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TH? FREE eiTIZEH. l'L'lit.lSIlKU AT ORANCEB?RG, Sc C. H. A. WEHSTER, - - - Editor. A. WEBSTER, L'LUJLlsilKU. OKS Cory, ONE YKAK, - - - $i?:00 Tn cartabl n ' in Alica? cc. And I will coin? near to yon to judgement; nntl 1 will bo :i swift witness against tim fonte? IM-S, ami l?gala? t thu utlttitorurs, ami una i n si raise swearers, ami against those il ii op preeg thc hireling in his wages, tim widow I and tim I'nthci le.' -. ?md I hal turn nslile I ic stranger iVom his right, ?uni fivir not "'"i1 sailli liiv Kuril ol' Hosts.-MALACHI, 111, ... ! NOTICE. . Wc arc not responsible tor the views cf our Correspondents. * Advertisements lo bu Inserted In IhcClTlZKS mus? hf received hy Thursday > vening. AdvurUscttiotils inserted al Ono Dollar per inch, I".?;-thc llrsl Inset lion. Further lentis can bu hail un application e> thu Kditoror Publisher. Communications on limiters of State of Local interest, rcspooiftilly solicited. All orders l'or .lob Printing U ?X nt this offlee will receive promptallention. Agents ami Corruspoiulcnta wnutcd ia nil Towns of tho Com,iv. SATURDAY, APRIL >M, 1:<75. j Newspaper Law. Wc invite attention lo thc law con- j corning newspapers : 1. Subscribers who do not give ex press notice to the contrary arc con sidered as wishing to continue theil subscription. 2. If subscribers wish their paper discontinued publishers may conti nut to send them until all charges arc paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from thc olllees or places to which they arc sent, they arc held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice to discon tinue them. 4. If subscribers* move, ^J.o~ other places without informing th?"pnblish er, and the paper is sent to tho for mer direction, they arc held respon sible. Kolice should always bc given of removal. 5. Thc Courts have decided .Thal refusing to take a paper or periodical from the ojjftfc, or^ re inp vi ns ajul telvVingjl ttne*?ne"ft 'fTTp.- ts prima f: ch? evidence as'ihlchti?h?l fraud. The News'and Courier Libe! Case. Much interest has boon manifested in Chat lesion and in fad all over the S"talc in thc libel ."preferred] ngnisht thc News and Courier by C. C. li-iw en oe Co. Tiie case was: called in Ihe Court of General Sessions in Charles ton on Monday, Judgc^liecd,"presid ing. Thc Stale being represented by Solicitor [Buiiz,?u ho is ; assisted, in the cases in which Sheriff Bowen is concerned, by United Stales District Attorney Corbin. The accused " is represented by Cen. dames Con ner, the Hon. W. I). Porter, and I b u ry A. M. .Smith, K iq. Monda}' was consumed iii obtain ing a jury. On Tuesday thc case was opened by Mr. Corbin for thc State. Bowen had been called a murderer hy thc X( wa and Courier and this was thc ground ol' tho indictment. The libellous articles were .submitted to thc Court and thc case was closed for the prosecution. The defense was opened hy Mr. II. A. M. Smith. The following ex tract from bis remarks will show in what manner thc defense would at tempt lo justify : uJn the prosecution for the publication of papers investi gating thc ollicial conduct of oillecra or men in public capacity, or win n the muller published is proper for thc public information, the truth thereof may bc given in evidence.' Now we maintain, and wc shall show, that the matter we published was concerning a public ollicer, a man in public ca pacity, and of the deepest interest, and necessary for public information." E. VT. M. Mackey and Col. Steel McAlister White, thc son of the mur dered man, were the only witnesses for thc defence on Tuesday; On Wed nesday thc interest culminated by the defence placing upon thc stand thc very man who fired the fatal shot, Eli C. Grimes. Ile stated that ho had shot Col. White but at thc insti gation of Bowen, who, he feared, would do him bodily harm if he did riot ex jcttle his command to kill Cpl. White. Before thc death of thc mur dered man Grimes confessed to bim, in the presence of others, thal he shot him but al Die instigation of Cant. Hov. en. Tin: witness sustained him self well tluougli the ordeal ol'a very searching cross-examination from Mr. Corbin. Much additional testimony was given by oilier witnesses strength ening C rimes story and b om those thal were present at his confession lo Col; V?"hite. It seems to be thc gc? oral impression that on this indictment thc Xeirs and Courier will he acquitted. The people of Orangebnrg are undci especial obligation l<> thia paper fori what it has done to unearth corrup tion in our comity. Our people wish thu ?S'cws and Courier a safe deliver ance and long continued prosperity. Wo are sure this war upon thc prc.-is will bring only discomfiture upon thc prosecute) Wc suppose our turn will come next. Hardey Williamson thinks' I bat for us to say that lie was Hum bert's chief cleric and that he wan a man of sulliciunt exp?rience and in telligence to know if things v.ere con ducted badly in thc Treasury olllce, luis damaged bis reputation to thc tune of ?20,000. We doubl not ?hat this won hi be a healing salve lo bis reputation. Al Corni wo shall all eec what wc shall sec. r'oitosiy Inc Wtoosi Policy. Few things mu m?rCjdeslr?cltve ol I i thc best interest of society: than the i prevalent, but mistaken notion, that] lit requires a vast, deal of talent to he ii successful knave. This position, while it diminishes Hutt odium v.hic! out lo attach to fraud, in thc part ol those who profit by il ; since lhere arc so many who would rallier bc written down knaves, than fools. Thc plain fact is, that to be honest ic i li success, requires far more talent th m to bc a rogue, and to bc honest ?' illi out success, requires far more magna nnuunity ; for trick is not dexterity, cunning is not skill, and mystery is not profoundness. Thc honest man proposes to arrive at a certain point, by one straight and narrow road, thal is beset on all sides willi obstacles and willi impediment.-. Ile would rallier stand still, than proceed by trespassing on the properly of his h??igiiU?ur, and world rather ri vcr i coiue a diHiculiy, than avoid il by ?{'breaking flown n^feuce? Whit ii at? va-, ?il is true, proposes lo him-c!!' Uni ?am? object, bili niiives at it by ;< very di Ile rent ronlo. Provided only that he gets on, he is hot-particular whether ho effects it where Ihori is a i , , , , road, or where there is mme ; lie lr? . - passes without scruple, either o:? thc j forbidden ground Of private properly, bf bli those by-pal hs where there b, rio j legal thorough fare ; what he cannot reach over, ?ie will over-:each, and those obstacles he cannot surmount by climbing, he will undermine by creep ing, quite regardless of thc filth that may slick to him in the scramble. Thc consequence is that ho frequent ly overtakes thc honest man, and passes by 'jim with a sneer. What then shall wc say, that ?he rogue has mora talent than the upright ? let us rather say that he has less; Wi .dom is nothing more than judgment ex ercised on the true value of tilings that arc desirable; hov ?d' things in themselves desirable, those arc thc I most so tliat remain the longest. Lei us therefore nuuk the cud of these \ things, and wc shall come lo one eon elusion, thc (lat of thc tribunal bot h of Coil and of man ;-That honesty lis not only the deepest ]>oliey, bul the highest wiadorn; since however diill etilt it may bc for integrity to get on, it*is a thousand times more dilllcult for knavery to yet ojf; and no error (is more fatal than Hitit of those who think that virtue has no oiher reward, because I hey have heard Hint she is her own. A FitiiK PitKSS. A free press is the liaient ol'much good in a stale. Uiit even a licentious press is a far less evil than a press that is enslaved, be cause both sides mn}1 be heard in thc former case, but riot in thc latter. A ?licentious press ma}' hean evil, an 'enslaved press must bc so; for ar. ?enslaved press may cause error to bc I more current than wisdom, and wrong ?more powerful than right ; a licentious 'press cannot direct these things, for if it give thc poison, it gives also the antidote, which an enslaved press withholds. An enslaved press is doubly fatal, it not only takes away thc true light, for iii that case we might stand still, but it sets up a false one, that decoys us lo our de si mel ion. A War Upon a Ft< Q Press j Has il ever occam i ? reader to ask himself why it i ; j -.nipt j j men of all gradosand all glitte?, arc! always and every win: . ?nd cher ishing snell a special, coi ? ni, vindict I ive haired for thc press:' IV! L is ?that the Hist impulse of :ui hin dered "ring" or a fri hJ -ss" is to turn upon thc ??< ipa to ?.ali it hard ?ames; Lo Uneaten lo crush il; sometimes ? : Hom pl to cany thc threat i: <, kecution? Why it i.s that every i.. . Lhl ?? pub lic, servant ; every tai;.-. 1 . ' . :.-ss ih?h or legislator : eve rv li ? e-'akiiig judge, every dishones! i Ihrifjal, nigh ' or low, is loud-mouth I and < '. ? icnt ' on the unbridled licence of*hc press, ! il.i propensity for bl '.. tiing pood j:' men's characters, arid tlio :.>.'. ol j1 inore cllcctivc checks . '- pro Tli? why io very ip!? ?die robbers and public 1 iii .ale ' the newspaper, beean ..? linn ?ti a t- 1 ively recognize in it their liest enemy. The liewspaj >i 111 ;-ub lieity, detection, pin ii nt. l'?k? all of their trade, th li ii . eal aversion to thc light, t'hey j.ii ? . ob servation. Ail they vai is be riot alone. Now th.e -\ re fuses lo let them alone, i is h ever prowling around, t :n on thc lantern at tnoppov . 1 10.. i.u, j catching theni in the ... . 1 . lug the hue and cry at their . .. ;ing ?them generally to'gri I'. feel hardly toward it, it . ?st I j ad ?iii V bid that they have v iii .liai grounds. Their liatrt . . lid ed in equal paris ol .. prc : moni lion. That the conr.pl toa i - llicir next friends should hi . railing : with foul-mouthed vohi i lit y ai the newspaper, is not, inn r cir. sim Istances, a very surpris .. ? unnatu ral phenomenon. UJI n hiivc no case, abuse thc plainiiU' turnoy." These gentlemen havi 1 - . and 'he /.c:':.p>'per is not only ' ? fife's attorney ^ ?.ut often its tnd ?u/7///' into the bit ry uin. ?;.-' queer hhir.g in, that honest 1 ? table cili>:?hs, of fair in', [j and i'?alti'j?eii.s private mor: . .:.<.:,: ^ j KI i found jbiug ia lil's, a ott c. I'.'T;. ; .a c ? ; i J oil rri'iii'::4-j"r^f,'eipieK lu' thiijving. T! . y have iyj natural] ailluity w:'.n ibo ?Uijovet? Foiccd j I iut? a corner, LUt-jy v.; it 1! j is .desirable crime of 1 . >ul.\l I tic exposed and the criiidn ! .roiiizhl j 1.0 jiislicci Thc gre ! ; . of j i hen.) will be forced lb 1 !. ii . i: they jare candid and Iviithfi a . ?in \ lill ian ives have done Iii ," , ?th ing, and arc doing lil ; ' nig, in any practical way, the spread ol' this dry-ro il im morality which has .' aie . such fearful headway. It is hot simply dc | i prcmcly necessary, thal .try ' ibo j;f?l out. of this v oil tis possible, lint iL nev aot j , out ol' it unless the p .or- : ! roughly awakened lo . ??nd danger. Thal is wha! Vmoiic?nJ ! newspaper:1. worthy thc . . : ol', whatever politics, hav trying todo. They have used I he per and only means to ll .: Thc deplorable thing is, Ind they should talk so much corrup tion, but that there slji o much corruption lor them 1 about. Tt; quarrel willi them . i :!; ir fidelity in t'nc (lischargo of : ni ?si ? leas-j ah? but most Urgcnll;, . - pub- ! lie (Inly is as seusibli as i: would be for thc patient and lii.;.'i- to hold lit? physician responsible l'a- t j te dis ease. That newspapers make takes, thal I hey do not di se ri duale with sullicicnt care, llir< they no 1 abd then comuiij injustice, i undoubted ly line. That 'ci..' le newspa pers purposely and " iib m i!a-e com mit injustice, is 1 ? li ic. In the nature of things, nih ; c inev itable. The new.-! ; , . cannot de vote years to tho accumulation.mid analysis of evidence, lt has lo take the facts at hand, ap I make np ils best judgment from them, honestly and intelligently, ll may bc misled. This is the risk which it lakes, and j has to take. Tuc law courts are! open to thc aggrieved : ?is thc court bf public opinion. /<.'' ''//les likel \ these dc i ii anti " robust journalism] ' which dues not shrink from needful {risks, and which i loo intent upon \ discharging ils duty '0 thu nubile to be j \forevcr thinking of tin r < /Ve cause-. loMeHces /o itself. Tue work in baud i is one ol' tremendous magnitude ami dillicidty ; ?lie workmen aro few in proportion ; and lhere is a certain ur gency in tlio premises to which much of seeming carelessness and even recklessness may wi ll bo pardoned. Said uno one of thc most cultured, conservative and revered judges that evcradorned the Now England benc.i : "There will have to be a good many ?nore libel snits before the end of this war upon corruption is reached." And he was right. A Moritod Rebuke. A writer in the Northwestern Ad vocate under the ?on dc plume ol' a Southerner, arraigns Al. LC. church for ?idvoca?ing the Civil Rights Bill and Jien truckling to the demon of caste u establishing separate churches for kvliile anil colored congregations in ls Soul horn work. Lie says : Tho New York Advocate, in a re sent editorial on Bishop Foster's ad dress, stated : -'ln two or three nota ble instances the attempt has been liiade by their Northern pastors to have only mixed congregations in to wns ; 1ml il h:\3 failed in every case -in some most disastrously." 1! failure to establish mixed churches has buen thc result of your church i with ali ils prestige and power, bish? ops, editors, and pastors willing to aid in thc enterprise, what will be the result ol* the recent civil legislation ? Cert:;:uly, in Hie congregation pf saiiiis, thc line worshipers of God should remember the Lord is thc ma ller of them all, and made of one itlood all nations and color.-, and is no respecter of persons or previous conditions; yet if in tho godly judg ment of thc majority of your Church in the Souih. it is better for blacks and whites to "nave their congrega tions generally separate, arc thc children ol' this world wiser in their generation than thc children ul' light in legislation and church worship? ll Clo is! ?an people cannot cheerfully sit, stand, and kneel in God's house with any and all ol' His people, re gardless of raei; cr color, where is thc charily or consistency in favoring an act that requires others tu eal, sleep, sit, or stand with those I hal tiny are .Intimate r. iaii-jKs? i?iirely iii? go-pel gives greater ?be j tiy :\:-\ I? .....! pr !. leges li.?n any harshly .: ?v-r ame..!, i worship an hom bi two ... ? >. colored people have ail (.ur children willi them hours daily io school? Bevela! Co?Yiorciicnsio:!. When Daniel Webster was in iii.-, best moral estate, and when ho ivas in the prime ol' his manhood, he was one day dining with :i company ol' lit 'crary gentlemen in the eily ol Boston. The company was composed ol' cler gymen, lawyers, physicians, states men, merchants; and almost all clas ses of literary pei sons. During Iii.; dinner, tho conversation incidently turned upon thc subject of Christiani ty. .Mr. Webster, as the occasion was in honor of him, was expected to take a leading bart in the conversa tion, and he frankls stated as his re ligious sentiments, his belief in thc divinity ol' Christ, and his depend ence upon thc altonement ol' the Sa viour. A minister ol' very consider able literary repution, sat almost op posite him at thc table, and he looked at him and said : ".Mr. Webster, emu you comprehend.?how Jesus Christ could be holli God and man?" Mr. Webster, willi one ol' those looks which no man cm imitate, fixed his eye upon him. and promptly and em phatically said: "No, sir, I cannot comprehend it; and I would bc ashamed to acknowledge him as my Saviour if I could comprehend it. il I could comprehend lie could bc no greater I han myself, and such is my conviction of accountability to God, such is my sense of sinfulness before Him, and such is my knowledge of my own incapacity to recover myself, that I feel the need of a super-human S av iou r.-Bink op Jun c.s. A Paiiont Elephant. "Tell my my grandchildren," writes the Bishop ol' Calcutta, "that an ele phant here had a disease in his eyes. For three days he had been complete ly blind. His owner, an engineer of ficer, asked my dear Dr. Webb if he could do anything lo relieve the poor animal. The doctor said bc would try thc nitrate of silver, which was a remedy commonly applied to similar disease in thc human eye. Thc large 'animal was ordered Lo lie down, and .at first, on thc application o?"thu rem edy, raised a most extraordinary roar al (ho acute pain which it occasioned.; The effect, however, was wonderful. Thc eve was in a manner restored, and flic animal could partially sec. The next day, when he was brought, and heard thc doctor's voice, bc lay down of himself, placed bis enormous head on one side, curled up bis trunk, drew in his breath just like a man about lo endure an operation, gave a . sigh of relief when it was over, and then, by trunk and gesture, evidently wished to express his gratitude. What a lesson lo us of patience !" jfcife of Bi shop Wilson. The most brilliant , fortunes are never worth the littleness often re quired to obtain them. A D V E R T I S E M E NTS. . MISCELLANEOUS. u Complete Pictorial History of the Times"-" The best, cheapest, and most successful Family Pa per iii the L'nion - Harper's Week ly. ILLUSTRATED, Notices of the Press. 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KO MU ft iii., i -.-AT TI v. ~ "D V -? o-lr Q f ^ Y? o Are selling off their RESCUED STOCK Being slightly damaged by removal. : o : }Tho Goods Must bo Sold, 'And arc selling for whatever they i will bring. : o : Come at once and sccuro Wo mean BUSINESS, as wc need MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. . At McM ?ST Kit's BRICK STOKE JOaiigcbur?;, Jan. 21, 1875. A D V E R T I S E M E N TS. MISCELI.AX EOCS. QUANU OPENING I I will open this morning a lot of the JFinest Teas, ;ver oilercd in this market, consisting ?f UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS,. SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, A. nd in order to cultivate a trade for these line grades I will sell them V lt Y IJ O W . I have also received this morning another car-load o? Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for mc from Hie Finest Selected Wliesif? I have never had a complaint of this brand of flour. In CO?TANT NOTICE ! Inferior KEROSENE OIL is* eo dan gerous and so many accidents have oc curred from its use, 1 have been induced, at the repeated solicitation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil for their use. I have just receive ten hart ?is ol , PURE WHITE KEROSENE ? ' ~-^j|v Of 121 tire test. I will soil thU Pmi Oil cheaper ?ban the same grade of Oil can be sold at in this city. Families use iug this Oil are safe. The UKC of the* common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into the family destruction and death ! I have also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 20 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from thc Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of tho flow ers. ? Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sacks Laguayra Coffee, equal to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fresh and Good. My stock is full, with prices low and good times coming. Thanking the public for their very lib eral patronage, and soliciting its contin uance, I will do my best to merit tho ame. HA.I?r>Y SOLOMON, Columbia, So. Ca.