The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-10

tho County Treasurer of that County:
"On Wednesday, just before dinner,
Auditor Mobley brought to us list of
what he said the County Treasurer re-
ported to him as delinquent tax.pay-
ers, with the request that the Auditor
athx his signature to it as correct. The
list occupied ten pages of letter paper,
and, upon a rough estimate we made
ct the time, contained about 250 per-
sons in this County who had not paid
their taxes. The aggregate amount,
we think, was over $1,000. Il might
have been more. The Auditor told US
there were names on that list who had
always paid their debts, and he be.
lieved they had paid their taxes, aud
before he would sign it he would pub.
llsh tue list and request those who hold
receipts against it to present them to
him, in order that the errors, il uny,
may be corrected. We laid the list
upon our table and went to dinner.
During our absence. j. ". Vinson
came into the Office und sat down at
the table to write an advertisement for
the County Commissioners Soon
alter he left, George f. rnxberry, the
clerk or assistant of the County rrea-
surer. came into the Office, and, utter
asking for ns, stole the list from our
table, and the next morning, Mohley,
the Auditor, Byron, the County Trea.
surer, aud Tnxberry. his clerk, started
for Columbia"
The Times has it on good authority
that the ac!4a! amount ot The dg!:;-
quent taxes in the Comfy il only
about 500. while tLo Treasurer re-
ports it 1T Sl1 200, and thinks there is
something dark in tho transaction.
ColOred Cadet Smith, Of court-mar.
tlal fame. who has progressed ~ fur Us
the second class at the Military Acadu-
my, has not had very happy time ut
that institution. None of the white
cadets have ever ASSOCIATED with him,
and his only intimate has been an
other colored cadet. in different
class, who has been equally ostraclzed. i.
Among the appointments this year
were iour youths of African descent;
one from Massachusetts. being nearly
white. another from South Carolina,
being conspicuously black, and the
other two being of intermediate color.
The hope presented to the two, al
ready acclimated, of M extension of
the colored social circle, has been dis
appointed by the rejection OF all four
OF the recent appointments. From all
appearances mixed schools do not
HonrIsh even under national auspices
Cannot man edit u Radical paper
in the South and be honest: So far
this coLundrnm has been dead against
the editors Of Radical papers. The
latest answer in the negative comes
from Gainesville. where, we believe,
the only Republican paper in Georgia
is published. Mr.. Wm. l.. Davis, the
proprietor Of the Advertiser, hns BEEN
arrested upon warrant charging him
with being n common cheat aud
swindler." His offence seems to lie in
series of successful swindling enter
priaes conducted against the merchants
Of Gainesville and his printers.
Au1usta Chronicle an! S:.niusi.
The Tichborne trial was, no doubt.
OF great value to the British nation as
subject of talk and speculation. but
we doubt If it was worth what it cost.
The treasury return. lately issned. pre-
sents the bill Cor this luxury, inc!ud-
ing the items Of counsel fees, wit.
nesses. jury, short hand writers, print.
ing. NC The whole :oots MP to cx-
actly c55. .3l5 It's. Id, taking no ac-
count Of the value of the time Of the
court and officials which was used ND.
y magnificent feather cloak was
wasted when King Lunalilo was
buried. They wrapped him ir it,
though it was worth SlOO,O 900; as if q
cheaper article would not have served
the distinguished corpse as we'll. A
million OF birds of rare plnmage were
sacrificed to furnish the material OF
which this gorgeous garment was
made, nnd it had been handed down
to Lnnalilo through generations Of
| royal chief.ains.
y London letter says of the Cars
visit: ALI the efforts which have been
made to galvanize public opinion into
show of cordial welcome have con-
spicuously failed; aud the cold civility
with which his Majesty was every
where received, was unmistakable.
The Duke Of Edinburgh's marriage
has never been popular. and it is to be
feared that it may be fruitful source
OF Inconvenience, and, possibly, even
danger"
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