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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-08

MEMoRY.-When the tolls and fatigues
of the day are over, who does not love
occasionally to indulge in review of by
gone years? No toll, no perploxity at
tends it. 1t is an exercise we reserve for
AN idle hour In summer, we may re-
pose beneath the shade of favorite tree,
and whilst we recall the adventures of
childhood, enjoy at the same time, the
surrounding scenery. In winter, we may
seat ourselves beside the blazing hearth,
and whilst VIC recount many past deed,
we W can at the same time, enjoy our fire.
side i W securely, and feel alive to the pre-
sent. but in this the mind is at case, no
% labor of the intellect, no perplexity at
tends tends it. Memory is the most indepen-
dent faculty of the human mind, because
it's Office is simply to produce what reason @ @;I,
has dictated and habit confirmed whilst
every other department. of the human ian,
mind is equally dependent on memory for
exercise of It's powers.
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Why Doy'r He Do 1r.-When the Far

WHY DON'T He Do 1T.-When the Far
mer knows that gate is better, and as
time-and-labor saving fixing, cheaper than
set of bars and posts, and without call
ing on a carpenter he can himself make
one, Why don't he do it
When he has no other fasteniEgs to his
gates and barn doors than stone rolled
against them, and in single evening,
after supper, is able to make better one,
Why don't he do it
Or wherl he sees the boards dropping
from his barns and out-buildngs, and like
heaps of rubbish lying in piles about the
premises, and need only mailing oA again,
WHY don't he do it2
Or is he afraid of the expense of nails,
and is always crying up the maxim of
DR.. Franklin, to "save the pence, and the
mounds will take care Of themselves" and
he knows that the same DR.. Franklin
also said that 'many men arc penny wise
and pound foolish" and be is not careful
to think of the precept contained in the
latter, Why don't he do it?
fit is saving Of nearly half the ma
nure of farmers stock by keeping them
shut up in yards, instead of running. at
large through most Of the winter, Why
don't he do it
IF he knows that many of his fields
would be greatly improved by ditching,
and by the removal Of large stumps and
stones. Why don't he do it
And when he knows that his pastures
would yield nearly double the feed, and
of better quality, if the bushes were all
cut and subdued, Why don't he do it /?
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Ar1ANrx, Ga, April II, 1867.

General Pope is here, and has made a
satisfactory speech to the people. If they
obey the law Of Congress, well. II not,
@ then it T NAV not be well. All the men ne
fas has here. and coming here, is but few
ever eve the third of "a regiment; but one com
.rang s would be enough to carry out the
E Iaw Of Congress, and as good as ten thou
s.smd' cow i, men The most subdued men are
some some Of the old secession leaders-like ex,
Governor Brown, whose home is here' ana
whose influence has enimmense through
nut the State. Such men counsel suomls-
sion to the law, and regard it sirrevokable:
Gov. jenkins counsels, not resistance, out
,,on-action, and from all see and hear,
ELL be oyerruled by an immense majority
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tional where the masters were cruel TO
their slaves, Sc the cases will be exception
al where the freedmen will vote against
them. There are, however, secret Union
leagues springing up all over the South,
whose objects are to separate the negroes
from their former associations. AS a
whole, the negroes, as they become inteili-
gent, will regard these organizations with
distrust, if not with detestation. 1t is the
negroes vote they seek, and not the ne.
gro's happiness, or social and educational
Improvement. In time, all this will ap-
pear
In the large towns and cities the in
fuence Of these Leagues will be marked.
In Atlanta probably one thousand ct these
Radical votes will be given, but in the ru-
raj districts the number will be small On
beth sides, no doubt, there will be prose
lytizing, and unfortunately, with the most
ignorant and degraded portion OF the
American population. 1t is monstrous, IN
their present condition, that the ballol
should be put in their hands but, as Con-
gress has SO ordered, each side will take
steps to secure the ballot, and, as awhole,
we think, from present indications, the
Southern people will secure the majority
of it. Nowhere, we believe, will any at
tempt be made to interfere with this bal
lot, or to prevent its free use. There will
be less distractions at the polls, in the
South, than at the North. The negroes
in some counties will outnumber the whites
three to one. They will jostle and crowd
their old masters in . way which will as
tonish the white men of the North.
Such a spectacle OF course will be trial
of patience and forbearance-b necessi-
ty knows no law. Only the Providence
of God can see the end of such an expert
ment. fit shall not ultimately end in
war of races, it will be because of non-in-
reference from the North and great good
sense at the South. All realize that now
that the negro it free, that he must be edu-
Gated as far as possible. The leading men
of the South advocate this and welcome
all aid and encouragement to secure this
end. The negro is much more tractable
this year than last. He labors better in
the field and better in the workshops. lie
is content either with division OF profits
upon the farm or fair monthly wages on
the road. In many things, IL Is True, ne
is a mere child, and weaker than child,
in his dandyism and foppery, and this is
particularly true of the young women, who
are in danger OF spending a years earn
ings in week, or a day, unless well ad,
vised and controlled. But everywhere in
Virginia, in Tennessee, in Georgia and
South Carolina one hears of Improvement,
such as better culture in the field, better
regard for contracts, and that sense OF
sef.reliance which was not telt at all one
year after the war;
If then Congress means the. acceptance
OF its harsh measures as finality, it will
be it's own fault if all, or nearly al OF the
Southern ..tatcs are not in good fellowship
before the close of the winter of 1865
The commanding Generals South declare
that these military bills are finality. We
trust that time will. prove that they speak
by authority.
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An Irishman Just landed in this

country, on sharp frosty morning was
run at by fierce, noisy mastiff, who
threatened to devour him; whereupon
Pat stopped down and seized q stone,
with which he expected to stave in his
assailant's frontispiece, but found the
stone frozen fast-a phenomenon utterly
new to his experience. "a fine land OF
liberty this w sollloquized Pat, sulkil.y,
"where they let their dogs loose and tie
their stones fast to the ground !"
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Few ladies are so modest as to re-
fuse to sit in the lap of luxury.
: The way to get good wife-get a
good girl and go to a parson.
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OrlZ6 Will OOfCluOi cShNAhS3 w iAO 'itIo
placed his State before the Supreme Court
In antagonism with the acts of Congress
but they will rather act in registration,
in calling q Convention, in acquiesclng
with the results of the Convention, with
Ex-Governor Brown-than whom perhaps,
no man at the South did more to lire the
Southern heart against the North, and to
place the people in open rebellion against
the General Government. Indeed, for this
matter, the boldest of the secession lead
ers in 1860 are very often the foremost
submissionists in 1867. Somesof them are
honest enough to avow their former acts.
and their present repentance, but many,
we are sorry to say, try to disguise what
they did in, and before the rebellion, IN
order to place themselves in greater ia
vor with the government. This class of
people are not much honored with the hon
est men and women of the South. The
most respected are those who avow their
past mistakes and accept the inevitable
consequences
The people of the North, therefore, may
look to a very full and general registra-
tion of white and black voters between this
time and September The negro vote will
be divided, and of the $4,000 negro votes
in Georgia, the conservatives will proba-
bly, get one-half If the negroes were left
to themselves, without interference from
+ the East and West, they would get three
fourths of it. AS the cases were excep-
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-27
The Cotton Tax again.

The Republican Convention in ses-
sion in this city, in its proceedings
on Wednesday, very wisely incorpo-
rated in its platform resolution de-
claring the enormous tax on cotton
to be unjust and oppressive;" and
we hope that, at every organized as
semblage of the party in the South
ern States. similar action may be
takon; for to the producer-to the
actual laborer who cultivates the sta
ple-it is u very onerous tax.
In an article on this tax, few days
since, we snid that the Eastern manu-
facturers were profited to the extent
of the tax that was paid by the South
ern producer. We have now the
naodus operandi by which these manu-
facturers escape the tax. The Hon.
Edward Cooper, member OF Con-
gress from Tennessee, alleges that
'the manufacturers of raw cotton go
to Washington, and present their bill
of lading, showing that they have
shipped so many pounds of manufac-
tured cotton, and draw from the
Treasury three cents for every pound
the bills call for"
The cotton tax is not party or n
political question, or at least, it ought
not to be; bnt in the above state
ments, We have the reason why the
Eastern manufacturers oppose its re-
peal. The tax bears equally on both
blacks and whites at the South; and
even when they pay it, judging from
this statement, they are not helping
the public revenue, but adding to the
large profits of the manufacturer.
This is q matter that should receive
prominent attention and energetic ac-
tion on the part Of all the voters of
the South, for with every bale that
leaves us and finds its way to the
Northern manufacturer, $40 or $12
goes from the State, which should be
kept here for the benefit of those
who have raised and prepared that
bale for market.
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Augusta and Charlotte.
THE COMBINATION AGAINST CAROLYN
CHARLESTON AND COLUMBIA.

THE COMBINATION AGAINST CAROLINA,
CHARLESTON AND COLUMBIA.
AS several articles have been pub
lished in the Phpnir favorable to
the Hamburg Railroad, we deem it
nothing but justice to the opponents
of the road to publish the following,
from the Charleston Mercury:
The remark has been made that any
opposition shown to the construc-
ton of new railroad is opposition
to the spirit of progress and general
development; and the names and
examples Of Gallileo, Stevenson,
Fulton and q hundred other reformers
have been used rs catching argu-
ments against those who have ven
tured, rs matter OF duty, to point
out the dangers and Inconvenience
of any plausible but dangerous
scheme. But, as that same spirit of
progress and development which is
so often quoted, is frequently the
sole excuse and justification of those
whose efforts are directed to destroy
ing rather than to building up, to
ruin rather than to prosperity, so it
may be used, upon occasion, with
wonderful effect for the promotion of
undertakings which are nominally
intended for particular purpose,
but which, when stripped of all dis
guise, are found to be aimed Mt di-
rectly contrary end.
1t is for this reason that it has been
attempted to open the eyes of this
State and this city to the real inten-
tions and objects of the Columbia
and Augusta Railroad; it is for this
reason that it has been attempted to
be proved that its only and inevita-
BILE consequence would be injury to
Columbia, injury to Charleston, in
jury to South Carolina. No appre-
hension or fear, however, has been
aroused; and corporation which,
while it is defending its own charter
ed rights, is defending also the
welfare of this entire community, has
been allowed to struggle on without
any other encouragement than n
word of faint praise, or an occasional
we'll intended but misdirected criti-
cism. This is not as it should be
and now, that the plan of campaign
of the Augusta and Columbia
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COLUNTBIA.
Saturday Moraiag, Jaly 81. 1887.
3 Zap Over the IEnucIIies. !.

. =
Our good friends of the Carolina
Spartan give us a slight rap over the
knuckles, principally because we used
the word s'revolted'' in the following
sentence; s'The people of the South
revolted against the Government of
which they were a part;s, and we fur
ther stated. that the cause Of sliid re-
volt was the elevation of party
hostile to slavery, and, intimately
connected with, that institution, to
the doctrine Of State sovereignty and
State rights .y-gfq,is 1Si
Asto the words .trevolted against, {"
we might have used, in lien thereof,
t'seceded from, butwe do not see
that the change would have altered
the facts. Walker, in his dictionary;
says that to revolt is ITO fall off from
one to another" We think, then,
our Language was correctly applied to
the Southern movement.
Jhis is a small matter, but when
.,our- reEpe,;ted contemporary says that
what we saioi in the paragraph re.
ferred to sig wrong in sentiment and
in the facts stated, we think he is in
error, if we may judge from the re-
.sults of the, conflict. The institution
of Slavery acas abolished and the old
South ,Capoliaa doctrines of State
rights 'aad State sovereignty ex-
iiplcdea, by the success of the arms
>SEF the United States against those
who attempted to secede from the
Government. This cannot be con-
troverted.
But far belt from us to engage in
political controversy at this time, for
we desire to see our whole people
united in an earnest effort to recover
our position in the Union. Squab-
bling among ourselves can do no
good, and repinings and murmurings
will profit us nothing. A way has
been opened by which we may be re-
stored> to our political rights, and
that once accomplished, material
prosperity will soon follow. That
way is by obeying the reconstruction
laws of Congress-by registering and
voting in conformity to their provi
sions; and we trust our mountain
cotemporary will give his valuable
aid in the good work.
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\ scorrsspsndenoe Of slas IsAenix.i

I 4
WAsnSaroN, July "a. The great
object Of the Republican lenders now
lis Co establish universal suffrage In
whats are known rs the loyal States,
Having forced this policy ON the
South, they are under q logical ne.
4 ceasity 70 force il on the remaining
States. besides, they consider that
| ie will add very much to their party
vote. The especial desire is to en-
brace Kentucky and Maryland in the
circle OF this policy. Then they see;
as they imagine. that their party has
q base to rest upon in these last
named States. az
Elections come off in twenty of the
so-called loyal States within the next
four or five months. These elections
will be observed with great interest,
as indicating whether the Republi-
cans are gaining or losing strength.
The impression among the best in
formed persons is that the elections
approaching will show increased Re-
publican strength. The Republican
party is perfectly organized, fanatical
and conscious of power. Therefore,
they go into the elections under the
most favorable circumstances. If the
Republicans carry the elections by
increased majorities, Congress will
return confident, and more deter
mined than ever.
The next session will be very much
taken up with Presidential intrigues.
This prolific question of strife already
casts its shadow across the stage.
The two most prominent men for The
nomination of the Republican party
are Chief Justice Chase and General
Grant. Mr.. Chase suits the party
better OH account Of his principles,
which may be designated as most de-
cided in favor of the legal and poGti-
cal equality of the two races South,
but disposed to n conciliatory policy
in other respects towards the South.
General Grant Processes to be no po-
litician, and to concern himself en-
tirely with his military duties. Tut
there is o strong desire in the Rer lb-
ican party to scizo on him as their
candidate. On the other hand, the
opposition or Democratic party con-
siders Grant the only man under
whom they stand any chance of sue
cess in the Presidential election.
The Secretary of the Treasury ex-
presses the opinion that the military
reconstruction policy of Congress
will cost $40, ,000,00 year. This is
6 nice financial budget in itself. Our
ancestors, poor innocents, in their
simplicity, were outraged because
John Quincy Adams spent $13, GOO, :
600 year in his administration Of
the Government. This was o ruin
Gus piece of profigate expenditure.
Now, $4O,000,000 is paid, without n
murmur, for the luxury of q military
despotism South. Certainly We are
rapidly improving in the great
science of self-government.
OBSERVER.
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A kinsman of George Washington,
who was impoverished by the rebel
lion, has forwarded to Thomas X.
Wallace, of the Treasury Depart.
mont, in the city Of Washington, fol
sale, portrait of Washington. Il
purports to have been painted by
Gilbert Stuart, and is said to be an
admirable likeness, and the price
fixed upon it is $4,000. There has
also come to light from the same
source sword mentioned by Wash
ington in his will; this relic is at pre-
sent in the hands of Francis P. Blair
of Washington.
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10 ARe 11T6StQe1t or ne Union ftep ub-
licde Party Of lSouth Carolina. 81
\ SIR: j am sure there is no one more
sincerely attached 20 the principles of
that great National Union Republi-
can party which has saved the nation
FROM dismembefment and now pre-
sides over its destinies, than I ann
Its great idea of entire equality for
oil in the eyes of the law, regardless
OF race or color, most heartily en-
dorse. But there has been spirit of
violent radicalism manifested in the
Convention of South Carolina, that
regard far from the principles of the
party We ere expected to act with,
and whose principles we ought simply
to have adopted. There are several
articles in the platform which con-
slider simply impolitic, and more
likely to injure the party than to
benefit. L believe the policy of the
Convention should have been one Of
moderation and Cancellation, in
stead Of one of violence to open old
wounds. But if Article No. 4, once
defeated and then brought up again
Mt more favorable time, means any
thing, it means what no lover of law.
order and justice to all men can pos
slbly sanction. AS it would be i'm
possible for me to pledge myself to
support any man as candidate who
endorsed the principles of spoliation
indicated in that article, / feel that [
cannot, consistently with Article No
13 OF the platform, remain n member
of the Convention. J. therefore very
respectfully request that my name be
struck out. Most respectfully, Your
obrdient servant,
Is. O. DUNCAN, Of Newberry.
COLUMBIA, Friday, July 26, 1867.
The letter Of resignation was ac-
ceptcd; when the President stated in
reply, that he was glad the Conyen-
ton had such platform, that no
Judas can remain.
Mr.. j. J. Wright offered the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution,
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas it is alleged by the oppo-
nents of republican liberty and con
gressional reconstruction, that the
Union Republican party of South
Carolina is organized by and in the
exclusive interests of one race; there
fore,
Resolreel, That we, in Convention
assembled, hereby declare such senti-
ment entirely without foundation;
that, on the other hand, all citizens
of South Carolina, loyal to the ma
ton and the principles of the Ma
tional Republican party, are cordially
invited to cooperate with us in
placing South Carolina in proud
position among the States OF the
Union.
W. j. Whipper introduced reso-
luton, which was adopted, that the
thanks Of the Convention be ten
dered to the Columbia Phpni.c, for
the faithful reports of the proceed
ings published every morning.
Resolutions were offered and una
lnimonsly adopted, returning the
thanks Of the Convention to the
Sergeant-at-Armsand Secretaries, for
their services, grntuitously rendered.
The Committee on Finance re-
ported that the expenses of the Con-
vention amounted to only S36. 25-
S35 for rent of hnll and $1.25 for
stationery; that the collections
amounted to SAG.
The Convention then adjourned
sine die.
The post Office of the Chairman of
the State Central Committee-B. T.
Whittemore-is Darlington, S. C.
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RETRIEVED. 1t having been repre-
sented to Gen. Sickles that some
doubts exist touching the legality of
the jury which tried John jenkins,
freedman, for murder, and who was
to have been executed yesterday, the
General has postponed the execution
of the sentence for three weeks.
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The list of jurors for the July term
OF Martin County Court, N. c., was
challenged by one of the lawyers for
not being IN conformity with Gen.
Sickles' code. The whole Jury list
was abolished in consequence, and
the court adjourned over to next
term.
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A correspondent, writing from Co

II cUrresPOhuent, WrltlnB from Co
vington County, Miss, says:
owe are now in Zion Seminary.
In this neighborhood resides John J.
Ingram, who has been married three
times. His first wife had three chill
dren, the second twelve, and the
third eighteen, all of which are
living, except one who died in the
army. Mr.. Ingram is i'll his seventy
ninth year; his wife is forty-one, and
the youngest child is three and half
years old"
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The San Francisco BuIetij learns
that "there are now on th{ way to
this State from China 439 C4namen,
on board the ship Free Tide, and
459 on the California, mixing
total of sos disciples of O lnfucius,
worshippers of Buddha, chsumers
of opium, manipulators 1 chop
sticks; Tdcl ;; and burners Of If tense to
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SOUTHERN DEBTS. Washington
despatch to the New York Commercial
Advertiser says: "The Presidents s
suggestion, that the denial of politi-
cal rights to the Southern States, and
the overthrow OF their respective
governments according to the recon-
struction Acts, render the United
States liable for their debts, is re-
garded MS possessing great force by
able Republican jurists in both
houses"
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The health officer of New York
makes some suggestive statements
touching "the murder of the inno-
cents" It seems that last week 100
children died whose lives might have
been saved. They were sacrificed to
the prevailing system of over.crowd-
ing in tenement houses and to the
lack of proper care and nurture.
When a child is whipped or other
wise tortured to death, public senti-
ment manifests itself in an outburst
of Indignation. Is not the slower,
and, therefore, the less shocking,
process of child-killing, to which the
health officer refers, deserving of
some attention?
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Eugenia is soon to make visit to
Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
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A fine lot of Desirable Goods lave just
been opened by Mr.. Il. G. Shiver, who still
adhores to his popular principle Of good
articles for little money. Read Hs adver-
tisoment, and then examine the loods.