The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 04, 1871, Image 2
THE CLARENDON TROUBLE.
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MURDER
OF I.EMON.
How the Negro Mob Marched to
Manning- and Marched
Away Again. m
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From die Clare n<l on Press.
]''utc|. J.Xciuun, (colored,) county
couniiT&foricr? tats found dend in- his
))tytyc^at a .Ltuucli near Fellowship
qu Thursday morning, the 20th
toistr lite7 had been to . Manning the
ffjfy feklTore, lOrtr inst., and started home
some time before sunset. When found
vasJyipg ijo the foot of the buggy
f cr/cctly dead, the horse havings reinalne^.
applied to tlie buggy the en
frjrc n?glitt'\at or very, pear the spot
where thp murder occurred. It was
sppp^ed. that he was shot about or
probably-a little before sunset, by parties
con coaled iu the edge of the branch,
aa tracks were found in that locality,
poruner Jamcs.M'. Gamble, with ajury
of ^inquest, repaired promptly to the
epyt, but nothing could be elicited save
that the deceased came to his death by
j-easuu&jof guushot wounds inflicted by
parties unknown. Upon his person
w?erefownd twenty-one buckshot wounds
ranging from the forehead to the knees
- the jurge majority of which wouuds
wpi^Jdj. have proved mortal. It was a
tjpfxiblc deed and deeply to be regretted,
as political capital is ever manufactured
,yut of these occurrences by our cucmics
to the disfavor of tho whites.?
There is no evidence as to who the
^^ictnators of the deed aro. It is true
thi4$ the only approach to evidence
.jvhich we havo up to this moment been
able to gather was from a colored witness
(and ajhcpublican) on the inquest
which occurred last Monday?that he
had heard a colored man, now a refugee
from justice, supposing to be skulking
about here in the woods, threatened
lj'eter. J. Lemon's life. Whether this
individual carried out bis threat o*- not,
we are unable to form an opinion; but
of one thing wo are . certain, that the
whole affair has. engendered some bad
blood in our district; which, but for the
fortitude, and" promptness of the white
people In meeting it, would have been
productive pf much evil. The body of
Lema? was buried on Friday on Santee
>rhere the deceased lived. At his funeral
it was proposed by some of the
^infuriated negroes, upon mischief bent,
that they would orgauizea large forcfe
ami march to Mauuiug the next-day,
the ,(own, terrify the women and
pb'l|lren, and insult and ill use the
white men on account of Lemon's death.
In accordance with this programme the
"army of occupation," led by the valorous.
Lionel Oliver Gilliard, (negro,)
cywuieuccdr the forward movement
against the doomed city on Saturday
uioruing., The, citizens were apprised
vv1j owii vu1 mvii wvuiiug^ mum mmm mm
short timo . persons in the country were
notified of the hostile demonstrations
taking, place. Before many hours had
elapsed}, a; number of white citizens,
Variously estimated at from three to
fo^r, jhuudrcd, rallied to the defence of
^hC/town, fully prepared to give them a
jsaroi reception, hut to acton the defen- J
sivc until the negroes should commit
the first overt act. The force of the
negroes, hearing of the preparation
made to receive, them, wisely concluded
tQ;cull. a. -halt.wheg ou the suburbs of
the town, arid after some parleying
Colppyl 'Gllliard and a squad- came iu
ouly partially armed and commenced an
^li^rcation with one Egbert Nelson,
(colored Republican,). for the great and
mighty reason that said Egbert was
supposed" -to be "rejoicing over Lemou's
death" and had, moreover,-written
J^einon a letter tb come to town on the
4ay-iu which ho was killed. Upon this
flight and (unsatisfactory evidence it
was. demanded that Egbert should be
given,,up to an infuritcd mob, which
tho. ..whites refused to suffer done.?
Binding that, Republican as Nelson is,
that,.the whites were determined that
lie should have a fair chance, and that
everything, should be done in a legal I
way,-they, took their departure, uttering
curves both loud and deep against
tho town, and swearing that they would
couie back in greater force on the following
Mouduy and hare it out, in
sacking and laying everything in ashes,
i/oui Aiaoniug to Santce. Forewarned
was to be forearmed, andjong before the
suu had reached its meridian splendor
on Monday a large force of several
hundred . citizens were under arms in
town; uuder competent officers, selected
on the occasion, and again ready to
try conclusions with the redoubtable
black warriors, who seemed to have an
itching ibr deeds of martial glory. But
"a change has coinc over the spirit of
their dreams." They were not as warlike
as-on the previous Saturday. This
time the negroes came in a more pacific
Way, led by a negro of more sense than
Colouel GUliard. They came this time
with very few arms, and if they had
them at all, did not bring them as far
us the church, some three miles from
town, whero they halted, and the coro.
uer held another inquest, as arrange
the previous Saturday, in view of further
evidence which they deemed they
hud, hut which turued out a failure.?
Coroner Gamble andf other gentlemen
froui tuwn went out, but found everything
more pacific and; quiet than we
had reason to expect from the demonstrations
on Saturday. Tho second inquest
having been held, the party of
yrbites returned tp town, %nd the negroes*
to their home on the Santec, having
concluded not to enter Manning
under "the glorious pomp and circumstance
ofwar.'^ ?
Our thanks aro due to our friends
and fcllow-citizcns in Suintcr, who,
hitting'that'we were in great straits,
anftn bloody drama enacted, sent us
?p$Piul. . couriers . to know if we wanted
assistance, and proifering several
hundred men at short notice.
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.r ^he-word "unquestionably" contains
Iflt the newels.
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CAMDEN, MAY 4, 1S71.
The 3I(?y Festival.
For some weeks past, the MisseB
Reynoldsiiave been preparing for the
children of .their school, a celebration
of the first day of May, which* was destined
to'eclipso all their former efforts.
Sileutly and swiftly, as- the day grew
near, were these preparations completed
and the birth of May, 1871, was celebrated
in a manner which reflected
credit upon all concerned. As the
sun was declining, troops of children
iq most instances, accompanied by thoir
parents or relatives, could be seen we 1ing
their happy Way to the spa t,as
premises of Mrs. Reynolds, where the
stage was arranged and tastefully deco*
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rateu lor ine occasion, mo nappy
Queen of May, Miss Annie Kennedy,
was crowned in a highly creditable
manner, and her willing subjects paid
free tributo to Iler Majesty, in the gentle
laDguago of poesy, with great taste
and courtesy. The pieces recited were
some of thein, very fine, and were
composed for the occasion by a lady of |
Camden. After the coronation and a
song the little ones were summoned to
a feast of cake and a flow of lemonade
and ice>crcam, which speedily disappeared
bcfcrc the determined attack of
the invincible and irrepressible courtiers,
assisted in no small degree by the lookers
on. During the performance an
April (?) shower which may have been
intended to cool the ardor of the attack,
came on but it had no effect other than to
cause Sunday bonnets to be taken hurriedly
off" and covered up. After the
little ones had enjoyed themselves to
the full extent of their desires, a general
adjournment took place,.thus ending
one of the most pleasant May festivals
we have ever had tho pleasure of
attending.
For tbo Cumden Journal.
The Samtcr Union.
Mr. Editor:?As a sbort sketch of
this Association of Christian Churches
may not be uninteresting to somo tf your
readers, I submit the following, and
ask its insertion in your columns :
On Friday before the fifth Sabbath
in May, 1870, delegates from the Antioch,
Bethany, Camden and Pisgah
Churches, assembled at the place of
worship of the latter, and formed a
Uuion, having for its object the supplying
tho destitute places within their
bounds with the gospel. At this, our first
meeting, God's ohildren were graciously
blessed, sinners made to tremble under
the faithful preaching of the Word,
and a number were received into the
Church, as the first fruits of our little
Union Our next meeting was held
with the Bethany Church, commencing
on the Priday before the second Sabbath
in August, and here, the faithful
brethren of this well organized churoh,
together with their zealous pastor, Rev.
N. Ghaiiam, were delighted to receivo
and welcome those for whom the united
prayers of the church had long been
lifted up. Here, the efforts of God's
ministers were owned and blessed of
him?an addition to the Church of six,
we believe, was the result of this meeting.
Tho next meeting of the Union
was held with the Antioch Church, and
here, as at tho othor meetings, tho
preaching of tho gospel was attended
by the blessing of God. It would have
been pleasant to report in full, the proceedings
of the Union at each of the
churches, but our'spaco docs not permit
it.
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a.no iunas 01 mo union, naving uucumulatcd
to justify a commencement
of missionary operations, Itev. V. J.
Hatfield of the Pisgah Church was
appointed to that labor and a field assigned
hiin, in which he has been engaged
for the past six months.
On Friday last, the Union met with
tho Pisgah churoh, a full list of delegates
from all the churches forming it
being in attendance. An application
for membership from the Piedmont
church was received and accepted, and
her delegate cordially welcomed. Among
the interesting business transacted,
was the reception of the report of
brother Hatfield, who has supplied four
destitute churches ono Sabbath in each
month, has travelled to do so, six hundred
and ninety-four miles, and preach*
ed thirty-seven sermons. After the
adoption of the report, a call was made
for contributions for his support until
our next meeting, which was liberally
responded to. Un Saturday afternoon
the Union adjourned to meet with the
Bethany Church, on Friday bofore the
fifth Sabbath in July next. Our Sab"
bath School, which is a flourishing one,
under the superintendence of that pious
man of God, Brother 13. F. Khamc,
assembled at nine o'clock, and were
addressed by several speakers. After
a sermon and un exhortation from Bros.
Graham and Durham, the benediction
| was pronounced, and thus terminated
one of the most harmonious and soul-rc*
freshing meetings it has ever been our
privilege to attend. II.
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. The South.?Tiik Tribune's Cor-respondents.?A
correspondent --of.
tho New- York:- Tribune has strayed,
down in our State, tut J after investiga- '
ting tlting3 about Chester, reports aA
follows: ' : *
Chester, S. C., April 23.
"It is impossible to doubt tho. existence
and constant activity of Ku Klux
bands in all tho Northern counties'Of"
South Carolina. It was io Chester that
the battle between tho whites* and .the
black militia took place in February
last. It should have been called rather
a massacre of the blacks, for the timid,
ignorant negroes, after firing one volley
threw away their guns and ran, the
whites pursuing thetn and killing all
they could cutcb."
Then follows tin account of tho Chester
troubles, Which itf in the main correct,
save in a trifl'o of color for Kepublican
effect. He next interviews what
he calls somo of the nativos:* !f lie result
of his iuterview is given as follows:
"My acquaintances had taken a drink
on starting for the plantatiou, and when
we returned to the hotel they took
another, nothing being begun or ended
at the South without drinking. -Thoy
became quite talkative, and the absorbing
political question soon oame np.?1
"1 tell you, stranger/' said-one,//^ve
can't stand bein' ruled by niggers ahy
longer; the're just roiuln' the State.?
The'ro taxiu' us and plunderin' us in a
way that no white tnan would stand.?
They don't pay a dollay of taxes themy
selves. No, not even the poll tax; for
the nigger Legislature was mighty
careful to put it in the law that they
needu't pay the lax to get to vote.-1Look
here, stranger, wHarfrbouts do ydu
come from ? "I replied Ltftff toy 'native
State was Ohio. "Wall," do you think
folks in your State would sttfnd to have
a lot of ignorant, degraded niggers, not
worth a dollar, making laws and-hold
ing all the offices, and taxin' thoir pro perty,
and they not hav a word to say?"
I replied that I was confident the
people of Ohio would Dot like such a
state of affairs. "No, I reckon they
wouldn't, and they wouldn't stand it
neither, not for a single d.iy. And I
tell you, Sir, that wcv'e borno it as long
as we can, and now its got to stop. The
Diggers have got to lot men ot property
and intelligence hold tne offices, or
they've got to leave this part of the
country." . .
This I find to bo the unanimous sentiment
of the white men hero with
whom I have talked. A one nrmed lawyer,
who had been a colonel in the rehol
army, told me this morning that he believed
the negroes would soon abandon
this part of the State and go to the
sections where they are largely in the
majority. I asked him what he thought
of an intelligent qualification for suffrage
as a remedy lor the present evil.
"That would suit us," lie replied, "but
how arc we going to get it. The negroes
will never pass a law disfranchising
themselves. The only way is to
force them to give up the power tlicy
have got, and we uuan to do it."
t* ?u..?
lw to i? uwjr uyiuuiji biiab tuu
whites meaa to try to get control of th'e
State government, and that they' have
a thorough organization for this purpose.
It mattor* not whother it iscalled
the White Brotherhood, the In*
visible Empire, the Ku Jvlnx Klan, or
the Council ot' Safety?the lust heins
the name which they give it here in .
Chester?its purpose is the same, and
that is so to intimidate the blacks that
at the next election they will not dare
to vote for any of their own race for
office or for any white radical.
Genetnl Sherman was cordially rc>
ceived in Now Orlcaus the other day
by one of the clubs of that city 11c
made a brief but happy speech, in
which he referred to tho fact that he
had once held a commission us a colonel
of militia of the State of Louisana, and
that he was at' the head of the State
Seminary. He said that it always gave
him pleasure to visit Louisana, and to
meet not only tho members of the
Union army, but also his old friends
upon the other side. "Geueral Bragg
and I," said the general, "are close
An/) T IriiAW f J nnorol .1^iio nvn_
liiUlIUDj UUU X AUU If VJIUUOIIM XJ UUU1 w*
gard very well, but bavc not bad the
pleasure of meeting him this time.?
General Hood called upon me to-day/
and I intend calling on bim tomorrow."
In alluding to the matter of
reconstruction, General Sherman said
that it was a most delicate and difficult
problem to solve. England has.been
endeavoring to reconstruct Scotland for
two hundacd years, and still who couldfail
to detect the marked characterise
tics of a Scotchman. If a peoplo liked
to hare laws made for them, they liked
to have something to do with the max
king of them themselves. In time, he
thought, the people of the South would
come around all right, but they wanted
it to be seen that the work of recou*
struction emanated from themselves.?
His remarks were received with applause.
News ?rom the East?Tite
Eaiith Girdled.?We had the pleasure
of a flying visit yesterday from
our fellow-townsman, W. K. Brown,
Esq., who has returned to his native
city after a long absence. Daring the
period of his absence. Mr. Brown ha3
visited China, Japan, and the other
Vi?nn(i.i(i? nffho for T^ncf. nnrl hrirura
tidings from the Celestial of the completion
of an important enterprise.
Hfe states that the cable, undertaken
by a Danish company, has been laid
between Hong KoDg and Shanghai, a
distance of two hundred and forty
miles, and that iq six. months the
lightning girdle around the earth will
be completed, and Puck's famous forty
minutes' jaunt eclipsed. He left
San Francisco on tho 15th, and arrived
in New York on the 25th of April,
by way of. the Pacific Iload. Our
young townsman has evidently been
well treated by the pigtails, as he
bears every murk of good treatment,
and his numcroos friends in'the city
will ho pleased to welcome him hack
to the place of his nativity.?Courier, '
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A-Notable Scene.
Since tiid yc'aT lbG5, which inaugurated
a new.?^^^ ;ytr^rly atvyariwrcc
with the customs,^Mnners cud habits
of the South, and of this Stale more
especially, the people of- Charleston
h^vc been nccu:-fdiiJc<Cto 6ch oNTst range
sights. " Tlic 'strangest and naGst"startling
perhaps was the parade, of armed
negroes. To the", music of rtfsonant
brtit<H bande^or to ClnjiiHUrtinV bray oft!ie
bujzle, the growl of the dnixn and
the squeak of tho. fife, ltaye tjie. do*k?
battulioris uiarclrcd wi.tTi hayoiitta glittering
in the bud- atop oi Winchester"
rilles. Not only -was- this,kind of pageant'
exceedingly; frcrjuenty butr'it" was
all the more remarkable 'from the fact
that nothing of a similar ghuructer c.vcr
took place ML.tl.ie part, of' the white
population, ft too statue 01 Brutus!
removed,'..by -ordfcr (rpm the Roman
prooessiops, made Brutus all the lucre
remembered, so the.total alinqgaticm of
Pgblie.arniB-bcaruig and parade on the
part of the whites made itne pegro monopoly
of malitia glory .all the more extraordinary.
and suggestive. But a
change bos come at last, pa gratifying
as it is momentous, t Onrypsterday, for
the ^firat time since the surrender of
General Lee, white men of Charleston
paraded our .streets in uniform, in soldierly
order, and armed with the rifles
of tho State. The strains of instrumental
rnpsic inspired Jlipic gallant
tread, but hot in bravado. Instead of
bristling bayonets, we noticed that
chaplcts of roses?emblems of peace
and good will?adorned the muzzles of
tbp-rifles. These armed bands moved
in solid phalanx, not to hear incendiary
harangues promotive of strife, but to
tisten rather to fhe gentle words of
icuuty, tiie generous overflow of fraternal
sentiment, and to a spot consc*
crated to manly sport and friendly skill.
It is to tho credit of Governor Scott
that he has so fur cast off the shackles
t)f prejudice and party as to have done
his part towards rendering such a pageant
as that of yesterday possible. It
has given to the people of Charleston,
strangers from abroad, and'citizens of
different parts of our own Stated a proper
glimpse of the new era of harintiny
and prosperity will eh is, wc siucbrely
believe, about to dawn upon this sorely
tried, desperately calumnated and noble
Commonwealth.? Charleston NtADt..
Beautiftil Stars. i
Just now the heavens are in their
most resplendent beauty; it is seldom
Qiir?li n nnnnnrrnnn/i r\f 1 ortrn cf*>rc
is seen. Between 8 and 9 oMock in
the evening, a short distance above the
Western horizon, wp behold Veuus,-th6
jewel of all stars; a littjo farther East,
Jupiter, the next uiost brilliant,, and
near the mcridiap, fiery; Mars.?
Llorc, then, wo have th'o three moat
brilliant plaucts in a line, with the
moon as a crescent, making her way
Easward among them. Ou Sunday
evening ^she was between Jupiter
and Venus, last Monday evening she
was a little East of Jupiter, by tliiar
evening sho will have reached Mars in
her Easterly course through the heavens.
Veuus and Jupiter will- be approaching
cueh other until the 12th of
May, when they will be in conjunction,
or in the same longitude, and very close
together, after wliich'Jupiter will con-'
tinue his Westward course, and by tho.
80th of June will bo in conjunction
with the sua. For sometime, before nnd
after his conjunction with tho sun be
will he invisible, after which lie will
be sceu West of that luminary as morning
star the remainder of the summer.
Veuus will continue to move Eastwarl
until June, when it will remain station,
ary, relatively for sometime and then
reirugrudo Westward. It will.appear as
eveningVhf the whole summer.. 3Iars
will coutinuc moving slowly Westwardly,
and, will be visible in thti evening
until late in *hc aututnn. TIic la'ter
part of summer Venus and Mars will
appear at no great distance from, each
other. Soon Saturn will appear, rising
in the early evening and shining the
whole night, "But our object,. when
we started out, was not to trace the
course of these planets, but to speak of
the present beautiful appearance of the
heavens. Besides these three prominent
planets, we behold some of the
most brilliant fixed stars. Nearly South
of Venus, near the horizon, is the splendid
constellation of Orion; South-cast
of Orion, also near the horizon, but a
little more clcvatod, we see the Sirius,
or the Bog Star, the brightest of all
the fixed stars. North-west of Sirius
is Betelquose, and about the same distance
Nui th-cast is Prpcyon. East of
Jupiter, at a considerable elevation, are
the two bright stars, Castor and Pollux,
and a short distance North ot Vcrius is
Cupella. Nearly overhead is the con,
II TT If..!? -- ,1-- /*< 1
stuiiaiion urea, lunjor, or uiu uiwi
Bear, with tho two pointers, Dubbc and
iMerak, pointing downward toward the
Pole Star; about the same distance beyoud
the Polo Star is the constellation
Cassiopeia. East by South, about half
way between the horizon aud zenith, is
the bright star Arcturus. Toward the
North-east is seen the brilliant star
Vega orLyroe. On the whole, the hcavous
present at present, a most beautiful
appearance, in the. early evening,
especially in the West and South-west.
When we contemplate upon the wouders
and immensity of the countless numbers
of worlds and suus scattered throughout
the endless space, wc are led to look
upon the Creator of ail and exclaim:
"What is man that Thou art mindful"
of him ?"?-Augusta Chronicle aiul,Sciir
llcl.
Peters' : Musical MoNTnt.Y for
May is on our table. It is infinitely
the best musical monthly published in
the, country?in fact, it stands alone,
being ahead of all competition. All
its spaco is devoted to'music; giving
in caeh month's issue thirty-six full
size pages of music, and eight pages of
reviews of music, .books, &c. All
wbo wish to keep up with the popular
music :df the country should at onco
subscribe to it. ' . : ' " .
Published by J. L. Peters/ JNcw
York, at 88 per annum, or 30 cents
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fa e-lLast pftho Stevens Murder* !
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* A corrcppoqjcnt writyig from Union;
Court House, under the datc^f the 21st >
iosfc, says:
. Th6 t\?p negroes, Henry tffinnoiijand
i-^uylor'Pttlurer,-.. qoimcted' at" the- 1hb6
term of-otir court of the murder of GF.
! M. Stevens, were executed to-day under
j the sc"u,ffencc of Judge - Thomas. They
j-were token from, the jail undec'guard of
the compfny of United .States cavalry,
stationed here, mid carried by the jheri|f
to'the usual* placre of public execution,
a uiUe from town,-whew "a gallows was
erected for. thooccnsion.. They were
ealni and' firm in .their step, but tliqir
countenances indicated deep concern.
To tlie- Ecry last they asaertod their
innocence of the killing,hutacknOweifg'
ed that tlicy were of the party, that
halted poor Stevens. Tbey said the
.plan was to go to-Joncsville to fight
Ku Klux, and fining none to return
home and."get somebody's head on the
way.1 But they went up the road'ddly as
far as Duck Pond Church, where the
tragedy was enacted. Golden Foster,
colored preacher, was their spiritual
adviser. They said they were prepared
to meet their God. The bolt
was drawn at about half-pnst twelve,
and Henry Canuon nud Taylor Palmer.
passed from life iuto death.
Cannou'f npek was broken. Palmer
struggled somo minutes?and all was
over.., After hanging about thirty
minutes, lifo was pronounoed extinct
hy Dr. J." M. Moore, and the
bodies were taken down. All the
circumstances of the trial and the evidence
left no doubt upon the minds of
any one of tho gnilt of these negroes.
Human testimony is not iufullible, and
it is possible thut these two raeu did j
not actually kill Stevens; but it is
a possibility, not a probability. The
evideoce of their guilt was very stroDg
iudeed; far loo strong to be born
down a feather's weight -by thoir
opposing confession before execution.
Hut ifthehr statement is*true, they are"
nevertheless gutPy of the foul ciinac of
murder in its lull extent. This ends
the Stevens - tragedy. Somo ofithc
ringleaders*' are still-at large, but they
will probably never be arrested. It
has been the source of " wops udoumbered".
to Uuion, and'its effet upon
fbia nmnmnnifv will nprpr~ 1>p -t'oN
gotten by this generation. It was
the death-knell o? negro rule in UnionCounty.
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The lawyers of this bar are unanimously
of opinion that no jury cases can be
tried in this county until further legislation."
There being no'chairinau of the
board of county commissioners, the
board of jury commissioners i*. incomplete
; and without the prcscnocbf every
member of the latter board,. they Can
rake no action as the law now stauds.
Thanks to stupid legislators and no less
stupid legislative legal advisors,say we;
thanks to tho'Ku Klux says his- Excellency
the Governor.
The Southern Planting Interest.?Cotton
planting at t!ic South
seems to have progressed on the whole
favorably, and notwithstanding tho low
price of the staple, it .is quite probable,
that not far from jin ayoroge area will
bo devoted to tho plant.There are
cotnnlaints from some section with -re
gard to the inadequate supply of lubor,
out the results of last year's operations
lead to the conclusion .that t'his lubor
difficulty is exaggerated. The want of
the South at this time does not appear
to he 60 much an increase of laborers as
patient intelligent skill, to utilize and
direct thoso .already at its disposal?
laborers suited to the clifnate and accuse
tooted, to every kind of work the country
affords. When supplies are needed
from other sources, as they may bo in
the near future of renewed prosperity
to which the whole country looks for*
ward, it will not be difficult to obtain
them in.the, ordinary channels of Eu*
ropean immigration.
To this end the establishment of in*
dependent lines of stsarn ships between
Germany and some of the Southern
ports is the most, sensible nodertaking
that has yet engaged attention. The
division of large landed'estates, and the
seating apart of suitable portions for the
benefit of those who arc able to^buy and
disposed to cultivate them, is another
excellent means to the end of attracting
a good class of laborers. In a word,
the cultivation of good feeling and harmony
of interests between those whose
fortuues have been cast together upon
the favored soil, and the introduction of
intelligent and self-respecting labor as
fast as the field requiros it, will speedily
and satisfactorily solve the labor ques*
tion. It looks now as though the price
of cotton had about touched bottom for
the present, and with increased consumtion,
consequent upon low prices, and
a decrease of India cotton, a reaction is
by no means improbable.?Xcio York
and Commrricul List.
Gen. Gauev's Lftter.?Gen M.
W. Gary, writes from Pine Bluff.
Arkansas, a letter to Col. McLure, of
Chester, in which he states that a gen*
oral misapprehension exists out West,
with regard to the intentions of the
peoplo of the State as to their present
indebtedness. As he understands the
Charleston resolutions, they refer only
to the future indebtedness of the State..
Wc have lost all, lie says, save honor,
and wo liavo no intention of letting
that go.
lie concludes : 'I, therefore, think
that the proceedings of the 0007001
tion should bo regulated and controls
ed with prudence and caution. I
think that substantial assurances sliouid
bo demanded from the leaders of the
party in power,, that retrenchment,
economy and: honesty, should'govern
tho futuro financial policy, of the pre*
sent administration; that taxation
will bc'rcduccd to- a reasonable standard;
that tho present, indebtedness
should, nob be increased, and that the
collection of the present taxes be
postpond until tho people make another
crop. With some such assurance
we can atford to bear for a time
the ills wejiave, "then lly to others wc
kuowuotof."
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: A Mahonio FCHMAL CERE WONT..
?One ;.Qf Ihoaet pleasing iocideniathou2h_
mournful in its association,
Which-' illustrate the, sympathetic) ties unite
theM?on?c brotha-hood'through- *
out 4ho worW, oceuri'ed io Charleston- . ^
yoatcrilay^^. While onfcoftown, the intelligeii'ce
reached R._ S, Burn, a,- Elfc .
deputy grand mastoid and deputy grand *
high priest of th5 Jlnited 6tatt?, that ^
Jhrother W.C. M orey r of B tft tony had
died at the Clmrleatoj?^Kftoroing to
r cq uo^ t i 11 g t h a t 11) e- rehjaius ehould i m
mediately< "bo Yorwarded ^ hornet Thn
craft were, in'consequence^ ^inr$jfly .
convoked (or the purple of paying the-'
lnfrt 7f~-rn?r hnnnm tn > hfotlpii
and the/ancral look place ?*tlje hotel
yesterday- afternoon, Brother. W. ,B. - *
Yatesofficiating as. gfand^hrfjlWnJr-Previous
to the reading of the ritua^ '
a funeral address in whfch he'fediaSv
alluded to the sad e
thcra together around tho remains of a
stranger in a strange fond/ami dwe$jjp
upon tho Masonic rirtneft,.
elicit the tribute of affaetiop andfta?*
opcet from members of the
der. Agreeably to instruction^Jj$e
body was then conveyed to. the Express
Office, where, in tho box that entombed
the coffiD, was placed a Masonic apron,
to signify to the brethern in Boston
that their decease'd friend received % ;-;
from the Masons of tho Palmetto State
| the fraternal care upon which he had
so high a olaim?Charleston fictdi. .
^ '% &
Plucky.?One day last w.eek, as
a little son of Mr.jfoel, joJFlaveona,' '-M
aged about fonrteea. jeara, vaa |]q|v*
ing in the field,- a good taoHtigjMn'
with long black whiskers ecme oat of
the woods near by and 'told him he
wanted that mule/" The boy told him
he could not get him, whereupon ho
said he would have him, and proceeded
to cut him loose from the plei*/
The little follow called to his brothers
. who jrere hunting, jo the field.to bring
him (he gao, which the; did' at oooe,
coming ap-Jbeforo the
ceodcd in getting the mule loose.' Ho
fled to the woods' _wfen be naw the
gun getting so close, and the. little
plowuianmountedthe stole aod pared'
cd him some distance,'firing at him
-once aehe'disappeard in the woods. v
He sajs ho4 think he struck him, but
did not'bring him down.
Ckfuiottexilic ( Fa.) Chronicle.
Beaufort. Commissioner# or JjlLtib
Tio?v?Alfred .Williitns, white, and L.
9- Latfgley,' colored,' convicted at thisterm
oft he United States' Circuit Court.
for changi ng'hadies oo the ballots east
at Beaufort, S. C, in tho?orgresttowiJt *
electiop, in Which (X (1- Bo woo aud R. ' r
0. Dc Largo were candidates,-were sebteDpcd
jestorday, hy bis Honor JudgeHugh
L. Bend, to bo imprisoned two
yeHrs and pay a fine ofSpOO each. They
were committed to jail. v
' _[Q,'carle*fbn Comrier.
Affray is Salem?A NegroShot.?On
Thursday of last week, ia>
the neighboYhoodioftlie Jlriek Church,,
in this County, David Fullwood shot V
Aleck Cowsar, hi* father in-law,. iu
the left arm with small shot, infliotinga
slight wound. " Both Hie parties are
negrvea. The quarrel originated in.adispute
about the use of-a howe, ?dd.
run into family matters.?Sinriter New*..
Columbia (S. C.) Daily Union pleasecomment.
[JotR.] , * .. ~
. ==?Council
Onjunber, .
CAMDEN1, S. CM May 2nd;' 187L
Capt. SAMUEL PLACE, 4s appointed
Chief Firu Muster, Dr. A. A. Mooaa and'
Geouok Cbosby; Esq., Assistant Fire fcJjM
ovb 'TIipv will bo ohcvwi nCMirdinfflv.
17"~ " " jA M E JUL 1) A VIS," IntcnI't. >;
(Extract from Minutes of Council.).
J. k. Witueksiuox, Recorder. _ ;
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