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Pv ' '''f"" " " "*' "* f ' ' J? H___J_ *iv 'i. 'r?i>g-;?i 'jo; laab- ?:0 j.D-jvI ?v>vifob VOLUME 29. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21,1869. , : . : gUTMBER IP' ' ' *' ? - - ?- * I -* ?l- _i_ 1 i nfti i'i'wiiiIii ? ifinlii' j*h? <Wt!4!wl*fiat MISCELLANY. From the Columbia Phoenix The Relations of Labor and Capital. One of the most commoD instruments employed by demagogueism is the talk about a conflict between labor and capital. When it uj deemed useful to get up some political excitement to accomplish some partisan end, the demagogues aud 1 I the political tricksters talk about the ir n^r^oiKln r>nnflir>t liptwcen labor and 1 iiw^/l VCOII/iV vwuu.w capital, and proceed to expatiate upon the wrongs of the laboring man at the 1 hands of the capitalist and employer.? These mischief makers, however, seldom 1 accomplish anything but harm to those whose interests they profess to be so solicitous about; and the "strikes" that they often succeed in getting up, generally re act upon the "strikers." Now, we desire to be understood on this subject. We claim to have a lively sympathy with the working class Our interests are identified with those of labor, and no one can be more concerned than ourselves about the importance of digni fying and ennobling labor. It is our datj?our policy?our necessity?to ad- ! ance the ioteiests of the laboring man. < This is the time for material development, and more than the wealth of in- ' tellect, we need in the South the wealth that comes from bard, steady, constant 1 / labor in the fields, the factories, and the ' work-shops. But lot it not be forgotten ' that employers have rights as well as the i employed. Let it be borne in mind that ' i the same causes that make times hard to the laborer, also make them hard to the employer. About all, let it be rcmem- ' bercd that the amicable relations be- 1 tween capital aud labor cannot bedis- * turbed withcut damage to both. They are parts of one harmonious whole. If, in the grand economy of the world, these elements are distinct, as the billows, they are one, as the 6ca. As the New ^ York Republic says: J "United they stand, divided they fall.' Such are the existing connections 1 between these two great interests that the one cannot exist without the other. As well might the hand say, I have no 1 need of the foot. Nor the eye of the ear, nor the tongue of the brain. Yet, ? when combined, they constitute the important parts going to make the man. What is capital without labor? Can capital clothe us, or feed us without la- 1 bor to cultivate the land, or spin, and weave the cloth to be made into gar- ? ments? Capital is of no value when it ceases to be an article of exchange, ' which must be the case when separated 1 from labor. The same difficulty occurs 1 in separating labor from capital. Labor is employed in the production of all arti- 8 cles of necessity and luxury; butiflabor * be separated from capital, and all become laborers, where shall we seek a c market for the productions of labor It is the free, full and universal connection between all the different interests which I goes to make up a community, including labor and cap'tal, creating a demand for J all the productions; and by common consent gold and silver and paper arc 1 adopted as the measures of value. How 1 idle, then, to talk about an irrepressible . conflict between labor and capital! Politicians may rant and rage, scold and fret, hoping to separate in hostile attitude th^se two great interests which 1 Vlllf flnv 10-aay noia mc wunu tu^stuu , v?? j man or set of men who attempts to divide that which God seems to have joined together, should be looked upon not only as an enemy of his country, but an enemy to those whom ho seeks to benefit." (These are the considerations which address themselves alike to capital and labor; and when political trickery seeks to antagonize these interests, it is well for such views to be seriously considered. Concurring iu the suggestion of Mr. Pendleton, that thero is no sense, # * * !- via nah. net gausiaciion, uo priumpic uuu uU j .. cy in merely "cheap laborj" holding that labor should be adequately rewarded?Day, even generously paid for its services?wc deem it a duty to denounce the effort made in certain quarters to excite undue prejudioe and distrust io the minds of the working class, and to suggest that the elements of capital and J1 ^ 11 * * > * ? labor should be allowed quietly and naturally to adjust themselves upon a basis of justice and fair-dealing. Political economy will regulate these matters much better than political tricksters. A Child in Court. THE TOWER OF TRUTH. The following beautiful illustration of the simplicity and power of truth is from the pen of S. H. Hammond, form erly editor of the Albany State Register. He was eye witness of the scene in one of the higher courts : A little girl, nine years of age, was offered as a witness against a prisoner who was on trial for a felony committed in her father's house. 'Now Emily,' said the counsel for the piisoner, upon her being offered as as a witness, 'I desire to know if you understand the nature of an oath.' 'I don't know what you mean,' was the simple answer. 'There, jour honor/ said the counsel, addressing the court, 'is anything further necessaay to demonstrate the validity of my objection ? The witness should be rejected. She does not comprehend the nature of an oath.' 'Let us see,' said the Judge. 'Come here, my daughter.' Assured by the the kind tone and manner of the judge, the child stepped forward to biui, aud looked confidently jp in bis lace, with a calm, clear eye, tnd in a manner so artless and frank ;hat it went straight to the heart. 'Did you ever fake an oath ?' inquired :he judge. The little girl stepped buck .vith a look of horror, aud the red blood mantled in a blush all over hjr neck and ibc answered: No sir.' She thought he intended to inquire ?'ii ? 'Fdo not me 11 that,' said the ju lge, vhosaw her mistake. <1 iue%n were r'ou ever a witness before." 'No, sir, I never was in couit before^ vas the answer. LI l.... /tnrl tmr >in nnr>n liiblc. Ill IIUI1UVU UVt MM 'Do you know that book, my daughter ?' She looted at it and answered, 'Yes, ,ir, it is the Bible.' 'Do you ever road it V he asked. 'Yes sir, every evening.' Can you tell me what the Bible is V oquired the judge. It is the word of the Great God,' the answered. 'Well, place your band upon this Bide and listen to what I say,' and he ep&ited slowly and solemnly the oath isually administered to witnesses. 'Now, said the judge, you have sworn is a witness, will you tell what will heal you if you do Dot tell the truth V 'I shall be shut up in the State pris>d,' answered the child. 'Anything else?' asked the judge. 'I shall never go to heaven,' she redied. 'How do you know this ?'asked the ludge ogaio. The child took tho Bible and turning rapidly to the chapter containing the commandments, pointed to the injunction, "Thou thalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." I learned that before I could read. 'Has any one talked with you about your being a witness in court here against this man?' inquired the judge. 'Yes sir, she replied. 'My mother heard they wanted mc to be a witness, and last night she called ine to tell her the ten commandments, and then we kneeled down together and she prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neighbor, and that God would help me, a little child, to tell the truth as it was before Ilim, And when I came up here with my father, arm he ki-sed urc and told me to remember the ninth j commandment, and that God would hear every word that I said. 'Do vou believe this ?' asked the judire while a tear glistened in his eye, ai d his lips quivered with emotion. 'Yea, sir,' said the child, with a voice and nnnner that showed her conviction of truth was perfect. 'God bless you, my child,' said the judge, 'you have a good mother. Thi witucss is competent/ he continued.? 'Were I on trial for uiy life, and inno- In e cent of the charge against me I would every < pray to God for such a witness as this, or oth Let her be examined. strange She told her story with the simplicity and we of a child, as she was, but there was a of a re' directness about it which carrried con- sally h; viction of the truth to every heart. She ted his was rigidly cross examined. The coun- strate I -eel plied her with infinite and ingenious our spi questions, but she varied from her first terests. statement in nothing. The truth as only h< spoken by the child was sublime. False- ignorai hood and perjury had preceded her tes- heart t tiuiony. The prisoner had intrenched propria ^limsolf in lies, until he deemed himself atheist impregnable. Witnesses had falsified his set fact in his favor, and viliuiuly had man- But ufactured for him a sham defense. But oppose before her testimony falsehoods were the gr scattered like chaff. The little child, God. for whom a mother had prayed for their r< strength to be given her to speak the ble wu troth as it was before God, broke the truth j the cunning devices of matured vil- much j laiuy to pieces like a potter's vessel, reasoab The strength that her mother had pray- exceed cd for her, and the sublime and terrible of the simplicity?terrible, I mean to the heard, prisoner and his associates?with which about t she spoke, and was like a revelation the mo from God himself. They d " I eolnaa Love o; iae Beautiful.?Place a cuimj0l young girl iu the care of a kind-heated, rcag0na graceful woman, and she unconsciously maDthi to herself grows into a graceful lady.? taue 8U Place a boy in the establishment of a thorough-going, straight-foiward busi- moraj j ness man. and the boy becomes a self- fujjy w reliant, practical business man. Chil- ftiere ( drcn are susceptible creatures, and c?r- ^ ^ ( cumstanccs, and scenes, and aotious-^? "won] 01 wavs imnrcM. As vou influence them, W0I not by arbitrary rules,^ ilor by exnn?jlu i n; alone, but in a thousuuu utuur wuys'th^T fe s-pcalr through beautiful forms, -pretty manda pictures, etc., so they will grow. Teach mcre r your children, then, to love the beauti- jjaV(; t fal. Give them a corner in the gar- c|ajm den for flowers; encourage them to put joubt it in the shape of hanging baskets; al- qu(j or low them to have their favorite trees; ^ WQJ teach them to wander in the prettiest can ma woodlets; show them where they can gtate]y best view the sunset; rouse thcra iu the CODCjU(j morning, not with the stern "time to |3ear! w. rk," but with the enthusiastic "sao mucj1 a the beautiful sunrise !" Buy for theui fher pretty pictures, and encourage them to a decorate their room in his or her child- wj-0 cjjJ - *- ? - n:.... it,.m .?n inf?h nnd tliev __.i Irm way. vjmvc in-m uu ....... . . wc1i. will go a mile. Allow them the privil- g-j, ego, and they will make your home arg beautiful. whilst A Puzzle?Here is a qucston for ^P13 ( young ariihiiicticianfl' and others who Prac,ic like to crack an arittactical nut now and robkcr3 then, to try their wits upon: sins, dr Two Arabs sat down to dinner, and 0 1x0(1 were accosted by a stranger, who request- ? ed to join the party, saying '-that as he v'v'^ F could not get provisions to buy in that w(t'} part of the country, if they would admit 'nSs him to eat ouly an equal share with t,ic 0^ themselves, he would willingly pay them Bit for the whole." The frugal meal consist- man* cd of eight small loaves of bread, five of Bible t which belonged to one of the Arabs, and oa(^ P10 three to the other. Thestringer having But eaten a third part of the eight loaves, becausi arose and laid before them eight pieces cannot of money, saying: "My friends there is in the what I promised you; divide it between God's t you according to your just rights. A No ma: dispute arose, of course, respecting a which division of the money; but reference crcatio being tn:ide to the cadi, ho adjudged thing 1 seven peices to the owner of five loaves licve n and only one piece to hini who had we uiu owned the three loaves. Yet the cadi own ex decided justly. which capilla A Western editor knows of a little p]aiu T Suuday school girl who, being asked by cring j the catcctiiser, "What is the outward par^ a visible form or sign in baptism ?" inno- jDt0 jjj ccntly said, "Please, sir, the baby. what I "Speaking of shaving," said a pretty is well girl to an obstinate old bachelor, "I issomi ; should think that a pair of handsome one ut | eyes wnuld be the best mirror to shave the sm by." "Yes, mauy a poor fellow has is fore been shaved by them," the wrctoh re- glass <3 plied. that G J A intidenty. U very age of the world and in v< :ountry, infidelity, in some form hi cr, has existed. This is not It ). Man, by nature, is a sinner, gl : might expect all his acts to be or bellious character. Men univer n< ate God because they have viola- th law. By this hatred we demonhe depravity of our hearts and ritual blindness to our best in- te Most infidels manifest not at ;art depravity, but intellectual fa ico. "The fool hath said in his in here is no God." No more ap- st ite title eould be given to the ca , He denies the testimony of dc ises. tti there is a class of individuals who cc the teachings of the Bible on ai ound that it is not the word of at These persons try everything by hi easoo, and conclude that the Bi- w 1 not stand this test. But the fa is, most of those who make so cc mrade about reason are very un- pi ile. Tbey will be found to be d< ingly ignorant of tho teachings B Bible. They condemn it un- b< What facts they have learned in he Bible have been received from fo uths of the enemies of the Bible, tb o not search the Bible for them- E but receive, as true, what some tb ator says. This is a most un- p< ble course of proceedure. No cr it was searching after truth would ch a course. _ Bible courts investigation, and g lonesty demand* that it be care- ^ camined before it is condemned. ^ :an bo no difficulty in coming inclusion that the Bible is the 81 hGod or that it is not. If it is d of Gody ooinmon sense teaches If it is only the production of ! nen, then its teachings should hat weight which their merit ? 01 No sensible man can have any whether a tree is the work of . man. lie knows a tree is not w k of man; for no created being ^ ke a sprig of grass, mueh less a . oak. By the same process, we le the Bible is the work of God. ^ pc j the impress of His hand as s the oak of the forest docs. e is a practical argument lor the gc ud against infidelity, which those pj lieu to be infidels ought to ponder ^ It is this. All those who reject ^ de as a rule of faith and action, ^ ally and mostly very bad men, ^ all those who practice the pre- j )f the Bible are uood men.? , re al infidelity makes thieves and ge , murderers and midnight assasP? unkards and debauchees?haters ^ and man. A community filled ^ iible rejecters would present a tQ licture of the lake that burneth ^ e and brimstone, inhabited by be C? led with malice and hatred. On _ er er hand, the practical reception of lie makes the bad man a good It is no weak argument for the hat all good men love, and all in n hate it. some individuals reject the Bible } there is some of it that they C fully understand. This is puerile extreme. There arc none of B vork3 that we can understand.? n has learned the philosophy will explain the simplest part of n." No man understands anyully. If wh are at liberty to bcothing that we c.innot understand b st believe nothing, not even our istencc: There is a point beyond we cannot go. Ch?mical and g ry attraction will, in part, exphy the sap circulates in the tow- w )ine; but they explain it only in nd hence the philosopher calls a aid, in explaining the process, I le calls the vital principle. This tl enough. But it is evident there ti jthing about the process which no b iderstands. Mystery hangs over 1 iallest grain of sand. Everyman h ed to see every thing through a I larkly. But this is no argument - . % od is not the author ot creation. | r n the contrary, that mystery wniea eujlopes every thing, teaches that the n ind that made the universe is divine, i there a sane man any place on the ? obe who will say that there is no sand, <3 ' that sand is not sand, or that God did >t make sand, because there is some- g ling mysteriously about sand ? a To reject the Bible because we can- t >t understand it, is very sil'y. Nine-, ntbs of all the practical truth that " - C ^ iy man possesses are mere umneio vi ith. Even those thing which are the ventions of man, are not fully underood by those who practice them. Men >n and do practice things which they * ) not fully understand, with profit to ' lemselves and those with whom they * ime in coutact. If no man would do v jything which he did not fully underand, the most industrious would fold c is arms in idleness. The blacksmith s ould never make his anvil ring, the I rmer would never plant one grain of v irn, because there is much about these f 'ofessions that is past his skill to unjrstaod. The man who rejects the q iblc because of its mysteriousness, to t i consistent, ought to reject everything t i art and science, especially in science, j r science and the Bible make known c ie same truth but in a different way. verything in science points to God, ^ ie author of all; every in the Biblo ^ )ints to God who, in the beginning, ^ eatcd all things. * t Mb. Greelt.?The editors of the t Vhig, in urging Mr. Greely for the of- ^ :e of Senator from this State, were ' ituated by motives every way creditae and patriotic, and they had the c mpathy of many prominent citizens, { id daily increasing support from Vir- y nia public opinion. The demons^ra- < was therefore one j)f t1 "1 Ifn* TrcyWijFEeirBe prouffTj His poti- ^ ve and irrevocable, but courteous, delnation of the honor pots his fiamo it of the question, but docs not impair ie whit the patriotic sentiment and ise motives which led to his nominaon. They are still in full force, and ill, wc hope, seek in some other way ie accomplishment of their grand ob ct?the restoration, peace and prosirity, of Virginia.?Richmond Disitch. c 1 A Touching Incident.?The ob- \ quiesof the late Mr. James Rose took I ace at St. Paul's Church, Radclif- c boro, at 9 o'clock, yesterday. Mr. t ose had been a largo slaveholder, and i s funeral was attended by a consider- r >le number of the former servants of 1; ie family. When the body was to be t movod from the house to the hearse, p veral of them, whilst tho appointed \ ill-bearers were ready to take charge 1: ' the bier, respectfully asked of the t miiy the privilege of bearing tho body e i the hearse. This testimony of af- * ctionate remembranco was met in a >rresponding spirit, and the pall-bear- a s followed them. c Charleston Courier. \ t Fan Flirtation.?Fan fast?I am ^ idependent. Fan slow?I am engaged. Fan with right hand in front of face? { ome on. ' Fan with left hand in front of face? eave me. j Open and shut?Kiss me. Open wide?Love. Open half?Friendship. Shut?Hate. 1 ' * *1 r? T coo rnn ( Swinging tne iau?uu j. aw ^ , ome ? Fan by right cheek?No. To carry in left hand?desirous of e etting acquainted. Carry with handle to lips?I will flirt ith you. i j The talked of duel between Cel. loyd, of the Pennsylvania cavalry, and tie rebel Gen. Mosby, is not likely to 1 ike place, Boyd evincing no dispositon ; ? accommodate his opponent. Mosby, n a sharp, unmistakable note, repeats lis challenge to deadly combat, and asks Joyd, "Will you fight?" "Should auld acquaintance be forgot ?" Jot if they had money. I pvv|f<w nwv w? _ m aoney is tight?shoppers. .bastra The husband who dgrposed his wife rith kisses, 'afterwards fouudrthaf she isagrced with him. *;fr 0) jiToftjot It most be a happy thought to a-Jisr* ey lover that his blood and that el his weet-heart mingle in the sameuBosqpi* o. 7 Men may loiter, bat time flies, oh the rings ofthe win d, ftndalfthegreat ib fersts of life are speeding on'with the Sire nd silent, tread of destiny. iff ttt . "Why, Sarahy jQudook gpoq, enough o eat," said a loving husband .to his at rife, one morning at breakfast.. "Wsu, 'm eating as.fast as I can, ainVif" ' 'O ras the ready reply. < >t . ; A good;descon, whose slumbers were lightly, disturbed by the fluttering of wallows in. the house ehimnie^ set a iuudie of straw on" fire' ia thefiHs-"jillce, rhen down came 359 swalloWiri'the lames, and were picked up dead::DV ' ' 7/ T". M It is reported,, says the Charlatte J[N. v J.) Bulletin that Generals WaileHampTi TT. Hill are negotiating/or be purchase of the Charlotte ijjjfijitary nstitute to re open it as a first'class . - ' y '>no louthern institution. . ,, \ m ,52 iOUC9. The Qrand Jury of the UnitodjS.Utea Jourt in Charleston, has returned^tjroe ill against the Maokey family, aulting Collector Clarke, while t&$}ater was attempting to get possession of he post of Collec.tor.of Customs, ^w^ich le had been appointed, Dry dackey, removed. Little Frank* was taUghl.hil was.made tut of dust As he stood ljy the winlow watching this element i^thewlnd vas whirling it in eddies,'he exclaimed, jeriously:? "Ma, I throughtihd 'dost 11. l aa though there was going to be inotkwr-liitLx 'y "Shut your byes' tmd listen -fofcafe/' **'N' laid uncle Van Heyde. "Veil, defnit light I opens store, I count de moniah, ind find him nix'" right. I couuthim md dere be tree dollars gone, and wot loea yer tink I does don?" <1 cannot lay." "Vy, I not count him anymore, " * ind he come out shustnghteverainee." A Bacrih'geoUB thief . en(ere<f the ihurch of the Holy Trinitjr, fn Newbreans, oa Thursday, under pretext of worshiping, and, when alone Td the >uildiog, he lost no time in breaking pen the sacristy and helping liinftelf o the sacred vessels! He succeeded carrjiog off three chalices,1 valued espectively at ?100; $70 and $40, a argo silver dish valued ati $100 and brce altar cloths. The thief Wu aplarently so deeply engaged id grayer, when seen in the church immedfaiely lefore the robbery, that he concealed >oth face and head in his hands,1 rend* .ring it a difficult matter to indeotify lira. ' ' i * Metal-Tipped Shoes.? Shoes .are ra important item in the expense of ilothing children, as every parent will mderetand. Tbey invariably wear oul heir shoes at the toe first, and not no* requently before the other pitrfs are a juarter word. Children's shoes with VIetal tips never wear out at the toe, ind it is safe to say that on an average >ne pair with them will more than oat* wear three pairs without them. We be* ievc all the shoe dealers keep them. Boston Herald. * ' . ..;-j FibstCla^ in Arithmetic, Stand Up.?Q. How many keounties in South Jarolioa ? A. Thirty-two. iy ? Q. What is the amount of taxes as* icssed on Barnwell Eeonnty ? A. ?75,000 in greenbacks. Q. If every Eeonnty averages that iraount, how much will be the total raTAa nnllected this vear? A. $2,400,000.' Q. How much is the interest on the State debt of 85,000,000 for this year, at 6 per cent? 1 _ ' ^ A. 5600,000. , , Q. How mnch money will be left for contingent expenses of the 8tete ter interest is paid ? A. $1,800,000'?Charleston Covt< ritr.