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I m Ml Tl > "l?" Bi-tsW??B? COLUMBIA. g Tuesday Morning, Sept. 4, 1886. Relief for tb? People. Public meetings have been held rrf many of th? Districts of this State in relation to the existing pecuniary difficulties' under which dur people are now laboring. At all these, we believe, without exception, the Go? vernor waa requested to convene a special session of the Legt;-utnre. To take this subject, wfthcQther mat? ters of grave and pressing importance, into consideration, he. ha?, by procla? mation, convened" the Legislature to meet this evening, lu bia message, the Governor will doubtless recom? mend such action as the exigencies of the time? may demand. But we regret to see br the pro? ceedings of some of the meetings, that it is expected the Legislature, as one mode of relief, will shield the debtor, for a timo at least, from the usual legal procesa for collecting just claims. This is all wrong. Our high eat State court has, very properly, we think, pronounced the old "Stay Law" unconstitutional, and in no way can the Legislature pass any law which tends to impair the obligation of contracts. The Constitution ol the State and of the United States prohibit any sn rh legislation, and there are no possible contingencies that couid arise which would justify a legislative body in interfering with n contract made between individuals. If they can say io a creditor, yon must not collect n debt justly due to you before your debtor is able tc pay, they can with as great propriety step in, and nullify private contracts of any nature. Such legislation would not be submitted to by thc people, and yet we hear the thought less clamor for legislative interven? tion to deprive one party of his just rights under a specified contract foi the benefit of the other. If this tx not injustice, we do not know whai other appellation to term it by. Repudiation is a word not knowi in the vocabulary of the people o South. Carolina, and the seeking ?relief, even temporary, from the pay ment of a jost debt, is nothing bu repudiation. The honor of the indi vidual citizen is just as valuable, an< ought to be equally preserved froD all stain as that of the State. W have no idea that tho Legislature wil attempt to exercise an unconstitu? tional power, and it is merely to shoi to those who expecfrelief in tho wa; referred to, that any such legislation is impracticable. Radical Spite. The petty malice and spite of th radical party exhibit themselves o every opportunity. In Philadelphii it showed itself through McMichae the Mayor, and the members of th City Council, in declining the usu* ceremonies of a public welcome t the Chief Magistrate of the country and now we have an exhibition of in tlie State of New York. Tl: Senate of that Sta'? is now in sessio trying a judge of one of their cour who has been impeached. On the 29tb, a resolution was pn posed, welcoming the Presiden General Grant and Admit al Farrrgu to New York. A motion was made 1 include the name of Mr. S^wari which was rejected-ayes 8, n:.ys 1! A second resolution was offered an again Mr. Seward's name was e: eluded, and the absolution, withoi his name, was adopted by a vote i 16 to 3. Radicalism, the Richmond Dispat says, is a bitter principle. It knox no sentiment of charity-not ev< common civility. Cold ne iee, ha: and insensible as marble, and heal less as granite. Such is a pr?t good photograph of the principlt if principles they can lie called, that political communion, at who altars minister such men as Frc Douglas, Thad. Stevens and W. < Brownlow. To eradicate such party and policy from the frame-wo of our Government is the high m sion of Andrew Johnson, and t conservative party now rallyi around him. DEATH OP EON. J. HARLEST READ.-The Charleston Courier, Monday, announces the death Hon. -J. Harleston Road, in that ci m * ?? An effort is being made in Loi villo to organize i company for i manufacture of buen. England drinks 13,000,000 of 4 lons of wine per annum. The Prmident. T%B journey ol the .President ?nd his reception at vari?os points have been marked with an unprecedented enthusiasm ou the partof his fellow cit-zens. As the Richmond lime? says, there is a significance in these manifestations of popular afiection, esteem and veneration, that cannot be mistaken or misrepresented. The country is in a political situa? tion which is without parallel ia its own history, or that of .any other nation. In a confederacy of States, some of its members, dissatisfied with the way the affairs oi the concern were managed, undertook to with? draw from it, and for four years put forth all their resources, energies and means to do so; but the remaining partners proved too strong in muscle and resources, and accomplished their object, in bringing back under "the old flag" those so-called erring South? ern sisters. After thoroughly subduing them-ofter compelling them to re? nounce the heresy (so-called) of seces? sion, and emancipate their slaves-a party ?f fanatios in Congress broke their plighted faith, and refused the Southern States re-admission to the old household. President Johnson, carrying ont the implied and expressed contract be? tween the General Government and the seceding States, opened the door of the Union to the latter on certain stipulated conditions. The condi? tions were accepted, but the Presi? dent found himself unable to give the representatives from tho South? ern States their seats in the National Legislature. From the death of his | predecessor up to this hour, ho has j fought with that narrow-minded and j unprincipled faction for the rights of J the Southern people and the tho rough restoration of tho Union. He is still waging that glorious war-1 fare against the enemies of his corni try, std it is a matter of high gratifi cation to observe, in the course of ? his present tour, how much of the heart of the people is with him in his glorious mission. The present pil? grimage of the President to tho tomb of Douglas bids fair to give the death? blow to radicalism. As he says in the speech wo publish, the country is coming together, and tho radicals who are trying to perpetuate their party had better stand out of the way-_ The Legislature. This body convenes to-night, in the College Campus, at 8 o'clock. There may not be a quorum present, as the Charleston train arrives nt a late hour. We trust that Senators and mern hers will go earnestly to work, and, after mature deliberation, adopt such measures as will prove beneficial to the people of the State. Some mode of relief for the destitute in the State, the repeal and modification of the code, and, perhaps, other mat? ters, will claim the attention of mem? bers, and we hope that whatever le? gislation they adopt may be perfected with an eye single to the benefit and welfare of their constituents. FREE TO DBE.-The Cheraw Adver? tiser tells the following: An inquest was held in this place, on Wednesday last, by James Powell, Magistrate, acting os coroner, on the body of Mary, a freedwoman, who was found dead in her residence, early that morning. The verdict of the jury, based on the testimony and a j post mortem examination, was, that I she came to her death from sickness, ; want of medical attendance and des i titutiou. I Mary was a young woman, the mother of three children. She came from the adjoining District of Marl? boro. It appeared, from tho evidence, that Bhe had been sick for more than two weeks and had had no medical attention, and there was no evidence that she hod hud anything to eat, but once, in the last seven or eight days; and, although there were two freed women living in other rooms of the same house, no one saw her from Tuesday evening until she was found dead, on Wednesday morning. We learn that she had gotten employ meut at three places, at either of which she could have remained and earned a living, if she would have worked. CONFED?RATE BONDS.-Tho Charles? ton Courier says: The despatch pub? lished in our paper of Saturday, stat? ing that the result of the Philadel? phia Convention had roused a slight advance in the Liverpool market for Confederate securities, is fully con? firmed by a private despatch sent to us by the General Agent of the Asso? ciated Press. The admission of the Tenneessee Congressional delegation was the first American telegram to Europe over the cable. 8onth?rn History. The Sooth need be in po haste to .have the history of her great straggle written; ?or need it alarm her chil? dren that their late foemen are over? flowing every channel of literature with their accounts of the contest. It is often of advantage, says the Rich? mond Times, to permit an adversary to waste his ammunition and expend his energies before we commence fairly on our part. Truth is eternal, immortal, indestructible, and knows no decay from the lapse of time. The record of our four years' glory most be the work of some. transcendant genius. Whether such a one lives now or not, time and his book must determine. But certain it is, that, whenever this "coming man," for whom fate has reserved the high ho .uor of making an imperishable record of our great deeds, shall take up his pen, a single chapter, perhaps, may suffice to scatter and annihilate the host of libellers with whom, by that time, the world will have become fully disgusted. How often have we seen, in the eventful history of mankind, how a ! single mighty book or pamphlet, by the force and power of truth, has been sufficient to reverse the senti? ment of the world, and to consign whole libraries of opposing literature to the sepulchres of popular scorn and contempt? All the dangerous i and incendiary writings of a whole j army corps of Jacobins and revolu? tionists were scattered by the genius of Burke, and checked in their mad career through England and the con? tinent by the batteries of his great mind. Tiie glory and deathless fame to bc won by him who shall worthily cele? brate the wondrous achievements per formed by tho Southern people, will never permit our history to bo un writ ten. Mau'? own selfish thirst for re- j nown and immortality will drive him to link his name with the history of so great a cause, if no other more en? nobling motive shall impel his pen. A great and glorious people, though overwhelmed, nay, destroyed, never yet lacked a fit chronicler of their achie vernen ts. The colossal propor? tions of our struggle will attract ad? mirers a thousand years to come, and j grow grander each year. GUARANTEES.-Secretary Seward, in a short speech made in New York, said: "Now, let me tell yon, once for all, I am in favor of all the wars [cheers and laughter] that the nation shall require. But I want the nation to put itself into the attitude of march? ing iuto the field with two legs; I don't want to start with one leg. And so I am impatient to have union, be canse I am not confident that we shall conquer all the nations with ono lame leg. They are talking about guaran tees. They say iu about two years | they will all accept the terms, and j then they will come into the Union, j Well, tho time has come for the Pre? sident, I think, and for us who are associated with him, to ask guaran? tees of the other side. What guaran? tees have we that if Tennessee shall humble herself in the dirt, and North Carolina and South Carolina, and eat the leek, and give up forty represen? tatives, to be given back when they allow the negroes to vote, what gua? rantees have they that they will ad? mit them then? I don't see any." j The New York Tribune announces I j that Frederick Douglass has been ! j elected a delegate from Rochester to | i the Loyal Southerners' Convention, I in Philadelphia, which, says the Tri- : ! hune, "will make no objection to his ! color." The Tribuneadds: "Such recognition of the stake his j race have in the country is in noble \ contrast with the admission of the j ? worst of rebels to tho Randall Con- i j vention. Mr. Douglass has said [ j little publicly, since his interview1 with the President, iu February, when Mr. Johnson was considerably j startled by his replies, and, after making a long speech, declined to enter into any discussion. The j Union party is perfectly willing-nay, j anxious-that the loyal colored men j j should have a voice iu its conven- j j tions." ! THE LIE OF THE LLAR.-At a Black j i Republican meeting at Pittsburg, ; ? Pa., Forney delivered himself at ; I length in a stylo of unapproachable j lying, of which the following morceau : is a fine specimen; "It is said that the most delightful j music in the ears of Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet were tho shrieks and groans of Union prisoners in Libby ! prison, and it is recorded that when one of these poor victims of pro slavery barbarity passed along the Southern streets, he was greeted with the derisive laughter of the Southern chivalry." "It is said"-by whom? By no-! body but that chief of liars and ca- i lumniators-Forney. A STEAMER FOR HIOH SPEED.-A | New York engineer has planned, and is about building a river steamer, constructed entirely of Bessemer steel, the length 450 feet, the breadth I 45, and tho displacement 1,700 tons. By constructing the steamer upon a ; peculiar model, which ho has plan- ; ned. tho engineer claims that with ; 10,000 (indicated) horse-power en? gines he eau secure a speed of at least ' thirty statute miles an hour. Tho boat will accommodate 1,000 passen gera, and is to run, if successfully i built, between New York and Albany, i making the trip in five hours. ' Fi n*ncial. Tho National Intelligencer, of the 30th ult., says: United States Government bonds are still on the rise iu European money markets. The last quotation of five-twenties, by the cable, was 72, with an advancing; tendency-a rato higher than they commanded the day before. Respecting the differences between gold and currency here, and adding the usual rates of exchange, the fi ve-twenties are now os high abroad os at home. Thc reported de? mand for our Government securities in Paris may have boen premature, or a mero stock-jobbing report. We may expect speculative reports for some time, until responsible menean manage the news department of the Atlantic telegraph. Any stock-jobber in New York may direct his agent abroad, by a private telegram, to make a report by ocean cable that will affect stocks on this side. But there is little donbt that our Government and State securities will malee their wav in the Paris Bourse ere long, unless, indeed, political complications in this country should I injure our public credit both at home and abroad. I In 18fi0, on the eve of our domestic troubles, the United States sixes stood firmly ut 117. This was our answer to all croaking about a civil war. It shewed the confidence of I our Northern capitalists in the sta? bility und responsibility of the Go- \ vernment. So, now, our public credit is on the advanoe everywhere, for the reason that everywhere our ability to maintain our credit and pay j off the debt within thirty years is admitted. The question of financial discredit as the consequence of radi- j cal rule has hardly yet been brought j promineutly to financial notice. But we observe that in some very intelli? gent and discreet Republican quar? ters the subject begins to claim at? tention. Tht; New York Evening Post, though radical in regard to some points of public policy, is conserva ti ve as regards the public peace and j public credit. But the radical rulers are j ust as desperate and as reckless, and as much bent upon general mis? chief, as thc rebel leaders of the j South were in 1861. They will not stop short of measnres, if they suc? ceed, that will necessarily involve the country iu "another war," and de? stroy the very basis of our national credit. LiAnrLiTY OF HOTEL KEEPERS. The Court of Appeals of Maryland has recently decided an interesting case. The law of Maryland provides that a hotel keeper may protect him? self from liability for ' money, plate, and jewelry," by requiring his guests to deposit such articles iu his care. The proprietor of the Maltby House, ol' Baltimore, was sued for ninety dollars in mouey, and the value of a watch, watch-guard, and pocket? book stolen from agilest. The court decided that the hotel keeper must pay for the stolen articles, saying that a guest must be allowed to keep 1 about him such an amount of money I as was necessary for his personul expenses at the risk of the proprietor, and that the other articles must be paid for also, because they were neither "money, plate nor jewelry." i CAULK OPERATIONS.-The New ! York Express remarks that some of the operations which have already resulted from the use of the Atlantic telegraph, are sufficient to show the immense changes in thc commercial relations of Europe and America, l which will bo brought about through I that channel. For example: A firm ; in Liverpool, on Tuesday last, sent an order to a house in this city for a cargo of grain; on fhe following Thursday, thc New York firm sent back a telegram that the grain had been purchased, put on board ship, and that the bills of lading would be forwarded by tho steamer of Satur? day, and the amount drawn for. In ordinary times it would hnvo re? quired at least six weeks to do as much as this; while in th* old times, before steamship, it would have re? quired full three months. SMALL CONSCIENCE ITEMS.-The Secretary of the Treasury and Gen. Spinner aro very frequently annoyed of late, aud the time of the clerks in the Department is consumed by idle persons transmitting communications in various styles of pleasantry and styles of orthography and etymology, eoutainiug one cent, or from that to twenty, for the conscience fund. All of these contributors make the request that the receipt of the amount bo acknowledged in tho city news? papers. The Treasurer of the United States has just ordered that, here? after, no sums less than oue dollar shall bo separately acknowledged, but shall be consolidated for a month, and a warrant for the aggregate amount drawn at tho end of the month. - WASHINGTON'S ORDER. -George Washington would not allow the Tories of tho Revolution to be plun? dered. Wonder how many of our modern heroes ever read this order: Geueral Washington strictly for? bids all the officers and soldiers of the Continental army, of thc militia, and all recruiting partie.", plundering any person whatever, Tories or others. And it is expected that humanity and tenderness to women and children will distinguish brave Americans, con? tending for liberty, from infamous savages, whether British or Hessians. GEORGE WASHINGTON. A Picture of New Bagltlt The following picture of New Eng? land was drawn by Gen. George W. Morgan, in a speech at a mass meet ing, made recently by Bim, "at Coshoc ton, Ohio: No mah is more ready than myself to do justice to New England, for all that Now England deserves. I respect her intelligence, but deprecate her .selfish ness and her fanaticism. I admire her energy, her ingenuity, and her enterprise, but I cannot com? mend her egotistical intolerance, nor that sordid selfishness which would impoverish every other ?State, and r?ople, for her own.pe?nliar benefit, am proud of the names of Greene, of Warren, of Starke-of ' the Han? cocks, thc Adamses, the Websters, tl>e Pierce*, the Woodbury*, and the Ch oates: but I should hesitate- long before 1 could commend, as models of statesmanship or patriotism, the Sumners, the Wilsons, the Garrisons, and the PhilHpses, who. as the agents of the lordly manufacturers, control our country. Then, when I say New Englaud, I mean tho extor? tioners, the Pharisees, the pretenders, whoso malign influence, like the breath of the upas-tree, contami? nates, poisons, and corrupts ?all that it tenches. - And it is with mortification that 1 here confess, that not only wc Ohioans, but tluit our f?ilow-citizens of all the agricultural States, are ruled, aye, I suv are ruled, by New England. In u late speech in the Senate, by a distinguished Ohio Senator-himself a native of our State, but an offshot from New England-while asking to bc allowed to phtee tho offering of his submission upon the footstool of New Eugland, he truthfully remarked: "Now England is at this moment not only*represented by her twelve Senators, but by six or eight more, who are sons of New England, who moved to the West, und carried with them their religion, their principios, and, in some cases, their wives; whore they did not, we provided wives for them. They came back herc as Senators, and now stand here to vote New Eugland ideas and New j England principles." [Applause.] Let us consider for a moment this 1 compliment paid to New Eugland by I an Ohio Senator. From whence came the Hon. Oolnmbus Delano, j J Thaddeus Stevens, Benjamin F. : Wade and Judge Trumbull? j They are, one and all, the native-1 ' born children of New Englaud, and : ! they have gone to Congress, not to ! I represent Ohio, nor Pennsylvania, I ? nor Illinois, but, in the expressive j I language of Senator Sherman, "to j vote Now England ideas and New j England principles." And so completely is New Eng I land enthroned, so firmly is our vas- \ I salago established, that we, men of ; Ohio, are taxed to make a gift of ' : bounties to Hie cod fishers of Massa ! chusetts and Connecticut. And in I return, generous New England, un ! selfish New England, condescends to ' impose a duty of a few cents per j pound on wool, while she, with a I modesty only equalled by her disinte ' rested philanthropy, is satisfied with ! a hundred percent, for herself! I Then, Ohioans-men of the young : and mighty West-I appeal to your manhood, to your self-respect, to your love for your home-laud, to break the shackles which the schemers of New England have thrown around '. us. - ?????-? Crvrii WAK BEGUN IN INDIANA.-A j i special to the New York Herald, from ! ! Indianapolis, on Wednesday, says: A state of affairs bordering on civil I war exists in the neighboring Countv of Hendricks. At Danville, last Sa? turday, the radicals attempted to : break up a Democratic meeting, and a riot occurred, in which stones, I clubs, pistols, guns and knives were used. Several men wore wounded, ; some of whom ure said to have died. Rumors are in circulation that a , force was organizing in other por? tions of Hendricks and from the ! ! Eastern part of this County, to march jon Danville and put that place in a j state of siege. The roads ure said to I be picketed and citizens arming for defence. On Sunday night, in the little town : of Amoe, Hendricks County, a mob of about 100 radicals, headed by an 1 obi mun named Edwards, surrounded the house of Victor Proussell, the only Democrat in the place. Thc i only objection to him is that ho sup i ported President Johnson, aud is the only national man in tho place, and : it is teared by the radicals that he will ' be appointed postumster. ; "liooroacks, " says the Boston ? Post, will be prolific fora few months ' to come. "Horrible Outrages at the South" will be multiplied faster than ; "Revolutionary Soldiers" were man U ; factured for political processions in j 1840. The negroes will be subjected ! to all sorts of cruelties in spite of ! the Bureau. They will be mobbed beaten-robbed-skinned-roasted killed- until the members of the Fortieth Congress are elected; then, attention may be turned to crimes North, j Bogus cruelties-radical electioneer j ing currency-pass just as well coun j terfeit as genuine, and are circulated with us little scruple and more zeal. A would-be agreeable, taking his ', seat between M?dame do Stael aud J the reigniug beauty of the day, said, ! "How happy I am to bo thus seated between a wit and a beauty!" "Yes," replied Madamo de Stael, "and with I ont possessing either." liooal Ztema. BLANK?FOR Saxa AX THIS OFFICE_Let? ters of Ad mic in tr at io ii. Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note, Mortgages and Coii Tovancos pf Kea! rotate. ARRIVAL.-(J ono ral 'Daniel B. Sickles, Commandant of thia Department, arrived iu this city lam night, and will make kin headquarters at dickerson's Hotel. Col. Moore and Maj. Roy, of the General'? atafl", accompanied h itu. THE BI'UXINH or Coi.ruBIA. AU inter? esting account ?>f the "Sack and Destruc? tion of th.i City of Columbia, K. C.," h.. - just been issued, in pamphlet form, from -, the Pftflfwir power press, orders filled to any extent. Price 50 cents. Copies can He obtained at this office and the bookstores. P KO ai EN A OK COKCEBT.-Notwithstanding the threatening appearance of thc wea? ther, last night, there wis a large number of ladies, with their escorta, at Nickcrson'n Hotok The band of the Sixth Regiment performed a number of beautiful airs, which acre heartily enjoyed. Gen. Green is entitled to, and will receive, the thankn of the community for bis ear neat endea? vors to add to their pleasures. LUNCH ANDSOCP.-Mr. T. M. Pollock, of the Rear House, will nerve up, at ll o'clock, this morningr a line lunch and soup, to which wc commend these of our reader? "Rho are fond of good tilings. Mr. P. in? tended t<> have turtle, soup, bnt the French gentleman, so necessary to such a deli? cacy, took French leave; bot there is some hope that he may be re-captnred, in which event ho will be served up to-day. If he cannot bc found, there win still be some tina noup and other fixings. M ess us. EDITOKM: The houses, stores ami ware-rooms of a business community having bi en destroyed by fire, which, to getbfir with the great loss incident to the emancipation of ?lavery, and thc deprecia? tion of all stocks and other species of per? sonal property, have HO impoverished the sufferers, that they have now nothing left but the sitC3 of tln-ir buildings and their real estate, being the centre of the State, and thc terminus of three completed rail? road?, and a place of good trade, ike pro? babilities ure strung in favor of the belief that the lively business of the city would be resumed if the places of business could be rebuilt, and that at loaet if the Feat estate should be pledged for the capital necessary to improve it, that this would be an adequate security for thc lender. Seve? ral of our citizens have been to the North, and made application for the money te bankers and brokers, upon the same term* which it is proposed to do now; but as these were isolated casca, and did not have a ny furt ber guarantee than their own state? ments, and also wanted comparatively small sums, they were char god Huck an exorbitant rate of interest as to effectually put an eud to their enterprise. It is pro? posed now, however, to call a meeting, of such citizens as have been sufferers from the great fire of February 17,1865, wno shall adopt the necessary proceedings to form a lire loan association, upon a plan similar to that adopted in Charleston, in 18;is, by which means the city authorities, under the guarantee of the Stite, shall negotiate such a loan as may be necessary, 1 based upon the real estate and contem j plated improvements at a reasonable rate I of interest. Some haste may be required, in order that, if necessary, the matter may be : brought to tbe attention of the Legisla? ture, through the City Council, at its ap 1 preaching session. I To accomplish this end, it has been sug I gested by many of those primarily inte ! rested in this 'matter., that a meeting of ! such citizens be called for this (Tuesday) morning, 4th Instant, at 10 o'clock, at Gibbes' Hall, in order that the matter may bo acted upon and brought to the attention of the City Council in time to be presented to ' the Legislature, which convenes to? night. MANY SUFFERERS. NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: W. K. Bachman-Administrator's Notiec. True Brotherhood Lodge-Meeting. Washington Item?. It is already definitely agreed upon to give the President a reception on his return to the capital. Conspicu? ous in this work will he the Young Men's National Union Club, who have already appointed a committee to carry out the arrangements for the welcome home. I hear that tho Collector and Post? master at Boston aro marked for de? capitation on tho return of the Pre? sident from Chicago. Both these gentlemen are prominent for their op? position to the Executive policy, and on these grounds solely will they be removed. The present Collector of Boston is Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. In other portions of Massachusetts there will also be a lopping off of in? fluential heads within a few weeks. An order will be published by the Secretary of War, in a day or two, it is expected, directing the honorable muster out of service, on account of their services being no longer needed, of all tho volnnteer officers now in tho army, including those on duty in^ the Freedmen's Bureau and those doing duty as provost marshals in the several military departments. Mr. Beckwith, the United States Commissioner for the Paris Exhibi? tion, writes from that city, strongly urging that, prominent among thf> American features of the Paris Gene? ral Exposition in 1867, should be a model school-hotise, with ail its mo? dern appliances, school-books and ap? paratus, and with teachers and scho? lars sent over for tho purpose. DEATH OF PROFESSOR THOMAS. The Washington papers announce the death, in that city lost week, of Professor F. W. Thomas, of Mary? land, aged 56. Hs was the author of "Clinton Bradshaw," and several other" works of fiction.