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COLUMBIA. S. C. Tuesday Horning, August 13,1872. For President of the United States. HOltACE GUISELEY, of New York. For Vice-President "B. GRATZ DUOWN, of Mliionrl. TU? Prosecutions. /'ITor four long yeaxB, the people of -.South Carolina .have submitted, almost without a protest, and certainly without a struggle, save onoe at the ballot-box, to leavu'Sceir State a prey to the avarioe sod theft-el the moBt shameless and un? scrupulous ?et of jobbers, schemers und public plunderers, whioh have over cursed any country under the sun. No ?voe people, in a normal condition of affairs, would ever submit to be wronged, robbed and oppressed as we have been, and that, too, by u crew of contemptible poltroons. Citizens of the North bavo time and .?.gain expressed their utter astonishment et thc patience and forbearuuee of our people, and that we did not lynch the ?thieving scoundrels who have been pock? eting and squandering millions of dol? ?ala annually, from an already impove? rished community. It ie our peculiar relations to the General Government, and only this, which provoats our resort? ing to such a method of relief. Any action of that kind by the people of one .of the Southern States would at onoo be trumpeted about, through the length .and breadth of the North, as a fresh ut ' . '?ar.pt at rebellion, and with an Admiuis Jirotioc at Washington like Grant's, in sympathy with the thieves hero and hos? tile to any effort at good government, as he has bsen till here of late, perhaps, vyould doubtless result in still more firmly revetting the fettors upon UH which now cramp our movomenls. If all things else fail, wo may yet be forced to such a high-handed measure. . Sat vre should, at any rate, endeavor ? first io exhaust every peaceable and legal \ jneanein our power. Wo have tried the x ballot-box and failed, and there is but little, prospect, if any, of a better result in-.tbf.ii direction. We have not yet tested the courts, the only other source of suc? cor left. This wo now propose to do, and we believe it will be effective. The a'.up of the sheriffs band will send a thrill of terror to the hearts of the .guilty rascals, which the boldest of them caunot withstand, and they will sink be? fore the frowns of the law, as have the Tweeds and Connollys of Tammany. For a long time tho frauds and thefts, though well kuown, were incapable of legal proof. Now the case is diff?rent. - Republicans themselves, disgusted with ..ind ashamed of their guilty associates, have; turned at last and mude a olean breast of tho crimes of tbe ring. 87,000,001) of fraudulent bonds have been issued, and the fact can be substantiated; .hundreds upon hundreds of thousands . of dollars of bogus claims have been palmed off uguiust the State, and this . caa now be proven; millions of tbe pub? lic fuuds have been feloniously misap? plied by Parker, with tbe Governor and other officials as accessories, and for this the proof is not wanting; officials, high in oilije, have been guilty of open bribe . ry and corruption, and for this the wit? nesses will be forthcoming. In short, the crimes ure patent, tbe evidence is ample, and it ouly remains, as we have before suid, to hud a prosecutor and the moans for maintaining the suits. We received, yesterday, private letters from Gen. James Cbesuut and Judge A. P. Aldrich of tho most encouraging charac? ter, und ' we feel assured in saying tbal tbe bull will bo opened in earnest in a rory short while. These gentlemen are of the Executive Committee of tbe Tax Payers' Convention, and aro duly au? thorized to take action for the citizens in i M?S matter. They have, for a long time, been ready and anxious to proceed, bul . have been balked from a want of ncces Bary funds. This difficulty, we take il from the earnest and liberal apirit already manifested by the people of Columbia, will not much longer exist. -Judge Al? drich concludes his letter aa follows: "The matter is in tbe hands of the tax-payers, the people most interested, and when they enable us to move, I dc not think there will be any complaint ol supineness. Indeed, I think I may safe? ly say that every member of the bar ol South Carolina, of obaraoter and posi? tion, will cheerfully lend his aid to ex? pose and punish these monstrous frauds.1 - How THE MONEY. BAGS SWING.-A -"Wall Street Man" writes to the Ci nein natl Commercial that it is a mistake to suppose that Wail street is opposed tc Greeley. Ho says that Commodore Van derbilt, tbe heaviest operator in tl? street, goes for Greeley, and so doei Daniel Drew, tbe great Methodist speen ?ator; and so does Anthony Dimock, th? grcnt steamship owner, and tho ooldea! of all the young operators ou the Stud Exchange; and so do Daveuport and Yan Scbaick, and hundreds of othei hulls and bears. Letters of Scott and Parker. Our readers will, doubtless, peruse with muoh interest the ouoimunications of Governor Scott and Treasurer Parker, in reply to tho scorching letter of Car dozo, published several days ago. There are some very important questions of fact at issue between the official mag? nates, of which we do not feel called upon to announce an immediate judg? ment. Parker's letter is a sorry attempt to besltme Carduzo and soreeu hiaiselr. The man is not improved in one's opi? nion by reading bis effusion, and bis statements will, doubtless, be generally considered altogether unworthy of credit. Scott's letter, wo must confess, is uot a bad one, and has frequently the riug of truth about it. But, unfortunately for Scott, his veracity bas been repeatedly called in question heretofore. His re? cord is certainly not good in this respect, while Carduzo bas enjoyed perhaps the highest reputation of any public official of the present State Government for in? tegrity and an honest purpose to do his duty. This, if what Scott says be true, is honor undeserved by Cardozo; but the public will not bo hasty to believe BO ill of him simply upon the Governor's dictum. Cardozo bas certainly not been as vigilant as he might have been, or else he would long ago have publicly remon? strated with tho Financial Board, and saved tbe people, perhaps, the infliction of thesoveu millions of fraudulent bonds, which they may not ba put to considera? ble trouble to have called in. Still, every tax-payer and good citizen in the State must feel that much credit is duo to Carduzo, for his recent action in re? fusing to seal additional fraudulent bonds, and the exposure he bas made of the doings of tho Financial Board. They will, therefore, be strongly inclined to acquit Cardozo of any knowing partici? pation in the previous frauds. More? over, be shows no signs of the sudden wealth which Gov. Scott, and Parker especially, betrays, and it is hardly pre? sumable that ho should have been cogni? zant of the plundering schemes, and not have demanded and received his share of tbe spoils. It is a notable fact, that neither Par? ker nor Scott attempt in the least to combat tho allegation of Cardozo, that six millions of tho conversion bonds have been fraudulently issued, and have served, under the action of the Financial Board, to increase the bonded debt of the State, oontrary to the very Act of Assembly which authorized their issue, and also to tbe Constitution of the State It is clear now, apparently, beyond ul! question, that the Financial Board have illegally endeavored to fasten a debt ol $6,000,000 upon the State, in this om. matter of tho conversion bonds. Is this not a felonious breach of trust, and can tho guilty parties not be convict ed and sunt to tho penitentiary? We should be pleased to have the upi nion of tbe State's attorney, Mr. Cham berlai u, on this subjeot, if.hu can gi vi one without criminating himself. If h< cannot, we will have to refer the matte, to the Executive Committee of the Tax Payers' Convention, from whom we opim the people and the courts will bear vcr shortly upon thia.and other inter?s tin j criminal subjects. There is no time ti lose. The poor people of South Carol i na, for we are nearly all poor, cannu afford to pay $500,000 or 8600,000 tbi fall as interest upon fraudulent bonde It is us much or more than we can do t pay honest debts. We are sorry for tb holders of the bonds, but. they must loo! out fur themselves, aud try to get tltci money buck from' tho men who hav pocketed it. We will gladly assist thei in that work. As to the State of Sout Carolina, tbo conversion bouda whic have been put upon the market are nc thing moro nor less than forgeries, au not even another installment of int?r?t will be paid. The tax-payers, however must move at once, and settle the matte before the tax is levied. Advices from Peru otate that a revolt tion was begun by Gutierrez, who assai sinated President Bu Ita aud proolaime himself dictator. The people seize Gutierrez, put him to death, hung h: body to a lamp post, and burned tb corpse. Senor Pardo bas been inaugt rated President, aud tbe insurrection over. A batteau containing Soipio Smar Joseph Grant and another oolored mai name unknown, was capsized on lai Thursday, while crossing Accabee Flat; on Ashley Hiver. Smart and Grar, woro rescued by Capt. H. C. Palmer, c the sloop Blackbird, but tho other mu waa drowned. A young man, namod Theodore Farn or, u nutive of Williamston, in th State, was accidentally killed, on th Otb, near Chattanooga, Tenu., by bei J run over by a freight train, with wbio bo was employed. His remains hav been carried to bis late home. C.uiiuliun detectives are in Savanna! awaiting au order from President Grai to carry the swindler Anderson to Cant da, to answer to cortina offences con nutted there. Anderson is in prison i Savannah. GOT. Scott to Secretary Cardozo. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA, August, 1872. Hon. E. L. Carduzo, Secretar;/ of Slate. SIR: I notice in the PHOENIX, of the 9th instant, your letter to Messrs. Mel? ton and Corbin, your Attorneys, relating to your responsibility in the sealing of State bonds. I might, with great propriety, pass this communication by unnoticed, but from the fuct that it bears upon its fuce tho ovil spirit which prompted ita publi cation, and which bas led you to unrrate several personal eon vernations you held with the Treasurer au J tho Attorney General, iu which you tuku special pains to associate tho Governor with what they muy have said to you in relation to tho bonds, showing thorcby tho animus thut prompts you to make me u purty to what other State offijera may, from tiiuo to time, havo said to you. No ono connected with tho Statu Oo vcrumeut knows better than yourself how oonstautly 1 havo resisted tho very lotter aud intent of tho luw itself, to bor? row $2,500,000 in money, uuder the several Acts, kuowu as au "Act to re? deem tho bills receivable-8500,000;" au "Act to pay tho iutorest on the public debt-SI,000,000;" au "Act for the relief of tho Treasury-SI,000,01)0." These Acts severally provided thut that amount of mouey should be borrowed on coupon bonds, und yet for more thau ono year 1 persisted iu construing thu Acts that there should bo only that amount of bonds issued, viz: $2,500,000 in the ag? gregate. These bonds were prepared and signed, as provided for in tho Act?, by the Governor, countersigned by tho Treasurer, uud scaled by the Secretary of State. But, as may well bo under? stood, it was a moral impossibility to borrow S2.500.0?0 in moneys ou $2,500, 000 of State bond*, or even tn realize that amount by the sale of the same. Hence it became necessary to issue au additional amount of bonds, which was done with the full knowledge and ap? proval of the Secretary of State, who showed his alacrity iu his concurrence by thenceforth, in every instance, seal? ing the bonds before the Governor hud even signed them. Iudeed, HO ready were you to comply with the request of those who differed with me in the amount of bondi to be issued, that there was no time up to November. 1871, in which there was not, at least, SI,v 00,000 of bonds in the Treasurer's hands, with? out any other evidence of their having been executed, save the seal of the State having been placed thereon; and to-day there aro $500,000 of bonds, with the Heal of the State placed upon them, in tho bands of the Americau Bank Note Company, of New York, which were re? turned to them last November, to bt canceled by my special demand. It is unnecessary to detail the provi sions of thc law authorizing the issuo ul the sterling loar , as any one eau examine it. The Commissioners who Were charged with the duty of placing thal loau on the market-consisting of the Governor, Secretary of Seato, Attorney General, Treasurer and Comptroller General-held but one meeting, uud thu' was ia the office of the Secretary o State; soon after tho Tax-Payers' Cou vention in May, 1871, when the Attor ney-Geueral wat? elected Chairman, ant the Secretary of State Secretary of tin Board. At that meeting, a motion wai made by me to indefinitely postpoue un; action us to tho negotiation of thee? bonds, and from that time till the presen moment the question' lias never beet brought before the board either direct); or indirectly. Nor has there ever beei any intention, to the best of my know ledgo and belief, ou the part of any v the members of that board to uegotiat any portion of the sterling loan. Th ouly evidence to the contrary of this as sertiou is the faot that during the sum mer of 1871, $3,500,000 of these bond were sent from New York to the Seen tary of State, (as I was informed, subst quently, by Mr. E. F. Gury, the presen State Auditor,) who took them to hi own homo, at night, and caused the set of State to be placed upon them, au then immediately returned them to Ne York. This action appeared the mor suspicious to me, when it came to m knowledge, iiom the fact thut my nam was not upon tho bonds; and yet, wit an industry that wus unaccountable, yo placed them beyond my control, knov ing, i'B I assume you did, that I bad pr< posed to tho Americau Bank Note Cou pany to have my mime printed upou tb issue, if it had ever been determined I negotiate the loan, thereby saving rn; self tho unnecessary lubor of siguiu my uamo 12,000 times. Now, sir, you state that you bad susp cions that everything was not right r garding tho issue of conversion bond Will you explain to the publio wbi secret motive impelled you to place tl seal of tho State surreptitiously upc $3,500,000 of bonds, which you chu waa intended in their turn to bia couver ed into conversion bonds? You must hive become awaro of tb faot that, about the 1st of October las I, for the first time, through publ rumor, got tho information that thee bonds hud beon sealed by you and tran mitted to New York. I could not belie* it possible that the Secretary of Sta would have discharged such an impo tant public duty, without at least havic mentioned thu fact to the Ooverno; who, moro than any other person coi nooted with the State Government, held responsible in publio opinion fi whatever is dono to affect the interests > tho Stato aud people, whether ho hus tl power to control it or not. On learuii from the Treasurer's chief clerk that yt had ta'ien these bonds to your own pi vate resideuce, ami placed the State BU upou them, and then returned them New York, I immediately called upou tl Comptroller-General, stated the fact ind ho consented to go to New York ai learn' what had becomo of the bonil Tho following extracts from my lotte giving him authority to take possessif of tbe bonds, aud my lettor to Mr. Lampton on tbe subject, will explain themselves. Extract from letter of in? structions tu Hon. J. Li. Nen g le, Comp? troller-Gene rul; dated Columbiu, Ootobor ll. 1871: ..You aro further authorized and iu struoted to secure any bonds of the above named 'sterling lunn,' that may be id tbe bands of the Treasurer, Financial Agent, or any other purty, which may buve my uaine printed upon them, and deposit them iu so ino secure depoiitory, and forward me tho receipt for the same; or' in the event of your f. i'i jg to secure tho [ o SL'fc?i n of ti-em, you will ut euee colily me of tho fuct." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLUMIHA, October ll, 1871. //. //. Kimpton, Fsq., Financial Agent of the Ulule of South Carolina, New York Silt: I have boen informed that thu Treasurer of the State bas executed und fi> warded to you some of tho bonds known as tho sterling loan. I write to inquire if my information is correct; if so, I must say that I shall (eel it my duty to notify the public of the fact, and cau? tion all parties against purchasing said bonds, as they bave bien fraudulently issued. Your reply lo this will bo await? ed with grout anxiety, and trust that thc information received may provo ??cor rect; and I must further insist that all thc bonds that buvo been priuted under tho Act of March 7, 1871, shall be placed in such a depository as to secure thu State against their issue, until the provi? sions ol; the Act arc fully carried out. I am, sir, verv respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. I have ono other subject to touch upon, which is the basest fabrication for any reputable mau to have possibly Con? ceived, for tbe purpose of shielding himself from tho just condemnation ol ever}' citizen who becomes acquainted with tho fact of your taking tho seul ol the State to New York. You say as fol? lows: "During the month of Octobar, 1871, tho Treasurer requested me to soul u small amount of bonde, for the express purpose, ns bo said, of saving a loua ol between throe aud four millions of bonds, which had been hypothecated, and would certainly bo sold at a sucriiice, il moro collaterals were not put up to save them. I at first, refused to do so, remind iug the Treasurer that tho sumo reusoc was alleged several times before, and thal I did uot feel satisfied of the eorroctuesi of his statement. Ho then requested mo to accompany him and the Goveruoi to New York, and satisfy myself, by cou forring with the Financial Agent, of th< necessity that existed for tho sealing o those bonds, for thu purpose of proveut ing a saori?ce of those hypothecated Tho Treasurer requested me to take mi seul along with me, so that no time bi lost. I bad previously consulted witl tho Attorney-General on tho lawfnlues of inking my seul to New York, and tin Governor on tho propriety and necessity of so doing. The Attorney-General as sured mo it was perfectly legal, und th Governor, that it was necessary. I tool the soul with me very reluctantly, be lioving I would bo in a better position ti iusist upon knowing tho truth of what bad BO long suspected. Tho Treasure also informed mo that tho Sterling Fun? Board, of which I was u member am Secretary, would meet in New York an take nome definite action in regard t tho negotiation of the sterling fun bonds." Now, sir, I claim, in the first pluoi whatever the State Treasurer may hav said to yon, no mun knows better tha yourself (hat. the State Treasurer we mit my exponent iu any matter relatin to the management of State finanoei but, on the other hand, our poisonal r< lations were such that we only commun cated with euch other on ibo most in portant official matters; nor did I eve suppose for a moment that I would vis New York, until ll o'clock at night, o the 13th day of October, having, after conversation with Mr. Kimpton, th Attorney-General, the Treasurer, togi thor with Judge Porter-Mr. Kimpton lawyer-determined to start for Ne York the following morning, at 8 o'clocl Tho only motive that could have induce me to visit New York at that time wi tho expresa arraugomcnts with tbei gentlemen, that they would consent to chango iu tho Financial Agency, if could lind parties to uccept tho agnnc and take care of our loans in Now Yuri Tho idea of signing bonds was tho mo foreigu to my miud, and I am ccrtai this will bo attostcd to by Judge Porte who spent au entiro week hore, urgir mo to do so, which I most emphntical declined. Judge Porter failing, M Kimptou also cumc, in the hope of ii docing mo to sign bonds, and urged a to do BO, uudor tho same plea as you 8 forth-"to save a largo amount of bom from sale which wore then in Now Yuri under hypothecation." Now, sir, having absolutely refused I sign the bonds, is it roasouablo to su; pose, for a moment, that I would conoi in your taking such au extraordinal stop as to carry tho seal of tho State I New York for tho purpose of exooutit bonds there, that 1 had refused to sig here? I have stated tho foregoing to BUOW tl fallacy of your assertion that I said waa necessary for you to carry tho seal i tho State to New York. A simple stat ment of tho facts is all I propose I muko, and tho public may jiulgo of tl roasouubleuoss of our statements. Witl in three or four days after my arrival i Now York, I unoxpeolodly mot you ; tho St. Cloud Hotel. lu a couversatk that ensued, Mr. Kimptou inquired < you if you had brought tho seal of tl Stato with you. This inquiry surprise me, as auy imo may imagine, and yt very naturally noticed my astonish mc it sucli an extraordinary question. Yt prevaricated iu your roply to Mr. Kim Lou, and expressed tho il?siro for a pi vate interview with mo, when you statt that Mr. Kimpton hud telegraphed yt to come to New York and bring tbo se of the State with you. And yon cer? tainly have nut forgotten, sir, the severi? ty of my reprimand at your having transfer? ed the seal of the State of South Carolina to the city of New York. Your excuse was that it waa not uu unusual thing, us the seals Of Olber States had been frequently twk?n to New York for tho purpose of executing public docu? ments. You therefore begged of me to give you au order to iu some measure protect you from your extraordinary will? ingness to comply with the request of those who were anxious to have State bouda executed. AucJ^you will further remember that you pave as a reasou for desiring this order from me, thatyou did not propuse to r?turti to South Carolina, but intended resigning your position of Secretary of State, as you had acuepted a professorship in the "Howartf Univer? sity;" und, therefore, yon would bo com pulled to return the seal by express, and feared that some aoeidu?H might befall Lt in transfer by ruilrwd d? otherwisd. Being misled by your asftfamed contri lion, by what I then' thought a ?a?re oversight iu duty in tho Secretary df State, I wrote you the order that you de? sired, having (luted it back tu the 11th day of October, 1871. New, sir, the porlidy yon have exhibited in your abili? ty to misrepresent aud ussociate my name in matters which yon could only havo had other men's words, as to*my wishes, I have not the slightest doubt will lead you to deny this statement and cluim that you recurved the order from me be? fore taking the seal to New York. In this act I am ready to admit my folly in apparently trying to shield a mau who has proven himself unworthy of respect or confidence, from the possible chances of beiug proven criminally guilty of transferring an o?ice held under the laws of this commonwealth to a distant State, without the authority of law or previous cousent uf the only oflicisl who bas the power to grant the authority for ofBoers of the State tu leave their posts of duty. Thut I may nut be misunderstood, I state, most emphatically, that the subjeot of taking the seal beyond the limits of the State was never spoken of in my preseuce by any State officer, or any other person, aud your statement to the contrary is a bas?) fabrication. In your statement regarding tho re? issue of bonds which bad been con? verted, you desire to make the public believo that they are obtaining impor? tant information, which has hitherto been withheld. To show the animus of this, I will refer you to the following from my lust annual message: "82,200,000 of the amount of conver? sion bonds, issued as above stated, were sigued by me for the express purpose uf withdrawing from the market aud can? celing au equal amount uf those issued und hypothecated under the Acts fur relief uf the Treasury, the payment of the interest ou the public debt, and for the Laud Commission." In conclusion, I um justified iu saying that, bud it not boen for my refusal tu consent tu the negotiation of all bonds sterling loan and others-that yon have actually sealed, tho Stato would have mouey to-day to pay expenses, thongh secured at a fearful sacrifice, and you and those co operating with you would have been the last oues to have raised any cry about the extent or validity of the State debt, or about extravagant ex? penditures. By refereuce to my last two aunual messages to the General Assembly, the basis of every just complaint against the Administratiou can be fonnd, and I as? sert, without fear of contradiction, that any one who is or has been a member of the State Government, either executive or legislative, and is now raising the ory of reform, is by his own venality re? sponsible for the diversion of money that should have been used for legiti? mate purposes, and it is only necessary to see the receipts for money paid from the Treasurer's office for the verification of this assertion, and directly trace the mouey to the very men who are now charging the responsibility ou myself and other*. Very respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. A TRAVELER FOR A COLUMBIA (S. C. ) II o USE COMES TO GRIEF.-In Atlanta, on Saturday morning, a young man uf re? spectable mien, sailing under tho name of J. H. Binuum, sold at auotiuu a ti ne horse aud buggy for the small sum of $161. Tho pulice, prompted by the auc? tioneer's suspicions that all was not right, took the matter in hand, aud worked ?ut of the suspected party a clear confession that tho horse and buggy be longod to Seligman & Hall, livery stable men, in Memphis, Tenn. A friend turned over tho conveyance to him at tho rail? road junction, where, be says, ho made a swap of horses. He then drove as fast as possible to Cave Spring, Ga., and from that point to Atlanta. He sold his equipage at low figures, in order to pock? et the money and leave. Instead of be? ing named Binnum, the true name of the party arrested is J. F. Vaughan. He has been traveling for the business house of Shiver, Columbia, S. C. Bin oum-Vangban is held for orders from Memphis. [Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, What's the uso of a young mau strug? gling along on beau soup and a bed uf straw? Julian Carter, of Lexington, Mo., got a post office, defaulted to the amount of $7,000, settled fur $2,000, aud is now loaning money on mortgage. [Detroit Free Pj-ess. Mr. Frank Phillips, a respectable mer? chant of Atlanta, Ga., was murdered on tho 10th, by Mr. Milton Malone, of Co? lumbus, Gu. HUNO.-Newton Chandler was hung in Charlotto, N. C., Friday Inst. His of feuce was the committal of a rape. Every ono in Rolls County, Mo., was nearly drowned by a recent waterspout. The gay widow of tho "latolamonted" will make Paris her permanent homo. Mrs. Moll was drowned in Black River, near Savaunab, Ga., a few days ago. .-? ? ? ? CITI JkfAorrBBS.-Tba price of single copies of the PHONIX is ?ve cents. Sharp Williams, convicted of larceny at the late torm of tho Conrt of General Sv-ssionu fur Chea tu? hold County, and sentenced to imprisunmeut in the State Penitentiary for eighteen months, has, upun the recommendation of many of thu most respectable citizeus of that County, boen pardoned. Tho Republican Congressional Nomi? nating Couvuntiou convenes in this city, to-day. Our Methodist friends celebrate tho proseot week as a wuek of prayer. There wore religious services lust night. Rev. J. T. Kilgoru will preach the opening ? sermon, this evening, at 8 o'clock, in tho Washington Street Church. Bishop r Wigbtmau will be present. Pollock's thermometer ranged as fol? lows, yesterday: 7 A. M., 73; 12 lU., 91; 2 P. M., 90; 7 P. M., 85. Tho following is tho programme of music by tho baud of the 18th Infantry, for this ufternoon: Ohne Titel Quadrille-Strauss. Wultz, Dream on the Ocean-Gucgl. Lingard's Quickstep. Leap Year Galop-Samuels. Stubul Mater-Rossini. SUPREME COURT DECISION, Augubt 13. L. C. Hinton, administratrix, vs. S. Kennedy. Decree affirmed. Opinion by Willard, A. J. PHOENIX IAN A.-Bad manuscript makes an editor think sometimes that be keeps a house of corruption. "Whom the gods would .destroy they first make mad." Yes, and when some men would dye, they first get madder. The first game of life-Bawl. "I re-sort to wine to stimulate my wits," said a young spendthrift to an old one. "Ab," replied the veteran, "that is the way I began, but now I have to resort to my wits to get my wiue." A compendium of tho history of the United States, from the earliest settle? ments to 1872, designed to answer tho purpose of a text book in schools and colleges, ad well as to meet the wants of general readers, by Alexander H. Stephens, author of the "Constitu? tional View of tho lato War between the States," and Professor elect of History and Political Science in the University of Georgia. Now York: E. J. Hale A. Son, publishers, Murray street; Columbia, S. C., W. J. Duffie, 1872. This valuable work, which has been anxiously looked for, has recently ap? peared in a decidedly attractive and po? pular form. Its typographical and me? chanical execution reflects credit on the house which has issued it; and its con? venient size, solid binding and happy arrangement into chapters and sections, admirably adapt it to the use of sohools and colleges. As a text book, we pre \ diet for this compend a hearty and ex? tensive adoption, and as a work for gen? eral inetruotion, no reader in the land ought to be without a copy of it. The Southern people may be justly proud of this noble contribution to their growing literature. This work of the great Geor? gian is destined to become the standard of historio truth and excellence for cen? turies to come, just as Mr. Stephens' work on the "War Between the Slates" is acknowledged to bo the most complota and triumphant vindication of the South? ern people ever placed on record. Mr. Stephens has peculiar qualifications for tho office of historian. The author of this work was a prominent actor in nomo of tho most exciting und evontful scenes of American history, and, therefore, is enabled to speak from personal observa? tion and matured experience. He has always been characterized by a sincere and steadfast love for truth, and this we regard as tho most important trait in the character of a historian. We are in dobted to Mr. W. J. Duffie Tor a copy. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meoting Columbia Chapter. E. P. Alexander-Exonrsion Train. D. C. Peixotto Sc Son-Auction. Meoting Richland Lodge. -? HOTEL ARRIVALS, August 13.-Oof am?? ia Hotel-A S Wallace, oity; H J Johnson, Cal: W ? DuUell, Md; H 0 Rockwell and family. N 0; ft D Bpratt, W L Bpratt, W H Evins, Miss L Irannioh, J E Follin, Charleston; J 8 Bam? berg and wife, Bamberg; A G Brenizer, city; B G Yocum, Chester; L W Dnvall, H A Smith, Winuaboro; L W Cuoter, W T Craycroft, U S A; C D Farrar, BC; WH Mounce, Greenville; ? O Folger, A R Folger, Pickano; A A Ham? matt, J H Wi hams, Unien; J W Road, Charles? ton. Nickcrson House -E H Walker, wife and servant, Mrs Graham, child and servant, L ti Burkhoad, R G Hav and wire, N C; John Coon, Ohio; J M Allen, Greenville; D M McNair, Miss Quinn, Cheraw; J N Beaoh, NY; E H Hamilton, Ga; E T West, Bo Ex Co: W T Butt, Ga; J Douglas, Yorkvillo._._ Richland Lodge No. 39, A.F. M. t\ AN Extra Communication of thia ^?^VU^I.OIIK?) will ho held in Masonic Hall, 7V\TIlli* (Wednesday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Tho third degree will ba o interred. By order of tho W. M. Aug 14 1 B. I. BOONE. Be c'y pro tem. Columbia Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M. A REGULAR Convocation of Colum? bia Chapter, No. 5, R. A.M., will be mold in Masonic Hall, THIS (Wednes? day) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By order of tho M. li. H. P. Aug ll 1 JOHN MORRISON, Sec'y.