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THE FREE CITIZEN PUBLISHED AT OR AN CEBU RC, S. C. E. A. WEBSTER, - - - Editor. OKB Corr, ONE YEAH, - - - $2.00 Invariably in Advance, m . And I will como near to you to judgement; nnd I will bo a swift witness against tho sorcer ers, and against tito adulterers, and against false swearers, and again.-l those tliat o|> press Hie hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and Hint tura aside lito stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord ol Hosts.-MALACHI, 111, 5. H-- - NOTICE. We arc not responsible for thc views of our Correspondents. Advertisements to he inserted in the CITIZEN must he received by Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted at Ono Hollar per inch, for thc first insertion. Further term? can be had on application to Hie Kill tor or Publisher. Communications on mailers ol'.State or Local interest, respectfully solicited. All orders l'or -lob Printing left at this Office will receive prompt attention. Agents and Correspondents wanted in all Towns of the County. SATURDAY, NOV. G, 1875. 'Honesty the Best Policy.' This trite saying carries upon thc face of it a truth so just and self-evi dent that no one would dare in an avowed theory to contradict it. But many 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 o??ce and its honors and annuities, they do not hesitate at the means to doit. Some men. would open grog shops, and scatter in the community arrows, fire-brands and death if oilice Sod wealth for thcmselves.could only '.! return. But if "God is God, and rigid, is iight, ' every dishonest act to obtain*any earthly gain is p.o, ing too deal for such paltry favors, j Tho folly of all snob u^is will bo .seen iii due time. "All's well that Oi.ds well ;" but there is no good ending | for di.-?honest deeds. ff A N ew 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. Thc girls arc married. Each had a diamond wed ding, and each has sunk into obscurity and poverty. The two sons once held linc appointments in thc service ol' thc ring, but they are now only lounging around the city hall. Thc mother is in widow's desolation. The ill gotten wealth is almost all gone. A million and u half has passed into thc hands of lier lawyers, and her husband is still a prisoner. A sectly and corpulent old man, inhabiting a pair of rooms in Lud low street jail, is all that is left of one who has been alderman, Congressman, chairmaker and lawyer, commissioner ol' parks, public buildings and docks, State senator, and for seven years the autocrat of this city, the only redeeming feature. ?3 the faithful wife, who is reducing her self to poverty in hope ol 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 their own scanty earnings. We never have said whose pocket or pockets were lined with this loss of our county treasury. Somebody ought to know, and somebody does know, but who would want to know that he waa him self the thief? Sach knowledge would brand one's own being with infamy, and the painful truth must iiaunt them living or dying. The gains of dishonesty are a burning curse to those who hold them. Money thus secured never spends well. Few men who, like Boss Tweed, se cure wealth by pilfering, take any real or lasting satisfaction in eating t'?&?Luit of their own doings. Such own make signal failures in this life, but if not on earth, they cannot es cape when'due vengeance from above shall overtake thuin. More citizens fop our State. It is well known that wc have any amount of waste land in South Car olina, laud, too, winch will richly pay for careful cultivation; We want more good citizens for our State. Not a fourth part of our land is now improved. We do not wonder that some who left us after *.he war are glad now to get the means to return, ! and we arc glad that our government is so generous in helping them to the means to bring forth the fruit meet for repentance. Wc cannot alford to drive from us any man or woman who is able and willing to carn an honest living. Thc effort for our in terest to make, is to induce people to come to us from other States, North or South, and we should give them a hearty welcome. Wc learn with pleasure "that a meeting was held in Columbia, some weeks ago, to consider the proposed immigration of a large number of colored people, who had signified their intention to remove from Georgia into tilts State. The meeting appointed a committee to consider the matter and take such action as might be deemed advisable. Judge Wright, the chairman of Ibis committee has published a report in which he states that several thousand acres of good land have already been placed at their disposal, to be dis posed of to such persons as may be desirous of becoming permanent bona fide settlers, at prices ranging from one dollar per acre and upward. None of thc lauds noft in the hands of thc committee will be sold, except to such persons as do intend to be come actual settlers. All tracts sold ' ill be^guarauteed good nuA fertile, unless specified to the contrary. In | such sales ho discrimination with re-, ?ard to race or color will be made, and the land will be for purchase, j lease, or at simple rental, 'according to the discretion of the settler. The committee now consists of one mem ber in each county in the State, and they invite all persons who have land to sell to communicate with the Sec retary, Mr. H. L. Shrewsbury, at Columbia." If Georgia, Mississippi and other Southern Stales wish to get rid of their colored people we will give them a hearty welcome in South Carolina, and will do our best to aid them in land and the means of education. ->S'. E. Advocate. Early Education. The time to educate comes with thc first conscious being of early in fancy, and no portion of life can be more favorable for education in many important respects, than the first seven years of life. All that one secs or hears-all thc surroundings of childhood leave their indelible im press on thc tenderest years of child hood. If this be so, what can we expect from the maturity of age, where childhood is reared in rude hovels, amid filth, and if clad at all, clad in rags and left without the ten der caresses of fond affection, or suitable food for body or mind? It is true that mothers must be mainly the educators of childhood, but how can they toach what they never knew themselves? How can they care for the immortal interests committed to their trust when obliged to work in the field during the day in hoeing cotton and corn to get bread for themselves to eat? Manya mother in this section of country works for five dollars per month and rations. Wc have heard of mothers of the great and good, but these mothers were not left themselves without ad vantages and opportunities tc edu cate their children. Culture does not come from careless neglect, nor can those cultivate others who have themselves no cultivation. If the mother of the Wealers had not carefully improved the golden opportunities of childhood i'm home | instruction for her children, the I founder of thc Methodist Episcopal Church never would have br : known in the world's history. The name might be said of those distinguished in thc world of science. It was! Baron Cuvier's mother who made him a great naturalist. The foundation was laid in bis earliest yearSj when her loving lessons invested with inte rest every little shell a:id inser? which came under bis observation. lt was she who first taught lum to read with delight the works of Gea uer and Buifon, to make copies of the ditferent animals described, and su perintending his sketches. Thc proud acbievents of his man hood were but the fruit of his early education. Bad men comu froth the wrong lessons given them ii ly life. lt is the hou.c education thal not only on thc subsequent < . . , ul on the doctrines of thc soi fo el : - nit}', lt is what wc need iii '.; igh this section of country; homes of taste, furnished with the m ms ol in tellectual and moral culture. We need also, day schools and Subballi schools, that will meet this demand for virtuous education in ear:; life. Looking After Dogs. Kxcentric ladies support ;.. sum army of cats, and one dying lang land a few years ago left a fortunt for the support of a family of cats. The people of thc South are extreme ly fond of dogs, and many po : > D spend more to feed their dogs thai their minister who preaches ??, Ua-.i the word of life. Many of thc poo people in this section are iu tbij Imbi of eating their food us chance lo obtain it, and never coin? around the table to Jabe ?theil ^nujal together iii a family circle. Sue! Luigtit possibly take a valuftb!? !vir from the way that an English lon treats his dogs : "Lord Egerton is a man . fei acquaintances, and very few ol Iii countrymen have got as far . dining ball. His table, bowe1 er, i constantly set out with a dozen > ov ers, and served by suitab'- aiteii ants. "Who, then, are his priyih . guests? No less than a dozen of I. voritc dogs, who daily partake . milord's dinners, seated vcr / gravel in arm chairs, each with : mpki round bis neck, and a servan! i ?bin to attend to bia wants. Tin . hot orable quadrupeds, as if grateful f< such delicate attentions, .upi;, themselves during thc time of rcpai with a decency and decorum wine would do more than honor lo :. pan of gentlemen ; but if, b}' any chane one of them should, without inc uoi sideration, obey thc natural jnstin Df his appetite, and trans. i > ??any Ibo rules of good manner-, iii . pu isbment is at hand. Thc 'lav folio ing tho ofllense thc dog dines, m sven dines well, but not at uiilon table ; banished to the onte-chamh ?nd dressed in livery, be eats in si row the bread of shame ano pi llie bone of mortification, while ! place attable remains vacant tili ? repentance has merited e. genero pardon !" A Sensible Girl, "Some months ago," &ays a writ lI met a young English woman w 3ame to this city to marry a you man to whom she was affianced England, and who bad com-', lo t country two years previous to enge in business. She was to marry li at the home of a friend ol her mo er's with whom she was stayi: During thc time she was making ber wedding outfit, bo came to ber one evening when he was j drunk enough to bc foolish. She 1 Bhocked und pained beyond menai She then learned, for the first til that bc was in the habit of drink frequently to excess. She init?u uteiy Flopped her preparations, J told him she could not many li He protested that she would di him to distraction ; promised never to drink another drop, etc. .No,' she said, 4I dare not trust my future happiness to a man who has formed such a habit. I came three thousand miles to marry thc man I loved, and now rather than to marry a drunkard, 1 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 bc linked to that "body of death," a loatbesome, helpless drunkard. But bow many young women there arc who would falter, and hesitate, and yield, and put faith in a drunk ard's word! How ninny have al ready done so, whose throbbing beal ts only ceased their hopeless aching, in thc chilling silence of the sepulchre. Oh, woman be careful where you step ! Let every woman take a finn stand on this ground, and it would do more to prevent intem perance than any present means can accomplish. Moral Courage in Daily Life. "Moral Courage," was printed in large letters as the caption of thc fol lowing items, and placed in 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 mimi when it is necessary that you should do so, and hold your tongue when it is prudent that you should do so. Have the courage to own that you ire poor, and thus disarm poverty of ;ts sting. Have the courage io tell a ii.aa why you refuse lo credit bim. 11 Have the courage to cut the most j ' agreeable acquaintance ?you iiavc-U win n you arc convinced thai he lacks 1 principie-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 uutil you can pay for new ones. Have the courage to prefer com fort and propriety to fashion in all things. Have thc courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than to seek for knowledge under false pretenses. Have the coinage in providing an entertainment for your friends not to exceed your means. WASTED POW EUS.- Among thc 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 thc prodigality displayed by nature in the cistus, which unfolds bundled rd* 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 thc godlike privilege of working good and giving bappi nessa-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 tho heights of greatness and glory to which mankind would bc raised, if ali their thoughts and ener gies were to be animated willi a liv ing purpose. But, as in forest of oaks, among the millions of acorns that fall every autumn, there may, perhaps, bc one in a mi Ilion that will grow into a tree-somewhat in like manner fares it with the thoughts and feelings of man. What, then, must be our confusion when wc see all thrse wasted thoughts and feelings rito np in thc judgment and bear wit ness against us ! CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING. -The News and Courier of Charles ton, in a notice of the elections on Tuesday of this week says : "There arc too bright spots in the gloomy picture of Tuesday's elec tions. The conservatives, working in harmony with thc colored people, liave elected their entire ticket in Mississippi, and the anti-Tammany Democrats, in co-operation with the Republicans have routed the insolent ind corrupt Tammany Hall clique in New York city." A TRUE LADY.-Beauty and style ire not thc surest passports to respec tability. Thc best women that the world has ever seen have presented thc most unprepossessing appearance. A woman's worth is to bc estimated by thc real goodness of her 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. Sin: has a higher purpose in living than the beautiful yet vain, supercili ous, woman who has no higher ambi tion than to Haunt her finery in the streets so to gratify her inordinate ,'anity by extracting flattery and nuise from society whoso compli ments are as hollow as they are in ?ecurc. LITTLE CKOSSES.-Christ comes to is morning by morning, to present o us, for thc day then opening, livers little crosses, thwartings of mr own will, interferences with our dans, disappointments of our little deasurcs. Do we kiss them, and ake them up, and follow in Ids rear, ?kc Simon the Cyrenian? Or do we oss them from us scornfully because hey are so little, and wait for a great iflliction to prove our patience and mr resignation to his will ? Ah ! how night wc accommodate to the small natters of religion gcrcrally those voids of the Lord respecting the ihildrcn : "Take heed fin*, ye despise lot one of these little ones." Despise ; ?ot little sins; they nave ruined j iian? a soul. Despise not little du des ; they have been lo many a saved j nan au excellent discipline of bu nanity. Despise not little tempta tions ; rightly met, they have often icrved thc character for some fiery rial. Despise not little crosses ; for vhen taken up, and lovingly accept ai at thc Lord's band, they have nade men meet for a great crown, .ven a crown of righteousness and ife, which the Lord has promised to hose that love him. LOVE-One morning, I found little Dora busy at the ironing table, (moothing the towels and stockings. "Isn't it hard work for the little inns?" 1 asked. A look like sunshine came iuto her "ace as she glanced toward her moth ar, 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 wc shall not find it bard Lo work for Him. It is love that makes His yoke easy and His bur len light. If wc love God, we shall always be happy and contented witu our lot. Let those who would affect singu larity with success, first determine to Lie very virtuous, and the will bc sure Lo bc very singular. Teas! Teas!! The choicest in the world-Importers' prices-largest Company in America staple article-pleases everybody--trade continually increasing-agents wanted uVerywhere- best inducements - don't waste lime-semi tor circular to ROBERT WELLS, 4.'} Vesey Street, New York. Postofllce ?ox 1287. PRICE LUST. Oolong, black-40, BO, 00, best 70cts per pound. Mixed, Qm and Ulk-40, 50, CO, Imsi 70cts per lb. Japan, U:ieol ored-00. 70, 80. 00. best $1.00 per lb. Imperial, Green-60, 70, 80. 00, best SI .00 per lb. Young Hyson, Green-50, 00.70.80.00, $1.00. best $1.05 peril). Gunpowder, Green-$1.00, best $1.80 per lb. English Breakfast, Black-00, 70. 80, 00. best 81.00 per lb, N. H.-We have a specialty of Garden Growth Young Hyson and Imperial at 81.20, and Oolong Extra Choice $1.00. If one of our agents should call upon you, send for a pound sample of any kind you require. Enclose the money, and we will forward lt to you, per return mall without any extra charge. ADVERTISEMENTS. MISCELLANEOUS. OPENING I I win open this norning a jot of tb? Finest 'Z'eas, ever offered in this market, co st UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, And in order to cultivate a trade for these fine grades I will nell them V E Tl Y Hi O "W . I have also received this morning another car-load ol Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for me from the Finest Selected Wheat, I have never had a complaint of this hraad of flour. JurouTABT NOTICE] Inferior KEROSENE OIL is oo dan? gerous and so many accidents have .. curred from ils use, I have been induced, at the repeated solicitation cf my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure OU for their use. 1 have just receiv* ton vitriols ot <t#S PUKE WHITE KEROSENE Of 134 fir? t??l. I will sell Itt? Par? Oil cheaper than th? una grad? ?f Oil can be sold at in this city. Faasilics ?se ing this Oil are safe. The use of th? common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into the family destruction and death I 1 have also received : 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen ButUr, direct fron the Dairy, which has all the freshness anti flavor of the lew ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sagar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mes9 Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sacks Lagaayra Coffee, equal to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Kio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, r>V-M'l ill I i . I - My stock 5- full, with ?rice? lev MtJ good times cetaief. . Thanking the public for th?lr very llb eral patronage, and soliciting its conti*, nance, I will do my best to merit the roe. HARDY SOLOMON, OtMtunMe* Bes Osa