The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-25

! SonTH CAROLINA. very clear, CO.
gent and judicious memorial OF the tax.
payers Of South Carolina, published By
US yesterday, must attract the attention
OF the whole nation. It is good for the
south aud good for the nation that the
outrsges OF the negro government Of
that State are made the subject of pa.
per OF so much dignity and force. As
long as they were left to letter. writer's
and newspaper editorial accounts of the
expressions OF property holders and the
governmental corruptions of the Pal
metto State, they were probably reod
only to be forgotten. The impression
made was little more enduring than the
mark Of the breath upon the mirror.
But this voice from South Curol:na is go
solemn, 80 earnest, SO dignifedly dis
tresslng. made 80 venerable by misery,
tnat II must be respected, aud must ex-
CITE sympathy IN the most hardened
whlte mans heurt. Iu the cours. OF
luis remarkable memorial, the authors
provo tue Justice OF their cry for protec-
ton by giving d table Of expenses Of
government in 1S65-66 and in 1873.
Ihe memorial states that the expenses
OF the government of South Carolina
have advanced from $40N. 600 before the
war to ", O00, 900 ut the present time,
and then follows the table for the wears
above mentioned. This enormous in.
crease of expenditure, the taxation il
onuses upon an impoverished people,
whose property has greatly declined in
value and in production, cannot be en-
dured. Some relief must be given a
people 80 oppressed, aud whose condi-
ton muet grow yearly worse under the
government they now have. The tax
payers have taken the right course-the
only alternative left them, save that of
fleeing from the State. They have laid
their complaints at the door of Con-
gress. that gave them the government OF
which they so justly complain. If there
10 Justice in the National Government,
IL cannot turn deaf ear to such COM
plants. How exceedingly contemptl-
Die were the grievances of our ancestors
Ia '76, compared with those of the white
people OF South Cardinal Never be.
fore in the history of the world were q
civilized people placed by laws. made by
thelr own race, under barbarouc rule.
lt ID the greatest national crime that was
ever perpetrated. -Richmond Dispatch.
| INSURANCE COMPANIES. During the
past year tho Carolina Life Insurance
Company has ceased to do business in
this State, having been consolidated
with the Southern Life Insurance Com
pany; and the Andes Fire Insurance
| company has become insolveut, aud the
depos oslted bonds sold under order of
Hon. Z. f. Graham. Judge OF the First
Circuit, for the benefit of its creditors,
oy the Comptroller General. The u Union,
OF San Francisco, cancelled its policies
and withdrew from the State.
The following named companies ure
doing business in this Sta u at the pre-
sent time: LJe-Etnn. Hartford, Conn;
Life Association OF America, ST. Louis,
NO.; Brooklyn, of New York; South
ern. or Memphis, Tenn. Universal Of
n. T.; ST. Louis Mutual, of ST. Louis,
Mo-; Security Life Insurance aud An
nuity Company. of New York; Pied.
mont and Arlington, of Richmond. Va
New York. of New York; Knickerbocker,
of New York; Cotton States, of Macon,
g. i E--:-:...-c:::l, GO E..::tec-a.
Conn; Georgia Home, of Columbus:
Orient Mutual, of New York; Liverpool
aad Lonacn and Globe, nf L.ondon.
England; Niagara, of New York; Ma.
tional. Of Baltimore, Md; Franklin, of
Philsdelphia. Pa; Germania, Of New
York; London Assurance Corporation,
England; Citizens, of New York; Rich
mond Banking and Insurance Company,
OF Virginia; North British oud Mercan.
tile, of London; E.na. of Hartford,
Conn; Manhattan, of New York; PLr.
nix, Of Hartford, Conn; Old Donin-
ion, of Richmond, Va; Imperial, of
London. England; Amazon. of Cincin-
natl, Ohio; Insurance Company of
North America, Philadelphia. Pa; Pho
nix. of Brooklyn, N. Y; Home, OF New
York; Union, of Baltimore, Md; Con-
tinental. of New York. The Niagara, of
New York, is the only company that hns
deposited Uuited States registered stock.
Gon. Lewis T. Wigfall, WHO died in
Galveston, Texas. on Wednesday last,
was well-kuown throughout this conn