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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Friday Korain*, April 5. 1872.
How AV o Ar? Taxed.
Sometime ago, dnring the session of
the General Assembly, and ponding the
consideration of bills to raise supplies,
and determine the proper rate of taxa?
tion therefor for the onrrent fiscal year,
the Union, as it hns never failed to do,
came staunchly op to the support of our
dishonest and profligate State officials,
and nrged an inorease of taxation to the
Agares which were finally settled upon.
Every mean and falso device that un?
scrupulous cunning could suggest was
resorted to, to instigate, impel and per?
suade the colored and the better in?
clined white representatives, to give
their sanotion to tho outrageons and
ruinous rate of taxation which the
blood-suckers of the State had fixed
upon as the minimum required to gratify
their unholy avarice for a twelve month.
Ono day we would witness a spurt of
venom upon the white people of the
State that could only spring from the
low, envious hate of a conscious vaga?
bond. Our white people were beslimed
es lazy, thriftless, dishonorable; in
short, no people on God's globe are so
degraded as the old white oitizens of
South Carolina, according to the Union.
The next day would como a howl of
Ku Klux horrors to add zest to the abuse
of the day before, and make the blaek
people believe it.
Then we wonld be edified, on tho day
following, with unctions lectures upon
the moral obligation that rested upon
tho State to pay fraudulent debts. Re?
pudiation was not to be thought of; only
the dishonorable white people could
favor snch an infam?os procedure as
that. Fraud, forgery and theft might
with impunity Btalk through tho land,
and thrust their grasping talons without
hindrance into the pockets of the peo?
ple, but it would be base to repudiate a
debt, however unjustly foisted upon you.
Again, and to oap tho climax of impu?
dence, we were informed that it was all
Demoeratio misrepresentation and spite
against the so-called Bepnblican admi?
nistration, that made it appear that tho
State was heavily taxed. A parallel was
attempted to be tun between the rate of
taxation on the cotton plantations of
South Carolina and the grain and dairy
farms of the North, by whioh it was
most Buccesafully shown, if only the
facts had been truthfully stated, that
our publia burden was vastly the lighter
of the two.
We replied to those arguments at the
time, and exposed( their utter falsity.
But we were not in possession of statis?
tics from the various States, and conld
speak with no absolute certainty of the
comparative rate of taxation. We have
those statistics now. They are given in
the Nation, of the date of March 28,
and taken from the census report of
1670, the highest and latest authority in
tho land. Tho rate of taxation per thou?
sand dollars is thus given for the various
States: v
Nevada, $26 31; Louisiana, 21.85; Ar?
kansas, 18.33; Mississippi, 17.80; Maine,
15.36; Nebraska, 11.83; Alabama, 11.77;
Kansas, ll 15; South Carolina* 13.30;
New Hampshire, 12.88; Iowa, 12.62;
California, 12.25; Massachusetts, 11.68;
Minnesota, 11.57; Oregon, 11.20; Virgi?
nia, 11.26; Florida, 11.23; Missouri,
10.82; Ohio, 10.52; Marylund, 10.30;
Illinois, 10.28; Georgia, 9.79; Kentucky,
9.48; Vermont, 9.07; West Virginia,
9.03; North Carolina, 9.02; Indiana,
8.51; New Jersey, 7.88; Connecticut,
7.83; Wisconsin, 7.67; Michigan, 7.52;
New York, 7.47; Rhode Island, 7.31;
Texas, 7.10; Tennessee, 6.79; Pennsylva?
nia, 6.44; Delaware, 4.30.
In this table, South Carolina stands
ninth in the list, and even then is fur
ahead of the States whioh embrace the
"grain and dairy farms." Wo invite
tho attention of the Union to that fact,
and will be glad to hear what it has to
say why sentence either for gross igno?
rance or wilful mis-statements should
not be passed upon it.
Bat we are not half done yet. The
above statistics wero made out upon
data famished on the 1st of Jane, 1870.
In othor words, the figures rep r?sout the
rate of taxation on the 1st of June, 1870.
It will be borne in mind that in that
year the rate of taxation for general
State and County purposes was not ovei
ten mills on tho dollar. Wo now have o
tax of twenty mills on the dollar, be?
sides tho license tax, which will throw
our rate per thousand considerably
above Nevada, and proves South Caro
lina the heaviest taxed State in thc
Union. These aro facts and figures tba
cannot be gaineayed, except upon tin
hypothesis that tho censas reports ar?
utterly unreliable, which no truthfu
person will undertake to say.
To-morrow we shall have something t<
say in regard to tho indebtedness of tin
State, upon the samo indisputable au
thority. It will not correct our evil
immediately, nor will it work any health
fal reform among the carpet-bag frater?
nity, to expose their profligacy and the
bardens under which the State is labor?
ing, bnt it is wall tc have the troth and
show to the world, and especially to the
people of the North, tho wretched effects
of carpet bag misrule; and, mayhap, in
time, relief in some shape will be given
as. Unthinking persons, too, aro mis?
led into taking for facts what is so une?
quivocally and, to all appearances, con?
fidently stated by the Union; and we are
glad to have the means independent of
and apart from mero argument of outs
to unveil its false pieturos. We have,
to-day, the most expensive government
in South Carolina of any State of tho
Union, and what is equally patent,
though no figures can ehow it, we aro
blessed with the most inefficient and cor?
rupt one.
Will the Union please give another
disquisition upon the dairy farms of the
North vs. tho cotton plantations of Sonth
Carolina.
Why Ko Exhibit!
Tho citizens of Columbia would bo
gratified if the Conned would publish
an exhibit of the receipts and expendi?
tures of the city government for tho
past fiscal year. It has always been tho
onstom of former Councils to publish
annually, on the 1st of April, an exhibit
or balance-Bheot, showing precisely how
much money had been collected, and
from what sources, during the foregoing
decal year, and also how much had been
expended and for what specific purposes.
lu view of the faot that there was last
year, as stated by the City Clerk to tho
Committee of tho General Assembly,
?10,000 oollected in the way of taxos in
excess of expenditures, and in view of
the further fact, too, that $75,000 was
borrowed in addition of Dr. Neagle, to
build the City Hall, which bas not been
appropriated to that purpose, it is highly
proper that some showing should be
made. Will the Council make the ex?
hibit, and make it fully, or do they con?
sider it an old Democratic custom that u
progressive Republicanism should dis?
dain to follow?
An Heir Wanted-Ho Probably Live* In
North Carolina.
Just after the closo of our lato Con?
federate war there were a largo number,
of persons in the South who received
notifications from pretended law firms in
London, and other cities of England,
that they were supposed to be heirs ol
largo estates, and that their presence and
a little money, the latter at all events,
would place them in the possession oi
princely fortunes. It is human natur?
to be credulous of that which wo an
very anxious to be true, and the recipi?
ents of these joyful tidings, as a rulo,
swallowed tho bait readily, and nnuij
were induced to send on retaining feet
to the accommodating lawyers, whicl
was the last they ever heard of it or theil
promised inheritance. The hoax wai
practiced to such un extent that Mr
Judah P. Benjamin, late Conf?d?ral
Secretary cf State, who was and still i
engaged in the practico of tho law a
London, published a letter, which wen
the roands through the Southern press
warning our people against such ewin
dies, and rominding them that under tin
laws of Great Britain no one not a citi
zen of the realm could inherit or in nu;
way hold or possess real estate. Afte
that time we hoard of nobody 'Tallin)
heir" to English estates.
We are now, though, we aro incline
to believe, called upon to anuouueo t
genuino bona fide case, in which th
heirs of an English woman of some prc
porty aro thought to be living mos
probably in tho Stato of North Caroline
The advertisement, whiohtwo publishe
yesterday, and again and tho last tim
to-day, came through tho post office
from one F. Algar, Clement's Lain
Lombard street, London. Tho pad
ago bore tho usual English stamp, an
enolosed was a oheck, which tho writei
after the English style, spelled cheque
to pay for the advertisement, and whio
we have had cashed. The namo of th
deceased woman was Frances Paull, he
maiden name Frances Andrews, and tl
advertisement says that a brothe
Thomas Wills Androws, if living, woul
be the heir, bat that it is thought tin
he died on his passage to Amcrici
many years ago, leaving a widow an
threo childron, now living, or thought I
be living, in North Carolina. Thei
ohildren of Thomas Wills Androws, v
presume, are tho hoira sought for, at
they havo only until tho 25th of Juno I
present thoir oluims.
Another Republican pnpor doserts tl
dying dynasty. The St. Paul Dispute
the most respectable and ablestRepub
can paper in Minnesota, bids Grant
long farewell, goes in for tho Cinoioni
Convention, and hurrahs for Trumbi
us tho next President.
A now stylo of coffee-pot has a litl
steam whistle attached, which warns ti
folks when tho cudoc is ready.
G HE AT Loss OP OATTLB IN TEXAS.
Both the late oold weather and the
drought have occasioned an immense
loss of cattle in many portions of Texas.
Indeed, the stook interest has not re?
ceived for many years snoh a severs
blow. According to the Texas papers,
it is estimated that 200,000 head of cattle
have died during the past few weeks in
Western Texas. The loss bas been fear?
ful between the Guadalupe and Nneces
Eivers. In Golaid alone, 25,000 ani?
mals have bees skinned, and about an
equal number in San Patricio and
Kernes Counties.
The Sau Antonio Harald says that in
a spneo of one mile opposite Helene,
1,000 or moro animnls have boon
skinned. Within a spaoe of throe miles,
near Kennedy's Ferry, on tho Nueces,
5,000 more have died, and mu ny of the
carcasses havo been stripped of tho
hides.
At last accounts, tho cnttle wore dying
in Texas at a fearful rate, from starva?
tion. After the cold weather carno a
terrible drought, and thoro was litcrully
no grass for them to subsist upon. So
tho loss or stock in the Counties abovo
mentioned, in Viotoria, De Witt, Gon?
zales and other neighboring portions,
this winter and spring, mny bo estimated
I at about one-half. Wo rojoico to learn
that abundant rainB havo recently fallen
over nil the State.
[New Orleans Picayune.
DEATH FROM DENTISTRY.-lu New
York, on the 20th ult., Charles Noll man
had five teeth extracted. On leaving tho
dentist's, (as the Standard teHs thu
story,) the gums werebleodingat n terri?
ble rate, and all attempts to cause n ces?
sation were in vain. Ou Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, the bleeding con?
tinued, and although every eil'ort was
made to savo tho unfortunate man's lifo
by Dr. Chabert, the loadiug physician of
Hoboken, who applied styptics, and did
all that medical science could suggest,
he became weaker and weaker, aud at
last expired from inanition. A few hours
before his death, two friends of tho un?
fortunate man, named Messrs. Sanger
and Schmitzer-the ono a stone-mason
and tho other a proprietor of a Inger
beer establishment-allowed themselves
to bo bled eaoh to tho extent of eight
ounces, for the purposo of seeing if
Nollman's life could bo spared by the
transfusion of blood; but tho unfortu?
nate man was too far gouo, being then in
a dying condition.
FATAXI MININO ACCIDENT-ALMOST
AXOTH.EE AVONDALE DISASTER.-A de?
spatch, dated Scranton, Pa., April 1,
says: This afternoon a terrible accident
occurred at tho Lackawanna breaker,
Carbondale. Tho trestle work of tho
ooal breaker, about 100 feet high, broke
down, carrying with it a number of men
and boys who were at work on it at tho
time. Tho crushed and broken timbers,
from some cause, almost immediately
caught fire, and it was with tho greatest
difficulty that the breaker waa saved
from do'-truction. Two men named
John Clark and Dwight Aloses, and a
boy named Wm. Palmer, aro fatally in?
jured. It is believed, but not known,
that several boys perished in the flames,
i'ho breaking of the trestle was caused
by a furious gale.
A miner named Bosser was almost in?
stantly killed in a mino at tho samo
j placo by a fall of coal.
A singular case of epeedy retribution
is recorded in the Louisville Commercial.
Among tho ruins of tho Jeilersonville
Car Works was found a body, which, it
is believed, was that of tho incendiary
to whom tho destruction of the buildings
must bo attributed. Ho entered thc
struct uro through a small aperture,
which afforded just space enough to ad?
mit him. On reaching the middle of tho
building, ho started his lire, which,
fanned by tho high wind, was too quick
for bim, and, blinded by tho dense
smoko, he struggled forward, and while
groping his way about was smothered.
His remains were hardly capable of
identification, but ho is supposed to be a
mau discharged from employment by
tho company several weeks since.
ARRESTS -Siuco our last issue the
following citizens of this County havo
been arrested aud committed to jail by
the United States authorities: J. C.
Cornwell, W. A. Cornwell, G. C. Crosby,
Curtis Jamieson, D. Hardwick, H. D. j
Hardwick and John Dallas. Mr. Ciosby
was subsequently released. On Mou- j
day, Mr. J. T. Walker, who was arrested
and bailed in Columbia a few weeks ago, |
was ro-ai rested and lodged in jail. On !
Tuesday ho was carried to York. Thcro
aro niuo prisoners now in jail.
[Chester Reporter.
THE MILITARY PRISONERS.-Of tho
prisoners confined here, J. M. Kirkpa?
trick and J. B. Kirkpatrick were dis?
charged on bail last Saturday, loaving
twenty yet in jail. Wo can obtain no
information to whether any of these
prisoners will bo Bent to Charleston. J.
S. Miller, whoso term of imprisonment
expired on tho 28th ultimo, was dis?
charged on that day.
I York ville Enquirer.
It is stated that there aro in tho
United States 201 soldiers who lost both
eyes, 118 who lost both legs, ll who loBt
both foot, 5 who lost both hands, ?J5 who
lost both arms, and 10 who lost an arm
and a log.
Grading on the Northern Pacific Bail
road is completed from tho Last to
seventy miles West of tho Minnesota
line; rails and equipment for the road to
Missouri Uiver are purchased, aud also
for 200 miles on tho Pacific Boad.
A Western exchange says: "There is
a farmer in this County who, years ago,
when a boy, blacked boot? in Chicago
for a living. Ho is now worth Sl?O und
owns throe dogs."
Gilraoro wants 100 clergymen to re?
peat tho Loni's Prayer in unison, by
way of an opening performance at his
[approaching musical jubilee.
A SMALL FIRE AT TUE THEATBE AND
ALMOST A PANIC.-Last night, at about
10 o'clock, while tho third act of the
"Bohemian Girl" was in performance,
persons sitting in the parquette near the
door of the manager s room Baw that
room suddenly illuminated, and almost
simultaneously there was beard the up?
setting of furniture aud tramping of
feet. The door of the room being
thrown open, it was discovered that the
lace eurtains above the toilot-tablo and
the linon cover of tho table wcro in a
blaze. Mrs. Powell and a gentloman
oonneoted with tho press wero standing
noar tho prompter's stand, absorbed in
what was goiiug on on tho stage, when
tho alarm was given. Turning, they
saw the danger at once, und with grout
prcsenco of mind rushed to the spot,
tore down tho burning rags, and com?
menced smothering tho fl tines. lu this,
they were assisted by Chief of Police
Poe and other gentlemen, who sprung
over the heads of thu orchestra aud got
iuto the room by way of the stugo. In
three minutes, the fire was extinguished.
Short ns was thu season of excitement,
a panio seemed for a while inevitable.
At the first cry of fire, nearly everybody
ran toward tho door, aud there was some
tall jumping and ruuning on the patt of
men. The ladies, with their faces
blanched with fear, generally kept their
seatB. On the Btoge, also, there was not
a little excitement. The actresses wrung
their hands iu u nervous quaudury, there
was a stampedo of tho male gipseys and
"supes,"*Devilslioof anti tho Count ran
to tho rescue of the uiunagurees, aud the
fascinating Arline (.Mrs. Oates) was
about to trust herself to the tender mer?
cies of tho parquette, wheu Mr. Crane
came back to the stago and assurod her
and tho audience that thc fire was out.
Five minutes later, order was restored,
and tho performance went on as if
nothing unusual had happened.
[Richmond Dispatch, '?Oth ult.
How A MINISTER LOST 81,000.-The
Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Gazette publishes
this: A wealthy Williamsport gentleman
becamo so much attached to a clergyman
of that city that he asked him to preach
his funeral sermon, no matter whero be
might bo. Thc pastor promised that no
matter what tho distance that separated
them, or the difficulties that might bo
placed between, he would, when inform?
ed of tho death of his old friend, drop
all elso and hustou to tho spot that was
to be tho resting place of his mortal ro?
mains. Tho pastor afterwards removed
iuto that vicinity, and u short time ugo
received thc sad announcement that his
friend was dead. Instead of keeping
his promise, hu replied that he was un?
able to be prcseut, as he could not close
his ohureh, &c. The fuucr.il took place
iu duo season, but thc pastor was not
there to perform the last sad rites over
the body of his departed friend. The
ceremonies, however, were performed by
another, and afterwards, when tho will
was opened, it appeared that the old man
hud been faithful iu death ns he was in
life, and bequeathed Si,OHO to bis old
friend, provided bo preached his funeral
sermou. His feeliugs can better bc
imagined than described, wo suppose.
The Now York World is rather irri?
tated than otherwise at the Cincinnati
Convention, and vaunts its independ?
ence and that of the Democratic party,
when such vaunting is nltogothor linne'
cessary, and indeed absurd. With Mr.
Greeley, we thiuk the Cincinnati Con?
vention is to bo judged by the merits o!
its acts, and we would as well wait foi
them. When a mau has been ten yean
iu tho quicksands he should hardly
berate thoso who come to advise or tc
help him. So we think the Democratic
party should avoid fuss-making, am
patiently see what is to bc doue in tin
extremity. Our opinion is that tin
World speaks not wisely, aud that i
does not reflect the temper of tho Demo
eratic party. The Cincinnati Couventioi
certainly affords good grouud for hope
and let ns await tho results of its du
liberations.-Richmond Dispatch.
WHY DANA WAS ARRESTED.-Charle
A. Dana, of tho New York Sun, wa
placed under arrest by Detective Tag
gurt, in a criminal suit instituted by Mr
William ll. Kern hie, ex-State Treasure
of Pennsylvania, glowing ont bf allege*
libelous publications by tho New Yorl
Sim in connection with tho Evans defal
cation. Dana was given a hearing lr
Alderman Hugy, who demanded $0,00
bail for his appearance to answer th
charge in tho Court of Quarter Sessions
Bail was promptly furnished, aud th
editor resumed bis intelrnptcd journey
Mr. Kenable asks damages in the sum ti
$50,000. -Phtladelithia paper,
A Montgomery, Ala., modiste, accord
ing to the newspapers, is doing a fin
class business in ladies' dresses, mad
up with an Alexis polonaise, tho wah
of which contains a steel trap conoealo
by a masked pannier. When a youn
gentleman calls, and accidentally c
otherwise places bis arm around th
wearer's waist, ho hears a "click" an
find? his arm caught. A big broth(
and lamp enters, and the victim sorrov
fully starts for tho jeweler's to exaniiu
some wedding rings.
It is rumored now that Henry Bon
Lowroy, king of Scnfiletown, ' is nc
dead, but bas again returned to bis "ni
tive wilds," whero wo suppose ho wi
uso his iufluenco in tho coming can
paign. Tho Wilmington papers give r,
credit to the rumor.
Miss Tennio C. Clailiti drew a orov
at tho Aoademy of Music, Now York,
hoar her lecture on "Behind tho Seen
in Wall Street." Instead of this, hoi
over, sho began au open denunciation <
marriage, aud was frequently hissed.
A Californian who used gtaut-powd
to shoot ducks is having tho butt of 1:
gun pricked out of his taco.
A Now York burglar was recent
found refreshing himself in the bath tt
of thc house he was robbing.
Zjooal Items.
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CITY MATTERS.-Tho price of single
oopios of the PnOsrx is Ave cents.
The Charleston mail failed to reach
Columbia yesterday afternoon.
Tho auction salo of birds advertised
yesterday to tako place this day by D.
C. Peixotto & Son is unavoidably post?
poned until further notice.
Tho City Council hus presented au
artificial leg to Mr. Beckham, who was
wounded by the falling walls of Gregg's
block whoa burned three years ago.
Mr. Iliohard Cathcart, agent of tho
Western Union Telegraph Company in
this city, is draping a picturo represeut
iug Professor Morse and his family at
his homo in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in
mourning, as a mark of respect to tho
memory of the greut electrician. Tho
photograph hangs in tho oilico of tho
agent. Mrs. Cathcart's handiwork sup?
plied tho appropriate and necessary fes?
toons and drapery.
Mr. Jackson, of tho "Little Store,"
has received his supply of Butterick Sc
Co.'s catalogue of spring fashions, for
1S72, and will supply his lady friends
with tho Burne on application.
It is stated by a contemporary that
tho five votes thrown out in Ward No. 1
were mado up by teariug tho name of
ono candidate oil' ono ticket, and the
names of others oil another ticket, and
folding them together as a singlo ticket;
that, alter being put in tho box, they
became separated, and if counted each
as a ticket, there would have been five
moro tickets than were reully polled.
A Bergh is wanted in Columbia to look
after "the cruelty to animals" men, who
eau bc seen driving horse frames und ox
frames, and blind, lame, diseased, and,
to all appearances, half-starved animals,
through our streets auydayin the week.
Thc City Treasurer advertises, this
morning, a sale of ?250,001) of the seven
per cent, twenty year bonds of tho city
of Columbia; tho salo to take place on
Wednesday, May 15, 1S72.
Tho Iudiuu Girl has just received a
supply of thc celebrated Periquo smok?
ing tobacco. We havo tried it, and can
testify us tu its genuineness and deli?
cious flavor.
Mrs. Peed aud Mrs. McCormick had
au opening of millinery goods yester?
day. We are informed that tho exhibi?
tion wus magnificent and tho visitors nu?
merous. Wo regret not being ablo to
give a lengthy description of what is to
be seen and purchased at these popular
establishments, us our "fashion editor"
took his departure for New York yester?
day.
ll. C. Shiver Sc Cu. announce au open?
ing, on Munday next, of tho larges!
stuck uf millinery goods ever seen out
sido of New York.
What even a teetotaller must como lc
at last-his bier.
About thirty of the United States pri
so?era from Laurens and Newberry wert
brought to Columbia yesterday after
ucou, and placel in jail.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-Wo learn thu
yesterday, Mr. Foulke, an engineer oi
tho Wilmington, Columbia and Auguslt
Railroad, shot u negro named Joo Butep
Th ero aro several rumors afloat in regan
to the shooting, and wo cannot lean
which ?s correct. A warrant has beet
issued for tho arrest of Mr. Foulke, win
left on thc train of which ho was engt
uecr.
SIMM ? MEMORIAL FUND.-A moetiuj
was lately held iu Charleston of th
friends and admirers of tho late Wilban
Gilmore Simms, and arrangements eu
teied upon to huvo a suitable monumcu
erected to his memory. Committee
were appointed in tho several Countie
of tho State to solicit subscriptionc
Gen. Hampton, Col. J. P. Thomas ani
tho liov. Wm. Martin are the committc
for this County, and will bo glad to rt
ceivc the contributions of such as foi
disposed to aid in this praisewortb
work. William Gilmore Simms was
devoted patriot and an honor to hi
State. As a writer of fiction ho rant
next to Cooper as the greatest of Amor
can authors, and South Carolinians ma
justly feel a pride in him as ono of he
most distinguished sons.
Wo had a call in our eanotnm, yesto
day evening, from Mr. T. B. Crews, <
tho Laurousvillo Herald. Wo leal
from him that, after making some thirl
arrests, tho Govern mont authorities hui
left tho County. Tho arrests mado ni
not for Ku Klux outrages pre nor, bi
ou account of tho riot which occurred
Laurens C. H. in 1870.
EASTER ELECTION-Zion Episco??
Church, Richland,-Wardens-T.
Clarkson, Jr., Dr. W. W. Keith. Vt
trymen-G. T. Wiekes, T. B. Clarkso
Sr., J. S. llauahan, A. Shoolbrcd, I
chard Singleton. Delegates to tho Di
cesan Convention-T. B. Clarkson, S
Dr. W. \V. Keith, G. T. Wiekes, J.
i 1 Lu. nh,m.
COURT.-Tho special term of tho
Court of Common Fleas finished its
business, yesterday, by disposing of the
case of G. W. Patterson vs. the South
Carolina Railroad Company. Colonel
F. W. McMaster officiated as special
Judge in thc caso. The jury rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
$2,109.17. Tho subject of controversy
was eighty-nine bales of cotton destroyed
by firo accidentally in 1861. Mr. W. S.
Monteith conducted tho cuse for the
plaintiff, and Messrs. Chamberlain, Sea?
brook and Dunbar for the defendant.
Pow LAST NIGHT.-As the toroh-light
procession of negroes celebrating the
late elections in tho city passed along
tho Main street, last night, in front of
the Columbia Hotel, rocks were thrown
from the procession through the glass
doors of the hotel, at the white men
standing inside, which, being replied to
by a pistol shot from the hotel side,
came very near causing a serious and
bloody affray. Bocks and brick-bats
were hurled by the mass of negroes in
rapid succession, smashing the glasses
and painfully injuring several gentlemen
who were sitting quietly in the vestibule
of the hotel.
A whoop and savage yell was raised
by the infuriated negroes, and wildly
brandishing their torches, a rush was
made for the door of the hotel, and for
thc space of ten minutes, a furious
struggle was made to force the passage.
Through the efforts of Captain Jackson,
however, with some of the police foree,
and of Sheriff Frazcc, their entrance
was successfully prevented, though for
some minutes it appeared as if the mob
would overpower them, and rush in, in
spite of them; in which case, maddened
with excitement, as the negroes were,
serious consequences must have followed.
Much credit is duo to Captain Jackson
for his promptness and intrepidity, and
to Sheriff Frazeo. A detachment of
United States infantry was stationed at
the hotel to prevent a repetition of the
riot.
PHCENIXIANA.-If it is wise to havo
two strings to your bow, it is also pru?
dent to let ono of your purse-strings ba
a check-string.
Human life is a gloomy chamber,
in which thc images of thc other world
shine tho brighter, the deeper it is dark?
ened.
Whero did Noah preservo the bees
during tho flood? In the ark-hives.
Small deceits so blunts the moral
sense that the victim is blinded to great
ones.
Crime mokes its way easily by first
giving au opiate to conscience.
An editor, alluding to tho demand
for female soffrage, female doctors
and female olergymen, remarks that
another want presents itself-that of
female women.
Genios in a man to day is individual?
ism of character and effort, the power
ono hero and there is seen to have
to light his own fire and drive his own
engine.
Necessity, that great refuge and ex?
cuse for human frailty, breaks throngh
all law; and ho is not to be accounted in
fault whoso crimo is not the effect of
choice, but force.
A bravo man thinks no one superior
to him who does him an injury; for he
bas it in his power to make himself
superior to the other by forgiving it.
To flatter persons adroitly, one must
know three things-what they are, what
they think they uro and what they want
other people to think they aro.
False happiness renders men stern and
proud, aud that happiness is never com?
municated. Trae happiness renders
them kind and Housiblo, and that hoppi
uess is always shored.
Tho widow's "mito"-The littlo chap
who married the dead man's big bounc?
ing wife.
MAID ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15
A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00
IP. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00
j P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
?M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Westorn mail
I opens9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On
Sunday offico open from 3 to 4 P. M.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Acts of tho General Assembly.
S. Straus & Co.-Spring Clothing.
Jacob Levin-Auction.
Indian Girl-Dolly Varden.
J. D. Bateman-Fresh Trout.
Meotiog Vigilant Fire Company.
W. J. Utter-Sale City Bonds.
P. Epstin-Wood.
John Alexander-Proclamation.
Hostottor's Stomach Bitters,
lt. C. Shiver & Co.-Millinory.
A Ropnblican popor says Gen. Grant
was sired by the good old Republican
porty. Wouldn't it be funny if it should
turu out that ho was d-d by tho same
party?
Tho Besten Jubilee chorus is .full to
ovei flowing, and no moro societies can
bo admitted to its ranks, which already
mimi cr over 20,000 singers.