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VOLUME 38. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JANUABY14,1869. v< llIIMBER ?L "' ^
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~ MISCELLANY. *
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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
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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
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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
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