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^^M^^^Mtaj;^ffc5S-?S*^"S555a5*"SSESSKSSSKESSSSS5a5SES^S5SS5SSHaS55SS VOLUME 28. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CABOLINA, MARCH 25, 1869. NUMBER 32, . ?????????????? Miscellany. STOCKitotf 1?NG IN HIGH c PLACES. 1 After the dose of the war bills of tbg g Bank of the State of South Carolina be-1 \ Canie almost worthless, notwiinstanumg t that the State was said to be liable f>>r , them. The bills sold at 6, 8 and 10 t tents on the dollar, and as late as last j September could be bought at 12 or Id j. At these prices, the bills were publicly n said to have been bought Up in large amounts by Governor Scott and other ? persons who controlled the State legisla- p tion, and the statement, as far as we know, was never denied. While the f, bills w?'?e still at a low price, an atf't, \ 0 was passed by the General Assembly which authorized the fundiug of c?vr- ? tain classes of bills of the Bauk of the f, State, in new bonds of the State, wliicfo j n the Goverr.or was authorized aod ai- f, rected to issue. The exchange was to <j be made about January l.-t. 1869, and the bills rapidly advanced until th<y touched 50. At this time, late in December last, L, Governor Scott announced that he would a not sign the bo:.ds to be issued in ei:- ? change for the bills, there being in his j, mind a serious duubt as to theconsfitu- f( tionality of the act which authorized f, this to be done. The apparently disin- c terested conduct of Governor Scott was f| praised on all sides, although it was ? hinted that his 6udden care for the in n terests of the Stute was determined by n the circumstance that he had sold at f] between 40 50 all the bills which he ,r had bought up at 8, 10 and 12 cents. S| *01 " imnn as an ungenerous e -I Ilia Wjia ivwnru u|'?? ? suggestion, and as Governor Scott stood Ul firm the bills tumbled iu a few days from 0 50 to 20. a At this price the bit's remained for w about the 0m of January until Satur- ? day last, when without a wcTd of w irn I al ing, telegraphic advices were received ! si that Governor Scott was actually issuing tl the n< w State bond" in exchange for tl the funded bills of the Dunk of the /<, State. No sign was given so thai the si holders of the bills might refrain front b' throwing them on the market. The ni public believed that the b mds would not ki be issued for months, if ever, and sold Ui thetn at what they woald bring; when presto! without a word to any one, the bonds arc signed and the funded bills P| become worth between 5U and 60. 0| Now we do not desire to throw any discredit upon the purity of the mo- \j tives which controlled the action of the fr Iftvernor of "South Cardina." Far ?j vv. be it from us even to hint that the l0 ^whole transaction was a stock jobbing scheme, of which Governor Scott was 0f the head and front. Not for a moment (j would we sngge>t that Governor Scott ran the bills up to 00 ana ran mem w down to 20, and now runs them up to n, 60 again. so that he might sell bills jn nt 50 which were bought at 10, and buy them agaiu at 20 to be ar sold once more at 50 or 60. But we <jj tnust say that if Governor Scott had jn tried with all his might to convince the ft people that was using his official posi- t|, tion to make stock jobbing profitable, th he could not have hit upon a better |,( plan than his course in regard to the fa State bonds and the bills of the Bank he of the State.?-'Charleston Aetrti tr ' ? ? ar DEMOCRATIC TACTICS. The Democrats of Indiana have givcn another soectmcti of those modern of Democratic tactics which have so clear- 'of ly proved that the wonderful sagacity C:i and practical strategy which won the w victories of the party in other days have H been lost. Siuce the war, the party has la done little but blunder. tu A number of Democrats of theTndi m ana Legislature resigned their scats in it order to deprive the body of a quorum, to which, under the Constitution of the n: State, must be tw>>-thirds of the whole, tl' At the time they retired, the appropri- w ation bill was not passed, and other im sc portant measures necessary to the progress of public affairs were incomplete. So that il the Republican Governor of the State needed a pretext for fe-as- ei sembling the Legislature it was ready r to his hand. He will avail himself of this pretext. lie has already i.ssutd Lwrits of election to fill the seats of those n< members who resigned, and indicated et his intention to convene the Legislature Boon after these elections are held. ? As our readers understand, this moveinent of the Donioorats was to defeat a ' vote on the fifteenth or negro suffrage amendment; but since it can only post- o1 pone for a while the action of the Le- j tl nmon/liiiAtit nnlhirif? gisiuiuic UU'MI Uiabaiiivuuiiiviiv, will be gained by the device, while their ^ act belongs to the class of irregularities that seldom do credit to those who em- w ploy them, and never ichtn thry fail.? ti We have never yot known an instance o of this sort of strategy wherein the re- v suit would not have been better had those who withdrew remained firm ut a their posts discharging their duties.? j c Men should always be in their places,! u \ ???? ????? espond when called, and stand up to >otb duty and honor. This is dctnandid alike by wise policy and moral and >olitical accountability. We are painfully suffering the Conequences of the ill-judged policy of our )emocratic friends in Congress tfc he fashioning of the reconstruction ncasures, had they co operated With he more liberal portion of the Itojjubicao party, those measures Woilld have teen much less rcpulsive^mtlch less ppressive to the South. But they seed upon the short-sighted policy of 'making measures odious" in order to olitical advantage in discussing them iefore their own Jjcrtple, while our's iave been the helpless victims of their diousness. The Democrats had better run their 1.1 ?/irf nrot-hiitil her. and fit Ill Ml III IIIIU J/"i v, u? v. ^ ler up anew, with new commander*and ew everything. They can hardly make leadway with such navigation as has irected their course for four years past. Richmond Dispatch. The true Southern people must stregie to succeed in their private business ffairs. In this way alone can we cope nd keep up with 'he corrupt and unnst government, and save ourselves and unilies from ruin and underserved ioimy. We see all around where radial pimps and scape graces get office, hat they know as little of economy and ood management at home, as they do f the duties of office. They get enorious salaries and fees and they spend hem recklessly. They use the office to ratify revenue, and make few firm Jrong friends in their own party, or Iscwhere. They are the creatures of coidcnt literally and entirely, and not f merit. By and by, these offices and nil emoluments will be pone and they ill have neither money nor friends left, ict us store up money and friends in bundanee, and one day we will he nng, strong at home and strong ltcuch the nation. We must do like its Jews. We must stir soon, work ity<1, tint! snve all. And we need not tow all our treasures to "Sherman's u nrners" or radical tax thieves. We I last only guide and pu<h our business i nowingly, and watch outside move- i iente vigilantly.?Fnyetteville Euylc. . Desperate Affray in Misstssip 1 r.?Memphis March 8.?Capt. Il iyncs ' f the Arkansas militia, accompanied i y Sergeants Brown and hinch, of the j ietropolicau police, with a requisition orn Governor Clayton, of Arkansas, iproved by Governor Brownlow, went ' Horn Lake, Mississippi, twelve miles ] ;low here, yesterday, for the purpose 1 'arresting Cub Harlan, a notorious lioctaw Indian, who fled from Arkans. On approaching the house, Cub, 1 ho evidently suspected their intention, f ct them at the door witn a-rcvover each hand, and opened fire on the irfy, shooting Finch through the body, id causing a wound from he has sinco ed. Capt.. Ilayneswas al>o shot twice the groin and dangerously wounded* iown and Captain Haynes were under < impression that they had wounded e Indian, but later reports state that, j returned to his house, where the afir occurred, last night, and stole two >rses in revenge lor his supposed beayal. Fineh was a native of Ohio, id served in the Union army. About six weeks ago, Eva Wcntworth ' this city, accidently cut off the thumb her left hand. Dr GrisWold was lh:d in, and, upon examination of the ound, concluded to try an experiment, e took the severed piece?which had in in a cold room for an hour and ten inutes and Was apparently dead? oistcned'it in warm w iter, and fastened to its plaee. Soon the parts began i unite, ucw skin formed, and anew lil is now growing When we saw le thumb, a few days ago, it was nearly oil; the girl could use it, aud there is arcely any scar visible. Circlet)tile Democrat. An Excitement Among the Ori- i ntals?A very curious scene occur- i id recently in TJalilornia, caused by 1 le arrival of a large shipment of Chi2se women. Every Chinaman consid- i ed himself entitled to a wife, and do- i irmined to obtain her at whatever cost. < /hen the steamer was coming up the 1 arbor the news spread like wildfire 1 trough the Chinese quarter, and at nee cn.wds of their people started for ( re landing. Every possible means of i anveyance was iu demand. The high jned merchants and head men, who rcre determined to prevent their counrywomen from falling into the hands f their brethren of a lower caste, proided themselves with pauses to the dock cd went in hacks and on the streetare; while hundreds of women, with mbrellas spread over their heads, crowded into express and baggnge-wagon8, and the regular "pirates," or sanpans, as they are called in China, hurried to the place on foot. At least, 1,500 Chinamen had assembled Ifcforethe steamer came in sight. As soon as the officers commenced land* ing the women from the steerage the excitement became intense, and it required a large force to prevent thcra from breaking down the gates. All the boats in the vicinity were engaged at high prices by the parties to be rowed - - iL-i to side of the steamer, hoping oy mat means to get access to the women, and it required strong measures to prevent their hoarding the vessel After the bouts vterc engaged a terrible fight commenced as to who should occupy them, and many who had paid their passage were thrust back into the crowd and their place taken by one who did not scruple to take a sail at another's expense. While this confusion on the outside was going on the women were landed, to the number of 390, and placed in half a dozen rows. The examination by the Custom House officers (most of them young men) was exceedingly interesting. Large quantities of opium were discovered on their persons stowed away in different places. When the search was completed, they Were stowed away in large express wagons aad conveyed to such places as the merchants and head men directed. An officer was placed in front, two on each side and one behind each wagon, each armed with a heavy club, to beat off any love smitten Oricntial who might try to board it. The NeW York Herald sayB Parson Brownlow presents the most extraordinary picture of physical debility that wa* ever before witnessed in any legislative assembly* Thad. Stevens might have been considered, when brought into the Senate Chamber on men's shoulders to take his place among the managers in the memorable days of the impeachment trial, the best illustration ap to that time presented the triumph jf intellectual will over a shattered and - I !- - I> prosrrutc Doany organism j dui; uruwuow's appearance shows even greaterinlications of physical wreck and ruin, ind yet the latter lacks nothing of the tame unconquerable mental fire and jnergy that marked to his latest ujouents the character of the Great Com noner. When taking the oath, Browndw lay back in his chair, his head bent lown, his face shrivelled, ghastly and )f Unearthly hue, his handH clasped in aony, vice-like grasp, and his whole appearance indicative of great physical ieprcssion. As Mr. Colfax read the jath the poor old I'arson raised his feeble arm, which shook with palsy and iropped every moment to his side.? Assistant Seargcant-at-Arms Bassett (rent over and sustained his arm through he remainder of the ceremony, though the old man made one or two desperate efforts by himself "to sustain the right irm by propping it with his left hand. After he had taken the oath, the Parson stretched forth Ills hand for a glass of water, which shook wildly before it reached his lips. Tho ordeal, slight as it seems, had completely exhausted him. Why is the President Inaugurated on the 4th of March??The Vicksburg Herald, in asking the question, makes some very interesting remarks, which we publish as interesting to the curious: "Wo remember many years ago, when a child, to have heard this interrogatory answered in the declaration that, iu consequence of the change occasioned by the addition of one: day every bisextile or leap-year, the 4th of March occurred less often on Sunday than any other day of the week, and for this reason was selected. Curiosity has prompted us to make the examination, and we find that, in thirty Presidential terms, from 1789 to 1905, the 4ih of March U..? ? >'! will torn fullon nftonpr nn Sunday than any other day of the week except TueRday. Thus we have the 4th of March in those years coming four times each on Monday, Wfiduesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and five times each on Sunday and Tuesdaj The Federal Constitution was adopte on the 1st of March, 1789, but the fin President (Jeorgo Washington, was n< inaugurated until April 30, 1789.? Washington's setond term, commencio on the 4th of Mnrch, 1793, fell on Sui day, as did also the term of Jam( Monroe, 1821, and Zachary Taylo ail of whom, we believe, were inaugi rated on the 5th of March, the follov ing day. The 4th of March will ah be on Sunday i i the years 1877 an 1905, completing the the thirty Pros dential terms enumerated." A NEW INVENTION. A patent was obtained a few daj ago by the American Fibre Compan for an entirely novel mode of construe ? ? ing foots atid walls ot nuuaings, waie proof floors, tanks, &c. The fibre used is made from the cat or reeds of the cane-breaks of tl Carolinas and other southern States di integrated by the explosive force < steam by the process recently describe in the Richmond Dispatch. The fibi as it comes from the steam gun is in tli shape of long, fine tendrils, resemblin oakum. The fibre is twisted or spu into a single yarn or strand, several < which strands are interlaced so as I form a stout matting, which is charge with a composition of tar and pulve ized slate or soapstone, limestone, &c forced into and amongst the fibres b great pressure, so as to make a soli slab. The fibre being thoroughly dii integrated and very absorbent, forms good base for the mastic. A series of these slabs made with ral bet joints are joined together and naile to the rafters, the joints areccmentec and then another scries of the slab: made in the same manner, aro laid ovc the other so as to break joints in ever direction, the npper scries being faster ed with a mastic composed of the pu verized slate, etc., and tar, and joinl being cemented together. A ligh strong, solid indestructible siao is tin produced thoroughly water-proof an practically fire-proof also. A simile composition, .used for proofs in Montrei and New Orleans, is unaffected by th hent or cold. As the steam-blown reed fibre can b supplied from Norfolk Va , and Wi uiington N. 0 , to New York, Riclimonc Baltimore, Boston, etc., for fifteen t twenty dollars per ton, and the pulvei ized slate can be obtained at about th same price, and i;hc tar is cheap also, i is claimed that this invention secure the cheapest as well as the best an most durable roefs ever made. The rocf resembles a solid block c slate or stone abjut *no inch thtefc. i coating of sand is forced into the con position bo as to lighten the color an raalcc it resemble stone. The cost i less than half that of a tin roof. The inventors propose to make th same slabs available for the outer wal of buildings in lieu of bricks, stone, c wood. The same company have als obtained a patent for a substitute fc lath and plaster. For this purpos fibrous composition panels are mad by the above method from the stean blown cane fibre, in conbination wit silicate of soda, (liquid flint,) lime, an clay. These panels are fire-proof, an well adapted for ceilings, inner walli and floors, also for cabins of steamboal railway cars. It is claimed that th fibrous composition panels are muc cheaper than lath and plaster, and thi they do not warp, crack, peel, crumbh or decay, and that they can keep ot heat and cold. Certainly these Inventions open wide field of usefulness. They seem t be based upon the most practical idea: and in fact bavo been tested to a su ficient extent to establish their utility As already stated in this paper, it i designed to erect in this city a mam factory of boards or.t of the cane fibn Richmond Dispatch. Some one who takes an interest i young ladies writes as follows: "It i hoped that few of the young ladies wi I Infuat fnahinn nf biackrninc OUUri,u, half circle uuder their eyes. It give a languid expreasion to the countenanc but terribly mars their beauty." < r- VARIETY, d ' at Cotton Fraud.?A most outrageous jt attempt at sw'ndling came to otfr ktioW? ledge on Satufday, and we publish the g facts to let rascals know that their tricks i. will be discovered, and they will meet ;g with loss instead of profit in their at' r, tempts. We went to Messrs. Stenhouse, i. McCauley & Co-.'s warehouse to see twe T. bales opened, Which had been plated. 10 Mr. Donald McCauley noticed something d suspicious about the fellow, and sug[. gested that the bales be more ftilly elamined. His suspicions were right. fnr nnnn nnoninrr ftioni ft lnr<?e ba? Oi uru ?c- - o dirt and six bricks were found in the centre of each, the estimated weight ol which is about three hundred and fiffj ^ pounds. Fortunately the fVaod wai p* discovered in time to prevent the pay ment of the check. The Bcoundrel gave ,e his name as Frank Carson, and bailee ie from Lancaster District, S. C. He s* ought to be in the Penitentiary. Charlotte (TV. C.) Times. d Cheaper Bread.?The Prospect of ! C "* Chicago Tribune assigns good reaeoD* ^ for arguing that the price of wheat will be lower during the coming year. It jf concludes its article by saying : ''The best thing that holders can do is to prel(| pare to look their losses in the face as r gracefully as may be, and decide to let go, lest the chance of selling be denied y in toto. The supply is too abundant to A admit of a scarcity, aod sellers to the great world of consumers are too numea rous to admit of the holders being able to dictate in the matter of prices." >. d Touches Hjm Lightly.?The New |t Orleans Crescent, referring to the Cus3> torn House appointments iD that city, ,r says: "Of Gen. Longstreet, tho new y surveyor of the port, we prefer to say nothing, simply because his history as ]. a gallant Confederate officer is so well ts known that repetition would be supert, fluous, whilst his history as a Republii8 can politician would be neither agreed able to the public, nor creditable to ir hiui6clf." il Hatred of White ?According to Southall, of the Richmond Enquirer, Sumner so hates anything white that he refuses a white pocket handkerchief, nej ver wears a white neck tic, avoids white0 washed rooms, never wears white kid gloves, dislikes snow, takes ipecac in e preference to magnesia, writes on color:t ed paper, l as his boots blacked at every ,a corner, defends the yellow fever, mitij gates the black Vomit, objects to the bleeding of calves, because it makes the meat white, never rolls up the white of ^ his eyes. We would add to this inu dictment that he so hates the White j House, that ho cannot help objecting j to everything done Dy its occupant, De he Johnson or Grant. e AS>dEmdino.?The New Orleans '9 Picayune, announces the death in that ,r city at a hsopital, without a friend or 10 relative at his bedside, and utterly penir oilcss, of S. II. Goetzel, widely known ie during the war as the head of the leade ing publishing house of the Confedracy. He engaged in business after the war ^ at New Orleans, but failed, and since ? then has been in great destitution, d ? 3, A yoUng gentleman wearing a magis nificent new hat, visited a theatre, in e New Orleans, the other night, and careh fully placed it beneath his seat while it he viewed the performance on the stage. ;, When the play ended he discovered it that his neighbors had been using his hat as a spitton, and it was dripping a with tobacco spittle. A mArlarnfa flmn fnr ^ UUUUTIiNU.""Xl uivuviuiv viu?v *v. ! courtship is from twelve to eighteen r months. This, of course, greatly depends on other circumstances, but its length should not be unnecessarily extended. It is this sort of fashion? namely, that of an interminutle wooing ?that gave occasion to the young man's n objection to matrimony, when the same s was urged upon him by his lady love : " "My dear," said he, "if we were married, I don't know where I could spend e my evenings!" Many a young lady becomes weary of the tedious delay of \ her suitor, and many an an&ious suitor grows weary of the unnecessary scruples i of the fair owe. There is ? stoty toltl of a yiJunH: tJotfple *ho beg&n to cdutt ' at an early ago, who went On cOttrtlBg i when they ftere ottt of their teens; the > gentleman ventured to propose a Bet* tlement, but was begged to wait a short i time longer, and so he went Ob %aifc > intT on/t irrmth donorfod nnd thfl nledsred '"bi"""" j-"f- 1 1 o ? > couple, still courting. began occasion; ally to notice a grey hair, ot all untnis-.. takablej wrinkle, but still went on as. of old, fill tnore than half a <aottfFj1t*d' , passed; in a word, they courted all their F lives, and lived to be old, bnt unmar! r!cd- iw - .i. : A gentleman had t*o children?the r one a daughter, who was considered 1 plain in her person, the othtftBon Who was reckoned handsome. One day thej J Were playiog together, they saw their.. ' faces in a IookiDg glass. They boy wa* ! charmed with hb beauty aod spoke, of it to bb sister, who considered hb marks as so many reflections on her .Want of it. She told her father of the affair* . complaining of her brother's rudeness* ( to her. The father, instead of appear- ; ing angry, took both of them on hb < knees, and who, with much dleetiott* gave them both the following advice: "I would have you both to look in.the. glass every day; you, my son, that yott may be reminded never to dishonor the beauty of your face by the deformity of your actions; and you, my daughter, that you may take care to hide the defect of yoilr beanty in your person by the superior lustre of your virtuous and amiable conduct." "Enualitv means." savs a French wrv ter, "a desire to be equal to jour superiors and superior to your equals." Candor.?A. medical writer has lately asserted that "physic" is the art of amusing the patient, while nature cures the disease. .. * ; Jju An exchango has a paragraph about the death of scteral persons from eating "diseased" pork. It makes one feel bad ' to look at it. Color is a good thing; but when It is confined exclusively to the tloMj it !s neither complimentry nor ornamental. Josh Billings says S T"One of the fussyest scenes I ever listened to, wjix two old maids waiting on one sick bach-' <lor." The winter of 1868-69: is said to have been at sea, the most tempestuous on record. , . . v; / Any person of good moral character being a voter, can practice law in Indi* . ana. ' , . u .!i A Beautiful Extract.?A naval officer being at Bca in a dreadful storm, i his wife, who was sitting in the cabin ; near bim, and filled with alarm for the i safety of the vessel, was so surprised at his composure that she oried: "My dear, are yon not afraid f How is it 1 possible you can be calm in such a dread* 1 ful storm ?'* He rose from the chair, lashed to the deck, supporting himself by a pillar of the bed place, drew his sword, and, pointing it at the breast of his wife, exclaimed: ''Are you not afraid of that sword?" She instantly answered, "No." "Why?" asked the officer. "Because," rejoined the lady, "1 know it is in the hands of my husband, and he loves me too well to hurt me." "Then," said ho, "remember, I know in whom I believe, and that He holds the winds in his fists and tho water in the hollow of His hands. Retributive j ustice?The Knoxville Press and Ilerald says that the days of miracles have not yet passed away. Some months ago, the Rev. Mr. Ncal, a minister of the Methodist Church South, was tied to a tree and flogged, while on his way home from church. The perpetrators of the oatrage were not arrested, but, says the P ess, "a stronger pjwer than that' which administers human law ha* brought retribution upon thetu. Out the entire nurnlei: of ruffiaof,jhree have since diedyooo was receotty thrown from his horse and received injuriea whieh arc believed to be mortal, while another is now lying in jail for crime. Even the tree to which Mrr $feal was tied bj his persecutors, has b^eo smitten bj the same unseen, but exerwatcbful power, and is dead,"