The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-23

FAN Observation-Disclosures
!q fty Supporter DiSnug Oodtt.Bn Fri.
Gay last id the case Of: The State ps.
Edward Booth, now pending, to compel
defendant to pay his license tax. The
|court adjddged that Mr.. Booth had yio-
laee1 anaorder OF the court, for which
image Hawkins sentenced him TO bo
|,oon naned In the pasish prison for twenty
|i9nr hours and 3to pay ane OF twenty
From the present attitude of many of
the eitizens Of our city to the State 90.
!atnnaent. the case naturally excited the
ptoloundesl Interest. and the decree OF
the court in aning Mr. Booth and send
ing him to prison, naturally created q
wide spread sympathy. According to
Instructions, Mr.. Booth was imprisoned
on Friday, at o'olouk P. NJ, for twenty.
four hours.
On Saturday morning it was agreed
among his immediate personal friends.
the members OF the tax resisting associa.
ton and their sympathizers, to make a
grand demonstration. at the hour of his
release, and escort him to his place of
business, to show their sympathies, and
Ia what appreciation he was held for
having become the object OF an oppres.
sion, in the defence of his personal
rights.
Before the hour OF his release. n larga
oonconrse Of people assembled beiosa
ths doors OF the prison, to hail the do.
iiverance of the prisoner, and the ante.
room was thronged with friends anxious
to proffsr the hand of sympathy and
oondolence. Presently, at i O'clock.
Captaln Freneaux approached Mr.
Booth and told him that he was free.
Taking the aTm oi MF. E. J. Ellis. MFR.
Booth filed out of the room and stepped
into carriage in waitilg, amid ronsino
cheers aud stirring air from the band.
The carriage led off. followed by the
oand and tue large concourae of people.
who gradually fell into an orderly line OF
tWos, to the number Of about 400.
on the way, tho marching assembly
gave repeated and loud cheers. which
were vociferous on beholding an effiey at
tue corner OF Camp and Gravier streets.
hung to telegraph pole. All exclaime ed
.fhat's Kellogg! That's Kellogel" and
the cheers were renewed. From thence
The th3y was taken to the corner Of
Magazine aud Gravier. and again strung
tup, this time to lamp.post. Here a
large crowd gathered, when some one
applied match to the effigy, and it
was IN short time entirely destroyed.
The carriage containing Mr.. Booth
drove to the door OF his place of business,
and, on alighting from the vehicle. the
crowd called loudly upon him for an ad-
dress. to which he gave heed by mount.
ing a'box and motioning for silence. He
thanked The assembly for the grand de.
monstration which they had made on the
event Of his release, but regarded the
fervor rather to tho merits of the .princi-
pies which we're involved, than feeling
appertaining to his case Individually. he
denounced tho steps taken against him
as move showing that the most sacrsi
rights OF the people were jeopardized,
and that the present administration was
arrayed against the liberty OF the people:
that they bad been outraged, and that it
now devolved npon them to rel list. by
every legitimate means, the advances of
this oppression. he cited to them the
fact that their cause was now before the
congress Of the people-the nation itself
--and not that body termed Congress
whioh assemble at Washington. Tie
people OF this country would eventually
ory against the wrongs now being per-
hstrateas and they would be Adjusted
He exhorted them to remember that
Hetsrnai vigilance is the price of liberty" !"
and that to lie supineiy dormant was to
see evory vestige of freeman's boon
swept from them. Mr.. Booth closed his
remarks by saying: This is a State
where men know their own rights, and
knowing them, dare defend them"
Coionel Smith took the stand, and, in
the name OF Mr. Booth, requested that
tho crowd now RETRO, at the same time
urging them to be prepared aud neryed
to their work, aud il occasion demand,
let the halter be applied to him who
would bo tho despoilcr OF peoples IL.
berty. y.-Nsw Orleans Times.
A REMARKABLE CAsE.-About three
weeks ago colored man by tho namo of
George Mcfarland. residing on the cor.
ner OF Seventh and Bladen streets. acei.
dentally stuck small lichtwnnd anlintnr