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BY KETTI!, HOYT & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARV G, ?871. M?OUT TUE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT TUEN Ii? FALSE TO ANY MAN." VOLUME VI_NO. Jl. ^Professional Cards. TTTTDENDyr Attorney nnd V o it ? ? fe 11 o a* ?T LAW, ANI> feoliortor in Equity, Will prttCtico in tho Courts of Law nnd Equity, in tho Eighth du ii ici ul Circuit. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE, Walhtillo,-South Carolina. Nov. 1.1870 3 ly THUS. H. WILKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW - AND Solicitor in Eq.nity. -ALSO, United States Commissioner, Vov tho Circuit ind District ? Hins ol tho Uni. led ?ttU'.'H for Soul li Carolina. ?'s?* OrriCK IN TUE COURT HOUSE. '"?S?a WALHALLA, S. C. July 22. 1870 -10 ly J.~1P7R?KD7~7 ~~? w. o. KEITH, Anderson C. II. J \ Walluill?. REED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW A NU Boliortors in iEc^nity, lluvo renewed their Copartnership in tho prac tico of Law, and extended it to nil Civil and Critnin.il business in thc Counties of Oeonee and Ricken*. ALSO, MW BUSINESS IN Tilt' UNITKO STATES COURTS. 80?" Olhco on IV hilo Square, Walhalla, S. C. July 18. 1809. 41 tf SrMc??\VAN, K. A. T??OMPS0Nt Abbeville, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. FG0WAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WALHALLA, S. C., Will glvo prompt attention to all business con lided to thom in tho State, County, aud United States Courts. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. Tho junior partner. MK THOMPSON, will also .practice in the Courts of Pickens, Greenville aud Anderson. January, 1870 tf A.ttorney eut 2L a,v*, WAX Bl A iL I.. A., ?. C. AH business for Ficl?cns County left with J. E. H AG OOO, ESQ., ' PICKGiVS C. II., . WILL HE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO October 20. 1808 4 tf I. H. W1IITNER. WIIITNEI. "M.MEM . WIIITNER & S Y MMES, Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. C. JJQP* Offico on ibo Public Square. February 1, 1870 10 tf A STD. GOODLETT, Attorney at Law AND MoiACtTOn ?IV ?'<fUITY, ?LA-S LOCATED AT TH IC NEW TOWN OF PICKENS, S. C. Nov. 10. 1808 7 tf Attorneys at Law, &c. WILL PRACTICE IN THE Courts of the Eighth Circuit. OFFICE AT NEW PICKENS. W. K. EAS LEY, I F. IL McBEE, Oroonville 0. Ii. ' Pickcha C. II. March 10, 1800 ?23 AL'X. 8. ERWIN, \ ? O. C. BENTLY Athens, Oa. j j Cluyton, da. ERWIN & BENTLY, A ttorneys est Law, tylLL PRACTICE IN PARTNERSHIP IN-ME COUNTY OF R*ABUN, 0$tf& OF o tiona LA. <&tl&,?S0m $ tif jg o jg T :R>?T A Word ill Augur Spokcu. DY FRANOIS 8. SMITH. A word in anger spoken [low often does it provo Tko cause of cold ItidifF'rence In hearts whoso rule ia love i How oft Die Bwectcst pleasures Humanity cnn k.iow, Aro hy rt harsh expression Turned into bitter woe ! A word in anger spoken How many sighs and tears, A nd sleepless nights, und cheerless days, And weary, weary years, Have been the mourn fal product, Though Charity essayed To heal tho deadly, festering wound Which thoughtless anger made! A wu* 1 in anger spoken A blot upon lilo's pago Which oft will leave its impress From youth to latest ago. Man may forgive an insult ; Hut ?lill ii bears its fruit - For memory is a tyrant Whoso rule is absoluto. A word in anger spoken Has oft engendered strifo Sot Ween the loving husband And the doting, trusting wife j Has caused n barrier to riso Ucl ween the child and motlier, And led foul enmity to part Thc sister atid thc brother. A won1 in anger spoken If you have felt its blight, Resolve henceforth lo '-know thyself," And train thy spirit right. Koop watch upon ihy every thought, Thy every look and word, And thou shalt live from sorrow free, As joyous aa a bird. A woi\l in anger spoken - Oh, weigh the scntenco well; For it contains a lesson That words are vain to toll. The human heart is faulty, And the wisest of us all May drop a caivlcss word in wrath, Th'll wo would fain recall. 'JTIto EL iiion Reform Cnuso. FAREWELL ADDRESS OF TIIK EXF.CUT1YK COMMITTEE. To the Members of thc Union Reform P\irty.-Tho time has arrived when it ho comes proper to announce to you the termi nation of the labors und responsibilities of your Kxccutive Committee at an carly day, and the dissolution of tho party ns an Organi zation under thu convention of June Inst. lind thc party been successful, or even so fur supported by thc colored people as to furnish .-my reasonable ground of hope that wc might succeed in thc next general election. I it would have been eminently wisc and proper to have held together, to labor with renewed energy and faith for tho redemption of tho Stato by thc samo means whereby we had achieved such encouraging results. Hut wo cannot disguise thc fact that though thc ma jority uga lu st us returned by tho officers elections is probably fraudulent to thc extent of moro than 20,000 votoB. yet enough re mains to demonstrate that all our efforts havo failed to conciliate thc colored voters to any hopeful extent. Nay, it is even ovident that os a people they oro more embittered against tho whito race ?han after tho Democratic campaign of 1868, and "ry much moro so than at thc beginning of tuc lato canvass. Hence there would bo no propriety in contin uing efforts which have been so perverted " rather to alienate than to attract those whom wc would win to our standards. On tho coo trary, it is both wiso and just thot room should lie made for other agencies to do tho work that must bc done to save thc perishing Stato. Those who talco our piuco in tho arena will find thc whites arrayed in solid phalanx. Steady und determined, ready, willing and prepared to do and to doro all that honor would sanction or God approve, to reseuo their peoplo from ruin and despair. Thoy will a iso (ind by thc sido of theso a faithful und heroio band of colored men, who, rising ubovo tho prejudices of their follows, and ap preciating tho olaitna of honesty and tho no ccsslCy'of good government, have bru ved dan gers nnd persecutions calculated to try tho stoutest heurt, and vindicated their rights as freedom hy voting, cvetv ut tho l isle of life, fur thc men and measures of thoir ohoico-a hand to bo fostered and cherished undor all tho stern vicissitudes of tho futuro. They will find, also, that no barrier exista between tho giood' peoplo of this State and any organization of conservatism that ono arise in tho next two year? by roason of tho prinoiplosronnoubcod" and established by thc ?uion Reform porty. On tho contrary, wo havo thereby booh' brought into perfect har mony with that typo of Domooraoy t?bW tri umphant in so many States, and thfct o'nliglil eucd and emncrvatlvo Western Republican' ? Hill which has SD nobly and signally won tho j great State of Missouri under thc broad ban- j ncr of free trade, universal suffrage, universal . j amnesty and enfranchisement. This solidari- j j ty of our good citizens, and their harmony j with tho better class of political ideas now j swaying tho great musses of tho American people, and destined, wc trust, to restore their broken unity in 1872, aro fruits of thc Union , Reform movement, well worth the faithful labor which they cost. These, however, aro not thc only fruits re sulting from tho liberal policy nnd tho self- ; sacrificing labors of tho patty. It has expos- I cd to universal execration thc corruptions of thc State government, and thc persons controlling it, and forced its officials and or- ? guns within thc State, and its friends without, ! to demand reformation. It has demonstrated to every fair mind tho determination of tho white people of this State to abide by the ac I oomplishcd results of the war, and removes ; all pretext for further persecution on tho1 i part of thc General Government. It has! I washed its hands of all tho blood that may hcieaftor flow in a conflict of races, so appa? routh imminent in certain localities, by a pub I Ito and solemn concession of legality to thc j rights of tuc colored race, acquired by infor mal and revolution; processes, thus laying I Upon the altar of pence all it had t?7 offer con j sistcnt with honor, self respect and self-pres ' crvution. Finally, it has developed thc true I condition of society in the State, nod thc real and vital nature of thc contest ill which wc ?rc engaged, and has demonstrated, beyond a doubt, that Radicalism in South Carolina rests upon thc antagonism of thc negro race to the Southern whites. That wc have been defeated by this antagonism as n principle, will appear from a review of the canvass. We entered thc contest by laying down a platform on the rights of race, identical and .coextensive with thc legislation of thc Re publican Congress upon that subject. Wc invite! men pf nil parlies, upon that basis, to unite in an effort to reform tho present "incompetent, extravagant, prejudiced and ''and corrupt administration of thc State gov '.cm neut, and to establish instead thereof '.just and equal laws, order and harmory, ' economy in public expenditures, a strict nc "countability of office holders, nod tho elco "tion to ellice only of men of Known honesty ''and integrity." Wo put forward as thc State candidates n prominent Republican, who had proved him self II capable and just judge, and a Democrat and eminently representative Carolinian, pop ular and distinguished. Tho people, in their county nominations generally observed the same spirit of compromise, and selected ns thci.* candidates white nod black, Democrat and Republican-giving full effect to thc principies of thc platform. Certainly if over a parly waa organized outside of political issues, this was. There were literally nothing 'n it to repel any citizen of any school of pol. itics, except thc few who, clinging to tho is. sues of the past, wore offended by thc liberal concessions marlo to thc colored people If, therefore, we cuild established our charges a uni list thc then existing administration of thc State government, wo hud n right to count upon thc support of all honest men. Those charges wore, in general terms, incompetency, extravagance, prejudice nnd corruption, and there is not a county or precinct in thc State where they wore hot proven to bc true to thc conviction of the commonest understanding, and to nn extent wholly unparalleled in thc annuls of civilized government. These proofs were never refilled. Sonic errors in particu lar specifications were occasionally pointed out; but ns a whole they stood uncontrovert od as they were inoontrovcrsiblo-iucfaccbly impressed upon tho recorded acts of tho gov ernment, lind tho battle been permitted to rest u-pon this issue, you would to day havo boen rejoicing in thc restoration of penco and good government to this striokon and desola ted State. Thc wicked leaders of tho preju diced and benighted masses of oolorcd pcoplo, who looked'to thom for guidanco with tho siinplo faith of childhood, knew too weil whero their strongth lay not to avert tho bios sod boon from their deluded followers. True to the principle of '-rulo nnd ruin," which has ever actuated them since they cunio among us, they appealed to that spirit of antagonism which slumbered, until they came and loci their victims blinded to tho sacrifico. Th oj pretended that wc woro not in oamcst-that our loading mon did not support us ; that out liborulity of priooiplo and practico was bul promodituted troaohuiy-a subtle and deeep tive soborno to ocquiro power j that power whoo acquired, would be. used to put thou bock into shivery ; that wo Wero tho sntno poo plo who had hold thom in bondage for s< many generations, and fought four years f< rivet their chains, mic! could never bo trusted They raked the ashes of tho past to find th old sores of shivery, oponed them afresh, om revelled In tho torture thoy inflicted by th cruel pictures they drew ol' wrongs winch wcro either never endured, or ns exceptional os child-murder in New England. Tho more fiercely raged tho mud pussions of thc crowd, tho greater their efforts to uggruvato and in furiate them. They told thom every conceiva ble stevy" they could invent to moke them bo lieve Chut wc sought their ruin. livery brawl between while and black was magnified into thc beginning of war against their race. They were told that wc would prevent their voting by violence, and on this pretext they were armed hy tho State the further to alana and excite them. They wore told that wc were rebels, enemies of thc General mid Stale Governments; that thc President and tlio Governor, and tho great Republican party wore our enemies and their friends; that they would never be hurt do what they might ; that high taxes wore nothing to them-they didn't pay them; that it would bo good for thom if thc landholder should bc forced to sell his hinds down to o mere homestead. They would then have homes through thc operation of tho land commission aud other causes; that all the accumulated property herc was Jtho result of their labor) that it rightfully belonged to them, und that thc way to get it was to vote for what they were pleased to tem ''thc Republican party," meaning the niling dynasty in South Carolina, Th oso were the arguments with which thc pretended friends" and self-constituted advi sera of thc colored peoplo met tho solemn peace offering of thc whites, ratified by them by tl larger vote th uti has been polled siuje tho war. To these appeals to prejudice, cupidity une ignoratioo was responded, that we were inca pablo of thc frauds computed to us ; that thc whites were united in support of these meas uro?, and would so provo by their votes j tba wc had neither thc inclination nor tho powc to remand them to slavery, nor could wo ii any way abridge their rights if wc would that we. were not responsible for the introduc lion of slavery; that South Oorolina. by stat uto, twice protested against it; that it hoi been continued in obedience ton supposed nc cess?ty ; that the system, good or bud, hui tho merit of redeeming thom from heuthci barbarity, to make thom what they were; thu ive were honored by tho Almighty in bcinj 2I10S011 for their masters and teachers, rathe i.hiiu their northern friends-that was to b presumed. Ile incant well by them when h lid so choose; that the experiment of the tw .aces coexisting in the same State upon equ;i erins, in peace and amity, had yet to be tried hat wo were ready lo t^o our part, but if the nade our former relations 0 ground of hostil ty, we could never bc at peace, since wc coul lever change thc past ; that tho State eoul mt prosper so long ns thc government wu idiiiioi.Mcrcd by thc ono race, Uti a spirit c lOStility to the other; that tho mad appeals t .heir passions and resentments could only len 0 violence and blood, if they yielded to thou hat wc had proved our claims to thc prot?t ,ion of thc Ians, ty accepting (.'ho terms in )osed by our conquerors, and thut they, nc ve, ure rebels who resorted to artus and vit oneo against us in time of peace ; th*t nc her President nor Governor could protect 1 incourtigO them in such u course, without v ?hiting his constitutional oath ; that wc hu 1 right to claim tho support of true Republ suns, because we had accepted tho laws iu >osed by them ; that if thoy brought on var against tho whites, they would bc emslie .ut of existouoo before tho white mon 1 \.incric.i, who were nearer to us in blood an i at vu o than to them ; that thc attempt to til ho whites out of their property would certuii y first ruin tho laborers, who were subsist? rom their means; that property-holders wou lover submit to bo turned out of house at ionio for tho benefit of a few office holdci ?.hose duty it is to protect tho rights of pc ou and property ; thut such a goverumc rould bc without tho protection of tho la nd would perish os it deserved. In bril vo exposed tho madness, tho lolly and tl vickcdiicss of such inoendiary teachings, ai xhuusted thc resources of kindly pcrsunsiu mt they wcro for thc most part only tho mo coted in prejudico and tho moro violent, ts manifestation. This summary of tho arguments by Will ho oolorcd peoplo wcro lcd to'fubte.n upon t )tnto, for tho next two years, thc sumo m vho havo so nearly ruined us in tho past, t nonstrat es tho existence among them of a .al hostility towards us, which eau nut now ivcrootno by gentle und kind ly overtures, s so violent iu some quarters au to threat ho existence of society, lt has bcon lost id, fanned, und kopt alive in a very large < ;ice, by those whoso duty it is to protect 3 i 01 y Magistrates and conservators of t >cneo ha?e been fererr.oot and' utu'obukod noondiary utterance and actions. It is isd not only with domngoguisui- ihat doto vhoao.provinoo it is to prostitute tho spirit ibovtj -but also with agrarianism, wh strikes at tho foundations of civilized society. To this, add ignorance aud thc leadership of thc W0l*i, most unscrupulous und selfish men. as a rule, aud sonic idea may bc formed of thc dangers of the situation. A danger known is moro than half averted, I Lt is not our pro'vi nco to suggest remedies. j These will bo for your determination. Yet tho utterance of personal view.-* may be par. doned by your kindness to those fully in sym pathy with you, and having u common inter cst iu all that couccrus your welfare as a peo plc. [n thc first place, lot us sol at rest forever all doubts about our position upon the ques tions of reconstruction, which h ive been prac tically settled, and deal with them as wo do with other laws. An accomplished revolu tion becomes law. A contrary cours 'solates us from all existing political organization?, and shuts out all hope of peaceful deliver ance. Let us retain, in some form, a solid combination of mutual protection aud thc preservation of peace, law and order, under the lead of tho wisest, purest and best citi. ./ens in every community. Ceaseless vigi lance, caution and self-restraint, combined with adequate and visible preparation for defence, will insure the preservation of peace. There arc declarations of virtuous purposes ol lato from tho Executive of the State nnd some of our legislators. In all thc good the}' i do let ut; accord to them our hearty support. In some form, conservatism will surely tri umph in the next Presiden ti ri election. Un der whatever narnia it comes, the loading idont will bc the same. Free trade, acquiescence in accomplished facts, equal rights to all citi zens, thc supremacy of thc General Govern ment, but its limilalii. i within thc scope oj its legitimate constitutional sphere, and tlx preservation of thc rights of thc States undci thc existing constitution. In view of tho probable triumphs of these principles, as evidenced by thc rcfult of re cont elections, wc may calculate that thor* will arise in South Carolina, within tho ncxi two years in thc bosom of thc Republican par ty, a conservatism in harmony with tliost principles. So far as possible to do so, with out participating in it, let us welcome, nit and assist its formation. If trot rVfurdcd b} indiscreet action on our part, it may bc made to succeed here two years hence. To bc plain: any organization in Which wc took open pail would concentrate largely ag ?inst it thc col. oTcd vote, under the lead of their worst men, playing, n.1 heretofore, upon their prejudices, passions and fears. Our support, therefore, to sucha party should rather bc negative than positive, moral and passive rather than active Let us hold ourselves free to not as circuit), stances may require, remembering thnt the restoration of an impartial and economical government in South Carolina is of more \i tal necessity to us than anything else to bc accomplished by political combinations. Q'o wards thc colored people let u? bo kind, con ciliatory, just and forbearing, hut brave, man ly and Self-reliant. Let us g'VC them no prc text for violence, but ever be prepared prompt ly to repel it. Should outbreaks occur, let us locnlizo and suppress them, as nearly un der thc forms of law ns may be. For lessor outrages ?ind acts of incendiarism, let us con. stituto a voluntary police to hiing offender? to justice, and enforco order impartially, Let us increase thc productivo and conservo tivo population of tho State by most libera! inducements, dedicating a large portion ot our cultivated lands to that object, nod look ing to immigration to our sister States ns well ns from abroad. To nil such, como from what quarter they may, let us extend a cordial welcome. Above all, let us cling together as a brotherhood, and cultivate tho public vir tues manifested in tho example of our alices" tors, nnd tho deeds of our heroic associates' who scaled thoir devotion to principio with their life's blood. Cling to tho old State in tho day of hci ad versity. To forsake her now, and abandon . o their fate tho thousands of our country, men who can never leave her, would bo like desertion in tho faco of thc enemy. Hu true to her, to them, to yoursolves-to thc graves of your ancestors, to wives, children and dependents. To tuen who have survived What you have in tho pist ten years, there cnn bo littlo to dread in tho future. Flic yout faith upon tho grand old mottoes omblazoncd upon tho palmetto flag-"Auiinis, Opibusqw Pareti, Dum Spiro Spero"-remembering thai thoro is a God "who sittoth on thc th robo: judging right." Very respectfully, Your friend nnd countryman, J. tl, KERSHAW, Ch ni l'm a ti Executive cbtnmittcc, ?tc. . #.gr Tho number of, sewii.v maohiuo: mudo by twelvo principal companies during tho past year amounted tb 320,607, which at the average prioo of a first-class machino .say $75, aggregated-tyii-V^ 1,050,170. i'car?'al Conflagration ut llicli IllOllfl, RICHMOND, YA., December ' 25.-Th? Spottswood Hotel und ull that block, the liucst in tho city, was burned at two o'clock, this morning. Tho business hous.es bumed aro Branch & Current Crockery Store j Aduna' Express Company's Office, Howe's Sewing Machines Store, and other smaller stores. Tho weather, thc coldest for thirteen years, thc ground covered with snow,, thc thermometer was five degrees above zero. At a quarter past two, ns thc porter WOK wukiug a passenger for the Southern train, Ciro wus discovered in the basoniout. An effort was immediately made to wake all tho guests-. thc scene was indescribable ; men rush about trying to save their baggage ; wo i.cn half indeed and barefooted, rushed into thc snow wliioh covered thc streets. The engines were promptly on the spot, but the water was frozen and caused delay. Before twenty minutes the fla moa had pre vented escapo by the glaireuses. Tho guest's commenced jumping from the windows, low ering themselves by blankets and ropes. P. II. Clarke, thc Steward, was fatally injured by leaping from tho third story. Mrs. Emily Cornelius, housekeeper, with two or three other ladies, appeared ut the windows of tho fifth story, screaming for help. The firemen's ladders failed to reach them Ly two stories. While the Aromen were endeavoring to length en them, tito vronieti disappeared iii the black smoke of tho room, brightening un a few mo ments hiter with flames. The persons known to be lost, up to noon j to d ty, are Erasmus Boss, Clerk of the Libby j Prison during thc war, Mrs. Emily Cornelius, housekeeper, Samuel \\\ Robinson, clerk, with Euker .Sc Brother, and Samuel Hines, clerk, with Nellhisen & Co. The Register of the Hotel was destroyed, and it is impossi ble to say what strangers oro lost, there aro about a dozen trunks uncial med of parties from New York, und other Northern cities. It is a noticeable fact tint thc fire left ono building on tho corner, thc same which' checked tho evacuation conflagration. A. C. Shaffer, Seato Printer, escaped from' fourth' story by dropping lY'o'ra window coruico to window cornice, reaching tho ground badly J burned, but otherwise unhurt. The correspondent of the New York Her-, j aid narrowly escaped. Thc guests lost u 1 their clothing. Th veo Iran .Ired thousand dollars of the loss is insured mostly in Nor thern offices. LATKR-The additional names of thoso known to bc lost, ure H. A. Thoma*, Agent ? of the Panorama of thc Pilgrim's Progress ; \V. II. Pace, Danville, Ya., U.S. Mail Agent and J. B. Farris, Messenger of tho Southern* Empress Company. Tho Spottswood was val ued at $140,000, and insured for 800,000. Suhle II. Luck & Co. had $20,000 insuranco on thc furniture, and S7.OU0 on tho wines and carpet--, in thc National Tusuranco Com. nany, Baltimore. Losses, eight thousand dollars on all goods ready for delivery in tho Southern express office, burned. A man was seen at the upper window, apparently paralyzed by fear, tearing paper into small pieces, which he threw into the streets, till he fell back into thc flames. Among narrow escapes were M. M.iilo, of New York, Engineer of the James Uiver ob . struct Jons j O A. Pearce, of Columbia, S. C., Private Secretory of Senator S prague ; Mrs. Mcdill proprietress of tho Theater j R. IT. Stowell, a member of Congress. The Delavo Troupo Jost their baggage. Thc hotel regis ter aftorwards found only six strangers unac counted for. Tho name of thc housekeeper burned is Mrs. Ken nearly. .. . Thc following uu.ncs arc missing'strangers :' J. F. Wilcox, Lynchburg; Nathan Bernstein, Washington ; A- Loll, Tampa, Florida ; E' Gcorgo and E. II. Anders, Syracuse; lieu, ry Klatte, Now York ; and John II. Hul m?n, Jr., Jackson) Tennessee. Ofpnssiy? TAXATION.-No better illus" tration of tho manner in which this country is misgoverned, ?nd tho Southern Statc3 ar? oppressed, could bo wished for, than is afford'' cd in tho annual report of tho Commissioner of Internal Revenue.. Mr. Delano trates that hooxpeots noxt year to collect from Vir ginia $1,909,000, and from Massachusetts only 81,111,000. If thc relative population of tho States determined tho amount of tax* lion, which they ought to pRy respectively, Massachusetts would'have to pay fivo millions io Virginia's foui ; v ' 'dst if tho relative tcealfK of thc twoStatos determined it, Massachusetts ought to puy four times tis much tts Virginio. Not only is Virgina -shu mufiHy .oppressed in this way, but tho money which si,o emit? i butes is paid out in tho shape of bounties', &c, j to those very ?Sew Englanders, who tjuta wrong her. Yot Sumner Hud all thc fanat ics in Boston liavo tho Taco to li tomi pvo tho wrongs inflicted ovor pooplo in Europe, Asia, Afil?n arid ovori whore t.tac in tho world than these Southern Plt?te|. ?