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THE FREE CITIZEN. PUBLISH KD AT O RAN CEBU RC, S. C. if. ?TWEBSTEII, - - - Editor. A. WEBSTER;, P?HUSIIKK. ONS COPY, ONE YEAH, - - - ?2 PP Invariably in Advance. And I ?Hil come near to roil to Judgement; "'?1 1 -viii lt? a ? witt witneF* !ix?i'?>t tho eorcer oti', and against the adulterurs, ami against fnlte m'i'urcri*, and against llioao that 'op )>vr?K ila- hireling i'i li IM ??got, tho widow mut Hiv fatherless, and Unit turn aside Hie utrnupt'-f from hin right* ?nd fe.tr not inf, unitli the Lord of Hobie.-MALACHI, III, o. | N?T?CE. I Wo are tint iet*i>onsiblo for tho views ol our Correspondi?iits. Advertisements to i>o inserted in th?? CITIZEN must be received hy Tltnraday evening. Advertisements Inaertcd nt One l>?ilJnr per inch, for the flr>tt insertion. Kui liier toini.H cnn he bad on application to thu Eillioror I'ublUlior. Coinniunieatto** on matter.; ol'Slate or Koeal utterest, respectfully BollcUotb All ordera for .lol? Printing left at this office will receive prompt attention. Anent* and Correspondents wanted in all Town-, of the County. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1875. Newspaper Law. We invite attention to the law con cerning newspapers': 1. Subscribers who do not give ex press notice to the contrary are con uidered as wishing to oeuii-iue their subscription. ?. If subscribers wish their papet discontinued publishers may continue to seud thorn until all charges are paid. 8. If subscribers neglect or rc fuse to take their papers from thc offices ?r places to which they arc sent, they are held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice to discon tinue them. .i. If subscribers move to other places without informing Ilia publish and Hie paper is sent to the for . er dircctiou, they are held respon d?.de. Notice should always be en of removal. ."}. The Courts have decided that rr fusing to take a paper or periodical fi t'in the office* or removing and ? ving ii u$?$U3l3 fis** -s \fftvML facie lenee f.??0S?^(oui? fraud. STRiKECS There has been too much of this bu -incas done in every part of the co ntry, especially in Hie Non li it inls been of late cpiite over done, anti the heavy stone tho strikers were dulbining to roll up the hill is recoil ing upon them ?el ves. This work is really working iddlencss and ruin. It is better to he content with fair wages and constant work. We leam that this bad example ia being follow ed here in the South, and i hat t he SfK'tion hands between ilranchvUlc mid Columbia are on a strike for higher pay, it is cpiite a question how ever about their gaining anything in thu operation. We arc in favor of strikes against thc use ol'tobacco and whiskey, and ?il kinda of intemperance andextrav HTI03. An increase of wealth does not depend so much on what we earn aa what wc save. From the inst, not on?yr>f Hie agitators for more wages and fewer hours of work has intimated timi among themselves there was nny abing to be changed-any habits to he improved, any effort whatever to l>e made for a better way of lifo, ex cept to obtain more pay for fewer hours work. Thc leaders of the woik ingmen's movement are blind to the simplest principles of domestic and politfca.1 economy. There has been no indication whatever by them that they know that an improved condition depends not less upon savings than on earnings. Tho workingmen, if they wish to better their way ol life, must do it as all others must-that is, begin nt. home. If they eothiue to spend their earnings thoughtlessly as moat ol them do, they must always be poor no matter what their wages may be. In this country the workingmen may always, aa a body improve their eon ditton and attain a position of com p?tence, comfort, and respect, if they will observe the conditions that arc absolutely noccssary to that end-thu conditions by which only pthcrs have riacu to such positions and by which they also maintain them. Applause is the spur of noble mindr*. the end and aim ol' weak onea. The Great Libel Suit. STATE OK SOOTH (.'AKUI.:NA, | J COUNTY or OKAKOKBUUU, / JN TUE COMMON I'LEAS. [PRELUDE.] Barbabas Williamson, PlaiutiU', vs. Alonzo Wehster ami Eugene A. j Webster, defendants. The ptain titi, complaining of the defendants alleges : First, For a First cause of Action : \ I. Thal the plaintiff, prior to the time ol the commission ol' the griev- : anees hereinafter mentioned, hail j been engaged in business in the town j and County of Orangeburg in the said State as clerk ii: the olliee of .John L. Humbert, who was then the Country Treasurer for tho Couim as aforesaid. II. That at the time of the com mission of the saiil grievances, tile ; plaintif! was engaged in business in the said town and county-, :es clerk iii ! the cilice ol John Ll. Livingston,' E q.. who was then, and still is, iee County Treasurer for ibo conni} aforesaid. JIL That until the commission ul the said grievances, thc plaintif! had ul way 8 maintained a good repu talion for honesty and iutegrily, and hud not been guilty ol any ol' ?he olleiices charged against bim in lue libel here inafter set forth. IV. That tl e success of the plaint iff in his business as clerk as afore said depended on his good repu talion and ci edit, and on the confidence of the public iu his honesty and integ i ri ly. That at the time hereinafter men Lioucd, the defendant, Eugene A. Webster was the editor and proprie tor, and the defendant, Alonzo Web ster, was the publisher of thc Free Citizen, a newspaper published in the town of Orangeburg, in the county and State aforesaid. [FIRST VERSE.] VI. Tbatont.be thirteenth day ot January, A. D. 1875, the defendants maliciously composed and published, concerning the plaintiff, in the said newspaper, a certain article, contain ing the false an?! defamatory matter following, to wit : ..An inexperienced young mau" [(meaning the said John L. Humbert) ? "was appointed- .-through ? .bulge A.n. ?lfews,**'*(mefo?t?fg tntilVd?us^CTi An drews, then lind now Stale Senatoi for sairl county) ** to ibo ros ponai blt poulton of treasurer," (memling County Treasurer for Oraiigehurj County,) "Mr. Williamson (mean ing tlie plaintiff) "who bad served i? that capacity for Judge Andrew, win Humbert's chief clerk, and held n key to the safe," (mea: ing ?he sufi of lin; County Treasurer for saki county.) ?No person in the office, (meaning the said County Treasur er's office) "could better know ol iii management than Mr. Williamson If anything was wrong to bis ki un i edge, he was in a position lo info n Judye Andrews, who could have Ibu treasurer removed ut pleasure. 15.ii thc internal workings of the office ari kept carefully concealed, iiniil fund; have escaped from its carefully guarded vaults to the moonul. $24,000." (meaning that tn.-re wa? stolen from the sale aforesaid of ih said County Treasurer the sum o twenty .four thousand dollar* ) kThei when the facts ure forced upon Iii public; they are asked lo believe lim no one guilty bul the iinioiliimtii young man, (meaning the said .1 ...i SJ. Humbert) who hits been rakiii? bis official lessons under i.hii guard iausiiip of experienced I ii tors" (mein ing the plaintiff and the .said Thad deus C. Andrews.; "limnhui I h ai been promised exemption from pun ishmeht on certain conditions, ami ii the meantime adroit plans have bee! laid t<i ruin his testimony." ".Now in regard td this whole matter, then is a fearful responsibility somewhere Noone believes that Humbert is tin only guilty party. We do not sa.i that it belong? lo Senator Andrews,' menning thereby lo charge thal th plaintiff was guilty of grand larceny and of siealing and embezzling th public moneys in the office of lb County Treasurer for said county. [CHORUS.] VII. That the said publication w? calculated lo degrade the plainiill i the opinion of (he community, to ii jute bim in his business us clerk'fl aforesaid, and to blacken and injin bis reputation for honesty and in lei ri ty. VIII. That by means of the sai publication the plaintiff was injure' **SBSSSB? i ?I i-i? >M 11?] jw i? i ii i Mil sm 'Vfifftasix in his business and repniniiou [ive thousand (lolluis. Secondly^ For a second :? r <tctinn : [INTERLUDE--SAMK AS KUI ? [SECOND VERSE J Vi. Thai ?ni lite .- xiii day ol Fyi mary, A. D. 1875; tito defendants malicious! v composed timi published Concerning tile pluill'.itl, ?ll lilO Stli'i newspaper, a certain article ci ijl tin lug till* ftllsC .'Old U; MUMllMA M-ufcl' lotion i i ? i-f ? !?? w i! : .. Til" argument, ol' iii- liUt'l;:e M; "Oiir readers ?viii recollect tm article ill OUT IS-UO ol' last, neck, ii pou Cou it ty All-its." I? contained fi : e rou oe lo Hie well-known fuel ? depleted trcasiit*) ?uti* roi''fi of otu county fin?is," (meaning that u | |vg< amount ol' (millie ino tic vs litiil boen stol? ii from the < .!!'. ? of the < !ti hi i Treasurer IbrOrangoluirg Conni . I - ring L?K? elli 'lui Lorin ol'John L. ri bert, a> County Treasurer loi uii county.) "Ii seems that'Mr. Will sou" (meaning Li-.c plaintiff) 'il hort's chief clerk, thought hiuist:lC?tO(i intimately iden ii lied with these Iron actions us indicated in iJio tiriii le in quostion." * * ,y "TII'H ar gument ot Hie bludgeon (u anini! :t personal ?illei cation bet ween lin plaintiff and ibo said Eugene A. Webster) "can accomplish eorlain objects, while lhere are others quito beyond ils reach. Although this champion ol' the elah (.meaning i lie plaintiff) may ble-dihily brandi li bis weapon, y el its menace or it-- bows cannot hush into silence the truth telling whispers Of hisowncouci ? rrta nor can fill tlie em pty vaults ol' our depicted treasury ; nor eau sue!) lias? tai di/, deeds cause the people <.; lh. couniy to believe that himself (nu ail ing the plaintiff) ami the protein Senator of ??ur county were i:? bliss ful ignorance of what was being d ?iii when these vaults wer?.- ?King qtiii il, emptied," (monning thereby in ch?rgi that tho pluiulilf ivas guilty of gi'iin larceny, and dial the plaintiff .wau an accessory in the robbery of the pu tin moneys tn the . Hice of the, CoMiity Treasurer of said county to rt h rge amount-. ?f [CHORUS.] * I Thirdly, Foi << th.'ri! cutts*! ftjS oc ' ( :. Si TER LUD K -:< A M K A M Pa r.i. u p. j ? Lill i ic : ? V::USK j V?. That on tue thirteenth > o! Febri?uiy, A. D. LS75, ihe.dei'ei maliciously COUIJ !i->vil and [inhibited concerning the plaintiff in ilie j.-tiil ! newspaper the false anil defumfttniy ? mai Lei* Ibllovvieu. lb ? ?t ; 'Our t'ounly Treasurer. M I.Jervi v ii.diodueed th'i lol low ? I olulion in lite Si-nalc :" j " lies'.I ced, That Ibo t.iea-'urei oj Orangehurg Comity be requested, within fi ve days. ? < inforni ( bi Si nate : w!he?.htJr lui has ?., his t > : 111 J . . > i. ii? [clerk, mtv MO j >?t ?n or in'iS'i i .- ... . ed wiiti thal Pillee tiuHUg Mn for Innate period in ivs a I ht i rs, tvhe'ij a larg? ainoutii .va- fraudulently ex tracted from the treasury ol ii] 0< 'Hill v ." "li would mil be reinal kuhl*.: il our \i- iv i ii ? I li lend \Villuiui?on (uvanmu Ul? plaintiff) slii'Mild bave Ins mum- men tioned iii un unpleasant cbuncci ..i In. i ii i? Stale Senate, and bis presence ..?..il cinii <). ic(jiiire<l for ihe viiubi n lion of bis itha rael tir," mesning ;: j by LO charge i-hul the pluiulilf iva guilty of g'.tnd larceny, and of beji ? : au. accomplice in Mm fraudulent ex traction of the public moneys in iii ollleo of ibo ?aid John L. [Iiiinli-?H as Cou uti Ticasurer for .said ?otui \ [CHORUS ] Ft tit flirty. For a fourth cm nc1 ion : [IN TE ?LUD K- s.v MK AS PIIKLI IO .j [FOURTH VERSE ] VI. Thal on tho i Iiir eenth day ol Feliniitry, A. 1). 1375. ibo defend? I ants maliciously co tn po.--ed anti pub; lished coneeiuiiig the plaintilf, in Lifo said newspaper, an article contain ing the faloc and defamatory mallei following, lo wit : "Humbert's Chief Clerk" (mean i ne the plaintiff.) "We leam that ri res olulion was nimrod in the Senate re ?quiring our treasurer," (meaning tin said John IL Livingston, Couiiti Treasurer for tho said Count) ol Or tingoburg) "to report whether be Inti employed in (he treasury oflloe any one who v\as thus etnployetl (lurijifi !the lime when its vaults were fraud; ? ulently emptied. Is any one in doun] j who is referred to? Tho chief clerk . pi* ?ur present treasurer (menning the plaintiff) "hears ti striking resem ! bianco t<> the individual whoso abili ty ami experience were wasted upon Humbert" (meaning the said John L. Humbert,) '-and is supposed lo be tho om- Senator Andrews solecletl lo j I tu.mini i's nuiimgemeiit : who would < believe thai the olilV (theunttig Ute office ot* thu said John h. Humbert, . Count) Treasurer as aforesaid) "< mihi bi loscly kepi withotd his khdwlodge. ile" (meaning tho plaintiff) "denied Imving a kev to Ute sale." (meaning the safe <>|'! lie Cou il li') Treasurer tor; : > said cob lily) ..on' Humbert as serts timi his chief clerk 'did have j one. This Si ems to lu: a tender sp:.-! ; ?\ i! ii him, (meaning the plaintiff) and j lie sei-ks willi a bludgeon tiwi I lie ? conduct ol a bully, to enforce lite coi tcctucss of his denials Kui <h>es lie net like an innocent, injured niau? Nay, rather is not bia conduct au in? lentiai proof of his gttiil '("meaning Him oby t?? charge that lin- plaintiff S guilt*, ol' gl and larceny, and ol' stealing ami embezzling the public moneys in the biticc of tue County Treasurer for the Couul) ol Orange burg aforesaid. [< 110U?S.] ! SYMPHONY,] Wherefore ile- plaintitl' demands judgment against thc defendants ibr the sum of twenty thousand dol?;:!.-,, and costs. IX LAR & DI BULK, Plaintiff's, Attorney. i [u the above complaint the matter . inclosed in brackets -sas no part of ilie original, but inserted by us to stive space, and the trouble of re selling; t he same tura lei .-Ed. Tni? "EASY CUAIH" CONCKUMNG I HAUI'KK. This is the three buudredlh I number of Harper's Mau<<zi>ie, the J last number ol'its Iweut)-fifth year. ? With June it begins its twenty-sixth year ami its fifty-first volume. Thus? ol' its friends who have the early num bers still reeog uize lim familiar exte rior, for that has never changed. The little cherub, its good genius, .still sit= U|J atoll de striding the world in sign ?of the universal sympathy to which ? he appeals, und blowing his rainbow I hubble io token ol' the height, ami ?^pTcnarrntti way iu which l??j seeks te- e'h tertalu the world. The little minis i tees at his side sid I scal ier the fi ?w brs ol' wit nouant e and w Stlom w'.iici l'or a ?piarter of a century have been dropping lu?.II their hull'ls ; ami wi I ike lo iielievo thai, ?he ?vcil-kuowii yellow cover, with i M blithe itn..| airy ligures, lia? come to seem to many un< : nan j a reatlei' and linn.; mit the sere I aspect id' encroaching age, but th? >u ii ii)' brightness of perpetual fresh ii'"' '. und morning. * ? * 1 m Through ali limsc iwi ty-live yetti-: ami these three hundred ?utinhers. i ia a Very plensaiti thoa g I ri. thai ila ...m!-. between the ?Magazine and i:? j leader?have heno c ?o-a '.liv strength ..i.iiig, ami that :. mrus toward iu I i i cen ii ry .vith a firmer holli upoi public than e ver, lt tuts seen maiij ...I many companions spring u? I ;i . Kiln I it, ?oiue . ?f w ho ? Uiive fulhh asleep, white others an wide aw k?1 I i itiinitig theil i u.lo joy otis ly. I'.. Old Gra ha m and Un litturmiliimutuiu . lJ,t< MI m--ii? iniich td win ?i>e esl a lo l? .. '.iniic has fallen hen-word th lino i popular of its earl) compeer: . riie\ are til: gone, -<ml the vouiiiie I . 'toni lire prosperous und enterprisinn .II I furnish with fluffier a month) least ?Vilich to thc reader of Graham' Magazine thirty yeats agu wouli seem miraculous lui-its variety am . Hence. During all this time, toi general character of this periodi ?as not essentially changed, i h i-,, of bourse, Immensely improved .mel it, is, we muy say, equally <. I course, very much better to-tluy tba ever before, simply because the ri sources ol a magazine to-day aies J very much greater than they wer I, we tit) -live years ago. Anti if th general character is much the satin whatever thu advance in dovelopineu may be, it is because the original cot ccplioh of what a magazine iu Atuci tea should bu was so felicitous au ?..cuate. The immense success an popularity of the Monthly prove il. . KmTbft's KASY CnAIK, in Harpur MiajuzincJ 'r May. ? When Plato was tobi litat he hn I many enende? who spoke ill of bin ' he replied, "lt is no matter, I sha ' try ttl live so that no one will belie*, them." ADV E R T 1 8 15 M E N T F> . Ml SCELLAS EOUS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OFFICE SLCKET?UY OF STATE, COLUMMIA, N. C. Feb. -Mi, 1875. Tho FREE Ci l IZEN is hereby designated as one of the newspapers for the publication of all legal no i ices, and otlh ial advertisements for iii?; Cou nu of Orungeburg. nuder the Act approved February 22d, 1S7? entitled -'An Act io regulate the publication ol all legal and public notices .-Hid ul! funner orders of this Board m t.'o:.tii<:i with this is hereby rescinded. ll. E. li A Y NE, Sec'y of State and Sec'y of Board. I, ll. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, clo hereby certify that tue foregoing . - i, l ine .md coi reut copy of ilse <u tg inal, now on file in this ofllcc. il. E. HAY NE, Secretary ol' ."State. .. Com plate Pictorial History of thc Tina's '-14 The best, cheapest, tittil most successful Ifathily Pu i 'i r iii the Uh ion H a r p e r ' s Week ly. ILLUSTRATED. y >>(<:: a oj the Press, 'I'lie Weekly i- the ablest anil most pow er!ul illustrated periodical published in tlii-- eeunt r\. Its i dilorhds are .scholar)) a ml tMUivineinjr, anti carry much wehrht. h.- ?Musi rations of current event- an; full ami Iri.'-h. anil are prepared hy our hos I designers. U itliii circulation of 150,000, the WEEKLY is read hy at least haifa million pei suns, and Us influence as an oi irau oi opinion is simply I renie minus. Tlie WEEKLY midiiinhis a positive po-i iion, expresses decided views on political ami social problems.-Louisville Charit r Journul. lt.- anieles are models of hi di-timeil discussion, ami its pictorial illustrations are often corrntuiriittvc arguments ol' mi -niall fore --JV. 1' Examiner and Chron icle. Its papers upon exi-tont questions anti iii iiiiiuilutile cartoons help to mould ile -t-miun-ni- vii thc country.- Pillsbury!, Coinmt-rcial. T lt: It 31 ? : P?stagp.frec tv oil Subscribers in the If. <S" ll.viM'KH'* WiiKKt.v, one year . . , *4.<?o fi.ni liiciutlt-K |irc]iiiyitunu y'i'U. S. pnfituge by tlie imbliiiburs. . Subset'iptioiiH to ll;ii-|ierV Magazine, Weokly, ami litiziir, to mic mhtrcss for uno year, f 10.0ft; or, iwn ui'RurnerV I'crloitictils, loone tor ont: vom-, ?7ip0: i-.'-tav-- IViw; An Extra Co|iy,ol'citl ?-th? Muaariiiii,\Vi;i-kl\' ur Uiizai* Will lin ?ii|iplien (ii iitis |oi evory rion . c THO Siilirgrltioiv.iil ii|..i>M)iir.Ii, bi Liu' v> i.'u t!iin:i'; <>r, fi ix (.'Minc? fur .fitu-u, ivitJi?nil ex; m ?UIfy i-o.-lfiff lier. Tiiick Nttinbifi-H i-nn bo i>i|.lilied,ut am lim..-. Tho Animal Volume ?>; ll iriMir's W'?ekiy, in nt?iu Holli bl niling, win bo ?sont l'y i;.*i>rc>s? foi ol i- ii'ii-t-, fin- tT.Oti IMCII. A toni|ilctc .-.-ct, cotniirlslng Eighteen Volumes, eon I on recetitt ?>i cash ni Ul? tate ol'?5.25 ju; i vol., ti'cijflilal ox* ?n-ii.-o ol' |)iuoli i ?er. Ni \\V|i;i|i. i., .ii i- not lo v \\>y tills tn) Vfllsc.metlt willi..ut ibu express outers ol" ilAUIKI; A U.'fOt-UKits. <>ililre.ts UAUcEK A ItK'OtllKRS, New Yoe*. FIRE ! FIRE!! PIRE!!! -AT T e Brick Store Are selling olT their : RESCUED STOCK Being slightly d aiagcd by removal -: o : The Goods Must be Sold And are selling for whatever thej will bring. : o : Come at once and secure Rare Bargai?is We mean BUSINESS, as wc neet MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. At MCMASTEH'S BUICK STOKE Orangoburg, Jan. 21, 1876. A D V ? It T I S E M E N T S MiaOELLASKOtTS. r t HANL) Ol* KN I Nu : jr [ will Upen iL'.? DlOrtlillg y. Jot Of ills JTiiiest . eas, ever offered iii this market, constating ?i UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, rind GUNPOWDERS, j A iel "ni order to cultlviitu a trade for th?se line grades I ? ?U *t'?i Ut^m I hftVti also received this luortiint; utiother car-load v;( Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground ?tm! Made especially for me fruin th?? irinessi feeleeied ^Vlkouic? I hnv? never hail H complaint Ol th ia brand .?f rtuiir. I Mi'OR'f ANT NoTICK ! Inferior KEROSEN li OIL la ?o d?h I g?rons and so many accidents h ?ve oe 1 - in red from ?rs uso, 1 have boen induced, :U tim repealed solicit?t ?oil ol my eilst.. mers, to purchase a Hupply of pure Oil for their u?e. I havo just receive '.in barrels ol \r?m WHITE KEROSENE : i ?t lii-l tire to-t. ? will ??di thlM l'ur? j Oil cheaper than iii? same yrade or Oil j eau be .suhl ?it in this eily. Futailles iis? ; bur this Oil are safe. Thc use o? tho j common Oils now FLOODING TUE MARKET is ?quivalent to bringing luto thc family (leHlructiou atul riimlh! 1 linrt: also rc-cerrud : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Union. 10 Boxes Creara Cheese, direct from thc Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct, froni the Dairy, which han all tho freshness and flavor of the flow ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mesa Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. ?5 Sacks Lagnaj ra Coffee, eqtml to Ja vn. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. V?'ilh a mil supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Goad. Sly ?tock Ia full, with prices low and good limes coining Thanking the public for their very lib eral patronage, and soliciting its contin uance, I will do my best to merit tho nine. HARDY SOJL.0310?NT, Columbi?, So. Ca.