
tho horse fell in, and tbe little fellow,
being unable to extricate himself, felt
under tho horse, and was either killed
by the fall, or so injured ns to be unable
to help himself, and froze to death.
When discovered ho and tho horse were
both dead.
DKLAHOK ANO MOWEN.-Tho Washing?
ton Patriot says: "It is ata ted that
Congressman De Large, of this State,
will resign in February in favor of tho
contestant, C. C. Bowen."
Au American-of course it is un
American-has started a ferry boat on
the sea of Galileo, and tho steam-whistle
and eugine gong uro henceforth to do
violence to its echoes.
TUB UNITED STATES COURT-TRIAL
Ku KLUX OAS ZS.-MONDAY, D eoe m ber
ll, 1871.-The court met at 10 A. M.,
Hon. Hugb Li. Bond, Circuit Judge,
Bad HOD. George S. Bryan on Mic bench.
Mr. Btanberry mode a few additional
remarks, and cited authorities in sus?
tainment of bis argument delivered on
Saturday, with regard to tbs measure of I
punishment in the case of the prisoners
who bad plead guilty.
Mr. Chamberlain, in reply, maintained
that tba orime was defined and the pe?
nalty affixed by tba sixth section of the
Act of 1870, and not by the fourth, as
the counsel fer tbs dsfsnoe urged.
Mr. Johnson answered Mr.'Chamber?
lain, and oiosed the argument.
The Court stated that the decision of
the question would be withheld for fur?
ther consultation.
Tbe grand jury returned true bills in
the following oases: The United States
vs. John Mitobell et al., for conspiracy;
the United States va. John White el al,
for conspiracy; and the United States rs.
J. Parks Wilson el al.
Mr. Corbin stated that he would take
np next the can? of the United States va.
James William Avery et al., for conspi?
racy and murder.
Mr. bumberry announced io the court
that this waa the case io which it was
agreed that a certificate of division upon
certain points arising on the motion to
quash the indictment io tho cave of tbe
United States va. Allen Crosby el al.
should be made sud sent to tbe Supreme
Court; and until the*determination o'
whiob, the trial would be stayed.
Tbe poiuts of division were submitted
by Mr. Stanberry, and the Court stated
that it would reserve them for further
consideration.
Mr. Stanberry asked that the return
of Major Lewis Merrill to tho writ of
habeas corpus, issued iu favor of Leander
Spencer, might betaken up. The Court
assented, and Mr. Stanberry went on to
read the petition of Leander Spencor,
alleging that he was a citizen of York
County, &c, uud had been arrested and
held in confinement by the said Major
Merrill, without a warrant or process
from any court. Also, read the writ
commanding the said Lewis Merrill to
produce the body of the said Leander
Spencer, together with the authority
'.ipon which Le held bins in conunomout.
The return of Major Merrill was, that
be did not have at the time of the service
of tue writ, nor had ho since, bad the
body of Leander Spencer in imprison?
ment.
Thin, Mr. Stanborry objected to, us
ovasivo and insufficient, inasmuch us it
did uot state whether or nut Leander
Spencer hud been held in imprisonment
by him, nor the cause nor authority of
uis capture.
Mr. Corbin replied for Msjor Merrill,
that tho return was made iu the words of
thc writ, and was all tba?.could be asked;
that tho couuHel for Leander Spencer
had simply proceeded again Kt tho wrong
party.
The Court orderod that Major Merrill
should umond his roturo, and state whe?
ther the petitioner bad been imprisoned
by him, and what disposition he bad
made of the petitioner.
Major Merrill accordingly amended
his return, stating that on or about the
25th of October last, Leander Spencer
had appeared before bim and confessed
that he bad violated the second and
third seotions of the Aot of 1870, and
that be, (Leander Spencer,) together
with other parties, bad engaged in the
murder of Charles Good; that be took
tho said Spencer iu custody and turned
him over at the earliest practicable mo?
ment (a month afterwards, on the 24th
of November,) to tbe United States
Marshal.
To this, ulna. Mr. Stanberry objected,
as it was not stated by what authority
Leander Spencer had been bold in
custody, or npon what warrant or other
process bo bad been turned over to the
Marshal.
The Court held the return sufficient.
Mr. Stanberry stated that he would
oarry the question to the Supreme Court,
iu order to test the constitutionality of
tho Act authorizing tbe suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus by the President,
which wus the maia object of the peti?
tion.
Mr. Corbin nsx* called the case of tbe
United States vs. J. Parks Wilson et al.
Colonel McMaster, special attorney
for the defenoe, begged for time until
to-morrow, that the acoused, who bad
been released on bail, might be present,
which was granted, and the court ad?
journed to G o'olook P. M.
KVHNINO SESSION.
The court met at G P. M.
The Court inquired of the District
Attorney if there was any business be?
fore the court.
Mr. Corbin replied that there were co
new cases, and that be was awaiting the
deoision of the Court upon the question
of the validity of the counts charging a
violation of the right to keep and to
bear arms -a right which LA- thought be
might, os well stute here was most con?
tinually and malignantly infringed, and
a "Violation of whiob nearly all thu in?
dictments charged.
The Conrt stuted that they bad not yet
decided the question.
There being no business on baud, the
court adjourned, ut half-post G o'clock,
to ll A. M., to-morrow.:
HoTKii Anni VALS, December ll.
dickerson House-C. Bull, Oruugeborg;
L. M. Little, Lynchburg; P. M. Hamer,
Marlboro; W. lt. S. Lawson, Lydon; J.
B. Platt, Chesterfield; E. T. Kembert,
Muyasville; J. A. Sadler, J. A. Sadler,
Jr., J. J. Gormley, Charlotte; J. Hemp
hill, Chester; W. V. B. Clough, Balti
! moro; J. W. Call, Augueta; J. B. Debe
ny, Paris; J. R. Chatham, Helena; H. B.
Faut, S. C.; Rev. A. Kennedy, Tenn. ; J.
Bailey, city; Fred. D. Bush, Columbi?;
Miss J. Bush, Mass.; A. H. Rowan, Pa.;
I. M. Bryan, Chalrcaton; J. W. Bruff,
Md.; A. P. Jordan, Greenwood; T. W.
Kenn, N. C. ; H. J. Thomson, New Or?
leans; H. P. Hammett, Greenville.
Columbia Hotel-G. S. Heidt, Brook?
lyn; P. F. Whitehead, U. S. A.; A. D.
i Trimble, Miss. ; J. R. Kinniugham, i\ >
orphans; W. Murdooh, A. L. R. R ; J.
H. Averill, Wiuuaboro; W. J. Do'i're
villo, Orangeburg; A. G. Msgratb, Miss
Magrath, Charleston; H. B. Adsit, Ro?
chester; A. H. Waring, S. C.; J. T. Mc?
Carthy, Ga.; R. A. Welsh, Newborn;
i Mrs. S. A. Woods, Darlington; W. A.
Bradley, Augusta; A. Wonda, Mars'
Bluff; F. E. Taylor, S. C.; S. Smith, U.
S. A.; P. Skoeto, U. S.A.; W. K. Eas
loy, Green vii le; J. P. Pool, Newberry;
J. W. Marshall, Abbeville; T. M. Wilkes,
Walhalla, J. W. Joues, Cross Hill.
Speaking of Jews, the Jewish Chroni?
cle 8:vyu Ireland is tho only country iu
Enropo where the Jews were never per
?eontod.
?i.ooal ? Item?.
PRONIXIANA.-The pr joe of single
copies of tba PHOZNIX is five oent?.
The PHCBWTX office is supplied with all
necessary material for aa baudaome cards,
bill heads, posters, pamphlets, baud-bills,
oiroulars, and other printing that maybe
desired, aa any office in the South. Give
as a call and teat oar work.
It is hoped that every member of the
Board of Trade will ba present at the
meeting called for thia evening, aa im?
portant mattera relative to the city will
be considered.
We are indebted to Mr. J. Woodruff,
for tbe-flrafc volume of ibo report of the
Supreme Coartof South Carolina. This
volume ia the work of J. S. G. Richard?
son. Seq., so well and favorably known
in this connection. It ia weil bound and
printed, and bears the impress of
"Republican Printing Company." Tum
volume is from November term, 1868, to
November term, 1669, inclusiva
Messrs. C. Platz & Son, nursery aod
seedsmen, of Erf ort, Pruaeia, have fur?
nished us with a copy of their catalogue
of seeds and plants. Those interested
can examine the catalogue by calling at
PHOENIX office.
The weather for the past few days has
more resembled May than December.
At the Pollock Honse, yesterday, at 9 A.
M., the thermometer stood at 42; 2 P.
M., 55; 9 P. M., 49.
. The general effect in the new style of
hair dressing is Grecian, but as rough
and frowsy aa ever. Two long curls on
each eulo are to take the plane of the
curls'in the back that have been worn so
long.
The stream of life forks, and religion
is apt to run in one channol und business
in another.
The most useful thing in the long
run-Breath.
The conjunctive mood-Thoughts of
matrimony
Man's groat enemy is the wine glass;
woman's is the looking glass. ?Toys are
the flowers on the path of lifo, and, like
flowers, can be cultivated.
A handsome woman pleases the eye; a
good woman the heart. One is a jewel;
the other a treasure.
Whenever you bny or sell, let or hire,
make a clear bargain, and never trust to
"We shan't disagree about trifles."
A hen-pecked husband, who had mar?
ried his wife because she wus handsome,
declared that "a thing of beauty in a jaw
forevor."
Tho income lax expires by limitation
oi the 30th inst.
To be handled with care-Reputations.
Oare to our coffin adds a nail, no
doubt. And every grin, so merry, draws
ono out.
The orphans were met at the depot,
yesterday^ by a respectable delegation oi
citizens, and were escorted to the Co?
lumbia Hotel, where there was consider
ble competition among the ladies as tc
who (should take charge of the little
creatures. At night, they congregated
at the Columbia Hotel, and proceeded tr
Irwin's Hall, where they were received
by an immenso conconree. The singing
waa well worth listening to, and wat
warmly applauded. They leave for theil
"home," to-day.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northen
mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; oloses 7.1J
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.0t
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Oharlestoi
night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.0'
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 F
M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mai
opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. Oi
Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
M AIT EUH IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
Peter A. McDaniel bas been^appointet
County Commissioner for Greenvilli
County.
S. H. Hawkins, Commissioner o
Deads for South Carolina, residing ii
A mer ions, Ga.
P. B Williams, Trial Justice forAikci
County.
The resignations'^ I. N. Hayne, Tri?
Justice for Barnwell County, and tbs
of H. J. Fox, as Trial Justice fo
Chesterfield, have been accepted.
SUPRFME COURT, MONDAY, Decembe
ll.-The court mot at 10 A. M. Tri
sent-Chief Justice Moses nnd Associ?t
Justices Willard and Wright.
J. D. Caskev, Sheriff, nils. Williur
McMullau. Opinion of the Court dc
livered by the Chief Justice. Motio
granted.
The First Circuit was called.
T. L. Bulow el al., vs. C. O. Witte
Mr. Phillips wus heard for uppelhtn!
Mr. Simons for respondents. Mr. Dun
kin on sumo side.
At 3 P. M., the court adjourned nut
Tuesday, 12th, at 10 A. M.
Lr HT I>F NEW ADYERTISKSIKNTS
A. O. Mathewson-Black Seed Oats.
Howie & Allon - Copartnership Notici
Meeting True Brotherhood Lodge.
IJ. E. Johnson-Commission Notice.
P. Cantwell-Saussage?, A o.
R. O'Neale, Jr.-Board of Trade
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0 rv\ ci AI . lUm.K N ir M n HUH Charmion Chat
table AoHociatiou, for benefit Free Behool fun
KA YVLY. CLASS NO. 240.-Morning, December 1
24-5-9-49-05-31-73 72-33-17-GG-53
Wi t nona my band at Charleston, thia 11th d
ot becunber, 1371. FENN PECK.
Dec 12 Sworn Commissioner.
M AN r FAc rc ii i NO ENTKIUMMSE IN CHARL?
TON - charleston irt f??t becoming a man
facturing aa well aa a commercial city. Tl
largest manufactory of doora, Hashes,*blind
Ac, in the Southern state H ia that of Mr.
P. TOA Lis, on Horlbock'a Wharf, in that cit
B*lt"< rooina at No. 20 Mayne street. M
'1 O.M.K'S advertisement, appears in anoth
column. Nov 2}
TUB LAST OF THE WABimuRNs IN Co
ORUBA-For tho first timo in sixte*
years there is not a Washburn in Coi
Sress, Mr. Washbnm, Governor oleot
[assaohusetts, having Rent in bis r
aignation as a member.