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' "VOLUME XXVI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7,4867. NUMBER 17. r ' s ' . L ?MM? ? i , i ?T - Momroro [ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY y THOMAS W. PEGUES. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . .Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars ff payment is delayed three months. BATES or advertising, pkr square. ftftfcd tot insertion. SlrSO; for the second, tt .00; for the third, 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Serai-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements,-$1.50 each insertion. The space Otmuj&d Ly ten lines (solid, of this size type) constitutes"a square. Payment is required in advance from transient advertisers, and as soon as the work is done, from regular customers Contraots made for yearly and half-yearly advertising (payable quarterly) made on moderate terms. , . : I . ' ml .. ? MISCELLANEOUS. A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING. PROCLAMATION BY TIIE PRESIDENT OF J. ii ? liMliji; C1A1LO. Ia conformity with a recent cus-[ torn that may now be regarded as cs- j tablished on national consent and j approval, I, Andrew Johnson, of the United States, do hereby recommend to my fellow-cieizens that Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next, be set- apart and observed throughout the Republic as a day of national thanksgiving ' and praise to the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with whom; are dominion and fear, who maketh peace" in his high places. ! Resting and refraining from secular labours on that day, let us reverently and devotedly give thanks,to' our Heavenly Father for the merciesanil < blessings with which He has ? crowned the now closing year. Es4 pecially let us remember, that He has covered our landj through all its extent, with greatly needed and very abundant harvests; that He has caused industry to prosper, not only in our fields, but also in our workshops, . in our mines and in our forests, lie -has permitted us to multiply ships upon our lakes and rivers, and upon tae "nigh seas, and at the same time toxiextend our iron roads so far intd the secluded places of the contias to guarantee.^speedy overland intercourse between the two oceans ? ' Hfe has inclined our hearts to turn away from' domestic contentions and commotions consequent upon a dis- : tracting. and desolating civil war, and 1 ' toiiwalk more and more in the ancient ' ?. wwjrfe-of loyalty, and conciliation and < baroitberly love. He has blessed the 'jppaceful efforts with which we have .established new and important corns' mercial treaties with foreign nations, f while we have at the same time ! strengthened our national defences, ! and greatly enlarged our national i bordersWhile thus rendering the unani- < juous and heartfelt tribute of national i praise and thanksgiving, which is so j justly due to Almighty God, let us not i fail to implore him that the same di- 1 vine protection and care which we ] have hitherto so undeservedly, and t j.et bo constantly enjoyed, may be < continued to our country and our < people throughout all their genera- i fmnc fnrnvni* V1V44C VI* ] Done at the city of Washington i this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand ( eight hundred and sixty-seven, and of j the Independence of the United States , the-ninety-second c [Seal.] Andrew Johnson. j William IL Seward, Secretary of State. ] Ecclesiastical Robbery.?At a j recent meeting of the Methodist Clc*: , gy of Charleston District, the ^oVjowing special report from th*v Comir^t. tee on the State of tbe Church adopted: ' 1 - With th<> clc- - * v i AcdisW' 3 sectional war, the v -?*onwcntot sectional armies, \ ..imoval by emancipation of one j ^rcafc cause of sectional strife, thous- j lands of warm, Southern Methodist Jhearts believed that sectional church differences were at an end, and lookno fr, + V,~ ,T ! (UU nitu lv uig k;ch ij x \j~ i ;union of the t^o great divisions of' . American Methodism. The cxpecta- j tion in the South was general, in this ; - district the hope was almost unanimous. But this bright vision? -worthy o? the millennium?has been irudely dispelled, proving that, slavery -was neither tho cause of disruption :nor the ground of continued separation. As a representative portion of the Church, this Oistri?%^ Qorifcrencc sol-1 cbnly and in the fear of God disclaims amy responsibility for. the present awful spectacle of divided Methodism, i With the entrance of tho Federal ar mies to this section came the missionaries of the M. E. Church (North), ivho were most affectionately and warmly welcomed by our people.? They were invited to our homes and in the absence of our own pastors, as brethren beloved, cheerfully given possession of ohr pulpits. . To our horror and disappointment when our pastors returned, these missionaries, who had breathed only brotherly affection, refused them admittance to their own pulpits, arid turned upon us with military orders, under which they claimed forcible and continued possession of our church property, and still so hold some of it,., despite our remonstrances and cntrca-. ties.... ? Spring street Church, Charleston, cost us $26,000. Of this amount $275 was contributed by the coloured membership, now its occupants, in i n .1 * r "n /II 1 XT a1. the name or in em. .a. unurcu^orui, and this transaction is permitted by a church numbering its'millions of dollars, collected in celebration of its centenary ! What a crowning act to the centenary of Methodism! We call Heaven and earth to witness, that as a church, wo arc free from the guilt of dishonour entailed by such acts upon our common Mother. We most solemnly deny what has been charged against us, that we are in any way responsible for tbe revulsion of public sentimcnt>in this section a"gainst the M. E.vGhurch (North), or arc in any shape "or form* the authors of,the profound contemptMn-which.its name is now held,"nor'bf>,'the abhorrence with which-its agcmtg herc are now regarded. They and they "alone,, arc the sole authors'of this .infamy, and we can only weep.over, the indelible dishonour nhiis inherited by. our . common Methodism. This Conference however, cannot but believe that the Bishops and leading men of the 'M. E. Church (North) arc misled by the . misrepresentations of their local agents ?therefore, Resolved, That the Secretary bo hereby instructed to furnish an official ! copy of this declaration to Bishops 1 Morris. ^TfarrcVrftTd 'Srnrnstmy"ih the J full expectation that they will interest ' themselves for the protection of the fair name of their church, and the enforcement of justice; and that copies be furnished to the Christian Advocate and Methodist, in New York, with a request to publish them. Charleston Mercury. Tjik Jewels of Clahemoxt Lodge ReSTOK ed?N oble-11ea bted Ma;oxic Lidebality.?The jewels of Claremont Lodge of Ancient Free Masons, located at this place, were stolen and carried off b}' Rotter's raiders when passing through Sumter, in Ap ril, 1SG5. But the sacred I *. lies of fraternal feeling and brothermod, which bind every true hearted VTnsnn. hnvo nt lf?nrrtli hromdit tliem 7. 7 "" " "" p-~ - - "r^ I x :olight. The vandalism wliich prompt id tlic theft mid sale of the sacred y, jinblems of this order, is onlv in keep- r rig with that which desecrated and j ohbed the house of God in the :>outh. n The jewels of this Lodge bore up- b m them the name of the Lodge ay d j ts location. They arc bovTie away ] is a portion of the booty gathered at c Sumter and find th?-ir way to Svra- j ;usc, N. Y. U'ero they fall into the ? lands of a Poble*hearted Mason, Mr. < aobert Seymour?-(and let his name \ >c wetter! in the hearts of the broth- ] jrhood.} flois a dealcr*in silverware f 111 d buys them amidst a lot of old ^ si}ver which is offered to him for <salc. ] He makes the fact known to the Or- ] dcr in this State. My. II. Claremont ] Moses, for soli'ic past our worthy ac-1; ting Master of Claremont Lodge, j i opens a correspondence with liitn. It ] is found that several of the jewels are j missing. Mr. Seymour not only re stores all in his possession, without . charge, but, supplies deficiencies, el- ] egantly wrought, and adds some cost- i ly emblems, elaborately wrought, and ; which lie presents, with warm exprcs- .j sion of sympathy and affection. This liberality cannot be too Jngiuy spoken of, whilst his Masonic conduct in the matter shines forth to give lustre to the Order and rid it of any charge of bias by sectional influences. Sumter Watchman. Have the courage to "cut" the most agreeable acquaintance you have] when you are convinced ho lacks principle. A friend should bear with a friend's infirnptjes, but not with his vices. From the New Orleans Crescent. THE LAST RATION. BY AX EX-CONFEDERATE OFFICER. Few hear the immortals of Lee's army speak of the retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House, the scene of the army's apotheosis, and the reason for this silence can be well understood. Knowing nothing and thinking little about kite condition of the army outside of theif own commands, the great body of lire men in; their reliance on their great commander, simply performed the duties imposed upon them, suffered the agencies that necessarily fell to their lot, and met calmly the death which ended those duties * arid agencies for many clays before the memorable 9tli of April. The sufferings of the rank and file of the army, on that occasion, were mercifully deadened by a stupor .if not recklessness, superinduced by the peculiar hardships to which they were subjected. The enemy, with his overwhelming force of splendidly mounted and equipped cavalry, held, in addition, the direct point aimed at by Gen. Lee, retarding his advance, compelling him to fight while daylight lasted and to do his marching by night. The want of sleep, and during the last four days of the retreat, the entire lack of provisions, , produced in the men the mental and j physical condition I have mentioned, j And although after the surrender the i men and oIKccrs of the federal army! vied with each, in their kindness, and j exhibited a desire to do everything I in their power to relieve-the necessities of their late foes, the destruction of.a portion of their supply train by Gen. Rosser and. Fitzhugh Lee, and the,, detention of the balance by the awfuloondition of the roads, left themselves in a' critical condition and incapable of affording Lee's army the much needed supplies'.' ' Great efforts were made$ ancPsucccssfullyy to complete as soon as'pos3ible the paroling of the men, in order that thej might be-dispersed from a plac^^Jjpre there, was no sustenance rf any description for man or beast. A.it1011g the first commands ready to cave were the first and second Loui- ] siana brigades, then commanded by | Sol. Waggauian. and with tlicm por-! Jons of the .Washington Artillery. I Louisiana Guard Battery ami Don-! ildsonvilie Artillery, all hailing from < he same State, arid naturally clus-j ering together when about to return ; >nce more to their dear Southern lonies. The condition of these men ! vere really deplorable. Starved, , vorn out and many of tlicm stricken vith fever, they looked with dismay i >n. the dismal march to Burksvillc! station, the nearest point at which ; hey could expect to find transporta-: ion. Col. Wggaman and many of lie officers did not believe half of: hem would be able to perform the ; ourncy, and as a dernier resort, arid! lso in some measure to inspire the i nenwith hopes which he himself be-1 icvcd to be delusive, Co1.. "W. started ' he brigade commhsary ahead to try j nd pick u.p something for man and ; ir:?.st on the route they were travelog. The commissary, with no more lope of success than his commanding ifficer, started oft*, aud after travelog u few miles over a tract which rave no promise of supplies, being iubious about the road the brigade vould travel, accosted an old, grcyleadcd, and very ragged negro he bund sit t ing at a cross-road, and qucsioncd him in regard to the route to Burksvillc. The negro replied intcligently, giving him the necessary directions, and the commissary was ibout to ride on, when he thought :hat the darkey might possibly assist iiim in his search for somcthirg cat* K1 v* XT? Ivwt nol'iri/v IP iuiv* iiu uc^an vj svlicre lie could get feed for liis horse. After a moment's hesitation and a rapid inspection of the questioner, the darkey replied in the affirmative, and immediately led the way through a gate to a small clearing in the pincy woods. Stopping in the yard of a small shanty, he went in and got the key of a pretty good-sized corn crib which he opened, and displayed to the commissary's gaze forty or fifty bushels of the finest corn in the ear he had ever seen even in Virginia.? He took out a liberal feed for Unhorse and remarked, "The Yanks had spar'd hirn that much." The commissary saw in his mind's eye his brigade onco more eating a "square meal," and assuming his most persuasive tone, commenced: ^Un?le, 1 have ab.out six hundred men behind here a little, ways who have eaten nothing to speak of for five or six days. They have some thirty or forty- miles to travel on foot, and they will never- be able to make the trip in their present condition.? Could you not let them have.a couple of cars of corn apiece, and save their lives ?" Darkey.?Is they Southern soldiers?" Commissary.?Yes." Darkey.?"Well, I reckon, young master, they's the last I'll see. You just tell them to come along and take what they want." And having said this,ij.ic poor old fellow sat down on a stori^fTd cried like a.child. In an hour or so the troops came along, and were marched up in single file to the corn crib and given two ears aniecc. The old darkv in the meantime had knocked in the head of a barrel- of sorghum molasses, and nearly every man got a tin cupful.? There were a few cases of colic that night among those who were not fortunate enough to get any sorghum, but that did not lessen the gratitude of the men for the Confederate ration issued to the Louisiana troops in Virginia. ?Dox't Like jiy Business."? There is no greater fallacy in the i world than that entertained by ma| ny Young men that some pursuit I in life can be found wholly suited to their tastes, whims and fancies. This philosopher's stone can never be discovered, and every ono who makes his life a search for it will be ruined. Much truth is contained in the Irishman's remark : "It is nivcr aisy to work hard." Let, therefore, the fact be always remembered by the young, that no life-work can be found entirely agreeable to a man. Success always lies at the top of a hill; if we would rcachjt, we can do so only by hard, ncrseverinir effort, while beset with difficulties*$fJeyiry kind. Genius counts^nothing'ip the battle of life... Determined, "obstinate/ persevcrence in one single channel, ' is, cy ery|biri^\JHcnce,. should^y-one. i of our young readers be debating in his mind a change of& business, hnaginingjhc has a genius for some other, let Iiim at once dismiss the thought, as lie would a temptation to do evil. If you think you made a mistake in choosing the pursuit or profession you did, don't make another by leaving it. Spend all your energies in working for and clinging to it, as you would to the life boat that sustained you in the middle of the ocean. If you leave it, it is almost certain that you will go down ; but if vou cling to o ' / o it, informing yourself about it until you are its master, bending your every energy to the work, success is certain. Good, hard, honest effort steadily persevered in, will make your business or profession grow, since no one should expect to reach a period when nc can feel that his life work is just the one he could have done best, and liked best. We are allowed to see and feel the roughness in our own pathway, bgt not in others; yet all have thejj). ? Saturday Night.?How many associations, sweet and hallowed, crowd around that short sentence?"Saturday night!" How many thousand memories are stirred up in their cells buzz like startled bees as the words * are written down. And yet it is but the prelude to more heavenly associ- : ations, which the tired frame and '< thankful soul with new and renewed joy at each succeeding return. 'Tis then the din o# busy life ceases?that cares and anxieties arc for- j gotten?that the worn out frame seeks j its needed repose, and the mind its relaxation from earth and its concerns ?with joy looking to the coming day of rest, so wisely and beneficently set apart for man's peace and happiness by the great Creator. The tired laborer now seeks his humble home, and his wife and children meet him at the threshold with smiles and caresses. Here he realizes the bliss of his hard-earned comforts; and at this time, perhaps, more than any other, the happiness of domestic life and its attendant blessings. Released from the multifarious cares of the week, the merchant and the professional man gladly behold the return of "Saturday night;" and as gladly seek in the bosoms of their families, the reality of these joys which, at this congenial season, have" ever spread for its increasing bouni*y But, perhaps, it is pn the ear of the Christian that the sound of " Saturday night" breaks most pleasantly. He has reached the verge of another of those bressed resting places in. the way of life, which is a type of that endless Sabbath?that perpetual rest: for the vigilant and' the- faithful? towards which he is tending,and hastening with every breath. The Mother and Her Seven. Sons.?A Jewish mother and her se'ven sons were brought before Antfocus, charged with- having refused to worship his idol. \ The king addressed them separately, ah d began with the eld est," "by commanding to worship the idol. " I cannot," said lie; "for my God has commanded me, saying, 'T am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out the land of Egypt.' " This refusal enraged the king,, and lie immediately ordered that the boy should be killed on the spot.- ; ... . . The second boy was -then brought forth." " Acknowledge .my idol as one.of thy gods," said the king. "How can I ?" replied the boy, " The law tells me 'thou shalt have no other gods before me.1" The king, enraged at his obstinacy, had him executed as the third son was led in. . * Antiochus then lowered his demands by asking him merely to bow down before the idol; but the boy said : "I dare not. The word of God commands me, " Thou shalt not bow down thyself before them," and he was executed. The fourth son was>then ordered to acknowledge the idol mcrchv as a diO > vine power wJio miluenceil flie. earth. "No,'" said lie: "for it is said, 'know therefore this day, and consider in thine heart that the Lord He is God in the heaven above and upon the earth beneath; and there is none else.'" Having thus refused to comply with the king's wish he too was led forth to death, and the fifth son brought in. I^Clie kjng. now asked still lessjand only requested the boy to snow^lie idol some reverence. " I must not;" was the reply, "for 'lie that sacrifices to any god save unto the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.' " The king, enraged at being thus repeatedly foiled, ordered him put to death also. The sixth son was called to the king's presence and was asked, not to embrace idolatry, but only to deny his faith. // "KT yy *1.1 i i tt r - r* _ 1 t " i>o, saia tnc jau, * lor uou nas tlius spoken to Israel, saying, 'The Lord lias anointed thee this day to be his peculiar people.'" He too, was ordered to be put to death. At length the mother and her seventh son, a mere child, the only survivors of the noble band of martyrs, were led before Antioclius. He tried all his powers of persuasion to make the child do his bidding, but in vain. Even his hard heart began to melt, and he would gladly have saved the child, but he could not, for thousands were crowding around his throne, and all his royal dignity would have been lost if it appeared that he was obliged to yield. "On one condition," said headdressing the child, "will I spare thy life. I will drop this sygnct-ring of mine; pick it up, and thou slialt be saved." But the boy perceived the king's device. " What!" said lie, "shall I be more mindful of thine honor than of my Gods!" And the brave boy's words sealed his doom. " Let me kiss my boy before his death," asked the mother. She kissed him and said, "When thou art in heaven, an sec Abraham, our ancestor, tell him he has a rival; for he erected an altar for the sacrifice of one son, but I have seven altars for the sacrifice of seven sons." The heroic mother did not long survive her noble sons. A man in Hendricks County, Indiana, named James Adams, ate thirty-two peaches, a couple of muskmclons and one raw sweet potato, and drank two gallons of buttermilk, lie leaves a widow. To save your meat from spoiling | in summer, it should be eaten in the j spring. . ' - . ^sr ALX:; FOR RECON|TKUCTIONr^j!e ^ . New York Sun says that the^ifi^ises.- . of the'Norfb^nvpcople^desire a 'rwen^, * strnctibnpolicy giving security aghast?''" future rebeHion, and are ..opposed *fo ' the spiteful scbemes. df the Repubji- ? .. can ex&emistiVv 'Tfi'e Jnasses of the Southern, people are of the same mind a$tQ*reconstartiotlon.^They do notcare mucb ^out security against art-. * 'v other rebellion, for.they know there neve?'"can, may or should ; be" an'other. ^But theyNvan^reconstructioh, jio-'matterwhat becomes, of the Re-J publican or. any other party. That; * . point, they are Convinced, will be righted.iilthe future by the good sense* -wit/I Let th6 ^ ^ masses df 'tlfe Northern people who' desire reconstruction, therefore, "go ahead."?Phoenix. ' .' -??? : Grant 'and the Presidency.? ;The movement made throughout the country to nominate Grant for the > presidency has developed itself in Washington, in the presence 'of a ^ strong pressure made upon him for a * * 1 letter clearly defining his views on the pending important national questions. Such of his friends as are ur- , ging the writing and publication of a letter, are confident that one will b^e forth-coming before the November election.? World. * * A correspondent of the San Franfrancisco Bulletin speaks of the terrible carnage of the late Chinese rebellion. One district is described which yielded 60,000 chests of tea per annum before the war and is now a desert waste. A belt of land 400 miles long by 200 miles wide is literally without an inhabitant. The writer says: The distinguished China traveller and savant, Dr. Macgowan, , estimates the loss of life by the Taeping war at 25,000,000 souls; but intelligent Chinese whom I have conversed with say that full 100,000,000 were killed or perished from starvation. There was not much to choose on euner siae. wnetlier imperial or Tac-pirig, the victorious party, put men, women.and children to death.' The Grand Ganal used to be choked with dead bodies, and I have seen even the swift flowing Yantze crimson with blood of all ages, sexes and conditions in life. How to bo Good.?Dr. Johnson wisely said, "He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything." Life is made up of little things. It is but once in an age that occasion is offered for doing a great deal. The greatness consists in being great in little things. How are railroads built ? By one shovel of dirt after another?one shovel at a time. Thus, drops make the ocean. Hence, we should be willing to do a little good at a time, ar.d never "wait to do a great deal of good at once." If we would do much good in the world we must be willing to do good in Jittle things?little acts one after another; speaking a good word here, giving a tract there, and setting a good example all the time; we must do the first thing we can, and then the next, and so keep on doing good. This is the way to accomplish anything. Thus shall we do all the good in our power. Modesty.?If you would add lustre to your accomplishments, study a modest behavior. To excel in arything valuable is great, but to be above conceit, on account of one's accomplishments, is greater. Consider if you have natural gifts, you owe them to Divine bounty. If you have improved your understanding and studied virtue,. you have only done your duty, and there seems lit? c? LiU XUOdVMi AU1 YcMlitJ. ' ? ? Brownlow.?The Louisville Cou-. rier says that a great sensation was created in that city by the late announcement that Governor Brownlow was dead. The news-boys made a good thing of the rumor, and shouted the tidings through the streets, selling a goodly number of papers thereby. The Courier thinks thev would be glad if somebody would kill the old cuss every day. The grief of the citizens on hearing of the sad news, which proved to be false, is described as being of that excruciating typo which forebore outward manifestations, and required numerous and frequent drinks. Man is wonderfully made, and, ia the present day, so is woman.