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J; dge Carpenter and Ourselves. Tin* Jupiter Tenant* ot the 5th Circuit, from his Olympian heights, at Coh mbia, fulminated at our devoted head. on yesterday morning, by the hands of one High SherilV and one Depiiy SherilV, a llule, a Bill, an Edict, a Pronuneiamento, commanding us to appear and answer, on Saturday icxt, before his high and honorable Court, for contempt ol the eame, in the publication ol an Editorial article, in December last, concerning his conduct in the matter ot the Injunction, issued by him, against the Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina. IB w we could commit a contempt of Ci urt when we were not in Court at all, and when we knew of no Court being iu season, when we were litiy miles away from Judgo Carpenter, in uikm] er Judge's Circuit, is a problem that we do not profess to understand, ui i: b I lis Honor considers his Court al v ;\ g and every where an object ot ci-liu'ii t i. Wo do not recognize his authority, or ; dmit his jurisdiction. to - - ' 1 summon or drag \ b before hi? august tribunal, and into 1 is frowning pros- j tncc. it' wo have committed any crime against the Ii-wb ol the State, we are answerable foi the flame, before ' the Circuit Court tor Sumter, where we reside, and there we arc ready and ' willing to appear, wl oncvcr necessity i cquires us to do so. I? we have injured ? r wronged Judge Can enter, lie has his remedy, in a suit l?>r Libel, which he c n institute wheni vc r it suits his tremendous pleasure. AN e think it would have been more creditable, to Sheriff* Tindall, to have Moved Judge Carpenter's Rule upon u-, at our Ollice, in and out of which 1 < sees us come and go every day of lis life than to have done so, at our 1 "tm\ where the wl ole community \ news, our family has been down siok, for the past two months, and where our wile has been dangerously ill for m. vera I weeks. W e i sk no quarter 'rom Judge Carpi nter, or Sheriff Tindall, but wo see in* reason, why either ol them should make war upon our afflicted family, tor any fancied injury that we have done tliein.? True Southron. Winning a Eot on Gov. Moses. |< u! espoiulcnce ofthe Augusta Constitutionalist.] I shall begin this f<tcrawl" by telling a little anecdote < f Tim Hurley, a native 01 tlie Hub, and now a representative of the good ]KOplo of Charleston, who, by the way, is shrewd, and excessively fond of a j' kc. A few days since he accosted a wellknown citizen thus: "1 will wager one thousand finest llavai as that Mosos owes every merchant cn Main street, between the State lloi so and the Columbia Ilotel." "Agreed," said P. "Wo will soon test th* matter." Whereupon they .stin ted on their errand of inquiry. 'I he first house entered was the large grocery establishment of Senn & Son. Said Hurley: "Mr. Senn, I am directed by the Governor to settle- the little claim you hold against him: please iuh nil me of the amount. Mr. Senn,delighted, rushed to his ledger, and in the most affable manner, told Tim that-the amount was first for groceries, and ?5 which the Governor had borrowed soon after his inauguration. Hurley recollected that he could not pay the amount until tho next day, when the party went to tho next store,and so on, until the Colum Via Hotel was reached. Every merchant and haberdasher r long the way had claims against his Excellency, many of them exhibiting bandfulls of pay certifioatew which M <>ses had deposited with them over t .vo years since. One poor German, who owns a resin rant and bar, complained that his business must soon perish unless the Governor would pay him for $300 worth ot cigars bought over a year ago. Hurley won his bet, and now with bin pockets well lillcd with cigars, he relates this little incident and offers a "smoke" to all he meets. What Moses does with the large amounts he handles is not known, Ex-Treasurer Parker says he must spend at least $200,000 a yoar and yet he owes everybody, and never lias s cent upon his "honor." A panting deer, chased by hounds i iwne up to a woodman working rear 1 be Umpqua (Oregon) bridge, and utter be had driven the dogs off, tlx deer remained with him all day, allow ing him to fondle it, and appearing tr leel a lively sense of gratitude for tin man's interference in its behalf. It is related that in a certain town ir tlie northern part ol Maine the people \lrpvu twiMinr* i r?r? u/lxm tw .. v.w ..u.?.Ug .. ...vv??d) " " *- '* i> istor remarked that if any present irul rela- ives or friends in distant lands ic.ayers would be offered in their behalf so sooner was the sentence complex than a simple-looking individual aros< and thin addressed the pastor: "? would li^e you to pray lor my brother, II j went away two weeks ago, and haven't heard from him since, I don' know just where ho is but you nee< not pray below JJangor." Douglas oounty, Oregon, boasts o % lady who has been married nin times, ha< eight husbands living, a?< is living with noue of them. Mor than this, Rhe has a daughter whoi now twonty-three years of age, an living with her third husband. _ ^ ?i THE H? i 0 )\IRY NEWS. T. \V. BEATY , r.i>i roit. Z't'.f' 1 Ye arc In no wi.se rtsponsibU ! t'or t/ie. views of our Correspondents, I [TUESDAY, l<i:MUrAKY 24,1874. I * " *= Motting of tho Tax-payors' Convention. This important assemblage of the representative people, who bear the burden of taxation in tins State, met I in Irwin's Hall, Columbia, on Tuesi day, the 17th, at 12 m. | The convention is composed of the highest intellect in tho Slate. Without hesitation it may be said, in truth, that more working brain is now massed I in that convention than has hut. erto assembled in conventions in this State. Every county is fully represented except Horry and Oconee. The convention has gone smoothly to work with a spirit of caliu firmness that shows a detorinimation to con- I aider their grievances in that spirit of peace for which they have assembled, to present the proofs of their ' wrongs in such a clear, succinct, vet overwhelming evidence of facts that now exist in this State, that the ears of the high power of the great "Nation and that sectional part of the nation that enjoy the right of telf-governinenL must not only hearths cries of I t he people of this sect ion of the nation, that ascendeth up continually with gmailings that cannot-be uttered, but will speedily avenge them. The programme mid spirit of the convention is clearly shown in the platform adopted by the convention, and <ho memorial to Congress, o He red I to ihu convention by Col. Richard leathers, of Churlosi on, for its consideration, both of wluoli wo append below: PLATFORM OF TII1C CONV1CNTION. This convention not having been called in the interest of any political p:ir< y ,all polit ival <1 iscussion or a 11 union to the (picsiiuns now agitating the two groat parties existing in the nation would be foreign to the purposes for which it is assembled. jllcsoloed, No resolution or motion of this character or involving i?ueh discussion, will bo received by the convei tion. Jic.soh cd, That, the convention address itself to the consideration of the following subjects: First. To the preparation and adoption of a memorial and address, whereby the people ol the United States can be informed ol the wrongs which we suffer by reason of the frauds and extravagance of our State (Jovoniineiit, and by the total disregard of the interests of the taxpayers, who are not represented, and who are thus deprived ol the advantages of a republican form of government. Second. To the preparation and adoption of Borne mode whereby just punishment can bo visited upon the perpetrators and authors of these lvauds, and whereby the commission tbeaeof can be prevented in future. Third. To the preparation of an address to the people of this State, giving the:n the counsel (it '.his convention sis to the course of conduct they should adopt, ho as ta ameliorate, counteract and prevent the continuance ol the heavvburdens which they now endure. mkmoltlal to congitbss. , To the Congress of the United Suites: > The memorial of taxpayers and cit1 izena ot South Carolina respectfully she wet h : That upon the reconstruction of the State government, and the admission ' of the Senators and Representatives of South Carolina into the Congress ot > the United States, they had just reason . to expect that they would become par; takers of the lights enjoyed by citit zona of the United States and other i Stale governments. They had been taught by the history ot the United States that taxation without representation was tyranny; that our rev obit ion . nry lav hers nail combined u> resist I puch tyranny; and they felt assured , that their pons would never permit any such system to be fastened upon ) their fellow-citizens. It lias nevcrthcj less ('.nine to pass that the government which has been established in South Carolina, under the auspices ot the Congress of the United States, lias 1 been made the instrument ol" effecting 1 this monstrous oppression. That de3 partmcnt of the State government ^ which exercises the taxing power is ,? administered by those who own a mere fraction of'the property of the ^ State. Seven years have now elapsed 3 since the reconstruction ot the State government, and during all that perl od, a inajtnity of the member* of the le gislature own none ol the property winch is \axeo, ana mo remainder own no little that their own pay as members would counterbalance their whole interest as property-holders, f The result has been that those who 0 own ih? properly have no voice in the 1 i^overument, and the taxes on property e have Advanced yearly, until thoy in s many cases consume more than one d halt its income. The expenses of the L | government have advanced from DllRY WEEKLY NE $400,000 before the war, up to $2000,000 at the present time; and the following comparison of leading items of expenditure will best exhibit the change: I 1305-00 1873. ' Salaries - ? $70,481 03 $230,707 30 Public Printing, - 17,440 00 331.045 00 Legislative expenses, 54,337 00 291,330 47 Schools, t - - 0,579 45 301,10137 l'uhllo Asylums, - 25,897 00 128,432 11 Contingent Funis, - 0,092 99 75,033 75 .Sundries, - 82,113 31 298,008 ^5 $200,248 01 $1,717,318 00 Deficiencies, - - 000,000 00 040,328 00 Total, - - $200,248 04 $2,257,010 00 SAI.AKIUS. laOO-'CO. . . $ 70,481 03 18(19. , 137,501 43 187 0 185,830 34 187 1 159,243 84 1872, .... 113,005 42 1873 230,707 30 These abuses aro not confined in the Rnginlativo donart ninll* '* 4 I J ? - * V V IV/ II1U mere raising ae.d expenditure of revenue, but tnvy prevnde the entire conduct of this department. During each year of the cxistanco of the new State government schemes have Ixjen dev,se<l tor issuing State bonds, and Dimming State; debt, which have in six years raised time public debt from live millions to sixteen millions, om! | that without advancing our public work, or adding one dollar to ibo public property. Largo as aro th'so figures there is reason to believe taey do not reaeim time full sum of indebtednesH, i 11 as much is it has so far been found impossible to ascertain the actual obligations which have been issued. Schemes of public plunder have been openly advanced by corrupt measures and the presiding olliecry of j the legislature itself have been base ' enough to issue thousands of dolUrs in certificates for spurious services. Committees have been found tampering with their duties, and there is just, reason to believe that very huge | amounts of bank Dills, fun led by the State to discharge her liability, have i been reissued by the parties entrusted j with their cancellation by the Legis| laturo. In the Judiciary department evils ! equally grievous have been nrodtired . ? > I - ~ indcrthe present State government. The judges all hold their olliees tor a short term, and have notoriously been I elected to serve part y purposes. \\ itli but few exceptions, they are ignorant of the law, and many ot ihem are so i low in moral standing that few of I their neighbors would trust them in private relations. The juries are all drawn by men appointed without relation to eharaeler or merit, and are generally unahla to read or write. The colored eiti/.ens are selected constantly in undue proportion, and with a view to the pay, and the verdicts are often a scandal to a court of justice. In fact, the trial of a civil cause, has ceased to be a trial of right, and has degenerated into a mere manipulation of jurors. In the Executive department all I these evils culminate. It is openly asserted that olliees are the subject of barter; and the manner in which such I olliees are administered proves that | qualification has no inlltn nee on the appointments. In matters under tne I the control ot a single individual it is difficult to prove corruption. But | there is one state of facts which always stands as proof. A large expenditure of money by an ollieial w ho is without any estate and enjoys but a limit fil H!ihn*v iHit -1 lit wlkn.1 tv,i?Ai>/l ? I ? J ) v wvi*- II?7IIUO MVyt'lKI ?V I | doubt tli;it the money must come from i Home irregular source. Kacli of the Governors ol South Carolina since the I reconstruction have been more or less exposed to these susj icious tacts, I which in the case of two ot them have been so prominent as to leave no doubt of corruption. Under the existing state of tilings, it is not possible to expose or punish this corruption. The governor ot the State holds the keys of judicial redress against hiinsolt in his own hands. The judges ate appointed by his friends; the juries are selected by commissioners appointed by him; the very Legislature is returned V?y election commissioners appointed by him; ami thus the whole government is one mass of' self-pro tooling carruplion. In most of the States there might be some chanco of redress through the ballot box. But here again the I State Government interposes an insu j perable barrier. The elections are conducted by persons appointed in the interest ol the otlic.ials; and the return.! are under the 'llwulni feni paI of the paitic? io jjowoi*. Under such circumstances, voting is a mere form, and an election a mere farce. Smarting under such grievances, your memorialists come respectfully to your honarnhte body for some redress. Tl?? government, which thus : oppresses us was virtually established 1 by the United States, and while we do not believe they foresaw the abuses 1 to which it would give rise, we cannot doubt hut that they will assist in removing them as soon as they are satisfied of their existence. We are prepared to prove all that leas 'been asserted, and would willingly subject our proofs to your examination if desired. Hut knowing now as we do that the evils of which wo complain 1 are cert ain in their existence ami are j more likely to increase than to diminish, your memorialists most earnestly i i - i ' - hkk your iiid in pioviuingmo proper remedy. The American Sardine Co.'a Bonei less Sardines are much better, and It as than half the cost of imported sardines. * :\VS: FEBRUARY S The poor people in the Northern cities, especially in the city of New York, are Bulb-ring untold miseries, The honest laboring class are those who suffer most; honest work they cannot obtain, to beg they arc ashamed; and were they to do so, it would avail but little, as the good people, though willing to dispense their charily to relieve honest suffering, are so often imposed on by the professional beggar that the hand is palsied that would freely give. The wealthier class have become convinced that something must bo done, and in confirmation ot their convictions they are moving with that alacrity that ahows a noble t'hristian spirit. Jam' Gordon Bennett, the owner . Jie New York Herald, has give* *25,000 to establish free soup hoe 8 throughout the city, and other aro ?ot slow to follow the exatnrc% ^ would appear that the gre*t0sl possible charity that could b' oestowed on this class of people who are able and willing to irork, but cannot get einployment in the city, would be to pay their and their families' way out West and South, where labor is wanted and living cheap. But New York seems to regard this people as peculiarly her own, and to adopt this plan would he to get rid of her really good people of the poorer classes and retain the rubbish. A Colored Preacher Sent to tho Penitentiary. The I'ev. David Howard, colored is one ol the convicts just sentenced by the Superior Court of this county to serve a leim ot live years in the Slate penitentiary. The prisoner states that lie is now a Methodist preacher, but that he formerly performed the same functions in the Baptist church. In an evil hour he; abandoned his sacred calling and took to stealing, thinking ^ ro? r5 *.4 - I 1 1 . . \ 1 - - u wuiuii |>:iy oeiier; aim a anon, term in the county work-house did not have t he desired effect of turning him hack to the path of rectitude and honesty, hut rather scorned to stimulate the wicked propensities which had been aroused in his nature, lie again embarked on his career of crime, escaping defection until he got to dabbling in tar a lew weeks since, a llal-loud ol whiich he stole from ltock Springs wharf, when he got stuck. He will now have ample time, in the quiet shades of private life which will be vouchsafed him in the penitentiary, tc rollect upon the fact, which must now be apparent to him, that verily and truly "the way ot the transgressor is hard "? Wilmington /Star. Wonder what next? We had no idea that tar was so scarce, or precious in tlse Old North State that a little could not be spared for religious put poses ; doubtless the Kev. gentleman well understood that tar was a necessary ingredient to make his "aarmouts' stick. True, it would appear that the quantity was a little too heavy; but on the other hand no, doubt, his religious discourses were heavy and required much sticking; and yet lor this small peccadillo necessary to the good of the great purpose in which the Kev. gentleman was engaged, the neo plo of North Carolina make a great fusf aiul take it away up to ltalcigh! Wi will not say i his action savors of relig ions persecution, but we call it small Now here in South Carolina, to show that we reverence religion ami are ir no wiso disposed to trifle with "holy' things, we not only applaud our Gov ernor (or stealing four whole pages o Dr. Hall's writings, but admire the in gennity displayed by him in working and worming them into his religioui lectures, and with anthems loud, w< sing the tune that old Joe Johnson d'u when Sumter's flag was hauled down "We bet our money on the bob-tailet hoss." (For the Ilorry News] OoLUMWA, S. O., ) Feb. lOth, 1 874. f Mr. Editor:?I notice that in youi editorial remarks (in regard to the ex tension of the time lor the collcctioi ot the taxes, &c.,) contained in you !?ailO ilf tlin i 11 ut t'Aii AAiioiinn i V?lV? U VI I llnii ^ > wit V< v I i O U I \J 1 strong terms the Legislature in gen oral, ami each individual member t particular, and recommend them toth "kind regards" of their constituent in the next election. Now I thin! Mr. Editor, had you known the fact ami circumstances in connection wit the case, you would not have bee quite so severe. When the tax-levy bill was on il passage in the House, there was clause inserted authorizing and r quiring the Governor and the Comj troller-Gcneial to extend the time f< collecting the taxes to the first < March. The Senate, in its wisdor [ struck out that clause. I asked sou T\ 24, 1874. i ot the Senators why they did I They \ r said to let that clause remaiu\wovdd \ . ' retard the collection of the taxd*, coti* 1 ; j wequently they struck it out <rith the \ understanding that ample time should y i be given for the collection of the tax' . , before the penalty was attached^ tjie ^ I The bill to extend tho tygignodly ? i collo.-.tion ol lastos wtHl' of timCi kept back to the la?lle am, (orce tllL. ' so as to scare the 1 colic ition jf ^ ami ratified 'J ! The hill 1 , /ery day the penally was to I until j? 1 his your representatives are i ^ responsible for. j ' Ah soon as the bill was passed Mr. I Cooper interviewed the Comptrollerj General in regard to extending the j time in Ilorrjt, The Comptroller told ( him he had already instructed MrDurham to extend the time to the | seventh of March. So I don't think any ot our constituents have suffered | materially from our neglect. I mention these facts, not that I am I at all anxious in regard to a re-eleci tion, but. to show that I have been . j true to my promise to serve my constituent^ to the best of my ability, and hope in the end to merit their well done. Respectfully, J. K. Dusenukkt. No reply is necessary to the above; the open confession that "the bill to extend the timo for the collection of j taxes," was purposely kept from the knowledge of tax payers, with a view "to scare the people and force the colj lection of taxes," is sufficient proof i that the Legislature could not trust the pcoplo with, to them, this important knowledge that would at once i have relieved them from harrassing i thoughts by day, and night-mare by night, from which they awoke with the picture of ruin staring them in the , face. This confession has placed ns ; i in an awkward position, as wo were i | in hopes the assertion, though broad, 1 j would be taken with a proper degree j of modification towards our own mem. I bers, hut the confession is more prool ; I than we cared to bring out. I KIN D WoliDS. 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In the country, miles from physician or apothecarv, the Pain Killer is cherished as the exelusivef anacea, and it never deceives. "Perry Davis, Pain-Kii.t.er is really a r valuable medicament, and, unlike most of the articles of the day, is used by many physicians. If is parliculnrly desirable In locations where n physicians are not near,?and, by keeping it t hand, families will often save the necessity i sending out at midnight fer a doctor. A 11 bottle should be kept in every house." Boston TraxcWtr ' "We have tested the Paix-Kilt.er. and aso sure our readers that it not only possesses all s the virtues claimed for it, but in many install. ces surpasses any other remedy we have ever t, known,"?li<ra\d of Gasm\ Liberia. !' Land for Sale or Rent. T offer for Sale at a bargain that plan* tation and tract ot land, where J. 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