The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 10, 1867, Image 1
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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Polities, literature and General Intelligence.
VOL. 2.
ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1867.
NO. 30.
BY JAMES A. HOTT.
TERMS:
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1H UNITED STATES CCEBESCY.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol?
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and Fifty Cents for eaoh subsequent insertion.
Liboral deductions made to those who advertise by
the year.
For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars
in advance.
Acts Passed by the Legislature.
an act to authorize and regulate the
the creation of private- corpora?
tions within this state.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
qnd^IIousc of Representatives, now met and
kitting in General Assembly, and by author?
ity of the same, That a private corpora
lion for any purposo whatever, excepting
banking, insuranco, constructing rail?
roads, canals, turnpikes, bridges, cause?
ways and ferries, making and selling gas
for light in and for any city, town or vil?
lage, supplying the inhabitants of any
city, town or visage with water, manu?
facturing or distilling spirituous or intox?
icating liquors, and, also excepting mili?
tary, fire and lottery companies, may be
created in this State, by complying with
the following provisions:
1. A petition by the persons desiring a
charter to the Court of Common Pleas,
for the District where a majority of the
corporators reside, or in which they may
desire to transact business, or to a Judge
or Chancellor at Chambers, setting forth
the object of their association, tho amount
of its capital stock, if any there be, the
privileges they desire to exercise, and the
name and style by which they desire to
be.incorporated, (notice of such applica?
tion having been first published once a
weok for two months, in one or more
public gazettes nearest to the point where
such business is to be located.)
2. If upon hearing such petition, the
said Court, or the said Judge or Chancel?
lor at Chambers, shall be satisfied that
the.application is legitimately within the
purview and intention of this Act, and
not inconsistent with the public welfare,
the said Court, Judge or Chancellor, as
die case may be, shall pass an order de?
claring the said application granted, and
the" petitioners and their successors incor?
porated for and during a term not ex?
ceeding fourteen years, with the privilege
of renewal at the expiration of that time,
according to the pi*ovisions above set
forth, and the said petition and order
shall be filed in the office oi the Clerk of
the said Court for the District in which
the business of the incorporation is to be
transacted, and it 6ha.lL be the duty of
the eaid Clerk to word the same in a
book to bo procured by him for the pur?
pose, at the expense of the funds in tho
hands of the Commissioners of Public
.Buildings for his District, and he shall
also, forward a certified cooy thereof to
the Secretary of State, to be filed in his
office. A certified copy of said petition
and order, under the seal of the said
Court shall be evidence of such incorpo?
ration in any Court in this State.
o. The individual members of such cor?
porations, whenever the object of the as?
sociation is for the purpose of trading or
transacting business for profit, shall be
jointly and severally bound for the ulti?
mate payment of all the contracts of said
companies, incurred while they are mem?
bers of the same.
4. The Clerk of the Court, for his ser?
vices in each case shall receive tho sum
" of two dollars.
5. Corporations thus created, shall
have succession of officers and members,
power and authority to make all by-lawB
not repugnant to tho laws of the land, to
have and use a common soal, and the
same to alter at will, to sue and be sned,
plead , and be imploaded in an}- Court
of law or equity in this State, and may
exercise all corporate powers necessary
to the purpose of their organization, but
shall make no contracts or purchase, or
hold any property of any kind, except
such as is necessary in legitimately car?
rying into effect such purpose, or for se?
curing debts due to the company.
G. A private corporation for the pur?
pose of carrying on agricultural, mechan?
ical, mining or manufacturing business,
except that of manufacturing or distil?
ling spirituous or intoxicating liquors?
may be created without tho stockholders
incurring an individual liability for its
indebtedness by complying with the fol?
lowing provisions:
7. A declaration in writing by the ap?
plicants, specifying the object of their as?
sociation, and the particular business they
propose to carry on, together with their
name, and the amount of capital to be
employed by them, and the time, not ex?
ceeding thirty 3'ears, for which they de?
sire to be incorporated; which declara?
tion shall be signed by all the. stockhold?
ers, and accompanied by tho affidavit of
the President, taken before some person
, authorized to administer oaths, of the
amount of-capital in gold and silver, or
current funds, or property, at its sworn
valuation actually paid in, owned and
employed by such corporation.
8. Such declaration and affidavit shall
be filed in the office of the Clerk of tho
Court of Common Pleas for the District
where the business is proposed to be
transacted, to be by him recorded in a
book to be procured by him for the pur?
pose at the expense of the funds of the
Commissioners of Public Buildings for his
district, as hereinbefore provided, and
shail also be published once a week for
two months in one or more public ga?
zettes nearest to the point where such
business is located, the expense of such
publication to be paid by the applicants.
At the expiration of the said time, the
Clerk of said Court shall issue a certified
copy of said declaration and affidavit,
adding the time and manner of publica
ca'tion, which shall be hold and received j
as evidence of the charter of said corpor
ration, in any Court in this State. The
said Clerk shall also forward to the Sec?
retary of State, to bo filed in his office, a
certified copy of said declaration and
affidavit, and he shall receive for his ser?
vices in each case the sum of two dollars.
9. If such corporation shall at anjv
time'iiesire to increase their capital stock, '??
an affidavit, like to the above, shall be
made, recorded and published as abovej
and a new certificate issued.
10. If the affidavit taken by the Presi?
dent, as hereinbefore provided, bo false as
to the amount of capital, bona fide paid
in, owned and employed by such corpo
ration, each and every corporator shall,
be jointly and severally liable for all dobts
and contracts mado at any time by said
corporation.
11. The whole amount of the indebt
ncss of such corporation, not counting its
capital stock, shall not, at anytime, ex?
ceed the capital stock actually paid in.
And in case of a violation of this provis?
ion, the officers and agents by whom s<u:b
excess shall be created, shall be jointly
and severally liable to the extent of such
excess, for all debts of the company then
existing, and also for all debts contracted
while they are in office, until the debts
shall be reduced to the amount of the
capital stock actually paid in.
12. If the officers or directors of Buch.
corporation shall declare and pay any
dividend when the company is insolvent,
or any dividend, the payment of which
would render it insolvent, or which would
diminish the amount of its capital stock,
they shall be jointly and severally liable
for all the debis of the company then ex?
isting, and for all that shall be thereafter
contracted while they shall respectively
continue in office; Provided, That if an}'
of the officers or directors shall object to
the declaring of such dividend, or to the
payment of the same, and shall at any
time before the time fixed for the pay?
ment, file a certificate of their objection
in writing with the Secretary of the com
panj', and with the clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for tho District in which
the business of the corporation is trans?
acted, they shall be exempt from said lia?
bility.
13. Every such corporation shall annu?
ally, within twenty days from the first
day of Januar)', make a report, setting
lorth the amount of its capital, the pro?
portion thereof actually paid in, and tho
amount of its existing debts; which re?
port shall be signed by the President,
verified by tho oath of the President or
Secretary, and filed in the office of the
Clerk of the Court for the Distinct where
the business of the company shall be car?
ried on ; and upon failure so to do, all tho
officers and directors of the company
shall be jointly and severally liablo for all
the debts of the company then existing,
aud for all that shall be contracted before
such report shall be made. And if any
certificate or report made in pursuance
hereof shall be false on any material rep?
resentation, all the officers who shall have
6i'gnod the same, knowing it to be false,
shall be jointly and severally liablo for all
the debts of the company contracted
while they are stockholders or officers
thereof.
14. The stockholders of such corpora?
tion shall be jointly and severally indi?
vidually liable for all debts that may be
due and owing to all their laborers, ser?
vants and apprentices, for services 2>er
formed by such corporation.
15. Such corporation shall have power
and capacity to purchase, take and hold,
in fee simple or for years, such real and
other property as may be necessary for
the purpose of their organization, or such
as they may take in settlement of any
debt to due them, and may dispose of tho
same, and shull have succession of offi?
cers and members, power and authority
to make all by-laws not repugnant to the
laws of the land, to have and use a com?
mon seal, and the same to alter at will,
to sue and be sued, plead and be im plead?
ed, in any Court of Law or Equity in
this State, and shall have and enjoy all
corporate powers necessary for the pur?
pose of the corporation, not inconsistent
with the laws of this State.
16. It shall be tho dutj of the officers
or managers of every corporation or
company formed or created under this
Act, to cause a book to bo kept by the
treasurer or clerk thereof, containing the
names of all persons, who shall within
four years hav.e been stockholders of such
company, and showing their places of
residence, the number of shares of stock
held by them respectively, and the time
when they respectively became the own?
ers thereof, which book shall be kept at
the office or principal place of business of
such company, in the district where its
business operations shall be located, and
shall be at all times, during tho business
hours of the day, open for the inspection
of stockholders and creditors of the com?
pany, and their personal representatives.
And any and every such stockholder,
creditor or representative, shall have a
right to make extracts from such book,
and such book shall bo presumptive evi?
dence of the fact therein stated in favor
of the plantiff in any suit or proceeding
against such company, or against one or
more stockholders. And every officer or
agent of such company who shall neglect
to make any proper entry in such book,
or shall rofuse or neglect to exhibit the
same, or allow the same to bo inspected,
and extracts taken therefrom as provided
hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a mis?
demeanor, and the company shall forfeit
and pay to tho party injured a penalty of
fifty dollars for every such neglect or re?
fusal, and all the damages resulting there?
from.
17. If any corporation formed or crea?
ted under this Act shall not organize and
commence transaction of its business
within one year from the date of its in?
corporation^ its corporate powers shall
coaee.
17. For the encouragement of trado
with foreign countries, and' the other
States of tho United Statos, private cor?
porations, having 6ueh trade for their ob?
ject, may be formed by any number of
tho citizens of this State, by complying
! with the provisioce of U*e foregoing eeo
tion, incorporating companies for carry?
ing on Agricultural, Mechanical, Mining
or Manufacturing business, except that
of manufacturing or distilling spirituous
or intoxicating liquors.
18. The General Assembly may, at any
time, alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or
may alter, suspend) annul, or repeal any
incorporation formed or created under
this Act, at its discretion, but such amend?
ment, repeal or dissolution, shall not take
away or impair any remedy given against
any such corporation, its stockholders or
officers, for any liability which shall have
been previously incurred.
Ratified December 29, 1866.
t an act to alter tue act entitled "an
j act to amend the criminal law."
j Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and Mouse of Representatives, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the au?
thority of the same, That the Act entitled
"An Act to amend tho Criminal Law,"
which was ratified on the nineteenth day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,
be and the same is hereby repealed in so
far as it is not hereinafter reinacted.
2. An assault to commit a rape is here?
by declared to be a felony without bene?
fit of clergy.
3. "With respect to the crimes of bur?
glary and arson, and to all criminal of
fences which are constituted or aggrava?
ted by being committed in a dwelling
house, any house, out-house, apartment,
building, erection, shed or box, in which
there sleeps a proprietor, tenant, watch?
man, clerk, laborer, or other persons who
lodgos thore with a view to the protection
of property, shall be deemed a dwelling
house; and of such a dwelling house, or
of any other dwelling house, all houses,
out-houses, buildings, sheds and erections,
which are within two hundred yards of
it, and are appurtenant to it, or to the
same establishment of which it is an ap?
purtenance, shall be deemed parcels.
4. Stealing from tho field any grain or
cotton not yet severed from the freehold
is hereby made a felony with benefit of
clergy.
5. For any person to put any obstruc?
tion upon a railroad, or to removo or dis?
arrange any part thereof, or to injure tho
machinery or cai*s used thereon, or to
mislead any person employod thereon by
false statements or signals, or in any way
to interfere with any part or appurte?
nance thereof, or with any schedule, op?
eration or use thereof, with wanton indif?
ference to consequences, or with a mali?
cious intent to do harm to person or
property, or to plunder, or to delay a
train for dishonest purpose, shall be a
felony without benefit of clergy.
6. Any person committing a breach of
trust with a fraudulent intention, shall bo
held guilt}' of larceny; and so shall any
person who shall hire or counsel any
other person to commit a breach of trust
with a fraudulent intention.
7. Every entry on the enclosed or un?
enclosed land of anothor, after notice from
the owner or tenant prohibiting the same,
shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
8. If any person shall, directly or in?
directly, purchase an}' product of a farm
from any person who is in tho employ?
ment oi another engaged in husbandry,
without sufficient evidence of his right to
sell, the purchaser and seller shall each
bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction of any such offence, shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and to suffer imprisonment not
exceeding twelve months, and shall be
liable to a fine at least equal to twice the
value of the product sold; and if that bo
not immediately paid, shall suffer impris?
onment in the penitentiary at the discre?
tion of Court.
9. The punishment of felony with bene?
fit of clergy, for the first offence, shall, at
the discretion of the Court, be by one or
more of the following modes, to wit: con?
finement in a penitentiary, work-house
or penal farm (when such institution shall
exist,) for a period not less than three
months nor more than ten years, with
such imposition of hard labor and solitary
confinement as may be directed ; confine?
ment in tread-mill or stocks; solitary con?
finement, hard labor, corporeal punish?
ment; imprisonment not less than three
months nor more than two years; fine
not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more than five thousand dollars.
10. Where no special punishment is
provided for a misdemeanor, it shall, ac?
cording to its nature and degree, be pun?
ished, at the discretion of the Court, by
ono or more of the modes prescribed in
the section last preceding for a felony
with benefit of clergy.
11. Upon view of a felony committed,
or upon certain information that a felony
has been committed, any person may ar?
rest the felon and take him to a judge or
magistrate, to bo dealt with according to
law.
12. It shall bo lawful for any citizen to
arrest any person in tho night time, by
such efficient means as the darkness and
tho probability of his escape render ne?
cessary, even if his life should be thereby
taken, in cases where he^has committed
a felony, or has entered a dwelling house
with evil intent, or has broken or is break?
ing into an out-house, with a view to
plunder, or has in his possession stolen
property, or being under circumstances
which raise just suspicion of his design to
steal or commit some felony, flees when
ho is hailed.
13. Whensoever hereafter any person
shall migrate into the Stato, and reside
here, or exhibit an intention so to reside,
if his bad character or his inability to sup?
port himself shall bo made to appear to
tho Judge of the District Court, tho said
Judge shall, by written warrant, require
him to enter, within twenty days there?
after, in a bond, payable to the State,
with two freeholders as sureties, whoso
sufficiency shall bo approved by the Clerk
of the Court in a penalty of one thousand
dollars, conditioned for his good behaviour,
and for his continued support of himself
and family. And in case such person
shall fail to give the bond as so required,
tho District Judge is hereby authorized
and required, upon complaint and due
proof thereof, to issue a warrant com?
manding such person to leave the State
within ten days thereafter. And if any
such person so ordered to leave the State,
shall not do so within the time prescribed
in such warrant, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there?
of, be liable to fine, imprisonment, cor?
poreal punishment and hard labor, at the
discretion of tho Court. If the bond
aforesaid should bo given, it shall be kept
by the Clerk, and suit thoreon may be or?
dered by the District Judge. In such
suit, any fine imposed upon the principal
obligor and not paid by him, and any
sums expended for the support of himself
or his family, under public authority,
shall be assessed as damages, to bo collect?
ed under the judgment for the penalty of
tho bond, which shall bo recovered upon
proof of any breach of the condition. If
any person, who shall have been convict?
ed of any infamous offence in any other
State or country, shall come or be brought
into this State, such person, on conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to transporta?
tion beyond the limits of this State for
life, or to hard labor, with occasional soli?
tary confinement, for any period not ex?
ceeding fifteen years.
14. Any simple larceny of any article
of good choses in action, bank bills, bills
receivable, chattels or any articles of per?
sonality, of which now by law larceny
may bo committed; of all domesticated
animals and animals ferce natures, which
have, in any degree, been subjected to the
control of an owner; of all growing crops,
or parts thereof; of all annual products
of tho soil, and of all such fixtures and
parts of the soil as were severed from the
soil by an unlawful act, below tho value
of twenty dollars, shall be a misdemeanor,
and be considered a petit larceny.
December 21,18?G.
an act for tiie encouraoement and pro?
tection op european immigration.
Section 1. That for the purpose of en?
couraging, promoting and protecting Eu?
ropean immigration to and in this State,
the sum of ten thousand dollars bo appro?
priated from tho contingent fund, to be
expended under the direction of tho Gov- '
ernor, for the purposo hereinafter provi?
ded.
2. The Goyernor, by and with the ad?
vice and consent of the Senate, shall ap?
point a Commissioner of Immigration,
who shall open an offico in the Fire Proof
Building in Charleston, to perform such
duties as may appertain to his office, and
shall bo paia for his services tho salary of
fifteen hundred dollars per annum out of
the fund aforesaid, in quarterly payments.
3. It shall be the duty of said Commis?
sioner of Immigration to advertise in all
tho gazettes of tho State for lands for sale,
to causo such lands, after having been
duly laid off, platted and described at tho
expense of the owner or owners, to be
appraised by three disinterested persons,
and their titles to be examined by the
Attorney-General or Solicitors of the
State, and endorsed by them, to open a
book or books for tho registry of the
same, together with tho price demanded
and the conditions of payment. And in
case such lands bo selected by any immi?
grant, to superintend the transfer of title
and other necessary instruments and pro?
ceeding of conveyance.
4. The said Commissioner shall peri?
odically publish, and causo to be distribu?
ted in the Northern and European ports
and States, descriptive lists of such lands
as have been registered and offered for
sah, together with this Act, and a state?
ment of such advantages as this State of?
fers in soil, climate, productions, social
improvements, etc., to tho industrious,
orderly and frugal European immigrant.
5. The said Commissioner shall be spe?
cially charged with the protection of the
immigrant, in theproper selection of their
lands; in the procurement of their trans?
portation, in the guarding of them against
fraud, chicanery and speculation; in their
temporary location in proper and reasona?
ble places of board and lodging on their
arrival, and in making all such regula?
tions and provisions as may be in any
manner necessary or conductive to their
welfare. And all officers of tho Stato are
hereby required and commanded to aid
and assist him in the objects aforesaid,
whenever requested.
6. The Commissioner shall keep a sep?
arate book, wherein he shall register all
applications from citizens free of charge,
for immigrant artizans, mechanics, or
malo or female help of any kind, together
with the kind of service demanded and
tho compensation offered; and another
book, wherein he shall record the names,
crafts and qualifications of immigrants
that are looking for employment; and he
shall make memoranda of such contracts
as shall bo made in conscquenco hereof.
an act to provide an expeditiou8 mode
of ejecting tresspas8ers.
That if any person shall have gone into
or shall hereafter go into possession of
any lands or tenements of another, with?
out his consent, or without warrant of
law, it shall be lawful for tho owner of
tho land so trespassed upon to apply to
any magistrate to serve a notiee on such
trespasser to quit tho premises; and if,
after the expiration of fivo days from per?
sonal service of such notice, such trespass?
er refuses or neglects to quit, it shall then
be the duty of such magistrate to issue
his warrant to any sheriff or constable,
requiring him forthwith to eject such
trespasser, using such force as may be ne?
cessary j provided^ however^ that if the
person in possession, before the expiration
of the said five days, appears before such
magistrate and satisfies him that he has
a color of claim to the possession of such
premises, and "Unters into bond to the per?
son claiming the land with good and suf?
ficient security, to bo approved by the
magistrate, conditioned for the payment
of all such costs and expenses as the per?
son claiming to be the owner of the land
may incur in the successful establishment
of his claim by any of the modes of pro?
ceeding now provided by law, the said
magistrate shall not issue his warrants as
aforesaid. That the magistrate shall be
entitled to demand and receive from the
person applying for such warrant a fee of
five dollars before issuing the same; and
the sheriff or constable shall; in like man?
ner, bo entitled to demand and receive a
fee of five dollars and mileage before exe?
cuting such warrant, from the person ap?
plying for the same.
an act to provide artificial xe08 for
all citizens of the "state who have
lost their legs during the recent
war.
The Governor is hereby authorized to
furnish all citizens of this State who have
lost their legs during tho recent war, in
the sorvice of the country, with artificial
legs; and the sum of twenty thousand
dollars, if so much ia necessary to pay for
the eamo, is hereby appropriated for that
purpose, and all other purposes necessary
to carry out the provisions of this Act,
and that all railroad companies in this
State be requested to transport to and
from Columbia, or any other place that
may be designated by the Governor, free
of charge, all citizens of this State enti?
tled to artificial legs under the foregoing
section of this Act.
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From Washington.
Washington. January 1.
The day is delightful and devoted to
receptions and festivities.
The ceremonies at the White House
are said by old citizens to be of an un?
precedented brilliancy.
The reception at the President's to-day
was attended by all tho members of the
Diplomatic Corps, members of the Cabi?
net, the Judges of the Supreme Court,
Senators and Representatives and other
officials present in tho city. Many of the
ladies were most elegantly attired. Con?
spicuous among them was the wife of the
Chilian Cliarge de Affaires, who wore a
splendid blue velvet, with long trail borne
by a small page in livery. The ladies of
tho household, Mrs. Stover and Mrs. Pat?
terson, were plainly dressed, but in ex?
quisite taste. The scone in the blue room,
when the official reception was at its
height, was peculiarly striking?the ming?
ling of epaulottes, decorations, foreign
ordors and gay drosses, forming a most
beautiful coup d'adl.
Owing to the immense number of fraud?
ulent claims, presented at the Quarter?
master-General's office, Gen. Meigs will
recommend to Congress an act, providing
thrco commissioners for each Stato, to
hold sessions within the State, and re?
quire claimants to appear in person and
establish their claims by oral testimony.
But one negro, a bright mulatto, un?
known here, presented himself at the
President's levee to-day. He was quietly
received and hurried himself away.
January 2.
There is good authority for saying that
the Bill impeaching the President will be
introduced into the House on Monday
next, by Ashley, of Ohio, with every
prospect of success. The President was
notified to-day of the fact, and expresses
himself ready for trial.
The statement of the public debt will
not be ready for publication until the 5th
or 6th of January. It is understood that
over 81,000,000 were paid last month to
Southern claimants for cotton captured
and confiscated during the war, and
claimed as having been illegally taken.
January 3.
The Sonate met at 12 o'clock. The
Chair laid before that body a communi?
cation from tho Secretary of tho Treasu?
ry.
Mr. Chandler presented a protest
against tho curtailment of the national
currency; also a petition for the increase
of the national currency.
Mr, Sumner introduced a resolution,
directing the Judiciary Committee to in?
quire if legislation on the constitutional
amendment is necessary to prevent the
snle of persons into slavery for a term of
years, as a punishment for crime.
The House met at noon. The Speaker,
presented a communication from the Sec?
retary of the Treasury, transmitting a re?
port from David A. Wells, Special Com?
missioner of the Eovenue, with the tariff
bill prepared by him as a substitute for
the custom laws now in force, stating that
the opinions and conclusions of Wells
met his approval, and commending the
report and bill to* the consideration of
Congress; referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means.
Mr. Wentworth asked leave to offer the
following:
Resolved, That tho Committee on the
Judiciary be instructed to inquire what
measuros, if any, can be taken to prevent
the Supreme Court from releasing and
discharging the assassins of Mr. Lincoln
and the conspirators to release the rebel
prisoners at Camp Douglas, in Chicago,
under cover and sentence of the law of
1863 ; and also to inquire into the expe?
diency of repealing such laws.
Thad. Stevens called up his bill for re?
cognizing the South. He says the late
decision of tho Supremo Court, ho would
not say was infamous, but more danger?
ous than the Dred Scott decision, and
that Congress must do something to pro?
tect loyal citizens against the barbarians
of the South,.. He denounced Watson, of
Va~ as &Q ia&clous murdexej,
The Intelligencer Job Officer
Having recently mado considerable additions t?
this department, wo are prepared to execute
m$ wdDisis udip msm&
In the neatest stjle and on the most reasonable
terms. Legal Blanks,(Bill nends, Posters, Cards,
Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every
style of work usually done in a country Printing
Office.
In all cases, the money will be required
upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied
with the cash, will receive prompt attention.
Hollywood Memorial Association.
The annexed appeal is copied from the
Columbia Phoenix of last Thursday:
The ladies of tne Hollywood Memorial
Association propose holding a bazaar, irt
Eichmond, Va., in February next, for the
purpose of raising funds to enable them
to carry out their plans in care of the
Confederate dead. It is their wish that
each of the late Confederate States, with
Maryland, should be represented in this
bazaar, as the Association is interested
equally in all the deceased soldiers of the
Southj from whatever Stato. thoy may
have come, who are buried at Hollywood.
An agent or agents will be appointed
in each State, who will notify the public
of that State of their readiness to receive
contributions of money, or of articles that
may be disposed of at the bazaar,
j It is hoped that in this undertaking,
I which appeals so touchingly to the ladies,
of the South, and those who sympathize
with them, there will be manifested a be*
coming enthusiasm, and that the bazaar
will illustrate how nobly these States oan
emulato each other in love and good
works on this occasion of so much intair?
est to all.
All money and articles of value from
Virginia should be transmitted to the com?
mittee; contributions from other States
should be reported to the State agent*
for their directions.
An efficient committee of gentlemen will
act in concert with the ladies in the care
fa] management of the funds.
It is surely unnecessary to add one
word to the above circular. It is well
known that on the sacrod soil which these
women of Virginia are endeavoring to
preserve as hallowed ground, rests the
dust of our brothers from every State in
the South. The graves of over 1,500
Carolinians eall to us not to neglect the
last resting place of those who have toiled,
fought and died for us, and wo cannot be?
lieve that anything nioro than the an?
nouncement that tho ladies of the bazaar
ask assistance from South Carolina is
needed to elicit a liberal response from
our people. All articles sent from South
Carolina will be appropriated to tho
"South Carolina Table." Contributions
; in money, fancy articles or refreshments
will be received up to tho 1st of Febru?
ary, directed to tho Agent of the Holly?
wood Memorial Bazaar, care of Be v.
Wm. Martin, Columbia, S. C.
Papers in the Stato favorable to the
enterprise will pleaso copy.
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Moral Cowardice*
Tho following sensible views are ex?
pressed in an editorial of the Charleston
Mtrcury, and we commend their perusal
to thoso contemplating a removal from
this section ;
If a man has to contend with difficulties'
here, where he is sustained by His own
people, he will have greater difficulties to
overcome in going to a new country. In
breaking up his home, in disposing of his;
property, small though it may be, ho ?
must inevitably lose greatly; and it may
be fairly assumed, that the same harei
work, energy and pcreeveraneo which
will onsure success abroad will also com*
mand success at home. The emigrant
leaves a soil, the cultivation of which he
thoroughly understands; he forsakes a
people whom he knows and loves; he in?
curs a vast expense in moving his family j
he loses largely in realizing the ready
money which he requires, and for what?
Simply, that he may have the privilege
of doing in a strange land that which he
can better do in his own State.
More than this, there is a moral cow*
ardice in the very idea of deserting your
people in the hour of their greatest need.
This State requires tho support and tho
labor of every one of her children. She
requires them in the rice field; on tho
cotton plantation; in the midst of the
wheat and corn. She requires them in
her towns, in the stores, on the wharves,
and in every department of her trade.?
Now that she is poor and well-nigh
ruined, South Carolina feels that she has
a claim upon each one of her sons that!
no other claim can set aside; and, by the
love that she has ever borne them, she
calls upon them uot to desert her in the
hour of her great distress.
It is not the part of a brave man to flee
the dangers that threaten to overcome
him. Increased difficulties should bring
increased determination; additional trou?
ble should only bring additional fortitude
and manly patience. No Southerner has '
the right to leave his State and seek a
livelihood elsewhere, so long as he can
support himself at home. Those men
who were heroes during four years, of
war cannot be recreant now. The fatura
of their State and of their country rest*
in their hands, and each one who leaves,
each ono who willingb forsakes his State,
is making it more diincult fbr her to re?
cover her former strength and prosperity.
This Stato cannot succeed if she is do
sertod by her own people; she cannot
succeed unless she meets with the hearty
good will and affectionuto earnestness of
those from whom she has the right to ex?
pect support. Upon the courage, tho
manliness, the fortitudo, tho pationce cf
her people, South Carolina now relies;
confident oven that she will not call in
vain on those bravo and steadfast men
who have never yet beeD deaf to hor ap?
peals.
? A lady having remarked that she
thought there should be a tax on the sin?
gle state, an old bachelor replied: aYe?r
jBadttXD? as on other luxuries.''