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THE FREE GtTIZEN. PCIM.ISIIlvU AT ORAN CEBU RC, S. C. E. A. WEBSTER, A. JJf. Editor. OKS Corr, ONE YEAH, - - - s 2.00 Invariably in Advance. And I will cunio near ti? yon to Judgement; ?md I will bo a swill witness against Hie sorcer ers, and against Hie adulterers, und against i false swearers, und against those Unit op press tho hireling in Iiis wages, Hiv willow ami tho fatherless, and th.'.t turn aside tho stranger from his right, mid lear not me, i-aith the Lord ol' Hosts.-MALACHI, I II, 0. i NOTICE. Wc aro not responsible For thu views cf our Correspondents. Advertisements to bo inserted in thc ClTl/.KN must be received by Thursday evening. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per inch, for tho first insertion. Flintier lei ins can be had on application to tho Editor or Publisher. Communications on matters of State or Local Interest, respectfully solicited. All orders for Job Printing loft at thia oil!ce will receive prompt attention. Agents and Correspondents wanted in all Towns of the County. SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1870. The Legislature. This body will soon- meet at thc State capitol. Thc people are look ing howard to its meeting, with more than ordinary interest. It seems that our Governor has not, as yet, signed j the tax levy bill which passed near the close of thc last session. The failure of Solomon's Bank, in which the Slate had largely deposited, has afforded another excuse for non payment from the State Treasury, and many who had claims against thc Statq are short of payments from that source. Ko taxes can bc levied and collected while we have no law to enforce it. It will require prompt legislation, or at least harmony be tween the executive and legislative ^departments of the government to relieve State finances by collection taxes for the present year. ni?gpvernment as well as bo j, - . i^^Kc- Sft-dQubl -, desire economy, j bu J there is no wise economy in ncg lccting to pay just debts, and it can ; not, be wise for the ?State long to neg lect to put in operation the means to meet existing" obligations. Thc nion Herald in referring to this says : "We have eight circuit judges and one supreme judge to elect. The selection of these will test the patrio tism, capacity and wisdom of the members. Personal or political sympathy ought not to lie thc sole guides of a member in bis vote for a judge. To indict a venal or incompc tentjudge upon thc people is the worst political crime a party can commit. Wc have faith to believe that schemes and slates will be bro ken, and each candidate will stand upon his record and his merits when the test vote is taken. The State House has been brushed up, the chairs have been mended, there is fuel in the cellars, 2)aid fur, enough to keep all warm, without thc heat of debate ; thc stationery is ready to distribute, Joe and Jones arc on the ground, and everything be tokens the beginning of a session, and even an ill-used editor will be glad to see it open. Citizens Not Free! The Union Uerald playfully asks .us if we know of any American citizens that are not free? We think wo might lind some of that sort. I low any man can bo free without power to act seems u mystery. We arc told * that knowledge is power, what shall we say, then, of those who are tram eletl with ignorance, and have not thc ability to think fer themselves, or even to write their own names, but arq obliged to get others to think, and even write for them, and, possi bly to read and interpret thc ballots they cast? No bird can fly without wings, nor even with them, unless he has learned how to use them. Thc chain of ignorance with which its vic tims aro bound cannot be in keeping with dictates and aspirations of real freedom. Some American citizens arc thc tools ol' party. They lamely work under party leaders, and in slavish plight do their bidding. Any meas-; ure is adopted that the parly may dictate, and any person sustained for oflicc who can worm themselves into party nominations, whether wisc or foolish, honest or dishonest. ?Such persons enjoy no more of real free dom than the uutlcdged birds w ho oc cupy the nests they foul, and open their mouths lamely to swallow all that is oflercd to their indiscriminate appetites. There arc those who have become the slaves of some master passions that they struggle in vain to resist, who, like the poor miser, does not j possess gold, but the gobi possesses him, and in cringing obedience lo thc dictates of mammon, he is "starved in this world, and damned in that to come." Others have fostered habits until they arc bound by its felters, and, like thc poor drunkard, thc3' re solve in vain to rid themselves of the coils of the monster that has grown two powerful for their wasted ener gies and depleted strength. Thc world is yet too full of those who have made shipwreck of their \ faith, and all that was once dear in I the cherished inventory of virtuous manhood, and are now floating on the current of sinful indulgence dreaming of peace and safely whilt sudden destruction is coming upor I li ern. Those who enjoy and follow tin dictates of genuine freedom are no found in the haunts of dissipation am crime-they are net the inmates o our jails and prisons ; and knowin; thc right they do not thc wrong per sue, but arc true to Cod, themsclve and thc interests of humanity. It i: a painful truth, too obvious to 1 . -V hied, thal many ol' thc citizens ol'cu country do not enjoy the blessings o true freedom. The Governor's Charleston Speech The Washington Star says : "The hearty reception given t Gov. Chamberlain by the chamber ( commerce of Charleston, and the co: gratulations he received upon Hi reforms of his administration and ll increasing prosperity of South Can lina, ought to cenvey a wholeson lesson to the northern men whom a leidend bas made chief executives ; southern states. Governor Chandu lain has apparently fulfilled h plodges in good faith, and the resu is, that his labors in behalf of til state are fully appreciated by tl people. Thc case of Gov. Chambc lain forcibly illustrates thc Irutb i the proverb, 'Honesty is the best pc icy,' even in politics." Wc have no doubt our Governor li faith in that old proverb and that will practice himself the same go< doctrine bc so elegantly commends thc attention of others. There is i honesty in the willful neglect to pi an honest debt. That our legislatu are begining to appreciate that fa appears in thc Tax Levy bill pass? at thc last session, at least in t Icyy of one fifth of a mill to pay i trust due on thc State Agricullui College bonds. TlIK NEWS AND COUKIRK TO UK I< i.ARUKO.-As many of our reade know there is always something thc News and Courier worth read ii Those who read it arc not obliged endorse all it says. Thc publish announce its enlargement and say j "Early next month; we hope greet our readers wi tira paper c taining Hie equivalent of eight nc tional columns of space. This \ enable us to do full justice to read and advertisers alike, and to give journal which we trust will be In respect unworthy of thc prosnei and prospects ol' Charleston" We are glad to notice this indi lion of the prosperity of tho prindi daily paper of thc largest eily of State. An Honest Face. Physiognomy illustrates eli rmi lei and character ?inpresses ill' on physiognomy. No man e know himself to bo mean and hot hui anti not show it lo sonic clent i his very countenance. If a man sneak thief and would put di in another man's pocket, fo ?. il let or steal trust funds, ed himself and his family, and . .1 friends on stolen money, the very fact of conscious infamy : 1 mean ness will burn, not only into i i c science, if he has one, but even into his face and look out tin igii ... eyes telling thc painful ci uvioth :. of bis own being, lt wou'1 -iel" l; nate for some men wc kn evi M South Carolina, if they did ango their characters to ehang( ri 1 faces, ami if they looked .. . Lobest men they would hardly kno < selves in a glass. The reverse (d'this is t j an i : - cst man is likely to carry : hon -, face. The one incident iii wb ci . - - ingstonc thought bc ?'ed i . ??:.< ho proud, is thoroughly cha;:' and we give it in his owr i ord . "Grandfather could gi-', particu lars of thc lives of his ?ru c ti r six generations of the family be bim ; and thc only point ol the tra dition I feel moud of is this; Ooo of these poor, hardy island' - now ned in the district foi great wis dom and prudence, and it is rei lcd that when he was on his .'. alb-bed j bc called his children aronui ...... an I said: 'Now, in my lifetime, I have searched most carefully, through ..ll the traditions I could lim of tim il^-, and I never could d ov?i 111 I there whs a dishonest mai tun r forefathers. If, tli'crefore, nh j you or .inv loTyottt children ." . ! ' ' kc io lisbon?s! ways, it will^.pot bu l?c cau-?c i', inn;-, tn 1 '"lood; it "Joes not - .AJ?l belong lo you. ? I ea Vd pt wi til you : Du honest." A writer in thc Briti 1 i uarterly says : "This moral heir-loon ol' is fam ily entered very deeply into Ll) na ture of the great traveller, i; his face, as wc remember it, there >, with all its kindliness of expr?s -, a sort of troubled earnest . of out look, as though the upright soul M'h were always on the watch tor the straightest way to the c-. i 11 view. It was not suspicion; foi ?ve.. >i discernment of character wa always exercised in detecting fri' MUM of truth rather than analyzing Hie cor rupt motives of hypocritical ; . .' Blit bc did not regard an 1 est life as an easy one. It was I" ld tn al ways the "fight ol' faith," no! in tiny speculative, but in asti'n 'U practi cal sense. And lo a gc: tl- doss ol' nature which exercised a wonderful charin over savage men, Iii ad lcd an ostentatious but indomitable firmness that always seemed standing front to front with some invisible foe. The Bible and Intemperance. "The darkest neighborhood which I visited was iii a narrow valley in C-, without a minister, without a church or Sunday school, and where Sunday is spent in fishing ann bunt ing and nut gathering. In val ley I called on a notorious inebriate, and found him in bed (trying tb sleep oil' the effects of a drunken debauch. Will; some effort he was induced '.o come down from his chamber, saying he knew bc looked har !, and was ashamed lo see us. II? needed a lii?ije, but had spent all his money, and his neighbor who accompanied me advanced two dollars, and bought him an octavo copy. Ile H ti I bc knew it would bc much better for him to give up drinking and begin Iq rend thc Bible. "Can you give up drink ing?" I asked. "I must give it 141, or it will kill mc." he ?said ?f?ncl T lill i i. .I.JIJ.^U. .IF ll ? ? 1 H 1 * I'l I ll ' OBC-M believe I can ii' I try." "Would you j rather die than give it up?" 1 asked.! 'No, I would rather give it up than die," said he. "Will you sign a pledge il" I write one?" I asked. He idhi, kil have half a mind to." "I will write a pledge, ii' you will sign it," I continued. "J will sign it for one yeer," said he. And he wrote as follows : "I, K. F., do hereby pledge my word and honor, that after Octo ber 1st, 1S7G, 1 will neither touch, taste, nor handle anything that will intoxicate, for thc space of one year, so help me God." And bc signed it, and his neighbor and 1 signed it as witnesses. By this time bc was very much in earnest, and he said, "1 am now in my right mind, and I know what I am doing. If I can keep that pledge one year I can keep it ten. I will have Mr. S. to write this pledge on the first blank page in this new Bible ; and I will sign it with ink and keep it where I can often look at it; and if there is any strength or honor in mc, I will keep it. I am glad you came lo sec inc. I had no expecta tion of anything like this happening to-day. This is a good day's work forme. (Jive inc your address ; for if 1 can keep this pledge 1 shall want to write you a letter. . Will not my poor wife rejoice ! Will not my em ployer be glad ! Ile talked of dis charging me, but now bc will not need to do it. There is no man in this valley that can carn moro money uiaii I can, if I only lei liquor alone." -Bible Agents' lteport. How to Get Out of it. A man rose in thc Fulton street prayer-meeting, who had been a drunkard for twenty j'Cars, and has now been sober for four years, and is nn earnest Christian man He said oh Ids way lo tm meeting lui wa* accosted by mm coller, who iv i sh cd him to ?vi* ihr prayers of thc iuccliiig foi* bini. ..What! for you? Have you got out of thc rum traille?" ..No !" he answered, and I do not know how lo gel out." "Well, I will tell you. Koli your barrels into the street, ami knock in thc heads, and walk away from the traille." "Yes, and leave my family to starve !" "No! they won't starve in quitting wrong and doing right. Get right first, and then ask for prayer to keep right." Tiiis ruinseUer is not twe squares from this meeting. Another man rose and said he wat an ale-brewer, and be wanted to tel what the Woman's Temp?rance Move ment had done for him. "1 wen into my place and looked around and 1 said this is all wrong ; and made up my mind there and thc that I never would manufactur? drin or sell another drop. I just close Up the place and walked out-a ma out of business-and to that I wi .lever return. I am done with it foi ever. And all this I owe to the Wt man's Temperance Crusade, as it ? called. I want you to pray for tm I make a sacrifice, but 1 am willin lo make it. Pray for inc."-Chris ian Intelligencer. S ? iib KN INKI.UENCKS.-It is tl squall that upsets the boat, while tl steady wind crowds hard upon it bi only drives il right along towards ii destined port. Thc slow force ol' tl steady current may press it in vai against the dam, but once let tl pent-up waters above break away an conic with a sudden burst, and yich to thc instant pressur?, and goes dow before thc torrent. The slow, gent action of Hie electric current is barr less, and often healthful, but thc co ccntrated Hash and burning bolt sini to swift destruction. So it is with sudden influences < thc impulsive and impetuous natur of man. Thc approach stealtbi and strike quickly. Unwalcliful ai unaware of thc coming blow, wo a ?a oaoatww HBPI ?a-i ?im~.wi^tjnj -u.w ?aassgass overwhelmed ant? Tall. Sometimes Satan strikes at u man as the light ning strikes out of thc cloud. Ho sccs not thc smitting hand, he knows not of its presence until he feels the bery blow. Then iL is that human resolutions bend before the hot blast from hell. Thc struggle is often ter- j rible. S OUTIL CAROLINA RAILROAD. CHARLESTON, S. C., KH?. IA, IETS. On nnil aller Tuesday, Kel? mirv Ililli, the lol lowing changes in Schedule ol' this Hoad wil KO into ulled : COLUMPIA DAY PASSENGER THAIN. Leave Charleston - - - r,. ir? A M Arrive uti Columbia ... 12.65 F M Leave Columbia - - - 4.30 I* ."il Arrive til Charleston - 11.45 1? M AUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER THAIN. Leave Charleston - - . 7.po 1? M Arrive ut Charleston - - - (j.35 A .M COLUMItlA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Suudays excepted.) Leave Clinrlcston ... -.00 1* M Arrive tit Columbia - - - 0.110 A M Leave Columbia ... 7.10 p ?li Arrive at Charleston . - - G.;1J A Al AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS. Leave Charleston - - - 8..10 P M Arrive at Charleston - - - 5.:to A M The Columbia Dav Passenger Trains, which Icavoat 7 A. M. anti arrive ni lt.:t?) P. M. will (between Charleston ami llrunchvilln) slop only at Slilllliicrvillu ami Ucorgc's. This applies holli to thr up ami llowil tripe. Hy this new Schedule a close connection will he fntulu willi the Charlotte, Columbia mu? Au gusta Railroad at their Crosslin; near Columbia, which will avoid the transfer through Co! 11 rn bin niitl ?ive ns ns quick a si heil II le io Washington and points North as liv Hie other route. Stooping Cars ou all niglil trains. Rnggag chechee through. S. S. SOLOMONS, s. ll. DICKENS, C. T. A. Superiuleutlctit Jteh. 13. AN OUFIT PEEE.-soTife^ ?11 every conni y to tn :e >ril3"s anti deliver goods tor thc obi natl original C. 0. 1) House large cash wilges. Siiicinl:?", chance in every neigh borhood, f<?- the righi person of either sex, young or oh), .Samples, new lists, circulars, ?erins, etc, a complete bullit sent Free ami post paid. Soup b r ii at once and make tnonev at your homes. Aililrcsc II. .K HALL A Co., (i, N. Howard Street, ItalUmore, Mil.- nov.i;i-n-:im. EMPLOYMENT.-? women agents, wc have just what you need. OnrUxll Mounted Chromos outsell anything in Hie market. Mr. Persons writes : ''I struck out yesterday, timi by working easy four hours, cleared $7." A lady has just reported her iirollts for tho Ibre II. H ni as live dollars: yesterday up to -.! o'clock she cleared .-even and a half dollars. We can prove beyond iiucsUou thal one agent ordered r?,<iOU of these chromos in eleven working days. We have the finest ami largest assortment in the I 'nileil Stales; hundreds of choice subjects from which to select. We will send you an as sorted one hundred of Hu; best selling on re ceipt of six dollars. Send in your order of give us a call, .sample liv mail '?Sn:, or pi for i. .). LATHAM & Co., ?HU Washington st., Ho.-ton, .Mass. P. O. Pox 2151 Oct. 30-13-Clll. r>OOK AGENTS and OOO!) SALESMEN arc I J "COININ0 MONEY." willi Hie famous I . i bm ..?, edition lot- :'.'"(?. v?m popiilhi i d' lion ($".MJ). I;I int it i ump .',,-1 oin- bandied full nugi ipiaitu plate.-, li the cheapest and ':i 'St i .y..n , uiblii alums in America, and tho best o ell Critics vie willi 1 iii ti other in prnLiug , 1:, .m . Hie masses buy it. Agcid In wtiarie-ton, .s reports os orders; j linn in suiet six. s. c.t ji,(;: , p, S'n., St il: an- 1 oilier in Mcin))l.is Mi ..; leis laben ?I '.nice. | IVceks. FULL PARTICULARS FREE. Address J. ll, KOKI) A- CO., Publishers, -7 Dark Plac?, New York Nov. L1-14-U A UCUSTUS.II. KNOWLTON, Attorney & Counsel or at Law ORANGEBUllG, S. C. GLOVER & GLOVER, Alto i-11 eys il t L sv w s No 5, LAW RANGE, OKAXGKBUltG, S. C. duly ?l-51-tl CHAS. S. ETJLL, ATTI) UN KV AT LAW, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER AND Notary X^nTLilio, Orangetmrg, S. C E. \. WEHSTER, Business faithfully and promptly al tended to. f?S*" OFFICE for Ihejirtscnt in with A. B. KNOWLTON, Esq., Orangeburg, Jan. 2.'i, 1875; hp AY LOK FORDHAM ANO LAWRENCE Attorneys at Law, ?nices at Charleston and Ornngebug. L J. TAYLOR, J. HAMMOND FORDHAM, Y. I). LAWRENCE. ^"'Special attention given to the col et ion of claims and prompt- return ade. Orangeburg, March '20, 1S7"?. lei made DH. A. C. DUKES, Dealer in all kinds of Drugs and Medicines, Dr Dukes has had N'lne YcarsExporl cnee in 1 IrilgS and Medicines and 1 lioroilh ly iinderstaiitls his business, lit: keeps constantly on a large supply ot" Gooda usually lound In a First-class Drug Store. BSF^Carcful attention ??aid to (he com pounding of Prescriptions and till orders promptly attended to. Cull Oil Ililli at lils Popular Drug Store. Orangeburg, Feb. Bl,1S7?. * A D V E lt T I S E M E N T S. MI SG?IJLAK KOUS . (~\ KANO OPBXrSG t I will open this morning a lot of the Finest Teas, ever offered ih this market, co si UNCOLORED JAPAN OOLONGS, SOUCHONGS, YOUNG HYSONS, and GUNPOWDERS, And in order to cultivate n trade for these line grades I will sell them "V E Ii Y Hi O W . I have also received this morning another car-load of Solomon's Fancy Flour Fresh ground and Made especially for nie from the IT i ii est tSeleetetl "Wiie?.i;s 1 have never had a complaint of this brand of ..our. IMPORTANT NOTICE ! Inferior KEROSENE OIL is so dan gerous and so many accidents have oc curred from its use, I have been induoad, at the repeated solicitation of my custo mers, to purchase a supply of pure Oil u their us?;. ! have just receive t.'n bi rrels oi PUKE WHITE KEROSENE Of 124 lire test. I will sell thia Puro Oil cheaper than the same grade of Oil can bc sold at in this city. Families use ing this Oil are safe. Tho uso of tho common Oils now FLOODING THE MARKET is equivalent to bringing into thc family destruction and death ! 1 have also received: 10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis' Hams, 10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from the Dairy, 25 Firkins Goshen Butter,direct from the Dairy, which has all tho freshness and ilavor of the flow ers. 5 Tierces of Baltimore Sugar-Cured Strips, 10 Barrels of Extra Mess Mackerel, averaging twenty ounces. 25 Sacks Lagnayra Coffee, equal to Java. 50 Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio steamer. With a full supply of CHOICE GROCERIES, Fro-Ti iii } ? > I. My stock is full, with prices low and good limes coming. * Thanking the public for their yery lib end patronage, and soliciting Its contin uance, I will do my best to merit thc mc : Il.VIilJ Y SOLOMON, Columbia, So. Ca.