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w W.V ..-?l.t.*?*. COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Morning, January 7,1578. A C?|E??nlntor Aomirtd, A Columbra borreL'poodent of the New York Evening Poil, writing in the into? rest of the prosecution, and of the Go? vernment, in the? Ku Klox tri?le, lauds Judge Bond and Mesare. Corbin and Chamberlain, but disparages Judge Bryan and the Columbia bar. We un? derstand, very well, the Spirit that prompted this oorreVpondential exhibi? tion of party real and pomonal maligni? ty. He says: "Mr. Corbin Is a young man ot more than ?Tenge ability as a lawyer-clear? headed, sound in reasoning, of mnoh ex ?terienoe in his present . duties, nos brii iant nor oratorical in 'style,' and not speaking with groat fluency, but qniok to see the points of'his case and plain and logical ia setting them ont. Mr., Chamberlain is one of the members of what ie called the 'Carpet-bag govern? ment' of Sooth' Oarolina. Unlike some others of its members, his personal and official characters are untarnished by any suspicion., of fraud.. Whatever may be said of the others, h'is hands are olean. He is yet young, but of high culture, an excellent lawyer and a most pleasing speaker, both in manner and in matter. His arguments are olear and terse, hiB language well chosen and bis methods of reasoning such as bring the snbjeot dearly to the apprehension of his hear? ers." As for Mr. Oorbin, he is very quick to see the points of the case, when he wants to make a point in furtherance of the organized plan, and obvious game, to make political capital out of Ku Klux ism. He has executed very well the bidding of his Radical masters, and showed very.well the qualities that cha? racterize him, viz: those of the legal ruffian. As for the State Attorney-Ge? neral, it is decidedly rich to find the correspondent talking of his "personal and official characters" "untarnished by any suspicion of freud 1" This oorreB ?aAnrtanf ? r*l?*> VnAses. ?ms?i'T "vf ?-- --?-j aHVW.l ? w*jr iiMlv itJm the history of Mr. Chamberlain in this State, and of the recent articles in this journal. To talk of thia man's character being untarnished by any suspicion of fraud I This is enough to show what es? timate to placo upon this correspond? ent's representation. Again this "vora? cious" writer says: "The Judges are the Oirouit Judge Bond and District Judge Bryan. Judge Bond is a man of about forty-five, rather 'spruce' looking, evidently long accus? tomed to the bench, exceedingly courte? ous in manner, but prompt and brief in matter when he speaks; his words are few, olear and to the point. Judge Bryan is in wide contrast. Venerable looking, with silver gray hair and beard, he affects the long silk gown of the English Judges. Even all these acces? sories fail to give oharaoter and dignity to a face that betrays a weak and vacil? lating mind. His utterances, thus far, have either been so mixed in phraseolo? gy ss to be incomprehensible, or have shown that he was of an undecided mind, leaning, to thia view and that al? ternately. When he concludes no one knows exactly what his decision is. He is a worthy, respectable old gentleman, wholly out of place on the bench, but cherishing vagne hopes that better and purer State politics may place him in the executive chair." ., .', Oan injustice farther go? We shall let what he says about Judge Bond go, except to remark that from first to last the spirit and the rulings of Judge Bond have been dearly against the defence. His acoord rjfttffif"""- Corbin, Cham? berlain and*S?fiflll has been marked. We take it thaTn'e belongs to that class of men who find it hard, if not impossi? ble, to give up to mankind what they are disposed to yield to party and preju? dice. As for the strictures upon Judge Bry? an, they are utterly uncalled-for and wholly unjust and false. Judge Bryan hus had a delicate position to hold. His friends in South Oarolina mny have ex? pected too mnoh of him. All that we have had any right to expect isr that he would do equal and exact justice. Own? ing, as Judge Bryan does, a primary al? legiance to truth and justice, being an ' upright and incorruptible and fair-mind? ed Judge, whose judicial robes are stain? less, it is not to be expeoted that such a Judge would make any ruling or take any position inconsistent with a pro? found sense of his duty to his conscience. As to the effort of his oritio to disparage his intelleot and his mental resolntion, this is entirely gratuitous. The writer of this artiole differs with Judge Bryan as to the relations existing between the ?States and the General Government. His views are those of the Federal school. Ours are of the State Bights sohool. We know that Judge Bryan has very decided opinions, and that be has in this respect illustrated for years rare pertinacity and unswerving fidelity. He is firm, tenacious and resolute for the right as he conceives it. What bis oritio calls indecision is judicial fairness, and what he calls by some other term is gen? tility. Judge Bond may have thc fortiter in re; but beoause Judge Bryan bas the suaviter in modo, it does not follow that he is wanting in the stronger element. Judge Bryan has been of great service to the oause of justice and of our ostra? cised State on the bench in the Ku Klux trials. Owing to his dividiog with Judge Bond on two important questions, Messrs. Johnson and Stanbery are ena? bled to argne the matters they hs78 in oharge before the Supreme Court. That he did not give three questions for these eminent lawyers to stand upon, is due simply, we presume, to the fact that his judgment led him not to divide the court in that case. We disagree with him, but we cannot tor one moment question the integrity of his decision. So much for this matter. We notice further that this correspond ant. whose artiole we are reviewing, sneers at the Colombia bar, and affirms that it "ia (ar from brilliant, hardly re? spectable indeed." We attribato this reflection to ignorance or prejudice. Tho bar of Colombia will compare fa? vorably with that of any other city of the same si zo in the country, and is not wanting, we submit, in learning, force and character. This mnoh, at least, we feel at liberty to say. That the bar pf Colombia should be. disparaged, ia. uot to be wondered at, when we remember that it is the habit of the majority of Northern correspondents and of their vile aiders and abettors, to misrepresent and villify every thing that is peculiarly Southern and anti-Radical. With them nor virtue, nor greatness in mortality can their censure escape. Testimony from sv Dlsla&srsstcd Bonre* Dr. Bswr Speaks. > We have had the opportunity of see? ing a letter from Dr. Ensor, Superin? tendent of the Asylum here, to a friend in the North, in answer to certain inqui? ries made of him as to Columbia and the State. His letter, we learn, will probably appear in full in the New York Tribune, when we shall be pleased to transfer it to these columns. Dr. Ensor is called upon to answer certain questions as to our climate, our aoil, and the personal security of the Northern settler. The views he expresses on these points, and the sentiments he gives in relation to the feelings and animus of the Southern whites, d? credit to his sagacity and fairness, and substantiate all we have ever claimed in behalf of our people and the advantages given to us by the Go?! of nature and the Giver of all good gifti of person or country. Dr. Ensor pronounces our climate un surpassed, and alludes with all thi enthusiasm of a young farmer and i lover of fields and flowers, to the advan tages we possess of soil and' product and ?paaniia. , As to the question of business open inga in the State, he frankly states tha many are crowded, but intimates, wha is emphatically true, viz:* that there i always room tn avery business for energ; and will. * As respeots the all-important queetiq; of the personal security and comfort c the settler, Dr. Ensor is deoided an emphatic, and states the case fully an truthfully. He avows himself a lie pul Hean in his political affiliations, and yt he gives just suoh testimony as we woul ourselves give. He says that, whilst on old inhabitants do give the cold shoo! der to the politioal adventurers who hav infested the oountry South, that a coi dial reception awaits the Northern get tleman and the genuine and honest sei tier who comes here for the purpose t sharing our fortunes and our reaponnibi i ties. These persons from the North h considers aa safe aa any one in Masai iilino?ttu or any Northern State Dr. Ensor mentions, further, thc after an intimate association with me from all parts of the State, he has neve: exoept in one or two cases, heard even word of opposition to the class of Nortl ern settlers. He states that there ai now in Columbia about fifty Norther residents; that the health of these fam lies is excellent; and he intimates, fn ther, that they are so well pleased as t have resolved with great unanimity t stay. These, now, sre the views of Northern man, a Republican and an e: Union soldier. Let them be oompare with the base misrepresentations of p< litioal adventurers and of suoh spirits t the Union here, and the difference wi be seen between truth and falsehood, h tween candor and malignity. The tr ul of the matter is simply this: The intel] gent people of the South will be please to welcome good men from whatevi Northern or European State they mi come, and whether rioh or poor. Ar the truth, further, is, that all that tl Northern or European settler has to aj prehend is the incubus of the vile gi vern ment that Radicalism has faa to ut upon some of the Southern States. Thi however, we believe, will soon pa away. The era of the "thieving carpe bagger," and of thieves and swindlers, drawing to a close. The tree of RAX OAIJISM is hollow, and decay is going o Let us ring the tree, and hasten tl good work. We thank Dr. Ensor for giving us tl text of this artiole. To Labor ls to Pray. Our advice to the people of Yor Union and Spartanburg is: To go work, to organize their farms, and to pi pare for this year's crops. Let the touph earth, and, like Antceus of ol they will acquire new strength. Aooor ing to the anoient fable, Hercules co quered Aut?us by lifting him np ai preventing his feet touching moth earth. Let the farmers of the up-con try seo to it that their Hercules does a prevent them from tonohing the soil tho good old State, or rather provint LOT US LABOR. We hope that this J Klux business has reached its clim. It is time for the Government to hold mailed hand. "Is it strange that there are Ku Kl among us?" This is a question that the organ ooitmnrioN asks. We answer, no. A strange at all, when we reflect upon t swindling and thieving of State a County officials, and the support whi suoh men have got from such papers the Union. The wonder is rather tl all decent people were not advooates Lynch law. Mrs. Wharton will not allow a plea insanity to be made in her defenoe, Colombia, and Its Advantages- Wo. 4. lu referring to thia subject again, we take pleasure in alludiog to tho publio .swell BB privato advantages that our city affords. These'arc not inconsidera? ble. 9AD efficient fire department is usually considered one of the most im? portant features of a rising oity. Soon we hare. The Independents, under Capt. I McKenzie, have a fine steam engine, and the Palmettos* expect soon, nuder Capt. Stanloy's charge, to follow' suit Tn 1 addition thereto, there is the Phoenix Axe, Book and Ladder Company, and the Vigilant, a fire company of colored men. We have two telegraph companies, with their respective offices here, whioh bring Columbia in communication with many parts of the State, to say nothing of all parts of the country. Columbia ia furthermore the centre of a nnmber of converging . and diverging railroads. The South Carolina Railroad, the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, the Greenville Railroad, and the Wil? mington, Columbia and Angosta Rail? road, all have their depots and offices here; and besides these roads, the Abbe? ville branch, the Anderson branch, the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, the Camden branoh, and the King's Moun? tain Railroad are more or lees tributary to Columbia. We have in this oity, aa a meanB of development, two flourishing building and loan associations,' presided over re? spectively by Capt. O'Neals and Mr. John Agnew. Here, too, is the seat of the Stat? Agricultural and Mechanical Society, with its ample fair grounds and its hopei of great development in the futuro, We have, also, during the spring, sum mer and fall, the farmer's dub, whiol operates usefully and pleasantly in th? vioinity. The Mason io fraternity is well and in telligently represented. The Sons o Temperance havo a growing lodge; am there are other associations for charita ble purposes, both of Jewish and Qen tile origin. Nor is Columbia wanting ii professional advantages. In the depart ment of architecture, there are Mesan C. T. Berg and A. Y. Leo. Mr. Berg i well known aa a man of culture, tast and high oharaoter, and devotes himsel with great assiduity to'his profession Mr. A. Y. Lee unites with his orohitei tural pursuits other pursuits, and is no engaged iu horticultural development, t well ns other kindred employments. B is active, industrious and energetic. In the departments of medicine an law, the city ptesents all the faoilitii that may bc called for in theme branohei In the department of job printing there are the offices of the PHCENTX, th Southern Presbyterian, the Cltristic Neighbor, the Union, und of Mr. Sloam The following daily papers are pnbliohe here: Tho PH CEN ix and the Union; an the following weeklies: The Souther Presbyterian, the OLKANKU, the Christie Neighbor, the Temperance Advocate, an the Working Christian. The Souther Presbyterian Review is also publishe here. Nor must we omit to mention thi here Is the enterprising publishing hone of Duffie & Chapman, who have airead published a number of text books, an are now.preporing to enlarge their op* rations. They are now getting ready f< publication a history by the Hon. A. I Stephens, the eminent Georgia Btate. man and patriot. They deserve mnc encouragement. We have in Columbia not a few s( vantages educational and religion Here we have the South Carolina Un varsity, with its able faculty and its H versl departments of soience, literature law and medicine. Next we refer to tl Columbia Male Aoademy, which, undi the thorough training and consiste! discipline of Capt. Hugh S. Thompsoi is doing a good work for our boy There, too, is the Odd Fellows' Aood my, under tbe charge of Dr. J. . MoCants and Mr. R. H. Clarkson-bol oonsoiontioas and pains-taking teacher lu addition to these institutions, is tl private school of Mr. Barnwell, whic is spoken of in high terms. In the mo ter of female education, we have the O lambie Female Aoademy, under the sn oessful management of the Misses Re nolds, and the excellent school of tl Misses Elmore, whilst, in addition those, there are tho schools of Mr Peok, Mrs. Goodwyn, Mrs. McGrego and others. We may add that there also in the vicinity of Columbia the R man Catholic institute of Valle Crnci whilst by fall it is expeoted that aga the Methodist Female College, now UBI as a hotel, will bo open for the receptii of students. The Rev. Mr. Kelly, ha ing taken hold of the enterprise, we b lieve that his muscular Christianity w crown hiu efforts with mice OHS. Wbe there is a will, there is a way. So much, now, for tbe provision tb is here made for tho mind. The boi is not neglected. We have three bott and a number of private and pub boarding-houses. Nor is this all. \ have tho State Lunatic Asylum, and Dr. Eusor's efficient control. Nor this all. Tho Federal Government now building a strooturo for a post i fice, Federal court room, ko., whioh w be an ornament to tbs city. Here, also, is the Stato Ponitentiu and other publio buildings. We have referred to tho religions e vantages offered bore. The several < nominations of Episcopalians, Rom Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Prest terians and Lutherans, have eaoh th pince of worship. A new Method Church, on the sito of the old ope, now building. In addition to several Sunday schools, there ia in Columbia a Young Men's Christian Association. The banking facilities of Columbia de? serve a notion nt onr hands, as a matter allied to the prosperity of the oity. The Carolina National Bank, the Cen? tral National Bank, the Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina, the Sonth Ca? rolina Banking and Trust Company, and the banking house of Edwin J. Scott, Sou & Co., embrace the banks at present doing business here. Each has its pa? trons, and all are apparently doing a business advantageous to the stockhold? ers and suggestive of Saoeessf ul manage? ment. Of these institutions, we are enabled to speak more especially of the Citizens' Savings Bank. This is an institution whioh, in its tendency to encourage sar? inge on the part of the young and the laboring classes, deserves enooursgement for the special good it is calculated to accomplish. The bank, here, we know has had this effect. With ten brauohee tributary to it, it is accomplishing good wherever it has stretched out its hand*, and its large deposits i ndioate the confi? dence it has inspired. In expressing our opinion as to thc success of the banks here, we must add that we hope ere long to note the fact that their rates of interest have beet lowered. It would help the oauso o publio enterprise and development if tb < rates could properly be reduced, and wi commend this suggestion to the oonsid oration of the boarda of direotion con trolling these interests. We believe ii free trade, and do not undertake to die tate, but it is for the direotors and of fleers of these institutions to oonside whether, in the long run, their own in tereats would not be promoted by th reduotion of interest. We shall, io our next issue, refer t other advantages of a general oharacte that may be claimed for the capital c South Carolina. Wo may, howeve: here remark that the Columbia Board c Trade is an organization that is zealousl guarding the interesta of our city, an looking to the oity's development b every proper method. The Temperance Advocate and Ita Uantc. We hare boon observing with entinta tion the efforts which this paper is mal ing in the direction of the importai cause to whioh it is devoted. Of lat muoh interest has been exoited in bebe of the temperance movement. In tb city, there is a flourishing lodge, and v record with satisfaction that it hi already accomplished a great work, haa arrested the downward career of n< a few promising members of the commi nity, and no doubt its good infloenci will be substantial and enduring. Sucl at least, is the hope and expectation th we have cause to indulge. The mov ment against the demoralizing effects i strong drink deserves the sympathy < all good citizens. In the last number i the Advocate, we notice a very aogges ive artiole as to the amount of mom expended in thia oity for drinking apiri nous liquors. We believe that here, i elsewhere in this country, this is a sei ons evil. It is an evil, too, that ougl to be comb at tod, and we are pleased I find one journal devoting its efforts i this special reform. Let it procec wisely and discreetly, and it must do good work. We learn that our young friend, M C. N. G. Butt, Assistant Cashier of tl Central National Bank, of this city, hi been, in a very complimentary wa; offered the oashierahip of a Wilmingtc (N. C.) bank. We are pleased, howeve to add, that Mr. Butt will remain in C lnmbia and oontinue his present dutic In Columbia, few residents and oflic holders die, and none want to go away AN INSTRUCTIVE TOY.-Onr Arseu friend, Mr. Wm. Glaze, who, we a glad to see, is holding up a goodly ba uer in the field of jewelry-his old field has an instructive toy in the shape of little steam engine. Steam cnn be gc ten up in a minute or two, and the e gine begins to work. A driving whe for machinery is attached to each engin m ?? m ? EDITORIAL ACCESSION.-Mr. Tho?. ? Crews announces that he bas taken ci torial charge of the Laurensville Herai We greet him with the usual oeortesn and we wish him BUOOOHS-the best wi to win whioh is to deserve it. May tl the Herald do. One of the prinoipal Government w nesses jQ ?)ie }?u Klux trials has left t city and omitted to pay his landlady f his board bill-as we orb informed. 1 onght to have been bettor trainod. The London Spectator has tho folio ing relative to the famine in Persia: " M A. J. S. Adams, traveling in Tehern about two months ago, says that in t crowds who swarm in the barrack squa to receive a dole of small silver from t Shah, hundreds, men and women, a literally start; naked, worn to tho bo: and oovered with sores. Tba peot follow the visitor, bowliug for bree two men lie upon tho ground quite des and a third is laid upon one side of t bazaar, oovered with a dirty piece cotton. A naked woman lies in t agony of death, surrounded by a ero' of beings almost as badly off as horse The next form is that of a woman, w scrapes from tho ground u handful melon seed and filth, whioh she divic between her two children. This is o morning's ride. There is no help 1 any of them, though the Slinh bas, Mr. Murray testifies, bncketsful of jew in the private treasury, and tl?; fnmi cannot oudnntil July." Ont of 1,000 samples of London m lately analyzed, only twenty-six wi found genuine. UNITED STATES GOUBT, SATURDAY, January 6, 1872.-Tho court met at ii A. M., bia Honor Judge George 8. Bryan on the bench. Gol. F. W. Mol? aster presented the petition of Wm. T. Gary for . oom min? ni ou to practice law in the Circuit and District Courte of the United States, which was ?ranted,- Ur. Corbin pre? sented a similar petition in favor of Warren D. Wilkes, Esq., which was also granted. Mr. Duncan made application fpr bail in the case of Josiah Bagwell, one of the prisoners nuder the Ku Klux Aot, which was granted tn the sum of $8,000. A general order waa signed by Judge Bryan authorizing United States Com? missioners to admit all Ku Klnx prison? ers to bail in the sum of #8,000, except such parties as have been, or shall be, before the dismissal of the grand jury, indicted for mordor. Wm. M. Fleming, Esq., submitted an order that John T. V? ilkius, a prisoner who had been admitted to bail in the sum of 84,000, and who waa subse? quently arrested by tbe Marshal and confined in jail, be released. The order vrrts granted. The grand jury returned a number of bills, and were discharged until Monday, at 10 o'olock. Mr. Corbin stated that he thought he would be able to dispense with their services finally on Tuesday or Wednes? day next. The following were the bills found by the grand jury: The United States vs. J. Ernest Low? ry, Samuel Beeves, John Steele, Samuel Fowell. Henry Toole, colored, Howard White, colored. Doctor alias Wm. Fow? ell, and Samuel Mills; conspiracy against Edmund Rainey and Riohard Young true bill. The United States vs. Columbus Mitoh ell, Riohard Millwood, James Vandiver, Zachariah Vandiver, EliphasBates, John Allen and Jasper-Hajnos; conspiracy against George W. Garner-hue bill. Tbe United States vs. Joel Bollinger, Winkfield H. Bagwell, Eliphas Bates general conspiracy against divers mah citizens of African descent-true bill. Two counts in the preceding bill, charging special conspiracy against Jobi , G. Winsmith, were stricken out. The United States vs. John Gaffney, William Ross, William Robert Stacey, Vtui. MeFa?lan?, Chsr?a? Humphries i and Ferrill Sarratt; general conspiracy , true bill. The United States vs. James H. Ezell 1 general conspiracy-true bill. The Uuited States vs. Canley Griffin Sirah Bagwell, LaFayette Chadee, Jobi Bagwell and Chambers Allen; genera conspiracy-true bill. Tbe United States es. J. Banks Lyle . Eleazar Parker, Edmund Blanton, Jas Gibson, Harald Gibson, John Bridges ' William Bridges, Charles Bridges, Greei ' B. Humphries, Thoruwell Little, Franl i Camp, Alfred Harris and Harry Gibson [ general conspiracy-true bill. , The United States vs. Elijah Hardin Felix Dover, James A. Donald and Ben ' jam in Logan; geueral conspiracy-tm > bill. All the parties are from Spartanbnrj ; County, except those in the first namoi indictment, who are from York. At half-past 1 o'clock P. M., the Cour 1 adjourned to meet at ll A. M., on Mon day. A RINO OP THE TBUB METAL.-W , notio > in the Macon (Georgia) Telegrap, . and Messenger, of tho 3d instant, fh i following orticle: "A PaoTEST AGAINST TUE "POSSUM POLICY.-We find the following eames protest against the adoption of th passive or 'possum polioy-as somebod; bas wittily termed it-by the Nations' Democratic party next year, in that eve faithful Democratic journal, the Bostoi Post. Says the Post: "It is not progress and growth for th party whioh is tbe inspiring motive o tbe passive proposition, so much as it i a gambling fondness for change, a traf floking attachment to both the party am ita great principled, and a timid and oon fused calculation of chances that pay far more regard to the personal prof! than the popular advantage. Any poli tioian of ordinary penetration must un derstand that a negative position for ; great party is sore disintegration am death. Defeat outright could not brin? on the catastrophe so suddenly. I would bo a general disbanding withon even the usual condition of externe compulsion. Whether weakness o treachery, false judgment or cool d? sign, tho result would be no less tho rough and compl?te. Genuine, pro grassiv6 Democrats, determined on ai expansion of the party doctrines am methods to ?he utmost limits of liberal ism, but resolved to proteot their faitl as their only footing in the general oon fusion, honestly believe that the libers element of Republicanism can b brought into co-operative position witta out making this confession thqt the must hide their principles in order ti viudioate them. Supposing the prc posed scheme of paasiviam to be possi ble ol snccoss, it still remains to b shown in what way the Democrati creed has beeu liberalized, or what ne' guaranty of it? operation io the Govern ment it will have roceived. To win triumph for a cause by refusing to men tion the cause, is so idle as a piopositio as not to make* it necessary to attempt i as an exporimont." -- _. The Washington correspondent of tb Philadelphia Inquirer says that Secretar Fish is determined that tbe Administrt tion shall pursue only a passive polioy and threatens to leave the Cabinet if tb President allows anything to be don whiob may lead to a war with Spair He bas inaqe no arrangements to reniai through the winter, and is temporaril stopping with Seoretary Robeson. H bas made some show of trying to get bouse, but has noue, although be oool have got soveial if be had really desire one. It is not unlikely that affairs wi come to a crisis next week, na on tbe rt assembling of Congress it is the in tee tion of Gen. BUULB and others to fore the Administration to take ground in manner that will show h)pain that tb United States is a power not to bo long? trifled with as it has boen for over tw years. In that event, Mr. Fish will pr< bably retire - - . ? Tho Aikon Journal says: A short tina since an aged oolorcd mon, father < Adam Jackson, who was murdered net Blaokville, op the 23d December, wt found dead near a mill where be bad bee Ashing, with a string of fish which h had caught, near bim. Gen. Jubal A. Early will deliver memorial address at Lexington, Ya., o tho 19th of January-the anniversary < tho birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee. COLUMBIA, S, G., January 6,1872. EuiTon PH<BKIX: Notau?ag <5 your columns, thia morning, a communica? tion signed "?," in whick the writer charges indiscriminately sowing machine agents (in common with two' or three other classes) with being employed bj the Government as "spies," and that they were going through the country for that purpose,' &o. ; now, as regards the agents of the Wheeler Se Wilson Sewing Machine, in this State, in connection with the above statement, it is utterly false and unfounded. A. J. P?BSLEY, Agent Wheeler A Wilson Sewing Ha? chine. COLUMBIA, S. G., Jan. 6, 1872. MB. EDITOR: I notice, in your edito-, rial columns of this date, au allusion to an assault made upon me, yesterday, by B. G. Shiver-au assault made without cause or provocation. Said assault was made whilst at my desk, in my office, engaged in official business with anotlter person. The article states that the "law-abiding merchant," B. O. Shiver, administered a drubbing to me for the refusal to pay said "law-abiding mer? chant" an account which he held against me. That statement is erroneous, as neither I nor mt oe, or any agent for me, ever purchased any artiole from, or con? tracted for the performance of any labor with B. G. Shiver, or B. G. Shiver A Go., and requested credit for the same. I do not owe B. G. Shiver, or B. C. Shiver A Co., one oent, and here state if any person, or persons, in Columbia, or elsewhere, bold any account against me, or mine, the same will be paid, on pre? sentation. The subterfuge of the "pre? sentation of a bill" is decidedly ingeni? ous. The animus of this assault upon an unarmed man ?B attributable, by wit? nesses, (as well aa myself,) to the feeling evinced, and expressions and invectives used, by Mr. Shiver, in my office, prior and subsequent to the attack, relative to my official position, party affiliation and his sectional hate. I shall not enter a suit for this assault and have no threats to make, nor do I court a personal ren nnntro with any roan, but - WILLIAM J. ETTEB. SAD DEATH OF CAROLINA IMMIGRANTS. From a letter received from Mr. H. L. Beck, of this County, we learn that a fatal accident befell the wife of Mr. B. D. Montgomery, and a little girl, the daughter of Mr. Nelson Montgomery, at Abbeville, Mississippi, on the 25th of December ultimo. Mr. Montgomery And family but a few days ago left this County to settle in LsFayette County, Mississippi, and had just arrived at their destination. Tho following particulars we gather from the letter referred to above: The entire party had landed safely at Abbeville, where they were met by their kindred with conveyances. The wagon containing the ladies and chil dren, while oroaiing the railroad, waa run over by a passing train, and Mrs. B. D. Montgomery and little Della, the daughter of Mr. Nelson Montgomery, were instantly killed, while Thomas, a small son of Mr. B. D. Montgomery, was seriously injured. The accident oc? curred al night. The letter states that every attention was bestowed upon the distressed relatives by the kind eitisens in the neighborhood. In behalf of our eitisens, we tender the afflicted family our deepest sympathy in tbeir irrepara? ble loss.-Lancaster Ledger. MOBS ARRESTS -RELEASES.-Since our last issue, the following persons have been arrested bv United States Deputy Marshal M. F. Mitchell: W. 0. Harris, J. A. Davis, Ben. Friedman, (white,) and Giles Gulp, (colored. ) The two first were arrested under a charge of conspi? racy and murder; the two last as wit? nesses. We are pleased to state that Dr. Wade Fowler, J. W. Tench, B. Dawkins, Nevil Hawkins, C. Hawkins, G. Morgan, F. Coleman, Henry White, Charles Soo it. Jos. Scott and B. E. Bruton have been bailed out, until the 25th inst. We are also pleased to state that the gentlemen arrested for riotous conduct in the street about a year ago, are at liber? ty. Their case could not be made to come under either the Eu Klux or En? forcement Act, consequently it was quashed.-Union Times. The Yorkville Enquirer, of Wednes? day, says; Since our last issue the fol? lowing persons have been committed to the jail in this place; W. P. Anthony, B. W. Mooro, J. H. Laokey, B. H, Moore, J. A. Donald, Cort Moss and H. M. Moore. Tba following have been I sent to Columbia: J. M. Caldwell, W. H. White, Samuel Ramsey, and the fol? lowing have been discharged from the Srison here on bail: A. J. Martin, W. A. [artin, T. G. Martin, Mao Archer, John Chambers, O. B. Blanton, J. G. Bobin son, J. 8. Wright, C. Knox Williams, P. E. Moore, P. W. Moore, W. F- Moore, and B. B. T. Bowen. Jacob Webb, one of the negroes arrested as a member of Joe Garter's band of rioters and kidnap? pers, baa been discharged from custody, it having been shown that ho was not a member of the gang. ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY.-It seems that the prisoners confined in our jail here, have but to will it, and make their escape whenever it suits them- Wednes? day night four made their escape by breaking the bolts and looks to their cell, and deliberately walking out at the front door into the street. A pistol was fired on tbeir discovery in front of the jail, and quito a noise made, but that mnch effort WBB put forth to re capture them, is a a libation we will not deal with, and up to Ibis sri tin g we do not know that any exertions are on foot to bring them in again. As usual on these oooa sioos, the jailor was absent, and a colored boy only left in charge. [Darlington Southerner. SUDPKN DEATH;.- Qn Thursday night of last week, 38th ult.^Mr. John M. Graham, of Florence, wls fpund dead in a reatan ran t.ftt that pl ace.r ' Mr. Gra? ham was taken ill duriug tjjo evening, and had lain down, and weare informed, when noticed again, wis dead. Sup? posed cause, apoplexy. [Darlington Southerner. Wednesday morning, Emma Bland, a white woman living in Bridge Bow, An? ge ?ta, accidentally fell in the fire and wa? severely burned*. She was at last ros. ned from the flanges by a negro man, but lied Thursday evening from the in jarieti receiver}. A tia T ta got $17,000 from liquor li? censes for the past year. Om MATTBBS.--The price of singla copies of the PHOSHES ia AT* eeafey A complete outfit, with the exeeptlou of a preta, for a oouutry paper ia offered for ?ala at a very low rata. Parti ea hua can be obtained at PHOHWIX office. The PHONIX offioe ia supplied wilh alt n*vne**ary material for aa haadaome cards, bill heads, postera, pamphlets, handbills, oiroulars, and other printing tttit maybe dosi red, aa any offioe In the South. . Otra na a call ead teat oar work. , Attention is directed to tb? advertise? ment of the Mt. Zion Behool, of Winns boro. It embraces a new feature. We have just received tho first num? ber of a new daily, published at Char* ^ lotte, N. 0., by J. O. H. Nottall, entitlsd the Daffy Commercial. There being no quorum ip cither branch of the General Assembly, jester- . day, both Honsea adjonrned on til Mon? day, at 12 M. Mr. Charlea P. Maloney has been ap? pointed Notary Poblio for Oharleaton County. ' PHCSNIXIANA.-Now that tbe season for kindling fires baa arrived, original . poems aro more acceptable to editors than usual. Duty first and pleasure afterward, aa the man said when he first kissed his own wife, and then went out to make love to his neighbor's. The man who has a turn for music an organ-grinder. A bat that frequently flies in the day? time-a brick-bat. Use soft words and hard arguments.. We live in deeds, not years-in thoughts, not breaths. Strongest minds are often those of whom tbe world hears least Christian grace, like the stars, shine brightest in the darkest hours. Abseuoe destroys small passions and increases groat on ea, aa tbe wind extin? guishes tapers asd kindles fires. Dainty precision and freshness in dress is as essential to a woman as to a flower. RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY. -Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Sband, D. D" Rector, ll A. M. and 4 P. M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. Franois R. Jacquemet, 1st Mass, 7 A. M.; 2d Mae**,' 10)?. Afternoon 8ervioe4P.M. Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Kudo. 10K A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos. R. Wilaon, 10M A. M. and 7 P. M. Washington Street Chnrob-Rev. E. J. Maynard ie, D. D.. 10J? A. M. 8nn day Behool Society meeta at 8>? P. M., at winch time there will be addresses by Gol. J. P. Tbomns and Dr. Meynardie. Tbe public are respectfully invited to attend. Marion Street Cbnrch-Rev. 8. H. Browne, 10)? A. M. Rev. W. D. Kirk? land, 7 P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, VS% A. M. MATT. ARRANOKMEHTS.-Tba Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; doses 0.00 A. M. C Lar le? ton night mailqpena 6.30 A. M.; close?6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 8.46 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. 'Western mai) opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday offioe open from 3 to 4 P. M. A GREAT NEED SUPPLIED-Messrs. P. B. Felt A Co., No. 91 Mercer street, New York, will commence immediately the publication (by subscription) of The Na? tional Encyclopedia, a compendium of useful information, by L. Oolange, LL.D-, Editor of Zall's popular Ency? clopedia, to be completed in eighteen semi-monthly parts, at fort; coota each the wbole to form one volume of over 1,000 double column pages, with 60Q wood engravings. It is designed to fur. nish a complete encyclopedia that shall be within the reach of all, and at the same time be naef ul to al) by reason of ita reliability, compactness and direct mode of treatment. As it will be the first work of general referenoe In one volume ever published, it ia intended that it shall be complete in all ita depart? ments, and the publishers refer to the success of the last great work (Zoll's En? cyclopedia) of the editor of the pr?sent volume, as the best assurance wbiob ani? mates them on this head. A specimen number will be raailed hy the publisher* to any address on application. We have received No. 1 of the aeries. Subscrip? tion price 87.20. LIST OF NBW ADvsimB*ifB>rrs. M. M. Farrow-Mt. Zion School. C. E. Davis eVOo.r-Uscfqt Store. Jacob Levin-Auction. To Oas Con an mers. E. R. Stokes-Richardson's Report?. OmoiAi, BAT rna NOIUSBS Charleston Char table Association, for benefit Free School fand: BAWLSCnxas No. 284-Morning, January G. 20-32-30-18 76-Ot-51-30-72-53-?-1? Witness my band at Oharleaton, this Dth dav of January, 1872. - * FENN FEO ft. Jan Y d^?arn Commissioner. IMMUNITY OF I^XWSJWB PROPERTY IN WAR-Fa?ftUa?t EMf csentnry onr Go? vern montt| Bb Bisten tiy advocated the removal QjBgBrc iuooifbiatepov in public law whion^Kkea a distinction between methods of oondnotiug^ar on land and on tbe high seas. It ia a lubiept of pant gratulation that, so far aa our relations with Italy are concerned, thia distinption is set aside by the adoption, in the new commercial treaty between Italy and the United States, of the doctrine of the perfect immunity of private property on the seas, except contraband of war, from [ seizure and confiscation. The New York Tribune says there is every prospect of thia doctrine being also agreed upon be? tween our Government and that of Qep many, and it seems possible tba? it way soon become a well-established prinoiplo bf international law. The St. Louis l)emocrat oalla General McClellan the "groat subsoiler of Vir? ginia."