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ADDRF.iS LY 1RA L%. J0.\Fs, EsQ., 1;V:zR PU--isLI 1.01:; 03. , . 0. T., o T.'F ('PC(a zjus or ins ._4;fl &iV.ivsAkY, t.S. 4siL. l a. BRoTicas, LaDIFs asn GE,LFV : On the 4th day of June, in the year 149, the Plaski Lod:e of 0.1d Fellows was organized at this place, by our distinguished friend and brother, Past Grand Master John McKenzie, whose presence on this occasion is a source of much gratification. We are also delighted to see in our nidst, our energetic and efficient Grand Master, Thom as Steen, together with many of our bro thers from Columbia and Greenville. We greet them one and all with a hearty wel conic. This day then is our 24th anniver sary, and we have met here to begin its celebration. We are not peculiar in this respect. In all ages and climes, and among all people, it is customary to honor and distinguish the day on which some great event occurred. Every great association has periodically, some day of festivity on which its utembers may assemble, to strengthen and renew the bonds of fra ternity. Long continued public anniver saries are good tests of the success, sin cerity and praiseworthy ends of those who participate in -them, for evil organizations cannot for a great while engage in public holidays in an enlightened community. They cannot bear the light of inspection, nor withstand the itdignation of an insulted people, because their deeds are evil, and make them cowards. We have no such fers. We are here to-day at the dictates of a natural impulse, in accordance with a custom honored by time, having stood the test, backed by an illustrious history, supported by a strong, intelligent popular feeling, animated with just motives, and rejoicing in the contem plation of a successful past, a happy present, and the prospects of a glorious future. But while the best and most intelligent are in sympathy with us to-day, there are, nevertheless, many who object to this So ciety. Some of the objectors are actuated by candor and good motives, but, I am sorry to say, the majority censure without consideration, fully demonstrating the truth, that i t is far easier to find fault than to do right. It would be wonderful indeed if Odd Fellov:ship had no enemies, for what ever is good and gre..t is always hated by the low and vicious. Julius Ctesar, one of the greates t men that ever lived, if not the greatest, fell under the murderous knives of envious assassins. The immortal Wa,.hington had his Alanderers. The Ghurch itself is not exemnpt from the vile epi,hets of infidelic scoffers. The fact that there are enemies to a cause does not necessarily prove the cause to be unworthy. Indeed, instead of being an injury, oppo sition is an advantage, for it shows the true status of the contending parties. Were there no dark clouds there would be no rainbow. The verdant Sprin.g would loso halt its beauty if there were no hoary win ters. Flowers are sweetest on cloady days. Recognizing then that there are opponents to this Order, ! shall ask your indulgence in that which to most of you is trite and un interesting, the answering of some of the unfounded and frivolous argumenits that are frequently urged against us. I feel that I am not presumptuous when I say, that there is no objection that can be offered against this institution which will bear a thorough sifting. The current objections are like wet sponges that get their weight from bor rowed water, and can be as easily squeezed dry. The first to which I direct your attention is the charge of secrecy. The objectors say : "Your Society is a secret institution, and therefore is not worthy of the counte nance of just and upright men." Strictly speaking Odd Fel!owship is so-r a secret Society, for the place of meeting, the time of meeting, the persons present, the consti tution and by-laws, and above all, the ob jects and principles, are known or may be known to every one. These are the essen tial elements of secrecy, but this organiza tion does not wish to conceal them. What few secrets it has are defensive anid not aggressive. They violate no right of any individual or of the community. They guard the treasury from imposition. They are the certificates and badges of member ship, and the recozimendations to the benevolence of the Order, and, of course, oniy the initiates have a right to know and use them. But for the sake of argument we will ad mit that Odd Fellow.:ip is a. secret organi zation. Is it wrong? Now let us analyze the o1.jectionl. It is either the principle of secrecy that is op. posed or it is nothing. The principle is either right or wrong. If it is right, then surely secrecy can not per se make Odd Fellowship wrong, if wrong, then whatever is secret is wroug. Is the Bible wrong because theze are sect ets locked up in its sacred folds which the wisdom of ages has not. reveajed ? Is Heaven not desirable because it has not entered the heart of man to conceive its glory ? Are not His ways past finding out ? Are there no secrets concerning that being which is fearfully and wonderfully made ? Is there nothing concealed beneath the unifathiomed waters of the ocean? Has the earth stored away within its rock ribbed bosom nothing that the searchings of geologists have failed to disclose ? Is th.'re no star whose twinkle has never vet flitted across the telescopic vision of astronomers ? Yes! and it is well. View the history of the past, and tell me it most of the great rmovenients for the benefaction of mianikind did not commene under the protecting mantle of secrecy. In the first ages of Protestantism when the world was watking uc from its death like sleep, when the morning star was heralding a brighter dawn, and the dark ness of a long night of a thousand years was gathering in its sable folds at the magic touch of new born science, thee secreey was not contemnned. The early Protestants accepted its protecting arm, and in caves ad mountain gorges held ti- ir "devotions. The bulls and anathemas of 'opes could not dislodge them ; the bigotry ok blind populace could not harm them; the 'h. of a persecuting priesthood could not quej their spirit. Within the folds of this se%~ame secrecy was kindled a flame that now hights a wo>rld.1 Pardon me for deseending to common places, but must the stommader of an army send his antagonist a fail doesription of his veal the condental miz e ent? Shall the doctor pullih to the (ommT!:1;itv the condition of his pntients? 11i; i . rnhr chant no secret motrk? Must the minister 1e a congregational tattler and tiake known the confidences of his people? 3lust every member of a family turn taitor and blab the secrets of his home? Must a christian when he prays or gives alms, get up on the Court House steps and introduce his business with a stentorian 0. Yes! Must men walk the stree:s with cards stuck on their backs giv ing the contents of their wardrobe and the number of their unpaid bills; or must they turn their pockets inside out to show an in quisiti%e world that they have got no money? If that be the case young ladies will have to send their love letters unsealed, and directed. "ro all whom it may concern," so that the interested parties moay be apprised of the manoeuverings of Venus. Deliver us from such a Pandemonium! Yet such is the re sult-if secrecy be wrong. Consistency thou art a jewel! The truth is, that secrecy as a principle is as nece-sary as its oppo.ite. One is the day, the other is the night. The latter has its genial sunshine and gilded clouds, but the former has its mooa and stars and gentle zephyrs, and is just as essential in the econ omy of nature. The objector now shifts his ground and says: "I admit that the organization is not wrong because it is secret, but being secret it may be subservient to evil purposes. For instance, it may be used for political pur pose." Let us examine this. Bear in mind that those who meet, the time and place of meeting, the lcws and principles, are in the knowledge of all. In addition to this I will state that nothing binds the membership but moral ties; and ththermore, that the very moment they engage in political or sectarian combination they forfeit the very charter under which they exist. I shall say nothing of the fact that such a practice is diametrical ly opposed to each and every principle of the institution. Now, in the name of common sense, how can this order be made sub serient to political purposes, if these things are so? Moreover, in a Lodge every class and par ty is represented, therefore it would be a matter of impossibility to succeed in any such attempt. The adverse political elements in every Lodge would frustrate in self defence any such practice. More than this, how does it happen that Odd Fellowship has increased so amazingly in the United States, the greatest of all countries for political animosities, and yet remained unshaken and undisturbed by the defeats and triumphe, the deaths and rejuvenations of sects and parties? The answer is, that it is totally distinct. The storms of political strife never disturb its pyramidal serenity. But the ob lection so far as it stands is theory and con jecture. If the position is tenable, surely the objector can point to facts, and if there are no facts to sn4tain his position then the argument is like "the baseless fabric of a vision." Now, I defy any man to point to a single instance in the history of American Odd Fellowship in which the slightest evi dence of such a state of corruption can be found. It is true history furnishes example of such practice in some societies, but not in this Order. One, for instance, may point to the Jacobins of France during the Revolution. But this is no parallel case. That society was composed of one party and that was designedly a political party. The truth is that there is not a true Odd Fellow who does not think it base and traitorous to entertain the thought of such corruption. I pass by the foolish objection to the name Odd Fellow. It is true. the name might have been more euphonius (and we regret it is not so), still the character of its members would be no better off. You could not make a watermelon a pumpkin by calling it so. Gold is gold still even though you call it brass, and I presume our friends, the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars would not exonerate a man because he called the exhilarating articles bitters or spiked soda. If one supposes that the term implies that Odd Fellows are participants in Bacchanalian revelry he Is egregiously mistaken. Nothing is more foreign and adverse to the spirit of genuine Odd Fellowship- Indeed the Order, is ahead of most institutions in this respect, for a few years ago the Grand Lodge of the United States passed a law prohibiting the use of intoxicating drinks on any occasion when the regalia are worb, regarding it as dishonor. While I am on this subject I hope you will pardon a slight digression. Many are curious to know the origin of this name. While it is not known certainly whence it came, yet there are several speculations on this subject that are are quite plausibl. Some say it is a corruption of Ode Fellows, which name was derived from the practice of singing odes. Others say it is a corruption of Hod Fellows, which name was given to them because they were helpers of the older craft of Mlasonry. But the most probable origin is in the convivial practices of those days in whieh the Order engaged, the name being chosen as the most attractive to the people, as indeed It was. (Even the clergy in those days were convivial). Be It said to their honor, however, that they never lost sight of the true object of the association, mutual protection. The name is retained, but such conviviality as is incompatible with decency and propriety is emphatically for bidden by the laws of the Order as it now is. Odd Fellowship like every other institution of intrinsic worth, keeps apace with the advancing civilization of the world. Experience reveals the mistakes and de iciencies of its eairy days, and with sur prising candor, it acknowledges the former and remedies the latter. Another objection is this, "Your Society will not admit the cripple, the unsound, and and the poor, who most need your benevo nce," or in other words, "Your Society is limited in its operations." This is urged with a great deal of emphasis, but a hasty examination will suffice to show its weak ness. Now suppose the cripple, the unsound, and those unable to make a living and pay the dues required of all, were promiscuously admitted into the Order. You perceive at once that each Lodge would be composed almost entirely of those who in no wise help to increase its funds. These men will con tinually need the money of the order, and itn a very short titne the treasury will be com pletely drained. The whole burden of sup plying the fund would fall on a fewv of the nembers, and when their time came to need assistance there would .be no means. Furthermore, there is work to he done that requires energetic men. This would fall xclusively on the few. What is the sense hen in a captious and fault-finding world in odeavoring to make a few men in each mmt aity support and watch over the eedy and indigent of that community at a acrifice, that neither reason, justice nor norality calls upon them to make. The >lan proposed would defeat itself. Con 'usion, disaffection, and utter ruin would be he infallible consequence of such injudicious idmission. The Odd Fellow pays his tax to he government for the support of the poor, nust he in addition to this, with only a few ithers to aid, biud himself to relieve all the rants of his community, while the scoffers objector displays the universal chrity he - 11r have lii (;rder to d.), I fain wubl would see it. Suppose a n:in possesC3 a fortune ofune mi1i'ion of dollars, is it beter to distribuie it amung the entire populatien of the earth, giving to each one mill, or to endow a permanent ins:itution for the edu cation of the poor, extending its circle of labor as its means increased? Any sane man would say the L.atter is far bezer. This is the plan of Odd Fellowship. It begins at home of course and muit of right remain there until its .strength enables it to go forth and battle with the world of want. The operation of the Order is circuenwribed only by its capacity. Its principles and exalted aims are universal, but its meanus prevent their universal exercise ,:;,: immediate ac complishment. It is battling vith want and poverty, but until the good an' indu:trious in all climes uffte Tdi- this inigh .y effort, the enemy, though oft defeated, Yl still remain unconquered. The last objection to which I shall direct your attention is this: "What your Society claims to be be-ievulence is no benevolence at all. You give benefits. but the person who re ceIves them is entitled to them, and has a right to claim them. It is nothing more than a business transaction, like a fire or life in surance." If the objector means that the giving of benefits is not alms-giviving, he is eminently correct. We do not claim to be strictly a charitable institution, and wherein we claim to be charitable is not based on the giving of benefits, for we deem it one of the most admirable traits of our Order, to give assistance to its members as a matter of right and not as charity. If the objector means that there is no benevolence in the Order, in the proper sense of the word, then he is wrong. Is it not benevolent to give to thous ands of suffering humanity millions of dollars, at a time when assistance is most needed, even though the money is distributed as a debt and not as charity? Is there no benevolence in obligating oneself to render a brother. aid when needed? If the whole world entered into a compact to relieve each other when in want, would there be no benevolence in the agreement? But benevolence does not consist entirely in giving money. Coming from bene and volo, and meaning "to wish well," it may be exercised in a thousand ways. Word.,looks, attentions, all evidence it, and fall upon the wounded heart-like healing balm. The Odd Fellows' benevolence does not stop with mon ey. He is to watch over his brother in life, warn and protect in danger, succor when in want, relieve when in distress, comfort when downcast, counsel when erring. When dis ease lays its withering hand on his brother' he is at the bed-side nursing with fraternal affection. If death come, and it will to all, the brother is laid in his last resting place by friendly hands, and with mournful tears. Benevolence does not stop here, the destitute survivors of a departed brother's family are provided for and protected. If this is a selfish business transaction, then it is a great pity we have not more seltish business men in the world. But the benevolence of the Order is not confined to its membership. Whenever its means permit, its charity goes outside, and many a stranger has blessed the Order for its life-saviug charity. These are the main objections to this insti tution, and though briefly and hastily an swered,as was necessary in the short space of our address, yet I trust that to the liberal and thoughtful their fallacy is clearly evident. Wherein the answers are deficient, it is attributable to the speaker and not to the cause he represents. After all, objecting to anything that has proven itself good is un christian. The world is wide enough for the united effort of all, atnd needs that effort bad enough without wasting time, strength and unity, in useless, and worse than useless, bickering. What then is this Society, and what arc its objects?. It is a humane and soci.al institution for mutual improvement and relief. Its central idea is fraternity. Its teachings and nmo' toes are Friendship, Love, Truth, Benevolence and Charity. Its duties are few, but noble and comprehensive, to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, to bury the dead, to educate the orphan, to aid the widow, and to exer cisc over each other fraternal care and moral discipline. This is its present status and as civilization advances, its field is widened, its usefulness increased and its moral character refined and elevated. Odd Fellowship is the offspring of an enlightened age. It is no child of barba rism, and needs not age to give it dignity, for its principles are everlasting. Enthusiasm and a mistaken notion that the mystery of musty age is necessary to enhance its value, have led to many far-fetched and unfounded stories of its gieat antiquity. Some would have you believe that the institution dates from the days of Adam and Eve. Some that it had its origin among the Je wish priesthood. Some among the Roman soldiers. The H ans, Goths, Hungarians and Moors, each have it ascribed to them. But all this is baseless co'jecare to say the least of it. It is true secret societies have existed from the earliest ages down to the present time. Thie Persian Magi, founded by Zoroaster at least 2,000 years B. C., existed for centuries with its ries, ceremonies and peculiar modes of in itiation. The Eleasinian mysteries itntroduced by Eumolpus at Eleusis, 1356, B. C., had its gorgeous temples, its dazzling and awe-in spiring scenes, and profound secrets for 1800 years, when they were abolished by Theodo sins the Great. The States of ancient Greece, he Druids of Briton, all had secret associas tions, doing a great deal of good and a great deal of hatrm. But Odd Fellowship claims none of these as ancestry, confident that it would confer :nore honor th.n it would re ceive. This Order originated in England, it is very probable, in the first part of the 18th Centu ry, for the earliest date o.n record concerning the Order is 17453, at which time it was said in a Magazitae that it was pleasant to attend the meetings. In the year 1813, the'Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows wvas formed by a secession of a few Lodges fromn the Union Order, on account of the excessive convivial practices of that body. Four years after this, Thomas Wildey, who is the father of Odd Fellowship in America, came to this cnun try, and after several attempts, on the 28th A pril, 1819, succeeded in getting together four friends to the cause, viz: John Welch, .John Duncan, John Cheatham and Richard lbshworth, and instituted the first success ful Lodge on this side of the Atlantic, in the city of Baltimore. Hence, April 26th, 1819, is the birthday of Odd Fellowship in Ameri ca. Little did those five zealous advocates, as they sat in council, on rickety chairs around an old pine table, in an upper room in the "Seven Stars," on Second Street in the city of Baltimore, dream of the mighty orces they were setting in motion. Little id they think that they were the Itasca of be great Mississippi of Odd Fellowship. The tireamlets, as they issue from the mountain ide, softly trickle down the rough boulders ike tear drops on the cheeks of warriors, prberinig.strength and courage as they creep uto the sunshine of a new existence, nurrniug, chattering, dancing, they rattle >vr glittering pebbles and sp,riukle their tolden ore. Who now can hush the mur nur of their voice<, ehcek their course, or hange teird d.stine ' "A inous.ind riP!s thev leap and shine, I ;:: clasped in a.' Wi:r:eingt. iw Th:-v zwell a hundrel to:.ka. ".\ biiic-l brook-. and ;l they run With ripple, shade unid cleam, Till clustering all their braids in one They swell a mighty stream." So with Odd Fellowship. During the first decade it was beset with many diftlealties. Objcctions and prejudices oppoed its Iro gress, and its work was accompli,hed slowly. But its mission was of divine origin, and gathering strength and influence as it strug gled, it to-day empties into the broad bosom of society a stream of influences second to none save the Church and Government. Strong in resources, great in numbers, noble in principles, its Lodges and Encampulents are in almost every State and Territory with in the borders of this great Republic. Amid the teeming population of the North, where the hammer of inanufac. ire s trikes loudest, the banners of this Order wave proudly over the heals of a mighty hoat. In the sunny South, where the pulse of patriotism beats strongest, the regalia are worn and honored by an army of firm and spirited advoe-tes. On the plains of the West ,housands of zeal ous and gallant bands are bearing its stan dtrds with shouts of victory and triumph. Even on the shore of California, whose golden mines enrich the world, the Order is shed ding an iniluence that ia the end will far ex cel its mineral WIalth. Its progress is in ad vance of the wetward march of civilization. The woodman's axe ,CrCely lays the forest low before a band of brothers unite to carry on the cause of fraternity. I say nothing of its constantly widening in fluence beyond the waters. There it is equal ly great. It is pushing its forces into every country, and humanizing its people with the liberal teachings ot' benevolence and fraternl ty. It takes no philosopher to believe, no proplet to foretell, that the day is coming when there will be no land where the tread of human footsteps is heard, that does not see, feel, and know the merits of this institu tion. Such is its success in a little more than half a century. What good has it done? Go ask the recipients of its millions of bene fits. Visit the cemeteries of its dead. Listen to the glad voices of widows and orphans left desolate. Go ask the oppressed people of the Emerald Isle if the hand of the Odd Fellow was empty when it stretched across the Atlantic to rescue them from famine. Go ask the relieved inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands if the benevolence of the Order is a farce. The sick have been rescued from un timely graves. Intemperate men have been reformed, while thousands of children throughout the land have been educated antid placed in lucrative trades and profesions. When the surging flatnes of fire laid the devoted city of Chicago low in ashes, and the wail of a suffering people rent the air with the cry for help, was the ear of this organization deaf, and its band empty? No, in that trial she proved to the world her sincerity. Various societies responded with becoming b-neficence. The Masons, Ameri can Association, Sons of Temperance,.Knights of Pythias, and Knights Temphir, all to gether sent the sum of $126,712.00 for the relief of the sufferers, but Odd Fellowship towered above all,'and sent the sum of %132, 419.00, making nearly four thousand dollars more than all the rest. I say this in no spirit of disparagement. The Chicago Tiines in speaking of this said: "Societies have crisis in their history in which to fail is to become despised. Odd Fellowsh ip in this crisis was on trial, and not only did it meet the gencial expectation, but surpassed the hopes of its most sanguine friends." These are but the direct and sel'-evident accomplishmnents of the Order. I have said nothing of the indirect, moral and preventive effects. They are silent and invisible forces whose power is constantly exerted, but whose presence is not perceived untIl the work is done. Man's attention is arrested when the clouds pour their torrents of rain on the earth, but be does not observe the wist or refreshing dew. When the lightning shivers the sturdy oak he is amazed and awe. stricken at the wonderful exhibition of its might, but he forgets that the same fluid permeates all matter, giving life to the body and beauty to vegetation. What then, in conclusion, is the secret of the great success of this institution? I an swer: It lies 'n the justness of the cause and the sincerity of the membership, for Trnth is migh ty and will prevail The eternal years of God are hers. New Agency. Thte Trustees of thte Palmetto Or phans' Home. located itn Colutmbia, are gratified in announcing that Mr. S. IE. Caughman, of Lexington, has consented to canvass the State in be half of the above institutioni, and that he has been appointed a special agent for this purpose. They deem itunneces sary to miake any elaborate appeal to the people of the State in behalf of this charity. The Home speaks elo quetntly for itself, when its mission is considered. The Trustees earnestly commend Mr. Caugh man to the public, and trust that his exertions as the agent of the Palmetto Orphatns' Home may meet with such a liberal response as will enable them to place upon a permanent basis an institution that addresses itself to the sympathies of ev ery generous mind. J. W. PARKER, Presidetnt Board Trustees. Carolina Orphan Home, Spar tanburg C. H., S. C. Mn. Enj'ront: Permit us to give notice through your paper, that we have now several childrein in the Or phanI Home, and are prepared to re eive others. Guardians of destitute children (of the age of ten years atnd under) are requested to atpply at on1ce; and itn their applicationts to answer the following qjuestions :I. What is the name of the chiild ? 2. What is its ae ? (Give date of birth. if knouwn.) 3. Are both parents dead ? 4. Is the child destitute of means of stupport ? . Is it sound i body atnd mnind ? All applications must be sent to Rev. R. C. Oliver, Superintendeitt. Spartanburg C. HI., S. C., and we will decide each ease upon its own merits. A. M. SHIIPP, WARREN Dt-PRE, JOHN HI. EVINS. Executive Committee. BAxYxAnDs' MUsicAL WonLD for .June is on our table, and contains a fall and very interesting report of the great Cincinnati Mu-.ical Festival, also the usual amount of musical stories, news, gossip, reviews, &c. Three pieces of instrutmental music, anda beautiful new song are given in this number. which are alone worth thie price of the Musical World a year. No person interested i music can afford to be without the Musi ml World, and the low price at which it is urnished, (one dollar per annum) brings it within the reach of all. Specimen copies are sent to any address ott application to the pub )9 KWHBKRJT, M. c-, Weduiesda.,,Ju 8 83 To the exclusion of much of our! usual variety; we give place this week to the addrss of our young anid talent ed fellow-citizci, fra B. JOneu", Esq. The French National Assembly de clare by a dc'isive for a Monarchial form of goverfnment, and the great President statsusmn. has been forced to reign. This was accomplished S.turday. May 27th. One character istie act of the new body was the seiid ing a message that Prince Napoleon might return The Obsequie% o'f Minister Orr. The ceremonies in New York on the 13th are described as imposing and grand in the extreme. all classes. the civil and military authorities, with all the various societies. turning out to do honor to the remains of the great dead. The body arrived in Columbia on Sunday, and was received by the several comnimittees appointed for the purpose. and laid in state in the Hall of the House of Representative.s. On 1onday morning the casket was once more taken up.and conveyed to the (ireenville and Columbia Railroad, and there turned over to the large com mittee of gentlemen from Anderson, at which place the remaihs will lie in state till Wednesday, when they will be consigned to their last resting place. What the Granges Mean. The Lawrence (Kansas) Tnibune, in explanation of what the Granges mean. says: "Mr. George Kimball. brotlir of Samuel Kiimb:dl, of this city, has been sick and unable to do his farm work this spring. Seventeen of the Burr Oak Grangers rigglIed their teams on Monday, and broke up twenty-seven acres of ground. and left it ready f.r planting. There is something practi cal in that kind of grange work, and it has a smack of brotherly kinduess in it that would make most any half decent man want tj bit a farmer and a granger.' If this is really what they mean, and we believe it is. the Granges can lighten the burthen from the heart and shoulders of 1an1iy a troubld.11 and weary brother. Hlome Insurance.--Meeting. Pursuant to call, a number of gen tlemen met in Mayes & M1artin's Hall. on Wednesday afternoon last, to con sider the feasibility of orgaizing a Home Insuranee (Company. NIr. Thos. S. Moormian was called to the chair, and MIr. Thos. F. Greneker requested to act as Secretary. The meeting be ing called to order, various gentlemen expressed their views on this impor tant and interesting subject, and while there were differences ot opinion as to the best plan to be adopted. yet all were united in expressing a desire for an association of this kind, which is clearly evident is of necessity, and which it is reasonable to suppose must work to the advantage of those who now insure heavily, and who see their monecy go)ing away fromi the place. After discussion as to different plans, it was agreed to appoint a committee of five, to which the Chairman was subsequently added, to make all ne cessary and proper enquiries, and sub mit a report on Wednesday afternoon, June 25th, at 5 o'clock, at the same place of meeting. The Committee consists of MIessrs.,.W. 0. Iaves, 31. Foot, Wallace Cline. S. P. Boozer, W. HI. Webb, and Thos. S. Bloormian. We are pleased to state that the meeting was respectable in size, and that, it was one of the most harmonious and earnmest business meetings we have ever attended. Th is speaks well for the project. Death of Judge Wardlaw. The death of this highly honored and distingruished citizen and jurist will be sincerely lamented by the people at large. Last week we briefly mentioned his demise, which sad event occurred at A bbeville on Sunday morning, the 8th inst., of apoplexy, and after an illness of only one week. No man in this State was more gen erally esteemed for his honored public services, or his private virtues. The Charleston New.s & (Courier elves the following obitnary notite: ".Judge D)avid Louis Wardlaw was born in Abbeville County, in 1799,J and was at the time of his death soveuty-four years old. At an early ae he entered the South Carolina College, where he graduated with dhis tinguished honors. A fter leaving Col lege, he was admitted to the bar, and in 1822 attained considerable distinc tion in the case of Ramnsay vs. M1arsh,I which arose under the will of Henry L~aurens, and in which the statute of uses anid trusts was first construed in this State. At that time lhe was ai opartner of the late Giovernor Noble. [n December. 183. lie was elected1 speaker of the House of Representa ives. of which he ha:d been a member I o)r severatl years. and he continued to erve in this po,sitioin. with distini-< tuished ability. until D)ecmber 1841. yhen he was elected to the bench, to: ucceed Judge Johnson. Iis career I m the bench is well know in every >ver a quarter of a C!Itry. and wx* -Vcr marked hv tlmze eN110blill trait ,f milld :Ind i-tt w ih -: i nu h to el vat an di am.n i ly ti udiciay of South (:rolina in the almy days of her history. In speak ng of one of his opiiions, an annota :or to bue of thit, it. editions of Chancellor Knt njje tIe:-e words: The opinion of -Ju. ive Wardlaw is -inu,ularlv learned and interesting ; it I rema'rkable example of historical Id lel erudition.' I1v , i n il all the rclation, 't life, a n: Wan of uni ,werving inteuritv and elevated senti mient. and by his death has been re moved ailher one of those land narks which bind us toz all that isl good and glorious in the pa.t history f the State." .i-ewsiaper Po.tage."..-The Facts. The Washington, . C.. Chroiicle tates by authority that the law does not and will not. after Junle 30th. re ruire full prepayment of posta!ge Onl LII priiitod matter. Transient or uis cellaneus printed matter must be ful ly prepaid at the mailing office RegU lar publications, known as newspapers or periodicals, may he sent to subscrib ers now and after the 30th instant un paid and the postage collected quar terly of the subscribers. Newspaper eXJeiDLrS may be prepaid quarterly. either at the office of mailing or de livery. The requirement for full prepay ment on transient printed matter is statutory. not departmental, and there fore caliot be abrog-ated by the post aster-Leneral. It is made the duty of all 1ostmvasters to collect all defi Cient postage at the office of delivery, whether upon letters or printed mat ter, more or less such matter being in advertenly transnitted in the mails. It is not shown that more is collected at the Washinton office than is legally due or more than :it other offices, in proportion to the quanity of such mat ter delived. If any statement has been made that no papers will be sent without prepayment. then a mistake has been made, for large numbers are sent daily to subse'ribers as provided by law. This is conclusive, and may be re lied on by our subscribers. So many conflicting opinions now prevail in regard to the new law. particularly its to the necessity of subscribers paying in advance at the oflice from which the paper is sent, that we are pleased to give the above as authority. The postage on weeklies to is but five cents a quarter payable in advance, aid nlecd only be p:aid quirtnrl y; on dailies 30) cents. One cent will fully prepay on any daily or weekly pub lished in this State. Brief Mentions. Offices have been rented in Norfolk for the New York. Norfolk and Char leston Railroad C'ompany. and tihe en gineers and draftsmen are expected to arrive this week. when the surveys will he commenced. It is promised that the road will be running as far as Goldsboro' the present year. The Winsboro' News estimates the cotton crop of Fairfield Count) for the season just closed at sixteen thousand bales, and averages the net value of it at one million dollars. A very imp)ortant question has been recently agitated in many quairters. whose determination directly interests the planter, and indirectly the entire people of the South. The question briefly stated is whethi er an increased relative production of cereals is not necessary to the contin uied prosperity of the cotton producer. From various portions of Alabama there came reports of the appearance >f the caterpillar in considerabe num bers. Their appearance so early in the season is exciting considerable alarm, for it is unusual, and if it should be come generab might entail a very se rious loss. If some experienced. sientifie :u.vamn would devote his at tention to the habits, causes, and means of preventing this fearful pest, suffieently to discover a method of avoiding its ravages. an immense ser vice would be rendered the planting interest of the South1. The Greenville Mfountaineer, with all its presses. type, &c.. has been sold to John C. Baiiley, Esq., of the En. trpri5e. At a late meeting of thme Boiard of Trustees of the Laurens & A bbev ille Iijlroad Com ipany, the following reso lution~s were adopted: ReC.solred. Thatt the members of this Board from G reenville and Lau. rens Counties be requested to take the necessary steps in compliance with the charter of the road, to get thme ques Lon of a subscription to the capital tock of the road by the counties. eities atnd townts along. thle line. toI bel .iubimit ted to tile voters of said coun ies. eities and towns. On mortioan o)f Mr. Earle. RJe.solc'l. That this Boardj ao into in election for a Chief Enginm,-r. andI ;hat immediate steps be taken to have ifull amnd correct survey made of fhe nountaini portion of the road between< reenville and Asheville. Col. J. O. Hudnutt was elected by 'elamation. R?esored, That Ihe D)irectors residl ng in each county be constituted a >ommittee in their respective cotzies o solicit subscrip,tions for the putrpose f de'frayinmg the acessary expense oH lie survey of the mountain portion d he road; that the subscription thu. btained shall be credited to the ,sub ribers as so much cash payment on .stock subscriptioni. and that theci unds thus raised shall be received nd disbursedt by the President of 4O lLL BII A 4,fOI *'I' F. 100N. No inven ion was evur so import:;nt tt 'he esident' O' warml climat:s as the V i-:un >1ind. .\dmitting the :dr atnd a i i 1:ad igh vhile ke-ping out the tiet and : ilc', the re ab-,lutel s esnii;al to Ovhe cllroi t ot' our eetioll. pi the blou,S :i v o o(lr i catt r re dc.stim:e of these valuabic contrivalices, hey -hould at unce send their orders to Mr. I'. T e, Charl.on, S. C. He :n:%es all he work lie seli, and guaran teeS sat,ction in all Blind, Doors aud Sash fron iis aciory. Send for his ptice list. Sent free all apiipli;cithil. June. 1 :2-1In. .kTRAORDI RI OFFER. From nillow (1SiIl -June), Untitl the 3d day >f .July, I % ill give :5 cents of every $l .or:h of goods I sell, to any charitable urpose the pnrchaser may de:igzate. For iistance.anyoine bii iing 5 n%orthof goods, . .-5 of this amount. ill be paid -n the thi of .1uly to any chari4ablc prpose you nay desire it to .o 'o. Bacon, ilor, Su a r, Coffee anl Molasses are excepted. 10 nts on thle ;I.0o will be allo,ved on these All goods sold at my reghilr retail price. A Look witlh date of sale, name of per' on Lu%ing, aioulit bought, and oiject for ,%!Iic!i the mnoney :all be giVen, kept open br aniy buyer to inspect. Any one buying under this liberal propo.ion nust pay the 'AShl. All will ask, why does Marzh.dl make his proposal? His answer is short, decisive and to the point: Times are duli, Marshall )Wes moine and must get it to pay his lebts or close up ids bu,iiess. In conclusion, 1 pledge my honor to 'aithfully fulfill this proposal. L. R. MARSHALL. -June 18, 24--tf. 1 WILL BUY A GOOD PUMP. b.L F. MOON. June 18, 24-tf. SOM3THING NEW. An elegant Album for 25 cents, holdi, g !4 full sized cards, bounil in full gilit cov,. Lnd sold at the low price of 25 cents, .uita >le for the pocket or centre talde. Order L sample sent by ni.,il, post paid or. r.-eeint )t 25 cents. :: for t--o cents, or i for $1. Address, LlMW & C, Arts Waite Baltimore, Md. ' Ag'nts Wanited(. C;ttlogues of Blooks, Pictures, &c., sent free. -June 18, 24-2t. Commencement Exercises of Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C. LLgA*r _ "WMf T T?.ii' j tPENiLLE. .15i ('oi.l'unA R. R. Co, Cor.L'.ini., S. C., Jiine 12, 187.. ROI-ND ThRIP1 TICKETS will be sold at he Ticket Oflice of ibis Road at Columbhia, :ommeiineintg on S.\TL'I)DAY, the 21st in tant, anid conitinuin'. until WE' 'NFESDAY, he 25th i'astant, inclusive, for Ml;25 for the R01'3D TRIP: goodl to return until S.tT URD.WY, the 28th inistant. Special ar 'anigemenczts w'ill be made to avoid delay at Ak.ton, otn the return of visitors. TII0S. DODAMEAD, Genaeral Supieriintende'nt. June 18, 24-I-t. [\ il B y G odPump. WilFBu MOON. June 18, 24-tf. Furman University and Fema'e Institute---Commencement Ex ercises.---GreenillIe, S. C. Gr.1r:~i:.mu: ANti Cor.CMDAt R. R. Co., DU1RING~ the. week, commueeing on the 16th instatnt, persons visiting Greenville rout the different statiotns on the line of his road will be per mittedl to go and return ?or one fare for.te IOUNI> TRIIP. Tickets mist be procur.'d at the Ticket Oillice., and hose purchasiing Ti-kets w ill inform thc Agent at the o flice where the Tick~ets are purchased that they are going to attend the ;ommieecmentt, w ho will issue ret urn l'ickets. Those paving their fare on the :ars wIll not be entitled to this privilege. Ticke't.i will be good to return until SAT LRDAY, the 21st instant. TlHOS. DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. June 18, 2'-lt. PUMPS! PUMPS!! The subscriber is pr epared to furnish antd 'ut in P'umps, at pt-ices ranuginig fronm .10 aid upwards, andii whicb lhe will gnat anttee ;o give saisfaction. It is well known that water raised by a pumtp coms from the mottom of the well, and, unlike thtat drawn n, buckets is cool, antd another desidleratumt , that this piump ean be worked by a Iire r'ear old child, without any daniger of fall nig into the well anid being drowned. I turnish different kinds of' pumps and will rimg them to your doors, so get your catsh n readiness if .ion want a good Pump, atnd he cheapest ever sold in this couintrv. The ~itizens of Lau re-ns, Edgefie'ld, Abbevill.', sparitanbuirg, Union and other Coun:ties, a ill also have ant opportunity of being~ stip liedI with my Piumps. Jutne 18, 24--tf'. F"RANK MO00'. Where to Spend the Summer. (hL.;N BSunNs, St'n-raNnt:nG Co , S. (C. TIllS Celceb'ated, Watering Pl:ce will >peni for Visitors thei I10th DAY (IF .1 INE, tmde'r the~ iitnagementut of IR. SllGGCt, latc >f Chatrleston, ant experieniced caterer and lotel keeper. Ileing situateid in the Nor hern par t oft lie Statre, ini a sect ion remar:uk hIle for its delightfu'tl climate, beatuty, and] i,a:lthIifulte.-s, this, togethut' with tihe vir oes of the waters, make it otte of' th1e most lesirable Watering Places for all whose ondiiiott eatt be itmprovleid by the s'ahts:ions haracter of a.ty water. Great paii.s "-ill ec taken to provide for thie convenience andl omtfort of guests. Table sut' plied with the est the markets afford. Good Munsie "i!l ec in attendance to entlivent the Ball IRoom. 'ancv !Balls d urintg tIhe season. Te.n Pit, Llley, Croquiet, Bagate~lle, and Bi!!iards for he amui,semient of gtuest.. Ubiarges per day, $2.o ; per weekI, Si er' month, 835. Got:u.s to re'tt Conveyances daily fromt Jone,sville', after oth June. -I m D- l"O' LER, P'roprietor. R.SPRIGG, Mantager. JIune 4, 22-lm. Will Buy a lod up. ut 18,.21-OL Dryi GJoods IC4w . This is Positive! AT 0(i ! IT (008T M. NATHAN &SON Are iiafer the r 2ntire1tek uf jRY ( ; 001-)<. 13001 ~ BOOJ S. IUAES. CLOTHING. NOT1NS. c. AT COST FOR CASH, TO MAKE A CIANGE IN TIER EL':zj Great Bargains in Cioke and 6lass r, This line is in great varietv, And Prices )"uprecedented! I: you r,,ally need a bargain in the above lin, or in anydhing (l1e, call at once onl M. N.ATAN & SON. May 2, al-:;mi. G 0008 L0098 P~Os~A CHY OODlS! And 25 Per Cent. Less At the Four Mile House Than at Any Other Store. I h.ave in stoio, and still receivinz, my Silnjier Stock ct* Goods, which coni.:ts of cv-ry article uniua|1y kelt in firet class stores. The ll -I cot:on can"ed a propor tionate fall in goods.; this w:s taken advan tage of, cG o enly I a. ab: to biv at unprece-dentedly low priceg, tnd can therc fore sell correspol"inigly lo%%. In the meanl time I do not adverti-e to :ell at suall pro fits above eo-t and quick saleS, as other tmrchanit do, but I propose to adt w i st11 at 25 per ceit. less than tley do, and thei m.1ke good profi"s. for I do not believe in s.1"nll without profit. I do 1o such busi eSS. I nold have riv custol"ers kn1tow that ti ecet of a metchiat's success lias in his knowing when to buy and how to buy, for Lhe mioneyv is made in; se!--lqin L'S stock. Dibd you ever think of this ? I ha% e stualted th.e secret, and solved the prolAvi, not only to iy otn :atisacti4on, Iiat to that of the buying pub!ie. D youn i.-h Uargairis, therefore, C on:e ao ,L :at nIce and14 m:1kk' your purchases at the Fur il llou:e, and save nt!iev. I don't w"nt any (1on tOLie, however, uithot monoe in their purses. All kinds or couit:y produce bought at igihAlst market prices. J1. P. KINA RD, J;ne 11, 2:-,-t Four I:He HIouse. THE Most Wonderful Invention OF THE ACE. J. Moses Elcetro-Galvanie, Pat. Junie 2d, '68. Arnacbed to theCSe pateted Sp.'ctaces are two scienrtifically constructed Glvanric liatte'ries- unrseen whien worn-deliverinig throrugh tihe erive s of the~ had A Soft and Continuous Stream of Electricity, \'it ali/.ingaiand :iving" lhea:Ihy action to rhe eer e ah b'anit ul syse ofrr 0 those parts. AB. 0 "TEL.Y and (ETA INLY CURING P'arri 'aPralysir- of thre Optic Nerve, Weak or D) a'ased Yi ion, Nuralgia ot' the Hlea or ree, Nerv~ous Twitchies in the Mutsei of. tire Face, Noise in the head, Loss \lental F.nergy, and a bcst of Neivous D' ea.se ariling farom depressiona of the inervouts enri of''. th? e systeml. (onatriiautinig inl a rrost astonishing de gree, to LIFE, VIGOR AM) HEALTiI, By' thIe rmeanis of thae sof t atnd flowinrg stream of'Electricity, giving brighrtress to tire Eye, qulickness~ to thae Fa', andi energy to the Brain. Th'1ey are set wih lenses of the finest rmanufiactaure, to sn it l sightis, anad with glasses for those naot r.ox-dingz Spectacles to read n iti. , but desirin;. rthe benaefits to be, derived fr'om wearing the Batteries; and arc to be had ill this v'icinrity oinly of JO HN F. SP ECK, Watchmaker and Jeweler' D)ealer Ii Watches, Clocks. Jaawelry, Silver an.! Plated War e, NEW'BERliiY, S. C. Sorne are Genine unrless eachI pair'stamiped 3. MUSES' ELECTRIO-GALVANIC, Patented June 2ed, 18t'S. A CARD. Auctioneering and Comissio3 B usi ness. I have dete'rnined to give the above buin~ress mly time -md chose attenition, and: as our inliand town is growing falst infbsl ness,and is becorming one of'thae best places this side of New York to sell ali kinds of goods, I wish thit every persoun itn the Uni ted States who has goods to sell or any kind of paroduce to ship to a good mrarket woutldl try rre on commrrission, as I thinkI will be able to rakde tire sender money, and mlearrtimre makle sorme for mnysefl. I would like thre paipers to copf'this no0tice free of charge, as it might be possible that the pa pe'rs publishing this notice woo!ift-of great benefit to their city or town or COun ty, asi it woruld enable people to finad or, 'a h -r to get a good mairket to senrd ther. goods to sr'll. The city (of Newberry i sitriatcd in the cetr of tire State, and .en roundlaed by rthe fitamous cOorio belt Tie elimlate is 'very sulperior for coton-neC he't ter inr te w1hale cotton 'oa:ntry. We nerMi f'.ail int miaingt a eood cottOn crop.. Ouar city' bltyS tr 5an hbout 25,000 bal' oft theC best cot ton that is ma:de in Naouth; andl whatadids to orar city isp wheni strangers enomre here they c:rn #vays ::et someth.in:: gzo to e.at at Col. Po'tfs hot el. I have tra vtel and been abiaoet Jvert thhaS conitneru, ad always 'maade it a rule tal silp at the btesrt-lote!s I col' findl, lila nione he'ats Pool's hotel for.;Zood eat As regaardis myL hu-ines capacity as an Auctioneer, I eould,. give hutndreds of good rman in our State as reference, bitt it will ouly be nlecessary to tamte one of the best mien of our city-I,obert McCaurghrin, Pre,identt of Nationi! Bank, City of New berry S. (. dolhN P. KINA RD. ESTRAYED MJY Strtayed (I om the Ousc ig (Th-ti's phain tation, onI rope. There is n. Arny one fridin gt A . her to melt will Jo nforartion wl %~ trtA 'ebt,. dnu'le. June 11J4 er