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poifry dAr.nuncipation ami therefore not
iw-riTornnis in that regard. The north?*tr
armies sent to this Department had, it
iswell known, very little desire or thought
of the liberation of the slaves. Their
motives Uere high ami noble insofar as
they sacrificed hoino, endured hardship I
nod periled life for what they believed to
be the cause of their country. And so it
fealy was, though not iu the sense, which
^?y and the government thought. If J
tnev did not come as liberators, they cannnt
inoflv ..l-iini flio merits :?nd the l*e- !
tvards of liberators.
Cat let it be granted tlmt we, soldiers |
sind civilians, all are here purely and i
dimply for the liberation of the slave. !
. There are other and paramount eondi- !
tions, which esentiallv diminish the merit
of that position. If we are here as lib- ;
Orators, we are here also as delinquent j
debtors come at hist and tardily to pay a i
mountainous debt, which has been accn- !
inulatiug, at more than compound inter- i
est, for nearly a century. I reckon in J
tbis connexion only the period since the I
Adoption of the Constitution of the U. S. j
when the nation practically assumed the J
guarantee and responsibility of slavery?a !
debt, of which every one of us personally j
lias been from year to year, enlarging the j
amount, and increasing the burdeu.
Even in the character of liberators we
have come only to make a late and unatOhement
for three generations
of unutterable wrong inflicted upon a j
whole people, our countrymen and brothers,
for the guilt of which even* one of j
?S IS in so iiit* uegrtT uccuuuiuum;, i
Even as liberators, we are* or should !
I>e, here as penitents for u vjist national I
win, which by the inevitable sequence of
cause and effect, but another form of '
stating the law of the Divine Providence,
was fast working out its inexorable retributions
in the venality and corruption of
public nfen and politicians, the inerejising
-?,?estimation- of jnoaey_pver manhood, the
g3ucral decay of the spirit", Understanding
and appreciation of freedom among
the people, so that thousands of the people
were idinost ready to believe that the |
divine oracles of the Declaration of Indc- j
pendeucc were but <l fanfaronades," mere j
glittering generalities." or "self-evident
lies,"" accordingly as one or another of the
lufidels of humanity among us declared
them to be, ? a startling evidence of our
national degeneration. Even one of the
mightiest minds of New England dared
to urge nil assembly of the sons of the
?-?jHcgnms to "conquer their prejudices"
in favor of liberty.
As liberators we are here not more for
the freedom and rights of the negro, than
1or our own, which events, with their
stern logic, have proved to be inseparably
united with his. We are here for our
?*3Ut80 equally with his, and for that vast
1'uture of the nations, which this war has
opined, that is to be developed from the
vital, practical recognition of every man
:is a man endowed by his Creator with
nbsukite and inalienable rights.
in conquering this territory we have
simply paid a long arrear of debt, and
redressed the wrong of generations of
oppression. If wo have acquired any
equitable rights to the soil, we can well
aiTord to be generous and magnanimous,
and postpone our claims until our work
<?: liberation is ccmpletely finished, and
there shall J>e room enough for all. The
instructions of the President are manifestly
general and prospective; and the
only legitimate advantage of the position,
in which according to their letter thev
o *
leave placed us, is to see to it that they
sire interpreted, at all events carried ont
for the benefit of the people, for whose
benefit, first of all, they ought to have
been, and I doubt not were intended.
The negro owns everv foot of these lands
4 *
by a thousand valid titles, ? by right of
eminent domain, and of personal requisition.
He alone has fulfilled the divine
condition of all ownership or occupancy
/ I
THE FREE SOt'TH?BEAUF<
of (lie earth, by enlti*ating, subduing and
replenishing it.
Consider it as a simple question of
wages. All civilized, and most barbarous
, communities recognize the natural law
I that, the workman is worthy of his hire,
i To illustrate its pre-eminence in lmrbari
ism, Dixie repudiated tliis law. It could
not weaken its validity. These people
have labored upon the land for two hundred
years without compensation. Their
! wages area lien upon tlie land superceding
all other claims. Supposing their nnmbers
continued without increase since 1788,
| when they were 300.900 ? the average
value of their labor only 8 50 each yearly.
That would have been 15,000,000 a year,
and for the 75 years 1,125,009,000. That
is the present amount of the debt without
interest, ? a debt not to be barred by any
statute of limitations, or political exigencies.
But the lmmbenTili!**} been constantly
increasing of men J wmnen and
children subjected to this pitiless destiny,
until they number now 4.li 00,000. Compute
the amount, and it will exhibit an
aggregate, by the side of v^hich our national
debt, even when i& shall have
reached its highest dimensions, will l>e
but an inconsiderable fraction) and all the
lands of the slave States, indefinitely multiplied,
would not liquidate, feliahr we be
willing to appropriate for our ov??diajj^t
any portion of this modicum of compen^
sation, which the reluctant justice of the
nation has offered them?
But the right of the negro to the lands
rests upon far higher eonsiderations-thun
this material and arithmetical ground.
The ignorance, moral debasement and
bmtaliTation, into which the infeniaf necessities
of the system, to wliich lie has
i* 1
been subjected by our sunciion ?na unuei
our guarantee, havo sunk him, every
wrong inflicted uj>on every one of liis
race through all the years of their bondage,
every manhood degraded, every crown
of womanhood defiled by brutal lust, every
I home robbed of its sanctities, even* drop
of blood, that has followed the stripes of
! the scourging, are nevAsnd distinct title
deeds ; all together constituting a cumnlaj
tive immensity of right, which sdl the
parchment title deeds of the world would
not give, nor millions of political com;
pacts and fancied State necessities iuvaliI
idate.
WliOv then, will hesitate to make the
noblest use of the opportunity which Pro!
vidence, rather than Ids own agency or
! choice, has put in his hands, of aiding
the negro to take possession of his tang'
los' inheritance, and building himself up
! into a self-reliant, sclf-respcetiug, manly
, freedom. ' *. a. s.
?
Heal KMalr Ajrenf.
i 'Hie subscriber announces that Ik? is
ready to act as agent for the purchase and
i sale of real estate in South Carolina, Geo"
gi? and Florida. He will also he ready
j to attend to the collection of rents, debts,
etc., in the Department of the South.
BKKEKKXCIO:
! Thomas Vernon. Atfy at I.u\v. "1 Nassau St. N. V.
: Weaver Volkmar.
Thorns* WalUon. riiiladrlphia. I'ena..
i tilerrihew ?V Ttroro^oti,
j Hritr. Oen. it. Saxton.
! A. 1). Smith. L". S. Tax CommL-aloncr., I>auj
fort, S. C*.
Address JAMBS ft. THOMI'SON".
lU-aufort S. C.
Ann's Last.?During his varioloid siek;
ness, the President could not refrain from
j his joke, for he remarked to his physician,
! " There is one consolation about the mat
I ter, Doctor, it cannot in the least Uistigi
urc me!"
| Well Knit.?"Ma," said a five year
| old young lady to her mother, the other
| day,' "do they make men the same as
, they do stockings?" " How absurd, you
j talk, Jane -of course not." "Then what
marie you say this morning, ma, that
Major Spanker w:is a remarkably iceV koii
man?"
Marriage.?Before marriage, the mar
is very much struck with the woman, and
afterwards the woman is very mnch strueli
by the man. Punch says it is a striking
piece of business all through.
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HIT. S. r.frrvrtRY 30, ISO
! Sale oi l.otM and Blorkii in Ucuufori^
Wet nth Carolina.
11M-I Btafcj 4-- ,'^sa;
1 I w ;j-o ?> ?*> Al Ouri i'. i>ro\vuv>.
2 j |j*)o ;
4 m ?'<oO 620 'Snmnel C'oh-n.
5 ? l.W? '
,l ! 1 I*-') 220 iMerritt A. Slzer.
. 7 liw 1
I .tM I 40 i
{ A j a I isoo ;
j K I I !HV) ' :vl I Montr.
I C i I aoo i 60 iCapt. Win. Jamea.
A ! If I lfto | 41 'Sharper Ureeu.
B jl M
o : if60
! A I 11 if 1700
IB! 11 J J
' : IF l*,rt 12ft I. IItrri?iOD.
B : 12 (> Too I JB50 ; Mary Bell.
A W 1 100:1 I roo Wm. B. Bred.
B I 1? ;/ 130.1 i 1205 Mr*. M. Hale,
j M / noo 1 1025 |T. W. LowU.
I VT 600
! 1*/! 7?o
A 2f l WM 725 LL J.S.Gibto, 1ft Ar.
B ! 2y 600 156o Lt. .J.S.GIbbs, 1st Ar.
B 1 i t sftft -10 Wm. Bryant.
< ' I "l soo j r.V) .Israel Cohen, soldier.
A ft ftOft 315 Cato Wri.'hf.
i B ? 20" 17,1 ; Wm. MkMetoo.
; a ? * ryt ; Capt. II. IHce.
B 7**0 rtif, Robert Small.
A 25 (10 iir, , A. \V. Hall.
B 25 too j?-j5 'PrinceBivorf,soldier.
A 26
B I 20
t: j ? j I
B I g l'>0 ' 410 jCapt. S. C. Millette.
B j 27 .V) | tio '"apt. S. S. Sprinyr.
J V [ 27 :;oo : 2.V) ?>'rirt Wm. SrrGilL
I A 1 ?8 100 ; loft fu. >\ G. Parker,
j n : 7)?t 13ft5 ? "
? J *00 1 15-ift ?
D i ' 300 610 , " "
; ? \ 25) 1 250 -Wm. MUldleu**.
30 ,
31 1
A. | 33
TPi'r- i, L
I 30 j ?0 | 115 ?k^S. Gibbs.
A [ 33 1 400 | 64o 'lohnVnw?f,!t!W.
O f S3 | 250 ' 600 fticharii HolBin.'eU
B | 34 ' 200 I 445 lecUPoweit, do,
C 34 ! '10 1
B i 33 ! 150 1-io Bryan Whirr.
C I nr. I 100 I 2ftO Jorp. H. WodrlL
I) I 35 J>0 2o5 John Lambert.
A 36 I 300 | 2tx) Renty 1* ield.
B I 36 ! 000 . 1ft KI 4er^t. W. P. Hod^ea,
O * 36 ; 60 ! 120 Wm. rhwholm.
E I 36 50 j K> Henry Davenport.
A [ 37 900 ,
B [ 37 30 I 210 T. P. Sanjjer, 1st Ar.
' (' ? 37 30 170 A. J. Stillaon.
D | 37 j 100 |
K [ 37 j IrtO ' 030 Corp. F.
A 38 400 I
It 1 3s j )5<i0 1200 1 Wilkes A Thompson.
c I 3S I lfiOO !
1) f 8S I 100m ;
A I :w i -00 , 405 Is. Mayo.
It f 9 I 150
! c ! :c> i aoo I
40 *>(io ; 725 J. Oonant.
A | 41 700 i K.30 Frc-dmanN Asso'Cn
B i -11 soo i 4'>o Esol Kilsay.
( ; 42 I 1000 (
43 J 200 ; 3115 |F. Bat<ss soidier.
I 1) ! 44 : (J((0 I
I C ! +4 150 ; 636 'Corp. J. S. Walker.
43 ) 300 ' 520 jS. F. Si root.
1 A J 4*1 1* 0 ' :i65 | A. Middleton.
B 4-1 : 500 I 1225 S. u. .Mirse.
I t? 1 4*1 100 i .V?0 IV, Wright,
i I) 40 | 50 1 17 Mrs. S. Williams.
1 A 47 ! 400 : 1355 iSer^t. C. Thomas.
11 47 400 t 1305 1'. .Morris soldier.
I A ' 4S :.50 i 555 ;Ser. W. C. Morrison
B : 44 *W ! 2S0 'S. C. Millette.
I c : 4s I iouo i
I A : 4o i 300 075 jttabriel Haynes
t 15 I 40 ! 300 i ia;o s. Hall, solilier.
I C 1 40 j 100
j u 40 WOO { 2050 's. C. Miilftte.
K 4o j Woo ;
! K 4'.? JsiK* 3100 S. Msro.
! G i 40 *.H*1 1313 A. w." nail.
I i ;*? WiiO 3"00 Capt. G. A. Bennett
ii : :?!? .aw
i C 5i voo i sir. S. C. Mfllette,
Y 50 ' 3fx? . 1130 J.'.V. Collins, soldier
31 !?) ' 234? 'J. M. MeManntts.
I 32 1*0 230 lJobert M. Taitt
B 5.7 ! :sM) ; 1125 Serrt. I. Middleton
54 ! :ato s70 Maj. E. Porter.
A 33 3"0 Han 1). Grayson, soldier
( i 33 ; 30 no .Maj. C. A. Ukv.
: At- 30 lsfio j
it J 50 3o 323 ,Gco. Noble, soldier
A 57 5<h? ; lstu ,Wm. Jenkins, navy
f 57 3 n? 14!>0 N. Kruen. soldier.
l> 57 30O 1?5.3 ; H. J. 0*Xeill. ifeld
! a j 130 j ,3*o 1 Elmend'iT.fc Semmer
I B 3< 73 ; 40?? , Co pi. Blake, navy.
| (j 54 ; 4" 1 110 {Emanuel Haloes.
|) j.s l-to ' 540 jS. Braeu, soldier,
i i-? ! ?()ii l.uift f in* .T !T Vtrmre
F j IW . ?K? VS' . Samuel Chaplin.
I 1) ! 5J GOO
; ! : > :>j :w
li .'? > _*?" ISO Win. Seabrook.
I n :> it .Ft a. yu-hol*.
A Go UW yj? I. Crovrell, soldier,
i K Go ilott
i c oo i?a?o
1> Go . lino
K . Go ;>os 1075 F. I). Sanpp.
A 01 1(W?
H 61 1??
, I) i 01 ! 000 nitjrt n. W. Cass, soldier
F. 01 ' 1SOO ! 7500 ;Col Henry Moore.
; F ol o'oo
; ?? !!0 . no Capt.W.J. Randolph
<0; ' 7ft sT? j '
it I 7ft . 17.p? . "
! .45 f 7ft ;><?.?
V i dti Gfto i 17*0 D. Jackson. soldier
, n i K ? "?ti j 11<? Lt. G. H. ChamOerln
, ! C 55 ' . 11W P. 1). Shu pp. soldier
i B 57 ' 15:> j C::0 i >. Coon, soldier.
| c. ! r.7 f" 15:i CO . Kosa Parker.
1 A ! i?s | .>10 ; 102.*# Jorp. P. Gardner.
| B f>s '?o 405 rt. Williams soldier
? I c B I ! *?? ; CIO IIlaines. soMier.
; I D F*- I 100 ' Jorp. hobcrt Cord.
. b on \ !H? i
' C >S> ! -InO l.v>.*> R. Williams soldier
' ! 1) 1 IjD ! :a)o US.'# ; tl. Ijsebell, soldier.
I K i f&> l?oo .Vain ! 1 M. Baldwin, navi
' (', Wi .'#00 j 17vii t Maj. C. A. Kiee.
K 10 4?"? (
. F ' .0 50o 1C1.*> ' B. Chamberlain.
. | G | To ?Joo *.'7i.% Bonnv. soldier.
I | A I 71 1000
j b 71 soo
j C '71 500 li.? |i>. Jt II. Bravman.
> j 1) ? 71 500 Its.*# W..JamesH.& Whii
I | j | uey A. lieasly.l S.(.
it*. *?
r n
4. NO. 4.
, | Tax C'ontinufd.
! A . K ?? ! I '*? 1M3J. 0. A. RJff.
B ! 72 i 'JflO l-'STi ;Lt. UtvMWi^tOB.
F : it loo k
i 7! 00 " ;Lt Dav!d WlgCoa.
74 ; ??o | i
1 -?;? ;*? | ::S0 ' **
, A ! TO 70 ; ? 12ft :?.C. Vail
! B 7<> -<k) l.tlii Vorp. IfuineH, lotS.C.
! B ; 70 7<? I ilr> P. hillin^M. soldier.
! A ; xi 'AO lli) J.ISolv Jt WbiCury.
j A Nl .MM
H j SI K'm j ;(ifo. U Saxtna.
I 1> . * Si 1-00 i 40?ift Seigl, A. <?. Hcfnr?
[ r S:; so | *v> 'Lt. Darkl Wis?t?m. *
S4 i so i V.Vi S-r?t. Print* ldrrw.
Sft SO 14ft { ' *
; *4 j m ' ier? j " "
A : ST ! SO i ISO J.IIe?tv ? H'hieiH-v.
B : s? 1 Sft i . nolo Lt. 1). Wilton, W j.
A j St , 09 ! -Of. Mown iiUntWpi*-.
B j ss J To | :;Y? ;Ser^t. Stcadrruin.
92 <56 > lift J. ti. Thompeoo.
; 98 00 I lift [ '
94 i ft? i do Col. J. D. Strootj.
j | 9ft ft ! 40 ,C\ipL S. S. Springe*.
: 96 j S3 ; .TOO iM.ijTC. A. Klcc.
| 97 1 4'M) 1 l:tt?4 ' "
A | ys .TO i I:;-, Scrzt. A.Miller. 18.C.
B 98 TO j 29? <f. (i. Thompson,
j C I 09 ; 1000 | 17?? Rev. M. Rr.-ncb.
I : loo "TO | ISO Dr. r". A. Hsyden.
! | mi oo i if? ?
| 102 ' CO 100 Col. J. D. Stmoc.
I 188 00 ! 11" iCapt. S. S. S|riB7W.
lo-f ''9 1<*> M*j. C A. ittoe.
i lift ! 4>? : 14:?? "
10.1 i 90 loft (Sor^t. .A. .s. Heorr.
I A : mi S?K>
j B ; 107 000 !
| lfts fto .VI ;C'oL J. D. Strong.
I | 109 . .V) ; 90 < "
i i 110 ft? | lift ilaj. C. A. Rke.
. in ; ft? ! lift I |
112 j ftO ISO ? ?
j 118 j CO ?55 J "
114 70 47# 1 "
! C I up I loo 47ft IB. !Iao%\ :xtb V. V.
General Order* >o. 10*
Heathji vstkbh, Dki.\ktmk\t or tiik Sorr*,*
Hiliux Heap. S. C., Jan. 20th, 1004. /
It is with rv?Tet that the Major (ftmeral CnmnuadUbf
: has observed in the evidence adduced before Coarfx
, Martial charged with th* trial of colored soldier*, indfi
cations, more or lees routtiieunn*- nflmnF.?>? a
;Kor of officers toward* th?? men under their oaumod.
! oiTtlie one hi'n'i and extreme hfiMhueie'on 'ific'iMWRr "
[ Either conrec must rettoll not only in insubordination,
, but in conseqnencea of the most serious nature, wttetbj
er the wildier b? white or black. From their formrr
; dependent condition, ami the consequent humility that
. generally charactarizee their deportment, there in bo
donbt that the latter are tawily controlled, and except
in comparatively rare instances, are not likely to violate
that discipline to which thev have through life Ik*? ra
rijjidly BQiyected, *lf treated with eveuhanded justice,
. and a strict and conscientious attention to their want*
! and comfort.
j An officer who is unduly furuilLir either in speech or
association, or who abuses by wind or action the pnsv!
er and authority confered upon him, not only strito*
I at the root of discipline himself, but encourages it in
others.
The (Jeneral commanding desires it to be distiiicDjr
! understood that in every case bcn-ifter that may he
j brought to his notice, of such conduct, a prompt ami efficient
remedy will be applied.
Thin order will be read to the troops of the (liftmat
' ! Commands within this Department on the day after it*
I receij*.
By Command of Major-Ucnenil q. A. oil.I.MOKE.
>e\ra Worn Europe.
Tlirt. steamship Columbia, from Gal wayJan.
.>, arrived at St. John's X. F., on
| Sunday. Her dates are two days later.
It is semi-ofticinlly announced that
. Archduke Maximilian will soon visit Paris,
and from there sail with requisite reenforcemeats
for Mexico, where he expects
i to arrive before tbe end oT March. Capitalists
are said to overwhelm him with
offers of money on the simple guaranty
of his accession to the throne.
The address moved in the French Leg-,
islative Rody to the Emperor is very
pacific toward Russia and loudly extols
tlia Fmneror's scheme for a Comrreas.
| The Rebel steamer Florida, at Brest,
' | having nearly completed her repairs, wax
. j was to sail in February. A French vessel
' was to accompany her. as well as the
. | Ivearsage, which was unchored alxxit 20U
yards from the Florida.
The Holsteiu question has still a threat 1
| eniug aspect. Tne Danes have completely
j evacuated Holstein. At tlie same time
the Danish Government have trailed for
14,0.K) resdi ve troops, and issued a proclamation
in which it is declared that the
honor of the country is to b.? hpheld.
Too Mivh Rewau;).?iu a tra *t distributed
by the Mormon preachers, the followj
ing question and answer occurs: * Wiiat
shall l>e the reward of thoss wlio hare
forsaken their wives for righteousness
. sake? A hundredfold of wives tere, and
i wives everlasting hereafter!"
Pickets.?A soldier, gaining his know]
edge of military phrases entirely front bin
i own experience, gives the following dcdni
tiou :?" Pickets. These are chaps that
* are sent out to borry terlvacker of the enemy'
aud to see if the rebels h:is got a t
pass."
A keejier of a saloou advertising his
I establishment, concludes thus:?
" I "Those of my patrons who may uesirn
' it can be sent home 011 a wheel-barrow,
gratis."
" My lord," said the foreman of a?
' Weish jury, when giving in their verdict,
"we fiud the man that stole the nmro not~?
l: guilty," __ .
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