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$8fe&- *' :W. - W"''-: ---iv * . *.' .J ; . '.-^w '" ".'- ;* '-v. v 'fe* '. *-?' ' "t;- ^fcc . > ' : , ?.. - ^ .: \ v.; .V, "' " ^ J ^ ^ ' , . y' ' </." '. ^ ^ '. . ? ? __ ;_ gg-BBB? ggjgggMg^ ,..^^,,..,.,nn,....im. ^ ' ' " ^ VOLUME XXYL CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY MORNIN^ 17, 1867. . 3 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THOMAS AY. PEGUES. TP.IIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION" Three Dollars a year Casii?Four Dollars fUT(payment is delayed three months. KATES Of ADVKUTJSINfi, l'KIt SQUARE. For the first insertion. Si.50: for the second, Si.00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Scmi-montldy, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance front tran sicnt advertisers, and as soon as tlie work is done, front regular customers Contracts made for yearly and half-yearly ndvcrtisingvlfpayablo ^quarterly) made on . niodetut-e^wtas.v' . . ' ->nV; LETTER TO GOVERNOR ORR. '' AYixxsboro, S. C., .September 27, 1SG7. To Ilh Excellency Governor James L. Orr. Rtt> YnnI1AV0 oililrnscnil nn rifilalnl. letter to Gen.._ Sickles, in which you thank him for his administration while ruler of this State. This you do on behalf of those you "represent." 'My astonishment at your course is only exceeded by my mortification in ..finding my State so misrepresented by you in your official capacity. I would call your' attention to the following public acts of Geii. Sickles, and ask whether you consider the author of thcui worthy of commendation: Before the Act of July created General Sickles military despot of the Carol in as, he on his owy authority, enacted: 1. That negroes should sit on Ju-_ rics. 2. That negroes should riuc in first -class cars, and steamboat staterooms. 3. That negroes should vote at all ! .elections. 4. That negroes should be eligible O # C to all offices in the State, including that which you now hold. 5. That no elections should beheld except with his imperial permission. He also committed the following acts: 1. He degraded both the United States flag and the Charleston fire- . T' ^^^^bcfore tUe.war, to display and salute the former at a % purely civic proccssiqn. ... ' 2. He refused to~ Obey the habeas corpus writ of thpty. States Court, a proce?& so sacred to all Englishmen -and Americans. 3. He caused Capts^dcNelty to be tried by a Military Cbt&njjs^ion, (although the United States "Supreme Court had solemnly declared 'Military Commissions illegal in time of pc ace,) and fined him heavily for not allowing a ncgress to crowd herself with the ladies on his boat. 4. lie tried two youths of Columbia for assaulting two mischief-makers from the North, by Military Commission, and sentenced them to , confinement at hard labor in a fort in .another State, where, I understand, they arc doing police duty and cook- ; ing for negro troops. o. lie removed an noncst inagis- , tratc in Columbia, for not over-doing his duty in the above case; and re- ; iplaccd him and degraded the office , Iby appointing an ignorant negro. 6. He interfered with our laws generally ; and concerning rent, licences, and the administration of justice ?thereby almost destroying, all ere dit. 7. He disfranchised naturalised 'citizens without any authority from Acts of Congress. 8. He disfranchised military officers against the literal provision of l-ithe July act as interpreted by itself. 9. lie slandered one of the purest Equity Judges of the State, and several of our tiiost respectable and honorable lawyers. Much eulogy has been lavished by you on Gen. Sickles for Order No. 1 J.Q. Whatever might have been the ; temporary relief afforded to debtors : by this extraordinary order, all lovers >of constitutional liberty have it forced upon their reflection, that laws similar have uniformly been pronounced by the Supreme Court of the United States to bp ^unconstitutional ; and that a la": 'passed by our Legislature, which by no means interfered with the obligation of contracts to the extent of Order No. 10, -.was deolared by tho highost court in the State, by ten judges against one, jo be violative of the Constitution of the United States, Also, that the Attorney-General ofthc UnitcdStatcs in an argument that has not bccn,<?j .and. can not bo, answered, has do- j jelared the issuing of this order to be a despotic stretch of unauthorized power. Finally, while temporary relief has been afforded to debtors, we have the fact forced upon us, that a large class of creditors, among whom are numbered many now destitute widows and orphans, have been great sufferers thereby. In this connection, I would ask if you do not know that the application of Order No. 10, to the Federal Courts, was an after-thought on the part of General Sickles ; and that he did allow the process of this court to bo freely executed in this State, until it occurred to him that this court might, on proper case made, declare the July.,Act unconstitutional,-, and thus destroy his super- Ozaric power ? I am constrained to characterize your letter as your second bid for radical favor. Your speech in Charleston, when you ungratefully nsnersed the Democratic nnrtv. wliicli I I V ' gave you prominence, was your first bid. Your letter lias furnished the radical party with a pretext for the prosecution of its nefarious designs for the oppression of the South, that has been seized upon with avidity by its partizan journals. *While thus opening the way for your admission into the folds of the Black Republican party, you "might at least have spared lis tiic unwarranted calumny of stating., that but for the "wisdom, moderation and forbearance" of Gen. Sickles, "a considerable number of troops would have been r.ccSBBary to preserve public records, and insure the safety of sheriffs, &e. - You will know how law-abiding are the citizens of the State thus maligned by you, and that the onlv riotous demonstations made since the war 'have been by negroes at places where United Statcs troops were in force.. . In conclusion, I must say that your letter represents the sentiments of only a small class''of debtors, who. prefer their individual well being to to the preservation of the liberty of their country; and that all true South Carolinians feel that Gen. Sickles, while with , us,.,whatever may lnlvc ! not only crushed out the substance of liberty, but likewise destroyed its forms, lours respectfully, T. W. WOODWARD. MASONIC'B'SWEFITS. We are constrained to draw tfie attention of our coteuiporarics and masonic orators to the growing tendency of publishing to the world details of masonic benefits. We scarcely pick ! up a Masonic paper or address, that we do not notice some mention about how some mason got out of trouble, saved his property, or accomplished some other thing through masonic recognition. \\ c assert before the world and Masonry, that this is wrong ?wrong for two reasons: First, it is an unmosonio announcement of matters that do not belong to the world; and, secondly, the publication of these tilings can only be recognized as the military flag at a recruiting station. It is the brazen and injudicious publication of masonic benefits that have drawn within our Lodges the thousands of mercenary creatures who rushed to our doors for no other object in the world than to learn the sighs and words, whereby they could ro:in enmn nf tlio lmrvost. r>f hpnnfits y 30 imprudently announced by masonic papers and lecturers. It is this :las3 of publications that sells about nine-tenths of the masonic jewelry with which every mere neophyte is covered; it is this which caused about 999 members out of every 1,000 masonic soldiers, who were hustled through the lodge tents and lodge rooms during the war; in short, jt is just this sort of advertising which has nearly swamped the masonic bark by being overrun with a set of beneficiary pirates, who are ready to board any craft worth plundering. What rijrht lias the world to know that masonic signs anil words arc of any use to any body? The more we look at this question, the more we arc compelled to acknowledge that Masonry has been more injudiciously advertised, and more prostituted to mere mercenary purposes, during thfc past six years than it was in the preceding six hundred years. Of course, wo mean legitimate and pure Freemasonry, for the outside French rites, invented by ltamsey, Morin & Co., have never been anything else but food for peddlers, and we do not, 'therefore, pretend to interfere with their regular business of auctioning degrees; but, in the name of Ancient Craft Masonry, we protest against the detailing of masonic signs, etc.? These publications arc of no benefit or information to the Craft, for a Mason, who has not, and cannot learn, all his benefit in the Lodge, will never have sense enough to learn it outside. We do not want any recruits for the sake of the bounty." Every man who applies at our door should come there to help their fellow creatures, and to improve themselves in the practice of itforality and virtue. Let us, then, unite and correct this growing evil, for evil it is. We appeal to our. cotemporaries and our brethren everywhere tc^limit the bounds of puljli.-cation. Let-uS-cultivatc the virtue, of prudence, and for the sake of masonic stability, let us frown down every resemblance of appealing for candidates?let them come unbiassed by friends or mercenary motives. National Freemason. Stick to a- Business.?Fortune, success, fame, position, arc .never gained but by piously, determinedly, bravely sticking, growing, living to,a tiling, till it is fairly accomplished. In short, you must carry a thing, through, if you want to be anything or anybody. No matter if it costs you the pleasure, the society, the thousand pearly gratifications of life. No matter for these, stick to the thing and carry it through. Believe that you were made for the matter, and that no one else can do it.?Put forth j your whole energy; stir, wake, clcc- j trify yourself, and go forth to the ! task. Only once learn to carry a j thing through in all its completeness and proportions, and you will become a hero. You will think better of. yoarsclft^pthcrs will think better.oft! you. The world adm ires the "stern,-; determined doer. -It"sees in him its., best sight,,its-brightest object. Drive : right along in. whatever you. undertake; believe yourself sufficient fop, the task/ and you wijl be successful,': never, fear.* .- s . ./ Cotton in Egypt.?The production of cotton ih Enrvnt was creatlv . ^cr^m-?Eun^mc waFm tiiis country; but the general agricultural prospects of the country have deteriorated. So great has been the change in some parts of the cast, that Egypt, that was formerly a food exporting country, is now compelled to import largely.of provisions, and in some districts, positive famine lias prevailed, in consequence of the substitution of cotton for grain crops; and in < India, also, it has been allcdgcd that one of the elements increasing the late disastrous famine in that country was the planting of cotton in place of u provisions. In alluding to this matter, the Charleston jSews remarks: " We arc disposed to believe that the most telling competition lroinatSicsc competitors will be experienced when the present growing crop of the South gets into the market, and wehavcfull confidence that with the proper exercise of the skill and energy which , our planters generally possess, they will in a few seasons become, as they were before the war, masters among the cotton producing powers of the earth." IIow to Cure Calumny.?"If any one speaks ill of thee," said Epictetus, "consider whether he hath truth on his side; and if so, reform tliysclf, that his censures'may not affect thee." "When Anaximandcr was told that the very boys laughed at his singing he said, "Ah, then I must learn to sing better." Plato, being told that he had many enemies who spoke ill of him, said, "It is no matter; I shall live so that 110 one will believe them." Hearing at another time that an intimate friend of his spoke detractingly of him, he said "I am sure lie would not do it if he had not some reason for it." This is the surest as well as the noblest way of drawing the sting out of a reproach, and the true method of preparing a man for that great and only relief against the pains of calumny. Friendship.?Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to bo loved is the greatest happiness of existence. If I lived under the burning sun of the equator it would be pleasure to me to think that there were human beings on the other side of the world who regarded and respected me; I could not and would not live if I were alone upon the earth and cut off from the remembrance of my fellow-creatures. Ir is not that a man has occasion to fill back hpon the? kindness of his friends,; Perhaps:he may never sexp^ience the necessaty of doing, so; bui.we are governed by .our. imaginations, they stand there as a bulwark against'all the fevilsof life.. Friend* sHTp should be'formed with persons of alt- ages. ah<r conditions, " and with both sexes. I have afnend whous-a bookseller, to.whom I;have been yery "feivil, and.-.who would.dd. anything to sei*ve me'; and I h^^^vo -,dr ; three siA&ll'. friendships^p^t-: persons in humbler walk|idp$|^^ad;.VfI verily believe, do. kindness accovd'mg to their'itoi&)8;.- I am for a&anfc explap.^^mtsh .fricmdsvja c^es^f.'hffir^ts.^ ^lney^ sbttfe^iii^ ^ve^'perisBing-feendship, and evinfjdace it on firmed basis than at fir&t';' btit. secret discontent- must always end badly.?:$idncy Smith. ^ >]" \ }.; ." ' ;Bow a. max} looks wiiile . beingJ sifaved,?If jJiere is one position';' where a man.looks more inferior than in [another it is the hae'ds^-of- the . barker. JLbbk it hitrntSfJEds fbetoni^; lcveTwitlMtt8--Mad hi^rcat andha&: a p pCT-i art jdike in tor. .Occasionally, perhaps the t^LoTagfKtt flashes across his mind, as ho feels;'' tlit Sharp scraping of the razor, and' hejeiist abroad upon the spectator a loot of imploring helplessness but the by-standers arc not thinking of his thoughts, and with a3igh-he consoljfes^himself. with the idea that he is in t^hafuls of a,professional, and "if chWhfe is at stake, so,Talso, is the :hagjer's reputation. You can go inthjlihy shop in our city, where there riujea dozen subjects, bibs on, being operated on by as many barbers, and ySjil} care no more for their presence than-you would for so many blocks . fi?d?od. Their faces are all covered Tf.idi-;white froth, and they cannot makh'a reply to any opinions however absurd, which you may express. &- are,- -t&--say t the: least, inconvenient, and there they sit, undergoing a species of martyrdom, waiting, anxiously until they shall hear the magic word "next" and the ?jicw arrivals take their places. The man whose credit is good for thousands on Change and tho proprietor of a pea-nut stand occupy adjoining seats, and arc -equal before the barber's law. The heavy becrded merchant and the clerk with his sickly moustache, have congenial signs and experience a like sense of relief when the terrible operation lias hem performed, and a glance at tho miu-or reveals a smooth face. Place a Prince in a common chair in a common shop in the hands of a common barber, who is shaving him with a common razor, and ho is the commonest kind of commoner. Te cannot go back.?It is a solemn thought that we cannot go hack, but we can only go forward. Wc. cannot recall the past. What has been done has been done forever.? It is recorded in the book of God's remembrance as an accomplished fact, ; and is more enduring than if notched 1__ in me cveriasiing tocks. "I wish I had never been born," said David Brain ard to his raotlier, when he was an impenitent lad, wrought upon by the Holy Spirit. "I wish I had never been born!" "You are only born, David," was the mother's calm reply; which reply only sent the arrow of conviction yet deeper into his soul. "You arc bornit is now too late to help it; you must live, and live eternally ; the only question is, u'Korn vnii wi 11 lirn "U'linfltnv wifli Jesus in heaven or with the lost spirits in perdition! Yes, reader, we cannot go back.? Having set our feet down upon existence, there is no arresting our progress. We must move onwards cither up or down. Which shall it he ?? Shall wo mount up and rejoice in light and glory, or sink and wail in the blackness of darkness ? Os Forgiveness.?The most plain , and natural sentiments of equity concur with divine authority, to enforce the duty of forgiveness. Let him who has never in his life done wrong, be allowed the privilege of remaining ' inexorable; but let such as arc con- i scious of frailties and crimes, consid- 1 cr forgiveness as a debt which they owe to others. Common failings arc the strongest lessons of mutual forbearance., Were, 'thi^ virtue unknown among men," order and comfort, peace anH repose, would te strangers to human life.? .Injuries retaliated according to the exorbitant measures which passion prescribes, would excite resentment in. return. .. .. The' injlir'ed person would become the injilrer; and thus wrongs^xetaliations,, and fresh injuries, wJm "circulate in endless succession, till the world was rendered a field of blood. Of. all the passions which invade the human .breastj revenge is the most direful. When allowed; to reign with full" dominion, & i4jnor^.rthan^, 'snfficfehft^'iiOTsBn tMf^lpfeasureswhich-remairi. to man in. his-present state. ' ! How much soever a. persQii- may suffer from in justice, he Is always fri jhazard of suffering more from the persecution oif revenge. The violerice. of an on cmv?? cannot inflict'^what is equal'-to thd torment-,be creates "to himself, r^^'eans o?*vthc fierce and desperate fusions -which he .allows ttf; in.his souly- . ' * -j : ' ^Those evil spirits which inhabit the icbgio'ns qf.n&feefry are represented as . .delighting"^ revenge and cruelty; bnt all that is" greafr and good in the is on the side of clemency '^4:; i^ercy^ ^ '^'^^miguiy^uler of the world, tli^ug^^iges offepded by';the unrigliteoug, 'and j.nsuifed'hj; th^iih ty | to. anger. : His Sbi^'-' whto^;?e/ ap-;. peare|pn^r;naiii^p0^^edp|^ in his life trious example ,bf f<S"givehes? yrhich the world ever beheld.; " . : % If w^; look into th'o history ofixnan-kind, jifo 'shall find that, in.every n'ge,.; ; they who have beenrcspected as worthy, or hdmired as: great, luive been distinguished for' this virtue. * He- , vengc dwells in little minds. f ...\ A noble and magnanimous spirit is ; always superior to: it; it suffers not from the injuries of men those severe shocks which others feel; collected within itself, it stands unmoved by theirv impotent-assaults r^jend^vrktr' * --J.1 _;:it generous piety, ramer uiau wun auger, looks down on their unworthy conduct. It has been truly said, that the greatest man on earth can no sooner commit an injury, than a good man can make himself greater, by forgiving it. The Musqutto.?It is unscientific to say that musquitoes bite, for they have no teeth, and have no need of teeth to seize upon and prepare'their < food, for they arc dainty, and take , food only in liquid form?spoon victuals?they are a chivalric race, and < attack their enemies with a sort of \ sword or lance. I)To doubt they con- s sidcr biting and gouging quite vul- ] gar. The lance of a muquito is a < very beautiful and perfect piece of ; work. It is smoother than burnished j stool, and its nnint is so fine and nor- . feet that the most powerful micro- < scope does not discover a flaw in it. ] As a most delicate cambric needle is j to the crowbar, so is a muquito's j lance to the best Damascus blade.? ^ The lance is worn in a scabbard or ; sheath. The scabbard is a suction ] pipe through which the musquito takes , its food. , The musquito is the most musical , of all animals. There is no bird that sings so much. He never tires of his j simple song. How happy must he \ be, cheerily singing far into the night, i What a volume of melody from so ] slight a creature. If a mau had a ] voice so loud proportionate to his i weight, ho might hold a coversation across the Atlantic, and there would be no need of the telegraph. Exchange. Decline in tiie Service of Jug- j gernaut?The Calcutta correspon- ' dent of the London Times, writing : July ISth, says that the great car aP Tii?r?Avnniif of VaaV/IG 11A nail > in ui vu^iiuauu ctu JWV longer draws together such fearful crowds of devotees as it did formerly, lie says: "Take the Juggernaut Poojab at Serampore, which is second in population to that of Pooree. In 1SG4 you recorded how one of the cars ran over six worshipers, killing four.? This year the crowds were much less than usual, and consisted chiefly of women and children. One of the two cars not dragged at first, because the people would not assist in an act generally considered as giving salvation, until the priest raised a sum of money toJiire men to do the work. The car was daagged a little distance x + . ~T; ,<r' after heavy ^eipendifh^. derous erection.011. ten pairofwheels, each made of one enormous/rpieoepdf wood. The painted hloci.w^^l^^ioes/ duty for Juggernaut isirn^a on . the top, and the - other turfets ^ are . filled with priests, whp clangsymbote, strike bells, beat drums, blow: conchshells and ihfuriate/or amuse the people with obscence^exhortations in, .a truly devilish fasnion/: An,d vail of this in the midst of Ja fair" on;3ae main road to Calcutta,at the,entrance to th'e Christain village,' founded by Carey, Marshman apd,".Ward, .from " ... . which, native .Evangelists, go forth ? freshing,t$b? - . ,v' 1 v\ \ : THE QUESTl^?;i&SWEEED.V Somebody?a woii^i ofcourse^-inquires why, when ;Ew;jtvas maunfac<tured from the'.,Bpar^rib, a .servant was'nt made at the sfijp'time to. tfrait * on her 2 Somebody woman, we ^imagine?replim In'Jhe^ollowing strain \ Because.Adamnevercamewhinlng ... to Eve with - aVa^edj^ocKyrg to be darned, collar to^eiSeT^-^on,1 orva^ . '^gh? . quick" i. now.rt Because 'he'^e^r read the , r>. newspapers hc^^^tuir .'got dojfh Behind',,the;. and then, ' . stretchfbg.hihjsc^^^ . . "aiin-t supper most;readj^y: dear?''Not.h'e.' He fflade ?iftd.hang tl^c ket^Ieioyei^'it,himse^ )We'll ven- tiire;;-?nd pu31ed._th^?4dfejbes, peeled' he ;ought'toi-- A^wfefc^e'^ows, fed ^l^en^njidSfefed -. after the:'^icknn^ ^ srayed out till 11 O;. roeetihg^o?iii^a1||^i.f^r- , candidates, andthen >^ld becausev ^ poor Eve:4y;as'j8ittm^^^an'dv.c^inff.- * *'?'%$ ' inside ,the"-git^;'!^j^^bitr^|^ea- 1;# billiards;- rolled :tCTpm^hiid ricfrove ' fast horses, nprilchokedpoorEve with. tobacco smoke.;: :He-.-never loafed wBi'^oc^ipg' littfe^^^PLS^^e^at home. In short, he did not think she nrn? pstippIoIIv pWantp/1 f<vn t.lip nnr pose of waiting on him, and was not under the impression that it disgraced a man to lighten a woman's cares a ^ little. That's the reason that Eve * did not need a hired girl; and with it was the reason that her fairfdescendants did. Opening of the Tennessee LejISLATUP.E.?The Nashville Gazette, rf the 8th says: The General Assembly of Tennessee met yesterday morning. On entering the Capitol, a military band, stationed opposite the .Governor's -oom struck up "Hail Columbia," mdmade so much noise that we beat \ hasty retreat to the hall, where we Sound a large number of members md office-hunters?the former con- * *ratulating each other on their good looks and good health, and the latter pressing their claims, or those of their friends, with a pertinacity truly comr\ o l"v 7 s\ h A T-Toll /"> "f* P A*\Y*A(iAnfn [iicnu.au iu? J.IIC nail L u^ic<3CUl(? lives was decorated with banners and flags of Tennessee reginents borne fluring the war for the preservation of the*Union and the destruction of civil liberty. Eight flags adorned the portrait of Brownlow, while thirty or forty were fastened to the bar, and the desks of members.- The portrait of Andy Johnson has been removed. The Speaker's desk was ornamented with the banners of the Governor's Guards and others. The galleries contained about fifty negroes xnd four military men, representatives of the present sovereigns of Tennessee. The crowd of "citizens"" being small, the band was placed on the pal cony to draw a crowd to the show, this had the effect of increasing the icgrocs. How to get rich?stick to your business. There is a man in New York iity who has a chicken stall at ono of ;ho maskets. He is now reported to ie worth ?2,000,000. Ho lives in a urge brown stone palace on Brooklyn [leights, tho iurnituro for which cost >120,000. Ho attends to tho salo of lis own chickens, never taking breakfast at homo, but coming over to tho market every morning between the lours of four and live o'clock. He can jo seen every day, standing behind a marble counter, with a white apron on. [n the afternoon, he drives out, with his vife and family, or a few friends, in an ilegant carriage. Why is a printer like a tattling woman? Because he spreads tho news. f