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THE FREE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED AT ORANCEBURG, S. C. S. A. "WEBSTER, - - - Editor. A. WEBSTER, FOOLISHER. TERMS : ?aa COJ4T, OMK YEAK, - - - 82.00 Invariably in Advance. ?nil I will como near to you to Judgement; and I will be a swift wituess nguiiist Hie sorcer ers, nud against Hie adulterers, and against faNn swearers, aud against lliose thal op press the hireling In hts wages, ilie widow MU?1 the fatherless, ami Hun turn aside tue stranger from Ids right, anil ???r not mc, saith the Lord of Hosts.--MALACHI, HI, 6. ""NOTICE; We arc not responsible for the views of our Correspondents. ( ? lt Advertisements to ho inserted in the CITIZEN xaust bo received by Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per loeb, for tho first insertion. Further terms can bo bad oh application to thc Editor or Publisher. CsWrauiitcutioHS on mattera of Slate or Local Intercut, respectfully solicited. All orders for Job Printing left aV this Of?ce will receive prompt attention. AgontH and Correspondents* wanted' hi nil Tow un of tile County. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1875. Newspaper Law. We invite attention to the law con cerning newspapers : 1. Subscribers who clo not give cx pr?BB notice to the contrary arc con sidered as wiBhin^ to continue their subscription lr 2. If subscribers wish their paper discontinued publishers may continue to send them until all charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from thc oillces or places"to which they are sent, they are held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice to discon tinue them. 4. If subscribers move to other places without informing tba publish er, and the paper is sent to thc for mer' ch-eetTori;- they are held respon sible. Notice should always be given of removal. ?l The Courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie ?vidence a* inisntronai fraud. .That rV?a? ?inio Pile." The News, ol' last week, makes an unwarranted effort to make it appear that we have, an ill-begotten grudge against our present County Treasurer, and for that reaso^ are belaboring bim with our editorial strictures, all because we were not so unfortunate as to get that office. Now, in the first place, we never cored enough for that office to accept it on terms which would hurt a good conscience, or pre vent us from honestly, faithfully and impartially discharging thc duties ol the office. No one knows this better than tho editor of the News. In thc second place, wc have not, previous to this issue, said one word in these columns against our present County Treasurer. We are not surprised that the editor of the Neos should think it inuch pleasanter, by far, to defend, when no attack w?s made, thc official conduct and character of our County Treasurer than to vindicate his own, or show'to thc sat??facti?t? of-his con stituents what has become of that >rneat little pile of tho people's looney." Wc have said the cry of no jitney in thc treasury is still heard, anti county' orders remain' unpaid; but we suid this, as the connection m dteated j ia reference to the loss of that " neat little pile of tho people's mone}'." This previous loss leaves orders unpaid, and no money to pay them ; but this we regard as tho fault of those" who got that '. neat little pile,":-rather* than the present incum bent bf tho office. No doubt money eridugh "has bWen paid to meet all the claims against the county, if itUiad been faithfully applied: No one re grets the fact more than w? do. Wo dd not wish the fault of this loss of the people's money to fall on any one but those who are guilty, and this is what the people* bf tho county desire. This io the only reason why we com mended the New? ferr the promise pub licly given to show what had becomr; of tht?'raoney. . We had faith in what the News had said, and we still think that tho editor of that paper-is the nlan ta give the 'promised informa tion. Senator Andrews owes it to himself, and to the rTublic, to do just what he has promised to do, and just w?atJall-tl?e 'friends" of tho Republic cnn party, wish bira to d?. Ile heida peculiar relation to Hie treasury when this "little pile" was lost. To bc sure Humbert was the Treasurer, but Senator Andrews bad the oppor tunity of recommending, and, with the consent of Humbert, placing in tho Cilice his own chosen clerk, of rare tact and experience, to overlook the young and inexperienced Treas urer ; with this clerk he was on inti mate terms, and was often in the Treasury ellice himself. If they did not know how things were being man aged in tlie office they were criminally n?gligent of an important trust. The people expected, in view of Senator Andrew's relation to the Treasurer's ollice, that bc would see that by its transactions the people of the county were not defrauded of the money for which they had been so heavily taxed, lie had been honored and trusted by the good people of Hie county, and they knew that bc held the treasury, through Governor Moses, in his own grasp, and they had -t right to pre sume that his integrity and love for the people's rights abd interests would .lead him to bo a faithful guardian ol' this public trust. Now is it too much to expect of him that he will unveil this painful mystery,-and let the peo ple know what has become of their money,_to such an extent intrusted to bib cate as"a public officer? Trustees Vindicated. It is an outrageous shame that the School Trustees of Orangeburg County, hesides appointing teachers who are in competent, will actually issue certificates far beyond the levy made to meet the ac count, the consequence' being that only the fortunate teachers who come first to tho Treasury ollice get paid, while the others have to go unpaid altogether, or until a special levj' is made for back ac counts, which is generally doubtful. The radical party has been in power long enough now to do better, if they choose. So said the Times. It is an unde niable fact that by far the greater nihnber' of our school teachers are un-1 able to get their pay, and we knowtof several instances where* competent teachers have left our county and gone elsewhere to teach, for the reason that in other counties they do no1, meet with so much difficulty in ob taining their hard-earned and scanty j wages. But where Ve?is thc respon Isibiliiy'r Thu 77j/it.. piiiees il upon i um ru-uool Trusiees, foi i?.-jiiin;4 eti I liftantes l'ai''beyond thc levy mude lo muet thc account. lu our. opinion this is doing injustice to thc School Trustees, for how are they to know the amount of levy made, or the amount of tax collected, that they may not issue certificates beyond that amount? To one acquainted with our school system it would seem thai they ought to look to our School Com missioner for I big information. Ami, as hil cer ti neates have to bc endorsed by bim before they are legal drafts upon the treasury, if our School Commissioner should refuse to write his name upon them, teachers would not be fooled with thc idea that they were to receive pay for their services, and might turn their attention to some other occupation. Again, it is provided in the school law that the School Commissioner maj' limit the school year to the amount of funds for school purposes, so that the actual expenses will not exceed thc appro priations made to meet them. ' This is wise and prudent polic3r, and one in harmony with the earnest recom mendation''of our Governor. Does, then, the weight of this responsibility .rest upon the broad shoulders of our School Commissioner ? lt would seem so, But let us trace this mat ter up a little further. How ia the School Commissioner to know the amount of tax collected for school purposes? He must assuredly-get this information from the County Treasurer. Our School Commis sioner realizes how important these facts arc to a proper and successful administration of his oflicc, and has repeatedly solicited the requisite in? formation from our Trea.?rer, with shrewd foresight asking him to give the amount collected in each district, that he might know just how long each district coul?l' have a school. But this necessary information has not been obtained to this day. How easily, and with how little trouble, this information might have been giv?n, even if there was no positive law requiring it. But there is such a law, and here it is : " Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of each County Treasurer to report, monthly, or? thc fifteenth day of each month/to thc County School Com missioner of Iiis county, Um ftinount of collections and disbursements made by bim for the monta on account of pofi tax and all other school funds : and it shall bc a misdemeanor, on liie part of any County Treasurer, to neg lect, fail or refuse to make such re port ; and, on conviction thereof, he shall pay a linc ol not less than live hundred dollars (^'500 00), thu same to be used for school purposes in hi.-> county." It is quite a compliment to the pru dence and foresight of our School Commissioner that there is now pend ing before the l?gislature an amend ment to this very section requiring the report of collections and disburse ments to he made by districts. This report should be made buforfi&hero is any division of thc State, appropria tion, and unless it be made imme diately, we arc authorized lo say that legal steps will be taken which will add one thousand or fi f toe a hun dred dollars to the school fuud ol (his county. Set Him Up Agami* Thc Kershaw Gazette, in com men b iug upon a recent editorial in the Or nngeburg News makes ihe following pertinent remarks in r?f?rence to i tc editor : "Yea,' most favored" Senator, wt recognize that yoxi * have every rea son for supporting the llcpublicai party ot this Slate.' A l&pnblicat: Senate let you go scot free out .of t in ugliest scrape thal even a Rep?blica* Senator was ever caught in. * * * Poor Humbert! How many young 'negroes-nay,young white men,low placed in similar circumstance, ivouh have yielded to similar influences And must he languish out his bes years in the penitentiary for a crimi that he-was thus led into? Ur wil you apply to the Governor for hi pardon, 07t the ground that in. WAI LED 15TO TEMPTATION, for, hi COMIO interpose on any other ground? "If you will not do so much fo this poor victim, prithee prate n< more about Republican protection l< the negro : for the vilest outrage eve perpetrated against the pus; ive, wit less' imbecility of the negro was per ; pelratcd by a JiejMVlicau S?;j.ioi lam! ignored by a A'e^MofeoyS-jnate ' m spite of Hie mi ?n i mous vuumg of ? ? Senatorial committee. The St. Patrick of South Carolina At tho celebration of Si. )'.at>ck' Day in Charleston, Judge Reed, i; his remarks in response to a toast o thc judiciary", used thc ipllowin eloquent language itt**" refer.-ncc t Governor Chamberlain, and lim rcsul of his administiation. Alluding t the legend that St. Patrick Ra 1 bai ?shed the snakes from Ireland, h said : Daniel II. Chamberlain id the S Patrick who is destined to expel th reptiles from South Carolina, lie i engaged now in bealing the magnet druiu of honesty and economy, and i perchance, he has at any Lime sti ne it too hard and broken the head, D as some men suggest,' bis gool I ungi will restore it, and lie will beat oi until, aided by all that is honest,jiu and true of our population, Un? Go* ernment, in all its departments, wi be cleansed of the reptiles thal inlet it, put on the high road to rc for II and restored to the love and con! dence of our people. Yes, Mr. Prei ident, Governor Chambcrlai.i has m bly and boldly throwo/himsclf int the breach, and, although he ma have erred in some things-torVoei is human-1 confidently predict the his administration is to result, i working out a thorough reformatio of thc State Government, and i estoi to our people nonce, "prosperity an fraternity at no distant day. In ihi great work all good men, of ever name-i race, color and coudilion wi cordially nilli i ate. For you may ref assured, sir, that a great ma jority t the people are resolved that hencefoi ward a better state of things -shall ?3 ist. If there be suspicions as to til honesty of legislators, thc evil mm be corrected^' and the suspected pa: ties consigned, if not to a house ( correction, to the priv???y of their ow homes. If as to the judiciary, letti same result follow with greater exp? dition, until all men-even the co nipt ion isis themselves, who, when sober, second thought overtakes then will rejoice at tho result-shall fe< that wc have"a judiciary diStit.guishe for its independence, its dignity, il purity and integrity. When this stat j o?' tilings is realized by all out people ; when tiley feel ami know they aie protected in their persons and prop- j erty by an incorruptible judiciary, I Mien, secured afc they will bc in thc enjoyment ol" liberty regulated by law, will* all other eVils become toleruble. Then will the Shamrock and the Thistle, the Rose and thc Palmetto, j be inseparably blended, symhorrenl ot thu political rciHeniuni that awaits the inhabitants of South Carolina. [Tre .inendouS applause.] A Present Duty to the Freedmen. The, Civil Rights Act having re moved certain of the more intolerable grievances which devolved upon the colored people from their former con dition of servitud? , the time is favora hie l'or a united elfort, on the part of every patriotic Christian, to further thc elevation of those of the Freed men whose mental and sj^iritu?? train ing had been neglected, lt must he remembered that equality of civil rights implies greater responsibilities and higher duties. In order that the newly conferred privileges may be thoroughly and rightly enjoyed and exercised by the colored people, they must be educated-their moral and intellectual faculties must bc trained and directed. If they are allowed to remain in ignorance they will become thc tools of unscrupulous politicians, who will'taite the earliest opportuni ty to contract the enlarged liberty so tardily obtained. The mental and moral advancement of the colored la borers of the South will win for them the respect of those who may now de spise them as belonging to an inferi or race.' .Caste prejudice will subside to the influence of culture and Chris tianity-the source of the highest culture.' In this great and pressing' wor?c of j developing the faculties and enobling | the life ol 'the colored population of , the South, the more favored pastors and people of thc" same race in the North' should at once bestir them selves with greater energy and zeal. Every evangelical denomination in both sections of our common country should'unite in bringing" the Gospel aiid'tbe means' of education within thu reach bf tiio.<e whti have been long j withheld froth the [jr ice less blessings I wi,i?K therm imoiow, The Protestant j Episcopal Church is stretching ?ut its hands to help and raise these who, ever since shivery was abolished, have been growing more and more desir 1 otis of aid to attain a higher plane of 1 being ; and that denomination has 1 met with gratifying success. Upon > the Methodist Episcopal Church and ' Baptist denomination thu negro of the 1 South h-is strong claims, and they . have already done much. May they . usc their facilities to the utmost in . his behalf. Protestant churches bhouhl now begin to place among the . colored race evangelical aiid educa ; tioual agencies more in number and i gloater in elllcienoy than ever before. ' We have on another occasion shown i how the Church of Koine is striving : to convert the negroes of the Soutli ! hilo subjects ol'the Vatican, who will I be held in her thraldom with iron ) grasp, and wno will be employed for ' her political purposes in this country, . by voting as she may dictate, if the I present time, in every- way so favora ' ble for the mission and the school in ? the South, is allowed lo pass by un . improved by thc descendants of those . who formed institutions to preserve political abd "religious liberty, they > may be "accounted unworthy of these signal advantages.* By 'education and by Christianity ? the colored people can also be quali 1 lied to discharge those high functions of government to which they are called a9 citizens bf this great repub lic. It is thc manhood which is al . tained by these means which will se cure to them their rights and their privileges, make them valuable aids to - national progress, and tit them, more over, for an entrance into that king dom which is prepared for those whom Christ has made free.-New ? York Witness. . l'WoK?. A man, looking up from sawing his wood, saw bas little son lurniug two boj's' out the yard. " See herc ; what are yo? about George?" asked the man. .Tn*r turning two swearers out of the . yard, father," said George. "I said I W?old not play with swearers, and I won't." That is the right time and place to say, "I wont." Wo wish every boy would luke the stand. ??o play willi swearer*. "Thou shalt not lake the uame of tho Lord thy God iii vain-" : Bishop Haven." The New York Witness'anya : kt We hope Bishop Haven has not descried the South. He is, perhaps, the'?rtly white Bishop who would eat with- colored folks, and. it may be on Uiai account he is sent hack to New - England, where we see he is to pre- e bide at the Conference which opens on , lue 7th of April. We should greatly regret if he has-to leave a sphere where his strong souse of justice, ^ large-hearted philanthropy and indom itable courage Ot bini for usefulness in overcoming the prevailing nnti Chr istvan1 caste prejudice." Ii is quite ?ing0laT what an idea j prevails in reference to the Bishops ot* our Church, and our work in the South. All of our Bishops, in visit ing the South, cheerfully attend our conferences, in which we have more or less colored members, ordaining them, receiving the sacrament of the Lord's Supper withthem, without any distinctions, and often, seated at thc same table with brother.ministers of a dark complexion. Years before Bishop Haven was consecrated to the i Episcopal office, Bishop Simpson and other noted clerg3'men of our Church were very handsomely and agreeably entertained by a colored family in Columbia. In auother column will bc noticed thc death of Alderman Shrewsbury. Bishops have eaten at his table and felt that it was no self denial in reference to their prejudices - or palates. Our ministers rh the South arc riot in the habit of making invidious distinctions on the account of complexion. A DVERTISE ME N T S'. MISCELLANEOUS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OFFICE SECRETARY, OF STATE, CO?U5IBIA,.S. C. Feb. 4th, 1875. The FREE CITIZEN is hereby designated as one of the newspapers for thc publication of all legal no tices, anet official advertisements for thc County of Orangeburg, under thc Act approved February 2*20!, 1870", entitled "An Act to regulate the i publication of all legal and public notices und all former orders of thin Lourd iu conllict with this is hereby rescinded. . H. E. HAYNE, Sec'y of State aud Sec'y of Board. I, H. E. HATNE, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foregoing' is a true and correct copy of thc orig inal, now on Ule in this office. II. E. HAY XE, Secretary of State. FIRE!1 FIRE!! FIRE!!! T. KOHN & BRO., -AT The Brick Store, Are selling off their RESCtTED STOCK Being slightly damaged by removal. --: O: The Goods Must be Sold, And aro celling for whatever they will bring. Come at once and secure Rare Bargains : We mean BUSINESS, as we need MONEY. Theodore Eohn & Bro. At MCMASTKR'S BRICK STORE. Orangeburg, Jan. 21,1875. ADVERTISE M J? .NTS. MISCELLANEOUS. I will open this morning a lot of th? Finest '..eas; ... ?Ter offered in thin market, uontlstlag mt UNCOLORED- JAPAN OOLONGS, SOtfCHGrNGS, t'OUNG HYSONS r ?nd GUNPOWDERS,' Ind in ordbr to cultivate a trad* ftc those- flue grades I will self ?hsm VEKY LOW. : have also received this morning ?nothor ear-load of Solc^?n*s Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for me from the Finest Selected TTjhtesat, I have A ever had a complaint of this brand of flour. IMPORTANT NOTICB! Inferior KEROSENE Ol?/io io dan gerous and so many accidents have ec cirrred from its use, I have been induced, nt tho repeated solicitation of ny custo mer", to parchase a ?apply ef pare Oil O' , ., . Vf . .. for their une. I have jue? receive tea barrels ot P??R? WHITE KEROSENE Of 134 fire test. I will sell thia Pur? Oil cheaper than the aatno grade of Oil can be sold at in this city. Families use in?: thin Oil aro safe. The use ol th* common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing Into the family destruction and death! I have also received: 10 Tiercea Freshi Cared Davis' Ham?, 10 Boxes Oeara Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Batter,'direct fro? the Dairy, which has all th? freshness and flavor of the flow er". * 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sagar-Cureel Strips, ' 10 Barrels of Extra Mesa MnckVroI, averaging twenty ounces. . 25 Sacks Lag ii ?vy ra Coffee, equal' ta Java. 50 Sacks cf assorted Rio,' by lani Rio steamer. ' Tr-Uh a full ??pply cf CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Good. My ?tock ls full, with pri?es low an* good times coming. Thanking the public for their very Hb eral patronage, and soliciting its eontin uanee, I will do my beat to merit th? ame. HARDY Columbia, So. Oa.