The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, January 12, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning, Jan. 12, 1867.
Intimidation.
We think the attitude of the South?
ern people in relation to Federal
polities ut the present time presents
ono of the grandest moral spectacles
that any crushed people ever exhibit?
ed. Tiley have como to the conclu?
sion that argiinients are entirely un?
availing', when addressed to the party
hostile to their interests and rights,
and in the discussion of the last pro?
posed measure of that party, so great
was the contrast between the tone
and temper of Southern writers lo i
that exhibited by the radicals, that I
even Republican journals could not !
avoid remarking il!
In the South, many able men, i
such es Governors Sharkey and Ferry,
discussed the proposed amendment
with calmness, bul with marked
ability, pointing out its unjust and
oppressive provisions; while, on the
other haul, the leading politicians
ami journals of the radical faction I
favored it. This is not what was
expected by the man who proposed
tho odious measure; for, although j
they did not expect, nor do we be?
lieve did they desire, that toe South?
ern States should adopt rf, yet they
did believe and expect that they
would present a violent, turbulent
and rebellious opposition, which j
might furnish the party with some |
shadow of truth ia their oft-repeated, j
false allegitions that the rebellion '
was not yet crushed.
They have been grievously disap?
pointed. As a cotemporary remarked
a week or two ago, when several of the !
States rejected the amendment, thc
question was determined by the South?
ern people preciser, as if no radical
party existed; as if no elections had
been held at the North; as if nothing
was to be decided but tile actual
merits or demerits of the scheme.
We cannot say that the result is a
disappointment io the Republican
party; but ii it is welcome to them,
the manner in which the result was
brought about must be eminently un?
welcome. The radicals are, doubt?
less, very glad that the amendment
is rejected, 'ont they must feed disap?
pointed that the rejection was not ac?
companied willi those marks cf re?
sentment which would have stimu?
lated sectional rage, or with those
symptoms of apprehension en the
part of the Sontheim people which
would have enconraged sectional
tyran ny.
The intimidating measures of the
radicals have ni'eily failed to have
any influence upon the decision of the
Southern people raid their Legisla?
tures. The party finds the South
calm and quiescent, not clamoring
for admission to Congress, as they
expected, not turbulent or commit?
ting outrages on account of its op?
pressive policy. They may threaten
disfranchisement, of Southern men;
they may destroy their State Go?
vernments, and substitute military
rule over an already burdened and
oppressed people; they may deter?
mine that these States shall never be
again restored tit the Union; they
may ita ?'ill this, and more, but they
will never coerce the'people of the
South into the voluntary acceptance
of a measure that they believe unjust,
and iniquitous. Such is the "verdict"
of the Southern people, in opposition
to the so-called verdict, of the North
Intimidation has utterly failed.
And is this not, as.we Lave said, a
noble spectacle exhibited by a people j
overwhelmed by power and governed i
by pady vindictiveness? History will j
answer this question truthfully, while !
the faction which evoked it will be
handed down to posterity as thc
would-be destroyers of "the best Go?
vernment" the world ever saw.
ONE OP THE FBUITS.- Tho 7 w
rence (Mass.) American says son e of
the principal corporations in that
city have given notice of a reduction
of pay of their employees of ten per
cent., aud that others will soon do j
the same. Thc reason given is thc
depression of the market prices for ,
goods, and of the manufacturing in
forests in general. A large number j
of factory people ave already out of !
employaient.
RADICALISE.-It is reported by the !
Washing'on correspondent of the '
Baltimore Gazette that Thad. Stevens
took 8200,000 with him to Harris- j
burg, for the purpose of securing his
election to the United States Senate, j
Ttl ?*?acl?u sett?-Colored SIrmbcn.
It will be remembered thnt at the
late State election in Massachusetts,
colored legislators were elected from
tho city of Charlestown. When, a
few days ago, that hotly . assembled
they made their appearance at the
bar of the House, were sworn iu and
took their scats, meeting with a kind
and courteous reception at the hands
of their white colleagues. As this is
the first instance in the United
States, we believe, in which '"colored
members" have been elected to a
legislative body, the extract below,
from tho Boston correspondence of a
prominent New York paper, in
reference to one of those now repre?
senting a Massachusetts constituency,
will interest, the reader, and perhaps
convince him that "things is workinY
Edward Garrison Walker, by far
the most able man of thc two, was
nominated by the Republicans of
Ward Three, in Charlestown, but on
election day the men of that party in
thc city failed to support him. At
two o'clock in tho afternoon of
election dav. it became apparent that
he would not be elected. The polls
closed at four o'clock, and he needed
about fifty votes to place him among
the chosen at four o'clock, and those
fifty votes were east by members of
thc Democratic party, which insured
his election. He is a lawyer of con?
siderable ability, has ?in extensive
practice in Charlestown and in Bos?
ton, and is extremely popular as a
mau and an orator in the first-named
city. Ile evinced a warm interest in
the Fenian cause last June, which
doubtless gained him thc Democratic
votes. It is statml that the latter
pal ty did as much toward his elec?
tion as the Republicans, though he
has always been identified with, and
au exponent of the principles of the
latter. Mr. Walker is a son of that
Walker who more than thirty years
ago caused such an overwhelming
excitement in Charloston, South
Carolina, by a pliamphlet distin?
guished in the annals of uuti-slavcry
warfare, and his son has been enabled
to create a somewhat similar excite?
ment in Charlestown, Massachusetts,
by being chosen a legislator. Il was
thought that his nomination was not
made iu good faith by the Republi
? cans, and that his chances of obtain
< ing a seat in the halls of legislation
; were slim, and the astonishment and
I excitement on tho-oveniug when his
! ('lection was declared, was great. He
! has studied well into the great ques
I tious appertaining to our national wel
\ fare, is well informed on all subjects
discussed at this day, and asan orator
1 lie will have few equals in the House.
[ His arguments are clear, concise and
conclusive, and at one time during
: thc campaign of 1865 I saw him in a
caucus ia Charlestown delivers speech
j that completely humiliated ono of
i the most prominent politicians of
I that city. The latter accused a
! delegation (of which Walker was a
member.) of not doing their duty in
a Convention to which they were sent,
and Walker, iu a short speech, cowed
him so completely that the politician
was forced to beg his pardon before
! the assemblage. A brilliant future
I is predicted for Mr. Walker by his
j friends, who hope to see him in the
Gubernatorial chair or in Congress,
I and his ehaances for either are good
if he serves with credit his present
term in the House, as he has become
extremely popular, more especially
.since his election.
A TERRTBI?E APFAII?.-The jail at
Kingstree, in this State, was totally
destroyed by fire on Monday night
last. We learn that the fire had gained
so much headway before it was dis?
covered, that its progress could not
be arrested. One whiie mau only
was in the jail, at the time, and he
escaped, but twenty-tw< of the negro
prisoners (nineteen mt les and three
females) perished in the li?mes. Their
shrieks and screams, as they wore
gradually shut oiY from all hope of
escape, wert' sickening to the helpless
spectators, and, with the hissing and
crackling of the llames, which seemed
to take a savage delight in their work,
formed a scene that, in horror, might
have rivalled Pandemonium itself. In
a very short time, tho erics and groans
ceased, and of the twenty-two pri?
soners nothing was left but a charred,
blackened and shapeless mass. It, is
supposed that the jail was fired by
the negroes, in the hope of making
their escape, but their effort only
worked out their entire destruction.
WAGES IN NEW YOKK.-En New
York, at the present time, house car?
penters are receiving $3.50 per day;
plasterers, $4.50; brick-layers, $4 to
Si.50; stone-masons, .about the same;
bakers. $10 per week; horso-shoers,
$3.50 per dey; boot and shoe-makers,
?12 per week; dry goods salesmen,
?5 to SIS per week; cabinet-makers,
815 to 820 per week; plumbers, ;>3.5i)
to Si per day; iron-moulders, $18per
week.
Dr.- Lester Jones and Mr. E.. J.
Pugh, old and esteemed citizens of
Sumter District, died recently.
The Impeachment.
The following is tho important por?
tion of tho New York Herald's com?
ments on the impeachment move?
ment:
Tho object contemplated in this
resolution of Mr. Ashley, then, is the
removal of thc President from ofhee.
But why remove him, when the
charges preferred against him, or
when, at least, the "high crimes and
misdemeanors" of which he has been
guilty have been a common thing
with all his predecessors as party
leaders, from Gen. Jackson down to
poor Pierce and Buchanan, to say
nothing of the lamented Lincoln ? lt
seems a little rough ami uncharitable
that President Andrew ''?hnson ,
should be the first victim to the wrath
of Congress, and particularly when
ho has ceased to be an obstruction to
the legislative policy of Congress,
and when over a two-thirds vote in j
both houses is secured against him to ?
the end of his tenn of ellice. In this j
situation of affairs, it appears to us ;
that if this impeachment movement '
he followed up to its legal conclusion,
it will be productive of a mischievous
eonfushm in our political parties, a
serious panic and derangement in our
affairs, and needless and damaging'
delays on those practical measures of;
legislation demanded to meet the;
general interests und wants of the I
country. "We think it altogether'
probable, however, that thc Judiciary 1
Committee of the House will be se- '
enpied to the end of the present Con?
gress in their preliminary investiga-1
tions, and that, with the meeting of
the new Congress in March, the in?
tervening chapter of events may!
servo to b'?ng a treaty of peace and
co-operation between the two houses .
and the President.
Thc New York Times, alluding to ;
the injurious effect of the movement,
is evidently opposed to lt. That
paper says:
It is this feature of the matter
which causes apprehension and alarm,
and especially among the business
classes of this city. They fea;- the
results of the recklessness of the
leaders in Congress, lt may seem all
very well to these leaders to indulge
in wild and extravagant language, in
furious outbursts anil violent denun?
ciations, and to propose schemes cal?
culated to upset tilings generally, it
probably suits their notions of party
policy and party necessity, to carry
matters to tile furthest possible ex?
treme, and then suggest their being
carried a trille further. lt may
seem line even to try experiments
upon the strength and capacity of
our institutions and form of Govern?
ment, and show how they may be
racked and twisted before they give
signs ol' falling to pieces, lint there
are others who are quite as much in?
terested in these matters as members
of Congross, and who are beginning
to apprehend that there may be peril
to tho country from its control by
those whose political principles ar,: so
unbalanced, and whose resentments
and passions lind such violent ex?
pression. The course that has been
pursued upon the impeachment busi?
ness, the spirit that has been dis?
played in its treatment, and the pro?
gress withiu a few days in making it
a matter of practical legislation and
action, have added greatly to these
apprehensions, lt is looked upon as
such a gratuitous disturbance of the
peace of the country, such a prolong?
ing of our political difficulties, such
an uncalled-for interference, with our
progress toward harmonious rela?
tions, and such an inherently danger?
ous procedure, that it eau be regard?
ed only as the work of those who care
nothing for the public welfare, and
are intent only upon their own selfish
ends.
The formal charges that these
parties propose to prefer against Pre?
sident Johnson in their articles of
impeachment, are no more than those
with which we have become familiar
from the speeches of his assailants.
Nearly all of them would bo dis?
missed at once by any court, and if
they ever come before such a body as
the Senate, we have no doubt of the
disposition that will be made of
them.
KINO COTTON.-King Cotton has
been dethroned; if he is ever inau
rated again his sceptre must be a
spindle.-A<hlre**>>f Wm. Jf. Burwell
at the late Fair.
True, every word of it-truer than
much of the preaching wo have heard
in our day. Every spindle we can
set going in the South will prove a
liege and faithful subject of King
Cotton, and when enough of them
are whirling they will elevate him to
his former place and power.
\Ncw Orleans Picayune.
THE POPE ANO EMPRESS.-It is re?
ported thc Pope recently said that
the Emperor Napoleon was not e.
Christian, and that unless his Holi?
ness retracts the offensive remark, the
Empress Eugenie will not visit Home
at all. It is said by gossips that Na?
poleon treats his wife badly some?
times; but true to her womanly in?
stincts, she will not permit any one
to speak of him without resenting
it.
?-* <? ? ? -
George Gamble, a citizen of Wil?
liamsburg District, was found by the
road-side, on the 3d instant, frozen
to death. He got intoxicated, and,
on his way home, in the night, fell
from a buggy, and could not proceed
any farther; hence his unfortunate
end.
Columbia-The Legislature.
Wo find a letter in the New York
Herald, of the 7th, dated Columbia,
20th ult. Wc extract the following
paragraphs:
I need not inform your readers
how much this once beautiful city
has been blasted by the desolations
of war. The citizens, aided to some
extent by Northern capital, have
begun the work of rebuilding. On
the main street o? the city there are
several buildings now in process of
erection, which give evidence of Hie
taste as well as the enteprise of their
owners.
Governor ( )rr is still here. Gover?
nor Terry left here a few days since,
having visited Columbia siniplyupoa
professional business. The Legisla?
ture is upon the eve of adjournment,
and all matters of legislation are
being pressed through with railroad
celerity. -Thc ancient custom of this
body has been always to adjourn be?
fore Christ mas, and in time for < neb
member to bc at his home on thai
day. Eveu at this time, with so much
demanding publie attention, and
with many most important matters
?eft unattended to, Chritmas pursues
its power and social life reigns su?
preme over political. I le ar t liai like
many similar bodies the members
have not realized the solemn position
they occupy.
As you will seethe constitutional
amendment has been rejected, with
but a single vote in its favor, il is
in vain lind the critical position
they occupy has been urged upon
them; it is in vain they have seen the
plain display ol' Northern sentiment
radical power has more influence than
(d' that which now exists. One ol'
the mos! intelligi nt members told
me that, the clause giving Congress
the power lo enforce the amendment
by appropriate legislation, influences
him more ia its rejection than any?
thing else. As a matter of course
the less scrupulous politicians '..ill
oppose it beeae.se it cuts them oil'
from office in the State as weil as in
tin; Government. Tin; fact that the
bill proposing to admit, the States
upon adopting this amendment was
lost at the last session of Congress
.has don." more to prevent its passage
than anything else. Overlookingthe
iee; that it was tim President alone
who pledged them their restoration,
they say that- they have once com?
plied with terms and have gained
nothing. The cup is a bitter one,
and it will not willingly be drained
unless tiley :>.?e positively assured
that upon drinking it, restoration te
all their former rights and privilege,
will be attained, if this assurance
were given, and the amendment, pro?
perly understood, it would be ac
ccpted, not because desirable, lui!
because i! would render their con?
dition mee desirable, titan al
--. .9 -t^
THE POINT.-The New York Jour
mil af Commerce is showing up tin
absurdity of the State suicide theory
It says:
If Georgia is a Slate for any pur
pose, she is a State for all purposes
! i" there be any such State as Georgia
if there be anything except a eoloret
lim- on paper maps which divid?
Georgia from Alabama, if the peopli
living in Augusta have any other le
gal position than the people living ii
Mobile, it results from the fact fha
Georgia is a State, and a difieren
State from Alabama. And if tha
difference exists at all, it exists to tb
fullest extent, forbidding entirely th
possibility of regulating the Govern
mont, except on principles consisten
with th" Constitution of the Unitei
States. For there is no half-wa;
point in this doctrine. If the powe
claimed for Congress exists ata 1, the;
it is ample for tho purpose of renie
deling the whole, geography of th
South, lt is as competent to mak
one territorial Goverement for all th
South, or for any two States, or fe
any parts of States, as to create i
for any piece of ground formerl
known as a State. Either they ar
States, or they are a wilderness c
territory.
TIIK COTTON- CROP.-The New Yor
Herald fears that the statistics relativ
to the cotton crop are put at too big
a figure, and concludes an avticl
upon the cot? on and con: crops fe
l??G as follows:
Unhappily the unsettled slate <.
politics and the disorganization c
labor throughout the South have pr<
vented the most sanguine from pr<
dieting a crop of more than a millio
or a million and a quarter of fu
bales. Let us hope that the nc
year on which wo have entered wi
diminish, if it may not entirely rc
move, tho obstacles to agriculture
production in tho South, and tbs
everywhere, North, South, East an
West, the prodigious resources c
this vast country may be developc
to an unprecedented degree by inte
ligent and successful industry.'
- ^ ? ?
The population of Ohio is abort
3,000,000. Tho wealth of the Stat
per head about Sri00, or $2,500 pe
family. The Shite tax for 18G6 wa
over five dollars to every man, womal
and child, or an average of twenty
live dollars.
The editor of tho Louisville (Mis;.
Bulletin lives and prints his paper ii
tho jail, of which he is keeper, givim
him a decided advantage over others
as his subscribers aro likely to pa;
up promptly.
THAD. STEVENS ON LEGISLATIVE
CORRUPTION, Ac-Thc Hon. Thad?
deus Stevens, who is a candidate for
United States Senator from Pennsyl- '
vania, was recently invited to visit '
Harrisburg, to urge Iiis claims to that <
position. Tn reply, he wrote a letter :
declining, giving as his reasons thc 1
following:
"It cannot be denied, and there- ?
fore need not be concealed, that for .
ihe last ten or fifteen years, the Le- ,
gislature of Pennsylvania has had ?1 .
most unenviable reputation. Corrup?
tion, bribery and fraud have been
freely charged; and. I fear, too often
proved to have controlled their ac?
tions. No matter how honest when
chosen, the atmosphere of Harrisburg j
seems to have pierced many of them!
with a demoralizing taint. A scat in |
the Legislature becomes an object of ?
ambition, not for the per diem, but ?
! for the chance of levying contribu?
tions from rich corporations and
other large jobs. Corruption finally
1 became so respectable as .lo seduce
\ candidates for office boldly to bid for
I them, ami to pay the cash fer thedo
i livery of the ballot. Inc very office
! of Senator is known to have been
; bouglit with gold, and lo have, been
I trafficked for on other memorable
' occasions in exchange for precious
j metals. Indeed, it has become pro
I verbial that the largest purse is surt?
to win. So sure is this, that nun
' once or more detected in such shainc
; fal practices do not hesitate io ap
pear before the public and ask leave j
! to practice (he same.game. How can j
; an;.- man who has any character to ;
j lose consent to enter into such com- !
i petition?"
Stevens, however, subsequently
I consented to visit. Harrisburg, where,
j we presume, he is now preparing to
j NEGKO POPULATION or THE SOUTH.
I In a communication to thc Secretary
! of War cn the 21st ultimo. General
i Howard, of (he Freedmen's Unn au,
I "in Virginia, the freedmen -?ave
decreased in number; estimated po
; pulation at this date 500,000. North
! Carolina estimated about tia; census
. of 1S60-360,000. South Carolina
decreased; present population esti
. mated at 375.000. Georgia estimated
at-100,000. The population of Flo
! rida has remained about tho same a:;
! when th'> census of 1860 was taken
G2.(>77. lu Mississippi, a census has
j been taken since (he close of the war,
! showing a slight, decrease; ?2 >,00i'? is
j the present colored population of the
State. In Louisiana, reported co
? lqred population 350,000. Texas -
I the Assistant Commissioner of the
I State reports au increase; colored
j population estimated at 200,000.
j Missouri-it is probable that the
I freedmen have left this State- in large
! numbers for Kansas, Iowa, .tc; esti
I mated population 100,000. In Ar.
I kansas, tire colored population has
j decreased to abor'. 100,000. In Ton
I nessce, the Assistant Commissioner
estimates an increase from 280,000
population in 1860 to 300,000."
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INCOME-GOLD HILL.-Thc cor?
respondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes:
j A strong elTort is to be made in the
i Ways and Means Committee to re?
duce the iucomo tax to three instead
of liveper cent, above$5,000, and that
all incomes below Si,500 should be
exempt, and all above that up to
$50,000 should pay three cents. Thc
? eommittee.however, have not formal
j ly considered the subject, but they
j intend to do so ina few days. The
j gold will be definitely acted on ina
, few days; that is, thc mode and man
j ncr of disposing of the gold, and the
; amount which it is thought expedient
j should be kept on hand.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
j THE PI;OI>OSED CHANGE IN THE DISCI?
PLINE.-The footing of the vote shows:
For change of name, 1,049; against
change of name, 118; for lay delega?
tion, 1,061; against lay delegation,
100.
Lay delegation lacks 33}^ votes to
make it a law, and there are 50^
votes to be overcome to effect a change
in the name of the church.
The Baltimore Conference is the
only one now to vote, and it is not
probable that the result will be ma?
terially altered by tho vote of that
Conference. Both measures, there?
fore, may be considered as lost.
[Richmond O h ri sd un Advocate.
lu Colin County, Texas, polk sells
for six cents a pound;butter at twelve
anda half cents; eggs at ten cents a
dozen; wheat ono dollar a hundred
weight. Corn is rattled oil' at fifty
! cents a bushel. These rates aro for
( specie. In that portion of Terns one
j dollar of United States paper curreu
! cy is worth only two-thirds of a silver
j dollar. In Husk County mast fed
i pork readily brings six cents, corn
! fed seven cents. There is an abtin
] dant supply of food in that region,
particularly of hog and hominy. East
j Texas is unqestionably one of the
: best countries in the world for rais?
ing pork.
--<*?.*~ -.
i A certain writer says "no fragment
! of au army ever survived ?o many
battles as the Bible; no citadel ever
withstood so many sieges; no work
was ever battered by s > m my hurri?
canes and so swept by '.'rms. Aiul
yet it stands."
The Phon?C office is ou Main street, a
cw doora above Taylor (orCanidcn) street.
Tur. TIMK. Tho correct time will be ro
:eived from thc National Observatory at
12 m., to-day. Call ami adjust wi;r time
tieces.
Oca UI.AOINO ROOM. -Our fi ?( nd? aro
invited to visit the f'hieuix reading room,
where they will lind on tho papera and
periodicals frors evi rv section of the Union.
hr
day and night.
tiiSToittCAL.. Ibo rature historian will
be anxious to glean Co most correct in?
formation cone, ruiug tho desolating march
? if Sherman; and especially will he look
for a truthful "(.?.ord of tho sack and de?
struction of Columbia. Thc only true and
fullstatcmt nt of tho terriblu events of the
night of the 17th February, lS??, will bo
found in tho namnhloi i-t.?.? from ii.:?
mg, from the Louisville r'oiiri.r, lu om
i.on-advt : tisinr friend?:
cray, mai an auvcrttsom nt O? a particular
article, bc put in the < ???:;?,'< r. a few weeks
since, realized for him a protit of exceed?
ing il.Oed on orders received from tho
country from parties \vh > had neverbaforo
purchased td linn, and whose custom was
secured so!, ly by tie' advertisement which
appeared exclusively in the n>nrkr. There
are others of our merchants who might
profit by this example, and make a good
To 'nu: Ci nt.ie. -Miss 51. A. l?uic is di?
rected hy Slr. I). [.. McKay, tito treasurer
in the vicinity of "Columbia, ; > as!; ail Cm
agentjUo c >m:mmicate m Mr. McKay and
see a due acknowledgment" elf the same. '
Every person that h.is subhcribcd anv
amount is requested to report it to Mr.
McKav, if thev have not s-jen his acknow?
ledgement for thu same.
MARY ANN BUTE.
Joh:;
Fish
.r ;>iarsiian.
Veiling u.t tlie rVortii.
The Charlot le Timen has received a
visit from a highly intelligent gentle?
man who lins recently returned from
Now York. Ho traveled extensively
through loo New England States.
The Timess:
"Ile returns honio more hopefully
than one would be led F> suppose,
from the tone of tho Northern press.
He mingled freely with all tlasses of
men, and is clearly of thc opinion
that a re-action is taking place in
public sentiment towards the South;
that radicalism has reached its last
mund on the ladder, and that if tho
South will remain lirra, but tpiiet,
her friends at the North have great
hopes that her rights will be acceded
her. Even in the most radical State
of Massachusetts, he met men who
are as willing to do full justice to tho
States lately in rebellion, and aro as
I much opposed to negro suffrage and
other radical measures as any true
son of tho South could be. Many
freely confessed thai they were de?
ceived in regard to the loyalty of the
South, and the feeling towards tho
Government and Northern men.
Having recently become better in?
formed, they are opposed to any le?
gislation that looks to keeping off re?
construction, or that will degrado
and further punish the unfortunate
people of the South.
''Altogether, the tone of feeling ia
much better than he anticipated, and
he returns home greatly encouraged,
and thinks that our future promises
much more brightly than we had rea?
son to expect."
EMIGRANTS TO FIIORTOA.-The Fer?
nandina Courier says:
"We learn, not only from ox
j changes, but from persons living in
i tho interior, that the tide of emigra?
tion to this .State just now is nnpro
! cedented in her history. A gentleman
! informed us, a few days since, that
! he counted twenty-seven wagons iu
one company, containing emigrants
'and their household goods, all Found
1 for Marion County. The m ist of
these families are from South Caroli?
na; the impoverished condition of
that noble old State compelling thom
to leave thc graves of their fathers,
and their native land."
FREEDMEN JV LANCASTER.-The
Ledger says:
The freedmen, we believe, with
bu t few exceptions,, have secured
homes for tito present year. Their
behavior, so far as we have heard,
was exemplary-not a single instance
of riot or misdemeanor occurred in
our midst to blot the occasion. This
is a decided improvement in conduct
and morals, and si lengthens the pre?
diction thai, with proper .educational
and moral instruction, they will even?
tually become self-sustaining and
worthy of confidence. Wo observe,
among tho moro intelligent, a spirit
of industry a/id show o respecta?
bility; while the oilier class manifests
a disposition to tast the sweets of
freedom in sluggish idleness.
The Kingslree Slaf announces tho
death of Dr. T. M. Monz?n and
Messrs. D. P. Fulton and Henry !>.
Shaw, well-known citizens of Wil?
liamsburg District.