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f-: -I I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I ""'" 1 '" ' '"''''i VOT.U.MK 30. bA^.I.DKN.SOt-Tl-i-CAltOLllSi^tTHUKSDAY, AUGUST -25. 1870. \ NUMBISJJTL. I l'UULISUKD WKEKLV UY T. W. PEfUKS cV S( terms.' JmjjjtiK DOLLARS, payable in n Advertisement* inserted at one del a half per square for the first ins- rti dollar for the second, seventy-five ee the third and till) cents fur each sub: insertion. Liberal discount* made to half-yea yearly advertisers. > ,. . , Transient advertisements to be jiaii advance. ' ? I Thejipnce.ciccnpied by leu lines or! t;his si.:e type constitute a square. si*ei:< ii OF . JUDGE CARPENTER ? ? . J/ //to' Reform Meel in;/ in Culiu. i On being introduce J to the 5ng, Judge Carpenter plopped foi and addressing the. Prcsi'ient ol meeting and^th.c gentlemen of.ltic County, crave/} their attention little time lie had been travel much that lie was fatigued, atlj ? not detain them long. Had assunii position at the inviiation of the p< If anybody was to blame, it was u lie did not seek the position, but v from being insensible to the 1 'l'he honor was great, but the wor greater. As he accepted the one gratitude, be undntakes the othei alacrity. The light is theirs, no If lie be elected, the honor, the and the glory, will be theirs. 1 featcd, the loss, the disappointmen the disgrace will be theirs. IJ< pccts them to make the tight, u tight like men. If they will do success is as ccrtuiu as lliut the < shining in heaven. They may < themselves; the enemy cannot < We have, continued he, honor, ji and truth <ui our side; and tvkli tl manly fight must win. T.hc poe aid, "Thrice is he armed who hat quarrel just;" an? wo are thus t ?irmed. We have not only trirh ?ibe and honor on our side, but I he hearts of our honest people, not tl^o white*, but the colored, a I si wak^njj to ilse grand truth that thi > ) coptc.-t o.f right against wrong. 1 lire throwing off their shackles i jfiarjs of the State where I have and are joining the movement as tJ tfcA'ud so ii wjll go on, umil wronj oppression shall ucn i hie on their u L c4 tJtTuaes; and t^c profligate atii j^tij^.King that reign hjeru iujjola 1 ohj -et to I lie administration c Jjerrmr S? ott , first, for the unifori I -J tym (if corruption and venality .'...voriiinenr.? tlio K Vl'cUtive. I IlC - ; I tive and tlie Juliciary. It i> system of the rinir. My po'icy :,tt ick those only who attak us iji >sc who assail me personally. I ^ present nothing but facts?no which I cannot prove in any eo justice. I ask fair and civil quci I. prefer that you a*k whatcve . with explained 1 wish a manly I of these Subjects; not like the ra often do?try to keep the people from the speeches, and their 1i sneak up to hear what is said, ant creep away to misrepresent it in grog shops and leagues. Now, 1 that every radical organ in South lina?the /?Vymhfirnu. of Char! the Spartanburg ti'-puhlicnn ar Ctlf?all have asserted again and that the Legislature of this Sta been bribed, to _pa??_cvery imp bill that it has yet passed.. If 1 admit this array of evidence :^j/0 of witnesses, that is to say, e^ery iel organ in the State?briber) the means used to pass the goli the insurance bill and die sinkinj bill. The confession of (he _ parties is certainly conclusive evi ^cases. How dose his icticy stand Upon all these bills' endorsed thctiflriL t lie advised passage. He urged their adi and siirned them without a mi When Scott became Goreru this State, the people were ex ha impoverished and disheartened, laborer was out of employ men t* poor had a.struggle to sustain life lartner was involved in debt and t (1 us try of the country paralyzed. Scott found all these thiols. He ' m the S.t;|tc oppressed with a de ' ?0,000,000. What ought ho t< done? What did the dictates t inanity require at his hands? 'J press the people further? To in the Buffering? Or, ought he to taken steps to lighten them? lips he done? lie and his ad mi tipn oppressed the people with a < less burden of taxation, and run State debt from 80,000,000 to 500,000, by adding 8^,500,000 Kfforts have been made to cxpla Scott did not know these thin? tjiat he is not personally responsi . i them. It it is not dls own worio ly, it is fclic work of his creatu would not wrong any man. His with the Legislature proves his and purpose. This enormous di mortgage upon the property of tax payer in South Carolina, debt of S800 for every voter; or for every white voter?the tax \ in the State. It is a debt that) have.to pay. Although contra injustice and with reckless waste must and should be paid, and Iii Cod's uauK) then, let Uc ot * ' . | extravagance, before it involves us ail in ' irremediable ruin. Where is that $8,. .*-110,000? Jlave any railroad,s been - built? any canals dug? any school-houses j built? any institution or enterprise of ilvaline | use or pro tit, to the people or the State? j Ihu nu<J | x\0t one. It is all a dead loss. Judg- j iits 'fol 'n^ 1,10 'uturR l'}' 1'1C what will be sequent l'10 condition of affairs, after two years | more of sucli rule and ruin policy? ,rly and \ letter lias this.. morning appeared ; il for in 111 ?' our Columbia dailies, written by.ji distinguished r'atcsman and jurist, less, of L have no personal. ruuity to Judge Orr . { W e arc friends. ;Jut I must look at i JiLLi'ii." . his letter as a public pajier. Judge i ; Orr says the way to reform the lladinul ; < party, which he also admits to be cor- : I rupt, is to go into ir; for tlie good men | '? of the State to go into it. W ho is to j i tibia. J do this? To go into the lladical party! j1 I know of oulv two who have tried ;j I ^ t I " meet- that?one u fat gentleman in the Kas < rward, torn part nf State, six niontlts ago, and I ] f the i "iv learned legal friend, Judge Orr, j I dilaud tjV.'O.months ago. It docs not seem to : for a | he much improved jet. Who made up j i ing so the Radical convention? The seuui ot i i hould the earth, led on by Whitteniore, who |? :d tlio Lhas been ,t\yico picked out of Congress, j 1 eople ??d is defile,d by all the vic.es that have |j lot he disgraced the most ahandgned of ,tt\eir 1 rasfar vile crew. Whiticmurc was their lea- ! I toiior. der, and ought to have been. [Laugh- * k was ter and applause.] llis two cadctship 1: ! with j sales cost him somewhat heavily, in o * with comparison; but in fac', very lightly, i: t his. j His fellows should rejoice if they couid v profit ! get off as light. Co into the Radical j e f de- ! party to break it up! Nobody is going j h it and ; iuto it for that purpose; any more than j t j ex- j die Georgia Jtldgc w-ut into some gam ii md to bliug hells to bicak -.hem up, by fight- a (iiis, ing the tiger. Everybody can easily J sun is- see why they go in. Such cxpalnations d defeat are lacking in that honesty which ( do it Hurley throws into h-.s explanation of d ustice this management of parties.. Hurley ickc a says, what fools people are to talk abput c t bas honesty; the negro ii is got uo sense; si h his j ten make no pretense- of lionet); we ' T ;hrice j stuff his pocket and feed him with all 1 t.l , jus-1 sorts of promics and?get his vote. . j tl : true i After gi\im? some telling hits at this ! if only sinking fund style of breaking up the p a, arc i lladicHl parly, which On and Graham Ii i is a I have adopted, the Judge was J.arn'ng ? They j to.-mother subject, when a voice cried fl in all ' out, "Hurrah fur Carpenter!" Here- it been, ylied: JN'evi r mind hurrahiuc for me; Itcirs. Scott needs that. Tjio slashing that G fund 'he l'ru?si -insJmvs recently- given the -S -nrp-'j French is nothing that wh'ruh the ai 1 replied that that was cVrta'tfily fair-'ffet | 1 if (jt). ' that the Scott King divided in an un- J t ii sys ! eipial cay?they give ih" country poo- j t intro- pie all the votinsr, while they take all I-a of the | 'he nroyey and the offices. 'J'liat is | Leg is- what they cdl a'"fair divide.'* It is j t i the ' the old story of the tiirkvy and the ! t is to 1 buz turd, that the hunter and the In M ; not} dian had to divide. Formerly tlie Ju- j ^ shall diciary of South Carolina was pure. ( t thin" How is it now? All over the State, j o iirt of ihe Courts of the Trial Jutices arc | f itiuns. pandemnuiuhis of wickedness and iu ' ' r you j justice. ... . . j facing' Of tho removals of pood men from ; t Jicuis j office, that of 1 >r. J. \Y. Parker from ?i away the charge of the Slate Lunatic Asylum t waders ; was cue of the must recent as weM as !' I llien line of the worst*. l>r. P. v.ms peculiar-1 their iy fitted for this place. Miss Pix, who ! c assert i has visited the Asylums of L'/uropc and 11 Caro- America, said that sho had never seen ! 1 cston, j a man better suited for hispeculiur du- ; id the ! 'ies in the euro of the insane thnji Pr. ; v again j P. This lady, when she heard, two i s te has" years ago, of a proj et to remove him j t ortaut | for political reasons, wrote a latter to|j ui^^o ex.Governor Orr, supposing him still I t Crowd ; to be the Governor, bogging that Pr j i rad- i P. should not be removed. Gov. 0. |? r was i endorsed this letter and forwarded it to I I I bill, , Gov. Scott. Dr. P. had been thirty. ; ( ; fend three years connected with the Asylum ! t guilty hid slcj.ll, education, ability, energy, . dctice ! love of the work, and cverthirig else to :? Kxcel-1 reeomend him. lie was like Luke, of j I 11c I-old, the beloved physician. Vet, in the j I their face of all these Facts and considerations ] iption; Governor ?cptt removes him, in order j? irmur. j to tuake a plack-'for Dr. Knsor. Why ! i or of ; was this? It comes of the fact that j t usted, Purvis tinds that Lexington, is going j i The i for theReformers; so that his oceupa- | The ' i ion is certainly gone. Knsor is re- i ;. The , moved to make a place for Purvis; and ] ,he in. Dr. Parker must be removed to make a i , Gov. [dace for Knsor. . found Judge Carpenterjhen, in, answer to' bt of the false charge of defalcation made a- i ) have gainst Dr. 1'.,. detailed the financial i )f hu- history of flic institution under his : .'o op- ^l.argnj allowing that lie expended his crease own funds ill its support, then by subhave scription managed to keep it going, and . What finally that he begged to supply funds. ! nistra- Gov. Scott has not/only involved the J nierci- State in debt, has:' not only removed j up the good officers to put in the vilest of his ?14,-1 creatures; has not only inaugurated and j to it. | kept up 11 system of utter corruption m | in that | all the branches of the fcjtate (lovern- j :s, and merit and inferior offices?but lie has j blc for systematically endeavored to excite an direct- antagonism between the two races, j res. 1 , This I regard as the gravest, eharso of course | all, for it renders impossible the true I motive ' development of the State. How has I 2bt is a i be done this? ]>y the way in which he I every ! has carried out the provisions of the j It is a i militia law. He has organized and $2,300 | armed the colored..citizens, refusing to layer? i do the same with the whites,., Kvery rou will I thing that he has done in tbh matter ictcd in | i.s without authority and agaii^it law. ,still it He has, under flio p?\v, no more right 1 by you to arm a volunteer ynlilia company j op thio tliau 1 have. He' and eVilt^muu who is doing this are liable to indictment .? [A voice cried "Show it."] 1 will.? The Act Ih.lJS- authorized him to enrol all men from 4wo separate classes, lira those from IS to i>0 and second thos< from .10 to 45 After?not before? the enrollment is complete, be is au thorized to organize. No authority i: granted to any one to organize volun teer companies. One section makes i an indictable offence to drill a company until all the men have been enrolled All the men have not been enrolled.? c-all upon the Attorney-General to execute the jaw. Had I raised a hundred companies, armed tlicm, odu gone xc Jrjlling thmn, vrould it not have been treason '( The Jaw allows Gov. Scott ft ;io no more than it alluvvs inc. 1 do not blame the negroes. The fault Jiet ivitli their leaders. Arms have been jiven only to colored companies. Then cartridges were given. Why? [A voice r?ut in "They won't hurt." The speaker continued.] Nor will they mfrt inybody in South Carolina. Hitherto t was a finable ofi'ence to go to drill vith a loaded gun; now it is the revcrso. *cott in his Washington speech said ie had been on the picket line for ears. Probably be has. A picket i.ne is a line of skirmishers that go isfore an army to feel the enemy; and vhen they havq" feft them, they fall tack and let the others do the fighting f the battle. In that speech Governor 'eott said more; lie said South Carolina ?ns a nest of assassins, and that Winlifwfnr riflou rtoro llin law. NoW ic is arming the colored troops and upplying cartridges. What for? \Yho i to be shot? [A voice said, ppmethine bout the mtffderers of Kundolph.? udge Carpenter continued.] The murercrs of Randolph ? Go up and kill rev. Scott, if you want to kill tho murerer of Randolph. [Applause,] , .. Here a good deal of interruption ocurigd about, the edges of the crowd, ?ycral voices calling out flifferent things 'lie President of the meeting called lie attention of the Clyef of Police to liese disturbances. The speaker asked ihoy?tiic colored people?could get race by arming. Caesar Gurley, a eo?rcd man, called out that they wanted goo;l Governor. The speaker replied iat he had no doubt that Ctcsar would lake a hotter Governor than Scott. Judge.Carpenter continued: I Qhargc lov. Scott with inciting civil war'in oiilh Carolina; Because no i?> arming iul dri 11 itig i\i^^i^dpsv and has, ako away one single right or privilege hat you possess?would uut if I could, rid conld riot if I would. Scott talks about his having fought ?i. . ? i ... .1 t .in <> I I CC liiU C'H'nu |'til int. x mil lie truth. NVithci J, nor he, nor the "uitcd States army fought to free you. Alien Scott tells yu that the war was o free the negroes, he lies ({jcott nevr freed you; nor did the Federal army rec yrm; but God Almighty did?He hat directs the destinies of nations and fives victory wherever he l.ists?He hat counts the hairs of your head and mtcs flic sparrows that fall?His oiuiipotent fiat set you free. [A voice? 'That's so."] Lift your hearts ,in uprushing gratitude to Him, and do not ionic down to thank the puny creatures >f earth fur the glorious work of IIis lands. They have been telling you that if I vcre elected, I would reduce you to lOTnethirig like slavery?require you all o carry passes again, and all that; hut our cotnuion sense ought to show you hat this is fully. The fifteenth amendlicnt has fixed that. History affords no ixau.ple of a people's giving up a right ike that without a revolution. Several juestions were here asked about the I'otingof negroes in North Carolina for Andrew .Jackson; and about the repeal if the, fff'tccnlh amendment. The Judge having answered these fairly, and setled the buzz aS well as the individual propounding the questions, went on to xplain, in detail, how th.c constitutiond aincndmcntsuAght, in possibility, be repealed, but^/vr in human probabil ity. ?cott boalrj tliat I:c is the champion and upholder of your freedom and rights. lie is less than a worm compared to the earth, in the powers that L-ontrol your fortunes. How is Scott to be reelected?? How docs lie propose to secure his re election? lJy Union Leagues? (Avoice said, "Leagues arc good places". Tin speaker answered.) Yes, for you town fellows; but what gotd for the licncsl laborer in the country ? Five years ng< you were -slaves. You were freed.? You got into Leagues, and were swor.i to support the nominees?a worse sla very ihau you were in before. (A voici asked if the Judge liad not been ; member of the League? He replied No [Never been initiated? Not much Your leaguers are bound to suppor their nominees. (A voice denied th statement.) I know it. 1 hayc luysol seen thirty uicp mobbed aijd.fccatei because they refused to vote for ^hci League. (A voice asked about the deci.-ion 01 the bustavdy case in Orangeburg. Th Speaker replied:) "I tliank tliee, Jew for tlint word." I decided, under th Act of 180S and a subsequent Act, the neither race had a right to sue in sue eases. It is substantially'tbo same d< cision as .that rendered by .f udges ()i and (been, in their rcspce,iyc Uireuih Now, my friend.^ you see now this cot test, stands. U is justice, against iuju. - tice; economy,/aga^JSt extravagance, - and honesty agpiiUfc cur*'Uption. Gov. 1 Sco.tt has doocrevpyithtog in his power t ag.Most the tree Jtfjjj|?e8t8 of the State, e He has brought finV calumity upon us, - in order to contrtlaud to keep lis in - subjection. Butliet us, rise above the i narrow limits of un ambition lilce.his. Let us never fonj;4tha.t we are citizens (. of this greatifla&^j; land .that ,in its r immense prcpomons, from. the Rio . Grande to the SjL.'.'John's, and from the Atlantic to tlluPaoific, possesses in-; : exhaustible fesoTrecs, pf power and [ greatness. ProryP^ with burning lips, ? never revailecrtsupro glorious vision i than the I'ufire^jJjWfifcsi of this whole i country display*.. tjoiou i:; our watchi word. Succesdff^goa!. i The glo.wingUfcrfltiition of the Spca. ker was faith, and earnTlie effect .wasjltjsiliant, and the iru pression dccidctPifl every direction. To thg^jathetic. _ We u u d e r*t aad f (says the Kings tree Sfar,) that thc&'ara some in our com11)unity who cjbjjgidcr that they Will sacrifice their ij^%ples by joining the Reformers. To these would respectfully put" jhfj question, is such a movement DOt/jnfceessary ? We would also ask, is not fcirenohment in the expenditure of thfi'vpublic monies not absolutely necedjiaay?;'Under the present udministmiojfc the State is fast becoming bankroll' while thoso in power are last beconnfttejrealttiy and powerful Upon the salari^'they receive for their services, ampleUtffttigh they be, could they ..acconiplishiwhat 'they do? One speculation ofjbw'o connected with the Laud Commissioner's office has cheated the $tato. opt of ninety thousand dollars, a? .T?^5argpd> and many others of sma'Jer Are the men in office is. it a sacrifice of principle to pktttnprinci'pled, wiio will atcal, out of. j\ji'd endeavor to put honest wcTi in 'custody of tho peopto's funds? ^ IIcrctofof^Hfc were no parties in South Oanjlini/U Men voted for their favorite candjfim# .without reference to politics. r wo have tigigantic party, well, oti&SSaod and determined by deluding tjS&jgfcat majority of the voters of thc"'Sfet?, who.knpif nothing of their ache mL. to appropriate t,o themselves all the ojTc^of large.ptopt, whprp s?^HKr>he^"Dfr"dd ^d d' are l^T^fS^^rcii'tnces to steal but few and ii&onfiderable Heretofore tits administration of the affairs of our government cost, couiparntivcly, butiittlc. Since the lladiel .party hava usurped the power of the. lapdj wht dire havoc has been made with theinprovcrished Treasury of the State. Vho has been benefited by the ehangesihat have been wroc'ght in our circunjstmccs? Have the colored people receivd any advantage since the advent of oe oarpetbagger, or the defection of tie scalawag? Have the homeless rcceied homes, or the landIsiei* i vnrl fWlonnr "r?rr?t?i icnrl l?inrJ .V.^ uw.(.u.wYV.f7'v"n fw-.? - Is it not time fat the I'recdiuan should awike, and be apathe'ic taz payer arouse from billet harpy '( The ship of jSt.nlo has on bard a crew of pirates. Is there any nan in South Carolina who can be jail to hare sacrificed his principles b'cans^ he endeavors to thrust the uiprjncipled. helmsman from his .post; nnd'put an honest man in his place? Is itu sacrifice of principle to endeavor to reorganize the crew, and. place men on! beard who will keep the ship from silking ? Every ntai can do something.. Every man who hul fie welfare of the State at heart shoulcbc up and doing. This is no time U sit with folded hands, "Micawber-]il?," waiting for somcj-hing to turu up. Much L'ood can he done by energy and gtivity. It seems to us to be every man white and colored, toTi?? his aid to the proper i regulation of tb affairs, not only of the general State Government, but of our . County also. Organize! Hold your meetings, and onsult together for your j Knnofif A n II llliu JKJ Ul U^ll/ui o VMUlil. ikll lioucat interehngn of ideas will be of . infinite above all, let us ; shake off ilie etJiarpy that broods over . us. I . Scott's Wis! jester Hi fee Law. ! ?(}ov. Scott, in speech at Washingi ton, declared th! the Winchester rifle i was the best la^'or.South Carolina.? t The barbarous nd beastly assertion ) aroused the in;{[nation pf all patriotic - and enlightcnepeople Northland South ?llepublicau^nd Democrats. None : even of his syjphantic admirers dared J uphold him, ai he himself, frightened i at the universjcondetnnatiqn that was )' passed up.orr hi, attempted to recall or . apologise for t .infamous expressions t he liud used; egressions that of thcni.. -~i j.._ i.:_. c selves Biiuum miu. unji iuicvci mm. f every tri?c and |w abiding citizen of u the jState. Jiunovrevcr lnucli he may r have assumed h air of Pharisaical repentance, and iofessed sorrow fcr his n wicked words, in conduct shows that e the same dlabolal desire .lingers in his murderous heoj Jstill, and that, wi:h o fiendish tenacitj he is bent upon putit tin?r his darlinil^w into execution, li What else mint his illegal organi/A: tion of the.niilila' r V.'hat else nijiw his selection of cols. orcd pcoplo entity i 1- What else uic/is his issuing of arms s- And, lastly,/nuL cIjc means the dis\ c men in my section have determined to do. We work and toil, and the cor? rupt State officials reap the [jar-vest p^d is grow rich, and wo remain poor. -I go ?t for the rights of uiy r5cc, aud for the i- rights of the white race, and 1 prod oouncc the corruption pxisting in.this d Stato wrong in the-sight of God and d man, and therefore sinlul in us to sup e port it. I. am for tne reformation vl e the country, nod will vote for the nomy inecs of the Keform party. .Lotus go - for.;thcf ri-.-ht. and down with the wrong, d aud all will be wcdl. Let us fail to do ,t this, and we remain political slaves of 1 the -low and mem whites*, which is e worse than oor former condition. ; Carolina MoMuuuy. 3 Carpenter's Best.?The following f capital, hit w;is made by Judge Oa>pen,-. . tcr, while speaking in front of the (!?>-? e lumbia Hotel, at an impromptu im-ct iug on Tuesday night last. lt;]iugbceii e the custom of many of the radicals to a interrupt the-J udge.by asking iuipcrti1 ncnt, nod often insulting questions, but yr the Judgo is uever at a loss for a quick r and cutting reply, and seldom fails to *1?a f a k iwfl k*a- rlimfit. triburion of powder and ball to th companies ? :There is no. war; there are no di.tarbances; there .are no great violation ot law and order that the courts cannc control. There can bo no other expk nation of. his Excellency's acts iu rcgur to the militia except^ preconceive and fixed purpose to create strife an bloodshed between the races. Th white people of the State, under th Iteforpi platform, extend the friend! hand to their co'orcd lellow citizens.? Many of the latter arc promptly am mnnfuHy accepting it. Such a grea and happy union gives a hasty farewel to Scott and his wretched ring., li feels it?he knows it; and to prevent it he is endeavoring to array.lond clns againts the other, and would, doubt less; drench the State in the bloody its citizensin order to secure for him self another lease of power plunder th people. : The danger imminent. An nctiv and heated political campaign is ii progress; the passions o the people wil arc arpused; their minds but too easib informed. At such a crisis, Governo Soott issues arms and loaded cartridge to one political faction and denies then: to tho oihet. In our opinion thej shonid begiven to neither; and Governoi Scott should at once be arrested in hi! bloody course. Judge Carpenter,;^ referring to this matter in his speed here on Tuesday, emphatically sail that gcott had no more right to organ ize, commission aod arm a militit company, under the existing laws thac any private citizen of the State; and farther, that he was acting, in direel violation of a statute of his own Legislature, and was. liable to-indictment, and fine and imprisonment. The question, if qtention it be, should Jjft tested at once, and Governor Scott arraigned before the bar of justice to answer for his noautborizc usurpation of power.--Columbia Guardian. Our Puecious Code ?At the last session of the Court in Winnsboro, Thomas Slo.n sued J. Kily Mc Master on a note for $125, given for a mule, the defence being that said mule was unsound. The jury returned a verdict for $20, that is "less than fifty dollars," in wihcb Case the Code provide that the cost.of suit, amounting in this esse to $7.7,. must b$ paid by the plantiff, 'Thomas Sloan. Mr. Sloan, then, will Corbirr) to cfr'ny poof men remedy "at law?.?Fairfic.Ul- R< flitter. He that 18 not for TJs, is Against Us.?lu all portions of this county our people who favor reform arc signing an agreement pledging themselves to vote for no candidate to represent us in the Legislature who is not pledged to the Reform principles, and who has not been nominated by a convention of the Reform voters of this country. Near 1(?0 copies of this agremenf, (which arc all to be deemed originals,) arc now being circulated for signatures, and so far as we have heard of, but one white man, to whome it has been presented, objects or refuses to sign it yet.? Horry iVc/cs. Some days ago, a negro member of the Georgia House of Representatives, named Claiborne, was killed l>y the negro door-keeper, and the usual honors were paid to the deceased brother. A resolution to pay Ids per, <1tc.v\ to his widow was referred to the Finance Committee, who reported Saturday. Jast, begging to be discharged from its further consideration, as the deceased had so many wives and the applicants were so numerous, that the subject was one to be determined by the courts. The following is taken from the Anderson Intelligencer: Mr. Editor: I desire the use of your columns to express some opinions [ entertain about the State government. As a colored man I desire to ask the men of my race if .they do not know that the State officials, together with the legislative department of the State, arc corrupt? Is this not fully conceded alike by the Democratic aud Republican press, as also by the speakers of both . ? ... ?j fin.*, i.^: .1...:44^.1 : , _. prrilttt : j jiis.uewj; luuijiluu, iw ia qui, necessary to go into detail of the known many frauds committed by the patty in power, to our damage as well that of the whites. j What, then, is our duty ' Lot ue understand this, and then do it. First, we" should encourage friendship with our white neighbors, and when they make offers of friendship to us, .we should accept it. Ilavo they done it ? I answer, they have. Arc they in earnest i I answer, they are. -Should wc accept it? I answer, wo should.? We all know that the whiles as well jis blacks have some bad men among them, aud even anmng the good men, too many rcfu.se to reflect and think for. themselves. This 1 w;ihi itio people of my race to do. You have a mind, and if you fail to use it for the benefit of yourself and others, you are responsible before God and utau. Now, the native whiten offer us all our rights as citizens of the State, and by tlfelr platlbriu are' pledged to this policy/hnd I advise you to accept this offer of friendship upon t Itfer part of our white neighbors, and join riuwith them in bringing about a better government in this Slate, which I and oilier colored 9 UUUTC IUO lUUUUll lU mug U1.1 USII?MI- j i ishcd bead irdcrn shout of derisive j laughter from the audience. On the r night alluded to, a wissen-faced, stTrt3 collared, official looking fellow inlcri ruptod the Judge, by asking him "if i he (the Judge) did not expect to Be1 cure a large practice in . bisjprc'fVseion,from this campaign, after ho was de-! i feated for Governor?" i To which she Judge replied: ."Well, ' I I don't expect do be defeated^, but if 1 i am,. I shall . go to practicing law again; . and I expect th'fe firsticaso I skill have , will be to defend you or some other of / the present'officials of the State iu a case for stealing." , u The fellow wilted, and the crowd, i white and colored, roared. Union Times. , Increase op Cbime.?The Boston , I'ust makes the following comment upon tbo present condition of the country.? . ^hcy indicatothe existence iu -the North especially, of a bad state of society : ; . ' : I ".Whatever wars rage elsejvhcre, the war of yiijent passions -goes on iu this country at a rate absolutely appalling Never in oar history did the press teem , with such a Qonstanj jaeccwion of rej ports of inhuman and-blsody. deeds?^ murders, suicides, arson, and their font' ; line of legitimate kin. The lastshock with every proof of the assassin s bloody work fresh about him". The bunkers of Wall street offer a reward often thousand dollars for the discovery of the criminal, which should be increased tenfold rather than suffer such an cnor niity to go unpunished. Is it in a relaxed state of social morals, or is it in , the atmosphere, that this insane riot of human passion has its origin ? Certainly, the state of things is unprecedented, ( and it is obvious tbnt somo restraining . power is> wanted more .than the inctlicient influence of threatened penalties. It, will not take long for th<! ourrcnt I rage of violent passion to-wash away j the very buttresses of the social state." i Clement C. Vallandighatn is a Democrat, and of a party to which sonic two or three virtuous political saints in | these oarts sav it is "infamous" to be- ! . long. Here is VaHandighihn's advice { about how far the country-should sob- ' init to Radical tyranny under the guis* of bad laws : It is the determination of.the Demo- 1 cratic party to maintain free ."perch, a | free press, and a froe baliot, at ail haz i ards. I am for pbedicncc to all laws, and for requiring., the men in power to j obey them, I would try,all questions of Constitution and law b.-tbrc tlie ' courts; I am for trying all political questions by the ballot. 1 would resist no law by -force, but would endure almost every other wrong as lon<i as free I j discussion, free assemblages of the people, and a free ballot remain, but the ' moment, they arc attacked, 1 would resist. We have aright so change ad- < ministrations, policies and parties, not ; hy forcible revolution, but by the ; 7 I ballot box, and this right must be J ^ maintained at all hazards. Legal Advertising in "Loyal*'| i News papers.?The .Macon TV ftyrv-f/h i ^ hits the nail the on the head ihnsly-: | ^ (i'.ivernnr Alcorn, of Mississippi, has i just vetoed a billdesignating one " h>y i al" paper in each judical district to do | all tlic log: 1 advertising, on-tin* pruned , that ali tjic papers io the baic are lny- | . al, and hc*Vi fl0t willing to gravt^subsi , diestfor the benefit of n dew pcrsois. . In other worJCSUt:nrn is not will, ing to allow the tax payers ot"Mis-'is.nnpj " to he robbed to ttuppoii in idleness! 'j lot of vagabonds wlio have down into-lhnt State to publish jiu-mi- | r diary yiapcrs. Of nil thu *-,UP|o>x[jy I,l eonf ri v:i nccs whcrfity. Iov^U-p^-,jori.^ fsvi'-X'1' ' 'm ' fir ii.. r ,1 und stuff their-?Tfhy pockets ut ?.?0 ^ ,v the same time, *his of n p..,,,'/' ' advertise in newspaper* whose ' they, despises and which constantly " sail them with the I'oulyst abuse, bea* I r' jhe^pnlm. ' I* V:i ' Uncle Jitter" Cobtirh?a veteran! it> tH? sortfeo.-'of the Sniih Carolina Kailrond Company?was presented, on ' SatimTfoy last, with a massive silver cup ' by the employees of the railroad. .Mr. Col jk1, owing tu advanced age, has ! letiiTil. 2 . ? fc * .. Quire no in lerostiiij^ incithfeiit recco3j?j ly uotMinvd in coirrn'ctiiKi'WHh th?' pro^^l 1 po-fil scheme to raise > rf nioimfncnt to' ; tbix- dart of the 15th Mississippi K? ;riincut. Two razors, Kftsha and i"Hiin, t'orwoi slaves Captain J. : Uiiilbrit; sciri^'of thick HiH, Miss., 1 wlm hnd fiillrt>i;d their vounc masters '2 Mm/Ugh all tV. vary ing fortunes tjtafc jj (iffrll tlie glorious old 10th' regiment, until the chWof the wiir brought thenw-'t freed unj hearing recently-tImt the pry*'* , jecf of erecting/i/his inomiui'eot was 01? foot,.csnic to their fntauor master* and insisted on'bring allowed'the privilege" of giving sometiiing in aid Of the under* | talcing, and wanted to nubseribe twenty dollars o'jeh, but. Chey were told t\*cuty dollars was more than . tlury ought t?rf give, when rlioy gave live cn<-h, aud i'..-' reijnefiti'il 10 be called ou il'there any Funds la'ekin^. ^ j Tnpa vt Torn to Pi sties tsy IIoos^^H In Frcdoni>, Crawford County, ItiJM diann. a few days ago, the little daughter.^ of Daniel Duffeu, aged three years,?J -.vliih* playing near the,door of ilfi ptt- . rentn, was seized by a voracious bog1 and dragged off. Several other hogs ran to the infant and commenced'teaming it to pieces. The endeavors madeby the mother of the child to rescue h/ were unsuccessful,"but some gentlemen7 . passing final'y rescued it. Not a shred- * of clothing was left on the body. "several .place?, great chunks of flesh J were literally torn outH leaving "?decp, raping wqundiT There were twenty- ? !two flRjfliirt'ul cut* and bites upon the child Vpcrson After lingering several days, the child died. 1 v " ''ila ITorjJL On. ?Hold on to your tongue, ' < when you nre just ready to kwear, lie on ? / speak hArshly; or nsn an improper word Hold on to your hand when you are about to strike, pioch, steal, or do au improper act. Hold on toujour temper when you. * are angry, excited, or imposed upon, * or others arc angry about you. . H<dd on to vour heart when evil associations sgek-yuur company, arid invite you to join in their inirth and reHold on to your name at all times for it or'of more value fiVjroii than gold, high places or fjinliionable atfire. Hold%n to the truth,dt will servo -'Kj you well, and do you good throughout : Hold on to yrmr virtue?it is above all price to you in all tiriics and placed. . GoFS.-rThc Hand Commission has lately Bought of Mr. Jcnks in Charles-? ton, sin hundred acres of land lying irr the lower pnrt of Britain's Neck, in' this district. The land is mostly under ' * water, and what is dry is utterly worthless?not worth twenty-fire''cent* acre The land Commission paid for 'j this tract thirty-six hundred dollarqk. |;j Six dollars an acre! Somebody TO&fljjH done a thriving business in this tranrf= ac:ion.?Marion Cresctnf; : .*? -Eve's. Apple Tree.?In an inter* rsting English work, entitled "ItecobVj lections of Ceylon," it is asserted thdt 1 Eve's apple1 tree (Itaduragha) is there Jj i common tree. -It is of medium sire; !l its leaves nino inches rn length by thret _ M in width, with .twenty or more sfrong' .Vdj iihres branching off from each side or A :hc central otfC.- Its fruits are attached - * :o a stalk of considerable length, and ire produced in pairs. The nppcaraoCe> presented by tht '<?3 fruit is sat dto'be very peculiar, having :he form of an -apple .of the common 1 kind, with about one third bitten out 1 It ia not edible, und regarded as a roost J leadly poison. When punctured, it?. J ixudes a juice or milk so acid that.V'ld in?rle drop falling on the skin itnmed itclv raises a blister. t.V' " A "The mitsidCj" says thc author, "it < ^ ;i a L/H-IH jiinsw? WIVI, UUU tllC IUMU0 i crimson; - It contains a large quanti* *2 y of black se d like llie pip:: of an ap* -d( )'e, embedded in a quantify of scarlcl \ jolorcd pulp. I have counted fifty J right of those scods in a single fruit. ^ iVbeu the fruir ripens it bursts and the oeds fall out; the outside shrivels upt nit still adheres to the stalk for a con* idcrablc time." '? . ^ Crowiunu a Bacmiki or.?<,\V!u| [id you come hire alter?" : quired | ij iss Susan I >raper of a bachelor friend, rhn made her a call wheu the rest of be family bad gone out,."1*141 came to Imrrow sonic matches," ' (jnicckly repli d>; ' * 41 Matches.' That's1 a likely story. ' Vliy don't you make n match? C j rmw what you -teaiiiy for," exclaimed J lie delighted Miss, as she crowded the jfim Id btchelor. into -a corner; ,4yi)ii cam^^^M ero to kiss hug mo dJuios^^" path; but you shan't, uofc?^ Sj|longest, and the JwrdIk^3 tii i: c(im rno >'ah y^,c fl iHo (Wi,.r .Jfi>rt hr }? * iform the w.-hl tJT "uli'cpokcnrlii^ :iii>fitm<r CbtM M ?rcivi,\z?rv/*Zw'n^rWUn k, a (Vftljf ~jM ii-hi ,,f tl,(! l'Vejoe Islaau:*, H rit?\r/^;,l'f',r"i?? irt'l will visit ty< iffi .vyhi cities as sim?. as tlm Pacific flmail Company slWr have iiicreusttfi ,i^nti|in<rsn?:k sufficient^ to .su]>p{j iitatiun for his name. . JM h -'"MWi iv"-* ng I rc^mcut V4 n^r' 1| S