The Daily Phoenix from Columbia, South Carolina • 3

SHEET. A. Stone Falla from the Sky, with Character? Engrartd upon lt. Mr. James Lumley, an old Rocky Mountain trapper, who has been stopping at the Everett House for several days, makes a most remark? able statement to us, and one whichj if authenticated, will produce the greatest excitement in the scientific world.

Mr. Lumley states that about the middle of last September, lie was engaged in trapping in the mountains, about seventy-five or one hundred miles above the great falls of the Upper Missouri, and in the neighbor? hood of what is known as Cadotte's Pass. Just after sunset one evening, he beheld a bright luminous body in the heavans, which was moving with freat rapidity in an Easterly direction, was plainly visible for at least five seconds, when it suddenly separated into particles, resembling, as" Mr. Lumley describes it, the bursting of a sky-rocket in the air. A few minutes later, he heard a heavy explosion, which jarred the earth very percepti? bly, and this was shortly after fol? lowed by a rushiug sound, like a tor? nado sweeping through the forest.

A strong wind sprung up about the same time, but ns suddenly subsided. The air was also filled with a peculiar odor of a sulphurous character. These incidents would have made but slight Impression on the mind of Mr. Lumley, but for the fact that on the ensuing day he "discovered, at a distance of about two miles from his camping place, that, as far as he could see in either direction, a path had been cut through the forest, several rods wide-giant trees uprooted or broken off near the ground-the tops of hills shaved off, and the earth plowed up in many places. Great and wide-spread havoc was every- where visible.

Following up this track of desolation, he soon ascer? tained the cause of it in the shape of an immense stone that had been driven into the side of a mountain. But now comes the most remarkable part of the story. An examination of this stone, or so much of it as was visible, that it had been di vided into co apartments, and that, in various places, it was carved with curious hieroglyphics. More than this, Mr. Lumley also discovered frag ments of a substance resembling glass, and here and there dark stains, as though caused by a liquid.

He is confident that the hieroglyphics were thc work of human hands, and that the stone- itself, although but a frag? ment of an immense body, must have been used for some purpose by ani? mated beings. Strange as this story appears, Mr. Lumley relates it with so much sin? cerity that we are forced to accept it as true. It is evident that the stone which he discovered was a fragment of the meteor which was visible in this section in September last. It will be remembered that it was seen in Leavenworth, in Galena, and in this city by Col.

Bonneville. At Lea? venworth, it was seen to separate in particles or explode. Astronomers have long held that it is probable that the heavenly bodies are inhabited-oven the comets-and it may be that the meteors are used as a means of conveyance by the inhabi? tants of other planets, in exploring space, and it may be that hereafter some future Columbus, from Mercury or Uranus, may land on this planet by means of a meteoric conveyance, and take full possession thereof-as did the Spanish navigators of tho new world in 1402, and eventually drive what is known as the "human race" into a condition of the most abject servitude. It has always been a favorito theory with many that thoro must be a race superior to us, and this may at some future time be de? monstrated in thc manner we have Louis Democrat. JFVuuuV in Hie New York Cuttoin Henge.

Private information had been given to the United States Commissioner and Assistant District Attorney of the Eastern District of Brooklyn, to the effect that certain parties liad attempt? ed to fraudulently export three hun? dred barrels of "alcohol out of New York without paying the tax, and de? tectives were at once pat on their track. After considerable difficulty the plot was discovered, and the names of all the parties concerned are now known to the United States officials. The following are ah the facts connected with the case that we are at liberty to publish for thc pre? sent Tho three hundred ban-els in ques? tion were originally owned by tho firm of Cuthbert Cunningham, extensive distillers in the Eastern District, who have also bonded warehouses for the storage of bonded goods. They sold the goods tc a mmcd Bentham Fabian, ostensibly from Bichmond, who bonded the goods in the custom house for exportation on board a ves? sel called the Anemon, which was registered in the usual form. This entry of the goods in the custom house was made in the came of Rich? ard Clancy, who turns out to be a mythical character, having existence only in the fertile imagination of the chief actors in the fraudident transac? tion.

Clancy's name appeared on the shipping papers, and three bonds were given, with tv sureties each one for the shipment of one hundred and seventy barrels, one for one hun? dred and thirteen, and another for seventeen-making in all three hun? dred barrels. The date of the entry was October 10, and the bonds were actually filled up and assigned at the custom house on that day, which I could not have been the case bad not some of the entry clerks been in col? lusion with the perpetrators of the fraud. The entry sets forth that the alco? hol was in the bonded warehouse of Cuthbert Cunningham, the origi? nal owners of tho goods. This cir? cumstance appeared rather suspicious, and was the first link to connect the firm of Cuthbert Cunningham with the transaetion. Again, the order for tho delivery of the goods to Fa? bian was endorsed by this firm, with? out which enrlorscment tho goods could not have been delivered.

The six names signed to the bonds, like that of Clancy, also turn out to be mythical individuals, which proves that at least one or more clerks in the custom house have been privy to the whole transaction, as the law requires that sureties signing bonds for the export of bonded goods must come forward in person and qualify as to their solvency but in this case it turns out that the six names signed to the bonds are fictitious, no such persons having a local habitation 01 name in the community. The names of the parties in th? custom house who have lent them? selves to this gross swindle are knowr to the officers of the United States Marshal, and in a few days some o'. the most startling developments ii connection with this case are expect ed to be unfolded to the public. York Herald, 28th. A Ilea II j- National Thanksgiving.

The President of the United State: has designated Thursday, the 7th December, as a day cf nationa thanksgiving, when the people are render thanks for many blessings but particularly for this: that "it ha pleased Almighty God, during th year which is now coming to an end to relieve our beloved country fron thc fearful scourge of civil war, to permit us to secure the blessing of peace, unity and harmony, with great enlargement of civil liberty. The choice of thc day and of th terms in which the proclamation i worded has its significance, and show the original bent President John son's mind. People may wonder wh; it is that thc anniversary is change' from the last week in November the first week in December. Th reason is obvious to us, and will recognized as cogent and proper all. It is simply this: Congress meet on the first Monday in Decembei just three days before Thanksgiving Our practical-minded President is termmed that then, for the first tim in four years, the representatives every State in the Union shall seats in the great council chamber the nation; and he realizes that it only when that is accomplished, whe thc States are rehabilitated, whe North and South meet together agai in amity, that a real true nation thanksgiving can be observed, there be any obstacle sought to be ii terposed to the organization of Coi gross by fanatics who are resolved 1 clothe the negro with all politic rights, Mr.

Johnson will be justifie iu having such obstacles aside, in order that the people of tl United States may enjoy their natio: al thanksgiving. It is a capital ide worthy of the bead that gave bir toit. In its terms, too, the is note-worthy. The President do not speak of the attainment of most comprehensive civil libertie but he does speak ul the attainmc of "a great enlargement of civil li erty." The former would have ei braced tho dogma of negro suffrag and President Johnson has not given in his adhesion to it. But recognizes that in thc abolition negro slavery tho country has large advanced in the way of civil liberty Taking these views of the selects of Thanksgiving Day, and of terms used in the proclamation, we think that they will meet the hearty approval of all good citizens, and thc people, anc! South, will hail it as the beginning of an era of good fellowship and unwavering York Herald.

Thc Lynchburg Freedmen. Mr. Wm. M. Burwell, who is en? gaged in writing a series of letters from the Sonth to the National Intel? ligencer, gives tho following account of the condition and prospects of the freedmen of Lynchburg and neigh? borhood, in a recent letter to that pa? per But this social condition is not so much changed after all.

The negro is the laborer and the menial as be? fore. He now collects his own hires, with which to pay his own rent, cloth? ing, taxes, and doctor's bills. In other respects, his relation to his for? mer master has undergone very little alteration. The Freedmen's Bureau here seems to bo in perfect accord with the people, and the problem de? volves for solution upon those alone interested-the citizen and negro. Li this matter, the Bureau and the mili? tary authorities have perhaps under? gone a conviction similar that of General Slocum and others who have been for some years in the South, and have thereby become familiar with the tine relation of the races.

With the first occupation of Lynchburg, ah was confusion. The negroes crowd? ed from the country with the most exaggerated ideas of their new con? dition. Orders were issued requiring their former owners to feed and em? ploy them. Rations were issued to those who applied for them. This produced an interruption of the farm? ing operations, which threatened a famine.

A new set of orders were is? sued, a little more stringent upon the negro. He was excluded from the city, or put to work if he came. The people employed the negroes upon terms satisfactory to them, and the authorities enforced the contracts. Hence, all parties seem very well sa? tisfied, and the authorities seemed dis? posed to entrust the negro to the care of those who have reared him and who understand his industrial constitution better than any amateur can possibly do, however high may be his science upon this subject. It is proposed that the fanners shall hold a convention at which the regulations of labor and the condition of the negro shall be reduced to a practical system, and presented to the Legislature for en? actments.

In further connection with the negro subject, it may men? tioned that a very intelligent colored roan, named Mark Nuckles, has or? ganized a party of about one hundred and sixty colored persons, mostly men, among whom are many valuable me? chanics. This party intend to emi? grate to Liberia. They have received aid and encouragement from the Colonization Society, and will make the experiment of regenerating Africa under the most favorable circum? stances. PuEsiDENT JOHNSON'S POSITION. The substance of President Johnson's remarks on the subject of reconstruc? tion in the Southern States, during a recent private interview with him, is given, with the President's approval, by Major George L.

Stearns, of Mas? sachusetts. The President, in reply to the remark that the Democrats claimed that he had gone over to them, intimated that the party discovered that he in advance of it, and that it was trying to come up to his standard, and he hoped it would succeed in doing so. He re enunciated his doctrine that, notwith? standing the so-caiied secession of certain States, they were never out of the Union, but that by their rebel? lious course they had forfeited their civil government, to reconstruct the machinery of which, as soon as prac? ticable, he considers thc chief duty of thc time. This, he says, cannot be done in a moment but such great and happy progress is being made in it that the results sometimes appear to him like a dream. He did not ex? pect to forever deprive of their for? mer civil rights even a majority of those who were excluded in the am? nesty proclamation but he intended that they should sue for pardon, and thus realize the enormity cf their crime.

He is in favor of allowing those negroes who have served in the army, those who can read and write, and those who arc possessed of cer taiu other qualifications, to vote, but does not think it is politic or that ho has the right to force these conditions on the people of the South, though ho believes that they will, ere long, concede this privilege to the freed? men. The President also favors bas? ing representation in Congress on the number of qualified voters, instead of on population, as at present. A REMEDY FOE Old Indian" writes to the Times: "Permit one who has had consider thc of cholera in India to describe a simple and, in eight cases ont of ten, an effectual remedy, possibly of equal value in this temperate climate, as it certainly is in the tropical. The spe? cific was introduced, with the assist? ance of Government, a Dr. Honin burgher in Calcutta, during a period (1857 and 1858) when the ravages of cholera were really awful.

At the time above quoted, I had an interest in an Indigo forty-two miles from Calcutta; many entire faniilies of the ryots were swept away by the dis? ease, and I had a quantity of mdigo seed lying in their huts, which they were unable or, from a fatalist feeling of terror, were unwilling to put into the ground. Government at this time had provided Dr. Honninburghor with a building for a cholera hospital, to test the merits of his treatment, a weekly of cases being published. I vent to Calcutta, introduced myself to the doctor, saw his practice at the hospital, and returned to the factory with a pair of lancets and a bottle of tincture of quassia, with which I at once inoculated three natives, ail of I whum appeared to be in a very hope? less state. Two recovered, as usual, very rapidly, the third sank, being too far gone before I arrived.

The native doctor, or hakim, was aston? ished, and pronounced it to be like 'badu1 (witchcraft,) and entreated me to instruct him in the mystery, which I very gladly did, and he practised it with astonishing success. At other parts of the country in the North? west provinces my efforts with the quassia were the rneanK of saving several fives, one of a servant whom I much valued. I could quote many instances were it needful, but fearing to trespass on the fair amount of space you may accord to this letter, let me add, that the inoculation may be done by anybody with sense enough to avoid making an incision into one of the principal veins, the quassia is dropped into the wound, the body should be shampooed, and nothing given to the patient but cool water in small quantities. Cramps rapidly cease, and fair circulation of the blood is restored, the invariable exclamation of the invalid on recovering consci? ousness being 'Hum gvrhm hola (I'm getting warm,) with a great sigh of relief a relapse during the first few hours may be feared; in such a case a second inoculation in two or more places must be perfomed. THE WIDOW OF THE POET MOORE.

On September 4, at Sloperton Cot? tage, Mrs. Moore, widow of the late Thomas Moore, author of "Lalla Rookh," aged sixty-eight. This is an announcement that one of the last roses of a glorious summer has at length disappeared. Fow are now left of the brilliant company who adorned the early part or the nine? teenth century, and whose names are famous in our literature. Among those names, none is or will be held in more kindly remembrance than that of the lady to whom the poet Moore gave his heart.

Moore not i only loved her-he was proud of her; and it is delightful to see in his letters and in his diaries with what eagerness he sounded her He writes to his mother in 1813: "You cannot imagine what a sensa? tion Bessy excited at the ball the other night. She was prettily dressed, and certainly looked very beautiful. I never saw so much admiration ex? cited. It everybody almost that sees her how like the form and expressions of her face ara to Cata lini's!" And so through all his letters and journals, he is never tired of referring to her-quoting what she said, teaing what she did, describing how she looked, and recording how she was admired. He married her in 1811, and lier history is surnniecl up in this one phrase-that she was the delight of his life.

She does not appear to I occupy a great place in his poetry; but it is one cd' thc curious traits of many a poet that ho is excited to sing less by the mistress of his heart than I by some imaginary heroine, or by some beauty that kindles a passing name. Mrs. Moore was not a Lesbia, nor a Beatrice, nor a Laura, nor a Highland Mary, destined in song to live forever; but as much as any of these, if not more, she was a poet's idol. She died at 3 o'clock on the morn? ing of Monday last. She was sensi? ble to the end; she knew that she was dying; and she said that she was quite happy.

She was thi; last that re? mained to us of the Moore family. Times, Sept. 8. A SHERIFF AND HIS AID KILLED. The gland jury of the County of Ce dar having found an indictment fo murder against two men, named to and Earnest, a capias was placed in fho bands of Captain John ter, Sheriff of the County, to arrest the m.

The Sheriff having summoned six men to assist him in making the ar? rest, proceeded about twelve miles from Stockton, on the road, where they came to the house in which Stow was. The sheriff and two of his assistants entered the house and found Stow in bed he then went to the foot of the bed, and lay? ing his hands on Stow, said "I am the sheriff of Cedar County-you are my prisoner." At that instant Stow fired, the ball entering Captain Payn? ters heart, killing him instantly. Lieut. Harvel, one of the men sum? moned to assist Paynter, was stand? ing at his back, when Stow fired a second time, killing Harvel. Mr.

Noble, another of the aids, who was in the room at the time, fired three times at Stow, but without effect. A party of men, supposed to be friends to Stow, were seen approach? ing the house, which had been guard? ed outside by thc remainder of the aids but owing to the excitement occasioned by the killing of the she? riff and Lieut. Harvel, Stowe made his escape about an hour afterwards the house containing some two or three doorways. Capt. Paynter was an active busi? ness man, and waa much esteemed by his fellow-citizens.

He formerly be? longed to the 6th Missouri Cavalry (Mo) Sentinel, Gih. THE CHOLERA rx Paris correspondent of the London Times writes, October 7 There is no doubt that the cholera has been in Paris for several days past. It is not easy to obtain a correct ac? count of the cases. Two day3 ago there were from forty to fifty in the hospitals, and about twenty deaths. It is said to have been brought to Monmartre by a person just arrived from Marseilles, and who was the first victim.

It has also made its appear? ance here and there in some of the neighboring villages. Those who were first attacked were persons suf? fering from illness or destitution. About fifty or sixty cases were re? ported yesterday. From various accounts it would ap? pear, however, that the cases are iso? lated, and up to the present time do not present an epidemic character, and the average mortality is compara? tively low. It is eertain that at this season there is always more or less of cholera in Paris.

The change in the temperature for the last few days, with a cold breeze in the morning evening, justifies the hope that thff malady not assume any great pro? portions. 'The information we have received, observes a well-informed Paris paper, 'enables ns to state that, if there exist isolated cases of there is not at the present any appearance of epidemic. The considerable lower? ing of the temperature cannot fail to make the few cases of the malady disappear. DIRECT IMPORTATION INTO ST. Lons.

Tl ie St. Louis Democrat says that a merchant loft that city on Tuesday, commissioned by a half dozen firms to visit the markets of Great Britain, to make purchases of bi-carbonate of soda, sal-soda, soda ash, caustic soda, Scotch pig iron, and Liverpool salt, and charter a vessel to bring tho same to New Orleans. Arrangements have been mad? for one of the steamers of the Atlantic and Mississippi steam? ship hue to receive the load of thc vessel without its discharge upon the wharf of New Orleans. It is esti mated that the cost of freight from Liv? erpool to St. Louis will not be great? er than the cost from New York to St.

Louis. AN IMPORTANT New York Court of Appeals, reversing the decision of the Supreme Court, de? cides that shares in national banks are taxable by State authority, al? though the capital is invested iii the Government bonds. The point ad? judged is, that although Government securities arc not taxable in the hands of individuals, yet when they are as? signed to a national bank ami used as the basis banking, the tax is upon the new uso and not upon thc securi? ties. Thc cases will be removed to the Supreme Court of the United States, and it is expected that a final decision will be obtained in December next. It is stated that Dr.

Tonrrette, of Paris, died in Toulon almost imme? diately after his arrival. He had gone there expressly to try a cure of cho lera by cold water, but had no oppor? tunity of commencing his experiments before he himself was carried off..