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COLUMBIA. S. C. Tuesday Morninsr, January 9. 1872. A Shot Hight tit th? Centre. Tho Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer, ot January 8,1872, ea ja: Governor Scott, the carpet bag pirate of South Carolina, is building a magnificent residence in Henry County, Ohio, out of ike stealings qf his office.'' Pursue the ring. 1-Soott, of Ohio; 2-Parter, of Masaaohuaette; 8-Cham? berlain, of Massachusetts; 4-Kimpton, of New York. Parker and Kimpton, the active members; Scott and Chamber lalo, the tools and allies-the one hold? ing the keys of State, the other the legal key that opened the door to FRAUD. AU guilty, guilty, QUILTY. Ia th? United States Court. See the application made by F. W. Fiokling, Esq. HABEAS CORPUS, born in England, is not yet dead in America, go hope and trust. "Trelawny must not die; Trelawny shall not diet" In America there are millions of ] "Cornish men" to ask the.reason why tho great WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, Btrioken to the ground by the armed hand of Grant and his minions, should not be uplifted and kept intact in behalf oi the PE urns and their LI BE imus from Maine to Tora?, and from Carolina aoross the mountains and the plains to California. The Greenville and Columbi* Railroad. We are pleased to reoord the fact that this road has passed under the control of the South Carolina Railroad. We are not informed as to the inner workings of this matter. It is certain that Mr. Ma? grath will do well aa President, and that to put Messrs. Marley, Sloan, Roath and Walker into the places of Messrs. Kimp? ton, Parker, Waterman and Oardozo, was a good ohange. As it is, however, even nnder the new auspices, tho ele? ments are terribly mixed, BO as to give us a strange oompound, in whioh, how? ever, the good elements will predomi? nate, we feel sore. As we understand this affair, in which there has been so muoh of corruption, a ring of twelve persons was originally formed, who had eaoh put himself down for $20,000. This $210,000, whioh pur? chased tho controlling interest from the I old regime, was, we aro told, advanced by Kimpton. It was State money, and raised, no doubt, upon Statu bonds hy? pothecated. In the aonrse of time, Kimpton carno to represent or to own, or to represent and own, or to pretend to own, eight shares, or $200,000. This is the interest whioh, it is understood, Kimpton sold, and whioh the South Carolina Railroad bought. It was never Kimpton's to sell as we are informed. It was the State's. If we understand the matter aright, the South Carolina Railroad hos bought tho State's property, and we hope that measures will be taken to look after the interests of the tax-payers of the State in this matter. Whilst we aro pleased to find the South Carolina Railroad con? trolling the Greenville and Columbia | Railroad, we would like to be informed if the Sooth Carolina Railroad has been benefited at the expense of the more general interests of the people. We would like to be informed upon this sub? ject, and we hold that the publio is en? titled to be fully informed. In their be? half we make the inquiry. Tb? lietter of tbe Rev. R. l.nllnun. The Chaileston News, some time ago, published a lettor from the Rev. Dr Winkler, of Charleston. This letter oondemnod Ku Kluxism, but, at the same time, as was meet, gave a graphic account of the causes that made ! Kluxism possible. In the same spirit, writes the Rev. R. Latham, of York, about which suoh a Radioal howl hos been raised-a howl whereby in this State it is hoped to drown the cry for justice, whioh the publio are raising against the official thieves and financial swindlers. We publish elsewhere the Rov. Mr. Latham's letter, and our read? ers can judge for themselves how much of reason or treason there is in it. Tho Union here-which we call the oigan of CORRUPTION, and mean what we say-magnifies Ku Kluxism in every possible way, to the top of ita bent. Last Bummer it used leaded type and Roman capitals to a lavish extent, and now it is copying into its columns every Radical endorsement it can get of the one-sided trials recently had here. It tells what Mr. Reverdy Johnson had to say of the enormities attributed to Kn Kluxism, but studiously withholds what Mr. Johnson had to say on other points, for inatanoe, on the poiut of Radical rascality and the irritating causes that produced Ku Kluxism. The Union has muoh to say of Ku Kluxism. It has little or nothing to say about State frauds. It has little or nothing tu say about oity frauds. It has little or nothing to say about legislative corruption. The suppression of tho truth and the suggestion of the falso-this is the motto of the organ of the State thiovos, and the organ of the Federal ruffians. ? ? ??.? The effort made by the Union to show to the Columbia merchants that we had grossly insulted thom by calling them middle men was amusing, if absurd. It appears that the Union is ambitious of a ??nine, "honors," as well as the "honor' of upholding .thieves, swindlers and milita;y and legal ruffians. Important Meeting-Board of Trastee* ot* thc Columbi? ITcuimle College. Agreeably to tbe notice of tbe^hcir. man of tbe Board, thia body, charged with very important duties, will meet at tho offloe of the Christian Neighbor, this evening, at half-past 7 o'olock. The Board oooaiBts of the following clergy? men: J. W. Kelly, Chai rm au, S. H. Browne, Manning Brown, T. G. Her? bert, B. P. Franks, H. M. Mood, H. A. C. Walker, W. H. Fleming, A. J. Can then, O. A. Darby, J. H. Zimmerman and E. J. Moynardie, and the following laymen: J. W. Parker, L. D. Childs, B. D. Ssnn, J. H. Kinsler, Wade Hampton, Sr., B, O. Shiver, J. H. Kinard, C. H. Baldwin, E. T. Bembert, W. ti. DePass, W. L. J. Reid, H. T. Wright, T. J. La Motte, James E. Blaok and W. Glaze. As will be readily seen, thia is a most able and influential body; combining the experience and wisdom of age with tho energy and strength of youth, and unit? ing further the pious zeal of the divine with the tact and sagacity of business men. The President of the Board ?B the Bev. J. W. Kelly, of whom it may be said that his Christianity, like his persoD, is muscular, high and well-proportioned. Heaven, in giving him the stature of a Saul, did not deny him the impulses and zeal of the impetuous Petor-not the least of the Apostles. When the Board have auoh a President, and when thc President hos suoh a Board, we feel sure that they will achieve success and re? dedicate the Columbia Female College, here, to its high educational purposes, As to the ways and means of carrying out this project-the finanoial steps ne oeasary and wise to bo undertaken-thii is the question that the Board will pasi upon at this meeting. That an exoellen way will be found, we have not tb shadow of a doubt. The work in viet can be done and will be done. In bohal of Columbia and the cause of education we shan do our part in this work, lt ie properly viewed, no sectarian enterprise The Sumter News, referring to th chartering, by the Legislature, of th AfrioanuB Debating Club, does th colored man the injustice of suppoain that a "carpet-bugger" would be mad its President. The News says: "What is it? Where does it exhibit Is Mr. CUBS L. Carpenter President c private member of it? If he desires 1 escape extermination at the hands of tt PHONIX, he ought to join it, if not a ready matriculated, and attend its se sions regularly." We reproduce- from the same journ the following notices of the Union her which is a foe to the cause of the cit; the State and the public morals. We c not hesitate to denounce it in season at out of season. No amenities from us this journal. Apart from business que tioDS, and rising high above snob que tiona, is the question of the public int rests and the caneo of pnblio purity ai justioe. On that question, the Union guilty, guilty, guilty. The News says: "TUB KU KLUX CONFESSIONS.-Do the Columbia Union suppose that anyb dy is big enough fool to believe oi word of them. Mr. Cass L. Oarpent don't believe them himself, as horre stricken as he pretends to be at the awful revelations. If the secret servi money can hire men to swear to lies, oan bribe them to confess them, and p them wages for the time they spend ?ail. Don't be mean enough, Mr. Ci penter, to try to shirk the duty yon ai the Government owe to the families those perjured wretches. It is not t Democracy they are serving now, as y hypocritically charge, but Grant, Soo and you plundering Radicals. The pi pie of the South fully understand yo programme. Martial law is to be jua tied at any coat. Go ahead; you hav< court, witnesses, jury and clients ia C Irimbia, just now, that can prove ai thing." "THE COLUMBIA UNION.-We oa conceive how any gentleman, or mi possessing a spark of decency or self spent, can any longer subscribe to 1 above-named filthy, low, scurrilous she It is getting too vile for criticism, a we will be obliged to quit noticing naming it." Our friend W. S. Monteith, Esq., w iloos notaonfiue his great energies to I law, but spreads them out so far as roach the fork of the Oongaree and V teree, showed us, recently, a sam ?bingle, which speaks well for his ind trial enterprise. Mr. Monteith lut lost his mill by dre, but he is again pi ty well reconstructed. He laid before the bills of lading of the last shipment the new machinery necessary to put 1 again on his feet. Mr. Mouteith serves notice for his industry and plu and we wish him success iu the law i out of it; and we say, further, that pi will win the day whenever it is atten by a prudent spirit. Mr. Montei shingle and stave factory is a feathei his cap. Long may it wave, for by dustrial movements must we wiu lusting victories. * .+ ? ? The Radical organ, here, is grati to know that there is one mao, at le like Dr. Ensor, that we can oornmi As we construe the term, Dr. Eus< no "oarpet-bag adventurer." No d< suoh carpet-bag adventurers as the et of the Union would like very muo place Dr. Ensor in their herd, polioy it one of discrimination, seek to discriminate severely but ju It is no fault of curs that there ai few Radical office-holders that we oommend. We did not make that < steal or swindle. Tho Union wants to know what Epsor has done, that we should spe kind word for him. We reply, only He has done his duty; and has not believe, pursued the dark and si ways trodden by the politioal advei ors of tho Union stripe. That's all. Cnlarabln ss? its Adrsstss*"-Wo- **. Ia referring to the educational advan? tage? of Columbia, we failed, in the haste of quick writing, to allude to two of the largest and most popular female schools - here. We refer to the schools of the Misses Martin and that of Mr. Washington Muller. The Misses Mar? tin are the daughters of the Kev. Wm. Martin, so widely known in this State, and of Mrs. Martin, a lady of decided literary tastes and achievements. The Behool of the Misses Martin is in suc? cessful operatioo, is intelligently con? ducted, and merits, we have every rea? son to believe, the support it BO liberally receives. The sohool of Mr. Washington Mul? ler has been, and is now, a successful institution. Since his ret uro to Colum? bia, Mr. Muller has had as many as sixty daughters of his former scholars, in the days of his prosperous conduct of thc Columbia Female Academy. This is high praise. Mr. Muller is, perhaps, the senior educator of youth in Oolumbia has boen long aud honorably connected with various institutions of learning in this and other States-hus rooeived the nioBt flattering testimonials from high sources, and is known to he a man high? ly educated, and of life-time devotion to his profession. Nor is Mr. Muller less able to teach now than formerly. If time has brought experience and wis? dom, it has not yot diminished Mr. Mul? ler's capacity to teach, or his zeal for hie good work. He has returned to Coln rn bia. He bas built up a sohool. Wc trust that ho may receive a full share ol the publio patronage. And thus wc have to say respecting all the schools, that the field in wide and the work great, There is room enough and work onongl for all, and for all we bespeak a libera patronage at the hands of the parents o our city and State. In our lust issue, wo referred to th? banking institutions of Columbia. Wi may add, in this conneotion, that whils the banking capital of Columbia was before the war, about 82,300,000-put ting the Bank of the State at SI,000,00 -our banking capital now is on), $605,000. In regard, further, to the Board c Trade, we desire to nay that this is publio body, that deserves a more tba passing notice. At present, the Boar ooneists of about forty members. Thee members embraae the principal mei chanta here. It is proper to add, tht the Board havo no merely politioal pm poses to snbBerve, except so far as pol ties may mean the progress and develo} ment of Colombia. Tho object of tb Board is to lay down certain rules < trade that all honorable men of bunine; may deem of mutual advantage, to eli vate the ethios of trade, and by ever legitimate method to guard the businei interests of Columbia, and to lend helping hand to every good work. ? respects the municipal authorities, it no fault of tho Board that they hm several times been brought into oonflii with them. In every good work, tl Board will oo-operate with the authot ties, without regard to their politic affiliations. In every bad work, thc have opposed them, will oppose theo and ought to oppose thom. Wo ho] that the Board will receive largo ac useful aocessions. Every merohant i good standing ought to join, aud th Board, properly directing its operation and acting wisely and sagaciously, ci show itself a power in the city for got -"a wheel within a wheoh " Et is und the auspices of the Board of Trade tb the contract connected with tho ne City Hall has been arrested by leg measures, involving a saving to the oi of about $60,000. If the Board Trade hud done no more than to bril this matter into oourt, it would ha been glory enough for il to last a loi time. The 1'reaident of the Board, present, is Richard O'Nenie, Jr., and tl Secretary is James E. Black. As respects social and literary clut wo must admit that Columbia is nut well supplied as she should be. Thc is a pleasant club, having very pleusa rooms above Swaffield's, and kuown the Columbia Social Club. There also a chess club. We havo also t Burns' Club and tho Hiboruiau Society all having very agreeable re-unions. is also true that a course of lectures v last year dolivored under tho auspices the Young Men's Christian AuBOoiatk But wo havo not, as wo ought to ha' well organized literary and scienti clubs. These, we believe, will b'aor como. Thus fur here iu Columbia, burnt and plundered city, material m turu have necessarily absorbed the nth tion of our people. Letters wo have I somewhat to forego. We hopo, he over, that as wo repair broken fortun and can afford to spend tho necessi time and funds, that again Colntn will point to her litorary and sciont associations, and to her works of t hor groups of statuary, and her gullet of painting. And hore, in this conn tion, wo desire to refer to tho mar yard of MesBrs. Boyno Sc Sprowl, wh work in thoir lino is executed with sk taste and fidelity. To-morrow we shall resumo tho s ject of Columbia and its advantages. -?-??-. Wo aro indebted to Vice-Presiden J. Patterson, of the Croon ville and lumbia Railroad, for tho courtesy c oomplimentary ticket for that road i ils branches for the current year. -<-??-? A great grand son of Brant, the lam Indian chieftain of Wyoming masBf notoriety, and his wife, Aged respect ly ninoty-ono and eighty-seven ye are living in Detroit, Miohigan, The mssticg of Methodist Sendai Behool Booie ty, with "Wie addresses an? nounced, whioh waa to have taken place on last Sunday, waa postponed to Son day next, on aooonnt of the inclemency of the weather. In lien thereof, reli? gious exercises were held, in whioh the Ber. M. Brown and the Ber. Dr. Mey nardie officiated, and an excellent ser? mon was given by the former preacher, opon the duty, on this opening of the New Year, of a rigid self-examination as to oar religious state. This young mi? nister, let us add, bas utterance given unto him to speuk boldly and powerfully of the hopes and promises of the Gospel, and of the faith oooe delivered to the saints. In speaking of Columbia and its ad? vantages, we havo omitted, thus far, to speak of two enterprises worthy of men? tion. This is the co-operative store at the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Depot, organized for the benefit of the dm ployees of that oompauy, and the wood yard recently established by Messrs. C. E. Thomas & Co. Both of these are nader the ooutrol of Mr. C. E. Thomas. We learn that Messrs. Thomas & Co. proposo to keep constantly on band a full supply of fire-wood, aod to make the business a specialty. This is what the citizens need. ' 'BICH LAN I), " January G, 1872. DJEAB PHOSNIX: We see by an article recently published that yon are bringing forward the olaims of "Columbia" to he the future great railroad contre aod manufacturing oity of the South, despite the two great evils operating against it, viz: "Ku Klux" and "ourpet-bugism." We read with interest your account ol the great dry goode aud grocery houses, ?to. ; and now, won't you reciprocate by notioing the ndvautuges offered by the oountry people? Where would yout great grocery aud dry goods houses bi without us? And while we are talking about th?tn, allow us a little? digression, so as to ask a question. Why do yoe not try to restrain the envy or malice ol saoh gentlemen as Mr. E. Hope and Mr. Shiver? It is whispered (you may not have heard of it) that a few gentlemer from-God knows where-recently or rived amongst you. and notwithstanding the fact that their time was both limitei and valuable, kindly consented to rai your city government for you during their leisure hours, (before ongaginf themselves on "Scott's" furm, whioh by-the-way, is run by "guests of tb< State hotel," whioh reminds ns tba "fellow-feeliag makes ooo woodron kind;") aud they had hardly got th machine fairly goiog, before the above named Messrs. Hope and Shiver, fol lowed by a host of others, stepped intoi court house, (think of it I) and charge* these generous gentlemen (,:no-oalled" with an attempt to mako fifty thousaui dollars out of a City Hull oontraot What a Bimmel Why, Messrs. Shive and Hope forget that tboy make tha paltry sum every year of their lives, am have made it for years past, aod hav the prospect of a long future befor thom; while your kind friends from (whioh don't stand for h-ll) have neve had a chanoe before, aud will never hav ono again, on aoccount of the too publi recommendation of Messrs. Shivoi Hope & Compauy, and their presen time is limited by the engagement w mentioned as contemplated. You may, if you feol wickedly ir dined, retort upon ns by saying thc Mr. Shiver or Mr. Hope make thei money honestly, in honest culling; But then, "Our very dear PHONIX," yo don't see that that don't help their eas? they don't belong to the party of "gnu moral principles" and "progressif ideas," as represented ia South Caroline We read you regularly, and are sat isfie that you are not sufficiently imbued wit moral principies or progressive ideas t understand it, but we will eodeavor t elucidate it by stating the following fae ("paroi d' honneur,") viz: One contrae signed by your ubiquitous friends of tl: oily government, pays better and moi ia a miaute than your advertisemei list, or either Mr. Hope's or Mr. Shiver saleB for a year. Is that lucid? Noe of you belong to tho party of great, &< We country people behove that yoi Shivers and Hopes are jealous of otlu people getting rich; "that's what's tl mutter." They want peoplo to go iul business, and enter iato competitic with them, und muke their money th. way. That's all "folde-rol." Your si jouruers beloog to that class common represented in fictiou by thu English n blemao, (but not followed by tue Dal of Argyle's sons) - "Business or labor, i a means of obtaining au honest live! hood, ia low aud vulgar." Hut you Hont era people don't understand these high ideas of life. Pshaw! Your ignoran ?sd stupidity is disgusting 1 Wu wot even discuss tho question with you; \ will ouly talk to you about our litt community, just outside of your aneri city limits, ami if we can't nuy that \ all belong to thu party of "great mot ideas," we can say that wo huvo UH rn a oouotry us ever u plow ran throng and that our lands eua be bought rooted as cheaply, (except those bulon iag to tho Land Commission, if auy,) any in tho world, and that we don't ou a fig for any man's politics, or what 1 nationality is. We will gladly accord him that pouitiou iu our littlo such; that his own merits, education and co duct entitle him to hold, aud thati will lend him our wagons to go to t polls, to vote for who be "durn pleosce without question. Wo can't help it, he votes for a few extra heavy tuxes be imposed upon himself, for the sn port of tho self sacrificing gcutlem who give their whole time, free of oh ar f to protecting and governing him. We oould give you a great deni of : formation concerning tho merits of t country adjacent to Columbia, but are neither membors of the City Conn or the Land Commission, aud our pn] has given out. Yours, in "THE VICINITY.* A colored woman, named Ann Cha\ was killed by another oolored womi named Mary Walker, at Beach Islai n duy or two beforo Christmas. A di onlty had occurred between tho two, a alight ensued, and Chuvis getting t worst of it, started to run, but was p 9ued by Mary, who ovortook and sb bed her in the neck with a pocket-kui inflicting a wound from the offeots which she died abortiv afterwards. I Barnwell Journal TT WIT RT? STATES OOUBT, MONDAY, Janu? ary 8.1872 -The court met at ll A. If., bis Honor Judge George 8. Bryan pre? siding. F. W. Fickling, Esq., submitted and read u petition of Robert Hayes Mitch? ell, one of the prisoners convicted under the Ku Klux Aot, praying for the writ of habeas corpus ip his behalf. Also, a pe? tition o! tbe same kind in behalf of J. Jefferson Grier, who has been arrested by the United States Marshal and is in confinement, bot against whom no charges have as yet been made. The petition in the ease of Robert Hayes Mitohell is as follows: THB UNITED STATES OP AMERICA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IN THB GIRO CIT COURT-FOURTH CIRCUIT. In re. Robert H. Mitchell.-Petition for writ of habeas corpus. To THE HONS. HUGH L. BOND AND GEORGE S. BRYAN, JUDGES OF THB SAID COURT, HITTING IN SAID OOUBT IN AND FOB SAID CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT : The humble petition of Robert Hayes Mitohell, ol the State and District aforesaid, showeth that your petitioner is restrained in the custody of Li. E. Johnson, United States Marshal iu and for tbe District of South Carolina aforesaid, in jail, by virtue of the judgment and sen? tence of the said court, rendered and pronounced after a verdict of guilty, found agaiost your petitioner on a cer? tain bill of indictment found against your petitioner by tho grand jury of tin said court, for "that he, (and divers other persons in the said bill of indict ment named,) together with divers othei evil-dispoBed persons, to the jurors afore said as yet nu ku own, late of York Conn ty, in the State of South Carolina, a York County, in said District, and with in the jurisdiction of this court, on tin 6th day of Marob, A. D. 1871, unlaw fully did conspire together, with inten to violate the first section of the Act en titled 'An Act to euforoe the rights o the citizens of the United States to vol in tbe several Staten of thia Uoioo, am for other purposes,' approved May 81 1870, by unlawfully hindering, prevent mg and restraining divers male citi zens of tbe United States, of African de scent, above the age of twenty-one year? qualified to vote at any election by tb people in said Conn ty, District and Stat from exercising tbe right and privi loge of voting, and by other unlawfo means not allowing them, the said mal citizens, to vote at an election by tb people, to be held on the third Wednei day in Ootober, A, D. 1872, within tb County, State und District aforesaid contrary to the Aot of Congress in suo case made and provided, aud against tb peace and dignity of the United Statei Aud also for that bo and the person above named, together with divers otbe evil-disposed persons, to the juroi aforesaid as yet unknown, late of Yor County, iu the State of South Carolan at York County, in said District, an within thu jurisdiction of the court, o the 21st day of -, A. D. 1871, unlav fully did conspire together to injm Jim Williams, alias Jim Rainey, a cit zeu of the United States, lawful! entitled to vote in his person, on a? count of bis giving his support i a lawful manner, in favor of the ole* tion of A. S. Wallace, u lawfully qual fled person, as a member of the Coi gross of the United States, contrary I tba Act of Congress in suoh oase mac and provided, and against the peace ac dignity of tbeUoited States. And yoi petitioner further show-", that the sai last recited count of the said bill of ii dictmont is for an alleged violation of e Act of the Congress of tbe Unit? States, entitled "An Aot to enforoe tl provisions of the fourteenth amendmei to the Constitution of the United State and for other purposes," approved Api 20, 1871. Your petitioner further show that he is advised by counsel learned tho law, that he has been indicted, oo victed and sentenced, and that be is I strained of his liberty in violation of tl Constitution of the United States. Yo petitioner, therefore, humbly prays yo Honors to grant him a writ of habe corpus, to bring your petitioner befo your Honors, that the cause of comm ment being known and seen, such fe tber proceedings may be bad thereon are agreeable to law and justice. Judge Brynn stated that ho would he the potitions under advisement and be argument on the question to-morn morning. Mr. Fiokliug, who is acting in const tation with Messrs. Stanbery and Joh BOO, is to bring out three different kin of coses on habeas corpus, so os to ta the matter to the Supreme Court, certiorari, and thus test the oonstitntio .i i it y of the Enforcement and Ka Kl Acts. The first isa cape where the pai has been arrested, tried and oonviote The second, where the party har be arrested and indicted but not tried, a the third, where the petitioner bas be arrested aud held in confinement but r indicted. The grand jury returned a number true bills, and the court adjourned a P. M., till ll o'clock to-morrow. The Boston Weekly Statesman, ol t ?'Jth ult., Buys: The facts in regard to tho pluuderi of South Carolina by tho Radical G vernor und other officials are quite bad as baa been charged. The ri frauds in New York palo before this volution of what good and loyal m< elected to bring the State ont of t slough of reconstruction into sonnd latious with the Government, and to np again the prostrate industry, hi accomplished. Tb'e total amount of t frauds of Governor Scott is $29,000,01 a large sum to be saddled upon a co tuunity over so prosperous; and when is cousidorod that South Carolina is i yotrooovorod from tho depressing effe uf tho war, it is almost equivalent buukrnptey. Tho report of the Invei guting Committee placea the whole fa upon tho Radioul party in elevating si mon to place and power, and culls UL that party to ut once condemn such r oality. Rut Governor Scott has aires proved himself too strong for the 1 honest men of the party in the Legit turo, and it is a doubtful question w thor he will over feel the stiDg of lash whioh the oommittee snaps ab his ears. As a representative South Radical, Governor Scott has held a p minent place; and as a distinguisi thief, ho will find few to surpass bim. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-A odored 1 ?bout twelve or fourteen years of s was killed noar Blank vi I lo, on Christi lay, in A manner whioh should sorvo i warning to boys who handle fire-ai jarolessly. He had u gun-barrel, wli it appears hu was trying to get tho 1 >nt of, placed ooo ond in tbe fire t ?lew in tho other, when it went off, i ustantly killed him. '.' I Augusta Chronich Ha O O tX X X t ?3 XML ?9. I CITY MATTEBB.-The price of s ugle copies of the PHO?NIX is five coota. A completo outfit, with the exception of a prose, for a country paper ia offered for sale at a very low rate. Particulars can be obtained at PHOENIX office. The PHOENIX office is supplied with all neoesaary material for as handsome cards, bill heads, postera, pamphlets, hand-bills, oiroulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the South. Give us a call and test oar work. A supposed incendiary fire was disco? vered in one of the upper rooms of the new dwelling on Blanding street, owned by Mesara. Gary & Tappan. It was ex? tinguished before any serions damage was done. Chris. Haynesworth, at tbe Colombia Hotel tonsorial saloon, bas every facility for making a plain mortal look interest? ing. He will also furnish a warm or cold bath, at short notice. Try him, ye lords of creation. Vice-Pr?sident Patterson, of the Green? ville and Columbia ?uilroad, will accept oar thanks for a "pass" over his road for the present year. A oard from Prof. Wm. H. Orchard will be fonnd in another column. He ia an efficient teacher. A meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina National Back will be held at their hall, this day, at 12 M. Pu OIN rx AN A.-A lady correspondent writes to a woman's convention that while abo sympathizes with "the move? ment," she has been hindered by "con? stantly reoarring cares from taking an active part." If she moana twins, why don't she say so? The study of literature nourishes youth, entertains old age, adorns prospe? rity, solaces adversity. It is delightful at home and auobstractive abroad. An exchange says that the new style of collar, for gentlemen, is simply terrific. They are an economical article, however, aa with moderately long pantaloons they do away with all necessity for a shirt. There is no path bot will be easier traveled, no load bat will bo lighter, no shadow on heart or brain but will lift sooner, in presence of determined cheer? fulness. j A wedded couple should always study each others dispositions, and mutually make all the allowance possible for the weak points in their respeetive charac? ters. The papers are having a great deal to say just now about the "dangers of sell? ing prize candy." In our city all the danger there is abont it is iu the eating of it. "What might be done if men were wise? What glorious deed, my Buffering bro? ther. Would they unite In love and right, And oeose their scorn of one another?" Great men should, if they do not, lire in the shadow of a more terrible seoret than even the one just given to tbe world by Mr. Forster-the reflection that some fool will write their biographies after they die. Every Johnson has not his Boswell, in spite of that maxim; for By? ron had his Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Dickens his Forstor. lu a recent interview, Andy Johnson said he "never knew a man who spelled his name in the middle to turn oat any account." The workingman's Hal leek: Strike-for more food and better fires I Strike-at the men who work the wires! Strike-till the last fonl ring expiresl For higher wages-strikel It is said of Ethen Allen that he once attended a ohuroh where the minister made an estimate, tho result of which was that out of the whole human raoe not more than one in 1,000 wonld be saved. On the announcement of this result, Allen took his hat and walked ont, saying as be went: "Gentlemen, if any of you want my ohanoe, you are welcome to it. It is not worth staying for." Mr. Sumner, in a recent senatorial de? bate, nsed the "I" forty-three times in three minutes, as shown by the Globe. A few min?tes' devotion at night will not clear the conscience of a foul trick done daring the day, nor will going to church on Sunday atone for the wilful sinB of a week. Clergymen, like brakemen, do a good deal of oonpling. Muoh of the nnhuppinesB in this world arises from giving ntteruuee to hasty, unkind words. "Ahl" mosed Smith, as he contem? plated his extensive collection of New Year's bills, "how trae it is that in the midst of life we are in debt." Next month-Febraary-will have five Thursdays, commencing and ending on that day. This oould not ocour any other than leap year, and will not ocour agaiu until the year 1923, or fifty-six years from this. The casserole is the name by whioh the latest style of lady's bonnet in Paris is known. The shape is described as ex? actly that of a Bancopan, or something like the helmet worn by the ancient Knights Templar. The bat hos no brim whatever, rind the crown is ornamented to the summit, with alternate bands of velvet and ?atin. A tnlle aigrette is worn tn front. How generally, when we have the fnll revelation of a unman heart, do we find miaery at the bottom of it. MAIXI ABRAMOBKEMTS.-The Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; oloses 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Wea torn mail apena 9.00 A. M. ; oloses 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. .' .... <-?T ? ?T?*r>; Haight Sc Co.'a Empire City Hoieam. Menagerie, Circus ?nd Balloon, will ex? hibit ?a folio wa: Ba va. tar ville, Wednes? day, January 81; Colombia, Thursday, February 1; Un ion ville, Friday, Febru? ary 2; Spartanburg, Saturday, February 8; Greenville, Monday, February 6; An? derson, Tuesday, February 6; Newberry, Wednesday, February 7; Camden, Thurs? day, February 8; Orangeburg, Friday, February 9. L O. O. F.-Past Grand John Mc? Kenzie, of thia city, on Friday night last, installed the following officers of Pulaski IiOdge No. 20, of Newberry: W. H. Hunt, N. G.; J. T. Peterson. V. G.; G. M. Giraudean, B., 8.; W. O. Johnson, Treasurer; J. B. TbbmeoafcW.; J.J. Houseal, C.; D. B. Wheeler, lt. 8. N. G.; W. J. Lake, L 8. N. G.; E. H. Christian, B. S. V. G.; B. B,'Chapman, L S. V.O.; H. P. Tarrant, B. 8. 8.; W. Johnson, L. 8. 8. ; J. Boyles, J. G. ; J. 8. Smith, O. G.; P. G. W. W. Houseal, Anniversary Orator. ' THB GREENVILLE AND COLOMBIA RAIL BOAD COMPANY.-At a meeting, on Fri? day last, of the Directors of this com ! pany, the negotiations relative to the Greenville and Colombia Railroad were closed. Under the new arrangement and transfer, the following is a list of officers: President-W. J. Magrath, (otos Fre? derick Boab, resigned.) Vioo-Presidect J. J. Patterson. Directora-Hon. J. L. Orr, J. E. Marley, (vice H. H. Ki mp ton, resigned.) J. J. Patterson, J. M. Allen, J. L. Neagle, H. T. Farmer. J. T. Sloan, gice Niles G. Parker, resigned,) Thomas odatnead, J. C. Boatb, (vice Geo. W. Waterman, resigned.) Coleman R. Walk? er, (vice F. L. Gardozo, resigned,) T. Hurley, Joseph Crews. DEATH OP ROBERT T ANNES.-Doubt? less many in our own community will have their kindly haman sympathies tenderly touched by tbe announcement of tbe death of thia simple-minded "child of nature," who was yesterday laid to restin Elmwood Cemetery. Poor "Bob" Tanner! Few tbero srs Trho hsvs hst! occasion to visit Colombio for many yeara past, who did not recognize him as ono of its notabilities; and few of ns aro they, who knew his surroundings, that will not yield a grateful tribute to the beautiful exhibition of filial devotion which his life attested. Wbat God du nied to him in intellect, Ho gave bim in a simple, child-like faith and trust in his devoted mother, who will not fail to realize substantial evidence of sympathy in ber louely widowhood. Mr. Recd, the courteous manager of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph line, has furnished ns with the following list of numbers drawn in Charleston, yesterday, in the Land and Immigration sohemo: No. 90,178, 8100; 87,052, 100; 19,919, 1,000; 79.579, 5,000; 119.278, 5,000; 94,793, 10,000; 181,223, 5,000; 27.213, 1,000; 8.468. 1,000; 31.782,1,000; 80,602, 600; 9,259, 100; 38,265, 100; 70.021, 100; 120,296. 100,000; 120,428. 500 ; 9,486, 100; 109,826, 100; 74,943, 100; 32,040, 100; 100,990, 50J; 91.582, 500 ; 92,594, 100; 78,175, 100; 17,797, 100; 84,856, 100; 100,214.1.000; 36,469, 500; 101.404, 100; 132,240, 100; 74.943, 100; 32,040, 100; 111,425, 100; 111.387. 100; 37,052, 100; 90,178, 100; 119,041, 100; 21,136, 600. LIST OF NEW ADVBBTISBMKNTO Meeting Y. M. 0. A. Chas. E. Thomas & Co.--Wood. T. J. LaMotte- For Rent. W. J. Ettei-Notice. THB FAMINE IN PERSIA.-Distressing news comes to us from the East. Persia is still suffering from the plague, the fa minecontinuo8 to rob ber of inhabitants, and whole districts are laid desolate by the terrible ravages resulting from ban? ger, disease and, sickness. The latest official advices from Ispahan show that the country is still in the dreadful agony which, for long months baok, hos afflict? ed it. Tbe distress iu the cities aud large towns is described us terrible, end all tbe exertions of the authorities prove unavailing to stay the march tff desola? tion. Tbe abseuoe of news" from the East for some time back led ns to ima? gine that tbe famiue was disappearing, and that Persia was slowly bat nurely re? covering from the calamity which pressed so heavily upon her; but the latest intel? ligence destroys the illusion, and in its place conjures up a picture wbicb it is impossible to contemplate but in sad thoughtfulness for tbe wretched inhabi? tants of poor Persia. # _---? " DON'T HAWK, HAWK, SPIT, SPIT, BLOW, BLOW, und disgust everybody with your Catarrh and its offensive odor, whou Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will speedily de? stroy all odor and arrest the discharge. THB SECRET OP CAPTIVATION. -Features of Grecian monld, a well-turned neck and beautifully rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things to have, and ladies who possess these charms have reason to be tbaukfnl to Mother Nut ure; fat, after all, the most captivating of all womanly charms is a pure, fresh SDd brilliant complexion. This superlative fascination any lady may secure by using HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM, the standard beautifying preparation of the present ige. It differs from all ordinary cos? metics in throe most essential particulars, insomuch .as it oontaina no injurious ingredients, does not contract or shrivel the skin, as all the astfTngent "blooms," "lotions" and ?.powders" eventually do, but produces a lasting loveliness by improving the health of ibo skin. Under its operation the text? ure of the epidermis becomes finer, and the surface soft as velvet and smooth as porcelain. Features oannot be changed, bat complexions can, and it is quite certain that a lady with no other charm than a fresh and rosy complexion, will attract more admiration in company than her neighbor, with a classic face, but a sallow skin. J 4 J3 ? ? a? ? MANUVAOTUsnTO ExTznmxss in CKASLSS row.-Charleston is fast beooming a manu? facturing as well as a commercial city. The largest manufactory or doors, sashes, blinds, to., in the Southern States is that of Ur. P, P. TOALB, on Horlbock's Wharf, in that oity, tales rooms at No. 30 Hayno street. ?Ur. roAi.E's advertisement appears in another joluinn. Hov 2} Slap-jack timber is the Yankee n For buckwheat, /