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PUBLISHED AT ORANCEBURC, S. C. S. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor. A. WEBSTER, PUBLISHER. ?aa QOJ*T, DSK YEAR, - - - $2.00 Invariably in Advance. And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will ho u swill witness tiguinst ilia aoreer. ara, ?ml ngiiinst thu adulterer.-., und ngninsl ruino ?wearers, nut! against those Unit op Ii ititi H thc hireling in hut wilgum tho tynluw iiud Um lathei loh?, anil Hutt turn ?Milo inc ? ?inniger lr om his right, untl lear mu Ul?, BiiitU the Loni of l?enla.-.MALACHI, Ul, r?. NOTICE. Weare not responsible for the vlewa of our Correspondents. Advertisements to lu? inserted i? the CITIZEN m nal ho received hy Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted ?it one Dollar per loeb, for the first Insertion, further terina eau ba badon application to the Editor or Publisher. Ceui'r?u?l?ntio?a on mattera of state or Local Interest, respectfully solicited. All orders for Job Printing lett av this office ?will receive prompt attention. Aleuts and Correspondents" wanted' in all Towus of the County. SATURDAY', MARCH 20, 1875. Newspaper Law. YVe invite attention to the law con cerning newspapers : 1". Subscribers who clo not give ex press notice to the contrary arc con sidered aa wishing to continue their subscription. 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 cilices or places to which they arc sent, they are held responsible until they settle their bill and giyc notice to discon tinue them. 4. If subscribers move to other places without informing tho publish er, and the paper is sent to thc for mer cHrectiori, they are held respon sible. Notice should always be given of removal. 5.' The Courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima lacie evidence a* intentional fraud. -. - . fh?l Neat Littlo Pile.'* Thc Newst bf last week, makes an unwarranted effort to make it appeal that we have an ill-begotten grudge against our present County Treasurer, and for that reason arc belaboring him with our editorial strictures, all because we were not so unfortunate aa to get that office. Kow, in thc first place, we never cured enough foi that oillee to accept it on terms which would hui t a good conscience, or pre vent us from honestly, faithfully and impartially discharging thc duties ol thc oiilce. No one knows this better than tho editor of the News. In the second place, we have not, previous to thia issue, said one word in these columns against our present County Treasurer. We ure not surprised that thc editor of thc Neivs should think it much pleasanter, by far, to defend, when no attack was made, thc oilicial conduct and character of our County Treasurer than to vindicate his own, or show to thc satisfaction of his con stituents what has become of that 1 ti Ililli ?.ile of the people's Wc have said thc cry of no dtffciii in iii. treasury is still heard, >? ? i 'Kiers remain unpaid; bub we. said tbiS|as tho connection in dicated > in reference to the loss of that " neat little pile of thc people's money." This previous loss leaves orders unpaid, and no money to pay them ; but this we regard as thc fault of those who got that kt neat little pile," rather than the present incum bent of thc oiilce. NO doubt money eri?ugh lias b??n paid to meet all thcclaims against the county, if ttjhad been faithfully applied. No one re greta the fact more than we do. We d? not wish the fault of this losa of the people's money to fall on any one but thoac who arc guilty, and this is what the people'of thc county desire. This is the only reason why we com mended thc News for the promise pub licly given to show what had become of the'rooney. . We had faith in what thc N'eus had said, and we still think thut thc editor of that paper is the rdan to give the promised informa tion. Senator Andrews owes it to himself, and to thc public, to do just what ho has promised to do, anti just what all the 'friends ol ihc Republi can party wish him to do. lie heida rrm-nivwrTrriuiiiii II IAH? I jUj?_'jJ_';*y?L'.'Jl 'Hf?T?^! peculiar relation to tito treasury when this " tittle jule " was lost. To be sure Humbert was the Treasurer, but Senator Andrews bad tue oppor tunity ol' recommending, ami, willi the consent ol' Humbert, placing in tho C-flice bis own chosen clerk, ol' rare tact and experience, to overlook the young and inexperienced Treas urer ; with this clerk he was on inti mate terms, and was of len in the Treasury ollice himself. If they did not know how things were being man aged iii thc 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 he would sec that by its transactions the people of thc county were not defrauded of tue money for which they bad been so heavily taxed. !te had been honored and trusted hy the good people of the county, and they knew that he held the treasury, through Governor Moses, in his own grasp, and they had a right to pre sume that his integrity and love for the people's rights and interests would . lead him to be a faithful guardian of 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 pf their money, to such an extent intrusted to his care as a public officer? Trustees Vindicated. It is an outrageous shaine that the School Trustees o? Orangebtirg" County, besides appointing teachers who are in competent, will actually issue certificate?; far beyond the levy made tu meet the ac count, the consequence being that only the fortunate teachers who come first to the Treasury o?l?ee <ret paid, w hile the others have to go unpaid altogether, or until a special levy 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 fur the greater nirrnber of our school teachers are un able to get their pay, and we know.ol several instances where competent teachers have left our county and gone elsewhere to leach, for the reason that in other counties they do no1 meet with so much difficulty in ob ! linlnjj their hard-earned and scanty ?wages. But where rests thc respou isibility? The Times pi???s it upon hine oeii??l Tru.s'eos, for issuing tier ti th ates lai' beyond thc 'evy made ti . ? meet the a?i'oUiil. lu oui opi th , this is doing injustice to the Schoo Trustees, for how are they to knov '. the amount ol' levy made, or UK amount of tax collected, that thc; , may not issue certificates bey omi tba , amount? To one acquainted will . our school system it would seem tba they ought lo look to our School Com missioner fer this information. And as hil certificates have tb be endorse? by him before they are legal draft: upon the treasury, if our Schoo Commissioner should refuse to writi his name upon them, teachers wouh not bc fooled with thc idea that thei were to receive pay for their services and might turn their attention 1< some oilier occupation. Again, it i? provided in the school law that tin School Commissioner may limit tin school year to t he amount of funds fo school purposes, so that Ute actua expenses will not exceed life appro priations made to meet them. Tin is wise and prudent policy, and on in harmony with the earnest recoin tnendation of our Governor. Does then, thc weight of this responsibility rest upon the broad shoulders of on School Qommissicmcr? It wouh seem so. But let us trace this mat ter up a little further. How is th School Commissioner to know th amount of tax collected for schoo purposes? Ile must assuredly ge this information from thc Count] Tseasurer. Our School Commis stoner realizes how important tbest facts are to a proper and successfu administration of his ellice, and ha: repeatedly solicited the requisite in formation from our Trea urer, witl shrewd foresight asking him to giv< the amount collected in each district that be might know just bow lon< each district c?uliV have a school But this necessary information ha not been obtained to this day. Hot easily, and willi how little trouble this information might have bee: given, even if there was no positiv law requiring it. But there is such ; law, and here it is : " Sec. G. That it shall be the dui; of each County Treasurer to report monthly, oh thc fifteenth day of ead month, to the County School Com BBBSR g?? I??? .a i in??muli nw missioner of his county, Un ivinom.tj ol*collectionsami disburse! i . . tnu lo hy li i m for Um mouth on poll tax and till other Behool funds: and it sh till he a misdemeanor! on (he part of uny County Treasurei louey loet, fail or refuse to oink - ich re port; and, on conviction thereof, lu* shall pay a linc ol riot les- than ii ve 'Hundred'dollars ($'500 00V, thu same to bu used for school pur j - I i 1 county." It is quite a compliment t ?Un pru dence anti foresight of om Commissioner that there i mg before the Legislator ment to this very section thc report of collections a ibu rsc ments to be made by disti Thb report should be made bc ?refth any division of thc Stal ipp oprhi lion, and unless iL he inr.de imam diately, we arc au tho ri/ >d to Hay that legal steps will bu I ikon which will add one thousand or lill i . hun dred dollars to the seb o ol fuuu of i his county. Set Him Up Againiv Thc Kershaw Gazelle, il >. - ing upon a recent editorial in f)r ?mgeburg News makes the following pertinent remarks in r??eionci: lo its editor : .'Yea, most favored SenatOi ive recognize that you " lia vi > tu n t soh for supporting the Uepnbliean party of this Slate.' A Ruprib! :an Senate let you'?o scot l're< thc ugliest serape thal even . , ' ?? Senator was ever caught * Poor Humbert! How any . ig negroes-nay,young wh men,I - placed similar eirciup am . >\ ld have yielded to simile .. r. s! And must he languish oi t Iiis '.. st years in the penitentiary foi ne that he?was thutj led into: 1?Jr ill you apply to the Goyei uri his pardon, on the ground (hat UK '.VAS LED I5TO TEMPTATION*, J" foi 'MltUOt interpose on any other ground? "Ifyou will not do so much foi this poor victim, prithee prate no more about Republican protection to the negro; for the vilest ul ever perpetrated against the ; . ive, wit less' imbecility of the negi i >. : - per ? petriited by a jtepublicui.loi , .ami iguori'd by a if*-o?&ft^kSejinte, ' m spite of tliii uitaoimoos J^uViiy; of a ' Senatorial coin tn ii tee. Tho St. Patrick of Soul-h Carolina. At thc celebration ol Si Patrick's I Day in Charleston, .1 Reed, in his remarks in response lo .. toast on thc judicial/, used tlx ; Ih wiri? eloquent language itt"*1* rcfermi o tt; Governor Chamberlain, anti Ii rcsull of his administiation. \\.-., >^ tt the legend that St. Patrick : I ban ished the snakes from Irelruv , ht said : Daniel II. Chariibcrlain is the St Patrick who is destined . ex pi 1 tin reptiles from South ?'urolitK?. Ile ii engaged now in beating the ..tit dru tu of honesty and economy, and if perchance, lie has at any time struck it too hard and broken the head, us as some men suggest, bis gtVoij nnge! will restore it, and he .vi!? beat on until, aided by all that is honest,jual and true of our population, the ( loy ern ment, in all its departments, will be cleansed of the reptiles thai iitfcsl it, put on the high road to reform and restored to the love and con ft dence, of our people. es, Mr. Pres ident, Governor Chamberlain bas no bly and boldly thrown'himself i hu the breach, and, although ho maj have erred in some thing i- for to en is human-1 confidently predict thal his administration is to result ir working out a thorough reformaUoi of the Stale Government, and i istort to our people peace,'prosperity ant fraternity at no distant day. In thii great work all good men. of ever j, name, race, color and condition wil cordially affiliate'. For you may resl assured, sir, that a great majority o the people are resolved thal hencefor ward a better state of things shad ex ist. If there be suspicion'1 as ti; Un honesty of legislators, thc evil mus be corrected, and the suspected par ties consigned, if not to n hon.se o correction, to thc privacy of their owi homes. If as to thc judiciary, let Un same result follow with greater ex pc ditton, until all men-even tho cor ruptionists themselves, who, w hen i sober, second thought overtakes Hiern will rejoice at the result-shall fee that wc have a judiciary dislinguishei for its independence, its dignify, iii purity and integrity. When this stat* bf things is realized by all our people ; wbcii they feel and know they are protected in their persons and prop-; city by au incorruptible judiciary, Iben, secured as" they will be in thc enjoyment of liberty regulated bylaw, will' all oilier evils become tolerable. Thou will tho Shamrock und the Thistle, the Hose and thc Palmetto, bc inseparably blended, sy inlHirreal ol thc political mirlenium that await* the inhabitants of South Carolina. [Tre tnehdoua applause.] A Present Duty to the Freedmen. The, Civil Rights Act having re moved certain of the more intolerable grievances which devolved upon thc colored people from their former con dition ol' servitude, thc time is favora ble lor a uiihed effort ,r oh thc part of every patriotic Christian, to further tho elevation of those ol' the Freed men whose mental and spiritual train ing had been neglected. It must be remembered that equality of civil rights implies greater responsibilities and higher duties. In order that the newly conferred privileges may bc thoroughly and rightly enjoy ed and exercised by thc colored people, they must bc educated-their moral and intellectual faculties must be trained and directed. If they arc allowed to remain in ignorance they will become the 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 ol' the ?South will win for them thc respect of those who may now de spise theth as belonging to an inferi or race. Caste prejudice will subside to thc influence of culture and Chris tianity-the source of thc highest culture. In this great and pressing' worlc of developing thc faculties ami enobling the life of'tuc colored population of the South, thc 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 thc Cospel and thc means' of education within the fetich ol' those kvho have bceii !on?? I A i lb be bl froth the jn?eel?ss blessings winw>> O?-.,.- Ijtinlovr. Tho Protestant Kpiscopul Clune!) is'?tretching out its bands io help and raise those who, ever since slavery was ali dished, have been growing more and more desir ous of aid u> attain a higher plane ol' being ; and that d?nomination bas mel willi gratifying success. Upon thc Methodist Episcopal Church and : Baptist denomination thc negro of thc South bus strong claims, and they have already dunc much. May they use their facilities to thc utmost in Ins behalf. Prolestant churches should now begin to place among the . colored race evangelical ami educa . lioiial agencies more in number and I gi ea 1er in ellicieney than ever before. I We have on another occasion shown I how the Chinch ol' Uoine is striviiitf to convert the negroes of the South into subjects ul'thc Vatican, who will be hehl in her thraldom with iron grasp, and wlio will be employed for ber political purposes in this country, by voting us she may dictate. Jf the 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 the descendants of those who formed institutions to preserve political and religious liberty, they may be accounted unworthy of these signal ad vc itt ag cs. By education and by Christianity the colorer! people can also be quali fied to discharge those high functions of government to which they are called as citizens bf this great repub lic. It is the manhood which is at tained by these means which will se cure lo them their rights and their privileges, make them valuable aids lo 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. I WONT. A man, looking up from sawing his wood, saw has little son turning two boys out the yard. " See herc ; what are you about George ?" asked the man. "I'm turning two swearers out of the yard, father." said George. "I said I would not play with swearers, and I won't." That is the right time and place to say, "I wont." Wc wish every boy would t?iku tue stund. No ploy with swearers-. "Thou shalt not take thc name o? the Lord thy God iu vain-" _ Bishop Haven. The New Yol k IK/i/ieas'says : kt We hope Bishop Haven has not descried' the South. He is, perhaps, the'ohly white Bishop who would eat with colored folks, and it may he on that account he is sent hack to New England, where we see he is to pre side at the Conference which opens on i the 7th of April. We should greatly regret if he has-to leave a spiiere where his strong sense of justice, . large-hearted philanthropy and indom itable courage lit him for usefulness in overcoming the prevailing anti Chi istian caste prejudice." It is quite singular whut an idea prevails in reference to the Bishops of 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 lc3s colored members, ordaining them, receiving the sacrament of thc Lord's Supper with them, without any distinctions, and often seated at thc same table with brother ministers of a dark complexion. Years before Bishop Haven was consecrated to thc Episcopal ellice, Bishop Simpson and oilier noted clergymen of our Church were very handsomely and agreeably entertained by a colored family in Columbia. In another column will be noticed thc death of Alderman Shrewsbury. Bishops have eaten nt his table and felt that it was no self denial in reference to their prejudices or palates. Our ministers rh the South are not in thc habit of making invidious distinctions on the account of complexion. A D VE RT IS EM EN Ti*'. MISCELLANEOUS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OI FICE SECRETARY OK STATE, COLCMUIA, S. C. Feb. 4th, 1875. The FREE CITIZEN is hereby designated as one of thc newspapers for thc publication of all legal no tices, and official advertisements for the Cou. of Orarigcburg, under thc Act approved february rift, 187f), I [entitled "An Act to regulate thc : publication of all legal and public j ? notices and all fumier orders pf lld*; Board iu conliici willi this is hereby rescinded. . H. E. HAYNE, Sec'y of State and Sec'y of Board. I, H. E. MAYNE, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foiegoin?" is a true and correct copy of thc orig inal, now on lile in this offlce. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! T. KO HM & BRO., -AT The Brick Store, Are selling off their RESCUED STOCK Being slightly damaged by removal. The Goods Must be Sold, And arc selling for whatever they will bring. Come at once and secure R,ai?a Bargains : We mean BUSINESS, as wo need MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. At MCMASTKU'S BUICK STOKE, Orangeburg, Jan. 21,1875. ADVERTIS E ME NTS. MISCELLANEOUS. ^JJtAND OI'ENLNU I ! ... . .. i will open this morning * lot of th? Finest '.. eas, :ver offered in thia market, couthrtlag of UNCOLORED-JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, ?nd' GUNPOWDERS, And in order to culitvnto n trade for those fine grad?? ? will self then VERY JLi O "W- o' [ have also received this morninjr another ear-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for me from tho Xriiie?t Selected AVli??t, I have sever had u complaint of this braud of flour. IMPOKTAXT NOTIC? I Inferior KEROSENE OIL- is to dan gerous and so many accidents havo oc cm-red from its use, I have been induced, at the repeated solicitation t-f say easto mera, to purchase- a supply of pare Oil for their use. I have just receive tea barrels ot PTO? WHITE KEROSENE" Of 134 fire test. I will sell this Pure Oil cheaper than the same grade of Oil can be sold at in this city. Families use ing thin Oil nv? safe. The usu ol th? common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing lato the family destruction and death I I hare also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cared Davis' Haws, IO Boxes Cream Cheese, direct frons the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Batter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of the flow ers. 5 TiercoB 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 - Aili supply ci CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Good. My stock ls full, with pri?es low ane>' good times coming. Thanking the public for their very lib* eral patronage, and soliciting its contin uance, I will do- my best to merit th? ame. HARDY SOLOMON, Columbia, So. Oft.