The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, January 06, 1870, Image 2
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CAMDEN, JAM Alt i; u, iSiU. The
Christmas Tree. r
The Christmas tree (so called) held t!
New Year*' Eve, was quite a suci-css, ri
although it was gotten up in a hurry i,
The tree, hung with presents to the
number of several hundred, was lighted fi
with wax tapers, and surrounded as it 1
was, with many happy and eager little tl
faces, presented a spectacle well calcu ti
lated to please both the spectators, and
the managers of the affair. a<
The refreshment tablo were also
Well patronised, and we arc glad to
1 ^ 1.1. .1
rcarneu cnat tnc rccicpts were very ^
satisfactory, amounting to about one
hundred and fifty dollars. j,
r. Ordination. o!
On Tuesday last, Mr Edward Miles Ii
was ordained Deacan, in the Episcopal C
Chnpel in this town, by the Right Re- n
ve end Tlios F. Dai is. D. D. assisted J.
by the Rev. Messrs C. P. Gadsdcu and ir
W. P. Daboso. b
Night services were also held on Wed- tl
ncsday and Thursday evenings, on the U
latter of which occasion, Mr. Miles p
preached an eloquent and impressive ci
diseourse,-upon the subject of 01 r's im V
philanthropy, which gave promise of a n:
career of distinguished zeal and useful- ta
ncss in the church, on the part of Mr. si
Miles. ol
H?ss. 8t
A drove of fine Kentucky hogs made j
their appearance in town a few days
since. We understand a few have been .
?.?
Bold at l'li cents.
CM
Snow. pi
We were visited on Monday night tc
last with a fall of suow, but only sufli
cient to whiten the house tops: The 0
Weathe- since has been clear aud cold. or
? 3 cc
Closing the Mail. ^
We have been requested to state
that the mails for the Railroad arc now at
closed at 9 o'clock P. M.. instead of at
5 o'clock A. M., as heretofore. '
By request of the mcnibcrs of the T
Bar in Camden, the January term of ar
Court was postponed, to meet on Tucs- cs
day next,'the 1 lrh inst. Judge Boc^d
zer will, we"pfCFUlfie^ fireside.
of
Sale's Day* S()
Monday last, being sales*vjay, a con- cc
siderable puiabcr of ^
ent at tbe Court House, yUi- *>r,r"ce
weather wa? biting cold, though this m
seemc I to sharpen their appetites for
purchasing. We append a list of the j
property sold, the parties, purchasers,
and the prices. at
Of the lands of the estate of Henry cc
W. DeSaussure, deceased, the following
* . c as
tracts were sold, on Wuterce llivcr: j,,
No 1, Seventy-five acres, J. 13. Iver- in
shaw, $11.25 per acre. t!
No-. 2. Eighty five actcs, J. 13. Kcr- m
shaw, at $13.00 per aero. w
No. 3. Fifty-nine acres, Judgment p
Creditors, at $2.50 per acre. ci
No. 4. Sixty-Eight acres, Judgment tl
Creditors, at $2.50 per acre. p
No 5. Ninety-four acres, Ilardy ji
Kennedy, at So.00 per acre. ti
No. G One hundred and twenty-two ti
acres, A. J. Frcitag, at $2.GO per acre. T
lu the same estate, tl.c following
tracts of high laud, about one mile from si
town were sold. ?
No. 1. Twenty seven acres, Jno. M. A
DeSaussure, fur $G00. h
No. 2. Eighty-three acres, F. J. ti
nay? for $10.50 per acre. q
No. 3. One hundred and thirteen y
acres, J. W. McCurry, for $1.75 per c
acre. I
No. 4. One hundred and ninety acre, n
J. M. DeSaussure, for 88.00 per acre, ci
No. 5. One Hundred and forty-one ui
acres, John D. Player, for $2 25 per I
acre. o
The remainder ot tiic real estate ami a
personalty of John Workman, deceased,
consisting principally of town lots were ji
sold at the following prices: A
Large store, corner Of Broad and C
Rutlcdgc streets, for 88,000, Wolf tl
Elias, purchaser. Ilalf lot, with stoic- ?
house on Broad street, $2,010. A. I), si
Kennedy. House and lot on KcKulbst., o
$1,015,P. J. Collier. Ilalflotandhou.se (
corner Rutlcdge and Church streets, si
Reid, for SI .200. Half lot corner 5
Market and Rutlcdge, streets, W W. tl
Adumson. $700. Lot No. 1040, on s
Broad street, and 101>1, on Market st., n
C. Noelkin, for $1,025. Lot No. 1031. n
on Broad street and 1002, on Market s
r.r. CI in.r4 T l? rt.in>l:i|n ?
PH UUVj J Ul V * ^"?V Vj ' 4?a VI vvwa?>?
Sixty.scvcn shares S. 0. 11. It. Stock, ?
$ 38.00, per s! arc. Sixty-seven hull s
shares, for S14 00 per share. a
Various other tracts of land were a
mid in different sections of the District, 1
and brought tulerably fair prices. ti
d
Southern Conservative. 1
Wo have received the prospectus of 11
a new weekly paper bearing tho above 0
title, tube published in Charlotte, N. j,
C., by Gen. D II IIis.t*. {
"It is to be devoted to the vindica*
ion of tlie truth of Southern History, tho n
o the preservation of Southern Char- nra^t
ct eristics, to the development of
lout horn Ilosouroey, under the changed 0ft|1(
clatious of 'heLabor System, and to oduci
he advancement of Southern Interests* it wil
[i Agriculture, Wining, Wanufactur- r,'CcJ'
ig and the Mechanic Arts. j j
"In addition to the contributions c|iaru
roin the old corps of writers of "The point
iind We Love," the services will be of 8liorough
men of Scicnoc, and of Prac- ct'^
teal Pafmcrs, Miners, Machinists, &c." tQ afJ,
Terms three dollars per annum in eduva
d vance. "" moue
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The Rural Carolinian. sentiai
Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, one of the princ
tading planters of this Stats, has beamo
associated with Messrs. Walker, ort" '
.1 . every
.vans Si Cogswell as joint proprietor i-u_ .jj
f this valuable agricultural monthly and |
n bis notice annuncing the connection, our It
oloucl Aiken savs: "In thus unitin<r
y -j ? - - o
iy?clf with the cnterprfsing firm of ^ ,
lessrs. Walker, Kvans & Cogswe'l, 4?yur
lore than a sirg'c motive will of course ized
e laid ; t my tlu.ir; but chief amonust app-ii
ic inducements is the earnest desire yarn
> lend a helping hand to develop and ^
ublish the developments of the ngri- rc|rttj,
nltuTal interests of our beloved South, princi
Whatever of agricultural advantages 1 a syst
lay have gained after a practical plan- 0
e . Iy a r
ition experience of near twenty years * w
tall be given tbo Rural for the benefit ?ri.8s
f others." stand
Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell l'yn> 1
ate that Colonel Aiken "will devote 'n^
... , . . Jtr?ri
is time to travelling through the 7jurt>J]
outbern States gathering practical the la
'formation from all sections for the and S
cnefit of our reader*, enlisting corres- mM'? 1
indents, establishing agencies and ex- .
. ' da, ai
nding our subscription list." uf gm
The January number of The Rural jr. I
arolinian lias intrinsic merit rarely di-int
jnallcd, and must secure a favorable t',at 1
insideration for the new firm. Among c m' n
. first.
ic contents wc especially notice the
liclcs on Fish Culture. Licbig and Jul
gricultural Chemistry, FucJs and Fig- bavin;
* ** f
res for Farmers, Agriculture of Russia, ,
l.? TKl..n.l Pnll.,n ' "
**? ?? ? ? ??? .?T|ICI
lie Culture of the Olive?u 11 of which 'J,(hn
e first-c! ass articles of practical inter- 'Sum!
^and evidently written by men w''? ''
vcrsant with tin- .subji'rh jyif|1[v[
HpdTriTTey^icaf. Tito i II a st rat ion m (|,i,i k
^us number arc numerous and band- From
(lie, and in appearance, as well as in value
intents, the January number ofJCKc
!!J'l|i)llitiini? r- wi|1 t
inipatisoa with any other agricultural scj.vcs
agazioc, North or South. cotidil
as wil
A. University for the South, home
There is no more important subject ctjn^
the present time than the cnu<e of uf.
lucation. The*c is no reason why the n,'Me
uutli should nut have a University ol ccPl 11
i high a grade and character as exists .^
i any portion, either ol this Union, or l.!,.wll
i England or Gctmany. We have
ic intellect, and we certainly have the ""i1'1"'1
latcrial fur hs creation. And never u,a^ ^
as tin: necessity greater than at the
resent, especially in the more South- 8C'voa
n of the States. For the supply of
lis want the University of fho South
? ? - - t. ? 11? i 1 14
resents its Claims. n was esiamisncu
ist before war under the auspices of Asi
ic ten Southern Dioceses of iho Pro- struct
stant Episcopal Church, by wbotn its more
rustces arc appoint- d. by wl
Altliou-jh under this charge, it is de- been
j?netl for all the youtlv of the South a
ithout rcfi-reivee to any particular seer, other
ls wc understand it, just as Yale Col- 'ion,
:gc, which although under Congrega- 'he c
onal mi-pices, and its President re- origii
uircd to be a minister of that Church, supp>
et is at the same time national in its the L
harae'erand educational deigns. The been
Ini versify is situated at Sewancc, Ten- Scuat
cssec, on a hi?h plateau, at a point uoum
mitral on the highway of travel, and wtiiel
cecssiblo to all of the Southern Sfutcs. tnorrt
t owns, by g*ont and purchase, a tract as al
f ten thousand acres in a salubrious ment
nd healthy climr/c. ment,
Ttie war swept away its few buildings law, i
ist as the movement was inaugurated, const
bt the lato meeting of the Anglican pro ?
louncil, in England, the prospects of great
his University, U|Kiir this side of the of it
a:er, was taken into consideration- by Gram
jme of its members. The Archbishop 'he C
f Canterbury and the University of Court
)xford became interested. Tho rc- w.-.a t
alt was the donation by Oxford of mains
,000 Volumes of valuable work*, us thojt
he comincnccniont of library, and tho rally
u m of ?20."00, which was raised in in J a
mnoy. With this money buildings prese
:cre erected, and wi re no sooner con- horro
truclcd than they were tilled. of At
The Colic *c is now thoroughly or- cnatn
;anizcd, with an able crops of Proles- thing
i>rs It has one hundred students, inply
- ?oon :..l.i:.? CSOO AA-l Joniel
I 93UV/ pur uimuiii,
year, which makes it self-supporting, the c?
t has now, however two hundred break
nore applicants than it can nccotiimo- shock
late, from every part of tlie South. The t
fhe plan has therefore been devised cuscs
if raising the sum of S2.500 in each high
if the ton Southern Dloccsscs, with a for tli
i.'W to the immediate erection of a "ion i
>ui!din<_' tosupply this prc-sing demand bors,
or an enlarged education. protd
XherocaD be no alcarcr evidence o eyes <
'Jj
H
ccessity lor a Uni\ crcity of <th?>
: of education, and in the Soul,
the demunds for admission, ql
l cannot be supf.li- d. The petit
i South mu.-t, t ike the Cause'
itiou iMt t their own hands, yr cc
1 be transmitted to othcres. !i t!
t meeting at llulincs Lye ij
ieh the lion. \V. 1>. I'orter priwas
of the most intovestg
c er. CoiniuitccH have been >
ed to raise in this state the t u
4*. a rAnla?iti of ttx.i It.
?ui uiu licwuuu u&
y b\fildiii?s.
o b> st fortune that can bo.gifin
y youi?_LC mau in a good and s id
ition This ia far butter; J ?u
y, or tho inheritance of Wei'hj
in this ciuntry the grcit ayi isil
requisite of lite Witlfr-tfted
ipiea, antlu g >od education, e*y
r limn h'old'i Ida destiny it us
iunii-4. To this, therefore, u to
other cdueaiimiul iu>tku >n,
u advancement of the educi ton
irogreaa of O'tr peojilc, we nld
cany aascut.
<Vh<n UfHton Cfjgjfa
Wash'iigt ?n letter of Moodaybyfe
colored brethren here huveufcuii
a Mational Uureau of Lubofiant
utcd the liov. (colored) fell:
ii as financial agent. Theyiuvt
[pointed a committee to pi ;ut<
i.-sace ol Senator Wilson's bl i!
jn to immigration. One ol hVii
pil ostensible object- is to price
ent of eo-opcratlou; but uli lien
ndersland ihat the scheme is Tire
loliticul one, in the interest of i
liite carpet bag members ol C-ui
Iro n the Southern Status, win
conveniently behind the org ioza
and that the true intent ati<hMsiu
p the business is to perpetuus tic
tie in the South, 'ihe Nujiona
iu of Labor is the uffsprilg o
te Negro Convention held* here
lauudeis, Crcsswoll's negro stjeiiu
agent, trim lives in Baltimore
lamilton, white M. (J. from jTori
id a few other choice' specfucti
it hern Itudioulism, are ruitnin;
Jmler the manipulation <if{lsue
crested putriuL>?, who sa
he hp?t state of the late 4cgi
:I may. nut be worse thus tl.
jl
in (x. Walker, thp genilcti.a
g Charge the Chinese who tyache
itris last.week, in connuunicatiu
ie St. Louis liepufcliciin*," Say.'
'0 is little, pro-p- ct at pescnt tin
' will trespass on the domain <
>o to a serious extent. Titos
iuvc held out in hopes of pwcUi
, mistaken in their cirtcliCj.i,
one endof (Jlurm to tiie 'Uitttj,
of labor in American Ctlft
i'knog^^'
-rrrXtry en cap, ttyKr^otfhjiJ tpe
lot engage to ox put into thvit
for a series of years, except o
lion of' receiving such high wagf
1 surely enable them to rctur
in comparative affluence. I in
cut that no reliance can be p!a<
on obtaining and retaining (Jh
labor for agricultural work, c:
ttlie wages of the country whei
is p rlonned, and inueh more
lie ca<c for railroad labor. M
nr believes, however, that a cot
hie number of excellent laborc
ie found in California at fro n SJ
i per month, and they find tlicit
, or from ?17 to $10 and founi
From the New York Nation.
eorgia Reconstruction.
tonishing as the Georgia rec >t
ioo h'll is by itself, it broom
so when one reads the argtintcu
licit it is (Mended. Georgia h
alrcaily admitted to the Union tt
solemn act of Congress, or,
words, under a pledge of the tt
after having formally fulfilled ;
onditions exacted of her by tl
lal reconstruction acts. Wlnttl
>rt of the tbooty that she is n it
fnion is, tliiit her Senators Ind n
admitted t?? their j)!ai*cs in tl
e, the majority of the |?r
siu?r them disqualified?souicthii
i might happen to New York t
?w?and this is gravely giveuftlf]
reason why the General Gover
tuay overturn the State G??ver
, anil put the people under inarti
m<l impose fiesli conditions ol r
ruction. The cxpu'sion of the n
ivnibers nf the Legislature was
outrage, but the constituti omli
was very senohly, on Preside
t's recommendation, submitted
ourt of the State. The Supreti
t has accordingly deeided that
inconstitutional, and it now i
j for I lie Legislature to abide I
jdieial decision, which it is yen
believed it will do when it nice
nuiry. Put the promoters of tl
nt measure, apparently having
r of the slow and regular pr- ce.-s
notion jurisprudence, and ben
uretl of imperial wajs of sett lit
s, refuse to wait, and have aeor
passed an act repudiating tl
utiori of hi-1 wirrtt r. over whit
run'ry toiled nrul sweated so nine
in^r the public laith and nettiu?r
;ing example of contempt for l;r
ivoist of it is that one of thee
put forward in defence of ill
hundeu violence is that it is doi
10 protection of negroes and loy
I'Miiust the violence of their ncijj
ns if the way to provide lor the
ction wasTUjkcep them before tl
if their fefrow-citizeus as the cau
*
cf the subversion of ihe Sfa'c Govern-. Bai
incut; and as if the respect nfjuiies ?I< II
and magistrates for the law of the land Rin
could be pr -iiioted by exhibitions of o -e
congressional disregard of it; tfnd so- if ns t
?in ease the public opinion ufGeor iia Act
cannot, or ought not, be trusted to tirt the!
the pretention of Genroia ci??vrc ful
ouglit not at once to provide permanent for
gendarmerie and Federal magistrate-', tun
I armed with summary processes, instead tlm
of cheating the negro and loyd whites of 1
with airy nothings called a "provisional to f
government," or "martial law"?things
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WHICH IIHVU JU.tb CIIOU^II
to irritnte, and not enough to hff.rd the fael
, smallest protection either for life, limit, En;
( or properly. Mr. ]linj{h:itn intide u me
. strong anil nWo protest ajruin-t the farce, **ut
I but in vtrin.-ff.ltarlrgfurt Nnc*. - -fa
r [The Nution is the ablest Radical a'?<
paper in the Country.] lit
, , . ; thy
; The Question for the South. ct,,(
r Kvory duy the country is beeomitij;
I inore and mote couviic- d of the jjie.it tn'1
advantage which the South enj -js f?r
r"-the work upon her own soil, of u Icu
larger | ropoilioii of shippim: it abroad
: to be manufactured in o g< o Is, which l'Vl
; she is compel !ed to import. The Metu- ""
I phis pitp-r? hav'e dcmonstrated that a
i cotton factory in that city wdl clear
i S'i-TS more on every bale of cot ion woi
veil'into cloth than can he icaligod > y ;
i liso mills of Low- II, and that o JUU bale.- ,ra
r at Mcniplii- would produce S_4>i.uUU in r,'u
I o'jO vear against the 8J0d,UU0 of the I"'
? * - ? . iii-i
ij mills ol liowcli, tiuiic nearly at mo.saute 1
cost Results of (lie salnc general char CuI
1 ucrer have been obtained by-contrasting
the operations of the Auuu.Ma, Granite *'c
> villc and ether well managed S >u liern.
Inctoris with those ot even the ui">t wo
- pispcrous of the New England mills. lct
i- In view of such and figures, the press ut ",(
I the South is very nutuml y almost unan ,:l|
t imous in urging our people to embark nf'
i, buld.y iu the enterprise of mat.ulactu* ',n
il . ring therrgreat staple. A notable excop
, tion, however, in the advocacy of this J"!
I* policy, ts that sterling co n.iiercial pa 1,1
s per, the New Orleans BulUtin. lis ilieg
ory is fhut, while'he siiu itioii r< unins ''
h as it is, with the demand for eotion he- ' 1
\v yoml iis supply, and with increasing fa- ''.r
o cilities til transportation, the production
e nf cOttoti inU'-t nee 'ssarily be more attraciivc
to capital than the m uiufacturc
of it in the cotton region If c ipiial at 1,1
n home were Jurie d from planting toman- I"
d ufacttiring, it would in,ike the demand
n over the supply still more excessive, and 1
i: the increased price of the raw uiaicrial
it would leave ? still less margin of profit '
i! for the skill and capi'ul required tor
c wor'-ing it in'n cloths. The remedy
r for all this, the Bu/frtin thinks, is to f?c 'M
it foun i in nil improved system nf labor. ,u
capable oi fvailinu ' itsejj+oj aT~ the r$i?
sour<e> of 'our soil, pun inn the whole ?,"
c bfuad sweep of cotton lauds under eulti- 'j1
I.'
n of flic ?
" t.t
?. weight; hut (hey will hardly avail. wo "*
n Fancy, to turn hack the current of pub- tl1
lie opinion on t it in important subject. 0,1
ii C/firlrs'fjn Nru)8. W(
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Tlic remains of the late George Pea- .
j. I tody were removed From Westminster '
{. Abbey on the llili ulr., nod conveyed
(? on bo?rd the Monarch. In deference
is to the wialics* of those who were charged
r. with the embarkation, the entire proi.
coeditigs wero conducted with as tiiucli 11
rs privacy .as the nature id the occasion 1,1
(5 permitted. A? an eirly hour in the day
a. tho Dean of West minster, accompanied "r
j. by Lord John Thynnc, the hub dean, ?
me' Mr (ieorsra IVabmly llussell, the '
eldest ma'e representative of the fain- .
ily; Sir (,'urtis Lautpsou and Mr. Cliorn.
lc' Koed, M P , the two executors, a'
cs the temporary vault near the western ai
^ entrance; mid without fiwtn dity of any "
;1S kind, thv coniii m liich hud bceti enclosed V
within a special c;?-e, cover d with r
j? black cloth, was transferred to the ,l
a. private station of the London1 and n
,|| Soutliwesteru Railway Company,- Mr rv
)e Westtuinster bridge roid, and Ir
l0 thence hy special train on board the
[n Monarch. The Coffin was removed 1,1
from the funeral car and borne on tin- al
|lC shoulders of twelve men up die gang
way. The captain of the ship and .
chaplain received the pnuosS'o'i; the *
,7 Coffin vr.i.T pfaeed on a tiicr in the eon
- .ill
|W ire of it canopy, mid- 111*' mourners : n<I
11 few officios assembled within the ''
? black drapery. When the arrange?j
hi en to were concluded, the Atm-ricui
Minister, in u lew words nppr-.| riite i??
c. the solemn occasion, cuinuiilcd there- V
u mains of the deceased pliil mlhropisr
to tlio charge- f the commander of the "
Monarch, and shortly thereafter tin- ,
t0 magnified man of war steauicd slowly <f
1C out of the liarb >r wilii all the cu-e of a "
;t small plasure boar.
e- *~~
jy ilnw tufky IKtiKD the llttlk ''
State.?'J in/Wilmiiigton./mnin/say*: '
ts "From a com para live statement pub c"
:,c lished iu the Floridan, ir apjears thai *'
,, the rubrics of ilie government officer.- r'
t,s in ilie little State of Fl.nida are la rem
lir 111n11 in any other Stale mot of the n
|(r Uocky Mountains. The tJovcrnorgi ts
J. Si),000} hi- Cabin-1 in a 1 and '
|IC the Leei.-laturc S-3'JO per annum, or, J'
.|, allowing forty days to the scs-ioti fife/re ^
j, (Inllir. ami ftrty em's //?r We "
1( think tln-se fcures make nnt a char h
n ease of stealing, and that the whole
t...#/.l> ,if iMiii'mv uliimlil lie arrested and
x- - ?
jg koiiMo the penitentiary at o co. l\<or C
lie FloiiJa! "I
hI . ?!
h- Tiiecoutii Cakul'na Bonds?A
ir new piece of rascality on the part of the In
lie South Carolina Legislature has c>>me to ci
se light. A year ago the bills of the State hi
4 . i
4^
ik, the selling at twenty cents on the fu
r, wito bought up by the Kudical c(
g which controlled the Legislature, 11
of I Item t nnii Ohio owning as much t
wo hundred thousand dollars. An
was pixsed io fund t' ese bills at
if lace, and interest stipulated in law.
money. i in,1' was a gnoa speculation
the parfy, but recently rlie Lenislu- ft
s liuve provide] tlmt the interest on p
#e bond* shall b paid in cob I i"fitead ti
awful money, finis C? U-eft'i the bonds l('
50 l/D to 75.?.V. Y I\orlil. . t|
?JeW E.NOLAND SLWEBY.?The c
lory "iris, in several pa'ts of New
"land are dissatisfied wi'li t ie try at- J
nt tli.-y are receiving from their p
ployefs. In Dover, N. H., about h
hundred Iihvo gone out on a strike, t|
i ar meeting of tVmalrt operatives in e
well ha# sent message* of sympa |J
ami snppo.t, Aecotilinvr to ihel^
iiplaint of the thief speaker
Hio**') in old times the girls wmsfcjj
tiled lik'i human b dugs, -'hut lately' it
cotton king- had become more uvar *
><is, and in their wild rush for w--alth , 1
I forgotten all honor 11 ltd furaako?i
ry feeling ef humnuhjr'." rlie wen' 1 t
to say that the factory girls it-re n
ran nff th'llt t!l*? III i.'L* IV I.IWHI ill' f Kl>
Jill. (
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Tariffs.?Dm Pmn wlio D a free t
iler, tells of u conversation which lie t
mitly overhear I in which one of th i
lies Mii?r?f>rv<i to t he other (a strony >
it-etioiii-t) ilint, inasmuch as, tie- f
liino to the theory of the advocates |
a protective tariff, the uliimrte of- ,
:t of >u.eh a^ tar ff w.-ih to 1.rarer t' e j
ees of the jroods thus protected,-it
uM?be welj lor our <Io?i:it5-s to pr-- ,
:t the mechanic* and -other Workintr- .
en of ihis eoutifiy by laying u liii?l? |
: upon workmen co ning hith- r Iroin |
ict count lies The tiiiiti lilac* tirt-i |
Hosed tiiat jnic'i a law would run up |
i? ptic-* of labor i-mnc iiately! -Hut |
i fiieiifl eotihl not yet him to explain ,
w a tariff w -iil(l%uti itp the pnee ot
tor by protecting; the workmen !rom .
reiyii competition, ati'l \ei lower ,
piiee ot manufactured grod- by |
ntectimj ifirru froiii li?roi??ii eoiupe- ,
ion. Doll Piatt's neighbors who arc |
gagtcd in the niatiu act tire of iron do |
t seem t> be of opinion tin* a red Uu i
in of the turiff w mid iticratce the |
ice of iron; tor the iron m-.ioufacfcjt
ot Cincinnati held a meeting; on
tcwlay for tlie purpose of cxpr< s.?ing> (
nt'iio iit- in r fen-nee to the reduction
the tariff on p:g; iron to Sd p.er 'on
ie sci so "f the no cling; wa? ttgrniiisf
ch mluciioti. The di?cu?s:ou
I it. Ii > t.vi. .ml mil. f 111 *, ,i 11 J*f' ** I i
.. VM ... VJ
rers 1
VlVj.;t?'iid to express 'ion ?f
r own up'Hi tlrs rp-'stiou until Mr (
roeley tells u.? why it" it would to |
c iiit'oest of ilie p ''?|ile of tins conn- ]
y to have a pro'c^'ivd tariff as a'*in*t
, 1 ' I I li i I i ' I 1 1
the int.rest of v ir^totflt mamriic
rcrs ti?'be protected ajjiio-t northern
iiipeiiiiou, or whether if Cnn?di
Lire annexed to this c uititry it muld
i'l he to the i 'torc.-ft of our people i?.
vy a high taiifT upon Cumuli m manucturisutid
if nor, why not?
It'if/inf ml Dispatch.
a
Fiec mail untleris to b- reported
ion, underuti order from the lVstmus
r (journal. 'I h order directs all postasters
ia the United Stures ro take an
ciuate inontl.lv account of all. frank' <1
free matter for a p> riod of six months
inin* Jicioj: January 1 mid ending June
, IS7II, and to make special repo/t>
lercof ut the close of each month emracing
the follow in*: particulars; 1st
ho uumh r of franked or frc- letters
id (lie amount of postuye thai would
i churjcahle l herein m the eslahlisli
I rate of |?ost.it?n. 21. The weiahr ?.f
liked or free matter other than letrs,
ami flie am mat of postage tint
uld he charitable thereon at live cutml
rate of postage.
A 15em.\imc ibi.k I!aii. Road?Th.?
lost rem.iikaide rail road in (feminity
id Ku rope is ihr new I (lack Forest
mid, which will be eoioplet.d within
air \oars. Rowcm U?rnh ir.'. nod
t. (jeor^e, -i'uareil 2.*70 feet above
ie level of the sea. an I hut four milekt.-iiif
from Homl.nro. the tail r-s-ol
>eonds nearly 2.9UU feet, nfid pass- >
i r.?ui?l?r 27.000 ft of inline'.Icveu
iliMii-ainj feet of lIn; latter have
reil completed during tin* last two
ars. The t'lily cyclopean wmk on
ic rmul i.s |.r<i*?rcs?iij<.' rapidly ariik
traction tlnni-nods of vi-ifnr.s, \v!.o
iirk- ihere from aO parts' of Southern
ermany iad Switzerland.?l'o/i/ftch
ic.
TF.X \x PtscMH.\ot:n.?The 0 drcsill
A'firs which has I eretof./te atlvtscd
le people ol Testis to ??.? fnrwa'd jinrl
mi|i!et the work of r< c tisfrueti m as
ic bi'-t thins* po?>iSIc to lie dune tinder
ic cireniiis'siiicrs. now emio-cls them
n pause ami j.n on fn'her with the liusiess.
a?, do what they may, they hate,
n assurance that if wi'l he accepted,
he duplicity and had faith practiced,
ward (Jeoroin and Vir^ini t. it alleges
pr .of conclusive tint "neither (Nutrpss
nor tin* I'resident can be t rustic J
i fit li 1 their pledire.^
A llontiLrl r>f-irrecrvinili>tlt nf the
*1 ?" - ? r -
Ii?r'c*t'?n News speaks thus dolefully
tlie condition ul the colored people in
i;tt vicinity:
"The nrjrrocs in Beaufort obtained |
arses, furniture and provisions without
tst, uud land at a nominal price. They
ive workod after a fashion for three or
"""""-Mil )
inr years ; for along time they had thef
j nfoit and support of (lie Frecdmcn's
l.irvHU. And now they arc worse off
iati they were in slavery times."
l Free Fight Between Passengers*
Conductor, and Brakemen.
From a pa.^eiieer who arrived herlf
om tlie South on the Chicago and St.
mi is Railroad train, due here attwen,-fivc
minutes past nine o'elueh Itfftt
iglit, we learn the particulars Ut one of
iic most bnitnl ami shameful outrages
o have ever been called on to chrontle.
At some point below Auburn fuuf
:unk- n Irishmen pot on the train ana
aid their fart to that point, after aonckf
station. 'Ibry Were furnished willf
!icoril?nary cheeks for patwenpenv
itch ch< ck hearing it Prober signifying
he station to which the)" had paid.?'
^.lier the train left Auburn tfio conductr
(Clark) went throQph the' tftfn, a?^ -4
ji'intr the men-still setrtfed irt the smofcr
n? eaT told them the)' had passed tbeiifr , ;
tuti ni. They replied .they wi r* going
o Chatham, iho next Nation n ith i f
Vubnrn Mr. Clark Said they had paid
n Aiiintrn only, and must pay ah ad?"
ihional faro if tiny wi-hed to go fui'hcr.
They insisted they had paid \<f
) lathain but on being -hown the tick*
:is, Which p'amly proved they had paid
o Auburn,only, rh.vy as-ailed thfe corrr.ie'n.r
with the most bru'al itttprecrt*
ions, uud declared lliey would ride to
hint ban or ut>) w here they pleased with
ii- whh ty.fare . Upon th 8 Mr. Clark*
eft ilitfiu and went to collect ffic reniiiuder
of his fires bctrrfe entering
nto tiny further controversy.IJut
thi> atitiarcntlv nesec.ul triumph
nly eit&igcd the iuIB-ims-. anil shortly
iftcr Mei;i;lurk left lifecarthvy followed
lim f. r the? pur/Kiso,- they declared, of
iljrti. Xfic leader of the gang
omul liia way* the Udie*' ear, whieh
10 attempted io enter lie wus met.
i*y a bra k email who oppnsscd hi." cn?
r.mce a"d who he, ait one b'ow, knockd
si ii.Mflex". By this tittle the pi&jvnrers
were thoroughly aroascd to the po?ii?un.
1 he train watr proceeding ut
full speed. and among peaceful passe ri vrs
w..-re fi-.e ruth a lis. whoso ordinary
b utality was iiicnnsed by whiskey. anjh^"
by the peaceful deineat *or of thjv<*m- '
incut. 'I he gentlemen, thp^ore, in *1^*
the ladies'car sprang nime^uc intruder.
The first, who aupp'&ht'd l?iui was
kii.cked dowit^f'h ^conductor then
?:>s ui'ted iimMweivrd a siunniiisr blow.
Aiiii!hefc^e.,,K,'r,,,cn struck n hMRLV '*'
bhiw.^'eh fortunately prostrated
who jras then bc.atcii >en.??. frs:^? " ..
The passenger* seeing the;r nssailapt
ndplc-.s, th?$ turiied their attention to
ihe other tnr?, . where an nctivo h.ittlo
,v a goi?g?-?o hqtwuaathc othor four* - , .
rio'ers and the a no ?
mentor two the br. he man wboltN^^
first knocked down approached"
|yid r of the gang, who was still in tho
M^^^lYp^Fheiig^l^tW'-nim-^nTt-b e' n
struck si ized the pok?%r and garo the
villian some crushing blows. By this
time the train had stopped ut Chatham
and the olhAr passengers in the Indies'
car, to save the life of the worthless
brute who wa" again senseless, took him
up and put hint out of the ear. They
had hardly done ho when a shower of
stones and billets of wo. d caiue fitting
th-ough tin? car windows, smashing the
glass and injuring several paswitgors,
among o'liers twi ladies and one of
more children. . ?
It scums that the passengers io tho
foi ward curs had driven the rioters off
I ho iruin, and that tl.cV Were taking
his method of revenge'. The Indict
nitl children were hastily stowed>? lb*
s*a[liners i?? the car, while'flte JWciv
prcpnri d to repuli-c this new attack ?
liny hud hardly -done S'? when (ho
leader of tee i.'nng, having pari in I!y re* ' i
e<?vcrcd from hr? former punishment i j
uaine into the car and began hurling J
ilie billets ul htnve wood at its occu- I
pirfitM The ptssengofs at mice availed
Itiin. and in a shmt rime disabled him. I
They lii-ld him for a short'rime while I
-piireli was made fur a pistol or knife 4
with which to kill liini. hui none could ! < ,
be found on ihe trdn, so he was thrown ;
off lIn* platform. As the train moved ;
off he arose from the ground and.at- ^ Jtempted
to get oil :tir.'tIn. but otieofiho
iiieu.emplouvl oil the ir.nn struck him
i disabling blow with a licnvy bottle, if ^'wliich
sketched him bleeding on the
-jioiiud. >
While ibis last encounter was in progress
the passengers and train hands I
hove off the rioters. who were assailing
the I idles' ear from outside, so that with ^ ^
the defat ofrbc leader the affair wasover.
Our informant states that the' f
hat tic lasted while the train wis stand
in.' at Ohirthuin Home twenty minutes.
We are trot informed "of the extent of >. {
the injuries received by the passeng- rs. , j
One man n ceivid u severe face wound,
oilers wi re more, or liSs bruised, ami
as w e mentioned above, sex eral ladiesai d ;
children were hurt. On the whole it
is as brutal and causeless an affray aw 4
we ever heard of. and in view ol the '
possib'c repetit bit of such-oat rages the ;
officers of the company Rfmufd provider I
the train niefi arms suitable to tepcl \|
?ueh aftueks and protect peaceful pas" ,
senders.
A Fast and . 1'owkrfdl Steam
Snip.-?Tlie Tennessee, a new iron steam
ship, jn-sf completed by Messrs. Cramp
& son, for Tlios. Hyde, K?q . t?f our city,
h;i? j?i>t i.mrdo iho trip round to New
i'ork in twenty liuiirs. 'J his is uuasnlly
quick ti lie. She is built in the
vtri?i:?r.-st in.iniicr, and is one of the
largest iiou steam ships in the couDtry, .