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. ^ ami th^ ^utrtnt |>tui# ^ftfcJN^-'.:.- ,...? ^Nkw Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 20, 1878. NUMBER 17. :? f - _!.. t .... ?i .. J . .? for llio Times. White Teaoher* of Colored 8ohool>. Rome ?Tor-nko people will purse up tlic cor. j norg of their tuoulhs an<l give a slirug of their c ?houlders when they simply rend the caption c *o this article, but such ns they have my leave to p lay it down?it is not writcn for their perusal y at all?knowing well that such nice people aro .generally weak minded and opinionated, and it t would simply be a waste of timo to try to con- g Tincc them that tlicy may possibly be wrong in b anything I - think people of strong sterling W -sense ; in other words, people who think, and v "who look beyond the present time, to the h future, which looms up in tho distance before ^ . sis, sometimes very brightly, and th?nt^|in n - alternating with light shades ; wilt agt^^ wm1 me in what I shall snv "" tl It is a settled fact that thcro is a large proportion of our population colored, and out of this mass quite a number of children arc grow- ^ ing up in our T?ry midst in ignora:ice, simply q from the want of efficient teachers. It is quite true that the colored schools h&vo been run ^ when the other public schools were opened, but rji in almost every instance they have been taught jj by colored teachers who were wholly unfitted for rc the task?being barely able to spell, and could w not read tho simplest sentence correctly. Our beloved Hampton has tried to impress upon the ^1 minds of tho people the importance of educating m tho colored children, and 1 think and believe II ho would express the same opinion, Xhat they li; should receive instruction from our own native wi whites, who understand the negro nature, and K * . can give them right ideas of our government? cli - Wwti llTcnT"ffrVo3&, renp'eWanJMM^ tbe Taws of our land?and instil iu their young .pliant minds m a sense of (heir moral obligations to God, and u" also teach them, as we do our own little ones, to u>; love and honor Hampton, the man above all co others South Carolina should feel proud of.? na Any teacher who feels a keen interest m his ri' or her school, can find amplo time for these imp.-oniptu way side lessons, often of great impor- y tance to the young minds intrusted to their go) guidance. Where is the stranger who comes jj among us for a school would ever care whether the children loved their country or their coun- j try's leader. They simply come for the salary. They, no doubt, do their work well, so far as fou books go; but I think in teaching colored cbil-., tin dren, as I said before, they sh^q^'bQ^oatr ue* ?)? ted rightly concerning, the eovernnent of our as ore to teach the colored schools ? Tho reason to can bo summed Hp in one word?Incompetency ! Oil Not one colored teacher in ^wenty is competent On for the duties devolving upon them, for in eveiy bri instance where thp children have bcon taught by lo colored teachers (that has come under my ob- w| serration) they would have been much better off at homo, at work. r ? ~r.? i~i.? t : 1 ? i -* tOl aiiv v wi v viicu taacu iiuiu nuwui milt uur& Ob i UK home, to be sent to school, and the going to school lias simply been a farce?a throwing away ^ of publie money. The white people are taxed to keep up the colored schools as well as the ^ white, and I think it right and proper that r*c the money should find its way bock into SC( our own pockets, and while benefitting us also j|,( be a lasting benefit to the negro children who are growing up in our midst in such woful ignorance. When our colored population are bet- j ter educated, our jails and penitentiaries will not be so crowded, and eriire will not be such a (), common thing; for we all know that education is what makes the man or woman. Oil Our little children who are lisping so sweet- th ly around our firesides will not have the no trouble and annoyance with free labor, if the tin young generation of colored children are educa- \ ted that we are having, for I firmly believe were ju the colored neoDle's minds more cultivated, tliev would regard their oaths more sacred and solemn 8:1' and make better servants for us, in every way. P"" Now there are a great many people who arc til really needy and are fully competent to teach, 0f but because they cannot procure a whito sc tool will not (each at all. In proef of it, only mnrk p. tho squabbling, the fussing and hard feelings, L' where thrco or four apply for a school. The oi trustees cannot give white schools to all who op- lei ply, but if they cannot get a white school thoy fold tlioir hands in idleness nnd sutler want, ca a .k be fore they ore morally bravo enough to do that * " whreTfWiy ecretly.desire to do, and which ' their conscience tells them is no wrong. tot A great many ladies haro to teach a servant tw Almost every kind of household work after they ca hire them. It is either to cook a cortain dish, milk, wash, iron, sew, knit, and athousand other ' things too numerous to mention. Where is tho 80 diference, now, if we tench them from books ? ?? Only this, in the first instance we have tho m iruuuie 01 lencuiug ineiu wuii mo inmost certain ()] probability of their leaving us as soon as we ^ nave fitted them for the work, in addition to . having to pay them a salary. In the last named 1 wase we receive the salary, end of the two I g' I would myself much prefer to draw the snlary; fo Jutrt people's taste differs you know. I think a day is coming when those persons who fail to ^ recognize one who is willlug to faithfully dis- . charge a duty in this respcot, will see their error?to ealt it no harsher name. Anything new pi is generally looked upon by narrow-minded is persons with disfavor, and it is at present a little (J out of the cemmon way for a white person to tench a colorod school, but such persons may possess their souls in patience for the newness tl of the thing will soon woar off. Did they but ni know it, some of the very ftr?t people in the j,, lower Counties, are teachers of publio schools? j and they feel as any other right thinking persons & would, that they are doing a servioe to tlicir tstatc. i.etustnrow to the wina? such ?Hly ideas 1 that It U Jiigracoftil to toaoli colored children it V to read, for all cannot get white sohoola s and c| if we are needy?and there aro few who are not ?let us put our hands to this work aad while doing our Htate a service, benefit ourselves B: also. ESPRIT PORT. 1< > ' TALMAGE ON THE 8QUIH. s The Rev. T. Do Witt Taluiage has ro- s urncd to his home in Rrooklyn from his re- s ontjaunt through tho South, and on the n voning of the 22d ultimo gavo one of his t cculiar "Friday night Talks" to his courcgation. lie said : d Speaking to you every Friday night on t he secular afTairs of the wcok, from reli- c ious standpoint, I have thought it might h c appropiiatc to talk to you to night about si 'hat I have sccu and enjoyed at the South, o hi a bend of tho Mississippi ltivcr, one tl undrcd miles from tho mouth, sits the o Ircsccnt City. Put down as the eighth or ti iuth city of the Union, New Orleans is S loond to nono in graooful attractiveness.?- -ti hero art ten public squares, statucd with ii 10 forms of Ilenry Clay, Androw Jackson, ii id other public favorites. Ilcr shell roads u ir fast teams r.-elatter and a-ring with the s< oofs and tires of gay equipage. Her Espla- h ide and Rampart, and Claiborne and Canal w rccts.twi hundred feet wide, lined by trees tr latalmost interlock their branches overhead. C ho Customhouse, granitic and pillared.? ci ;cr St. Charles Hotel, with rotunda world W mowed, and Corinthian pillars, between fit hicli S. S. Prentiss, the impassioned ora- T r of tho Southwest, thundered agaiust tli ississippi repudiation. Elaborated nml w ajestic St. Louis Cathedral, St. John the fn aptist and St. Alphousus, of the Calho- ar :s; the Temple Sinai of the Israelites, ui ith its tinted cupolas; the Trinity of the tli piscopalians, and Dr. Palmer's magnificent at lurch of the Presbyterians. The clcvcu in ousand hydrants pouring their refresh- he cut iuto the lips of the city. The iui- re ense shipping, making her the first cotton cli arkct of the land, with an ever widening ,;( mtncreii.l prospect. A city of cxtraordi- "( ry, salubrity notwithstanding its febrile tw putation; the bill of mortality, inclusive all yellow fever cases, smaller than in most vc the northern cities of the same size.? ut lit the arch enemy docs largo work there pc inctiuics, and thirty-three cemeteries tell if c story of his achievements. Yet the th ad sleep more beautifully than anywhere ha know of. Each comctry is white with al c palaces of the dead. The departed are be ricd aboVc ground on account of the fact so it the spade at so shallow a depth opens T1 ineiu of the waters. I like to see Death do part with our friends under the most sti iristian circumstances, and it is well when Nt sir beloved forms can be placed amid th ight suirouudiugs ; it makes uo difference lo; theui, but makes a great difference to us hi 10 survive. The marble cannot be too of lite, nor the trees too umbrageous, nor the" F? wcrs too witchingly rcdolcut. Set the Ih mlains atoss. Deck the snot with im- nli trtellcs. Let tho willows weep, and the be ignolias brcatho their benediction. Chis- no the meuumcnt with all the graces of th ilpturc; it will bo a solace to those ou it tarry here borcft, and give added glo- Tl s to tho resurrection, I should like to ab ) the snowdrift of the crumbling"slabs on to 2 morning of the archaugel's trumpet. pc Into that city, brilliant with the living d solemn with tho dead, I dropped by the Oi il train from Cincinnati, week before last, he was at the close of the Mardi Gras.? th tee a year, on Shrove Tuesday, the city I es iuto a scene of hilarity not equalled he the continent. The law relaxes during a' at day, and the city is put upon its honor, or d the whole jubilaut population do as cx ey please, and for the most part do right, th gentleman, who is a closo observer, said, he iring all that day and all that night, he he w not one case of drunkenness or of im- Uii opricty. 1 wish wc had something like P? at hore?ono great holiday, fifty Fourth to Julys sounding in one salvo, fifty Thanks- Ul ving Days stuffed into one turkey.? <aughter.] Life is heavcy for multitudes nc our people, and they need more frequent ^ , up. Here fun is elevating and cduca- j ?nal. I aui always afraid of a man who j.o nuot laugh. He is sure to steal some- t ing. [Laughter.] The most solemn:>king man 1 over knew borrowed of me 'cnty five dollars, and through pure deli- ar cy of feeling never mentioned the subject jg ;ain ! [Laughter.] The world wants not much broader smiles as deeper laughter n) rould to God that ono ureat Mardi Gras __ ight march through all the earth, until o downcast oro compelled to look up, and ^ c shawled sick shall gazo jubilant out of ^ o window, and the misanthrope that ^ owls and groans over the world' simper- ^ ctious shall explode into uncontrollable ^ iffaw at the world's merriment. We have C( ic best ot books for authority : "A merry ^ ;art docth good like medicine." and it is ? gh time that people understand that there 'C( no war between tho Gospel of Jesus ^ hrist aud honost-hcartcd mirth. t>; At tho close of that carnival 1 first saw 10 city of New Orleans?not a draggled . id bloodshot populaco, but men and women . Jttcr, stronger, wiser for their innocent tl. Ico. A moro glorious Sabbath novor daw- a ed on earth than tho following Sabbath.? ho woishipof God began before six o'clook; 0 i tho temple of the morning the feathored P lioirs standing amid bushes of jasmino and a range, the oriole noting as prcocptor. I lid as soon as I came out of my room and " Hiked into tho suusbiuc, after a night of ti # uch thundering and tcuipcst as I never aw, "This must be something of the scnation we will havo when the bestormed lights of earth eud iu the sunburst cclcsial." The most cheerful city of the South tolay is New Orleans. She is rejoicing in he rescue from years of unrighteous gov-I rmncnt. Just how the State of J^ouisiana as been badgered, and her every idea of clf-govcrmciit insulted, can bo appreciated nly by those who couic face to faco with lie facts. While some of the best patriots f the North went down with right ?tnoives to mingle in the reconstruction of the tato governments of the South, many of arse ptlgrinriffts wenrtnc cnstoIF ?e*#|hrrig politicians of the North, who, <ftcr bcjg stoned out of Northern waters,'crawled p on the beach at the South to sun themilves. [Applause.] Tho Southern States ad enough dishonest men of their own ithout any importation. The day of ouble has passed. Louisiana and Smith arolina, for the most part, arc free. Gov nor Nichols of the one, and Governor iradc Hampton of the other, have the conleuce of the great masses of the people, here is only one word that can describe ic feeling of the South to-day, and that nrd is "Hope". They recovered from the st discouragement of ruined fortunes, and e expecting better ones than they lost, id they will have them. My opiuion is at the largest fortunes are yet to be made the South, because there is more room to ake them, greater reaches of country to t developed, and more geniality of climate ady to smile upon great industries. So I lango Horace Greeley's famous advice, io West," aud say to our young people, jo South." [Applause.] During my '0 weeks stay at the South, mingling with 1 classes of people, and iu perpetual conization, often incognito, 1 heard not one ikind word towards the North or Northern oplc. [Applause.] My opinion is that to-day a Northern man gets hanged at e South it is because he deserves to be nged. [Applause.] Those congressionpolitieians who are enlarging upon the lligcrant state of the South must have mo bad design, or be President-making, icrc is no spirit of fight iu the South. 1 not speak of what I know. My obscrtion is that thcro is not so much need TVCfnT"sirtQfa't>ent<wt? ucted towards the South. [Applause.] 3 mau on a lecturing platform to-day, in e South, can make any allusion implying palty to the United States government but s voice will be drowned out Ly the uproar nnlliiicincm rIM*>o ha ,,n/v A IIVI V (O (IV/ IIM'IU UdU 1UI sdcral military at New Orleans than in rooklyn. And yet there are men hercouts who are still cursing President Ilayes cause he withdrew the military, and have >t found out in the last fourteen years that c war is over. Let our newspapers and r platforms quit stirring up the old strifes, icre is now absolutely nothing to fight out. Peace ! from Passamaquoddy Bay Lake Poutchartrain. Let thero be ace The hospitalities of that Citv of-New rlcans are unbounded. At Ac olegant imo and amid the accomplished fayiily of c Hon. E. J. Ellis, member of Congress, had a good specimen of that Southern ispitality which greeted mo everywhere? Hospitality not made up of hard constraints suffocating proprieties, but genial, hearty, ubeiant and memorable forever. May e richest peace of God rest on all the imcs that I visited. Mobilo, with its autiful churches; Macon, tho ?jity of insions; Augusta, the city of cultured and dished homes; Charleston, the city of hisric memories?all pass before my mind toght iii grateful and stirring reminiscences. ?. ? . A Ciiaxck Fori tiik Hoys.?Thero is it a profession that is nut overcrowded? ere is not a phase of mercantile pursuit at is not overdone. There is no chance r the coming men in any of the indusics of life in the tuwus or cities. Lawirs, doctors, ministers and mechanics ore nrving to death, and thousauds of them o competent in their callings. Hut there a chance for the boys, after all. We ;cd men ; wo need honest men. We need en who will fear God and bow to the 'inciplcs of right. We need them nt tho :ad of affuirs. Wo need them in the office ' President and in the Senate of the dean. They must be men who will not buy ipip Ytnv tlifn nffioA np cnll a *a ??.y liaov VM(VV VI r?v#?? VIIVII IUW.1 IW jcp them from the penitentiary. This ind of men this hatiou must htivo if it intiuucu a republic, and in this sphere icrc is room enough for all tho boys that 'o frolicking about tho hearthstone or >nsting on their sleds down tho snowy illsidcs. Hoys grow up to be nun.? \Vv.*t'ii liurul. Watch tho old radical leaders and see iat thov do not even attempt a r?-s*g?uma,.c lu-: a- mi *_!ii j 'L ? I uu u? niun j noy Will UU liuilllllg bovo board, openly, but if possible thoy wealthily gather their glans togothcr iu outfothe-wny places and organize for tho oamaign. Watch thorn?bo "wise as serpeuts nd harmless as doves." A young lady rcbukinglv a.<Ls us: Which is worse, to laco tight or to got ight ?" We give it up?wo never laced. LAWS OF THE STATE. AN ACT to amend Chapter CVII, Title 1. Part III, of the General Statutes, Kelatflbg to Attorneys, Solicitors and Counsellors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House pof .Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That Chapter CVII, Title 1, Part 1, of the General Statutes, relating to attorneys, solicitors and counsellors, be amended as follows: Strike out Scctiou 2 and insert the followiinr. t.ft Uflaii n>? K?rrn?nii finale citizen of the ago or twenty-one-years, having read law iu the office of any practicing attorney of good standing in tho State for the period of two years, or graduated at any recognized law school in this United Stales, and shall produce the certificate of a practicing attorney of good staudiug iu this State that he is a person of good moral character, shall, on examination in open court bv three members of the bar appoints! Kw'tE" ? " ? vrj ...v. uu|ni;uic v uuit iur mat purpose, who shall cortiliy that lie possesses the requisite learning nnd ability, bo admitted, if the examination be satisfactory to the Court, to practice in all of the courts of this State as uu attorney, solicitor and counsellor, upon taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution." Ses. 2. Strike out Section 4 and insert the following to be known as Section 4 : "That no license to practice as an attorney, solicitor or counselor shall hereafter be granted except by the Supreme Court." Approved March 12, 1878. AX ACT to Establish and Charter a Fekuy Across Hro.vd River at Lockhaut Siioals, in Union County. lie it enacted by the Scuutc and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolinn, now met and sitting in General Assembly, nnd by the authority of the same, That a public ferry be, and is hereby, established and chartered to reach across Rroad River at hockhnrt Shoals, in Union County, and that said ferry be vested iu J. Clougli Farrar and Charles I). Farrnr, their heirs und assigns, for the term of twentyone years, aud that the following rates of toll beclianred ayl collected : .For mules or oxen, fifty cents j for every carriage, wagon or cart drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, twerdy-tive cents ; for every buggy, cart or vehicle drawn by one horse, mule or ox, twenty ccuts; for every foot passenger, five cents ; ibr every single horse, mulo or cow, five cents; for every hog, sheep or goat, two and a half cents. Approved March 1, 1878. An act Regulating the Mode of Conducting Capital Kxecutions. lie it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now uiet and sittiug in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from aud after the passage of this ' Act, when the punishment of death is inflicted upon any person pursuant to the sentence of any Court, the execution shall take placo within the jail or the snclosuro of the jail of the County wherein such execution shall be made if the same can there take place in such wanner. That no oue shall be allowed to be present at such execution except the Sheriff of tho County or his deDUtv. aud his assistants tl>a nli?r?vu i - v ' cj ) *"v State Solicitor, the attorney or attorneys who defended the convict, the family of the convict, and not more than ten discreet persons to be nauicd by the Sheriff; which said ten persons shall be summoned by the Sheriff and be required to be present. Approved March 1, 1878. AN act to Provide for the Assessment of ileal Estate in the Several Counties of this State in the Year 1878. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stato of South Carolina, no v met and sitting in General Assembly, nud by the authority of the same, That an assessment of the real estate in the Counties of this State shall be made in the year ono thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight at the same time that the assessment of personal property is made, and iu the manner and according to the rules pre scribed tor tin assessment of real property in the Act to reduce all Acts and parts of Acts providing for the assessment and taxatiou of property into one Act and to amend the same, approved March 19, 1874, and the Acts amendatory lhereof. Approved March 1, 1878. AN ACT to Prevent Public Officers from Issuing Checks Kxeo.pt upon Funds Actually to Thoir Credit, or from Paying tho Snino. Suction 1. 7b: it enacted by tho Senate and House of lleprcseutativcs of the St.we of South Carolina, now nut and sitting in (lencral Assembly, and by the authority o( the sainc, That tho Hoard of County Commissioners shall draw orders on the Count) Treasurer for all accounts against tho Count) which they hnvo Allowed, but they shall draw no orders until after tho monthly re port of Ihc Treasurer has been received b) them, and unless he has reported the funds in the treasury to pay the sauio; and the County Commissioners shall inform the County Treasurer of the orders drawn, in whose favor, the amount and the ordor in which thoy arc drawn. A violation of this Section shall he deemed a misdemeanor, punishable, on conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurdisdictiou, by flue and imprisouuicnt, at the discretion of the Court. It shall not be lawful for any County Treasurer to pay an order of the Hoard of Couuty Commissioners unless drawn in couformity with this Section; andit is mado the duty of the Comptroller rtunoraU :r n nf. ~'~r provisions of this Section which may coino or be brought to his notice, to report tho offender to the Attorney Geucral for prosecution, or to the Governor for dismissal, as the case may he. Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful fur nnw State or County officer to issue any certificate of indebtedness : Provided, That this Act shall not apply to the issuing a** tickets to jurors or witnesses for their attendance upon the Circuit Courts. Skc. JV It shall not be lawful for any State officer to draw a warrant or check for any public debt except upon money thcu actually to his credit on that account in the hauds of some bank or public officer. Approved February 18, 1877. An Act to Reduce the Pay of Witnesses in State Cases. Skction 1. lie. it enacted by tho Scnato and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and bv the authority of ?|.? - 'I'l... rll ? .. J tuv ouuiti, xiiiii nuui iiuu hiii'r (uc passage of this act no fees or other compensation sliall he allowed to any witness bound over or summoned to testify in any case in the Court of General Sessious, uuless the Circuit J udge who tried the cause in which the witness was summoned shall certify that such witness was material, and in that ease the witness shall be allowed fifty cents for each day of his attendance, and five cents per mile, ono way, for necessary travel:? Provided, however, That in Courts of Trial Justices they shall receive no fees or compensation whatever. Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts , Approved March 5, 1878. An Act to Apportion the Taxes on Property in which tho Title or an Interest Therein has bceu Transferred Subsequent to Assessment. Section 1. Be it cnaetcd by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caroliuu, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That when, before the expiration of the period for the payment of 1 '1 - iu.vi.-a vu unjr ruu: ur jiorsuuai property, WIO title or au interest in such real or personal property, or any pirt thereof, shall nave become transferred to or vested in any person not the owner at the time said property was assessed for taxatiou, it shall be the duty of the County Auditor, upon tho application of tho person acquiring such title or interest subsequent to assessment, and before the period for paying taxes has expired, to apportion tho share of taxes due by the original owner upou that portion of or iutcrcst in the property acquired subsequent to assessment by the party so applying, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to receive from the party so applying the proportionate share of taxes upou suoh part or interest so acquired since assessment as estimated by the Auditor and, give receipt for the suuic, which receipt shall discharge such portion or interest from the taxes so assessed. 55KC. Z. All Acta or purls of Act repugnant to the provisions ol' this Act aro heroby repealed. Approved March 1,1878. An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An. Act to Euforce the payment of the l'oll. Tax." Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Section first ol an Act entitled "An Act to enforce the payment of the poll tax," which beoame a law on the 21st of February, 1873, be and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "double the amount of their poll tax," the words "and all costs and expenses occasioned by such refusal or neglect," and by striking out the words "three davs" in said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "ten days." Sec. 2. That Section ?of said Act he, and the same is hereby amended by inserting alter the words "double tax," as often as they occur, the words "und all costs and expenses aforesaid." Approved March 1, 1878. * , , The executive mansion at Fraukfort, Ky., is a rickety old cdilico, built iu 1808, and ' two of tbo workuion engaged iu its conr struction, Metcalf and I>etchor, afterward 1 occupied it as governors, tho former work ing on tho masonry, the other carrying mocr tar in a hod for the bricklayers.