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issued KVKItY SATUKIi.VY MoltNlNO IIY TI!K _oitAKUffhujMi m:\vs roMi-AN.y. ^ liK(>."Jwm\IflK"Ufahifiw" M?ji"pM:.~ ^ Tqf&Ooniihg' oar, Tbc outlook t'< r 1870 is anything but eh coring. Many depressing causes have Jed to u sta gnat ion in business, and grave''dears tire entertained be thinking men that wc have Hot yet rent-lied.tho worst point. There are very feSv 1 encouraging signs of a re turn to activity in our ngt {cultural, manufacturing and euinmcreihl til des. Kayh day, brings us the uuwel come news ?? of suspensions at the North, wiiildr oaeb. succeeding tele gram adtjp a', darker hue to the out look for next year. The non-payment of individual debts, followed closely by a careless use of the resources of town, county, municipal und Stale governments, arc leading rapidly to a condition of things out of which there seems to he no way of escape; Many enterprises which have grown up un der careful management, arc now tottering on tho verge of bankruptcy and ruin. A few weeks ago it was Announced that .many of the hotels in New York wfero without a single boarder. Tlie deceptive policy of ex pansion, which was advocated in Ohio, brought about, disaster in many in stances. The inevitable consequences of overtrading and building on bor rowed. Capital, at a high rate of inte rest, 'hnvoK-gi>nc Tar to shatter the fabric of public and private credit. Not only have overtrading and or?r ImiUhny been the rule, but public sen timent has been debauched by irre sponsible speculators and by tho fail ure of mushroom banks, ".vhicli drew from the pockets of she people their hard-earned money" for winch they received m/ commensurate return. The existence and pursuit of such policies as these, always lend to de caying manhood and financial death. Happily for us they have been checked, in a great measure, by the stringency of the tiipcs. jF/or men -who make it a practice to run upon borrowed capi tal become slaves in the most abject sense of the term, and contribute large ly to the depression of our business interests. Let men b. gin to practice economy, live within their carningH, and a icturn to our normal condition may he possible; but as long as money borrowers throng tho laud?men who will mortgage lir.st their homes and then their, cAfriagcs, for a few thou sand dollars, in the vain hope io pay out in the md, our financial condition will remain uncertain. A high rule of interest will'l)c fostered thereby, and those whose fortune it i.! to have money to lend, will eventually control the destinies of the country, and es tablish for themselves an aristocracy having no claims to respectability save those created by the influence of the aljl-mighty dollar. ? Let our farmers husband their re sources? buy nothing except those things which arc absolutely necessary, and morel aids and manufacturers will be forced into corresponding measures of retrenchment and economy, and thus a healthier spirit of confidence will at once spring up between all closes. It is easy to see where tho practice of economy will load us; it is already known where (extravagance and the credit system has brought us. The foi 'hier is the broad, plain road to financial prosperity, and personal contentment?the well-spring of pub lit; and private . virtue; whereas tho practice of the latter has reduced thousands to penury and want, and \ laecil them, face to face, with poverty . Rut sad as (he outlook for 187b' is, if our poopl<\ and tho farmers in par ticular, wujr.cjLo,resolve, with the begiu ing of ihe Ne'w' Year, to live mom economically, go in debt as little a* possible, ami work manfully to regain what they have lost by short crops, our Centennial' Christmas will find them he tief* off than they are to-day. The AY km un<l Courier has been cor siderably enlarged und otherwise im proved. Jt is undoubtedly the journal of the Sou I hern States, and wields more influence 'in South Carolins than all the weeklies put together. Its chief editor, Cnpt. F. W. Dawson, is 11 vigorous and fluent writer* and wo believe has the interests of the Stale at heart. Success'to both editors ami paper. ^Ye ask attention to Col. Kacon\ letter aunouucingt&hVOmifobkt races for 15i.li. Kith and 17tli Dec. Lovers of this sport will do well 16 read i', and then go up. Bonds for the Peace. Wo call llie attention of the Legis lature to the law in relation to this matter. As it now stands,some Trial Justices may interpret it to mean that they have tho right to arrest any citi zen of whom another swears that he fears bodily harm, mid compel him tu give bond for hi* good behavior, or go to jail for a year and n drfy. This is wrong. No man should be required to lind surely for the peace, until he shall have been tried by a jury and found guilty of having uttered some threat against another. Unfortunately for us, wc have some people in this world who would not scruple to commit perjury for the purpose of gratifying their spites against a (supposed enemy. To make such mangy curs as these power ley.-; for harm?at least in this connec tion?let the law be so amended as to render it impossible for Trinl Justices to misinterpret it. Bind a man over to keep the police,provitteil he be found guilty of some olfenso, but don't let cowards take ad vantage of a law that was intended for wholesome purposes, and use it to oppress him. Amend j.h\ law, gentlemen, and make the man who craves protection muter it, pny; in (it!i'iiiim, for the warrent ncceessary to procure a peace bond. The county is too pour lo piiy the costs heaped up on it by men who have no sand in their gizzards - tm ? - - - Judge Knowlton. The. following excerpt wc make | fi?i? the Columbia correspondence of the A'fw.-s und Courier. From it one \ would judge that the News and Tim ks is not ? a bad prophet. That Judge Knowlton stands high aniuiingot Republicans is nut. only a truth, but the correspondent of our contemporary might bavo added, with equal truthfulness, that every Conservative who knows this distin guished member of our bar, enter tains the highest respect fur him : "A. R. Knowlton, of Orangeburg, is strongly supported by llayiie,oi Marion, and by the Orangeburg dele gation. Knowlton is in good odor among the colored mobmers, and from this fact is Whipper's main rival. The Columbia Union-IlcnihJ of the iOth insl., savs : "Air. Duncan from a special committed appointed t> in vestigate the charges against the may or of Orangeburg for working prison ers on the streets of Oriingeliurg, made a lung report, of no interest to our readers." Wc have relialilc'inforniation from Columbia that the lien law will be re pealed, but whether to take e licet from the passage of the art abrogat ing it, wc are not informed. \Vc_will keep our readers posted. The tribute paid to the late C. D. Melton by the Ac<rs and Courier, is one of the most eloquent wc ever read. That paper can do a good thing when it has a mind to. The reporter of the K'.'tc* ""?' Cou rier has been expelled from the privi leges of the House. Tho following beautiful stanzas were delivered by Mr. T. B Boyd on the night of the anniversary supper of the Klliott Hook and Ladder Com pany : "I took thee in thy youthful prime The hnslmnd of my bo:irt to be I promised in my in.trri.ige vow Forsaking all, to keep but tbee. I vowed through goad and ill report Thai I would love, wmdd servo, ob?-y Would keen through siekinvs and through htalth. That vow, I will renew to-day. T will not leave tbee, now dfccaaa lias thinned thy form and paled ihy check And korrow and this prison cell I lava made tbat vigorous arm bo weak? 1 will nut leave tine! nmcli thou heud'at .Some gentle hand to tend tbee now To soothe lbe fever hi thy vein* And wipe the ??old sweat, fioui thy brow. I will not leave. tJico ! though the world Ft as tailed tlx e by ii fcloVii name And scorn's cold finger point* tbee out The. worthless child of guilt and ahaine? 1 will not leave thee ! though this cell He all the home, thou call's! thine own Though wealth and honor, friend* and fame At fale,fi dissolving touch have flown. I will hot leave thee! in one heart Faith in thy Innocence remain* And not a thought ot cold distrust Has chilled love's fervor in my veins I hear the world's condemning voire What is the world's harsh voice to me t Did 1 not at the altar vow Kor.'.lking all, tu keep but thcu? I would not leave thee, did I know That all the world's reproach wer.? true; Tbat neath sonici great temptations power Tbji Hottl liiidlost its native hue Had dyed itself with darkest guilt And plunged without remorse in crime Not even then would I forsake Thine ami thine only, for all lime. Death only, pnriH ir; w hen he . orirn 1 will, I must yield thci to him And though my pretence might not take A terror from that monarch grim I might point out ?omo ray of hope To guide time to that world above Whi rr, wc poor weary ones of earth M:i\ dwell i:i the All Fathtii.V \6vi " Ii Tho following is nn epitome of the remarks made by Mr. Meyers nt the recent Anniversary of the Elliotts, in response to a sentiment toasting the press: Mr. Foreman, and Gentlemen : I feel honored in your call upon me to respond to the tribute accorded the press. It is natural, how ever, that I should regret that no abler representative of "the fourth estate" is here to do justice to its preeminent record, as one of the pow ers "behind the throne stronger than the throne itself." Ever since the days of Homer, whose Iliad and Odyssey arc the text books of the scholar and the poet, the pen, which Byron calls "that mighty instrument of little men," has been the guardian of the rights of the people, and the universal teacher of tho nations; and ever since the 11 th century, the type, that little monu ment of human genius, has been the typo of civilization, the ornament of social life, and the guard anil grace of humanity. Born amid the struggles iof the people, crushed beneath the feudal institutions, it rose to give expression to their rights and in vindication of their wrongs. It soon attracted the attention and aroused the fears of Un thrones of Europe, and whenever they failed to vise, it I lUantifacture a false public sentiment in favor of tyranny, they combined to fetter its limbs or to stamp it out of existence. But wherever the element of constitution al liberty was part and parcel of the government, or the shallow of popu lar freedom prevailed, there the press asserted itself and fulfilled its high mission. Before the time of the Re formation, it concealed itself in the I monasteries and became the handmaid of the ancient learning, or the chronicle j of the heroism, the genius, and the eccentric chivalry of the olden time. In those day* there was properly no j press as we know it now. Except j J hero and there in England, the press I was shackled and silent until the ter rible storm of 1703, which had gather ed for centuries in the hearts of the I French people, broke, like a thunder bolt, over the palace of the Tuillories. 1 In that tremendous outbreak of the people in which, as the poet says. I "France gut drunk and ,voojUdt^.hlood over Europe/' the prc?s look its place I beside, the Tribune in the national ' assembly. It. gave way to all the madness of the. hour because it was tlic true exponent of a people wild and furious in the first riijnymcn of that carnival of liberty at Which Christi anity trembled and civilization stood aghast. While on one side of the English channel, the press illustrated the uii unrestrained vigor of a popular upris ing, on the other side it exemplified the steady light of liberty ordered 'and restrained by right reason, and a perfectedBystcra ofjustic.c and law. But no where, gentlemen, had the press reached its proper sphere, or risen to its full manhood, until it planted itself upon the soil of the new world, and stood by the t-ide of a young and free people in the establishment of the American Republic. Here, gentlemen, it has grown with its growth and been strengthened with its strength, until it has become the munificent patron of onr generous youth, the fearless champion of law and order, and at once the sword and shield of the Republ ic. Every day magnifies its usefulness and importance. It is the best and highest educator of the people, and tho education it imparts makes us the j invincible nation tbat we arc, giving us, as it does, the intelligence to under stand our rights, and nerving us with the spirit to defend them. Each day it penetrates our domestic life, and sits by our side picturing to us, as a "map of busy life," the moving acci dents and incidents, not only round about us, but transpiring in all cmar tors of the known world. It is a mighty spirit that grasps all tho great powers of human energy, and makes them the slaves of its service, ?teaiii and the telegram, poetry and music, art and science, am all grouped in the sanctum of the modern editor, and subservient to his will. But recently, gentlemen, wo havo seen an example of its power in the influence it has exerted over the polls all over the country. The greatest statesmen have bent their knees be fore its power?Christian statcsmc" have goue down beneath its frown; and here in our own State, it is fast bringing us out of the ways of corrup tion into the path*? rif t fllcial purify nnd good government. It will yet hurl to the ground nil those who huvc grown rich, be they high or loWj by speculation in public funds, and consign them to the infamy which they deserve. Tho press, when properly conduc ted, is at all limes the conservator of peace and good order, the protector of our rights and the guard of every virtue of our homes; like some just and resolute man, unmoved by the rage of the populace or the frown of a ty rant, it presides over the genuis of our common country and the fortunes of an united nnd free people, ever ready to approve the right aud condemn tho wrong. These, gentlemen, arc some of the ideas called forth by your sentiment this evening, toasting that great organization of which I am an hum ble part. I thank you, gentlemen, for your attention. XkROM OUR OWN CORHF.SroNDKNT.] FROM THE STATE CAPITOL. Columbia, S. C. Dec. 9th, 1875. "J-et me make the ballads of a na tion," said Fletcher, of Saltoun, "and I care not who makes its laws." Your readers will doubtless agree with me, when I stale as my Inmost opinion that had the worthy Knight lived in the past six years, and been a resi dent, n ?reeholder, aud tax payer in South Carolina lie never would have so exclaimed; or else had prepared himself to receive a rude and un compromising thrust at his capacities as a poet. The people of the State have, here tofore, since reconstruction (nnd in many instances before,) been most un justly dealt with by the very men whom they especially delegated to protect and defend their temporal interests in the legislative halls. Bur dedsome taxes have been imposed, and when collected been fradulcntly and dishonestly applied; monopolies have been fostered and encouraged, to the detriment of the people, class leg islation has been favored; unnecessary and oppressive laws have been enact ed; and generally law's which tend to the Ii a] i pin ess and prosperity of the ; people, have been the exception and ! not the rule. But now it is changed, and henceforward the people way with Fletcher, "care not who mak<s their law.-," but rather incline t<? the i Uepublican party so long as it pre serves its present course of conduct. With the inauguration of Governor Chamberlain, and the convening of j she present General Assembly, a new J era began lo dawn upon the State; all the old abuses were corrected in whole or in part; the legislators without ex ception exerted their utmost clFbrts to remedy existing wrong.-; and even now while they arc idling the taxes upon tluni liko O.-sa upon Olympus, and like Pcliou upon O.-sa; Iiis people have cause for congratulation and not complaint. The event of the week in legislative circles, has been the expulsion from the house of the reporter of the A'acs and Courier, for certain strictures upon the Republican members of the ways and means committee. Tho conduct of the reporter in this matter cannot be too severely condemned; and the action of the bouse, while it may have been somewhat modified, was neces sary to show that while the press has liberty, it has not license* Tho com mittee in their action on the tax bill, followed closely the recommendations contained in the Governor's message. Nay, even went so far as to accept, present to the house and advocate a bill drafted by himself, and to the ap proval of which be was comiuuttcd. But, notwithstanding all this, the press of the State hurl upon the unof fending heads of the committee, a tor rent of abuse, while the Governor finding that he is not assailed, looks calmly on, unmindful of tbc fact, that the committee in their advocacy of the bill are but tbc expositors of his views and intentions. The opinion seems to prevail in Re publican circles, that a n^w election will have tc be held shortly for uon gi ess men from this State. Yours briefly, Rollo. A tremendous hue and cry is being raised just now against Judge Hogc's right to his scat in Congress. The law requires that a Congressional District shall be composed of contiguous terri tory. The Third District is not so constituted, and ?t is exceedingly doubtful whether Judge Hogo will be able to hold bis scat to the end of the First Congress. 5?5 ^-.?J County Commissioner's Annual Report. COUNTY COMMLSSONER'S OFFICE, ?nAftOEB?Rb; S. C, NOV: 15, 1973; Pursuant to Section 20 of an Act to Reduce all Acts and parts of Act? in relation to County Commissioners, their Powers and Duties, into one Act and to Amend tho same, Approved April 13, 1875, the following are the Claims against the County of Orangeburg, audited by the Board of County Commissioners, showing the Expenditures and for what Purposes from No vember 1st, 1874, to November 1st, 1875, are hereby published. Fiat?Amount of Drafts Ittueil by Present Board During Fiscal Year. Names. Kind of Fimn. Amount Claimed. Amoun t Allows d II P Cooke. J H Fordham. R V Dan nelly..-. Isaac White more. J IIFordham. Trial Justice Isaac Whitemore. J F Meyers. Tlios. Alexander.j M G Salley. H P Cooke. 65 50 88 00 U 70 31 00 24 60 26 00' 44 00 52 50. 40 50 38 50 40 00 42 50 36 00 30 20 16 00 3 00 22 50 26 50 64 00 net 11 70 22 00 24 60 15 50 32 00 32 00 32 00 28 00 32 00 32 00 36 00 17 70 16 00 2 00 22 50 26 50 Total. 5112 62 | 5075 22 Izlar & Dibble. Bull, Scovill & Pike. Claim?* Unpaid Contingent Tlios W Glover.... Oraiigcbiirg News Peter G Cannon . News & Courier. Walker, Evans & Coggswell. Bull, Scovill & Piks. Lsivnl Paulling. Jas. Van Tassel. W J DeTreville. Harpiri Riggs. Girardeau oi. Co. Joel Larkins. E I Cain. Gco. Bolivcr. .Joel Larkiiis. Gco. Bolivcr K 1 Cain. W O W Walker. E I Cain. Court fund C W Butt/.. B G Schall". Marlin Livingston. O.ivc Fehler. Morris Adams. Mai tin Livingston. \\ L W iiiiev. J W Fuhchess. Walker Howard . J) W Barton. Cross well, Carson iY. Slawson. Daniel Livingston. L E Mvcrs. J 11 Felder. J D Smoke. Hilliard Wright. J P M Fou res. G D Sellers. A D Bozard. W W Glover. J E Edwards . K J Oliveros.**<." * G J Snspnrtas. ........ D Louis & S Dibble. A C Dukes. F H W Briggmann. T Kohn & Bro. D Louis &S Dibble. A C Dukes. D Louis AS Dibble. T Kohn & Bro..../. D Louis <fe S Dibble.? E Rosa C Oliveros, Ex'x .... Gabriel Thomas. Barton & Lcgarc. Geo. Bolivcr. Briggmann & Crook. Tom Smith. Gressctt & Reeves. Tlios Alexander. Poor fund W K Brown.... Jake Brunson... A F Browning.. Frank Mallett? Wm H Joiner.. J A Flinches.... Trial Justice fund J R Wannamakcr. J G Mitchell. W m Fair. J M Brown. Daniel Green . A G Myers. J J W Joiner. James Pierce. James Rickenbaker. B J Ginyard. John H rhiiiips. H P Cooke. A B Corbitt. J P Mvars. Jno Wannamakcr. R V Dannclly. J H Wahlers. 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