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iRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C.. SA'TURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1878 VOL2. NO.A LOI THE POOR INDIAN. - - 0 WHr JE TAKES VP ARMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. Interesting Address by Dr. Wayland Royt Before che Baptist Ministars - B8lIgious Rascals as Indian Agents. [Noin the Now York Ilerald.] During the past summer the Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D. D., of strong Place Baptist church, Brooklyn, took his vacation with Ganeral Miles in the Indian country. He was absent solong among the hostilos that some of his friends here feared for his safety. He, however, re turned safe and sound, full of en. thusiasm for the aborigines and con demnation for the government and the agents, who break faith and rob them unmercifully. He gave the results of his intercourse with the rad men iIq a very interesting ad dress of over an hour long yesterday to his n.inisterial b.:et.iren1 inl their conference. Ho be.ar by a:tying thAt there--are 333,0)) In,lians on Western re3ervu6ti,n, aal tuan de, soribel sorawhit in d3t til their re ligious, saci.l, trib.d an1 personal peculiaritias. Taoir religions be liefs or superstitions very largely cantrol their conluet in war. They believe that if th 3y die in daylight they will ba f.revor in the happy hunting ground; if in the rn nilight, they expect to be foleve: in suh light, but if they die in the darkness they remain forevermore in that condition. Hence, Dr. Hoyt says, Indians will never surprise a camp tither of white men or of hostile Indians in the night time. CAUSES OF INDIAN wARs. The causes of Indian wars are, according to Dr. Hoyt, threefold. First, the non-fulfillment of treaties by our government. Nothing could be worse, lie thinks, than our treat ment of those savage tribes. For instance, the government tells a tribe that they shall have a certain tract of country and be protected in the peaceable possession of it; But after they have removed thither a band of miners go out prospecting for gold. If they succeed a little town soon springs up. If it be in the Indians' territory feuds and re. prinals and war soon follow; for, as Dr. Hoyt stated, the Indian's trail does not frighten away game, but the white man's does. The white men build wagon roads in every di. rection and game is shy of all such trails. The!Doctor described how the Nez Perces Indian war originated. The tribe was more than half civi ized. They were largely herders land many of them were wealthy. One man who was captured was worth $30,000. The government, having given them the country, de mianded their removal. They re fused and took the warpath instead. And Dr. Hoyt believed no white man except a coward would have acted differently. He believed ,they were justified in their resistance. And, if you look at the moral right of it, the Indians were in the right. RELIGIOUs ROGUES. A second cause of war is the frauds of agents. The agent gets a salary of $1,500 or $2,000 a year, and he holds his position by a very precarious tenure. B3ut through his hands pass $20,000 or $80,000 ain nuailly. Do you wonder then, asked the Dontor of his audience, that only from five to twenty-live per cent. of this money gets to the In dians. And it is oftener five tuiaan twenty--ive per cent. The majority of those agents are villains who, under the cloak of religion, secure agencies that they may steal and enrioh them~selves before they are removed.. General Miles has seen. Indians rooting around agencies to gather up refuse enough to keep them fronm starving. The honest; agents are. few. Thle B3annock' Indian war was brought on, the Doctor said, lpy starvation. Their game was driven away by the en.. oroachnments of white men. The.1 wanted to get- awAy from their re, aervation to site life, but their po nies were done, and they had to aght to capture or steal others. And thotgh enei-Al Miles struck them and capturedaliarly and killed some hiectld the .Doetor that ho felt ashaiied 6f btielt 'to hate to do it under,ithevett.nstances. And General Ellii Dr. Hoyt declares, is not~ merely-a-s91dle,6 ,atat man. Bu if )e hiul their duty there would have been no Bannock war. THE TRUE TREATMENT OF THE INDIANS. The third cause of the war is the constant incursions of whites into Indian settlements. This, the Doc tor thinks, cannot be helped. A few years ago the great Northwest was Sitting Bull's hunting ground ; now it is rapidly filling up with settlers from New England and tie East; and all this country is going to be the balance to the South. The men who go there are men who be hove in and love freedom. The true treatment of the Indians will be found in a change from the present system, than - which nothing could be worse. It is a disgrace ait home and abroad. During the present policy we have had six of the bloodiest wars with Indians. But what are we to do with them ? We are to put them completely into the hands of the army. The reason why so much blood and treasure are wasted in Indian warfare is th t t we have not an army large enoigi to keep the Indians quiet, and the Doctor considered that the govern ment was responsible for the deitli of General Custer and his 300 brave men. The army has more to do with the Indians than any other arm1 of the government. It stav aimong, them and its officers know more, about them than nine-tenths of the agents can know during their com paratively brief stay. The method 6f civilizing the Indians ought to be changed. His country is a pastoral country and not agricultural. The Indian is a nomadic in his habits and you can't get him to he a pot, - to ) ttch, but lie c n be mado0 a hordsani of. Instead of giving them ne., sugar, &,., they thoul i be given cattle and sheep, and it will not be long befure they will be able to supply E tstern mnarkets with mnat. Dr. Hoyt would have the government open schools in all its unused western forts and give the Indian children a ominmon school education, and leave their Chi istianization to be taken up by the churches voluntarily. The present system unites chnrch and State, and is subsersive of the American theory, which would keep both separate. Because of the character of so many Indian agents in th.tt new country relgion and dis honesty are synonymous in the minds of the rod men The govern ment ought to educate thom and then the church will Christianize them. ZGX$LATIVB PROODEDrNGS. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 1878. SENATE. The Senate met at the usual hour, Hon. T. B. Jeter preiding. Sen ator Benbow of Clarendon took his seat. Messrs. Seigling, Fraser and Witherspoon were appointed to act with the House committee in con veying the sympathies of the Gene ral Assembly to Governor Hampton in his affliction. Several reports and petitions were introduced. Mr'. W. B. McDaniel was appointed assistant clerk of the Senate. Af ter which the Senate adjourned. HousE or REPRESE NTATIVEs. The House met at the usual hour. The Speaker announced the stand.. ing committees. The chairmen of the most important committees are as follows :Privileges and Elec-' tions, J. D. Kennedy ; ways and moans, G. Lamb Buist ; judiciary, S-tml. McGowan ; federal relations, J. P. Richardson ; military, B. H. Rutledge ; railroads, Rt. W. Shand; educaution, J. El. Bacon ;internal improvements, H. A. Gaidllard; agri,. culture, J. W. Watts: commerce and manufacturers, A. M. Minigault; pub)lie printing, B. H. Massey; rules, 0. H. Simonton. Thme p)resentmonts of several grand juries were presented, and the governor's message referre<l. A report from the Secretary of State showing the vote for governor and lieutenant-governor wvas received. It was resolved to elect a judge of the third circuit on the 3rd of December. SMessrs. Murry, Bacon and Rut levge were ap)pointed to consult with the governor and lieutenant governor as to the inauguration Governor Simpson returned to the House the bnll of last session, to prevent discrimination by public carriers. Referred to the committee on the judiciary. The .House then adjourned over till Friday--Thurs,. day being Thanksgiving dmAy. "MIy child wat ,age6f4d in the same manner aq yoms', Mrs. B., and Dr. Bull's lab 8 Syrup gave , almost immnediat WShef ; I Iik~ surely. diva It a trial." DROWNED AT DEAD OF NIGHT. ---0*-o THE 8T E AM'SH111PPOAtER ANT AE S VNK FF? FOLKCESTVNs L vxHzT. Over One Hundred Passengers on Board, With a Crew of One Hundred and Eleven--About Fifty Lost--The Captain Stands by his Ship and is Drowned. LONDON, November 26.-The Ham burg American line steampship' Powerania, Captain Schwonson, which sailed from New York No vember 14th for Hamburg, arrived at Plymouth at midnight on the 24th instant. She caine in c 'lision last night about midnight during a fog about four miles sout'.west of Folikestono with a vessel reported to be the Welsh bark Aoct Iition, of Carnarvon, from Rotterdam for Cardiff, in ballast. The Pomerania at the time wias on her way from Plymouth to Hamburg. The steam ship foundered in about ten miin- i utes. One hundred and seventy two of the passengers and crew were saved by the iron screw steamer Glengary, of Middlesboro', anild landed at Dover. Tim vessel with which the Pomerania collided is anchored off Folkestone with her bows stove in and her forward com partinent full of water, and a tug had gone to her assistance. A Later Account. LONDo., November 26-4 P. M. Partner p irtivulbrs of the Ponle relia disa:iter show that at the liale of ti, e,>.ision si- w..s near Dogelits Poiit, .bout three mliles froiu shie. So w.is strutk on thie starbiard side amiidhips, andi sank in less than twlkenty m1.:nutes. Dis, trcss signals wore given, and were respoIued to by taw steamer Wlen gary, proceeding down channel, woieh inade all speedI towir is the scene of disaster. There were nine boats oin the Pomerania, four of which were cruised in the collision. Five were got off, but one, being overcrowdedl with passengers, was smnil. All the boats lhilled awiay from the doomed ship, leaving the captain, who refused to quit the ship un.il the last moment. The last boat to leave was under the chief officer, who did all in his power to persuade the captain to leave. After pulling for half an hour, the survivois were picked up by the Glengary. One gentleman was taken from the water in an un conscious state and restored to consciousnese. The Glengary stay ed near the scene until daybreak and until the Pomerania was seen with her masts above water. No athor bodies were recovered. The Glengary then proceeded to Dover with those saved and landed them at 9 o'clock, when they were taken to the Sailors' home, treated with every kindness and breakfasted. The story told by the survivors tends to show that the greater possible order, under the circum stances, was maintained by the officers and crewv and male passen gers, THE STATE JIAFTIST COW VENTIoN. A Harmonious Session-Rfeviewing the Workc of the Past Year and Preparing for the New. The State Baptist Convention met in Sumter on the 21st instant, the attendance being very full from all parts of the State. The first day was devoted to routine work and exercises. On the second day the management of Furmon Uni versity was discussed and it was resolved to rednee the numbzIer of trustees from thirty to) tuirteen. That afterno~on the Convention at tendeld in a body the funeral servis ces of the Rev. Ri. E. White, whose accidental do Ith b.ts cre..ted pro found sensation and great grief. At night a Sun2dy School institute wvas hold, at .which instructive ad dresses wvere delivered by Messrs. Stout of Society Hill, Chaimbliss of Charleston and Hiden of Greenville. On Saturday 'the R~ev. Mr. Collyy of Columbia, mdtde an interesting re port of the Benedict Institute for colored theological students, of whom one hundred and fifty tire in attendance. Dr. Dargan theni pre sented the report on Hl-ome Missions and stated that an attempt would ,be ma de to send a' missionary to theI Chinese in Californisi. Dr. Hartwehll who was missionaryV to the Chiunese for fifteen year's will probably be chosen for this task. The Conrvend tion then elected, by a rising vote,) the following g~entl6eiha 6 t'es k1~,urman Univergity for,Ampr B. W. Edwards, Wn. Thayor, W. U. Lindsay, J. A. Chamlbliss, J. U. Hiden, T. P. Smith, G. 0. Wells, John Stout, A. B. Woodruff, J. A. W. Thomas, Luther Broaddus. The committoo on obituaries reported memorial notices of nine ministers deceased during the past year. The names are S. 1o,well. John H. Dargan, V. Young, A. Rice, J. H Burroughs, J. L. Reyn->lds, D. D., Natth. Gaines, A. Acker and R. E. White. A collection was taken up to aid in building a church at Rock Hill, and several hundred dollars were subscribed for the Chinese mission. The Convention finished its businoss in the afternoon. Noth ing of inteost occurred. The closing exoeci-ies wore held on Sun dty evening. "VEGETINE ," Lays a Boston phys!Mian, "has no equal as a blood purilier. Hearing of its many wonderful cures after ill other remedies had failed, I visI ted the Laboratory, an convinced myself of its genuine merit. It. is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is highly e Tec tive, and they are compoun9led In such a man nor as to produce astonishing resulta.". Vegetine Is the great Blood Puriner. Vrgetine Will cure the worst case of scrofula. Vegetine is recomeaded by physicians and apotheca. Vegetine Has effected some marvellous cures in ease of Cancer. egetine cures the worst eases of Cankc. Vege ine Meets with wonderful sucaess in Mercurial dis Cases. Vegetine Will eradicate salt rheum from the system. Vegetine Removes Pimples and Humors from the face. Vegetine Cures Constipation and regulates the Dowels. Vegetine Is a valuable remedy for Headache. Vegeine Will cure Dyspepsia. Vegetine Restores the entire system to a healty condi tion.. Vegetine Removes the cause of Dizziness. Vegetine RelIeves Faintness of the stomach. Vegetine Cures Pains in the Back. Vegetine Effectually cures Kidney Complaint, Veget tno Is effective in its cure of Female Weakness. Vegetine Is the great remedy for General Debility. Vegetine Is acknowledged by all classes of the people to be the bt. and most reliable blood purifier Prepared by H-. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Veg'tine is Mold by all Druggists, nlov 1-m . FR ESH GOODS. havo just re ceved a fine lot of Con .fectioneries, consisting in part of French and Plain Caindies, Apples Raisins, Prize Boxes, &e. ALSO, A nice line of 0 atpxed and Shelf Goods, sadines, Oysters, 8,ilmon, rotted Ham, roma;oas, Ptlo ian1 Chow, Chow, MIacaroni and Oheque, Coneont,rated Lye; and Axle Oreene, Wooden and~ Willow Ware. .Ch,iap. for Uash. nov28 W. 1H. DONILT, ~ Waul Ia lar~ *L4eted. elC k""6' an l~oes dire warrant, add u5(l be n 1i e ,.# .#90yn 15 g GOOD G00DSe4 o1fOtis -0 J ARE now opening one of the largest stooks of GOOD GOODS ever offered in this markot, OUR GOODS have been very carofully selected and we simply request an inspection before purchasing elsewhere. We propose solling them at a k1hort profit" and don't intend to b un, dersold by anybody, anywhere, We call special attention to Qur assor6-. ment of DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, SHAWLS and other LADIES' GOODS, We think we have the best 'stook of GENTS' GOODS in the market. Consisting of CLOTHING, HATS, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CRAVATS, HANDKERCHIEFS and all kinds of Flannel Underware, In domestics we are full up Money will be saved by an exami. nation of our Jeans and Cassimeres, SHOES I SHOES 11 SHOES I I I Best Shoes at lowest prices. oct 1 MeMASTER & BRIOE, AVOID DANGER I And buy RED "0," Non Explosive -OIL for which we are agents. We also have just received a lot of White Lead, Colors and Mixed Paints, whieh any one can use. -ALSO Linseed, Machine and Train Oils, Paris White. Putty and Varnish. -ALSO A large lot of Laundry an-d Toilet Soaps. -ALSO Lamps and Fixtures, nov 26 McMASTEiR & BRICE, "THE TEAO1H5R," " N JANUARY next we wili lssu, the firsrt number of "THE TEACHER," A mopthly journal devoted to the i, terests of Teacers, Schools, and the Otause of Educatiou in general, To bring it within the reneh of all, we have fixed the subscription price at the low rate of FIWrr Czi,rs Pga ANN~UE Speaimen coy will be sent by mall prepaid on reeip of a five cent etauap, jtfA Teaehevs will do well to sena ,,:r our Educational Catalogue, Please address ELD1EDGE & BE~O oet 224t3m 17 North 7th St., Ph4'ie, NOTICE TO CREDITOgg, PnODsTa Jrnow.'s Ownc:, WINNsDouo, . 0., November 18, A87$. the same before the Judge df gro tof Fafil0eld county, at,hls offi99,ono forecr te dy of-January 1579, d bo de. b frmpayment of the ifAmi, Oi R. TIIOMPSON, no? 21-xtdawdw y6P .0 io or@e a 1 Xeekan eu