The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-06
Stat Items.

AAOSd vi, Cuk lS1lOW-CLb1LcLSS WHO
still remain under military arrest
i'll Charleston, will, in a few days, be
delivered into the custody of the
sheriff of Edgefeld District. They
are eight or ten in number: Messrs.
Lanham, Coleman, Powell, Herlong,
Lowry, Minor, Cook, Benson, -.
OF course they will apply for bail,
and the probability is that they will
go at large.
CHESTER. The Standard says:
The first cotton bloom Of tho sea-
son. gathered on the plantation of J.
S. Mcclure, Esq, on the 9th ult., is
now on our desk. Other specimens
have since reached us.
A meeting of the citizens of this
District will bc held in the Court
House, on Monday the 18th July, for
the purpose of eliciting public senti-
ment relative to repeal of the stay law.
! ORANGEBuRe. --The'1amcs, speaking
of crops, says: We arc sorry to learn
that the prospects for the coming crop
are poor in the extreme. Many per
sons know not where they will get
corn until November, and then speak
of only six months provisions. The
'burthen of the song" is lazy freed
men, luxuriant grass. dyspeptic corn
and consumptive cotton. Bad news is
always dlsagreeable and we are very
much disposed to think that the COM
plnint of ''hard tines has become
generally chronic. and no one wishes
to be singular in thinking that
good time Is coming" The immense
lumber trade and q few cotton crops,
however small, must certainly 20 far
to restore our country to removed
prosperity.
NEwBERRY.-Th He7'ald has tile,
! following items:
An assault, with threats of killing.
we understand was made, by party
OF men in disguise, on old aunt Polly
Gaunt, some three miles below this
village, during last week. Their pur-
pose was robbery, and on being told
she had no money, they threatened to
Kill her. An old negro making alarm,
they deca1nped, not, however, without
taking off her little stock of meat
Can nothing be done TO stop these
rascalities?
We learn that freedman made an
assault upon two ladies in this Dis
trict, in the neighborhoed ofJnlappa,
one day last week. His object, further
than to effect an entrance into their
house, with threats to kill, is not
known. One of the ladies, with much
pluck, seized Il gun and threatened to
shoot, when the rascal made off,
Subsequently he was taken by
brother of the ladies and brought to
them, whereupon such castigation
was inflicted by them upon his hide
as will be long remembered. We are
told it was laid on heavy and thick.
, The weather for the past week has
been uncomfortably cool, mornings
and evenings, with much wind, and
have been blessed with good seasons,
while other portions and Immediately
about the town feel the want of rain
sadly. Corn In the sections last named
is suffering no little Cotton gene
rally is small, with poor stands, cool
nights seriously affecting its growth.
We have seen a few patches where
the stands are middling to fair, while
the plants are vigorous and we'll
advanced, considering all the unfavor-
able circumstances
4 meeting, in which very large
and influential body of citizens took
part, was held in the Court House.
on Monday, Col. r. Moorman in the
chair. The object of said meeting was
to take into consideration TIE pro-
priety and necessity OF intro ducing
white labor Able remarks were
made, all tending to show the bene-
fits which will arise from this system
of labor. Much interest was exhibit
ed on the part Of the many planters
in attendance, and confidence OK
pressed in the gentlemen who are pro-
posed to go out after Tho labor need
ed. and their ability to accomplish
it with satisfaction.
SUMTER. The Uutchmuu saws: We
regret to learn that Mr.. Samuel E.
Lemon, IL respectable citizen of Lower
Salem, Sumter District, came to his
death, on Thursday morning last, bv
his own hands. The weapon used was
Il double-barrclcd gun. No cause was
assigned by him for the fatal act. He
WAS a good soldierof his country. and
an upright and honest young man
MARION. The Crescent announces
the death of Rev. J. Wesley Miller.
OF The South Carolina Conference.
-Four MURDER. The Charleston
papers OK "Wednesday brine 10 thc