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It. MEANS DAVIN, Editor. Wednesday Morning, Do. 24, 1873 The Bankrupt Laws. The hot hasto with whiclh the House of Representatives rusihed i rough the repeal of these laws, in. duces tho suspicion that some indivi dual hardship or some particular -odious feature of the laws, must ne tuate this action. We hope that the -U. S. Senate will be more deliberate in their action. Tle financial crisis, from which we are just emerging makes this a most inopportune time for the repeal of the Bankrupt Aots. Thero are features that might bo amended. Fourteen days non paymnt of commercial pa. per, and the involuntary stifferiig of judgment ought not to be causes of Bankruptcy. Exemptions ought to be uniform, and expenses of proceed. ings less. Let proper amendments be made, but let the Bankrupt Laws be a per. manency ; like in England, where a permanent system has existed since 1842, a system too of which ours is almost a copy. The half Mill Tax, Wo see by the Treasurer's notice that tht the half mill tax for the widows of persons murdered by the Ku Klux, will . gaic be collected. Last scssion :a bill was intrcduced by Mr. M. S. Miller repealing this tax as far as Fairiold is concerned. It passed the liouse, but not the - Senate. This is another outrage upon the tax-payers. Last year it was shown that no widows could be found entitled to the proceeds, and they were turned into the school fund. This was well eniough at that time. But tihe state and local tax for schools this year is heavy enough without. adding anly inmore The bill should be repealed. If not, it should be conteated on tl:e score of unconstitutionality. (Irave doubts have been expressed by liaw whether it will stand the tist. These doubts should be sati tied. The tax will realize about $:,500,00 and this is worth fighting over. It will not pay a single individual to carry it into court, but a number can co-opcrato together and tuiako a fight. We are taxed enough consti. tutionally, without submnitting to every species of p1lunder tamely. Our craven submission to overy outi age only emboldens the aggressors Fight'the tax to the bit ter end. 0D T'hio State Government in a fraud-it can be improved by immu. 'ORlATIJON. The Treasurer's Notico. Iu another colhanh of this morn ing's paper will be found the usual nmotic c of the ('ounty Treasurer to tax- payers, regaridinig thle collection of durs to the County and St ate. It will be seen that the t ime for pay mnut is liminited to (lie 15th inst., the usual penailty of 20 per cent, to be imiposed upon all dleliOquents. We do nlot doubt that our Treas iurer is uimnply acting upon inst rue. tions from the fiscal headquarters in Columnbia, and hence he cannot a t all be held responsible for this needless -hardship imposed upon the tax-pay. ers. Weare at a loss to find any reason for the haste with which the State author-ities seem inclined to press the collection of taxca. Weoro any real good to come of the p~ro posed haste, or did circumstances seem to demand it, we would be slow to condemn the mocssure ; but is t he State Treasury in such a condition as to call for the oppressive measure embodied in the Tlreasurcr's notice I Are our finances in such a cor dition as to necessitate such an uii pr 2ce dented step ? Or, is this measure in, 0(d only a trick by which to bring about a fiilure on the part of a large number or people to pay in the time fixed, andi a conm. sequent increase of the sum col leoted in the 20 pcer cent. pen alty Whatever may be the motive lead ing to this measure, its efl'ects can Dot but be greatly injurious to the people at large, In thme present scaroity of money, nmany of the tax payers will be forced to resort to various shifts to meet their dues ; and to do this requirns much mnore time than has been given. We must not be understood as cap, tiously objecting to this measure simply as the act of a political or ganization with which we have no sympathy ; we must not be regarded as eagerly availing ourselves of a chance to excite opposition to the dominant party: our intention is aimply tonoint outte in,,r-.r.. of the measure in the abstract, and as affecting the entire people without regard to politics. W siicorely hope that such stops will lie taken by the proper authori. ties as will afford relief in the preii sis. We learn from our exchanges thait iN York County the limit fixed is ihe 5th day of February, and in Edgefield, a like extension is given. \We are quite at a loss to see why there should be this distinction ; and we hope that the samo privilege ie corded to other communities will be givenl to the people of Fairfield. We submit this matter to our County Treasurer and to the State autiorities in the hopes that they will see the uselesness aid hardslhi of the measure undor consideration, and so modify their notico Us to afford the desired relief. Then anad Now. It is the constant boast of the Iliad. ical plarty that under the pre:sent re. g/mc the country in gencral, and wore especially our own State, is much better off than in tile good old an/e bWi/nm days. Our rulers claim that South Carolina before the war wias ran oligarchy ill which the naty were oppressed by lie few, and the psoor ian held in subjectioa to the rich. It has been the constant boast of Hopubliean leaders in the South that under the new order of things, not only are popular rights mere respect, C-, but the ha 1rdens of governmIneut more equally divided among the )eo pie. Lot us take South Carolina as on e X mIpIl 1e. ere the dominant, party have had full sway. All their fo.d. est. and wildest schemes both tf real improvenont and of extensive plan der have been executed without in torruption or impediment. Taxes have been levied ; State obligations of nuiahertess forts, have bca01 ere alted ; the Northern mark ets have b(en flooded w% ith our bonds-in brief our coimmonwealth has liaen ruled atil mkanipulated a fter the most up proved fashion. And all this with what result ? Let facts bo cited in answerl. The higlek t aim) of the c0onlrcien tions legislator is to lo.ssen the burden resting upoin his constitu enney. The great evil complained of in all gov ernments is taxation. lin our State we think the the taxpayers hove much cause forcomplaiint. I1f'orec the war, when the ti xable basis was over $50t,00,000, the average a ntni ua h 1 * a " m 1851) to 1860) was less than -.5mtl ; iii.d this sum was foun amply suflieient to maiiitain theStiate structure in all its beauty and digni. ty. Admitting that some ine-rense Say one liniidred per e uit.-is l ees. 5.11ry in view of the chiange's in ouri politic.al syst< mn, it wvould seema that. 89t0,000 or $ ,000),000 is quite eiiough to keep us miov ing in the pathI ot peace :andl progress. lBut we do( not piurpose to d1iscuss the pr iniei le's inivolvied in thIiis ine reni ed taxat ion, or to ai imad(Iveit up~on the coiidnet of thloro whot are re'sponi sible for the prsn state of things. We similply poinit to the fact that our taxes are now six times as heavy as they formierly were, aind our ability to meet0 0our dues to the Si t a only one-'thi rd as great :i mathlema lt i enl11y considered, thien, our taxes are more thaun eighteen times what we boiro underi t ho old ordecr of thin lgs. We thiniik we have said enloughi. If' our11 presenit onero us taxes are no lt Allflicient in themselves to dan the Repulican party3 of Sou th C~arol inai wve siiall seek imi in vain for evidence to conv'ict t hem of thle criinal m iis managemeiit withi whaich they have been so frequently and vehemnontly chia rge d. The Pr'oposedl Convention. Th'ie Charlrestoni Board of ('ommnereo ha~s issuied a call foir a mecetinag of the Tax- paycers' C onvenlt ion in 'ohlumin bia on thle fi fteen th inst ant. It re mnains to be seen whether or tiot the Convenition wililiec held. The timne appointed is too near for any (101iber rate d iSenssioni to lbo had1(, aiid. such is necessary in thiis critical junietutre. We beclievo that some such action sihould be taken in order to publish to the world lie true state of afl'airs existing ini this State. T1hat portion of (1(n e:I/zenis who had fur almnost a cenatuiiry Ia ananged t he govyernmen (i, and peract ice had~ acquired wvisdom iii polit~ iealI economly, lha vo beenm vi rtiia lly disfi anchiv.ed siice thle passage of the rceonst uct ion aicts. TIhe Stato government100 has paid no0 attenltioni to our1 expaostulat ions and remnonst rances, and has conitinlued year by year heuap ing fresh indignities and hecavy bur. deaaipon)01 uis. We cannot remuain passive uinder this treatment. Th'li right of poti. tioni is nuaranteed to every Cmisui of the IUnted States, ac.d this right ilust bie r Xervi.el. W\o .Iould have s1ome ogall zd body tiut can itpeak With anitlao.niy, and this body bhould set forth a i elin ,Statel. tiut, (,f exist ing facts, in a imemoj ial to Congress, and oil earneit petition to the honest people of the North and West., to rid us of the horde of villuiai now in, power here. We do ntiL look for aid froni the preseit CoXgic s. That body waE elected by the wi.ve of ci.thusiasmn ruized by Grant; anid unider the shza dow of hi is aimy ha' 0 ertp 1.1to Con. grees, demag~itogneiC, switidller, ex. g. toirtionirsi'.i ni thI I]ves,~ .0( wh dvote themsl~vL ei.iirely to helf agl.n:ll. diz'eient, and wo upholl the uutlh, e.lr t 11;g pV,',Y .m 111,tS it) order tu hav. villia is .int t Congress to a.d them in their 1cefarious t-chemes of public p'under. 1lipc for aid from such eharacters is vaiii. Bhit the pi ce. Cong ress will not lways remin in i ihee. Duing the conaing autuiin, the entire loue of Reapreentatives and maniy Senatoi0 nust be elected, and141 tle w Io'c poi. ticalco:plexion ma y u chauged. Already omnius iuticinis of are volution have been heard. Califor nla and the W01sten W'ts have speken out loudly for i ehrm, and I Perns) lvia has PdMpte a new con 'stitutioln puIttilig an cul to tie politi. cal chicanery of Simon Caineron at.d that 'chool, in whice lione.st John I'1tters.o iook his i:-t It sson. The whole country is ready for a struggle aga in th. donina t t, of' wl.ieh the calrpet-bag goverinients formc such an ililiitaunt element. DI stiuci ion to tle out; is cor taii dea'i to the other. jaet us then aid our f.ienL.i. A pure and unvarnished siatemient of the atroeities of the Cohlnia Ring will be a plow4'lelcL ampaign doctuinncit for Hte 1%o uers of the wect in tLeir raid agaiOt monoly3 am11hig taxationl. It is the ditty of th bte'sieed to afi'or d every as:.i taiiet in h-ir piower to the necrig -Iilm,. They m11iu-t not rest tinine :1: we hive beel here of0 e Thi l qetion 1.r x- ti he consider ed is whethr this t vo.tiin bhould he, o1d t ax-p-yers' t coenilCutioni or a new body elot,-en at tile pri'eleeit time. We ale iNWii ta believe that there should be a ncw organization. lTh1 S30110 gN'lentmen mii ight be seUt again, but they Mhld have new credentials. In the Past three years many changes have occurIe, and what were then disputed propo. positions, are now fixed facta. Now cielteets will be Iiixed up in this new Cou vent ion, and old ones will lis. ai~pear. liesid es this the former Con' vent ion gave groat d issattisf'action. It was a bluneder, ori at least belieged to be such by mai~ny. Tis i siagmia resting uiponi it will alirenatec from it 11ow1 mtany' whol~ aret fienoi ot r'eform. 1Leti n1 etire ly niew bod)ciy he celin Ilut rathier thiain have lnonle, the old] at aty rato, maike arranigemient% foi hope that the plel of F'airlield wvi) be representIed in Columbia ont Ih<l ciieenh. Thle (Coniservalt iv'es of the St ate hi as been toi apaitthetic and s lugt~gial It is jtime they1 were*4. a1wa in g. Th'ii. StateO of paliveneIIIss will rini an.y peo0 1p1e inl the~ worbil. We~ cann1ot b< maneh wors) 0 If thanl we no0w are het us then'1 have a Conventiotn. 11 mayc accomli sh good. 'The experi1 mell Cis1 worthi trying. 02' Money is scarec-thiis can b< remiediedt by i 3i m(urrAioN. Southlern Ra licals as Reformers. Thei N ew Y ork II eralId contis th <Ll "W \e aree informnod from WVashiing ton that thte re'publ icans of t he Sout I are indignant at the mi'lk andt watei inig for aL new organizatio0n look ilt oult for thie el miniant party of' thei futunre, and1( thiut they will prohbb unite with thle granigers onl a new do. parture1~; thai t ido(1. wiake and pro gressive reputbli.:a are freely dis. eniig h short coinjgs and til< bunderso ted diniist ration p~artA and its IUinngling ini the Stato elee tiiois of list October anld N ovember and t hat thet plini menI of the party from tile ruranl districte are disgust ed withI the silly w'orkinig of' civil service reform. In a word, theo co hesive power of the r'epulblican party as5 the party of thle admilinistration, it broken, the werk of disintegration it tho party has commenced, and fron all tlio signs of the times tile part) of tiho future that will next comec to the front will begin to oror out boldly in tile Weost and South it the~ eletionsa of 1874 for the nexl Congrcs3. While we believe with the Herald that the cohesivo power of the Re publican party has been brokou, and that a new party will come to the front, we see no signs of rcform in the South. The West contains miny pure and honest ltobublicans, and from this quarter the revolution against Radical corruption may have its origin. But the idea of our Southern Radicals repenting, while they have any company in vi.lainy is absurd. Search the array of Southern politicians. The Locst leader, of the Republic-in party ate few, a drop in the bucket. Think 0i Iloiden and Sol MPolo inl North Caro lina, MAluxs, lattsrSton tand Neilg'le in South Carol ina, Aies in Aizsis.-ippi, l'inchback atid Sypicr in Lou iia i Clay ton in A rkaiisa-, a nd otheis ol the ilk, boldly seoe.ttdiog from the R'!publican party beaua-e of its cor ruption, anid C.-Aling on all honle.t men to ellist under their hannuer. The grcate.t good that could befal Stlie party" would be the withdrawal of pst such vislains. The fact that it huffers them to cling to it lik~e lcehes is the cause of its present tot tering niandi tion. If the North waits for 'outhern leadicals to inau.urate reforI, it will be inmade hcartsiek With hope defeird. We would advise all reformers to steer ce!ar of Souii'.t'ie Ri dicals. Tho eyes of the whole countiy are turi.ed to the iagnii.i Cent West. It contails eleiuents of strength for reform. But the South neId not be counted in. It will do battle to the bitter cnd in defcnce of, orrupt legis lation, and every mee tire tthat will enriJi the politician and ikece tle pe1ople. [co)1.-l . c.n ] The Late Isaac M. Dw'g'.t. T'o the /aItor "f the iIVn,,sboro .Miws: It (Ccutrs to us, .\l. Editor, that tle recent deathl of this well knowii SouthIi Carolinian in the dis talit State of NlIbs. uti, dc e ive('s mnore than a pIssi g not ice. ISAAC .1AtroN l)wIciiiv was, it may be jts: ly af firiimed, no ordinary man. lIe was a tine spcecimeni of a type of men "ho seem to be fast p.asing i.way. Ile Wa4 thle noble product of' the old civi. lizationl-ore who chel ished highi hiougihts in a hea t of courtt sy, aid who bore, without abuiie, the grtind old name of 'y1uienwn. Nei her Colonel , i or .- kiire, nor Doctor, mt-) Pol'fcsor, lie iii;,it wvtli have wvritw-in hiinnbelf "1 l . .Iwighat, genitleniino" 111d ygtw an, too, inl tit word' Ie,.t sense. Few W Inen) have lived in Sonu11h (rolina nmore Iol'Il to the State thani the deceased. Ard when he felt and believed that the State was lost, lie hur ied away in lof'ty scorn from the corrupti~onist s, and uip1on his family andiu friends piutred lie rieb st reams of h is s imp; thmic. Ini his 0old ago his u'feeti ons were' as wi nm as in his~ youth . Nor did lie d ie by t'egrees. 1 ie livced whlilst hue lived, for lov.'a kept his spirit livelyv anwd give streiigth to, his ahicetionls. Nkr dIid atgo weaken iiis nierves or imupa ir hiis mienltail or moi ra I ibrie. Ins ws robus to thec last. li10 fell as filL the sturdy oiak, thatt cre it witheor giv~es way to the blast, and thus laiys its ver'duire in thle dunt. But. age eenild not but imtpi rt the enitimecnt of' puoliticail despair. lie ha d no hope of his mtother Staite, and so selfvxileul, lie followed the fortunes of hiis eldest sons, and brav~ed a iiew lif'e in t he grand State of Alissour'i. Ileie lhe was re-invigorated, for lie saiw airoundu huim tho e'lemienis of str'engthi, and1( felt I h-it lie waus in the heart of an im'per ial comnmon wealIthI. Hlut do. muest ic ailliet ion eti ne upmn the exile, and1( shook thle citadel of hi i li fe. At last hei succumbed h~'il. It hias beeni sa id( ihiat cowards die a tho ousansds d er~his, , ils- a bravo mnan dies but, onue. Our j'riwln died but once. "'Like Cato lirm,.like Aristides jiust' his wvas Ah duntlesus soul erect that smiled "ilTenider as a motheor, brav~e as a paladin of old-t rue as tiur b itself', he filledl the mecasur'e of' a long life withi thle sat isfaict ion of per fect love fronm hiis chiildreni, and the unliving respect andl afflectfi on of his fiemns."' A noble1 old South Carolignian-woir thy of' the State when the. State stir v'ived-there can be minigled w ithi the iebl soil of M~Iissourti, no flne'r dust than his. d. P. T1. Ofi Tihiouisands of acres of land are y3ing idle-they can be redeemed by Obifnary of A Wesltrni Ilitor. Ye editor sat in his rickehty chair, as worried as wvorriod could lie, for ye devil wits grinning before him i there, and "copy !" ye devii sayed ho. Oh, ye editor grabbed hiis big quill pen, andl it sputtered ye ink so free, that his manuscript looked liko a wiar map, when-"T'1ake this," to the dev'. il spoke lie. He scribbled and soteheod through the live-long (lay, no0 rest or refreish-. ments had be ; for the devil kept con 8tanitly coming that way, and howin~g for more "cop-." Day by d ay Ie scissorel and wrote l saying the wtalqo cenitree ; while ye dei il kept piping his singlo note 'A little more out.side cop.,ee !" And when yo boys in ye news-roomn iear the smuind of ue(uaiI fry, the voice of a blow and i blispheliouS wVord, "ol's raisia' the devil I'' say they. And oft when a wan with a griev ince cune in, ye editor man to sce, he'd turn his 1 luck with a word of sin--"Uo talk to the devil," say3ed le. And ever and oft. whent a "proof" if his work ye prop, ictir wanltud to iee, "Ye proof s.ali bc shot.- n by ny er:-oua clerl: :you imlust go to tle devii, s yed e. And thus lie waq lestinctl throuh1 IlI IJ his h11e, b-y thlist-pirit tor-Inent Ad to bc ; inl lunger -till ptici ty, 01row anIllid .(I ife, ilways close to .Iovil w, he. Y". editor died. 4 D'ut 30 levil lived oU. ! A the force Io Life's ha bits we -ee, for ye (d ito't breath 1.0 si'oot r iaid gine, thani trnight to ye tvil wen(!lit be.-E. i . i1 li1oor'e-1 tI it a :oiln of Brig-. bamn Yotnug is going to mairiy ait. ly estabishedl femle~l, tnina1ry. Paille Guano11 001k211u111;, Solub'e Pacific Guano. TH lI G U %\N i now n; "el1 hin i -tall ~ i imuhera Sial. it.i s re il w k:thie0 c 1fects It an :1 ey 1411i. ti .ie jd'dre' of lho.- :not ii 141 eigiti ye-u:4 i pf hl a <1- i, i li 1 :e pi ti it . . , i, - ! 1 03:000 01 1he I' . . e 1'(1ce Ali; (itt,111 Iii hi it S 001 T 1 he H ilS p it i . . itCIilite id, ar o as ib e or I., ll-t arc-i uldi er tI lie e, r i i . it tlicet oft Dr. Sit. .1 in I v- . iii.' U ii' un1: iy and eC m.nl l n ik pI;- l he ';lik 'N 01,iM iel n.? r e t t t tilt nit' t N ii' C ii .\ ti I : l iv a :. tCo., it iteiilalc e er tti d 1.\. Ic . n-ieI b i e i t TO a1CeT.ile( phuntereo. Iltey. kcan~ rlord nlow Ind t ve iil I 'st li. . 1 I etjd,.. tttiN' whether the wi l Ii o ." - nw -r fcy by the . e- tad, no ilayage oil 140 charqe.. A C 11) ti tI(') .;I I T E. j AU.\ )U.4jl NE, l.., 1i"i . S h . it i - i un.l e i gned V e 1t a l'e it 1t t \bell & i ro . 1.0 Ia i. 11.~T &e~ C j., - Ittnit' T.li O will1) ..t-tll. le-'tine u la'bes of th 'rif.liry3 we n I)hit n .or 1)1 ihat v d.a lolide s on ih! C:.h YNern o year f e p:tfo .i :n fon il.a oUh. C1*041Mr.uAted. datifaci1n uar..10,ed. W Im. .\riLed. t. innt o j.l. 7e; ivWN. -D ' u t are 1 r.by :a !vLid rhaa ien We i eit inse l. ti ie 1n 111 1() ye o ufo UXh4e pre-en arid ;u te rr 1rte )v cahi. ie i n ut of enies v Wn1 it. to Ilo-ir dvanay 14, gi-,p M a tall Xo r o ITeow CTROUERIES! I (Cm- 110~.11 r1AVc1i ool ' .4130xs Saill. 6I', cl-t (thv.iiod 8111t gvixc, Al -1 t ine Caindles, 2 Iloxes SI arch, icree I 1:1111Si. (CAS 1. R. J. TM'cCABILEY'S dou. IS Ci Cn- Ivr 4 '',". - .I B~ . , s I! d ' ,c 411 fil I I ii1I F a -t , Io It v1.1 (y.4llvi Vij~;ICi -(1 31 ae th :4Io rt 4:44. IIV uO1H 4'.1 a "'tohd i.e. thleyr 11oi PP:I Ill NDe ILII. 11 On. Pi l Ices ar c4 ill Iil ii I e w ait ii -: MARKED DOWN, MARKED DWN S. LANDECKER & CO aire offering at extremely low prices. NO HUMBUG! Best Calicoes 10 conts, Drese Goods at GIIWAT BARGAINS Clothing, Boots nnd Shoes Reduced to Wholesale Prices. REMEMBER THE FIRM, S. Landeclker & Co. deO il CJ.A.R OLI]SwA LP INSURANCE CO., ANI Baltimore, Md ASSETS $1 '0,000. Ron. Jefferson Davisi Pres't. Gen. Wade Hampton, Vice Pres't. J. D. KEP NDY,ta'Q Agent. DcDOi(Si EG LESTON, inny 1-. ly Local Agrtt. YOiRi VI Y iE, s. U. Ti, lu.mutiom is fulily sup. .i liy icientilic nlppunrtis ;nd a ihe recent ix'emmion of lihe ' oe of stuiesilc pltees it, in~ Ih roioa lank ol' Fontherna lEducatijonal I nst it ut ioa it. T1he timsa sessi 'na of' the Shlaai Yea':r or l87-1. will baegina on t ho 2.1 of F'I l~ItI th I|Y Ai pl' y for Catalogue cnain nR fulT urrienlars. C( .. A (OW,\RD, 'hn, I ldb c.ma aadm i gIo ip RTirc e laxa neipwm0 ad Yu, 'tyw o I arl ne crpN.O M ise Chmeese, Crackersm Suigar, Ceffee, &c. LOW FORL CASIH. dec 30) UEATY & 11RO. A FEW APLTOATION -fAE Puro Blooming Comlexon li r rel f w-t~be, ait peato i so an e i nt on r. t d o s w y i h h e F us a Ap a a c au-d b int aiie a d E ct .c t 7la s a d e no e a l o th i a la p e Pde~ni arkand nsihtl apt.Divsn 99.> < h . ub ra db t e th (d1'tiec rnnlstefdo h c i PuoTHU Bloom CompExUTY. os S1a. c he, a and 14ncymm.emilb trc Depot,