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? ' ' '' g mmsa' i ^ ^ ^ Volume^. cam'dekj south-cjXrolina, march 4,1869. number'^. ? 1 * "^nrntr I o in, if ;?J .4 tli. nnrf nt Miscellany. OUH LEGISLATURE. I A. J.'"Stein?iao, E.-q , of the Lan- r 'coster (Pa.) InttUigencer, who was a- e 'iuoDg the Maryl&ndeis and Pen?ylva- 8 'mans visiting this State last December, ^ Vrites as follows of the reconstructed ^ Legislature, in the concluding number a 'of' 'Editorial Ndtco*' for his paper: We stopped a day'in Columbia to sec 'that wonderful productioVof Sduthcrn 0 "son?a Negro Legislature. ^Ve "?aW 'b 'but ooe branch of it, for the Assembly 'on the day previous, Friday, uifttJr an t ;auiuiated debate as to the prbfftlofy of 'P voting a Christinas dinner to its 'eHi ^ ployecs, had adjourned over until Mon- P 'day fcr the purpose of attending a cir- a cus that was to exhibit on Saturday t 'afternoon. The mciuLcrs thought that * there would be uousein holding a sesaiou e on Saturday morning, as their minds * would be so full of joyftil anticipations r 'of the pleasures which the afternoon " had in store for thcui, they would be St) , * intently dwelling upon me prospective < lnule race, the uiud gallop of the bare- s legged, paiuted equeo.rienue, the peril- c 'ous leap of the acrobat, and the won- a 'derful jokes of the clown, that they S Nrould be entirely unfitted for the grave H buainoss of law making. One hundred ? iud eighteen of the one hundred and a thirty-two members of this body Jare h Radicals,'of whom sixty aeven arc ne- T 'groes aud tire balance white carpet bag- tl gers. 11 There are fhrrfy-'two Senators, eighteen of'them being ufttite Radicals, nine ^ ' i 1 black ditto, and five Democrats. The I T proportion ofblacks in this "bo<fy being less, it Vas uidre seclate than the lower ^ House, and hud a session ou Saturday morning, taking very good care, howev- a' 'e , t? adjourn iu excellent tiiuc for the |11 circus. The Senate Chamber occupies j *"[ " " ? ? f . I I t ? tbc tirst iloor oi a building 10 mc uusi- i nrs- part of the City, the room having | 'been apparently intended for a store ot a 'ffrtnVing saloon. 'Jbc chairman's Ul desk stands about the middle of i*1ic : ^ side wall, and the august Senators have ri desks in frotit of him, fenced off from v tire common pcifyie that eome "m to see w "the mcnagaiie, by a railing that curvi's al . ' ' tl 'clliptically around to the wall. The words that fell from the thick lips in w that elfipse, Stiuford or Christy 'could n6't eelip^e, in their peculiar 'Style of 'tfttcr- ti ance. Beverly Nhsh Way there occupy- ^ big Wade Hampton's fortfie'r place us | |representative Of Cor&iutoa; atujl slim g darkey, who for many years was thfe : "porter in one of the pfiufcipa! lfotcls of ' ^ , the Capital. Two stolid looking cOluted gentlemen sat in a CuVrtct whu?e anoint- sj 'ed basFucPS settled to be, to second nil g the motions uiMe by their dusky fellow oj Senators; they seconded the motion lo adjourn for the circus, with great op- p ' parent chcefulocS't Mr. ItancywrS^ | gorily black uian, who looked as if he tj had placed a great deal of hog and j.( hominy under his jacket. lie was , Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, .> und his former profession Wax that of a s1 barber. lie had had the cttfe'otu of all * the lawyers of the town, aud was sup- q | posed to have acquired an hm:ile legal q knowledge from his numberless niat.ip- j-( illations of tho legal head; hence he _ Was made the legal luminary of thfe , Senate. Mr. Wright is accounted the orator of the body aud is its leader; he is a mulatto, and a native of Penney 1- C vania, but is said to have been admitted b to the bar itt one of the Northwestern 0 States. During the War he got down to S Milton Ilead, which district he now a Represents. life distinguished himself u While We Wferfe listening with wr.ipt at- b teution to his SoUl-stiriing eloquence ( aud earnestly striving to find out what o be was talking about, by moving that li ^de bill be laid-on de shelf;" we wcrb f - Somewhat startled and iuvoluntarily^ t looked for that article of furniture, but fc failed to see it. Ou the next subject | c that ho handled, Mr. Wright made j } himself uioro clearly understood; he i t Granted to be paid for bis services as a j 'J law-maker, and suspected [that a clause [ t in a bill which had been introduced for v that purpose, might operate to delay r the replenishment of his pocket book. \ 'The bill was entitled, "A bill to make f A m ^ ppropriations for the payment of the icr diem and mileage of the mcm'bdfs f the General Assembly, aud the salaies of the subordinate officers and other ipenees incidental thereto." The first ection read thus: "Be it enacted,&o:, ' 'hat the sum of $140,000, if so much ?! necessary, be, and the same is hereby ppropriated 6ut of any fund* in the. freamty not otherwise appropriated, ?r the purpose aforesaid." Mr. Wright bjccted to the words " not otherwise fjirdpriated," and moved that the bill e sent back to the judiciary Commitcd, and that they bo instructed to re crtit With tli(fee words omitted. ?n a e w elorjbdrit Aeritetlccs he portrayei] tlie teiit 'value of the V^viees which he lid his collcagbcs w^re rendering to he Siafe, to the Nation and to the rerld n't large, a'hd he ihsisted'upon the minent j sticc of their being paid fitfr heir services without anyifs or buts, and egardlcs? ot whether they had or had iOt Dot previously voted away all he ruoncy that was in the Treasury; f thci'e whs h'n'y Didtrcy there, they hould first pet 'their ana other reditors could take what 'was left. A urkey on the other side of the "room ot up aiitl said 'that he had 'listened; rith preat iuterest to the thrillinp reinrks of his brother Wripht, and the uiendineut would be most aprceable to is feelings, but he was afraid the reai-uror couldn't pay theni anylio%, 'if icy had previously voted away all the ioncy that was in the Treasury.? 1 About diS 'ere pint," says he, 'Tsc ' niihiftil. and I ax for in'fmashun fromi ' e chceruian ub de 'lii.-dicry 'uiiity "? lie chairman ot ilie "Disliory mitly," Lr. llaticy, mildly remarked that the lause complained of was put. in every ppropriation bil,niid he could not pet tlrtough his wool, how they cmld, let ( lern lie riever so willing, appropriate _ ie same money to two different objects, [e Wanted brother \Vright 'lo explain hicli that accomplished darkey did so ' iueh to the satisfaction of the chambei ( ' .fc,' they VOtod b}- a laVge majority to < ;tVr the bill. The sum appropriated ' 140,000, wasjust 8100,000 more than 1 liite legislatures used toca>t the State, I id w*hat additional legitimate expense i tc black "Sort "has, except for perii'uc, 1 c were Dot able to ascertain. ' A &>FAiiibia (S. O.) correspondent of , le Nciv Vork Tiihc* vv rites: M'Virtn , iuve'rsAtiOnS 1 have haa vVi'th well in ir.ncd parties frtmi 'the in tenor of this - ( ta'tc-=rtheVenVral and uppcV portions, ( here cottOn is the staple?it Seems pr able thattheyea* 18691s likely to yield ( le heaviest crop of cotton produced rice the tVar. The past -year, (18(58,) ] outh Carolinu produced 180,000 bales ( f coltou. In some section* of the Slate, w> miiiilitp ntinliul ivill li,"? ill ill Vll(> Villi f M .UUW.J Ian tod iu 1833; and in all other porons marked increase is the order of le day. If the season be favorable and ibor do not fail, 1800 may yield 225,- i JO bales, and one csiimite pa's it at 50,1)00 bales. A perfectly Organized i fsteu of labor would render it pr ieti ablo*to produce in this State near 500,00 biles, worth something like 850, 00-,000- The crop of 18G0 was, 1 be. eve, over 400,000 bales, and econority fcillture W.is nut by any means at its iaxiuuui." Canal Across the Istii vt\s?Gen. lusilix'u's XlSSloN.?The treaty made y Gen. Cushing with the Government f Ctluhib'a, concedes to the United dates the excltisiVb right to construct ti intcr-ocbahib canal across the Isthins of Darien, at any point which nray e selected by the United States. The Joliiinbian Govern incut cedes six miles, f laud dri each side of the canal? dnfcialf for its own benefit, and the other or that of the party undertaking the obstruction of the work. The Colomlian Government is to receive ten per eot. of tiie net income for the first ten ea-s, and after the canal is paid lor, weuty-livc per cent, of the net profits, [he treaty is to be ratified by the Uui- ! cd States within ten months, and sur- 1 reys made withiu two years after the atification.. The canal is to be be?uu vithia five years, and finished within iftccn years, after the ratification} otherA wise the ch'arter^fJils. The charter runs for 100 years. The canal is to be under the 'coiitrol of the United States, and j Congress man fix the rate of tolls. The j navigation is to be open to all natidus j ih tinie bf peace, but closed to belligereirerits who'may aitiek to avail themselves of its advantages. It is estimated the canal will cost 8100,000,000. A com- i pany was not long ago organized in New j York, under a charter of that State with Peter Cooper us "President. It is said j on distinguished authority, that this \ company has the capital and is ready | to commence the work. Congress, how- j ever, is at liberty to give preference to j his nr to unv other nrivate couiDanv. ' ~" "" 'V r r * * i or (he United States can itself uuder-1 take the construction of the canal. How to Retain Youth.?It is a matter of no little concern aiiiong uieu ?and women, too?to presdrve tile bluoni nud'fresbness of their youth.? Cosmetics, plumpers, aud the whole offspring of artifice and deception are resorted to, in the effort to stay the furrowing-plough share Of time. External appliances cannot reach or rejuverate the deeayii g spirits of the man or woman who wilfully and uialiciousl) pcrpctrat s a:gIarTtig tvftjrrg upon a fellow creature. Something must lie done to'quicken the vitality of the "inneV Wn," if you would preserve the rbdtfy glow of health and rotund form of youth. An cbsy conscience is all die poteut remedy for that e'asticity of spirit and t eauty to the human face, activity and energy to the [diyiscal body. Hear an old man sing : They tell nic I am handsome yet, And all (lie ladies say "D<? look at him, the cfear old man Grows younger every day." And when each friend nsks, "At your age How came you free from ills;" I alwnys answer: ""Ttt my youth I paid my printer's bills. " Nothing Lkavks Us as It Found Us.?If n.-licet of paper oil which h key has been laid, bo exposed for a few minutes to the sunshine, and then view id instantaneously in the duik, the key being removed, u fading spectre of the key will he visible. Let this p iper be put aside for many months, where nothing cau disturb it,-end iIicl in 'dutkness be laid On on q, plate of h >t metal, the ?p<-ctre of the key will again appear. This is equally true of our minds. Kvory man we'tftecl, every book we read, eve ry picture or landscape we see, every wotd or tone we hear, leaves its TAtagc mi the hrain. Those traces, which uti. Jerordinary circumstances arc iuvisiblo, never fade, but iu thV* intcuse light of ct-rcb'ral excitement, Btart into prominence, just cs the spectre imftgc of the key started into sight onHW application of heat It is thus with all the iuflubucOStO '.Vhicti We Aire subjected. Man and WtiM vJt ? Ad.iih Was first firmed ; then Eve, and she Was made Of the man and for the man; all of which are urged as reasons for humility, modesty silence, and sUbnii.-siveness of that sex in gene'ri\, a'tid particularly the subjeetiou and reverence wives owe to their husbuuds. Yet, man being made last of the creation; us the best and most excellent uf all, Eve's being made after Adam, and nut of hint, puts an honor upon that sex; as the glory of the man If liiau ik the bead, she is the crOWn; a crowb ttt her husband, the crown of tlVe visible crc-dtion. The man was diist rcfin d, but the woman Was doubly, re fined, Out further remove frdrti the cafth. WOmau waS nwdc. of a rib out of the side uj Adam ; not niaue out his hrud, to top hint; nor out of liis feet, to be trampled uputi by him but out of lii.s side, to be equal with bint?Undct- his arm; to bo protected ttud uear hid heart to be loved. Advance in SuoAit.?Within a few days, (says the Boston Journal,) refi ied suj;..r has advanced about 3? oents per pound, owin^ to the political trOu blcs in t uba. I he market is very buoyant for raw sugars, ami holders of stocks ure iud'Spo.-cd to sell even at the late advance. The prcseut rise will have a tendency to stimulate shipments from Manilla aud other sugar-producing countries. Filial Reverence.?"Uid man i" Stop, young man : who do mean ? Your father i' Truly he is an old man. The frosts and snows bf threescore and ten winters have whitened that venerable head, and the scorching suns of as many summers have embrowned and Withered that once smooth brow. Do you never think, young man, of the m&oy sbre trials through which that now stepping f jriu haVe passed in those many years ?trials that have borne him aluibst to the ghitc?andean you sayTroih^oiir heart as to "Odd, that you never caused hiui one pang? Ah, no! From your infancy. even to (he present moment, has your life been a source 'of anxiety und care to, him ? How careful was he when you wis yet a young ond tender infant, to provide for your small Wants; and as youth approached, did he not kfiitlly and lovingly point out to you the '{oath yob "snould travel to secure the esteem arid good will of all worthy men, and the smiling approbation of God !* Often when he has seen you, in your heedlessness, throw yourself in the way of temptation, has prayed to Him to presrt've you, pure and free, from the temptations of the Ivorld arid Evil One 1 Has he never gone h'ungfy thtft you might be satisfied, and thinly clad thnt you might be warm ? Yea, truly. Aud now sec him, feeble from age and iufirmity, slowly approaching the confines of the grave, alone in the world,^aVe only yon, his sou ; and will you not now, for all the love he has borne you these long years, lead and guide his feeble steps for u short time ? Yurfr father ! Yea, bless God that ^oti haVe now the opportunity to rctu.u him to'ftiti of the lcVe he has shown you; that you have u6w the opportunity to 'Obey (jod's commini: "Honor thy father and mother." iCa'I h?4n not old li.iin. 'Speak of with revcrcndo and respect and say; "My father." A Word to IJuyS.?COinc boy* and listen a few moments to your unelc.? You have now arrived at the ago when you must begin to thiv?k ubuut doing something for yourselves. The first piece of advice I have fur you is, to do everything well which you undertake. There is but lfttlc dagger of your being too particular in this respect. A boy who is carcfu to draw a straight line on his'slate, ftill be very likely to make a straight iue through life. There is .no pOsliioi) in life iu frhleh yud will not be called upon to act as exact us possible. Stop into the jeweler's shop and "see Imw careful the Workman mftst be in finishing tip the article he holds in bis hands. Visit: he ship-yaWI, and the man with the bioid-axe must lciVn to hew id a line, or be dismissed. You thiuk of being i clerk. Well, remember that a mistake there is a little less than a crime. I never saw a man who was Very particular dfeouthis affairs that Was not successful. How exact is a military officer in the command of a body of men. A clumsy sailor will never rise to the command of a ship Hut there is one groat danger which besets many young men at the present day. If it is the diposition to nVOid all solid improvement, and take up with subjects that reqdire no thought;, and which serve as mere warfare with godliucss, our portion will bo that of the ungodly. As the tree falletll sd shall it lip Wp k1i:i11 roan Wfi h.-ivo sown. "Let ray example warn you of the fatal terror into which yuii have fallen," said the gay Sir Francis Dalayal, near the end of his life. "Pursue what is useful ! pursue what is useful!" Reader, i if )uu tfould not iteako your life a curSe, phnseut and eternal "pursue what is Useful."?Rural N. Y. Don't Swear.?Profanity is one of the offensive aud disgusting habits to which humanity is given; to any noth. ing of its sinfulness, (which every one of course understands,) profane swear! ing is a vile, vulgar, low bred habit, from ! the indulgence of which a proper self! respect should restrain a man, even if I he has no icgard for the dictates of rcj ligion. It is a habit, too, which iucreasI cs with fearful rapidity, when once givi en way to. V Alti-lVl I. Indian Massacre in Texas.?Th< Corptis Chrfsti AJcdrtiser of the 6th in stent says: lteub. Hoibcin, Esq , arrived in tlii: city on Tuesday, 2<Viiist., with exciting Indian news. Xn express frum Loi Coribhos to Cafit. *R King, at Santa Ger trti(lcfl,'bring8 the startling intclligcne* that two hhndred Indian warriors at tacltcd the Rnribhos Los Anglcos anc ! Los Animos the latter part of last week j At Los Angelos four men were killed and at Los Animos the entire populu tion, numbering about forty men, \ro men and children. They were scalpec and their bodies shockingly mutilated Rbnche Los Xngclos is about fortj miles this side of Laredo; Los Animot is about half way bet'fteeh 'Shh'ta Ger trudes hriil Brownsville. The rtro ran clios are about forty miles apart. Conipaby L, 4th Cavalry, stationed a Camp Trinidad, in this county arc in ho pursuit. The Cuban authorities hltve refuse* to Recognize the American Consul a ftavana otherwise than as acommercia agent, and It is reported that he wil probably be forced tb leave the island Naturalised Atfaerlcan citizens ure be ing arrested aud inrpri'soned without an; charges preferred against them. Prob ably on suspicion of beiog In "Sympath; with the insurrectionists. Q. Smith, the negro Jhdgo who pre sides in the Montgomery (Ala.) Cir cuit, h:;s ju.~t pronounced the opinioi froui the bench that if a man neglect . to pay his taxes'to tho United States lie can be committed to jail for contemp of court. Smith is a Candidate for ; Congressional nomination, and it i ihohgTit lfe is sfttdyfagTo* a position 01 ihe House Judiciary Committee. 1 The largest man'6n"record in modcri times, wjs Miles burden, a rrniiva a North Carolina, born 1798. He wa: seven feet six inches high. At his d*atl in 1^57, he weighed a little over 1,00( t)<>nuds. I - ...... . The Radical Methodist negroes o Macon liavn burnt down the Afrieai Church of that city, winch they huv held h^ force since the close of the war und winch was recently adjudged t the Church South as their lawful proper The colored folks at WJisSiAgtou in feud to have a grand ball on it.augura tion day, iu order to eclifse tl.c othe ball got up by the white office seekers A woman committed suiede in Nc? York last week, by holding her head ii a tub of water until she was drowned It costs $1,400 for soap and cohibs, t beep Congress clean this session. A youth of 65 and am"aidcn'6f II wer recently married at Essex, Mass. A New York paper in proof of th greatness of that city, says it consume 50,000 meat skewers daily. The Mew York Tribune says: "Tli negroes of South Carolina are sadly pet plexcd about State and county taxc.( They cannot understand how a sheri elected by themselves should turn aroun and ask them lo pay taxes." Au exchange says : The latest mod of announcing a birth is call it, "cuitinj off a coupon from the marriage bond.' Nonsense. It issimplya new issue bcai iug uclditionul interest. It is a common saying that the lowc Older of animals have not the vices o man; yet is certain that sonic of the iu sects are backbiters, aud all rjuadiupcd tale-bearers. A \Vitnfcss spoke of a "partially c)a< ?ci\XT..a Ka r?Af nnifn pursuit. TV UO UV UUV \jUtvu U ?uv . asked the examining counsel. "No,' replied the witness, "he wore a pair o spectacles." A beautiful thought is suggested ii the Korau : "Angels, in the grave wil ? *->r\ fio #/\ fVio orhnnnt t uut -"-V ? ? ~ wealth thoa hast left behind thee, bu what good deed thou hast done in th world, to entitle theo to a scat auiouj the blessed." There are one hundred and fiftcei thousand acres of public lands iu Tusca loosa county, Ala., some of them vcr valuable. ) Of IU/ inornjons arrivcu av vuv j^viw* New York daring the past year. Nothing could be more convincing'to . ft female fricnclsof the honest tdesire entertained by'the ''nobler sex" .'for mat3 rimony?and ''a gootl deal" of*it. ^ A dandy, strutting around a tavern took up a pair of green spectacles which 3 lay on the table, put thetu on liis hose, and turning to the looking glass said : j ''Landlord how do these become me ? Don't you think they improve my looks." 1 think they do," replied the landloriij ' "they bide a part of your face." A cotemporary thinks the ri|ih a 1 strange power. It keeps thousands a. way from church on Sunday, but won't j deter a single man from attending tb j business on week days. During the past eleven yean 4,S83 - American vessels have been wrecked) involving a loss of over $10Q-,()00,6oO. 1 Tho Value of tithe Varies with ihvict1 uals, anil in the same hour-glass whiob marks the flight of time to every eye, ft 1 is less thao lost sand to the idler, bt/t i more than -gold to the B&dious man. ' The Grand Jury of Washington, t). ' C., has fouud a true bill against a mart, who, withouVfrnowleclge 6r skill 2b " medieihe, hdministerecl tch grains of V siilphate of morphine to h woman, who '* it is alleged, died in consequence. ' It is htlessefl thlhir for a poor man to have a contented, lorng wife?one wb& - will not wish to live in a style beyond - her husband's income, just because her 3 next door neighbor does?one who cab s be happy in the love of her husband; , her 1i iffie and its duties, without ashing t the world for its smiles or its favon. 1 The employers of coolies, in India, H have a legal right to whip them for he* 1 glccting work. One planter recently | killed a coolie by hogging ttittf. The evii dcnce was technically defective; and W f. am nnntftfifoit tf) frnt twelve months l At 3 prisonment. " 1 From 1804 to 1827, North Carolihi * furnished all the gold of the U. Stated, amounting, according to rctaros at the f mint, to $110,000. The aggregate of 3 all her gold yield up to 1866, accorie ing to data from the same soiree, & ', about $93,00,000. 0 Very Natural.?A. gentlemiA ' asked a little girl, an only child, how many sisters she had and was tola 'three or foar." Her ^mother asked Mary, when they were alo'&e, what had '.I i induced her to tell such an uatrutn ? i. "Why, mamma," cried Mary, "I didnl v want him to think you were so poor that 3 you had'ut but one child. Wouldn't I, ho have thought we were dreadful o Poor?" A novel mode of dunuiug, lately ii? trodOced in New York, is to hire a chaise pai'ntca in flaming red letter^ "Collector's Chaise," in which the col"6 lector makes his daily rounds to the 8 domiciles of slow-paying debtors. Id very obstinate cases, and when the debt. e or lives in a fashionable h use, it is kept standing in front of the promiius ' several hours a day. Df i " 1 * Some one has beautifully said: "Let ^ prayer be the key of the mornihg and the bolt of the evening." c Acknowledging we have been in ibe wrong is only showing that we are wiser to-day than yesterday. Marriage makes a man and womin O j one; but the trouble is to tell Which df r them is the ono. f A nlan in Ohio is father of five boya named Fremont, Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. 1 ! | St Louis MutuaL i? /COMPARATIVE Stptpment of an alt 1 I cash Company without dividends, and f the St. Louis Mutual:, On tho Ordinary, Lile Plan, at the age oj" thirty, the prethiiin) in A 'stock company for $1,000 is $16.55, to be paid annually during 11 lite; end NO; DIVIDENDS. In the St. Louia I Mutual Life, on same plan,, at. sarile age', I ik= m fnr *1 Taking 'f dividends as they afo now declared, $ policy, ? will run thus: ? year premium dividends cash paid). c i $22 6% $22 62 2 22 62 $5 67 Iti 03 g 3 23 62 7 17 11 4 22 62 7 91 14 79 5 22 62 8 36 14 34 1 The second payment in the St. Louis Mutjal Life is less than in a stock company, and ' ! over decreeing, until self-sustaining, y J. W. RODGERS, Agent, Camdaa, S LCi ' Feb 11. tfc