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WBDKXBDAT, JANUARY 8. 1808.
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M. larepreaentatlon In B1(h P'*ce?.
The Worth Anuria* Rmrirw, the most
pretending of American publication*, and
pul<llili*<l In lh? enlightenel city of Boston
eonti'iiee, thro?fjh aoroa of it* contributors,
I be root: gross, false, and unfair ??*ftnl(s upon
Southern character, and oor late South
ern eooietjr, W? observe retnarkahle In.
stances of thia ha 1 apirit in sun-'rv art idea
of the Oetohar number of the Worth AmtrIran;
the writers go out ot their way to
falsify every thing Southern, peat and preaent.
lit the artlele, ia the nnml?or referred to.
on the "Civil Service of the United States.'
the writer ascribes all the evils. Immoral!'
tire and atnpidlty appearing in Washington
officials, and society, lo the Influence of the
South I " The oliaracler " (says he) ' of
the District of Columbia, exercises also an
evil influence on the charocier of the civil
service. Receiving its tone from the South,
society at Washington possessed no intellectual
activity, and afforded n-> stimulus to
exeilion. It held out no encouragement to
cultivated mind*, and Us moral standard
was as low as lis Intellectual. Only the
most vigorous natures escaped from its
baneful influence. The eTect of such a
social atmosphere upon those employed in
public offices, win deplorable; and although
some of the characteristics of tha
society haye now changed, some of Us
worst features remain unaltered," This
serious defamation and malignant utterance
of untruth, is put forth to the world, sol
etnnly and complacently, aa fact. From
Washington, down, the Southern men who
have been concerned in the Government nt
Washington have been the sources and
springs of every infamy, immorality nnd
corruption, in nil public officera, and the
aociety of the city, according to tins writer's
assertions: but for Southern influence,
ho would linvc us understand, there would
hate been no corruption or peculation in
officials. Tills Radical known, whilst lie is
saying these tilings, that the Radical rulers
of Northern legislatures, and the Radical
officials of the Government nl Woshlngtont
have practiced mere frauds. extortions, (iml
have been guilty of more bribes ami official
immoralities in one year, (ban th-? whole
aggregate of office holders of the Southern
States, from the first presidency of Washington,
down to that of Lincoln. The
truth is, the South was always the consistent
conservator of public morals, especially in
all the monied op rations of the Government
; whil-t the wast*, extravagance, and
selfish, and corrupt use of official power
and Influence of a largo portion of the
Northern politicians, has been equally conspicuous.
To levy high tariffs and ex.
pend money has been their policy. The
oxtinvagance and coiruplion of a large
elsss of the Northern politicians escaped
notice from their people, when thete were
no direct taxes, it is now coming more and
more to light in the doings of the present
lladical leaders. The heavy burdens of a
high system of direct taxation (we mean
direct in its popular Svnse) compels the peo
plo to look into their conduct ; they find
officials, and their immediate allies, growing
ticher, and more and more corrupt,
whilst the laboYIng and producing classes
are suffering aud becoming exasperated,
and threatening to repudiate, both the men
and measures ol the psrty.
In ansrtleleon the" reformation of prison
discipline," the philanthropic writer cannot
forbear misrepresenting the South In th*
most ultra and shocking manner. Speaking
of the increase of eonvicts in the State
prisons of the North, in the last year or
two, ho refers to the same fact in regard to
theSonth.in a note. "The number." says
he, " seems fast Increasing, in the Southern
prisons, particularly of colored convieta>
of which, before the war, tbere were but
few. When every planter helJ court-haron
as often as he pleased, and extendeJ the
privileges of that feudal tribunal to the
taking of life and limb, there was little
need to sentence slaves to the Stale prison
but now, when the blneks are free, they
are charged, not only with their own sins,
but those or tin tr neighbors, and they get
sentenced without stint."
The contempt for truth and the contempt
for the knowledge and Intelligence of the
reader* of tho North American ftrrlrir, i*
equally <11 "played in thia noto. Tho utterly
fal.?c statement i* mnde in thia loading literary
periodical, that Houthern maatcra used to
hold the power of taking tho livoa or taking
off tho limbs of ncgrcea, by their own more
will and pewor, and that even now, negroc*
are ruthlessly punished not only for their own
offences, hnt for those of their neighbor*.?
Every tody knows the fa'nty of theso statements.
Tho truth is, be for.: and since emancipation,
the negroes, na n class, have leas
generally suffered for thefts and all offoneo*
against properly than any people living in a
civiiitu>d community.
Offences hnvo vastly lne-?-ased with that
population since it was act :rc. aa was always
predicted. Formerly shelter aud certain subaiatanco
relieved them from the temptation of
pilfering for a living, but now tho misgovern,
mentand misdirection of the radioals, not tho
leant tho cotton tax, which takes one flfth of
their labor, and ruins their employers, com*
hir.od with their natural improvidence ami
want of self regulation and lack of spontanet
na, persistent exertion, and liablta of thrift,
uli conspire to increase tho number of crimi- '
us] offenders, ai(d will increase it.
tVo regret le see the spirit displayed in the 1
North American Hrrlrt*. We do do not beicve
that it is shared by the great masses of
tho North, even In Massachusetts. On the
contrary, we think there is a growing disposition
of the Northern people t?? do Justice to t
the white rare of the South, and to rorerso
the decrees of their bitter and ms.lignant I
Radical lewder*. Some eminent Republican* #
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how algo* of aMgaanlah Ugr, wad a. returning
onto of patriotism >od regard ft? the true
later*.at of tho country. OoTeruef SttttrftSir,
?t Massachusetts, in bit recent message,
ays : " Let ne hear no more of Confiscation
and attainder of the Bi.utbarn niosscs. Let
ue make an end of illiberal nnd unfriendly
legislation*, and while com promising no principle,
let va restore the lately in rebellion, to
equality of right*, as speedily aa la oonaiatant
with national safety."
When wo remember that llr. Aa*a? oppoaed
Qo*. Bvlipti, and earns within a few.
thousand rote* of deAwtlnc him, and that
Mr. Adam! avowed liimwlf more thoroughly
a friend of jnatiee to the South. Tboro Is hope
that Massachusetts will aoon oast away Irora
her the reproach of taking tho lead In tho
persecutions and proscriptions of Southern
white moo, and the Aoiik America* /{critic
itself Lccomo onllghtonod and liberal toward
as.
Circular Letter of General Dcott.
Grn. Scott has published quite a sensible
letter of advice, to belli planters and laborers,
on the mi' Ject of contracts for wages, for
this year, and the gnn-rul economy of l ibor.
The General indulges in the expression of
his views upon the results of the past year's
operations, which miy, or may not he oor
reel in every particular. There seems t<>
be an insinuation as to the disposition of
people to impose upon the freedmen in
their contracts, which the General, as every
good man ought to do, very mncli deprecates.
But if the negroes are entitled to
rule, and govern absolutely the.while peopi
In this State, as according to the Radical
low, they being a majority, mmt do,
under the Act of Congress, which establishes
negro supremacy and p -wer over everything
in South Carolina, it would scent to be
n little but of older, that flcn. Scott should
be disturbed ot ths possibility of the ruling
negro race in tbis State being nt ?!! bamboo
sled or imposed on by their ili-frnncbi-ed
political inferior*, the whites It is
rat her somewhat inrulling to -their highmightiness,
the Sambos and colored persons
generally, the prlnoes of this subjugated,
d(tpis?d Innd, to suppose that they, who
are to govern the white people of the mown
labia and the low landn, stand In need of
the protection of a white Oenernl or any
oth.r sort of white man, in their business
a fTairs.
But mora seriously to the sublcet. Gen.
Scott, who is a well meaning gei.tUm in, we
candidly believe, and who is not responsi
b'o for the negro supremacy measures of
Congress, does entertain very correct, views
as to the policy ot paying wages instead of
a share of tho crops to hands employed ?
At the same lim?, the General very properly
admits that, the want t?f mtana mil t eonipe'
many persona and p'anters to give part of
the crop. In atteh ea?e. Ids judgment, we
think, corresponds with that of the planter*
genern'ly. The plan lie pr.->p->se* is to allow
one third of lite cr?-p f.r the Innd and
one third for team*, lmpl?ment?, and feed
ing, pbtughslock, Ac. And then one third
will go to the laborers, which in belter to
them, we think, than if they lind to furnish
horses and mules, and feed litem, and keep
up ploughs and tools of all kind*, and pay
only the uhiihI rent, one third. Under this
|nnn, wo ibkp it, mo mnorcrf are 10
IhfniKlre*, unless the contract is otherwise
General So- tt very widely *?y*, " I can
not too strongly rccnnnnterd briefness and
simplicity of form in nil contract*, without
regard to tlieir nature or term*." The injunction
of General Scott upon planter*
and all good citizen* to aid, by every proper
mean*, in improving the condition nt the
colored people, we heartily approve. Thi*t
he indicate*, can be done by fixing thein in
permanent loca'ion, supporting ediicslmn
for their children, encouraging continence
and sobriety among them, teaching them
respect for the mnrringe relation and the
law* of the country, and, by fair treatment.
" make them valuable citizen* in a commu
nit.y, in which, although native*, they have
acquired new right*." Amongst which
right* is the right, we discover, to govern
their former ma*ter*. the right to deprive
them of liberty and citizenship, and to ex.
elude them from all government of the community
of which the negroes are rising to
he such valuable citizen*. Ye*, they have
the right to proscribe all the white people
oftheS'ate, because they, the while*, had
tha misfortune to be horn free, and they
^lie fortune to be born negro slave*.
We highly approve the advice of GeneraPc
'tt, that. In every part of the State, at
least t wo third* of the land, mId-uM be eul
tivated in provision crop*, and lee* cotton
attempted, than lias been heretofore, a* a
mean* of polling the people, of all class**,
from that "pressing want." which in mnny
localities " threaten* destruction, utile**
sgain relieved by tbe donations of the charitable."
We regret tliat we have not space
for the entire cirenlnr in cur paper thi*
week. We expert to intnrt it in the n-xt
i?-no, in full. It will he found Interesting
and profitably suggestive on subject* nl
vast importune* to all the citizens of this
State.
A Second Stoc* of teoads?Willlgms &
Whttmtro.
Our friend* have sold their fir?t stork of
good*, nod have laid in another f Happening
in th< ir More, a few d iya ago, and pi in
lug some of ttielr dry goo I* an-1 groceries,
we g.-re delighted to lourn their extremeiy
low rates. Shirting at 124 ennta per yard .
men's shoes, $2 50 per pair ; en !i coos at 124
eenta per yard, and eoflf-e at 23 eonta p> r
pound, by the aank. We mention aome of
I he prior#, to show that w? are eorreet. in
eying tl>at they are low. If Captain Wit,"
i.Iams eannot please yon, wo do not then
know who ean.
See advertisement. ?
J^JT Attention in railed to the ailvrrtlee
nent In ai other enlnma, of a par'ner want
>d who has eapitat. W < know the adverser
to he n gentieman of responsibility and
f excellent bn?in' s c ?|<nbili.'?a.
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Cotnolfmantery.
Vfft ttutibr to o?r oolumae the fallowing
oxtftwU,-they apeak kindly not only |
of lamo of Greenville's men, bat of the place
lleolf, )n-r aoclcty, and htr Inslltutlonafc
Tho Griffin (Oa.) JUraU of a UU date,
saya:
" Grttnriffe (8. C.) Knte>pri?*.?Wo boast
of ' no paper, on our exchange Hat,
which ia mora fearl?*ee and outspoken
In |te opinion*. It ia edilad, with signal
ability, hy Col. G. F. Townea, assisted
by Mr. J. C. Bailey, aa anb editor and pub
liaher.
"Published In the midst of an enlightened
community, aa the relm*)to State boaa'a, it
ia meet truly a o?rr?ot reflex of ovenie, and
we eommend it a? aueh to ihoae desiring a
paper Irom that ae-tion. Wo need not aay
It ia a white man'e paper?for it rpeaka
iLmaI.. A ta . . If *1. . ...I ?. -i _# _ r-a
iimviy lur ivsvii oil sue luujr 01 a i>onvcn
lion." I
Tbe Edgefield Adrertieer, of the 25tli ulU,
?; :
" Hhjhty DrmSrahlc Educational Faeilitif.-?
Wo take pIcmnrK in calling tho attention of
our people to the advertisement of tho Orecn.
vitlo Female College. And at ibo saino time
we acknowledge tbo receipt of a catalogue ol
the teacher* and atndciita of this popular Institution
of learning. One of its highest and
most efficient professors Is Mr. James 0. Forroll,
so well known and admirod among us as
a teacher nnd gentleman. The moral and social
aspects of Greenville are' in the highest
degroo worthy of commendation; and if
'our people hare daughters to educatn, no
place can offer stronger inducements than
Greenville, ar.ri no institution can offer a more
thorough mental ur.d moral training than the
Greenville Female College,"
Tnn Young Mon's Christian Association,
says the Charleston Courier of December 31st,
have secured the services of Rov. John A.
ltrondus, of Greenville, for the delivery of a
scries of I.oclurcs boforo their Association
oarly in January next. We have no tloubt
tbo distinguished divine will attract overwhelming
audiences, as his reputation is known to
all the citizens of this State.
Messrs. Harrison A Marshall.
Thoso who have not yet paid Messrs. Hasniaox
A Ma nan am. a visit, since they have
removed into their new store, 0110 door below
tlio l'ost Office, and opposite tho Mansion
House, and ^rhleh has been fixed op expressly
for them, should do so. In their new location,
they prcsont not only a fine appenrancs, bnt n
grand one. Everything hclng new, nnd painted
in a nioo and tasteful manner, their present
stand wilt not fail in gaining observation.?
Hut the greatest feature of those gentlemen i?
yet to lie mentioned. Nicely arranged shelves
end beautiful show-cases nro important com.
ponents in any st ire, yet what would they
amount to without a largo and uscftil stock of
goods f Literally nothing. It Is thoir stock
of Articles 'Jo which wo now allude. It would
require too much space lor us to enuincrato
anything liho a list of nrfictcs composing
tlit ir supplies, thcrofore will have to a?k the
render to their double-column advertise"
nicnt.
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I Henry F. Ileinitsh. Spartanbnrg.
Wo ftiilnfPlast week to call attention to this
gentleman's advertisement, but hopo our readers
iliil not, for all Unit, ncfloet to rend it over
rnrcfully. Mr. Hi:t x itsii sustains a fir.?t elm*
drttg store, nntl being a gentleman of worth
ami cstiiiiiitinn, *r t iko thisnrciolnn to recommend
hi# ?rtsl>llihmcnt to tho peoplo of
tlrcenvillo ami adjoining Dl#trict?. Orders
upon him arc filled with promptness and nreuraey,
and those who once deal wiih him, ara
not disappointed in combining friendly inter*
course with business.
Our Flro Companion.
Everybody in Town Inkos ait int-rest in
our Fire Companies, which ara tinder the
efficient control of Mr. Julius C. Svitii.?
They linVv munthly meeting", we believe
list Tuesday night being the time of aascit>tiling
for the month of Junnary.
We have understood that the Town
Council liave passud a readullen exempting
sixty members of each Company from Road
ditty ; and those who wish to snve a portion
of their taxes, as well as add to the force of
our fire deportment, should give their names
to Mr. Sxrru at ones. Greenville auatains
everything she establishes whether'of pride
only or of ut ility, therefore we hope such
an indispensable auxiliary lo her prosperity
and quiet a# n good fire department, should
not be allowed lo suffer; and more especially
us the extremely hard timoe will not
permit every one to insure.
Dr. Faber Arrived.
ffo congratulate our community on tho arrival
of Dr. Fabki? In Greenville. Dr. F.f
proposes to engago at onco In teaching. His
prnseneo In Greenville is calculated to attract
additional stodonls to this placo. See notice
in onr columns.
Florida Paper.
W<> return thank* Pr. s. S. Marshall.
for lli?t Tulluimsece Floridian of a late dale.
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Now Subscriber*.
We lin>l the pleasure of adding several
n<*w subscriber* to our list on Monday, and
appreciate the patronage lh<i? ItntewrJ a*
a good beginning for the rear. Then* who
*dlre?a the public. like a large ami rea
pectable audience, and edit us are in the
same ?itnation, they like their paper to ap
pear before a large number, and ro do their
adrertiain/ patron*. We appeal to our
friend* to increase both fur the mutual
benefit of all concerned.
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Carrier'* Thanka.
The Canntien request* us to roturn thank*
to hi* patron* for the kind manner in which
they mut'fii* New-Year's A oners*; and e?
peeially would he remember to montion tho
Major at thb mltb.
Oarden Beeda.
P. E. M Ann*, of thi* rleinlty, ha* exhibited
to n* a specimen of Harden deeds, of hi* own
raising, nicely pnt np in bn?? and paper*.- They
will he fotind for ?*l* at tho store*. Wo
notice with pleasure nil roch progress in tho
right direction.
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Omitmi mat on Monday, Gth J?f January,
tba recess taken before Christmas having its'
plred. That, body, aa uauai, pitched into the
Soathorn 8(at?v tba ft ret day of meeting, and(
an usual, piling up their wrathful and vindictive
resolutions to make astro work of negroredi:ai-?iiprcmaey.
They bad better repeal
the Cotton Tax, 11 they want to help either
nogru or whito man; the oonutry can't live on
Radical roeolntlona.
There ia one eonsolation, that inillat they
are ttriving to estlngnlah the whito eloment
in tho South, the Northern white ppoplo are
preparing to extinguish them, by voting them
ont of power. At present, Congress seems to
be more dospcrato'y bent on mischief, and
wild riot In the drnokennese of power than
ever. Tbero seems to be no end to their supplements
and patch work on tho Reconstruction
Acts.
All those Southern men who supposed that
I in#y might support lb* drat rccon*traction
law of Congress, as 4 finality, arc now certainly
frco froin all moral obligation to adhere to
their first Intentions, seeing that Cortgross can
not bo depended on to abide by any act or
meaanro.
We give below an abstract of Monday's
work, from the I'harnis telegram.
Wasiiixotox, January fl.
In the Ilonaa, a variety of bills and resolutions
wore introduced, among tliem one
to anlhorlxo Clerks of Record Courts to administer
oaths in bankruptcy. Upson, of
Michigan, introduced a resolution, directing
the Committee on Reconstruction to inquire
into the expediency of authorising the seven!
Constitutional Conventions elected un.
der the Reconstruction Acts, in tho States
lately in rehtllion, to appoint ail civil offi
cere, whether Slate or County, in said
States; to act temporarily and until State
Constitutions shall he adopted therein, and
officers shall lie chosen and qttslifi d to fill
said offices; and that for this purpose, raid
Conventions moy rem ?ve all civil officers
now anting in said Slates, At. Rout.well,
of Massachusetts, moved to aun-nd the resolution,
by addl :g?-to instruct the Reconstruction
Committer to h quire into the expediency
of anlhorix'ng tho General of the
army to detail officer* for ?e vice in said
States; also to inquire Into the expediency
of constituting said States each a separate
Military Di*i rict, under (he command of a
General of the army ; an<l almas to the ex
podienev of providing additional legislation
, to secure tlio elective franchise to all ; and
also to declare, t>y Act of Congress, lh it the
Provisional Governments net up In said
States by order of the acting President,
are n"t Republican forms of Government.
Upson accepted the amendment. Chandler,
of Now York, moved to lay he whole sub
ject on ihe lah'e. which was not agreed to
?yen* 28 ; nain fit. Tlio resolutions were
then adopted. EMHilge offered a resohi- |
lion of thanks to Gen. Hancock, In accordanee
with the Pre*! h-nt's message. Tabled
?85 to 28 Wnsbburne. of Wisconsin, offered
a resolution, d.-ctaring that, the House
utterly con lemns tho conduct of Andrew
Johnson, acting President of United States,
for his notion in removing the gnllnnt sol
dier. General Sheridan, from the command
of the Fifh Military Histrlet; and that the
thanks of the House are due to General
Grnnt, for hie letter of August last, condemning
the act of said acting President-,
for his removal of Secretary Stin'on, a?
well as for the endorsement of General
Sheridan in regard to affairs In the State of
Texan; admitcd?yeas 82, nays 2.8. A bill
making eight hours a day's work, pa*s*d.
Bales Par.
Monday wna a rainy day, nevertheless,
tlicro w.m a goodly attendance of people at
the Court Iloueo. Sheriff* s vale of furniture,
Ac., allowed a I ttle spirit in Lidding. Upon
the wholo, property went low.
Tuesday, nl?o very rainy. The Sheriff's
sale of personal property was continued ; the
library of a gentleman was sold, and a few
other nrliolis, which again ranged at low
prices.
The bouse and lot of tho late Mrs. Ei.ixa
W. EAnt.it, one milo from town, sold hy Execntors,
for twenty-three hundred and fifty
dollars, credit of one and two year*, purchased
by It. II. Kari.i.
CoMWiasioxrn's PAt.r.a.
The Commissioner in Equity, sold several
pieces of property ; as follows :
House and lot belonging to the Estate of
W. A. MeCounaLL. rcsldenco, sold for $2,473.00,
and purchased by Mrs. T. C. Domino.
House and lot of same Estate, situatod
jnst abovo tho residence, sold for $375.00, and
purchased by C. T. IfAWHONn.
Vacant lot of snmo Estate, sold for $230.00,
purchased hy Mrs. T. O. Di LLTNO.
OnntNAiir's Palm.
Tract of M. Orrs, docoasod, sold for $05.00
purchased hy Da air t. W. Ifot,l.and, resold at
the risk of P. 11. Orrs, fnrtnor purchaser.
Pnrmrr'n Palm.
Varlons tracts of land were sold for taxes<
all of which were bought for tho State hy tho
SberifT, the atrount bid not amounting to
more than the taxes and costs. .
Kirn aim Popk, 11(1 acros In Tract, purchased
by Dr. D. D. Moonr., for $105.00.
J. I). Peach, 65 acres in tract, purchase^
by James McMaki.x, for $.'100.00.
J- D. Pracq two tracts, sold as one, 1(17
acres, purchased by James M< .Makin for
$105.00.
Money la aearee In Green*Ho, ra elrewhero
In Ihc Sontli, oikI general ctnbarr nrMiicnt and
proapeet of negro government prevent a property
from bringing its vnloe.
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The Oreerwllle I.tterary Club
Will meet on F Idey evening. 10*.hin#t,ftt
the houte of Re*. I)r. Boycs. Buhject to l>e
introduced for dieeiiaeion, "The (teolngieal
Kvidonee of the Antiquity of Men," hy Pro
fe*eor C. If. Jut>e?x.
At the leal meeting of (he Clu->, Judge
W. II. CAnrecu. we* elected President f r
the eneuing yeer, end Thoinn* M. Cox Vice
Preeldent.
M0- The Preperatory Department of the
Furman Univeraity will open on the 10th o{
' February, proximo. It will be ohacrved that
thi* Department of the inatituiion emnmcncea
> n few ilny* earlier than the Collegiate.
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New Milliner . ,
Miss M. A. McKay, Millioat, bee ft de.l- (
rible stock of Millinery, to which ?be asks (
the attention of her friends end of the pub- ,
lie generally. This lady he* recently removed |
to ? eteiKl fronting Mr. Thomas Stbks, on (
Main Street
Correspondent*.
We publish well Wilttcn articles, from
correspondents, that tray Interest or entertain
our readers, without regard, in every
Inetaneo, to onr own vjlew*.
The article of CaltiV Plakciiako, dseeas.
sd, which Appears in onr columns, we suppose,
is tlio last he ever wrote. See his
obituary, l?y a friend, in this week's paper.
Onr readers woald do well to read the
Advertisements of Mr. A. L. Cobb, Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue for Oreenrttfh
District, 8. C., as they will he found of Interest
as well as of Importance. lie has been
*vory vigilant In the seisnre of stilts. Illegally
run, for which be no doubt get# the thanks of
thoie Savoring cheep corn, as well u of the
Government.
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/St* Dr. A. Q. Msokey, Collector of the
port of Cberloeton, bee boon presented with a
beautiful and valuable Masonic testimonial, by
tho Grand Lodge of Peru, South America.
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Carrier's Address of the Enterprise
t mrs. laura 0w1x.
Goon xonsixn, gentle Irlonds and true,
Rich blessing*, long with-bsld, may Fate
Ruin through the palms of '88,
For each and every ono of you.
Our Christmas chimes rang merrily,
Young fvscs, voices sweet with mlrtb,
Gladdened tbo circle round tho hcartl)?
The yule-log and tbo Christinas Tree !
The Birth of Christ! Ponce, peace to all I
The Christmas carols seemed to tny,
" Peaoo and good will I"?alas, there lay
A darksome shadow on tho wall!
Yet wo will fill the sparkling cop,
Tho' iron-clad tbo desput'c heel,
All U'ings will changu with time, we f?o1,
And Hope liath wings to bear us up.
flo hnil tho Nbw-Yrar Joyfully?
Who knows what blossings equal Fata
Holds in tho palms of 118?
/Voce / nyo, perchance, and Liberty /
But not of .\'kw ykar hopos or fears
I came to talk?tho' nono may say
A swoeter word than " Liberty 1"
We've other wants and otber euros.
The lark sings on the leafless thorn,
Tho brown wren hauuts tho window rill,
And ouch in musio sweet and shrill
Givos grueling to the happy morn.
For such small creatures every where
A feast doth bounteous Nature spreadIn
many a berry ripe and red,
The robbin finds his dainty faro.
Not so the Carrirk, patrons kind,
hi* nrw-ykar's gipt ho earns, yon know,
By many a tramp through frust and snow,
And pelting rain and wintry wind,
But I will trust my eausc with you?
Ja*iier and eonscienee still must be
Tbo barristers that plead fur u>o?
The CARRlKn, then, will get bis duo.
jaxuaiiy 1st., 1888.
P >r THE soutukrm JCXTKRrnixK.
Educate the Children of Deceased
Soldiers
Meeere. Editor*?In ear midst are children,
shot# fathers and brothers sacrificed their
lives upon tbo altar of our once prosperous
but now dcsolatod country, in the vindication
of Constitutional Utterly and self-government
?our jumt, but lost csuso ! Some of the widows
of these borolo martyrs are unable to
alucvte their children. We, w| o have survived
tho general desolations of the war, are
under solemn obligations to lend a helping
hand to these destitute children. Among
the last words of those noble fallen warriors,
were, "What will become of my loved ones
At homo !" On the bloody field of carnagei
and in the crowded hospitals, in answer to
snch questions as the above, tee promised
theso dyin .r soldiers to do what we ennld to
proven! their " loved onos" from suffering
and want. Ilow udema the circumstances?
how binding the obligation I
I propose a plan to educate some if not nil
of these children. Providence permitting, I
will open a school in the basement of tho
Presbyterian Church, Greenville, 6. C., tho
mtrond Monday in January, 18C8, for the U-rin
of five months. I hereby offer to furnish the
necessary hooks, and teach one of thoso children
fivo months free of charge. Let all
teachers do the rame. And let one, I ton, three
or four persons nnlto and send ono scholar for
each club or individual to me, and I will
teach such tho term mentioned, for $8.00, no
clinrge for incidentals. We as teachers cannot
afford to tcseh all free of charge, as is
proposed by a lady of Greenville, but wo can
tov-h one each, and if the eltixens will join
nud liolp ns, all the children of our docoaecd
soldiers, whoso mothers are not able to pay
their tuition, uiey l>e educated.
Let the people think of my proposition,
find the children indicated, bring tbiui to me
the time u.id place mentioned, and I will do
the very best I can for them.
Should the school ho large, oomnctcnt assls
tanco will be employed.
Very respectfully,
T- D. OWTN.
(Ircenvi'.'.e, P. C., Dee. 20th, H507.
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FOR Till! SOUTItKa* RITK npniMI.
" Constitution " on the BrainShall
hlftory forever repent itself? Shall
the tame governmental blunder* he "enacted'*
over ami over again ? I answer, aa. We
ehall wake up, eome fine morning, and find
that material art, Nature's crowning method,
h.-m, npparontly, all of a sudden, pat a final
end to that miserable routine that has eo long
tormented the hnman races. By material art,
I mean the same sort of art to which belong j
tho steam engine, the telegraph, the photo,
graph, the power loom, tho sewing mack I no,
the eweef toned instruments of music, and all
"
A''-/"' ' . aS-A' ?
?- >,.?r -am , "T, . i?.HJ? .
o which mankind are-indebted for any real
emancipation?for any, ?r? the elighiett lib* *
irty to grajjfrr their natural drtirtt, that tba
most ignorant savage* do sot mtjey, Aided , . *
by the crent social architects, that bar* yw*
Boedeil me, I have shown In my several writInge,
that the crowning triumph of m mi trial
art will bo a reorganization of tho wholn i _>
world, sod all therein contained, to that every
man, woman and child, will do and be all that
they please- M long as they please. Bit the >.
leaders of mankind, whether In moaarehles er
In dcmlgngoerio*. (partlonlarly the latter,) art
se terribly afflicted with Conttitah'am am the
brain that they don't mo B|lo tSJMiNWftNM
wldo social system. And hero, motblakt, I
hear sotno one askt " What la Conoiitutfon on
th? hmin T Well, 111 tell yon: It to a narrowing
o( the bratn down to that old savage ""
Idea that mankind mnst be ruled hy meeei of
palm and penaltle*. A vindictive, proervsto.
an " morality," which that apoenlatlro old
heathen, Plato, triad to ayatamiio, to that,
wherewith, both in Kutope and Amarlea, the
people'* loader* am trying to form a 44 Constitution,"
or basis oT /r#e ffooommoml / Dtodntnful
of Utopia*, onr leader* are Involving
n* doe per and doc per Into the wildest of them
all.
0, yt soroly perplexed Constitution tleksrst both
at Washington and Albaoy I I boaoooh
you to giro up your brain-narrowing, Impraetlcabta
abstractions, adopt the CoxsviTVTto*
HAHirr.tr i.i humad ratvhr, and adapt all
law and all politic* to that Constitution.-?
Tim* alone can you put a final and to war(
and every other wrong. There never haa
been but ono war?war with human nature {
there noror can be hut ono pe'aeo?poaeo with .
buuian nnturo; there never ha* beeo, and
never can be, any permanent compromise with
human nature. Human naturo la the baad of all
the rest of Nature. Naturo I* the Almighty,
or else Indisputably authorised by the Almighty
| and, In either ease, she to bound to have
her own way.
If human naturo eould be schooled Into *
"self-denial," "contentment with little," and
all that sort of thing, progress would oom* to
a dead haltj nay. mankind would retrograde
back to the primitive condition wherein those
moral torn-fooleries were first promulgated.
CALVIN BLANCnARD,
Of New York, now temporarily residing
In Greenville.
Jim A. Martin, Wo had a call
on Wednesday la?t from otir confrere Bcv.
A. Martin, of the Griffin (Oe.) Weekly Hor*l<1.
Wn *re glad to s*o him in fine health,
and good spirits a* to the ueecao of hfs
prlghtly weekly sheet, although ha haa
comdderah'e opposition to contend with,
one Republican and the othor Conservative
paper published in the same city. It haa
been but a few months since Mr. Martin hecam*
connrotod with that journal, previous
to which, the Herald was the poorest printed
sheet In the State. Now, we point to It
as one of the neatest and ono among the
best edited of our weekly exchanges, and
hope it may be sustained and patronised by
the citizens of the lit'le flower city. Griffin.
Wo turn Be v., onr boyhood associate, over
to the kind wishes and support of th* good
eilirons of OMUa. 9 ieee*a to the Herald,
?ny we.?JJahlonrpa (Co.) Signal. " .
A young woman's conundrum?-Who
i* our favorilQ Roman bcro! Marius.
Wnvw ?1I<1 the ancient Greeks find ft
prontahln to plough Hie ocean t la
the iln\ s of Co crop*.
Chicago has had 338 divorcee to 4,*
182 marriages the past year.
Commodore Vanderbilt pave $180 in
gold per ton for his steel raits.
The profits of the Parts Exposition
si.uiner down to $600,000. Scandal
says that the Princess Clotide
wants a separation from Princa
Napolean.
General W. T. Sherman suoceada r
General Meade in the command of lha
Departineut of the East.
OBITUARY.
Bskatiikd Ills last, on the evening of tb?
29i h December. 1867, THEODORE B.
THOMPSON. To is few who enjoyed the *
intimacy of hit society, onr first expression
of regiet mu?it be that so moeh talent ?
should have hern restricted to to nsrrow a
sphere. By birth, edncntlon and elrcomstanci,
the most favored In the land, he
emerged into manhood with no ambition#
aspirations, bnt sought pastime tn all the
recreations that became a gentleman of
leisure. The keen notes of his hunting
horn, the Joyous toiururs of hit wsll trained
doge. a woke the echoes of the early morn ;
or, with d?g and irnn be sought lha covers
of the feathered tribe: or, with Ashing rod
in band, he meditated on the banks of onr
waving rivers, A discursive rambler in th?
fields of Mtcratnrr, be devoured srerything.
and woa to the bombastic orator, or
political "demagoffue who fell under the
shafts of his erltioiam and ridicule. Hi*
storehouse of tale* was oxhauotleas, and hia
manner of relating them lotmUsble. Often
the very vic'im ol lib tinoffending Jest would
he convulsed with laughter, till his vary
t.ui ?_i ? - *
rn-i !? HUH woura ?cnf.
If it permitted on* t? rnitgle lh* (ty
with the grave. |?**r.l??n a alngle ?p?olmcrv . ,
(if hi* exqui*it? wit. the la*t MintilUtiun of
A brilliant brain. At th? r?emt election*
for Mm Convention, h* rah! " ha ?u not
?urprl?ed at on* of the candidate* baiag A
radical; W it waa quit* evident, on lk?
eliglitert I epertlon, that *oma of hi* kmntor*.
n?t very ?rm<>te, War* of African da*eenl.H
HI* ear wa* attuned t? tha " Mii . ^
e?rd of *w?o-t ennnd*," and hi* *y* wa* aver
ready to detect tha baautie* of Nature, and >
pronnnncr, M a thing of beauty I* lift* forever.",
It ill hccowia* a friend to indulge
hh rlnaare admiration before the public. aa ,
It will afford a *nn>rA*t to tboa* darker
hade* of human folly and human wcekneaa,
"fia linman to err; rtU ?l<>rioua to forgive, / .
O'er I ha venial fault* of ?or Mead, are draw
a vail, and lat him t(tat la antlraly Innocent,
dara throat it aaida. B F. B. jMw
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Law Notice--Chang? of Oflae.
GK. T0WNK8 kaa removed Lie Law
? OfRc? to tha building aorth-aaat err*
avr of the Puhllo Hqunre, la part oecaplad hf
Jnlli* 0. Smith, Auctioneer, aad the l)w?ar> gpw?priae
Printing Office, ap -tab*.
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