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Will receive prompt attention. Agents and CorrospondcntB wnntcd In nil Towns of tho County. SATURDAY, MARCH 13,1875. Newspaper Law. We invite attention to thc law con cerning newspapers : 1. Subscribers who do not give ex press notice to the contrary are con sidered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers wish their paper discontinued publishers ma}' continue to send them until all charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the offices br places to which they are sent, they ar? held responsible until they settle their bill anet* give" notice to- discon tinue' theist* 4. If subscribers move to other places without informing tba publish er, and the paper is sent to the for mer direction, they arc held .respon sible. Notice should always bc given of remov&Iv j| *v The ?bnrts ?are decided thai refusing to take a paper or peri?dica from the ofiVee, or removing nm leaving it uncalled for, is prima fach -^Ulgtidencei n^tentjtvmiX_fca!i(b_^ D*ngerous Monopolies. .?t is import an t'jfiffi our Legisla f?re stiDUld b? Th tbc/interests of 1 h people rather than to augment th power of growing and arbitrary coi pbrations that are seeking, with to much success to govern the country It is becoming a serious question Who owns this nation ? We are sti rhslmecHo think the fcc simple is i the peopl?,- and that they have resteer"right in their President, Cor gffess,. Governors and Legislature but every now" and then somethin turns up to render thia theory doubl ful. We find, for instance; that Unel Samuel must not run telegraph wire oVer his estate, because the Wester Union will not hear of such a thing He must also give up carrying sma parcels for his nephews and nieces i the mail bags, because Adams E> gress prefers to do that business an charge (bhythose express charges ! for it. ?f ac?r venerable relative wei ^0^? propose to receive for safe-keepin the savings of the people at his pos offices, as is done* irr those slow-goir regions -called Britain and Canad we presume all the savings bank and especially the broken ones, woul loudly prohibit him from doing an; thing so sensible and beneficial. One Dromio lamen tod that he ? longer belonged to himself, after ma rying a fat cook, and it is to be feare that this great Republic, after foste ing these great companies, no longc belongs tc* itself. These corporations can pay largel for special legislation, and by thc monied Influence they are ccrruptin legislation, and depriving the peop] of their dearest rights. As soon as the people elect the own representatives-selecting me who cannot be bought-they will ha\ very desirable reforms and improv monte, but tho longer the strugg with wealthy corporations is defer rc the more doubtful will the result b come. REPEAL OY THK "-O?MCIAL NKW PAPER " LAW. The law of l<870r rei nlating the publication of legal n Hoes, is repealed, and there is no sui thing to-day as an ".oiflcial newsp . -ncr " ip. South Carolina? Any per? who bus an advertisement of any kind ( to publish can publish it where he ? pleases. This applies' to all notices j by State and county ofllcers, and to every notice whatsoever required by s law to be made public'. This gives I att'papers an equal ch?nce as fid* as | advertising legal notices arc con- 1 cerned". " , Colton Factories in the South. 1 "Wc arc glad to notice that much < attention is being paid"to tbs subject ( of manufacturing thc colton grown so abundantly in the South in the very sections where it is" produced. With the present price ot labor, and other facilities now enjoyed) manufacturing here may readily bc made a grand success. That it can be done to ad vantage, has already been clearly demonstrated. Wc need only the business energy and capilal lo operate on this line in this Immediate vicinity to make Orangeburg one of the most prosperous-counties in the Slate. We have long becu growing the cotton, but neglecting to usc rare facilities to manufacture it within our own reach. We cannot alford to pay others to do this business for us ?ti connection with such heavy bills for transporta tion. Ail exchange says : " Great changes are likely ere long to take place in thc sites oT cotton manufacture. Facto: ins in our cot ton-growing States are paying excel lent dividends, and as soon as their poor distracted people can insure freedom, peace and safety, man?fae t?ring capital and enterprise will doubtless How into them with a j strong tide. Thc same change is also taking place, but on a much greater scale, in British India, where the profits on cotton factories are very high. " The first result of manufacturing cotton in the countries where it grows will bo to cut off the demand of those countries from the present manufac turers, and thc next will be to com pete wilh them in thc markets of the wdrld." What Governor Chamberlain Thinks of the Treasurer. ^iie reporter of the Nines and C?itrter lias hail ari interview with Governor Chamberlain,' lu which he expresses hits .oi.ti-o-fctinll Jun au h> tho iiiHvfiMie.r" HUI! In . tegrity of Treasurer Cardozo, as the fol-1 low lng extracts will show: i Governor-The matter is one that in I turvbis ute beyond anything else which I bas occurred during- my administration. \ and 1 have not failed to read every word ?lint bas appeared in the various docu ! [neats connected with it. Of course every I fair-minded man hold'* himself open to : tho consideration of nnj' new facts or ev ! id?neo which may be added to the case, or any wsw arguments based on the facts i ri I ready developed. Premising this, I do not hesitate to say that I have entire cou* j lldcnco in Mr. Cardozo. Men, many : men, friends of mine, have come to me j and siiid,-'* Don't mix yourself up lp this light. It is no affair of yours, and you ought io Seep clear of it. " * * If I knew to-day there was not another man in tuc world who would speak for Mr. Cardozo, I would all the more stand by him. I haven't come into this office expecting a bed of roses. I am not hall so anxious to make friends or to avoid enemies as I ara to do right, and until evidence, facts, compel ino to lose faith In Mr. Cardozo, bo'shnll have my confi dence and my personal and moral sup port in every form. Well, sir, 1 have ex amined al?- tho evidence yet adduced, and I find nothing to shake ray faith in Mr. Cardozo's honesty. I have known Mr. Cardozo intimately since last summer. Ile was an early supporter of mine for my present position, f think I have known his aims and plans, and I say. without qualification, that I have never heard ono word or seen one act of Mr. Cardozo's which did not confirm my con fidence !n his personal integrity, and his political honor, and zeal for the honest administration of the State Government. On every occasion, and under all circum stances, he has been against fraud and jobbery, and in. fa vor of good measures and good men. The public do not know the pressure which has been brought to bear upon.ine in this ofllce to make me yield my views of public duty. If I had known it myself beforehand, I would never have dared to take the ofllce. But in the midst of it all, when I could count all the Republicans who scented to sym pathize with mo on tho fingers of one hand, thero Was one man who never fulled to come unasked and stand nt my side, and that mau was Francis L. Gar dozo. * * * Now, sir, I saw this storm gathering long ago. I knew that any man who did his duty as Treas tirer, who lent himself to no jobbery, and had no private ends to serve, would make himself thu most unpopular man in South Carolina. Cardozo, knew it too/ 1 confess I did not expect to seo tho cle ment which views the public service as a mero chanco to ranko money, able to make such headway as they aro now ap parently making against Mr. Cardozo. I did hope lor better things, but I also ?xpected to Hud a howl and outcry igainst y.:<y niau who did Ids duty by '.bo treasury. I do not wi.sli to be undcr itood as implying that all who arc op losed to Mr. Cardozo arc consciously ? triking down a faithful public oiHc?r; mt every man here in Columbia knows hat the real force which iir^es on this ittack upon Mr. Cnrdozb- is not a desire ,o guard the Treasurj*. I speak now vhat every man confesses to inc when 1 isk him the question. Reporter-But, Governor, what do you ?ny of the attitude of the Conservatives o ward Mr. Cardozo? Governor-Well, sir, I think they In. end to do justice to Mr. Carduzo In the .?nd; and so I think of very many Repub licans. I do not wonder nt their voting for raising a committee to pi t-pure an ad dress. That is probably now the only j wray to bring the whole ease to a point ivhere justice cnn be done. lath bound o siry that the Conservatives' have acted ivtlir great political generosity and pa .rioti-in toward nie and ?ny adiuiniatra ti'on. I believe they will do what they think just by Mr. Card?/.o, and their votes i:i this matter, so lar. imliento ho more, in my judgment, than tb have the case fully tried. I cannot believe their vote on appointing the committee repre sents their probable vote on the^nddrcF* of removal, Unless new facts are devel oped. George Shrewsbury. George Shrewsberry, a well-known citizen of Charleston, died on Sun day last. Thc following, fro in the News and Confier, will show in M hal estimation be was held by tho people of Charleston : " Thc subject ut' this notice, who died suddenly, of ban disease, on Sunday night, belonged to a colored class in ( hat lesion who have long been equally di-'.inguished b}1 their high order of respectability, and their perfect devotion to their native State and city. They arc well-known for thc temperance of Ihcir' opinions and conduct, for the courtesy and unobtrusiveness bf their manners, and for their quiet, persist ent induslrj'. Their relations to their while fellow-citizens were of tho kindest long before the war, i\::-.l were not only not disturbed., but? indeed, confirmed andi strengthened hy thc issue of that struggle- MrjShrews bury began life a poor mun,' but lu steady alni well-directed lab**.he bad succeeded up to the time of ifis dti?tl in amassing a handsonn days were-passed in th . . ms homo, and arnuT tl private pursuits, ahd'h< . |i ' i public lifo until at the . - . election, without any solicitation 01 his part, he was chosen an alderman He was serving in that cap? H ty, ant also- as Commissioner of t!iB All ms house, at the time of his dell'h. Iii! face and- form, betokening, ka3 Ihcj did, the quiet, substantial j citizen will bc missed in our mai les am upon our streets' f and we 'vre satis tied there are none ,who will not lee that, particularly at thc present june lure, the city has suffered' a s<: vere los in tbp death of one who was ?ffectinj so much good by Iiis toi dug, and ca pecially by his exam ph The South. What a vague tenn Jl .s is ! In th mon ilia of slaveholders it meant th few hundred thousand white men wh owned slaves. Thc rate-rests of til South meant their interests, and no those of either the negroes or th poor white trash. Wo np- d th latter are now, to some extent, inclut ed. in the term South, though it sti stands for just about the same class n before thc war. This "South," with it class-legislation and repression of edi cation, has been asad drawback to lil real South. If the vast iincultivute estates which it possessed had at th close of thc war been given away ?1 homesteads in small lobs to the I'nio soldiers and the freedmen, upon coi ditonof nclual seulement, what a di feront region thc South would ha\ been by this time ! Each plnnlntio of ten thousand acres would hn\ been settled by some two hundrc thrifty families,- who would have a forded society and protection lo cai other, and thc produce of the lan would have been increased rnany-foh Freo institutions,education, and otht means of progress would also hw been secured. This wa? not, hov ever, deemed practicable-alt hong in accordance with tho usual laws n?i and customs of nations concernai suppressed rebellions--and the son result must now be sought by tl slow operation of peaceful mean?, all the old slave States would pr< claim pefect equality of rights an liberty of speech and of suffrage t all citizens* with welcome and snfet for im mig rants, the South would soo be Ihe most progressive portion of i the Union-seeing that nearly all the i fertile lands of the North are already occupied.-New York Witness. Effects of Intemperance. Tho records of city mission labors ' are filled with testimonies to the evils ' ?f ihtemperance. Take this extract from a-recent missionary report as an ' example: The' missionary says: 1 Ruin's doings'givc dircotion to not a little of oub iulior.- Av man whom" ? had set down as a lazy fraud, arid1 to whom 1? hud- given thc cold shoulder, one day informed me of a sick woman whom he wished I-would call and see, giving me particular caution uot to make ray errand known to any one I should meet in the house ; to make no inquiry at the door,, lest her hus band should prevent ray seeing her. I was told in what roora the sick woman was lying, and! that I should go ibto the room without waiting for a summons. Taking my wife with me I went according to thc directions given rac. I found the house quite respectable in appearance, and opened the front door, without knocking, and walked in, and though I saw the hus band (as 1 rightly supposed"), at work in thc renr yard ; at once, without addressing him, 1 proceeded to the second-floor room indicated! to me, and entered. A very dirty, disor dered, rubb'shy roora received rae and my wife. A strange mixture of misery ami comfort was apparent. A woman, young and dying, alone and neglected, was lying on what had' been a very nice hair cloth sofa, un der thc front window, an old, worn gray array blanket thrown over her, and her head resting uncomfortably on a dirty and patched feather pillow. A smutty, broken lamp was burning upon a large marble-top center-table, just at her head. There was not a decent chair in thc room, but the walla were bung with an array of portraits and pictures in oil, with gilt) frames; also a pier mirror. There was no carpet on the floor, which looked- as though it had not been swept in six months ; while heaps of dilapidated odds and ends were seatt le! ed about. Altogether^ thc state of bUis dying WOhian W:vs na (?i.-.?i?vrruOfv.-na cyuK! well- bc imagined, or fourni in the ' most wretched tenement i it- the ciiy v and ull this the work ot rum. Uer husband, who owns, thc house in 'which be lives and several others, bad totally neglected bis wife, anxious that she should die as soon as possi-' ble. Though so yoting, perhaps twenty-flsis years old,-she had become a confirmed inebriate, with no pur 1 pose in life but to indulge ber appetite I for strong drink, utterly neglecting home ?'Kj family. Uer children were k'ft to run about in ragy, and were found upon thc stiects in the 'depth of winter with no shoes on their feet, j Thc poor^ infatuated woman bad been ! in the habit of taking th? furniture, bedding, and wearing apparel to thc pawn-shop to get money for thc pur I chase of liquor. When I afterward I went to the husband to inquire about his treatment of his wife, he showed me in his shop a bolster almost emp tied of feathers,- which she had taken ! out to sell for rum ; and. to save the carpet from the same disposition, he had taken it off the floor of her room. To the poor, miserable wreck of a woman I spoke of the compassion of ?Jesus, but could get no response. Af terward she was taken to the hospital, and everything was done that could be done nuder the circumstances, bnt to the last tho poor woman felt she was so far off-too far off from Jesus .-she could not reach out to Him. ! Thc city missionaries are laboring ; constantly, not only for the reformn j lion and elevation of the intemperate, i but also to prevent thc formation of J those evil habits which lead the way j to drunkenness and dissipation. Last year they received twelve hundred and fifty-five temperance pledges, and they enjoy the satisfaction of seeing much fruit of their arduous toil.-Na tional Temperance Advocate. LABOII. Labor-honest labor-is mighty awl beautiful. Activity is tho ruling element of lifo, and its highest rehab. Luxuries and con quests are the results of labor ; we can imagine nothing without it. The noblest man of earth is he who puts hands cheerfully and proudly to hon est labor. Labor is a business and ordinance of God. Suspend labor, and where arc thc glory and pomp of earth-tko fruit, fields and palaces, and Ibo fashioning of matter for which men strive and war? Let the labor-scorn er look to himself, and learn what aro the trophies. From the crown of his head to- the sole of Ins foot, he is-the debtor and'slave of toil. The labor which he scorns has tricked him into the stature and ap pearance of a man. Where gets he garmenting and equipage? Let labor answer. Labor-which makes music in Hie mines, and the furrow, and the forge-oh, scorn not labor, you, man, who never yet earned a- morsel of bread 1 Labor pities you,proud fool, and laughs-you to* scorn.- You-shall pass to* dhst, forgotten ; but labor will live on forever, glorious in its conquests and monuments. Remedy for Hard Times. Thc remedy recommended by a cor respondent of the Witness is : 1. To iucrease production by putting every acre possible under good cultivation. 2. To turn much attention to fruit growing-, packing, shipping, etc., in the bC'jt style. 3. Farmers should, as far as practicable,-raise what they need for family use on their own farms, and give up depending on specialties. <& Strict but not nig gardly economy should be practiced, and- all supci Unities cut ot?, especially intoxicating drinks and tobacco. 5. | The laboring classes shouhr- have nothing to do with unions, clubs, so cieties or strikes to keep up wages, ] which do not and will not succeed. The above prescription followed for a j'car would assuredby rehabilitate all the wholesome ftitereste of the country, and give us an almost un ! paralleled prosperity. We would only add, let our sister States in the South become happy families, and their present desolations will blossom as the rose. ??????????????MBaagaagi nu ADVERTI?EM 1 NTS. MISCEU.ANKOC3. STATE OF S WH! CAR?L-?NA, OFFICE SECRETARY or STATE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Feb. 4'Mi, 1875. The FREE CITIZEN ?-J hereby designated ns or?> rip-nftje newspapers I for thc publication ot aiL legal no ! tices, and official auvcrti'senicnta for j the County ol' Or.mgeburg, under tr?e I Act approved February 22d, 1370, entitled "jin Aet to regulate the publication of nil legal amt public notices-and1 all former ord??'?i?S ?his Board in co:.liict with this ;/ hereby rescinded. II. K. [IATNE, Sec'y of State and Sec'y of Board. I, H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of tho orig inal, now on iUc in this office. H. E. HAYSE, Secretary of State. FIRE ! FIEE!! FIRE!!! T. ? r -AT^ The Brick Store, Are selling off their RESCUED STOCK Being slightly damaged by removal. The Goods Must be Sold, And are selling for whatever they will brin''. Come at onco and secure Rare Bargains : We mean BUSINESS, as we need MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. At MCMASTKR'S BRICE: STORE. Orangeburg, Jan. 21,1875. ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. ?t^RAND OMSXINQI I will opemchis moraine a lot of th? .Fiiie&t Teas, i ever offered'?mtliio mnrl?ctyconsisting of UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, andi GUNPOWDERS, And in order to cultivate JV ti-adb (OT these fine gm doc I will sell' them VERY Ia O ~%V w I have also received this morning.another car-load, of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made ?specially. for me from tho ITisiest Selected \V lion/t,. I have never had a complaint' nfl this brand of flour* IMPORTANT NOTICE f Inferior KEROSENE OIL ls so dan gerous and so many accidents h sive oc curred from its usc, I hate been induced,, at the repeated; a ol i'citation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil for their use. I have just receive ten* (barrels ot PITEE WHITE. KEROSENE^ Of 124 fire test. I will ?ell thit Puro [OH cheaper than tho same ?rude of Obi s ' nan be sold at in-rbi* city. Familie* use I ; lng thiii Oil :'-re safe. Thc us.? ol th? j, i common Oils nov* FLOODING THE, MAQJOT le equivalent to bringing into the family destruction and death ! I have- also rccefved i 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams1, IO ?oxes Cream- Cheese, direct iron? tho Dairj', 25 Firkins Goshen Cutter, direct fr cn. the Dairy, which has all the freshness and Savor of the- Jfow ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured; Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces? 25 Sacks Laguayra Coffee, equal to> Java? 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio? steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Good. My ?tock Ia Ml, with prices low ?nd good times coming. Thanking the public for their very lib-, eral patronage, and soliciting Rs eontin-* nanee, I will do my best lo merit th? um?. HARDY SOLOMON, Columbia. So. Cfs*