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THE FREE CITIZEN. PUBLISH KI) AT ORANGEBURG,,S. C. E. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor. A. WEBSTEU, PUBLISJIEU. TERMS s Qu? COPT, ONE YEAR, - - - ? 2 00 Invariably in Advance. And I will como near to you to judgement; and I will bc a swill witness against the soroer era, and ngainst the adulterers, and against ?IUPC swearers, and against those that op pres* the hireling In hin wagos, the widow nud the fatherless, nnd that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not mc, ?faith the Lord sf :?cs:s.-- MALACHI, Ill, s. NOTICE. We are not responsible for tho views of our Correspondents. Advertisements to b? Inserted In the CITIZEN nant li o received by .Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted at Ono Dollnr per inch, fur the first hw lion. Further terms can ba bad on application to thc Editor or Publisher. Cnmmunlcatiojts on mutters of State or Local interest, respectfully noddled. All ordern for Job Printing lea at Oils omce 'Will receive prompt attention. Agents and Correspondents wanted In all Towns of tho County. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1875. Rast Duo School Claim3. It Beeres that our unfortunate county is still In for its full share of misfortunes. It seems that our county treasurer was one of the num ber who did not get his share of the funds appropriated to pay past due school claims in our county, not at thc time the same fell due, and has not got said funds as yet, and most likely will not for six months to come. Many of the other counties got their funds, bul those for our county, it is now claimed, arc locked up safelcy in I the suspended bank, and no doubt lhere will be a long suspension be fore our old claims will be paid. We ruiiBt still hear the old cry of no looney in the treasury to pay school claims. But it will be asked, who is to be blamed for this? We know of one party who is not to be blamed, and that is the poor teacher who has earned the money, and still holds an unpaid certificate, unless he has been under the painful necessity of selling ing to the sp ccu la to: s for filly cents on the dollar. Those who purchase old claims will still have a chance to drive their business, only they nay it ia not quite so thriving as be l?re^?l'law1 required toe approval of the county commissiouers for their payment. To say the least, our county finances seems to bo rather a slow coach ; but wc are hoping for better times. When shall we find thc "nimble sixpence" floating among our public funds ? Conscience in Politics. This may seem to many of our readers a singular and rare combina tion. We must confess, it is by far too rare, at least, in our section ol this country. Wo are pleased at least with one drift in South Carolina politics, and that is an ardent inten tion, on the part of many of our citi zens., to have good men elected to anice. An honest, reliable man ol either political party is better worthy, and can be more safely lusted in of fice than a dishonest man of whatever political party or creed. If we get men. in office who simply serve them* tielvco, and fill their own pockets, and bleed the public, it doea not make much difference in name ol what political party the pilfering if done, the public is equally depleted and injuired. If the public is really oerved, is a favor, let it be done by whomsoever it may. We want men who will do right if the heavens fall After all, there is nothing like thc conscience, and bringing, things tc bear upon it. And if .we. cap find s responso in thia inner shrine of thc soul, we are in tho way to right al wrongs and to secure ali right*. Therefore, we should say. that thc the very first quality in a public man is a sharp, clear conscience. Doubt less he ongbt to have experience, sa gacity, comprehensiveness, knowl edge of human nature-the capacity to take in all the facts and to adjust things in the best way possible undei existing circumstances. But, whee all io said, commend us to the man o thorough conscientiousness-by whict we mean tho man. of clear moral dis cerement, and who intensely loves th? right,and aa intensely hates the wrong Such.a man, supposing there is a cor responding clearness and vigor of in tellect, will? be a moving power? and lie will have plenty of business with al. Wo shall always have public men enough whose conscience follows them dog-like and cringing men, i whose consciences are flexj.hle to the touch of interest, and. who get office simply to make il pay, ai.d will make it pay regardless of the menus used, and, therefore, there is the greater need of men whose conscience takes lite lend, and who go at things straight and sure, and with regard for nothing except the right of things. Honesty even in political matters, as well as all others, is the best policy. Balky People. Passing along a country road quite receutly, we found a man, a horse and wagon, in trouble. The vehicle was slight and the road was good, but the horse refused to draw, and his driver was in a bad predicament. He had already destroyed his whip in applying inducements to progress in travel, lie had pulled the horse's ears with a sharp siring. He had backed him into the ditch. He had built a fire of straw underneath him -the only result, n smashed dash board. The chief effect of the vio lences anil cruelties applied were to increase the divergency ot feeling be tween the brute and his master. We said to the besweatcd and outraged actor in the scene that the best thing for him lo do was to let his boise stand for awhile unwhiped and un coaxed, setting some one to watch him, while he, the driver, went away to cool off. We learned that the plan w< rked admirably ; that the cold ait, and the appetite for oats, and the sol itude of the road, favorable for. con templation, had made the horse move for adjournment to sumo oiher place and time, and when the driver came up he-had but to take the rei UH, and thc beast, erst so obstinate, dashed down the road at a perilous speed. We think much, of. Hie opinion of the old Quakeress, when asked her opinion of war ; she replied t imi she thought lt quite unnecessary titus to kill and butchei people, that they would die of themselves, if .you-would only let them alone. Some of- our South Carolina politicians will die politically- soon, if the people, will only wisely let them alone. Not a small amount of labor and whip lash " es* are1 often was'ted on balky horses as well as men. "My wife ia the cause of ii;" It is now more than forty years ago that a man whom we will call Mr. Lord, called at the house of Dr. Bush, oue very cold morning, on his way to Hanover. 4,Str" said the Doctor, "The weather is very frosty ; will you not take something to drink before you start?" In that early day ardent spirits wero deemed iudespensablo in Win ter. When commencing a journey and at every place along the road, the traveler always used intoxicating drink to make him warm. .?No" said Mr. Lord, "I never ' touch any thing of the kind, and I will tell you the reason-my wife is > the cause of it. I had been in the ? habit of meeting some of our neigh? , hors eveiy evening for the purpose of . playing caids. We assembled at , each other's shops and liquors were introduced. Atter awhile we met, f not to much for playing as for drink? i ing, and I used to relutn home in the I. evening more or lesa intoxicated. My wife always tnet me at the door affectionately, and WIKU I chided her i for sitting up so lale for me, she ,. kindly replied, 'I prefer doing so, for > I cannot sleep when you are out.' ? ''This always troubled mc. 1 wish? i cd in my, heart? that she would only i scold me ; for then I could have re l tortedand. relieved my conscience. But she always met me with the same s gentle and loving spirit, i ''Things passed on thus for some ? time: when at last I .resolved that ? I would by remaining very late and . returning much intoxicated, provoke ' her displeasure so much as to cause L her to lecture me, when I meant tc r answer her with severity and thus i by creating another issue between us, f unburden my bosom of its trouble. i "I returned in such a plite about - four o'clock one morning ; she met me 5 at the door with her usual tender . ness and said, 'Come in husband ; . I have just been making a good Are . for you because I knew you would be I cold. Take, off your boots and warm ? your feet, and here, is a. cup, of, hot ; coffee.' "Ductor Hutt was too much. 1 uould not unit uro it any longer, ami I resol yeti from that moment I would never, touch another dion while I lived, and I never, did." He never did. He lived and died practicing total ahstiuoncc from all intoxicating drinks. That man was my father, and that womun my mother. The fact above related 1 received from the doctor liimsell when on a visit to my native village, uot long since. Were there more wives like my blessed mother there would bc lewer confirmed drunkards. Woman's Influen?a. We women have much to answer for. Many among us have chosen husbands ill, rather than not marry at all ; many have brought up sons badly, from weakness or self-indul gence. Abuses and degrading prac tices have crept into the life of a once healthy nation-abuses and bad practices which no executive govern ment, no legal enactments, can pos sible reach ; but we women have._the lever in our hands that can raise the community to healthy and social re-1 lunns. Our influence can arrest^the j flood of infidelity, of luxury, of idle ness, of despising wholesome labor, irreverence to elders and superiors. Our influence can check thc growing appetite for pestilential novels- for licentious plays and poems, for im modest dress. Our ii-fluence can re verse the law which excludes a peni tent, erring woman from a sisterly hand-clasp, and warmly welcome a bad man who has not repented. Our influence can correct the riotous ex travagance: in expenditure, wether for personal adornment or house deco ration, or tables groaning with un wholesome food.-Fanny Aiktn Kort right. POISONOUS DHIKK.-Tho N. ? Y Southern Tier Leader, in noticing a movement in Nebraska for prohibit ing the adulteration of liquors, and the law of New Jersy, enacted a year ago, for a kindred purpose, says;:: "It is not known that a single prosecution. has been made under this law. It has been a dead liter from Hie moment.of-jin nniWjjpTti And so it will prove in Nebraska, or wherever else the experiment is tried. Wo might as well raise adders- and serpents, and presume that our child ren will not be stung or bitten, as to legalize the sale of intoxicating drinks, and expect that the people will not be poisoned. The very words are sj nonymnus. To intoxi cate is lo poison. Does it make so much difference with what the deadly work is done? When the people are . ully persuaded that the whole busi ness is a curse and a shame, that bars and saloons are simpl) poison shops, and that brewers and distillers, as Wesley said, are poisoners-general then will they not arise in their strength and majesty, and delegalize. prohibit, and crush out the ahomin traffic?" It may seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that alcohol, regu larly applied to a thrifty fanni r's stomach will remove the hoards from the fence, let cattle into his crops, kill his fruit-t rees, mortgage his farm and sow his field with wild oats and thistles. It will take the paint off his balding, break the glass? ont of his windows and fill them with rags. It. will take the gloss from his clothes and the polish from his manners, subdue his reason, arouse his passions bring sorrow and disgrace upon his family, and topple him into a drunk ard's grave. It well do this to the artisan and the capitalist, tho matron and the maiden, as well as lo the farmer ; for, in its deadly enmity to the human race, alcohol is no respec ter of persons. A LETTER FROM PURGATORY.-."A ! rather amusing story," says Colonel i Stuart, in his "Reminiscences of a i Soldier," "was told to me some time i ago by an old lady who had an an cient servant that had lived with her for many years, named Ann Brady. , Ono day Ann came in to her mistress in the parlor, crying. ?Now, ain't I the unfortunate woman? Och, what will I do at all, at all?' ?What's the matter, Ann?' said her mistress. .Och, ma'am,' replied Ann, 'the post man's outside, and he's got, a. Utter for roe from purgatory, and. U know, it's from my ould motlier, who's been i there this tin year?, ami it's nil about me not paying foi* the masses I said I would. Oehone ! but I am the miserable woman.' On the mistress going out, she found the post man in flt of laughter, with a letter directed to 'Ann Brady,' from the Dead Letter OlUce. Nothing could induce her to touch it, the 'dead' to her meaning purgatory, and nothing else ; anti lier mistress was obliged lo open the letter for her, and found it was one Ann had written to a nephew in Blare, but as he had gone to America the letter- had consequently been returned." Our Homes. Our very existence is embodied in the word home. It is where ?mr lives are molded. Its adornment, there fore, isa matter of great importance to all. Let us so deoorato it that life may be a blessing.. With what shall wc beautify our homes? Flow ers must certainly rank first. Equally suited to palace or cot, they lend an indispensable charra to the adorn ment of our homes. Especially du ring the long winter mouths, when nature herself, al most sleeps, then it is that the pure white camellia, the brilliant chrysanthemums, the hya cinth and crocuses, shed their loveli ness on everything around, dispelling the monotony within which their ab sence without causes. Decorate the walls with pictures, arranging them tastefully, and thereby engender' a love for art, as flowers do for nature. Adorn the shelves and cases with in structive books, that their study may in turn adorn the minds of the house hold, who, so beautified, are the highest needful home adornment. And thus our homes should be our tutors, teaching humanity that love for the beautiful which lifts up and ennobles the race. EVILS OF SELF-PRAISE.-There is no surer soul-death, no more inevi table paralizing of worth and force than self exultation and self-pr iise. Thc Bhadow of self blights growth, maims power, cripples influence. Tnere are men in some aspects al most great, in others pitifully small, ?laouiae-ibcy- wjlLnol .aland.-out_jdl their own shadow. There are men who have the ability and the will to perform the most valiant service for one and another great cause, who are wise, brilliant, eloquent; who have yet been of little or no worth to their fellow-beings, simply because they are- willing to do nothing without se curing full credit for. it,.to rear no column in the temple of - regenerated humanity-, unless they can inscribe their names on its capital. A SOFT ANSWER.-How a soft an swer can turn away dissatisfaction, as weii as wrath, is illustrated in the following anecdote of the-late Presi dent Wa,\ land : Deacon Moses Pond went to Dr. WYyland once with thc complaint that the preaching didn't edify him. "Fin sorry," said the pastor ; **I know they are poor ser mons. I wish I could make them better. Come, let u? pray that I may be able to do so." The deacon tell ing the story used to say, "Dr. Way land prayed, and I prayed; he cried, and 1 cried ; but I have thought a hundred times that it was strange that he did not turn mo out of the house. I tell you there never was a better man nor a greater preacher than Dr. Wayland." Napoleon said that "war was the business of barbarians." Don't, let your wealth inflate you. Rich men sometimes die of small-pox. Kindness, like the gentle breath of spring, melts the icy heart. One act ol charity is worth a cen tury of eloquence. Thero is no substitute for thorough going, aident and- sincero earnest ness. ----^--i Wm. M. BIBD & CO., IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF Oils, White Lead, Zinc, Cfllors* Window-G:lass, &c>. 201 E?et Bay, CHARLESTON, So. Ca. Joly 17, ''A Repository of Fashion, Picusuro atid Instruction." Hander's IBazjarv ja. I. LUST RATER. Notices i>f the Press. The BAZAR ls- edited with a contribu tion of- tact and talent that we seldom timi in ait}' journal; ?iud Hie journal it celt*I* the organ wi the great world ol fashion.-Boston Ttavrller. The BAZA It commends Itself to every member of the household-to tho child ren by the droll und pretty pictures, to the young ladies by its fashion-plate* Iii endless variety, to the piovident muiron hy its patterns for the children's clothes, to ptiterfauiHlan by it?tasteful designs for euibrokhsredytlipuers and luxurious dn-ss Ing-jfowus. But the reading matter ol' the bazar is uniformly of great excel lence. The paper has acquired a wide popularity for i li? fireside enjoyment it affords -N Y. Kerning Post. TE113I8: Postage free to oil Snbscn'b rs in the United States, IlARPEa'8 BAZAR, one year. ....... 14,' ) ?4.00 Includes prepayment ofU. S. postage by the publlrhurs.. S. baciiption-i to Harper's Magazine, Weekly, and Bazar, to ont; address for one year, tl-.Ou; or, two of Harper's Periodical*, to one addi cott for one yeav, $7-00 ; postage free. An Rxtru Copy ot uituer the Magazine, Week ly, or BuBiir will bc supplied gratis for every Club of Five subscribers nt V? 00 each, in one remittance; or. Six Copies fur 4 20.00, without extra cony : postage ftec. Hack Numbera cnn bu supplier! st any time. Thc ?even vo'uanee ot limper's Bastir, for tbe year? 1808, '09. , ?II, >7?, '78, 'li. elegantly bound in green .aorocco cloth, will be eenl by express ti eight prepaid, for $7.00 eacb. Newspapers are not to copy this advertise ment without the express orders ol lt A ursa & BuoTUKita. Address HARPER & BROTHERS, Ncr,- York. 9. R?frrJ6H? CONTINUES to sell his LIQUORS and SEGA RS .A.T COST. He keeps on hand and is reciving daily, fresh supplies of DRY GOODS, CROCERIES, TIN WARE, CROCKERY, And a general supply of merchandise. A Lili BEFORE BUYING. CD. KOTJOHN, S. H. "WILSON. J. T. WILSON SAM'L H. WILSON & BRO. Wholesale and ttetail Dealers mm Q>mmmmt TEAS. WINES: ALJUS. AND IMPORTED SEGARS. 306 King St., Charleston, B. C. May 15-tf. DR A. C. DUKES, Dealer in all kinds of Drugs and Medicines. Dr Dukes has had Nine Years Experi ence in Drug's and Medicines and thorouh I}* understands his business. He keeps constantly on a large supply of Good* usually found in a First-class Drug Store. SSjHCtereful attention paid to the com pounding ol' Prescriptions and all order? promptly attended to Call on him nt his Popular Drug Store. Orangeburg. Feb. 13. 1875 Rare Bargains -AT KOHN'S. T. K0HN& BRO., Having removed to theil New Brick Store, are no^ better prepared to meet the wants of their customers than ever. Their elegant stock ol SPRING AND SUMMEB CLOTHIiN? cannot be.aur passed anywhere,, Call at the old stand*. Theodore Kobn & Brcv A L? V E R I I S E M E N T S MISCELLANEOUS. I^RAND OPENING I I will open this morning a lot of th? Finest eas, ever offered in ihl? market, consisting o UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS. SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS. and GUNPOWDERS, And lu order to cultivate a trade fwr tbese fine graden I will sell them VERY 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 Wheat, I have never had a complaint ot this brand of flour. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! Inferior KEROSENE OIL is ?o dan gerous and so many accidents hiv?; oc curred from its use, I 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 barrels ot PURE WHITE KEROSEN Of 124 fire test. I will sell thia Pure Oil ch"aper than the same grade of Oil can be sold at in this city. Families use ing thin Oil are safe. The use of the common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing Into the family, destruction and death I I have also received : ? 0 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis" Hanns. 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from, the Dairy, I 25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of the flow.^ ers. 15 Tierces of Baltimore Stogar-Curedi Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel; averaging twenty ounces.. 25 Sacks Lagoayra Coffee, equal to Java. j 50 Sacks cf assorted Rfo, by last Rio. stt&aur. With a full supply of If?O?QE G?lQC?i?IES^ Fresh and Good. My stock Is full, with. Evriees low. and >1 good, times comb)ff. ['j Thanking the public for their very lib, eral patronage, and soliciting 1 to. con tin uance, LwiU do, say best to merit, tho, m c HARDY SOLOitON* Columbia, So. CQ,