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\ 4 VOLUME 28. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, APRIL 8, 1869. NUMBER S'h T"~ 1 ~ " I - - L T atn nnt\ V A RI RTY MISCELLANY. fj. K THE CLOSE OF THE SESSrON ^ We did not suppose that the General ? Assembly of South Carolina, elected by ? universal suffrage and under tne restrictions of the Fourteenth Constitutional ^would be in a hurry to adjourn. The body was chiefly made up of barbers, tailors, carpenters and plantation hands, whose services in the field and at the Lnvil were worth, perhaps, ten dollars a month "and fouud." In the Legisla*nr? thev drew six dollars a day and J^B mileage, besides perquisites ; so that it is not surprising that thej amused thorn^B fcdves for sevebteen weary weeks in do. ing their best to turn topsy-turvy all that the former session had left of re apectable and venerable in the State.? Happily, however, they have adjourned at last; leaving the tax payers one hun. dred and seven new Acts and twentyone new Joint Resolutions. - We ought, maybe, to thank the General Assembly for not remaining in ses. sion all the year round, and it is doubt less captious criticism to suggest that it was hardly worth while for the State to pay at the rate of 81100 each for bills to incorporate colored fire companies. to incorporate the colored Amateur l<uerary and Fraternal Association, the colored Longshorenieu's Protective Uhion Association, and the like. It is true that the old Legislatures of South Carolina, in which her people were represented by upright and intelligent white men, usually sate but three or four weeks at a cost of some $40,000. There is something, however, to be paid for the privilege of being represented by white adventurers and iguofunt uegroes, and as the wards of the nation held the purse and strings, we ought to thank our stars that they did not bleed us to i*e tflne of a cool half "i'.llion. Chum bling may be very unreasonable and show a very poor appreciation of the blessings of the situation ; but it must be said tlia; thfe white people of the S.ate do object most emphatically to a legislative session in which so much is done for the Radical fg ragand bob-tail and #o little for the $hitc nconle of the State. The list of Acts and Joint Resolutions is a curiosity in its way, giving unmistakable evidence of the cupidity and timidity of the combination party. There is an Act to make an appropriutionjfor the pay and mileage of members; an Act lo provide for the conversion of Stfcte securities, au Act authorizing the pawning of State bonds, an Act to nu thorize a loau for the relief of the Treasury, and the huge Appropriation bill of which we have already spoken, 'i his is the financial work of the session. Five Acts to give the members and officers their pay, and to secure the State officials from short of Veuve Clicqiujt and P"t* '1* Vttitt Clmst ntil.il t.h<> Assembly can meet again and vote un other supply! And the chronic fright of the "Honorable Senators and Representatives," caused by the romances of Tolbertaud Huge, and the proclaiming and swearing of that excellent individual, R. K. Scott, Governor, found its expression in the Act to organize the militia, and the Joint Resolutions authorizing the Governor to purchase two thousand rifles of the most improved (pattern, with the necessary ammunition, find to employ an armc-l for e f->r the preservation of the peace. Only think 6'f it! Two thousanj rifles and an armed force to keep the peace in Sou'h Carolina. Why, if one tithe of what Scott knd his minions say were true, one hunl flred thousand WHITE men to bear and I hse them could not keen the neace in I / ' * ?n the State. The legislators supped fall of horrors. tank Leslie stood aghast in speechless trance. *Yo arms, cried Bosemon, and couched his quivering lance: So they provided for the inimodi'te Annihilation of every man in buckram, And relieved their overwrought feelings 6y removing the county seat of Barn- ( well to Blackville and ratified the Fif- j teenth auiendmeut. When we take from the long roll the Aota we have natued, the Acts ofincor- i ^oration?which could have been inclu-1 dcd in one general law?and the acts b and resolutions which were directed to h remunerating somebody for something 1 he had done or premised to do, there is d left hut a beggarly array of measures to a represent the public work of the session, r Omitting the railroad bills, there are a- v bout a dozen Acts and Resolutions of a 8 public character, in return for all this la- P bor and profuse expenditure of money. 81 Whipper, the uegro lawyer was elected 1 to codify the laws of the State, in com- ^ pany with Mr. Corbiu, the United Stafes ^ District Attorney and Senator from P Charleston., Elliott, a negro, was con- u firmed as $ssi'stan! Adjutant and Inspcctor-Gencral of the Militia. Avari- ^ ety of fat places were contrived arid a ^ - - - - ? X.. .. i number of salaries increased The while * people of the State bavo absolutely n<?- ^ thiug, but quite as much as tHi-y looked ? for. 1 In one particular, St least, the Lcgis- . laturc has bargained without its host. ^ The members knew abso'iitely nothing j. of what they were doing. They hacked and hewed, slashed and slew. Old laws were repeal 2d and new ohes fenAcied, j. proviso was heaped upon proviso, resolution upon resolution, until there is ^ hardly a man in the State who knows | ^ what the law is, whore it begins, and where it couies to an end Already . the Homestead Law, and the Ordinance Si caneclli g negro bonds, have been pron unced uucotiHtitutiutial. The bill to r declare and make valid tljc Charleston g election is now before the courts as be- . ing unconstitutional from beginning to J end. T' ere is scarcely an act passed ^ wh.ch may not be successfully attacked because of some flaw or irregularity.? How uiuny bills and reso'utions flatly violate. Section 20, Article 2, of the ^ State Constitution, which declares that "Every act or resolution having the force ^ of taw shall rela'e to but ono ?.uKj?et, nod ^ that shall be expressed in the title ?" ^ The w.iole judicial system is in a mud- ^ die, and when the lawyers get. fairly to work the courts will have their hands p full, perhaps lor years to come This is no ex ggerition; for if, us O'Connell ' said, a coach and four could be driven ' al through an act of Parliuieut, a w-io'e railroad train might be driven through the Acts of the present Legislature of ^ South Carol ina. After all it is a comfort that the Ocn- j, eral Assembly has adjourned, and that tj the peculiarly favol-c 1 and peculiarly flavored senators and representatives t| will not remain in Columbia to vex u? during tlu warm summer weather. Of r( course, they frill meet Again in the fall j c< but we f? el that by that time there may ^ be influences" at work which will make a( them 11*is violent. loRs injurious and less costly, than diiritig the last two scs- jr sious.? Cfla't tt'lrfn iVribs. T~i T From Lb CdnBtUiillonel, March 12. libiirf y is France. 11 . . 01 The public niectihgs held yesterday p cveniHg in the dalles Moliere and Ro- . bert, the latter balled Salle de la Revolution et du Progres, in the Roulcfard y ' at KoCheChondtt, Were of a very tumultu... . m ous character, ana both were dissolved by tlic representative of authority. In 11 the forhiVr, SI. Scb'tle presided, with MM. Anuurodx and Paulct as his as- ui scssors. M. llcligori spoke against the oc conscription and its influence on labor ,J, and prnduec. He kept continually t'r wandering from his subject, nut wit hstanding the ref>6atccf warnings of the fu Commissary of Police. lie argued that s; roldiers wefe not free; that in the bar- tu racks efforts tfefe made to excite tlicm st; to hatred against the citizens. It " H the time of the invasion of at Paris," said he, "the Governor, who ui was called, I believe. M. Joseph, had w lor a moment the idea of arming the n< people, but he was afraid of the Kevo- s\ lution. Napoleon I. declared that he ni had rallnr liuve to ?:eal with the v'i.s S: sacks on the lhm than with the (.us- p sacks ot the Faubiurg St. Martin." ?v Ou this the Commissary of Police t! gave another warning. The President fh maintained that the Speaker was in or- si dcr, and, repeating his words, invited fc him to continue. The warning pro-1 T due-d an indesciibable tumult. The j ci Commissary then lose to read tho law, i ut not being able to make himself ? eard, pronou ccd the dissolution.? < 'he clauior still continued ; tho Presi- f cnt protested against the dissolution^ ( nd demanded that the law should be t end; then the Commissary, taking ad I antasrc of a momentary cessation of the i houts, summoned the assembly to dis erse. M. Amouroux, one of the asessors, began to harangue the uudience; hen menaces and invectives were adressed to tho Comnjissary, who withrew, however, without suffering ahy crsonal outrage. The hall was evacated shortly after, and no disturbance ool place outside the doors. The Resident of the meeting iu the Rue iochechouart was M. Ferray, Wtfh MM. )audet and Bachellery for assessors.? I. Peyrouton, speaking of the French tevoiiution, and referring particularly o the night of the 4th of August, said : "That night was a promise of equalty which has not yet been realized; tit the day will conic, and A proof may e found in the effervescence now prevlent in Paris." A little after, he cited these words of ' >bcspicrr'e 1 , c ..*> v i ; Li. . .. "rvings auu princes arc lucurrigiuie j e fiefe is but one way of getting rid of p iieni, and that 13 death." p A warning ctVsbed. The President c icn, addressing hmiselHo the meeting, v lid that he could only join io the lan- 0 uage of the speaker; so M. Pcyrouton c ipoatCQ his phrase with an air of do- p auce. Another warning was then re- f irted by the President, whose words ;cmed inteuded to provoke a hostile I'monstration on the part of the assemly. He finished his speech, however, j id was succeeded by M. lJucbcllery: "I mean to speak," said he, "of the ^ onsulute and the Empire. A foreign iiad b-en pushed forward by the ^ vottrHi'ir; nii'l tie BUlTapartC.-"~ rheri a man pronounces that name he c rokes the memory of a whole tissue of iincs, assassinations, and infamies!" ^ This produced a third warning. M. ^ crrav maintained that the speaker was uite in order, and obtained a salvo of >pl use. M. Baclullery protested, id said : s "If my hearers see in nty words .sn . nilogy between Napoleon I. and Ma- ^ ilonn III . so much the worse*' ' -t On these tv irds the Commissnry of j olice disso ved the meeting and made c ic usual requisition. The President eclared the dissolution illegal, and in ^ ic midst of the vociferations of the byanders, of insults vented against, the ;presentative of authority, and menajs of personal assault, announced that >r this once the meeting would retire id have recourse to legal methods (a u ritten protest); but that for the future, a i presence of such a dissolution, the c ssouibly would remain in permanence. 0 he Commissary of Police, whom many ircatcncd to throw into the cellar, could 8 ily effect his retreat by the aid of M. ^ ctit one of the organizers of the meet- a ig. The prosccs-vrtlavx of the infrac- 11 ons of the law of June 6, committed c these two meetings, have been trans- ^ ittcd to the judicial authorities. l' ,, d YDROPIIOBIA IN KENTUCKY, si We have to record one of the most |j itusual and startling fatalities that ever (; jcurred in our city, iu the deatli of s( din D. Sargent, ai citizen of Frank for t, > out hydrophobia. c; Some two month's ago a small dog n Unwed hitn front the street into his fl ore, ana secnwa to recognize nun vir- $ ialF$ as his master. It was quite n uall, hardly over sii inches in freight, u , was afflicted with some skin disease, n id at times appeared to bo laboring h rider a species of fit. sraggering back- ]( ards, and yelping asif with pain It was ? jt supposed to be mad, though several ? mptoins are uotf' remembered that a ay ju<tly be attributed to rabies. Mr. h urgent one day fed it with a small S( ece of meat, wh'ch it had no sooner u fallowed than it caught his hand at h ie base of the thumb, piercing his y, L*sh with its small, keen teeth'. He n 100k it off, paying no other attention tl i the wnund. which rapidly healed.? 7 he dog died a few days after in our tl miposiug-room. a On Saturday evening ls.st Mf. Sar- c jcut lelt paiD in his hana in tne vu owe linity of the old wound. The jiain to r gradually extended to the fingers, and my irept up the arm into the body, The r-se irru and hand beeame numb, incapaci- call ;ating him from his usual use of those he i nemhere. The numbness and nervous T less increasing, he summoned a physi;ian, who, after a very careful examina;ion, could not at first decide upon the 0 a lature of his disease, but suspected to * lome disease of the brain. The inter- ?"j rention of nerVous spasrod, accompanied ^ vith the most harrowing Hytnptoms, ^ five to his disease a most frightful cast. ^ By accident, on the presentation of waer to allay his tliitBt the true oharactcr ? FC >f his malady was developed in the ag- ? iniiinnr annum flint immediatolv racked . W " . " " JQ{T ind tortlirecl his physical frame. He :ould not endure tfie sight even of wa- jj ;cr, or its mention. His spasms were ^ jrief in duration-, but of the most fuar... nice ul character, causing his eyes to dilate, ind his whole appearance to assume a iharacter so frightful that bafflds all dc, . catii cription. The slightest impact upon , lis body caiised convulsons, his nervous irganism being wrought up to its highat tension. The strength of several j-, ier?on9 was necessary to hold him in ^ losition during his spasms. He did . lot seek to inflict harm on any one, but J no r ras entirely conscious up to the hoUr fin's death, giving instructions con- . j erniiig his business, and delivering gj mrting messages to his family and noods. ever Daring Sunday he ^as visited by t0 p, any citizens and the physicians, who staCl ffored all the aid possible for his relief. feejj le swallowed only a few pills by great gtr;c {fort on S'inday morning, the con trieion of his throat causing liiih to refuse nything else. Thus, amid sufferings Til cyond description or comparison, ex- *'10 cedirjcjmjfliitrg ever witnessed in the ^ ^ ntire history of the medical men that the; mistered at his bedside, and appaling in i o every appreciative sense, he lingered ^inu ill almost 9 o'clock on Sunday night, rhen death rclicVcd hidi from further care :iin. geni Mr. Sargent leaves his family, conis>ting of a wife and five children, in ndigent circumstances. In his last g|irc lours lie eppcaled to those around him 'Tw o aid them in their help ess condition, lis chief fear being that they would a,ri(| t> i - ded oinc to want. Iscncvolent citizens arc ow circulating a subscription list to jnail >uy them a small home and minister to vera heir necessity.?Frankfort Common- 1 :eallh, March 26. at c ' cour evid ~ T. || V) 1 IUWU 13 IU UV ttpjjvjiutcu, m. uui uw ( present my district; I must notify constituents to select another Repmtative." This remark, it it said, rd forth corresponding replies from adical members around.?Fhoenix Vant of Decision.?A great den) lbor is lost to the world for the want little courage. Every day sends he graves obscure men, who have r remained in obscurity becatise tiity has prevented them from making st effort, and who, if they had only i induced to begin, would in all pro;y, have gone great lengths in the er of fame. The fact is, that in doanything in the world worth doing, nust not stand on the bank shiver thinking of the cold and danger, jump in and scramble through as as we can. It will not do to be perlally calculating risks and adjusting i chances. " It did all very well bcthe flood, when a man would conhis friends upon an intended fmblian for one hundred and fifty years, live to see its success tor six or n centuries afterward; but at presman ftaiti and doubts, and consults brothers and uncles and particular ids, until one day he finds he is y five years of age, and that he has uore time to follow their advice.? re is so little time for oversqueamess at present that the opportunilips away. The very period of lite hich a man choses to venture, if is so confined that it is no bad rule reach up the nccesssty, in such inns, of a little violence done to the ng, and effort made in dcfianOe of :t and sober calcula'ions. Sidney Smith. :e Arch Agitator.?Among those went out of office with Andrew nson, and retired to private life, e is one whose disappearance from publio Btrge will not excite a regret s If. lie has reigned long and wtckfrom the begining to the close.? shone like Lucifer throughout his er endowed with the same great us fur inichief; with arch subtley, mind without a soul, like Licifer, las fallen never to rise again. Far ; in the past we find him stirring wdly the embers of sectional strife, as his to iuvent the diabolical doce of tlio "irrepressible conflict," his was the master hand that guiit in all its stages, and d>wn ugh a sea of blood to its final and fixed juration as a principle of the (joimcrit. He gloated over the dreadmtik oitnlloee en#iuf*ask#inn nnrl I 311 UU TOIIIJ ouuiaco oubipiuuuuilj uuu io period of llie cormge among his i try men did he discover the first ence of feeling or regret. . . ile up the dead hecatombs up to the s! was his ever ready answer to aps for peace. Down with the Coustijn, and open the prison doors to ali refuse to worship at the same bloody nc. ... .. itch, in brief, is William II. Sewthc craftiest, meanest, most souland treacherous of his race. He sursed his country through a whole nation; and it will curse and exe3 hitu till '-the last syllab'e ot recordimc."?Savannah Republican [1eridan.?Wc have freqently said of all the Federal Generals of the war G< neral Sheridan had the test reputation ou the smallest capIIis achievements were nothing aordinary?hardly sufficient to have d him from being overslaughed; it is a great injustice to other offithat he should be promoted over r heads. There wjh no brilliautcy inything he did save the conflara3 he lighted up in the Valley. He did rain a single victory that was worthy . mark for being achieved uuder dismtage, where in'repidity and fact mphed o"er superior lbree, nicaus, position. Not nne. Richmond Dispatch. Tiie Infamous Stanton.?Dr. Id says: 'After I was convicted and sent j to the Dry Tortugas a confession got up by Secratary Stanton puring to havo been made by nje to Lain Dutton on board the steamer, Was afterwards appended to the ofI report of my trial. This was one le most infamous dodges practiced nst nic, aud was evidently intended justification for the illegality of my . notion. I never made such a con- j on, aud never could have imrtfe it, J i if I had tried it." WANING CONFIDENCE.?U IS WCll ? ndcrstood that, in spit? of attempts 8 j nd half attempts and sham attopts at ^ ^ oinpromisc and conciliation; a distrust w]t0 f Grant is increasing among the radical shrii ;adcrs at Washington. The leaders Si ee that lie can at bfeSent be controlled frc*' ' less y them to a great extent, hut they re* |lag ( lizc that he is unstable and unsettled gent a his views! and purposes, and they crat< an't know who will have possession of Cl* 1 irn to-nicJfrow, or whether the rather .g Kin stteak of obslinancy that they have t},ut iscovCred in him may not at sonic time civil tart hi lb' off suddenly and unexpected- grc;| ir upon a little career of his own. Even !arl Schurz, the new Senator from Mis- ^ ' ;>uri, is disposed to doubt him. The an(j Iissouri Senator, io a recent speech, cers alhd on thos5 members of Congress fbcil 'ho had impeached one President not * inch to before tfie face of his successor. _()t' trong supicion of Grant's purposes( of n otwitlistduding his palpable lack of advn cfve, arc entertained, and even indig- tnui ant of the plan or plans pursued by a" iin in reference to the appointments, judly or deeply uttered on all sides.? lis own political friends say that his Mui 'hole theory of appointments is fulse ' nd his practice njischievous. They awai old, the Louisville Courier Journal as- was efts, both the theory aud practice to be porti nworthy of respect. They sec that Cupi )W and contemptible influences arc at and ork in all directions. A very promi- ficial cut radical or Republican member of of th he "TIou.sc remarked emphatically, on agai 'ticsday. in the hall of that body, with as n lie intention of being heard Ly all coov round hitn, "If I am not worthy of fessi oosultation when the postmaster of my even f 2JkX%X^< a a* , War Vessels OrdereB South.?Two iron-clad vessels, now at PoffcTmouth Navy Yard, have ?>;en ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be diabatched to the West India station.? . y ' a* 4 ? f'i "* There are no vessels of their class in those waters, and possible complications with Spanish-Cuban matters require this branch of service to be strength^ cned in that quarter. Ex President Davis.?The New Orleans Crescent, of Saturday, says that a private letter, received in that city, from Mr. Jas. Frederick Pattiaon, in England, mentions incidentally that the writer had a visit on the 4th of March from Mr. Davis, who expresses his intention to return soon to the United States. 'Buy a trunk, Pat?' said a dealer.? And what fur should I buy a trunk?' rejoined Pat. To put your olothea.iu,' was the reply. 'And go nakedly l*he divil a bit iv it.' t ^ A yankee paper io describing a ship -1- ?Kof ftia mnfo nf the VPSScl. W I CUR Oil J a lllUb buv *MW?W V> ? ? t who was the only survivor of the crew, found himself cast upon an uninhabited island?Without a single dollar in hit pocket!' ' " A lady, who had refused to giV'e after hearing a charity sermon, had her pocket picked as she was leaving the church. On making the Jiscovery, she said : "God could cot find the way to my pocket but the Devil did.' A house maid who was sent to call a gentleman to dinner, found him engaged in tisiog a tooth-brush. "Well, is^he coming?"said the lady of the house as the servant returned. "Yes, ma'am, directly/ was the reply 'he's just sharpening his teeth." Don't Swear,?Frofauifcj is one of the offensive and disgusting habits to ? -i- i QflT, nnthincr wuicn uuiiiciuiij wjjucu , wwj c win (uIppsiL lgJiich every one of course understands,) profane 3wearing is a vile, vulgar, low-bred habit, from the indulgence of which a proper selfrcspect should restrain a man, even if he has no regard for the dictates of religion. It is a habit," too which increases with rapidity, when once given way to. Virtues, like essences, loso their fragrance when exposed. They are sensitive ^IantS, that will not bear too familiar approaches. Who was the first person ever known to swear ? Eve, for when Adam asked her if he might kiss her, she answered, I don't care A-dam if you do. "JIammn," exclaimed s beautiful girl who had suffered affectation to obscure the little intellect she possessed, 'what is that long green thing lying on the dish before?" "A cucumber, my beloved Georgians," replied the mamma, with a bland smile of approbation on her darlings fc?mfcehddble curiosity. "A cucumber! .Gracious goodness, my good mamma, how very extraordinary^! 1 always imagined, until this moment, that they grew in slices!" Poetry and consumptions are the most flattering of diseases. A lady speaking of the gathering of lawyers to dedicate a new court house, said she supposed they had gone " to view the ground where they must shortly He." A man who had a scolding wife, being willing to excuse her failing, when called upon to give some account of her habits and character, said she was pretty well in general, only subject at times to breaking out at the mouth 1 n . i Narrow Escape.?The Key. C. Thnmnsnn - ** i.uv?.uw * UDbV/1 ab bllio place, had a narrow escape from drowning on Friday evening last, in crossing Bear Creek on tho Camden road.? Though saving himself he had the misfortune to lose the horse he was driving, which belonged to one of our citizens. Lancaster Ledger. Business beforo pleasure?kissing your wife before going out to spend the evening with a female friend. If you want to get more than one hilndcred cents for a dollar invest in a bottle of perfumery.