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YOL. VI. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1877.
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The Negro and His Rights.
Now that the Southern conserva
tives,hve captured the negro, body
and'soul, as tihey have in nearly ov
cry State; the questions that arise are
how to hold hin and what to do with
him. Upon their decision rests the
negro's status in politics for some
years to come and in great degree the
peace and prosperity of t iho South.
Ciffee rises like Wells befre Dudley
Field's committee, and very naturally
begs to know whether lie is a vassal
or a peer. The answer that cmes 's
as yet by no means unaniimoub, juE it
is gratifying to the friends alil,e of
4he Southern negro and the Southern
white man that the truly Representa
tive men of the more intelligent race
are disposed to insist upon the obser.
vance of the fourteenth and fifteenti
amueldqonts in their Ppirits as well
as in their letter, thereby ensuring to
the freedman all his rights, civil al
Pplikcal. .1ndeed, there is no out
spoken op)positionl to this policy; the
onaly anitagonistic lans app)earing in
very modest disguises. But as to de
tails there is some difference of opin.
Ion, and in view of the lingering diss
trust in some quarters the true the
ory of the race relations cannot be
too plainly laid down.
Governor Hampton struck the key
note of the policy that ought to bie
$kilowed.in his Auburna speech, when
beaterrd thrat the white men of the
South were bounud by every moral
.,td legaI obligation to protect the ne
gros in. all his rights. Hie did not
c00i4a1, however, his belief that the
intelligent property holding class are
kosM tted to govern, and that with
ofttjtheir supremacy no honest ad
ministration of governmental func
flons, sahedding its benefits alike upon
poor and rich, could be expected. To
seedre such government co-operation
is necessary, but untill the black man
shall bge intelligent enough .to .Bhare
in its tdministratiob by official posi
tions,,and is in fact able to protect
himself from himself, lie must look
to the whites for protection. He has
the right to elect a field hand to the
Legislature or the ben ha, or a carpet
bagger to handle the public funds.
'this right will not be denied; but if
his snffrage is thus perverted it is at
his own peril.
.At present not one negro in a thou
sand (we speak of of those who com-.
pose the bulk of the population of the
cotton and sugar State.) has any of
4 of the Jeffersonian qualifications for
ofliceholdiug. Let th pxn wait, there
fore, until thley are qualified for ofii.
4cial position otherwise than by mere
manhood, and in the meantime chose
t4ejrtligilators and judges, tax gath
erere and school boards from among
the whites, taking care to elect only
those by whom their confidence is
not likely to be betrayed. This
S guardianship may be distasteful, but
exn)erience shows that it in wino The
negro has never done so well as when
he appealed to the honor of his old
master; when he shows fight he goes
to the wall, and when he looks to
strangers for prtection he leans upon
a broken reed. It is Hampton's
policy to accept this guardianship in
good faith, to fight for the negro's
rights as for his own, and to lend
every effort to fit the newly enfran
chised race for the discharge of the
high duties to which they may in
time be called.
This does not, however, mean the
absolute exclusion of the negro from
office; on the contrary, by way of en,%
couragement, a point is to be strain
ed in his favor. An example of this
was soon in Charleston last week,
where, in nominating candidates for
the Legirlature, the conservatives put
three colored men on their ticket.
Men of passable attainments being
found, they were pressed into service,
and the wisdom of such action was
seen at the election yesterday, which
resulted in the success of this compo.
site ticket in the face of a large Re
publican majority in the city.
Of course the cry will be raised
that the rights of the negroes are im
periled because offices are not allot
ted to them according to their census
strenith, but that is absurd. In no
Northern community are three fifths
of the offlice given to the Irisi be
cause the voters of the Irish descent
form tlat,proportion of the popula
tion; nor are the Germans dealt with
by either politicl party in accordance
wit h any such theory of toffice-holding.
Nuither color, nor nativity, nor de
scent, nor religion, in itself, qualifies
a man to receive an offico either b%
appointment or election, and of these
several charaictoristics of a citizen col
or is perhaps the least entilo.1 to
consideration. Honesty and capaci
ty are avowedly, if not in reality, the
qualifications other than citizenship
for office, and good government re
quires that whon a inan fails to bear
the passports he shall take a back
scat. In this matter we cannot make
one law for the Northi and another
for the South. That experiment has
been tried and failed. The bottom
rail may be placed on top; if' rotten
it cannot be kept there.
The * ligent colored men in Lou
isiana and South Carolina showed
their apprecia~tion of the situation
when they deserted the carpet bag
gers and supported Nicholls and
Hampton in the last campaign, and
the result had justified their course.
they have placed their political for
tunes ins the hands of the best of the
old slaveholding class. We cannot
believe that their confidence has been
misplaced. Hence we observe with
p)leasure action lke that of the Char
leston conservatives and similar ac,
tion in Louisiana in fulfillment of
campaign pledges, and entreat hon
orable Southern men to walk in the
same path to the very end. Only by
confidence mutually bestowed and
mutually respected can good governs
ment be assured to the Southm and the
ties between the races be welded into
everlasting friendship.-Philhadelph ia
Times.
Acts Passed and Approved at the Spe
cial Session of 1877.
An Act to reduce and fix the salaries
of certain officers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Scnate and [Iouse of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That the p)ublic officers hereinafter
named shall receive the annual sa
laries hereinafter mentioned, respec
tively, to wit: The Governor, $3,500;
the Governor's Private Secretary,
$1,275; the Governor's messenger,
$300; the Lieut. Governor, $1,000;
to take effect after the next general
election; the Secretary of State, $2,
100; Chief Clerk of the Rcreary of
State, $1,27; the Comptroller Genet
ral, $2,100; for clerical services in the
office of the Comptroller -General,
$2,550, if so much be necessary; the
State Treasurer, $2,000; the Chief
Clerk of the State Treasurer, $1,475;
the book keeper of the State Treas
urer, $1,000; the Adjutant and In
spector General, $1,200; Clerk to the
Adjutant and Inspector General,
$900; the State Superintendent of
Education, $1,875; for Clerk to Su
perintendent of Education, $900; the
Attorney General, $2,100; the Clerk
of the Attorney General, $1,200; the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
$4,000; the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court, $3,500 each; the re
porter of the decisions of the Sus,
preme Court, $1,000; the clerk and
librarian of the Su preme Court, $700;
the attendant on the library and
rooms of the Supreme Court, $200;
the Circuit Judges, $3,500 each; the
Circuit Solicitors, $1,500 each, ex
cept in the First Circuit, which shall
be $2,000, in lieu of all charges
against the State and counties, and
of all fees received from defendants;
the Keeper of the State House and
State Librarian, $500; the watchmen
of the State House and grounds, not
to exceed two in number, $300 each;
the Superintendent of the State Peni
tentiary, $1,600; the physician of the
Stato Penitentiary, $300; the Super
intendent of the State Lunatic Asy
lum, $2,000; the health offlcer of
Charles3ten, o1,000; the health offi
cer-s of Georgetown, $400; Hilton
Head and S. Helena Sound, $000
ench; the Keeper of the Lazaretto,
$400; the Librarian of the University
of South Carolina, who shall have
charge of the buildings and grounds
of tile University, $500.
Sec. 2. That the County Treasurer
of cach county shall receive coumis
8ions upon all taxes collected in their
respective countice, as follow6: Three
per cent. upon the first ten thousand
dollar; two per cent. upon the next
ten thousand dollars; one per ct. upon
the next $10,000; one-half of one
per cent. upon all amounts collected
over thirty thousand dollars: Pro
vided, Tho same shall not excceed
eight hundred dollars or be lees than
five hundred dollars per annum, ex
cept the county of Clberleston, where
the cornmissions shall not exceed two
thousand dollars. For clerical ser.,
vices in the office of County Treas
urer of Charleston, eighut hundred
dollars: Provided, further, That
nothing herein contained shall apply
to fees and costs allowed County
Treasurers for making distress and
sale of real or personal p)roperty.
Sec1. 3. That the County Auditors
of the Eeveral counties shall rec'eive
the annual salaries hereinafter men
tioned respectively: The County Au.
ditor of Charleston, two thousa:nd
dollars: Provided, That no additional
compensation shall be allowed for
elerk hire; the County Auditors of
A bbeville and Rich land, seven huns
dr'ed dollars each; the county audi
tors of Aiken, Anderson, Bar nwell,
Beaufort, Chester, Collecton, Dar
lington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Green
v ille, Lanurens, New borry, Orange
burg,8Spartanburg,Sumiter and York,
six hundred doliars each), the
county auditors of Chesterfield, Ma
rion, Clarindon, Georgetown, IIorry,
Kershaw, La'rcaster, Lexinlgton,
Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens, Un ion
and Williamnsbur'g, fivo hundred dol..
lar's each. A nd in addition to the
salaries of the auditors, as hereinbe
fore provided, the county auditors
shall receive to defray the expenses
of assessment of pr'oporty, such sums
as may be necessary, but niot to ex
ceed the following, to wit: The au
ditor of Charleston county, nine hun
dred dollars; the auditors of A bbe.,
villo and Richiand, five hundred
dollars each; the auditors of Aiken,
Anderson, Barnwevll, Beau fort, Ches,
ter. Darlington. Edgefield. Fniichi
Greenville, Laurene, Newberry, Or
angeburg, Spartanburg, Sumter and
York, four hundred dollars each; the
auditors of Colleton, Clarendon, Uor
ry, Kershaw, Lancuster, Lexington,
Marion, Marlboro, Pickens, Oconee,
Union, Williamsburg and Chester
field, three hundred dollars each;
and the county commissioners of
the several counties as aforesaid
shall, upon the application of the
County Auditors, draw their checks
on the County Treasurers for the
several amonnts to which the audi
tors may be entitled under the pro.
visions of this section, and the coun
ty treasurers shall pay the said
checks from the first collection of
county lunds of the fiscal year in
which the work shall be performed.
But no such check or order shall be
paid by the county treasurer until
the auditor shall have filed with the
county cominisioneis an itemized
statement of the services rendered
by his assistants, the number of days
each of said assissants were employ
ed, and.the compensation they were
severally to receive, which said state
ment shall be examined and ap
proved by the said board of county
Commissioners: Provided, That no
member of tho board of county com
inissioners shall act as assistant as-.
sessor. That the county school comi
missioner8- in each of the several
countics of the State shall receive for
their conpensation $3 per diem for
tho time in which they are actually
engaged in the .usiness of their reso
pective office, Provided, The nun
ber of days in each and every year
for which said compensation shall
be allowed shall in no case exceed
100 days, except iII the county of
Charleston, where the number of
days shall not exceed 150 days.
Sec. 4. All salaries provided for
in section 1 of this act shall be pay
able quarterly, and be paid upon the
warrants of the Comptroller Goneral
upon the State Treasurer.
Sec. 5. That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with this act he,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 6. That this act shall take
Mfect immediately after its passage.
approved June 7, 1877.
An Act to amend section 15 of chap
ter 39 of the General Statutes, re
lating to the power in school dis
tricts to levy and collect special
taxes for school purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and HIouse of Representtati-ves
of the State of Sunth Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assem
bly, and by the authority of the
same, That section 15 of chapter 39
of the general statutes be, and the
same is hereby, amended, by strik
ing ourt all of subdivision 4 of said
section.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts
inconeistent with this act, be, and the
same are liereby, repealed.
Approved June 8, 1817,
An Act to reguilate the disburse
monts of undrawn balances in the
State Treasury.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate an~d IIouse of 1.epresentatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assem
bly, and by thme authority of the same,
That all unIeMpended balances of apn
p)ropriations now in the Stato Treas
ury be held by the Treasuror ot thme
State, freed and discharged from
such appropr'iationls, subject and apl
plicable to the appropriation made
by this General Assembly; and all
acts and parts ol acts inconsistent
with or repugnant to thuis act, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
A pproved June 8, 1877.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An
act supple.aentary to chapter 15,
title 4, p)art 1, of the general stat
utes of South Carolina, relating to
ganization and government of the
same."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assem
bly, and by the anthority of the
same, That in addition to the body
of militia known as the "National,
Guard," the Governor, as command
er-in-chief, is hereby authorized to
receive all such bodies of citizen sol
diery as may have tendered or may
hereafter tender their services to the
State, to c->nstitute the Volunteer
State Troops, and to consist of such
companies, battalions, regiments,
brigades, and divisions as may b
organized by the authority of the
commander%in-chief. Theso troops O
uniform themselves, and to be en bject
to all such regulations as may be pre
scribed by the con mander-in-chief
and issued from the office of the Ad
jutant iand Inspector General and
published.
Sec. 2. The Adjutant and Inspec
tor Geueral shall appoint an Armor.,
or, who shall take charge of the State
Armory in Columbia, and keep in
order all the arms and munitions
contained therein. His salary shall
be $250.
Sec. 3. The organization known
as the Fourth Brigade, South Caro
lina Militia, consisting of the Six
teenth and Seventeenth Regiments
of Infantry, the First Regiment of
Rifles and First Regiment of Ar
tillery, with the Charleston Light
Dragoons and German Husears,
shall be received and embodied in
the State Volunteer Troops. Oficers
of equal grade shall take rank in ac
cordance with the period of time in
which they shall have served in any
branch of the military of the State.
The field officers of the said Fourth
Brigade, and their successors, shail
be deemed in law the successors of
the original field officers thereof, and
shall be entitled to hold and enjoy
all rights, franehises, and property
which were of the said ik,ld officers
thereof.
Sec. 4. Immediately after the pasw
sage of this act, thme Governor shall
call in all arms, equipments, and mn
nitions which are in the hands of anyp
peersons not authorized by law to hold
the same;- and shall mequire all cov
mands lawfully holding any suoli
State p)roperty to file in the office of
the Adjutant and Inspector General
a full statement of such property1
with the authority under which it is
held, and the present condition there
of. The Governor shall have author
ity to permit the sale or exchange of
any military property of the State,
for the purpose of obtaining other
arms, equiipmeats, or munitions more
suitable to the wants of the state.
Sec. 5. All field officers of batta!
ions, regiments, brigades or divisione
shall be elected by the eomariissioned
and noncommissione3d officers and
privates of the same respectively.
Sec. 6. Not$ing in this act contain.
ed shall deprive any soldier or officer
of the "National Guard" of any right
to which lie may be entitled in that
organization. The said "Nat ional
Guard" shall continue to exist, and
shall be a separate and distinct body.
See. 7. All commissions issued
f ron the oflice of the Adjutant and
Inspector General shall be carged for
at the rate of $1 each; the fund thus
raised to be devoted to defray ing the
expense ovf getting in, repairinlg anid
reissuing the arms and munitions be
longing to the state.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
A pproved June 8 1877.
Tro be0 thrown upon one's own re.
sources is to he cast into in the very
lap of fortune; for our faculties then
undergo a development and display
an enery of whichi they were pre,
vinnsly unansem>tihtem
flu. Iaage of the Danube.
IoNo. JuIy 1.-& oorrespondo
on& at Toram hguerrell, undir date
of Friday,- felegraphs as follows: "No
crossing has takewr pliae here, a
though there' we're wil'e spread re
ports, even im ofSIa1 circle, to that
effect. Indeed'it is not now likely
that any nman' will be sent over at
this point. The itention' of' thW'
Russiane to effect a passage at this
point has been, notoribus for the past
fortnight. The Tu ke, therefore, con'.
centrated large numbers oit men at
Nicopolis, thus eom-pelli-g the Bus-e
sians to choose another point. The
demonstration at Turna Magurelli
was made in such force' and with
such preparation as regards boats
and material for pontoon- bridges'
that it would have lieen turned' into
an actual attack had a fair chance of
success offered. Even at the Rus
sian liead4uarters it was uncertatn
until the last moment which point
would be chosen for the real cross,
Ingi Rennitsa or 'TarnsN Mgnreil-?.
The appmarncl of the Czar at the
latter place induced a concentration
of the Turkish forces. and the Rus
sians acordItgly made the rea' at-,
tack at Sennita. The Russian forces
were shrewdly massed at Draga, ten
miles back from the Danube and th
neighboring villages, about equi
distant from Turna Magnrelli un-d
Semnitza, enabling a quick concw
tration upon whatever point proved
weakest. When,r therefore, it was
ascertained from return ed spies that
the Turks had massed oppoaite Turna
Magurelli the eighth corps, under
General adeteki, feH like a Jh-un
derbolt on Semnitsa, on Wednesday
morning, effecting a landing before
the Turks had thne to recall their
forces.
The Russians' plan was to make
numerous fIset at different pla
with suficient force to turn feiats into
real attacka at points that proved
weakest. As a consequence, ths
Turks were compelled to distribute
their forces over a great l'ne of tire
river front. The making of the
bridge at Semnhsza was carried out
in the same manner as at Ibrail, ex.,
cept thpt 1th. reaatio'is, for 'ita
conetruatilon were much more dif0
cult, owing to the inundated con
dition of the river banks at that
point,
A corroepcindent Who cairne fromt
Ibratil, says: As he approached Tar'
na MagarelHi a strange avrd terribIe
sight met the view. lie could read
plainly by the light of the burning
houses of Nicopolis, situated on the
opposite bank. Beveral houses stan%
ding In a roy were burning at the
same time, tharowiing a luried rod
glare for miles around, and shooting
up pyramids of flame alnost to the
clouds. The muddy waters of the
Danube threw back a dull red l'ighrt,
while a strong.wind carried off dense
volumes of smoke. A broad flash,
bright white light resembling a com,'
et ovorhung Turna Magurelli, mak
ing it almost as light as day; it was
an electric ligitt used by thre Rnssiana
to show the position of the T1urks, and
to enable them to direct their ar'til
lery fire, wbkch was playing such sad
havos with the doomed city on the
opposite shore. The whole valley
resounded with the roar of artillery.
The Russians woro firing from three
batteries above the town, as if bent
on destroying Nicopolis, while the
Turks were replying vigerously un
der the delusion that they were
thereby preventing the passage of
the river at that point. Jn reality
the Russian cannonade was only a
feint to keep the attention af thai
Turks rivited upon Turna Mngurolli
while the real crossing wa beilng
quietly carried out at Serninitza. The
paesage was effected with scarcely
more dift)enhv thani at Ibrail.