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-f. < *** . . f ?** ^ +> * -c ' ctv - ; * * J1L '-V " - ' . : 'f: .. ..." ** .;. I a I , i I ' * < - S <> . , ir. VOLUME 38. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JANUABY14,1869. v< llIIMBER ?L "' ^ : - - -> ' ?? -?* '" *''V,< ?? ' - .w,. #..... vr,:,;. ; ~ MISCELLANY. * v ? al A Republican Estimate of Cari pet-rag Congressmen.?Don Piatt, j the Washington correspondeDt of the ti Cincinnati Commercial, writes as fol- ? IB lows of the carpet-bag congressmen ro * " * ffrom the South: , And men in all soberness, to write in P' "a frank and manly way," the net pur- gi port and upshot of our reconstruction measures at the South as seen in Con- m gress is not pleasant. No amount ofcer- g, tificatcs of election and formalitiis of w an oath can make these gentlemen of C( the hand-baggage real M. C.'s. When 0j ?~ r?.?v?c h;a nnnearanee on the floor sp f VIIIC iiianvo ? ?*/ jf-?? _ we cannot look each other in the coun.VI tenance without audible smiles that are ra indecorous. If the gentlemen would only indulge in a little disguise to help a? on the delusion something might be ^ gained, bnt not only is the voice of the enemy, but the look, manner^ dress, and above all, the vote of the alien. ? The antagonism between New Eng- w land civilization and that of the South, ? sa previous to the war, was not more dead- ( ly than is the antagonism of interest now between those localities, aud ^yct these gentlemen of the paper collar and ag extra dickey follow New England, and ^ vote all the time against the inter stsof .. . fce t&eir own constituents. an I had a long t?lk with one of these i . , ca representatives ad interim last night, g^ and tried to convince hi;u that it would be well, just for the apj earance of the , thins to cast a vote now and then . " . rn for the region he claimed to represent. But.no! 1* found my friend had an in J in tense contempt for one half. It was a ^ Connecticut congressman elected iD the ? an South. ... th Having no very high opinion of myself, anTl a contempt for the rest of hu- j mamty, I can put up with the gro- j - ? - teactaq and and ah,mtl aft ksB.m u* ^ one. But there is a point, you know, q beyond which I find it difficult to keep my countenance, and the New England carries iue there. I | | Tjaiyv ^ I ll<j wrinkle anil haw-haw?I can't help it? . ('a when thegcntlcman of(tlie paper dickey, j ^.| from New England, gravely ''ikes his . wi seat as a representative from the South. r Better cut the South into provinces, ami give tlntn military Governors to j. keep the peace until the negro is educateJ, the white master subdued, and dc time, the consoler, heals the wounds of ^ war, than thus to make a caricature of a representative Goverumuntand stulifg ourselves. ^ ran . A Christmas Tragedy?An Old . in Lady Seventy Years Old Burned WI to Death.?The correspondent of ?n the New Albany (Ind.) Commercial ^ says : A most terrible disaster occurred . one and a half miles from Jasper, the ? . . . . . 8t county seat of Dubois county, on v,nriHi- ^ mas day. A gentleman named Dishinp ger andhis mother resided together in ^ a house situated about a mile and a half . from Jasper. The mother was seventy years of age, and quite feeble. On cr Christmas day Mr. Dishingerand a portion of his family went to church, lea- e* ving his mdther and three of his chil dren, all small, at home. During Mr. Y TVs absence, his mother's clothes by ^ some means took, fire; she immediately tl ran into an adjoining room where the m three little children were, crying "Help D< me! help me, children!" The two eldest ehildren, terribly frightened, ran . out into the yard, leaving the baby in in the cradle in the room with the burning * V grandmother. The eldest girl, about eight years old, almost immediately returned to the room, however, and rescued the infant te from its perilous situation; but she was " 1 * ,:J -- nnd fViA I B r tioaoie to wu uc? g>auuu.v...., .old lady ran to a bed io the room and bi tried to get under the bed clothing, in q' order to smother tie flames. She fell ti upon the bed without accomplishing la her object, and it immediately took firtf E and it was soon in a blaze. From the 01 bed the flames communicated to the o! house, and it was soon reduced to a heap h of ruins and all its contents destroyed- " The old lady's body was nearly en- tl tirely consumed. It is said she had I about five hundred dollars in gold and ti other property in her room amounting o > about one thousand dollars in value, j !l of which were lost. t ?? t A Northern Man's Opinion of j he Negro.?The editor of the Lan- ( ister (Pa.) Intelligencer has recently j ade a trip through some of the south- j ;n States. He was not favorably im- 8 ressed by close inspection of the Vir- e inia negro for he says : c The negroes in Virginia seem to be j iore contented than those of the other f tates that we have been in?at least, f e saw more of them idle, and more jmplaining of rates of wages and want r work. This maf be owing to the (ason of the year during which our sit was made. The rate of wages ^ iDges from six to ten dollars per month ^ i all the southern States. To this is ided a ration of three aud a half pounds ' bacon and a peck of meal per week, ' hut to live in is furnished them; and ' j ;ry little work to do for the money.? fo presume northern farmers, who ould go into the fields themselves and r I y to the negroes "cotne," and might j :t more work out of tkcui; but they e constitutionally opposed to labor, j id require constant driving. We were tnnivhpd ?k flip immpnsn nrnfunditv of I J I icir ignoruncc. They do not really j ciu to have an idea above an oyster' id are, many of them, in intellectual j libre. but little above the beasts of the c M- . , < They arc utterly improvident and untie to take care of themselves. The . gs in which they are clothed would j tonish the most accomplished beggar Italy. They are expecting the Gov- ( nmeut to do great tilings for theui, f id have got an idea into their heads t at from this source they are to eet j rty acres of land, a mule and rarming iplements, and provisions enough to t tt them until they- can make a crop j. 1 uWfi> lirtjct.- Tliej wiieclvd' 'that.!Ttafi*^ overnment owes them this. If tliey ^ :t tltat mule it would not live three onths. but would die of starvation ; j ilf of the negroes would be even too n rcless to lead their animals to water. ? a ie planters can trust very few of them j ith their stock, and tlicy require conint watching. It seems incredible at any human being wouM lot his V unb beast die for want of water, yet 1 ; are assured that it is often done by . II grocs why attain the owuc ship of a ^ . , , . \ John Randolph of Roanoke tried this ;perimenfof fitting out freedman with rms. By his will he freed his slaves c d directed that they should be settled 1 a colony in Ohio?each provided ith a house and lot of ground andfartu g implements. They were, moreover, be under the care of a superintendg white man until they got fairly arted in their new career. It was all me as directed, and to day, after the pse of twenty or thirty years, not one those freedmen owns the lot that was ven to him. What a mockery it is to give these catures, with their present degree of lucation and intelligence, a voiee in ie administration of our Government, euro suffrage South, fortunately, is so eat a farce that it will not long conDue to be a reality. It may exist in ime for a^few years, but even then the ;gro vote will,be but the echo of that ' the white man. The freedmen alays agrees to what a white man says i all our conversation with him we ere never able to meet anything but e most ready assent to every proposian which we advanced, no matter of aw contradictory or absurd a characr. John C. Breckenridge.?John G. j rcckenridge is not rich. He is poor; j it he is not a seeker for office. It is , lite possible that he might have re irned home at any time during the st eighteen months without much risk. . ? J [e was urged to do so by many; and n one occasion, at Paris, in the autumn ] f 1866, the Governorship of Kentucky appened to be suggested, when he said: * I would not accept any office within j ie gift of the people, if I could get one, could not hold one outside of Ken* ( icky; but if I could be returned to my ( Id place in the Senate, and should be jermitted by Congress to take my seat vould notconsenttogobacktoWashic on. I am growing in years and have be oosing in fortune. My family ia i :reasing; I need money, and look to i )rofesaion not only as the surest, but he most suitabla and available a igreeable means of providing it." ipeaking thus wo doubt not ho was si sere. His enemies will give him c? t for a keen, discriminating judgmei or the strictest personal integrity, a or remarkable prudence. A FEARFUL RECORD. Official data show that, in Philad )hia, during the year 1868, inquei vere held on 39 homicides, 94 iofao sides and 42 suicides. This is the annual record of bio presented by the "City of Brothei Love"?the home of purity, virtue, n ality and unadulterated Radicalise STes ! it is-in Philadelphia that Forney Press the Inquirer, the Morning R md other malevolent journals are pn ished. Thesfe sheets are accustomed lenounce the Southern people as bi jarians and murderers; to convert e\ y justifiable homicide committed in t V / -- V "Judge not, that ye be not judge For with what judgment ye judge, ihall be judged : and with what mei ore ye mete, it shall be measured you aga'n. And why beholdest th the mote that is in thy brother's ej but considerest not the beam that is thine own eye ? Or, how wilo thou s to toy brother, Let me pull out the mi out of thine eye; and, behold ! a bei is in thine owu eyo ? Thou hypocri 'reconstructed" States into a horrit !vu Klux outrage; and to call on Cc ;ress to place arms in the hands of t oy-y-y-al militia that they may outia Icfenccless women and butcher helplc >Id moD and children. Thirty-nine homicides, nincty-fo nfanticides and forty-two suicid* mown to the law, in a single year, lie godly city of Philadelphia ! H< nany more escaped the heavy, drow ye of police? EIow many victims he slung-shot, or the dagger, were sui u the deep waters of the Delawan rid how many unfortunate, creatnn ired of Brotherly Love, sought a rcfu; roui their lTaubl^4n the lSmer da nd rfuhing stream ? How many ruim romcn sought to hide their shatnc fro 11, save Him who made them, by eras tig out the life of their new-born bab ud consigning their bodies to the sin nd sew. rs of the great city of Broth / Love? Let Philadelphia hereafter enjoy tl rcll-carned title of City of Bloodl^nd let Mr. Forney's Press and i tadical coadjutors search for the bear ri the eyes of their own flock befo hey seek to cast the motes out of oui ti "We doubt if, for ten years pat dncty-four child murders haveoccurr mongst the entire white race of t iouthern States. It remains for Ph delphiu arid Chicago and other Nort rn cities to startle the civilized wor pith their record of prostitution ai ilood. And yet our people are d lounced and vilified by the very mi remble as tbey walk the streets o( the iwn cities, at nigkt, lest the dagger he assassin pierce their rotten hear ind whose very wives and daughtc nay well hesitate to step beyond t amily threshofd after the shades ivening have begun to gather over th< tomes. God knows we would gladly blot o he fearful record that damns the- ci if Philadelphia for all time to ceme.3ut there it stands, a monument of t dee, depravity ond prostitution of >eople claiming all the excellencies vhich human nature con boast, and w ire continuously, like the Pharist hanking God that they are not as oth nen. Thirty-nine homicides, ninety-fo nfanticides, and forty-two suicides, n a single year, in the Ciiy of Broth< y Love I How the heart sickens at t evoking recital! Ah! Forney !'t listcry of the Ku Klux Klans becom jeautiful and bright when compir vith the officici record in blood in yo ?wn fnvnred citv. , I first cast out tbe beam out ot tbme eye ig- and then shalt thou see clearly to cat en out the mote out of thy brother's eye. in- * Wilmington Star. ny 1 7 M Gold Coming'Soute.?It is a rati n(] er ctirio'is fact that our telegrams an jn letters from the North refer to the stei in. dy drain 'of' gold to tht South. Wb )(j_ this is seems to puzzle our long heade Jt. friend at the North, bu 5 it need not, i n(j h?*will only, refflect that there is nc rs^y special reason junt now for th Southern people to ha re overweenin confidence in the governmental pre ^ misea to pay. The whole financial syt is presenting a muddle, end the more i i" Agitated in Congresn and out, th moijfe unsatisfactory it becomes. At the South we have the staple c 0 Nejr England's trade. Without on y cotton her spindles must stop and he 10* rp? guavucs "jcaoD ujiufc. iv hub uunite ?' extent cotton is still king; and l^isprim ^ 8 ministers among ns are becoming mor ?gt diplomatic in their, dealings than the lk" were formerly. They prefer to hea the goldl they have, than fly to green **" backs that they know not of. re" r Seriously to speak, the steady draw if gold to the South, so deprecated ii the North, promises to become greate ,n* each month as the salaj of cotton in he .- I orcase in amount. | There is reason and prudence in ou :s8 people making an effort to keep th gold here instead of letting the ihsatiat ur maw of Wall street gn'p it all. W a' woold rather see everj planter fron in 'Red River to the Atlantic give his fac )W tor positive instructions to sell for Gold 8y ?hard, ringing yellow. Gold?am 0 notljing else. This would simplify th 'kj matter. It would save conversion o * ? '' greenbacks and bills into gold; it wool ^ tnakc the drain Southward morewtead :\e a rid constant; it. wowJd give the .Soul, W'VouTJ mat specie to some extent a circulating me m dium in the South. In this connection wf note that th Philadelphia Mint turned out, duriuj November, 8,653 gold pieces, wortl r 81S3, 784 57; 55,700 silver pieces o base coin, worth 835,700 and 2,855, 1000 pieces of coin, worth S 128,800.? ? I Total. 2.filO.S">3 nipcpjr wnrth J13R3. ita 284,57.' 08 This is near 85,000,000 per annum re but the dies would have to get hotte h?- yet if the South make the demand he st> interest so clearly dictates?Gold fo C(^ Cotton.?Mobile Reguler. he jj" A Swidlee and Bioabiist.?Georg ^ W. Reynolds has been a well-knowne* ^ resident of Morrisville, Madison county ^ jr. Y., for some years past. He afford 8* ?d his family a precarious support b; E.n bis trade as a shoemaker when not ai inmate of the jail for abusing his wif ?under tha influence of liquor?a fre ' qoet occurrence. Latterly, he lived a West Eason. About a year since h exhibited a letter setting forth that i deceased relative in Pennsylvania ha< left-him some 88,000 or 84,000, and hi soon after left home to sncure this mo ney. On his return he exhibited sev ^ promissory notes, purpotiog to bo givei ~ by the representatives of the estate, am on the strength of these he commence* a business, and obtained considerable pro 8 peny on credit. A few months ag be loft West Eaton for parts unknown 'e> and his creditors found out ths.t th er legacy matter was all a sham, and the; were out of pocket to the amount o u* his indebtedness. His wife and chil a" dren in the mean time returned to tha jj"" village. After leaving there, Reynold went to 1 ulaski in Oswego countj e where he married a youDg lady of six |03 # teen years, representing; that he ha< been divorced from his *ife. T-he girl' ur friends, however, were not satisfied, witl his story, and wrote to West Eaton fo information. His victims there tool ?e immediate steps for his arrest, and ol w* ficer Stone, of Alorrisville, was dspatcb t0 ed to Pulaski to bring him back, whicl ou he did last week?the Oswego authoi ?e> ities placing a warant in his hands t ,n arrest Reynolds for bigamy if he wa lfty not held for swindling. Onexaminatio 1 bfifnrfi Esnuire flramnliin it won /loom lm ?"? r -7 " """ ? te, ed advisable to discharge him on th % 5 complaint for swindling, owing to trouble and expense of obtaining ' requsite testimony against bim. was then arrested for bigamy, and Monday taken back to #Oswego, wl '* be will be tried on that charge. ^ N. Y. Commercia i y Curious Case of Absent-Mi d edne88.?A few days a youth was if ting in a Camp-street car in close p ,^'imity to an elderly gentleman of resp 4 able appearance who to guard against _ linlonannf dnng?nnanAM nf an in?in y catarrh, put his hand (as he suppoi i. into a side fftgket of bis overcot, d t out a handkerchief, and wiped his n e and then replaced it in the pocket f which it waa taken. "Young get ,f man/' remarked to the elder part r his side to the youth, in a voice r pleasantly distinct to everybody in j car, "that is the most infernally in e dent trick that I ever saw perpetrate e "What, saw ?" exclaimed the? as j ed youth. "I say, sir,", said the r gentleman with increasing irratatec "that taking another person's hand! chies from his pocket and wiping j Q nose with it. and putting it back w Q out as much saying 'by your leave r the d dest piece of impudence I < h experienced 1" Light immediately he ed upon the mind of the astounded ye r who, in view of the increasing te mpe e ooBDCss of bis neighbor, incontioe: ? left his seat, and retreated from the e ' j in tbe midst of a shdut of merriu e . . ~ n from tbe remaining passengers. New Orleans Oreter I, r' a YARIETY. e ^ . V . f The innocent lambs who have e< j down here to hunt the rebel wolves j exceedingly vigilant to protect us i from disloyalty and secure to thcroM i. rebels arc alone sufficient to lay us dcr everlasting obligations, but w e they increase'these by taking car ? secure to us tbe benefit of their i B [j valuable services, words are altoge f inadequate to convey an idea of . public indebtedness to them. T _ magnanimous resolutions have alr( ? been published. Their virtuous in nation is greatly aroused that sotn . their own number should have I r such traitors as to recommend Mr. .1 r liam F. Taylor and Judgo Meredit! r persons worthy to have their disabUi removed. The vigilance and pu devotion of these faithful sentinel maintained with'a zeal which could e m j ly have survived by the help of " , Rye"?entitle them to a nation's gi ' tude. If Congress only had the po y to do so, we should at once appca that body to remove the disabilitie these "loyalist."?Richmond Dispi _ Regulating the Price of C t ton.?A bill has been introduced : e Congress for regulating the pric< a Cotton. It provides that the govi ] ment shall pay twenty oqnts for all 0 ton delivered at points connecting h rectly wtth New York. All cotton i . to other parties to be taxed three c< a per pound. 1 In all parts of the State of Texas ] lers demand coin in payment for i- ton, and that it brings from fourteei o eighteen cents per pound in gold. G i, brings a large amount of specie i e Texs. ^ The Augusta Factory declare ^ quarterly dividend of five per cent '* the 2d instant. This shows how ] ductive Southern manufactures can B made when in competent hands. r> hope, before the lapse of five years * see many millions invested in that' ^ in our Sfate. There is no surer soi 8 of population an wealth. ^ Savannah Republican * Bishop Pierce gives notice that . colored preachers in Georgia and F1 da will meet to organize an Am '* Conference, Jan. 56, in Augusta, Ga Q Between fifteen hundred and 0 thousand persons reoeive publio aim; 4 Charleston. n A New Orleans pajjer quotes bur ry in that city rather stiffer, wit e tendency to more extensive operati* t^e ine juowBvnie vQurur-JOurnac&vea t^e an accodofof a young lady, neat Hickman. Kentucky, who ktf spent nineteen jaat of her years in ,pleep. She -wakes frelcre quentlv ten or -twelve times a dajf, but is said to bo rather ,prepossessing, and [ND- she is much mote intelligent and well ; ' sit- informed tjiafl would be expected from rox- one in hqr c/udiOt>% 'the diana to the qeit Congress,,ha^^rriv'ed ieift |Q W^ingrofl/v 'ed) oonteatea, as is generally supposed,? irew' His ojjpnent talked of contefttW-4*? f' .-cr-r- i. jgi?? legal notice of such pai| 'L - .jtff ale- Th$, Hungarians residents in ?& . y Uriit^ States-are asking the govern-. UD" ment to establish a Consulate at Prestb, tW for the purpose of placing within the lPu" reach of their countrymen information Q which would facilitate emigration to ^ America. Mount Etna is in violent eruption. I?88' Tor^nta of lava have devested the surer roupdiog'?Ottntry,J and ashes filled the . * streets of Mea^i^.. At last accounts ,the mountain was enveloped in smoke, ' 18 'With deafening detonations. # , ijJ '! 'Did I understand you to say that I ' t rath wasloasjr, Biri' . ' ? 1 stu ' ' D0> * mere^J told my friend ntly. w^cn rained lice in Egypt I car >*k.oaSkt that you most have been walk- -* lent ?bout ^ere without a hat or an umbrella?^tbat'i all. K:'" * "Look here, bo/' kaid a nervous old a? gentleman to an urchin, who was munching sugar-candy at a lecture "you are ? annoying me very much.'?"No I ain't; J T? * - ' * * " ' M ,/uie jl m a gnawing tms ere candy." replied are the urchin. un" hind legs, and look into the cracks of ^en his feet, to see if he hadn't been steale some of his sugar, own ther A small child being asked by her the Sunday school teacher?"What did t heir Isrealites do after they crossed the Red sady Sea!" "I don't know, ma'am but I dig. guess they dried themselves." e of Two scalawags went to a free conteen cert for orphans in Macon on Monday iVil- night last. When a contribution was h as taken up for the little unfortunates, 'ties these "irooly loil" skunks responded VI! - - - ? - - ollu with Confederate currency. Just like Is? 'em?the buzzards. on- " How Ale Strengthened Him.?A . student of a State College has a barrel wer of ale deposited in bis room,?contrary . . of course, to the rule and usage. He I to . ' ? ' g o^. received a summons to appear before ^ the president, who said to him, "Sir, I am informed that you have a barrel !ot- . of ale in your room." 'Yes, sir.' What ^ explanation^ can you make V Why, the , fact is sir, my physician advises me to try a little each day as a tonic, and not cot- :,. J , . ' , wishmg to stop at the various places sold w^ere beverage is retailed, I dejnts c^e<* 00 having. a barrel taken to my room." 'Indeed! And have you derived any benefit from the nse of it ? Be^" 'Ah, yes sir. When the barrel was co^ first taken to my room I could scarcely Q.^? lift it; now I can carry it with the greatest ease. injo A Graceless Fellow.?While tal?in? krrtft a? a wiAwntMM *?' tl* a*%/1 j Alllg UlCUAiflOb UliO UiUIUIU^ WILLI IIICUU Dick D., at his hoarding house, the following incident was brought to my notice: We were all seated at theiaD6 mble?four in number?when the land'lady requq?ted Dick to say grace. Dick, '' *? noticing but three pieces_of ham on the dish, and being somewhat of a wag, irc6 # arose, and, with uplifted eyes exclaimed: 'Throo slices for four of us. ' Thank the Lord there's no more of us" the It is needless to Bay, that Dick was ori- never afterward called upon to say lual grace at that table. l* ' Social usuages in Louisville are somoo mt, Vi A 1 . A >1 1 two wnac queer. a young man me otner ^ b in day put his hand in his pocket in order 3> > to find the key to his store and give it gla- to his partner; when the latter supposed h a he was feeling for a pistol, drew his ans. own and shot him dead. A ?