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?jr Morning, November 18.187L wf?m ? .'MENT.: , j W?t?Sty proprietor of the PH(KNIY, in J nrgiag thia paper, desires to show tofc ' Iriends and readers his disposition/to moos the demands of the good peopi of .h?tate for a strong Democratic jo/rnal ?^awmO.oapiUl, . He will do his part/ He -ORMer takes pleasure in annoanoyig the .^i$t$&\ connection of Ooh J. p. Thomas *Bft' TH? paper aa obief edito/ This Jf?wemaa has been writing for the ?gt?rMir,'raore or leas, since April, 1868. fl&k "sss^iition with us trill henceforth be more intimate, and his labors more ? regular ai d active. We hope to receive I Irom all ] pr ts of tbe State snoh support aa the me rita of the PHOENIX may entitle it to r^ece ye. We keep o?r job depart gUa^P thedema?os of progreaa jjH ?ULIAN/A. SELBY. i?gw*si>^ it not iuap BraKHSS^^B^^mfcr thus formally bis ^ra^^l^^^aK?^?ties and responsi I^Sr^^^PP^yodiior^of thia paper R'responsibjliticH which, ^^^^^^^3? h.a4?? t undertaken it> ^^HjQmes.J Hu deems ?bis timeJto an non a ci ^^^^^^^^^^^^JferjO tpflke proclama ?ySS^urpoa-is. These ^^S^^^^^^^^SL \jipd i ca ted in these BF presume, are very ?m. If tbure be any "BjBbjeot, we are BOTH BXfw dispelled as we Sfehf ii ft cr r(\fini\: Pi numrmign td foeftfjf 'the State and ?tist corruption in all H^tpiuoes or in low, Hf OD our rights and BL power, we shall Sift our voice and I denonnce and ^?M^'^^^^M'^^*''^^^!|;1SPr*_an ^ s wi ndlers, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^p as we can, the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Brty derived from fjiS^r^?blitical sympathies efit^l^jlj||MlS|a^MLylews, we . shall, .^^^^^^^v^^^Br> liberal Republl I I Bk fellowship, i n u ?j |g| 1 . i 1 ^'^'??B^ and regenerate Uni fi 1 ' ' X A--{.?^n<0? country. l?^?P^^i|l^?fc??i?lB'e? -power. and l^^^^^^lMv^?^^*T?*0'0^ 010,1 ?' S BB HIKBiilfgiilwfy* U j? S ifiS ^N.^%.^T*^^yVaine pf good ' Hheless, conduct WtWit of no man, no i . ^ ; Vi^fee hand, the head mtg that journalism Sfepoest, bold and in *^^^^^#^^^fflr|o?h?uld, ' furtharybe ^^^^^^^^^^^Bid and discreet-we i^^^^^^^P^BJo na lies, seek to ap ^^^^^^?^^fcnd highest standards. SKlf^^^^^^MJ. be at the same time l^^^w^^^^^HttrieA in its .-ends. As ^^^^^^^^^^^toita(pf all-the good ^^^^^^^^^^^?-wb4'. honestly [ seek p^^^^K^^^^Bn?t of South Caro faithfully to rep ^^^jt^^^^^^fc their views and their iiwm^l^^?jwaLy same time, we shall ?^^^^^^^^^fcresent their wrongs ^^^^^^^^^^^Ks, and to put ? their ??^W^S*f!^?#f?y before tho public ^^^I^P&?V^^^^^M bf the State Ag ?^^^^^^p^^|^Kdnstrial banner of |2S|^^is^^^'^^?-^^^B' earnest advooaoy ^^?^^^^^^P^^^Bedaoational derel the regeneration ^^^^^^^^^^Ife^OTptry to staud at the ^^^'P,^A??Es^il(^^a. keen -eyed sentinel flS?f our liberties and Rruuhlesdly assailed by ^^^^^^^p^M??i'and by the cruel ag ^^^^^^^P^^Busjtoo wer. Controlled ?pty ?I by no tyrant's pfc by influence W?M shall make l^nis add, in gP^WeWag^g gfegiviog? ?y^*!"*! sense of EgBBBtam. g^^^^^^^B^crupo? sib: !ity. ^^B-sL ?3 - South Carolina will be4' ^^^^^pK<UmBal fruits appear to quickuu pbe PisbsHix roBo, in 1865, from the ?gp^^^i?B?ia. Amid the thick Mouds .of seeming diBaater that now ^PP^^rcB^'our,Sky, the PHcamx rises with V wide-spread wings, wit li shurpened beak and undimmod eyes, to manifest that its * faith is unohanged, and that it soeks, in j*.... j?orn.nton with other journals in tho State, **pwr" South Carolina, the purer air that 'leigha in the higher sphere in which the 8?ato most move, in order to secare Warmth, growth and a generous vitality. T^koor brethren of the press at home ^^^^^^^ ^ our greenings. throughly we aro ido uti fled with hit ! ?opio In oar interest* ?nd our hopes, ind how tender ere the tiee which bind /ne to this onoe stricken bot now rising city. Io onr public labors and our pri? vate struggles we have been cheered by I the g?nerons oonfldenoe of onr friends ' here end elsewhere in the State. We hope never to forfeit os? SIA?SS io this ! oonfldenoe. AU we ask is a fair equiva? lent for whatever fruits we may prodooe | of onr hands and onr brains. We i pire only to INDEPZNDBNOK-whiob, per eon al end political, oom ea of material resources-the product, physical or men? tal, of intelligent effort-end wbioh, under Heaven, is the beet attainment of I the UAW, and the richest possession of the STATU. ? J. P. THOMAS. Kw Kl ax wilone ?un wi io-TH o Asilas of ttae Wer epos Roath C ?roll?a. We have already indicated to the country how this war upon South Caro? lina was brought about. We have ex posed the animus of those who have been active here end at Washington in this Federal movement, that has rolled its disastrous waves over our liberties and oar industries, under the pretence of enforcing the law against a "rebel lions" people, so-called. We have already indicated the spirit of ex-Judge H?ge. What, now, are the antecedents, pubiio and political, of the representative ol the United StateB Government in Go lumbia, Mr. Worthington, who so fre? quently appears for THB GOVEKNMENT? Ho lt it was who, ea a political adven? turer and "ex-Uuited States Minister," appeared first in the State in the reform oan?ass of 1870. He raised e loud voice in that campaign, and made snob spas? modic elocutionary effort", that General Butler dubbed him tho "spotted man." We are not unaware of the vocal forte of a man of Mr. Worthington's stamp. He ia. the prince of stump-speakers, and demagogues-a speaker who reaches after the. unattainable, and penetrates to the unsearchable; ready, in the negro's cause, to "Pluck bright honor from ths paleface moon, Or dive down into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom line could never toaoh the bottom. And draw up-drowned niggers hy the wool." After the reform canvass, he becomes, with ex-Judge H?ge, a briefless barris? ter, waiting, Mioawber-like, for "some -thing to turn up." We next bear of Mr. Worthington on a mission to Wash ington, to ask of President Grant mili? tary law for South Caroline. Next we hear of him as a speaker before the colored convention that reoently held its sessions in this oity. Upon that oocasion, we are told that Mr. Worth? ington made a violent and an inflamma? tory harangue, appealing to the negro men's passions, prejudices and lust of power. He bid them, we are informed, to use' the power they had, to assert their rights, political and social, and to espire to full equality at the board and everywhere-to grind into the dust what he oalled the aristocratic element at the South. We next hear of Mr. Worthington as representing the United States Government against prisoners arrested under the Ku Klux Aot, and assuming powers arbitrary and high? handed. y. Now let us here say, that we have no criticism to make upon the United States officer, high or low, who discharges bis duty fairly and impar? tially under the law. But we do say that, least of all men, should the United States-Government be representad bj Mr. Worthington. "The reasons why," in addition to those already given, we BII al I proceed to give. Mr. Worthington is himself a Ku Klux, WITHOUT ?isQULss, as well aa ex-Judge H?ge. We oharas, upon high and un questionable authority, that Messrs. Worthington and H?ge have been heard to declare that the citizens of Columbia ought to go to the State House, in broad daylight, and hang to the nearest lamp posts, the State officiais-naming Parker, Scott and Neagle-until they wero dead, dead, dead. Now, these were the senti monts, boldly avowed, by these men. Tiiey are clearly and plainly Ku Ktux, without disguise; and yet these ere the mee who have ountributed, first, to make Ku Klnx, and then to pursue them to the death; and, in doing so, to destroy the liberties and paralyze the businet-s if the whole State! And this Mr. Worthington-thin K. K. without dis? use-this alleged President of a Union ie here-thia man becomes a K. K. nitor, end wields in his person the au thorin 0f a great Government. We present U\m to th? country--a doubly, * th ?oe flpotfei men-end let the prisons that now conta*.,, the innocent viatima of his wrath and malice, open wide their portal? to receive Lim_not the least of the offenders ngainut the law. Nor is this ahV Unitlxf in the prosecu? tion of tbe Ku Klux prodeedings a **? inst South Carolina, MeBsra. ^vWt?*ngton ? H?ge divide in the proset>orfoo ?? the mon held in arreet. It is und^jjood nada public that Mr. Worthi-bgtonSl^pse sents the United States Qoverunsr^tj alone, aud Mr. H?ge is ready for the o^o-J fence, sad thus the firm ia ready torf work either offensive or defensive. Gen. Grant make-* * solitude and calls it peaoe. Messrs. Worthington & H?ge Hu Kiox oases and then go fer the aoney. 0 "Heads I win, -taila yon lose." As Virgil has it-?" O sacred thirst for gold I > what'extent will thoti leadj?jhfrtal breasts." .?j i fjjp -, The French army is Boon* to be nni ormed, anew, os'follows; Dark blue oap, ci tb red turban, ornamented with a tri olor and a cook's feather; a blue tunjo, bottons and red y tro weera .with red . "'" ;>.... Boin Bide? of tb* Flotare. The Union, ot Friday, publishes what purport* to bo the constitution and by? laws of the Ka Kiar. We bave DOW bo* fore a? the *'ritual, constitution and by latos of th? National Council U. L. A., to gather with oil necessary information for j the complete working of subordinate coun? cil*." The alleged K. K. K. organiza? tion was formed, we infer, in 1871. The Union League pamphlet before ns bears date 1867. It appear*, theo, that the Union League preceded the K.K.K. four long year?. If one was political, so was the other. If one was secret and oath-bound, so was the other. Wo need not remind the Union editor of the pro? visions of the League. He knows all about it. And so does Governor Sooth And so does Mr. Worthington. And so does Mr. H?ge. And so does Mr. Trea? surer Parker. They ali know about it. The K. K. K. is a terrible organization. Bat the Union League, which was ihe direot eau HO of it, is a grand institution of these "latter-day saints" of the great | Radical party. We ask the Union a question: Does it not know that one ol its party associates, Mr. Worthington, Ka Klux prosecutor, is now President of a Union League io Columbia? And that Mr. Huge, another of its party asso? ciates, is President of another? Wt shall answer, lest the Union should fail to come np to the bar. We have been informed tbat there are now two Union Leagues in Columbia, and that Mr. Worth? ington ts President of the one. and that Mr. Hage is President of another. We state, further, that our informant tells oe that the statement coses from oas who knows, or, at leant, professes to know. If Suakspeare does not repeat, we do; and we again quote a few lines, to wit: "The Jury, paaaiuK on the prison ?r's lifo, Hay iu the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try." Thus much for the present. We shall open fire again pro bono publico. Oar Stat? Flounces-Tim (locution of ti rp ucl lal lon-A Convention Proposed. We indicated briefly on yesterday our judgment os to the immediate remedy to be applied, in view of the over-issue of State bonds. Our view is, to bring to bear npon the Legislature or the State officiais the restraining writ of injunc? tion. We shall he told that no power eau be exercised over the Legislature; then we say, let the State officers be re? strained. Why may not Treasurer Par? ker be restrained from further filling his offioe? We learn that the authorities are now issuing bonds. Mu oh bas been said on the subject of repudiation. The matter is in a nut-shell. Personal ethics sud public ethics are not unlike. The people of South Carolina will maintain their ancient reputation. They will as? sume the genuine obligations of the State. All bonds issued in fraud will be repudiated, as beiDg ia no proper sense a debt or an obligation. This, of course, will be done, and the work of discrimi? nation cannot begin too soon. The latest quotations show that the old bonds are rnling in Wall street at 72, whilst tho new are quoted at 27. This tells the story. Oar people will maintain the jost oredit of the State, nor will any cry of "repudiation" divert them from the determination to nail to the counter spurious coin. As to what should be done in case it may be found impossible to draw the line of demarcation between bonds issued in fraud and those issued in parsnaoce of law, thut issue should be met when it comes up. At this time, it seems to as plaia that the immediate daty is to restrain, to investigate, to dis? criminate, and at o ooo to declare thut all bonds issued in fraad must and will and should be repudiated. The real offend? ers are the rascals who perpetrated this huge swindle, or rather series of swin? dles. To exhaust, first, all tbe legal re? medies at our com maud is the dictate of sound polioy. We have no idea, how ever, that tho citizens of South Carolina propose to assume any fraudulent impo? sition that dishonest o facials have sought to impose upon them. To bring this matter to a focus, however, the tax payers of the State must at last meet in conven? tion. We prefer a convention fresh from the people. We throw out tho sugges? tion. ?.Eminem ( oun?. i"-Tor. Union's Sneer, The Rudioal organ here, and the staunch ally of the corrupt State regime, does not like the pian of engaging ooun sel from abroad to defend thu mea pro? secuted nader the Ku Klux Act of Con grebe. We oommend to it the sugges? tion tbat mea do best wheo they miad their own business. When the Union editor is called upon to contribute to thu fund, it will be time enough for him to oriticsie the private business of citizens who are doing what it pleases them to do. If criminals were always punish* d promptly, as the Union says ought to bc done, it would perhaps suffer itself, aud certain are we that its political associ? ates would crowd the penitentiary. The Union passes judgment upon meo whom %e should aoeoaut innocent, at least QP?'^roved gullly. ?SS?kl^1 Pasing on the prieouor'e lifo, 7tft??lWZ.*.*0Tn >*?lvo havo a titler or two auntie. t^Mrw^ rgey try " A Wiu?hingt0.jX??r J?&ve; "Tue pftr. don of Bowen b?^HB^j to in a re. cent oonversatioD, ^"^Mfc;.^l bo wanted it understood thtthu7T*ttsfe*gi his affair-that Mrs. Bowen UK wHoMrs, Grant to promise it. The Pres?uJBPwua not disposed to carry it ont, but neild it back for a week; but finally allowed it to issue. There is going to be au ani? mated oon lest over DeLaAge's seat, whioh Bowen is contesting: bnvxrom the posi? tion affairs have recently assumed, there a very litMe doubt of DoLarge's main? lining lila right to bis seat. The pro eot of running Bowen for Qovexuor has jeen entirely abandoned." t orreipondcnc?. COLUMUIA, 8. O., November 17,1871. General M. C. Butler, lah Chairman of\ Committee of Eleven, Tom-Payers' Con? vention. Sra: Yon have, doubtless, observed the denial of the promise made bj Governor Scott to the late Tax-Payers' Conven? tion, in reference io the postponement of the ool loot ion of the taxes of the State. Be pleased to give the pnblio your reply to bis said denial. I am, yonrs, respect? fully, J. P. THOMAS, Editor of the PHOENIX. COLUMBIA, S. C., November 18, 1871. Colonel J. P. Thomas, Editor Columbia Phonix. DEAU SUI: Yonr nob) of yesterday, calling my Attention to tho deuial of the {iroraise made by Governor Scott to the ate Tax-Payers* Convention, "in refer? ence to the postponement of the pay? ment of the taxes of the State," and asking me "to give the public my reply to said denial," bas been received. My recollection of that promise is an follows, and if the notes of the steno? grapher present at the interview are pre? served, I tbiuk they will bear mn ont: Upon it being represented to Gov. Scott by the committee, that it would be s great hardship upon the people to pa? two levies in one year, espeoiully when farm? ing operations had been so dina*troon tho preceding year, he promised to post pone the enforcement of penalty for non-payment until tin? 1st of next Mardi ; that he would have the tax books open, and in the meantime, if uuy tux-pay ern felt dm posed to pay their taxes, they might have the opportunity to do so. The promise not to enforce the pen il ty for non-payment until tho Int of Mureil was clear, reiterated, concluBive and nu mistakable. Governor Scott, in assigning a reasou for a chauge of the time of collection to November, did say that prominent gen? tlemen iu the State) bad recommended a ubange to the full of the year, us a moro convouient season tor person* io some portious of the Stat? to pay their taxes; but this bad nothing whatever to d? with bis promise to postpone the penalty, which was complete ami unqualified. Suob, at least, are my reoolleutions of "the promise" and the interview. Veiy respectfully, your obedient servant. M. C. BUTLER. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.-At the meet? ing of the stockholders of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company, held yester? day, the following gentlemen were elected Directors; Gen. John A. Wagener, Mayor of Charleston; Henry Gourdie, of Charles? ton; William tf. Magrath, President nf South Carolina Railroad; Andrew Si mouds, President First National H.mk, Charleston; George S. Cameron, Presi? dent South Carolina Loan aud Trust Company, Cbsrleston; Gen. M. C. But 1er, of Riobland: Gen. M. W. Oary, of] E leefield; Col. J. S. Ootbrati, of Abbe viile; Wm. B. Gulick, Cashier of Nu tionul Bank, Columbia; J. J. Patterson. Vice-Pr?sident Greenville nud Columbia Railroad; J. B. Palmer, President Ceu iral National Bank, Col um bi a; Geu. J. W. Harmon, of Anderson; Thomas A. Scott, President of Pennsylvania Rail? road Company; Hardy Solomons, Proai? dent Loan aud Trust Company, Colum? bia; T. J. Steers, Esq., of Oconee. The following resolutions were offered by Col. Cothran, of Abbeville, aud unanimously adopted. Before offering the resolutions. Col. 0. Btited that, a? the stockholders were aware, Geu. Harri? son hud positively deolioed being n can? didate for re-election: Resolved, That the stockholders of the Blue Ridge Railroad Compauy feel it due to Gen. J. W. Harrison, President, to ex? press their sense of the integrity aud per? severance with which he has for years ad? ministered the affairs of the company, under circumstances of great difficulty and discouragement. Resolved. That his earnest and unself? ish devotion to an enterprise which they consider essential to the future prosperity of the State, deserves and receives our warmest recognition; aud that iu closing : his official service, he curries with him our sincere confidence and regard. Resolved, That a pass for life, for him- ] self and family, be tendered to him, as a mark of our respect. Resolved, That tho Chairman bo re? quested tn publish these resolutions in the daily papers of Charleston aud Co? lumbia, aud a copy be aeut to Gen. Har? rison. Geu. Harrison rose and said, in sub? stance, as follows: GENTLEMAN: The passage of these re? solutions have touched tue deeply. 1 feel that my administration hus been a diiuppointineut, but you know thu di HI- j unities by which I have beeu surrounded, and all I fuel and all I claim is, that to I 'he best of my ability, with entire inte? grity, I have dono the best 1 could. Yon will excuso me for saying wbut is per sonni to myself and cannot interest those io whom the futuro of tin road is coin initted. lu 18(17, I was asked to take the Presidency of the Blue Ridgu Uo?id. At that time I owned one-third of th. bonded debt of the company. Where is that debt now? I have beeu forced \ to consume what I had, to live and to pay honest debts, and to day the little i lett is wbut the compauy still owes we on their over-due coupons. My mani i fest interest waa to enforce tho first mortgage. I declined to consent, and ! nii that ? could do with those who held ! first mortgage bonds, was dono to in? duce them to hold their bonds.. I dunn no credit. I believed this road ought to ba built ip lb? interest o? the Statu I j dearly love, sud for which I huvu never ; hesitated to make any sacrifice. I bu-1 lieved I could build it. By Lite advice i of the Directors, and aguiust strong pre- ! judi?os, I did cot hesitate to do what 1 j could to induce thu Legislature to give ; us their aid. You know how that uid : failed. I commit my oharge to your ! bauds, only entreating that you will use ; all your larger energy and ubiiity. to i consummate what I. tcTday believe to be j tbt> greaj^seonrity for ?lie future of the I SttttoT^Io fleing so, Po'iu say for my- | ?elf and tue board^?er which I have ?resided ?^iU wo "d^smuover lost sight ?1 oue ebh-mat if Wflkoald not budd bis road, the bonds of Jhe road guaran? teed by the. State should neither be squandered nor stolen; satisfaction of kuowiog yonrs to-day, in their ir as you best can for thjhj company dud the State, Tho Charleston pat aooouupv of the " of. thc poi Tbc Spirit of the Stat? Frc?*-O^r VI nancti. . Tho Kingatreo (Williamsburg) Star The ory pf repudiation ha? been raised by members of both political parlies io this State. The Democrats, so far as it relates to Governor Scott's ad mi n is tr a tiou, and the Radicals, go for a clean breast of the whole State debt. Promi? nent negro members of the Legislature have decided in caucus on thia policy. Governor Scott says the taxes most come speedily, sud repudiates, in a proclama? tion iu our paper to-day, the pledge which he made to the Tux-payers Con? vention last spring, that he would not enforce the collection of taxes before March, 1872. Thoso are stirring times. The vultures at our pockets and the bayonets at our backs, we are in a wretched oondition. The Keo wee Courier says : THB BOND DIFFICULTY.-Tho reckless over-issue of State bunds, by tho present corrupt officials of theStategovernment, has well nigh destroyed the credit of the State. A remedy of some sort is beiug evoked. The Charleston Courier advo? cates repudiation. The News non-pay meut of tuxes. Repudiation of our old debt iu full is not right. That which hus been legally and honestly done under the present State government ought also to lie respected. Let us, iu extricating ourselves from these difficulties, preserve ? >ur good name for honesty and fair deal? ing. Let tho Executive Committee of the Tux payers' Convention tuke this matter iu hand, uud get hold of the right par? ties, h a vu them arrested by legal process, hrougkt to triul fur their misdeeds, and thin* strike ut thu root of the evil. Enough is known at this time to plaue nearly all connected with tho Stat? Go? vernment iu the penitentialy. and a movement of Ibo ku d indioat-d might reveal thu whole ser es of unlawful trans? actions, by which millions of dollars have been niched from J tim pookets of the people.-Anderson Intelligencer. Tho Radical party tu this State put h ? tux payers of niuo D?mocratie Counties nuder martial law; now let the tax payer put tho thieving* und lying scamps in a posit iou where they cannot steal or pre? vent their former villniny from being dib .dosed. In that wuy we shall iufliet upou them u wound t li ut will tort in ?? them now aud leave u "ruuuing Boru" upon their characters which time will not cure or disititeotants remove the stench of. [Union Times. D JOS any man who hos a particle of patriotism left, who has tho least Meuse of justice remaining, think of paying tho debts incurred by this corrupt State Government in Columbia? Arc we so mean and low spirited OB to tax our? selves, to ranko these thieves and scoun? drels rich? Ko! ten thousand times, no] j Let tho miserable speculators in Wull street, who bought those bonds, with their eyes open, ut u great depreciation, who knew they were stolen from a po? verty-stricken nod sn tl",-nug people, le* them bo the sufferers. We do uot be? lieve there is un honest man, Democrat or Republican, white ur black, in old South Carolina, who will not say empha? tically, r?pudi?t ! repudiate! Aud ho? nest men the world over will sustain us. I Barnwell Sentinel. GUE AT PIKE IN CHARLOTTE-UNDOUBT? ED INCENDIAHIHM.- At hair past 2 o'clock yesterday morning, tho ominous sound ot the lire bell broke upon tho peaceful slumber of our citizens. Tho devastat? ing element wits found bursting from under the atoro of B. Koopmauu, on North Trade street, between Tryon and Church street. The tire soon extended North tu tho storu of Mr. Frankford, and was reaching over the store of Mr. James Henderson, when it wuu decided to blow up the latter. This gave au ad i vantage to the bremen that was success? fully improved, und in a little while the danger on both Bides was subdued. Scarcely hud the vast crowd begun to disperse, nud tho heroic bremen had time to recruit their exhausted strength, wheu a second alarm rang out, nud ?ll rallied nguiu to hud the extensivo livery H tab le of Suggs k Co., in rear of Man? sion House, iu flamen. The vast quan? tity of forage, and tho dry, inflammable material of tho atables, rendered this tire terribly raj id aud furious. The horses were rescued by the during efforts of citizens und firemen, und went dash? ing in frantic fright through the streets -80U1U of them running ut great speed. Only one was caught in the burning building, and was roasted alive. This was tho arri ft, racer of W. J. Black. The wooden buildings around were torn dowu und removed, or so protected that no other one burned to any extent. The losses, ns near us we eau estimate nt pre? sent, are ahout as follows: B. Koopmauu, 022,000; insured for $U OOO. J. H. Henderson, loss about SO.OOO; insured for 3*1.000. S. Frankford, loaa heuvy, cannot ut present ascertain, fully in? sured. Snugs & Co., loss about $2,000; no insurance. None of the buildings were insured, except Koop'oann's, which wa? insured, wu believe, tor 82.000. I Charlotte Observer. LIBERALISM IN ENGLAND.-Mr. Glad? stone, in a speech ut Greenwich, on Saturday, look occasion to congratulate the English people upon the success ot his ministry; and while) tho address sa? vored pungently of vanity, it neverthe? less fairly exhibited the strength and foreshadowed the progress of liberal re? form. He directed especial attention to the economies effected by tho present government through the abolition of I ' official patron ugo, the abolition of the j i purchase system in tho army, the with- J < d ru wal of troops from Canada and New Zealand, and tho introduction ot the ! system of army reserves. The House of Loi ds, hu added. With UO little Btgtlifi- . nineo, might need reform, "but nothing j , should be done precipitately." This i < allusion was evidently designed to tern- 1 t per tho ardor of those radicals wh?j bo j lieving that tho Q leen is insane, und j knowing that thu Lords will rule for-j . ever if they eau, ure ready tu upset the| . government and make a hasty-pudding | ' republic of thu debris. Tho course ol j t thu Gladstone ministry has undoubtedly j > been, iu many reseeds, popular; but j3 there am many sins of nmissiojLJjjafOt eouuitssiou, for which if - entially responsible, ou< palpable than that iovolvt ment of Ireland. Libej dirojaft'U would add tiuguished re ministry, its WHITINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA L?AILI?OAD.-Messrs. B. K. Bridger?, President, and D. A. Newcomer, Vice President, of the Wilmington, Columbia md Augusta Railroad, were in the city, resterday, stopping at the Planters' Ho? ol. For some timo past this company has jeeu engeged in the construction of a railroad between Sumter and Colnmbia. [t lacks now only about 700 feet of oom-1 aletion, and this gap will be filled ia a 'cw days. On the lUth of December the JO tu pa ny expects to open the new line for ibo transaction of business. It was ori? ginally intended to build thia road through to Angosta from Colombia, and ho route between the two cities was sar reyed, but a policy was adopted which 'endered this unnecessary. Several nonths ago the controllers of the com? pany bought up enough of the stock of bo Charlotte, Columbia and Augustu [Railroad to give them control of that corporation, and the lines from here to Dolumbis and from Columbia to Wit nington will be operated as one. I A ayusta Chronicle. STABDING.-A country negro, whose mme we were unable to leora, waa itabbed in the side, lost evening, in Hamborg, by a knife in the hands of mother negro, named Charlea Turn, vho is a blacksmith of that benighted millage. The two men were gambling at he time of the difficulty. From a physi- 1 lian who saw the injured negro, wu learn hat the wound is likely to prove fatal. Sven Qrant's blond and thuudcr procla? mation doett not suffieo to protect hi* duck pets from each other. {Augusta Constitutionalist. OUB THANKSGIVING.-His Honor the \Li\or, by a special proclamation in HMuher part of tho paper, inviten the ) t z< ns of CbarleHtou to ueseruble in mt ir vuriouH pluceH of worship, on Fri? lay next, thu 21'ii iuat., l'or a day ot I -lemo thanksgiving und pruyer Mo Al? mighty God for His meroj toward thia jity in staying th? progress of pestilenot iud beslowiog the other unnumbered desaings which bave crowned the your, iud furnished cause tyr humble praise ?nd gratitude.-Charleston News. Wanted, rWENTY Oratela-a DItKHH-MAKEltS. Ap plv between tho hours cf h.. f-pa?t 8 iud 10 o'clock, at lt. C. SHIVER A C0. 8. . lt. O Suntu DAVID JONKS. _NovJ9 __ _ 1 Oats ! Oats ! ?>rtf \ BUSHELS SEED OATS, a\t\J 500 bnehels F KED OATS, for Bale ow bv T. J. A H. M. GIBSON. Nov 19_ 3_ LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST, AND Get the Best, GO TO THE BEST PLACE. WE claim to have one of the driest stocks of WATCHED, or all beat Kn? _llieh, Swiaa and American makers. With iiamouda and other Ano Jewelry, our stock ia largo, and wu are going to sell the Gooda REPAIRING and ENGRAVING, iu all branches, by the heat of workmen. WM. GLAZE. Nov 19 Formerlv Glaz" A Radcliffe Double Strong. FOR the winter Beaaon, I will brow all DOUBLE STRONG BEEK. DrinB jaegers* unadulterated Double Strong deer, iud you get tho worth of your money. This Deer ia also put up in bottles, and for' salo at ll 59 per dosen. 1 have alao reoeived a aupplv of tho jaatly selebrated PANOAKE-regarded the best Jhewing Tobacco. JOHN C. SEEGERS. Nov ir> _ Norfolk. Oysters. m?kW [AM now prepared to furniah tine NORFOLK OYSTERS, in any quantity, to town or sountry customers, and will guarantee them he heat that can bo had, and tho cheapest in ho market. JOHN D. BATEMAN, Nov 150_ At the Columbia Ice House. Sto vail's Excelsior Mills Flour. JOSK WE keop large tmpplies of thia CELE BHATED FLOOR, which we sell at fcC^Mwholcaalo or retail, and warrant the piality. J. A. HENDRIX A BltO., Nov Jl Imo Columbia, B. C. One Puncheon Lochgilphead. rHE heat SCOTCU WHISKEY. Dealers can havo ii nearly at coat, js'ov 15_JOHN O SEEGER8. Splendid Fri zu Piano. gf*j^5S4B? TUE Bubnrriber offers for sale vTurfn','BI' magnificent PIANO which J ? y \J Utook the Premium at the late Pair. It can be sean, together with mst ni? mmt? of other makers, at hia residence, cor? ie r of Bull and Richland etrceta. Nov 17 H_W. H. ORCHARD. NEWS DEPOT. [HAVE opened a NEWS and PERIODICAL 1 DEPOT at tno stand formerly occupied tn alonzo lleeae, and will supply my cuatomera *ith auythiug they may wiuh in mv line. Jive m? a call. N. G. GIBSON. Nov H_6_ To Rent, \STORE, on Mtin atroet. Possession given immediately. Apply at thia office. Nov 5 Native and Foreign Wines. SCUPPEltNONG, Concord, eanterue, Cla? ret, Champagnes, just received and foi tale low, by _ _ K. HOPE. Sffi Toys, Candies, &c. r|luYa of all kinda and descriptions, plain 1 aod ftnev Candies. Nuts, Enmona, Figs, lol hes ami Canned Fruits. Dr-ad, Cake* and itslla. fr^sh evcrv morn? ing, at P. W. KtUFT'S, Nov 7 _ Main street. The New Departure REQUIRES new remedies. The new Blood aud Liver Pills are now used for all dis? orders of the Liver ?nd Blood. i hone riU> are ail warranted SD be Vegeta? ble, and aro a substituto for Calomel. For sale Dilly at HEINlTSIi'S Drug Store. Condurango. ANOTHER wonderful departure in poionoe. Nothing can surpaan fjeinitah'a Queen's Delight for Cancer., Syphilis, and all kindred lieeaaesj wuakneas in male or fomalo, youug >r old. Tho wonftlVrfnl coronare nt tented to ?y thnusnnds. Try the Queen's Delight, if iou deidre to bo ivjll Fer salo overvwbere. laboratory at fHElNI I'SH'S Drug Store. Toniumptton (from Coughs and Colds, wi TAN LEV'S tarbat Cough Syrup cures Coughs and fOolds with marvelous cer> I Items PHCENTXIAKA.-Tho price of tingle copi?e of the PHOENIX ie five oente. The PHCKNIX offioe ie supplied with all necessary material for as handsome cards, billheads, posters,pamphlets, hand-bills, ci rou lars, and other printing thai maybe desired, as any oiSco ia the Soatu. Give ns a oall and test onr work. "Using truth with penurious fru? gality" is the latest attempt at calling a man yon lie, without hurting his feel* ings. What con a man have in his pocket when it is empty? A big hole. The Union army, during tho war, had two General Hookers-"Fighting Joe" " and Ben. Butler. School boys hear with pleasoe of the decline in the whaling business. An incorrigible bore at our elbow wants to know if W-o-r-o-e-s-t-e-r spells Wooster, why don't R-o r-h e s-t e r spell Rooster. The Russian Prince is sailed their Muscovy duck by the belles of New York. He will be served np with caper sauce at the grand ball. Their duok seems to he very fond of water; be sticks to it so long. A freight train ran into a cattle guard, about twelve miles below Newberry, yes? terday afternoon, by which the passenger train was delayed nearly twelve hours. The fellow who called tight boots com? fortable, defended his position by saying they made a man forget all his other miseries. Old Hamlet, the father, whose shade was BO fond of the night sir, should be tho model of every office-holder. He had no sptvM.iation in his eyes-heh?ds't* Black Friars-Oolored cooks. In too many lamentable instances, the "last Boene of all this strange and event? ful history"-is kerosene. Slay belles-the female Communists. Town pumpe-Local editors. "Unbridled liberty"-kissing a pretty girl. FAT Ali ACCIDENT.-A colored laborer, named Edward Darkin, employed by Messrs. Joyner, on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, lost his life, yesterday, by the caving in of the embankment. The unfortunate man lived a few hours only. G KN. BUTLER'S RBIOIY.- We invite at? tention to Gen. Batter's letter on the subject of Gov. Scott's repudiation -of his pledges to the late Tax-payers'.Con? vention. BLUE RIDOB RAILROAD.-The j Bino Ridge Hobeme, in its integrity, haa com? mended itself to many good men in this State. Our readers will observe the hew iloatd of Directors. It will be seen that a majority, at least, of the names give un a guarantee that the bonds of the road will be lifted for the building of it, and that genuine efforts will be made to carry on the work. . Favorable as we - are,, on general principles, to all railroads calcu? lated to benefit the State, we naturally favor this road, provided we are not .to pay too dear for the locomotive whistle. Of this we feel assured, that the control of tho enterprise has pasted into the hands of men, of a majority of whom we have every reason to expect energy, integrity, and devotion to Sooth'Caro? lina. With Charleston in the hands of our own people, and with the South Ca? rolina Railroad, the Greenville and'Co? lumbia Railroad, and the Blue Ridge, controlled by tho same influence, it would seem that tho pathway is clear from Charleston to the riches that lie beyond the Blue Ridge range. Ritma i o us SERVICES THIS DAT.-Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Sh and, J>. D., Rector, 10>? A. M. and 4 P. M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. Franois R. Jacquemet, 1st Mass, 7 A. M. ; 2d Mass, 10^. Afternoon Service 4 P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rode, Rude, 10% A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos. R. WilHon, 10\4 A. M. and 7 P. M. Marion Street Chnrch-Rev. Nicholas Talley, 10>? A. M. Rev. Manning tJrot/n, 7 P. M. Washington Street Chnrch-Rev. Man? ning Browu, 10)4 A. M. and 8J? P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, 10J? A. M. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 0.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. HOTEL. ARRIVALS, November 18. Nickerson House-William J. Magrath, Charleston; C. Hillyer, Ga ; H. A. McKinney, Mrs. H. A. McKinney, 3. C.; Mrs. M. Norwood, Abbeville; M. Seekel, IL H. Kimpton, D. M. Porter, New York; Mrs. Furman, Ridge; Thomas C. Perrin, Abbeville. Columbia Hotel-W. Blook, Baltimore; N. Federlin. J. B. Farly, New York; D. Scully, T. K. Carey, F. 0. Plumkett, Baltimore; W. W. Robinson, Oanton;L. E. Johnson, Charleston; J. A May and lady, Mrs Dr. May and daughter, York? ville; B. B. Smith, Va.; S. A. Arthur, Ga. ; A. J. Frederick, S. C. ; J. Trumble. S. C. R. R. LIST OP Nsw ADVBXTIBKMENTS R. C. Shiver & Co.-Wanted. T. J. & H. M. Gibson-Oats. Wm. Qlaze-Look io You? Interest. James 8. Oothran-Referee's Sale. D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auction. OFFICIAL UAFFLK NOMBKBS Oharj* .tile Association, foi OeueiH i<>? ? CLASS No. 206.-JkforA' 27-50-72-21-28-61 i my hand at Coil