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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. Them Art God Alone. While standing on thc ocean's shore, Amt gazing o'er thc deep, Wntching (ho billow's seething foam, While storms their revels keep; My soul is Ulled with solemn awe, While listening to their tone, And David's words came o'er my mimi, Lord, "Thou art Clod alone." In all Of nature's mighty works, The forest's gloomy alindo, The giant mountain's granite sides, All nature's vast arcades Tliy praise, in many a varied way, To speak,are ever prone. We. listening, hear it all around, Yes, "Thou arl (?od alone." Thou 'graves! il in living words Upon our inmost soul, Whoa dire misfortune's blast is heard, And clouds of anguish roll ; From oui lite thick and murky cloud.**, Wc hear Thy gentle tone-" " Fear not, I'm willi thee to tho end, For 1 am Uod alono." Taite courage. Iromliling. fearful saint, Though hosts of hell combine, Tho Lord of Heaven is God alone, That dod is ever thine ; He'll shield mid guide thee; by and Ly, Will claim thee as his own ; When nature sinks. He'll raise thee up, For lie is dod alone. POLITIC A Li . The Course of the South, The following is an admirable article from tho "New Orleans Bulletin :" 1. We should take no active part in Ved eral politics. Like the State prisoner who represents her acts und her misfortunes, tho South idiould be dignified, silent and resigned to whatever fate even thc treachery of oppres sion may inflict upon her. Nothing should bo done to exasperate tho North-nothing to degrade ourselves. The South should await thc terms of restoration offered her, submit them to domestic decision, and signify her ac ceptance, rejection or modification of them. 2. The South should apply itself earnestly to preparing for any possible futuro which limy befall it. Thiji shnnjdbei don? hv ???jS.. nnd domestic agencies. lt has the productive monopoly of great Staples. Let it secure thc capitalization and control of thc specie wllioll these States authorize us to import Thc South is an immense consumer of the merchandize of tho world. Let it organize in those quarters where stich enterprises may be established, a manufacturing interest wllioll shall supply this great home market. The South holds the key tn the commercial inter course between tho great and growing North west and the Southern oceans. Let lier open, organize nnd conduct this commerce with her own sons and her own shipping. Tho South has cist upon her ii,000,000 of persons u'ifit for social or politic d equality ; lot her, by en couraging appropriate immigration, and de veloping new elements of, and substitutes for, physical force, render tho white population the protectors and directors of thc blacks. The Southern States --tho Southern social standard of courage and virtue-must bo perpetual. Let the South adopt t he means which modern civilization demonstrates to be essential to the preservation of moral as well us political insti tutions. Such, in our opinion, is the course of duly to bo pursued by tho Southern people, ll should bc impressed upon the country by the united press ol' tho South. The Southern legislators have a high duty to perform. They should at once nationalize each State by adopting a system of State ad ministration nnd State development. They should not lay on the table bills for raising money to maintain thc poor, to take up and discuss resolutions professing an abject loyal ty-resolutions to be thrown back in their faces as insincere nnd treasonable. To nationalize the separate. States, or pre serve their Rep?rate identity, m ny.? teni of State organization is indispensable. This can alone counteract thc fact of centralization, and pre vent our local government by distant majori ties. Each State should organize a system of ed ucation, industrial and material development. There should be, in each State, bureaus of : 1. Education, literary, scientific and political. 2. Manufactures. 3. Commerce 4. Miner als. Inquiry should bo made into thc pro priety and practicability of aiding, by State credit or capital, ench of these, departments of State prosperity. By such a policy the South ern people would live, nt home, cultivate do mcstie harmony, cease to disturb tho sensibil ities of the political god-fathers and god-in oth er! now so much exercised by thc moral re sponsibility undertaken on behalf of tho South. Tho result of this pacific and unobjectiona ble policy would bc this : If the Union shall enduro in its present form, and in spito of thc lawless indications at the North, tho South will enjoy inestimable advantages from its protection ; if from tho incapacity of Northern parties to enjoy civil liberty themselves, or let others enjoy it, except according to dictation, Mic Union should bc broken up, tho Southern Slates will not be unprepared for the calamity, and will not be held as an appanage of any unscrupulous majority, or transferred from hand to hand with tho varying fortunes of civU war. r" [From the Darlington Southerner.] Immigration. Wc commend to thc perusal of our renders the following sensible article from the Charles ton " Weekly Record." We trust that it will induce many others to imitate the example of those of our planters who arc now sending on for foreign laborers. These gentlemen are well aware that they incur a great risk in bringing on a few immigrants to this section, in its present condition, but they willingly run this risk, in the hope of a success that will induce the whole body of our planters to join them in this enterprise. Were every planter in this district to send on, immediate ly, for the number of immigrants, whose pas sage money from New York he could, ut pres ent, alford to pay, there would no longer be any risk ; but a very long step taken towards tho recovery of safely and prosperity. Let the people become alive to their int"rests in this matter, and, without delay, do all in their power, and, very soon, tho strong arm of thc State will assist them, and a stream of im migration will commence pouring life and strength into our State. Eroiu every part of the State the accounts of the salo of real estate are of the most dis couraging character, hine dwellings, rich land, are ? ing for a mere song. Why is this ? [Wutit of money. Why is there that want ? Want ol' produce. Why is there that want? Want of a laboring population. In these questions and answers wc have the political economy of the State. A plan of emigration for the State is feasi ble. What is first needed is official sanction and organization of the enterprise. There should be responsible boards of Commissioners of Emigration located severally at Beaufort, Charleston and Georgetown. They should he (continuion of high character, and if possible argo landholders, who would feel interested ill! the scheme. If necessary, lot them be sal aried officers of t ho St? tc. These boards s'innicl i ..... .... wuwioiutu.ir. J ms count bc done by two methods, either the State becom ing a purchaser of the. land, or thc procure ment of homesteads from present owners, to ho sold to bona fide, settlers at low rates, the purchase money having a long time to run, ten, twelve and fifteen years. There are numbers of large, sagacious land lords that would cheerfully consent tn sale of alt?rnalo sections ot' land at low, long rates, because in three or five years the reserved sec tions would double ami quadruple present pri?es. Lands being procured, let small dwell inga be erected, and then invite emigrants and tho}' will come. lt. is ("oliy to suppose that emigrants are coining to Charleston or oilier ports to be dropped down without, shelter, friends or pur pose. Especially can this not be the case with ti e inducements held out by homestead and emigrant schemes in thc Weat, where they are welcomed, housed, and ut once set to work to promote their own interests. Our landed proprietors must not expect now to make money by rental ami increased value of lands. Let them bend their energies to this work. We have repeatedly urged this sub ject upon the attention of our fellow-citizens. Wc are profoundly impressed with its neces sity, if we would rise from our present depres sion. The colored population need competi tion to iudtic?rT?T'iiidustry ; thc State needs productive industry to reawaken trade and re store prosperity. But immigration cannot be accidental, least of all will it bo thrust upon us. Wc call upon our Legislature to move in this matter. We implore them not to slum ber over this subject. Georgia, North Caro lina and Virginia have already moved in tho matter, and feel a new blood in their veins. Our Legislature have devoted one regular and ! one extra session to legislating on the colored man. Cau they not spare a few days for thc whites ? TitiAL OP Mu. DAVIS.-The "National Intelligencer" of yesterday says : Wo do not sec how the trial can well take place before next spring. Tho Chief Justice will be engaged in the Supreme Court for sev eral months after the opening of Congress, and it will scarcely ho practicable for him to hold a session of tho Circuit Court at Richmond until after thc adjournment of the Supreme Court. Wc are glad to ascertain, ns wc do from thc correspondence, that thc charges of complicit) with tho assassination aro abandoned. Wc never had any faith in these charges. Wc have regretted very much that Mr. Ilolt'f zeal in this branch of tho subject hurried him into steps in reference to procuring tho tcstt tnony of Conover and others; which, to saj the least of it, have served to wound Mr. Holl moro than Mr. Davis That Mr. Davis was n rebel is beyond dis puto ; that ho was nn assassin appears to b( ap infamous and unfounded oalumny. Relief to Debtors. Thc following resolutions adopted ?ta pub lic meeting in G reenvilloutHstrict on tho 15th inst., wc find published irf . thc papers of thut District, nnd other of ouftoxohn iges : 1. Jicsolvctl, That wo do rei -cctfully rec ommend that thc Lcgislu&fo 'A this State bc petitioned, through our aspect ive inembcrs, to call a Convention at nu:- carly day, to take into consideration the coalition and wants ol' thc people, and if practicwlfe^to provide some adequate and certains ino.fwfif'bf relief; and to rectify any iniperfcctiot^whioh experience i nd a solemn second thought may show to bc wrong and unjust in principle, and injuries to the general welfare and geftd of all thc citizens thereof. 2. /rV.sW/W, That wejdo further recom mend that similar preliminary meetings bc held in this and other Districts throughout this S'ate and th.-t a general meeting, to carry in to effect tho foregoing objects, be, held at each Court House on thc first 'Monday in .Novem ber next. The resolutions are inlijpduecd by a prcama blc, which nilirming that ibo late Convention had emancipated slave prjoperty, and had de prived debtors of the means ol' discharging their liabilities, and that the Legislature had '* steadily and presistcntly" refused to grant i any permanent and sure relief, urges thc ne cessity of resorting to anginer tribunal. Hero is nu entire misrepresentation of the action of thc late Convention and the spirit and temper of the L?gislature. The Conven tion so far from abolishing slavery, studiously avoided the use of any expression which could be construed into tho endorsement of tho net, and simply provided in thc new Con stitution against its* re. establishment. The 1st Section of the iith article is as follows : The slaves in South Carolina having been emancipated by the action of the United Slates authorities, neither slavery or involuntary ser vitude except as a punishment for crime whore of the parly shall have been duly convicted shall over bc re-established in this State." Again, so far from the Legislature ''steadi ly and persistently refusing" to afford relief to the debtors of the country, lhere was mani lief which would bc compatible with their Constitutional obligations and finally to effect this very object, the passage of a law which in tho opinion of a large minority was clearly unconstitutional. Rut what is proposed to be done by a Con vention of tho people, and in what respect will such a covention bc more competent to effect the objects proposed than thc Legisla ture ! That it will be actuated by a higher desire to relieve thc public distress is very doubtful-that it will bo vested with no great er powers is very dear. A State Convention equi ly with a State Legislature is bound by that clase ol' the Constitution of the United States, which prohibits any Stale from passing a " law impairing thc obligation of contracts." The objection to Bankrupt laws and 1 Ionic stead laws, and all other laws passed by a Stale, so far as they relieve thc property of the debtor from existing obligations is, thal they infringe upon this clause of the Consti tution-II ch.usc equally binding upon State and Federal officials, and protecting equally the rights of citizens of the same and diffe rent States.-Abbeville Press. Pecuniary Distress. We publish in another column to-day, cer tain resolutions adopted by citizens of tireen ville District, at a publie meeting on thc 15tl inst , calling fora State Convention to provide relief for thc pecuniary distress of our people and asking the citizens of other Districts tt hold similar meetings for the same purpose This is a grave and serious subject, and ont that must press heavily upon tho mind of cv cry thoughtful citizen of our State. As t( thc question whether relief should or shouh not bc afforded to the unfortunate debtors there ore many good arguments pro and con On ono side it is urged that if n rcasonabh time is allowed to debtors, they will bc able by industry nnd energy, to rctnin nt least ? portion of their property, and also satisfy tin demands of their oroditors; whereas, if presset now, they will not only bc compelled to sacri fice all they have, but will still remain involve! to a great extent. As a precedent of thc sue cessful adoption of such a course, they rofe to thc instalment laws of this State, whicl wore enacted at thc close of thc first R?volu tion, nnd which remained in force for sever? years, until tho relief which was their objec was in n great measure obtained. On th other side, it is claimed that all relief to th debtor is only a transfer of tho calamitous rt suit of war from those upon whom it fell, t thc backs of others ; that such relief is con trary to tho Constitution of tho United Statct and that at most it could only bo enforced i tho Stnto Courts Thoro is one thing, however, upon whio nil will agree, and that is, thnt this qucstio should bc settled finally, ono wny or tho othei and that tho sooner it is settled tho bettor fo tho State. If people are to bo made banlt rupt, they should Know it at onoe, so tbs they may prepare to face the music, and enter iinmediately upon a manly struggle with ad verso fortun?, and not bc tempted to waste their time in anticipation of a relief which may never come ; and on thc other band, if execution is to be stayed for a certain leugth of tl mo, the duration of iii?; exemption should bc known, to prevent that uncertainty and anxiety which at present nil'ccts, to a greater or less degree, the whole community. [Charleston A'bics, 22<7 ins/. Important Legal Decision. A (Incision has been given in thc Probit? Court of .Sumter County, Alabama, embracing thc following points : 1. The ordinance of the State Convention and thc diderot!t Acts of the Legislature for thc protection of administrators, executors and guardians, are valid ; and investments made by them in good faith, in the lato Confederate securities, under color of law, will now bc up held ; tho loss falling upon tin? estate, and not upon such executors, administrators or guardians. Contracts made during the war, which rec ognized thc lawfulness of Confederate bonds and Treasury indes, and which were then val id, will not be pronounced void. 3. Collections of debts due an estate, by the personal representative, in Confederate Treasury notes, will be upheld if made in good faith, even though the debt was due before thc war, and thc notes became worthless in thc hands of the administrator. 4. Where rights had already bren vested before, the surrender, or acts have been per formed under tho laws then in force, thc pub lie policy which existed at thc time such rights accrued, and not present public policy, will control tho question of their legality ; mid loyalty to the National Government docs not require interference With such past transac tions, if honestly made, and in accordance with the laws of thc State at the time. 5. Thc administrator in this case, having in good faith sold a large amount of cotton, by tho advice and order of thc Probate Court, in 1803, fo'- a fair price, and having taken a note for tho purchase money from the pureba an in Confederate money, lie IS not linnie to account again for said cotton; although the same was made with reference te the market price in Confederate money. New Out.KANS, October 10.-The Missis sippi L?gislature nut yesterday in extra ses sion. The Governor's message says thal thc necessities of thc State constrained him to call thc Legislature. It was not a special emer gency, but n general exigency, resulting from thc altered and deranged condition of our Federal relations and domestic affairs. Ile states that the removal of the negro troops from the State, and the transfer of the Freedmen's Bureau to officers of Lhe regular army, are subjects of congratulation. Ile de plores the state of the country, ami encloses tho constitutional amendment, but presumes that thc mere reading of it will insure its re jection. He recommends thc admission of negro testimony in all courts, and requests that provision bc made for the education of thc indigent, children of Confederate soldiers, nnd for the relief of destitute disabled Confed erate and Slate soldiers. KAU.HOAD FllEiailTS.-We arc gratified to learn that arrangements have been perfect ed between the South Carolina Railroad Com pany and tho Charlotte anti South Carolina Railroad Company, by which the freights be tween Charlotte, N. C., and this city have been materially reduced. It ia stated that Si! per bale on cotton ; 81 per hundred on first class merchandize ; 85 cents on second class, and 75 cents on third, are the figures for the through freights. Stock, furniture, machine ry, eec, per car load, are rated at comparative ly low prices. The particulars of these chang cs will be inaele known in a few days j ns tilse a tariff of rates from and to Heston, Neu York, Philadelphia and BaltimorO, which will give to this city a position asa shipping port to which she is, by her geographical position so clearly entitled.- Charleston Courier, 2#th SINGULAR LKOAL OPINION.-A Mem phis lawyer relates, if we may rely upon state ment of the Memphis Bulletin, that while ii Carroll Comity last week, ho hod attended tin preliminary, trial of a man before a country magistrate, charged with stealing corn fron a noigllbor's corn crib. The cvidonce wen to show that thc defendant had boen fount with his haiul in nn aperture in thc crib, safo ly fastened in a steel trap, which the owner o tho crib had set for the purpose of catching tho thief who had been preying upon his grain It was also in evidence that two empty con sacks wcro found lying at tho feet of the cn trrpped individual. Tho decision of the nmg istrato was that thoro was no proof that tin prisoner hud stolen any corn, and ns to bcinj caught with a steed trap, any gentleman ha< a right to stick his hand in one, if ho felt in dined to do 80. TRUTH is tho on'y lasting foundation fo friendship. mmmmm^mimmm tm inmnmuLuunKurmrawmnjii M-M K.QPITAHLE SETTLEMENTS.-Thc Georgia " Southern Recorder " says that Judge Reese, at the late term of thc Hancock Court, defined thc construction of thc State ordinance in ref erence to thc equitable adjustment ol' contracts tnndo during the war, ns follows: Thc jury must coufino themselves to tho "contract." The Convention says contracts in thc war must bc settled "equitably," and " cither party may provo in evidence, thc value of the consideration at anytime;" but you must construe this according to tho United ? States Constitution, which forbids tho State to impair contracts; nnd tho Georgia Conven tion is only thc State. So you cannot as a jury so construe their Ordinance of Novem ber, lSOfi, ns to impair the contracts f the parties; that contract must govern you, m t tho Ordinance or an}' notion of yours about "equity." The Ordinance only* alters tho rule of evidence, and that merely for thc pur pose of showing by parole evidence, what scu t of money tho contracting partier actually meant; and if they had no definite idea, thru tho jury mny say what sort of money was prob ably intended by the parties. Thc word "dol lars" in a contract presumptively menus "con stitutional" dollars; but now parole proof is .admissible, to show you that the parties actu ally or probably incant " Confederate " dol lars. If so, then tho jury must reduce tho contract to gold, and add the discount of cur rency. G KN. Sil KUM AN AM) THE CoM/\(| REVO LUTION.-Tho announcement thai (Jen. Sher man wi!] probably accept a place in the Cabi net has aroused a remarkable degree of atten tion throughout the country, and imparts new interest to his utterances. We, therefore, again publish a singular extract from tho speech which bc some months since linnie lo the students at Yale College. Ile said : " Look at tho flag ns a Christian object. Obey its dictates and follow its leaders. A:t you go out into life, you will find opportunities enough to stand up for it; you may even have a chance to fight for it. 1 * cl 1 you that be fore you pass from thc stage there will be fight ing, iu comparison with which mine will bo *hVht.i ?..,.t I ..?w^ad.^mniiph.'? ii ASH i AU J i/etouor -u.-v.<vn. ?>nci? man ai rived herc last night, and is thc guest of Gen. G rant. Thc I'resident has ordered a pardon to bo issued to ex Confederate Secretary of tho Treasury Trenholm. TORONTO, October 25.-Col Lynch, a Fe nian prisoner, hag been sentenced to bo hung on the 13th December. WllKKMNQ, West Virginia, October 2G. Tho election, yesterday, shows gains on the vote for the constitutional amendment over that of last May. Bowman has been elected Governor and Hubbard to Congress. WASHINGTON, October 20.-She nunn ac companied by (?rant, had an interview with the President this morning. OTTOWA, October 20.-Thc Hoi o) Du co ralie has been engaged for troops. A part of the 100th Royal Canadian Regiment will bo stationed herc thia winter. NEW ORLEANS, October 20.-Gen. Sheri dan has addressed a letter to Col. Sedgewick, commanding nt Brownsville, instructing him to warn all adherents, of any party or preten ding Government, that they will not bc per mitted to violate the neural i ty laws between the Juarez (Liberal) Government of Mexico and the United States. These instructions will bc enforced against thc adherents of tho imperial buccaneers, representing thc so-call ed Imperial Govcrment of Mexico, and also against tho Orterp, yunta Anna and other fac tions. No FORMER SLAVEHOLDER SHALL EVER HE PRESIDENT OR VIOE-PRESIDENT.-In a recent Ruston speech, Mr. Routwell said thc President had disgraced thc country, but ho would not bc impeached for it, and added : I want to fliy one thing, and so deeply am I impressed with thc conviction that no man cnn ever hereafter bc trusted in thc ellice of President or Vice-President who has bought or sold human flesh, thut I conjure you and my follow-citizens forever nft?r to mnkc it a rule of your public policy that no such man bo clothed with the. highest office in the gift of thc people. [Great applause, and cries of ? good."] - -? ? - HALIFAX, N. S., October 24.-The steam er Victor makes the following report : Turks Island, on thc 80th of September, was visited by a tcrrifio burri cano, destroying 800 houses and their contents. Over ?1000 persons aro rendered houseless nnd penniless, and are al most starving. A large quantity of salt was swept away. Six foreign nnd twelve island crafts were lost, with twenty of their crow, A LITTLE girl of three years, very fond of her boy playmates, was repeating her prayers after her aunt. When she came to the closo she exclaimed ? " Auntie, don't say 'Amen,' say 'Ahoys!'" THERE is no substitute for thorough going, ardent aud -ineorc. earnest ness