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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, July 8, 1875. Death of an Ex-Empekok.?Ferdinand 1, ox-Emperor of Austria, who died on Tuesday, and whoso funeral obsequies arc briefly reported in the telegraphic columns of this morning's Phoznix, had attained tho advanced ago of eighty-two years. Ho was tho son of Francis I, Einperor of Germany, and was born April 10, 1793. He succeeded his father to tho throne of Austria March 2, 1835, and become thereafter tho mere puppet of his wily Ministor, Prince Metternich. During the revolutionary days of 1818, his imbecility modo him sanction and betray tho revolutionists and then fly from Vienna, find then Archduchess So? phia, his sister-in-law, compelled him finally to abdicato in favor of her son, Francis Joseph. This was on December 2, 1818. Since that time ho has taken little or no part in public affairs, but re aided quietly at Praguo principally, un? til the timo of his demise, which oc? curred at that place. Ho married Prin? cess Maria Anna Carolina Pia, daughter of tho late Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia. The nuptials were celebrated in 1831. A BiTTEn Retost.?The New York Herald has recently published a sories of letters from one of its staff correspond? ents, Mr. Charles Nordhoff, touching tho excesses and misrule of tho Badical party in a number of the Southern States where ho bad been traveling. This exposure exercised a bad effect on tho loyal nerves of tho Washington National Republican, and it proceeded to characterize, Mr. Nordhoff as a "Dutch Jew." In reply, Mr. N. has written an open letter to the Hon. J. M. Edmunds, Chairman of the National Bepublican Executive Commit? tee, in which he says he is neither Dutch nor Jew, but a Gorman, and proud of his nationality; but if he were o Jew, he "would not bo ashamed of it, for the Jews in this country are an intelligent, industrious and peaceable body of citi? zens." Mr. Nordhoff then adds: "You OUglit to muzzle your dog, the National Republican. A recent and noto? rious over-dose of Government pap has given him an indigestion, and no is snapping at tho heels of your friends. If you let him go on, bo will presently do tho party a damage. The Bepublican party should hove a respectable organ in of the Washington National Republican, you onght, at least, to chango its name. Yon might call it tho National Idiot. I moke you the suggestion as a sincere and earnest Republican." Condensation in News.?That old established and able journal, the New York Evening Post, one of the oditors of which is tho patriarch of the New York press, W. C. Bryant, has lowered its price from five cents to three, and has reduced the size of its pago from ten columns to nine. The Post has disco? vered what the Ph?5&x has always soen, that these spread-out and unmanageable sheets cannot, bo properly utilized. The mommoth sheets hove become more o nuisance through their huge dimensions than a convenience. As tho facilities for obtaining intelligence from all parts of the world have multiplied, by tele? graph and every other possible active agency, condensation has been ren . dered even more essential than ever be? fore for the practical uses of the day. It has become more and more on art, and the field, of all others, where skill is most displayed. Wo have understood this from the beginning, and when asked occasionally by somo one who who thought be know moro about our business than we do, why we do not en largo the Phoenix, have always been able to givo a reason, satisfactory to our? selves, at any rate.' Not ono roader in ton has the time or inclination to read through the contents of the mammoth morning sheets, much of which nro of no importance and not worth printing. The reader wants the news in a clear, concise and compact form, with tho chaff cleaned out from tho wheat. A Foubth of Jolt Sublimity.?Tho National Republican (Administration or? gan) has tho following passage in its ser? mon on the Fourth of July: "Listening again to tho voice of the fathers, wo hear the enunciation of the solemn agreement, .'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting tho free exercise thereof;' and from on high, like o note which fills the world with melody, comes the response: 'But they shall sit every man under his vine and under bis fig tree.'" Undor what melodious proclamation was he to have forty acres and o mule? "Gbace, Meboy and Pbace."?Theo? dore Tilton was at Plymouth Church Sunday Luit, and listened to Mr. Beech er's sermon. But if you cannot Betting Bad tob Beecheb.?A curious feature of the Becchcr trial and its con? comitants is tho ono which embraces the allegation that Mr. Beecber would have boon acquitted but for an imprudent re? mark by tho foreman of his jury. Tho three Tilton jurors had been wearied into an agreement to yield to tho persist? ency of tho nine Beecber jurors, and had consented to agreo to a verdict of acquit? tal, when tho foroman aforesaid, Mr. Chester Carpenter, imprudently re? marked that "his son-in-law had mado a bet on tho result of the jury's delibera? tions," whereupon tho three Tiltoninns relapsed to their normal obstinacy and refused to be Bcecheritos. All which is a lucid commentary upon the equal and exact justice sometimes meted out by in? telligent jurors, as well as of the manner and form in which such jurors como to pertinent conclusions. Tho Sun, strong? ly anti-Bcccher, heads its article on the result "Mr. Beechcr's Ternpornry Escape by Disagreement," and soj'h: "It was simply impossible to convict tho Plymouth pastor in Brooklyn." Con? tinuing, the Sun says: "The disagree? ment substantially proclaims that a man who so conducted himself under a charge of base practices as.Beocher did for four years, and who made so poor a defence on tho trial, deserves, at least, to be at? tainted with strong suspicion of guilt. On whatover theory you explain his cow? ardice and deceit, the result is fatal to his integrity as a man, and destructive of his power as a minister. ? ? ? If he had been a man of sensitiveness, we should have been spnrod his flippancy during tho trial, both in tho court room nnd in Plymouth Church. That he has the effrontery to show himself in the pul? pit after tho revelations of tho last year, shows that he has the hide of the rhino? ceros. Whatever ho does, however, ho is a ruined man, and?very sadly we say it?he deserves his fate." Central National Bank, Columbia, S. C, July 7, 1875. EDiTon of the Phosnix: An error, com? mitted by a Columbia correspondent of tho Charleston News and Courier, has been reiterated in the leading "editorial" of tho Phqjntx of to-day, headed "Sus? pension of the Carolina Bank and Trust Company." The words are: "Governor Chamberlain vetoed the bill, last winter, establishing the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company and the Central Na? tional Bank, of this city, the deposito? ries of tho State funds." The bill vetoed by Govornor Chamberlain proposed, by Act of tho Legislature, to establish tho South Carolina Bank and Trust Com? pany and tho Carolina National Bank, as the exclusive depositories at Columbia of the State funds. The Central National Bank, of Columbia, was not named or referred to either in the bill or in tho Governor's veto mossago. Tho statement, therefore, is ntterly erroneous, so far as this bank is concerned. I respectfully ask for this correction an insertion as conpicuous as the statement vrook it contradicts. " JOHN 8. PRESTON, President Central National Bank, Co? lumbia. Deaths in SpabtanbuBO.?Tho Spartan says: Wo learn with regret of tho death of Mr. P. B. Brannon, who was killed by falling from a straw pen, as will bo seen by referring to our letter from Now Prospect Mr. Brannon was a good man, a first rate farmer, and by his death our County has lost ono of its best citizens. He had been a soldier in the Mexican war, and was also in the Confederate army, where ho rccoived sovero wounds. Mr. Geo. Bishop died at his residence, on Thursday last, and was buried at Boiling Spring. Mr. Bishop was tho father of a largo family, and a good citi zon. Miss Royston, daughter of G. W. Royston, we are informod, was severely shocked by lightning, on Thursday last, about tho same time that Mr. Stcadman was killed. Wo are sorry to record tho death of Mr. Albert Steadman, who was killed by lightning, on Thursday last, while hauling up wheat in Maj. Henry White's Hold, near Valley Falls. He was a good, honest citizen, nnd respected by those who knew him. Maj. White's two mules, which Mr. Steadman was driving, were also killed. Sharp Tax EVASION.?Government se? curities, or promises to pay, are not tax? able, and greenbacks, not being money, aro not liable to State or municipal taxa? tion. While thiB is true as to green? backs, money is taxable by State and municipal authority as personal proper? ty. In some States ovory man is obliged to mako a return, under oath, of tho pro? perty held by him on a given day. In elucidation of the fact hero stated, the Journal of Commerce reports that a citi? zen of Boston, fcoling himself aggrieved by what ho deemed a little, sharp prac? tice in tho collection of taxes, turned all his personal property into greenbacks and made a special deposit of it in bank ovor tho return day. Ho then returned it as invested in Government securities, and dared the assessors' to levy a tax on it. They did not push him to pay, but kept very still about it, for fear the habit might be catching. Tho investigation into the causo of the Schiller disaster by the British authori? ties shows that Captain Thomas must have utterly neglected the sailing direc? tions for that part of the coast; and, in? deed, it has been shown that the birth? day of one of tho ship's officers was being celebrated by a banquet, and the soundings were neglected. Tho Bailing instructions for the vicinity of the Soil|y Isles aro very specific, and proper sound? ings would nave kept the vessel out of danger. Crops. Etc., in Edgofield. Augusta, Ga. , July 5, 1875. Mb. Editor: I have just returned from a trip through portions of Edgofield, Newborry and Barnwell, and I must say tbat tbo crops in localities where I have been are oxceptionably* fine. Our citi? zens are. especially interested in tho wol faro of your State, for our principal trade now comes from tbat quarter. For some rcuKon, the neighboring Counties in Georgia are falling*behind, and we get scarcely any trade lrom them. Burke and Jefferson get their supplies from Waynosboro, and the planters of those Counties are said to bo in a deplo? rable condition. The negroes won't work, and arc turbulent and insolent. Governor Chamberlain and Mr. Cardozn aro winning golden opinions from all the Democrats I have conversed with. The negroes are down on them, and aro heeding the pernicious advice of the cor? rupt politicians. Somebody has circu? lated a report amongst them that Gov. C. is conspiring with the Judges to have a large number of negroes sent to the penitentiary, so as to prevent their vot? ing in the next election. I think it would bo well for the Governor to come out in a letter and deny the charge, as it is to tho interest of tho State that ho re? tain enough influence in the. Radical party to enable him and Mr. Cnrdozo to make a successful combination with the Democrats next year. Gov. C. should feel complimented, for there aro many Georgians who desire to see him a candi? date for the Vice-Presidency in 1H7G. Tho Attorney-General deserves much credit for the manner in which he has pursued the corruptionists. Can't he move against Whittomore, and Smalls, and Cain, McDcvitt and others, as he has against Leslie and Parker, and either put them out of the State, or in jail? We expect great things from Mel? ton. It is reported here that ex-Gov. Moses is to remove to our city to practice law. He will be a curiosity here, rnd wherever he goes, "will draw crowded houses." We have several new cotton factories in embryo, and soon our suburbs will be busy with the hum of industry. The weather is intensely hot. The First Confederate Flag?An In? teresting Relic.?At a recent meeting, tho Charleston Palmetto Guard were mado the recipients of the first Confede? rate flag raised in the lato struggle, and as this banner was identified with the career of the company, it is doubly prized as a relic of the past. 'The donor, Mr. John S. Bird, of Laurens, an old member of tho company, in a letter ac? companying tho flog, thus tersely gives its history: "Hi 18G0, before the passage of tho ordinance of secession by this State, Capt Edward Mills, of tho bark Jones, belonging to the Palmetto Line of New York packets, raised this flag at his mast-head in Now York Harbor, and Iiis vessel was mobbed, but they could not compel him to strike his colors. On his return, n gold-hoaded palmetto cane was presented to him by some of the Pal? metto Guard, and in turn, ho transferred to them tho custody of the flag. The secession of the State was quickly fol? lowed by aggressive military movements, and the nag accompanied tho Palmetto Guard in their various encampments. Tho field of tho flag is white, with a green palmetto tree in the centre, and a red star in the upper corner near the staff." The death of Hon. Thos. B. Florence in Washington, Sunday, is announced. Colonel Florence was born in Philadel? phia in 181*2, and made his way into public life when quite young. Ho edited a Democratic paper in his early years, and was for nine years Secretary of the Board of Controllers of the Public Schools of Pennsylvania. In 1850 he was elected to Congress, and served in the House of Representatives continu? ously up to 185!?. In Washington, he established tho National Democratic lie view, and subsequently edited tho Con? stitutional Union. More recently, he was proprietor and editor of the Washington Sunday Gazette. Col. Florence always enjoyed a great deal of personal popu? larity on account of his genial tempera? ment, and his death is greatly regretted. The Floobs in Francs.?The story of the great floods in France is rendered moro terrible by ovory succcssivo ac? count. One report states that more than 100,000 pcoplo have been made homeless and dostitnto by this swift and wide? spread calamity. Throughout France groat efforts aro being made to help the sufferers, and all Europe will probably share in thq good work. In regard to the late disasters, it is perhaps some consolation that tho overflow of river banks, as illustrated by the Nilo and tho Mississippi, is usually succeeded by seasons of extraordinary fertility. If this should prove to bo the case with the great freshets in France and Bohemia, it may at least prove tho prevention of future famine there. This is tho way tho Cincinnati Enquirer puts it: "In 1865, wo had about $2,200, 000,000 in circulating medium. The Re? publican party has contracted it to $700,000,000. This has practically been a great confiscation of private property. This has been a wholesale robbery of tho debtor class. This has caused ruinous declino in prices. This has shut tho mills. This has put out tho firos of the furnaces. This lias olosed tho stores. This has produced a paralysis of tho in? dustry of tho country." What we want is a currency issued directly by tho Go? vernment; a currency which will bo fair to all, enough for all and which will hold the Union together under all Oircum 8 tan Oos." ? j - _? Tho Superintendent of Polico in New such games as banko, roulette, keno am wheel of fortune. SPARTA. Orleans has issued an order Col. Long, formerly of the United States army, now in the Egyptian ser? vice, has arrived in Paris from his second expedition to the Niam Niam country, where he is extending tho au? thority of the Khedive. Ho brought to Cairo five specimens of anthropophagi, including n female of the Akka or Tickcticke dwarf race; the Khedive de? corated with the order of Medjidic two negro soldiers, who aided Col. Long in a desperate encounter at Lake Mroole, which Col. Long believes to be one of tho many sources of the Nile. Col. Long leaves shortly for the United States. AmtivAL of German Exiles.?On the 30th of June, ninety German religions exiles arrived in New York, expelled from their native country by the Falck law. Several weeks before their depar? ture from Germany they were ordered by the Prussian and German policemen to leave the country. Although they were offered missionary fields in other Euro? peans countries they resolved to come to America. Twelve of them are Roman Catholic priests, sixty are theological students and fifteen ladies. They "will settle in the West. The Guelphs nnd Ghibbclines of the Cherokee Nation have succeeded in get? ting up twenty-seven murder cases, which were recently tried before the United States District Court at Fort Smith, Ark. As a result of tho trial, seven of the semi-civilized will be hung in a batch on the third day of Septem? ber. This will be the largest wholesale hanging since the execution of the thirty-three Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minnesota, in 1S<;:2. John Condon, a laborer, of Chicago, while at breakfast, on Tuesday, drew a revolver and shot across the table at his wife, killing her instantly.. Condon then shot himself, inflicting a wound which, will doubtless prove fatal. He stated to a reporter that he was perfectly con? scious of the extent of his crime, and that he had just cause for it. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause. Condon was sixty-live and his wife forty years old. . The Journal of the Tefegraplt reports that the "duplex system" of telegraphy has been successfully applied to the combination printing telegraph instru? ments. The first objection to its practi? cal uso was the mutilation of the printed slips by "breaks" from the distant sta? tions, buf this has been overcome, and the system has been in practical opera? tion on the New York and Boston circuit for the past two weeks. The first session of the newly organ? ized Mexican Senate will convene Sep? tember lGth. In the meantime, all the members thereof have to be chosen. Like the Senators of the United States, they have to be elected by the Legisla? tures of the several States, of which there are nineteen in Mexico. Each State choosing two Senators, and the Federal City of Mexico two, will make the Senate composed of forty members. Tho citizens of Waterloo Township, Laurcns County, adopted the following resolution: That we endorse his Excel? lency D. H. Chamberlain in his reform movement, and that we confide not only in the sincerity of his purpose, but also in his ability, provided he receives the eoruest co-operation of all good citizens, irrespective of party, to achieve substan? tial good for tho State. The Patrons of Husbandry in Saline County, Missouri, propose to start a bank at Marshall, with a capital of SIOU.ODO. The Missouri Farmer thinks this a good move, as the bank will lend only to farmers, and at a less rate of in? terest than is customary. Tho Farmer thinks the high rate of interest is eating the farmers up faster than grasshoppers or chinch-bug. Tue Fourth in Paris.?The French are not so scrnpolous as tho Americans in the matter of celebrating national events on Sunday, and on the 4th M. Canbert, on emminent French Judge, gave a banquet in honor of tho day. Minister Washburne and other distin? guished Americans were present, besides many eminent Frenchmen friendly to America. It should not be a matter of doubt what sabstanco Keeley, the motor man, finds powerful enough to support the awful force which his great invention generates. Mr. Keeleys cheek, we should guess, is strong enough to sup? port a pressure of at least 000,000 pounds to the square inch. Capps and Lane, two colored men, were the happy recipients of the reward offered for the capture of the outlaw Ap Elewhite. They returned home from laleigh a few days ago. It is now re Eorted that tho notorious Henry Berry owrey, who has been killed soverol times, has again turned up. Tho New Haven Register says the Winsted pin factory turns out nearly 6,000,000 pins per dpy, 36,000,000 per week, or about a pin for each man, woman and child in tho United States. Now, then, "what becomes of all the pinsV" The Edgofield Advertiser begs Mr. Chos. Nordhoff, of tho New York Herald, to go to Edgofield, where Radical igno? rance and rascality will open wide his unaccustomed eyes. The noted trotter, Kitty W?lls, died at Hamilton, Ont., on Saturday, of conges? tion of tho lungs, the result of injudi? cious running. The owner valued her at $20,000. A fire in Charleston, ob tho Cth, de? stroyed o brick warehouse on North At? lantic wharf. Several bales of Sea Island cotton were also destroyed. An old colored womon was killed near Augusta by n railroad train, and a colored boy drowned while bathing in a branch, on tho 6th. There werb 39 deaths in Charleston for the week ending the 3d?whites 15; co? lored 24. Cizx Items.?Bend yonr own paper? don't borrow. Thinking, not growth, makes perfect manhood. The Choral Union will meet at Caro? lina Hall, this evening, at 8? o'clock. Our neighbor, Mrs. Hoffman, keeps peaches?ripe peaches, juicy peaches; we know it, we have tried them. Xota JJtnc ? "Ho that gireth to the poor, londcth to the Lord." Office hours ?all day. If generous impulses were followed, one would run up to half the ladies on the street and tell them they were losing their hats. If you would bring up u child in the way he would go, occasionally skirmish along ahead of him and 1 point out the way. A regular old-fashioned rain-storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, cooled the atmosphere delightfully, yes? terday. One of the best proofs of the nation's progress is the papers keeping up with every change in tho style of ladies' stockings. The dog-days begin this year on the ?1th and end on the 12th of August, dur? ing which time, occurs the heated term of the year. The Hampton Legion have a rc-union in this city and Orr's Rifles at Abbeville, on the 21st?tho anniversary of tho bat? tle of Manassas. Now save your bedbugs. It has been discovered that, soaked in a solution of nitrate of potash, they produce a deli? cate, delicious and penetrating perfume for the handkerchief and toilet. Prof. Tice is unkind enough to predict a "Venusian perturbation" between the 10th anil 18th of the present month. Let us hope that the cyclone earthquake or what-not will skip this city. The commencement exercises of Caro? lina Collegiate Institute begin on Wednesday evening, July 14, at 8 o'clock, and will be continued during the next day. Mr. F. W. Hollnich, music dealer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has presented us with two very pretty pieces of song-mnsic, "Darling Aroon" and "Pretty Little Jakey," the price of each of which is 35 cents. Mr. Helmich's musical pro? gramme is extensive and varied. Rebuction of Subscription.?Tho Weekly Gleaner, a large family paper, containing from thirty to forty-eight colnmns of closely printed reading mat? ter, will bo furnished from this date at the low price of $2 per annum, postage included. Old subscribers will have the time extended in proportion. The desire is to furnish a good readable weekly journal at a low rate to every family within the State. The Gleaner is issued every Wednesday, and will contain tho latest telegrams to date of I publication. Specimens furnished. * ? ? Fire at Langley.?A special despatch to the PncuNix from Augusta, says: The warehouse of the Langley Cotton Factory; containing 000 bales cotton and 200 bales goods, was struck by lightning, burning it down. The pumps bursted and assistance is urgently required. Three engines were tah?i on special trains. Numbers of stockholders left by accommodation train. Wires down. Heavy rains over this section. Court of Com?on Pleas?Special Term.?T^ie Court met at 10 A. M., yes? terday, Hon. R. B. Carpenter presiding. The case of the State of South Caro? lina, plaintiff, against Niles G. Parker, defendant, was continued. Ex-Gov. R. K. Scott was called and examined as a witness on the part of the State. Trea? surer F. L. Csrdozo was also examined on bobalf of the plaintiff; also, Capt. J. L. Little, formerly a clerk in the Trea? surer's office. A summary of the testi? mony for tho plaintiff will bo given at its close. The Court adjourned until 10 A. M., to-day. ? ? ? Now is tho harvest time of the ice water fiend. He is doing great execution in the national stomach. His chilly little shrines are erected in thousands of placet^ whereat one may ruin one's diges? tion and frcezo one's vitals without money and without price. For a tempe rate nation, this is remarkably intempe? rate in its wholesale consumption of tiny icebergs in a state of semi-solution, and it is not, by any means, impossible that this cold water movement, carried too far, may some day bring upon us tho romance of "Ten Nights Near a Water Cooler," not inferior in fluid honors to tho Btondard Btory of "Ten Nights in a Bar Room." No good thing is destined to modem to use; so that the second cen? tennial will probably see tho typical American fiercely attacking a frightful triangle of apple pie, and washing it down with constant deluges from a glass crammed with ice and prospective sto maoh-aohe. ?? ? List or New Advertisements. ? Meeting Knights Templar. Geo. L. Dial?Real Estate at Auction. Merchant & Co.?Portland Cement. Taylor & McCnllough?Hay. A. S. Kelly A Co.?Elastic Japan Paint. W. W. Davies?Schedule S. A U. R. R.