The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-29

NJ Saturday Morning, July:g8. }87l.

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It.has' been telegr6phed ell over the
conntry that the Congressional Sab
Committee wore assaulted ut YorkvilIo,
in this State. whilst. engaged there in the
discharge OF tficir duty. Let tile New
York Herald, aud other Northe1h jour
nals, take note Of the true version Of the
matter. It appears that the small affair
concerns only Mr. a. 8. Wallace, For
that portion of the butter milk that fell
upon the person OF Mr.. Stevenson. an
apology was tendered and promptly ao-
oepted. It it Is any satisfaction to the
Radica, journals, let it bs understood
shat Tho butter. milk was evidently de-
signed for Mr.. Wallace and not FOR nny
member Of the .Ku Klux Committee.
It was local nffair and grew out of the
local feeling respecting tho member of
Congress from York. Again The
shooting. of oolored man on the aame
evening was construed to impIya devil
ish aud riotous spirit on the part OF the
whites. It seems that the said shooting
was done by the marshal OF the town in
defence OF his person-he having been
assaulted and thrown down whilst seek
ing TO enforce one Of she municipal
regulations. ~ ~
TPRoaREss OF REvohuTIoN N ENGLAND.
The progress'Sof the revolution in Eng
land is wonderfully rapid. If peaceful.
The changes which have been intro
>ducel within ths. past two years into
that venerable: and curious componnd of
ancient precedents and modern in
stances called the British Constitution.
have been as great. perhaps greater, than
ANY which have thken place, within as
many centuries. Within the brief
period we have named, says the Dalti-
more San, we haye seen in the dis
establishment OF the Irish Church the
axe laid at the root of one OF the most
cherished institutions Of the empire
the entering wedge towards the nltihhte
and finalseparation Of church and State.
In the Irish land bill We hive seen the
saorilegious hand OF reforming legiala-
ture laid upon that, which the average
Engiishman Of former generations had
beeHMqght TO reverence as more sacred
even than the rights of church and
bishops landed property. The law re-
form bills which have been introduced
during the last.two sessions. which have
received ministerial sanction, and the
details of whichi have been elaborated
by chancellors. and ex, chancellors. and
whiol. have only not been acted upon
for want Or time, and becaase of the
pressure Of. other matters Of more in,me-
diats>importance. look to changes in the
mode Of administering Justice and in the
very framework of English jurispru.
denoe more radical than have been at
tempted in any State of the country
which has Inherited the English system
of the. common law. We 6nd proposnls
made to abolish all distinctions between
law and equity; to substitute for the un-
written common law a written code, and
to replace the venerable tribunals of the
Queens Bench, the Court of Exchequer
and the Common Pleas with as many
divisions, so-called. of the High Court
of Justice; with presidents to occupy the
seats Of chief Justices and chief barons.
Very recently tho rude besom of reform
has invaded the academic retreats of
Oxfprd aud Cambridge. and even the
statutes OF schools like Eton. Winches:.
ter and Harrow have not escaped IN
overhauling. Finally, within the past
few weeks. NO have had the adoption OF
the ballot in the place Of the immemorial
custom Of piOa Ooce voting. and now the
Gable brings the startling intelligence
that. tired OF waiting for the assent of
the Houae Of Lords to the army bill,
Mr.. Gladstone has procured the aboii-
tion of the system Of purchasing com.
missions in the army by an, exercise OF
the royal prerogatiye. Almost from the