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COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, April 10, 1883.
working Up "a Sensation.

Working Up a Sensations.
The radical papers are eagerly
seeking to manufacture sensation
about the alleged Ku Klux Klan in
the South, attributing to them seve-
raj outrages which have recently
occurred in that section, and the late
murder of a Mr.. G.. W. Ashburn, in
Columbus, Georgia, who is said to
have been member Of the Georgia
Reconstruction Convention. There
seems to be q concerted sending for
ward from the South to the Wash
ington Chronicle of accounts of out
RACES attributed to the Ku Klux, and
the Chronicle gives them o telegraphic
impetus through the North, accom-
panied by the pious ejaculation, also
sent by telegraph, Lord! Lord! Oh,
Lord! how long must the people wait
to be rescued?" There appears to
be strong desire to infame the
Northern people afresh OF this time
against the South, making that whole
community responsible for the al-
legged crimes of very absurd organi-
zation, and laying at the doors of
that organization every act of vio-
1ence and outrage which occurs in
any part of the South, whether there
is any proof that members (real or
imaginary of the Ku Klux Klan had
anything to do with it or not. Such
a proceeding would be about as, just
as to saddle the loyal leagues, grand
armies of the republic and other
secret associations with all the muir
>ders and crimes committed in the
North, of which there are quite as
many in that section rs in the South.
We heartily concur in the opinion
expressed by the Baltimore Sun, that
if the Ku Klux really does exist, it
is, like the radical leagues, a repre-
hensible organization-not that we
believe it has any such criminal and
bloody objects as are attributed to
it, or that we suppose it has a serious
object at all, but because secret
society in times like these, playing
off practical jokes, even if nothing
worse, upon its political opponents,
would open door to misconstruction
and injury of the Southern commu-
nifty, just as wo see is being attempted
now by those into whose hands the
supposed members of the Ku Klux
circles have been thoughtlessly play
ing.
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DIRECT IMPORTATION! (!
S wISS CHE ESE

LNOR sale at the Pollock House.
II ALSO,
A fresh arrival of that celebrated LAGER
BEER, from the "Lion Brewery" On
draught at the "POLLOCK HOUSE."
April 10
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South Carolina Railroad.

&s G LEI l:ssl zs.S .;ss 8 3s;,s Iss vi
NNHIS Company has now for sale, for the
Il accommodation of merchants through
ont the country, "BUSINESS TICKETS
to travel over the road
ONE THOUSAND MILES FOR S2j.
They can be procured at the Company's
Ticket Offices in Augusta, Columbia and
Camden; also in Charleston, from
l.. G. HENDRICKS,
General Ticket Agent,
April 10 FIN Office John street.
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Tic persuasion. This is In direct con-
tlict with Gen. Canby's orders, and
the attention of the military authori-
ties is earnestly called to the matter.
Five Hundred Pounds Reward. A
Novel. By Barrister. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
Those persons who have read "The
Experiences of Barrister," will be
highly gratified at the perusal of
these pages. The story is pleasantly
told and the denouement truly happy
This volume constitutes No. 800 of
Harper's Library of Select Novels,
and is sold at fifty cents. Mr.. Nc
Carter has presented us copy.
A dangerous counterfeit $5. 90 Ma
tional bank bill is said to be in exten-
sive circulation. The bills are we'll
executed-the Landing of Colum-
bus" on the back, particularly. The
principal point of difference between
the genuine and the counterfeit is
this: In the counterfeit the CT" in
the sentence, "This note is secured"
ETC., OF the head of the bill, covers
the "ni' in the Omitted States"
while in the genuine it comes over
the upper left corner. By this differ
ence the counterfeit can be easily
detected
A WoU1D-BE (CoLoRED) SENATOR
WHIPPED by ANOTHER CoLoRED MAN.
A discussion occurred, yesterday
afternoon, near the market, between
Beverly Nash (the radical candidate
for Senator from this District) and
Jack Percival, an able-bodied colored
man, (who, we believe, supports the
Democratic ticket,) relative to the
communication published in yester-
days Ph@nin, addressed to the
would-be Senator by several colored
persons. Jack censured Nash for
his remarks; when the latter became
quite indignant, and informed his
apponent that he was his inferior in
intellect, and could not understand
what was meant; whereupon Jack
threw off his coat, knocked his Supe-
rior down, and administered to him
severe drubbing. Nash finally
succeeded in getting up, and jeered
by the crowd, as we are informed,
retreated rapidly-in fact, ran off.
Politics are not 80 one. sided in Co.
lumbia, as many interested persons
attempt to make it appear. Numbers
of colored men are siding with the
Democrats, and freely express their
opinions.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS The post
Office open during the week from 81
n. m. to 6 p. M. On SUNDAYS. from
AZ to 515 p. m.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at 4 = p. H., and
close at 81. p. m.
Northcrn-Open for delivery at
Sl9 a. M, closes at 2.45 p. IN.
Grccnville-Open for delivery 81.
p. m., closes ut 8 p. m.
NV ADvErTisEMENrs.- s.-A'.onr;o- s. ca..-
"a 10 tk1 following advertisements, pub.
lishcd :Eis morning tor ia; :iry; tin,
Louis v Caziarc-Thc Election.
j. Il. Ensl0w & Co--Auction Sale.
{. V. Caring 9ton-Sccretary Office.
ID. B. DeSaussure--In Equity.
Y. ID. V. Jamison-Salc.
Pollock Iouse-Swiss Cheese, ctc.
$. G. IL. II. Company-Busincss Tickets.
Republican Mass Meeting.
TO RENT.
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Secretary's Office,

TTsy Txyy SSstss--
AI AAa -
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COLUMBIA, S. c., April9 1868. The
State Central Committee respectfully
recommend the following form OF
ticket to be used in the coming cleo.
tion, by the Democratic party of the
State. The Commi has just re.
ceived such information as induces
the belief that if we are true
to ourselves, the Constitution can be
defeated. Let the blanks be filled ur
to suit the District where the
is held. All papers in the Sta IRE
requested to give circulation t. Ibis
form of ticket:
AGAINST CONSTITUTION"
For Gorernor- D. PORTER.
Lieut.. Gocernor- @. Perrin.
ADJ. and Msp Gen.-J. P. Thomas.
Secretary Of &ate-Samuel Capers.
Teasmrer-William Hood.
Compfr- General-S. Il. Leaphart.
Aaorney- General-I. w. Hayne.
Supt Of Ettumion-J. A. Leland.
FOR CONGRESS.
Isl Congress. Dist.-J. n. Frierson.
I'd {" Johns. Hagood.
Sd s. MCGOWAN.
All " s. McAliley.
State Senate, --.
State Representative, -.
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yuooal Items.


The Phenie Weekly Letter Sheet
Prices Current and Market Report
will be issued this (Friday) afternoon.
Those desiring copies, will hand in
their orders as early as practicable.
Passengers via the Greenville Rail-
road, report heavy frost Wednes-
day; and fears are entertained that
the fruit crop will be materially in
iured.
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THREATS. 1t is currently reported
that threats of personal violence and
even death, are being daily made by
certain colored men, claiming to be
Republicans, against their more con-
servative brethren, of the Democra-
tic persuasion. This is in direct con-
flict with Gen. Canby's orders, and
the attention of the military authori
ties is earnestly called to the matter
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HEADQ'S. I'D MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLEsToN, s: c., March 13, 1868.
[Gcneral Orders No. 40.]
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BY command of Brevet Major Genera
ED. II. s. CANDY.
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
April 10 1 Aid-de-Camp, Il. A. 4. G.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

it to his country and his times to plan his
life with regard to the best results to be
accomplished for humanity. Now there
is no single interest of this nation which
has more need to be fostered and developed
than the agricultural. The foundation of
our strength and prosperity as q people
must lie in an intelligent farming class.
owning the soil, cultivating it scienti6cal-
ly, bringing out its resources to the best
advantage. improving the face of the
country by their skillfll tillage, beautify-
ing it with their neat aIu tasteful build
ings, improving the stock by careful breed
ing and the markets by the quality of their
produce. and improving the morale of the
country by that strong sense and healthy
virtue that are best nourised among the
tillers of the soil. In all the land there
is no vocation more honorable, more use-
full, more rewarding than this. The young
man who resists the allurements of the
city, and resolves to make the most of his
farm, and the most of himself as a practi-
cal agriculturist and country gentleman.
may prove himself in the end the wisest of
economists, the best of patriots, and the
happiest of men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
The Philosophy of Domestic Life.

Lee < Shepard. Of Boston. have issued
neat little volume. written By W. II. Byford,
81. y of Chicago, which, in ten chapters,
deals very plainly, and generally very sat
'sc.ctOrily with the - Philosophy Of Domestic
Life. - Family Relations - What con-
stitutcs Family, - MarriaSo,'' Errors
Of Motive in Marrying +' Ethics Of Mar
ried Life :. Family Government g Man
ogement of Family Alters :: Education,
are treated in the volume briefly, pointedly
and with good sense. We copy some ra-
tional remarks on the Ethics Of Married
Life"
The sprightly and intelligent Mrs. Smith
tells me that the only subjects Of CONVERSE
tion between man and wife are domestic
concerns or family business. That the news
papers. the newest novel, lapdogs and kit
tens are verv much more interesting subjects
in the family room than the stupid conyersa-
tion of a man of business or commonplace
wife
How many families practice upon this doc
trine of Nrs. Smith can never be known ;
but it is certain that too many men OF brains,
and worthy, entertaining wives, see nothing
in each other that commands interest or
reepect while the club or lOdge-room, and
-
party. give them great delight.
If this lack Of respect was seen only IN
privacy. it would be bad enough; but it be-
comes manifest in so many disagreeabe ways.
and causes so much disagreeable irritation,
that it does great amount OF harm Man
and wife carelessly and lightly respect each
others pride of character in various ways
| call, not long since to zee the infant ol
one of nv dearest friends. on account OF
some slight ailmcnt. Father and mother
were both so intensely interested IN their
little darling as 10 forget everything else
almost and when / entered the room. the
mother occupied one chair with the child IN
her arms, while the husband sat in the only
remaining one in the room, intent only upon
the suffering of the babe. During the con
versation and examination | remained stand
ing for want of a seat After time the
young wife saw this state of things, and
pettishly said, - Why don't you get up ano
give the doctor a seat. hate to see people
SO selfish rs to occupy the best seat in then
own house, and leave others standing.
Had due respect for each other been to:
habit of this young family, no such woune
would have been inflicted upon the husband
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
From the Atlantic Almanac for 1869.
The Risks and Failures of City Life

BY REV. JOSEPH p. THOMPSON, d. D., LII. d.
Shall l 90 to the city? There every
thing is full of life /; there are chances for
making money rapidly; there are the best
advantages of society and culture there
one can see the world, it. gayeties, its
amusements, its fashions there one may
see the best works of art, and hear the
best music and eloquence and there too,
one NAV make the most of himself, and
bring out whatever talent he has for busi-
ness, for society. for art, for politics, for
professional success. for public influence.
The country is stupid; its society Is hum
drum its pleasures and varieties are few !;
it's chances in business or politics are rare !;
farming is a bore and getting on in the
world is every way hard and slow. Yes,
I'm bound for the city"
Such a soliloquy as this passes through
the minds of thousands of young men OF
country birth and training. between the
ages of fifteen and twenty. To them the
great city is wrapped in the illusory at
mosnhere of distance it has the fascina-
ton of mystery f; exaggerated rumors reach
them of the success of fortune-hunters !;
the excitements of city life. its shows pro-
cessions, amusements, festivities, as PIC
tured in the sensational reports OF news
papers, address their imagination; and
sometimes pleasures of doubtful sort
suggested by artful advertisements. awaken
a prurient curiosity. The consequence OF
ali this is continual rush of young men
from the country to the great cities
which increases the composition OF city
Inf. and dooms many to disappointment
and failure. ~re- ~ a'r7 ai t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

DISEASE BY ALcoHoL.-The strength
experienced after the use of alcohol is not
new strength added to the system, but is
manifested by calling into exercise the ner-
vous energy pre-existing.
The ultimate exhausting effects of al
cohol produce an unnatural susceptibility
to morbid action in all the organs. and this
with the plethora superinduced, becomes =
fertile source of disease.
A person who habitually exerts himself
SO as to require the daily use of stimulants
to ward off exhaustion, may be compared
to machine working under high pressure.
He will become much more liable TO
disease, and vii, certainly break down soon.
er for it. The more frequently alcohol is
used for debility, the more it will be re-
quired.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
The "WOman Question in Switzer-
land.

DR.. J. G. Holland, (Timothy Titcomb J
in letter from Switzerland, published in
the Springfield Republican of Monday,
gives the following statement of the con-
dition of the laboring women of that
country.
Here the "woman question" exhibits a
very different phase from that which it
presents in the United States In most
departments of labor in Switzerland, no
difference whatever, is made between wo-
men and men, except that men get more
for days work done than women The
women are everywhere. They are in the
shops, the vineyards, the potato fields.
They are the sections of churches. They
sell mainly the products of farms and gar
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

ADVANTAGE OF CRYING-A French
physician is out in long dissertation on
the advantages of groaning and crying in
general, and especially during surgical op-
erations. He contends that groaning and
crying are two grand operations by which
nature allays anguish that those patients
who give way to their natural feelings,
more speedily recover from accidents and
operations. than those who suppose it un-
worthy a man to betray such symptoms of
cowardice as either TO groan or to cry.
He tells of man who reduced his pulse
from one hundred and twenty-six to sixty.
in the course of a few hours. by giving full
vent to his emotions. IF people are at all
unhappy about anything, let them 60 into
their rooms and comfort themselves with
loud bohoo, and they will feel hundred
per cent. better afterward. .e1
In accordance with the above, the cry
ing of children should not be too greatly
discouraged. If it is systematically re-
pressed. the result may be St. Vitus's
dance, epileptic fits. or some other disease
of the nervous system. What is natural
is nearly always useful; and nothing can
be more natural than the crying of chill
dren when anything occurs to give them
either physical or mental pain. ~ .-f.
Probably most persons have experienced
the effect of tears in relieving great sor-
row. 1t is even curious how the feelings
are allayed by their free indulgence in
groans and sighs. Then let parents and
friends show more indulgence to noisy
bursts of grief, on the part of children as
well as of older persons-and regard the
eyes and the mouth as the safety valves,
through which nature discharges her sur
plus steam. -- 5--7 -.'t
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

A CURIOUS CAsE-A most curious oc-
currence happened in the Prussian Pro-
vince of Posen. Some days ago poor
woman fell sick, and as she felt she was
near her end, she sent for the priest. She
subsequently confessed to him that she,
about thirty years ago, having been de-
livered of boy, she substituted her own
child for the child of Countess, in whose
employ she was. Neither the nurse nor
the Countess became aware Of the exchange
and thus it remained until today. Her
own boy was educated as a Count, and
has married the daughter of very proud
nobleman; while the real Count, having
grown up in poverty, went out to service,
married. and is now living not far from
his princely estate Of Komornik, with his
own children. The woman said she could
not die without coufessing this sin. The
priest applied at once-t to the aathorities,
and an investigation has been rcommsneed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
ADVANTAGE OF YEARs-You are get.i

ADVANTAGE OF YEARs-You are getting
into years. Yes, but the years are getting
into you-the ripe, rich years, the genial
mellow years, the lusty luscious years.
One by one the crudities of your youth
are falling off from you, of vanity. the
egotism, the insulation. the bewilderment,
the uncertainty. Nearer and nearer you
are approaching yourself You are con-
solidating your forces. You are becoming
master of the situation. On the ruins Of
shattered plans you find your vantage
ground. Your broken hopes, your
thwarted purposes, your defeated aspira-
tions, become staff of strength by which
you mount to sublimer heights. With
self-possession and selEcommand Of all
thin gs, the title deed of creation. forfeited
is reclaimed. The king has come to his
own again. Earth and sea and sky pour
out their largeness of love. All the crowds
pass down to lay its treasures at your feet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

HrLLsnoRo' FARMS. By Sophia Dickinson
Cobb. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Pub
fishers.
This is story told in the space of 423
pages. and no worse than many of the stories
that now get wide reading. The author
SAYS her book has no especial moral or
mission teaching nothing and proving
nothing. She only pretends to describe
some of the quiet and little noticed phases
of nature and life. Those who read books
for the story, will doubtless find this an en-
tertaining volume, and will be likely to
entirely escape the mischievous sensations
which make so prominent figure in many
modern works of fiction.
For sale by WILDER.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09
SINGING-Old Thomas Fuller quantity

SINGING--Oiu 1uoinas ulieT quaintiy
says:
Lord, my voice by nature is harsh and
untunable and it is vain to lavish any
art to better it. Can my singing of psalms
be pleasing to Thy ears. which is unplea-
SAINT to my own? Yet. though 1 cannot
chant with the nightingale. or chirp with
the back-bird, l had rather chatter with
the swallow; yea. rather croak with the
raven, than be altogether silent. Hadst
Thou given me better voice [ would
have praised Thee with better voice;
now, what my music wants in sweetness.
let it have in sense-singing praises with
understanding. Yea, Lord. create in me
a new heart, therein to make melody; and
| will be contented with my old voice. un-
til in Thy due time, being admitted into
the choir of heaven, [ have another more
harmonious. bestowed on me.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

OUTLINES OF THE UNITED STATES GoTERN-
xrSr.-Parmalee Co., of Philadelphia,
send us a volume of over 500 pages, prepared
by Anson Willis, and entitled "Our Rulers
and our Rights or outlines of the United
States Government, its origin, brancnes'
departments, institutions, officers, and modes
of operation -
Little enough is known, even by the oes'
informed, of the subjects treated in this
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-09

DR.. HowELLs FAMILY By Mrs. II. B.
Goodwin, author of - Madge, g Sher-
broke" Boston Lee & Shepard, Publish
ers.
The Worcester. Mass, y Palladium, whose
critical judgment is generally sound, thus
commends this volume
No more successful effort, than this, has
ever been made in this country, in the pro-
duction of an unexceptional work of fiction.
1t will have its hosts of readers and admirers
in all sections of the great republic. 1t has
the earnestness and directness Of purpose OF
= Jane Eyer but with purer sentiment,
and a more elevated aim and the characters
I introduced are SO few in number, and are
J drawn with so much Individuality, that read
/ ers are not embarrassed with any multiplicity
/ but carry along the acquaintance as readily
! as though, instead of " beings of the mind,
thev were veritable men and women, sitting
! to a skilful artist for their portraits, and dis
closing in continuous conversation, their
principles, their emotions and their govern
| ing sentiments.
/ sDr Howell is an admirable specimen OF the
/ Christian gentleman not bigoted nor libe
raj. but with fixed principles, that lead him
, like load-stonc. in all the ways and works
of his daily life. lie was unfortunate in hii
marriage with a widow, between whom and
I himself tnere was IL gTctL H"ht VI COhacHi
alitY OF temper and similarity OF tastes
This want Of congeniality of temper and
tastes, is the WEB of the story, into which
with masters hand the author wcaves the
woor of many and varied circumstances with
true artistic skill Wherever the good Doc
tor goes, he carries with him the pure atmos
phere which his principles naturally produce
and it is az healthful upon the moral char
acter of all within the circle of his influence
as his prescriptions upon the naladies of hi
patients.
The novelist discloses wide gulf which
unfortunately, had existence between i'r
Howell nnd his wife, whose atmospher
tinced all their relations in life and showe'
in the end, how empty, thin and wanting IL
solid substance are the pleasures afforded b.
the a. tinsel - Of fashion, even in its tulles
= glare - and justifes in its fullest sisn'h
canoe, the authors remark, that /" concen
tration of thought upon ones own selisl
qualification dwarfs the intellect, blunts tn
moral sense, and enfeebles the body, while
, moderate amount of work for others, an in
terest in their pursuits and conscientiou
: endeaver so to live that the world may rccog
nize in us the spirit of Him who went abou
doing good, will lift ones soul into pure
= atmosphere The volume is sold here b
WILDER.
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