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rUULISIlKl) AT OR AN CEBU RC, S. C. E. A. WEBSTER; - - - Editor. A. .VEIiSTEK, P?BliisnKU. TERMS: OKS Cory, ONE YEAH, - $ 2 00 Iavariab?y]in Advance. And I will como near to yo? to judgement; and I will bo a a wi ll witness against tho eorcer nts, and against tho ndulterors, nud against falso BWCiirciB, nntl against those that op press tito hireling iii Iii? wages, tho willow ami tito fatherless, and that turn aside tho stranger lVotn his right, ami roar not me, saith thc Lord ol" Hosts.-.MALACHI, lil, 6. NOTICE. . "Wc arc not responsible Tor tho views of our .Correspondents. Advertisements to ho inserted In tho CITIZEN must bo received by Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted tit Ono Dollar per inch, for thc llrst insertion. Further terms can bo had on application to tho Editor or Publisher.' Communications on ina tiers of State or Local interest, respectfully solicited. All orders for Job Printing lea at Ulis office will receive prompt attention. . Agents and Correspondents M'nutcd in all Towns of tho County. SATURDAY, APRIL 21,1875. Newspaper Lay/. Wo invite attention to the law con cerning newspapers : 1. Subscribers who clo 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 maj' continue to send them uutil all charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from thc offices or places to which they are sent, they are held responsible until they settle their bill and give notice to discon tinue them. 4. If snbscribers^'movc ^to] other places without informing thofpnblish er, and the paper is Bent to the for mer directiou, they aro held respon sible. Notice should nlwaj-s bc given of removal. 5. The Courts |havc decided^that refusing to take a paper or periodical from Ihe oArUtf, on j removing, and ~~Te??ingjl une?i'n:^"??jitris:-prima facfi! evidence n-f intentional fraud. The News^and Cour?er^L?be! Caso. Much interest has been manifested in Charleston and in fact all over'thc Sftatc in the liheirprcferrcd] agaisnt the News and Courier by C. C. Bow <<en &>? Co. The case was called in the Court of General Sessions in Charles ton on Monday, J udgc^Recd,"presid ing. The State being represented bj' Solicitor ?B?Uz,?w?0;'is ^'assisted, in the cases in which Sheriff Bowen is Concerned, by United States District Attorney Corbin. Thc accused ' is represented by Gen. James Con ner, the. Hon. W. D. Poller, and Hen ry A. M. Smith, Esq. Monday was consumed in obtain ing a jur}'. On Tuesday the case was opened by Mr. Corbin for tho Stale. Bowen had been called a murderer by thc JSfews and Courier and this was the ground of tho indictment. Thc libellous articles wero submitted to the Court and the case was closed foi the prosecution. The defense was opened by Mr. II. A. M. Smith. Tho following ex tract from his remarks will show in what manner tho defense would at tempt to justify : "In the prosecution for thc publication of papers investi gating thc official conduct of officers or men in public capacit}', or when the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence.' Now we maintain, and we shall show, that the matter we published wasf concerning a public officer, a man in public ca^ pacify, and of thc deepest interest, and necessary for public information." E. W. M. Mackey and Col. Steel MeAUster White, tho sort of thc mur dered man, were tha only witnesses for the defence on Tuesday. On Wed nesday thc interest culminated by the defence placing upon tho stand thc very man who fired the faf al shot, Eli C. Grimes. He stated that ho had ebot Col. White but at the insti gation of Bowen, who, he feared, would do him bodily harm if ho did riot execute his command to kill Col. White. Before thc death of thc mur dered man Grimes confessed to him, in the presence of others, that ho shot him but at tho instigation of Capt. Bovfcn. Tho witness sustained him self well through the ordeal of a very searching cross-exaniination from Mr. Corbin. Much additional testimony was given by other witnesses strength ening Grimes story and from those that were present nt his confession to Col. White. It seems to be thc general impression that on this indictment thc News and Courier will be acquitted. Thc people of Orangebnrg are under especial obligation to this paper fdr what, it has done to unearth corrup tion in our cou h ty i Our people wish the News aud Courier a safe deliver ance and long continued prosperity. Wc arc sure this war ?upon thc press will bring only discomfiture upon thc prosecutors. Wc suppose our turn will come next. Barney Williamson thinks that for us to say that bc was Hum bert's chief clerk and that he waa a man of sufficient experience ami in telligence to know if things were con ducted badly in thc Treasury office, bas damaged his reputation to thc time of $20,000. Wc doubt not that Ibis would bc a bealing salvo to his reputation. At Court we shall all sec what wc shall sec. Honesty the Wisest Policy. Few things arc morcjdcslruclh c of thc best interest of society than thc prevalent, but mistaken notion, that it requires a vast deal of talent to be a successful knave. This position, while it diminishes that odium which out to attach to fraud, in thc part of those who profit by it ; since there arc so many who would rallier be written down knaves, than fools. Thc plain fact is, that to bc honest with success, requires far mote talent than to bc a rogue, and lo bc honest with out success, requires far more magna nanimity ; for trick is not dexterity, cunning is not skill, and mystery is not profoundness. Thc ho,?est man proposes to arrive at a certain point, by one straight and narrow road, that is beset,oii all sides with obstacles and willi impediments. Ile would rather stand still, than proceed by trespassing on the properly of his neighbour, and would rather over come a difficulty, than avoid it by s^brcalring down n?fcuce? ~?-1?>-!H?<MIC? il is true, proposes to himself thc samo object, but arrives at it by a very-different route. Provided only : that he gets on, he is not'particular I whether he effects it where there is a i road, or where there is none ; bc tres , passes without scruple, either on thc . forbidden ground of private properly, i or on those by-paths where there is no . legal thoroughfare; what he cannot . reach over, bc will over-reach, and those obstacles he cannot surmount by climbing, he will undermine by creep ing, quite regardless of tho fdth- that may stick to him in thc scramble. The consequence is that he frequent . ly overtakes thc honest man, and . passes by him with a Sneer. What then shall we say, that tho rogue bas . more talent than the upright? let us ; rather say that he has less. Wisdom is nothing more than judgment ex ercised on the true value of things , that arc desirable ; but of things f in themselves desirable, thr3e are the , most so thal ?emain thc longest. Let ? us therefore mark -thc end of these things, and wc shall come to one con elusion, thc fiat of the tribunal both of God and of man .;-That honesty is not only the deepest policy, hut the highest loisdom; since however diffi cult it may bc for integrity to get on, it-is a thousand times moro difficult for knavery to get oj'; and no error is more fatal than that of those who think that virtue has no other reward, because they have heard that she is her own. ? A FRKR PitKss. A free press is thc parent of much good in a stale. But even a licentious press is a far less evil than a press that is enslaved, be cause both sides may bo heard in thc former case, but not in thc latter. A licentious prc-3s may bo an evil, an enslaved press miist be IBO ; for an enslaved press may cause error to be more current than wisdom, and wrong more powerful than right ; a licentious press cannot effect these things, for ff it give the 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 in lhat case we might stand still, but it sets up a false ono, that decoys us to our de struction. A War Upon a Freo Press. Has it ever occurred to the reader lo ask himself why it is that corrupt men of all grades and all poli f?es, are always and everywhere fourid cher ishing such a special, cordial, vindic? ive hatred for thc p?ess?j Why it is that thc (hst impulse of a?n endan gered "ring" or a frightened "1 oss" is to turn upon thc newspaper ; to call it hard names ; to threaten to crush it ; sometimes tc aUsinpt tc cany thc threat into execution? Why it is that every unfa^hful pub lic servant; every tainted Congress man or legislator : every bHbe-taking judge, every dishonest ofilia!, high or low, is loud-mouthed anj? 'eloquent on thc unbridled license of*he press, ?ls propensity for blnekeiiing good mon's characters, ami thc need ol more eil'eelivc checks upon Ibis pro pensity ? Tho why is very simple. Public robbers and public eos rapiers hate thc newspaper, because they instinct ively recognize in it their deadliest enemy. The newspaper means pub licity, detection, punishment. lake all of their trade, they have a great aversion to the light. They shun ob servation. All they want is to be ?ct alone. Now tho newspaper re fuses to let them alone, lt is forever prowling around, turning on the lantern at inopportune moments, catching them in tho act, raising the hue and cry at their heels, bringing them generally to grief. If they feel hardly toward it, it must be admit ted that they have very substantial grounds. Their hatred is compound ed in equal paris of dread and pre monition. That the corruplionists and their next friends should be found railing with foul-mouthed volubility at tho newspaper, is not, under tho circum stances, a very surprising or unnatu ral phenomenon.- "If yon have no case, abuse the plaintiff's attorney." These gentlemen have no case, and the newspaper is not only the .people1 s attorney, bul ofien its defective and bailiff into the bargain. The queer thing is, that honest and reputable citizens, of fair intell^mnce and blameless private motrals! - '"nhl bc found joing in Lilia ?ibtt?o. They : Imf opTpW^^ lo thieving. They have np natural affinity willi tho Jib io ve^ 4 Forged into a corner, they will il it is >lcsirablc crime of this apr! should be exposed and tho crioiinnls. brought to justice. Thc gre < majorit/} of 'them will be forced to ud.Sit, if they arc candid and truthful, that they themselves have done little or noth ing j and arc doing lill it; or nothing, in any practical way, to an est the spread of this dry-rot of official im morality which has already made such fearful headway. f * It is not simply desirable, it is su premely nccessaiy, that the country be got out of this way us Boon as possible. But it never can be got out of it unless tho people arc thor oughly awakened to the fact and danger. That is what all American newspapers worthy tho mane, of whatever politics, have been trying to do. They have used the proper and only means to that end The deplorable thing is, not that they should talk so much about corrup tion, but that there should be so much corruption for them to talk about. To quarrel willi them for their fidelity in thc discharge of a most unpleas ant but most urgently necessary pub lic duty is as sensible as it would be for thc patient and friends to hold thc physician responsible for the dis enso. That newspapers mako mistakes, that they do not discriminate with sufficient care, that they now and then co m in injustice-} is undoubted' ly true. That respectable newspa pers purposely and with malice com mit injustice, is not Imo. In thc nature of things, mistakes are inev itable. Tho newspaper cannot de vote years to tho accumulation and analysis of evidence. It has to take the facts at hand, and make up its best judgment from them, honestly and intelligently, lt may be misled. This is the risk which it takes, and has to take. T?o law courts are open to the aggrieved ; sois thc court of p'ublic opinion. But times like these demand., a robust journalism tuhich does not shrink- from needful risks, and which fa too intent upon discharging its duty to this public to be forever thinking of the ppsfible conse quences lo itself. The work in hand is one of tremendous magnitude and J diflleulty ; the workmen are few in i proportion ; and there is a certain ur- ( gc ney in the premises to which much i of scorning carelessness and even ' recklessness may well ho pardoned. '. Said ono c&c of tho most cultured, ? conservative and revered judges that ' ever adorned tho New England bench : r "There will hnvo to be a good many c more libel suits before the end of this 1 war npou corruption is reached." i And he was right. c - e A Merited Rebuke. L A writer in the Northwestern Ad- \ vocide under the non de plume of a } Southerner, arraigns JM. E. church for j advocating the Civil Rights Bill and then truckling to the demon of caste in establishing separate churches for i white and colored congregations in ( its Southern work. He says : ! The New York Advocate, in a re cent editorial on Bishop Foster's ad dress, stated : ''In two or three nota- 1 ble instances the attempt has been ' made by their Northern pastors to havo only mixed congregations in towns ; but it ha3 failed in every case -in some most disastrously." If failure to establish mixed churches has been thc result of your church with all its prestige and power, bishj ops, editors, and pastors willing to aid in thc enterprise, what will bc the i result of the recent civil legislation? : Certainly, in thc congregation of saints, the true worshipers of God should remember thc Lord is the ma ker of them all, and made of one blood all nations and colors, and is no respecter of persons or previous conditions; yet if in thc godly judg ment of the majority of your church in the ?South, it is better for blacks and whites to have their congrega tions generally separate, are tho children of this world wiser in their generation than thc children of light in legislation and church worship? If Christian people cannot cheerfully sit, stand, and kneel in God's house with any and all of His people, re gardless of race or color, where is the charity or consistency in favoring an act that requires others to cat, sleep, sit, or stand willi those that they are not willing to assocjatc with in such intimai.;- r.Ja?uns?:J?nrjdjMhe gospel gives greater liberty and better pri leges than any earthly government!! Would any who are not willing to worship an hour or two weekly with colored people have all our children with them hours daily iii school? Beyond Comprehension. When Daniel Webster was in his best moral estate, und when he was in the primo of his manhood, he was one day dining with a company of lit "crary gentlemen ia thc city of Boston. Thc company was composed of cler gymen, lawyers, physicians, states men, merchants; and almost all clas ses of literary persons. During thc dinner, the conversation incidently Lurried upon thc subject of Christiani ty. Mr. Webster, as tho occasion was in honor of him, was expected to take a leading part in thc conversa tion, and he frank Is stated as his re ligious sentiments, his belief in thc divinity of Christ, and his depend ence upon the attonement ol' the Sa viour. A minister of very consider able literary repution, sat almost op posite him at thc table, and he looked at bim and said : "Mr. Webster, cnn you comprehend ^how Jesus Christ could be both God and man?" Mr. Webster, with OP.C of those look? which no man can imitate, fixed his eye upon him, and promptly and.em phatically said : "No, sir, I cannot comprehend it; and I would be ashamed to acknowledge him as my Saviour if I could comprehend it. If 1 could comprehend He could bo no greater than myself, and such is roy conviction of accountability to God, such is my senso of sinfulness before Him, and such t? my knowledge of nay own incapacity to recover myself, that I feel tho need of a super-human Saviour.-Bishop Janes. A Patient Elephant. "Tell my my grandchildren," writes the Bishop of Calcutta, "that an ele phant here had a disease in his eyes. For three days ho had been complete ly blind. His owner, an engineer of ficer, naked my dear Dr. Webb if he could do anything to relieve the poor animal. Tho doctor said he would try tho nitrate of silver, which was a remedy commonly applied to similar disease in tho human oyo. Tho largo mimai was ordered to lie down, and it first, on thc application of tho rera ?dy, raised a most extraordinary roar it tho acute pain which it occasioned, rho effect, however, was. wonderful, rho eye was in a manner restored, ind the animal could partially seo. L'he ucxt day, when ho was brought, ind heard the doctor's voice, he lay lown of himself, placed his enormous lead on ono side, curled up his trunk, bow in his breath just like a mau ibout tb endure an operation, gave a igh of relief when it was over, and hen, by trunk and gesture, evidently visited to express his gratitude. ?Vhat a lesson to us of patience !" Life of Bishop Wilson. . The most brilliant, fortunes are lever worth the littleness often re paired to obtain them. ADVERTIS EMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 Complete Pictorial History of Ute Times'"-" The best, cheapest, and most successful Family Pa pev in the Union Earper's Week ly. ILLUSTRATED. Notices of thc Tress. The Weekly U thc ablest and most pow erful illustrated periodical published in this country. Its editorials are scholarly und convincing, and carry much weight. Its illustrations of current events arc full and fresh, and arc prepared by our best designers. With a circulation of 150,000, thc \V KKK LY is read by at least half a million persons, and its hillucnec as an organ of opinion is simply tremendous. The WEEKLY maintains a positive posi tion, expresses decided views on political and social problems.-Louisville Churitr Journal. Its articles are models of high-toned discussion, and its pictorial illustrations are often corroborative arguments of no small force.-iV". T. Examiner and Chron icle. Its papers upon existent questions and its inimitable cartoons help to mould the sentiments of the country.-Pittsburgh Commercial. T JU it ?X S : Postage free to all Subscribers in thc U. S llAKPHR's WEEKLY, ono yenr . . , JLOO $4.00 inc.] ii (h's prepayment ot'TJ. S. postage hy the publishers. Subscriptions* to Harper's Mngnzlno, Weekly, and IJarair, to one address for ono year, $10.00; or, two.ofHarper's I'eriotUcnla, loone for one year, >V.00: postage free. An Extra Copy ofeltl.or thc Magazine, Weekly or bazar will hu supplied gratis l'or every Club of Five Subscribers nt $ LOO each, In ono" rc:ait nineo; or, Six Coplea for $?0.00, without extra copy: postage free. Ulick lumbers cnn tic snppi|e(l at any time. Tito Annual Volume Ol llnrpor'8 Weekly, il noni I'U'ih Iii., ii.g. v. ill be aunt hy express,!', Of etpvnse, ?Toir>-?7.0fi - <-0>4u? ??L complut? s, ,. comprising Eigllt?On Volumes, sent oil receipt oTcush nt Ibu rato ol ?5.23 per vol., freight al e.". ? pense of purchaser. Newspapers ?rc not to copy thia nrtvoriacmrinl without the exp?e s oidora of MAUIM.K S. ItiioriiKas. A,hin HAUI'Klt .v bUUXHERS. .New York. FIRE ! FIRE!! FIRE!!! -AT-. The Brick Store, Are selling off their RESCUED STOCK Being slightly damaged hy removal. -: o : The Goods Must be Sold, And are selling for whatever they will bring. : o : Come at once and secure Eare Bargains : We mean BUSINESS, ns we need MONEY. Theodore Kohn & Bro. At McMASTER'S BRICK STORE jQabgeburg, Jan. 21, 1875. AD VERTISliMEN T S MISCELLANEOUS. ?UIAND OPENING I I will open this morning a iotof the Finest Teas, sver offered in this market, consisting ?f UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS,. SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, /ind in order to cultivato a trade for these fine grades I will sell them V Eli Y LOW. I have also, received this morning another car-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for me from tho Finest Selected TVlieiit^ I have never had a complaint of this brand of flour. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! Inferior KEROSENE OIL is| so dan~ gerous and so many accidents have oc curred from its use, I have been induced, at thc repeated solicitation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil for their use. I haye just receive ten barrels o? , PURE WHITE KEROSENE Of 124 fire test. I will sell tt?V4?u?t/ Oil cheaper than thc same grade of Oil can be sold at in this city. Families use' ing this Oil are safe. -Tho use of the* common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into the family destruction and death I I have also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Harn?, 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from thc Dairy,. 25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from tho Dairy, which has all th? 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 Laguayra Coffee, equal to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, ?rresh and Good. My stock ls full, with prices low ?nd good times coming. Thanking tho public for their very lib eral patronage, and soliciting its contin uance, I will do my best to merit tho arno. HARDY SOLOMON, Columbia, Bo. Ca.