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\ v ?* - w ' .* % #. , , / v>\ ; . - 4 If f. ' * / * f *a- ~ I _ ? gplf; vnf.rTME xxvi. ~ camden,s.c.. thuesFayImorning, may: i ises. , noiherT. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY | T. W. PEGUES & SONS. - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. HATES OF ADVERTISi.NO, PEH SQUARE. For the first insertion, Si.50; for thcsecond, $1.00; for the third. 75 cents; for each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The space occupied by ten lines (solid, of this sixe type) constitutes a square. Payment is required in advance from transient. advertisers, and as soon as the work is done* from regular customers ' Contracts made for yearly and half-yearly advertising (payable quarterly) made on modeibte terms. j i A COLORED MAN REFUSED ADMITTANCE TO THE BAR. REMARKABLE OPINION OF JUDGE . , MELLON. >' At the Quarter Sessions at Pittsburg, Fa , some days ago, a colored la/wyer-from New York, George B. Y?hon made application for admission to the Bar. The application was unanimously rejected, and Judge Mellon delivered the opinion of the court which we copy as follows from the! Pittsburg Leader, of the 20th ult. :' Judge Mellon stated that he had prepared some notes for a written opinion on the case, but abandoned the work under the expectation that Jude Stowe. would, as is his custom, exhaust the subject. Finding, however, that hi* reasons for denying the apph'cation takes- a broader faiige than those set forth by Judge Stowe, he would state the grounds of of hir opinion why the application should be denied. ; The rules of the Court are of our own creation, for the guidance of suitors and ourselves, and when the merits of the case demand, we may suspend them; and it might be supposed we would suspend them in the present case, but for the color of the applicant. However that may be, this or some applicant of his race may take the trouble to conform to our rules, and still meet no better j access, therefore, Judge Mellon said j ' lje yould prefer to express his opin-' upon the matter in all its bearings, j Judge Mellon then proceeded to ,1,q QPiniiripnt. 11 tired in be-1 V'UUSIUUI IUV- Q ? - - ^ half of Mr. Vashon, that recent logis-1 lation and judicial decisions .of the General Government sanction the , admission of colored persons to all the rights and privileges enjoyed by white people everywhere, and in eve ry department of life. In answer to this he showed that while we may admit State sovereignty to be virtuaJly Extinguished, the Generul Government has not as yet suspended our State laws or government; and while they are allowed to remain, they are in full force as regards us, and we do owe them allegiance. The condition of the law then is this: Our State authorities do not recognize , the claim of Mr. Vashon to be adI mitted to the bar, but so far as they 1 f go to the conclusion to be drawn from them is against it and the Uni-1 ted States does not interfere in his behalf. Judge Mellon said that as the law stands we might be excuseable in rrrantincr the annlication. orovided ti' ?? ? 1 _rr ' & ' aiyj substantial public good or private right demanded it; but as nothing but evil is likely to result to both . faces from their being kept and en couraged to remain promiscously in-! habiting the same territory, he would ; do nothing whatever to promote it. j Judge Mellon continued as follows:: "I would have the colored men practice as attorneys, sit on juries, I hold courts, and exercise the right of J suffrage?not here however, but among themselves?in some part or section of the Uuion where the white itien would be under the same disabilities among them which they nrq liable to among the whites. Scufar am I from doing anything to encourage the races to remain together, that I would do everything short of violence or harshness to facilitate and promote their separation. If the .colored racers ever to be placed on the way to social progress?it it is ever to attain the rights and pri ileges of manhood?it must be placed in a position where it can enjoy tru; aelf-respect. This never can be among the white race. Vested rights of property and domestic relations, already acquired should be respected and protected, but beyond this, it should be made clearly to tend to the interest and advantage of the colored race to separate itself from the whites. The coun* :;.i I . * i try is extensive enough to accommo- f date both races, and they will occu- irr py no more room separated than to- og gether. Where they are kept togeth- be er, the one or the other of the parties ye having the preponderance in numbers, qti and wealth will domineer over the wl other in spite of all laws to the eon- m; trary, anil the inferior party will suf- pl< fer from the consequent degradation, ho To expect by law to place a sparse dii ' colored population, scattered among i tr anumcrouswhitepopu'ationon a foot- j m< ing of social equality wiflithe whites, ^ai seems to me impossible, ai.d it is only surprisi ig that it should be sought to W retain the two races together by sha-! tin - * 1 - - -1 - i! 4 _ i-U .. 4 ! Orvl ping our laws arm iiisuuuiuiki iu unit; end. It was one of the great evils very | un properly attributed to th6?nstitution of j soi slavery that theresideirfcof the races j coi together promoted ai?gamation.? Bu Why, then, should not this as well as un the other evils of slavery be removed? tin Is it natural or proper, or possible, wh that by associated the two races will les become assimilated and equally aniLi|. indiscriminately respected by ont^?o another in social life? If not, can tin the negro ever acquire that dignity to and self-rcspcct which are. essential qu to civil and social progress? God in Th the beginning; or nature since, has for made too great a difference between tai the two for laws to expunge. The wil natural feelings and instincts of both wh races will respect and observe this so difference in spite of all human laws, ad j An unnatural porsistance in associ- or I ting together may, in the course of i difl j ages, obliterate all distinction be- cor I twecn the raees, but this condition tiui can only be brought about bv the pre formation of mongrel and inferior race, w'il The teachings of history and phv- tyi siologv clearlv establish the fact that I # * social equality and connection be- . tween the races in the domestic rela- Pn tions can only he productive of evil y1 ?shortening of life, and weakening 0 1 the physical and mental condition, ns ran a general rule. And notwitkstand- ?*a irig all encouragement to remain to- y" gethcr, they will separate of their bwn . accord as much as may be. In every ; Jafil town and neighborhood thefe will be, j ? as there always have been, the negro j rt'.j quarters. This should indicate the ; propriety of promoting the separation j rar on a larger scale. States or sections j *ari of the Union, may be designated, I "0I where every right and privilege here j sVv possessed by the whites will be ac- mo, corded to the blacks; where the road at * to wealth aid the. oppoitmty to P.ai gratify ambition will be open to them; nc( where they can practice law, sit as ^ judges or on juries, and exercise the ?nc elective franchise; and where white j men may be excluded from the exer- i ro.a cise of such rights and privileges.? i 1 There will then bono necessity whatever for the exercise of such rights to-! gether, indiscriminately bv the two j races, excep\in the halls of Congress, ! c'ni where it can be done without detriment to either party. ? foil I have been thus particular be- 1 cause I have suggested a practical at F one, and the only course in which the a?a negro has a reasonable chance of ad- ^ h vancenicnt. Here, neither the priv- disc ilege here claimed, nor any further I but similar right or privilege should be ; flu' accorded to him-in this region. . ago We would not, therefore, accord ' r(?" to the applicant that which he seeks Pei' unless we were compelled to do so by was sfcie positive law requiring it. With- Coi out any ^iudue disturbance or expense a 3' hut by affording the proper facilities t'lc ami inducements, a voluntary separ- ^asl ation between the races can be brought ro? * "5 about in which both can attain their m-> best civil and social conditions. car During the delivery of the opinion c,% | the court room was densely crowded, ' lad the case attracting even a greatir the degree of interest than it bad preyi- 'ie ously done. The decision excited no ! ^ c surprise whatever, as it was generally ca" anticipated. | P'd I pro Alt. Quiet in* Tennessee.?A \ deli dispatch from Nashville to the Ciri- tha cinnati Commercial says: wot "The most remarkable feature in connection with the present time is 'J that it is enjoying a spell of perfect js j quiet and serenity; the Kuklux have : hla completely subsided, and nobody ; sl,0 nears or sees anyuuug m mem nu?. go Accounts from all quarters report the the negroes as industrious and thrifty; the while Brownlow, strange to say, has ricl ceased to issue his sanguinary procla-! rJo mations. Revivals of religion are in nrioi progress in different portions the of f State. hav ha<; Good words and good deeds are the to ] rcst we owe for the air we breathe. foe Improveviknt inGrain.?Ex] ients have demonstrated, and ai ;y has shown, that the finest i st samples of seed continued tars, will improve the qualjty i lantity of the product. A bei icat is thus raised; even a vari ly be established. On the prii e (in farm stock) we have the Shi rns, the blooded horses, and ffereni breeds of sheep, swine, p< f, etc. Experiments have not b< ide on the human species; but me, no doubt, holds good here. We plant and sow "as it come e take the seed of the same gr it we use in the aggregate, i iv it. Is not this the case aim ivcrsally? Corn is an exception me extent?but why do we exc rn? Because it handy to self it why select at all? Because i .lavotrvrtd tn Ko rrrvnrl A r?fl lnrrir?f? 1 iw.on/.m >v - B jn, it is good to do the same w ieat, oats, barley, etc. J3ut thii s easily done; wc therefoie ncgl How long will it take a fare go through his wheat, an'S seci ; finest and ripest heads suffice sow an acre, or half an acre, o arter?or even a pint of see is pint sowed i*'dl be {sufficient m a test crop. The best hej ten from this again and sowi 1 yield .another test crop, fr ieh should be taken as before; a on for a number of years, say h ozen, more still better. But thi four years will work a decic ference. But the thing should itinued from selected wheat ev< ic. In this way grain can bei ived and ernns enlarged. Th( % ? c# 1 be larger grains, earlier mntu n 1 better growth.?Rural War, [kdmx Outrages.?Omaha, I 28.?Late news from Ch'eyeni cotali, announces that on the ni< the 18th instant the Sioux Indie i off all the stock at the Big Spri tjon. on the Union Pacific railro: the following nighty they swept, the stock at. Ogullala, a-rttati t cast* of Big Springs. Duri forenoon of .the 10th a party, skirts ennte bohlly into Sydney itary post and railroad station' a i off'a,, number of cattle. On t le <lay the same party cleaned r lis's Ranch, at Laramie Crousir en miles east of Sydncyl T lit previous they stole nil the sto rulesburg. On the 11th anotl ty paid Sydney a visit and ci 1 away seven horses. )n the 12th of this rnorfth th ountered two travellers who h n put off the Union Pacific ra d cars near Antelope station, be ivhom they killed and scalped. ^ ??? Drunken Congressmen.?T shington correspondent of the Ci nati Commercial, a radical pap< aks of drunken Congressmen. ows: fhere never was greater need tin >resent for a vigorous prosceuti inst intemperance in high plac< ether Senator Wilson has bocor louraged or disgusted I know n< *1 1? he seems to have entirely roll shed his Christian elForts of aye to reform his Congressional bret through the agency of his tei ance society. One gentleman w ; an exemplary member of t igressional Temperance Socict ear ago; astonished and appall boarders at Willard's one tnornii I - .1 i i n ; wecK, nv entering trie oreaiun m in his niglit shirt at aliout 10 anotlier was taken home i..i a Inn t, not many Sunday's since; tinot over whose conversation all t ios wore a year ago saturatii ir handkerchiefs, (need I say th is a distinguished Senator from t st?) has been for a week or nior fined to his room and a diet kled cabbage to help him over longed carouse terminating .in t iriums.^ Nor is this all. Wou t it were. It is not even t st. ? ^ o ^ The great secret of rifral econon o utilize every thing; corn stall des, cobs, everything. Every ru uld be picked up, every leaf shou to the manure pile, every bone bone-kiln, every apple pealing pig slop. This is the way to g i, while farming in a poor countr waste nothing saves a great dc re than stinginess. We have hoa iricu man wno wen,!i ij>;ire loot, e the expense of slices, and th 1 a noble holly in his yard cut dm Prevent leaves from sticking in 1 t. This an example of stingine; % I ^|T"' jer- A Man After an Imprisonment ial- of Five Years Returns to Recov and j er his Property.?A somewhat pe for! culiar- case was brought up in th? and County.Court yesterday. It wa: tter that of an alleged husband, fresl ety from tlje penitentiary of a neighbor ici- ing State, pursuing the property lef :>rt- by hiV wife, to recover it from th* the other heirs at law. The proceeding ml- upon the record has but a modes een appeai^ince. It is merely the issuing the of a citation to one Edward Courtney ff\ <1 Afirtlinf ^AM iU A Aflf A A^ "D /I A.A lyj atwuut uic count; ut aji iu^c s." Murphy. ain The petitioner is one Edward Mur md ph'y. lie left the State prison ir ost Michigan op the 18th day of las i to* month,;'under a pardon. He cam< opt back to find his property, as he al ?ct. leges, merged into his late wife's t is possession, and through her descen IIy, ded into the hands of strangers. H( ith made camplaint before the court thai 3 is Courtney held it; hence the lega ect proceed tier The petitioner states that he was mararc ried to the deceased on the 4t.h daj ent of ^November, 1854, her mime beinf r a then Hanley - alia* Tracy, and thai M? he was her husband until the duyoi to her death. He alleges that thej ids lived together on a farm belonging,tc cd, him, in |Vi!l County, until uomo time om in July,!I860, by which time he had .1 n/i/ltitnnln^/%i1 r? Knvtnlfl 1 A *s.r>+ Jill iav/uuiuiatcu a uuiiaiuci i* u ic Udiaic. alf coiisistijijr'of land, stock, and faming rce implements, his wife owning nothing, led ofherojra right, besides her wifrdbe robe. At this time, by reason of, he >rv states^a foul. conspiracy, to which he tn- belierrs his wife was a party, he was ?re arrested on a charge of murder, and iri- conveyed to Mackinaw, Mich. Here, Id. being imprisoned, lie relied upon the proinreeaBr his wife and his. supposed A- friends for his defence, they knowing, nr, as well as he did, that he was at the ;ht time of ;the homicide l\v o hundred ms miles distant from i& scene, and that 'gs he hud never "during his li fe been al *d the locality of "^he crime. Reiving Off upon these promises, he found himon self at the "time of life trial without t'g counsel and without ready means, sc of that hiwsfljjtodefend^d excepting b\ i a volunteer counsel, lie was convicted nd of Xhe crimcfc and sentenced to imhe prisOnment for 'ife. He stated that mt he was taken to the Michigan State :g? penitentiary, in pursuance of the he, sentence, about the 15th day of Sep CK- tember, lfciUiJ, and remained there unIC1 til the 8th day of March last, when ir" evidence of his innocence hsi ring been furnished to the executive branch ol c.v the Government, life was pardoned, the pardon stating that it was issued because of the proof of innocence.? ,t'1 In relation to the estate, he says that his wife has, since his incarceration, sold part of the property, the proceeds he of the sale being the amount of the in- estate which she has left. ?r, Chicago Tribune, April21. as Gnowrxa Old'.?I suspect it takes an some time to arrive at the conviction, on hut I have come to it at last, that ?s* * there are few things so disagreeable ,ie in life as growing obi.. Now, al. O O though, as I have said, the knowl"" edge and acceptance of the fact be ar I the growth of years, yet somehow the real 'acknowledgement to one's self m" always comes with a shock. You 'l0 hear a certain stiffness in your back 'Ie sinews, and a gr.ogginess about your ,v? ankle joints for years. You take to soft hairbrushes, and avoid draughts "n and eschew acid wines, by n, process LSt so smooth arid frictionless as not to be a- recognized. You exchange your flippant marc, with a tendency to shy and a general skittishricss, for a stout 'ie cob of fourteen hands, an o isy movnS er, and quiet to mount. "You accept at your dinner invitations with a more discriminating regard for the cook 'e' than the company; but vou do these of thin gs so gradually as to he imperft cepr.iblc. It is only when you ovcr'ie | hear a cabman speak of y ou us the Id ; ''old gent, what gave his two bob," 'ie or when a fresh young lady asks what sort of dances were in vogue when you were young, that suddenly a new ny ' lig^it breaks in on you, and an inde;s,!scribable sense of terror shoots lil through you at the thought that you ? " J- T -1.- > IU hovo reaiiy rounueu -1 imuiimui to ; corner of existence, and have begun to the "run home." Not that, even ;et then, you fully realize all the horrors y, of the situation. Much is ascribed >al to the ignorance of the critics; but rd you go home, certainly, with the puzto zled sense that there is a problem to en be settled, a doubt i;o oe solved, vn which, until that moment, had never lis given a passing uneasiness. It is ss. something like the parson had sajd r in the sermon, so startling and so - novel that you dannot rid yourself of inj * it, but keep on asking yourself, is thi 6 this a fact ? has he an undoubted au- br: s thority for telliigus this? Struggle ^ how you may, from that time forward do - you are an altered man. Of course pl< t .you make no admission to the world & at large of changed sentiments. The se< 5 law of England declares no man is H: 1 bouiql to criminate himself, and you s go about as jauntily?perhaps even a wr > little more jauntily?.as of yore; just ina as a merchant with an approaching as - bankruptcy turns out in the park ry with a more showy equipage. But 1 in the solitude of your own dressing- an 1 room you know that.the trial is over, go ? the verdict is given, and all that re- un mains is to entreat the Court to sus- shi i 1.1 i . /.u i * i r . ? pena tne judgment. a Jong any, iai my lord?a long- day." A pitiful 5 cry it is, sad enough to utter, and sh< L sadder to listen to. wli 1 O'Dowd, in Blackwood. 'W . doi Excuse pqAvot Going to Church, be ?Ajgentferaan who pays close atten- H( ' twyifto sftch matters, assured a con- no *. .temporary that within the past six em [ months he has heard the following int excuses made for not attending the ' church: Overslept myself; could not he : dress in time; too wet; too hot; too j on windy; too dusty; too wet; too damp; did 1 too sunny; too cloudy; dont feel dis- tol > posed; no other time to myself; look coi 1 over my drawers; put my papers to 1 rights; letters to write to friends; he : mean to takcawa'k; going to take a un ride; tied to business six days in a nei I wcek'/no fresh air but on Sundays: an: can't breathe in church; always so lea full; feel a tittle feverish; feel a little hir j chilly; feel very lazy; expect compa- ' ny for dinner; got a headache; intend on< nursing myself to-day; new bonnet ' |. not come; tore my muslin dress com- to ing down stairs; got a new novel, must wa he returned on Monday morning; me ' wasn't shaved in time; don't like the ing ' liturgy, always praying for the same as ' thing; don't like extemporary prayer; im doir't like an organ, 'tis too noisy; vvil 1 don't like singing without music, mo , makijp uio nervous?th? spirit is wil- . ling* Put the flesh is too weak; dislike tio an extemporary sermon; it is too ins ' frothy; can't bear a written sermon, am ' too prosy; nobody to-day but his own pei 1 rtiinister, can't always listen to the wo same preacher; don't like strangers; dai can't keep awake when in church; fell asleep last time when I was there. ! , I.shan't risk it again; mean to inquire the of sensible person about the propriety (Jc of going to church, and publish the ess result. ors tre What a Pint of Brandt Dtd.? tur A short time ago there was a dread- the ful murder in the streets of a New wit England city. The young man who tha did the terrible deed had always been tra considered as good-hearted, a little qui wild, perhaps, hut generous, indus- mm trious, and full of good impulses-? allc But alas! he woke up the next morn- vcr iug to learn that he was a murderer, call I ay to ha-n this, for ho knew noth- do ing about it. This is his story wit- har ncssed to by others: Jos He and the murdered man were pec passing up the street arm in arm, to of 1 an evening lecture. Opposite a saloon upc they stopped to speak to a friend.? bes The proprietor of the saloon, standing con in his door, called the three young men and to "come in, he had something to show -aire them." Once within a game of cards was j proppscd; then one'of the young men Art called' for a pint of brandy?that's Ven what he had to show them. "Some a f< prime old cognac?a new lot just in." ]Ma So they played and drank, and 0fg there was a quarrel, and that was all fine the poor wretched, ruined, young pre man knew about it. The poor fellow con would wring his hands and w'alk up cd 1 and tjlown the prison cell, exclaiming; sjn< "It was the nint of Brandv that Lot . ' V c did it! lie was my friend,, and I but loved him. I wou'd never have hon harmed a hair on his head. Oh, it cs ( was the brandy!" _ bcf Now that was very true. And yet people people say speaking of him, "0 he ought to be luing! hanging is too good for him !" "1S But who was the most guilty ? G Ought the man who sold the brandy in t go unpunished ? And in the sjght < of heaven, isn't the rumsellcr worse t]au | than the murderer? Is hanging "too _cn good" for him, I wonder? t ? jud "Much ado about nothing" as the ' boy said when he hit the schoolmaster in t with a paper ball, and got a flogging j refl for it. ' tht i ' Do it Well,?Said Harry, throw; down the shoe brush; " There* it'll do,' my shoes don't,look very ight. No matter,' who cares V* .i v. l< Whatever is worth doing, is worth ing well," repliedi a serious but iasant voice. Harry started and turned round td ? } who spoke. It was his father.^? irry blushed^ His father said: "Harry, my boy, your boots looS^ etchedly. Pick up your brush and ike them shine. When they look they should, come into the libra-4 f f * "Yes, pa." replied Harry, pouting; d taking up his brush in no very . * od humor, he brashed tbedull shoes til they shone nicely.' When th'ei i>es were polished, he went to hi* her, who said to him: "My son, I %a?vt to tefl you a jrt story. I onceknewa poor toy ose mother taught him the .proverb,' 'hatever is worth doing, is worth , ing, well:' That boy went to? a servant in a gentleman'* fajtiihr.. ~ ?took pains to dp everything welty matter how trivial it seemed. HiB plover was pleased and took hirir 0 his shop. He did his work well jrc. When he swept out the, shop,, did that well. When he was sent an - errand, he went q'dickly,. and 1 his work faithfully. When he watf (1 to make out a bill or enter an ac- 4 wit, he did that well. . "This pleased his employer, so that advanced him from step to step, til he became clerk, then a pa^ r, and now he is a rich man; and xious that his son Harry shotild rn to practice tHe rule which mado n prosper." itTiri ? ?-? tt ii, pn, were yuu a poor uoj" :e?" askecl. Harry. " Yes, my eon, so poor that I had go into a family and black boots, it on the table, and do other littlo nial services for a living. By do^, * r these things well, I was soon pat, . I have told yon, to do,things mora' portant. Obedience to the provertvv Lh God's blessing, made me a rich Harry never forgot^ ihe coaversan. Whenever he felt like slightr a bit of work; he thought of it, rt felt spurred to do his work pro-1 rly. ^Whatever is worth doing, is rth doing well," cheered him in his ' ily duties, . , . *t .1 -Liti Summer in Jerusalem.?Daring > months of March and April, it irusalem) is a dense mass of flowof incomparable freshneseof col. The animals are small but ex mcly gentle. Lively and graceful tie doves, blue-birds so slight that' y alight upon the blade'of grass hout bending it, crestled larks t come almost to the feet of the ' veler, little brook turtles with ? ck, soft eyes, storks of graVe and rlest air, putting off all timidity, wing themselves to be approached y closely by men, and seem to I to him. In no place in the world mountains spread out with more mony, or inspire loftier ideas.? us seemed to have loved them esially. The most important acts lis divine career were performed, in the mountains. There he was " t inspired, there he had secret'' fercnces with ancient prophets* 1 showed himself to his disciples ;ady transfigured. ?> Urkst of a Delegte.?Frank iim, a white delegate to tli Contion from Edgefield, was arrested ;w davs since bv the United Statpis rshal for fraud and einbezzlement jovernment funds, and is now con- " id in the jail. Tho charges were ferred against Arnim while in the vention. but his position prevent-his arrest at that time. ' He.has ;e been nominated for the State ;islature by the Republican party, neither his past nor prospective ors could save him from the chitcti>f the law. The case will be tried ore the United States Court. Charleston New*. ' Jlessed is the bald-headed man, for wife cannot pull his hair. ?o ascertain how many boys are he street?open a barrel of apples. 'Why do you not admire my lovely ighter?" said a proud mother to a tleman. . ' . tT3 noo nco " V? z* a/1 UT ? ? ufcuuu.jc, no icjjiiuu, x am no ^ go of paintings." kBut surely," replied the lady, not 3 6 ;he least disconcerted by this rude ection, "you never, saw an angel * t was not painted-," 1 4