THE FREE CITIZEN. - PUBLISHED AT QR AN CEBU RC, S. C. ?. A. VPBfiS.TER, - - - Editor. TERMS t OKB COPT, OKK XEAUJ - - ~ $2.00 Tnvarmbty in Advance. And I wlH come near to yea to Judgement; nnd I will bo a swift witness, ngnlnst tho sorcer er?, ;onl against tho adulterers, and nguiu tit foin? swearers, anil ngnlnst those thnt op press the hireling In hts wages, tho widow mnd tire Talherlexs, nnd that turn asido tho stranger from his right, nnd four not mo, saLUi ina Lord of Hosts.-MALACHI, in, c. NOTICE. We aro not responsible for tho vlows of our ?Correspondents, Adrertisenionts to ho Inserted In the CITIZEN must be received by Thursday evening. Advertisements Inserted at Ono Dollar por I Inch, fur tho first Insertion. Further terms can be had on application to tho Editor or Publishes. Communications on matters of State or Loca.1 interest, respectfully solicited. KU orrtnro for Job Printing lott at this offlee will receive prompt attention. Agenta-?nd Correspondents - wanted tai all ?Towna, of ?ho County. SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1875. Tho Tenure of Offloe of tho Circuit Judges. .The News and Courier has raised an important question in reference to the term of office of Judges elected to fill out the unexpired terms of. their predecessors. Judge Carpenter was elected December, 1872; Judge Cooke January, 1878; Judge Reed December, 1874, and Judge Shaw Januery, 1876-all elected to fill va cancies caused by death or resigna tion of office, and for the unexpired term of those whom they succeeded. By the constitution the circuit judges are elected for the term of four yeats, and it is claimed these judges hold office for four years from the tij^ of their election. The News ' advances, in support of ptipgbtho decision of the State &Gwxt which- declares that yjtj&ttiffnvsijo fill a vacancy, no ^ nattai; bow arising ;" that 4'tho per-^ *'som elected to fill a vacancy 'docs "not succeed to tho unexpired por ci?n of the burnt of his predecessor,' "but hold? by a determinate tenure "prescribed by the Constitution ;" ?nd that "no matter how the office "becomes vacant, the party elected "tn. KuAeivvl to it ia not in as the mere "locvm tetnens, only supplying the ?Herm of the person- who last pre ceded him." We have taken pains to get the opinion of our local lawyers on this subject, and lind them almost unan imous in the support of this position. Messrs..Glover & Glover referred US to the follorring cases establishing tho tenure of office in South Carolina, determined in tho Constitutional Court of thia 'State, by D. J. McCord, Reporter* State vs. Jeter.-r'T'hG tenure by which an office is held does not de? pend Upon the commission which the Governor jasay think, proper to give lt is only evidence of the appoint ment. Tho tenure must depend upon the provisions of the act creating the office, or upon the Constitution. iMcCord; ;283. * State vs. Ephraim Lyle*-A person elected Ordinary under the act of 1812, which limits the duration of office to four years, is in under the Constitu? ion. and is entitled to hold his'Office during good behavior, al though commisioned only for four years.-1 McCord, 238. . ' 8taiey va. W. Mi HuUon.-Ordina ries, by the third article of the Con stitution of this State, are judicial officers, and hold their office during good behavior ; and when the Gov ernor,, under the act of 1815, ap pointe*. &v ordinary to fill a vacancy, although the aot authorizes him only to xpelco a temporary appointment until, ajf itfec^ion shall take place, yet ordinary being in office, he is in nudes tte Constitution, and hold du T?Pg behavior.--1 McCord/240.' State, vst Thama? Mcclintock.-. Hy:lit? Cess'i^tlon the Sheriffs hold their offices'/or the term of four yeafjftjuod when the Governo^inder, the ??gofif.1808, appointed a aheriff ttt.MS*m. vacancy uniU an olect?on '"Bi,- such alierifiV being ^n on^^i?ahdV ?ie Constitution, apd holde hi* office for four years, l McCord 2i?. ? ' ILM I 1-~ MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.--Mr. V ! M. Hutto, of Graham's Station, &. C., don't "read the papers," and while traveling from, his home on Monday towards Augusta on the South Carolina Railroad, considered it a favor when a newsboy introduced him to GeorgeClark, an oily-tongued confidence man. Tho gentleman from the pino wilds of Orangeburg county became fascinated with his new ac quaintance, and after a stroll around the streets, they proceeded to a hotel selected by Clark. The pair retired to bed about tO P. M-i and two hours after Hutto awoke to tho realizing sense of being a loser to the extent of 8213 in money and $75 worth in jew elry, which Clark had abstracted from under his head. The police were notified, but Clark, better known to them as Hendricks Clark, had made good his escupe to South Caro lina, via Hamburg.-Augusta Consti tutionalist. Neighbors' Thistle. A person was once walking with a farmer through a beautiful field when ho happened to see a tall thistle on the other side of the fence. In a second, over the fence he jumped, and and out it cif close, to. the ground. "le that your field ?" asked his com panion. "O, no 1" said the farmer, :*'bad weeda do not care much for fences, and it I should leave that thistle to blossom in my neighbor's field I should soon have a plenty of my own. Evil weeds in yours neighbor's field will scatter seeds of evil in your own, therefore, every weed polled up in your neighbor's field is a dangerous enemy driven ofi from your own, No one liveth or dieth to himself. All are Hoked together.. Sages of old contended that no sin was ever committed whose consequen ces rested on, the head of sinner alone ; that no man cou ld do ill and his fell ows not suffer. They illustrated it thus : "A vessel sailing from Joppa carried a passenger, who beneath his, berth, cut a hole through the ship's side. When the men of. the watch expostulated with him,"*What does't thou, O, miserable man ?' the offender camly replied, * What matters it to you? The hole I have made lies under my own berth.' " This ancient parable is worthy of the utmost consideration. No man perishes alone in his iniquity ; no man ;?n guess the full consequences of his transgression. Wno CAN COUNT THE STARS?-Did ou ever try to count the stars? I sed to try lodoso myself, butsome low I always fell asleep before I ould get through, and when I woke ip I could nbt tell where I left off. am told, though, that, it has been lone, and that thei? arc only ?b?tit light thousand visible to the naked iye. Don't they make a great show br a number no larger than that? But he Raven tells me that his master, ihe Astronomer, says that those we mn see with our eyes alone are but ii very trifle compared with the number that he can see through his telescope. He says, instance, that there are eigh teen million ot stars in the Milky Way. Now it's of no use ! can't even think of such a number as that. My head is n't big enough to hold them. "Jack-in-the Pulpit."St. Nicholas/or Oct. ? $ Posthumous fame is a plant of tardy growth, for our body must be the seed of it ; or we may liken it to i torch, Which nothing but the last spark of life can light up ; or we may soropare it to the trumpet of the arch ?n gel, for it is blown over the dead : mt unlike that awful blast, it is of sarth not of heaven, and can neither 'ouse nor raise us. Fear debilitates and lowers, but tope animates and revives ; there ore rullers and magistrates should attempt to operate on the minds of &eir respective subjects, if possible, hy reward rather than punishment. And this principle will be strengthed hy another consideration ; be that is punished ot rewarded, while he falle' sr rUp is th* estimation of ethers, sannot fail io do so likewise in his awn. . The martyrs to, vice,, far exoeed tne martyrs to virtue,, both in endu rance and number. So blinded are we by our passiono. that we Buffer more to be damned than io be saved. ORANG EBTJRG, HAS 50,000 Challenge ! -THA.T CREAT LONDON CIRCUS, SANGE US' ENGLISH MENAGERIE OF TRAINED ANIMALS, -AND IKQUOIS INDIAN TROUPE, Owns and dailv exhibits the Only Group of Five Per forming Elephants in the World. Viz:-.CHIEFTAIN, EMPEROR. MANDKIE, SULTAN and V1CTOBIA. All performing In the ring- at tho same time, I tho most wonderful feats ever seen, just as rup- , resente?! on bills, programme, etc. Trained : and porformod by Prof. Craven. $50,;000 Challenge, -THAT HOWES' GREAT LONDON CIRCUS. ETC., ETC., -Owns and only exhibits the ONLY GROUP OF FIVE ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS Tn the world and performed in the ring ot r-niuu limo. Trained and performed by Herr Still. $50,000 Challenge, -THAT HOWES' GREAT LONDON CIRCUS. ETQ.,ETC, Ovma and dally oxhlbita the ONLY GROUP ol" Six Pierce AFRICAN HYENAS in the world. T.-alned and aubdned hy the African Cannubal Montana, und are daily exhibited in the pulilic streets accompanied by their keeper in an ?peu iron-clad den, during the Triumphal Street Vo geat. - $50,000 Challenge, That Howes' Great London Circus, Etc., Etc., owns and c?al?y exhibits the only THREE BABY ROYAL BEN' TIGE KS .iv -, ii .,,:.--> i In A Kim ' $50,000 Ghalienge That Howes' Great London Circus, ctol, etc.. own a and dully exhibits. FREE in thu pati lla atreeU of euch city or place of exhibition, seven of thc largest most emily And m.'Kniti cently constructed Triumphal Golden Ch ;..:>?'. of India, or Car of Juggernaut. The Chariot o? Commerce, tho Car ot Euterpe, thu Chariot if the Sun, the Celestial Chariot, thu Legendary Dragon Charlot and the Cinderilla Chariot, and make the most Gorgeous DisDlay, while in the til ?lid ?,|iUf>-Zoclo l'ippedremstic Triumphal Street Pageant ever seen. $5,000 CHALLENGE! That HAWES' GBKAT LON DON CI items Owns and daily exhibits the only Potoquaine lu Amer ica ??? $5,000 CHALLENGE! That at HOWES' GREAT LONDON CIRCUS, Milu. Cordoba, the Equestrian Phenomeim or tho agc)-oRuccn of tho Arena" will pomtlvely appcur at euuh performance. $5,000 CHALLENGE ! That S-tr^cra' English Menagerie of Trailed I Amlmale, exhibition in connection with Hov es' j Great London Ciruus, han the best colluclto ? o li Living Wild AnintuU ever exhibited Soutli ol. tho Ohio river. - $5,000 Challenge That Howes' Great London circus, han tilo best Zoological Lecturer, (Prof. Ellas*:- vi> from H. H. M. Zoological Gardens,Londoij.in, America - 85,000 CHALLENGE! That the proprietors of Howes' great totclbn, Circus has imported into the United States nor* Elephants than any other concern in Amtxiru. 85,000 CHALLENGE! That Howes' Great London Circus, fcc , SWOB and exhibits daily in the public strceU Uio only Africuti zebras over seen in hame*' (or dlnury shows have these animals eiif*ed;u by. this company ikey ure used and driv seen in harness In America. $5,000 CHALL?NSE That Howes'Great London eirena, *ftrewns and exhibits daily the only Three Horne i Hm doostan Bull aver imported into th-. On!.:di Mates. - ^GO.OOO Cl?n.lleut?f That Howes' Great London Circa* ?Mrs.,. special Features, ns advertised and iltBV ex hlblted by thia com pan v, ure tu bo ne}?, in. no other concern In America. $5?,O00 Challen^ That Howea' Great;London Circus, Ar- Sasgr> era' English .Menagerie of Trained ^aiimde. and the Irqnois Indian Troupe, has Ibu bast genorat outfit itt Chariots. Cage?, Vno. Anr mala, Horaea. Penlee. Mule?, Annen, ?iindtey.?, Wardrobe, Paraphanalla. Hotel. F.nihrtion, cooking,ele ping and atablo tenta of an/ p s-s trian or zoological eurubSiiation la /.. 810,000 CHALLENGE Thai Howes? Great London Circus,?fc., ?'rat and runa 42 railroad cars, viz: 22 fun'tart, IO pataco horne cara, t elephant palace cir* 4 box cara, i baggage car 2 palace sleophnr cara, l palaeo passenger car; Ulis being tait greater number by Ihr than by auy Clrous, Mauwttrle, Etc., tu Am ?rica. - @till Another 8*ft,000 CHALLENG?t! That toe proprietors of Howes' o rei I London Circna, ftc, have ample mean? '<> f?pond to any and all parties wishing tu acccp ? any onu or all of tho ubo vc caution ??. 1 SHOW BYEE SOUTH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875. NO EQUAL-NO RIVAL. * THE T EYIATHAN COMING LARGEST SHOW UPON BARTH-Hippodrome, Eenagerie, Circus, INDIANS, &c. Howes' Great London Circus, I GRECIAN H I X3 I? O I> TC O M E, j S?ngers' English Menagerie of Trained Animals AND IRQUOIS INDIAN TKOTJPE The most intensely interesting and novel exliibition IN THE WORLD. More Wild Beasts, more men and horses, more curiosities, than any oombination ever seen. The most ?orgeons si reet procession ever given, Glittering Grecian Hippodr?matiu. Triumphal Street Pageant, two miles in length. A Blaze of Gold and Burnished Steel. 600 men and horses, at 9 A. M. on each day of exhi bition. Couti; early and see it. NONE BUT ITSELF CAN BE ITS PARALLEL. Every Feature Advertised Truly Exhibited. Every Nation of the Globo Rep resented. The Whole World as Contributors. ONIJV ONE TIOKET required for ALI*. More performing Animals than any other ten Menageries in the World. THE ONLY ZEBRAS EVER SEEN IN HARNESS. Specialties of our great feature: Seven Massive Gold Chariots, 2 Roman War Chariots, Koman Charioteers. Fearless Cavaliers escorting Grecian Beauties. Elegant costumes adorning shapely ladles. Elephant Coursing, Hurdle Pacing. Indian Games. Foot-Bacing. Etc. We use our own racetrack. Read our $260,000 Challenge. Four acres of Exhibition Tents. Has no equal- - pie and press vouch for it, -no rival. The peo M SPECIAL U. S. DETECTIVE FORCE. This is the only Company in America that has a ppocial Detective ?Force for the protection of its patrons from Impositions. No give away schemes. No gamb ling of any kind or nature, and no Intoxicating liquors allowed on our exhibition grounds under any pretense, whatever. ADMISSION-USUAL PRICES. .. ..... .. 1200. Reserved Cushioned Seato Doors open at I and 7 o'clock P. M. For full particulars see Pictorials, Pro grammes, and our Illustrated Pictorial, the Advance Agent. er ua mt ADVERTISEMENTS, MISCELLANEOUS. "I HAND OMENING I ? Vi lli open this morning A lot of tho Finest Teas, ver offered in this market, co ?I JNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, fOXJNG HYSONS, *' and GUNPOWDERS, And in ordor to cultlvnto a trade far j these flu? gradea I will sell them VERY LO "W . 1 *?. * [ have also reeelred tin o morning another car-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Mads especially for me from tho Fine wt Selected "Wheat-* I haye serer had a aomplalnt of this brand of flour. IMPORTANT None? ! Inferior KEROSENE OIL ia so dan gerous and se many aecirfflUM have .? jurred from its uno, ? hmo neon induced, it the repeated solicitation af my custo mers, to purchase a .supply of pura Oil 'or their use. I have ju!?t recetv? ten nirrols ot J-",,.... PUSE WHITE KEROSENE Of 134 Ara tatt. I trill soil this Para Ol cheaper thaa tho sam? grada af Oil an be sold at la this city. Familial BB?-. ig this Oil ar? caf?. Tba usa of tba ommon Oils DOW FLOODING TH S HARKET i equivalent to bringing into tbe family: estruction and death ! I have also received : 0 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis'Hams,, 0 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 5 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of the flow ers, ?fr ' Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 0 Barrel? of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 5 Sachs Lageajra Coffee, equal to Java. 0 Sacks of assorted Rio. bj In nt. BU, steamer. .? 1 With a full supply af 3HGI?E GROCERIES, Fresh AK) Qui. y stock is full, with, prlcas !.* good time? oominir Thanking the the?r T*llb ,1 patronal w*?ol!oiting H. conti.^ nee, I do> my best, t?. merit tbe aABpY SOLOMON, Columbia, Bo? O*.