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THE FREE CITIZEN. PCBUSHEO AT 3. C. Ml A. "WE BS TE i?, - - - Editor! A. WEBS 1ER, P?BL-fSTIEIt TERMS ; OH? Corr, Oitt? T?KAR, - - #2 00 Invariably in Advance. ? l ? - Abd I wi'.', c?ass ass. to yo? tc judgement; and I will be a swift witness against tho sorcer ers, and against the adulterers, and against Stlso swearers, and against those that op press the hlreling'ln bis wages, tho widow and th j fatherless, arid that turn ashle tho stranger from his right, and re ir not rn?, saiUi "tho Lord of lloits.- MALACHI, III, 6. We aro not responsible for the vic wo cf our Correspondents. Advertisements to lio Inserted In the CITUEKM sinst be received by Thursday evening-. Advertisements Insertad'at One Dollar per lash, for the first Insertion. Further terms eau be bsd ou application to tb? Editor or Publisher. Communications on matter's of State or Local Interest, respectfully solicited. All ordern for-Job Printing left nt this offlce wUt receive prompt attention. ? Agents and Correspondents wanted in' all Towns of the County. SATURDAY, AUG. 7, 1875: Stealing from tho Public. . It is something new in South Car olina for an official to bc brought to Justice, and made to feel that it is a Crime to steal from the public, but this is the lesson of the Parker rbi, and tKough the State realise nothing from the 872,000 verdict, its influence for good is incalculable, as there may be many'now in office, as well as ex officials throughout the State, to whom the result will be a warning. A. man who steals from another man tra thief/- If ho steal from ten men, or ten thousand men, or a county, or a State, he is a thief still, and de serves-to be arrestod, tried'and sent to prison. Soft, words are mere tufts of grass that will not drive away the thief, who first steals your confi dence and then your money. Wc should not waste . our pity upon the detected thief because he owns a fine house, or drives a fast horse, or ^IO^C^ has he paid for oil these with the money he had stolen from the people. When a poor beggar, at the point of starvation, steals a loaf of bread, a SCofe* of men, women and children will pursue him crying "stop thief J" but when a man of fine address and oily speech puts his arms, elbow deep, sato the public chest, fe' too often look for sympathy, soften our speech and expect to see him* saved from dib honor, under the sheltering wing! cf the law. It is a hopeful indication of a brighter future for public steal . ing to be deemed a crime, and pun ished accordingly, in South Carolina, and it should be the aim of all honest citizens to make it as dangerous as it deserves to be disgraceful. - ===== Andrew Johnson. Since ocr last iasue, Andrew John, son the lost of the ex-Presidents ol the United States has died. His eventful life and public labors will secure for him a prominent position Sh tl ia ftnnfejg nf nnr national history. Of humbie origin and possessing ? hardly the ?nditnento of a common education at the age of twenty one. Ko has by his untiring industry .od plodding pereeverenee won A reputa tion, and secured for himself a nitch in history which is attained to by few, ' By order of President Grant, business was suspended in the vari ous departments of the government, in honor of tho illustrious dead, and Iiis death is deplored as a national calamity The following is a brief ?ketch of his life ?nfl service ? "Mr. Johnson was the first ex-President - . that was ever sent back to. the Uni ts;?? States ferfaLn. He SM born st &s!egk, N. C.? December 20, 1808 ; at ten years of age ho waa appren ticed to a taylor ?nd followed the business seven years; he never at tended school, but by ?elf study ac quired' a good English education, Ile removed to Greenville, Tennessee sud was elected Mayor ia 1880, sent to the State Legislature in 1&35, to tho State Senate In 1641, and to Congress from 1843 to 1858. In the latter year he was chosen Governor ofttrj Slate, and was reeleoted lu 185?. He served ??S a Senator ir* Congress from 1857 to 1863. Re igned in ?862v and* was nspoirited hy President Lincoln Millitary Gov ernor of Tennessee ; he was elected Vice-president of the United States in 1864, and President on true di?flth of .Mr. Lincoln, Apr ri 15.186o. In 1866'received fror? the University of North Carolina the degree of LL. D. He was impeached by the National House of Representative?, Fehruary 22, 1868, on alleged misconduct un der the tenOre-of-oflloe bill. He waa acquitted by the Senate organized as a High Court of impeachment." i j Sound for New York. Ok*BOARD THE SOUTH CAROLINA, ) NEAR ('APE HATTERAS, July 29 "75. J Editor Free Citizen-: DEAR SIR-Have just read your leader of last week on "?o interest in the black man," which is well put, and the criticism on Fred Douglas is well made. Looking at? this whole subject from* a human stand' point', I can seo some reasons- for white peo to talk about giving up the colored ;. but for the colored to talk about sep arating^fronv the white,- amt heing in dependent, is simply foolish, and may result in the end .with great dis aster to the colored people. I know it is not well for children to depend* on father always, but it is not well for them to boast of independence till they can walk without stumbling. I do no injustice by this figure J* the fact is, the majority of colored per sons io the South are children in knowledge, and they need and ought to have the aid and sympathy of their brothers whose circumstancps have been more favorable than their own. Had the circumstances been changed during the long, dark period of the . ^Silbite^woULld ter than the blacks ; for we be broth ers, all belonging to Adam's race, and it is silly, foolish and wicked f>r one to kick at the other. Just a word about our sail, tho<igb I aro reminded that it may be prema ture, as we left Charleston only yes terday, and are not quite half way to New York. As soon as we passed over .'tho bar" old Neptune met us with his bill of fare, hut after consid erable will and decision on the part , of the passengers, most were released with paying a slight interest on his unreasonable tax. Th? weather, thus far, has been excessively hot. The t hermometer elings to the nineties on the ocean, .as well as on tho land. But we all hope for' cooler days and nights soon. The ocean is sublimely grand, to use the language of the school. We shall never grow weary in its study ; ever changing? and yet monotonous, ever rolling and foam ing and yet always standing still. O! thedepih and breadth, who can ; measure it? And yet our F&tlur . holds it and ns in His own hand with safety. Now is seen the king of Ash, spouting the water high in the air, 1 estimated by the mate to be sixty feet in length. Yonder is seen the shark, a clumsy f&b. but one of great power; then a school of mackerel, which wake up an appetite. A thun der storm on Thursday was sublime, though we thought you needed thc rain more than we did. An amusing scene occurred just at dark, on a sudden change of the boat in its ooaree. Host of the passengers on tieck instantly lost tin ir centre of gravity, and for once all were on the same level. Tho was a wonderful mixing of races, the usual result of being humbled. The rich dinners, pleasant conversation, ease in riding, ' joy tn einging- arc some of the roany things to be enjoyed an this route, in preference to one by the dusty rail. We .arrived at New York after a ' most delightful passage of 72 hours, inn thc ats!? inst. Y?nrs trulv, T. J. ABBOTT. Always have something to do, and you will nt way ff have something to ?think ftbofti? -ESCAPE OF1 PAIIP?BR.-Parker escaped I roui jail Wedusduy night between 9 and 10 o'clock. At 8 o'clock the sheriff1 saw Parker in his room, arid at hfh request bought and delivered to him a bottle of brand}. About 10 o'clock the sheriff was awaken and told by a colored man tnai Parker was about to escape ; thal he had lita horse all ready. Thu sher iff hooted at the idea, but went imme diately to the j ?il and found the outer door locked, bul found Parker's door open und Parker gone. The sheriff and posse theu immediately went to Pur ker's house and found two of lita horses goue. Ou a re-ex,uninnlion pf the juil, the hick of the schule in Parker's room was found broken and thu se title half open. A luther ex ttmiimtion showed thatra while baud keichief was hanging- lo the light ning-tod. From these fuels the sher iff went into the yard aid j isl al ihe foot of the light utrig-rod found a brand-new five inch barrel Smith & Wesson revolver. This prove? be youd doubt that, ibu escupe veas down ihe 1 ig h tn i ng-roil. The next morn ing Alex Muttisoii ami Tony Rich ardson were found driving two of Parker's horses towmds the stable, and from the evidence dished at their examination, it appears tuut thu horses were intended lo aid Pa? ker iu his escape, but that from some un known cause they were not .so used. Our opinion is that they are. nothing but a blind, and that Parker is now concealed in Columbia. A reward <>f $700, hus boen offered for his capture. Self-Murder. That man is lillie less than a de liberate suicide who hahiliiaU) drinks tea, coffee, or ardent spirits of any kind, lo induce him to perform a work in hand when he feels, too weak to go through with it without such aid. Ile is trying lo get at the life God has stored up for him for to morrow, and use it up to day. This ta the reason that the lutijinity of great orators und public favorite*, die drunkards. The pulpit, ihe bench, the bar, the forum, have contributed their legions of victims UM drunken habits. Thc beautiful wcwnnn, the sweet singer, the couvenAionnlist. too often a drunkard's griive. The best possible Hiing for a man to do when he feels too lived to perform a task, or too weak to carry it through, is to go to bed and sleep a week, if he eau;.this is the only irue recupera tion of bruin power ; the only actual renewal of brain forces, because du ring sleep lire brain is, in a sense,- at. reut ; iu a condition to receive and' appropriate particles of nutriment .jon? the blood, which takes .thc place of those which have been consumed in previous labor, Mere slitnulants supply nothing f they only goad the brain, force it to greater consumpti?in of its substance,- until thal subs'ance has been So fully exhausted thal there id not power enough left to receive a supply ; just as men are sometimes so near death hy thirst and Starva tion that lhere is not strength enough left to swallow anything and all is over. The capacity of the brain for receiving recuperative participa, ?C?S?C times ceases instantaneously and the man becomes mad in an instant ; in sn instant falls into convulsions, in au instant loses nil pense, and he is au idiot. Wo repeat,- there is re newed' force for tho brain only in eat ly and abundant sleep. TRUE LIBERTY.-All governments ought to aspire to produce tho high est happiness by th? least objeui toll able nu; a rm. To produce good without, some admixture of ill, is the prerog ative of Deity alone, lu a state of nature, each individual would strive to preserve the whole of his liberty, bat then he would he also liable to the encroachments of others, who I would feel equally determined lo pre serve the whole of theirs. In. a state of civilization each individual volun tarily sacrifices'a p url of his liberty, to increase the general stock. But he sacrifices his liberty onr> to the lam; and it ought to be thc care of good governments, that this sacrifice of the individual is repaid him with seen) Hy and with interest j otherwise the siendid declaration of Rousseau might he verified, and a stat? of na ture be preferred to a state of civili zation. The liberty we o'?tain by being members of civilized society, would be Hccntiouoness, if it allowed usto barm others, ann" bia vet y if tl prevented us from bime lilting <?ttt' sclves. True liberty, therefore, ?K lows each individual to do all the good he ultu to himself without in juring his neighbor. CANV 8SERS wanted for ?two supero work?? <>t French art'. - Linie Rilli away and her ?'ets." and int? pretty pair' ..Tlie Dinner, and the Nap.'' These pictures atc w-rihy of a pince in costly hom's and inexpensive eitoUirll for ?he .dinplcst.. Helling rapidly, and TAKE ON SIOIIT. We guitruiiiec i nady sale*, good protbs. an quick return*. Any ucl ?Vc person who will take hold can make a handsome income, dead tor our best terms at ouco. ? J. li. FORD & Co.. 27 Park Place, New York?. IZLAR & PIBBLB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW KO 7, LAW lt A NU 12, ORAKOEUURQ, (Opposltu M?tbodibt Church.) July 31-51-tf GLOVER & GLOVER, Attorneys itt L a. -yv ? NO 6, LAW BANUE. OKANGEliUUU. S. C. July 31-M-ti isroTi^E ?S HEREBY GIVEN thar application bas oceti tua de. in accordance willi lite.statute bi such case made and pro vided, to the Clerk ot the I .'ou illy for (tie incorporation ?,f tho Congregational Church lu Orangehurg. H. S. DICKSON. JOUN THOMPSON. ABRAM MAUI,ISON. 'trustees. July 10, 48-3 'f TWENTY GOOD HANDS. TO CUT WOOD. GOOD PR ICES--CASH. J. L. LIVINGSTON. Wm. M. BIRD & 00., niriHlTE?S AM) MAMJFAClDi?ERS OF Oils, White Leid; Zinc. Colors, Window-Glass, &o. 201 Ear?t Bay, CHARLESTON, So. Ca. July 17. J9-5 tg^MMEff^EJtCURSIOS TICKETS,. SOOTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, I CHARLES ION, May 18. 187ft. f Excursion tickets ro tho follow ins points will bc on sato from 1st Ju ni: to Int September, amt g iori to return until first December : Greenvillo and return' . . IS no Walhalla nml return .' - * . 10 00 l'eno loton and ret nm * . . 15 oo Aiutereon and return . . . - 1 '-o Siinrtanburtr and return . . - 13 00 Stages lonvo UreenvlTloori Tuesdays. Thurs day* amt Saturdays, at seveu a. m.. for Flat Kock, Afhevll e and Wurm Springs. N. O. Staffen tor Glenn Springs and- Cherokee Soring* viii connect dailr " iili the Sparenburg un I Union Buitread ut Rkh's Hill aod Spartan burg. The following oxcarsinri tickets will be on sale until 1st September, cood to return 1st Novem ber : White Sulphur Rut-inns and return - 41 10 Long nrunch and return . - u io Saratoga and return . 48 25 New pott unit return . . 40 s> Niagara Fulls arid return . ss 8ft All the above ticke's (except .Whit? Sulphur Spring*,) pass through through New York either going or rot ii ruiner. Several roules ure o nv rei I lo Surutocra and Niagara Kalls, some coetfug-'a' little more than the above figures. The only moinino* train out of Charleston for above polios, making quick ?rao und close con nection i" by this road. This is the shortest and most direct route to the Viighiiu Spring--on ly one nigh! on the way. Ticketa on m Ici ut Chinlesion Motel und Lino street depot, where Time Tables and all Infor minion will be furnished. July 81-U S. IT. PICKBKS, G. T. A. .* Complete Pictorial History of the Times"-.? The best, cheapest, and most successful Family Pam per in the Union' Harper's Week ly. ILLUSTRATED. , Notices oi the Press. Thu Weekly I- the shiest and most pow erful illustrated periodical published in this country. Its editorials are scholarly and convincing, and carry much weight. Its ll I UM rations of current events are full anti froid?, nod are prepared by our best d?signera. 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The BAZAu commend* itself to every member of the household-to the child ren by the d*dlln?.d: pretty pictures, to the young ladles by its fashlou-plutes lu endless variety, uv the pu .vide nt matron by its patterns for the children's clothes, to paterfamilias by tts tasteful designs for embroidered slippers and luxurious dress lug-gowns. But the reading watter of the Bazar ls uniformly of great excel lence. Thc paper has acquired a wide popularity for the fireside enjoy ment lt alfords.-N. Y. Evening Post. TERMS s Postage free to oil Subscribers in the United States. HARrxit's BAZAB, on? year.f*,rt> X.oo Includes prepayment of U. 8. pottage by the publl-hora. S-bscriptlons to Harpe*?? Magazine, Weekly, and Bazni-,10 ono uddresa for one year, -1 .On : or, two of Harper'a Periodicals, to one address for one year, SeOO ; postage free. An Extra Copy ol either the Magazine, Week ly, or BHZar win be supplied grails for every Club of Five Subscribers, at M.00 oach, in one remtttxnee ; or, Six Coplea for ?80.00, without oxtrn cony : poftngo nee. Hack Numbera cm bc supplied at any time. Tho aoven vo'umee ot Hut per V lin zur, for the year? I86S, ?119. , ?ll, >7?, 'Ti, T4. elegantly bound hi green i-jorocco cloth, will be sent by expresa Irelght prepaid, for ?7.00 euch. Newspaper-- are not to copy thia ndrcrttsc rncnt without the expresa ordora ot U?HMB * UKUTUEUH. Audresa IIAItPER & BUOTI?E?tS, New York. B. K9RTJSHN CONTINUES to sen bis LIQUORS and SEGA RS .A.T COST, He keeps on hand and is reciving daily, frpnh supplies of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, TIN WARE, CROCKERY, And a general supply of merchandise. OALL BEFORE BUYING. C. D. KOTJOI1N, S. ll WILSON. J. T. WILSON. SAM'L fl. WILSON & BRO. Wholesale and Retail DVnlers lill iM&tM&liS ? TEAS. WINES, ff. ALES; AND IMPORTED SEGARS. 306 King Gt., Charleston, S. C. May 15-t f T^n. A. C. DUH ICS, Dealer in all kinds of Drugs and Medicines. ; r ?ni "" p Dr Dukes has had Nine Years Experi ence in Drugs ami Medicines and thorouh ly understands \-..A business. He keeps constantly mi a large supply of Goods usually found in a First-class Drug Store, ^.Careful attention paid to tho coin pounding of Prescriptions and all orders promptly attended to. Call On him at lils Popular Drug Store. Orangebnrg. Feb. 13.1875. Rare Bargaiiis -AT KETTY'S T. KOHNft BRO., Having removed to their New Brick Store, are now better prepared to meet the wants of their customers than ever. Their elegant stock of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING cannot he sur passed anywhere. Call at the old stand. Theo*?,? goba 4? Bro A ?> V E ll T I* S E M E N T S. JI1SCK1.1.ANK?US". i w?i open'this morning a lot of tba' ever offered lu tili? m? rket, con' UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONG?, SOUUHONGSy YOUNG HYSONS, sud GUNPOWDERS, And in order to cultivate a trade fer these flue grade? I will sell them V E H Y LOW. ? . I have also received'this morning another i car-load ol' I Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for me from tuc Finest Seleoted Wheat, I have never bad a complaint of this brimd of flour: IMPORTANT NOTICE! Inferior KEROSENE OIL ls so dan gerous and so many accidents h tve oc curred from its usc, I have been liid'???d, at the repeated solicitation of my custo mers, tb purchase a supply of pure Oil for their use. I have just receive ten barrels ot PURE WHITE KEROSENE Of 124 fire test. I will sell this Pure Oil cheaper than the same grade of Oil can be sold at lu tin* city. Familie? use ing this OH are safe. The UPC of the common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into tho family destruction and death ! I hate also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, ?0 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Fi rid na Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which baa all the freshness and flavor cf the flow ers? 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, IO But reis of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sucho Lagaayra Coffee > equal to Java. 50 Sacka of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE OBOOBBIES, Fresh ant J ?ol. My stock ls full, with prices low and I good times coming. Thanking the publie for their *ery Hb erat patronage, anti soliciting Its contin uance, I will do my best to merit the me. HiUEl&Y SOLOMON, Columbia, So; Cs?