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GftANQEBUKG, S. C., Aril. 16,1874. ? STEPHEN B FOWLES, EMTftm AND MJStNESS MANAGER. LAR(SSST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. Vg^_ Tils ore in no troy responsible for the views 9T opinions of our Correspondent*. Our friend* wishing to have advertisements InirUd in the TIMES, munt hand them in by Tatada? morning, 10 o'clock. Hencof bl'th, all legal Advertutment? of Oounty*Intcrest, whether Notices or othera, will be published for the benefit of our leaders whether they-are paid for or not. 01722 0.1 USE IN WASLINOlON To day wo will hoar what action Con gress intends to take about the corruption in South Carolina. We have been ably itpt?sente^ try niien'J #hr> are worthy jo'f ine^'^ufiotenco'reppscof' in'-&6rp,'' and' all ,na^ been done by them, that humau fore-' night and intelligence could accomplish. Ab a matter of course the Radical press of this State been down upon the move ment, saying that it will be unconstitu tional and unheard of, if Congress grants any relief; we grant that it will be un heard of, for wo very seldom hear of honest men getting their dues nowadays. The constitutionality of the proceeding is well sustained by Col. Richard Lathers, in a letter to the Washington Chronicle, his arguments are conclusive. He says: The duties and rights that grow out of Governments and people are reciprocal. If the citizen makes war on the Govern ment it is treason. If the Government violates the trust is abdicates it? power. And I can hardly believe that Congress will aid in fixing an evil on the people of q State, by uny refinement of State rights j or abstract construction of the organic law, to aid a government in which it is acknowledged that invention seems to be exhausted in contriving abuses. Prece dents can not be relied upou to guide us, because history does not furnish a paral lel to the power aud effrontery of the pre sent rule existing without restraint in South Carolina. .- .? bring up the constitution, when they have been going against it for the last six years. We had thought that the consti tution! like honesty among public officials played out. If Congress does order an investigation?which is all we want?we will have some hope, but if not, it will merely be a question of time when we will have a good government. We need a change in the State government; this stealing is gelling monotonous, and we Would like to have a good government, just to see how it would work. Our only chance is to get good Immigrants?not the scum of Castle Garden?to help us out of our difficulty, and we can get them; if we go about it right, by offering them good inducements to settle here, treat them well, aud try and make them com fortable. Roply to "Clio." Ojiangeuuro, S. C. Apl. 12, 1874. Editor Orangeburg' Times: I did not expect that my letter, pub lished a few weeks ago in the Times, would lead to an answer from any source, ? inasrorch as the views therein contained I believed to be the reflection of truth itself, In your issue, however, of the 9th inst, I discover a rejoinder signed "Clio," which, I presume, being interpreted, means "The muse who presided over history," or the name formed from the four letters used by Addison in writing. However, with youi permission, Mr. Editor, I shall review ha (lily the poiuts made by "Clio" against my position, and convince him, if I can, thai I am right and that ho is wrong. In nnsti'cr to my assertion that the col ored men have been fooled, "Clio" says: "In the first place the negro is not the fool some take him to be. He is much moro of the knave than the fool in every respect. He upholds this thieving gov ernment, by no means, through innocence or because ho w fooled into it, but he does it wilfully, and because be believes he will be benefited by it. He believes that high taxation will finally break up the white farmer, and throw the lands into his hands, and he intends on this ac count to uphold it, He has no thanks whatever to bestow upon the thousands who havo, of their own accord, divided up, and sold their lands to hi.n." The abovo is unfortunate for"C4io,"for I assert that the co'ored people have been doped in imtny instances. I-do not menn that portion of lliMn w'Yn nrr office peck . , - ? -" ' '. 11 ' ^**:? crs, but t?? great laboridg mass of them; the untutored, hard W?rfc&g, honest cornfield laborers. As* tftem, and thay will, in nine eases out often, declare that they have been roost shamefully betray ed in their confidences, onct design ben ding their every effort in tho coming struggle to better the condition of our country, and to lighten tho burden of tax ation. * Therefore I say that it is unfor tunate, as well as unfair, to set all tho blacks down ?s "knaves," which means nothing more nor less, than that they are Jogues and rascals. There is not a work ing colored man in this county who will tell you that he would have voted for Moses, H?ge, Cardoza, had he foreseen the heavy weight of taxation which their administration has brought upon the peo ple. Indeed, that portion of our citizens uro not the ouly ones taken in by the fair promises contained in the Moses pint form. Many of the leading white Re publicans, if I am correctly informed, have been deceived, and arc heartily dis gusted with the part they tppY inthejasj, election. It is unfair, (hen, to accuse all the colored people wijh upholding a gov ernment that oppresses tbem >as well: as' the .whites. In answer to "Clios" opin ion that they countenance high taxation because "it will break up the white far mer," I have only to refer him to the anathemas uttered by them against the "powers that bo," during the recent col lection of taxes. "Who were louder with curses of disappointments and censure than the blacks? Who made the tax gatherer afraid to put his head out of his office window ? The "knaves" or the white taxpayers? "Clio" says, "he", the black man "has > no thanks whatever to bestow upon the thousands who have, of their own accord ! divided up and sold their lands to him." Ia reply to this I must modestly insist that my euphuistic opponent is either I misinformed on that score, or means to be severely ironical, or, to make a strong point, abandons himself wholly up to his prejudice. At this point, Mr.Editor, Clio's "epis tie" reminds me somewhat of Tennyson's ''Eagle," except that there is an idea of grandeur and sublimity inspired by the former, while an unenviable sense of awkwardness pervades or characterizes the assent and descent of the latter. But to return. "Clio" says the blacks ^aYvin%tfo^fiie toil "fer^" day after day, through the rays of a burning sun, if it is not that he may make money, by the "sweat of his brow," wherewith to pay the land owners a fair price for his little farm? Why does he forego the pleasure of purchasing himself a horse, wherewith to make his labors less? Because he ha? not yet finished paying up the mortgage which hoYrr? over hw hoinev',;ad likcr. bowk over a chicken roost. Why docs he toil unremittingly during tho day in the corn and cotton fields, nnd spend half of the night in cutting and peeling pine poles, out of which he hopes to construct a rude cabin for his family to live in? Because he wants to save his money and pay the last dollar he owes to the man "who, of his own accord, divided up, and sold him land"? This is the ''thanks" he renders, and this should afford ample satisfaction to all parties, especially thesr hard times. Docs "Clio" think that the blacks will ever have any confidence in tho whites, or their professions of friendship, when men'of his iuteligenco boldly declare that ' it is no longer a question of party in South Caroliua,.. but one of race"? What is this but telling them at once that they need not look for advice, assis tance, co-operation or friendship from the white man; that one race is arrayed against the other, and that each one must look out for itself? I seriously deprecate any such doctrine ns this.. Its ndvoency, by any one, will produce no good, while much ovil may result from it. Does "Clio" know that just such expressions as the one quoted, drove the colored people away from the Reform party of 1870? Is he endeavoring to bring about the same feeling of distrust again? Does he desire to make the blacks hate the whites? God forbid! I say Mr. Editor, that it is time for us to forget our petty prejudice*, and look at the deplorable condition of .South Car olina. Our first duty is to her, nnd it is idle to devote time to the discussion of a question which it wore bent to forget. Rave her! isvthe watchword, impractical ideas and impractical measure*, a? I said in my last letter, are ruinous to our pros* pority. I have respect for the cherished ideas of all men, especially tli-.-o who cling with pathelio tenderness to the days when they ruled South Carolina; but heforo tho onward march of the new civ ilization, they must rest quietly in that retirement where the ovents of tho day have consigned thorn. Thn bickering agents of Northern politicians, and their opposition to'take part in the (Govern ment after the War had declared! them no longer ftfleiRry led to the petty intrigues which have cursed us on the one hand, and to & naughty indifference on the part of the old rulers. I do not say lhat they arc ombition's honored fools, put I do say that we can Very well spare them from any further management of the country which their folly made a theatre cf contention and strife. In their blind* ness they desired to pave their way to greatness with human hearts and human gore. Who is responsible for the exalta tion of demagogues to office and the, depo sition of merit and worth ? ' Let "Clio" answer the question to himself, j .So far as cumulative voting in concern ed, I believe the idea was conceived in wisdom, and will yet obtain in this country. No right thinking man will oppose the system, aud the sooner it shall be adopted the better it will be for the | State. All sober-minded men should.condemn the following utterance of "Clid?t?: "SV*e must look to our own pockets and energies, and never cease sacrificing and -working, until we muko the whites out number the blacks." The ignorant colored man will regard this extract in no other light than that it! contemplates his exile from home, or a curtailment of his political and civil rights. Otherwise, why put your hand in your pocket to overcome his voting 1 majority. I'm afraid tiint such "a policy if pursued,will make his breast suspicion's sanctuary, even against those who "think as kindly of him" as "Clio." But after all, Mr. Editor, his letter is paradoxical, and I dismiss him with the hope that he will improve as ho grows older. I have done. . Rspulxgak. The New York Tribune says editorially: "There is now at Washington a ''delega tion of men from South Carolina charged with the duty of denying the^charge made by the Tax-Papers' Convention. That Convention sent its representatives to Washington with a scries of distinct and credible allegations against the man agement of the Stale finances; the aid of Congress is sought in an attempt to reform the Government and save the State from utter bankruptcy. The anti-taxpayers' delegation, as we may so call thorn, sny that the others are rebels; that they spell negro with two e's. and ?? ^ uuu as represented. 190 men who thus seek to belittle the ihbsiun of the tax-payers' delegation arc led by B. F. Whittermore, a carpet-bagger, who was expelled for selling a cadetship. If anything more wore noaded to fix the character of these men, it may bu added that the rank and file of them belong, or have belonged, to the State Government J of South Carolina?a Government which ..as bven made up'}{th? worst thieVcs &V* plundorers thai ever infested any commu nity. Congress may not bo ablo to do much for South Carolina, but the appear ance there of such a band of marauders ns those who protest against reform is a pieee of brazen impudence and unparal leled effrontery." <&?\f\ SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD Will JjjVJxJ be paid for the recovery or auch in formation as will lead to the recovcrv or the following atoek stolen; One norrel MULE with (lax colored mane and tail, and white noKc: another, a dark bay, thick set Midc, badly rub bed on hind legs; the third, a small, dark,inou.se colored Mule, with zebra marks on legs. These mules were stolen from Cooper River, Charles ton County, on the 13th of last month, and aro conjectured to have been run off in this direc tion- J AS. S. HEY WARD. NOTICE. OFFICE CO. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER Ohaxoibuxo Co., S. C* Notice is hereby given: that 1 in accordance with An Act entitled "An, Act to provide for the establishment and (support of a State Nor mal School, approved Feb'y, 1873, a Free Pub lie Compentitive Examination will be held nt this Office on Monday the 20th instant, of all parsons desirous to become Pupils of the State Normal School. The Examination will bo conducted in the same manner us Examinations for Third Grade Teachers' Certificates. To secure Admission into the Junior Class of the Normal School, the applicant, if a male mast be fifteen (15) years of age, and if a female four teen (14) years of age. To enter an advanced class the applicant must be proportionately older, and before entering all applicants wilt bo required to sign tho following declaration. "We hereby declare that our purpose in enter, ing the State Normal School is to fit ?ursel v? forthe profession of Teaching, and that it ia oitr intention to Engage in Teaching in the Publlo Schools of this Stoic." Teachers holding Second and Third Grade Certificates may be admitted from tho State n{ Large. FRANK R, McKINLAY, County School Cornmi-sionet-. ttfd U COPARTNERSHIP. ORANGEBPRG, 8, C. March 31, 1874. THE undersigned have this day formed a Copartnership, under the name of WILLCOX A WOLFE, for the transaction of a Tin, Stove and General Merchandise business. WILLIAM WILLCOCK, T?WNS?ND I>. WOLFE LIBERAL SPERMS! We r.r? offer irtg our Guanos for tfti? sesfeon on the following liberal termr: PHCENlX GUA?O, Per Ton <rf 2,000 Iba $57,60. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO/8 MANIPULATED GUANO per Ton of 2,000 Iba, $70.00. ($1.00 per ton drayoge to be added.) On credit until 1st November. 1874, with Option of paying in Middling Cotton, deliver J ed at bnycrs' nearest depot at 15e per B>. A discount of $10.00 per ton will be allowed for Cash. Our Agents throughout too State sell at same price* and on same terms as ourselves. Hnnri in your orders to nearest agents, at onco. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO. CHARLESTON, S. C Fcb. 5 8m GO TO TEXAS via 1 Hi'. LONE STAR ROUTE! (I nt i: uk ati on a i. and GaEAT North r. n n R.R.) Passengers going to Texas via Memphis and Little Rock, or via Slirevcport, strike thiu line at Longview, the Best Route to Palestine. Heame, Waco,' Austin, HuntBville, Houston, Galvcston and all points in Western, Central, Eastern and and Southern Texan. Passengers via New Orleans will ind it the Best Route to Tyler, Mincola, Dallas, Overton, Crockett, Longview and all points in Eastern and Northeastern Texas. This line is well built, thoroughly equipped with every modern improvement, including New and Elegant Day Coaches, Pullman Pal ace Sleeping Cars, Wcstinghouse Air Brakes, Miller'? Patent .Safty Platforms and Couplers; and nowhere eine can the prssengcr so complete ly depend on a speedy safe and comfortable journey. The Long Star Route has admirably answer ed the query: ''How to to go to Texas?" by the publication of an interesting and truthful docu ment, containing a valuable and correct map. which can be obtained, free of charge, by aa dressing the General Ticket A^ent, Internation al and Great Northern Railroad, Houston, Texas' District E.] Feb. 12_1874_ly_ ORANGEBURG ACADEMY AT THE NEW FAIR BUILDING. TERMS PER MO XTIL Primary Department.$1.50 Intermediate.$2.00 ?i>g)ish.:.83.00 English with einwies.81.00 ALSO A NiGHT SCHOOL, over Store of Cnpt. Hamilton. Same terms. Hours from 8 to 10 p. m. JAMES S. HEYWARD, Principal. JOHN A HAMII.TON, < THE MARKET STREET STORE, f HAS JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF PHOSPHATES, ATL.ANTIG MAPES a ATLANTIC ACII}, ALSO Peruvian Guano, At lowest market rates for Cosh. JOHN A. HAMILTON May 29, 1873 15 if $955,000 IN CASH GIFTS, TO BR DISTRIBUTED BY THE Mercantile Frixe Association OF NE2TV YORK Daily Drawings!!! A PRIZE FOR EVERY TICKET. 1 Cash Gift, $100,000 75 C.G.,t.ich, $1,000 6 " each, 60,000 300 " " 500 12 " " 25,000 200 " " 200 20 " " 6,000 550 " " 100 400 Gold Watches - - - $75 to 300 275 Sewing Machines ? ? - 60 to 160 76 Elegant Pianos . - . 250 to 700 50 " Mclodcons - - 50 to 200 Cash Gifts.Silver ware,?ta,VHlucd at $1,600,000 A chance to draw any or the above prizes for 25 cents. Tickets describing prircs are scaled in evciopes and well mixed- On recedit of 25 cents f. sealed ticket is drawn without ohoioe, and sent by mail to any address. The price named upon it will be delivered to the ticket hohler on payment of one doHav, Prises ace immediately ?out to any niUve-sa bjf express ur return mail. You wdl know what your prise is before you pay far it. No blanks, ??r patrqn? can depend on fair dealing, Ormjoxs or the Press.?Fair dealing can bo rolled on?N. Y. Htrahi, Aug, 23. A gen? nine distribution.? World Sept. 0. Not one of the humbugs of the day,? Weekly Tribune, July 7. They give general satisfaction.?Staale Zc\ tunn, Aug. 5. References?By kind permission we refer to tho following;? }?\apklin ?. Lane, LoujsTillo, drew $13 000. Mis* JI?tt}e Banker, Charleston $9000. Mrs. Louisa T. Blake, St. Paul, Piano, $0000. Samuel V. Raymond, Boston, $5,500. Eugeno P. Brackett, Pitubufg, Watch, $300, Miw Annio Osgood, Now Orleans, $600. Emory L. Pratt, Columbus, Ohio, $7000. One Cash Gift in prerv package af 150 tickets Suaranteed. 5 4pkpt? for $1; 11 for $2; 25'for 3; 50 for 85; 150 for $15.00 Agents wanted, to whom we oner liberal in dneements and guarantee satisfaction. Send all money exceeding one dollar br express Address. JOHN. 0. HAMILTON &Cb A pr. 9 3ra 24 Pine St. N. Y. of the .???:?. SOUTHERN IjIFjEJ INSlTKAKe^ MEMPHIS, TENN.,.Januai>yl'/l8y4!> ASSETS. January let, 1873?deducting premiums not reported: INCOME FOB THE YEAH 1873. Premium Receipts and Interest... DISUlJHSEMENTS FOR THE YEAH 1873. Denth Loss and Dividends..,'v. Purchased Policies, Taxes, Commissions, Advertising, Salaries, and all other expenses AbSets January 1st, 1874. LIABILITIES. Net Value on Policies in force aud ou losses reported to the Company. Surplus to Policy Holders. $1,133,84380 I;643,249 7? ?i-i-!_-S ,285,393 85 243,672 56 ; $2,777,092 7<P 529,066 41 $2,248^)26 35 $1,843,38576? * \ V*. - f^ ATLANTA DEPARTMENT Southern.Life ?aWm ?&MPftS* j. b ' gordon, President. .xh.inl tr>?i ? :? ? ?>. n A. H. colquitt,! J. A. MORRIS, ? Vice President. Secretary. ATLANTA", Gix, MarcliX, In order that our patrons may be kept fully informed relative to the security and progress of" the Company, on v;hicu thousands are greatly relying for tho future welfare of the families, we* take pleasure in submitting the foregoing statement,' which we trust may be an satisfactory to* them as it is gratifying to us. During the year 1873, the income of the Company .was $4,643,249,70. whilst thtf-toial outgo* of the Company for the same period was $529,060,41, leaving the net inoome for the year $1,114, 183,2?, augmenting the assets of the Company to $2,248,020,35, January iHt, 1874. f he entire liabilities of the Company, at same date, embracing the reserve on'policies in force and losses reported and maturing, amounts to $1,70,943,385. which, deducted from assets, leaves a surplus,, as to policy-hohhrs, of $304,646,69. . .." ' . when gratify i increase of business and assets. Commencing the past success'of the Company as. ah**ealn??t or continued prosperity, we earnestly solicitthe cooperation of our patrons in extending ouv business and usefulness A. II. COLQUITTJ- Vice President. 1IAGOOD & TR EUTT.TN, Gcnl. Agts. Columbia;. Ap. 2-2ra/ - .vV-r>.. - - COME ONE COME AL4L AND EXAMINE MY FINE ?TOUlv OI?'v BOOTS AND SHOEJSV? ing to My Patrons at very reduced Tales. -Ily buying dlF.M>r-f[ijflin tile* oble to Sell a I'TNESIlOJv at a-very low nrWv I liuve aH.Sty'.cs oC urchascr. " WHICH I am now oflcri Manufacturers, I am SHOES to suit the pu IN addition to my Shoe Store, i hove a Select Amortumnt oC ? iv ' :? Fresh Qtroeeriws-, Whic* lam olfering Low Down. T. B, BOYU's Nov. 13, 1873-ly IF Ymr WATIPT ?ptVittu * m '">"" vn"" ^ Go To ALEERCOTTI S BAKERY ?U WANT & ?^WS GOOD BREAD CJoToA,^M.:RGOTTI^|VAlCKtt1f. IP yon want anyl hing it I he Bake ry Line pitch ns PIES; CA ^cliH. IIOK3i7t?i'.P go to T. W. M^BBK??T?**?ff ^ r* Apr. 16 1 ST i tf MO N EY.T.I ME ?t LABOR s AV ED by using- ou^ , " TINTED #H I T ENC lei A D-S FOR OUTSIDE A HP INSIDE PAINTING: ANY SHADE OR COL?R DESlRLD MIXED ready FOR immediate APPLICATION builders and consumers WILL CONSULT THEIR INTERESTS BVTESfiNG THE. super ior merits, of this PA I nt THE-TRADE SUPPLIED ON LIBE B AL TE R.M S MANurAQTURCD BY w J R D 6c C O ? S^Vfe^fe. ^OIIAST-BAY ST tiffi- S C < For Choap Tobacco, . At 8 plugs for $1.00 At 9 plugs for 61.00 Go to store of John A. Hamilton. A Souther?} House. OHO S HACKER'S DOOBS,SASH And Blind Factory, King, Opposito Cannon Street, Charleston, S. C. The only house of tho kind in this City owned and managed by a Carolinian. A Large Stock always on hand, aud sold at 20 per cent, less than Northern prices. ADDREbS, Geo. S. Hacker Charleston, S- C p. O. BOX 170. Oct. 30?ly AUWorhWtrrtuittd. LOWEST PRIOESV StndfbrJPrieeLUt. LH. HALL & CO, i?,+,o,z,io.ir<*rM street* . *T tUAHLESTCAr, & Q?\ This cuientercd according to Act of ^oogre in the year 1873, by I, II. Hall & Co., itt'&o office of tho Librarian of. Congrc?s,;M Wish' ngtoir