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? ^ . . . . V <. ' ' " Jt . . . ; .m ?? ,_tJ j, g -- LL i . i j. .rr - i -T-'I-TI Tf r-nn.-i-i ame M1|^X*? - f ? ? ? g gass.?N?**....^^^^-?!..?^ Ml iE g" U fl fl Bf, " To thine own seif be true, an<jl it must follow, as (he night (he day, thou can'st not then le false to any man'1 BY R. A. THOMPSON & CO.] PIOKENS C. H., S.'C, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1866. [V?L. I-NO. ST. "POETRY. * -^ What is a Year. What jg a year? 'Tia but a wave On life's clark rolling sircom, -Which is so quickly gono that we * Account it but a dream. "Tis but a Ringle, earnest throb Of Time'B"5&ld^irou heart, Which tirolessqsi ?ndi?trong as when It first with life (TiU'Siart. . What, is a year ? 'Tis but a turn Of Time's,old brazen wheel, Or but a pago upon tho book Whioh deaf must shortly seal. " . *Tis but a step upon thc road Which wo must travol o'or ; A few more steps and we shall walk Lifo's weary rounds no move._ Inter-State Courtesies. In ??larch last, his Excellency Governor Orr addressed ri communication to the Executives of all thc States of the Union, informing them of the destruction of the Library of the Court of Appeals, and of the Legislative Lilfrary in Oolumbia, .by tho fire of February, 1865, and requested them to send to his department du plicates of all Statutes, Codes, Journalsand h Reports of tho Supreme Courts of their re spective States. From nearly all of tho States a favorable re sponso was 'received, and the Governor has had tho pleasure of presenting to thc Library of the Court of Appeals one hundred and six teen volumes. " . in his letter to tho Chief Justice and Asso oiate Justices bf South Carolina, his Excellen cy gracefully observes : Whilst I have the liveliest appreciation of jtjie. generosity of all, the States to .whom, .mp appeal was addressed', it is but an act Of JtisV . $foo that I should specially refer to tho very ? /liberal offer fiom tho State of Massachusetts, .of ninety volumos of Massachusetts Reports, . ordered by special resolution of the Legis Ia * ture of that State ; from the State of Virginia, of forty-four volumes also ordered by special resolution of the State of Virginia ; from Gov. Cony, of Maine, thirty-eight volumes of Maine Reports, and from Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, x twenty-six volumes of Georgia Reports. . .These courtesies betwecu the several States i of tho Union, embracing all sections, furnish \ the best, evidcnco.of the restoration of friendly feelings, an? commend themselves to our un qualified, cc/m mend ation. In. re'ply to this letter, Chief Justice Dun kin writes as follows : * .COLUMBIA, May 0, 1860. Sir : Your communication to the Court of Appeals, on thc subject of the Library, has been received, and I am instructed by the Court to.ex press to your Excellency their ap pieoiatiou of tho prompt and efficient meas ures adopted by you. Tho books already re ceived constitute a valuable addition to the _ Library. We concur cordially with your Excellency ^ as to the manner in which your application to the Executives of the several States was met . and responded to. It is worthy of the spirit whioh charaeterized oui anoi?nt relations, and affords a cheering hopo of their entire restora tion, i With groat respect, S I am your Excellency's ob't. scrv't. BENJ. Jb\ DUNKIN, Chief Justice. It is proper to add here,'* that the liberal re sponses from many of the States have not yet bcon received, but tho arrival is daily expect ed.- Columbia Carolinian, May ll. ? --? PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-An immense -Johnson meeting was held at tho Academy of S .. Music to-night. Messrs. Doolittle and Cowan J* addressed tho audience. The latter natu od . among the supporters of tho President Ger\ erajs Grant and Sherman, also Messrs. Seward, Stanton, Welles and other members of tho Cabinet, which was vociferously oheorcd. There was groat enthusiasm evinced through out the meeting. I'VHVTUESS MONROE, May lo.-It is un derstood that tho Post Surgeon, in compli ance with? recent instructions from,the Pres ident lu?s ?made an official report of tho health of. ox-President Jefferson Davis, in which it is thought that his 'physical condition is not mentioned very favorably. Ile urged a lesa f rigid system of confinement, if his restoration to perfect health is at all desired. A NEcmo chili!,' born in Bedford., county, the other day, with thrco heads, died. Infamous Behavior of Negro Troops The following facts are furnished by one ol tho conductors of tho Memphis and Charles ton Railroad, (Mr Fowler,) who obtained them from another conduotor (Mr. Tighe) who was himself an eye-witness of what is here related : Lnst Thursday week (April 19) about 150 negro troops were transported over tho Mem phis aud Charleston Railroad from 'f/uscu m bia to Huntsville. Before starting, many of the colored soldiers loaded up their guns, Rnd, ou the wuy, were constantly amusing themselves by firing from T the windows of the cars, un checked by their white officers, at any white people that might como within raugo of their vision. They deliberately fired at a man ploughing iu the fields, between Courtland and Decatur, but fortunately missed him. Rut it was at' Leighton, a flag-station a few miles west of Courtland, that they perpetrated their greatest enormity-one of those now oft-recur ring outrages which are so well calculated to set on fire tho passions of Southern men and make them perfectly ruthless in their hatred toward, not only the orimioal negroes, but also the bad white men who have deluded the ig norant blacks in the belief that they are now the ruling race, and that vengeance is a duty. At Leighton, one of these black devils saw a lady--j\lrs. Osborne King-standing on the balc?ny of her residence, with her infant child in her arms, about 150 or 200 yards from the moving train, whereupon he raised his gun, and pointing it through ono of the windows of thc car, took deliberate aim at tho lady and fired. The ball struck Mrs. King's thumb, tearing otF the nai.l,^ passing on through tho clothing of the ohild, and lodged in the fleshy part of tho daily 's ?rrny wfljctijjg n.aovnio.nrMi -most pat?TuXw?u?a. ~ After the perpetration of this hellish enormity, a negro sergeant, who was present in the same car, was heard to ap prove the deed, and cried out, " Keep on shooting, boys, if you want to; don't shoot at anybody in particular, but keep on shooting. 'Twon't make any difference if you do kill a few of the-seccsh." Tho white officers of the train of course heard the shooting which* was going on at intervals all the way from Tuscumbia to Huntsville, but they made not tho least effort to put a stop to it ; on the con trary, they seemed to enjoy the sport. Now, we would like to ask Gen. Thomas and general every body-else who has authority in this oountry, how long this sort of thing is to continue uuwhipt of justice. [Memphis Argus, A.th. HISTORICAL FACT.-It ia a fact that the Democratic party has always sustained every incumbent of the Presidential ohoir who has defended the Constitution, and the anti-Dcroo cittts have heartily opposed all such. The only three Presidents ever elected by the anti Democrats were Harrison, Taylor and Lin coln. Each died in the Presidential office, and were succeeded by Vice-Presidents elec ted by the same party. In each oase the antj Democrats quarreled with the Vioc-President because they would insist on being guided by the Constitution-and they each, in turn had to throw themselves for support on the Democratic party. These-are significant his torical facts. What do they teach ? Nex Haven Register. KILLING NO MURDER.-There has of late been h controversy among several party jour nals about the administration of Gen.^De vens, who lins boen on duty since tho war in South Carolina. Without referring to the merits of this controversy we mention it to ?tato that it revealed a'very. strange circum stance which ' occurred in General Devons' command in South Curolina'. Lieutenant Colonel Trowbridge, commanding the 83d United States colored troops, put to death, without trial, a man named Calvin Crozier for the alleged murder of a private in tho regiment, named Mills. After Crozier's death it ilppears that Mills was not killed, and a military court of inquiry has passed upon Trowbridge's %conduct. Tho court acquitted him of all blame, and Mills tho man said to have been murdered, was in court alive a? the time, had his wound examined by members of thc court, and yet was novor oalled to tes tify hythe Judgo Advocate of the oourt ! Gen. Devons roviewed il\e case, ona mnt it baojc to the court to bo heard over ?gai - , but the court persisted in its former opinion that Trowbridge was free from all blame, and he wag released frqrji arrest.- Philadelphia Ledger, From Washington* WASHINGTON, May 18.-In the Senate, to-qay, Mr. Sumner presented the petition of sunbry colored citizen's, asking that the second clauao of the pending constitutional amend ment be stricken out and one substituted for it cteolariug that no Congressmen from th^ South be allowed to sit in the House of Rep resentatives, who is not chosen by at least half the loyal men, without regard to color. ' Ile also presented a petition for the trial ot" Jeflerspn Davis by a Court Martial. In con nection with this he said that tho trial of Davis at Richmond, at thc present time, would be ope. of those great comedies which would heroftrt'er excite the derision of the world. The position was referred to the Committee on Military AfTairs. The business of tho House to-day was maiu ly coufined to the consideration of the ?Tax Rill. CONTRACTS PASED UroN CONVEDERATE MONKYVOID.-We learn that tho buisnessof the Supreme Court was finished yesterday. The case of Humes, administartor of Stoner vs. Wird, &c, was decided in favor of the com plainant. A good deal of interest has been felt in this case by persons who have been dealing in confederate currency. Stoner bor rowed'from Ward, in the early part of 1862, about $12,000 of confederate currency, and gave lift note for tho amount to Ward, and, to secura the note, gave a deed in trust on the lot on which is the Senate House, on Jeffer son stteot. Tine flebt fell duo, . and was not paid,'ind, therefore; the Trustee, advertised and wis about to sell the house and lot. Sto ner bemg dead) the administrator jx\e? a bill ?? ,eb$e?rv, ata&Hjti^ tho t?ot\? ana deed in trust were void, for the reason that the consideration of the same was confederate ourrenoy. The court held that the note and trust deed were void, and ordered the same to be cancelled, and the Trustee to be perpetually enjoined from attempting to sell the house and lot. The case was argued by Messrs. A. M. Yerger and Henry G. Smith foi* defendants.-Memphis Bulletin. SEVERE HAIL STORM IN ABBEVILLE-We learn that on the 17th instant av severe hail storm passed over Abbeville District and in flicted great damage to tho wheat crop, besides materially injuring all other crops. We have no tidings from other Districts, but presume they have not been exempt from the visit of the fell destroyer. Between rain and wind, the young plants have suffered to an unprecedented extent throughout the South, and complaint comes from East and West accompanied with the expression of fear that the crops will all fal)1 short of thc estimate which has 'heretofore gilded our anticipations.- Carolinian. A SPEOIAL despatch to tho " Charleston Courier," dated Washington, May 18, says : The " NeW York Herald's" correspondent, accompanying Generals Steedman and Fuller ton, writes as follows : "The Commissioners found the Freedman's Bureau in South Carolina a disturbing and fomenting discord. Accounts from the Sea Islands represent the perpetration of all kinds ; of fraud and rascalities undo/ the shadow of the Bureau. The lands allotted under Sher mans's order are universally left uncultivated. The negroes won't laborx except under the alternative of starvation. Affairs latterly, however, are improving. *The great draw backs in South Carolina are lack bf capital and too much of the Freedmen's Bureau." In tho House to day, tho Judiciary Com mittee deoided that the evidence adduced to implicate-Davis in the assassination is utterly unreliable, and the ohargo is, therefore drop ped. The" bill for holding the Federal Court in Richmond next June for tho trial of Mr. Da vis passed both HOUHCS, and only lacks now tho President's, approval. SHINPLASTKRS.-Wo have seen an official communication from the Treasury Department at Washington, which d?chires that upon ev ery shinplaster. the stamp tax of five cents will bo exacted. (Any individual note is a shin plaster.) The denomination bf the note will make no difference. A five cents shinplaster will pay five cents.- Carolinian. DANIEL S. DICKINSON'S life was insure j for$25,000. [From the London Daily To'ograph.] Compliment to Gen. Lee. At Lexington, in the State of Virginie, i? a college which bears the name of the most il lustrious citizen ever born in the Old Domin ion, fertile as that pleasant land has been in heroes; nor could George Washington him? solf have wished that the collego erected in his honor would have for Presidenta worthier chief than the one who quietly entered upon his duties just a fortnight ago. The new President is still in the prime of manhood, though already his hair and beard are grey ; he^ has been long accustomed to command ; he is familia? with hardships as with fame has slept for months amid the woods of Vir ginia, and has crossed tl)c Rappahannock Northward at the head of a victorious ai my; he has been proven alike by good aud evil for tune, and, whether when threatening tba Federal capital,, or when surrendering his sword to a Federal <Captaiu, he has ever borne himself as beseemed a man born alike by an cestry and by nature. Tho depcendtnt of " Light Horse Harry " has doffed the grey uniform for the garb of a peaceful professor; nor can we own that the change is a degrada tion, even for Robert Lee. There is a difference in this mode of action, but uo alteration in the object, which is sim- . ply to render the best service he can to hia native State. To that single aim he has never once been unfaithful ; and he will still pursue it, we-may rest assured) with the bid high en thusiasm .tempered by a cautions brain. Throughout the war nothiug was more remark able than Lee's personal influence-in the manner tin which he impressed every one who approached him. That men, with Jackson's - -parity and caffeeBtnc?s, or wjth the deboirnaire and graceful valor of Stuart, should appreciate the illustrious qualities of their leaders, was only natural ; but even the humblest soldiers I in the ninjas felt,' though they might not have j been able to express the moral- power which "Lee' exerted. The war was, in all conscience, sanguinary enough, but there would have been a very carnival of carnage, a devilish outbreak of all men's fiercest passions had the Southern louder been of a different temper. Gallantly os the Confederates fcraght, we must never forget their armies were composed of somewhat qupatiouable raw material ; that the volunteers, with all the instinct of bravery which seldom deserts a dominant class, had likewise many of the vices which are ! inevitably engendered by the possession of ar bitrary power. Accustomed to the unchecked license of authority, the slave-holders might perchance have been reudy enough to give tho . war a character of internicine hatred ; and it was eminently due to Robert E. Lee that the courage and humanities of civilized warfare were, on. tho whole, observed. The gentle nature of the man never degenerated into, weakness; with a high hand he could restrain excesses, and admiringly did he exercise his power. There arc no purer pages in tho his tory of the civil war than those which relate to his invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, afc a time when the temper of thc Southern peo ple was sorely tried. Such qualities as ho displayed could not | fail, in the long run, to win tho regard of s> manly and affectionate people; and while we find that ho .was loved like a father by all those I who shared his immediate perils, we have not yet forgotten that when thc victorious vet- . crans of the North were inarching home through Richmond, they burst into a splen did shout of enthusiasm as they recognized, gravely con tenn pla ting them from a curtained window, the familiar form and face of Robert. E. Lee. "Tho old order changes, giving pl?cete new, nod God fulfils himself, in many ways, i To teach young lads their classics and mathe I ma.tics may seem but a poor occupation for one whose word was lately thc Supremo law for a hundred thousand fighting men ; and yet there need be no sense of humiliation involved in tho delib?ralo acceptance of such employ ment;. The new order is that of peaoo. For a time thinnest thing that Lee could do waa toset an oxamp?o of valor and virtue to the whole manhood of tho South ; but not less puro is the glory of one who, by honest and patient; labor, prepares the young for that long er conflict which fills tho whole length and breadth of human life. WHA*r is that whioh every one wishes to I have and which ho wishes to get rid of aa soon a* ho obtains it? A keejp apatite.