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THE FREE CIT?ZE PUBLISH KU AT OR AN CE BU RC, 3. C. E. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor. A. WKH.STE1?, PUULISIIKU. 'JPISJR^X? : OKS GO?*?, OKE YEAH, ~ - ?? $2 00 Invariably in Advance. Anti I will come near to you to Judgement; and 1 will br. a iswilt wUhcBi against the ooi?ci er*, anil against Hie adult?rera, nuit aKiiiiiBi fuUe Kwcttrero, uu?l against those tlint op VV??F the hireling in tin? waget?, tho widow ?ml the fntherlees, amt that turn awde the ?trangef from hin right, ?ml tear not mu, failli the Lord OI HOBI?.-MAl.Aeiil,111. ?. NOTICE. -Vfc .-.re not responsible for the views cf our Correspondents. Advcrtifcments to he inserted in the CITIZEN roust bc received by Thursday evening. . Advertisements Inserted at One Dollar per inch, for the lind Insertion. Further turma cnn be bad on application lo the iSdltorpr Publisher. Communications on matters ol'State or Local Utterest, respectfully solicited; All onlers for Jo!? Printing left at this office will receive prompt audition. Agents ami Correspondents wanted in all Towns of the County. SATURDAY, APRIL 17,1070. Newspaper Law. We invite attention to the law con cerning newspapers': 1. Subscribers who ito not give ex press notice to the contrary are con sidered as wishing to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers wish their paper discontinued publishers may continue to send them until ail charges ure paid. 8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from the offices .r places to which they are sent, they are held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice to discon tinue them. 4. If subscribers move to other placea without informing th J publish er, and the paper is sent to ,the for mer direction, they are held respon sible. Notice should always bel *iven of removal. it. Thc Courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the ofllee, or removing and ving it |u :vi4i*?d. forfis prima facto lenee ssMtdWSlSfional fraud. j?--?-. STRIKES. There has been too much of this business done in every part of the country, especially in the North it Ima peen of late quite over done, and tho heavy stone the strikers were combining to roll up the bill is recoil ing upon themselves. This work Is reuily working iddleness and ruin. It is better to be content with fair wages and constant work. We learn that this bad example is being follow ed here in the South, and that the Section hands between Branchville and Columbia aro on a strike for higher pay, it is quite a qucstiou how? ??ver about their gaining anything in tho operation, We are in favor of strikes against the use of tobacco and whiskey, and till kinds of intemperance nhdextrav HTice. An increase of wealth does not depend so much on what we earn as vdiat \yc save. From the lirst, not fined' the agitators for more-, wages and fewer hours of work has intimated that among themselves there was any thing to be changed-any habits to be improved, any effort whatever Lo be made for a better way of life, ox copt to obtain more pay for fewer boura work. Thc leaders of the work ingman's movement are bliml lo the simplest principles of domestic and pol?tica,! economy. There has been no indication whatever by them that they know that nu improved condition depends not less upon savings than OP. earnings. Thc workingmen, if they wish to hotter their way of life, must do it os I ait others must-that is, begin at home. If they cotinue to spend their earnings thoughtless!}" ns most of them do, they must always be poor no matter v-bat their wages may be. In thia country the workingmen may always, as a body improve their con dition and altair, a position of com petence, comfort, and respect, if they will observe the conditions that are absolutely necessary to that end-tho conditions by which only piliers have risen to such positions and by which thtiy also maintain them. Applause is thc spur of noble Tni??df*, Ute end laud aim of weak one?. The Great Libel Suit. STATE OP SOL'Til ?AU?LiX?, I COUNTY OK OKAKQEBUUO, J IN TUE COMMON l'LEAS. [PRELUDE.] Barnabas Williamson, Plaintitf, va. Alonzo Wehster ami Eugene A. Webster, defendants. The plain lill*, complaining of thc defendants alleges : First, For a First cause ff Action : L That the plaintiff, prior to thc time of the commission of thc griev ances hereinafter mentioned, liad been engaged in business iii the town and County of Orungeburg iu the said State as clerk in the ollico of John L. Il milhun, who was then thc Country Treasurer for the County as aforesaid. II. That ?tf the time of the com mission of the said grievances, thc plaintitl was engaged in business in the said town and county, as clerk in the office ol' John ll. Livingston, Esq., who was then, and still is, the County Treasurer for th? cuuni\ aforesaid. III. Thal until the commission ol the said grievances, thc plaint ill had always maintained a goori reputation for honesty and integrity, and had not been guilty ol any ol' the offences charged against him in the libel here inafter set forth. IV. That the success of the plaint: ill'in his business as clerk as afore said depended on his good reputation and credit, and on the confidence of the public in hi? honesty and integ rity. That at the time hereinafter men tioned, tho defendant, Eugene A. Webster was the editor and proprie tor, and the defendant, Alonzo Web ster, was the publisher of the Free Citizen, a newspaper published in the town of Orangeburg, in the county and State aforesaid. [FIRST VERSE.] VI. That on the thirteenth day pf January, A. D. 1875, the defendants maliciously composed and published, concerning the plaintiff, in the said newspaper, a certain article, contain ing the false and defamitory matter following, to wit : "An inexperienced young man" (meaning the said John L. Humbert) ''was appointed through Judge An di ev?s," '(uiea??f.%''?'.fhiaiTiTetnt'C. Iii rlrcws,-lhon and now State Senator for said county), "io the responsible portion of treasurer," (meaning Comity Treasurer for Orango* m County,) "Mr. Williamson (moan ing the plaintiff) "who had served in that capacity for Judge Andrew, was Hum bert's chief clerk, and held a key to the safe," (meal ing the safe pf the County Treasurer for said county.) No person in the olllee, (meaning the saul County Treasur er's ellice) "could better know of ils management than Mr. Williamson If.anything was wrong to lils knowl edge, he was in a position to info n Judge Andrews, who could have the treasurer removed at pleasure. But the internal workings of the ('lillee art kept carefully concealed, until funds have escaped from its carefully guarded vaults io the amount. 6 $24,000," (meaning that lhere wu stolen from the salo aforesaid of lin r>aid County Treasurer the sum i? twenty-four thousand dollars.) .Thei when thc lac's are forced upon tie public, they are asked to believe thu no one guilty hut the unforluiint, young roan, (meaning the said Join L. Humbert): who ha? been taliinj his official lessons under this guard ianship of experienced tutors" (mean ing the plaintiff and the said Thud ileus C. Andrews.) "Humbert Ii ai been promised exemption from pun ishmeht on certain conditions, and ir the incant i me adroit plans have bee i laid to ruin his testimony." ...Now in regard to lhi3 whole matter, then is a fearful responsibility somewhere No one believes that II umburi is tin only guilty party. Wo do not BM*, that it belongs to Senator Andrews,' meaning thereby to charge that th. plaintiff was guilty of grand I arc?n.) and of stealing and embezzling th public molloy? in the office cf th County Treasurer for said county. [CHORUS.] VII. That the said publication wa calculated to degrade the plaintif! i the opinion of the community, to ii jure him iu his business as clerk a aforesaid, and to blacken and- i nj nt' his reputation for honesty and inteij ri ty. VIII. That by mean? of the sai publication the plaintiff was injuro? in his business anil reputation JJye thousand dollars. Secondly, For a second cause of action ; f INTERLUDE-SA MK AS PHKLV-. ] [SECOND VE USE. J YL That on the sixth day of F .' mary, A. D. 1875; thu defendants maliciously composed and published concerning thu plaintiff, in the sahl newspaper, a certain article contain ing the false and di iurn.it? >? \ uni^tcr following, lo wit : .?The argument, ?d' thc Cbulge . "Our readers will recollect au ai tn li in our issue of last week. Upon ''fi'"' County Affairs." 1' contained li rel eren ce to thc well-known fact ol'our depleted treasury and' robbery of om county funds," (meaning thal a large amount of public looneys had been stolen.from thc ollice id* the Country Ti casu rcr for Orangchu rg Coin i tv, 11 u ring thu oiliciul terni ol'John L. rTnui bert, US County Treasurer I'Oi" said county.) "It seems that Mr. YViljiani sou" (meaning thc plat uti if) ..Hum bert's chief clerke thought hiinsclLtoi intimately identilicd with these Imus actions as indicated in the article ii question." * * * * "This ar gument of thc bludgeon (ui eil ni ni. a personal alloi cation between fin plaintiff and thc said Eugene A Webster) "can accomplish ccrtaii objects, while there are osiers quill beyond its reach. Although thli champion of the club (.meaning ila plaintiff) may ste dthily brandish id weapon, yet its menace or its bow: cannot hush into silence thc truth telling whispers of his own con.-eirr?ce nor can lill the empty vaults ol' on depicted treasury ; nor can ?neb da' turd ly deeds cause the people of hi tiouiiiy to believe that himself (mean ing. the plaintiff) and thc preien Senator of our county were in biis. ful ignorance of what was being don when these vaults were ticing qua tl emptied," (meaning thereby to ch?rg that the plaint!tr ?VHS guilty ?d'gian larceny, and (hal the plaintiff wan a accessory in the robbery ol'the pu di moneys in the office of the, Count Treasurer of said county to a larg amount. fi [CHORUS.] Thirdly, l'or a thirlt ' '^^j^' (? NTKRLUDE-SAMK AS r>K?Ctf?* [Tinki. v;-:iisK] VI. That on the thirteenth ?j.. | j Fiduuaiy, A. ?. I875vthefUdeudri, : maliciously composed and pnhlV;-h> concerning the plaintiff in tin; sa newspaper thc false and ?leia-.nit'..: mal ter following, to wit : 'Our County Treasurer. .> Jervey introduced ile following rc oltition in thc Senat?' :" ^jResol?etl^ Tuai the treasurer Orangeburg County be requ?stb within five days, lo inform thc S' ha whether he has In's employ, clerk, any peif>ou or persons v e;..., ed with thal oilba- during tie i tumne period m its allai ra, wfien large amount was fraudulently ? traetcd fruin thc treasury ?\ ???? conni j ." "lt would nut be reniai kabh- iff) friend Williamson (ine?tftng i I ?Uti m ill') BhtSuid have Ins Haine mc tipnyd in no unpleasant connect i io the Slate. Senate, and Iiis prC/HUl ai.d club b<- required for the yindi? !i ?n ol' his character," meshing tim by to charge that t?v plaintiff w guilty of giand larceny, and of bei uii^ accomplice in the fraudulent i traction ?d' thc public moneys in i ollie?' of the said John L. [Iii in bi as Cou atv Ticasiirer for said colin [CHORUS.] Fourthly, For a fourth cfiv.se action : [INTER LU DE-SA si ic AS pnKLUi) [FOURTH VERSE ] VI. Thal, on the thirteenth day February, A. D. 1875, ?bc de fei ams maliciously composed and p fished conecrniug the plaintiff, in sail! newspaper, an article couts iug the false ami defamatory mat following, to wit : "Humbert's Chief Clerk" (mean tho plaintiff.) "Wc leam that a i oliitiou was offered in the Senate quiring our treasurer," (meaiiiim said John H. Livingston, Cou Treasurer for the said Gonn ty of nn??burg) "to report ?VHellier lie employed In thc treasury office i one who was thus employed dur the lime when its vaults were fm ulcntly emptied. Is any one in do ?who is referred to? The chief cl I bf our present treasurer: (menning the j plaint ill ) "bears {striking resem blance to the individual whoso abili I tv ami experience were wasted upon ! Humbert" (meaning tho said John L. i Humberto "and is supposed to be the ono Senator Andrews soleeted to control its management! who would hejjcA'e that the. office" (menning the ?f?\?:G ?)f the said John L. Humbert, County Treasurer as aforeaaii^) "colt hi bo loscly kept without his knowledge. Ho" (meaning the plaintiff) "denied having a key to the safe." (meaning the safe id' the Country Treasurer for the said county) ''but. Humbert as serts that Iiis chief clerk yditl have one. This seems to be a tender spot with bini, (menning the plaintiff) and he seeks with a bludgeon (iud the conduct of u bully, to enforce thc coi routuess of bis denial. Hut. tloes be act like un innocent, injured man? Nay, rather is not bis conduct an iu f et en ti al proof of bis guilt?" menning thereby to charge that tin- |>tatn ti ff I WHS guilty of grand larceny, and of stealing and embezzling the public moneys in the office of the County Treasurer for the County of Orange burg aforesaid; [CHORUS.] [SYMPHONY.] Wherefore tie- plaintiff demands judgment against the defendants for i thc; ?ura of twenty thousand dollars, and costs. IZLAR & DIBBLE, Plain tiff's Attorney. In the above coinplaiutt.be maller inclosed in brackets was no part of the. original, but inserted tty us to save space, and the trouble of re setting the same matter.-Ed. Tit ti "EASY CIJAIU" CONCERNING j HAUI>ER. This is the three hundredth number of Harper's Magazine, thc last humber of tts t we ii ci-fifth year. With June it begins its twenty-sixth year and its fifty-first volume. Thus? of its friends who have the curly num bers still recognize the familiar exte rior, for that has never changed. The little cherub, tis good genius, still sits up aloft destriding the world iii sign of tiie universal sympathy to which . ne appeals, and blowing bis rainbow I bubble tu token of the bright, and fprwjsTiir*:. way in Wl?iob h.; socks to eil ; ter lain tin- World. ? ?ie little mini.*]- ! tiers ut his sub-still seaUcr,f lie. flow-; ! ers ol' wit romanee and wisdom which tor a (piarter of a century have been dropping from limit' han.is; and we ike to believe that the ive I l-k how ii -yellow cover, with i .s blithe>atid airy ligures, bas come io .seem lu many und lean?, a rentier and friend aol the sere, aspect ol' encroaching ?ge, hut the sunny brightness of perpetual fresh. ness and morning, . ' ..' . ?. .* 4? Through all these t we ti ty-li ve years and these (bree hundred lUlUlheis, "il ia a very pleasant thouglti that foe bonds between tin.' Magazine and its j teat lets have been constantly strengt h v liing, and that ti Minis toward us hali ccu: cry with a llviucf ?omi upon Uni public than ever, lt has seen many ami many companions ?pVing tili utoiiud ii, -.'?ne .'!' wl?oiii have lulu "ii asleep, while oilier.-, are. wide aw ko, o d tunning then race, joyously. Tue obi Cfrithtini ao l ne. hitcri'Ulioniduud Putnam-tu milch Of wh'oatj esl ate the Aittiutic bas fallen heil - w?r? the moil popular of its earl) compeers. I'ltey are all gotley and the younger born me prosperous and enterprising, and furnish with dur per a monthly least which to the reader of Graham's Magazine thirty years ago would seem miraculous for its variety and excellence. During all this time, too the general character of this periodi cal has not essentially changed. It has, of course, immensely improved, anti it is, we may say, pqually ol' course, very much better to-day tuan ever before, simply because the re sources ol a magazine to-tlay atc so very much greater than they were twenty-live years ago. Anti if the general character is much thc same, whatever the advance in development may be, it is because tho original con ception of what a magnzine in Amer ita should be was so felicitous and 'accurate Thc i inmenso eticcess and popularity of tho Monthly provo it. Kumar's EASY CHAIR, in Harper's Magazinef >r May. I When Pluto was tobi that he had j many enemies who spoke ill of him, ! he replied, 4,It is no matter, 1 shall y try to live so that no one will believe I them." ADVERTIS EM EN T S . - MISCELLANEOUS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,! QFKICK SECRETARY OF STATE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Feb. 4?;n, 1875. The FREE CITIZEN is hereby designated us one of the nev spacers for Ibe publication of all legal no . iee8, and otile ?ul advertisements for the Couuty ol' Orungeburg. under the Act approved February 22d, 1870, ?.milted "An Act to regulate the publication ol all legal and public notices and nil former orders of this Board in conllict with this is hereby res? i uded. II. E. IIAYNE, Sec'y of State and Sec'y of Borod. I, II. E. H .VYNE, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is.a tine and con?ut copy of thc orig inal, now on file in Ibis elllee. / II. E. HAY SE, Secretary of State. " Complete Pictorial Hinton/ of the Times"-11 The lexi, cheapest, ami most successful Family Pa per in thc. Union Harper's Week ly. ILLUSTRATED. ?Notices ol thc Prisa. Tin: Weekly is Ibo ablest and most pow erful illustrated periodical published in this country. Its editorials are scholarly and convincing, and carry much weight, bs illustrations of current events are Inti and fresh, and are prepared hy mir hosi designers. Willi a circulation bf 150,000. Hie WEEKLY ls read by at least half a million persons, and its influence as au or?rau ol opinion is simply tremendous. The WEEKLY maintains a positive posi tion, expresses decided views on pol?tica] and social problems.-Louisville Ctturhr Joitrnut. Its articles are models of bi rh-tbued discussion, and its pictorial Illustrations are often corroborative arguments of no small force'.-JV". Y Examiner and Chron icle. " Its papers upon existent questions and its inimitable cartoons help to iiiotdd tia ?utiithtients of the country.-Pittsburgh Commercial. TE113IS; Pustiujp fri'c to all Subscribers in the. U. ?I llAwrKitv WKKKI.Y, uno year . . , *4.?0 ?4JHI htclmlis prupiivinent ot'TJ. S. po ?tage bv thu publishers. ? Stibgoriptlniis to Harper's Mt?gnzine, Weekly, and llazar, lo une illltlrcas l'or one year, ^IU.cn ; ?ir, iivo ol'Hiirpui'V I'criodiiailn, lo one for one yuur, f7.00? [.o.Aiiigiii iV"e. Ar. E.ltruCopy.nf eitl.^r the Mugarhio, VV'ceklv ! or Unzai' will i.o $ii|)|i)leq grub* iov every Chi? 'il I'm: Si,ii-i:ril)U'.oil ju.Uoout'.h, lu i.in'.yehstl I UIIM-C. or', SIX Ooples Tor ?);2?.w), Withvtit cxliti ..?.ii> ).i>>if'jri- lire. iluak Numbers cu.ii tx- supplied at aiiv time. Thu A u li ti ii I Volume ol ll u-pei-'-> Weekly, in pent <-!'?ili inn. li UK, wilt ho acut by express; !'<... ot .. p,iis? , fur ;7.0o each. A complete dut, comprising Eighteen Volunten, sent un receipt of cash tit tlii? tate uf $5.25 per vot.-j freight at c? ponse of pin 'chuter. Xnw*ptm??rd are not lo c ij?y ihis tulvorisenient without ide express oolera of ll vitl-Klt it DKOTUKIiS. Aittlro.iH IIARPEK & Ult OTHERS, New York. FIRE! FIRE!! ' FIRE!!! IT. K0HN.-& BRO,, -AT Tl 8 Brick Store. Are selling olT their RESCUED STOCK Being slightly iel imaged by removal. The Goods Must be Sold, And are selling for whatever they will bring. : o : Come at buce and secuvo Rare Bargains : We mean BUSINESS, as wo need MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. At MoMASTER'S BRICK ?STORE. 1 Orangoburg, Jan. 21, 1875. ADVERTISEMENTS MISCELLANEOUS. M RAND OPENING! Gt I will open Pal* morning a lot ot' MK* JLT'iiiest . eas, ever offered in this market, constating ul UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, And In order to cultivate a trxdtt 1er these line grades I will vidi thom V E ii Y X- O W . I h.'ive also rtioeived this woruim,' unother car-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground.mid Made <r .-ip ec i ai ly tor rue from tito Finest Weleeted Wlieatj 1 haye never had a complaint of thia brand ut tiour. Ijti'OETANT NOTICE! Inferior KEROSENE Oil, i^ao dun serous and so many accidents h ? ve oc curred from its use, 1 have been induced, at the repealed solicitation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil for their use. I huvu just receive t?n mst barrels ol PURE WHITE KEROSENE - pf 12-i tire tojtt. I will sell titi? i?ure Oil cheaper than the same grade of Oil can bc sold at in this city. Families use hUT this.Oil aro safe. The use of the common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET ls equivalent to bringing lute the furoll/ destruction*and du ?uh ! I hare also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of the flow ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sacks Lagnaj ra Coffee, equal to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Riu, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Good. My stock 1? full, with prices low and good time? coming. Thanking; tho public for their very lib eral patronage, and soliciting Its contin uance, I will do my best to m?rit the ame. HARDY Columbia, So, Ca.