J. T HEESIIMAN?Editor.. i lot* . Advertising:;i ror one Square.?ten 'lines or less?ONE i ' L'Oi.IiAK and FIFTY CENTS for the first j< i.'.sertio;i and ONE DOLLAR for each sub- 1 sequent \ Omri'Artt Noncss, exceeding one square j ckargW at jiUvertising rate. 'I'm sieut Advertiscmets and .Tob Work, MUST UK PAID FDR IN ADVANCE. Uiinetion made, except to our regular j advert'Sing patrons. _ ?3?~\'Tcrnis of subscription for ono year j m advance; if not paid within three i Mouths from the time ot subscription, $4.00. j Bill Arp is Called Before the Reconstr u c t i o n Committee. [sirri'BESSED testimony.] To ike Editor of the Mi iropoht-an lie- \ (ord. M T-> \1.... I ...Ml .M.,1 e-n ; .MI;, r.i'iu < . uiiruci win uu-, tu?u w w ill evidence. Having seen Dan Rice's testimony before tbc Destruction Committee, 1 Iihvb felt sorter slighted, because no mention nint been made of mine. T suppose it has been suppressed, but I a: 11 not- to fn^hid out in obscurity. Our country i* the special jury, and by-andhy ibis husjnfBs^will gfC J ft tiifeO- OCCIl* sion to make public what I swore to. I said a good deal more than I can put down, Mr. Editor, and at times my language was considered impudent, but they thought that was all the bettor for their side, for it illustrated the rebellious spirit?I he:frd one of'cm say : * "Let him go on?the rilling passion strong in death He's good State's evidence." When I was put on the stand, old Rout well swore uic most fiercely and solemnly to speak the truth, the whole irnth and nothing but the truth, and 1 observed that he was then entertaining about a quart of double rectified, and it looked like it had soured pn his stomach. -Old Blow was settin off on one side, with -n-tttemcittfiduiii. book, gettin- ready to note down some "garbled extracts." Old Ironworks was Chairman, .and w lien he nodded his Republican head, ofu n.H'.t^oll, sajs Le : "Your name is Arp, I believe,-sir?" "So-called," says I. "You reside in the State of Georgia, do you?" * "I can't say exactly," says I. "I live in Rome, right in the fork of two Injuu rivers." "In the State of Georgia?" says lie, fiercely. "In a State of uncertainty about that," says I. "We don't know whether Georgia is a State or not. I would like you to state yourself, if you know. The state of the country requires that this matter should bo settled, and I will proceed to statu" ? "That depends on circumstances," says I, "I dou't know whether to count the last five years or not. During the war, vour folks said that a State couldn't secede, but that while she was iu a state of rebellion she ceased to exist. Now. you say wo got out and we shan't get back again until 1870 A man's age ha< got softiethin to do with his .lights, and if we arc not to vote, I don t tuink we ought to count the. time. That's about a.s near as I can come to my age, air." "Well, sir," says he, "are you familiar with the political sentimeuta of the citi* Zens of your State ?" "Got no.citizens yet, s'r. that we know nf. I will thank yon to apeak of us as "P-'T1*" "\\ ej?, sir,' says lie, "i'ii humor your obstinacy. Are the people of your State"? ]> ju't spenk of it ?s a State, sir, if you please. I'm on oath now, and you must . d xtuse me for being particular. Call it. i h 'section.1' "Mr. Arp, ara thepeoph of yonr section Mitiioiontly humbled and repentant to come lack into the Union on such terms as we may think proper to impose ?" "Not much they ain't," says I, 'T don't think they arc prepared for it. j They wouldn't go it blind against youi , hand. They say the deal wasn't fair, j and you'v6 marked the cards and stole ( the tiurops; but, at the same time, they don't care a darn what you "do. They've l-ccnme indifferent, and don't care nothin about your Guy Fawkes lusiness. 1 mcau no respeci 10 yon, geniiemcn, pui l Am ewea.-?e**>l| Otrr ' ' yc aint a notfcin you, Only out of curiosity. They don't expect anything decent, or honorable, or noble, from you, and they've goiic to work diggin, and plovvin arid p.antio, and raisin boy chil- j dren." Right here the man with a memoran- j dtun scratched down a garbled extract, j arid old Boutwell, says he : "What do j you mean by th it, sir ? hut inference j do you intend ?" i "I'm statin facts,'' says I. "You must | iraw your own inferences. They are raisin loy children. Ar.y harm about that? . Any treason ? Can't a man raise boy children ? per bap's you'd like to amend the Constitution and Btop it. Old Pharaoh tried to stop it among the Israelites, 1 ut. it didn't pay He finally-caught the drop-; .'r-^he Rod Sea. Wo are taisio loy children for the tun of it. They are a good thing to have in the house, as Mra. Toodles would say" "Mr. Arp, are not the feelings of your people very bitter towards the North ?" "I beg your pardon, sir, but you'll have to split the question, or else I'll have to split the answer. Our people have a very high regard for honorable men, and there's a heap of 'etu North, and there's a hajtp of widow's and or : pharis !bere w<- *.re ?-*>rrv for; 'mi a? !<-r ? ?i~nmr-rrrmr-m uis h? re rndbul party, they look Upon S eui like tiny was hyenas a scratch in up p the dead fur a livin. It's as natural to n lisvte cm as it is to kill a snake. It's utterly impossible for lue to toll the t strength ami length, and bight, depth and breadth of their coutempt for that t party, They look upon a radical as?as H ?as?well, as a beggar on horseback?a 1 buzzard sniiin round a dead eagle?a ] suck-egg dog creepin'-up to the tail of a c dead lion. They t?dk abonjjiirin Brown- c low to abuse 'em, to nse'lnngnage on 'em, I like be did a lew years ago when he i spoke against I'vnc. It" they . do hire c Brownlow he'll spatter 'em, he'll daub t 'em all over, and slime 'em and slobber on 'em about right, and it will stick, for < the pon s are open and their morals ? spongev. I'd like to stand off about ten ( rods and hear liitu spread himself. It wotild .be worse than a squirt-gun full of ] eow-slo^ and I have no doubt would t give general satisfaction. s "That's sutlicient, sir," says old Bout- i well. "Ef it was in their power to do so, would your people renew the fight ?" j "Not unless they could fight the rad- ( t . _11 ^ 1 l" -11 xL. 3 4 .. icais an . g a . "-Jpiey pay ; C&HIIv _ IIV iI ejij/ fi 'Folks were not created free"*affcl equal. Thai may be a theoretical truth;- but it's i i always bcc.n a practical lie. There's ( grades*of society everywhere. There's ( men I give tlie sidewalk to, and there's uicn that gives it to me. There's men that 1 vote, and men that vote me, and , the grades go up, up, up, step by stop, from my sort to Mr. Davis' and Mr. , Stepheus, aud Gen. Loo, and Howell Cobb, and Bon. Hill,.and their sort, for they are tbe*liighe?t in the nation : and then, again, it goes from mo down, down, . dowu^to the niggers, and the Republi cans, and the radicals, and that's "sis low J as they can run. Theic aint no equality ] and you can't make one. We'll vote : the niggers certain. I'll vote Tip, f.nd Tip ? jCfitfacf veiiferf )3fc vtTTT vote aUotTT ^ forty, and the first thii%3*ou hnow We'll ^ elect seven big, black, greasy niggers to < Congress. We'll do it certain?seven \ of them eighteen carats strong, with Af- ^ riean rmisk. The other rebel States will 1 do the same thing, and you will have about fifty of them to draw . seats with, < and you can all stick your legs upon your" desks together, and swop lies and vermin audj?e sliatnpood at the same shop, and the lair soses can set together in the gal- / levies, and mix T)cicrs iind fau their . scent about promiscuous. We'll give you ] a full benefit of jour civil rights bill, sot- *.f we don't. You go on?play your 1 cards. We are bidin our time. We are ; payin your taxes and your duties and ^ back rations for 1861, and licenses, and your infernal revenue, and obeying your * laws without hav'AlinvTliAi^ ;n" m-.tyr ' i , yi> KM I ii 1 n and public lands; and yen sold a poof { man's still in my County, tie other day because be coiildn't pay your lax on Bomc peach brandy he stilled for hi> ucigbbor two years ago ; and soon you'll be solliu the land for the land tax, and you're tryin your best to play the devil 1 generally ; Lnt you'll catch it in the long ] run. See if you don't. Talk about Fe- ( mans, W'heu the good men of' the North and the South all get together, * they'll walk over the track so fast that you won't have time to gel out of the 1 way. You'll subside into obscurity, and' 1 your chiMrenJwill deny that their daddies ever beloDg to such a party. Excuse j me, gentleman, but I am a l.ttle excited. Five cents a pound on cotton will excite * anybody that makes it.-. Tax on indus- 1 tl y?uu sweat and toiLJTotoction la'ritls for Pennsylvania and live ceuts a pound tax on Sonthcrn cotton?half its a\crngo worth?and your folks will manage 6ome way or other to steal the othej half. My ad\ice to yon is to quit this foolishness and begin to travel the only road to p(JHC?\M * Old Blow couldn't keep up with bis garbled extracts. "What makes the President so popular at the South ?'' 'Contrast, sir?contrast. The more he ain't like your party, the more popular he i*. IJe would treat us about right. I reckon, if you would let him alone, but yon bedetil him so, that sometimes he don't understand Jiimself. I don't think he knew for a while whether his .peace proclamation resiofcd tho wriUpf- jhbeas m^oach hinf, an^luif will briugTrotters to a focus. I'll bet yon'd be in Forf Delaware in a week, and the Southern mem hers oe heio in their seats, and they'll look round at the political wreck and ruin and plunder nnd stealage that'6 been going on, and they might exclaim, in the' 1 language of the poet, < "Whoso piu hero sinco I'ah pin gone?1' "Mr. Arp, suppose we should have a * war with England or France, what would 3 the rebels do?'' * . t "Thej\l follow Gen. Lee, and Gen. t Johnson, and Longstreet, and Bragg and old Borv. My opinion is, that Gen. Lee would head the Union army, and Gen. E Grant would be Lis chief of staff, and Gen. r Buell would rank mighty high, and?" "What would you do with General 1 Sherman?" ~ "Sorry you mentioned 'hira. " We'd t have to hire hiro, I reckon, as a camp fi fiddler, nnd make him 6ing "Hail Columbia" by fire-light, as a warnin to the boys 8 how mean it is to burn cities and towns 8 and make war upon defenceless women f and children. No, sir, our boys wouldn't c fight nnder no such." r At this time the man with the morao- p random put down somo more garbled ''xl racl*. i ? vnii think-, Mr. Arp. that if tbe | r \ . ?outl? should ever hold the-balancd off, owor, they would dciuuud pay for.ij^iw egroes ?" \ "I can't say, sir. lint .1 don't thififc lie South has lost anything that way,^ Vo got tlieif labor before the war for heir vittels and clotli.cs and doctor's hi|li?r tid we get it now for-about the same:-?? t'sall settled down that way, and yodl* Jtiroau eonld'nt help it. The only Iilierer ce is in the distribution. Sonuj>f us don't own as many at* we ml everybody lias got a nigger ,or#wo iow, and they'll nil votc'.em or tbwre? ff. A nigger that wou1d?-nt viyte .Hs 1" old him, shonldont biack my bpfttSv" ^ At this time thd commit tec. looked-at >ne auothcr, seemiu to be bothered and tsionished. Garbled extracts were ptt| Jown with a vim. Mr. Lioutwell says ho/ Mr. CWirmawjJ [ think, sir, we are about through wilt he witness. I think, sir, his testimony! iettles the question as to what we ougljf to do with Southern traitors." -K Tito et-airman give mo a llepubluskjf lod and remarked, "Yes, sir, I think.** Jo. The scouudrcls burut my irgtf mollis." 7 Wliercnpon I retired, having give* general satisfaction. Yottrs^^^^^^ %W W. T. Walter, of tho'firin of Derbr^ i Walt or, (ractorago nlld- commission-mow ihant^,) is the only authorized agent for ??| tJarudcn weekly Journal lor Columbia, S. C.I CoLTiios. T. Slider, i8 the onlySnl horized agent of the Camden Journal forth* sitjr of Charleston, lie may be found at tko 11 ills house in thiit city. Court of Fquity. ' ; This Court convened, for' Kershwij District, on yesterday, ChancellorOitRi ftoL presiding;. The business ibriftj present term will bo light, as a large*, a umber of the cases called were re* 3 uested continued; leaving but few final action at tbw#akiing.' ChpnecBiji| ^aiirol is an able, dignified and ctyoi^ :eou8 presiding officer, always- enjo\Tiff? the respect and confidence of the mean tiers of tho Bar mid other officers-tfl ;ourt. % t Plioingriiph Gallery, Mr. H. C. Ever, of Wilmingjipi?^.; ims iiifivcu 111 vul cu?u uuu lyycnv** n the room formerly occupied by C^t^ Frsic as a commandant's office, with the view of establishing himsfelf in W>. Photograph business. Mr. 13. present the best of credentials, having been** jood Confederate soldiery *nd is waB ;cr or his profession. See Advertise nent. . Trial of 35r. Ifavitr. Despatches from Richmond announce hat the trial of Mr. Davis has beap> postponed until October. Judge Utte lerwood allcdged, as a reason fip, panting the motion to Rdjotirn I!ourt, that Mr. Chase, who is expected n o? fVta fmfll ViO/3 f.ViA I\J au tUU U4AU&J liuvt VM\' irst Tuesday in October as the time at vhich it will be most convenient for lim to attend at Richmond. Mr. Atorney General Speed, who ts expect?4 x> conduct the prosecntion, lj^d "]|A lotified^him that he was too' buiy ^ ittend to Mr. Davis' case at present. The proceedings were disfigured by some rathor coarse and unfeeling allusions, by the Assistant District AttorH ley, to the "chrystalization process,* ind the pleasantness of life at Fortress Monroe ; bat this, perhaps, was to havd oeen expected. - 1 The Assistant District Attorney, givng the reasons why Mr. Davis could lot be tried now, 6tated, among other ;hings, that Mr. Davis was not., and. lever had been in the custody of the Dourt, but was held under an order ^f ;he President, signed by the Secretary in whjelT there^^haS been rerBy. We suppose the next stop will je to bring Mr. Davis up on the habeas ;orpus with a view to his being bailed, it all events, we hope that either that vill be done, or that'the President wil^ lischarge Mr. Davis 'on parole. He las a clear right under the Constitiyion to a speedy trial, and if, after & rear's delay, the Govermnent is unable o grant him this, it is their duty either o parole or release him onbail. During the excitement of the "Buok;hot war" in Pennsylvania v^1838), Chad. Stevens jumped out of a window n the Capitol at Harrisburg to remove lie body from all dangerous proarimiij? o the exoitcd populace. He is at the ame work again, stirring up passion ind inflaming prejudice, and will be is quick to remove his precious person rom all danger as formerly. Were hi? ause just and his conscience not corupted with injustice (to pharaphrasft. ihakepeare), he wfiuld not be a^cowrd. He has "fit" and run awav. afcd nay lirc'lo "run" another day. Board of Commissioners of^tho Poor request the Citizens of ihc District to assemble at the Court House.at Camben, on Saturday, the 23d inst. at &2 p^ockM.' ^he object of the'meet-. ^ng%ill;be, to devise ways and means for the relief of tho destitute throughout th^-Distiict. The amount of funds at TOe command of the Board is totally inat^eqnate to accomplish this purpose, and unless something is speedily done, they-are convinced that starvation will be the fate of many. A general attendance of the Citizens of the District is urgently solicited. !w By carder of the Board. / J. A. SCHEOCK, Clerk. I*1--*- : ,-y' AtlrCirtiniii of \orflicrn Wafer lug Places. 1 * Ttye New York World claims to make ' $'a rdodorate estimate" of the expenses attending a five weeks' sojourn at Sari iatc^ or New Port. The railroad fare ! ancb incidental expenses from New j ?^or any other-city tKe Collector. My assistants . "Jm ten "Divisions are hard at work tfn the aiuiual tax of 1866, some of them having canvassed their Districts, and being lfearly ready to send in their reports. In three divisions I have nw? jaen appointed, who can take the oath, and iara about ready to enter upon their duties/' \Lwish to be relieved as soon as pos]but will do nothing toenibarrass me operations of the Government in this Department. Please inform me, ifpossible, at what time I may expect ;:tb be relieved. . Mhanking you for the kind terms in which your letter is couched, and appeciating the liberal sentiments which Eharve publicly expressed in regard e class of revenue officers to which ong, I am, very respectfully, . : 5". JAS. H. NORWOOD. * Assessor 1 fit District So- r'n- ! ^ -C" Cudidch Brancb iS.tf R. R. Below we give a paragraph extracted : from si private letter, and published in ; the Charleston Courier of a recent date,' setting forth the ihany disadvantages our merchants; and ot^hf shippers are contending agaiustf in' cqtasequence of the very tardy action of the &jtrth Carolina Railroad Company in .relaying, the tracbi fr^ttij'jtliis place to Creek?a- distance, of fourteen miles: "We may revert to this at least seeming neglect in out next: Camdex, June 2, 1866.?I beg to call your attention to matters that, if not corrected at an early day, may very jseriously affect the interest of the merchants of your city. The South Carolina Railroad Company seem very tardy in their movements toward the relaying and completing the Camden branch to this point; thereby suhiectinir -the merchants here, also the planters in the surrounding country, to serious inconvenience, besides incurring heavy expenses in shipping cotton and naval stores by flat boats to the WatereeBridge, thence by rail to Charleston or Wilmington. Of course freight a wilt tho m^chants of Wilmingtoi and t8! Wilmington and Manchester Eailroa^' are nw reaping a rich harvest at tft? expense of the merchants of your city and the South Carolina Railroad Company. Tho question will natnrally arise, from whence is this, or the cause of this state of tilings. By examination of freight charge on the two roads, you will* And that the ..Wilmington route is greatly in favor of the shipper. F.or instanca, a barrel of turpentine can be put down in Wilmington at $2.25* and a barrel of rosin at 75 cents, while it costs $5.8.0. to place the same in Charleston. The same-rule applies to other freights to and from Northern portS;- Our merchants tell mo they can" get their goods at much leSs expense via Wilmuigtoflt. than via Charleston, and that the difference in the expenses is not only in freights, but the changes, such as commissions, drayago, & Kn J? *? ft 1 T~r* Hik nf "" jJ liTl'J each ; two of thirty ?aeh ; lour of fifty each ; and two of ono huudred bushels each. V The average price of the lots, wa& 82.70 3-J!J i. ' Tho terms of tho sale-?approved note until November 1st. We are grieved to bo compelled to record this transaction, asdt^points to three calamities our State now-suffers under, viz. A great scarcity of corn, a tight money market, mid the already frequently belabored rates of freight on our railroads A combination of causes which,-, if they continue, must result in great distress to a iirge number of our people.?Charleston Xeius. The Desolation of*Columbia, S. C. The correspondent of the New York Ti>nesy traveling in the South, writes: Columbia is beyond all doubt the most desolate looking place South pf Masoh and Dixon's -line. Tho" rich,gtoen foliage of tho trees which lino tho streets seem to mock the dreary prospect of tottering walls and smokestained ruins over which they wave. I No one can fujlv appreciate tho utter destruction of the city without seeing it- 500 buildings, not including those i j of a public nature, were burned, mostly ; located in the business heart of the i city. At present the city presents a truly heart-sickening sight, and when J we take into consideration the fact that moBt the citizens -firmly bfelieve thai<8huxiuirtwr^Quicd'T7r: nnthorfeffcf its destruction, it is not hard to amount for. '-the bitter and deep-seated hatred which many of them exhibit toward North orncrs. Dr. Andrews, inventor of the so-call-! ed "flying ship," made a successful ascent with his balloon and serial navigation fixtures at New York, on the 25th ult. Three gentlemen went up with him. They landed safely, and report that they could sail their balloon in any direction. ?.?? The removal of radical officeholders is making a great stir among politicians at WnshingtonA ,,T^b^rump Congress is actually afraid tb*s^o\irn, lest Johnson get the upper iSand before they reassemble. J Mabbied.?At Peck's Land* Fairfield county, Connecticut, by Beverend John Peck, Mr. Jured Peck and Miss Julia Peck, daughter of William Peciy Esq. Kind heaven permit, no cares to vex, | No troubles more than usual, And bless the nuptial couch with Pecks Enough to make a bushel. Tobacco Bold in Bichraond la*i week . at S2. 1 -2 per putrid. , , Xho receipts from customs fn >iii Southern ports.last. iriouth \veiv large. FromOr^&s amounted to about ifl will make the total recoip^fiSm same source amount to $16,500, GO A rm on iicemeiit^MI :r::-1 FOltXA'^COLL^XOlir^^M mls Editor: itpfaise a:.ri6tificV^^| suineelection. And obliere ' MAST 1'R.IENDS. B Mr. Editor : Tlie friend of J. DRAKKFORD nnnoimcc him as k^B candidate for Tax Collector. f 8 Cotton, jVavnf Stores | A ndl ProdtuLce. H r\"l-i^rnrr oo^Dim m ?'P , ' fl V_y -L1 4. . J Ay ?w. A. .^ CllitrietJoe, 5. , June 13?tf. r v .- * "PeomplMf ms1 r gp H E SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE- - to inform the citizens, of Canute^ r A Photograph Gallefp^-^ Over the storo of Messrs. Bnuni, Bro. & Ctf., where he is prepared to practice the; Art of PHOTOGRAPHY in all it* bn&ches. nTTAmrvn x? A nTTC [ r'xiw JL ^vjrxv^xjrxio, , AMBROTYPES, FERROTYPES, &c. Taken in Vest and latest stvles. June 15?if II. a BURR. 'List ofLetters Rem a i xing r>T th k " pos t office at Curodcn, on the l3ih Jtin^ lSCG: Aldor, Geo (2| * McI1(:bd,SJ^^ Armlield, Isaac McvOonald, A L v B McCreight, W Bnjkin, Mrs Mary E Brown. J ol H Cfhpqm&E L Brown ' Lattn, Kobt };? {^"Persons calling'for the above letters w!l please stato that they are advertised. fc^~Pereon& depositing letters ia-th? Tost Office will ploijse to jdace tlie stamp near the upper lighttfiand corner of the envelope ; and they will also remember that without the stamp a letter cannot bo mailed, but wijj be Sent to the deud letter office. J. tt GaYLK. June 15?It Postmastor. POST OFFICE, Camdkk, S. C-. June 13, 1866. "VTO ADVERTISED OR UNDERCHARGED 1.1 Letter will be delivered from this otbc>? until the postage thereon is paid. Persons having Key Boxes can muke arrangements with th? IV?rws?w for the deliver* "f ?iiob ma "I nvt'i r. 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