The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 20, 1872, Image 2
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday ?ornine:, July 20,1872.
For President of the United States.
UOHA.CK QREELET, or New York.
For Vice-President.
B. GRATZ SHOWN, of Minoan.
Tho Young Man from Howard.
There appearod in the Union, ol Thurs?
day's date, a letter ia reply to a recent
editorial in this paper headed "Plain
Talk to the Colored People." Tbe
writer signs bia name ofter the latest
approved Btyle-T. MoCauts Stewart
and announoes himself as "a young
colored man," fresh from the lofty bill
of Howard. Aside from tbese little
sophomoric pretensions, common to all
oollege chaps, without discrimination on
account of color, tho lotter of this
"young colored man" is surprisingly
well written and worthy of reply.
Though a dapper young man, doubtless,
who, judging from his modest signature,
ports his hair in the middle and sports a
tiny cane, he has evidently not neglected
mightier matters, and has mads valuable
nae of his time at Howard. The letter
ia written in good-temper, is logical,
though based upon error, and, as a mere
piece of composition, is highly credita?
ble to the author. We ore sorry, though,
to eeo this promising young student of
Howard content to toke his political
ideas second-handed, and to stuff his
yonng mind with all the heresies and
false political theories dealt oat at the
Badical hustings and intended only to
gull fools that knaves may prosper. It
is a petitio principii to soy that the De?
mocratic party has been and is opposed
to "free schools, free press, free spesoh
and equal rights." There will be found
nothing in the platform of the Demo?
cratic porty, nor in the ntteronoes of
any of its representative men, to show
anything of the hind; bat, on the other
hand, all their professions and their
praotioea have been in perfect keeping
with these principles which the "yoong
man from Howard" olaims to be the ex
elusivo property of the Republican
party. No American who believes in a
republican form of government thinks
for a moment of opposing free speech,
a free press ojr equal rights. Bat while
free speech ?B a good thing, and should
be inviolobly protected, it moy be abased
No man should be allowed, nnder thc
plea of free speech, to make incendiary
harangues, HO as to endanger the livei
and property of the community. Nc
abolitionist, either, should hove beet
allowed to proclaim his doctrines in (
slave State, where the immediate ten
denoy was to incite insurrection, one
thus lead to bloodshed and all the horrori
of civil war.
As to the assault upon Mr. Sumner,
which the "young man from Howard'
cites io show that the Democratic part]
did not advocate free speeoh, the youn?
man should know that the Democratic
party had nothing to do with the matter
Mr. Sumner, in the course of a speed
in the Senate, had UBed language reflect
icg personally npon Senator Batler, o
South Carolina, who was absent at thi
time on a siok bed. Mr. Brooks, wh<
was the frieud and prolige of Senatoi
Batler, resented the insult by caninj
Mr. Sumner with a light walking stick
No "life-blood flowed," nor was then
any attempt' to do Mr. Sumner any seri
oas bodily barm. The pablio indignity
was the object of the caning, and notb.
ing else. The "young man from How
ard" has been singularly anfortanate ii
the instances he has selected to oas
odium apon the Demooratio party, a
being opposed to free speech. Wo cai
mention to him a for stronger oas
against the Republican party, and in thi
State, too. We refer to the meeting a
Chester two years ago, when the Repab
beana threw brick-bats at the Re fort
speakers, and broke up their meeting
Here was a plain violation of the righ
.t free speech, oommitted by Republi
eons, but we know it would be nnfair t
argue from this that the party is oppose
in principle to free speeoh.
Next, "the yoong men from Howard
cites the opposition of? the Demo ci at i
party to the recent amendments to th
Federal Constitution, as proof of the:
antagonism to eqaal rights. The am?ne
menta were not designed to confer equi
rights, for while they enfranchised tb
black people Of the Sooth they place
the whites ander disabilities. Such wi
the character at least of . the fourteen!
amendment. As to the thirteenth, thei
waa no opposition, that we are aware o
by the Demooratio party. The objeotic
by the Demoorats to the fourteenth ac
fifteenth amendments was not beoaoi
they conferred rights upon the colon
people, but because they were both sei
ona invasions npon the rights of tl
States.'
But we have not time nor space
notice all the points presented by tl
"young man from Howard." We w
conclude with the subject of "carpet?
baggers and scala waga." We would
ha"? tbe young man from Howard to
u j-^".at ?md that these are Bpeoifio terms.
Oarpet-btigger, for instance, does not
mean simply one who is born or bas
been reared out of the ??tate, and now
lives in it, but is applied to a peculiar,
and in our opinion, a very low and dis?
reputable class of individuals, who
flocked like vultures to the South in the
wake of the invading armies, und
sought political preferment at tho bands
of the colored people, with a view of
filling their pockets with pnblio money.
The gratitnde which the * 'young man
from Howard" expresses towards these
people docs much credit to his heart, but
precious little to his head. If they had
dono the great things for the colored
rao? and for the State, which he seems
to believe, they would bo deserving of
his profoundest reverenee. But we fail
to see how they have, in any way, bene?
fited the colored people or the State.
They have spent enough in the last foui
years to have supported the State Go?
vernment, at the lowest estimate, for al
least thirty years. They have debauched
the morals of the oolored people, witt
whom they have associated, and have
brought upon the State and the coloree
people the stigma of establishing a go
vernment which is "a disgrace to ci viii
zation." Now these carpet-baggers
while all these enormous sums of moue]
bave been collected by taxation and thc
millions added to the bonded debt o
the State, have been rolling In weal tl
and luxury, while every public inetitu
tion, from the free schools down, ha
languished from want of neoessar;
funds. They, "young man from How
ard," have filled their private coffer
while they despoiled your native State
burdened yon and your posterit.
with a monstrous debt, corrupted yon
leaders and cast odium upon your whol
race. If yoa oan be supremely gratefu
for such favors, yon are certainly a won
dori ul "young man."
THE GBOWTNQ COTTON CROP.-Th
oommittee of information of the Nc
Orleans Cotton Exohange has pnblishe
its monthly statement of the growin
ootton orop. The report is dated Jnl
6, and contains details of informatio
from all the ootton States. The gen en
tenor of the accounts are favorabh
The cotton worm has appeared in som
localities, bnt not to a sufficient extei
to occasion alarm, the worst feature, t
far, being the fact that the weather
now such as to promote the inorease <
this pest. The indications are favorab
for a fall yield in Alabama, Florid
Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia at
Mississippi. In Louisiana and Soul
Carolina an average yield is looked io
while in Texas the crop will be vei
large, provided the weather continu
favorable. Perhaps the worst aoooni
comes from Arkansas, where only a ba
average is anticipated, even nnder tl
most favorable conditions of the weathe
But all the accounts from all the Stat
ooncur in representing the orop an in
very much more promising conditio
and as looking and doing better than
this time lust year. The New Orlea
Price Current, an excellent authority <
the subject, estimates the orop at 1,00(
OOO bales, and later information receiv
at the Department of Agriculture, Was
ington, confirms this view.
POLITICALI D?TTINGS.-One huudr
oolored men have united in a letter
Mr. Sumner, praying his advice in t
present political situation.
A Grant organ produces the f olio win
"Motto o? the Greeley Democracy-*^
stoop to conquer.' " This is almost
good as the motto of the Grant oflh
holders' party-"We steal to conquer.
The San Francisco Alta Bays of Grat
that "we have had peace daring his t
ministration, and we will have four yei
more of peaoe if he is re-elected."
he is re-elected. That "if" is as tall
the highest peak of the Himalaya Mot
taine.
There is still a vast amonnt of feeli
manifested in Grant's papers. Th
weep for "the glory and traditions
the Democratic- party." The sitnatior
very affecting.
The Louisville Courier-Journal pic
rializes with a white hat and the sign
osnt motto, "Come nnder."
The papers from all quarters bri
announcements of changea from 1
ultra Republican ranks to the Libe
causo. A batch of snob announceme
has recently come from Pennsyivan
Yesterday we had information of the
foliation of Mr. Taber from the N
York State Bepublioan Committee s
his accession to the support of Greel
Mr. Taber is a man of ability and'
tensive inflaenoe, and his wunara
from the Grant party is one of the h
viest blows it has sustained in the ?
pire State. The cause is prosper
everywhere.
Look to Congreu?
lu tho excitement of the moment over
tho Presidential contest, we would warn
our people not to forget another struggle
of at least equal importance, not alone
to each particular State, but to the whole
country, North as well as Sooth. That
struggle is the one for possession of the
next Congress of the United States; and
it will require the more earnest and un?
remitting, work for the reason that moon
of it will oome in detail between this
day and the one in which the two great
armies deoide the victory in November
next. Coming thus, at intervals and at
localities far distant from each other,
this contest for supremacy may IOHO its
vital import to oar eyes before the con?
centrated lights brought to bear upou
the Presidential issue. And coming
thus, and being, moreover, exposed to
the intrusion of personal prejudices and
of abstract local issues, the Congres?
sional canvass will demand even more
delicacy, constancy and tact than its
twin contest this year.
Glancing at the present situation, we
find that the terms of twenty-four
Senators expire on the 4th day of next
March. These are: Spencer, of Ala?
bama; Rice, of Arkansas; Cole, of Cali?
fornia; Ferry, of Connecticut-whose
history is too well known to be repeated
here; Osborne, of Florida; Hill, of
Georgia; Trumball, of Illinois; Morton,
of Indiana; Harlan, of Iowa; Pomoroy,
of Kansas; Davis, of Kentucky; Kel?
logg, of Louisiana; Vickers, of Mary?
land; Blair, of Missouri; Nye, of Ne?
vada; Patterson, of New Hampshire;
Conkling, of New York; Pool, of North
Carolina; Thurman, of Ohio; Cameron,
of Pennsylvania; Sawyer, of South Ca?
rolina; Morrill, of Vermont; and Howe,
of Wisconsin.
For the most part these Senatorshipe
will be filled by the Legislatures to be
eleoted before the 1st of next December;
and, incases, the choice for them will be
influenced by the action of their States
apon questions of State policy, even
more than by their action upon natioual
questions. Not that we propose, foi
one instant, to separate the two in the
minds of our people; for we hold them
as twin causes, that add strength and
vitality eaoh to the other. The men whe
believe in and mean to do real worl
for true reform and honest administra
tion of the Government, in its lowest
branches even, will see that perfect unitj
and perfect concert alone can brinf
these tho happy issue we long for HUI
expect. Else we had not placed thi
names of Horace Greeley and Thos. H
Herndon togother at our mast-head
Bat, while the whole South rises witt
one impulse and shouts the names o
Greeley and Brown with one triumphan
voice, let us also remember that to mak'
their triumph sore-to leave aught but i
barren sceptre ia the people's grasp
when we have once more proclaimed tb
people king-we must not separate thos
who stand upon two great issues, insep
arable and indivisible. Those issues ar
reform and honesty. They move wit!
even pace beside the State tickets am
beside the national; and in securing tu
separate triumph of the former alon
can we make that of the latter as effect
ive as it is already brilliant and assured
That Horaoe Greeley will be the ne]
President of tho United States we be
lieve to be certain as any mundan
thing may be. But to make his' Pros
denoy all-powerful for the perfect rt
form for which the people cry aloud an
with one voice, from Maine to the Gul:
that people mast hold up his hands b
giving bim a Congress pledged to tb
same policy and fully advised of its si
promo will.
We have heard more than ono though
fol Democrat give, us one reason for sui
porting Mr. Greeley, rather than an
straight-oat and tried leader of oar ow
party, that the latter could, in any poss
ble contingency, only bo elected with
Congress divided against itself and oj
posed to bim; whereas the popular cu:
rent in favor of the Liberal movemei
could not only elect its candidate, bi
utterly change the color of the Congrei
chosen with him. Whether or not fl
agree with tho deductions these Dem:
crate have made from this fact, yet tl
fact itself is one no thoughtful mau wi
gainsay. Nor is the question one thi
we can alford to lose sight of for oi
moment. It demands, as we have san
careful and constant thought; coustai
impressing upon the people; perfect o
ganizatiou and ooncert of action; and
demands, in an eminent degree, courag
delicacy and tact.
For these reasons, we huve writtc
these words of reminder. The Senate
open to the people of this country
open to eaoh and every voter who pr
fers honesty to corruption, and who b
Hoves in the people's right to govei
themselves-to entirely remodel. Bi
the Holiso is in their hands to make ne
from its very foundation. Of the Senat
one-third of its whole number are to I
chosen this year. Of the House, tl
whole number are now before their co
st i tuen to.. Each State and each Ten
tory will choose the men to represent 1
to misrepresent her; and it is now
question of free choioe which of the tv
she may prefer. The State elections, :
many coses, fall upon dates prior to tl
Presidential election, ai follows: Norl
Carolina, Angust?; Kentucky, Montai
and Utah, August 5; New Mexico, Se
tomber 1; California, September 2; Ve
mont, September 3; Maine, Septemb
9; Colorado Territory, September 1
Dakota, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohi
Pennsylvania and the District of C
lumbia, October 9; South Carolina, 0
tober 16. West Virginia, October 24.
AU the States vote for President
electors on the 5th day of Novembe
and OD the same day the following ohoo
State offioers: Alabama, Arkansas, Del
ware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kunst
Louisiana, Maryland, Masaoohasotl
Miohigac, Minnesota, Mississippi, M
souri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Yor
Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. A
zona holds her Terri tor lol election 1
the 8th of November.
Herein is the golden opportunity; und,
in all seriousness, we believe that its like
has never before beeu known to our his?
tory. Never bofore has the ebb of po?
pular favor been so sudden, so rapid,
and so utter from the feet of a popular
idol; and the ace nm ula ted swell of popu?
lar ire and populnr despair has now
risen with a tidal wave, whose resistless
power will sweei its produoiug-oauses
into nothingur >s. Before its Burge,
fraud, chicanery, and even bribery, will
turn or be buried; and on its ere it for?
gotten Right und Truth will ride tri?
umphant to thc gates of Government.
And now if our people-especially our
people hero ut home-neglect to close
their banda upon tho rich prize, born of
this golden opportunity and within their
easy grasp, then is the error, the misery,
und the Bhame, that people's solely. If
tho American people elect Horace Gree?
ley and fetter his hands; if they ant with
ono accord upon the national issue and
yet permit pique, or personality, or pre
jupice, or party, to divert them from the
grave State redemption out of which
this national issue is born, then have
they shattered the Radical idol ouly to
ping praises of the Ridical religiou and
to subscribe to the articles of the Radi?
cal faith.
In every District, in every County,
and in every beat, we implore our peo?
ple to ponder upon these facts-to
which we shall recur again in greater
detail. And when they have pondered,
let them not sleep upou them; but rather
act like men of aotion, iu holding prompt
conference, and laying at once thone de?
tailed plans upon which they will rest
when the hour comes tu be up and
doing.-Mobile Register.
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.-Is there on
earth one Republican who objects to the
Cincinnati platform? Is there anyon?
who bolds it not a full, terse, forcible,
convincing statement of fundamental
Republican doctrine? Who has evei
contended that a believer iu that plat
form is not a Republican? Who au
8wers these questions in the negative'
Does any oue doubt that Greeley une
Brown are sincere, hearty adherents t<
thut platform? Hare not all their livei
been giveu to the commendatiou and
defence of tho great truths therein se
forth? Is there a fool so foolish as t<
fancy that they hu ve just reiterated th ci
assent to these truths ouly to betray ant
subvert them?
"Ah! but the Democrats also profus
to believe them."
Very well! What reason have you ti
believe them insincere? Did not C. L
Vallandigham, moro than u year ago, in
sist that this "New Departure" must b
taken-not in pretense, but in verity
Had not Storey, of Chicago, said th
?ame thing more than a year before
Did not all discerning persons perceiv
even earlier still that this new departur
was only a question of time? The D<
mooratic National Convention, yon saj
had to adopt Greeley and Brown, i
order to defeat Grant. Well, they naigh
have done this without endorsing tb
Oinoinnati platform. The Republican
of this city supported John T. Hoffma
for Recorder not long ago, but they di
not adopt a Domocratio platform. The
had given their last vote years bofore t
elect Daniel F. Tiemann Mayor ov<
Fernando Wood. So in other ease;
But no one ever suggested that the
could not do this without adopting
Democratic platform.
The late Democratic National Couvei
tion might have endorsed Greeley au
Brown without hinting at any change <
platform. Men of all parties vote ft
candidetes of other parties withot
adopting their principles. No one eve
said "you must not vote for our cand
dato UUICH.4 you adopt our principles
All are glad to obtain votes from me
who reject their creed. But the Dem
crats have chosen unasked, unprompted
to adopt a substantially Republican plu
form. They have suid, as plainly i
words can say it, that they accept tl
situation, and regurd all controversy r
-peeling slavery and negroes a? forev
closed. What reason has any one f<
asserting that they do not mean wh
they say? What conceivable motive bi
they for saying this, if they did u
mean it? Do you say that they ha'
hitherto held adversu opinions? He
many have not? How long is it sin
Connecticut, and New York, and Wi
cousin, and even Kausas, while strong
supporting the Republican ticket, voti
down negro suffrage? If Rep?blica
may change on this point, why n
Democrats? If you said it was dark hi
night, must you persist in that assortit
at noon to-day?
The adoption of the Cincinnati ph
form at Baltimore is an immense fa<
We aro too near it to have its fall si
nifioance popularly appreciated. T
result of our approaching President
oontest is of secondary consequent.
For this time, we presume, most of tl
blacks will be drilled up by the Uni?
Leagues to vote for Grant and Wilso
But Greeley and Brown will be eleote
and then the blacks will poroeive th
the bugaboo tales of rebel proscripta
and Ku Klaz vengeance that were to I
visited on them, as fruits of this trinmp
were falso. Thenceforth whites ai
blacks will alike divide on public qa<
tions as individual convictions, not
oolor, may dictate. The planter, t
overseer, the field-hands and the bout
servants, will take counsel of each otb
as friends, and will vote with or agair.
each other as their respective oonv:
tions shall dictate. The Oinoinnati Co
vention will then be seen to have bor
beneficent fruits. Nay, even the deft
of its candidates, were that possih
could not wholly blast them. Rejoic
then, patriots! that the era of he
draws to a close-that the restoration
fraternity is assured! Impeded, delay
it may be; prevented it eannot be. T
hands outstretched in proffer of ami
from the South will not be repulsed
the North!-New York Tribune.
m ?
Mies Cunningham is to retire frc
Mount Vernon.
Eiooal Items.
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CITY MATTERS.-The price of single
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
Mr. H. P. Adams, general traveling
agent for the St. Louis, Memphis and
Chattanooga and other railroad oompa
panies, as also the H. I. Kimball House,
Atlanta, Qa., atrived in Columbia, yes?
terday. Mr. Adams is also arranging
excursion tickets to Niagara and Sara?
toga, via Atlanta, Ga., good nntil used
excursionists having the privilege of
stopping over at different points-Ca
toosa Springs, Lookout Monntain, Mam?
moth Cave, etc.
United States Marshal lt. M. Wallace,
Esq., has appointed Mr. J. A. Beattie a
special deputy marshal for the Stato at
large. Mr. Beattie was for a long time
United States mail agent.
The Galaxyr-lox August, maintains the
high standing which this magazine has
attained among American periodicals.
The leading articles of the number are
as follows: "Life on the Plains," "The
Egyptians at Home," "Was St. Peter
ever at Borne?" "James Gordon Ben?
nett's Scintillations," which throws light
upon a period of journalistic history
with which few readers or writers are
familiar. The poetic, scientific and
literary departments are quite ap lo the
high standard of the.magazine.
After an intermission of two days, the
rains were resumed yesterday, together
with a liberal amount of thunder and
?ind.
We furnish a ten-column supplement
with the present issue of the TRI WEEKLY
PHCESIX and WEEKLY GLEANER. This ii
rendered absolutely necessary by thc
great pressure ypon oar columns daily,
and the general desire for politioal ai
well os general news. Oar readers maj
rest assured that the PHOENIX ant
G LEA NEU will keep ap with the timei
and tbs rapid marah of improvement
We challenge comparison as to quantity
and quality of reading matter with anj
paper in the State.
Chief of Police Jackson has succeeder
in overhauling two thieves who havi
been operating in different portions o
the State. One of them stole a horse ii
Laurens, and the other robbed the stor*
of Messrs. J. Eli Gregg & Co., in Ma
rion. The horse and a portion of th
other stolen property were recovered.
The thermometer ranged as follows a
the Pollock House yesterday: 7 A. M.
83; 12 M., 91; 2 P. M., 91; 7 P. M., 84.
Mr. McKenzie has the "latest out"
the campaiga puzzle-a oornncopi
filled with candy. By a peculiar expr?s
sion, a likeness of oar next President i
obtained.
The general impression ?hat the sc
called slang phrase, "too thin," is c
modern origin, is an erroneous om
King Henry VIII, to the Bishop c
Winchester, says, in reply to some "sol
nawder," by the Bishop, that is "to
thin," otc.
The Indian Girl declares for Woor
hull and Douglass. To every couver
she will sell for a mere song a lot of h<
finest and latest imported cigars.
Among the arrivals at the Columbi
Hotel, yesterday, were W. T. J. C
Woodward, the indefatigable, (who is i
Columbia to attend a trial,) and Mr. I
Jacobs-a candidate, it is presumed, f<
official position, as he iuveeted a fra
tiou of a dollar in peaches, and treate
the crowd. They both hail from Charle
ton.
PHCESIXIANA. - Tho man who stole
pair of boots the other day had a fit.
If speech is silver and silence gob
how much is a dumb man worth?
If there is any environment which ca
degrado a haman being or harden
yoong heart it is the atmosphere <
fashionable life, without that home ca
ture which should be its natara! aococ
paniment. It soon destroys all the tei
derness of youthful nature, and tab
away that beautiful modesty, which, i
the beginning, would not have bec
thought of.
The local of the Macon Telegraph r
plies to protesting gentlemen who do ni
wish their names to figure in police r
ports: "If you don't want the soo
don't go up the ohimney."
We give in. Harvard did not mean I
dab Gen. Grant Doctor of Laws eft
all. Her LL. D. was merely i a tende
to designate him as the Late Leathi
Dresser.
Some ono wants to know what becom
of the bits of a woman's mind.
It h said that the ladies of the oongr
gation of a popular English preaoher ai
subscribing for a fa ad to procare him
divorce. We won't ask whether tl
movement is a selfish one.
Under the head of "Trifles by Tel
graph," the Chioago Inter-Ocean ea:
"there were fonr fatal sun-strokes ye
tord ay in Boston." These things ye
, call fatal san-strokea are trifles oertainl;
but yon will find few people who like \
be trifled with in that way.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are
to hu inanity. They are bat trifles, to be
sare, but, scattered along life's pathway,
the good they do is inconceivable. A
smile accompanied by a kind word has
been known to reclaim a poor outcast
and change the whole enrrent of a ha
man life. Of all life's blessings, none
are cheaper or more easily disponsed
than smiles. I?et ns not, theo, be too
chary of them, but scatter them freely as
we go; for life is too short to be frowned
away.
UNITED STATES COMHISSIONEB'S COUBT.
Wm. Harter, of Union County, arrested
apon the charge of violating the En?
forcement Act, was, by order of Jadge
Bryan, taken before Commissioner
Boozer, yesterday, and gave bail in the
sum of $10,000, for his appearance at
j the August term of the United States
Court, to be held in this city in August
next. The prisoner is represented by
Henry A. Meetze, Esq.
DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT.
We rogrot to learn from a letter received
in this oity, of the death at Blackstocka,
on the 17th, of Mr. James L. Rose?
borough, who, for soveral years, has
? been freight agent in this city for the
Charlotte, Colombia and Angosta Rail?
road Company. He bad been in feeble
health for several months, bat his death
waa unexpected. He was an honest man
and a good oitizen. He leaves a wife,
child and an extensive oirole of relatives
and friends to mourn his death.
HOMICIDE IN FAIRFIELD.-A difficulty,
which resulted fatally, occurred on
Wednesday afternoon last, on the plan?
tation of Mrs. M. S. Brennan, near
Ridgeway, Fairfield Connty, between
two freedmen, Charles Crey?n and Shad
rach Harris, in which the former was
killed, by a knife iu the hands of the
latter. The murderer escaped, and has
not yet been arrested. Trial Justice
Finnigan held an inquest and Dr. R. H.
Edmonds performed a post mortem exami?
nation.
Mr. E. F. S tokes, the "great un terri?
fied D?mocratie war-horse," after con
I siderable drumming, succeeded. in rais
[ ing a promiscuous crowd, last night, on
the corner of Richardson and Taylor
? streets. Although he repeatedly appeal -
, ed to them as "Fellow-oitizens," it was
palpable that he made bat little impres?
sion upon his audience. After he had
been expatiating for half an hour, a
rain-storm came np, whioh scattered a
portion of tbeerowd; buta goodly num?
ber remained to hear him ont. Mr. S.,
there is no doubt, is earnest and honest
[in his ideas, bat forgets that things
I change, and old opinions must give way
to the new order.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF SENATE,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Joly 19, 1872.
Editor of Phcenix-SIB: My attention
having been called to the notice of Jadge
Mackey's speech, by the Winnsboro
News, published in your issue this morn?
ing, please allow me space sufficient to
say that tho statements made therein, aa
to the publio printing of Sooth Carolina,
are all false, with a Bingle exception, to
wit: "That the Clerk of the Senate is
President of the company whioh does
the State printing, and the Clerk of the
House a member." I deem these whole?
sale fictions unworthy of farther notice.
J. WOODRUFF,
Clerk of Senate.
CHALLENGE.-Mr. W. D. Evans, of
Anderson, publishes the following chal?
lenge in the Intelligencer, addressed to
Judge James li. Orr:
SIB: With a number of my fellow
oitizens, I listened to yonr and other ad?
dresses spoken on the 6th inst. Calmly
and patiently, without one interrogatory
pat, without one interruption obtruded,
the audience beard, as I conceive, the
most unfair and ex porte arguments ad?
vanced, the most monstrous propositions
enunciated.
As one of the people, having a com?
mon interest in good government, I feel
unwilling that such wholesale error and
tergiversation go unanswered and onre
boked. Therefore, I invite yon, at no
distant day, to a pnblio discussion at An?
derson Court Honse, of the issues of the
present political campaign. I can boast
no knowledge of party manoavering or
astuteness-an humbie farmer, I hm
forced to labor daily for a subsistence in
these degenerate times-yet I hope yon
may not deem it a condescension on
your part to accept the invitation; for,
where more intimately known, I oan lay
claim at least to some respectability,
I some honesty of parp?se, some integrity
I of character. It yon Uko up the gaunt?
let thus thrown down, yon will please in?
dicate your acceptance in the same me?
dium through whioh this reaohes yon.
Tho time and manner af conducting the
discussion may, in the meantime, be
agreed upon, and notice given thereof
accordingly*
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Offioo Room to Rent.
Woman's Rights at Indian Girl Store.
REVOLUTION IN FIJI.-The Australa?
sian mail at San Francisco, brings intel
liger je that the Fiji Islands are "under?
going inoipient revolution," ?tod that the
exirting Government ie powerless against
it.