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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& _POETRY. OVER THE RIVER. Over-the Uiver they beckon td me, Lo-ve'd ones who've y i.s-scd to th? other aide ; The gleam of their an ?wy robes I see. Hut their volees nr.- lost in tho dajhingtidc. There's ono Wit li ri.iglets of sunny gold, Ami oyes flic reflection of Heaven's own blue; Ho erossed in the twilight gray and cold, And the pale uiist hid him from mortal view. We saw not th? angels who met bim there," Thc gates ol'tho t'ily wc could not see ? . Over tho Uiver, over thc Uiver, My biol lier stands ready to welcome inc, Over the Uiver, the Houtman pale, ; Carried oho'her-tho household pel ; Her bright curls waved in the gentle gale Darling Minnie, 1 soe her yet ! Sho crossed oil her b030111 her dimpled hands, And fearlessly entered tho pliant - II bark;' . We watched il slide from the silversands, And all our sunshine grew strangely dark. We know she is safe on tho otherside, Where all the ransomed and angels be ; Over the Uiver, thc mystic Uiver, My childhood's idols ave waiting for nie. For none return from HiOs6*qulot shores. Who cross with thc Houtman, cold ano" pale ; We hear thc dip of the golden oars. Wo catch a gleam ol' thc snowy sail. And lo, they have passed from our heart ; They cross the s.roa.n and are gone for ?lye! Wo cannot sunder thc veil apart, -, That hides from our vision thc galets of day ; Wc only know thal their barks no more Shall sail with ours on I fe's stormy sea; Tel somehow I hope on the unseen shore, They watch and beckon and wait for mu. And I sit and think when the sunset's gold Is Hushing riverland hill and shore; I shall one day stand by the waler cold, And list to thc sound of the Hootnian's oar ; I shall watch for thc gleam ol' his Happing sai , i shall hear thc boa! as il gains tho Mi ami. . I shall paHH from sight willi tho Udo tm H n palo To tho belier shore of tho Spirit Land ! I shall know tho loved who have gone before,-* And joyfully sweet will tho meeting be When over tho Uiver, thc peaceful Uiver, The Angel of Death shall carry me! O R I Q- I KT J?Xa . FOR TH K K KO WUK COI.'Ul KU. Singing Notes on tho Sabbath. Mr. Editor : if it will not bo too much of an admonition, wo would tfosiro to communi cate to the people, through' your 'excellent pa per, our objections to the common practice of singing notes on Sunday : lat. .Learning how to sing by learning notes rcquiros close application and assiduous study, which is an ordinary wv?>rk ; therefore, must bc a violation of the fourth commandment, where God says " ye shall do no work there in."-Lev. 2:L1 chap. 0 v. Wo undera ta, nd from tho sacred Scriptures, that wo may do any work on thc Sabbath that could not have been done on Saturday, nor cannot be put oft 'till Monday. . . Singing notes wo. regard as theoretioal. When we meet togethor on the holy Sabbath, wo should when wo sing attend tr the practi cal usc of that beautiful part of worship " singing with the spirit and understanding" of the saored and very often divinely inspir?e! words. Learn now in the week-day, and thci sing on tho Sunday. 2d. Our observations-, aro ns follows, via 1st. A spirit of l?vity-the preacher or speak or must bc a novel preacher or speaker, if lu interest them long enough to finish his wor ship; theroforo, nnti-christinn effects arq pro duocd by note singing on Sunday. 2d. Nott Hinging on Sabbath in offoct absorbs every otb er interest. ' If a rovival is commenced-if i Sabbath school is in operation-if "a prayo li)coting has boon begun with good prospect .-?If tho preacher has labored hard to ihtores his congregations-if the brethren have hcei happy together in worshipping God-all, al havo boen made to give way to thc all.absorb ing thing.' TW'c must go to tho " singing,' which soon drowns thc revival--retards th Subbath school-seriously uflcot.4 the praye meeting-dries up tho interest which thc sot mon has nwakonod. and the brethren benoni cold and soon begin to " envy ono another.' Congregations aro careless ii* regarding th rules of strict bohaviorin timo of divino woi shiri, Churchy mombcrs become proycrlcsi .ndI,very often .careless Q( tho pecuniary in tmoa of the Church. And wo should Luv said, bcfoVo now, would neglect th*i reiultu bf their Bibles and family and private wor ship. Wo speak to wiso men, judgo ye. ? Yours, in christian bonds, -, A I'rtOTKSTOR. V- X. R I IE T ^ ~ The Bluo Ridge .Rail Road. Anything upon this .subject will .bo road with avidity by ?ur poopU?. Wc, therefore, j ol i p from thc Louisville papers the following ! extracts; wbiuh, would have appeared hist week but for tho mail failure heretofore reported : Thc delegates from ?South Carolina wish to awaken an interest in the Northwest to aid tn the establishment of a dirocl railway commu nication with thc South Atlantic coast. Thc gentlemen arrived in the steamer United States from Cincinnati, ?md became the guests of thc city nt thc Willard Motel. 1 The follow ing gentlemen were present : 'Hoard of Ti>de-Hon. 0. A. Trcnholm, Mid Cr. W. Clark. Chamber bf (Jonimoree--JIon. M. C. Mor due:ii,"'Maj. E. Willis, W. A. Couiteuny, and C. II. West, Jr. ? * Blue Ridge Railroad Comba ny-Col. J. P. Reed. Mr. Hayden, Civil ISnglilccr, accom panied this lele?ation. ' " '.- Irt addition to tho nbovc, Knoxville sent the following delegation : Col. C. .M. MoObee, President of the Knox ville and Kentucky Railroad; Judge C. W. Jones, Con. J. A. Cooper, Gort, h. J. Trow bridge,-Obl. R II. Armstrong, Dr. J. Rodgers, Capt. 4. J. Riols, and Cul. A. Terry. During the morning the Mrtypr ?iud other eily officials, besides ploniiueut citizens, called upon the delegations. Later in the forenoon thc delegation lind an interview with thc Board of Directors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. - . John B. Smith, Bsq., President of the Lou isville Board o? Trude, in a neat and pointed address, introduced tho distinguished stran gers, several of whom addressed thc large crowd assembled in remtrd to tho nr?n.osed. railroad convention. UQli. Trowbridge, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Mr. C. M. McGee. President of thc Knoxville ?ind Kentucky Railroad, were first introduced, each of whom addressed the merchants ll) behalf of promptly connecting Louisville with tho seaboard by means of the iron horse, via the Nashville Railroad .Hui its branches, and the Knoxville Road through to thc Blue Ridge, thence south east to Charleston. Geo. A. Trcnholm addressed tho meeting in a concise, business like, though eloquent address in favor of constructiiig-or-cnnnccting the Blue Ridge Railroad, Commencing nt An derson, S. C., with tho Knoxville (Tennes see) Rout!, ?iud the Lebanon brandi) of thc Nashville Road. Thc sum of three millions has been expended by South Carolina, Geor gia and Tennessee in constructing tho road ns far ns Anderson, and thu stockholders now tendei otiO-half of that interest to whoever joins thom ir continuing the road to the Ohio river, nvow.ngn pr?f?rence for Louisville.-1 -Thc heaviest p ut of the route has been graded, 'or tunneled. Less than (ive millions is re quired to finish the road to Knoxville, it ho ing clearly set forth ss the . shortest ?ind most direct route to thc seaboard, mid that, too, through the only available gap in the great mountain barriers ulong the Alleghenies across thc Blue'Ridge. With this connection com plete, freight, produce or merchandize from Louisville could be sent to Norfolk, Va., thc seaboard, without break or bulk, or by the di? .root rua'ic, through to Charleston, South Car olina. A1 noon thc delegations were escorted to tho Board of Trade. Rooms. Speeches were made by Gen. L. J. Trowbridge, Col. C. IL .McGhoc and Hon. Ceo. A. Trcnholm. Coi. J. P. Recd was introduced, and tundo nn eloquent and exceedingly happy speech.-? Ile dwelt upon the advantages that would ac crue to the Southwest if this great highwny wore completed so that there could bo an in? terehuoge of commodities"and necessities. The South looks hither for its provisions and p?oduce. Louisville needs Carolina's and Georgia's cotton ?ind rice, lie said that with, this lino completed tho traveller could leave Louisville and in thirty-six hours could bc in Charleston. A lino of steamers would bo es tablished between Charleston and Havana, and in from forty-eight to fifty-five hours would bu in that oity, I j oro was a great outlet for tho productions of the Northwest. Ho spoke tif having 11 mehi ti cry manufactured in Louis villa and laid down at his hons? l^ss than four hundred miles distant by tho road proposed, which had been carried two thousand miles by rail to a seaport, tlicnco by sea to Charles ton, and then by railroad a distunco equal to that required to bo covered by rail to reaoh Anderson, bis homo. Ho alluded to tho .vast systoin of railroads whioh this road would tap, and thus render ti great aroa of country trib utary to tho ontorpriso and opening up new nuirkots for tho produce of this section. This routo would bo tho ?h?rtest tb Augusta, tho contral metropolis of tho Southeast, and to 8a vanuab, of to tho gulf ports of Florid?. ? He spoke in glowing terms of tho fraternal ?fleet of this enterprise ; thc people would come to know each other; the iron bauds would draw them closer in affection and mu tual interests, and it was most desirable to bring the separate communities in close com munication with each other, that they might become ns one people. He said that this wiis an enterprise requiring money, and all that bc asked was that thc subject should be thor oughly investigated, and felt confident that thc result would be flattering lo thc enterprise. This was one of those natural lines that would force itself upon public attention, and must become a great thoroughfare, lt was thc only practicable route across thc mountains. Lou isville, he urged, was most deeply interested in this matter. She was thc nearest great mart from thc seacoast, and her manufactures and her corn and bacon must be had in the Southeast, while she ought to manufacture the cotton sent in return from that section. His speech was frequently applauded and had a happy effect. ON 'CHANUK.-- Col. J. P. Reed, of the Rino Ridge railroad company, South Carolina, who electrified the 'meeting at the Hoard of Trade rooms, on Friday, by his masterly ar guments and matchless eloquence, was, with another member of thc Southern railroad del egation, whose name wo did not learn, on '('bange, yesterday, and were most cordially received by the merchants present, lt is grat ifying to krtow that thc distinguished gentle men whoso names wc published yesterday morning, composing thc delegation from Souffl Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, were de lighted with their visit to our fair city, as also with the elegant and generous courtesies our merchant princes so well know how to bestow. This visit, without regard to thc results svhich may follow in extending lines of railroad oom munieation, wc arc confident will bc fraught with the happiest consequences \n reviving those generous and knightly friendships, which, in thc olden time, were the pride njfid boast of thc people of thc South. ?/ . Tho J?aht Ovo?Mnn A portion of thc people of Edgcficld arid Lexington districts met, on thc 21st ultimo, to consider the " dobt question." Thc meet ing was largo and enthusiastic. A committee was appointed to prepare something for the oonsidoratiou of the meeting; whereupon, thc following preamble and resolutions were re ported and unanimously adopted : Whereas, The Courts have been thrown open to creditors, and the debtors of thc State suddenly placed in a condition of imminent peril ; ana whereas, The prospective wide spread ruin and desolation which must surelj and inevitably result therefrom, so terrific am] alarming to the, people, call most loudly foi them to rise up and apeak in their own behalf as tho only means loft thom of averting tlx direst calamity that over befell any portion ol tho human race,*- and whereas, Tho dcbtoi classes are about to bo sacrificed most unjustly and ungenerously for Unit which within itscl is no crime-Indebtedness. He it'therefore R.csolycd, That it is unwise, impolitic, un reasonable and grossly subversivo of thc bes interests of the country, to maintain that th great upheaving, of property and revulsion o finances which the country has experienced should not be a most powerful argument i favor of the rights of debtors against claim that were predicated on slave property, HOI swept away as by tho besom of destruction, a event which neither could bc foreseen nc avoided. . . Resolved, That debtors have rights as wc as creditors, and that while the foi mer are nt disposed Io deprive the latter of a rcasonnbl .satisfaction for their favors in tho past, the most earnestly and urgently protest againi having their rights ignored, and justice train] led upon ; whioh must inevitably ho tho r'< suit, unless the impending evil bo averted b an organic law of thc land. Resolved, That thc Chairman of this mee ing bc.roquestcd to appoint a Commission ! three, of our citizens, to wait upon his Exec lency thc Governor at an early day, and urf upon him to assctnblo thc Legislature as soc as possible, to thc end that measures may 1 adopted to avert the ruin and distress no threatening to fall upon us. Resolved, That our follow-oitizcns th rougi out tho State be requested to oo-oporatc wit us in urging the justice of our cause. Resolved, That the thanks of this moet'u aro oininently duo, and aro hereby tendere to tho Hon. A. Pi Aldrich, for his able, mn ly and independent effort on tho Hench stay tho disasters of which wo have spoken the preceding Prcamblo and Resolutions. ?(?solved, That those Resolutions bo pu lished in tho " Edgefield Advortisor," and tho Columbia and Charleston papers; and th .a copy of them bc yent to tho lion. A. P. / drich. ANOTHua MEETING.-Another meeting h boon hold in Edgollold, on the 20th ult., wh tho following Resolutions woro adopted t Resolved, That wo heartily endorso thc-p Goodings and Resolutions of (1)0 meeting at Jleth ol on tho Ridge, und recommend that such meet ings bo held all over tho State. Resolved, That, tn tho opinion of this ...sol ing, the Legislature, if it should hine the con stitutional power, should equalize or regulate tho indebtedness of the peopl-, according to tho principien of equity and justice, Looping in view tho deprecia lieu of their property, and their nc tuul losses, by the war and its results, and their means and ability of making payments ; nnd if tho Logislnturo lacks tho power, thnt it ho re quested to call a Convention ol' thc State for that purpose. Resolved, That it is thc duty of tho Legisla ture to pass any other constitutional measures that may occur to their wisdom, for the relief of debtors, and for thc restoration of confidence, and of proper relations between debtor ar.dero ditor. Resolved. That thc Chnirman appointa Com mittee of three to urge upon His Rxcolloney, tho Governor, the necessity of calling an extra ses sion of tho Legislature, to consider thc vital in terests of thu Slate, which aro now in imminent peril. Resolved, That these proceedings bo publish- ? cd In tho lvlgcliold Advertiser, nnd copied ?n ? all other friendly journals of thc Sta?o, STILL ANOT?I?R.-On Soledny Inst, the citizens of Newbeny met to take into consid eration thc condition of the .country. The following preamble and resolutions were adopt ed : llVicrctrs, Thc means'and energ ies bf our people were necessarily devoted to the support of thc war, which has just closed, and during its continuance, this fact, together with lin-, existence of a depreciated currency, which was the only circulating medium, rendered tho puymoniof debts impracticable : 'Anti where at one of. the disastrous results of the war, was tho entire destruction of more than two thirds, of the property of thc people and the depreciation of the remainder tu such an ex ? ..i ..?> i t/ine.]! ulm?.ct i-..lt.,.l.>..- . . .. ."".,". of paying debts; Anil ?chereus the people, after having expended their menus and made every .sacrifice that duty required of them, lo support a cause which they believed involved their dourest interests, had a right to expect that Legislative provisions Would be made to protect them in thc possession of their homes, until they cuuld, in some degree, recover from thc ruinous effects of the protracted struggle which had left them prostrate and exhausted ; And wherein tho Legislature did provide for their protection.against further ruinous sacri fices of property, by re-enacting the law, com monly known as the " Stay Law," which had its origin in .the exigencies of tho times nt an carly period of the war, the wisdom and expe diency of w hich lind been approved by every i succeeding Legislature and hythe Convention j of September last, which by an ordinance eon- j tinued of force said law, and which, under the I circumstances that .surrounded us at the close of the war, was not only oxpedient and proper, but absolutely necessary to save thc country from irretrievable ruin ; And whereas by II late decision of the Court of Errors of this j State, the Act referred to has leen declared unconstitutional, inoperative and void. 1. There/ore Resolved, That while ivis would deprecate a. resort to violent measures for the redress of the grievances complained of, as the result of said decision, ?ind cannot sympathize with or consent to ?my movement, contempla ting such ?in object ; still we cannot dissent from thc opinion that 1,1)0 Court, in making a I decision by which a sovereign State is denied the right to control the remedy which she af fords to suitors in her own Courts, so contrary to tho generally received doctrine nnd opinion, not only of t))0 most eminent Judges of thia Stato, but also of soiuc ol' the most distin guished Judges of thc Supreme Court of thc United States, acted, not only unwisely, but with unnecessary haste; nnd that thereby thc great interests of the people and prosperity of tho State will be most ruinously affected, un less some measure of rolicf Shall bc speedily afforded. 2. Resolved, That wo, thc people of New berry District, in tho exercise of our inalien able rights and in tho performance of-what wo concoivo to be a paramount duty to our selves, our families and our oountry, do most solemnly protest against a decision without precedent in this Stato, so nt yari.mco with tho doctrines heretofore inculcated, not on ly by some of the most .eminent Judges but. also by tho Conventions and Legislatures of this State, and ?it tho satno time so antago nistic to thc general interests of our country, wo do hereby invite, tho co operation of thc people of tho other Districts of this State, in requesting His Excellency, Gov. Orr, to con vonc thc Legislature at tho earliest date prno tichbib for tho purpose of taking into consid eration the condition of tho people, and adopt ting suoh measures as will prevent thc sacri fice of thc remnant of the property left thom, and rosene tho great intorest of tho country from the impending ruin. o. Resolved, That our Senator and Kepre, tentativos ire hereby requested to give Inch Support to ?noy measures that may bc devised, to snvo thc people from tho burden of accumu lated costs of suits, and prevent tho sacrifico of property under process of the Courts. 4. Jiesnlvaf, Thatiu lccommcndiugthc course above indicated, we. do not sanction any meas uro of repudia t,H\> or ptijeipl", absolving debt ors from th*c*!riorul obligation t? comply willi? their contracts, as far as they may be nblo and ns carly as practicable. But in making this dcolration, we at the ea me tuno condemn, in the strongest terms, the conduct of those creditors, who, iu the present condition of things; for purposes ef speculation or gain, or from motives of avarice, would oppress and harrass their debtors by suits at law, or by enforcement of executions already obtained. 5. Resolved, That in thc event thc Legis lature, after being convened, shall' arrive at thc conclusion that they do not possess the power to provide relief for the people and country, it will then become their bounden duty, as guardians of thc public interests, to provide for a convention of the people of this State to meet at thc earliest day possible. G. Resolved, That thc foregoing preamblo ind resolutions be published in the " Newber ry Herald." '? Columbia Pho?nf?;" and tho u Charles m Courier," and that a copy of tho same bc forthwith transmitted by .thc Secre tary of the meeting to His Excellency Gov. James L. Orr, An Important Order. If wc are permitted to hope for thc rigid ?nforccincnt of the following Order, says tho Charleston Courier," rendered absolutely requisite, as our citizens will concur with, tho " powers that be" in opinion, by the disgrace ful scenes that have recently occurred, and the. general apprehension occasioned by tho indisposition of tho.freedmen in this vicinity to work, it will be read with unfeigned pleas arc : H'l>Q'nTERS S-I'ATK OP SOUTH CAKOLTNA, ) * Charleston, S. C., Juuc 29, 18G0. \ I. The Brevet Major-Gcueral Commanding has noticed, with deep regret, thc disposition mi thc part of freedmen in thc vicinity of Charleston and along the coast to disregard their agreements on plantations, to the neg lect of the crops, and to either lay idling about their houses, roam nt large over the country, or congregate in Charleston and other towns. This total disregard bf all obligations to keep their contracts in good faith will cause an en tire failure of crops iu thc State, and the result must be destitution and starvation. The in creasing nmou.Ut.of theft, drunkenness and va grancy demands that thc most prompt and severe measures bc taken by all officers to check thc evil. II. It is ordered that the men or women who leave the plantation on which they aro employed to labor, cither by the month, for shave of the crops or as renters of land, and thereby nedect their growing crops, h? at once arrested ns vagrants and p'Ut to work ou tho public roads, as provided by Paragraph XIT, General Order No. 1, Headquarters Depart ment of South Carolina. All planters who have freedmen employed on their plantations who do not, at this im portant season of thc year, give their entiro time to the growing crops, are authorized, if aft?T reading this order to them and they neg lect or refuse to obey it, to. report them at once to the officer in command of the district, who will cause them to be taken from the planta tion ns vagrants and put to work on the public roads. Their children, if any, will be bouud to such persons os will take core of them and learn them habits of industry.' III. A prison wjll be established for all persons of color convicted of such crimes ns are not. punishable by death on one of thc islands, where employment oan be furnished, and all convicts will bc compelled to labor t from sunrise until sunset, under the control of such guards as will insure thoir safety. Any person convicted of selling spirituous liquors to a freedman without a permit from somo officer having control, will bc fined in nny sum not less than twenty-five (?25) nor more than ono hundred (3100) for every offence of which ho may bo convicted, IV. Commanding officers will have this or der read in the several colored oburches in their vioinity, in order that it may becoiuo generally understood. By com. of BrVt. Wtaj-Gcn. R. K. SCOTT. II. W. SMITH, Brc\ it Lieut-Col. and A. A. Gonoral. Ofiic'ud : H. W. SMITH, A. A. G. - . ? tit. ? WK THANK Tims, JEW, FOR THAT." - The ? Atlanta New Era" says : ? The new Army Bill, passed tho Houso of Representa tives a few days since, 'prohibits anybody who served in tho civil or military ' of tho Confederacy, from ontcring tho United States nrmj. Let Southern men remember' this. Tho Unitod Statos oat) fight its own battles I Let it do so. Southern men ovorywhere say amen. Let us ntl remember that should tho United States beoomo involved in a foroign war, it is unlawful for nny SouWieru man to enter thc army of the United BtttCp."