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THE FREE CITIZtH. rLKf.ISIIIU? AT ORANGEBURG, S. C. E. A. WEBSTER, A. M. Editor. ?XB Corr, ONE Y KAU, - - - S ?2.00 Invariably in Advance. And 1 will com?! near to yo? to judgement: mid I will bi! ti -will ll'illii- against ll?' sorcer ers, ami against iii'- adulterers, ?mil again.' '. false swearers, mut again-t Unisu ll,at np pruHS tim hireling in bis wages, ihe wittow ainl llic latln-i 1>-. :in>l tb.>i lom aside tin- , stranger from Isis righi, aiel fear inti nie,' muli iliy Loni ol' Hosts.-MAI. VIII. Ut, j. NOTICE. Wo aro nr.i responsible for tho views ? t ntii j Correspondents. i Advertisement* to lie inserted in 11st? CTrr/XN miiHl bc received liy Tliursday evening. Advertisements inserted ?it One Dollar per Inch, for the lirsl insertion. Kiirther leims .??AH be lunion application to Hu- Ediloror Publisher. ComniiiiilcatioHs on mailers of Stute or Local Interest, respectfully sonrio-.I. All order- for .lob Printing lett .it this bfllee Will receive prompt attention. Agents und Correspondents wanted in all Towns of thc Colliny. SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1875. The Legislature. - This body will soon meet tit Hie .Slate capitol. Thc people arc look- ? ing Toward to its meeting, with more than ordinary interest, lt seems thal our Governor lias not, as yet, signed the tax levy bill which passed near the close of thc last session. The failure of Solomon's Bank, in which thc Slate had largely deposited, has afforded another excuse for non payment from thc Slate Treasury, and many who had claims against thc j Stale arc short of payments from ! that source. Ko laxes can be levied and collected while we have no law to enforce it. Jt will require prompt ^station, or at least harmony bc : w cen the executive and legislative parturients of thc government to * . i . ' leve Stale finances by collection taxes for the. present y?-?t there is nu wisc ??oli tiny in ?ieg '.ing to pay just uebis, ana it can- I ti d, be wise for thc Stale long lo neg- \ t to put in operation thc means lo ! meet existing obligations. Thc nion Herald in referring lo this says : "Wc have eight circuit judges and one supreme judge lo elect. Thc '. selection of these will test thc patrio tism, capacity and wisdom of thc members. Personal or political sympathy ought not to be ihc sole guides of a member in bis vote for ti judge. To indict a venal or incompe tent judge upon thc people is thc worst political crime a party can commit. Wc have faith to believe j 1 hat, schemes and. slates will be bro ken, and each candidate will stand upon bis record and Iiis merits when thc test vote is taken. Thc State House bas been brushed np, the chairs have been mended, liiere is fuel in the cellars, paid fur, enough to keep all wann, without the heat of d?bale ; the stationery is ready to distribute, Joe and Jones are on the ground, and everything be tokens the beginning of a session, and even an ill-used editor will bc glad to sec it open. Citizens Not free! Thc Union Herald playfully asks vs if we know of any American citizens that arc not free? Wc think we might find some of that sort. How any man can bc free without pow ci to act seems a mystery. Wc arc told that knowledge is power, what snail wc say, then, of those wdio arc trnui elcd with ignorance, and have riot thc ability to think for themselves, or even to write their own names, bul arc obliged to get others to think, and even write for them, and, possi bly to read and interpret the ballots they cast? No bird can tty without wings, nor even with them, unless bc has learned how to uso them. Thc chain of ignorance with which its vic tims arc bound rnnnot, be in keeping with dictate and aspirations of real freedom. .SOMH; American citizens arc ihr touls ot" party. They tamely work under parly leaders, and i:i slavish plight do their bidding. Any meas ure is adopted that thc pally mhy dictate, and any person sustained for od ?cc who can worin themselves into party nominations, whether wise or foolish, honest or dishonest. Such pel.suns enjoy nu more of real free dom than the unfledged birds who oc cupy the nests they foul, and Open their months tamely to swallow all that is olleied lo their indiscriminate appetites. There are those who have become thc slaves of some master passions that they struggle in vain to resist, who, like thc poor miser, doe? not possess gold; bul the gold possesses , him, ami in cringing obedience lo the dictates of mammon, he is "starved in this world, and damned in that lo come." Others have fostered habits until tliey are bound by ?ts fellers, and, like the poor drunkard, they r? solve in vain lo rid themselves of thc coils of Hie monster that has grown two powerful for their wasted ener gies and depleted st length. Thi' world is vet too lull (d' lliosi who have made shipwreck of theil , faith, and all that was once dearin, the cherished inventory of virtuous manhood, and are now floating on i the current of sinful indulgence, dreaming ol' peace and safety while sudden destruction is coming upon them. Those who enjoy and follow the dictates of genuine freedom arc not ' found in thc hannis of dissipation and crime-they arc net thc inmates of j our ?ails and prisons ; and knowing the right they do not the wrong per sue, but are true to Cod, themselves and thc interests of humanity. Il is a painful '?"".ohv?i ' ' I he Governor's Charleston Speech. The Washington Star saws: "Hie hearty reception given to (iov. Chamberlain by thc chamber of commerce of Charleston, and the con gratulations he received upon thc reforms ol'his administration and the increasing prosperity of South Caro lina, ought to cen voy a wholesome! ; lesson to tho northern men whom ac cident has made chief executives ol southern states. Governor Chamber lain has apparently fulfilled his pledges in good faith, and the result is, that his labors in behalf ol' the stale are fully appreciated by the people. The case of Gov. Chamber- j lain forcibly illustrates the truth of the proverb, 'Honesty is the best pol- i , ie}',' even in politics." ' We have no doubt our Governor has 1 faith in thal old proverb and thal he will practice himself the same good, doctrine lie so elegantly commends to j thc attention of others. There is no honest}' in the willful neglect lo pay an honest debt. That our legislature arc begining to appreciate that fact appears in thc Tax Levy bill passed at thc last session, at least in the levy of one Milli of a mill to pay in trust due on thc Stale Agricultural College bonds. Tin; XI.WS ,\ NI? Corni KU TO ur. Kx i.AUOKl).-As many ol' our readers know lhere is always something in thc News and Courier worth reading. Those who read it arc not obliged lo endorse all it says. The publishers announce its enlargement and say. "Karly next month, wc hope lo ./reel our readers with a paper con taining Hie equivalent of eight addi tional columns of space. This will enable us to do full jnslice to readers ! and advertisers alike, and to give a I journal which we trust, will bc in no respect unworthy of Hie prosperity and prospects of Charleston" We ave glad to notice this indica tion of thc prosperity of the principal ?daily paper of the largest city of our State. An Honest Face \']\\ siognomy illustrates ..md character impresses physiognomy. No man c himself to lie mean sind ni ami not show it to some his very coiiiiteiiancc. It' a sneak thief ami won kl put in another man's pocket, to let or steril trust Cu mis, himself und his family, and friends on stolen money, fact <d" conscious infamy : ness will lunn, not only in science, if he has one, hut his face and look out ii eyes telling the painful ? of his own heing. lt won nate for some nu n we kn South Carolina, il' they did 1 their characters to chang) faces, and if they looked men they would hardly 1 selves in a glass. Thc reverse of this is t cst man is likely to carr lace. Thc one incident ii ingstone thoimht he ?'ctl i proud, is thoroughly eh: and we give it in his owl ..( ; rnndfalhcr could gi lars of the lives of his ai six generations ol' the fi . him : and the only point ditton I feel proud ol' is ol' these poor, hardy islan novwied in the district foi dom and prudence, ami thal when he was on his he called his children aroi ! said : 'Now, in my lifo ' searched most carefully the traditions 1 could lim i ly, and 1 never could d there was a dishonest ma forefathers. If, therefor or any cf ?yoi11 ! " h . t, . ' . ti- lb n g lo you. . leav? A writer in the Drill says : "This moral hchvloou itv entered very deeply tine of thc great tra ve face, as we remember it, 1 with all its kindliness of i a s.ort of troubled eames look, as though thc upright were nh*, ays on the wa straightest way lo the e It was not suspicion ; f< discernment of character ??. exercised in detecting . truth rather than analy/.i nipt motives of hypocritic lint he did not regard an ; as an easy one. lt was I ways thc "fight of faith," i speculative, but in a stir 1 cal sense. A nd lo a ge I ? nature which exercised J charm over savage men, I ostentatious hut ind?mita that always .seemed stand front with sonic invisible Thc Bible and Intern : '.Tho (bukest neighboi I visited was in a narro (."-, willi!>ul :i mini.1 :i church or Sunday scho< Sunday is spent in lislii I ing and nut gathering. I j ley I called on a not orb i und found him in bcd lr. oil" the ell eds (d' a druid, i With some clfort be. was ! come down from his chan bc knew IK; looked ha. ashamed to see us. I. Hilde, but bad spent al] and his neighbor who . inc advanced two dollars him an octavo copy, knew it would be much be lo give np diinking and la I he Hillie. "Can you giv ing?" I asked. "I must or il will kill me." he ie I s ?vc I can ?I 1 try." "Would you 'lither die than "ive it lil)?:' ! asked. .No, J would rather give iL up than lie,*' said he. "Will you sign a ?ledge if I write oner" I asked. Ile ;aid, "1 have half a mind to." "J .viii write a pledge, if you will sign t," I continued. "J will sign it for JUC year,"' said lie. And he wrote as follows : "I, li. F., do hereby pledge my word and honor, that after Oclo licr Isl, liJTi), 1 will neither touch, .?ste, nor handle anything that will intoxicate, for the .space of one year, io help mc God." And lie signed it, md his neighbor ami I signed it as .fitnesses. By this time he was very mich in earnest, ami he said, "I am low in my right mind, and I know .vhat 1 am doing. If 1 can keep that pledge one year I eau keep it ten. I will have Mr. S. to write, this pledge on thc first blank page in this new Bible ; and I will sign it with ink and keep it where 1 can often look at it ; ?md if there is any strength or honor ?II mc, I '. iii keep it. I : ir. glad yon .ame to see inc. I had no expecta .ion of anything like this happening .o-day. This is a good day's work bi' mc. Give nie your address ; for f 1 eau keep this pledge J shall want .o write you a letter. . Will net my loor wife rejoice I Will not my em .lover be glad ! Ile talked of dis charging mc, but now he will not need lo do it. There is no man ii; this valley that can earn more money limn I can, if 1 only let liquor alone." -Bible Agents' Report. How to Get Out of it. A man rose in the Fulton street naycr-in .cling, w ho had been a Irunkard for twenty years, and has low been sober for four years, and is w\ rn.<.. ('ji-;. i....... M.. e.(;,] }ou got out of the nun I rallie?" ?No!" he answered, and I do not know how to getont." "Well, I will Lei I you. Koli your barrels into the street, and knock in the heads, and .vail? away from the trallie." ''Yes, md leave 1113' family lo starve !" 'No! they won't starve in (putting .vrong ami doing right. Get right irst, and then ask for prayer to keep ?ghi." This ru nisei 1er is not two squares from this meeting. Another man rose and said he was in ale-brewer, and he wanted to tell >vual the Woman's Temperance Move neilt had done for him. iil went II to my place and looked around, md I said this is all wrong ; and I made up ::.;> mind lhere and then Lhal I never would manufacture drink or sell another drop. I just closed up the place and walked ont-a 111:1:1 jut of business-and to that I will ,icver return. I am done with it for ever. And all this 1 owe to the Wo man's Temperance Crusade, as it is culled. I want you to pray for mc. I make a sacrifice, but 1 am willing Lo make il. Fray for me."-Christ Ian intelligencer. Si o??i.s IM l.?KNi KS.-Il is thc squall that upsets the boat, while the Heady wind crowds hard upon it but Duly drives it right along towards its lesli ned port. The slow force of the steady current may press il in vain ugainst Hie dam, but once let the pent-up waters above break awnj' and colite willi a sudden burst, and yields to thc instant pressure, and goes down before the torrent. The slow, gentle action of tlic electric current is harm less, and often healthful, but the con centrated Hash and burning bolt smile to swift destruction. So it is with sudden influences on thc impulsive and impetuous natures of mau. The. approach stealthily and strike quickly. Unwatchful and .'"."..are ol thc coming blow, wc arc overwhelmed and Fa!!. Sometimes Satan .strikes nt a man as thc light ning slnkcs out ol" tho cloud. II? sees not thc sinitting hand, he knows not ol'?ts presence until he feels thc livvy blow. Then it is that human resolutions bend before thc hot blast from bell. Thc struggle is often ter rible. gorm CAROLINA KAI I.KOA I). ClIAUI.KSTON*, S. C., Kel). 1.*, lS7.r> ?in anil allia- 'ruc-.lay. Kobi uto y Ililli, ibu lui lowing chances in sjclietlulu ul' tins Etontl wit (ru mtii clii . i : COLCMItIA DAV I'ASSKNOICIt THAIN, j Leave Cluirlc-lnn - - . fi.iri A M Ari'ivL' ?it Columbia . - - 1 j.r..-? |? Ml Leave Columbia - - . .|.:10 |" Sj Arrive ul Charleston - - - 11.45 |? y\ AL'Cl.'STA HAY I'ASSKNOICIt THAIN. Leave 1 httrlcstnn . . . 7.PU J' M Arrive ?it Charleston - . . (j.33 \ y\ COLU.MIUA NIGHT KXl'ItKSS. (Suintays excepted.) Lettre Charleston - - - r.oo |> M Arrive al < iillllllbia - - - ll.:l(l .t .M Leave i uliiinbiti - - - ?.'-? I' M Arrive nt Charlosluil - - - U.;J5 A Al ACCUSTA SlijIlT EXl'RKSS. |.?av<! < litirloslun - - - s.::o 1' M Arrive at Chai lesion - - - 6.:?0 A M Thc Cullimbin Dav l'iiPSOiificr Trains, which leave al 7 A. M. ami arrive nt ll..Kl 1'. .M. will (between Charleston um I ISranclivillc.) stop only ?it summerville ami Conrgo's:. This applies holli (n (lu- iJ i> anil down lri|i . liv (Iiis new Si-liciliilc ?i close coniiorti ?n will be ?molo w ith the Charlotte, i oliaiibia :.u 1 An ira ia I ?ail. nail at I bei r Cn - inti near Coln tullin, which will a vi th I thc tr?ui.?!'cr tlirotijrh t ..' u.i itu an?I trive us us utlick a si !ic<lille !.> Washington an.! i ? t itt - Ninth as bv Hie nlli.M- route. Slccpuur Cars ou ail nigh) train.. liairirai chookoo llnbugL. ?. S. SOLOMONS, .-. I!. I'H'KLNS, C. T. A. Sui.ci inleii.lent Kel), Li. AN OUF.TT rREB.-S^ Iii ovt;rv eoita'y Sa tn . ni.-:' ?tin', ilejlver L-OUIIK tur lim nhl a- ; uti} lu! i . ? I. D I bm ?<? la ii:.' eas.lt wa^es. Spi'.aiiiY, o::a? .o in every iiel^h borli.i, !?>?' lae :i:.:ii person ot ullliei -o\. yollllK ur nhI. : ac pie-, at?W li-!.-. . ir.-ul.ii-, terms, i t. ., a eninplvlo oullll sent Krce ami |...-t )iaii|. Sonji l'i r ii ai ?itie? tiwi iiittku tnoiicv ut your hniii.". Aihlrc; ll. .L HA LL & Cu., i'i, ?. I lo wanl street, Kaliiiiiui"., M.i.- nov.Kl i : :?in. EMPLOYMENT.-S SSS wc have just what you nedi. OtirUxll 'loiiiitcil Chromos outsell nio tinier in lin; ina. kel. Mr. I'er-nns writes : "I struck mn yest er. lay, nuil by wiiil.im.' easy him" hours, cl?aretl if." A lailj ha- Just rei iori ci I lier nruilLs lor the fore i.n ?is live .I..liar.-: yesioiilav up to 1 o'clock sill! i I. an.I -evi n ?mil a hall tlollni'S. We can ! |ii'ovc bevonil i|iii.'stiun that one airi-nt orilereil I f'.lStHi ol' lliesi! cbroiuos in eleven working .lay-. We have the lines! alni lalirc-t assortment ?ll the I nitial Mate-: hun.Ire.I- ol' choice ? llbjcels IVOIII whieli ii. select, We w ill semi yon an as snrleil une hiiiiilre.l ni' the l.e-t sell iii {; on rc ceil ! ol'six il?.Uar.-. Semlin your ol ?l?r nf give us a call. sample bj mail J'?..or li for 1. .1. LATHAM A: Co., ?in Washington ?t., Ilusi?n, Mass. I", o. llox JIM Oct. .tO-lSI-l III. ]>OOK AllliNTS ami CODI) > A LICS.M KN aro > "CDININC- MON ICY" willi tho la mons. ;.' m .iv i -i--: . '< i tiler III pl'i-.i " KL"LL l' A li ri' I'LA li- Kl sic ic. Aihlress J. IS. KUKU A' Ct.)., I'liblishers, .J7 I'ttrk I'iaee, New Volk, i Nov. i:i i : it 4 I Cl -Tl's. 1!. KNOWLTON, Attorney & Counselor at Law ORANGEIHJUG.S.C. GLOVER & GLOVER, Aliar ii ?* y t~? nt Hi ?I yy ? Nu ., LAW UANOI':, OI?ANOKHUiiG, S. C. .Inly :;i 51-tl CHAS, S. BULL, ATTORNEY AT LUV, IIMTE'II STATES niMMISSIUM'.K AMI TS'ol twy l*ul>Ii<*, O r u n gel ?iii'g, IS. O yj\ A. WHILST IC lt, THIAL J0STI?E, liu-iiicss faithfully and promptly at tended lu. ? y y?" (>?-'rici: for tin- present in with A. li. KXOWLTOX, /:>'/-, Oratigebiirg, Jan. 2.'l, ls7.r>. ? rpAVI.OH KOlibllAM AND LAWKKNCK Attorneys at Law, OIUccs at Charleston and Oraiigebug. L, ,|. TAYIOIt, .1. HA M MO Ml IMIKIIIIAM, I-, I), I.WVKI.MI:. */^" Si.ccial attention given to thc col ; lection of claims and prompt return ! nindi:. Ol angel.mg. .Mardi iii). I*7.">. J^jK. A. C. DUKKSJ, Dealer in ?di kinds <>i Drugs and Medicines. lu- Dukes has bad Nine Vears Kxpcri j euee in Drugs ami Medicine? lind lliortiiih |'v mulei--tamis Iiis liiisiiiess. Ile keeps I constantly mi a large sill?ply ?I (..auls ; usually lound in ti First-class Drug Store, }Q" I'arcl'til attention paid lol he com pounding ol' Prescriptions ami ?ul orders promptly attended lo. Call on him ?tl I his Popular J ?rug Sit.rc. Oraiigchtirg, L'eb. Wi, \^">. Ill I ?!?."WT-T I "Ul ? I III !? ? I I -I -ADV E Ii T I S K M 1?: N T S. MISCEr.t.ANKOL'S. Ci lt AND Ol'EX/xd i X I will open tliis morning a lot of the Finest Teas, over offer cd in this market, co si UNCOLORED JARAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, Anti in order to cultivate a trade for these Hue grades I ? ill sell them V E Ht Y 3L, O AV . I h?ve also received this morning another car-load of Solomon's Fairey Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for mc from the Fillets! Selected Avisent., 1 have never had n OOluplaillt of this brand of ..our. IMPORTANT NOTICE 1 Inferior KEROSENE OIL ia so dan gerous and so many accidents have oc curred from its ust!, I have been inOuusd, at thc repeated solicitation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil PURE WHITE KEROSENE Of Vi i lire test. I will sell thia Euro Oil cheaper than the same gracie of Oil can be sold at in thia city. Families usc ing this Oil are safe. Tho use of tho common (. lils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into thc family destruction and death! 1 have also received: IO Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, IO lioxes Cream Cheese, direct Lom thc Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Rutter,direct from the Daily, which has all tho freshness and ilavor of the flow ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 2D Sacks Lagnnj'ra Codee, equal to .Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fro s'i iii I ? ? I. My stock is full, willi prices low and good times coming. Thanking thc public for their very lib end patronage, and soliciting its contin uance, I will do my best to merit the me . IIAI?DY SOLOMON, Columbia. So. Ca.