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THE FREE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED AT OffANC?BURC, S. C. E. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor. ONB COPY, ONE YEAR, - - - ?2.00 Invariably in Advance. And I will conic near to you to Judgement; nml I will bo a swift witness against Oin sorcer ers, nnd ngtiinst the adulterers, ami ngainsl false swearers, niul against those that op press tho hireling in IHB wages, the widow amt Hie fatherless, and that tarn aside the stranger from his right, ami fear not nie, saith thc Lord ol' Hosts.-MALACHI, Ul, 5. NOTICE. Wc are not responsiblo for thc views cf our 1 Correspondents. Advertisements to lie inserted in thc CITIZEN must bo received by Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted nt One Dollar per inch, for thc first insertion. Farther terms can be had on application to thc Editoror Publisher. Communications on matters of Stntc or Local interest, respectfully solicited. All orders for Job Printing left at this ofllc. ?will rccclvo prompt attention. Agonts nnd Correspondents wanted in nil Tow ns of tho County. SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1875. "Honesty the Best Policy/ * This trite saying carries upon the face of it a truth so just and self-evi dent that no one would dare in an avowed theory to contradict it. But roany who would not question its truth in theory evidently do it in practice. How eager men are, even for dishonest gains. If they can get the control^ of money for their own use and escape the scrutiny of a hu man tribunal, they care little by what means it is done. If they can secure cilice and its honors and annuities, they do not hesitate at the means to do it. Some men., would open grog shops, and scatter in the community arrows, fire-br'nnds and death if oflice Jdd wealth for themselves.could only be tho return. ' But if "God is God, and right is right," every dishonest act to obtain any earthly gaiu is pay ling too dear for such paltry favors. Tl'ft folly of all such a??ts will be seen j in due time. "All's well that ends .well ;" but there is no good ending for dishonest deeds. j? A New York paper in referring to the notorious Tweed and his unfor tunate, but once seemingly prosper ous family, says of him and his wile : They were married when the man was a chairmaker, and they might have had a happy career had the former remained honest. They lived in a plain manner, mingled with mechanics' society, and Were the parents of two boys and two girls, good looking and healthy children Tho era of meretricious splendor has come and gone like a dream. The girls are married. Each had a diamond wed ding, and each has sunk into obscurity and poverty. Thc two sons once held line appointments in the service of thc ring, but they are now only lounging around the city hali. The mother is in widow's desolation. The ill gottcu wealth is almost all gone. A million and a half has passed into the hands of her lawyers, and her husband is still a prisoner. A seedy and corpulent old man, inhabiting a pair of rooms in Lud low street jail, is ail that is left of one who has been alderman, Congressman, chairmaker and lawyer, commissioner of parks, public buildings and docks, State i senator, and for seven years the autocrat [ c of this city, tho only redeeming feature is the faithful wife, who is reducing her self to poverty In hope of obtaining her husband's release. As our readers well know, a large amount of money has disappeared ?from our own county treasury, which our people had paid in taxes from ttfetr own scanty earnings. We never have said whose pocket or pockets were lilied with this loss of our county treasury, Somebody ought to know, and somebody does know, but who would want to know thal he was him- ! self the thief? Such knowledge' would brand one'e own being with infamy, and the painful truth must j haunt them living or dying. The gains of dishonesty are a burning1 curse to those who hold them. Money thus secured never spends well. Few men who, like Boss Tweed, se care wealth bj pilfering, take any real or lasting satisfaction in eating tig?i?Rbf their own doings. Such omWmake signal failures in this life, but if not on earth, they cannot es cape whenjdue vengeance from above shall overtake them. More citizens for our State. It is well known that wc have any amount of waste land in South Car olina, land, too, which will richly pay for careful cultivation. We want tnuio good citizens for our State. Not a fourth part of our land is now inproved. We do not wonder that some who loft us nfter the war are glad now to get thc means to return, and we are glad that our government is so generous in helping them to the means to bring forth the fruit meei for repentance. We cannot afford t< drive from us any man or womai who is able and willing to earn ar honest living. The effort for our in tercst to make, is to induce peoph to come to us from other States North or South, and we should giv< them a hearty welcome. We lean with pleasure "that a meeting wai held in Columbia, some weeks ago to consider the proposed immigratioi of a large number of colored people who had signified their intention t< remove from Georgia into thts Slate The meeting appointed a commitlei to consider the matter and take sucl action as might be deemed advisable Judge Wright, the chairman of thi? committee has published a report ii which he states that several thousanc acres of good land have already beei placed at their disposal, to be dis posed of to such persons as may b desirous of becoming permanent bon fide settlers, at prices ranging froi one dollar per acre and upward None of tho lands now in the bandi of the committee will be sold, excep to such persons as do intend to bc come actual settlers. All tracts soli will be.gu aran teed good and fertile unless specified to the contrary- Ii such sales nc discrimination with rc [?ard to race or color will be made and the land will bc for purchase lease, or at simple rental, '.accordin to the discretion of the settler. Th uommittee now consists of one men ber in each county in the State, an they invite all persons who have lan to sell to communicate with the Sei retary, Mr. H. L. Shrewsbury, i Columbia." If Georgia, Mississippi and oth< Southern States wish to get rid i their colored people we will give thei a hearty welcome in South Carolini and will do our best to aid them i land and the means of education. -S. E. Advocate. Early Education. The time to educate comes wi the first conscious being of early i; fancj', and no portion of life can 1 more favorable for education inman important respects, than the fin seven years of life. All that or lees or hears-all the surroundings < ihildhood leave their indelible in >re8S on the tenderest years of chili lood. If this be so, what can v ixpect from the maturity of ag vhero childhood is reared in rik lovels, amid filth, and if clad at al ?lad in rags and left without the te: 1er caresses of fond affection, < luitable food for body or mind? s true that mothers must be main he educators of childhood, but he ;an they teach what they never kn? hemselves? How can they care f be immortal interests committed their trust when obliged to work :he field during the day in hoei notton and corn to get bread i themselves to eat? Many a motl in this section of country works 1 five dollars per month and ratioi We have heard of mothers of t great and good, but these motin were not left themselves without i vantages and opportunities to et cate their children. Culture d< not come from careless neglect, i can those cultivate others'who have themselves no cultivation. If the mother of the Weslcys had not carefully improved the golden opportunities of childhood for home instruction for her children, the founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church never would have been known in the world's history. The name might he said of those distinguished in the world ot' science. It was Baron Cuvier's mother who made him a great naturalist. The foundation was laid in his earliest years, when her loving lessons invested with inte rest every little shell and insect which came under his observation It was she who first taught him tc read with delight the works of Ces ncr and Buffon, to make copies of thc ditfercnt animals described, and su perintending bis sketches. The proud achievents of his man hood were but the fruit of his earh education. Bad men come from th? wrong lessons given them iii early life It is the "home education that tells not only on the subsequent years, bu on the doctrines of thc soul for eter nity. lt is what we need ali throng) this section of country ; homes o taste, furnished with the means of in tellectual and moral culture. W need also, day schools and Sabbat! schools, that will meet this demain for virtuous education in carly lift Looking After Dogs. Excentric ladies support a suia army of cats, and one dying in Kn?, land a few years ago left a for tun for the support of a family of cati The people of the South arc extrem? ly fond of dogs, and many poor me spend more to feed their dogs tba their minister who preaches to thei the word of life. Many of thc poe ? J . peopie in this section are in tbs bah I of eating their food ns . chance to obtain it, and never cou I around the table to Jake ?theiilrae,a together in a family circle. Sut might possibly take a valuable bil from thu way that an English loi treats his dogs : "Lord Egerton is a man of fe acquaintances, and very few of lt countrymen have got as far as h dining hall. His table, however, constantly set out with a do/.en co ors, and served by suitable alten ants. Who, then, are his priyilegt guests? No less than a dozen ot I vorite dogs, who daily partlike J milord's dinners, seated Very grave in arm chairs, each with a napk round his neck, and a servant bchii to attend to his wants. These ho orable quadrupeds, as if grateful ? such delicate attentions, con.pi themselves during the time of reps with a decency and decorum whi would do more than honor to a pal of gentlemen ; but if, by any diam one of them should, without due o< sideration, obey the natural instit of his appetite, and transgress any tho rules of good manners, his pt ishment is at hand. Thc day folk ing the olllensc the dog dines, n eyen dines well, but not at milor table ; banished to the nnte-cham! and dressed in livery, bc cats in s row the bread of shaine, und pit the bone of mortification, while place at table remains vacant till repentance bas merited a goner! pardon !" A Sensible Girl. * "Some months ago," says a wrii "I met a young English woman \ came to this eity to marry a yoi roan to whom she was aillnnccd England, and who bad come to I "country two years previous to eng in business. Sho was to marry 1 at the home of a friend of her mt er's with whom she was stayi During the time she was making her wedding outfit, he came to, her one evening when bc was drunk enough to be foolish. She shocked and pained beyond meas She then learned, for the first ti that ho was in the habit of drinl frequently to exceso. She i mm ately stopped her preparations, told him sha could not marry 1 He protested that she would d him to distraction ; promised never to drink another drop, etc. 'No,' she said, 'I dare not trust my future happiness to a man who has formed such a habit. I came three thousand miles to marry the man I loved, and now rather than to marry a drunkard, I will go three thousand miles back again." And she went, and thus proved herself wise and strong. Better a thousand times dis solve the tenderest tie, than to be linked to that "body of death," a loathesomc, helpless drunkard. Cut how many young women there are who would falter, and hesitate, and yield, and put faith in a drunk ard's word! How many have al ready done so, whose throbbing heaits only ceased their hopeless aching, in the chilling silence of the I sepulchre. Oh, woman be careful i where you step ! ,"L.nt every woman j take a Arm stand on this ground, and j it would do more to prevent intem j perance than any present means can i accomplish. Moral Courage in Daily Life. "Moral Courage," was printed in large letters as thc caption of the fol lowing items, aud placed tn a con spicuous place on the door of a syste matic merchant in New York, for constant reference, and furnished by him for publication : Have the courage to discharge a debt while you have the money in your pocket. Have the courage to do without that which you do not need, however much your eyes may covet it. Have the courage to speak to a friend in a seedy coat, even though you are in company with a rich one, and richly attired. Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and nold your tongue when it is prudent that you should ! do so. -% Have the courage to own that you are poor, and thus disarm poverty of its sting. Have {he courage to toll a man why . you refuse to credit bim. Have the courage lo cut the most 1 j agreeable acquaintance i&you have. ! when you are convinced that he lacks principle-a friend should bear with a friend's infirmities, but not with his vices. Have the courage to show your respect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears, and your contempt for dishonesty and duplicity, by whom soever exhibited. Have the courage to wear your old clothes until you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to prefer com fort and propriety to fashion in all things. J Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. Have the courage in providing an I entertainment for your friends not to exceed your means. WASTED Powens. - Among the numberless marvels at which nobody marvels, few are more marvelous than the recklessness with which priceless gifts, intellectual and moral, arc squandered. Often have I gazed with wonder at the prodigality displayed by nature ih thecistus, which unfolds hundreds of thousands of its starry blossoms, morning after morning, to shine in the light of thc sun for an hour or two and then fall to the ground. But who among the sons and daughters of men-gifted with thoughts which wander through eter nity, and with powers which have the godlike privilege of working good and giving happinesss-who does not daily let thousands of these thoughts drop to the ground and rot? who does not continually leave his powers to draggle in the mold of their own leaves? The imagination can hardly conceive the heights of greatness and glory to rwhich mankind would be raised, if all their thoughts and ener gies were to be animated witli a liv ing purpose. But, as ip forest of oaks, among tho millions of acorns that fall every autumn, there may, perhaps, be one in a million that will grow into a tree-somewhat in like manner fares it with the thoughts and feelings of mau. What, then, must be our confusion when we see all these wasted thoughts and feelings rise nt} in the judgment and bear wit ness Against us ! CLOUD WITH, A SILVER LINING. -The Neius and Coxirier of Charles ton, in a notice, of the elections on Tuesday of this week says : "There are ^oo bright spots in the gloomy picture of Tuesday's elec tions. The conservatives, working in harmony with the colored people, have elected their entire ticket in Mississippi, and the anti-Tammany Democrats, in co-operation'*with the Republicans have routed the insolent and corrupt Tammany Hall clique in New York city." A TRUE LADY.-Beauty and Btyle arc not tho surest passports to respec tability. The beat women that the world has ever seen have presented the most unprepossessing appearance. A woman's worth is to be estimated by thc real goodness of ber soul, and purity and sweetness of her charac ter ; and a woman with kindly dispo sition, and well balanced mind and temper, is lovely and<- attractive, be ' her face ever so plain, and her figure ever so homely. She makes the best of wives and the truest of mothers. She bas a higher purpose in living than thc beautiful yet vain, supercili ous, woman who has no higher ambi tion than to Haunt her fiuery in the streets so to gratify her inordinate vanity by extracting flattery and praise front society whose compli ments are as hollow as they are in secure. LITTLE CROSSES.-Christ comes to . us morning by morning, to present to us, for the day then opening, divers little crosses, tbwartings of our own will, interferences with our plans, disappointments of our little pleasures. Uo we "kiss them, and take them up, and follow in his rear, like Simon the Cyrenian? Or do we toss them from us scornfully because they arc so little, and wait for a great aflliction to prove our patience and * our resignation to his will ? Ab ! how < might we accommodate to the small ? matters of religion generally those words of thc Lord respecting thc children : "Take hoed that ye despise f not one ol' these little ones." Despise - not little sins; they have ruined j,jany a soul. Despise riot little du ties ; they have been to man}' a saved | j man an excellent discipline of hu-i manity. Despise not little tempta tions ; rightly met, they have often nerved the character for some fiery ( trial. Despise not little crosses ; for c when taken up, and lovingly accept ed at the Lord's hand, they have made men meet for a great crown, c even a crown of righteousness and life, which the Lord has promised to those that love bim. i LOVE-One morning, I found little 1 Dora busy at the ironing table, smoothing the towels and stockings. "Isn't it bard work for thc little arms?" 1 asked. A look like sunshine came into her face as she glanced toward her moth er, who was rocking the baby. "It isn't hard when I do it for mamma," she said, softly. How true it is that love makes la bour sweet. So, if we love the bless ed Saqiour we shall not find it hard to work for Him. It is love that makes Dis yoke easy and His bur den light. If we love God, we shall always be happy and contented witn our lot. Let those who would nflcct singu larity with success, first determine to be very virtuous, and the will be sure to bc very singular. Teas! Teas!! Thc choicest in' the world-Importers' prices--largest Company in America staple article-pleases everybody-fade continually Increasing-agents wanted everywhere--- best inducements -don't waste time-send for circular to ROBERT WELLS, 43 Vesey Street, New York. Postoillcc Box 1287. PRICE LI3T. Oolong, black-40, 50, 60, best 70ct8 per pound. Mixed, Grn and Blk-40, 50, GO, best 70cts per lb. Japan, Uncol ored-80, 70, 80, U0. best $1.00 per lb. Imperial, Green-00, 70, 80, 90, best $1.00 per lb. Young Hyson, Green-50, (50,70.80.00, $1.00. best $1.05 per lb. Gunpowder, Green-$1.00, best $1 SO per tb. English Breakfast, Black-CO, 70, 80, 90, best $1.00 per lb, N. B.-Wo have a specialty of Garden Growth Young Hyson and'Imperial at $1/20, and Oolong Extra Choice $1.00. \0r? If ono of our agenta should call upon you, send for a pound sample of any kind you require. Enclose the money, and wo will forward lt to you, per return mah without any extra charge. ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. ^UtANO OPENING I I will open this morning- a lat #f tho Finest Teas, ever offer ed in this market, co tl UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, r ' and GUNPOWDERS, And In order to cult?valo a trade for these fine grades I will sell then "V E H. Y LOW. I have also received this mor niue another car-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Mad? especially for me from tho Finest Selected Wkeat, I have never had a oouaplaint of this brand of flour. JHPOUTAHT NOTICE! Inferior KEROSENE Git W so dan? perons and so many, accidents karo oo uirred from Us use, 1-have been iadueed, it the repented solicitation of ny eusto ners, to purchase ? supply of pure Oil or their use. I have just receiv* inn jarr?is ot PUEE WHITE KEROSENE Of 1114 fire tesl. I will sell tate Par? )il cheaper than the same grade of Oil ian be sold at in this city. Fannies ato ng this Oil are safe. The use of tko om mon Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET s equivalent to bringing into tte family lestructioD and death ! 1 have also received : LO Tierces Fresh Cured Davie' Mams, IO Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from the Dairy, which has all the freshness and flavor of the lew ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sngar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sacks Lagiiayra Coffee, ?quat to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Kio steamer. . With a full supply of OHOIOE GROCERIES, BVaVi iii h i?i My stock ls fal!, with frikes lev eat good times eonlag. Thanking tho public for their rory lib ernl patronage, and soliciting its contle nance, I wKS do my best to. merit the me. HARDY SOLOMON, Qfrlttmlne, Des Ob?