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VOLUME XXYL CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY MORNIN^ 17, 1867. . 3
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' ->nV; LETTER TO GOVERNOR ORR.
'' AYixxsboro, S. C.,
.September 27, 1SG7.
To Ilh Excellency Governor James L. Orr.
Rtt> YnnI1AV0 oililrnscnil nn rifilalnl.
letter to Gen.._ Sickles, in which you
thank him for his administration
while ruler of this State. This you
do on behalf of those you "represent."
'My astonishment at your course is
only exceeded by my mortification in
..finding my State so misrepresented
by you in your official capacity.
I would call your' attention to the
following public acts of Geii. Sickles,
and ask whether you consider the
author of thcui worthy of commendation:
Before the Act of July created
General Sickles military despot of
the Carol in as, he on his owy authority,
enacted:
1. That negroes should sit on Ju-_
rics.
2. That negroes should riuc in first
-class cars, and steamboat staterooms.
3. That negroes should vote at all !
.elections.
4. That negroes should be eligible
O # C
to all offices in the State, including
that which you now hold.
5. That no elections should beheld
except with his imperial permission.
He also committed the following
acts:
1. He degraded both the United
States flag and the Charleston fire- .
T' ^^^^bcfore tUe.war,
to display and salute the former at a
% purely civic proccssiqn. ... '
2. He refused to~ Obey the habeas
corpus writ of thpty. States Court, a
proce?& so sacred to all Englishmen
-and Americans.
3. He caused Capts^dcNelty to be
tried by a Military Cbt&njjs^ion, (although
the United States "Supreme
Court had solemnly declared 'Military
Commissions illegal in time of
pc ace,) and fined him heavily for not
allowing a ncgress to crowd herself
with the ladies on his boat.
4. lie tried two youths of Columbia
for assaulting two mischief-makers
from the North, by Military
Commission, and sentenced them to ,
confinement at hard labor in a fort in
.another State, where, I understand,
they arc doing police duty and cook- ;
ing for negro troops.
o. lie removed an noncst inagis- ,
tratc in Columbia, for not over-doing
his duty in the above case; and re- ;
iplaccd him and degraded the office ,
Iby appointing an ignorant negro.
6. He interfered with our laws generally
; and concerning rent, licences,
and the administration of justice
?thereby almost destroying, all ere dit.
7. He disfranchised naturalised
'citizens without any authority from
Acts of Congress.
8. He disfranchised military officers
against the literal provision of
l-ithe July act as interpreted by itself.
9. lie slandered one of the purest
Equity Judges of the State, and several
of our tiiost respectable and honorable
lawyers.
Much eulogy has been lavished by
you on Gen. Sickles for Order No. 1
J.Q. Whatever might have been the ;
temporary relief afforded to debtors :
by this extraordinary order, all lovers
>of constitutional liberty have it forced
upon their reflection, that laws
similar have uniformly been pronounced
by the Supreme Court of
the United States to bp ^unconstitutional
; and that a la": 'passed by our
Legislature, which by no means interfered
with the obligation of contracts
to the extent of Order No. 10,
-.was deolared by tho highost court in
the State, by ten judges against one,
jo be violative of the Constitution of
the United States, Also, that the
Attorney-General ofthc UnitcdStatcs in
an argument that has not bccn,<?j
.and. can not bo, answered, has do- j
jelared the issuing of this order to be
a despotic stretch of unauthorized
power. Finally, while temporary relief
has been afforded to debtors, we
have the fact forced upon us, that a
large class of creditors, among whom
are numbered many now destitute
widows and orphans, have been great
sufferers thereby.
In this connection, I would ask if
you do not know that the application
of Order No. 10, to the Federal
Courts, was an after-thought on the
part of General Sickles ; and that he
did allow the process of this court to
bo freely executed in this State, until
it occurred to him that this court
might, on proper case made, declare
the July.,Act unconstitutional,-, and
thus destroy his super- Ozaric power ?
I am constrained to characterize
your letter as your second bid for
radical favor. Your speech in
Charleston, when you ungratefully
nsnersed the Democratic nnrtv. wliicli
I I V '
gave you prominence, was your first
bid. Your letter lias furnished the
radical party with a pretext for the
prosecution of its nefarious designs
for the oppression of the South, that
has been seized upon with avidity by
its partizan journals. *While thus
opening the way for your admission
into the folds of the Black Republican
party, you "might at least have
spared lis tiic unwarranted calumny
of stating., that but for the "wisdom,
moderation and forbearance" of Gen.
Sickles, "a considerable number of
troops would have been r.ccSBBary to
preserve public records, and insure
the safety of sheriffs, &e. - You will
know how law-abiding are the citizens
of the State thus maligned by
you, and that the onlv riotous demonstations
made since the war 'have
been by negroes at places where United
Statcs troops were in force.. .
In conclusion, I must say that your
letter represents the sentiments of
only a small class''of debtors, who.
prefer their individual well being to
to the preservation of the liberty of
their country; and that all true South
Carolinians feel that Gen. Sickles,
while with , us,.,whatever may lnlvc
!
not only crushed out the substance of
liberty, but likewise destroyed its
forms, lours respectfully,
T. W. WOODWARD.
MASONIC'B'SWEFITS.
We are constrained to draw tfie attention
of our coteuiporarics and masonic
orators to the growing tendency
of publishing to the world details of
masonic benefits. We scarcely pick !
up a Masonic paper or address, that
we do not notice some mention about
how some mason got out of trouble,
saved his property, or accomplished
some other thing through masonic recognition.
\\ c assert before the
world and Masonry, that this is wrong
?wrong for two reasons: First, it is
an unmosonio announcement of matters
that do not belong to the world;
and, secondly, the publication of these
tilings can only be recognized as the
military flag at a recruiting station.
It is the brazen and injudicious publication
of masonic benefits that have
drawn within our Lodges the thousands
of mercenary creatures who
rushed to our doors for no other object
in the world than to learn the
sighs and words, whereby they could
ro:in enmn nf tlio lmrvost. r>f hpnnfits
y
30 imprudently announced by masonic
papers and lecturers. It is this
:las3 of publications that sells about
nine-tenths of the masonic jewelry
with which every mere neophyte is
covered; it is this which caused about
999 members out of every 1,000 masonic
soldiers, who were hustled
through the lodge tents and lodge
rooms during the war; in short, jt is
just this sort of advertising which has
nearly swamped the masonic bark by
being overrun with a set of beneficiary
pirates, who are ready to board
any craft worth plundering.
What rijrht lias the world to know
that masonic signs anil words arc of
any use to any body? The more we
look at this question, the more we arc
compelled to acknowledge that Masonry
has been more injudiciously
advertised, and more prostituted to
mere mercenary purposes, during thfc
past six years than it was in the preceding
six hundred years. Of course,
wo mean legitimate and pure Freemasonry,
for the outside French rites,
invented by ltamsey, Morin & Co.,
have never been anything else but
food for peddlers, and we do not,
'therefore, pretend to interfere with
their regular business of auctioning
degrees; but, in the name of Ancient
Craft Masonry, we protest against
the detailing of masonic signs, etc.?
These publications arc of no benefit
or information to the Craft, for a
Mason, who has not, and cannot learn,
all his benefit in the Lodge, will never
have sense enough to learn it outside.
We do not want any recruits for the
sake of the bounty." Every man
who applies at our door should come
there to help their fellow creatures,
and to improve themselves in the practice
of itforality and virtue. Let us,
then, unite and correct this growing
evil, for evil it is. We appeal to our.
cotemporaries and our brethren everywhere
tc^limit the bounds of puljli.-cation.
Let-uS-cultivatc the virtue,
of prudence, and for the sake of masonic
stability, let us frown down every
resemblance of appealing for candidates?let
them come unbiassed by
friends or mercenary motives.
National Freemason.
Stick to a- Business.?Fortune,
success, fame, position, arc .never
gained but by piously, determinedly,
bravely sticking, growing, living to,a
tiling, till it is fairly accomplished.
In short, you must carry a thing,
through, if you want to be anything
or anybody. No matter if it costs
you the pleasure, the society, the
thousand pearly gratifications of life.
No matter for these, stick to the thing
and carry it through. Believe that
you were made for the matter, and
that no one else can do it.?Put forth j
your whole energy; stir, wake, clcc- j
trify yourself, and go forth to the !
task. Only once learn to carry a j
thing through in all its completeness
and proportions, and you will become
a hero. You will think better of.
yoarsclft^pthcrs will think better.oft!
you. The world adm ires the "stern,-;
determined doer. -It"sees in him its.,
best sight,,its-brightest object. Drive :
right along in. whatever you. undertake;
believe yourself sufficient fop,
the task/ and you wijl be successful,':
never, fear.* .- s . ./
Cotton in Egypt.?The production
of cotton ih Enrvnt was creatlv .
^cr^m-?Eun^mc waFm tiiis country;
but the general agricultural prospects
of the country have deteriorated.
So great has been the change
in some parts of the cast, that Egypt,
that was formerly a food exporting
country, is now compelled to import
largely.of provisions, and in some
districts, positive famine lias prevailed,
in consequence of the substitution
of cotton for grain crops; and in <
India, also, it has been allcdgcd that
one of the elements increasing the
late disastrous famine in that country
was the planting of cotton in place of u
provisions. In alluding to this matter,
the Charleston jSews remarks:
" We arc disposed to believe that the
most telling competition lroinatSicsc
competitors will be experienced when
the present growing crop of the South
gets into the market, and wehavcfull
confidence that with the proper exercise
of the skill and energy which ,
our planters generally possess, they
will in a few seasons become, as they
were before the war, masters among
the cotton producing powers of the
earth."
IIow to Cure Calumny.?"If
any one speaks ill of thee," said Epictetus,
"consider whether he hath
truth on his side; and if so, reform
tliysclf, that his censures'may not affect
thee." "When Anaximandcr was
told that the very boys laughed at
his singing he said, "Ah, then I must
learn to sing better." Plato, being
told that he had many enemies who
spoke ill of him, said, "It is no matter;
I shall live so that 110 one will
believe them." Hearing at another
time that an intimate friend of his
spoke detractingly of him, he said "I
am sure lie would not do it if he had
not some reason for it." This is the
surest as well as the noblest way of
drawing the sting out of a reproach,
and the true method of preparing a
man for that great and only relief
against the pains of calumny.
Friendship.?Life is to be fortified
by many friendships. To love
and to bo loved is the greatest happiness
of existence. If I lived under
the burning sun of the equator it
would be pleasure to me to think that
there were human beings on the other
side of the world who regarded
and respected me; I could not and
would not live if I were alone upon
the earth and cut off from the remembrance
of my fellow-creatures.
Ir is not that a man has occasion to
fill back hpon the? kindness of his
friends,; Perhaps:he may never sexp^ience
the necessaty of doing, so;
bui.we are governed by .our. imaginations,
they stand there as a bulwark
against'all the fevilsof life.. Friend*
sHTp should be'formed with persons of
alt- ages. ah<r conditions, " and with
both sexes. I have afnend whous-a
bookseller, to.whom I;have been yery
"feivil, and.-.who would.dd. anything to
sei*ve me'; and I h^^^vo -,dr ; three
siA&ll'. friendships^p^t-: persons in
humbler walk|idp$|^^ad;.VfI verily
believe, do. kindness
accovd'mg to their'itoi&)8;.- I am for
a&anfc explap.^^mtsh .fricmdsvja
c^es^f.'hffir^ts.^ ^lney^ sbttfe^iii^
^ve^'perisBing-feendship, and evinfjdace
it on firmed basis than at fir&t';'
btit. secret discontent- must always
end badly.?:$idncy Smith. ^ >]"
\ }.; ." '
;Bow a. max} looks wiiile . beingJ
sifaved,?If jJiere is one position';'
where a man.looks more inferior than
in [another it is the hae'ds^-of- the .
barker. JLbbk it hitrntSfJEds fbetoni^;
lcveTwitlMtt8--Mad hi^rcat andha&:
a p pCT-i
art jdike in
tor. .Occasionally, perhaps the t^LoTagfKtt
flashes across his mind, as ho feels;''
tlit Sharp scraping of the razor, and'
hejeiist abroad upon the spectator a
loot of imploring helplessness but
the by-standers arc not thinking of
his thoughts, and with a3igh-he consoljfes^himself.
with the idea that he is
in t^hafuls of a,professional, and "if
chWhfe is at stake, so,Talso, is the
:hagjer's reputation. You can go inthjlihy
shop in our city, where there
riujea dozen subjects, bibs on, being
operated on by as many barbers, and
ySjil} care no more for their presence
than-you would for so many blocks .
fi?d?od. Their faces are all covered
Tf.idi-;white froth, and they cannot
makh'a reply to any opinions however
absurd, which you may express.
&- are,- -t&--say t
the: least, inconvenient, and there
they sit, undergoing a species of
martyrdom, waiting, anxiously until
they shall hear the magic word "next"
and the ?jicw arrivals take their
places. The man whose credit is
good for thousands on Change and
tho proprietor of a pea-nut stand occupy
adjoining seats, and arc -equal
before the barber's law. The heavy
becrded merchant and the clerk with
his sickly moustache, have congenial
signs and experience a like sense of
relief when the terrible operation lias
hem performed, and a glance at tho
miu-or reveals a smooth face. Place
a Prince in a common chair in a common
shop in the hands of a common
barber, who is shaving him with a
common razor, and ho is the commonest
kind of commoner.
Te cannot go back.?It is a solemn
thought that we cannot go hack,
but we can only go forward. Wc.
cannot recall the past. What has
been done has been done forever.?
It is recorded in the book of God's
remembrance as an accomplished fact, ;
and is more enduring than if notched
1__
in me cveriasiing tocks.
"I wish I had never been born,"
said David Brain ard to his raotlier,
when he was an impenitent lad,
wrought upon by the Holy Spirit.
"I wish I had never been born!"
"You are only born, David," was
the mother's calm reply; which reply
only sent the arrow of conviction
yet deeper into his soul.
"You arc bornit is now too
late to help it; you must live, and
live eternally ; the only question is,
u'Korn vnii wi 11 lirn "U'linfltnv wifli
Jesus in heaven or with the lost spirits
in perdition!
Yes, reader, we cannot go back.?
Having set our feet down upon existence,
there is no arresting our progress.
We must move onwards cither
up or down. Which shall it he ??
Shall wo mount up and rejoice in
light and glory, or sink and wail in
the blackness of darkness ?
Os Forgiveness.?The most plain ,
and natural sentiments of equity concur
with divine authority, to enforce
the duty of forgiveness. Let him
who has never in his life done wrong,
be allowed the privilege of remaining '
inexorable; but let such as arc con- i
scious of frailties and crimes, consid- 1
cr forgiveness as a debt which they
owe to others.
Common failings arc the strongest
lessons of mutual forbearance., Were,
'thi^ virtue unknown among men," order
and comfort, peace anH repose,
would te strangers to human life.?
.Injuries retaliated according to the
exorbitant measures which passion
prescribes, would excite resentment
in. return. .. ..
The' injlir'ed person would become
the injilrer; and thus wrongs^xetaliations,,
and fresh injuries, wJm "circulate
in endless succession, till the
world was rendered a field of blood.
Of. all the passions which invade
the human .breastj revenge is the
most direful. When allowed; to reign
with full" dominion, & i4jnor^.rthan^,
'snfficfehft^'iiOTsBn tMf^lpfeasureswhich-remairi.
to man in. his-present
state. '
! How much soever a. persQii- may
suffer from in justice, he Is always fri
jhazard of suffering more from the
persecution oif revenge. The violerice.
of an on cmv?? cannot inflict'^what is
equal'-to thd torment-,be creates "to
himself, r^^'eans o?*vthc fierce and
desperate fusions -which he .allows ttf;
in.his souly- . ' * -j : '
^Those evil spirits which inhabit the
icbgio'ns qf.n&feefry are represented as .
.delighting"^ revenge and cruelty;
bnt all that is" greafr and good in the
is on the side of clemency
'^4:; i^ercy^
^ '^'^^miguiy^uler of the world,
tli^ug^^iges offepded by';the unrigliteoug,
'and j.nsuifed'hj; th^iih
ty |
to. anger. : His Sbi^'-' whto^;?e/ ap-;.
peare|pn^r;naiii^p0^^edp|^
in his life
trious example ,bf f<S"givehes? yrhich
the world ever beheld.; " . : %
If w^; look into th'o history ofixnan-kind,
jifo 'shall find that, in.every n'ge,.; ;
they who have beenrcspected as worthy,
or hdmired as: great, luive been
distinguished for' this virtue. * He- ,
vengc dwells in little minds. f ...\
A noble and magnanimous spirit is ;
always superior to: it; it suffers not
from the injuries of men those severe
shocks which others feel; collected
within itself, it stands unmoved by
theirv impotent-assaults r^jend^vrktr' *
--J.1 _;:it
generous piety, ramer uiau wun auger,
looks down on their unworthy
conduct. It has been truly said, that
the greatest man on earth can no
sooner commit an injury, than a good
man can make himself greater, by forgiving
it.
The Musqutto.?It is unscientific
to say that musquitoes bite, for they
have no teeth, and have no need of
teeth to seize upon and prepare'their <
food, for they arc dainty, and take ,
food only in liquid form?spoon victuals?they
are a chivalric race, and <
attack their enemies with a sort of \
sword or lance. I)To doubt they con- s
sidcr biting and gouging quite vul- ]
gar. The lance of a muquito is a <
very beautiful and perfect piece of ;
work. It is smoother than burnished j
stool, and its nnint is so fine and nor- .
feet that the most powerful micro- <
scope does not discover a flaw in it. ]
As a most delicate cambric needle is j
to the crowbar, so is a muquito's j
lance to the best Damascus blade.? ^
The lance is worn in a scabbard or ;
sheath. The scabbard is a suction ]
pipe through which the musquito takes ,
its food. ,
The musquito is the most musical ,
of all animals. There is no bird that
sings so much. He never tires of his j
simple song. How happy must he \
be, cheerily singing far into the night, i
What a volume of melody from so ]
slight a creature. If a mau had a ]
voice so loud proportionate to his i
weight, ho might hold a coversation
across the Atlantic, and there would
be no need of the telegraph.
Exchange.
Decline in tiie Service of Jug- j
gernaut?The Calcutta correspon- '
dent of the London Times, writing :
July ISth, says that the great car
aP Tii?r?Avnniif of VaaV/IG 11A
nail > in ui vu^iiuauu ctu JWV
longer draws together such fearful
crowds of devotees as it did formerly,
lie says:
"Take the Juggernaut Poojab at
Serampore, which is second in population
to that of Pooree. In 1SG4 you
recorded how one of the cars ran
over six worshipers, killing four.?
This year the crowds were much less
than usual, and consisted chiefly of
women and children. One of the two
cars not dragged at first, because the
people would not assist in an act generally
considered as giving salvation,
until the priest raised a sum of money
toJiire men to do the work.
The car was daagged a little distance x
+ .
~T; ,<r'
after heavy ^eipendifh^.
derous erection.011. ten pairofwheels,
each made of one enormous/rpieoepdf
wood. The painted hloci.w^^l^^ioes/
duty for Juggernaut isirn^a on .
the top, and the - other turfets ^ are .
filled with priests, whp clangsymbote,
strike bells, beat drums, blow: conchshells
and ihfuriate/or amuse the people
with obscence^exhortations in, .a truly
devilish fasnion/: An,d vail of
this in the midst of Ja fair" on;3ae
main road to Calcutta,at the,entrance
to th'e Christain village,' founded by
Carey, Marshman apd,".Ward, .from " ... .
which, native .Evangelists, go forth ? freshing,t$b?
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THE QUESTl^?;i&SWEEED.V
Somebody?a woii^i ofcourse^-inquires
why, when ;Ew;jtvas maunfac<tured
from the'.,Bpar^rib, a .servant
was'nt made at the sfijp'time to. tfrait *
on her 2 Somebody woman,
we ^imagine?replim In'Jhe^ollowing
strain \
Because.Adamnevercamewhinlng ...
to Eve with - aVa^edj^ocKyrg to be
darned, collar to^eiSeT^-^on,1 orva^
. '^gh? . quick" i.
now.rt Because 'he'^e^r read the , r>.
newspapers hc^^^tuir .'got dojfh
Behind',,the;. and then, ' .
stretchfbg.hihjsc^^^ . .
"aiin-t supper most;readj^y: dear?''Not.h'e.'
He fflade ?iftd.hang
tl^c ket^Ieioyei^'it,himse^ )We'll ven- tiire;;-?nd
pu31ed._th^?4dfejbes, peeled'
he ;ought'toi-- A^wfefc^e'^ows,
fed ^l^en^njidSfefed -. after the:'^icknn^
^
srayed out till 11 O;.
roeetihg^o?iii^a1||^i.f^r- ,
candidates, andthen >^ld becausev ^ poor
Eve:4y;as'j8ittm^^^an'dv.c^inff.- * *'?'%$ '
inside ,the"-git^;'!^j^^bitr^|^ea- 1;#
billiards;- rolled :tCTpm^hiid ricfrove '
fast horses, nprilchokedpoorEve with.
tobacco smoke.;: :He-.-never loafed
wBi'^oc^ipg' littfe^^^PLS^^e^at
home. In short, he did not think she
nrn? pstippIoIIv pWantp/1 f<vn t.lip nnr
pose of waiting on him, and was not
under the impression that it disgraced
a man to lighten a woman's cares a ^
little. That's the reason that Eve *
did not need a hired girl; and with
it was the reason that her fairfdescendants
did.
Opening of the Tennessee LejISLATUP.E.?The
Nashville Gazette,
rf the 8th says:
The General Assembly of Tennessee
met yesterday morning. On entering
the Capitol, a military band,
stationed opposite the .Governor's
-oom struck up "Hail Columbia,"
mdmade so much noise that we beat
\ hasty retreat to the hall, where we
Sound a large number of members
md office-hunters?the former con- *
*ratulating each other on their good
looks and good health, and the latter
pressing their claims, or those of their
friends, with a pertinacity truly comr\
o l"v 7 s\ h A T-Toll /"> "f* P A*\Y*A(iAnfn
[iicnu.au iu? J.IIC nail L u^ic<3CUl(?
lives was decorated with banners and
flags of Tennessee reginents borne
fluring the war for the preservation
of the*Union and the destruction of
civil liberty. Eight flags adorned the
portrait of Brownlow, while thirty or
forty were fastened to the bar, and
the desks of members.- The portrait
of Andy Johnson has been removed.
The Speaker's desk was ornamented
with the banners of the
Governor's Guards and others. The
galleries contained about fifty negroes
xnd four military men, representatives
of the present sovereigns of Tennessee.
The crowd of "citizens"" being
small, the band was placed on the
pal cony to draw a crowd to the show,
this had the effect of increasing the
icgrocs.
How to get rich?stick to your business.
There is a man in New York
iity who has a chicken stall at ono of
;ho maskets. He is now reported to
ie worth ?2,000,000. Ho lives in a
urge brown stone palace on Brooklyn
[leights, tho iurnituro for which cost
>120,000. Ho attends to tho salo of
lis own chickens, never taking breakfast
at homo, but coming over to tho
market every morning between the
lours of four and live o'clock. He can
jo seen every day, standing behind a
marble counter, with a white apron on.
[n the afternoon, he drives out, with his
vife and family, or a few friends, in an
ilegant carriage.
Why is a printer like a tattling woman?
Because he spreads tho news.
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